:q8 Of the Advancement of Learning. L i b, VL 



they excite^ thefe they reprefs. 



No man can tell what proficie nee 

 he hath made in the RdceofVertue, 

 unlef Honour f afford him an open 

 Field. 



The motion of Verlue as of other 

 thingt, is violent to its place^ calm 

 in its place 3 at:d the place of Ver- 

 tue is Honour, 



the beil condition k^ not to veill j 

 the next net to can. 



Thejiairs to Honours are iieep^ 

 the jlandingjlippery, the regrefs a 

 dovpnfal. 



They that are iH great place had 

 need to borrow other mens opinions^ 

 to think.themfelve s happy. 



EMPIRE. VIII. 



Pro. 



it is 4 great blejfing to tnjoy Hap- 

 pinefs 5 but to have the power to 

 confer it on others^ is far greater. 



Kings are rather like jftars than 

 men 5 for they have a powerful in- 

 flux upon all men, and upon times 

 themfelves. 



To refili God's vicegerents^is not 

 only the guilt of Treafon^but a kind 

 of Theomachie» 



Contra. 



tvhat a, miferable Jiate is it, to 

 have a few things to dejire, infinite 

 things to fear I 



Princes are like heavenly bodies 

 which have much veneration, but 

 no reft. 



None of Humane condition is ad- 

 mitted to the Banquet of the Cods^ 

 but to his reproach. 



PRAISE, REPUTATION. IX. 



Pro.' 



Vraifes are the reflexed Beams of 

 Vertue. 



That praife is an Honour which 

 comes from voices freely conferred. 



Many States confer Honours , but 

 Vraifes are every where the Attri- 

 butes of Liberty. 



The voice of the people hath fome 

 divinenefs in it , elfe howpould fo 

 many men agree to be of one mind .<? 



Tou nehd not wonder if the com- 

 munaltyifpeak, more truly than the 

 Nobilitjf'yfor theyfpeak.morefafely. 



Pro. 



Fame is a better NuUfJ than 4 

 Judge. 



what hath a good man to do with 

 the dull approbation of the vulgar ^ 



Fame like a River bears up things 

 light and fwoln 5 drotvns things 

 v^eighty andfolid. 



The lowejl vertucs draw praife 

 from the common people '-, the mid- 

 dle vertues work, in them Ajiontfij- 

 tftent or Admiration 5 but of tht 

 highejl Vertues they have no fence 

 or perceiving at all, 



Praife proceeds more out of a bra- 

 very than out of merit ; and happens 

 rather to vain and windy perfons^ 

 than toperfonsfubjiantial andfolid. 



NATURE. X. 



Pro. Contra. 



The Trogrefs of Cufiom is Arith- Mens thoughts are according fo 



ffteticalj of Nature Geometrical. Nature j their words according ttf 



As 



