Lib. VI. Of the Advancement of Learning, i 



99 



As Laws are to Cufiom in Civil Precept:, but their deeds according 



States, fo is Nature to CnHofn in to cujiotfi. 



every particular perfon. Nature is a kind of Pedant 5 C«-. 



Cujiont againfi Nature is a kjnd fiom a Magifirate. 

 of Tyranny^ and is quickjy and upon 

 light occajion opprejfed. 



FORTUNE. XL 



Pro. 



' Ouvert and apparent vcrtues bring 

 forth praife 5 fecret and hidden 

 vertues bring forth fortune. 



Vertues of duty bring forth praifez, 

 vertues of ability bring forth for- 

 tune. 



The way of fortune is lih^ the 

 »iilken way in the skje 5 which is 

 a meeting or knot of certain fmall 

 cbfcure vertues without a name. 



Fortune is to be honoured and re- 

 fpeifed, and it be but for her daugh' 

 ?er/ confidence and reputation. 



Contra. 



The folly of one man, is the for" 

 tune of another. 



InFortune this I may chiefly coni' 

 mend, that being Qje makes no ek~ 

 Uion^ fide gives no proteBion. 



Men of place and quality while 

 they decline the envy of their own 

 vertues-^ have been found among 

 the worJJjippers ofFortHne» 



LIFE. Xlf. 



Pro. 



It is afoolifJ} and prepojierous of- 

 ■feSion, to love the Accejfories of 

 life, more than life itfelf. 



A full courfe is better than a. 

 fliort 3 a fair advantage to all things, 

 yea even to vertue. 



t^ithouta goodfpacious compafs 

 of life, we can neither fully perfeB ^ 

 nor learn, nor repent. 



Contra. 



The Philofophers, whiljl they raife 

 fo great preparations againji Death, 

 have made it but appear more terri" 

 i>le. 



Men fear Death becaufe they knot» 

 it not j as Children fear the dark. 



Ton can find no pajfion in the 

 mind of man fo weak, which if it 

 be but a littlepreji, mafiers not the 

 fear of death. 



To be willing to die , not only a 

 valiant man, or d. tniferable man 

 may, or a wife , but even a falii- 

 dious man , and a coward may do 

 as much. 



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