L I B. VI. 



Of the Advancement of Learning. 



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jujiice to others^ nor refervc liber- 

 ty to our f elves. 



where the valuation of a Benefit 

 is uncertain, there the left than^ 

 if due. 



fore he that is unthankfull is unjuf}, 

 and any thing. 



Such is man's condition^ no man 

 is born tofo high a fortune^ but that 

 he is a debtor to the retribution both 

 of Private thankj, and perfonalre- 

 venge. 



ENVr. XVI. 



Pro. 



It is natural for a nun to hate the 

 reproach of his Fortune. 



Envyinajiate is a tpholfoffte 0- 

 jiracifm. 



Contra. 



Envy never makes Holy day. 



Nothing but death reconciles En^ 

 vy to virtue. 



Envy doth put vertuc to it, as 

 Juno did Hercules. 



INCONTINENCE. XVIL 



Pro. 



Chajtity may thankjjealoufie that 

 fje is become a virtue. 



He had need be endued with much 

 Gravity, that makes the fports of 

 Venus any matter of Earneft. 



why do you place eitf^er afpare di' 

 et,or afmv ofHoneJiy^or the Daugh- 

 ter of Pride, amongfi the virtues .<? 



Of loves, asofvpildforpl,thereis 

 no property:, but the right is paji O" 

 ver vpith the poffeffion. 



Contra. 



Incontinence is one of Circes her 

 vporjl transformations. 



Anunehajidiver hath utterly loji 

 a reverence to himjelf which is the 

 bridle of all -vice. 



They that with Paris, make beaw 

 ty their wijl), lofe, as he did, Wif 

 dem and Honour, 



Alexander/t'Z/ upon no popular 

 truth, whenhefaid, that jleep aad 

 luji were the earners of Death. 



CRUELTY. XVIIL 



Pro. 



• No virtue isfo often guilty as cle- 

 mency. 



Cruelty if it proceed from revenge, 

 it it jujiice^ if from Peril it is wif 

 dom. 



He thatjl)ews mercy to his enemy, 

 denyes it to himfelf. 



Phlebotomy is not more neceffary 

 in the Body Natural, than it is in 

 the body Politick,. 



Contra. 



He that delights in blood, is ei- 

 ther a wild beaji or a Fury. 



Cruelty to a Goodman,feems to be 

 but a. Fable, and feme Tragi calfiHi-' 

 on. 



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