L I B. VI. Of the Advancement of Learning, 



He that confroMtf clangers rcith 

 open eyes , that he may receive 

 the charge 5 marketh how to avoid 

 the fame. 



All other vertHes^ free us from 

 the Dominion of Vice ^ only For- 

 titude front the Dominion of For- 

 /H»e. 



That's a goodly verttte fure^rvhich 

 even dnmkennefs may induce. 



He that is prodigal of his own 

 life J will not fparc the life of ano- 

 ther. 



Fortitude is a vertne of the Iroti 

 Age. 



TEMPERANCE. XXIL 



Pro. 



To abftain and to fuftain, are 

 vertues proceeding commonly from 

 the fame habit. 



Uniformities , concords , and 

 tfteafur^s of motions, are things re- 

 lejiialy and the charaQers of Eter- 

 nity. 



Temperance as wholefome colds , 

 concentrate and flrengthen the 

 forces of the Alind. 



Too exqiiifite and wandring 

 fenfes , had need of ^arcotickj'-i 

 and fo likcvpife reandring affeCfi- 

 9ns, 



Contra. 



/ Uk? not thefe negative ver- 

 tues 5 for they argue Innocence net 

 Merit. 



That mind languifJ)cth which is 

 not fometimes fpirited by excef?. 



I like thofe vertues which induce 

 the vivacity of Action, and not ths 

 dalnefS of Pajfion. 



IVhen youfet doWn the eqftal tem- 

 pers of the mind, you fet down but 

 few J nam pauperis eft numerare 

 pecus. 



Thefc Stoicifms ^ not to ufe that 



fo you may Wot dejire 3 not to dejire 



that fo you may not fear) are the re- 



folutiofts of pufdlanimous , and di' 



Jirufiful natures. 



CONSTANCY. XXIII. 



Pro. 



Conjiancy is the foundation of 

 t/ertue. 



He is a mifcrable man that hath 

 tioperception of his future (iate^what 

 it ffjaU or may be. 



Seeing mans judgement is fo 

 Vpeak^, as that he cannot be confiant 

 to things -J let him at leaji be true to 

 himfelf, and to his own defigns. 



Constancy gives reputation even 

 to vice. 



If to the Inconfiancy of Fortune 

 we add alfo the inconfiancy of 

 mind , in what ma%es of dar/fneft 

 do we live. 



Contra. 



Conjiancy like a fullen-frlf-wilTd 

 Vortere^, drives away many fruitful 

 informations. 



There is good reafon that Con'- 

 Jiancy fljould patiently endure 

 crpffes 5 for commonly flie caufeth 

 tnem. 



The flwrtefi folly is the bcji. 



Fortiifie 



