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PROMPTITUDE. XXVIF. 



Pro. 



That is not feafonahk wifdom, 

 tphich is not quicksand nimble. 



He that quick!) ^*'>^^i qHickly re-- 

 forms his error. 



He that is wife upon deliberation, 

 and not upon prefehf occajio'n J per- 

 forms no great matter. 



Contra. 



That wifdom is not far fetcht ^ 

 nor deeply grounded^ ■mWch is ready 

 at hand. 



Wifdom is as a Fefiment^that i$ 

 lighteji, which is readieji. 



Age doth not ripen their wifdom^ 

 whofe counfels deliberation doth 

 not ripen. 



IVhat isfuddenly invented, fud- 

 denly vanijlieth ; foon ripe foon 

 rotten. 



Silence in matters of Secrecy. XXVIIL 



Pro. 



trom a ftlent man , nothing if 

 concealed j for all is therefafely laid 

 tfp. 



He that eafily talkj what he 

 knows ^ will alfo talkjphat he knows 

 not. 



Myfieries are due tofecrecies. 



Contra. 



Alteration pf CuUoms placeth 

 the mind in the darkji and makes 

 men go invijible. 

 Secrecy is the vertue of a Confeffor. 



From a ftlent man all things are 

 conceal' d, hecaufe all is repaid with 

 fllence. 



A clofe man is next to an un- 

 known man. 



FACILITY. XXIX. 



Pro. Contra. 



I like the man that is pliant to Facility is a weak, privation of 



another^s inclination , but yet re- judgement. 



ferves his judgement from flattery. The good offices of facile natures 



He that is flexible comes neareii feem debts j their denials, injuries. 



to the nature of Cold. He owes the thanks to himfelf, 



that obtains any thing of a facile" 

 natur'd man. 



All difficulties pre^ upon a too 

 accejjible and yielding nature 3 for 

 he ingages himfelfin all. 



Facile natures feldom come off 

 with credit. 



POPU^ 



