230 Of the Advancement of Learning. L i b. ViL 



not topraifein prefcKce, fo thofePraifes exceed not meafure; or be 

 Cicero. attributed unfeafonably or upon no occafion prefented. Surely Cicero^ 



in that excellent oration Pro M. Marcello, ftudies nothing elfe, but to 

 exhibit a fair Table drawn by lingular Art, ofC<efar's virtues, though 

 that Oration was made to his face j which likewife Tlinius fecundns 

 p in.jun. ,. ^^j ^^ Trajan. Now let us refume our intended purpofe. 



■k § There belongs farther to this part, touching the Refpe&ive Du' 



SATYRA ties of vocations and particular Trofejfions^ and other kt!owledge, as 

 five d^e Inter!- ^^ vverc. Relative and oppofite unto the former, concerning the 

 oribus icrum. Frauds^ Cautels^ Itttpojiures, and Vices of every Profejjion : For Cor- 

 ruptions and Vices, are oppofed to Duties and Virtues. Nor are 

 thefe Depravations altogether filenced in many Writings and Tra- 

 ctates j but for moft part, thefe are noted only upon the by, and that 

 by way of Digreffion : but how ? rather in a Satyr and Cynically af- 

 ter Lucians manner, than ferioufly and gravely, for men have ra- 

 ther (ought by wit to traduce, and to expofe to (corn that which is 

 utefuland found, in Arts and Profeflions , than to fever that which 

 is good and whohbrae, from that which is corrupt and vitious. But 

 Prov XIV. Solomon (aith excellently j A fcornerjeeks vpifdom and finds it notj bat 

 ({ttovpledge is eajie unto him that t/nderjlands : for he that comes to 

 feek after knowledge, with a mind to fcorn, agd cenfure , (hall be 

 fure to find matter for his humour, but no matter for his inftrudtion. 

 And certainly a grave and wife Treati(e of this argument, whereof 

 we now fpeak, and that with fincetity and integrity, feemeth wor- 

 thy to be reckoned one of the beft fortifications of virtue and honc- 

 fty, that can be planted. For as the Fable goes of the Bafilisk, that 

 if he (ee a man firit, the man dyes j but if a man fee him fir(t, the Ba- 

 filisk dyesj fo it is with Frauds, Impoftures, and evil Arts, if a 

 man difcover them fir(t, they lofe their power of doing hurt j but 

 if they prevent, then, and not otherwife they endanger. So that 

 we are much beholding to Machiavil^ and fuch writers, who diico- 

 ver apertly and plainly, what men ufe to do, not what men ought 

 to do : for it is not poffible to joyn the wifdom of the Serpent^ veith 

 the Innocency of fjjhe Dove, except a man know exadly the nature 

 of evil it felf j foip^ithout this skill, virtue lyes open and unfenc'd 5 

 nay a (incere and honeft man can do no good upon tho(e that are 

 wicked, to reclaim them, unlefs he know all the coverts and pro- 

 flindities of Malice. For men of corrupt minds and deprav'd judge- 

 ments prefuppofe, that honefty grows out of the weaknels of Nature, 

 and fimplicity of Manners, and only out ofa belief given to Preach- 

 ers and School-Mafters ; as likewife to Books 5 Moral Precepts , and 

 popular opinions : (b that unlels you can make them plainly to per- 

 ceive, that their deprav'd and corrupt Principles, and crooked Rules, 

 are as deeply founded, and as plainly difcovered by thole who ex- 

 hort and admonifh them, as they are to themfelves, they defpi(e all 

 the integrity of Moral Praftices or Precepts 5 according to that ad- 

 mirable Oracle oiSolomon^Non recipitfiultus verba prndenti<e ^nifi ea di- 

 ftov 18. xeris, qu<e verfantur in corde ejus. But this part conceding Rejpe.. 

 Hivt Cautels andvices, we place in the number of Deficients, and will 

 call it by the name oiSafyra Scria, or of a Tieat'iie De interioribus 

 Rerun/. So 



