258 Of the Advancement of Learning, L i b . V 1 1 1. 



THE EXPLICATION. 



THe firfi: information in any caufe, if it a little fix it (elfin the 

 mind of the Judge, takes deep root, and wholly fealbns and 

 prepofleireth it , fo as it can hardly be taken out, unlefs fome raani- 

 feft falftiood be found in the matter of Information 5 or fome cunning 

 dealing, in exhibiting and laying open the fame. For a bare and Am- 

 ple defence,though it be juftand more weighty, hardly compenlates 

 the prejudice of the firft information j or is of force of it felf to reduce 

 the fcales of Juftice, once fvvay'd down, to an equal weight. JVhere- 

 fore it is the fafeft courfe bothjtbr the Judge, that nothing touching 

 the proofs and merit of the caufe, be intimated before-hand until 

 both parties be heard together, and the beft for the Defendant, if he 

 perceive the Judge preoccupated -, to labour principally ia this (Co 

 far as the quality of the caufe will admit) to dilcover Ibrae cunning 

 fhift and fraudulent dealing praftifed by the adverle party to thea- 

 bufe o the Ju d ge. 



Prov.xxix. THEPARABLE. 



XV III. He that delicately brings nf his fervant from 

 a child J pall find him contumacious in the end. 



J f 



THE EXPLICATION. 



Rinces and Maliers^ from the Counfel of Solomon^ ptuB keep a 

 mean in the difpenfation of their Grace and Favour towards Servants. 

 The mean is three-fold 5 Firji that Servants be pro footed by degrees 

 and not by faults. Secondly, that they be notv and then acculiopted to 

 M3chia.Dif- repuljes : Thirdly, fwhich M^chiavel well advifeth) that they have e- 

 corfofopta. vcr in fight before them fontethingwhitherto they may farther afpire. For 

 nnleis thefe courfes be taken in the raifing of fervants. Princes (hall 

 bear away from their fervants, in(tead of a thankful acknowledge- 

 ment and dutiful obfervances, nothing but dtfrefpeB 4nd contumacy : 

 for. from fudden promotion ari(eth infolency ; from a continued at* 

 chievement of their defires, an impatience of Repulfe : if the accom- 

 plifhment of wiflies be wanting, alacrity and induftry will likewile 

 be wanting. 



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THE PARABLE. 



Prov.xxiii 



XIX. SeeU thou a man ofDiffatch in his Bufinefs ; 

 he fhall fland before King s, hejjjall not be ranJ^d a- 

 jnongjl mean men. 



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