1 54 The Duchess of Newcastle 



XXIV 



That all books of controversies should be writ in 

 Latin, that none but the learned may read them, and 

 that there should be no disputations but in schools, 

 lest it breed factions amongst the vulgar ; for disputa- 

 tions and controversies are a kind of civil war, main- 

 tained by the pen, and often draw out the sword soon 

 after: also that all prayer-books should be writ in 

 the native language; that excommunications should 

 not be too frequent for every little and pretty trespass ; 

 that every clergy-man should be kind and loving to 

 his parishioners, not proud and quarrelsome. 



XXV 



That ceremony is nothing in itself, and yet doth 

 every thing ; for without ceremony there would be no 

 distinction neither in Church nor State. 



XXVI 



That orders and professions ought not to entrench 

 upon each other, lest in time they make a confusion 

 amongst themselves. 



XXVII 



That in a well-ordered state or government care 

 should be taken lest any degree or profession what- 

 soever swell too big, or grow too numerous, it being 

 not onely a hinderance to those of the same profession, 

 but a burden to the commonwealth, which cannot be 

 well if it exceeds in ext reams. 



