234 The Duchess of Newcastle 



THE EIGHT KINDS OF MANKIND 



Madam, — I do not wonder, that the Lord C. R. 

 should delight in effeminate pastimes, as dancing, 

 fidling, visiting, junketting, attiring, and the like, 

 because he is an effeminate man, fitter to dance with 

 a lady, than to fight with an enemy; nor do I wonder 

 that the Lord N. W. practises riding, fencing, vaulting, 

 shooting, hunting, fortifying, navigating, and the 

 like, because he is an heroick man, fitter to conquer a 

 nation, than to dance a gaUiard or courant ; nor I do 

 not wonder that the Lord A, M. drinks, whores, 

 games, and the like, because he is a debauched man, 

 apter to quarrel than to fight; neither do I wonder 

 that the Lord L. V. studies, reads, writes, travels, 

 inquires and searches for right and truth, because he 

 is a wise man ; nor I do not wonder at the Lord F. O. 

 that loves amorous courtships, because he is an idle 

 man; nor I do not wonder at the Lord C. H. that 

 prayes to God, sends to the sick, and relieves the poor, 

 because he is a good man; nor do I wonder at the 

 Lord W. I. who extorts, exacts, and deceives, because 

 he is a wicked man ; neither do I wonder at the Lord 

 C. C. who visits the meritorious, applauds the worthy, 

 assists the industrious, and the like, because he is a 

 generous person; nor I do not wonder at the Lord 

 G. R. that he speaks false with his tongue, dissembles 

 in his countenance, betrays in his actions, because he 

 is a base man. Thus, Madam, we may divide man- 

 kind into eight parts, or rather into four; for those 

 four, as the effeminate, idle, wicked, and base, are 

 but the slime and dung of mankind, and onely the 

 heroick, wise, good, and generous, are the soul and 

 body of mankind. The first are neither good for 



