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rideat, non inveniet requiem. Here is desnb_ed the great dis- 

 advantage which a wise man hath in undertaking a lighter 

 person than himself; which is such an engagement as 

 whether a man turn the matter to jest, or turn it to heat, 

 or howsoever he change copy, he can no ways quit himself 

 well of it. 



Qui delicate a pueritia nutrit seruum suum, postea sentiet 

 eum contumacem. Here is ..signified^ that if a man begin 

 too high a pitch in his favours, it doth commonly end in 

 unkindness and unthankfulness. 



Vidisti virum velocem in opere suo ? Coram regibus stabit, nee 

 erit inter ignobiles. Here is observed that, of all virtues 

 for rising to honour, quickness of dispatch is the best ; 

 for superiors many times love not to have those they 

 employ too deep or too sufficient, but ready and diligent. 



Vidi cunctos viventes qui ambulant sub sole, cum adokscente 

 secundo qui consurgit pro eo. Here is expressed that which 

 was noted by Sylla first, and after him by Tiberius : P lures 

 adorant solem orientem quam occidentem vet meridianum. 



Si spiritus potestatem habentis ascendent super te, locum 

 tuum ne dimiseris; quia cur atio facie t cessare peccata maxima. 

 Here caution is given that upon displeasure, retiring is of 

 all courses the unfittest ; for a man leaveth things at 

 worst, and depriveth himself of means to make them better. 



Erat civitas parva, et pauci in ea viri : venit contra earn 

 rex magnus, et vadavit earn, intruxitque munitiones per gyrum, 

 et perfecta est obsidio: inventusque est in ea vir pauper et 

 sapiens, et liberavit earn per sapientiam suam; et nullus 

 deinceps recordatus est hominis illius pauperis. Here the 

 corruption of states is set forth, that esteem not virtue or 

 merit longer than they have use of it. 



Mo His responsio frangit iram. Here is noted that silence 

 or rough answer exasperateth ; but an answer present and 

 temperate pacifieth. 



Iter pigrorum quasi sedes spinarum. Here is lively repre- 

 sented how laborious sloth proveth in the end ; for when 

 things are deferred till the last instant and nothing prepared 

 beforehand, every step findeth a brier or an impediment, 

 which catcheth or stoppeth. 



