04 ESSAYS CIVIL AND MORAL. 



First, that siimtlata sanctitas be not in the Church ; for that Is 

 duplex iniquitas. 



Secondly, that inutitis (rqititas sit not in the chancery ; for that is 

 inept it tnisericordia. 



Thirdly, that nfitis iitiqiii/tis keep not the exchequer ; for that is 

 cm ride latrocininm. 



Fourthly, that fidclis temcritas be not his general ; for that will 

 bring but scram pcrnitcntiam. 



Fifthly, that infidclis prudentia be not his secretary ; for that is 

 an &amp;lt;jnis snb viridi herba. 



&quot;To conclude ; as he is of the greatest power, so he is subject to the 

 greatest cares, made the servant of his people, or else he were without 

 a calling at all. 



He then that honoureth him not is next an atheist, wanting the fear 

 of Cod in his heart. 



A FRAGMENT OF AN ESSAY ON FAME. 



The poets make Fame a monster. They describe her in part 

 finely and elegantly ; and in part gravely and scntentiously. They 

 cay : Look, how many feathers she hath, so many eyes she hath under 

 neath ; so many tongues ; so many voices ; she pricks up so many 

 ears. 



This is a flourish : there follow excellent parables : as, that she 

 gathcreth strength in going ; that she goeth upon the ground, and yet 

 hideth her head in the clouds : that in the day-time she sittcth in a 

 watch tower, and flieth most by night : that she mingleth things done 

 with things not done ; and that she is a terror to great cities. But 

 that which passeth all the rest is, they do recount that the Earth, 

 mother of the giants, that made war against Jupiter, and were by him 

 destroyed, thereupon in an anger brought forth Fame ; for certain it 

 is that rebels, figured by the giants, and seditious fames and libels, 

 arc but brothers and sisters ; masculine and feminine. But now if a 

 man can tame this monster, and bring her to feed at the hand, and 

 govern her, and with her fly other ravening fowl, and kill them, it is 

 somewhat worth. Hut we arc infected with the stile of the poets. To 

 speak now in a sad and a serious manner ; there is not in all the 

 politics a place less handled, and more worthy to be handled, than this 

 of fame. We will therefore speak of these points : what are false 

 fames ; and what are true fames ; and how they may be best dis 

 cerned ; how fames may be sown and raised ; how they may be spread 

 and multiplied ; and how they may be checked and laid dead. And 

 other things concerning the nature of fame. Fame is of that force, as 

 there is scarcely any great action wherein it hath not a great part, 

 especially in the war. Mucianus undid Vitcllius, by a fame that he 

 scattered, that Vitcllius had in purpose to remove the legions of Syria 

 into Germany, and the legions of Cermany into Syria ; whereupon 

 the legions of Syria were infinitely inflamed. Julius Caesar took Pom- 

 pey unprovided, and laid asleep his industry and preparations, by a 



