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beforehand, every step finclcth a brier or an impediment, which 

 catchctli or stoppeth. 



Mcliorest finis orationis, quam principium. 



Tlcrc is taxed the vanity of formal speakers, that study more about 

 prefaces and inducements, than upon the conclusions and issues of 

 speech. 



.Jiii cognoscit in judicio faciem, non bene facit ; iste ct pro buccclla panis deserct 

 vcritatein. 



Here is noted, that a judge were better be a briber, than a respecter 

 of persons ; for a corrupt judge offendeth not so lightly as a facile. 

 Vir pauper calumnians paupcrcs, si mills cst imbri vehement !, in quo paratur fames. 



Here is expressed the extremity of necessitous extortions, figured 

 in the ancient fable of the full and the hungry horse-leech. 



Fons turbatus pcde, et vena corrupta, est Justus cadcns coram impio. 



Here is noted, that one judicial and exemplar iniquity in the face 

 of the world, doth trouble the fountains of justice more than many 

 particular injuries passed over by connivance. 



Qui subtrahit aliquid a patrc et a matre, et dicit hoc non esse peccatum, particep 

 est homicidii. 



Here is noted, that whereas men in wronging their best friends, 

 use to extenuate their fault, as if they might presume or be bold upon 

 them, it doth contrariwise indeed aggravate their fault, and turncth it 

 from injury to impiety. 



Noli csse amicus homini iracundo, nee ambulato cum homine furioso. 



Here caution is given, that in the election of our friends we do 

 principally avoid those which are impatient, as those that will espouse 

 us to many factions and quarrels. 



Qui conturbat donmm suam, possidebit vcntum. 



Here is noted, that in domcstical separations and breaches men do 

 promise to themselves quieting of their mind and contentment, but 

 still they arc deceived of their expectation, and it turneth to wind. 



Filius sapiens laetificat patrcm : filius vero stultus moestitia est matri suoe. 



Here is distinguished, that fathers have most comfort of the good 

 proof of their sons ; but mothers have most discomfort of their ill 

 proof, because women have little discerning of virtue, but of fortune. 



Qui celat delictum, quccrit amicitiam ; sed qui altero scrmone, repetit separat 

 fcederatos. 



Here caution is given, that reconcilement is better managed by an 

 amnesty, and passing over that which is past, than by apologies and 

 cxcusations. 



In omni opere bono erit abundantia ; ubi autem verba sunt plurima, bi frequeuter 

 egestas 



