a 2)efcciptfart of li'iimg Ccmiireisf^ 9^ 
have been fpoyled by the over harfh and auftre car- 
riage of their Mafters. 
Further, if at any time we fee an unruly Herfe^ 
we prefently conclude, that it is either for want of 
care, or skill in the Rider; fo alfo we conclude, 
if we fee a people given to all vice and wickednefs, 
it is the fault of the Clergy. 
. And as a free H&rfe needs no fpur, fohe who 
loves learning, needs no arguments to make him 
diligent ; and as we do not tide a Horfe without 
a Bridle, and if we fee that he begins to be head- 
ftrong, then to put on one ; fo all men who are 
cholericki ought to rellrain and bridle their palfi- 
0ns at the firlt tilings of them. 
And as when a H^rfe is made tame and traftable, 
one may ride him without ai bridle, and eafily 
guide him; fo when once a man hath conquered 
and fuhdued his pallions, they will not fo ealily af- 
terwards exceed their due bounds and limits. 
As a Horfff alfo, when fingle,' can gO in as nar- 
row a path as a man ; but when he draws a Chariotj 
he then is forced to go through thick and thin j fo 
we find it amongff men, who are not content with 
their condition, but Hill aiming at preferment, do 
btit thereby run into greater troubles and dan- 
gers. 
To' condude, as Horfe, when they once grow 
old, are good for nothing but the Cart or the 
Ploiigh ; fo while a man is in prafperity, he is be- 
loved of all; but vvhen in adverfity, then he is de- 
fpifed of all ; Sophocles j in his Eledra, fpeaking of 
OrtfteSf his aged Schobl-mafter, by v/hofe mean? 
Ha he 
