The arts of grandeur and submission, or, A discourse concerning the behaviour of great men towards their inferiours, and of inferiour personages towards men of greater quality written in Latin by Joannes Casa ... ; and rendered into English by Henry Stubbe ...
         De officiis inter potentiores et tenuiores amicos. English
         Della Casa, Giovanni, 1503-1556.
      
       
         
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             The arts of grandeur and submission, or, A discourse concerning the behaviour of great men towards their inferiours, and of inferiour personages towards men of greater quality written in Latin by Joannes Casa ... ; and rendered into English by Henry Stubbe ...
             De officiis inter potentiores et tenuiores amicos. English
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             Stubbe, Henry, 1632-1676.
          
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           THE
           ARTS
           OF
           GRANDEUR
           AND
           SUBMISSION
           .
        
         
           OR
           A
           Discourse
           concerning
           the
           Behaviour
           of
           Great
           Men
           towards
           their
           Inferiours
           :
           and
           of
           Inferiour
           Personages
           towards
           Men
           of
           greater
           quality
           .
        
         
           Written
           in
           Latin
           by
           
             Joannes
             Casa
          
           Arch-Bishop
           of
           Benevento
           ,
           Authour
           of
           the
           famed
           
             Galateus
             concerning
             Manners
          
           :
           and
           rendered
           into
           English
        
         
           By
           
             Henry
             Stubbe
          
           Oxon.
           
        
         
           
             
               Quintilian
               .
               Instit.
               Orat.
               l.
            
             1.
             c.
             1.
             
          
           
             Operum
             fastigia
             spectantur
             ,
             latent
             fundamenta
             .
          
        
         
           LONDON
           Printed
           by
           A.M.
           for
           
             William
             Lee
          
           ,
           and
           are
           to
           be
           sold
           at
           the
           Sign
           of
           the
           Turks-Head
           in
           Fleet-street
           over
           against
           Fetter-Lane
           .
        
         
           First
           Printed
           in
           
             English
             May
          
           Day
           1665.
           
        
      
       
         
         
         
           To
           my
           very
           worthy
           Friend
           Sr
           
             Charles
             Lyttelton
          
           ,
           Knight
           ,
           late
           Deputy-Governour
           of
           Iamaica
           ,
           one
           of
           the
           Cup-bearers
           to
           His
           
             Sacred
             MAIESTY
          
           ,
           and
           Major
           in
           the
           Sea-Regiment
           to
           his
           
             Royall
             Highnesse
          
           .
        
         
           
             Sir
             ;
          
        
         
           ALthough
           this
           Treatise
           may
           seem
           impertinent
           to
           a
           Personage
           of
           your
           Endowments
           and
           Worth
           ;
           yet
           I
           could
           not
           but
           Dedicate
           to
           the
           
             preserver
             of
             my
             life
          
           the
           first
           
             Essay
             of
             my
             recovery
          
           ;
           and
           let
           you
           see
           that
           however
           I
           may
           be
           
             unfortunate
             ,
             necessitous
          
           ,
           or
           weak
           ,
           yet
           I
           cannot
           cease
           to
           be
           acknowledging
           .
           When
           I
           was
           in
           Iamaica
           ,
           I
           had
           the
           honour
           ,
           of
           
             your
             favour
          
           ;
           and
           I
           participated
           together
           with
           others
           th●
           happynesse
           of
           that
           Government
           ,
           which
           needed
           not
           the
           caprichios
           or
           follyes
           of
           any
           insolent
           and
           unworthy
           successour
           ,
           to
           endeare
           it
           to
           the
           Inhabitants
           .
           When
           I
           was
           sick
           ,
           
           you
           made
           me
           a
           part
           of
           
             your
             care
          
           :
           and
           when
           
             my
             own
             resolutions
          
           ,
           added
           to
           the
           
             violence
             of
             my
             disease
          
           ,
           had
           inclined
           me
           to
           Dye
           ,
           you
           
             commanded
             me
             to
             live
          
           :
           and
           that
           I
           yet
           retaine
           so
           much
           breath
           as
           to
           make
           this
           profession
           ,
           it
           is
           out
           of
           
             obedience
             to
             your
             Authority
          
           ,
           as
           well
           as
           an
           
             effect
             of
             your
             Tendernesse
          
           .
           But
           I
           am
           not
           onely
           to
           render
           you
           thanks
           for
           that
           being
           I
           derive
           from
           your
           Goodnesse
           :
           Morall
           Philosophy
           teacheth
           me
           ,
           and
           that
           more
           solemnly
           ,
           to
           acknowledge
           the
           
             Authour
             of
             my
             well-being
          
           :
           and
           it
           is
           with
           all
           the
           hast
           ,
           as
           well
           as
           Submission
           imaginable
           ,
           that
           I
           testify
           my
           obligations
           to
           you
           for
           fixing
           me
           in
           the
           Family
           of
           the
           Right
           Honourable
           the
           Lord
           Viscount
           Mordant
           ,
           and
           establishing
           
             my
             repose
          
           by
           the
           same
           
             Loyall
             ,
             Noble
          
           ,
           and
           
             generous
             hands
          
           ,
           which
           have
           contributed
           
             so
             much
          
           to
           the
           
             universall
             tranquillity
          
           of
           this
           Kingdom
           .
           I
           have
           ,
           at
           length
           ,
           removed
           all
           the
           umbrages
           I
           ever
           lay
           under
           :
           I
           have
           joyned
           my self
           to
           the
           Church
           of
           England
           ;
           not
           only
           upon
           the
           account
           of
           it's
           being
           
             Publiquely
             imposed
          
           ,
           (
           which
           in
           
             things
             indifferent
          
           ,
           is
           no
           small
           consideration
           :
           as
           I
           learned
           from
           the
           Scottish-transactions
           at
           Perth
           )
           but
           because
           it
           is
           the
           
             least
             defining
          
           ,
           and
           consequently
           the
           
             most
             comprehensive
          
           ,
           and
           
           fitting
           to
           be
           Nationall
           :
           wherein
           any
           unprejudiced
           person
           (
           not
           resolved
           to
           mistake
           
             particular
             mens
             actions
          
           or
           opinions
           ,
           for
           Church-Principles
           and
           errours
           )
           may
           observe
           
             all
             those
             circumstances
          
           to
           continue
           in
           order
           to
           the
           promotion
           of
           
             Sober
             Piety
          
           ,
           which
           the
           Angels
           proclaimed
           at
           the
           Birth
           of
           the
           
             World's
             Saviour
          
           ;
           viz.
           GLORY
           TO
           GOD
           IN
           THE
           HIGHEST
           ,
           PEACE
           ON
           EARTH
           ;
           AND
           GOOD
           VVILL
           TOVVARDS
           MEN.
           In
           fine
           ,
           it
           beares
           the
           impress
           of
           what
           is
           Ancient
           ,
           and
           Apostolique
           ,
           as
           well
           as
           True.
           I
           alwayes
           had
           a
           reverence
           for
           those
           
             Primitive
             Christians
          
           ;
           and
           it
           is
           with
           a
           sincerity
           not
           unbecoming
           them
           ,
           that
           I
           
             thus
             declare
          
           my self
           :
           and
           I
           believe
           you
           will
           admit
           this
           deportment
           to
           be
           the
           
             best
             retribution
          
           I
           could
           make
           you
           ;
           since
           it
           
             justifies
             your
             esteem
             for
             me
          
           ,
           and
           
             those
             pretensions
          
           wherewith
           I
           am
           perfectly
        
         
           
             Sir
             ,
          
           
             your
             most
             humble
             and
             your
             most
             obliged-humble
             Servant
             
               Henry
               Stubbe
            
             .
          
           
             Parsons-green
             
               Apr.
               25.
               1665.
               
            
          
        
      
       
         
         
           An
           Advertisement
           to
           the
           Reader
           .
        
         
           
             READER
             ,
          
        
         
           IT
           was
           not
           with
           an
           intention
           to
           engage
           thy
           Iudgement
           ,
           that
           Muretus
           recommended
           this
           ens●eing
           Piece
           as
           the
           best
           for
           it's
           Stile
           and
           management
           ,
           that
           had
           been
           written
           since
           the
           time
           of
           Cicero
           .
           Our
           Authour
           ,
           
             Joannes
             Casa
          
           ,
           Arch-Bishop
           of
           Benevento
           ,
           preferred
           this
           before
           his
           Galateus
           :
           and
           having
           penned
           that
           in
           Italian
           ,
           he
           bestowed
           upon
           
             this
             Treatise
          
           his
           more
           attentive
           thoughts
           ,
           and
           that
           language
           wherein
           he
           surpassed
           
             Bembus
             ,
             Sadoletus
             ,
             Longolius
             ,
             Manutius
             ,
          
           and
           indeed
           all
           others
           but
           Him
           whom
           he
           chose
           to
           imitate
           .
           He
           took
           for
           his
           example
           Tully
           :
           and
           designs
           the
           worke
           according
           to
           
           his
           manner
           where
           he
           treats
           
             de
             Officiis
          
           .
           I
           shall
           leave
           the
           Discourse
           to
           recommend
           it
           self
           ;
           and
           onely
           informe
           you
           that
           I
           have
           changed
           the
           Title
           my
           Authour
           gave
           it
           into
           what
           it
           is
           ,
           because
           that
           however
           the
           word
           Duty
           may
           in
           some
           cases
           express
           the
           Latine
           word
           Officium
           ,
           yet
           it
           is
           not
           adequate
           in
           English
           ;
           and
           might
           be
           scrupled
           at
           by
           some
           Supercilious
           Reader
           .
           I
           observed
           that
           in
           this
           Treatise
           the
           Documents
           set
           downe
           are
           more
           then
           once
           called
           an
           Art
           and
           Artifice
           ;
           whereupon
           I
           thought
           it
           no
           incongruous
           Title
           ,
           to
           express
           
             De
             Officiis
             inter
             potentiores
             &
             tennuiores
             amicos
             Liber
             ,
          
           by
           
             the
             Arts
             of
             Grandeur
             and
             Submission
             ,
          
           respecting
           the
           sense
           of
           the
           words
           ,
           and
           Subject
           ,
           rather
           then
           the
           genuine
           signification
           .
           Another
           thing
           I
           am
           to
           take
           notice
           of
           ,
           is
           ,
           That
           I
           use
           promiscuously
           the
           words
           
             Superiours
             ,
             Great
             Men
             ,
             and
             Patrons
             ,
          
           as
           also
           those
           of
           
             poor
             Friends
             ,
             Servants
             ,
             Creatures
             ,
             Vassals
          
           and
           Dependances
           .
           In
           which
           I
           have
           partly
           followed
           my
           Authour
           ,
           and
           partly
           amended
           him
           in
           the
           English
           ;
           which
           you
           will
           observe
           to
           become
           more
           proper
           and
           intelligible
           as
           I
           have
           worded
           it
           ,
           then
           if
           I
           had
           emphatically
           restrained
           my self
           to
           his
           
             Amici
             ,
             Tenues
             &
             potentes
             amici
             ,
          
           
           &c.
           
           If
           these
           be
           no
           Faults
           ,
           I
           have
           committed
           none
           ,
           but
           what
           I
           durst
           justify
           to
           my
           Authour
           ,
           and
           therefore
           make
           not
           a
           superfluous
           Apology
           .
        
         
           Farewell
           .
        
      
    
     
       
         
         
           THE
           ARTS
           OF
           GRANDEUR
           AND
           SUBMISSION
           ,
           OR
           ,
           A
           Discourse
           concerning
           the
           Behaviour
           of
           
             Great
             men
          
           towards
           their
           Inferiours
           :
           and
           of
           Inferiour
           personages
           towards
           Men
           of
           
             Greater
             quality
          
           .
        
         
           I
           Have
           alwayes
           thought
           that
           our
           Ancestors
           were
           freed
           from
           many
           of
           those
           troubles
           which
           are
           to
           us
           both
           continuall
           and
           vexatious
           ;
           in
           that
           they
           did
           not
           ,
           as
           it
           is
           now
           our
           practice
           ,
           retain
           in
           their
           Families
           ,
           and
           in
           the
           number
           of
           their
           domestiques
           ,
           any
           but
           such
           as
           were
           
           
             absolute
             Slaves
          
           ,
           to
           serve
           them
           in
           the
           ordering
           of
           their
           Victuals
           ,
           attending
           of
           their
           Persons
           ,
           and
           other
           private
           exigences
           .
           For
           whereas
           Man
           is
           naturally
           proud
           ,
           haughty
           ,
           and
           much
           more
           quallified
           to
           command
           ,
           th●n
           obey
           ;
           it
           cannot
           choose
           but
           be
           a
           troublesome
           ,
           and
           odious
           affair
           to
           be
           a
           Master
           over
           such
           whose
           courage
           is
           yet
           entire
           ,
           and
           their
           Spirits
           no
           way
           enfeebl●d
           .
           And
           therefore
           I
           believe
           the
           ancients
           had
           no
           difficult
           or
           unpleasant
           task
           ,
           
           to
           command
           over
           persons
           that
           were
           already
           subdued
           ,
           and
           tamed
           by
           captivity
           ,
           exchange
           of
           fortune
           ,
           and
           hard
           usage
           ,
           or
           from
           their
           infancy
           inured
           to
           Slavery
           .
           We
           have
           to
           do
           with
           men
           
             Sturdy
             ,
             Strong
          
           ,
           and
           as
           it
           were
           Savage
           ,
           whom
           not
           only
           Nature
           inspires
           with
           an
           hatred
           against
           all
           subjection
           ,
           but
           even
           the
           
             freedome
             of
             their
             condition
          
           impowers
           to
           resist
           their
           Masters
           .
           They
           have
           rights
           to
           pretend
           to
           ,
           and
           are
           
             capable
             of
             being
             injured
          
           :
           which
           occasions
           quarrels
           and
           contests
           betwixt
           them
           and
           their
           Masters
           ,
           and
           sometimes
           gives
           them
           the
           face
           of
           Iustice.
           Thus
           distractions
           multiply
           ;
           and
           we
           become
           perpetually
           embroiled
           .
           Nor
           can
           it
           be
           otherwise
           ;
           since
           every
           man
           is
           a
           partiall
           Judge
           in
           his
           own
           case
           ,
           and
           puts
           too
           great
           a
           value
           on
           his
           own
           performances
           .
           Thus
           it
           falls
           out
           as
           in
           auditing
           of
           accompts●
           they
           can
           never
           be
           ballanced
           duely
           ,
           whilst
           
           more
           is
           set
           down
           as
           disbursed
           than
           hath
           been
           received
           .
           Hence
           arise
           those
           bitter
           expostulations
           and
           complaints
           ;
           
             I
             have
             spent
             my selfe
             in
             your
             Family
             ;
             I
             have
             rendred
             you
             these
             and
             these
             considerable
             services
             ;
             you
             are
             redevable
             to
             me
             for
             the
             atchievement
             and
             glory
             of
             such
             and
             such
             enterprises
             .
          
           And
           on
           the
           other
           side
           ;
           
             I
             have
             been
             your
             constant
             Patron
             and
             friend
             ;
             you
             are
             obliged
             to
             me
             for
             your
             edu●ation
             and
             subsistence
             all
             this
             while
             :
             I
             have
             shewed
             you
             these
             and
             these
             particular
             respects
             ,
             and
             rewarded
             you
             thus
             and
             thus
             .
          
        
         
           My
           own
           inclinations
           and
           common
           humanity
           made
           me
           esteem
           it
           no
           unworthy
           or
           unagreeable
           designe
           ,
           to
           prevent
           ,
           and
           allay
           these
           so
           usuall
           and
           troublesome
           quarrels
           .
           Wherefore
           having
           oftentimes
           entertained
           my selfe
           with
           those
           thoughts
           ,
           
           I
           at
           length
           happened
           to
           set
           down
           certain
           precepts
           ,
           and
           as
           it
           were
           
             artificiall
             rules
          
           for
           the
           management
           of
           that
           
             mutuall
             relation
          
           ,
           and
           entercourse
           which
           is
           betwixt
           Great
           ,
           and
           
             Inferiour
             persons
          
           :
           which
           from
           the
           resemblance
           it
           hath
           with
           that
           of
           old
           ,
           is
           called
           by
           the
           harsh
           name
           of
           Service
           .
           And
           this
           I
           did
           ,
           to
           the
           end
           ,
           that
           if
           I
           had
           not
           failed
           of
           my
           intention
           ,
           both
           the
           one
           and
           the
           
             other
             sort
             of
             men
          
           might
           receive
           such
           directions
           ,
           as
           if
           they
           duly
           pursued
           ,
           they
           might
           reap
           all
           the
           advantages
           aimed
           at
           in
           those
           
             mutuall
             relations
          
           ,
           and
           
           avoid
           the
           inconveniences
           which
           generally
           befall
           them
           therein
           .
        
         
           Now
           ,
           seeing
           that
           it
           is
           our
           businesse
           to
           deliver
           certain
           directions
           for
           our
           conduct
           in
           a
           particular
           way
           of
           combining
           ,
           and
           associating
           of
           men
           together
           :
           and
           seeing
           there
           are
           severall
           sorts
           of
           communities
           ,
           and
           associations
           of
           men
           ,
           contracted
           upon
           sundry
           ,
           and
           different
           grounds
           :
           It
           is
           necessary
           that
           first
           of
           all
           we
           distinguish
           and
           separate
           from
           all
           others
           that
           kind
           of
           Society
           whereof
           we
           intend
           to
           treat
           ;
           
           to
           the
           end
           ,
           that
           although
           there
           be
           some
           universall
           precepts
           which
           equally
           concerne
           all
           ,
           and
           the
           explication
           whereof
           is
           too
           large
           a
           theame
           to
           be
           handled
           at
           present
           ,
           yet
           such
           rules
           as
           especially
           appertain
           to
           this
           subject
           ,
           and
           mainly
           conduce
           to
           those
           aimes
           we
           now
           propose
           to
           our selves
           ,
           may
           be
           distinctly
           and
           plainly
           set
           down
           .
        
         
           There
           is
           
             no
             action
          
           of
           man
           which
           is
           without
           designe
           ;
           
           and
           it
           is
           in
           vain
           to
           imagine
           there
           is
           any
           so
           
             good
             natured
          
           ,
           as
           that
           their
           visits
           and
           friendships
           are
           without
           
             particular
             ends
          
           ,
           which
           though
           they
           are
           not
           alwayes
           in
           our
           thoughts
           ,
           yet
           doe
           they
           neverthelesse
           insensibly
           rule
           us
           ,
           and
           influence
           us
           in
           all
           our
           enterprises
           .
           All
           Societies
           ,
           applications
           ,
           and
           addresses
           are
           made
           either
           with
           an
           intention
           to
           delight
           us
           ,
           or
           advantage
           
           our selves
           in
           the
           acquiring
           of
           
             things
             necessary
          
           ,
           
           or
           of
           Power
           ,
           or
           of
           Riches
           ,
           and
           such
           like
           ;
           or
           the
           improving
           our
           
             present
             acquests
          
           ,
           or
           else
           securing
           them
           unto
           us
           :
           or
           else
           wee
           propose
           unto
           our selves
           the
           considerations
           of
           
             Vertue
             ,
             Iustice
          
           ,
           and
           Gallantry
           ,
           and
           accordingly
           frame
           our
           comportment
           .
           Under
           the
           first
           sort
           (
           that
           I
           may
           illustrate
           it
           by
           examples
           )
           all
           lascivious
           actions
           ,
           and
           amours
           ,
           and
           such
           as
           are
           transcendently
           called
           pleasures
           ,
           are
           comprised
           .
           The
           sense
           of
           
             common
             Vtility
          
           and
           profit
           is
           very
           comprehensive
           ,
           and
           includes
           all
           the
           motives
           wherupon
           all
           Estates
           ,
           and
           Republiques
           ,
           all
           Corporations
           ,
           and
           Companyes
           are
           erected
           .
           For
           men
           embodie
           together
           in
           Commonweales
           ,
           Cities
           and
           Corporations
           ,
           to
           the
           end
           that
           being
           thus
           united
           they
           may
           live
           safe
           ,
           and
           protected
           from
           forraigne
           dangers
           ,
           and
           domestick
           inconveniences
           :
           those
           other
           Fraternities
           ,
           and
           Societies
           of
           an
           inferiour
           rank
           to
           these
           ,
           are
           instituted
           upon
           hopes
           of
           
             extraordinary
             advantage
          
           ,
           and
           gaines
           .
           Under
           the
           third
           sort
           is
           contained
           that
           friendship
           and
           amity
           which
           is
           managed
           by
           
             vertuous
             persons
          
           ,
           not
           established
           upon
           
             particular
             advantages
          
           ,
           but
           resentments
           of
           integrity
           ,
           praise
           and
           decency
           .
        
         
           Inferiour
           and
           ordinary
           persons
           when
           they
           
           apply
           themselves
           to
           the
           friendship
           of
           Princes
           ,
           and
           
             Great
             men
          
           ,
           
           and
           also
           
             Great
             personages
          
           ,
           and
           such
           as
           are
           eminent
           for
           power
           ,
           or
           wealth
           ,
           when
           they
           caresse
           or
           admit
           into
           their
           Cabnets
           and
           familiarity
           such
           as
           are
           
             obscure
             ,
             inconsiderable
          
           ,
           and
           of
           little
           interest
           :
           neither
           the
           one
           or
           other
           intend
           by
           those
           applications
           Honesty
           or
           a
           
             good
             mine
          
           :
           no
           ,
           they
           scarce
           so
           much
           as
           make
           that
           any
           part
           of
           their
           regards
           :
           but
           they
           principally
           ,
           or
           only
           pursue
           therein
           either
           profit
           ,
           or
           pleasure
           .
           All
           which
           is
           evident
           ,
           in
           that
           
             meane
             persons
          
           propose
           not
           to
           themselves
           the
           service
           of
           the
           Iust
           ,
           the
           good
           ,
           the
           valiant
           ,
           or
           
             best
             temper●d
             men
          
           ,
           but
           (
           if
           they
           have
           opportunity
           to
           contrive
           and
           choose
           their
           relations
           )
           they
           joyne
           themselves
           to
           the
           Rich
           ,
           to
           the
           Powerfull
           ,
           and
           such
           as
           are
           
             favourite●
             of
             the
             Court
          
           ,
           and
           populace
           :
           and
           having
           
             made
             their
             own
             fortunes
          
           ,
           as
           if
           they
           had
           never
           entertained
           further
           thoughts
           ,
           they
           retire
           ,
           or
           at
           least
           covet
           to
           disengage
           themselves
           .
           Neither
           doe
           the
           
             Great
             ,
             Rich
          
           ,
           or
           
             ambitious
             Potentates
          
           ,
           employ
           ,
           or
           oblige
           such
           as
           are
           of
           a
           severe
           and
           
             inflexible
             vertue
          
           ,
           but
           such
           as
           are
           
             diligent
             ,
             industrious
             ,
             subtile
          
           ,
           of
           a
           popular
           not
           
             rigid
             honesty
          
           .
           A
           
             morose
             integrity
          
           with
           them
           is
           as
           odious
           ,
           as
           Bigottery
           in
           Religion
           :
           it
           may
           make
           the
           practisers
           of
           it
           admired
           at
           best
           ,
           rather
           than
           employed
           ,
           
           or
           confided
           in
           .
           Wherefore
           I
           shall
           omit
           all
           those
           harangues
           which
           relate
           to
           True
           and
           
             ideated
             Friendship
          
           ,
           when
           
             agreeablenesse
             of
             manners
          
           and
           conversations
           doth
           unite
           
             vertuou●
             persons
          
           together
           in
           a
           firme
           love
           ,
           and
           friendship
           .
           These
           are
           as
           remote
           from
           our
           purpose
           ,
           as
           are
           the
           ends
           thereof
           from
           those
           pursued
           in
           that
           friendship
           which
           we
           now
           treat
           of
           .
           Things
           of
           so
           different
           natures
           are
           not
           regulated
           by
           the
           same
           precepts
           :
           nor
           can
           they
           be
           reduced
           under
           one
           head
           ,
           which
           are
           so
           disjoyned
           in
           their
           designes
           ,
           and
           management
           .
        
         
           There
           is
           a
           further
           subdivision
           of
           humane
           Societies
           :
           for
           they
           are
           contracted
           either
           betwixt
           equals
           ,
           as
           betwxt
           Brother
           and
           Brother
           ;
           or
           betwixt
           persons
           of
           a
           
             disproportioned
             rank
             and
             esteeme
          
           ,
           as
           betwixt
           Parents
           and
           Children
           .
           It
           is
           of
           great
           importance
           in
           the
           conduct
           of
           our
           affairs
           ,
           
           to
           understand
           the
           nature
           of
           that
           Society
           and
           Friendship
           wee
           are
           engaged
           in
           :
           for
           howsoever
           the
           world
           may
           give
           to
           all
           one
           
             common
             name
          
           ,
           yet
           are
           the
           motives
           which
           establish
           them
           ,
           and
           the
           obligations
           to
           prosecute
           and
           continue
           them
           ,
           very
           different
           :
           and
           in
           the
           engaging
           therein
           ,
           and
           interruption
           thereof
           ,
           there
           is
           oftentimes
           neither
           that
           
             ●eak●ess●
             of
             judgement
          
           ,
           nor
           inconstancy
           ,
           nor
           ingratitude
           ,
           that
           men
           of
           
           
             small
             discretion
          
           ,
           and
           insight
           into
           things
           ,
           doe
           imagine
           .
        
         
           It
           is
           not
           to
           be
           questioned
           under
           which
           branch
           of
           the
           last
           subdivision
           the
           Friendship
           we
           treat
           on
           ,
           is
           comprised
           .
           Every
           one
           sees
           that
           it
           relates
           unto
           the
           latter
           sort
           .
           But
           as
           evident
           as
           it
           is
           ,
           that
           it
           intervenes
           only
           betwixt
           persons
           of
           a
           
             different
             ranke
          
           ,
           
           yet
           do
           most
           men
           either
           not
           regard
           that
           consideration
           ,
           or
           not
           remember
           it
           throughout
           the
           course
           of
           their
           life
           .
           It
           behoves
           us
           therefore
           to
           fixe
           and
           determine
           what
           that
           
             generall
             aime
          
           and
           scope
           is
           ,
           which
           wee
           propose
           to
           our selves
           in
           this
           society
           and
           confederacy
           ,
           and
           according
           to
           which
           we
           ought
           to
           forme
           and
           conduct
           our
           actings
           :
           lest
           by
           mistakes
           and
           misapplications
           we
           faile
           in
           our
           projects
           ,
           and
           
             wrongfully
             condemn
          
           others
           ,
           or
           render
           our selves
           lyable
           to
           censure
           .
           It
           is
           not
           in
           this
           as
           in
           other
           cases
           ,
           wherein
           Learning
           ,
           
           
             Age
             ,
             Nobility
          
           ,
           or
           
             intrinsique
             worth
          
           and
           vertue
           is
           considered
           :
           no
           ,
           these
           are
           not
           the
           
             grand
             inducements
          
           unto
           ,
           and
           Pillars
           of
           
             this
             Amity
          
           ,
           but
           only
           
             Riches
             ,
             Dignity
          
           ,
           and
           Power
           .
           And
           it
           were
           to
           be
           wished
           that
           
             all
             these
          
           should
           concur
           ,
           to
           the
           end
           that
           the
           friendship
           might
           be
           the
           more
           firme
           ,
           wherein
           those
           ends
           mankind
           proposeth
           to
           it's
           selfe
           in
           these
           circumstances
           ,
           
           may
           be
           all
           obtained
           ,
           and
           no
           pretense
           remain
           for
           the
           dissolving
           ,
           and
           interruption
           thereof
           .
           But
           however
           ,
           it
           behoves
           us
           to
           consider
           ,
           
             upon
             what
             grounds
          
           our
           
             mutuall
             relation
          
           is
           contracted
           ,
           and
           not
           only
           
             what
             we
             design
          
           ,
           but
           what
           
             they
             may
             expect
          
           ;
           and
           accordingly
           ensure
           our selves
           :
           since
           ,
           not
           according
           to
           the
           
             greatnesse
             of
             our
             own
             hopes
          
           ,
           but
           the
           
             generall
             answering
             of
             all
             theirs
          
           ,
           this
           sort
           of
           friendship
           is
           established
           ,
           and
           continued
           .
           Let
           us
           therefore
           not
           indulge
           our selves
           in
           phansies
           ,
           nor
           attribute
           more
           to
           the
           resucries
           of
           speculative
           men
           ,
           nor
           principles
           framed
           in
           Studies
           &
           Hermitages
           by
           persons
           unacquainted
           with
           the
           practice
           of
           the
           world
           (
           which
           alone
           is
           the
           rule
           of
           prudent
           and
           performing
           men
           ;
           and
           which
           alone
           gives
           actons
           the
           repute
           of
           being
           Honourable
           and
           Dishonourable
           abroad
           )
           than
           to
           the
           constant
           course
           of
           humane
           affaires
           ,
           in
           which
           we
           may
           daily
           observe
           ,
           that
           upon
           any
           great
           
             alteration
             of
             fortune
          
           ,
           the
           whole
           nature
           and
           condition
           of
           
             this
             friendship
          
           is
           changed
           ;
           and
           it
           is
           not
           more
           true
           ,
           that
           many
           are
           reduced
           to
           the
           
             same
             levell
          
           with
           ,
           and
           even
           below
           their
           
             former
             equals
          
           and
           inferiours
           ;
           then
           it
           is
           ,
           that
           they
           likewise
           are
           enforced
           (
           notwithstanding
           any
           
             previous
             friendship
          
           of
           the
           nature
           afore-mentioned
           ,
           and
           without
           any
           disparagement
           to
           such
           as
           admit
           of
           this
           vicissitude
           )
           
             to
             revere
             ,
             ●ourt
          
           and
           complement
           such
           as
           before
           were
           
             their
             creatures
          
           ,
           and
           
             at
             their
             
             devotion
          
           .
           In
           all
           which
           accidents
           there
           is
           nothing
           strange
           ,
           but
           the
           
             alteration
             of
             Fortune
          
           ;
           with
           which
           
             such
             extravagances
          
           are
           usuall
           ,
           in
           advanc●ing
           ,
           equalling
           and
           debasing
           men
           :
           and
           they
           who
           understand
           themselves
           comply
           with
           her
           disports
           ,
           and
           accordingly
           demeane
           themselves
           ,
           
             Cases
             altering
             ,
             but
             not
             they
             .
          
           Wherefore
           in
           all
           Communities
           ,
           and
           Leagues
           of
           Friendship
           ,
           let
           this
           be
           a
           generall
           and
           infallible
           direction
           ,
           
           
             That
             every
             person
             engaging
             therein
             ,
             throughly
             ●xamine
             the
             designe
             and
             ends
             upon
             which
             he
             and
             others
             enter
             thereon
             ;
             and
             let
             him
             carefully
             inquire
             into
             his
             own
             condition
             and
             abilities
             ,
             and
             impartially
             judge
             how
             much
             he
             doeth
             contribute
             to
             the
             upholding
             of
             that
             amity
             :
             and
             accordingly
             as
             he
             findes
             himself
             to
             be
             of
             importance
             to
             the
             other
             contractors
             ,
             and
             subservient
             to
             the
             ends
             they
             have
             in
             ambitioning
             his
             friendship
             ,
             so
             farre
             let
             him
             value
             himself
             ,
             and
             expect
             to
             be
             valued
             .
          
        
         
           But
           it
           is
           usuall
           with
           men
           to
           cast
           up
           their
           reckonings
           otherwise
           ,
           and
           they
           are
           thereby
           precipitated
           into
           great
           errours
           and
           absurdities
           .
           Wherein
           I
           would
           willingly
           undeceive
           them
           ,
           that
           they
           might
           not
           give
           themselves
           and
           others
           the
           troubles
           they
           perpetually
           doe
           .
           Wherefore
           as
           often
           as
           they
           shall
           enter
           upon
           those
           debates
           ,
           they
           ought
           to
           remember
           ,
           that
           it
           is
           
             not
             every
             thing
          
           
           which
           ought
           to
           be
           
             put
             into
             the
             Scales
          
           ,
           but
           only
           Riches
           and
           Power
           .
           Forasmuch
           as
           upon
           this
           account
           only
           ,
           and
           none
           else
           ,
           is
           the
           relation
           to
           rich
           ,
           and
           powerfull
           men
           sought
           after
           ,
           and
           acquired
           ;
           and
           we
           subject
           our selves
           to
           them
           in
           this
           manner
           ,
           because
           of
           their
           Riches
           ,
           and
           Power
           .
           It
           is
           but
           fitting
           therefore
           that
           such
           as
           are
           sensible
           of
           the
           calamities
           that
           attend
           poverty
           ,
           who
           are
           
             weary
             of
             being
             miserable
          
           ;
           such
           ,
           the
           meanesse
           of
           whose
           condition
           is
           become
           insupportable
           to
           them
           ,
           and
           who
           cannot
           create
           themselves
           a
           
             better
             fortune
          
           without
           the
           
             helpes
             of
             others
          
           ,
           and
           that
           power
           which
           another
           must
           those
           impertinences
           ,
           and
           not
           place
           
             too
             great
             a
             merit
          
           in
           their
           extraordinary
           
             wit
             ,
             Nobility
          
           or
           Learning
           ,
           (
           which
           yet
           I
           despise
           not
           ;
           and
           )
           wherein
           they
           themselves
           put
           
             no
             great
             confidence
          
           ,
           as
           to
           hope
           ,
           or
           demand
           ,
           that
           in
           
             regard
             of
             them
          
           ,
           they
           should
           be
           equalled
           or
           preferred
           before
           
             those
             others
          
           .
           But
           perhaps
           they
           will
           say
           ,
           
             We
             are
             the
             better
             men
             :
             We
             exceed
             them
             in
             point
             of
             behaviour
             and
             vertuous
             deportment
             .
             Our
             Families
             are
             the
             more
             ancient
             ,
             and
             Noble
             :
             In
             Learning
             we
             surpasse
             them
             .
             There
             is
             but
             one
             advantage
             they
             have
             over
             us
             ,
             and
             that
             they
             are
             obliged
             for
             to
             their
             Fortune
             ,
             not
             desert
             ;
             had
             any
             thing
             but
             that
             blind
             Goddesse
             ,
             and
             chance
             (
             propitiou●
             to
             none
             but
             such
             as
             must
             absolutely
             depend
             thereon
             for
             their
             felicity
             )
             distributed
             those
             favours
             ,
             we
             had
             deprived
             them
             thereof
             ,
             or
             at
             lest
             disputed
             
             them
             .
             It
             is
             well
             for
             them
             ,
             that
             prosperity
             is
             not
             alwayes
             the
             attendant
             of
             vertue
             :
             and
             that
             there
             is
             some
             way
             to
             felicify
             those
             who
             deserve
             nothing
             ,
             and
             apprehend
             nothing
             .
          
           I
           allow
           all
           this●
           nor
           doe
           I
           silence
           their
           objections
           ,
           by
           telling
           them
           they
           are
           partiall
           to
           themselves
           ;
           that
           they
           ought
           to
           give
           others
           leave
           to
           judge
           of
           
             their
             good
             qualilites
          
           ,
           and
           examine
           
             their
             particular
             defects
          
           :
           I
           grant
           them
           all
           they
           pretend
           to
           ;
           and
           being
           thus
           liberall
           in
           my
           concessions
           ,
           I
           must
           yet
           tell
           them
           ,
           that
           in
           
             this
             kind
          
           of
           relation
           and
           friendship
           ,
           all
           that
           they
           insist
           on
           is
           frivolous
           ,
           and
           not
           to
           the
           purpose
           .
           It
           was
           none
           of
           those
           considerations
           that
           endeared
           them
           each
           to
           the
           other
           :
           It
           was
           Riches
           and
           Power
           :
           It
           is
           
             from
             hence
          
           that
           those
           have
           the
           preheminence
           :
           and
           the
           
             want
             of
             them
          
           necessitates
           the
           others
           to
           submission
           .
           Either
           these
           tearms
           ought
           not
           
             at
             first
          
           to
           have
           been
           
             accepted
             of
          
           ,
           or
           not
           to
           be
           
             controverted
             afterwards
          
           .
           There
           was
           formerly
           a
           Law
           amongst
           the
           Aethiopians
           ,
           that
           they
           should
           make
           him
           King
           amongst
           them
           ,
           who
           was
           the
           
             tallest
             person
          
           .
           I
           would
           faine
           know
           if
           this
           Law
           had
           not
           extended
           so
           farre
           as
           to
           punish
           any
           
             proud
             Pe●ant
          
           ,
           or
           Philosopher
           ,
           that
           should
           have
           ambitioned
           the
           Crown
           ?
           Yet
           is
           it
           true
           that
           wisdome
           is
           to
           be
           preferred
           before
           an
           
             extraordinary
             Stature
          
           :
           and
           it
           imports
           more
           a
           Nation
           ,
           that
           their
           Prince
           be
           endued
           with
           knowledge
           ,
           than
           
             bulk
             of
             Body
          
           :
           All
           this
           is
           true
           ;
           yet
           since
           the
           
           Laws
           of
           the
           Aethiopians
           have
           a
           particular
           regard
           to
           Tallness
           of
           Body
           ;
           the
           Laws
           must
           take
           place
           ;
           and
           Tallnesse
           must
           be
           perferred
           .
           So
           it
           is
           with
           us
           :
           we
           must
           acquiesce
           in
           those
           conditions
           which
           usage
           and
           custome
           hath
           enacted
           ,
           and
           which
           
             we
             our selves
          
           (
           as
           a
           part
           of
           that
           multitude
           which
           gives
           Laws
           and
           Customes
           without
           comptroll
           )
           have
           ratifyed
           .
           For
           so
           farre
           ought
           we
           to
           be
           from
           adding
           ought
           to
           what
           hath
           been
           appointed
           ,
           and
           from
           giving
           a
           value
           to
           
             any
             thing
          
           (
           howbeit
           otherwise
           very
           considerable
           ,
           )
           where
           custome
           hath
           given
           it
           a
           disrepute
           ,
           or
           contempt
           ;
           that
           sometimes
           these
           kind
           of
           accessionals
           become
           derogatory
           .
           This
           ,
           that
           modesty
           which
           becomes
           a
           Virgin
           in
           a
           Cloyster
           ,
           is
           criminall
           in
           a
           Curtesan
           :
           for
           since
           the
           esteeme
           of
           a
           Curtesan
           depends
           upon
           her
           spritely
           ayre
           ,
           amorous
           gestures
           ,
           aspect
           ,
           discourse
           and
           dallyances
           :
           All
           that
           carryage
           ,
           all
           those
           graces
           ,
           addresses
           ,
           mine
           ,
           and
           Language
           ,
           which
           recommend
           a
           
             beautifull
             Virgin
          
           or
           
             grave
             Matron
          
           to
           our
           admiration
           ,
           are
           unbeseeming
           in
           a
           Whore
           :
           and
           lasciviousness
           ,
           how
           criminall
           and
           odious
           soever
           it
           be
           elsewhere
           ,
           makes
           up
           her
           praise
           and
           merit
           .
           Upon
           no
           other
           ground
           than
           this
           ,
           was
           it
           decreed
           in
           some
           Commonwealths
           ,
           that
           those
           Citizens
           whose
           vertues
           were
           transcendent
           ,
           and
           not
           of
           a
           
             popular
             alloy
          
           ,
           should
           be
           banished
           ,
           though
           innocent
           :
           nor
           was
           this
           procedure
           much
           condemned
           by
           the
           great
           Philosopher
           
           Aristotle
           ;
           since
           ,
           in
           those
           Republiques
           all
           things
           were
           managed
           in
           a
           
             regular
             way
          
           ,
           and
           all
           estates
           and
           interests
           reduced
           to
           a
           temperament
           ,
           it
           seemed
           just
           even
           to
           
             confine
             vertue
             it self
          
           ,
           and
           limit
           her
           within
           a
           mediocrity
           stricter
           than
           nature
           ever
           placed
           her
           in
           .
           Let
           us
           then
           accustome
           our selves
           to
           yeild
           that
           precedence
           and
           quality
           to
           Riches
           and
           Power
           ,
           which
           
             usage
             authenticates
          
           :
           let
           us
           be
           so
           wise
           in
           these
           friendships
           ,
           as
           not
           to
           place
           an
           undue
           value
           upon
           
             Nobility
             ,
             Learning
          
           or
           Vertue
           .
           Let
           us
           at
           length
           behold
           all
           such
           as
           
             refuse
             those
             termes
          
           (
           of
           which
           there
           is
           a
           great
           number
           )
           as
           we
           would
           turbulent
           and
           
             unreasonable
             persons
          
           ,
           who
           are
           as
           troublesome
           in
           their
           friendships
           ,
           as
           the
           seditious
           are
           in
           States
           .
        
         
           Thus
           it
           is
           manifest
           ,
           that
           in
           these
           kindes
           of
           associations
           ,
           such
           onely
           are
           comprehended
           as
           are
           
             different
             in
             power
             and
             riches
          
           :
           and
           the
           bonds
           of
           them
           are
           not
           a
           particular
           affection
           and
           love
           each
           have
           for
           others
           ,
           but
           utility
           .
           From
           whence
           also
           it
           is
           concluded
           (
           which
           was
           before
           asserted
           )
           that
           they
           are
           
             much
             mistaken
          
           ,
           who
           think
           that
           this
           sort
           of
           friendship
           hath
           
             any
             affinity
          
           with
           ,
           or
           ought
           to
           be
           managed
           according
           to
           the
           principles
           of
           
             true
             and
             exact
             friendship
          
           .
        
         
           Truely
           those
           men
           are
           very
           much
           deceived
           ,
           and
           guilty
           of
           an
           
             intollerable
             oversight
          
           ,
           who
           exact
           in
           these
           associations
           ,
           those
           
             ardours
             and
             deep
             concerns
          
           which
           are
           onely
           to
           be
           found
           in
           
             vertuous
             
             friendships
          
           .
           Those
           people
           ought
           to
           distinguish
           amidst
           such
           a
           multiplicity
           of
           relations
           as
           encumber
           and
           associate
           men
           one
           with
           another
           ;
           and
           not
           expect
           to
           finde
           
             every
             thing
             every
             where
          
           .
           For
           ,
           that
           any
           man
           should
           demand
           or
           imagin
           that
           another
           should
           quit
           his
           
             own
             advantage
          
           ,
           and
           abandon
           his
           particular
           profit
           ,
           to
           
             serve
             him
          
           and
           
             procure
             his
          
           ,
           and
           this
           in
           such
           a
           friendship
           as
           is
           established
           upon
           
             mutual
             conveniences
          
           ,
           is
           a
           folly
           no
           considering
           person
           will
           fall
           into
           ,
           or
           presume
           upon
           .
        
         
           It
           is
           observable
           ,
           that
           in
           
             this
             sort
             of
             friendship
          
           both
           partyes
           propose
           not
           to
           themselves
           the
           
             same
             advantages
          
           :
           but
           
             great
             personages
          
           expect
           from
           those
           that
           are
           indigent
           and
           inferiour
           to
           them
           ,
           service
           ,
           and
           an
           
             awefull
             regard
          
           :
           on
           the
           other
           side
           ,
           
             necessitous
             persons
          
           purpose
           to
           acquire
           Riches
           and
           Honour
           from
           Those
           that
           are
           possessed
           of
           Wealth
           and
           Dignity
           .
           For
           they
           which
           are
           wealthy
           propose
           not
           to
           themselves
           by
           this
           retinue
           any
           further
           
             encrease
             of
             riches
          
           ,
           but
           they
           understand
           that
           the
           addresses
           and
           
             dependance
             of
             inferiour
             persons
             upon
             them
             ,
          
           not
           onely
           
             augments
             their
             splendour
          
           and
           glory
           ,
           but
           is
           beneficiall
           to
           them
           in
           their
           
             domestique
             employments
          
           ,
           and
           hath
           other
           conveniences
           ,
           besides
           the
           
             particular
             satisfaction
          
           they
           finde
           therein
           .
           Those
           that
           are
           inferiours
           ,
           by
           reason
           of
           their
           poverty
           and
           that
           contempt
           which
           attends
           it
           ,
           seeke
           not
           onely
           their
           sustenance
           and
           advancement
           ,
           but
           
           protection
           in
           rich
           and
           potent
           families
           .
        
         
           
           Since
           that
           things
           are
           in
           this
           posture
           ;
           as
           in
           all
           other
           affairs
           ,
           it
           concerns
           us
           much
           to
           know
           the
           qualities
           and
           inclinations
           of
           those
           men
           we
           negotiate
           with
           ,
           so
           it
           will
           not
           be
           amisse
           ,
           in
           these
           circumstances
           ,
           to
           make
           a
           diligent
           inquiry
           into
           the
           nature
           and
           inclinations
           of
           those
           persons
           with
           whom
           wee
           live
           ,
           that
           we
           may
           either
           accommodate
           our selves
           to
           their
           humours
           ,
           or
           
             refuse
             advantages
          
           that
           are
           not
           to
           be
           procured
           but
           on
           such
           
             difficult
             termes
          
           as
           we
           cannot
           submit
           to
           .
           In
           this
           inquiry
           it
           is
           not
           necessary
           that
           we
           should
           be
           very
           curious
           and
           exact
           ,
           since
           
             a
             generall
             account
          
           ,
           and
           such
           as
           is
           commonly
           if
           not
           universally
           true
           ,
           will
           satisfie
           :
           and
           indeed
           the
           humours
           of
           particular
           men
           are
           so
           infinite
           ,
           that
           if
           it
           were
           requisite
           to
           be
           acquainted
           therewith
           ,
           the
           thing
           were
           not
           feasible
           .
        
         
           To
           begin
           with
           a
           character
           o●
           those
           which
           are
           Rich
           ;
           
           they
           are
           generally
           inclined
           to
           pride
           ,
           and
           
             contempt
             of
             others
          
           :
           for
           they
           live
           as
           if
           they
           were
           masters
           of
           whatever
           the
           world
           calls
           good
           ;
           and
           abounding
           with
           money
           ,
           according
           to
           which
           
             all
             things
          
           are
           valued
           ,
           and
           which
           is
           the
           
             equivalent
             price
             of
             all
             things
          
           ,
           they
           imagine
           nothing
           to
           be
           
             above
             their
             reach
          
           ,
           and
           indeed
           ,
           
           not
           
             already
             in
             their
             possession
          
           .
           The
           world
           is
           but
           a
           
             great
             market
          
           ,
           in
           which
           every
           thing
           is
           sold
           ;
           the
           opulent●
           suppose
           that
           whatever
           they
           can
           buy
           ,
           is
           no
           great
           tender
           ,
           if
           given
           ;
           that
           no
           present
           can
           be
           made
           ,
           which
           if
           it
           were
           to
           be
           purchased
           ,
           would
           be
           
             too
             costly
          
           for
           their
           exchequ●r
           .
           And
           consequently
           ,
           
             where
             no
             expense
             is
             great
             ,
             no
             accessional
             is
             so
             considerable
             as
             to
             oblige
             the
             receiver
             to
             ●n
             extraordinary
             resentment
             .
          
           Thus
           they
           apprehend
           themselves
           already
           possess'd
           of
           happyness
           ;
           and
           that
           they
           may
           communicate
           it
           to
           others
           ,
           but
           not
           derive
           any
           
             from
             them
          
           .
           Besides
           ,
           they
           behold
           all
           men
           (
           especially
           that
           have
           the
           reputation
           of
           prudence
           )
           to
           set
           themselves
           wholly
           upon
           encreasing
           
             their
             estates
          
           :
           they
           see
           it
           to
           be
           an
           
             indisputable
             point
          
           ,
           that
           the
           
             rich
             man
          
           is
           never
           out
           of
           esteeme
           and
           repute
           ;
           nor
           can
           
             lose
             his
             interest
          
           ,
           but
           with
           his
           fortune
           :
           that
           
             indigent
             vertue
          
           is
           rather
           admired
           ,
           then
           followed
           ;
           and
           that
           
             without
             riches
          
           it
           
             seldome
             procures
          
           ,
           and
           
             never
             can
             maintain
          
           its
           esteeme
           .
           And
           as
           for
           Power
           ,
           it
           wholly
           subsists
           by
           
             large
             revenues
          
           ;
           and
           vanisheth
           without
           
             full
             coffers
          
           ,
           or
           a
           
             proportionable
             credit
          
           ,
           which
           must
           be
           made
           good
           by
           an
           
             ample
             treasury
          
           at
           least
           .
           Hence
           they
           conclude
           ,
           they
           may
           justly
           bear
           themselves
           high
           ,
           being
           already
           〈◊〉
           of
           what
           
             all
             covet
          
           ,
           all
           men
           admire
           ,
           and
           
             without
             which
          
           even
           they
           who
           vilifie
           it
           cannot
           subsist
           ,
           or
           effect
           any
           great
           exploit
           .
           Nor
           doth
           it
           a
           little
           adde
           to
           their
           arrogance
           and
           insolence
           ,
           
           that
           many
           are
           unavoidably
           forced
           to
           apply
           themselves
           
             to
             them
          
           ,
           and
           petition
           for
           
             many
             things
          
           at
           their
           hands
           .
           Nor
           are
           they
           free
           from
           the
           vanity
           of
           thinking
           that
           
             their
             riches
          
           entitles
           them
           to
           Empire
           ,
           and
           that
           it
           is
           ●or
           
             these
             treasures
          
           ,
           wherewith
           they
           abound
           ,
           that
           Soveraignety
           is
           ambition'd
           .
           Thus
           
             great
             riches
          
           are
           attended
           with
           vain-glory
           and
           insolence
           :
           nor
           are
           these
           the
           onely
           defects
           of
           the
           opulent
           ,
           for
           it
           is
           so
           difficult
           for
           men
           not
           to
           be
           transported
           with
           
             good
             fortune
          
           ,
           that
           we
           may
           reckon
           petulancy
           ,
           and
           a
           peculiar
           kinde
           of
           wantonnesse
           which
           is
           unexpressible
           to
           be
           another
           of
           their
           vices
           .
           They
           are
           also
           addicted
           to
           luxury
           ;
           and
           where
           delicacy
           is
           not
           the
           nature
           of
           
             the
             men
          
           ,
           it
           is
           their
           practise
           ;
           because
           the
           
             ostentation
             of
             happinesse
             ,
             is
             a
             part
             of
             it
             .
          
           In
           fine
           ,
           
             great
             riches
          
           are
           
             never
             without
          
           ,
           and
           o●tentimes
           
             create
             great
             follies
          
           :
           but
           Civill
           
             happinesse
             depends
             upon
             them
          
           ;
           and
           
             good
             fortune
          
           is
           so
           inseparably
           annexed
           to
           them
           ,
           that
           even
           in
           
             common
             speech
          
           ,
           by
           those
           
             great
             fortunes
          
           which
           befall
           us
           ,
           we
           understand
           nothing
           but
           
             great
             riches
          
           .
           All
           these
           Vices
           in
           
             rich
             men
          
           ,
           
           more
           notoriously
           affect
           such
           as
           have
           
             newly
             acquired
          
           their
           riches
           ,
           then
           ●hose
           to
           whom
           they
           have
           
             descended
             by
             inheritance
          
           .
           For
           custome
           takes
           away
           the
           admiration
           and
           value
           we
           frequently
           have
           for
           things
           ;
           and
           the
           easinesse
           of
           the
           purchase
           lessens
           our
           esteeme
           for
           them
           :
           besides
           ,
           who
           
           are
           
             ignorant
             of
             the
             miseries
          
           of
           an
           
             irrelieveable
             condition
          
           ,
           &
           of
           the
           benefit
           that
           arises
           from
           
             small
             supports
             therein
          
           ,
           or
           universall
           deliverance
           from
           it
           ,
           understand
           not
           the
           happinesse
           they
           enjoy
           themselves
           ,
           and
           conferre
           on
           others
           .
           But
           such
           as
           are
           sensible
           with
           how
           much
           
             care
             〈◊〉
             industry
          
           ,
           or
           
             unexpected
             good
             fortune
          
           (
           which
           happens
           but
           to
           some
           )
           they
           
             enriched
             themselves
          
           ;
           who
           retain
           a
           
             perfect
             memory
          
           of
           their
           wants
           ,
           and
           the
           miseries
           it
           occasioned
           them
           ,
           and
           the
           poore
           and
           
             necessitous
             thoughts
             and
             actions
          
           it
           put
           them
           upon
           ;
           they
           are
           surprised
           with
           the
           change
           of
           their
           estate
           :
           and
           as
           men
           newly
           escaped
           from
           precipices
           and
           as
           yet
           filled
           with
           
             horrour
             and
             affright
          
           ,
           magnify
           their
           
             passed
             dangers
          
           beyond
           reason
           ;
           so
           doe
           they
           too
           much
           exalt
           their
           
             present
             enjoyments
          
           ,
           and
           
             too
             overly
          
           behold
           the
           miserable
           and
           the
           poor
           .
           Whereunto
           if
           we
           adde
           this
           other
           circumstance
           ,
           that
           those
           who
           arrive
           to
           these
           
             suddain
             riches
          
           ,
           are
           neither
           men
           of
           any
           education
           ,
           nor
           
             insight
             into
             the
             nature
             of
             things
             ,
          
           nor
           acquainted
           with
           the
           humours
           of
           men
           whom
           they
           retain
           or
           converse
           with
           ;
           we
           will
           les●e
           wonder
           at
           those
           follyes
           ,
           and
           that
           vanity
           which
           their
           
             former
             ,
             ignorance
             ,
             meane
             spirit
             ,
          
           and
           so
           vast
           and
           
             unthought
             of
          
           change
           of
           fortune
           ,
           (
           requiring
           a
           
             novell
             gar●
             ,
             addresses
          
           &
           parts
           ;
           which
           they
           are
           not
           accustomed
           unto
           )
           produces
           in
           them
           .
           Examples
           whereby
           to
           verify
           and
           illustrate
           this
           character
           ,
           are
           obvious
           in
           the
           City
           of
           Rome
           ,
           and
           elsewhere
           .
        
         
         
           If
           any
           think
           they
           are
           injured
           by
           this
           character
           ,
           and
           suppose
           themselves
           free
           from
           the
           vices
           we
           impute
           to
           them
           ;
           they
           apprehend
           not
           things
           aright
           ,
           since
           th●
           universality
           laeves
           roome
           for
           
             particular
             exceptions
          
           ,
           and
           whilest
           the
           
             usuall
             defects
          
           of
           
             rich
             men
          
           are
           set
           down
           ,
           occasion
           is
           given
           for
           them
           to
           glory
           that
           they
           are
           not
           such
           .
        
         
           As
           for
           the
           manners
           of
           such
           as
           are
           
             of
             great
             Power
             and
             Authority
          
           ,
           
           they
           are
           partly
           agreeable
           with
           
             thos●
             of
             the
             rich
          
           ,
           already
           mentioned
           ;
           partly
           they
           are
           better
           they
           being
           commonly
           endued
           with
           a
           
             manly
             spirit
             ,
             courage
             ,
             activity
             of
             mind
             ,
          
           and
           a●
           
             incessant
             desire
             of
             glory
          
           :
           And
           as
           in
           the
           atchieving
           of
           high
           enterprises
           ,
           the
           concurrence
           of
           other
           is
           necessary
           ;
           So
           it
           is
           to
           the
           celebrating
           〈◊〉
           their
           praises
           ,
           and
           compleating
           of
           
             their
             honou●
          
           which
           is
           nothing
           but
           the
           
             opinion
             others
             have
             i●
             their
             deserts
          
           ;
           and
           supporting
           
             their
             power
          
           an●
           interest
           ,
           which
           is
           insignificant
           without
           a
           mult●●tude
           of
           
             firme
             dependences
          
           .
           Whereupon
           the
           comport
           themselves
           rather
           with
           gravity
           ,
           the
           insolence
           ,
           towards
           their
           inferiours
           .
        
         
           And
           thus
           much
           may
           uffice
           ●or
           the
           humou●
           of
           such
           as
           are
           rich
           ,
           and
           powerfull●
           The
           poore
           and
           needy
           are
           sufficien●
           described
           in
           
             their
             natures
          
           ,
           
           I
           adde
           that
           they
           are
           
             directly
             ●●●posite
          
           
           to
           those
           others
           already
           character'd
           .
        
         
           Wherefore
           those
           
             poor
             people
          
           which
           depend
           upon
           rich
           ,
           
           and
           Potent
           persons
           ,
           ought
           to
           resolve
           with
           themselves
           to
           beare
           with
           all
           their
           inconveniences
           ,
           their
           
             contumelies
             ,
             injuries
          
           ,
           and
           follyes
           ,
           and
           not
           only
           to
           employ
           their
           patience
           in
           enduring
           them
           ,
           but
           their
           prudence
           to
           conceale
           them
           :
           and
           enforce
           their
           inclinations
           ,
           if
           possible
           ,
           to
           love
           them
           ;
           which
           if
           they
           cannot
           doe
           ,
           they
           must
           make
           it
           
             their
             care
          
           to
           pay
           them
           all
           those
           regards
           and
           services
           ,
           which
           the
           most
           affectionate
           would
           ;
           for
           it
           is
           naturall
           for
           them
           to
           desire
           every
           one
           should
           
             love
             them
          
           :
           it
           being
           a
           certaine
           acknowledgement
           of
           their
           worth
           ,
           and
           a
           testimony
           rendred
           of
           their
           
             agreeable
             carriage
          
           ,
           when
           they
           are
           beloved
           :
           it
           being
           impossible
           for
           a
           man
           to
           affect
           a
           person
           whom
           he
           approves
           not
           of
           .
           Thus
           
             rich
             men
          
           arrogate
           all
           things
           to
           themselves
           ,
           and
           are
           extraordinarily
           pleased
           with
           the
           addresses
           ,
           and
           respects
           of
           their
           friends
           ,
           who
           are
           in
           this
           case
           as
           so
           many
           d●ponents
           for
           the
           worth
           of
           the
           Grandee
           .
        
         
           But
           it
           is
           a
           difficult
           matter
           to
           comply
           with
           the
           impertinencyes
           and
           follyes
           of
           
             these
             men
          
           :
           
           and
           to
           love
           a
           person
           whose
           foolery
           ,
           and
           defects
           are
           so
           palpable
           ,
           that
           he
           must
           be
           stupid
           who
           sees
           them
           not
           ,
           and
           
           worse
           who
           approves
           them
           .
           All
           
             this
             is
             true
          
           ,
           bu●
           since
           ,
           as
           Tiresias
           in
           Horace
           sayes
           ,
           
             
               Since
               you
               cannot
               your selfe
               supply
               ,
            
             
               But
               on
               another
               must
               relye
               :
            
          
           You
           must
           submit
           to
           
             all
             this
          
           ,
           and
           endure
           those
           conditions
           patiently
           ,
           which
           you
           cannot
           otherwise
           decline
           .
           Wherein
           you
           ought
           so
           much
           the
           lesse
           to
           scruple
           ,
           since
           this
           kind
           of
           friendship
           is
           not
           established
           upon
           
             reall
             vertue
          
           ,
           bu●
           advancement
           and
           profit
           .
           They
           are
           therefore
           to
           b●
           condemned
           as
           troublesome
           &
           
             malapert
             fellowe●
          
           and
           ignorant
           of
           what
           becomes
           them
           :
           wh●
           like
           (
           Davus
           the
           servant
           in
           Horace
           ,
           durin●
           the
           Saturnalia
           ,
           or
           twelft-night-Kingdom
           )
           deport
           themselves
           insolently
           ,
           and
           reproa●●
           their
           Patrons
           all
           the
           year
           long
           ,
           as
           he
           did
           i●
           those
           Holy-dayes
           .
           
             
               'T
               was
               Fortune
               that
               preferred
               thee
               ;
            
             
               In
               one
               nature
               we
               agree
               .
            
             
               Curs'd
               chance
               !
               my
               vertue
               's
               my
               disaster
               !
            
             
               I
               am
               all
               worth
               :
               but
               you
               're
               my
               Master
               .
            
          
           This
           language
           is
           not
           to
           be
           admitted
           ;
           an●
           proves
           often
           fatall
           ,
           where
           the
           Patron
           is
           as
           po●erfull
           ,
           as
           he
           is
           proud
           :
           Wherefore
           we
           ough●
           not
           only
           to
           avoid
           
             such
             words
          
           as
           these
           ,
           but
           even
           to
           shunne
           
             such
             thoughts
          
           .
           For
           if
           once
           ●
           
           man
           
             indulge
             himself
          
           in
           those
           cogitations
           ,
           
           it
           is
           impossible
           but
           he
           will
           
             lessen
             his
             esteem
          
           ,
           and
           consequently
           
             fail
             in
             his
             respects
          
           ,
           and
           the
           punctuality
           of
           his
           applications
           to
           his
           Patron
           ,
           whereon
           depend
           this
           whole
           friendship
           and
           relation
           .
           They
           are
           no
           les●e
           faulty
           ,
           and
           incurre
           the
           same
           prejudice
           ,
           who
           speak
           ill
           of
           their
           
             absent
             Patrons
          
           ,
           and
           derogate
           from
           the
           reputation
           of
           those
           they
           ought
           to
           revere
           ,
           
           and
           from
           whom
           they
           draw
           great
           advantages
           .
           These
           men
           certainly
           are
           
             doubly
             peccant
          
           ,
           both
           because
           they
           perform
           not
           
             their
             duty
          
           ,
           and
           because
           they
           
             act
             repugnantly
          
           ,
           to
           what
           they
           speak
           :
           for
           they
           
             live
             with
          
           ,
           and
           are
           the
           followers
           of
           one
           to
           whom
           they
           doe
           not
           vouchsafe
           a
           
             good
             word
          
           .
        
         
           Those
           also
           that
           are
           proud
           and
           haughty
           ought
           to
           decline
           carefully
           
             these
             relations
          
           ,
           
           and
           friendships
           ,
           for
           there
           is
           not
           any
           thing
           so
           inconsistent
           with
           
             humble
             addresses
             ,
             deference
          
           ,
           and
           obsequiousnesse
           ,
           as
           a
           
             proud
             mind
          
           :
           for
           we
           respect
           ,
           and
           
             abase
             our selves
          
           before
           such
           as
           we
           allow
           to
           precede
           us
           in
           some
           eminent
           manner
           ;
           but
           such
           as
           are
           highly
           
             conceited
             of
             themselves
          
           ,
           will
           not
           
             yeild
             the
             preeminence
          
           to
           another
           .
           There
           is
           a
           generation
           
           of
           men
           in
           the
           world
           who
           are
           not
           more
           concerned
           for
           any
           thing
           ,
           then
           not
           to
           
             acknowledge
             any
             man
          
           to
           be
           better
           then
           they
           ,
           and
           who
           are
           so
           highly
           opinionated
           of
           themselves
           ,
           that
           they
           think
           it
           unimaginable
           for
           
             any
             person
          
           to
           have
           acquired
           that
           excellence
           which
           they
           possess
           not
           .
           It
           is
           intollerable
           ,
           to
           say
           
             any
             one
             is
             a
             better
             man
             then
             they
          
           ;
           he
           is
           
             only
             richer
          
           ,
           or
           
             more
             powerfull
          
           :
           they
           have
           a
           
             lesser
             estate
          
           ,
           but
           are
           not
           his
           inferiours
           :
           it
           is
           death
           to
           them
           to
           think
           that
           worth●
           and
           not
           Poverty
           should
           discriminate
           them
           .
           These
           are
           
             morose
             ,
             melancholique
          
           ,
           and
           peevish
           persons
           ,
           that
           keep
           accompts
           of
           their
           services
           ,
           and
           register
           punctually
           
             every
             bowe
             ,
             cringe
          
           ,
           and
           complement
           they
           make
           ,
           and
           every
           
             good
             look
          
           ,
           or
           acknowledgement
           ,
           they
           are
           appayed
           with
           .
           If
           they
           be
           at
           any
           time
           reproved
           ,
           they
           produce
           their
           table-books
           ,
           and
           evince
           thence
           that
           the
           Congees
           are
           ballanced
           ,
           and
           that
           they
           are
           not
           behind
           in
           any
           one
           respect
           .
           
             So
             much
             received
             ;
             so
             much
             paid
             .
          
           Oh
           insupportable
           vanity
           !
           Oh
           nicety
           not
           to
           be
           insisted
           on
           !
           These
           men
           ought
           to
           betake
           themselves
           speedily
           to
           some
           
             other
             course
          
           of
           life
           ,
           least
           they
           spend
           their
           dayes
           in
           continuall
           trouble
           ,
           and
           anxiety
           ,
           and
           after
           all
           sit
           down
           
             with
             nothing
          
           ,
           and
           curse
           their
           
             sad
             f●rtune
          
           ;
           whereas
           
             they
             themselves
          
           only
           are
           to
           be
           bl●med
           .
           He
           that
           would
           thrive
           in
           this
           employment
           ,
           must
           be
           a
           
             mild
             ,
             flexible
          
           and
           
             good
             man
          
           ,
           who
           knows
           when
           to
           
             lower
             his
             top-sayles
          
           ,
           
           make
           his
           honour
           subservient
           to
           his
           interest
           ,
           and
           to
           comply
           with
           fortune
           in
           all
           her
           exigences
           :
           and
           all
           this
           with
           a
           
             cheerfull
             soule
          
           ,
           or
           at
           least
           with
           that
           submission
           which
           discovers
           nothing
           of
           constraint
           and
           reluctancy
           :
           for
           no
           man
           
             unwillingly
             serves
          
           the
           person
           he
           respects
           .
           In
           this
           kind
           of
           Friendship
           ,
           since
           pride
           in
           a
           Patron
           is
           a
           quality
           generally
           to
           
             be
             supposed
          
           ,
           and
           since
           nothing
           gains
           so
           much
           upon
           it
           as
           complaisance
           and
           respect
           ;
           all
           poore
           and
           meane
           persons
           ought
           to
           compose
           themselves
           with
           the
           greatest
           humility
           and
           submissions
           possible
           :
           which
           they
           must
           manifest
           partly
           in
           
             their
             words
          
           ,
           and
           partly
           in
           
             their
             actions
          
           .
           In
           all
           discourses
           and
           entertainments
           they
           must
           use
           not
           only
           a
           
             sweet
             mildnesse
          
           ,
           and
           
             complacentiall
             address
          
           ,
           but
           also
           reverence
           :
           being
           neither
           rough
           ,
           nor
           servil
           ,
           or
           flattering
           .
           Which
           consideration
           imports
           them
           much
           ,
           since
           they
           are
           certain
           to
           have
           frequent
           occasions
           of
           speaking
           with
           them
           ,
           and
           there
           is
           not
           any
           thing
           
             sooner
             engages
          
           the
           affections
           of
           a
           man
           then
           an
           
             handsome
             address
          
           ,
           and
           
             gracefull
             language
          
           .
           The
           first
           caution
           therefore
           that
           they
           are
           to
           observe
           ,
           
           is
           ,
           that
           their
           language
           be
           
             full
             of
             submission
             ,
             humility
          
           ,
           and
           such
           deference
           as
           also
           tendeth
           to
           the
           debasing
           of
           our selves
           :
           for
           we
           are
           born
           in
           an
           age
           that
           is
           
             extravagantly
             complementall
          
           ;
           nor
           ought
           we
           to
           
           be
           ashamed
           of
           an
           errour
           so
           
             universally
             received
          
           .
           Custome
           authenticates
           our
           complyance
           ,
           and
           to
           repine
           were
           malepertnesse
           ;
           to
           condemne
           it
           ,
           an
           
             insufferable
             arrogance
          
           .
           It
           would
           be
           tedious
           to
           enumerate
           particular
           advertisements
           ;
           to
           have
           intimated
           them
           is
           sufficeent
           .
        
         
           Moreover
           if
           at
           any
           time
           we
           are
           compelled
           to
           dissent
           from
           our
           Patron
           ,
           
           and
           
             oppose
             his
             judgement
          
           ,
           it
           must
           be
           done
           warily
           ,
           and
           
             very
             seldom
          
           ,
           and
           never
           but
           when
           it
           is
           
             not
             possible
          
           to
           avoide
           it
           :
           for
           it
           doth
           not
           become
           the
           same
           person
           to
           dispute
           ,
           and
           to
           obey
           .
           It
           comonly
           happens
           at
           meetings
           and
           entertainments
           ,
           there
           are
           dubious
           and
           
             subtile
             questions
          
           proposed
           and
           controverted
           :
           hereupon
           several
           persons
           of
           
             great
             ingenuity
             and
             parts
          
           expose
           themselves
           thorough
           their
           imprudence
           :
           for
           they
           assume
           to
           themselves
           the
           
             whole
             discourse
          
           ,
           as
           if
           it
           were
           
             their
             due
          
           :
           they
           object
           ,
           they
           reply
           sharply
           ,
           they
           propound
           ,
           they
           confound
           all
           things
           ,
           they
           debate
           
             obstinately
             ,
             without
             end
             ,
             without
             moderation
             ,
          
           (
           I
           had
           almost
           said
           )
           
             without
             sence
          
           :
           this
           is
           no
           signe
           of
           respect
           ,
           or
           deference
           .
           I
           know
           they
           are
           apt
           to
           reply
           ,
           how
           they
           are
           not
           to
           be
           blamed
           for
           refuting
           an
           opinion
           which
           an
           ignorant
           ,
           and
           
             illiterate
             blockhead
          
           proposed
           :
           he
           started
           it
           on
           purpose
           to
           engage
           them
           in
           talk
           ;
           the
           question
           was
           
           intricate
           and
           not
           be
           resolved
           in
           
             few
             words
          
           ,
           and
           appertained
           to
           
             those
             studies
          
           in
           which
           they
           were
           singular
           :
           and
           therefore
           the
           mentioning
           of
           it
           could
           not
           otherwise
           be
           looked
           on
           ,
           then
           as
           a
           challenge
           ,
           or
           essay
           of
           
             their
             abilities
          
           ;
           and
           therefore
           they
           ought
           not
           to
           be
           blamed
           for
           closeing
           with
           a
           
             proffered
             opportunity
          
           to
           manifest
           
             their
             great
             parts
          
           in
           ample
           discourses
           .
           
             All
             this
             I
             know
             :
             and
             I
             am
             further
             sure
             ,
          
           that
           where
           the
           debates
           are
           like
           to
           prove
           obscure
           or
           tedious
           ,
           more
           will
           
             start
             controversies
          
           than
           will
           
             hear
             them
             willingly
             stated
          
           :
           many
           will
           object
           ,
           that
           will
           not
           
             endure
             contradiction
          
           ,
           and
           having
           
             presumed
             too
             much
          
           upon
           their
           opinions
           and
           reasons
           ,
           hate
           a
           confident
           and
           
             poynant
             refutation
          
           .
           These
           are
           to
           be
           entreated
           like
           friends
           ,
           not
           adversaries
           :
           every
           advantage
           is
           not
           to
           be
           taken
           against
           them
           ,
           
             nor
             every
             thrust
             put
             home
          
           ,
           nor
           must
           
             your
             whole
             strength
          
           be
           employed
           against
           them
           .
           There
           is
           policy
           sometimes
           in
           
             abandoning
             the
             Field
          
           ,
           and
           quitting
           a
           
             certaine
             victory
          
           :
           It
           is
           not
           necessary
           that
           we
           alwayes
           overcome
           ,
           much
           lesse
           triumph
           :
           Some
           Conquests
           have
           been
           fatall
           to
           the
           victors
           :
           or
           else
           the
           (*)
           
             Victory
             of
             Cadmus
          
           ,
           had
           never
           given
           occasion
           to
           the
           Proverb
           .
           But
           they
           will
           rejoyn
           ,
           
           that
           it
           is
           a
           ●●fficult
           thing
           for
           a
           man
           whose
           reputation
           is
           ●●re
           in
           question
           then
           the
           
             thing
             discussed
          
           ,
           being
           warme
           with
           dispute
           about
           a
           thing
           he
           is
           supposed
           or
           particularly
           pretends
           to
           be
           versed
           in●
           to
           restraine
           himself
           and
           to
           indulge
           or
           yeild
           to
           an
           
             insolent
             puny
          
           ;
           flesh
           and
           blood
           cannot
           endure
           this
           .
           All
           this
           I
           question
           not
           ,
           or
           ,
           if
           they
           will
           have
           me
           to
           doe
           so
           ,
           I
           allow
           of
           .
           But
           I
           am
           sure
           ,
           and
           dare
           avow
           it
           ,
           that
           
             this
             procedure
          
           is
           hurtfull
           to
           them
           :
           and
           multiplies
           adversaries
           ,
           rather
           than
           converts
           .
           No
           
             generous
             soul
             will
             twice
             become
             the
             scorn
             of
             a
             Pedant
          
           ;
           but
           hate
           him
           as
           uncivill
           ,
           whose
           Learning
           otherwise
           he
           would
           commend
           .
           It
           behoves
           therefore
           these
           kind
           of
           men
           either
           to
           regulate
           their
           passions
           ,
           abate
           of
           their
           pride
           ,
           and
           confidence
           ,
           and
           accommadate
           themselves
           to
           the
           humours
           of
           others
           :
           or
           confesse
           that
           they
           are
           incapable
           of
           this
           kind
           of
           friendship
           .
        
         
           Let
           them
           also
           take
           heed
           how
           they
           railly
           ,
           
           and
           jest
           with
           ,
           
             rich
             or
             powerfull
          
           men
           ,
           when
           they
           are
           not
           inclined
           ,
           and
           in
           a
           manner
           commanded
           by
           them
           to
           
             that
             familiarity
          
           :
           for
           in
           raillery
           there
           is
           a
           freedome
           assumed
           ,
           that
           agrees
           not
           ,
           nay
           ,
           which
           repugnes
           with
           Grandeur
           ;
           and
           makes
           those
           seem
           fellowes
           who
           are
           superiours
           :
           Besides
           there
           goes
           along
           with
           it
           a
           kind
           of
           security
           ,
           and
           presumption
           upon
           the
           others
           
             facile
             nature
          
           ,
           which
           a
           proude
           and
           
             great
             spirit
          
           
           will
           not
           ordinarily
           endure
           .
           As
           for
           the
           Taunts
           and
           Sarcasmes
           of
           
             great
             men
          
           ,
           how
           sharp
           and
           biting
           soever
           they
           be
           ,
           they
           are
           to
           be
           entertained
           with
           a
           
             serenity
             of
             look
          
           and
           mind
           ,
           or
           
             pleasantly
             retorted
          
           ,
           and
           otherwise
           diverted
           :
           there
           ought
           to
           be
           no
           resentment
           ,
           how
           passionate
           soever
           one
           be
           ;
           nor
           how
           highly
           soever
           provoked
           :
           
             no
             emotion
             of
             the
             soul
          
           ,
           or
           countenance
           ,
           that
           may
           evince
           our
           displeasure
           ,
           or
           disgust
           :
           Great
           persons
           think
           themselves
           condemned
           of
           folly
           ,
           when
           their
           actions
           are
           disallowed
           :
           which
           as
           it
           is
           inconsistent
           with
           that
           
             haughty
             spirit
          
           and
           arrogance
           their
           Greatnesse
           inspires
           them
           with
           ;
           so
           it
           is
           as
           unbefitting
           one
           that
           depends
           on
           their
           favour
           ;
           who
           
             owes
             all
          
           his
           good
           fortune
           
             to
             them
          
           ;
           and
           who
           ought
           rather
           to
           reflect
           upon
           the
           
             unusuall
             confidence
          
           they
           have
           in
           him
           ,
           by
           being
           so
           familiar
           ;
           then
           be
           angry
           for
           their
           over-acting
           it
           .
           As
           for
           
             sharp
             replyes
          
           and
           answers
           upon
           
             such
             jests
          
           ,
           they
           are
           to
           be
           eschewed
           :
           it
           is
           not
           for
           the
           
             same
             person
          
           to
           avenge
           his
           wrongs
           ,
           and
           to
           be
           concluded
           under
           obedience
           .
           This
           advise
           is
           the
           more
           impracticable
           ,
           by
           how
           much
           more
           pregnant
           and
           quick
           a
           mans
           wit
           is
           :
           for
           
             ingenious
             answers
          
           so
           easily
           occurre
           to
           them
           ,
           and
           so
           unawares
           fall
           from
           them
           ,
           that
           without
           great
           discretion
           and
           command
           of
           their
           tongues
           ,
           they
           are
           to
           be
           reckoned
           amongst
           the
           conversation●
           It
           requires
           more
           then
           
           common
           patience
           ,
           for
           a
           
             man
             of
             spirit
          
           ,
           that
           is
           
             alwayes
             armed
          
           ,
           and
           
             often
             assaulted
          
           ,
           not
           to
           
             strike
             again
          
           :
           yet
           this
           must
           not
           be
           done
           in
           these
           circumstances
           :
           
             No
             cause
          
           can
           be
           just
           for
           a
           man
           to
           oppose
           his
           Superiours
           ;
           who
           if
           they
           be
           overcome
           ,
           hate
           ;
           and
           esteeme
           themselves
           foyled
           ,
           if
           opposed
           .
           Hence
           we
           see
           that
           being
           netled
           with
           any
           reply
           ,
           they
           immediately
           change
           the
           discourse
           ,
           and
           avoide
           to
           intermeddle
           with
           those
           that
           handle
           them
           so
           roughly
           .
           Now
           ,
           as
           by
           
             pleasant
             converse
             ,
             continuall
             applications
          
           and
           g●ntilesses
           ,
           the
           proud
           are
           gained
           upon
           :
           so
           they
           are
           lost
           by
           
             crabbed
             looks
             ,
             melancholique
             silence
          
           and
           
             sullynesse
             of
             humour
          
           .
           Moreover
           ,
           it
           is
           ridiculous
           for
           a
           man
           to
           repine
           at
           their
           jests
           ,
           whose
           injuries
           he
           must
           
             pocket
             up
          
           .
           It
           becomes
           therefore
           poor
           &
           
             indigent
             relations
          
           ,
           not
           only
           to
           take
           in
           good
           part
           the
           
             sallyes
             of
             wit
          
           or
           even
           
             immoderate
             jesting
          
           in
           their
           Patrons
           ;
           but
           also
           to
           expresse
           a
           great
           joy
           and
           satisfaction
           in
           that
           familiarity
           they
           are
           admitted
           unto
           .
           And
           in
           the
           whole
           remaining
           course
           of
           their
           life
           ,
           let
           them
           comport
           themselves
           with
           that
           moderation
           ,
           that
           their
           discourse
           be
           agreeable
           ,
           and
           so
           pleasant
           as
           the
           humo●r
           of
           their
           Patron
           requires
           ,
           or
           will
           endure
           :
           For
           this
           is
           the
           char●
           they
           must
           
             sayle
             by
          
           :
           His
           will
           and
           nature
           is
           that
           rule
           ,
           according
           to
           which
           they
           are
           to
           frame
           their
           speech
           :
           And
           avoid
           ta●i●urnity
           and
           pensivenesse
           ,
           which
           (
           how
           melancholique
           soever
           
           he
           be
           )
           in
           a
           dependant
           is
           odious
           ,
           and
           displeasing
           ,
           and
           commonly
           suspicious
           :
           for
           it
           usually
           creates
           in
           
             Great
             persons
          
           an
           opinion
           ,
           
           that
           such
           as
           are
           sad
           ,
           dislike
           their
           own
           condition
           ,
           or
           the
           behaviour
           of
           their
           Patrons
           :
           neither
           of
           which
           is
           acceptable
           .
           They
           ought
           not
           also
           to
           be
           talkative
           ,
           nor
           intrude
           into
           his
           privacyes
           ,
           or
           debates
           :
           this
           is
           irreconcileable
           with
           that
           reverence
           that
           is
           due
           from
           them
           .
           Nor
           ought
           they
           to
           seek
           ,
           
           or
           
             minister
             occasion
             of
             discourse
          
           ;
           but
           stay
           till
           it
           be
           given
           ,
           or
           that
           they
           be
           commanded
           to
           doe
           it
           ,
           thereby
           to
           passe
           away
           the
           time
           ;
           as
           often
           it
           happens
           .
           For
           it
           becomes
           those
           ,
           as
           
             Great
             men
          
           ,
           to
           choose
           what
           matter
           they
           will
           hear
           spoken
           of
           ;
           and
           he
           is
           justly
           blamed
           ,
           who
           makes
           haste
           to
           beginne
           a
           discourse
           before
           his
           betters
           .
        
         
           I
           formerly
           insinuated
           ,
           
           that
           
             in
             this
             sort
             of
             friendship
          
           men
           ought
           to
           avoid
           flattery
           :
           I
           now
           come
           to
           propose
           my
           reasons
           for
           that
           caution
           ;
           since
           others
           are
           of
           a
           different
           judgement
           ,
           and
           thinke
           nothing
           to
           be
           more
           advantageous
           :
           They
           doe
           particularly
           recommend
           the
           
             practise
             thereof
          
           ,
           endearing
           it
           by
           the
           examples
           of
           many
           
             Illustrious
             persons
          
           ,
           who
           have
           accumulated
           great
           riches
           ,
           and
           obtained
           great
           honours
           
             solely
             by
             
             these
             meanes
          
           .
           But
           how
           gainefull
           a
           course
           soever
           this
           may
           seeme
           ,
           I
           thinke
           a
           man
           ought
           not
           
             totally
             to
             esloigne
          
           himself
           from
           the
           regards
           of
           honesty
           and
           justice
           .
           Though
           I
           doe
           not
           binde
           him
           up
           to
           the
           rules
           of
           that
           exact
           and
           
             imaginary
             vertue
          
           to
           be
           found
           onely
           in
           the
           Books
           of
           Philo●sophers
           ,
           and
           
             barangues
             of
             malecontents
          
           ;
           yet
           there
           is
           a
           certaine
           
             vulgar
             Morality
          
           (
           like
           
             Sterling
             coyne
          
           ,
           
           with
           a
           legitimate
           alloy
           ,
           currant
           and
           passable
           )
           which
           I
           would
           not
           have
           them
           relinquish
           :
           nor
           ,
           for
           any
           profit
           ,
           to
           render
           themselves
           base
           and
           unworthy
           .
           For
           ,
           if
           once
           they
           disengage
           themselves
           from
           the
           obligations
           of
           
             common
             honesty
          
           ,
           even
           such
           as
           employ
           them
           in
           
             unjust
             actions
          
           ,
           or
           are
           privy
           to
           them
           ,
           have
           no
           wayes
           to
           secure
           themselves
           from
           their
           attempts
           upon
           themselves
           ,
           in
           robbing
           ,
           or
           betraying
           them
           .
           A
           man
           may
           have
           his
           
             particular
             failings
          
           ,
           yet
           whilest
           he
           retaines
           a
           
             due
             esteeme
          
           and
           reverence
           for
           those
           
             generall
             maximes
          
           of
           Iustice
           which
           support
           
             humane
             commerce
          
           ,
           &
           civill
           societyes
           ;
           he
           may
           be
           looked
           on
           as
           a
           
             weake
             person
          
           ,
           but
           not
           rejected
           or
           dreaded
           as
           
             absolutely
             wicked
          
           .
           But
           whosoever
           makes
           light
           of
           
             all
             those
             considerations
          
           which
           oblige
           
             man
             to
             man
          
           ,
           and
           which
           represent
           him
           as
           vertuous
           ;
           how
           small
           soever
           his
           miscarriages
           be
           ,
           yet
           is
           he
           not
           to
           be
           trusted
           (
           however
           he
           may
           be
           made
           use
           of
           )
           nor
           admitted
           to
           bear
           a
           part
           in
           
           
             any
             society
          
           ,
           much
           lesse
           
             in
             this
          
           we
           speake
           of
           .
           Beware
           therefore
           least
           the
           desires
           you
           have
           of
           benefiting
           your selfe
           ,
           transport
           you
           beyond
           the
           rules
           of
           honesty
           .
           Now
           ,
           what
           is
           more
           remote
           from
           honesty
           ,
           than
           flattery
           ?
           what
           more
           
             generall
             artifice
          
           is
           there
           to
           introduce
           and
           propagate
           vitiousnesse
           in
           men
           ,
           then
           that
           ?
           wherefore
           take
           heed
           ,
           
             
               Seeke
               not
               a
               parasite
               to
               be
               ,
            
             
               Having
               professed
               amity
               .
            
          
           There
           is
           a
           very
           great
           affinity
           betwixt
           flattery
           and
           obsequiousnesse
           :
           and
           indeed
           it
           is
           universally
           true
           ,
           that
           vertue
           &
           vice
           have
           such
           a
           resemblance
           ,
           they
           sometimes
           approach
           so
           neare
           each
           other
           ,
           that
           it
           is
           hard
           to
           discerne
           betwixt
           them
           ,
           or
           to
           distinguish
           one
           from
           the
           other
           :
           yet
           are
           there
           certaine
           precepts
           ,
           which
           who
           so
           shall
           adhere
           unto
           ,
           he
           shall
           preserve
           his
           integrity
           ,
           without
           disserveing
           himselfe
           .
        
         
           There
           is
           a
           certaine
           
             temperament
             of
             language
          
           ,
           
           and
           way
           of
           moderating
           our selves
           in
           our
           discourses
           ,
           which
           vertue
           being
           destitute
           of
           a
           proper
           and
           peculiar
           name
           ,
           the
           Aristotelian
           Philosophers
           thought
           fit
           to
           borrow
           an
           appellation
           for
           it
           from
           Friendship
           ,
           and
           to
           call
           it
           
             〈◊〉
             〈◊〉
             〈◊〉
             〈◊〉
             〈◊〉
          
           :
           because
           those
           who
           have
           that
           
             singular
             endowment
          
           ,
           manage
           their
           conversation
           with
           all
           that
           
             affability
             ,
             
             courtesie
          
           ,
           and
           
             oblieging
             deportment
          
           ,
           which
           usually
           intervenes
           betwixt
           Friends
           .
           And
           it
           consists
           in
           this
           ,
           that
           we
           neither
           
             absolutely
             resigne
          
           our selves
           up
           to
           the
           will
           and
           sentiments
           of
           those
           we
           associate
           with
           ,
           nor
           abuse
           their
           civility
           with
           a
           
             petulant
             behaviour
          
           :
           retaining
           a
           cheerefulnesse
           and
           alacrity
           of
           spirit
           without
           sullenness
           ;
           as
           grave
           ,
           but
           not
           austere
           .
           To
           conduct
           us
           in
           this
           mediocrity
           and
           temper
           ,
           it
           imports
           us
           much
           to
           know
           both
           
             those
             we
             have
             to
             doe
             with
             ,
          
           and
           our selves
           .
           And
           these
           ,
           as
           all
           other
           things●
           are
           best
           understood
           ,
           by
           comparing
           those
           in
           which
           the
           distance
           is
           remarkable
           ,
           rather
           then
           such
           where
           the
           distinction
           is
           more
           subtile
           and
           nice
           :
           as
           pa●ents
           and
           
             children
             ,
             private
          
           and
           
             publique
             persons
          
           .
           For
           that
           addresse
           which
           is
           proper
           enough
           to
           a
           
             private
             p●rson
          
           ,
           suits
           not
           with
           one
           whose
           capacity
           is
           
             more
             publique
          
           :
           what
           in
           one
           is
           civill
           ,
           is
           sawcy
           and
           malapert
           in
           the
           other
           .
           For
           a
           sonne
           ,
           to
           reprove
           his
           Parents
           ,
           't
           is
           impiety●
           to
           censure
           a
           Magistrate
           ,
           't
           is
           rebellion
           :
           to
           condemn
           ones
           equall
           ,
           't
           is
           no
           unbeseeming
           action
           .
           This
           
             accommodation
             of
             language
          
           our
           client
           must
           punctually
           observe
           .
           The
           case
           is
           nice
           ;
           he
           walk●
           betwixt
           two
           precipices
           ;
           he
           must
           neither
           
             servilely
             flatter
          
           ,
           nor
           be
           
             clownishly
             morose
          
           .
           All
           thi●
           he
           shall
           attain
           unto
           ,
           if
           I
           be
           not
           deceived
           ,
           without
           much
           difficulty
           ,
           if
           in
           convenient
           place
           and
           time
           ,
           he
           enlarge
           and
           somewhat
           expatiate
           himselfe
           in
           the
           praise
           of
           all
           
             such
             qualities
          
           and
           actions
           
           as
           he
           findes
           
             really
             commendable
          
           in
           his
           Patron
           ;
           and
           
             never
             touch
          
           upon
           any
           thing
           that
           is
           to
           his
           prejudice
           or
           disparagement
           :
           To
           admonish
           and
           reprehend
           ,
           it
           is
           an
           act
           becoming
           equals
           ,
           not
           inferiours
           .
           And
           to
           magnifie
           what
           is
           not
           praise-worthy
           ,
           and
           which
           a
           man
           approves
           not
           ,
           is
           the
           quality
           of
           a
           
             base
             ,
             treacherous
          
           ,
           and
           deceitfull
           person
           .
           All
           his
           discourse
           ought
           to
           be
           attended
           with
           modesty
           and
           respect
           ,
           not
           onely
           because
           this
           is
           the
           most
           becoming
           
             civill
             persons
          
           ,
           but
           by
           reason
           that
           
             liberty
             of
             speech
          
           argu●s
           us
           to
           be
           too
           secure
           and
           to
           presume
           upon
           the
           nature
           of
           those
           we
           discourse
           with
           .
           Let
           him
           avoid
           obscenity
           and
           ribaldry
           :
           whatever
           is
           wanton
           ,
           or
           unseemly
           ,
           let
           it
           not
           be
           so
           much
           as
           named
           ;
           let
           every
           word
           ,
           and
           every
           action
           signalise
           it self
           by
           its
           
             particular
             deference
          
           ,
           and
           mani●est
           that
           our
           client
           is
           no
           way
           indifferent
           what
           opinion
           his
           Patron
           have
           of
           him
           .
           Let
           him
           also
           take
           heed
           that
           all
           his
           carryage
           ,
           every
           motion
           of
           his
           ,
           whither
           he
           
             walk
             ,
             stand
             ,
             sit
          
           ,
           or
           eat
           :
           that
           his
           hands
           ,
           his
           eyes
           ,
           his
           voyce
           ,
           all
           have
           nothing
           that
           i●
           
             pu●rile
             ,
             affected
          
           ,
           or
           distastfull
           :
           And
           not
           only
           this
           (
           which
           is
           an
           advise
           pertaining
           to
           another
           part
           of
           morality
           )
           but
           that
           all
           be
           managed
           with
           that
           grace
           and
           mine
           ,
           as
           to
           evince
           how
           much
           he
           reverenceth
           and
           almost
           adores
           his
           Superiour
           .
           No
           
             profuse
             laughter
          
           ,
           no
           outcryes
           or
           
             pi●rcing
             exclamations
          
           ,
           no
           rude
           or
           
             antick
             postures
          
           ,
           no
           yawning
           ,
           or
           
             frequent
             spitting
          
           ,
           
           nothing
           that
           carryes
           with
           it
           either
           
             neglect
             ,
             indecency
          
           ,
           or
           
             excessive
             freedome
          
           ,
           is
           to
           be
           tolerated
           .
           All
           that
           liberty
           and
           
             negligence
             of
             garbe
          
           ,
           which
           some
           use
           when
           they
           would
           be
           debonaire
           ,
           and
           divert
           themselves
           from
           serious
           cogitations
           ,
           is
           to
           be
           confined
           to
           the
           privacyes
           of
           men
           of
           
             equall
             ranke
          
           and
           quality
           .
           Our
           client
           must
           never
           be
           so
           intimate
           :
           Not
           but
           that
           at
           some
           times
           ,
           and
           for
           some
           while
           ,
           with
           some
           persons
           ,
           a
           
             ple●sant●
             familiarity
          
           and
           freedome
           may
           happen
           to
           succeed
           well
           :
           but
           
             No
             man
             ever
             miscarried
             through
             excesse
             of
             respect
             ,
             or
             was
             disgraced
             for
             retaining
             a
             constant
             and
             proportionate
             sense
             of
             hi●
             Patrons
             Grandeur
             .
          
           That
           
             Great
             man
          
           either
           forgets
           ,
           or
           abases
           himself
           ,
           who
           seeks
           his
           divertisement
           with
           his
           inferiours
           ;
           and
           when
           he
           either
           recollects
           himself
           ,
           or
           resumes
           his
           former
           thoughts
           ,
           he
           apprehends
           the
           absurdity
           and
           danger
           of
           these
           condescensions
           :
           and
           his
           serious
           and
           
             deliberate
             judgement
          
           is
           ,
           that
           a
           client
           who
           complies
           with
           his
           Patron
           's
           weaknesse
           ,
           takes
           
             too
             much
             notice
          
           thereof
           ;
           and
           may
           perhaps
           be
           induced
           thereby
           to
           pretend
           to
           a
           
             further
             interest
          
           in
           him
           at
           other
           times
           ,
           then
           he
           ever
           thinks
           ought
           to
           be
           allowed
           him
           :
           hereupon
           to
           secure
           himself
           from
           the
           effects
           
             his
             indiscretion
          
           :
           hath
           made
           him
           lyabl●
           to
           ,
           he
           esloignes
           himself
           from
           his
           client
           ,
           who
           ought
           alwayes
           to
           remember
           his
           
             own
             comdition
          
           ,
           whatsoever
           his
           
             Master
             doth
          
           .
           Our
           ●lient
           also
           ought
           particularly
           to
           see
           that
           he
           
           be
           
             decently
             cloathed
          
           ,
           
           with
           that
           nearnesse
           ,
           and
           bravery
           ,
           which
           suites
           with
           the
           dignity
           of
           his
           Patron
           .
           There
           is
           no
           
             Great
             man
          
           but
           pride●
           himself
           up
           in
           the
           ostentation
           of
           his
           riches
           and
           quality
           ;
           and
           delights
           in
           perpetual
           acknowledgements
           of
           his
           magnificence
           and
           seeming
           felicity
           :
           Besides
           ,
           it
           is
           a
           part
           of
           their
           splendor
           and
           luxury
           ,
           to
           be
           served
           by
           men
           of
           a
           
             good
             age
             ,
             mine
          
           ,
           and
           garbe
           .
        
         
           Although
           that
           it
           is
           certaine
           that
           by
           their
           language
           and
           addresse
           ,
           men
           render
           
             very
             grea●
          
           testimonies
           of
           their
           respect
           :
           yet
           it
           is
           
             more
             amply
          
           expressed
           by
           action
           .
           Wherefore
           it
           behoves
           inferiour
           persons
           continually
           to
           attend
           upon
           their
           superiours
           ,
           
           and
           readily
           to
           entertaine
           ,
           &
           dispatch
           their
           commands
           :
           Nor
           is
           it
           imprudently
           done
           of
           them
           to
           use
           that
           conduct
           in
           rendering
           their
           services
           ,
           as
           to
           endear
           them
           to
           
             their
             Masters
          
           knowledg
           by
           
             such
             cerimoniousnesse
          
           ,
           as
           may
           not
           retard
           their
           affairs
           ,
           yet
           evince
           that
           
             extraordinary
             concern●
          
           and
           regard
           they
           have
           for
           their
           
             Patron
             's
             quality
          
           ,
           as
           well
           as
           person
           .
           It
           is
           not
           only
           necessary
           that
           busynesse
           be
           done
           ;
           there
           is
           an
           artifice
           in
           making
           known
           that
           
             it
             is
             so
          
           :
           and
           many
           actions
           are
           lost
           for
           not
           being
           
             sufficiently
             averred
          
           .
           Great
           men
           multiply
           their
           dependances
           more
           out
           of
           state
           ,
           then
           necessity
           :
           there
           is
           a
           grandeur
           
           in
           the
           pompous
           delivery
           and
           receiving
           a
           message
           .
           An
           
             affectionate
             disrespect
          
           seldome
           prospers
           :
           it
           obligeth
           not
           so
           much
           by
           its
           sincerity
           ,
           as
           it
           provokes
           by
           its
           
             ill
             example
          
           ,
           and
           that
           diminution
           it
           carryes
           with
           it
           of
           the
           Patron
           's
           dignity
           .
           Wherefore
           let
           them
           not
           slight
           these
           considerations
           :
           let
           them
           be
           constantly
           in
           his
           presence
           ,
           and
           alwayes
           make
           up
           a
           part
           of
           his
           retinue
           :
           let
           them
           be
           assiduous
           ,
           but
           not
           troublesome
           .
           Let
           them
           not
           imagine
           that
           because
           he
           hath
           meniall
           Servants
           &
           particular
           Officers
           for
           
             common
             employments
          
           and
           attendance
           ,
           that
           therefore
           they
           are
           to
           be
           excused
           waiting
           .
           It
           is
           their
           appearance
           is
           requisite
           ,
           not
           their
           ayde
           .
           And
           
             this
             circumstance
          
           hath
           nothing
           singular
           in
           it
           ,
           but
           extends
           to
           all
           
             inferiour
             personages
          
           .
           Those
           which
           delay
           and
           trifle
           ,
           who
           dispute
           or
           
             transfer
             commands
          
           (
           as
           more
           proper
           to
           others
           )
           who
           come
           late
           ,
           or
           often
           absent
           themselves
           ,
           introduce
           an
           
             ill
             example
          
           in
           this
           kind
           of
           relation
           :
           and
           being
           spareing
           of
           their
           own
           regards
           and
           applications
           ,
           doe
           as
           it
           were
           instruct
           their
           Patron
           how
           he
           ought
           to
           comport
           himself
           
             towards
             them
          
           ,
           and
           not
           to
           be
           prodigall
           in
           his
           favours
           ,
           where
           their
           returnes
           are
           niggardly
           appaid
           .
           Who
           makes
           himself
           a
           stranger
           ,
           ought
           not
           to
           wonder
           if
           he
           be
           treated
           as
           such
           .
           In
           the
           managing
           of
           busynesse
           ,
           and
           dispatch
           of
           commands
           ,
           the
           first
           thing
           to
           be
           observed
           is
           a
           
             great
             fidelity
          
           and
           integrity
           :
           
           And
           
           that
           ,
           not
           only
           because
           it
           is
           decent
           ,
           and
           most
           fitting
           ;
           but
           also
           because
           it
           is
           most
           advantageous
           :
           for
           
             Great
             men
          
           where
           they
           finde
           a
           faithfull
           Servant
           ,
           they
           usually
           
             entrust
             themselves
          
           with
           him
           ,
           and
           rely
           upon
           his
           care
           and
           honesty
           ,
           and
           are
           thereby
           induced
           to
           promote
           his
           
             peculiar
             interest
          
           .
           Besides
           this
           trustynesse
           our
           client
           must
           have
           a
           
             subtlety
             of
             wit
          
           and
           ingenuity
           ,
           
           to
           manage
           all
           things
           with
           that
           conduct
           ,
           and
           quicknesse
           ,
           as
           if
           it
           were
           his
           own
           concernment
           :
           or
           
             more
             vigorously
          
           ,
           if
           possible
           ;
           because
           it
           is
           more
           difficile
           to
           govern
           
             others
             affairs
          
           than
           a
           man
           's
           own
           .
           But
           these
           advertisements
           are
           generall
           to
           all
           men
           of
           busynesse
           ,
           and
           all
           societies
           :
           In
           our
           relation
           it
           is
           a
           
             particular
             advise
          
           ,
           not
           so
           much
           to
           regard
           what
           is
           
             really
             best
          
           to
           be
           done
           ,
           
           or
           what
           method
           is
           best
           to
           effect
           it
           ,
           but
           what
           our
           Master
           will
           best
           approve
           :
           to
           whom
           since
           Fortune
           hath
           subjected
           our
           persons
           ,
           we
           must
           resigne
           our
           judgements
           .
           I
           shall
           instance
           but
           in
           
             one
             case
          
           ,
           which
           he
           that
           will
           may
           make
           
             further
             use
          
           of
           .
           Great
           persons
           commonly
           retaine
           in
           their
           service
           some
           
             Learned
             persons
          
           as
           Secretaries
           ,
           whom
           they
           exercise
           in
           the
           
             penning
             of
             Letters
          
           ,
           and
           manifestos
           ,
           upon
           severall
           subjects
           ,
           to
           the
           end
           that
           they
           may
           be
           ready
           to
           indite
           them
           upon
           
           any
           exigency
           ,
           for
           
             them
             to
             signe
          
           .
           These
           men
           adhereing
           to
           these
           rules
           and
           precepts
           which
           they
           have
           framed
           to
           themselves
           out
           of
           their
           own
           observation
           ,
           reading
           ,
           and
           converse
           with
           learned
           and
           prudent
           persons
           ,
           very
           frequently
           displease
           their
           
             illiterate
             ,
             humoursome
          
           and
           
             phantasticall
             Patrons
          
           ,
           who
           account
           
             the
             numerosity
             of
             their
             periods
          
           ,
           and
           Politeness
           of
           speech
           ,
           pedantry
           ;
           and
           all
           that
           is
           Rhetoricall
           ,
           to
           be
           but
           
             Academique
             impertinences
          
           ,
           and
           the
           dotages
           of
           such
           as
           never
           understood
           the
           World
           ,
           or
           business
           .
           Hereupon
           they
           blot
           out
           all
           that
           is
           good
           and
           proper
           ;
           alter
           the
           whole
           design
           and
           texture
           of
           the
           writing
           ,
           and
           deprave
           it
           according
           to
           the
           capriciousness
           of
           their
           particular
           phansy
           .
           What
           should
           a
           man
           do
           in
           this
           case
           !
           what
           counsell
           must
           our
           
             unfortunate
             Schollar
          
           betake
           himself
           unto
           ?
           I
           know
           none
           better
           ,
           than
           that
           of
           Euripides
           in
           his
           Phoenissae
           .
           
             
               Amongst
               Fools
               thy
               wit
               disguise
               ,
            
          
           how
           hard
           a
           matter
           soever
           it
           prove
           ,
           
             
               'T
               is
               criminall
               then
               to
               be
               wise
               .
            
          
        
         
           I
           conclude
           therefore
           that
           as
           in
           their
           writings
           ,
           so
           in
           their
           actions
           ,
           the
           rule
           they
           are
           to
           order
           them
           by
           ,
           is
           their
           Patron
           's
           approbation
           ,
           and
           allowance
           :
           This
           is
           the
           standard
           ,
           and
           measure
           they
           are
           to
           be
           tryed
           by
           ;
           it
           is
           from
           him
           they
           have
           their
           value
           ;
           as
           the
           Kings
           stampe
           
           and
           Image
           makes
           of
           any
           
             alloy
             currant
          
           Silver
           .
           They
           ought
           not
           to
           be
           solicitous
           what
           is
           truly
           the
           best
           ,
           nor
           perplexe
           themselves
           with
           scruples
           out
           of
           
             Divinity
             ,
             Morallity
          
           ,
           or
           Politicks
           :
           Their
           
             Patrons
             will
          
           is
           their
           Oracle
           :
           his
           pleasure
           makes
           every
           thing
           just
           ,
           and
           reasonable
           ,
           and
           prudentiall
           :
           who
           understands
           this
           thoroughly
           ,
           needs
           no
           other
           
             Casuist
             ,
             Councellour
          
           ,
           or
           Confessour
           :
           Nor
           ought
           he
           to
           satisfie
           himself
           how
           well
           affaires
           are
           managed
           ;
           but
           how
           much
           to
           his
           
             Patrons
             satisfaction
          
           .
           Let
           our
           client
           therefore
           learn
           his
           
             Masters
             humour
          
           and
           caprichioes
           ,
           as
           well
           as
           interest
           :
           let
           him
           informe
           himself
           of
           his
           
             particular
             inclinations
          
           ,
           and
           passions
           ,
           and
           the
           extent
           of
           his
           reason
           :
           let
           him
           know
           the
           language
           of
           his
           frownes
           ,
           and
           smiles
           ;
           and
           the
           dialect
           of
           his
           eyes
           ,
           
             in
             all
             circumstances
          
           .
           Then
           shall
           he
           be
           accomplished
           for
           this
           Ministery
           .
        
         
           This
           is
           the
           
             whole
             part
          
           which
           an
           inferiour
           is
           to
           act
           ;
           these
           are
           his
           rules
           by
           which
           he
           is
           to
           guide
           and
           move
           himself
           .
           They
           are
           set
           down
           in
           generals
           ;
           but
           the
           more
           full
           illustration
           of
           them
           ,
           and
           accommodation
           to
           particular
           cases
           and
           accidents
           ,
           is
           a
           laborious
           worke
           ,
           and
           which
           each
           man
           must
           supply
           himsel●
           withall
           .
        
         
           As
           for
           the
           rich
           
           and
           factious
           they
           are
           much
           more
           to
           attend
           unto
           the
           subsequent
           rules
           and
           
           directions
           :
           because
           that
           power
           ,
           if
           not
           regulated
           by
           wisedom●
           ,
           disposes
           them
           to
           
             greater
             follyes
          
           and
           extravagancyes
           then
           others
           :
           And
           if
           they
           be
           for
           a
           while
           left
           to
           
             their
             own
             wills
          
           ,
           without
           any
           checke
           or
           guidance
           ,
           vices
           take
           deeper
           root
           in
           them
           (
           
             as
             weeds
             in
             rich
             ground
          
           )
           and
           afterwards
           growe
           too
           prevalent
           to
           be
           extirpated
           .
           For
           ,
           what
           is
           it
           ,
           that
           a
           man
           would
           not
           undergoe
           rather
           then
           subject
           himself
           to
           the
           
             barbarous
             pride
          
           and
           capriciousnesse
           of
           some
           persons
           ,
           that
           I
           could
           name
           ,
           but
           shall
           not
           ?
           who
           are
           of
           so
           odious
           and
           insupportable
           a
           nature
           ,
           that
           it
           is
           not
           to
           be
           wondered
           if
           even
           men
           of
           
             despicable
             fortunes
          
           and
           rank
           ,
           choose
           rather
           to
           suffer
           their
           
             present
             want
          
           and
           penury
           ,
           then
           approach
           or
           submit
           to
           them
           .
           But
           such
           as
           are
           poor
           and
           indigent
           ,
           instead
           of
           a
           Tutour
           have
           the
           sense
           of
           their
           
             own
             wants
          
           continually
           to
           checke
           them
           ;
           and
           that
           necessity
           which
           compels
           them
           to
           seek
           their
           advancement
           in
           the
           service
           of
           another
           ,
           daily
           makes
           them
           apprehensive
           least
           they
           loose
           it
           :
           And
           ,
           if
           they
           doe
           offend
           ,
           the
           miserable
           shall
           never
           want
           such
           as
           will
           
             blame
             them
          
           .
           Let
           
             rich
             men
          
           therefore
           know
           ,
           that
           they
           themselves
           are
           obnoxious
           to
           Laws
           ,
           and
           that
           neither
           Revennues
           ,
           nor
           Dignity
           exempts
           from
           
             certaine
             rules
          
           :
           Nature
           hath
           prefixed
           bounds
           to
           paternall
           authority
           ;
           and
           it
           is
           impiety
           for
           any
           to
           exceed
           them
           .
           They
           
           ought
           not
           to
           despise
           and
           set
           at
           nought
           all
           such
           as
           they
           surpasse
           in
           estate
           ,
           
           and
           to
           think
           that
           because
           they
           are
           not
           rich
           ,
           therefore
           they
           are
           not
           men
           .
           Nor
           are
           they
           to
           exact
           
             all
             manner
             of
             services
          
           from
           
             every
             client
          
           ;
           for
           though
           he
           be
           
             not
             able
          
           to
           subsist
           of
           himself
           ,
           he
           is
           not
           therefore
           immediately
           to
           be
           abased
           and
           employed
           in
           the
           meanest
           and
           most
           abject
           offices
           .
           There
           are
           differences
           betwixt
           man
           and
           man
           ,
           where
           riches
           intervene
           not
           :
           and
           in
           the
           distribution
           of
           their
           affaires
           ,
           this
           disparity
           is
           to
           be
           regarded
           .
           Even
           all
           
             Great
             men
          
           are
           not
           equall
           in
           dignity
           or
           estate
           ,
           and
           as
           absolutely
           as
           the
           client
           is
           to
           resigne
           himself
           up
           to
           his
           Patrons
           will
           ,
           and
           as
           requisit●
           as
           it
           is
           for
           him
           to
           do
           so
           ,
           yet
           that
           discrepancy
           of
           
             Great
             persons
          
           makes
           a
           
             necessary
             distinction
          
           betwixt
           the
           respects
           due
           to
           the
           one
           and
           other
           .
           Hence
           it
           is
           (
           that
           I
           may
           illustrate
           the
           thing
           more
           by
           the
           most
           remote
           comparisons
           )
           we
           mortals
           pray
           to
           God
           and
           honour
           him
           with
           a
           devotion●
           but
           should
           a
           
             Great
             man
          
           demand
           of
           his
           vassals
           to
           
             rear
             Altars
          
           ,
           and
           Sacrifice
           to
           him
           ,
           and
           change
           their
           respects
           into
           their
           Religion
           :
           He
           were
           mad
           :
           And
           it
           is
           visible
           that
           we
           pay
           not
           to
           severall
           illustrious
           Princes
           the
           
             same
             homage
          
           ,
           which
           the
           Persians
           doe
           to
           their
           King.
           Wherefore
           ,
           as
           it
           is
           the
           clients
           part
           to
           serve
           his
           Patron
           without
           repining
           ,
           cheerfully
           ,
           and
           sometimes
           
           without
           staying
           to
           be
           called
           upon
           :
           So
           it
           becomes
           the
           Patrons
           not
           to
           abuse
           their
           facility
           and
           complyance
           ,
           nor
           to
           oppresse
           them
           with
           punctilios
           .
           He
           ought
           to
           remember
           ,
           that
           those
           he
           imployes
           ,
           those
           that
           serve
           him
           ,
           are
           
             not
             his
             Slaves
          
           ,
           but
           
             Friends
             of
             a
             lesser
             degree
          
           ;
           and
           as
           mercenary
           as
           they
           seeme
           to
           be
           ,
           fortune
           and
           their
           own
           wills
           only
           ,
           not
           nature
           subjected
           them
           to
           him
           .
           They
           are
           
             free
             men
          
           ;
           
           this
           they
           owe
           not
           onely
           to
           the
           Lawes
           in
           being
           (
           which
           is
           manifest
           )
           but
           to
           their
           birth-right
           .
           If
           there
           be
           any
           such
           thing
           as
           
             naturall
             slavery
          
           and
           dominion
           ,
           it
           is
           where
           there
           is
           the
           like
           difference
           as
           betwixt
           men
           and
           beasts
           :
           or
           where
           the
           one
           hath
           abilityes
           to
           direct
           ,
           and
           the
           other
           is
           either
           
             devoyd
             of
             reason
          
           ,
           or
           hath
           
             only
             so
             much
          
           left
           as
           ,
           joyned
           with
           
             abilities
             of
             limbs
          
           ,
           capacitates
           him
           to
           be
           
             serviceably
             ruled
          
           .
           But
           these
           we
           speak
           of
           now
           under
           the
           notion
           of
           
             inferiour
             friends
          
           ,
           they
           are
           not
           meerly
           qualified
           for
           porters
           ,
           and
           such
           drudgery-works
           ,
           requiring
           onely
           strength
           of
           Body
           ,
           but
           they
           are
           such
           as
           merit
           our
           commendation
           for
           their
           
             industry
             ,
             wit
          
           and
           experience
           .
           Thus
           it
           is
           clear
           that
           they
           are
           free
           :
           and
           it
           is
           custome
           (
           as
           I
           said
           in
           the
           beginning
           )
           which
           gave
           this
           relation
           the
           name
           of
           servitude
           :
           which
           tearme
           ,
           as
           harsh
           as
           it
           is
           ,
           use
           hath
           somewhat
           qualified
           :
           for
           even
           rich
           and
           
             Great
             men
          
           when
           they
           accost
           their
           
             inferiour
             
             acquaintances
          
           ,
           in
           civility
           they
           professe
           themselves
           to
           be
           their
           Servants
           ,
           because
           it
           is
           the
           fashion
           so
           to
           say
           .
           So
           that
           the
           word
           is
           now
           rather
           an
           argument
           of
           regard
           ,
           
           then
           service
           or
           vassallage
           .
           But
           such
           as
           make
           enquiries
           into
           the
           
             true
             nature
          
           of
           things
           ,
           ought
           not
           to
           perplexe
           themselves
           about
           words
           .
           For
           as
           long
           as
           the
           ancients
           furnished
           themselves
           with
           Slaves
           out
           of
           the
           captives
           taken
           in
           Warre
           ,
           and
           that
           there
           was
           no
           
             standing
             Lawes
          
           prohibiting
           that
           usage
           ,
           there
           was
           no
           great
           reason
           why
           they
           should
           desire
           to
           make
           use
           of
           persons
           whose
           freedome
           rendred
           them
           
             lesse
             obnoxious
          
           to
           their
           commands
           and
           power
           .
           Therefore
           it
           is
           no
           wonder
           if
           they
           did
           not
           affoord
           it
           a
           
             peculiar
             name
          
           in
           their
           language
           ,
           which
           had
           scarce
           any
           place
           in
           their
           Country
           .
           But
           after
           that
           Christianity
           had
           allayed
           the
           fierceness
           of
           mens
           minds
           ,
           and
           abated
           the
           severity
           of
           unfortunate
           wars
           :
           when
           it
           began
           to
           be
           reputed
           an
           impious
           cruelty
           to
           enslave
           those
           who
           were
           
             servants
             to
             the
             same
             God
          
           ,
           &
           not
           so
           estranged
           in
           enmity
           as
           to
           
             disagree
             in
             Religion
          
           ;
           about
           that
           time
           it
           is
           probable
           that
           men
           of
           
             inferiour
             rank
          
           &
           extraction
           being
           in
           want
           ,
           began
           to
           be
           retained
           by
           greater
           and
           
             richer
             persons
          
           in
           sallary
           ,
           to
           discharge
           those
           employments
           which
           slaves
           formerly
           underwent
           :
           and
           in
           process
           of
           time
           it
           become
           so
           little
           disgracefull
           ,
           that
           even
           men
           
           
             of
             better
             quality
          
           than
           ordinary
           ,
           scorned
           not
           to
           take
           wages
           in
           like
           manner
           .
           But
           this
           custome
           is
           not
           supposed
           to
           have
           prevailed
           till
           the
           declination
           of
           the
           
             Roman
             Empire
          
           ,
           when
           their
           authority
           was
           extinct
           who
           had
           power
           alone
           to
           give
           it
           a
           
             Latine
             name
          
           .
           Hence
           it
           is
           destitute
           of
           a
           
             convenient
             appellation
          
           ;
           and
           it
           is
           not
           worth
           the
           while
           to
           invent
           a
           new
           name
           ,
           which
           it
           is
           uncertain
           how
           it
           will
           succced
           ;
           and
           therefore
           I
           shall
           be
           content
           to
           express
           the
           parties
           by
           the
           names
           of
           Clients
           and
           
             Patrons
             ;
             servants
             and
             Masters
             ,
             superiours
          
           and
           inferiours
           :
           and
           the
           relation
           betwixt
           them
           by
           that
           of
           conjunction
           ,
           and
           friendship
           ,
           not
           that
           any
           of
           these
           are
           proper
           ,
           but
           that
           they
           are
           significant
           enough
           to
           cause
           me
           to
           be
           understood
           ;
           And
           so
           I
           end
           this
           digression
           .
        
         
           Wherefore
           such
           as
           depress
           their
           
             poor
             Clients
          
           even
           to
           Slavery
           (
           which
           ,
           who
           is
           there
           that
           endeavours
           not
           to
           do
           ?
           )
           they
           do
           not
           onely
           carry
           themselves
           inhumanely
           and
           unmercifully
           ;
           but
           act
           tyranny
           ,
           and
           injustice
           .
           For
           how
           Lord-like
           ,
           and
           tyrannicall
           ,
           is
           it
           to
           walk
           abroad
           daily
           in
           the
           Garden
           or
           Grove
           ,
           with
           a
           
             numerus
             retinue
          
           of
           these
           friends
           standing
           on
           the
           right
           and
           left
           hand
           ,
           with
           their
           hats
           off
           ,
           and
           yet
           never
           so
           much
           as
           to
           vouchsafe
           them
           a
           
             good
             look
          
           ?
           Let
           us
           reserve
           this
           deportment
           for
           Kings
           alone
           :
           And
           for
           those
           who
           are
           not
           possessed
           of
           Empires
           and
           Monarchies
           ,
           let
           them
           not
           pretend
           
           to
           royalty
           ;
           lest
           their
           followers
           hate
           them
           ,
           and
           their
           enemies
           deride
           them
           .
           They
           are
           as
           faulty
           ,
           who
           embrace
           every
           little
           occasion
           to
           quarrell
           with
           their
           honest
           and
           well
           meaning
           creatures
           ,
           in
           publick
           ;
           to
           chide
           ,
           to
           rail
           upon
           them
           when
           the
           errour
           is
           so
           little
           ,
           that
           their
           folly
           becomes
           the
           onely
           remarkeable
           thing
           .
           What
           should
           this
           generation
           do
           with
           servants
           ?
           For
           ,
           howsoever
           that
           it
           be
           not
           for
           them
           to
           question
           the
           demeanour
           of
           their
           Patrons
           ,
           or
           regret
           any
           thing
           ;
           yet
           it
           becomes
           those
           others
           to
           consider
           what
           pressures
           they
           lay
           upon
           them
           .
           As
           for
           those
           who
           are
           so
           furious
           ,
           
           and
           passionate
           ,
           as
           to
           assault
           and
           beat
           such
           as
           by
           their
           Subjection
           have
           not
           lost
           their
           liberty
           :
           I
           think
           them
           fitter
           for
           Bedlam
           ,
           than
           a
           
             serious
             reproof
             .
             Aristotle
          
           maintains
           ,
           that
           betwixt
           the
           servant
           &
           Master
           there
           intervenes
           
             no
             such
             relation
          
           ,
           as
           to
           make
           the
           former
           capable
           of
           an
           injury
           :
           Every
           action
           (
           he
           saies
           )
           is
           just
           ,
           nor
           will
           he
           allow
           any
           duty
           that
           he
           may
           challenge
           from
           
             his
             Master
          
           .
           Yet
           since
           even
           those
           servants
           are
           men
           ,
           he
           thinks
           it
           not
           amiss
           if
           the
           Master
           regulate
           his
           power
           by
           the
           rules
           of
           
             common
             humanity
          
           .
           Nor
           is
           that
           saying
           impertinent
           ,
           which
           the
           crafty
           and
           roguish
           Sauria
           makes
           use
           of
           to
           a
           Free-man
           who
           brawled
           with
           him
           .
        
         
           
             I
             am
             a
             man
             ,
             as
             well
             as
             you
             !
          
        
         
         
           But
           Aristotle
           speakes
           of
           
             absolute
             Slaves
          
           ;
           And
           ,
           however
           ,
           his
           discourse
           abstracts
           from
           Christianity
           .
           But
           our
           
             Petty
             Tyrants
          
           ,
           that
           have
           not
           to
           do
           with
           slaves
           ,
           treat
           all
           as
           if
           they
           were
           such
           ,
           or
           indeed
           as
           if
           they
           were
           
             not
             men
          
           ;
           yet
           do
           they
           not
           extend
           to
           them
           that
           regard
           they
           have
           for
           
             their
             beasts
          
           .
           For
           those
           Horses
           they
           use
           for
           their
           Saddle
           ,
           or
           Coach
           ,
           they
           take
           
             great
             care
          
           of
           them
           :
           they
           neither
           over-worke
           them
           ,
           nor
           harrasse
           them
           out
           with
           
             ordinary
             labour
          
           ,
           they
           afford
           them
           rest
           ,
           and
           ease
           when
           they
           are
           weary
           ;
           and
           cure
           them
           being
           sick
           ,
           or
           lame
           :
           but
           for
           these
           
             poor
             clients
          
           ,
           who
           hath
           any
           regard
           or
           care
           ?
           who
           pities
           them
           being
           tyred
           ,
           or
           looks
           after
           them
           being
           sick
           ?
           Is
           there
           any
           condition
           more
           deplorable
           ,
           or
           vexatious
           ,
           than
           that
           of
           such
           as
           are
           retainers
           to
           
             Great
             personages
          
           in
           Rome
           ?
           This
           deportment
           is
           not
           onely
           repugnant
           to
           Christian-charity
           and
           humility
           ,
           but
           even
           that
           
             common
             notion
          
           of
           humanity
           which
           is
           imprinted
           in
           
             every
             man
          
           :
           let
           not
           therefore
           
             excess
             of
             good
             fortune
          
           destroy
           in
           any
           man
           the
           resentments
           of
           nature
           :
           nor
           let
           the
           apprehensions
           of
           their
           own
           riches
           and
           greatness
           cause
           them
           to
           forget
           that
           their
           Clients
           though
           poor
           ,
           are
           Freemen
           .
           Yet
           must
           I
           confess
           that
           it
           is
           hard
           for
           a
           man
           to
           observe
           a
           
             just
             conduct
          
           ,
           and
           to
           comport
           himself
           with
           an
           unblameable
           evenness
           in
           all
           occasions
           :
           Or
           so
           much
           as
           ,
           upon
           mature
           consideration
           ,
           to
           determine
           what
           that
           equability
           is
           according
           to
           
           which
           actions
           are
           to
           be
           regulated
           .
           For
           there
           is
           a
           
             great
             difference
          
           in
           
             persons
             ,
             times
             ,
             ages
             ,
             the
             nature
             of
             things
             ,
             mens
             manners
             ,
             customes
             of
             Countries
             ,
          
           and
           an
           infinite
           number
           of
           other
           circumstances
           ;
           all
           which
           
             various
             emergencies
          
           cause
           us
           to
           vary
           our
           addresses
           and
           regards
           :
           and
           which
           require
           a
           vast
           comprehension
           that
           they
           be
           quickly
           and
           duely
           understood
           .
           I
           do
           not
           pretend
           to
           a
           greater
           judgment
           then
           other
           men
           ;
           nor
           do
           I
           think
           it
           necessary
           to
           boast
           of
           my
           intellectuals
           :
           since
           in
           this
           exigency
           there
           needs
           no
           more
           ,
           then
           that
           men
           perfectly
           remember
           those
           precepts
           I
           have
           already
           set
           down
           .
           And
           those
           precepts
           are
           only
           two
           in
           number
           .
           
           
             Viz.
             That
             men
             would
             not
             abuse
             the
             obsequiousnesse
             of
             their
             Clients
             ;
             but
             employ
             them
             with
             that
             tenderness
             and
             civility
             ,
             and
             so
             adjust
             unto
             them
             their
             negotiations
             ,
             that
             they
             may
             apprehend
             themselves
             not
             to
             be
             indifferent
             to
             their
             Patrons
             ,
             nor
             them
             insensible
             .
          
           And
           ,
           
             That
             they
             doe
             not
             mistake
             morosity
             for
             Grandeur
             ;
             nor
             great
             passions
             for
             Greatness
             .
          
           Wherefore
           as
           often
           as
           men
           have
           occasion
           to
           make
           use
           of
           the
           service
           of
           others
           in
           the
           mannagement
           of
           their
           affairs
           ,
           they
           are
           to
           consider
           the
           quality
           of
           the
           severall
           persons
           about
           them
           ,
           and
           with
           a
           regard
           thereunto
           ,
           to
           appoint
           mean
           and
           
             sordid
             employments
          
           to
           men
           of
           as
           base
           a
           ranke
           and
           extraction
           :
           They
           ought
           not
           (
           as
           
           some
           preposterously
           do
           ,
           (
           to
           their
           own
           disparagement
           more
           then
           that
           of
           others
           )
           employ
           Gentlemen
           in
           their
           Kitchins
           ,
           and
           scullery
           ,
           or
           such
           like
           mean
           offices
           .
           
             There
             is
             not
             so
             much
             of
             state
             in
             that
             ambitious
             humour
             of
             being
             served
             only
             by
             persons
             of
             worth
             ;
             as
             there
             is
             odium
             ,
             in
             debasing
             them
             so
             low
             .
          
           Nor
           ought
           they
           to
           set
           weak
           and
           sickly
           persons
           to
           
             hard
             labour
          
           :
           nor
           to
           cause
           the
           serious
           and
           grave
           to
           personate
           the
           Antique
           or
           Buffo●n
           ;
           nor
           the
           aged
           to
           act
           the
           parts
           of
           the
           young
           and
           
             sportive
             .
             Homer
          
           doth
           not
           represent
           his
           Achilles
           so
           as
           if
           he
           employed
           Phenix
           ,
           that
           reverend
           old
           man
           ,
           to
           be
           his
           Butler
           ;
           but
           fixeth
           this
           employment
           on
           Patrochus
           ,
           a
           man
           of
           more
           agreeable
           years
           and
           spirit●
           They
           are
           also
           to
           take
           care
           that
           they
           never
           impose
           an
           extraordinary
           trust
           ,
           
           or
           laborious
           command
           ,
           on
           any
           ,
           or
           engage
           them
           in
           any
           great
           quarrell
           ,
           but
           upon
           a
           great
           cause
           ,
           or
           inevitable
           necessity
           :
           For
           common
           humanity
           obligeth
           us
           not
           to
           make
           a
           Sport
           of
           ,
           or
           any
           way
           to
           misuse
           the
           good
           nature
           ,
           care
           and
           vigilancy
           of
           another
           .
           For
           even
           such
           as
           are
           
             absolute
             servants
          
           love
           not
           jeastings
           of
           so
           much
           trouble
           and
           importance
           to
           them●
           and
           commonly
           expresse
           their
           resentments
           as
           bitterly
           as
           he
           in
           the
           Comedian
           .
        
         
         
           
             Slave
             that
             I
             am
             to
             a
             capricious
             Master
             !
             Is
             this
             a
             time
             of
             night
             to
             go
             to
             towne
             in
             ?
             This
             errand
             might
             have
             been
             respited
             till
             daylight
             .
          
        
         
           Daedalus
           ,
           that
           brave
           Engineer
           ,
           is
           is
           said
           to
           have
           had
           all
           manner
           of
           springs
           and
           Machines
           of
           iron
           wherewith
           mechanically
           to
           represent
           the
           actions
           of
           
             severall
             living
             creatures
          
           :
           
           But
           ,
           can
           any
           man
           imagine
           that
           he
           ever
           made
           those
           to
           fly
           ,
           whose
           nature
           it
           was
           to
           swimme
           ?
           or
           ,
           that
           having
           no
           occasion
           to
           exercise
           his
           art
           ,
           that
           he
           yet
           never
           permitted
           them
           to
           rest
           ,
           or
           stand
           still
           ?
           Let
           them
           then
           generally
           follow
           his
           example
           ,
           and
           let
           them
           temper
           their
           commands
           with
           mildnesse
           and
           moderation
           .
           As
           for
           those
           who
           are
           
             all
             imperiousness
          
           ,
           who
           know
           no
           requests
           but
           what
           are
           
             expresse
             commands
          
           ,
           
           who
           enforce
           those
           services
           they
           might
           otherwise
           
             readily
             dispose
          
           of
           ;
           with
           whom
           every
           failour
           ,
           is
           criminall
           ;
           and
           two
           or
           three
           
             petty
             defects
          
           an
           unpardonable
           miscarriage
           :
           certainly
           these
           persons
           are
           not
           onely
           very
           injurious
           and
           oppressive
           in
           their
           demeanour
           ;
           but
           ought
           to
           apprehend
           their
           own
           condition
           ,
           as
           being
           environed
           rather
           with
           so
           many
           enemies
           ,
           then
           accompanied
           with
           a
           large
           retinue
           of
           Friends
           .
        
         
         
           There
           is
           also
           in
           the
           ordinary
           discourse
           and
           conversation
           of
           
             great
             men
          
           ,
           a
           certain
           mildnesse
           and
           affability
           ,
           or
           rather
           staiednesse
           ,
           
           and
           severity
           of
           temper
           mixed
           with
           courtesy
           and
           jocundnesse
           ,
           which
           whosoever
           practises
           ,
           their
           dependents
           respect
           them
           as
           if
           they
           were
           their
           parents
           ,
           and
           are
           so
           farre
           from
           detesting
           them
           as
           tyrants
           ,
           that
           they
           have
           a
           great
           affection
           for
           them
           .
           It
           is
           incident
           to
           humane
           nature
           ,
           to
           hate
           whom
           they
           stand
           in
           fear
           of
           .
           But
           oftentimes
           it
           falls
           out
           ,
           that
           many
           men
           studying
           to
           avoid
           excessive
           familiarity
           (
           which
           they
           think
           inconsistent
           with
           that
           port
           and
           Grandeur
           which
           is
           requisite
           to
           their
           quality
           )
           they
           become
           peevish
           and
           Surly
           .
           It
           will
           be
           no
           impertinent
           digression
           from
           our
           present
           purpose
           ,
           to
           relate
           the
           story
           of
           Deioces
           a
           Mede
           ,
           who
           was
           endowed
           with
           very
           great
           wisdome
           .
           Herodotus
           tells
           us
           ,
           how
           by
           reason
           of
           the
           great
           opinion
           hi●
           Countrey
           had
           of
           his
           justice
           ,
           he
           was
           chosen
           King
           ,
           and
           amongst
           severall
           laudable
           customes
           he
           put
           in
           practise
           ,
           this
           was
           one
           ,
           whereby
           he
           preserved
           the
           dignity
           and
           honour
           of
           that
           Throne
           he
           was
           newly
           advanced
           to
           .
           Whatsoever
           business
           he
           had
           to
           dispatch
           ,
           or
           employment
           to
           conferre
           on
           any
           man
           ,
           he
           managed
           it
           by
           others
           ,
           so
           as
           that
           he
           suffered
           never
           any
           Median
           either
           to
           speak
           with
           him
           ,
           or
           once
           to
           see
           him
           .
           This
           worthy
           personage
           
           did
           apprehend
           very
           much
           least
           he
           should
           be
           envied
           by
           his
           Subjects
           :
           and
           that
           they
           who
           had
           lately
           been
           his
           equals
           ,
           and
           lived
           in
           as
           good
           fashion
           as
           he
           ,
           would
           not
           patiently
           endure
           he
           should
           possess
           that
           extrordinary
           splendor
           &
           honour
           they
           themselves
           had
           conferred
           on
           him
           .
           This
           inconvenience
           he
           thought
           to
           remedy
           thus
           ,
           if
           he
           not
           onely
           declined
           their
           converse
           ,
           but
           presence
           ;
           and
           accustoming
           them
           to
           the
           commands
           of
           a
           King
           ,
           he
           extinguished
           in
           them
           by
           degrees
           the
           remembrance
           of
           that
           
             private
             condition
          
           in
           which
           they
           had
           been
           better
           acquainted
           ,
           and
           which
           they
           could
           never
           totally
           forget
           whilst
           the
           memory
           of
           it
           would
           be
           renewed
           by
           constant
           visits
           and
           enterviewes
           .
           Nor
           indeed
           is
           it
           unusuall
           for
           men
           to
           f●a●e
           ,
           and
           highly
           esteem
           those
           things
           that
           are
           removed
           from
           their
           sight
           ,
           and
           with
           which
           they
           are
           unacquainted
           :
           and
           that
           Opinion
           ,
           like
           a
           multiplying
           Glass
           ,
           should
           magnifie
           things
           at
           a
           distance
           .
           Yet
           would
           not
           I
           advise
           
             Great
             men
          
           so
           to
           demean
           themselves
           towards
           their
           Inferiours
           and
           dependants
           ,
           
           as
           if
           they
           were
           their
           Brothers●
           and
           make
           them
           their
           confidents
           :
           no
           ,
           this
           complaisance
           is
           peculiar
           to
           reall
           and
           
             sincere
             friendship
          
           .
           But
           as
           I
           would
           not
           make
           this
           last
           my
           advice
           ,
           so
           neither
           can
           I
           allow
           this
           austere
           and
           sullen
           behaviour
           .
           It
           is
           true
           Deioces
           did
           well
           ,
           considering
           
           the
           unsetledness
           of
           his
           new
           Government
           ,
           and
           the
           Persons
           he
           ruled
           over
           ,
           who
           were
           Barbarian
           sinured
           to
           
             absolute
             Monarchy
          
           :
           Yet
           certainly
           his
           condition
           was
           attended
           with
           a
           great
           many
           
             unpleasant
             circumstances
          
           ;
           particularly
           ,
           in
           that
           he
           deprived
           himself
           
             of
             all
             society
          
           ,
           and
           that
           delight
           which
           ariseth
           from
           the
           
             conversation
             of
             friends
          
           .
           Wherefore
           let
           
             great
             men
          
           preserve
           their
           State
           and
           honours
           ;
           yet
           by
           means
           agreeable
           ;
           and
           when
           their
           leasure
           permits
           ,
           let
           them
           willingly
           lend
           an
           ear
           to
           the
           applications
           of
           their
           domestiques
           ,
           and
           reply
           courteously
           ,
           and
           sometimes
           begin
           discourses
           with
           them
           ,
           and
           railly
           with
           them
           ,
           and
           comport
           themselves
           with
           mildness
           :
           to
           the
           end
           that
           they
           may
           not
           altogether
           resent
           their
           ill
           fortune
           ,
           but
           be
           satisfied
           that
           if
           their
           necessitousness
           reduce
           them
           to
           depend
           on
           another
           ,
           yet
           their
           quality
           is
           not
           
             absolutely
             servile
          
           .
           Let
           no
           man
           abuse
           himself
           ;
           
             humane
             nature
             delights
             not
             in
             being
             subject
          
           :
           All
           men
           affect
           liberty
           :
           and
           however
           many
           ambitiously
           and
           vainly
           boast
           and
           make
           shew
           of
           the
           Empire
           they
           have
           over
           others
           ;
           wise
           men
           are
           content
           to
           possess
           it
           ,
           without
           unnecessary
           ostentation
           thereof
           .
        
         
           There
           are
           some
           who
           maliciously
           dissemble
           an
           affection
           for
           their
           Clients
           ,
           
           to
           the
           end
           that
           they
           may
           oblige
           them
           more
           effectually
           in
           their
           service
           ;
           they
           
           humour
           them
           with
           
             very
             good
             words
          
           and
           
             small
             favours
          
           ,
           and
           having
           reaped
           from
           their
           industry
           and
           unusuall
           diligence
           all
           advantages
           imaginable
           :
           they
           recompence
           the
           assiduity
           of
           their
           services
           with
           a
           little
           good
           language
           .
           This
           is
           an
           unworthy
           deportment
           ,
           and
           so
           farre
           from
           becomeing
           a
           person
           of
           worth
           ,
           that
           it
           is
           not
           to
           be
           eudured
           in
           any
           body
           :
           it
           is
           
             a
             meer
             cousenage
          
           ;
           and
           if
           it
           be
           not
           handsome
           to
           defraud
           a
           man
           of
           his
           money
           and
           estate
           ;
           it
           is
           criminall
           ,
           to
           robbe
           a
           man
           of
           the
           fruits
           of
           his
           labours
           ,
           and
           many
           years
           attendance
           ;
           to
           defeat
           his
           hopes
           ,
           and
           that
           expectation
           which
           we
           our selves
           ●omented
           him
           in
           .
        
         
           It
           is
           also
           a
           subtill
           but
           unjust
           artifice
           which
           some
           men
           use
           ,
           who
           reckon
           it
           amongst
           the
           obligations
           they
           have
           put
           upon
           their
           domestiques
           ,
           that
           they
           have
           not
           evilly
           entreated
           them
           :
           they
           register
           every
           
             good
             look
             ,
             civill
             word
          
           ,
           or
           
             courteous
             action
          
           of
           theirs
           ,
           and
           think
           they
           have
           thereby
           sufficiently
           rewarded
           them
           for
           all
           the
           
             cares
             ,
             troubles
          
           ,
           and
           dangers
           they
           have
           undergone
           for
           their
           sake
           .
           I
           must
           tell
           those
           persons
           ,
           that
           it
           was
           no
           part
           of
           their
           agreement
           ,
           or
           expectation
           ,
           when
           they
           first
           came
           together
           ,
           
             to
             be
             so
             served
          
           :
           they
           never
           proposed
           to
           themselves
           the
           requitall
           of
           one
           courtesy
           ,
           or
           civility
           ,
           by
           another
           ;
           but
           that
           riches
           ,
           and
           
             r●all
             profit
          
           should
           accrue
           to
           them
           by
           that
           dependance
           .
           And
           it
           is
           no
           
             true
             payment
          
           ,
           if
           having
           
           hired
           a
           Fidler
           to
           play
           all
           day
           at
           a
           feast
           ,
           we
           should
           when
           he
           demands
           his
           money
           ,
           invite
           him
           to
           sit
           down
           at
           the
           table
           ,
           and
           to
           hear
           us
           sing
           or
           play
           in
           the
           like
           manner
           ,
           or
           perhaps
           more
           skillfully
           .
           No
           ,
           he
           did
           not
           (
           as
           I
           may
           say
           )
           lend
           his
           musique
           ,
           to
           be
           repayed
           
             in
             kind
          
           ,
           but
           sell
           it
           .
        
         
           Furthermore
           ,
           as
           it
           behoves
           
             inferiour
             relations
          
           to
           put
           up
           the
           wrongs
           and
           injuries
           done
           them
           by
           their
           Patrons
           ,
           and
           not
           onely
           patiently
           to
           support
           their
           contumelies
           ,
           but
           with
           complaisance
           to
           behave
           themselves
           thereupon
           :
           so
           on
           the
           other
           side
           ,
           it
           becomes
           great
           persons
           not
           to
           take
           notice
           of
           every
           
             little
             failour
          
           in
           their
           creatures
           ,
           
           nor
           rigorously
           to
           insist
           upon
           each
           punctilio
           with
           them●
           nor
           to
           censure
           them
           for
           every
           
             petty
             defect
          
           in
           their
           manners
           .
           For
           we
           may
           easily
           guesse
           ,
           how
           hard
           or
           rather
           impossible
           a
           matter
           it
           is
           to
           find
           another
           man
           
             entirely
             complacentiall
          
           and
           never
           to
           disoblige
           us
           in
           word
           gesture
           ,
           or
           action
           :
           since
           we
           our selves
           ,
           who
           ought
           better
           to
           understand
           our
           minds
           and
           inclinations
           than
           any
           other
           can
           ,
           can
           never
           so
           conduct
           our
           affairs
           as
           to
           be
           alwayes
           satisfyed
           with
           the
           mannagement
           thereof
           .
           Wherefore
           let
           them
           take
           heed
           lest
           they
           fall
           into
           too
           violent
           a
           passion
           ,
           or
           too
           severely
           resent
           the
           defaults
           of
           their
           poor
           servants
           ,
           as
           often
           
           as
           they
           mistake
           or
           erre
           in
           the
           discharge
           of
           their
           ordinary
           employes
           ,
           or
           dispatch
           nota
           message
           so
           well
           ,
           or
           fulfill
           not
           a
           command
           so
           punctually
           ,
           or
           readily
           ,
           as
           might
           have
           been
           expected
           ,
           or
           wished
           .
           There
           are
           many
           who
           are
           too
           rigorous
           herein
           ;
           not
           imagining
           that
           it
           is
           much
           more
           easie
           to
           contrive
           than
           to
           put
           in
           execution
           a
           thing
           :
           and
           that
           how
           facil
           so
           ever
           it
           be
           at
           first
           appearance
           in
           the
           designing
           ,
           yet
           many
           accidents
           and
           difficulties
           intervene
           ,
           which
           impede
           and
           retard
           it's
           performance
           .
           Nor
           ought
           they
           onely
           to
           connive
           at
           ,
           and
           pardon
           such
           faults
           as
           be
           
             purely
             involuntary
          
           ,
           or
           as
           humane
           frailty
           precipitates
           them
           into
           ;
           but
           also
           diligently
           to
           examine
           their
           own
           breasts
           ,
           and
           to
           consider
           whether
           they
           themselves
           have
           well
           weighed
           all
           circumstances
           ,
           and
           that
           they
           are
           not
           either
           
             in
             part
          
           or
           
             altogether
             culpable
          
           for
           those
           defects
           ,
           which
           are
           imputed
           to
           their
           
             poor
             servants
          
           .
           For
           it
           commonly
           happens
           ,
           that
           all
           the
           providence
           and
           forecast
           of
           the
           most
           wise
           and
           carefull
           servant
           becomes
           sucesseless
           ,
           and
           prejudiciall
           ,
           thorough
           the
           indiscretion
           ,
           peevishness
           ,
           inconstancy
           of
           mind
           ,
           and
           hastiness
           of
           humour
           in
           the
           Master
           .
           Which
           made
           him
           to
           cry
           out
           in
           that
           ancient
           Comedy
           .
           
             
               Pardon
               ,
               ye
               Gods
               !
               the
               d●stiny's
               too
               bad
               ,
            
             
               To
               be
               a
               Slave
               ,
               and
               to
               a
               man
               that
               's
               mad
               .
            
          
           
           Let
           them
           beware
           therefore
           how
           they
           censur
           condemn
           ,
           or
           otherwise
           reprove
           their
           servants
           ,
           whenas
           they
           themselves
           onely
           are
           in
           fault
           ,
           and
           deserve
           to
           be
           blamed
           .
        
         
           Moreover
           whereas
           this
           conjunction
           is
           effected
           ,
           and
           that
           men
           enter
           on
           this
           dependency
           upon
           no
           other
           aims
           and
           termes
           ,
           as
           I
           have
           already
           evinced
           ,
           then
           advantag●●
           (
           without
           extraordinary
           regard
           to
           
             particular
             inclinations
          
           ,
           
           or
           affection
           )
           
             Great
             personages
          
           ought
           to
           provide
           so
           for
           their
           dependants
           ,
           that
           such
           as
           serve
           them
           diligently
           and
           carefully
           ,
           and
           signalize
           themselves
           by
           their
           serviceableness
           to
           them
           ,
           may
           not
           be
           defeated
           of
           their
           recompense
           ,
           and
           and
           what
           they
           may
           justly
           expect
           .
           And
           as
           it
           is
           the
           duty
           of
           such
           as
           are
           subordinate
           ,
           and
           inferiours
           ,
           not
           to
           press
           
             too
             vehemently
          
           in
           their
           own
           behalf
           ,
           nor
           to
           urge
           their
           own
           concernes
           too
           much
           with
           their
           Superiours
           ,
           but
           mildly
           to
           insinuate
           the
           remembrance
           of
           them
           ,
           
           or
           lightly
           to
           mention
           them
           upon
           occasion
           :
           rather
           suggesting
           them
           to
           their
           memories
           ,
           then
           importuning
           their
           justice
           :
           For
           he
           understands
           not
           the
           artifice
           of
           obsequiousness
           ,
           nor
           the
           address
           due
           to
           
             Great
             men
          
           ,
           who
           treats
           them
           as
           a
           Creditour
           would
           his
           Debtour
           ;
           who
           doth
           not
           
             sollicite
             modestly
          
           ,
           but
           boldly
           
           as
           it
           were
           arrests
           them
           :
           What
           ever
           he
           may
           have
           of
           right
           in
           his
           demands
           ;
           the
           way
           of
           promoting
           his
           interests
           ,
           is
           injurious
           .
           Thus
           parents
           are
           displeased
           ,
           and
           all
           men
           authenticate
           their
           resentments
           ,
           when
           their
           Children
           implead
           them
           ,
           though
           justly
           :
           there
           is
           something
           of
           indignity
           in
           the
           procedure●
           The
           difference
           betwixt
           parent
           and
           child
           ,
           and
           the
           disproportion
           betwixt
           their
           quality
           ,
           all
           vanisheth
           when
           they
           appear
           under
           the
           names
           of
           plaintiff
           and
           defendant
           .
           As
           the
           client
           ought
           not
           to
           be
           troublesome
           to
           his
           Patron
           ,
           in
           
             recounting
             his
             merits
          
           ,
           or
           
             importuning
             his
             rewards
          
           ;
           so
           it
           becomes
           not
           the
           Patron
           to
           forget
           his
           deserts
           ,
           nor
           to
           respite
           his
           acknowledgments
           too
           long
           .
           It
           is
           ungenerous
           in
           this
           case
           ,
           not
           to
           own
           the
           industry
           and
           faithfullness
           of
           
             your
             creatures
          
           ;
           and
           who
           stayes
           till
           he
           be
           reminded
           of
           his
           duty
           ,
           either
           must
           be
           reputed
           insensible
           ,
           as
           not
           knowing
           :
           or
           unworthy
           ,
           for
           slighting
           it
           ;
           and
           must
           blame
           himself
           ,
           if
           he
           fall
           into
           disrespect
           with
           his
           Clients
           ,
           or
           be
           afterwards
           disserved
           by
           them
           These
           kind
           of
           men
           should
           apprehend
           ,
           that
           they
           are
           under
           an
           obligation
           to
           promote
           their
           personall
           advantages
           ;
           the
           thing
           is
           a
           
             reall
             debt
          
           ,
           without
           the
           formality
           of
           covenant
           &
           bond
           ;
           and
           we
           are
           engaged
           to
           see
           them
           recompenced
           ,
           who
           lay
           out
           themselves
           and
           their
           lives
           ,
           for
           our
           advantage
           .
           We
           ought
           not
           to
           overvalue
           our
           goodness
           ,
           nor
           to
           imagine
           our
           
           selves
           to
           be
           generous
           ,
           in
           all
           our
           retributions
           :
           to
           enrich
           or
           otherwise
           gratify
           our
           
             affectionate
             creatures
          
           ,
           is
           not
           alwayes
           a
           largess
           :
           To
           be
           great
           ,
           to
           be
           powerfull
           ,
           doth
           not
           entitle
           us
           to
           the
           abilities
           of
           other
           men
           ,
           nor
           authorise
           us
           to
           challenge
           all
           their
           performances
           as
           
             our
             due
          
           :
           We
           are
           redevable
           to
           them
           for
           what
           they
           have
           done
           for
           us
           ,
           and
           do
           but
           in
           effect
           pay
           them
           wages
           for
           their
           attendance
           and
           employments
           under
           us
           .
           We
           ought
           to
           be
           as
           ready
           to
           acknowledge
           ,
           as
           to
           make
           use
           of
           them
           :
           and
           to
           proportion
           our
           sentiments
           and
           munificence
           to
           their
           zeal
           and
           diligence
           ;
           and
           to
           imitate
           the
           earth
           in
           its
           products
           ,
           which
           the
           more
           it
           is
           cultivated
           ,
           tended
           ,
           and
           lookt
           after
           ,
           the
           more
           plentifull
           crop
           doth
           it
           yield
           the
           husband
           man.
           Hereby
           we
           shall
           not
           onely
           act
           a
           part
           befitting
           us
           ,
           but
           acquire
           the
           reputation
           of
           gratitude
           and
           liberality
           :
           wherein
           one
           may
           observe
           ,
           that
           more
           is
           gained
           then
           an
           unprofitable
           and
           insignificant
           applause
           ;
           For
           our
           creatures
           are
           thereby
           more
           fixed
           to
           ourservice
           ,
           and
           more
           devoted
           to
           our
           persons
           ;
           and
           others
           are
           inclined
           to
           embrace
           all
           opportunities
           of
           obliging
           so
           sensible
           and
           
             good-natured
             Patrons
          
           .
        
         
           
           
             Great
             men
          
           ought
           also
           (
           howbeit
           many
           think
           it
           a
           matter
           of
           small
           importance
           )
           to
           take
           speciall
           care
           that
           their
           domstiques
           
           and
           inferiour
           friends
           be
           well
           provided
           for
           ;
           that
           they
           be
           not
           streightned
           in
           their
           diet
           ,
           nor
           
             poorly
             maintained
          
           ,
           so
           as
           to
           be
           reduced
           to
           
             meane
             Shifts
          
           whereby
           to
           victuall
           and
           otherwise
           accommodate
           themselves
           ,
           for
           it
           is
           
             a
             part
             of
             the
             recompense
          
           due
           to
           their
           officiousness
           ,
           and
           no
           act
           of
           
             singular
             Grace
          
           ,
           that
           every
           one
           of
           them
           be
           maintained
           according
           to
           his
           quality
           .
           They
           which
           usually
           pinch
           them
           in
           their
           victuals
           ,
           or
           
             totally
             discommon
          
           them
           ,
           like
           slaves
           ,
           upon
           any
           misbehaviour
           ,
           or
           neglect
           ,
           are
           to
           be
           reprehended
           upon
           two
           grounds
           ;
           both
           because
           they
           disoblige
           ,
           and
           incurre
           the
           hatred
           and
           reproaches
           of
           those
           
             self
             same
             persons
          
           by
           whom
           they
           affect
           to
           be
           respected
           and
           commended
           :
           and
           ,
           for
           that
           they
           give
           the
           world
           just
           cause
           to
           censure
           them
           for
           parsimony
           ,
           and
           niggardlyness
           towards
           such
           men
           as
           are
           onely
           retained
           by
           them
           (
           there
           being
           no
           other
           reason
           imaginable
           ,
           why
           they
           should
           create
           themselves
           that
           trouble
           and
           expence
           )
           and
           designed
           to
           augment
           their
           splendour
           ,
           and
           possess
           the
           people
           with
           an
           opinion
           of
           their
           generosity
           and
           magnificence
           .
           Besides
           ,
           those
           very
           persons
           finding
           their
           
             smallest
             miscarriages
          
           and
           peccadillos
           so
           severely
           examined
           ,
           and
           their
           deserts
           little
           regarded
           ,
           they
           contract
           a
           disesteem
           for
           their
           Patron
           ,
           and
           his
           service
           ;
           and
           at
           length
           absolutely
           
             despise
             him
          
           .
           Nor
           do
           they
           study
           which
           way
           they
           may
           either
           
           recover
           his
           
             good
             grace
          
           ,
           or
           preserve
           themselves
           any
           way
           therein
           ;
           but
           by
           degrees
           esloigne
           themselves
           from
           him
           :
           And
           ,
           to
           speak
           modestly
           in
           the
           case
           ,
           
             It
             is
             not
             to
             be
             presumed
             ,
             that
             any
             man
             cares
             to
             be
             beloved
             ,
             or
             to
             love
             another
             ,
             but
             for
             interests
             sake
             .
          
           Hence
           it
           is
           that
           few
           or
           none
           ,
           but
           such
           as
           are
           of
           the
           meaner
           sort
           ,
           will
           condescend
           to
           others
           ,
           and
           become
           their
           followers
           :
           No
           ;
           it
           is
           profit
           which
           cements
           ,
           and
           profit
           dissolves
           
             this
             league
          
           .
           It
           behoveth
           therefore
           
             great
             men
          
           to
           endeavour
           as
           much
           as
           they
           can
           to
           enslame
           their
           dependants
           with
           all
           
             just
             hopes
          
           ,
           to
           endeare
           them
           unto
           them
           as
           much
           as
           it
           is
           possible
           ,
           to
           the
           end
           that
           they
           may
           the
           more
           
             cheerfully
             serve
          
           them
           ,
           and
           embrace
           their
           interests
           with
           such
           confidence
           as
           becomes
           men
           who
           know
           
             their
             own
             good
             fortune
          
           entirely
           to
           be
           joyned
           therewith
           .
           And
           this
           they
           will
           effect
           ,
           by
           treating
           them
           rather
           civilly
           ,
           then
           imperiously
           ;
           and
           by
           expressing
           proportionate
           resentments
           and
           favours
           for
           their
           merits
           .
           But
           as
           the
           world
           goes
           now
           ,
           most
           
             great
             men
          
           imitate
           those
           Lawes
           which
           are
           none
           of
           the
           most
           prudent
           ,
           though
           enacted
           by
           
             severall
             Cities
          
           ,
           whereby
           men
           are
           affrightned
           from
           
             doing
             ill
          
           by
           terrours
           and
           penalties
           :
           And
           they
           imagine
           it
           enough
           ,
           if
           they
           make
           provision
           that
           no
           man
           escape
           unpunished
           ,
           or
           ,
           at
           least
           ,
           obtain
           advancement
           by
           his
           crimes
           .
           I
           should
           think
           it
           much
           more
           agreeable
           for
           them
           to
           
           regulate
           themselves
           by
           those
           Edcts
           which
           are
           by
           Xenophon
           termed
           
             Royall
             Lawes
          
           :
           by
           which
           Lawes
           it
           was
           ordained
           ,
           not
           onely
           that
           offendours
           should
           be
           punished
           ,
           but
           the
           vertuous
           recompensed
           ,
           by
           proposing
           rewards
           to
           the
           valiant
           ,
           and
           the
           good
           .
           Let
           
             great
             men
          
           therefore
           study
           to
           render
           their
           dependants
           absolutely
           their
           creatures
           ,
           and
           to
           make
           it
           heir
           inclination
           as
           well
           as
           interest
           ,
           to
           adhere
           unto
           them
           .
           For
           ,
           Command
           is
           then
           most
           pleasant
           ,
           and
           obedience
           least
           irksome
           ,
           when
           it
           is
           established
           upon
           the
           
             clients
             devotion
          
           ,
           and
           not
           d●serence
           onely
           .
           As
           for
           that
           Empire
           which
           is
           founded
           upon
           constraint
           ,
           and
           the
           necessitous
           condition
           of
           
             repining
             vassals
          
           ;
           I
           believe
           it
           to
           be
           a
           qualification
           God
           conferres
           upon
           such
           as
           he
           accounts
           worthy
           of
           that
           punishment
           whereto
           Tantalus
           is
           said
           to
           have
           been
           condemned
           in
           Hell
           ,
           where
           he
           was
           continually
           to
           languish
           under
           the
           dread●ull
           apprehensions
           of
           a
           
             second
             death
          
           continually
           hreatening
           him
           .
        
         
           It
           is
           a
           cunning
           and
           
             subtle
             devise
          
           which
           some
           men
           have
           ,
           
           of
           sowing
           discord
           perpetually
           betwixt
           their
           dependants
           ,
           and
           keeping
           them
           at
           variance
           .
           These
           men
           fear
           nothing
           so
           much
           as
           tha●
           their
           creatures
           should
           hold
           a
           good
           correspondence
           
           one
           with
           the
           other
           and
           think
           the
           
             worse
             intelligence
          
           they
           have
           one
           with
           the
           other
           ,
           the
           better
           they
           shall
           have
           with
           them
           all
           themselves
           .
           I
           shall
           onely
           demand
           of
           these
           politicians
           ,
           and
           Great
           wise
           men
           ,
           if
           their
           dependants
           be
           wicked
           and
           of
           a
           suspected
           fidelity
           ,
           why
           do
           not
           they
           discard
           or
           correct
           them
           ,
           rather
           then
           jealously
           watch
           over
           them
           ?
           If
           they
           are
           
             men
             of
             honesty
          
           and
           integrity
           ,
           why
           do
           they
           create
           themselves
           an
           unnecessary
           vexation
           ?
           what
           great
           exploits
           can
           they
           do
           by
           the
           service
           of
           such
           as
           so
           little
           
             understand
             one
             another
          
           ?
        
         
           Wherefore
           let
           them
           learn
           the
           
             Art
             of
             ruling
          
           ,
           and
           that
           conduct
           which
           is
           necessary
           to
           the
           
             proper
             mannaging
             of
             power
          
           :
           This
           is
           no
           easy
           and
           common
           matter
           ,
           or
           such
           as
           may
           be
           acquired
           without
           extraordinary
           attention
           :
           It
           comes
           not
           by
           instinct
           ,
           nor
           is
           propagated
           by
           generation
           :
           to
           the
           obtaining
           thereof
           more
           is
           requisite
           then
           a
           
             great
             fortune
          
           ,
           and
           a
           
             sence
             of
             its
             necessity
          
           :
           in
           fine
           ,
           it
           is
           so
           transcendent
           a
           quality
           ,
           that
           to
           speak
           the
           truth
           ,
           it
           seems
           to
           be
           placed
           above
           the
           designs
           and
           contrivance
           of
           mankind
           ,
           and
           it
           is
           rather
           
             a
             peculiar
             gift
             of
             God
          
           ,
           then
           the
           acquest
           of
           
             humane
             prudence
          
           .
           But
           the
           directions
           leading
           thereunto
           are
           not
           to
           be
           delivered
           occasionally
           by
           a
           digression
           in
           this
           discourse
           ;
           but
           
           to
           be
           deduced
           from
           another
           Art
           ,
           wherein
           whosoever
           is
           thoroughly
           conversant
           and
           knowing
           ,
           the
           same
           will
           neither
           faile
           in
           the
           
             suitable
             Choice
          
           of
           his
           instruments
           and
           Creatures
           ,
           nor
           in
           his
           comport
           towards
           them
           ;
           so
           as
           to
           effect
           ,
           that
           they
           who
           mutually
           love
           and
           correspond
           among
           themselves
           like
           Brethren
           ;
           may
           also
           agree
           to
           
             love
             ,
             serve
          
           ,
           and
           even
           adore
           him
           .
           Amongst
           the
           documents
           of
           that
           Art
           ,
           it
           is
           one
           great
           and
           wholesome
           Precept
           ,
           
             That
             such
             as
             are
             in
             power
             ought
             to
             assure
             themselves
             of
             the
             affections
             of
             those
             they
             rule
             over
          
           :
           hereby
           their
           Empire
           is
           more
           secure
           and
           stable
           ,
           and
           the
           voluntary
           services
           of
           their
           vassals
           are
           not
           only
           more
           pleasant
           to
           them
           ,
           because
           unconstrained
           ;
           but
           infinitely
           more
           advantageous
           to
           their
           Rulers
           ,
           whose
           interests
           shall
           not
           be
           neglected
           
             any
             way
          
           ,
           as
           long
           as
           their
           persons
           are
           not
           indifferent
           ,
           or
           odious
           to
           them
           .
           Whence
           it
           appears
           ,
           how
           much
           they
           mistake
           themselves
           who
           live
           at
           continuall
           variance
           with
           their
           families
           ,
           who
           not
           only
           abandon
           their
           concerns
           ,
           &
           forget
           or
           slight
           their
           particular
           advantages
           ,
           but
           depress
           ,
           and
           oppose
           them
           ,
           as
           if
           they
           were
           their
           adversaries
           :
           whose
           sense
           of
           the
           
             unusuall
             care
             ,
             fidelity
          
           and
           dispatch
           of
           a
           good
           servant
           ,
           prompts
           them
           not
           to
           reward
           or
           
             preferre
             him
          
           ,
           but
           to
           fixe
           him
           to
           their
           adherence
           ,
           by
           makeing
           it
           impossible
           for
           him
           otherwise
           to
           subsist
           :
           They
           imagine
           that
           he
           would
           be
           less
           their
           
           friend
           ,
           if
           promoted
           above
           the
           condition
           of
           a
           servant
           ,
           that
           if
           once
           his
           Fortunes
           grow
           consid●rable
           ,
           he
           will
           certainly
           either
           
             totally
             prosecute
          
           those
           ,
           or
           (
           if
           he
           be
           excessively
           generous
           and
           acknowledging
           )
           onely
           intermix
           their
           concernments
           with
           his
           own
           ;
           and
           make
           that
           but
           a
           part
           of
           his
           care
           which
           is
           now
           his
           
             whole
             employment
          
           .
           I
           should
           think
           it
           a
           much
           more
           wise
           course
           ,
           to
           imitate
           as
           farre
           as
           possible
           (
           for
           the
           alteration
           of
           times
           ,
           Religion
           ,
           and
           other
           circumstances
           hinder
           us
           from
           following
           the
           practice
           )
           the
           usage
           of
           the
           Ancients
           who
           made
           Freed-men
           of
           such
           as
           had
           faithfully
           served
           them
           ;
           thus
           we
           should
           distinguish
           those
           who
           signalize
           themselves
           to
           us
           by
           their
           industry
           and
           faithfullness
           from
           ordinary
           and
           
             servile
             Dependants
          
           ,
           and
           admit
           them
           to
           a
           nearer
           and
           more
           generous
           friendship
           or
           relation
           .
           Nor
           do
           I
           apprehend
           this
           course
           to
           be
           more
           prudentiall
           only
           ,
           but
           more
           profitable
           .
           For
           ,
           what
           Farme
           ,
           or
           Mannor
           ,
           yeelds
           so
           great
           and
           certain
           an
           income
           to
           a
           rich
           and
           potent
           Grandee
           ,
           as
           an
           
             entire
             friend
          
           ?
           what
           profits
           may
           compare
           with
           those
           which
           many
           Princes
           have
           received
           from
           their
           affectionate
           creatures
           ?
           How
           vast
           a
           difference
           is
           there
           in
           our
           relying
           upon
           generous
           and
           
             obliged
             friends
          
           ,
           for
           the
           supporting
           or
           carrying
           on
           of
           our
           affaires
           ;
           &
           ●●usting
           our
           Persons
           ,
           and
           estates
           ,
           in
           the
           hands
           of
           such
           as
           have
           scarce
           the
           appearance
           of
           friendsh●p
           to
           ascertain
           them
           to
           us
           ;
           no
           reality
           at
           all
           ?
           
           For
           such
           who
           manage
           their
           parts
           and
           obsequiousness
           ,
           as
           they
           would
           moneys
           ,
           which
           they
           do
           not
           lend
           gratis
           ,
           but
           put
           out
           
             to
             use
          
           ,
           are
           presumed
           always
           to
           expect
           interest
           ,
           and
           to
           regulate
           their
           addresses
           and
           applications
           solely
           by
           their
           utility
           ,
           and
           
             private
             gain
          
           .
           Whereupon
           they
           serve
           
             great
             men
          
           ,
           as
           tenants
           do
           their
           Landlords
           ,
           who
           do
           not
           expend
           themselves
           and
           their
           riches
           to
           imbellish
           their
           tenements
           ,
           or
           to
           beautifie
           their
           grounds
           with
           
             pleasant
             Gardens
          
           ,
           Walks
           and
           Groves
           ,
           Grots
           and
           Aqueducts
           ;
           but
           contrive
           which
           way
           they
           may
           improve
           the
           Land
           to
           their
           advantage
           ,
           and
           with
           least
           cost
           multiply
           their
           
             present
             profits
          
           :
           Thus
           ,
           they
           ,
           being
           retained
           
             as
             it
             were
          
           by
           wages
           and
           salary
           in
           the
           service
           of
           Great
           Men
           
             for
             a
             time
          
           ,
           study
           not
           
             during
             that
             intervall
          
           ,
           how
           they
           may
           most
           benefit
           them
           ,
           nor
           how
           they
           may
           best
           advance
           or
           secure
           their
           
             power
             ,
             riches
          
           ,
           or
           dependances
           ;
           but
           how
           they
           may
           make
           the
           best
           of
           that
           opportunity
           for
           themselves
           .
           But
           ,
           when
           they
           are
           removed
           from
           the
           
             sence
             of
             gain
          
           and
           particular
           emolument
           ,
           and
           fixed
           to
           us
           by
           those
           more
           generall
           and
           noble
           ties
           of
           affection
           &
           
             handsome
             friendship
          
           ;
           they
           no
           longer
           act
           like
           
             self-minded
             Tenants
          
           ,
           but
           embrace
           all
           our
           concernments
           with
           the
           same
           zeal
           and
           integrity
           as
           if
           they
           were
           their
           own
           ,
           studying
           rather
           to
           aggrandise
           themselves
           by
           the
           greatness
           of
           their
           Patrons
           ,
           than
           regarding
           their
           
             annuall
             incomes
          
           ,
           and
           the
           profits
           that
           from
           
           year
           to
           year
           accrue
           to
           them
           .
           Thus
           ,
           having
           devoted
           themselves
           to
           our
           families
           ,
           and
           as
           it
           were
           cordially
           espoused
           
             our
             interest
          
           once
           ,
           they
           account
           nothing
           troublesome
           ,
           great
           ,
           or
           hazardous
           ,
           which
           is
           beneficiall
           to
           us
           ;
           having
           possessed
           our selves
           once
           of
           their
           hearts
           ,
           our
           interests
           are
           no
           longer
           different
           ;
           they
           have
           but
           one
           important
           concernment
           ,
           and
           that
           is
           ,
           
             for
             us
          
           .
        
         
           Since
           it
           is
           thus
           ;
           if
           we
           purpose
           not
           to
           resign
           our selves
           wholly
           up
           to
           pride
           and
           
             ambitious
             arrogance
          
           ;
           
           if
           we
           will
           not
           devest
           our selves
           of
           all
           humanity
           ,
           and
           relinquish
           that
           nature
           and
           reason
           which
           distinguisheth
           as
           much
           man
           from
           man
           ,
           as
           from
           other
           Beasts
           ;
           if
           we
           intend
           not
           to
           degenerate
           into
           bruitishness
           ,
           and
           growe
           perfect
           salvages
           ;
           let
           us
           foment
           and
           nourish
           in
           our selves
           these
           
             friendly
             inclinations
          
           ;
           let
           us
           put
           on
           an
           
             amicable
             temper
          
           of
           Spirit
           ,
           and
           make
           it
           as
           much
           
             our
             nature
          
           as
           it
           is
           possible
           .
           Let
           us
           embrace
           an
           opinion
           which
           bringeth
           with
           it
           all
           the
           inducements
           that
           the
           
             greatest
             profits
          
           or
           delights
           can
           suggest
           .
           Man
           is
           a
           Sociable
           creature
           ,
           &
           it
           is
           not
           only
           our
           wisdome
           ,
           but
           a
           complyance
           with
           humanity
           ,
           and
           those
           
             uncontrived
             ,
             unbiassed
             sentiments
          
           which
           we
           assume
           not
           ,
           but
           are
           born
           with
           ,
           to
           prosecute
           those
           means
           which
           erect
           and
           establish
           an
           
             agreeable
             friendship
          
           &
           amity
           .
           This
           one
           circumstance
           is
           so
           considerable
           ,
           that
           they
           who
           harangue
           upon
           this
           
           subject
           ,
           profess
           
             no
             wise
             man
             can
             be
             entirely
             happy
             in
             a
             Wilderness
          
           :
           that
           it
           is
           not
           in
           the
           power
           of
           
             vertue
             ,
             Knowledge
          
           ,
           or
           Grace
           ,
           to
           felicifie
           the
           solitary
           ;
           and
           that
           even
           Heaven
           ,
           would
           cease
           to
           be
           Heaven
           ,
           and
           the
           joyes
           thereof
           be
           disgusted
           ,
           were
           it
           not
           for
           the
           company
           there
           ,
           and
           that
           
             innocent
             agreeableness
             of
             the
             Saints
             and
             Angels
             assembled
             together
             .
          
           Nor
           is
           there
           any
           thing
           more
           facile
           ,
           or
           whereto
           we
           are
           more
           prone
           ,
           than
           vehemently
           to
           love
           and
           affect
           those
           who
           delight
           us
           .
           Besides
           ,
           there
           is
           a
           great
           tie
           and
           obligation
           put
           upon
           ,
           the
           Spirits
           of
           men
           by
           dayly
           
             cohabitation
             and
             converse
          
           ,
           whereby
           they
           become
           united
           and
           leagued
           one
           with
           another
           :
           as
           we
           observe
           in
           Beasts
           ,
           which
           being
           bred
           up
           or
           used
           to
           feed
           together
           ;
           the
           Bruitishness
           of
           their
           Nature
           hinders
           them
           not
           from
           resenting
           the
           absence
           ,
           and
           missing
           their
           
             former
             acquaintance
          
           .
           In
           so
           much
           that
           I
           cannot
           perswade
           my self
           ,
           but
           those
           persons
           do
           
             violence
             to
             nature
          
           ,
           and
           injure
           humanity
           it self
           ,
           who
           do
           not
           
             sincerely
             love
          
           ,
           and
           communicate
           their
           good
           Fortunes
           with
           such
           whose
           fidelity
           and
           carefullness
           they
           have
           experienced
           ,
           whose
           manners
           and
           humours
           they
           allow
           ,
           and
           of
           whose
           affection
           they
           are
           infallibly
           assured
           .
        
         
           FINIS
        
      
    
     
       
         
         
           Errata
           .
        
         
           THe
           principall
           Errata
           ,
           are
           those
           two
           following
           .
           Pag.
           6.
           lin
           .
           10
           instead
           of
           
             a
             good
             mine
          
           ,
           read
           
             a
             disinteressed
             goodnesse
             of
             nature
          
           .
           p.
           11.
           l.
           13.
           after
           
             that
             power
             which
             another
             must
          
           ,
           insert
           
             which
             an
             other
             must
             supply
             :
             it
             is
             but
             fitting
             that
             these
             men
             should
             omit
             those
             impertinences
             .
          
           The
           others
           of
           lesser
           note
           are
           p.
           6.
           l.
           6.
           cabnets
           for
           cabinets
           .
           p.
           7.
           l.
           16.
           betw●●
           for
           betwixt
           .
           p.
           9.
           l.
           17.
           acto●s
           for
           actions
           .
           p.
           13.
           l.
           14.
           
           This●or
           ●or
           thus
           .
           p.
           18.
           l.
           10.
           tansported
           for
           transported
           .
           p.
           20.
           l.
           4.
           laeves
           for
           leaves
           .
           l.
           12.
           th●●●
           for
           those
           .
           l.
           26.
           uffice
           for
           suffice
           .
           p.
           31.
           l.
           9.
           his
           for
           their
           .
           p.
           37.
           l.
           10.
           age
           for
           equippage
           .
           p.
           50.
           l.
           14.
           
           Patrochus
           for
           Patroclus
           .
           p.
           56.
           l●
           25.
           
             never
             so
          
           for
           
             never
             so
          
           .
           p.
           57.
           l.
           2.
           nota
           for
           
             not
             a.
          
           
        
      
       
         
         
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         Notes, typically marginal, from the original text
         
           Notes for div A35546-e1660
           
             
               The
               inconvenience
               of
               our
               usuall
               servants
               ,
               if
               compared
               with
               slaves
               .
            
          
           
             
               The
               Authour's
               design
               in
               writing
            
             .
          
           
             
               Severall
               sorts
               of
               relations
               and
               dependances
               amongst
               men
               .
            
          
           
             
               Nothing
               done
               by
               men
               without
               some
               designe
               ,
               or
               end
               .
            
          
           
             
               The
               severall
               sorts
               of
               relations
               or
               Societyes
               ,
               whereon
               grounded
               .
            
          
           
             
               The
               reasons
               why
               meane
               persons
               apply
               themselves
               to
               great
               ones
               :
               and
               why
               great
               men
               retaine
               them
               .
            
          
           
             
               It
               imports
               much
               to
               know
               the
               grounds
               on
               which
               Socyeties
               are
               founded
               .
            
          
           
             
               The
               relation
               betwixt
               Master
               and
               servant
               ,
               Lord
               and
               vassal
               ,
               is
               betwixt
               persons
               of
               unequall
               degree
               .
            
          
           
             
               Power
               and
               Riches
               make
               this
               inequality
               of
               degree
               .
            
          
           
             
               A
               generall
               rule
               to
               be
               observed
               in
               contracting
               any
               dependance
               .
            
          
           
             
               He
               that
               depends
               u●on
               ,
               or
               makes
               use
               of
               others
               ,
               ought
               to
               understand
               their
               humours
               and
               inclinations
               .
            
          
           
             
               The
               character
               of
               the
               humours
               of
               Rich
               men
               .
            
          
           
             
               The
               hu●●urs
               of
               men
               newly
               made
               rich
               .
            
          
           
             
               The
               humours
               of
               men
               in
               power
               .
            
          
           
             
               The
               humours
               of
               the
               poorer
               sort
               .
            
          
           
             
               Poor
               dependants
               ,
               how
               they
               are
               to
               deport
               themselves
               to
               wards
               their
               Superiours
               .
            
          
           
             
               They
               are
               to
               beare
               with
               their
               defects
               and
               follyes
               .
            
          
           
             
               They
               ought
               not
               to
               think
               ill
               of
               them
               .
            
          
           
             
               Much
               lesse
               to
               detract
               from
               them
               .
            
          
           
             
               Nor
               to
               demeane
               themselves
               proudly
            
             .
          
           
             
               But
               to
               be
               humble
               in
               their
               addresses
               .
            
          
           
             
               Never
               to
               dissent
               from
               their
               Patron
               's
               judgement
               ,
               or
               ●ut
               modestly
               .
            
          
           
             (*)
             That
             is
             ,
             
               a
               victory
               attended
               with
               the
               ruine
               of
               the
               Conquerors
               :
            
             as
             a●
             Thebes
             the
             A●gives
             were
             overcome
             by
             the
             Cadmeans
             at
             Thebes
             :
             but
             they
             drew
             upon
             themselves
             a
             War
             afterwards
             with
             the
             Athenians
             ,
             wherein
             they
             were
             over
             come
             .
             
               vid.
               Erasm.
               adag
            
             .
          
           
             
               To
               be
               cautious
               in
               their
               rallying
               with
               them
               .
            
          
           
             
               They
               are
               not
               to
               be
               of
               a
               sullen
               humour
               ,
               or
               aspect
               .
            
          
           
             
               Nor
               forward
               in
               discourse
            
             .
          
           
             
               Nor
               addicted
               to
               flattery
            
             .
          
           
             
               Nor
               debauched
               in
               their
               morals
            
             .
          
           
             
               The
               nature
               of
               an
               agreeable
               conversation
               .
            
          
           
             
               Of
               the
               garbe
               and
               attire
               of
               such
               as
               are
               dependants
               .
            
          
           
             
               Of
               their
               adresse
               and
               attendance
               on
               their
               superiours
               .
            
          
           
             
               Of
               their
               fidelity
            
             .
          
           
             
               Of
               their
               prudence
               ,
               and
               conduct
               in
               affaires
               .
            
          
           
             
               They
               are
               to
               manage
               affaires
               according
               to
               th●
               judgment
               of
               their
               Patron
               ,
               and
               not
               their
               own
               .
            
          
           
             
               Rich
               and
               great
               men
               how
               they
               are
               to
               comport
               themselves
               towards
               their
               inferiour
               dependants
               .
            
          
           
             
               They
               ought
               not
               to
               despise
               and
               undervalue
               them
               too
               much
               .
            
          
           
             
               They
               are
               freemen
            
             .
          
           
             
               Not
               Slaves
               ,
               however
               they
               be
               called
               Servants
               .
            
          
           
             
               Ought
               not
               to
               be
               beaten
               ,
               or
               ill
               used
               .
            
          
           
             
               Two
               great
               directions
               for
               Superiours
               ,
               how
               to
               deport
               themselves
               towards
               their
               Inferiours
               .
            
          
           
             
               They
               ought
               not
               to
               be
               put
               upon
               unnecessary
               troules
               .
            
          
           
             
               Nor
               be
               put
               upon
               unsuitable
               employments
               .
            
          
           
             
               Nor
               two
               imperiously
               treated
            
             .
          
           
             
               But
               with
               affability
            
             .
          
           
             
               Yet
               not
               with
               too
               much
               kindness
               .
            
          
           
             
               Their
               Serviceablenes●
               ought
               to
               be
               recompensed
               .
            
          
           
             
               Every
               little
               default
               in
               them
               ought
               〈◊〉
               to
               be
               resented
               .
            
          
           
             
               Great
               men
               ought
               n●t
               to
               b●
               unmindfull
               of
               the
               interests
               of
               their
               dependants
               .
            
          
           
             
               Nor
               they
               too
               boldly
               to
               importu●●
               their
               Pa●ron●
               .
            
          
           
             
               Such
               as
               are
               dependants
               ,
               ought
               not
               to
               be
               streightned
               in
               their
               diet
               or
               salaries●
            
          
           
             
               Discord
               ought
               not
               to
               be
               sowed
               and
               fomented
               amongst
               dependants
            
          
           
             
               The
               commendation
               of
               this
               exact
               deportment
               of
               great
               Persons
               towards
               their
               dependants
               .