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         Héroe. English
         Gracián y Morales, Baltasar, 1601-1658.
      
       
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             The heroe of Lorenzo, or, The way to eminencie and perfection a piece of serious Spanish wit / originally in that language written ; and in English by Sir John Skeffington, Kt. and Barronet.
             Héroe. English
             Gracián y Morales, Baltasar, 1601-1658.
             Massereene, John Skeffington, Viscount, d. 1695.
             Walton, Izaak, 1593-1683.
          
           [10], 155 p.
           
             Printed for John Martin and James Allestrye ...,
             London :
             1652.
          
           
             Translation of: Héroe.
             Attributed to Gracián y Morales, Baltasar. Cf. BM.
             "To the reader" signed: I.W. [Izaak Walton]. Cf. Compleat angler, 1929, p. 585-586.
             Reproduction of original in Yale University Library.
          
        
      
    
     
       
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           THE
           HEROE
           ,
           OF
           
             LORENZO
             ,
          
           OR
           The
           way
           to
           
             EMINENCIE
          
           and
           
             PERFECTION
             .
          
        
         
           A
           piece
           of
           serious
           
             SPANISH
          
           wit
           Originally
           in
           that
           language
           written
           ,
           and
           in
           English
           .
        
         
           By
           Sir
           
             John
             Skeffington
          
           Kt.
           and
           Barronet
           .
        
         
           London
           ,
           Printed
           for
           
             John
             Martin
          
           and
           
             James
             Allestrye
          
           at
           the
           Bell
           in
           St.
           Pauls
           Church-yard
           .
           1652.
           
        
      
       
       
       
         
           Let
           this
           be
           told
           the
           Reader
           ,
        
         
           THat
           Sir
           
             John
             Skeffington
          
           (
           one
           of
           his
           late
           Majesties
           servants
           ,
           and
           a
           stranger
           to
           no
           language
           of
           
             Christendom
             )
          
           did
           about
           40
           years
           now
           past
           ,
           bring
           this
           
             Hero
          
           out
           of
           
             Spain
          
           into
           
             England
             .
          
        
         
           There
           they
           two
           kept
           company
           together
           'till
           about
           12
           months
           now
           past
           :
           and
           then
           ,
           in
           a
           retyrement
           
           of
           that
           learned
           knights
           (
           by
           reason
           of
           a
           sequestration
           for
           his
           masters
           cause
           )
           a
           friend
           coming
           to
           visit
           him
           ,
           they
           fell
           accidentally
           into
           a
           discourse
           of
           the
           
             wit
          
           and
           
             galantry
          
           of
           the
           
             Spanish
             Nation
             .
          
        
         
           That
           discourse
           occasioned
           an
           example
           or
           two
           ,
           to
           be
           brought
           out
           of
           this
           
             Hero
             :
          
           and
           ,
           those
           examples
           (
           with
           Sir
           
             John's
          
           choice
           language
           and
           illustration
           )
           were
           so
           relisht
           by
           his
           friend
           (
           a
           stranger
           to
           the
           
             Spanish
             tongue
             )
          
           that
           he
           became
           restles
           'till
           he
           got
           a
           promise
           from
           Sir
           .
           
             John
          
           to
           translate
           the
           whole
           ,
           which
           he
           did
           in
           a
           few
           
           weeks
           ;
           and
           so
           long
           as
           that
           imployment
           lasted
           it
           proved
           an
           excellent
           diversion
           from
           his
           many
           sad
           thoughts
           ;
           But
           he
           hath
           now
           chang'd
           that
           Condition
           ,
           to
           be
           possest
           of
           that
           place
           into
           which
           sadnesse
           is
           not
           capable
           of
           entrance
           .
        
         
           And
           his
           absence
           from
           this
           world
           hath
           occasion'd
           mee
           (
           who
           was
           one
           of
           those
           few
           that
           he
           gave
           leave
           to
           know
           him
           ,
           for
           he
           was
           a
           retyr'd
           man
           )
           to
           tell
           the
           Reader
           that
           I
           heard
           him
           say
           ,
           he
           had
           not
           made
           the
           
             English
          
           so
           short
           ,
           or
           few
           words
           ,
           as
           the
           originall
           ;
           because
           in
           that
           ,
           the
           Author
           had
           exprest
           himself
           so
           
           enigmatically
           ,
           that
           though
           he
           indevour'd
           to
           translate
           it
           plainly
           ;
           yet
           ,
           he
           thought
           it
           was
           not
           made
           comprehensible
           enough
           for
           common
           Readers
           ,
           therefore
           he
           declar'd
           to
           me
           ,
           that
           he
           intended
           to
           make
           it
           so
           by
           a
           coment
           on
           the
           margent
           ;
           which
           he
           had
           begun
           ,
           but
           (
           be
           it
           spoke
           with
           sorrow
           )
           he
           and
           those
           thoughts
           are
           now
           buried
           in
           the
           silent
           Grave
           ,
           and
           my self
           ,
           with
           those
           very
           many
           that
           lov'd
           him
           ,
           left
           to
           lament
           that
           losse
           .
        
      
       
       
         
           His
           epistle
           to
           the
           Reader
           .
        
         
           BEcause
           I
           desire
           to
           see
           thee
           singular
           ,
           I
           have
           undertaken
           in
           a
           dwarf-book
           ,
           to
           set
           out
           a
           Giant
           ,
           and
           in
           short
           periods
           ,
           immortall
           actions
           .
           But
           to
           set
           out
           a
           man
           accomplisht
           ,
           and
           such
           an
           one
           as
           being
           by
           nature
           no
           king
           ,
           is
           yet
           more
           by
           his
           qualities
           ,
           will
           be
           
           a
           miracle
           in
           perfection
           .
        
         
           
             Seneca
          
           would
           have
           him
           endued
           with
           prudence
           ,
           
             Aesop
          
           with
           subtiltie
           ,
           
             Homer
          
           would
           have
           him
           a
           warriour
           ,
           
             Aristotle
          
           a
           Philosopher
           and
           the
           
             Count
          
           
           would
           have
           him
           be
           a
           Courtier
           .
        
         
           According
           to
           this
           Character
           ,
           having
           Coppied
           some
           Perfections
           out
           of
           the
           workes
           of
           these
           great
           Masters
           :
           I
           intend
           to
           present
           thee
           with
           a
           rough
           draught
           of
           an
           
             Heros
             .
          
           To
           which
           purpose
           I
           have
           forg'd
           this
           manuall
           mirrour
           made
           up
           of
           other
           mens
           Christalls
           
           and
           my
           own
           Errours
           .
           Sometimes
           it
           will
           flatter
           thee
           ,
           and
           then
           give
           thee
           Counsell
           :
           Ano●●er
           time
           thou
           shalt
           find
           in
           it
           either
           what
           thou
           art
           ,
           or
           what
           thou
           shouldest
           bee
           .
        
         
           Here
           thou
           shalt
           find
           neither
           Politicks
           ,
           nor
           Oeconomicks
           ,
           but
           reason
           of
           State
           concerning
           thine
           own
           particular
           .
           A
           Mariners
           Card
           to
           sayl
           by
           ,
           till
           thou
           arrive
           at
           Excellency
           .
           An
           art
           to
           become
           famous
           with
           a
           few
           rules
           of
           discretion
           .
        
         
           I
           write
           but
           short
           ,
           because
           thy
           undërstanding
           is
           large
           ,
           and
           short
           for
           the
           povertie
           
           of
           mine
           own
           thoughts
           .
           I
           will
           stay
           thee
           no
           longer
           that
           thou
           maist
           passe
           on
           .
        
      
    
     
       
       
         
           THE
           HEROE
           .
        
         
           
             EXCELLENCIE
             I.
             
          
           
             
               That
               the
               
                 Heroes
              
               practise
               Incomprehensibilities
               .
            
          
           
             LET
             this
             be
             the
             first
             dexterity
             in
             the
             Art
             of
             those
             that
             understand
             best
             :
             to
             take
             a
             right
             measure
             of
             the
             place
             by
             their
             artifice
             ;
             it
             is
             a
             Masterpiece
             to
             make
             ones
             self
             known
             ,
             but
             not
             to
             be
             comprehended
             ,
             
             to
             feed
             expectation
             ,
             but
             not
             ū
             deceive
             it
             altogether
             :
             let
             the
             much
             still
             promise
             more
             ,
             and
             the
             best
             action
             leave
             an
             appetite
             ,
             and
             hopes
             behind
             it
             of
             greater
             .
          
           
             If
             an
             able
             man
             would
             maintain
             his
             respect
             ,
             he
             must
             suffer
             none
             to
             sound
             his
             bottom
             :
             The
             flood
             is
             formidable
             till
             we
             have
             found
             a
             foard
             ;
             And
             a
             man
             is
             had
             in
             honour
             till
             the
             limits
             of
             his
             capacity
             be
             known
             ,
             because
             profoundnes
             unknown
             ,
             and
             presumed
             on
             ,
             hath
             alwaies
             maintained
             a
             credit
             by
             suspition
             .
          
           
             It
             was
             a
             hansome
             propriety
             
             of
             speech
             to
             say
             (
             that
             which
             discovers
             cowards
             )
             (
             Victory
             being
             alternative
             in
             a
             moment
             )
             If
             he
             that
             comprehends
             ,
             commands
             ,
             then
             he
             that
             keeps
             concealed
             ,
             never
             renders
             himself
             .
          
           
             A
             well-advised
             man
             must
             so
             carry
             himself
             that
             his
             addresse
             go
             alwaies
             equall
             with
             the
             curiosity
             of
             him
             that
             attempts
             to
             understand
             him
             :
             but
             such
             a
             curiosity
             ,
             for
             the
             most
             part
             ,
             useth
             to
             overdoe
             it self
             ,
             when
             it
             gives
             the
             first
             onset
             .
          
           
             He
             that
             is
             dextrous
             in
             
             any
             exercise
             of
             strength
             ,
             uses
             not
             to
             give
             over
             at
             the
             
             first
             assay
             ,
             but
             goes
             engaging
             himself
             from
             one
             attempt
             to
             another
             ;
             every
             second
             advancing
             and
             mending
             the
             former
             .
          
           
             This
             advantage
             belongs
             to
             none
             but
             an
             infinite
             Entity
             to
             vye
             much
             upon
             the
             stock
             ;
             reserving
             a
             rest
             of
             infinity
             :
             Observe
             strictly
             this
             first
             Rule
             of
             greatnes
             ,
             and
             if
             thou
             canst
             not
             be
             infinite
             ,
             strive
             to
             seem
             so
             ,
             for
             it
             is
             no
             common
             subtilty
             .
          
           
             In
             this
             sense
             no
             man
             will
             be
             nice
             to
             applaud
             the
             Paradox
             of
             
               Mitylene
               ,
               the
               half
               is
               more
               than
               the
               whole
               ,
            
             because
             one
             half
             set
             to
             shew
             ,
             and
             the
             other
             in
             reserve
             
             is
             more
             than
             the
             whole
             in
             Declaration
             .
          
           
             That
             great
             King
             that
             was
             the
             first
             of
             the
             
               new
               world
               ,
            
             and
             the
             last
             of
             
               Aragon
               ,
            
             was
             
             his
             crafts-master
             in
             this
             ,
             as
             in
             all
             other
             habilities
             ,
             in
             which
             none
             of
             his
             heroick
             successors
             could
             ever
             carry
             their
             glory
             so
             high
             as
             he
             .
          
           
             This
             Catholick
             Monark
             
             kept
             his
             contemporary
             princes
             more
             in
             breath
             ,
             by
             the
             splendour
             of
             those
             rare
             qualities
             which
             appeared
             every
             day
             in
             his
             spirit
             ,
             than
             by
             the
             addition
             of
             all
             the
             new
             Crowns
             that
             adorned
             his
             Temples
             .
          
           
             This
             Center
             of
             the
             rayes
             
             of
             Prudence
             ;
             this
             great
             restorer
             of
             the
             Monarchy
             of
             the
             
               Gothes
               ,
            
             never
             appeared
             more
             glorious
             than
             when
             he
             dazeled
             the
             eyes
             of
             his
             Heroick
             .
             
               Consort
               ,
            
             and
             of
             his
             
             subtill
             Courtiers
             :
             when
             they
             set
             spies
             upon
             his
             deportments
             ,
             to
             sound
             the
             vigour
             of
             his
             spirit
             ,
             and
             measure
             his
             Valour
             ,
             which
             he
             perceiving
             ,
             sometimes
             let
             fall
             a
             discovery
             of
             himself
             ,
             and
             then
             of
             a
             suddain
             shut
             up
             himself
             again
             ,
             another
             time
             abandoning
             himself
             to
             their
             curiosity
             ,
             presently
             after
             drew
             a
             curtain
             before
             their
             eyes
             :
             managing
             his
             spirit
             with
             so
             much
             conduct
             ,
             that
             at
             last
             
             he
             turned
             their
             curiosity
             into
             admiration
             .
          
           
             O
             thou
             that
             art
             one
             of
             Fame's
             Candidates
             !
             thou
             that
             aspirest
             to
             greatnes
             ,
             be
             vigilant
             to
             become
             excellent
             ;
             let
             the
             world
             know
             thee
             ,
             but
             let
             none
             come
             aboard
             thee
             :
             By
             this
             subtiltie
             ,
             that
             which
             is
             but
             moderate
             will
             appear
             much
             ;
             the
             much
             will
             be
             thought
             infinite
             ;
             and
             infinite
             ,
             more
             .
          
        
         
         
           
             EXCELLENCIE
             II.
             
          
           
             
               
                 Cifrar
                 la
                 voluntad
                 .
              
            
             
               To
               cover
               the
               Will
               .
            
          
           
             THis
             Art
             would
             be
             of
             little
             esteem
             if
             while
             we
             command
             a
             confinement
             to
             our
             capacities
             ,
             we
             should
             not
             charge
             our
             Affections
             to
             dissemble
             their
             follies
             .
          
           
             This
             piece
             of
             subtilty
             hath
             gotten
             so
             much
             credit
             that
             
               Tiberius
               ,
            
             and
             
               Lewis
            
             
             have
             built
             the
             whole
             frame
             of
             their
             Politicks
             upon
             it
             .
          
           
             If
             each
             excess
             in
             secret
             ,
             be
             so
             in
             reputation
             ,
             then
             the
             concealing
             our
             affectitions
             
             would
             get
             a
             soveraignty
             over
             our selves
             :
             The
             weaknes
             of
             our
             Wills
             are
             the
             Syncopes
             of
             Reputation
             ,
             which
             if
             once
             they
             declare
             themselves
             ,
             the
             other
             strait
             perishes
             .
          
           
             The
             first
             force
             serves
             only
             to
             suppress
             them
             ,
             the
             second
             to
             disguise
             them
             :
             The
             first
             hath
             more
             of
             valour
             ,
             and
             the
             last
             of
             cuning
             .
          
           
             He
             that
             renders
             himself
             to
             the
             weaknes
             of
             his
             will
             ,
             descends
             from
             a
             man
             to
             a
             brute
             :
             but
             he
             that
             bridles
             his
             will
             ,
             keepes
             at
             least
             a
             Reputation
             in
             appearance
             .
          
           
             To
             penetrate
             the
             whole
             Designes
             of
             others
             ,
             is
             a
             
             mark
             of
             eminent
             capacity
             ;
             but
             to
             be
             able
             to
             conceal
             a
             mans
             own
             ,
             is
             an
             incomparable
             superiority
             :
             To
             discover
             passion
             to
             another
             is
             all
             one
             to
             open
             him
             a
             wicket
             to
             enter
             the
             fortress
             of
             our
             capacity
             :
             And
             hence
             it
             is
             that
             politick
             spies
             raise
             all
             their
             battery
             ,
             and
             for
             the
             most
             part
             make
             all
             their
             assaults
             in
             Triumph
             :
             The
             Affections
             being
             once
             discovered
             ,
             the
             entries
             and
             out-gates
             of
             the
             will
             are
             all
             understood
             ,
             beside
             a
             perpetuall
             power
             over
             us
             at
             all
             times
             .
          
           
             The
             inhumanity
             of
             the
             Gentiles
             hath
             rank'd
             divers
             in
             the
             number
             of
             the
             
             Gods
             ,
             for
             less
             than
             a
             moiety
             of
             
               Alexander's
            
             heroick
             actions
             :
             denying
             that
             predicament
             to
             the
             
               Laureat
               Macedonian
            
             of
             being
             added
             to
             the
             Deities
             ;
             Not
             assigning
             him
             a
             little
             place
             in
             Heaven
             ,
             that
             had
             occupyed
             so
             much
             of
             the
             World
             :
             But
             why
             should
             they
             have
             been
             so
             sparing
             ,
             when
             they
             had
             so
             much
             to
             have
             been
             liberall
             of
             ?
          
           
             
               Alexander
            
             obscured
             the
             lustre
             of
             his
             Actions
             ,
             by
             his
             ungovern'd
             fury
             ,
             giving
             himself
             the
             lye
             after
             so
             many
             Triumphs
             ,
             in
             rendring
             himself
             to
             the
             weaknes
             of
             his
             Passions
             :
             It
             avayled
             him
             little
             ,
             to
             conquer
             
             a
             World
             ,
             when
             he
             lost
             the
             patrimony
             of
             a
             Prince
             ,
             which
             was
             his
             Reputation
             .
          
           
             Excessive
             choler
             ,
             and
             extreme
             covetousnes
             ,
             are
             the
             
               Scylla
            
             and
             
               Charibdi●
               ,
            
             the
             two
             Rocks
             of
             Reputation
             and
             Excellency
             .
          
           
             Let
             an
             able
             man
             then
             take
             good
             heed
             to
             suppress
             his
             Passions
             ,
             or
             at
             least
             to
             dissemble
             them
             ,
             with
             so
             much
             dexterity
             ,
             that
             no
             countermine
             find
             a
             way
             to
             uncipher
             his
             will
             .
          
           
             This
             quality
             shews
             men
             how
             to
             be
             wise
             ,
             though
             they
             were
             not
             ,
             and
             passes
             yet
             further
             to
             hide
             defects
             ,
             deluding
             the
             vigilancy
             of
             
             those
             that
             lye
             sentinell
             to
             surprize
             the
             careless
             ,
             dazlingthe
             eyes
             of
             those
             
               Lynxes
            
             that
             are
             alwaies
             busie
             in
             discovering
             the
             imperfections
             of
             others
             .
          
           
             That
             
               Chatholick
               Amazonian
            
             
             (
             after
             whom
             
               Spain
            
             had
             no
             reason
             to
             envy
             either
             
               Zenobia
               ,
               Semiramis
               ,
               Tomiris
               ,
            
             or
             
               Penthesilea
               )
            
             might
             have
             bin
             the
             Oracle
             of
             these
             subtilties
             :
             when
             she
             was
             to
             be
             brought
             to
             bed
             she
             shut
             her self
             up
             in
             the
             most
             retired
             room
             ,
             the
             most
             withdrawn
             chamber
             of
             the
             Palace
             ,
             where
             her
             inbred
             Majesty
             ,
             jealous
             of
             an
             inseparable
             gravity
             ,
             seal'd
             up
             her
             sighes
             in
             her
             
             Royal
             bosome
             ,
             without
             suffering
             so
             much
             as
             the
             least
             dolorous
             accent
             to
             pas
             from
             her
             ,
             and
             covered
             with
             a
             veyl
             of
             darknes
             those
             undecent
             gestures
             which
             the
             violence
             of
             pain
             might
             have
             extorted
             :
             But
             she
             that
             in
             her
             wisdome
             made
             it
             so
             nice
             upon
             excusable
             pretences
             ,
             how
             much
             more
             scrupulous
             was
             she
             like
             to
             have
             beene
             in
             occasions
             of
             Honour
             ?
          
           
             The
             Cardinal
             
               Madruccio
            
             did
             not
             account
             that
             man
             a
             fool
             ,
             that
             acted
             a
             Folly
             :
             but
             him
             that
             having
             acted
             one
             ,
             knew
             not
             how
             to
             smother
             it
             .
          
           
             This
             perfection
             is
             only
             
             accessible
             by
             him
             that
             can
             keep
             silence
             ,
             't
             is
             an
             inclination
             that
             's
             qualified
             and
             perfects
             it self
             by
             Art
             :
             It
             is
             an
             attribute
             of
             a
             divinity
             ▪
             〈…〉
             Nature
             ,
             yet
             at
             〈◊〉
             〈…〉
             ance
             .
          
        
         
           
             EXCELLENCIE
             III.
             
          
           
             
               La
               meior
               prenda
               de
               un
               Heroe
               .
            
             
               
                 The
                 chief
                 quality
                 of
                 an
              
               Heroe
               .
            
          
           
             GReat
             parts
             are
             requisite
             to
             make
             up
             a
             great
             entirenes
             ,
             and
             great
             qualities
             are
             necessary
             to
             raise
             the
             Frame
             of
             an
             
               Heroe
               .
            
          
           
           
             Passionate
             men
             give
             it
             in
             the
             first
             place
             to
             the
             understanding
             to
             be
             the
             originall
             of
             all
             greatnes
             :
             And
             as
             they
             do
             not
             admit
             of
             a
             great
             man
             without
             excesses
             of
             understanding
             ;
             So
             neither
             do
             they
             acknowledge
             a
             man
             to
             be
             of
             eminent
             understanding
             ,
             except
             he
             be
             great
             .
          
           
             The
             most
             eminent
             of
             visible
             things
             is
             a
             man
             ,
             in
             respect
             of
             his
             understanding
             ,
             and
             consequently
             his
             victories
             are
             the
             greatest
             .
          
           
             This
             principall
             part
             is
             composed
             of
             two
             others
             :
             a
             stock
             of
             judgment
             ,
             and
             an
             elevation
             of
             spirit
             ,
             which
             being
             met
             together
             in
             one
             
             subject
             ,
             form
             a
             Prodigy
             .
          
           
             Philosophie
             hath
             prodigally
             assigned
             faculties
             to
             the
             memory
             ,
             and
             as
             much
             ●o
             the
             intellectuall
             parts
             :
             Yet
             give
             the
             politick
             leave
             with
             better
             reason
             ,
             to
             admit
             a
             division
             betwixt
             ●udgement
             and
             wit
             ,
             betwixt
             the
             Synderisis
             and
             〈…〉
             cutenes
             of
             spirit
             .
          
           
             Only
             this
             distinction
             of
             〈…〉
             telligences
             ,
             exceedes
             a
             〈…〉
             crupulous
             truth
             :
             condemning
             so
             much
             multiplication
             of
             spirits
             ,
             to
             make
             a
             confusion
             betwixt
             the
             understanding
             and
             the
             will
             .
          
           
             The
             Judgement
             is
             the
             Throne
             of
             Prudence
             ,
             and
             Wit
             the
             spheare
             of
             Acutenes
             :
             
             But
             to
             judge
             whether
             the
             eminency
             of
             one
             ,
             or
             the
             mediocrity
             of
             the
             other
             ,
             should
             have
             the
             precedence
             ,
             will
             be
             a
             pleading
             to
             be
             held
             before
             the
             Tribunall
             of
             Sense
             ,
             and
             of
             every
             ones
             inclination
             :
             I
             shall
             be
             of
             that
             womans
             mind
             ,
             who
             praying
             for
             her
             son
             said
             ,
             
               Hrjo
               bios
               te
               de
               entendimiento
               del
               bueno
               .
            
          
           
             Courage
             ,
             and
             prompnes
             ,
             and
             subtilty
             of
             wit
             ,
             are
             like
             the
             Sun
             of
             the
             world
             in
             abridgment
             ;
             they
             are
             like
             the
             sparkes
             ,
             if
             they
             be
             not
             the
             very
             beams
             of
             Divinity
             :
             Every
             
               Heroe
            
             hath
             had
             a
             share
             in
             the
             excesses
             of
             spirit
             .
          
           
           
             The
             words
             of
             
               Alexander
            
             gave
             a
             lustre
             to
             his
             Actions
             :
             
               Caesar
            
             was
             as
             prompt
             in
             his
             thoughts
             ,
             as
             he
             was
             in
             their
             Execution
             .
          
           
             But
             when
             I
             endeavour
             to
             set
             a
             true
             value
             upon
             the
             true
             
               Heroes
               ,
            
             I
             find
             it
             doubtfull
             which
             was
             more
             eminent
             in
             St.
             
               Augustine
               ,
            
             the
             Majesty
             of
             his
             stile
             ,
             or
             the
             quicknes
             of
             his
             conceipt
             :
             and
             in
             that
             famous
             Laurel
             which
             was
             given
             by
             
               Huesca
            
             to
             make
             a
             Crown
             for
             the
             Roman
             Empire
             ,
             Constancy
             ,
             and
             Subtilty
             ,
             were
             at
             strife
             which
             should
             have
             precedence
             .
          
           
             The
             Promptitudes
             of
             
             the
             Wit
             are
             as
             happy
             ,
             as
             those
             of
             the
             Will
             are
             unfortunate
             :
             they
             serve
             as
             wings
             to
             fly
             up
             to
             greatnes
             ,
             wherwith
             many
             have
             rais'd
             themselves
             from
             a
             Center
             of
             dust
             and
             basenes
             ,
             to
             the
             height
             of
             splendor
             .
          
           
             The
             Grand
             Signior
             using
             sometimes
             for
             a
             diversion
             ,
             to
             appear
             rather
             uppon
             a
             Balcone
             in
             a
             garden
             ,
             before
             ordinary
             people
             ,
             than
             in
             a
             place
             of
             publick
             expectation
             (
             the
             true
             prisons
             of
             Majesty
             ,
             &
             irons
             of
             greatnes
             )
             began
             one
             day
             to
             read
             a
             letter
             ,
             which
             the
             wind
             ,
             either
             in
             sport
             ,
             or
             to
             let
             him
             see
             there
             was
             a
             so●eraignty
             
             above
             his
             ,
             blew
             〈…〉
             ut
             of
             his
             hands
             and
             carry●d
             it
             among
             some
             scattered
             〈…〉
             eaves
             .
             The
             Pages
             that
             at●ended
             ,
             being
             emulous
             to
             ●lease
             so
             great
             a
             Prince
             ,
             〈…〉
             an
             down
             the
             staires
             to
             ●each
             it
             up
             ;
             But
             one
             among
             the
             rest
             ,
             a
             
               Ganimede
            
             of
             in●ention
             that
             had
             practised
             〈…〉
             o
             support
             himself
             in
             the
             〈…〉
             yr
             ,
             threw
             himself
             down
             ●rom
             the
             Balcone
             ,
             to
             re●over
             the
             paper
             ,
             and
             suddainly
             again
             remounting
             with
             it
             ,
             presented
             it
             to
             the
             Grand
             Signior
             while
             the
             rest
             were
             but
             running
             down
             to
             fetch
             it
             :
             And
             this
             to
             speak
             properly
             was
             a
             right
             remounting
             or
             raising
             
             himself
             to
             greatnes
             :
             For
             the
             Prince
             ,
             sufficienly
             charm'd
             and
             flatter'd
             by
             so
             rare
             an
             action
             ,
             preferr'd
             the
             Page
             to
             the
             highest
             degree
             of
             his
             merit
             ;
             and
             so
             it
             becomes
             verified
             ,
             that
             subtilty
             of
             spirit
             ,
             if
             it
             be
             not
             in
             its
             own
             right
             possesed
             of
             a
             Kingdom
             ,
             deserves
             to
             be
             a
             compagnion
             to
             those
             that
             are
             .
          
           
             This
             is
             that
             which
             displayes
             our
             best
             abilityes
             :
             it
             cries
             up
             reputation
             ,
             and
             raises
             the
             subject
             to
             as
             great
             a
             height
             as
             the
             foundation
             was
             layd
             deep
             .
          
           
             The
             ordinary
             speeches
             of
             a
             King
             are
             refin'd
             and
             crown'd
             subtilties
             :
             The
             
             great
             treasures
             of
             Monarchs
             have
             often
             perisht
             and
             come
             to
             nothing
             ,
             but
             their
             sententious
             and
             wise
             speeches
             ,
             are
             kept
             in
             the
             Cabinet
             and
             Jewell-house
             of
             Fame
             .
          
           
             Some
             Champions
             have
             gotten
             more
             by
             a
             wise
             parley
             ,
             than
             by
             all
             the
             swords
             of
             their
             armed
             squadrons
             :
             victory
             being
             for
             the
             most
             part
             an
             atchievement
             that
             waits
             upon
             a
             refined
             spirit
             .
          
           
             It
             was
             the
             touchstone
             ,
             the
             trumpet
             of
             greatest
             honor
             to
             that
             King
             of
             wise
             men
             and
             wisest
             of
             Kings
             ,
             in
             that
             difference
             which
             was
             pleaded
             before
             him
             by
             the
             two
             harlots
             concerning
             
             their
             children
             :
             So
             we
             see
             that
             subtilty
             contributes
             as
             much
             to
             the
             reputation
             of
             Justice
             .
          
           
             He
             that
             is
             their
             Sun
             of
             Justice
             ,
             and
             sometimes
             asistant
             at
             the
             tribunal
             of
             the
             
               Barbarians
               :
            
             The
             vivacity
             of
             that
             great
             Turke
             enters
             in
             competition
             with
             that
             of
             
               Salomon
               :
            
             A
             
               Jew
            
             pretended
             to
             cut
             an
             ounce
             of
             the
             flesh
             of
             a
             Christian
             upon
             a
             penalty
             of
             Usury
             ;
             he
             urged
             it
             to
             the
             Prince
             ,
             with
             as
             much
             obstinacy
             as
             perfidiousness
             towards
             God
             .
             The
             great
             Judge
             cōmanded
             a
             pair
             of
             scales
             to
             be
             brought
             ,
             threatning
             the
             
               Jew
            
             with
             death
             if
             
             he
             cut
             either
             more
             or
             less
             :
             And
             this
             was
             to
             give
             a
             sharp
             decision
             to
             a
             malicious
             process
             ,
             and
             to
             the
             world
             a
             miracle
             of
             subtilty
             .
          
           
             Quicknes
             is
             an
             Oracle
             in
             the
             greatest
             doubts
             :
             A
             
               Sphynx
            
             in
             
               Aenigmaes
               ,
            
             a
             golden
             thred
             in
             a
             Labyrinth
             ,
             and
             corresponds
             most
             with
             the
             nature
             of
             a
             Lyon
             ,
             who
             reserves
             his
             greatest
             force
             till
             he
             be
             in
             the
             greatast
             danger
             .
          
           
             But
             there
             are
             a
             sort
             of
             lost
             wits
             ,
             that
             are
             as
             prodigall
             of
             their
             spirits
             as
             of
             their
             fortunes
             :
             To
             high
             designes
             they
             are
             like
             bastard
             Falcons
             ;
             but
             for
             base
             
             and
             mean
             undertakings
             they
             are
             Eagles
             :
             If
             cruell
             men
             must
             be
             satiate
             with
             blood
             ;
             they
             must
             be
             with
             poyson
             ,
             in
             whom
             their
             subtilty
             abates
             by
             a
             contrariety
             of
             levity
             ,
             burying
             them
             in
             an
             Abyssus
             of
             scorn
             by
             making
             the
             world
             weary
             of
             their
             foolery
             .
          
           
             Hitherto
             we
             have
             had
             the
             favours
             of
             Nature
             ,
             hereafter
             we
             expect
             the
             perfections
             of
             Art
             :
             The
             first
             is
             that
             which
             begets
             spirit
             ,
             the
             second
             feeds
             and
             seasons
             it self
             with
             the
             salt
             of
             other
             mens
             wits
             ;
             and
             many
             times
             by
             an
             anticipated
             care
             and
             study
             upon
             
             divers
             Observations
             .
          
           
             The
             words
             and
             actions
             of
             other
             men
             ,
             are
             to
             a
             fertile
             capacity
             ,
             like
             Seeds
             ,
             from
             whence
             springs
             a
             sharpnes
             of
             wit
             ,
             wherewith
             the
             spirit
             being
             enricht
             ,
             multiplies
             it self
             into
             a
             harvest
             of
             promptitudes
             ,
             with
             abundance
             of
             subtilty
             .
          
           
             I
             take
             not
             in
             hand
             to
             advocate
             the
             cause
             of
             judgment
             ,
             since
             she
             is
             able
             to
             say
             enough
             for
             her self
             .
          
        
         
         
           
             EXCELLENCIE
             IV.
             
          
           
             
               Coracon
               de
               Rey.
               
            
             
               Heart
               of
               a
               King
               .
            
          
           
             A
             Great
             head
             belongs
             to
             Philosophers
             ,
             a
             great
             tongue
             to
             Orators
             ,
             a
             great
             breast
             for
             Champions
             ,
             Armes
             for
             Souldiers
             ,
             Feet
             for
             runners
             ,
             Shoulders
             for
             them
             that
             carry
             burthens
             ,
             but
             a
             great
             Heart
             only
             for
             Kings
             :
             It
             is
             one
             of
             
               Plato's
            
             Divinities
             ,
             and
             a
             text
             ,
             in
             favour
             of
             which
             many
             make
             the
             heart
             to
             contest
             with
             the
             understanding
             for
             a
             preheminence
             .
          
           
           
             What
             avayles
             it
             that
             the
             Understanding
             go
             before
             ,
             if
             the
             Heart
             stay
             behind
             ?
             Invention
             easily
             conceives
             that
             which
             costs
             the
             heart
             full
             dear
             to
             execute
             with
             Honour
             .
          
           
             Great
             effects
             proceed
             from
             great
             causes
             ,
             and
             wonders
             of
             action
             from
             a
             Prodigy
             of
             heart
             :
             The
             issues
             of
             a
             Giants
             heart
             are
             Giants
             :
             It
             presumes
             allwaies
             upon
             Enterprises
             worthy
             of
             its
             own
             greatnes
             ,
             aspiring
             alwaies
             to
             the
             most
             eminent
             Employments
             .
          
           
             〈…〉
             was
             the
             heart
             of
             
               Alexander
               ,
            
             it
             was
             an
             arch
             〈…〉
             ,
             since
             in
             one
             corner
             
             of
             it
             ,
             the
             〈…〉
             contain
             〈…〉
             ,
             leaving
             〈◊〉
             for
             ●ix
             〈◊〉
             〈◊〉
             .
          
           
             
               Caesars
            
             heart
             was
             likewise
             
             va●●
             ,
             which
             could
             find
             no
             difference
             betwixt
             all
             and
             nothing
             .
          
           
             The
             heart
             is
             Fortunes
             stomach
             ,
             which
             with
             equal
             heat
             digests
             the
             two
             extremes
             :
             A
             great
             belly
             is
             not
             cloyed
             with
             a
             great
             morsell
             ;
             it
             is
             not
             put
             out
             of
             its
             way
             by
             affectation
             ,
             nor
             made
             sour
             by
             ingratitude
             :
             That
             which
             would
             starve
             a
             Gyant
             for
             hunger
             ,
             will
             prove
             a
             surfet
             for
             a
             Dwarf
             .
          
           
             That
             miracle
             of
             valour
             ,
             the
             then
             Dauphine
             of
             
             
               France
               ,
            
             and
             after
             
               Charles
            
             the
             seventh
             ,
             when
             they
             told
             him
             of
             that
             sentence
             which
             was
             extorted
             from
             the
             Parlament
             of
             
               Paris
               ,
            
             by
             the
             two
             Kings
             ,
             one
             of
             
               France
               ,
            
             his
             father
             ,
             the
             other
             of
             
               England
            
             and
             his
             Adversary
             ,
             whereby
             he
             was
             declared
             uncapable
             of
             succeeding
             to
             the
             crown
             of
             
               Lillies
               :
            
             He
             said
             undauntedly
             ,
             that
             he
             appeal'd
             ;
             his
             friends
             wondring
             at
             his
             speech
             ,
             askt
             him
             whither
             ,
             he
             answered
             again
             ,
             to
             the
             greatness
             of
             my
             Heart
             ,
             and
             the
             point
             of
             my
             Sword
             :
             And
             his
             words
             were
             followed
             with
             answerable
             effects
             .
          
           
             The
             Diamant
             that
             contests
             
             with
             Eternity
             ,
             sparcles
             not
             more
             among
             devouring
             Carbuncles
             ,
             than
             a
             Majestick
             heart
             in
             the
             middest
             of
             the
             violences
             of
             danger
             .
          
           
             The
             
               Achilles
            
             of
             our
             time
             ,
             
               Charles
               Emanuel
            
             D.
             of
             
               Savoy
               ,
            
             made
             his
             way
             with
             only
             4
             of
             his
             own
             thorough
             the
             midst
             of
             four
             hundred
             of
             the
             Enemies
             Curiassiers
             ,
             &
             satisfyed
             the
             admiration
             of
             the
             world
             by
             saying
             ,
             There
             was
             no
             better
             company
             in
             the
             greatest
             danger
             ,
             than
             that
             of
             a
             great
             Heart
             .
          
           
             Excess
             of
             Heart
             supplies
             the
             defect
             of
             every
             thing
             else
             (
             that
             being
             ever
             )
             the
             
             first
             that
             arrives
             at
             difficulties
             and
             makes
             the
             Conquest
             .
          
           
             They
             presented
             on
             a
             time
             to
             the
             King
             of
             
               Arabia
            
             a
             Damask
             Cimitar
             ,
             A
             rarity
             to
             please
             a
             warrier
             .
             The
             Grandees
             that
             were
             about
             him
             fell
             to
             cōmend
             it
             ,
             not
             for
             ceremonie
             but
             with
             reason
             .
             Some
             for
             the
             workmanship
             ,
             others
             for
             the
             temper
             :
             Only
             some
             of
             them
             thought
             it
             was
             a
             little
             with
             the
             shortest
             .
             The
             K.
             presently
             sends
             for
             the
             Prince
             his
             son
             ,
             the
             famous
             
               Jacob
               Almancor
               ,
            
             to
             have
             his
             opinion
             .
             He
             came
             and
             considerd
             it
             ,
             and
             said
             ,
             that
             it
             was
             worth
             a
             Kingdome
             .
             
             (
             A
             prizing
             worthy
             of
             a
             Prince
             )
             The
             King
             urgd
             him
             to
             know
             whether
             he
             could
             find
             no
             fault
             with
             it
             .
             He
             reply'd
             that
             there
             was
             nothing
             in
             it
             that
             was
             not
             excellent
             :
             why
             but
             Prince
             ,
             said
             the
             king
             ,
             these
             Cavaliers
             have
             censured
             it
             to
             be
             too
             short
             .
             Then
             
               Almanzor
            
             laying
             hand
             upon
             his
             own
             for
             Cimitar
             said
             ,
             that
             there
             was
             no
             weapon
             too
             short
             a
             valiant
             man
             ,
             because
             by
             moving
             but
             one
             stepp
             forward
             his
             sword
             would
             be
             long
             enough
             :
             and
             what
             it
             wanted
             of
             iron
             and
             steel
             ,
             would
             be
             supplyd
             in
             the
             generositie
             of
             his
             heart
             .
          
           
             Magnanimity
             in
             injuries
             
             serves
             fitly
             to
             crown
             this
             subject
             with
             laurel
             .
             It
             is
             the
             large
             crest
             and
             Character
             of
             great
             Hearts
             :
             and
             
               Adrian
            
             shew'd
             us
             an
             excellent
             way
             to
             triumph
             over
             enemies
             ,
             when
             he
             said
             to
             the
             most
             cruel
             of
             his
             ,
             〈◊〉
             thou
             escap'd
             mee
             ?
          
           
             There
             is
             nothing
             can
             hold
             compare
             with
             that
             saying
             of
             
               Lewis
            
             of
             
               France
               ,
            
             Let
             not
             the
             king
             of
             
               France
            
             revenge
             the
             injuries
             done
             to
             the
             Duke
             of
             
               Orleans
               :
            
             These
             are
             the
             miracles
             of
             the
             Courage
             of
             an
             
               Heroe
               .
            
          
        
         
         
           
             EXCELLENCIE
             V.
             
          
           
             
               
                 Gusto
                 relevante
                 .
              
            
             
               A
               palate
               to
               relish
               no
               ordinary
               things
               .
            
          
           
             EVery
             great
             capacitie
             is
             ever
             hard
             to
             be
             pleased
             :
             The
             
               Gusto
            
             must
             as
             well
             be
             improv'd
             as
             the
             wit
             .
             Both
             rais'd
             and
             improv'd
             are
             like
             Twinns
             begotten
             by
             capacity
             and
             coheirs
             of
             excellency
             :
             Never
             sublime
             wit
             yet
             bred
             a
             flat
             or
             abject
             
               Gusto
               .
            
             There
             are
             perfections
             like
             the
             sun
             ,
             others
             like
             light
             .
             The
             Eagle
             makes
             love
             to
             the
             sun
             .
             The
             poor
             frozen
             fly
             
             destroyes
             her self
             in
             the
             flames
             of
             a
             Candle
             .
             The
             height
             of
             a
             Capacity
             is
             best
             taken
             by
             the
             elevation
             of
             a
             
               Gusto
               .
            
          
           
             It
             is
             somthing
             to
             have
             it
             good
             ,
             but
             more
             to
             have
             it
             elevated
             .
             By
             communication
             
               Gustoes
            
             are
             linkt
             together
             ,
             and
             it
             is
             a
             rare
             thing
             when
             two
             are
             met
             that
             are
             superlative
             .
          
           
             Many
             esteem
             it
             the
             greatest
             felicitie
             to
             have
             what
             they
             desire
             ,
             accounting
             all
             others
             unfortunate
             ,
             but
             it
             returns
             to
             be
             six
             all
             ,
             at
             seaven
             up
             :
             and
             so
             wee
             see
             the
             one
             half
             of
             the
             world
             Laughing
             at
             the
             other
             ,
             more
             or
             lesse
             foolishly
             
             as
             it
             happens
             .
          
           
             A
             Critical
             
               Gusto
               ,
            
             and
             a
             palat
             hard
             to
             please
             ,
             have
             something
             in
             them
             of
             noble
             and
             qualified
             ;
             the
             most
             acomplisht
             objects
             live
             in
             aw
             of
             them
             ,
             and
             the
             securest
             perfections
             are
             afraid
             of
             them
             .
          
           
             Estimation
             is
             most
             pretious
             ,
             and
             only
             wise
             men
             can
             merchand
             it
             to
             profit
             .
             All
             Covetousnes
             in
             money
             of
             applause
             is
             generous
             ,
             and
             contrary
             ,
             the
             prodigalities
             of
             estimation
             deserve
             to
             be
             punisht
             with
             scorn
             .
          
           
             Admiration
             is
             Comonly
             the
             superscription
             of
             ignorance
             :
             It
             is
             not
             bred
             so
             
             much
             out
             of
             the
             perfection
             of
             objects
             ,
             as
             the
             imperfection
             of
             our
             conceptions
             .
             The
             perfections
             of
             the
             first
             magnitude
             are
             singular
             ,
             but
             in
             valuing
             of
             things
             there
             ought
             to
             be
             a
             great
             reservation
             .
          
           
             He
             that
             had
             the
             Royall
             
               Gusto
            
             was
             the
             wisest
             of
             the
             
               Philips
            
             of
             
               Spain
               :
            
             he
             was
             accustomed
             to
             miraculous
             objects
             ,
             and
             was
             never
             pleas'd
             with
             any
             thing
             but
             what
             was
             rare
             in
             its
             kind
             .
          
           
             A
             Merchant
             of
             
               Portugall
            
             presented
             him
             one
             day
             with
             a
             star
             of
             the
             earth
             (
             I
             mean
             an
             orientall
             diamant
             )
             an
             epitome
             of
             riches
             ,
             an
             astonishment
             for
             
             splendour
             :
             Every
             one
             expected
             that
             
               Philip
            
             should
             admire
             it
             ;
             but
             he
             beheld
             it
             rather
             with
             a
             careless
             disdain
             :
             Not
             that
             he
             delighted
             in
             discurtesie
             ,
             but
             in
             a
             kind
             of
             gravity
             ,
             like
             one
             that
             having
             had
             his
             
               Gusto
            
             inur'd
             to
             Miracles
             both
             of
             Art
             and
             Nature
             ,
             could
             not
             be
             so
             vulgarly
             affected
             as
             others
             .
             What
             may
             this
             diamant
             be
             worth
             to
             a
             noble
             fancy
             ?
             (
             quoth
             the
             King
             )
             Sir
             ,
             reply'd
             the
             Merchant
             ,
             the
             seventy
             thousand
             Duckets
             which
             I
             abridged
             into
             this
             rare
             production
             of
             the
             Sun
             ,
             need
             not
             be
             an
             offence
             to
             any body
             ;
             I
             ,
             but
             reply'd
             
             the
             King
             ,
             what
             didst
             thou
             think
             when
             thou
             payedst
             so
             dear
             for
             it
             ?
             I
             thought
             Sir
             ,
             said
             the
             Merchant
             ,
             there
             had
             bin
             a
             second
             
               Philip
            
             
             in
             the
             world
             .
             This
             answer
             so
             unexpected
             ,
             prickt
             him
             to
             the
             quick
             more
             neer
             than
             the
             price
             ;
             whereupon
             he
             commanded
             the
             Diamant
             to
             be
             paid
             for
             ,
             and
             the
             
               Jentilesse
            
             of
             the
             
               Portugall's
            
             answer
             to
             be
             rewarded
             ;
             shewing
             thereby
             the
             superiority
             of
             his
             
               Gusto
            
             both
             in
             the
             price
             and
             in
             the
             recompence
             .
          
           
             Some
             are
             of
             an
             opinion
             that
             he
             that
             exceeds
             not
             in
             the
             commendation
             of
             a
             thing
             ,
             dispraiseth
             it
             ;
             But
             I
             
             would
             say
             ,
             that
             all
             excesses
             of
             praise
             are
             from
             a
             defect
             of
             capacity
             ;
             And
             that
             he
             that
             praises
             any
             thing
             beyond
             reason
             ,
             either
             mocks
             himself
             ,
             or
             those
             that
             hear
             him
             .
          
           
             The
             Greek
             
               Agesilaus
            
             condemned
             that
             man
             for
             an
             ill
             master
             of
             his
             trade
             ,
             that
             would
             fit
             the
             shooe
             of
             the
             Giant
             
               Enceladus
               ,
            
             to
             the
             foot
             of
             a
             Pigmy
             ,
             and
             in
             the
             matter
             of
             praises
             it
             is
             the
             best
             skill
             to
             take
             a
             first
             measure
             .
          
           
             
               Europe
            
             was
             fill'd
             with
             the
             praise
             and
             prowess
             of
             that
             great
             Duke
             
               D'Alva
               ,
            
             and
             yet
             though
             they
             filled
             the
             world
             with
             his
             praises
             ,
             
             they
             took
             not
             a
             right
             measure
             of
             his
             
               Gusto
               ,
            
             which
             left
             him
             unsatisfied
             ;
             Some
             of
             his
             friends
             desiring
             to
             know
             a
             reason
             ,
             He
             told
             them
             that
             for
             forty
             years
             wherein
             he
             had
             bin
             a
             Conquerour
             ,
             and
             having
             had
             for
             his
             Camp
             all
             
               Europe
               ,
            
             and
             for
             blason
             all
             the
             Empresses
             of
             his
             time
             ,
             yet
             it
             seemed
             nothing
             to
             him
             ,
             because
             he
             had
             never
             seen
             one
             of
             those
             prodigious
             armies
             of
             the
             Turk
             before
             him
             ,
             the
             defeat
             whereof
             had
             been
             a
             tryumph
             of
             dexteritie
             more
             than
             of
             force
             ;
             And
             such
             an
             excessive
             power
             subdu'd
             ,
             would
             have
             enhaunst
             the
             experience
             
             and
             merit
             of
             a
             General
             :
             so
             many
             things
             must
             go
             to
             the
             entire
             satisfaction
             of
             the
             elevated
             
               Gusto
            
             of
             an
             
               Heroe
               .
            
          
           
             Let
             not
             this
             quality
             make
             a
             perfect
             Man
             of
             a
             
               Momus
               ,
            
             for
             that
             were
             an
             unsufferable
             disorder
             ,
             but
             only
             to
             be
             a
             faithfull
             Censor
             of
             things
             to
             their
             valew
             :
             Some
             there
             are
             that
             make
             their
             judgement
             a
             slave
             to
             their
             wills
             ,
             perverting
             the
             offices
             of
             the
             sun
             and
             of
             darknesse
             :
             Let
             every
             thing
             carry
             reputation
             for
             it self
             ,
             and
             not
             by
             the
             subornation
             of
             a
             
               Gusto
               .
            
          
           
             Only
             a
             great
             knowledge
             favoured
             with
             a
             great
             experience
             
             arrives
             at
             a
             right
             understanding
             of
             the
             value
             of
             perfections
             .
             And
             where
             a
             discreet
             man
             cannot
             give
             his
             vote
             with
             clearness
             ,
             let
             him
             not
             precipitate
             ,
             but
             retain
             himself
             for
             fear
             he
             make
             a
             discovery
             rather
             of
             what
             himself
             wants
             ,
             than
             of
             what
             others
             have
             too
             much
             .
          
        
         
           
             EXCELLENCIE
             VI
             .
          
           
             
               
                 Eminencie
                 en
                 lo
                 mejor
                 .
              
            
             
               Eminency
               in
               that
               which
               is
               best
               .
            
          
           
             TO
             contain
             all
             perfection
             is
             granted
             to
             nothing
             but
             to
             
             the
             
               primum
               Ens
               ,
            
             which
             because
             it
             receives
             from
             no
             other
             ,
             is
             therefore
             it self
             without
             limitations
             .
          
           
             Some
             perfections
             are
             from
             heaven
             ,
             and
             others
             are
             got
             by
             industry
             ;
             One
             nor
             both
             are
             not
             able
             of
             themselves
             to
             raise
             a
             subject
             to
             eminencie
             :
             So
             much
             as
             heaven
             hath
             denied
             o●
             naturall
             parts
             ,
             let
             diligence
             supply
             in
             those
             of
             acquisition
             .
             The
             first
             are
             the
             daughters
             of
             favour
             ,
             the
             other
             of
             a
             laudable
             industry
             and
             are
             usually
             not
             the
             lesse
             Noble
             .
          
           
             A
             little
             is
             enough
             for
             an
             individual
             ,
             but
             a
             grea●
             deal
             must
             be
             for
             an
             universal
             :
             
             and
             these
             are
             so
             rare
             that
             we
             scarce
             grant
             them
             any
             other
             reality
             than
             what
             they
             Steal
             from
             our
             conceptions
             .
          
           
             No
             one
             man
             is
             equivalent
             to
             many
             .
             It
             is
             an
             excellency
             in
             one
             particular
             subject
             to
             be
             the
             abridgement
             of
             an
             entire
             Categorie
             ,
             and
             to
             possess
             it
             in
             himself
             ,
             every
             Art
             deservs
             not
             estimation
             ,
             nor
             all
             employments
             gain
             not
             credit
             :
             we
             condemn
             not
             a
             generall
             Nation
             of
             all
             things
             in
             one
             man
             :
             but
             it
             were
             a
             sin
             against
             reputation
             for
             a
             man
             to
             practise
             every
             thing
             .
          
           
             To
             be
             eminent
             in
             an
             
             humble
             and
             lo●●
             profession
             ,
             is
             to
             be
             great
             in
             a
             little
             ,
             and
             something
             in
             nothing
             ;
             to
             containe
             ones
             self
             in
             a
             mediocrity
             ,
             gets
             an
             universall
             approbation
             ,
             but
             he
             that
             passes
             on
             to
             an
             Eminency
             ,
             puts
             his
             credit
             upon
             hazard
             .
          
           
             The
             2
             
               Philips
               ,
            
             the
             oue●
             of
             
               Spain
               ,
            
             the
             other
             of
             
               Macedon
               ,
            
             were
             of
             different
             humors
             .
             He
             that
             was
             first
             in
             all
             things
             ,
             and
             second
             in
             name
             ,
             thought
             it
             strange
             for
             a
             Prince
             to
             sing
             or
             fiddle
             in
             his
             Cabinet
             .
             The
             
               Macedonian
            
             allow'd
             it
             in
             his
             son
             
               Alexander
            
             to
             enter
             the
             list
             ,
             and
             run
             a
             measur'd
             course
             ,
             in
             an
             Olympick
             
             game
             .
             The
             one
             was
             a
             punctuality
             in
             a
             prudent
             man
             ,
             the
             other
             a
             carelesnes
             that
             belong'd
             to
             greatnes
             ,
             but
             
               Alexander
            
             resenting
             it
             in
             point
             of
             
               Honor
               ,
            
             repli'd
             ,
             That
             he
             would
             have
             kings
             to
             be
             his
             Antagonists
             .
          
           
             That
             which
             containes
             most
             of
             delectable
             ,
             hath
             ordinarily
             a
             lesse
             share
             of
             Heroicknes
             .
          
           
             A
             great
             man
             must
             not
             confine
             himself
             to
             one
             or
             two
             perfections
             ,
             but
             push
             on
             his
             ambition
             to
             infinity
             ,
             aspiring
             to
             a
             plausible
             universality
             ;
             the
             perfection
             of
             knowledges
             corresponding
             with
             the
             excellencie
             
             of
             arts
             .
          
           
             A
             slight
             knowledge
             is
             not
             enough
             to
             make
             a
             man
             appear
             consummate
             ,
             it
             is
             rather
             a
             note
             of
             vain
             loquacity
             than
             of
             profound
             science
             .
             To
             attain
             to
             an
             excellency
             in
             all
             things
             is
             not
             the
             least
             of
             impossibilities
             ,
             not
             so
             much
             by
             the
             weaknesse
             of
             our
             ambition
             ,
             as
             of
             our
             diligence
             ,
             and
             even
             of
             life
             it self
             :
             Exercise
             is
             a
             means
             to
             obtain
             a
             consummation
             of
             that
             we
             profess
             .
             But
             our
             time
             failes
             us
             in
             our
             best
             employments
             ,
             and
             we
             are
             soon
             distasted
             with
             the
             length
             of
             a
             tedious
             practice
             .
          
           
             Many
             mediocrities
             are
             
             not
             enough
             to
             compose
             a
             greatnes
             .
             One
             only
             Eminency
             hath
             more
             than
             needs
             to
             secure
             a
             superiority
             above
             all
             others
             .
          
           
             There
             was
             never
             
               Here
            
             known
             to
             be
             without
             Eminency
             in
             some
             thing
             ,
             it
             being
             the
             Caracter
             of
             greatnes
             ,
             and
             by
             how
             much
             the
             employment
             is
             qualified
             ,
             his
             applause
             is
             more
             glorious
             .
             Eminēcy
             in
             an
             advantagious
             subject
             it
             is
             a
             beam
             of
             souveraignty
             and
             pretends
             to
             a
             kind
             of
             veneration
             .
          
           
             And
             if
             to
             rule
             a
             Globe
             of
             wind
             with
             Eminency
             be
             a
             triumph
             of
             admiration
             ,
             what
             shall
             it
             be
             reputed
             
             to
             manage
             a
             sword
             ,
             a
             pen
             ,
             a
             rod
             ,
             a
             baston
             ,
             a
             scepter
             ,
             a
             Crown
             ?
          
           
             That
             Castilian
             
               Mars
            
             from
             whose
             valor
             it
             became
             a
             comon
             saying
             (
             Castello
             for
             Captains
             )
             as
             Aragon
             for
             kings
             ,
             
               Don
               Diego
               Perez
               de
               Vargas
               ,
            
             more
             charg'd
             with
             bayes
             than
             dayes
             ,
             forsook
             the
             Court
             to
             end
             them
             in
             
               Xerez
            
             a
             frontier
             town
             :
             He
             withdrew
             himself
             but
             not
             his
             fame
             ,
             which
             extended
             it self
             day
             lie
             over
             the
             Theater
             of
             the
             universe
             .
             
               Alfonso
            
             the
             new
             king
             ,
             but
             old
             in
             knowing
             how
             to
             valew
             Eminency
             ,
             especially
             in
             armes
             ,
             put
             himself
             into
             
             a
             disguise
             ,
             acompani'd
             with
             only
             four
             Cavaliers
             to
             gosee
             
               Vargas
               .
            
             (
             O
             how
             Eminencie
             is
             an
             adamant
             of
             wills
             and
             a
             Charm
             of
             affections
             )
             The
             King
             being
             come
             to
             his
             house
             at
             
               Xerez
               ,
            
             found
             him
             not
             there
             ,
             but
             gone
             abroad
             ,
             because
             
               Vargas
            
             to
             deceive
             his
             generous
             inclination
             us'd
             to
             wall●
             into
             the
             fields
             .
             But
             the
             King
             that
             thought
             it
             not
             much
             to
             come
             from
             the
             Court
             to
             
               Xerez
               ,
            
             made
             it
             no
             scruple
             to
             goe
             after
             him
             to
             his
             farm
             ;
             And
             spied
             him
             a
             farr
             off
             in
             his
             vineyard
             with
             a
             Hook
             in
             his
             hand
             ,
             cuting
             off
             the
             Heads
             
             of
             vines
             ,
             perhaps
             with
             more
             difficultie
             than
             at
             other
             times
             he
             had
             us'd
             to
             do
             the
             heads
             of
             his
             enemies
             .
             
               Alfonso
            
             commanded
             the
             Cavaliers
             to
             stay
             behind
             and
             conceal
             themselves
             ,
             while
             he
             alighted
             from
             his
             horse
             ,
             and
             with
             a
             Majestick
             galantry
             fell
             of
             gathering
             up
             the
             twiggs
             ,
             which
             
               Vargas
            
             had
             lopt
             ,
             and
             carelesly
             left
             behind
             him
             .
             But
             
               Vargas
               ,
            
             apprehending
             some
             little
             noise
             which
             the
             king
             made
             ,
             chanc'd
             to
             look
             back
             ,
             and
             by
             a
             loyall
             inspiration
             taking
             notice
             that
             it
             was
             the
             king
             ,
             threw
             himself
             at
             his
             feet
             ,
             and
             askt
             him
             ,
             Sir
             ,
             what
             
             do
             you
             do
             here
             ,
             proceed
             
               Vargas
            
             quoth
             
               Alfonso
               ,
            
             for
             
               (
               A
               tal
               podador
               tal
               sarmentador
               )
            
             to
             such
             a
             vine-dresser
             such
             a
             gatherer
             up
             of
             twiggs
             .
          
           
             Oh
             the
             triumph
             of
             an
             Eminencie
             !
             whereat
             set
             a
             brave
             man
             strayn
             to
             arrive
             ,
             with
             this
             assurance
             ,
             that
             whatsoever
             it
             shall
             cost
             him
             in
             travel
             and
             pains
             ,
             shall
             be
             repai'd
             again
             in
             money
             of
             Honor
             and
             reputation
             .
          
           
             It
             was
             not
             therefore
             unproper
             ,
             that
             the
             Gentiles
             consecrated
             an
             Oxe
             to
             
               Hercules
               ,
            
             to
             let
             us
             understand
             by
             a
             mysterie
             ,
             that
             laudable
             travel
             is
             the
             seed
             
             of
             actions
             which
             promise
             a
             Harvest
             of
             fame
             ,
             applause
             ,
             and
             immortalitie
             .
          
        
         
           
             EXCELLENCIE
             VII
             .
          
           
             
               Excellencia
               del
               primero
               .
            
             
               Excellencie
               of
               primacie
               .
            
          
           
             THere
             are
             some
             that
             had
             been
             the
             Phoenix
             in
             their
             employments
             ,
             if
             others
             had
             not
             stept
             before
             them
             :
             It
             is
             a
             great
             advantage
             to
             get
             before
             others
             ,
             and
             if
             it
             be
             in
             a
             way
             of
             eminencie
             the
             merit
             growes
             double
             .
             He
             that
             winns
             by
             the
             hand
             ,
             may
             win
             upon
             equal
             termes
             .
          
           
             Those
             that
             come
             after
             
             are
             counted
             but
             Imitators
             of
             them
             that
             went
             before
             ,
             and
             whatsoever
             they
             do
             they
             can
             hardly
             cleer
             themselves
             from
             a
             presumption
             of
             imitation
             .
          
           
             The
             first
             raise
             themselves
             to
             fame
             by
             a
             right
             of
             eldership
             ,
             while
             the
             second
             like
             younger
             brothers
             must
             be
             content
             with
             meager
             portions
             .
          
           
             The
             curiosity
             of
             the
             Gentiles
             gave
             not
             only
             honor
             but
             veneration
             to
             the
             inventors
             of
             arts
             .
             They
             chang'd
             honor
             into
             worship
             .
             An
             ordinary
             Error
             ,
             but
             a
             true
             expression
             of
             the
             merits
             of
             primacy
             .
             But
             the
             galantry
             is
             not
             in
             benig
             the
             
             first
             in
             time
             ,
             but
             the
             first
             in
             Eminencie
             .
          
           
             Plurality
             is
             a
             discredit
             to
             it self
             ,
             in
             things
             which
             are
             of
             high
             esteeme
             ,
             and
             on
             the
             contrary
             ,
             rarity
             enhaunses
             the
             price
             of
             indifferent
             perfections
             .
          
           
             This
             is
             then
             no
             comon
             dexteritie
             to
             find
             out
             a
             new
             way
             to
             become
             famous
             ,
             to
             discover
             an
             unknown
             trace
             to
             celebrity
             .
          
           
             The
             wayes
             to
             fame
             are
             multiplyd
             ,
             but
             they
             are
             not
             all
             chalkt
             out
             ,
             and
             the
             newest
             being
             hard
             to
             find
             ,
             have
             often
             been
             an
             obstacle
             to
             greatnes
             .
          
           
             
               Salomon
               ,
            
             did
             wisely
             in
             choosing
             the
             title
             of
             pacificall
             ,
             
             letting
             his
             father
             enjoy
             that
             of
             a
             warriour
             :
             He
             chang'd
             the
             path
             and
             ,
             arriv'd
             with
             so
             much
             lesser
             difficulty
             at
             the
             predicament
             of
             
               Heros
               .
            
          
           
             
               Tiberius
            
             strayn'd
             himself
             to
             wear
             that
             title
             by
             Policie
             ,
             which
             
               Augustus
            
             had
             got
             by
             Magnanimitie
             .
          
           
             And
             our
             great
             
               Philip
               ,
            
             from
             the
             throne
             of
             his
             prudence
             governd
             the
             world
             ,
             with
             an
             admiration
             to
             all
             ages
             .
             And
             if
             
               Charles
            
             V.
             his
             invincible
             father
             were
             a
             prodigie
             of
             courage
             ,
             He
             was
             so
             of
             prudence
             .
          
           
             The
             radiant
             Suns
             of
             the
             of
             the
             Church
             have
             by
             
             this
             policy
             ascended
             up
             to
             the
             
               Zenith
            
             of
             celebrity
             :
             Some
             by
             an
             eminent
             holinesse
             ;
             Others
             by
             rarenesse
             of
             learning
             ;
             Some
             by
             their
             magnificence
             in
             buildings
             ;
             and
             some
             other
             by
             knowing
             how
             to
             maintain
             his
             dignitie
             by
             the
             strength
             of
             his
             wit
             .
          
           
             By
             this
             diversitie
             of
             designes
             the
             wisest
             have
             got
             themselves
             places
             and
             been
             Matriculated
             in
             greatnes
             .
          
           
             Wit
             knows
             how
             to
             degage
             it self
             from
             ordinarie
             tracks
             without
             a
             desection
             of
             Art
             ,
             and
             how
             to
             find
             in
             an
             old
             profession
             a
             new
             passage
             to
             Eminency
             .
             
               Horace
            
             gave
             place
             to
             
               Virgil
            
             
             in
             an
             Heroick
             strain
             ,
             
               Martial
            
             to
             
               Horace
            
             in
             the
             Lyrick
             ,
             
               Terence
            
             addicted
             himself
             to
             the
             Comick
             ,
             and
             
               Persius
            
             to
             writing
             of
             Satyres
             ,
             each
             aspiring
             to
             a
             glory
             of
             being
             first
             in
             his
             kind
             .
             A
             generous
             fancy
             never
             became
             a
             slave
             to
             easie
             imitation
             .
          
           
             A
             gallant
             painter
             observing
             that
             
               Titian
               Rafael
            
             and
             some
             others
             had
             won
             themselves
             an
             Honor
             of
             primacy
             ,
             and
             that
             every
             day
             their
             fames
             got
             advantage
             of
             their
             deaths
             ,
             used
             an
             invincible
             invention
             ,
             and
             fell
             to
             work
             in
             a
             grosser
             way
             :
             Some
             demanded
             of
             him
             why
             he
             did
             not
             
             paint
             after
             the
             manner
             of
             
               Titian
            
             and
             others
             :
             He
             satisfied
             gallantly
             with
             this
             answer
             ,
             that
             he
             had
             rather
             be
             the
             first
             in
             that
             gross
             way
             ,
             than
             second
             in
             a
             way
             of
             more
             delicacie
             .
          
           
             Let
             this
             example
             extend
             it self
             unto
             all
             kind
             of
             employments
             ,
             and
             every
             rare
             man
             understand
             this
             kind
             of
             addresse
             ,
             that
             in
             a
             noveltie
             of
             Eminencie
             ,
             it
             suffiseth
             to
             find
             out
             some
             extravagant
             way
             to
             greatnes
             .
          
        
         
         
           
             EXCELLENCIE
             VIII
             .
          
           
             
               Que
               el
               Heroe
               prefiera
               los
               empenos
               plausibles
               .
            
             
               That
               a
               Heroe
               made
               choyce
               of
               the
               most
               plausible
               employments
               .
            
          
           
             TWo
             cities
             gave
             birth
             to
             two
             Heroe's
             ;
             
               Hercules
            
             was
             born
             at
             
               Thebes
               ,
            
             and
             
               Cato
            
             at
             
               Rome
               :
               Hercules
            
             was
             applauded
             by
             all
             natious
             ,
             and
             
               Cato
            
             was
             the
             distate
             of
             
               Rome
               .
            
             All
             cuntries
             admir'd
             the
             one
             ,
             and
             the
             
               Romans
            
             shund
             and
             hated
             the
             other
             .
          
           
             The
             advantage
             which
             
             
               Cato
            
             had
             of
             
               Hercules
               ,
            
             admits
             no
             controversie
             because
             he
             exceeded
             him
             in
             prudence
             :
             But
             
               Hercules
            
             went
             as
             far
             beyond
             him
             in
             fame
             .
          
           
             
               Catoes
            
             work
             was
             more
             arduous
             and
             Honorable
             ,
             for
             he
             engag'd
             himself
             to
             subdue
             Monsters
             of
             passions
             ,
             as
             
               Hercules
            
             did
             of
             nature
             ,
             yet
             the
             Thebans
             attempts
             had
             more
             of
             famousnes
             .
          
           
             The
             difference
             was
             in
             this
             ,
             that
             the
             enterprises
             of
             
               Hercules
            
             were
             more
             plausible
             ,
             and
             those
             of
             
               Cato
               ,
            
             more
             odious
             .
          
           
             The
             plausibilitie
             the
             of
             imploymēt
             carried
             the
             fame
             
             of
             
               Alcides
            
             as
             far
             as
             the
             Confines
             of
             the
             habitable
             
             world
             ,
             and
             had
             gone
             further
             ,
             if
             it
             had
             been
             more
             spatious
             :
             the
             severitie
             of
             
               Cato
            
             shut
             up
             his
             renown
             within
             the
             walls
             of
             
               Rome
               .
            
          
           
             And
             yet
             there
             are
             some
             ,
             and
             not
             of
             the
             least
             judgement
             ,
             that
             prefer
             a
             difficult
             employment
             before
             a
             plausible
             ,
             and
             with
             such
             ,
             the
             approbation
             of
             a
             few
             select
             persons
             is
             more
             accepted
             ,
             than
             applause
             from
             the
             vulgar
             :
             plausible
             employments
             are
             called
             the
             miracles
             of
             the
             ignorant
             .
          
           
             Those
             that
             comprehend
             the
             excellency
             of
             an
             high
             employment
             are
             but
             few
             :
             
             yet
             they
             are
             persons
             of
             Eminencie
             ,
             and
             so
             their
             reputation
             comes
             but
             from
             a
             few
             .
             The
             facility
             of
             that
             which
             is
             plausible
             is
             discern'd
             by
             all
             ,
             and
             growes
             common
             ,
             and
             so
             applause
             is
             ordinarily
             more
             universall
             .
          
           
             The
             approbation
             of
             a
             few
             Honor'd
             people
             ,
             is
             better
             than
             the
             acclamations
             of
             the
             numerous
             vulgar
             .
          
           
             Beside
             it
             is
             a
             peece
             of
             dexterity
             to
             be
             alwayes
             encountred
             with
             plausible
             employments
             ,
             and
             a
             point
             of
             good
             discretion
             to
             suborn
             common
             attention
             ,
             by
             the
             splendor
             of
             brave
             
             undertakings
             the
             Eminencie
             thereof
             appeares
             to
             all
             ,
             and
             the
             reputation
             is
             setled
             by
             every
             mans
             vote
             .
          
           
             Pluralitie
             of
             opinions
             is
             alwayes
             to
             be
             prefer'd
             :
             In
             such
             kind
             of
             employments
             Excellencie
             is
             ever
             palpable
             ;
             and
             although
             the
             other
             (
             which
             being
             of
             a
             higher
             strain
             )
             partakes
             more
             of
             supernaturall
             and
             Metaphysicall
             ,
             and
             with
             a
             plausible
             evidence
             please
             themselves
             ,
             yet
             I
             leave
             the
             difference
             to
             every
             mans
             opinion
             ;
             I
             call
             that
             a
             plausible
             employment
             which
             is
             executed
             in
             the
             view
             and
             to
             the
             satisfaction
             of
             all
             ,
             provided
             that
             reputation
             
             be
             at
             the
             bottome
             ,
             and
             excluding
             those
             employments
             which
             are
             as
             empty
             of
             Honor
             ,
             as
             full
             of
             Ostentation
             .
             A
             stage
             player
             lives
             rich
             in
             applause
             :
             but
             dyes
             poore
             in
             reputation
             .
          
           
             To
             be
             eminent
             ,
             in
             a
             gentleman
             ,
             is
             an
             undertaking
             that
             's
             set
             upon
             the
             theater
             ,
             and
             must
             consequently
             be
             attended
             with
             a
             large
             applause
             .
          
           
             What
             princes
             are
             those
             that
             make
             up
             the
             Catalogues
             of
             fame
             but
             warriors
             ?
             To
             them
             is
             properly
             due
             the
             renown
             of
             greatnes
             .
             They
             fill
             the
             world
             with
             applause
             ,
             the
             chronicles
             with
             fame
             :
             because
             the
             
             exploits
             of
             war
             have
             something
             more
             of
             splendor
             in
             them
             than
             those
             of
             peace
             .
          
           
             Among
             judges
             we
             assigne
             the
             strictest
             to
             immortality
             ,
             because
             justice
             without
             Crueltie
             ,
             was
             ever
             of
             more
             acceptance
             with
             the
             vulgar
             ,
             than
             remissness
             of
             mercy
             .
          
           
             In
             matter
             of
             wit
             ,
             plausibilitie
             hath
             alwayes
             triumph
             .
             The
             sweetnes
             of
             a
             polish'd
             discourse
             hath
             had
             a
             power
             to
             charm
             the
             soul
             ,
             and
             flatter
             the
             ears
             ,
             while
             the
             driness
             of
             a
             Metaphysical
             conception
             puts
             us
             upon
             the
             rack
             .
          
        
         
         
           
             EXCELLENCIE
             IX
             .
          
           
             
               Del
               qui
               late
               Rey.
               
            
             
               King
               of
               his
               own
               talent
               .
            
          
           
             I
             Am
             in
             some
             doubt
             whether
             to
             call
             it
             wisedome
             or
             a
             happy
             encounter
             in
             a
             
               Heroes
            
             that
             having
             an
             elevated
             perfection
             in
             himself
             ,
             hath
             also
             obtain'd
             this
             attribute
             ,
             of
             being
             the
             King
             of
             his
             own
             capacitie
             .
          
           
             In
             some
             the
             Heart
             reignes
             ,
             in
             others
             the
             Head
             :
             and
             it
             would
             be
             thought
             a
             high
             peece
             of
             foolery
             for
             a
             man
             of
             brains
             to
             study
             valor
             ,
             or
             for
             the
             other
             to
             make
             war
             
             with
             his
             pen
             .
             Let
             the
             Peacock
             please
             himself
             with
             the
             glorious
             wheel
             of
             his
             ●rain
             ,
             Let
             the
             Eagle
             be
             esteem'd
             for
             the
             height
             of
             ●er
             flying
             .
             If
             the
             Ostrich
             should
             aspire
             to
             towre
             into
             the
             Ayr
             ,
             her
             downfall
             were
             inevitable
             :
             let
             her
             please
             her self
             in
             the
             beauty
             of
             her
             plumes
             .
          
           
             There
             is
             no
             man
             that
             in
             something
             might
             not
             have
             attain'd
             to
             be
             eminent
             :
             yet
             we
             see
             how
             few
             are
             accounted
             rare
             aswell
             for
             their
             paucitie
             as
             their
             excellencie
             ,
             like
             the
             Phoenix
             whereof
             the
             world
             is
             in
             doubt
             whether
             there
             be
             such
             a
             bird
             .
             No
             man
             thinks
             
             himself
             uncapable
             of
             the
             greatest
             employment
             you
             can
             offer
             him
             ,
             but
             time
             (
             though
             late
             )
             will
             disabuse
             him
             in
             that
             flattery
             o●
             his
             own
             passion
             .
          
           
             That
             man
             deserves
             some
             excuse
             that
             is
             eminent
             i●
             mediocrities
             ,
             though
             h●
             be
             but
             mean
             in
             eminenci
             〈…〉
             yet
             he
             that
             might
             hav●
             been
             chief
             in
             sublimities
             ,
             and
             contents
             himself
             with
             〈◊〉
             mediocritie
             in
             the
             lowe
             〈…〉
             things
             ,
             is
             never
             to
             be
             excused
             .
          
           
             Although
             he
             were
             a
             poet
             ,
             yet
             he
             dealt
             ingenuously
             with
             us
             ,
             
               〈◊〉
               nihil
               in
               〈◊〉
               ,
               &c.
               
            
             Thou
             shalt
             undertake
             nothing
             〈…〉
             
             an
             opposition
             of
             thy
             Genius
             ,
             but
             there
             is
             nothing
             so
             hard
             as
             to
             undeceive
             a
             man
             in
             the
             confidence
             of
             his
             own
             capacitie
             .
          
           
             Oh
             that
             there
             were
             aswell
             looking-glasses
             for
             the
             understanding
             ,
             as
             there
             are
             for
             the
             face
             .
             The
             understanding
             should
             be
             a
             glass
             to
             it self
             ;
             but
             it
             is
             so
             easly
             falsifi'd
             ,
             Every
             judge
             of
             himself
             finds
             presently
             some
             text
             of
             evasion
             ,
             or
             some
             colour
             to
             suborn
             his
             passion
             .
          
           
             The
             varietie
             of
             inclinations
             is
             infinite
             .
             It
             is
             one
             of
             natures
             delightfull
             prodigies
             :
             In
             faces
             ;
             in
             voyces
             ,
             in
             constitutions
             .
             So
             many
             
             fancies
             ;
             So
             many
             employments
             :
             The
             most
             vile
             and
             infamous
             ones
             want
             not
             their
             passions
             ,
             and
             what
             the
             powerfull
             providence
             of
             the
             most
             politike
             Prince
             ,
             cannot
             effect
             ;
             becomes
             easie
             to
             an
             inclination
             .
          
           
             If
             a
             Monarck
             in
             his
             own
             kingdome
             were
             to
             dispose
             of
             all
             Mechanick
             offices
             ;
             Be
             thou
             a
             plowman
             ,
             Be
             thou
             a
             Mariner
             ,
             He
             would
             presently
             arrive
             at
             an
             obstruction
             .
             The
             best
             employment
             might
             be
             confer'd
             upon
             such
             an
             one
             that
             would
             not
             like
             it
             .
             And
             at
             this
             day
             men
             are
             blinded
             in
             their
             own
             elections
             of
             
             things
             that
             are
             but
             common
             and
             ordinary
             ,
             so
             much
             power
             hath
             inclination
             ;
             and
             if
             force
             and
             power
             be
             but
             joyn'd
             with
             it
             ,
             nothing
             will
             be
             able
             to
             make
             a
             resistance
             .
             But
             ordinarily
             these
             two
             faculties
             of
             power
             and
             inclination
             meet
             not
             in
             the
             same
             subject
             .
          
           
             Wherefore
             a
             wiseman
             must
             cherish
             his
             own
             fancie
             ,
             by
             drawing
             it
             without
             violences
             to
             take
             a
             just
             measure
             of
             it's
             own
             power
             ,
             that
             having
             found
             the
             height
             of
             his
             talent
             ,
             he
             may
             proceed
             to
             employment
             with
             felicity
             .
          
           
             That
             prodigious
             Marques
             
             
               Del
               Valle
               ,
            
             Don
             
               Fernando
               Cortes
               ,
            
             had
             never
             attain'd
             ,
             to
             be
             the
             
               Alexander
            
             of
             
               Spain
               ,
            
             nor
             a
             
               Caesar
            
             in
             
               America
               ,
            
             if
             he
             had
             not
             sorted
             his
             abilities
             to
             his
             employment
             .
             His
             learning
             was
             able
             to
             place
             him
             but
             in
             a
             mean
             rank
             :
             but
             by
             Arms
             he
             rais'd
             himself
             to
             the
             top
             of
             Eminencie
             :
             paralleling
             himself
             both
             to
             
               Alexander
            
             and
             
               Caesar
               ,
            
             with
             whom
             he
             divided
             the
             conquest
             of
             the
             world
             into
             three
             parts
             .
          
        
         
         
           
             EXCELLENCIE
             X.
             
          
           
             
               
                 Que
                 el
                 Heroe
                 hu
                 de
                 tener
                 tanteada
                 su
                 fortuna
                 al
                 empenarse
                 .
              
            
             
               The
               Heroe
               must
               found
               his
               fortune
               to
               the
               bottome
               before
               he
               engage
               himself
               .
            
          
           
             FOrtune
             ,
             which
             is
             as
             much
             renown'd
             as
             she
             is
             little
             understood
             ,
             is
             nothing
             else
             (
             to
             speak
             with
             reason
             and
             like
             a
             Catholick
             )
             but
             that
             great
             mother
             of
             events
             ,
             and
             granchild
             of
             supreme
             providence
             ,
             which
             hath
             alwayes
             assisted
             at
             causes
             ,
             somtimes
             with
             willingnes
             ,
             and
             at
             other
             
             times
             by
             permission
             .
          
           
             This
             is
             that
             so
             soveraign
             ,
             so
             inscrutable
             ,
             so
             inexorable
             a
             Queen
             ,
             smiling
             upon
             some
             ,
             and
             severe
             to
             others
             ,
             sometime
             like
             a
             Mother
             ,
             then
             a
             stepmother
             ,
             not
             so
             much
             out
             of
             passion
             as
             an
             arcanesse
             of
             inaccessible
             judgements
             .
          
           
             It
             is
             a
             rule
             among
             the
             greatest
             politicks
             ,
             to
             have
             a
             narrow
             observance
             upon
             fortune
             and
             her
             favorites
             .
             He
             that
             hath
             found
             her
             
             like
             a
             Mother
             ,
             let
             him
             make
             use
             of
             her
             favour
             ,
             and
             throw
             himself
             freely
             into
             great
             actions
             ,
             for
             where
             shee
             is
             in
             love
             with
             a
             man
             shee
             gives
             her self
             leave
             to
             
             be
             flatter'd
             with
             his
             confidence
             .
          
           
             
               Caesar
            
             had
             taken
             the
             true
             pulse
             of
             his
             fortune
             ,
             when
             he
             was
             fain
             to
             encourage
             his
             faint-hearted
             waterman
             in
             a
             storm
             ,
             by
             saying
             ,
             Be
             not
             afraid
             ,
             for
             so
             thou
             wrong'st
             the
             fortunes
             of
             
               Caesar
               :
            
             He
             found
             no
             Anchor
             so
             sure
             as
             〈◊〉
             ,
             nor
             did
             he
             apprehend
             any
             contrarietie
             of
             winds
             while
             he
             had
             in
             poop
             the
             sweet
             gale
             of
             the
             breath
             of
             his
             fortune
             .
          
           
             What
             danger
             is
             it
             if
             the
             Air
             be
             troubled
             ,
             while
             the
             Heavens
             are
             cleer
             ?
             If
             the
             Sea
             roar
             ,
             while
             the
             starrs
             smile
             ?
          
           
           
             Such
             a
             boldness
             in
             another
             had
             been
             judged
             rashnes
             ,
             but
             in
             
               Caesar
            
             it
             was
             a
             dextrousness
             ,
             that
             had
             so
             truly
             consider'd
             the
             favour
             of
             his
             fortune
             .
             Others
             have
             lost
             brave
             oportunities
             to
             celebrate
             themselves
             by
             not
             comprehending
             their
             fortune
             :
             Even
             as
             low
             as
             the
             blind
             gamester
             ,
             there
             is
             scarce
             a
             man
             that
             consults
             not
             his
             fortune
             before
             he
             set
             up
             his
             rest
             .
          
           
             It
             is
             a
             great
             talent
             to
             be
             fortunate
             ,
             and
             in
             the
             opinion
             of
             most
             ,
             the
             fortunate
             man
             must
             wear
             the
             garland
             :
             Some
             make
             more
             account
             of
             an
             ounce
             of
             fortune
             than
             of
             quintalls
             of
             
             valour
             ,
             or
             a
             Magazine
             of
             wisedome
             .
             Others
             ,
             of
             a
             more
             Melancholick
             temper
             ,
             say
             it
             is
             more
             honorable
             to
             be
             unfortunate
             ;
             and
             that
             fortune
             is
             
             th'inheritance
             of
             fooles
             ,
             and
             the
             reward
             of
             those
             that
             have
             no
             other
             merit
             .
          
           
             The
             wise
             father
             redeemes
             the
             defect
             of
             beauty
             in
             his
             daughter
             with
             gold
             ,
             and
             good
             success
             for
             the
             most
             part
             gilds
             over
             the
             deformities
             of
             the
             spirit
             .
          
           
             
               Galen
            
             desir'd
             that
             his
             Physician
             ,
             
               Vegerius
            
             that
             his
             Captain
             ,
             and
             
               Aristotle
            
             that
             his
             Monark
             might
             be
             fortunate
             .
             True
             it
             is
             that
             
             valour
             and
             fortune
             (
             the
             2
             godfathers
             of
             every
             
               Heroe
               )
            
             are
             also
             the
             axletrees
             of
             greatnes
             .
          
           
             But
             he
             that
             hath
             had
             often
             experience
             of
             fortune
             for
             a
             stepdame
             ;
             let
             him
             strick
             sayl
             at
             great
             employments
             ,
             and
             not
             overween
             of
             her
             affection
             :
             for
             where
             shee
             disaffects
             generally
             ,
             her
             Armes
             are
             leaden
             .
          
           
             Excuse
             me
             for
             stealing
             once
             more
             a
             saying
             from
             the
             poet
             of
             sentences
             ,
             for
             I
             am
             oblig'd
             to
             restore
             it
             again
             ,
             by
             way
             of
             counsell
             .
             
               Tu
               nihil
               invita
               ;
               &c.
            
             Thou
             shalt
             neither
             say
             nor
             do
             any
             thing
             where
             thou
             hast
             
             fortune
             in
             opposition
             .
          
           
             The
             
               Benjamin
            
             of
             our
             felicitie
             ,
             is
             at
             this
             day
             by
             the
             evidence
             of
             his
             splendor
             that
             Heroick
             ,
             unconquer'd
             ,
             most
             ●erene
             Cardinal
             Infant
             of
             
               Spain
               Don
               Fernando
               ,
            
             A
             name
             that
             passes
             for
             blason
             ,
             the
             nominal
             Crown
             of
             so
             many
             
               Heroes
            
             as
             have
             worn
             it
             .
          
           
             The
             whole
             world
             being
             in
             some
             suspense
             ,
             lookt
             after
             his
             fortunes
             ,
             being
             assur'd
             of
             his
             courage
             .
             And
             that
             great
             princess
             declar'd
             him
             for
             her
             gaiant
             ,
             upon
             the
             first
             occasion
             ;
             I
             say
             upon
             that
             occasion
             ,
             which
             was
             as
             immortall
             for
             him
             and
             his
             ,
             as
             it
             was
             mortall
             
             to
             his
             enemies
             ,
             the
             battel
             of
             
               Norlinguen
               ,
            
             beside
             other
             progressions
             of
             Stratagemes
             in
             
               France
            
             and
             
               Flanders
               ,
            
             and
             the
             remainder
             of
             his
             honor
             from
             
               Jerusalem
               .
            
          
           
             It
             is
             a
             considerable
             part
             of
             the
             Politicks
             to
             be
             able
             to
             discern
             betwixt
             fortunate
             men
             and
             such
             as
             are
             unsuccessfull
             ,
             that
             when
             they
             are
             met
             together
             in
             competition
             ,
             they
             may
             be
             resolv'd
             whether
             it
             be
             better
             stand
             to
             the
             shock
             ,
             or
             yield
             .
          
           
             
               Solyman
            
             shew'd
             himself
             a
             wise
             man
             in
             diverting
             the
             felicity
             of
             our
             Catholick
             
               Mars
               ,
            
             the
             fift
             of
             
               Charleses
               ,
            
             
             by
             using
             all
             meanes
             possible
             that
             his
             valour
             might
             be
             confin'd
             within
             his
             own
             sphere
             of
             
               Europe
               ,
            
             He
             feard
             that
             alone
             more
             than
             all
             the
             Regiments
             of
             the
             west
             together
             :
             Let
             this
             be
             a
             subject
             of
             contemplation
             for
             others
             whom
             it
             may
             concern
             .
          
           
             
               Charles
            
             himself
             strook
             sayl
             ,
             in
             a
             time
             when
             it
             
             serv'd
             his
             turn
             (
             not
             for
             his
             reputation
             )
             for
             in
             that
             he
             had
             resign'd
             his
             part
             ,
             but
             for
             his
             crown
             .
          
           
             The
             first
             
               Francis
            
             of
             
               France
            
             did
             not
             so
             :
             He
             was
             in
             love
             with
             the
             ignorance
             of
             his
             fortune
             ,
             and
             desired
             not
             to
             understand
             that
             of
             
             
               Caesar
            
             his
             adversary
             :
             but
             as
             a
             delinquent
             in
             prudence
             he
             was
             unfortunate
             to
             be
             
             taken
             prisoner
             .
          
           
             Good
             and
             ill
             success
             ,
             adhere
             alike
             to
             those
             that
             are
             of
             a
             side
             :
             let
             a
             wise
             man
             take
             heed
             ,
             which
             side
             he
             takes
             and
             at
             this
             game
             of
             triumph
             or
             (
             as
             we
             call
             it
             )
             trump
             ,
             let
             him
             so
             take
             and
             discard
             his
             cards
             that
             he
             may
             be
             sure
             or
             win
             .
          
        
         
         
           
             EXCELLENCIE
             XI
             .
          
           
             
               Que
               el
               Heroe
               sepa
               dexarse
               ganado
               con
               la
               fortuan
               .
            
             
               
                 To
                 give
                 over
                 before
                 he
                 be
                 a
                 loser
                 .
              
            
          
           
             ALL
             things
             that
             are
             subject
             to
             mutability
             have
             aswell
             an
             encrease
             as
             a
             declination
             :
             Others
             allow
             them
             a
             state
             like
             a
             solstice
             ,
             wherein
             there
             is
             yet
             no
             stability
             .
          
           
             It
             is
             a
             business
             of
             great
             forefight
             to
             be
             able
             to
             stop
             the
             revolution
             of
             a
             restles
             wheel
             .
             It
             is
             the
             subtiltie
             of
             a
             cunning
             gamester
             ,
             to
             give
             over
             while
             he
             wins
             :
             
             where
             prosperitie
             it self
             is
             but
             a
             game
             ,
             nothing
             is
             so
             certain
             as
             ill
             luck
             .
          
           
             It
             is
             better
             sit
             down
             with
             Honor
             ,
             than
             attend
             the
             Changes
             of
             an
             unconstant
             fortune
             ,
             which
             is
             accustomed
             to
             shew
             two
             contrary
             faces
             in
             a
             moment
             .
          
           
             So
             much
             as
             it
             hath
             of
             woman
             :
             so
             much
             it
             wants
             of
             constancy
             ,
             according
             to
             an
             opinion
             of
             some
             choice
             spirits
             .
             When
             the
             Emperor
             
             
               Charls
            
             was
             in
             some
             distress
             before
             
               Metz
               ,
            
             and
             ready
             to
             make
             his
             retraict
             ,
             the
             Marques
             of
             
               Mariguau
            
             told
             him
             for
             his
             comfort
             ,
             that
             shee
             had
             not
             only
             the
             inconstancy
             of
             a
             woman
             ,
             but
             
             the
             levity
             of
             a
             girl
             .
          
           
             But
             I
             say
             they
             are
             not
             
             the
             lightnesses
             of
             a
             woman
             ,
             but
             the
             alternative
             varieties
             of
             a
             just
             prudence
             .
          
           
             Let
             a
             wiseman
             shew
             himself
             in
             this
             :
             Let
             him
             betake
             himself
             to
             the
             Sanctuary
             of
             an
             honorable
             retraict
             ;
             because
             a
             fair
             retraict
             is
             as
             glorious
             as
             a
             gallant
             combat
             .
          
           
             But
             there
             are
             some
             that
             are
             so
             hydropsick
             ,
             alwayes
             burning
             in
             a
             thirst
             of
             Honor
             ,
             that
             they
             have
             no
             
             power
             to
             command
             themselves
             ,
             if
             fortune
             once
             begin
             to
             flatter
             them
             in
             their
             passions
             .
          
           
             Let
             that
             great
             
               Charles
               ,
            
             
             be
             a
             great
             example
             of
             this
             Perfection
             ,
             that
             eldest
             son
             of
             fortune
             and
             of
             
               Heroes
               :
            
             This
             emperor
             crownd
             all
             his
             actions
             with
             a
             prudent
             conclusion
             .
             He
             triumph'd
             over
             the
             world
             by
             his
             fortune
             ,
             &
             at
             last
             he
             triumph'd
             over
             fortune
             ,
             by
             moderating
             himself
             in
             his
             ambition
             ,
             which
             was
             like
             the
             sealing
             up
             of
             all
             his
             former
             prowesses
             .
          
           
             But
             contrary
             some
             have
             put
             the
             best
             part
             of
             their
             reputation
             (
             which
             they
             had
             gotten
             )
             to
             arbitrement
             ,
             by
             the
             unruliness
             of
             their
             desires
             .
             Great
             beginnings
             in
             felicity
             have
             had
             many
             times
             monstrous
             
             terminations
             ,
             which
             if
             they
             had
             made
             use
             of
             this
             advise
             in
             time
             might
             have
             secur'd
             their
             Honors
             .
          
           
             A
             ring
             thrown
             into
             the
             sea
             ,
             and
             found
             in
             a
             fishes
             belly
             ,
             might
             give
             
               Policra●es
            
             some
             assurance
             that
             he
             and
             his
             fortune
             were
             inseparable
             :
             Notwithstanding
             a
             little
             while
             after
             The
             Mountain
             
               Micale
            
             was
             the
             tragicall
             theater
             of
             a
             divorce
             ,
             betwixt
             him
             and
             her
             .
          
           
             
               Belisario
            
             became
             blind
             ,
             that
             others
             might
             receive
             sight
             .
             And
             the
             Moon
             of
             
             
               Spain
            
             fell
             into
             an
             Ecclipse
             ,
             that
             it
             might
             give
             light
             to
             many
             .
          
           
           
             There
             is
             no
             art
             can
             teach
             to
             take
             the
             pulse
             of
             fortune
             aright
             ,
             it
             beats
             so
             uncertain
             :
             yet
             nevertheles●
             some
             presages
             of
             declination
             serve
             sometimes
             for
             〈◊〉
             diversion
             from
             dangers
             .
          
           
             Sudain
             prosperities
             and
             inundatious
             of
             successe
             one
             upon
             another
             have
             bee●
             alwayes
             to
             be
             suspected
             〈◊〉
             because
             when
             fortune
             i●
             most
             prodigall
             of
             her
             favours
             ,
             for
             the
             most
             par●
             shee
             intends
             no
             long
             continuance
             .
          
           
             Felicity
             that
             's
             grown
             old
             drawes
             near
             an
             end
             ,
             and
             extreme
             ill
             forttune
             is
             not
             far
             from
             a
             reverse
             .
          
           
             The
             Moor
             
               Abul
               ,
            
             brother
             and
             Heir
             to
             the
             King
             
             of
             
               Granada
               ,
            
             and
             taken
             pri●oner
             in
             
               Salobrenia
               ,
            
             to
             ●eguile
             his
             miserie
             us'd
             sometime
             to
             play
             at
             Checks
             ,
             (
             a
             true
             represen●ation
             of
             the
             game
             of
             for●une
             )
             He
             was
             no
             sooner
             set
             down
             but
             in
             comes
             a
             Cor
             〈…〉
             yet
             to
             tell
             him
             he
             must
             prepare
             himself
             to
             die
             .
             In
             〈…〉
             xorable
             death
             comes
             alwayes
             post
             .
             The
             Moor
             de
             〈…〉
             ir'd
             him
             for
             a
             respite
             of
             2
             houres
             .
             The
             Commissary
             ●hought
             it
             too
             long
             :
             but
             yet
             granted
             him
             leave
             to
             play
             but
             his
             game
             .
             He
             plaid
             and
             won
             both
             his
             life
             and
             the
             kingdome
             :
             for
             before
             the
             game
             was
             ended
             ,
             another
             Post
             arriv'd
             with
             news
             of
             the
             Kings
             death
             ,
             whereby
             
             the
             Citty
             of
             
               Granada
            
             presēted
             him
             with
             their
             crow●
          
           
             There
             have
             been
             as
             many
             that
             have
             risen
             fro●
             the
             scaffold
             to
             the
             Crown
             as
             have
             descended
             fro●
             the
             Crown
             to
             the
             scaffo
             〈…〉
             the
             good
             morsells
             of
             fo●tune
             had
             never
             so
             good
             relish
             as
             when
             they
             w
             〈…〉
             
             season'd
             with
             an
             
               Agr
               〈…〉
               dulce
            
             of
             danger
             .
          
           
             Fortune
             is
             not
             unli
             〈…〉
             pyrates
             that
             wait
             for
             ve●sels
             at
             sea
             till
             they
             〈◊〉
             fraught
             .
             The
             counte
             〈…〉
             plot
             must
             be
             to
             anticipa
             〈…〉
             and
             take
             some
             port
             be
             times
             .
          
        
         
         
           
             EXCELLENCIE
             XII
             .
          
           
             
               
                 Gracia
                 de
                 les
                 gentes
                 .
              
            
             
               The
               love
               of
               the
               people
               .
            
          
           
             IT
             is
             but
             a
             small
             conquest
             to
             gain
             the
             ūderstanding
             ,
             if
             the
             will
             be
             not
             won
             ,
             and
             t
             is
             a
             great
             matter
             to
             make
             a
             joint
             conquest
             of
             admiration
             with
             affection
             .
             Many
             maintain
             their
             credits
             by
             plausible
             actions
             ,
             but
             they
             get
             not
             benevolence
             .
          
           
             He
             must
             be
             born
             under
             a
             favorable
             constellation
             ,
             that
             obtains
             so
             universal
             a
             grace
             ,
             but
             the
             best
             part
             proceeds
             from
             our
             own
             
             diligence
             ;
             Others
             hold
             a
             contrary
             discourse
             when
             applause
             doe's
             not
             correspond
             to
             an
             equality
             of
             merits
             .
             That
             which
             in
             one
             mans
             nature
             drawes
             affection
             like
             the
             adamant
             ,
             another
             hath
             it
             by
             a
             conspiracie
             or
             secretnes
             of
             practice
             ?
             I
             shall
             alwayes
             yeeld
             the
             superiority
             to
             that
             facultie
             that
             's
             artificiall
             .
          
           
             An
             Eminencie
             of
             perfections
             serves
             not
             to
             get
             the
             peoples
             affection
             ,
             (
             although
             it
             be
             enough
             )
             Affections
             are
             easily
             gotten
             where
             the
             understanding
             is
             suborned
             ,
             because
             affection
             follows
             good
             opinion
             .
          
           
           
             The
             Duke
             of
             
               Guise
               ,
            
             that
             was
             as
             famous
             in
             misfortune
             as
             he
             was
             rich
             in
             the
             endowments
             of
             nature
             ,
             did
             very
             happily
             practise
             the
             way
             of
             gaining
             common
             favour
             .
             He
             grew
             in
             greatnes
             by
             the
             favour
             of
             one
             King
             ,
             and
             grew
             greater
             
             by
             the
             emulation
             of
             an
             other
             ,
             I
             mean
             the
             third
             of
             the
             French
             
               Henries
               ;
            
             A
             name
             fatall
             to
             Princes
             in
             every
             Monarchy
             :
             For
             in
             so
             great
             a
             subject
             the
             name
             deciphers
             Oracles
             .
          
           
             The
             King
             one
             day
             askt
             some
             Lords
             that
             were
             about
             him
             ,
             what
             it
             was
             that
             
               Guise
            
             did
             to
             make
             himself
             so
             powerfull
             to
             bewitch
             
             the
             people
             :
             An
             ingenuous
             Courtier
             ,
             and
             the
             chief
             of
             those
             that
             were
             present
             ,
             answered
             him
             ,
             Sir
             by
             dealing
             curtesies
             with
             both
             hands
             :
             Those
             whom
             the
             influences
             of
             his
             curtesies
             ,
             reach
             not
             in
             a
             direct
             line
             ,
             they
             have
             it
             by
             reflexion
             ,
             and
             where
             his
             power
             extends
             not
             into
             action
             ,
             there
             he
             charms
             with
             good
             words
             ;
             If
             they
             invite
             him
             to
             a
             wedding
             ,
             he
             fails
             not
             to
             be
             there
             ;
             If
             to
             be
             a
             godfather
             ,
             he
             never
             refuses
             ;
             If
             to
             an
             enterrment
             ,
             he
             honors
             it
             with
             his
             presence
             ;
             He
             is
             Human
             ,
             courteous
             ,
             liberall
             ,
             endears
             all
             the
             world
             to
             him
             ,
             and
             
             speaks
             il
             of
             none
             ;
             In
             conclusion
             ,
             He
             is
             the
             king
             in
             their
             affections
             ,
             as
             your
             Majestie
             is
             in
             effect
             .
          
           
             A
             happy
             grace
             ,
             if
             it
             had
             been
             in
             relation
             to
             his
             Prince
             ,
             and
             without
             which
             it
             was
             of
             no
             essence
             :
             whatsoever
             the
             opinion
             of
             
               Bajazet
            
             were
             :
             yet
             wee
             find
             that
             applause
             given
             to
             the
             minister
             cannot
             but
             enjealouse
             the
             Soveraign
             .
             And
             to
             say
             truth
             ,
             the
             Grace
             of
             God
             ,
             and
             of
             the
             king
             ,
             and
             of
             the
             people
             ,
             are
             3
             graces
             of
             more
             beauty
             than
             those
             other
             3
             that
             were
             feigned
             by
             antiquity
             .
             They
             hold
             hand
             in
             hand
             ,
             and
             are
             so
             streightly
             enterlaced
             
             that
             if
             any
             of
             them
             fayl
             ;
             let
             it
             be
             able
             to
             shew
             a
             good
             cause
             .
          
           
             The
             most
             powerfull
             Charm
             to
             make
             ones
             self
             beloved
             ,
             is
             to
             love
             ,
             the
             vulgar
             are
             as
             violently
             carried
             away
             in
             their
             affections
             as
             they
             are
             furious
             in
             their
             persecutions
             .
             The
             first
             thing
             that
             gets
             their
             love
             after
             a
             good
             opinion
             is
             curtesie
             and
             generousnes
             ,
             by
             
             means
             whereof
             
             th'Emperor
             
               Titus
            
             was
             called
             the
             delight
             of
             mankind
             .
          
           
             The
             favorable
             word
             of
             a
             superior
             is
             as
             good
             as
             an
             obliging
             action
             from
             an
             equal
             ,
             and
             a
             curtesie
             from
             a
             Prince
             ,
             exceeds
             a
             rich
             
             present
             from
             the
             hands
             of
             a
             Citizen
             .
          
           
             By
             forgeting
             Majestie
             but
             a
             while
             the
             Magnanimous
             
               Don
               Annoso
               ,
            
             lighting
             
             from
             his
             horse
             to
             relieve
             a
             country
             fellow
             that
             was
             in
             some
             danger
             ,
             conquer'd
             the
             fortified
             walls
             of
             
               Ga
               〈…〉
               ,
            
             which
             the
             battry
             of
             his
             Guns
             could
             not
             have
             done
             in
             many
             dayes
             .
             He
             made
             his
             first
             entry
             at
             their
             hearts
             ,
             and
             presently
             after
             ,
             entred
             in
             triumph
             into
             their
             citty
             .
          
           
             Some
             over-curious
             Criticks
             could
             find
             nothing
             
             so
             eminent
             among
             the
             merits
             of
             the
             great
             Captain
             that
             Giant
             of
             
               Heroes
            
             
             as
             the
             love
             of
             the
             people
             .
          
           
             And
             I
             am
             of
             the
             same
             opinion
             ,
             that
             in
             a
             pluraliof
             perfections
             ,
             where
             each
             deserves
             a
             plausible
             renown
             ,
             this
             was
             the
             happiest
             .
          
           
             There
             is
             also
             the
             favour
             of
             Historians
             to
             be
             had
             in
             ambition
             as
             much
             as
             Immortality
             ;
             because
             their
             pennes
             are
             the
             wings
             of
             renown
             :
             They
             set
             not
             out
             so
             much
             the
             favours
             of
             Nature
             ,
             as
             of
             the
             Soul
             :
             That
             Phaenix
             
               Corvino
               ,
            
             the
             glory
             of
             
               Hungarie
               ,
            
             was
             us'd
             to
             say
             ,
             and
             practise
             it
             much
             better
             ,
             That
             the
             greatness
             of
             an
             
               Heroe
            
             consisted
             in
             two
             things
             ,
             by
             
             inuring
             his
             hand
             to
             Glorious
             Actions
             ,
             and
             to
             the
             Pen
             ,
             because
             Characters
             of
             Gold
             bind
             up
             Eternity
             .
          
        
         
         
           
             EXCELLENCIE
             XIII
             .
          
           
             
               Del
               Despeio
               .
            
             
               We
               have
               no
               word
               to
               express
               
                 Despeio
                 ,
              
               the
               
                 French
              
               call
               it
               
                 Entregent
                 ,
              
               the
               Chapter
               gives
               a
               definition
               ,
               and
               I
               must
               use
               the
               word
               
                 Entregent
                 .
              
            
          
           
             THE
             
               Entregent
            
             is
             the
             Soul
             of
             every
             rare
             quality
             ,
             the
             life
             of
             all
             perfection
             ,
             the
             vigour
             of
             action
             ,
             the
             grace
             of
             words
             ,
             the
             charm
             of
             well-born
             spirits
             ,
             sweetly
             flattering
             the
             understanding
             ,
             and
             sets
             all
             expression
             upon
             the
             tenter
             hooks
             .
          
           
           
             It
             is
             an
             enhaunsment
             of
             excellency
             ,
             It
             is
             the
             beauty
             of
             formality
             ;
             Other
             parts
             adorn
             nature
             ,
             but
             this
             improves
             those
             ador●ing
             parts
             ,
             insomuch
             as
             it
             is
             the
             perfection
             of
             perfection
             ,
             by
             a
             transcendent
             beauty
             ,
             and
             by
             an
             universal
             grace
             .
          
           
             It
             consists
             in
             a
             certain
             ayriness
             ,
             in
             an
             unspeakable
             cheerfulness
             ,
             aswell
             in
             words
             as
             actions
             ,
             and
             passes
             even
             into
             discourse
             .
             It
             receivs
             the
             best
             advantage
             from
             nature
             ,
             although
             it
             borrow
             something
             from
             observation
             .
             It
             was
             never
             subject
             to
             directions
             nor
             to
             the
             precept
             
             of
             a
             superior
             although
             it
             were
             alwayes
             govern'd
             by
             art
             ;
             when
             it
             steales
             away
             the
             fancy
             ,
             't
             is
             call'd
             an
             allurement
             ;
             when
             't
             is
             not
             easily
             discern'd
             ,
             't
             is
             call'd
             an
             ayriness
             .
             If
             it
             be
             put
             on
             by
             courage
             't
             is
             animosity
             :
             If
             out
             of
             galantry
             or
             Gentiless
             ,
             't
             is
             a
             sweetness
             of
             carriage
             ,
             If
             it
             be
             done
             with
             facility
             't
             is
             addresse
             .
             All
             these
             names
             have
             been
             given
             it
             out
             of
             a
             desire
             and
             difficultie
             of
             expressing
             it
             .
          
           
             They
             do
             it
             wrong
             that
             confound
             it
             with
             facility
             ,
             for
             it
             leaves
             that
             far
             behind
             it
             ,
             and
             goes
             as
             far
             before
             bravery
             :
             and
             although
             
             all
             Entregent
             presuppose
             freedome
             ,
             yet
             it
             add's
             to
             perfection
             .
             If
             actions
             have
             any
             thing
             of
             splendor
             ,
             the
             obligation
             is
             to
             Entregent
             ,
             for
             that
             sets
             them
             to
             the
             light
             .
          
           
             Without
             this
             the
             best
             execution
             is
             dead
             ,
             and
             the
             greatest
             perfection
             unpleasing
             .
             Neither
             yet
             retains
             it
             somuch
             of
             the
             nature
             of
             accident
             ,
             that
             sometimes
             it
             stands
             not
             for
             the
             principall
             .
             It
             serves
             not
             only
             for
             ornament
             ,
             but
             for
             a
             prop
             to
             the
             most
             important
             affaires
             .
          
           
             Wherefore
             if
             it
             be
             the
             soul
             of
             beauty
             ,
             It
             is
             the
             spirit
             of
             prudence
             ;
             If
             it
             be
             
             the
             breath
             of
             gentilesse
             ,
             it
             is
             the
             life
             of
             valor
             .
          
           
             The
             Entregent
             gives
             asmuch
             Lustre
             to
             a
             Commander
             in
             war
             ,
             as
             his
             courage
             ,
             and
             in
             the
             person
             of
             a
             King
             it
             parallells
             prudence
             .
          
           
             The
             freedome
             of
             Entregent
             is
             of
             no
             lesse
             use
             in
             the
             day
             of
             a
             battell
             ,
             than
             dextrousness
             and
             valor
             .
             It
             makes
             a
             generall
             first
             master
             of
             himself
             ,
             and
             then
             of
             all
             that
             are
             under
             him
             .
          
           
             The
             brave
             assurance
             of
             that
             Conqueror
             of
             kings
             ,
             that
             contender
             in
             honor
             with
             
               Alcides
               ,
               Don
               Fernando
               d'Avalos
               ,
            
             is
             never
             enough
             magnified
             :
             
             let
             same
             resound
             his
             prayses
             
             upon
             the
             Theater
             of
             
               Pavy
               .
            
          
           
             The
             Entregent
             discovers
             animosity
             asmuch
             in
             him
             that
             sits
             on
             horsback
             ,
             as
             in
             him
             that
             fits
             under
             a
             cloth
             of
             state
             .
             It
             add's
             acuteness
             to
             pleading
             ,
             and
             graces
             the
             Orator
             in
             his
             chair
             .
             Most
             Heroicall
             was
             the
             disengagement
             of
             that
             French
             
               Theseus
               ,
               Henry
            
             the
             fourth
             ,
             who
             by
             the
             golden
             threed
             of
             his
             Entregent
             found
             a
             way
             to
             free
             himself
             out
             of
             that
             intricate
             labyrinth
             .
          
           
             The
             Entregent
             hath
             no
             lesse
             influence
             upon
             the
             politick
             .
             And
             therefore
             
             upon
             the
             credit
             of
             that
             spirituall
             Monark
             of
             the
             world
             ,
             I
             come
             to
             ask
             this
             question
             ,
             Whether
             there
             be
             not
             another
             world
             to
             govern
             ?
          
        
         
         
           
             EXCELLENCIE
             XIV
             .
          
           
             
               Del
               natural
               imperio
               .
            
          
           
             THis
             primacy
             is
             interested
             in
             another
             quality
             so
             subtile
             and
             separate
             from
             Common
             apprehensions
             ,
             that
             it
             were
             in
             some
             hazard
             to
             be
             flung
             up
             for
             a
             transcendent
             ,
             if
             curiosity
             had
             not
             cautioned
             for
             it
             .
          
           
             Wee
             see
             a
             certain
             in-born
             and
             naturall
             souveraignty
             in
             some
             men
             ,
             which
             seems
             to
             spakle
             in
             them
             ,
             and
             upon
             others
             by
             a
             secret
             influence
             ,
             a
             power
             of
             domination
             ,
             which
             wins
             it self
             
             an
             obedience
             without
             help
             of
             exterior
             precepts
             or
             any
             art
             of
             persuasion
             .
          
           
             
               Caesar
            
             being
             taken
             prisoner
             at
             sea
             by
             certain
             pyrates
             that
             were
             Ilanders
             ,
             presently
             became
             the
             master
             of
             them
             .
             He
             being
             conquerd
             ,
             commanded
             ,
             and
             they
             Conquerors
             ,
             obey'd
             ;
             By
             ceremonie
             he
             was
             a
             Captive
             ,
             and
             in
             reality
             of
             soveraigntie
             became
             their
             Lord
             .
          
           
             One
             man
             like
             him
             does
             more
             execution
             with
             one
             stern
             look
             ,
             than
             others
             with
             all
             their
             industrie
             .
             Their
             reasons
             have
             an
             occult
             vigor
             ,
             which
             prevailes
             more
             by
             sympathie
             ,
             
             than
             by
             any
             thing
             that
             's
             visible
             .
          
           
             The
             proudest
             mind
             submits
             to
             their
             domination
             ,
             without
             knowing
             why
             or
             how
             ,
             and
             the
             freest
             judgement
             renders
             it self
             without
             constraint
             .
          
           
             Such
             persons
             among
             men
             have
             as
             great
             an
             advantage
             as
             Lyons
             among
             creatures
             ,
             because
             they
             have
             a
             share
             in
             the
             princiapll
             quality
             which
             is
             domination
             .
          
           
             All
             creatures
             acknowledge
             the
             Lyon
             by
             instinct
             of
             nature
             ,
             and
             doe
             him
             homage
             by
             way
             of
             prevention
             before
             they
             have
             examined
             his
             valour
             .
          
           
           
             So
             to
             those
             
               Heroes
               ,
            
             other
             men
             give
             them
             respect
             by
             way
             of
             advance
             ,
             without
             staying
             to
             take
             an
             inventory
             of
             their
             habilities
             .
          
           
             This
             is
             an
             Excellency
             deserving
             a
             Crown
             ,
             and
             being
             match'd
             with
             a
             great
             understanding
             and
             height
             of
             courage
             ,
             it
             can
             be
             said
             to
             want
             nothing
             why
             it
             should
             not
             form
             a
             
               Primum
               Mobile
            
             in
             politicks
             .
          
           
             This
             soveraign
             quality
             was
             in
             the
             person
             of
             
               Don
               Hernand
               Alvarez
               ,
            
             (
             Duke
             
               d'Alva
               )
            
             as
             in
             a
             throne
             :
             A
             lord
             more
             by
             privileges
             of
             nature
             than
             of
             curtesie
             :
             He
             was
             great
             ,
             
             &
             born
             to
             be
             greater
             ,
             for
             in
             his
             ordinary
             discourse
             He
             knew
             not
             how
             to
             disguise
             a
             naturall
             imperiousness
             .
          
           
             It
             holds
             great
             difference
             from
             a
             measur'd
             and
             borrow'd
             gravity
             ,
             from
             an
             affected
             tone
             of
             voyce
             ,
             which
             is
             a
             very
             fift
             essence
             of
             odiousness
             ,
             and
             though
             being
             naturall
             ,
             it
             might
             be
             born
             with
             ,
             yet
             it
             comes
             very
             neer
             to
             tedious
             importunity
             .
          
           
             The
             distruct
             which
             it
             hath
             of
             it self
             rayses
             contradictions
             upon
             every
             design
             .
             And
             if
             once
             it
             come
             but
             to
             lose
             confidence
             ,
             it
             falls
             off
             to
             be
             the
             skorn
             of
             
             the
             world
             .
             It
             was
             
             th'advise
             of
             the
             great
             
               Cato
               ,
            
             (
             and
             suitable
             to
             his
             severity
             )
             that
             a
             man
             should
             not
             only
             respect
             but
             be
             in
             fear
             of
             himself
             .
          
           
             He
             that
             loses
             himself
             to
             himself
             ,
             His
             fear
             gives
             licence
             to
             others
             ,
             and
             by
             his
             own
             permission
             he
             makes
             himself
             to
             be
             easily
             abused
             .
          
        
         
         
           
             EXCELLENCIE
             XV
             .
          
           
             
               De
               la
               sympathia
               sublime
               .
            
          
           
             IT
             is
             a
             perfection
             in
             one
             
               Heros
            
             to
             hold
             sympaphye
             with
             another
             .
             If
             a
             plant
             sympathize
             with
             the
             sun
             ,
             it
             grows
             among
             others
             to
             a
             Giantlik●
             height
             ,
             and
             the
             flower
             of
             it
             is
             the
             Crown
             of
             the
             garden
             .
          
           
             Sympathie
             is
             one
             of
             those
             prodigious
             things
             which
             nature
             hath
             seald
             up
             :
             but
             
             th'effects
             of
             it
             are
             matter
             of
             astonishment
             ,
             and
             subject
             of
             admiration
             .
          
           
           
             It
             consists
             in
             a
             parentage
             and
             kinred
             of
             hearts
             ,
             as
             all
             Antipathy
             is
             in
             a
             divorce
             of
             wills
             :
             Some
             give
             it
             the
             originall
             from
             a
             correspondence
             of
             tempers
             ,
             others
             from
             a
             supernall
             alliance
             in
             the
             stars
             .
          
           
             The
             first
             aspires
             as
             high
             as
             doing
             of
             miracles
             ,
             the
             other
             produces
             monstruosities
             .
             They
             are
             but
             the
             wonders
             of
             sympathie
             those
             which
             common
             ignorance
             calls
             charms
             ,
             and
             vulgar
             spirits
             will
             have
             them
             to
             be
             enchantments
             .
          
           
             The
             most
             accomplisht
             perfection
             suffers
             scorn
             from
             antipathie
             ,
             and
             the
             
             most
             deformed
             fowlnes
             is
             thought
             a
             perfection
             with
             sympathie
             .
          
           
             Even
             betwixt
             father
             and
             son
             it
             pretends
             a
             jurisdiction
             ,
             and
             exeqcutes
             every
             day
             something
             of
             power
             ,
             trampling
             upon
             laws
             ,
             and
             defeating
             the
             privileges
             of
             nature
             and
             policy
             .
             The
             antipathy
             of
             a
             father
             takes
             away
             a
             kingdome
             ,
             and
             a
             sympathie
             gives
             one
             .
          
           
             There
             is
             nothing
             which
             the
             merits
             of
             a
             sympathie
             cannot
             obtain
             ,
             it
             perswads
             without
             eloquence
             ,
             it
             compasses
             whatsoever
             it
             desires
             ,
             by
             presenting
             the
             
             symptomes
             of
             naturall
             Harmony
             .
          
           
             An
             eminent
             sympathie
             is
             the
             Character
             ,
             it
             is
             the
             starr
             that
             inclines
             to
             Heroicity
             :
             although
             some
             be
             of
             the
             nature
             of
             adamant
             that
             maintains
             antipathy
             with
             the
             diamant
             ,
             and
             holds
             sympathie
             with
             Iron
             :
             It
             is
             a
             monstruosity
             in
             nature
             to
             be
             in
             love
             with
             dross
             ,
             and
             to
             hate
             things
             of
             splendor
             .
          
           
             
               Lewis
            
             the
             11th
             was
             a
             Monster
             among
             kings
             .
             He
             had
             an
             antipathie
             to
             greatnesse
             ,
             more
             by
             nature
             than
             art
             .
             He
             was
             so
             wedded
             to
             his
             own
             principles
             that
             he
             lost
             himself
             in
             the
             
             dreggs
             of
             the
             Category
             of
             Policie
             .
          
           
             Active
             sympathy
             ,
             if
             it
             have
             any
             thing
             of
             sublimity
             ,
             raises
             the
             subject
             :
             but
             the
             passive
             more
             ,
             if
             it
             be
             Heroicall
             .
          
           
             It
             is
             more
             precious
             than
             the
             great
             stone
             in
             the
             ring
             of
             
               Giges
               ;
            
             and
             in
             power
             it
             is
             stronger
             than
             the
             chains
             of
             the
             
               Thebane
               .
            
             
          
           
             It
             is
             easy
             to
             have
             an
             inclination
             in
             observance
             of
             great
             men
             ,
             but
             it
             is
             not
             so
             easy
             to
             be
             like
             them
             in
             a
             Correlation
             .
             The
             Heart
             sighes
             and
             speakes
             alowd
             many
             times
             when
             it
             is
             not
             answered
             with
             an
             Eccho
             of
             correspondency
             .
             In
             the
             
             School
             of
             Love
             this
             is
             the
             A.
             B.
             C.
             where
             the
             first
             lesson
             is
             of
             sympathy
             ;
             let
             it
             then
             be
             a
             dexterity
             of
             discretion
             to
             know
             and
             comprehend
             perfectly
             the
             passive
             sympathie
             ;
             make
             use
             of
             this
             naturall
             Charm
             ,
             and
             let
             Art
             supply
             the
             defects
             of
             Nature
             ;
             it
             is
             an
             obstinacy
             as
             undiscreet
             as
             unprofitable
             ,
             to
             pretend
             to
             do
             any
             thing
             without
             this
             favour
             of
             Nature
             ,
             or
             to
             seek
             to
             conquer
             Wills
             without
             the
             munition
             of
             sympathy
             .
          
           
             But
             if
             it
             be
             in
             a
             King
             ,
             it
             may
             be
             called
             a
             Queen
             of
             all
             perfections
             :
             It
             exceeds
             the
             termes
             of
             a
             Prodigie
             ;
             
             It
             is
             a
             Basis
             that
             hath
             served
             to
             raise
             a
             Statue
             of
             immortality
             ,
             upon
             the
             foundations
             of
             a
             good
             Fortune
             .
          
           
             This
             so
             vast
             a
             perfection
             lies
             somtimes
             in
             a
             Lethargy
             ,
             if
             it
             be
             not
             relieved
             by
             the
             sweet
             breath
             of
             Favour
             .
             The
             Adamant
             drawes
             not
             iron
             beyond
             the
             limits
             of
             his
             attraction
             :
             Nor
             can
             a
             sympathy
             work
             beyond
             the
             spheare
             of
             his
             activity
             .
             The
             principall
             condition
             is
             to
             be
             within
             distance
             ;
             but
             take
             heed
             of
             in
             terposition
             .
          
           
             You
             that
             aspire
             to
             the
             qualities
             of
             
               Heroes
               ,
            
             rowse
             up
             your
             attentions
             ,
             for
             
             with
             him
             that
             attaines
             to
             this
             perfection
             ,
             the
             morning
             Sunne
             arises
             in
             a
             glorious
             light
             .
          
        
         
         
           
             EXCELLENCIE
             XVI
             .
          
           
             
               Renovacon
               de
               Grandeza
               .
            
          
           
             THe
             first
             imployments
             are
             a
             tryall
             of
             worth
             ,
             and
             a
             setting
             forth
             of
             credit
             and
             capacity
             to
             the
             view
             of
             the
             world
             .
             Miracles
             by
             accident
             which
             fall
             out
             in
             progression
             ,
             are
             not
             sufficient
             to
             enhanse
             ordinary
             beginings
             ;
             and
             what
             a
             man
             strives
             to
             do
             afterwards
             ,
             scarce
             makes
             amends
             for
             what
             he
             should
             have
             done
             before
             .
          
           
             A
             gallant
             begining
             hath
             this
             in
             advantage
             ,
             that
             beside
             
             what
             it
             gets
             of
             applause
             from
             the
             World
             ,
             it
             engages
             still
             to
             higher
             attempts
             .
          
           
             Suspition
             in
             matter
             of
             reputation
             ,
             at
             the
             begining
             is
             of
             the
             nature
             of
             Predestinaon
             ,
             which
             if
             once
             it
             enter
             into
             contempt
             ,
             it
             never
             gets
             out
             again
             .
          
           
             Let
             the
             
               Heroes
            
             raise
             himself
             like
             the
             Sun
             in
             his
             East
             ,
             affecting
             great
             enterprises
             ;
             but
             the
             greatest
             at
             the
             begining
             .
          
           
             A
             common
             employment
             can
             never
             get
             an
             extraordinary
             credit
             ;
             no
             more
             than
             a
             Pygmie
             can
             pass
             for
             a
             Giant
             .
          
           
             Advantagious
             beginings
             
             are
             affianc'd
             to
             good
             opinion
             ,
             and
             those
             of
             an
             
               Heroes
               ,
            
             must
             take
             their
             mark
             a
             hundred
             Furlongs
             beyond
             the
             projects
             of
             the
             vulgar
             .
          
           
             That
             Sun
             of
             Captaines
             ,
             and
             Generall
             of
             
               Heroes
               ,
            
             that
             Heroick
             Count
             
               Fuentes
               ,
            
             was
             born
             to
             be
             applauded
             .
          
           
             In
             one
             daies
             march
             of
             the
             Sunne
             ,
             which
             appeares
             like
             a
             Giant
             in
             his
             Orient
             ,
             he
             begun
             and
             finisht
             his
             Masterpiece
             .
          
           
             His
             first
             attempt
             might
             have
             been
             a
             Barricado
             to
             
             th'ambition
             of
             the
             God
             of
             War
             :
             He
             never
             made
             his
             Novitiat
             in
             Fame
             ,
             but
             past
             
             the
             first
             day
             to
             immortality
             .
          
           
             He
             besieged
             
               Cambray
               ,
            
             against
             the
             opinion
             of
             all
             the
             other
             Commanders
             ,
             his
             comprehension
             being
             as
             extravagant
             as
             his
             courage
             .
             He
             was
             sooner
             known
             for
             a
             
               Heroe
            
             than
             for
             a
             souldier
             .
          
           
             To
             disingage
             with
             Honor
             from
             a
             great
             expectation
             ,
             is
             no
             ordinary
             busines
             .
             He
             that
             is
             but
             a
             looker
             on
             conceives
             highly
             ,
             because
             it
             costs
             him
             less
             to
             imagin
             great
             actions
             ,
             than
             another
             to
             put
             them
             in
             execution
             :
             an
             exploit
             unlookt
             for
             ,
             shews
             more
             than
             a
             Prodigie
             that
             was
             prevented
             by
             expectation
          
           
           
             The
             Cedar
             growes
             more
             in
             his
             first
             morning
             ,
             than
             Hisop
             in
             an
             age
             :
             because
             the
             first
             fruites
             being
             vigorous
             ,
             the
             second
             threaten
             a
             gigantick
             growth
             .
          
           
             A
             maxim
             in
             the
             Antecedent
             drawes
             a
             mighty
             consequence
             ,
             the
             power
             of
             Fortune
             declares
             it self
             :
             the
             greatnes
             of
             a
             capacity
             ,
             universall
             applause
             ,
             and
             common
             grace
             attend
             it
             .
          
           
             But
             vigorous
             beginnings
             are
             not
             enough
             ,
             where
             it
             failes
             in
             the
             progress
             :
             
               Nero
            
             began
             his
             Reign
             with
             the
             applause
             of
             a
             
               Phoenix
               ,
            
             but
             ended
             it
             with
             the
             horrour
             of
             a
             
               Basilisk
               .
            
          
           
           
             If
             disproportionable
             extremes
             come
             to
             be
             joyned
             together
             ,
             there
             can
             be
             no
             production
             but
             monstruosity
             .
          
           
             It
             is
             a
             hard
             matter
             to
             keep
             credit
             alwaies
             growing
             ,
             and
             as
             hard
             as
             it
             was
             to
             give
             it
             a
             beginning
             ;
             Reputation
             growes
             old
             ,
             and
             applause
             is
             perishable
             as
             all
             other
             things
             ,
             because
             the
             Lawes
             of
             time
             know
             no
             exception
             .
          
           
             The
             Philosophers
             say
             ,
             that
             the
             Sun
             ,
             the
             greatest
             of
             Lights
             ,
             hath
             lost
             much
             of
             that
             splendour
             and
             heat
             which
             it
             had
             at
             the
             Creation
             .
          
           
             But
             it
             is
             of
             an
             Eagles
             nature
             
             as
             well
             as
             of
             a
             Phoenix
             to
             grow
             young
             in
             Fame
             ,
             to
             renew
             greatnes
             ,
             and
             to
             bring
             applause
             to
             a
             second
             birth
             .
          
           
             The
             Sunne
             every
             day
             changes
             his
             Horizons
             ,
             and
             removes
             his
             fires
             to
             new
             Theaters
             :
             to
             this
             end
             ,
             that
             a
             privation
             in
             the
             one
             ,
             and
             a
             newness
             in
             the
             other
             ,
             may
             perpetuate
             admiration
             and
             desire
             .
          
           
             When
             the
             
               Caesars
            
             returned
             from
             illustrating
             the
             rest
             of
             the
             world
             with
             their
             victories
             ,
             they
             came
             alwaies
             back
             to
             their
             Orient
             of
             
               Rome
               ,
            
             where
             they
             were
             received
             like
             new-born
             Monarchs
             .
          
           
           
             The
             King
             of
             Metalls
             passing
             from
             one
             world
             to
             an
             other
             ,
             hath
             also
             past
             from
             an
             extremity
             of
             contempt
             to
             another
             of
             
             estimation
             .
          
           
             The
             greatest
             perfection
             loses
             of
             his
             worth
             by
             being
             every
             day
             in
             sight
             :
             the
             object
             cloyes
             desire
             ,
             and
             distasts
             Appetite
             .
          
        
         
         
           
             EXCELLENCIE
             XVII
             .
          
           
             
               Toda
               prienda
               son
               affectation
               .
            
             
               Every
               perfection
               without
               affectation
               .
            
          
           
             EVery
             perfection
             ,
             every
             excellency
             ,
             must
             serve
             to
             adorn
             the
             
               Heros
               ,
            
             but
             he
             must
             affect
             none
             ,
             for
             affectation
             is
             the
             Conterpoids
             of
             greatnes
             .
          
           
             Affectation
             is
             a
             tacit
             praysing
             of
             ones
             self
             ,
             and
             for
             a
             man
             to
             commend
             himself
             is
             the
             surest
             way
             to
             be
             expos'd
             to
             scorn
             .
             Perfection
             must
             be
             in
             a
             mans
             self
             ,
             but
             praise
             in
             
             others
             :
             and
             't
             is
             a
             deserv'd
             punishment
             ,
             that
             he
             that
             so
             foolishly
             remembers
             himself
             ,
             should
             be
             as
             discreetly
             forgotten
             by
             others
             .
          
           
             There
             is
             nothing
             so
             free
             from
             servitude
             as
             estimation
             ,
             it
             is
             subject
             to
             no
             artifice
             ,
             much
             lesse
             to
             violence
             .
             It
             yeelds
             it self
             sooner
             to
             a
             dumb
             eloquence
             of
             deserts
             ,
             than
             to
             a
             vanity
             of
             ostentation
             .
          
           
             A
             little
             esteem
             of
             ones
             self
             hinders
             a
             great
             deal
             of
             applause
             from
             others
             .
          
           
             All
             wise
             men
             judge
             every
             affected
             quality
             rather
             to
             be
             violent
             than
             naturall
             ,
             rather
             apparent
             than
             
             reall
             ,
             and
             so
             it
             abates
             much
             of
             estimation
             .
          
           
             All
             
               Narcissuses
            
             are
             fooles
             ,
             but
             those
             that
             are
             so
             in
             their
             minds
             are
             incurable
             ,
             because
             their
             disease
             lyes
             in
             the
             remedie
             .
          
           
             So
             then
             ,
             if
             to
             affect
             perfections
             be
             a
             folly
             of
             
             eight
             ,
             what
             degree
             shall
             be
             left
             for
             them
             that
             affect
             imperfections
             ?
             By
             avoyding
             affectation
             ,
             some
             fall
             into
             the
             very
             center
             of
             it
             ,
             while
             they
             affect
             not
             to
             affect
             .
          
           
             
               Tiberius
            
             lov'd
             dissimulation
             ,
             but
             he
             knew
             not
             how
             to
             dissemble
             his
             dissimulation
             .
             The
             perfection
             of
             an
             art
             consists
             in
             the
             
             well
             disguising
             of
             it
             :
             and
             the
             greatest
             artifice
             must
             be
             cover'd
             with
             a
             greater
             than
             it self
             .
          
           
             He
             that
             partaking
             of
             many
             perfections
             ,
             seemes
             to
             have
             none
             in
             estimation
             ,
             is
             of
             a
             double
             greatnes
             ,
             for
             by
             a
             generous
             disdain
             he
             awakens
             the
             common
             attention
             ,
             and
             seeming
             to
             be
             blind
             in
             his
             own
             virtues
             ,
             He
             makes
             others
             open
             
               Argus's
            
             eyes
             upon
             him
             .
          
           
             This
             may
             be
             call'd
             a
             miracle
             of
             dexterities
             ,
             for
             if
             others
             rise
             to
             greatnes
             by
             other
             wayes
             ,
             this
             guides
             him
             to
             a
             throne
             of
             fame
             by
             a
             contrary
             way
             ,
             seting
             him
             
             under
             a
             Canopy
             of
             immortalitie
             .
          
        
         
           
             EXCELLENCIE
             XVIII
             .
          
           
             
               Emulacion
               de
               idaeas
            
          
           
             THe
             greatest
             part
             of
             
               Heroes
            
             left
             no
             sons
             behind
             them
             ,
             and
             though
             they
             did
             ,
             yet
             they
             prov'd
             not
             
               Heroes
               :
            
             but
             yet
             they
             wanted
             not
             imitators
             .
             Heaven
             rather
             expos'd
             them
             for
             examples
             of
             valour
             ,
             than
             for
             propagators
             of
             nature
             .
          
           
             Eminent
             men
             are
             the
             living
             texts
             of
             reputation
             ,
             from
             whom
             an
             able
             man
             may
             take
             lessons
             of
             greatnesse
             
             by
             repeating
             their
             actions
             ,
             and
             interpreting
             their
             exployts
             .
          
           
             They
             must
             still
             set
             before
             them
             such
             as
             are
             the
             first
             in
             every
             predicament
             ,
             not
             so
             much
             for
             Imitation
             as
             Emulation
             ,
             not
             to
             follow
             but
             to
             get
             before
             them
             .
          
           
             
               Achilles
            
             was
             the
             
               Heroick
            
             wakener
             of
             
               Alexander
               ,
            
             who
             sleeping
             in
             his
             sepulchre
             ,
             awakened
             him
             by
             the
             Emulation
             of
             his
             fame
             ;
             The
             generous
             
               Macedonian
            
             open'd
             his
             eyes
             ,
             asmuch
             to
             weep
             ,
             as
             to
             behold
             him
             ,
             and
             wept
             not
             to
             see
             
               Achilles
            
             in
             his
             to●mb
             ,
             but
             to
             see
             himself
             
             so
             farr
             behind
             him
             in
             renown
             .
          
           
             
               Alexander
            
             engaged
             
               Caesar
            
             in
             the
             very
             same
             kind
             ,
             &
             look
             what
             
               Achilles
            
             was
             to
             
               Alexander
               ,
               Alexander
            
             was
             the
             same
             to
             
               Caesar
               .
            
             It
             prickt
             him
             to
             the
             quick
             in
             the
             generositie
             of
             his
             heart
             ,
             and
             thrust
             him
             on
             so
             farr
             ,
             that
             he
             put
             fame
             into
             the
             balance
             ,
             and
             greatnesse
             into
             comparison
             :
             because
             if
             
               Alexander
            
             made
             the
             Orient
             to
             be
             the
             large
             theater
             of
             his
             prowesses
             ,
             
               Caesar
            
             made
             the
             Occident
             to
             be
             so
             of
             his
             .
          
           
             The
             Magnanimous
             
               Don
               Alonso
            
             of
             
               Aragon
            
             and
             
             
               Naples
               ,
            
             us'd
             to
             say
             ,
             that
             a
             couragious
             Horse
             ,
             was
             not
             more
             moov'd
             by
             the
             sound
             of
             the
             trumpet
             ,
             than
             he
             felt
             himself
             enflam'd
             by
             the
             trump
             of
             
               Caesar's
            
             fame
             .
          
           
             And
             it
             is
             worth
             observation
             to
             see
             how
             these
             
               Heroes
            
             go
             inheriting
             each
             others
             greatnes
             ,
             by
             their
             emulation
             ,
             and
             by
             their
             greatnesse
             ,
             their
             fame
             .
          
           
             In
             every
             employment
             there
             are
             some
             that
             occupy
             the
             first
             classe
             ,
             and
             others
             the
             lowest
             :
             Some
             are
             the
             miracles
             of
             excellency
             ,
             and
             others
             the
             
               Antipodes
            
             of
             miracles
             ,
             let
             a
             wise
             man
             graduate
             them
             as
             
             they
             deserve
             ,
             and
             make
             himself
             perfect
             in
             the
             categorie
             of
             
               Heroes
               ,
            
             and
             in
             the
             catalogue
             of
             fame
             .
          
           
             
               Plutark
            
             in
             his
             parallels
             made
             a
             table
             of
             the
             
               Heroes
            
             of
             former
             ages
             ,
             and
             
               Paulus
               Jovius
            
             in
             his
             elogies
             ,
             a
             list
             of
             the
             modern
             .
          
           
             Now
             it
             is
             desir'd
             perhaps
             to
             have
             an
             absolute
             Chrysis
             ,
             but
             what
             wit
             shall
             presume
             to
             make
             one
             ?
          
           
             It
             is
             easie
             to
             assigne
             them
             a
             place
             in
             time
             ,
             but
             it
             is
             hard
             to
             set
             a
             right
             valew
             upon
             them
             .
             It
             might
             have
             been
             an
             universall
             Idaea
             :
             if
             it
             had
             not
             past
             to
             be
             a
             miracle
             ,
             leaving
             all
             
             imitation
             in
             idleness
             ,
             and
             only
             taking
             up
             admiration
             .
          
           
             That
             Monarck
             of
             
               Heroes
               ,
            
             the
             first
             of
             the
             worlds
             inanimated
             wonders
             and
             4th
             of
             Spanish
             
               Philips
               ,
            
             to
             whom
             as
             to
             the
             sun
             of
             the
             House
             of
             
               Austria
               ,
            
             they
             owe
             their
             foure
             sphere
             ,
             Let
             him
             be
             a
             generall
             looking
             glasse
             that
             represents
             not
             only
             magnitudes
             but
             maximities
             .
             Let
             him
             be
             call'd
             the
             common
             object
             of
             emulation
             for
             
               Heroes
               ,
            
             being
             the
             center
             of
             all
             his
             own
             prowesses
             ,
             and
             let
             applause
             equivocate
             it self
             into
             blasons
             ,
             with
             Eminent
             ,
             ph
             〈…〉
             ies
             :
             of
             
             sense
             .
             He
             that
             for
             his
             felicity
             
             may
             be
             call'd
             the
             fortunate
             ,
             for
             his
             courage
             the
             valiant
             ,
             for
             his
             wisedome
             the
             discreet
             ,
             for
             his
             zeal
             the
             most
             catholick
             ,
             for
             his
             ayrinesse
             the
             most
             entregented
             ,
             and
             in
             all
             things
             the
             universall
             .
          
        
         
         
           
             EXCELLENCIE
             XIX
             .
          
           
             
               Paradoxa
               Critica
               .
            
          
           
             ALthough
             our
             
               Heroe
            
             may
             be
             secure
             from
             the
             Ostracism
             of
             
               Athens
               ,
            
             yet
             he
             will
             be
             in
             some
             danger
             of
             the
             Criticismes
             of
             
               Spain
               .
            
             The
             extravagancie
             of
             those
             may
             make
             him
             an
             exile
             at
             home
             ;
             but
             he
             can
             be
             banished
             but
             to
             the
             precincts
             of
             Fame
             ,
             and
             to
             the
             confines
             of
             immortality
             .
          
           
             This
             Paradox
             condems
             him
             to
             be
             peccant
             for
             not
             sinning
             :
             It
             is
             a
             criticall
             primacy
             of
             a
             veniall
             falling
             
             into
             Prudence
             and
             Valour
             ,
             only
             to
             entertain
             Envy
             ,
             and
             to
             feed
             Malignity
             .
          
           
             These
             Criticks
             conclude
             it
             impossible
             for
             any
             man
             to
             escape
             their
             censure
             ,
             although
             he
             had
             resplendent
             perfections
             ;
             because
             they
             are
             so
             like
             the
             hungry
             Harpies
             ,
             which
             when
             they
             fail
             of
             finding
             a
             prey
             that
             's
             base
             enough
             for
             them
             ,
             fall
             upon
             some
             better
             .
          
           
             There
             are
             intentions
             compounded
             of
             so
             subtle
             and
             Metaphysicall
             poyson
             ,
             that
             they
             can
             transform
             the
             best
             qualities
             ,
             and
             make
             the
             best
             perfections
             abortive
             ,
             giving
             a
             sinister
             inpretation
             
             to
             the
             most
             justified
             pretences
             .
          
           
             So
             it
             must
             pass
             for
             a
             sleight
             of
             Policy
             to
             consent
             to
             some
             veniall
             sinns
             ,
             that
             Envy
             may
             have
             somthing
             to
             gnaw
             on
             ,
             and
             the
             poyson
             of
             Emulation
             may
             be
             diverted
             .
          
           
             Let
             it
             pass
             for
             a
             politick
             treacle
             ,
             for
             a
             counterpoyson
             of
             Prudence
             ;
             since
             being
             bred
             out
             of
             an
             infirmity
             ,
             it
             is
             attended
             with
             Health
             :
             It
             secures
             the
             heart
             by
             exposing
             it self
             to
             detraction
             ,
             and
             drawing
             the
             venom
             to
             it self
             .
          
           
             Beside
             we
             see
             somtimes
             a
             little
             defect
             in
             Nature
             ,
             adds
             a
             perfection
             in
             other
             
             parts
             :
             a
             Naeve
             ,
             or
             Mole
             upon
             the
             Face
             raises
             the
             
             lustre
             of
             a
             beauty
             .
          
           
             There
             are
             defects
             without
             defect
             :
             
               Alcibiades
            
             affected
             some
             in
             Valour
             ,
             
               Ovid
            
             alowed
             some
             in
             the
             highest
             Wits
             ,
             and
             call'd
             them
             cauterizing
             for
             healths
             sake
             .
          
           
             But
             this
             perfection
             seems
             an
             idle
             one
             ,
             and
             is
             rather
             a
             curiosity
             of
             a
             man
             conceited
             of
             himself
             ,
             than
             any
             point
             of
             discretion
             .
          
           
             But
             who
             can
             be
             that
             Sun
             without
             an
             Ecclips
             ,
             that
             Diamant
             without
             a
             cloud
             or
             a
             flaw
             ,
             that
             Rose
             without
             a
             prick
             ?
          
           
             There
             needs
             no
             artifice
             
             where
             Nature
             is
             sufficient
             ,
             and
             all
             affectation
             is
             superfluous
             where
             neglect
             is
             becoming
             .
          
        
         
           
             EXCELLENCIE
             the
             last
             .
          
           
             ALL
             Light
             descends
             from
             him
             that
             is
             the
             Father
             of
             Lights
             ,
             and
             if
             from
             the
             Father
             ,
             then
             to
             his
             Sonnes
             :
             Virtue
             is
             the
             daughter
             of
             auxiliant
             light
             and
             hath
             an
             inheritance
             of
             splendor
             .
          
           
             Sin
             is
             a
             monster
             ,
             wherof
             blindnes
             hath
             made
             abortion
             ,
             and
             therefore
             it
             is
             the
             heir
             of
             darknes
             .
          
           
             Every
             
               Heroe
            
             partakes
             as
             
             much
             of
             Felicity
             and
             Greatnes
             ,
             as
             he
             does
             of
             Virtue
             ;
             because
             from
             the
             hour
             of
             birth
             ,
             to
             that
             of
             death
             ,
             they
             run
             parallell
             lines
             .
             In
             
               Saul
            
             they
             were
             both
             ecclipst
             ,
             and
             in
             
               David
            
             they
             appeard
             like
             the
             dawning
             of
             the
             day
             .
          
           
             
               Constantine
            
             was
             the
             first
             among
             the
             
               Caesars
            
             that
             was
             called
             the
             Great
             ,
             and
             he
             was
             also
             the
             first
             Christian
             Emperour
             :
             He
             was
             that
             Oracle
             that
             declared
             the
             first
             aliance
             betwixt
             Christian
             virtues
             &
             greatness
             .
          
           
             
               Charles
            
             the
             first
             Emperour
             of
             the
             house
             of
             
               France
               ,
            
             obtained
             the
             same
             renown
             by
             being
             called
             
             
               Charlemain
               ,
            
             and
             aspired
             to
             be
             a
             Saint
             .
          
           
             
               Lewis
            
             that
             most
             glorious
             King
             of
             France
             ,
             was
             the
             flower
             of
             Saints
             and
             of
             Kings
             by
             the
             name
             of
             Saint
             
               Louys
               .
            
          
           
             In
             
               Spain
               Ferdinand
               ,
            
             commonly
             called
             the
             Holy
             ,
             in
             
               Castile
            
             was
             one
             of
             the
             great
             men
             of
             the
             world
             .
          
           
             The
             Conquerour
             of
             
               Aragon
            
             consecrated
             as
             many
             Temples
             to
             the
             Empress
             of
             Heaven
             ,
             as
             he
             won
             Castles
             .
          
           
             The
             two
             Catholick
             Kings
             
               Ferdinand
            
             and
             
               Isabell
               ,
            
             were
             the
             
               non
               plus
               ultra
               ,
            
             I
             mean
             the
             Columnes
             of
             the
             Faith
             .
          
           
           
             The
             Good
             ,
             the
             Great
             ,
             the
             Pious
             ,
             the
             Zealous
             of
             
               Philips
            
             of
             
               Spain
               ,
            
             without
             
             losing
             one
             hand-breadth
             of
             Earth
             ,
             won
             Heaven
             by
             ells
             ,
             and
             subdued
             more
             Monsters
             by
             his
             virtues
             ,
             than
             
               Alcides
            
             with
             his
             club
             .
          
           
             Among
             Captaines
             
               Godfrey
            
             of
             
               Bullion
               ,
               George
               Castriot
               ,
            
             the
             great
             Captain
             
               Gonzalo
               Fernandez
            
             the
             first
             Knight
             of
             
               Sanctacruz
               ,
            
             and
             that
             terror
             of
             Turkes
             
               Don
               Juan
            
             of
             
               Austria
               ,
            
             have
             been
             mirors
             of
             virtue
             ,
             and
             Temples
             of
             Christian
             piety
             .
          
           
             Among
             the
             
               Heroes
            
             of
             the
             Church
             ,
             the
             two
             first
             to
             whom
             greatness
             gave
             a
             
             furname
             ,
             
               Gregory
            
             and
             
               Leo
               ,
            
             have
             had
             their
             greatest
             lustre
             from
             their
             Sanctity
             .
          
           
             Saint
             
               Augustine
            
             (
             that
             Sun
             of
             spirits
             )
             reduces
             all
             the
             greatnes
             of
             the
             Gentills
             and
             of
             Infidells
             to
             a
             foundation
             of
             Morall
             virtues
             .
          
           
             The
             greatness
             of
             
               Alexander
            
             was
             never
             confin'd
             till
             his
             virtues
             began
             to
             decline
             ,
             and
             
               Hercules
            
             gave
             not
             over
             conquering
             Monsters
             of
             strength
             ,
             untill
             he
             yielded
             himself
             to
             the
             weaknes
             of
             incontinency
             .
          
           
             The
             justice
             of
             .
             Fortune
             grew
             to
             be
             as
             cruell
             to
             the
             two
             
               Neroes
               ,
            
             as
             they
             had
             
             shew'd
             themselves
             tyrannous
             to
             their
             Vassalls
             .
          
           
             
               Sardanapalus
               ,
               Caligula
               ,
            
             and
             
               Rodrigo
               ,
            
             were
             the
             Monsters
             of
             lasciviousness
             ,
             and
             basenes
             of
             courage
             ,
             and
             after
             became
             examples
             of
             horrible
             punishment
             .
          
           
             In
             Monarchies
             the
             same
             Divine
             Justice
             is
             observable
             ;
             That
             Nation
             which
             deserved
             to
             be
             called
             the
             Flower
             of
             Kingdomes
             ,
             
             maintained
             greatnes
             while
             Piety
             and
             Religion
             florisht
             :
             as
             soon
             as
             Heresie
             sprung
             up
             ,
             she
             withered
             as
             fast
             .
          
           
             The
             Phoenix
             of
             Provinces
             found
             a
             Tombe
             in
             the
             
             
             ashes
             of
             
               Rodrigo
               ,
            
             and
             was
             born
             again
             in
             the
             Piety
             of
             
               Pelagius
               ,
            
             or
             in
             the
             zeal
             of
             
               Ferdinand
               .
            
          
           
             The
             great
             house
             of
             
               Austria
            
             made
             her self
             the
             wonder
             of
             Families
             ,
             by
             founding
             her
             greatnes
             in
             that
             which
             is
             the
             Cipher
             and
             Epitome
             of
             Gods
             Miracles
             ,
             and
             set
             her
             Imperiall
             blood
             in
             the
             Rubick
             ,
             by
             a
             religious
             devotion
             to
             that
             blood
             of
             our
             Lord
             which
             is
             in
             the
             holy
             Sacrament
             of
             the
             Altar
             .
          
           
             Now
             you
             judicious
             spirits
             that
             pretend
             to
             
               Heroicity
               ,
            
             observe
             this
             most
             important
             quality
             ,
             make
             this
             your
             most
             constant
             piece
             of
             Policy
             .
          
           
           
             No
             greatnes
             can
             lay
             a
             foundation
             in
             sin
             (
             which
             is
             nothing
             )
             but
             in
             God
             who
             is
             all
             in
             all
             .
          
           
             If
             mortall
             Excellency
             be
             to
             be
             desired
             ,
             eternall
             Excellency
             is
             to
             be
             ambitionated
             .
          
           
             To
             be
             a
             
               Heros
            
             of
             the
             World
             is
             very
             little
             (
             or
             rather
             nothing
             )
             but
             to
             be
             an
             
               Heros
            
             of
             Heaven
             is
             somthing
             ;
             
               To
               whose
               great
               Monark
               be
               praise
               and
               Honor
               and
               Glory
               .
            
          
        
         
           FINIS
           .
        
      
    
     
       
         Notes, typically marginal, from the original text
         
           Notes for div A41737e-340
           
             Duke
             de
             Lerma
             .
          
        
         
           Notes for div A41737e-490
           
             As
             in
             leaping
             or
             pitching
             the
             Barre
             .
          
           
             America
             .
          
           
             Ferdinand●
             
          
           
             Isabella
             .
          
           
             The
             11th
             〈◊〉
             France
             .
          
           
             Isabella
             ,
             wife
             of
             Ferdinand
             
          
           
             ●ut
             Caesar
             〈◊〉
             .
          
           
             This
             was
             
               Philip
            
             the
             second
             of
             
               Spain
            
             in
             allusion
             to
             that
             great
             
               Philip
            
             of
             
               Macedon
               .
            
          
           
             Hercules
             
          
           
             Successus
             〈…〉
             rgere
             suos
             ,
             〈…〉
             nstare
             favori
             Numius
             :
             Et
             so
             〈…〉
             itus
             in
             〈…〉
             aeceps
             mit
             〈…〉
             ere
             
               Caesar
            
             Fortunam
             .
             
               〈…〉
               ucan
               .
            
          
           
             See
             
               St●●daes
            
             first
             book
             of
             Decades
             neatly
             Eng
             lisht
             .
          
           
             At
             the
             battel
             of
             
               Pavy
            
          
           
             young
             adversary
             Hen
             2
             the
             son
             of
             
               France
               ;
            
             Fortuna
             est
             juvenum
             .
             
               Strada
               .
            
          
           
             
               Charls
            
             was
             now
             grownold
             and
             had
             a
             
          
           
             
               Prince
            
             Rupert
             .
          
           
             He
             intends
             some
             one
             of
             that
             family
             
               De
               le
               Lunae
               .
            
          
           
             Sowre
             sweet
             
          
           
             Charles
             9th
             Henry
             3.
             
          
           
             Delicias
             humani
             generis
             .
          
           
             King
             of
             
               Naples
               .
            
          
           
             Fernando
             Gonsales
             .
          
           
             He
             took
             
               France
            
             prisoner
             at
             
               Pavy
            
             battel
             .
          
           
             Hercul
             .
          
           
             from
             
               America
            
             where
             it
             growes
             to
             
               Europ
               .
            
          
           
             Royall
             of
             reald
             de
             〈◊〉
             is
             the
             hig●est
             coyn
             of
             Silver
             in
             
               Spain
               .
            
          
           
             See
             how
             this
             excessive
             comendation
             agrees
             with
             the
             5
             excellence
             .
             He
             calls
             him
             fortunate
             for
             losing
             
               Portugall
            
             and
             
               Catalgo
               nia
               .
            
          
           
             Or
             blac
             patch
             
          
           
             Phil.
             3.
             
          
           
             France
             .
          
           
             ●●●in
             .