Five books of philosophicall comfort ... . p;ion, neither of themcould compafle that, which theydefired. Wherefore what power isthiSjthatthepofireflbrsfeare^whichwhen thou wilt haue, thou art notfecure, and when thou f wilt leaue,thoucanfl not avoid. Are wee thebetter for thofe friends, which louevs not for our vertue, but for ourprofperity?But whorne profperitiernaketi our friend, aduerlitie willmake our enemy. And what plague is Phtlofophicall Comfort. \ 6l :s able to hurt vs more, then afarni-ii renemie? Th e V. Verse. True power confijlctb in conquering ouroipnepafiions. WHo would bepowerf
Five books of philosophicall comfort ... . p;ion, neither of themcould compafle that, which theydefired. Wherefore what power isthiSjthatthepofireflbrsfeare^whichwhen thou wilt haue, thou art notfecure, and when thou f wilt leaue,thoucanfl not avoid. Are wee thebetter for thofe friends, which louevs not for our vertue, but for ourprofperity?But whorne profperitiernaketi our friend, aduerlitie willmake our enemy. And what plague is Phtlofophicall Comfort. \ 6l :s able to hurt vs more, then afarni-ii renemie? Th e V. Verse. True power confijlctb in conquering ouroipnepafiions. WHo would bepowerful!, muftHis owne aft cltons checke,Nor letfoule raynes cj lujlSubdue his ccnqitrd neckg*Tor though the Indian landShould tremble at thj beck*)Ard though thy dread commandThe fart hejl parts obey,XJnleffe thou baldly drtxt awayBlack* care andypretchedmoaveThy might islmaflornone. Th e VI. Prose. That true bappinejje confijiethnot in forx glory, how deceit-full is it oftentimes anddiflionefl ? For which caufe. 1 glory of-ten folic. Boetim his OgUria% %Urtattnfimtts tam WilLuipref$i%HAm tuarnfcctfttmag-nam. b Tfce vani-tie Oi trueglorie. «T!iC final mile of it. caufe the Tragicall Poet deferuedlyexclameth; • Ms*^a pup<W/ j »? Cyrvv*&zvyiyvci &QTQV oy wed* y.*y&Y fat manv hauebin much fpoken of by the falfe opi-nions of the common what can bee imaginedmore vilc?For thole who are falfelycommended mull: needes Mufti attheir owne praifes. Which thoughthey be gottenb by deferts, yet whatadde they to a wife mans confer-ence- who meafijrerh his ownegood, not by popular rumours, butby his owne certaine if it feemeth a fare thins tohauedilated ourfame, confequent-ly wee mud iudge it a foule thingnottohaue it extended. But fmceas I fliewed a litle before, there mull:needes be many: nations, to whichthe fame of one man cannot arriue,it commeth to he,whom thou ThilofGphicall Comfort. fy thou sftccmcft glorious, i
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