. An English garner; ingatherings from our history and literature . Sir Francis Drake revived; Callmg upon this dull or effeminate Age, to follow hisnoble steps for gold and silver. S THERE is a general Vengeance whichsecretly pursueth the doers of wrong, andsuffereth them not to prosper, albeit noman of purpose empeach them: so is therea particular Indignation, engraffed in thebosom of all that are wronged, whichceaseth not seeking, by all means possible,to redress or remedy the wrong as those great and mighty men, in whom theirprosperous estate hath bred such an overweening
. An English garner; ingatherings from our history and literature . Sir Francis Drake revived; Callmg upon this dull or effeminate Age, to follow hisnoble steps for gold and silver. S THERE is a general Vengeance whichsecretly pursueth the doers of wrong, andsuffereth them not to prosper, albeit noman of purpose empeach them: so is therea particular Indignation, engraffed in thebosom of all that are wronged, whichceaseth not seeking, by all means possible,to redress or remedy the wrong as those great and mighty men, in whom theirprosperous estate hath bred such an overweening of them-selves, that they do not only wrong their inferiors, but despisethem being injured, seem to take a very unfit course fortheir own safety, and far unfitter for their rest. For asEsop teacheth, even the fly hath her spleen, and the emmet{ant] is not without her choler; and both together manytimes find means whereby, though the eagle lays her eggs inJupiters lap, yet by one way or other, she escapeth notrequital of her wrong done [to] the emmet. Among the m
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