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Show j&iRE JLT V L A C j. Men in great place, arc. tlirico scr- Ivantsj servants ov.-tho BOveroign or state, Jseryanta'oE fame, and seryants of business; so as tboy bavo no freecloin, neither !in, their pcrsonsj' nof - in their-actions, their-actions, nor in their times. It is a: Btrango desiro to seek power and to lose liberty; or to bcok powor ovcrf others, and, to loso power over a manV self. The rising unto plaeo is laborious, labori-ous, and by pains men como to groatcr painsj and it,a. sometimes base, and by indignities men como to .dignities. The standing is slippery, and this regress is ' cither a downfall, or at least an eclipse j which is a melancholy thing: uCum non sis qui fucris, non esse cor volis viverct" Way, rctiro men cannot when they would, neither will they when it worojeasonj but. aro impatient of pri vateness oven in ago anu sickness, which j require tho shadow; like old towns-men, that will bo Still sitting at their street ' door, though-thcrpby,thoy offer ago to scorn . Certainly "great persons had ; neod-to borrpw.Qtheri -men's opinions to think" themselves happy; tit if they, judge, by; fibeir, own feeling,, they cannot can-not find it: D.uti they think with themselves them-selves what other men think of them, and that other men would fain bo as I they arojthen they aro happy as it! were by report, when, perhaps, they find the contrary within; for they aro the first that find their own griofs, though they bo tho last that find their own faults. Certainly incn in great fortunes aro strangers to themselves, and 'while they aro in tho puzzlo of business they have no timo to tend their health oithor of body or mind: 'Dli mors gravis incubat, qui notus nimia omnibus, ignotus moritur Btbi." In place thoro is liconso to do good and evil; whereof tho latter is a curse: for in evil the best condition is not to will; tho second not to can. But power to do good is tho true and lawful end of aspiring; for good thoughts., ( though B God accept them), yet towards men are little oetter than good dreams, ex-9 ex-9 ccpt they bo put in act; and. that can-Is can-Is not bo without power and place, as tho H vantage and commanding ground, H Merit and good works is the end of H man's motion; and conscionco of tho sairio.istho accomplishment of teams' rest; for if aroan:an - bo partake1 of God's theatre, hshall likewise bo par, taker;: otirGod's? rcst; Et.s'cdnvcrsus Bousj.utftspiceret operd,: qua:', fcocrurit mahus' sutis; vidit.uod.' omnia essSrit bona' nimisjr and then' the' sabbath-Iii :tho dischargq.of thy placcirsdt, before thcip; the bost'oxamples; for, imitation; is , a globe of pteccpfe; and1, after v timd set bofororthco thinc owh;cxampIej, and cxatnif io .thycl t.etrictly whetner, thou: didst ii6t host at" first;'. '"Ncglcct-jidt' also the licxampic8.-;p'' those that' have, carried themselves? ill. in the. same !place;:nofc to set off tliysdlf. by' taxing their. ,mcmory, tratr , to,1 direct - thyself, what i td.s avoid.Roform, therpfdro, without bravery or scandal of 'former times. and pcrsonSj-but yei set .it uowS. to thyfjelfj.aswoll to creatd dd, pfe-;ccdentai''aa pfe-;ccdentai''aa to, Jolldw jthcnii" Keduce things to tho, firs institutionj and oh-stil,tfl3,a oh-stil,tfl3,a .n3;hpV.thcyhavo dp-gcncrafcu,J?ct.,askcouns dp-gcncrafcu,J?ct.,askcouns both Times; of tho anc;?Qt;,timoiwhat is bpst; and of'thKlattP tlmd irhat is fittest. Seek-to' mako'thyjPpsl-so rogclar, that rnen ;may khdw; bdrcharid' Tvhat, "tuey'j ro'ayjexpect; butbo'nottQodsitiva imd peremptory ;'.atid-: express thyscjt wcli l wjicn thdtt ligresfies,Xrdm thy rule; 3?rpsci'vb "Uifl right. o4 thy placo, but stir not questions of jurisdiction; and i rather assume thy tight in silence, and "do facto" than voice It with, claims' and challenges. Preserve likewise the rights of inferior places; and think it niorp. honor to direct in chief than to belmsyin all. Embrace and invite helps and advices, touching the execution execu-tion of thy place; and do not drive away such as bring thee information as mcddlcrsv.lmt accept of ihem in good part. 'Xho. vices of auUiority aro chiefly four; delays, corniptfon rpuli-ness, rpuli-ness, and facility; Eor delays give .casyiacccss; keop, times Appointed; go through' with, that whlclc is in hand, and intcrla'ccwiot business but of necessity. Edir corruption, do npt only bind tliinp own liahds' or thy strvant's hands from taking, but uirid tliphands 'Pf suitors also" from' offering; for integrity used uqtu tuo one;, out integrity pro r.esseu,-and r.esseu,-and wifli a manifPst dctcstation,.o bribery, bri-bery, doth the other; and avoid not. only thp fault, but tho suspicion. Whosoever Who-soever is found variable, and changeth manifestly without manifest cause, givcth suspicion of corruption; thcro-fdrci thcro-fdrci always when thou changost thihp opinion Pr course, profess; it plainly, and declare it, together with the reasons rea-sons that move thee to. change, and jdo not think to s.tcal it.. A servant or a favorite, if he bo inward and no other apparent cause of esteem, is commonly thought hut a by-way to close corruption. corrup-tion. For roughness, it is a needless causo of discontent: severity brcedeth fear, but roughness brcedeth hattf. Even reproofs from authority ought to rhe grave, and not taunting. A& for facility, it is worse than bribery; for bribes come but now and then; but if importunity or idle respects lead a man, ho. Bhall never ho without; as Solomon siiitlr, "To respect pcrsoiis is not good,-for good,-for sueh.a road will transgress for a piocp oE bread."! It is most truo that was anciently spoken. " A placp 8hcwcth the man; and it sho.wcth sonip1 1 to the better and some to tho Ayorse:" .fomnium consensu capax imperii, nisi ' imporassct," satth TacitU3 of Galba: but of Vespasian ho saith, "solus im-perantium, im-perantium, Vcspasianus mutatus in melius;' though tho ouo wa& meant of sufficiency,, the others of manners and affection. It is an assured sign of a worthy and gcncrPus spirit, whom honor hon-or amends; for honor is, or should, be, the placo of virtue; and as in naturo things move violently to their placo,: and calmly in their place, so virtue in ambition is violent, in authority settled and calm. All rising to great placo is by a "winding stair; and if there bo f actions it is good to sidp a man s 6clf ; whilst lio is in tho rising, and to bal-anco bal-anco himself when ho is placed. Uso the memory of thy nredoccssor fairly and tendprly; for if thou' dost not, it is a jdeht will surp bp paid when thou art gono. If thou have colleagues, respect them; and rather call them when thoy look not for it, than cxcludo them when thoy have reason to look to bo called. Bp not too scnsiblo or too remember-' ing bMhy place m cdnvcMatiph: ;and prtyato answers, to s&itdra j: ; but lot Jt rather ,bd Said, "When ; hplsitsinphlco. ho Isf anPtlicr niani"rBac"on. |