Essay

 1       13|    Certainly, kings that have able men of their nobility, shall
 2       17|     before; whereby he may be able to tell them what things
 3       17|   name abroad; that he may be able to tell, how the life agreeth
 4       18|    like), as they become more able to annoy them, than they
 5       18|       but less safe; and less able to perform, any thing that
 6       19|      prudent king, such as is able to grind with a handmill;
 7       21|   conclusion, but are no ways able to examine or debate matters.
 8       26|   only to such friends as are able to give a man counsel; (
 9       28|     yet are so far from being able to make a small state great,
10       28|  sufficient (negotiis pares), able to manage affairs, and to
11       28|       the armies; were things able to inflame all men’s courages.
12       31| commendation of wit, in being able to hold all arguments, than
13       35| seeketh to be eminent amongst able men, hath a great task;
14       39|  exercised fortune maketh the able man. Fortune is to be honored
15       40|      then they will be hardly able to color other men’s moneys
16       47|  passable, than with the more able. And besides, to speak truth,
17       49|     grave; logic and rhetoric able to contend. Abeunt studia
18      Glo|      Value: certify~Virtuous: able~Votary: vowed~Wanton: spoiled~