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2001 56| there is no other way but to meditate, and ruminate well upon 2002 26| discourse, than by a day’s meditation. It was well said by Themistocles, 2003 2| is weak. Yet in religious meditations, there is sometimes mixture 2004 45| November come services; medlars; bullaces; roses cut or 2005 26| no love. The Latin adage meeteth with it a little: Magna 2006 39| Way in the sky; which is a meeting or knot of a number of small 2007 15| is instead of a God, or melior natura; which courage is 2008 11| Vespasianus mutatus in melius; though the one was meant 2009 45| of all colors; peaches; melocotones; nectarines; cornelians; 2010 45| berberries; filberds; musk–melons; monks–hoods, of all colors. 2011 14| liberius quam ut imperantium meminissent; it is a sign the orbs are 2012 2| Livia, conjugii nostri memor, vive et vale. Tiberius 2013 17| conclude, whatsoever is memorable, in the places where they 2014 23| unlooked for; and ever it mends some, and pairs others; 2015 45| point is the same which we mentioned in the former kind of fountain; 2016 25| frontem sublato, altero ad mentum depresso supercilio, crudelitatem 2017 28| unto themselves. As for mercenary forces (which is the help 2018 55| upon the example, but a merciful eye upon the person.~Secondly, 2019 3| Christian and moral, as by their Mercury rod, do damn and send to 2020 55| in justice to remember mercy; and to cast a severe eye 2021 41| till they have passed the meridian of their years; as it was 2022 26| can scarce allege his own merits with modesty, much less 2023 28| towards him, he made himself merry with it, and said, Yonder 2024 21| Claudius the marriage of Messalina and Silius.~In things that 2025 1| silver, which may make the metal work the better, but it 2026 28| holpen a little with a metaphor) may express two differing 2027 28| for a time, but he will mew them soon after.~The blessing 2028 45| January and February, the mezereon–tree, which then blossoms; 2029 24| to be of small dispatch; Mi venga la muerte de Spagna; 2030 2| despatch; Adeste si quid mihi restat agendum. And the 2031 18| of Florence, the other of Milan. Neither is the opinion 2032 53| brings on substance. In militar commanders and soldiers, 2033 14| by that speech, legi a se militem, non emi; for it put the 2034 14| erit amplius Romano imperio militibus; a speech of great despair 2035 39| of fortune, is like the Milken Way in the sky; which is 2036 32| streams whereupon to set the mills, iron is a brave commodity 2037 29| thine own body. To be free–minded and cheerfully disposed, 2038 9| others. Neither can he, that mindeth but his own business, find 2039 18| But it is one thing, to mingle contraries, another to interchange 2040 Glo| AND PHRASES~Abridgment: miniature~Absurd: stupid, unpolished~ 2041 9| that if the envy upon the minister be great, when the cause 2042 19| professions (as lawyers, seamen, mintmen, and the like) be first 2043 25| Hominem delirum, qui verborum minutiis rerum frangit pondera. Of 2044 5| secundarum optabilia; adversarum mirabilia. Certainly if miracles be 2045 34| Regiomontanus,~Octogesimus octavus mirabilis annus,~ ~was thought likewise 2046 29| communicated. Entertain hopes; mirth rather than joy; variety 2047 12| upon any thing that is raw; misanthropi, that make it their practice, 2048 18| shiftings of dangers and mischiefs, when they are near, than 2049 2| velle, non tantum fortis aut miser, sed etiam fastidiosus potest. 2050 54| such as compound the long miseries of civil wars, or deliver 2051 38| mend the deeds. But the misery is, that the most effectual 2052 55| removeth the landmark. The mislayer of a mere–stone is to blame. 2053 26| will rather distract and mislead, than settle and direct.~ 2054 40| money. Not that I altogether mislike banks, but they will hardly 2055 | miss 2056 1| errors, and wanderings, and mists, and tempests, in the vale 2057 56| contempt; imputing it to misunderstanding, fear, passion, or what 2058 21| a fool from a wise man, Mitte ambos nudos ad ignotos, 2059 26| with good meaning), and mixed partly of mischief and partly 2060 50| beginners, to adhere so moderately, as he be a man of the one 2061 14| of things vendible; the moderating of taxes and tributes; and 2062 24| sometimes it is seen, that the moderator is more troublesome, than 2063 55| and giveth grace to the modest. But it is more strange, 2064 55| scimus quia lex bona est, modo quis ea utatur legitime.~ ~ 2065 14| than the feeling. Dolendi modus, timendi non item. Besides, 2066 32| that may be thought of. But moil not too much under ground; 2067 45| heaps, in the nature of mole–hills (such as are in wild 2068 45| sweetness; yea though it be in a moming’s dew. Bays likewise yield 2069 44| if you will consult with Momus, ill neighbors. I speak 2070 17| ecclesiastic; the churches and monasteries, with the monuments which 2071 14| caecos instare tumultus~Saepe monet, fraudesque et operta tunescere 2072 33| that may uphold losses. Monopolies, and coemption of wares 2073 1| perfidious. And therefore Montaigne saith prettily, when he 2074 34| splinters of the staff of Montgomery going in at his beaver. 2075 45| be gardens, for all the months in the year; in which severally 2076 26| corrosive. Reading good books of morality, is a little flat and dead. 2077 5| is fortitude; which in morals is the more heroical virtue. 2078 49| contend. Abeunt studia in mores. Nay, there is no stond 2079 2| Cogita quamdiu eadem feceris; mori velle, non tantum fortis 2080 11| notus nimis omnibus, ignotus moritur sibi. In place, there is 2081 45| heat of summer, for the morning and the evening, or overcast 2082 Glo| Derive: divert~Difficileness: moroseness~Discover: reveal~Donative: 2083 3| this title of a book, The Morris–Dance of Heretics. For indeed, 2084 34| the Pythonissa to Saul, To–morrow thou and thy son shall be 2085 26| great as ever happened to mortal men) but as an half piece, 2086 9| Adrian the Emperor; that mortally envied poets, and painters, 2087 40| us from forfeitures, of mortgages and bonds. The third and 2088 40| swallow them quite up. As for mortgaging or pawning, it will little 2089 2| it was well said, Pompa mortis magis terret, quam mors 2090 19| none, except it were to Morton and Fox.~For weakening of 2091 19| said, optimi consiliarii mortui: books will speak plain, 2092 45| the like; or gather any mossiness or putrefaction. Besides 2093 7| unworthy; especially in the mothers; as Solomon saith, A wise 2094 19| counsels, it may be their motto, plenus rimarum sum: one 2095 39| virtue. But chiefly, the mould of a man’s fortune is in 2096 19| when they are elaborate, moulded, and shaped in the womb 2097 37| the board’s end, till a mouse ran before her. Therefore, 2098 28| greatness fall into their mouths. And on the other side, 2099 55| spirits and sinews, that one moves with the other. Let judges 2100 14| especially if it be not mown down by wars) do not exceed 2101 14| starve. And money is like muck, not good except it be spread. 2102 45| without fish, or slime, or mud. For the first, the ornaments 2103 24| small dispatch; Mi venga la muerte de Spagna; Let my death 2104 33| do stoop to husbandry, it multiplieth riches exceedingly. I knew 2105 14| gather more. Therefore the multiplying of nobility, and other degrees 2106 19| And let them not come in multitudes, or in a tribunitious manner; 2107 37| otherwise they may say, multum incola fuit anima mea; when 2108 1| not show the masks, and mummeries, and triumphs, of the world, 2109 2| finem vitae extremum inter munera ponat naturae. It is as 2110 18| hand in the deposing and murder of her husband. This kind 2111 3| and execrable actions of murthering princes, butchery of people, 2112 45| the white flower; herba muscaria; lilium convallium; the 2113 42| a kind of felicity (as a musician that maketh an excellent 2114 31| and to bring others on; as musicians use to do, with those that 2115 26| twenty letters; or that a musket may be shot off as well 2116 28| or nut, but to a grain of mustard–seed: which is one of the 2117 28| population may appear by musters; and the number and greatness 2118 15| more credible, that four mutable elements, and one immutable 2119 11| imperantium, Vespasianus mutatus in melius; though the one 2120 45| trees; lemon–trees; and myrtles, if they be stoved; and 2121 6| their minds. In few words, mysteries are due to secrecy. Besides ( 2122 5| seemeth not to be without mystery; nay, and to have some approach 2123 6| Besides (to say truth) nakedness is uncomely, as well in 2124 18| destruction of Mustapha (that we named before) was so fatal to 2125 26| true use and cause thereof, naming them participes curarum; 2126 34| was growing, out of the nape of his neck: and indeed, 2127 18| between Ferdinando King of Naples, Lorenzius Medici, and Ludovicus 2128 21| upon the other’s speech: as Narcissus did, relating to Claudius 2129 9| a miracle; as it was in Narses the eunuch, and Agesilaus 2130 34| Et nati natorum, et qui nascentur ab illis.~ ~A prophecy, 2131 34| cunctis dominabitur oris,~Et nati natorum, et qui nascentur 2132 15| perspeximus, omnes gentes nationesque superavimus.~ ~ 2133 34| caused the King her husband’s nativity to be calculated, under 2134 15| gentis et terrae domestico nativoque sensu Italos ipsos et Latinos; 2135 34| dominabitur oris,~Et nati natorum, et qui nascentur ab illis.~ ~ 2136 15| instead of a God, or melior natura; which courage is manifestly 2137 2| extremum inter munera ponat naturae. It is as natural to die, 2138 28| have not had that usage, to naturalize liberally, yet they have 2139 39| fuit, ut quocunque loco natus esset, fortunam sibi facturus 2140 17| where any are; shipping and navies; houses and gardens of state 2141 44| having the commodity of navigable rivers, or the discommodity 2142 26| Pythagoras is dark, but true; Cor ne edito; Eat not the heart. 2143 28| Christian law. That which cometh nearest to it, is to leave those 2144 36| the room be kept clear and neat.~For justs, and tourneys, 2145 45| house, with some chimneys neatly cast, and without too much 2146 40| borrowing upon interest, men’s necessities would draw upon them a most 2147 45| colors; peaches; melocotones; nectarines; cornelians; wardens; quinces. 2148 28| most intendeth, that it needeth not to be stood upon. It 2149 5| comforts and hopes. We see in needle–works and embroideries, 2150 11| For roughness: it is a needless cause of discontent: severity 2151 15| and divine: Non deos vulgi negare profanum; sed vulgi opiniones 2152 21| justifying themselves by negatives; as to say, This I do not; 2153 4| saying against perfidious or neglecting friends, as if those wrongs 2154 27| Some forbear it, not upon negligence alone, but doubting to bring 2155 53| lies; as if a man, that negotiates between two princes, to 2156 46| OF NEGOTIATING~It is generally better to 2157 46| they least look for. In all negotiations of difficulty, a man may 2158 21| matter is of the change? As Nehemias did; And I had not before 2159 28| reputation, amongst all neighbor states; as may well be seen 2160 26| most part, which is in less neighborhoods. But we may go further, 2161 41| Hortensius, Idem manebat, neque idem decebat. The third 2162 14| hurt in that speech, Sylla nescivit literas, non potuit dictare; 2163 45| more scope, and natural nestling, and that no foulness appear 2164 50| themselves indifferent, and neutral. Yet even in beginners, 2165 44| them be upon a fair open newel, and finely railed in, with 2166 14| and in like sort, false news often running up and down, 2167 2| followers. Nay, Seneca adds niceness and satiety: Cogita quamdiu 2168 12| of the doctors of Italy, Nicholas Machiavel, had the confidence 2169 12| proverb, Tanto buon che val niente: so good, that he is good 2170 55| persons that are full of nimble and sinister tricks and 2171 31| weakest in the course, are yet nimblest in the turn; as it is betwixt 2172 50| the king tanquam unus ex nobis; as was to be seen in the 2173 33| riches exceedingly. I knew a nobleman in England, that had the 2174 14| portions of subjects; the noblesse and the commonalty. When 2175 | nobody 2176 19| to till the next day; in nocte consilium. So was it done 2177 20| common verse) turneth a bald noddle, after she hath presented 2178 36| it be quietly and without noise, are things of great beauty 2179 3| to sound in men’s ears, Nolite exire, —Go not out. The 2180 3| novitates, et oppositiones falsi nominis scientiae. Men create oppositions, 2181 28| Germans, Goths, Saxons, Normans, and others, had it for 2182 19| Principis est virtus maxima nosse suos.~ ~And on the other 2183 26| saith, Haec pro amicitia nostra non occultavi; and the whole 2184 2| compliment; Livia, conjugii nostri memor, vive et vale. Tiberius 2185 15| barbarous people have the notion, though they have not the 2186 11| mors gravis incubat, qui notus nimis omnibus, ignotus moritur 2187 30| suspicions that are artificially nourished, and put into men’s heads, 2188 14| the politic and artificial nourishing, and entertaining of hopes, 2189 3| same, Devita profanas vocum novitates, et oppositiones falsi nominis 2190 34| Pateat Tellus, Tiphysque novos~Detegat orbes; nec sit terris~ 2191 | nowhere 2192 21| a wise man, Mitte ambos nudos ad ignotos, et videbis, 2193 25| very solemnly: magno conatu nugas. It is a ridiculous thing, 2194 26| Epimenides the Candian, Numa the Roman, Empedocles the 2195 34| him exceedingly. There are numbers of the like kind; especially 2196 15| conscripti, nos amemus, tamen nec numero Hispanos, nec robore Gallos, 2197 13| the majesty of kings. A numerous nobility causeth poverty, 2198 15| quod deorum immortalium numine omnia regi gubernarique 2199 2| the sweetest canticle is, Nunc dimittis; when a man hath 2200 10| seen sometime in friars. Nuptial love maketh mankind; friendly 2201 8| middle age; and old men’s nurses. So as a man may have a 2202 Glo| Temper: proportion~Tendering: nursing~Tract: line, trait~Travel: 2203 28| not to any great kernel or nut, but to a grain of mustard– 2204 36| Ethiops, pigmies, turquets, nymphs, rustics, Cupids, statuas 2205 32| brought store of biscuit, oat–meal, flour, meal, and the 2206 32| For wheat, barley, and oats, they ask too much labor; 2207 40| unknown hands.~If it be objected that this doth in a sort 2208 21| not too much awake to make objections. I knew a counsellor and 2209 19| much the more, they are obliged to all faith and integrity. 2210 55| and bring justice into oblique lines and labyrinths. And 2211 34| probable conjectures, or obscure traditions, many times turn 2212 43| inclination are sometimes obscured, by the sun of discipline 2213 3| over–great subtilty, and obscurity; so that it becometh a thing 2214 2| weeping, and blacks, and obsequies, and the like, show death 2215 16| into a number of petty observances. There is a superstition 2216 12| up his prayers, for the observers of his law. The people assembled; 2217 26| forgotten, what Comineus observeth of his first master, Duke 2218 24| there is any impediment or obstruction in men’s wills; for pre– 2219 55| especially towards the side which obtaineth not; for that upholds in 2220 26| pro amicitia nostra non occultavi; and the whole senate dedicated 2221 5| the length of the great ocean, in an earthen pot or pitcher; 2222 34| annis~Saecula seris, quibus Oceanus~Vincula rerum laxet, et 2223 34| Regiomontanus,~Octogesimus octavus mirabilis annus,~ ~was thought 2224 45| cornelians; wardens; quinces. In October and the beginning of November 2225 34| prediction of Regiomontanus,~Octogesimus octavus mirabilis annus,~ ~ 2226 9| turneth them into an ill odor. And therefore there is 2227 12| easily pardons, and remits offences, it shows that his mind 2228 4| first wrong, it doth but offend the law; but the revenge 2229 14| desperate; and what soever, in offending people, joineth and knitteth 2230 20| s offer; which at first, offereth the commodity at full, then 2231 11| hands of suitors also, from offering. For integrity used doth 2232 14| held suspected: Erant in officio, sed tamen qui mallent mandata 2233 55| in the execution: Judicis officium est, ut res, ita tempora 2234 9| pointeth at them, and cometh oftener into their remembrance, 2235 52| easily away. For the odors of ointments are more durable, than those 2236 28| pull down democracies and oligarchies; or when wars were made 2237 32| chestnuts, walnuts, pineapples, olives, dates, plums, cherries, 2238 17| for the most part they omit it; as if chance were fitter 2239 51| especially they be not to be omitted, to strangers and formal 2240 11| incubat, qui notus nimis omnibus, ignotus moritur sibi. In 2241 54| help much to reputation. Omnis fama a domesticis emanat. 2242 32| parsnips, carrots, turnips, onions, radish, artichokes of Hierusalem, 2243 37| pause reinforceth the new onset; and if a man that is not 2244 20| time the beginnings, and onsets, of things. Dangers are 2245 26| was like cloth of Arras, opened and put abroad; whereby 2246 11| conversus Deus, ut aspiceret opera quae fecerunt manus suae, 2247 26| that it is in truth, of operation upon a man’s mind, of like 2248 14| Saepe monet, fraudesque et operta tunescere bella.~ ~Libels 2249 15| negare profanum; sed vulgi opiniones diis applicare profanum. 2250 3| profanas vocum novitates, et oppositiones falsi nominis scientiae. 2251 3| nominis scientiae. Men create oppositions, which are not; and put 2252 26| lieth upon the heart to oppress it, in a kind of civil shrift 2253 14| item. Besides, in great oppressions, the same things that provoke 2254 5| admired. Bona rerum secundarum optabilia; adversarum mirabilia. Certainly 2255 50| senate (which they called Optimates) held out awhile, against 2256 19| individuals. It was truly said, optimi consiliarii mortui: books 2257 7| generally the precept is good, optimum elige, suave et facile illud 2258 37| once, that is the best:~Optimus ille animi vindex laedentia 2259 28| side, it is a most certain oracle of time, that those states 2260 6| As for equivocations, or oraculous speeches, they cannot hold 2261 44| art; who writes books De Oratore, and a book he entitles 2262 34| Tiphysque novos~Detegat orbes; nec sit terris~Ultima Thule:~ ~ 2263 33| of Seneca, testamenta et orbos tamquam indagine capi), 2264 22| is a shrewd thing, in an orchard or garden. And certainly, 2265 27| and abuse of servants; and ordered to the best show, that the 2266 3| government, which is the ordinance of God. For this is but 2267 32| be one. If there be iron ore, and streams whereupon to 2268 45| early tulippa; hyacinthus orientalis; chamairis; fritellaria. 2269 34| Aeneae cunctis dominabitur oris,~Et nati natorum, et qui 2270 45| mud. For the first, the ornaments of images gilt, or of marble, 2271 53| dixerat feceratque arte quadam ostentator: for that proceeds not of 2272 9| For public envy, is as an ostracism, that eclipseth men, when 2273 2| it; nay, we read, after Otho the emperor had slain himself, 2274 54| Romulus, Cyrus, Caesar, Ottoman, Ismael. In the second place 2275 Glo| housed~Style: title~Success: outcome~Sumptuary law: law against 2276 54| competitors of his in honor, in outshooting them, if he can, in their 2277 44| cast into turrets, on the outside, and not within the row 2278 55| indiscreet pressing, or an overbold defence. And let not the 2279 9| purpose to be crossed, and overborne in things that do not much 2280 45| morning and the evening, or overcast days.~For aviaries, I like 2281 28| conclude, that no people overcharged with tribute, is fit for 2282 44| the discommodity of their overflowing; too far off from great 2283 14| and so doth likewise an overgrown clergy; for they bring nothing 2284 33| cause sometimes a wonderful overgrowth in riches; as it was with 2285 28| will it be, that a people overlaid with taxes, should ever 2286 55| part of justice; and an overspeaking judge is no well–tuned cymbal. 2287 26| for a present cure, but overthroweth your health in some other 2288 29| many excesses, which are owing a man till his age. Discern 2289 28| plough in the hands of the owners, and not mere hirelings. 2290 3| zealants, all speech of pacification is odious. Is it peace, 2291 21| ability. There be, that can pack the cards, and yet cannot 2292 26| thoughts they lie but as in packs. Neither is this second 2293 50| have often in their mouth Padre commune: and take it to 2294 28| amongst the Romans, was not pageants or gaudery, but one of the 2295 2| perhaps, the one is as painful, as the other. He that dies 2296 33| without salt; and but the painted sepulchres of alms, which 2297 9| mortally envied poets, and painters, and artificers, in works 2298 23| ever it mends some, and pairs others; and he that holpen, 2299 45| tulippa; the double peony; the pale daffodil; the French honeysuckle; 2300 18| of the three could win a palm of ground, but the other 2301 21| turning of the cat in the pan; which is, when that which 2302 40| sudore vultus tui comedes panem tuum; not, in sudore vultus 2303 44| kitchens, with butteries and pantries, and the like. As for the 2304 26| indeed his tormentor. The parable of Pythagoras is dark, but 2305 50| they raise an obligation, paramount to obligation of sovereignty, 2306 53| admiration of fools, the idols of parasites, and the slaves of their 2307 55| truly amici curiae, but parasiti curiae, in puffing a court 2308 31| which would be bridled:~Parce, puer, stimulis, et fortius 2309 12| gives the balm. If he easily pardons, and remits offences, it 2310 14| the Giants:~Illam Terra parens, ira irritata deorum,~Extremam ( 2311 7| kinsman, more than his own parent; as the blood happens. Let 2312 33| and most of them foul. Parsimony is one of the best, and 2313 32| and within the year; as parsnips, carrots, turnips, onions, 2314 3| But if it were done less partially, it would be embraced more 2315 29| from that which is good particularly, and fit for thine own body. 2316 54| Wise, that made the Siete Partidas. In the third place are 2317 44| hall and a chapel (with a partition between); both of good state 2318 44| without, though severally partitioned within; and to be on both 2319 2| as the wages of sin, and passage to another world, is holy 2320 26| been done, not by weak and passionate princes only, but by the 2321 13| nobility extinguisheth the passive envy from others, towards 2322 30| if suspicion, did give a passport to faith; but it ought, 2323 14| usury, ingrossing great pasturages, and the like.~For removing 2324 34| Vincula rerum laxet, et ingens~Pateat Tellus, Tiphysque novos~ 2325 14| pauci, plures vellent, omnes paterentur. But let such military persons 2326 9| lead; chanting a quanta patimur! Not that they feel it so, 2327 54| the last place are patres patriae; which reign justly, and 2328 18| the king, or particular patrons, but by the people.~For 2329 14| pessimum facinus auderent pauci, plures vellent, omnes paterentur. 2330 37| intermission. For both the pause reinforceth the new onset; 2331 45| up to it, and some fine pavement about it, doth well. As 2332 40| up. As for mortgaging or pawning, it will little mend the 2333 40| either men will not take pawns without use; or if they 2334 40| that he used formerly to pay; for by that means, all 2335 9| and no man envieth the payment of a debt, but rewards and 2336 13| more indifferent, and the payments and tributes, more cheerful. 2337 Glo| Chop: bandy words~Civil: peaceful~Close: secret, secretive~ 2338 3| There be also two false peaces, or unities: the one, when 2339 45| almond–tree in blossom; the peach–tree in blossom; the cornelian– 2340 45| poppies of all colors; peaches; melocotones; nectarines; 2341 1| that it shall be the last peal, to call the judgments of 2342 1| perhaps come to the price of a pearl, that showeth best by day; 2343 28| common subject, grow to be a peasant and base swain, driven out 2344 28| good soldiers, which the peasants of France do not. And herein 2345 32| too much labor; but with pease and beans you may begin, 2346 43| ventureth in the other. Ubi peccat in uno, periclitatur in 2347 37| ille animi vindex laedentia pectus~Vincula qui rupit, dedoluitque 2348 40| speaketh of;~Ignavum fucos pecus a praesepibus arcent.~ ~ 2349 51| upon it. Amongst a man’s peers, a man shall be sure of 2350 40| itself out, to take any penalty for the same. This will 2351 38| be monks in Russia, for penance, that will sit a whole night 2352 5| airs as carols; and the pencil of the Holy Ghost hath labored 2353 3| another saith, Ecce in penetralibus; that is, when some men 2354 6| For if a man have that penetration of judgment, as he can discern 2355 3| the league of Christians, penned by our Savior himself, were 2356 33| they come to them. Be not penny–wise; riches have wings, 2357 44| whereby the heat of the sun is pent in, and the wind gathereth 2358 45| the tulippa; the double peony; the pale daffodil; the 2359 | per 2360 26| church. But little do men perceive what solitude is, and how 2361 52| virtues, they have no sense of perceiving at an. But shows, and species 2362 56| The other, that you do not peremptorily break off, in any business, 2363 49| perfect nature, and are perfected by experience: for natural 2364 10| maketh mankind; friendly love perfecteth it; but wanton love corrupteth, 2365 36| desire to see, that it cannot perfectly discern. Let the gongs be 2366 52| flatterer entitle him to perforce, spreta conscientia. Some 2367 14| irritata deorum,~Extremam (ut perhibent) Coeo Enceladoque sororem~ 2368 43| other. Ubi peccat in uno, periclitatur in altero. But because there 2369 41| business home to the full period, but content themselves 2370 24| or to contrive some false periods of business, because they 2371 26| did impair, and a little perish his understanding. Surely 2372 40| was in some places but permissive; the answer is, that it 2373 40| lend freely, usury must be permitted. Some others, have made 2374 55| ought (as far as the law permitteth) in justice to remember 2375 53| Certainly vain–glory helpeth to perpetuate a man’s memory; and virtue 2376 54| called second founders, or perpetui principes, because they 2377 7| remembrance of death. The perpetuity by generation is common 2378 45| perceived, that you may have ver perpetuum, as the place affords.~And 2379 6| second, that it puzzleth and perplexeth the conceits of many, that 2380 42| whereof the one, would make a personage by geometrical proportions; 2381 3| is greater blasphemy, to personate God, and bring him in saying, 2382 15| omnia regi gubernarique perspeximus, omnes gentes nationesque 2383 4| Caesar; for the death of Pertinax; for the death of Henry 2384 55| information by questions, —though pertinent. The parts of a judge in 2385 16| Therefore theism did never perturb states; for it makes men 2386 41| and violent desires and perturbations, are not ripe for action, 2387 43| AEsop, Gasca, President of Peru; and Socrates may go likewise 2388 55| and shifts, whereby they pervert the plain and direct courses 2389 23| man’s nature, as it stands perverted, hath a natural motion, 2390 48| nor discontented. Iniquum petas ut aequum feras is a good 2391 19| I commend set days for petitions; for both it gives the suitors 2392 53| proverb, Beaucoup de bruit, peu de fruit; Much bruit little 2393 34| vessels, that are empty. A phantasm that appeared to M. Brutus, 2394 16| ceremonies; excess of outward and pharisaical holiness; overgreat reverence 2395 16| engines of orbs, to save the phenomena; though they knew there 2396 12| is that the Grecians call philanthropia; and the word humanity, ( 2397 26| verbatim in one of Cicero’s Philippics, calleth him venefica, witch; 2398 34| in his tent, said to him, Philippis iterum me videbis. Tiberius 2399 2| him that spake only as a philosopher, and natural man, it was 2400 1| pass from theological, and philosophical truth, to the truth of civil 2401 Glo| GLOSSARY OF ARCHAIC WORDS AND PHRASES~Abridgment: miniature~Absurd: 2402 6| questions, and draw him on, and pick it out of him, that, without 2403 56| when men are ingenious in picking out circumstances of contempt, 2404 26| faces are but a gallery of pictures; and talk but a tinkling 2405 15| Italos ipsos et Latinos; sed pietate, ad religione, atque hac 2406 16| to philosophy, to natural piety, to laws, to reputation 2407 36| sprites, witches, Ethiops, pigmies, turquets, nymphs, rustics, 2408 1| What is truth? said jesting Pilate, and would not stay for 2409 28| he answered, He would not pilfer the victory. And the defeat 2410 39| powers. So Caesar said to the pilot in the tempest, Caesarem 2411 Glo| Purprise: enclosure~Push: pimple~Quarrel: pretext~Quech: 2412 32| as chestnuts, walnuts, pineapples, olives, dates, plums, cherries, 2413 32| where store of firs and pines are, will not fail. So drugs 2414 22| their self–wisdom, to have pinioned.~ ~ 2415 45| gilliflowers, especially the matted pink and clove gilliflower. Then 2416 18| sometimes he used to wind the pins too high, sometimes to let 2417 31| dart out somewhat that is piquant, and to the quick. That 2418 3| church, a flag of a bark of pirates, and assassins. Therefore 2419 25| signs; as Cicero saith of Piso, that when he answered him 2420 32| is a likely commodity. Pitch and tar, where store of 2421 5| ocean, in an earthen pot or pitcher; lively describing Christian 2422 19| counsel, sing him a song of placebo.~ 2423 25| supercilio, crudelitatem tibi non placere. Some think to bear it by 2424 39| they be. For when a man placeth his thoughts without himself, 2425 46| better to choose men of a plainer sort, that are like to do 2426 28| of the Persians, in the plains of Arbela, was such a vast 2427 28| saith, Consilium Pompeii plane Themistocleum est; putat 2428 14| be as the motions of the planets under primum mobile; according 2429 32| uncertain, and useth to make the planters lazy, in other things. For 2430 32| undertakers, in the country that planteth, but upon a temperate number; 2431 45| little figure, with broad plates of round colored glass gilt, 2432 12| and rather the virtue of a player, should be placed so high, 2433 55| are well handled and fair pleaded; especially towards the 2434 45| because nothing is more pleasant to the eye than green grass 2435 35| ones. For when the way of pleasuring, and displeasuring, lieth 2436 8| must transmit their dearest pledges. Some there are, who though 2437 41| erroribus, imo furoribus, plenam. And yet he was the ablest 2438 19| it may be their motto, plenus rimarum sum: one futile 2439 18| will contradictories, Sunt plerumque regum voluntates vehementes, 2440 38| languages, the tongue is more pliant to all expressions and sounds, 2441 53| any perfection. For saith Pliny, very wittily, In commending 2442 45| was the third part of our plot, I wish it to be framed, 2443 Glo| Poser: examiner~Practice: plotting~Preoccupate: anticipate~ 2444 32| plant ought to be gardeners, ploughmen, laborers, smiths, carpenters, 2445 55| the Scripture speaketh, Pluet super eos laqueos; for penal 2446 45| blossom; the damson and plum–trees in blossom; the white 2447 14| facinus auderent pauci, plures vellent, omnes paterentur. 2448 33| The poets feign, that when Plutus (which is Riches) is sent 2449 38| cannot so well take the ply; except it be in some minds 2450 39| conditions, that he hath Poco di matto. And certainly 2451 15| Gallos, nec calliditate Poenos, nec artibus Graecos, nec 2452 9| their own fortunes, and pointeth at them, and cometh oftener 2453 18| Livia is infamed, for the poisoning of her husband; Roxalana, 2454 28| except it be perhaps in Poland) to be passed over; I mean 2455 1| providence, and turn upon the poles of truth.~To pass from theological, 2456 Glo| excessively precise~Politic: politician~Poll: extort~Poser: examiner~ 2457 55| And the fourth, is the poller and exacter of fees; which 2458 55| brambles of catching and polling clerks, and ministers. The 2459 34| of America. daughter of Polycrates, dreamed that Jupiter bathed 2460 26| fruit; which is like the pomegranate, full of many kernels; I 2461 2| natural man, it was well said, Pompa mortis magis terret, quam 2462 28| Caesar, saith, Consilium Pompeii plane Themistocleum est; 2463 2| vitae extremum inter munera ponat naturae. It is as natural 2464 25| verborum minutiis rerum frangit pondera. Of which kind also, Plato, 2465 12| fittest timber, to make great pontics of; like to knee timber, 2466 56| animasque in vulnere ponunt.~ ~Anger is certainly a 2467 45| beauty and refreshment; but pools mar all, and make the garden 2468 6| dissimulation is a hinderance and a poorness. But if a man cannot obtain 2469 50| hold it a little suspect in popes, when they have often in 2470 45| September come grapes; apples; poppies of all colors; peaches; 2471 39| in the tempest, Caesarem portas, et fortunam ejus. So Sylla 2472 11| may expect; but be not too positive and peremptory; and express 2473 56| Scripture exhorteth us to possess our souls in patience. Whosoever 2474 43| believing they should be in possibility of advancement, till they 2475 33| Cicero saith well of Rabirius Posthumus, In studio rei amplificandae 2476 21| was most material, in the postscript, as if it had been a by– 2477 5| great ocean, in an earthen pot or pitcher; lively describing 2478 28| to ancient Italy:~Terra potens armis atque ubere glebae.~ ~ 2479 18| Medici, and Ludovicus Sforza, potentates, the one of Florence, the 2480 2| miser, sed etiam fastidiosus potest. A man would die, though 2481 28| mari potitur, eum rerum potiri. And, without doubt, Pompey 2482 28| est; putat enim, qui mari potitur, eum rerum potiri. And, 2483 3| massacre in France, or the powder treason of England? He would 2484 Glo| fear~Equipollent: equally powerful~Espial: spy~Estate: state~ 2485 33| better chapmen, and the like practices, which are crafty and naught. 2486 52| great persons, laudando praecipere, when by telling men what 2487 33| apparebat, non avaritiae praedam, sed instrumentum bonitati 2488 40| of;~Ignavum fucos pecus a praesepibus arcent.~ ~That the usurer 2489 8| of Ulysses, vetulam suam praetulit immortalitati. Chaste women 2490 28| want of natives; as by the Pragmatical Sanction, now published, 2491 52| Solomon saith, He that praiseth his friend aloud, rising 2492 Glo| Platform: plan~Plausible: praiseworthy~Point device: excessively 2493 14| treasure), men had need to pray for fair weather. But let 2494 12| the top of it offer up his prayers, for the observers of his 2495 26| nature. But yet without praying in aid of alchemists, there 2496 55| but the foot–place; and precincts and purprise thereof, ought 2497 5| Certainly virtue is like precious odors, most fragrant when 2498 28| affairs, and to keep them from precipices and manifest inconveniences; 2499 35| stout and daring, it may precipitate their designs, and prove 2500 Glo| Point device: excessively precise~Politic: politician~Poll: 2501 40| they do, they will look precisely for the forfeiture. I remember