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CHAPTER XXXVII. P. I.— p. 87.
ANECDOTES OF PETER HEYLYN AND LIGHTFOOT,
EXEMPLIFYING THAT GREAT KNOWLEDGE IS
NOT ALWAYS APPLICABLE TO LITTLE THINGS;
AND THAT AS CHARITY BEGINS AT HOME, SO IT
MAY WITH EQUAL TRUTH SOMETIMES BE SAID
THAT KNOWLEDGE ENDS THERE.
A scholar in his study knows the stars,
Their motion and their influence, which are fix'd,
And which are wandering; can decypher seas,
And give each several land his proper bounds:
But set him to the compass he's to seek,
Where a plain pilot can direct his course
From hence unto both the Indies.
HEYWOOD.
CHAPTER XL. P. I.- p. 96.
REMARKS ON THE ART OF VERBOSITY. A RULE OF
COCCEIUS, AND ITS APPLICATION TO THE LAN-
GUAGE AND PRACTICE OF THE LAW.
If they which employ their labour and travail about the
public administration of justice, follow it only as a trade,
with unquenchable and unconscionable thirst of gain,
being not in heart persuaded that justice is God's own
work, and themselves his agents in this business, the
sentence, of right, God's own verdict, and themselves his
priests to deliver it; formalities of justice do but serve to
smother right; and that which was necessarily ordained
for the common good, is through shameful abuse made
the cause of common misery.
HOOKER.
CHAPTER XLI. P. I. p. 97.
REVENUE OF THE CORPORATION OF DONCASTER
WELL APPLIED. DONCASTER RACES.
Play not for gain but sport: who plays for more
Than he can lose with pleasure, stakes his heart;
Perhaps his wife's too, and whom she hath bore.
HERBERT.
INTERCHAPTER V.-p. 98.
WHEREIN THE AUTHOR MAKES KNOWN HIS GOOD
INTENTIONS TO ALL READERS, AND OFFERS
GOOD ADVICE TO SOME OF THEM.
I can write, and talk too, as soft as other men, with
submission to better judgements, and I leave it to you
Gentlemen. I am but one, and I always distrust myself.
I only hint my thoughts: You'll please to consider whether
you will not think that it may seem to deserve your con-
sideration. This is a taking way of speaking. But much
good may do them that use it!
ASGILL.
CHAPTER XLVII. P. I.-p. 111.
DONCASTRIANA. GUY'S DEATH. SEARCH FOR HIS
TOMBSTONE IN INGLETON CHURCHYARD.
Go to the dull churchyard and see
Those hillocks of mortality,
Where proudest man is only found
By a small hillock on the ground. TIXALL POETRY.
CHAPTER XLVIII. P. 1.—p. 112.
A FATHER'S MISGIVINGS CONCERNING HIS SON'S
DESTINATION. PETER HOPKINS'S GENEROSITY.
DANIEL IS SENT ABROAD TO GRADUATE IN
MEDICINE.
Heaven is the magazine wherein He puts
Both good and evil; Prayer's the key that shuts
And opens this great treasure: 'tis a key
Whose wards are Faith and Hope and Charity.
Wouldst thou prevent a judgement due to sin?
Turn but the key and thou mayst lock it in.
Or wouldst thou have a blessing fall upon thee?
Open the door, and it will shower on thee !
VOYAGE TO ROTTERDAM AND LEYDEN. THE
AUTHOR CANNOT TARRY TO DESCRIBE THAT
CITY. WHAT HAPPENED THERE TO DANIEL
DOVE.
He took great content, exceeding delight in that his
voyage. As who doth not that shall attempt the like? -
For peregrination charms our senses with such unspeak-
able and sweet variety, that some count him unhappy
that never travelled, a kind of prisoner, and pity his case
that from his cradle to his old age he beholds the same
still; still, still, the same, the same!
BURTON.
CHAPTER LI. P. I. — p. 117.
ARMS OF LEYDEN. DANIEL DOVE, M. D.
STORY, STRANGE BUT TRUE.
Oye el extraño caso, advierte y siente ;
Suceso es raro, mas verdad ha sido.
A LOVE
BALBUENA.
CHAPTER LII. P. I. p. 118:
SHOWING HOW THE YOUNG STUDENT FELL IN
LOVE- AND HOW HE MADE THE BEST USE OF
HIS MISFORTUNE.
Il creder, donne vaghe, è cortesia,
Quando colui che scrive o che favella,
Possa essere sospetto di bugia,
Per dir qualcosa troppo rara e bella.
Dunque chi ascolta questa istoria mea
E non la crede frottola o novella
Ma cosa vera — come ella è di fatto,
Fa che di lui mi chiami soddisfatto
E pure che mi diate piena fede,
De la dubbiezza altrui poco mi cale.
RICCIARDETto.
CHAPTER LIII. P. I.—p. 120.
A
OF THE VARIOUS WAYS OF GETTING IN LOVE.
CHAPTER CONTAINING SOME USEFUL OBSER-
VATIONS, AND SOME BEAUTIFUL POETRY.
Let cavillers know, that as the Lord John answered the
Queen in that Italian Guazzo, an old, a grave discreet man
is fittest to discourse of love-matters; because he hath
likely more experience, observed more, hath a more staid
judgement, can better discern, resolve, discuss, advise,
give better cautions and more solid precepts, better in-
form his auditors in such a subject, and by reason of his
riper years, sooner divert.
CHAPTER LXXII.— p. 154.
IN WHICH THE FOURTH OF THE QUESTIONS PRO-
POSED IN CHAPTER II. P. I. IS BEGUN TO BE
ANSWERED; SOME OBSERVATIONS UPON AN-
CESTRY ARE INTRODUCED, AND THE READER
IS INFORMED WHY THE AUTHOR DOES NOT
WEAR A CAP AND BELLS.
Boast not the titles of your ancestors,
Brave youths! they're their possessions, none of yours.
When your own virtues equall'd have their names,
'Twill be but fair to lean upon their fames,
For they are strong supporters; but till then
The greatest are but growing gentlemen. BEN JONSON.
GWILLIM.