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3324, SOLDIER,

Sa Soul is his own. Therefore should Every Subject's Duty is the King's; but every

every Soldier do in the Wars as a sick Man in his Bed, wash every Moth out of his Conscience.And dying so, Death is to him advantage; or not dying, the time was blessedly lost in which such preparation was gain'd.

3325.

FOU ROYALTY private LIFE.

What infinite Heart's-ease do Kings neglect
That private Men enjoy?

3326. VALOUR

BENEVOLENCE.

In hearts of Valour full, Kindness inhabits: Princely are both,

3327. EXTERNALS.

2. Outward things dwell not in great Men's desire, 3328. MIND.

T All things seem ready when the, Mind is so. 3329, CONTINGENCIES

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The Man that once did sell the Lion's skin, While the Beast liv'd, was kill'd in hunting him. 3330 BOASTING

The empty Vessel makes the greatest Sound.

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3331. DISHONOR-worse than DEATH.

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3332. ANALOGY-forc'd.

[long'd, The Love of Analogy, just and natural is it, leads often to strange Absurdities.

3333. OFFENCE-none where no ill Intention. All Offences come from the Heart +.

Witness good Fluellin's (the Welch Pronunciation of Llewellyn) Analogies between Macedon and Monmouth. † Actus non facit reum nisi Meus sit rea.

› L. M. and Matth. xv. 19.

3334. GOD-all Praise his.

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CONCILIATION,

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2. Never us use Oaths unurg'd; nor ever break them for urging,

3337. LOVER

34. A Man may not be the worse Lover Who never looks in his glass for love of any thing he sees there

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a Fellow of plain Constancy internal-the sole

3339.

A Speaker is, perhaps, but a Prater; a Rhime but a Ballad, A good Leg will fall; a straight Back will stoop; a black Beard will turn white a curl'd Pate will grow bald; a fair Face will if grow bald a

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not the Moon; for it shines brightly_and never changes, but keeps it's course truly. 3340. KINGS. Nice Customs curtesy to great curtesy to great Kings.

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Forma bonum fragile est, nec quod perduret in annos;
Fit minor & spatio carpitur ipsa suo.

OVID.

Effingas animum qui duret, & adstrue, Forma:

Solus ab extremo permanet ille rogo. ID. leviter immut.

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vyuorm such ueño and scio T 3343, FLATTERY.

great Mind has neither the Voice nor the

Heart of Flattery,

3344. MARRIAGES-when Good-to be ascrib'd to Heaven.

GOD the best Maker is of Marriages.

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When Man and Wife, being two, are one in Love, 3346. ACTIONS -Great.

Deeds that are truly great exceed all Speech.

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3347. AMBITION.

Glory is like a Circle in the Water,
That never ceaseth to enlarge itself,

Till by broad spreading it disperse to nought,
3348., SUN,

The Sun with one Eye vieweth all the World.
3349. WAR—not to be wag'd by unjust Means,
Xt He
He wrongs his Fame
Who joins with disallow'd and wicked Aids,
Despairing of his own Arm's Fortitude.

Ούδε Τις λόγω εφικέσθαι δυναίαν, Τόσα εκείνοι, περί της των Ελληνων Ελευθερίας, Έργῳ εξεπόνησαν.

3350. GOD.

GOD is our Fortress.

3351. NAME-it's Power.

The Name of a great Chief is as an Host. 3352. GUESTS.

Unbidden Guests

Are often welcomest when they are gone.

3353. RUMOR.

Report is fabulous and false.

3354. APPEARANCES-be not prejudic'd by them. In many, Observation will discover

[looks. Much more than might be gather'd from their Slight not the unknown; lest you repent, omitting With reverence, as you ought, to entertain them. 3355,

The Mind is oft misconstrued, judging it By the outward Composition of the Body. 3356. SOLDIER-hardy and not fastidious. A Soldier's Stomach always serves him well. 3357. TRUTH-should create COURAGE. Dares no Man answer in the Cause of Truth. 3358. LAW-by whom wrested.

Who can not frame their Will unto the Law, Are apt to frame the Law unto their Will.

3359. JUDGMENTS-are of different range. Between two Hawks which flies the higher pitch, Between two Dogs which hath the deeper mouth, Between two Blades which bears the better temper, Between two Horses which doth bear him best, Between two Girls which has the merrier eye, Many may have some shallow spirit of Judgment, Who elsewhere are not wiser than a Daw.

Hebr, xiii. 2.

3360. TRUTH-opposite Claimants.

On contrary sides men claim the Truth.
by whom to be maintain'd.

3361.

Who is no Coward and no Flatterer,

Let him maintain the party of the Truth. 3362. OPINION-Constancy in maintaining it, Those who for resolute Opinion bleed, Opinion is the Surgeon of their hurt.. 3363. INSULT dangerous.

An Insult when we think it is forgotten, Is written in the book of Memory,

E'en in the Heart, to scourge our apprehension. 3364. DEATH--the Friend of the unhappy. Just Death, the Umpire of Men's Miseries, Dismisses Sufferers with sweet Enlargement. 3365. SILENCE-politic.

Silence in troublous times is politic. 3366. EVILhow to be improv'd,

The Wise make Ills the Advantage of their

3367. ORATORY.

Then most is seen the genuine Orator,

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Answering with sudden and extemporal Speech Whate'er the Adversary can object.

3368. CLERGY should be reverend beyond the mere Title.

2. It is Dishonor to be reverend only Touching the Spiritual Function, not the Life: Religious they should be, and pious Men, And know the Duties that belong to such, 3369. DOCTRINE PRACTICE.

3. We should maintain in Practice what we teach. $3370. HAND -HEART.

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