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Philosopher in very particular Action to sayto himself, I mili do his, an Iet g on in 'Cotιsse . Sora Politici an in every particular Busines inould a to himself . I both intendio do his, an to learn fome bat into the Bargain also, hic ma for the fiι- ture , Anytheres ore hos Men that over-do ille hin in hand, and are entiret taheni pwith the present Business, without so much asthin hin os atters that intervene, a Weaknes that Montai quae confessi es in himself, chindeed are the best Minister of Princes, ut fati in Potnt of their ines Fortune. havedinet the longer po this recepti obtaining good Information, ecatis it is a main Partis it seli, and an sinereth to at the est . But bove ali hings, Caution must he ahen, ilia Men have a good Stay, and Iold of them- se lues, and that his Mucii Knowin do notdravi mi Muci, Meddi inges For noth in is more unfortunate than ligi, and rassi Intermeddi in in many atterses Io that this variov. Knowledge, o Things and Persons, which e ad vis to e procured, tend. in Conclusiion ut to this: To malle a more judicibus Choice both of thos Actions e under talie, and of thos Perstans, vilios Assist

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lows the Knowledge of ou selves. Formoles Diligence, but ather more, is tote sed, in ahing a true and exa Information os o urseives, than of thers. For that oracle,

Know Iou self, is no oni a Rule os universa Pruden ce, but has a specia Place in Politicks tuo. For St. θ ames excellent lx pulsus in Miny That he that histb iem' i ii Face in a Glagis, et tisianti Drget πhat Manne o Man he was that there is great need os a frequent Inspection. And the fame holds also in Politichs: ut the lasses in-deed are different For the Divine Glasi in whicli, ought to bello id ur se lues, is the Word of God , but the Politic Glas is nothingislselut the State of hings and Times wherein me live. THERE FORE a Maniugi, to tali anim partia View, and o such as se to betaken by one to much in Love illi himself, of his ovi Abilities, Viriues aud Supporis , a likeviis of his Desects Inabilities, and Impediments , castin Vu his Accounts in such Manner, that he ver estimate These illi theniost, hos Oher illi the least. An d froni suci a Vie and Disquisiition the folio in ingPoint sua conae into Consideration.

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Ι he Architect of his Fortune. 383

TH first Consideratio stlould be horum Man's Constitvito an Temper oris illithe Times ; hichris the be Dund agreeableand fit, then in ali hingsae a gi velimself more Scope an Liber ty, and indulge hisown Temper , ut is thereae an Antipathyand Dis Enancy then, in the whole Course of his Lila, e must carr himself more cautious an reservedi , an appear esse in Publich. So id Tiberius. Who ein conscious to himself that his Temper id notiori

very well, illi his Times inas neve see at Public Plays; ay, for the last Nelveaears successivel he came no into the Senater Whereas on the ther Side, Augustus lived in men ' Eyes , hicli Tacitus also observes Alia Tiberio morum via , ut Tiberius mas in anotheriti our Thessam Methodie tookalso to secure himselfirona Dan gers. LET the se ond Consideration e lio a Man' Nature foris in illi the Profession and Courses of Lisse, in bicli are in Use and Esteem, and ut os, hichae is to mali his Choice that socis hele no resolv'Lupo an way of Lise, e ma chus that hicli is mos fitand agreeablerio his natura Disposition ibuti herae at ready en gage in a Condition ofLile, to hichrae is no so et litted by Nature leti in dra ostipon the rst Occasion,

and ahe another Prosellion as e se inas done

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donei Dul e Valentine that was bred by his Fathera a Sacerdota Profestion, hici ne-verthelesse asterinards, in Compliance illi the Bent of his Nature, e renounc'd, and applied himself to a Militar Lise , though equal-ly un orthy the Dignit both of Prince and Priest, since the pestilent an was a Dingrace t both. LET the third Consideration e Howa Man stands, in Comparison illi his quais and Rivais, fio are the o b his Competitor in his Fortune, and let hi in run that Course of Lise, herein there is the rea test Solitude , and in hich himself is like tolemost Eminent: A Julius Caesar id, horatfirst was an Orator, an Pleader, and waschiefi conversant in theraris o Peace: ut when e a Cicero, Horten ius, and Gςulus, to excet in the Glor o Eloquence, and

Greatness, he wentive to the Military, and

Imperatoria Aris, by hich he ascended tothe opis Sovereignty. TH fourtii Consideration may be, That in the Choice of Frien d and Dependanis, a Man consul his ovin Nature and Disposition: Foris different Lind of Frien d fuit different Persons The solemn and secret X init Somes

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Ihe Architect of his Fortune. 38s

Sylla could do his, and ean' D herein hedeceivla himselfiugely thematures and Pr ceed ings of Sylla an Himself, eing the un- likest in the ori The one bein ferce violent, an ever pressing the Fact the other 1olemn regardiu of the Laws, direct in allio Majesty an Fame and the refore the essemeetua an powerful ora through, illi his DesignS. There a re more recept of this Natu te . ut these hali sustice sor Example tot he est.

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u poma Way ho h may leveri an prudenti se sorti an revea himself, and in fine, turn, and wind, and falliton himself to alloccasions A so the eit in himself fortii, me se noth in more usual than for the lessabie an to mali the grea terra hew. Where- fore it is no mali is of rude iace, sor a Man tot able to et inisel sortii illi a K in os Art and Grace sui ne sis , by aptly dis- playin his Virtu es, Meriis, and Fortune also, a farras may be done inithou Arroga iaceo Nauseous nessu, and again, in therari iliciat Covering of his Ueakn esses, Desecis, Missortune and Dis graces; inelling pon tho, an ascit ere turning them to the Light , Dehing Excuses for these, or Washing themaWay by an api Interpretation, and the like. Theresere Tacitus pys of Mucianus, Wh Wasthe reates Politic o his Time, and themost indefatigabie in Busines ; omnium

qua diceret atq; ageret, Arte quadam Osten-rator He was ne that ad the Art o mafie

is usuallyria id of Slander. blander oldi ,

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The Archited of his Fortune. 387

i the ords, whicli respectis Manli orun Pratia seem oriali rom aman, as a Thingno principali intended, and without it herinsistiniserioussy, or Nelling to long ponthem , or is a Masso prais himself, as a thes a me Time noto forbear even Taxing, and Jest in Lupo himself or, inalty is helao it, notis himself, hut Scit ere Urg'd, and provol 'd loci by the Insolen cies and Contumelies of others : It certain ly mahes a great Additioni a Man' Reputation And uret there areno a Fe , hybein more solid by Nature, and n Way windy and consequently Want-ing this Arti hoistria Satis to their Honour

suffer for thei Modesty by sonae os of

Reputation.

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BUT in Truth, a diligent overing of

Defect is fio es Importance, than a disse creet and dextrous ostentation of Virtues.

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The Architem iis Fortune. A 89

Way, o have a favou rabie an commodiolis Constructio made of ou Faulis and Defecis, a proceedini rom another Cause, o tendingio somemther pur se than is generali con- cetu'd. Foris to the Covers of Faulis, the Poet Dys weli; Man' Times a Vice lies hidb iis Nearnes to a Virtue. heresere is eperceive a Dese in ur se lues, ou Endea-vour must be to borro in the Person and Colour of the ex bordering Viriue, under hos e Shado it a b conceat'd. For Instances

He that is usi, must pretend Gravius Hethat is a Coetoard Mildnes an socior therest This also is of Use, to preten and giveout se me plausibi Cause, that induce us to

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ten a Dissiden ce of himself in hos Things, wherein, in Truth, he is hest: ike as esse it in Poets; For a Poet recit in his Verses, fio excepi against an particular Verse, he 'i presently mi et this Lime cost memore Labour than an os the est. And thentie'l bring e sonae ther Line, a tho hesuspected that hi in self, and th our Judg-ment of t, hich et he knows et enoughto e the est in the umber, and liable tono EXception a all. ut bove ali as to the present Busim esse, et let, O set ting the Lirest Glos upon himself e fore thers, and maintaining his Right in ali Potnis, nothing, in m Judgment, vatis more, than for a Manno to dis frua, and ex posse himself to Injuries Arad Contumeli es by an excessive oodnessand Aeetnes of Nature , ut ather in ali hings, to laoot ut o and then sonae Spartis of a Spirit re aud generous, and car-ry in illi ita a much citi ny ac money.