And the like. Certainly,
the Stoikes bestowed too
much coft vpon Death," and
by their great preparations,
made it appeare
fearefull. Better faith he,
Qui Finem Vitæ extremum
inter Munera ponat Na-
turæ.a It is as Naturall to
die, as to be borne; And
to a little Infant, perhaps,
one, is as painfull, as

the

æt. 65.

the other. He that dies in an earnest Pursuit, is like one that is wounded in hot Bloud; who, for the time, scarce feeles the Hurt; And therefore, a Minde fixt, and bent vpon somewhat, that is good, doth auert the Dolors of Death: But aboue all, beleeue it, the sweetest Canticle is, Nunc dimittis; when a Man hath obtained worthy Ends, and Expectations. Death hath this alfo; That it openeth the Gate, to good Fame, and extinguisheth Enuie.

-Extinctus amabitur idem.

Or rather; Qui spatium vitæ extremum inter munera ponit

Naturæ.

Juvenal, Satires. x. 357. 'Who lays down the last end of life among the Offices of Nature;' or, as Dryden has put it; A soul that can securely death defy,

And count it Nature's privilege to die. Bacon writes: "And it seemeth to me, that most of the doctrines of the Philosophers are more fearefull and cautionary then the Nature of things requireth. So haue they encreased the feare of death, in offering to cure it. For, when they would haue a mans whole life, to be but a discipline or preparation to dye: they must needes make men thinke, that it is a terrible Enemy, against whom there is no end of preparing. Better saith the Poet, Qui finem, &c." Adv. of Learning. Bk. ii. fol. 75. Ed. 1605.

Luke ii. 29.

The same [i.e. the envied one] being dead will be loved. Horace. Epistles. ii. 1. 15.

III. 1607-12. æt. 47-52. IV. 1612. æt. 52.

Harleian MS. 5106.

34. Of Seditions and
Troubles.

Heapardes of peo-
ple had neede
knowe the Kalen-
ders of Tempeftes

in State, which are com-
monlye greatest when
thinges growe to equalitie,
as naturall Tempestes are
greatest about the æqui-
noctia; And as there are
certaine hollowe blastes,

and fecrett fwellinges of Seas before Tempeftes, foare there in States.

cæcos in

ftare tumultus Sæpe monet, fraudefque, et operta tumefcere bella. Certainly, Libells and licentious discourses

Of Seditions and

Troubles.

[This Effay does not occur in the 1612 Edition.]

are amongst the fignes of troubles, Virgile giveinge the pedegree of fame, faieth fhee was fifter to the Gyantes.

VI. Variations in posthumous Latin Edition of 1638.

1 After Winde. Et veluti e longinquo, and as if from afar off. 2 In States. Ingruentibus Procellis politicis, 'when political storms ar approaching.'

Licentious Discourses. Licentiori et mordaces Sermones in Status Scandalum, 'licentious and calu i i courses to the scandal of the State.'

ple,

had need

know the Kalenders of Tempefts in State; which are commonly greatest, when Things grow to Equality; As Naturall Tempests are greatest about the Æquinoclia. And as there are certaine hollow Blafts of Winde,1 and fecret Swellings of Seas, before a Tempest, so are there in States: 2 -Ille etiam cæcos in

Stare Tumultus

Sæpe monet, Fraudefque, et operta tumefcere Bella.a Libels, and

licentious Discourses against the State, when they are frequent and open; And in like fort, falfe Newes often running vp and downe, to the difaduantage of the State, and haftily embraced;

"He [i.e. The Sun] also often warns of threatening hidden tumults; and treacheries, and of secret wars swelling to a head. Virgil. Georgics. i. 465. Often running vp and downe. Omitted in the Latin.

After State. Undique jactati, cast about everywhere.'

6 After Embraced. A Populo, 'by the people.'

right, that feditions, tum

ultes, and feditious fames, [This Effay does not occur

differ noe more, but as

Mafcu

line, and feminine.

Also that kinde of obedience (which Tacitus defcribeth in an Army) is to be

in the 1612 Edition.]

7 If it come.

Ingravescat Malum, 'the evil grows worse.'

8 Checks them. Evanescunt, they vanish.'
9 Going about. Conatus sedulus, diligent endeavours.'
10 Wonder. Omitted in the Latin.

line and Feminine; Especially, if it come to that, that the best Actions of a State, and the most plausible, and which ought to giue greatest Contentment, are taken in ill Senfe, and traduced: For that fhewes the Enuy great, as Tacitus faith; Conflata magna Inuidia, feu benè, feu malè, gefta premunt. Neither doth it follow, that because these Fames, are a figne of Troubles, that the fuppreffing of them, with too much Seuerity, should be a Remedy of Troubles. For the Defpifing of them, many times, checks them best; and the Going about9 to stop them, doth but make a Wonder 10 Long-liued. Alfo that kind of Obedi

a

is to be

Her, Parent Earth, furious with the vengeance of the Gods, brought forth; the youngest sister of Caus and Enceladus. Virgil. Æneid. iv. 179. "In Heathen Poesie, wee see the exposition of Fables doth fall out sometimes with great felicitie, as in the Fable that the Gyants beeing ouerthrowne in their warre against the Gods, the Earth their mother in reuenge thereof brought forth Fame.

Illam terra Parens &c.

Expounded that when Princes & Monarches haue suppressed actual and open Rebels, then the malignitie of people, (which is the mother of Rebellion,) doth bring forth Libels & slanders, and taxations of the states, which is of the same kind with Rebellion, but more Feminine.' Adv. of Learning. ii. fol. 19. Ed. 1605.

"

Great envy was excited, whether affairs went well or ill. Tacitus. History i. 7.