V. 1625. æt. 65. ; and Princes leffe; And more euer vpon the first entrance of Bold Perfons into Action, then foone after For Boldneffe is an ill keeper of promife. Surely, as there are Mountebanques for the Naturall Body: So are there Mountebanques for the Politique Body: Men that vndertake great Cures; And perhaps haue been Lucky, in two or three Experiments, but want the Grounds of Science; And therfore cannot hold out. Nay you fhall fee a Bold Fellow, many times, doe Mahomets Miracle. Mahomet made the People beleeue, that he would call an Hill to him; And from the Top of it, offer vp his Praiers, for the Obferuers of his Law. The People affembled; Mahomet cald the Hill to come to him, againe, and againe; And when the Hill stood ftill, he was neuer a whit abashed, but faid; If the Hill will not come to Mahomet, Mahomet wil go to the hil. So these Men, when they haue promised great Matters, and failed moft fhamefully, (yet if they haue the perfection of Boldneffe) they will but flight it ouer, and make a turne, and no more adoe. Certainly, to Men of great Iudgment, Bold Persons, are a Sport to behold; Nay and to the Vulgar alfo, Boldneffe hath fomewhat of the Ridiculous. For if Abfurdity be the Subiect of Laughter, doubt you not, but great Boldneffe is feldome without fome Abfurdity. Especially, it is a Sport to fee, when a Bold Fellow is out of Countenance; For that puts his Face, into a most Shruncken, and woodden Pofture;9 As needes it muft; For in Bafhfulneffe, the Spirits doe a little goe and come; but with Bold Men, vpon like occasion, they stand at a stay;10 Like a Stale at Cheffe, where For the Naturall Body. Qui Corpori Naturali mederi profitentur, who profess to heal the natural body.' Cannot hold out. Sæpius excidunt, ‘often fail.' 9 Shruncken and woodden Posture. 'drawn back into itself, but ill-favouredly.' In se reductum, sed deformiter, 10 Stand at a stay. Attoniti hærent, they stick, astounded.' V. 1625. æt. 65. it is no Mate, but yet the Game cannot stirre. But this last, were fitter for a Satyre, then for a serious Obferuation. This is well to be weighed; That Boldnesse is euer blinde: For it seeth not dangers, and Inconueniences. Therfore, it is ill in Counsell, good in Execution: So that the right Vse of Bold perfons is, that they neuer Command in Chiefe, but be Seconds, and vnder the Direction of others. For in Counsell, it is good to fee dangers; And in Execution, not to see them, except they be very great. V. 1625. British Museum Copy. 18. Of Trauaile.1 æt. 65. Rauaile, in the younger Sort, is a Part of Education; In the Elder, a Part of Experience. He that trauaileth into a Country,2 before he hath fome Entrance into the Language, goeth to Schoole, and not to Trauaile. That Young Men trauaile vnder some Tutor, or graue 3 Seruant, I allow well; So that he be such a one, that hath the Language, and hath been in the Country before; whereby he may be able to tell them, what Things are worthy to be feene in the Country where they goe; what Acquaintances they are to feeke; What Exercifes or difcipline the Place yeeldeth. For else young Men fhall goe hooded, and looke abroad little. It is a strange Thing, that in Sea voyages, where there is nothing to be seene, but Sky and Sea, Men should make Diaries; But in Land-Trau[a]ile, wherin fo much is to be obferued, for the most part, they omit it; As if Chance, were fitter to be registred, then Obferuation. Let Diaries, therefore, be brought in vfe. The Things to be seene and obferued are: The Courts of Princes, specially when they giue Audience to Ambassadours.7 The Courts of Iuftice, while they fit and heare Causes; And fo of Confiftories Ecclefiafticke: The Churches, and Monasteries, with the Monuments which are there VE. Variations in posthumous Latin Edition of 1638. 1 TITLE. De Peregrinatione in Partes Exteras, 'of travel into foreign parts.' 2 Country. Partes Exteras, 'foreign parts.' 3 Graue. Experto, ' experienced.' Seene. Spectatu et cognitu, 'seen and noticed.' 6 Acquaintances. Amicitia et Familiaritates, 'friendships and acquaintances.' 6 Giue Audience. 7 Ambassadours. While they sit. Admittunt, ‘admit.' Legatos Exteros, foreign ambassadors.' V. 1625. æt. 65. in extant: The Wals and Fortifications of Cities and Townes; And fo the Hauens and Harbours: Antiquities, and Ruines: Libraries; Colledges, Difputations, and Lectures, where any are: Shipping and Nauies: Houses, and Gardens of State, and Pleasure, neare great Cities: Armories: Arsenals: Magazens:9 Exchanges Burfes: Ware-houses: Exercifes of Horfeman-fhip; Fencing; Trayning 10 of Souldiers; and the like: Comedies; Such wherunto the better Sort of perfons doe refort; Treasuries of Iewels, and Robes; Cabinets,11 and Rarities: And to conclude, whatsoeuer is memorable 12 in the Places; where they goe. After all which, the Tutors or Seruants, ought to make diligent Enquirie. As for Triumphs; Mafques; Feasts; Weddings; Funeralls; Capitall Execu[ti]ons; and fuch Shewes; Men need not to be put in minde of them; Yet are they not to be neglected. If you will haue a Young Man, to put his Trauaile,13 into a little Roome, and in short time, to gather much, this you must doe. Firft, as was faid, he must haue fome Entrance into the Language, before he goeth. Then he must haue fuch a Seruant, or Tutor, as knoweth the Country, as was likewife faid. Let him carry with him also some Card or Booke defcribing the Country, where he trauelleth; which will be a good Key to his Enquiry. Let him keepe also a Diary. Let him not stay long in one Citty, or Towne; More or leffe as the place deferueth, but not long: Nay, when he stayeth in one City or Towne, let him change 14 his Lodging, from one End 15 and Part of the Towne, to another; which 9 Magazens. Cellæ et Horrea publica, public stores and granaries.' 10 Trayning. Delectus et Instructio, levying and training." 11 Cabinets. Curiositates, curiosities.' 12 Memorable. Celebre aut memorabile, remarkable or memorable.' 13 Trauaile. Fructum Peregrinationis, 'the fruit of his travel.' 14 Change. Mutet sæpius, change often.' 15 End. Omitted in the Latin. æt. 65. √. 1625. Let him is a great Adamant 16 of Acquaintance. fequefter himselfe from the Company of his Country men, and diet in fuch Places, where there is good Company of the Nation, where he trauaileth. Let him vpon his Remoues, from one place to another, procure Recommendation, to fome perfon of Quality, refiding in the Place, whither he remoueth; that he may vse his Fauour, 17 in those things, he defireth to see or know. Thus he may abridge 18 his Trauaile, with much profit. As for the acquaintance,19 which is to be fought in Trauaile; That which is most of all profitable, is Acquaintance with the Secretaries, and Employd Men of Ambaffadours; For fo in Trauailing in one Country he shall fucke 20 the Experience 21 of many. Let him alfo fee and vifit, Eminent Persons, in all Kindes, which are of great Name abroad; That he may be able to tell, how the Life 22 agreeth with the Fame. For Quarels, 23 they are with Care and Difcretion to be auoided: They are, commonly, for Miftreffes; 24 Healths; 25 Place; and Words. 26 And let a Man beware, how he keepeth Company, with Cholerick and Quarelfome 27 Perfons; for they will engage him into their owne Quarels. When a Trauailer returneth home, let him not leaue the Countries, where he hath Trauailed, altogether behinde him; 16 After Adamant. Attrahendi Familiaritates, et Consuetudines Hominum complurium, 'for attracting acquaintances and friendships with many men.' 17 Fauour. Favore et opera, favour and help.' 18 Abridge. Vtilitatem accelerare, 'hasten the profit.' 19 Acquaintance. Familiaritates et Amicitias, 'acquaintances and friendships.' 20 Sucke. Ad se attrahet, et suget,' draw to himself and suck.' 21 Experience. Notitiam et Experientiam, 'knowledge and experience.' 22 Life. Os, vultus, et Corporis Lineamenta et Motus, 'face, counten ance, and lineaments and movements of the body.' 23 Quarels. Rixas et Simultates, 'quarrels and disputes.' 24 Mistresses. Amores, 'loves.' 25 Healths. Compotationes, drinking bouts.' 26 Words. Verba contumeliosa, 'insulting words.' 27 Quarelsome. Qui facile Inimicitias suscipiunt, who easily take up enmities.' |