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Page viii
Therefore I helde it best discréation to publish them my selfe as they passed long
agoe from my pen , without any fur . ther disgrace , then the weaknesse of the
Author . And as I did euer hold , there mought be as great a vanitie in retiring and
...
Therefore I helde it best discréation to publish them my selfe as they passed long
agoe from my pen , without any fur . ther disgrace , then the weaknesse of the
Author . And as I did euer hold , there mought be as great a vanitie in retiring and
...
Page ix
But since they would not stay with their Master , but would needes trauaile
abroade , I haue preferred them to you that are next my selfe , Dedicating them ,
such as they are , to our loue , in the depth whereof ( I assure you ) I sometimes
wish ...
But since they would not stay with their Master , but would needes trauaile
abroade , I haue preferred them to you that are next my selfe , Dedicating them ,
such as they are , to our loue , in the depth whereof ( I assure you ) I sometimes
wish ...
Page xiii
Looking amongst my papers this vacation , I found others of the same Nature :
which if I my selfe shall not suffer to be lost , it seemeth the World will not ; by the
often printing of the former . Missing my Brother , I found you next ; ini respect of ...
Looking amongst my papers this vacation , I found others of the same Nature :
which if I my selfe shall not suffer to be lost , it seemeth the World will not ; by the
often printing of the former . Missing my Brother , I found you next ; ini respect of ...
Page xiv
Of Wisdome for a Mans selfe . 17. Of Regiment of Health . 18. Of Expences . 19.
Of Discourse . 20. Of Seeming wise . 21. Of Riches . 22. Of Ambition . 23. Of
Young men and age . 24 . Of Beautie . 25. Of Deformitie . 26. Of nature in Men .
27.
Of Wisdome for a Mans selfe . 17. Of Regiment of Health . 18. Of Expences . 19.
Of Discourse . 20. Of Seeming wise . 21. Of Riches . 22. Of Ambition . 23. Of
Young men and age . 24 . Of Beautie . 25. Of Deformitie . 26. Of nature in Men .
27.
Page xxvii
SA ALOMON saies ; A good Name is as a precious oyntment ; And I assure my
selfe , such wil your Graces Name bee , with Posteritie . For your Fortune , and
Merit both , haue beene Eminent . And you haue planted Things , that are like to
last ...
SA ALOMON saies ; A good Name is as a precious oyntment ; And I assure my
selfe , such wil your Graces Name bee , with Posteritie . For your Fortune , and
Merit both , haue beene Eminent . And you haue planted Things , that are like to
last ...
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