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137 our passions ; but you call to mind that which you have so often heard, that a rich slipper will not cure the gout, a diamond ring a whitlow, nor will an imperial diadem ease the headache. OUR PASSIONS BUT YOU CALL TO MIND THAT WHICH YOU HAVE SO OFTEN HEARD THAT A RICH SLIPPER WILL NOT CURE THE GOUT A DIAMOND RING A WHITLOW NOR WILL AN IMPERIAL DIADEM EASE THE HEADACHE
- nus, that best of men, who, as his custom is, always enjoins the making haste. Therefore, \vanting full leisure to con- summate those things justly which you requested, and being on the other side unwilling to send one from me to your dear self empty handed, I have transcribed my commonplace book, and hastily put together those col- lections which I had by me concerning this subject; for I thought you a man that did not look after flourishes of style and the afl"ected elegance of language, but only required what was instructive in its nature and useful to us in the conduct of our lives. And I congratulate that bravery of temper in you, that though you are admitted into the confidence of princes, and have obtained so great a vogue of eloquence at the bar that no man hath exceeded you, you have not, like the tragic Μ crops, suffered yourself to be puffed up with the applause of the multitude, and transported beyond those bounds Avhich are prescribed to OF THE TRANQUILLITY OF THE MIND.  M TO A GREATER EXPEDITION WAS A DISPATCH HE RECEIVED FROM FUNDANIS THAT BEST OF MEN WHO AS HIS CUSTOM IS ALWAYS ENJOINS THE MAKING HASTE THEREFORE WANTING FULL LEISURE TO CONSUMMATE THOSE THINGS JUSTLY WHICH YOU REQUESTED AND BEING ON THE OTHER SIDE UNWILLING TO SEND ONE FROM ME TO YOUR DEAR SELF EMPTY HANDED I HAVE TRANSCRIBED MY COMMONPLACE BOOK AND HASTILY PUT TOGETHER THOSE COLLECTIONS WHICH I HAD BY ME CONCERNING THIS SUBJECT FOR I THOUGHT YOU A MAN THAT DID NOT LOOK AFTER FLOURISHES OF STYLE IN THE AFFECTED ELEGANCE OF LANGUAGE BUT ONLY REQUIRED WHAT WAS INSTRUCTIVE IN ITS NATURE AND USEFUL TO US IN THE CONDUCT OF OUR LIVES AND I CONGRATULATE THAT BRAVERY OF TEMPER IN YOU THAT THOUGH YOU ARE ADMITTED INTO THE CONFIDENCE OF PRINCES AND HAVE OBTAINED SO GREAT A VOGUE OF ELOQUENCE AT THE BAR THAT NO MAN HATH EXCEEDED YOU YOU HAVE NOT LIKE THE TRAGIC MEROPS SUFFERED YOURSELF TO BE PUFFED UP WITH THE APPLAUSE OF THE MULTITUDE AND TRANSPORTED BEYOND THOSE BOUNDS WHICH ARE PRESCRIBED TO
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