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All pleasant things Atrides doth adorn ; The merry genius smiled when he was born.* And they compute this happiness from his great stores of ammunition, his variety of managed horses, and his bat  talions of disciplined men. But an inward voice of sorrow seems to silence all this ostentation with mournful accents : — Jove in a deep affliction did him plunge.t Observe this likewise : — * II. 111. 182. t H• II. 111. 152 OF THE TRANQUILLITY OF THE MIND. ALL PLEASANT THINGS ATTRITESE DOTH ADORN THE MERRY GENIUS SMILED WHEN HE WAS BORN AND THEY COMPUTE THIS HAPPINESS FROM HIS GREAT STORES OF AMMUNITION HIS VARIETY OF MANAGED HORSES AND HIS BATTALIONS OF DISCIPLINED MEN BUT AN INWARD VOICE OF SORROW SEEMS TO SILENCE ALL THIS OSTENTATION WITH MOURNFUL ACCENTS JOVE IN A DEEP AFFLICTION DID HIM PLUNGE OBSERVE THIS LIKEWISE
nward, and thou shalt find most gnawing disquiets to be dissembled under these false appearances. AVhen the renoAvned Pit- tacus, who got him so gi'eat a name for his fortitude, Avisdom, and justice, Avas entertaining his friends at a noble banquet, and his spouse in an angry humor came and overturned the table ; his guests being extremely dis- turbed at it, he told them : Every one of you hath his particular plague, and my wife is mine; and he is very happy who hath this only. The pleading lawyer's happy at the bar ; But the scene openmg shows a civil war. For the good man hath a domestic strife, He's slave to that imperious creature, wife. Scolding without doors doth to him belong, But she within them doth claim all the tongue. Pecked by his female tyrant liim I see. Whilst from this grievance I mj'self am free. These are the secret stings Λvllich are inseparable from honor, riches, and dominion, and which are unknoAvn to the vulgar, because a counterfeit lustre dazzleth their sight.  THE GAUDY CURTAIN AND CARRY THY EYES INWARD AND THOU SHALT FIND MOST GNAWING DISQUIETS TO BE DISSEMBLED UNDER THESE FALSE APPEARANCES WHEN THE RENOWNED PITIKUS WHO GOT HIM SO GREAT A NAME FOR HIS FORTITUDE WISDOM AND JUSTICE WAS ENTERTAINING HIS FRIENDS AT A NOBLE BANQUET AND HIS SPOUSE IN AN ANGRY HUMOUR CAME AND OVERTURNED THE TABLE HIS GUESTS BEING EXTREMELY DISTURBED AT IT HE TOLD THEM EVERY ONE OF YOU HATH HIS PARTICULAR PLAGUE AND MY WIFE IS MINE AND HE IS VERY HAPPY WHO HATH THIS ONLY THE PLEADING LAWYER IS HAPPY AT THE BAR BUT THE SEEN OPENING CHOSE A CIVIL WAR FOR THE GOOD MAN HATH A DOMESTIC STRIFE HE'S A SLAVE TO THAT IMPERIOUS CREATURE WIFE SCOLDING WITH OUTDOORS DOTH TO HIM BELONG BUT SHE WITHIN THEM DOTH CLAIM ALL THE TONGUE PECKED BY HIS FEMALE TYRANTS HIM I SEE WHILST FROM THIS GRIEVANCE I MYSELF AM FREE THESE ARE THE SECRET STINGS WHICH ARE INSEPARABLE FROM HONOUR RICHES AND DOMINION AND WHICH ARE UNKNOWN TO THE VULGAR BECAUSE A COUNTERFEIT LUSTRE DAZZLETH THEIR SIGHT
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