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As true friends they are, as he that Caelius Secundus met by the highway side; and hard it is in this temporising age to distinguish such companions, or to find them out. AS TRUE FRIENDS THEY ARE AS HE THAT CAILIUS SECUNDUS MET BY THE HIGHWAYSIDE AND HARD IT IS IN THIS TEMPORIZING AGE TO DISTINGUISH SUCH COMPANIONS OR TO FIND THEM OUT
art affected is the liver, and this love deserves a longer explication, and shall be dilated apart in the next section. SUBSECT. III.—_Honest Objects of Love_. Beauty is the common object of all love, [4542]as jet draws a straw, so doth beauty love: virtue and honesty are great motives, and give as fair a lustre as the rest, especially if they be sincere and right, not fucate, but proceeding from true form, and an incorrupt judgment; those two Venus' twins, Eros and Anteros, are then most firm and fast. For many times otherwise men are deceived by their flattering gnathos, dissembling camelions, outsides, hypocrites that make a show of great love, learning, pretend honesty, virtue, zeal, modesty, with affected looks and counterfeit gestures: feigned protestations often steal away the hearts and favours of men, and deceive them, specie virtutis et umbra, when as revera and indeed, there is no worth or honesty at all in them, no truth, but mere hypocrisy, subtlety, knavery, and the like.  PREDOMINANT IN A HIGHER STRAIN WHOSE PART AFFECTED IS THE LIVER AND THIS LOVE DESERVES A LONGER EXPLICATION AND SHALL BE DILATED APART IN THE NEXT SECTION SUBSECTION THREE HONEST OBJECTS OF LOVE BEAUTY IS THE COMMON OBJECT OF ALL LOVE AS YET DRAWS A STRAW SO DOTH BEAUTY LOVE VIRTUE AND HONESTY ARE GREAT MOTIVES AND GIVE AS FAIR A LUSTRE AS THE REST ESPECIALLY IF THEY BE SINCERE AND RIGHT NOT FUCATTI BUT PROCEEDING FROM TRUE FORM AND AN INCORRUPT JUDGMENT THOSE TWO VENUS TWINS ARROS AND ANTEROS ARE THEN MOST FIRM AND FAST FOR MANY TIMES OTHERWISE MEN ARE DECEIVED BY THEIR FLATTERING NATHOS DISSEMBLING CHAMELEONS OUTSIDES HYPOCRITES THAT MAKE A SHOW OF GREAT LOVE LEARNING PRETEND HONESTY VIRTUE ZEAL MODESTY WITH AFFECTED LOOKS AND COUNTERFEIT GESTURES FEIGNED PROTESTATIONS OFTEN STEAL AWAY THE HEARTS AND FAVOURS OF MEN AND DECEIVE THEM SPECIE VERTUITIS ET UMBRA WHEN AS REVERE AND INDEED THERE IS NO WORTH OR HONESTY AT ALL IN THEM NO TRUTH BUT MERE HYPOCRISY SUBTLETY KNAVERY AND THE LIKE
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