Bacon is Shake-Speare

Sic placet an melius quis habet suadere

Quamquam ridentem dicere verum

quis vetat

Sed tamen amoto quaeramus seria ludo

Posthabuj tamen illorum mea seria ludo

O imitatores seruum pecus

Quam temere in nobis legem sancimus iniquam.

mores sensusque repugnant

Atque ipsa vtilitas justj prope mater et equi

dummodo visum

Excutiat sibj non hic cuiquam parcit amico

Nescio quod meritum nugarum totus in illis

Num22 quid vis occupo

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Noris nos inquit doctj sumus

O te bollane cerebrj

Felicem aiebam tacitus.

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ridiculum acrj

Fortius et melius magnas plerunque secat res.

At magnum fecit quod verbis graeca latinis }

Miscuit o serj studiorum }

Nil ligat exemplum litem quod lite resoluit

Nimirum insanus paucis videatur eo quod }

Maxima pars hominum morbo laborat eodem }

Neu si vafer vnus et alter

Insidiatorem praeroso fugerit hamo

Aut spem deponas aut artem illusus omittas

gaudent praenomine molles }

auriculae }

Renuis tu quod jubet alter

Qui variare cupit rem prodigaliter unam.

Et adhuc sub judice lis est.

Proijcit ampullas et sesquipedalia verba

Quid dignum tanto feret hic promissor hiatu

Atque ita mentitur sic veris falsa remittet

tantum series juncturaque pollet

Tantum de medio sumptis accedit honoris

Ergo fungar vice cotis acutum }

Reddere que possit ferrum exors ipsa secandj }

Haec placuit semel haec decies repetita placebit

Fas est et ab hoste docerj

Vsque adeo quod tangit idem est tamen vltima

Quis furor auditos inquit praeponere visis [distans].

Pro munere poscimus vsum

Inde retro redeunt idemque retexitur ordo

Nil tam bonum est quin male narrando possit

deprauarier

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Furor arma ministrat

Pulchrumque morj succurrit in armis

Aspirat primo fortuna laborj

Facilis jactura sepulchrj

Cedamus phoebo et monitj meliora sequamu[r]

Fata uiam invenient

Degeneres animos timor arguit

Viresque acquirit eundo

Et caput inter nubila condit

Et magnas territat vrbes

Tam ficti prauique tenax quam nuntia verj

Gaudens et pariter facta atque infecta canebat

Nusquam tuta fides

Et oblitos famae meliori amantes

Varium et mutabile semper

Femina

Furens quid femina possit

Quo fata trahunt retrahuntque sequamur

Quicquid id est superanda est omnis fortun[a] ferendo

Tu ne cede malis sed contra audentior i[to]

Hoc opus hic labor est

Nullj fas casto sceleratum insistere li[men]

Discite justitiam monitj.

Quisque suos patimur manes

Neu patrie validat23 in viscera vertite vires

Verique effeta senectus.

At patiens operum paruoque assueta iuuen[tus]

Juno vires animumque ministrat

Nescia mens hominum fatj sortisque futur[ae]

Et servare modum rebus sublata secund[is]

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Spes sibi quisque

Nee te vllius violentia vincat

Respice res hello varias

Credidimus lachrimis an et hae simulare docentur

He quoque habent artes quaque iubentur eunt

Quaecunque ex merito spes venit equa venit

Simplicitas digna fauore fuit

Exitus acta probat careat successibus opto

Quisquis ab euentu facta notanda putet.

Ars fit vbj a teneris crimen condiscitur annis

Jupiter esse pium statuit quodcunque iunaret

Non honor est sed onus

Si qua voles apte nubere nube parj

Perdere posse sat est si quern iuuat ista potestas.

Terror in his ipso major solet esse periclo

Quaeque timere libet pertimuisse pudet

An nescis longas regibus esse manus

Vtilis interdum est ipsis injuria passis

Fallitur augurio spes bona sepe suo

Quae fecisse iuuat facta referre pudet

Consilium prudensque animj sententia jurat

Et nisi judicij vincula nulla valent

Sin abeunt studia in mores

Illa verecundis lux est praebenda puellis

Qua timidus latebras speret habere pudor

Casta est quam nemo rogauit

Quj non vult fierj desidiosus amet

Gratia pro rebus merito debetur inemptis

Quern metuit quisque perisse cupit

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A late promus of formularies

and elegancies

Synanthr

Synanthropy

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He that owt leaps his strength standeth not

He keeps his grownd; Of one that speaketh certenly

& pertinently

He lighteth well; of one that concludeth his speach

well

Of speaches digressive; This goeth not to the ende

of the matter; from the lawyers,

for learnyng sake.

Mot. of the mynd explicat in woords implicat in

thowghts

I iudg best implicat in thowg. or of trial or mark

bycause of swiftnes collocat. & differe & to

make woords sequac.

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Folio 108, front

Vpon Impatience of Audience

Verbera sed audi. The fable of the syrenes

Auribus mederj difficillimum. Placidasque viri deus obstruit

Noluit Intelligerevt bene aures

ageret

The ey is the gate of the

affection, but the ear

of the vnderstanding

Vpon question to reward evill w'th evill

Noli aemularj in malig- Cum perverso perverteris;

nantibus lex talionis

Crowne him wth tols (?) Yow are not for this world

Nil malo quam illos simil- Tanto buon cheval niente

les esse suj et me mej

Vpon question whether a man should speak or

forbear speach

Quia tacuj inveterauerunt Obmutuj et non aperuj os

ossa mea (speach may meum quoniam tu fecistj

now & then breed It is goddes doing.

smart in y'e flesh; but Posuj custodiam Orj

keeping it in goeth to meo cum consisteret

y'e bone). peccator aduersum me.

Credidi propter quod Ego autem tanquam

locutus sum. surdus nonaudiebam et

Obmutuj et humiliatus tanquam mutus non

sum siluj etaim a bonis aperiens os suum

et dolor meus re-

nouatus est.

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Benedictions and maledictions

Et folium eius non defluet

Mella fluant illj ferat

et rubus asper amonium

Abominacion

Dij meliora pijs

Horresco referens

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Per otium To any thing impertinent.

Speech yt hangeth not together nor is concludent.

Raw sylk; sand.

Speech of good & various wayght but not neerely

applied; A great vessell yt cannot come neer

land.

Of one yt. rippeth things vp deepely. He shooteth

to high a compass to shoote neere.

Y'e law at Twicknam for mery tales

Synanthropie

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Folio 109d, back. SynanthropieFolio 110, front

Play.

The syn against y'e holy ghost termd in zeal by one

of y'e fathers

Cause of Oths; Quarells; expence & vnthriftynes;

ydlenes & indisposition of y'e mynd to labors.

Art of forgetting; cause of society acquaintance

familiarity in frends; neere & ready attendance

in servants; recreation & putting of melancholy;

Putting of malas curas & cupiditates.

Games of Actiuity & passetyme; sleight of Act. of

strength quicknes; quick of y'e hand; legg, the

whole mocion; strength of arme; legge; Of Activity of sleight.

Of passetyme onely; of hazard, of play mixt

Of hazard; meere hazard Cunnyng in making yor.

game; Of playe: exercise of attention;

of memory; of Dissimulacion; of discrecion;

Of many hands or of receyt; of few; of quick

returne tedious; of praesent iudgment; of

vncerten yssue.

Seuerall playes or Ideas of play.

Frank play; wary play, venturous not venturous

quick slowe;

Oversight Dotage Betts Lookers on Judgment

groome porter; Christmas; Invention for hunger

Oddes; stake; sett;

He that folowes his losses & giueth soone over at

wynnings will never gayne by play

Ludimus incauti studioque aperimur ab ipso

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He that playeth not the begynnyng of a game well at

tick tack & y'e later end at yrish shall never

wynne

Frier Gilbert

Y'e lott; earnest in old tyme sport now as musik

owt of church to chamber

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good morow_

Good swear24

Good trauaile

good hast

good matens

good betymes; bonum mane

bon iouyr. Bon iour; (bridgrome).

good day to me & good morow to yow.

I haue not sayd all my prayers till I haue bid yow

good morow.

Late rysing fynding a bedde,

early risinge, summons to ryse

Diluculo surgere saluberrimum est.

Surge puer mane sed noli surgere vane.

Yow will not rise afore yor betters

(y'e sonne).

Por mucho madrugar no amanece mas ayna.

Qui a bon voisin a bon matin

(lodged next);

Stulte quid est somnus gelidae nisi mortis imago

Longa quiescendi tempora fata dabunt.

Albada; golden sleepe.

early vp & neuer y'e neere.

The wings of y'e mornyng.

The yowth & spring of y'e day

The Cock; The Larke.

Cowrt howres.

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Constant; abedd when yow are bedd; & vp when

yow are vp.

Trew mens howres.

Is this your first flight x I doe not as byrds doe for

I fly owt of my feathersz Is it not a fayre one

Sweet, fresh of y'e mornyng.

I pray god your early rysing doe yow no hurt;

Amen when I vse it.

I cannot be ydle vp as yow canne.

Yow could not sleep for your yll lodging; I cannot

gett owt of my good lodginge.

Yow have an alarum in your head

Block heads & clock heads.

There is Law against lyers a bedde.

Yow haue no warrant to ly a bedde

Synce yow are not gott vp turn vp.

Hott cocckles withowt sands

god night

Well to forgett;

I wish yow may so well sleepe as yow may not fynd

yor yll lodging.

NOTE. – This folio is written in two columns. The second column begins with the line, "I pray god your early rysing."

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fourmes & elegancyes.

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Formularies Promus 27 Jan. 1595.

Against con-} Es. conceyt of // ceyt of diffi-}Tentantes ad Trojam peruenere Impossibili- // culty or im-} ties & Ima- // possibility ginations // vt s[upra] ad id Ess. indear- // Abstinence}Qui in agone contendit a multis ing generali-// negatiues} abstinet. ties & prae- // cepts // vt s[upra] All the commaundments nega ad id tiue saue two ad id //

Parerga; mouente sed nil pro- ad id. and Curious; Busy extenuating // without jug mouentes operosities, nil ad deuises & // ment good summam. particulars. direction Claudus I via ad id. vt s[upra] 25Direction}to give the grownd in bowling. // generall.} vt sup[ra] Like tempring with phisike a ad id. // good diett much better.

Zeal affection}Omni possum in eo qui me Idea. zeal alacrity} confortat & good affec-// tion ye e. //

vt s[upra] Possunt quia posse videntur ad id. vt s[upra] Exposition of Not Overweenning but ouerwilling. ad id. // vt s[upra] Goddes presse; Voluntaries ad id. // detraction Chesters wytt to depraue & otherwise not wyse 26s. P. s. J.//

Hast In actions as in wayes the nearest Ind my stay// ikpatience y'e fowlest

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ffrancys Dalle

fragments of Elegancyes

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//Quod adulationis nomine dicitur bonum quod // obtrectationis malum. Cujus contrarium majus; majus aut priuatio cujus minus animis.# //Cujus opus et uirtus majus majus cujus minus minus //quorum cupiditates majores aut meliores, //quorum scientiae aut artes honestiores. //quod uir melior eligeret vt injuriam potius pati // quam facere. //quod manet melius quam quod transit. //quorum quis autor cupit esse bonum, cujus horret // malum. //quod quis amico cupit facere bonum quod inimico // malum. //Diuturniora minus diuturnis Conjugata //quod plures eligunt potius quam quod pauciores. //quod controuertentes dicunt bonum perinde ac omnes quod scientes et potentes, quod judicantes. //Quorum praemia majora, majora bona, quorum mulctae majores, majora mala. Quas confessis et tertijs majoribus majora. //quod ex multis constat magis bonum cum multi // articulj bonj dissectj magnitudinem prae se ferunt Natiua ascitis. //Qua supra aetatem praeter occasionem aut oportuni- // tate praeter naturam toe; praeter conditionem // temporis praeter naturam personae vel instru- // mentivel iuuamentimajora quam quae secundum.

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//quae in grauiore tempore vtilia vt in morbo senectute // aut aduersis. //Ex duobus medijs quod propinquius est fruj //Quae tempore futuro et vltimo quia sequens tempus // evacuat praeterita Antiqua novis noua antiquis Consueta nouis noua consuetis //quod ad veritatem magis quam ad opinionem Ejus // 27ante, quae ad opinionem pertinet, ratio est ac // modus, quod quis sj clam fore putaret non // eligeret //Polychreston vt diuitiae, robur, potentia, facultates // animj # Ex duobus quod tertio aequali adjunctum majus ipsa* reddit # Quae non latent cum adsunt, quam quae latere possunt majora. //quod magis ex necessitate vt oculus vnus lusco //quod expertus facile reliquit //quod quis cogitur facere malum //quod sponte fit bonum //quod bono confesso redimitur

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In deliberatives and electives

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Cujus excusatio paratior est vel venia indulta inagis minus malum.

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Melior est oculorum visio quam animj progressio //Spes in dolio remansit sed non vt antedotum sed vt // major morbus Spes omnis in futuram vitam consumendus sufficit praesentibus bonis purus sensus. Spes vigilantis somnium; vitae summa breuis spem nos uetat inchoare longam. //Spes facit animos leues timidos inaequales peregrinantes //Vidi ambulantes sub sole cum adolescente secundo // qui consurget post eum. //Imaginationes omnia turbant, timores multiplicant // voluptates corrumpunt. //Anticipatio timores29salubris ob inventionem remedij // spei institit30 Imminent futuro, ingrati in praeteritum semper adolescentes //Vitam sua sponte fluxam magis fluxam reddimus per continuationes spe Praesentia erunt futura non contra

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The fallaxes of y'e 3 and y'e assurance of Erophil.

to fall well euery waye

Watry impressions, fier elementall fier aethereall.

Y'e memory of that is past cannot be taken from him.

All 3 in purchaze nothing in injoyeng.

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// Quod inimicis nostris gratum est ac optabile vt // nobis eveniat malum, quod molestiae et terrorj // est bonum. Metuo danaos et dona ferentes Hoc Ithacus velit et magno mercentur Atridae. Both parties haue wyshed battaile The Launching of y'e. Imposture by him that intended murder. Conciliam homines mala. a forein warre to appeas parties at home // Quod quis sibj tribuit et sumit bonum, quod in // alium transfert malum non tarn inuidiae impertiendae quam laudis com- municandae gratia loquor. // Quod quis facile impertit minus bonum quod quis // paucis et grauatim impertit majus bonum Te nunc habet ista secundum. // Quod per ostentationem fertur bonum, quod per // excusationem purgatur malum. // Nescio quid peccati portet haec purgatio. // Cuj sectae diuersae quae sibj quaeque praestantiam // vendicat secundas tribuit melior singulis // Secta Academicae quam Epicureus et stoicus sibi // tantum postponit // Neutrality.

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//Cujus exuperantia vel excellentia melior ejus et // genus melius. Bougeon de mars, enfant de paris. Whear they take Some thinges of lyttell valew but excellencye Some more indifferent and after one sort. //In quo periculosius erratur melius eo in quo erratur // minore cum periculo. //Quod rem integram seruat, melius eo a quo receptus // non est potestatem enim donat potestas autem // bonum The tale of the frogges that were wyshed by one in a drowth to repayre to the bottome of a well, ay (?) but if water faile thear how shall we gett vp agayne //Quod polychrestum est melius quam quod ad vnum // refertur ob incertos casus humanos. //Cujus contrarium priuatio malum bonum cujus // bonum malum. //In quo non est satietas neque nimium melius eo in // quo satietas est //In quo vix erratur melius eo in quo error procliuis //Finis melior ijs quae ad finem; //Cujus causa sumptus facti et labores toleratj // bonum; si vt euitetur malum, //Quod habet riuales et de quo homines contendunt // bonum; de quo non est contentio malum. Differ, inter fruj et acquirere.

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// Quod laudatur et praedicatur bonum quod occultatur

// et uituperatur malum.

// Quod etiam inimicj et maleuoli laudant valde bonum,

// quod etiam amicj reprehendunt magnum malum.

Quod consulto et per meliora judicia proponitur

majus bonum.

// Quod sine mixtura malj melius quam quod refractum

// et non syncerum.

Possibile et facile bonum quod sine labore et paruo

tempore cont[ra] malum

Bona confessa jucundum sensu; comparatione.

Honor; voluptas;

Vita

bona ualetudo

suauia objecta sensuum;

Inducunt tranquillum sensum virtutes ob securitatem

et contemptum rerum humanarum; facultates

animk et rerum gerendarum ob spem et metum

subigendum; et diuiti …

Ex aliena opinione; laus.

Quae propria sunt et minus communicata; ob honor,

quae continent, vt animalia vt plantae et amplius;

sed id amplius potest esse malj.

Congruentia, ob raritatem et genium et proprietatem

vt in familijs et professionibus

Quae sibj deesse quis putat licet sint exigua

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ad quae natura procliues sunt

quae nemo abjectus capax est vt faciat

Majus et continens minore et contento

Ipsum quod suj causa eligitur

quod omnia appetunt.

quod prudentiam adepti eligunt

quod efficiendi et custodiendj vim habet.

Cuj res bonae sunt consequentes.

maximum maximo ipsum ipsis; vnde exuperant …

quae majoris bonj conficientia sunt ea majora sunt

bona.

quod propter se expetendum eo quod propter alios

Fall. in diuersis generibus et proportionibus

Finis non finis

Minus indigens eo quod magis indiget quod

paucioribus et facilioribus indiget

quoties ho (sic) sine illo fierj no (sic) potest, illud

sine hoc fierj potest illud melius

principium non principio; finis autem et principium

antitheta; non majus videtur principium quia

primum est in opere; contra finis quia primum

in mente; de perpetratore et consiliario.

Rarurn copiosis honores; mutton venison

Copiosum varit vsu: optimum aqua

difficiliora, facilioribus |

faciliora, difficilioribus |

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Quod magis a necessitate vt oculus vnus lusco.

Major videtur gradus priuationis quam diminutionis

Quae non latent cum adsunt majora quam que

latere possunt.

Quod expertus facile reliquit malum, quod mordicus

tenet bonum.

In aliquibus manetur quia non datur regressus

Quae in grauiore tempore vtilia vt in morbo

senectute aduersis.

The soldier like a coreselett; bellaria, et appetitiua,

redd hearing. Loue

Quod controuertentes dicunt bonum perinde ac

omnes.

Sermon frequented by papists and puritans;

Matter of circumstance not of substance

boriae penetrabile frigus adurit

Cacus oxen forwards and backwards

Not examyning.

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Analogia Caesaris

Verb. et clausalae ad

exercitationem accentus

et ad gratiam sparsam

et ad suitatem

Sat that; (for admitt that) It is like Sr. etc. putting Peradventure can yow: sp. a man agayne into his (what can yow) tale interruted So much there is. fr.(neuer- Your reason thelesse) I haue been allwaies at See then bow. Sp. (Much his request; lesse) His knowledg lieth about Yf yow be at leasure fur- him nyshed etc. as perhappes Such thoughts I would yow are (in stead of are exile into into my not) dreames For the rest (a transition A good crosse poynt but concluding) the woorst cinq a pase The rather bycause con- tynuing anothers speach He will never doe his tricks To the end, sauing that, whereas yet (contynu- A proper young man and ance) and so of all kynds so will he be while he liues In contemplation (in con- 2 of these fowre take them sideracon) where yow will Not praejudicing. I have knowne the tyme With this (cum hoc quod and it was not half an verificare vult) howre agoe Without that (adsque hoc Pyonner in the myne of quod) truth

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for this tyme (when a man As please the painter

extends his hope or imag- A nosce teipsum (a chiding

inacion or beleefe to farre) or disgrace)

A mery world when such Valew me not y'e lesse by-

fellowes must correct cause I am yours.

(A mery world when the

simplest may correct).

Is it a small thing yt & (can

not yow not be content)

an hebraisme

What els? Nothing lesse.

It is not the first vntruth I

have heard reported nor

it is not y'e first truth I

haue heard denied.

I will prooue X

why goe and prooue it

Minerallwyttsstrongpoyson

yf they be not corrected.

O the'

O my I. St.

Beleeue it

Beleeue it not;

for a time

Mought it pleas god that

fr (I would to god) Neuer

may it please yow

As good as the best:

I would not but yow had

doone it (But shall I doe

it againe)

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NOTE. – This folio is written in three columns. The third column begins,

"It is a small thing."

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The sonne of some what y'e ayre of his behauior;

factious;

To frime (to Sp)31

Sp

To cherish or endear;

To vndeceyue. Sp to dis-

abuse deliuer and vnwrapped

To discount (To Cleere)

Brazed (impudent

Brawned Seared) vn-

payned.

Vuelight (Twylight) band-

ing (factions).

Remoouing (remuant)

A third person (a broker)

A nose Cutt of; tucked vp.

His disease hath certen

traces

To plaine him on

Ameled (fayned counterfett)

in y'e best kynd.

Having (?) the vpper

grownd (Awthority)

His resorts (his Conceyts)

It may be well last for it

hath lasted well

Those are great with yow

y't are great by yow

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The Avenues; A back

thought.

Baragan; perpetuo Juuenis

A Bonance (a Caulme)

To drench to potion (to

insert)

Haggard insauvaged

Infistuled (made hollow

with malign deales).

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Cursitours lament and cry

32Verba interjectiua siue ad

gratiam sparsam

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Semblances or popularities of good and evill w'th

their redargutions for Deliberacions

Cujus contrarium malum bonum, cujus bonum

malum.

Non tenet in ijs rebus quarum vis in temperamento

et mensura sita est.

Dum vitant stulti vitia in contraria currunt

X Media via nulla est quae nee amicos parit nee inimi-

cos tollit

Solons law that in states every man should declare

him self of one faction. Neutralitye:

Vtinam esses calidus aut frigidus sed quoniam tepidus

es eveniet vt te expuam ex ore meo.

Dixerunt fatui medium tenuere beatj

Cujus origo occasio bona, bonum; cujus mala malum.

Non tenet in ijs malis quae vel mentem informant,

vel affectum corrigunt, siue resipiscentiam in-

ducendo siue necessitatem, nec etiam in fortuitis.

No man gathereth grapes of thornes nor figges of

thistelles

The nature of every thing is best consydered in the

seed

Primum mobile turnes about all y'e rest of y'e Orbes.

A good or yll foundacion.

X Ex malis moribus bonae leges.

[Greek: pathaemata maaemata]

When thinges are at the periode of yll they turn

agayne

Folio 128, front – continued

Many effectes like the serpent that deuoureth her

moother so they destroy their first cause as