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THE SECOND PART OF MORALL PHILOSOPHIE.
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doth ſo occupie and trouble their heades that God knoweth they are full of paſſions, and can yee blame them? Therefore ſometimes, will they nill they, they looue and hate againe. And when thou perſwadeſt thy ſelfe (by reaſon of a fewe ſmyling lookes they haue ouerwhile giuen thee) that thou art in high fauour, then they ſeeme not to knowe thee. And thou muſte alſo looke after recompence of thy ſeruice, though vnhappily thou haſt perhaps beſtowed fiue and twentie yeares time, and thy youth withall, and yet notwithſtanding haſt not beene the better a ruſh for al this: and another in foure daies is made riche. For thus thou ſhouldeſt but wrappe thy ſelfe in care to thy vndoinge and yet the thing nothing remedied. And what? they will not ſticke to playe thee many of theſe pranckes. Therefore he that cannot beare it patiently, lifteth vp his head, and a flie lighteth on his noſe, and byteth him with theſe and ſuch like Courtly graces, & ſo goeth his way: ſo he that looſeth his time and yeres. Pacience therefore that oft goeth to ſleepe with Hope, bringeth thee at leaſt to ſuche ende as thou art not ware of, and ſome time it carieth meate in mouth & getteth thee ſomewhat. Feare generally muſt be thy right eie to guide thee with. Thou muſt feare the enuie of Courtiers, for they will make thee