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IT chaunceth oftentimes that ther is but smal oddes betwene the frendly fréendshyp that som men shew, and the euil wishing of the enemy. For what harme the fooe wisheth may chaunce to a man, thesame his verie and déere frindes ouer timelye frindlines shewed, otherwhyles procu∣reth and performeth. Then see what a
miserable and piteous case this is, that there should be but one & the same effect. and sequele both of hatred, & Loue, euill wishing and well meanyng.* 1.1 But let vs so néere as we cā to shew our good wills, geue suche thinges as shall neuer turne to our reproche. And for that it is the che¦••est point of frindship to make our frinde equall with our self, it foloweth that for his well doing and safegard we prouyde as for our owne. I will geue my frinde that he néedeth: but yet so that I bée not thereby dryuen into necessytie my self. I will gladlye help him being in daunger to be lost, but yet in suche sort that I cas•• not away myself. I will not geue anye man any suche thing that I can not get, but if I aske it myself with reproche and shame. If I haue done plesour, I will not sprede it abrode, and by talke boast small thinges to make them seme great. Neither will I accompt of benefites re∣ceiued, lesse then they deserue. And as he that casteth him in the téeth whome he
hath benefited with the plesours he hath done for him, loseth there by the cōmen∣daciō and grace of his benefit, so he that ••aūteth what he geueth getteth not prai∣se therby, but reproche. Let eche man ha∣ue an eye to hys owne habilitie, and that accordyng to that, he geue neyther more nor lesse. Let him again in geuing, haue a good respect to the person to whom he geueth. For as there are some thynges whiche for their smalnes of vallew are not to be geuen to men of estimacion, so are there again other some things more then méet to be geuen to meane or sim∣ple persons. For which cause there is to be weighed aswel the qualitie, condiciō, and desert of the Receyuer, as of him that geueth, & coutrarywise. Wherfore suche thynges as thou geuest, note well whe∣ther they be more then thow mayest wel geue, or accordinge ••o thine abilitie and state. Againe, whether they be such that he to whom thou geuest the same, maye wel enough accept for the worthines, or
refuse or at least make small accompte therof for their sclendernes.
Regarde to be had whom & howe we benefyt.