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AS soone as the ambitious man hath a∣spired to honour, ••ee is straight wayes puffed vp with pride, and without all mea∣sure bee breaketh into bragges and boastes sounding to his owne prayse and credite: Hee bendeth not hys minde to doe good vnto others, but gloriouslye to blas•• oute
hys power and prerogatiue: Hee pre∣sumeth hys person to bee made muche better, bycause hee hathe gotten superio∣ritie. But alas, highe degree maketh not a good manne, nor honour, nor dignitie ma∣keth a manne better: but the honestie and vertue wherewith hee is endued. Fur∣thermore, the ambitious man exalted on high, contemneth the companye of his olde friendes, and disdayneth the sight of his for∣mer famyliars, and turneth hys face from his wonted acquayntaunce: hys counte∣naunce is proude, his ga••e is glorious, hys mouthe is filled wyth haughtie ter∣mes, hys mynde is fixte vppon waightye matters. Hee is impatient of subiection, and desirous to beare rule: hee is a clogge vnto the cleargye, a greate burthen vnto hys subiectes, and a heauye yoke vnto hys neyghbour. Hee can not patiently beare any greeuous thing that shall touche hym selfe, nor delaye that whiche hee hath con∣ceiued in his minde: but he is rashe, bolde, boasting, arrogant, soone moued, and verye importunate.