Prosperitie, Aduersitie.
A Misfortune neuer comes alone.* 1.1
Prosperitie makes people proud.* 1.2 Example of them of Arras.
Princes are proud and seeke not the true remedies in their mis∣fortunes,* 1.3 whereof the first is to returne vnto God, and to consi∣der if they haue offended him in any thing, and to humble them∣selues before him, and acknowledge their errors: For it is he that iudges of such suites whereas no error can bee propounded. Af∣ter this, it will doe him great good to conferre with some pri∣uate friend, and boldly to discouer his griefes vnto him, for it doth ease and comfort the heart, and the spirits recouer their vertue, conferring thus with some one in priuate; or else he must seeke another remedy by exercise and labour, for of necessitie, see∣ing we be men, such griefes must passe with great passion, either in publike or in priuate.
In time of aduersitie euerie one murmures and contemnes all the actions of the afflicted.* 1.4 Example in the Duke of Bour∣gundy after the losse of the battels of Granson and Morat.
Wee must hold for certaine that the great prosperities of Princes,* 1.5 or their great aduersities, proceed from the Diuine prouidence.
If men were alwaies wise,* 1.6 they should bee so temperate in their speeches in time of prosperitie, as they should haue no cause to change in time of aduersitie. The Flemings during the life and prosperitie of their Duke, spake not to the King, nor of the