CHAP. XIIII.
* 1.1A Wise-man effecteth al those things which he ought to do, without the assistance of any euill thing; neyther will he intermixe any thing which may trouble him in the gouernment thereof. An∣ger therefore is neuer to be admitted, yet is it sometimes to be dis∣sembled, if the slowe mindes of the auditorie are to be stirred vp. Euen as we pricke forth our sturdie horses by sticke and spurre, to performe their race. Sometimes they are to be put in feare, when reason cannot per∣swade. It is no lesse profitable to be angrie then to mourne, then to feare. What then? Do not some causes fall out which prouoke Anger? But euen then most especially are we to get the start of her. Neyther is it a hard matter to ouer∣com the mind, when as the wrastlers also being exercised in their basest part, yet suffer they strains and strokes that they may spend his forces with whom they contend; neyther strike they when wrath perswadeth them, but when occasi∣on commandeth them. It is reported that Pyrrhus an excellent Master in wrast∣ling and other exercises, was wont to command those that were his Schollers to refraine from Anger. For it is Anger that troubleth Art, and considereth which way she may hurt, not how she may preuent. Reason therefore oftentimes per∣swadeth patience, wrath reuenge, and we that might escape the first euils, are thrust into greater. Some hath the contumely of one word not dis-jested with discretion, cast into exile, and they that would not burie and beare a trifling in∣iurie in silence, haue beene ouerwhelmed with most grieuous calamities; in