CHAP. IIII.
A Man may likewise define our good after an other sort that is to say expresse the same thing in other termes.* 1.1 Euen as one and the same Armie sometimes spreddeth it selfe out at large, sometimes restraineth and locketh vp her selfe in a little place, eyther ben∣deth her selfe like a Crescent with hornes on eyther side and hollow in the midst; or marcheth in a Batalion hauing wings to warrant them, and howsoeuer she is disposed, yet hath she alwayes the same force and resolu∣tion to maintaine the partie for which she is leuied, so our definition of the So∣ueraigne good may sometimes be extended out a farre, sometimes comprised in few words and gathered as it were into it selfe. It will all come to one if I say: The Soueraigne good is a minde despising casualties, and content with vertue: or an inuincible force of the minde well experienced in the affaires of this. World, peaceable in his actions, full of humanitie and regard of those with whom she conuerseth. It pleaseth vs likewise to define it thus, that we cal him a blessed man, who esteemeth nothing eyther good or euil, except a mind eyther good or euill, a respecter of honestie, content with vertue, whom neyther ca∣sualties extol nor depresse, who knowes no other greater good then that which he can giue himselfe, who reputeth it for a true pleasure to contemne pleasures. Thou maiest if thou wilt expatiate, turne this definition into one or two other