CHAP. XI.
CErtaine priuiledges (saith he) are giuen vnto Parents. And as there is an extraordinarie consideration had of these, so is it reasonable also that a respect should be had of other benefits. We haue hal∣lowed and sacred the condition of Parents, because it was expe∣dient that children should be bred and brought vp. They were to be encouraged to this trauell, because they were to vnder goe an vncertaine fortune. It could not be said vnto them, which is spoken vnto those that giue benefits. Be warie in thy choice to whom thou giuest: If thou hast beene once deceiued, seeke out hence-forward such a one as is worthie of thy benefits, and succour him. In breeding and bringing vp children, the Parents iudgement preuaileth little, all that they may doe is but to wish well, and hope the best. Therefore that they might the more willingly aduenture this chance, it was reason that some prerogatiue should be giuen them. Againe, the case standeth otherwise with Parents, for they both doe and will bestow benefits vpon their children, al∣though they haue done neuer so much for them alreadie: and it is not to bee feared that they will belie themselues in giuing: In others it ought to bee exa∣mined, not only whether they haue receiued, but also whether they haue gi∣uen. But the merits of these consist in their confession; and because it is requi∣site for youth to be ruled, we haue constituted, as it were, certaine domesticall Magistrates ouer them, vnder whose gouernement they should bee restrained. Againe, the benefits of all Parents was equall and alike, and therefore it might be valued after one rate, but the rest were diuers, vnlike, and infinite oddes was betweene them, and therefore could they fall vnder no compasse of Law; so that it was more fitting to let them all alone, than to make them all equall.