The first book of Tullies Offices translated grammatically, and also according to the propriety of our English tongue; for the more speedy and certain attaining of the singular learning contained in the same, to further to a pure Latin stile, and to expresse the mind more easily, both in English & Latine. Done chiefly for the good of schools; to be vsed according to the directions in the admonition to the reader, and more fully in Ludus lit. or Grammar-schoole

Chap. 12.

He rehearseth the causes from whence the second kinde of iniustice may q 1.1 a∣rise.

1 q 1.2 MOreouer there are wont to be q 1.3 many causes of q 1.4 omit∣ting* 1.5 [our] defence, and of q 1.6 leauing [our] Dutie.

2 For either q 1.7 men

are vnwilling q 1.8 to vndertake q 1.9 displea∣sure, or trauell, or q 1.10 charges: or else they bee so hinde∣red with negli∣gence, sloth, q 1.11 idle∣nesse, or else by their owne priuate studies, or by cer∣taine q 1.12 bu•…•…nesses, that they suffer them to bee * 1.13 for∣saken, whom they ought q 1.14 to defend.

3 q 1.15 Wee must therfore take heed▪ that wee doe not thinke, q 1.16 that to be sufficient, which is spoken q 1.17 of Pla∣to in behalfe of the Philosophers; q 1.18 that they are therefore iust, be∣cause they are q 1.19 im∣ployed in q 1.20 finding

out the truth, and because they q 1.21 con∣temne and q 1.22 set at nought those things which q 1.23 most men doe * 1.24 vehe∣mently desire, [&] q 1.25 for which they are wont q 1.26 to be at daggers drawing a∣mongst thē•…•…elues. For whilst they at∣taine the one kinde of iustice, that they hurt no man in q 1.27 doing of wrong, they fall into the other: for beeing q 1.28 hindred by the studie of learning, they forsake [thē] whom they ought to defend. There∣fore q 1.29 hee indeed thinketh, q 1.30 that they would not en∣ter into the affaires

of the common weale, q 1.31 vnlesse they were compel∣led. But it were * 1.32 more equall to be done q 1.33 volunta∣rily. For whatso∣euer is q 1.34 rightly done, q 1.35 the same is thereby iust, if it be voluntarie. There be also, who either for a * 1.36 desire of * 1.37 sauing their sub∣stance, or q 1.38 for some hatred to men, do say, q 1.39 that they q 1.40 looke vnto their own busines; lest they q 1.41 should seeme to do wrong to any man: who whilst they are free from the one kind of iniustice, doe runne into the o∣ther. For they for∣sake

the * 1.42 society of life, because they bestowe q 1.43 no studie vpon it, no labour, nor sub∣stance. q 1.44 Seeing then that two kinds of iniustice being propounded, wee haue adioyned the causes of q 1.45 both kindes, and haue set downe those things before, in which iustice is cō∣tained▪ we shalbe a∣ble q 1.46 easily to iudge (vnlesse we will ex∣ceedingly * 1.47 fauour our selues) what is the dutie of euery season. For q 1.48 the care of other mens matters is difficult, although that q 1.49 Chremes in Terence q 1.50 accoun∣teth

nothing ap∣pertaining to man, to bee * 1.51 strange to him. q 1.52 Neuerthe∣lesse, because wee perceiue and feele those things more, which happen vn∣to our selues, q 1.53 ei∣ther luckily, or vn∣fortunately, then those things [w^ch q 1.54 happen] to o∣thers, which wee beholde, * 1.55 as it were, a great way off; wee iudge o∣therwise of them, then of our selues. Wherefore they q 1.56 giue a good pre∣cept, who forbid to doe any thing, which you doubt of, whether it bee right or wrong. For, q 1.57 the rig•…•…t it

* 1.58 shineth q 1.59 of it selfe: but doubting q 1.60 signifieth q 1.61 an ima∣gination of wrong.

Notes

• q 1.1

  spring or growe.
• q 1.2

  And.
• q 1.3

  moe.
• q 1.4

  •…•…termitting.
• * 1.5

  * to defend one another.
• q 1.6

  forsaking.
• q 1.7

  they will not.
• q 1.8

  to take vpon them or vndergoe.
• q 1.9

  enmities or ill will.
• q 1.10

  cost.
• q 1.11

  slugg•…•…shnesse▪ ig∣norance or cowa•…•…d linesse.
• q 1.12

  occupations.
• * 1.13

  helplesse.
• q 1.14

  to saue harmeless.
• q 1.15

  Therefore we must looke.
• q 1.16

  lest it be not suf∣ficient.
• q 1.17

  in Plato concer∣ning the Philoso∣phers.
• q 1.18

  [them] to be iust therfore.
• q 1.19

  conuersant or exercised.
• q 1.20

  tracing or search∣ing out of the truth.
• q 1.21

  depise.
• q 1.22

  account for no∣thing or make no reckning of.
• q 1.23

  most part of men
• * 1.24

  greedily seeke after.
• q 1.25

  cōcerning which▪
• q 1.26

  to fight with swords, contend or braul•…•….
• q 1.27

  offering iniurie.
• q 1.28

  letted by a desire of getting learning
• q 1.29

  in truth he think∣eth.
• q 1.30

  them not about to come to the commonweale, or to in∣termeddle in.
• q 1.31

  but compelled or inforced, or were they not compeld.
• * 1.32

  more reason that it should be done.
• q 1.33

  with good will, without constraint.
• q 1.34

  well done.
• q 1.35

  that same is iust to▪ if it be done vo∣luntarily.
• * 1.36

  loue.
• * 1.37

  looking to their houshold affaires.
• q 1.38

  by a certaine hate or some grudge.
• q 1.39

  themselues to do, or to follow.
• q 1.40

  themselues to do, or to follow.
• q 1.41

  may be thought.
• * 1.42

  fellowship.
• q 1.43

  nothing of study, nothing of labour, nothing of sub∣stance.
• q 1.44

  Because therefore after we haue decla∣red the two kindes of iniustice.
• q 1.45

  either kinde.
• q 1.46

  to iudge easily.
• * 1.47

  loue or flatter our selues too much.
• q 1.48

  it is hard to take care of other mens matters.
• q 1.49

  Terentian Chremes.
• q 1.50

  thinketh nothing to be strange to him of that which appertaineth to man.
• * 1.51

  estranged from.
• q 1.52

  But yet.
• q 1.53

  evther prosperous or crosse.
• q 1.54

  befall
• * 1.55

  as ye would say.
• q 1.56

  commaunde or teach well.
• q 1.57

  equitie it selfe.
• * 1.58

  is apparant.
• q 1.59

  by it selfe.
• q 1.60

  declareth.
• q 1.61

  a cogitation of in•…•…urie.