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CLXXXIII.
MADAM,
I Do not VVonder, that those which are In∣dued and Adorned with the Bounteous Gifts of Nature, should Seek, and Endeavour to Divulge them; the truth is, it were not Fit nor VVell, that those Gifts, as Courage, Judgment, VVit, and Beauty, should be Buri∣ed in Obscurity; but there are many that be∣lieve through Partial Self-love (for all Man∣kind have that Love) they are Indued and A∣dorned with such Gifts, when all their Neigh∣bours and Friends see they are not so much Fa∣voured, but rather Disfavoured with Defects, for each man sees each others Defects, though not their own; But I have Observed, that there is a Disagreeing between Nature and Fortune, for those that Nature Smiles on, for the most part Fortune Frowns on, as if Fortune did En∣vy Nature's Bounties, for though Destiny and Fate hinders Fortunes Malice sometimes, yet they more often Assist her, or rather Fortune doth Assist them, for Fortune is the Servant to Fate, by which we may perceive, that Nature hath Powerful Opposers, or Over-ruling Po∣tents. But leaving Fate, Destiny, and Fortune, to their Decrees, Power, and Fate, I rest,
Madam,
Your faithful Fr. and S.