[ 960] To be carefull in the prevention of Danger.
THe Boare in the Fable being questioned, Why he stood whetting his teeth so, when no body was near to hurt him, wisely answered, That it would then be too late to whet them, when he was to use them, and therefore whetted them so before danger, that he might have them ready in danger; Thus as Demosthenes ad∣vised the Athenians,* 1.1 〈 in non-Latin alphabet 〉〈 in non-Latin alphabet 〉, that they would not expect till evill came, but prevent it; and to deal with dangers as Men do with Serpents and vipers, of which though happily they never have been stung or bitten, yet see∣ing any of them,* 1.2 they tarry not till it sting or bite, but before harm done, forth∣with seek to kill it, to crush the Scorpion at the first appearance; not waiting and ga∣ping after event (the School-master of fools) as Fabius calls it;* 1.3 but ante bellum auxilium, and ante tubam tremor, to be affected with what is not yet effected, wary be∣fore they be wounded, and prudent in seeing a danger a far off and shunning it, Prov. 22. 3.