SECT. XVIII.
REuenge (beeing an in∣humane thirst for the bloud of man, or to do harm to others) is so offensiue, that commonly it hurteth both thee 1.1 Offrer and Suffrer; as in the Bee, the patterne of
Omnibus & singulis. Affording matter profitable for all men, necessarie for euery man; alluding to a fathers aduice or last will to his sonne. Now published for the vse of all men, and particularly of those that doe inhabit Great Brittaine and Ireland.
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- Omnibus & singulis. Affording matter profitable for all men, necessarie for euery man; alluding to a fathers aduice or last will to his sonne. Now published for the vse of all men, and particularly of those that doe inhabit Great Brittaine and Ireland.
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- Scot, Patrick.
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- 1619.
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fond spightfulnesse, who in her anger inuenometh the flesh, and euer after liueth a Drone.
This vindictiue passion, affecting reuenge,f 1.2 ciuill dissention, and priuate quar∣rells, hath beene the ouer∣throw of many ancient E∣states, Families, and worthie Personages; if they had not beene tainted with the infa∣mous note of barbarous Crueltie, Sedition, and foo∣lish maintenance of false re∣putation.
g 1.3Therefore let others harmes preuent your dan∣ger, and accounth 1.4 it a Ver∣tue, to remit a wrong, and applaud it for true and Chri∣stian valour, that you may hurt and will not, keeping
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that Golden Meane, in the remitting of wrongs, that you neither incourage others to offer thē, nor induce God to retaine yours.
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e 1.1
O stolide fe∣roces, qui dum in vindictam ruitis, vitae hu∣ius & aeternae discrimen incur∣ritis; nonne videtis vos specioso honoris titulo ad carnifi∣cinam duci? nonne pudet vos singularis dementiae? non∣ne poenitet vos alae, periculosi certaminis, vbi vigor ille a∣nimi & praestantia ingenij, Christop. de cap. fon. in Mo∣nomachos.
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f 1.2
Ille nefarius & sine gente, nibu{que} mihi esto, qui cupit ferum, & exe∣crabile bellum, Hom. Il. 2.
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g 1.3
Alterius per∣ditio, tua sit cautio, Isidor. folil. 1.
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h 1.4
Optima in∣iuria vltio, est obliuto. Nobile vincendi genus est patientia, Iuue.