ℓ. 4

Say that it hath beene an Opinion that
Many pass a highe Matter with [underline] Secrecie [/underline]
and nevertheless are but Cormorants at the
Hearte. And yet the old [underline] Proverbe [/underline] doth holde,
Better a Blind man that hath Reache of
one Apple than fifty Eyes that looke and
reache not. So [underline] Plautius Surinna [/underline] said of [underline] Sil-
vius Pellieus, [Erecipe?] [/underline] Juro, Laedo [underline] et [/underline] Guber-
no [underline] quae regunt Accusatisum [/underline]; The Devyl
is a cold Anvil, but a good Accuser. but
that I may be more Verbal, I have knowne
one who would give a very pretty sum
as it were by Merchandizing or [strikeout] tra [/strikeout] Purchas-
ing to get that he [strikeout] megh [/strikeout] mought have for
Nothing, and Another would use any tri-
vial or Poor Conceit to fetch a great Bur-
then. And of a truth though Wisedome
they say is to be searcht keenly, you shall
never finde that it is to be Discoverd in
Ferrets' Holes. The which Albeit they are
but Conceited Devisings of man's Wit, yet
I do not say that they [strikeout] should [/strikeout] oughte