Part 36

The chief Kingdoms of Europe, are In Europâ nostrâ sunt Regna primaria, Spain, 1. France, 2. Italy, 3. Hispania, 1. Gallia, 2. Italia, 3. England, 4. Scotland, 5. Ireland, 6. Anglia (Britania), 4. Scotia, 5. Hibernia, 6. Germany, 7. Bohemia, 8. Hungary, 9. Germania, 7. Bohemia, 8. Hungaria, 9. Croatia, 10. Dacia, 11. Sclavonia, 12. Greece, 13. Thrace, 14. Croatia, 10. Dacia, 11. Sclavonia, 12. Græcia, 13. Thracia, 14. Podolia, 15. Tartary, 16. Lituania, 17. Poland, 18. Podolia, 15. Tartaria, 16. Lituania, 17. Polonia, 18. The Netherlands, 19. Denmark, 20. Norway, 21. Swethland, 22. Belgium, 19. Dania, 20. Norvegia, 21. Suecia, 22. Lapland, 23. Finland, 24. Lappia, 23. Finnia, 24. Lisland, 25. Prussia, 26. Muscovy, 27. and Russia, 28. Livonia, 25. Borussia, 26. Muscovia, 27. Russia, 28.

CIX.

Moral Philosophy. Ethica.

This Life is a way, or a place divided into two ways, like Pythagoras’s Letter Y. Vita hæc est via, sive Bivium, simile Litteræ Pithagoricæ Y. broad, 1. on the left hand track; narrow, 2. on the right; latum, 1. sinistro tramite angustum, 2. dextro; that belongs to Vice, 3. this to Vertue, 4. ille Vitii, 3. est his Virtutis, 4.

Mind, Young Man, 5. imitate Hercules: leave the left hand way, turn from Vice; Adverte juvenis, 5. imitare Herculem; linque sinistram, aversare Vitium; the Entrance, 6. is fair, but the End, 7. is ugly and steep down. Aditus speciosus, 6. sed Exitus, 7. turpis & præceps.

Go on the right hand, though it be thorny, 8. no way is unpassible to vertue; follow whither vertue leadeth Dextera ingredere, utut spinosa, 8. nulla via invia virtuti; sequere quâ viâ ducit virtus through narrow places to stately palaces, to the Tower of honour, 9. per angusta, ad augusta, ad Arcem honoris, 9.

Keep the middle and streight path, and thou shalt go very safe. Tene medium & rectum tramitem; ibis tutissimus.

Take heed thou do not go too much on the right hand, 10. Cave excedas ad dextram, 10.

Bridle in, 12. the wild Horse, 11. of Affection, lest thou fall down headlong. Compesce freno, 12. equum ferocem, 11. Affectûs ne præceps fias.

See thou dost not go amiss on the left hand, 13. in an ass-like sluggishness, 14. Cave deficias ad sinistram, 13. segnitie asininâ, 14. but go onwards constantly, persevere to the end, and thou shalt be crown’d, 15. sed progredere constanter pertende ad finem, & coronaberis, 15.

CX.

Prudence. Prudentia.

Prudence, 1. looketh upon all things as a Serpent, 2. and doeth, speaketh, or thinketh nothing in vain. Prudentia, 1. circumspectat omnia ut Serpens, 2. agitque, loquitur, aut cogitat nihil incassum.

She looks backwards, 3. as into a Looking-glass, 4. to things past; Respicit, 3. tanquam in Speculum, 4. ad præterita; and seeth before her, 5. as with a Perspective-glass, 7. things to come, or the End, 6. & prospicit, 5. tanquam Telescopio, 7. Futura, seu Finem, 6. and so she perceiveth what she hath done, and what remaineth to be done. atque ita perspicit quid egerit, & quid restet agendum.

She proposeth an Honest, Profitable Actionibus suis præfigit Scopum, Honestum, Utilem, and withal, if it may be done, a Pleasant End, to her Actions. simulque, si fieri potest, Jucundum.

Having foreseen the End, she looketh out Means, as a Way, 8. which leadeth to the End; Fine prospecto, dispicit Media, ceu Viam, 8. quæ ducit ad finem, but such as are certain and easie, and fewer rather than more, lest anything should hinder. sed certa & facilia; pauciora potiùs quàm plura, ne quid impediat.

She watcheth Opportunity, 9. (which having a bushy fore-head, 10. and being bald-pated, 11. Attendit Occasioni, 9. (quæ Fronte Capillata, 10. sed vertice calva, 11. and moreover having wings, 12. doth quickly slip away,) and catcheth it. adhæc alata, 12. facile elabitur) eamque captat.

She goeth on her way warily, for fear she should stumble or go amiss. In viâ pergit cautè (providè) ne impingat aut aberret.

CXI.

Diligence. Sedulitas.

Diligence, 1. loveth labours, avoideth Sloth, is always at work, like the Pismire, 2. Sedulitas, 1. amat labores, fugit Ignaviam, semper est in opere, ut Formica, 2. and carrieth together, as she doth, for herself, Store of all things, 3. & comportat, ut illa, sibi, omnium rerum Copiam, 3.

She doth not always sleep, or make holidays, as the Sluggard, 4. and the Grashopper, 5. do, whom Want, 6. at the last overtaketh. Non semper dormit, ferias agit, aut ut Ignavus, 4. & Cicada, 5. quos Inopia, 6. tandem premit.

She pursueth what things she hath undertaken chearfully, even to the end; she putteth nothing off till the morrow, Urget incepta alacriter ad finem usque; procrastinat nihil, nor doth she sing the Crow’s song, 7. which saith over and over, Cras, Cras. nec cantat cantilenam Corvi, 7. qui ingeminat Cras, Cras.

After labours undergone, and ended, being even wearied, she resteth her self; Post labores exantlatos, & lassata, quiescit; but being refreshed with Rest, that she may not use her self to Idleness, she falleth again to her Business, sed recreata Quiete, ne adsuescat Otio, redit ad Negotia.

A diligent Scholar is like Bees, 8. which carry honey from divers Flowers, 9. into their Hive, 10. Diligens Discipulus, similis est Apibus, 8. qui congerunt mel ex variis Floribus, 9. in Alveare suum, 10.

CXII.

Temperance. Temperantia.

Temperance, 1. prescribeth a mean to meat and drink, 2. Temperantia, 1. præscribit modum Cibo & Potui, 2. and restraineth the desire, as with a Bridle, 3. and so moderateth all things, lest any thing too much be done. & continet cupidinem, ceu Freno, 3. & sic moderatur omnia ne quid nimis fiat.