Catharos Diogenes in his singularitie : wherein is comprehended his merrie baighting fit for all mens benefits : christened by him, a nettle for nice noses / by T.L. of Lincolns Inne, Gent: 1591.

Thomas Lodge

Date:: 1875

Credit: Catharos Diogenes in his singularitie : wherein is comprehended his merrie baighting fit for all mens benefits : christened by him, a nettle for nice noses / by T.L. of Lincolns Inne, Gent: 1591. Source: Wellcome Collection.

Provider: This material has been provided by Royal College of Physicians, London. The original may be consulted at Royal College of Physicians, London.

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$AHguJli]ie in his temptations, and the Hermit Ifaac (as Cajfia7ius writeth) were wont to vfe. In fumme, in taking thefe courfes we fliall haue fewer Lechers inH- thens, and more religious. Cofino: Truely Diogefics thy plaine method of doc- trine in this point, argueth thy ability both to corre6l bit- terly and to perfwade blcffedly: So that thou feemeft to be no Grecian tied to earthly contemplations, but a man infpired with more than Apolloes wifedomc: for to dif- cerne matters incident to the fenfe and fubiecl to reafon, is the part of a prudent man and a fearching wit, but to enter thus profoundly into the nature of finne, and the workinges of God, argueth that thy infpiration is from God: wee therefore bide thy reprehenfions with more patience, and attend thy counfailes with more perfeue- rance. Dio: Your conformity pleafeth mee: haue you not read that Diogenes is a dogge that biteth men but for their amendment, and not for enuy: then heare me and I will heale woundes. Philoplntos thou art in authority, wherein thou canft not fo hue, but thou muft be fubie6t to euill language, thou muft haue a ferpents eare to preuent the charmes of the flatterer, and Linx\\\s cie to fpie out contempts erethey attempt thee. If thou art reproouedof theiuft for a good caufemend thy felfe, for their fecond af- fault is feafoned with fliame, if wrongfully beware to ftir too much left being not guilty, thy ftirring make fome fuppofe that thou ftinkeft. It is a trim thing to be filent, a wifedome to be fllent: thou maift kill with thy eie when thou lifteft, but keepe thine eie from lufting after other mens blame, left thou proue blind in thine enuy, and thine enuy caufe thy death. An enuious man (in opini- on) may bee compared to a Viper that gnaweth the boanes and fucketh the bloude and beareth his owne tor- ment in himfelfe: In briefe, if thou be enuious thou flialt Hue Titius life, and be fo wounded in heart, as neither I the$