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The Cardinal Virtues.

ought to be fled from , or eschewed : and it is called of the Greekes , Sophia . Also it is named of Aristotle , the mother of vertues , of other Philosophers , it is called the Captain or Mastresse of vertues , of some the huswife , for so much as by her diligence she doth inuestigate and prepare places apt and conuenient , where other vertues shall execute their powers or offices . Wherefore as Salomon sayeth , Sicut in aquis resplendent vultus prospicientiwm , sic corda

homimwi manifesta sunt prudentibns : * Like as in water be shewed the visages of them that beholde it , so vnto men that be prudent , the secretes of mens harts be openl y discouered . This vertue then is so commodious to man , that it is as it were the porche of the noble palace of mans reason , whereby all other vertues shall enter , ancl haue their being . Prudence , also ( as saith Byon the philosopher ) so much excelleth other vertues , as the sight excelleth

the other senses , for the eyes beare light to all the bodie , neither is there any vertue without wisedome . f Nam qitomodo iustus reclclit eui ' q ; suum , nisipruclentia ^ commonstret cui debeatnr ? Thus ye may see the force of Prud ' ce , in rjna mest mdagatio atque inuentio veri , emsq ; virtutis hoc munus est proprinm . Vt enim quisque maxime perspicit quid in re quac [ ue verrissimum sit quique fy acutissime § " eelerime potest viclere < $ * explicare rationem , is , prudentissimus \ sapientissimus rite haberi solet . Prudence , is a vertue , that is occupied euermore in searching out the truth . Therefore ( 0 ye gentlemen ) which be

desirous to beare the noble ensignes of your ancestonrs , study with tooth and nayle to be prudent ; and when ye thinke ye haue attained the same , let it be ioyned with Iustice , for of them two ( as Tully saieth ) Iustice is of more power , ad ficlem faaiendam . % Because it , without Prudencehath sufficient aucthority

, , Pruclece without Iustice is nothing worth to get credite . For the subtiller , and the craftier a man is , so much the more is he hated , and suspected , when the opinion of his honestie is pulled away . Wherefore Iustice ioyned with vnclerstanding , shall haue as much power

as it liste , to purchase credit : Iustice without Prudence shall be of much power , Prudence without Iustice , shall be nothing worth . Thus it appeareth , that the most excellent and incomparable vertue , called Iustice , is so necessarye and expedientfor the governor of

, a publiek weale , that without it , none other vertue may be commendable , ne witt or any maner of doctrine profitable . Tully saieth , At the beginning when the multidude of

people were oppressed by them that abotided in possessions and substance , for refuge they fled to some one , which excelled in vertue & strength : who when he had defended the poore men from iniurie b y ministring equitie , retayned together , & gouerned the greater persons with the lesse , in an equall and indifferent order of Lawe . Wherefore they called that man a King , which is as much to say , as a Ruler . And as Aristotle saieth , Iustice is notonely a portion or spice of vertuebut it is entierlthe same vertue .

, y And thereof onely saieth Tully , boni viri nominantur , men be called good men : as who sayeth , without Iustice , all other qualities and vertues , cannot make a good man . _ Iustice is a vertue , gathered b y long space , giuing euerie one his owne , minding in all things , the common profit of our Countrey , whereunto man is

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THE CARDINAL VIRTUES. Article 1
MAIDENHOOD. Article 6
DOCUMENTA LATOMICA INEDITA. Article 7
THE ROMAN COLLEGIA. Article 12
MEMOIR OF ELIAS ASHMOLE. Article 14
AN ARCHITECTURAL PUZZLE. Article 19
THE SUNDERLAND AND HAMILTON-BECKFORD LIBRARIES. Article 20
THE WORSHIPFUL MASTER. Article 23
NATIONAL SAXON MASONIC HYMN. Article 29
ECHOES OF THE LAST CENTURY. Article 30
LITERARY GOSSIP. Article 34
THE LEGENDS OF THE CRAFT. Article 36
A CURIOUS CORRESPONDENCE. Article 37
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The Cardinal Virtues.

ought to be fled from , or eschewed : and it is called of the Greekes , Sophia . Also it is named of Aristotle , the mother of vertues , of other Philosophers , it is called the Captain or Mastresse of vertues , of some the huswife , for so much as by her diligence she doth inuestigate and prepare places apt and conuenient , where other vertues shall execute their powers or offices . Wherefore as Salomon sayeth , Sicut in aquis resplendent vultus prospicientiwm , sic corda

homimwi manifesta sunt prudentibns : * Like as in water be shewed the visages of them that beholde it , so vnto men that be prudent , the secretes of mens harts be openl y discouered . This vertue then is so commodious to man , that it is as it were the porche of the noble palace of mans reason , whereby all other vertues shall enter , ancl haue their being . Prudence , also ( as saith Byon the philosopher ) so much excelleth other vertues , as the sight excelleth

the other senses , for the eyes beare light to all the bodie , neither is there any vertue without wisedome . f Nam qitomodo iustus reclclit eui ' q ; suum , nisipruclentia ^ commonstret cui debeatnr ? Thus ye may see the force of Prud ' ce , in rjna mest mdagatio atque inuentio veri , emsq ; virtutis hoc munus est proprinm . Vt enim quisque maxime perspicit quid in re quac [ ue verrissimum sit quique fy acutissime § " eelerime potest viclere < $ * explicare rationem , is , prudentissimus \ sapientissimus rite haberi solet . Prudence , is a vertue , that is occupied euermore in searching out the truth . Therefore ( 0 ye gentlemen ) which be

desirous to beare the noble ensignes of your ancestonrs , study with tooth and nayle to be prudent ; and when ye thinke ye haue attained the same , let it be ioyned with Iustice , for of them two ( as Tully saieth ) Iustice is of more power , ad ficlem faaiendam . % Because it , without Prudencehath sufficient aucthority

, , Pruclece without Iustice is nothing worth to get credite . For the subtiller , and the craftier a man is , so much the more is he hated , and suspected , when the opinion of his honestie is pulled away . Wherefore Iustice ioyned with vnclerstanding , shall haue as much power

as it liste , to purchase credit : Iustice without Prudence shall be of much power , Prudence without Iustice , shall be nothing worth . Thus it appeareth , that the most excellent and incomparable vertue , called Iustice , is so necessarye and expedientfor the governor of

, a publiek weale , that without it , none other vertue may be commendable , ne witt or any maner of doctrine profitable . Tully saieth , At the beginning when the multidude of

people were oppressed by them that abotided in possessions and substance , for refuge they fled to some one , which excelled in vertue & strength : who when he had defended the poore men from iniurie b y ministring equitie , retayned together , & gouerned the greater persons with the lesse , in an equall and indifferent order of Lawe . Wherefore they called that man a King , which is as much to say , as a Ruler . And as Aristotle saieth , Iustice is notonely a portion or spice of vertuebut it is entierlthe same vertue .

, y And thereof onely saieth Tully , boni viri nominantur , men be called good men : as who sayeth , without Iustice , all other qualities and vertues , cannot make a good man . _ Iustice is a vertue , gathered b y long space , giuing euerie one his owne , minding in all things , the common profit of our Countrey , whereunto man is

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