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There be here that ſit at this bourd, far more ſufficient perſonages for ſo great a charge than you are. But what then? If I ſhoulde caſt this burthen on their ſhoulders, it might bee, that hereafter they woulde bee ſo farre with enuie ca|ryed, as they woulde percaſe hazard the loſſe of one of their owne eyes, to be aſſured, that I ſhould be depriued of both mine eyes. But foraſmuche as the caſe toucheth your ſkinne as neare as mine, and in one reſpect nigher than mine, by|cauſe (as I ſayde before) I reſt in the Winter, and you in the Spring of your yeares, and nowe I am reſolued day by day to learne, rather howe to die in the feare of god, than to liue in the pompe of the worlde. I thinke you will not be ſo braine|ſicke, as to ſtabbe your ſelfe through the body, on|ly to ſkarrifie my ſkinne with the poynt of your blade. Wherefore, my ſonne, conſider, that it is eaſie to raze, and harde to buylde, and in all your affayres be ſchwled by this boorde, that for wiſe|dome is able, and for the intier affection it bea|reth your houſe will be founde willing, to leſſon you with ſounde and ſage aduiſe. For albeeit in authoritie you rule them, yet in counſaile they muſt rule you.