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upon FoLLy. 43.
Brute, being made Captive to the Tyranny of:
Paffion ; that the’ Other,. who bears the Gha¬
racter of a King, is indeed the moft flavifh
of Serving-men, in being fubject to the Mafter¬
fhip. of Luft and Senfuality ; that a Third,
who vaunts fo much of his. Pedigree, is no
better than a Baftard for degenerating from:
Virtue, which ought to be of greateft Confi¬
deration in Heraldry, and fo fhall go on in
Expofing all the reft; would not any one
think fuch a Perfon quite Frantick, and ripe:
for Bediam? For as nothing is more filly than
Prepofterous Wifdem, fo is there nothing more:
indifcreet than an Unreafonable Reproof And
therefore he is to be houted out or all Society:
that will not be pliable, conformable, and:
willing to fuit his Humour with other Mens,
remembring the Law of Clubs and Meetings,
That he who will not do as the ref muft get.
him out of the Company. And it is certainly
one great Degree of Wifdom for every one to.
confider that he is but a #2», and therefore ¬
he fhould not pitch his foaring Thoughts be¬
yond the Level. of Mortality, but imp. the
Wingsof his tow’ring Ambition and obligingly
fubmit and condefcend to the Weaknefs of:
others, it. being many times a Piece of Com¬
plaifance to go out of the Road for Company’s
Sake. No, (fay you) this is a grand Piece of.
Folly: True,. but yet all our Living is no:
more than fuch. kind of Fooling :. Which.
though. it may ſeem harfh to affert, yet itis:
not fo ftrange as true. .
For