¶ M. Cic. Pro A. Cluentio. 1. _Sapientissimum esse dicunt eum, cui, quod opus sit, ipsi veniat in mentem:_ 2. _Proxime accedere illum, qui alterius bene inuentis obtemperet._ 3. _In stulticia contra est: minus enim stultus est is, cui nihil in mentem venit, quam ille, qui, quod stultè alteri venit in mentem comprobat._ _Cicero_ doth not plainlie expresse the last sentence, but doth inuent it fitlie for his purpose, to taunt the folie and simplicitie in his aduersarie _Actius_, not weying wiselie, the sutle doynges of _Chrysogonus_ and _Staienus_. ¶ Tit. Liuius in Orat. Minutij. Lib. 22. 1. _Sæpe ego audiui milites; eum primum esse virum, qui ipse consulat, quid in rem sit:_ 2. _Secundum eum, qui bene monenti obediat:_ 3. _Qui, nec ipse consulere, nec alteri parere scit, eum extremi esse ingenij._ Now, which of all these foure, _Sophocles, S. Basil, Cicero_, or _Liuie_, hath expressed _Hesiodus_ best, the iudgement is as hard, as the workemanship of euerie one is most excellent in deede. An other example out of the _Latin_ tong also I will recite, for the worthines of the workeman therof, and that is _Horace_, who hath 258 _The second book teachyng_ so turned the begynning of _Terence Eunuchus_, as doth worke in me, a pleasant admiration, as oft so euer, as I compare those two places togither. And though euerie Master, and euerie good Scholer to, do know the places, both in _Terence_ and _Horace_, yet I will set them heare, in one place togither, that with more pleasure, they may be compared together. ¶ Terentius in Eunucho. _Quid igitur faciam? non eam? ne nunc quidem cum accersor ultrò? an potius ita me comparem, non perpeti meretricum con- tumelias? exclusit: reuocat, redeam? non, si me obsecret._ PAR- MENO a little after. _Here, quæ res in se neque consilium neque modum habet vllum, eam consilio regere non potes. In Amore hæc omnia insunt vitia, iniuriæ, suspiciones, inimicitiæ, induciæ, bellum, pax rursum. Incerta hæc si tu postules ratione certa facere, nihilo plus agas, quem si des operam, vt cum ratione insanias._ ¶ Horatius, lib. Ser. 2. Saty. 3. _Nec nunc cum me vocet vltro, Accedam? an potius mediter finire dolores? Exclusit: reuocat, redeam? non si obsecret. Ecce Seruus non Paulo sapientior: ô Here, quæ res Nec modum habet, neque consilium, ratione modóque Tractari non vult. In amore, hæc sunt mala, bellum, Pax rursum: hæc si quis tempestatis propè ritu Mobilia, et cæca fluitantia sorte, laboret Reddere certa, sibi nihilò plus explicet, ac si Insanire paret certa ratione, modòque._