here at home, for like cause of excellent learning, great wisdome, and gentle humanitie, which I haue seene in them, and felt at their handes my selfe, where the matter of indifference is mere conscience in a quiet minde inwardlie, and not contentious malice with spitefull rayling openlie, I can be content to followe this rewle, in misliking some one thing, not to hate for anie thing els. But as for all the bloodie beastes, as that fat Boore of the _Psal._ 80. // wood: or those brauling Bulles of Basan: or any lurking _Dormus_, blinde, not by nature, but by malice, & as may be gathered of their owne testimonie, giuen ouer to blindnes, for giuing ouer God & his word; or soch as be so lustie runnegates, as first, runne from God & his trew doctrine, than, from their Lordes, Masters, & all dewtie, next, from them selues & out of their wittes, lastly from their Prince, contrey, & all dew allegeance, whether they ought rather to be pitied of good men, for their miserie, or contemned of wise men, for their malicious folie, let good and wise men deter- mine. And to returne to _Epitome_ agayne, some will iudge moch boldnes in me, thus to iudge of _Osorius_ style: but wise men do know, that meane lookers on, may trewelie say, for a well made Picture: This face had bene more cumlie, if that hie redde in the cheeke, were somwhat more pure sanguin than it is: and yet the stander by, can not amend it himselfe by any way. And this is not written to the dispraise but to the great commendation of _Osorius_, because _Tullie_ himselfe had the same fulnes in him: and therefore went to _Rodes_ to cut it away: and saith himselfe, _recepi me domum prope mutatus, nam quasi referuerat iam oratio_. Which was brought to passe I beleue, not onelie by the teaching of _Molo Appollonius_ but also by a good way of _Epitome_, in binding him selfe to translate _meros Atticos Oratores_, and so to bring his style, from all lowse grosnesse, to soch firme fastnes in latin, as is in _Demosthenes_ in Greeke. And this to be most trew, may easelie be gathered, not onelie of _L. Crassus_ talke in 1. _de Or._ but speciallie of _Ciceroes_ owne deede in translating _Demosthenes_ and _æschines_ orations peri steph. to that verie ende and purpose. And although a man growndlie learned all readie, may take moch proffet him selfe in vsing, by _Epitome_, to draw other mens _the ready way to the Latin tong._ 263