this pleasant counter-craft of Aristippus; “Why shall I unbind that, which being bound doth so much trouble me?” Some one proposed certaine Logicall quiddities against Cleanthes, to whom Chrisippus said; use such jugling tricks to play with children, and divert not the serious thoughts of an aged man to such idle matters.  If such foolish wiles, Contorta et aculeata sophismata, [Footnote:  Cic.  Acad.  Qu. 1. iv.] “Intricate and stinged sophismes,” must perswade a lie, it is dangerous:  but if they proove void of any effect, and move him but to laughter, I see not why he shall beware of them.  Some there are so foolish that will go a quarter of a mile out of the way to hunt after a quaint new word, if they once get in chace; Aut qui non verba rebus aptant, sed res extrinsecus arcessunt, quibus verba conveniant:  “Or such as fit not words to matter, but fetch matter from abroad, whereto words be fitted.”  And another, Qui alicujus verbi decore placentis, vocentur ad id quod non proposuerant scribere:  [Footnote:  Sen.  Epist. liii.] “Who are allured by the grace of some pleasing word, to write what they intended not to write.”  I doe more willingly winde up a wittie notable sentence, that so I may sew it upon me, than unwinde my thread to go fetch it.  Contrariwise, it is for words to serve and wait upon the matter, and not for matter to attend upon words, and if the French tongue cannot reach unto it, let the Gaskonie, or any other.  I would have the matters to surmount, and so fill the imagination of him that harkeneth, that he have no remembrance at all of the words.  It is a naturall, simple, and unaffected speech that I love, so written as it is spoken, and such upon the paper, as it is in the mouth, a pithie, sinnowie, full, strong, compendious and materiall speech, not so delicate and affected as vehement and piercing.

     Hac demum sapiet dictio qua feriet.
     [Footnote:  Epitaph on Lucan, 6.]

     In fine, that word is wisely fit,
     Which strikes the fence, the marke doth hit.

Rather difficult than tedious, void of affection, free, loose and bold, that every member of it seeme to make a bodie; not Pedanticall, nor Frier-like, nor Lawyer-like, but rather downe right, Souldier-like.  As Suetonius calleth that of Julius Caesar, which I see no reason wherefore he calleth it.  I have sometimes pleased myselfe in imitating that licenciousnesse or wanton humour of our youths, in wearing of their garments; as carelessly to let their cloaks hang downe over one shoulder; to weare their cloakes scarfe or bawdrikewise, and their stockings loose hanging about their legs.  It represents a kind of disdainful fiercenesse of these forraine embellishings, and neglect carelesnesse of art:  But I commend it more being imployed in the course and forme of speech.  All manner of affectation, namely [Footnote:  Especially,] in the livelinesse and libertie of France, is unseemely in a Courtier.  And in a Monarchie every Gentleman