Pleasures, can fhew themselves conftant and invincible, and are able to fupport their own virtuous inclination, against all heady and forcible Perfuafions whatsoever; as by the Example of Ulysses, that fo peremptorily interdicted all peftilent Counfel, and Flatteries of his Companions, as the most dangerous and pernicious Poisons to captivate the Mind. But of all other Remedies in this Cafe, that of Orpheus is moft Predominant: For they that chaunt and refound the Praises of the Gods, confound and diffipate the Voices and Incantations of the Syrens; for Divine Meditations do not only in Power fubdue all fenfual Pleasures; but also far exceed them in Swiftness and Delight. A Battle, 295 Acteon, 262 Acting in fong, 136 Adrian, an envious man, 27 Adverfity, 15 Age, 150; how to be treated, 114; not to be defied, 114 Agefilaus, envious, 27 Albert Durer, 153 Allegory of the contest between art and nature, 303 Anger, 196; how it may be calmed and tempered, 197; Appendix to Effays, 207 Ardent natures not early ripe for action, 150 Argus, 77 Arms, flourish in the youth of a ftate, 205; to be most stu- Art and Nature, allegory of conteft between, 303 Art of converfation, 118 Atalanta, or gain, 302 Atheism, 55; evils of, 57; talking of, 55 Atheist, contemplative, rare, 57 Auguftus Cæfar's emblem of the Sphynx, 325 Authority, vices of, four, 37 Aviaries, 170 Bacchus, (called Dionyfius) his car, 298; or Paffion, 297 Bachelors, or childlefs, are beft public men, 23; from par- Bafenefs, or Suitor of Juno, 276 Battle, 295 Beauty, beft part of, a picture cannot exprefs, 153 Boldness, advantages of, 39; child of ignorance and base- Books, speak plain, when courtiers fear, 75 Building, 156 Cheerfulness at meals, 115 Children, pinched in allowance, are made base and full of Cicero, his faying of Pofthumus, 126; remarks on Cato, 233, Clergy, overgrown evils of, 51 Colours for candlelight, 136 Comets, 201 Commiffions, ftanding, commended, 75 Committees best compofed of indifferent persons, 75 Converfation, art of, 120 Cofmus, duke of Florence, 14 Counsel, inconveniences of, 72; revealing affairs, 72; weak- Counsellor of kings, skilful in his business, not in his nature, Cupid, allegorical blindness of, 281; his four attributes, Cunning, crooked wisdom, 78; precepts of, 78; practised Custom, 140; force of, 142; ftronger than nature or bonds, Cyclops, or minifters of terror, 236 Dedalus, or Mechanick, 286 Dangers beft met half way, 77 David's harp, 16 Death, early, of men of genius, 274; effay on, 212; a small Deformed men envious, 27; perfons bold, 155; without Deformity, 154 Delays, 76 Deluge and earthquake, 199 Democritus, 311; his opinion, 269, 280 Deucalion, or Restitution, 291 Diet and phyfic, 115 Diomed, fable of, explained, 283; or zeal, 282 Difcipline of humanity, wife and children, 24 Difcontent, cause of fedition, 49; prevention of, 53; poli- tical enlargement of, 50; when dangerous, 50 Difcourfe, its faults and merits, 118 Discovery of a man's felf, 19 Difpatch affected, 87 Diffimulation and Simulation, 16 Divination, or Cassandra, 231 Divine nature of goodness, 44 Domitian, dream of, 130 EARTH, or the common people, 261 Empedocles, 311 Endymion, or the Favourite, 259 Envy, an evil eye, 25; quality of the vicious, 26; of the |