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Secondly, it serveth to reprove those, that seek indeed, but seek amiss; that seek without light, yea that refuse to use such light as would be lent them, and is tendered unto them, and that, when they have more need of it then they are, it may be, aware of. Such are they, the younger sort especially, that think scorn to take advice of their Friends, imagining themselves ^twise enough to advise themselves, and to make their own choice. ^uThat that proveth the very bane, and utter overthrow of many an one, that might well have done well, if they would have been ruled by those that wished them well, and were both able and willing well to advise them: but refuse to hearken to any good advice, till it be too late, when they come to be scourged soundly with a rod of their own making.

Secondly, it serueth to reproue those, that seeke indeed, but seeke amisse; that seeke without light, yea that refuse to vse such light as would be lent them, and is tendred vnto them, and that, when they haue more need of it then they are, it may be, aware of. Such are they, the younger sort especially, that thinke scorne to take aduice of their Friends, imagining themselues ^twise enough to aduise themselues, and to make their owne choise. ^uThat that proueth the very bane, and vtter ouerthrow of many an one, that might well haue done well, if they would haue beene ruled by those that wished them well, and were both able and willing well to aduise them: but refuse to hearken to any good aduice, till it bee too late, when they come to be scourged soundly with a rod of their owne making.

1. tCons•j satis est in me mihi. Ara•hne apud. Ovid. Metam lib 6.
2. u[Greek or Hebrew]. Hierocl. de nupt.〈non-Latin alphabet〉. Hierocl. de nupt.