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You see the latitude and extension of this unruly evil; nor evnraly then the hand. Slaughters, massacres, oppressions are done by the hand: the tongue doth more. Parcit manus absenti, lingua n•mini. The hand spares to hurt the absent, the tongue hurts all. One may avoid ⟨p. 41⟩the sword by running from it; not the tongue, though he run to the Indies. The hand reacheth but a small compass, the tongue goes through the world. If a man wore coat of armour, or mail of brass; yet, Penetrabunt spicula linguae; The darts of the tongue will pierce it.

You see the latitude and extention of this vnruly evill; nor evnraly then the hand. Slaughters, massacres, oppressions are done by the hand: the tongue doth more. Parcit manus absenti, lingua n•mini. The hand spares to hurt the absent, the tongue hurts all. One may avoid ⟨p. 41⟩the sword by runni•g from it; not the tongue, though he runne to the Indies. The hand reacheth but a small compasse, the tongue goes through the world. If a man wore coate of armour, or maile of brasse; yet, Penetrabunt spicula linguae; The darts of the tongue will pierce it.

It is evil, and doth much harm; it is unruly, and doth sudden harm. You will say, many wicked men have often very silent tongues. True, they know their times and places, when and where to seem mute. But Jeremiah compounds the wisdom and folly of the Jews: That they were wise to do evil, ¹but to do good they had no understanding. So I may say of these, they have tongue enough to speak evil, but are dumb when they should speak well.

It is evill, and doth much harme; it is vnruly, and doth sudden harme. You will say, many wicked men haue often very silent tongues. True, they know their times and places, when and where to seeme mute. But Ieremy compounds the wisedome and folly of the Iewes: That they were wise to do evill,