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is a kinde of Wilde Justice, which the more Man's Nature runs to, the more ought Law to weed it out. For as for the first Wrong, it doth but offend the Law; but the Revenge of that wrong putteth the Law out of Office. Certainly, in taking Revenge, A Man is but even with his Enemy; But in passing it over, he is Superiour: For it is a Prince's part to Pardon. And Salomon, I am sure, saith, It is the glory of a Man to passe by an offence. That which is past, is gone and Irrevocable; And wise Men have Enough to doe with things present and to come: Therefore, they doe but trifle with themselves that labour in past matters. There is no man doth a wrong for the wrong's sake, But therby to purchase himselfe Profit, or Pleasure, or Honour, or the like. Therfore why should I be angry with a Man, for loving himselfe better then mee? And if any Man should doe wrong, meerely out of ill nature, why, yet it is but like the Thorn, or Bryar, which prick and scratch because they can doe no other. The most Tolerable Sort of Revenge is for those wrongs which there is no Law to remedy: But then, let a man take heed the Revenge be such as there is no law to punish; Else, a Man's Enemy is still before hand, And it is two for one. Some, when they take Revenge, are Desirous the party should know whence it commeth: This is the more Generous. For the Delight seemeth to be, not so much in doing the Hurt, as in Making the Party repent: But Base and Crafty Cowards are like the Arrow that flyeth in the Darke. Cosmus, Duke of Florence, had a Desperate Saying against Perfidious or Neglecting Friends, as if those wrongs were unpardonable: You shall reade (saith he) that we are