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 might bring home many rich observations, for the governing themselves, and others, bring home nothing but Fire-canes, that is, a hotspur humor, that takes fire at every word, and talks of nothing but duels, seconds, and esclaircissements: or else parots, that is, come loaden home with ribans and feathers of all colours like parots, and with a few borrowed complements in their mouths, which make them take like parots: or else Monkeys, that is, some affected cringes, shrugs, and such like Apish behaviour.

3. At his embarking let him have a special care not to carry Himself abroad with Himself in traveling: Many men, saith Seneca'', return home no better then they went out, because they take themselves along with themselves in travelling: and as a man in a feaver, findes himself no better then he was, by changing his bed; because he carryes his feavour with him wheresoever he lyes: so many young men return home tyred, and dirted, but not better and wiser; because they carryed abroad their bad customes and manners with them. I would then that my young'' Traveller