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 ''it aid, The wearyed Ox treads hard, Whereas no man, to the judgement of the wie, can be truly learned, who is worn to the rudiments of one only faculty; But you hath God gifted with a large, and ublime wit, not that you hould imitate Oxen, but birds; neither think it ufficient that you tay about particulars, but bend your minde confidently to univerals; for by o much the more learned any one is thought, by how much fewer things he is ignorant of. Moreover your wit is fully apt to all things, and to be rationally employed, not in a few, or low things, but many, and ublimer. Yet this one rule I advie you to oberve, that you communicate vulgar ecrets to vulgar friends, but higher and ecret to higher, and ecret friends only. Give Hey to an Ox, Sugar to a Parret only; undertand my meaning, leat you be trod under the Oxens feet, as oftentimes it fals out. Farewell my happy friend, and if it lye in my power to erve you, command me, and according to your pleaure it hall without delay be done; alo, let our friendhip increae daily; write often to me, and end me ome of your labors I earnetly pray you. Again farewell.''

From our Monatery of Peapolis, the 8. day of April, An. M.D.X.