OPPOSITION

Nay fear not that; while Opposition lives, there shall be always some to resist that confusion. No, he was his eldest child, the rest were Daughters. It is not so, it was his Scholar Archetas Tarentinus, he measured out the Provinces by his Geometry. Fie no, Pythagoras lived long before him. Why? had not all the rest so? Substance, Corpus, and Corpus animatum, my son Privation, if he were here, could tell their names. He hath lain a long time bedridden, deaf, blind, and dumb. I say they had not, and can prove it: They were Phi losophers, were they not? If you have done, let's hear young Lord Fallacy. (O admirable piety!) Ask not my reason, I stand for him or none. Now I think him as true born as the best; for De monstration, I always suspected him to be thy son, because he was so Like thee; but now I am persuaded so, seeing thee to stand so mainly for him. What I have spoken I will stand to it; I will main taine it. But shall your old friends escape so? will you not re quite their kindness? Never may we thrive in this new policy If we maintain not what we have begun. Were it my care I would enforce them straight. I will my noble Lord. All happiness befall my mighty Sovereign. We have proclaimed your Royal Majesty Rightful successor to the empty Crown Of great Hermenia. As if their Fortune's were advanced with yours, In volleys of fair acclamations Through the spacious regions of the air, They send that joy which in their narrow breasts Seemed but imprisoned. When is the time? where is the place? I ear not, we men of Actium use few words. And Philosophers have no place here. Because ignorant fellows have not, it holds from contraries. They are Transcendents over all the Provinces, and therefore cannot rightly be said to be in any. They are in Substance, for they love to stand by themselves, and depend on none: They are in Quantity, for ignorant men are in number many, in magnitude monstrous. They are in Quality: for who so fat, fair, strong, and lusty as they? out of Relation they cannot be: You have ignorant Rulers, ignorant Subject's, ignorant Tutors, and ignorant Scholars: who more in Actium? who more passionate in all places, at all times? who use more gestures? Who better appareled? Why send you not Distinction for him? Go tell him we expect his coming; entreat him to make haste. Worse cannot be. How comes Fallacy near him, lately he could no endure him? I Cannot conjecture wherefore Fallacy is so desirous to speak with me, he requested I would meet him here sometime before we fate, and yet he is not come. Now I do wonder I was so much moved at his carriage in this business, I begin to pity his poor fortune: Alas, that he was base born; but what of his base birth? Hercules was base born, so was Romulus, so many Worthies: He seems to have more wit than both his Brother's, and all though that be counted such a blot, yet who can condemn him? it was no fault of his; but what if there hath gone a bade report of him? why he may mend in time. Was not Themistocles a dissolute young fellow, yet who proved a braver Soldier? O it's Magistracy shows the man; what Hope's? what encouragements hath he ever had? still kept under and disgraced; neither is his Title altogether nought: and now a days it's a small right a man would forgo for want of standing to it; I cannot blame him and a little thing more would make me favour him. And I saw you, but I knew you not. You may tell your Master from me, I have perused his Letters, know his mind, and will give him my best assistance; bid him be confident. Well that's all; I never did hate this Fallacy, and of late I saw matter deserving pity in him; but now I see he loves me, he is willing to rely upon me, he dares so far trust me, he does promise to advance me, I cannot choose but love him, I must needs help him, I will do my best to honour him: well, here they come. If you have spoken, you may give me leave: I there before think neither Demonstration fit, nor Topicus worthy, and therefore choose Fallacy. Judicium? now I'll send him down to hell; He may prove witness before Rhadamant, But never shall disturb our peace on earth. Now I have cause enough of discontent: Was not I worthy to have killed the slave? Sir, you shall never undergo this Actium: Or if you needs will fight, then fight with me; For I do vow, unless you yield in this, You kindle that proud heat which cannot die, But wrapped up in your ashes, or mine own. This it's, when men of judgement Do venture on such weighty actions: They make all sure, they will prevent the Fates: I care not how I kill the villain, Or who have credit for it; but I'll kill him. Would that procure thy noble hearts content, No force should bar thee: but we long to hear How stand your Hope's for fair Verona? What's this my Sovereign speaks to himself? My Lord I understand not what you would, But gathering from your unaccustomed phrase, That somewhat much concerns you, I request Better to be acquainted with your meaning. One let? now were there twenty thousand l S, We would remove them. I will but try my sword, And surely meet him.