From obeying and yeekUng unto him proceed
all other Tertnea ; even aa all ainnea derive
from selfe-over-weenittg. Contraiiwite, the firat
temptation that ever seized on bumaite Natutc
was disobedience, by the Derila iaat){pnioD>
whose first poison, so far inainnated it aelfe
into ua, by reaaon of the pcomiaea he made ua
of wisdome and knowledge, Eriiii lictit US



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376 MONTAIGNE'S ESSAYES

Philciio- Ton tiaU ie lite Godt, iaomng bath food aitd
fdilcKl evUl. And the Syrens, to deceive UlyHeiy.a.ad
Oi^^na ^"''"''8 ''™ '" **" •'"*' '*'"'' d^fou* and con-^
■ ""*" founding ittares, ofier to give him the iiill frui-
tion of knowledge. The epinieii rf wUiiaiiu U
the phgae of mam. That u the occauoD why
igDorance ia by our Religion recommended unto
u«, BB an instniiDent fitting beleefe, and obedif^e.
Gavelf, lU qmt voi JecitSat per PI»lBS9phiam et in~
anet leduetitmet, lectadum demtnta mita£ ( Colott.
eap. ii. 8). Tate heed, letl ttnymaa daceiviyou
if Philotcfhie and vatne iedxemaitt, acc»r£»g to
Oie neSmenU eftht vmrld All the Phikiiophera
of all the sect* that ever were, do generally agree
in thit point, that the chideat felictde, or nmaaim
betmm, consiiteth in the peace and trancpiillitie of
the aoule and ^)od)e : butwhereihall we findeit?



Rich, honorable, free, faire, Khig of Klnei,
Chfefelf In health, but when Aeagme ttoable briogi.
h verily, that Nature for the comfwt
tS ouF miaenUe and wretched condition, hath
allotted ua no other portion, but prenimptioo.
