ydeth his sting: and yet whatsoeuer bee
wanting, a good plausible alluring tong in such a man of imployment can
hardly be spard, which as the forenamed serpent, with his winding tayle
fetcheth in those that come neere him: so with a rauishing tale, it
gathers all mens heartes vnto him, which if hee haue not, let him neuer
looke to ingender by the mouth, as rauens and doues doe, that is,
mount or be great by vndermining. Sir, I am assertayned that all these
imperfections I speake off, in you haue theyr naturall resiance, I see
in your face, that you were borne with the swallow, to feede flying,
to get much treasure and honour by trauell. None so fit as you for so
important an enterprise, our vulgar reputed polititians are but flyes
swimming on the streame of subtiltie superficially in comparison of
your singularitie, theyr blind narrowe eyes cannot pearce into the
profunditie of hypocrisie, you alone with _Palamed_, can pry into
_Vlysses_ madde counterfeting, you can discerne _Achilles_ from a
chamber maide, though he be deckt with his spindle and distaffe: as
_Ioue_ dining with _Licaon_ could not be beguiled with humane flesh
drest like meate, so no humane braine may goe beyond you, none beguile
you, you gull all, all feare you, loue you, stoupe to you. Therefore,
good sir, be rulde by mee, stoupe your fortune so lowe, as to bequeath
your selfe wholy to this businesse.

This siluer sounding tale made such sugred harmonie in his eares, that
with the sweete meditation, what a more than myraculous polititian
he should be, and what kingly promotion should come tumbling on him
thereby, he could haue found in his heart to haue packt vp his pipes &
to haue gone to heauen without a baite, yea, hee was more inflamed and
rauishte with it than a young man called _Tauritnontanus_ was with the
Phrigian melodie, who was so incensed and fyred therewith, that he would
needes runne presently vpon it, and set a curtizans house on fire that
had angered him.

No remedie there was but I must helpe to furnish him with monie, I did
so, as who wil not make his enemy a bridge of golde to flie by. Verie
earnestly he coniurd me to make no man liuing priuie to his departure
in regard of his place and charge, and on his honour assured mee his
returne shoulde bee verie short and succesfull, I, I, shorter by the
necke, thought I, in the meane time let this be thy posie, _I liue in
hope to scape the rope_.

Gone he is, God send him good shipping to