And Though I Might Have Learnt More

Thoughts Are Like Stars In The Firmament; Some Are Fixed, Others Like The Wandering Planets, Others Again Are Only Like Meteors. Understanding Is Like The Sun, Which Gives Light To All The Thoughts. Memory Is Like The Moon, It Hath Its New, Its Full And Its Wane.

Indeed I Did Not Stand As A Beggar At The Parliament Door, For I Never Was At The Parliament-house, Nor Stood I Ever At The Door As I Do Know Or Can Remember; Not As A Petitioner I Am Sure.

My Other Brother, The Lord Lucas, Who Was Heir To My Fathers Estate, And As It Were The Father To Take Care Of Us All, Is Not Less Valiant Than They Were, Although His Skill In The Discipline Of War Was Not So Much, Being Not Bred Therein.

As For Plenty, We Had Not Only For Necessity, Conveniency And Decency, But For Delight And Pleasure To Superfluity.

A Rude Nature Is Worse Than A Brute Nature By So Much More As Man Is Better Than A Beast: And Those That Are Of Civil Natures And Genteel Dispositions Are As Much Nearer To Celestial Creatures As Those That Are Rude And Cruel Are To Devils.