If he be half a Puritan, and have scripture continually in
his mouth, he speeds the better. I can tell you it is a trade
of great promotion, & let none ever think to mount by
service in foreign courts, or creep near to some magnific
lords, if they be not seen in this science. O, it is the art
of arts, and ten thousand times goes beyond the intelligencer.
None but a staid grave civil man is capable of it; he must
have exquisite courtship in him, or else he is not old who,
he wants the best point in his tables.