it be a trivial grammar school text but yet worthy a wise man consideration  question be ask of Demosthenes what be the chief part of a orator he answer  action what next action what next again action he say it that know it best and  have by nature himself no advantage in that he commend a strange thing that  that part of a orator which be but superficial and rather the virtue of a  player shall be place so high above those other noble part of invention  elocution and the rest nay almost alone as if it be all in all but the reason  be plain there be in human nature general more of the fool than of the wise  and therefore those faculty by which the foolish part of man mind be take be  most potent wonder like be the case of boldness in civil business what first  boldness what second and three boldness and yet boldness be a child of  ignorance and baseness far inferior to other part but nevertheless it do  fascinate and bind hand and foot those that be either shallow in judgement or  weak in courage which be the great part yea and prevail with wise man at weak  time therefore we see it have do wonder in popular state but with senate and  prince less and more ever upon the first entrance of bold person into action  than soon after for boldness be a ill keeper of promise sure as there be  mountebank for the natural body so be there mountebank for the politic body  man that undertake great cure and perhaps have be lucky in two or three  experiment but want the ground of science and therefore can hold out nay you  shall see a bold fellow many time do mahomet miracle mahomet make the people  believe that he will call a hill to he and from the top of it offer up his  prayer for the observer of his law the people assemble mahomet call the hill  to come to he again and again and when the hill stand still he be never a whit  abash but say if the hill will not come to mahomet mahomet will go to the hill  so these man when they have promise great matter and fail most shameful yet if  they have the perfection of boldness they will but slight it over and make a  turn and no more ado certain to man of great judgement bold person be a sport  to behold nay and to the vulgar also boldness have somewhat of the ridiculous  for if absurdity be the subject of laughter doubt you not but great boldness  be seldom without some absurdity especial it be a sport to see when a bold  fellow be out of countenance for that put his face into a most shrink and  wooden posture as needs it must for in bashfulness the spirit do a little go  and come but with bold man upon like occasion they stand at a stay like a  stale at chess where it be no mate but yet the game can stir but this last be  fit for a satire than for a serious observation this be well to be weigh that  boldness be ever blind for it see not danger and inconvenience therefore it be  ill in counsel good in execution so that the right use of bold person be that  they never command in chief but be second and under the direction of other for  in counsel it be good to see danger and in execution not to see they except  they be very great