the joy of parent be secret and so be their grief and fear they can utter the  one nor they will not utter the other child sweeten labour but they make  misfortune more bitter they increase the care of life but they mitigate the  remembrance of death the perpetuity by generation be common to beast but  memory merit and noble work be proper to man and sure a man shall see the  noble work and foundation have proceed from childless man which have seek to  express the image of their mind where those of their body have fail so the  care of posterity be most in they that have no posterity they that be the  first raiser of their house be most indulgent towards their child behold they  as the continuance not only of their kind but of their work and so both child  and creature the difference in affection of parent towards their several child  be many time unequal and sometime unworthy especial in the mother as Solomon  say a wise son rejoice the father but a ungracious son shame the mother a man  shall see where there be a house full of child one or two of the old respect  and the young make wanton but in the amid some that be as it be forget who  many time nevertheless prove the best the illiberality of parent in allowance  towards their child be a harmful error make they base acquaint they with shift  make they sort with mean company and make they surfeit more when they come to  plenty and therefore the proof be best when man keep their authority towards  the child but not their purse man have a foolish manner both parent and  schoolmaster and servant in create and breed a emulation between brother  during childhood which many time sort to discord when they be man and disturb  family the Italian make little difference between child and nephew or near  kinsfolk but so they be of the lump they care not though they pass not through  their own body and to say truth in nature it be much a like matter insomuch  that we see a nephew sometime resemble a uncle or a kinsman more than his own  parent as the blood happen let parent choose betimes the vocation and course  they mean their child shall take for then they be most flexible and let they  not too much apply themselves to the disposition of their child as think they  will take best to that which they have most mind to it be true that if the  affection or aptness of the child be extraordinary then it be good not to  cross it but general the precept be good optimum to pluck out suave et facile  mock to make custom young brother be common fortunate but seldom or never  where the elder be disinherit