a fragment OF a essay OF fame the poet make fame a monster they describe her  in part fine and elegant and in part grave and sententious they say look how  many feather she have so many eye she have underneath so many tongue so many  voice she prick up so many ear this be a flourish there follow excellent  parable as that she gather strength in go that she go upon the ground and yet  hide her head in the cloud that in the day time she sit in a watch tower and  fly most by night that she mingle thing do with thing not do and that she be a  terror to great city but that which pass all the rest be they do recount that  the earth mother of the giant that make war against Jupiter and be by he  destroy thereupon in a anger bring forth fame for certain it be that rebel  figure by the giant and seditious fame and libel be but brother and sister  masculine and feminine but now if a man can tame this monster and bring her to  feed at the hand and govern her and with her fly other raven foul and kill  they it be somewhat worth but we be infect with the style of the poet to speak  now in a sad and serious manner there be not in all the politic a place less  handle and more worthy to be handle then this of fame we will therefore speak  of these point what be false fame and what be true fame and how they may be  best discern how fame may be sow and raise how they may be spread and multiply  and how they may be check and lie dead and other thing concern the nature of  be fame be of that force as there be scarce any great action wherein it have  not a great part Especilly in the war Mucianus undo Vitellius by a fame that  he scatter that Vitellius have in purpose to remove the legion of Syria into  Germany and the legion of Germany into Syria whereupon the legion of Syria be  infinite inflame Julius Csar take ompey unprovide and lie asleep his industry  and preparation by a fame that he cunning give out how caesars own soldier  love he not and be weary with the be and load with the spoil of Gaul will  forsake he as soon as he come into Italy the celebrated historian settle all  thing for the Succession of her son Tiberius by continual give out that her  husband Augustus be upon recovery and amendmet and it be a usual thing with  the pasha to conceal the Deah of the great Turk from the Iannizaries and man  of war to save the sack of Constantinople and other town as their manner I  Themistocles make Zerxes king of Persia poasr a pace out of rcia by give out  that the grease have a purpose to break his bridge of ship which he have make  athwart Hellespont there be a thousand such like example and the more they be  the less they needs to be repeat because a man meet with they every where  therefore let all wise governor have as great a watch and care over fame as  they have of the action and design themselves