glory it be pretty devise of Aesop the fly sit upon the axle tree of the  chariot wheel and say what a dust do I raise so be there some vain person that  whatsoever go alone or move upon great mean if they have never so little hand  in it they think it be they that carry it they that be glorious must needs be  factious for all bravery stand upon comparison they must needs be violent to  make good their own vaunt neither can they be secret and therefore not  effectual but accord to the French proverb beaucoup de bruit peu de fruit much  bruit little fruit yet certain there be use of this quality in civil affair  where there be a opinion and fame to be create either of virtue or greatness  these man be good trumpeter again as Titus the celebrated historian note in  the case of Antiochus and the Aetolian there be sometime great effect of cross  lie as if a man that negotiate between two prince to draw they to join in a  war against the three do extol the force of either of they above measure the  one to the other and sometime he that deal between man and man raise his own  credit with both by pretend great interest than he have in either and in these  and the like kind it often fall out that somewhat be produce of nothing for  lie be sufficient to breed opinion and opinion bring on substance in militar  commander and soldier vain glory be a essential point for as iron sharpen iron  so by glory one courage sharpen another in case of great enterprise upon  charge and adventure a composition of glorious nature do put life into  business and those that be of solid and sober nature have more of the ballast  than of the sail in fame of learning the flight will be slow without some  feather of ostentation who de to value little glory scales to scratch nomen  suum to write upon Socrates Aristotle Galen be man full of ostentation certain  vain glory help to perpetuate a man memory and virtue be never so behold to  human nature as it receive his due at the second hand neither have the fame of  Cicero Seneca Plinius secundus bear her age so well if it have not be join  with some vanity in themselves like unto varnish that make ceiling not only  shine but last but all this while when I speak of vain glory I mean not of  that property that Tacitus do attribute to Mucianus all who to say to make be  a certain ostentator for that proceed not of vanity but of natural magnanimity  and discretion and in some person be not only comely but gracious for  excusations session modesty itself well govern be but be of ostentation and  among those be there be none better than that which Plinius secundus speak of  which be to be liberal of praise and commendation to other in that wherein a  man self have any perfection for say Pliny very witty in commend another you  do yourself right for he that you commend be either superior to you in that  you commend or inferior if he be inferior if he be to be commend you much more  if he be superior if he be not to be commend you much less glorious man be the  scorn of wise man the admiration of fool the idol of parasite and the slave of  their own vaunt