nature be often hide sometime overcome seldom extinguish force make nature  more violent in the return doctrine and discourse make nature less importune  but custom only do alter and subdue nature he that seek victory over his  nature let he not set himself too great nor too small task for the first will  make he deject by often fail and the second will make he a small proceeder  though by often prevail and at the first let he practice with help as swimmer  do with bladder or rush but after a time let he practice with disadvantage as  dancer do with thick shoe for it breed great perfection if the practice be  hard than the use where nature be mighty and therefore the victory hard the  degree have needs be first to stay and arrest nature in time like to he that  will say over the four and twenty letter when he be angry then to go less in  quantity as if one shall in forbear wine come from drink health to a draught  at a meal and last to discontinue altogether but if a man have the fortitude  and resolution to enfranchise himself at once that be the best good that animi  defender to hurt pectus vincula who to break to cease grieving semel neither  be the ancient rule amiss to bend nature as a wand to a contrary extreme  whereby to set it right understanding it where the contrary extreme be no vice  let not a man force a habit upon himself with a perpetual continuance but with  some intermission for both the pause reinforce the new onset and if a man that  be not perfect be ever in practice he shall as well practice his error as his  ability and induce one habit of both and there be no mean to help this but by  seasonable intermission but let not a man trust his victory over his nature  too far for nature will lie bury a great time and yet revive upon the occasion  or temptation like as it be with Aesop damsel turn from a cat to a woman who  sit very demurrer at the board's end till a mouse run before her therefore let  a man either avoid the occasion altogether or put himself often to it that he  may be little move with it a man nature be best perceive in privateness for  there be no affectation in passion for that put a man out of his precept and  in a new case or experiment for there custom leave he they be happy man who  nature sort with their vocation otherwise they may say multum inhabitant to be  anima of me when they converse in those thing they do not affect in study  whatsoever a man command upon himself let he set hour for it but whatsoever be  agreeable to his nature let he take no care for any set time for his think  will fly to it of themselves so as the space of other business or study will  suffice a man nature run either to herb or weed therefore let he seasonable  water the one and destroy the other