49-第1章

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49　Of　Suitors　
Many　ill　matters　and　projects　are　undertaken；　and　private　suits　do　putrefy　the　public　
good。　Many　good　matters　are　undertaken　with　bad　minds；　I　mean　not　only　corrupt　minds；　but　crafty　minds；　that　intend　not　performance。　Some　embrace　suits；　which　never　mean　to　deal　effectually　in　them；　but　if　they　see　there　may　be　life　in　the　matter；　by　some　other　mean；　they　will　be　content　to　win　a　thank；　or　take　a　second　reward；　or　at　least　to　make　use；　in　the　mean　time；　of　the　suitor's　hopes。　
Some　take　hold　of　suits　only　for　an　occasion；　to　cross　some　other；　or　to　make　an　information；　whereof　they　could　not　otherwise　have　apt　pretext；　without　care　what　become　of　the　suit；　when　that　turn　is　served：　or　generally；　to　make　other　men's　business　a　kind　of　entertainment；　to　bring　in　their　own。　Nay；　some　undertake　suits　with　a　full　purpose；　to　let　them　fall；　to　the　end；　to　gratify　the　adverse　party；　or　competitor。　
Surely；　there　is；　in　some　sort；　a　right　in　every　suit：　either　a　right　of　equity；　if　it　be　a　suit　of　controversy；　or　a　right　of　desert；　if　it　be　a　suit　of　petition。　If　affection　lead　a　man　to　favour　the　wrong　side　in　justice；　let　him　rather　use　his　countenance　to　compound　the　matter；　than　to　carry　it　If　affection　lead　a　man　to　favour　the　less　worthy　in　desert；　let　him　do　it　without　depraving　or　disabling　the　better　deserver。　In　suits；　which　a　man　doth　not　well　understand；　it　is　good　to　refer　them　to　some　friend　of　trust　and　judgement；　that　may　report　whethe　he　may　deal　in　them　with　honour：　but　let　him　choose　well　his　referendaries；　for　else　he　may　be　led　by　the　nose。　
Suitors　are　so　distasted　with　delays；　and　abuses；　that　plain　dealing；　in　denying　to　deal　in　suits　at　first；　and　reporting　the　success　barely；　and　in　challenging　no　more　thanks　than　one　hath　deserved；　is　grown　not　only　honourable；　but　also　gracious。　In　suits　of　favour；　the　first　coming　ought　to　take　little　place：　so　far　forth　consideration　may　be　had　of　his　trust；　that　if　intelligence　of　the　matter　could　not　otherwise　have　been　had；　but　by　him；　advantage　be　not　taken　of　the　note；　but　the　party　left　to　his　other　means；　and；　in　some　sort；　recompensed　for　his　discovery。　To　be　ignorant　of　the　value　of　a　suit；　is　simplicity；　as　well　as　to　be　ignorant　of　the　right　thereof；　is　want　of　conscience。　
Secrecy　in　suits　is　a　great　mean　of　obtaining；　for　voicing　them；　to　be　in　forwardness；　may　discourage　some　kind　of　suitors；　but　doth　quicken　and　awake　others。　But　timing　of　the　suit　is　the　principal。　Timing；　I　say；　not　only　in　respect　of　the　person　that　should　grant　it；　but　in　respect　of　those　which　are　like　to　cross　it　Let　a　man；　in　the　choice　of　his　mean；　rather　choose　the　fittest　mean；　man　the　greatest　mean：　and　rather　them；　that　deal　in　certain　things；　than　those　that　are　general。　The　reparation　of　a　denial　is　sometimes　equal　to　the　first　grant；　if　a　man　show　himself　neither　dejected；　nor　discontented。　Imqwsmpetas；　utaeqwmferas；　is　a　good　rule；　where　a　man　haul　strength　of　favour：　but　otherwise；　a　man　were　better　rise　in　his　suit；　for　he　that　would　have　ventured　at　first　to　have　lost　the　suitor；　will　not　in　the　conclusion　lose　both　the　suitor；　and　his　own　former　favour。　Nothing　is　thought　so　basic　a　request；　to　a　great　person；　as　his　letter；　and　yet；　if　it　be　not　in　a　good　cause；　it　is　so　much　out　of　his　reputation。　There　are　no　worse　instruments；　than　these　general　contrivers　of　suits；　for　they　are　but　a　kind　of　poison　and　infection　to　public　proceedings。
　
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