193                          OF PLANT A TIONS.

of speech is more than eloquence ; and to «»peak
agreeably to him with whom we deal is more than
to speak in good words, or in good order. A good
continued speech, without a good speech of interlo¬
cution, shows slowness ; and a good reply, or second
speech, without a good settled speech, showeth shal¬
lowness and weakness. As we see in beasts, that
those that are weakest in the course are yet nimblest
in the turn ; as it is betwixt the greyhound and the
hare. To use too many circumstances ere one come
to the matter is wearisome ; to use none at all is
blunt.
 

XXXIII.
OF PL ANT A TIONS.

Plantations are amongst ancient, primitive, and
herolcal works. When the world was young it
begat more children, but now it is old it begets
fewer ; for I may justly account new plantations
to be the children   of  former  kingdoms.      I   like