with my profession, as because I perceived that the fools are more

numerous than the wise; and, though it is better to be praised by

the wise few than applauded by the foolish many, I have no mind to

submit myself to the stupid judgment of the silly public, to whom

the reading of such books falls for the most part.

"But what most of all made me hold my hand and even abandon all idea

of finishing it was an argument I put to myself taken from the plays

that are acted now-a-days, which was in this wise: if those that are