¶ The conclusion.
Oche more the life and gouernement of wicked Ne-
ro, might be intreated of, but this shall be sufficient:
to shewe how tyrannically and beastly, he gouerned
vnmete of that throne.
¶ A comparison.
Comparison, is a certain Oracion, shewyng by a
collacion the worthines, or excellēcie of any thing:
or the naughtines of thesame, compared with any
other thyng or thynges, either equalle, or more in-
feriour.
In a comparison good thynges, are compared with good
as one vertue with an other: as wisedome & strength, whiche
of them moste auaileth in peace and warre.
Euill thynges maie bee compared with good, as Iustice,
with iniustice, wisedome with foolishnes.
Euill thynges maie be compared, with euill thynges, as
wicked Nero, compared to Domitianus, or Caligula to Cō-
modus, theft to homicide, drunkenes with adulterie.
Small thynges maie be compared with greate: the king
with his subiect, the Elephant or Camell to the Flie, a Cro-
codile to the Scarabe.