Excerpt from The Essayes of Montaigne, Vol. 4 Deus ille fuit Dons, mclyte M emmi, Qui princeps m rationem mvenit eam, qua Nunc appellamr sapimtia, quique per ortem, Fluctibus e ta/ntis vita/m tantisque tenebris, In tam branquillo et tam clam lace loccwit. Good sir, it was God, God it was, first found That course of man's life, which now is renown'd By name of wisdome who by art reposed, Our life in so cleare light, calme so composed, From so great darknesse, so great waves opposed. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.