' The Aggravations. of Vain 13nblill,g. 4H ·~f the market, what's cheap and what?s dear; and they. then tell you what this body faid to them, and what the other body fa id, and then they tell you a fiery of the old timrs, and how dfe worfd is changed, and how much bett~r the form~r times were than thcfe: thet~ they tell you. what wrong fuch a one did them, and· what he fa1d of them, and how bad th1s or that man IS, and wh<~.t they faid or did amifs ; and what the rt:port of the country is of fuch and [uch ; then rhey tell you what cloaths fuch a one wears , and how tine and gallant fuch a one is, and who Keepeth a go'od houfe, and who is nigardly and fparing: then tht:y tell you what meat was at fuch a SeeEzeck. 3~; rabic or feafl) and if the.y. be at.meat-, they have fomething to fay about every diffi, and every fort of . 3.;. meat or drink; efpccially ne~s rakes up ~uch.of their difcourfe:. And_ it?S well ~fin all _this, the ~;~:~~~~;;;:~'"in Sermon of the Preacher or hts Rraycr., or ht_s L.tfe, ~c not br~ught m ro hi\ up th~ empty pla.ces o~thc hisdefwprion difcourfe; and it may bothe 161 N G and hts Counctl; and hJa Laws, and Ius domgs (hall De defiled of K. 71, odo-ri~ by thefe Parrots unrcverent pratlings,as Welllas m:ancr things and perfons: So that as Tbeopbrafiztr faith, cus f~1th rhat He tba.t would not [.1-U i~to a feaver, let ~im ~n from them ~tb aU the l1:1jf ~e can: I fhould rather ~.~::i~t~~~s, think 1 t would caft onemto the fc•rvy, 1f.'¥Pearmeji be fo gre>at a fympcorn of 1t as they fay. He: th~t tur.c pondu..: hath nothing to do in tbU world, nor nothtng to do for the TPorld toc~me; ~nd that hat~ no u[e for h~s in v:rbi 3 eH: time, or wit, or tongue, or ba-nd1, but waketh as he fieepe~h, and_hvcth.as he mufl l!e when bets ~u.ippe quu;n dead· he that hath neither mafier, work nor wages, but thmks he JS made m fte. leavcs wag, or hear tll1c :tut nuda flies hune, let him,choofe fucha companion, and let him fir and hear_f~ch people c~at. Por-my part, ~~~mur aut I can eafilier endure to to ha.ve them call.me morofi, or proud or UMctvzl, or any tfmtg 1 n•y llud rather be digging, or plowjng, or ridding chanels, than endure the tediOufnefs ot their difcourfes. "?iffi~iltc{J. cnn DitmyfiUI Cent one to be put to death, for finding fault with his poetry ; but oallcd him again to try 1is dunrc .9u' him once more: and the man rofc up in the midll of his recitation, faying, Come, let me go· the Gib~ nc(1ue om... bet, as choofing to .die rather than.to be fo weuied : I am not fo imp:Jtimt : but I fhould be glad if I ~:r,;~~;acgo,u could jleep wtUwhile I am tyed tp fuch company. And if I had one to fend to fchool that were fick dd!i,gum · . of the talkJ-ng (Vil, the morbiH loquendi, I would give ( as Ifocratrs r<quirc:d ) a double pay to the norunr. r1r.a– School0'1afier willing1yuone part; for teaching him to bold his tongl«, and the other half for reaching phr.:ftus. him to [peal(, 1 fuoulJ. ,thinW many fuch men and women IJalf cure<l, if they were half M weary of jpeak,!ng; as lam of hearing them. He that lets fuch twalling Swallows build in his chimney, may loolt to have his pottage favour 'of their dung. Nay though thcyl may have fome- learning and goodnefs ro feafon their difcourfe, their too mucb loquacity will m~kc ones fiomach turn againfl it; and the furtet may make Come que.azy Hom3chs diUafie ev·en the more' wbol{omt food. Pompty WloS' fo weary of $.Uy's talkativenefs, that he wifht he had been on C.e[ar J fide, for then he ""uld '""'[tared me ( Eith he, ) where M now hi/ familiarity wearictb me. · Om-ne fupervacuHm pleno de pcliore m.mato 9· r6. •· It is an aggravation of the fin of loquacity and idle tali~., w.hon it is done in a proud• Cdf-conceitednefs of youf' own wit, with an unmannerly contempt of others. Th.is inhe ca{e of abundance that have not the manners or patience to ftay till another man hath done hi$ fpCtch: They think others fo long thattbeirlij! will not hold till they come to the end : Ye• fUany pretended learne.d men and difputants haYe this difeafe, that without any ·Chame, or refp_d: to Order, or their own re~ putation, they are in fuch h.1ft to,anf.wer, and talk thcmfclv~s, that they cut• off. the fpee~h of other~ . \> , in the mldfi, as if they !hould fay:. Hold your tcmgHt, and let me[peak._ tbat am wiftr. And their ex- · ., •. · cufe is, You are fo long, that I jhaUforget half bifort you come to tiJt e-nd. But if it be in Difpurarion or about great matters, it is ufually much more to the advantage of the truth and hearers, to fpeak all that ne.ccffarily mufi be confidt:rcd together, in a continmd fpeech: For tho parts of truth have fuch a dependance one upon another, like the members.of a body, or the wheels of a Wltch, that they ue not undtrfiood disjunctly, half the fenfe of them being refpective to the other parts: .Therefore to deliver it (in fuch cafes) by fragments, and chopping of words, and frequent interruptions one of another, is to chat or contend, and not to open the truth with the clearnds and gravity a~ itrcquireth. Thefe therefore that accufe others of fpeaking too long, to excufc their unci'lil interruptions ; may tak~ their anfwer from Augwftint, Abfit 111 multiloqHium dcputern quando ntcrffiJria dicunthr, qsontaiibct {trmonem mnltitudine aut prolixittJtt dic!lntur. The huge volmn<:s-ofAug~ejtin, CbrJfoJf,m, S:t:ir'cz 1 Cal~ vin, yea Toftatt~J himfelf, are feldom accufed of idle wordr. If you depute to each their equal fhare of time, a compofed difi:ourfeis fitter and1fparcth time better, than interrupting alterations and exchange of words: And if your memory cannot hold all that's faid, either uk";, notes, or crave the help· of fame repetition or anfwer the part which you do remember. §~ 17. 3• Idle talk,_ is worfi when it is about Holy things, and tendeth to profarte thetn: when men .unreverently bable about the Scriptures, or controverfies of Religion: Or wh~n by Aucnt tongues men defign the incrcafe of forne fadjon, or propagating of fame error, or the fetting fnnh their parts. SJ.ith Hitrone ( adNepot:) Verb.s volvrre & aptt~d imptritum vulgUI adrniratitJnein foi {1ctrt, ind-JCforum· hominum ejJ. : Nihil tam facile quam vi:lem pltbem & int.kftant, volxbilitatt lingu~ dtciptrf, qu.t quicq•id nonjntelligit, plur miratw. Profa.ne loquacity is the worfi kind of loquacity. ~· r8. 4• Illlt words .re the greater fin when they are magnified and jujlijied, and taken to be·lar.ful, ifnotfome exttUent thing. As fomeunhappy Scholars that fpend whola days and months about f~me Co'. d . t<lvtal unneceffary ftudtes, whtle ChnJI. the. wifdom •f God, ( or t~e fub1ea of D vine 'Philofophy ;) is tleglcCl:ed; He that heareth fome of tht1r fuppofed CTit!Cal cun?fittes, would fay wirh Paul, 1 Cor. 3·20· "'Ib• Lord il.nmtth tht tho~<ghu of tht D>ife that tht] are vain: And if he compare their livu with their K k k 2 Jludiu,
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