Apparel u ufed for this Crrnal End, &c. your apparel, [Take notice ofme z I am f oolifb, Proud and loft- feel ?] 3. And ifyoube fo filly as to think that bravery is a means of honour, you fhould withal! confider that it is but a fhameful begging of honour from thofe that look upon you, when you Phew them not any thing topurchafe or deferve it. Honour muff be forcedby defert and worth, and not come by begging; for that is no honour thats given to the undeferving. It is but the fhadow of defert, andwill conftantly follow it among the wife and good, but never go without it. Your 'bravery doth fo openly Phewyour defire ofefteem and honour , that it plainly tell all wife men that you are the lefs worthy of it. For the more a man defirethefteem, the lefs he deferves it. And you tell theworldby your attire that you defire it : even as plainly and foolifhly as if you fhould fay to folks in the limas, II pray tbinkyrell ofme, and take mefor an leanfoen condi perfon andfor one that is above the commonfort.] Would younot laugh at one that fhould make fuch a requePt CO you ? why what do you lefs, when byyour attire you beg eftimation from them ? And for what I prayyou, fhouldwe efteem you ? Is it for your cloaths ? why I can put a flyer lace upon a mawkin, or a filken coat on a polt,or on an Afs. Is it for your -comly bodies ? why a wicked Abfolon was beautiful, and the bafeft harlots have had as much of thisas you : A comly body, or beautiful face doth oft betray the foul, but never faveth it from hell. And your bodies are never the comlier for your drefs whatever they may feem : Is it for your vertues that you would be efteemed ? Why pride is the greateft enemy to vertue; and as great a de- formity to the foul as the Pox is to the body : And he that will think you ever the honefier for a new fute, or a filver lace, doth as little know what honefty is as your felves. For shame there- fore give over begging for efleem, at leaft by fuch a means as invitech all wife men to deny your fuit 3 But either let honour come without begging for, or be without it. 4. Confider alfo that excefs of Apparel doth quite contra- diet the End that proud perfons do intenclit for.I confefs it cloth fometime enfnare a fool, and fo accomplifh the defires of the luilful:But it feldom at taineth the ends ofthe proud: for their defire I 3
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