C AP.3. evelitton oftbe Apcca1ypfe. 143 What rneaneth then that continual) haunting of the (curt , and hang- Luke- ing upon theNobles ? Why do they not flay and Waite, till they be , arnn fent for ? Yea, why are they not rather palled away from their vain gl ifuddies againfttheir wills ? Nay rather if a man fhould appeale to !aó ° o- á their confciences , whither are not fome of thofe fat Demeafns of their Bifbopricks let out oftheir own accord,to fuch as they feeke and fue to,that they might farm and hire them; or elfe are there not other large bribes covenanted to be given to fuch as (hail (land them in ftead, for_attayning of thefe dignities ? But are theyonly thus beg- garlikein their ambitious fuingfor their promotions. Nay truly, foree ofthem are grown fo extreamly bafe this way , that if they be to change their Sea,they pay not theirfirflfrnits,but by raking together ina filthy fafhion an aimes from the pooreft Vicars , which yet muff go under the nameofa Benevolence,to make acleanly cloake withal). Thou art therefore a very beggarly wretch(O thouEnslifhefingel. ) And therefore it is ufuall with thee , that the bell are made to go on foot, and others ofIdle worth ride on horsbacke. For as we are moved withpitie to give fomewhat to the blindeand lame,and thofe that be full of fores; but we flopour eares,and (hut our purfes againft fuck as we fee to be ofa more able body, and to go in handfomer ap.- parell; fomen that are blinde in their mindes, lame and deformed for want oflearning and wit, get good ¡lore of Peter-pence and prefer- ments;whenas thofe that have more learning and judgment, either becaufe they cannot bawle and creake fo loudly and luftily, or elfe becaufe they are more (hamefafl and cannot abide to beg, orelfe be- caufe men do idle pity the wants offuch;thefe (I fay)are fufferçd to be an hungred, yea tobe familried for want of meate , for all their learning. But I intend nothere to plead thefe mens caufe, but to con- vince thee (d Angel) ofthy beggary, whichwhither thou wilt or no, thou caníl not but take knowledgeof , if fobe thou wilt confider of the matter in good earnefl" in thingown heart. Thou floweflindeed withwealth, but nothing can be morevile, then the wayes thouufeft to corne by it. What, ¡hall abeggar,after that he hath filled his purfe withasking aimes, cart away his patched cloake, and go get him into his filks, tomake a vaunting chew of his wealthhe hath fo gotten ? What other thing is thy vain-glory,but an offentationofthat wealth of thine , which thou haft gathered moft lhamefully by beg- ging?.Andyet I do norfpeake all this, as ifI thoughtthat the flipend ofgodlypafloaers, that come by and difcharge their places ina holy manner, were tobe cotnted,ameere alines, For;
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