Patt.I.Sect.z. Memb. J.Subf. 1 o. · (.J'rti/o's firength,Scanderbegsarme,Solomons wifdome, Abfo.lons be~ury,Cr£ f~Mhis wealth Pafetisobulum,C,efars valour,AlexAndtrs fpmr, Tu/Ius or Dtmo.fthmes eloq4ence, Gyg(S 'img, IleFfetM Peg a(tu, and Gorgons head, Nejlors yeares tO;c,Qme,all thiswoulq not.~:rk!! thee ab~olute;gt~c thee content?and true happines in this.Iife,c;>r fo c.o~~nut lt. Ev,e~ mrhe mttlft ofall o~r mtrth, jollity,and Iaughter,is forrowand gnefe·: or, 1f there be true happmeffc amongll: us,'tis but for a time, . . ; De.finit iT~<pifc.em mulier formofa fop~rne: . , . , a faire mornina turnes to a Iowrmg afcernoone. Brut m and Cafttu, once renowned,both ~minently happy, yet you lhall fcarce find·two (faith Pater- ~ulus) quos fortuna matu,itls d'.ftittterit,,whom fortune fooner forfook.H avnihal a conquerer all his life,mer with his match,and was fubdued at !aft., Occurrit forti, qui mage forfis erat. · 109 iHor.Art.Pott. One is brought in triumph,as C,efar intoR~me,v1lcibiadts into Athens, coronis aureis donatus,crowned,honoured,admtred;by-and-by h1s ll:atues demoIilhed,he hiffed out,maffacred,&c. k <.Magn/14 G•»fidva that famous Spani- k Jooi"' vir. ttrd, was of the Prince and people at firfi honou~~d, approved ; forthwith 'i"'· confined and banilhed. v1dmiranda afiiDnes, gr<tves plmm#r (tquuntur in· vidi.e, & acres calumni£: 'tis Polybitu his obfervation, grievous enmities, and bitter calumnies commonly follow renowned adions. One is borne rich,dies a beggar: found to day,fickto morrow : now in mofi llourilhing c:fiate,forrunate and happy,by-and-by deprived ofhis goods by forrain ene- ' mies,r.obbed by theeves;fP&iled,capl;ivated,impoverilhed, as they ofJ Rab- l, eil!i!·•N ' ·. hahput uwderiron fawes ,and l#ltitr iro, harrDW.ts, imJ under axes ofiron, and eaftintothetilt lcilnt, m !2Jtjd •e frzlicem toties jafltjliumici, l . f!!!i cecidit,Jl~tbilinqp trAt i/legr11du. . mBO(t~lib. l . Met.Mtt~l· He that erfi marched like Xerxes v;ithianuroQrable armies,as rich as cr.e(us, now lhifts for himfelfe in a poore co,ck-boat, is bound in iron chaines, with JiajA\_!t the Turke,and a foot-fioole )Yiih 4~relfa11, for a tyrannizing Con- . querour to trample on. So many eafualties there are, that as Seneca (aid of nomnu hi, .., a City confumed with fire, V»a dies inttrefl inter maximamcivitatem & nul- captmttur,""' lam, one day betwixt agreat ciry, and pone; fomany grievances from out- ~·P"'" '"'·T"· ward accidents,and from our felves, QUr owne il'!difcretion,inordinaie appe- ':;::::;.:;.~ tire, one day betwixt aman, and noman.And. which is worfe, as if difcon- '"'vi qui~etemsand mifeties would n.or come fall ~nough<upon us;homo homini d,emon, ~"'J;"::':J;,. w,e maul,perfecure,and (tudy how to.fiJcg,gaul, .and vexe one another with nconflt•rn ijl, mutuall hatred,abufes,injuries;preying upon,and devouring.,as fo many • ra. ;u, ""m fif.f'i" yeno.us birds;an~ as juglm,panders,bawdes,c?feoing one~another;or rage- 1/:j':s~!;[~::_ mg as • wo!ves, _ngets,a.ml. devtls, we cake a dehgh'rtq torment one another; f••:.;'~•Vi"i{ menare evtll,~tcked,mahctous, trech~rous,and •.ni\ught, uot loving one a- ~,;;!;' ,/;;;; 1 • nother, or lovmg themfelves,not hofpttable,chamablej nor fociable as they R'"''"'' a.,'mtt ought to be, but counterfeit, diffemblers; ambodcxtcrs all for thdr owne btU. Pmuco per cnds,hard-~ear.ted,me.rcileffe, pittileffe,and to benefit themfelves,they care :',,' ;~;,."::,, notwhatmt(chtefe they procure ro others.~ Praxin~e and Gorgo in the Poer, aNibtUif'~f"'' when they had got in to fee thofe cofily fight?, they then cry~d bent eft, and ;::;,"';~,';!;: dt would thrull: out all the refi : when they arc nch themfe!ves1 mhonour,pre- m.vmiwc«~. ferred,full,and have ~ven what they would,they debar ethers ofthofe plea- q Tiwair~ • fures '"'0 · ' 5 •
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