part.I,SeCl:.z. 'Difcontent~, Feqm}-.9r. M em b. f.Silb[.;;J o ' ty in any; On what courfe vvill you p1tch,how refolve;. To be aDivine 'tis contemptible in the worlds efte~~e: To be a Lawyer us tO be a wrangle:: To be a Phyfirian, z pudetlow, us loathed: A Philofopher,a mad man: an Alchymift,a hegger: a Poer,efortt,an hungry Jack:A Mufiuan,a player: A Schoole-mafter,a drudge: An Husband.man,an.Em~et: A Merchant, h1s gains are uncertaine:A Mechaniriao,bafe:A Chyrurgtan,fu!fome:ATradef-· man a a lyar: A Taylor a Theefe: AServmg-tnan, a llave: ASould1er, 'I burcber: ASmith, or a'Metalman, the pot's ne-ver from's nofe: A Cour. tier, a parafire: as he could find no tree in the wood to hang himfelfe, I can lhew no flare oflife to aive content. The like you may fay ef all ages: chtldren_live in a perpctuafi l!avery, I! ill under that -tyrannical! government of Mafters: young men,and of riper yeares, fubjea to labour, and a thoufand· cares ofthe world; to treachery, falfhood,and cofenage, , --b lncedit per ignes, •, Ill . z SttrcltJt.tu.. rinlz,tMdicor~~m ftwdaprirrA. aNihilbtcran~ tll.l~ni[tadrno-. d~tm meutimdo. TM~.O/fo. b fllr./.1-.0d.l. Suppofitos cineri dolofo, • old are full oLiches in their bones, cramps and convulfions,filjcernia, dull c Rarus [<fix • of hearing,weak fighted,hoary,wrinkled,barlh,fo much altered as that they ~::fr.£"::/;: . cannot know their own face in a glaffe, a burden to themfdve sand others, afreqo. yeares, all, is (orrow (as David hath it) they doe not live but linger. Ifthey be found, they fearedifeafes; iffick,weary of their liv,J:s:Non ejf'lJivere,(edvalere vita. One complaines ofwant, a fecond of fervitude, dan- domitto .,...,, other ofa fecret or incurable difeafe : offome deformity .Q~ bo.dy, of fo_m~ ::;;;~·P;;'' lolfe,danger,death offriends,lhipwrack,perfecutio;imprifooment, difgrace,. lltmo ,,:de, fo/i.. repulfe, e contumely,calumny,abufe? injury' con~empt, ingra.~rud~, unkind-; ;%.t':~&.'t: neffe,fcoffes,flouts, unfortunate manage, fingle hfe; toe mapy.ch1ldren, no. ;,_.,.,_ .... ,., 1 ., children,falfe feryants, unhappy children,barrenneffe, banilhment, ppptef- : spre""J'Je·;,.;. fion, fruftrate hepes,and ill fucceffe,&c. · .,. . J"'"'for111 •·"'·' r Taliade genere hoc ade9 font multa, loqu•cem ut fHo~ DelafJare valent F abi11m• ..;.:.._; , , . TalkingFahim will betyredbefore he can tell h~fe efthem ; [;hey are tl!e 1 ,.""' fubjetl of wholeVolumes,and lhall(fome of them)be more opportunely di- ' lated dfewhere. In the m.eane time thus much I roay fay ofthem,that gene. ·' rally they crucifie the foule of man,s attenuate our bodies, dry diem, withet. g ·&""'"""~·-.,_ them, riv'ell them up like old apples, make them··as fo many .A_patomies gi'""'P'"""'· (h ojJa at~ pe!li; eft totm ,ita ct~ri; macet)they cau(c.t~mpus frzd.um,& fquali'dii: f:~/!':,~· .., cumberfome dayes, zngralfl:J;umpora, llow, d~ll~ anq heavy times; make us. i H~( q~'(i-;,;, howle,roare, and teare our hatres, as S<mow d~d,!n' Cehes t:tble; andgrosne, ':,~;'(,~~"'~'·'~ for the veryangmlh ofour foules. Our hearts 1\tlle,us, asDavids dia,.Pjat. , ,,, ,,,:·;~·,;· 4"'· I 2 for zrmum_erable trqt~bles that compaJ!t.d hl1?[;' and wear~ ready to ceh-• ,, '''"·'\"' fe!fe With H ~zek.ah,I (ay 58. 17 ,behold ,for ftl~c{ty I had. hmer,gri,ef.; ~o weep <>'.\,,., ~Jth H_eradttm,to curfe the d~y of our birth, wj~!J: ·Ieremy, w,. ,r-4 ; ,a,ml ouri '·'''' ·'"' _, fiars .wtth Job: to hold that axtome of ~zlenu., k,helf~r 11ev 1 et'ftJ..}ave been botli) k optimmn•m' tmd the htfl ;;ext of all, to dye quzckly :or 1rwe mu(tjive,to a ban~ on the world , nafti, "' ' 'Wf' · as Timon did,creep into caves and holes;as our Anchorites; 'aft all intoth~ illlfi. .I,_W, · S_~,as Crates Thebamu : Or as TheomhrofHI v.f m_brPfiato" s 4~9 auditors,pre- ''"'' •ii Clpttate our felves to be rid ofthefe miferies. 1 • ) , - .:'\"' ,'f; p ,, -St~~'\~{;,,,
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