Par.c. 1.SeCl:; ~. Caufes JJf Me/an~ holy. M em b. 3.Subf. 12. II6 un114ppyfor theprc(ent, and more rmh.<ppy in the life tecome. Bajil. He is a perpetual! drudge,Preftleffe in his tboughrs, &never fatisfied,a fl1Ve,a wretch, a dufr worme,Jtmper quod idolo (no immolet, fodrdu< ob(ervat, Cypr. prolog. ad{ermM. frill fee king what facrifice be may oflerro his golden god, Ptrf.u & nif.u ,be cares not how,his trouble is endlerfe,q cre(cunt diviti«,tamen cur. t.e nejcio quid (emper abejl rei: his wealth increafeth, and the more bee bath, the more' he wants: like Pharaohs leane Kine,which devoured th~ fat, and were not fatisfied, r Auj/in tberfore defines covetoufneffe, qr~arumlibet rerum inhoneflam & infotiabilem cupiditatcm, an unbonefr and uofatiable de. fire of gaine;and in one ofhis Epiftles compares it to Hell; '•vhich devo11res all, and yet never hath enough, abottomelejfe pit, ~n endleffe mifery; in qt~em fcoprdumavaritiuadaverojifenes ut plurimrtmimpir.gr:nt, and that which is their greatefr corofivc, they are in continuall fufpicion,fcareand dillrufr.He thinkes hisowne wife and children are fo many theeves, and goe about to cozen him, his fervants are aH fal[e: Rtmfoam periiffi, fl9t er11dicarier, Et divt'iV1 atfi( ho'mimem c!ditut collti;in'o fidem, -~ , Defuo tigilloft qr~aexit for..u. · If his doores creeke, then om he·cryes' anon, His goods are gone,and he is quite undone. p tUfJfltm c~git.ctUnunquam ceJfatquiptcJJnku[uppleredi- /igtmt. GNi4ner. tr~Cl.1).cap.x7 '<JHor. 3 .od.,..J. .fR.!.topftH[N7Jt p1ltt,pJ~jitiH1ftur aqU~e. rHor.l.7.flat.6. "fianzmmille poximusaMe... dat,qlli TJN#CtfC format age/Jum. fLib.3.dt6b. uhit.Imm~ri. tNr fludjU, et amDrtft11t[cilh~ bmdi. t'Ava11'.4Vir . inftn~~~ tftfimilis,'&c. modNm 'IIIJnh•btt,htJc tf.tntior quopfu.. rab4bet. uE.r4fi».Adl1g, chU.3.ttnt.7. proq>.NHilifi- . tltnles '"""""' Timidm Plutm,an old proverbe,As fearfull as Pl:Jtm; fo doth Arijlophanu, 'formidolftoptr, and Lucian bring him in karlull frill, pale, anxious,fufpiJ:ious, and trufring :1:~~; no_mJn) u Th(y Are afraid of tempejfs for their corne; they are ·;~[raid of their Euripides: ""' fmnds leajl theyJboutd ,ukc fomcthing of them, 6eg, orborrow; they are afraid =':'::},~':!:~~ oftheir enemies leafl they hurt them, tlmv(S leaf/ they rob them; 1hey are a. ,.,.,mnicos,. fratd ofwarre andafraidofpe.ce,afraidofrichandafraldofpoort; afraidofaU. :E:S?£~ ;~~ l;;;~~~~D~;~da~r;~~~~t~~~~:~~tat\~;;h~~l;l1~l~:~ft~1g~~~r~v~~~~ ~';:;,~: /Jun time.t, p•- or dearth,or fome loffd and were it not t!Jat they arc loath to~ lay out mo- 'J,::::,~~diOs, ney on a rope, they would be hanged forthwith, .and fometimes die ro fave infi"'"· charges,& make away thcmfdves,if their corne and cattle mifcarry;though • H•ll a,,. they have abundanceleft, asY Agellim notes. • ralerim makes mention of ~~g;a~:~~;, one that in a famine, fould a Moufe for 200 pence, and fami!hed himfelfe: <'fcderupervc- Such are their cares, 'griefes and perpetuall feares. Thefe fymptomes are ~~::,:;~ ~~z~:;:~r:J,he«~1e7hr~fr."~~:~,~nrl;j"~~:::~~~c~:a~a~X:}l~[.;,a:"~ , Lib 1· «p.6. capca(e be foaled, and whether the Hall doorc bee bolted; a"d lhottgt. Jbee foJ ~.':':.t;~{t all is well, he rifeth out ofhu bed in his jhin, bm foot and ban kgged, r1 fit t4ntur,[u;pic<ttur whether it bee fo; with a darke Lanthornefearching every corner,_[carce fle~piog '""'"'imidu•, a wi.nke all night. Lucian in that pleafant and witty dialogue called Gatlus, f~iJ!:!P::;.":' brin_ps in <..Myci/luJ the Cobler difpuiing with his Cocke, fometimes Pytha- ""''i""" q.Uf- gor.u; where after much fpeech Pro and Con, to prove the happineffe·of a '"' ' ' Plin. meane ellace, and difcontents ofa rich man, Pythagor,u his Cock in the end, Promm.uv.••· ft b I . f: . h. . h h b c•p.•a. in to 11lu rate yexamp estbat wh1ch he had aJd,)mogs 1m to Gnyp one e felt•j.t.:ensi~tttrr't,at unrtlll an arum pr1f;e rtaufit, a11 tap{ NU, &c. E ltfll filifpU 1111dtl~ ~~ ;bf<£ t?.ktil ;:tumcfa lllta71if o!mlifl obitllStt. fu,firiiJS,etvixftmn~_ituil!tgelll, Ufurers
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