Parr. r. Secr. z. Other accidmts andgrievances. Memb.4.St1b.6 ---------------- vertymakcsmenridiculous,Nil habet infoli.-.: patipertM dreriru in fe, ~am I 59 quodridiculos homines foe~t, they mull: endure 1 Jefts, taunts, flours, blowes I ~rdquoJ oftheir betters, and takeallingood part to get a meales meat: m magnum z:~;~~[:!;,~ pattperies opprobrium,jt~bet qrudws & facere & patr, Hee mull: turn~ Para. joca":Ji, Si toga lite je!ler foole, flave, drudge to get a poore living, apply himfelfe to eachJ'•'.t; fir. · ma~s hm1~ors,to win and pleafe,&c.and be buffeted when he bath all done,as ,::~,,_"'· l· rty(feswasbyMelanthim"inHomer, bee reviled, andmay not fomuchas nOdyJ!. '7· murceragainft ir. He mull: rurne rogue, and vlllame; for as thefaymg 1s, Necefita< cogit adturpia, poverty alonemakes men theeves, rebels, murderers, traitors, affacinates, becaufe ofpoverty we haveftnned,Ecc !tu. z 7. I.[ weare,and forfweare beare falfc wirneffe,lye,diffemble,any thing,as I fay, to advanrage themfelve~, and to relieve their neceilities: o Gulp£ fcelerijq; magiftra eft., oMantua]l. whenamanisdriventohislhifts, what will he not do? - fimi(emmforttmttSinonem Finxit, vanum etiam mendacemq;imprubaftngefi he will betray his father, Prince, and counrrey, turne Turke, forfake Religion, abjure . God and all, ntdla tam horrenda proditio,quamilli lrecri 1au(it, (faith P Leo A. Pr' Afrrc• fer ) perpetrare nolint.* Plato therefore calls poverty, theevifh, focriiegiom, 1 : ,:;; ;:;;:~: jilthy, wickedand mifthiwor~s; and well he might. For it mak~s many an up-fur•• iffim• p~u· right man ?therwife, had he not been.in want, to take bribes, to be cqrrupt ,~~'%;ft,:'J,:: to doe agamft his confc1ence,to fell h1s tongue,hearr,hand,&c.to bechurhlh, gitio(a,omnium hard,unmercifull, uncivil!, to ufeindirect meanes to helpe his prefenr efiate. malorumopifex Itmakes Princes to exact upon theirfubjecrs, Grbr men tyrannize, Land- . lordsoppreffe,Juftice mercenary,Lawyers vultures, Phylicians 'Harpyes, friends imporrunate,tradefmen lyars,honeft men theeves,devoutaffacinates, · great men to proftitutetheirwives,daughters and themfelves, middle fort rorepine,commonsto mutiny, all to grudge,murmureandcomplaine. A great temptation to all mifchiefe, it compels fome miferable wretches to counterfeit feverall difeafes,to difmember,make themfelves blinde, lame, to have amore plaufible caufe to beg, and lofe their limbs to recoverrheir prefent wants . Jodoctu Damhoderim a Lawyer ofBr11ges, praxi rerum criminal. cap. I 11. bath fame notable examples offuch counterfeit Cranks, and every· villagealmoft will yeeld abundant teftimonies amongft us;we haveDummerers,v!braham men,&c. And that which is the extent ofmifery, it enforceth them through anguilh and wearifomnelfe oftheir lives to make away them· felves: They had rather be hanged, drowned, &c. then to live without meanes. qlnmare C.<tiferum,ne tepremata(Jeraegdfas, q rheogn!J. Dejilt,& a celjis corrue Cernejugis. Much better 'tis to break thy neck, ~~;~~'.(;ft~i~ Ordrowne thy felf i'th' Sea, P"''""'"''"- Then fuffer 1rkfome poverty, <um(fi qu!J fibi Goemake thy felfeaway. , "''"'"'"If•- (\ Sybarite ofold, as~ findei.t regiftred in.* Athm.-t~s, [upping in Phiditijs ~~;~ '{;'~,~':. m Sparta, and obfervmg thmhard fare, fa1d Jt was no marvel! it the Laced"- nofi wfluscommomans were valiant men ;for his part hewould ratherruntlpon a[wordpoint ;;;:onem h•· (and fo rvould•ny man in his wits )then livC!vith (uch b11{e diet, or lead fa wret- tGaiptr VileL! ched•lift. 'In Japoni4 ' tisa common thing to fiifle their children if they bei•fottaepifl. X _ lapon.lti. ' poore,
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