Rmtedies to diji:ontents. Mcmb.3. With Kings 'onverfe they boldly,and Kings Peeres, 3 I 9 Fearing no fla!bing that from gold appeares. Look howmany fervants he bath, and fo many enemies he fufpech, for Ji_ ·bertie he entertains ambition,his pleafures are no pleafures, and that which iswortl:, he cannot be private,or enjoy himfelfe as other men doe, his l!ate is a fervitude. k A coumrey manmay travel! from kingdome to kingdome, k H". 0' mihi province to province, city to city, and_glut hi~ eyes with delightful! ob- ~~~;; ~;; },':,':,, jeCJ:s, haunke, hunr,and ufe thofeordmanedlfports,wlthout any nonce ta- u(q, T•renrum. ken all whichaPrinceor agreat man cannot do.Hekeeps 10 forl!ate,nema~ jejl;tis dignit,ucvileftat,as ourchina kings,of Bornay,and TartarianChams, thofe arereatJtancipia,are{aid to do, feldome or never feene abroad, ut majorfit homin11n1 erga fe obfervantia, which the* Perjian Kings ·[o precifely * BrifoniU<. obferved of old. A poore man takes more delight in an ordinarie meales meat, which he bath but feldome, then they doe with all their exoticke dainties and continual! Viands, !l.!!_ippevotuptatem co1Jimendatrarior tt{tu, 'tis the rarity and neceffitie that makes athing acceptableand pleaf'<lnt.Da. rim put to flight by Alexander ,drank puddle water to quench his thirll:,and it was pleafamer he fwore then any wine or Mede. All excdfeas • Epic1e- • si mod•m•~ tru argues, will caufe_ a dillike.Sweetwill befower,w~ich made that rem- J,!:.j-,1,"':,"! perate EpiwrtM fonmmes voluntanly fall:.But they bemg alwa1es accull:o- tefta. med to the fame I difl1es,(which arenall:ily dreffed by ilovenlycookes,that I Et incupeJiit after their obfcenities, never wafh their bawdy hands) be they fifl1, fleih, ~:;~;'~~;;_, & compounded, made dJflJes,or wbatfoever elfe,are therefore cloyed,N etlar manib~ ab •~ it felfe grows loathfomc to them, t~ey are weary of all :heir.fine palaces, ;~z'::::~~~!~· they are to them but asfomany pnfons. A poormandnnksma woodden flant,f5c.ca,. difl1,and eates his meat in woodden fpoones,woodden platters,earthen vef_ Jan t.8.cap.,6. fels, and fuch homely ll:uffe: the other in gold, filver,and precious lloncs, :;;,:'"'"V"'"" but with what fuccdfe~ inauro bibitttr'l.lenentt11t,fearof poyfon in the one, fecuritie in the other. A poore man is able to write, to fpcak his minde, to doe his own bufinelfe himfdfe, locttples mittit pATajitt~m,[aith * Philoftra- * Epift, ttu, a richman imployes a parafite,and as theMaio r of a City fpeakes by the Towne-clarkc, or by M' Recorder when he cannot expreOe himfelfe. t Nonitu the Senator bath apurple coat as lliffe with jewels, as his mind is t Ptin.lib. 57· full of vices, rings on his fingers worth zoooo fellercies,and as • Peroxthe ~·~6·"" Perjian King, an union in his eareworrh 10ol weight ofgold: t cteopatr4 ..:,:.• l· bath whole boaresand ilieep ferved up to hertable at once, drinks jewels t Plutarcb. diffolved 4oooo fell:ercies in value, but to what end~ ~·~:;,~;r.lib. • * Nu-m tibicMn fauce s tf,ritJitis, att-rea qu.£ris Focttla ?---.Sat.:.. Dotb aman that is adry defire to drink in gold~ Doth not acloath fute bccome_him as well,andkeep him as warm,as all their filkes,fattins,damasks, · taffanes and nffues~ Is not home-fpun cloath as great a prefervative againfl: cold,as acoat of Tartar Lambs wooll, died in graine,or a gowne of Giants beards~ Nero, faith t Sqeton,never put on onegarmenrtwice,and thou hall: t C•p. 1o,nut- · fcarceonetoput on; What'srhedifference ~ one'sficke, the other found :lam .v•ftembu fuch is the whole tenour of their lives, and that which is theconfummation"'Juu. and upflJOt of all, death it felfe makes the greateft difference. One like an henfeedsonthcdunghillallhisdaies, butisferved upatlall: to his Lords table, the orher as a Falcon is fed with partridge and pigeons, and carried Sfs on
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