Parr.z.SeCl:.3. Cure ofMelancholy. Memb. 3 . ~ optiPti< ttnguenti< delibttitllr, he ~nows not the aflltl1ion of'Jofeph,flretching hzmjilfe on tvorze beds, and ftngmg to the (ound of the wo/1. And it troubles him that he hath not the like ; there is·a difference (he grumbles) between Laplolly and Phefams,to tumble i'th' firaw and lyeinadown-bed,betwixt • l'r<t(ar.lib.7. wine and water, a cottage and a palace.H ehates nature (as • rimy chara/le. ~;;;~fr;:,rizethhim) that fhehath made him lower then aGod,and uangrywiththe fir! iraftitur_ Gods ,that any man goe~ b1{0re htm.a_nd although he bath receiveth much,yet t;,7 .~'!,,r:,;: (as t Seneca:olloweslt)he thtnks,tantn]urze,that he hathno more,andu fo t 71 , ira "P· farre from gwzng thanksfor hu Trtbunejhtp,that he complatnes he u not Pre. s t.trb. 3 . Erfi tor, neither doth thatpleafe him, e.r:cept hemay be ConfuU. Why is he not a "':~;:,~i~:r!;. Prince, why notaMonan;b, wbynotanEmperour~ Why lhouldonem<n $urar ptuva non have fo much more then bts fel!ows, one have all, anothet nothmg ~ Why amptfft, non lhould oneman be a flave or drudge to another~ 0 ne furfeit,another fiarve ;~;;,~;.;r::,~- one live at eafe,another labour,withoutany hope of better fortune~ Thu; fid querirur they grumble, mutter,and repme: Not confidermg that mconfiancte ofhu. quod""" fit ••mane affaires, judicially conferring one condition with another, or well ~~~:,:a;:q~~- weighing their own pr&nt efiate. What they are now,thou mayfi lhortly h<egrata,fi de- be, and what thou•art they lhalllikely be. Expect a little, conterrefinure fir ""fi'141 "'· and rimes pail: with theprefent, fee the evenr,and comfort thy felfe with it. t Lipfadmir. :.f Offomc 9 oooo. inhabit:~uts now. It is as well to bcdifcerned in common-wealths, Cities,f.1milies, as in pri. vate mens efi.ttes. Italy was once Lord of the world, Rome the ~eeneof Cities vaunted her felte of two t myrriades of inhabitants, now thatall commanding country is polfelfed by petty Princes, • Rome a fmall Village in refpeCl:. Greece of old the feat'ofcivility,mother offGiences and humalli. ry, now for!orne, the nurfe of barbarifine,a den of theeves. Germany then, faith TacittU ,was in cult and horrid,now full ofmagnificent Cities: Athens, Corrnth,Carthage, how flourilhing Cities, now buried in their own ruines~ CorvomJJJ,ferarttnt, aprorum & bejliArumluftra, likefomany wilderneffes, a r eceptacle of ,,i!debeafis. Vmice apoore filher-towne,Pari<,London, fmall Cottages in c,efars time, now mofi noble Emporiums. Valoi<,Plan. ta,enet :md Scaliger how fortunate families, how likely to continue~ N"'ow quite extinguilhed and rooted out. He fiands aloft to day,full offa· vour,wealth,honour,and profperity,in the top offortunes wheele,tomor· row in prifon, worfe then nothing, his fan's a begger.Thou art a poor fervile drudge, F,ex populi, a very flave, thy fonmaycometo be a Prince, with Maximinu;,Agathocles,&c. a Senator,aGenerall of an Army;Thou fiandefi bare to himnow, workefi for him, drudgefi for him and his, takdl a RCJde rhe an almes of him,fiay but a liule, and his next heire peradventure (hall con. !lory ar lar~e in fume all with riot, be degraded, thou exalted, and he (hall begge of thee. ~~ Fo~ ~' _ Thou a1alt be his mofi honourable Patron,he thy devout fervarit,his pofie· "",;,;,~,. 0 rity fluU run,rid,e,and do as 'much_for thine, as it was with 'FriJgobJld and ;, '.~f;;~"~i- cromrveU, it may be for thee. Cmzens pevour countrey Gemle~en~ and <>~m par.,: fettle 10 then· feat_s,aftertwo or three defcems, the}:' confumc ~lltn not, tt q~ier otium, rerurnes to the Ctty agame. A Lawyerbuyes out Jus poor Cltenr, after a ~~::mP:7,;,.,, while his Clients pofierity bur out him and his; fo things go round, ebbe tuxu•i~raitu, and flow. In fine (as • Machtavel obferves) verttle and projpertty heget tJquoit~rum ad rejl; rejl idlenejfe; idlenejfe riot; riot Jejfrttf1ion : From which we co~e agam f}.~~"m"', to goodlarves;good lawu engmdervertuou. aaions;verttte,glorie,andprof}erlty;
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