Remedies againft difcontents, oives true content. I will yet add<: aword _or two for aCorollarie. Many 3 3 3 . • ~ich men I dare boldly fay it, thatlyeon do~v.n-beds,withdelicacies pam: ---- pered ev;rieday,in theinvell furnifhed houfes ,live a_t Jeffe hearts eafe,with . more anouifh, more bodt!y pame, and thrqugh thm mteJI!perance more bitter bo"'ures,chcnmany a prifoner or galli-ilave; thofe pooreftarvedHolc landerswhom t Barti(on their Captaineleft in Nova Zembla An.I596- ort Pide l(aacwn thofe *eight miferable Englifhmen that were lately left behinde, to winter ;.onranwndein a fiovein Greeneland in 77• deg. of !at. 163o. fo pitifully forf.1ken and I:.:ff.b':.f.:~~ forced to lhifr for themfelvcs in a v~fi dark anddefarr l?l~ce; to frr!ve and ;~h!~~oo ftruggle with hunge~,cold,defperat~on,and death tt felle. T IS apattent and ,;;r. , 630 _ t quiet mindc, (I fay It agamand agam)giVes true peace and content. So for ·all or her things, they are as old' chremestolc! us,as we ufe them. 'Heauronrim. Parentcs ,patrilli!J,amicos ,genm,cognatos, divitiM, .tl.ff.l.S,,:.. Hu perinde Junt aciUius anim11s quieapo(sidet, _ ~ uti (cit, ei bona, qui utitur non refle,mala, Parents, friends,fortunes, country, birth, alliance, &c. ebbe and flow with our conceit ; pleafe or difpleafe, as we accept and conllrue them, 01: apply them toourfelves.Faberquiffrfortlllufu.e, &infome f<irtlmaytruly fay, profperitie and adverfitie are in 0ur own hands. Nemo l.editur mfi a {eipfo, and whichsenecaconfirmes out of hi_s judgem.~m and experience, t Every tEpip.9s. 0 , , mans minde isftronger then fortunf1.andleadeshint to >Vhat fide he>ViU,a caufe ni Jorruna va-- to hinl{elfi mh one if ,ofhisgoo4_,orJwl- life .But will we,or.l!il! we,make the !:;~~',!;:.•· worft of ir,and li1ppofea m~nin the gr~~tell extremity,'ri$ afortune which ,,.,~parrem fome indefinicdy preferre b5fore,profperity; offwOextrem_es it is the bell.~!~/!;:::~ Luxuriant antml reb11s plertpJqueJer,und1s, meq m f profpemy forget God ;er~ vir. fibi and themfel ves,rhey are befotted with their wealth, as birds with henbane; ""(• efl. • miferable if fortune forfake th~m_, but mor7 miferable if 0e tarry and 0- ~{;!.~);!~:"' verwhelme them, for whe~ !h0',c<?me to be m great place, rtch, they rhat putr.mfacit. were'moll temperate, fober anddifereet in theirpriv_arefortunes, as Nero, !~;~:'j;he otho,YittUttts,Heliogabalus (optz_ml zmperatores mfi zmpera/fent)degenera.te ar.vir.cap. , 4 : on a fuddenimo brute bealls, f9 _p,rodigious ln lull, fuch tyrannical! oppref- miftri ft def<' fors,&c. they cannot moder~t,e tfiemfe!ves, they becomemonllers, odious, ~-;s;::,:~;·p harpies; what not~ c11m trit111Jfh0f,opes, honor~s adepti {unt, ad. volupta(em.oPruaotur. & ~tium deinceps fe convertunt, 'twas t Cato:t note,they cannot containe ,For ~i,t;J;:•h: _ thatcaufe belike, . . , . ·: ,. • Hor.epip.l;, _ .. Eutraptl11sctttcun'!tnocere volebat, · -. ep.• s. · re~itnentadabat pretiofa,beatttse'!im jam, Cumpulchru tunicis fo.'!'tt iiova_-ffpfilia & (pes, Dm11iet inlucemftorto, poftponet honcftum , ofjicit<m--- . · . , .1 .. Eutrapilru when hewquld hurt aknav_e, · --i; .. Gave liim gay clothe~ & wealth to make himbra.«e, Becaufe now rich~:: would quke change his minde, · Keep whores, fly out) fer honelly behinde. Onthe other fide, in adverfity many mutter and repine, defpaire, &c. both bad I confe!Te, - s ut calceus olim' Si pedemajor erit fobvertet,fi minor urlt, · Vu z · gHn,
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