Part.i,Sc'a.~. ' C::imofr..Mtl•ncholy. , Memb. 7 ,' ' 3SZ ~ ciem'reward,pribit/H'fthi pr.tmiNm, and in our times the foie recompedce t Boahi"' ·' tod~cweU,is. to doe well, but naughtinelfewill puriith it felfc at !aft, t Im• ... ~r.lib.,., pr~fm ip[A 1l_t'q~t~tiA fupplicium, As the diverbe is, 1 ~ 11 . · ·' • ' f<!!.i be!'eftcerunt.,iOifoa fafla(equmttlr, ,> '· Jl!!i·m•lefmrunt,foEIA[equentur Ut: 'They tHat doewdl, lhall have reward at lalt, But they that ill, thall fuffer forthat's pait, · ' Ye~ bnt I *m athamed, difgraced,dithonoured,degraded, exploded, thy notonous crimes~nd vil'Ianies,arecolllcto ~igh~, ( deprendimiforumejl)my filthy lull, abomtnable oppreffion and avance !tes open, ·my good name's loft, my fottune's gone, I have beenlligmatized, whipt at polt, arraigned arid condemned, I am a common obloquy, I have loft my cares, odious, execrable, abhorred ofGod and men. Be content,'tis but anine daies won. der,and as one forrow drives out another, one paffion another, one cloud an~rher, one rumoris expelled by anothers, every day alrnolt come aew newes unte our cares, as how the Sun was eclipfed, meteors feen i'th' aire, monllers borne, prodigies, how the Turk et were overthrown in Perfia, an Earth-quake in H tlvetia,C•l•bria,J•p•n,or chi11a,an inundation in H~U.,d. a grzat plagu' in Conjlanti11ople, a fire at Prage,a dearth in Germa11y, fuch: man is made a Lord,a Bitbop, another hanged, depof~d,preft to death,for fome murder, trealon,rape, thefr,oppreffion, all which we doe bear at firft with a kind ofadmiration,derellation,tonll:ernation , but by and by they are buried in lilence:thy father's dead·, thy brothers robb'd,wife runs mad, neighbour bath kild himfelfe, 'tis heavy,galtly,fearfullnewes at firll, in e~ very mans mouth, tabletalk,but afrera while who fpeaks or thinks· of irf It will be fo with thee and thine offence, it will be forgotten in an inltant, be it theft, rape,fodomy, murder; ince!l:, treafon,&c. thou art not the firft offender, nor fiJalt not be the lafi,'ris no wonder, every houre fuch malefactors are called in queftion, nothing fo wmmon, ' !J!!ocun#r inp•pulo, IJHOtlln9t Jab Axe, Comfort thy (elfe thou arrnot the foie man.If he that were guiltlelfe him. felfe fi1ould fling rhe fir I!: ltonear rhee, and he alone thGuld accufe thee that werefaultlelfe,how manyexecutioners,howmanyaccnlers wonldll thou have~ If every mans linnes were written in his forehead, and fecret faults known, how many thoufand~ would parallel, if nor exceed thine offenct? It may be the Judge that gave fentcnce, the Jury that condemned thee,the '-fpcctarorsthatgatedonthee,de!erved much more, and were farremorc ·.-guilty then thou'rhy felfe. Bur it is thine infelicity to be taken, to be made a puhlike example of.jnftice, to be a tetrorto the reit,yet thould every man have his deferr, thou wouldeft peradventure be a Saintin comparifon, vex. ~~ cen{tJr!icolumhM, pdore foules are punithed, the great ones doe twenty .thoullmd times wor!e,and are not fo much as fpoken of. 'tn.,Phor; . Nm rttt~ccipitri tmditur m#rmilvio, · fl!!.i m4le[ki1111t 111bil, iOit q11i 11il ftciunt temiit11r. The net's oot·laid for' kites or birdsofprey, '-• • . Butfortheh~rmdelfe'ftillourginneswelay~ ' - · Be not difmaid then, humam;w.ep 'errAre;we are all finners, daily and hourcly fubjecho t-emptati~ns,t~ ~~I\ of !J~ !S ~0 hypoc!i,t~,a grievo:sd 0f• .; ·- .. , . .en er
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