414 .--- · oloj.7. Lovt-Melanch~lJ• · Mtmtra( mde mihi) pla&ant hDminef#r Jeofiz, Pl".tunlonisiapitertpftdatii> . Mtmb.t .Subf. 1 , Good turncs doe pacifie both God and men, And Jupiter himfelfe is Woll by them. Gold ofall other is amoft dditious obje.;J:,a fweet lighr,a goodly Iu. ll:er it hath,gr•tit<s aurum quamfolem intuem11r ,faith Auftin, and we had rather fee ttthen the Sun. Sweet·a~d plea !line inget~in'g_,in keeping it fea. fons all our labours,llltoler1!bk pames we take for tt)l>afe employments endurebitter flouts and taunts, long journeyts , heavy burdens , all ar~ made lightandeafitby thishopeofgaitle, At ,.ihi pl•udo ip(t d1mi, (i. mtllac nnmmos contemplor ina~M. The fight t>f gold refrdhcth our fpirits,and ravilbtth our beam ,as that B•bylhlli•n garment, and •golden wedge did Acha;,in th~ campe,the very light and hearing, fers on fire his foulewithdcfire ofit. It will make aman nmro the Antipodes, or tarry at home and mrne parafite, lye, flatter, proftitutehimfelfc, fweare and beare falfewimel!e; he will venture his bi>dy ,kill aKing, munhcr his r rorroniu• father ,and damne his foule to rome at it. FQrmojior auri majfa, asP bee Arbi!fr. well obferved,the maffeofgold is fairerthen all your Gr.ecian pictures, that 11pelles ,PhydiM ,or any.doting painter could ev~r make: we are ena- ~1""""' 1;,· moured with it, q Primafore vota, & &unflis mtijima templis, Diviti.tMtcreft•nt. - Al1 ourlabours,ftudics,endeavours, vowes, prayen an.d wifl1cs, arc to get,how to compaffe it. t I oh. s"unJ. ' t H£ceft iU4ctti famulatur maximus or his, lio, jyl~arum. Diva potens retum, aQmitrix/jjpuunia fa.ti, This is the great Godddf~ we adore and wodhip , this is the foie 1 ob je.;J: of our del1re.lfwe haue it ,as we think, we are mad~ for ever ,thric~·happy,Princes,Lor.Js,&c.lt we lo!e it,;We are dull,heavy, dejeaed1difcontenr,miferablc,defperate and madde. Otir e~ate and ben~ e([e, ~bbesand flowes with our commodity,and as we are endowed or enriched, fo arc wcbelovedand efteemed:it Jails no ll5hgerrhen our wealth, when that is gon~,andthe objea removed, tarewellfrieridlhip: aslongasbounty, good checre,and rewards were to be hoped, friends enough; rh~y were ti~d to thee by the teeth, and would follow th~e as Cr.owcs doe aCar• 9ffe: bur when thy goods are gene and fpent, thelampoftheir loueis ·, tuciilrnl$. .out,and thou lbalt be contemned ,fcorned,hat~d, injured. ~Lucians Tiro- ;mon,whe!! he livedinprofperity; was the foie fpectadeof Gruce, onely -admired;who but 7'imon~cverybody loved, honoured, applauded him, -each man offe.redhim hisfervice,aad fought to be kin to him: but when his.goldwasfpcnt,hisfairc poffeilions gone, farewell Timo.u:nonefo ugly ,nonefo deformed,fo odious an abject as Timon,no man fo ridiculous -<>n afudden,they gave him apenny ~;_obuy a rope, no man would.knowe him. ." - : · .. ,, · 'Tis rhe genetall humour ofthe w6l:Jd·,.commodity fteeres our affetHons throughout.,weloue·thofe that are fortunate and rich, that thrive, or bywhom VjC may recrov~ mutual! kindneife., hope for like curtefics, get any good,gaine, or profit; hare thole, and abhor on.the other fi~c, which arc pooreand miferable,or by whom we may fuftame loffe_orm· 'onv,ruence,
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