D E " o c R I T u s to the Reader. with our prefent ll:ate,looke you. But of thi~ elfewhere. As it is iua ma~ body ifeither head,heart,ll:omack, hver,fpleen,or any one part bemlfaffected all the rell:fulfer with it: foisitwith this Oeconomicall body. If the he~d be naught,a fpend-thrift, adrunkard,a whoremall:er,agamell:er, . how fhall the family liveat eafe~ 1 Ipfofict~ptat [a!mflrvare, pror(ru non •'rer. pot eft hancfami!i~tm, as De111ea faid in the Comedy, fa(ety herfelfe cannot faveit. Agood,honell:, painful! manmany times hath a ihrewto his wife, a fickly, diOJOnell:,llothfull,foohih,carele!fe woman to his mate, aproud, peevifh flu re, a liquoriih, prodigall quearie, and by that meanes all goes to ruine: or if they differ innature,he is thrifty,fhe fpends all,hewife,ihefottifh and [oft; what agreement can there be, what friendll1ip ~ Like that of the Thrull1 and Swallow in lE[ope, in ll:ead ofmutualllove,kinde compellations, whore and thiefe is heard, they fling ll:ools at one anothers heads; , . k .f!.!!:.e intemperies vexat hanc fami!tam? All enforced marriages corn- k Amphith<at. manly prod11ce fuch effeCts; or ifon their hehalfes it bewell,as ro live and Plaur. agreelovingl y cogether, they may have difobedient and unruly children, . . . that take ill courfes to difquiet them, I their (omu u a thiefo, a fPend-thrtft, I Pali•g.Fiiit« theirdat~ghterawhore; all:epmmother, ora daughter in law dill:empers ':::~:;;,eum all; nor elfe for want of meanes, many tortures arife, debts, dues, fees, mure,du•g•Pi dowries, joymers, legacies to be paid, annuities ilfuing out, by meanes of fim•t in.•Jt,E• which, they have not wherewithal! to maimaine themfelves in that pomp f,~:;~;~~~ as their Predece!fors haved_one, brmgup or bcll:owthelrchi!dren to their ~unrfine tire. callings, to their ?irth and quality, 0 and will not defcend to their prefem ~:,;: anguft• fortunes. Oftenumes too, t~ aggravate the reil:, concurre ~any other m- oWhen pride. conveniences, unthankfullfnends, decayed fnends, bad neighbours, ne- :md bcggory gligent fervants, P flrvi for•ces, Verfipel!es caUidi, occ!ufa fibi mille clavi. ::';,:~:/:~,. btu re(erant, fi<rttmq; raptant, conji<m11nt, ltgttrtllnt; cafualues, taxes and howlc,,,d mulets, chargeable offices, vaine expences, entertainments, lorfe ofll:oc~ 'fj':" ~Y enmities,emulations, frequent mutations,lolfes,furetifhip,fickndTe,death ,:me~~:,; 6.,. offriends, and that which is th'egulfe ofall, improvidence, ill husbandry, and w•rcr, diforder and confufion, by which mea~cs thet ate drenched on a fudden ~~~~~~~ke in their ell:ates, and at unawares precipitated mfenfibly Into an inextrica- rhundercbp• blclabyrinth ofdebts, cares, woes, want, griefe, difcontent, and melan- m the skios. choly it fdfe. . f.f~"" Au•. I have done with families, and will now briefly runne over fame few forts and conditions ofmen. The moll: fecure, happy, joviall and merry io the worl?s ell:eeme, a~e Princes ~nd g~eat men, free from melancholy: but for thm cares, mtfenes, fufpiciOns, Jealoufies, difconrerits, folly and madnelfe, I referre you to Xenophons Tyrannzu, where King Hierondif. courfethaclarge WlJ:h Stmonidesthe Poet, ofthisfubjeet. Ofall others they are moft troubled with perpetuall feares, anxieties, infomu eh that as hefaid in qV a!erim, if thou knewell: withwhat cares and miferie~ this q i.ib. 7.c.p.ii. robe were ll:ulfed, thou wouldll: notHoope to take it up. Or pur cafe they . . . befecureandfreefromfearesand difcontems, yet they are voidrofrea- rPe!ltturm fan too oft, and precipitate in their aCtions; reade all our hiHories, q11os dt ~~;(.;;;;;~· ftt~ltuprodrdere .Jlu!ts,IIJades,JEneldes,Annales,andwhat is thefubject~ Verm prwerStflltommregt~m, & popu!orumcontinet 41~~<. btum, autreHowmad they are, how furious, and upon fmall occafions, raih and in- ~~[.;;"~J.:;:,~ ' I 3 conlidcratc
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