opt. r9. Vale 15. Slothfulnel comfith !mole fleepe tofall, and adeceit fullperfonfball be 4f f4mijhed. .He dangerousefFe5s of1Tugg fines , are here fet downe, and defcribed,whcreoffome are Gnnes, and heedfullic to be fhunned , and others arc punifhments thereof , and greatly to be feared. The fir(} is , immoderateandeece(iiue fleeping, whereby mens callings and labours are neglef}ed, their time loft ,.and theirwitsand fences dulled : and this groweth partly from the abundance of-humors,,by whichthe head is op_prcüed,& part. lie from the want ofchecrfulnes , whereby the heart should be refrelhed: and.therefore obferue, thatall fluggards are lumpilh,. and like deadmen , Cauing when they be about thepradifc or proie&of fome thingvnlawfull. Thisdrowfineire of theirs-, and difpofition to tleepe, they are charged with , and challenged for, in the Gxt Chapter : 44 How long wilt thouPepe, ó f lNggard , whenwilt thornarifeoart of thyPepe? &c. Thefecond is deceitfiilne(le,beeing inferred in the latter claufe,as that which infueth both vpon ilothfulnes and (kepi. nes. For they that lofe their time, can neither getwealthwelly nor keepe that which others haueformerlygathered by their trauell. Thenmuff theyneeds fall into indigencic andwant, and becing not able tofu(}aine theviolence thereof, (for-none are fo impatient ol'pouertie, asthofe who retchleflie throws themfclues into it,) they will hueby theirwittes,and shift for themfelucs,byfal(hood and indireect courfes The third, which is thepunithmentofall the Former, is, fa mine,and miferable nece(litie,which their fraude and deceit fulnesdoch doublevpon them, andnot preuent, or diminifh. Or if it fall out that forne bywrongful! dealing are holpcn in their (late for a.time,yet it turneth to their greater hurt, and deeper decay in time following : or iftheythriueeu°n to their hues end,by theirvniuf}and fraudulent pratIifes,yet they (hall rue it in theworldesends, for themifersel and plagues thatwill come
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