34° Ofthe vanitieofreerldly nebilitie. the faultsoftheir fuperiours,as foule (laines infiner clothes andasblacke cloudshiding from their eyes the Suns bright- Tropeeft bent nes;and to paffe thatcenfure,that ismoll vncomely for thole natismalèvi- off°goodbirth, to difgrace themfelues with foeuilla life. sere. Sothat they who are of reatefl a&ate haue in theiraá}ions Ixi maxima fur- Y g trine minima and cariage the leaf+ liberty, becaufe theirdoings are more elI licentia. Sa. curiouflyobferued, and fharpely cenfured, and much being lu&inconlpir. ex eóled from them, they are much more blamed then o- Gatclin. they men,when as they come fhoteofexpeólation. Inwhich refpeól, one compared' thefe nobles to fuck Mufitians, as in with coftly clothesand excellent infiruments, do mooue great expeólation in the beholders; but having harflr and vntunable voices, and arude and vnskilfull touch, Cicero. 11..4. all their brauery tendeth to theirmore difgrace,not onlybe- adHerenni- caufe theinfeluesare ignorant bunglers, but alfo.doabufe um. and deceiue the beholders expeelation. Againe, as it Both difgracetheinfeluesand fheweth their faults, fo alto having difcoueredthem,it muchaggrauateth them,both as it fhew- ethgreater vnthankfulneffe towards God, by abuing his Rüantoills. more rich mercy, wherewithhe hath priuiledged: thema- firiores bon/hies boue others, and allo becaufe their finnes,by reafonof their in fecula dagenere; greatnes,being moreexemplary,dodraw on theirinferiours tondopluribus to-theirimitation. And confequently as it doth aggrauate fun: perditionis fin,fo it doth increafe their condemnation,Gods iuflice pro- excmplum.Ber- portionating the punifhnaent according to the meafure of nard.epüt.to9-mens faultines;fo that where finne hath run ouer, there alto adGaufrid. iudgementclothouer-flow. Now the vices ofnobilitie are greater, and more inexcufable then other mens, both in re- fpeólof the formerreafons,and alfobecaufe:they hauedege- neratefrom their anceflors, and with their negleólofother meanes,haue notat all profited by domeflicall examples,nor bin bettered, although their worthie progenitors haue left vnto them the memoriall of' their vertuesi asapaterne.for their imitation. But of thefe points I (hall haue occafion to fpeake more hereafter,and therefore will heere brieflypaffe them ouer. 4,sea..14 Seeing therefore this worldly nobility is ofno excellen- That fptrituall cie,vnprcñtable and.momencany,andfo farre frombringing vnto
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