Of the vanity ofeoily and br4xeappareil. 4o5 them; foby the fame meanes theyafpire to haue the prece- dence before others, the vpper hand and highef} places in Iam.z.z. ;. all meetings, not becaufe thefe things haue any worth in Vefütrsa;nfig- themfelues, or merit the leaf} part of their cat and labour, n °far mol1it/u- byany truegoodwhich they impart vnto them ; but becaufe [um e. ,14 their prideaffeóleth them,as fignes which argue their excel- luxurim.Aug. lencie,and as meanes to make them more refpe&ed then o- Gæfaraped thermen. So that this gayappareil is(as one truely calleth it) Sueton;em. the verieenfigneofpride ,and nef}ofluxurie; for takeaway mentapelli.. beholders and admirers, priority in ef}imation and prece-aifradinazem cenceinplace, and there would need no flatuteofref}raintgloriamquorit, to prohibit this exceffe. &e. Gregor. Finally, as this cxcefliuebrauerie in apparell is every wayhomil.go.in euill in relpe&offnne; fo alfo it is euill in regard ofpunifh- Luc.ió ment : for tirfl,thereby the mind is exceedingly moldedand Of ir.2g. troubled, not onely in inventing fafhions, and in flud ino what, Y Y. 5 meittrmbicb how the bodymay be mofl beautified andadorned; but al- Godinflillctb fo in laying plots and contriuing meanes to maintaine this en menfor brauerie. For men bellowing excef iue coil above their prideinap fo meanes about this vanity,are rced to run into debt which pareA. is the verybaneofa quietmind,and toborrow moneys vp- onvfurie,or to takevp their l+uffesat worfe rates, which by reafonofthe increafe ofthe price, and decreafe oftheir abi- lity, theyarecommonly worfe able to repay at the timeap_ pointed,then when theytooke it vpon credit; and therefore they areforcedto trie &tire al their friends, to changeoften theircreditours, borrowingofone to pay vnto another, to receiueproudrepulfes,euen ofthofe whole lending is their liuing;toendure vpon euery defaultofpayment hard words, andbitter menacings; yeaoftentimes fuites,arref}s, impri- fonment,andmany filch like miferies : foras the wife man Pro.zz.7. faith,thofe thatborrow lofe their liberty, andbecome thrals andvallais tothofewho lend vnto them.l3y all which cour- fes not only the 'mind is exceedingly tortnented,as being continuallyvpon the racke ofpaffion; reioycing when they haue borrowed, forrowing when they aretopay, fretting when theyreceiue repulfes and difgraces, and fearingwhen as through default of payment they haue hazarded their D d 3 Rate
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