_Ofthemanifoldmifrtesincident unto allages. 53 5' not onely prefagi,og future miferie , butas feeling prefent paine ; reseiuing theft larft forrowcs oral eir birthasrheear- veftofallthe tell, which theyare to fuffer in theirenfuing 1ife.For thoughhe:efcape thele dangers, and recouer of the hurts which hefuflained in his frfl confiii, yet what is the prolonging ofhislife,but the increafing ofhis torments?fee- ingmanaboue al other creatures is compafl'ed withmife.ries; for whereas they are able as foone as they come into the world, to fand, go,and helpe themfelues, wanting butfew things, all which theyfind ready for them : man as foone as he is borne, being pore,naked, and miferable, wanterla many-things, and hathnothing tomake fupplie; hee flan- deth inneed ofmilke to feed him, clothes to coucr him, fire towarmehim, nudes to rend him, being altogether vnable tohelpehitnfelfe.Heharhnovfe of vnderflanding to know his wants,norfpcech todifcouerthem,onelyhegiueth foam generall notice ofthetn byhis bitter crying. Hecannot goe, $and, or creepe, norwith all his wit and firength repels the injuries of alillie flit. And in this itripotencie he continu- eth long, bringingmuch trouble to others,beforeheebath anypleafurc inhimfelfe. Tn refpc&of which prefemanden- ruingnilferies,Teremie wifheththat hit mether:Le/he hadbeen Ier.so.t7.1g btegrane, and her wombe aperpetuall conception, becaufehee eaeceforth of the zeombetofee labour andforrow,and that hie daiesß' uldbeconfomed with/hone. But proceedwe from the birth to the infancie and child- 4 hoodofrnan,and herewe fhall findno immunity frommile- 0f rbe mi ¡cries ries; but rather as theyincreafe, fo thefe increafe with them, ofiof"xcie, and grow flron cr with their llren th. For.no boner are cbddhood,axd poore infants deliuered from the prifon of the wombe, but }exb. they areprefently bound hand and foot, andwholly at the difpofe ofothers, as not hauing obtained liberty, but onely changed the prifon and place oftheir reflraint; and all the timeof this infanciebeing without knowledge andvnder- flanding, and darkened with more then brutifh ignorance, isfpent in naturaliadlions,cating, drinking, Heaping, crying and fuch like, being deflitute of all worldly delights and comfo;ts,andonelyfcnfible in gricfes andmil-cries, Next vn- Mm4 tso
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