f4° Ofthemanfold,n iferietwhich arei>itidenttoadose:. them ; with-innumetable otherenils,which it were too long' tofland vpon. §.Sens: Finally, ifweattaine vnto old age, which all delire, and oftbe,genet none like;whatfhallwe there findbut mifery andaffíi &ion? incident weld for what isold age:but acontinual) ficknes, the receptacle of `ge' all humane infirmities, and the preludeofdeath? Andhow- Cuxfbi bomi r:csoptantfe- foeuermenvfually_make it the chiefeharborough oftheir neítutem,quid hopes, and are-content tolearne in their childhood, and to aliudoptant,ni. take paints and care in their youth and riperage, chat now filaugats?nfi'r- hauing plentie,theymay hue vpon the flocke,taketheir café, rnaeem. Au and enjoy their leafures contrariwifeold age cormnin is guft.deCate- Y ter P g ch.z.rudebus. accompanied with fo-manv: infirmities, that though they . eap.s6. hauemuch, yet they enjoy little, though theymay haue ma- ny fports, yet theyhaue fmall mirthand fewdelights. For to faynothingofthofc whohaue gray haires -and greene-wits, andbeing old in yearsareagain children in vnderfianding; to letthempaffc wholofe the chiefepriuiledges-ofchatage, for want ofwifdomeand difcretion;andare flrongandvigo- rous in nothingwhich concerneth eirherbodie or mind but only intheir vicesand corruptions : to let them alone .who haue (pent their time fo ignorantly andrvnprofitablie,that they ate readie to die, -before they know what it is to hue, and to leaue the earth before they haue learned theway to heauen: howmanyothcrinfirmities and forrowe§do attend it, which are fufficient (ifgrace fippport not) tomäke itmife- rable? Forthen vfuailythefoule is vexed,and theconfcience troubled with theerrors and crimesof ill-guidedyouth,and with the wrongs, deceits, and oppreonscommitted inri- perage:then the body is tormented 'with the ruffies and bruifes takenin youthfullfports,and violent exercifes,erifre- bled with the.cares, watchings, and labours fuflained in that age which isaccounted molt perfetl, and punifhcd for the intemperance, voluptuoufnes,fùrfetting andexce a ofthem both, with innumerable fickneffes and difeafes: then is the time whenpallies, gouts,flone, flrangurie,collicke and in- numerable fuck like tortures chiefly fvvay : then the head ihaketh, thebacke floopeth, the ioynts tremble, the limmes art
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