7hdtworldly things cam fevaaniyesil: to our aeighboxrr. 7e g which arecommitted by one man againft another: For not onlydoth the excel-fine loue of thefe earthly vanities make men tocommit fome kinds oflegall iuiu(}ice, couered and coloured with fome fhew of right, or fome flightand to- lerable wrongs whichgreatly hurt not; but ifmen once let their heartsvpon them, theyare the common caufes ofthe molt groffe and grieuous injuries raging crueltie, openvio- Iencc, treafon and bloodfhed, whereby they confume and deflroie one another. In which refpe& the world is compa- :badquifque red to a lea, and worldlymen to fiih,which deuour oneano- facirpatitur ; ther, the greater feeding vpon the Idle, and himfelfeagaineectil",Trcelut becomming the preyofanother which is greater thenhee.J,en,itur e.tess- Forthat which amanBoth to one, bee fufferethofanother ; pionacens.Sc- wickednes rebounding vpon the author, and the oppreffor nec.íngerc. beingoppreffed by that example which himfelf bath giucn. fugen. But this wil betterappeare in thefpeciall inflances : and ñrff for honours; there is nothing more then they, being immo- deratelyloued, which wil thrufl men into all outragious and pernicious coures for the obtainingof them. For when the ambitious man wanceth true worth and lawful means to ad- uancehimfelfinto ÿ feat ofhonor,hcis ready to make fleps, whereby he may afcend,ofany mifchiefeor villanie;betray ing chofe thattruf}him,treading on theirneckswho helped him to rife,falfly accufng, fupplanting,yeapoyfoning,& fe- cretlymurchering tholewho f}and in his vvay,and hinder his preferments.Towhich purpofe onefaith, that nothingdoch. Chryfof}.in make men more madly&outragioufly incurious, thenwhen Mac.ta.Ho- by theirproud ambiti6 they are moued to delire immode- 'rrtl'Zt. ratelyvaine glory& earthly aduancement;and contrariwife nothing dothmake them morehonefl,refolute, andlike the adamant impenetrable by any vice,then when they doneg- leé} and defpifeit. Neither doth the ambitious man in this his outragionspurfuit,frtffer any thing toflay him ; butrun- neth oucr friends and enemies, kindred andfirangers, ac- knowledgingneither father nor mother, wifenor thechild ofhis bowels,buttreadeth al vnder footwithoutdifference, iftheyRand inhis way, and hinder his proud march.Thus Z, z loab
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