7,SOftheciuilends whichworldlythings &ringto theirowners. In íllor beatosvie their owne,or at leali whatfoeuer need theyhaue,arenot pocas qui fermi- able to endure long trauell : they cannot remoue without tio+um fequenti carts for their cariages,andfurnpter honks for their apparel!: ant caterupa t feud e finally,theycfinot fit downetomeat,but their flare requireth qui alienspe- furnilhed tables; whereas nature would be better fatisfied des requiruns, withone difh.So likewife riches &abundance bring to their pas vtinefci- ownersmanywants; from which the poorer forcarepriui- unt. Ambrof. ledged; for according to their flore and prouifion, accuflo- Hexamer.hb. min themfeluesto the vie ofmany things, whereas at firfl ó.cap.8. theyweremeerefu erfluities they are culomebe- P Y by comeneceffaries: for example,they hauediners fuits for the feuerall feafons,&wearing that which fitreththe timeofche yeere, they accuflome their bodies CO a iufl proportion or temperature bctweeneheat and cold; fo alto they carefully obferue the weather, keeping themfelues warme within doores when the coldNorthwind bloweth,and onely wal- king abroad when the aire is pleafant,and ofa fit temper for their bodies.Finally,theyliue at cafe, fhunning labour and any painfullexercifewhich might caufewearines, and do all their bufineffesby theminifleryofthcir feruants.To alwhich when they haue by long cuflome inured thcmfelues, they cannot endure anyalteration : iftheybe alittle warmer then ordinary,they are impatient ofheat, & complaine as if they werebroiled; ifthe cold wind dobut blowvpon them,they are readie tofhake as ifthey were flamed. If vpon fome ex- traordinaryoccafiontheyare forced to take any paines,they are prefently ficke withwearineffe, and Tooneafter lame and vnable to flit. Neither do they take vpon them thefe things for themore flate,or counterfeit them for wantonnes, or are onlyfubiecl to thefe infirmities through the impatiencie of their minds : but their nicenes, fupplied and nourifhed with their abundance, maketh this tendernos and weaknes foha- bituall to theirbodies,that theycan in truth endure nohard- nes; nor want any thing vnto which they are accuflomed without imminent danger.Ifvnfeafonablie they leaueoffa- nyoftheir ordinarieapparell, or (landbut alittle in the cold ayre,they hazard their health by taking cold; iftheweather be but a little too hot, theyare ready to faint; ifthey take a little
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