Of the cirtileudr,wbicb>berldlytbiegsdrileg totheirelbnerr,747 thofe,who with great labour and difficultychmbevp tothe top offome high promontory,and fleepe rocke; where they arenotonely indangerof falling, by their owne Hips, but alloare expofed to !formesand tcmpefls,andendangered to be flrucken and blafled with thunder and lightning. For dailyarc they inperil ofperifhing byfecret confpiracies, or open violence, likevino loftie turretsin the timeofa liege, which arceitherbane, edby force, as being the faireft mark for the canon to play vpon, or vndermined with fubtiltie. For in the time oftrouble and common calamity,theie great potentateshaue the fame priuiledge that high trees haue in the furious foorme, which are through theirheight íhtowd- ly fhaken, ifnot quite ouerturned and rootedvp, when the low (lambs are out ofdanger; or that which great fillahaue abone thelade frie,wh6 theyarc taken in the fame net,who are refereed for the dreffer,being fit to feedvpon.& to bene- fit thetaker; whereas the final! ones are call againe into the water, becaufe theyare vnprofitableand oflittle worth. An t,K¡t,e,zf example whereof wee haue is Zedcch :ah,who being oucr- 7.1 t. corne,had his looses faire before his face, and afterwards sedatllaace- his eyesput our, and carted into ca tiuitie when the poorer nits bibanrur Y P P P frChlibus:tunc fort ofpeople were let at libertie, and left behin .l todreffe d a rime the vincs,and cliche land. And in the time ofpeace andfeen- cumpeculifu- ritie, when trecherie is plotting, and rebellion intended, mes gemmata, theyhaue the royal! prerogatiue ofdrinking fir!'r,ifnota - &latesai- lone,of o Toned cups. Neither are thefe deadly potions rum arden. P Y P Y P ar,ro.iuuen. drunke out ofearthen pots, or wooden difhes; but out ofSatyr.ro. filuerplate,orcups ofgold. The like al fo maybe laidofriches and abundance, which 4.Seîl.ás, are fo far from fecuring their owners from dangers;that they That riches more thenany thingelfe expofethem to them. For theyare brrngwith them the hoped hire,and inticingbaits, which encourageand al- manydangers. lure theemes, flanderers, and powerful! oppreffors in the Di4iti ae le le. timeof peace to fpie all aduantages, and tobend all their ísras fedetiúa- policie,mightand malice againa thole who abound with ram, plenieres them ;that bringing them to dellru&ion, they may makefoe periculorx "; their goodsa prey,not flicking at all tokill theirbodie, that Augull. in theymay feazevpon their golden fleece. And as thewá fee roro'io Bans..
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