74.8 Ofthecisileuils whichworldly things bring to their Anent; and butcher doemake t.hoiceofthefatteft ofthe flocke; fo both the decciuer and the dcflroyer chufe themwhohaue thefatteWHates, letting thempalle by vntouched, whobe- ing anvnprofitable prey,wil not helpe to enrichthe fpoilers; liabac.a.6.7. and therefore the Prophet pronounceth a woe againfl them who load them/duesweth tb:c1 clay, becauje they fhal rifevp fuddeny that fha/1deueure them; andatbaewho;hall/lirreand vex them; and they ¡hall be their prey. In which refped the optimum m "' Dore elatehath aboue the rich the priuiledgeof fecuritie; lamentum do- p xnutpanpertas. for whereas they mayfleepe foundiy, and without (careof gec, peril', ina lender built cottage,hauing no other guardthen their ovine pouertie, and a doore latch, which they alfo vfe,rather tokeepe out beat's and ill weather, then thceucs and robbers : theywho abound withriches are neuer hh. out danger,orat leall feareoffpoiling, though they ice un- der the cafe cuflodie of(lone wals, double doors , (bong lackes,bolts,and barres,which canneither bepicked or put backe with cunning, nor yet broken with force ami vio- knee. Andwhereas the poore man beingon the highway alone eucn in thedarkefl night,will fing merrily beforethe btudumlalco thiefe,becaufehispouerty hath procured his pafporr, and ranfmittit.: hadi made therobber eitherhis friend topitiehim,oracare- tiamiuebfeffa leffe enemy, who therefore alone malignethhim,becaufe .viapauperi-paxhecannothaue a quarrell to his purfe; the rich canfcarce sß.Senece- .trauell at nonne day fecurely without companie; andha- }tttt't4. uing this helpe tobacke him, oftentimesbee groweth iea- lousand fearefull ofhis guard. Anders they thus draw dan- gers vpon them, fowhen theycome, they make them lefl"e able to efcape them :for whereas poore men are alwaiesin readineffe and fitlyprepared for flight; hauing nothingelfe butthcmfclues to carric, andmay got whichway theywill vnknowne andvnregarded, neuer troubling their heads in thinkingwhat tocarrie,or how to conuey it, butonely how they mayefcape ; the richer fort cannoefltrre but theyhaue many eyesto obferue them;and louing their wealth as well as their lines, they cannot find in their hearts to leaue it all behind them, though they doe not know how with any fafrty to difpofeofít,fccingcarvingitwithebemit isboth a clog
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