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Of the vanitieand vnlnvfulnefe ofpaintinP. 13 S which they counterfeited, flail afterwards happen to fee them in their owne complexion and naturalifouleneffe;like a Player,who having aeled a kingly parr, and put offal! his gorgeous ornaments,doth now appeare in his owneperfon and attire;fáuing that herein it is much more abfurd, in that they profeflè this difguiíng, and thefe diffemble it,defiring that it fhouidbe taken in good earncll,which the other doe in iefl to make (port. Againe,whilell they labour to attaine vnto this counter- 4.Sec.s. fat complexion, they lofe that true beautie which theyTi.,atiheyde_ haue by nature ; for with their medicines and minerals flrsytheirna. which they vfc to this purpofc, they make their colour pale turall beautie, and gran, they wrinckle the face, yea, oftentimes poifon ndd igrac the skin, and dimme the rie fight, and fo ouergreedily, fee- king falfe beautie,they get true deformitie, and make them - feluesloathfome indeed ,that they may appeare beautiful! in Phew. And yet this is but the leall part ofthcir loffe :for as theyblemifh theirskinne, fo they blot and difgracetheir names, whilell following the praelife of harlots, they de- feruedly gaine for all their labour, their reputation; and to bee ranged andefleemed in their fellowihip,whofcmaners they imitate. For this outward painting of their earthly houfes,maketh men thinke that they are to be let; and by hanging out this figneoflufl, they feeme toinuite cuflo- -mers,and to offer their honellie to the Pale at eafie rates. Of which fault, though fome may be free, (asfalling into this follie by the example ofothers, and through the corruption of the titnes)yetfew ornone efcape iufiiealoufie and fufpiti- on;(and Chriflians fhould auoid not onely euill,but the ap- pearance thereof) for who would buy this vaine beautie with the hazard of their foules,buc they, who mind to fell that which they haue thus dearely bought, when they aue fit occafion ? Neither in truth is it likely that they Deadulterie 11 long hand firmely vpon this flipperic ground; but vfing vultus medi- e meanes,will come to the cad, and (as one faith) having riunra/d rlae7 adulterated their face, theylbrll[vone after thinks ofadultering Ambrol.de their chaflitie,and defiling their bodies. virginib.lib. . Finally,as they difgrace their names, fo alto their profef- 4,Sec 7.60 K 4 fion