Downame - Puritan-02038 v2

7,S Of the ciuil ends whichworldly things &ring to their owners. In íllor beatos vie their owne,or at leali whatfoeuer need they haue,are not pocas qui fermi- able to endure long trauell : they cannot remoue without tio+um fequenti carts for their cariages,and furnpter honks for their apparel!: ant caterupa t feud e finally,they cfinot fit downeto meat,but their flare requireth qui aliens pe- furnilhed tables; whereas nature would be better fatisfied des requiruns, with one 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 themfelues to the vie ofmany things, whereas at firfl ó.cap.8. they weremeerefu erfluities they are culomebe- P Y by come neceffaries: for example,they haue diners fuits for the feuerall feafons,& wearing that which fitreththe time of che yeere, they accuflome their bodies CO a iufl proportion or temperature bctweene heat and cold; fo alto they carefully obferue the weather, keeping themfelues warme within doores when the cold North wind bloweth,and onely wal- king abroad when the aire is pleafant,and ofa fit temper for their bodies.Finally,they liue at cafe, fhunning labour and any painfull exercifewhich might caufe wearines, and do all their bufineffes by the miniflery ofthcir feruants.To al which when they haue by long cuflome inured thcmfelues, they cannot endure any alteration : if they be a little warmer then ordinary,they are impatient of heat, & complaine as if they were broiled; if the cold wind do but blow vpon them,they are readie to fhake as if they were flamed. If vpon fome ex- traordinary occafion they are forced to take any paines,they are prefently ficke with wearineffe, and Toone after lame and vnable to flit. Neither do they take vpon them thefe things for the more 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 fo ha- bituall to their bodies,that they can in truth endure no hard - nes; nor want any thing vnto which they are accuflomed without imminent danger.Ifvnfeafonablie they leaue offa- ny of their ordinarie apparell, or (land but a little in the cold ayre,they hazard their health by taking cold; ifthe weather be but a little too hot, they are ready to faint; if they take a little