444 TheWorldaentertaine- ment poore and bale. Vpon the fourth ÌCA1r. Apot.6. Libealitie muff bewai- tedon by fru galitie. breadoflying, moulded vp with#tones and fand. Seamse/i hominipanicmnendacÿ, (faithSalomon.) This breadhath agoodlyoutfide, and carryesa very faire Chow with it, but when thoucommeft to the chewingofit, itwill breake thy teeth. Pofleá implebitaros eius calculo : Like vnto that which they gaue vnto Uremia when he was inprifon. Cibauit me cinere. It is acounterfeit confection to proffer you that wine that !ball prooue tobe your poyfon. Fel draconum, vinum eorum, vearnumafpidum infanabile. What ftomacke candigeft fuch bad bread,andfuch bad wine! This kerning faireneffe, this fophifticated beauty , may verywell reuiue theremembrance of eues Apple, and that faceofthe Serpent,which (ac- cording vnto Beda)had theappearance ofaverie faire and beautifull Damfell. AndEcdefsaflrcru, alluding hereuntotàyth; Fliefrom/pineasfromthefacelifeSer- pent. Wherein poyfoncomes couered with agolden coat. Befides, her prouifionis fo poore,that if the fhouldgiue all to one ;fleewould kauehim ftil as hungryasiffhe had giuen him nothingat all. So that he remains hungry, towhom fheegiues little, &healfo towhom fhe giues much.Shegate the Prodigalvery little;& heremained hungry. ShegaueSalomon very much,& itfeetnedveto him,that all wasbut ayre that he had eaten,Yanitaswanitatum,r amnia vanitas. S. Ambrofè citeth to this purpofethe fableofMides,whowas all his lifetime hungringaftergold , and befought the gods, that whatfoeuer hee tomtit might beturned into gold ; and theygranting his petition, bee periíhed through hunger, For his meateandhis drinke turning it felfe into gold,hishun- gerincreafed ypon him, till it hadwrought his death. Saint lobnfaith , in his Apocalips, That bee fawablacke horfe, Et guifeedebatfupereum,habebat flateranr inmanefua. By the blackehorfe,Beda vnderftands finne ; byhim that fate there- upon, theDeuil!. Theballance whichhe held inhis hand, was not thatof Iu- ftice,but offcaricitie and miferie, for toweigh the breadwhich bee giuesinal. lowance tohis feruants; which hedeliuers out vnto them by ounces, andby drains. And anon after hefays,that he fawanother vpona pale horfe, and his namewas Death. Who hadpower to aflid with hungerthe foure quarters of the world. Thefewere the horfcmenon theone fide ; but therewas heard from theother ftde,a loud voice whichfayd ; AmeafureofWneat forapennie, and three meafuresof Barleyforapenny. But yce that take part with thblacke horfe,muft not touch neither onthewine northe oyletherementioned, it is not foryour mowing ; fignifying thereby,thatwhen the vaffall ofthe Deuill, of the World, and of the Fleth,perifhethofhunger,the loft thathaue their foodgood cheape. Theyeatandnerefatisfed.There is no mention madeinthis feaft ofdrinke;be- caufe meat cloth increafe thirft, anddrinke Both quench it. AndofGods good bleffmgs weeremaine alwayes more andmore thirftic. Dianifinu the Carthufian fayth,That hegauevnto the loauesand the fifties the vertueandpowerofquen- ching theirthirft. Takevp that whichis left that thefragments maynot be loft . Our Sauiour here (hewed great carefor the fauing andgathering vpof thatwhich wasleft. Firft,fortodifcoucr thevenueof Aimesdeedes,as Saint Cyrill obferueth ir. Saint Aufien fayth, That thefield of the poore is thefertileft, For hethatfowes in that, receiuesahundred forone : Nor there is not anyMerchantthat hath fo quicke areturn ofgaine, and foplentiful(, as thathusbandman that foweshis feed infuch apeece ofground. Andhethat gets leaf}, is hee that ventures leaf}. ButTomeone will fay, Howcan I wanr,or bee in need, if Ikeepe my fruitsfafe vnder lockeand key a &c. I anfwere,that becaufethoukeeper} theca fo clofe, thou
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