59 Beets telle hurtful] veto man,thanman. Vpon the Fryday after lob ;e. thee, and that thoucanft not liuewell and quietlyamongst fome men, flye from the focietieofthem.Our Sauiour Chrifthyes him to thewildernes amongfl the beafls, andcarries his Difciples thither with him, holding their fellowfhip tobe lefle hurtfull anddangerous, Fraterfui Draconum, faith lob, 1am a brother to the Dragons,and a companion to theOstriches. InterScorpions habitant (faith Ezechiel) I dwelt amongScorpions. Albeit by their habitand fhapethey feeme tobe men,they are indeed nobetter thanDragons and Scorpions : andtherefore ofthe two,it is the leffer sill toHueamongfl thefeknown wild beafls,than fuck' beastly minded men. Your Wolfes thatare clad in fbeepes cloathing, our Sauiour markes outto be the vtmoft of euill. S.Ambrofetreatingoftheforrowwhich the (tones (hewed at our Sauiours death, and that they were fo fenfible thereof that theydid fplit in fúnder, faith, That our Sauiour foundmore pitty in thofe ftones, than inhis peoples[netts. Whence bythe wayit is tobenoted, Thatwhen thofe that goueme and fit at thehelme are generally naughtand wicked, it is needfull then for vs toflyevnto thewilderneffe : for it isbetter tohue with Dragons and Scorpions than with them. Whenthere is an earthquake in the Citie, all haft out of it andget them into thefields. Allthefeazdationsof theearthfhall befhaken ; What doeye flay for then, Whydo ye ftand locking andgazing one on anotheras if youhad nothing todoe, whendeftru4ion is fo neere at hand e Inaword, Daniel is raft into the LyonsDen, and the fame isfealed with the Kings owne Signet, notforany hurt that he haddone the Lyons,nor for any haame that hee had donehis companions andplay-fellowes, butthrowne in thither bythe malice ofthe Princes of the people,and the Iudgesof the land. O Lorddeliver vs from theoppreffion of powerfull Princes, and the vnconfcionable dealing ofcorruptIudges. Thatthereshouldbe but one badGouernour, or but one bad Iudge,it is ill : becaufefuch aone is thefountainwhereof all doe drinke. Si autem neguamfue- rit totemcorps tuum,tenebrofumerit.But that there fhouldbe two fuch bad mem- bers inaCommon-wealth,is agreat dealeworfe. Ofthofetwo naughty Iudges that wrongedSufanna,Godfäid,Et egreJJueft iniguitm á Babylon : Yourbriberies, your thefts,andyour adulteriestooke life from them,in whom theyfhouldhaue dyed. But when the whole Benchof Iudges(hall be bad,get thee gone into the defart,flye tothe wildernes: for it istoo great a boldnes then,not tobe as others are. Hethat hath amangie hand,couers irwith acioth,bindsit vpdole, and dis- fembles thematterasmuch ashe can ;but ifhe feeothermen in the fame cafeas himfelfe is in, he loofethall shame.The firft day that aman enters into the Pal- Iace, or Comeplaceofgouernment,&c.Hefaith, Dominusfit incordemeo,Godbein myheart: butafter fome fixeweekes he changeth his mind,and faith,Let vs make profitofour places,as othersdoe. Birds thatare freeandat libertie, talkeas Na- ture hathtaught them ; but being put into aCage, prate accordingto thevfeand cuftomeof the Country: Your Thru(hofCaftile,and thatof Cataluna haue one andthe fame note in the field:but inthe Cageone (ayes Deu,andtheotherDior. Ifeareme 1 hauetroubled your patience toolong, and therefore I will rather hereabruptly end, than tyreyeout. Godofhis infinitegoodnefi'e,&c. THE
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