CH A It. 'The Covetous. forefees not the inconvenienceandgainlcfnd!C: before he encers; which if It be veri· lied in event, h~ next idleneffe harh found a reafon to pmonize ir. He had rather freeze then fetch wood & chufes ratherto Ileale then wcnk 1 to begge then tako paines to Ileale, and in ~any things to want t~en begge. He ~s f<> loth to leave his neighbours fire,that he ts fame to walk home mthe dark1 and tfhe be not lookt to, weares out thenight in the chimneycorner_; or if not that, lies downe in his clothes to fave twolahours. He eatsandprayes htmfelfeafieep; and dreames ofno other torment b~t work. This man is a llandingPoole, and cannot chufe but gather cor. ruprion: he is defcried amongll a rhoufand neighbours by a dry and nally han_d , th~r fiill favours of the lheet,abeard uncut,unkembed;an eye and care yellow, wtth thelf excretions;a coat lhaken on, ragged, uobrulht; by linnen and face llriving whether fball exccll in uncleanneffe.For body,hehath a f woln legge,a dusky and f,vinifb eye, a blowne cheek,a drawling tongue, an heavy foot, and is nothing but a colderearth molded with fianding water To conclude,is a man in nothing bur in fi eech & fbape. 0 J the Covetous. HEE is a fervanr to himfelfe,yea to his fcrvant; and doth b~fe homage to that which lhould be the worll drudge. A liveldfe peece ofearth is his Maller, yea his God,which he Jhrincs in his coffer, and to which he facrilices his heart. Every face of hiscoine is a new image, which he adores with the highell ve. neration; yet takes upon him to be Protedor ofthat he worthipperh: which he feares to keep, and abhorrcs to lofe: not daring to rrull:either any other god,or his own. Likearrue Chymillhe tumesevery thing into filver, both what he lhould eat,andwhat he lhould wearc; and that he keeps to look on, not to ufe. When he rcturnes from hisfield, heaskes not without much rage , what became of the loofe crull in his cup-boord, andwho bath rioted among his Leeks. He never cm good but onhis neighbours trencher; and there he makes amends to his complain. ing llomach for his former and future fafis. He bids his neighbonrs to dinner, and when they have done, fends in a trencherfor the lhot. Once in a yeere perhaps, he gives himfdfe leave to feafi, and for the time thinks no man more lavilh;wherein he !ills not ro fetch hisdilhes from farre1nor will bebeholden to the fhamblcs; his own provifion /hall furnilh his boord with an infenfible cofi,and when his guells are parted, talkes bow much every man devoured,and how many cups were emptied, and feeds his family with the mouldy remnants amoneth after, Ifhis fervant break but an earthen dilh for want oflight, he abates it out ofhis quarters wages. He chips his bread,and fends it back toexchange for llaler. He letS money, and fells Time for a price; and will not beimporruncd either to prevent or defcrre his day ; and in the mean time looks for fecrer gmnities, befidcs the maine interefi which he fells and rerurncs into the llock. He breeds of money to the third generation ; neither bath it foon<r any being,then he fets it to beget more. In all things he affects fecrecy and ptoptlety; he grudgeth his neighbourrhc wat<r ofhis Well: and next to Ilealino E he hates borrowing. In his lhort and unquiet Uccps he dreams ofthecves , and ru~; ro the doore , and namesmore men then he hath, The lealllheafc he ever culls out fo: Tithe;and to rob God, holds it the bell pallime, the cleerell gaine. This man cnes out above others, ofthe prodigality of ourtimes , and tells ofthe thrift ofour fore-~arhcrs:H?~ that great Prince thought himfelfroyally attired1when he bellow. ed thtrtecn lht!!tngs and foure pence on half a fute. How one wedding gowne ferved our Grandmothcrs,ttll they exchanged it for awinding 01eet1& praifes plain. neffe,not for leffe fin,burfor Ieffe cofi.'For himfclf,he is I! ill known by his fore-fathers coat,w~ich he means with hi< bldling,ro bequeath to the many defccnts of his hetres.He netth_er would be poore,norbe accounted rich.Noman complains fo much ofwant,to avotd a Subfidy;oo man is fo importunate in begging, fo cruell in exatlion;andwhen hemoll complains ofwant,he fearesthat which he complains tohave. No
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