fh!_o Vadis? gnificence, and proudmajelly of pompous ceremonies, wherewith the hearrsof A childrenand foolesareeaGiy roken.ThatCurtizan ofRome(according to the manner of that profellion) fers out her felfe to fale in the mo(i: tempting fa!hion; here wantnocolours,nopcrfumes, no wanton dreffes; whereas the poore Spoufe of CHRIsT can onelyfayofherfelfe,Iamh/ac~, hutcomeiJ. Whenon theone fide they !hall fee fuch rich !brines, garifh £\I tars, [i:,tely Procefiions, when they !hall fee aPof?" ador<dofEmperours, Cardinalls ~fe:r'd tO Kings, Confeffours made Saints, httle ch1ldrenmade Angels,maworo,nOthit-,gnot outwardlyglorious; on the other fide, afervice without' elt or gard, whole maje(i:y is in all theheart •none in the face, how eafilymay they incline to the conceit of that ParifianDame: who feeing theproceffion of S. Genevifne goeby the !lreets, could fay, ( o ~·· beUe, &c.) How fine a religion isours in comparifon ofthe H11g11enotJ I Whereromull be added, that (fuppofing theydoe not carry with them, but rather goeto fetch the languageofthe place) fome long time needs be fpent, ere they can receive anyhelp to their devotion; whiks in themeane feafon, theirumhrivingintermiffion is afl'ayled with a 1houfand fug:ge!lions: And who fees not thatthis lucrHfll<'tffinJ ( asthe Civilians tearme it) offers an open advantage to abulie adverfary? SECT. VI. IN aword, it bath beene the old praife ofearly rifing, that itmakes aman healthfull, holy, and rich; whereofthe firll: refpellsrhebody, the fccond thefoulc, C the third the c!late :all falls out contrary in an early travell. For health: The wifeprovidenceofGod bath fo contrived his earth and us, that he lmh fitted our bodies to our clime, and the native fu!lenance ofthe place unto our bodies. The apparent difference ofdyer (and of drinks efpecially) falling into fo tender age, mull need eau le a jarre in thecon!litntion; \vhich cannot in all likelihood but fend forth dill:emperinro the whole courfeof the enfuinglife. The !\reame runnes like the fountaine, and fpeeds well, ifatla!r, bymany changesoffoile it can leave an ill quality behind it: beGdes that the miC-governance ofdyer, whereto their liberty !ayes themopen in tbeweakneffeoftheir pupillage, cannot but be <xtremely prejudiciall. In this point let experience beconfultedwith ;her unpartiall fcntence !hall eaGiy tell u,, how few young travellers havebrought home, found and !lrong, and D (in aword) En~lifh bodies. Asror holineffe, we lofeourlabour, ifthis diCcourfe prove not that it bathnone fogreat enemy as timely travell; atonce doeweehowd to abandonGod and our home: fer an empty pitcher to the fire,it cracks prefently, whereasthe full will abideboyling. It was the younger fonne in the Gofpell, who therefore turnes unthrift, becaufe he got his portion tooiOone into his hands,and wandred ioroafarre Countrey. The eyeofthe Parent,and the ferule of the maller, is all too little ro bringour fonnes to good. Where then there is neitherreflrainr of evill, norhelps to grace, how f11ould,their condition be other than hopeleffe?The foile dothmuch in many plants: the Perfian HJofcyamnt ,ifit be rrantlated ro EtJP'• proves deadly; ifto 'Jeruf•le"', fafe and wholefomc :neither is it otherwifewith fame difpofitions, which may ju!lly curfe the place, as acceffory in their undoing. Laflly, for riches, notofthe purfe, (which is not here thought of) butofthemind, whot can be expelled l'rom that age, which is not capableof obfervation, carelefl'e ofrepofition? whereoftheonegers, the other keeps the rreafi:tre of our under- {landing. Whatisrh~agefitto lookeafier but Butterflies, orbirds ne!ls, or perhaps rhe gay coat ofaCourtier? And ifremarkable confiderationsbe putinto it by others, rhey are as fome loofePearles, which for want "f filing upon a!\ring, !hake out ofour pockets; foasall the wealthofa young Travelleris onely in his tongue, wherein heexceeds his mothers Parat at home, both for ihat heecan lj>eake more, and knows that hefpeaketh.
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