A Cenfitre ofTravell. A burtheonefromfome ill-!bap' tDamesof Fr•nce, audthe ocher from the worfeminded Curtizonsof ltaiJ? Whence elfe learned they to dawbe rhefe mudde-walls with Apothecariesmorter; and thofe high wafhes, which are fo cunningly lickt on, th3t the wet napkin of Pbrpu !bould be deceived? Whence the friOed and poudred bufhesoftheir borrowed ex:remenr? as ifthey were a!bamed of the head ofGods making, and proud ofthe Tire-womans? Where learned we that devilli!b Art and prall:ice,ofDuell, wherein men fcek honour in blood, and are taught the ambition ofbeingglorious burchersofmeh. VVhere had we that lu.urious delicacy in our feafh, in which die ofe is noleffepleafed, tha e pa arc.; and.cheeye no lcffe than either? wherein the piles ofdi!bes make barricadoes againll the appetite, and with · apleafingencombrance trouble an hungry ghell i VVhere, thofe formes ofceremoniousqutffing, in which men have learned to make Gods of ocher!, and beJlls of themfelves; and lofe their reafan, whiles ther pretend to doe reafon? whcre,rhe la\VIefnefle ( mikalled freedome) ofawilde tongue, that runneswith reynes in the necke, thorow the bed-chamber ofPrinces, their Clofets,thcir Councdl-tables, and fpares not the~•ery Cabinet oftheir brells, much !effecan be b.rr'dout of the moll retired fecrccy of inreriour greatneffe? Where, the change of noble attendance andhofpitality, imofoute wheelcs, and fame few butterflies? Where,the Art of di!honelly in pratl:icall Machiavelifme, in falfe equivocations? Where, the flight accoumofthot fi!rhineffe, which isbmcondemned as venial!, and tolerated as nocunnecelfary?Where, the lkillofcivii and honourable hypocrilie, inthofcfurmallcornplements, which doe neither expetl: beleefe from others, nor carry any C from our [elves? Where, that unnarurall vi:lany, which though it wereburntwirh fire a11d brimllone from heaven, and rheafhes of it drowned in the dead fea, Y•t hath made!bift to revive, and calls fornew vengeance upon the actors? Where, that dole Atheifme, which fecretly laughsGod in the face, and thinkes it weaknefTe to beleeve,wifdome to proreffeany religion?Where, the bloody and tragical! fcience of King· killing; the new divinity of difobedience and rebellion; with too many other evils, wherewithforraineconverfation hathindangered the infeltion ofour peace? Lo here,deateCounrry-men,rbe fruit ofyour idle gaddings: Better perhaps might be had;buthewasneveracquainted at home, that knows notour nature to be likeunto fire, which if there be aoy in!etl:ion in the roome, drawes it firaight to it felfe :OrlikeuntoJet, which omitting all precious objeds, gathers up llrawes D and dull. IMnders havebeene ever in an ill name. VVherefore? fave onely for the confluence of forainers, which never comewithout the fmight of their national! wickedneffe.The e'periencewhereofhath movedfome wi11yNations,boch ancient and prefent, re fhut themfelves up within thcirowne bounds, and to barre the intercour(c offlrangers,as thole that thought bell re conrent themfelveswith their owne f.mlr<. Acorrupt difpolition, am ofanarnrall fertility, can both get and conceive evil! alone;but if it be fecondcd by examples, by precepts, byencouragements, the Ocean it felfe bath not fa much fp, wnc as it: in all which regards, he hath efcaped well,rhat returnes but what he carried; bur he isworthy ofmemory, thlr rerurnes either more good,or leffe evil! Some have comehome perhapsmore fparing, others more fi.1btile, others more outwardly courteous ; O[hers more capricious, fame E more tongue-free fewever better. And ifthemfelves be not fenfible of their alterations, yet theirCountrey and theChurch of God feeles and mes them. SECT. XXII. LEt me therefore have leave to!bur up this Difcourfe with adouble Sure, one toour Gentry, the other to fupreme authority; both which !ball come from thebottome ofan heart unfainedly facrificed to the commQn good : neither fpeake I word>, but my very foule unro boch. To the fortiY.r my fuire is, that rhej ~ould~happy. at home: God barb given us aworld of our owne, wherein there IS npthmgwamrng to earthlycomentmenr. VVhirher go ye rhen,worthy CoumryKkk 4 men,
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