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             Characters of vertues and vices in two bookes: by Ios. Hall.
             Hall, Joseph, 1574-1656.
          
           [16], 176 p.
           
             Printed by Melch. Bradwood for Eleazar Edgar and Samuel Macham, and are to be sold at the sign of the Bul-head in Pauls Church-yard,
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           CHARACTERS
           OF
           VERTVES
           AND
           VICES
           :
           In
           two
           Bookes
           :
           By
           IOS
           .
           HALL
           .
        
         
           LONDON
           ,
           Printed
           by
           
             Melch.
             Bradwood
          
           for
           Eleazar
           Edgar
           and
           Samuel
           Macham
           ,
           and
           are
           to
           be
           sold
           at
           the
           sign
           
             of
             the
          
           Bul-head
           in
           Pauls
           Church-yard
           .
           ANNO
           1608.
           
        
      
       
         
         
         
           TO
           THE
           RIGHT
           HONORABLE
           MY
           SINGVLAR
           GOOD
           LORDS
           ,
           EDWARD
           LORD
           DENNY
           BARON
           OF
           WALTHAM
           ,
           AND
           IAMES
           LORD
           HAIE
           HIS
           RIGHT
           NOBLE
           AND
           WORTHY
           SONNE
           IN
           LAVV
           ,
           I.
           H.
           HVMBLY
           DEDICATES
           HIS
           LABOR
           ,
           DEVOTETH
           HIMSELFE
           ,
           WISHETH
           ALL
           HAPPINESSE
           .
        
      
       
         
         
         
           A
           PREMONITION
           of
           the
           Title
           and
           Vse
           of
           Characters
           .
        
         
           
             READER
             ,
          
        
         
           THe
           Diuines
           of
           the
           olde
           Heathens
           were
           their
           Morall
           Philosophers
           :
           These
           receiued
           the
           Acts
           of
           an
           inbred
           law
           ,
           in
           
           the
           Sinai
           of
           Nature
           ,
           and
           deliuered
           them
           with
           manie
           expositions
           to
           the
           multitude
           :
           These
           were
           the
           Ouerseers
           of
           maners
           ,
           Correctors
           of
           vices
           ,
           Directors
           of
           liues
           ,
           Doctors
           of
           vertue
           ,
           which
           yet
           taught
           their
           people
           the
           body
           of
           their
           naturall
           Diuinitie
           ,
           not
           after
           one
           maner
           ;
           while
           some
           spent
           themselues
           in
           deepe
           discourses
           of
           humane
           felicitie
           and
           the
           way
           to
           it
           in
           common
           ;
           others
           thought
           best
           to
           applie
           the
           generall
           precepts
           of
           goodnesse
           or
           decencie
           ,
           to
           particular
           
           conditions
           and
           persons
           :
           A
           third
           sort
           in
           a
           mean
           course
           betwixt
           the
           two
           other
           ,
           and
           compounded
           of
           them
           both
           ,
           bestowed
           their
           time
           in
           drawing
           out
           the
           true
           lineaments
           of
           euery
           vertue
           and
           vice
           ,
           so
           liuely
           ,
           that
           who
           saw
           the
           medals
           ,
           might
           know
           the
           face
           :
           which
           Art
           they
           significantly
           termed
           Charactery
           .
           Their
           papers
           were
           so
           many
           tables
           ,
           their
           writings
           so
           many
           speaking
           pictures
           ,
           or
           liuing
           images
           ,
           whereby
           the
           ruder
           multitude
           might
           euen
           by
           their
           
           sense
           learne
           to
           know
           vertue
           ,
           and
           discerne
           what
           to
           detest
           .
           I
           am
           deceiued
           if
           any
           course
           could
           be
           more
           likely
           to
           preuaile
           ;
           for
           heerein
           the
           grosse
           conceit
           is
           led
           on
           with
           pleasure
           ,
           and
           informed
           while
           it
           feeles
           nothing
           but
           delight
           :
           And
           if
           pictures
           haue
           beene
           accounted
           the
           books
           of
           idiots
           ,
           beholde
           heere
           the
           benefit
           of
           an
           image
           without
           the
           offence
           .
           It
           is
           no
           shame
           for
           vs
           to
           learne
           wit
           of
           Heathens
           ,
           neither
           is
           it
           materiall
           ,
           in
           whose
           Schoole
           we
           take
           out
           a
           
           good
           lesson
           :
           yea
           ,
           it
           is
           more
           shame
           not
           to
           follow
           their
           good
           ,
           than
           not
           to
           leade
           them
           better
           .
           As
           one
           therefore
           that
           in
           worthy
           examples
           hold
           imitation
           better
           than
           inuention
           ,
           I
           have
           trod
           in
           their
           paths
           ,
           but
           with
           an
           higher
           &
           wider
           step
           ;
           and
           out
           of
           their
           Tablets
           haue
           drawen
           these
           larger
           portraitures
           of
           both
           sorts
           .
           More
           might
           be
           sayd
           ,
           I
           denie
           not
           of
           euery
           vertue
           ,
           of
           euery
           vice
           :
           I
           desired
           not
           to
           say
           all
           ,
           but
           enough
           .
           If
           thou
           do
           but
           read
           or
           like
           these
           ,
           I
           
           haue
           spent
           good
           houres
           ill
           ;
           but
           if
           thou
           shalt
           hence
           abiure
           those
           vices
           ,
           which
           before
           thou
           thoughtest
           not
           ill-fauoured
           ,
           or
           fall
           in
           loue
           with
           any
           of
           these
           goodly
           faces
           of
           vertue
           ;
           or
           shalt
           hence
           finde
           where
           thou
           hast
           anie
           little
           touch
           of
           these
           euils
           ,
           to
           cleere
           thy selfe
           ,
           or
           where
           any
           defect
           in
           these
           graces
           to
           supply
           it
           ,
           neither
           of
           vs
           shall
           need
           to
           repent
           of
           our
           labor
           .
        
      
       
         
         
           THE
           SVMME
           OF
           the
           whole
           .
        
         
           
             FIRST
             BOOKE
             .
          
           
             THe
             Prooeme
             .
             Pag.
             1
          
           
             Character
             of
             Wisdome
             .
             5
          
           
             Of
             Honestie
             .
             13
          
           
             Of
             Faith.
             19
          
           
             Of
             Humilitie
             .
             27
          
           
             Of
             Valor
             .
             33
          
           
             Of
             Patience
             .
             39
          
           
             Of
             True-Friendship
             .
             45
          
           
             Of
             True-Nobilitie
             .
             51
          
           
             Of
             the
             good
             Magistrate
             .
             57
          
        
         
           
           
             SECOND
             BOOKE
             .
          
           
             THe
             Prooeme
             .
             67
          
           
             Character
             of
             the
             Hypocrite
             .
             71
          
           
             Of
             the
             Busie-Bodie
             .
             79
          
           
             Of
             the
             Superstitious
             .
             87
          
           
             Of
             the
             Profane
             .
             93
          
           
             Of
             the
             Male-content
             .
             99
          
           
             Of
             the
             Inconstant
             .
             107
          
           
             Of
             the
             Flatterer
             .
             113
          
           
             Of
             the
             Slothfull
             .
             119
          
           
             Of
             the
             Couetous
             .
             125
          
           
             Of
             the
             Vain-glorious
             .
             133
          
           
             Of
             the
             Presumptuous
             .
             141
          
           
             Of
             the
             Distrustfull
             .
             147
          
           
             Of
             the
             Ambitious
             .
             153
          
           
             Of
             the
             Vnthrift
             .
             161
          
           
             Of
             the
             Enuious
             .
             167
          
        
      
    
     
       
         
           
           
             THE
             FIRST
             Booke
             .
             Characterismes
             of
             Vertues
             .
          
           
             LONDON
             ,
             Printed
             by
             M.
             B.
             for
             
               Eleazer
               Edgar
            
             ,
             and
             S.
             Macham
             .
          
        
         
           
           
           
             The
             Prooeme
             .
          
           
             VERTVE
             is
             not
             loued
             enough
             ,
             because
             shee
             is
             not
             seene
             ;
             and
             Vice
             loseth
             much
             detestation
             ,
             because
             her
             vglinesse
             is
             secret
             .
             Certainly
             ,
             my
             Lords
             ,
             there
             are
             so
             many
             beauties
             ,
             and
             so
             many
             graces
             in
             the
             face
             of
             Goodnesse
             ,
             that
             no
             eye
             can
             possibly
             see
             it
             without
             affection
             ,
             without
             rauishment
             ;
             and
             the
             visage
             of
             Euil
             is
             so
             monstrous
             ,
             
             through
             loathsome
             deformities
             ,
             that
             if
             her
             louers
             were
             not
             ignorant
             ,
             they
             would
             be
             mad
             with
             disdaine
             and
             astonishment
             .
             What
             need
             we
             more
             than
             to
             discouer
             these
             two
             to
             the
             world
             ?
             this
             worke
             shall
             saue
             the
             labour
             of
             exhorting
             ,
             and
             dissuasion
             .
             I
             haue
             heere
             done
             it
             as
             I
             could
             ,
             following
             that
             ancient
             Master
             of
             Moralitie
             ,
             who
             thought
             this
             the
             fittest
             taske
             for
             the
             ninetie
             and
             ninth
             yeere
             of
             his
             age
             ,
             and
             the
             profitablest
             monument
             that
             he
             could
             leaue
             for
             a
             fare-well
             to
             his
             Grecians
             .
             Loe
             heere
             then
             Vertue
             and
             Vice
             strip't
             naked
             to
             the
             open
             view
             ,
             and
             despoiled
             ,
             one
             of
             her
             rags
             ,
             the
             other
             of
             her
             ornaments
             ,
             and
             
             nothing
             left
             them
             but
             bare
             presence
             to
             plead
             for
             affection
             :
             see
             now
             whether
             shall
             finde
             more
             suiters
             .
             And
             if
             still
             the
             vaine
             mindes
             of
             leaud
             men
             shall
             dote
             vpon
             their
             olde
             mistresse
             ,
             it
             will
             appeare
             to
             be
             ,
             not
             because
             she
             is
             not
             foule
             ,
             but
             for
             that
             they
             are
             blind
             ,
             and
             bewitched
             .
             And
             first
             behold
             the
             goodly
             features
             of
             WISDOME
             ,
             an
             amiable
             vertue
             and
             worthy
             to
             leade
             this
             stage
             ;
             which
             as
             she
             extends
             her selfe
             to
             all
             the
             following
             Graces
             ,
             so
             amongst
             the
             rest
             is
             for
             her
             largenesse
             most
             conspicuous
             .
          
        
         
           
             
             
             
               CHARACTER
               of
               the
               WISE
               MAN.
               
            
             
               THERE
               is
               nothing
               that
               he
               desires
               not
               to
               know
               ,
               but
               most
               and
               first
               himselfe
               ;
               and-not
               so
               much
               his
               owne
               strength
               ,
               as
               his
               weaknesses
               ;
               neither
               is
               his
               knowledge
               reduced
               to
               discourse
               ,
               but
               practise
               .
               He
               is
               a
               skilfull
               Logician
               not
               by
               nature
               ,
               so
               much
               as
               vse
               ;
               
               his
               working
               minde
               doth
               nothing
               all
               his
               time
               but
               make
               syllogismes
               ,
               &
               draw
               out
               conclusions
               ;
               euery
               thing
               that
               he
               sees
               &
               heares
               serues
               for
               one
               of
               the
               premises
               :
               with
               these
               he
               cares
               first
               to
               informe
               himselfe
               ,
               then
               to
               direct
               others
               .
               Both
               his
               eyes
               are
               neuer
               at
               once
               from
               home
               ,
               but
               one
               keeps
               house
               while
               the
               other
               roues
               abroad
               for
               intelligence
               .
               In
               materiall
               and
               weighty
               points
               he
               abides
               not
               his
               minde
               suspended
               in
               vncertainties
               ;
               but
               hates
               doubting
               where
               he
               may
               ,
               where
               he
               should
               be
               resolute
               :
               and
               first
               hee
               makes
               sure
               worke
               for
               his
               soule
               ;
               accounting
               it
               no
               safetie
               to
               be
               vnsetled
               in
               the
               foreknowledge
               of
               his
               finall
               estate
               .
               The
               
               best
               is
               first
               regarded
               ;
               and
               vaine
               is
               that
               regard
               which
               endeth
               not
               in
               securitie
               .
               Euery
               care
               hath
               his
               iust
               order
               ;
               neither
               is
               there
               any
               one
               either
               neglected
               or
               mis-placed
               .
               He
               is
               seldome
               ouerseene
               with
               credulity
               ;
               for
               knowing
               the
               falsenesse
               of
               the
               world
               ,
               he
               hath
               learn'd
               to
               trust
               himselfe
               alwaies
               ;
               others
               so
               farre
               ,
               as
               he
               may
               not
               be
               dammaged
               by
               their
               disappointment
               .
               He
               seeks
               his
               quietnesse
               in
               secrecy
               ,
               and
               is
               wont
               both
               to
               hide
               himselfe
               in
               retirednesse
               ,
               and
               his
               tongue
               in
               himselfe
               .
               He
               loues
               to
               be
               gessed
               at
               ,
               not
               knowen
               ;
               and
               to
               see
               the
               world
               vnseen
               ;
               and
               when
               hee
               is
               forced
               into
               the
               light
               ,
               shewes
               by
               his
               actions
               that
               his
               obscuritie
               was
               neither
               from
               
               affectation
               nor
               weaknesse
               .
               His
               purposes
               are
               neither
               so
               variable
               as
               may
               argue
               inconstancy
               ;
               nor
               obstinately
               vnchangeable
               ,
               but
               framed
               according
               to
               his
               after-wits
               ,
               or
               the
               strength
               of
               new
               occasions
               .
               He
               is
               both
               an
               apt
               scholar
               and
               an
               excellent
               master
               ;
               for
               both
               euerie
               thing
               hee
               sees
               informes
               him
               ,
               and
               his
               minde
               inriched
               with
               plentifull
               obseruation
               can
               giue
               the
               best
               precepts
               .
               His
               free
               discourse
               runnes
               backe
               to
               the
               ages
               past
               ,
               and
               recouers
               euents
               out
               of
               memory
               ,
               and
               then
               preuenteth
               Tyme
               in
               flying
               forward
               to
               future
               things
               ;
               and
               comparing
               one
               with
               the
               other
               can
               giue
               a
               verdict
               well-neere
               propheticall
               :
               wherein
               his
               coniectures
               
               are
               better
               than
               anothers
               iudgements
               .
               His
               passions
               are
               so
               many
               good
               seruants
               ,
               which
               stand
               in
               a
               diligent
               attendance
               ready
               to
               be
               commanded
               by
               reason
               ,
               by
               religion
               ;
               and
               if
               at
               any
               time
               forgetting
               their
               duty
               they
               be
               mis-carried
               to
               rebell
               ,
               hee
               can
               first
               conceale
               their
               mutiny
               ;
               then
               suppresse
               it
               .
               In
               all
               his
               iust
               and
               worthy
               designes
               he
               is
               neuer
               at
               a
               losse
               ,
               but
               hath
               so
               proiected
               all
               his
               courses
               ,
               that
               a
               second
               begins
               where
               the
               first
               failed
               ;
               and
               fetcheth
               strength
               from
               that
               which
               succeeded
               not
               .
               There
               be
               wrongs
               which
               he
               will
               not
               see
               ;
               neither
               doth
               he
               alwayes
               looke
               that
               way
               which
               hee
               meaneth
               ;
               nor
               take
               notice
               of
               his
               secret
               smarts
               ,
               when
               
               they
               come
               from
               great
               ones
               .
               In
               good
               turnes
               he
               loues
               not
               to
               owe
               more
               than
               he
               must
               ;
               in
               euill
               to
               owe
               and
               not
               pay
               .
               Iust
               censures
               hee
               deserues
               not
               ,
               for
               hee
               liues
               without
               the
               compasse
               of
               an
               aduersarie
               ;
               vniust
               he
               contemneth
               ,
               and
               had
               rather
               suffer
               false
               infamie
               to
               die
               alone
               ,
               than
               lay
               hands
               vpon
               it
               in
               an
               open
               violence
               .
               He
               confineth
               himselfe
               in
               the
               circle
               of
               his
               own
               affaires
               ,
               and
               lists
               not
               to
               thrust
               his
               finger
               into
               a
               needlesse
               fire
               .
               He
               stands
               like
               a
               Center
               vnmoued
               ,
               while
               the
               circumference
               of
               his
               estate
               is
               drawen
               aboue
               ,
               beneath
               ,
               about
               him
               .
               Finally
               ,
               his
               wit
               hath
               cost
               him
               much
               ,
               and
               he
               can
               both
               keepe
               ,
               and
               value
               ,
               and
               imploy
               it
               .
               He
               is
               
               his
               owne
               Lawyer
               ;
               the
               treasurie
               of
               knowledge
               ,
               the
               oracle
               of
               counsell
               ;
               blinde
               in
               no
               mans
               cause
               ,
               best-sighted
               in
               his
               owne
               .
            
          
           
             
             
             
               The
               Characterisme
               of
               an
               Honest
               man.
               
            
             
               HE
               looks
               not
               to
               what
               hee
               might
               doe
               ,
               but
               what
               hee
               should
               ;
               Iustice
               is
               his
               first
               guide
               ,
               the
               second
               law
               of
               his
               actions
               is
               expedience
               .
               He
               had
               rather
               complaine
               than
               offend
               ,
               &
               hates
               sinne
               more
               for
               the
               indignitie
               of
               it
               ,
               than
               the
               danger
               :
               his
               simple
               vprightnesse
               workes
               in
               him
               that
               confidence
               ,
               which
               oft-times
               
               wrongs
               him
               ,
               and
               giues
               aduantage
               to
               the
               subtle
               ,
               when
               he
               rather
               pities
               their
               faithlesnes
               ,
               than
               repents
               of
               his
               credulitie
               :
               he
               hath
               but
               one
               heart
               ,
               and
               that
               lies
               open
               to
               sight
               ;
               and
               were
               it
               not
               for
               discretion
               ,
               hee
               neuer
               thinks
               ought
               ,
               whereof
               he
               would
               auoid
               a
               witnesse
               :
               his
               word
               is
               his
               parchment
               ,
               and
               his
               yea
               his
               oath
               ,
               which
               he
               will
               not
               violate
               for
               feare
               ,
               or
               for
               losse
               .
               The
               mishaps
               of
               following
               euents
               may
               cause
               him
               to
               blame
               his
               prouidence
               ,
               can
               neuer
               cause
               him
               to
               eat
               his
               promise
               :
               neither
               sayth
               he
               ,
               
                 This
                 I
                 saw
                 not
              
               ;
               but
               
                 This
                 I
                 sayd
              
               .
               When
               he
               is
               made
               his
               friends
               Executour
               ,
               hee
               defrayes
               debts
               ,
               payes
               legacies
               ,
               and
               scorneth
               to
               
               gaine
               by
               orphans
               ,
               or
               to
               ransack
               graues
               ;
               and
               therefore
               will
               be
               true
               to
               a
               dead
               friend
               ,
               because
               he
               sees
               him
               not
               .
               All
               his
               dealings
               are
               square
               ,
               &
               aboue
               the
               boord
               :
               he
               bewrayes
               the
               fault
               of
               what
               he
               selles
               ,
               and
               restores
               the
               ouerseene
               gaine
               of
               a
               false
               reckoning
               .
               He
               esteemes
               a
               bribe
               venomous
               ,
               tho
               it
               come
               guilded
               ouer
               with
               the
               colour
               of
               gratuitie
               .
               His
               cheeks
               are
               neuer
               stained
               with
               the
               blushes
               of
               recantation
               ;
               neither
               doth
               his
               tongue
               falter
               to
               make
               good
               a
               lie
               with
               the
               secret
               glosses
               of
               double
               or
               reserued
               senses
               ;
               and
               when
               his
               name
               is
               traduced
               ,
               his
               innocencie
               beares
               him
               out
               with
               courage
               :
               then
               ,
               lo
               ,
               hee
               goes
               on
               the
               plaine
               way
               of
               
               truth
               ,
               and
               will
               either
               triumph
               in
               his
               integritie
               ,
               or
               suffer
               with
               it
               .
               His
               conscience
               ouer-rules
               his
               prouidence
               :
               so
               as
               in
               all
               things
               ,
               good
               or
               ill
               ,
               he
               respects
               the
               nature
               of
               the
               actions
               ,
               not
               the
               sequell
               .
               If
               he
               see
               what
               he
               must
               do
               ,
               let
               God
               see
               what
               shall
               follow
               .
               He
               neuer
               loadeth
               himselfe
               with
               burdens
               aboue
               his
               strength
               ,
               beyond
               his
               will
               ;
               and
               once
               bound
               ,
               what
               he
               can
               he
               will
               do
               ;
               neither
               doth
               he
               will
               but
               what
               he
               can
               do
               .
               His
               eare
               is
               the
               Sanctuary
               of
               his
               absent
               friends
               name
               ,
               of
               his
               present
               friends
               secret
               ;
               neither
               of
               them
               can
               mis-carry
               in
               his
               trust
               .
               Hee
               remembers
               the
               wrongs
               of
               his
               youth
               ,
               and
               repayes
               them
               with
               that
               vsury
               which
               he
               himselfe
               
               would
               not
               take
               .
               He
               would
               rather
               want
               than
               borow
               ,
               and
               begge
               than
               not
               pay
               :
               his
               faire
               conditions
               are
               without
               dissembling
               ;
               and
               hee
               loues
               actions
               aboue
               words
               .
               Finally
               ,
               hee
               hates
               falshood
               worse
               than
               death
               :
               he
               is
               a
               faithfull
               client
               of
               truth
               ;
               no
               mans
               enemie
               ;
               and
               ,
               it
               is
               a
               question
               ,
               Whether
               more
               another
               mans
               friend
               ,
               or
               his
               owne
               ;
               and
               if
               there
               were
               no
               heauen
               ,
               yet
               he
               would
               be
               vertuous
               .
            
          
           
             
             
             
               The
               Characterism
               of
               the
               Faithfull
               man.
               
            
             
               HIs
               eyes
               haue
               no
               other
               obiects
               ,
               but
               absent
               &
               inuisible
               ;
               which
               they
               see
               so
               cleerly
               ,
               as
               that
               to
               them
               sense
               is
               blind
               :
               that
               which
               is
               present
               they
               see
               not
               ;
               if
               I
               may
               not
               rather
               say
               ,
               that
               what
               is
               past
               or
               future
               is
               present
               to
               them
               .
               Heerin
               he
               exceeds
               all
               others
               ,
               that
               to
               him
               nothing
               is
               impossible
               ,
               nothing
               difficult
               ,
               whether
               to
               beare
               ,
               or
               vndertake
               .
               
               He
               walkes
               euery
               day
               with
               his
               Maker
               ,
               and
               talkes
               with
               him
               familiarly
               ,
               and
               liues
               euer
               in
               heauen
               ,
               and
               sees
               all
               earthly
               things
               beneath
               him
               :
               when
               he
               goes
               in
               ,
               to
               conuerse
               with
               God
               ,
               he
               weares
               not
               his
               owne
               clothes
               ,
               but
               takes
               them
               still
               out
               of
               the
               rich
               Wardrobe
               of
               his
               Redeemer
               ,
               and
               then
               dare
               boldly
               prease
               in
               ,
               and
               challenge
               a
               blessing
               .
               The
               celestiall
               spirits
               do
               not
               scorne
               his
               company
               ,
               yea
               his
               seruice
               .
               He
               deales
               in
               these
               worldly
               affaires
               as
               a
               stranger
               ,
               and
               hath
               his
               heart
               euer
               at
               home
               :
               without
               a
               written
               warrant
               he
               dare
               doe
               nothing
               ,
               and
               with
               it
               ,
               any
               thing
               .
               His
               warre
               is
               perpetuall
               ,
               without
               truce
               ,
               without
               intermission
               ;
               and
               his
               victorie
               
               certaine
               :
               hee
               meets
               with
               the
               infernall
               powers
               ,
               and
               tramples
               them
               vnder
               feet
               .
               The
               shield
               that
               he
               euer
               beares
               before
               him
               ,
               can
               neither
               be
               missed
               ,
               nor
               pierced
               :
               if
               his
               hand
               be
               wounded
               ,
               yet
               his
               heart
               is
               safe
               :
               he
               is
               often
               tripped
               ,
               seldome
               foiled
               ;
               and
               if
               somtimes
               foiled
               ,
               neuer
               vanquished
               .
               Hee
               hath
               white
               hands
               ,
               and
               a
               cleane
               soule
               ,
               fit
               to
               lodge
               God
               in
               ,
               all
               the
               roomes
               wherof
               are
               set
               apart
               for
               his
               Holinesse
               :
               Iniquitie
               hath
               oft
               called
               at
               the
               doore
               ,
               and
               craued
               entertainment
               ,
               but
               with
               a
               repulse
               :
               or
               if
               sin
               of
               force
               will
               be
               his
               tenant
               ;
               his
               lord
               hee
               can
               not
               .
               His
               faults
               are
               few
               ,
               and
               those
               he
               hath
               ,
               God
               will
               not
               see
               .
               He
               is
               allied
               so
               high
               ,
               that
               he
               dare
               call
               God
               
               Father
               ,
               his
               Sauior
               Brother
               ,
               heauen
               his
               Patrimonie
               ,
               and
               thinks
               it
               no
               presumption
               to
               trust
               to
               the
               attendance
               of
               Angels
               .
               His
               vnderstanding
               is
               inlightened
               with
               the
               beames
               of
               diuine
               truth
               ;
               God
               hath
               acquainted
               him
               with
               his
               will
               ;
               and
               what
               hee
               knowes
               hee
               dare
               confesse
               :
               there
               is
               not
               more
               loue
               in
               his
               heart
               ,
               than
               libertie
               in
               his
               tongue
               .
               If
               torments
               stand
               betwixt
               him
               and
               Christ
               ,
               if
               death
               ,
               he
               contemnes
               them
               ;
               and
               if
               his
               owne
               parents
               lie
               in
               his
               way
               to
               God
               ,
               his
               holy
               carelesnesse
               makes
               them
               his
               footsteps
               .
               His
               experiments
               haue
               drawen
               forth
               rules
               of
               confidence
               ,
               which
               hee
               dares
               oppose
               against
               all
               the
               feares
               of
               distrust
               ;
               wherein
               hee
               thinkes
               it
               
               safe
               to
               charge
               God
               with
               what
               he
               hath
               done
               ;
               with
               what
               hee
               hath
               promised
               :
               Examples
               are
               his
               proofes
               ;
               and
               Instances
               his
               demonstrations
               .
               What
               hath
               God
               giuen
               which
               hee
               can
               not
               giue
               ?
               What
               haue
               others
               suffered
               which
               hee
               may
               not
               be
               enabled
               to
               indure
               ?
               Is
               he
               threatned
               banishment
               ?
               There
               hee
               sees
               the
               Deare
               Euangelist
               in
               Pathmos
               cutting
               in
               pieces
               :
               hee
               sees
               Esay
               vnder
               the
               saw
               .
               Drowning
               ?
               hee
               sees
               Ionas
               diuing
               into
               the
               liuing
               gulfe
               .
               Burning
               ?
               he
               sees
               the
               three
               children
               in
               the
               hote
               walke
               of
               the
               furnace
               .
               Deuouring
               ?
               hee
               sees
               Daniel
               in
               the
               sealed
               den
               amids
               his
               terrible
               companions
               .
               Stoning
               ?
               hee
               sees
               the
               first
               Martyr
               
               vnder
               his
               heape
               of
               many
               graue-stones
               .
               Heading
               ?
               loe
               there
               the
               Baptists
               necke
               bleeding
               in
               Herodias
               platter
               .
               He
               emulates
               their
               paine
               ,
               their
               strength
               ,
               their
               glorie
               .
               Hee
               wearies
               not
               himselfe
               with
               cares
               ;
               for
               hee
               knowes
               hee
               liues
               not
               of
               his
               owne
               cost
               :
               not
               idlely
               omitting
               meanes
               ,
               but
               not
               vsing
               them
               with
               diffidence
               .
               In
               the
               midst
               of
               ill
               rumors
               and
               amazements
               his
               countenance
               changeth
               not
               ;
               for
               hee
               knowes
               both
               whom
               hee
               hath
               trusted
               ,
               &
               whither
               death
               can
               lead
               him
               .
               He
               is
               not
               so
               sure
               he
               shall
               die
               ,
               as
               that
               hee
               shall
               be
               restored
               ;
               and
               out-faceth
               his
               death
               with
               his
               resurrection
               .
               Finally
               ,
               hee
               is
               rich
               in
               workes
               ,
               busie
               in
               obedience
               ,
               
               cheerefull
               and
               vnmooued
               in
               expectation
               ;
               better
               with
               euils
               ,
               in
               common
               opinion
               miserable
               ,
               but
               in
               true
               iudgement
               more
               than
               a
               man.
               
            
          
           
             
             
             
               Of
               the
               Humble
               man.
               
            
             
               HE
               is
               a
               friendly
               enemy
               to
               himselfe
               :
               for
               tho
               hee
               be
               not
               out
               of
               his
               owne
               fauor
               ,
               no
               man
               sets
               so
               low
               a
               value
               of
               his
               worth
               as
               himselfe
               ,
               not
               out
               of
               ignorance
               ,
               or
               carelesnesse
               ,
               but
               of
               a
               voluntary
               and
               meeke
               deiectednesse
               .
               Hee
               admires
               euery
               thing
               in
               another
               ,
               whiles
               the
               same
               or
               better
               in
               himselfe
               he
               thinks
               not
               vnworthily
               contemned
               :
               his
               eies
               are
               full
               of
               his
               owne
               wants
               ,
               and
               
               others
               perfections
               .
               He
               loues
               rather
               to
               giue
               ,
               than
               take
               honour
               ,
               not
               in
               a
               fashion
               of
               complementall
               courtesie
               ,
               but
               in
               simplicitie
               of
               his
               iudgement
               ;
               neither
               doth
               hee
               fret
               at
               those
               ,
               on
               whom
               hee
               forceth
               precedencie
               ,
               as
               one
               that
               hoped
               their
               modestie
               would
               haue
               refused
               ;
               but
               holdes
               his
               minde
               vnfainedly
               below
               his
               place
               ,
               and
               is
               readie
               to
               go
               lower
               (
               if
               need
               be
               )
               without
               discontentment
               :
               When
               hee
               hath
               but
               his
               due
               ,
               hee
               magnifieth
               courtesie
               ,
               and
               disclaimes
               his
               deserts
               .
               Hee
               can
               be
               more
               ashamed
               of
               honor
               ,
               than
               grieued
               with
               contempt
               ;
               because
               hee
               thinkes
               that
               causelesse
               ,
               this
               deserued
               .
               His
               face
               ,
               his
               carriage
               ,
               his
               habit
               ,
               sauor
               of
               lowlinesse
               
               without
               affectation
               ,
               and
               yet
               he
               is
               much
               vnder
               that
               he
               seemeth
               .
               His
               words
               are
               few
               &
               soft
               ,
               neuer
               either
               peremptory
               or
               censorious
               ;
               because
               he
               thinks
               both
               ech
               man
               more
               wise
               ,
               and
               none
               more
               faulty
               than
               himselfe
               :
               and
               when
               hee
               approcheth
               to
               the
               throne
               of
               God
               ,
               he
               is
               so
               taken
               vp
               with
               the
               diuine
               greatnesse
               ,
               that
               in
               his
               owne
               eyes
               he
               is
               either
               vile
               or
               nothing
               .
               Places
               of
               publique
               charge
               are
               faine
               to
               sue
               to
               him
               ,
               and
               hale
               him
               out
               of
               his
               chosen
               obscuritie
               ;
               which
               he
               holds
               off
               ,
               not
               cunningly
               to
               cause
               importunitie
               ,
               but
               sincerely
               in
               the
               conscience
               of
               his
               defects
               .
               Hee
               frequenteth
               not
               the
               stages
               of
               common
               resorts
               ,
               and
               then
               alone
               
               thinks
               himselfe
               in
               his
               naturall
               element
               ,
               when
               he
               is
               shrowded
               within
               his
               owne
               walles
               .
               Hee
               is
               euer
               iealous
               ouer
               himselfe
               ,
               and
               still
               suspecteth
               that
               which
               others
               applaud
               .
               There
               is
               no
               better
               obiect
               of
               beneficence
               ,
               for
               what
               hee
               receiues
               ,
               hee
               ascribes
               meerly
               to
               the
               bountie
               of
               the
               giuer
               ;
               nothing
               to
               merit
               .
               He
               emulates
               no
               man
               in
               any
               thing
               but
               goodnesse
               ,
               and
               that
               with
               more
               desire
               ,
               than
               hope
               to
               ouertake
               ,
               No
               man
               is
               so
               contented
               with
               his
               little
               ,
               and
               so
               patient
               vnder
               miseries
               ,
               because
               he
               knowes
               the
               greatest
               euils
               are
               below
               his
               sins
               ,
               and
               the
               least
               fauours
               aboue
               his
               deseruings
               .
               Hee
               walks
               euer
               in
               awe
               ,
               and
               dare
               not
               but
               subiect
               
               euery
               word
               &
               action
               to
               an
               hie
               and
               iust
               censure
               .
               He
               is
               a
               lowly
               valley
               sweetly
               planted
               ,
               and
               well
               watered
               ;
               the
               proud
               mans
               earth
               ,
               whereon
               he
               trampleth
               ;
               but
               secretly
               full
               of
               wealthie
               mines
               ,
               more
               worth
               than
               he
               that
               walks
               ouer
               them
               ;
               a
               rich
               stone
               set
               in
               lead
               ;
               and
               lastly
               ,
               a
               true
               Temple
               of
               God
               built
               with
               a
               low
               roofe
               .
            
          
           
             
             
             
               The
               Character
               of
               a
               Valiant
               man.
               
            
             
               HEe
               vndertakes
               without
               rashnesse
               ,
               and
               performes
               without
               fearer●
               he
               seeks
               not
               for
               dangers
               ;
               but
               when
               they
               find
               him
               ,
               he
               beares
               them
               ouer
               with
               courage
               ,
               with
               successe
               .
               He
               hath
               oft
               times
               lookt
               death
               in
               the
               face
               ,
               and
               passed
               by
               it
               with
               a
               smile
               ,
               &
               when
               hee
               sees
               he
               must
               yeeld
               ,
               doth
               at
               once
               welcome
               and
               contemne
               it
               .
               He
               forecasts
               the
               worst
               
               of
               all
               euents
               ,
               &
               incounters
               them
               before
               they
               come
               in
               a
               secret
               and
               mentall
               warre
               ;
               and
               if
               the
               suddennesse
               of
               an
               inexpected
               euill
               haue
               surprized
               his
               thoughts
               ,
               &
               infected
               his
               cheekes
               with
               palenesse
               ;
               he
               hath
               no
               sooner
               digested
               it
               in
               his
               conceit
               ,
               than
               he
               gathers
               vp
               himselfe
               ,
               and
               insults
               ouer
               mischiefe
               .
               He
               is
               the
               maister
               of
               himselfe
               ,
               and
               subdues
               his
               passions
               to
               reason
               ;
               and
               by
               this
               inward
               victorie
               workes
               his
               owne
               peace
               .
               He
               is
               afrayd
               of
               nothing
               but
               the
               displeasure
               of
               the
               highest
               ,
               and
               runnes
               away
               from
               nothing
               but
               sinne
               :
               he
               lookes
               not
               on
               his
               hands
               but
               his
               cause
               ;
               not
               how
               strong
               he
               is
               ,
               but
               how
               innocent
               :
               and
               where
               goodnesse
               
               is
               his
               warrant
               ,
               he
               may
               be
               ouer-maistered
               ,
               he
               can
               not
               be
               foiled
               .
               The
               sword
               is
               to
               him
               the
               last
               of
               all
               trials
               ,
               which
               he
               drawes
               forth
               still
               as
               Defendant
               ,
               not
               as
               Challenger
               ,
               with
               a
               willing
               kinde
               of
               vnwillingnesse
               :
               no
               man
               can
               better
               manage
               it
               ,
               with
               more
               safety
               ,
               with
               more
               fauor
               :
               he
               had
               rather
               haue
               his
               blood
               seene
               than
               his
               backe
               ;
               and
               disdaines
               life
               vpon
               base
               conditions
               .
               No
               man
               is
               more
               milde
               to
               a
               relenting
               or
               vanquish't
               aduersarie
               ,
               or
               more
               hates
               to
               set
               his
               foot
               on
               a
               carcase
               .
               He
               had
               rather
               smother
               an
               iniurie
               than
               reuenge
               himselfe
               of
               the
               impotent
               :
               and
               I
               know
               not
               whether
               more
               detests
               cowardlinesse
               or
               crueltie
               .
               He
               talks
               little
               ,
               and
               
               brags
               lesse
               ;
               and
               loues
               rather
               the
               silent
               language
               of
               the
               hand
               ;
               to
               be
               seene
               than
               heard
               .
               He
               lies
               euer
               close
               within
               himselfe
               ,
               armed
               with
               wise
               resolution
               ,
               and
               will
               not
               be
               discouered
               but
               by
               death
               or
               danger
               .
               He
               is
               neither
               prodigall
               of
               blood
               to
               mis-spend
               it
               idlely
               ,
               nor
               niggardly
               to
               grudge
               it
               when
               either
               God
               calles
               for
               it
               ,
               or
               his
               Countrey
               ;
               neither
               is
               hee
               more
               liberall
               of
               his
               owne
               life
               ,
               than
               of
               others
               .
               His
               power
               is
               limited
               by
               his
               will
               ,
               and
               he
               holds
               it
               the
               noblest
               reuenge
               ,
               that
               he
               might
               hurt
               and
               doth
               not
               .
               Hee
               commands
               without
               tyrannie
               &
               imperiousnesse
               ,
               obeies
               without
               seruilitie
               ,
               and
               changes
               not
               his
               minde
               with
               his
               estate
               .
               The
               
               height
               of
               his
               spirits
               ouer-looks
               all
               casualties
               ,
               and
               his
               boldnesse
               proceeds
               neither
               from
               ignorance
               nor
               senselesnesse
               :
               but
               first
               he
               values
               euils
               ,
               and
               then
               despises
               them
               :
               he
               is
               so
               ballanced
               with
               wisdome
               ,
               that
               he
               floats
               steddilie
               in
               the
               midst
               of
               all
               tempests
               .
               Deliberate
               in
               his
               purposes
               ,
               firme
               in
               resolution
               ,
               bolde
               in
               enterprising
               ,
               vnwearied
               in
               atchieuing
               ,
               and
               howsoeuer
               happy
               in
               successe
               :
               and
               if
               euer
               he
               be
               ouercome
               ,
               his
               heart
               yeelds
               last
               .
            
          
           
             
             
             
               The
               Patient
               man.
               
            
             
               THe
               Patient
               man
               is
               made
               of
               a
               mettall
               ,
               not
               so
               hard
               as
               flexible
               :
               his
               shoulders
               are
               large
               ,
               fit
               for
               a
               load
               of
               iniuries
               ;
               which
               he
               beares
               not
               out
               of
               basenesse
               and
               cowardlinesse
               ,
               because
               he
               dare
               not
               reuenge
               ,
               but
               out
               of
               Christian
               fortitude
               ,
               because
               he
               may
               not
               :
               hee
               hath
               so
               conquered
               himself
               ,
               that
               wrongs
               can
               not
               conquer
               him
               ;
               &
               heerin
               alone
               findes
               ,
               that
               victorie
               
               consists
               in
               yeelding
               .
               Hee
               is
               aboue
               nature
               ,
               while
               hee
               seemes
               below
               himselfe
               .
               The
               vilest
               creature
               knowes
               how
               to
               turne
               againe
               ;
               but
               to
               command
               himselfe
               not
               to
               resist
               being
               vrged
               is
               more
               than
               heroicall
               .
               His
               constructions
               are
               ouer
               full
               or
               charitie
               and
               fauor
               ;
               either
               this
               wrong
               was
               not
               done
               ,
               or
               not
               with
               intent
               of
               wrong
               ,
               or
               if
               that
               ,
               vpon
               mis-information
               ;
               or
               if
               none
               of
               these
               ,
               rashnesse
               (
               tho
               a
               fault
               )
               shall
               serue
               for
               an
               excuse
               .
               Himselfe
               craues
               the
               offenders
               pardon
               ,
               before
               his
               confession
               ;
               and
               a
               slight
               answer
               contents
               where
               the
               offended
               desires
               to
               forgiue
               .
               Hee
               is
               Gods
               best
               witnesse
               ,
               and
               when
               hee
               stands
               before
               
               the
               barre
               for
               trueth
               ,
               his
               tongue
               is
               calmly
               free
               ,
               his
               forhead
               firme
               ,
               and
               hee
               with
               erect
               and
               setled
               countenance
               heares
               his
               vniust
               sentence
               ,
               and
               reioyces
               in
               it
               .
               The
               Iailers
               that
               attend
               him
               are
               to
               him
               his
               pages
               of
               honour
               ;
               his
               dungeon
               the
               lower
               part
               of
               the
               vault
               of
               heauen
               ;
               his
               racke
               or
               wheele
               the
               staires
               of
               his
               ascent
               to
               glorie
               :
               he
               challengeth
               his
               executioners
               ,
               and
               incounters
               the
               fiercest
               paines
               with
               strength
               of
               resolution
               ;
               and
               while
               he
               suffers
               ,
               the
               beholders
               pitse
               him
               ,
               the
               tormentours
               complaine
               of
               wearinesse
               ,
               and
               both
               of
               them
               wonder
               .
               No
               anguish
               can
               maister
               him
               ,
               whether
               by
               violence
               or
               by
               lingring
               .
               He
               accounts
               expectation
               
               no
               punishment
               ,
               and
               can
               abide
               to
               haue
               his
               hopes
               adiourned
               till
               a
               new
               day
               .
               Good
               lawes
               serue
               for
               his
               protection
               ,
               not
               for
               his
               reuenge
               ;
               and
               his
               own
               power
               ,
               to
               auoid
               indignities
               ,
               not
               to
               returne
               them
               .
               His
               hopes
               are
               so
               strong
               ,
               that
               they
               can
               insult
               ouer
               the
               greatest
               discouragements
               ;
               and
               his
               apprehensions
               so
               deep
               ,
               that
               when
               he
               hath
               once
               fastened
               ,
               hee
               sooner
               leaueth
               his
               life
               than
               his
               hold
               .
               Neither
               time
               nor
               peruersnesse
               can
               make
               him
               cast
               off
               his
               charitable
               endeuors
               ,
               and
               despaire
               of
               preuailing
               ;
               but
               in
               spight
               of
               all
               crosses
               ,
               and
               all
               denials
               ,
               he
               redoubleth
               his
               beneficiall
               offers
               of
               loue
               .
               Hee
               trieth
               the
               sea
               after
               many
               ship-wracks
               ,
               
               and
               beates
               still
               at
               that
               doore
               which
               hee
               neuer
               saw
               opened
               .
               Contrarietie
               of
               euents
               doth
               but
               exercise
               ,
               not
               dismay
               him
               ;
               and
               when
               crosses
               afflict
               him
               ,
               he
               sees
               a
               diuine
               hand
               inuisibly
               striking
               with
               these
               sensible
               scourges
               :
               against
               which
               hee
               dares
               not
               rebell
               ,
               not
               murmure
               .
               Hence
               all
               things
               befall
               him
               alike
               ;
               and
               hee
               goes
               with
               the
               same
               minde
               to
               the
               shambles
               and
               to
               the
               folde
               .
               His
               recreations
               are
               calme
               and
               gentle
               ;
               and
               not
               more
               full
               of
               relaxation
               than
               void
               of
               fury
               .
               This
               man
               onely
               can
               turne
               necessitie
               into
               vertue
               ,
               and
               put
               euill
               to
               good
               vse
               .
               Hee
               is
               the
               surest
               friend
               ,
               the
               latest
               and
               easiest
               enemie
               ,
               the
               greatest
               conqueror
               ,
               
               and
               so
               much
               more
               happy
               than
               others
               ,
               by
               how
               much
               hee
               could
               abide
               to
               be
               more
               miserable
               .
            
          
           
             
             
               The
               True
               Friend
               .
            
             
               HIs
               affections
               are
               both
               vnited
               and
               diuided
               ;
               vnited
               to
               him
               he
               loueth
               ;
               diuided
               betwixt
               another
               and
               himselfe
               ;
               and
               his
               one
               heart
               is
               so
               parted
               ,
               that
               whiles
               hee
               hath
               some
               ,
               his
               friend
               hath
               all
               .
               His
               choice
               is
               led
               by
               vertue
               ,
               or
               by
               the
               best
               of
               vertues
               ,
               religion
               ;
               not
               by
               gaine
               ,
               not
               by
               pleasure
               ;
               yet
               not
               without
               respect
               of
               equall
               condition
               ,
               of
               disposition
               not
               
               vnlike
               ;
               which
               once
               made
               admits
               of
               no
               change
               ,
               except
               hee
               whom
               hee
               loueth
               be
               changed
               quite
               from
               himselfe
               ,
               nor
               that
               suddenly
               ,
               but
               after
               long
               expectation
               .
               Extremity
               doth
               but
               fasten
               him
               ,
               whiles
               he
               like
               a
               well-wrought
               vault
               lies
               the
               stronger
               by
               how
               much
               more
               weight
               hee
               beares
               .
               When
               necessitie
               calles
               him
               to
               it
               ,
               he
               can
               be
               a
               seruant
               to
               his
               equall
               ,
               with
               the
               same
               will
               wherewith
               he
               can
               command
               his
               inferior
               ;
               and
               tho
               he
               rise
               to
               honor
               ,
               forgets
               not
               his
               familiarity
               ,
               nor
               suffers
               inequalitie
               of
               estate
               to
               worke
               strangenesse
               of
               countenance
               ;
               on
               the
               other
               side
               ,
               he
               lifts
               vp
               his
               friend
               to
               aduancement
               ,
               with
               a
               willing
               hand
               ,
               without
               
               out
               enuie
               ,
               without
               dissimulation
               .
               When
               his
               mate
               is
               dead
               ,
               he
               accounts
               himselfe
               but
               halfe
               aliue
               ;
               then
               his
               loue
               not
               dissolued
               by
               death
               deriues
               it selfe
               to
               those
               orphans
               which
               neuer
               knew
               the
               price
               of
               their
               father
               ;
               they
               become
               the
               heires
               of
               his
               affection
               ,
               and
               the
               burden
               of
               his
               cares
               .
               He
               embraces
               a
               free
               communitie
               of
               all
               things
               ,
               saue
               those
               which
               either
               honesty
               reserues
               proper
               ,
               or
               nature
               ;
               and
               hates
               to
               enioy
               that
               which
               would
               do
               his
               friend
               more
               good
               :
               his
               charitie
               serues
               to
               cloake
               noted
               infirmities
               ,
               not
               by
               vntruth
               ,
               not
               by
               flattery
               ,
               but
               by
               discreet
               secrecie
               ;
               neither
               is
               hee
               more
               fauourable
               in
               concealement
               ,
               than
               round
               in
               his
               priuate
               
               reprehensions
               ;
               and
               when
               anothers
               simple
               fidelitie
               shewes
               it selfe
               in
               his
               reproofe
               ,
               he
               loues
               his
               monitor
               so
               much
               the
               more
               by
               how
               much
               more
               he
               smarteth
               .
               His
               bosome
               is
               his
               friends
               closet
               ,
               where
               he
               may
               safely
               lay
               vp
               his
               cōplaints
               ,
               his
               doubts
               ,
               his
               cares
               ,
               and
               looke
               how
               he
               leaues
               ,
               so
               he
               findes
               them
               ;
               saue
               for
               some
               addition
               of
               seasonable
               counsell
               for
               redresse
               .
               If
               some
               vnhappy
               suggestion
               shall
               either
               disioint
               his
               affection
               ,
               or
               breake
               it
               ,
               it
               soone
               knits
               againe
               ,
               and
               growes
               the
               stronger
               by
               that
               stresse
               .
               He
               is
               so
               sensible
               of
               anothers
               iniuries
               ,
               that
               when
               his
               friend
               is
               stricken
               hee
               cries
               out
               ,
               and
               equally
               smarteth
               vntouched
               ,
               as
               one
               affected
               not
               
               sympathy
               ,
               but
               with
               a
               reall
               feeling
               of
               paine
               :
               and
               in
               what
               mischiefe
               may
               be
               preuented
               he
               interposeth
               his
               aid
               ,
               and
               offers
               to
               redeeme
               his
               friend
               with
               himselfe
               ;
               no
               houre
               can
               be
               vnseasonable
               ,
               no
               businesse
               difficult
               ,
               nor
               paine
               grieuous
               in
               condition
               of
               his
               ease
               :
               and
               what
               either
               doth
               or
               suffereth
               ,
               he
               neither
               cares
               nor
               desires
               to
               haue
               knowen
               ;
               lest
               he
               should
               seem
               to
               look
               for
               thanks
               .
               If
               hee
               can
               therefore
               steale
               the
               performance
               of
               a
               good
               office
               vnseene
               ,
               the
               conscience
               of
               his
               faithfulnesse
               heerein
               is
               so
               much
               sweeter
               as
               it
               is
               more
               secret
               .
               In
               fauours
               done
               his
               memorie
               is
               fraile
               ,
               in
               benefits
               receiued
               eternall
               :
               hee
               scorneth
               either
               to
               regard
               
               recompence
               ,
               or
               not
               to
               offer
               it
               .
               He
               is
               the
               comfort
               of
               miseries
               ,
               the
               guide
               of
               difficulties
               ,
               the
               ioy
               of
               life
               ,
               the
               treasure
               of
               earth
               ;
               and
               no
               other
               than
               a
               good
               Angell
               clothed
               in
               flesh
               .
            
          
           
             
             
               Of
               the
               Truly-Noble
               .
            
             
               HE
               stands
               not
               vpon
               what
               he
               borrowed
               of
               his
               Ancestours
               ,
               but
               thinks
               he
               must
               worke
               out
               his
               owne
               honor
               :
               and
               if
               he
               can
               not
               reach
               the
               vertue
               of
               them
               that
               gaue
               him
               outward
               glory
               by
               inheritance
               ,
               he
               is
               more
               abashed
               of
               his
               impotencie
               ,
               than
               transported
               with
               a
               great
               name
               .
               Greatnesse
               doth
               not
               make
               him
               scornfull
               and
               imperious
               ,
               but
               rather
               like
               the
               fixed
               starres
               ,
               the
               
               higher
               he
               is
               ,
               the
               lesse
               he
               desires
               to
               seeme
               .
               Neither
               cares
               he
               so
               much
               for
               pompe
               and
               frothie
               ostentation
               ,
               as
               for
               the
               solid
               truth
               of
               Noblenesse
               .
               Courtesie
               and
               sweet
               affabilitie
               can
               be
               no
               more
               seuered
               from
               him
               ,
               than
               life
               from
               his
               soule
               ;
               not
               out
               of
               a
               base
               and
               seruile
               popularitie
               ,
               and
               desire
               of
               ambitious
               insinuation
               ;
               but
               of
               a
               natiue
               gentlenesse
               of
               disposition
               ,
               and
               true
               value
               of
               himselfe
               .
               His
               hand
               is
               open
               and
               bounteous
               ,
               yet
               not
               so
               ,
               as
               that
               he
               should
               rather
               respect
               his
               glorie
               ,
               than
               his
               estate
               ;
               wherein
               his
               wisdome
               can
               distinguish
               betwixt
               parasites
               and
               friends
               ,
               betwixt
               changing
               of
               fauors
               and
               expending
               them
               .
               He
               scorneth
               to
               make
               his
               height
               
               a
               priuilege
               of
               loosenesse
               ,
               but
               accounts
               his
               titles
               vaine
               ,
               if
               hee
               be
               inferior
               to
               others
               in
               goodnesse
               :
               and
               thinks
               hee
               should
               be
               more
               strict
               ,
               the
               more
               eminent
               he
               is
               ;
               because
               hee
               is
               more
               obserued
               ,
               and
               now
               his
               offences
               are
               become
               exemplar
               .
               There
               is
               no
               vertue
               that
               hee
               holds
               vnfit
               for
               ornament
               ,
               for
               vse
               ;
               nor
               any
               vice
               which
               he
               condemnes
               not
               as
               fordid
               ,
               and
               a
               fit
               companion
               of
               basenesse
               ;
               and
               whereof
               he
               doth
               not
               more
               hate
               the
               blemish
               ,
               than
               affect
               the
               pleasure
               .
               He
               so
               studies
               as
               one
               that
               knowes
               ignorance
               can
               neither
               purchase
               honour
               ,
               nor
               wield
               it
               ;
               and
               that
               knowledge
               must
               both
               guide
               and
               grace
               him
               .
               His
               exercises
               are
               
               from
               his
               childhood
               ingenuous
               ,
               manly
               ,
               decent
               ,
               and
               such
               as
               tend
               still
               to
               wit
               ,
               valor
               ,
               actiuitie
               :
               and
               if
               (
               as
               seldome
               )
               he
               descend
               to
               disports
               of
               chance
               ,
               his
               games
               shall
               neuer
               make
               him
               either
               pale
               with
               feare
               ,
               or
               hote
               with
               desire
               of
               gaine
               .
               Hee
               doth
               not
               so
               vse
               his
               followers
               ,
               as
               if
               he
               thought
               they
               were
               made
               for
               nothing
               but
               his
               seruitude
               ;
               whose
               felicitie
               were
               onlie
               to
               bee
               commanded
               and
               please
               :
               wearing
               them
               to
               the
               backe
               ,
               and
               then
               either
               finding
               or
               framing
               excuses
               to
               discard
               them
               emptie
               ;
               but
               vpon
               all
               opportunities
               lets
               them
               feele
               the
               sweetnesse
               of
               their
               owne
               seruiceablenesse
               and
               his
               bountie
               .
               Silence
               in
               officious
               seruice
               is
               the
               
               best
               Oratorie
               to
               plead
               for
               his
               respect
               :
               all
               diligence
               is
               but
               lent
               to
               him
               ,
               none
               lost
               .
               His
               wealth
               stands
               in
               receiuing
               ,
               his
               honour
               in
               giuing
               :
               hee
               cares
               not
               either
               how
               many
               holde
               of
               his
               goodnesse
               ,
               or
               to
               how
               few
               hee
               is
               beholden
               :
               and
               if
               hee
               haue
               cast
               away
               fauours
               ,
               he
               hates
               either
               to
               vpbraid
               them
               to
               his
               enemie
               ,
               or
               to
               challenge
               restitution
               .
               None
               can
               be
               more
               pitifull
               to
               the
               distressed
               ,
               or
               more
               prone
               to
               succour
               ;
               and
               then
               most
               ,
               where
               is
               least
               meanes
               to
               solicit
               ,
               least
               possibilitie
               of
               requitall
               .
               He
               is
               equally
               addressed
               to
               warre
               &
               peace
               ;
               and
               knowes
               not
               more
               how
               to
               command
               others
               ,
               than
               how
               to
               be
               his
               countries
               seruant
               in
               both
               .
               
               He
               is
               more
               carefull
               to
               giue
               true
               honor
               to
               his
               Maker
               ,
               than
               to
               receiue
               ciuill
               honour
               from
               men
               .
               Hee
               knowes
               that
               this
               seruice
               is
               free
               and
               noble
               ,
               and
               euer
               loaded
               with
               sincere
               glorie
               ;
               and
               how
               vaine
               it
               is
               to
               hunt
               after
               applause
               from
               the
               world
               ,
               till
               he
               be
               sure
               of
               him
               that
               moldeth
               all
               hearts
               ,
               and
               powreth
               contempt
               on
               Princes
               ;
               and
               shortly
               ,
               so
               demeanes
               himselfe
               ,
               as
               one
               that
               accounts
               the
               bodie
               of
               Nobilitie
               to
               consist
               in
               Blood
               ,
               the
               soule
               in
               the
               eminence
               of
               Vertue
               .
            
          
           
             
             
               Of
               the
               Good
               Magistrate
               .
            
             
               HE
               is
               the
               faithfull
               Deputie
               of
               his
               Maker
               ,
               whose
               obedience
               is
               the
               rule
               whereby
               he
               ruleth
               :
               his
               brest
               is
               the
               Ocean
               whereinto
               all
               the
               cares
               of
               priuate
               men
               emptie
               themselues
               ;
               which
               as
               hee
               receiues
               without
               complaint
               and
               ouerflowing
               ,
               so
               he
               sends
               them
               forth
               againe
               by
               a
               wise
               conueyance
               in
               the
               streames
               of
               iustice
               :
               his
               doores
               ,
               his
               eares
               are
               euer
               open
               to
               suters
               ;
               and
               not
               
               who
               comes
               first
               speeds
               well
               ,
               but
               whose
               cause
               is
               best
               .
               His
               nights
               ,
               his
               meales
               are
               short
               and
               interrupted
               ;
               all
               which
               hee
               beares
               well
               ,
               because
               hee
               knowes
               himselfe
               made
               for
               a
               publique
               seruant
               of
               peace
               and
               iustice
               .
               Hee
               sits
               quietly
               at
               the
               sterne
               ,
               &
               commands
               one
               to
               the
               top-saile
               ,
               another
               to
               the
               maine
               ,
               a
               third
               to
               the
               plummet
               ,
               a
               fourth
               to
               the
               anchor
               ,
               as
               hee
               sees
               the
               need
               of
               their
               course
               and
               weather
               requires
               ;
               and
               doth
               no
               lesse
               by
               his
               tongue
               ,
               than
               all
               the
               Mariners
               with
               their
               hands
               .
               On
               the
               bench
               he
               is
               another
               from
               himselfe
               at
               home
               ;
               now
               all
               priuate
               respects
               of
               blood
               ,
               alliance
               ,
               amitie
               are
               forgotten
               ;
               and
               if
               his
               own
               sonne
               
               come
               vnder
               triall
               ,
               hee
               knowes
               him
               not
               :
               Pitie
               ,
               which
               in
               all
               others
               is
               woont
               to
               bee
               the
               best
               praise
               of
               humanitie
               ,
               &
               the
               fruit
               of
               Christian
               loue
               ,
               is
               by
               him
               throwen
               ouer
               the
               barre
               for
               corruption
               :
               as
               for
               Fauour
               the
               false
               Aduocate
               of
               the
               gracious
               ,
               he
               allowes
               him
               not
               to
               appeare
               in
               the
               Court
               ;
               there
               only
               causes
               are
               heard
               speake
               ,
               not
               persons
               :
               Eloquence
               is
               then
               only
               not
               discouraged
               ,
               when
               she
               serues
               for
               a
               client
               of
               truth
               :
               meere
               Narrations
               are
               allowed
               in
               this
               Oratory
               ,
               not
               Proemes
               ,
               not
               Excursions
               ,
               not
               Glosses
               :
               Truth
               must
               strip
               herselfe
               ,
               and
               come
               in
               naked
               to
               his
               barre
               ,
               without
               false
               bodies
               ,
               or
               colours
               ,
               without
               disguises
               :
               A
               
               bribe
               in
               his
               closet
               ,
               or
               a
               letter
               on
               the
               bench
               ,
               or
               the
               whispering
               and
               winks
               of
               a
               great
               neighbour
               are
               answered
               with
               an
               angry
               and
               courageous
               repulse
               .
               Displeasure
               ,
               reuenge
               ,
               recompense
               stand
               on
               both
               sides
               the
               bench
               ,
               but
               he
               scornes
               to
               turne
               his
               eye
               towards
               them
               ;
               looking
               only
               right
               forward
               at
               Equitie
               ,
               which
               stands
               full
               before
               him
               .
               His
               sentence
               is
               euer
               deliberate
               and
               guided
               with
               ripe
               wisdome
               ,
               yet
               his
               hand
               is
               slower
               than
               his
               tongue
               ;
               but
               when
               he
               is
               vrged
               by
               occasion
               either
               to
               doome
               or
               execution
               ,
               he
               shewes
               how
               much
               hee
               hateth
               mercifull
               iniustice
               :
               neither
               can
               his
               resolution
               or
               act
               be
               reuersed
               with
               partiall
               importunitie
               .
               His
               
               forhead
               is
               rugged
               and
               seuere
               ,
               able
               to
               discountenance
               villanie
               ,
               yet
               his
               words
               are
               more
               awfull
               than
               his
               brow
               ,
               and
               his
               hand
               than
               his
               wordes
               .
               I
               know
               not
               whether
               he
               be
               more
               feared
               or
               loued
               ,
               both
               affections
               are
               so
               sweetly
               contempered
               in
               all
               hearts
               .
               The
               good
               feare
               him
               louingly
               ,
               the
               middle
               sort
               loue
               him
               fearefully
               ,
               and
               only
               the
               wicked
               man
               feares
               him
               slauishly
               without
               loue
               .
               He
               hates
               to
               pay
               priuate
               wrongs
               with
               the
               aduantage
               of
               his
               office
               ,
               and
               if
               euer
               he
               be
               partiall
               it
               is
               to
               his
               enemy
               .
               He
               is
               not
               more
               sage
               in
               his
               gowne
               than
               valorous
               in
               armes
               ,
               and
               increaseth
               in
               the
               rigor
               of
               his
               discipline
               as
               the
               times
               in
               danger
               .
               His
               
               sword
               hath
               neither
               rusted
               for
               want
               of
               vse
               ,
               nor
               surfeteth
               of
               blood
               ,
               but
               after
               many
               threats
               is
               vnsheathed
               ,
               as
               the
               dreadfull
               instrument
               of
               diuine
               reuenge
               .
               He
               is
               the
               guard
               of
               good
               lawes
               ,
               the
               refuge
               of
               innocencie
               ,
               the
               Comet
               of
               the
               guiltie
               ,
               the
               pay-maister
               of
               good
               deserts
               ,
               the
               champian
               of
               iustice
               ;
               the
               patron
               of
               peace
               ,
               the
               tutor
               of
               the
               Church
               ,
               the
               father
               of
               his
               Countrey
               ,
               and
               as
               it
               were
               another
               God
               vpon
               earth
               .
            
          
        
      
       
         
           
           
           
           
             THE
             SECOND
             Booke
             .
             Characterismes
             of
             Vices
             .
          
           
             LONDON
             ,
             Printed
             by
             M.
             B.
             for
             
               Eleazar
               Edgar
            
             ,
             and
             S.
             Macham
             .
          
        
         
           
           
           
             The
             Prooeme
             .
          
           
             I
             Haue
             shewed
             you
             many
             faire
             Vertues
             :
             I
             speak
             not
             for
             them
             ,
             if
             their
             sight
             can
             not
             command
             affection
             ,
             let
             them
             lose
             it
             .
             They
             shall
             please
             yet
             better
             ,
             after
             you
             haue
             troubled
             your
             eyes
             a
             little
             with
             the
             view
             of
             deformities
             ;
             and
             by
             how
             much
             more
             they
             please
             ,
             so
             much
             more
             odious
             ,
             and
             like
             themselues
             ,
             shall
             these
             deformities
             
             appeare
             .
             This
             light
             contraries
             giue
             to
             ech
             other
             ,
             in
             the
             midst
             of
             their
             enmitie
             ,
             that
             one
             makes
             the
             other
             seeme
             more
             good
             ,
             or
             ill
             .
             Perhaps
             in
             some
             of
             these
             (
             which
             thing
             I
             do
             at
             once
             feare
             ,
             and
             hate
             )
             my
             stile
             shall
             seeme
             to
             some
             lesse
             graue
             ,
             more
             Satyricall
             ;
             if
             you
             finde
             me
             not
             without
             cause
             iealous
             ,
             let
             it
             please
             you
             to
             impute
             it
             to
             the
             nature
             of
             those
             vices
             ,
             which
             will
             not
             be
             otherwise
             handled
             .
             The
             fashions
             of
             some
             euils
             are
             besides
             the
             odiousnesse
             ,
             ridiculous
             ;
             which
             to
             repeat
             ,
             is
             to
             seeme
             bitterlie
             merrie
             .
             I
             abhorre
             to
             make
             sport
             with
             wickednesse
             ,
             and
             forbid
             any
             laughter
             heere
             ,
             but
             of
             disdaine
             .
             Hypocrisie
             
             shall
             lead
             this
             ring
             ;
             woorthily
             ,
             I
             thinke
             ,
             because
             both
             she
             commeth
             neerest
             to
             Vertue
             ,
             and
             is
             the
             woorst
             of
             Vices
             .
          
        
         
           
             
             
             
               The
               Hypocrite
               .
            
             
               AN
               Hypocrite
               is
               the
               worst
               kinde
               of
               plaier
               ,
               by
               so
               much
               as
               he
               acts
               the
               better
               part
               ;
               which
               hath
               alwayes
               two
               faces
               ,
               oft
               times
               two
               hearts
               :
               That
               can
               compose
               his
               forhead
               to
               sadnesse
               and
               grauitie
               ,
               while
               hee
               bids
               his
               heart
               be
               wanton
               and
               carelesse
               within
               ,
               and
               (
               in
               the
               meane
               time
               )
               laughs
               within
               himselfe
               ,
               to
               think
               how
               smoothly
               he
               hath
               couzened
               the
               beholder
               .
               In
               whose
               silent
               
               face
               are
               written
               the
               characters
               of
               Religion
               ,
               which
               his
               tongue
               &
               gestures
               pronounce
               ,
               but
               his
               hands
               recant
               .
               That
               hath
               a
               cleane
               face
               and
               garment
               ,
               with
               a
               soule
               soule
               ;
               whose
               mouth
               belies
               his
               heart
               ,
               and
               his
               fingers
               belie
               his
               mouth
               .
               Walking
               early
               vp
               into
               the
               Citie
               ,
               he
               turnes
               into
               the
               great
               Church
               ,
               and
               salutes
               one
               of
               the
               pillars
               on
               one
               knee
               ,
               worshipping
               that
               God
               which
               at
               home
               hee
               cares
               not
               for
               ;
               while
               his
               eye
               is
               fixed
               on
               some
               window
               ,
               on
               some
               passenger
               ,
               and
               his
               heart
               knowes
               not
               whither
               his
               lips
               go
               .
               Hee
               rises
               ,
               and
               looking
               about
               with
               admiration
               ,
               complaines
               of
               our
               frozen
               charitie
               ,
               commends
               the
               ancient
               .
               
               At
               Church
               hee
               will
               euer
               sit
               where
               hee
               may
               bee
               seene
               best
               ,
               and
               in
               the
               midst
               of
               the
               Sermon
               pulles
               out
               his
               Tables
               in
               haste
               ,
               as
               if
               he
               feared
               to
               leese
               that
               note
               ;
               when
               hee
               writes
               either
               his
               forgotten
               errand
               ,
               or
               nothing
               :
               then
               he
               turnes
               his
               bible
               with
               a
               noise
               ,
               to
               seeke
               an
               omitted
               quotation
               ;
               and
               folds
               the
               lease
               ,
               as
               if
               hee
               had
               found
               it
               ;
               and
               askes
               aloud
               the
               name
               of
               the
               Preacher
               ,
               and
               repeats
               it
               ,
               whom
               hee
               publikelie
               salutes
               ,
               thanks
               ,
               praises
               ,
               inuites
               ,
               entertaines
               with
               tedious
               good
               counsell
               ,
               with
               good
               discourse
               ,
               if
               it
               had
               come
               from
               an
               honester
               mouth
               .
               Hee
               can
               commaund
               teares
               ,
               when
               hee
               speaks
               of
               his
               youth
               ,
               indeed
               because
               it
               is
               past
               ,
               
               not
               because
               it
               was
               sinfull
               :
               himselfe
               is
               now
               better
               ,
               but
               the
               times
               are
               worse
               .
               All
               other
               sinnes
               hee
               reckons
               vp
               with
               detestation
               ,
               while
               hee
               loues
               and
               hides
               his
               darling
               in
               his
               bosome
               .
               All
               his
               speech
               returnes
               to
               himselfe
               ,
               and
               euery
               occurrent
               drawes
               in
               a
               storie
               to
               his
               owne
               praise
               .
               When
               he
               should
               giue
               ,
               he
               looks
               about
               him
               ,
               and
               sayes
               WHO
               SEES
               ME
               ?
               No
               almes
               ,
               no
               prayers
               fall
               from
               him
               without
               a
               witnesse
               ;
               belike
               lest
               God
               should
               denie
               ,
               that
               hee
               hath
               receiued
               them
               :
               and
               when
               hee
               hath
               done
               (
               lest
               the
               world
               should
               not
               know
               it
               )
               his
               owne
               mouth
               is
               his
               trumpet
               to
               proclame
               it
               .
               With
               the
               superfluitie
               of
               his
               vsurie
               ,
               hee
               builds
               an
               Hospitall
               ,
               
               and
               harbors
               them
               whom
               his
               extortion
               hath
               spoiled
               ;
               so
               while
               hee
               makes
               many
               beggers
               ,
               he
               keeps
               some
               .
               Hee
               turneth
               all
               Gnats
               into
               Camels
               ,
               and
               cares
               not
               to
               vndoe
               the
               world
               for
               a
               circumstance
               .
               Flesh
               on
               a
               Friday
               is
               more
               abomination
               to
               him
               than
               his
               neighbours
               bed
               :
               Hee
               abhorres
               more
               not
               to
               vncouer
               at
               the
               name
               of
               Iesus
               ,
               than
               to
               sweare
               by
               the
               name
               of
               God.
               When
               a
               Rimer
               reads
               his
               Poeme
               to
               him
               ,
               he
               begges
               a
               Copie
               ,
               and
               perswades
               the
               Presse
               ;
               there
               is
               nothing
               that
               hee
               dislikes
               in
               presence
               ,
               that
               in
               absence
               hee
               censures
               not
               .
               He
               comes
               to
               the
               sicke
               bed
               of
               his
               stepmother
               ,
               &
               weeps
               ,
               when
               hee
               secretly
               feares
               her
               recouerie
               .
               
               He
               greets
               his
               friend
               in
               the
               street
               with
               so
               cleere
               a
               countenance
               ,
               so
               fast
               a
               closure
               ,
               that
               the
               other
               thinks
               hee
               reades
               his
               heart
               in
               his
               face
               ;
               and
               shakes
               hands
               with
               an
               indefinite
               inuitation
               of
               
                 When
                 will
                 you
                 come
              
               ?
               and
               when
               his
               backe
               is
               turned
               ,
               ioyes
               that
               he
               is
               so
               well
               rid
               of
               a
               guest
               :
               yet
               if
               that
               guest
               visit
               him
               vnseared
               ,
               hee
               counterfeits
               a
               smiling
               welcome
               ,
               and
               excuses
               his
               chere
               ,
               when
               closely
               he
               frownes
               on
               his
               wife
               for
               too
               much
               .
               He
               shewes
               well
               ,
               and
               sayes
               well
               ;
               and
               himselfe
               is
               the
               worst
               thing
               he
               hath
               .
               In
               briefe
               ,
               hee
               is
               the
               strangers
               saint
               ,
               the
               neighbors
               disease
               ,
               the
               blotte
               of
               goodnesse
               ;
               a
               rotten
               sticke
               in
               a
               darke
               night
               ,
               a
               poppie
               
               in
               a
               corne
               field
               ,
               an
               ill
               tempered
               candle
               with
               a
               great
               snuffe
               ,
               that
               in
               going
               out
               smelles
               ill
               ;
               an
               Angell
               abroad
               ,
               a
               Diuell
               at
               home
               ;
               and
               worse
               when
               an
               Angell
               ,
               than
               when
               a
               Diuell
               .
            
          
           
             
             
             
               The
               Characterism
               of
               the
               Busie-Bodie
               .
            
             
               HIs
               estate
               is
               too
               narrow
               for
               his
               minde
               ,
               and
               therefore
               hee
               is
               faine
               to
               make
               himselfe
               roome
               in
               others
               affaires
               ;
               yet
               euer
               in
               pretence
               of
               loue
               .
               No
               newes
               can
               stir
               but
               by
               his
               doore
               ;
               neither
               can
               he
               know
               that
               ,
               which
               hee
               must
               not
               tell
               :
               What
               euerie
               man
               ventures
               in
               Guiana
               voyage
               ,
               &
               what
               they
               gained
               he
               knowes
               to
               a
               haire
               .
               Whether
               Holland
               will
               
               haue
               peace
               hee
               knowes
               ,
               and
               on
               what
               conditions
               ;
               and
               with
               what
               successe
               is
               familiar
               to
               him
               ere
               it
               bee
               concluded
               .
               No
               Post
               can
               passe
               him
               without
               a
               question
               ,
               and
               rather
               than
               he
               will
               leese
               the
               newes
               ,
               he
               rides
               backe
               with
               him
               to
               appose
               him
               of
               tidings
               ;
               and
               then
               to
               the
               next
               man
               hee
               meets
               ,
               hee
               supplies
               the
               wants
               of
               his
               hasty
               intelligence
               ,
               and
               makes
               vp
               a
               perfect
               tale
               ;
               wherewith
               he
               so
               haunteth
               the
               patient
               auditor
               that
               after
               many
               excuses
               ,
               hee
               is
               faine
               to
               indure
               rather
               the
               censure
               of
               his
               maners
               in
               running
               away
               ,
               than
               the
               tediousnesse
               of
               an
               impertinent
               discourse
               .
               His
               speech
               is
               oft
               broken
               off
               with
               a
               succession
               of
               long
               parentheses
               ,
               
               which
               he
               euer
               vowes
               to
               fill
               vp
               ere
               the
               conclusion
               ,
               and
               perhaps
               would
               effect
               it
               ,
               if
               the
               others
               eare
               were
               as
               vnweariable
               as
               his
               tongue
               .
               If
               hee
               see
               but
               two
               men
               talke
               and
               reade
               a
               letter
               in
               the
               street
               ,
               hee
               runnes
               to
               them
               ,
               and
               asks
               if
               he
               may
               not
               be
               partner
               of
               that
               secret
               relation
               ;
               and
               if
               they
               denie
               it
               ,
               hee
               offers
               to
               tell
               ,
               since
               hee
               may
               not
               heare
               ,
               woonders
               :
               and
               then
               falles
               vpon
               the
               report
               of
               the
               Scotish
               Mine
               ,
               or
               of
               the
               great
               fish
               taken
               vp
               at
               Linne
               ,
               or
               of
               the
               freezing
               of
               the
               Thames
               ;
               and
               after
               many
               thanks
               and
               dismissions
               is
               hardly
               intreated
               silence
               .
               Hee
               vndertakes
               as
               much
               as
               he
               performes
               little
               :
               this
               man
               will
               thrust
               himselfe
               forward
               to
               
               be
               the
               guide
               of
               the
               way
               hee
               knowes
               not
               ;
               and
               calles
               at
               his
               neighbors
               window
               ,
               &
               asks
               why
               his
               seruants
               are
               not
               at
               worke
               .
               The
               Market
               hath
               no
               commoditie
               which
               hee
               prizeth
               not
               ,
               and
               which
               the
               next
               table
               shall
               not
               heare
               recited
               .
               His
               tongue
               like
               the
               taile
               of
               Sampsons
               foxes
               carries
               fire-brand
               ,
               and
               is
               enough
               to
               set
               the
               whole
               field
               of
               the
               world
               on
               a
               flame
               .
               Himselfe
               beginnes
               table-talke
               of
               his
               neighbour
               at
               anothers
               boord
               ;
               to
               whom
               he
               beares
               the
               first
               newes
               ,
               and
               adiures
               him
               to
               conceale
               the
               reporter
               :
               whose
               cholericke
               answer
               he
               returnes
               to
               his
               first
               host
               ,
               inlarged
               with
               a
               second
               edition
               :
               so
               ,
               as
               it
               vses
               to
               be
               done
               in
               the
               
               fight
               of
               vnwilling
               mastiues
               ,
               hee
               claps
               ech
               on
               the
               side
               apart
               ,
               and
               prouokes
               them
               to
               an
               eager
               conflict
               .
               There
               can
               no
               Act
               passe
               without
               his
               Comment
               ,
               which
               is
               euer
               far-fetch't
               ,
               rash
               ,
               suspicious
               ,
               delatorie
               .
               His
               eares
               are
               long
               ,
               and
               his
               eyes
               quicke
               ,
               but
               most
               of
               all
               to
               imperfections
               ,
               which
               as
               he
               easily
               sees
               ,
               so
               he
               increases
               with
               intermedling
               .
               Hee
               harbours
               another
               mans
               seruant
               ,
               and
               amiddes
               his
               entertainment
               asks
               what
               fare
               is
               vsuall
               at
               home
               ,
               what
               houres
               are
               kept
               ,
               what
               talke
               passeth
               their
               meales
               ,
               what
               his
               masters
               disposition
               is
               ,
               what
               his
               gouernment
               ,
               what
               his
               guests
               ?
               And
               when
               hee
               hath
               by
               curious
               inquiries
               extracted
               all
               the
               iuice
               
               and
               spirit
               of
               hoped
               intelligence
               ,
               turnes
               him
               off
               whence
               he
               came
               ,
               and
               works
               on
               a
               new
               .
               Hee
               hates
               constancie
               as
               an
               ear-then
               dulnesse
               ,
               vnfit
               for
               men
               of
               spirit
               :
               and
               loues
               to
               change
               his
               worke
               and
               his
               place
               ;
               neither
               yet
               can
               hee
               bee
               so
               soone
               wearie
               of
               any
               place
               ,
               as
               euerie
               place
               is
               wearie
               of
               him
               ;
               for
               as
               hee
               sets
               himselfe
               on
               worke
               ,
               so
               others
               pay
               him
               with
               hatred
               ;
               and
               looke
               how
               manie
               maisters
               hee
               hath
               ,
               so
               manie
               enemies
               :
               neither
               is
               it
               possible
               that
               anie
               should
               not
               hate
               him
               ,
               but
               who
               know
               him
               not
               .
               So
               then
               hee
               labours
               without
               thanks
               ,
               talkes
               without
               credit
               ,
               liues
               without
               loue
               ,
               dies
               without
               teares
               ,
               without
               
               pitie
               ;
               saue
               that
               some
               say
               it
               was
               pitie
               he
               died
               no
               sooner
               .
            
          
           
             
             
             
               The
               Superstitious
               .
            
             
               SVperstition
               is
               Godlesse
               religion
               ,
               deuout
               impietie
               .
               The
               superstitious
               is
               fond
               in
               obseruation
               ,
               seruile
               in
               feare
               ,
               he
               worships
               God
               but
               as
               he
               lifts
               :
               he
               giues
               God
               what
               he
               asks
               not
               ,
               more
               than
               he
               askes
               ;
               and
               all
               but
               what
               he
               should
               giue
               ;
               and
               makes
               more
               sinnes
               than
               the
               Ten
               Commandements
               .
               This
               man
               dares
               not
               stirre
               foorth
               till
               his
               brest
               be
               crossed
               ,
               and
               his
               face
               sprinckled
               :
               
               if
               but
               an
               hare
               crosse
               him
               the
               way
               ,
               he
               returnes
               ;
               or
               if
               his
               iourney
               began
               vnawares
               on
               the
               dismall
               day
               ;
               or
               if
               hee
               stumbled
               at
               the
               threshold
               .
               If
               he
               see
               a
               snake
               vnkilled
               ,
               hee
               feares
               a
               mischiefe
               ;
               if
               the
               salt
               fall
               towards
               him
               ,
               hee
               lookes
               pale
               and
               red
               ,
               and
               is
               not
               quiet
               till
               one
               of
               the
               waiters
               haue
               powred
               wine
               on
               his
               lappe
               ;
               and
               when
               hee
               neeseth
               ,
               thinks
               them
               not
               his
               friends
               that
               vncouer
               not
               .
               In
               the
               morning
               he
               listens
               whether
               the
               Crow
               crieth
               eeuen
               or
               odde
               ,
               and
               by
               that
               token
               presages
               of
               the
               weather
               .
               If
               hee
               heare
               but
               a
               Rauen
               croke
               from
               the
               next
               roofe
               ,
               hee
               makes
               his
               will
               ,
               or
               if
               a
               Bittour
               flie
               ouer
               his
               head
               by
               night
               :
               but
               if
               his
               troubled
               
               fancie
               shall
               second
               his
               thoughts
               with
               the
               dreame
               of
               a
               faire
               Garden
               ,
               or
               greene
               rushes
               ,
               or
               the
               salutation
               of
               a
               dead
               friend
               ,
               hee
               takes
               leaue
               of
               the
               world
               ,
               and
               sayes
               he
               can
               not
               liue
               .
               Hee
               will
               neuer
               set
               to
               Sea
               but
               on
               a
               Sunday
               ;
               neither
               euer
               goes
               without
               an
               
                 Erra
                 Pater
              
               in
               his
               pocket
               .
               Saint
               Pauls
               day
               and
               Saint
               Swithunes
               with
               the
               Twelue
               are
               his
               Oracles
               ;
               which
               he
               dares
               beleeue
               against
               the
               Almanacke
               .
               When
               hee
               lies
               sicke
               on
               his
               death-bed
               ,
               no
               sinne
               troubles
               him
               so
               much
               as
               that
               he
               did
               once
               eat
               flesh
               on
               a
               Friday
               ,
               no
               repentance
               can
               expiate
               that
               ;
               the
               rest
               need
               none
               .
               There
               is
               no
               dreame
               of
               his
               without
               an
               interpretation
               ,
               without
               
               a
               prediction
               ;
               and
               if
               the
               euent
               answer
               not
               his
               exposition
               ,
               hee
               expounds
               it
               according
               to
               the
               euent
               .
               Euery
               darke
               groaue
               and
               pictured
               wall
               strikes
               him
               with
               an
               awfull
               but
               carnall
               deuotion
               .
               Olde
               wiues
               and
               Starres
               are
               his
               counsellers
               ;
               his
               night-spell
               is
               his
               guard
               ,
               and
               charmes
               his
               Physitians
               .
               He
               weares
               Paracelsian
               Characters
               for
               the
               tooth-ache
               ,
               and
               a
               little
               hallowed
               wax
               is
               his
               Antidote
               for
               all
               euils
               .
               This
               man
               is
               strangely
               credulous
               ,
               and
               calles
               impossible
               things
               ,
               miraculous
               :
               If
               hee
               heare
               that
               some
               sacred
               blocke
               speakes
               ,
               moues
               ,
               weepes
               ,
               smiles
               ,
               his
               bare
               foot
               carrie
               him
               thither
               with
               an
               offering
               ;
               and
               if
               a
               danger
               misse
               him
               in
               the
               way
               ,
               
               his
               saint
               hath
               the
               thanks
               .
               Some
               wayes
               he
               will
               not
               go
               ,
               &
               some
               he
               dares
               not
               ;
               either
               there
               are
               bugs
               ,
               or
               hee
               faineth
               them
               ;
               euery
               lanterne
               is
               a
               ghost
               ,
               &
               euery
               noise
               is
               of
               chaines
               .
               He
               knowes
               not
               why
               ,
               but
               his
               custome
               is
               to
               goe
               a
               little
               about
               ,
               and
               to
               leaue
               the
               crosse
               stil
               on
               the
               right
               hand
               .
               One
               euent
               is
               enough
               to
               make
               a
               rule
               ;
               out
               of
               these
               rules
               he
               concludes
               fashions
               proper
               to
               himselfe
               ;
               and
               nothing
               can
               turne
               him
               out
               of
               his
               owne
               course
               .
               If
               he
               haue
               done
               his
               taske
               hee
               is
               safe
               ,
               it
               matters
               not
               with
               what
               affection
               .
               Finally
               ,
               if
               God
               would
               let
               him
               be
               the
               caruer
               of
               his
               owne
               obedience
               ,
               hee
               could
               not
               haue
               a
               better
               subiect
               ,
               as
               he
               is
               he
               can
               not
               haue
               a
               worse
               .
            
          
           
             
             
             
               Characterisme
               of
               the
               Profane
               .
            
             
               THe
               Superstitious
               hath
               too
               manie
               Gods
               ,
               the
               Prophane
               man
               hath
               none
               at
               all
               ,
               vnlesse
               perhaps
               himselfe
               bee
               his
               owne
               deitie
               ,
               and
               the
               world
               his
               heauen
               .
               To
               matter
               of
               religion
               his
               heart
               is
               a
               piece
               of
               dead
               flesh
               ,
               without
               feeling
               of
               loue
               ,
               of
               feare
               ,
               of
               care
               ,
               or
               of
               paine
               from
               the
               deafe
               stroakes
               of
               a
               reuenging
               
               conscience
               .
               Custome
               of
               sinne
               hath
               wrought
               this
               senslesnesse
               ,
               which
               now
               hath
               beene
               so
               long
               entertained
               that
               it
               pleades
               prescription
               ,
               and
               knowes
               not
               to
               be
               altered
               .
               This
               is
               no
               sudden
               euill
               :
               we
               are
               borne
               sinfull
               ,
               but
               haue
               made
               our selues
               prophane
               ;
               through
               manie
               degrees
               wee
               climbe
               to
               this
               height
               of
               impietie
               .
               At
               first
               hee
               sinned
               ,
               and
               cared
               not
               ;
               now
               hee
               sinneth
               ,
               and
               knoweth
               not
               .
               Appetite
               is
               his
               lord
               ,
               and
               reason
               his
               seruant
               ,
               and
               religion
               his
               drudge
               .
               Sense
               is
               the
               rule
               of
               his
               beleefe
               ;
               and
               if
               pietie
               may
               be
               an
               aduantage
               ,
               he
               can
               at
               once
               counterfeit
               and
               deride
               it
               .
               When
               ought
               succeedeth
               to
               him
               hee
               sacrifices
               to
               his
               nets
               ,
               and
               
               thanks
               either
               his
               fortune
               or
               his
               wit
               ;
               and
               will
               rather
               make
               a
               false
               God
               ,
               than
               acknowledge
               the
               true
               :
               if
               contrary
               ,
               he
               cries
               out
               of
               destiny
               ,
               &
               blames
               him
               to
               whom
               hee
               will
               not
               bee
               beholden
               .
               His
               conscience
               would
               faine
               speake
               with
               him
               ,
               but
               he
               will
               not
               heare
               it
               ;
               sets
               the
               day
               ,
               but
               hee
               disappoints
               it
               ;
               and
               when
               it
               cries
               loud
               for
               audience
               ,
               hee
               drownes
               the
               noise
               with
               good
               fellowship
               .
               He
               neuer
               names
               God
               but
               in
               his
               oathes
               ;
               neuer
               thinks
               of
               him
               but
               in
               extremity
               ;
               &
               then
               he
               knowes
               not
               how
               to
               thinke
               of
               him
               ,
               because
               he
               beginnes
               but
               then
               .
               He
               quarrels
               for
               the
               hard
               conditions
               of
               his
               pleasure
               ,
               for
               his
               future
               damnation
               ;
               and
               from
               himselfe
               
               layes
               all
               the
               fault
               vpon
               his
               maker
               ;
               and
               from
               his
               decree
               fetcheth
               excuses
               of
               his
               wickednesse
               .
               The
               ineuitable
               necessity
               of
               Gods
               counsell
               makes
               him
               desperately
               carelesse
               :
               so
               with
               good
               food
               he
               poisons
               himselfe
               .
               Goodnesse
               is
               his
               Minstrell
               ;
               neither
               is
               anie
               mirth
               so
               cordiall
               to
               him
               as
               his
               sport
               with
               Gods
               fooles
               .
               Euerie
               vertue
               hath
               his
               slander
               ,
               and
               his
               iest
               to
               laugh
               it
               out
               of
               fashion
               :
               euery
               vice
               his
               colour
               .
               His
               vsuallest
               theme
               is
               the
               boast
               of
               his
               yoong
               sinnes
               ,
               which
               he
               can
               still
               ioy
               in
               ,
               tho
               he
               can
               not
               commit
               ;
               and
               (
               if
               it
               may
               bee
               )
               his
               speech
               makes
               him
               woorse
               than
               hee
               is
               .
               Hee
               can
               not
               thinke
               of
               death
               with
               patience
               ,
               without
               terrour
               ,
               
               which
               he
               therefore
               feares
               worse
               than
               hell
               ,
               because
               this
               he
               is
               sure
               of
               ,
               the
               other
               hee
               but
               doubts
               of
               .
               Hee
               comes
               to
               Church
               as
               to
               the
               Theater
               ,
               sauing
               that
               not
               so
               willinglie
               ,
               for
               companie
               ,
               for
               custome
               ,
               for
               recreation
               ,
               perhaps
               for
               sleepe
               ;
               or
               to
               feed
               his
               eyes
               or
               his
               eares
               :
               as
               for
               his
               soule
               hee
               cares
               no
               more
               than
               if
               hee
               had
               none
               .
               He
               loues
               none
               but
               himselfe
               ,
               and
               that
               not
               enough
               to
               seeke
               his
               true
               good
               ;
               neither
               cares
               hee
               on
               whom
               hee
               treads
               ,
               that
               he
               may
               rise
               .
               His
               life
               is
               full
               of
               licence
               ,
               and
               his
               practise
               of
               outrage
               .
               He
               is
               hated
               of
               God
               as
               much
               as
               hee
               hateth
               goodnesse
               ,
               and
               differs
               little
               from
               a
               diuell
               ,
               but
               that
               he
               hath
               a
               body
               .
            
          
           
             
             
             
               The
               Characterism
               of
               the
               Male-content
               .
            
             
               HE
               is
               neither
               well
               full
               nor
               fasting
               ;
               and
               tho
               he
               abound
               with
               cōplaints
               ,
               yet
               nothing
               dislikes
               him
               but
               the
               present
               :
               for
               what
               hee
               condemned
               while
               it
               was
               ,
               once
               past
               hee
               magnifies
               ,
               and
               striues
               to
               recall
               it
               out
               of
               the
               iawes
               of
               Time.
               What
               hee
               hath
               hee
               seeth
               not
               ,
               his
               eyes
               are
               so
               taken
               vp
               with
               what
               he
               wants
               ;
               and
               what
               hee
               sees
               hee
               cares
               not
               for
               ,
               
               because
               hee
               cares
               so
               much
               for
               that
               which
               is
               not
               .
               When
               his
               friend
               carues
               him
               the
               best
               morsell
               ,
               hee
               murmures
               that
               it
               is
               an
               happie
               feast
               wherein
               each
               one
               may
               cut
               for
               himselfe
               .
               When
               a
               present
               is
               sent
               him
               ,
               he
               asks
               
                 Is
                 this
                 all
              
               ?
               and
               
                 What
                 no
                 better
              
               ?
               and
               so
               accepts
               it
               as
               if
               hee
               would
               haue
               his
               friend
               know
               how
               much
               he
               is
               bound
               to
               him
               for
               vouchsafing
               to
               receiue
               it
               .
               It
               is
               hard
               to
               enterteine
               him
               with
               a
               proportionable
               gift
               .
               If
               nothing
               ,
               he
               cries
               out
               of
               vnthankfulnesse
               ;
               if
               little
               ,
               that
               hee
               is
               basely
               regarded
               ;
               if
               much
               ,
               hee
               exclames
               of
               flatterie
               ,
               and
               expectation
               of
               a
               large
               requital
               .
               Euery
               blessing
               hath
               somwhat
               to
               disparage
               &
               distaste
               it
               :
               
               Children
               bring
               cares
               ,
               single
               life
               is
               wilde
               and
               solitarie
               ;
               Eminency
               is
               enuious
               ,
               retirednesse
               obscure
               ;
               Fasting
               painfull
               ,
               satietie
               vnweldie
               ;
               Religion
               nicely
               seuere
               ,
               libertie
               is
               lawlesse
               ;
               Wealth
               burdensome
               ,
               mediocrity
               contemptible
               :
               Euerie
               thing
               faulteth
               either
               in
               too
               much
               or
               too
               little
               .
               This
               man
               is
               euer
               headstrong
               ,
               and
               selfe-willed
               ,
               neither
               is
               he
               alwayes
               tied
               to
               esteeme
               or
               pronounce
               according
               to
               reason
               ;
               some
               things
               he
               must
               dislike
               hee
               knowes
               not
               wherefore
               ,
               but
               hee
               likes
               them
               not
               :
               and
               other
               where
               rather
               than
               not
               censure
               ,
               he
               will
               accuse
               a
               man
               of
               vertue
               .
               Euerie
               thing
               hee
               medleth
               with
               ,
               hee
               either
               findeth
               imperfect
               ,
               or
               maketh
               
               so
               :
               neither
               is
               there
               anie
               thing
               that
               soundeth
               so
               harsh
               in
               his
               eare
               as
               the
               commendation
               of
               another
               ;
               whereto
               yet
               perhaps
               he
               fashionably
               and
               coldly
               assenteth
               ,
               but
               with
               such
               an
               after-clause
               of
               exception
               ,
               as
               doth
               more
               than
               marre
               his
               former
               allowance
               :
               and
               if
               hee
               list
               not
               to
               giue
               a
               verball
               disgrace
               ,
               yet
               hee
               shakes
               his
               head
               and
               smiles
               ,
               as
               if
               his
               silence
               should
               say
               ,
               
                 I
                 could
                 and
                 will
                 not
              
               .
               And
               when
               himselfe
               is
               praised
               without
               excesse
               ,
               hee
               complaines
               that
               such
               imperfect
               kindnesse
               hath
               not
               done
               him
               right
               .
               If
               but
               an
               vnseasonable
               shower
               crosse
               his
               recreation
               ,
               he
               is
               ready
               to
               fall
               out
               with
               heauen
               ,
               and
               thinkes
               hee
               is
               wronged
               if
               
               GOD
               will
               not
               take
               his
               times
               when
               to
               raine
               ,
               when
               to
               shine
               .
               Hee
               is
               a
               slaue
               to
               enuie
               ,
               and
               loseth
               flesh
               with
               fretting
               ,
               not
               so
               much
               at
               his
               owne
               infelicitie
               ,
               as
               at
               others
               good
               ;
               neither
               hath
               he
               leasure
               to
               ioy
               in
               his
               owne
               blessings
               whilest
               another
               prospereth
               .
               Faine
               would
               he
               see
               some
               mutinies
               ,
               but
               dare
               not
               raise
               them
               ;
               and
               suffers
               his
               lawlesse
               tongue
               to
               walke
               thorow
               the
               dangerous
               paths
               of
               conceited
               alterations
               ,
               but
               so
               as
               in
               good
               maners
               hee
               had
               rather
               thrust
               euery
               man
               before
               him
               when
               it
               comes
               to
               acting
               .
               Nothing
               but
               feare
               keeps
               him
               from
               conspiracies
               ,
               and
               no
               man
               is
               more
               cruell
               when
               hee
               is
               not
               manicled
               with
               
               danger
               .
               He
               speaks
               nothing
               but
               Satyres
               ,
               and
               libels
               ,
               and
               lodgeth
               no
               guests
               in
               his
               heart
               but
               rebels
               .
               The
               inconstant
               and
               hee
               agree
               well
               in
               their
               felicity
               ,
               which
               both
               place
               in
               change
               :
               but
               heerein
               they
               differ
               ;
               the
               inconstant
               man
               affects
               that
               which
               will
               be
               ,
               the
               male-content
               commonly
               that
               which
               was
               .
               Finally
               ,
               he
               is
               a
               querulous
               curre
               ,
               whom
               no
               horse
               can
               passe
               by
               without
               barking
               at
               ;
               yea
               ,
               in
               the
               deepe
               silence
               of
               night
               the
               very
               moone-shine
               openeth
               his
               clamorous
               mouth
               :
               he
               is
               the
               wheele
               of
               a
               well-couched
               fire-worke
               that
               flies
               out
               on
               all
               sides
               ,
               not
               without
               scorching
               it selfe
               .
               Euery
               eare
               was
               long
               agoe
               wearie
               of
               him
               ,
               and
               he
               is
               now
               almost
               
               wearie
               of
               himselfe
               .
               Giue
               him
               but
               a
               little
               respite
               ,
               and
               he
               will
               die
               alone
               ;
               of
               no
               other
               death
               ,
               than
               others
               welfare
               .
            
          
           
             
             
             
               The
               Vnconstant
               .
            
             
               THe
               inconstant
               man
               treads
               vpō
               a
               mouing
               earth
               ,
               and
               keeps
               no
               pace
               .
               His
               proceedings
               are
               euer
               headdie
               and
               peremptorie
               ;
               for
               hee
               hath
               not
               the
               patience
               to
               consult
               with
               reason
               ,
               but
               determines
               meerelie
               vpon
               fancie
               .
               No
               man
               is
               so
               hot
               in
               the
               pursute
               of
               what
               hee
               liketh
               ;
               no
               man
               sooner
               wearie
               .
               He
               is
               fiery
               in
               his
               passions
               ,
               which
               yet
               are
               not
               more
               violent
               than
               momentanie
               :
               
               it
               is
               a
               woonder
               if
               his
               loue
               or
               hatred
               last
               so
               many
               dayes
               as
               a
               wonder
               .
               His
               heart
               is
               the
               Inne
               of
               all
               good
               motions
               ,
               wherein
               if
               they
               lodge
               for
               a
               night
               it
               is
               well
               ;
               by
               morning
               they
               are
               gone
               and
               take
               no
               leaue
               ,
               and
               if
               they
               come
               that
               way
               againe
               they
               are
               entertained
               as
               guests
               ,
               not
               as
               friends
               .
               At
               first
               like
               another
               Ecebolius
               he
               loued
               simple
               trueth
               ,
               thence
               diuerting
               his
               eyes
               hee
               fell
               in
               loue
               with
               idolatrie
               ;
               those
               heathenish
               shrines
               had
               neuer
               any
               more
               doting
               and
               besotted
               client
               ,
               and
               now
               of
               late
               hee
               is
               leapt
               from
               Rome
               to
               Munster
               ,
               and
               is
               growen
               to
               giddie
               Anabaptisme
               :
               what
               he
               will
               be
               next
               ,
               as
               yet
               he
               knoweth
               not
               ;
               but
               ere
               hee
               haue
               Wintred
               
               his
               opinion
               ,
               it
               will
               be
               manifest
               .
               Hee
               is
               good
               to
               make
               an
               enemie
               of
               ;
               ill
               for
               a
               friend
               ;
               because
               as
               there
               is
               no
               trust
               in
               his
               affection
               ,
               so
               no
               rancour
               in
               his
               displeasure
               .
               The
               multitude
               of
               his
               changed
               purposes
               brings
               with
               it
               forgetfulnesse
               ;
               and
               not
               of
               others
               more
               than
               of
               himselfe
               .
               He
               sayes
               ,
               sweares
               ,
               renounces
               ,
               because
               what
               hee
               promised
               hee
               meant
               not
               long
               enough
               to
               make
               an
               impression
               .
               Heerin
               alone
               he
               is
               good
               for
               a
               Common-wealth
               ,
               that
               hee
               sets
               manie
               on
               worke
               ,
               with
               building
               ,
               ruining
               ,
               altering
               ;
               and
               makes
               more
               businesse
               than
               Time
               it selfe
               ;
               neither
               is
               hee
               a
               greater
               enemie
               to
               thrift
               ,
               than
               to
               idlenesse
               .
               Proprietie
               is
               to
               him
               
               enough
               cause
               of
               dislike
               ;
               each
               thing
               pleases
               him
               better
               that
               is
               not
               his
               owne
               .
               Euen
               in
               the
               best
               things
               long
               continuance
               is
               a
               iust
               quarrell
               ;
               Manna
               it selfe
               growes
               tedious
               with
               age
               ,
               and
               Noueltie
               is
               the
               highest
               stile
               of
               commendation
               to
               the
               meanest
               offers
               :
               Neither
               doth
               he
               in
               books
               and
               fashions
               aske
               
                 How
                 good
              
               ,
               but
               
                 How
                 new
              
               .
               Varietie
               carries
               him
               away
               with
               delight
               ,
               and
               no
               vniforme
               pleasure
               can
               be
               without
               an
               irksome
               fulnesse
               .
               Hee
               is
               so
               transformable
               into
               all
               opinions
               ,
               maners
               ,
               qualities
               ,
               that
               he
               seemes
               rather
               made
               immediatly
               of
               the
               first
               matter
               than
               of
               well
               tempered
               elements
               ;
               and
               therefore
               is
               in
               possibilitie
               any
               thing
               ,
               or
               euerie
               
               thing
               ;
               nothing
               in
               present
               substance
               .
               Finally
               ,
               he
               is
               seruile
               in
               imitation
               ,
               waxey
               to
               persuasions
               ,
               wittie
               to
               wrong
               himselfe
               ,
               a
               guest
               in
               his
               owne
               house
               ,
               an
               ape
               of
               others
               ,
               and
               in
               a
               word
               ,
               any
               thing
               rather
               than
               himselfe
               .
            
          
           
             
             
             
               The
               Flatterer
               .
            
             
               FLatterie
               is
               nothing
               but
               false
               friendship
               ,
               fawning
               hypocrisie
               ,
               dishonest
               ciuilitie
               ,
               base
               merchandize
               of
               words
               ,
               a
               plausible
               discord
               of
               the
               heart
               and
               lips
               .
               The
               Flatterer
               is
               bleare-eyed
               to
               ill
               ,
               and
               can
               not
               see
               vices
               ;
               and
               his
               tongue
               walks
               euen
               in
               one
               tracke
               of
               vniust
               praises
               ;
               and
               can
               no
               more
               tell
               how
               to
               discommend
               ,
               than
               to
               speake
               true
               .
               His
               speeches
               are
               full
               of
               
               wondring
               Interiections
               ;
               and
               all
               his
               titles
               are
               superlatiue
               ,
               &
               both
               of
               them
               seldome
               euer
               but
               in
               presence
               .
               His
               base
               minde
               is
               well
               matched
               with
               a
               mercenarie
               tongue
               ,
               which
               is
               a
               willing
               slaue
               to
               another
               mans
               eare
               ;
               neither
               regardeth
               hee
               how
               true
               ,
               but
               how
               pleasing
               .
               His
               Art
               is
               nothing
               but
               delightfull
               cozenage
               ,
               whose
               rules
               are
               smoothing
               and
               garded
               with
               periurie
               ;
               whose
               scope
               is
               to
               make
               men
               fooles
               ,
               in
               teaching
               them
               to
               ouer-value
               themselues
               ;
               and
               to
               tickle
               his
               friends
               to
               death
               .
               This
               man
               is
               a
               Porter
               of
               all
               good
               tales
               ,
               and
               mends
               them
               in
               the
               carriage
               :
               One
               of
               Fames
               best
               friends
               ,
               and
               his
               owne
               ;
               that
               helps
               to
               furnish
               
               her
               with
               those
               rumors
               ,
               that
               may
               aduantage
               himselfe
               .
               Conscience
               hath
               no
               greater
               aduersarie
               ;
               for
               when
               shee
               is
               about
               to
               play
               her
               iust
               part
               ,
               of
               accusation
               ;
               he
               stops
               her
               mouth
               with
               good
               termes
               ,
               and
               well-neere
               strangleth
               her
               with
               shifts
               .
               Like
               that
               subtle
               fish
               he
               turnes
               himselfe
               into
               the
               colour
               of
               euery
               stone
               ,
               for
               a
               booty
               .
               In
               himselfe
               hee
               is
               nothing
               ,
               but
               what
               pleaseth
               his
               GREAT-ONE
               ,
               whose
               vertues
               he
               can
               not
               more
               extoll
               ,
               than
               imitate
               his
               imperfections
               ,
               that
               hee
               may
               thinke
               his
               worst
               gracefull
               .
               Let
               him
               say
               it
               is
               hote
               ,
               hee
               wipes
               his
               forhead
               ,
               and
               vnbraceth
               himselfe
               ;
               if
               cold
               ,
               he
               shiuers
               ,
               &
               calles
               for
               a
               warmer
               garment
               .
               When
               he
               walks
               with
               
               his
               friend
               hee
               sweares
               to
               him
               ,
               that
               no
               manels
               is
               looked
               at
               ;
               no
               man
               talked
               of
               ;
               and
               that
               whomsoeuer
               hee
               vouchsafes
               to
               looke
               on
               &
               nod
               to
               ,
               is
               graced
               enough
               :
               That
               he
               knoweth
               not
               his
               owne
               woorth
               ,
               lest
               hee
               should
               be
               too
               happie
               ;
               and
               when
               he
               tells
               what
               others
               say
               in
               his
               praise
               ,
               he
               interrupts
               himselfe
               modestlie
               ,
               and
               dares
               not
               speake
               the
               rest
               :
               so
               his
               concealement
               is
               more
               insinuating
               than
               his
               speech
               .
               He
               hangs
               vpon
               the
               lips
               which
               hee
               admireth
               ,
               as
               if
               they
               could
               let
               fall
               nothing
               but
               oracles
               ,
               and
               finds
               occasion
               to
               cite
               some
               approoued
               sentence
               vnder
               the
               name
               he
               honoureth
               ;
               and
               when
               ought
               is
               nobly
               spoken
               ,
               both
               his
               hands
               
               are
               little
               enough
               to
               blesse
               him
               .
               Sometimes
               euen
               in
               absence
               hee
               extolleth
               his
               patron
               ,
               where
               hee
               may
               presume
               of
               safe
               conueiance
               to
               his
               cares
               ;
               and
               in
               presence
               so
               whispereth
               his
               commendation
               ,
               to
               a
               common
               friend
               ,
               that
               it
               may
               not
               be
               vnheard
               where
               he
               meant
               it
               .
               He
               hath
               salues
               for
               euery
               sore
               ,
               to
               hide
               them
               ,
               not
               to
               heale
               them
               ;
               complexion
               for
               euery
               face
               :
               Sin
               hath
               not
               any
               more
               artificiall
               broker
               or
               more
               impudent
               band
               .
               There
               is
               no
               vice
               ,
               that
               hath
               not
               from
               him
               his
               colour
               ,
               his
               allurement
               ;
               and
               his
               best
               seruice
               is
               either
               to
               further
               guiltinesse
               ,
               or
               smother
               it
               .
               If
               hee
               grant
               euill
               things
               inexpedient
               ,
               or
               crimes
               errors
               ,
               he
               hath
               yeelded
               much
               ;
               
               either
               thy
               estate
               giues
               priuilege
               of
               libertie
               ,
               or
               thy
               youth
               ;
               or
               if
               neither
               ,
               What
               if
               it
               be
               ill
               ,
               yet
               it
               is
               pleasant
               ?
               Honesty
               to
               him
               is
               nice
               singularitie
               ,
               repentance
               superstitious
               melancholie
               ,
               grauitie
               dulnesse
               ,
               and
               all
               vertue
               an
               innocent
               conceit
               of
               the
               base-minded
               .
               In
               short
               ,
               he
               is
               the
               moth
               of
               liberall
               mens
               coats
               ,
               the
               eare-wig
               of
               the
               mightie
               ,
               the
               bane
               of
               Courts
               ,
               a
               friend
               and
               a
               slaue
               to
               the
               trencher
               ,
               and
               good
               for
               nothing
               but
               to
               be
               a
               factor
               for
               the
               Diuell
               .
            
          
           
             
             
               The
               Slothfull
               .
            
             
               HE
               is
               a
               religious
               man
               ,
               and
               weares
               the
               time
               in
               his
               cloister
               ;
               and
               as
               the
               cloake
               of
               his
               doing
               nothing
               ,
               pleads
               contemplation
               ;
               yet
               is
               hee
               no
               whit
               the
               leaner
               for
               his
               thoughts
               ,
               no
               whit
               learneder
               .
               He
               takes
               no
               lesse
               care
               how
               to
               spend
               time
               ,
               than
               others
               how
               to
               gaine
               by
               the
               expense
               ;
               and
               when
               businesse
               importunes
               him
               ,
               is
               more
               troubled
               to
               forethinke
               what
               he
               must
               doe
               ,
               than
               
               another
               to
               effect
               it
               .
               Summer
               is
               out
               of
               his
               fauour
               for
               nothing
               but
               long
               dayes
               ,
               that
               make
               no
               haste
               to
               their
               eeuen
               .
               Hee
               loues
               still
               to
               haue
               the
               Sun
               witnesse
               of
               his
               rising
               ;
               and
               lies
               long
               more
               for
               lothnesse
               to
               dresse
               him
               ,
               than
               will
               to
               sleepe
               :
               and
               after
               some
               streaking
               and
               yawning
               calles
               for
               dinner
               ,
               vnwashed
               ;
               which
               hauing
               digested
               with
               a
               sleepe
               in
               his
               chaire
               ,
               he
               walks
               forth
               to
               the
               bench
               in
               the
               Market-place
               ,
               and
               looks
               for
               companions
               :
               whomsoeuer
               he
               meets
               ,
               he
               stayes
               with
               idle
               questions
               ,
               and
               lingring
               discourse
               ;
               how
               the
               dayes
               are
               longthened
               ,
               how
               kindly
               the
               weather
               is
               ,
               how
               false
               the
               clocke
               ,
               how
               forward
               the
               Spring
               ,
               and
               
               ends
               euer
               with
               
                 What
                 shall
                 we
                 doe
              
               ?
               It
               pleases
               him
               no
               lesse
               to
               hinder
               others
               ,
               than
               not
               to
               worke
               himselfe
               .
               When
               all
               the
               people
               are
               gone
               from
               Church
               ,
               hee
               is
               left
               sleeping
               in
               his
               seat
               alone
               .
               Hee
               enters
               bonds
               ,
               and
               forfeits
               them
               by
               forgetting
               the
               day
               ;
               and
               asks
               his
               neighbour
               when
               his
               owne
               field
               was
               fallowed
               ,
               whether
               the
               next
               peece
               of
               ground
               belong
               not
               to
               himselfe
               .
               His
               care
               is
               either
               none
               ,
               or
               too
               late
               :
               when
               Winter
               is
               come
               ,
               after
               some
               sharpe
               visitations
               ,
               hee
               looks
               on
               his
               pile
               of
               wood
               ,
               and
               asks
               how
               much
               was
               cropped
               the
               last
               Spring
               .
               Necessitie
               driues
               him
               to
               euerie
               action
               ,
               and
               what
               hee
               can
               not
               auoid
               ,
               he
               will
               yet
               defer
               .
               
               Euery
               change
               troubles
               him
               ,
               although
               to
               the
               better
               ;
               and
               his
               dulnesse
               counterfeits
               a
               kinde
               of
               contentment
               .
               When
               he
               is
               warned
               on
               a
               Iurie
               ,
               hee
               had
               rather
               pay
               the
               mulct
               ,
               than
               appeare
               .
               All
               but
               that
               which
               Nature
               will
               not
               permit
               ,
               he
               doth
               by
               a
               deputie
               ,
               and
               counts
               it
               troublesome
               to
               doe
               nothing
               ,
               but
               to
               doe
               any
               thing
               ,
               yet
               more
               .
               He
               is
               wittie
               in
               nothing
               but
               framing
               excuses
               to
               sit
               still
               ,
               which
               if
               the
               occasion
               yeeld
               not
               ,
               he
               coineth
               with
               ease
               .
               There
               is
               no
               worke
               that
               is
               not
               either
               dangerous
               ,
               or
               thanklesse
               ,
               and
               whereof
               he
               foresees
               not
               the
               inconuenience
               and
               gainlesnesse
               before
               he
               enters
               ;
               which
               if
               it
               be
               verified
               in
               euent
               ,
               his
               next
               idlenesse
               
               hath
               found
               a
               reason
               to
               patronize
               it
               .
               He
               had
               rather
               freeze
               than
               fetch
               wood
               ,
               and
               chuses
               rather
               to
               steale
               than
               worke
               ;
               to
               begge
               than
               take
               paines
               to
               steale
               ,
               and
               in
               many
               things
               to
               want
               than
               begge
               .
               Hee
               is
               so
               loth
               to
               leaue
               his
               neighbors
               fire
               ,
               that
               he
               is
               faine
               to
               walke
               home
               in
               the
               darke
               ;
               and
               if
               he
               be
               not
               lookt
               to
               ,
               weares
               out
               the
               night
               in
               the
               chimney-corner
               ;
               or
               if
               not
               that
               ,
               lies
               downe
               in
               his
               clothes
               to
               saue
               two
               labors
               .
               He
               eats
               ,
               and
               prayes
               himselfe
               asleepe
               ;
               and
               dreames
               of
               no
               other
               torment
               but
               worke
               .
               This
               man
               is
               a
               standing
               poole
               ,
               and
               can
               not
               chuse
               but
               gather
               corruption
               :
               hee
               is
               descried
               amongst
               a
               thousand
               neighbours
               
               by
               a
               drie
               and
               nastie
               hand
               ,
               that
               still
               sauors
               of
               the
               sheet
               ;
               a
               beard
               vncut
               ,
               vnkembed
               ;
               an
               eye
               and
               eare
               yellow
               with
               their
               excretions
               ;
               a
               coat
               shaken
               on
               ,
               ragged
               ,
               vnbrush't
               ;
               by
               linnen
               and
               face
               striuing
               whether
               shall
               excell
               in
               vncleanlinesse
               .
               For
               bodie
               hee
               hath
               a
               swollen
               legge
               ,
               a
               duskie
               and
               swinish
               eye
               ,
               a
               blowen
               cheeke
               ,
               a
               drawling
               tongue
               ,
               an
               heauie
               foot
               ,
               and
               is
               nothing
               but
               a
               ●older
               earth
               molded
               with
               standing
               water
               .
               To
               conclude
               ,
               is
               a
               man
               in
               nothing
               but
               in
               speech
               and
               shape
               .
            
          
           
             
             
               The
               Couetous
               .
            
             
               HEe
               is
               a
               seruaunt
               to
               himselfe
               ,
               yea
               to
               his
               seruant
               ;
               and
               doth
               base
               homage
               to
               that
               which
               should
               be
               the
               worst
               drudge
               .
               A
               liuelesse
               peece
               of
               earth
               is
               his
               master
               ,
               yea
               his
               God
               ,
               which
               hee
               shrines
               in
               his
               coffer
               ,
               and
               to
               which
               hee
               sacrifices
               his
               heart
               .
               Euery
               face
               of
               his
               coine
               is
               a
               new
               image
               ,
               which
               hee
               adores
               with
               the
               highest
               veneration
               ;
               yet
               takes
               vpon
               him
               to
               be
               protector
               
               of
               that
               he
               worshippeth
               :
               which
               hee
               feares
               to
               keepe
               ,
               and
               abhors
               to
               lose
               :
               not
               daring
               to
               trust
               either
               any
               other
               God
               ,
               or
               his
               own
               .
               Like
               a
               true
               Chymist
               hee
               turnes
               euerie
               thing
               into
               siluer
               ,
               both
               what
               hee
               should
               eat
               ,
               and
               what
               he
               should
               weare
               ;
               and
               that
               hee
               keepes
               to
               looke
               on
               ,
               not
               to
               vse
               .
               When
               hee
               returnes
               from
               his
               field
               ,
               he
               asks
               ,
               not
               without
               much
               rage
               ,
               what
               became
               of
               the
               loose
               crust
               in
               his
               cup-boord
               ,
               and
               who
               hath
               rioted
               amongst
               his
               leekes
               ?
               He
               neuer
               eats
               good
               meale
               ,
               but
               on
               his
               neighbors
               trencher
               ;
               and
               there
               hee
               makes
               amends
               to
               his
               complaining
               stomacke
               for
               his
               former
               and
               future
               fasts
               .
               He
               bids
               his
               neighbours
               to
               dinner
               ,
               and
               
               when
               they
               haue
               done
               ,
               sends
               in
               a
               trencher
               for
               the
               shot
               .
               Once
               in
               a
               yeere
               perhaps
               ,
               hee
               giues
               himselfe
               leaue
               to
               feast
               ;
               and
               for
               the
               time
               thinks
               no
               man
               more
               lauish
               ;
               Wherein
               hee
               lists
               not
               to
               fetch
               his
               dishes
               from
               farre
               ;
               nor
               will
               bee
               beholden
               to
               the
               shambles
               ;
               his
               owne
               prouision
               shall
               furnish
               his
               boord
               with
               an
               insensible
               cost
               ;
               and
               when
               his
               guests
               are
               parted
               ,
               talkes
               how
               much
               euery
               man
               deuoured
               ,
               and
               how
               many
               cups
               were
               emptied
               ,
               and
               feeds
               his
               familie
               with
               the
               moldie
               remnants
               a
               moneth
               after
               .
               If
               his
               seruant
               breake
               but
               an
               earthen
               dish
               for
               want
               of
               light
               ,
               hee
               abates
               it
               out
               of
               his
               quarters
               wages
               .
               He
               chips
               his
               bread
               ,
               &
               sends
               
               it
               backe
               to
               exchange
               for
               staler
               .
               He
               lets
               money
               ,
               and
               selles
               Time
               for
               a
               price
               ;
               and
               will
               not
               be
               importuned
               either
               to
               preuent
               or
               defer
               his
               day
               ;
               and
               in
               the
               meane
               time
               looks
               for
               secret
               gratuities
               ,
               besides
               the
               main
               interest
               ;
               which
               he
               selles
               and
               returnes
               into
               the
               stocke
               .
               He
               breeds
               of
               Money
               to
               the
               third
               generation
               ;
               neither
               hath
               it
               sooner
               any
               being
               ,
               than
               he
               sets
               it
               to
               beget
               more
               .
               In
               all
               things
               hee
               affects
               secrecie
               and
               proprietie
               :
               hee
               grudgeth
               his
               neighbor
               the
               water
               of
               his
               well
               :
               and
               next
               to
               stealing
               hee
               hates
               borrowing
               .
               In
               his
               short
               and
               vnquiet
               sleepes
               hee
               dreames
               of
               theeues
               ,
               &
               runnes
               to
               the
               doore
               ,
               and
               names
               more
               men
               than
               he
               
               hath
               .
               The
               least
               sheafe
               he
               euer
               culles
               out
               for
               Tithe
               ;
               and
               to
               rob
               God
               holdes
               it
               the
               best
               pastime
               ,
               the
               cleerest
               gaine
               .
               This
               man
               cries
               out
               aboue
               other
               ;
               of
               the
               prodigalitie
               of
               our
               times
               ,
               and
               telles
               of
               the
               thrift
               of
               our
               forefathers
               :
               How
               that
               great
               Prince
               thought
               himselfe
               royally
               attired
               ,
               when
               he
               bestowed
               thirteen
               shillings
               &
               foure
               pence
               on
               halfe
               a
               sute
               :
               How
               one
               wedding
               gown
               serued
               our
               Grandmothers
               ,
               till
               they
               exchanged
               it
               for
               a
               winding
               sheet
               ;
               and
               praises
               plainnesse
               ,
               not
               for
               lesse
               sinne
               ,
               but
               for
               lesse
               cost
               .
               For
               himselfe
               hee
               is
               still
               knowen
               by
               his
               fore-fathers
               coat
               ,
               which
               he
               meanes
               with
               his
               blessing
               to
               bequeath
               to
               the
               many
               
               descents
               of
               his
               heires
               .
               He
               neither
               would
               be
               poore
               ,
               nor
               be
               accounted
               rich
               .
               No
               man
               complaines
               so
               much
               of
               want
               to
               auoid
               a
               Subsidie
               ;
               no
               man
               is
               so
               importunate
               in
               begging
               ,
               so
               cruell
               in
               exaction
               ;
               and
               when
               hee
               most
               complaines
               of
               want
               ,
               hee
               feares
               that
               which
               he
               complaines
               to
               haue
               .
               No
               way
               is
               indirect
               to
               wealth
               ;
               whether
               of
               fraud
               or
               violence
               :
               Gaine
               is
               his
               godlinesse
               ;
               which
               if
               conscience
               go
               about
               to
               preiudice
               ,
               and
               grow
               troublesom
               by
               exclaming
               against
               ,
               he
               is
               condemned
               for
               a
               common
               barretor
               .
               Like
               another
               Ahab
               hee
               is
               sicke
               of
               the
               next
               field
               ,
               and
               thinks
               he
               is
               ill
               seated
               ,
               while
               he
               dwelles
               by
               neighbours
               .
               Shortly
               ,
               his
               
               neighbors
               doe
               not
               much
               more
               hate
               him
               ,
               than
               he
               himselfe
               .
               He
               cares
               not
               (
               for
               no
               great
               aduantage
               )
               to
               lose
               his
               friend
               ,
               pine
               his
               bodie
               ,
               damne
               his
               soule
               ;
               and
               would
               dispach
               himselfe
               when
               corne
               falles
               ,
               but
               that
               he
               is
               loth
               to
               cast
               away
               money
               on
               a
               cord
               .
            
          
           
             
             
             
               The
               Vaine-glorious
               .
            
             
               ALl
               his
               humour
               rises
               vp
               into
               the
               froth
               of
               ostentation
               ;
               which
               if
               it
               once
               settle
               ,
               falles
               downe
               into
               a
               narrow
               roome
               .
               If
               the
               excesse
               be
               in
               the
               vnderstanding
               part
               ,
               all
               his
               wit
               is
               in
               print
               ;
               the
               Presse
               hath
               left
               his
               head
               emptie
               ;
               yea
               not
               only
               what
               he
               had
               ,
               but
               what
               hee
               could
               borrow
               without
               leaue
               .
               If
               his
               glorie
               be
               in
               his
               deuotion
               ,
               he
               giues
               not
               an
               Almes
               but
               on
               record
               ;
               and
               if
               he
               
               haue
               once
               done
               wel
               ,
               God
               heares
               of
               it
               often
               ;
               for
               vpon
               euery
               vnkindnesse
               he
               is
               ready
               to
               vpbraid
               him
               with
               his
               merits
               .
               Ouer
               and
               aboue
               his
               owne
               discharge
               hee
               hath
               some
               satisfactions
               to
               spare
               for
               the
               common
               treasure
               .
               Hee
               can
               fulfill
               the
               law
               with
               ease
               ,
               and
               earne
               God
               with
               superfluitie
               .
               If
               hee
               haue
               bestowed
               but
               a
               little
               sum
               in
               the
               glazing
               ,
               pauing
               ,
               parieting
               of
               Gods
               house
               ,
               you
               shall
               finde
               it
               in
               the
               Church-window
               .
               Or
               if
               a
               more
               gallant
               humour
               possesse
               him
               ,
               hee
               weares
               all
               his
               land
               on
               his
               backe
               ,
               and
               walking
               hie
               ,
               lookes
               ouer
               his
               left
               shoulder
               ,
               to
               see
               if
               the
               point
               of
               his
               rapier
               follow
               him
               with
               a
               Grace
               .
               Hee
               is
               proud
               of
               another
               mans
               
               horse
               ;
               and
               well
               mounted
               thinks
               euery
               man
               wrongs
               him
               ,
               that
               looks
               not
               at
               him
               .
               A
               bare
               head
               in
               the
               street
               ,
               doth
               him
               more
               good
               than
               a
               meales
               meat
               .
               Hee
               sweares
               bigge
               at
               an
               Ordinarie
               ,
               and
               talkes
               of
               the
               Court
               with
               a
               sharpe
               accent
               ;
               neither
               vouchsafes
               to
               name
               any
               not
               honorable
               ,
               nor
               those
               without
               some
               terme
               of
               familiaritie
               ;
               and
               likes
               well
               to
               see
               the
               hearer
               looke
               vpon
               him
               amazedly
               ,
               as
               if
               he
               said
               ,
               How
               happy
               is
               this
               man
               that
               is
               so
               great
               with
               great
               ones
               !
               Vnder
               pretence
               of
               seeking
               for
               a
               scroll
               of
               newes
               ,
               hee
               drawes
               out
               an
               handful
               of
               letters
               endorsed
               with
               his
               owne
               stile
               ,
               to
               the
               height
               ;
               and
               halfe
               reading
               euery
               title
               ,
               passes
               
               ouer
               the
               latter
               part
               ,
               with
               a
               murmur
               ;
               not
               without
               signifying
               ,
               what
               Lord
               sent
               this
               ,
               what
               great
               Ladie
               the
               other
               ;
               and
               for
               what
               sutes
               ;
               the
               last
               paper
               (
               as
               it
               happens
               )
               is
               his
               newes
               from
               his
               honourable
               friend
               in
               the
               French
               Court.
               In
               the
               midst
               of
               dinner
               ,
               his
               Lacquay
               comes
               sweating
               in
               ,
               with
               a
               sealed
               note
               from
               his
               creditour
               ,
               who
               now
               threatens
               a
               speedie
               arrest
               ,
               and
               whispers
               the
               ill
               newes
               in
               his
               Masters
               eare
               ,
               when
               hee
               aloud
               names
               a
               Counseller
               of
               State
               ,
               and
               professes
               to
               know
               the
               imployment
               .
               The
               same
               messenger
               he
               calles
               with
               an
               imperious
               nod
               ,
               and
               after
               expostulation
               ,
               where
               he
               hath
               left
               his
               fellowes
               ,
               in
               his
               eare
               sends
               
               him
               for
               some
               new
               spur-leathers
               or
               stockings
               by
               this
               time
               footed
               ;
               and
               when
               he
               is
               gone
               halfe
               the
               roome
               ,
               recalles
               him
               ,
               and
               sayth
               aloud
               ,
               
                 It
                 is
                 no
                 matter
                 ,
                 let
                 the
                 greater
                 bagge
                 alone
                 till
                 I
                 come
              
               ;
               and
               yet
               againe
               calling
               him
               closer
               ,
               whispers
               (
               so
               that
               all
               the
               table
               may
               heare
               )
               
                 that
                 if
                 his
                 crimson
                 sute
                 be
                 readie
                 against
                 the
                 day
                 ,
                 the
                 rest
                 need
                 no
                 haste
                 .
              
               He
               picks
               his
               teeth
               when
               his
               stomacke
               is
               emptie
               ,
               and
               calles
               for
               pheasants
               at
               a
               common
               Inne
               .
               You
               shall
               finde
               him
               prizing
               the
               richert
               iewels
               ,
               and
               fairest
               horses
               ,
               when
               his
               purse
               yeelds
               not
               money
               enough
               for
               earnest
               He
               thrusts
               himselfe
               into
               the
               prease
               ,
               before
               some
               great
               Ladies
               ;
               and
               loues
               to
               be
               seene
               
               neere
               the
               head
               of
               a
               great
               traine
               .
               His
               talke
               is
               how
               many
               Mourners
               hee
               furnish't
               with
               gownes
               at
               his
               fathers
               funerals
               ,
               how
               manie
               messes
               ;
               how
               rich
               his
               coat
               is
               ,
               and
               how
               ancient
               ,
               how
               great
               his
               alliance
               ;
               what
               challenges
               hee
               hath
               made
               and
               answered
               ;
               what
               exploits
               he
               did
               at
               Cales
               or
               Nieuport
               :
               and
               when
               hee
               hath
               commended
               others
               buildings
               ,
               furnitures
               ,
               sutes
               ,
               compares
               them
               with
               his
               owne
               .
               When
               he
               hath
               vndertaken
               to
               be
               the
               broker
               for
               some
               rich
               Diamond
               ,
               he
               weares
               it
               ,
               and
               pulling
               off
               his
               gloue
               to
               stroke
               vp
               his
               haire
               ,
               thinks
               no
               eye
               should
               haue
               any
               other
               obiect
               .
               Entertaining
               his
               friend
               ,
               he
               chides
               his
               cooke
               for
               no
               better
               
               cheere
               ,
               and
               names
               the
               dishes
               he
               meant
               ,
               and
               wants
               .
               To
               conclude
               ,
               hee
               is
               euer
               on
               the
               stage
               ,
               and
               acts
               still
               a
               glorious
               part
               abroad
               ,
               when
               no
               man
               carries
               a
               baser
               heart
               ,
               no
               man
               is
               more
               so
               .
               did
               and
               carelesse
               at
               home
               .
               Hee
               is
               a
               Spanish
               souldier
               on
               an
               Italian
               Theater
               ;
               a
               bladder
               full
               of
               winde
               ,
               a
               skin
               full
               of
               words
               ,
               a
               fooles
               wonder
               ,
               and
               a
               wise-mans
               foole
               .
            
          
           
             
             
             
               The
               Presumptuous
               .
            
             
               PResumption
               is
               nothing
               but
               hope
               out
               of
               his
               wits
               ,
               an
               high
               house
               vpon
               weake
               pillars
               .
               The
               presumptuous
               man
               loues
               to
               attempt
               great
               things
               ,
               only
               because
               they
               are
               hard
               and
               rare
               :
               his
               actions
               are
               bolde
               ,
               and
               venturous
               ,
               and
               more
               full
               of
               hazard
               than
               vse
               .
               He
               hoiseth
               saile
               in
               a
               tempest
               ,
               &
               sayth
               neuer
               any
               of
               his
               Ancestours
               were
               drowned
               :
               he
               goes
               into
               an
               infected
               house
               ,
               
               and
               sayes
               the
               plague
               dares
               not
               seaze
               on
               noble
               blood
               :
               he
               runnes
               on
               high
               battlements
               ,
               gallops
               downe
               steepe
               hilles
               ,
               rides
               ouer
               narrow
               bridges
               ,
               walks
               on
               weake
               ice
               ,
               and
               neuer
               thinks
               ,
               What
               if
               I
               fall
               ?
               but
               ,
               What
               if
               I
               runne
               ouer
               and
               fall
               not
               ?
               He
               is
               a
               confident
               Alchymist
               ,
               and
               braggeth
               ,
               that
               the
               wombe
               of
               his
               furnace
               hath
               conceiued
               a
               burden
               that
               will
               do
               all
               the
               world
               good
               ;
               which
               yet
               hee
               desires
               secretly
               borne
               ,
               for
               feare
               of
               his
               owne
               bondage
               :
               in
               the
               mean
               time
               ,
               his
               grasse
               breaks
               ;
               yet
               he
               vpon
               better
               luting
               ,
               layes
               wagers
               of
               the
               successe
               ,
               and
               promiseth
               wedges
               before-hand
               to
               his
               friend
               .
               He
               saith
               ,
               I
               will
               sinne
               ,
               and
               be
               sory
               ,
               and
               escape
               ;
               either
               
               God
               will
               not
               see
               ,
               or
               not
               be
               angrie
               ,
               or
               not
               punish
               it
               ;
               or
               remit
               the
               measure
               .
               If
               I
               doe
               well
               ,
               he
               is
               iust
               to
               reward
               ;
               if
               ill
               ,
               he
               is
               mercifull
               to
               forgiue
               .
               Thus
               his
               praises
               wrong
               God
               no
               lesse
               than
               his
               offence
               ;
               and
               hurt
               himselfe
               no
               lesse
               than
               they
               wrong
               God.
               Any
               patterne
               is
               enough
               to
               incourage
               him
               :
               shew
               him
               the
               way
               where
               any
               foot
               hath
               trod
               ,
               hee
               dares
               follow
               ,
               altho
               hee
               see
               no
               steps
               returning
               ;
               what
               if
               a
               thousand
               haue
               attempted
               ,
               and
               miscarried
               ;
               if
               but
               one
               haue
               preuailed
               ,
               it
               sufficeth
               .
               He
               suggests
               to
               himself
               false
               hopes
               of
               neuer
               too
               late
               ;
               as
               if
               hee
               could
               command
               either
               Time
               or
               repentance
               :
               and
               dare
               deferre
               the
               expectation
               of
               
               mercy
               till
               betwixt
               the
               bridge
               and
               the
               water
               .
               Giue
               him
               but
               where
               to
               set
               his
               foot
               ,
               and
               hee
               will
               remoue
               the
               earth
               .
               He
               foreknowes
               the
               mutations
               of
               States
               ,
               the
               euents
               of
               warre
               ,
               the
               temper
               of
               the
               seasons
               ;
               either
               his
               olde
               prophecie
               telles
               it
               him
               ,
               or
               his
               starres
               .
               Yea
               ,
               hee
               is
               no
               stranger
               to
               the
               Records
               of
               Gods
               secret
               counsell
               ,
               but
               he
               turnes
               them
               ouer
               ,
               and
               copies
               them
               out
               at
               pleasure
               .
               I
               know
               not
               whether
               in
               all
               his
               enterprises
               hee
               shew
               lesse
               feare
               ,
               or
               wisdome
               :
               no
               man
               promises
               himselfe
               more
               ,
               no
               man
               more
               beleeues
               himselfe
               .
               
                 I
                 will
                 go
                 and
                 sell
                 ,
                 and
                 returne
                 and
                 purchase
                 ,
                 and
                 spend
                 and
                 leaue
                 my
                 sonnes
                 such
                 estates
              
               ;
               all
               which
               if
               it
               succeed
               ,
               he
               thanks
               
               himselfe
               ;
               if
               not
               ,
               he
               blames
               not
               himselfe
               .
               His
               purposes
               are
               measured
               ,
               not
               by
               his
               abilitie
               ,
               but
               his
               will
               ,
               and
               his
               actions
               by
               his
               purposes
               .
               Lastly
               ,
               he
               is
               euer
               credulous
               in
               assent
               ,
               rash
               in
               vndertaking
               ,
               peremptorie
               in
               resoluing
               ,
               witlesse
               in
               proceeding
               ,
               and
               in
               his
               ending
               miserable
               ;
               which
               is
               neuer
               other
               ,
               than
               either
               the
               laughter
               of
               the
               wise
               ,
               or
               the
               pitie
               of
               fooles
               .
            
          
           
             
             
             
               The
               Distrustfull
               .
            
             
               THe
               distrustfull
               man
               hath
               his
               heart
               in
               his
               eyes
               ,
               or
               in
               his
               hand
               ;
               nothing
               is
               sure
               to
               him
               but
               what
               he
               sees
               ,
               what
               hee
               handles
               :
               Hee
               is
               either
               very
               simple
               ,
               or
               very
               false
               ;
               and
               therefore
               beleeues
               not
               others
               ,
               because
               he
               knowes
               how
               little
               himselfe
               is
               worthy
               of
               beleefe
               .
               In
               spirituall
               things
               ,
               either
               God
               must
               leaue
               a
               pawne
               with
               him
               ,
               or
               seeke
               some
               other
               Creditour
               .
               All
               absent
               
               things
               and
               vnusuall
               ,
               haue
               no
               other
               ,
               but
               a
               conditionall
               entertainment
               :
               they
               are
               strange
               ,
               if
               true
               .
               If
               he
               see
               two
               neighbours
               whisper
               in
               his
               presence
               ,
               he
               bids
               them
               speake
               out
               ,
               and
               charges
               them
               to
               say
               no
               more
               than
               they
               can
               iustify
               .
               When
               he
               hath
               committed
               a
               message
               to
               his
               seruant
               ,
               he
               sends
               a
               second
               after
               him
               ,
               to
               listen
               how
               it
               is
               deliuered
               .
               He
               is
               his
               owne
               Secretarie
               ,
               and
               of
               his
               own
               counsell
               ,
               for
               what
               he
               hath
               ,
               for
               what
               hee
               purposeth
               :
               and
               when
               he
               telles
               ouer
               his
               bagges
               ,
               looks
               thorow
               the
               key-hole
               ,
               to
               see
               if
               hee
               haue
               any
               hidden
               witnesse
               ,
               and
               askes
               aloud
               ,
               
                 Who
                 is
                 there
              
               ?
               when
               no
               man
               heares
               him
               .
               He
               borrowes
               money
               when
               hee
               
               needs
               not
               ,
               for
               feare
               lest
               others
               should
               borrow
               of
               him
               .
               Hee
               is
               euer
               timorous
               ,
               and
               cowardly
               ;
               and
               asks
               euery
               mans
               errand
               at
               the
               doore
               ,
               ere
               he
               opens
               .
               After
               his
               first
               sleepe
               ,
               he
               starts
               vp
               ,
               and
               askes
               if
               the
               furthest
               gate
               were
               barred
               ,
               and
               out
               of
               a
               fearefull
               sweat
               calles
               vp
               his
               seruant
               ,
               and
               bolts
               the
               dore
               after
               him
               ;
               and
               then
               studies
               whether
               it
               were
               better
               to
               lie
               still
               and
               beleeue
               ,
               or
               rise
               and
               see
               .
               Neither
               is
               his
               heart
               fuller
               of
               feares
               ,
               than
               his
               head
               of
               strange
               proiects
               ,
               and
               far-fetcht
               constructions
               ;
               What
               meanes
               the
               State
               ,
               thinke
               you
               ,
               in
               such
               an
               action
               ,
               and
               whether
               tends
               this
               course
               :
               Learne
               of
               mee
               (
               if
               you
               know
               not
               )
               The
               waies
               of
               deepe
               
               policies
               are
               secret
               ,
               and
               full
               of
               vnknowen
               windings
               ;
               That
               is
               their
               act
               ,
               this
               will
               be
               their
               issue
               :
               so
               casting
               beyond
               the
               Moone
               ,
               he
               makes
               wise
               and
               iust
               proceedings
               suspected
               .
               In
               all
               his
               predictions
               ,
               and
               imaginations
               ,
               hee
               euer
               lights
               vpon
               the
               worst
               ;
               not
               what
               is
               most
               likely
               will
               fall
               out
               ,
               but
               what
               is
               most
               ill
               .
               There
               is
               nothing
               that
               he
               takes
               not
               with
               the
               left
               hand
               ;
               no
               text
               which
               his
               glosse
               corrupts
               not
               .
               Wordes
               ,
               oaths
               ,
               parchments
               ,
               seales
               ,
               are
               but
               broken
               reeds
               ;
               these
               shall
               neuer
               deceiue
               him
               ;
               he
               loues
               no
               paiments
               but
               reall
               .
               If
               but
               one
               in
               an
               age
               haue
               miscarried
               ,
               by
               a
               rare
               casualtie
               ,
               he
               misdoubts
               the
               same
               euent
               .
               If
               but
               a
               tile
               fallen
               from
               an
               
               hie
               roofe
               haue
               brained
               a
               passenger
               ,
               or
               the
               breaking
               of
               a
               coach-wheele
               haue
               indangered
               the
               burden
               ;
               hee
               sweares
               hee
               will
               keepe
               home
               ;
               or
               take
               him
               to
               his
               horse
               .
               Hee
               dares
               not
               come
               to
               Church
               ,
               for
               feare
               of
               the
               croud
               ;
               nor
               spare
               the
               Sabbaths
               labour
               for
               feare
               of
               the
               want
               ;
               nor
               come
               neere
               the
               Parliament
               house
               ,
               because
               it
               should
               haue
               beene
               blowen
               vp
               ;
               What
               might
               haue
               beene
               ,
               affects
               him
               as
               much
               as
               what
               will
               be
               .
               Argue
               ,
               vow
               ,
               protest
               ,
               sweare
               ,
               he
               heares
               thee
               ,
               and
               beleeues
               himselfe
               .
               Hee
               is
               a
               Scepticke
               ,
               and
               dare
               hardly
               giue
               credit
               to
               his
               senses
               which
               hee
               hath
               often
               arraigned
               of
               false
               intelligence
               .
               Hee
               so
               liues
               ,
               as
               if
               he
               
               thought
               all
               the
               world
               were
               theeues
               ,
               and
               were
               not
               sure
               whether
               himselfe
               were
               one
               :
               Hee
               is
               vncharitable
               in
               his
               censures
               ,
               vnquiet
               in
               his
               feares
               ;
               bad
               enough
               alwaies
               ,
               but
               in
               his
               owne
               opinion
               much
               woorse
               than
               he
               is
               .
            
          
           
             
             
               The
               Characterism
               of
               the
               Ambitious
               .
            
             
               AMbition
               is
               a
               proud
               couetousnes
               ,
               a
               dry
               thirst
               of
               honor
               ,
               the
               longing
               disease
               of
               reason
               ,
               an
               aspiring
               ,
               and
               gallant
               madnesse
               .
               The
               ambitious
               climes
               vp
               high
               and
               perillous
               staires
               ,
               and
               neuer
               cares
               how
               to
               come
               downe
               ;
               the
               desire
               of
               rising
               hath
               swallowed
               vp
               his
               feare
               of
               a
               fall
               .
               Hauing
               once
               cleaued
               (
               like
               a
               burre
               )
               to
               some
               great
               
               mans
               coat
               ,
               he
               resolues
               not
               to
               be
               shaken
               off
               with
               any
               small
               indignities
               ,
               and
               finding
               his
               holde
               thorowly
               fast
               ,
               casts
               how
               to
               insinuate
               yet
               neerer
               ;
               and
               therefore
               ,
               hee
               is
               busie
               and
               seruile
               in
               his
               indeuours
               to
               please
               ,
               and
               all
               his
               officious
               respects
               turn
               home
               to
               himselfe
               .
               He
               can
               be
               at
               once
               a
               slaue
               to
               command
               ,
               an
               intelligencer
               to
               informe
               ,
               a
               parasite
               to
               sooth
               and
               flatter
               ,
               a
               champian
               to
               defend
               ,
               an
               executioner
               to
               reuenge
               ;
               any
               thing
               for
               an
               aduantage
               of
               fauour
               .
               He
               hath
               proiected
               a
               plot
               to
               rise
               ,
               and
               woe
               be
               to
               the
               friend
               that
               stands
               in
               his
               way
               :
               Hee
               still
               haunteth
               the
               Court
               ,
               and
               his
               vnquiet
               spirit
               haunteth
               him
               ;
               which
               hauing
               
               fetch
               't
               him
               from
               the
               secure
               peace
               of
               his
               countrey-rest
               ,
               sets
               him
               new
               and
               impossible
               taskes
               ;
               &
               after
               many
               disappointments
               incourages
               him
               to
               trie
               the
               same
               sea
               in
               spight
               of
               his
               shipwracks
               ;
               and
               promises
               better
               successe
               .
               A
               small
               hope
               giues
               him
               heart
               against
               great
               difficulties
               ,
               and
               drawes
               on
               new
               expense
               ,
               new
               seruilitie
               ;
               perswading
               him
               (
               like
               foolish
               boyes
               )
               to
               shoot
               away
               a
               second
               shaft
               ,
               that
               he
               may
               finde
               the
               first
               .
               He
               yeeldeth
               ,
               and
               now
               secure
               of
               the
               issue
               ,
               applauds
               him selfe
               in
               that
               honour
               ,
               which
               hee
               still
               affecteth
               ,
               still
               misseth
               ;
               and
               for
               the
               last
               of
               all
               trials
               ,
               will
               rather
               bribe
               for
               a
               troublesome
               preferment
               ,
               than
               returne
               void
               
               of
               a
               title
               .
               But
               now
               when
               hee
               finds
               himselfe
               desperately
               crossed
               ,
               and
               at
               once
               spoiled
               both
               of
               aduancement
               and
               hope
               ,
               both
               of
               fruition
               and
               possibilitie
               ,
               all
               his
               desire
               is
               turned
               into
               rage
               ,
               his
               thirst
               is
               now
               onely
               of
               reuenge
               ;
               his
               tongue
               sounds
               of
               nothing
               but
               detraction
               &
               slander
               :
               Now
               the
               place
               he
               sought
               for
               is
               base
               ,
               his
               riuall
               vnworthie
               ,
               his
               aduersarie
               iniurious
               ,
               officers
               corrupt
               ,
               Court
               infectious
               ;
               and
               how
               well
               is
               he
               that
               may
               be
               his
               owne
               man
               ,
               his
               owne
               master
               ;
               that
               may
               liue
               safely
               in
               a
               meane
               distance
               ,
               at
               pleasure
               ,
               free
               from
               staruing
               ,
               free
               from
               burning
               .
               But
               if
               his
               designes
               speed
               well
               ;
               ere
               hee
               bee
               warme
               in
               that
               seat
               ,
               his
               minde
               is
               
               possessed
               of
               an
               higher
               .
               What
               he
               hath
               is
               but
               a
               degree
               to
               what
               he
               would
               haue
               :
               now
               he
               scorneth
               what
               hee
               formerly
               aspired
               to
               ;
               his
               successe
               doth
               not
               giue
               him
               so
               much
               contentment
               ,
               as
               prouocation
               ;
               neither
               can
               he
               be
               at
               rest
               ,
               so
               long
               as
               he
               hath
               one
               ,
               either
               to
               ouerlook
               ,
               or
               to
               match
               ,
               or
               to
               emulate
               him
               .
               When
               his
               Countrey-friend
               comes
               to
               visit
               him
               ,
               hee
               carries
               him
               vp
               to
               the
               awfull
               presence
               ;
               and
               now
               in
               his
               sight
               crouding
               neerer
               to
               the
               Chaire
               of
               State
               ,
               desires
               to
               bee
               lookt
               on
               ,
               desires
               to
               be
               spoken
               to
               ,
               by
               the
               greatest
               ,
               and
               studies
               how
               to
               offer
               an
               occasion
               ,
               lest
               hee
               should
               seeme
               vnknowen
               ,
               vnregarded
               ;
               and
               if
               any
               gesture
               
               of
               the
               least
               grace
               fall
               happilie
               vpon
               him
               ,
               he
               looks
               backe
               vpon
               his
               friend
               ,
               lest
               hee
               should
               carelesly
               let
               it
               passe
               ,
               without
               a
               note
               :
               and
               what
               hee
               wanteth
               in
               sense
               ,
               he
               supplies
               in
               historie
               .
               His
               disposition
               is
               neuer
               but
               shamefully
               vnthankfull
               ;
               for
               vnlesse
               he
               haue
               all
               ,
               he
               hath
               nothing
               .
               It
               must
               be
               a
               large
               draught
               ,
               whereof
               he
               will
               not
               say
               ,
               that
               those
               few
               droppes
               do
               not
               slake
               ,
               but
               inflame
               him
               :
               so
               still
               hee
               thinks
               himselfe
               the
               worse
               for
               small
               fauours
               .
               His
               wit
               so
               contriues
               the
               likely
               plots
               of
               his
               promotion
               ,
               as
               if
               hee
               would
               steale
               it
               away
               without
               Gods
               knowledge
               ,
               besides
               his
               will
               ;
               neither
               doth
               he
               euer
               looke
               vp
               ,
               and
               consult
               in
               his
               forecasts
               ,
               with
               
               the
               supreme
               moderator
               of
               all
               things
               ;
               as
               one
               that
               thinks
               honor
               is
               ruled
               by
               Fortune
               ,
               and
               that
               heauen
               medleth
               not
               with
               the
               disposing
               of
               these
               earthly
               lots
               :
               and
               therefore
               it
               is
               iust
               with
               that
               wise
               God
               to
               defeat
               his
               fairest
               hopes
               ,
               and
               to
               bring
               him
               to
               a
               losse
               in
               the
               hotest
               of
               his
               chace
               ;
               and
               to
               cause
               honour
               to
               flie
               away
               so
               much
               the
               faster
               ,
               by
               how
               much
               it
               is
               more
               egerly
               pursued
               .
               Finally
               ,
               he
               is
               an
               importunate
               sutor
               ,
               a
               corrupt
               client
               ,
               a
               violent
               vndertaker
               ,
               a
               smooth
               factor
               ,
               but
               vntrusty
               ,
               a
               restlesse
               master
               of
               his
               owne
               ;
               a
               bladder
               puft
               vp
               with
               the
               winde
               of
               hope
               ,
               and
               selfe-loue
               .
               Hee
               is
               in
               the
               common
               body
               as
               a
               Mole
               in
               the
               
               earth
               ,
               euer
               vnquietly
               casting
               ;
               and
               in
               one
               word
               is
               nothing
               but
               a
               confused
               heape
               of
               enuie
               ,
               pride
               ,
               couetousnesse
               .
            
          
           
             
             
               The
               Vnthrift
               .
            
             
               HE
               ranges
               beyond
               his
               pale
               ,
               and
               liues
               without
               compasse
               .
               His
               expence
               is
               measured
               not
               by
               abilitie
               ,
               but
               will.
               His
               pleasures
               are
               immoderate
               ,
               and
               not
               honest
               .
               A
               wanton
               eye
               ,
               a
               lickerous
               tongue
               ,
               a
               gamesome
               hand
               haue
               impouerisht
               him
               .
               The
               vulgar
               sort
               call
               him
               bountifull
               ,
               and
               applaud
               him
               while
               he
               spends
               ,
               and
               recompence
               him
               with
               wishes
               when
               he
               giues
               ,
               with
               
               pitie
               when
               he
               wants
               :
               Neither
               can
               it
               be
               denied
               that
               he
               raught
               true
               liberalitie
               ,
               but
               ouer-went
               it
               .
               No
               man
               could
               haue
               liued
               more
               laudably
               ,
               if
               when
               he
               was
               at
               the
               best
               ,
               he
               had
               stayed
               there
               .
               While
               he
               is
               present
               none
               of
               the
               wealthier
               guests
               may
               pay
               ought
               to
               the
               shot
               ,
               without
               much
               vehemencie
               ,
               without
               danger
               of
               vnkindnesse
               .
               Vse
               hath
               made
               it
               vnpleasant
               to
               him
               ,
               not
               to
               spend
               .
               He
               is
               in
               all
               things
               more
               ambitious
               of
               the
               title
               of
               good
               fellowship
               than
               of
               wisdome
               .
               When
               he
               looks
               into
               the
               wealthie
               chest
               of
               his
               father
               ,
               his
               conceit
               suggests
               that
               it
               cannot
               be
               emptied
               ;
               and
               while
               hee
               takes
               out
               some
               deale
               euery
               day
               ,
               hee
               perceiues
               
               not
               any
               diminution
               ;
               and
               when
               the
               heape
               is
               sensiblie
               abated
               ,
               yet
               still
               flatters
               himselfe
               with
               enough
               :
               One
               hand
               couzens
               the
               other
               ,
               and
               the
               bellie
               deceiues
               both
               :
               He
               doth
               not
               so
               much
               bestow
               benefits
               ,
               as
               scatter
               them
               .
               True
               merit
               doth
               not
               cary
               them
               ,
               but
               smoothnesse
               of
               adulation
               :
               His
               senses
               are
               too
               much
               his
               guides
               ,
               and
               his
               purueyors
               ;
               and
               appetite
               is
               his
               steward
               .
               He
               is
               an
               impotent
               seruant
               to
               his
               lusts
               ;
               and
               knowes
               not
               to
               gouerne
               either
               his
               minde
               or
               his
               purse
               .
               Improuidence
               is
               euer
               the
               companion
               of
               vnthriftinesse
               .
               This
               man
               can
               not
               looke
               beyond
               the
               present
               ,
               &
               neither
               thinks
               ,
               nor
               cares
               what
               shall
               be
               ;
               much
               lesse
               suspects
               
               what
               may
               be
               :
               and
               while
               he
               lauishes
               out
               his
               substance
               in
               superfluities
               ,
               thinks
               hee
               onely
               knowes
               what
               the
               world
               is
               woorth
               ,
               and
               that
               others
               ouerprize
               it
               .
               Hee
               feeles
               pouertie
               before
               he
               sees
               it
               ,
               neuer
               complaines
               till
               hee
               be
               pinched
               with
               wants
               ;
               neuer
               spares
               till
               the
               bottome
               ,
               when
               it
               is
               too
               late
               either
               to
               spend
               or
               recouer
               .
               Hee
               is
               euerie
               mans
               friend
               saue
               his
               owne
               ,
               and
               then
               wrongs
               himselfe
               most
               ,
               when
               he
               courteth
               himselfe
               with
               most
               kindnesse
               .
               Hee
               vies
               Time
               with
               the
               slothfull
               ,
               and
               it
               is
               an
               hard
               match
               ,
               whether
               chases
               away
               good
               houres
               to
               worse
               purpose
               ;
               the
               one
               by
               doing
               nothing
               ,
               the
               other
               by
               idle
               pastime
               .
               
               Hee
               hath
               so
               dilated
               himselfe
               with
               the
               beames
               of
               prosperitie
               ,
               that
               he
               lies
               open
               to
               all
               dangers
               ,
               and
               cannot
               gather
               vp
               himselfe
               ,
               on
               iust
               warning
               ,
               to
               auoid
               a
               mischiefe
               .
               Hee
               were
               good
               for
               an
               Almner
               ,
               ill
               for
               a
               Steward
               .
               Finally
               ,
               he
               is
               the
               liuing
               tombe
               of
               his
               fore-fathers
               ,
               of
               his
               posteritie
               ,
               and
               when
               he
               hath
               swallowed
               both
               ,
               is
               more
               emptie
               than
               before
               he
               deuoured
               them
               .
            
          
           
             
             
             
               The
               Enuious
               .
            
             
               HEe
               feeds
               on
               others
               euils
               ,
               &
               hath
               no
               disease
               but
               his
               neighbors
               welfare
               :
               whatsoeuer
               God
               do
               for
               him
               ,
               he
               can
               not
               be
               happie
               with
               companie
               ;
               and
               if
               hee
               were
               put
               to
               chuse
               ,
               whether
               hee
               would
               rather
               haue
               equals
               in
               a
               common
               felicitie
               ,
               or
               superiors
               in
               miserie
               ,
               hee
               would
               demurre
               vpon
               the
               election
               .
               His
               eye
               casts
               out
               too
               much
               ,
               and
               neuer
               returnes
               home
               ,
               but
               to
               make
               
               comparisons
               with
               anothers
               good
               .
               He
               is
               an
               ill
               prizer
               of
               forraine
               commoditie
               ;
               worse
               of
               his
               own
               :
               for
               ,
               that
               ,
               he
               rates
               too
               hie
               ,
               this
               vnder
               value
               .
               You
               shall
               haue
               him
               euer
               inquiring
               into
               the
               estates
               of
               his
               equals
               and
               betters
               ;
               wherein
               he
               is
               not
               more
               desirous
               to
               heare
               all
               ,
               than
               loth
               to
               heare
               any
               thing
               ouer-good
               :
               and
               if
               iust
               report
               relate
               ought
               better
               than
               he
               would
               ,
               he
               redoubles
               the
               question
               ,
               as
               being
               hard
               to
               beleeue
               what
               hee
               likes
               not
               ;
               and
               hopes
               yet
               ,
               if
               that
               be
               auerred
               againe
               to
               his
               griefe
               ,
               that
               there
               is
               somewhat
               concealed
               in
               the
               relation
               ,
               which
               if
               it
               were
               knowen
               ,
               would
               argue
               the
               commended
               partie
               miserable
               ,
               and
               blemish
               
               him
               with
               secret
               shame
               .
               Hee
               is
               readie
               to
               quarrell
               with
               God
               ,
               because
               the
               next
               field
               is
               fairer
               growen
               ;
               and
               angerly
               calculates
               his
               cost
               ,
               and
               time
               ,
               and
               tillage
               .
               Whom
               hee
               dares
               not
               openly
               backbite
               ,
               nor
               wound
               with
               a
               direct
               censure
               ,
               he
               strikes
               smoothly
               with
               an
               ouer-cold
               praise
               ;
               and
               when
               hee
               sees
               that
               hee
               must
               either
               maliciously
               oppugne
               the
               the
               iust
               praise
               of
               another
               (
               which
               were
               vnsafe
               )
               or
               approoue
               it
               by
               assent
               ,
               he
               yeeldeth
               ;
               but
               showes
               withall
               that
               his
               meanes
               were
               such
               ,
               both
               by
               nature
               ,
               and
               education
               ,
               that
               he
               could
               not
               without
               much
               neglect
               ,
               be
               lesse
               commendable
               :
               So
               his
               happinesse
               shall
               be
               made
               the
               colour
               of
               detraction
               .
               
               When
               an
               wholsome
               law
               is
               propounded
               ,
               he
               crosseth
               it
               ,
               either
               by
               open
               ,
               or
               close
               opposition
               ;
               not
               for
               any
               incommoditie
               or
               inexpedience
               ,
               but
               because
               it
               proceeded
               from
               any
               mouth
               ,
               besides
               his
               owne
               ;
               And
               it
               must
               be
               a
               cause
               rarely
               plausible
               ,
               that
               will
               not
               admit
               some
               probable
               contradiction
               .
               When
               his
               equall
               should
               rise
               to
               Honor
               ,
               he
               striues
               against
               it
               vnseene
               ;
               and
               rather
               with
               much
               cost
               suborneth
               great
               aduersaries
               ;
               and
               when
               hee
               sees
               his
               resistance
               vaine
               ,
               he
               can
               giue
               an
               hollow
               gratulation
               in
               presence
               ;
               but
               in
               secret
               ,
               disparages
               that
               aduancement
               ;
               either
               the
               man
               is
               vnfit
               for
               the
               place
               ,
               or
               the
               place
               for
               the
               man
               ;
               or
               if
               fit
               ,
               yet
               
               lesse
               gainfull
               ,
               or
               more
               common
               than
               opinion
               ;
               Whereto
               he
               ads
               ,
               that
               himselfe
               might
               haue
               had
               the
               same
               dignitie
               vpon
               better
               termes
               ,
               and
               refused
               it
               .
               Hee
               is
               wittie
               in
               deuising
               suggestions
               to
               bring
               his
               riuall
               out
               of
               loue
               ,
               into
               suspicion
               .
               If
               he
               be
               curteous
               ,
               he
               is
               seditiously
               popular
               ;
               if
               bountifull
               ,
               he
               bindes
               ouer
               his
               Clients
               to
               a
               faction
               ;
               if
               succesfull
               in
               war
               ,
               hee
               is
               dangerous
               in
               peace
               ;
               if
               wealthie
               ,
               hee
               laies
               vp
               for
               a
               day
               ;
               if
               powerfull
               ,
               nothing
               wants
               but
               opportunitie
               of
               rebellion
               .
               His
               submission
               is
               ambitious
               hypocrisie
               ,
               his
               religion
               ,
               politike
               insinuation
               ;
               no
               action
               is
               safe
               from
               a
               iealous
               construction
               .
               When
               hee
               receiues
               an
               ill
               report
               of
               him
               
               whom
               hee
               emulates
               ;
               hee
               saith
               ,
               
                 Fame
                 is
                 partiall
                 ,
                 and
                 is
                 wont
                 to
                 blanch
                 mischiefs
              
               ;
               and
               pleaseth
               himselfe
               with
               hope
               to
               finde
               it
               worse
               ;
               and
               if
               Ill-will
               haue
               dispersed
               any
               more
               spightful
               narration
               ,
               hee
               layes
               holde
               on
               that
               ,
               against
               all
               witnesses
               ;
               and
               brocheth
               that
               rumor
               for
               trust
               ,
               because
               worst
               :
               and
               when
               he
               sees
               him
               perfectly
               miserable
               ,
               he
               can
               at
               once
               pitie
               him
               ,
               and
               reioyce
               .
               What
               himselfe
               can
               not
               doe
               ,
               others
               shall
               not
               :
               he
               hath
               gained
               well
               ,
               if
               hee
               haue
               hindred
               the
               successe
               of
               what
               he
               would
               haue
               done
               ,
               and
               could
               not
               .
               He
               conceales
               his
               best
               skill
               ,
               not
               so
               as
               it
               may
               not
               be
               knowen
               that
               he
               knowes
               it
               ,
               but
               so
               as
               it
               may
               not
               be
               learned
               ;
               because
               
               he
               would
               haue
               the
               world
               misse
               him
               .
               He
               attained
               to
               a
               soueraigne
               medicine
               by
               the
               secret
               legacie
               of
               a
               dying
               Empericke
               ,
               whereof
               he
               will
               leaue
               no
               heire
               ,
               lest
               the
               praise
               should
               be
               diuided
               .
               Finally
               ,
               he
               is
               an
               enemie
               to
               Gods
               fauors
               ,
               if
               they
               fall
               beside
               himselfe
               ;
               The
               best
               nurse
               of
               ill
               Fame
               ;
               A
               man
               of
               the
               worst
               diet
               ;
               for
               he
               consumes
               himselfe
               ,
               and
               delights
               in
               pining
               ;
               A
               thorne-hedge
               couered
               with
               nettles
               ;
               A
               peeuish
               interpreter
               of
               good
               things
               ,
               and
               no
               other
               then
               a
               leane
               and
               pale
               carcase
               quickened
               with
               a
               feend
               .