Essaies vpon the fiue senses with a pithie one vpon detraction. Continued vvith sundry Christian resolues, full of passion and deuotion, purposely composed for the zealously-disposed. By Rich: Brathwayt Esquire.
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             Essaies vpon the fiue senses with a pithie one vpon detraction. Continued vvith sundry Christian resolues, full of passion and deuotion, purposely composed for the zealously-disposed. By Rich: Brathwayt Esquire.
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           ESSAIES
           VPON
           THE
           FIVE
           SENSES
           ,
           with
           a
           pithie
           one
           vpon
           DETRACTION
           .
           Continued
           VVith
           sundry
           Christian
           Resolues
           ,
           full
           of
           passion
           and
           deuotion
           ,
           purposely
           composed
           for
           the
           zealously-disposed
           .
        
         
           By
           RICH
           :
           BRATHWAYT
           Esquire
           .
        
         
           
             Mallem
             me
             esse
             quàm
             viuere
             mortuum
             .
          
        
         
           LONDON
           ,
           Printed
           by
           
             E
             :
             G
          
           :
           for
           
             Richard
             Whittaker
          
           ,
           and
           are
           to
           be
           sold
           at
           his
           shop
           at
           the
           Kings
           head
           in
           Paules
           Church-yard
           .
           1620.
           
        
      
       
         
         
         
           TO
           THE
           RIGHT
           EMINENT
           FAVOVRER
           and
           furtherer
           of
           all
           noble
           and
           free-borne
           studies
           ,
           Sr
           HENRY
           YELUERTON
           Atturney
           Generall
           ,
           accomplished
           happinesse
           .
        
         
           
             SIR
             ,
          
        
         
           I
           Haue
           long
           sought
           the
           expressiō
           of
           my
           thoughts
           ,
           which
           haue
           euer
           with
           all
           sinceritie
           tendred
           them
           yours
           :
           but
           how
           infirme
           is
           conceit
           without
           further
           demonstration
           ?
           Loue
           is
           a
           deepe
           effect
           of
           the
           soule
           ,
           which
           vndiscouer'd
           ,
           
           struggles
           ,
           yea
           strangles
           herselfe
           till
           shee
           be
           deliuer'd
           .
           I
           haue
           many
           times
           purposed
           to
           offer
           some
           vowes
           next
           to
           him
           ,
           whose
           diurnall
           prouidence
           (
           if
           nought
           else
           should
           induce
           )
           and
           his
           Maiestie
           ,
           whose
           Halcyon-raigne
           makes
           vs
           happy
           ,
           vnto
           your Selfe
           ,
           to
           giue
           argument
           of
           my
           loue
           ,
           the
           exquisite
           Idea
           of
           humane
           life
           ;
           and
           now
           haue
           I
           seconded
           what
           I
           intended
           ,
           though
           not
           in
           that
           perfection
           as
           my
           intirest
           wishes
           aymed
           .
           It
           is
           a
           great
           defect
           (
           and
           I
           haue
           noted
           it
           )
           not
           in
           will
           but
           worke
           ,
           nor
           in
           purpose
           but
           power
           ,
           to
           see
           so
           many
           extended
           desires
           limit
           their
           issue
           to
           leane
           effects
           :
           which
           fareth
           vsually
           to
           best-affected
           dispositions
           ,
           where
           affectionatest
           thoughts
           are
           buried
           in
           silence
           for
           want
           of
           a
           tongue
           to
           discouer
           them
           .
           I
           will
           say
           nothing
           ,
           for
           much
           speech
           rather
           argues
           affectation
           ,
           than
           intimacie
           of
           affection
           :
           here
           be
           certaine
           Essaies
           or
           
           Obseruations
           ,
           or
           what
           you
           will
           ,
           dilating
           vpon
           the
           
             fiue
             Senses
          
           ,
           whereto
           ,
           as
           to
           their
           proper
           Obiects
           and
           Subiects
           they
           are
           limited
           :
           where
           you
           shall
           finde
           (
           as
           questionlesse
           you
           haue
           found
           in
           your selfe
           )
           the
           eares
           choicest
           harmonie
           to
           be
           Gods
           glory
           ,
           the
           eyes
           cleerest
           vision
           his
           contemplation
           ,
           the
           noses
           sweetest
           posie
           ,
           the
           odours
           of
           his
           mercy
           ;
           the
           tastes
           delightfull'st
           fullnes
           ,
           meditation
           of
           his
           goodnesse
           ;
           the
           Touches
           mouingst
           action
           ,
           the
           feeling
           of
           his
           Passion
           .
           Many
           subiects
           I
           confesse
           excellently
           composed
           ,
           whose
           Title
           deriues
           their
           essence
           from
           Essaies
           ;
           but
           few
           restrained
           to
           these
           Obiects
           ,
           which
           the
           devout
           Father
           termes
           those
           windowes
           which
           open
           to
           all
           vnbounded
           libertie
           ;
           organs
           of
           weale
           or
           woe
           ,
           happy
           if
           rightly
           tempered
           ,
           sinister
           ,
           if
           without
           limit
           .
           For
           in
           what
           erre
           wee
           and
           take
           not
           the
           occasion
           (
           as
           primitiue
           source
           )
           from
           one
           of
           these
           ?
           The
           
           fable
           of
           the
           Syrens
           had
           allusion
           to
           the
           eare
           ,
           of
           Ixion
           to
           the
           eye
           ,
           of
           Atalanta
           to
           the
           taste
           ,
           of
           Mirrha
           to
           the
           smell
           ,
           of
           Semele
           to
           the
           touch
           :
           where
           the
           eare
           not
           temperately
           restrained
           was
           soone
           inchanted
           ,
           the
           eye
           lightly
           affected
           was
           to
           misery
           exposed
           ,
           the
           taste
           for
           want
           of
           due
           relishing
           foyled
           her
           that
           was
           vanquishing
           ,
           the
           smell
           too
           rankly
           breathing
           brought
           it selfe
           to
           perishing
           ,
           the
           touch
           too
           highly
           aspiring
           ,
           through
           her
           ambition
           fell
           to
           ruine
           .
           These
           were
           excellent
           types
           ,
           and
           not
           vnbeseeming
           the
           purest
           and
           piercingst
           eye
           :
           now
           it
           rests
           ,
           that
           I
           draw
           in
           my
           sailes
           ,
           least
           my
           gate
           be
           too
           great
           for
           my
           worke
           ,
           onely
           thus
           much
           I
           may
           confidently
           say
           ,
           
             
               If
               my
               Presumption
               err
               ,
               my
               thoughts
               replie
               ,
            
             
               It
               is
               my
               loue
               that
               errs
               ,
               it
               is
               not
               I.
               
            
          
           may
           I
           euer
           so
           direct
           my
           subiect
           as
           to
           render
           you
           content
           ,
           whose
           deseruing
           
           parts
           make
           me
           honour
           you
           ,
           more
           then
           that
           title
           of
           honour
           which
           is
           conferred
           on
           you
           ,
           vowing
           to
           rest
        
         
           
             
               Yours
               in
               duest
               obseruance
            
             ,
             Rich
             :
             Brathwaite
             .
          
        
      
       
         
         
           An
           aduertisement
           to
           the
           devout
           Reader
           ,
           vpon
           the
           vse
           of
           the
           fiue
           SENSES
           .
        
         
           LEnd
           here
           thine
           eare
           of
           zealous
           atten●ion
           ,
           fixe
           here
           thine
           eye
           of
           inward
           contemplation
           ,
           that
           following
           the
           sauour
           of
           thy
           Sauiours
           oyntments
           ,
           and
           tasting
           how
           sweet
           he
           is
           in
           goodnes
           ,
           thou
           may
           vnfainedly
           be
           touched
           with
           remorse
           of
           conscience
           .
           Farewell
           .
        
      
    
     
       
         
         
           THESES
           ,
           OR
           Generall
           rules
           drawne
           by
           Art
           ,
           from
           the
           line
           of
           Nature
           ,
           tried
           by
           the
           touchstone
           of
           infallible
           experience
           ,
           and
           applied
           as
           obseruances
           to
           these
           present
           times
           ;
           hauing
           reference
           to
           the
           
             fiue
             Sences
          
           (
           proper
           subiects
           )
           to
           which
           they
           are
           restrained
           .
        
         
           
             
               Of
               Seeing
            
             .
             1.
             
             ESSAY
             .
          
           
             THough
             the
             eye
             of
             my
             bodie
             allude
             to
             the
             eye
             of
             my
             soule
             ,
             1
             yet
             is
             the
             eye
             of
             my
             soule
             darkned
             by
             the
             eye
             of
             my
             bodie
             ;
             where
             sence
             inclines
             to
             concupiscence
             ,
             affection
             
             to
             affectation
             :
             and
             that
             part
             (
             the
             curious
             modell
             of
             the
             eye
             )
             which
             ought
             of
             it selfe
             to
             be
             a
             directrice
             to
             all
             other
             Sences
             ,
             becomes
             the
             principall
             organ
             of
             error
             to
             the
             affections
             :
             there
             is
             a
             motiue
             of
             thankfulnes
             in
             the
             eye
             of
             man
             ,
             more
             than
             in
             the
             eye
             of
             any
             other
             creature
             ;
             a
             muscle
             which
             lifteth
             the
             eye
             vpward
             ,
             whereas
             others
             be
             more
             depressed
             ,
             bending
             downeward
             .
             Why
             should
             man
             then
             fix
             the
             eye
             of
             his
             delight
             on
             the
             creature
             ,
             hauing
             his
             eye
             made
             to
             looke
             vp
             to
             his
             Creator
             ?
             The
             eye
             of
             our
             bodie
             ,
             is
             like
             the
             orbe
             of
             the
             world
             ;
             it
             moueth
             in
             the
             head
             ,
             as
             the
             Sunne
             in
             the
             firmament
             ;
             take
             away
             the
             Sunne
             ,
             and
             there
             is
             darknes
             ;
             by
             the
             depriuation
             of
             the
             eye
             ,
             there
             ensueth
             blindnes
             .
             Conceits
             by
             nature
             ripest
             ,
             are
             euer
             wandringst
             :
             and
             the
             eye
             of
             all
             parts
             most
             eminent
             ,
             is
             to
             obiects
             of
             all
             kindes
             most
             extended
             :
             though
             
             I
             gaze
             ,
             till
             mine
             eye
             be
             dazled
             ,
             yet
             is
             the
             desire
             of
             mine
             eye
             neuer
             satisfied
             :
             as
             the
             eye
             of
             all
             other
             Sences
             is
             most
             needfull
             ,
             so
             of
             all
             others
             it
             is
             most
             hurtfull
             :
             it
             findes
             an
             obiect
             of
             affection
             pretending
             Loue
             ,
             when
             her
             ayme
             is
             cleane
             contrary
             ,
             peruerted
             by
             lust
             ;
             there
             is
             no
             passage
             more
             easie
             for
             the
             entry
             of
             vice
             than
             by
             the
             cranie
             of
             the
             eye
             :
             there
             shee
             hath
             first
             acceptance
             ,
             facilest
             entrance
             ,
             and
             assuredst
             continuance
             .
             She
             hath
             first
             acceptance
             ,
             because
             by
             the
             eye
             first
             entertained
             :
             facilest
             entrance
             ,
             because
             of
             all
             others
             easiest
             to
             be
             induced
             :
             and
             assuredst
             continuance
             ,
             because
             once
             perswaded
             ,
             not
             to
             be
             by
             any
             motiue
             afterwards
             restrained
             .
             There
             is
             nothing
             so
             litle
             ,
             that
             hath
             such
             diuersitie
             of
             operations
             attending
             it
             ;
             being
             moued
             by
             the
             obiect
             that
             it
             lookes
             vpon
             ,
             to
             loue
             or
             hate
             .
             Passions
             of
             the
             minde
             receiue
             their
             greatest
             
             impression
             by
             the
             eye
             of
             the
             bodie
             ;
             and
             soonest
             are
             they
             allayed
             ,
             when
             the
             eye
             is
             most
             temperate
             .
             If
             the
             eye
             chance
             to
             be
             restrained
             ,
             and
             want
             an
             obiect
             outwardly
             ,
             it
             makes
             it self
             a
             mirror
             represented
             inwardly
             ,
             and
             sometimes
             Narcissus-like
             doates
             for
             want
             of
             a
             substance
             ,
             on
             an
             imaginarie
             shadow
             :
             it
             is
             iealous
             ,
             and
             that
             is
             the
             cause
             ,
             it
             is
             euer
             prying
             into
             others
             secrets
             .
             He
             is
             a
             wise
             man
             ,
             that
             carries
             his
             eyes
             in
             his
             head
             ,
             making
             them
             his
             Sentinels
             :
             but
             he
             is
             foolish
             ,
             that
             sends
             them
             out
             like
             spies
             ,
             to
             betray
             his
             soule
             to
             the
             obiects
             of
             vanitie
             .
             I
             haue
             heard
             some
             wish
             ,
             that
             some
             space
             before
             their
             death
             ,
             they
             might
             be
             depriued
             of
             their
             sight
             ,
             inferring
             that
             the
             motions
             of
             the
             Soule
             were
             aptest
             for
             inward
             contemplation
             ,
             when
             the
             eye
             of
             the
             bodie
             was
             least
             conuersant
             in
             outward
             delectations
             .
             It
             is
             true
             ;
             but
             why
             should
             the
             principallst
             motiue
             
             and
             organ
             of
             thanks-giuing
             be
             an
             occasion
             to
             the
             minde
             of
             erring
             ?
             I
             haue
             eyes
             to
             direct
             me
             by
             obiects
             outwardly
             mouing
             ,
             to
             the
             affections
             of
             the
             soule
             inwardly
             working
             .
             It
             is
             against
             reason
             ,
             that
             the
             greater
             light
             should
             be
             extinguished
             by
             the
             lesser
             ;
             the
             eye
             of
             the
             soule
             ,
             by
             the
             eye
             of
             the
             bodie
             .
             A
             candle
             burnes
             the
             darkest
             ,
             when
             the
             Sun
             beames
             shut
             out
             the
             brightest
             :
             so
             should
             the
             eye
             of
             the
             bodie
             subiect
             her
             light
             to
             the
             soules
             beauty
             ;
             that
             as
             the
             Sunne
             cheeres
             and
             renewes
             by
             his
             milde
             aspect
             ,
             cleeres
             and
             purifies
             by
             his
             more
             piercing
             reflex
             ;
             so
             the
             eye
             of
             the
             soule
             might
             cheere
             the
             bodie
             (
             if
             deiected
             )
             renew
             her
             (
             if
             decayed
             )
             and
             purifie
             her
             maleuolent
             affections
             (
             if
             corrupted
             .
             )
             Lastly
             ,
             as
             the
             eye
             is
             the
             bodies
             guide
             ,
             it
             should
             not
             be
             made
             a
             
               blinde
               guide
            
             ;
             it
             should
             lead
             vs
             ,
             and
             not
             in
             our
             straitings
             ,
             leaue
             vs
             :
             as
             it
             chalkes
             vs
             
             out
             our
             way
             here
             vpon
             earth
             ,
             so
             it
             should
             cheere
             vs
             in
             our
             convoy
             vnto
             heauen
             .
          
        
         
           
             
               Of
               Hearing
            
             .
             2.
             
             ESSAY
             .
          
           
             2
             HEARING
             is
             the
             organ
             of
             vnderstanding
             ;
             by
             it
             we
             conceiue
             ,
             by
             the
             memorie
             we
             conserue
             ,
             and
             by
             our
             iudgement
             wee
             revolue
             ;
             as
             maine
             riuers
             haue
             their
             confluence
             ,
             by
             small
             streames
             ,
             so
             knowledg
             her
             essence
             by
             the
             accent
             of
             the
             eare
             .
             As
             our
             eare
             can
             best
             iudge
             of
             sounds
             ,
             so
             hath
             it
             a
             distinct
             power
             to
             sound
             into
             the
             centre
             of
             the
             heart
             .
             It
             is
             open
             to
             receiue
             ,
             ministring
             matter
             sufficient
             for
             the
             minde
             to
             digest
             ;
             some
             things
             it
             relisheth
             pleasantly
             ,
             apprehending
             them
             with
             a
             kinde
             of
             enforced
             delight
             :
             
             some
             things
             it
             distastes
             ,
             and
             those
             it
             either
             egesteth
             ,
             as
             friuolous
             ,
             or
             as
             a
             subiect
             of
             merriment
             meerly
             ridiculous
             .
             In
             affaires
             conferring
             delight
             ,
             the
             voluptuous
             man
             hath
             an
             excellent
             eare
             ;
             in
             matters
             of
             profit
             ,
             the
             worldly-minded
             man
             is
             attentiue
             ;
             and
             in
             state-deportments
             the
             Politician
             is
             retentiue
             .
             The
             eare
             is
             best
             delighted
             ,
             when
             any
             thing
             is
             treated
             on
             ,
             which
             the
             minde
             fancieth
             :
             and
             it
             is
             as
             soone
             cloyed
             ,
             when
             the
             minde
             is
             not
             satisfied
             with
             the
             subiect
             whereof
             it
             treateth
             .
             As
             a
             salue
             faithfully
             applied
             ,
             oportunately
             ministred
             ,
             and
             successiuely
             continued
             ,
             affords
             comfort
             to
             the
             Patient
             ;
             so
             good
             instructions
             deliuered
             by
             the
             mouth
             ,
             receiued
             by
             the
             eare
             ,
             and
             applyed
             to
             the
             heart
             ,
             will
             in
             time
             proue
             motiues
             to
             the
             most
             impoenitent
             .
             They
             say
             ,
             the
             obiect
             of
             the
             eare
             ,
             to
             wit
             ,
             Melodie
             ,
             is
             the
             soueraing'st
             preseruatiue
             against
             Melancholy
             ;
             
             which
             opinion
             is
             true
             ,
             if
             grounded
             on
             the
             melodie
             of
             the
             heart
             :
             for
             externally
             sounding
             accents
             ,
             though
             they
             allay
             the
             passion
             for
             an
             instant
             ,
             the
             note
             leaues
             such
             an
             impression
             ,
             as
             the
             succeeding
             discontent
             takes
             away
             the
             mirth
             that
             was
             conceiued
             for
             the
             present
             .
             The
             eare
             is
             an
             edifying
             sence
             ,
             conveying
             the
             fruit
             of
             either
             morall
             or
             diuine
             discourse
             to
             the
             imagination
             ,
             and
             conferring
             with
             iudgment
             ,
             whether
             that
             which
             it
             hath
             heard
             ,
             seeme
             to
             deserue
             approbation
             .
             A
             judicious
             and
             impartiall
             eare
             obserues
             not
             so
             much
             who
             speakes
             ,
             as
             what
             is
             spoken
             ;
             it
             admires
             not
             the
             externall
             habit
             with
             the
             garish
             vulgar
             ,
             but
             the
             force
             of
             reasons
             ,
             with
             what
             likelyhood
             produced
             .
             If
             Herod
             speake
             ,
             hauing
             a
             garment
             glittering
             like
             the
             sunne
             ,
             the
             light-headed
             multitude
             will
             reuerence
             Herod
             ,
             and
             make
             him
             a
             deitie
             ,
             not
             so
             much
             for
             his
             
             speech
             ,
             for
             that
             is
             common
             ,
             as
             for
             his
             apparell
             ,
             to
             them
             an
             especiall
             motiue
             of
             admiration
             .
             Such
             as
             these
             (
             the
             common
             sort
             I
             meane
             )
             haue
             their
             eares
             in
             their
             eyes
             :
             whatsoeuer
             they
             heare
             spoken
             ,
             if
             they
             approue
             not
             of
             the
             person
             ,
             it
             skils
             not
             ;
             such
             a
             neere
             affinitie
             haue
             the
             eare
             and
             the
             eye
             in
             the
             vulgar
             .
             A
             discreet
             eare
             seasons
             the
             vnderstanding
             ,
             marshals
             the
             rest
             of
             the
             sences
             wandring
             ,
             renewes
             the
             minde
             ,
             preparing
             her
             to
             all
             difficulties
             ,
             cheeres
             the
             affections
             ,
             fortifying
             them
             against
             all
             oppositions
             ▪
             those
             be
             the
             best
             Forts
             ,
             and
             impregnablest
             ,
             whose
             seats
             ,
             most
             opposed
             to
             danger
             ,
             stand
             in
             resistance
             against
             all
             hostile
             incursions
             ,
             brauely
             bearing
             themselues
             with
             honour
             ,
             in
             the
             imminencie
             of
             danger
             .
             Such
             be
             the
             eares
             ,
             they
             are
             planted
             in
             the
             high-rode-street
             ,
             and
             exposed
             to
             a
             world
             of
             incursions
             ;
             Scandall
             ,
             than
             which
             nothing
             more
             
             swift
             ,
             nothing
             more
             frequent
             shoots
             her
             arrowes
             ,
             detracting
             by
             aspersion
             from
             the
             excellentest
             modell
             of
             perfection
             :
             yet
             a
             resolued
             eare
             (
             like
             an
             other
             Antomedon
             )
             tempers
             the
             heat
             of
             her
             passion
             ,
             by
             recourse
             had
             to
             herselfe
             and
             the
             sinceritie
             of
             her
             owne
             reputation
             .
             There
             is
             no
             discord
             so
             harsh
             to
             a
             good
             eare
             ,
             as
             the
             discord
             of
             the
             affections
             ;
             when
             they
             mutine
             one
             against
             another
             ;
             for
             shee
             heares
             how
             
               a
               kingdome
               diuided
               cannot
               stand
            
             .
             I
             heare
             many
             things
             I
             would
             not
             heare
             ,
             yet
             being
             enforced
             to
             heare
             them
             ,
             I
             meane
             to
             make
             this
             vse
             of
             them
             ;
             that
             hearing
             what
             moueth
             detestation
             to
             me
             in
             an
             other
             ,
             I
             may
             be
             cautioned
             not
             to
             represent
             that
             to
             an
             other
             in
             my selfe
             .
             As
             the
             Martin
             will
             not
             build
             but
             in
             faire
             houses
             :
             so
             a
             good
             eare
             will
             not
             entertaine
             any
             thing
             with
             an
             approued
             iudgment
             ,
             but
             what
             is
             faire
             in
             it selfe
             ,
             and
             confers
             an
             equall
             
             benefit
             vnto
             others
             .
             As
             of
             all
             vertues
             none
             more
             eminent
             than
             Iustice
             ;
             so
             no
             sence
             of
             all
             others
             more
             accommodate
             than
             Hearing
             vnto
             Iustice.
             It
             is
             an
             excellent
             commendation
             ,
             which
             the
             Historian
             giueth
             to
             that
             princely
             Monarch
             and
             father
             to
             the
             worlds
             sole
             Monarch
             ,
             Philip
             of
             Macedon
             ;
             that
             after
             hearing
             of
             the
             Plaintffe
             ,
             he
             would
             euer
             keepe
             one
             eare
             open
             for
             the
             Defendant
             ;
             a
             prerogatiue
             princely
             and
             worthy
             the
             management
             of
             her
             affaires
             ,
             that
             is
             princesse
             of
             all
             vertues
             .
             But
             as
             best
             things
             peruerted
             ,
             proue
             the
             worst
             ;
             so
             fares
             it
             in
             Attention
             ;
             many
             haue
             eares
             ,
             who
             Mydas-like
             are
             depressed
             to
             earths
             obiects
             :
             erect
             them
             how
             can
             they
             ,
             hauing
             their
             attention
             fixed
             on
             the
             basest
             of
             subiects
             ?
             with
             how
             prepared
             an
             eare
             come
             these
             to
             the
             prediction
             of
             a
             
               scarce
               Summer
            
             ?
             how
             apt
             these
             be
             to
             heare
             report
             of
             a
             
             young
             scape-thrift
             ,
             ready
             to
             vnstrip
             himselfe
             of
             a
             faire
             inheritance
             vpon
             any
             termes
             ?
             how
             vnworthy
             tidings
             these
             be
             for
             so
             diuine
             an
             Herald
             ?
             The
             Eare
             is
             one
             of
             the
             actiuest
             &
             laborioust
             faculties
             of
             the
             soule
             :
             pitty
             then
             it
             is
             that
             the
             soule
             should
             be
             by
             her
             intangled
             ,
             or
             by
             her
             meanes
             to
             such
             base
             subiects
             enthralled
             ,
             being
             for
             the
             succour
             of
             the
             soule
             principally
             ordained
             .
             I
             haue
             thought
             long
             time
             with
             my selfe
             ,
             how
             I
             should
             imploy
             this
             Sence
             best
             for
             my
             soules
             aduantage
             :
             wherein
             I
             tooke
             a
             suruey
             of
             all
             those
             subiects
             ,
             to
             which
             this
             peculiar
             sence
             of
             Hearing
             was
             especiallest
             extended
             ;
             and
             I
             found
             the
             Eare
             much
             delighted
             with
             Musicke
             ;
             but
             finding
             it
             but
             an
             aërie
             accent
             ,
             breathed
             and
             expired
             in
             one
             instant
             ,
             I
             thought
             there
             was
             no
             abiding
             for
             my
             
               attentiue
               Sence
            
             ;
             fitter
             to
             be
             employed
             in
             a
             delight
             more
             permanent
             .
             Presently
             I
             made
             recourse
             
             to
             the
             acts
             of
             Princes
             ,
             and
             gaue
             my
             Eare
             to
             the
             discourse
             of
             fore-past
             exploits
             :
             Subiects
             I
             found
             well
             deseruing
             my
             attention
             ,
             mouing
             me
             to
             imitation
             ,
             and
             eying
             my
             own
             weaknesse
             with
             their
             puissance
             ,
             forcing
             me
             to
             admiration
             .
             But
             retyring
             to
             my selfe
             with
             this
             expostulatorie
             discourse
             ;
             Where
             be
             those
             eminent
             and
             memorable
             Heroës
             ,
             whose
             acts
             I
             haue
             heard
             recounted
             ?
             where
             those
             victorious
             Princes
             ,
             whose
             names
             yet
             remaine
             to
             posteritie
             recorded
             ?
             and
             hearing
             no
             other
             answer
             ,
             saue
             that
             they
             once
             were
             ,
             and
             now
             are
             not
             ,
             I
             wayned
             my
             eare
             from
             such
             a
             subiect
             ,
             as
             onely
             had
             power
             to
             giue
             vnto
             the
             memorable
             a
             name
             ,
             but
             no
             essentiall
             being
             .
             From
             hence
             trauersing
             my
             ground
             ,
             I
             descended
             (
             a
             descent
             I
             may
             terme
             it
             ,
             being
             a
             studie
             of
             lesse
             height
             ,
             though
             of
             more
             profit
             )
             to
             the
             discourse
             of
             the
             Lawes
             :
             where
             
             I
             found
             many
             things
             in
             their
             owne
             nature
             worthily
             approued
             ,
             by
             the
             Prescription
             of
             time
             ,
             and
             Proscription
             of
             conscience
             to
             be
             strangely
             depraued
             :
             here
             me
             thought
             ,
             I
             saw
             the
             Poets
             Arachne
             ,
             spinning
             webs
             of
             so
             different
             a
             warpe
             ,
             that
             
               great
               Flies
            
             might
             easily
             breake
             out
             ,
             while
             
               litle
               ones
            
             suffered
             ,
             strange
             vnctions
             able
             to
             cast
             Iustice
             on
             an
             Euphuus
             slumber
             ;
             motions
             made
             to
             moue
             commotions
             twixt
             party
             and
             party
             .
             Here
             was
             no
             employment
             for
             my
             Sence
             ,
             desiring
             rather
             a
             direction
             in
             her
             way
             to
             eternitie
             ,
             than
             to
             haue
             partiall-guilt
             corruption
             her
             best
             Solicitor
             in
             this
             vale
             of
             misery
             .
             Whilest
             I
             was
             thus
             roving
             ,
             seeking
             for
             a
             Pylot
             to
             giue
             free
             and
             safe
             waftage
             to
             my
             vnharbored
             Sence
             ,
             at
             last
             after
             many
             tempestuous
             occurrences
             ,
             my
             afflicted
             mindes
             perturbations
             ,
             I
             fixt
             anchor
             ,
             and
             by
             the
             direction
             of
             Reason
             ,
             got
             what
             I
             sought
             
             for
             ,
             a
             quiet
             harbour
             .
             And
             where
             may
             I
             limit
             or
             how
             confine
             the
             straying
             circle
             ,
             of
             many
             perplexed
             and
             confused
             thoughts
             wherewith
             I
             am
             surprized
             ,
             within
             so
             blest
             a
             period
             ?
             Not
             by
             the
             appetite
             ,
             for
             that
             slaues
             the
             best
             of
             man
             to
             vnworthiest
             ends
             :
             nor
             by
             the
             obedience
             of
             my
             owne
             proper
             will
             ,
             for
             that
             I
             found
             perverted
             by
             ayming
             at
             indirect
             obiects
             :
             nor
             by
             ambition
             ,
             which
             alwaies
             (
             as
             Pindarus
             defined
             her
             ,
             was
             accompanied
             with
             danger
             in
             assaying
             ,
             impatience
             in
             prosecuting
             ,
             and
             an
             opposition
             of
             expectance
             in
             atchieuing
             :
             nor
             by
             the
             
               Vsurers
               Calender
            
             ,
             for
             there
             is
             Auarice
             ,
             that
             decrepit
             infirmitie
             of
             old
             age
             haling
             ,
             many
             a
             poore-prodigall
             Wittall
             cursing
             ,
             and
             an
             inward
             corasiue
             ,
             worse
             than
             any
             outward
             affliction
             ,
             tormenting
             :
             Nor
             by
             the
             
               Courtiers
               fawning
            
             ,
             where
             times
             be
             obserued
             ,
             fashions
             imitated
             ,
             good-cloths
             admired
             ,
             
             and
             the
             onely-generous
             qualitie
             is
             to
             be
             phantasticall-idle
             :
             Nor
             by
             the
             
               country-Farmers
               engrossing
            
             ,
             where
             many
             a
             poore
             Orphans
             teare
             accusing
             ,
             many
             a
             desolate
             widowes
             complaint
             contesting
             ,
             and
             the
             hunger
             staru'd
             soule
             witnessing
             ,
             make
             him
             of
             all
             others
             most
             wretched
             ,
             in
             that
             his
             Nabal-securitie
             makes
             him
             obdurate
             .
             These
             are
             not
             guides
             to
             lead
             my
             
               directing
               Sence
            
             to
             her
             harbour
             ;
             she
             is
             not
             for
             earth
             ;
             her
             Musicke
             is
             mixt
             with
             too
             many
             discords
             .
             The
             worlds
             harmonie
             to
             a
             good
             Christian
             eare
             ,
             may
             be
             compared
             to
             that
             of
             Archabius
             the
             trumpeter
             ,
             who
             had
             more
             giuen
             him
             to
             cease
             than
             to
             sound
             :
             so
             harsh
             is
             the
             sound
             of
             this
             world
             in
             the
             eare
             of
             a
             diuinely-affected
             soule
             .
             A
             good
             eare
             will
             not
             say
             ,
             as
             the
             powerfull
             auditor
             ,
             or
             incorrigible
             sinner
             ,
             saith
             to
             his
             Preacher
             ;
             
               Speake
               to
               vs
               pleasing
               things
            
             ,
             
             
               speake
               to
               vs
               pleasing
               things
            
             :
             
             for
             these
             must
             haue
             Orphuus
             melodie
             ,
             whom
             the
             Cyconian
             women
             tore
             in
             peeces
             ,
             because
             with
             his
             musicke
             he
             corrupted
             and
             effeminated
             their
             men
             .
             These
             are
             not
             like
             those
             Deuils
             ,
             whereof
             Guydo
             reporteth
             ,
             that
             cannot
             abide
             Musicke
             :
             these
             are
             contrary
             Deuils
             ,
             for
             they
             delight
             in
             nothing
             but
             the
             musicke
             of
             Flatterie
             .
             These
             obiects
             are
             not
             made
             to
             harbour
             me
             ;
             my
             pitch
             is
             higher
             ,
             my
             thoughts
             more
             vnbounded
             ,
             my
             eare
             more
             arrected
             ,
             and
             the
             consideration
             of
             mine
             owne
             imbecillitie
             more
             apparent
             :
             it
             is
             heauen
             she
             aymes
             at
             ;
             the
             Angels
             ,
             with
             which
             shee
             would
             consort
             ,
             and
             that
             melodie
             of
             the
             superior
             powers
             ,
             which
             yeeldeth
             to
             her
             eare
             the
             absolutest
             concord
             ;
             shee
             shall
             sound
             forth
             therefore
             (
             tuning
             her
             voyce
             by
             her
             eare
             )
             the
             vnworthinesse
             of
             earths
             affections
             ,
             compared
             to
             that
             excellencie
             
             of
             reall
             delights
             planted
             aboue
             .
             First
             ,
             shall
             be
             that
             delight
             ,
             which
             depriued
             the
             first
             Angell
             of
             his
             eternall
             delight
             ,
             to
             wit
             ,
             Pride
             ;
             whereby
             we
             become
             like
             Cinnamon-tree
             ,
             whose
             rinde
             is
             better
             than
             all
             the
             bodie
             .
             Hence
             is
             it
             we
             desire
             to
             reforme
             the
             workmanship
             of
             God
             ,
             becomming
             polishers
             of
             nature
             ,
             garnishers
             of
             corruption
             ,
             and
             proud
             of
             our
             shame
             .
             And
             how
             should
             we
             thinke
             ,
             that
             God
             will
             respect
             vs
             ,
             who
             haue
             disfigured
             his
             owne
             similitude
             ,
             and
             so
             disguised
             our selues
             as
             he
             can
             hardly
             know
             vs
             ?
             There
             is
             no
             workman
             ,
             that
             regardeth
             or
             esteemeth
             his
             owne
             workmanship
             after
             it
             is
             translated
             and
             transposed
             by
             others
             ;
             and
             wee
             becomming
             creatures
             of
             our
             owne
             making
             ,
             shadowing
             natiue
             modestie
             with
             a
             dissembling
             blush
             ,
             seeme
             to
             translate
             that
             amiable
             forme
             and
             proportion
             ,
             which
             was
             giuen
             vs
             by
             our
             Creator
             ,
             
             to
             an
             vgly
             and
             promiscuous
             habit
             ,
             extracted
             like
             Flaccus
             crow
             ,
             from
             the
             phantasticke
             invention
             of
             all
             countries
             .
             The
             ancient
             law
             obserued
             ,
             that
             such
             as
             had
             a
             
               yellow
               locke
            
             vpon
             their
             leprous
             parts
             ,
             were
             not
             to
             consort
             with
             other
             people
             ;
             though
             we
             want
             that
             
               yellow
               locke
            
             ,
             the
             apparent
             token
             of
             leprosie
             ,
             yet
             we
             haue
             a
             
               yellow
               band
            
             ,
             and
             other
             running
             sores
             of
             vanitie
             .
             Far
             be
             this
             vice
             from
             the
             mansion
             of
             my
             soule
             ,
             lest
             her
             speedy
             surprisall
             ,
             depriue
             me
             of
             all
             :
             and
             euer
             may
             the
             consideration
             of
             my
             owne
             weaknesse
             ,
             restraine
             me
             from
             the
             least
             conceit
             of
             aspiring
             arrogance
             .
             Next
             of
             pleasure
             ,
             shall
             be
             sensuall
             delights
             ,
             the
             vaine
             obeying
             of
             our
             owne
             affections
             ,
             the
             soules
             bane
             ,
             the
             bodies
             vlcer
             ,
             and
             the
             Deuils
             watch
             bell
             .
             We
             are
             rocked
             asleepe
             ,
             and
             sit
             dandled
             on
             the
             knee
             of
             an
             impudent
             strumpet
             ;
             as
             Babels
             subversion
             proceeded
             from
             the
             
             height
             of
             her
             sinne
             ;
             so
             this
             linke
             of
             impietie
             ,
             by
             which
             death
             and
             ruine
             is
             haled
             along
             to
             vs
             ,
             promiseth
             subuersion
             to
             the
             possessor
             ,
             the
             best
             reward
             her
             serpentine
             embraces
             ,
             adulterate
             affections
             ,
             and
             obsequious
             delights
             can
             propose
             to
             her
             attendants
             .
             Shall
             my
             eare
             be
             intangled
             with
             her
             soules
             staine
             ?
             or
             prostitute
             her
             attention
             to
             so
             odious
             a
             subiect
             ?
             shall
             my
             
               Sence
               of
               Direction
            
             tend
             to
             my
             subversion
             ?
             or
             the
             bodies
             instructresse
             (
             like
             a
             blinde
             guide
             )
             throw
             her
             headlong
             to
             confusion
             ?
             No
             ,
             I
             will
             not
             engage
             so
             excellent
             an
             hostage
             as
             my
             soule
             ,
             for
             the
             bitter-sweet
             of
             a
             repenting
             pleasure
             .
             Reason
             tells
             me
             ,
             that
             pleasure
             merits
             onely
             that
             title
             ,
             when
             it
             is
             relished
             with
             vertue
             ;
             nor
             can
             sensualitie
             satiate
             the
             delight
             of
             the
             
               intellectuall
               part
            
             ,
             when
             it
             is
             confined
             to
             immerited
             respects
             .
             This
             I
             will
             make
             my
             position
             ,
             in
             the
             bent
             of
             my
             resolution
             ;
             
             I
             meane
             onely
             so
             far
             to
             obey
             my
             delights
             ,
             as
             the
             after-hope
             of
             my
             soule
             may
             not
             be
             abridged
             ,
             the
             future
             ioy
             in
             the
             expectance
             of
             soueraigne
             happinesse
             ,
             impayred
             :
             but
             that
             my
             Sence
             to
             reason
             subiected
             ,
             may
             in
             the
             sweet
             concord
             of
             an
             inward
             contemplation
             drawne
             from
             her
             creator
             ,
             apprehend
             an
             exceeding
             pleasure
             ,
             to
             haue
             done
             any
             thing
             pleasing
             to
             her
             maker
             .
             Can
             I
             finde
             in
             rich
             coffers
             (
             the
             misers
             idols
             )
             any
             true
             obiect
             to
             plant
             this
             excellent
             organ
             ?
             ô
             no
             ,
             the
             corruption
             of
             coine
             is
             the
             generation
             of
             an
             vsurer
             ,
             or
             a
             lowsie
             begger
             .
             For
             the
             first
             ,
             I
             loue
             my
             soule
             too
             wel
             ,
             for
             so
             meane
             &
             base
             a
             traffick
             to
             hazard
             a
             gem
             so
             incomparable
             :
             heau'n
             is
             the
             Tabernacle
             I
             desire
             to
             dwell
             in
             ,
             but
             so
             far
             is
             that
             Mansion
             from
             the
             conceit
             of
             our
             English
             Iew
             ,
             or
             oppressing
             Vsurer
             ,
             as
             he
             chuseth
             rather
             to
             liue
             in
             the
             tents
             of
             Kedar
             with
             the
             depraued
             
             issue
             of
             Dathan
             ,
             than
             by
             hauing
             Lazarus
             scrip
             ,
             to
             be
             carried
             after
             to
             Abrahams
             bosome
             .
             Rightly
             was
             his
             experience
             grounded
             ,
             who
             said
             ;
             that
             the
             multitude
             of
             Physicians
             and
             Lawyers
             are
             the
             signes
             of
             a
             distempered
             state
             ;
             but
             the
             number
             of
             Vsurers
             and
             their
             factors
             ,
             is
             the
             argument
             of
             a
             fatall
             disease
             raigning
             :
             For
             the
             second
             ,
             to
             wit
             ,
             Beggery
             ;
             I
             know
             not
             what
             to
             thinke
             on
             't
             :
             It
             is
             a
             beneficiall
             trade
             ,
             where
             impudence
             marshals
             it
             :
             but
             a
             shamefast
             beggar
             (
             saith
             Homer
             )
             neuer
             yet
             could
             liue
             on
             his
             profession
             .
             I
             could
             wish
             a
             more
             temperate
             harbour
             ;
             neither
             too
             rich
             ,
             lest
             the
             fulnes
             of
             my
             estate
             make
             me
             insolent
             ;
             nor
             too
             poore
             ,
             lest
             the
             consideration
             of
             my
             want
             ,
             force
             me
             to
             some
             course
             exorbitant
             .
             
               Pauperis
               est
            
             (
             saith
             the
             Poet
             )
             
               numerare
               pecus
            
             :
             but
             
               boni
               est
            
             (
             saith
             Dauid
             )
             
               numerare
               dies
            
             :
             it
             shall
             be
             my
             arithmeticke
             ,
             my
             golden
             number
             .
             
             But
             stay
             ,
             let
             me
             reduce
             my
             thoghts
             ,
             and
             in
             the
             consideration
             of
             my
             distempred
             and
             indisposed
             affections
             ,
             propound
             to
             my selfe
             a
             forme
             which
             I
             may
             obserue
             ,
             a
             line
             by
             which
             I
             may
             direct
             my
             course
             ,
             and
             a
             centre
             ,
             where
             I
             may
             end
             my
             distance
             ;
             than
             a
             Caueat
             which
             may
             restraine
             me
             ,
             an
             obseruance
             to
             conduct
             me
             ,
             and
             a
             reason
             drawne
             from
             an
             inconvenience
             to
             divert
             me
             .
             and
             thus
             I
             expostulate
             ;
             why
             would
             I
             not
             be
             rich
             ?
             why
             no
             extortioner
             ?
             why
             no
             oppressor
             ?
             why
             no
             biting
             vsurer
             ?
             Rich
             I
             would
             not
             be
             ,
             lest
             I
             should
             admire
             my
             owne
             fortunes
             ,
             and
             after
             admiration
             fall
             to
             idolatrize
             ,
             and
             then
             where
             should
             I
             plant
             my
             future
             expectance
             ?
             it
             is
             hard
             for
             a
             Cammell
             to
             goe
             through
             the
             eye
             of
             a
             needle
             ,
             and
             more
             difficult
             for
             a
             gold-adoring
             Mammonist
             to
             enter
             heauen
             .
             Extort
             I
             would
             not
             ,
             for
             I
             know
             there
             be
             vialls
             of
             wrath
             ready
             
             to
             be
             powred
             downe
             on
             the
             Extortioner
             :
             and
             though
             the
             wicked
             for
             a
             while
             flourish
             like
             the
             greene
             Bay-tree
             ,
             time
             will
             come
             ,
             when
             his
             place
             is
             not
             to
             be
             found
             .
             Oppresse
             I
             cannot
             ,
             when
             I
             heare
             the
             Orphans
             teare
             ,
             the
             widdowes
             curse
             ,
             the
             poore
             mans
             prayer
             ,
             the
             hunger-strau'd
             soule
             :
             for
             I
             know
             the
             orphans
             teares
             will
             be
             botled
             ,
             the
             widdowes
             curse
             effected
             ,
             the
             poore
             mans
             praier
             receiued
             ,
             &
             the
             hunger-staru'd
             soule
             reuenged
             .
             Vse
             my
             money
             ,
             but
             vsure
             it
             I
             will
             not
             :
             ten
             at
             hundred
             shall
             not
             depriue
             mee
             of
             ten
             hundred
             times
             more
             glory
             ,
             to
             purchase
             here
             a
             litle
             treasure
             subiect
             to
             corruption
             ,
             and
             transitorie
             .
             
               Quòd
               foenorari
               ,
               est
               hominē
               occidere
               ,
            
             to
             play
             Vsurer
             ,
             is
             to
             play
             the
             murtherer
             ,
             saith
             the
             Orator
             Cicero
             :
             
             which
             may
             appeare
             (
             if
             euer
             )
             euen
             in
             the
             ruines
             of
             this
             time
             ;
             where
             Hospitalitie
             ,
             which
             was
             the
             glory
             of
             
             England
             is
             vanished
             ,
             and
             Seruing-men
             ,
             who
             by
             reason
             of
             their
             education
             and
             number
             ,
             were
             the
             strength
             of
             the
             I
             le
             ,
             to
             suppresse
             the
             barbarous
             tumults
             of
             all
             turbulent
             heads
             ,
             are
             turned
             to
             a
             few
             garded
             pages
             ,
             coloured
             like
             so
             many
             Butter-flies
             .
             Our
             Ancestors
             established
             by
             their
             lawes
             ,
             
             that
             the
             Theefe
             should
             be
             censured
             to
             make
             restitution
             two-fold
             ,
             but
             the
             Vsurer
             foure-fold
             ;
             so
             odious
             was
             this
             trade
             to
             ancient
             times
             ,
             when
             onely
             the
             light
             of
             nature
             shone
             vpon
             them
             .
             Yea
             an
             Vsurer
             by
             an
             old
             Canon
             ,
             was
             denied
             christian
             buriall
             ;
             and
             more
             prophane
             ,
             than
             allowed
             was
             his
             opinion
             ,
             who
             concluded
             in
             his
             owne
             behalfe
             ,
             that
             no
             profession
             merited
             more
             exemption
             than
             Vsurie
             :
             his
             reason
             was
             ;
             it
             was
             impartiall
             ,
             and
             respected
             no
             degrees
             :
             his
             conclusion
             was
             true
             ,
             but
             his
             inference
             erroneous
             :
             for
             it
             taketh
             fast
             hold
             of
             
             Cities
             ,
             Villages
             ,
             Ports
             ,
             and
             obscure
             Hamlets
             ,
             and
             laies
             vnhallowed
             fist
             on
             persons
             of
             all
             qualitie
             ,
             euen
             from
             the
             Pere
             to
             the
             poore
             oyster-crying-wife
             .
             Hence
             must
             I
             draw
             my
             caution
             ,
             not
             to
             touch
             pitch
             ,
             lest
             I
             be
             defiled
             ;
             their
             conversation
             is
             infectious
             ,
             their
             conscience
             a
             very
             gulph
             or
             charuell-house
             ,
             to
             swallow
             and
             consume
             ,
             devoure
             and
             exhaust
             all
             at
             once
             .
             The
             Indian
             Anthrophagoi
             are
             not
             halfe
             so
             rauenous
             :
             I
             will
             walke
             in
             a
             more
             modest
             path
             ,
             both
             to
             cheere
             my
             affections
             ,
             with
             a
             satisfying
             desire
             of
             competence
             ,
             and
             to
             blesse
             my selfe
             from
             such
             canker-wormes
             ,
             as
             prune
             the
             vertuous
             blossoms
             of
             others
             ,
             to
             feede
             a
             posteritie
             of
             prodigall
             rake-hels
             ;
             my
             eare
             must
             be
             tuned
             to
             another
             note
             ,
             that
             my
             edifying
             Sence
             may
             discharge
             her
             peculiar
             office
             ,
             not
             to
             affect
             nouelties
             ,
             or
             chuse
             varieties
             ,
             but
             to
             dedicate
             her
             inward
             operation
             to
             the
             
             mindes
             comfort
             (
             to
             wit
             )
             the
             
               Melodie
               of
               heauen
            
             .
          
        
         
           
             
               Of
               Touching
            
             .
             3.
             
             ESSAY
             .
          
           
             THis
             facultie
             of
             all
             others
             is
             most
             indiuiduate
             ;
             3
             it
             inheres
             in
             the
             subsistence
             of
             man
             ,
             and
             cannot
             be
             separated
             or
             taken
             away
             without
             the
             detriment
             or
             vtter
             decay
             rather
             ,
             of
             the
             subiect
             wherein
             it
             is
             :
             it
             may
             therefore
             be
             called
             the
             
               liuing
               Sence
            
             ,
             though
             in
             diuers
             diseases
             &
             occurrences
             also
             oft-times
             befalling
             ,
             the
             subiect
             wherin
             it
             is
             ,
             may
             be
             depriued
             of
             it
             ;
             as
             we
             read
             of
             Athenagoras
             of
             Argus
             ,
             who
             neuer
             felt
             any
             paine
             ,
             when
             stung
             by
             a
             Scorpion
             .
             This
             Sence
             hath
             a
             certaine
             affinitie
             with
             the
             essence
             of
             man
             ,
             and
             therefore
             should
             be
             employed
             in
             such
             things
             ,
             as
             confer
             to
             the
             glory
             of
             that
             Essence
             :
             
             many
             abuse
             it
             ,
             who
             belulled
             with
             the
             lethargie
             of
             sin
             and
             securitie
             ,
             neuer
             turne
             their
             eye
             to
             a
             serious
             contemplation
             of
             the
             supreme
             glory
             ,
             or
             a
             consideration
             of
             their
             owne
             frailtie
             ;
             they
             know
             not
             how
             Gods
             deferring
             is
             the
             more
             to
             infer
             ;
             how
             hells
             torments
             were
             no
             torments
             ,
             if
             invention
             might
             conceit
             them
             .
             These
             are
             they
             that
             are
             depriued
             of
             the
             spirituall
             vse
             of
             this
             Sence
             ;
             crying
             with
             the
             sluggard
             ,
             
               yet
               a
               litle
               ,
               and
               yet
               a
               litle
            
             ;
             turning
             in
             their
             bed
             like
             a
             dore
             on
             her
             hinges
             ;
             their
             Delay
             like
             a
             pulley
             draweth
             on
             them
             vengance
             ,
             like
             a
             mighty
             engine
             ,
             razeth
             downe
             the
             fortresse
             of
             their
             soule
             ,
             and
             like
             a
             
               consuming
               winde
            
             ,
             or
             violent
             tempest
             ,
             breaketh
             downe
             that
             faire
             Cedar
             which
             was
             planted
             for
             the
             heauenly
             Libanon
             .
             When
             neither
             the
             
               white
               flagg
            
             ,
             nor
             the
             red
             ,
             which
             Tamberlaine
             aduanced
             at
             the
             siege
             of
             any
             Citie
             ,
             would
             be
             accepted
             of
             ,
             the
             
             
               blacke
               flagg
            
             was
             set
             vp
             ,
             which
             signified
             there
             was
             no
             mercy
             to
             be
             looked
             for
             .
             It
             is
             strange
             that
             man
             endewed
             with
             reason
             ,
             the
             ornament
             of
             the
             minde
             ,
             should
             become
             so
             blinded
             with
             a
             terrestriall
             rest
             (
             which
             indeed
             is
             no
             rest
             ,
             but
             a
             torment
             )
             as
             to
             forget
             his
             owne
             composition
             ;
             being
             made
             of
             no
             better
             temper
             than
             clay
             ,
             and
             as
             a
             vessell
             in
             the
             hand
             of
             the
             Potter
             .
             Far
             more
             wisely
             did
             Agathocles
             that
             prince
             of
             Sicilie
             ,
             who
             commanded
             his
             Image
             to
             be
             made
             with
             the
             head
             ,
             armes
             ,
             and
             bodie
             of
             brasse
             ,
             but
             the
             leggs
             of
             earth
             ,
             to
             intimate
             of
             how
             weake
             and
             infirme
             a
             ground
             ,
             his
             imperiall
             person
             subsisted
             .
             Weake
             indeed
             ,
             and
             of
             as
             weake
             accomplishment
             :
             for
             what
             can
             man
             doe
             ,
             wherein
             he
             may
             glory
             ?
             or
             attribute
             the
             least
             of
             so
             exquisite
             a
             worke
             to
             his
             cunning
             ?
             if
             we
             glory
             in
             any
             thing
             ,
             it
             is
             our
             shame
             ,
             which
             is
             no
             glory
             ,
             but
             a
             reproch
             ;
             for
             who
             ,
             
             but
             such
             as
             haue
             a
             fore-head
             glazed
             with
             impudencie
             ,
             will
             triumph
             in
             their
             owne
             defects
             ,
             or
             boast
             of
             their
             owne
             imperfections
             ?
             doth
             the
             Peacocke
             glory
             in
             his
             foule
             feete
             ?
             doth
             he
             not
             hang
             downe
             the
             taile
             when
             he
             lookes
             vpon
             them
             ?
             doth
             the
             Bucke
             ,
             hauing
             befiltht
             himselfe
             with
             the
             female
             ,
             lift
             vp
             his
             horns
             ,
             &
             walke
             proudly
             to
             the
             lawnes
             ?
             ô
             no
             ;
             he
             so
             hateth
             himselfe
             ,
             by
             reason
             of
             the
             stench
             of
             his
             commixture
             ,
             that
             all
             drooping
             and
             languishing
             into
             some
             solitary
             ditch
             ,
             he
             with
             drawes
             himselfe
             and
             takes
             soile
             ,
             and
             batheth
             till
             such
             time
             ,
             as
             there
             fall
             a
             great
             shower
             of
             raine
             ,
             when
             ,
             being
             throughly
             washed
             and
             cleansed
             ,
             he
             posteth
             backe
             to
             his
             foode
             .
             If
             such
             apprehension
             of
             shame
             appeare
             in
             brute
             beasts
             ,
             what
             should
             his
             be
             ,
             that
             is
             made
             Lord
             and
             gouernour
             of
             all
             beasts
             ?
             is
             this
             
               liuinge
               sence
            
             ,
             this
             vitall
             faculty
             ,
             this
             indiuiduate
             
             propertie
             made
             a
             rubb
             in
             our
             way
             to
             immortality
             ?
             Doth
             that
             by
             which
             we
             liue
             ,
             cut
             from
             vs
             all
             means
             of
             liuing
             hereafter
             ?
             miserable
             then
             is
             our
             Sence
             ,
             when
             without
             all
             sence
             of
             sinne
             ,
             we
             become
             depriued
             of
             the
             sence
             of
             glory
             .
             This
             Sence
             of
             Touch
             may
             be
             reduced
             to
             those
             three
             obiects
             ,
             wherein
             our
             vnderstanding
             is
             summarily
             emploied
             :
             the
             Intelligible
             ,
             the
             Irascible
             ,
             and
             the
             Concupiscible
             .
             The
             Intelligible
             ,
             whereby
             we
             apprehend
             the
             end
             of
             our
             creation
             ,
             whereby
             we
             iudge
             of
             causes
             and
             events
             ,
             touching
             with
             the
             apprehensiue
             hand
             of
             iudgement
             ,
             what
             may
             concerne
             vs
             ,
             and
             the
             state
             wherein
             we
             are
             interested
             .
             The
             Irascible
             ,
             when
             stirred
             vp
             with
             ire
             or
             indignation
             ,
             we
             prosecute
             reuenge
             ,
             not
             suffering
             the
             least
             disgrace
             without
             an
             intended
             requitall
             .
             The
             Concupiscible
             ,
             when
             in
             an
             ambitious
             desire
             of
             honour
             or
             estate
             ,
             or
             lustfull
             satisfaction
             
             of
             our
             owne
             illimited
             affections
             ,
             we
             couet
             this
             or
             that
             ,
             ardent
             in
             pursuing
             ,
             and
             least
             contented
             ,
             when
             obteining
             that
             we
             haue
             pursued
             the
             vnderstanding
             if
             rightly
             seated
             ,
             like
             a
             wise
             Pylot
             steres
             the
             ship
             ,
             saues
             her
             from
             splitting
             ,
             mannaging
             all
             things
             with
             a
             prouident
             respect
             had
             ,
             of
             what
             may
             come
             after
             .
             No
             Syren
             can
             tempt
             this
             wise
             and
             subtile
             Vlisses
             :
             though
             the
             sea
             looke
             neuer
             so
             faire
             ,
             this
             wise
             and
             temperate
             mariner
             is
             suspicious
             of
             it
             ,
             knowing
             ,
             Where
             the
             Sea
             lookes
             the
             whitest
             ,
             oftimes
             the
             periloust
             rocks
             ,
             and
             ineuitablest
             shelfs
             are
             seated
             .
             She
             sinks
             ,
             plumms
             ,
             and
             tryes
             the
             shaldes
             ,
             whether
             apt
             for
             nauigation
             or
             noe
             :
             in
             briefe
             she
             doth
             nought
             without
             serious
             premeditation
             ,
             &
             fore-thinks
             of
             the
             meane
             ,
             ere
             she
             attaine
             the
             end
             .
             She
             affects
             not
             curiosity
             either
             in
             words
             ,
             habit
             ,
             or
             manners
             ;
             yet
             vertuously
             curious
             how
             to
             expresse
             
             herselfe
             truely
             honourable
             in
             all
             deportments
             ,
             without
             aspersion
             of
             scandall
             .
             She
             will
             not
             disguise
             herselfe
             in
             an
             vnhonest
             couer
             ,
             but
             affecting
             Plainenesse
             ,
             teacheth
             the
             same
             rule
             and
             precept
             to
             her
             followers
             ,
             which
             Iesu
             the
             sonne
             of
             Syrach
             taught
             :
             
               Ne
               accipias
               faciem
               aduersus
               faciem
               tuam
               :
            
             not
             to
             be
             dooble
             faced
             ,
             but
             with
             sincere
             plainenesse
             ,
             such
             as
             thou
             art
             ,
             such
             do
             thou
             seeme
             .
             A
             rule
             far
             more
             accomodate
             to
             the
             course
             of
             vertue
             ,
             and
             more
             directly
             leading
             to
             the
             seate
             of
             glory
             ,
             then
             all
             the
             pollicies
             which
             euer
             Machauell
             yet
             inuented
             ,
             or
             the
             dissembling
             appearances
             of
             all
             obseruing
             Timists
             .
             Though
             
               Numa
               Pompilius
            
             in
             Rome
             kept
             the
             people
             in
             awe
             ,
             and
             subiected
             them
             to
             what
             tirannous
             lawes
             he
             pleased
             ,
             vnder
             pretence
             of
             conference
             with
             
               Aegeria
               ;
               Minos
            
             in
             Athens
             ,
             vnder
             colour
             he
             was
             inspired
             in
             a
             certaine
             hollow
             caue
             by
             Iupiter
             ;
             
             and
             Pallas
             in
             a
             counterfeite
             habit
             ,
             deceaued
             Claudius
             ,
             in
             the
             adoption
             of
             Nero.
             This
             deuine
             essence
             of
             the
             soule
             ,
             (
             the
             
               vnderstanding
               part
            
             )
             will
             assume
             no
             other
             forme
             then
             as
             she
             is
             :
             knowing
             her
             perfection
             cannot
             be
             made
             more
             accomplished
             by
             anie
             borrowed
             colours
             .
             She
             vnderstands
             her selfe
             to
             be
             composed
             of
             a
             more
             deuine
             element
             ,
             then
             to
             subiect
             her
             will
             to
             vnworthy
             ends
             ;
             for
             she
             knowes
             ,
             that
             as
             the
             Sence
             is
             conuersant
             in
             outward
             things
             ,
             she
             is
             seated
             in
             inward
             things
             ,
             not
             directed
             by
             the
             eye
             of
             the
             Body
             ,
             which
             is
             many
             times
             deceued
             ,
             but
             by
             the
             eie
             of
             the
             Soule
             ,
             which
             alwaies
             aimeth
             at
             one
             certaine
             scope
             ,
             to
             wit
             ,
             immortality
             ,
             She
             considereth
             the
             ends
             ,
             which
             mortality
             aimes
             at
             ;
             honour
             ,
             ample
             territories
             ,
             great
             possessions
             ,
             popular
             respect
             ,
             and
             long
             life
             ,
             to
             enioy
             these
             without
             disturbance
             ,
             and
             she
             makes
             vse
             of
             these
             with
             a
             penetrating
             
             iudgment
             ,
             apprehending
             wherto
             the
             ends
             of
             these
             externallie-seeming
             goods
             confer
             .
             Honour
             (
             saith
             she
             )
             is
             quickly
             fading
             ,
             and
             an
             aspiring
             spirit
             ,
             like
             the
             loftie
             Cedar
             ,
             is
             euer
             subiect
             to
             most
             danger
             ;
             when
             like
             iacks
             in
             a
             virginall
             ,
             or
             nailes
             in
             a
             wheele
             ,
             the
             fall
             of
             one
             is
             the
             rising
             of
             another
             .
             
               ample
               teritories
               and
               great
               possessions
            
             (
             saith
             she
             )
             are
             more
             then
             nature
             requireth
             ;
             she
             is
             content
             with
             a
             competent
             ;
             and
             that
             competency
             reduced
             to
             a
             very
             narrow
             scantling
             ,
             when
             of
             all
             our
             drosse
             ,
             estate
             ,
             tresure
             and
             possessions
             ,
             going
             downe
             into
             the
             earth
             ,
             nothing
             shall
             you
             take
             with
             you
             :
             you
             shall
             carrie
             no
             more
             hence
             ,
             
               Nisi
               parua
               quod
               vrna
               capit
            
             ,
             but
             a
             coffin
             ,
             and
             a
             winding
             sheete
             .
             When
             Saladine
             that
             puissant
             emperor
             of
             Persia
             ,
             with
             many
             victorious
             and
             successiue
             battails
             ,
             had
             extended
             the
             limits
             of
             his
             Empire
             ,
             and
             through
             the
             happinesse
             of
             his
             warrs
             
             being
             neuer
             in
             any
             one
             pitcht
             field
             vanquished
             ,
             become
             the
             sole
             terror
             of
             the
             Easterne
             part
             ,
             at
             last
             fell
             mortally
             sicke
             ,
             and
             perceiuing
             how
             there
             was
             no
             way
             but
             one
             with
             him
             ,
             called
             his
             Chiefetaine
             ,
             and
             commanded
             him
             (
             hauing
             bin
             chiefe
             Leader
             in
             all
             those
             prosperous
             warres
             ,
             which
             the
             Emperor
             had
             atchieued
             )
             to
             take
             his
             shrowding-sheet
             ,
             and
             to
             hang
             it
             vpon
             a
             staffe
             in
             manner
             of
             a
             banneret
             ,
             and
             with
             it
             ,
             to
             proclaime
             in
             the
             streets
             of
             Damascus
             ,
             
               This
               is
               all
               that
               Saladine
               ,
               the
               Emperor
               of
               Persia
               ,
               hath
               left
               of
               his
               many
               conquests
               ,
               this
               is
               all
               he
               hath
               left
               of
               all
               his
               victories
               .
               Long
               life
            
             (
             saith
             shee
             )
             is
             not
             worth
             desiring
             ,
             since
             it
             giues
             but
             increase
             to
             a
             multitude
             of
             sorrowes
             ;
             she
             prefers
             a
             
               good
               life
            
             ,
             before
             a
             
               long
               life
            
             ,
             and
             esteemes
             that
             life
             best
             beyond
             all
             comparison
             ,
             which
             is
             exercised
             in
             the
             vse
             of
             her
             creation
             .
             Shee
             concludes
             
             with
             the
             Philosopher
             ,
             
               Optimum
               est
               aut
               non
               omnino
               nasci
               ,
               aut
               quàm
               cito
               mori
            
             ;
             making
             life
             the
             Theatre
             of
             shame
             if
             abused
             ,
             but
             the
             eminent
             passage
             from
             a
             pilgrimage
             to
             a
             
               permanent
               Citie
            
             ,
             if
             rightly
             employed
             .
             To
             be
             briefe
             ,
             she
             meditates
             of
             nought
             ,
             affecteth
             nought
             ,
             entertaineth
             nought
             with
             a
             free
             will
             ,
             and
             a
             pure
             consecrated
             desire
             ,
             but
             what
             tastes
             of
             the
             spirit
             ,
             hauing
             her
             eare
             barracadoed
             against
             the
             insinuating
             desires
             of
             euery
             seducing
             appetite
             ;
             shee
             is
             not
             of
             the
             world
             ,
             though
             in
             the
             world
             ;
             nor
             can
             shee
             loue
             any
             thing
             within
             the
             worlds
             circumference
             ,
             in
             regard
             ,
             the
             world
             hath
             her
             limits
             ,
             but
             shee
             not
             to
             be
             confined
             .
          
           
             The
             Irascible
             is
             attended
             alwaies
             vpon
             by
             Reuenge
             :
             for
             the
             obiect
             of
             the
             wrathfull
             facultie
             is
             honour
             and
             aduantage
             ,
             and
             
             if
             this
             cease
             ,
             straight-waies
             courage
             and
             stomach
             decay
             ,
             so
             as
             the
             least
             argument
             of
             distast
             ,
             like
             another
             Silla
             stirrs
             her
             blood
             ,
             and
             makes
             vp
             a
             Centaures
             banquet
             .
             This
             Facultie
             is
             alwaies
             as
             ready
             to
             apprehend
             an
             occasion
             of
             punishing
             (
             yea
             before
             it
             is
             offered
             )
             as
             to
             obserue
             the
             meanes
             of
             executing
             ,
             when
             the
             occasion
             is
             ministred
             .
             She
             will
             not
             say
             with
             that
             noble
             Venetian
             Duke
             ;
             
               It
               is
               sufiicient
               for
               a
               discreet
               Prince
               ,
               to
               haue
               power
               to
               reuenge
               ,
               that
               his
               enemies
               may
               haue
               cause
               to
               feare
               him
               .
            
             No
             ,
             meditation
             vpon
             reuenge
             is
             the
             onely
             prayer-booke
             ,
             that
             this
             vnbounded
             passion
             vseth
             .
             Yet
             may
             this
             part
             rightly
             tempered
             include
             in
             it
             an
             excellent
             good
             :
             for
             Anger
             is
             not
             alwaies
             vnto
             sinne
             :
             whence
             it
             is
             said
             ,
             
               Be
               angry
               ,
               but
               sinne
               not
               .
            
             Wee
             may
             be
             angry
             through
             zeale
             ,
             and
             the
             feruencie
             we
             beare
             to
             the
             Gospell
             :
             Christ
             was
             angry
             ,
             when
             
             he
             whipped
             the
             buyers
             and
             sellers
             out
             of
             the
             Temple
             :
             he
             was
             angry
             ,
             when
             his
             Disciples
             contended
             for
             prioritie
             ;
             he
             was
             angry
             at
             the
             incredulitie
             of
             the
             Gentiles
             ,
             the
             obduracie
             of
             the
             Iewes
             ;
             yea
             he
             was
             angry
             at
             the
             barren
             fig-tree
             ,
             when
             it
             brought
             out
             no
             fruit
             ,
             and
             therefore
             cursed
             it
             ,
             shadowing
             thereby
             the
             fruitlesse
             synagogue
             .
             O
             may
             my
             soule
             ,
             if
             euer
             shee
             be
             
               angry
               ,
               feele
            
             this
             passion
             in
             the
             feruent
             loue
             shee
             beares
             to
             her
             Creator
             :
             may
             her
             anger
             be
             against
             her selfe
             ,
             in
             the
             wofull
             remembrance
             of
             her
             sins
             ;
             that
             her
             anger
             may
             breed
             a
             detestation
             ,
             detestation
             a
             reconciliation
             to
             her
             Sauiour
             .
             But
             for
             such
             as
             with
             the
             Beare
             cannot
             drinke
             ,
             but
             they
             must
             bite
             the
             water
             ,
             far
             may
             my
             soule
             be
             diuided
             from
             their
             dwelling
             :
             I
             will
             be
             angry
             ,
             but
             commit
             no
             sin
             ,
             for
             the
             God
             of
             Sion
             hath
             prescribed
             mee
             a
             forme
             ,
             to
             be
             angry
             for
             the
             zeale
             of
             
             Gods
             house
             ,
             wherin
             is
             no
             sin
             .
          
           
             The
             Concupiscible
             is
             as
             the
             rest
             ,
             of
             it selfe
             indifferent
             ;
             and
             as
             a
             line
             in
             a
             circle
             ,
             equally
             tending
             to
             either
             part
             of
             good
             or
             euill
             :
             yet
             so
             depraued
             is
             man
             become
             ,
             that
             Medea-like
             ,
             he
             is
             euer
             more
             prompt
             to
             take
             the
             worse
             rather
             than
             the
             better
             :
             here
             the
             couetous
             miser
             couets
             to
             engrosse
             an
             huge
             estate
             to
             himselfe
             ,
             making
             his
             purse
             the
             diuels
             mouth
             ,
             and
             with
             his
             hydroptick
             conscience
             ,
             though
             euer
             purchasing
             ,
             yet
             euer
             coueting
             .
             Here
             the
             ambitious
             man
             displaies
             his
             own
             humor
             to
             the
             eye
             of
             the
             world
             ,
             of
             whom
             I
             may
             say
             ,
             as
             was
             once
             said
             of
             one
             puffed
             vp
             with
             the
             like
             spirit
             :
             
               Quod
               habere
               non
               vult
               est
               valde
               bonum
               ,
               quod
               esse
               non
               vult
               ,
               hoc
               est
               bonū
               :
            
             that
             is
             good
             which
             he
             desires
             not
             to
             haue
             ,
             that
             is
             good
             which
             he
             would
             not
             haue
             come
             to
             passe
             ;
             so
             exorbitant
             is
             the
             desire
             of
             the
             ambitious
             ,
             as
             what
             he
             desires
             is
             nothing
             lesse
             then
             
             vertuous
             :
             here
             the
             Merchant
             aymes
             at
             an
             exceeding
             gaine
             in
             trafficke
             ;
             he
             sliceth
             the
             seas
             ,
             opposeth
             himselfe
             to
             all
             dangers
             ,
             all
             distempratures
             of
             winde
             and
             weather
             ,
             euer
             vsing
             this
             
               concupiscible
               part
            
             ,
             desiring
             a
             happy
             fraught
             for
             his
             aduenture
             .
             Here
             the
             Warriours
             desire
             is
             confined
             ,
             to
             gaine
             by
             the
             spoile
             of
             an
             other
             .
             euen
             the
             basest
             mechanicke
             offices
             be
             conuersant
             in
             this
             facultie
             ,
             ayming
             at
             some
             especiall
             end
             ,
             whereto
             their
             labors
             be
             directed
             .
             To
             couet
             things
             temporarie
             ,
             planting
             our
             affections
             on
             them
             ,
             is
             discrepant
             from
             the
             right
             vse
             of
             this
             excellent
             facultie
             :
             there
             is
             a
             good
             couetousnes
             ,
             and
             it
             is
             heauenly
             ;
             there
             is
             a
             good
             theft
             ,
             and
             it
             is
             heauenly
             ;
             there
             is
             a
             good
             ambition
             ,
             and
             it
             is
             heauenly
             :
             The
             good
             and
             godly
             couetous
             couet
             not
             with
             Demas
             ,
             nor
             Magus
             ,
             nor
             Demetrius
             ;
             they
             couet
             righteousnes
             ,
             sobrietie
             ,
             temperance
             ,
             
             yea
             all
             vertues
             which
             confer
             to
             humane
             perfection
             ;
             there
             is
             but
             one
             pearle
             of
             esteeme
             ,
             and
             to
             purchase
             it
             ,
             they
             sell
             all
             that
             they
             haue
             ;
             this
             is
             a
             happy
             couetousnesse
             ,
             a
             glorious
             merchandise
             :
             the
             good
             and
             godly
             thiefe
             cares
             not
             for
             embezling
             earthly
             treasure
             ;
             for
             he
             knowes
             mothes
             will
             corrupt
             it
             ,
             rust
             will
             consume
             it
             ,
             and
             continuance
             of
             time
             will
             deface
             it
             ;
             it
             is
             that
             immortall
             treasure
             which
             he
             would
             steale
             ,
             for
             he
             obserues
             how
             it
             is
             subiect
             to
             no
             alteration
             ,
             but
             continues
             in
             the
             same
             state
             euer
             .
             Againe
             ,
             he
             reads
             ,
             
               the
               kingdom
               of
               heauen
               suffers
               violence
               ,
            
             and
             rather
             then
             he
             will
             loose
             it
             ,
             with
             all
             violence
             he
             meanes
             to
             pursue
             it
             .
             The
             good
             and
             godly
             ambitious
             ayme
             not
             at
             worldly
             honour
             ,
             but
             as
             a
             subiect
             incomparably
             aboue
             all
             externall
             seeming
             happinesse
             :
             for
             they
             consider
             how
             it
             is
             better
             to
             be
             a
             doore-keeper
             in
             the
             Lords
             house
             ,
             than
             to
             
             be
             conversant
             with
             Princes
             .
             Happy
             theefe
             ,
             whose
             theft
             is
             heauen
             ;
             blessed
             couetousnesse
             ,
             to
             couet
             heauen
             ;
             glorious
             ambition
             to
             aspire
             to
             heauen
             ;
             may
             this
             Theft
             be
             my
             soules
             discipline
             ;
             this
             Couetousnesse
             her
             exercise
             ;
             this
             Ambition
             her
             prize
             :
             so
             like
             the
             
               good
               Theefe
            
             ,
             may
             shee
             be
             crowned
             ,
             with
             the
             godly-couetous
             Zacheus
             rewarded
             ,
             and
             with
             the
             heauenly-aspiring
             soule
             exalted
             .
             How
             happy
             shall
             I
             be
             in
             this
             Sence
             (
             the
             life
             of
             humane
             essence
             )
             if
             by
             vsing
             these
             
               three
               faculties
            
             of
             my
             soule
             sincerely
             ,
             I
             shall
             at
             last
             attaine
             to
             the
             state
             of
             glory
             ?
             yet
             how
             much
             is
             this
             Sence
             ,
             especially
             conuersant
             in
             these
             three
             subiects
             ,
             perverted
             ,
             and
             violently
             wrested
             from
             her
             own
             nature
             ?
             where
             such
             as
             desire
             to
             touch
             the
             Arke
             ,
             make
             this
             Sence
             the
             instrument
             of
             their
             fall
             :
             others
             Gehezai-like
             ,
             whose
             beating
             pulse
             will
             not
             forgo
             the
             touch
             of
             gold
             ,
             though
             
             they
             purchase
             it
             by
             a
             leprosie
             .
             O
             how
             many
             fall
             by
             this
             
               Sence
               of
               life
            
             ,
             making
             it
             their
             sence
             of
             death
             ?
             Sodoms
             apples
             were
             but
             touched
             ,
             and
             to
             dust
             and
             ashes
             they
             were
             reduced
             :
             the
             fairest
             of
             all
             our
             vanities
             be
             but
             
               Sodoms
               apples
            
             ,
             they
             cannot
             endure
             the
             touch
             ,
             for
             they
             are
             painted
             and
             adulterate
             .
             Far
             be
             my
             Sence
             estranged
             from
             so
             prophane
             a
             subiect
             :
             Vertue
             ,
             as
             it
             needs
             no
             colour
             to
             garnish
             it
             ,
             so
             can
             it
             endure
             the
             Touch
             ,
             and
             neere
             be
             changed
             .
             It
             is
             shee
             that
             shall
             attend
             my
             Sence
             ,
             so
             as
             touching
             her
             intellectually
             ,
             my
             soule
             by
             so
             sweet
             an
             apprehension
             ,
             may
             be
             incorporate
             in
             her
             indiuidually
             .
             Here
             is
             my
             
               liuing
               Sence
            
             well
             satisfied
             ,
             and
             in
             this
             harbour
             planted
             ,
             she
             will
             neuer
             desire
             to
             be
             remoued
             :
             for
             affliction
             is
             ended
             ,
             discontent
             cheered
             ,
             and
             a
             perfect
             rest
             ,
             without
             interruption
             ,
             by
             her
             that
             is
             the
             true
             essence
             of
             delight
             ,
             proposed
             .
          
        
         
           
           
             
               Of
               Tasting
            
             .
             4.
             
             ESSAY
             .
          
           
             THis
             Sence
             makes
             mee
             weeppe
             ere
             I
             speake
             of
             her
             ;
             4
             sith
             hence
             came
             our
             greefe
             ,
             hence
             our
             miserie
             :
             when
             I
             represent
             her
             before
             my
             eyes
             ,
             my
             eyes
             become
             blinded
             with
             weeping
             ,
             remembring
             my
             grandame
             Eue
             ,
             how
             soone
             she
             was
             induced
             to
             taste
             that
             shee
             ought
             not
             .
             Hence
             doe
             I
             imagine
             (
             imagination
             is
             the
             end
             of
             man
             )
             how
             pure
             I
             had
             bin
             ,
             if
             this
             one
             Sence
             had
             not
             corrupted
             my
             pristine
             innocencie
             :
             apples
             are
             suspicious
             to
             me
             ,
             being
             the
             first
             that
             depraued
             me
             .
             I
             will
             rather
             distaste
             mine
             owne
             palate
             to
             giue
             true
             rellish
             to
             my
             soules
             appetite
             ,
             than
             by
             satisfying
             the
             first
             ,
             corrupt
             the
             puritie
             of
             the
             latter
             .
             By
             the
             ministerie
             of
             this
             Sence
             ,
             I
             apprehend
             
             the
             vniuersal
             delights
             of
             this
             world
             ,
             and
             as
             in
             the
             Palate
             ,
             so
             finde
             I
             in
             them
             a
             distinct
             operation
             .
             Many
             things
             hot
             in
             the
             mouth
             ,
             are
             cold
             in
             the
             stomacke
             :
             such
             are
             wordly
             pleasures
             :
             hot
             they
             are
             in
             the
             first
             pursuite
             or
             assault
             ,
             and
             eagerly
             are
             they
             followed
             :
             but
             in
             the
             stomacke
             ,
             that
             is
             ,
             when
             digested
             and
             rightly
             pondered
             ,
             how
             cold
             are
             those
             Pleasures
             ,
             being
             attended
             on
             by
             remorse
             ,
             and
             obserued
             by
             repentance
             .
             Againe
             ,
             hence
             doe
             I
             gather
             the
             frailty
             and
             breuity
             of
             all
             earthly
             pleasures
             ?
             Whatsoeuer
             ministers
             singular'st
             content
             vnto
             our
             appetite
             ,
             is
             no
             longer
             satisfieing
             then
             in
             the
             palate
             ;
             for
             after
             going
             into
             the
             stomach
             ,
             that
             content
             is
             done
             .
             So
             delights
             momentany
             ,
             and
             limitarie
             to
             an
             instant
             ,
             may
             for
             the
             present
             yeild
             a
             satisfaction
             ,
             but
             how
             soone
             be
             these
             ioyes
             extinguished
             ,
             how
             soone
             forgotten
             ?
             This
             Sence
             cautions
             me
             
             of
             two
             Sects
             ,
             the
             Epicure
             and
             Pithagorist
             ,
             the
             first
             by
             too
             much
             exceeding
             ,
             the
             latter
             by
             too
             much
             restraining
             ;
             the
             Epicure
             puts
             his
             mony
             in
             his
             belly
             ,
             as
             the
             Miser
             doth
             his
             belly
             in
             his
             purse
             :
             but
             the
             Pithagorist
             neither
             cares
             for
             belly
             nor
             purse
             ,
             scrupulously
             abstayning
             from
             that
             which
             was
             ordained
             for
             his
             vse
             .
             The
             
               fiue
               Sences
            
             (
             saith
             one
             )
             be
             our
             greatest
             sleepers
             ;
             yet
             I
             may
             affirme
             that
             this
             Sence
             neuer
             sleepeth
             ;
             for
             there
             is
             nothing
             seemingly-sencelesse
             ,
             which
             she
             apprehends
             not
             either
             with
             free
             taste
             or
             distaste
             .
             Of
             all
             others
             ,
             this
             Sence
             produceth
             the
             diuerst
             qualities
             :
             whence
             it
             is
             we
             say
             ,
             
               Like
               lips
               ,
               like
               lettice
            
             :
             where
             this
             facultie
             ,
             either
             by
             an
             indisposition
             of
             the
             bodie
             ,
             or
             a
             distinct
             operation
             in
             the
             subiect
             ,
             showes
             this
             pleasing
             and
             acceptable
             to
             one
             ,
             which
             is
             noysome
             and
             different
             to
             an
             other
             .
             This
             Sence
             must
             haue
             the
             bodie
             and
             
             minde
             prepared
             ,
             before
             shee
             can
             rightly
             show
             her
             owne
             power
             ;
             she
             admits
             of
             no
             distemper
             ,
             suffers
             no
             restraint
             :
             whence
             it
             is
             ,
             that
             we
             finde
             by
             experience
             ,
             where
             the
             bodie
             is
             not
             equally
             disposed
             ,
             this
             facultie
             hath
             much
             of
             her
             operation
             impaired
             .
             The
             best
             taste
             is
             to
             distaste
             sin
             ,
             and
             the
             worst
             taste
             is
             to
             affect
             that
             ,
             which
             confers
             to
             the
             soulea
             distaste
             of
             all
             tastes
             inherent
             in
             all
             subiects
             ,
             none
             lesse
             distinguishing
             than
             the
             hungry-mans
             taste
             :
             which
             may
             appeare
             in
             those
             miserable
             famines
             of
             Samaria
             and
             Ierusalem
             ;
             ratts
             ,
             mice
             ,
             weasels
             ,
             and
             scorpions
             were
             no
             common
             mens
             iunkets
             ;
             where
             motherly
             loue
             renounced
             her
             name
             ,
             and
             became
             the
             ruine
             of
             that
             shee
             should
             cherish
             ;
             as
             the
             Matron
             Myriam
             ,
             who
             constrained
             for
             her
             liues
             supportance
             (
             though
             shee
             had
             but
             one
             sonne
             )
             killed
             and
             rosted
             him
             .
             Hence
             comes
             it
             ,
             that
             necessitie
             hath
             
             no
             law
             ,
             nor
             hunger
             needs
             no
             sawce
             .
             Let
             my
             Taste
             be
             directed
             by
             reason
             ,
             and
             not
             by
             sence
             .
             Reason
             may
             enlighten
             her
             ,
             and
             make
             her
             distinguish
             of
             desires
             ;
             but
             Sence
             perplexeth
             her
             ,
             and
             subiects
             the
             better
             part
             to
             a
             slauish
             appetite
             .
             Many
             haue
             exceeded
             in
             the
             vse
             of
             this
             Sence
             ,
             but
             few
             restrained
             their
             desires
             with
             moderation
             .
             More
             Cleopatra's
             than
             Cornelia's
             ,
             more
             Vitellij
             than
             Vticae
             ,
             more
             Sileni
             than
             Salustij
             :
             ancient
             and
             moderne
             replenish
             vs
             with
             stories
             of
             this
             nature
             ;
             where
             violent
             ends
             euer
             attended
             the
             immoderation
             of
             Princes
             ,
             but
             healthfull
             liues
             ,
             and
             ioyfull
             periods
             summ'd
             vp
             the
             dayes
             of
             the
             temperate
             .
             The
             Venetians
             giue
             vs
             instance
             of
             these
             in
             themselues
             ;
             amongst
             which
             there
             appeares
             one
             more
             memorable
             :
             
               Domenico
               Syluio
            
             his
             Duchesse
             ,
             was
             so
             delicate
             a
             woman
             ,
             as
             she
             would
             haue
             dew
             gathered
             to
             make
             her
             
             Baine
             withall
             ,
             with
             many
             other
             curious
             perfumes
             and
             tricks
             ;
             yet
             before
             her
             death
             her
             flesh
             did
             rot
             ,
             so
             as
             no
             creature
             could
             come
             neere
             her
             .
             May
             my
             Taste
             be
             seasoned
             with
             no
             such
             delicacie
             :
             let
             my
             affection
             rather
             disclaime
             herselfe
             ,
             than
             vndo
             my
             soule
             by
             intemperate
             subiects
             .
             I
             will
             not
             care
             so
             much
             to
             taste
             what
             I
             loue
             ,
             as
             what
             I
             hate
             ;
             for
             I
             know
             my selfe
             more
             subiect
             to
             surfet
             in
             the
             one
             ,
             than
             in
             the
             other
             .
             I
             haue
             tasted
             most
             of
             inferior
             delights
             ,
             yet
             in
             a
             generall
             suruey
             of
             all
             my
             pleasures
             ,
             I
             cannot
             chuse
             but
             weepe
             ,
             to
             remember
             how
             those
             delights
             which
             I
             affected
             ,
             produce
             no
             other
             fruit
             but
             Repentance
             .
             The
             taste
             of
             vice
             to
             a
             mortified
             affection
             ,
             is
             like
             sweet
             meats
             to
             him
             that
             is
             in
             an
             ague
             :
             shee
             is
             distastfull
             ,
             and
             becomes
             more
             odious
             ,
             in
             that
             shee
             cloaths
             delight
             with
             an
             habit
             of
             wantonnesse
             .
             I
             will
             chuse
             with
             
             holy
             Hierome
             ,
             to
             build
             me
             a
             cell
             in
             the
             desart
             ,
             to
             liue
             out
             of
             the
             heat
             of
             concupiscence
             ,
             rather
             than
             by
             liuing
             in
             the
             eye
             of
             the
             world
             ,
             enthral
             my
             reasonable
             part
             to
             the
             appetite
             of
             
               Sence
               .
               Taste
            
             ingenders
             delight
             :
             I
             will
             not
             taste
             euery
             thing
             I
             like
             ,
             lest
             late
             repentance
             force
             me
             to
             distaste
             that
             which
             I
             liked
             .
             I
             will
             fore-see
             the
             end
             ,
             ere
             I
             approue
             of
             the
             means
             ,
             that
             grounding
             on
             a
             
               golden
               meane
            
             ,
             I
             may
             attaine
             a
             glorious
             end
             .
             No
             tempting
             delight
             shall
             feede
             my
             appetite
             :
             for
             as
             preuention
             is
             the
             life
             of
             policie
             ;
             so
             temptation
             ,
             if
             consented
             to
             ,
             is
             the
             passage
             to
             miserie
             .
             Fowles
             of
             the
             ayre
             ,
             though
             neuer
             so
             empty-stomackt
             ,
             flie
             not
             for
             foode
             into
             open
             pit-falls
             :
          
           
             
               Quae
               nimis
               apparent
               retia
               ,
               vitat
               avis
               .
            
             My
             soule
             shall
             imitate
             the
             bird
             ,
             that
             she
             may
             escape
             (
             like
             the
             bird
             )
             out
             of
             the
             hand
             of
             the
             Fowler
             .
             How
             happy
             were
             I
             ,
             if
             I
             would
             taste
             nothing
             
             but
             what
             ministers
             content
             to
             the
             minde
             ,
             sustayning
             nature
             ,
             but
             not
             oppressing
             her
             ,
             feeding
             ,
             but
             not
             pampering
             her
             ,
             cheering
             ,
             but
             not
             cramming
             her
             .
             I
             haue
             tasted
             many
             liquors
             ,
             yet
             none
             like
             the
             brinie
             current
             of
             mine
             eyes
             :
             teares
             are
             best
             extinguishers
             of
             sin
             ,
             preparatiues
             to
             remorce
             ,
             motiues
             to
             true
             contrition
             :
             precious
             Elixir
             may
             thou
             euer
             be
             my
             drinke
             in
             the
             time
             of
             my
             pilgrimage
             ,
             and
             quench
             my
             thirst
             of
             sin
             with
             a
             desire
             of
             an
             heauenly
             inheritance
             .
             As
             the
             Nurse
             layeth
             wormwood
             or
             aloes
             on
             her
             pap
             ,
             to
             waine
             her
             childe
             from
             sucking
             ,
             so
             will
             I
             sprinkle
             some
             bitter
             thing
             vpon
             such
             things
             as
             I
             affect
             ,
             that
             my
             delight
             may
             be
             restrained
             .
             How
             full
             of
             comfort
             am
             I
             ,
             when
             my
             taste
             is
             directed
             to
             a
             right
             end
             ?
             and
             how
             directed
             ,
             when
             it
             is
             besotted
             with
             vanities
             ?
             How
             far
             better
             were
             it
             ,
             to
             liue
             temperate
             ,
             taste
             all
             things
             as
             indifferent
             ,
             
             and
             conclude
             our
             dayes
             in
             quiet
             ,
             than
             to
             haue
             Diues
             doom
             ,
             Nabals
             doale
             ,
             or
             Balthazar
             's
             fall
             ?
             how
             far
             better
             were
             it
             to
             liue
             like
             the
             Hermit
             in
             the
             desert
             ,
             then
             like
             the
             sensuall
             Libertine
             in
             the
             world
             so
             dissolute
             ?
             what
             is
             it
             to
             feed
             lusciously
             ,
             fare
             daintely
             ,
             tast
             all
             things
             with
             full
             satiety
             ,
             when
             our
             fare
             shal
             be
             reduced
             to
             famine
             ,
             our
             luscious
             feeding
             to
             Soule-staruing
             ,
             and
             our
             Satiety
             here
             on
             earth
             ,
             to
             our
             penury
             for
             euer
             in
             hell
             ?
             it
             is
             better
             to
             distribute
             to
             those
             that
             craue
             ,
             vse
             temperance
             in
             what
             we
             haue
             ,
             &
             make
             our
             posteritie
             true
             heyres
             of
             what
             we
             leaue
             ,
             than
             to
             cry
             in
             midst
             of
             an
             eternall
             flame
             ,
             for
             one
             small
             drop
             to
             quench
             our
             thirst
             ,
             and
             not
             be
             heard
             ;
             for
             one
             crum
             ,
             and
             not
             be
             satisfied
             ;
             for
             one
             minutes
             ease
             ,
             and
             not
             released
             .
             Taste
             may
             my
             soule
             no
             such
             dainties
             as
             may
             starue
             her
             ;
             delighted
             be
             my
             soule
             ,
             but
             with
             no
             such
             
             vanities
             as
             may
             corrupt
             her
             ;
             reioyce
             may
             my
             soule
             ,
             but
             in
             no
             other
             subiect
             ,
             no
             other
             obiect
             ,
             yea
             her
             only
             maker
             .
             Soe
             in
             the
             tast
             of
             this
             life
             ,
             shall
             I
             remember
             my
             yeres
             with
             bitternesse
             of
             heart
             :
             that
             my
             life
             which
             is
             reckned
             not
             by
             yeres
             ,
             but
             Howres
             ,
             not
             how
             many
             ,
             but
             how
             good
             ,
             may
             be
             as
             the
             Tast
             of
             sweete
             smelling
             odors
             ,
             in
             the
             nose-thrills
             of
             her
             Sauiour
             ;
             there
             is
             no
             odour
             like
             it
             ,
             no
             perfume
             to
             be
             compared
             to
             it
             ;
             it
             is
             a
             saving
             sauour
             ;
             a
             pretious
             odour
             ;
             and
             the
             Saints
             honour
             .
             Happy
             Sence
             that
             is
             thus
             saincted
             ;
             comfortable
             taste
             that
             is
             thus
             renewed
             ;
             and
             blessed
             soule
             that
             is
             thus
             invited
             ;
             
               Taste
               and
               see
               how
               sweet
               the
               Lord
               is
            
             ;
             sweet
             in
             his
             mercies
             ,
             sweet
             in
             his
             promises
             ,
             and
             sweet
             in
             his
             performance
             .
             And
             such
             is
             the
             spirituall
             sweetnes
             ,
             which
             euery
             devout
             soule
             conceiueth
             in
             the
             contemplation
             of
             eternitie
             ,
             whose
             ioy
             is
             not
             in
             the
             
             tents
             of
             Kedar
             ,
             but
             in
             the
             bowels
             of
             her
             Sauiour
             ;
             not
             with
             the
             inhabitants
             of
             Moloc
             ,
             but
             the
             glorious
             seed
             of
             Isaac
             :
             these
             haue
             their
             taste
             in
             the
             greene
             and
             flourishing
             pastures
             of
             Gods
             word
             ;
             distasting
             the
             slesh-pots
             of
             Aegypt
             ,
             and
             relishing
             onely
             the
             manna
             of
             heauenly
             
               Canaan
               .
               Pleasures
            
             which
             are
             earthly
             ,
             they
             neither
             long
             for
             in
             expecting
             ,
             nor
             loue
             when
             enioying
             .
             They
             haue
             found
             obstruction
             in
             the
             Sences
             corporall
             ,
             but
             free
             passage
             in
             the
             Sences
             spirituall
             .
             They
             compare
             worldly-tasting
             men
             to
             those
             
               wilde
               asses
            
             ,
             which
             snift
             the
             winde
             ;
             their
             desires
             extend
             onely
             to
             be
             thought
             good
             ,
             dis-esteeming
             the
             excellencie
             of
             reall
             goodnesse
             ,
             which
             maketh
             man
             truly
             happy
             .
             They
             obserue
             foure
             sorts
             of
             men
             in
             the
             world
             discouered
             by
             the
             eye
             of
             wisdome
             :
             
               Some
               are
               wise
               ,
               but
               seeme
               not
               so
               ;
               some
               seeme
               so
               ,
               but
               are
               not
               so
               ;
               some
               neither
               are
               nor
               seeme
               ;
               
               some
               both
               are
               and
               seeme
               :
            
             the
             
               last
               ,
               these
            
             onely
             partake
             ;
             for
             as
             their
             essence
             concurrs
             with
             their
             appearance
             ,
             so
             scorne
             they
             to
             expresse
             more
             in
             semblance
             ,
             than
             they
             are
             in
             essence
             ;
             if
             there
             were
             no
             God
             ,
             yet
             these
             men
             would
             be
             good
             :
             and
             for
             sin
             ,
             though
             they
             wist
             (
             to
             vse
             Seneca's
             words
             )
             that
             neither
             God
             nor
             man
             knew
             it
             ,
             yet
             would
             they
             hate
             it
             .
             O
             my
             taste
             be
             thus
             seasoned
             ,
             my
             palate
             thus
             relished
             ,
             my
             affections
             thus
             marshalled
             ,
             my
             whole
             pilgrim-course
             thus
             managed
             ,
             that
             my
             Taste
             may
             distaste
             earth
             ,
             rellish
             heauen
             ,
             &
             after
             her
             dissolution
             from
             earth
             ,
             enioy
             her
             mansion
             in
             heauen
             .
          
        
         
           
           
             
               Of
               Smelling
            
             .
             5.
             
             ESSAY
             .
          
           
             SO
             prouident
             hath
             that
             great
             workeman
             bin
             of
             all
             his
             creatures
             ,
             5
             as
             no
             delight
             euen
             in
             this
             Tabernacle
             of
             earth
             ,
             is
             wanting
             to
             make
             him
             more
             accomplished
             :
             and
             though
             the
             
               fiue
               Sences
            
             (
             as
             that
             deuout
             Barnard
             obserueth
             )
             be
             those
             
               fiue
               gates
            
             ,
             by
             which
             the
             world
             doth
             besiege
             vs
             ,
             the
             Deuill
             doth
             tempt
             vs
             ,
             and
             the
             flesh
             ensnare
             vs
             ;
             yet
             in
             euery
             one
             of
             these
             ,
             if
             rightly
             employed
             ,
             is
             there
             a
             peculiar
             good
             and
             benefit
             redounding
             to
             the
             comfort
             of
             the
             soule
             ,
             no
             lesse
             than
             to
             the
             auaile
             and
             vtilitie
             of
             the
             bodie
             .
             For
             euen
             by
             the
             Smell
             ,
             as
             by
             the
             conduit
             ,
             by
             which
             is
             conveyed
             vnto
             vs
             the
             dilated
             fountaine
             of
             Gods
             mercie
             ,
             
             doe
             we
             apprehend
             all
             varieties
             of
             flowers
             ,
             sootes
             ,
             sweetes
             :
             which
             moued
             the
             Philosopher
             to
             terme
             this
             Sence
             ,
             the
             
               Harbinger
               of
               the
               Spring
            
             .
             Some
             are
             of
             opinion
             ,
             that
             this
             peculiar
             Sence
             ,
             is
             an
             occasion
             of
             more
             danger
             to
             the
             body
             than
             benefit
             ,
             in
             that
             it
             receiues
             crude
             and
             vnholesome
             vapours
             ,
             foggie
             and
             corrupt
             exhalations
             ,
             being
             subiect
             to
             any
             infection
             ;
             it
             is
             true
             :
             but
             what
             especiall
             delights
             confers
             it
             for
             one
             of
             these
             inconveniences
             ;
             cheering
             the
             whole
             bodie
             with
             the
             sweetest
             odours
             ,
             giuing
             libertie
             to
             the
             vitall
             powers
             ,
             which
             otherwise
             would
             be
             imprisoned
             ,
             delight
             to
             her
             fellow-Sences
             ,
             which
             else
             would
             be
             dulled
             ,
             and
             the
             sweet
             breathing
             ayre
             ,
             which
             by
             her
             is
             reciued
             :
             all
             these
             (
             as
             so
             many
             arguments
             of
             consequence
             )
             bring
             vs
             to
             a
             more
             exact
             acknowledgment
             of
             this
             Sences
             excellencie
             .
             The
             Smelling
             is
             termed
             
             the
             vnnecessariest
             of
             all
             other
             Sences
             ,
             yet
             may
             it
             be
             employed
             in
             cases
             of
             necessitie
             ;
             witnesse
             Democritus
             ,
             who
             against
             the
             celebration
             of
             the
             feast
             Buthysia
             ,
             fasted
             nine
             dayes
             ,
             sustayning
             nature
             onely
             with
             the
             smell
             of
             hot
             bread
             .
             This
             Sence
             of
             mine
             shall
             not
             be
             subiected
             to
             outward
             delicacies
             :
             Let
             the
             Courtier
             smell
             of
             perfumes
             ,
             the
             sleeke-fac'd
             Lady
             of
             her
             paintings
             ,
             I
             will
             follow
             the
             smell
             of
             my
             Sauiours
             oyntments
             :
             how
             should
             I
             be
             induced
             ,
             following
             the
             direction
             of
             reason
             ,
             by
             such
             soule-bewitching
             vanities
             ,
             which
             rather
             peruert
             the
             refined
             lustre
             of
             the
             minde
             ,
             than
             adde
             the
             least
             of
             perfection
             to
             so
             excellent
             an
             essence
             ?
             No
             ,
             let
             Pigmalion
             dote
             on
             his
             owne
             picture
             ,
             Narcissus
             on
             his
             shape
             ,
             Niobe
             on
             her
             numerous
             progenie
             ;
             my
             Taste
             ,
             shall
             be
             to
             taste
             how
             sweet
             the
             Lord
             is
             ;
             my
             Touch
             ,
             the
             apprehension
             of
             his
             loue
             ;
             my
             
             sight
             ,
             the
             contemplation
             of
             his
             glory
             ;
             my
             eare
             ,
             to
             accent
             his
             praise
             ;
             my
             smell
             ,
             to
             repose
             in
             the
             faire
             and
             pleasant
             pastures
             of
             his
             word
             .
             O
             comfort
             truly
             styled
             one
             ;
             in
             that
             my
             soule
             transported
             aboue
             herselfe
             ,
             vnites
             her selfe
             to
             be
             ioyned
             to
             her
             Redeemer
             .
             The
             Gardens
             of
             the
             Hesperides
             warded
             and
             guarded
             by
             those
             three
             daughters
             of
             Atlas
             ,
             were
             pleasant
             ;
             the
             Gardens
             of
             Lucullus
             fragrant
             ;
             the
             Groue
             of
             Ida
             eminent
             ;
             yet
             not
             comparable
             to
             those
             exquisite
             pleasures
             ,
             which
             the
             diuine
             pastures
             comprehend
             ;
             there
             is
             that
             
               hedged
               Garden
            
             ,
             that
             
               sealed
               Well
            
             ,
             that
             Bethesda
             ,
             that
             Eden
             ,
             that
             Syloe
             ;
             here
             may
             the
             delight
             of
             euery
             Sence
             be
             renewed
             ;
             the
             thirstie
             satisfied
             ,
             the
             hungry
             filled
             ,
             the
             sicke
             cured
             ,
             the
             labourer
             cheered
             ,
             and
             the
             exquisite
             mirrour
             of
             all
             perfection
             ;
             torrent
             of
             euer-flowing
             bounties
             ,
             Iessaes
             branch
             ,
             Aarons
             rod
             ,
             and
             that
             flowrie
             
             garden
             of
             Engaddi
             represented
             .
             There
             is
             
               mel
               in
               ore
               ,
               melos
               in
               aure
               ,
               iubilus
               in
               corde
            
             ;
             honie
             to
             the
             taste
             ,
             melodie
             to
             the
             eare
             ,
             and
             harmonie
             to
             the
             heart
             ;
             honie
             which
             breedes
             no
             loathing
             ,
             melodie
             which
             is
             neuer
             discording
             ,
             harmonie
             euer
             agreeing
             .
             This
             it
             is
             to
             be
             ioyned
             to
             an
             heau'nly
             spouse
             ,
             sending
             from
             Paradice
             pomgranats
             ,
             with
             the
             fruits
             of
             apples
             ;
             Cypresse
             ,
             Nard
             ,
             Nard
             and
             Saffron
             ,
             
             Fistula
             ,
             and
             Cinnamon
             ,
             with
             all
             the
             woods
             of
             Libanon
             ,
             Mirrh
             and
             Aloës
             ,
             with
             the
             best
             oyntments
             .
             What
             excellent
             delights
             be
             here
             proposed
             ?
             what
             exquisite
             comforts
             ministred
             ?
             it
             is
             sufficient
             for
             me
             to
             admire
             them
             in
             this
             pilgrimage
             ,
             enioying
             them
             by
             contemplation
             ,
             which
             after
             many
             pilgrim
             dayes
             I
             shall
             possesse
             in
             fruition
             .
             There
             is
             no
             Pomander
             to
             smell
             at
             ,
             like
             the
             oyntment
             of
             my
             Sauiour
             :
             he
             is
             all
             sweet
             ,
             all
             comfort
             ,
             all
             
             delight
             ;
             sweet
             in
             his
             mercy
             ,
             comfortable
             in
             his
             promise
             ,
             and
             delightfull
             in
             his
             presence
             ;
             in
             his
             mercy
             a
             father
             ,
             in
             his
             comfort
             a
             redeemer
             ,
             and
             in
             his
             delight
             a
             replenisher
             ;
             from
             his
             mercy
             and
             compassion
             is
             deriued
             abundantly
             fulnes
             of
             consolation
             ,
             from
             his
             comfort
             or
             promise
             ,
             an
             assured
             expectation
             ,
             and
             from
             his
             delight
             ,
             of
             himselfe
             a
             plenarie
             possession
             .
             O
             would
             to
             God
             with
             happy
             Ioseph
             ,
             I
             had
             taken
             downe
             my
             Sauiour
             from
             the
             crosse
             ,
             embalmed
             him
             in
             the
             spices
             or
             graces
             of
             my
             soule
             ,
             had
             layen
             him
             in
             the
             new
             sepulchre
             of
             my
             heart
             ,
             that
             at
             least
             attending
             or
             following
             my
             IESVS
             ,
             my
             obedience
             might
             haue
             ministred
             something
             to
             so
             heauenly
             obsequies
             .
             For
             how
             should
             I
             think
             but
             by
             the
             smell
             of
             his
             oyntments
             ,
             my
             sin-sicke
             and
             soule
             soiled
             conscience
             should
             be
             cured
             ,
             who
             had
             power
             to
             raise
             dead
             Lazarus
             stinking
             
             in
             his
             graue
             ,
             hauing
             bene
             foure
             dayes
             buried
             ?
             O
             that
             I
             might
             goe
             to
             the
             mountaine
             of
             Myrrh
             ,
             
             to
             the
             hill
             of
             Frankincense
             ,
             to
             be
             ioyned
             to
             him
             ,
             whose
             oyntments
             are
             aboue
             all
             spices
             :
             how
             should
             I
             want
             any
             thing
             being
             so
             enriched
             ?
             how
             should
             I
             feare
             any
             thing
             being
             so
             armed
             ?
             or
             how
             wish
             any
             thing
             ,
             hauing
             whatsoeuer
             I
             desired
             ?
             Sweet-smelling
             perfume
             of
             selected
             vertues
             ,
             pure
             streame
             of
             diuine
             graces
             ,
             and
             amiable
             beauty
             neuer
             blemished
             ;
             no
             delight
             shall
             withhold
             me
             ,
             no
             affection
             seduce
             me
             ,
             no
             inordinate
             pleasure
             entice
             me
             ,
             no
             sweet
             smell
             draw
             me
             ;
             I
             haue
             tyed
             my selfe
             to
             my
             spouse
             in
             all
             my
             Sences
             ;
             being
             He
             ,
             that
             ministers
             refreshment
             to
             all
             my
             Sences
             .
             If
             I
             eye
             any
             thing
             ,
             it
             shall
             be
             my
             Sauiours
             crosse
             ;
             if
             I
             heare
             any
             thing
             ,
             it
             shall
             be
             my
             Sauiours
             praise
             ;
             if
             I
             touch
             any
             thing
             ,
             it
             shall
             be
             my
             Sauiours
             
             wounds
             ;
             if
             I
             taste
             any
             thing
             ,
             it
             shall
             be
             my
             Sauiours
             comforts
             ;
             if
             I
             smell
             any
             thing
             ,
             it
             shall
             be
             my
             Sauiours
             oyntments
             :
             Blessed
             eye
             ,
             that
             hath
             such
             an
             obiect
             ;
             blessed
             eare
             ,
             that
             heares
             such
             a
             concord
             ;
             blessed
             touch
             ,
             that
             hath
             such
             a
             subiect
             ;
             blessed
             taste
             ,
             to
             haue
             such
             a
             rellish
             ;
             blessed
             smell
             ,
             to
             haue
             such
             a
             sweetnesse
             .
             As
             the
             Nose
             is
             the
             conduit
             ,
             by
             which
             wee
             receiue
             breath
             ,
             so
             should
             it
             be
             the
             conduit
             ,
             by
             which
             we
             receiue
             grace
             :
             by
             it
             we
             breath
             ;
             may
             wee
             rather
             not
             breath
             ,
             then
             employ
             it
             not
             in
             breathing
             praise
             to
             our
             maker
             ?
             As
             the
             Taste
             and
             Smell
             haue
             two
             distinct
             offices
             ,
             yet
             by
             an
             affinitie
             vnited
             ,
             for
             the
             obstruction
             of
             the
             one
             is
             the
             annoyance
             of
             the
             other
             ;
             so
             may
             they
             be
             linked
             in
             one
             consort
             ,
             in
             the
             contemplation
             of
             their
             Creator
             ;
             that
             as
             the
             one
             is
             to
             be
             employed
             to
             taste
             and
             
             see
             how
             sweet
             the
             Lord
             is
             ;
             so
             the
             other
             by
             following
             the
             smell
             of
             her
             Sauiours
             oyntments
             ,
             may
             at
             last
             attaine
             to
             the
             
               mountaine
               of
               eternal
               spices
            
             .
          
        
         
           FINIS
           .
        
      
       
         
           
           
             ORNATISSIMO
             ET
             LECTISSIMO
             VIRO
             ,
             
               I.
               B.
            
             de
             L
             :
             EQVITI
             AVRATO
             ,
             PVBLICAE
             PACIS
             IVRISQVE
             STVDIOSISSIMO
             .
          
           
             Pariterque
             
               H.
               B.
            
             FILIO
             INTER
             SVPERSTITES
             ORTV
             MAXIMO
             ,
             TALI
             PATRE
             NATO
             DIGNISSIMO
             ,
             INDOLIS
             OPTIMAE
             ,
             SPEI
             AMPLISSIMAE
             ,
             MENTIS
             TENACISSIMAE
             .
          
           
             RICHARD
             BRATHWAYT
             HANC
             DETRACTIONIS
             NARRATIVN
             CVLAM
             ,
             IN
             GRATAM
             ANIMI
             MEMORIAM
             (
             INVITA
             QUORUNDAM
             INVIDIA
             :
             )
             candide
             ,
             condite
             ,
             intime
             ,
             integre
             D.
             D.
             D.
             
          
        
         
           
           
             DETRACTION
             .
          
           
             DEtraction
             is
             a
             sin
             ,
             deriued
             from
             him
             ,
             who
             first
             seduced
             woman
             to
             sin
             :
             shee
             is
             conuersant
             in
             extenuating
             of
             vertues
             ,
             detracting
             from
             the
             good
             ,
             and
             spying
             occasion
             how
             to
             derogate
             from
             his
             worth
             ,
             which
             is
             most
             deseruingly
             eminent
             :
             shee
             is
             called
             by
             the
             sententious
             Lipsius
             ,
             a
             priuy
             guilefull
             wounding
             of
             the
             name
             ,
             by
             these
             two
             instruments
             ,
             
               Pen
               and
               Tongue
            
             :
             she
             is
             termed
             by
             that
             diuine
             Philosopher
             ,
             a
             secret
             vndermining
             thiefe
             ,
             that
             breaketh
             into
             the
             precious
             cabbinet
             of
             all
             morall
             vertues
             ,
             not
             to
             possesse
             them
             ,
             but
             corrupt
             them
             ,
             not
             to
             enioy
             them
             ,
             but
             detract
             from
             them
             :
             shee
             is
             harbored
             in
             male-contents
             ,
             respectiuely
             
             entertained
             by
             Nouelists
             ,
             an
             inquisitiue
             obseruer
             of
             state-affaires
             ,
             and
             a
             serious
             agent
             in
             ciuill
             diuisions
             :
             she
             is
             a
             great
             enemie
             to
             peace
             ,
             yet
             expects
             small
             benefit
             by
             warre
             ,
             neuer
             contented
             so
             long
             as
             she
             sees
             deseruing
             men
             honoured
             :
             shee
             is
             amongst
             men
             as
             pernicious
             ,
             as
             to
             God
             odious
             ,
             being
             a
             profest
             foe
             to
             none
             more
             than
             such
             as
             be
             zealous
             of
             God.
             Saturne
             is
             said
             to
             haue
             predominancie
             ouer
             her
             ,
             Idlenesse
             is
             the
             foster-mother
             of
             her
             ,
             and
             Enuie
             claimeth
             an
             especiall
             prerogatiue
             in
             her
             .
             It
             is
             strange
             to
             see
             how
             her
             censures
             be
             euer
             grounded
             on
             ignorance
             in
             matters
             of
             knowledge
             ,
             where
             publike
             or
             priuate
             imputation
             vseth
             to
             be
             the
             maine
             scope
             of
             her
             invention
             .
             Rightly
             was
             shee
             compared
             to
             the
             venemous
             Tarantula
             bred
             in
             the
             region
             of
             Apulia
             ,
             whose
             stinging
             was
             not
             to
             be
             cured
             by
             ought
             but
             Musicke
             ,
             to
             wit
             ,
             the
             
             melodie
             of
             a
             sincere
             and
             patient
             minde
             ,
             prepared
             to
             endure
             whatsoeuer
             she
             shall
             inflict
             ,
             yet
             able
             to
             wipe
             of
             ,
             whatsoeuer
             she
             can
             asperse
             .
             As
             it
             is
             the
             propertie
             of
             a
             friend
             to
             conceiue
             well
             ,
             to
             defend
             ,
             and
             speake
             well
             of
             those
             labours
             we
             compose
             ,
             or
             actions
             we
             performe
             (
             saith
             Lucilius
             )
             :
             so
             is
             it
             the
             vse
             of
             a
             discontented
             and
             malignant
             nature
             ,
             to
             depraue
             the
             best
             by
             misconstruction
             ,
             euer
             ayming
             at
             the
             worst
             :
             much
             like
             the
             Toade
             ,
             that
             may
             not
             endure
             to
             smell
             the
             sweet
             sauour
             of
             the
             Vine
             ,
             when
             it
             flourisheth
             .
             Whence
             I
             may
             iustly
             assume
             a
             particular
             complaint
             ,
             hauing
             got
             the
             name
             of
             a
             Detractor
             ,
             which
             I
             neuer
             merited
             .
             But
             well
             doe
             I
             perceiue
             whence
             I
             gained
             that
             title
             ,
             traduced
             not
             deserued
             ,
             being
             by
             malice
             suggested
             ,
             or
             on
             misconstruction
             (
             the
             indirectest
             path
             to
             probable
             opinion
             )
             grounded
             .
             For
             Construction
             is
             the
             moulder
             
             of
             Detraction
             :
             and
             impossible
             is
             it
             ,
             that
             so
             many
             different
             mindes
             should
             iumpe
             in
             one
             censure
             ;
             for
             particular
             vices
             enforce
             an
             application
             to
             our selues
             ,
             what
             was
             meant
             in
             generalitie
             .
             So
             as
             nothing
             can
             be
             writ
             in
             how
             temperate
             a
             style
             soeuer
             ,
             but
             some
             personall
             distast
             may
             be
             occasioned
             contrary
             to
             the
             minde
             of
             the
             Author
             ,
             yet
             sorting
             with
             their
             owne
             vicious
             humour
             :
             whereas
             it
             would
             rellish
             more
             of
             true
             wisdome
             ,
             to
             reforme
             that
             in
             our selues
             ,
             which
             giues
             occasion
             of
             reproofe
             vnto
             others
             ,
             then
             publikely
             to
             discouer
             our
             owne
             defects
             ,
             by
             applying
             that
             to
             our selues
             ,
             which
             perchance
             ,
             had
             as
             neere
             ,
             if
             not
             neerer
             affinitie
             to
             others
             .
             And
             herein
             was
             Vespasian
             commendable
             ,
             who
             apprehensiue
             enough
             of
             offence
             ,
             and
             powerfull
             enough
             to
             reuenge
             ,
             could
             wisely
             forbeare
             to
             be
             captious
             in
             the
             one
             ,
             or
             violent
             in
             the
             other
             .
             
             As
             for
             popular
             opinions
             ,
             which
             haue
             their
             foundation
             on
             no
             other
             ground
             than
             erring
             Repentance
             ,
             I
             appeale
             from
             them
             to
             a
             firmer
             and
             faithfuller
             testimonie
             ,
             that
             is
             ,
             my
             owne
             conscience
             ,
             which
             can
             say
             thus
             much
             for
             me
             in
             lieu
             of
             so
             many
             obiections
             :
             
               Non
               habeo
               in
               me
               ,
               quod
               testetur
               contra
               me
               :
            
             so
             sincere
             were
             my
             purposes
             from
             the
             beginning
             ,
             as
             they
             euer
             aymed
             at
             a
             more
             generous
             and
             glorious
             marke
             ,
             than
             to
             stoupe
             to
             such
             basenes
             ,
             as
             personall
             calumniation
             ,
             the
             infallible
             note
             of
             an
             ignoble
             and
             vnworthy
             disposition
             .
             Albeit
             more
             apparant
             it
             is
             than
             light
             :
             
               vt
               Belluae
               sunt
               humanae
               ,
               ita
               homines
               belluini
            
             ;
             whose
             depraued
             actions
             should
             be
             glanced
             at
             ,
             whereby
             shame
             might
             reclaime
             them
             ,
             seeing
             themselues
             brought
             forth
             naked
             to
             the
             world
             ,
             or
             the
             examples
             of
             others
             deterre
             them
             ,
             whose
             fearefull
             ends
             were
             occasioned
             
             vpon
             like
             meanes
             .
             And
             such
             as
             these
             be
             as
             necessarie
             fautors
             and
             supporters
             of
             vertue
             ,
             and
             her
             declining
             soueraigntie
             ,
             as
             those
             cherishers
             and
             professors
             of
             vice
             be
             principall
             causes
             of
             vertues
             decrease
             :
             yea
             those
             be
             they
             ,
             which
             that
             regall
             patron
             and
             patterne
             of
             iustice
             ,
             Aristides
             ,
             termed
             the
             Centinels
             of
             his
             kingdome
             ,
             because
             they
             rowsed
             and
             raised
             his
             people
             from
             the
             secure
             sleepe
             of
             ryot
             and
             excesse
             ,
             perswading
             them
             to
             imployments
             more
             generous
             and
             manly
             ,
             than
             to
             expose
             so
             precious
             a
             treasure
             as
             Time
             to
             sensuall
             effeminacie
             .
             Amongst
             these
             (
             I
             confesse
             it
             )
             I
             may
             be
             ranked
             ,
             nor
             is
             this
             Ranke
             vnworthy
             the
             approbation
             of
             the
             best
             :
             for
             my
             ayme
             hath
             euer
             bin
             (
             so
             farre
             as
             the
             small
             portion
             of
             my
             abilitie
             extended
             )
             to
             propose
             a
             way
             as
             accommodate
             ,
             to
             the
             course
             of
             vertue
             in
             a
             generall
             obseruance
             ,
             as
             particular
             
             practise
             :
             endeauouring
             to
             instance
             in
             my selfe
             by
             example
             ,
             what
             my
             Workes
             proposed
             by
             instruction
             .
             Wherein
             ,
             if
             at
             any
             time
             I
             failed
             ,
             (
             as
             what
             man
             liuing
             may
             not
             at
             sometimes
             faile
             ,
             if
             not
             fall
             )
             so
             vnsained
             and
             vrgent
             was
             my
             desire
             of
             redeeming
             the
             time
             I
             lost
             ,
             as
             I
             surceased
             not
             to
             labour
             till
             I
             regain'd
             what
             I
             lost
             .
             Yea
             ,
             so
             farre
             haue
             my
             thoughts
             euer
             beene
             from
             excusing
             or
             extenuating
             my
             imperfections
             (
             which
             haue
             beene
             euer
             before
             mine
             eyes
             )
             as
             I
             made
             that
             diuinely-morall
             instruction
             of
             Epictetus
             ,
             my
             entirest
             Councellour
             :
             who
             wils
             mee
             to
             denie
             the
             sinnes
             mine
             enemy
             taxes
             me
             with
             ,
             but
             to
             reproue
             his
             ignorance
             ,
             in
             that
             ,
             being
             vnacquainted
             with
             the
             infinitie
             of
             my
             crimes
             (
             which
             minister
             no
             lesse
             occasion
             of
             feares
             then
             teares
             )
             he
             layes
             onely
             two
             or
             three
             to
             my
             charge
             ,
             whereas
             ,
             indeed
             I
             am
             guilty
             of
             a
             million
             .
             But
             for
             that
             
             other
             ranke
             ,
             whose
             oyly
             tongues
             can
             smooth
             the
             errours
             of
             the
             vicious
             ,
             aswell
             as
             smother
             the
             deseruing
             parts
             of
             the
             vertuous
             ,
             I
             asmuch
             loath
             the
             gaine
             of
             their
             trafficke
             ,
             as
             I
             hate
             their
             trade
             .
             For
             the
             world
             shall
             not
             hire
             me
             to
             vtter
             one
             word
             to
             their
             praise
             ,
             which
             depraue
             the
             world
             ,
             nor
             the
             eminentst
             rewards
             force
             mee
             to
             detract
             ,
             where
             vertue
             bids
             me
             commend
             .
             For
             so
             small
             is
             the
             content
             I
             reape
             on
             earth
             ,
             as
             I
             see
             nothing
             in
             it
             of
             that
             worth
             ,
             which
             might
             moue
             mee
             to
             Flattery
             :
             or
             of
             that
             daring
             command
             ,
             to
             force
             mee
             to
             dispraise
             what
             is
             good
             ,
             hauing
             a
             prepared
             soule
             within
             me
             .
             Briefly
             ,
             as
             I
             detest
             these
             
               base
               creepers
            
             ,
             so
             will
             I
             seeke
             to
             auoide
             the
             daungerous
             company
             of
             detractours
             ,
             since
             the
             former
             ,
             as
             they
             imply
             spirits
             ignoble
             and
             depressed
             ,
             so
             the
             latter
             inferre
             troubled
             minds
             ,
             and
             such
             as
             are
             discontented
             .
             Long
             time
             therefore
             
             haue
             I
             resolued
             to
             sconce
             my selfe
             betwixt
             these
             two
             ,
             for
             who
             so
             obserueth
             not
             a
             meane
             is
             in
             danger
             of
             being
             split
             by
             one
             of
             these
             two
             .
             But
             to
             returne
             to
             the
             nature
             of
             these
             Detractors
             ,
             which
             Pindarus
             calls
             
               men
               of
               vncurbed
               mouths
               ,
               they
            
             are
             euer
             itching
             after
             newes
             ,
             which
             by
             an
             vncharitable
             glosse
             ,
             they
             labour
             so
             to
             peruert
             ,
             as
             they
             may
             redound
             to
             the
             imputation
             of
             some
             personall
             agent
             interrested
             in
             those
             affaires
             .
             They
             are
             subtill
             interpreters
             to
             the
             worst
             sence
             :
             for
             (
             Spider-like
             )
             they
             sucke
             poyson
             out
             of
             the
             holesomest
             flowers
             .
             As
             euery
             age
             is
             infected
             with
             their
             poison
             ,
             so
             no
             age
             from
             them
             ,
             can
             plead
             exemption
             .
             Where
             nature
             her selfe
             shall
             be
             reuiled
             by
             them
             ,
             being
             shee
             that
             first
             produced
             them
             .
             One
             findes
             fault
             with
             nature
             ,
             and
             taxeth
             her
             of
             indiscretion
             ,
             for
             setting
             the
             Bulls
             hornes
             rather
             on
             his
             head
             then
             his
             
             backe
             ,
             being
             the
             stronger
             part
             .
             An
             other
             ,
             that
             she
             should
             place
             both
             the
             eyes
             before
             ,
             whereas
             prouidence
             would
             haue
             set
             one
             behinde
             ,
             and
             an
             other
             before
             ,
             to
             arme
             man
             against
             danger
             aswell
             behinde
             ,
             as
             before
             .
             Yea
             ,
             euen
             those
             Orators
             ,
             and
             Pleaders
             for
             the
             prerogatiue
             of
             nature
             ,
             haue
             beene
             oftimes
             seene
             to
             detract
             from
             her
             Soueraignty
             :
             as
             the
             sensuall
             Epicure
             ,
             whose
             absurd
             opinion
             was
             ,
             that
             there
             was
             indeed
             a
             
               Superiour
               power
            
             ,
             which
             had
             commaund
             ouer
             the
             inferiour
             Creatures
             :
             Yet
             was
             that
             Power
             but
             an
             
               idle
               God
            
             ,
             louing
             his
             rest
             and
             quiet
             ,
             and
             retyring
             himselfe
             from
             the
             care
             of
             man
             or
             his
             affaires
             ;
             giuing
             him
             free
             scope
             and
             liberty
             to
             doe
             what
             he
             list
             ,
             and
             reposing
             the
             Supreame
             happinesse
             of
             a
             Deity
             in
             rest
             .
             To
             confirme
             which
             palpable
             opinion
             ,
             some
             irreligious
             Epicures
             of
             our
             time
             ,
             for
             the
             better
             establishing
             their
             doctrine
             of
             security
             ,
             
             haue
             produced
             ,
             or
             rather
             most
             impiously
             traduced
             that
             portion
             of
             sacred
             Scripture
             ,
             
               Requieuit
               Dominus
               in
               septimo
               die
               super
               omnia
               quae
               patrarat
               .
            
             So
             generally
             pernicious
             is
             this
             poison
             of
             the
             world
             ,
             as
             it
             aymes
             not
             onely
             at
             inferiour
             Subiects
             ,
             but
             euen
             at
             the
             transcendent
             power
             of
             the
             Almighty
             ,
             piercing
             (
             that
             I
             may
             vse
             Homers
             words
             )
             the
             spheare
             of
             Heauen
             ,
             &
             wounding
             Iupiter
             himselfe
             .
             These
             be
             those
             Aspes
             tongs
             ,
             which
             poyson
             our
             good
             names
             ;
             Those
             Spiders
             ,
             which
             with
             an
             art
             full
             of
             secret
             admiration
             ,
             bring
             webs
             out
             of
             their
             bodies
             to
             intangle
             vs
             poore
             Flies
             in
             their
             snares
             ;
             Those
             spreading
             tetters
             which
             eate
             into
             our
             reputation
             ;
             
               Those
               Suck-blouds
            
             which
             exhaust
             the
             pith
             and
             marrow
             of
             our
             
               Soules
               ;
               They
            
             are
             those
             Canker-wormes
             ,
             which
             euer
             browze
             on
             the
             tenderest
             and
             sweetest
             blossomes
             of
             our
             vertues
             .
             In
             briefe
             ,
             whatsoeuer
             
             is
             opposed
             to
             good
             ,
             that
             are
             they
             ,
             aspersing
             the
             foulest
             blemishes
             ,
             on
             men
             of
             approuedst
             deseruings
             .
             True
             it
             is
             ,
             that
             nothing
             is
             more
             swift
             than
             Calumnie
             ,
             for
             shee
             is
             euer
             flying
             ;
             more
             eager
             ,
             for
             she
             is
             euer
             assailing
             ;
             more
             cautelous
             ,
             being
             euer
             prying
             ;
             more
             tyrannous
             ,
             being
             euer
             raging
             ,
             or
             more
             remorcelesse
             ,
             being
             euer
             deuouring
             .
             In
             a
             well-gouerned
             state
             ,
             this
             Axiom
             holds
             euer
             impregnable
             ;
             
               Eadem
               est
               foelicitas
               vnius
               hominis
               &
               totius
               ciuitatis
               :
            
             but
             how
             far
             shee
             is
             estranged
             from
             that
             felicitie
             ,
             may
             appeare
             by
             the
             hate
             shee
             beares
             to
             euery
             good
             man
             within
             the
             Citie
             ;
             professing
             for
             faith
             ,
             fraud
             ;
             mixing
             deceit
             with
             fairest
             pretences
             of
             affection
             ;
             conversing
             with
             purpose
             to
             traduce
             ,
             importunate
             in
             the
             pursuit
             of
             acquaintance
             ,
             which
             she
             makes
             as
             notorious
             by
             her
             report
             ,
             as
             if
             they
             were
             Prodigies
             in
             nature
             ,
             by
             their
             life
             .
             Shee
             cannot
             endure
             to
             
             entertaine
             such
             into
             the
             lists
             of
             her
             discourse
             ,
             as
             affect
             a
             reserued
             silence
             :
             for
             those
             cannot
             yeeld
             her
             argument
             of
             talke
             ,
             because
             they
             are
             not
             talkers
             .
             Those
             which
             Catiline-like
             ,
             will
             promise
             much
             and
             doe
             litle
             ,
             rellish
             better
             in
             her
             palate
             ,
             than
             such
             ,
             as
             Iugurth-like
             ,
             will
             speake
             litle
             but
             doe
             much
             .
             Thus
             far
             in
             expression
             of
             her
             nature
             ,
             I
             will
             now
             touch
             the
             place
             of
             her
             abode
             .
             For
             the
             place
             of
             her
             abode
             ,
             it
             is
             harder
             to
             finde
             where
             she
             is
             not
             ,
             than
             where
             she
             is
             ;
             in
             diuers
             villages
             ,
             as
             obscure
             ,
             as
             time
             could
             make
             them
             ,
             haue
             I
             liued
             ,
             and
             I
             haue
             euer
             noted
             one
             
               Mother
               Trattles
            
             ,
             newes-carrier
             to
             all
             her
             neighbor-gossips
             within
             the
             parish
             :
             One
             that
             had
             art
             to
             tell
             a
             tale
             with
             winks
             and
             nods
             :
             yea
             so
             excellent
             were
             these
             old-trots
             in
             invention
             ,
             as
             they
             could
             make
             one
             and
             the
             selfe-same
             tale
             ,
             told
             in
             disgrace
             of
             one
             neighbour
             to
             another
             ,
             with
             a
             
             litle
             alteration
             ,
             as
             pleasing
             to
             the
             latter
             ,
             as
             the
             former
             .
             It
             pleased
             therefore
             the
             Spartan
             Orator
             ,
             to
             call
             them
             brands
             ,
             because
             raisers
             of
             ciuill
             differences
             and
             heart-burnes
             one
             with
             another
             .
             Brands
             indeed
             ,
             as
             well
             to
             publike
             states
             as
             priuate
             families
             ;
             whose
             many
             ruines
             will
             witnesse
             ,
             that
             though
             the
             wound
             be
             healed
             ,
             the
             scar
             remaines
             still
             ,
             harboring
             that
             Viper
             within
             them
             ,
             that
             preyed
             on
             them
             ;
             so
             miserable
             was
             their
             fate
             to
             cherish
             her
             which
             occasioned
             their
             fall
             .
             Rightly
             did
             he
             say
             ,
             that
             termed
             them
             Antipodes
             to
             all
             good
             men
             ,
             because
             they
             walke
             alwaies
             in
             a
             path
             opposite
             to
             the
             trace
             of
             vertue
             ,
             being
             as
             indirect
             in
             their
             courses
             ,
             as
             vncharitable
             in
             their
             censures
             .
             For
             iudgment
             ,
             they
             as
             much
             disclaime
             it
             ,
             as
             those
             that
             are
             profest
             enemies
             vnto
             it
             ;
             so
             much
             for
             conceit
             they
             thinke
             onely
             requisite
             ,
             as
             may
             detract
             from
             merit
             ,
             and
             
             adde
             to
             disgrace
             .
             The
             Athenian
             tearmed
             them
             
               Owles
               ,
               haters
               of
               light
               ,
               Bats
               ,
               recreants
               to
               their
               owne
               ,
               Scarabees
               ,
            
             euer
             feeding
             on
             
               vlcerous
               flesh
            
             ;
             aptly
             displaying
             their
             natures
             ,
             by
             these
             borrowed
             names
             .
             But
             for
             their
             place
             of
             being
             ,
             as
             they
             euer
             loue
             to
             insinuate
             into
             the
             acquaintance
             of
             the
             eminentst
             persons
             ,
             so
             they
             make
             them
             the
             vsualst
             subiects
             of
             their
             discourse
             :
             wherein
             they
             vse
             to
             compare
             their
             Actions
             and
             parts
             with
             their
             Progenitors
             ,
             whose
             vertues
             they
             make
             as
             transcendent
             ,
             as
             they
             disvalue
             the
             commendable
             qualities
             of
             those
             now
             present
             :
             and
             which
             is
             more
             remarkeable
             ,
             though
             they
             be
             altogether
             ignorant
             of
             what
             their
             Ancestours
             did
             ,
             yet
             expresse
             they
             their
             actions
             ,
             in
             dispraise
             of
             their
             successours
             ,
             as
             by
             ocular
             experience
             they
             knew
             what
             they
             did
             .
             Farre
             bee
             my
             thoughts
             estraunged
             from
             conuersing
             or
             commercing
             
             with
             these
             men
             ;
             yea
             ,
             may
             I
             rather
             not
             speake
             ,
             then
             detract
             from
             the
             vertues
             of
             the
             least
             eminent
             by
             speaking
             .
             I
             haue
             euer
             wished
             ,
             that
             my
             speeches
             might
             tend
             rather
             to
             edification
             of
             some
             ,
             then
             imputation
             to
             any
             .
             For
             so
             free
             haue
             my
             intentions
             beene
             from
             publike
             or
             priuate
             Calumnie
             ,
             as
             my
             inuention
             (
             euer
             grounded
             on
             a
             probable
             truth
             )
             hath
             euer
             seated
             and
             setled
             it selfe
             ,
             on
             the
             serious
             commending
             of
             goodnesse
             ,
             with
             a
             modest
             improuing
             of
             what
             was
             vicious
             .
             Yea
             ,
             I
             may
             safely
             auow
             (
             out
             of
             a
             sincere
             confidence
             within
             me
             )
             that
             I
             neare
             saw
             
               the
               man
            
             ,
             who
             could
             worthily
             taxe
             me
             in
             this
             kinde
             :
             indeede
             Poesie
             ,
             which
             one
             of
             the
             Fathers
             is
             pleased
             to
             terme
             
               vinum
               daemonum
            
             ,
             not
             because
             it
             cheeres
             but
             charmes
             Sinne
             ,
             may
             seeme
             sometimes
             to
             Satyrize
             ,
             when
             it
             is
             personall
             application
             ,
             not
             the
             Authours
             intention
             which
             
             makes
             his
             Poeme
             a
             Satyre
             :
             rightly
             therefore
             was
             that
             resolue
             of
             the
             
               Greeke
               Poet
            
             grounded
             :
             
               
                 At
                 him
                 my
                 Satyre
                 aimes
                 ,
              
               
                 Whose
                 application
                 claimes
                 ,
              
               
                 That
                 it
                 to
                 him
                 was
                 sent
              
               
                 Howseuer
                 it
                 was
                 ment
                 .
              
            
             and
             that
             againe
             of
             the
             golden
             Moralist
             :
             
               
                 Satyres
                 are
                 like
                 to
                 Images
                 in
                 wax
                 ,
              
               
                 Taxing
                 such
                 men
                 whose
                 guilt
                 themselues
                 doth
                 tax
                 .
              
            
             for
             my
             part
             ,
             I
             haue
             bin
             euer
             so
             religious
             an
             obseruant
             of
             my
             friend
             ,
             as
             I
             wish
             rather
             not
             to
             liue
             ,
             than
             by
             my
             lines
             to
             loose
             any
             mans
             loue
             :
             especially
             when
             I
             esteeme
             (
             with
             that
             diuine
             Sage
             )
             
               my
               friends
               life
               ,
               my
               best
               of
               humane
               glory
               ,
               and
               his
               good
               name
               the
               essentiallst
               part
               of
               his
               life
            
             ;
             but
             
               wonder
               I
               cannot
               chuse
               (
               for
               else
               should
               I
               
               wonder
               at
               my
               owne
               stupiditie
               )
               how
               any
               should
               harbour
               the
               least
               conceit
               of
               an
               intended
            
             Detraction
             
               by
               me
               or
               by
               my
               Labours
               ,
               vnlesse
               my
               title
               of
            
             Deuill
             
               imply
               so
               much
               ,
               which
               may
               seeme
               to
               haue
               affinitie
               with
               that
               which
               the
               Greekes
               terme
            
             
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
            
             ,
             Detraction
             :
             but
             I
             hope
             ,
             the
             iudicious
             ,
             whose
             censures
             haue
             not
             their
             dependence
             on
             titles
             but
             essences
             ,
             types
             but
             truths
             ,
             are
             resolued
             of
             the
             remotenesse
             of
             my
             thoughts
             from
             such
             an
             vngenerous
             condition
             ;
             meane
             time
             ,
             as
             the
             intentions
             of
             my
             soule
             are
             grounded
             on
             a
             more
             setled
             foundation
             ,
             than
             the
             opinion
             of
             that
             monster-multitude
             ,
             so
             shall
             my
             studies
             euer
             be
             directed
             for
             the
             satisfactorie
             delight
             and
             profit
             of
             the
             generous
             .
             I
             am
             now
             drawing
             from
             the
             world
             ,
             heauens
             forbid
             ,
             that
             I
             should
             proue
             such
             a
             seruile
             obseruer
             of
             the
             world
             ,
             as
             to
             prize
             her
             Fauours
             before
             my
             fortunes
             in
             an
             other
             world
             .
             In
             
             briefe
             ,
             as
             I
             am
             now
             learning
             how
             to
             number
             my
             dayes
             ,
             so
             will
             I
             take
             a
             strict
             account
             of
             the
             expence
             of
             my
             howres
             ,
             that
             my
             dayes
             well
             numbred
             ,
             may
             bring
             me
             to
             the
             length
             of
             dayes
             neuer
             to
             be
             summed
             ;
             that
             my
             howres
             well
             expended
             ,
             may
             bring
             me
             to
             ioyes
             in
             that
             
               last
               howre
            
             ,
             neuer
             to
             be
             ended
             :
             so
             shall
             those
             vertues
             which
             I
             haue
             in
             others
             admired
             moue
             me
             to
             imitation
             ,
             those
             vices
             which
             I
             haue
             obserued
             in
             others
             ,
             enforce
             in
             me
             a
             detestation
             .
          
           
             
               Male
               de
               me
               loquuntur
               sed
               mali
               ,
               mouerer
               si
               de
               me
               M.
               Cato
               ,
               si
               Lelius
               sapiens
               ,
               si
               duo
               Scipiones
               ista
               loquerentur
               ,
               nunc
               malis
               displicere
               laudari
               est
               .
            
             
               Seneca
               ad
               Galion
               :
               de
               remed
               :
               fortuit
               :
            
          
           
             FINIS
             .
          
        
      
       
         
         
         
           RESOLVES
           .
        
         
           I
           Offered
           before
           the
           sacrifice
           of
           my
           teares
           ;
           now
           remaines
           the
           prosecution
           of
           my
           Resolues
           :
           that
           as
           the
           first
           were
           symbols
           and
           signalls
           of
           my
           conuersion
           and
           contrition
           ,
           so
           the
           latter
           might
           be
           persuasiue
           motiues
           of
           my
           firmer
           resolution
           .
           Dry
           be
           those
           teares
           of
           repentance
           ,
           which
           are
           not
           seconded
           by
           a
           zealous
           continuance
           ;
           sith
           the
           perfection
           of
           vertue
           is
           perseuerance
           ;
           and
           fruitlesse
           is
           that
           zeale
           ,
           which
           like
           the
           seede
           in
           the
           parable
           ,
           is
           either
           by
           the
           thornie
           cares
           of
           the
           world
           choaked
           ,
           by
           the
           heat
           of
           persecution
           parched
           ,
           or
           by
           stonie
           impenitencie
           and
           obduracie
           withered
           :
           I
           will
           therefore
           by
           the
           power
           of
           him
           that
           
           made
           me
           ,
           so
           forme
           my
           Resolution
           ,
           that
           I
           may
           finde
           a
           comfortable
           friend
           in
           the
           day
           of
           my
           dissolution
           ;
           so
           shall
           the
           howre
           of
           my
           death
           be
           my
           convoy
           to
           life
           ,
           my
           Exit
           a
           conduct
           to
           a
           more
           glorious
           intrat
           ,
           my
           farewell
           on
           earth
           to
           my
           welfare
           in
           heauen
           ;
           reaping
           for
           what
           I
           sowed
           in
           teares
           ,
           in
           a
           plenteous
           haruest
           of
           ioyes
           .
           Thus
           therefore
           I
           addresse
           my
           Resolues
           ,
           which
           I
           wish
           may
           be
           with
           like
           feruor
           receiued
           ,
           as
           they
           were
           composed
           ,
           ministring
           no
           lesse
           matter
           of
           consolation
           to
           the
           devout
           Reader
           ,
           then
           they
           did
           of
           mortification
           to
           the
           penitent
           Author
           .
        
         
           I
           resolue
           to
           fix
           mine
           eye
           (
           more
           intentiuely
           )
           vpon
           my
           image
           ,
           that
           my
           forme
           may
           put
           me
           in
           minde
           of
           my
           former
           .
        
         
           I
           haue
           conversed
           too
           long
           with
           the
           world
           :
           I
           will
           fall
           from
           discourse
           
           to
           contemplation
           ;
           from
           talking
           with
           the
           world
           ,
           to
           contemplate
           him
           that
           made
           the
           world
           .
        
         
           I
           will
           no
           longer
           put
           my
           candle
           vnder
           a
           bushell
           ,
           shrowding
           my
           soules
           lustre
           with
           my
           bodies
           couer
           ,
           but
           will
           display
           the
           eminence
           of
           the
           one
           ,
           by
           the
           basenes
           of
           the
           other
           .
        
         
           Since
           it
           is
           not
           granted
           to
           man
           
             to
             loue
             and
             to
             be
             wise
             ,
          
           willingly
           will
           I
           incurre
           the
           opinion
           of
           vnwise
           ,
           to
           gaine
           the
           loue
           of
           him
           ,
           that
           is
           solely
           wise
           .
        
         
           The
           most
           precious
           things
           haue
           euer
           the
           most
           pernicious
           keepers
           ;
           which
           I
           found
           too
           true
           ,
           when
           I
           made
           my
           bodie
           my
           soules
           guardian
           :
           I
           will
           henceforth
           esteeme
           more
           highly
           of
           such
           a
           treasure
           ,
           than
           to
           commit
           it
           to
           the
           trust
           of
           a
           Traytor
           .
        
         
         
           I
           haue
           obserued
           two
           Solstices
           in
           the
           Sunnes
           motion
           ,
           but
           none
           in
           times
           revolution
           ;
           I
           will
           redeeme
           therefore
           my
           time
           while
           opportunitie
           is
           offred
           ,
           for
           being
           past
           shee
           is
           not
           to
           be
           recalled
           .
        
         
           I
           haue
           seene
           young
           mens
           loue
           end
           in
           lust
           ,
           old
           mens
           in
           dotage
           ;
           if
           ere
           I
           plant
           my
           affection
           ,
           I
           will
           so
           waine
           my selfe
           from
           the
           first
           ,
           that
           my
           chast
           youth
           may
           exempt
           me
           from
           the
           latter
           .
        
         
           Elegantly
           expressed
           was
           that
           conceit
           of
           the
           Emperor
           :
           
             Fortune
             hath
             somewhat
             of
             the
             nature
             of
             a
             woman
             ,
             that
             if
             she
             be
             too
             much
             wooed
             ,
             shee
             is
             the
             farther
             of
             :
          
           I
           will
           thinke
           it
           therefore
           the
           best
           of
           fortune
           ,
           neither
           to
           be
           allured
           by
           her
           fawne
           ,
           nor
           deiected
           by
           her
           frowne
           :
           for
           our
           indifferencie
           towards
           fortune
           makes
           vs
           most
           fortunate
           .
        
         
         
           Excellent
           was
           that
           soueraigntie
           or
           regencie
           of
           Fortune
           ,
           attributed
           by
           Liuie
           to
           
             Cato
             Maior
             :
             In
             whom
          
           (
           saith
           he
           )
           
             there
             appeared
             such
             abilitie
             both
             for
             constancie
             of
             minde
             ,
             and
             maturitie
             of
             wit
             ,
             as
             in
             what
             place
             soeuer
             he
             bore
             himselfe
             ,
             he
             seemed
             to
             be
             the
             moulder
             and
             maker
             of
             his
             owne
             fortune
             :
          
           but
           I
           desire
           no
           such
           transcendencie
           ;
           more
           haue
           fallen
           through
           the
           height
           of
           successe
           ,
           than
           for
           the
           want
           of
           meanes
           :
           This
           is
           my
           wish
           ,
           to
           enioy
           no
           other
           meanes
           ,
           than
           my
           Sauiour
           ,
           who
           makes
           meanes
           for
           me
           to
           his
           Father
           .
        
         
           I
           haue
           wondred
           at
           the
           strict
           accounts
           betwixt
           man
           and
           man
           ,
           while
           Man
           the
           image
           of
           his
           Creator
           ,
           forgets
           his
           accounts
           due
           to
           God
           by
           man
           :
           I
           resolue
           therefore
           to
           make
           the
           Euening
           the
           summer
           vp
           of
           the
           day
           and
           morning
           ;
           that
           my
           daily
           Memorandums
           may
           direct
           me
           in
           my
           
           reckning
           ,
           when
           I
           shall
           come
           to
           be
           accomptant
           for
           my
           dispensing
           .
        
         
           In
           my
           childhood
           I
           wished
           time
           after
           time
           to
           please
           my
           waggish
           fancie
           ;
           now
           is
           my
           wish
           extended
           to
           the
           length
           of
           time
           ,
           resoluing
           to
           liue
           to
           my
           fathers
           glory
           .
        
         
           It
           grieues
           mee
           when
           I
           call
           to
           minde
           ,
           how
           those
           many
           howres
           of
           vanitie
           ,
           which
           did
           once
           delight
           me
           ,
           shall
           be
           produced
           as
           so
           many
           witnesses
           ,
           to
           condemne
           me
           ;
           yet
           am
           I
           cheered
           with
           this
           Resolue
           ,
           that
           He
           ,
           who
           moued
           me
           to
           this
           remorce
           for
           my
           sin
           ,
           will
           not
           suffer
           me
           to
           make
           relapse
           into
           sin
           ,
           nor
           will
           pronounce
           the
           iudgment
           of
           death
           on
           me
           for
           my
           former
           sin
           .
        
         
           Grieuous
           sinnes
           require
           grieuous
           sighes
           ;
           I
           will
           passe
           therefore
           the
           remainder
           of
           my
           time
           ,
           in
           lamenting
           ,
           
           as
           I
           spent
           the
           prime
           of
           my
           time
           in
           transgressing
           ;
           so
           shall
           my
           teares
           witnesse
           my
           contrition
           ,
           my
           retire
           from
           the
           world
           my
           conuersion
           ,
           that
           in
           both
           ,
           I
           may
           adde
           to
           my
           soules
           glory
           ,
           by
           wayning
           my
           bodie
           from
           the
           conceit
           of
           her
           beauty
           .
        
         
           Ech
           thing
           we
           see
           in
           her
           kinde
           and
           nature
           ;
           yet
           man
           by
           sin
           a
           priuitiue
           ,
           degenerates
           from
           his
           nature
           primitiue
           ;
           opposing
           himselfe
           ,
           by
           transgressing
           his
           law
           that
           made
           him
           for
           himselfe
           .
        
         
           I
           haue
           heard
           many
           call
           this
           life
           a
           Pilgrimage
           ;
           yet
           did
           they
           liue
           in
           it
           ,
           as
           if
           it
           had
           bin
           the
           sole
           hope
           of
           their
           inheritance
           :
           I
           resolue
           therefore
           to
           take
           in
           hand
           the
           
             actiue
             part
          
           ,
           and
           leaue
           the
           
             discursiue
             ;
             doe
          
           before
           I
           speake
           ,
           practise
           mortification
           before
           I
           prattle
           of
           it
           :
           so
           shall
           my
           discourse
           be
           powerfull
           ,
           subsisting
           in
           
           the
           worke
           not
           word
           ,
           not
           externall
           or
           for
           fashion
           ,
           but
           in
           essence
           and
           operation
           .
        
         
           I
           haue
           oftentimes
           entred
           into
           discourse
           with
           my selfe
           ,
           making
           the
           scope
           thereof
           
             venite
             &
             abite
          
           :
           I
           contemplated
           withall
           ,
           the
           happinesse
           of
           those
           
             fiue
             Virgins
          
           receiued
           ,
           the
           miserie
           of
           those
           fiue
           reiected
           :
           reasoning
           with
           my selfe
           what
           this
           should
           meane
           ;
           and
           I
           found
           that
           no
           entry
           was
           admitted
           ,
           where
           the
           oyle
           of
           grace
           was
           not
           infused
           ,
           and
           that
           the
           heauenly
           Bridegroome
           will
           be
           by
           vs
           watchfully
           attended
           ,
           ere
           we
           be
           by
           him
           gloriously
           receiued
           .
           I
           resolued
           therefore
           ,
           to
           prepare
           a
           Wedding
           garment
           to
           adorne
           me
           ,
           a
           Lampe
           full
           of
           oyle
           to
           lighten
           me
           ,
           and
           a
           trustie
           friend
           to
           direct
           me
           ;
           the
           garment
           of
           humilitie
           ,
           the
           oyle
           of
           charitie
           ,
           and
           my
           friendly
           conscience
           within
           me
           .
        
         
         
           I
           haue
           wondred
           at
           some
           mens
           humors
           ,
           whose
           chiefest
           discourse
           was
           euer
           bent
           on
           their
           owne
           commendations
           ;
           for
           my
           part
           ,
           the
           knowledge
           of
           mine
           owne
           imperfections
           inioynes
           me
           silence
           ,
           considering
           how
           far
           I
           am
           short
           of
           that
           I
           should
           be
           ,
           how
           exceeding
           in
           that
           which
           is
           not
           required
           of
           me
           ;
           I
           haue
           resolued
           therefore
           by
           the
           scale
           of
           humilitie
           ,
           to
           ascend
           to
           the
           throne
           of
           glory
           ,
           making
           the
           acknowledgment
           of
           my
           defects
           ,
           my
           directest
           path
           for
           the
           attayning
           of
           perfection
           .
        
         
           As
           the
           completest
           follie
           appeares
           in
           too
           much
           complement
           ,
           so
           the
           best
           of
           wisdome
           is
           to
           be
           least
           popularly
           wise
           ;
           where
           opinion
           makes
           vs
           proud
           ,
           whil'st
           priuacie
           in
           knowledge
           makes
           vs
           onely
           knowne
           to
           our selues
           ,
           and
           no
           otherwise
           .
        
         
           I
           haue
           found
           oft-times
           the
           excellentest
           
           parts
           shrowded
           in
           the
           meanest
           and
           vnhansomest
           couers
           ;
           which
           I
           can
           instance
           in
           nothing
           better
           ,
           than
           in
           the
           diuine
           essence
           of
           the
           soule
           ,
           couered
           with
           the
           garment
           of
           flesh
           .
        
         
           Honour
           is
           a
           faire
           baite
           ,
           but
           a
           sincere
           disposition
           will
           not
           assume
           it
           before
           shee
           deserue
           it
           .
        
         
           The
           best
           of
           honour
           is
           to
           acknowledge
           our selues
           vnworthy
           of
           Him
           ,
           to
           whom
           is
           ascribed
           all
           honour
           ;
           nor
           can
           we
           better
           expresse
           our
           worth
           ,
           than
           by
           confessing
           our
           own
           shame
           .
        
         
           Purposes
           and
           Resolues
           may
           be
           compared
           to
           Pauls
           planting
           and
           Apollo's
           watering
           ,
           but
           their
           disposes
           to
           the
           blessing
           of
           God.
           
        
         
           I
           haue
           resolued
           in
           reflexion
           to
           my
           houre-glasse
           ,
           considering
           times
           preciousnes
           
           with
           his
           swiftnes
           ,
           to
           vie
           teares
           with
           her
           graines
           of
           sand
           ;
           that
           my
           teares
           might
           (
           in
           some
           measure
           )
           wash
           away
           the
           heap
           of
           those
           sins
           ,
           which
           are
           multiplyed
           like
           the
           sands
           .
        
         
           Earth
           as
           a
           globe
           in
           the
           ayre
           ,
           the
           soule
           as
           a
           Diamond
           in
           lead
           ,
           reason
           as
           a
           queene
           in
           her
           throne
           ;
           in
           the
           first
           we
           moue
           and
           are
           moued
           ;
           in
           the
           second
           we
           shine
           ,
           yet
           is
           our
           splendor
           by
           our
           bodies
           couer
           ,
           obscured
           ,
           by
           the
           last
           we
           are
           distinguished
           from
           beasts
           ,
           yet
           by
           her
           abuse
           we
           become
           worse
           than
           beasts
           .
        
         
           If
           Caesar
           (
           saith
           Machauell
           )
           had
           beene
           ouerthrowne
           ,
           he
           would
           haue
           beene
           more
           odious
           then
           euer
           was
           Catiline
           ;
           so
           strangely
           doth
           th'
           euent
           make
           indirectest
           actions
           glorious
           :
           but
           successe
           doth
           not
           euer
           argue
           a
           direct
           cause
           ;
           for
           the
           morning-flourish
           
           of
           the
           wicked
           shuts
           vp
           their
           Euening
           in
           a
           sullen
           discontent
           ;
           I
           will
           therefore
           so
           direct
           the
           meane
           that
           I
           may
           attaine
           the
           end
           :
           that
           an
           equall
           relation
           of
           one
           to
           the
           other
           ,
           may
           produce
           a
           necessary
           successe
           in
           both
           .
        
         
           I
           haue
           wondred
           why
           the
           Thracian
           being
           a
           Pagan
           should
           lament
           his
           birth
           like
           a
           Christian
           ;
           when
           we
           that
           are
           Christians
           laugh
           at
           our
           birth
           ,
           but
           pule
           at
           our
           death
           ,
           like
           Pagans
           .
        
         
           As
           wee
           enter
           the
           world
           with
           a
           shrike
           ,
           so
           we
           leaue
           it
           with
           a
           sigh
           ;
           the
           first
           implyes
           what
           place
           of
           miserie
           wee
           are
           entring
           ;
           the
           other
           shewes
           with
           what
           griefe
           we
           leaue
           the
           world
           in
           our
           departing
           .
        
         
           I
           haue
           considered
           with
           what
           tranquillity
           and
           peace
           of
           conscience
           ,
           a
           soule
           sequestred
           from
           the
           world
           taketh
           her
           farewell
           of
           earth
           ;
           she
           finds
           
           no
           obiects
           to
           distract
           her
           ,
           shee
           sees
           no
           friends
           that
           can
           with-drawe
           her
           from
           her
           approaching
           dissolution
           ;
           all
           seeme
           as
           in
           a
           calme
           sea
           ;
           whilest
           a
           soule
           plunged
           in
           worldly
           cares
           ,
           grieues
           to
           leaue
           what
           shee
           did
           so
           exceedingly
           loue
           .
           O
           may
           my
           soule
           so
           contemne
           the
           world
           ,
           as
           she
           may
           addresse
           her selfe
           for
           a
           future
           world
           :
           so
           extend
           her
           hopes
           aboue
           earth
           ,
           as
           she
           may
           raigne
           with
           her
           Sauiour
           after
           Earth
           .
        
         
           As
           the
           vale
           best
           discouereth
           the
           hil
           ;
           so
           a
           humble
           outside
           best
           displaieth
           a
           glorious
           soule
           ;
           Vanity
           becommeth
           not
           a
           wise-man
           ,
           much-lesse
           him
           that
           should
           be
           only
           wise
           to
           saluation
           .
        
         
           I
           had
           neuer
           the
           fate
           to
           admire
           titles
           ,
           nor
           hope
           to
           rise
           by
           fauning
           on
           greatnesse
           ;
           Heauen
           grant
           I
           may
           so
           follow
           him
           that
           is
           onely
           great
           ,
           that
           
           the
           choyce
           of
           his
           attendance
           may
           purchase
           mee
           a
           place
           of
           perpetuall
           residence
           .
        
         
           Age
           cannot
           alter
           habite
           ,
           nor
           aër
           condition
           ;
           I
           doe
           wish
           my
           age
           may
           be
           so
           well
           tempered
           ,
           that
           I
           may
           get
           that
           habite
           of
           vertue
           ,
           which
           cannot
           be
           depraued
           ,
           those
           internally-beautifying
           qualities
           of
           the
           minde
           ,
           which
           may
           not
           be
           corrupted
           .
        
         
           That
           is
           the
           choycest
           pleasure
           ,
           which
           hath
           onely
           relation
           to
           vertue
           ;
           others
           may
           haue
           appearance
           but
           no
           essence
           :
           for
           bitter
           is
           the
           fruite
           of
           that
           pleasure
           ,
           which
           is
           attended
           on
           by
           Repentance
           .
        
         
           There
           is
           no
           Bulwarke
           so
           impregnable
           as
           a
           spotlesse
           soule
           ;
           for
           shee
           can
           oppose
           all
           hostilitie
           inward
           ,
           where
           the
           other
           is
           onely
           for
           outward
           :
           as
           there
           is
           a
           continuall
           feast
           to
           
           him
           that
           enioyeth
           her
           ,
           so
           there
           is
           securitie
           to
           him
           that
           is
           attended
           by
           her
           .
        
         
           Length
           of
           daies
           is
           not
           in
           this
           vale
           of
           teares
           ,
           for
           few
           be
           they
           and
           full
           of
           misery
           ;
           but
           in
           the
           Tabernacle
           of
           Syon
           there
           is
           length
           of
           time
           without
           transition
           ,
           and
           accomplished
           yeares
           without
           conclusion
           .
        
         
           I
           haue
           collected
           that
           there
           is
           a
           Reward
           for
           the
           good
           ,
           as
           reuenge
           for
           the
           wicked
           ,
           after
           this
           life
           ;
           because
           the
           
             Sunne
             shineth
             aswell
             on
             the
             wicked
             as
             the
             good
             in
             this
             life
             .
          
           I
           haue
           resolued
           therefore
           ,
           that
           as
           the
           temporary
           Sunne
           cheeres
           mee
           with
           his
           heate
           ,
           so
           to
           dispose
           of
           my
           Actions
           ,
           that
           by
           his
           operation
           which
           workes
           in
           mee
           ,
           I
           may
           bee
           exalted
           by
           the
           Sunne
           of
           righteousnesse
           ,
           being
           made
           pertaker
           of
           his
           glory
           .
        
         
         
           When
           I
           behold
           the
           Dew
           fall
           on
           the
           grasse
           ,
           by
           which
           it
           is
           nourished
           ;
           I
           presently
           recollect
           how
           happy
           that
           soule
           is
           ,
           which
           is
           watered
           by
           the
           Dew
           of
           Gods
           grace
           ,
           by
           which
           it
           is
           onely
           renewed
           ,
           and
           in
           her
           affliction
           comforted
           .
        
         
           It
           is
           strange
           that
           Man
           in
           his
           trauaile
           ,
           should
           so
           often
           measure
           his
           graue
           ,
           yet
           be
           forgetfull
           of
           his
           end
           ;
           
             seuen
             foote
          
           is
           his
           dimension
           ,
           yet
           man
           liueth
           in
           that
           securitie
           ,
           as
           if
           that
           small
           scantling
           had
           a
           perpetuall
           extension
           .
        
         
           Making
           ech
           day
           an
           abstract
           of
           my
           life
           ,
           I
           finde
           by
           bitter
           experience
           (
           yet
           hopefull
           repentance
           )
           that
           I
           haue
           spent
           my
           morning
           in
           wantonnesse
           ;
           now
           my
           resolue
           is
           ,
           to
           redeme
           my
           morning
           idling
           with
           my
           mid-dayes
           labouring
           ,
           that
           I
           may
           receiue
           my
           penny
           in
           the
           euening
           .
        
         
         
           As
           the
           Sun
           shines
           the
           brightest
           at
           his
           setting
           ,
           so
           should
           man
           at
           his
           departing
           ;
           it
           is
           the
           euening
           crownes
           the
           day
           ;
           happy
           Soule
           that
           shall
           be
           crowned
           ,
           when
           her
           Euening
           is
           approached
           .
        
         
           Flatterie
           is
           not
           alwaies
           to
           praise
           in
           presence
           ,
           for
           incurre
           we
           may
           that
           name
           by
           praising
           in
           absence
           ;
           that
           is
           ,
           when
           either
           the
           vertue
           is
           absent
           ,
           or
           the
           occasion
           ;
           as
           for
           vertue
           ,
           shee
           can
           neither
           be
           ouer-prizd
           ,
           nor
           ouerpraisd
           :
           I
           will
           hate
           therefore
           to
           insinuate
           ,
           where
           Vertue
           is
           not
           resident
           ;
           nor
           can
           he
           be
           a
           Parasite
           ,
           that
           is
           her
           attendant
           .
        
         
           I
           finde
           seuerall
           perturbations
           ,
           to
           which
           I
           am
           exposed
           ,
           diuers
           infirmities
           ,
           to
           which
           naturally
           I
           am
           subiected
           ;
           I
           would
           not
           follow
           the
           indiscretion
           of
           Empyricks
           ,
           which
           minister
           the
           same
           medicines
           to
           all
           Patients
           :
           
           as
           my
           griefes
           be
           sundry
           ,
           proceeding
           from
           diuers
           meanes
           ,
           so
           must
           my
           receits
           be
           sundry
           ,
           if
           I
           meane
           to
           cure
           the
           effects
           .
           I
           will
           vse
           therefore
           corrasiues
           to
           eat
           away
           the
           hard
           and
           dead
           skin
           of
           impenitence
           ,
           Lenitiues
           to
           renew
           and
           cherish
           my
           tender
           skin
           ,
           lest
           I
           fall
           to
           despaire
           ,
           through
           too
           much
           weaknes
           .
        
         
           I
           am
           almost
           of
           Copernicus
           opinion
           ,
           who
           in
           his
           Theorie
           supposed
           ,
           that
           
             the
             Earth
             did
             moue
          
           ;
           it
           moues
           man
           indeed
           to
           moue
           vnlike
           himselfe
           ,
           becomming
           in
           his
           motion
           forgetfull
           of
           his
           
             first
             Mouer
          
           :
           I
           resolue
           therefore
           ,
           as
           many
           lines
           tend
           to
           one
           Centre
           ,
           so
           to
           ayme
           all
           my
           soules
           motions
           to
           the
           glory
           of
           my
           maker
           ;
           that
           earths
           motion
           may
           by
           no
           meanes
           draw
           me
           from
           him
           ,
           who
           first
           gaue
           me
           motion
           to
           serue
           him
           .
        
         
           I
           haue
           sometimes
           wished
           an
           end
           
           of
           my
           miserie
           ,
           lest
           miserie
           should
           cause
           my
           end
           ;
           but
           I
           found
           how
           foolish
           I
           was
           to
           wish
           for
           an
           end
           of
           that
           ,
           which
           can
           no
           way
           possible
           ,
           haue
           an
           end
           before
           my
           end
           ;
           for
           miserie
           is
           an
           inseparable
           companion
           to
           man
           ,
           so
           long
           as
           he
           is
           man
           ,
           for
           ceasing
           to
           be
           miserable
           he
           becommeth
           an
           Angell
           and
           no
           man.
           
        
         
           He
           that
           falls
           from
           diuine
           contemplation
           ,
           to
           take
           content
           in
           the
           world
           ,
           is
           as
           he
           ,
           that
           after
           he
           hath
           bin
           fed
           with
           meat
           of
           Angels
           ,
           falls
           afterward
           to
           delight
           in
           Swines
           meat
           :
           sensuall
           desires
           shall
           not
           captiuate
           my
           reason
           to
           the
           soueraigntie
           of
           Sence
           :
           I
           resolue
           so
           to
           liue
           ,
           that
           dying
           I
           may
           liue
           ;
           for
           this
           life
           as
           it
           is
           a
           death
           ,
           so
           death
           to
           the
           good
           is
           an
           aduantage
           of
           life
           .
        
         
           True
           it
           is
           ,
           which
           Democritus
           saith
           :
           
             Truth
             lyeth
             hid
             in
             certaine
             deepe
             mines
             
             or
             caues
          
           ;
           yet
           being
           daughter
           to
           time
           ,
           she
           will
           be
           at
           last
           discouered
           ,
           after
           she
           hath
           bin
           so
           long
           depressed
           :
           neuer
           ,
           neuer
           ;
           Truth
           loues
           to
           be
           retired
           from
           the
           world
           ,
           because
           shee
           sees
           that
           her
           fauourites
           be
           few
           in
           the
           world
           ;
           and
           rather
           will
           she
           liue
           a
           stale
           virgin
           ,
           than
           bestow
           herselfe
           of
           such
           as
           will
           but
           make
           a
           stale
           of
           her
           .
        
         
           Mans
           life
           is
           a
           globe
           of
           examples
           ,
           a
           shadow
           of
           imitation
           ,
           where
           the
           latter
           day
           is
           euer
           scholer
           to
           the
           former
           :
           I
           wish
           no
           further
           knowledge
           than
           to
           be
           a
           perfect
           scholer
           in
           
             Christ-crosse
             row
          
           ;
           for
           there
           (
           as
           in
           a
           mirrour
           )
           shall
           I
           behold
           Gods
           mercie
           ,
           mans
           miserie
           ;
           his
           miserie
           in
           falling
           ,
           Gods
           mercy
           in
           raising
           ;
           matter
           of
           thanksgiuing
           in
           man
           to
           God
           ,
           argument
           of
           affection
           in
           God
           to
           man.
           
        
         
           Long
           is
           it
           since
           I
           purposed
           my
           
           conversion
           ;
           but
           yet
           a
           litle
           and
           then
           a
           litle
           ,
           makes
           to
           morrow
           as
           far
           from
           conversion
           as
           was
           yesterday
           :
           I
           collect
           hence
           ,
           how
           powerfullst
           Resolues
           produce
           oft-times
           the
           poorest
           effects
           :
           henceforth
           therefore
           I
           intend
           not
           to
           put
           off
           till
           to
           morrow
           by
           idling
           to
           day
           ,
           lest
           I
           neuer
           liue
           to
           repent
           on
           to
           morrow
           ,
           being
           call'd
           on
           to
           day
           .
        
         
           I
           haue
           run
           a
           great
           part
           of
           my
           race
           ,
           &
           am
           out-stripped
           by
           all
           in
           the
           course
           of
           vertue
           ;
           what
           remaines
           ,
           but
           that
           I
           should
           now
           strip
           my selfe
           of
           this
           heauy
           garment
           with
           which
           I
           am
           ouer-loaded
           ,
           that
           I
           may
           put
           on
           the
           heauenly
           garment
           ,
           with
           which
           those
           happy
           runners
           (
           the
           Saints
           )
           are
           adorned
           .
        
         
           He
           that
           failes
           in
           his
           course
           ,
           cannot
           obtaine
           the
           goale
           ;
           and
           soone
           brethlesse
           am
           I
           ,
           vnlesse
           the
           Lord
           infuse
           
           his
           diuine
           breath
           in
           me
           :
           I
           will
           therefore
           run
           and
           pray
           ;
           run
           that
           I
           may
           obteine
           ,
           pray
           that
           I
           cease
           not
           to
           run
           till
           I
           obteyne
           .
        
         
           I
           haue
           found
           how
           soone
           affliction
           alters
           the
           countenance
           of
           adulterate
           friendship
           ;
           I
           haue
           a
           litle
           taste
           of
           it
           ,
           and
           experience
           bids
           me
           make
           this
           vse
           of
           it
           :
           
             Though
             one
             Swallow
             make
             no
             summer
             ,
             yet
             one
             mans
             summer
             makes
             many
             Swallowes
             :
          
           I
           will
           seeke
           therfore
           to
           gaine
           friends
           after
           time
           ,
           since
           most
           of
           these
           worldly
           friends
           are
           but
           obseruers
           of
           time
           .
        
         
           Pittie
           it
           is
           ,
           I
           heare
           some
           say
           ,
           such
           a
           braue
           spirit
           should
           want
           ;
           but
           what
           a
           wittall
           was
           he
           ,
           that
           through
           his
           owne
           follie
           should
           enforce
           his
           own
           want
           with
           others
           pittie
           ?
           Enuie
           is
           better
           than
           pitty
           ,
           in
           estate
           not
           in
           honour
           :
           for
           the
           decrease
           of
           honor
           as
           she
           is
           enuied
           before
           her
           fall
           ,
           yeelds
           
           argument
           of
           pitty
           ,
           so
           is
           shee
           oft-times
           restored
           by
           being
           generally
           pittied
           ,
           where
           estate
           ,
           as
           she
           was
           an
           obiect
           of
           enuie
           ,
           so
           piteously
           complayning
           shee
           remaines
           the
           same
           poore
           ,
           without
           altering
           .
        
         
           I
           will
           not
           ,
           like
           another
           Herodicus
           ,
           doe
           nothing
           all
           my
           life
           long
           ,
           but
           intend
           my
           health
           ;
           for
           why
           should
           I
           bestow
           more
           care
           on
           the
           case
           than
           on
           the
           instrument
           within
           the
           case
           ,
           on
           the
           bodie
           ,
           than
           the
           soule
           ?
           No
           ,
           I
           will
           reserue
           that
           moderate
           care
           for
           the
           health
           of
           my
           bodie
           ,
           that
           like
           a
           good
           instrument
           ,
           it
           may
           euer
           yeeld
           cheerfull
           musick
           to
           the
           eare
           of
           my
           soule
           ;
           so
           shall
           my
           soule
           ,
           by
           the
           ministerie
           of
           my
           bodie
           ,
           conforme
           her-selfe
           in
           obedience
           to
           him
           ,
           that
           made
           the
           soule
           to
           enlighten
           the
           bodie
           .
        
         
           It
           is
           strange
           to
           know
           what
           an
           impression
           of
           loue
           ,
           absence
           breeds
           in
           
           the
           Louer
           ;
           I
           wish
           the
           like
           effect
           in
           the
           absence
           of
           my
           soule
           from
           her
           Creator
           :
           she
           is
           here
           diuided
           by
           the
           vaile
           of
           her
           flesh
           ,
           may
           shee
           be
           more
           firmely
           vnited
           to
           him
           in
           spirit
           ;
           she
           is
           here
           a
           prisoner
           ,
           may
           her
           desires
           pierce
           through
           these
           walls
           of
           earth
           ,
           and
           expresse
           their
           feruencie
           to
           the
           God
           of
           heauen
           :
           shee
           is
           here
           a
           pilgrim
           ,
           may
           her
           skrip
           be
           humilitie
           ,
           her
           weede
           sanctitie
           ,
           her
           staffe
           charitie
           ,
           and
           her
           foode
           the
           nourishing
           milke
           of
           the
           word
           :
           shee
           is
           an
           exile
           ,
           may
           shee
           hasten
           to
           her
           natiue
           country
           ,
           cherefully
           leauing
           this
           vale
           of
           misery
           :
           shee
           is
           an
           Orphan
           ,
           may
           she
           addresse
           her-selfe
           thither
           ,
           where
           raignes
           the
           Widdowes
           iudge
           ,
           and
           Orphans
           father
           .
           
             Abide
             here
             (
             ô
             my
             soule
             )
             let
             this
             be
             thy
             retreit
             ;
             cheere
             thy
             spirit
             (
             ô
             my
             soule
             )
             with
             this
             eternall
             receit
             ;
             he
             it
             is
             that
             from
             perills
             past
             hath
             preserued
             thee
             ,
             in
             perills
             present
             hath
             armed
             thee
             ,
             against
             perills
             to
             
             come
             hath
             fore-warned
             thee
             .
             He
             it
             is
             invites
             thee
             fore-slowing
             ,
             expects
             thee
             opposing
             ,
             recalls
             thee
             straying
             ,
             and
             embraces
             thee
             returning
             .
             He
             it
             is
             that
             protects
             thee
             resting
             ,
             assists
             thee
             labouring
             ,
             exhorts
             thee
             fighting
             ,
             and
             crownes
             thee
             vanquishing
             :
             fore-slow
             not
             therfore
             since
             he
             invites
             thee
             ,
             oppose
             him
             not
             since
             he
             expects
             thee
             ,
             stray
             no
             farther
             since
             he
             recalls
             thee
             ,
             but
             returne
             with
             speed
             ,
             that
             he
             may
             embrace
             thee
             .
             Rest
             thou
             mayst
             with
             ioy
             being
             so
             protected
             ,
             labour
             in
             hope
             being
             so
             assisted
             ,
             fight
             with
             courage
             being
             so
             excited
             ,
             and
             vanquish
             with
             comfort
             being
             to
             be
             crowned
             .
          
        
         
           We
           must
           passe
           through
           a
           wildernesse
           to
           Canaan
           ;
           this
           wildernesse
           is
           the
           wide
           world
           :
           ô
           may
           my
           soule
           neuer
           murmur
           ,
           though
           hunger
           should
           annoy
           her
           ,
           thirst
           afflict
           her
           ,
           all
           perturbations
           enclose
           her
           :
           yea
           ,
           let
           her
           rather
           say
           with
           
             Iob
             ;
             I
             beleeue
             
             that
             my
             Redeemer
             liueth
             ,
             and
             that
             with
             these
             eyes
             I
             shall
             see
             him
             :
          
           happie
           eyes
           that
           are
           made
           contemplators
           of
           such
           exceeding
           glory
           ;
           ô
           may
           my
           eyes
           grow
           dim
           with
           weeping
           ,
           to
           be
           afterwards
           partakers
           of
           so
           glorious
           a
           vision
           !
        
         
           I
           resolue
           now
           to
           bid
           farewell
           to
           the
           world
           ,
           before
           I
           leaue
           it
           ,
           that
           being
           in
           it
           ,
           I
           may
           not
           be
           of
           it
           :
           there
           is
           no
           affinitie
           betweene
           the
           citizens
           of
           Mammon
           and
           Syon
           ,
           I
           will
           fall
           by
           a
           loathing
           of
           the
           one
           ,
           to
           an
           vnfained
           louing
           of
           the
           other
           ,
           that
           in
           contempt
           of
           this
           world
           ,
           I
           may
           make
           my
           account
           more
           free
           in
           the
           world
           to
           come
           .
        
         
           I
           will
           make
           the
           worlds
           follie
           my
           chiefest
           policie
           ;
           soule-wise
           without
           desire
           of
           sole-wise
           or
           self-wise
           :
           may
           humilitie
           henceforth
           conduct
           me
           ;
           for
           conceit
           of
           knowledge
           through
           
           an
           opinionate
           arrogance
           ,
           hath
           made
           me
           (
           many
           times
           )
           glory
           in
           my
           owne
           ignorance
           .
        
         
           I
           had
           rather
           be
           imprisoned
           in
           the
           flesh
           ,
           then
           by
           the
           flesh
           ;
           for
           so
           I
           bee
           freed
           in
           minde
           I
           little
           care
           though
           I
           be
           imprisoned
           in
           body
           :
           since
           restraint
           of
           the
           one
           ,
           enlargeth
           the
           Libertie
           of
           the
           other
           ;
           whether
           therefore
           at
           freedome
           or
           restrained
           ,
           I
           resolue
           so
           to
           liue
           ,
           that
           my
           conscience
           may
           be
           a
           Testimonie
           how
           I
           haue
           liued
           ;
           making
           in
           Prison
           better
           vse
           of
           my
           grace
           ,
           then
           the
           Curtezan
           of
           her
           Glasse
           :
           for
           there
           will
           I
           note
           the
           blemishes
           of
           my
           soule
           ,
           while
           she
           the
           spots
           and
           moles
           in
           her
           face
           ;
           there
           shall
           I
           learne
           how
           to
           liue
           ,
           how
           to
           die
           for
           my
           Creator
           ;
           while
           she
           how
           to
           loue
           ,
           how
           to
           dye
           her
           colour
           different
           ,
           from
           what
           was
           giuen
           her
           by
           her
           Maker
           .
        
         
         
           Hee
           that
           seeks
           to
           preuent
           that
           which
           cannot
           be
           auoyded
           ,
           flies
           into
           Adams
           groue
           to
           sconce
           himselfe
           from
           Gods
           iudgment
           :
           I
           finde
           this
           approued
           ,
           when
           I
           labour
           to
           be
           exempted
           from
           the
           stroke
           of
           Death
           ,
           which
           can
           by
           no
           meanes
           be
           preuented
           ,
           whose
           doome
           as
           it
           is
           certaine
           ,
           so
           is
           his
           date
           vncertaine
           ;
           knocke
           he
           will
           ,
           but
           at
           what
           time
           I
           know
           not
           :
           I
           will
           therefore
           so
           set
           all
           things
           in
           order
           before
           he
           come
           ,
           that
           he
           may
           finde
           me
           prouided
           when
           he
           comes
           .
           I
           would
           be
           loth
           to
           be
           taken
           napping
           ,
           I
           will
           therefore
           so
           addresse
           my selfe
           euery
           houre
           ,
           that
           I
           may
           cheerfully
           embrace
           death
           in
           my
           last
           houre
           ;
           receiuing
           him
           not
           with
           feare
           ,
           as
           a
           guest
           that
           will
           be
           of
           necessitie
           harboured
           ,
           but
           with
           a
           friendly
           wellcome
           ,
           as
           one
           ,
           by
           whom
           I
           shall
           be
           to
           a
           secure
           harbour
           conducted
           .
           Death
           ,
           as
           he
           is
           importunate
           ,
           so
           is
           he
           iminent
           ;
           fearefull
           to
           the
           rich
           ,
           but
           
           cheerefull
           to
           the
           poore
           :
           for
           affliction
           breeds
           a
           loathing
           in
           liuing
           ,
           an
           accomplished
           content
           in
           dying
           ;
           knowing
           that
           there
           is
           an
           end
           of
           miserie
           apportioned
           by
           Death
           ,
           which
           was
           not
           granted
           to
           man
           during
           life
           .
           I
           wish
           so
           to
           liue
           ,
           that
           my
           life
           may
           be
           an
           argument
           that
           I
           did
           liue
           ;
           sith
           life
           without
           employment
           (
           the
           essence
           of
           mans
           life
           )
           hath
           more
           affinitie
           with
           death
           than
           life
           .
        
         
           As
           my
           God
           is
           Alpha
           and
           Omega
           ,
           being
           my
           Alpha
           begun
           in
           the
           kingdome
           of
           grace
           ,
           so
           he
           will
           be
           my
           Omega
           ,
           accomplished
           in
           the
           kingdom
           of
           glory
           :
           the
           last
           day
           of
           my
           liuing
           ,
           the
           first
           day
           of
           my
           raigning
           ,
           the
           houre
           of
           my
           bodies
           discention
           into
           earth
           ,
           the
           houre
           of
           my
           soules
           ascention
           into
           heauen
           .
        
         
           FINIS
           .
        
      
       
         
         
           The
           heauenly
           Exercise
           of
           the
           
             fiue
             Sences
          
           couched
           in
           a
           diuine
           Poem
           .
        
         
           LEt
           
             eye
             ,
             eare
             ,
             touch
             ,
             tast
             ,
             smell
             ,
          
           let
           euery
           Sence
           ,
        
         
           Employ
           it selfe
           to
           praise
           his
           prouidence
           ,
        
         
           Who
           gaue
           an
           eye
           to
           see
           ;
           but
           why
           was
           't
           giuen
           ?
        
         
           To
           guide
           our
           feet
           on
           earth
           ,
           our
           soules
           to
           heauen
           .
        
         
           An
           Eare
           to
           heare
           ;
           but
           what
           ?
           not
           iests
           o'
           th'
           time
           ,
        
         
           Vaine
           or
           prophane
           ,
           but
           melodie
           diuine
           .
        
         
           A
           touch
           to
           feele
           ;
           but
           what
           ?
           griefes
           of
           our
           brother
           ,
        
         
           And
           t'
           haue
           a
           
             fellow
             feeling
          
           one
           of
           other
           .
        
         
           A
           tast
           to
           relish
           ;
           what
           ?
           mans
           soueraigne
           blisse
           ,
        
         
           "
           Come
           taste
           and
           see
           the
           Lord
           how
           sweet
           he
           is
           !
        
         
           A
           smell
           to
           breath
           ;
           and
           what
           ?
           flowers
           that
           afford
        
         
           All
           choice
           content
           ,
           the
           odours
           of
           his
           word
           .
        
         
           "
           If
           our
           *
           
             fiue
             Sences
          
           thus
           employed
           be
           ,
        
         
           "
           We
           may
           our
           Sauiour
           
             smell
             ,
             tast
             ,
             touch
             ,
             heare
             ,
             see
             .
          
        
      
       
         
         
           Vpon
           his
           Resolues
           .
        
         
           MAy
           I
           resolue
           ,
           so
           my
           resolues
           expresse
           ,
        
         
           That
           th'
           world
           may
           see
           I
           am
           what
           I
           profess
           .
        
         
           May
           Earth
           be
           my
           least
           care
           ,
           my
           heart
           on
           him
           ,
        
         
           Whose
           crosse's
           my
           crowne
           ,
           whose
           Sonne
           did
           salue
           my
           sin
           .
        
      
       
         
         
         
           THE
           AVTHORS
           OPINION
           OF
           MARRIAGE
           :
           Deliuered
           in
           a
           satisfying
           Character
           to
           his
           friend
           .
        
         
           SIR
           ,
           1
           as
           I
           am
           no
           Timon
           ,
           so
           am
           I
           no
           marriage-affecting
           Libertine
           :
           I
           will
           labour
           therefore
           to
           satisfie
           your
           demands
           exactly
           ,
           making
           experience
           my
           directresse
           ,
           whose
           late
           familiaritie
           hath
           instructed
           me
           in
           this
           positiue
           Doctrine
           .
           As
           it
           repenteth
           me
           not
           to
           
           know
           it
           now
           ,
           so
           it
           litle
           repenteth
           me
           not
           to
           haue
           knowne
           it
           before
           now
           :
           for
           as
           the
           present
           estate
           adds
           to
           my
           content
           ,
           so
           my
           former
           want
           perhaps
           kept
           me
           from
           discontent
           :
           I
           perceiue
           no
           such
           thing
           as
           bondage
           in
           marriage
           ,
           onely
           a
           restraint
           from
           Batchler-sensualitie
           ,
           which
           merits
           not
           the
           name
           of
           seruitude
           but
           libertie
           .
           Vpon
           consideration
           had
           of
           two
           estates
           ,
           I
           account
           mariage
           concurring
           neerer
           with
           perfection
           ,
           and
           I
           ground
           my
           opinion
           vpon
           no
           worse
           probabilitie
           ,
           than
           the
           Arithmeticians
           maxime
           ,
           Numbers
           haue
           their
           beginning
           but
           not
           perfection
           from
           vnities
           ;
           yet
           exclude
           I
           not
           these
           two
           indiuidually
           vnited
           ,
           from
           that
           incomparable
           effect
           of
           marriage
           ,
           vnitie
           .
           Content
           I
           finde
           more
           accomplished
           where
           mindes
           are
           consorting
           ;
           for
           singlenesse
           includes
           rather
           the
           condition
           of
           an
           Anchorite
           ,
           than
           of
           one
           affecting
           
           societie
           :
           This
           better
           for
           procreation
           ,
           That
           for
           contemplation
           .
           There
           is
           no
           felicitie
           (
           if
           earth
           may
           be
           said
           to
           enioy
           it
           )
           like
           a
           fellow-helper
           ,
           &
           no
           fellow-helper
           equall
           to
           a
           faithfull
           bosom-friend
           :
           I
           am
           neither
           for
           committing
           secrets
           nor
           concealing
           them
           ,
           till
           I
           finde
           an
           aptnesse
           to
           conceale
           ,
           or
           faith
           to
           reserue
           .
           I
           finde
           Mysogenes
           opinion
           grosse
           and
           erroneous
           ,
           touching
           the
           secrecie
           of
           a
           woman
           ,
           a
           faithfull
           wife
           cannot
           chuse
           but
           be
           a
           good
           Secretarie
           .
           Shee
           makes
           her
           husbands
           reputation
           her
           principall
           subiect
           ,
           and
           chuseth
           rather
           to
           dye
           ,
           than
           it
           should
           dye
           .
           Her
           acquaintance
           is
           not
           popular
           ,
           nor
           craues
           shee
           rather
           to
           be
           seene
           what
           she
           weares
           ,
           than
           to
           be
           knowne
           what
           shee
           is
           .
           Vertue
           is
           her
           best
           habit
           ,
           and
           her
           garnish
           is
           beholden
           more
           to
           Nature
           than
           Art
           :
           shee
           affects
           no
           colours
           ,
           doing
           well
           without
           pretence
           of
           glory
           ,
           affecting
           
           what
           is
           good
           without
           desire
           of
           applause
           .
           I
           haue
           bin
           in
           a
           strange
           error
           ,
           and
           it
           much
           repents
           me
           of
           it
           ,
           where
           imagination
           suggested
           to
           me
           ,
           wedlocke
           could
           not
           be
           without
           some
           aspersion
           of
           lust
           ;
           for
           I
           perceiue
           the
           sanctitie
           and
           puritie
           of
           the
           rite
           ,
           adds
           more
           to
           content
           than
           the
           outward
           delight
           ;
           it
           relisheth
           more
           of
           the
           Spirit
           than
           the
           flesh
           ;
           he
           that
           feeles
           an
           other
           effect
           in
           marriage
           ,
           he
           is
           more
           brutish
           than
           reasonable
           .
           The
           best
           purchase
           is
           a
           good
           wife
           ,
           and
           the
           worst
           is
           her
           contrary
           :
           I
           haue
           commended
           Arminius
           opinion
           ,
           and
           haue
           long
           embraced
           it
           ,
           whose
           conceit
           was
           so
           much
           remoued
           from
           the
           affection
           of
           marriage
           ,
           as
           he
           censured
           him
           dead
           to
           earths-comforts
           ,
           that
           tooke
           himselfe
           to
           any
           other
           bed-fellow
           ,
           than
           his
           owne
           minde
           to
           converse
           with
           ;
           but
           I
           exclaime
           now
           vpon
           that
           heresie
           :
           I
           finde
           my
           minde
           strengthned
           by
           
           conference
           ,
           and
           that
           proceeds
           with
           best
           grace
           and
           consonance
           from
           a
           faithfull
           mate
           :
           I
           will
           not
           trust
           her
           with
           my
           bodie
           ,
           whom
           I
           dare
           not
           make
           partner
           of
           my
           minde
           ?
           and
           though
           the
           excellencie
           of
           the
           one
           ,
           surpasse
           the
           frailtie
           of
           the
           other
           ,
           yet
           will
           I
           not
           commend
           the
           one
           where
           I
           dare
           not
           commit
           the
           other
           .
           For
           frailtie
           of
           Sexes
           ,
           I
           conceiue
           how
           apt
           man
           is
           to
           iudge
           sinisterly
           of
           the
           weaker
           vessell
           ,
           and
           I
           impute
           it
           either
           to
           a
           want
           of
           Braines
           ,
           in
           that
           they
           cannot
           diue
           into
           the
           excellencie
           of
           so
           pure
           and
           exquisite
           a
           composition
           ,
           or
           some
           hard
           hap
           they
           haue
           had
           in
           making
           choice
           of
           such
           infirme
           creatures
           .
           I
           haue
           found
           one
           ,
           though
           weake
           by
           condition
           ,
           yet
           firme
           in
           her
           affection
           ;
           making
           her
           resolues
           so
           vndoubtedly
           approued
           by
           him
           she
           loues
           ,
           as
           she
           hath
           vowed
           to
           engrosse
           her
           loue
           to
           none
           saue
           him
           she
           onely
           loues
           :
           her
           content
           is
           
           so
           setled
           ,
           as
           she
           scornes
           to
           haue
           it
           diuided
           ,
           for
           she
           knowes
           that
           
             a
             heart
             diuided
             cānot
             liue
          
           .
           She
           professeth
           her selfe
           to
           be
           ,
           not
           where
           shee
           liues
           but
           where
           she
           loues
           ,
           and
           the
           Adamant
           which
           drawes
           her
           to
           affection
           ,
           is
           the
           perswaded
           ground
           she
           intertaines
           of
           her
           husbands
           disposition
           ,
           which
           is
           too
           choice
           to
           be
           popular
           ,
           and
           too
           relenting
           not
           to
           be
           wonne
           ;
           as
           meere
           protestations
           were
           not
           of
           force
           to
           winne
           her
           ,
           so
           flatterie
           was
           too
           palpable
           a
           suter
           to
           woe
           her
           .
           
             Content
             is
             worth
             a
             kingdome
             ,
             and
             my
             kingdome
             is
             my
             owne
             familie
             ,
             where
             I
             make
             euery
             day
             my
             account
             ,
             casting
             vp
             in
             the
             euening
             what
             I
             did
             in
             the
             day
             :
          
           I
           thinke
           my
           day
           well
           bestowed
           ,
           if
           employed
           in
           the
           seruice
           of
           my
           Creator
           ,
           and
           my
           conclusion
           is
           this
           :
           
             I
             will
             be
             none
             of
             that
             familie
             ,
             which
             is
             not
             carefull
             of
             promoting
             Gods
             glory
             .
             Marriage-melodie
          
           should
           haue
           no
           concurrence
           with
           diuisions
           ;
           though
           Musique
           
           be
           graced
           by
           it
           ,
           marriage
           distasts
           it
           :
           I
           haue
           wondred
           how
           two
           distinct
           bodies
           can
           be
           so
           inseparably
           vnited
           ,
           and
           I
           perceiue
           the
           strange
           and
           indeed
           vnsearchable
           effects
           of
           marriage
           ,
           which
           consists
           not
           so
           much
           in
           the
           ioyning
           hands
           ,
           as
           hearts
           .
           There
           is
           a
           sympathie
           equally
           working
           ,
           equally
           mouing
           in
           the
           parties
           louing
           ;
           nor
           is
           it
           beauty
           ,
           or
           any
           externall
           motiue
           so
           much
           enchaineth
           ,
           as
           a
           sacred-secret
           infusion
           ,
           conceiued
           by
           an
           holy
           and
           heauenly
           influence
           induceth
           .
           I
           haue
           heard
           how
           that
           ,
           
           
             When
             the
             Hawthorne
             springs
             ,
             and
             the
             Cuckow
             sings
             ,
             Actaeons
             head
             with
             hornets
             rings
             :
          
           it
           is
           true
           indeed
           ,
           ielousie
           is
           such
           a
           self-consuming
           vermin
           ,
           as
           it
           neuer
           rests
           day
           nor
           night
           ,
           from
           feeding
           her
           suspitious
           head
           with
           fruitlesse
           and
           friuolous
           doubts
           ;
           but
           I
           would
           not
           haue
           one
           subiect
           to
           this
           miserable
           phrensie
           ,
           betake
           himselfe
           to
           such
           fuell
           of
           
           Ielousie
           as
           a
           woman
           :
           for
           my
           part
           as
           I
           was
           neuer
           capable
           of
           such
           vaine
           suspect
           ,
           so
           conclude
           I
           euer
           ,
           I
           had
           rather
           be
           one
           and
           thinke
           me
           none
           ,
           than
           be
           none
           and
           thinke
           me
           one
           ,
           contenting
           my selfe
           with
           a
           generall
           fate
           ,
           rather
           than
           incurre
           disquiet
           by
           my
           owne
           default
           :
           which
           ,
           that
           glory
           of
           Graece
           ,
           
           the
           euer-liuing
           Homer
           seemes
           wittily
           to
           glance
           at
           in
           the
           person
           of
           Telemachus
           :
           
             
               Babe
               saith
               my
               Dade
               ,
               but
               he
               may
               say
               amisse
               ,
            
             
               For
               ought
               that
               I
               know
               ,
               I
               am
               none
               of
               his
               ;
            
             
               Yet
               I
               reply
               with
               Dade
               ,
               but
               that
               's
               all
               one
               ,
            
             
               I
               may
               mistake
               my
               Syre
               ,
               and
               he
               his
               Sonne
               .
            
          
           There
           is
           no
           order
           so
           ancient
           nor
           more
           maligned
           :
           honour
           hath
           many
           times
           correspondence
           with
           her
           ,
           
           and
           forraine
           Marchants
           may
           be
           confident
           ,
           their
           Pinnace
           is
           entitled
           to
           many
           Factors
           ;
           
             Stratta
             Iulia
          
           had
           neuer
           more
           Brothels
           in
           her
           ,
           then
           shee
           hath
           clamorous
           Suters
           attending
           on
           her
           :
           yet
           what
           cannot
           resolued
           patience
           beare
           ?
           my
           Aduice
           is
           to
           him
           ,
           whose
           suspition
           hath
           already
           pronounced
           him
           horne-mad
           ,
           to
           make
           vse
           of
           Ithacus
           counsell
           to
           Andromache
           ,
           in
           behalfe
           of
           her
           tender
           infant
           
             Astyanax
             .
             Conceale
             him
             ,
             that
             's
             the
             best
             meanes
             to
             saue
             him
             .
          
           Oft-times
           iealousie
           publisheth
           mans
           shame
           ,
           more
           then
           the
           occasion
           of
           his
           shame
           .
           A
           wise-man
           will
           rather
           conceaue
           and
           conceale
           ,
           then
           disclose
           his
           conceit
           to
           others
           report
           :
           The
           best
           of
           reputation
           is
           grounded
           on
           opinion
           free
           from
           Suspition
           ,
           and
           he
           is
           an
           egregious
           Wittall
           ,
           that
           loues
           to
           watch
           oportunity
           to
           adde
           to
           his
           discontent
           :
           my
           eyes
           are
           no
           such
           Sentinalls
           :
           charity
           bids
           me
           iudge
           the
           best
           ,
           and
           I
           wil
           
           rather
           expound
           my
           Wiues
           secret
           parly
           some
           instructiōs
           of
           huswifery
           ,
           then
           motiues
           of
           peruerted
           Liberty
           ;
           I
           haue
           somtimes
           wondred
           at
           the
           folly
           of
           
             Hans
             Caruiles
          
           dreame
           ,
           applying
           to
           my selfe
           the
           vse
           ,
           that
           I
           might
           better
           auoyde
           the
           end
           ,
           where
           euery
           fained
           and
           imagainarie
           conceit
           argues
           an
           Apparancie
           of
           act
           ,
           but
           I
           doubt
           not
           such
           Bugbeares
           ,
           they
           are
           terrors
           to
           Suspicious
           heads
           ,
           Scarcrowes
           to
           addle
           Braines
           :
           Beautie
           shall
           neuer
           be
           such
           an
           Idoll
           as
           to
           enforce
           my
           Adoration
           ,
           or
           so
           bewitching
           a
           Hagge
           as
           to
           enthrall
           me
           to
           Suspicion
           ;
           As
           a
           safe
           conscience
           is
           a
           perpetuall
           friend
           to
           sticke
           neere
           vs
           ,
           a
           continuall
           feast
           to
           cheare
           vs
           ,
           and
           a
           Brasen
           wall
           to
           shield
           vs
           :
           so
           is
           a
           faithfull
           Bosome-friend
           the
           Louingst
           companion
           ,
           the
           dearest
           minion
           ,
           and
           the
           indiuidualst
           Vnion
           ;
           a
           Companion
           to
           refresh
           vs
           ,
           a
           Minion
           to
           delight
           vs
           ,
           and
           such
           an
           Vnion
           as
           will
           inseparably
           ioyne
           vs.
           
           I
           little
           weigh
           the
           Woman-haters
           of
           our
           Age
           ,
           whose
           subiect
           is
           euer
           in
           dispraise
           of
           woman
           ,
           they
           shew
           the
           vnworthinesse
           of
           their
           Nature
           in
           Satyrizing
           vpon
           the
           weaker
           .
           As
           chastity
           is
           rare
           and
           incomparable
           ,
           Marriage-state
           hath
           beene
           euer
           deemed
           
             honourable
             .
             He
          
           that
           will
           not
           marrie
           &
           will
           not
           withdraw
           his
           eyes
           from
           vanity
           ,
           let
           him
           burne
           ;
           Such
           obiects
           are
           either
           Subiects
           of
           loue
           or
           lust
           ;
           if
           of
           Loue
           ,
           then
           happy
           is
           the
           Louer
           ,
           if
           of
           lust
           ,
           miserable
           is
           the
           beholder
           .
           I
           remember
           that
           noble
           Matrons
           Motto
           ,
           
             Where
             thou
             art
             Caius
             ,
             I
             am
             Caia
          
           :
           and
           I
           make
           no
           question
           of
           the
           like
           choyce
           .
           I
           haue
           read
           of
           diuers
           women
           ,
           who
           as
           they
           were
           delightfull
           to
           their
           Husbands
           in
           bed
           &
           boord
           ,
           so
           added
           they
           delight
           to
           the
           labouring
           Inuentions
           of
           their
           braine
           .
           Such
           a
           one
           enioyed
           Cato
           in
           his
           
             Portia
             ,
             Seneca
          
           in
           his
           
             Paulina
             ,
             Mar.
             Antonie
          
           in
           his
           Octauia
           :
           yea
           ,
           the
           best
           labours
           
           haue
           beene
           illustrated
           ,
           if
           not
           originally
           composed
           by
           
             married
             women
          
           ,
           witnesse
           those
           diuine
           Poems
           reduced
           to
           Centons
           by
           Theodosia
           daughter
           to
           the
           Emperour
           Theodosius
           ,
           the
           royall
           compositions
           of
           Lucane
           ,
           the
           sententious
           measures
           of
           Ennius
           ,
           the
           tragicke
           odes
           of
           Aristobulus
           ,
           which
           labours
           (
           though
           they
           retaine
           the
           names
           of
           these
           Authors
           )
           were
           reuised
           and
           refined
           by
           Women
           .
        
         
           I
           perceiue
           the
           wisest
           may
           erre
           ,
           and
           Salomon
           himselfe
           may
           faile
           in
           his
           iudgement
           ,
           making
           this
           Interrogation
           ,
           
             But
             as
             for
             a
             good
             women
             where
             is
             she
             to
             be
             found
             ?
          
           but
           his
           question
           imported
           rather
           a
           difficulty
           then
           an
           Impossibility
           :
           which
           hee
           had
           some
           cause
           to
           speake
           ,
           seeing
           women
           were
           the
           cause
           of
           his
           Idolatry
           ;
           A
           Goodman
           must
           of
           necessity
           make
           his
           wife
           of
           like
           quality
           :
           She
           is
           casten
           in
           his
           mould
           ,
           let
           him
           blame
           himselfe
           then
           
           if
           she
           be
           not
           good
           .
           Beautie
           is
           one
           of
           the
           least
           motiues
           to
           fancy
           ,
           who
           more
           admires
           a
           smooth
           skin
           than
           a
           sound
           minde
           ,
           may
           gaine
           content
           in
           his
           wiues
           prime
           ,
           but
           shall
           loose
           it
           in
           her
           age
           :
           I
           care
           not
           how
           poore
           her
           outside
           be
           ,
           so
           her
           inside
           be
           pure
           .
           I
           neuer
           set
           my
           affection
           on
           Marriage
           to
           strengthen
           me
           with
           friendship
           ,
           my
           ayme
           was
           the
           woman
           ,
           and
           the
           grounds
           of
           my
           loue
           were
           her
           minds
           indowments
           :
           I
           sought
           not
           in
           her
           what
           the
           Gallant
           seeks
           in
           his
           ,
           a
           minc'd
           speech
           ,
           a
           ginger
           pace
           ,
           or
           a
           drawing
           eye
           ;
           I
           found
           her
           speech
           able
           to
           deliuer
           her
           meaning
           ,
           her
           pace
           quicke
           enough
           in
           her
           employing
           ,
           and
           her
           eye
           too
           modest
           to
           loue
           gadding
           .
           A
           good
           wife
           is
           the
           best
           portion
           ;
           nor
           consists
           this
           her
           goodnesse
           onely
           in
           proportion
           :
           she
           that
           is
           onely
           outward
           faire
           ,
           deserues
           more
           to
           be
           loathed
           than
           loued
           ,
           despised
           than
           preased
           :
           A
           case
           beautifies
           
           the
           instrument
           ,
           but
           adds
           nothing
           to
           her
           accent
           ;
           and
           goodnesse
           is
           more
           continuate
           than
           beauty
           .
           I
           could
           neuer
           approue
           of
           that
           shape
           which
           deriues
           her
           beauty
           from
           the
           shop
           ;
           there
           is
           an
           innate
           decencie
           that
           better
           becomes
           vs
           ,
           and
           aboue
           all
           comparison
           doth
           better
           grace
           vs
           :
           It
           is
           not
           toyes
           ,
           tyres
           ,
           dressings
           ,
           but
           a
           personall
           comelinesse
           adds
           honor
           to
           our
           clothing
           .
           I
           haue
           much
           admired
           at
           mans
           follie
           ,
           whose
           commendations
           onely
           extend
           to
           what
           they
           weare
           ,
           not
           what
           they
           are
           .
           I
           will
           neuer
           tye
           my selfe
           to
           such
           impertinences
           ,
           nor
           can
           with
           iudgement
           esteeme
           the
           rinde
           for
           comely
           ,
           where
           the
           pith
           relisheth
           corruptly
           :
           It
           is
           not
           worth
           our
           praise
           ,
           to
           say
           ,
           
             such
             an
             one
             is
             faire
          
           ,
           that
           is
           no
           qualitie
           but
           an
           adiunct
           ;
           giue
           me
           one
           good
           ,
           I
           much
           weigh
           not
           any
           other
           attribute
           ,
           for
           
             Good
             is
             a
             better
             attribute
             than
             Faire
             .
          
           As
           I
           haue
           chosen
           ,
           so
           I
           repent
           
           me
           not
           of
           my
           choice
           :
           I
           haue
           planted
           my
           resolution
           thus
           ,
           nor
           hope
           I
           to
           alter
           it
           :
           The
           
             strange
             woman
          
           shall
           not
           allure
           me
           ,
           nor
           the
           Courts-idol
           ,
           a
           painted
           face
           inveagle
           me
           ;
           I
           am
           now
           for
           one
           ,
           and
           that
           one
           is
           all
           :
           me
           thinks
           Marriage
           ,
           as
           it
           is
           a
           type
           betwixt
           Christ
           &
           his
           Church
           ,
           the
           state
           politike
           &
           her
           head
           ;
           so
           it
           is
           a
           neerer
           combining
           of
           the
           bodie
           to
           the
           soule
           :
           The
           Soule
           hath
           promised
           for
           the
           bodie
           ,
           that
           shee
           shall
           not
           make
           her selfe
           
             a
             Cage
             of
             vncleane
             birds
          
           ,
           nor
           prostitute
           her-self
           to
           many
           ;
           and
           the
           Bodie
           hath
           so
           tyed
           her
           by
           plighting
           her
           faith
           by
           her
           hand
           ,
           that
           shee
           will
           inviolably
           performe
           what
           her
           Soule
           hath
           promised
           ,
        
         
           
             Sr
             ,
          
           
             God
             send
             you
             ioy
          
           .
        
      
       
         
         
           A
           Shrow
        
         
           2
           IS
           a
           
             continuall
             dropping
          
           ,
           whose
           actiuitie
           consists
           principally
           in
           the
           volubilitie
           of
           an
           infatigable
           tongue
           ;
           her
           father
           was
           a
           common
           Barretter
           ,
           and
           her
           mothers
           sole
           note
           (
           being
           the
           voice
           of
           her
           vocation
           )
           eccoed
           ,
           
             New
             wainflete
             Oysters
          
           ;
           in
           her
           sleepe
           when
           shee
           is
           barr'd
           from
           scolding
           ,
           shee
           falls
           to
           a
           terrible
           vaine
           of
           snoring
           ,
           and
           fomes
           at
           mouth
           ,
           as
           if
           she
           were
           possessed
           ,
           or
           shrudely
           rid
           by
           the
           Night-mare
           :
           shee
           is
           most
           out
           of
           her
           element
           ,
           when
           most
           at
           quiet
           ,
           and
           concludes
           ioyntly
           with
           the
           Arithmetician
           ,
           that
           vnities
           are
           to
           be
           excluded
           from
           numbers
           :
           Her
           progenie
           is
           but
           smal
           ,
           yet
           all
           hopefull
           to
           be
           interested
           in
           some
           clamorous
           offices
           ;
           for
           her
           
           eldest
           itcheth
           after
           Bellman
           ,
           her
           next
           after
           Cryer
           ,
           and
           her
           daughters
           scorn
           to
           degenerate
           ,
           vowing
           to
           bring
           the
           aunciently-erected
           Cuckstoole
           into
           request
           :
           shee
           frets
           like
           gum'd
           Grogram
           ,
           but
           for
           weare
           she
           is
           Sempiternum
           .
           Shee
           goes
           weekly
           a
           catterwauling
           ,
           where
           shee
           spoiles
           their
           spice-cup'd
           gossiping
           with
           her
           tarttongued
           calletting
           :
           she
           is
           a
           Bee
           in
           a
           box
           ,
           for
           she
           is
           euer
           buzzing
           :
           her
           eyes
           ,
           though
           they
           be
           no
           matches
           ,
           for
           she
           squints
           hatefully
           ,
           are
           more
           firing
           than
           any
           matches
           :
           she
           is
           a
           hot
           shot
           ,
           for
           she
           goes
           euer
           charg'd
           :
           she
           hath
           an
           excellent
           gift
           for
           memorie
           ,
           and
           can
           run
           diuision
           vpon
           relation
           of
           iniuries
           .
           In
           some
           thing
           she
           is
           praise-worthy
           ,
           for
           shee
           hates
           complement
           ,
           and
           grins
           when
           she
           heares
           any
           one
           commended
           ,
           much
           more
           flattered
           :
           all
           the
           phrensies
           in
           Bedlam
           cannot
           put
           her
           downe
           for
           humors
           .
           If
           shee
           be
           married
           ,
           she
           makes
           her
           husbands
           
           patience
           a
           fit
           subiect
           to
           work
           vpon
           ,
           where
           his
           miserable
           eares
           are
           deafed
           with
           her
           incessant
           clamour
           .
           she
           is
           neuer
           pleasd
           ,
           for
           being
           pleasd
           she
           were
           not
           her selfe
           ,
           whose
           choysest
           Musique
           is
           euer
           to
           be
           out
           a
           tune
           :
           a
           nest
           of
           wasps
           and
           hornets
           are
           not
           comparable
           to
           her
           for
           spite
           ,
           nor
           may
           equall
           her
           in
           splene
           ;
           and
           in
           this
           they
           principally
           differ
           ,
           she
           hath
           her
           sting
           in
           her
           tongue
           ,
           they
           in
           their
           tayle
           .
           she
           is
           monstrously
           vnsociable
           ,
           and
           grounds
           the
           reason
           of
           her
           distast
           vpon
           others
           approbation
           .
           when
           shee
           hath
           none
           to
           exercise
           her
           furie
           on
           ,
           she
           mumbles
           ouer
           some
           dogg'd
           Pater-noster
           to
           her self
           ,
           as
           if
           she
           were
           conjuring
           :
           her
           signe
           is
           euer
           in
           Cancer
           ,
           and
           hates
           Patience
           left
           it
           should
           bastardize
           her
           blood
           .
           shee
           is
           euer
           suspicious
           of
           others
           thoughts
           ,
           and
           therefore
           answers
           for
           her selfe
           before
           she
           needs
           .
           were
           she
           as
           strong
           in
           power
           as
           will
           ,
           she
           would
           
           commit
           more
           insolencies
           with
           her
           tongue
           ,
           than
           euer
           Nero
           did
           tyrannies
           with
           his
           sword
           .
           Silence
           shee
           hates
           as
           her
           sexes
           scandall
           ,
           and
           reprou'd
           for
           her
           distemper
           ,
           her
           answer
           is
           ,
           
             The
             worme
             will
             turne
             againe
          
           .
           Happy
           were
           her
           husband
           if
           shee
           were
           wormes-meat
           ,
           but
           her
           hope
           is
           to
           out-weare
           her
           winding-sheete
           :
           when
           shee
           comes
           in
           companie
           ,
           all
           cry
           
             God
             blesse
             them
          
           ,
           as
           if
           they
           heard
           thunder
           ;
           she
           omits
           no
           time
           ,
           spares
           no
           person
           ,
           obserues
           no
           state
           ,
           but
           wounds
           with
           her
           tongue
           ,
           terming
           it
           her
           sole
           defensiue
           instrument
           .
           Great
           ones
           she
           as
           much
           disvalues
           ,
           as
           shee
           contemnes
           inferiors
           ,
           yet
           neither
           shall
           slip
           her
           ,
           for
           she
           neuer
           saw
           
             that
             creature
          
           ,
           which
           might
           not
           giue
           her
           argument
           to
           vent
           her
           impatience
           ;
           her
           reading
           is
           but
           small
           ,
           yet
           when
           she
           heares
           of
           Stentors
           tongue
           ,
           shee
           would
           giue
           her
           Dowrie
           for
           such
           a
           cimball
           .
           she
           somtimes
           counterfeits
           
           grauitie
           ,
           but
           her
           ferret
           eyes
           and
           hooke
           nose
           display
           her
           for
           an
           hypocrite
           .
           Her
           tongue
           neuer
           findes
           vacation
           but
           in
           Church
           ,
           which
           time
           giues
           her
           occasion
           to
           commence
           some
           new
           brawle
           .
           Her
           tongue
           is
           as
           glibberie
           as
           an
           Eele
           ,
           all
           the
           Posts
           in
           the
           Kings
           high
           roade
           cannot
           equall
           her
           for
           speed
           ;
           marie
           truth
           is
           ,
           she
           enterfears
           dangerously
           .
           shee
           weares
           her
           clothes
           negligently
           ,
           of
           set
           purpose
           to
           moue
           her
           husband
           to
           taxe
           her
           for
           her
           sluttishnes
           ,
           whose
           reproofe
           she
           retorts
           with
           haile-shot
           ,
           and
           pellets
           him
           with
           words
           as
           disgracefull
           as
           she
           is
           fulsom
           .
           By
           this
           time
           she
           hath
           formald
           a
           paire
           of
           high
           corke
           shoes
           to
           heighten
           her
           dwarfish
           proportion
           ,
           purposely
           intended
           to
           beard
           her
           husband
           .
           In
           her
           infancie
           she
           was
           tongue-tyed
           ,
           but
           by
           an
           expert
           Artist
           ,
           the
           string
           being
           cut
           ,
           she
           euer
           after
           vowed
           neuer
           to
           loose
           the
           facultie
           of
           her
           vtterance
           
           by
           discontinuance
           .
           she
           hath
           seriously
           protested
           to
           make
           her
           husband
           run
           mad
           ,
           but
           he
           is
           a
           foole
           then
           .
           she
           claimes
           some
           priuiledge
           in
           his
           Bretches
           ,
           and
           that
           is
           th'
           efficient
           cause
           of
           a
           breach
           betwixt
           them
           .
           It
           may
           be
           she
           is
           honest
           ,
           but
           if
           her
           dogd
           humor
           would
           giue
           her
           leaue
           ,
           I
           am
           perswaded
           shee
           would
           enter
           parlie
           with
           a
           knaue
           in
           a
           corner
           :
           being
           (
           as
           she
           is
           )
           a
           very
           Crab
           ,
           if
           shee
           affect
           any
           pleasures
           ,
           they
           must
           be
           backward
           .
           she
           resembles
           the
           Raile
           ,
           and
           her
           name
           concurrs
           with
           her
           nature
           .
           shee
           condemnes
           no
           act
           so
           much
           ,
           as
           that
           of
           Hypemnestra
           ,
           who
           procured
           her
           husbands
           safetie
           ,
           while
           all
           the
           rest
           practised
           their
           deaths
           .
           shee
           approues
           of
           no
           ancient
           soueraigntie
           ,
           but
           that
           of
           Amazon
           ,
           where
           the
           gouernment
           was
           feminine
           :
           and
           for
           the
           Salique
           law
           ,
           she
           hath
           already
           repeald
           it
           ,
           as
           expresly
           preiudiciall
           to
           their
           sex
           .
           Her
           tongue-feuer
           is
           quotidian
           ,
           
           for
           it
           is
           euer
           shaking
           :
           her
           nature
           is
           so
           far
           out
           of
           temper
           ,
           as
           shee
           hath
           vowed
           to
           be
           phrenticke
           euer
           .
           she
           maintaines
           this
           ,
           that
           fancie
           is
           a
           phrensie
           ,
           and
           Loue
           such
           a
           painted
           Idoll
           ,
           as
           she
           will
           rather
           burne
           ,
           than
           tye
           her selfe
           to
           such
           a
           fopperie
           .
           I
           would
           see
           that
           Saint
           ,
           which
           shee
           would
           not
           incense
           ,
           a
           man
           of
           that
           temper
           ,
           whom
           she
           will
           not
           nettle
           .
           There
           is
           no
           bird
           which
           she
           lesse
           resembles
           than
           the
           Doue
           ,
           for
           she
           is
           all
           gall
           .
           Saturne
           hath
           sole
           predominance
           ouer
           her
           ,
           dis-affecting
           nothing
           more
           than
           affabilitie
           .
           she
           can
           be
           merry
           by
           times
           ,
           but
           then
           especially
           ,
           when
           her
           husband
           is
           malecontent
           .
           she
           liues
           of
           litle
           sleepe
           ,
           and
           seldome
           sleeps
           but
           dreames
           ,
           and
           awakes
           laughing
           ,
           relating
           how
           in
           her
           sleepe
           she
           beat
           her
           husband
           .
           The
           Crocodyles
           teares
           are
           not
           by
           halfe
           so
           mortally
           dangerous
           ,
           making
           euer
           her
           hatefull
           teares
           assured
           harbingers
           
           of
           reuenge
           .
           she
           weeps
           because
           she
           may
           not
           effect
           what
           she
           would
           ,
           tuning
           all
           the
           day
           a
           hellish
           discord
           ,
           best
           sorting
           with
           her
           serpentine
           subtiltie
           .
           she
           willingly
           entertaines
           her
           owne
           dislike
           ,
           to
           infer
           her
           husbands
           distast
           ;
           which
           she
           apprehends
           with
           ioy
           ,
           and
           obserues
           with
           a
           continuate
           delight
           .
           she
           rewards
           the
           Sexton
           liberally
           in
           her
           husbands
           presence
           ,
           onely
           adding
           ,
           
             a
             day
             will
             come
          
           .
           she
           presseth
           him
           to
           make
           his
           will
           ,
           perswading
           him
           he
           cannot
           liue
           long
           ,
           albeit
           he
           finde
           no
           such
           fault
           with
           himselfe
           .
           she
           would
           make
           an
           excellent
           Hawke
           ,
           for
           she
           is
           euer
           sharpe
           .
           shee
           vowes
           Temperance
           is
           none
           of
           the
           cardinall
           vertues
           ;
           and
           that
           too
           much
           sufferance
           may
           make
           the
           bleare-eyed
           world
           esteeme
           such
           an
           on
           a
           Saint
           ,
           whose
           recreant
           Patience
           deserues
           rather
           the
           title
           of
           Sot.
           she
           may
           seeme
           to
           haue
           some
           allusion
           to
           the
           Pismire
           ,
           wheresoeuer
           she
           
           is
           ,
           she
           brings
           smarting
           ,
           and
           in
           Prouidence
           too
           ,
           for
           the
           shrow
           is
           euer
           scraping
           .
           Her
           tongue
           would
           make
           a
           singular
           Scarcrow
           ,
           for
           it
           is
           euer
           ratling
           :
           in
           her
           discontent
           (
           as
           when
           is
           she
           out
           of
           that
           humor
           ?
           )
           her
           only
           dolefull
           song
           is
           Lachrimae
           ,
           which
           she
           vsually
           sings
           in
           any
           consort
           .
           Her
           complexion
           is
           sallow
           ,
           of
           constitution
           strong
           ,
           yet
           is
           her
           bodie
           incomparably
           weake
           to
           her
           will
           ,
           which
           can
           finde
           no
           period
           ,
           till
           death
           be
           her
           Herald
           ,
           to
           whose
           comfortable
           arrest
           I
           bequeath
           her
           .
        
         
           FINIS
           .
        
      
    
     
       
         
         
           TO
           MY
           LOVING
           friends
           ,
           my
           Country-Cottoneeres
           .
        
         
           DRoupe
           not
           ,
           though
           dead
           ,
           you
           may
           reviue
           againe
        
         
           By
           th'
           cheerefull
           beams
           of
           such
           a
           Soueraigne
           ;
        
         
           Who
           can
           discerne
           what
           painfull
           men
           deserue
           ,
        
         
           And
           would
           be
           loath
           ,
           your
           families
           should
           starue
           ,
        
         
           Or
           want
           the
           
             staffe
             of
             bread
          
           ,
           but
           by
           command
        
         
           Will
           see
           your
           case
           redressed
           out
           a
           hand
           ;
        
         
           Meane
           time
           read
           my
           Resolues
           ,
           where
           you
           shall
           finde
        
         
           In
           state-distresse
           ,
           some
           solace
           to
           your
           minde
           :
        
         
           Which
           found
           ,
           build
           on
           this
           ground
           ,
           and
           be
           as
           I
           ,
        
         
           Who
           am
           resolu'd
           ,
           hows'ere
           I
           liue
           ,
           or
           die
           .
        
         
           
             Yours
             ,
             or
             not
             his
             owne
             .
             R.
             B.
             
          
        
      
       
         
         
           
             
               
                 For
                 the
                 Booke
                 I
                 'le
                 say
                 ,
                 if
                 there
                 be
                 errors
                 in
                 't
                 ,
              
               
                 The
                 world
                 had
                 not
                 known
                 them
                 ,
                 but
                 for
                 th'
                 Print
                 ,
              
            
          
        
         
           Errata
           .
        
         
           PAg.
           5.
           lin
           :
           vlt
           :
           for
           strailings
           ,
           read
           strayings
           .
           Pag.
           15.
           lin
           :
           vlt
           :
           for
           passions
           ,
           read
           (
           in
           some
           copies
           )
           fashions
           .
           Pag
           :
           26.
           lin
           :
           9.
           for
           charuell-house
           ,
           read
           charnell-house
           .
           Pag
           :
           54.
           lin
           :
           3.
           for
           yea
           ,
           read
           then
           .
           Pag.
           58.
           lin
           :
           20.
           for
           reciued
           ,
           read
           receaued
           .
           Pag
           :
           71.
           lin
           :
           3.
           for
           repentance
           ,
           read
           (
           in
           some
           copies
           )
           report
           .
           Pag.
           73.
           lin
           :
           16.
           for
           ,
           
             to
             denie
          
           ,
           read
           ,
           
             not
             to
             denie
          
           .
           Pag.
           113.
           lin
           :
           14.
           for
           grace
           ,
           read
           (
           in
           some
           copies
           )
           grate
           .
        
         
      
       
         Notes, typically marginal, from the original text
         
           Notes for div A16660-e610
           
             1
             
               Sence
               .
               Of
               Seeing
            
             .
          
           
             2
             
               Sence
               .
               Of
               Hearing
            
             .
          
           
             Esay
             30.
             
          
           
             ●
             .
             Ossic.
             
          
           
             
               Ibid
               :
               proper
               finem
            
             .
          
           
             3
             
               Sense
               .
               Of
               Touching
            
          
           
             4
             
               Sence
               .
               Of
               Tasting
            
             .
          
           
             5
             
               Sence
               .
               Of
               Smelling
            
             .
          
           
             Cantic
             .
             4.
             
          
           
             Cant.
             4.
             
          
        
         
           Notes for div A16660-e9820
           
             *
             
               Alluding
               to
               that
               sacred-secret
               mysterie
               of
               his
            
             fiue
             wounds
             ,
             
               curing
               and
               crowning
               our
            
             fiue
             Sences
             .
          
        
         
           Notes for div A16660-e10290
           
             1
             Character
          
           
             
               Lycosthen
               :
               in
               Apotheg
            
             :
          
           
             
               Homer
               in
               Telemach
               :
               in
               Odiss
               .
            
          
        
         
           Notes for div A16660-e11430
           
             2
             Character
             .