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             The worth of a peny, or, A caution to keep money with the causes of the scarcity and misery of the want hereof in these hard and mercilesse times : as also how to save it in our diet, apparell, recreations, &c.: and also what honest courses men in want may take to live / by H.P. ...
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           The
           Worth
           of
           a
           Peny
           :
           
             OR
             ,
          
           A
           Caution
           to
           keep
           Money
           .
           With
           the
           causes
           of
           the
           scarcity
           and
           misery
           of
           the
           want
           hereof
           in
           these
           hard
           and
           mercilesse
           Times
           :
           As
           also
           how
           to
           save
           it
           in
           our
           Diet
           ,
           Apparell
           ,
           Recreations
           ,
           &c.
           
           And
           also
           what
           honest
           Courses
           men
           in
           want
           may
           take
           to
           live
           .
        
         
           By
           
             H.
             P.
          
           Master
           of
           Arts
           .
        
         
           LONDON
           ,
           Printed
           by
           
             R.
             Hearne
             .
          
           1641.
           
        
      
       
       
       
         
           To
           the
           every
           way
           deserving
           and
           worthy
           Gentleman
           ,
           M.
           Richard
           Gipps
           ,
           eldest
           son
           unto
           M.
           Richard
           Gipps
           ,
           one
           of
           the
           Iudges
           of
           the
           Court
           of
           Guild-Hall
           in
           the
           Citie
           of
           London
           .
        
         
           
             SIR
             ,
          
        
         
           WHen
           I
           had
           finished
           this
           discourse
           of
           
             The
             Worth
             of
             a
             Penie
             ,
          
           or
           ,
           
             A
             Caution
             to
             keep
             Money
             ,
          
           and
           bethinking
           my selfe
           unto
           whom
           I
           should
           offer
           the
           Dedication
           ,
           none
           came
           more
           opportunely
           into
           my
           thought
           then
           your self
           :
           for
           I
           imagined
           ,
           if
           I
           should
           dedicate
           the
           same
           unto
           any
           penurious
           or
           miserable
           minded
           man
           ,
           it
           would
           make
           him
           worse
           ,
           and
           be
           more
           uncharitable
           and
           illiberall
           ;
           if
           unto
           a
           bountifull
           and
           free-minded
           Patrone
           ,
           I
           should
           teach
           him
           to
           hold
           his
           hand
           ,
           and
           against
           his
           
           nature
           make
           him
           a
           miser
           .
           I
           to
           avoid
           either
           ,
           made
           choise
           of
           your selfe
           ,
           who
           being
           yet
           unmarried
           ,
           walk
           alone
           by
           your selfe
           ,
           having
           neither
           occasion
           of
           the
           one
           nor
           the
           other
           :
           Beside
           ,
           you
           have
           travelled
           
             France
          
           and
           
             Italie
             ,
          
           and
           I
           hope
           have
           learned
           thrift
           in
           those
           places
           ,
           and
           understand
           what
           a
           vertue
           Parsimonie
           is
           ;
           for
           want
           whereof
           ,
           how
           many
           young
           heires
           in
           
             England
          
           have
           gallop'd
           through
           their
           estates
           before
           they
           have
           been
           thirty
           ?
           Lastly
           ,
           my
           obligation
           is
           so
           much
           to
           your
           learned
           and
           good
           father
           ,
           and
           for
           goodnesse
           your
           incomparable
           mother
           ,
           that
           I
           should
           ever
           have
           thought
           the
           worse
           of
           my selfe
           ,
           if
           I
           had
           not
           
             Cum
             tota
             mea
             supellex
             sit
             chartacea
             ,
          
           as
           
             Erasmus
          
           saith
           :
           I
           had
           not
           expressed
           my
           duty
           and
           hearty
           love
           unto
           you
           one
           way
           or
           other
           ,
        
         
           
             Whose
             in
             all
             service
             I
             am
             truly
             ,
             
               Hen.
               Peacham
               .
            
          
        
      
    
     
       
       
         
           The
           Worth
           of
           a
           Peny
           :
           OR
           ,
           A
           Caution
           to
           keep
           Money
           .
        
         
           THe
           Ambassadour
           of
           
             Muley
             Hamet
             ,
             Sheck
             .
             K.
          
           of
           
             Morocco
             ,
          
           when
           he
           was
           in
           
             England
          
           about
           four
           or
           five
           yeares
           since
           ;
           said
           on
           a
           time
           ,
           sitting
           at
           dinner
           at
           his
           house
           at
           
             Woodstreet
             ,
          
           he
           thought
           verily
           that
           
             Algiers
          
           was
           foure
           times
           as
           rich
           as
           
             London
             :
          
           An
           English
           Merchant
           replied
           that
           he
           thought
           not
           so
           ;
           but
           that
           
             London
          
           was
           farre
           richer
           then
           that
           ,
           and
           for
           plenty
           
             London
          
           might
           compare
           with
           
             Hierusalem
          
           in
           the
           peacefull
           dayes
           of
           
             Solomon
             .
          
           For
           my
           part
           ,
           I
           beleeved
           neither
           ,
           especially
           the
           Merchant
           ,
           for
           in
           the
           time
           of
           
             Solomon
             ,
          
           silver
           was
           as
           plentifull
           in
           
             Hierusalem
          
           as
           stones
           in
           the
           street
           ;
           but
           with
           us
           stones
           are
           in
           farre
           more
           abundance
           ,
           when
           in
           every
           street
           in
           
             London
             ,
          
           you
           may
           walk
           over
           five
           thousand
           load
           ere
           you
           finde
           a
           single
           penie
           .
           Againe
           ,
           the
           generall
           complaint
           and
           murmure
           thorowout
           the
           Kingdome
           of
           the
           scarcity
           and
           want
           of
           money
           ,
           argues
           that
           we
           fall
           farre
           short
           of
           that
           plenty
           which
           the
           Merchant
           imagined
           .
        
         
           And
           one
           time
           I
           began
           to
           bethink
           my selfe
           ,
           and
           to
           look
           into
           the
           causes
           of
           our
           want
           ,
           and
           this
           generall
           scarcity
           ,
           and
           I
           found
           them
           manifold
           .
           First
           ,
           some
           men
           who
           by
           their
           wits
           or
           industrie
           (
           or
           both
           )
           have
           serued
           and
           wound
           themselves
           into
           vast
           estates
           ,
           and
           gathered
           thousands
           like
           the
           Griffons
           of
           
           
             Bactria
          
           when
           they
           have
           met
           with
           a
           gold
           myne
           )
           so
           brood
           over
           ,
           and
           watch
           it
           day
           and
           night
           ,
           that
           it
           is
           impossible
           for
           Charity
           to
           be
           regarded
           ,
           Vertue
           rewarded
           ,
           or
           Necessitie
           relieved
           :
           and
           this
           we
           know
           to
           have
           been
           the
           ruine
           ,
           not
           onely
           of
           such
           private
           persons
           themselves
           ,
           but
           of
           whole
           estates
           and
           kingdomes
           .
           That
           I
           may
           instance
           one
           for
           many
           ,
           
             Constantinople
          
           was
           taken
           by
           the
           Turke
           when
           the
           Citizens
           abounding
           in
           wealth
           and
           money
           ,
           would
           not
           part
           with
           a
           peny
           in
           the
           common
           necessity
           ,
           no
           ,
           not
           for
           the
           repaire
           of
           their
           battered
           wals
           ,
           or
           the
           levying
           of
           souldiers
           to
           defend
           them
           .
        
         
           Another
           sort
           doat
           upon
           the
           stampe
           of
           their
           money
           ,
           and
           the
           bright
           lustre
           of
           their
           gold
           ,
           and
           rather
           then
           they
           will
           suffer
           it
           to
           see
           the
           light
           ,
           will
           hide
           it
           in
           hills
           ,
           old
           walls
           ,
           thatch
           or
           tiles
           of
           their
           houses
           ,
           tree-roots
           ,
           and
           such
           places
           ,
           as
           not
           many
           yeares
           since
           at
           
             Wainslet
          
           in
           Lincolnshire
           ,
           there
           was
           found
           in
           digging
           of
           a
           backside
           to
           sow
           hempe
           in
           ,
           an
           old
           rustie
           helmet
           of
           iron
           ,
           rammed
           in
           full
           of
           peeces
           of
           gold
           ,
           with
           the
           picture
           and
           arms
           of
           King
           
             Henry
          
           the
           first
           ;
           and
           money
           thus
           hid
           ,
           the
           owners
           seldome
           or
           never
           meet
           withall
           again
           ,
           being
           many
           times
           prevented
           by
           sudden
           death
           ,
           lost
           by
           casualty
           ,
           or
           their
           forgetfulnesse
           .
        
         
           Mounsieur
           
             Gaulart
             ,
          
           a
           great
           man
           of
           
             France
          
           (
           though
           none
           of
           the
           wisest
           )
           in
           the
           times
           of
           the
           civill
           warres
           buried
           some
           two
           thousand
           crownes
           ,
           a
           mile
           or
           two
           from
           his
           house
           ,
           in
           an
           open
           fallow
           field
           ;
           and
           that
           he
           might
           know
           the
           place
           again
           ,
           took
           his
           mark
           from
           the
           spire
           of
           a
           steeple
           ,
           that
           was
           right
           against
           the
           place
           :
           the
           wars
           being
           ended
           ,
           he
           came
           with
           a
           friend
           of
           his
           ,
           as
           neere
           the
           place
           as
           he
           could
           gesse
           ,
           to
           look
           for
           his
           money
           ,
           which
           he
           not
           finding
           ,
           and
           wondering
           what
           the
           reason
           should
           be
           ,
           after
           (
           in
           the
           circumference
           )
           he
           had
           gone
           about
           the
           steeple
           ,
           (
           being
           right
           against
           it
           which
           way
           soever
           he
           went
           )
           quoth
           he
           to
           his
           friend
           ,
           is
           there
           no
           cheating
           knave
           (
           think
           you
           )
           in
           the
           steeple
           that
           turnes
           it
           about
           ,
           intending
           to
           cheat
           me
           of
           my
           money
           ,
           imagining
           that
           it
           went
           round
           ,
           and
           himselfe
           stood
           still
           ,
           as
           
             Copernicus
          
           did
           of
           the
           Globe
           of
           the
           Earth
           .
        
         
           Indeed
           much
           money
           and
           treasure
           ,
           in
           former
           times
           ,
           as
           of
           
           the
           invasion
           of
           the
           
             Saxons
             ,
             Danes
             ,
             Normans
          
           here
           with
           us
           ,
           and
           of
           others
           in
           other
           places
           ,
           hath
           been
           this
           way
           bestowed
           ,
           and
           for
           this
           reason
           in
           such
           troublesome
           times
           become
           scarce
           for
           whole
           ages
           after
           :
           but
           this
           is
           no
           cause
           of
           want
           of
           money
           in
           our
           times
           ,
           wherein
           (
           it
           is
           true
           )
           we
           have
           little
           money
           to
           hide
           ,
           yet
           there
           are
           not
           wanting
           among
           us
           ,
           those
           
             Monedulae
             ,
          
           or
           money
           hiding
           Dawes
           ,
           who
           repine
           and
           envie
           ,
           that
           either
           King
           or
           Countrey
           ,
           should
           be
           one
           peny
           better
           (
           yea
           even
           in
           the
           greatest
           extremity
           )
           for
           what
           they
           have
           conveyed
           into
           their
           holes
           .
           And
           most
           true
           it
           is
           ,
           that
           money
           so
           heaped
           up
           in
           chests
           ,
           and
           odde
           corners
           ,
           is
           like
           (
           as
           one
           saith
           )
           unto
           dung
           ,
           which
           while
           it
           lies
           upon
           an
           heape
           doth
           no
           good
           ,
           but
           dispersed
           and
           cast
           abroad
           ,
           maketh
           fields
           fruitfull
           .
           Hence
           
             Aristotle
          
           concludeth
           ,
           that
           the
           prodigall
           man
           is
           more
           beneficiall
           to
           ,
           and
           deserveth
           better
           of
           his
           countrey
           then
           the
           covetous
           miser
           ,
           every
           trade
           and
           vocation
           fareth
           the
           better
           for
           him
           ,
           as
           the
           Tailor
           ,
           Haberdasher
           ,
           Vintner
           ,
           Shoemakers
           ,
           Sempsters
           ,
           Hostlers
           ,
           and
           the
           like
           .
        
         
           The
           covetous
           person
           is
           acquainted
           with
           none
           of
           these
           ,
           for
           in
           stead
           of
           Satten
           ,
           he
           suits
           himselfe
           with
           Sacken
           ,
           he
           trembles
           as
           he
           passes
           by
           a
           Taverne
           doore
           ,
           to
           heare
           a
           reckoning
           of
           eight
           shillings
           sent
           up
           into
           the
           halfe
           Moone
           ,
           for
           Wine
           ,
           Oisters
           ,
           and
           Faggots
           ,
           for
           his
           owne
           naturall
           drink
           (
           you
           must
           know
           )
           is
           between
           that
           the
           Frogs
           drink
           ,
           
           and
           a
           kinde
           of
           pitifull
           small
           Beere
           ,
           too
           bad
           to
           be
           drunk
           ,
           and
           somewhat
           too
           good
           to
           drive
           a
           Water-mill
           :
           the
           Haberdasher
           gets
           as
           little
           by
           him
           as
           he
           did
           by
           an
           old
           acquaintance
           of
           mine
           by
           
             Li●ne
          
           in
           
             Norfolke
             ,
          
           who
           when
           he
           had
           worne
           an
           hat
           eight
           and
           thirty
           yeares
           ,
           would
           have
           petitioned
           the
           Parliament
           against
           Haberdashers
           ,
           for
           abusing
           the
           Countrey
           in
           making
           their
           ware
           so
           slight
           .
           For
           the
           Shomaker
           ,
           he
           hath
           as
           little
           to
           do
           with
           him
           as
           ever
           
             Tom
             Coryat
          
           had
           :
           for
           Sempsters
           (
           it
           is
           true
           )
           that
           he
           loves
           their
           faces
           better
           then
           their
           fashions
           :
           for
           Playes
           ,
           if
           he
           read
           but
           their
           titles
           upon
           a
           post
           ,
           he
           hath
           enough
           .
           Ordinaries
           he
           knowes
           none
           ,
           save
           some
           of
           three
           pence
           in
           Black-Horse-Alley
           ,
           and
           such
           places
           .
           For
           Tapsters
           and
           Hostlers
           ,
           they
           hate
           him
           as
           hell
           ,
           as
           not
           seeing
           a
           mote
           in
           his
           cup
           once
           in
           seven
           yeares
           .
        
         
         
           Another
           cause
           of
           scarcity
           and
           want
           of
           money
           ,
           are
           peacefull
           times
           ,
           the
           nurses
           of
           pride
           and
           idlenesse
           ,
           wherein
           people
           increase
           ,
           yet
           hardly
           get
           imployment
           ,
           those
           of
           the
           richer
           and
           abler
           sort
           give
           themselves
           to
           observe
           and
           follow
           every
           fashion
           ,
           as
           what
           an
           infinite
           summe
           of
           money
           yearly
           goeth
           out
           of
           this
           kingdome
           into
           forraine
           parts
           for
           the
           fuell
           of
           our
           fashionable
           pride
           ?
           Let
           me
           hereto
           adde
           the
           multitude
           of
           strangers
           that
           daily
           come
           over
           into
           our
           warmer
           soile
           ,
           (
           as
           the
           Cranes
           in
           winter
           betake
           themselves
           to
           
             Aegypt
          
           )
           where
           having
           enriched
           themselves
           through
           our
           folly
           and
           pride
           returne
           ,
           and
           purchase
           great
           estates
           in
           their
           owne
           Countreys
           ,
           enhaunsing
           there
           our
           moneys
           to
           a
           higher
           rate
           ,
           to
           their
           excessive
           gaine
           ,
           and
           impoverishing
           of
           our
           people
           of
           
             England
             .
          
           Let
           me
           adde
           hereto
           beside
           the
           great
           summes
           of
           money
           ,
           and
           many
           other
           great
           and
           rich
           gifts
           ,
           which
           have
           beene
           formerly
           conferred
           upon
           strangers
           ,
           which
           how
           they
           have
           deserved
           ,
           I
           know
           not
           ;
           some
           I
           am
           sure
           like
           snakes
           taken
           up
           and
           having
           gotten
           warmth
           from
           the
           Royall
           fire
           (
           have
           been
           ready
           to
           hisse
           at
           ,
           and
           sting
           (
           as
           much
           as
           in
           them
           lieth
           )
           both
           their
           finders
           and
           their
           founders
           .
        
         
           Again
           ,
           there
           is
           an
           indisposition
           of
           many
           men
           to
           part
           with
           money
           in
           these
           tickle
           times
           ,
           being
           desirous
           ,
           if
           the
           worst
           should
           happen
           ,
           to
           have
           their
           friends
           about
           them
           ,
           as
           Sir
           
             Thomas
             Moore
          
           said
           ,
           filling
           his
           pockets
           with
           gold
           when
           he
           was
           carried
           to
           the
           Tower
           .
        
         
           There
           is
           likewise
           ,
           almost
           a
           sensible
           decay
           of
           trade
           and
           traffique
           ,
           which
           being
           not
           so
           frequent
           as
           heretofore
           ,
           by
           reason
           (
           as
           some
           would
           have
           it
           )
           the
           seas
           are
           now
           more
           pestered
           with
           Pirats
           then
           in
           times
           past
           ,
           the
           
             Receipt
             of
             Custome
             ,
          
           like
           the
           stomack
           wanting
           the
           accustomed
           nourishment
           ,
           is
           constrained
           to
           suck
           it
           from
           the
           neighbour
           veines
           ,
           to
           the
           ill
           disposition
           ,
           and
           weakening
           of
           the
           whole
           body
           .
        
         
           They
           are
           no
           few
           ,
           or
           small
           summes
           ,
           which
           in
           peeces
           of
           eight
           are
           carried
           over
           to
           the
           East
           Indies
           ,
           no
           doubt
           to
           the
           great
           profit
           and
           inriching
           of
           some
           in
           particular
           ,
           but
           whether
           of
           the
           whole
           kingdome
           in
           generall
           or
           not
           ,
           I
           know
           not
           .
           What
           hurt
           our
           late
           questioned
           Patentees
           (
           in
           Latine
           
             Hirudines
          
           )
           
           have
           done
           to
           the
           Common
           Body
           in
           sucking
           and
           drawing
           forth
           even
           the
           very
           life-blood
           from
           it
           ,
           we
           know
           daily
           ,
           and
           more
           we
           shall
           know
           shortly
           ;
           I
           wish
           some
           of
           the
           craftiest
           ,
           and
           most
           dangerous
           amongst
           them
           ,
           might
           be
           singled
           out
           for
           examples
           ,
           remembring
           that
           of
           
             Tacitus
             ,
             Poena
             ad
             paucos
             ,
             timor
             ad
             multos
             .
          
        
         
           All
           people
           complaine
           generally
           (
           as
           I
           have
           said
           )
           of
           the
           want
           of
           mony
           ,
           which
           like
           an
           Epidemicall
           disease
           ,
           hath
           over-run
           the
           whole
           land
           ,
           the
           City
           hath
           little
           trading
           ,
           Countrey-Farmers
           complaine
           of
           their
           Rents
           yearly
           raised
           ,
           especially
           by
           their
           Catholique
           Landlords
           )
           which
           in
           times
           past
           have
           bin
           accounted
           the
           best
           ,
           though
           now
           the
           case
           is
           altred
           ,
           (
           and
           easily
           may
           the
           reason
           be
           ghessed
           )
           yet
           can
           finde
           no
           utterance
           for
           their
           Commodities
           ,
           or
           must
           sell
           them
           at
           under
           rates
           .
           Scholers
           without
           money
           get
           neither
           Patrones
           nor
           preferment
           ,
           Mechanique
           Artists
           no
           work
           ,
           and
           the
           like
           of
           other
           professions
           .
        
         
           One
           very
           well
           compared
           worldly
           wealth
           ,
           or
           money
           ,
           unto
           a
           foot
           all
           ,
           some
           few
           nimble
           heeled
           and
           headed
           run
           quite
           away
           with
           it
           ,
           when
           the
           most
           are
           onely
           looke
           is
           on
           ,
           and
           cannot
           get
           a
           kick
           at
           it
           in
           all
           their
           lives
           .
        
         
           Go
           but
           among
           the
           Usurers
           in
           their
           walk
           in
           Moore-fields
           ,
           and
           see
           if
           you
           can
           borrow
           an
           hundred
           pounds
           of
           any
           of
           them
           without
           a
           treble
           security
           ,
           with
           the
           use
           one
           way
           or
           other
           doubled
           ,
           and
           as
           your selfe
           ,
           so
           must
           your
           estate
           be
           particularly
           knowne
           .
           A
           pleasant
           fellow
           came
           not
           long
           since
           to
           one
           of
           them
           ,
           and
           desired
           that
           he
           would
           lend
           him
           fifty
           pounds
           :
           quoth
           the
           Usurer
           ,
           my
           friend
           .
           I
           know
           you
           not
           ,
           for
           that
           reason
           onely
           I
           would
           borrow
           the
           money
           of
           you
           ,
           for
           if
           you
           knew
           me
           ,
           I
           am
           sure
           you
           would
           not
           lend
           me
           a
           peny
           .
        
         
           Another
           meets
           a
           Creditour
           of
           his
           in
           Fleetstreet
           ,
           who
           seeing
           his
           old
           Debter
           ,
           Oh
           Master
           A.
           quoth
           he
           ,
           you
           are
           met
           in
           good
           time
           ,
           you
           know
           there
           is
           money
           between
           us
           ,
           and
           hath
           been
           a
           long
           time
           ,
           and
           now
           it
           is
           become
           a
           scarce
           commodity
           ;
           it
           is
           true
           Sir
           ,
           quoth
           the
           other
           ,
           but
           (
           he
           looking
           down
           upon
           the
           stones
           that
           were
           between
           )
           in
           good
           faith
           I
           see
           none
           :
           and
           this
           was
           all
           the
           Citizen
           could
           get
           at
           
           that
           time
           ,
           but
           afterward
           hee
           was
           well
           satisfied
           .
        
         
           Whom
           would
           it
           not
           vex
           to
           be
           indebted
           to
           many
           of
           your
           shop-keepers
           ,
           who
           though
           they
           have
           had
           their
           Bills
           truly
           paid
           them
           for
           many
           years
           together
           ,
           yet
           upon
           the
           smallest
           distaste
           of
           a
           petty
           mistake
           ,
           reckoning
           ,
           or
           some
           remnant
           behinde
           ,
           be
           called
           upon
           ,
           openly
           ra●led
           at
           ,
           by
           their
           impudent
           and
           clamorous
           wives
           ,
           insulted
           over
           ,
           and
           lastly
           ,
           arrested
           ;
           which
           should
           ,
           me thinks
           ,
           teach
           every
           young
           Fashion-monger
           ,
           either
           to
           keep
           himselfe
           out
           of
           debt
           ,
           or
           money
           in
           his
           purse
           ,
           to
           provide
           
             Gerberus
          
           a
           sop
           .
        
         
           Another
           miserie
           proceeding
           from
           the
           want
           of
           money
           is
           ,
           that
           when
           it
           is
           due
           unto
           you
           by
           your
           own
           labour
           or
           desert
           from
           some
           rich
           miserable
           ,
           or
           powerfull
           man
           or
           other
           ,
           by
           long
           waiting
           day
           by
           day
           ,
           yea
           ,
           hourly
           attendance
           at
           his
           house
           or
           lodging
           ,
           you
           not
           onely
           lose
           your
           time
           and
           opportunity
           of
           getting
           it
           elsewhere
           ,
           and
           when
           all
           is
           done
           to
           be
           paid
           after
           five
           in
           the
           hundred
           ,
           in
           his
           countenance
           ,
           or
           else
           faire
           and
           candid
           promises
           ,
           which
           will
           inrich
           you
           straight
           ,
           
             Promissis
             dives
             quilibet
             esse
             potest
          
           And
           some
           men
           there
           are
           of
           that
           currish
           and
           inhumane
           nature
           ,
           whom
           if
           you
           shall
           importune
           through
           urgent
           necessity
           ,
           then
           are
           you
           in
           danger
           to
           lose
           both
           your
           money
           and
           their
           favour
           for
           ever
           .
        
         
           Would
           you
           preferre
           and
           place
           your
           sonne
           in
           the
           University
           ?
           Let
           him
           deserve
           never
           so
           well
           ,
           as
           being
           anable
           and
           ready
           Grammarian
           ,
           yea
           Captain
           of
           his
           forme
           ,
           you
           shall
           very
           hardly
           preferre
           him
           ,
           without
           great
           friends
           joyned
           with
           your
           great
           purse
           ;
           for
           those
           just
           and
           charitable
           times
           ,
           wherin
           desert
           seld
           went
           without
           it
           due
           ,
           are
           gone
           ;
           the
           like
           I
           may
           say
           of
           the
           Citie
           ,
           where
           if
           the
           Trade
           be
           any
           thing
           like
           ,
           you
           cannot
           place
           your
           sonne
           under
           threescore
           or
           an
           hundred
           pounds
           ,
           though
           by
           nature
           he
           were
           (
           as
           many
           are
           )
           made
           for
           the
           same
           ,
           and
           of
           wit
           and
           capacity
           never
           so
           pregnant
           .
        
         
           Or
           have
           you
           a
           daughter
           ,
           by
           birth
           well
           descended
           ,
           vertuous
           ,
           chaste
           ,
           faire
           and
           comely
           ,
           indued
           with
           the
           best
           commendable
           qualities
           that
           may
           be
           required
           in
           a
           young
           ,
           beautifull
           ,
           and
           modest
           maid
           ,
           if
           you
           have
           not
           been
           in
           your
           life
           time
           thriftie
           to
           provide
           her
           a
           portion
           ,
           she
           may
           live
           till
           she
           be
           as
           old
           as
           
             Creusa
             ,
          
           
           or
           the
           nruse
           of
           
             Aeneas
             ,
          
           
             “
          
           are
           you
           shall
           get
           her
           a
           good
           match
           .
           
             Nam
             genus
             &
             formam
             Regina
             pecunia
             donat
             .
          
           It
           is
           as
           true
           as
           old
           :
           Hence
           the
           Dutch
           hath
           a
           proverbe
           ,
           that
           ,
           
             Gentility
             and
             faire
             lookes
             buy
             nothing
             in
             the
             Market
             .
          
        
         
           If
           you
           happen
           to
           be
           sick
           or
           ill
           ,
           if
           your
           purse
           hath
           been
           lately
           purged
           ,
           the
           Doctor
           is
           not
           a
           leisure
           to
           visit
           you
           ,
           yea
           hardly
           your
           neighbours
           and
           familiar
           friends
           ;
           but
           unto
           monied
           and
           rich
           men
           ,
           they
           slie
           as
           Bees
           to
           the
           willow
           palms
           ,
           and
           many
           times
           they
           have
           the
           judgements
           of
           so
           many
           ,
           that
           the
           sick
           is
           in
           more
           danger
           of
           them
           ,
           then
           his
           disease
           .
        
         
           A
           good
           and
           painfull
           Scholer
           ,
           having
           lately
           taken
           his
           orders
           ,
           shall
           be
           hardly
           able
           to
           open
           a
           Church
           doore
           without
           a
           golden
           key
           ,
           when
           he
           should
           ring
           his
           bells
           ;
           hence
           it
           commeth
           to
           passe
           ,
           that
           so
           many
           of
           our
           prime
           wits
           runne
           over
           sea
           to
           seek
           their
           Fortunes
           ,
           and
           prove
           such
           Vipers
           to
           their
           Mother-Countrey
           .
        
         
           Have
           but
           an
           ordinary
           suit
           in
           Law
           ,
           let
           your
           Cause
           or
           Case
           be
           never
           so
           plain
           or
           just
           ,
           if
           you
           want
           where
           with
           to
           maintain
           it
           ,
           and
           as
           it
           were
           ever
           and
           anon
           to
           water
           it
           at
           the
           root
           ,
           it
           will
           quicklie
           wither
           and
           die
           ;
           I
           confesse
           ,
           friends
           may
           do
           much
           to
           promote
           it
           ,
           and
           many
           prevaile
           by
           their
           powerfull
           assistance
           in
           the
           prosecution
           .
        
         
           There
           was
           of
           late
           years
           in
           
             France
             ,
          
           a
           marvellous
           faire
           and
           goodly
           Lady
           ,
           (
           whose
           husband
           being
           imprisoned
           for
           debt
           or
           somthing
           else
           )
           was
           constrained
           to
           be
           his
           Sollicitor
           ,
           and
           in
           her
           own
           person
           to
           follow
           his
           suits
           in
           Law
           ,
           through
           almost
           all
           the
           Courts
           in
           
             Paris
             ,
          
           and
           indeed
           through
           her
           favour
           ,
           gat
           extraordinary
           favour
           among
           the
           Lawyers
           and
           Courtiers
           ,
           and
           almost
           a
           finall
           dispatch
           of
           all
           her
           businesse
           ,
           onely
           she
           wanted
           the
           Kings
           hand
           ,
           (
           who
           was
           
             Henry
          
           the
           fourth
           of
           famous
           memorie
           )
           he
           ,
           as
           he
           was
           a
           noble
           ,
           witty
           ,
           and
           understanding
           Prince
           ,
           understanding
           how
           well
           she
           had
           sped
           ,
           (
           her
           suit
           being
           in
           the
           opinion
           of
           most
           men
           desperate
           or
           lost
           )
           told
           her
           ,
           that
           for
           his
           part
           he
           would
           willingly
           signe
           her
           Petition
           ;
           withall
           ,
           he
           asked
           how
           her
           husband
           did
           ,
           and
           bad
           her
           from
           himselfe
           to
           tell
           him
           ,
           
           
             That
             had
             be
             not
             pitch'd
             upon
             his
             hornes
             ,
             he
             had
             utterly
             been
             spoil'd
             and
             crush'd
             .
          
           So
           that
           hereby
           was
           the
           old
           Proverbe
           verified
           :
           
             A
             friend
             in
             Court
             is
             better
             then
             a
             peny
             in
             the
             purse
             :
          
           But
           as
           friends
           go
           now
           adayes
           ,
           I
           had
           rather
           seek
           for
           them
           in
           my
           parse
           ,
           then
           in
           the
           Court
           ,
           and
           I
           beleeve
           many
           Courtiers
           are
           of
           my
           minde
           .
           Againe
           ,
           to
           teach
           every
           one
           to
           make
           much
           of
           ,
           and
           to
           keep
           money
           when
           he
           hath
           it
           ;
           let
           him
           seriously
           think
           with
           himselfe
           ,
           what
           a
           miserie
           it
           is
           ,
           and
           how
           hard
           a
           matter
           to
           borrow
           it
           ,
           and
           most
           true
           it
           is
           that
           one
           faith
           ,
           
             Semper
             comitem
             aeris
             alieniesse
             miseriam
             .
          
           
             That
             miserie
             is
             ever
             the
             companion
             of
             borrowed
             money
             .
          
           Hereby
           a
           man
           is
           made
           cheape
           ,
           and
           undervalued
           ,
           despised
           ;
           deferred
           ,
           mistrusted
           ,
           and
           oftentimes
           flatly
           denied
           .
           Beside
           ,
           upon
           the
           least
           occasion
           upbraided
           therewith
           in
           company
           ,
           and
           among
           friends
           ,
           and
           sometime
           necessitie
           drives
           men
           to
           be
           beholden
           to
           such
           as
           at
           another
           time
           they
           would
           scorne
           to
           be
           ,
           wherein
           the
           old
           saying
           is
           verified
           :
           
             Mis●rum
             est
             debere
             cui
             nolis
             .
          
        
         
           And
           on
           the
           contrary
           ,
           how
           bold
           ,
           confident
           ,
           merry
           ,
           lively
           ,
           and
           ever
           in
           humour
           are
           monied
           men
           ;
           they
           go
           where
           they
           list
           ,
           they
           weare
           what
           they
           list
           ,
           they
           eat
           and
           drink
           what
           they
           list
           ,
           and
           as
           their
           mindes
           ,
           so
           their
           bodies
           are
           free
           ;
           they
           feare
           no
           City
           Serjeant
           ,
           Court-Marshalls-man
           ,
           or
           Countrey-Bailiffe
           ;
           nor
           are
           they
           followed
           or
           dog'd
           home
           to
           their
           ordinaries
           ,
           and
           lodgings
           by
           City-shopkeepers
           ,
           and
           other
           Creditours
           ,
           but
           they
           come
           to
           their
           houses
           and
           shops
           where
           they
           are
           bidden
           welcome
           ;
           and
           if
           a
           stoole
           be
           fetch'd
           into
           the
           shop
           ,
           it
           is
           an
           extraordinary
           favour
           ,
           because
           all
           passers
           by
           take
           notice
           of
           it
           ;
           and
           these
           men
           can
           bring
           their
           wives
           ,
           or
           friends
           ,
           to
           see
           in
           Court
           the
           King
           and
           Queene
           at
           dinner
           ,
           or
           to
           see
           a
           Maske
           ,
           by
           meanes
           of
           some
           eminent
           man
           of
           the
           guard
           ,
           or
           the
           Carpenter
           that
           made
           the
           scaffold
           .
        
         
         
           
             The
             Common
             and
             Ordinarie
             Causes
             why
             men
             are
             poore
             and
             want
             money
             .
          
           
             THere
             must
             ,
             by
             the
             Divine
             
               Providence
               ,
            
             in
             the
             body
             of
             a
             Common-wealth
             ,
             be
             as
             well
             poore
             as
             rich
             ,
             for
             as
             an
             humane
             body
             cannot
             subsist
             without
             hands
             and
             feet
             to
             labour
             ,
             and
             walke
             about
             to
             provide
             for
             the
             other
             members
             ,
             the
             rich
             being
             the
             belly
             which
             devoure
             all
             ,
             yet
             do
             no
             part
             of
             the
             work
             ,
             but
             the
             cause
             of
             every
             mans
             poverty
             is
             not
             one
             and
             the
             same
             .
             Some
             are
             poore
             by
             condition
             ,
             and
             content
             with
             their
             calling
             ,
             neither
             seek
             ,
             nor
             can
             work
             themselves
             into
             a
             better
             fortune
             ;
             yet
             God
             raiseth
             up
             ,
             as
             by
             miracle
             ,
             the
             children
             and
             posterity
             of
             these
             ,
             oftentimes
             to
             possesse
             the
             most
             eminent
             places
             either
             in
             Church
             or
             Common-wealth
             :
             as
             to
             become
             Archbishops
             ,
             Bishops
             ,
             Judges
             ,
             Commanders
             and
             Generalls
             in
             the
             field
             ,
             Secretaries
             of
             State
             ,
             Statesmen
             and
             the
             like
             ,
             so
             that
             it
             proveth
             not
             ever
             true
             which
             
               Martiall
            
             saith
             ,
             
               
                 
                   Pauper
                   eris
                   semper
                   ,
                   si
                   pauper
                   es
                   Aemiliane
                   .
                
              
               
                 
                   If
                   poore
                   thou
                   beest
                   ,
                   poore
                   thou
                   shalt
                   ever
                   be
                   ,
                
                 
                   
                     Aemilianus
                     ,
                  
                   I
                   assure
                   thee
                   .
                
              
            
             Of
             this
             condition
             are
             the
             greatest
             number
             in
             every
             kingdome
             ;
             other
             there
             are
             who
             have
             possessed
             great
             estates
             ,
             but
             those
             estates
             (
             as
             I
             have
             seene
             and
             knowne
             it
             in
             some
             families
             ,
             and
             not
             farre
             from
             the
             citie
             )
             have
             not
             thrived
             or
             continued
             ,
             as
             gotten
             by
             oppression
             ,
             deceite
             ,
             usury
             and
             the
             like
             ,
             which
             commonly
             lasteth
             not
             to
             the
             third
             generation
             ,
             according
             to
             the
             old
             saying
             ,
             
               De
               male
               quasitis
               vix
               gaudet
               tertius
               haeres
               .
            
             Others
             come
             to
             want
             and
             miserie
             ,
             and
             spend
             their
             faire
             estates
             in
             waies
             of
             vitious
             living
             ,
             as
             upon
             drinke
             and
             women
             ;
             for
             
               Bacchus
            
             and
             
               Venus
            
             are
             inseparable
             companions
             ,
             
             and
             he
             that
             is
             familiar
             with
             the
             one
             ,
             is
             never
             a
             stranger
             to
             the
             other
             ,
             
               Vno
               namque
               modo
               Vina
               Venusque
               nocent
               .
            
             Some
             againe
             live
             in
             perpetuall
             want
             ,
             as
             being
             naturally
             wholly
             given
             to
             idlenesse
             ,
             these
             are
             the
             droanes
             of
             a
             Common
             wealth
             ,
             who
             deserve
             not
             to
             live
             ,
             
               Qui
               non
               laborat
               ,
               non
               manducet
               ,
            
             saith
             the
             Apostle
             
               Paul
               .
            
             Both
             countrie
             ,
             and
             citie
             swarmeth
             with
             these
             kinde
             of
             people
             .
             
               The
               diligent
               hand
            
             (
             saith
             
               Salomon
               )
               shall
               make
               rich
               ,
               but
               the
               Sluggard
               shall
               have
               scarcity
               of
               bread
               .
            
             I
             remember
             when
             I
             was
             in
             the
             Low
             Countries
             ,
             there
             were
             three
             souldiers
             ,
             a
             Dutchman
             ,
             a
             Scot
             ,
             and
             an
             Englishman
             ,
             for
             their
             misdemeanors
             condemned
             to
             be
             hanged
             :
             yet
             their
             lives
             were
             begd
             by
             three
             severall
             men
             ,
             one
             a
             Brick-layer
             ,
             that
             he
             might
             help
             him
             to
             make
             bricks
             &
             carry
             them
             to
             walls
             ,
             the
             other
             was
             a
             Brewer
             of
             Delft
             ,
             who
             beg'd
             his
             man
             to
             fetch
             water
             and
             do
             other
             worke
             in
             the
             Brewhouse
             ;
             now
             the
             third
             was
             a
             Gardiner
             ,
             and
             desired
             the
             third
             man
             to
             help
             him
             to
             worke
             in
             ,
             and
             to
             dresse
             an
             Hop-garden
             :
             the
             first
             two
             accepted
             their
             offers
             thankfully
             ,
             this
             last
             the
             Englishman
             told
             his
             maister
             in
             plaine
             termes
             his
             friends
             never
             brought
             him
             up
             to
             gather
             Hops
             ,
             but
             desired
             he
             might
             be
             hang'd
             first
             ,
             and
             so
             he
             was
             .
          
           
             Other
             having
             had
             great
             and
             faire
             estates
             left
             unto
             them
             by
             friends
             ,
             and
             who
             never
             knew
             the
             paine
             and
             care
             of
             getting
             them
             ,
             have
             as
             one
             said
             truely
             ,
             gallop'd
             through
             them
             in
             a
             very
             short
             time
             ;
             these
             are
             such
             of
             whom
             
               Salomon
            
             speaketh
             ,
             who
             having
             riches
             ,
             have
             not
             the
             hearts
             (
             or
             rather
             the
             wit
             )
             to
             use
             them
             :
             these
             men
             most
             aptly
             
               Homer
            
             compareth
             unto
             the
             Willow
             tree
             ,
             which
             he
             calleth
             by
             a
             most
             significant
             
               Epithete
               ,
            
             
               {non-Roman}
               {non-Roman}
               {non-Roman}
               {non-Roman}
               {non-Roman}
            
             ,
             in
             Latine
             ,
             
               Frugsp●rda
               ,
            
             or
             
               loose-fruit
               ,
            
             because
             the
             palmes
             of
             the
             Willow-tree
             are
             no
             sooner
             ripe
             ,
             but
             blown
             away
             with
             the
             winde
             .
             I
             remember
             in
             Queene
             
               Elizabeths
            
             time
             ,
             a
             wealthy
             Citizen
             of
             London
             left
             his
             sonne
             a
             mighty
             estate
             in
             money
             ,
             who
             imagining
             he
             should
             never
             be
             able
             to
             spend
             it
             ,
             would
             usually
             make
             Ducks
             and
             Drakes
             in
             the
             
             
               Thames
            
             with
             twelve
             pences
             ,
             as
             boyes
             are
             wont
             with
             Tilesheards
             and
             Oister-shells
             ,
             and
             in
             the
             end
             he
             grew
             to
             that
             extreme
             want
             that
             he
             was
             faine
             to
             begge
             or
             borrow
             sixepence
             ,
             having
             many
             times
             no
             more
             shooes
             then
             fect
             ,
             and
             sometime
             more
             feet
             then
             shooes
             ,
             as
             the
             beggar
             said
             in
             the
             Com●●die
             .
          
           
             Many
             also
             there
             are
             who
             having
             beene
             borne
             to
             faire
             Estates
             have
             quite
             undone
             themselves
             by
             marriage
             ,
             and
             that
             after
             a
             twofold
             manner
             ;
             first
             by
             matching
             themselves
             without
             advice
             of
             parents
             or
             friends
             in
             heate
             of
             youth
             ,
             unto
             proud
             foolish
             light
             huswifes
             ,
             or
             such
             perfect
             Linguists
             ,
             that
             one
             were
             better
             to
             take
             his
             diet
             in
             
               “
            
             hell
             then
             his
             dinner
             at
             home
             :
             and
             this
             is
             the
             reason
             so
             many
             of
             their
             husbands
             travaile
             beyond
             Seas
             ,
             or
             at
             home
             go
             from
             towne
             to
             towne
             ,
             taverne
             to
             taverne
             ,
             to
             looke
             for
             companie
             ;
             and
             in
             a
             word
             ,
             to
             spend
             any
             thing
             ,
             to
             live
             anywhere
             save
             at
             home
             ,
             and
             in
             their
             owne
             houses
             .
          
           
             Others
             there
             are
             againe
             who
             match
             themselves
             ,
             for
             a
             little
             handsomnes
             and
             eie-pleasing
             beautie
             ,
             unto
             very
             meane
             and
             poore
             kinreds
             ,
             sometimes
             drawne
             in
             hereto
             by
             broking
             knaves
             ,
             and
             necessitous
             Parents
             ,
             who
             are
             glad
             to
             meet
             with
             such
             that
             they
             might
             serve
             them
             as
             props
             to
             uphold
             their
             decaying
             and
             ruinous
             families
             ;
             and
             these
             poore
             sillie
             young
             birds
             ,
             are
             commonlie
             caught
             up
             before
             they
             be
             iudge
             ,
             and
             pulled
             bare
             before
             ever
             they
             know
             they
             hast
             feathers
             ;
             for
             their
             fathers
             in
             law
             ,
             or
             some
             neere
             of
             the
             kinne
             ,
             as
             soone
             as
             they
             have
             seene
             one
             and
             twentie
             ,
             have
             so
             be●●m'd
             them
             in
             bands
             ,
             that
             they
             shall
             hardly
             as
             long
             as
             they
             live
             be
             able
             to
             flie
             over
             ten
             acres
             of
             that
             land
             their
             friends
             left
             them
             .
          
           
             A
             Knight
             of
             eight
             or
             ten
             thousand
             pound
             land
             by
             the
             yeere
             doated
             upon
             a
             poore
             Alewives
             daughter
             ,
             and
             made
             her
             a
             Ladie
             :
             it
             cannot
             be
             denied
             ,
             but
             women
             of
             the
             meanest
             condition
             may
             make
             good
             wives
             ,
             since
             
               Paupertas
               non
               est
               vnium
               ,
            
             povertie
             is
             no
             vice
             ;
             but
             herein
             is
             the
             danger
             ,
             that
             when
             their
             husbands
             in
             a
             short
             time
             having
             ,
             as
             it
             were
             ,
             taken
             a
             surfet
             of
             their
             beauties
             ,
             and
             finding
             their
             error
             ,
             they
             beginne
             (
             as
             I
             have
             knowne
             many
             )
             to
             contemne
             them
             ,
             and
             flie
             abroad
             ,
             do
             ●te
             upon
             others
             ,
             and
             devise
             all
             the
             waies
             they
             can
             (
             being
             
             growne
             desperate
             )
             to
             give
             or
             sell
             all
             that
             they
             have
             ,
             Besides
             such
             poore
             ones
             oft
             times
             prove
             so
             impious
             and
             proud
             ,
             as
             that
             they
             make
             no
             conscience
             to
             abuse
             ,
             insult
             over
             ,
             and
             make
             sillie
             fooles
             of
             their
             husbands
             ,
             as
             by
             letting
             and
             disposing
             of
             his
             land
             ,
             gathering
             up
             his
             rents
             ,
             putting
             away
             and
             entertaining
             what
             servants
             they
             list
             ,
             to
             verifie
             that
             old
             verse
             ,
             
               
                 
                   Asperius
                   nihil
                   est
                   humili
                   cum
                   surgit
                   in
                   altum
                   .
                
              
               
                 
                   There
                   's
                   nothing
                   more
                   perverse
                   and
                   proud
                   then
                   shee
                   ,
                
                 
                   Who
                   is
                   to
                   wealth
                   advanc'd
                   from
                   beggerie
                   .
                
              
            
             An
             Italian
             Earle
             about
             
               Naples
            
             of
             an
             hundred
             thousand
             crownes
             by
             the
             year
             in
             estate
             married
             a
             common
             Laundresse
             whereupon
             the
             old
             
               Pasquine
            
             (
             the
             Image
             of
             stone
             in
             
               Rome
               ,
            
             the
             next
             sunday
             morning
             ,
             or
             shortly
             after
             ,
             had
             a
             foule
             and
             a
             most
             filthy
             shirt
             put
             upon
             his
             back
             ,
             and
             this
             tart
             libell
             beneath
             ;
             
               Pasquine
               how
               now
               ?
               A
               foule
               shirt
               upon
               a
               sunday
               ?
               the
               Resposto
            
             or
             answer
             in
             
               Pasquines
            
             behalfe
             was
             ;
             
               I
               cannot
               help
               it
               ,
               my
               Laundresse
               is
               made
               a
               Countesse
               ;
            
             Besides
             another
             inconvenience
             is
             that
             beside
             the
             calling
             of
             his
             wit
             and
             judgement
             into
             question
             ,
             he
             drawes
             unto
             him
             so
             many
             leaches
             and
             down-drawers
             upon
             his
             estate
             as
             his
             wife
             hath
             necessitous
             friends
             and
             kindred
             ;
             but
             they
             that
             thus
             marrie
             are
             commonly
             such
             young
             men
             as
             are
             left
             to
             themselves
             ,
             their
             parents
             ,
             overseers
             ,
             or
             faithfullest
             friends
             being
             either
             dead
             or
             far
             from
             them
             .
          
           
             Others
             not
             affecting
             Marriage
             at
             all
             live
             (
             as
             they
             say
             )
             upon
             the
             Commons
             ,
             
             unto
             whom
             it
             is
             death
             to
             be
             put
             into
             the
             severall
             ,
             but
             spend
             that
             they
             have
             altogether
             in
             irregular
             Courses
             of
             life
             ,
             as
             in
             change
             of
             houses
             and
             lodgings
             ,
             entertainment
             of
             new
             acquaintance
             ,
             making
             great
             feastes
             in
             tavernes
             ,
             invitations
             and
             visits
             of
             their
             (
             common
             )
             mistresses
             ,
             Coach
             hire
             ,
             cloathes
             in
             fashion
             ,
             and
             the
             like
             :
             besides
             the
             hanging
             on
             and
             intrusion
             of
             some
             necessitous
             parasites
             ,
             of
             whom
             they
             shall
             finde
             as
             much
             use
             as
             of
             water
             in
             their
             bootes
             .
          
           
             There
             are
             others
             againe
             of
             overgood
             ,
             free
             natures
             and
             dispositions
             ,
             
             who
             are
             easily
             fetch'd
             and
             drawn
             in
             by
             decayed
             and
             crafty
             knaves
             (
             I
             call
             them
             no
             better
             )
             to
             enter
             into
             Bonds
             ,
             and
             to
             passe
             their
             words
             for
             their
             old
             debts
             ,
             and
             engagements
             ;
             and
             this
             they
             are
             wrought
             to
             do
             in
             Taverns
             ,
             in
             their
             cups
             and
             merriment
             ,
             at
             ordinaries
             ,
             and
             the
             like
             places
             .
             I
             would
             have
             in
             the
             fairest
             roome
             of
             one
             of
             these
             houses
             ,
             the
             Embleme
             of
             a
             gallant
             or
             young
             heire
             ,
             
             creeping
             in
             at
             the
             great
             end
             of
             a
             hunters
             horne
             ,
             with
             ease
             ,
             but
             cruelly
             pinch'd
             in
             comming
             forth
             at
             the
             small
             end
             ,
             a
             foole
             standing
             not
             farre
             off
             laughing
             at
             him
             :
             and
             these
             be
             those
             fooles
             who
             will
             be
             so
             easily
             bound
             ,
             and
             passe
             their
             words
             in
             their
             drink
             .
             
               Facilis
               descensus
               Averni
               ,
               Sed
               revocare
               gradum
               ,
               &c.
               
            
             It
             is
             easie
             slipping
             in
             ,
             but
             the
             return
             and
             getting
             our
             full
             of
             difficulty
             .
          
           
             Infinite
             also
             are
             the
             casualties
             that
             are
             incident
             to
             the
             life
             of
             man
             ,
             whereby
             he
             may
             fall
             into
             poverty
             ,
             as
             misfortune
             by
             fire
             ,
             losse
             at
             sea
             ,
             robbery
             and
             theft
             on
             land
             ,
             wounds
             ,
             lamenesse
             ,
             sicknesse
             and
             the
             like
             .
          
           
             Many
             run
             out
             of
             great
             estates
             ,
             and
             have
             undone
             themselves
             by
             over-sumptuous
             building
             ,
             above
             and
             beyond
             their
             means
             and
             estates
             .
          
           
             Others
             have
             been
             undone
             by
             carelesse
             and
             thriftlesse
             servants
             ,
             such
             as
             waste
             and
             consume
             their
             masters
             goods
             ,
             neither
             saving
             nor
             mending
             what
             is
             amisse
             ,
             but
             whatsoever
             they
             are
             intrusted
             withall
             ,
             they
             suffer
             to
             be
             spoil'd
             and
             to
             runne
             to
             ruine
             .
             For
             ,
             
               Qui
               modicaspernit
               ,
               paulatim
               defluit
               :
            
             He
             that
             despiseth
             small
             things
             ,
             falls
             by
             little
             and
             little
             ,
             saith
             the
             Wiseman
             .
          
           
             Some
             (
             yea
             a
             great
             many
             )
             have
             brought
             themselves
             to
             beggery
             by
             play
             and
             gaming
             ,
             as
             never
             lying
             out
             of
             Ordinaries
             ,
             and
             Dicing-houses
             ,
             which
             places
             ,
             like
             quicksands
             ,
             so
             suddenly
             sink
             and
             swallow
             them
             ,
             that
             hardly
             you
             shall
             ever
             see
             their
             heads
             appeare
             any
             more
             .
          
           
             Others
             (
             and
             great
             ones
             too
             )
             affect
             unprofitable
             ,
             yea
             and
             impossible
             inventions
             and
             practises
             ,
             as
             the
             Philosophers
             Stone
             ,
             The
             Adamantine
             Alphabet
             ,
             The
             Discovery
             of
             that
             new
             world
             in
             the
             Moone
             ,
             by
             those
             new
             devised
             perspective
             glasses
             (
             farre
             excelling
             (
             they
             say
             )
             those
             of
             
               Galilaus
            
             )
             sundry
             
             kindes
             of
             uselesse
             wilde
             fire
             ,
             Water-works
             ,
             Extractions
             ,
             Distillations
             ,
             and
             the
             like
             .
          
           
             If
             any
             would
             be
             taught
             the
             true
             use
             of
             money
             ,
             let
             him
             travell
             into
             
               Italie
               ;
            
             for
             the
             Italian
             (
             the
             Florentine
             especially
             )
             is
             able
             to
             teach
             all
             the
             world
             thrift
             .
             For
             
               Itali●
            
             being
             divided
             into
             many
             Principalities
             and
             Provinces
             ,
             and
             all
             very
             fertile
             ,
             the
             inhabitants
             are
             many
             ,
             (
             and
             by
             reason
             of
             often
             differences
             amongst
             them
             ,
             apt
             to
             take
             up
             Armes
             )
             the
             people
             are
             subject
             to
             taxes
             and
             impositions
             ,
             as
             in
             
               Florence
            
             the
             Duke
             hath
             a
             Custome
             at
             the
             gates
             ,
             even
             out
             of
             hearbs
             ,
             that
             are
             brought
             for
             Sallets
             ,
             and
             Broaths
             into
             the
             City
             .
          
        
         
           
             The
             Symptomes
             of
             a
             Minde
             dejected
             ,
             and
             discontent
             for
             want
             of
             Money
             .
          
           
             HE
             that
             wanteth
             money
             ,
             is
             for
             the
             most
             part
             extreamly
             Melancholique
             ,
             in
             every
             company
             ,
             or
             alone
             by
             himselfe
             ,
             especially
             if
             the
             weather
             be
             fowle
             ,
             rainy
             ,
             or
             cloudy
             ,
             talke
             to
             him
             of
             what
             you
             will
             ,
             he
             will
             hardly
             give
             you
             the
             hearing
             ;
             aske
             him
             any
             questions
             ,
             he
             answers
             you
             with
             Monosyllables
             ,
             as
             
               Tarleton
            
             did
             one
             who
             out-eat
             him
             at
             an
             ordinarie
             ;
             as
             ,
             
               Yes
               ,
               No
               ,
               That
               ,
               Thankes
               ,
               True
               ,
               &c.
               
            
             That
             Rhetoricall
             passage
             of
             
               Status
               transtativus
               ,
            
             is
             of
             great
             use
             with
             him
             :
             when
             he
             laies
             the
             cause
             of
             his
             want
             upon
             others
             ,
             as
             protesting
             this
             great
             Lord
             ,
             that
             Lady
             ,
             or
             kinsman
             owes
             him
             money
             ,
             but
             not
             a
             deniere
             that
             he
             can
             get
             :
             he
             swears
             ,
             he
             murmures
             against
             the
             French
             ,
             and
             other
             strangers
             ,
             who
             convay
             such
             summes
             of
             money
             out
             of
             the
             land
             ,
             besides
             our
             leather
             hides
             ,
             under
             the
             colour
             of
             calve-skins
             ,
             with
             that
             he
             shews
             you
             his
             boots
             out
             at
             the
             heeles
             ,
             and
             wanting
             mending
             ;
             he
             walks
             with
             his
             armes
             folded
             ,
             his
             belt
             without
             a
             sword
             or
             rapier
             ,
             that
             perhaps
             being
             somewhere
             in
             trouble
             ;
             an
             hat
             without
             a
             band
             ,
             hanging
             over
             his
             eyes
             ,
             onely
             it
             weares
             a
             weather
             beaten
             Fancie
             ,
             for
             Fashion
             sake
             :
             he
             cannot
             stand
             still
             ,
             but
             like
             one
             of
             the
             Tower
             wilde
             beasts
             ,
             is
             still
             walking
             from
             one
             end
             of
             his
             roome
             to
             another
             ,
             humming
             out
             some
             new
             Northern
             tune
             or
             other
             ;
             if
             he
             meets
             with
             five
             or
             ten
             peeces
             ,
             happily
             
             conferred
             upon
             him
             by
             the
             beneficence
             of
             some
             noble
             friend
             or
             other
             ,
             he
             is
             become
             a
             new
             man
             ,
             and
             so
             overjoyed
             with
             his
             fortune
             ,
             that
             not
             one
             drop
             of
             small
             drink
             will
             down
             with
             him
             all
             that
             day
             .
          
        
         
           
             The
             Misery
             of
             want
             of
             Money
             inregard
             of
             Contempt
             in
             the
             World
             .
          
           
             VVHosoever
             wanteth
             money
             is
             ever
             subject
             to
             contempt
             and
             scorne
             in
             the
             world
             ,
             let
             him
             be
             furnished
             with
             never
             so
             good
             gifts
             ,
             either
             of
             body
             or
             minde
             :
             So
             that
             most
             true
             it
             is
             that
             one
             saith
             ,
             
               Nil
               infoelicius
               in
               se
               paupertas
               habet
               quàm
               quòd
               homines
               ridiculos
               facit
               :
            
             The
             worst
             property
             that
             poverty
             hath
             ,
             it
             maketh
             men
             ridiculous
             ,
             and
             scorned
             ,
             but
             oftentimes
             of
             such
             as
             are
             more
             to
             be
             contemned
             themselves
             ,
             in
             regard
             either
             of
             their
             ignorance
             ,
             or
             vitious
             living
             ,
             or
             uselesse
             company
             :
             if
             we
             do
             but
             look
             back
             into
             better
             and
             wiser
             Ages
             ,
             we
             shall
             finde
             poverty
             ,
             simply
             in
             it selfe
             ,
             never
             to
             have
             been
             (
             as
             now
             adayes
             ,
             in
             this
             last
             and
             worst
             act
             of
             Time
             )
             esteemed
             a
             Vice
             ,
             and
             so
             loathsome
             as
             many
             would
             have
             it
             ,
             it
             having
             been
             the
             badge
             of
             Religion
             and
             piety
             in
             the
             primitive
             times
             since
             Christ
             ,
             and
             of
             wisdome
             and
             contempt
             of
             the
             world
             ,
             among
             the
             wisest
             Philosophers
             ,
             long
             before
             .
             But
             ,
             
               Tempora
               mutantur
               ,
            
             and
             in
             these
             times
             we
             may
             say
             with
             the
             wise
             man
             :
             
               My
               sonne
               ,
            
             better
             it
             is
             to
             die
             then
             to
             be
             poore
             ,
             for
             now
             money
             is
             the
             worlds
             God
             ,
             and
             the
             card
             which
             the
             Divell
             turnes
             up
             trumpe
             to
             winne
             the
             Sett
             withall
             ,
             for
             it
             gives
             birth
             ,
             beauty
             ,
             honour
             and
             credit
             ,
             and
             the
             most
             thinke
             it
             conferreth
             wisdome
             to
             every
             possesso
             ,
             
               P●cuniae
               omnia
               obediunt
               :
            
             hence
             it
             is
             so
             admired
             that
             millions
             venture
             both
             soules
             and
             bodies
             for
             the
             possession
             of
             it
             .
          
           
             But
             there
             is
             a
             worse
             effect
             of
             poverty
             then
             that
             ,
             it
             maketh
             men
             dissolute
             and
             vitious
             ,
             
               Oh
               mala
               paupertas
               vitii
               scelerisque
               ministral
            
             Saith
             
               Mantuan
               ,
            
             It
             wresteth
             and
             maketh
             crooked
             the
             best
             
             Natures
             of
             all
             ,
             which
             ,
             were
             their
             necessities
             supplied
             ,
             they
             would
             rather
             die
             then
             do
             as
             they
             sometimes
             do
             ,
             borrow
             and
             not
             be
             able
             to
             pay
             ,
             to
             speake
             untruths
             ,
             to
             deceive
             ,
             and
             sometime
             to
             cheate
             their
             own
             fathers
             and
             friends
             .
             What
             greater
             griefe
             can
             there
             be
             to
             an
             ingenuous
             &
             free
             spirit
             ,
             who
             sitting
             at
             a
             superiors
             table
             and
             thought
             to
             be
             necessitous
             and
             onely
             to
             come
             for
             a
             dinner
             ,
             to
             be
             plac'd
             the
             lowest
             ,
             to
             be
             carve
             dunto
             of
             the
             worst
             and
             first
             cut
             ,
             as
             of
             boild
             beefe
             ,
             brawn
             ,
             or
             the
             like
             ,
             and
             if
             the
             Ladie
             or
             loose
             bodied
             mistres
             presents
             unto
             him
             the
             milke
             from
             her
             trencher
             ,
             then
             assuredly
             it
             is
             burn'd
             to
             the
             bodie
             ,
             if
             he
             be
             carved
             unto
             out
             of
             a
             pastie
             of
             venison
             ,
             it
             was
             some
             part
             that
             was
             bruised
             in
             the
             carriage
             and
             began
             to
             stinke
             ,
             yet
             for
             all
             this
             he
             must
             be
             obsequious
             ,
             endure
             any
             jeere
             ,
             whisper
             for
             his
             drinke
             ,
             and
             rise
             at
             the
             comming
             in
             of
             the
             Bason
             and
             Ewer
             .
             To
             do
             the
             which
             ,
             any
             generous
             and
             truely
             Noble
             spirit
             had
             rather
             (
             as
             I
             am
             perswaded
             )
             dine
             with
             my
             Lord
             Maiors
             hounds
             in
             Finsburie
             fields
             .
          
           
             Another
             miserie
             ,
             a
             kinne
             to
             the
             former
             ,
             is
             what
             discourse
             soever
             is
             offered
             at
             such
             tables
             ,
             the
             necessitous
             man
             ,
             though
             he
             can
             speake
             more
             to
             the
             purpose
             then
             them
             all
             ,
             yet
             he
             must
             give
             them
             leave
             to
             engrosse
             all
             the
             talke
             ,
             and
             though
             he
             knowes
             they
             tell
             palpable
             and
             grosse
             lies
             ,
             speake
             the
             absurdest
             non-sence
             that
             may
             bee
             ,
             yet
             must
             he
             be
             silent
             ,
             and
             be
             held
             all
             the
             while
             for
             a
             
               Vau-neant
               :
            
             let
             these
             and
             the
             like
             examples
             then
             be
             motives
             unto
             all
             to
             make
             much
             of
             money
             ,
             to
             eat
             their
             own
             bread
             in
             their
             houses
             ;
             and
             to
             be
             beholden
             as
             little
             as
             may
             be
             to
             any
             for
             their
             meat
             ,
             for
             ,
             
               Est
               aliena
               vivere
               quadra
               ,
               miserrimum
               .
            
          
        
         
           
             How
             necessity
             and
             want
             compelleth
             to
             offend
             both
             against
             body
             and
             soule
             .
          
           
             
               SEeke
               not
               death
               in
               the
               error
               of
               your
               lives
            
             (
             saith
             the
             Wiseman
             )
             that
             is
             ,
             
             by
             taking
             evil
             courses
             ,
             to
             procure
             unto
             your selves
             untimely
             endes
             ,
             as
             those
             do
             who
             through
             extream
             necessitie
             are
             constrained
             to
             steale
             ,
             lie
             ,
             forsweare
             themselves
             ,
             become
             cheaters
             ,
             common
             harlots
             ,
             and
             the
             like
             ,
             wherof
             now
             adaies
             
             we
             liave
             too
             many
             examples
             everie
             where
             ,
             to
             the
             hazard
             of
             their
             soules
             to
             hell
             ,
             and
             their
             bodies
             to
             the
             handes
             of
             the
             Executioner
             .
          
           
             Hereby
             we
             may
             see
             how
             much
             it
             concernes
             all
             parents
             to
             give
             their
             children
             vertuous
             education
             ,
             in
             the
             fear
             of
             God
             ,
             and
             to
             employ
             them
             betimes
             in
             honest
             vocations
             ,
             whereby
             they
             may
             be
             armed
             against
             want
             and
             ill
             courses
             ,
             and
             doubtles
             many
             (
             yea
             too
             many
             )
             parents
             have
             beene
             ,
             and
             are
             herein
             ,
             much
             too
             blame
             ,
             who
             when
             they
             have
             given
             their
             children
             a
             little
             breeding
             and
             bringing
             up
             ,
             till
             about
             twelve
             or
             fourteene
             yeares
             of
             age
             ,
             they
             forsake
             them
             ,
             and
             send
             them
             out
             into
             the
             wide
             world
             to
             shift
             for
             themselves
             ,
             to
             sinke
             or
             swimme
             without
             trades
             or
             portion
             provided
             ,
             so
             they
             be
             rid
             of
             a
             charge
             what
             care
             they
             ;
             hence
             we
             see
             so
             many
             young
             men
             and
             women
             come
             to
             untimely
             endes
             ,
             who
             living
             might
             have
             beene
             comforts
             to
             their
             friends
             and
             parents
             ,
             and
             prooved
             good
             members
             in
             the
             common
             wealth
             ,
             I
             spake
             before
             of
             idle
             persons
             ,
             whom
             Saint
             
               Paul
            
             denieth
             to
             eat
             ,
             which
             are
             the
             droanes
             of
             a
             Common
             wealth
             ,
             not
             to
             be
             pitied
             ,
             whom
             
               Homer
            
             pretily
             describeth
             .
          
        
         
           
             Of
             Frugalitie
             or
             Parsimonie
             what
             it
             is
             ,
             and
             of
             the
             Effects
             thereof
             .
          
           
             HAving
             already
             shewed
             you
             the
             misery
             of
             want
             ,
             from
             the
             want
             of
             money
             ,
             let
             me
             give
             you
             a
             preservative
             against
             that
             want
             ,
             from
             the
             nature
             and
             effects
             of
             thrift
             ,
             which
             if
             not
             observed
             and
             looked
             to
             ,
             he
             shall
             live
             in
             perpetuall
             want
             ,
             and
             indeed
             (
             next
             to
             the
             serving
             of
             God
             )
             it
             is
             the
             first
             we
             ought
             ,
             even
             from
             children
             to
             learne
             in
             the
             world
             ,
             some
             men
             are
             thriftie
             and
             sparing
             by
             nature
             ,
             yea
             saving
             even
             in
             trifles
             ,
             as
             
               Charles
            
             the
             first
             was
             so
             naturally
             sparing
             ,
             that
             if
             a
             point
             from
             his
             hose
             had
             broken
             ,
             he
             would
             have
             tied
             the
             same
             upon
             a
             knot
             ,
             and
             made
             it
             to
             serve
             againe
             .
          
           
             Others
             againe
             are
             thriftie
             in
             small
             matters
             ,
             but
             lavish
             and
             prodigall
             in
             great
             ,
             these
             we
             say
             are
             ,
             
               Penny
               wise
               and
               pound
               foolish
               .
            
             Manie
             great
             Ladies
             ,
             and
             our
             great
             dames
             are
             subiect
             to
             this
             disease
             .
          
           
           
             Others
             having
             had
             long
             experience
             in
             the
             world
             and
             having
             been
             bitten
             with
             want
             ,
             (
             through
             their
             unthriftinesse
             when
             they
             were
             young
             )
             have
             proved
             verie
             good
             husbands
             at
             the
             last
             .
          
           
             Others
             againe
             there
             be
             who
             cloke
             their
             miserable
             basenesse
             under
             the
             pretence
             of
             thrift
             ,
             as
             one
             would
             endure
             none
             of
             his
             familie
             to
             eat
             butter
             with
             an
             egge
             but
             himselfe
             ,
             because
             it
             was
             sold
             for
             five
             pence
             the
             pound
             .
          
        
         
           
             The
             Definition
             of
             Frugalitie
             or
             Thrife
             .
          
           
             FRugalitie
             is
             a
             vertue
             which
             holdeth
             her
             own
             ,
             laieth
             out
             or
             expendeth
             profitably
             ,
             avoideth
             unnecessarie
             expences
             ,
             much
             buying
             ,
             riot
             ,
             borrowing
             and
             lending
             ,
             superfluous
             building
             ,
             and
             the
             like
             ;
             yet
             can
             spend
             in
             a
             moderate
             way
             as
             occasion
             and
             reason
             shall
             require
             .
          
           
             It
             is
             a
             vertue
             very
             neare
             allied
             to
             liberality
             ,
             and
             hath
             the
             same
             extremes
             ,
             for
             as
             Liberalitie
             is
             opposite
             to
             covetousnes
             ,
             so
             frugalitie
             is
             more
             opposite
             to
             profusenesse
             or
             prodigality
             .
          
           
             This
             vertue
             is
             the
             fountaine
             or
             spring-head
             of
             beneficence
             and
             liberality
             ,
             for
             none
             can
             be
             bountifull
             ,
             except
             they
             be
             parsimonious
             and
             thrifty
             .
             
               Bonus
               Servatius
               facit
               bonum
               Bonifacium
               :
            
             is
             an
             old
             Monkish
             (
             but
             true
             )
             Proverbe
             :
             
               Quod
               cessat
               reditu
               ex
               frugalitate
               suppletur
               ,
               ex
               quo
               velut
               fonte
               liberalitas
               nostra
               decurrit
               ;
               qua
               ita
               tamen
               temperanda
               est
               ,
               no
               n●mia
               profusione
               in●rescat
               ,
            
             saith
             
               Seneca
               .
            
          
           
             It
             avoideth
             ambitious
             buildings
             ,
             pompes
             ,
             showes
             ,
             Courtmaskings
             ,
             with
             excessive
             feasts
             and
             entertainments
             ,
             as
             
               M.
               Anthonie
            
             spent
             at
             one
             supper
             a
             thousand
             wild
             Boares
             :
             
               Heliogabalus
            
             had
             served
             him
             up
             at
             a
             supper
             likewise
             six
             hundred
             heads
             of
             Ostriches
             .
             
          
           
             
               Vitellius
            
             at
             one
             feast
             ,
             had
             two
             thousand
             fishes
             ,
             and
             most
             of
             severall
             kindes
             ,
             besides
             seven
             thousand
             fowles
             .
          
           
             Many
             such
             like
             feasts
             have
             beene
             made
             by
             the
             Romane
             Emperours
             ,
             and
             some
             so
             excessive
             ,
             that
             an
             infinite
             quantity
             of
             bread
             ,
             meat
             ,
             and
             other
             good
             victuals
             (
             all
             sorts
             of
             people
             being
             satisfied
             )
             hath
             been
             thrown
             into
             the
             River
             of
             
               Tiber.
               
            
          
           
           
             Againe
             ,
             on
             the
             other
             side
             ,
             there
             are
             as
             miserable
             
               Eu●li'os
               ,
            
             and
             base
             penurious
             slaves
             ,
             to
             be
             found
             in
             all
             parts
             ,
             yea
             in
             every
             towne
             of
             a
             kingdome
             ,
             as
             one
             at
             
               Pr●●rs
               Thorne
               ,
            
             neere
             to
             
               Swafham
            
             in
             Norfolke
             ,
             made
             his
             man
             pay
             a
             peny
             out
             of
             his
             wages
             for
             a
             rope
             he
             cut
             ,
             when
             he
             was
             hanging
             of
             himselfe
             in
             his
             barne
             .
          
           
             Another
             in
             the
             spring-time
             ,
             because
             the
             market
             should
             not
             thrive
             by
             him
             ,
             would
             make
             boyes
             climbe
             trees
             ,
             and
             search
             steeples
             for
             all
             the
             Crowes
             and
             Dawes
             they
             could
             finde
             ,
             which
             he
             lived
             upon
             ,
             (
             while
             they
             lasted
             )
             to
             save
             other
             victualls
             .
          
           
             Now
             there
             is
             an
             
               {non-Roman}
               {non-Roman}
               {non-Roman}
               {non-Roman}
               {non-Roman}
            
             ,
             or
             a
             selfe-contented
             sufficiencie
             ,
             which
             is
             most
             pleasing
             and
             agreeable
             to
             the
             Nature
             of
             many
             men
             ,
             as
             
               Phocion
            
             when
             
               Alexander
            
             had
             sent
             him
             a
             gift
             of
             an
             hundred
             talents
             of
             gold
             ,
             he
             sent
             it
             back
             again
             with
             this
             message
             ,
             That
             he
             needed
             not
             
               Alexanders
            
             money
             ;
             
               {non-Roman}
               {non-Roman}
               {non-Roman}
               {non-Roman}
               {non-Roman}
            
             ,
             &c.
             be
             the
             words
             of
             
               Plutarch
               .
            
          
        
         
           
             The
             Derivation
             of
             the
             word
             Peny
             ,
             and
             of
             the
             value
             and
             worth
             thereof
             .
          
           
             OUr
             English
             Peny
             consisteth
             of
             foure
             farthings
             ,
             and
             a
             farthing
             is
             so
             called
             from
             the
             old
             Saxon
             ,
             or
             high
             Dutch
             ,
             
               Ein
               vier●
               ding
               :
            
             that
             is
             ,
             a
             fourth
             thing
             ,
             because
             from
             the
             Saxons
             time
             ,
             untill
             
               Edward
            
             the
             third
             ,
             the
             Peny
             of
             this
             land
             had
             a
             Crosse
             struck
             so
             deep
             into
             the
             midst
             thereof
             ,
             that
             you
             might
             break
             out
             any
             part
             ,
             of
             the
             foure
             ,
             to
             buy
             what
             you
             thought
             good
             withall
             ,
             which
             was
             in
             those
             times
             their
             farthing
             .
          
           
             This
             word
             Peny
             ,
             is
             so
             called
             ,
             
               {non-Roman}
               {non-Roman}
               {non-Roman}
               {non-Roman}
               {non-Roman}
            
             ,
             that
             is
             ,
             Poverty
             :
             because
             for
             the
             most
             part
             poor
             people
             are
             herewith
             relieved
             :
             the
             old
             Saxons
             called
             it
             
               P●nig
            
             the
             high
             Dutch
             
               Pfennig
               ,
            
             the
             Netherlands
             
               Peni●●uk
            
             in
             Italian
             
               Denaro
            
             in
             Spanish
             
               Dinero
               ,
            
             in
             Latine
             
               Denarius
               ,
            
             which
             some
             fetch
             from
             the
             Chaldean
             ,
             
               Denar
               ;
            
             but
             some
             body
             hath
             taught
             the
             Chaldean
             to
             speak
             Latine
             :
             it
             is
             indeed
             derived
             ,
             
               A
               numero
               Denario
               ,
            
             because
             
               De●em
               asses
            
             made
             a
             Peny
             ;
             or
             according
             to
             
               Plutarch
               ,
               A
               dicem
               ar●is
               ,
            
             
               {non-Roman}
               {non-Roman}
               {non-Roman}
               {non-Roman}
               {non-Roman}
            
             .
          
           
           
             In
             the
             British
             ,
             or
             Welch
             ,
             it
             is
             
               Keniog
               ,
            
             from
             being
             currant
             ,
             because
             it
             goes
             away
             faster
             then
             other
             money
             ;
             as
             
               Scavernog
            
             is
             Welch
             for
             an
             Hare
             ,
             because
             she
             runnes
             over
             the
             mountains
             faster
             then
             an
             ordinary
             runner
             in
             Wales
             can
             overtake
             or
             catch
             her
             ,
             as
             my
             honest
             friend
             Master
             
               Owen
               Morgan
               ,
            
             that
             Countrey-man
             ,
             once
             (
             in
             good
             earnest
             )
             told
             me
             .
          
           
             There
             are
             so
             many
             kindes
             of
             pence
             as
             there
             are
             severall
             countries
             or
             nations
             ;
             our
             English
             pennie
             is
             a
             Scottish
             shilling
             ;
             in
             the
             time
             of
             King
             
               Edward
            
             the
             first
             our
             English
             pennie
             being
             round
             and
             unclip'd
             was
             to
             weigh
             two
             and
             thirty
             graines
             of
             wheat
             ,
             taken
             out
             of
             the
             midst
             of
             the
             care
             ;
             twenty
             of
             these
             pence
             made
             an
             ounce
             ,
             and
             twelve
             ounces
             made
             a
             pound
             .
          
           
             There
             were
             also
             golden
             pence
             ,
             as
             we
             may
             finde
             in
             
               Didymus
               Clandius
               de
               Analog
               .
               Romanorum
               :
            
             in
             a
             word
             ,
             I
             might
             discourse
             
               ad
               infinitum
               ,
            
             of
             the
             varietie
             of
             pence
             ,
             as
             well
             for
             the
             forme
             and
             stampe
             ,
             as
             weight
             and
             value
             ,
             though
             I
             sought
             no
             further
             then
             among
             those
             of
             our
             Saxons
             kings
             ,
             but
             it
             were
             needlesse
             .
             I
             will
             onely
             content
             my self
             with
             our
             own
             ordinary
             pennie
             ,
             and
             stay
             my
             Reader
             a
             while
             upon
             the
             not
             unpleasant
             consideration
             of
             the
             simple
             worth
             of
             a
             single
             pennie
             ,
             reflecting
             or
             looking
             back
             as
             oft
             as
             I
             can
             ,
             and
             ,
             as
             (
             
               Plinie
            
             adviseth
             )
             upon
             my
             Title
             .
          
        
         
           
             The
             simple
             worth
             of
             a
             single
             pennie
             .
          
           
             A
             Pennie
             bestowed
             in
             charitie
             upon
             a
             poore
             body
             shall
             not
             want
             an
             heavenly
             reward
             .
          
           
             For
             a
             pennie
             you
             may
             in
             the
             Low-countries
             in
             any
             market
             buy
             eight
             severall
             commodities
             ,
             as
             nuts
             ,
             vineger
             ,
             grapes
             ,
             a
             little
             cake
             ,
             onions
             ,
             oatmeale
             ,
             and
             the
             like
             .
          
           
             A
             pennie
             bestowed
             in
             a
             small
             quantity
             of
             Aniseed
             ,
             Aqua
             vitae
             ,
             or
             the
             like
             strong
             water
             ,
             may
             save
             ones
             life
             in
             a
             fainting
             or
             swound
             .
          
           
             For
             a
             peny
             you
             may
             heare
             a
             most
             eloquent
             Oration
             upon
             our
             English
             Kings
             and
             Queenes
             ,
             if
             keeping
             your
             hands
             off
             ,
             you
             will
             seriously
             listen
             to
             
               David
               Owen
               ,
            
             who
             keeps
             the
             Monuments
             in
             Westminster
             .
          
           
           
             Some
             ,
             for
             want
             of
             a
             peny
             ,
             have
             been
             constrained
             to
             go
             from
             Westminster
             about
             by
             London-Bridge
             to
             Lambeth
             ;
             and
             truly
             said
             ,
             
               Defessi
               sumus
               ambulando
               .
            
          
           
             You
             may
             have
             ,
             in
             Cheapside
             ,
             your
             peny
             tripled
             in
             the
             same
             kinde
             ,
             for
             you
             shall
             have
             
               Peny-grasse
               ,
               Peny-wort
            
             and
             
               Peny-royall
               .
            
          
           
             For
             a
             peny
             you
             may
             see
             any
             Monster
             ,
             Jackanapes
             ,
             or
             those
             roaring
             boyes
             ,
             the
             Lions
             .
          
           
             For
             a
             peny
             you
             may
             have
             all
             the
             Newes
             in
             England
             ,
             of
             Murders
             ,
             Flonds
             ,
             Witches
             ,
             Fires
             ,
             Tempests
             ,
             and
             what
             not
             ,
             in
             one
             of
             
               Martin
               Parkers
            
             Ballads
             .
          
           
             For
             a
             peny
             you
             may
             have
             your
             horse
             rubbed
             and
             walked
             after
             a
             long
             journey
             ,
             and
             being
             at
             grasse
             ,
             there
             are
             some
             that
             will
             breathe
             him
             for
             nothing
             .
          
           
             For
             a
             peny
             you
             may
             buy
             a
             faire
             Cucumer
             ,
             but
             not
             a
             brest
             of
             Mutton
             ,
             except
             it
             be
             multiplied
             .
          
           
             For
             a
             peny
             you
             may
             buy
             
               Time
               ,
            
             which
             is
             precious
             ,
             yea
             and
             
               Thrift
            
             too
             ,
             if
             you
             be
             a
             bad
             husband
             .
          
           
             I
             or
             a
             peny
             an
             Hostesse
             ,
             or
             an
             Hostler
             ,
             may
             buy
             as
             much
             chalke
             as
             will
             score
             up
             thirty
             or
             forty
             pounds
             :
             but
             how
             to
             come
             by
             their
             money
             ,
             that
             let
             them
             look
             to
             .
          
           
             For
             a
             peny
             you
             may
             have
             your
             dog
             worm'd
             ,
             and
             so
             be
             kept
             from
             running
             mad
             .
          
           
             For
             a
             peny
             a
             Drunkard
             may
             be
             guarded
             to
             his
             lodging
             ,
             if
             his
             head
             be
             light
             ,
             and
             the
             evening
             dark
             .
          
           
             For
             a
             peny
             you
             shall
             tell
             what
             will
             happen
             a
             yeare
             hence
             (
             which
             the
             Devill
             himselfe
             cannot
             do
             )
             in
             some
             Almanack
             ,
             or
             other
             rude
             Countrey
             .
          
           
             An
             hard-favoured
             ,
             and
             il-bred
             wench
             ,
             made
             peny
             white
             ,
             may
             (
             as
             our
             times
             are
             )
             prove
             a
             gallant
             Lady
             .
          
           
             For
             a
             peny
             you
             may
             be
             advanced
             to
             that
             height
             ,
             that
             you
             shall
             be
             above
             the
             best
             in
             the
             City
             ,
             yea
             the
             Lord
             Major
             himselfe
             ;
             that
             is
             ,
             to
             the
             top
             of
             
               Pauls
               .
            
          
           
             For
             a
             peny
             ,
             a
             miserable
             and
             covetous
             wretch
             ,
             that
             never
             did
             ,
             or
             ever
             will
             bestow
             peny
             upon
             Doctor
             ,
             or
             Apothecarie
             for
             their
             physick
             or
             advice
             ,
             may
             provide
             a
             remedy
             for
             all
             diseases
             .
          
           
           
             For
             a
             peny
             you
             may
             buy
             the
             hardest
             book
             in
             the
             world
             ,
             and
             which
             at
             some
             time
             or
             other
             hath
             posed
             the
             greatest
             Clerks
             in
             the
             land
             ,
             
               viz.
            
             an
             Horn-book
             .
          
           
             In
             so
             great
             esteem
             in
             former
             times
             have
             our
             English
             pence
             been
             ,
             that
             they
             have
             been
             carried
             to
             Rome
             by
             Cart-loads
             .
          
           
             For
             a
             peny
             you
             may
             search
             among
             the
             Rolles
             ,
             and
             withall
             give
             the
             Master
             good
             satisfaction
             ;
             I
             meane
             ,
             in
             a
             Bakers
             basket
             .
          
           
             For
             a
             peny
             a
             Chamber-maid
             may
             buy
             as
             much
             Red-Oker
             as
             wil
             serve
             seven
             years
             for
             the
             painting
             of
             her
             cheeks
             .
          
           
             For
             a
             peny
             the
             Monarch
             of
             a
             Free-Schole
             may
             provide
             himselfe
             of
             as
             many
             Armes
             as
             will
             keep
             all
             his
             rebellious
             subjects
             in
             awe
             .
          
           
             For
             a
             peny
             you
             may
             walke
             within
             one
             of
             the
             fairest
             gardens
             in
             the
             City
             ,
             and
             have
             a
             nose-gay
             ,
             or
             two
             made
             you
             of
             what
             sweet
             slowers
             you
             please
             .
          
           
             For
             a
             peny
             you
             may
             buy
             as
             much
             wood
             of
             that
             tree
             which
             is
             green
             all
             the
             yeare
             ,
             and
             beareth
             red
             berries
             ,
             as
             will
             cure
             any
             shrews
             tongue
             ,
             if
             it
             be
             too
             long
             for
             her
             mouth
             .
          
           
             A
             peny
             may
             save
             the
             credit
             of
             many
             ,
             as
             it
             did
             of
             foure
             or
             five
             young
             
               “
            
             Scholers
             in
             Cambridge
             ,
             who
             going
             into
             the
             Towne
             to
             break
             their
             fast
             with
             puddings
             (
             having
             sent
             to
             their
             Colledge
             for
             bread
             and
             beere
             )
             the
             Hostesse
             brought
             them
             twelve
             puddings
             broil'd
             ,
             and
             finding
             among
             themselves
             that
             they
             had
             but
             eleven
             pence
             ,
             they
             were
             much
             troubled
             about
             the
             other
             peny
             ,
             they
             neither
             having
             any
             book
             about
             them
             to
             lay
             to
             pawn
             for
             it
             :
             quoth
             one
             ,
             bolder
             then
             the
             rest
             ,
             
               Audaces
               Fortuna
               juvat
               ;
            
             Fortune
             favours
             the
             venturous
             ,
             and
             biting
             off
             a
             piece
             of
             the
             puddings
             end
             ,
             by
             wonderfull
             luck
             spit
             out
             a
             single
             peny
             that
             paid
             for
             it
             ,
             which
             it
             seemes
             was
             buried
             in
             the
             oat-meale
             ,
             or
             spice
             ,
             so
             for
             that
             time
             they
             saved
             their
             credits
             .
             But
             I
             will
             leave
             this
             discourse
             of
             a
             Penies-worth
             to
             their
             judgments
             and
             experience
             ,
             who
             having
             been
             troubled
             with
             overmuch
             money
             ,
             afterward
             in
             no
             long
             time
             ,
             have
             been
             fain
             (
             after
             a
             long
             dinner
             with
             Duke
             
               Humphrey
               ,
            
             to
             take
             a
             nap
             upon
             penielesse
             Bench
             ,
             onely
             to
             verifie
             the
             old
             Proverbe
             ,
             
               A
               foole
               and
               his
               money
               are
               soone
               parted
               .
            
          
        
         
         
           
             How
             money
             may
             many
             wayes
             be
             saved
             in
             diet
             ,
             apparell
             ,
             recreation
             ,
             and
             the
             like
             .
          
           
             AS
             there
             are
             infinite
             wayes
             and
             occasions
             of
             spending
             and
             laying
             out
             money
             ,
             which
             were
             superfluous
             here
             to
             recount
             ,
             whereof
             some
             may
             be
             well
             omitted
             ,
             but
             others
             not
             ,
             except
             we
             would
             want
             meat
             ,
             drink
             and
             our
             apparell
             with
             other
             externall
             necessaries
             ,
             as
             horses
             ,
             armour
             ,
             books
             ,
             and
             the
             like
             ,
             in
             a
             word
             whatsoever
             may
             conduce
             either
             to
             our
             profit
             or
             honest
             pleasure
             ,
             yet
             in
             husbanding
             our
             money
             in
             all
             these
             ,
             there
             is
             a
             great
             deale
             of
             caution
             and
             discretion
             to
             be
             used
             ,
             for
             most
             true
             it
             is
             ,
             that
             of
             all
             nations
             in
             
               Europe
               ,
            
             our
             English
             are
             the
             most
             profuse
             and
             careles
             in
             the
             way
             of
             expence
             ,
             go
             into
             other
             countries
             (
             especially
             Italy
             )
             the
             greatest
             
               Magnifice
            
             in
             Venice
             ,
             will
             thinke
             it
             no
             disgrace
             to
             his
             
               Magnifenza
            
             to
             go
             to
             market
             ,
             to
             choose
             and
             buy
             his
             own
             meat
             ,
             what
             him
             best
             liketh
             :
             but
             we
             in
             England
             scorne
             to
             do
             either
             ,
             surfetting
             indeed
             of
             our
             plentie
             ,
             whereof
             other
             countries
             fall
             far
             short
             .
             Insomuch
             as
             I
             am
             perswaded
             that
             our
             citie
             of
             London
             of
             it selfe
             alone
             eateth
             more
             good
             Beefe
             and
             Mutton
             in
             one
             month
             then
             all
             Spaine
             ,
             Italy
             ,
             and
             a
             part
             of
             France
             in
             a
             whole
             yeare
             .
             If
             we
             have
             a
             minde
             to
             dine
             at
             a
             taverne
             ,
             we
             bespeake
             a
             dinner
             at
             all
             adventure
             ,
             never
             demaunding
             or
             knowing
             the
             price
             thereof
             till
             it
             be
             eaten
             ,
             after
             dinner
             there
             is
             a
             certaine
             sawce
             brought
             up
             by
             the
             drawer
             called
             a
             
               Reckoning
            
             in
             a
             bill
             as
             long
             as
             a
             Brokers
             inventorie
             .
             I
             have
             knowne
             by
             experience
             in
             some
             tavernes
             sometime
             of
             at
             least
             twice
             and
             sometime
             thrice
             as
             much
             as
             the
             meat
             and
             dressing
             hath
             been
             worth
             :
             no
             question
             but
             a
             faire
             and
             an
             honest
             gaine
             is
             to
             be
             allowed
             ,
             in
             regard
             of
             house
             rent
             ,
             linnen
             ,
             attendance
             of
             servants
             ,
             and
             the
             like
             ;
             there
             are
             without
             doubt
             very
             many
             tavernes
             verie
             honest
             and
             reasonable
             ,
             and
             the
             use
             of
             them
             is
             necessary
             ,
             for
             if
             a
             man
             meetes
             with
             his
             friend
             or
             acquaintance
             in
             the
             street
             ,
             whither
             should
             they
             go
             ,
             having
             no
             friends
             house
             neere
             to
             go
             into
             ,
             especially
             in
             rainie
             or
             fowle
             weather
             ,
             but
             to
             a
             taverne
             ?
             where
             for
             the
             expence
             of
             a
             pinte
             or
             a
             quart
             of
             
             wine
             they
             may
             have
             a
             drie
             house
             &
             room
             to
             confer
             or
             write
             to
             any
             friends
             about
             busines
             ,
             but
             to
             have
             in
             a
             bill
             8.
             s.
             brought
             up
             for
             an
             ordinarie
             Capon
             (
             as
             my
             Lord
             of
             Northamptons
             gentlemen
             had
             at
             Greenwich
             in
             king
             
               Iames
            
             his
             time
             )
             7.
             or
             9.
             s.
             for
             a
             paire
             of
             soales
             ,
             four
             shillings
             for
             a
             dozen
             of
             Larkes
             ,
             would
             make
             a
             Horentine
             runne
             out
             of
             his
             wits
             :
             how
             excellently
             in
             some
             houses
             are
             their
             Neates
             tongues
             poudred
             when
             the
             reckoning
             is
             brought
             you
             up
             ?
             againe
             what
             can
             be
             more
             distastfull
             to
             an
             ingenuous
             and
             free
             spirit
             ,
             then
             to
             stand
             to
             the
             curtesie
             of
             a
             nimble
             tong'd
             drawer
             ,
             or
             his
             manie-ringed
             Mistris
             ,
             whether
             they
             or
             your self
             shall
             have
             the
             disposing
             of
             your
             money
             ;
             it
             is
             no
             small
             summe
             that
             our
             young
             Gallants
             might
             save
             in
             a
             yeere
             ,
             if
             they
             would
             be
             wise
             in
             this
             respect
             .
             Beside
             in
             your
             owne
             private
             house
             or
             chamber
             ,
             a
             dish
             or
             two
             ,
             and
             a
             good
             stomack
             for
             the
             sawce
             shall
             give
             you
             more
             content
             ,
             continnue
             your
             health
             ,
             and
             keepe
             your
             bodie
             in
             better
             plight
             ,
             then
             variety
             of
             many
             dishes
             :
             this
             pleased
             ever
             the
             wisest
             and
             best
             men
             .
             
               Horace
            
             affirmeth
             him
             to
             live
             healthie
             and
             happily
             ;
             
               Cui
               splendet
               in
               Mensa
               tenue
               Salinum
               :
            
             meaning
             by
             the
             small
             and
             poore
             salt
             seller
             ,
             a
             slender
             and
             a
             frugall
             diet
             .
             
               Curius
            
             that
             Noble
             Romane
             ,
             a
             man
             of
             mervailous
             honestie
             ,
             temperance
             and
             valour
             (
             who
             overcame
             the
             
               Samnites
            
             and
             
               Pyrrhus
            
             himself
             )
             when
             the
             Ambassadors
             of
             the
             
               Samnites
            
             brought
             him
             an
             huge
             summe
             of
             gold
             ,
             they
             found
             him
             sitting
             by
             the
             fire
             ,
             and
             seething
             of
             Turneps
             for
             his
             dinner
             with
             an
             earthen
             dish
             in
             his
             lap
             ,
             at
             what
             time
             he
             gave
             them
             this
             answere
             ,
             I
             had
             rather
             eat
             in
             this
             dish
             and
             command
             over
             them
             ,
             that
             have
             gold
             ,
             then
             be
             rich
             my selfe
             ,
             a
             while
             after
             being
             accused
             for
             deceiving
             the
             state
             of
             money
             ,
             which
             he
             had
             gotten
             in
             his
             conquests
             and
             kept
             to
             himself
             :
             he
             tooke
             a
             solemne
             oath
             ,
             that
             he
             saved
             no
             more
             of
             all
             he
             gat
             but
             that
             one
             tree'n
             ,
             or
             wooden
             barrell
             ,
             which
             he
             had
             there
             by
             him
             .
             Marvellous
             was
             the
             temperance
             of
             the
             Romanes
             in
             their
             diet
             ,
             as
             also
             of
             the
             Turkes
             at
             this
             day
             ,
             the
             Italians
             and
             Spaniards
             ,
             but
             it
             is
             in
             them
             naturall
             ,
             not
             habituall
             ,
             and
             by
             consequent
             no
             vertue
             as
             themselves
             would
             have
             it
             ,
             for
             the
             inhabitants
             of
             hot
             countries
             ,
             have
             not
             their
             digestion
             so
             strong
             as
             those
             under
             cold
             climates
             ,
             
             whose
             bodies
             by
             an
             
               Antiperistasis
            
             or
             surrounding
             of
             the
             cold
             have
             the
             natural
             heate
             repelled
             &
             kept
             within
             them
             ,
             which
             is
             the
             reason
             that
             the
             Northerne
             nations
             are
             of
             all
             other
             the
             greatest
             eaters
             and
             drinkers
             ;
             and
             of
             those
             ,
             the
             French
             say
             we
             of
             England
             have
             the
             best
             stomacks
             and
             are
             the
             greatest
             trenchermen
             of
             the
             world
             ,
             
               Les
               Anglois
               sont
               les
               plus
               gros
               mangeurs
               ,
               de
               tout
               la
               monde
               :
            
             but
             they
             re
             deceived
             ;
             those
             of
             Denmarke
             and
             Norway
             exceed
             us
             ,
             and
             the
             Russians
             them
             .
             I
             confesse
             we
             have
             had
             ,
             and
             have
             yet
             some
             remarkable
             eaters
             among
             us
             ,
             who
             for
             a
             wager
             would
             have
             eaten
             with
             the
             best
             of
             them
             ,
             as
             
               Wolmer
            
             of
             Windsor
             ,
             and
             not
             long
             since
             
               Wood
            
             of
             Kent
             ,
             who
             eat
             up
             at
             one
             dinner
             nineteen
             greene
             geese
             equall
             to
             the
             old
             ones
             in
             bignesse
             with
             sawce
             of
             gooseberries
             ,
             according
             as
             I
             heard
             it
             affirmed
             to
             my
             Lord
             
               Richard
            
             Earle
             of
             
               Dorset
            
             at
             a
             dinner
             time
             at
             his
             house
             at
             
               Knowle
            
             in
             Kent
             ,
             by
             one
             of
             his
             gentlemen
             who
             was
             an
             eye
             witnesse
             to
             the
             same
             .
          
           
             But
             the
             truth
             is
             ,
             that
             those
             men
             live
             the
             longest
             and
             are
             commonly
             in
             perfect
             health
             ,
             who
             content
             themselves
             with
             least
             and
             the
             simplest
             meat
             ,
             which
             not
             onely
             saves
             the
             purse
             ,
             but
             preserves
             the
             body
             ,
             as
             we
             may
             see
             in
             Lancashire
             ,
             Shropshire
             ,
             Cheshire
             ,
             Yorkshire
             ,
             and
             other
             countries
             which
             are
             remote
             from
             the
             citie
             ;
             and
             it
             is
             Master
             
               Cambdens
            
             observation
             in
             his
             
               Britannia
               ,
               Vt
               diutius
               vivant
               qui
               vescuntur
               Lacticiniis
               :
            
             they
             commonlie
             are
             long
             liv'd
             ,
             who
             live
             by
             whitmeates
             ,
             as
             milke
             ,
             butter
             ,
             cheese
             curds
             ,
             and
             the
             like
             .
             For
             ,
             
             
               Multa
               fercula
               multos
               morbos
               gignere
               ,
            
             was
             truely
             said
             of
             Saint
             
               Hierome
               ,
            
             as
             being
             apt
             by
             their
             sundrie
             and
             opposite
             qualities
             to
             breed
             much
             corruption
             .
             How
             healthfull
             are
             schollers
             in
             our
             Universities
             ,
             whose
             commons
             are
             no
             more
             then
             needs
             must
             !
             Neither
             would
             I
             have
             any
             man
             starve
             himself
             to
             save
             his
             purse
             ,
             as
             an
             Usurer
             confessed
             upon
             his
             death-bed
             ,
             how
             he
             was
             above
             two
             hundred
             pounds
             endebted
             to
             his
             bellie
             ,
             for
             breakefastes
             dinners
             and
             suppers
             which
             he
             had
             defrauded
             it
             of
             in
             terme
             times
             at
             London
             ,
             and
             in
             other
             places
             ,
             employing
             his
             money
             to
             other
             miserable
             purposes
             .
          
           
             Money
             may
             be
             well
             saved
             ,
             in
             travaile
             or
             in
             town
             ;
             if
             three
             or
             foure
             shall
             ioyne
             their
             purses
             ,
             and
             provide
             their
             diet
             at
             
             the
             best
             hand
             ,
             it
             is
             no
             shame
             so
             to
             do
             .
             I
             have
             known
             also
             some
             ,
             who
             have
             been
             verie
             skilfull
             in
             dressing
             their
             own
             diet
             .
             
               Homer
            
             tells
             us
             that
             
               Achilles
            
             could
             play
             the
             Cooke
             excellently
             well
             ,
             and
             I
             beleeve
             it
             were
             not
             amisse
             for
             our
             English
             Travailers
             so
             to
             do
             in
             Forraign
             countries
             ,
             for
             many
             reasons
             I
             have
             knowne
             .
          
           
             And
             execrable
             is
             the
             miserable
             and
             base
             humour
             of
             many
             ,
             who
             to
             save
             their
             money
             will
             live
             upon
             vile
             and
             loathsome
             things
             ,
             as
             Mushromes
             ,
             Snailes
             ,
             Frogs
             ,
             mice
             ,
             young
             Kitlings
             ,
             and
             the
             like
             .
             In
             times
             of
             extreme
             dearth
             or
             famine
             ,
             people
             (
             I
             confesse
             )
             have
             been
             driven
             to
             look
             out
             for
             whatsoever
             could
             nourish
             ,
             and
             (
             as
             we
             say
             )
             keep
             life
             and
             soule
             together
             ;
             yea
             ,
             and
             of
             farre
             worse
             things
             then
             these
             ,
             as
             
               Iosephus
            
             reporteth
             of
             the
             Jewes
             ,
             in
             that
             horrible
             and
             fearfull
             famine
             in
             Hierusalem
             ,
             at
             the
             time
             of
             the
             siege
             by
             
               Titus
            
             and
             
               Vespasian
               :
            
             such
             we
             blame
             not
             ,
             most
             blame
             worthy
             are
             they
             ,
             who
             as
             it
             were
             surfetting
             of
             ,
             or
             loathing
             that
             abundant
             plenty
             of
             all
             good
             and
             wholesome
             meats
             God
             hath
             afforded
             us
             in
             this
             land
             ,
             and
             which
             God
             by
             name
             hath
             commended
             to
             his
             people
             ,
             make
             these
             stuffe
             their
             greatest
             dainties
             ;
             as
             I
             have
             known
             Ladies
             ,
             who
             when
             they
             have
             eaten
             till
             they
             could
             eat
             no
             more
             of
             all
             the
             daintiest
             dishes
             at
             the
             table
             ,
             yet
             they
             must
             eat
             the
             legs
             of
             their
             Larkes
             ,
             roasted
             a
             new
             in
             a
             greasie
             tallow
             candle
             ,
             and
             if
             they
             carved
             but
             a
             piece
             of
             a
             burnt
             claw
             to
             any
             Gentleman
             at
             the
             Table
             ,
             he
             must
             take
             it
             as
             an
             extraordinary
             favour
             from
             her
             Ladiship
             .
             It
             were
             much
             to
             be
             wished
             ,
             that
             they
             were
             bound
             to
             hold
             them
             to
             their
             Diet
             in
             a
             deare
             yeare
             ,
             or
             a
             wet
             spring
             ,
             when
             Frogs
             and
             Snailes
             may
             be
             had
             in
             greatest
             abundance
             .
          
        
         
           
             Of
             Thrift
             and
             good
             Husbandrie
             in
             Apparell
             .
          
           
             YOu
             must
             ,
             if
             you
             would
             keep
             money
             in
             your
             purse
             to
             uphold
             your
             credit
             ,
             at
             all
             times
             be
             frugall
             ,
             and
             thrifty
             also
             in
             your
             apparell
             ,
             not
             dogging
             the
             fashion
             ,
             or
             setting
             your
             tailor
             on
             work
             at
             the
             sight
             of
             every
             Mounsieurs
             new
             suit
             ;
             there
             is
             a
             middle
             ,
             plain
             and
             decent
             garbe
             ,
             which
             is
             best
             ,
             and
             most
             to
             
             be
             commended
             :
             this
             is
             commonly
             affected
             of
             the
             most
             staied
             &
             wisest
             :
             What
             mony
             might
             be
             saved
             ,
             if
             we
             were
             so
             wise
             as
             the
             Dutch
             or
             Spaniard
             ,
             who
             for
             these
             two
             or
             three
             hundred
             yeares
             ,
             have
             kept
             themselves
             to
             one
             fashion
             ?
             But
             we
             ,
             the
             Apes
             of
             
               Europe
               ,
            
             like
             
               Proteus
               ,
            
             must
             change
             our
             shapes
             every
             yeare
             ,
             nay
             quarter
             ,
             moneth
             and
             week
             ,
             as
             well
             in
             our
             dublets
             ,
             hose
             ,
             cloaks
             ,
             hats
             ,
             bands
             ,
             boots
             ,
             and
             what
             not
             :
             that
             Embleme
             was
             not
             unproper
             which
             once
             I
             saw
             in
             
               Antwerpe
               ,
            
             which
             was
             an
             Hee
             and
             a
             Shee
             foole
             turning
             a
             double
             rimmed
             wheele
             upon
             one
             axeltree
             ,
             one
             on
             the
             one
             side
             ,
             and
             the
             other
             on
             the
             other
             ;
             upon
             the
             Hee-fooles
             wheele
             ,
             were
             the
             severall
             fashions
             of
             mens
             apparell
             ,
             on
             the
             others
             wheele
             of
             womens
             ;
             which
             ,
             as
             with
             the
             revolution
             of
             time
             ,
             went
             round
             ,
             and
             came
             into
             the
             same
             place
             ,
             use
             ,
             and
             request
             again
             ;
             as
             for
             the
             present
             ,
             aloft
             ,
             and
             followed
             of
             all
             ,
             by
             and
             by
             cast
             down
             ,
             and
             despised
             .
             I
             see
             no
             reason
             why
             a
             French
             man
             should
             not
             imitate
             our
             English
             fashion
             ,
             as
             well
             as
             we
             his
             :
             What
             ,
             have
             the
             French
             more
             wit
             then
             we
             in
             fitting
             clothes
             to
             the
             body
             ,
             or
             a
             better
             invention
             or
             way
             insaving
             money
             in
             the
             buying
             or
             making
             of
             apparell
             ?
             Surely
             I
             think
             not
             :
             it
             may
             be
             our
             English
             when
             they
             had
             to
             do
             in
             
               France
               ,
            
             got
             a
             humour
             of
             affecting
             their
             fashions
             ,
             which
             they
             could
             not
             shake
             off
             since
             :
             there
             is
             no
             man
             ever
             the
             warmer
             ,
             or
             ever
             the
             wiser
             for
             a
             fashion
             ,
             (
             so
             farre
             forth
             as
             it
             is
             a
             fashion
             )
             but
             rather
             the
             contrary
             ;
             a
             foole
             :
             for
             needlesse
             expence
             ,
             and
             suffering
             himselfe
             to
             quake
             for
             cold
             ,
             when
             his
             clothes
             in
             the
             fashion
             must
             be
             cut
             to
             the
             skin
             ,
             his
             hat
             hardly
             cover
             his
             crown
             ,
             but
             stands
             upon
             his
             perewig
             like
             an
             Extinguisher
             :
             and
             we
             know
             ,
             by
             ridiculous
             experience
             ,
             every
             day
             in
             the
             street
             ,
             that
             our
             Ladies
             ,
             and
             their
             waiting
             women
             ,
             will
             starve
             and
             shiver
             in
             the
             hardest
             frost
             ,
             rather
             then
             they
             will
             suffer
             their
             bare
             necks
             and
             breasts
             to
             passe
             your
             eyes
             unviewed
             .
             But
             some
             will
             say
             (
             as
             I
             have
             heard
             many
             )
             there
             is
             no
             man
             now
             adayes
             esteemed
             ,
             that
             follows
             not
             the
             fashion
             ;
             be
             it
             so
             ,
             the
             fashions
             of
             these
             times
             are
             very
             fit
             to
             be
             observed
             ,
             which
             is
             ,
             to
             be
             deeply
             indebted
             to
             Mercers
             ,
             Haberdashers
             ,
             Sempsters
             ,
             Tailors
             ,
             and
             other
             trades
             ,
             for
             the
             fulfilling
             of
             a
             fashionable
             humour
             ,
             
             which
             a
             thrifty
             and
             wise
             man
             avoideth
             ,
             accommodating
             himselfe
             with
             apparell
             faire
             and
             seemly
             ,
             for
             halfe
             ,
             or
             a
             third
             part
             of
             the
             others
             charge
             .
             What
             makes
             many
             of
             our
             City
             Tailors
             arise
             to
             so
             great
             estates
             as
             some
             of
             them
             have
             ,
             and
             to
             build
             so
             brave
             houses
             ,
             but
             the
             fashion
             ?
             Silkmen
             and
             Mercers
             to
             buy
             such
             goodly
             Lordships
             in
             the
             Countreys
             ,
             where
             many
             times
             they
             are
             chosen
             high
             Sheriffes
             ,
             but
             the
             fashion
             ?
             And
             I
             would
             fain
             know
             of
             any
             of
             our
             prime
             Fashion-mongers
             ,
             what
             use
             there
             is
             of
             lac'd
             bands
             ,
             of
             six
             ,
             seven
             ,
             and
             eight
             pound
             the
             band
             ,
             nay
             of
             forty
             and
             fifty
             pound
             the
             band
             .
             Such
             d●ubing
             of
             cloakes
             ,
             and
             dublets
             with
             gold
             and
             silver
             ,
             points
             of
             five
             and
             eight
             pound
             the
             dozen
             to
             dangle
             uselesly
             at
             the
             knees
             ,
             
             
               Philopoemon
               ,
            
             a
             brave
             Commander
             among
             the
             Graecians
             (
             as
             
               Plutarch
            
             reporteth
             )
             commanded
             that
             all
             the
             gold
             and
             silver
             which
             he
             had
             taken
             away
             from
             his
             enemies
             (
             which
             was
             a
             very
             great
             quantity
             )
             should
             be
             imployed
             in
             gilding
             ,
             inlaying
             of
             Swords
             ,
             Saddles
             ,
             Bridles
             ,
             all
             furniture
             both
             for
             his
             Men
             and
             Horse
             .
             
               For
               gold
               and
               silver
               worn
               by
               martiall
               men
               ,
               addeth
               ,
               saith
               Plutarch
               ,
               courage
               and
               Spirit
               unto
               them
               ;
               but
               in
               others
               effeminacie
               ,
               or
               a
               kinde
               of
               womanish
               vanity
               .
            
             
               Moderata
               durant
               ,
            
             and
             
               Mediocria
               firma
               ,
            
             were
             the
             Motto's
             of
             two
             as
             grave
             and
             great
             Counsellers
             as
             were
             (
             of
             their
             times
             )
             in
             
               England
               .
            
             A
             Gentleman
             in
             a
             plain
             cloth
             suit
             well
             made
             ,
             may
             appeare
             in
             the
             presence
             of
             the
             greatest
             Prince
             .
             The
             
               Venetians
            
             as
             wise
             a
             people
             and
             state
             as
             any
             other
             in
             
               Europe
               ,
            
             are
             bound
             by
             the
             Lawes
             of
             their
             Common
             wealth
             ,
             that
             their
             upper
             garments
             (
             worne
             within
             the
             city
             )
             should
             ever
             be
             of
             plaine
             black
             :
             yea
             the
             greatest
             princes
             go
             many
             times
             the
             plainest
             in
             their
             apparell
             .
             
               Charles
            
             the
             fifth
             Emperour
             the
             Bulwarke
             and
             Moderator
             of
             Christendome
             in
             his
             time
             ,
             went
             verie
             plaine
             ,
             seldome
             or
             never
             wearing
             any
             gold
             or
             silver
             ,
             save
             his
             order
             of
             the
             
               Golden
               Fleece
            
             about
             his
             neck
             .
             
               Henrie
            
             the
             fourth
             King
             of
             France
             (
             worthily
             stiled
             the
             ninth
             Worthy
             )
             many
             times
             in
             the
             heate
             of
             Summer
             would
             onely
             go
             in
             a
             suite
             of
             Buckram
             cut
             upon
             white
             canvas
             or
             the
             like
             ;
             so
             little
             they
             ,
             (
             who
             had
             the
             kernell
             of
             wisdome
             and
             Magnanimitie
             ,
             cared
             for
             the
             shell
             of
             gaudie
             apparell
             :
             and
             it
             is
             
             worthy
             the
             observation
             ,
             how
             for
             the
             most
             part
             ,
             the
             safest
             and
             most
             excellent
             men
             in
             inward
             knowledge
             and
             multiplicity
             of
             learning
             ,
             have
             been
             most
             negligent
             and
             careles
             in
             their
             apparell
             ,
             and
             as
             we
             say
             ,
             Slovens
             ;
             
             
               Erasmus
               saith
            
             of
             Sir
             
               T.
               Moore
               ,
               Quod
               à
               puere
               semper
               in
               vestitu
               fuit
               negligentissimus
               ,
            
             That
             from
             a
             childe
             he
             was
             ever
             most
             careles
             and
             slovenly
             in
             his
             apparell
             .
             
               Paracelsus
            
             we
             read
             to
             have
             been
             the
             like
             ;
             and
             to
             parallell
             him
             ,
             our
             late
             Master
             
               Butter
            
             of
             Cambridge
             ,
             that
             learned
             and
             excellent
             Physitian
             .
             There
             is
             much
             money
             to
             be
             saved
             in
             apparrell
             ,
             in
             choise
             of
             the
             stuffe
             ,
             for
             lasting
             ,
             and
             cheapnesse
             :
             and
             that
             you
             may
             not
             be
             deceived
             in
             the
             stuffe
             or
             price
             ,
             take
             the
             advice
             of
             some
             honest
             Tailor
             ,
             your
             friend
             ,
             as
             no
             question
             but
             every where
             there
             are
             many
             .
             I
             will
             instance
             one
             ;
             In
             Cambridge
             there
             dwelt
             ,
             some
             twenty
             or
             thirty
             years
             ago
             ,
             one
             
               Godfrey
               Colton
               ,
            
             who
             was
             by
             his
             trade
             a
             Tailor
             ,
             but
             a
             merry
             companion
             with
             his
             taber
             and
             pipe
             ,
             and
             for
             singing
             all
             manner
             of
             Northern
             songs
             before
             Noble
             and
             Gentlemen
             ,
             who
             much
             delighted
             in
             his
             company
             .
             Beside
             ,
             he
             was
             Lord
             of
             Sturbridge-Faire
             ,
             and
             all
             the
             misorders
             there
             .
             On
             a
             time
             ,
             an
             old
             Doctor
             of
             the
             University
             brought
             unto
             him
             five
             yards
             of
             pure
             fine
             scarlet
             ,
             to
             make
             him
             a
             Doctor
             of
             Divinities
             Gown
             :
             and
             withall
             ,
             desired
             him
             to
             save
             him
             the
             least
             shred
             ,
             to
             mend
             an
             hole
             ,
             if
             a
             moth
             should
             eat
             it
             :
             
               Godfrey
            
             having
             measured
             ,
             and
             found
             that
             there
             was
             enough
             ,
             laid
             it
             by
             :
             Nay
             ,
             quoth
             the
             Doctor
             ,
             let
             me
             see
             it
             cut
             out
             ere
             I
             go
             ,
             for
             though
             you
             can
             play
             the
             knave
             abroad
             ,
             I
             think
             you
             are
             honest
             at
             home
             ,
             and
             at
             your
             work
             .
             God
             forbid
             else
             ,
             quoth
             
               Godfrey
               ,
            
             and
             that
             you
             shall
             finde
             by
             me
             ;
             for
             give
             me
             but
             twenty
             shillings
             from
             you
             ,
             and
             I
             will
             save
             you
             forty
             in
             the
             making
             of
             your
             gown
             :
             that
             I
             will
             ,
             said
             the
             Doctor
             (
             who
             was
             miserable
             enough
             )
             with
             all
             mine
             heart
             ;
             with
             that
             he
             gave
             him
             two
             old
             
               Harrie
            
             Angels
             out
             of
             his
             velvet
             pouch
             ,
             which
             
               Godfrey
            
             having
             put
             into
             his
             pocket
             ,
             the
             Doctor
             desired
             to
             tell
             him
             how
             he
             would
             save
             
             him
             forty
             shillings
             :
             marry
             will
             I
             (
             quoth
             
               Godfrey
            
             )
             in
             good
             faith
             Sir
             ,
             let
             some
             other
             Tailor
             in
             any
             case
             make
             it
             ;
             for
             if
             I
             take
             it
             in
             hand
             ,
             I
             shall
             utterly
             spoile
             it
             ,
             for
             I
             never
             ,
             in
             all
             my
             life
             ,
             made
             any
             of
             this
             fashion
             .
             I
             report
             this
             for
             the
             credit
             of
             honest
             Tailors
             ,
             who
             will
             ever
             tell
             their
             friends
             the
             truth
             .
          
        
         
           
             Of
             Recreations
             .
          
           
             OF
             Recreations
             ,
             some
             are
             more
             expensive
             then
             others
             ,
             as
             requiring
             more
             addresse
             and
             charge
             :
             as
             Tiltings
             ,
             Masques
             ,
             Playes
             ,
             and
             the
             like
             ,
             which
             are
             proper
             to
             Princes
             Courts
             :
             but
             I
             speak
             of
             those
             which
             are
             proper
             to
             private
             men
             ,
             for
             such
             is
             our
             nature
             ,
             that
             we
             cannot
             stand
             long
             bent
             ,
             but
             we
             must
             have
             our
             relaxations
             ,
             as
             well
             of
             minde
             as
             body
             ;
             for
             of
             Recreations
             ,
             some
             are
             proper
             to
             the
             minde
             and
             speculation
             ;
             as
             reading
             of
             delightfull
             and
             pleasant
             books
             ,
             the
             knowledge
             of
             the
             Mathematicall
             and
             other
             contemplative
             Sciences
             ,
             which
             are
             the
             more
             pleasing
             and
             excellent
             ,
             by
             how
             much
             the
             pleasure
             of
             the
             minde
             excelleth
             that
             of
             the
             body
             ;
             others
             belong
             to
             the
             body
             ,
             as
             walking
             ,
             riding
             upon
             pleasure
             ,
             shooting
             ,
             hunting
             ,
             hawking
             ,
             bowling
             ,
             ringing
             ,
             
               Paille
               Maille
               ,
            
             and
             the
             like
             ,
             which
             are
             Recreations
             without
             doores
             ;
             others
             are
             within
             doores
             ,
             as
             chesse
             ,
             tables
             ,
             cards
             ,
             dice
             ,
             billiards
             ,
             
               ●ioco
               d●oco
            
             and
             the
             like
             :
             but
             the
             truth
             is
             ,
             the
             most
             pleasing
             of
             all
             is
             ,
             riding
             with
             a
             good
             horse
             ,
             and
             a
             good
             companion
             in
             the
             spring
             ,
             or
             summer
             season
             ,
             into
             the
             Countrey
             ,
             when
             blossomes
             are
             on
             the
             trees
             ,
             flowers
             in
             the
             fields
             ,
             corn
             and
             fruit
             are
             ripe
             ;
             in
             autumne
             ,
             what
             sweet
             and
             goodly
             prospects
             shall
             you
             have
             on
             both
             sides
             of
             you
             upon
             the
             way
             ,
             delicate
             green
             fields
             ,
             low
             meadowes
             ,
             divorces
             of
             Christall
             streams
             ,
             woody-hills
             ,
             parks
             with
             deere
             ,
             hedge-rows
             ,
             orchards
             ,
             fruit-trees
             ,
             churches
             ,
             villages
             ,
             the
             houses
             
             of
             Gentlemen
             ,
             and
             husbandmen
             ,
             severall
             habits
             and
             faces
             ,
             variety
             of
             countrey
             labour
             and
             exercises
             ,
             and
             if
             you
             happen
             (
             as
             often
             it
             falleth
             out
             )
             to
             converse
             with
             countrey
             men
             of
             the
             place
             ,
             you
             shall
             finde
             them
             for
             the
             most
             part
             understanding
             enough
             to
             give
             you
             satisfaction
             ,
             and
             sometimes
             countrey
             maids
             ,
             and
             market
             wenches
             ,
             will
             give
             as
             unhappy
             answers
             ,
             as
             they
             be
             asked
             knavish
             and
             uncivill
             questions
             ;
             others
             there
             be
             ,
             who
             ,
             out
             of
             their
             rusticall
             simplicity
             ,
             will
             afford
             you
             matter
             of
             mirth
             if
             you
             stay
             to
             talk
             with
             them
             .
             I
             remember
             ,
             riding
             once
             by
             Horn-Castle
             ,
             neere
             to
             Stikeswold
             ,
             in
             
               Lincolneshire
               ,
            
             in
             the
             heat
             of
             summer
             ,
             I
             met
             with
             a
             Swineherd
             keeping
             his
             hogs
             upon
             a
             fallow
             field
             .
             My
             friend
             (
             quoth
             I
             )
             you
             keep
             here
             a
             company
             of
             unruly
             cattell
             ,
             I
             poore
             soules
             ,
             they
             are
             indeed
             (
             quoth
             he
             )
             I
             beleeve
             ,
             said
             I
             ,
             they
             have
             a
             language
             among
             themselves
             ,
             &
             can
             understand
             one
             another
             ,
             I
             as
             well
             as
             you
             and
             I
             :
             Were
             they
             ever
             taught
             ?
             Alas
             ,
             poor
             things
             ,
             they
             know
             not
             a
             letter
             of
             the
             book
             ,
             I
             teach
             them
             all
             they
             have
             :
             Why
             ,
             what
             sayes
             that
             great
             hog
             with
             red
             spots
             (
             quoth
             I
             )
             that
             lies
             under
             another
             ,
             in
             his
             grunting
             language
             :
             Marry
             ,
             he
             bids
             him
             that
             sleeps
             so
             heavie
             upon
             him
             to
             lie
             further
             off
             .
             But
             to
             our
             purpose
             ;
             The
             most
             ordinary
             recreations
             of
             the
             Countrey
             are
             football
             ,
             ska●es
             ,
             or
             nine
             pins
             ,
             shooting
             at
             butts
             ,
             quaits
             ,
             bowling
             ,
             running
             at
             the
             base
             ,
             stooleball
             ,
             leaping
             ,
             and
             the
             like
             ;
             whereof
             some
             are
             too
             violent
             and
             dangerous
             :
             the
             safest
             recreations
             are
             within
             doores
             (
             but
             not
             in
             regard
             of
             cost
             &
             expence
             )
             for
             thousands
             sometimes
             are
             lost
             at
             Ordinaries
             ,
             and
             Dicing-houses
             ;
             yea
             ,
             I
             have
             known
             goodly
             Lordships
             to
             have
             been
             lost
             at
             a
             cast
             ,
             and
             for
             the
             sport
             of
             one
             night
             ,
             some
             have
             made
             themselves
             beggers
             all
             their
             lives
             after
             .
          
           
             Recreation
             ,
             is
             so
             called
             ,
             
               à
               Recreando
               ,
            
             that
             is
             from
             (
             by
             a
             Metaphore
             )
             of
             creating
             a
             man
             anew
             ;
             by
             putting
             life
             ,
             spirit
             and
             delight
             into
             him
             ,
             after
             the
             powers
             of
             his
             minde
             and
             body
             have
             been
             decayed
             ,
             and
             weakened
             ,
             with
             overmuch
             
             much
             contemplation
             ,
             studie
             and
             labour
             ,
             and
             therefore
             to
             be
             used
             onely
             to
             that
             end
             :
             some
             go
             for
             recreations
             which
             trouble
             and
             amuse
             the
             minde
             as
             much
             ,
             or
             more
             then
             the
             hardest
             study
             ,
             
             as
             Chesse
             ,
             which
             King
             
               Iames
            
             therefore
             calleth
             ,
             
               Ouer-Philosophicall
               a
               follie
               :
            
             and
             indeed
             ,
             such
             Recreations
             are
             to
             be
             used
             ,
             that
             leave
             no
             sting
             of
             repentance
             for
             sinne
             committed
             by
             them
             ,
             or
             griefe
             and
             sorrow
             for
             losse
             of
             money
             and
             time
             many
             dayes
             after
             :
             I
             could
             instance
             many
             of
             that
             nature
             ,
             but
             I
             will
             onely
             give
             some
             generall
             rules
             to
             be
             observed
             in
             some
             of
             them
             .
          
           
             If
             you
             have
             a
             minde
             to
             recreate
             your selfe
             by
             play
             ,
             never
             adventure
             but
             a
             third
             part
             of
             that
             money
             you
             have
             :
             let
             those
             you
             play
             withall
             be
             of
             acquaintance
             ,
             and
             not
             strangers
             ,
             if
             you
             may
             avoid
             it
             .
          
           
             Never
             mis-time
             your selfe
             by
             sitting
             long
             at
             play
             ,
             as
             some
             will
             do
             three
             or
             foure
             dayes
             and
             nights
             together
             ,
             and
             so
             make
             your selfe
             unfit
             for
             any
             businesse
             in
             many
             dayes
             after
             .
          
           
             Never
             play
             untill
             you
             be
             constrained
             to
             borrow
             or
             pawne
             any
             thing
             of
             your
             owne
             ,
             which
             becommeth
             a
             base
             groom
             better
             then
             a
             Gentleman
             .
          
           
             Avoid
             quarrelling
             ,
             blasphemous
             swearing
             ,
             and
             in
             a
             word
             ,
             never
             play
             for
             more
             then
             you
             are
             willing
             to
             lose
             ;
             that
             you
             may
             finde
             your selfe
             ,
             after
             your
             pastime
             ,
             not
             the
             worse
             ,
             but
             the
             better
             ,
             which
             is
             the
             end
             of
             all
             Recreations
             .
          
           
             There
             are
             some
             ,
             I
             know
             ,
             so
             base
             and
             penurious
             ,
             who
             for
             feare
             of
             losing
             a
             peny
             ,
             will
             never
             play
             at
             any
             thing
             ;
             yet
             rather
             then
             they
             should
             want
             their
             recreations
             ,
             I
             would
             wish
             them
             to
             venture
             at
             Span-counter
             ,
             and
             Dust-point
             with
             Schole-boyes
             upon
             their
             ordinary
             play-dayes
             in
             a
             Market-place
             or
             Church-porch
             .
          
        
         
         
           
             Of
             such
             honest
             wayes
             that
             a
             man
             in
             want
             may
             take
             to
             live
             and
             get
             money
             .
          
           
             IF
             a
             man
             hath
             fallen
             into
             poverty
             or
             distresse
             ,
             either
             by
             death
             of
             friends
             ,
             some
             accident
             or
             other
             by
             sea
             or
             land
             ,
             sicknesse
             ,
             or
             the
             like
             ;
             let
             him
             not
             despaire
             ,
             for
             ,
             
               Paupertas
               non
               est
               vtium
               ;
            
             and
             since
             the
             Common-wealth
             is
             like
             unto
             an
             humane
             body
             ,
             consisting
             of
             many
             members
             ,
             so
             usefull
             each
             to
             either
             ,
             as
             one
             cannot
             subsist
             without
             the
             other
             ;
             as
             a
             Prince
             his
             Counsell
             and
             Statesmen
             are
             as
             the
             head
             ,
             the
             arms
             ,
             are
             men
             of
             Arms
             ,
             the
             Back
             ,
             the
             Communalty
             ;
             Hands
             and
             Feet
             ,
             are
             Country
             and
             Mechanique
             Trades
             ,
             &c.
             
             So
             God
             hath
             ordained
             ,
             that
             all
             men
             should
             have
             need
             one
             of
             another
             ,
             that
             none
             might
             live
             idlely
             ,
             or
             want
             imployment
             ;
             wherefore
             Idlenesse
             ,
             as
             the
             bane
             of
             a
             Common-wealth
             ,
             hath
             a
             curse
             attending
             upon
             it
             ,
             it
             should
             be
             clothed
             with
             rags
             ,
             it
             should
             beg
             its
             bread
             ,
             &c.
             
             I
             remember
             I
             have
             read
             in
             an
             Italian
             Historie
             ,
             of
             one
             so
             idle
             ,
             that
             he
             was
             fain
             to
             have
             one
             to
             help
             him
             stirre
             his
             chaps
             when
             he
             should
             eat
             his
             meat
             .
             Now
             if
             you
             would
             ask
             me
             what
             course
             he
             should
             take
             ,
             or
             what
             he
             should
             do
             that
             wanteth
             money
             ,
             let
             him
             first
             bethink
             himselfe
             ,
             to
             what
             profession
             or
             trade
             of
             life
             he
             hath
             been
             formerly
             brought
             up
             ,
             if
             to
             none
             ,
             to
             what
             his
             Genius
             ,
             or
             naturall
             disposition
             standes
             most
             affected
             unto
             :
             if
             he
             hath
             a
             minde
             to
             travaile
             ,
             he
             shall
             finde
             entertainment
             in
             the
             Netherlands
             ,
             who
             are
             the
             best
             pay-masters
             except
             the
             Emperour
             of
             Russia
             ,
             and
             the
             Venetians
             (
             I
             meane
             for
             the
             most
             meanes
             )
             in
             Europe
             .
             If
             you
             list
             not
             to
             follow
             the
             warres
             ,
             you
             may
             finde
             entertainement
             among
             our
             new
             Plantations
             in
             
               America
               ,
            
             as
             New
             England
             ,
             Virginia
             ,
             the
             Barbadas
             ,
             Saint
             Christophers
             ,
             and
             the
             rest
             ,
             where
             with
             a
             great
             deale
             of
             delight
             you
             may
             have
             variety
             of
             honest
             employment
             ,
             as
             fishing
             with
             the
             net
             or
             hooke
             ,
             planting
             ,
             gardening
             ,
             and
             
             the
             like
             ,
             which
             beside
             your
             maintenance
             you
             shall
             finde
             it
             a
             great
             content
             to
             your
             conscience
             to
             be
             in
             action
             ,
             which
             God
             commaunds
             us
             all
             to
             be
             ,
             if
             you
             have
             beene
             ever
             in
             a
             Grammer-Schoole
             you
             may
             everie
             where
             finde
             children
             to
             teach
             ,
             so
             many
             ,
             no
             doubt
             ,
             as
             will
             keepe
             you
             from
             starving
             ,
             and
             it
             may
             be
             in
             a
             gentlemans
             house
             ,
             or
             if
             you
             get
             entertainment
             of
             any
             who
             followeth
             the
             Law
             ,
             or
             practifeth
             Physick
             ,
             you
             may
             with
             diligence
             and
             practise
             prove
             a
             Clerk
             to
             himselfe
             or
             some
             Justice
             of
             the
             Peace
             ,
             by
             the
             other
             you
             may
             get
             the
             knowledge
             and
             nature
             of
             herbes
             and
             all
             forraigne
             Drugges
             from
             his
             Apothecarie
             ,
             and
             perhaps
             manie
             good
             receipts
             for
             agues
             wounds
             and
             the
             like
             :
             I
             have
             known
             many
             this
             way
             to
             have
             prooved
             in
             a
             country
             towne
             tollerable
             Physitians
             ,
             and
             have
             growne
             rich
             ,
             if
             being
             borne
             a
             gentleman
             (
             as
             our
             gentlemen
             doe
             )
             you
             scorne
             to
             doe
             any
             of
             these
             ,
             you
             may
             get
             to
             be
             a
             gentleman
             usher
             to
             some
             Ladie
             or
             other
             ,
             they
             are
             not
             a
             few
             that
             have
             thrived
             passing
             well
             this
             way
             ,
             and
             in
             a
             word
             ,
             rather
             then
             in
             miserable
             and
             pitilesse
             want
             ,
             let
             a
             man
             undertake
             any
             vocation
             and
             labour
             ,
             alwayes
             remembring
             that
             homely
             (
             but
             true
             )
             distich
             of
             old
             
               Tussers
               .
            
          
           
             
               Thinks
               no
               labour
               slaverie
               ,
            
             
               That
               bringes
               in
               pennie
               saverlie
               .
            
          
           
             And
             as
             a
             necessary
             rule
             hereto
             coincident
             ,
             let
             every
             man
             endeavour
             by
             a
             dutifull
             diligence
             to
             get
             a
             friend
             ,
             and
             when
             he
             hath
             found
             him
             (
             neither
             are
             they
             so
             easily
             found
             in
             these
             dayes
             )
             with
             all
             care
             to
             keep
             him
             ,
             and
             to
             use
             him
             as
             one
             would
             do
             a
             christall
             or
             a
             venice
             glasse
             ,
             to
             take
             him
             up
             softly
             and
             use
             him
             tenderly
             ,
             or
             as
             you
             would
             a
             sword
             of
             excellent
             temper
             and
             mettall
             ,
             not
             to
             hack
             every
             gate
             ,
             or
             cut
             every
             staple
             and
             post
             therewith
             ,
             but
             to
             keepe
             him
             to
             defend
             you
             in
             your
             extremest
             danger
             .
             False
             and
             seeming
             
             friends
             are
             infinite
             ,
             and
             such
             be
             our
             ordinarie
             acquaintance
             ,
             with
             the
             complement
             of
             glad
             to
             see
             you
             well
             ,
             how
             have
             you
             done
             this
             long
             time
             ,
             &c.
             and
             with
             these
             we
             meete
             every
             day
             .
             In
             a
             word
             ,
             for
             a
             conclusion
             ,
             let
             every
             one
             be
             carefull
             to
             get
             and
             keepe
             money
             ,
             know
             the
             worth
             of
             a
             penny
             ,
             and
             since
             we
             are
             born
             ,
             we
             must
             live
             ,
             Vivions
             nous
             ,
             let
             us
             live
             as
             well
             ,
             as
             merrily
             as
             we
             can
             in
             these
             hardest
             times
             ,
             and
             say
             every
             one
             of
             us
             as
             Sir
             
               Roger
               Williams
            
             that
             brave
             souldier
             said
             to
             Queene
             
               Elizabeth
               ,
            
             when
             he
             wanted
             pay
             for
             himselfe
             and
             his
             souldiers
             ;
             Madam
             ,
             I
             tell
             you
             true
             ,
             we
             will
             be
             without
             money
             for
             no
             mans
             pleasure
             .
          
           
             FINIS
             .
          
        
      
    
     
       
         Notes, typically marginal, from the original text
         
           Notes for div A56780e-260
           
             Scar
             beere
             brewed
             with
             broom
             in
             the
             Low
             Countreys
             at
             peny
             farthing
             the
             gallon
             is
             much
             like
             it
             .
          
           
             “
             Ca●et
             .
          
           
             “
             A
             place
             neer
             to
             Westminster
             Hall
             where
             very
             good
             meat
             is
             dressed
             all
             the
             Terme
             time
             .
          
           
             Nil
             ait
             esse
             prius
             ,
             melius
             nil
             coelibe
             vita
             .
          
           
             The
             old
             Embleme
             of
             suretieship
             .
          
           
             Wisdome
             .
          
           
             For
             the
             Romanes
             had
             nodinners
             ,
             but
             suppers
             ,
             which
             were
             about
             three
             of
             the
             clock
             in
             the
             afternoon
             .
          
           
             “
             Some
             of
             them
             are
             yet
             living
             in
             London
             .
          
           
             That
             many
             dishes
             breed
             many
             diseases
             .
          
           
             In
             Philop.
             
          
           
             In
             Farra
             :
             Epistolarum
             
          
           
             In
             Basilicondoron
             .