The pilgrimage of man, vvandering in a vvildernesse of vvoe wherein is shewed the calamities belonging to man being borne in this world, and how all the principall estates thereof are crossed with misery.
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                 Doce
                 me
                 Domine
                 viam
                 tuam
                 ut
                 ingrediar
                 in
                 veritate
                 tuâ
              
               
                 Teach
                 me
                 thy
                 WAY
                 O
                 Lord
                 I
                 will
                 walk
                 in
                 thy
                 TRUTH
                 .
              
               
                 Ps.
                 86.11
                 .
              
            
          
        
      
       
         
         
           THE
           PILGRIMAGE
           OF
           MAN
           ,
           WANDERING
           IN
           A
           WILDERNESSE
           OF
           VVOE
           .
        
         
           Wherein
           is
           shewed
           the
           Calamities
           belonging
           to
           man
           being
           borne
           in
           this
           World
           ,
           and
           how
           all
           the
           principall
           Estates
           thereof
           are
           crossed
           with
           Misery
           .
        
         
           
             A
             gorgeous
             Iemme
             for
             Gentility
             .
          
           
             That
             liue
             in
             golden
             Felicite
             .
          
        
         
           LONDON
           :
           Printed
           by
           
             I.B.
          
           1635.
           
        
      
       
         
         
           The
           Contents
           of
           this
           Booke
           .
        
         
           
             
               Chap.
            
             1.
             
          
           
             Of
             the
             miseries
             of
             man
             in
             his
             birth
             ,
             and
             of
             his
             first
             calamities
             .
          
           
             
               Chap.
            
             2.
             
          
           
             Of
             the
             miserie
             of
             Man
             entring
             into
             his
             youth
             ,
             and
             yeeres
             of
             discretion
             .
          
           
             
               Chap.
            
             3.
             
          
           
             Of
             the
             Misery
             of
             Man
             being
             come
             to
             his
             full
             strength
             .
          
           
             
               Chap.
            
             4.
             
          
           
             Of
             the
             Miserie
             of
             wicked
             Kings
             ,
             Princes
             ,
             and
             Monarches
             .
          
           
             
               Chap.
            
             5.
             
          
           
             Of
             the
             Misery
             of
             vicious
             courtiers
             ,
             and
             of
             their
             wicked
             liues
             .
          
           
             
               Chap.
            
             6.
             
          
           
             Of
             the
             misery
             of
             Magistrates
             that
             administer
             not
             true
             Iustice
             :
             with
             a
             Discourse
             against
             wicked
             Iudges
             .
          
           
             
               Chap.
            
             7.
             
          
           
             Of
             the
             praise
             of
             Marriage
             ,
             and
             likewise
             the
             miseries
             that
             ensue
             thereon
             .
          
           
             
               Chap.
            
             8.
             
          
           
             Of
             the
             worlds
             generall
             Misery
             ,
             and
             the
             vices
             of
             all
             sorts
             in
             the
             Communalty
             .
          
           
             
               Chap.
            
             9.
             
          
           
             Of
             the
             misery
             of
             Age
             ,
             and
             mans
             Death
             :
             with
             his
             resurrection
             ,
             and
             the
             terrible
             iudgement
             of
             God
             at
             the
             latter
             day
             .
          
        
      
    
     
       
         
         
           THE
           PILGRIMAGE
           OF
           MAN
           ,
           WANDERING
           in
           a
           wildernesse
           of
           
             Woe
             .
          
        
         
           
             CHAP.
             1.
             
             Of
             the
             miserable
             birth
             of
             Man
             ,
             and
             of
             his
             first
             calamities
             .
          
           
             MAN
             being
             the
             Image
             of
             God
             ,
             and
             the
             chiefe
             worke
             of
             Nature
             ,
             of
             all
             other
             creatures
             is
             most
             miserable
             in
             his
             birth
             :
             For
             ,
             both
             beasts
             and
             birds
             are
             brought
             into
             the
             world
             ,
             either
             couered
             with
             haire
             ,
             feathers
             ,
             or
             wooll
             ;
             not
             so
             much
             as
             the
             séeds
             and
             corne
             of
             the
             ground
             ,
             but
             Nature
             hath
             clothed
             them
             with
             eares
             and
             huske
             ,
             man
             onely
             excepted
             :
             for
             he
             being
             once
             come
             from
             the
             prison
             of
             his
             mothers
             wombe
             ,
             séemeth
             no
             other
             thing
             ,
             but
             the
             similitude
             of
             a
             poore
             worme
             ,
             that
             commeth
             creeping
             out
             of
             the
             earth
             .
          
           
             With
             what
             clothing
             is
             he
             couered
             (
             making
             his
             entry
             into
             the
             Palace
             of
             this
             world
             )
             but
             only
             with
             bloud
             ,
             where
             in
             he
             is
             bathed
             and
             couered
             ,
             the
             which
             signifieth
             no
             other
             thing
             but
             the
             image
             and
             figure
             of
             sin
             ?
          
           
             What
             is
             the
             first
             song
             that
             he
             singeth
             at
             his
             comming
             into
             the
             world
             ,
             but
             only
             wéepings
             &
             waylings
             ?
             which
             are
             as
             messengers
             ,
             and
             foreshewers
             of
             his
             calamities
             to
             come
             ,
             the
             which
             because
             he
             cannot
             expresse
             in
             words
             ,
             he
             witnesseth
             by
             tears
             .
             Likewise
             pittifull
             cryes
             in
             the
             beginning
             of
             Monarchs
             ,
             Emperours
             ,
             and
             Kings
             ,
             and
             others
             ,
             that
             cause
             so
             many
             Tragedies
             to
             happen
             in
             the
             world
             .
          
           
             But
             now
             contrariwise
             ,
             the
             worme
             (
             be
             he
             neuer
             so
             little
             )
             as
             soone
             as
             Nature
             hath
             brought
             him
             out
             of
             the
             earth
             ,
             beginneth
             
             to
             craull
             and
             creepe
             ,
             and
             to
             séeke
             for
             food
             :
             The
             little
             chicken
             so
             soone
             as
             he
             is
             out
             of
             the
             shell
             ,
             is
             found
             cleane
             ,
             and
             needeth
             not
             to
             be
             washed
             like
             vnto
             man
             ,
             but
             runneth
             after
             the
             Hen
             ,
             and
             knoweth
             when
             he
             is
             called
             :
             he
             picketh
             and
             eateth
             ;
             hee
             feareth
             the
             Kite
             ,
             without
             proouing
             before
             her
             malice
             :
             he
             flyeth
             danger
             only
             guided
             by
             Nature
             .
          
           
             But
             behold
             Man
             ,
             so
             soone
             as
             he
             is
             come
             into
             the
             world
             ,
             is
             like
             vnto
             a
             little
             monster
             ,
             and
             a
             lumpe
             of
             flesh
             ,
             which
             will
             let
             himselfe
             to
             be
             eaten
             of
             other
             beasts
             ,
             if
             he
             be
             not
             séen
             vnto
             ;
             and
             die
             for
             hunger
             before
             he
             can
             find
             his
             mothers
             breast
             :
             and
             will
             as
             soone
             eat
             poyson
             ,
             as
             good
             meat
             :
             and
             handle
             hot
             fron
             ,
             before
             he
             can
             discerne
             the
             good
             from
             the
             euill
             :
             yet
             for
             all
             this
             ,
             he
             nameth
             himselfe
             the
             Prince
             of
             all
             other
             creatures
             .
          
           
             Thus
             man
             being
             brought
             into
             this
             miserable
             world
             ,
             and
             plunged
             in
             the
             gulfe
             of
             miseries
             ,
             he
             then
             requireth
             to
             haue
             norishment
             and
             clothing
             ,
             to
             comfort
             the
             infirmity
             of
             his
             nature
             :
             The
             office
             of
             which
             is
             appointed
             to
             mothers
             ,
             in
             consideration
             whereof
             nature
             hath
             giuen
             them
             breasts
             ,
             which
             are
             like
             two
             little
             bottles
             ,
             very
             proper
             and
             necessary
             for
             their
             sustenance
             .
          
           
             But
             now
             to
             speake
             of
             the
             misery
             of
             Man
             in
             his
             nurriture
             ,
             how
             many
             mothers
             are
             there
             at
             this
             day
             in
             the
             world
             (
             nay
             rather
             we
             may
             truly
             call
             them
             cruell
             stepmothers
             )
             who
             hauing
             according
             to
             Nature
             ,
             brought
             their
             Children
             forth
             into
             the
             world
             ,
             &
             because
             they
             will
             not
             take
             a
             little
             paines
             to
             nourish
             them
             themselues
             ,
             they
             send
             them
             to
             sorry
             villages
             to
             be
             nursed
             of
             strange
             &
             vnknowne
             nurses
             ,
             which
             oftentimes
             do
             change
             their
             children
             &
             bring
             home
             others
             in
             their
             stead
             :
             Yet
             for
             all
             this
             they
             wil
             not
             be
             ashamed
             to
             hold
             a
             litle
             dog
             in
             their
             armes
             rather
             than
             the
             fruit
             that
             was
             ingendred
             in
             their
             wombes
             .
          
           
             This
             inhumane
             practise
             is
             not
             vsed
             amongst
             beasts
             be
             they
             neuer
             so
             brutish
             :
             for
             their
             natures
             are
             such
             ,
             that
             they
             neuer
             put
             their
             yong
             ones
             in
             the
             kéeping
             of
             others
             ,
             though
             nature
             giue
             them
             neuer
             so
             many
             ,
             but
             they
             nourish
             them
             themselues
             ,
             and
             are
             such
             zealous
             protectors
             of
             their
             young
             ones
             ,
             that
             they
             kéepe
             them
             almost
             alwayes
             in
             their
             presence
             ,
             till
             such
             time
             as
             
             they
             can
             auoid
             danger
             :
             And
             that
             which
             is
             more
             to
             be
             marueiled
             at
             ,
             there
             riseth
             a
             certaine
             strife
             betweene
             the
             male
             and
             the
             female
             ,
             which
             of
             them
             shall
             be
             the
             kéeper
             :
             And
             for
             that
             intent
             they
             many
             times
             quarrell
             and
             fight
             one
             with
             another
             :
             the
             which
             may
             be
             séene
             not
             only
             in
             Apes
             ,
             but
             also
             in
             Beares
             ,
             which
             in
             nature
             are
             fierce
             and
             cruell
             ,
             yet
             they
             haue
             so
             great
             affection
             to
             their
             young
             ones
             ,
             that
             they
             are
             not
             onely
             content
             to
             nourish
             them
             with
             their
             milke
             ,
             but
             as
             soone
             as
             they
             are
             brought
             forth
             ,
             hauing
             almost
             no
             forme
             or
             fashion
             ,
             they
             licke
             them
             and
             pollish
             them
             to
             make
             them
             more
             perfect
             .
          
           
             Likewise
             the
             little
             Birds
             ,
             couering
             fiue
             or
             sixe
             vnder
             their
             wings
             ,
             &
             hauing
             neither
             graine
             nor
             other
             seed
             for
             their
             sustenance
             ,
             notwithstanding
             they
             spare
             neither
             art
             nor
             diligence
             ,
             wherewith
             nature
             hath
             endued
             them
             ,
             for
             their
             nourishment
             .
          
           
             It
             is
             therefore
             a
             true
             witnesse
             of
             humane
             Misery
             ,
             in
             that
             Children
             are
             forced
             against
             Nature
             ,
             to
             sucke
             the
             milke
             of
             a
             strange
             woman
             ;
             and
             many
             times
             of
             such
             a
             one
             as
             may
             bée
             found
             best
             cheape
             ,
             what
             corruption
             or
             deformity
             soeuer
             she
             haue
             :
             the
             which
             many
             times
             is
             so
             contagious
             to
             their
             Children
             ,
             that
             it
             were
             better
             for
             them
             to
             be
             nourished
             by
             some
             bruit
             Beast
             in
             the
             wildernes
             ,
             than
             to
             be
             put
             into
             the
             custody
             of
             such
             a
             Nurse
             :
             as
             for
             example
             .
             The
             cruelty
             and
             infamous
             life
             of
             
               Caligula
            
             the
             fourth
             Emperour
             of
             
               Rome
               ,
            
             was
             not
             imputed
             to
             Father
             or
             Mother
             ,
             but
             to
             the
             Nurse
             that
             gaue
             him
             sucke
             :
             which
             woman
             was
             so
             cruell
             and
             barbarous
             of
             her selfe
             ,
             that
             she
             rubbed
             the
             Nipples
             of
             her
             Breasts
             with
             blood
             ,
             causing
             the
             child
             to
             whom
             she
             gaue
             milke
             ,
             to
             sucke
             them
             :
             the
             which
             thing
             was
             so
             well
             practised
             of
             him
             ,
             that
             he
             did
             not
             onely
             commit
             an
             infinite
             number
             of
             Murvers
             ,
             but
             many
             time
             licked
             his
             sword
             and
             dagger
             being
             bathed
             and
             stayned
             in
             blood
             ,
             and
             wished
             that
             all
             the
             world
             had
             but
             one
             head
             ,
             to
             the
             end
             that
             with
             one
             blow
             he
             might
             behead
             them
             ,
             and
             then
             reign
             alone
             vpon
             the
             earth
             .
          
           
             Séeing
             then
             that
             the
             Child
             hath
             not
             felt
             or
             suffered
             sorrow
             enough
             in
             his
             Mothers
             wombe
             ,
             but
             as
             soone
             as
             he
             is
             borne
             ,
             
             there
             is
             prepared
             a
             new
             sorrow
             for
             him
             by
             the
             ingratitude
             of
             such
             mothers
             which
             are
             so
             delicate
             and
             tender
             of
             themselues
             ,
             that
             they
             will
             not
             nourish
             them
             ,
             but
             cause
             them
             to
             sucke
             the
             milke
             of
             those
             that
             oftentimes
             doe
             change
             their
             fruit
             ,
             or
             else
             féed
             them
             with
             corrupted
             milke
             ;
             by
             the
             which
             meanes
             in
             processe
             of
             time
             ,
             there
             riseth
             a
             number
             of
             diseases
             ,
             to
             the
             great
             hurt
             of
             poore
             children
             ,
             &
             continuall
             reproch
             of
             their
             mothers
             .
          
           
             This
             is
             of
             a
             truth
             and
             often
             verified
             ,
             that
             if
             the
             Nurse
             bee
             froward
             ,
             the
             Child
             will
             be
             froward
             ,
             not
             by
             receiuing
             of
             their
             Milke
             ,
             but
             by
             often
             looking
             vpon
             it
             .
             If
             she
             be
             a
             Drunkard
             ,
             she
             will
             cause
             the
             Child
             to
             be
             the
             like
             ;
             as
             it
             is
             read
             in
             the
             life
             of
             the
             Emperour
             
               Tiberius
               ,
            
             who
             was
             a
             great
             Drunkard
             ,
             for
             that
             the
             Nurse
             the
             gaue
             him
             sucke
             ,
             did
             not
             onely
             drinke
             vnmeasurably
             ,
             but
             also
             did
             féed
             the
             Child
             with
             Soppes
             tempered
             in
             Wine
             .
          
           
             Here
             you
             may
             sée
             that
             the
             Nurses
             haue
             so
             much
             power
             as
             to
             forme
             the
             manners
             and
             body
             of
             the
             Child
             ,
             so
             that
             if
             shee
             be
             sickely
             ,
             she
             rendereth
             the
             child
             sickenesse
             :
             If
             she
             be
             wicked
             ,
             she
             causeth
             the
             Child
             also
             to
             be
             wicked
             .
          
           
             But
             heere
             I
             will
             leaue
             Children
             in
             their
             Nurses
             kéeping
             ,
             and
             speake
             of
             their
             following
             calamities
             :
             In
             how
             many
             dangers
             be
             they
             wrapped
             whilst
             they
             be
             a
             nursing
             ?
             some
             will
             burst
             with
             crying
             ,
             some
             neuer
             rest
             in
             quiet
             all
             the
             night
             long
             ,
             so
             that
             their
             Nurses
             can
             take
             no
             sléepe
             :
             Some
             when
             they
             can
             scant
             goe
             ,
             will
             fall
             and
             breake
             their
             faces
             ,
             and
             their
             lims
             ,
             so
             that
             many
             times
             there
             is
             séene
             about
             them
             many
             grieuous
             wounds
             ,
             besides
             the
             diseases
             which
             they
             take
             by
             Nature
             .
          
           
             But
             who
             will
             not
             wonder
             to
             sée
             the
             fantasticall
             maners
             of
             little
             children
             ,
             who
             for
             the
             most
             part
             will
             dabble
             in
             the
             water
             and
             channels
             like
             a
             little
             Ducke
             :
             making
             little
             houses
             of
             earth
             :
             counterfeting
             the
             horsemen
             in
             riding
             on
             a
             little
             sticke
             :
             running
             after
             Dogs
             and
             Cats
             :
             and
             will
             be
             angry
             with
             some
             ,
             and
             pleased
             with
             others
             :
             who
             would
             thinke
             that
             such
             a
             miserable
             creature
             (
             by
             succession
             of
             time
             )
             would
             become
             so
             
             proud
             and
             lofty
             ?
             therefore
             if
             we
             will
             consider
             it
             ,
             we
             haue
             iust
             cause
             to
             mourne
             at
             their
             births
             ,
             and
             reioyce
             at
             their
             burials
             .
          
           
             If
             the
             Prophet
             
               Ieremy
            
             bewailed
             the
             captiuity
             of
             the
             
               Iewes
            
             in
             
               Babilon
            
             ;
             if
             
               Anchises
            
             lamented
             the
             destruction
             of
             proud
             
               Troy
            
             ;
             if
             the
             Consul
             
               Marcellus
            
             lamented
             the
             City
             of
             
               Syracusa
            
             when
             he
             saw
             it
             on
             fire
             ,
             and
             
               Salust
            
             the
             corruption
             of
             
               Rome
            
             ;
             we
             may
             well
             with
             so
             many
             men
             of
             fame
             ,
             bewaile
             the
             miserable
             entry
             that
             man
             maketh
             into
             this
             world
             ,
             his
             dangerous
             aduancement
             ,
             and
             sorrowfull
             departure
             :
             All
             which
             being
             profoundly
             considered
             by
             the
             Prophet
             
               Ieremy
               ,
            
             in
             the
             20.
             
             Chapter
             ,
             he
             bewaileth
             his
             birth
             ,
             and
             murmureth
             against
             the
             knées
             that
             held
             him
             vp
             ,
             &
             also
             the
             breasts
             that
             gaue
             him
             sucke
             .
          
           
             Likewise
             the
             same
             Prophet
             
               Ieremy
            
             in
             the
             aforesaid
             chapter
             ,
             considering
             that
             man
             is
             made
             of
             dust
             &
             earth
             ,
             conceiued
             in
             sin
             ,
             borne
             in
             paine
             ,
             and
             at
             the
             last
             made
             a
             prey
             for
             wormes
             ,
             doth
             with
             that
             his
             mothers
             wombe
             had
             serued
             for
             his
             tombe
             .
          
           
             
               Iob
            
             in
             his
             fourtéenth
             Chapter
             ,
             likewise
             setteth
             man
             out
             in
             his
             right
             colours
             ,
             when
             he
             saith
             :
             
               Man
               that
               is
               borne
               of
               a
               Woman
               hath
               but
               a
               short
               time
               to
               liue
               ,
               and
               is
               full
               of
               misery
               .
            
             Out
             of
             these
             words
             we
             may
             gather
             somewhat
             ,
             for
             amongst
             all
             the
             creatures
             whom
             God
             hath
             created
             ,
             there
             is
             none
             subiect
             to
             more
             miseries
             than
             a
             woman
             ,
             especially
             those
             that
             are
             fruitfull
             and
             beare
             children
             ;
             for
             they
             haue
             scant
             a
             monthes
             rest
             in
             a
             whole
             yeare
             ,
             but
             are
             continually
             ouercome
             with
             sorrow
             ,
             and
             feare
             .
             Then
             he
             saith
             ,
             
               hauing
               a
               short
               time
               to
               liue
               .
            
             Indéed
             what
             is
             more
             shorter
             than
             the
             life
             of
             man
             ?
             vnto
             whom
             in
             stopping
             his
             nose
             and
             his
             mouth
             ,
             the
             life
             is
             gone
             ,
             for
             his
             life
             is
             nothing
             but
             a
             blast
             of
             wind
             inclosed
             therein
             .
          
           
             I
             haue
             read
             of
             many
             that
             haue
             murmured
             against
             Nature
             for
             giuing
             long
             life
             to
             Harts
             and
             Rauens
             ,
             whose
             liues
             bring
             no
             profit
             ,
             and
             vnto
             man
             (
             King
             of
             all
             things
             vpon
             earth
             )
             but
             a
             short
             life
             ,
             although
             hee
             knoweth
             how
             to
             imploy
             his
             time
             ;
             and
             yet
             the
             little
             time
             that
             he
             hath
             to
             liue
             ,
             is
             shortned
             by
             sléepes
             ,
             dreames
             ,
             sorrowes
             and
             cares
             :
             therefore
             wee
             may
             iustly
             say
             ,
             that
             mans
             life
             is
             full
             of
             misery
             and
             sorrow
             .
          
        
         
           
           
             CHAP.
             IJ.
             Of
             the
             misery
             of
             Man
             entring
             into
             his
             youth
             ,
             and
             yeeres
             of
             discretion
             .
          
           
             YEe
             haue
             alreadie
             heard
             discoursed
             and
             shewed
             in
             order
             ,
             what
             perils
             and
             dangers
             Man
             hath
             at
             his
             first
             comming
             into
             the
             world
             ,
             now
             therefore
             let
             vs
             consider
             what
             he
             is
             when
             he
             is
             sprung
             vp
             ,
             and
             whether
             that
             there
             bée
             an
             end
             of
             his
             miseries
             or
             no
             :
             Of
             which
             ,
             if
             we
             bee
             equall
             Iudges
             ,
             wee
             shall
             finde
             that
             hee
             doth
             rather
             increase
             than
             decrease
             the
             miseries
             :
             for
             this
             is
             the
             time
             of
             mans
             life
             wherein
             Nature
             doth
             reare
             against
             him
             a
             more
             furious
             combate
             ,
             for
             his
             blood
             beginneth
             to
             rise
             :
             the
             Flesh
             prouoketh
             him
             to
             his
             owne
             pleasure
             ,
             the
             wicked
             world
             espyeth
             him
             ,
             the
             Deuill
             tempteth
             him
             ,
             and
             his
             selfe-wild
             youthfulnesse
             leadeth
             him
             :
             so
             that
             it
             is
             impossible
             ,
             but
             that
             he
             which
             is
             assayled
             with
             so
             many
             vices
             ,
             and
             succoured
             of
             none
             ,
             in
             the
             end
             is
             discomfited
             and
             ouercome
             :
             for
             in
             the
             body
             of
             youth
             ,
             Riot
             ,
             Liberty
             and
             deliciousnesse
             aboundeth
             :
             For
             all
             the
             Uices
             in
             the
             world
             (
             saith
             
               Marcus
               Aurelius
            
             )
             doe
             there
             plant
             their
             siege
             .
          
           
             Therefore
             it
             behooueth
             when
             the
             trées
             are
             young
             ,
             to
             vphold
             them
             ,
             and
             to
             loppe
             the
             ouer-waighty
             branches
             ,
             if
             afterward
             yée
             intend
             to
             gather
             any
             fruit
             .
          
           
             Likewise
             it
             is
             necessary
             to
             reforme
             and
             correct
             the
             Uices
             that
             reigne
             in
             youth
             ,
             least
             afterward
             it
             returne
             to
             the
             parents
             shame
             and
             reproach
             :
             But
             there
             are
             at
             this
             day
             ,
             many
             Fathers
             and
             Mothers
             ,
             which
             for
             default
             not
             to
             haue
             well
             instructed
             their
             Children
             in
             their
             youth
             ,
             doe
             receiue
             much
             sorrow
             and
             griefe
             in
             their
             age
             .
             Moreouer
             ,
             there
             are
             many
             Mothers
             ,
             which
             in
             stead
             of
             giuing
             them
             good
             and
             godly
             instructions
             ,
             nourish
             and
             bring
             them
             vp
             in
             voluptuousnesse
             and
             pride
             :
             and
             although
             they
             be
             nourishers
             of
             their
             bodies
             ,
             so
             are
             they
             destroiers
             of
             their
             soules
             .
          
           
           
             If
             
               Hely
            
             was
             grieeuously
             punished
             with
             his
             Children
             ,
             for
             that
             he
             did
             not
             so
             sharpely
             chastise
             them
             as
             their
             offences
             did
             require
             ,
             what
             shall
             become
             of
             these
             Fathers
             and
             Mothers
             ,
             which
             in
             stead
             of
             correctors
             ,
             are
             their
             Childrens
             corruptors
             ?
             Such
             Parents
             may
             well
             be
             compared
             to
             Apes
             ,
             which
             kill
             their
             young
             ones
             by
             too
             much
             strayning
             them
             betweene
             their
             armes
             ,
             and
             keeping
             them
             so
             déere
             :
             and
             this
             is
             the
             cause
             that
             so
             many
             fall
             into
             the
             hands
             of
             the
             Hangman
             ,
             which
             are
             to
             them
             ,
             reformers
             and
             correctors
             .
          
           
             Many
             there
             bee
             that
             in
             stead
             of
             giuing
             good
             exhortations
             to
             their
             Family
             ,
             doe
             shew
             them
             first
             themselues
             naughty
             and
             wicked
             examples
             :
             for
             the
             first
             commandement
             that
             they
             giue
             them
             how
             to
             liue
             well
             ,
             is
             to
             blaspheme
             ,
             sweare
             ,
             exercise
             gluttony
             ,
             and
             drunkennesse
             :
             to
             spoyle
             the
             substance
             of
             their
             youth
             ,
             to
             be
             fornicators
             ,
             and
             to
             kisse
             women
             and
             maydens
             in
             their
             presence
             .
             There
             be
             also
             many
             Mothers
             héere
             in
             England
             ,
             that
             learne
             their
             Daughters
             to
             dance
             ,
             to
             vse
             rhetoricke
             termes
             ,
             to
             haunt
             companies
             ,
             to
             scoffe
             and
             flout
             ,
             to
             paint
             and
             colour
             their
             faces
             ,
             to
             decke
             their
             fingers
             with
             Ringes
             ,
             and
             their
             neckes
             with
             Iewels
             ,
             as
             though
             they
             were
             Iewell
             sellers
             ,
             pretending
             to
             keepe
             a
             shop
             :
             but
             in
             the
             end
             it
             will
             happen
             to
             them
             as
             it
             did
             to
             the
             Prophet
             
               Dauid
               ,
            
             2
             
               King.
            
             13.
             
             
               &
            
             15.
             whose
             sinne
             was
             punished
             in
             his
             Children
             ,
             which
             were
             most
             of
             them
             so
             wicked
             ,
             that
             the
             one
             of
             them
             deflowred
             his
             owne
             sister
             ,
             and
             the
             other
             killed
             his
             brother
             ,
             and
             afterward
             sought
             the
             death
             of
             his
             owne
             father
             ,
             and
             chased
             him
             out
             of
             his
             kingdome
             .
          
           
             The
             ancient
             Philosophers
             maintained
             this
             Argument
             ,
             that
             all
             sinnes
             committed
             in
             this
             world
             ,
             were
             punished
             in
             the
             world
             to
             come
             ,
             except
             the
             sinne
             that
             man
             committeth
             in
             the
             bringing
             vp
             of
             his
             Children
             ,
             and
             for
             that
             ,
             he
             suffereth
             punishment
             in
             this
             world
             :
             for
             the
             Father
             can
             giue
             nothing
             to
             his
             Child
             but
             fraile
             and
             mortall
             flesh
             ,
             by
             the
             corruption
             whereof
             the
             life
             taketh
             end
             :
             but
             by
             good
             learning
             &
             knowledge
             ,
             eternall
             praise
             and
             memory
             is
             gotten
             :
             Therefore
             to
             conclude
             ,
             
             if
             that
             Children
             haue
             béen
             in
             great
             misery
             ,
             being
             nourished
             with
             spotted
             milke
             ,
             yet
             the
             misery
             doubleth
             in
             those
             that
             should
             cause
             them
             to
             be
             instructed
             :
             for
             the
             food
             of
             the
             body
             is
             more
             vile
             than
             the
             food
             of
             the
             soule
             .
          
           
             But
             now
             when
             he
             is
             come
             to
             the
             seuenth
             yeare
             of
             his
             age
             ,
             it
             behooueth
             his
             Parents
             to
             haue
             Tutors
             and
             Schoole-masters
             for
             to
             instruct
             him
             in
             good
             learning
             :
             but
             growing
             further
             into
             yeeres
             ,
             and
             comming
             to
             his
             adolescency
             ,
             it
             is
             needfull
             then
             to
             haue
             more
             rigorous
             reformers
             for
             to
             tame
             his
             wilde
             youth
             ,
             and
             to
             breake
             him
             to
             labour
             .
          
        
         
           
             CHHP.
             IIJ.
             Of
             the
             misery
             of
             man
             being
             come
             to
             his
             full
             strength
             .
          
           
             HAuing
             finished
             this
             our
             second
             discourse
             ,
             Man
             is
             growne
             to
             his
             full
             perfection
             both
             of
             strength
             and
             discretion
             ;
             in
             which
             time
             hee
             entereth
             into
             déeper
             cogitations
             and
             trauell
             in
             the
             spirit
             :
             It
             is
             requisite
             therefore
             ,
             that
             he
             frequent
             publike
             places
             ,
             that
             he
             haunt
             the
             company
             of
             those
             that
             are
             as
             touchstones
             for
             to
             know
             the
             good
             from
             euill
             :
             If
             he
             be
             come
             of
             a
             great
             and
             a
             noble
             stocke
             ,
             he
             must
             make
             many
             enterprises
             of
             warre
             ,
             put
             himselfe
             in
             perils
             ,
             hazard
             his
             life
             ,
             and
             shed
             his
             blood
             for
             to
             die
             in
             the
             bed
             of
             Honour
             :
             or
             else
             he
             shall
             be
             reputed
             a
             dastardly
             coward
             ,
             and
             vtterly
             despised
             of
             all
             men
             .
          
           
             If
             he
             be
             of
             bare
             estate
             ,
             and
             that
             he
             be
             called
             to
             the
             knowledge
             of
             Arts
             ,
             Sciences
             ,
             and
             néedfull
             Trades
             ,
             yet
             for
             all
             that
             ,
             he
             runneth
             into
             a
             thousand
             dangers
             ,
             trauels
             ,
             paines
             and
             troubles
             ,
             as
             well
             of
             the
             body
             as
             of
             the
             soule
             :
             he
             toyleth
             day
             and
             night
             ,
             and
             sweateth
             water
             and
             blood
             to
             get
             a
             maintenance
             during
             his
             life
             ;
             and
             oftentimes
             it
             is
             seene
             that
             what
             paines
             soeuer
             man
             taketh
             for
             his
             liuing
             ,
             yet
             it
             is
             scant
             sufficient
             to
             serue
             his
             necessity
             .
          
           
           
             It
             is
             not
             therefore
             without
             cause
             that
             
               Marcus
               Aurelius
            
             was
             wont
             to
             say
             (
             when
             he
             considered
             the
             misery
             of
             mankind
             :
             )
             I
             mused
             in
             my
             mind
             (
             sayd
             he
             )
             whether
             there
             might
             be
             found
             in
             any
             age
             a
             man
             that
             could
             vaunt
             ,
             that
             he
             neuer
             in
             al
             his
             life-time
             tasted
             aduersity
             :
             and
             assuredly
             ,
             if
             there
             might
             be
             such
             a
             one
             found
             ,
             hée
             would
             be
             such
             a
             fearefull
             monster
             vpon
             the
             earth
             ,
             that
             all
             liuing
             things
             would
             be
             amazed
             to
             behold
             him
             .
             Then
             he
             concluded
             after
             this
             sort
             ,
             saying
             :
             And
             in
             the
             end
             I
             found
             mine
             owne
             thoughts
             true
             :
             for
             he
             that
             was
             yesterday
             rich
             ,
             was
             to
             day
             poore
             .
             He
             that
             was
             yesterday
             in
             health
             ,
             was
             to
             day
             sicke
             :
             He
             that
             laughed
             yesterday
             ,
             to
             day
             did
             weepe
             :
             He
             that
             was
             yesterday
             in
             prosperity
             ,
             was
             to
             day
             in
             aduersity
             :
             and
             he
             that
             was
             yesterday
             aliue
             ,
             was
             to
             day
             dead
             ▪
          
           
             But
             let
             vs
             now
             returne
             to
             our
             former
             matter
             ,
             and
             set
             down
             our
             Discourses
             in
             order
             .
             What
             liuing
             man
             is
             he
             in
             all
             the
             world
             ,
             that
             hath
             giuen
             himselfe
             to
             any
             Science
             ,
             or
             otherwise
             to
             liue
             ,
             but
             that
             at
             one
             time
             or
             other
             ,
             he
             disliketh
             of
             his
             owne
             profession
             ,
             and
             is
             weary
             thereof
             ?
             And
             for
             the
             better
             vnderstanding
             of
             the
             same
             ,
             we
             will
             particularly
             discourse
             the
             miseries
             ,
             and
             troublesome
             liues
             of
             all
             the
             principall
             Estates
             liuing
             vpon
             the
             bosome
             of
             the
             sinfull
             earth
             .
          
        
         
           
             CHAP.
             IV.
             Of
             the
             misery
             of
             wicked
             Kings
             ,
             Princes
             ,
             and
             Monarches
             .
          
           
             SEarching
             into
             all
             estates
             of
             men
             ,
             wée
             shall
             finde
             that
             Fortune
             aboue
             all
             other
             mortall
             creatures
             ,
             hath
             prouided
             for
             Kings
             most
             liberally
             :
             for
             what
             maketh
             man
             more
             happy
             in
             this
             world
             ,
             than
             goods
             ,
             honours
             ,
             dignities
             ,
             and
             rule
             ;
             licence
             to
             doe
             good
             or
             euill
             without
             controulement
             ,
             power
             to
             exercise
             liberality
             ,
             and
             all
             kind
             of
             pleasure
             ,
             as
             well
             of
             the
             body
             as
             of
             the
             mind
             :
             all
             that
             may
             
             be
             wished
             for
             to
             the
             contentation
             of
             man
             ,
             either
             in
             varietie
             of
             meats
             ,
             magnificence
             in
             seruice
             ,
             or
             in
             vestures
             :
             to
             raise
             at
             their
             pleasure
             the
             meanest
             man
             to
             high
             place
             ,
             and
             with
             a
             frowne
             ,
             disgrace
             the
             mightiest
             :
             All
             which
             continually
             is
             at
             a
             Princes
             command
             :
             there
             is
             nothing
             that
             may
             please
             the
             memory
             ,
             or
             flatter
             the
             desires
             of
             the
             flesh
             ,
             but
             is
             prepared
             for
             them
             euen
             from
             their
             cradles
             ,
             onely
             to
             make
             their
             liues
             more
             happy
             and
             full
             of
             felicity
             .
          
           
             But
             now
             if
             wée
             iudge
             of
             their
             liues
             vprightly
             ,
             and
             waigh
             them
             in
             a
             true
             ballance
             ,
             wée
             shall
             finde
             that
             the
             selfe
             same
             things
             which
             makes
             them
             happy
             in
             this
             world
             ,
             are
             the
             very
             instruments
             of
             vice
             ,
             and
             the
             cause
             of
             greater
             sorrowes
             :
             For
             what
             auaileth
             their
             costly
             ornaments
             ,
             honourable
             seruices
             ,
             and
             delicate
             meats
             ,
             when
             that
             they
             are
             in
             continuall
             feare
             to
             be
             poysoned
             ,
             wrong
             seduced
             ,
             and
             often
             beguiled
             by
             their
             seruitours
             :
             Haue
             we
             not
             had
             experience
             therof
             many
             times
             ?
             Doth
             not
             Histories
             report
             ,
             that
             some
             Princes
             haue
             bin
             poysoned
             with
             Papers
             ,
             and
             with
             the
             smoake
             of
             Torches
             :
             Wée
             may
             reade
             likewise
             of
             certaine
             Emperors
             that
             dust
             not
             lye
             downe
             to
             rest
             in
             the
             night
             ,
             before
             they
             had
             caused
             their
             Beds
             to
             be
             lyen
             on
             ,
             and
             all
             the
             corners
             of
             their
             Chambers
             to
             bee
             searched
             ,
             least
             they
             should
             be
             strangled
             or
             murthered
             in
             their
             sléepes
             .
             Others
             that
             would
             not
             permit
             any
             Barbers
             to
             touch
             their
             faces
             ,
             for
             feare
             that
             in
             trimming
             of
             their
             heads
             or
             beards
             ,
             they
             would
             cut
             their
             throats
             :
             And
             yet
             to
             this
             day
             they
             are
             in
             such
             feare
             ,
             that
             they
             dare
             not
             put
             meate
             in
             their
             mouthes
             before
             their
             Taster
             haue
             tasted
             thereof
             .
          
           
             What
             felicity
             can
             a
             King
             or
             Prince
             haue
             ,
             that
             hath
             many
             thousands
             of
             men
             vnder
             their
             gouernments
             ,
             when
             hee
             must
             watch
             for
             all
             ,
             heare
             the
             complaints
             and
             cryes
             of
             euery
             one
             ,
             procure
             euery
             mans
             safegard
             ,
             prouoke
             some
             to
             do
             well
             by
             liberall
             gifts
             ,
             and
             others
             by
             terrour
             and
             feare
             :
             Hée
             must
             nourish
             peace
             amongst
             his
             Subiects
             ,
             and
             defend
             his
             Realme
             against
             the
             inuasion
             of
             forraine
             enemies
             ,
             besides
             many
             other
             calamities
             that
             are
             depending
             vpon
             a
             Regall
             crowne
             .
          
           
           
             But
             now
             touching
             the
             vnhappy
             states
             of
             wicked
             Princes
             ,
             vnto
             whom
             thrée
             kindes
             of
             people
             are
             most
             agréeable
             ,
             and
             familiar
             :
             The
             first
             are
             Flatterers
             ,
             which
             bée
             the
             chiefe
             enemies
             to
             all
             Uertue
             ,
             and
             they
             that
             impoyson
             their
             soules
             with
             a
             poyson
             so
             pestiferous
             ,
             that
             it
             is
             contagious
             to
             all
             the
             world
             :
             their
             Princes
             folly
             ,
             they
             call
             Prudence
             :
             their
             cruelty
             ,
             Iustice
             ;
             their
             Letchery
             ,
             Wantonnesse
             ;
             their
             Fornications
             ▪
             Pleasures
             and
             Pastimes
             ;
             if
             they
             bee
             couetous
             ,
             they
             call
             it
             good
             Husbandry
             :
             if
             they
             bee
             prodigall
             ,
             they
             call
             it
             Liberality
             :
             So
             that
             there
             is
             no
             vice
             in
             a
             Prince
             ,
             but
             they
             cloake
             it
             vnder
             the
             shadow
             of
             some
             Uertue
             .
             The
             second
             sort
             are
             such
             ,
             who
             neuer
             rest
             night
             ,
             but
             that
             in
             the
             morning
             they
             bring
             in
             some
             new
             inuention
             or
             other
             ,
             how
             to
             taxe
             and
             draw
             money
             from
             the
             poore
             people
             ,
             and
             generally
             all
             their
             study
             is
             imployed
             to
             bée
             wastfull
             and
             prodigall
             in
             the
             exactions
             and
             miseries
             of
             the
             poore
             commons
             .
             The
             third
             and
             last
             sort
             are
             such
             ,
             that
             vnder
             the
             cloake
             of
             kindnes
             and
             honesty
             (
             counterfayting
             good
             men
             )
             haue
             alwayes
             their
             eyes
             vpon
             other
             mens
             liuings
             ,
             and
             make
             themselues
             reformers
             of
             vices
             .
             They
             inuent
             wicked
             and
             false
             deuices
             ,
             not
             only
             how
             to
             get
             other
             mens
             goods
             ,
             but
             oftentimes
             their
             liues
             ,
             who
             before
             God
             are
             most
             innocent
             .
          
           
             Behold
             ,
             here
             you
             may
             well
             sée
             the
             manifold
             miseries
             that
             compasse
             Scepters
             and
             states
             of
             Princes
             :
             Here
             are
             the
             Thornes
             that
             they
             receiue
             in
             recompence
             of
             their
             brightnesse
             and
             royall
             Dignity
             ,
             which
             ought
             like
             a
             Lampe
             to
             giue
             light
             to
             all
             the
             world
             :
             but
             when
             it
             is
             eclipsed
             or
             darkned
             with
             any
             vice
             ,
             it
             is
             more
             reprochfull
             in
             them
             ,
             than
             in
             any
             other
             priuate
             person
             whatsoeuer
             :
             for
             they
             sin
             not
             only
             in
             the
             fault
             which
             they
             commit
             ,
             but
             also
             by
             the
             example
             that
             they
             giue
             .
          
           
             The
             abundance
             of
             honours
             and
             pleasures
             that
             Princes
             enioy
             ,
             serueth
             as
             a
             baite
             to
             induce
             them
             to
             euill
             ,
             and
             are
             the
             very
             Matches
             to
             giue
             fire
             to
             Uice
             .
             What
             was
             
               Saul
            
             before
             hée
             was
             made
             King
             ▪
             whose
             life
             is
             shewed
             in
             the
             holy
             Scripture
             ,
             whom
             God
             did
             elect
             ?
             yet
             he
             made
             a
             sudden
             eclipse
             or
             changeing
             .
             How
             wonderfull
             was
             the
             beginning
             of
             the
             Reigne
             of
             
             King
             
               Salomon
               ,
            
             the
             which
             being
             ouercome
             with
             Royall
             pleasures
             ,
             gaue
             himselfe
             as
             a
             prey
             to
             women
             ?
             Of
             two
             and
             twenty
             Kings
             of
             
               Iuda
               ,
            
             there
             is
             found
             but
             fiue
             or
             sixe
             ,
             that
             haue
             continued
             in
             their
             vertue
             .
             If
             we
             consider
             the
             estate
             of
             the
             
               Assyrians
               ,
               Persians
               ,
               Grecians
            
             and
             
               Egyptians
               ,
            
             wee
             shall
             finde
             more
             of
             them
             wicked
             than
             good
             .
             If
             wee
             consider
             what
             the
             Kings
             and
             
               Romane
            
             Emperours
             were
             (
             which
             hath
             béene
             the
             most
             flourishing
             Common-wealth
             in
             the
             world
             )
             we
             shall
             find
             them
             so
             ouercome
             with
             vices
             ,
             and
             all
             kind
             of
             cruelties
             ,
             that
             I
             do
             almost
             abhorrs
             to
             speake
             of
             their
             corrupt
             &
             defiled
             liues
             .
             What
             was
             the
             estate
             of
             their
             Common-wealth
             ,
             before
             that
             
               Scilla
            
             &
             
               Marius
            
             did
             murmure
             against
             it
             ,
             before
             that
             
               Catiline
            
             and
             
               Catulla
            
             did
             perturbe
             it
             ,
             before
             that
             
               Caesar
            
             and
             
               Pompey
            
             did
             slander
             it
             ,
             before
             that
             
               Augustus
            
             and
             
               Marcus
               Antonius
            
             did
             destroy
             it
             ,
             before
             that
             
               Tiberius
            
             and
             
               Caligula
            
             did
             defame
             it
             ,
             before
             that
             
               Domitian
            
             and
             
               Nero
            
             did
             depraue
             it
             ?
             For
             although
             they
             made
             it
             rich
             with
             many
             Kingdomes
             and
             Lordships
             ,
             yet
             were
             the
             vices
             they
             brought
             with
             them
             ,
             more
             greater
             than
             the
             Kingdomes
             they
             gayned
             :
             For
             their
             goods
             and
             riches
             are
             consumed
             ,
             yet
             their
             vices
             remaine
             vnto
             this
             day
             .
             What
             memory
             remaineth
             of
             
               Romulus
               ,
            
             that
             founded
             the
             City
             of
             
               Rome
            
             ?
             Of
             
               Numa
               Pompilius
               ,
            
             that
             erected
             the
             Capitoll
             :
             Of
             
               Ancus
               Martius
               ,
            
             that
             compassed
             it
             with
             walles
             ?
             Did
             not
             they
             shew
             what
             felicity
             remaineth
             in
             high
             estates
             ,
             who
             are
             more
             subiect
             to
             the
             assaults
             of
             Fortune
             ,
             than
             any
             other
             earthly
             creature
             ?
             For
             many
             times
             the
             thred
             of
             life
             breaketh
             ,
             when
             they
             thinke
             least
             of
             death
             :
             and
             then
             the
             infamy
             of
             those
             that
             bée
             wicked
             ,
             remaineth
             written
             in
             Histories
             ,
             for
             a
             perpetuall
             memorie
             thereof
             :
             The
             which
             thing
             all
             Estates
             ought
             more
             to
             regard
             a
             thousand
             times
             ,
             than
             the
             tongue
             that
             speaketh
             euill
             ,
             which
             can
             but
             shame
             the
             liuing
             :
             but
             Bookes
             record
             a
             perpetuall
             infamy
             for
             euer
             .
             Which
             thing
             being
             duely
             considered
             of
             by
             many
             Emperours
             and
             Kings
             in
             times
             past
             ,
             they
             forsooke
             their
             Scepters
             ,
             and
             royal
             Empires
             ,
             and
             betooke
             them
             to
             an
             obscure
             life
             ,
             resting
             better
             
             contented
             with
             a
             little
             in
             quiet
             ,
             than
             to
             enioy
             with
             full
             sayle
             the
             crooked
             honours
             of
             the
             world
             .
          
        
         
           
             CHAP.
             V.
             Of
             the
             misery
             of
             vicious
             Courtiers
             ,
             and
             of
             their
             wicked
             liues
             .
          
           
             WHat
             greater
             felicity
             can
             there
             bée
             in
             this
             world
             ,
             than
             to
             bée
             in
             a
             Princes
             fauour
             ,
             to
             bee
             at
             his
             elbow
             at
             all
             times
             ,
             to
             vse
             courtly
             manners
             ,
             and
             other
             offices
             of
             humanity
             :
             of
             which
             number
             ,
             there
             be
             some
             so
             subtile
             &
             crafty
             ,
             that
             they
             doe
             play
             as
             the
             Fisherman
             ,
             who
             as
             soone
             as
             he
             hath
             gotten
             any
             thing
             in
             his
             Net
             ,
             giueth
             ouer
             the
             Court
             ,
             and
             goeth
             his
             way
             .
             Othersome
             there
             are
             ,
             that
             play
             all
             out
             :
             and
             other
             that
             remaine
             vntill
             they
             become
             wonderous
             rich
             ;
             and
             in
             the
             end
             ,
             they
             are
             made
             to
             restore
             all
             backe
             againe
             .
             There
             are
             also
             others
             that
             doe
             nothing
             but
             inuent
             meanes
             to
             enlarge
             their
             treasures
             ,
             and
             become
             wealthy
             with
             spoyling
             poore
             people
             .
             Princes
             doe
             by
             them
             many
             times
             ,
             as
             we
             doe
             by
             our
             Hogs
             ,
             we
             let
             them
             fatten
             to
             the
             end
             we
             may
             eate
             them
             afterward
             :
             so
             likewise
             are
             they
             suffered
             many
             times
             ,
             to
             enrich
             themselues
             ,
             to
             be
             disposed
             of
             afterward
             when
             they
             are
             fat
             :
             and
             one
             that
             is
             new
             come
             ,
             oftentimes
             is
             preferred
             in
             their
             places
             .
          
           
             By
             this
             you
             may
             see
             that
             Courtiers
             oftentimes
             do
             sell
             their
             libertie
             to
             become
             rich
             :
             For
             they
             must
             obey
             all
             commandements
             ,
             they
             must
             frame
             themselues
             to
             laugh
             when
             the
             prince
             laugheth
             ,
             to
             wéepe
             when
             he
             weepeth
             ,
             approue
             that
             which
             he
             approueth
             ,
             and
             condemne
             that
             which
             he
             condemneth
             .
             They
             must
             alter
             and
             change
             their
             natures
             ,
             to
             be
             seuere
             with
             those
             that
             are
             seuere
             :
             sorrowfull
             with
             those
             that
             are
             sorrowfull
             :
             and
             in
             a
             manner
             transforme
             themselues
             ,
             according
             to
             the
             nature
             of
             him
             whom
             they
             will
             please
             ,
             or
             els
             he
             shal
             get
             nothing
             .
             To
             be
             briefe
             ,
             they
             must
             frame
             themselues
             ,
             to
             his
             manners
             
             and
             nature
             :
             and
             yet
             many
             times
             one
             little
             offence
             staineth
             all
             the
             seruice
             they
             haue
             done
             in
             their
             life
             time
             before
             .
          
           
             Many
             in
             Princes
             Courts
             put
             off
             their
             Cappes
             to
             them
             ,
             whom
             they
             would
             gladly
             see
             cut
             shorter
             by
             the
             head
             :
             and
             often
             bow
             their
             knees
             to
             doe
             them
             reuerence
             ,
             whom
             they
             wish
             had
             broken
             their
             neckes
             .
          
           
             Here
             you
             may
             sée
             ▪
             the
             life
             of
             a
             great
             number
             of
             vicious
             Courtiers
             ,
             which
             is
             no
             life
             ,
             but
             rather
             a
             lingring
             death
             :
             here
             you
             may
             sée
             wherein
             their
             youth
             is
             imployed
             ,
             which
             is
             no
             youth
             ,
             but
             a
             transitory
             death
             :
             for
             when
             they
             come
             to
             age
             ,
             they
             bring
             nothing
             from
             thence
             but
             gray
             heads
             ,
             their
             feete
             full
             of
             Gouts
             ,
             their
             backes
             full
             of
             paine
             ,
             their
             hearts
             full
             of
             sorrow
             ,
             and
             their
             soules
             filled
             with
             sin
             .
          
        
         
           
             CHAP.
             VJ.
             Of
             the
             misery
             of
             Magistrates
             ,
             that
             administer
             not
             true
             Iustice
             :
             with
             a
             discourse
             against
             wicked
             Iudges
             .
          
           
             NOw
             our
             discourse
             of
             Courtiers
             being
             past
             ,
             it
             is
             requisite
             that
             we
             speake
             of
             things
             done
             in
             the
             ciuill
             life
             ,
             and
             to
             how
             many
             miseries
             it
             is
             subiect
             :
             For
             although
             it
             be
             at
             this
             day
             a
             degrée
             most
             Noble
             and
             necessary
             for
             the
             peace
             of
             mans
             life
             ,
             yet
             shall
             we
             find
             that
             it
             deserues
             to
             haue
             his
             part
             in
             this
             Pilgrimage
             ,
             as
             well
             as
             others
             :
             and
             if
             there
             be
             any
             delectation
             ,
             pleasure
             ,
             or
             honour
             ,
             depending
             thereon
             ,
             yet
             it
             is
             transitory
             and
             vnconstant
             .
          
           
             First
             ,
             knowing
             that
             all
             the
             actions
             of
             Magistrates
             ,
             passe
             before
             the
             eyes
             of
             the
             common
             people
             ,
             whose
             iudgements
             in
             matters
             of
             state
             be
             but
             simple
             ,
             yet
             haue
             they
             a
             certaine
             smell
             or
             sauour
             to
             know
             the
             good
             from
             euill
             :
             wherefore
             those
             that
             be
             Iudges
             and
             Magistrates
             ,
             be
             subiect
             (
             as
             in
             a
             Play
             )
             to
             be
             
             hissed
             at
             and
             chased
             away
             with
             shame
             and
             confusion
             .
          
           
             For
             the
             hare-brained
             people
             ,
             which
             is
             compared
             to
             a
             monster
             with
             many
             heads
             ,
             are
             mutable
             ,
             vncertaine
             ,
             fraudulent
             ,
             apt
             to
             wrath
             and
             mutiny
             ,
             ready
             to
             prayse
             or
             dispraise
             ,
             without
             wisedome
             or
             discretion
             ,
             variable
             in
             their
             talke
             ,
             vnlearned
             and
             obstinate
             .
          
           
             Therefore
             it
             behooueth
             that
             the
             life
             of
             a
             Iudge
             or
             Magistrate
             be
             sincere
             and
             vertuous
             :
             for
             as
             he
             iudgeth
             openly
             ,
             so
             shall
             he
             be
             iudged
             of
             the
             people
             seuerally
             ▪
             not
             only
             in
             matters
             of
             waight
             and
             importance
             ,
             but
             in
             those
             of
             small
             consequence
             :
             For
             alwayes
             the
             rude
             people
             will
             find
             somewhat
             to
             reforme
             ,
             as
             the
             
               Lacedemonians
            
             murmured
             at
             their
             Law-maker
             
               Licurgus
               ,
            
             for
             that
             he
             went
             alwayes
             holding
             downe
             his
             head
             .
             The
             
               Venetians
            
             defamed
             wise
             
               Cato
            
             in
             his
             eating
             ,
             and
             accounted
             
               Pompeius
            
             vnciuill
             ,
             for
             that
             he
             would
             scratch
             with
             one
             finger
             onely
             :
             Yet
             these
             are
             but
             few
             in
             comparison
             of
             other
             good
             men
             that
             the
             common
             sort
             haue
             persecuted
             ,
             banished
             ,
             and
             in
             the
             end
             put
             to
             death
             .
             If
             that
             great
             Oratour
             
               Demosthenes
            
             were
             aliue
             ,
             he
             could
             say
             some
             what
             ,
             who
             after
             hée
             had
             a
             long
             time
             béene
             a
             iust
             and
             faithfull
             Gouernour
             of
             the
             Common-wealth
             of
             
               Athens
               ,
            
             was
             in
             the
             end
             (
             without
             cause
             )
             vniustly
             banished
             .
             
               Moses
               ,
            
             and
             many
             other
             holy
             men
             haue
             so
             many
             times
             tasted
             the
             fury
             of
             the
             common
             people
             ,
             that
             if
             they
             were
             this
             day
             liuing
             ,
             they
             would
             powre
             out
             most
             grieuous
             complaints
             against
             them
             .
          
           
             Now
             we
             haue
             shewed
             and
             set
             foorth
             the
             miseries
             that
             procéed
             from
             common
             people
             ,
             so
             must
             we
             in
             like
             sort
             put
             into
             the
             ballance
             the
             errours
             and
             corruptions
             that
             are
             found
             in
             wicked
             Iudges
             :
             Of
             the
             which
             sort
             some
             are
             corrupted
             with
             Feare
             ,
             for
             such
             feare
             they
             haue
             ,
             that
             rather
             than
             they
             will
             displease
             a
             Prince
             or
             a
             great
             Lord
             ,
             they
             wil
             violate
             iustice
             like
             
               Pilate
               ,
            
             that
             condemned
             
               Christ
               ,
            
             for
             feare
             that
             he
             had
             to
             displease
             the
             Emperour
             
               Tiberius
               .
            
          
           
             Other
             Magistrates
             are
             corrupted
             by
             Loue
             ,
             as
             was
             
               Herod
               ,
            
             who
             for
             to
             please
             the
             foolish
             loue
             of
             a
             Damsell
             that
             
             danced
             ,
             condemned
             to
             death
             Saint
             
               Iohn
               Baptist
               ,
            
             although
             he
             knew
             he
             was
             iust
             and
             innocent
             .
          
           
             Some
             are
             many
             times
             corrupted
             by
             hatred
             ,
             as
             was
             the
             chiefe
             Priest
             ,
             that
             condemned
             Saint
             
               Paul
            
             to
             be
             stoned
             to
             death
             ,
             though
             he
             deserued
             it
             not
             ,
          
           
             Some
             Magistrates
             are
             corrupted
             by
             Siluer
             and
             Gold
             ,
             and
             other
             Gifts
             and
             Presents
             ,
             as
             were
             the
             children
             of
             the
             Prophet
             
               Samuel
               :
            
             and
             this
             disease
             is
             so
             contagious
             ,
             that
             I
             feare
             (
             at
             this
             day
             )
             many
             are
             infected
             with
             it
             .
          
           
             They
             all
             loue
             Rewards
             saith
             the
             Prophet
             )
             they
             all
             séeke
             for
             Gifts
             :
             they
             doe
             not
             right
             to
             the
             Orphane
             ,
             and
             the
             Widdowes
             complaint
             commeth
             not
             before
             them
             .
             And
             in
             an
             other
             place
             ,
             Woe
             be
             to
             you
             that
             are
             corrupted
             by
             Money
             ,
             by
             hatred
             or
             loue
             ,
             and
             which
             iudge
             the
             good
             to
             be
             euill
             ,
             and
             the
             euill
             good
             :
             making
             the
             light
             darkenesse
             ,
             and
             the
             darkenesse
             light
             .
             Woe
             be
             to
             you
             that
             haue
             not
             respect
             to
             the
             deserts
             of
             things
             ,
             but
             to
             the
             deserts
             of
             men
             :
             that
             regard
             not
             equitie
             ,
             but
             gifts
             that
             are
             giuen
             :
             that
             regard
             not
             Iustice
             ,
             but
             Money
             .
             You
             are
             diligent
             in
             rich
             mens
             causes
             ,
             but
             you
             deferre
             the
             cause
             of
             the
             poore
             :
             You
             are
             to
             them
             most
             cruell
             and
             rigorous
             Iudges
             ,
             but
             vnto
             the
             rich
             kind
             and
             tractable
             .
          
           
             The
             Prophet
             
               Ieremy
            
             cryeth
             out
             against
             wicked
             Iudges
             ,
             and
             saith
             .
             They
             are
             magnified
             ,
             and
             become
             rich
             :
             they
             haue
             left
             the
             Orphanes
             ,
             and
             haue
             not
             done
             iustice
             for
             the
             poore
             :
             Shall
             not
             ,
             I
             therefore
             punish
             these
             things
             (
             saith
             the
             Lord
             )
             and
             my
             soule
             take
             vengeance
             on
             such
             manner
             of
             people
             ▪
          
           
             Heare
             also
             the
             sentence
             that
             Saint
             
               Iames
            
             pronounceth
             against
             them
             at
             the
             day
             of
             Iudgment
             :
             You
             haue
             condemned
             and
             killed
             the
             iust
             :
             you
             haue
             liued
             in
             wantonnesse
             in
             this
             world
             ,
             and
             taken
             your
             ease
             ;
             now
             therefore
             (
             saith
             the
             Lord
             of
             Hoasts
             )
             wéepe
             and
             howle
             in
             your
             wretchednesse
             that
             shall
             come
             vpon
             you
             :
             your
             garments
             are
             moatheaten
             ,
             your
             gold
             and
             siluer
             is
             cankred
             ,
             and
             the
             rust
             thereof
             shall
             be
             a
             witnesse
             against
             you
             ,
             and
             it
             shall
             eate
             your
             flesh
             as
             it
             were
             fire
             ,
             for
             the
             complaints
             of
             the
             poore
             are
             ascended
             vp
             to
             my
             Throne
             .
          
           
           
             These
             are
             the
             complaints
             that
             the
             Prophets
             and
             Apostles
             made
             against
             wicked
             Iudges
             and
             Magistrates
             :
             and
             likewise
             the
             censures
             that
             our
             good
             God
             hath
             thundred
             against
             them
             .
             And
             now
             I
             will
             speake
             of
             the
             misery
             of
             Marriage
             ,
             with
             a
             discourse
             of
             the
             same
             .
          
        
         
           
             CHAP.
             VIJ.
             Of
             the
             praise
             of
             Marriage
             ,
             and
             likewise
             the
             miseries
             that
             ensue
             thereon
             .
          
           
             THere
             is
             no
             ioy
             nor
             pleasure
             in
             the
             world
             ,
             which
             may
             bee
             compared
             to
             Marriage
             ;
             for
             there
             is
             such
             fellowship
             between
             the
             parties
             coupled
             ,
             that
             they
             seeme
             two
             minds
             to
             be
             transformed
             into
             one
             :
             likewise
             both
             good
             fortune
             and
             bad
             ,
             is
             common
             to
             both
             :
             their
             cares
             equall
             ,
             and
             their
             ioyes
             equall
             :
             and
             to
             be
             briefe
             ,
             all
             things
             are
             in
             common
             betwéene
             them
             two
             .
          
           
             If
             wee
             account
             it
             pleasure
             to
             commit
             our
             secrets
             to
             our
             friends
             and
             neighbours
             ,
             how
             much
             greater
             is
             the
             ioy
             ,
             when
             we
             may
             discouer
             our
             thoughts
             to
             her
             ,
             that
             is
             ioyned
             to
             vs
             by
             such
             a
             knot
             of
             affinity
             ,
             that
             we
             put
             as
             much
             trust
             in
             her
             as
             in
             our selues
             ,
             making
             her
             wholly
             treasurer
             or
             faithfull
             kéeper
             of
             the
             secrets
             of
             our
             minds
             ?
          
           
             What
             greater
             witnesse
             of
             feruent
             loue
             and
             vndissoluble
             amity
             can
             there
             be
             ,
             than
             to
             forsake
             father
             ,
             mother
             ,
             sister
             and
             brother
             ,
             and
             generally
             all
             their
             kindred
             ,
             till
             they
             become
             enemy
             to
             themselues
             ,
             for
             to
             follow
             a
             husband
             ,
             that
             doth
             honor
             and
             reuerence
             her
             ,
             and
             hauing
             all
             other
             things
             in
             disdaine
             ,
             she
             onely
             cleaueth
             to
             him
             :
             If
             he
             be
             rich
             ,
             she
             keepeth
             his
             goods
             :
             if
             he
             be
             poore
             ,
             she
             is
             companion
             with
             him
             in
             pouerty
             :
             if
             he
             be
             in
             prosperity
             ,
             his
             felicity
             is
             redoubled
             in
             her
             :
             if
             hee
             be
             in
             aduersity
             ,
             he
             beareth
             but
             the
             one
             halfe
             of
             the
             griefe
             :
             and
             furthermore
             ,
             she
             comforteth
             him
             ,
             assisteth
             and
             serueth
             him
             :
             
             If
             a
             man
             will
             remaine
             solitary
             in
             his
             house
             ,
             his
             wife
             keepeth
             him
             company
             :
             if
             he
             will
             goe
             into
             the
             fields
             ,
             she
             conducteth
             him
             with
             her
             eye
             as
             farre
             as
             she
             can
             see
             him
             :
             she
             desireth
             and
             honoureth
             him
             :
             being
             absent
             ,
             she
             complaineth
             and
             sigheth
             ,
             and
             wisheth
             his
             company
             :
             being
             come
             home
             he
             is
             welcommed
             ,
             and
             receiued
             with
             the
             best
             shew
             and
             tokens
             of
             loue
             :
             and
             for
             to
             speake
             truth
             it
             séemeth
             that
             a
             wife
             is
             a
             gift
             from
             heauen
             granted
             to
             a
             man
             ,
             as
             well
             for
             the
             contentation
             of
             youth
             ,
             as
             the
             rest
             and
             solace
             of
             age
             .
          
           
             Nature
             can
             giue
             vs
             but
             one
             Father
             ,
             and
             one
             Mother
             :
             but
             Marriage
             presenteth
             many
             in
             our
             children
             ,
             the
             which
             doe
             reuerence
             and
             honour
             vs
             ,
             and
             are
             more
             deare
             vnto
             vs
             than
             our
             owne
             selues
             :
             for
             (
             being
             yong
             )
             they
             play
             ,
             prattle
             ,
             laugh
             and
             shew
             vs
             many
             pretty
             toyes
             ;
             they
             prepare
             vs
             an
             infinit
             number
             of
             pleasures
             :
             and
             it
             séemeth
             that
             they
             are
             giuen
             vs
             by
             nature
             ,
             to
             passe
             away
             part
             of
             our
             miserable
             life
             .
             If
             we
             be
             afflicted
             with
             age
             ,
             they
             shew
             the
             duty
             of
             children
             ,
             close
             vp
             one
             eyes
             ,
             and
             bring
             vs
             to
             the
             earth
             ,
             from
             whence
             we
             came
             .
             They
             are
             our
             bones
             ,
             our
             flesh
             and
             blood
             ;
             for
             in
             séeing
             them
             ,
             we
             sée
             our selues
             .
             The
             Father
             beholding
             his
             Children
             ,
             may
             be
             well
             assured
             that
             he
             séeth
             their
             liuely
             youth
             renued
             in
             their
             faces
             ,
             in
             whom
             we
             are
             almost
             regenerate
             and
             borne
             again
             ,
             in
             such
             sort
             ,
             that
             age
             is
             most
             grieuous
             vnto
             vs
             ,
             beholding
             the
             mirrours
             and
             similitudes
             of
             our selues
             ,
             the
             which
             doth
             make
             our
             memories
             almost
             immortall
             .
          
           
             Many
             are
             the
             ioyes
             and
             swéet
             pleasures
             in
             marriage
             ,
             which
             for
             breuities
             sake
             I
             passe
             ouer
             :
             but
             if
             we
             do
             well
             consider
             it
             ,
             and
             waigh
             it
             in
             a
             iust
             ballance
             ,
             we
             shal
             find
             that
             amongst
             these
             Roses
             ,
             are
             many
             Thornes
             growing
             :
             and
             amongst
             these
             swéet
             showers
             of
             Raine
             ,
             we
             shall
             find
             that
             there
             falleth
             much
             Haile
             .
             But
             with
             reuerence
             now
             I
             craue
             pardon
             of
             all
             vertuous
             Women
             ,
             that
             with
             patience
             I
             may
             discouer
             my
             intent
             ,
             and
             that
             my
             presumption
             may
             not
             gaine
             the
             least
             frowne
             from
             their
             chast
             browes
             :
             for
             to
             the
             vicious
             I
             speake
             ,
             and
             not
             to
             them
             whose
             breasts
             harbours
             the
             liberall
             Fountaine
             of
             vertue
             and
             wisdome
             .
          
           
           
             The
             
               Athenians
            
             (
             being
             a
             people
             much
             cōmended
             for
             their
             prudence
             and
             wisedome
             )
             séeing
             that
             Husbands
             and
             Wiues
             could
             not
             agrée
             ,
             because
             of
             an
             infinite
             number
             of
             dissensions
             that
             chanced
             betweene
             them
             ,
             were
             constrained
             to
             ordaine
             certaine
             Magistrates
             in
             their
             Countrey
             ,
             whom
             they
             called
             Reconcilers
             of
             married
             ones
             :
             the
             office
             of
             whom
             was
             to
             set
             agreement
             betweene
             the
             husband
             and
             the
             wife
             .
             The
             
               Spartanes
            
             and
             
               Romanes
            
             had
             also
             such
             like
             Lawes
             and
             orders
             amongst
             them
             :
             so
             great
             was
             the
             insolence
             and
             rashnes
             of
             some
             women
             towards
             their
             husbands
             .
          
           
             In
             this
             age
             there
             are
             but
             few
             I
             thinke
             ,
             can
             beare
             patiently
             the
             charges
             of
             marriage
             ,
             or
             can
             endure
             the
             vnbridled
             rage
             of
             some
             women
             ;
             and
             to
             speake
             truth
             without
             flattery
             ,
             if
             thou
             takest
             her
             rich
             ,
             thou
             makest
             thy selfe
             a
             bondslaue
             ,
             for
             thinking
             to
             marry
             thine
             equall
             ,
             thou
             marriest
             a
             commanding
             Mistresse
             :
             If
             thou
             takest
             her
             foule
             ,
             thou
             canst
             not
             loue
             her
             :
             If
             thou
             takest
             her
             faire
             ,
             it
             is
             an
             Image
             at
             thy
             gate
             to
             bring
             thée
             company
             :
             Beauty
             is
             a
             Tower
             that
             is
             assayled
             of
             all
             the
             world
             ,
             &
             therefore
             it
             is
             a
             hard
             thing
             to
             kéep
             that
             ,
             where
             euery
             one
             séeketh
             to
             haue
             the
             key
             :
             Then
             this
             is
             the
             conclusion
             ,
             Riches
             causes
             a
             woman
             to
             be
             proud
             ,
             Beauty
             maketh
             her
             suspected
             ,
             and
             hard
             fauour
             causeth
             her
             to
             be
             hated
             .
          
           
             Therefore
             
               Hyponactes
            
             hauing
             tasted
             the
             martyrdomes
             of
             marriage
             ,
             sayed
             that
             there
             was
             but
             two
             good
             dayes
             in
             all
             the
             life
             of
             marriage
             :
             Whereof
             the
             one
             was
             the
             wedding
             day
             vpon
             which
             is
             made
             good
             chéere
             ,
             the
             Bride
             fresh
             and
             faire
             ,
             and
             of
             all
             pleasures
             the
             beginning
             is
             most
             delectable
             :
             The
             other
             good
             day
             is
             when
             the
             woman
             dieth
             ,
             for
             then
             the
             husband
             is
             out
             of
             bondage
             and
             thraldome
             .
          
           
             Yet
             for
             all
             this
             a
             woman
             is
             to
             man
             a
             necessary
             euill
             ,
             and
             one
             whom
             he
             cannot
             well
             liue
             without
             :
             Seeing
             that
             there
             is
             nothing
             more
             harder
             to
             find
             in
             this
             world
             ,
             than
             a
             good
             Woman
             ,
             a
             good
             Mule
             ,
             and
             a
             good
             Goate
             ,
             who
             are
             three
             vnhappy
             Beasts
             .
             And
             to
             conclude
             ,
             there
             is
             nothing
             more
             lighter
             than
             a
             womans
             tongue
             ,
             vnbridled
             :
             more
             piercing
             than
             her
             
             outragious
             words
             :
             more
             to
             be
             feared
             ,
             than
             her
             boldnesse
             :
             more
             cruell
             ,
             than
             her
             malice
             :
             nor
             more
             dangerous
             than
             her
             fury
             :
             Besides
             many
             other
             hurtfull
             discommodities
             of
             their
             huswiferie
             ,
             which
             for
             this
             time
             I
             passe
             ouer
             ,
             and
             so
             returne
             to
             our
             former
             discourse
             .
          
        
         
           
             CHHP.
             VIIJ.
             Of
             the
             worlds
             generall
             misery
             ,
             and
             the
             vices
             of
             all
             sorts
             in
             the
             Communalty
             .
          
           
             OF
             all
             the
             miseries
             that
             hapneth
             to
             man
             in
             this
             Pilgrimage
             of
             woe
             ,
             these
             hereafter
             following
             ,
             are
             the
             greatest
             :
             Of
             which
             Nature
             her selfe
             hath
             complained
             vnto
             God
             ,
             who
             saith
             ,
             that
             man
             for
             euery
             Uice
             hath
             a
             cloake
             of
             Uertue
             to
             couer
             it
             :
             as
             for
             example
             ,
             those
             that
             wound
             and
             kill
             one
             another
             ,
             we
             call
             them
             hardy
             and
             strong
             ,
             and
             we
             say
             that
             they
             haue
             a
             regard
             to
             honour
             ,
             and
             therefore
             deserue
             commendation
             .
             They
             that
             violate
             Women
             ,
             and
             rauish
             Uirgins
             ,
             we
             call
             that
             bearing
             of
             loue
             .
             Those
             that
             are
             proud
             ,
             and
             seeke
             by
             all
             vnlawfull
             meanes
             to
             climbe
             vp
             to
             high
             Dignities
             ,
             we
             call
             them
             honourable
             ,
             graue
             ,
             and
             men
             of
             ripe
             iudgement
             ,
             Those
             that
             are
             couetous
             ,
             and
             beguile
             their
             neighbours
             by
             crafty
             subtilties
             and
             inuentions
             ,
             and
             so
             in
             short
             time
             become
             rich
             ,
             those
             they
             call
             good
             husbands
             ,
             and
             men
             that
             will
             séeke
             to
             liue
             :
             besides
             many
             other
             vices
             which
             are
             shadowed
             vnder
             the
             mantle
             of
             Uertue
             ,
             the
             which
             is
             one
             principall
             cause
             that
             so
             many
             miseries
             do
             fal
             vpon
             the
             world
             :
             and
             to
             speake
             truth
             ,
             the
             whole
             earth
             is
             drowned
             in
             sinne
             ,
             that
             it
             séemeth
             to
             be
             the
             sinke
             wherein
             all
             the
             wickednesse
             of
             the
             former
             age
             hath
             béen
             emptied
             .
          
           
             Who
             euer
             saw
             the
             sin
             of
             Couetousnesse
             more
             déeper
             rooted
             in
             the
             world
             ,
             than
             at
             this
             present
             day
             ?
             for
             all
             the
             Cities
             ,
             Prouinces
             and
             Kingdomes
             of
             the
             earth
             ,
             be
             very
             shops
             and
             
             storehouses
             of
             Couetousnesse
             and
             Auarice
             :
             this
             is
             the
             world
             which
             the
             Prophets
             did
             foreshew
             ,
             that
             men
             ioyne
             house
             to
             house
             ,
             and
             land
             to
             land
             ,
             as
             though
             themselues
             would
             alone
             dwell
             vpon
             the
             earth
             .
          
           
             Couetousnes
             is
             the
             wel
             spring
             of
             miseries
             ,
             for
             from
             thence
             procéedes
             warre
             and
             destruction
             ,
             and
             the
             great
             effusion
             of
             blood
             ,
             with
             the
             which
             the
             earth
             is
             ouerflowne
             :
             from
             Couetousnes
             procéed
             Murders
             ,
             Treasons
             ,
             Thefts
             ,
             Usuries
             ,
             Forswearings
             ,
             the
             corruption
             of
             Witnesses
             ,
             and
             peruerting
             of
             Iudgements
             :
             From
             Couetousnesse
             the
             tedious
             delayes
             in
             Law
             ,
             and
             lingering
             of
             sutes
             do
             procéed
             :
             and
             to
             be
             short
             ,
             from
             thence
             commeth
             all
             wickednesse
             .
          
           
             This
             grieuous
             sinne
             is
             growne
             so
             familiar
             amongst
             men
             ,
             that
             many
             liue
             without
             mercy
             ,
             in
             such
             sort
             that
             now
             we
             may
             see
             the
             stréetes
             full
             of
             poore
             Beggars
             ,
             naked
             and
             clad
             with
             pouerty
             ,
             with
             an
             infinite
             number
             of
             banished
             women
             ,
             driuen
             out
             of
             their
             Countries
             ,
             bearing
             their
             children
             in
             their
             armes
             ,
             wanting
             that
             which
             couetous
             men
             hoord
             vp
             with
             such
             cares
             ,
             that
             they
             make
             it
             their
             God
             ,
             and
             will
             rather
             let
             a
             poore
             body
             dye
             at
             their
             gates
             ,
             than
             refresh
             him
             with
             food
             .
          
           
             Therefore
             let
             vs
             now
             leaue
             these
             wicked
             men
             ,
             Idolaters
             of
             their
             treasures
             ,
             with
             the
             couetous
             rich
             man
             mentioned
             in
             the
             holy
             Scripture
             ,
             and
             speake
             of
             an
             other
             vice
             which
             is
             called
             Enuy
             :
             the
             malady
             wherewith
             many
             mindes
             in
             this
             new
             world
             ,
             is
             grieuously
             afflicted
             .
          
           
             The
             time
             is
             now
             come
             ,
             that
             the
             whole
             earth
             is
             nothing
             but
             a
             very
             place
             of
             the
             Enuious
             :
             a
             vice
             which
             is
             the
             oldest
             of
             all
             vices
             ,
             &
             hath
             bin
             vsed
             in
             the
             worlds
             infancy
             :
             the
             experience
             thereof
             was
             approued
             in
             the
             first
             age
             of
             
               Adam
            
             and
             the
             Serpent
             ,
             in
             
               Abel
            
             and
             
               Cain
               ,
            
             in
             
               Iacob
            
             and
             
               Esau
               ,
            
             in
             
               Ioseph
            
             and
             his
             brethren
             ,
             in
             
               Saul
            
             and
             
               Dauid
               ,
            
             in
             
               Hammon
            
             and
             
               Mardocheus
            
             ;
             the
             which
             pursued
             not
             one
             another
             for
             their
             riches
             ,
             but
             for
             the
             enuy
             that
             the
             one
             bore
             to
             the
             other
             .
          
           
             But
             all
             this
             is
             nothing
             to
             the
             Enuy
             which
             is
             vsed
             amongst
             men
             at
             this
             day
             :
             which
             wicked
             Uice
             ,
             not
             only
             reigneth
             
             amongst
             the
             common
             sort
             ,
             but
             also
             amongst
             the
             higher
             :
             for
             when
             they
             are
             mounted
             to
             the
             top
             of
             Fortunes
             whéele
             ,
             and
             thinke
             peaceably
             to
             enioy
             the
             fauour
             of
             Princes
             ,
             behold
             sodainely
             the
             Enuy
             of
             some
             other
             ,
             conspires
             against
             them
             ,
             and
             causeth
             them
             to
             be
             disdained
             ,
             &
             cast
             out
             of
             fauor
             :
             Therefore
             I
             thinke
             there
             is
             no
             other
             meanes
             for
             to
             auoid
             Enuy
             ,
             but
             to
             auoid
             dignity
             and
             rule
             :
             the
             reason
             is
             ,
             that
             we
             are
             the
             children
             of
             enuy
             ;
             and
             he
             that
             leaueth
             most
             goods
             ,
             leaueth
             most
             Enuy.
             
          
           
             For
             this
             cause
             the
             Elders
             counselled
             the
             Rich
             ,
             that
             they
             should
             not
             dwell
             neare
             the
             Poore
             ,
             nor
             the
             Poore
             neare
             the
             Rich
             :
             for
             the
             one
             are
             enuied
             for
             their
             Wealth
             ,
             and
             the
             other
             for
             their
             Pouerty
             .
          
           
             Here
             will
             we
             now
             leaue
             this
             grieuous
             sin
             of
             Enuy
             ,
             and
             a
             little
             glaunce
             at
             the
             ambitious
             Pride
             ,
             that
             reigneth
             amongst
             vs.
             Who
             euer
             saw
             such
             excessiue
             Pride
             in
             all
             estates
             ,
             as
             we
             sée
             at
             this
             present
             ?
             whereby
             we
             may
             well
             name
             this
             world
             ,
             a
             world
             of
             glistering
             Gold
             ,
             of
             Siluer
             ,
             and
             Ueluet
             ,
             of
             Purple
             ,
             of
             Silke
             ,
             with
             the
             which
             we
             decke
             our
             bodies
             curiously
             ,
             and
             haue
             no
             regard
             of
             the
             sins
             that
             ouerload
             the
             soules
             .
          
           
             But
             let
             vs
             beware
             that
             the
             same
             happen
             not
             to
             vs
             ,
             which
             the
             Prophets
             writ
             against
             the
             Women
             of
             
               Ierusalem
               ,
            
             who
             reprooued
             their
             pride
             ,
             their
             vnshamefull
             Lookes
             ,
             their
             rowlyng
             eyes
             ,
             their
             attires
             ,
             their
             chaines
             ,
             Iewels
             and
             bracelets
             ,
             and
             other
             their
             vaineglorious
             fashions
             :
             It
             will
             happen
             to
             you
             (
             saith
             the
             Lord
             of
             Hosts
             )
             that
             in
             stead
             of
             perfumes
             ,
             you
             shall
             haue
             stinke
             :
             in
             stead
             of
             curled
             haire
             ,
             baldnesse
             :
             and
             the
             fairest
             yong
             men
             amongst
             you
             shall
             passe
             through
             the
             edge
             of
             the
             sword
             ,
             and
             the
             strongest
             shall
             be
             slaine
             ,
             and
             perish
             in
             the
             warres
             .
          
           
             Many
             other
             vices
             could
             I
             largely
             discourse
             of
             ,
             as
             the
             sinne
             of
             Gluttony
             and
             drunkennes
             ,
             where
             with
             the
             whole
             earth
             is
             infected
             :
             and
             I
             greatly
             marueile
             ,
             that
             many
             vnsatiable
             belly-gods
             doe
             not
             rot
             and
             burst
             in
             the
             middest
             of
             their
             riotous
             excesse
             ,
             that
             will
             sit
             bowsing
             in
             Tauerns
             ,
             spoiling
             that
             which
             might
             comfort
             many
             succourlesse
             people
             ,
             and
             in
             the
             meane
             
             time
             ,
             the
             poore
             
               Lazarus
            
             standeth
             at
             the
             gate
             ,
             &
             cannot
             haue
             so
             much
             as
             the
             Crummes
             that
             fall
             from
             their
             table
             :
             and
             to
             conclude
             ,
             these
             wicked
             vices
             of
             Gluttony
             &
             Drunkennesse
             hath
             cōtinued
             vpon
             the
             earth
             euer
             since
             the
             beginning
             of
             the
             world
             :
             as
             for
             example
             .
             The
             liquorous
             lusting
             of
             
               Adam
            
             and
             
               Eue
               ,
            
             was
             the
             cause
             that
             the
             gate
             of
             Paradice
             was
             shut
             vp
             against
             vs
             ,
             
               Esau
            
             sold
             his
             birth-right
             ,
             Saint
             
               Iohn
               Baptist
            
             was
             slaine
             after
             
               Herod
            
             had
             banquetted
             :
             
               N●ah
            
             being
             ouercome
             with
             wine
             ,
             slept
             with
             his
             priuy
             parts
             vncouered
             :
             and
             was
             mocked
             of
             his
             Children
             :
             
               Lot
            
             being
             drunke
             with
             wine
             ,
             deflowred
             his
             owne
             Daughters
             :
             with
             many
             other
             examples
             that
             I
             could
             name
             touching
             these
             wicked
             vices
             ,
             which
             for
             this
             time
             I
             passe
             ouer
             .
             And
             now
             I
             will
             discourse
             of
             other
             miseries
             and
             calamities
             belonging
             to
             mans
             woefull
             Pilgrimage
             .
          
        
         
           
             CHAP.
             IX
             .
             Of
             the
             misery
             of
             Age
             ,
             and
             of
             mans
             death
             :
             with
             his
             resurrection
             ,
             and
             the
             terrible
             Iudgement
             of
             God
             at
             the
             latter
             day
             .
          
           
             THus
             after
             man
             hath
             waded
             in
             a
             Sea
             of
             misery
             ,
             as
             it
             were
             therein
             ouerwhelmed
             euen
             from
             his
             birth
             ,
             at
             last
             ,
             Age
             comes
             créeping
             on
             ,
             and
             then
             ,
             when
             he
             ought
             to
             rest
             ,
             griefes
             and
             dolours
             are
             renued
             ,
             the
             heart
             afflicted
             ,
             the
             braine
             troubled
             ,
             the
             face
             withered
             ,
             the
             body
             crooked
             ,
             the
             sight
             dimmed
             ,
             the
             haires
             falling
             ,
             the
             téeth
             rotten
             :
             and
             (
             to
             be
             short
             )
             the
             body
             is
             then
             ,
             as
             it
             were
             a
             similitude
             of
             death
             .
             For
             in
             age
             man
             is
             wonderfully
             changed
             ,
             he
             is
             prompt
             to
             wrath
             ,
             hard
             to
             appease
             ,
             sad
             ,
             couetous
             and
             suspitious
             :
             the
             which
             being
             well
             considered
             by
             the
             Emperour
             
               Augustus
               ,
            
             said
             :
             That
             man
             ,
             till
             fifty
             yéeres
             ,
             liued
             in
             pleasure
             and
             felicity
             ;
             and
             he
             that
             liueth
             longer
             for
             the
             most
             part
             )
             passeth
             his
             time
             in
             sorrow
             and
             grieuous
             sicknesse
             ,
             death
             of
             children
             ,
             losse
             of
             goods
             ,
             to
             bury
             his
             friends
             ,
             with
             an
             
             infinite
             number
             of
             other
             worldly
             troubles
             :
             So
             that
             it
             were
             better
             to
             haue
             their
             eyes
             closed
             in
             youth
             ,
             than
             to
             liue
             to
             behold
             these
             things
             in
             their
             crooked
             age
             .
          
           
             Thus
             after
             man
             hath
             sorrowed
             all
             his
             dayes
             vnder
             the
             heauy
             burthen
             of
             his
             sinnes
             ,
             he
             is
             forced
             at
             last
             ,
             to
             yeeld
             vnto
             Death
             ;
             yet
             by
             no
             meanes
             may
             he
             know
             after
             what
             manner
             he
             shall
             end
             his
             life
             .
             Some
             there
             be
             that
             are
             forced
             to
             dye
             by
             hunger
             ,
             others
             by
             thirst
             ,
             others
             by
             fire
             ,
             others
             by
             water
             ,
             others
             by
             poyson
             ,
             others
             are
             smoothered
             ,
             others
             are
             torne
             in
             péeces
             by
             wilde
             Beasts
             ,
             others
             deuoured
             of
             the
             Fowles
             of
             the
             ayre
             ,
             others
             are
             made
             meate
             for
             Fishes
             ,
             and
             others
             for
             Wormes
             :
             Yet
             for
             all
             this
             Man
             knoweth
             not
             his
             end
             :
             and
             when
             he
             thinketh
             himselfe
             most
             at
             rest
             ,
             he
             sodainely
             perisheth
             .
          
           
             What
             a
             dreadfull
             sight
             is
             it
             to
             sée
             him
             lying
             in
             bed
             ,
             that
             is
             oppressed
             with
             the
             paines
             of
             Death
             ?
             What
             shaking
             ,
             and
             changing
             of
             all
             the
             bands
             of
             nature
             will
             he
             make
             ,
             the
             Féete
             will
             become
             cold
             ,
             the
             Face
             pale
             ,
             the
             Eyes
             hollow
             ,
             the
             Lips
             and
             Mouth
             to
             retyre
             ,
             the
             Hands
             diminish
             ,
             the
             Tongue
             waxeth
             blacke
             ,
             the
             Téeth
             doth
             close
             ,
             the
             Breath
             faileth
             ,
             the
             cold
             Sweate
             appeareth
             by
             violence
             of
             Sicknes
             :
             all
             which
             is
             a
             certaine
             token
             that
             Nature
             is
             ouercome
             .
          
           
             But
             now
             when
             it
             commeth
             to
             the
             last
             gaspe
             ,
             or
             at
             the
             sorrowfull
             departure
             that
             the
             soule
             makes
             from
             his
             habitation
             ,
             all
             the
             bands
             of
             nature
             are
             broken
             :
             beside
             ,
             when
             the
             diuell
             or
             wicked
             spirit
             is
             assured
             of
             our
             end
             ,
             what
             furious
             assaults
             wil
             he
             make
             against
             our
             soules
             ,
             to
             bring
             vs
             in
             despaire
             of
             Gods
             mercy
             :
             it
             is
             the
             houre
             when
             as
             Sathan
             doth
             his
             power
             to
             striue
             against
             God
             ,
             for
             to
             hinder
             the
             saluation
             of
             mankind
             :
             and
             he
             is
             more
             boysterous
             in
             these
             latter
             dayes
             ,
             for
             that
             hée
             knoweth
             that
             his
             time
             is
             but
             short
             ,
             and
             that
             the
             end
             of
             his
             Kingdome
             is
             at
             hand
             :
             and
             therefore
             he
             is
             the
             more
             inflamed
             :
             for
             he
             neuer
             more
             tormenteth
             those
             whom
             he
             doth
             possesse
             ,
             than
             when
             he
             knoweth
             that
             he
             must
             depart
             .
          
           
             But
             now
             when
             man
             hath
             passed
             the
             bitter
             anguish
             of
             death
             ,
             
             where
             is
             then
             become
             his
             glories
             ?
             Where
             are
             his
             pompes
             and
             triumphes
             ?
             Where
             is
             his
             voluptuousnesse
             and
             wantonnesse
             ?
             Where
             is
             his
             maiestie
             ,
             excellence
             and
             holinesse
             ?
             they
             are
             vanished
             as
             the
             shaddow
             ,
             and
             it
             is
             chanced
             to
             them
             ,
             as
             to
             the
             Garment
             that
             the
             Wormes
             haue
             eaten
             :
             or
             as
             the
             Wooll
             that
             the
             Moath
             hath
             deuoured
             .
          
           
             Let
             vs
             behold
             man
             when
             he
             is
             in
             his
             graue
             :
             who
             euer
             saw
             a
             monster
             more
             hidious
             than
             the
             dead
             Carkasse
             of
             man
             :
             behold
             his
             excellence
             ,
             maiesty
             and
             dignity
             ,
             couered
             with
             a
             lumpe
             of
             earth
             :
             here
             you
             may
             sée
             him
             that
             was
             chearished
             ,
             reuerenced
             and
             honoured
             ,
             euen
             to
             kisse
             his
             hands
             and
             féete
             ;
             by
             a
             sodaine
             mutation
             ,
             become
             a
             creature
             most
             abominable
             :
             And
             to
             them
             it
             happneth
             ,
             as
             
               Salomon
            
             writeth
             in
             his
             booke
             of
             Wisedome
             :
             What
             hath
             it
             profited
             (
             saith
             he
             )
             the
             pride
             and
             great
             abundance
             of
             riches
             ?
             All
             these
             things
             are
             passed
             ,
             as
             is
             the
             Arrow
             shot
             to
             the
             white
             ,
             or
             as
             the
             Smoake
             that
             is
             dispersed
             with
             the
             wind
             .
          
           
             Let
             vs
             therefore
             now
             leaue
             the
             body
             of
             man
             resting
             in
             his
             graue
             ,
             as
             in
             a
             bed
             for
             a
             season
             ,
             and
             speake
             of
             his
             resurrection
             ,
             and
             the
             iudgement
             of
             God
             ,
             which
             was
             so
             much
             feared
             of
             the
             Prophet
             
               Dauid
               ,
            
             that
             he
             prayed
             God
             not
             to
             enter
             into
             iudgement
             with
             his
             seruant
             .
          
           
             Being
             dead
             in
             this
             world
             ,
             hee
             must
             then
             appeare
             before
             the
             iudgement
             seate
             of
             God
             ,
             with
             such
             a
             terrour
             to
             those
             that
             consider
             it
             well
             ,
             that
             there
             is
             no
             member
             but
             trembleth
             :
             It
             is
             the
             day
             that
             the
             Lord
             wil
             come
             like
             a
             tempest
             ,
             when
             euery
             ones
             heart
             shall
             faile
             them
             ,
             and
             all
             the
             world
             shall
             be
             astonied
             :
             For
             euen
             as
             the
             Lightning
             that
             riseth
             in
             the
             East
             ,
             and
             extendeth
             to
             the
             West
             ,
             so
             shall
             the
             comming
             of
             the
             Son
             of
             man
             be
             .
             Tribulation
             then
             shall
             be
             so
             extreme
             and
             great
             ,
             as
             the
             like
             hath
             not
             béen
             since
             the
             beginning
             of
             the
             world
             ,
             till
             now
             ,
             nor
             neuer
             shall
             be
             the
             like
             :
             the
             Sun
             shall
             be
             darkned
             ,
             and
             the
             Moone
             shall
             giue
             no
             more
             light
             :
             the
             Starres
             shall
             fall
             from
             heauen
             ,
             and
             the
             waues
             of
             the
             Sea
             shall
             rage
             ,
             and
             men
             shall
             be
             amazed
             with
             feare
             ,
             and
             the
             powers
             of
             heauen
             shall
             mooue
             .
          
           
           
             Woe
             shall
             be
             in
             those
             dayes
             to
             them
             that
             are
             with
             Child
             ,
             and
             to
             them
             that
             giue
             sucke
             :
             For
             as
             it
             was
             in
             the
             dayes
             before
             the
             Flood
             ,
             they
             did
             eate
             and
             drinke
             ,
             marry
             ,
             and
             were
             married
             ,
             euen
             vnto
             the
             day
             that
             
               Noah
            
             entred
             into
             the
             Arke
             ,
             and
             knew
             nothing
             till
             the
             Flood
             came
             and
             tooke
             them
             all
             away
             :
             So
             shall
             the
             comming
             of
             the
             Lord
             bée
             ,
             and
             then
             shall
             all
             kindreds
             of
             the
             earth
             mourne
             ,
             and
             shall
             hide
             themselues
             in
             Dennes
             and
             Caues
             ,
             and
             in
             the
             Mountaines
             ,
             and
             shall
             say
             vnto
             them
             ,
             fall
             vpon
             vs
             ,
             and
             hide
             vs
             from
             the
             face
             of
             him
             that
             sitteth
             vpon
             the
             Throne
             .
          
           
             Blow
             out
             the
             Trumpet
             (
             saith
             the
             Prophet
             
               Ioel
            
             )
             that
             all
             such
             as
             dwell
             in
             the
             world
             may
             tremble
             at
             it
             ,
             for
             the
             day
             of
             the
             Lord
             commeth
             ,
             and
             is
             hard
             at
             hand
             :
             a
             darke
             day
             ,
             a
             gloomy
             day
             ,
             yea
             and
             a
             stormy
             day
             .
             Before
             him
             shall
             be
             a
             consuming
             fire
             ,
             and
             behind
             him
             a
             burning
             flame
             :
             Then
             the
             dead
             that
             are
             in
             their
             graues
             ,
             shall
             rise
             and
             come
             forth
             :
             the
             bones
             ,
             and
             the
             other
             parts
             shall
             finde
             out
             their
             ioynts
             ,
             for
             to
             ioyne
             againe
             together
             with
             the
             body
             ,
             that
             the
             earth
             hath
             putrified
             and
             corrupted
             ▪
          
           
             All
             those
             that
             the
             Beasts
             and
             Birds
             of
             the
             Ayre
             hath
             deuowred
             ,
             all
             those
             that
             the
             Sea
             hath
             swallowed
             vp
             ,
             all
             those
             that
             are
             inuapored
             in
             the
             Earth
             ,
             and
             all
             those
             that
             the
             Fire
             hath
             consumed
             ,
             shall
             be
             reduced
             and
             brought
             to
             their
             former
             state
             :
             All
             the
             blood
             that
             Theeues
             ,
             Pyrates
             ,
             Murderers
             ,
             Tyrants
             ,
             and
             false
             Iudges
             ,
             haue
             vniustly
             shed
             ,
             shall
             then
             appeare
             before
             the
             Maiesty
             of
             God
             :
             so
             that
             there
             shall
             not
             one
             drop
             of
             blood
             be
             lost
             ,
             from
             the
             time
             of
             
               Abel
               ,
            
             that
             was
             the
             first
             slaine
             of
             men
             ,
             vnto
             the
             last
             :
             so
             that
             there
             shall
             not
             one
             haire
             perish
             .
          
           
             If
             the
             Uaile
             of
             the
             Temple
             did
             breake
             ,
             the
             Earth
             quake
             ,
             the
             Sunne
             darken
             and
             change
             his
             brightnes
             ,
             for
             the
             wrong
             that
             was
             done
             to
             Iesus
             Christ
             being
             on
             the
             Crosse
             ,
             although
             in
             nothing
             he
             did
             offend
             :
             What
             countenance
             may
             then
             poore
             sinners
             shew
             ,
             that
             haue
             offended
             him
             an
             innumerable
             times
             :
             Who
             then
             shall
             abide
             the
             shining
             brightnesse
             of
             Gods
             Maiesty
             sitting
             vpon
             his
             Throne
             of
             Glory
             ?
          
           
           
             It
             is
             the
             dreadfull
             houre
             when
             wicked
             Monarchs
             ,
             Kings
             and
             Princes
             ,
             shall
             giue
             account
             of
             their
             vnlawfull
             exactions
             that
             they
             haue
             made
             vpon
             their
             subiects
             ,
             and
             of
             the
             blood
             that
             they
             haue
             wrongfully
             spilled
             :
             It
             is
             the
             houre
             wherein
             Merchants
             ,
             and
             such
             as
             haue
             traded
             in
             the
             circle
             of
             the
             world
             ▪
             that
             haue
             beguiled
             and
             sold
             by
             false
             waights
             and
             measures
             ,
             shall
             render
             iust
             account
             of
             the
             least
             fault
             that
             they
             haue
             committed
             :
             It
             is
             the
             houre
             that
             couetous
             men
             and
             Usurers
             ,
             that
             haue
             beguiled
             some
             ,
             and
             vndone
             others
             ,
             shall
             pay
             themselues
             the
             cruell
             interests
             of
             that
             which
             they
             haue
             ill
             gotten
             :
             It
             is
             the
             houre
             when
             Magistrates
             and
             wicked
             Iudges
             that
             haue
             corrupted
             ,
             violated
             ,
             and
             suspended
             iustice
             ,
             shall
             be
             countable
             for
             their
             corruption
             and
             iniquities
             :
             It
             is
             the
             very
             houre
             wherin
             Widowes
             ,
             Orphants
             ,
             and
             other
             afflicted
             persons
             ,
             shal
             make
             their
             complaints
             before
             God
             ,
             of
             the
             wrong
             and
             oppression
             that
             hath
             béene
             shewed
             them
             :
             It
             is
             the
             houre
             wherein
             the
             wicked
             shall
             say
             (
             repenting
             in
             themselues
             ,
             troubled
             with
             hor●ible
             feare
             )
             behold
             these
             which
             in
             times
             past
             we
             had
             in
             derision
             ,
             infamy
             and
             reproach
             ,
             are
             now
             accounted
             amongst
             the
             children
             of
             God
             ,
             whose
             portion
             is
             amongst
             the
             Saints
             :
             It
             is
             the
             houre
             wherein
             many
             foolish
             and
             dumbe
             persons
             shall
             bée
             more
             happier
             than
             the
             wise
             and
             eloquent
             ;
             Many
             shepheards
             and
             carters
             shall
             be
             preferred
             before
             Philosphers
             :
             many
             Beggars
             before
             rich
             Princes
             and
             Monarches
             :
             and
             many
             simple
             and
             ignorant
             ,
             before
             the
             witty
             and
             subtile
             .
          
           
        
         
           FINIS
           .