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 A Comfortable Conference^ 
 in common calamities. 
 
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 Uitionto4U thatareffiuatefy diJheJfedyOr affii- 
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 EngliflicdbylOHN STR 
 
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1 o the right vvorfliipfullSir 
 Sdward Stradlhg 
 Knight, 
 
 Ailing lately vndertaken (right Wor- 
 iTiipfull) the tranilating of this treatife 
 into the cnglifh tongiie,intending to 
 gratifie you therewithal thinke it not 
 amifleto fhewe the rea(onsthat firft 
 moucd mec there vnto; Now after it 
 had bene extant in the latinefomany 
 yeares, and of them not a fewe hath lien negledcd in my 
 ftudic without attempting any fuch matter. It may ther- 
 fore pleafc you to call to remembrauncc , how about 
 Chriftmas laft,m aider lames Thomas a ftudious gentle- 
 man ^yourkinfem an and my good friend, commingto 
 yourhoufeto vifit you , wee happened to fall in talke of 
 fomcbookes wherin I had done mine eudeuour by tran- 
 flating to pleafure you; Am ong which I chiefly approucd 
 that f^jwherin Ilaftlabouredjbeingby the Author ther- 
 ofvcrylcarnedlyhandlcd^Sihauingandtable Subicttc , 
 tawit,matterofpollicic and gouernmente in peace and 
 warrc. Wherevpon the gentleman recommended vnto 
 mean other excellent booke of chat argument, vpon 
 which he wifhed me to beftowe fome paines for your 
 pleafure, whom hee perceaucd to bee greatly delighrcd 
 with fuch exercifes. I promifed him fb to doe. But at his 
 returne to London (oone after^hc aduertifed me that the 
 
 A 2 fame 
 
The Iftjile ID e die At or ie. 
 fame bookc was englifned,vvhich in deed is very wcland 
 fiifficiently pcrfoiirmed by a learned gentleman, with no 
 fnall labour to him,and(ome eafcto me . Afterwardes 
 fcingthe method of this writer fb much pleafcd mec, 
 (aslthinkitcandifpleafenoman thattaketh pleafiireiti 
 reading) I called to minde this trcatifc of CONST AN- 
 CIEjwhich came to my hands about ten yeares paft^bc- 
 ing a ftudcnt in Oxford. And confidcring of it with better 
 aduilcmenttheneuerl did before, itleemcdvntome a 
 work not vnworthy your good confideration. And ther- 
 fore albeit I know welyour iudgemet to be very fufficicnt 
 in vnderftandinglatinc writers far more profounde theii 
 this:yet afwell to make the fame fom what more familiar 
 & plainc vnto you,as alfb that you may impart it to fuch 
 ofyour frcnds asplcafethyou^and finally to fhew my rea- 
 dy difpofition in gratifying you to my power,! haue redii 
 cedit intoenglifh, Ifeare me, with more haft then good 
 fpeedcj not hauing fpent full fiue weekes there abouts^as 
 you very well know ♦ Wherein I trauelled with the more 
 paines for bringing foorch this vntimely birth^ to the end 
 it might reccauc his perfcftc ccnfummation againft this 
 day ofyour birth^whereunto I had refpede when I firftc 
 tookthcworkinhand.Andthus learneftly recommend 
 the preferuation of it to your fauorable protcdion^pray- 
 ing you to acccpte in good part my litde labour, procee- 
 ding from no little good will . And fo I wilTi to your felfc 
 & to my good lady your fpoufcall happines,befceching 
 God longctoprefcrue you both . From my chamber in 
 your caluc of 5aim DonattsThe xiij of lunc 1 5^ 4. 
 
 loHTfoorc kinjmm to commmii 
 
 lohn Scradlingi, 
 
TKeEpiftle to the Reader. 
 
 )^Tt€r Ihadtranllatedthis treatife [fre/jdly reader) 
 \ndprefentedittohmforwhcJefrtmte n)fe Un- 
 it ended it, being moued thereunto vpon occajion in 
 hhefirmerepiftle declared: itfeemed not amijjeto 
 the patron to ham the fame puhli^)ed for the benefit of many, 
 Whofe iudgement Icotddnot but very irelapprcue in rejpe^ 
 oft he matter, being both comfortable and pie a f ant to be redy 
 andwithallvery orderly laid down ^ndhandled after an vn- 
 accuftomedyct mo (I familiar) manner . 
 
 Vnderftand^that I hxuefor bremtiesfake furpofely omit^ 
 
 ted the epijlles before the bookc,whtch are threc:{being loath 
 
 to ^eflerre thee ivith apacket of letters At the firfl)Onely Ida 
 
 here alleadge ottt of them a few things -written by my Author 
 
 in his wne defence. Andfirji whereas fome menpretendhe 
 
 hath not hmdled this argument deuoutly enough in that hee ^^^^^^^^^ f^j 
 
 applieth not places ofholyfcripture to hispurfo/e:As heaccep ^^^ Awhor* 
 
 teth well oft heir admonition/o his anfwere is that feeing he 
 
 frofefeth himfelfe herein no diuine^ but aphilofopher^ (yet a 
 
 ChriflianphiloJopher)they ought to be are with him. Hee ac- 
 
 knowledgeth the only direB path -way tofaluation to be com- 
 
 prifedin thofe [acred bookes:but that good letters withal^and 
 
 the writings of philojo^hers are both aneafemdhelpforvsto 
 
 Attain vnto the vnderftanding ofthem,anddofttrther vs in 
 
 the way ofvertueandgodlinesJhowfoeuerfomnewBomiti' 
 
 msmaintaine the con^trary,feeking to abolifi all good arts & 
 
 knowledge in humanity . That he ivriteth fo highly in corn- 
 
 mendatton of RIGHT RE AS ON, although fom ttmes with 
 
 tbe words of the Aucientsyet he accopteth no reafonpure or 
 
 right except it he direct edby God & illumtnated by faith. Jf 
 
 in writing ofdejliny& other likprofoud matters his tongue 
 
 {through an ardent e andearnejiintenteofagood meantng 
 
 mind)hafnedany wher to trip orhis^en tofltde-^Be not thou 
 
 t09 
 
ThcEpiftlc 
 too rigor (44 towards him for it.heyealdethte amend rvhat fo- 
 euerlhalheproued amtfje. Heprofejseth himfelfe efthe nam- 
 her ofthoje that haue go dime fc rather in he arte , then in 
 their mouth-^ Andliketh not the time that is fruit e full of re^ 
 ligious , andfruitelcfe impiene , Finally he ^ none of the fe 
 fubtlefophifttcallianglers^ that f lace vhilofohie in the qt^i^ ks 
 and quiddities of crabbed quefnons. But he direcieth his ft u^ 
 die to the forming of goodwannersyandmoderating of af[i c- 
 t ions ^( ef f e ct ally f car e^andf or royv in aduerjitie) ivherehyhee 
 may at length hefafely harbored in the hauen of a contented 
 mind, A notable tejlimonie nhereofhee hath left vs in thefe 
 two bookes , to the Jingular comforte of all that liflto reade 
 them. 
 
 In cnglifdngivhereoflhaue endeuoredthe hefll could to 
 ferfonne the due tie of an interpret er ^ keeping aLvaies the 
 die wanfl -I orsT^^ ^^^ meaning of my author^yea the very nordsprecifely 
 doings herein, in aldeftnitions^dijlributions^diflin^iom &Juchlikeprtnci 
 falheads ofmatter^de cyphering them in a greater leiter-^As 
 the places quoted cut of other writers^ malejser. The mar -r 
 ginallnotesappeare to be of two fort es'-^ Some anfrering to 
 the place ftn the text dire^ly agamfl themjeruingfor quotx 
 tions or expo fit ions: ( with thefe letters a,b.c. O'c ) Others 
 containing a briefefumme of the 'whole matte f of each chap- 
 ter by aperpetua,ll continuation ^as if all of them were but one 
 intire note . t^ndeuenfo the contents hcfere eucry chapter 
 haue not alwates in them aperfeS and full fenfe^ but depende 
 many times upon the contents nexte following . In all thefe 
 Jfweruenotfrommyprintedcopie^fauing that I haue ad- 
 ded a few mar ginall notes for expofii ions fake where neede 
 required . Laftly I haue with fome more care and diligence 
 of mine owne, reduced the fumme of both bookes into a large 
 andplaine table containing the argument of the whole con- 
 ference vnder one viewe, the better to helpe thymemorte, 
 ifitpleafetheeto confiderofthe matter, vpith more mature 
 deliberation, , ,/ • 
 
 'if thou reapeanypleafure or profit by this difcottrfe^giue 
 
 thankes 
 
To the Reader. 
 thar^ks [next into God )tomy Author -^then to the patron, for 
 ivhom onelydndhyvphome the fame iva^both englifljedand 
 puhlifljed • For mlyie o ivnepart I dejire no more hut curteous 
 Acceptation of my trauaill, I hope I de ferae no lejfe . ^^^lit' 
 tie good-will md a few good wordes for many dates work^is 
 novnreafonahle rewarde: t^^ndhe that grudgethtogiue 
 fuch bare wages, as I would be loth to be his man \ fo ifhtm'^ 
 felfe were bound toferue a badmafler feuen yeercs after the 
 fame rate, I wot well he would miflike his penny-worths be- 
 fore thatprentijJjip were expired^ and euer after looke ono- 
 ther mem labours with a more fauorable eie . But for thet 
 ( curteou^s reader ) at whofc hands 1 doubt not to receme bet- 
 ter entertainement, I beg hartely of him which giucth euery 
 good gift ^ that by reading & meditating vpon this little tr f 4 
 tife , it wtllpleafe him to worke in thy mind fuch a fir me im- 
 presfion of CON S TAN ClE,as neither the violent flouds 
 of common calamities may be able to wajl) awayy nor the fir ie 
 flame of priuate af fluxions to confume the fame: But that as 
 aplantfet in goodground.watredwith the fruitfull fire ames 
 flowing in {^l) goulden andfiluer ceflerns from thefweete (a)imanethe 
 fount aine ofL\f{\us,andcomeighedto thee through the fe Greek <wdUtm 
 clayie conduit e -pipes of my tempering^ thou maifl take deepe P^^^fi^* 
 roote^andflanaimmoueahle againfl all the blafies of fortune^ 
 neither terrified with fear e offuture mifljappe, nor difmaied 
 for anyperillesprefent or pafl Which vic^wy though itfeeme 
 full of difficulty, yet if thou take vnto thee the armour and 
 iwepons here off ered.hautnganindifferent courage of thine 
 owne^ thoujhalt affuredly remaine a conquer our rft ho fe felfe - 
 affeciions^which do tirannizeouer thegreatefltyrants^hoU 
 ding their minds in moreferuile fubteclion, then they do the 
 bodies of their vtlefl captiues , Farewell. Fromthecaflleof 
 Saint Donatts the xxiiii day ofK^ugufl, rsp4- 
 
 Thine to do thee good: 
 
 lo.Stradling^ 
 
The Printer to the curtcous Reader. 
 
 TNperuJin^ this hooky if thou find any f nulls -which hme ef 
 Kapedin the printings I pray thee to correB them with thy 
 Pen. i^fterwardsreade the book thoroughly ^Andhelicue me 
 no more, if thou findnot thereinfuffcient cmfe te thmke thy 
 Ishour vpellbefiowedi 
 
%. 
 

 luftus LipfiLis his firft 
 
 Bookeof CONSTANCIE. 
 Chapter. I. 
 
 ui Preface afidintrodti^iion : Alfo a coniJ^Uint of the troubles 
 of the Loyve-cHntrej/eSt 
 
 ►Fewc ycares part, as I traucllcd towardes 
 Yienrta'm Aitflrich ^j^ I turned afide ^noc ^ ^^^^ wQ, a i 
 without Gods dirc^ioa^to the towne of V^iU/ 
 L/>^^,beingnotfarout of my way, and ^ 
 
 where I had fomc ftiendes, whome both 
 for cuftomCjand good will I was pcrfwa- 
 ded to (alutc* Among whom was C^4r/<r/ XuAngim^ a man Tkepriifcof 
 (fimphe and without boafting be it (pokcn) for vcrtue and Charles 
 learning the chiefe of the Flemings^ \Vhohauing rccei- *-^"g'us» 
 ued me mto his houfe^tempcred mine entertainment, not 
 only with curtefie and good wil^but alfo with fiich com- 
 munication as was profitable vnto mc,and will be whiles 
 Iliue.Forhewasthcmanthatopcnedmine eyes by dri- 
 lling away the clouds offomc vtilgarc opinions: he fhcvv- 
 ed methepath-way whereby I might dhrcdly come (as^ 
 L//rm/A^ faith) f^^cSloci^><^ S^^^^"^^ 
 To the loft ie temples of Sages right ^ 
 By the cleare heames of Learnings light. 
 For, as we walked \n the portch ot his houfc after noone, 
 the hot funne towards the end of June , being in his full 
 lorce, he asked mc friendlic of my iourncy^and the eaufcs 
 
 B therof. 
 
a THE FIRST BOOKE 
 
 ihtreof To whom when I had fpoken much of the trou- 
 bles of the Low-conntrics^oftbe infolcncie of thegouer- 
 "Pte mifctic^r nours andfouldicrs, I added Mly that I pretended other 
 ofcmilwirs. ^^^-u{'es,butthis in tructh was the eaufe of my departure. 
 tor(IaidI)whoisot:ro haidand;flinty ahcartthat hecan 
 ank longerendure ihcfe euils ? wcc are tofled, as you fee, 
 thelc manic yeares.with the tempcft of ciuill warres : and 
 like Sea-faring men arc wcc beaten with funcrie blaftcs- 
 of troubles and fedition. If IlouequietnclTeandrell,the 
 Trumpets and ratling of armour inceirupc mcc* If I 
 take folace in my count rcy gardens and farmcs, thefoul- 
 diers and murtherers force mec into the Townc. There- 
 fore [LangiHi) I am rcfokied, leauing this infortunatc and 
 mdimdeYs. vnhappie Belgtm (pardon mee my dcarc Countrie) to 
 V w^ yjii$, chaungc^W for U-zidy and to flie into fome other part 
 of the world 3 v^herglmaji neither hcau of the name^ Korfa^^s 
 (^a)P.eitnnxt ofU)Pe/oVs brooder Jn Mc^^&^c>^rpu^ ^}Mc^ h^nB hcryn^ - 
 
 ribie iiiccji H^veat LangtHs much maruclling and mooucd : yea 
 
 andmHYther (friend hiffins)zn6, will you thus leaue vs? Yes trulie ((aide 
 ^^vcrecommit- jv j ^^jj ^j^j-^^j. j^^^^ you,or this life, How^ Can I fhe from 
 
 thefeeuilsbut onely by flight? For, tofccand (nfferthefs 
 
 tliingcs daylie as heretofore J I cannot, har.gms^ neither 
 
 hauc lanie plate of ftesle about my heart. L^^^^/^j (igh- 
 
 cd at thcfc wordes , and- therewithal! (aide vnto me, O 
 
 tonde youngling, whatchildifhneile is this> Or what 
 
 mindcftdiou to fecke fafctie by flying away ? Thy coun- 
 
 ,j,j^gjy^^ljjgs trey (Iconfcffe) is toiled and turmoyled giieuouilie: 
 
 oJ Emops. W hat part of Europe is at this day free ^ So as tliou maift 
 
 which doc conic£f urc that &ying oiAnJlophaKes to proue true. 
 
 ^bu<;rno n ,or ''thundering lupter vrill tnrne all thirgs vpfdti doivne . 
 
 <£.oiiucifion. Wi'^crefore (Upfius) thou mud not forinkc xiyfcoun^ 
 _^ tr.cy,but thyafteftions. Ourmindcs mult be fo confir- 
 
 ^ med and contornKd^that w^c noay bee at reft in troubles;, 
 
 and 
 
OF CONSTANCIE, 5 
 
 And hauc peace eucn in the midft of warrc. Hereto I» 
 raftily ynoiigh^rcplicd: Nay furclyj wil foriake my coun- 
 trey, knowing that it islede gvkk to heare report of c- 
 nils , than to bee an eye- wmieffe vnto them : Bcfides that, ^ comttiofl 
 thereby we ourfclucs fliall bee without daungcr of thCyo^^^ng^Q*"* 
 lyftes: ^Ylu-ke you not what Homer wifely warncth > Beehia , to flee ' 
 out of the weapons reach * leaflthat haM[y fomeman Adde ^w "^"^^"^"V 
 noHud vnto another^ lji&c\WV' ^h WO TU £(f^£Ak&' Oi^HJoiL^ /.^, 
 
 £xWcLt96L. h^Qju^ i/iiU^ vuJLvviAfi, (C^aT 
 
 CHAPT. 11. 
 
 ThattraHeillijig into forreine countreyes is ttot auatUblc A^ 
 ga'tnfl the invcaYdemalladtes of the m'mde: That it is it 
 tcflimome of them , but not a remedie againfl thsmy-e^ 
 cept on lie in jlcight and fir [i motions of the ajfetiioTt^ 
 
 -eX" 
 
 Lv^;?^/;?jbcckening fomcwhat with his head • I hear^ ^^^^ ^^^^ - 
 thee {Lfpfiusjbm I had rather thou wouldil hearken to opinion con- 
 xhevoyee ofwifeiomeand reafon^ For thcfe myftes fu«d. 
 and cloudcs that thus compafle thec^ doe proceedc 
 ftom the fmoake of OPINIONS. Wherefore J fay 
 \vi:h Diogenesy Thou hait morciieede of reafon, than oi^hoyc^ 
 t'ropc. That bright beame of reafon (I meanc ) which may ^[}fois^ 
 illuminate the obfcuritie of thy braine^ Bchold.thou for- 
 fakeftthycoiintrcyiTellmeingoodfoorh, in forfaking 
 it, canft thou forfakc thy (eltcalfo? See that the contranc J/j^o*^^/f "*^ 
 fall notour: And chat whither foeucr thou gue, thouca-inounducs, 
 rie not in thy brcaft the fountaineaod food ofthinc owne 
 gricfe* As they that beholden with a feuer, doc toffcand'^^^''^^^^* 
 turnethcmfelues vnquictlie, and often change their beds cJs^^^nno/ * 
 through avainc hope of remedie: In likccafcarcwec, ufcethcma* 
 who beingiicke in our mindes doc without anyiruite, ^*y • 
 wander from one countrey to another* Thisisindeedeto g^j^^j j,^ 
 bewray our griefe, but not to allay it. To difcouer this wr*y them. 
 
 B2. ill- 
 
4 THE FIRST BOOKE 
 
 inward flimCjbutnot to quench it: very fitly f;iid that wife 
 (a) llomain C.Itu proper to aficke per [on not to [ptjfer af)ie thr/ig 
 (a)Scn:ca, long^htit t o vfe mutatwiu inflced of medtc'wes: Hereof proceeded 
 rcandringper cgrinations ^eir}dwalkir:gs onfundry [hares ' And our 
 I N C O N S T A N C IE, ahrahi loathing thirges prefcnt^ 
 one whiles vrillbe vpo» thefea , and incontinent deflres the land^ 
 
 (h\ ofh'^ ^f^TherforeyoLi flic from troubles alwaycs,butneuer cfcape 
 mdos. thcm,notviilike the Hinde that (^) V/>^/7rpcakethot, 
 
 kVhd ranging through the chace^fome hunter pjootinu f<ir by chdxe 
 Allvnaveare hath fmit ^<tn din her fide hath left his lance, 
 ^hefijl to wildernes and vpoods doth draw^ and there complaines^ 
 But all in vaine:bccaufc as the Poet addeth, 
 
 — 'Xhat vnderneath her rthbes the deadly dartremaines. 
 So you that are wounded with this dart of affedlions, doc 
 not (liakeitout, but in traueilling caric it with you to an 
 other place. Hce that hachbrokenhis thigh or his arme, 
 lylteth not, Itrowe,to goe on horfcbackc^or into his 
 chariot, but to a Surgeon : A nd what madncffe is cliis in 
 thee, to feeke remcdie of this inward wounde by motion, 
 and trudging from place to place? 
 Foritisadif- j^. jj chemind thati^ wounded^and all this external im- 
 mind. becilitie,difpaire ^ ianguifhing,fpringeth from this foun- 
 
 tain e, that the mind is thus poftrated and caft downe. The 
 principal! and foueraigne part hath let fal the Scepter,and 
 IS become fo vile and abie(S,that it willinglie feructh his 
 Which no ownc feruautes* Tell me^what good can any place or pc - 
 phcelmh rcgrinationworkcin thiscafe? Except happily there bee 
 cure jTj^j^^ region in the world which can temperate feare, bri- 
 dle h operand draw out thcfe euill drcgges of vice, which 
 wc haue fucked from our infancie* But none fuch is therc^ 
 no not in the fortunate Hands : Or ittherebe, fliew it vnto 
 VS,and wc will all hafleii thither in troupes^ 
 
 Bat you will fay, that the felfc mutation and change,. 
 
 hath 
 
OF CONSTANCIES f 
 
 hath that force in it: Ard that the daylic beholding of 
 llrangc b(hions , men^and places doih i clixfh and hghccn 
 the mindloadcn with opptelsioiis. No (L//'/^) you arc }^'|}/^^^'/^^^^^ 
 dLCciued.For.ro tell you thctructhplainlie, I doc not lo oraheratioji. 
 much derogate from peregrination and traueiihng, as 
 though it bare no fway oucr men and their afte6lions. yes 
 verely, it auay.lcth , but yet thus brrc, to the cxpclHng of ^' 
 
 feme fmalltedioufnes ar]dwearinefleofourmnidcs5not AltWighttc 
 to the curincT oi maladies rooted (o dccplv,a^ that thefecx^ ^^^^^ ^;^ I'g^ 
 
 It 1 . Ill -A M r ^ tenandlcllcn 
 
 ternall mcdicmcs cannot plucke them vp. Mulicke, wine, ^^^^^ y.-^^ ^^ 
 and flccpchauc oftentimes quenched the fiifl; enkindled tedioufnes. 
 (a) [parkcs of anger/orrow.and loue ; But neucr weeded 
 out any fetted or deepe rooted griefe. Likewifc I fay, that ^"^f ^;^^''''^' 
 trauelUng might perhaps cure luperficiall skarrcs^but not fyji motions n* 
 tibftanciall fores. For, thefefirft motions hauing their o- g^inji^eafiny 
 I'iginall from the bodic, doeftickc inthebodie, oratthe J,^ ^r7it'cra- 
 moftdoebutcleauetothevttcrvclmeof the minde (as a ted and centu 
 man may fay)And therefore no maruellisit,thoughwith ^'^^/^£^^-'' 
 a fpoongcthey be lighdy wafhed away :Otherwife it is of difc.fc^. 
 olde feftercd affedions^ w^hich hold their feat, yea &: (cep- Yet old fc- 
 tcr in the caille of the mind. When thou hafl gone far,and ^^",^^^f/* 
 wandredcuericfeaandihore , thoufhalt neither drowne dimiihcd 6y 
 them in the deep fea , nor burie them m the bowels of tjbe fuch outward 
 earth.They will followthee at an inch : And (as thcPoet 
 faithjfoulc care will fit clofe in the skirtes of footman and 
 horfinan* 
 
 One dcmaunding of Socrates how it came to pafTe that 
 his traueliing did him no good3ecaufe(faid hee) thou for- 
 fookeffnotthyfelfe* So fay I, that whither foeuer thou 
 flee 5 thou cariefl with thee a corrupt minde, no good 
 companion. And I would to God he wer but as thy com- 
 panion,! fear left he be thy captain,in that thine aflcftions 
 loUowHOtthce^butihouthcm^ * 
 
 B3 Chaf. 
 
 meane«. 
 
^ THE FIRST BOOKE 
 
 CHAPT. Ill, 
 
 .Bnt deep e fct led dtfiafes of the mind are not taken away iher^ 
 hy^no yjor any whit mitigated : Bnt rather remned. That 
 it AT the mind which is fiche in vs, which mupfeekjemedie 
 from \/Vi[cdomc and Conihnck, 
 
 Y Oil will fay then, what? Doth trauelling detrain no? 
 thing at all from thcfc great cuils? Doth not the figh t 
 I'icuccita. of farrc fieldcs, riuers and mountaines put a man out 
 
 of his paincsht may be they withdraw vs from them, 
 btityet for a very ftiort time,and to no good end. Eiicn as 
 api6lurebcitncuer(oexquifite,delightcth the eyes alitlc 
 Anaincliagc whilciSo all this varietie ofperlons and places pleafeth 
 ^cmctrtf" ^^ ^^^ thenoueltie, yet but oncly for a fhort fcafor\This 
 ibmc folacc, ^5 a cercainc declining from euils^but no ziioid'm^ of them: 
 which in And peregrination may well be (aide ro flacke the bands 
 jrmh IS not. offorrow, but not toloofcthem. What doih it boot me 
 to bcholdetheSiinne(orareafon,andimiiiediadie to bee 
 But the mil- ^^^ vp in a clofe prifon? So it commcth to pafle that thcfe 
 chiefs arc ag> cxternall pleafiires do beguile the mind^Sc vndet pretence 
 fhcreb"'^ of helping^doe gready hurt vs. 
 
 Like as medicines that be wcake in operation doe not 
 purge ill humours, but prouoke them : So thcfe vaine 
 delightes doe kindle and enflameinvsthe fewcilofaifc* 
 fliions^Themindftraycth not long from itfclfe^ but whe- 
 ther it will oi* not, is (oonc driucn home ta his oldc har- 
 bour of aduerfities. Thofevery townes andhillcs which 
 thou (halt behold for thy comfort, will reduce thee in con- 
 ceit into thine ownecountrie: And cuen in the midll of 
 thy ioyes thou (halt either fee or hcarc fomething that wil 
 rub-rawe the olde gall of thy gricfes : Or els if it he fo that 
 thou take thy cafe a whiles,it wil be but (hor t as a flumber, 
 and when thoaawakeftthy fcucrwill be as it was, or 
 .. "~ ' ' ' more 
 
OF CONSTANCIE 7 
 
 more ferucnt. For we fee that fomc luftes doe encrcafc by 
 intermitting tlicrn,&: by dclaycs gather deeper rooc.Ther> 
 forc(L/^/«j;let pafle thcfcvainc,yca noylome, notreme- 
 dieSjbiitpoyfons: and bee content to endure the true cu- 
 ring; corrafines. Would you faine chanec countries? nay t^c^''"* '«: 
 
 11 -1 £ 11 r 1 • n. J medic conn* 
 
 ratiicr ciiangcyourownemuKl wrongtuUy lubiectcd to i^^th in the. 
 afeclions.andwithdrawnefrom the naturall obedience change ami 
 oHiis lawful LadieJ mean R E A S O N.The corruption '^^'^^^l °^ 
 and defiling whereof eaufeth in thee this difpaireSi hm 
 guifhmg. The mind muft be changed, not the place : And 
 thoufhouidcft transforme thy felfeintoan other mar^^ner 
 ot man^not into another place^ Thou haft an earneft dcfire 
 to fee the fruitful country of AufTria^i[\Q good ftrog town xhe cun'mis 
 oiYien'rja.Dtirjawe the chief riucrs.with many other rare "^,^^°V'*' 
 
 , ... , ... II ncllcrsabouc 
 
 uouelties which may worke admu'atton m the hearers> cxternilmat- 
 Ho <r/ much bcttef is it that thine aflFcftion were as firmly ten. 
 fetled to the obtaining of wifedome?That thou Ihouldeft 
 walke through her tertlc field es ? That thou wculdeft 
 fear ch out the very fountaine ofallhumaine perturbaci- 
 om> That thou wouldeft qiqDl fortes and bulwarks wher- JV^'c^ wera 
 with thou mightefi: be able to withftand and I'epuIfethcr^^fcrVcd^^o ^ 
 furious aiTaules oHuftes > Thefc bee the true remedies internai;An4 
 of thy difeafe , all the refidue doe but feed and foibr the ^/"^^ a 
 lame, inis thy wandermg mta other countries iholl ting%ore 
 notauaile thcCjit fliall nothing boot thee, thanflwiing 
 
 To p'^jfe Jo ma-riie towrtss ofGreekjJh Und^ 
 
 Orfcapc hj flight through wids of hoftiie harj^ , . 
 
 For thou ihaltftill findc an eneraic about thee, yea euen in ai^^^ics com- 
 that clofet ofthme. ( And therewithal! hecftroke me on 5y"'°h^^n4^*' 
 the breaft) what good will it do thee tobc^fctlcd in a pea- witLy*. 
 cfpWeplacec'Thoucarieftwarrc with thee* What can a 
 quiet habitation benefit cfaee?Troubles arc cuer about tJicc 
 
 B4 " yea 
 
t THE FIRST BOOKE 
 
 yea in chec. For this dillradc .1 mind of dii nc wnrreth , and 
 
 eucr willbcatwarrewichitfclfe^in coueting^inflying^in 
 
 Thcrforc wc hoping^iii dcfpairing. And as they t/iat for fear tiirne their 
 
 muft refill 5c backcs to their cncmics.arc in the greater Janger, hauing 
 
 fo^rrow^mth ^hcirface from their foe,and their backes vnarmed. Sofa-. 
 
 thewelposof rcth it with thcfe ignorant noiiiccs 5 who nciiec hauc 
 
 Confi^ncte. made any rcfifl-anceagaiiill their affedions : but by flight 
 
 yceldedvnto them. But thou young man, if thou be ad;: 
 
 uifed by me^flialtftand to it, and fct furc footing againfl 
 
 this thy aduerfhric S O RO\V« Aboue all things it be- 
 
 hooueththectobe CONSTANT: For by fighting 
 
 many man hath gotten the victory , but none by fiy ing* 
 
 CHAPT. nil. 
 
 The defimtions (?/Confl:ancie, Patience,Righ t Reafon, 
 Opinion: ^//(?^<7jj' Obftinacie dtjferetb frem Con- 
 ftancie , and Bafcnefle of mind from Patience. 
 
 I Being fomewhat emboldened with thefc fpeachcs of 
 L^«^/«/,faidvnto him, that truliethefe admonitions of 
 his were notable and worthy to bee ef Icemed^and that I 
 began now to lift vp myfelfcalittle^butyet in vainc^as 
 it were a man in a flumber«For (urclyfLa^igius) to tell you 
 the tructh 5 my cogitations doe Aide bacK:e againetomy 
 ey^and the cares of the fame both priuate and pub' 
 
 couqtl'c 
 
 r.:;H^^/Wtf^/;likg^fan:inmymindc.But3ifyou bee able, (^)chafe away 
 Trmfh^ ^^ thefecuill birdes that thus feed vpon me , and loofe thofe 
 tvhafeheJtis bands of cares wherewith I am tyed fait to this Caucafus. 
 centinudiyfed Hcreto h^ngms W\i\i a fmyling countenance rcplyed: 
 
 ^ndyft^fonQc- ^ ^^'^ ^^^''^^ ^'-^^^ away,and like a new borne Herculef wil 
 
 metbnot. let atlibcrtiethischavncd/'r(>w?ff/?r;//: oncly giucattentiue 
 
 care to that which I Ihall (ay vnto thee. I haue exhorted 
 
 thee toCONSTANCIE,and placed therin all hope 
 
 ^ of 
 
OF CONSTANCIES 9 
 
 of thy fafecic. Firfl: therefore wee muft kno wc wliat it is. 
 CONSTAN C\^ is aright ^nd immoueahle ftrength of 
 the minde^rjeithprltftedvp^norprejfed do'Vf:e with externatl or Wnitcon* 
 
 cafMall accidefites.'] By S T 11 E N G T H , I vnderftaiide a "^""^ *^' 
 
 ftcdfafbicffc nottrom opinion , but from iiidgcment and 
 
 lound rcafon . For I would in any cafe exclude O B S T I- 
 
 N A C I E (or as I may more fitly tear mc it, FRO W- ^yj^^^. q^^^^.^ 
 
 A R D N E S) T'Vh/ch is a certaine hardneffe ofafiubhernc mind^ nacie or f ro- 
 f roccedif/g fy'om pride or v.'theg/onc] And this HARD- wardncs is. 
 
 N E S is oncly in one rcfpcdl incident to the foward and 
 obftinate^ (r or they can hardlie be prcllcd dowac, but are 
 vcric eafily liitcd vp^not vnlikc to a blown bladder^which 
 you cannot without much ndoe thrufi: vnder water , but 
 is rcadieto Icape vp wards of it felic without hclpc^ Euen 
 fuch is the light hardines of thofe men . fpringing of pride 
 and too much eiHnlation of themfelueSjand therfore from 
 OPINIO N<, But the true mother of Conlbncie is Conftmcfe 
 P A T I E N C E,and lo wlineffe of mind, which is ,^ vo. f^^l'^^^ °^ 
 inntarie fufferancewithot4t grudgiftg of all things vphatjoeuer cart Which is dc-J 
 ha^fcnto^orinaman ] This being* regulated by the rule of ^"^'^* 
 Kfght Keafo» y is the verie roote whereuppon is fetled the 
 highand mighty bodie of thatfairoakc CONST A N- 
 C I E 4 Beware herejeaft OPINION beguile thee,pre- ^^^ ^.^/^^ 
 fentingvntothceinltecdof Patiaice, A certaine ahieBion guifliedfrom 
 fir,d bafsncffe of a dafiardlie zw/W<r .] Bein g a foule vicc,procee- bifencflc of 
 
 ding trom the vile vnworthuieiTc of a mans owhe perfon^ "^^^ • 
 But verue kcepeth themeane^not fuffering any exccfTc or - 
 defe<^ in her adionSjbecaufe it wcighoth ail things in the ^fXiciaXc 
 ballancco^RE ASON,niaking it the rule and fquire of twecn hauti- 
 all hct trials. Therefore we define RIGHT R E A- »" and ba/er 
 »S O N to be, A truefenfe and iudcrement of thtyiges humane and •' 
 
 diiiine. (So farre as the fame appertaineth to vs .) But O P I - ^^ iTw^whlc 
 N I O N (beu]g the contraric to it; is dcfiiicd to bc^ Af^ilfe opiuion. 
 
to THE FIRST BOOKE 
 
 and friuoictu COKleHfire of thofe thwtrcs^ 
 
 CHAPT, V. 
 
 From whence Reafon ^md Opinion doe (frhg. The force 
 and. tffetles of them both . That one leadeth VfJtt> Coil- 
 
 ftancie : This other r<rIncoiiftancy. 
 
 N 
 
 Ow for afinuch as out of this twofoHe foiintainc 
 
 of OPINION and REASON, flowcchnot 
 
 only H.irdinejfe and fVcotl:y;efc of mind , but all things 
 
 that dclcruc cither praile or difpraife in this hfe ; It 
 
 A more curi- fccmcih CO mc that it wil be labour w el , bcftowcd , to djf- 
 
 ousandcopi- courfc (omcvvhat at large oithe originalland nature of 
 
 on oi chcm tiiem both. For as woollc before it bcc endued with the 
 
 both, perfetlcoUoursofdyiiig is firft prepared thereunto with 
 
 Ibmc other kind ot liquors: Eucn lb am I to dcale with thy 
 
 micKi(Lipff4rjbdoYe I aduentureto die it wich this per fc<3: 
 
 purple in grainc of Conllaney. 
 
 Man confi- pij-ft you are not ignorant that, man confifteth of two 
 
 parw.^' '^^ partSjSoule and Body That bemg the nobler part , rclem - 
 
 blcth the nature of a fpirit and fire;This more bafe is com- 
 
 The fnindc pared to the eartb^Thefe t wo are toyned together, but yet 
 
 !y:7hrbod^e ^^^^ ^ iacriug concordjas I may (ay,neithcr doc tfiey ea- 
 
 bajfc & wrthy fily agrcc^elpcciaHy when c6ntioucr(ie arifech about fouc^ 
 
 rainty Sc {ubicdion.Forcither orthem would bear fway, 
 
 ^wcc'netVcm ^"^^'^^^cfly that part v/hich ought no:. Theeanh aduan- 
 
 * ceth it fclfe abouc the firc^and the dirty nature aboue that 
 
 which is diuincHcrchcnccarifein man d.ff£ntions,fl:irs, 
 
 A: acotinualconfli£tofthefe parts warring together. The 
 
 Rcatofiftri- captainsarc,REASONandOP INI ON.Thatfightcth 
 
 *^"^ ^o ^-^ r ^^^ ^^^^ foulcjbeing in the foule: This for, and in the body, 
 
 Ionic Sy. Reafon hath her offpring from faeaucn,yea horn Godrand 
 
 (ajifjm tais ^f^ff<^^ g^uc it a fiiigular comnieiida tio n^fay iiig^ (a) Thai 
 
 there 
 
there ^vja hiaaen w man parte of the dmirtefpirit. Th IS rcafoil i^ ^^'' '^erji pte* 
 an excellent power oi faculty of v ndcilbndinjT and ludp- ttt^'!!!!! 
 mentjwhich is the pciTcttion or the loiilc,eucn as the loulc remaining in 
 is of man.The Grecians cal it (:.\)Noun,tht Latines mentem^ ^^'^^j'J ^"*^i* 
 and as we may % ioyntly,T^<r mwdofthefoule. For,you are }a) Nir.' 
 dccciucd if you think altheloLil to be ^ight rea[on^wx.xh:\x. Mens /spm 
 only which is vniforme>(implc, without mixcure/epcrate P^^^'«^ ^^« 
 fromal filth cr corruption: and in oncword,as muchas is f^i°^'j'f^ 
 pure &: heaucnlic. b'oi albeit the foul be infc6l cd and a lide i$ partaker of 
 corrupted with the filch of thcbodicaud contagion of the '"^'^*°°-. 
 fenfcs: yet it ictayncth fom: reliks of his firft ofipnng , and 'Z'^i^^^^ 
 is not without ccrtaincdeare fparks oi that pure fiery ua vvhich yet i» 
 lure fi'om whence it proceeded. ^^^^ ^'^/^ j*^ 
 
 Here hence come thole flings of Coufcicncc in wic- m^rf/'^^^^*'* 
 kcd mcii:Herehcncc chofc inward gnawings 6c fcourc^cs: 
 herchenceallocommethit that the wicked cucn againft 
 their wilsapproouevcrtuousliuing and commend it.For 
 this good part in man may (omtimes bcpreiTcd down^but 
 ncuer oppreffcd: 5c thcfc fiery fparks may be coucred^buc 
 not wholly extinguifhcd.Thofc Jitclc coales doe alwaves 
 fiiinc and fhew forth themfelues,lightening our darkneffe, 
 purging our vncleanncs, direfting our doubtfulnes, gui- 
 ding vs at the laft toConftancyandvertuc. As the Mari- 
 gold and other flowers are by nature al waycs enclincd to^ 
 wards the funnc:fo hath Reafon a rcfped vnto God , and "^k^'f^ red* 
 to the fountaine from whence it fprang. It \^ refolute and/^'^ " alwai«» 
 immoueable in a good purpofe^not variable in iudgment, ^°cfa °^' ^^ 
 eucr lliunning or fecking one and the Iclfe fame thing : th6 tl"to con' 
 fountaine 5c liuely fpring of wholfome counfell & lound ^^n^ic. 
 iudgcment.Toobeyitistobeare rule, and tobccfubiea^oj*'j£"cs^^^ 
 thereunto i^s^ to hauc the Ibucraintic in al humane af&ircs. it. 
 Whofo obeyerh her is lord of al lufts U. rebellious afFciSi 
 ons.'whofo hath this thrcd of T^^r/tf/^ maypaffc without 
 
 Cz rtray- 
 
^^ THE FIRST BOOKH 
 
 ftraying cFiroiigh all thclaborinths ofthis lifcGod by tfiis 
 image of f. is commctli viito vs, yea (w h ich more is) cucn 
 into vs. And wdl (iiid one who lorucr he wcrcj 7 hat there^ 
 
 ii no goo ^ mind without God^ 
 
 line rhc oiher pait ( I mcanc O p I N I O N) hath his 
 
 Tliconainal oifpiinj^ oithcbodiej thatisof thecanh: And dierctore, 
 
 ot Opinion f^morcth iiothinf^biit oht.For thongh the hocic he fence- 
 
 and the body, Icffcand immooiicable otic fcUe^yccittakethhteandmoT 
 
 tion from die faule: And on the other fidcjit rcprcfcnteth 
 
 tothcfoiiletheihapesandfornfies ofthioges thorough the 
 
 • windowes of the lenfes . Thus there groweth a commu- 
 
 Howicfprin. nioH andfocictie betwixt the foule and the bodie^buta 
 
 |ethof;hcm (ocJetie (if you rcfpedt thecnde) not good forthefoule. 
 
 For fhe is theiby by htleandhttle depriucd other dignicy, 
 
 addiiled and coupled vnto the fenfcs, andof this impure 
 
 Th€ defiaiti- commixtioH O P I N 1 ON IS mgendred mvs.JVhichis 
 
 pn of ito mnght els htit a vaine image andfloadovp ofnafon : v^hofe feat is 
 
 the Scnces : whofe birch is the earth. Therefore bemg vile 
 
 and bale it tcndcth downwards, and fauoreth nothiiig of 
 
 high and heaucnly matters* Itisvaine, vnccrtaine, de- 
 
 OpimoNis ccitfulhcuillincounfelljcuill iniudgemcm, Itdcpriueth 
 
 pitWay tothemindofConfl-ancieandvcritie. To day it dcfncth a 
 
 inconflancic thing^tomoiiowcit deficth the fame* It commendetli 
 
 . thiSjit condenineth that, khath no rclpcfl to found iudg- 
 
 LcWff"* ^ ment^biit to pleafe the bodie, and content the knfcs. /^ nd 
 
 as the eye ch at beholdcth ath ing thorough water, or tho^ 
 
 rougha myfl^miftaketh it: So doth the minde which difi- 
 
 cerncth by the cloudcsofopinions. This is vnto men the 
 
 mother of mifchieueSjthe authour ofa confufed and trou- 
 
 blefomeUfc. Bythemcancsofitwee arc troubled with 
 
 carcSjdiflraded with perturbations, ouer-ruled by vices. 
 
 Thcrcforc^as they which would bannifli tyranny out of 
 
 ^dcdcdoaboueailthingcsoucrthromcaiilcs and fortea 
 
OF CONSTANCIES i^ 
 
 therein: Soifwcbcarexincarneftdefire to hanea good 
 riiind^weniuftcaftdownccucDbythefoundatioiuhisca- 
 filc of opinions^ For they willcaufcvsto be contiuuallie 
 floting on the wanes of doubtful nes, without any certain 
 rcrolution^murmuringjtroublcfomejiniurious to God dc 
 men. As an emptie (hip without balafTe is toflcd and turn- 
 bled on die fea with the leaft Mali of winde : Euen fois it 
 with alight wandiingminde^^not kept ftcddic and poifcd 
 w ith tlic balalle of reafon, 
 
 CHAPT, VL 
 
 Thepr^ffeofQonihnck- j4f^dau earncfi exhorution 
 thereantQ, 
 
 THou feeft then (L//^/A^/;that INCONSTANCY 
 is the companion of O P I N I O N,&: that the pro- 
 pertfeof It \<, to bee foonechaunged,and to wifli that 
 vndone,which a litlc before it cau£'d to be done^But 
 CON ST A N CI E is a mate alwaycs matched with rea- An cxhorta- 
 fon^Vnto this therefore I do earneftlie exhort thee.Why ^io"^® Con- 
 flyeft thou to thefevaine outward things? This is Onclie ^*"^^^' 
 that fairc beautiful! //^/^;^4 which will prefent vnto thee a rhc fruit and- 
 wholefomecup ofcounterpoyfon, wherewith thou flialt force jkcrcoi* 
 cxpell the racmorieot all cares andforrowes,and where- 
 of when thou hail: once taken a cafi:e, hemgfirmelie fctled 
 againftall cafualties, bearing thy felfc vprightin allmif- 
 fortur.eSj neither puffed vpiior preyed downc with ei^ 
 ther fortune, thou maift challenge to thy fclfe that great 
 title^tlie necr cfl- that man can hauc to God, To he immoonc- 
 
 ^bic, - '■ !'„-^':; 
 
 Haft thou not feenciii the armes and targets of fome 
 men of our time,that lofty pecfie? {p)NettheY with hofc^nor ryyj r .^ 
 VPhhf.nrfMih^ agree to thce:Th'ou flialt be a king indeed ^ili'*'*^ 
 
14 THE FIRST BOOKE 
 
 free indeed, only fubie£t vnro Cod, enfranchized from the 
 feruile yoke of t^ortune and afte6tians. As /omc riuers arc 
 ^imftforrow ^^^^^^ riinne through the Tea and yet keepc their ftreame 
 & prQubla-. frcfh : So (halt thou paffc thorough the confufed cumultes 
 of diis world,and not be infedcd with aay brynifli faltnes 
 ofthisScaofforrowes. Anthou like to bee caftdowne? 
 CONSTANCYwilliftthccvp.Docftthouflagger 
 ill doubtfulnefeSheholdcth thee fait. Art thou indaun- 
 gcr of fire or water^She will comfort thce^ and bring thee 
 backc from the pits brinkc:oncIy take vnto thee agood 
 courage, ftccre thy fhip into this pone, where is Iccu- 
 ritie and quictneiic, a refuge and (an(2:uarie againft all 
 turmoylcs and troubles : where if thou had once mored 
 thyfliip,let thy country not onely be troubled, but eucn 
 fliaken at the foundation, thou fhaltrcmaine vnmooucd; 
 let fliowrcs, thunders , hghtcningcs , and tcmpcftes fall 
 roundabout thee, thou ihalt crie boldlie witha loudc 
 (£)Mfdlii VOyCC> (a) Ilicatrefiamidthewaues. 
 
 ""*^' CHAPT. VII. 
 
 fVh/te, andhowemaniethingesdoe dift^trhe Cmft^ncte^That 
 §HtWMrd food and emit things s doe it, Euils arc of tw(f 
 fortes 5 Publike and Priuate t Ofthefe two ^ PMtke e^ 
 uiisfeeme moft greemus and dangerous* 
 
 L 
 
 AngiHs hauing vttcrcd thcfe wordes with a more 
 carncft voyccahd countenance than accuftomcd, I 
 was fomcwhat enflamcd witliafparkc of this good 
 firc.And then, my Father, (aid I,(lct me rightly with- 
 out difsimulation call you fo) leadcmc and learaeme as 
 you lift :Dired and corrcd me: lam your patient prepa- 
 red to admit anykinde ofcuring,beitbyrazororare,to 
 €ut or fcarc. I mull v(e both thofe mcanes, ^faidL^^^/w)tor 
 ' ' ~ ^ ~ " "^ "^ that 
 
OF CONSTANCIE. rj 
 
 that one while the ftubblc offilfe opinions is to be bur- 
 ned away , and another while the tender ilippcs of affc- 
 aioDS tobc cut of by the root. But tel me, whether had 
 you rather walkc or ik> Sitting would plcaremcc bcft . • 
 (quoth I) for Ibeginnetobehote. Sot!ieiTL^;7^/>//com- ' 
 maunded ftoolcstobee brought into the portch, and I 
 fitting clofcby him, hee turned himfellc eowardes mce, 
 and began his talke in this niancr^ 
 
 Hitherto (L//>>/;hauc I [aide the foundation wlicr- 
 vpon Imight erea the building of my fluurc communi- 
 cation. Now, if it plejfe you, I will come ncerer the mat- 
 ter , and enquire the cauf:rs ofyour forrowe, forlmuft 
 touch the (ore with my hande. There bee two thingcs rwocncmfcs 
 that doe allault this caftle of Conf bncie in vs F A L <; F °^ Conftacic 
 
 GOODS,andFALSE E V I L S : I define them Sir ^."^^ 
 both CO bcc, SHchthmgcs ^ ^c nctinvs, hmd.utv,:AnA " * 
 
 rohtchfroferlU doe not helfe nor hum the tnner man that U 
 the minde] Wherefore. I may not call thofcthiiifres aood 
 or cuillfimpheinfubiea and in definition : Butlconfeffe 
 they areJuch in opinion, and by theiiidgemcnt of tbc 
 common people. In the -firiicraDkcI place Kiches.Ho- 
 nour, Amhoritic, Health, longlifc. In the fecond, Po- 
 ucitie, Infamic,kckc of promotion, Si cknefle, death. And 
 to comprencndc all in one word, whatfocucrcts is ac- 
 cidental] and happencth oiitwardlie. 
 
 _ From thefc two rootes doe fpring fourc principal] af- Fourtdieft 
 fcaionswhich docgrcadv difquict theiifeof man DE- '^'^''°''' 
 
 Lo fifft'h^^ ^7 ■n^^ R E and SO R R O W.The rfw 
 
 mo hrft hauerefpc<a to fome fuppofcd or imagined o«od' '"'I"".'' 
 The two latter vntoeuilUAl of them do hurt and d&em-^^'^'^'^ 
 pcrthemind,and without timely preucntion doc brincit iT" 
 out of al order:yet not each of them in like fort. For whcr- 
 ascbequicDicfli;aaclconftancicofthemindcteIlctli, as it 
 
 e 
 rcil are refers 
 
f^6 THE FIRST BOOKE 
 
 Kdwtl.ey were, man euenballancc,thefeaffe6tions dohinderchis 
 trouble Con . vpriglit poifc and cuenncffc: Some of them by puffing vp 
 FaUe^oods ^'^^ ^^^^^^i^^h^^"^ t^X P^^^i^^g itdowne too much : Buc 
 by ddlr(j»and ^^uc I will let pafTc to fpcakcof foifc goodsjwhich life vp 
 ioy. ' the minde aboue meafure(becaure thy difeafe proceedeth 
 wfth fcal'aad ^^<>"^'^nochcrhiimoiuOand will come to fairceuils^ which 
 Toiroy/. are oftwo forces, /'^^/^i^^ and ?r/>^^^. Pubhke are thofe. 
 Two forts of The fenfe and feelinq %vhereof toucheth manie perfons atone 
 andpriuatc. ^^^* Pnuate doe toHchfomefrtHatemeyi, Ol ttieni'lt kmde 
 are warrc,pefl:ilence,tamine,tyranuie,flaughcersjand fuch 
 like. Of the fecond be Sorrovve,pouercie, infamie,dcath^ 
 and whatfoeusr els of like nature that may befall any one 
 man, 
 TKcdiftinaf. I take it there is good caufe for me thus to diftinguifli 
 ^"^^^'■^^"^^'themjibecaureweforrow after an other fort at themife- 
 CO the matter ^ic of our countrie, the banifhmcnt and deflruflipn of a 
 multitude, than of oneperfon alone. Befides that, the 
 griefes that growe of publikc and priuate aducrfities are 
 difFerenc, but yet the firfl fort are more lieauie and take 
 The gricfe deeper roote in vs. For wecare all fubic<3' to thofc com-? 
 *^"?j°^^^^^mon calamities, either for that they come together ia 
 nxiknlxl hcapes^aud fo with the multitude opprefTe fuch as oppoie 
 moft heauy themfeluesagainft them : or rather becaufe they beguile 
 nci^ofceu' ^^ ^^ fubcjilciciinthat We perceiuc not how our niindis 
 difeafed by the apprehenfion of them . Behold if a man bee 
 Bccaufcitac^ oucrcomc with any priuategrief,hemufl: confellethcria 
 Yiow.^**^ his frailtie andinfirmitie:efpeciallie if he reclaim nothimii 
 Becaufe It be- felfc,then is he without cxpufe.Contcarily, we arec fo far 
 wflr^^/h' from confefling a fault in being di&juieted at publikc 
 Qf hoLftir. calamities jthat fome will boaft thercot,and account it for 
 apraifetforthey.termeitpietieandcompafsron. So that 
 this comm jn contagion is now reckoned among the ca- 
 talogue of vertues^yea and almoft honorx^d^s a God* 
 , .../ :/:^ ~ Poets 
 
OF CONSTANCIE 17 
 
 Poets and Orators do cueric wher extol to the slcjes a fcr- 
 iienc aftcftion to our countrey : neither doc I difiillowe it, 
 but hold and maintame thit it ought to be tempered with 
 moderation rotlicrwiiC icis a vice,' a note of ujtcmpcran- 
 cie,adcpofing of the mind from his right feat. On the 
 other fide I con fcffe it to bceagricuous maladic, and of Bccaufc alfo 
 great force to moouc a man, bccaufe the Torro w that pro- j.^ j^"^^"^- 
 cccdeththerchcnceismanifold,in rcfpc6bofthy felfeand whicHi? pro 
 of others. And to make the matter more plaine by e^ianvncd byex- 
 plc:See how thy country of^:i)Be/gica is afflidcd \-vkh fun- A^orV/^/w*- 
 drie calami ties, and iWingcd on cuery fide with the Tcort- das. 
 ching flamcof ciuill warrcs : Thciicldesare wafled and 
 fpoyled,townes are oucnhrownc and burned, men taken 
 captiue and murthered>woracndefiled,virgins defloured, 
 with Inch other like milcries as follovv after vvarres. Art 
 thou not griued herewith? Yes I am fare, ard gricucd di- 
 " ucriliCjfor thy (elf, for thy couatrymeujand tor thy coun- 
 trev.Thy owne loffes trouble thecrthc miferic and flaugfe- 
 terofthyneighbours:thecalamitieaud oucrthrow of thy 
 counrrie* One while thou maifl: eric out with the Pocr, 
 O Vffhappftvreuh^thaf I apt. Another while, Alajfe thatfr pt& 4itjj^(^l^n 
 tnanie of my countrimen iljonldfHJfcrfuch affiiHton by the enemies q 
 
 hand, Another \vhilc^O my father^Omy cofif/trey^ Aiid\vho QVaf^' O/c^o^ 
 iois not mooued with thcfc matters, nor oppcfTed wicfa 
 the multitude of fo manic and manifold mifcrics , mufl cy? 
 thcr be very fl-ayedand wife, or els very hard hearted. 
 
 CHAPT. VIII. 
 
 Afrtuention againfl fuhlike euils : Butfirfi of ally three affections 
 are reflrained.And ofthofe three ^particnlarly in thU chapter 
 is repreffedakind ofvaine glorious dtfsimHlation^vpherhy men 
 t hat lament their owne private mis fortunes^ would fe erne thai 
 they hewaile the common calamities, 
 
 D What 
 
tf THE FIRST BOOKE 
 
 WHat thinkc vou(Lr/>/rA!/> haue I not betrayed 
 C O N ST A N C I E into your hands in plea-^ 
 diijg the cau fe ofyoiir ibr ro w ?Noc (o. But hcre- 
 in I hat.c plaidcthcpnrcofai^ODd Capcaine, in 
 trayning out al your trcups into the ftcidto the end 1 may 
 fif^ht itciit manfully with them. Butfiiit I wil begin with 
 lieht skirmiflies and afterwards ioync with you in plainc 
 battel. In skirmifhing 1 am to iiiUult foot by foot (as the An- 
 cients focakc) three afcflions vttcr enemies to tliis our 
 ^ CONSTANCIE. DISSIMVLATION, PIETY, 
 aiJ^^fc' COMMISERATIONorPITTY. Iwil begin with.the 
 mics to Con- firft otthem. Thou Liydt thou canft not enduie coiec tHefe 
 ftancic. publikmiferies.that it is a ^rie£veaei:cn a d:ath vusothee. 
 ox difsimuU- Speak you that rrom your heart , or oneiic irom the teeih 
 lion. outward?herewithalI being tomwhatangiyjasked whe- 
 
 ther he icfted or gybed with mce. Nay^'quoth Langipts-)! 
 fp cake in good earned for tliat many oi y ^ur cruc.doe be- ' 
 Wliich hoi- ax\\\^ the phv{icians,makine: them bcleeue that the pubhke 
 
 dcth manic ^ .,, , ^ ' . r Y. l • \ rr - \ 
 
 mcnforvain cuilles doegneucthem , when their pnuateloiics arc the 
 giorie. true caufc . I dcmaund rhercfore agatne , whether the care 
 
 (a)Qua te mmc (^^)which now doth hoile andJMk m thy. hrsaJh^Q for thy COUIl 
 
 7Tfub%lu7e^'^'^^^^^^^'^^^^ ^^^' ^^^^y own?whar(raid I)do you make a que- 
 
 fixA.rii.^%A. ftionof chat? Surely (L^;?^/V//)for my countries fake alone 
 
 am I thus di [quieted. See it be fo(quGth he)for I maruel that 
 
 thcr fhould be in thee (uch an excellent fincerc dude which 
 
 few attain vnto^I deny not btit that mofl men do coplaine 
 
 of common calamitieSjn cither is there any kind of (or row 
 
 fo vfuallas this in the toiigncs of people. But examine the 
 
 matter to the quick, ^ you (hall find many times great dif- 
 
 Bccafife iliey fcrcncc bctwixt the tongue and the heart. Thole worses, 
 
 bcwaile their My coti.Htries cnlamitieafflicis w^xaurie witll themoiC vain- 
 
 °T^T^T S'^^y ^^^^^ veritic* And as it is recorded in hiftories of P^- 
 
 notp^iike /«4-a notable llagc-playcr^that playing hispaiLondieilagc 
 
 ~ ' " ' ' where- 
 
OF CONSTANCTP* r^ 
 
 w herein it behooucd him to exprellc (omc great forrow, 
 hcbroiicrhtvvichhimpruiil/the bones of his dead fon, &c 
 lo the rcmel'ranccthcrotcauted him to fil the theater with 
 true tearcs indeed. Eiien To may I fay by the moil: part of 
 you. You p by a Comedy, &: vndcr the pcrfon of your coun 
 try, yoube wail with tears your pr mate miferies One faith 
 The* \v ho I t:v or Id t^ a fi\xge-f! ay. TzuVic ill this cafe it IS fo^Some 
 cnc out,The(e ciuil warns corment vs,ihc blood of inno- 
 cents (pi!t,the]offc of lawcs and liberties Isitlo?IfceyourThcrFore w« 
 lorrow indeed, but the caufcl muiifcarch oiitmorenar- nmfticarch 
 row^y.Is it for the common-wcalchs fake? O player,put off cau(e" o^^^ttci 
 thy vizard:thy (clfe artthc caufe therot VV^e iccoltentimcs ^forrowcs. 
 thecounayEoores trembling and running together with 
 ca;»neit prayers when any fudden misfortune or iniurre6li- 
 ofi approch:? h, but as foone as the daungcr is paft,cx.imine 
 the vYcland youfhal pcrceiuethat cucrieone vvasafeaidof 
 his owafijfd &: cornjl fiicfliould happen to be kindled ia 
 this cittie we (haul i h.v.ie a ecnerall out-cry:thclame &: al- 
 moiltftcblind vvoul J liaftcn io help quench k. What think 
 you?For their couiitri^s Like? Askc them and you Ihail fccjic 
 was,bccau(e the lollc w<"uld haue redounded to al,or at the 
 leafl:,thc feare thereoi.So fiiicth it out in tins ca(c. Pubiike e- 
 uils doe moouc &: difqui^^t many men.not for that the harmc 
 touchetn a great nunibcr,but becaulc themlelues arc otthat 
 number^ 
 
 CHAPT. IX. 
 
 The vipirde of D tjjlmtilatwn is more fUinlie difcdueredjpj exam'* 
 pies. By the way mention is made\ofour true conntrte.A/fo the 
 malice of men reioycing At other mem harmes, when they them 
 feiites be wit ho fit darjger thereof 
 
 \W'Herefore your fclfe lliall fit as ludgc in this caufe, but 
 ^ yet With the v^e remooucd fa:5 your facw^You fcare 
 Di die 
 
lo THE FIRST BOOKE 
 
 ^bJ^k^^^^^i thewariT.rknow ic*Why?Bccaufc warred raw cth witfr 
 aotlsrhcv* ' npuniilimencandcieflnidlion.To whome? Toochcrsat 
 •re piibiilce- tliis prcfeiit^buc it may bc/hortly to you/Bchold the hcad^. 
 om^rTu K* b:holdtliefouniaincofthyrriefc; For as a thunder-holt: 
 loiTcsarc loi^ hailing ftrtckcn one maa,makc:h all chat Hood necrc him 
 rc4 thereto, totrcmblcrSo in chele vniucrlall andpuiilcccalamicicSjthc 
 fear thereof ^ '^^" touchcth fcw^thc fcare rcdoundeth to alL which fcarc 
 ifit were away, there would be no place for forrowe. Be- 
 hold, if warrc be among the Et liopians or Indians,it mo . 
 (FiaHnders) ucth thee not:(thou art out otdangcr) iht bee \:\{Belgic.t) 
 thou wcepcil:5crycii: our^jubbcft thy forehead , and fmitell 
 thy thigh^iit now ifit were fo that thou diddeft bewayle 
 the pubHke cuils as pubHkc, and for. themfckics, there 
 fhould be no difference had of tliecbetweenc thofccouu- 
 ^ tries and this* 
 
 Thou wilt favjitisnoncofmycountrie. Ofoolc:Arc 
 
 P "u?n'c^^°" not they nien/prung firH out oi the fame ftock with thc:> 
 
 touch pgoiir liuingvndcrthefamcglobcotheauen? vppon the lame 
 
 country. molde of the earrh ? Thiniccfl: thou that this little plot of 
 
 ground enuironcd by fuch and fuch mountaincs,compaf • 
 
 fed wi:h this or that riuer,is thy countrcy? thou art dccei- 
 
 i^cd^The whole world is our countrcy, whcrcfoeuer is 
 
 d!?th^f2nhcf the race of mankind fprong of that celeftiall feed. Sccrates 
 
 tiinthccom being askedof what countrcy he was, anfwercd: Of the 
 
 mon people y^orld^ Fora high and loftic mind will not fufFcr it fclfe to 
 
 IVa^u' ! a- be penned by O P I N I O N within fuch narrow bounds^ 
 
 pinion only but conctiucth and knowcth the whole worlde to bee his 
 
 ^^^ r^ jT*^* owne^W c fcorn and laugh at fooles,who fuftcr their ma- 
 
 ^'aiahf, * ftcrs to tie them witha ftrawcor fmall threcd toa pofic, 
 
 where they ftand as if they were fettered laft with iron. 
 
 Our foUic is not infenour totheirs, who with the wcake 
 
 linke of Opinion arc wedded to one<:orncr of the world.. 
 
 But to Ictpafle chef: dcepc arguments (which I doubc 
 
 how 
 
OF CONSTANCIES ir 
 
 how thou wile concciuc of chcm) I demand Jf God would ^"V|h*f ^" 
 a(TurcthccinthemidsoUhelcbroy'c\%th;it thy fields ftiuld "(onoJiiot 
 bcvnlpoyled^thy houf:and('ibftaiiccin fafetie, and thy forthcloue 
 iHtconfome hiorhrnounraine placed out of ail dauncrer: o^^'^^s"^'- 
 wouldcit tnou lament roraiknis? lam loth to atnrme ©fours. 
 k of'thce,hutcei*taine I am there be many that would bee 
 gladthercof, and fi.cd their eics grccdilie with the (pc£la- 
 clcoKuclvbloudy butcheries. Why turneft thou afide^ 
 WMiy marueileft thou lKrcai>Such is the naturall corrup- 
 tion of ma ri, that (as the Poctfaitli)it retoyceth atothermens 
 harms f^ And as fomc apples tlierc be though bitter in the 
 bdlie.vet reiliihins; fwcct m ta(i:e:Saarc other mens raifc- ^^l^f^^"^^ 
 
 '' f \ \ ' c t ^ o r , at the harmed 
 
 nes,wcourklucsbeingtreen*omthem,Supporcamanbe of others, pro 
 ontlieihorebetioldingafhipwrecke, itwiUmoouc him uethittobcc 
 fomewhar, yet truelie not without an iowardc tickling ""^' 
 of his mind, bccaufe he feech other mens danger, hi mfclfc 
 being in fccurity.Eut if he m perfon were in that diftreffed 
 lhip,hc would be touched with an other maner of griefe. 
 Euen fo verclie is it in this cafe.let vs fay, or make what 
 fliew we lift to the cuntrarie. (a) For we bewaile our own^ 
 misfortunes carneftlie and from the heart, but publikc ca- 
 lamities in wordcs onlie and for fafliions fake. Where- ^Vl^^^ 
 tore (L/;/«/;take away thefc ftage-hangingcs,draw backe oLlvvvI'^l 
 the curtain that is afore thee,and without al counterfeiting ^^*'' f^^ftrtune 
 or diflimulation, acquaint vs with the true caufe of thy /X^^w^Li 
 
 forrow* vntuis.butan 
 
 CHAPT, X. T'''Vrr'l^ 
 
 ^ comflaint againft the former fharfe refrehe^fonofhzimius: '/'^^'^^ *'^'*^ 
 But he Addeth that it is the part of a PhUofofher fo tojpeake plt-ct^^ 
 free lie. Hee endenoureth to confute the former diffntatton 
 Jf caking ofdntie md lone to our conntre). 
 
 P 3 This 
 
i» THE FIRST BOOKE 
 
 THis firft skirmiQi fecmcd to mee vcric hot , where- 
 fore intcnuptinp him I rcply^d^what libf itic of fpcech 
 is tliis that you vie ? Yea what bitter tainting ^ Do you 
 iiuhis wife pioch and prickemc^I may well an fw ere 
 you witll EHripides woi'des, 
 
 ro %d' S CjytlHii^&i^ Adde not more grief e vnto my (Irong difcafe^ 
 
 ex- 
 
 pcd Wafer cakes or fwecte wine at my handes: hut ere 
 
 whiles you dcfired cither fire or razor .-and therein you did 
 
 wcL For I am a Philofophcr {Lipjius) not a h idler : mv pur- 
 
 pofe is to teach, not to entice thee : To profitc, not to plcafc 
 
 thee: To make thee blufti , rather dian (mile : And to make 
 
 thee peni;:ent,not in{blent.^T/;^/2-W/<' ofaphiUfofherisM 
 
 t!ic flurpc ^ Pkfjitians pJoppc{ S o faid R ffff^s oiice) whether w e m nil: re- 
 
 ipcech of a -,^ for health, not br pleafore . That Phyfirian d.illyeth 
 
 «!eth to who! oot , ueytiicr rlittcrctci : but pcarceth , prick e..h , razeth , and 
 
 foroocsnot withthc Cauoric fJt of ^ood talke (uckech out ch^ fiirhie cor- 
 
 debghtfuinc ruptionsoftheminde. \ VVherciorc looke not hereafter of 
 
 me for Rofes , Oyles.or Pepper : but tor thornts , Liniciiig 
 
 tooles,wormwood,ai:id (harp vmcgcr. 
 
 Here I tookcliim vp,(aying:Truly(L^«^/«;<) if I miy be 
 
 Co bold as to be plainc with you, you deale (carce wel or cl la - 
 
 I'itaDlic with me: Neither do you like a lloiK ckimpion ouer- 
 
 come mc in lawiiill ftriuing , but vndermine mee by llcightcs 
 
 and fubtikies. Saying that I bcwaylc mv counrries calamities 
 
 fcynedly 5 and not for good will to it : wherein you doc nice 
 
 wrongs For let mc contcffe freely that I haue f3mc maner of 
 
 By ocafion regard to my fclfe,yet not wholly. I lament the cafe of my 
 
 he paiTeth to counttcy priiicipalliCj and fo will doCjiiltlioLighthc daungec 
 
 f "' a^ ff^ ^^ ^^ ^" extend not in any fort vnto me. Good reafbn is there 
 
 |ion; ^^^ why I ftiould doc fo< For lie it is diat firii tcceiued nice into 
 
OF CONSTANCIES tj 
 
 thisworld^nndafrcr thacnourifhcd dnd bred mc, being (by 
 common confeiit ol:' all nations) ourmofiauncientand holicfl: 
 mother, Bui you afttgnc me the whole world for my coun- ^''e praife of 
 " trey , Who denies that ? Ycc withall you may not gaine- °'^' ^^^'j^'J,"^. 
 %, that bclidesthis large and vmucriallcountree, there is /TnroT'con'^* 
 an other more neerc and dearevntomec, to the which lam iun<^ionw]th 
 ty cd by a (ecretc bond of nature, except you thinke there bcc " ^^ "''^''•" 
 no vertueperfWaluienoratrraaiue in that natiucfbyl which 
 vveefirrt touched wit/i our bodies, andpreffcd with our 
 teete: where wc iirft drew our breath : where wc cryed in 
 our in£incic, pkiyed in our childhood, and exerciled our 
 ieliies in manhood. W here our cies. axe areaqu^intedwith' 
 the firnximcnt, flauds , and fieldes : where hauc bene by a 
 long continuance of diiccnts onr kinsfolke/iicnds and com- 
 panions, and h manic occafions of loy befides , which I may 
 cxpearm vaiiic in another pare of the world. Neither is all 
 this the fiender pack-^th rcdcf :0 P I N I ON(as you would 
 haue it leemc) but theftrong facers of nature her fclfcXook 
 vponail other huing creatures. The v/ildcbeafts doe both 
 knowe.and louc their dcnncs : andbirdes their ncaftcs Fi- J^^^ewifc /a 
 flics in tlie great and -eiidicffc Opcan- fca , dcfirc to (iioy °!h" P"'„ 
 foi^ certaine part thereof, What needc I fpeakc of men? as In.l """^ 
 Who whether they bcc ciuill or barbarous, are fo addi^ 
 ftcd.tothis their natiuc foyic, that whofoeuer beareth 
 J;^^^^^^f^^^^^nvwtli:iaeucr rcfufc.to.die for it , and in it. 
 TherciorD (U^^fjf^) tins. ncNvJoimd rut ioas phvlofohic 
 of yours, Lncither pcrcciueos-ytt the depth of ft, ^ nor 
 mind to make profe(sion thereof,. I will liiicn rather to 
 ^hattruefayiiagof£..^.^.. — ^Ko^r^^/^^ i<^ 
 
 P4' CHAP^ 
 
H 
 
 THE FIRST BOOKE 
 
 CHAPT. XI. 
 
 Jlere is coftfuted th^ (econdafeBionoftoomuch loue^o onr 
 CQH'Arey : whieh lone u falfiie tenrme^V\^l\C, iVhence 
 this affcctton fpyirigeth, and what is;Our coumrie ^ropcrUt 
 
 andtrtilie. 
 
 The former 
 all'gitions 
 difprooucl 
 (A)Ant$ntiu 
 furnameJ Pi- 
 
 This affeai- 
 on IS vcric 
 vnfitly tcar- 
 mcdby the 
 name of 
 Pietif. 
 VVhic Pictic 
 
 (h) For there 
 are reckoned g 
 iindsofpictie. 
 Towards Ced 
 Dur country & 
 furcnti, . 
 
 Our couwy 
 defcructh noc 
 the titlt of 
 mother. 
 
 THen Langim fmiling reply cdiCcrtes you arc a mcr- 
 udlouspictous young man: andltcaremcthat the 
 (a)bvothcr o{ Mafjctu ^Mtffmus is iiowc indanecrto 
 bcdepnued of his iurname. Bac it fallcth out fidic 
 that this affcftionofFcrcth it fclfm (allyuig before his En- 
 figne: I will adaulthim therefore, and onerthtowchim 
 lightlie. Andfirftwilll take from him the fpoylcofthac 
 precious garmcat wherewith he is vnworxhilic attyicd. 
 ThisafFcdiontoourCountrey is commonlie called Pie^ 
 r^,that is P I ET Y: why it ihould bee fo named I neither 
 (ee,nor can fuffer it, For,wbeicfore fhould wee call it by 
 the name ofP lETY^whichis an excellent vertuc, and 
 properly nothing els but AUaofnll anddue honwur andlouc 
 towards God affd our parents,'] Why fliould our country bec 
 placed in the('^Jmids between thclef Becaule(ray thcy)it is 
 our mofi: ancient and holieftmothcr.O foolcs , iniurious 
 to reafon and nature her felfe: is (he our mother? How? or 
 whcrfore?Truly I fcenafiicfa rcafon:And if thou {Lipfiw) 
 itthoubefharperfightcd'thaiTl, lighten mydarfce fenlcs* 
 Is it bccaufe (he firil: rectiifaed vs into this worldc ? (for fo 
 thou feemcdit to affirm bcfore)So might anic Tauerner or 
 Innc-keepcr. Is it bcc<iure (he chen(hetii vs?much better doth 
 fom: fillie maide or nurfc Js it bcciufe (he nourilheth vs?So do 
 cattell^trccs,and corne daylie : And(among greater (ubftances 
 which doc borrow nothing of the earth) the fii'mamentj airr, 
 and water^FinalliCjCliaiigc thou thy habitation,and eueric other 
 
 part 
 
OF CONSTANCIE «j 
 
 part of tlie world willdocthus miich for thee. Thcfe aTC 
 floting^and fleecing wordcs,fauoring of iiothiiicr^ but an 
 vnplealant mice otP O P V L A R O P I N I ON.They 
 iilonc are our parents rhat begar,fhaped and bore vs : wee 
 be feed otchcirlccde, Woud of thcirbiood , andflefhof 
 their flcrfh, Ifany ofcncfcthingi^s agree any wayes to our 
 countrcVjihcn Iconaflcthac 1 -goe about wrongfully to 
 bcrcauc it ofchisduticof p I ET.Y* 
 
 You will (ay chat great learned clcarks hauc fo fpokeu 
 of it. They hauc in deed fo fpokcn/oUowing the common 
 opinioiijbuc not chat they wercfo per( waded themfelues^ 
 But if thou \vj1c tjllow the trueth.thoii Ihalt atcribLitechat 
 facredard high citlc to God,andalfo,ifchouthinke good, vveowpictv 
 to our pa^entc^ : Eur as for this aficclion to our councric toCod.and 
 (bcid^firitbwdiedandreih-ayn'^dco am.ean)lct it bccon- ^cm" y*' 
 tenred m Gods name with the title of L O V E or C H A- louc to our 
 
 RITY. country. 
 
 Yetisthisonclva contencion about the name; let vs 
 come neercr to the thing ic felre \ V hich I do not wholly 
 takeavvay,bnttemperate,andas it were, Icarrific it with ^j^j^j^ ^^^^ . 
 the huncelocotRIGHT REASON, Forasa vincmuftbctcm- 
 if It be udtpruncdjfpreadeth ic felfe too tarrc abroad : So P^^^* 
 doaffcdions flie about with hill faylebcing blowncwich 
 the plaufible pufFcs of popularitie. 
 
 And notw ithfi-anding here by the w^y I cOnfefrc(for I 
 am not degenerated from a man^nor horn a citizen)! con- 
 feilej fay,thateucric one of v.^ hath an inclinarion and 
 good- will to hislcfler coun:ry«The caufcs whcrof 1 pcr- 
 ceiue are to you vnTaio wnc.You would liaue it to be fi'om P''<^"j» w^2'c» 
 nature:But the truch is, it growcth ot cuftome,or of lome fpnnmh. 
 decree 5c ordinanccForakcr that men forfouk then* wild Fromcaftom 
 and fauadge mancr otliuing^and began to build houlcs and ^^^^"^ 
 walled cowncs^to ioynein focietic, and to vfemeancs of- 
 
 £ tciiiiuc 
 
2^ TTtE FiRisr BdOKfi 
 
 Ycatlic caare f^-nfiucS: dc fell fill c: Bchold then a cerrainc communion nc- 
 
 Wliywe \oih: rr -i i i i • • • J- 
 
 our coil ntiic cciianly bcganiimongch'rm.anda bcial participation otcli- 
 i ! ,f or th:tt wc ^eL•s rhi!ic;s*.Tbcy p.u'tcd the earth between them with ccr- 
 fomVwkit of ^*^^"^' limits 8^ bolindscThcyhad Tcmpks in commonialfo 
 o-utowiic. market placcSjtrcafurresVfcatc's of ludgcmcnt-^ And prin- 
 cipallic ccreir^onicsjlites, lawes: AU whicli thingcs our (^rec- 
 Am\ lo tlie o- ^iiincilc began in time foto cflecmc Sc m^ikc account ot, as if 
 ofis"l'oucoT tficy wereoui6wneih' parvicilar? andfdbe they m fomc 
 our klucs. fort^foi that e44cry priui!t<^ e iti^ei> tod .oirt' ' nfC'tefi 'ii^ tfictW, 
 neither did. they differ trom p'riuat-: poilefs- ons.fauing that 
 they were not wholly in on^ mans power. This corifoci-ati- 
 on andi'Uldwfhipgauethefonnc andfafi]ionioanc\V ero- 
 ded fbrc,wh^'drnow'wc'tal prnpn-ly dieG'O M MOI^^ 
 VV E A LT H, or oVr Caij»tre/.\W hrreiirw^hcii meii (aive 
 the cIiicFefl: flay ota»ch pcrions (afecic toconfif^awdv^erc 
 Stren^tlicncd enactcd for trie luecour anddcfence thercoi: Or at tlic Icafl 
 t"*'"^^'^"!^'''^ luchcultomcsw^rc rccciiicd by tradition from thcptcdc- 
 and 1.1 vv; \nd ccilors CO their polteritiCj that grcwc to be ornkc torc.e asf 
 tiut for the hvvcs. Hcr.chcilcc ir cbitiiJicth lo pailc' that ^Ve teioyCe at 
 ^izofEnzo!!^' ^'^^ goodoit'thctbmmQn-wcalthjand be (bcie for her harm: 
 Bccaulcourowne priuate goods are fccurcby her fafcfie, 
 and are loft bylicroucrthrowe* .From this fountamcdoe 
 fpringthcfti'eamesOt our good- will and louc towardfs 
 her:w hich affeftion in refpedt of the common good (the (e- 
 erete prouidcnce ot God leading thereunto^ir anccft ors 
 cncrcafcd^byallpolsiblcmeanescftabliftiing and iDamt.ii- 
 ning the maicfty ofthcir country. 
 Eulclcnt ar- It appcaretb thcrforc in.myiudg.ment, that this affc6lion' 
 ?^'^'*^^c""a-^^ had his beginning from cultomcjand not from na-iurc , ar 
 noiofnati^rc youpretcud. Els why Oiould notihc fame meafureoithat 
 jfirft m that aftcdion he indiflerendv in allmcn?why fliould the Nobih'ty 
 Eot"^^c" ^iT Si'nchmenhaur.morccareortheir country, than thepoorc 
 «L'^chc!l^thcr- pedpIe,Who qdnimonly cakecare tor djcir priuate mattciSj^, 
 wnh, "■ ■ " ' ' but 
 
OV GONSTANCiB. 17 
 
 but noneatal for thcpLibli!ccaftiircs?which thing falleth one 
 ochcrvvifc in all pafsions tliat be goucrncd by the inlUrK^: of 
 ii^ture, Fiiwlly whac reafoncm you iillcadgc cjiat fo Imall aud Sccondlic m 
 . li^|)taji,occarionfliould.otcGntin)csalIwagc,ycavvhol!y ex- ^'''^V.^" "'^'' 
 tiiiguiin It? bcc nowc cucne day iomc roi* angcv , lomc br fhcd.vca 
 louCj fomc for ambition fodake their countrie ?And what a wholly or- 
 jmiiltitudc arc drawn away by that Idol Lncre: How many I- ^^"S"^-^^^* 
 Faluns iorlaking ItMie the Queen oi countries only for grce- 
 dineflc of gainc hauc rcmooued theic dwellings into France 
 Geruf^^jie^yc.icwQnmtoS.v'matia^. Howc many thoufandc 
 Spaniards doth ambition draw daylic inso another worlJe 
 from vs; Thciiargumcnts pro one inuiii :ibliethat the band 
 vU^erciiy.vsfG^'^rcHpked ditisrooiir cgaiitricisbuc external 
 m4 ^cchicaUSy . in^xhai: it is i^ c^nfilic. btok^ixbypne wiordi- 
 x^tciali* . V-. ., ;. :-;■ .< ■ - . . . . 
 
 ;:>. A4oi coucr (L //>/?///) you are grr^atlic; dccciucd in iicfcri- 
 h''i2 thiscouorric ofours:Foryoutvc~it veric iiarrowlicto ''^«fP'^'«n 
 
 T ' • ,'1 I L ' II I 1 touchioc our 
 
 thai: aiatiucii -'ylc wUcrc.wc, wci;e boTncata.dhpd pur educate particuiS 
 
 on,witbi other like friuolo js allegations^- from w hence you count.y^ij 
 
 labour in vaine to pickc ouui^miall cau.esojf our aftc»Stion *^°"^^^^^' 
 
 t-owaf^^ her, And \{'\x. bcthc r.atiu« loyle wlicrc wee were ir ;* n^ . o„. 
 
 borne tbat^ucleriiCwh this title o.' our countdc,, thea were natsuc %!c. 
 
 J^rufeflUs only my countreyj and IJfcaKum yours: and to fomc 
 
 other nian^apoore<ottage or cell: yea vnto inany, notib 
 
 much as a cottr>ge3but a woQd,p^ els tlic ppcniif Idf wl^at the? 
 
 Sftal my good wmI,6c afieftion bee fhui; vp wjtliin thole iwr- 
 
 row wals:Slwl I fettle my diipoiitiqn^ loiie.ypp one town 
 
 or houfe as my co untry ? w hat folly were that.^ , You fee alio 
 
 diat by your defcription none arc happier dian thofc that arc 
 
 borne in the w oodsand open fields>which arealwaies flouri* 
 
 fhmg,5^ Icldomc or ncucr be fubicdt to defolation or wail- 
 
 ixig. No,iX),our country is notas ypu take it , But it xs^Some ^Vhat tnt^ 
 
 E Z frincf If, 
 
4? THE FIRST BOOKE 
 
 jrtnce\prone /^wtf: which I confcde we ought to loue^to dc- 
 fcnd,afid co die for it: yet muft it not driuc vs to lament, 
 waile anddifpaiicWdl Lud the Poet. 
 
 \x ruw f\ b e ^ hap'te cjHarrell fs it ah'd a.goody 
 
 ^ ^ r' n • Fo r Countrtcs caufe to fp end our dsarell blood. 
 
 rnaDrullic. * « i i j- -" 
 
 He Ciith not that we mould weep andu.irentj but die ior 
 
 And oot cffc our eountrie.For we mull: fo far ioorih btc good common-^ 
 
 ^'^l^t^^'^' wcalthK-men,chacvve'alfo rctaicedac pcr.onof gooil and 
 
 hontft men,which we loofc it we betake vs to ciildifh and 
 
 womanlike lamentation- . 
 
 Lail:ofall(L?;/«ijIwouIdchauethec leannetbis pnc: 
 
 The iccrcc l^i(]d;^^n and deep myfl:crie,that it we ie{p':£i: the wiioUuia-^.- 
 
 mc^n touch- tutc ot man 5 all thde eanhlie countries are vau^e 2fnd i'Mf 
 
 jngour coun lo tcarmcd,e}«ceptcnly in lelpcit ot the body, and not of 
 
 *^y* thcmindcortoule, which dclccndmsidowne from that; 
 
 bighctl habitatiOn^dceirfcth^Uthe whole earth as a gsolc 
 
 or prifon : but heauen is our true and rightfull countrty, 
 
 ■whether let vs aduance allourcoc;irations, that wee may 
 
 freelielay with Anaxagoras to fuchas toolifhlic askc vs, 
 
 whether we haue no regarde to our countric ? yes verelic 
 
 but yonder isourcoiTncrie,litdngouL finger andinmd vp' 
 
 towards heauen* .^ t 
 
 CHAPT. XII. 
 
 T he third ajfeFi:/o» trrfdled^TT hjch is Cor/tmiferattGn orpittf* 
 tpg^heing A vice . It is diflinguipj ed fr om M crcie* ' Howe y 
 and how far jorth we ottght to vfe tt. 
 
 LAf7gins\\\ih this conference hauingfcattcrcdabroadc- 
 fomedarke myites trom my mind: I befpake him thus. 
 A^y Father, what by admonitions.and what bv inftru- 
 S:ions you haue done mec great j^ood; foth.it it fccmeth 
 I am now able to moderate my afte£i:ion towardes die na- 
 
 tiue 
 
OF CONSTANCIE, 19 
 
 ciue fbyle, or common-wealth wherein I was borne: But ^P^%'^^** 
 
 ^ ^ % r c r ^^ i tllC attention 
 
 not CO wards the pcrions ormy tcllow-citiicns and conn- o| comrrifc^ 
 try men. ^ or how fl^orld I iicrbee rouchc d and toimcntcd i.-tion or pit: 
 with the calamities oimy coiuitrcy lor try counircymcns ^>*"»' 
 £ikc, who arc to (led in this lea o^adiiet'fitics, and doc pcrifh 
 by (un'dry misFoitnnes? Larghts takinc^ my talc by ihc end: 
 Thisisnot^quoth he) properliefbrrowc, but rather com- 
 mifcrationorpitcyinq-^vs'hichmuitbcdclpifedofhim that ^^'*^^»* "°« 
 IS witeand conlrant ; whom nothing to vhv\m belecmcth as wifcm^n. 
 rfeddin^eiL' and ftcdbllnes ot coiirage,wHicb he cannot re-- 
 tainr^ii he be<:aft downe not only wn'th'his owne miftiaps, 
 biitaifo at other mens^ WbatSioykal lubtiltiesarethcfe 
 (faid I./Wilyounothauemetopitbi^-^n other mans cafe? 
 Surelic it is a vcttue among good m.en, and ftich as hauea- 
 nie religion in thcm^ 
 
 ; I dcnic that (faid LaftgiusyAud I triift no good man will ^eftlirr » ic 
 be offended wit'^ mc,if I purge the mind 6i this maladie ? a chnftian ^ 
 for ic is a vcric Aiungerous contagion,and I iudgehimnot if it be righrv 
 farfromapirifiilftatc, that is fubicd topittying of others. ^icconUdcrcA 
 As It is a token of naughtic eyes to waxc w^try w hen they 
 behold other blear eyes: fo i s it ohhc mind that m.otirncth 
 at eueric other mans mourning. 1 1 is defined tobc^Thefatt/t 
 ofafj abieEi and hafe mind^ caft do a'ne at thf [her^ ofarjothers m'tf- *^ ? ^"^ ** 
 ha^yW hat then>arc wc (o vnknid and voyd ot humanitie, 
 that wc.wauidrbajiis no man to be moucd at anbthers rfiifc- 
 tie?YesJalloweihatwebcmooued to help themi not to 
 bewaile orwaile with ti>em.. I permit ME R G Y,but not bc^niT*I^d. 
 
 pittymg 1 callM £ R QYy An inclination of the minde to fnc- what it if, 
 conrthe nrcefsitie 9r ntiferte ofanatherJTb is is that vcrtue( Up^^ 
 fifis) wnich thou feef^ through a cloud, and in fcecd whereof 
 P I T T Y intuudeth her fdte vnto thcc. 
 
 Butthou wilt lay, it is incident to mans nature rob'!C 
 mooued with aftcdion and pittic.Beitfo:yaccrtainlie it is 
 
 E ^ not 
 
50 T:HE first BOOKE 
 
 V^^ c c bodr "O^ ^^cent and rights ThinkcftthcHi that anicverruecon- 
 fillech in roftncllc and abicclion of the m indc ? I n Ibrrowi 
 The effeftci i^ig- 1^^ %^i'ig'- ^'^ robbini^,to2;ethcf , wi^h fuch ;ts weep ^ Ii| 
 ofOicmboth cannot be fo. For I wilflicw thcc (omc greedy old wiuc^^ 
 and coLictonsmilcr^ 5 front whofc eyes thou maift footer 
 •\vringathoufandtcarcS , than oncfniTllpennie outoFthcir 
 purfcs^ But he that is triilic merciFuIl m dccd^wil not hcmone 
 or pirtic the condition of diftrciled pcrfons , but ycc wil do 
 moreto hclpc and fuccour thcm^rlian the otlicr . He wil be- . 
 holde mens miTcrics with the eye bfcompafs ion, yet ruled . 
 and guided by rcalon. He will Ipeake vnto them with a l.id 
 countenance, but not mourning or proflrate. He will com- 
 fort l'Kirtelic,an(i help liberally. He will performe more in 
 vvorkcs than tn word^tand will (Ircrch out vntp the poore 
 and needy his hand:rathcr than his tongue. All this w ill he 
 doewithdilcrctionandcare,thathc infe6l not himfeUe with , 
 other mens contagion : and that (as Fencers yic to fty) hc,c . 
 beare not others blowes yppohhisowne riblgs/ What ., 
 is here fauouring of inhunnahitie or* chufli&r^cflq :, Euen fp 
 all vvifdomc fcemcth aufteie and rigorous at the firH yic^y. . 
 !^a^riicoftTic Butifyou confider thoroughlie of it, youihallfindcthc 
 stoicks para. ^^ ^^^^ mcekc, ffentlc: vea more milde and amiable than 
 impoisibili- Venus her lelfe. Let this uirficc touching the three .tore rcr , 
 ;ics. hcarfcd afFcftions : vvhome if I haue in p.- rt expelled from 
 
 thcCjit w ill greatly aiiailc riie to get the vift orje in the kit- 
 cell that fhallenfue, 
 
 CFiAPT. XIII. 
 
 T^e formtr impedtmentes or lettes being remooHsd y wes come m 
 gqodearneft to the extentidting or taktr.g away ofptbltkc eutlsi 
 whichi^ajJUyedby fourefrwcif all arguments , Fir fie here is 
 fftokcH ofP rou i dene e, which ^ frosued to he /«, and oner all 
 hmfMfiC affair fi* 
 
OP COhlSTANClE, 
 
 ?2 
 
 ICome iiowe from sJcirmiflics to fiandic-gripcs , and 
 t'loiti light bickerings , to the iniint battell. I will leadc 'f'" "'"«' 
 foortfialimyfouldicrsinoriitr vndccdicir Enll^ncs hT'i''"'f'' 
 
 tr.atrlulcpLiblikc cuillcs are inrpolcd vppon vs by God 
 Jiimytc Sccoiidlicthat they bc>«;cdiacicaad by dcfti- rh» di„ifion 
 1'^v ThPdly, tnatchcy arcprofiublcfbr vs. Fmallic.tlru "<< of-f" of 
 'r'-''.^^;'";''''^' Si-'«ipu^,no!;{h-auflgc.tbcfc troupes it '"'' '^T 
 t''7,J'fcf^-^.!:g.^Fli=ir partes coclaoucinhis place, cakthe .'c4c::t 
 wholearmivo; your S O II R R Q W.imkc^nie rc- 
 "'^:'"55^?.°f .9"H'^ °?-^ the-mouch agauj/traci No trulic- 
 
 pcts,aj1dlliikevpthcdmirinies.. ,,':..,, \,..,'../ •/.',.,:„." ■ ,.. , . 
 Whcreas^t,/,/«.;all afeaions &9cii&bcmam W^,;'J,;;f^'' 
 We, proccedehoiu amindc dittempcred and voydc of'''""''''''' 
 reafo;i:y:t noiic ofthenrmore/t!Vmv.conc<it)t(,aathat f(>r- ^"u^f' ^. 
 rowc vvhich is coDceuiKl %, the gpm^loxJ:vvcaltte 
 la.ce. for all others hauc lonjc fin.illcaii(e.anci icepc v vheri ■"!""'""• 
 to tlicy tcndc.(as the Loiier to cnipy, his dcK'rc : The an-' 
 gtyima,tobe?rcuen!?ed: Thccoiictaus .cfaiidc to get 
 and fo (oorth) Onelie diis hath no eudc propDred vnto k 
 Andto vcflranic my talke vnto fomeccrraincic, thou (i^rp- 
 #</jbcvvaylelhhcfbre of thy conntrcy dcayiHir • Tell me ^''"'' '"'' 
 tovvhatcife^Orvvhathic/bthouioobLS^hS 
 To amend that which is amiHe ! To prcftnic that vvIiicH ""''°'" ''"P" 
 isabouttopcriih> Qr by vveeping totakc away the 
 pbgaeoc ptiniftiment that hangcth oner thy countreV 
 None of all rhde but onely that thou maift fty with the 
 commonrort,l AlV^ SO KI£: Inallothfr rdpe£?s 
 I thv mDumining .s h yaine and.tp no purpofe. For tlwt 
 j thing which is p.tlf, Goahimfclfc VYomdnotbau(^ tobcc 
 vndoncagainc, " - - 
 
 ^4 Neither 
 
3-» THE FIRST BOOKE 
 
 . . Neichcri? this weeping of chine, vainc oncly, butalfo 
 
 k.dbcauTcIt wicked and viigodli.;, ifit be rightly confidcrci Foryou 
 
 eootenjcth Icnowc wetlth.it thercisanctcriiallSpiritc, wbome wee 
 
 agiinft GoJ.^^jj GOD, which rulcth, guidcth and goucmtth the 
 
 rolling Sphcares of hciuen , the manifoldc courfo of the 
 
 Stars and IManets.the fiiccefsia alterations of the Eiemcnts, 
 
 finallv, al things whatb :uer,'iu beauen and carch.Thinkcft 
 
 thmi'thatCHAVNCEorFQRTVNEbcarethany 
 
 fway in this excellent frame.of tk woild > Or that the af- 
 
 Fortune b»- foircs ot mortall men arccaried'hea.dtong by chance- med- 
 
 mihcdoutof ley>]wotweir thou thinkeitnqtfo, nor anyman els that 
 
 affal"? "' ^^^^^ ^"'^"^ wildome or wit in his hcad.It is the voycc of 
 nature it fclfc,and which way lo eucr w e tiunc our eyes or 
 
 GoJs proui- mindes, all things both mortall and immortall, beauenJie, 
 
 dcoceconfir- and earthly, Icnfioleanainlcnfiblcdowith open mouth 
 
 "'"'■ crie out and alfirme, that there is lomewhat far abouo vs 
 
 that created and formed thefe fo many wonderull workes, 
 
 ■which alfocontinualliegouerneth fc preferufth the fame. 
 
 -Tliis IS G 0,to whofe abfolute pcrfc^ion nothing is 
 
 rn'ore agreeable than to bee both able and willing to take 
 
 thecircand charge othisowncworkmanftiip.And why 
 
 fhouldnothe be wilhng.fccinghcisthe belt ot all? Why 
 
 ftouldhenotbcablc,feeinghcis thcmighticftofab?In to 
 
 Whofc ercn much ^ there is no ftrength aboue him,no nor any but that 
 
 ' proccedeth fromhim,neithcr is helettcd or troii.led wu 
 
 5 egreatnes or variety ofallthefethii.gs. For th.scternall 
 
 haht aifteth foorth his bright bcames cuery where,and in 
 
 Smentpearcetheuen intothe bofome -^ Jo"^"'; ^^ 
 
 theheauens.earthai^lea: ^ ^[^^f'^^^y^f^^Zr^^^^^^^^^^ 
 thincs :but prclent in them. And no maruel.W hat a great 
 p "^otthe Lrld doththe Sun Ughcen at once. What a 
 Lffcofmatter can our ininde comprehend .it o^ce - U 
 ^ies;Cannothe that made thisSunScthrsmindpercciuc 
 
 nes,quickn;$ 
 and power 
 arc infinite 
 
OF CONSTANCY 5J 
 
 and conceiuc far marc things than they AVell and Jiitincly r^ . ^- ^ ' 
 fpake(4)oae that had fmal skil in Diuinitie: ^i' is the Pilot in a -fr'^o t- ^ '^^^ '^^ 
 Jhip the Car-man to his waiHCythe Chauntcr in a. quire ^ths law in a (a^ Arifia-* 
 Common-wealth ^ and the Generdltn an Armie: fo isGodin the thin his i\{l^ 
 tvorld. Herein onelie is the drfferenee^that their charge is to them bool^ofthB 
 lahopfrfome , grienoHs ^nndfainftill: Bpit Godruleth withoHt all world^ '^*^\!^ 
 ^aine^and Ubosir^orUdilie flrtmng^Nhz^c'tOX^. (Lipfiisjdl&C ^^^ q^^-^^^* 
 is in God, A watchffill and comnuall care (vet wizhomcivk) ^ . ^ . . 
 ypherehj he beholdeth ^fearcheth^aKd k^o^veth all thtnges'. And of Gods pro- 
 kriorvingthem^dtjpofeth and order eth thefan^ehy an tmmtnahle ^xicvi^z, 
 courfe to vs vnknowne.KnA this is it w hicli here I cal P R O- 
 V 1 DENG E, wh:rcof fome ma'i through infirmitic 
 may gtudge or comphinc : buc not doubt, except he be L>c- 
 Hummed ot his fenfcSjand bclotccd againll nauu \ 
 
 CHAPT, XIIIL 
 
 That noihirg io heYi,^ dff;jc Ir.t h the hecks^ of this Prouid^ncc, 
 Thjit by It dejo'.ktfonj come Vyon men and citties : therefore 
 ire doe not ihe partes of good and godly men t$ mur mure 9r 
 mourne for them. Finally ^an exhortatton to ohejy God ^ againjl 
 yehome weftriut vnaduifedlj ^and in vaine, 
 
 IF youconccine thisrightlie, and doe helceuc hartih'c Anoreufiient 
 that this goueiningfacukic infiniiateth Jtfehe,and(as totLprefent 
 the Poet /pcaketh) -pajfeth through euery path offea and eke mattcr.troin 
 c/y^^r/*, I fee not what fiirthcr place can bee leii: for your ac°ncer°"^' 
 griefeand grudging. For cuen the felt fame forc^feeing in- 
 telligence which turneth about thehcaucn dayly,wfl?ch 
 caufeth the fjnne to rife and (et^which brmgcth foorth and ^,^1^^^^ ^^* 
 fhuttethvpthefruitcsofthcearth^produceth allthefe cala- and^^miT 
 mities and changes which thou fomuch marucllcft and ncjarefenf 
 nuKtercft at. Think you that God giucth vs onely plcafing 
 and profitable things ? No:hc faidcth likcwifc noilomc and 
 
;4 THE FIRST BOOKE 
 
 hai'duil: Neitlier is any thing conmucd, toffcJor turned 
 (finnc onely excepted) in thk huge Theater oi" the worlde, 
 thecauleand fountainewhcrcoiprocccdcthnot from that 
 
 TffidarHs. fitftc cauf^ of caufrs : for as Pwdarm Ciidi well, The dff- 
 fenfers and doers of allth'wges art tn keauen. And th ere is IcC 
 dovvnc from thence a golden chaine fas Homer exprcfleth 
 
 Homer. by a figment) wherto all thefe mferior things arc fail linked. 
 Tkit the earth hath opened her mouth and fwallowcd vp 
 (bmc towncs ^ came of Gods prouidcnce. That other- 
 where the plague hath coniumcd many thoufandes ot peo- 
 ple,procecdeth of the fame caufe.T hat flaughterSjWar and 
 tyranny rage in the Larp countries A^^xkiOTiC^^^o commcth 
 it to paffe. From heauen(L//j/#/j)from hcaucn are all thele 
 
 Ef^r/pfdef, mifcries fcnt .Therefore Euripides (ayd w el and wifeiy/^^^ 
 all calamities camefror/^ God, The cbbmg and flowing of all 
 humaincafS^uresdepcndeth vpon that Moone* Therifing 
 and M of kingdomeSjCommeth from this Sunne* Thou 
 therefore in loofing the raynes thus to thy forrowe, and 
 grudging that thy countrcy isfb turned and ouer-turned, 
 confidercft not Vv^I^at thou art, and againft whomethou 
 
 Wanisvn. compiaincft. What art thou? Aman.aAiadowc,duft:A- 
 
 worthy to hit g;ainil whom docft thou fret? I feare to fpcak it^eucn a2;ainfl 
 
 The Auncicntes hauc fay ned that Gyantcs aduanccd 
 
 diemfclues againft God^topullhimoutofhisthrone* Let 
 
 vs omitte thefe fables : In very tructh you querulous and 
 
 murmuring men bethcle Gyantcs. For if it bee fo that God 
 
 doc not only fufFer, butfend all thefethings:thcn ye which 
 
 thus ftriuc and flruggle^what doe you els but (as much as m 
 
 youlycth)taketlicfcepterand (wayof gouernment from 
 
 Por all otKcr him^O blind mortality: The Sun^theMoon.StarSjElemcts, 
 
 creatures be- and all crcatures cIs in the world, doe willingly obey that fu- 
 
 S"' ''^'' P^i^^^^^ 1^^ ^ • On-'ly MAN, die moil excclkm of all 
 
OF CONSTANCllE. 5^ 
 
 Gods workcs liftcth vphis heclcjnndfpiirnethagainfthis 
 maker. If thou hoifctliy %les to the windcs , thou muft 
 follow whether they will force thcc , not whichct thy will 
 leadcththcc* And in this grcate Ocean fea of our life wik 
 thou rciiilc to follow that breathing fpirite which gouer- 
 ucth the whole worldc? Yctthoufiriucfl: in vaine. For if Likewifc ft is 
 thou follow not ffcelie,thou fhalt be drawne after forcibly, ^^^ly t^ ^^iue 
 We may laugh at him who hauing tycd his boat to a rock: vainc. 
 afterwards hallcrh the rope as though therocke fhouldc 
 come to him -^ when himfelle goeth ncercr to it : But our ^'^'caufe the 
 fooliiLncfle isfarrc greater, who being Mboundcto the ^^"^^^^^1]^^^^ 
 rocke of Gods etcrnallprouidcncejby our hailing and pul- cthand aire-; 
 ling would haue the fame to obey vs,andnotwcit*Lct vs^^^^^^'^ 
 forlakcthis fondnes^aixi if we be wife let vs follow that po- tCyf nHihcy 
 wer which firomabouedraweth vs,andlcEvs think it good 
 teafonthatmanfhouldbe plealcd with that which pleafeth Therefore wc 
 God^Thefouldier in campe, hauingafigne of martching (" ^^^^ ^^^^"c* 
 forwardcs giucn him , takcth vp all his trinkets : But hea- 
 ting the note of battell lay ech dicm dovvne, preparing and 
 making h imfclfe readie with heart3 eycsand earcs, to exe- 
 aite wkufocuer fhall be commanded. So let vs m this our 
 war- fare foUowe chearfiilly and with courage wlmhcrfo- 
 Vier our generall callethvs* Wee are heremto adiured by oath ^ '^'^^^^^ 
 (faith ScntC^Jeufft to endm-e mortalttic , nor to be troublsd rvith scocca. 
 thofe things xvhtch it ts not in onr power to anotde, ^Vec are borne in 
 a ki**gdome^and to obey God is lihertie^ 
 
 CHAPT. XV. 
 
 A pajfage to thefecond Argtrntent for Conflancie^ yt>hich is t^ 
 ks^ front necefsitie. The force and violence thereof. This 
 neceffitie is confidcred tvfo xvaies , Andfirfiinthe t hinges 
 tbemfelfies* 
 
T 
 
 j(^ THE FIRST BOOKE 
 
 'His is a fiirc brazen Target againft all outward acci-' 
 dents. This is that golden armour wherewith being 
 fcnced,?/^f^ willed vs to fight againll Chance and 
 (a)Ue aWiieth Fortunc,to bc fiibicd coGocl, to think on God^and in 
 
 t^^uhT' alleucntstocaftourmindvponthatgreatMIND ofthc 
 Tvas c9-mmt- world,I mcanc PROVIDENCE; whofe (a) holte and 
 jtareJPia roe- ^[^.^pp/v troupcsJiauing orderly trained ibortb* I will now 
 bring out another band vnder the banner of NECES- 
 SITY* A band vaIiant,flrong,and hard as Iron , which 
 Anoilicr ar. Imay fitly tcrmc, The thundering Legion^ The power of 
 gumcnr take j-hig ^^ flcmc and inuinciblc , which tameih and fobdueth 
 Jc,who"c "* ^1' things : Wherefore iLi^pas) I maruell if thou with- 
 force is gene- ftaiid it. ihales bcing nskcd what was llrongeft of al things, 
 rallie ilievvcd anfweredjNECE S S I T Y:for it ouercommeth al things. 
 And to that pnrpofe there is an old faying (though notfo 
 u'ihtlihbet^to warily fpoken)(b)T/'^f r^^ Goddes camot conftrain k'ecefnie. 
 tranfiatetbe This nccefsiticl ioyne uqjIZ vntoProuidence, bccaufcir 
 mrd piiiWJie^ j 5 nccre kin nc to it^ o r rather borne of i t. For from G od 
 t^vhich mother and his decrees Ncccfsiticfpringeth: And it IS nothing els 
 pLices 1 dopuY' (as the Greek Philolbphcr defineth ir,) but {c) A firme or^ 
 ^f%^aio\& ^^^'^'-^^ ^-''^^ mmatahle power ofpromdence^ That '\l hath a 
 jMbJeienh. lirokc in all publike euillcsthatbefailjlwill proouet\^^ 
 what necef. \vaycs:from the nature ohhingsthemfelucSjand from de- 
 ft"fs twofold, ^Hnie. And fi'rft from the things, in tliat it is a natural! pro^ 
 as concer- ' pcrtiG to all thinos created , to fall into mutabihtie and altc- 
 riingourprc- ration: A s vnto Iron cleaueth naturally a confumingruft; 
 FiJft^nam-^ to wood a gnawing wormCjandfo a waftjng ruttcnnes.E- 
 rai to the ucn fo to !iuingcrcaturcs,citties and kingdomcs,there bee 
 n"^r^^^"*' certainc inward caufcs otthcitowndecay* Looke vpon 
 In that al ^^^ things high and lowe,great and fmall, made with hand^ 
 things arc or compofed bv the minde, they alwaycs hauc decayed, 
 jcratbn ani' ^'^ ^^^^^ flial. And asthc riuers with a contiual fvvifc courCe 
 • decay. ' ruiine into the fca: So uUhumainc thingcs thorough rliis 
 
 eon- 
 
OF CONSTANCIE if 
 
 condufc ofwaftings and calamities flydc to themariccGF 
 their dcfolation.Death §c dcilriiaio is this maik: And the 
 means to come thither are plague, war and flaughtcrs. So 
 that if death be nccedariCjthen the means in that rcfpcdt arc 
 nsncccffaricAVhich to the end thou maift the better pcr- 
 cciuc by examples,! will not rcfufc in conceit and imagina- 
 rion to wander a whiles withtlicc through the great vni- 
 uerfitic of the world. 
 
 CHAPT. XVI. 
 
 Examples of >7cejfarie alteration ^or death in the ivhole w^rUe, 
 That heanen and the elements are changed^andfljallpertpj'. 
 the like w tobefeene In t6wne^,fromncesandkl^^gdomes,Yi- 
 nallie^that al things here do turneaboHt the whe^lel And 
 that nothing isflable or eonftant^ 
 
 ITisan etcrnaIldccrce,pronounccd ofthcworlde from^VhichisJc- 
 thebcginning^and of all things thercin.to beborne ^ to fmplt!*o/f * 
 dicjto begin and end.That lupreame ludge of all things, thinges 
 would haue nothing firmcand ftable but himfclf alone, ^boueaiad 
 ^ faith the tragicke Poet. ^""^ * 
 
 Yrom age and death God cnlieftandethfree^ Sothoclet 
 
 Tut all thing! els by time confnmed be^ 
 All thefe things which thou beholdcft and admircft, 
 either fhall perifli in their due time, or at leaft bee altered 
 and changed: Seefl: thou the Sun?He fainteth.The Moone? Beginning 
 She laboureth and languifhcth.Thc Sarres? They faile and with the cx- 
 fall.Andhowfoeuerthewnt of man cloakcth and excufcth ^/"P|"°^ ^ 
 thefe matters^y et there haue happened and daily do in that Ldthrak^* 
 celcftiall bodie fuchthirgs as confound both the rules and 
 wittesot the Mathematicians. I omit Cometesllrangc m 
 forme, Situation and motion ^which al tlie vniucrfities fbal 
 jicuerperfwadcmetobeinthc airc.or of ti;caire, jButbc- 
 ^ ' '" ~ ■ —— ~ f 3 hold 
 
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 (a)Anio Tfm ^^^^^ ^^^ Aflrologcrs were (ore troubled of late with 
 ^J^7z.^ilt;.e ' ftr^'^g^^*^otijns,and new fbrres/^) This very yearcthcrca^ 
 IcJlMathc' rofcallar whofc encrcafiiigand dccrcarii]gwa.s plainly mar- 
 7TfediLh ^^^^^'^ we law(a matter hir Jly to he credited) cuenin 'the 
 l%asaboue the hcaueiiit fclf.a thing to haiic beginning ami cndagainc* And 
 tlemnurle \ r.rrx) (in 'Afigufiine) crycth out and atfii-mcth ,' that the E- 
 rfimi. ftening flarre called ofPlayJm V^rpenigO, and of Homer Hcf-. 
 
 ferpis ^hjd changed his collopsr^his big>iej[eJhU fnfuion^^ his comfs 
 Next vnto the bcaiien, behold the Aire, it is altered day- 
 Fromtlic wa- '^^^^ palTcch into windes , cloudcs^ and lliowers. Goe to 
 tcrs and fca. ^^ waters. Thofc flouds and fountaincs wh ich we affi rme 
 to bepcrpctualLdocfometimes faile altogether, and other- 
 w^hilcs change their cliannci and ordinaric courfe.The huge 
 Ocean (a great and fecrete part of nature) is cucr toffed and 
 -tumbled with tepeflsrand if they be wantin^,yct hatli it his 
 flowing and ebbin.g of waters, 6^ that we n^ay perceiue it to 
 be (iibicd: to deciy^it fwclleth U. fwagcth daily in his parts. 
 From ihc Behold a!(b the earth which is taken to be immooucabl e, 
 
 earth. and to(^j(}:and ileddy of her ownc force : itfaintcthand is 
 
 vias^thflZch^^^'^^^^^ with an inward fecrete bla(t that maketh it to trcm 
 €aiiedi7jutmc blc: Some where it is corrupted by the water, othf r where 
 Veftajcl cft,vi i^y g,.g^ Pqj. j.[,gf^ rjni(3 things doe ftciuc among; themfclues : 
 JNcither grudge thou to f^c waixe among men, there is like- 
 To this endc wife betwccne the Elements. What great lands hauebene 
 and purpofc vvaftcd, yea whoUy fwallowed vp by fuddaine deluges, and 
 ftrifeand^dif- violcnt oucrfiowings of the fca? Inoldetimcihclcaouer- 
 cord between whelmed whoHie a great Hand called Atlantis (I thinke not 
 ^^fr^J^?^""' the floric fabulous>nd after tliat the miehtie dtks {cjHeUce 
 lichaianheo- ^nd i?^r*«.Euttoleaueauncient examples, in our owne ra- 
 therby the gf^ifihcns age , hcrc ill Bclgtca {d) two Ilandes with the towncs 
 U)ilnhpar-^^^ men in them. Andeuennowein our time thisLorde 
 m ofZikmi, of the fea Neptmte opeoeth to himfelfe ncwe gapped, and 
 {yvippcth vp dayliethewcakcbaiikes oiFrac/a^d and o- 
 
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 tfeer countries. Yccdoeth not the Cdxtb fitftilllikeafloth- 
 flill hufwifc 5 but fomctimcs rcuengeth her (eltc , and ma- 
 kcch new llandcs in the middcsot the fca, though N^/>r//^/^ rftl^ccte-^ 
 marucll and bee mooued ditrcat , And it thck* <!;reac bo- ho'vI''nnich ^' 
 dies which tovs fceme cucrlafting, bee lubicdl to rau- irorethmgcs 
 tabiJitie and alteration , why much more fhoulde not ^'^"[^''""'^'^"^ 
 townes , common-wealthes, and kingdoms ; which muft 
 iiecdes bcmorrall^asthey that doc compote thcm^ Asecli 
 particular man hath his youth , his llrcngth, oldc age, and 
 death. So &rcth it with thote other bodics.Thcy bcgin,thcy 
 iiicrcafe, they Hand and fiourifh, and all to this en de, than 
 they may decay . One eanhquake vndcr the raigne of Ti- 
 Sf^r/fii oucrtlirew twelue famous townes o{ Afia. And as , , 
 many mC^jnfamam Conlfamncs i\mQ. One warrc or ^n fubucriion of 
 ^//^aScyrliian prince dcftroyed aboue an hundred citcies, S^cat citues. 
 The ancient T^f^f^ of E^;;^ isfcarce held in remembrance 
 at this day : And a hundred townes of Crete not bclceued 
 cuer to hauebene. Tocomctomore certaintie, our El- 
 ders fa we theruines of Or/%^<?, hlf^wafJtJa, Corimlo ^^Liri 
 wondered thereat. And our iclucsliaue behcldc the vn- . 
 
 worthy relickes oi Ai>he?iy,Sparu^ and many renowned ci- 
 ties, yea eucn that {a) Lady of all things and countries(faIily c) A:me Is 
 rearmed cuerlafting) where is fhc? Ouerwhelmcd, pulled '^''''^'^' 
 downe, burned, ouer-i]owcd : Sheeis perillicd with mi^re 
 than one kindeof dctoiaion^and at this day Oiee is am- ficT;^'tlLT 
 biciouflic foughte for , but not foundc in her {l>) pro^ %!l-3lo!Z' 
 perfoyle. Seeil thou that noble (r}B>'i^;;r/V/zy being, proudc '''"'^'7- ^'^^^ 
 wirh the feate of two Empires? Ycruce lifted Vp with^^lw^^ 
 the ftablcnefl'cofa thoufandc yeares continuance? Their O^vJ^v cnifcat 
 day (hall come at lengdi. And thou ?Xo our A mivcrpe, tlic '!^i^^^ 
 beaucieof citties,in timcihaltcome tonothmg, Ecrthii../^''4^^^'^T'^ 
 greate Mailer-buitdcr pulleth downe , Ictn rh vp oi^d it ^" P'"""^ ^^"^ 
 1 may io lawlully (pcakc) maketh afpoitc olh^^ru^^!^ 
 
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 affaires: And like aalrnage-makcr/ormeth and frametli to; 
 
 bimfeltc fundric fortes of portratures in his clay. 
 
 I haue fpokcn yet of to wncs andcitiesiCountries like- 
 wife and kingdomes ru nne the vci ie fame race. Once the 
 nflfo^Lo* E^iilf^oimihcAiJJJyha.Egypt and fervrie excelled inwarrc 
 v,ntV.oVicvr and peace. That glorie was transferred into Europe, which 
 lie, the hohc j^Q^ (likcadifcafcdbodic) fcemeth vntomc to be fhaken. 
 And otU- and CO haue a feeling of her greac' confufibn nigh ac handc. 
 magnificc^nt Yca, and that which is more (andneuer ynough) to bee 
 pov^erofthc n^al;^ellcd at,this worldhauing now bene inhabited thcfc 
 IfcToth^^^ fine thoufand and fine hundred yearcs, is at length come to 
 Tacitus, who his dotagc: And that we may now approoue againc thcfa- 
 tnaketliite- [.Iq^q^ ^„axarch;is in old time hilled at^Dcliold how there 
 ^'nilas and arifcth cls whct new people, ^ a(<.)new world;0 the law 
 Ronuns of NECES S ITY, woondcrRilKandnot CO becompre- 
 V't^^^' (I hendcd: All things run into this fatal! whirle poolc ofeb- 
 jX^^/bingandflowi^^g- AnJ (buc things in rh^s worldarelong 
 tbofemvu laftmpr, but not cucclafung, 
 founicounriis ^^ j . ^^ ^^^^ ;..^.,j ,vich mee (foric 
 
 //;^ncw world gtleucth mcnoc to Itand long vpon this roynt) and bw^ 
 
 The conclufi. hoidethe alcerationsot all humameaftiires : andthciWCU 
 
 ^\S^rlinga.d(WagingofthcmasotchelJ.^ArIfc^ 
 
 examples of rule thou:obeythou:hide thou thy head:lift thou vp thine 
 
 alterations ^^j \qii\{is wheel of changeable things run round, lo long 
 
 & mutability ^^ ^^ . ^ ^^^^^ ^^^^^ remayneth. Haue you Germanes in 
 
 rims pafl: bene fierce? \ Be ye now mildtr than moft people 
 
 of E«r^p^/Haucyou Brictaines bene vnciuiU heretofore > 
 
 hYvh. vrcrt Nowexceedyouthefigyptiansandpeopleofj^jW in 
 
 2;.t=^/L delights Sc riches.Hath Greece one flourifhed>Now lee her 
 
 ^icvvom. i^affliaed.Hath/r^Z/fwayedthefcepter^Now lethcr be 
 
 infubicaion.YouGothesjouVandaKyouvileltofthe 
 
 Barbarians, peep you out of your lurking holes.and come 
 julcthe nations in your turne . Drawe neere yee rude 
 
OF CONSTANCIE 4t 
 
 {^)Scy thians,and with a mightie hand hold you a Whiles the ^^j^ ^^^^^^f^^ . 
 raynes of^/^and£/^r^^<?:ycryouagainc foonc afrcr giuc Turkcs.vviMf • 
 placc^and yeeldvp the fceptet to another nation hordcring^'»'»^''/^^f'^* 
 onthcOccin.Am I dcceiued? orelsdolfccthcfunnc ofa- 
 nothci;;:ievv Empire anfingin tnc Weft? 
 
 CHAPT. XVII. 
 
 W'^ come to that nccefpti^ tvhkh Is 9j deftinie. Ftrfl Dcftinic it 
 Jtflfe ^uoHched^ That there hath bene a ge?jerall corrfcfit ther* 
 in of the cowinort people y and wife men: But dtfferefit wfart» 
 Ho'mema»ieiraiesVeliif/fehatbi>eftetakfff^moKgtheu4fiK-* 
 aeyjtes^ 
 
 THusfpake l^angiusy and with his talkc caufed the 
 tcares to trickle dowiic my chcckcs • To clearclic fcc- 
 
 med hec to hcholde the vanitic of hnmaiitc affaires. 
 
 With that lifting vp my voycc, Alafle (quorh I)what 
 are we , or all thefc matters for which we thus tQy\(:?.what 
 ii it to he fame h^die^vvhdt is it tv he no h'cdif.AIan is a phadoive 
 and a dreame^ As faith the Poet. Then fpakc Langi^- to mee. 
 But thou young mafi doe not oncly contemplate on thefc 
 thiDgs',buc cootemne them.Imprint CONST ANC I E a paftlge to 
 in thy mind amid this caluall and inconftant variablenefTc jj^**^^^^ 
 ofaU things J call it inconihnt in refpcd of our vnderftan- ^{"^^ ° j^- " 
 ding and iudgment : for that if thou looke vnto God and fpca ofac- 
 his prouidcncc, all things fuccecd in & ftcddy and immoue- ^*°*^* 
 able order. Now I callafide my fworde and come to my 
 engines tneither will I any longer allault thy SORROW 
 with handiewcaponSjbiit with great ordinance: running 
 . againft it with theftrong and terrible (^)Raiiime, which ^nf>l^J!n^ 
 no power of man is able to put backe ^ nor pollicieto pre- gn^ofwar. 
 ueat.This place is (omcwliatflipperic^yet 1 will enter in- whereof tli« 
 toitjbucwanlyjflowly, flnd(asihe Grecians Ipcake) with aoubtH% 
 
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 ^itg, Andfirihhatchcreisakiiidcof FATAL DESTI- 
 
 NlEinthinges, Ithinkcncichcrthv Iclfe (L//)///^-)norany 
 people or a^Tc hath cucr doubted oh Here I intcn upting 
 bim (aide 5 I prayyoa pardon mcciF I hinder you a little 
 in this caiu-rc*Vv'hat?Docyoii oppot Ddiinicvntome^ 
 Alas, this is but aweake engine puslbed.on by the leeble 
 Stoickes. I tell vou plainlie 1 care notarufhfbr the D E- 
 i'ipSrri^ '^ 1 NI E S^norforrhef^) LnHics of them. And I fay 
 vcctihauefui' with thc fouldicr in Platnns. I will foitcer this troupe of old 
 mdtireeof wiucswith onebhft of breath , eucn as the winde doth thc 
 if^cf^* kaues. Ldngius lookiiip; fterncly on me , wilt thou fo rafli- 
 
 lieand vnaduiiedly((:u*dhce) deludcor denie vtrerlie'D E- 
 S T i N I E ? Thou an not able , except rhou can at once 
 take away thc diuine Godhead and thc power thcrcof^For, 
 fctuineclir^ it therehcea G O D.thcre isalfo P R O V I D £N C£ : 
 js prooucd. jf ^ ^ a decree and order of thingcs, and" of that folio wetli a 
 Bvanindido fj-n-jcandfurcnecefiicieofeuentes. Howe auoydcyou this 
 ting together blowe? Or With what axe will you. cut oit this cnaine?ror 
 ot Muics. GOD andtliat ctcrnall fpixite may not other wife be con- 
 {idcrcdofvs, then that wcc attiburc vnto it an etcrnatl 
 knowledge and fore fight. W e mufl acknowledge him 
 to be if aycd , refolute and immutable ^ alwaies one, • and 
 likehimfeUe, not wauering or vaiying m thofc thinges 
 which once he willed and-forclawc^. For, The etemAll God 
 peuer chaangeth his minds , faith Homey\ W hich if' thou con- 
 fcfTc to bee tiue(as necdes thoumuftjif there be in thee any 
 reafonorfenfc) thisalfomuftbc allowed tliat ati Gods de- 
 crees arc firme and immooucablie cuen from cucrlafling 
 vnto all eternitie: of this growcch ncccffitis ,and that fame 
 D E S T I N I E which thou deridefl. The t rueth wher- 
 pfisfo clearc and commonly rcceaued, that there was 
 neuei*any opinion more ciu'rant among all nations : And 
 " ^ ■ , who- 
 
OF CONSTANCIES 4^' 
 
 whofocucrhad anic light of God himfdfe and his ptoui- ^oi^clcnow 
 dcncCjhadchc like of Dcftinic. The moft anncicnc andwi- ^iS;^/^' 
 fell Poet //<?w^r(bclceueme)traccd hisdiuincmufcinnone ted naturally 
 orhci-path thanthisof Dcftinic^ Neither did the other Po- '°^J«»cn, 
 
 etshis nroaenie ftraveft'omthc fteppcsof dicir&thcnSce u 
 
 r* 17/'; J IT- Homer x 
 
 Luriptaefy Sophoc/es^ /^/W^r///, ana among the Latmcs V/r- right wife 
 gill . Shall I fpeakc ol" Hiftoriagraphers ? This is the voice ^°^^ accoim^.' 
 ofthcmali -.That fnch and fncharhmg caitic to pa(Te by '^t^;?/'^^ '^'^ 
 Dciliny^and that by dcftinic kingdomcs are cither cftabli- hc is a ring- 
 Ihcd^orfuhucrtcd. Would you hcarc' the Philofophers, ^""^^ ^^^^"^ 
 whofcchiefc care was to findc out and defend the tructha- w"io*m other 
 gaioft the common people ^ A s they iarred in manic things writers toiio- 
 thorough an ambitious defire otdifputing: fo it is a won- ]J[f^" ^ 
 Acx to (ce how they a;TTeedvniucrfallic vponthe entrance phiw-ophrr**' 
 into diis way which Icad^^th to Dcftinic* Kay inthe cn-^g'ccvpoa 
 trace ofthac way^bccaufe I deny not,biu that they followed '^^^^"^^« 
 feme by-'Urh-waieSjWhichntiav be reduced into thcfe four 
 kinJe>ofDHSTlNIE,nainely,MATHEMATl-j^,^,,,. 
 CA U N A T V R A L, V I O L E N T and T R V E. be 4 feucraa 
 Ail which I wiil expound brieflye,onelic touching them opimoi\ston. 
 a little, becaufc thathetchencc commonly gi'owcth con- ^ Jcfhcrcoff 
 fufionand errour^ 
 
 chapt/ xvhl 
 
 The three fir/} htnde ^ of de flint e hricpe expounded, *The defiiutio^ 
 oi'defcriftionofthemalL'YhcStoickesjIcightljiaftd hneflit 
 excufed. 
 
 I Call MATriEMATIGA Ldeflime^ thatwhich ty- ^yj^^^ y^^^^ 
 eth atid kf?ittcth firmelie all aUions .iyfd euente^t^ the potrer m.icical dcfU- 
 of the Pianettes , anddijfoftiens of the Starr es : Of which "^^ ^^' 
 chc Chald:ans 5^ Aff rologians were the firft authors. And 
 jtaiongthcPhilofbphers that lofty Mercmtisx^ principail 
 
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 aiid Abbcttor, who {ubtlclie and wifelie diftinguifliing; 
 r..tolike- PROVIDENCE, NECESSITIE, andDE- 
 
 ti\xo,incli- S T I N I E, Qiilli: ProuideHceki anahfolutc and perfe^l kz'otv^ 
 neth hereto, ledge of the celejliaU God \vphu:h hath two f^ctdt'ie^-ne ere lie alli- 
 ed VKto it, Ncccfsicic^W Ddbinic* Defltms trudie fcrneth 
 and afsiflethprouidencejandAlfoNeceSsttie: Butvnto Dejltniett 
 felfe the ft'arrcs doe minifter. Vorneither may Ante man auotdc the 
 force of \* ate , neither hetvare of the power and influenee of the 
 flarres,For thefe be the weapo^^f and armour of Dvfltn'ie^at whofs 
 pleafure they doe and per forme all things to naiare and men, I n 
 this foolilli opinion are not oiicly thexommon crue of A- 
 firologcrs,but (I fbameto Tpcake iOfomcDiuincs. 
 
 1 call ^atur all fate the order of natHrallcaufcs ^ which (wox, 
 
 cil or natural being hindered)^ rfery£)rr^/iWv74/«r£'^^<?/>r(3^/'yr«? a certaine 
 
 dcHinieis, andthe felfe fame ejfeB^ Arif^otle h of thisfcdt, ifwec giiiC 
 
 CL-editc to Alexander Aphrodifem his interpreter, Likcwifc 
 
 J'heophrafius ^who wrif cch phinllC^hatdeflinie ii the nature 
 
 of each thing. By their Opinion it is Del>inic thatn man be- 
 
 . J.,-, y .. gettech a man ; and ip that hedycth of inward naturall can- 
 
 •iioi ?!ioioiqc (es ^ notby violence orfouce^ic is deftinie.Contrarilie^tliat 
 
 ' aman fhouidingendcraferpentouamonflTr, itis (a) ^<f- 
 
 W^tf Jtf vir^;/y7^^jD^y?;«;^. Alfo to bekilled with a fword,or by fiie.This 
 
 tvritel\hat a opinion is not vcne offenfiiie, foinhac indeed it alcendcth- 
 
 ihhi^maydie notfohigh asxhc{oVC^Oifate0VDeilinic^ AnddoCthnoC 
 
 ^Jrf^Ta'^: euery oncc(cape talline that keepcth himielfc fi-om cli- 
 {h)UrhU9th mmg aloft ? Such a, one is {h)ArtThtle ajmolt eiiene where 
 mt fully and writing ought of eel cftial matters,exccpt it be \\\ his book 
 ^S'Lt^^r oftheworld/vvhichisagoldentreatile, Lauoringofamore 
 Qni^hfdh a cclefliall ay re. I reade moreouer in a Greekc wrtcer th^t 
 l^'^^^^f ^y% uiriilotle thought Vate was no caHfeJbnt that chance wa4 info me 
 
 BllsEti/lfies. ^ , O r r r rr I r J / 
 
 ^ ■ ■ fort an alteration or change of the canfe ofjuch things as were d/J- 
 
 • "^ pofedbj necefsitie, O the heart ofa Philofophcr : that durft 
 
 .aceounc. Fo.rtmie and! Cliaunce among the ^umbcr pi cau- 
 
what Stoical 
 Ute IS, 
 
 OF CONSTANCIE 4T 
 
 fcs,butnot Dclliny. ButlcthimpaiTc: IcomctothcSto- ^^ ^"^^r'*"!^^ 
 iclccsmyfiicndcs(toiI proteffe to hold that fo£l ineltima- J^^^'/^nacnc 
 tionand account) whowcrctheaiithoiirsof VIOLENT sages. 
 FATE, \vhich with ScTiecA I define to be, Aneccjj)ticof 
 all thirties and actio fjs^which ko force can yvitkfit^iful or Ifreakf.j 
 And with Cyt/tDpfis^ A fpirit»all power, gouemhig orderly the 
 yvho/e world] Thefe definitions fwaiiic not farrcfrom the 
 miech,if" they be (oimdly and modcftlic expounded. Nei- 
 ther (happilic) their opinion generally , if the common 
 people had not condemned the fame alrcadic by a preiu- 
 dicate conceitc. They are charged with two impieties, \vherci« lU 
 that they make God fubieft tothewhc;:lcofDefl:iny,and Stoicksdo 
 alfotheaflions of our will. I cannot boldlie acquit them "^^' 
 ©tboth thefe fuilts : for out of fome of their writings (fewe 
 being at this day extant) wee may gather thofc fayingcs, 
 and out offome other wee coUeft more wdiolfome fen- 
 tenets 
 
 ^•-f^^r^aprineipall pillar of that fe^l'ftumbleth at the ^['/j^^^'J'^ 
 firft blockc in his book of prouidence, where he faith,T^^ fubieato dc- 
 verte fame nccejfitie hhideth God: an irreuocahle conrfe carrieth ^ini^"* 
 away both humaine and difAtne thingcs. The maker and ruler of all 
 thinges decreed desiinies, but now folhweth them : He commaun- 
 ded once, but he obey eth for euer. And that (ame indifloluble 
 chaine and linking together of caufes which bindcth all 
 thinges and perronsjfeemcthplainhe toinferre force or pr^y^^^ffnof 
 conftramt* Buttiie true Stoickes neuer profeffed fuchdo- hishbemc* 
 £lrine , and if by chance any like fentencc paffcd from them 
 in the vehemencieof their writing or di(puting, it was Ehjiin trntfl( 
 more in words than in fubftance and fcnfe. Chryfippus (who Jv^Illy of°^ 
 Srft corrupted tliar gtaue feftof Philofophers with crab- that opnioti, 
 bcdfubtilticsofqueftions) clearcth it from depriuingman 
 of l:reeIibertic.(^)Andour5(f;!;^r>»dothnoc:BiakcGodIub- C^)f» /^^c?- 
 ic(fl to facc^hc was wila* than lo)but Godro Gy d , afters a. ^-f'^^* 
 
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 cercainekinde of fpeach. For chofc Stoickes cliat cairre nee- 
 reft ctic trueth do tall Deftinie fomctimcs Prouidcnce , and 
 Forrhey^fe fomctimcs God. ThcrcfoucZf/^^ whcn bc had called Df- 
 
 thcnamcot- /7 ,, ■ r j r r , r 
 
 rieiliny other j'^^^^ ^ rower moour/ig eibout the jame matter , after o>ie and the 
 
 wile, mca- fime manner jiiz addctll^ which it boateth not whether j oh call it 
 Ding iliereby Pronidcnceor nature. LlJccwile Cbrvfippus Other whcrc 
 prouidcnce, CAlictn Ue/finie the etcrnall pfir^oje or decree of pomdence^ Pa- 
 andfomii- nxcius the StoicklaidjT^^f Godhimfelfewas Fate, (a] Scnoca 
 CiJli^^dfocK. ^^^K ^^^^f^C ^^^^ mindc (aich, ?VhenyoH lift you may call the 
 ca.j.vvhcre ^^fthoiir ef nature and all thin ges.^ hy this or that name : Toti may 
 ihii M read jf^fiiy tearme htm the heft and great Imiter and i hindering^ and 
 thervvifc and Stitor, that is^ Stable orftar.ding^not fa varied (as H^fiorians de- 
 corrupsihle^ liuerjbecaufe that after a vowe vndertakenjje ftayed the l\cma^ 
 jirmie flying away : But hecanfe all thin gts ft and by his free kene^^ 
 fit e^t here fore vpos he named {b) Ihndcr or Itablliicr.' Ifycr^ call 
 (b) btator him alfo It ate or defiinie^jsu fijall not belie him* V orfii h that de- 
 &ftabilitor ftinieis nothing htit a folded order ofcaufes^ hee is the pri^cipall cfr. 
 ftrft caufe ofal^wheronihe re^dne do ^^p^;?^ Which lail: words 
 arcfogodlielpokcn, thatflaundcriclclfc cannot flaunder 
 them^ In this point diflcn ted not from the Stoickes that 
 Al"^^^d/° grcate Wliccr to a gtC3X.Z King: 1 thinke that Necef stiff 
 his book ' ' ^f^g^^ ^ot to he called any thing els hut God, as a ftedfaft andfta ^ 
 de mnndo, ^^^ nature, A nd deftinie that 7vhieh kpitteth together all thmge^f 
 and holdeth his coarfe freely j wit hotft let or impedtment, W hich 
 fayinges , if they hauc any taft oi temeritie in them, yet 
 not of impictie :andbeciHgrighdieijitcrpteted dillcrnot 
 rlic n-a of much from our true fate or deftinie* I doc in good carneft 
 otbk°and^' giuc this commendation to the Stoickes, thatnoodier 
 t«ao wacd, ic£J" of PhilofophcTS auowcd more the maiefty and proui- 
 dcnce fof God, nor drcwc men neercr to heauqnlic and e- 
 teniall tb^ngcs. And if in treading this n'ac.c of Deftinie 
 they went lomcwhat aftray, it was thorough a laudable 
 and good defite they hauc to withdrawcblind njcnfrom 
 
 that 
 
OF CONSTANCIE 47 
 
 thatblind Goddcffc. Imeanc FORT V N E: (a) ^^"^^^gf:^^ 
 nature whereof they did notonclic mighcilic )^^iizo\xioU.arati.ca.i^. 
 their companie y but cucn the vcric name. 
 
 CHAPT, XIX, 
 
 'The fourth and true l^nJi ofY)efttme e'Xpofitjded. The rama 
 hrieflic (poken of^ ft u lightly defi»ed^.afjd prooned to differ 
 frojTf Vrotiidciica. 
 
 THis much may fufficc touching 'the opinions and 
 diffentions of the A»uicicnts. For why flioulde I 
 oucr ciirioudie fear ch the lecretesothell? (as the pro- 
 ucrbc is) I iliall hauc ynoughtodoe with trucDeiti- 
 nie , w:bich now I propound and iiluflrate, calling it , AN 
 ETERNAL i^ECRFiE OF GODS PRO- 
 VIDENCE, v/hich cannot bee taken away no more 
 than proiudcnccit iclfc. And let not any man cauill with 
 mce about themmCjbecaufeKay there is not inLatine an 
 other proper word to expf cffc that Aing.but F A T V M. gS/r*" 
 Wliat f haue old writers abufcd it? Let vs vfc it : and fo in- \hfink» 
 laEging this word out oftlieprifon of the Stoickcs , letvs 
 bring It to a better light* It is called in Latine FATVM 
 (i.farJo of (peaking, neither is it any thing^els properlic,but 
 Thefdftng and commnfindamem of God\ And th.isisit which wHerwemay 
 
 novve licekc for : I define it eythcr with diat famous ^[^pj^^/^'^""^ 
 P I C V S, Aranke and order of can fes defending vi^on 6'(7^/ Dcltinie, and 
 counfdl^ or with mineowne vvordcs more obfcurely and^^°^!^^^°^^^ 
 iiio^SCiZyAnimmooaehle dscree ofVrottidence inherent in things Two dciini^ 
 mooHeaUeywhiohfirmlie effe^ietheuerie thing in his order, place ^ ? "^° J^^c rt 
 and time . I aillic A decree of 'Providence , becaufc I agree not piaine,the o* 
 vvhollie vvidi theDiuincs of our daycs flct thcmgiuc mc thcr obfcurcr 
 Icaiic iiuhgfrceiludie of thetruethjwhoinnamcandnaairc ti!^^ ^^^u^c^^f 
 
 ' G 4 COn^ (hc;h]Dg, 
 
^t THE FIRST BOOKE 
 
 confound itwithprouidencc, I know it to be a hard mat- 
 lobf'n on' tecandfuUof temciitictoconcciucor reftrainevntoccr- 
 withprou'i- t3inCVJ0ideSthMS»fir-f!at,iraIl a»d ftil>ir-celei}iM (fence (I • 
 dence. meaneGod) or ought that bclongcch to him : yet vnto 
 
 ^, ,. r manscapacitie,Idefendandmaintaincthatprouidcnccis 
 I':'Z!' oncthingproperlic. and the toewhich wee call fate or 
 hoti: deftinie, another: Fori -confidcrproindencenootherwUc 
 
 then thatitbe.A power and facultitinCod of fccmg-kioy<"«g& 
 
 „ . , ., .ouerni«. .llthixgr] A P O W E R , I Cw,vniucrCil,vndi- 
 L^fidtr;: uidcd^giardcdfand as Lucren.s Ipeakcthvnucd together, 
 nincttally. 5^ Deftinie Ib-emcth co defccnd into the things themlelues 
 ^m'"' andtobe Iccne in the particulars ofthein^bemgas itwevc 
 ^L adilpofingandbeftowmgabroadofthatvnnierhU proui- 
 c^J- , dcnccby particulars. Therefore Pronidencejs in God and 
 t::,i::tL. attributed to him alone: Deftinie in the things.and to them 
 uiuS. is afenbcd- You thinke 1 tnflc, and (as it is laide) ^bo e 
 holes in Millet fccde: No (L#w) I take this outofthctalk 
 ia)Mi:iumu- of thc common pcoplc, among whortic nothtng is more 
 :tr'^'-^ vSuhan tofay^Thiswas my good or emll deftinie: and 
 hkcwifc , this was the fatall decree of this kingdome, or 
 that town. But no man fo fpeaketh of prouidence, no man 
 applveth itt0thcthingesthemfelucs,without impietieand 
 dldfion. Therefore I laid well, that the one of them wap 
 in God , thother trulie hom God , and pcrceiucd in the 
 
 ' 'l avmoreoucr, thatthOughProuidcncebenotreall/ 
 
 Prouidence diuidedfiomDeftiny.yet it ismorcexcellentand moican^ 
 
 ^'T '.^" cient : Euen as we are taught in the fchooles of the wile to 
 
 P'"'""- faythattheSunneismorcwotthythanthelight:Etetni^ 
 
 than time: Vndcrftanding, then reafon.BuC to drawrinto 
 
 aftiortfummc thefecurious not common matters. Thou 
 
 fccftlhaue iuft caufebothtovfethisdiftinaTon,andalo 
 
 prLainethenameof Dertinie^gauill tbenew Confiftory 
 
OF CONSTANCllS 4P 
 
 of Diuines.For why^ Thofc aiincicnt famofed (4) Fathers ,^^. « ,., 
 prohibicc mee not but chat I may vfc in his right and true dcaufuei /I 
 Icnic the word DESTINY* But now chat I may return ^-^ ^- ^^ff» 
 to makcplaincmyfornuT definition, I fayd itwas , ^» '''' g^^fj/ Q«?i,' 
 h f rent decree, "jio fhe w that Dcftifue fliould Lx: marked in the & Thl.A^ui 
 thmgcs to the which it commeth , and no: from whence it "''^ ^'^^'^ 
 
 proceed Cth. I added , In mooHeable thinges^ fign ify ing that ofdepje. 
 
 although Deftinic it felfc bee immooucablc, yet ittakcth The definite 
 4iot away motion, nor any natural Ifaciiltic h'om thingcs^ "^^ ^^^ j^'"-^ 
 but workech cafilic and without force, eucJi as the markes made mani^ 
 and figncs imprinted by God in each thing, do require. In ^^^» 
 x:aufes(fecundariel mcane)thatbencccfl3nc, it workcth 
 ncceffarilie : In natural cAufcs_,n3turallie: In voluntarie cau • 
 
 lcs,votuntanIie:Incontingenr,contingaitlie.\VhcreforcDe(imydotH 
 in refpcft of the things it doth neither force, nor conftrain: norforcc 
 
 Buc'as eucric thing is made to doctor fuftcr, fo it diredeth ^^'"a^ 
 andturnethallthinges^Bucityourecallit to his firft origi- 
 nal! , I m^.inc God and his prouidence, I affirme conftantly ** 
 and boldly thatnll thinges are done neccfl'anly ^ which arc 
 donebydcltiny^ 
 
 Laltlic, Iioynedofthe Order ^pUce znitime^ eftabli- 
 ihingthatwhicii I&ide before, chatprouidence was of 
 things in vniuerCilityjDcIiiny bydiftribucion inparticu- ^^^^ ^*"^ 
 Parities. By O R D E R , I vnderftandc the ceurfe and vni- oQ^xpUocdl 
 ting together ofcaufes which deftinylimitteth.By PL ACE 
 and T I M E, I meane that woonderEiJ and incomprehcn- 
 ble po wa* w hereby all eucntes or aftions arc tycd to their 
 cetraine places and moments of time. It was deflinirie that 
 T^rqmmis (hould bc bani/lied his kingdom c. Be it forbur 
 firftlct the adultcrie bee committed. You fee the order of 
 thecauCes, It was deftiny that Cx/2fr fhould bee killed. So: 
 But in the Senate by the image o^Pompei. You fee the place. 
 That Domitim fhould bcemurthcred of his oyvnc people 
 
 H Let 
 
50 THE FIRST BOOKB 
 
 Let him be munhcred but yet at the vcryhoure ] cuen the 
 fiftjwhich in vaine he fought to preuent^ Thus you fee thp 
 time. 
 
 CHAPT. XX. 
 
 //■/> dtjfir^uitjhed Ij pure Notes from St^icall Dcfiwie, 
 I'lerr ispiewedmore exa3lie how it doth Kot e-r: force our will 
 u^ndalfi^ ihat Gcd is neither coadjutor ^nor anthoftr oj£Hii. 
 
 Ow (aycit thou(yong man)perceaucxlthou this? Or 
 muft I light a clearer torch to thce?I f hiking my head. 
 Yea ^{Liiijgim) I muft haue more light, >or I fball nc- 
 ucr come out of this darkneiTt% W hat flendcr kind 
 ofdiftindions be chcfc? What captious ginnes of queftion^ 
 arehcrc?! fearccreafonCbelecucmc) andfufped thofemy/li- 
 call and doubtfuil words of yours as^my very enemies. Lan^ 
 gifts laugliing a Iitde^be of good courage (quoth he) here is 
 no Hanmhall!Tho\ji art eomc into a fure caffle^not fallen into 
 any ambufluncnt : I will giue thee light ynough. Tell mec 
 where and in what point thou art fb ignorant yet > In that 
 - „ . t^angif^ which conecrneth forceand necefsitie. For tiulie I 
 fccmcth to be caonot coucciuc how this deftiny that you dcfcribe^dif&reth 
 mixed wul> from that of the Stoickcs^whfch when you had in wordcs 
 Stoicali. ^^^^^ ^^j. ^^ the broad gate (as I may (ay) in efto6t you let h 
 aftcwards at a pofternc or backdore. No (L//>////) God for- 
 bid : for my part I doc not fo much as drcameof any fuch 
 d'ci Stoicall Deftinic, norftudictoreuiueagaine nhore(^) oldc 
 ofde'^'my.id' wiucs loog agonc dcadaud buried. \ propofc vnto'thec 
 Udgcncra^iiy fuch a dcftinis as may ftande with modeftie and godlincs,. 
 ^^^^^' diftingui filed from chat violent Fate by fourc mai'kes. 
 
 They make God himfclfc fuhiecl to Deftinie, And hi^i^ 
 f«U^^^ ^^' ^^^ (""^ //^»?^r) though hce were moll .wiiiu:tg , collide not 
 poinus^ enlarge 5.?r/?f^»« fromliis bander. 
 
 ^ . : But 
 
OF CONSTANCIES 51 
 
 But wee doc fiibiccl: Deftinie vnto God, making him a 1,*'^^ *"°^^ 
 mod free auihoiir and ador of thin^cs, able ac his will, bou/patc/* 
 and picjiure far 10 furii'iouiit and cue in fundcr thofc linked 
 troupes and bandcs ot Dellinie. They appoync a iuccelsiue ^ We make 
 OL'dcr of nacurali caufcs from all eternicie: Wee doe not "°[- ^^^^ ^J^dcr 
 niike the caules alwaycs nacu rail (for God is ohen the ics ctcrall. 
 caufeoivvoonctcrsand miracles , bcfidcs or contrarie to 
 nature) iiorcternalL For thcfcfecondcau fe shad theirbc- 3- We take 
 gmning with the world. Thirdlie, they take away all con- JlnVyrtLiigs 
 tingencie from thinges , wcc admit k , affirming that as of - 
 icn xi Uic lecondaiie cauies arc fucfa ^ chaunce or hap may 
 bee admitted in the eucntcs and actions . LafUie, they fee- 
 mcd to intrude a violent force vpon our will This bee 4. we graune 
 farre fromvs, v/ho doc both alio we fate or deftiny, and tomanaccr- 
 alfo ioyne handes with libcrtieor (a) fiecdomc of will. orTrle^aomc ' ' 
 Wee docfo fliunne the deceitful! bbftcs of Foiainc, ^^d (aji^^hatfoeuer 
 chaunce 5 that wee dafti not our (hippc againft the rockcs ifpcakJ^enM 
 crnecefsitic, Isthere FATE? Yca.But itisthe firfte fj^j'^ 
 andprincipall caufc^which isfo farrcfi'om taking ^vv2y iZcnJ'inj^ 
 tbciniddieandlecondary caufes ,that (ordinarilie and ibv ^^'^H ^P^^ ^^- 
 the moft part) itworkcth not but by them: and thy will X/'r^^i^/v"/ 
 isamongthc number of thofc fccondaric caufcs, thinkc m^ybecomiri 
 notthatGod(^) forccthit^or wholly taketh itaway:hcre- ^<^^^ff^iiy,y^^ 
 inisalltheerrourand ignorance in this matter, no m:mfol!fr%cs, 
 coniidcrethhow he oughtto.wiU diatwhicli Deitinie wil- {i')-^ug4ine 
 Icth : And I fay freely to will it. For God that created all ^',tr«t7^^ 
 things vfeth the lame without any corruption of them. As nyevziu can* 
 the highcft fphcare with his motion fwaycth about the '^^y^^ conftrai^ 
 rcft^yetfoasitneytherbarrcth nor breakcth them ok\\\m'^ylllif!j^Q^ 
 proper motions: So God by the power of deftiny draweth net. For we ' 
 althingSjbut taketh not away the peculiar facultie or^moti- f/lf^.fg'll^^' 
 on of any thing^Hc would that trees ^ corn fhould grow^ notwiili?jPofa 
 
 Hz So 
 
5^ THE FIRST BOOKE 
 
 So do they, wirhoiirany force oftheir ownc nature^ Hcc 
 
 would that men Ihould vfe dt:hbcranoii and choyl'c. So do 
 
 they,w!thoutfoi'cc,of their free-will. -Andyct, whatfoe- 
 
 iier they were in mind to make choyfe of^ Godforlaw from 
 
 all cternitie : He tore-fawe it (I fay) not forced it : hce knewc 
 
 Trxcdgm- i c, bat conllrayncd not :-^ie fore-toide it, but not p refer ibed 
 
 yjouit omyjia ic.Why do our curious C^r/i?irj ftagger or Humble hcrcat ^ 
 
 fed non prx Q fi-aiplc crcaaircs 1 1 fee nothing more cleai c tha-n this^ex- 
 
 ftmuit.'Da' ccpt if be fo that fomcbufic wanton mind lillcth to rub and 
 
 mafcetiHs. cxafperatc it iziiz ^ being infcQ:cd with a contagious itching 
 
 ofdifputation and contention. 
 
 How can it bee (fiy they)if God forefawc that I fhoiildc 
 
 k^Uy vetTf ' fi^i^^ > ^"^ '^^^ fore-fight cannot be dcceiued .but thai I doe 
 
 ourownfrcc- finnc ucceffarilic? Foolc l Who dcnieth it > Thou finnefl ne- 
 
 !*^ cclTarilie^and yet of thine ownc free- will. Foriooth thus. 
 
 much did God forefee, tliat thou fcouldeftfinne in fuch foit 
 
 as he forefawc, but he faw that thou fhouldcf!: finne freelie, 
 
 thercibre thou finnefbtrcely and ncccliarilie. Is this plaine 
 
 ynough? They vrge further^and fay. Is not God in vs theau- 
 
 thourofcucry motion^ He is the authoiurgeneraliyjcon- 
 
 fcflcj yet the fauorer of good onely. Art thou incliried ta- 
 
 fw^ w/'ShY, vertue ? Hec knovvcth it, and hclpeth thee. Vnto vkc ?Hee 
 
 foYthai nothing knowcdi that al{b5and(^)fuffcreth thee. Ney ther is there any 
 
 isdoncagainfi fault iii him. Iridcawcakcand lamchorfc, thcrydingis of 
 
 pktarchwit' mce,biit the wcakncdcand lamcncs oFhimlelfc. Iplay vp- 
 
 tily Jenierh on a harp ill foundingand out of ttinciln that it is out oftunc 
 
 ^^^^ ^crT b^ ^^ ^'"^^ ^^^^'' of the Inffrument,not of me. The earth with one 
 
 aJftmy,v^ yet vniucrfall and the fame iuyce nourirtieth all trees and fiiiites 
 
 be contained ^vhcrcoffomegrowcto be profit ablc, and foiiic poyfonable. 
 
 Tstu w7s What then? fhall we fay that this proceedeth of the CiU'th^and 
 
 arc^ot'done not rather fro the nature of die trees tkit do conuert fo good 
 
 by hw,tlut nutriment into poy fon? So in this cafe it commcdi of God 
 
 i^dLTuw tliatthouaitmooued :Bue icisofandinthyfelte that thou 
 
 ^ ^ ' " ' ' ' " art 
 
OF CONSTANCIE. yj 
 
 art mooucd to cuill. Fimllic, to conclude of this libcrtic:De- 
 ftinie is as the firit man ihac Jcadcththc round iu this diuncc 
 of:hewor!d:butfoas\vc daunceourpaitcsto , in willino-, 
 or nilling; and ira further, not in doing, for there is left to nun 
 
 onclyatrce-wiltoilriticandlluggkagainftGod, and not 
 power to perfourme the fame. As it is lawful! for mc to AfitfimilN 
 walkc vp anddowne inafliippc and to runne about the '''"'''• 
 hatchcsdr icates, but this flirr.ng of mine cannot hinder 
 the Mmg cfthe ft.piSo in this fatall vcffell wberr.in weall 
 
 iaylc,lecourwilleswranglcandwrcflasthcylifr,theyfhal 
 not turnchcroutofhcr course, noraniething hinder the 
 famcThat highcff will ofall willcs miiit hoide and rule the 
 laynes and with theturneof aJiandcdireft thischariot 
 whither focuer It pkafeth. 
 
 CHAPT. XXL 
 
 'l''do,.ttfuna„dfHllofdnt.r.ger,A.dmuflnotcurhum, 
 tefe.rched. L.fil.e, ,n ear.esi exhortation to imL, 
 
 courage tnoHrmindcs thorough neceffitie. '' 
 
 BVt why doe I fhyle on fo long in thiscourfel will 
 no ve caft about and auoyd this(a;cfe.^^^,whieh , w /. 
 ha h fwallowed vp fo manieinens wittes. He e 1 be ff^"^^ 
 holdhow(b) Ccero fuffered/hipwracke, who chofe !,^'f[: 
 lathertodenic prouidence, than to abate one ace of man f^^" *" 
 hbertie:Sowhilesthathemadenxnfrce(asit sfinelyS''''^^'^^: 
 by one Pre!are>e made them facrilegious. DaJlTlL "'"'"""' 
 faylcth m this gulfe.and excendeth prouidence vnto otb r 
 th.ngs,butexcludethitfromthofe*thatareinvsBvwhorer, . 
 
 not launcti oi t too farremto this dcepc fea. V„clide' be- '^"'^So i, it 
 ".£dcu«nddxnanythi.g«toucfai,.s'God,ai^wcr5fiti;;^^f;:r- 
 
 ** 5 Othct ^ 
 
'j4 " THE FIRST BOOKE 
 
 flor"!hruiThx$ ^^^^^ thingslknow iioc,but oft his I am aflured,^ he hatcth 
 fiTc\vkh ^' curious perfoas.Eucnfo I thinkc ofdeftiiiy, which mail: bc- 
 ihe fworri of looked vntomot into : and be a-cdiced.nor perfectly known. 
 ourHurpwit. J j^pp^j^ that laying of Bias, ^z/c^^ Gad^lrrlcefieth^theUy 
 may better be applyed to delliny^whereof I adnioiiifh thee 
 this much,that it iuffifcth to know that it is. If thou bee ig- 
 norant in other things thereto belonging , it is no offence* 
 Buta 1 it ThisisfufficicnttoourpLirpoleCforlnowrcturnfromwan- 
 Eo"ouf profit. dring,into the rightwayagainc) that thou bclecue ncccfli- 
 tictobenaairaUiebornc together with publicke cuils,and 
 thcrehence fecke fome foUacc of tliy forrowc. What ap- 
 pertaineth itvntothee to enquire cunouflie ofchehbcitie 
 ia)rhU U fpo' or thraldomc of our wilU Whether it be enforced or per- 
 ^'^ArchM^^ (Waded? Alafle poorefoulc!6?;ThY cowne is fackcd by 
 'liatflnZs" the cncmic,andrthou fitted drawing circles inthedufl* 
 Geometrician WarrevtyranniejflaugfatcrjaDd death hang oucr thy headj 
 vTohite which things truly arc fent from abouc,and doe not in any 
 fack( ofthe cit- wife appertaiue to thy will or pleafure. Tfaoa maift fcarc, 
 ^^^^^f^/^^^''^butnotpreucn(::flic,butnotauoydethem. Arme thy felfe 
 ^ZTricllfi' againfl thcm,and take this fatal weapon in thy hand,which 
 guresinthe will not Only pricke, butpanch ailthefe forrowes: not 
 gromu. lighten thee,but wholly vnlode thee of them. As a nettle 
 ifyou touch it foftlicftingeth; but loofeth his force if you 
 handle it roughlie : So this griefc groweth greater by apply- 
 ing foft mollifying plaiflers^butisfoonc cured with (harp 
 corrafiues. Now^e there is nothing more forcible than 
 Thcameisa N E C E S S I T I E, which with one ailault oucr- 
 dioftftrong throweth andputtcch to flight all thcfe vveakc troupes, 
 armour of ^ y^t^^^t i^eancfl thou Sorrowc? Itis DO booteto vfethcc, 
 "^^itl^. when a thing of ncccffitie mull, or reafon ought to come 
 to pafTe. What wilt thou querulous complaint doe? 
 Thou maift (Lake this celefti^l yoakc, but not niakeitof,- 
 
 LcdH 
 
OF CONSTANCIES jj 
 
 Leaue of to thinke that Godffata^ decree^ 
 Bj thy refining may altered h ee . 
 There is no orher refuge from nccefsicy,butto wifh that 
 thac/hcvvillcth.VVclvvasit faid by an excellent wife man' 
 Thofi art [tire to be conauerour tfthoft enter into no corStcl hut F?''?*^^?* '^^ 
 jfichasj^mthjffowerto oucrcome, I he CGirK)atc -vvitji nccef- dian. 
 &ie is not fiich, wherewith whofoeuer contcndcth fliall 
 bceoiieicomc: vea, which more may be manielledatr he is 
 already vancjuifhcd betore he begin to enter the lifts with it. 
 
 CHAPT. XXIL 
 
 Some doe feeke a cloake for their UizitteJfemdeflmyvBtit that 
 is taken away. Fa te vrorketh byfecondarie caufes^ therefore 
 theymuflhe a^^ljed.Howfarreit hehooueth vsto aide our 
 cop^ntrie^ayidhaw not.l[he endofthiyfirfi oon.ferefu;e(^ i?ook^ 
 
 HErcL^»^//^/paufinga little, I became the readier ta 
 fpcakemy mind, and told him that if this wind blew 
 aftenie thus a whiles J fliould thinke my fclfc veric 
 necr tlie haiien.For I hauc now a bold refolution to 
 follow God and obey neccfsity. Me thinkes I can fay with 
 ^tmpides, I had rather do facrificevntohimy then hicenfed with ^ , .. .. 
 ir€toi^ckeagainntheprickej,orthatIbei}iga??fortalmayifbofM ""^' ''' 
 centendvetthGod, tmmonalL Ycc there is one cempcftuous 
 waucofa troubled imagination that toirethmce; Aflwagc 
 \i(Langmy) if you may . For if all pnblike eujlls come by 
 Deftinie , which cannot bee conftrayncd nor controlled, 
 why theniliall wee take anie care at all for ous counrric ? 
 Why doo wee not lean e all to that greate mafrerleffb .„,t,. ^- 
 Lorde , and fit ftill our fclues with our handcs in our bo- for t:t^^^ 
 tomes \ tor you fay that all aduife and aydc is of na^^^^^g*^^^ * 
 force, ifDESTINIEbeeagainftit. LAN-^'^"^''- 
 G I V S replymg , Alaflc young man ^faide hec) by 
 
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 wilfull frowardncffe thou erreft from the tnicth.Is this the 
 way to obey Dcftinicjand not rather to refift and contemn 
 It is anfwe- {r ? Thou Wilt fit iHll with thy handcs in thy bofomc. Wei, 
 Ta'^thumern I wouldthy tonguc had bene tyed DOW. Whotoldethec 
 ciuVcsdo pro that Deftmy woiketh aloie without coadiuuant and 
 ceedmd go meanecaufes ? It is Delliny thou fhouldefl: haiie children : 
 cuents ^'"^ y^^ ^^^^ ^hou muft fo we thefeede in thy wiues garden. To 
 bccui-cdofthydifcare: but To as thou vfe the Phyficianard 
 ^oodnourilliment. Solikewife ifitbeeDeliiny that this 
 wcather-bca':en fhippe of thy couiitrey ihall bee (aued from 
 drowning, it is dcftinie wichall that (he be aydcd and defen- 
 ded. If thou wilt atDin to the haucn thou muft ply the oares, 
 and hoy Ce thy faylcs, andnot idly expert wind^ at will from 
 heauen. 
 Gooi ind c • Contrarily, if it be deffiny that thy countrie fh.iU bee 
 mil deftinic brought to confufion, fuch things ihall come to paffe by de-^ 
 <o«mcth ftiny^as will brino; her to deflation by humainc meanes. 
 
 without mi- . J^ , *^ , « 11 « - • J > 
 
 -racic,by ordi- The priuces and people fhall bee at vanance among themr 
 
 n-iry & acca- felues j noncllialbc Willing toobefj none able to command: 
 
 ml^nt All iTiall fpeake proudlyjand doc cowardly. Finally, the 
 
 Confider the Chicftaincs themfelues fliall haue neither counfell, flor fidc- 
 
 ftitc of Bel- ii^i^^ (z)Yellsms Ciide trulie , The force ofpatef is inemtabie, 
 
 fa)Yelkmp^' -^^^ofe eflate they determine to confomd, his tomfels they cdrrHp, ' 
 
 terciiluslib.ii. And acrainc, ll^e matter isfo , that God ivhen hee will change a, 
 
 ckc^arc & ^^^,^^^Jl,fi^^,^ t^j^.th away his vnder^andtng : And(which is 
 
 mofi wretched of 3ifl) he caufeth that the mi ferte which befalUth 
 
 ^ .. is r cppited to happen m:>fideferHedlie. Yet thoumuftnotbecfo 
 
 ddpZ aT' dduenincodirpaire^as though atthe firftaffauk thy coun- 
 
 thcfirft.asif t;j;ey were in hazard ofvcterddlru^lion. Howe knoweft. 
 
 FarefrovY- ^hou that > What canlt thoutcll whether this be onelic a 
 
 ^MyVpon vl lightfitofa fcu2r,oradeepcrdifeafevntodcath? Therefor^ 
 
 put to thy helping hand.and (as the prouerbe is, ) hope ftiU 
 
 whiles breath is in the ficice boiie. But if thou fee by certaiti 
 
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 and infalliUc tokens that the tatall alteration of the State 
 is come , with nice this faying ihall prcuaile, ^attofighi 
 mgainsl GoLkvi^ m fuch a cafe I would allcadgc the example ^^^ fringe* 
 piSohn\io\.\^\\^:\?ififtratHj\\?A brought the citie oi^th^nf l^^\y[^ ^uc** 
 vndcrhis ol>cdicnce,5d)/o»lccin2 that all his labour fordc- with that 
 .fence ofthecornmonlibcrtie was in vainc, came and hide "^"n.which 
 dovvne his (word and Target before the Senate doorcs.cry- pr€rcnbcih/ 
 ing outj O my cotmtne^ Ihaue by word anddeede defended thee 
 nbiles /cci»id.And fo going home he was quiet afterwards. 
 So do thoir.yceld to God^and giue place to the time. And if 
 thou be a ^ood citizen or common- wealths-man Drefcriic 
 thy fclfe to a becter and Iiappiercad.The liberty which now 
 isloftjmiyberecouercdagaine hereafter 5 and thy decayed 
 ■country may flour ifh in another age: why doeft thou loofe al 
 <:ouragc &: fal into difpair^OFthofc two Confuls at the battel 
 of Ca!i?}efyl account Varro a morc excellent citi2cn,who cfca 
 pcd,than P4ffhij that was flainjSc fo did the Senate Sc people 
 of R^w^'iudgCjgiuing him thanks publikcly for chat he had 
 not loll: allJiop:, nordefpaired wholly of the common- 
 wealth. Howbcitw^hctlicr fticelhakc, or fall -.whether fhec rLc concIaC 
 impairc or wholly periih,be chou notafflidcd^buttalce vn- (ion,witha 
 to thee the noble courage of Cr4r(?r J who when A/exaftder f^^^^l^^' 
 asked whether he would hauc his country rcliored again to CmfiancU 
 libertie,whyn]ouldPfaidhce,{britmaybethat anothcr^- 
 lexander will opprefle hcr^This is the propertic of wife and 
 valiant hearted mcn^as Achilles was warned in Homer, 
 
 Though caufe of grief e l?e greatly it let vs ketfe 
 
 All to otirfelues ; it hooteth not to weepe. 
 
 Els as Creon (mentioned in fables) embracing his daugh- 
 ter being a burning^did not help her, but cafl" himfclfe away: 
 So (LipfHj) thou Ihalt fooner with thy tcarcs quench the 
 light of thine owne life, rhaa this generall flame of thy 
 4:ountrcy, 
 
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 br^'lw^oj' ^ V\-'hiIcs that L^/?^/>/ was thus fpcaking, the doores rac- 
 ihc confcrece kcd with a grcat noile, and behold there came a lad dirc£lly 
 ;And putting tcwauds vs , fcHt from that worthic pciTonngc Torref^^ifn^io 
 oihcuiinc." P^^^ ^^ ^'^ mind oFthc hour oiTuppcr:The Lav^his as k wcic 
 oiieawaking^fiiddcly) outofalound flccp,oh(&id he}how 
 hath this talking beguiled mc" How is this dav ftollcn away? 
 And therewithall he arofc^taking me by the hand^and faid, 
 come {Li^fius) let vs goe to out fupper 1 ong wiilied for.Nay 
 (quoth \) let vs lit fliil a while longer^ I account this the beft 
 luppcr of all others, which I m^y call as the Greciansdue, 
 The meat afthz goddes^yW hilc^ we are at thfs banquet J do 
 alwayes hungcr^and am neucr (atisfit d. But h^^mgirJ dicwe 
 mc along with himj{aying,Let vs now baue regard to our 
 promifemade, and that which isbehinds of ourdutie to 
 CONSTANCIEjwe wiil,if it plcafe you,periorme 
 tomorrowc. 
 
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 firft Bookc. 
 
lufttis Lipfius.Iiis fecond 
 
 BOOKE, OF CONSTANCY, 
 
 rp 
 
 CHAPT. I. 
 
 Th cccaP.on o'fremwing thsir uilkc. The goiy,g v?ito Lailgius 
 loi^fLC^[.int g.r,\{ch^a);i\ the cvmrnendation thereof^ 
 
 HE next diyirfccmcdgood loV^ngius to 
 
 bring mcvnto his garclcs,Lx}ingtwo,which 
 
 hckcpt withvencgieat carc.-onc in the hil L^ngmsM, 
 
 oiicragoinil his houfe, ^theiother fcher off ?'' °^ S« 
 
 dens. 
 
 ^^ in a vaj ley by rhe riuer oiMoze, 
 iVhich riuer holder h his cottrfegentlit^ y^ Verfe of 
 
 Byatownefeatedmpfifleafwtiie. Ennius. 
 
 Tiiercforc commiiig fomcwfiat timclv into my chamber 
 what /./pyfe/ifiid hc.ftall we vvalkeabroac'c, or had you ra- 
 ther take yourea(eandfittefLiIl?Nay {l^amim) ] h?d rather 
 wolke wichyou.BiK whether fli;i!l wc gee'?" Ifit pleafe you, 
 (t^uotn Lrf«f/«/;tomy gardcii by the riuers fide; the way is 
 not farrc, you (hail cxcrcife your hodic, and Tec thctovvnc- 
 Hnalke.tncairc is there pleafant and freftinthis haotWea- 
 thcr. Itpleafethmec well ((aid Dneither Hiallany way be 
 tedious formcto follow if you goe before ; though it were 
 to the fuitheft Ind.es. And therewith calling for our clokes, oar ^ofn.r 
 wc putthem on : wc went, and went into the garden. In tl^^l 
 the very entrance as I caft my eyes about with a wanderincr 
 
 fO 
 
 cunofiticwoondriiig with mvfelfe at the clcgancie and 
 bcuitie of the place : My Sirc(faide I) what plea&ntncfiTe bt^^S t 
 and brauene is this > You haue heaucn here (L«««/, and " 
 
 no garden: Neither doe the glittering ifarres fliinc clearer 
 wafairenigut, than your fine flowers glifteting and 
 lliewiug their collours vyith varictie. Poets (peakcmuch 
 
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 of Ciie gardens oi Adonic and Alci»oH6\The.y arc trifles and \rt 
 comparifon oi this no better than pi£i:iires of Flics : when I 
 drew ncercr and applyed fomc of the floweri to my nofc 6^ 
 eycSjVvhat ilial I wjfh iirll(quoth I)to he all eye, with u^rgtw. 
 or nokvwith£affs//f*f^ This delight fo tick! cth and fecdeth 
 
 ■ both my fences atonce. Away^awaVjalye odours of hrabia^ 
 you are lothfome vnto mce in comparifon of diis piire and 
 celcfliall aire rhat I (auour. Tlien (pake L^n^as wringint;. 
 me foftly by thehand.and not without laughter : It is well 
 commended of you(L/pyr«/ jbut trulic neither I nor my coun 
 trey dame F^r^ , here prefent , doe defcrue tbeic lof tie and 
 friendlie pray fes.Yca.but they are truly deferued {Langias.} 
 Think ye that I flatter you? I (peak in good earn eft and from 
 my hearr.The Etiflan fieldcs are not EUfinn in refp eft of thit 
 your ferme. For behold, what exquifite ncatnefle is here on 
 euery fide? what order?how propordonablie arc all thinges 
 
 . difpofed in their borders and places , that eucn check er- 
 workc in tables is not more curious? Againe, what plenty is 
 here of flowers and hearbes? What fliangenes and nouelr 
 tic? In fb much that nature fecmeth to haue compared w itli 
 in this little plot^whatloeucr thing oi price is comprifcd iii 
 dliSj or tliat new world. 
 
 CHAPT. II. 
 
 ^hefratfe of Gardens in generally That the care of them Is anch- 
 ent , and from nature ttfelfe. That it was vfed hy kj^ges and 
 great ferfonages^inallie^the fleafnre of them laid of en before 
 (^itr eies j and my wijh not vngodlie* 
 
 Tlic praifeof A ^^ furcly(L4»^i;y/) this yout induftrious carcof gar-» 
 gardcnsrancl /"A dcns, IS a labour wcll-bcfecming and praife worthy, 
 tlut ttc ftudy A labourjWheretofif I eucflc not amiflc)cueric 2;ood 
 
 of that facul* ^^ ,'. ^^ o r-i-j^ 
 
 feefccmf^ ' 9^ ^ 2^ *^ —r temperately giuen, lo is he drawn 
 
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 b/natui'c^aiid addiacd thcrainto, Ao argument thereof is ]"" brla^IH'^^ 
 this3that you cannot name anie kind of delight , which the t^y. 
 chicfcmen of all ages haucmm'cafc6led, then this. Lookc 
 into the holieSciiptLirCjandyoiifhall fee that gardens had 
 :hcir beginnings with the world/Godhimfelfappoiinting 
 thefii-fl man his habitation therein, asthefeatc ora blefled Z'tt^m'n 
 and happielife.Inprophane writers thcgp.rJensot ^^W^f, arcandcucr 
 oi ^/ci^eus, TiiKtr^his &: the Hcfperides are grown into fables ^'"'"'^ ^V"^ 
 andcommon proucrbcsiAlfo in very good approoucdhi- ^'''^°'''"''- 
 iloties you ilial! find, t hat king Cjr;// had gardens and Or- rhcir aoti- 
 chardcs planted with his ownehandes: l\\:i\iSemiramis\x\6, *5"*f«^- 
 goodly flowers hanging in the aire : AiarfwijTa Itrange and 
 famous gariiifhed gardens,to the wonder ot Afrike. Morc- 
 oueraroongtheancientGrecians and Romans.howmany 
 could I alleadgc that haue cafl afide all other cares and be- ^-^"^^"^ and 
 taken themrducs whollic to this ftudie? Ami they all (in a rdXaLTJ' 
 word)Philorophcrsand wifemen^whocfchcwingthcci- ^^\ ddi^h^ 
 ties and troublefom afl'embliecs Ox^people, contayned them- 
 iclucs within the bounds and limits of their gardens. And 
 among thcfe^me thinks I fee king Tarquinius in the time of 
 that firll: olde R^w^,walking pleafantlie in his garden, and 
 cropping the toppes of Poppie. I remember Cata Ce»firiuf 
 giuen to the pleafure of gardens and writing feriouflie of 
 that argument: LuchUhs after his vidories obtained in Afm^ 
 taking hrs recreation in his gardens. Silla, who forfakinc^ 
 the(^) Diaatorlhipfpent his olde age ioyoufly here- Laftly f'^^^^'^f 
 I maynotforget DiacUfi.n the Empcrour, that preferred /i[L7«i 
 his pot-hearbes and Lctticeofapoorcfarmeat54/#w, be- '^«^*' 
 fore the imperiall fcepter and robes of purplc.Neicher haue 
 the common people diflfcnted from the iudgemcntof the 
 better fort,in this point, in that I knowe all honcft mindes 
 and free from ambition , haue cuer bene delighted in this 
 SxercircFai: there is in vs a fcacte and auur all force (the 
 
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 An inward caufcswlicreoricannoteafily comprehend) which draw- 
 
 ^aeh^luin^^^^'"'^^^*^^^'^^^ haumlclleandliberalliccvcatioii, not onelic 
 
 gardens. thofc chatbcpronc by naiurc chat way : but alio ivx\\ an- 
 
 ftere and gi'auc pcrfoiia^eSjas vvoulde leeme to dcfpiic and 
 
 deride it. 
 
 And as it is not pofsible for any man to contemplate hea- 
 lien znA tiiofe iminorcai Ipirits Lheic,withont fcarc dc rcne- 
 rcnce-.ib can we not behold thccar th ^ her facrcd ticaliucs, 
 nor the excellent beautic otthis interior world^ without an 
 WHch be . inward tickl ing and delight oFthe (cnfcs. Aske ihy mind and 
 guiicth che vndcrftanding,it wil concede it Iclf to heled,yca ic fed with 
 kuibtf/^ this alpedand fight. Askcthy (enles otlceing and Imelling, 
 they wil acknowledge that they take not greater delight in 
 any thing.than in the decent borders and bcddes of gardens. 
 TKcplcafure Paufc I pray thee a Hde while and behold the multitude of 
 j?^^'=/Jj^"' flovvers with their dayiicincrea(ings,onc in the Iblkc, one 
 creafe and " i" ^^c bud^anocher in th: blolTome* Markc how one fadeth 
 growrh of iudden!y,and another fpringeth. Finallie, obferue m one 
 flowcn. i^j.^j of -flower the bcaucie, the forme, the iliape or fafliioii 
 either agreeing or difagi'eeing among thcmfcluesa thou- 
 fand way cs,\Vhat mmde is {o fterne that amid all thefe w ill 
 not bend it fclfe with fome mild cogitation,and be mollified 
 AI.o in fo ^ thereby?Now come hidicr a whiles thou cnrious eic^and be 
 Qi Coilours. fixed a litle vpon thefe gay and neat coUoiirs ; mark wcl this 
 . natural pnrplc.thar fingaine^this iuory^that fnowy colloun 
 This fiery, that golden hue: and fo many other collours be- 
 fides, as the belt pain tcr may irmulate^buc ncucr bee able to 
 KnX fragant imitate with hispenffil. Laftly,whatafwcetodour isthcrer 
 (iudles. Whatpcrcing fauour? And I wo: not what part of the 
 hcauely aire intiifed from aboue^tliat it is not without caufe 
 why the Poets nyned, that fl o wers for the moic part (prang 
 vpfiift^rom the iuice and bloud of their gods. O the true 
 founcaiae of loy and fwecte delight! Othc featc of V^^^^ . 
 
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 aiidthc Graces.! wiOi to reft me and lead my whole Ivfc in 
 your bowers. God graiuit me Icaiic rfarreironi nli tii nailcs 
 or [ovvncs):o walk wuh a gladfomeand wandnna cicanrd ^:v wifh. 
 thele hcacbes and Flowers o.'thc k.iownc and (.,>''nkuo wn , ,,, 
 wond«andro reach my hand cs and toca!h.a;„ceies one f^'tS 
 .wluktochis fnll-grow.ie Ilower,aiKl ariotHcr while to «»'*««'> cat- 
 thatncwhe in the bloffom: : To that m^ miade bcincr bcgui- '"'• 
 led withakind ofwandccing recchldhes, I mavcaftoff the 
 remembrance of all cares and troubles. 
 
 CHAPT, II. 
 
 JI'rtuargHcdagAmflfomtcmioHsferfonsthAt doah^fegardcfit 
 to vamtU anAflonthftit»ss: what is the true vfe of them: that 
 
 they »remeaforv^tfemitt,andU.vneA. And that wtjdome her 
 felfewoifirHhedandtronghtvfinthem. 
 
 WHEN Ihadthusfpokcn flarplic in voice and 
 countenance, then fpake La>,gms foftlie vnto me, 
 I fee {Lip(;^is)lkc y oa loue cfiis fJou rifting pur- 
 
 p!cNymph,bL!tifcarcmeeyoiido2tcvponher, 
 You cotnmaad gardens^biit fo as you fccmc only to admire 
 vain and outward things thctiii,negleaing the true Si law- 
 Jul delights therof. You poare only vpon col!ours,and bor- 
 ders, and are greedy offtrange Flowers brou<r!u froin all 
 partes of the world. And to what endis all this ? Exc-pt ic 
 bethatlmighcaccountthec one of thatfeaw?iichis nfen xhenew fcft 
 vp in our daycsjofcurious & idle pcrfons, who haiic made °' G"'^'--" 
 a thing rhat was in it felf good and witliout a! offence to be ™f '"'''=°'3 ' 
 theinftrumentoftwofoulc vices, V^wryand ShuMes 
 1-oreucnto this end hauc they their gardens: thcydovain- 
 glorioully hunt after ftrangchearbs & flowers,whichhauing 
 gotten,theyprcferuc&cheriflimore carefully thaanymc^ 
 ther doth her child:clicie be the me whofc letters fly abroad 
 
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 into Thz-acU^Greeci^^xid India only for a litdc root or feede, 
 Thcfc men will b:e roorc gricucd br the lolTe of a ncwe- 
 fouadflowcCjChia oi an oldc friend. Would not any man 
 ^^^^^ - laugh at that (4)Rum.inc which m9urned in hlacke for the 
 vvh(i{!tis [lid) death of a fifh that lie had.So do th:fe men for a plant. 
 waremour- Nowifanyofthcfewhomc ye fcc comchctherto my^ 
 Tr^l^UfjfofA Dame ^hra for fl j wees jiappcn to get any new or ftrangc 
 i^am^rey: onc,howdothhcboaftof it? His companions doe grudge 
 andenuieathim,ycafomcofthem return homewithahca- 
 uierhearc,thancuerdidSy/iori^/^r<ri?//;//whea they were 
 put backe in their fuit for the PrctorlhipAVhat Aould I cal 
 this but a kind ofmcrriemadneilc? not vnlikc the llriuing 
 of children about their little puppets and babbies^ 
 V Yet confider moreouer what great p- ines they take in 
 thcfe gardcns.They fir, walk about the allies, ftrctch rhcm- 
 felueslikeflug'^ards,andflccpej So as they make chat place 
 iiotonclya nurferic ofidlcneffe, buca vcriefcpulchcrof 
 their flothfijlnes. A prophane generation of men ! whomc 
 Imayrightliebanifh from the ceremonies and communi- 
 on of tmcgardens,which Iknow were ordained for mo- 
 deft recreation, not for vanitie: for folace, notforflouth. 
 What?fliall I be fo light-headed as to be lifted vp or preffed 
 downe in mind for the getting or loofing offomcrarc and 
 ^ ftraungc hear be \ Nay rather I w ill cftceme al things accor- 
 
 iiG^ni ding to their worth.and fetting afidc the inticemcnt of rare- 
 ' ncs and aoueltiejknowe they are but hearbcs or flowers; 
 
 that iSjthings fading and of final coiitinuancc.Ofwhich the 
 Poet fpcaketh vcrie fitly/^^ Z^^hirn^ ^^th his hUfies hringeth 
 WHichconfi- ^pfimf^andwithcreth others. Therefore Idoenotcontemnc 
 fwicelnd thcbcauticandclegancieof them; r^s you may fee for ex- 
 <ftimarioa ot ample here before your cies:) But I difTent from the opini- 
 flowof s. ^,^ of tliefe great Garden-m afters, in that I get them with* 
 outmuch trauell,keepe tliem without care, and lofc them 
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 without grief. A gain I am not fo fimplc or bafe-minded as to 
 tie or wed my (ell: to the Aadowcs oi my garden. I find Torn 
 bufines cuen in the mids ohny idlerics-, my mind js there bti- J^^.j^" ^°"«^^ 
 ficdjwichout any labour^and cxercifcd without painc. lam j-eJfition of 
 rjener IfJJefoI:U7'ie([:[ld onc^th^n when lam itlone: nor neuer lejfc the mind, 
 idU^then when Um at leafare, A. worthy faying, which I darc 
 fwcarc had his firlt beginning in thcle fclfc lame gardens 
 that I (peake otFor they beordained.not for the body, kit 
 for the mindiand to recreate it.oot to bcfo: it with idlcnellc: 
 only as a whoifome withdrawing place from the cares and For t^cy }m 
 troubles ohhis world. Ait thou wcaiieot the concourfeof ^[^,^"j"h°f 
 pcople?hcre thou maift be alone. Haue thy worldly bufi- men may 
 ncflcs tyred thee?here thou mailt be rcfrefhed again, where ^vithdrawc 
 the food ofquictncs3& gentle blowing Oi the pure &: who! ^ ^"^ ^ ""* 
 fomc aircjWiU eucn breath a new life into thee. Doeft thou And take the 
 confidcr the wife men ofoldc time? They had their dwel- ^refiiaira. 
 ling in gardens. Thciludiousand learned wits of our age? . . 
 they delight in gardens^ andinchcm(tor themoft part) are thcywerTthc 
 compiled thofcdiuine writings of theirs which we woon- howfcsof 
 derat.and whichnopofteriric or continuance oftimc /hall ^^^^ "^^"' 
 be able to abolilh.So m.my lliarp and fubcil difpntations of ^^^^ ^^^ 
 naturall philofophy,proceed from thole grccne bowers.So moft meet 
 .Tnany precepts of manners fro thofe (hadowyAchademies. ^orj-^^rned 
 I 5fea out ofthewalkes and pleafant allies of gardens, fpring a^d wnwngx. 
 thofe fweer abounding riucrs which with their fruitfull o- 
 uerftowings haue watered the whole world. For why? the 
 mindlifteth vp and advanceth it felfmore to thefe high co- 
 gitations, when it is at libertie to beholdc his ownc home, 
 heauen:TIicn when it is inclofed within thepnfbnsofhou- 
 fe.s or townes. Here you learned Poets compofe yce fomc 
 poemcs worthy of immortalitie. Here letal the learned me- 
 dicate and write: here let the Philofophers argue 6c difpute 
 of coatentation^conlbaciCjlifejand deaths Bcholde {Lipfms) > 
 
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 the true cndand vfe of gardcnslto wit^quiecncs^vvith draw 
 ing from die worId,mcditarion,rcadii7g,\vnring:and all this 
 a s ir \vcre,by way of recreation &: fport: A s painters hauing 
 dimmed their cics with long andcaineft beholding their 
 \vork,d6 recSfort the wjth certain glafl'es or green collours 
 £o here may we refrcfh our weaned and wandnng minds. 
 
 And why iTiould I conceale mine intent from rhec ? Secll 
 thoa yonder arbour curiouflie wrought with lundry pic- 
 tures cut out of the grecne boughesj Ihe fame is die houfe 
 Ana cKicflic of my Mul/:s,my nurfery and fehoole of w ifcdome. I ierc I 
 for the excr- ^jj-j^^j- p^^ j-^^y [r^\l^ with dilii'-cfit and earncfl readii^g, or els 
 dome. lOwein my heart (ome leedorgood cogitarionsjand there- 
 
 by lay vp lome whollome Jcflons in my minde, as it were 
 weapons in an armorie, which are al wayes ready with mc 
 at hand againfl: the force and mutabilitic of Fortune. So 
 foone as I put my footc withm that place, I bid all vde and 
 fcruile cares abandon me,and lifting vp my hcvid as vprighc 
 as I mayj contemne the delights of the prophane people, 
 Sc rh: great vaniticoi humane aiiures ♦Yea I item tofhakc 
 of all thing in mcc that is humaine , and to bee rapt vp on 
 high vpon the fiery chariot ofwifdome. Doefl thou thinkc 
 when I am there that I take any care what the Frenchmeii 
 or Spaniards ate inpradiiring?whopofIcfle the fcepcerof 
 Be!gica,or who be depriued of it?VV hcdier the(a)Tyrant of 
 (a^Therurls. ^fi^ thrc.itcn vs by iea or lajidi:Or finally* (}o(jvhat the J^^g of 
 {b) s^uid ful) the cold co^ntrtevrJer the^orthfoleim(ig^rteth'>'^0\ Done of 
 'dlm^mfr'' ^^l ^^hefc things trouble my braine. 7 am gurrded and fenced 
 arte. againftallextcrnall things,andfctlcd within my felfc,carc- 
 
 IcHe of all cares faue onc^which is, that I may bring in (ub- 
 leftion this broken anddiftreflcd mind of mine to RIGHT 
 REASON and G OD,and fubdue all humaincand earthly 
 things to my M I N D.That whenloeuer my fatal day fhall 
 corneal may be rcadie with a good courage ioy fully to wel- 
 
 ' ' come 
 
OF CONSTANCIE. e^ 
 
 corns him.and depart this life.no t as chriili- out at tlic wia- 
 ciowcs,buc as he out at ttie dorc.Tliis is my recreation (Lit. 
 /•^^jin my gardens. Th:Ieb; the fruits which I will notcx- 
 chaiiiiseCfo long .f. I am in m/ light mind) for all the trca- 
 furc el Pcrfi;!. and India, 
 
 CHAPT. IIIL 
 
 Alt exhmation therefore vnto mfedonte^y it we wne to C On* 
 
 i^ii'^ck.TormgmenarefirioKjiiead^iiomlJjtdtoiojitttherratte 
 findie of Vhthfoph; with thoje othtrflndies tha be moretUa^ 
 jtnt'ti!idfUi4pbU. 
 
 THm Lm^^^s madcan en Jc of fpcaking; And with his 
 iaft profound &conftanttalk.IcontcfTe he made mc 
 amazed. Yct recalling my felf,Oh hnppic roan (foid I) 
 both m traBquiluie and troubles! O more than manly cou- 
 rage ma n^an-which wold cp God I wereablcin fome mea- 
 liu-c to imtcate.and to crcepc after your tootftcps, althouo-h 
 Icamefarrc behiniHcrc U.v>/rcprehending me , wim 
 talke you of imitating ; you may cafily exceed me:and not 
 onely folio w, but far pallc mee. For I my felfb (Lipfit.Jiuuc 
 erode but vcnchtde in thispath otConlb.-icieandvcrtue '■'"="'^T'<» 
 Neither am I to bee compared as yet to valiant and aood pf -*""'• 
 mcn,burperchanccamalitck bc-::erdian the molt e.W Sfmcn. 
 nacc and worll fort. But thou whofl- tow.irdlmcs is lufly VVh.ch ,„y 
 andqu.-CK.iectny leUc fo:waras,&: vrnd^rm7co^duaclrcr i^w.fcdomi.' 
 into this high-way wh ich lead ech daedly to St.,i/e»es and 
 
 0«/.^*.^^^Taewaythat I{p:akor,iswiicdom:whore cuen 
 
 & cade trace I pray & admonilh thee, that tliou ceafe no- to 
 
 tread H dhbou dehglited m Icarning.Sc thecompanie of ^/VJ" t^"^ 
 
 thore,,,„>n=filiei^^,.,u,v,l .^^^,,,^,,,,,, ^ l^ ^;f^l^. 
 
 I t^r & plcafant kind ofleaming. the mind is picpared & mad - '"'^i'""" '» 
 1 ':^'^d.c{o)notbei.^fici.fir,t»rcceiue,h./a,redfe,d. Howbeit t^if '^"^ 
 
 K a I ' 
 
S^ THE SECOND BOOKE 
 
 I allow not that thou fhuldcftihy tlicrc,and make that both 
 
 the beginning and pcrte£tion ofall thy ftudics. Thefe muft 
 
 TheHore wc [^^ ^^ toundation not the felfc vvork:The way to the mark> 
 
 Phllo'^lo "ic, bat not the goale or mark it lelf that wc run at« If thou were 
 
 which is.louc bidden to abanketj trovve thou wouldeft not only tade ot 
 
 of talk or e- jvjarchpancs ^ iunketSjbut firfl- fcitle thy flomack with fom- 
 
 ftrongci meat: why fhould not the like be done in this piib- 
 
 Exccpt wee hke fcail of I earning? Why(I fay(ioyne we not to the lirmc 
 
 ioine there- foodof Philolophy^with the sweet delicatcs of Orators nnd 
 
 l^phie^which PoctshVliibke menoc, I do not condcmnethcielatter, but 
 
 is,loue of commefid them in their phicc:and I would hauc thofe loofe 
 
 wifedoinea vvMndring Nymphes to be bndeled (as I may fay) by fomc 
 
 {cucx.^ Bacchus. 
 
 The wooers that Homer wr iteth ofarc worthely fcoffed, 
 \^'homiflifig ofP(?w/^/)^jbccamc (liters to hermaides. Be- 
 ware diou do notliKe wiTe^and forfaking the ladie of all,fall 
 in loue with her feruantsjt is a plaufiblc kind of praifc to t>c 
 called a learned maii:but better to be called a wife man ; and 
 beft ofall to haue the title of a good man. Let vs fellow this, 
 and by many labours let vs nut couct to know abne,but to 
 be wife and do thereafter. 
 
 How little worth is learnings skilly 
 where.Tvifedome is not frefent flill> 
 So faith the oldc verfetrulie.How many are there at this 
 day of tlie trayne of the Mufes that doe difgracc both them- 
 f elues and the name of learning ? Some, for that they are re- 
 plcnifhed with vices awd wikedncs : Many for that they be 
 't!ic ai/hofle- vaine,vnconftant,only fpecuIatiuCjand giuen to no fruitful 
 fjliy G^ fome or profitable fiudie. W hat though they vnderfbndc Grcekc 
 learned men. and Latlnc A uthors?That is all,tbey doc nothing but vnder# 
 (a) Nnm- fta"<^ t'^- And as Anacharfis fpakc pretily of the Athenians,, 
 mis acinn- that they ykA(a) mony only to cafl accoilts withal: fo thefe 
 merandum, i^cii haue their knowledge to no end^biu to kaow.So litdc 
 ;/ - - - - ^j,^ 
 
Ot CONSTANCIES 6^ 
 
 care hauc they of their life and decdsfin my conccicj that it 
 
 is not without caufcchat learning is lo il fpokcn of amog the 
 
 multicudc,asif ic were a Miftrellc to vngodhnes. Howbeic 
 
 good letters being rightly vfcd area dirc6loryvntovertuCj vyhatis the 
 
 couple wiil'domc with the; vnco the which learning ought nue end and 
 
 to prepare and frame our wits , not to dctainc or challenge ^^j^^^^^'^^^" 
 
 them to ic felfe.For as fome trees w ill bcare no fiuitc,exccpt ^* 
 
 they grow neercvnto others that be of the male kind : No 
 
 more wil thcfe tender Virgins (I mean good letters) vnlefle 
 
 they be conioyncd with the manly courage of wifedome. 
 
 Why doclhhou corred the writings of 7Wr/f//x , ii thy ^^ cxhorra- 
 cwnclifc be vncorredcd? why docft thou illufiratc Tr^»-tionthci>into 
 ^ht/lusythy fclf c being in the darkc myft of errours > Why 
 artthoufo carcfiil in purging P/afitfis horn faultesand im- 
 perfc6i:ions, when thy owne mindeisfull of foule filth and 
 fluttifhncde^Giue thy felf ac length to better ftudics; and get 
 learning that may leruc thee not for vainc oftentation, but 
 to fomc good wCc and purpofc Apply thy felfe to wifcdom, 
 which may amend thy euill maners/et at rcfl: and bcautifie 
 thy difiemperedand vncleanemiind: She only i^ able to im^ 
 print vertuCjSc to work dieimprcfsion of CONST AN- 
 CI^Einthee, and to fee openvnto thee the Temple of A 
 GOOD MIND. 
 
 CHAPT. V. 
 
 That Kpifed9me istjot oha'tned by wifloing^ hut hy r^orktng, A rp- 
 turnmg to the former tMhe of Conlbncie^ ^hat defire of 
 learntyigis agoodjigneinyouth^ 
 
 T 
 
 His admonition wrought in mee an carnefl defirc 
 which I could not conceale : and thereupon I (aide: 
 My fadier , in heart and mind I follow you^when /hall 
 I be able in deeds fo to doeJ W hen will that day come 
 K J ivhcrciii 
 
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 ^ wherein I fhil! be free froin all cherc cares dixt trouble meci 
 andttcadthecraccthatleadecli vmo true witdomc,where- 
 ^ by 1 may attain to CONSTANCY?/, t^gms taking me 
 ^dud'^virh ^P ^""'^^ ^"^^^^^^ Do^^t tf^ou betake thy felfc to wi(hing,ra- 
 iviihiD^. ther than doing? It is fpoken fondlie, and as the: coimnon 
 fort ofmcnvfeth.For it cannot be that as fables make men- 
 tion how Cxnetis with a wiih was transbrmed from a wo- 
 m.in into a man; To thoii Ihouldeit of a foolc bee fodenly 
 made wife, and ofa light pcrfon^become conilant with wiw 
 flimg.Thoj muft bcftowthy labour with al^and(as the fay- 
 ing is) ioyne handes with heart.ScckejreadjIcarnc. 1 knowc 
 {LaKgJHs ) faidc I, that I muft doe Co , but I pray you fet too 
 A returning yonr helping hande, and procecdc forwards in your ye- 
 to the ill ft Iterdaycs talke that was intcrrupt'jd by f^ouigtofuppcr.Kc- 
 nonthK tlV^^^^"^^^^^^ to CONST ANCiE, the ceremonies of 
 iafcnupter*^ho^^"0^^<^^"hauingbenebcgim to bee cclebraced, may 
 not be difcontinucd without facriledge, : 
 
 Z^«^/^/fhaking his head a little. No L//>/;//(quothhc)I 
 wiDnotdoeit, Icaft I ihiit vp my fclfe agaiac in this fchool- 
 hou(c ; This is no place fie for our purpofc , winch thpu 
 -knowcft Weill made for mineeaic, not form7p..ines: 
 wcwillatfome other time profecute thatargamenc, Nay, 
 cucn now (quoth I) for what place is more mectc for inch 
 wife communication , then that your fchoolc of wilcdom? 
 I mean your fairc fumm:r-houre,which to me is (as it were) 
 aTcmple,and the table therein in Head of an aulcar, where 
 lilting we may righdic ficrifice to this Saint. And againe,! 
 haue a gueffL^ofgoodlucke therehence. What is that ? GiJ 
 "Laftgius. That euen as ihzy which fir in Apothecaries ihops 
 caric with them in thdr clothes fom? fauour ofthe place: 
 folhaue good hope that fomcfcnt ofwifedome wilihck 
 in my min Jc , by redding in her ftudic. hangins laughing 
 Jfcarcme(riide he) your conicSure is fo light that it will 
 
 wcii^h 
 
tioa 
 
 OF CONSTANCIES yi 
 
 weigh luft nothing. Ycclcc vs goc thkhcv Dpfftf, For I 
 tell thee without difliinulacion, this honeft ardent dcfiie 
 ofrhinefbincwhatmooucth andprouokcth incc. Anda^ 
 thev that (carch for watcr-fpriiigcs , when they pcrccaiie "^^^^^^""^ *[^^ 
 in the m3rning a ileaine nfing out of the earth,' doc make rf^afnitS 
 toniediirc that Waters lie there vndcrncath: ^o I haue a token ou' 
 great good hopeofthefruitfiiU ftreamcsof vertuc ; when n1'"T''' 
 liee andbchold- inayoungman ancarnefl: dcfirc of lear- ' ^"^ 
 ning. And widi thofe wordes he brought me to his bower- 
 houfe , and into it : he fet h im downe at the tabic. I turning 
 nieto the boyes that were there, Ho? firs fquothI)ftandc" 
 you and kcjpe watch. And firft ofalljockfafhhcdoorc. 
 And heareyccmx? Ifanie bodie come in hitherto vs a- 
 liae,you fhalldicforit. I will haue neither man, nor dop- 
 norwoimntobeletinmo nocGOOD FORTVnI 
 h:r felfc yitdiz come. Then L^ngins laughing out -right, 
 faidc, haueyou at anytime bene a Vice-roy.'^your man- 
 dares arcfo maiefticall and feuercjvvis (quoth I) it be- 
 hoouethmeto b-ware by the hard warning we had ^-^jyc- (,]Serther * 
 licrnight . Hold you on your talk in Gods name. ' " tfr cndlf'tt 
 
 la[i ihapter of 
 
 CHAPT. vr. ificfriibiiGk 
 
 The thirl argttment for Cenfiaftcy,takefifrof?t PROFIT. 
 That calamities are good for vs , whether we rejpefl their ' 
 beginning , or end. For the origimxllofthem is ofGod.^vha 
 u eternallie and immmablie good ; And therefore mt ths 
 caufeofanieeHilL 
 
 AngtPu not meditating long , began thus. In the com- 
 munication that I had yell crday of Conftancie, I wil 
 conftandie perfeucr: folio wing the lame mcthodc,&: 
 containing my tongue within thofe boundes which I 
 
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7^ THE 5ECOND BOOKE 
 
 before prefcribcd. You knowc Aat I had fonre bandes or 
 troupcsoffoldierstofightforCONSTANCYagainft 
 AWef rcpe- your SOR R O W anddifpaireofcoumgciwhcroti Imic 
 jition of fon^ trained into the ficlde the t wo formcr,which were oiProf^h 
 Jokcar'' de.ce^ndNecefsny. Aiid I prooued lufficicntly that pub- 
 like calamities were (entfrom God alone: Alto th^t they 
 ivere neceffary^and by no flying away to be auoyded.Now 
 I fct forwards my third troup.vnder the leading oF P R O- 
 TIic third ar- F I TE, wherein lerueth the Legion which I may wcU 
 gumentta. tcamie A IDING. A valiantandpolicike troupe it is, 7f 
 TV.rr youmarkc it well. For I know nothow it creepcth fofdy 
 The force and infinuateth it fclfe into the minds of men,Sc widi a kind 
 thereof. offlattering force ouercommeth them wilHngly. It ftealeth, 
 rather dianruflieth vpon vs:inticeth,not eniorceth : and wc 
 areas cafilie lead byprofice^as drawneby ncceflicic. This 
 Profite{Lipfius)l oppofeagainft thee 6c thy weake bands. 
 
 I (ay thcfe publike calamities which we fuffer are profit , 
 
 table vntovs accompanied with an inward fruit and com- 
 
 moditie.Do we call them E V I L S ? Nay rather they are 
 
 good^if we pluckafide the vailc ofOpinions, and cift our 
 
 Tlut the pub ^cs to the beginning and end of them : whereof the one is 
 
 wfjuhem fromGodthcotherforgood. The original of thefc mi- 
 
 arc indeed ' fcries(as r prooued plainly yeflerday)is of God: That is.noc 
 
 good,becaure ^^^y q^^j^^ chicfeit good, but alfo of the authour, head and 
 
 tilor fountainc of al goodnes: from whom it is as impofsible tliat 
 
 any euil ftiould proceed.as it is for himfelfe to be cuilLThe 
 
 diuine power is bountifull and healthflill, refilling to doe or 
 
 receiucharmejwhofcchiefevcrtue istodogood. There- 
 
 Whoisbouti forethe Auncients though they were voyde of the know- 
 
 tifuUaihel- jj^^j^e of God, yethauing fbme conceit ofhim in their 
 
 t)lmtcr brame,called him {^^nffncr ^ imm^o •, that is, of helping. 
 
 \U -lumm Docft diou imagine that he is angrie, or chollerickc, and ca- 
 
 I.^r.t/;.n5. ftg^fa .5 it vvercthofcnoifomedartcsamong oieii^Thouart 
 
 j^/p/»^/4;kr. *^^':. > .„..-. ^^ :. - decerned 
 
OF CONSTANCIE ^5 
 
 dccciucd. Aiigcr,wrath,rcucnge, arc namcsof humainc af- ''^°^ «'"'» 
 fcftions; and proceeding from a naturall frailty & wcnkncs. a?pu^[ff!"" ' 
 are uicidentonly to weaklings. But that diuincfpintcdocth mems! 
 
 frillpcrlaierin his bountic.-and thole Cimebittcrpils which 
 heniiniltreth to vs as incdiciiics^thoogh fharpc in t iftc yet ^"' " '""^'- 
 are they wholfomc in operation. Well was it faid by that """* 
 princeotPIiilo(op!icrs,(7»^^.,^„<„«,//,„„y;^,,,v,/..r,V^,^Pl,eo; 
 a>y. Better and more lignificantly (pake our wife-tnaifier; 
 What is the caufe that Coddoth good' His own mturc.He ts deed ^""'• 
 nedwhofcmer thwketh that Cod rar,,or mil do hmt. He ca» nei- 
 ther fuffernor do ^^rcng.Thefirnr,orlhtpofG0dis,toh!ee„eh!n, 
 Then to mribiite to h,m hiswaieslic^andalfo his goodr.cs r^-, thorn 
 the which ther hnoma.efiwto k«ow that it is he which is aouernor 
 «ftheworld,thatm!eth all things ashis own, that takethvpon him 
 thetmton ofMman-ki»d,yea more carefnRy ofeaerie fanicdur 
 ferfon. He neither doth emllto others^ nor hath any in himfelfe. 
 
 CHAPT. VII. 
 
 Liiemfe,3hat the end of calamities tendcth ahvaies to aood, alheit 
 
 theji he efected often times by h^rtfalferfins, and for harmes 
 fake-.Btit God hreakethandhr.deleth their force. And that all 
 things are turned to cur benef.t. By the way is fhewedwhy Cod 
 vfeth the inflrument of wicked men^in inpaing calamities. 
 
 THcrcfore, thefe calamities arc good in refpca of their PuMit. «-- 
 beginning •. and hkewife in regardeoftheircnde be '^™mcsire 
 caiifc they arc cuer direacd to good and fafcty ; ((urc- f°\ . 
 
 yn,goodmen)Tho*^ntobreaandfiy,h^wec.4f,Ztt 
 tnisbcUsitnoceiiidentthat.tlicfc warrcs and flau<rhtersare''""g<""l. 
 committed withan intent to harme and hurt ? It is tmc fo, m 
 
 mSt°i™T'M ' "°ii",r^P'^ °^^°'^-- ^''i^h that thot, 
 mailtmoieplainlyand fully conceiuc,Imuftapply thcliaht 
 
 pfadiihnaion,Thercbetwofortesofc«lami&ntfr-Smf^;;r„'i';,'^^^ 
 
 ^ God, 
 
74 THE SECOND BOOKE 
 
 Some imme • God:rome SimpUSome mixt.The firft I cal thofe which pro- 
 
 Go J, others CCCd ff4.rely from Cod mthoHt any imer^ofthnof mans f^llicy or 
 
 by the means force. Thz [ccow^.^^vhich are ofGod^yet rfror^ght Iff themwtfterie 
 
 •fmen!"^^ ^^ ^'f^^^*- Of the former kind arc famine, dearth, car th-C|uakej>, 
 
 openings ofthc earthjOuerf-lowings of vvaters,lickncs,dearh 
 
 Of the latter are tyrnnnie^warrcopprdTionjllaughtcrs* In 
 
 thoic ficft all thingcs arc pure and widiout I'pot , as Ipnng- 
 
 In the hft ^^^1^ ^^^i'^'* ^ ^^^ P'-^^'^ tonnt.\in. In the latter I deny not but 
 
 fort there ij thcfc IS fome filth and mixr,bccaufcthey are conucighcdSC 
 
 lomcfnuit jjiri^^cd through thcl-buleconduitcsotaftc<Swion«j. Ism^in a 
 
 ineancror cirj«5ting them? wbar mariicuuicn is it, it there 
 
 beafaukand ofJencc committed in accompli/liing thern > 
 
 Which God rnarucll thou more at theprouidcntgoodnes otGod^vvho 
 
 in'rcfVa o£ conucrtcthrfiat tauk to ©ur furtherance ^ and the ofience to 
 
 vs. ^ our good, Sceil: thou a tyrant breathing out thrcatnings 6c 
 
 murthcrs-.whofe delight is in doing harrae? w hich could be. 
 
 content to perifh himlcifc/o he may pcrfecute others? Lee 
 
 him alonrjie flrayeth from his right mind. And God fas it 
 
 \verc(by aninuifibleihing leadcch him to his deftrudion* 
 
 Porhc draw- As an arro\y commcthtothc markc without any feeling of 
 
 «th all purpo- ^^^ ^^^^ ^^^ it:(b doc thcfc wic.ked ones. For that fupreame 
 
 own°rJrpore. powcr bridclcdi and keepeth vnder al mens power, and di- 
 
 rcilctb their ilrayingcourfctoAe happy haucn,, Asin an 
 
 Army the fouldicrs haue fundry aficdions; one fighting for 
 
 praic, another for pray fe,another tor htitred , yet they all in- 
 
 their princes quarrcll and for the viftorie: So all mens wils 
 
 bee they o-ood or bad, fight vnder God, and among fun- 
 
 drie and manifoldc cRdes,at length ihcy come all to chiscnd 
 
 of ends^as I may (ay* 
 NeUKer k ie g,^^t ^^oy y^'i\i demaundc.vvhy God vfeth the meanes 
 thit GoZn- of euill men > W hy docth'hee not inflia thofe grieuous 
 fliaetK hit puniihmentes immediadie himfclfe, or els by the minill:erie 
 chiftifeipctits { eoodmcn? Omaiu thou art too curious mcnquinn^ 
 ^^^^"*- ^ ^ ; neither 
 
OF CO.NStANClE* 7y 
 
 neither doc I knowc whether klic in my power to open 
 thcfe feci'ctes vnto thee. This I knowe well, tbt he hath 
 reafonof hisdoingcSjCiienthcn whcnwee are b.rthcll off 
 frompcL'ceaLiing any. And yet what ftraunge or ncwc 
 thing IS this ? The Prefident ol:' a prouincc commann Jcth 
 anoftcndcr to bee panifhcd by the lavves , yet the pnnifhci: 
 to be (bme beadle or Sergeant. The father ota great fami- 
 liefometimcs corredcth his Tonne himtelfe, othervvhilcs 
 hecoinmandeth a fcruant or (choole-mailkr to docicWhy 
 ihould wee nor graunt vnto God ib much anthoritic as 
 to them? Whyiiallnot hcc whenicpleafeth him fcoiirge 
 vs with his owne hande j a«d againe when it feemeth good 
 tohira ,by themeanesoforhcrb i lortherein is no wrong 
 or iniiiric. Is the feniant that punifliccb angrie with thcc ? 
 Hath he an intent to doc thee harmc2 It maketh no mat- 
 tcrjhau: thou re(jpe<3: to the mindeof him that commanded^ 
 For thy Father who required it, ftandeth by, d>c hec will not 
 fuffer diee to haiic onefiripe more than his own appoincmet 
 But why is fin mixc herewithal,and the poyfon of paffi- 
 OLis faftencd to thefe diuine darts ^Thou driueft me now to J^e {uTn' of^^ 
 aftcepmountaine, yet I wiUaffay to clime vp^ God, to the menismixj 
 end he might fhew foorthhiswifcdome and great powcr^ thercwirh. 
 {2i)H4th thought ft ^atcrCTtlc words be Augultines j t& make J^^^^l^^^^ 
 goadofeuil^thc to permit no eniUtaHiOZ what is wifcr or better (A)inhi& £«« 
 the he which can gather good fromthofe cuil^S: turn things ^^''''^'*^ 
 to health and (afety , that were deuifed to di'ftru6lion?wce 
 praifc the phyfitian thatcompoundeth the vencmous viper 
 with his triacle to work a wholefome eftediwhy wikthou 
 control God^if to thcle hcalthfuU dregs of calamities and af- 
 fli6lions,he ad fomc faultes of men with out any offence to 
 thcc? for furcly hce boylethaway 8^ confumnh to nothing 
 that poyfonadioynedjwith the fccrct purging fire ofhis pro 
 uidencc. Finally it maketh for the aduanceiTieat ofhis po wcr 
 
 L2r and 
 
n^ THE SECOND BOOrCE 
 
 and" glory jwhcrcto he rcfcrrcth all thiiigcs neccfTarily . For 
 
 what is more able to exprcffc his miglitic power, than that 
 
 J.^^^v^^^'^n ^^ ^^^'^ ^®^ ^"'y vanqtiifh his enemies that withftand him, 
 
 lie and vn- ^ ^ut fo oucr-rulech thcm,that he drawetb them to his panic? 
 
 willingly That they fight in his quarrel? And bcare armes for his vic- 
 
 ^ruc God. torie?which thing daylie commeth to paiTe,when Gods will 
 
 IS pcrfourmed in the wickcd^biit not ol the wicked. When 
 
 thofe things which vngodly men do againfl his wili,hc tur- 
 
 ^ neth them (b that they come not to pallc without his will. 
 
 (ajrhtworh ^j-jj whatfiranacrmiraclecantherebe,(a)r/^^»ry5>^f ^icM 
 
 B$ethu4inhis wen pjould make them good ^t hat were eu'tl before. 
 
 ifuoi^of comfort Bchold^thou C. C^/^r fhalt help a little to our purpofe.Go 
 
 thy way and tread vndcr foot two things religioufly to bee 
 
 efteemedjto witjthy country and ion in law: This thy am- 
 
 bition(vna wares to theejdial do feruice to God^and to thy 
 
 countryjagainltwhichitafpireAforitrhalbcthe reftoring 
 
 and preferuing of the Romaneftatc. Thou ^ttiU thirfting 
 
 after bloud &: b ooty, haft thee Iiither fro the vttermofl: ends 
 
 of the earthtake to thee by ftrong hand^flay^biirn^Si wafte; 
 
 This thy cruelty (hall fight for- God,anddo nothing els but 
 
 ftir vp die Chriftians which were drowned and buried in 
 
 vain delights 6^plea(urcs.WhatdoyoUjyetwo Yefpatians^ 
 
 Dcttroy the country of /^»'r/^and the people: take and lacke 
 
 the holy eitrie.To what cnd:You verely do it for your glo- 
 
 . rieand the augmentation ofyour Empirerbut ye errc^Ye are 
 
 (h)AbHelpero oncly the Beadles & JScrgeants of Gods leuere punifhments 
 
 ^Aur9ra!inthe ^po^^ ^^^^^ vngodlic nation.Go to, cuen you (peraduenture) 
 
 Latine he aiiit- that put tlic Chriftians to death at Rome , reucngc the death 
 
 lavvfuitkicef And noWjO thou that art our prefidcnt, whether it bee 
 //;firy;ri«(rf,^>' from (^) Weft or Eaft, what intendeft thou by this war and 
 *iaZnlftfe^' ^oudy wcapoiis .? Euen to ftrcngthen the empcry of thy 
 -ji@rd,F9rHc- kingdomc,and the power of diy ownc nation^ But in vaine. 
 
OF CONSTANCTE. 77 . ., ^ 
 
 For thou art nothine els but a wh i p 5i rcoiirec of the wan Ifl^mP"'' 
 ron and lafciuious Hcmmgs, VVc know not how to con- py^or fVeH: 
 coSt our great fclicities^without the help of thcle Ncronian ^«^ Hefperia, 
 hoatebatlies* Thcle e^ampicj^irc occrrrrcr,: in 2!! aj^cs, V'}!^Jjj^^ 
 where wc fee that God by the wicked luiles of feme men, ^xoikicxpref- 
 hath accomplifhcd his ownc eood plea fi ire rand bv the iniu- ^^^^^.^^f'f^!'. 
 
 n- r ,^ IT Ji • • /I- J ' L fu-lutlc of their 
 
 Itice or other mcn,hath executed his lult ludgmcncs • wher- lordorfiue- 
 tore(L/p/?/^j)letvsadmh-c this hidden force of his wifdome^^'^^S^"- ^ 
 and not afpiic id kix)w it:and let vs bee adured thatall thefe ^ ?ri"^^°,, 
 
 rnA- 1 J 1 r ti ft- publike call/" 
 
 great atniaions arc to good end and purpole; akhough this miries be of- 
 bHndmindofoursperceiueitnor^ orilowlyattainetothe femimes hid 
 vndcrfbnJing therof.For the true ends ofaffliaions are of'- ^""^ ^^"^''' 
 ten hid from vSjwhich notwithftanding fhal haue their due 
 courfe though to vs vnknowni not vnhke to certain riuers, 
 which being rcmoouedtrom our fightjand running viidct 
 the ground^are yct.caried into their own fea. 
 
 CHAP T. VIII. 
 
 It k here more difiinctlte ^oken of the endes themfelnes^ They hee 
 threefold^o whom etiery of them doth agree, Thertfomervhat 
 more at large tonching Exercifing, vphichfrofitethgeod men 
 more wajes than one :hy flrengthening ^hyfroaning ^ ^J gifiiyig 
 example toothers* 
 
 BVt if it be Lawful for mt to hoife failcs,3^ carie my fliip 
 deeper into this Tea of diuine raattcrsj could (happily) 
 fpeak fomwhat of the ends themfelues more plainlie 8^ 
 more profoundly: Firft adding that faying oiHomer^\ If 
 k be in my power^ or if the thing it felfe wil admit the fame. For 
 there be fome of thofccnds which it feemcth I can well y- 
 nough conceiuc my felfe and make knowne to others:fomc 
 alfo there be which I perceiue doubtfully and with a confu- 
 fed fight^Of the firft kind of ends which arc certain,bc thefe 
 thtcc.Exercifng^ChaJIffing^PunfJhment^ For if thou marke it ^|'^^.^"'^^°^ 
 it wcldiouflialt find that thefe grieuous atfliftions fcnt of^^j^J^sT*^- 
 
7S ^ THE SECOND BOOTCH 
 
 God do comonly cither excrcife thegood,chafl:icc offedcrs 
 
 or puniftithcwickcdjandalthis for our good. And to ft and 
 
 Pnflcxcrcl- a whiles vpon explaining the firft: branch, wee (ccdayly the 
 
 flag of vs. tj«|t (oitoriiirnro be iubie;8io calamities either priiiatly or 
 
 els to be partakers thcrcoFwith the wickcd:\Vemarke and 
 
 maruel thereat, bccaufe\vcen?ichei' fnfficientlyconccinc 
 
 the caufe^nor confider the confeqiicnce tiierof. The caiife is 
 
 peth^vs three ^'^^^^ ^^"^ towards \rs,and not hatred. The end or confc- 
 
 waies. quece,not our hurt^biit our bencfit,Forth is our cxercifing 
 
 furthercth vs more waies chanonciitconfirmeth or ftrcng- 
 
 thcneth vs; ittricchorprooueth vs j ic maketh vs mirrours 
 
 ofpatiencc vnto others. 
 
 s.Byftrcng- It doth ftrengthen VS, for that the fame is (as it were) out 
 
 (chool-houfewherinGodtraineth vphisferuantcs in Con. 
 
 ftancy and vcrtue. Wc fee thole that exercife the feates of 
 
 wreftling or barriers endure many hard trials,that they may 
 
 getthemafteryrfo think that we ought to do in this warre- 
 
 fare of aduerfitie. For why? that fame our trainer Sc malter 
 
 of the game is fuch a one as requireth patience and paines, 
 
 not only vnto fweating,but euen to bleed ing.Th i nkeft thou 
 
 thac he will handle his (choUcrs tenderlyKhat he will dandle 
 
 tlicm with delights vpon his knee^ No,hc will not doe fo. 
 
 Mothers for the moft do corrupt dieir children, and make 
 
 them wantons with tender bringing vp : but their fathers 
 
 hold the in aw with more feuerity.God is our fathcr,ther- 
 
 fbrc he louethvs truly, yet with feucrity. Iftliouwikbeca 
 
 Ala rrincr,thoumufl be taught intempefls. Ifafouldicr^ia 
 
 perils. Ifthoubecaman indeedjwhyrefufcftthouafflidi- 
 
 ons?feeing ther is none other way to conltancy. Doefl thoit 
 
 conlider thofe lithcr and lazie bodies vpon whom the Sua 
 
 feldom fhijiechjOr the wind b!o wcth,or any fharp aire brea- 
 
 theth? Euen fuch arc the minds of thefe nice folke that feelc 
 
 'qothingbutfelicity, whom thcleaftblaft of aduerfe fortune 
 
 ^blowethdowne^andrefoluQth into nought, Thcrcforead- 
 
 uerfitic 
 
OF CONSTANCIES 70 
 
 uerfitie doth confirmc and ilrcngthcn vs* And jls trees that 
 be much beaten with rnc winde^takc deeper roote:fo good 
 men arc the better contayned within chccompalie oiver- 
 tuc^being fomtimcs cilaultcd widi the ftonnes of aduerfity. 
 
 They do morcoiier prone anotrie vs.EIs how could any ^^^ prouing 
 man beaffurcd ofhis own proceeding and firmncflcin vcr- ^^* 
 tuc?if the wind blow alwaies merrily a fternc,thc Pilot fhall 
 haueno opportunitie to try his cunning Jfall things fucceed 
 profperoufly and happily to a man,thcr is no place to make 
 proofcoi hisvcrtuc.'fbr the only trueJeucJJ to trie withall, 
 is af fl I ft i an; OemetrJt^ fold w OXth ily / accetint mthtng more 
 VnfortHnate than that man •which nether had feeling of aduerjitie^ 
 Very true ic is.For our General d^th not {pare fuch (buldi- 
 ers,but miftrufteth them, neither- doeth he afFcft and loue, 
 hut delpifc and contcmnc them, I fay he doeth caffier them 
 out ot his company as bafe Befonians and daff ards, 
 
 Fin:Jly,they(erueinftccdofm.irroursorprefidcnts-.For J By gluing 
 that the conftancy & patience of good men in mi(cries,is as example to 
 aclcarelighttochisobkure world. They prouokc others °^^^"». 
 thcruntoby their example^and tread the path wherinthcy 
 fliuldwalk.B^*^ loll both h is p;oods &cuntry,but his words p. 
 IQU n d in the ear s or me n a c th i s day; That they (h oula carie all 
 thttr goods aOoHtthem.)xegulus was vnworthily put to death 
 by tormcnts^but his worthy example of keeping promifeli- ^ 
 ueth yQt.Papintanffs was murthercd by a tyrant:biit the fome 
 butcherly axe that cut off his head, emboldncth vs to fuffcu 
 death for iulh'ce fake. Finally, fo many notable citizens wefec 
 to be violently &: iniurioufly either banifhed or murthercd: 
 but out of the riuers of their blood we do(as it were) drink 
 vertueSc conftacyeuery day:Al which things fhuld lie hid 
 in darke corners of obliuion^werc it not for the bright fire- 
 brands of thefe c5mon Midiions and calamities. For as cofl 
 ly fpices do giue a fweet (auor far ofiF,ii they be bruiF:d:euen 
 fo the fame of venue is Iprcad abroad, w he is is prefled with 
 aducrficjr^ ■ - - chajt^ 
 
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 CHAPT. IX. 
 
 OfChaJitcement^ which ii^efecond ende. It isfroouedto 
 be for our hchoofe^t ivo mAnntr ofwaies . 
 
 AN other ende why God fendeth aflflidions^fs for 
 our Chafticement; which I fay is the beft and geti- 
 " -y— teleft that may be for our amendment . It helpeth 
 
 OUT clultice- 1 1 I 1 » r • t- i * 
 
 j„cn5, and healethjvs two manner ot waics. Lytherasa 
 
 whippc when we haiic offended : Or as a bridle to holde 
 vsbacke from offending. Asawhip^becaufeitisourfa- 
 thers hande that dooth often fcourge vs when wee doo 
 amifTe : but it is a butcherly fift that ftriketh fcldomej and 
 Whiclicor- thenpayeth home for all at once. As fire or water arc 
 rcdion docK vfcd to purge filth ; So IS this Purgatorie of perfecutions 
 cithcrblot tooutfinues. Thiswhip fLip/r^^ isnow worthilie be- 
 out.andwipe flowed vpon VS. We Flemings haueofalong time faluc 
 feaces?"^^ * inthelapfe^and beeing corrupted with delights and ex- 
 celTe of wealth^we haue wandered in the flipperie pathes 
 of vicioufnefle.- But that great God dooth admonifh & 
 gentlie reclaimc vs, giuing vs a fewe ftripcs, that beeing 
 warned thereby, we may come againe to our felues, yea 
 rather to him. He hath taken from vs our goodesjwhich 
 weabufedto luxurioufneffe. O ur liberty, which wee a- 
 bufed licentiouflie. And fo with this gentle corredlion 
 of calamities, he dooth ('as it werej purge and wafhe a- 
 waie our wickedneffe. A right gentle corredion it is. For 
 alaflcjwhat a flcnder fatisfadlion may wc call it ? It is faid 
 that when the Perfians woulde punifli any Nobleman, 
 theytookefrorahimhis garments and hood,andhang- 
 ing thofe vppe, did bcate them in ftead of the man : euen 
 ft dooth this our father, who in all his chaliifementes 
 toucheth not vs, but our bodies, out fieldes, our wealth, 
 and all external] things. 
 Likewife Chafticement (eructh as a bridle^ which hec 
 
 ^ raineth 
 
OF CONSTANCIE 8i 
 
 rayncth fidic^whcn he fccch vs running to wickcdncs. A$ 
 .Pfiyfitiansdofomciimesvpongood aduife let blood, not 
 thacthcparticisfickCjbiitto prcucntficknes : So ^^^^y ^r^^^^c^^th^^ 
 thcfc afHidions takcth away (omeihing from vs^which els ^^^^ ^^ ^;^^ 
 would fofter and nourilh vices in vs. For he knoweth the commiiiing 
 nature of all men,vvliicl: created them all- He iudgcth not t^«°^- 
 of difeafes by the vaincs , or collour : But by the very heart ^^^ .^ .^^^^^ 
 andinwardes.DothhcfectheTufcanewitsto beelharpe Japrcucnti4. 
 and wafpifhr* He kcepeth them vnder with a princc.Doeth 
 he fee the Switzers to be of difpofition peaceable & quiet? Byhimwh«» 
 He ginech them libcrtie.Thc Venetians to bee of a mcane |^^^^"5jf"f^, 
 betwcenebothPHepermittethto them a mixtor mcane y^J^^jfjelc^ft* 
 kind of goucrnment. All which pcradueture he wil change difpcfuioiw 
 in time, if thofe people alter their di(pofitions. Yet not- »« v»» 
 withftandingwe murmure,Ciying, Why arc we longer af- 
 flidcd with warrc, than others]? Or why are wee heldein 
 more crucU bondage ? O foolc,and ficke at the very heart/ 
 ^rt thou wifer than Godf Tell me ,why doeth the Phyfitian Thcrforc we 
 miniftcr to one patient more Wormewood or Lingwort, *J°'"jjy-J"j|f 
 than to another r'Forfoothbecaufe the difeafcordifpofi- fc^rchthcfe- 
 tion of the party ib rcquireth.Euen fo think thou of thy felf. creates of hit 
 He fceth this people haplic to be fomewhat ftubborne and *ncdicinc$. 
 therefore that they muilbc kept vnder with corrcdions.* ^^^^^ ,. 
 an other nation moremceke that may be brought vnder crhth^cmlccoff 
 obedience onely with fhaking of the rod. But it may bee ding to the 
 that vnto thee it feemethotherwife. What maketh that **»"«^^^^^^ 
 to the matter? Parents will not fuflfcr kniues or weapons in "^^"^^*' 
 the hands of their chiIde,though he wecpe for it , becaulc 
 they forefee the daunger; whyfhoulde Godgcue vstoo 
 much of our wil to our own dcftrudionr'Sith indeed wee FjnaiiicAac 
 be very babes^and kno w rot how to as] c thinges that bee our iudgmcnw 
 for our healthjHor to auoyd that is hurtfull. Nochwitftan- ^^^ notTound 
 ding^if needs thou wilt,vvecpe thy fil : yet fhalt thou drink ^"^^'^ ®*'"* 
 of the cup of afflidions which that heauenly phyfitian offc 
 rcth thee full o the brimme,not without good aduife. 
 
 M CAP 
 
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 CHAPT. X/ 
 
 Thully that ftmillonient itfelfe is good and wholfomeyin re» 
 Jpe^ ofGod^ofmcn^and of the f arty that isfumjljed, 
 
 Caiamiticsfor T) Vt PVNISHMENT I confcffc belongcth to euill 
 pumihmcafs |jixicii,andyetisnotiteuj]l. Forfirftitisgood ifwcc 
 haue rcfped vnto Godjwhofe eternal and inuiolablc 
 Which puniflr law ofiiifticcrcquircth that mens faults bceithercuicd, 
 ^^^ *^^J[^^^*orcutofF.Nowchaftccmentrcformcththofcthat may 
 b^thln^r^fpcft bc amended: punifhmenrjcutteth awaiethc incureable. 
 of §oa,& men. It is'good againc in regard of men.aniong whomc no fb- 
 cietie can ftand or continue, ifbulie andvngodly wittcs 
 may pradicc what they plcafe vncontroUcd. And as it is 
 expedient for the fecuritie of each priuate perfon to hauc 
 execution done vpon a particular theefe or murthcrer: 
 So is it behouef ull in generalljthat the like iuftice bc fnc- 
 wed vpon notorious publicke malefadors.Thcfe punifli 
 ments vpon tirants and fpoilcrs of the whole worlajmoft 
 neceilarily be inflidedfomtimcs,that they may bee mir- 
 rors to admonifh vs. That it is the eie cfiujiice vrhich he^ 
 honUeth all things. Which alfo may cryc out to other 
 princes and people. 
 (ayDifcitifupi (ji) Learniujiice now by this^ndGod ahoue defpife no more. 
 ^UmmonitKft thirdly punifhmentc is good in reipcdl of thofe that 
 Zl"JZ7m^ be punilTiedifor it is not properly vengeance or reuengc, 
 neither doth the gentle deietie/«;2///:?«;|^(?r(5^/>r^^^. 
 Andalfoinrcs As a wickedPoct Sid weliBiit it isoncly a prohibition & 
 fpea of them r eftraint fro wickedncs. And as y Grecians fignificantly 
 thaurc puai. ^^ ^^^^^^^ itC^)CHASTIC£MENT notRKVENGE- 
 MENT, As death is many times fent to goodmen before 
 (''«)Mi3>uxa-j;ou theyfallintoagreuousfinrSoichappenethto thofe that 
 Tiuoi^lot bedefparatly wicked in the middes of their vngodlines, 
 %fyt£i!i' which they do loue fomuchy they cannot be drawne 
 (loiih fro it except they be clean cut ofF.Therfore god ftoppeth 
 
 vsof 
 
OF CONST ANCIR ?3 
 
 ofour vnrulie coiirfe, gently taking away offenders and iMh.Khet. 
 fucli as arc runing into iin.l o concliidc,al punifhmcnt is ''p^'yf.Z'^^ 
 good, in refpecl of luftice \ as impunitie or lackc of due ZmjorMit 
 correction is cuill, which fuffcreth men to iiuc till they inrejpeifoftbe 
 be more and more wicked, that is, miferablc. Boetfmsf'^^^^''^^'^^''f 
 fpakc wittilie. The wicked that Abide fome funi^nnent are ^ '^* 
 happier^ then if no rodofluflice did corre^ them. And he 
 yeeldech a reafon^becaufe fomc good bcfalleth them (to 
 wit, Corredion j which they had not afore in the Cata- 
 logue of their faults. 
 
 CHAPT. XI. 
 
 of the fourth er?d^ v;hich is vncertaine to man. That it ap' 
 ferteineth cyther to thepeferuation andfafetie. Or els 
 to the ornament and heautie of the whole World, Euery 
 oft hefe point es largely handled. 
 
 THc three endes aforefaid {Lipfms) are certaine and A certcn gcne- 
 culdent^whichl haue paffed ouer withfure foo- ^^'f^''^^^J^\. 
 ting, rhc fourth remaineth, wherein I wauer, for ficTJefpeaing 
 the fame is more fecretand farther remouedjthen that the whole 
 thecapacitieofmansreafoncanattainevntoit. Ifeeit ^^^^^* 
 onelychroughaCloudc,andImay coniedure thereat, Richer for the 
 but not know it .-wander towardes, but not to it. This conicruation, 
 end which I Ipeake of is generall , and refpedeth either ^^ ^^"^ ^^^ ^^O* 
 the conferuationofthc whole World, or the ornament "'^^"^"^^^^ 
 thereof. And touching the conferuation I doe therefore (^^^so faith ^t 
 coniedure , becaufe that fame great G9d5 which hath Hebrew vife 
 wifely created and ordered all thefe things,fb made them ^"-'^'f'^^'"^ 
 as that he hath difpofed them all in (^) Meafure ^number ^ "^^ '''^''■^' ^^' 
 andWeight^ neither is it lawfuU for any thing in hi s kinde 
 to furpafliC that meane, without the ouerthrow and mine 
 of the whole. Euen fo thofe ereat bodies, the Heauen, 
 the Sea,and Earth haue their bounds : So euerie age hath 
 his prcfcribcd number of lining Creatures. Likewifc is it 
 
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 in men, tovmcs, and regions: will any of theft exceedc 
 
 their bounds > Then of ncccfsitie fome whirlewind and 
 
 tcmpcil of misfortune muftconfamcthem, orclfe they 
 
 would hurt and deface the bcvvtifull frame of this worlde. 
 
 But 11 is apparant, that they doo often ftriue to execedc 
 
 Allcrcature* j-^^jj. number^ efpecially thole Creatures that by nature 
 
 ^e jfumg /o doo engender and increafc. Behold men, who can deny ■ 
 
 fnja:ficana thatby natuFc wcfpring vpa gicat dcalc more then die/' 
 
 cncreafc abon- 5^ ^^Lzt two men doe fometimcs within the fpace of a few 
 
 ^"' ^' yeares procreate a hundred out of their bodies, of whom 
 
 ten or twenty doe not die. Heards of Cattle alfo wouldc 
 
 cncreafc without number, if Butchers did not choofe& 
 
 Which wouia cull out yeerely 3 certeine of them foi* the lliamblesX ike- 
 
 growtoaninfi wife birdcs and fiQies woulde ina fliort fpace pcfler the 
 
 w^^-ck"nozfoT ^^^^ ^^"^^ ^^^^ v/atersjwere it not for fightii-jg ^nd vvavre a- 
 
 vioicmrnd ^^ mong themfelues5as alfo deccipts praftifed againfl them 
 
 vnnacuraii by men. In eucry age Citties and tovvnes are buildcd, 
 
 '"^^^* and if burnings or other dcflrudions happened not, our 
 
 World, nor fcarccanother would containe them. And 
 
 Thcrforc the fo in conceipt thou maiefl pafTe through the nature of all 
 
 catmti«T^ things. Therefore, Is it any maruell, if that olde father of 
 
 iiccdfull,to the familiethrufl in his fickle into this ranke fielde, and 
 
 njcwcandcuc cutofFfb.mefuperfluous thoufandes wit^i peflilence or 
 
 warre F If he did not fo. What Countrcy were able to 
 
 Orclsy wcvld)\ containe vs P What land could afFoord vs nourifhmcnt ? ' 
 
 could aot con- Therefore in Gods name let fome partes perifh, that the 
 
 '^*""^' whole perfedion of all may be pcrpetuall. Foreuen as 
 
 Which go d vnto goucrnors of Common-wcalthes,the fafegarde of 
 
 «arcth for cfpc the people is the highefl law, fo is the world to God. 
 
 ciaJly. And concerning the bewtieor ornament of y world, 
 
 Alfothefc *^y conieffcure is two fold. Firft, for that I can conceiuc 
 
 greatcalami. no trimneffe in this huge engine , without a different 
 
 lies ar»ddcftru= change and varictfe of things. Iknowc tharthefunnc i$ 
 
 domcan<fbew moflbewtifulliyctthe dewie night, and the mantle of 
 
 tificthcworid that blacke dame putbetwcene,maketh him to appeerc 
 
 withakiiidof more gratious. Theiummerismoft pkafant, yet the 
 
 -""- ^ "^ win- 
 
 yarieiic. 
 
^'OF CONSTAKCIE. 9i 
 
 winter dooth make it more loucly with her ycic marble 
 and white fhow. Which things if you take awayjin truth 
 you dcpriuevsofthe inward delight and feeling both of 
 ilinnc and Summer. In this our Earth, one vniform fa-* 
 ftiion pleafeth mcnot^butltakepleafure to behold the 
 Champion countrey and mountaincs, vallies and rocks, 
 Ficldestilled and Sea lands, meadowes and woods. Sa- 
 cietieand lothiomncfTe is euer a companion of vnifor- 
 mityorlikcncffc. Andvppon thisfbgeofmy]ife,whye 
 fhould one falliion of attire and gefture content mePNo, 
 it fhal not. But (in my minde) let there be times of great 
 quictnefle, and therein fome naughtineffe , which loone 
 after tumults ofwarres and the rage of cruel tyrants may 
 take away. Who would wifh this world to be like a dead 
 Sea, without wind or wanes ? 
 
 But I perceiuc moreouer another kinde of ornament, And'in the a: 
 ofmore account and inward profit. Hiftorics doo teach mending or 
 me, that al thingcs become better and quietter, after the P^^^^ing of 
 ftormes of aduerfities. Dooth warre vex any Nation ? Lr"mind"s. 
 The fame dooth alfb (a) quicken them, and moft com- 
 monly bringeth in Artes, together with other thinges,^^-^^^^'^^!,^^^ 
 that doo diuerflic adorne their wittes. The Romanes in fpe'^,vht!hfa^ib 
 limes part, impofed a greeuous yoke vppon the necke of ^^^'^ ^^^ « <^^* 
 the whole world, but yet a yoke that prooued whole- {^'r^^^j{^^^^ 
 fome in the ende;wherbyBarbari(me was expelled from * ''^^ '"* 
 ourmindes, as the funnedriueth away darkeneffe from 
 our cies. What had the French men, we our felues, and. 
 the Germanes becne at this day, if the light of that migh- 
 ty Empire had not ("hincd vpon vs ? Fierce, vnciuill, de- 
 lighting in llaughiers betwixt our felues and others,con- 
 temnersofGodandmcn. Eiien fb('Ige(rc)itwillcomc 
 topaflewiththenew world which the Spaniardeshaue 
 wafted with a profitable fcueritie, and themfclucs will Avericfit fimi 
 (hortly replcnifti againe with people, and inhabit icAnd ^""'^«^v 
 as they which haue great nurferies for plar.':s,do remoue 
 fome^fciothers^andcutoffothcrfomej qrderingthem 
 
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 with skill for their ownc good and benefit : Eucn h doth 
 God in this wide fielde ot the world . For he is a moft skil- 
 ful husband man^and one while he breaketh ofFfom waft 
 braunches of families : Another while hccroppeth and 
 CLitteth away a fewe Icaues of particular men . This hel- 
 pcth the ftockof the treejalbeitthofe branches pcrilli, & 
 thofe leaues are blowne away with the winde. Againe he 
 feeth this nation ver)^ bare and barren of vertues ; hee ca- 
 ilcih it out. Another rough and vnfriiitfuU ; hee remo- 
 iieth it. Yea and fom he confoundeth among thcmlelues 
 & by grafting makethf as it were)a medley of thcm.You 
 Italians waxen feeble and effeminate in the declining of 
 your Empire,why do ye hold the beft ciitry of the world? 
 Geue place. Let the ftcrne and fturdy Lumbards manure 
 with more happines this foile.You wicked Sc waton Gre 
 cians,perifLi ye vttcrly:And let thofe cruel Scithians be fee 
 led & wax mild in your cuntry. And moreouer with a cer- 
 tenconfufion of nations you French men pofTes Gaule ; 
 Comfort dras yeSaxons, Britanie; ye Normans, feaze vpon Belgica 
 wen from the and the territories bordering. All which matters (Lipfi- 
 end of calami- us) and many more are manifeft outof hiflories and by 
 ^"' the euentes of things,to any diligent reader. 
 
 Therfore let vs lift vp our felues^and whatfbeuer dam- 
 mage we fuftaine priuately , let vs know that it doth good 
 in fome part of the whole world.Thc rooting out of one 
 nation or kingdom^ is the raifing vppe of an other ; The 
 decay of one tower, the building of an other: And no 
 thinge properly dyeth orperifheth hecrc^butaltereth. 
 Are we Flemings alone in accompteandcftimation be- 
 fore Godr' Alone continually happic^and fortunes white 
 fonnes r* O foolcs / That gieate gran-dam hath many 
 nioe children, whom wemufi: bee contented that fhec 
 cherifh and lull in her lappe one after another, becaufe 
 fhe either can not,or will notdally with them al! at once. 
 Thefunne hathfhined with his bright beames alonge 
 time vponvs; Nowletitbenighte with vs avvhiles,and 
 
 let 
 
OF CONSTANCIE. 87. 
 
 let the glittering light illuminate the Spaniards and far- 
 died vvcfternc partes . Seneca ( after his manner ) fay th 
 fitly and profoundly to this purpofe. c^ ivffe njanflwuld 
 not take in ill parte whdtfocuer happeneth vnto him\Btit let 
 him know that thofefclfe things ivhichfcemc to Annoy him ^ 
 do belong to t he prcjer nation eft he whole worlds and are of 
 the ?iomber oft ho/e things that do confummate the cctirfe &• 
 effice oft he whole. 
 
 CHAPT. XII. 
 
 %^n old and common hie ^ ion againft Gods tujl ice, •rvhym- 
 nijl^ments he not equal. Such inquiry is remouedfrom men. 
 anddeclaredto be vngodly^ 
 
 J Ere whiles Langxtds paufed a little, I fpak c thus : 
 "i As a faire water-fpring to trauelkrs in f ommerrSo 
 is your talke to meitcherifhcth^refrcfheth, and 
 with a cooling kinde of moifturc qualificth my fe- 
 i!Cr and fcruent heat; But yet it qualifiechj not quencheth 
 the fame . There fticketh a thorne in my mind (which al- Codsiuftice 
 fo pricked the Auncients ) touching equallity of punifli- (yponoccafi 
 rnents.For whatfZ^;;^///;f)if that equal ballancc oiiufticc onjisnccnied: 
 ifthis fword ofaffliitions Jjicmim. 
 
 Doth often times let wickedmengofree^ As though pu- 
 
 K^ndjlayfuchfolke as^oodand harmeleffe bee} "'S'T'"^' ^""^ 
 
 Why(lfay)arcfomeinnocentpeoplerootcdoutand lT.^i;;i 
 the children and pofteiitic af Aided for the faults of their ftributcd,nor 
 Aunceftors? This is a thickcmiftc in my eies, which (if '^^^""'*^^^''* 
 youcan)difperfe with the bright beames ofreafon . Lan- 
 gim with a wrinkclcd forehead, yea younkcr ( quoth 
 hee) are you fb foone gone aftray againe ? I will none of 
 that . For as skilfull huntfmen fuf?er not their hounde to 
 range 5 but to follow one and the famedeere : So woulde 
 Ihauethcetotreadeonely inthofcfoocc rteppes which 
 I hauc traced out vnto thee. I woulde beate into thy 
 brayne the cndes of afflidions to the intcnte that if 
 
 thou 
 
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 thou be goodjthou maycrt thinkc thy fclfc to bee cxcrci- 
 fed : if fallen,to be lifted vppe ; if vtterly naught, to be pu- 
 niflied. And now thou draweft me to the caufcs. Wan- 
 dring mindc! What meaneit thou by this curious care- 
 fulneffe /* Wile thou ncedes feclc thofe celeiliall fires ? 
 Sutthcfcarch They will mclt thcc like wax. Wilt thou clime vppe in- 
 thcrof is Cic- to theTower of prouidence f Thou fhalt foone fal down 
 wed tobcc a-^ headlong. As butter-flies , and other little flics doo by 
 PKiti^"' ^^' night flutter fo long about die candle, till it burne them : 
 Euen fo dooth mans mind dally about that fccret cciefti- 
 al flame. 
 She we me the caufes {^fayeft thou) why the vengeance 
 Whichisioy- ofGod oucr skippcthfomc, and whippethothcrsr'Doft 
 net! ^^'^^J^^'JI*^' thou f eek the caufes f 1 fay mod fafely, that I know them 
 gcro a "^^"^j^Qj^ For the heauenly Court neuer comprehended me, 
 nor I the decrees thereof. Of this oncly I am afTured.that 
 Gods will is a caufc aboue all caufes3 beyond which,who 
 fo fccketh anothetjis ignorant of the efficacie and power 
 And wherein of the diuinc nature. For it is ncceflaricj that cucry caufc 
 "^^^^-blinr^^ beinalbrtjbcfore and greater then his efFcd: but no- 
 ^^^ ' thing is before, nor greater than God and his will, there- 
 fore there is no caulc thereof God hath pardoned : God 
 hathpunilhed; what wilt thou hauc more r' The will of 
 Goduthechiefc lufticc^^s Saluia»us {iiih well and god- 
 ly. Yet ye fay, we require a rcafonofthis inequality. Of 
 whomc ? of God / To whom that is lawful! whatfoeuer 
 God w^ifhs^ him liketh^ and nothingliketh him but that which is law- 
 thcrforc light, ful if the feruant cal his maiflcr, or thefubied his So- 
 becaufche mU ueraigne to account^ the tone may take it in contempt,^ 
 Icthit. jj^g totheras treafon. And art thou more bold with God? 
 
 h'chvasvit' Fie vpon fuch peruerfe curiofitie. (^) T/jss reafon cannot 
 liUefpoke^ml^ 7?4«^ othcrwifc^ then if it he rendred to no man. And yet 
 Saitts%afjjap' vvhcn thou hafl: doone all that thou art able, thou fhaltc 
 fiifdt^Tiberi^ not clccre thy felfe out of the darke miftes of ignorance, 
 'Pr^r*cli!^«"o^*t)e partaker of thofe meerc myftical councelles and 
 oks// ^ ' decrees. It is excellently fpokcn by Sophocles, Thou 
 
OF COMStAKCifi: 8^ 
 
 ^jaltemuer attameto the hnoi\ ledge of heaucnlythiftgcsyif 
 God concede them : nor ophcm aU^i hough thou heftojvethy ' 
 lahour euer therein. 
 
 C APT. XIII. 
 
 Tet to certifie the Curious^ three oldohie6iiom are au^ifivC' 
 
 ' red, K^ndfirjle touching euillmen not funijhed . Wee 
 
 f roue they are refrtued^ and pardoned . And that either 
 
 in rejfe^ of men thernfclues^or in re garde ofGodsnature^ 
 
 which isjloivto^uniih. 
 
 TKis plainc & broad way (^Lip{ius)is onely fafc here: 
 All others be deceaucable and flippcry. In diuine 
 andheauenly matters, it is the (harpeft fight to fee simplistic & 
 nought; and the only knowledge to know nothing. Yet "^^^^^^^/^"^^ 
 becaufe this cloud hath of old time, and nowe doth com- codr^ 
 paffe mens wittes, I will wind theeoutofitfhortly^if I 
 can. And will waili away that that fticketh by thcc^with 
 this riuer here at hand . O thou celeftiall and eternal] fpi- 
 rite (^thcre with he caft his eies on high) pardon and for- 
 giueme if in thele profound mifteries I vtter anything 
 impure or vngodly, yet with a godly intent. And firftl 
 may generally defend the iuftice of God with hisowne whofeimi-cc 
 blow . YfGodbehouldtheaffairesofmen,he hathcare^^^^^^^^^ 
 of them .• if he haue care^ he gouerneth tliem : if hee go- 
 uerne^hee doth it with iudgementrifwith iudgement, 
 how can it be without iufticcPwhich if it be wanting rher 
 is no regiment nor gouerment at all^but diforder, confu- Which onely 
 fion J and trouble. What haft thou to oppofe againft this ""«• jgnoraucc 
 weapon ? whatfhielde or armour ? Say the truth, oncly ^^^^ ^' * 
 mans ignoran:c. Ivnderftandnot(faiftthou)why thefe 
 (houldbe puniriied,andthofe not. Wellfaide. VVjlte 
 thou therefore ioync impudencic to thy ignorance?And 
 becaufe thou comprendeftnot the power of the diuine 
 and pure lawc , wiltc thou carpc at it ? what more vniuftc 
 
 N xeafon 
 
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 rcafon would beallcadged againft iuftice ? iffome ftran- 
 
 ger (liould vtter his conic6liires oftlie lawes and ordi- 
 
 naiinccs of thy-cruntryjthou wouldcftbid himholdhis 
 
 ^y ^j.r^nl ^^^^^g'Je and be gone,becaulc he Iiath not the knowledge 
 
 cuftorac? ofthcm: And doeft thou. An inhabitant of this earth 
 
 railily Gondcmnc thcvnknovvnelavvcs of heauen? Thou 
 
 creature, thy creator P yet goe to, take thy plcafure* I 
 
 wJU cloft neercr with thce,fearchingdiftin(^ly thcthickc 
 
 Allc3uills4.r iTiifts of thefe thycauilles by theclcerefunneof reafon, 
 
 fj;(|f/^fjj^^^asthourcquireft. Thou obiedcft three thinges, That 
 
 foW. GOD Isrtcth fcapc offcndors .That he punifhcth inno- 
 
 centes . That hec putteth oucr and transfcrreth hispu- 
 
 . . nifhmentcs from one to an other. I will begin with the 
 
 The fitft ob- Thou faift that the vengeance of God doth not well 
 
 icaionanfwc toouerpafTethc wickcd. Yea,doth itouerpafic them.** 
 
 tiwcfcT^in^of^^' ^ thinkc rather itforbcareththemonelyforatimc. 
 
 malefaaorl If I hauc greate deptes owing me, and if it pleafe mc 
 
 toexacSe my due of one depter prefently , andtobearc 
 
 For God omit- with anotherfor a longer time, who can blame me? for 
 
 pun£cnt ^^^^ ^^ ^^y ^^"^ goodwill andplcafute . Euen fo doth 
 
 buthedotii that grcatcGodj Of whomc whereas all naugh tie men 
 
 notremkk. haucdereruedpunifhment, heeexadethit offomeprc- 
 
 fendy, and bearcth with others to bee payd afterwardes 
 
 with intercft.What vnrightoufnes is here,exccpt it be fo 
 
 y thou take thought for God^^e fcare leaft he be indcmni 
 
 Neither is god fied by this his bountiful forbearanccBut alas fecly man/ 
 
 fhTforbw/ Thou arte more afFraide then hurt. Neuer fhall any man 
 
 yaunce. deceauc this greate crediror . Whither focucr wee flyc, 
 
 we are all in his fight, ycain bondes and fetters to him. 
 
 But thou faift, I would hauc fuch a tirant tp be prefently 
 
 punifhed, that by his death at this time, fatisfadion may 
 
 be made to fo many whom he hath opprcflcdjSo fhal the 
 
 iuftice of God be made more manifeft vnto vs.Nay,thou 
 
 bevvrayeft hereby thy blockifhncs.For who art thou that 
 
 doft not onely appoint God how,but alfo prcfcribc him 
 
 wh|n 
 
OF CONSTANCIE: <?/ 
 
 whentopunilTi ? Thinkcfl: thoiithat he is thy ludgc 5or 
 onely afericantor vnclcr-o(licci?Goe,leadc him hence, 
 whip him^ miifriC his face, hangc him vpon a cm fed tree, ^^^Y God 
 for lo it feemcth good in my cies . Fie vppon this impii- foTcaret^io 
 dencic.VntoGoditfeemcthotherwifcwhomthoumudpuniih. 
 vndcrftandto fee much better in this cafe then thy fclfejP'rft that he 
 '^nd to hauc another end in punifhing. Thou arte pio-^u^nill^^^^^^ 
 uoked with choller, andcaried away withdcfirc ofre-indueiimc. 
 nenge. He being tar from both thefe, hathrefpedtothc 
 enfample and corre6iion ofothers.He alio knowetli bed 
 to whom the fame may do good,&: when. The moments 
 of times are of great weighc^and the mod wholefom me- 
 dicine is often turned tothedeftruftion ofthe'difealed3 
 not being applyed in due feafon . God cut off Caligula in 
 the prime of his tyrannie. He (uffered Nero to run on far- 
 ther; And Tiberius fartheil of all And doubte thou not 
 but it was for the good of chofe that then murmured at it. 
 Our euill and difordcred manners haue needcofa conti- 
 nuall fcourgejbut we woulde haue it taken from vs at the 
 firfte 5 and cafte into the fier. This is one caufc of forbea- 
 rancCjwhich refpedeth vs . 
 
 Another there is in refpeilcof God vntowhcmeic 
 feemeth pQCu\m\Toproceedllowly in reuenge oflmnftlfe^ 
 And to quit that jlackneJJ'e ntth thcgrieuoufnes oftheftmi^> ^^^^ ^^ jj j 
 w^;^/. Well (pake SmcCn\s^T/je dirmie mture proceedcih procrdefhVro 
 /^////r<f/K^W<?rrf^r/>'.AndtheoldSagcs wentnotmucha- an inftinac of 
 wry, who in this refpcd fciixd God to haue woollen feet ^",^y7o^'^^^ 
 So that albeit thou be a hafty man and geuen to reucirge, fpeakej 
 thou oughtcftnotto be gricucd at this forbearace which 
 is fuch a delay of the punilTiment^as it is w ithal an encrea Pccaufc tl-.c 
 fmg of the fame. Tellmcs in beholding a tragedy, willfJJilJ^V^f 
 it ftomacke thee to fee Atreus or Thicftcs in the firftc or niih. 
 fccoftd ade walking in date and mnicdye vppon the , 
 fcener" To fee them raignejthrcateand commaundr" Tb^^'^tm^^^- 
 thinkc not , knowing their profpcritic to be of fmall con- cn.a with a^ ^ 
 tinuancc 5 And when thoufhalte fee them ihamcful- concwJtndant 
 lie come to confufion lathe laftcAdc. Nowetheniii 
 
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 thisTragcdyof the World, why art not thou fo fauoii* 
 The life of the rabic towards God,as to a poore Poet ? This wicked ma 
 *'iredli7°r'^* P^^^^pcreth. That Tyrant liueth.Let be awhiles.Remem- 
 sidTc. ber it is but the fir ft Ad, and confider aforehande in thy 
 
 mind, that fobs and forrowes will enfue vppon their fol- 
 lace. This Scene will anon fwimme in bloud, then thefc 
 purple and golden garments (lialbe rowled therein. For 
 that Poet ot ours is fingular cunning in his art, and will 
 not lighdy tranfgrefTe the lawes of his Tragedie. In mu- 
 ficke;,doo we not allowe fomctimcs difagreeing fbundes, 
 knowing that they will all clofc in content? But the par- 
 ties iniureddoo not alwaies feethepnnifliment. What 
 maruell is that? The tragedy commonly istcdious, and 
 they are not able to fit fo long in the theater : yet others 
 doo fee it, and are worthily ftricken with feare when they 
 perceiue that fome are repriued before this feucre throne 
 of iuftice, but not pardoned : And th^t the day of execu- 
 tion is prolonged, not wholly taken away. Wherefore 
 (a)The Vay- (Ltpfitis) holde this for certaine. That vngodly men arc 
 nimsgoddefp forborne awhiles, but neuer forgiuen ; And that no man 
 t'Zstt hath afinne in his hart,but the fame man cariethr^)Nc- 
 ftfiors. mcfisonhisbacke. For that Furie followeth them al- 
 
 waies, and as I may fay with Euripides, Go'tngfiUntlymd 
 rctth a f oft foot ^ jhe willm due time violently pluck the ivit- 
 kcdfrom off the earth, 
 
 CHAPT. XIIII. 
 
 Then is itJJjewedthat there be fundry kinds of punifhrnets t 
 t^ndfome of them hidden or imrard^alwaies accompA- 
 nyingthe wicked fa6is them felues, tvhich vfigodly men 
 jhallneuerefcape. And they hee more greeuous than any 
 
 outward. 
 
 There be three \ 7 Et to make thcc concciuc thefc thingck the better, 
 
 GodVeth.** . bulwarke of this argument 5 Thou muftvndcrftand 
 
 that 
 
OF CONSTANCIE. pj 
 
 y there be 3 fundiy forts of Godspunirhmentsjnternal, 
 After this life, Ex'-ernal* The firft I call thofe that VEX 
 THEMliN^DORSOVLE YET COVPLEDTOTHE ^in^^rnaU. 
 BODlE y As forrovv, repentance, f eare, and a thoufande 
 gna'.vini^es of confcience. The fecond fort arcfiich as 
 TOVCH THE SAME SOVLE BEING FREE AND ,, , . 
 LOOSED FROM THE BODIE: as bee thofe piininv IkT 
 ments which moilof the olde headien writers did (not 
 without rcafonj conicilure were referiicd forvngodlie 
 men after this hfe: The third WHICH TOVCH THE 
 BODY^OR ARE ABOVT THE SAME: as pouertie i.EcemaU. 
 banillimentjgricfesjdifeafes, death. And it commeth to 
 paffe oftentimes that all thefcj by the iiift iiidgcment of 
 Godjdoo fal vppon the wicked: But certeinly the twoe ^^^^ ofthcfc 
 former kinds dooalwaicsfollowethcm. And to fpeate arcaiwaicsin- 
 oflNTERNALLpunifliments, what man was diere at fli(fteavpon 
 any time fo giuen oner to worke wickednefle, but that he ^^^^ kicked, 
 feltinhis mindefharpefcourges3and (asitwere) heauy Erpedallythe 
 ftrokes ey ther in committing mifchieuous deeds, or elfe *"^.''ofrafiu« ' 
 afterthefadsaommitted.'^For Plato f aid trulie^T/'^////- to'thcmynd, 
 mjhment is the companion of imufiice , Or as Hefiodus 
 more plainly and forceably exprcfleth the matter,// is 
 coeternd Andcoequaliwtth it. The punifhm.ent of wicked 
 neflc is kin to euery wicked aft^ yea bred \\\ it ; ney thcr 
 is any thing free and out of care in this life, but innocen- 
 cic. As maletadors among the Romanes that were con- 
 demned to bee crucifiedjdyd beare their croffe, which 
 foone after fhouldebeare them .-So hath God laid this 
 croffc of confcience vppon all vngodly men, whereby 
 they may fufFcr paines afore they come to execution. 
 Dooeft tnou thinke there is none other punifhment but 
 that which \% obiefted to oureics?Or that which is in- Anaihcmoft- 
 ffided vppon the bodier* It isfarre otherwife. All fuch gricuous pains 
 arecxternall^anddoolighriyfora fliort time only touch ofalloihcr,. 
 ys. But thofe that bee inwarde doo torment vs. As wee 
 iudgc them to bee more ficke which pine awaie with a 
 
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 cofiimption, then they y haue an inflamationor feiicr^ 
 and yet theie laft haue the greatcll appearance ; Eucn fo 
 be thofe wicked men in vvorfte cafe, which arc Icdde to 
 cucrlafting death with a hngring pace. Caligula ru- 
 ling with gueatTyrannic^would be fo ftricken on a fud^ 
 den as though he llioulde die-* So fareth it with thole 
 vvicked-linges when that batcher f their owne minde) 
 prickethand bcateth continuallie withfoftftiol.C5. 
 
 Let not the gorgeous outward apparancc beguile 
 lyinghidof- thce, nor thc puifiant ponipe wherewith they are cnui- 
 tencymcsvn- roncd^or their aboundance of wealth. For they are not 
 andmenx " ^^^ happier nor in any better cafe thereby, no more then 
 Goumeniuncc afickeman whofe ague or goutc lyech vppon a ilateiie 
 fcatheibedde. Whenthoukeil apoore bcggcrlyfel- 
 lowcplayincakingesparton a rtage, adorned with gol- 
 den robcsj thou enuyeft him not, knowing that vnder 
 the fame gorgeous attire are fcabs, filthe,andvncleane- 
 neflc : haue thou the very fame opinion of all thefe great 
 proud Tyrantes, Whofe mindes if they might he opc}ied 
 (faith Tacitus) wee frjould beholde rentinges andjhokes : 
 Sith that encn as thc ho die irithflripes^fe is the mind torne 
 inpeecesvxilhcrueltie^lujl^andeuil cogitations, I knowe 
 In wickca men ^.[^^y i;ii^gh fomctimeSjbut it isonely from the teeth out- 
 ercementbc- ^ardc. They rcioice,but with no true ioy. No more 
 twixty tongue certeiucly then they which beingin a dungeon condem- 
 6cchougb«s. j^g^ X.O dicj doo feeke to beguile thcmfelues with playing 
 at dice or tabic*;, and yet cannot. Forthedeepe imprin- 
 ted terrour of punilhment at hande remainethjand thq 
 image of gricuy death neuer departeth from before their 
 eies. I pray thee draw backe this curtaincof externall 
 thinges, and behold that (a) Scicilian tyrant, 
 (d^DfotrfJius. Ouer whofe Tricked heada nakedfword 
 
 Doth diivaies hang, 
 (Vvrhtmrdsof Lyften to that Romane emperour lamentably cry- 
 ^rriVr. ingout(^) ^^11 the GodsmdGoddedesfendmeAixorfedc:^ 
 ^, Jtrmton/henthat Ifeele sdauie djtngmme* Hcarcano- 
 
 thcjc 
 
OF CONSTANCIE. pj 
 
 thcr of them fighing from the heart, & laying: [a] What ? . ^^j^^^^j^^ 
 K^m I the cnely man that haue neither fr'icnde nor foe ? ^roltlik ' 
 Thcfe arc the true tormentcs of the minde. (Lipfus) death, 
 Thefebc griping grecfes indecd^alwaics to bee vexed, 
 Ibrrovvfulij terrified. Beware thou compare not any tor- 
 tures, rackes, or iron Inftrumentes vnto thefe. 
 
 CHAPT. XV. 
 
 That p awes after this life are prepared for euilldooers, And 
 mofi commonly d(o externallXpunijlments , Confrmed 
 hyfo?ne notable examples. 
 
 I 
 
 Oyne moreoucrhecreto thofecuerlaftingpaincsaf. 
 ter this life, which it fufficeth mcc onely to point at p^.^^^ 
 outofthcmiddesof diuinitie, without turthcr vnfol- thiTly^eoT 
 ding of them . Adde alfo externall punifhmentes, which diuinc^ 
 which if they bee wanting, yet inafmuchasthc former ^^^°P^<^P"ty 
 ncuer are omitted, who can rightlie blame the iufticc of 
 God /"But I fay that thofe firft are not lacking: And ne- Extcrnallpn^" 
 ucr, or furely very feldomc dooth it happen^but that no- nifi^ments 
 toriouseuillperfonnesand fiich as opprefle others, doo Wefcnibc'-^ 
 fufFer open and publicke paines. Some of them fooner, forcthofco." 
 fbme later ; Some in themfelues, and fomc in their po- ^^^^* 
 fieritie; Thou marked and murmuieft that the Scicili- p: , . . 
 an Tyrant Dyonifius dooth for many yearcs together p.'rfbnsof!en. 
 commitadultcries, rapines, murders, without controul- ding^orin 
 mcnt. Haue patience a little while, thoufhaltc fee him thcjrpoftcrity, 
 fliortly infamous, a banifhcd man, bcggcrly, and (a mat- 
 ter fcarcc credible j thruft down from the fceptcr,toyfer- punin[m"m^ 
 ruIer.Thc fame king of a great Iland,fha! fct vp a fchoolc that God rent 
 at Corinth,himfelf being indeed a very fcoffe to fortune. vpoDionifius, 
 On the other fide. Doth it grieue thee y Pompey fhould 
 beouerthrowncinPharfalia, and his army almoftconfi- 
 fting of Scnatours ? That the Tyrant (houlde take his 
 
 plcafure 
 
Likcwife on 
 Julius Cefar, 
 
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 p leafurc and paftlme awhilcs in the blond of citicens ? I 
 blame thee not much , confidering that Cato himfelfc 
 here loft the helme of found Iudgmcnt,& from his heart 
 vttcred this doubtiulvokc^Duii^^e f^aturs are fill of ch/cu 
 r//7.NotwithrtandingtbouLipfius3thouCato,ca(lyour 
 eiesa little afulejyoufhall fee one thing that will bringc 
 you into good liking with God againe . Behold that Ce- 
 far, flatly, A conquerour,in his own and feme other folks 
 opinion, a very god -, Slaine in, and of the Senate . And 
 that not with one fimple death5but wounded with three 
 and twenty feuerall thrufts,and rouling in his own bloud 
 like a beaft . And (what more could you wifhO this was 
 donne euen in the courte of Pompci, the image of Pom- 
 pei ftanding there on highj celebrating a g^eate facrificc 
 to the ghoftofthatC/«j Create one. Euen lb Brutus loo- 
 finghis life in the Philippian fieldes for his cuntry, and 
 ThcGREAT, with his cuntry,moueth mc to compaflion; But lam 
 recomforted when I fee not long after thofe conquering 
 armies (as it were) before his tombc falling together by 
 the earcs betweene thcmfelues; AndMaifler Antonius 
 one of the Chiefetaines ouercome both by fea and land^ 
 among three feely women hardly finding death with that 
 womaniAi hand. Where arte thou now that of late wafl 
 Lord of all the eaft? Leader of the Romaine Armies?Per- 
 fccuterofPompei and tlic common-wealtii?Loethou 
 hangeft in a rope by thy bloudy hands/ Lo thou creepeft 
 into thy graue halfe aliue/ Loe dying thou canfte not bee 
 vvithdrawne from her which was thy death/Marke whe- 
 ' therBrutusvtteredinvainethofelaftwoid athisdcath. 
 onOftaummis O iHptterJet mt the mther of this cuillhegmle thee . No 
 Auguftus,An- more did he deceaue or cfcape him. No more did that o- 
 n°ion" '''"'^" ^"^^^ Captain, who not obfcurely fufFercd in himfelfe the 
 puniHimentofhisyouthfull mifdeedesiBut yet more ap- 
 (h)Thatism parantlyinallhisprogenie.Lethimbehappyandmigh- 
 ingiifh/uUof jy caefar, 'and truly (by i^uj^ujffis iBiit with alilct him 
 ^rlncir ^^' haueadaughterlulia^andancccejAJfofomcofhisnc. 
 
 phcw^s 
 
 wasfurnamed 
 
 AlfovponM. 
 Anconius. 
 
 And laftly vp^ 
 
OF CONSTANCIE. 91 
 
 Ehewcs Icthiai loie by falfcaccufations. Others let him 
 anifh out ofhisfauour: And with loathfomnes cf thefc 
 let hiin wiili to die with fowcr dales hunger, and not bee 
 able. Finally 5 let him liue with his LiuU, vnhoncftlic ma- (x)uh though 
 ncdjvnhoncillie keptc : And vpon whom he doted with f^fvajfjifinU 
 vnlawfull loue,(^) let him die a (hamcfull c'cath by her ^f'Ji\i,^r^^„^ 
 mcanes. In conclufion (faith Plmic^He beits^ made a god urlfu at Ur^^t 
 Atidgaining hcmcn\hut 1 wot not whether he deferuedifjlct >» ^^'^ ^if^- 
 him die ^ and let the fonne of his Q?) enemie hehts he ire. [2iauh!^ron 
 Thefe and fuch like things(ii^//>rj are to bethought vp- Ifilaalyhe^ 
 onwhenfocuerwcbeginto brcake forth into anycom-/5"r/?'^«-'^*«^ 
 plaintes of vnrighteoulhcs in god. And we muft alwaics 
 caftourmindestothe confureration of two things, the oflhirplalc^^ 
 flowncsjanuthcdiuerfiticof punifhments . Is not inch a touching com- 
 man punillied? Hold thee contented a litt!e,he fhallfeele piamjng a 
 it ere long: Ifnot in his bodie, yetafTurcdly in mind. If^ '^' ' 
 not whiles he liucth,yet doubtles when he is dead. 
 
 Though venge^i unce come behind and her foot e fore, Stnecd, 
 
 She ouer 'takes the offender thatgoeth before. 
 
 For that fame hcauenlie eye watchcth ftill , and when 
 thouthinkeflitfleercthfoundlicj itdothbutwinkc alit- 
 tlc. Onely fee that thou bsarc t!iy fclfc vprightly towards 
 him: And do not vainely accufc thy iudgCj by whom thy 
 fclfc muft cttfoones be iudgcd, 
 
 CHAPT. XVL 
 
 An anfweare to the other obieBion touching guiltlcs men. 
 It Isfrouedthat allhaue deferuedpuni'^^ment^fir that al 
 are ojfendors. And -who they bee thafdoe offend more or 
 leffe,can hardly or by no msanes be difcerned by men . It is 
 
 . God onely that fee th thoroughly into faults^ and therefore 
 dothfuni[f) mojliufllie. 
 
 gainftcuill. 
 men. 
 
 O. BVT 
 
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 *rhc fceond 
 cauill touch- 
 ing guiltlcs 
 pcrfons: which 
 isindcc<ia 
 meeie cauill 
 orflaunder, 
 becaufe thcr 
 be none guilt- 
 lcs or iniic^ 
 €cni 
 
 Neiihcr may 
 we pretend 
 incqualiticof 
 the fault and 
 punJIhnacnc 
 
 Whcrin men 
 
 arenovprighi 
 
 JudgC5, 
 
 BVt thou faift chat gulltleflre and innocent people arc 
 punifhcd.For this is thy fecond complaint^Or rather 
 1 may tcarmc it a (landerous accufation. Vnaduifcd 
 yong man/ So fpcakcft thou? In what countrcy may 
 we find fuch coumrcy-mcn as are without fault ? It wcic 
 great boldnelTc, yea rafhnefle to affirmc that of any one 
 man. >^nd doft thou make no fcruple to quit whole peo- 
 ples and nations of offence ? Thou dooft moft foolillily* 
 I know we haue all finned and daily doej we are borne in 
 vncleanncfle and in it we liuc. In fomuch that the ftorc- 
 houfe of heauen (as I may (ay with the Satiricl^e) wouldc 
 be without thunder-bolts, if they were hurled continu- 
 ally vpon all that do offend. For though fifhcs be ingen- 
 dred and nouriflied in the faltfeaand them fcluestaft not 
 of any faltncs : yet may we not thinke it to bee fo with vs 
 men, that we being born in this contagion of the world, 
 fhould our fclues I>e without corruption. Then if all bee 
 offendorsjwhcre are thefe harmles innocent people? For 
 punifhment is alwaies moft iuffly y companio of offence 
 But thou wilt favjl raiflike the inequality, in that fomc 
 folkehauingtrefpaffed but a little arc greeuouflic correc- 
 ted : ^nd others notorioufly naiigh t, are f uffred to fiorifh 
 and haue dominion. I fee what the matter is.Beiikethoa 
 wilt take the ballance of iuiliccout of Gods hand, & wilt 
 poife it after thine ownc fantafie and plcafure. To what 
 clfctendeth this thy valuation of greater or fmaller of- 
 fences, which thou affumeft vnto thee before God r' But 
 heere (Lipfius) I would haue thee confider two thingcs : 
 Fifft that men cannot neither ought to take vpon them 
 the iudging of others faults. For how can it be that thou 
 (fiUic man^ iTiouIdft weigh faults vprightly, which dooft 
 not markc them throughly ? Canftthougiuefentenec 
 iuftly of that which thou arc not able ro examine diliget- 
 Kc.'' Thou wilt eafily graunt thatitisthemindeorfoulc 
 which fmncth ^ by mean^s of the body and the inftru- 
 
 ments 
 
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 mcnts of the fences, but yet fo, that the whole waightc 
 and burthen of finnc rcfteth vpon it . This is fo true, that 
 if thougranta maiihath committed ought acainft his '"*«''•«? 
 will, then he hath not thereinfmned . Iht belo, how art ["„ZhKhU 
 thou able ro behold the ofFence,vvhich fecft not fo much the featotCv 
 as the harbourand featc thereot? And furely thou arte fo 
 f arte from feeing an other mans mind, that thou pcrcea- 
 ucft not thine owne . Therefore this is greate folly or te- 
 merity in arrogating to thy felfc the cenfuring and iudge- 
 ment of that thing which is not f eene,nor to bee fccne- 
 Neithcrknowne notable to bee comprehended by any 
 mans knowledge. ' 
 
 r ?T"r^l5^' ^'^'"'"'^ ^'"^'''^ ^'^ ^"'^h inequality as thou 
 Ipeakcft oftYet is there no harme nor wrongc don here- 
 in .No harme,in y it is for their good which arc prefcntly Neither yet 
 punidied eucn for their Icaft faults.Therin Godloucth vs the ouf/" 
 And we ought greatly to mildoubte longe forbearance °"^"'"''p"- 
 which eucr bringeth with it moregrieuouspaines. A-Cthoft'en 
 game neither is there any wrong donne thereby, bccaufe "i-nes is for 
 Casllaidejwcchauea'lofvsdcfcrucd punirtiment and^""''- 
 there IS not in the beft any fuch purity,but that lorn /pots 
 doc Itaine them, which muftbe waQicd away with this 
 lalt water ofaduerfitics . Wherefore /youne man^ lette t., c 
 pairethismoftintricatedifputation o/the eKatS 
 taultsand ottences, thou being an earthly and very lim- ''"' '"''ft'"^" 
 piciudgc Referrc it to God, whodifcerncth morevp.'°°°'*'''°"*- 
 rightly and foundly that matter from his hieh throne of 
 lufticc. He alone it is that eftecmeth indiiFcrently of dc- 
 lcrts.Hc,which without al fraude or dawbing of difliinu- 
 lation beholdeth vertuc and vice in thcit proper hue V*""';"/'"" 
 
 Who can deceaue him which fearcheth all outward anrh'^«°^^^^^^ 
 inward thingesalikci'whichfecth both body and m-nd' ^^'""nnocou* 
 The tongue and the very vcynes of the hcarte ? Finally 7,r'"1^°' 
 allthines whetheropenorfecretf who feeth not oS? ^^bTslX" 
 deeds don, but eucn the caufcs & procccdinces of them 
 as clccre as the noon light.Thalcs,being onccdemanded 
 
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 n^hetherxnyorje cotddheguiU God^tbat Aidcommit wicked- 
 nejfe ? No, nor if he do hut tmagine it onely ; So faid he tru- 
 ly. But now it is otherwife with vs being here in darkncs, 
 who not onely doo not fee fecret finnes ^ but alfo fuch as 
 are doonc vnder the coate and skirts(^as they fay^ no n^ 
 fcarcethofethatbemanifeftand committed in thedaic 
 light. For wee doo not difcerne the fault itfelfe and the 
 whole force thereof, but onely (ome externall fignes of 
 the fame.when it is doone and hath turned the backe to 
 be gone againe. We do oftentimes thinke ♦•hem the beft 
 men, whom God knoweth to bee che worft : And thofe 
 we rcieft, whome he dooth eleil. Wherefore f if thou 
 hauc wifedomc) fhut thine eics^ and ftoppc thy mouth 
 from hauingany thing to doo touching the worthinefle 
 or vnworthmefle of men. Such hidden caufcs are hardly 
 knownc for ccriaine« 
 
 CHAPT. XVII. 
 
 K^n anfwere to the third ohieBion touching punifl)mente$ 
 tranjldted or put off from one per [on to another^ It is 
 JJ^eivedhy examples that the fame is v ft ally doon among 
 men. What is the caufe v:>herefore God vfethfuch tran- 
 Jlating offtsniji^mentsfrcm one to another, C^lfi cer-" 
 teine other matters full of fuhtile curiofitie. 
 
 BVt now the third cloud brought \\\ to oucr- fhadowc 
 Gods iuftice, muft be blownc away. Forfomefayc 
 
 of godsiufticc. ^^'^^ ^^^ ^^^^'^ "^^ ^^^'^ vp^^'ghtly in fhifting ouer 
 touchins^Sub? puniiTiments from one to another : Neyther is it we! 
 ftiture^ in that the pofteritie fhould fuffer painti.s for the faultes of 
 puniihmcntcs. their predcceflors.What.^ Is that fuch arareor ftraungc 
 Which is a niattcrr*Nay rather I maruel why thefc men (liould mar- 
 matter neither uell at that, feeing they doo euenthcfameheercin this 
 ftfiingc nor world. Tell me in good footh, doo not the rewards that 
 ^aufualamong princes bcftow vppon thc Aunccftors for their vertuesj 
 
 rcmainc 
 
OF CONST ANCIE. lot 
 
 remainc and redound alio to their pofteritic? Surely they 
 do. And I thinkc the like ofrcuengc and punillimcnt for 
 their cuill dcferuinges.Bcholde in cafes oi trealon againft ^^^^^^^ ^^*'^ 
 the ftate or perfbn of a prince/ome are apparantly in the je^dgcrand 
 faiilte, and others do communicate with them in the pu- punuhmcnts 
 niflimenc. Which thingis fofarre intended by mans fc- fhe'^'oftcr"*^^** 
 uerity^as it is prouidedbylawcsthat the innocent chil- ^^° 
 dren5niouId bepuniflied withperpetuallpouerty -^fo as 
 death mayjceme afolace to them , and life afcourge . Your 
 mindcs arc altogether malitious. You will permit that to 
 fomckingc or pcttic-potentate, which you will not vnto 
 God ; who notwithftanding ifyeconfider it well, hath 
 far greater reafon of this feuerity . For we haue tranfgref- That god doth 
 fed and rebelled againft this mighty king euery one of vs; ^^^ ^"^'y ^^ 
 And by many defcents is that firft blemiHiorftainediri-^^^^^^S^^?,-^^^ 
 ued to the vnhappie children; Sucha cheining andlin-ge^aufcwcarc 
 king together of offences there is before God. Neither naturally 
 was it my f ather,or thine that firft began to (inne^but the ^'"^^^ ^»'^ 
 father of all fathers. What marueill is it then if he punifh i^lulkoSco^ 
 in the pofteritie thofe faultes which be not properlic di- cei. 
 uers, but by certcn communication offeede made ioynt^ 
 and neuer being difcontinued. 
 
 ButtolctpaiTethefehigh miftericSjandtodealewith 
 thee by a more familiar kind of rcafoning^know this, tliat P-^J^^X ^«* 
 God ioyneth together thofe thingcs which we through vnke^thtogc* 
 frailty or ignorance doc fepcrate and put a funder : And ^hcr and bring, 
 thathee beholdeth families, towncs kingdomes,not as "cJ^tho^"^ 
 things confufeordiftinguifhedjbut as one body and in- t^'h^ngcsand 
 tire nature . ThefamilieoftheScipioes or Ca^fars^is but faukcs which 
 onewholethingtohim . Thccittie ofRomc or Athens ^^dofcpcraw 
 during all their time of their continuance^cne. So iJl^e- Thatfocietica 
 wife the Romaincemperie. And there is good reafon it or corporaii- ■ 
 fhould be fb . For therein a ccrtenbonde oflawes^and ^ns before go<t 
 commu'Mon ofrighrs thatknittcth together thefe greate tTrc th[n*«\^*^ 
 bodics,which caufcth a participation of rewards and pu- ^ 
 
 nifhmcntsto bcc betwixt thofe that haue lined in diuers 
 
 O3 ages 
 
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 tgcs , Therefore, were the Scipiocs good men in times 
 paftrTheir polleritycfhall fpeedethc better for it before 
 thehcaiienlyiiidge. Were they euill?Let their pofterity 
 fare the worlc Haue the flcmmings not many ycrcs pall 
 beene lafciuious;, coiictous , godlcffer' letvsfmartforit. 
 That God Becaufe in al external piiniiliments God doth not onely 
 iciyncthtogc. beholdc the timeprclcnt, but alfo hath refpcd to time 
 bcTh J"li"ucr P^^^^' ^"^ ^^ '^y pondering of both thcfe together , hee 
 fo LrTfondc^r poyfcth ciicnly the ballauncc of his iufticc . 1 faide in all 
 (ayvh^hin ' (^) EXTERN ALL PVNISHMENTS, and I wouldc 
 t'haiiiiiZtt & ^^^"^ ^^^^ marke it welLFor the faults of one man are not 
 L|acJ^^ wr- layd vppon another,neither is there any confufion of of- 
 dicine-Bmin fenccs; (God forbid that.)But thefe are onely paincs and 
 ^com^oZTaiitd chafticements about vs,not in vs: And properly doe con- 
 fpsrhuau^it is ccm y body or goods,but not our mind which is internal. 
 4>therrv:fe,rvhich And what luiury at all is there herein?vvc will be heires to 
 do^xtendeniy our Aunceftors of comodities & rewards, if they defcruc 
 #nd^»^r* any : Why (hould we ref ufe their punifhments & paines? 
 O RomAines.ye^ullfujf'erpum^mets for the offences of your 
 predecef^ofs^ vmvorthelySo faid the Romain poet, and he 
 fpake true , but only in that he added vnworthely.Voi it is 
 moft deferuedly, becaufe their fore-fathers haddeferucd 
 it. But the poet faw the effed only , without lifting vp his 
 confidcration to the caufe. Notwithftanding asone and 
 the fclfe fame man may lawfully abide punifhment in his 
 old age, for fom offtncc comittcd in his youth:Euenfo in 
 Empires and kingdomes doth God punifli oldfins^bc- 
 caufc that in refpe£l of outward communication and io- 
 cietie , they are but one felfe thing before God . Thefe 
 diftances of times doe not feperate vsin his fight, who 
 hath all eternitie inclofed in his infinite capacity • Did 
 /^3r^Rw ^'^*^^^ (^) Martiall woolucs in oulde time ouerthrowe 
 \Let. fo many townes , and breakc in peeccs fo many fcepters 
 
 , . , . fcotfree/'haue they fucked fo mucli bloudc by (laughter, 
 COP|.m«,m ^^^j thcmfcluesneuerloftctheirbloudflhenlwillfure- 
 lyconfefle that God is no reucnger(r; JVhoe hothhea- 
 rethandfeethnhatfoeuerwedoe. But the cafe flandeth 
 
 other 
 
OF CONST ANCIE. 103s 
 
 ©thcrwifc . For it cannot be bat they nnift at length euea 
 in their polkriticrcccaucpuaifhrnent, though flow, yet 
 ncuer too lace. 
 
 Neither is thcrwirh god this coniiindion and vniting (a^Bytheft,ie* 
 of times onely ^but of partes alfo . This is my meaning; ^heryand^m^ 
 That like as in man when the(4) handsjy Iccreate partes, ""^'^ 
 and bcUic do tranfgrcflc^thc whole bodie buieth the bar- 
 gaine dcerlyrSo in a common multitude the fin ofa fewe, 
 is often required at the hands ofall. Efpecially if the offen 
 dersbethcworthieft members as'Kinges, Princes , and 
 Magiftrates.VVcUfaidHeiioduSjandout of the bowclls 
 ofvvifedome. 
 
 For one mans fault e the cittiefnjfrethptine^ neflodn^ 
 
 when one commit t eth (Acr'tledge^or wrong: 
 
 From he men God makes tempejies downe to rainc^ 
 
 Or pefi Hence ^07 famiflr/nent among. 
 
 So the whole GrcekiiliNauie perifhd for one man9 
 offcncejeuen the furious outrage oiAiax OUeusl^iVzwiCc 
 inlewry feiientic thoufandmen were iuftlyconfumed 
 with one plaguejfor the vnlawful(^jluft of the king.Som {byvhtn d.u 
 limes it falleth out contrarilie^ that whereas allhaue fin- *'^'*j'^'''"'/5*' 
 ncdjGodchoofcth out oneorafewe to be (as it were) a p,'^/^'^'^"* 
 lacrificcfor the common crime. Wherein althoughhc i Sara.24. 
 decline a little from the (Oftj^^ig'u leuell of cqualliticjyct 
 of this inequallitie a newe kind of iuftice arifeth : And the ^rj^""^!^ 
 fame which in a fewe feemcthto berigour^isa ccrtaine ,^',*,5,^1/^'^^'" 
 merciful rightcoufncs towards many.DothnotyfchooIe vie hath f^me 
 maiilcrs ferruler coircdle oncamongamultitudofloy-^'^^'^'l^^^^^^^^^ 
 tringfchollers.Doth not a general! in the warres punifh whlT(fee%s.h 
 his mutinous Armic by drawinge thetenthe man? And fomhethfome 
 boththeledoit vpon 2ood adiiife. for that this punifh-^'''"'"'*f(^^''" 
 nient inflicted vpon a fewe, doth ternhe and amend all. //i/^aVw/yn-- 
 I fee Phifitians many times open a veinc in the footc "»^pe*'f''i^iih 
 or Arme,when the whole bodicisdiftcnipcred. \^'h^t'^2'!t^ 
 know I whether it be fo in this cafe ? For thefe matters 
 be miflcrics . (Lip (ins) They be very dcepe miflerics. 
 
 If 
 
 me 
 
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 If wee bee wifc'let vs not come too nighc this' facrcd fire 
 
 whofefparkcs and finall flakes we men perchauncc may 
 
 Wc rruft with fee, but not the thing it Iclfe . Eucn as they which fix their 
 
 draw our cogi- eics too fcriorifly vpon the fun, do lofc them : fo wee ex- 
 
 T'r'hi^h"* ti"g"ifh all the light of our mind, by beholding earneft- 
 
 mSleryl*- ly this light. My opinion therefore is, that wee ought to 
 
 abftaine from this curious queftion fo full of danger. And 
 
 Which wc bcrefolucdofthiSjThat mcrtall men cannot rightfully 
 
 neither donor |j,jge of offences,nor ought not to attempt it. God hath 
 
 coaipichenl ^^1 Other manner of ballaunce, and an other tribunall feat 
 
 ofiufticc. And howfoeuer thofc fecret iudgements of 
 
 his be executed, wc muftnotaccufebut iuffcr and rcue- 
 
 rence them . This one fentcnce I woiild haue thee to bee 
 
 throughly perfwaded off, wherewith I will (liut vp this 
 
 matter, and flop the mouthes of all curious bufibodies, 
 
 Themojlef Arte of Gods tudgements arefecrete^ but none of 
 
 them vnnghteoHS. 
 
 C APT. XVIII. 
 
 i^Paffage to the lafi place ^whkh is of examples . // isfloew* 
 ed to he a matter profitable oftentimes to mix feme things 
 ■ cffxveete tafl withfiarper medicines. 
 
 THus much (Lipfttii) I had to (ay in defence of Gods 
 iuftice asainft vniuft accufers;which I confeflc was 
 CO nsTA^' not altogither pertinent to my purpof e,and yet not 
 
 ^^£« muchbefidcs it :Becaufc doubtleffe-wee fhall the more 
 
 willingly and indifferently beare theft greate publike mi- 
 feries, when we are fully perfwaded they bee iiiftly inflic- 
 ted vpon vs . And heerc furceafling our communication 
 awhilcs,L/?;^^//^^fodenly brake out into thefe wordes^it 
 is wcUj I haue taken breath a tttJe : And being now paf^ 
 fed beyonde all the dangerous rockcsof difficultc que- 
 ftiotis, it fcemethi may with full failes flrike intJ the 
 hauen. I behold here at hand my fourth and laft troupe, 
 
 which 
 
OF CONSTANCIE. roy 
 
 which I intcndc willingly to bringc inco the field. And as ^^^^ fovvrth 
 inarriiicrsbeii^g inatempcft, when they Ice the two ■j'^.^",!^^^l" •/'^ 
 (tfjtwinnesappearc together, do reccaue great lupe & alio mof old. 
 coniforcc ; So tarcth it with mc, vnto whouie after many ^ /]' ''^^"T ''"^ 
 flurdy llormesjthis double legion hath fiievvc J it fe'.f.Lct J-eTtiHyl^. 
 me lawfully termeic fo, after the aiincicnt manner, he- f^earc Both ma 
 caufeitisforkedor twofold. And byitlmufte manfully -^''"''^>'^^^''''' 
 prouc two fcucrall things, that thcfe euills which nowc^-r^^^^^/j^'j^ 
 vvc fufFcr are neither gricuous, nor new and vnaccufto- 
 incd. In ccrtainc of which fewc matters that are behind 
 vnhandled, I pray the {Lipfms) (hew thy felfc willing and 
 attentiuc vnto me. Neuer more W'^AW^iLatigiti^) then 
 now . Foritpleafeth me very well that wee hauepaflcd 
 through thepikes: And I long earneftly for fbmc p.ea- 
 fant and familiar medicines, atccrthefe iTiarpe and bitter 
 pilles . And fo it appcareth by the title that thedifputa- 
 tion cnfuing wilbe. You fay true, q^\oi\\ Lungms > And 
 eiien as the chirurgians after they haue feared and cut as 
 much as liketh them, do not forthwith difmilTe their pa- 
 tient^ but apply fome gende medicines and comfortable 
 falues to aflwage the painrSo I hauing fufficiently feared 
 and purged thee with the rafors and fire of wifedome, 
 will now cherifh thee againe with fome fwecter commu^ 
 nication,&: wil touch thee with a milder hand,as the fay- 
 ing is. I wil defcend from that craggie hill of philofophy : 
 leading thee awhiles into the picafant fieldes ( ^) philolo- 
 gy^Andthat, notfo muchforthy recreation, as for thy ^>^^.^;^^^ 
 health. It is fayd that Demochares a phifitian hauing for [c^, tai^lj^y 
 his patient Confidia a noble woman which refufed all eit^ueiceor 
 kind of fharpe medicincs,miniftred vnto her the milkc «f (7, -^"'^T"^'^^ 
 goarcsjwhich he caufed to feed altogether vpon malfick: ZTpr'oftlfyhlf 
 So it is my purpofe to impart now vnto thee fome hidori- oftaike.cn pfMo- 
 call and deledable matters, but yet faucedwithafecretc/f ^:ir^^''^ '""* 
 hquor of wilcdomc.VV hat matter is 1 1 which way wee at- 
 tempt the curingofafickc bodic, (b wee rcftorc him to 
 perfcdhcalthf 
 
 P CHAPT 
 
The firft part 
 ofi his argu- 
 ment touching 
 the Iightnes 
 ofcaUmiiics, 
 
 IF we examine 
 them with rca- 
 fon. 
 
 mercieis 
 sx^iard mater 
 spbeare. 
 
 Neither is 
 
 l>anni(hmciU; 
 
 giicwous. 
 
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 C APT. XIX 
 
 Thatpuhlike euills are not fo grieuous as they feeme to bee\ 
 7vhich firjle fs hriefelyproued byreafon . Tor mojle 
 commonly iveefeare the cir mm fiances and aiiunBs 
 afthmgeSymore then the t hinges themfelues. 
 
 NOw march forwards mine own good legion. And 
 filft of all that troupe which arte affigncd to the 
 vovve-ward', prouing that thefc euills are not grie- 
 uous, which we will conuince by a twofold argu- 
 ment, of reafon and comparilon . OF REASON, bc- 
 caufe if thou haue due refpcdc there vnto, truly all thefc 
 things which do betide vs and hang ouer our heads, arc 
 neither grieuous nor greate, but do onely feeme fo to be. 
 It is OPINION which doth augment & amplify them, 
 and lifteth them vp as it were vppon a ftage to bee feenc. 
 But if thou be wife/catter abroade that thicke mifte, and 
 behold the thinges in the cleeie light. For example (akcj 
 Thou in this time of publike calamities fcareft pouerty, 
 banifliment, and death . If thou looke vpon thele things 
 with indifferent & found eiesralas what trifles are theyi'if 
 thou poifc them according to their weight, how light be 
 theyr' This war,or elfc the tirannie of gouernors through 
 exceffiue tributes will impoucrifh thee . What then? 
 Thou (halt be a poore man. Did not nature fo mak thee, 
 and 'io fhall take thee hence > But if the odious and infa- 
 mous name of tiranny offend thee, change thy habitati- 
 on,{b fhalt thou free thy felfe. Fortune (it thou marke it^ 
 hath holpen thee, and prbuided thee a place of more fc- 
 curity . No man fhall pill and poll thee any more . Thus 
 y thing which thou didft accompt as dammage^flial be a 
 remedy vnto thee . But I fhalbe a bannifhed man . Nay 
 leather a ftranger,if thou wilt . If thou alter thy affeftion, 
 thou chaungeft thy cuntr^^ ; A wife maa iawliatfocucjc 
 
 place 
 
OF CONSTANCIES /07 ™ 
 
 place he bc,!s as a pilgrimc^ And a foole whercfbcucr he 
 goethjis an exile. 
 
 But thou wilt fay, death is dayly imminent to me by ^or death i^ 
 meancs of a tyrant. As though it were not (o cucry daye ^ '^' 
 by nature . Yea but it is a iliamefuU matter to die by exe- 
 cution or ftrangling . O fookj neither that nor any o- 
 ther kinde of death is infamous, except thy life bcc fuch. 
 Recount vnto mey bcft $c worthieft perfonnes that haue 
 beene fince the beginning of the vvorld:They ended their 
 lilies by violence . This examination (LipfiH6) whereof 
 I do giue thee a taft only, muft be vfed in all thofe things m" m them" y* 
 which doe leeme terrible, and wee muft beholde them our imaginati- 
 naked without any veftment or vizard of opinions. But ^"*' 
 wee poore wretches doeturne ourfeluestothefevaine 
 and external matters,not fearing the thinges themfelues 
 but the ciucumftances and adiunds of them. Beholde 
 ifthoufaileonthcfea,anditbeginnc to fwcU mightely, 
 thy courage quaileth , and thou trcmbleft with feare, As 
 though if the (hippe were caft awayjthou fhouldeft fwal- 
 lo w vp the whole fea, whereas one quart or two thereof 
 will fuffice to drowne thee. If an earth-quake beefoden- 
 ly rayfed , what crying out and quaking is there f 1 hou 
 imagineftthatthewholetowne, oratleafteahovfe will 
 fall vppon thee: And dooeft not confider that the drop- 
 ping downc of one little ftoneis enough to knockeout 
 thy braines . Euenfo isitinthefegrearccommon cala- 
 mities, in the which the noife andvainc imagination of 
 thinges doth tcrryfic vs. See,tnis troupe of foJdiors/See, 
 thefe iliining fwordes/ why ? what can thefe foldiors , (a)Moyeof 
 or thefe fwordes doe ? They will kill rac . What is kil- f^'J^['^J^* 
 ling ? A bare and meerc death onely . And that the name IZlilloCdn^ 
 may not terrific thce,it is but a departing of the foule from t/Wft^TH/i^* 
 the body (4) . All which bandes of loldiors ^ all which H'^^rEM'vr 
 threatning fwordes fhall doe but that which oncleuer, oFne^TH^ 
 one fmal kernell of a grapCjOr one lidc worme may bring 
 lopaflc. 
 
 Pa But 
 
ro8 THE SECOND TJOOkE 
 
 Butthcothcris more paineful.Nayitisfarre morecafy, 
 for an ague which thou feemcfl rather to choofe, kepech 
 a man in paines commonly a whole \eare togither. But 
 heere the matter i: ended with one blowe inamomenr. 
 Thaetbre it was well fpoken of Socrate.s,who vfed to cal 
 Abricfeand all thefe things no otherwife but GOBLINS or PAIN- 
 comfortable XED VIS ARDS^whichif thou put on, childrenrunnc 
 fayngofSocra from thec affrighted, but fofooneasthouputteftoffthc 
 fame and fhcweft thine owne face,they will come about 
 theeagaine and embrace thee in their armes. Eucnfo 
 ftandeththecafein thefe matters that feemx fo terrible, 
 which ifthou behold without vailc or vifard, thou wilt 
 confeffe that all thy fcare was but childifh. As hailftonesr 
 though they beat vppon houfes with a great noifc, yet 
 themfelues doo leapc away and are diffolucd : So thcfc 
 thinges if they happen to light vppon a conftant fetlcd 
 mind, doo not cart downeit j but vanifh and come to 
 naught themfelues* 
 
 CHAPT. XX. 
 
 Notv we come to comfarifon. K^ndfirji of all the miferie 
 of the Low- countries and of this our Age^ is e^ agger tL- 
 ted. That opinion is generdlie confute d,^^nd it is de- 
 clared ho w that the natural difpoftion of men is prone 
 to augment thetr owne griefs. 
 
 of the former ^TT^His camcft & graue comunication oiLangim was 
 larKCjwhich I nothing anfwereablc to my hope or ex pe Nation.' 
 hauc°bcnc too Wherforc interrupting him, whither nowr'^quoth 
 
 copious and L) Was this your promife to me ? I expeded the 
 
 confufe fweet wine and hony-combes of hiftories : But you feruc 
 {A)Ontofth$ mc with fuch fower fauce, as there is none more (liarpc 
 7,wfcmenof among all the flore of philofbphy . What ? Doo you 
 mrmt. thinkethatyouhaueto doo withfome(*OThales?No, 
 
 no;Nowyouhauc£/^/^;inhandjwho as he is a man^ 
 
 and 
 
OF CONSTANCIE. icp 
 
 andoftbc Common fbvtof men: So he defircth reme- 
 dies f<)mewhat more fpiccd with hnmanitie, thenthefe 
 I;)e. Then faid Lm^iuswxxh amildcv(jicc and countc- 
 nanccj I confefTe indeed I am worthy of blame. For in 
 following the bright beames of reafon, I fcemyfelfe to 
 haiieftrayedoutofthchighwaie and declined vnwares 
 into the path of wifedome againe. But now I will amend 
 the matter, and returne to holdc on my courfe in a more 
 familiar knowne trade-way . Dooth the fharpcneffe of 
 thewiney Ibroadied.diflikcthcePlwill fweetenit with 
 the honie ofexamples. Now therfore I come to COM- 
 PARIS0NS5and wilprooiieeuidently that there is no- Thclighmej^ 
 thing grieuous or great in all thefe cuils which doo nowe °^.^^^^^ <^^^^- 
 abound enery where, if we compare them with thofe of ue^^bycc^mp^. 
 oldetime. For in times part the lame haue byn far more nfon, 
 haynous and lamentable than now. Hereat I once again 
 more cgerly than before replyed ; Whatf Say you io in- 
 deedr" (a) Andthinkyou to bring me into that belief e ? No 
 iLangim) not fo long as there is any fenfeinmy head. M^^'M^^. 
 For what age paft^if you examin the matter rightly^hath 
 atany timebeenc fo miferableasthisours^Oreucrfhal- 
 ber* What countrey, what region hath fuffred, Sommie 
 things greeuous to be fpoken offhand rigorous to be endured^ Thefatall 
 AswcFlemmingsdoatthisdayr^Wcarcdiakento and mifcriesof 
 fro with wars not onelyforrein, but ciuill: And not fuch [I^fcs!^^"^°"^ 
 onely, butinteftine diilentions euen within our own bo- 
 wels. For theie be not onclic parties among vsjbut new 
 parties of thofe fame parties, f AlafTe my dcere countrey 
 what Safety can faue theer") A dde hereto pcfiilcncc, and 
 faminejtributes^rapinesj flaughters : Alfo the vttermofl 
 cxtremitie of tyranny ; And opprefTions not of bodies 
 onelVjbut alfo of the minds. And what is t' ere in other 
 partes of Europer' war^orfeare of war .* AnA if any peace ^l^^^^^^^- 1^ 
 be, it is ioyned with fhamfiil feruitudevnder petty-lords, cenamiyls 
 and no better at all then any kind of warre. Whiiherfoe- cucn readic to 
 ucc we caft our eics or cogitationsjal things hang in fuf- ^^^^y^^ 
 
 P 3 pence 
 
no THE SECOND BOOkE 
 
 fpeiicc and fufpition. And (zs it were in an o!dc ruinous 
 houfe^ there DC many tokens of falling downe. In fine 
 7/.^;irg"//iOlikeasallriuersrunne into the Sea: Soitfec- 
 meth that al misfortunes are fallen vpon this prefent age, 
 I fpeake onely of thofe euils which are in a^Slion^and now 
 prcfently tofsfng vs. What need I make mention of fuch 
 ashangouer our heads r" To which Imaytruelyapplie 
 that faying of Euripides : 
 
 J fee fo great a fed of euils mgh at handy 
 So that it fe ernes a matter hard^afy to/mm to Und^ 
 Langiusx.\M\\\v\2^ himfelfe towards me angerly, and as it 
 were with intent to rebuke me^Whatr' Dooft thou yet a- 
 
 f^in caft thy fclfc down by thefc querulous complaintesr* 
 thoughtthou hadft flood faft like a man^ and i fee thou 
 ^kintsdo failed:: That thy wounds had byn quite clofed vp, but! 
 ftirre vp rhc p^rceiuc thou doft opcn them again.Kowbeit thou muft 
 cmU tharvTcrc be endued with contentation of mind, if thou wilt bee ia 
 forgotten. perfe6l health. 
 
 Thou fayeftjthis age is the vnhappieft that euer was. 
 This hath bin an old lay long agon vfedJknow thy grad 
 father faid (b^and like wife thy father. I know alfb that thy 
 Bccaufe wc arc children and child tens children wil fing the fame note.It 
 Augment o'ir is a thing naturally giuen vnto men tg cart: their eies nar- 
 ©wncforrowcs rowly vpon al things that be grieuous^but to wink atfuch 
 as be pieafant. As riies&fuch like vile creatures do ncuer 
 reftlong vpon fmooth &finc poliflied places, butdoo 
 ftickefaftto rough and filthie corners: So the murmu- 
 ring mind dooth lightly pafle ouer the confideration of 
 all good fortune^ but neuer forgetteth the aduerfe or euiU 
 It handleth and pryeth into that, yea and oftentimes 
 augmentethit with great witte. Like asLouersdooal- 
 waies behold fomewhatin their miftredc whereby they 
 thinke her to excell all others : Euen {o doo menne that 
 mourne, in theyr myleries. Yea moreoucr wee imagine 
 thinges that bee falfe, and bcvvaile not onely things prc- 
 Icnt, but alfo fuch as bee to come . AvA what gainc 
 
 wc 
 
OF CONSTANCIE. in 
 
 we by this fore-reaching wit of OLirsr' Surely nothing els. Yea and to 
 butihatasfomecfpyinp;afjrrcoffthcduft rayfcd by an ^5^"^.°^°^*^ 
 armic, doo thcrevppon forfake their tcntes for feare : So 
 the vaine fbadow of future danger cafteth vs downe into 
 the pittc of delparatioiL 
 
 CHAPT. XXL 
 
 The fame is more prof erly aridprecifely confuted by comfa-* 
 rifon with the e tills ofolde time. Firji of the rears mi 
 muruelloHS defoUtion of the Jewes. 
 
 Vtthou (^Z/^^/yOlctpaflcthcfe vulgar matters, and 
 (foUovvc me now to that Com parifon which thou fo 
 much delircft.Thcreby it fhallmoft plainly appearc 
 vnto thee,that the myferable dcfolations of old time, 
 •wcrenotonely in allrefpeds cqualltothefe of outage, 
 butdidlarrefurpalTe them \ And that weewhichliue in 
 thefedaieshauc caufc to reioice rather then to grudge 
 Thoufaycft wee are tofled with Warres. What then? An i?mraunce 
 were not they ofolde time likewifer' Yes (^Lipfius) they ^"f°^^<=<=<^"*- 
 had their beginning with the World, and fiiall neucr bee ^^"^^^ 
 at an end fo long as the world lafteth. But perhaps theirs 
 vvercnotfogreat,norfogrceuousasoursbe. Nay but it 
 is io farre other wife, that ail ours are mccre ieftinges and 
 toyes, {\ fpeake in good earneft) if they bee compared ^"^ ^^?^ 
 
 • L 1 ^ • Til 11 ji r i ^ • thorough cue- 
 
 With the auncient ages. 1 1 hai hardly hnd an entrance in, ry particular 
 or away out, if once I throw my fclfe into this deepc fea Tort of calami- 
 ofExampks. Notwithftandingrhallwe wander alittlc "^"'"* 
 through al parts of the Worldc.'' Let vscoe. Wee will p.^^^f^^^^^^ 
 begin with Iudea,that is with the holie Nation and peo- 
 ple. I let pafTe thofe things which they fuffred inEgy pt & The innumc- 
 immediatly after their departure therhcnce. for they are "^^^^^ ^^ughs 
 recorded and may eafily be feene in holy Scripture. I^vil ;^^^°j[^ ^ 
 comctothclaftofal^ cucn (uch as arc annexed totheyr 
 
 finall 
 
<wwjy« 
 
 III THE SECOND BOOkE 
 
 (a)ColieSfed finall dcftriiftion; which it is expedience thitl(a)pvO' 
 Tofe^hh!* *"'"^'' pound particularly as it were in manner of a table . They 
 * fuffered therefore in ciuill and forreinc warrcs within the 
 fpace of (euen yeares, thefc thingesenfuing. Firft there 
 were flaine at lerufalem by the commaundement of Flo- 
 riis. ^30 
 
 At Cefarca by the inhabitants therc,for hatred of the na 
 / tion and cheir(i') religion, at once. 20000. 
 
 At Scithopilis a towne of Siria. 1 5000. 
 
 Ac Afcalon in Paleftina, of the inhabitants there. 2 500. 
 AlfoatPtolomais. 2000. 
 
 n^note that At Alexandria in Egigpt, vnder Tiberius Alexander then 
 oneh rfiigioft ft prcfident. 50000 . 
 
 thattimtvas AtDamafcus- loooo. 
 
 ^;^«i*cW/M ^^^ ^j ^j^j^ happened as it were by fcdicion and tumults: 
 '^"*' Afterwards by lawful! and open warre with the Romains. 
 
 When loppa was taken by Cefius Florus , there were 
 flaine of them. 8400. 
 
 Alfoin mount Cabulon. 2000. 
 
 In fight at Afcalon. loooo. 
 
 Againe by d eceipt. 8000. 
 
 At the taking of Aphaca. 1 5 000. 
 
 In mount Garizin were flaine. 1 1 ^00. 
 
 At lotapa where lofcphus him{elfcwas,about. 30000. 
 Againe at the taking of Ioppe,were drowned. 4200. 
 In TarichcEis flaine. ^500 
 
 At Gamala killed, 5e y wilfully caft thcmfelues headlong 
 down from ftcepe places 9000. And not one man borne 
 in that towne efcaped, faue two women that were fi- 
 fters. 
 
 Gifcalabeingabandoned, there were flaine in thefightc 
 2000 And ofwomen and children taken captiucs. 3000. 
 OftheGaderenswercputtothefvvord. 13000. 
 
 Taken Captiues 2200. Befidesan infinite nomber that 
 Leapt into the riuer. 
 
 In the ftrcetcs of Idumaea were killed joooo. 
 
 ■ . At 
 
OF CONST ANCIE. nj 
 
 AtGcrafium. looo. 
 
 At Machcruns. 1 700. 
 
 In the wood lardc. 3000. 
 
 InMafladaalittle Caftic wciefloinc wilfully by thcm- 
 fclucs. 5?5o. 
 
 InCircncflainc by Catulus the prefidcnt. 3000. 
 
 BiitinthecittieofHierufalem during all the time of the 
 ficgCjthere died and were killed. loooooo. 
 
 Taken captiucs. pyooo. 
 
 This whole Cummc{A) bcfides an innumerable company r^y^jhi^i^p^i, 
 not fpokcn of jamountcth to. 1 24000. (htdbyfamint 
 
 What faift thou Z/;^?]^.^ Doftthoucaft downe thy eyes '*'^'»^'"^«/- 
 atthisfNay rather lift them vp: And fee whether thou'^^""'* 
 dare again compare the warres that haue bene through 
 outallChriftendomethcfemany yeares^ with the mile- 
 Table defolations of this one Icwifh nation, 
 
 CHAPT. XXII. 
 
 Ofthe^ejlru^liom eft he Gertians andRomawes by re Arte, 
 ihegredt numbers ef them that haue bene flam bycer- 
 taine Captaines. Aljotheivajttng of the netv world* And 
 the extreame mtferies ofcaptiuitie. 
 
 I Reft not heer^but hold my way forwards into Greece, j^,^ ^ ^,^,^il. 
 And ifi fhould recount in order all the wars thatthofc lous c'(/l'ola- 
 people haue had among themfclues at home, or a- ons of Greece, 
 broad with others it would be tedious to tell,and without 
 any profit . Thus much onely I fay^that tliis region hath 
 continually bene fo wafted and hacked with the fword of... 
 calamities as(^/')Plutar;.erecordeth(which I neuer reade l/ic'l/r/,'^^* 
 without anger and admiration j that the whole nation ^tacUt. 
 in his time was notable to make three thoufand foul- 
 diers. And yet (faith he) in times paft cuen in the Perfian 
 vvarrcjonc little towne by Athens called Mcgara^fufficed 
 xoraife that nombcr. Alas how art thou decaycd?0 thou 
 
 Qj. garden 
 
Alfo of Italy 
 jaaine Empire* 
 
 114 THE SECOND BOOKE 
 
 garden of the whole carthr" The glory and bewtic of Na- 
 tions .There is fcarcc now a Townc of any name in this 
 
 Wonderful! 
 grea' (laugh- 
 ters by tbc 
 w.irrcs of the 
 Koaoaincs. 
 
 diftreflcdcountrcyof Bclgica,that cannot match that 
 number ofwarrelikc people. Now iliallwcrakea vicwof 
 thcRomansandofltalie ? ^uguftincand Orofiushauc 
 already cafed me of this bufincs in rchcariing,§ee their 
 writings, and in them huge feasof eiiils. One Cartha- 
 ginian war cucn the fecond within the countrcy of Ita- 
 ly , Spaine,and Sicilie^and within the ipacc of 1 7 . yeares 
 confumedfoiirteene hundred thoufand men and aboue. 
 (Forlhaue fcarched the number very narrowly .j The 
 ciuil war between Cefar and Pompei 300000. ^ndthc 
 weapons ofBrutuSjCafsiusandScxtusPompcius, more 
 then that. What fpeak I of wars managed vnder the con- 
 duftofdiuers pcrfonsr" Behold. Only C. Cefar (O the 
 plague and pcflilence of mankind /) confcflcth and that 
 (a)VUmm lij. with boafting (a ) That hee fine m battels elcuen hundred 
 n't net) mdtv;o thotifandmm. And yet the butchery of his 
 ciuil wars runneth nor in this reckoning. Thelcflaugh- 
 tcrs were committed vpori forreners in thofe fevv yeares 
 wherein he ruled oucr Spaine and France. Andyetnot- 
 withftanding m this refped he which was fi^rnamcd ( h) 
 THE GREAT, furpafled hirn : who caufed it to be writ- 
 ten \v\ the temple of Mincrua, That he had ouer come ^ put 
 to flight, fuine.d^ vpon yeclding received to mercy, twenty 
 himdredfower fcore drfoure thousand ryicn.Andi to make vp 
 the account,ad Jc vnto thcfc Cif thou wilt) Qj^Fabius who 
 flue I loooo. Frenchmen. CMarius 200000. Cimbri- 
 ans. And ina latcrage Aetius, who in a famcms (Obattcll 
 killed an hundred^threc fcore Zi two thoufand Hugarias. 
 Ncy ther doo thou in^agine that men onely were dc- ; 
 ^"^jl^lj^'^^^'^f^^llroyedintheie grcarwars;But like wile goodly tow nes 
 {dUrlvh.'tarch. werc ruinatcd by thcm. C^to lurnamcd Cenforius, (d) 
 le'jTothe nom-. boaflcth that hc tookemorc cowncsin (e') Spainc^ then 
 St-rof4oo,Ai -^ j^ J j^l^^ J J ' j| countrey. Sempronius Gracchus 
 
 ^^piwvriis. Of wc gmc ciedmo PolyUus) vtccrly oueithtcw uiiruc^ 
 
 m 
 
 ¥i Magma, 
 
 Many towers 
 
OF CONST ANCIE. 115 
 
 in tlic fame region. I thinlc that no age fincc the worldc 
 began is able to match thcfcjbut only oiirs,yct in another 
 world. A few SpaniardesfailiJig within thcfe foiirefcoreThcfpoiling, 
 years into that inariicllous wide new world^O good rod, y^a v^icr dcio 
 what ei'ceedinff ercat fl::uQhters Iiauc thev urouahtr' !'^'^'°" f ^^^, 
 vvnatwonGcrtiil delolations."! ipeake not or the caufcsindies,orncwc 
 and eqiiitic ot the warjbut oncly of the eiicnts. J bcliold worldc. 
 that huge fcope of gmund^ Cz great matter to haue fcen, 
 I fay not to haue liibducd itJ how it was walked through 
 by twenty or thirty fouldiors. And thele naked (/i)hc^uis 
 ofpeople cut downe by thernjCuen as corne with a (ieth. ^"^■^rlh'^S'i 
 Where art thou the moft mighty Hand of Cuba ? Thou 'h^rlfp'ti of^hth 
 Havtier' You Hands lucaia^f which heretofore beirgre- f^tiaitbYuulh^ 
 pIcniiTied with fiue or fix hundred thoufand men,in (omc "^'* 
 ofyoufcantfiftecnc areleftaliuetopreferuc yourfeede. 
 Shew thy felfe awhiles thou Peru and Mexico.O marucl- 
 lous and niiferablc fpedaclc / That mighty large coun- 
 trey, and in truth another world, (^) appeareth defolatc ('^)^«^^*>'"»^^« 
 andwaaed,nootherwifethanifit hadbeene confumed^^f^S^^^^^ 
 with fire from heauen. My mind and toopgboth do failc y^owth(,je coupes 
 me {LipfiiiS) in recounting thefe matters : And I fee al our ^' '^^^''^^^^^.^^^4. 
 ftirs in comparifon of thofe,to bee nothing clfe but fmall ^'''"'f^''^'^'^ 
 fragments of ftrawjor as the Comicke Poetfaith, Little 
 mites, 
 
 >^nd yet haue I not fpok en at al of the condition of cap- 
 tiue flaues, then the which nothing was more mifcrabic ,2f/to/2VX'''^ 
 in the auncient wars. Free borne men, noble men, chil- !!J«!,'^LfL';»= 
 dren, women, alwhatfoeuer they were did the conque-/^'^'^*^ t^death^ 
 rour cary away .And who knowcth whether they were 
 led into perpetual feruitude^or not ? And truely the fame 
 fuchamirerable kindof {lauery5asIhauegoodcaufe to 
 rcioice that not fo much as the refemblance of any fuch 
 hath heretofore byn^neithcrat this time is in Chriften- 
 dome. TheTurkes indeed doo praftifeit: And there is 
 no other thingethat maketh that Scythian fbucrcigntic 
 more odious and terrible vnto vs. 
 
 CL 2 CHAPT. 
 
ii6 THH SECOND BOOKE 
 
 CHAPT- XXIII. 
 
 Mojlm€morihteexampleiofpeJltlenceandfa.mifie in oulde 
 limes pa/i. Alfo the intoller able tributes that h%uebene 
 them%^nd the r me mtis fillings and pow lings . 
 
 \ 
 
 J Etthou procccdcft on in thy whining complainfj 
 adjoining morcoucr plague and famine, tributes &i 
 rapines. Let vs therefore make companTon of al! 
 thefe' hut in fc we wordes. Tell mc,how many thoufands 
 ©hftimc^^^^ haue died of the peftilence in all the low-contrics within 
 thefe fiue or fix yearesr* I thinke fiftie,or at the mofl: one 
 hundred thoufand, But one plague in ludxa in the time 
 ofKingDauid/wyppedawaiethreclcoreand ten thou- 
 fand in lefTe fpacc then one whole daic . Vnder Gallus 
 {A)ZoMfAsXi and Volufianus the Emperours a plague (4) beginning 
 in Ethiopia,went thorough all the Romaine prouinccs, 
 and continued wafting and dcuouring fifteene ycares 
 together. I ncucrreadeofa peftilence greater then that 
 for continuauncc of time^orfcope of places where it ra- 
 ged. Notwithftanding for fiercenes and extreme vio- 
 lcncc,that peftilence was more notorious which raigncd 
 in Bizancc and the places confining,vndcr the Emperour 
 lu'hnian.The extremity of which plague was (bout- 
 ragious^tliat itmade cueriedav 5ooo.coarfes, andfomc 
 ' daies loooo.Iwouldbcafraidefbrfufpitionoffalfhood 
 (h)ProciM,iih. to write this,except I had very r^)crcdib!e witnefles ther- 
 '/.fj,^f'//^'r ofthatliuedinthefamcage.Noleftewondeiful wasthc 
 ^4?^!/' ''^ plague of Afrike which began about the fubuertionof 
 Carthagcln the region of Numidia onely (^now called 
 (c)0f>3/^u,iih.s Barbary)itconfumed(Ocig|it hundred thoufand men In 
 ^^^'** the maritine coaftcs of Affrickc 200000. And atVtica 
 
 30t:)0o.foldiers which were left there for defence of that 
 coaft. Again in Greece vnder the raignc of Michael duca 
 the plague was fo hot.That the ImingfHfjicUnot to hurie 
 
 th 
 
OF CONSTANCIE. ir; 
 
 the dead: Thofe bcc the wordcs of Zonara . Finally in {a) 
 Pctrarchcs time (as he recordeth) the peftilcnce waxed 
 fofcnient in Italic, that of eiicry thoiifand peifonsfcant W^^^/"'^* 
 ten were left aliue. \Y<1, ^^ 
 
 Andnow touching famine, oiir age hath fccnc none 
 in comparifbn ofold time.Vnder Honorius the Emperor Famine in ty- 
 there was fuch fcarcity and lacke of victiialles at Rome, "^^^spaft, 
 (h) That one man fed vpon another ; And in the place of ,,. ^ 
 the common affcmb ly to fee plaies and games^there was \nn*u' ' 
 heard a voice openly faying, S^/ a price vpon mmsflejj)(c^, 
 Againe throughout all Italy. What time as the Gothcs (ovrocophu 
 ranfacktit vndci* Iuftinian,thcreragedio(brea famine, ^'''''^''^''/^^' 
 that in the cunrry of Picem fiftie thoufand men perifhed inUofllrhinla 
 with hunger: And not onely the flclli^but the very ^xcrc- /<mere. 
 ments of men ferued commonly for meate.Two women 
 (I quake to fpeakc it) killed 1 7. men in the nighte by trc- 
 chery.anddideatethcm:at length themfelues wereflain 
 by the eighteenth who pcrceaued the matter. I fpeakc 
 not of the famine in the holy cittie, nor of other exam- 
 ples commonly knowne. 
 
 And now if I lliall fay fomcwhat concerning tributes, 
 it cannot be denied but they are very grieuous wherwith ^!'^ «cefnue 
 wcarcoppreffedjifweeconfider them in themfelues a- [[mc.^ *^ 
 lone witnout comparing y fame with thofe ofold time s. 
 (d) Almoftcuery pronince vndcr thcRomainc Empire (v/)^f/'/<ww/;4* 
 payd yecrely the firft of their pafturc land, and the tentes '-t^u-^tiA. ^ 
 ofthcirearableNcitherdidAntoniusandCxfarftickto ^^^^'^""^« 
 exafte the tributes ofp. or lo.yeercs, altogether in one 
 ycare.After the killing of lulius Cisfar, when armes were 
 taken for defence ofliberty,eucrycitti2en was comman- ct\sexaffesai 
 ded to defray the fiue and twentieth parte of al his goods: my author fa- 
 & mcrcthcn this,as many as wcr ofthe degrc of Senators tethitdowne 
 paid(Oy^^^/'i^-^roreuery tileftone of their houfes.which r'T'^5f:! 
 amounteth to an mhnite lum or mony, and m our opini- vonh Ap^^t, 
 ons neither credible,nor payable. ^ ^utDioWu. 
 
 Buc Octauianus Caefar ( I bclcue) in regard of his '''**''-*^* 
 Qj name. 
 
IT 8 THE SECOND BOOKE 
 
 riiTiyoc^di^ WnamCjCxaacd & rccciucd of his enfranchized fcriiats, 
 b^oK^si, y eight partofal their goods. I omit that which vTRI- 
 oTZZtt' VMVIRI Mother Tyrants praaifed,leaft by the reher- 
 aitquibui cji fall thereof I lliould inllriid them of our lime. Let one 
 fextap^sdr^ch example of pilling &:povvlin^ feme for all the rcft^namc- 
 Zm^X ly that ofij colonies, vvhichdeuife as itwasmoft 
 (a')Eecaiife ' affurcd fot the ftrengthening of the Empire 5 So there 
 '"^r"n^ '"' ^^^^'*^ nothing be imagined more hcauie to the fiibiccles 
 TKrhofewer'i^' that wercconqucrcd. Whole Legions and bands of old 
 fuch at thf Re- Souldiors were fcnt abroad into Countries and towncs, 
 vuines didjen d and the poore natural inhabitantes there, were in Hiortc 
 pLJiI!'^ inhabit ^^^^^^ fleeced of al their goodes and fubftancc , and that 
 £onqutredfUces without any fault or offence ofthem^but only their welth 
 and fat fields were the caufe thereof. In which one kind 
 ofpilling is contained a gulfe ofal calamities befide*^. Is 
 it a mifcrable cafe to bee fpoiled ofour money f What is 
 it then to be depriued of our fieldes and houfcs ? If ii bee 
 greeuous to be thruft out of them ; what is it to be bani- 
 AedourCountreyfTobecafl out from ourChurchc> 
 The mifcric in and altars? For loe, certein thoufands of people were ta- 
 LONIFS^^^ ken vp, children from their parents, m aiders fronfi their 
 families, women from their husbands, and were difper- 
 fed abroad into diuers Countries, euery oneashislottc 
 was, 5ome among T/^<? thirJUcK^fricans^ As the Poet 
 (peaking of this matter i^x^i\\{c)part of them into Scythla^ 
 am Tm modi- ^^ among the Britannes inhahit'tng the njtmofl endes of the 
 fiifostrheBm vporldfromvs, Onely Oclauianus Cxfar in Italic alone 
 $Mn%s, placed 2 8, Colonies : And in the prouinces of the Em- 
 
 pire as many as pleafed him. And I know not of any one 
 thing more pernitious then that, to the Frenchmen, vs, 
 and Spaniards. 
 
 CHAPT. XXIIIL 
 Some Jlrmge examples pfcrueltie And butcher lie Jlaugh- 
 ters^furpasfing all the mifckiettous maffacres ofour time. 
 
 But 
 
OF CONSTANCIE. 115^ 
 
 Vt thou fayft further that the cruelties and butcherly 
 (laughters of this age are flichjas haue not bin heard Thcoutragi. 
 of before. 1 know thy meanings and what hath been ous and infa« 
 (a) lately doonc. Yet,vpon thy credit Lipfus tel me, [^rs"of ""ll^* 
 hath not the like beenc among the Auncicnts.*^ Thou art time ° 
 ignorant, ifthou know it not ;, and fcarcc honcft if thou 
 diffcmbleit. The examples arc fo many and rcadye at W^f<*'^^« 
 hand,that it is a bufinefle for me to make choice of them. '^uZte!!'tT^4:. 
 Haft thou heard ®f the name of Sylia, that happie man ? r;sonBlrshoi^ 
 Then art thou not ignoraunt of his infamous and tyran- rnevfudaiu 
 nous prolcription, whereby hecdcpriued one Cittieof 
 (^)fourcthoufande fcuen hundred cittizens . Andleaft 
 thou fhouldcrt thinke they w ere of the bafc ^and mcaneft 
 condition, know this that i4o.ofthcm were Senatours. (byaUriuu 
 I fay nothing of the manifold murtliers that were doonc ^^*^^' 
 by his pcrmisfion or commifsion. So as it was not with 
 out caufe that Q^CatuIusvttercd thcfe sNOxits^lVuh 
 v:hom fhal ;ve line at Ufi.'tfive kilUrmedmo-h in ivarre, and 
 the vnarmcd infesice? Not long after I read that three of 
 fiyllas fchollers being TRIVMVTRI, imitating their ma- 
 flcr, banifhcd(0 300. Senators and aboue 2000. Gen- 
 tlemen of Rome. O monftrouswickednesjthelike wher- (0-^PP'f'»^P. 
 of the funne ncuer fa w nor iTiall fee from Eaft to Weft / "«'^*'^'*''* 
 Read Appian ifthou wik/and there behold the variable 
 and lothlomc fpcdacle of (bme hiding in corners, fome 
 flying away :fome drawing backe, others plucking for- 
 wards, children and wines making lamentations rounde 
 abour. /would /were deadif any man will not affirme^ 
 thatliuiiip.nitic it felfe w^asvtterlyextinguiilied m tiias 
 bloLidyanJ brutifhagc. Thcfc thingcs were executed 
 vppcn senators and Gentlemen of the bed fort, euen 
 knights: Liiatis,almaft vpcnfomany kings &<: princes. 
 
 But peradacnturc the common fort tailed not of 
 this fawce ^ Yes, marke howe the verie lame ^V^^^j (d^i/aUri^ 
 (d),y henAsfoiire Legtom of the contrary fi^rty hadyrcddcd ushb.^jt^ 
 
 to 
 
Afflounteihto 
 thcnombcr oi 
 *40oo. Thogh 
 "5?ncca(pcakc 
 t of 7000. 
 
 Qti)VaUni*f, 
 
 Q)Jp^4nus, 
 
 'bis wordet. 
 
 (d)rofilulms, 
 \e)Zifhilmus eJr- 
 Berodianhs, 
 
 (f)yaUr'iusAnd 
 others. 
 
 (g)Senica.ii» 
 fUlrx. 
 
 mhiao'v 
 
 "o THE SECOND BOOKE 
 
 to hisfidelitiejjc caufed them euery ma. to hefut to thefrvord 
 in a comon vilUgey ihey crying out in v Aim for mercy at his 
 trecherus hand^ , The pitilfull groniiigs of which men at 
 their deathjcomming to the Senate, &: the Senators tur- 
 ning about therewith amafed.Orr//^rf;^//r//'fn (quoth 
 ht) let this be. Only afc'V fcdtciousperfonnes arejfumjhedby 
 my appointment , And furely I knowc not at whether of 
 thc(c two 1 lliould maruill moft, That a man could find 
 in his heart to commit fuch a fad or to vtter fuch words. 
 What? wiltcthou haue yet more examples of cruelty? 
 hearethen (a). Seruius Galba adembling together the 
 people ofthrcetownes in Spaine as if he had to treateof 
 fome thing of their wcalthjcaufed fodenlytobc murthe- 
 red 7000. among whome was the flower of al the youth. 
 In the fame cuntry (h) .L. Licinius lucullus the Confuj, 
 contrary to his promife made at theyealding of the Cau- 
 ca^ans, (ent his loldiors into their cittie and flue of them 
 2oooo.06lauianus Auguftus whenheetookc Perowfe. 
 (c j Qhoojing out 3 o.ofthofe that hadycilded^as well of the 
 better fort, as of the vulgar, flue them in manner offacnfces 
 before an altar neivly ere^ed( d) .T>WO IVLIO.Antoni- 
 usCaracalca being (for fome kindeofiefls Iknowcnot 
 what) offended with them of Alexandria^ f j,entring the 
 citty in peaceable manner^and calling out all their youth 
 intoafaire ficlde, enclofed them with his fouldiors and 
 at a fignc gincn, killed them euery man; vfing the like 
 cruelty againft all the refidue , whereby hce lef te vtrerlie 
 without an inhabitant^ that populous cittie f/; kinge 
 Mithridatcsby one letter caufed to be murthred4fcoic 
 thoufand citizens of Rome, that were difperfed abroadc 
 throughout A(ia about their marchandi(c,and other af- 
 fairesf^^. Volefus Mcffala being Proconful ofAfiajfluc 
 with the fvvord 500. in one day, & then walking proudly 
 among y corpfes with his hands cafl abrod^as though he 
 had atchiued a worthy cnterprife, cried out{h) Oh kingly 
 deed 1 1 Ipeake oncly of prophanc and wicked heathens : 
 
 But 
 
OF CONSTANCIE iix 
 
 Butbcholdallbamongthofc that arc in name confccra- 
 tcd to the true God^Theodofius the princCjmoft mifchic 
 iioufly and fraudulently calling together at ThelTalonica 
 7000. innocent perfonsj as it were to fccplaics, fcntcin 
 fouldiors among thcni, and Hue them. Then the which 
 fade there is not any more impious among the iiiipie- 
 ties of the old tirants. Goc to now my cuntry men ot Bcl- 
 gica^and complaine of the tyrannic and trechery of prin- 
 ces in this age. 
 
 CHAPT. XXV. 
 
 ^hetymnny ofouriimcis extenuated. Shelving that the 
 fame Is a thing incident either to the nat ure^ or malice of 
 men, t^ndthat both e xt email and mter nail oppres/ions 
 haue hemic in old time* 
 
 Finally, thou doocftaccuic moreouer thct)Tannieof 
 thole times, and the oppreflions of body and mindc. 
 It is not my purpolc ambitiouily toextoU this out 
 agejOrtoaffilideand grieueit. For what goodwoulde 
 comcthcreof?! willfpeake ofthat,that maketh formy 
 purpofe of compadfon. When were not thcfe euiUs rife? 
 And where not? Name me any age without fomenota- 
 (bletiranniejOr any cuntry? if thou canft doe fo(lctmea- 
 bide the danger ofthishazardej I will confede that we be Tyrannic 5: 
 the mod wretched of all wretches . Why houldeft thou oppressions 
 thy peace? 1 fee the old taunting by-word is true, rhat all Z'on a/ aT"' 
 goodprinces may beii) written at large in the compafe of oar times- 
 r/«^.Foritisnatutally geuento mens difpD(!tions,to vfe (^^ Verfcnii, 
 imperial authority infolently,neithercan they cafily keep tlier^cdi^fon' 
 a meane in that thing which is abouemcdiocritie. Euen py^fcrihT 
 vveour lelues that thus complaine oftiranny, ck)beare in which haue 
 ourbrcftesfomc (cede thereof, and many ofvs doe not their original 
 want wil to performe it, but ability. The fcrpcnt being be l,"^^^'-* p'^^«, 
 nummcd with cold, hath yet his poyfon within him, but '"^ ^'"^^'"^^ ^^ 
 
 R doth 
 
 mans nature. 
 
122 THE SECOND BQOKE 
 
 doth norcaftirout:So is ir with vs,whom only imbeeiH- 
 
 ty kccpeth back from doing harme,and a ceitain coldncs of 
 
 Fortune.Gcuefticgrhjgiuefit opportunity orinftrumenw 
 
 and I fearmc that they which now are fo querulous againfl 
 
 mightie men , will be moft viiruly themlclucs. Wee hauc 
 
 examples m the common courk of our life. Sec how this 
 
 f^A ^<?j7 father tyrannizcth ouer his children: That mafieroucr his 
 
 s:rt4el tyrant ^^ruants , Another fcoole-maltcr oner his fchoiiers.Euery 
 
 one ofthcfe i5aC.i)Phalcris in his kind: And they dofiirre 
 
 rTicrcitty- vpwaucsasmuch within chcir rium'S, askmgesdocin 
 
 rannyaKea- chcir greacScaj. Neither arc other liuing cic^^turcs free 
 
 J^°"| °^^^"ftom this natural difpofition: Among whoirimany daex- 
 
 turcjf crcifc their cmelty vpon their like in kind, both in the aire, 
 
 carth^and water; As it is wclfaid of Varo^ 
 
 So little fip} to great ones areafratCy 
 
 AndJiUte hirdes^the greedie hauke doth Pa/. 
 
 Of opprcsfio Thou reply eft ycCjChac all thelcareonly opprefsionsofthc 
 
 for jciisiofl body : But now this paflcth all the rcft>thar wc endure alfo 
 
 feruile oppicfsion of ourmindes. Is* it fo indeed? Of our 
 
 mindcs?Takc heed this bee not (poken more cnuiouflic, 
 
 thantrulie.Hee fcemethvntoroecto knowc neither hira- 
 
 felfc > nor the ccleliiall nature of the mind, which diinketh 
 
 it may be oppreffed , or conftrained. For no outwarde 
 
 force can cuer make thee to will what thou will not ; or 
 
 to beleeuc that thou beleeueft not. A man may hauc power 
 
 vpon this bondc or fetter of the mindc, but not ouer tlic 
 
 mind it felf A tyrant hath power to loofc it from the body, 
 
 butnot vnloofc the nature therof. Such things as bee pure, 
 
 €uerlafting,and of fierie nature/et nought by al external 5C 
 
 violent handiing.But(faift thou^it is not lawfull for mee to 
 
 TW fame cxpreflc my mind frcely.Be it fo:hcrein thy tongue alone is 
 
 bath bin like bhdled,not thy mindThy iudgmcnt is not reftrained , but 
 
 wife iMimcs ^j^y aftsJBut this is a ftrange coiufe SC ncuer before her d offi 
 
 I 
 
OF CONSTANCTE, ^ ,35 
 
 'Al:is good man,liow art thou dccciucd ? How mAiiy could I 
 recount vnto thee, who tor their vnaduifed tongues hauc 
 fuf&ed puni/hment ofal their fcnfes vndcr tyrantcs ? Howe 
 many of them hauc indcuourcd to force dc confiraine mem 
 iudgments?yea their iudii;mcnts (I lay) in matters of religion. 
 Tac kings ofP^r/.? and oi the Eaft made it an ordinary cu- 
 flonic to be adored* And wc know that A Icxander allumcd 
 to himfeltc the fame diuine honor, his own plainc councrcy 
 men the Macedonians miflikingit. Among the Romanes 
 that good and moderate pnncc Auguftus iiadhis VUmmet 
 &: Pncfts in al prouince5,yca in priuat houfcs.as a God. Ca- 
 ligula cutting offthe header fro the images of dieir heathen 
 gods^caufed thelikencsofhis own to be put in their ftecds; 
 and with a ridiculous impictie he erected a temple , Lnftitu- 
 ted prieils and mofl exquifir facrifices in honor othis own 
 maieily^Nero would needs be taken for Apollo', and the 
 principall citizens were by him put to d:atli vnder this pre • 
 tCCC (a) heCitHfe they had nener facnficed before the heauenlj voice, /^\Ta • "^ 
 As for Domitianjie was commonly called, ourGoli^^vA our ^ others 
 Lerd'.whsit vanity (L/p/J)^/) or impietie wcr it to fpeak ought ^ oLected 
 at this day againftany king ? I purpofcnot to failncrer this ^^ ^hraCea 
 gu]f,wherinco no flormy winds of ambition (hal eucr draw 
 or driue mQ^(h)for the rerpardoffUenc^ is votd of danger.! Wll al (lf)pg^fcnh 
 leadge only one teftimony concerning all this matter of fer- y^^^^ r^^^^^ 
 uitudc in old timcs,(Sc that out ofthy faiiiili.^r writer, which pygf„ff^^ 
 I wold haue thee well to mark^Taclcus yvriting of Domiti- 
 ans time,hath thus J^if read that it wets made a matter of deaths raciruj. 
 yrhl VetHsThrafea was pratfed vnto Arulenus Jufiicr.s^or PrifcHt 
 HeUiidhii to Herennifis Senech, ^neither extended this crnelty vn 
 U thofe authors only Jbitt alfo to th eir ^ookj ^the T; v ummrijojiuimT 
 the charge committed vnto them j to fee the monnments of thofe 
 excellent rvittes IfHrned in^ op£ft vierpe of the people , ajtd in the 
 marhet place, ^orfooth they fnpfo fed hy that fire \tteriieto nho- 
 difi orfuffrefethc ffeaeh gf the people of Kome^th^ Ithrtie of 
 
 Ra th€ 
 
124 THE SECOND BOOKE 
 
 U) Note the ^^^ Senate^attd thee onfcieMCes of all nfaf7kind. {a)Ey.fcllwg more^ 
 
 ■ condition afoueralfrofejforsofrvtfdom^artd b <inifhing4il good arts ^to the intent 
 
 4'' fijsYe ty ' ^^'^^ ^^ hofjefi th'ng ftjonld remaine in vre . Surely ,tve haste giuen a 
 
 ranter notable experiment of patience] And as the olde ages haue feene the 
 
 verie htghefl degree in libertte^fo haue wee felt the vttermofl eX' 
 
 tremitte tnfertiitptde: The verte fociette offpeakj^g and hearing 
 
 being taken from vs hy flraight incjmfitions ^We fljould aljo haue lo(t 
 
 our memorterctth our voice ^iffo be ttlay in oftr power to forget^ as 
 
 it doth to hold our peace, 
 
 CKAPT. xxvi: 
 
 Finallie^it Is proonedthat thefeemls are neither (Iran ge ^nor nervei 
 but at all times common to all people and^nations ^ And therein- 
 
 fi 
 
 ^ome comfort ii fonghtfor. 
 
 Atrainftthofe 'V TEithet Will I'addcany morc touching comparifon^ 
 whodo imi' l^U Iconlenow to thclalfc troupe of my Legion, which 
 %^(c^ihm' fighteth ?ig"ainft nouekie,but brieflic 3 and with con- 
 
 liesare vnac- tcmpt ot"it;For it iliall rather gather vp thefpoylsof 
 
 cuftorxed , or the conqucrcd enemies^ than bee forced to any fierce grap- 
 ^!!,^^n!.t^r; pli"S with them. Ft>r in veric trueth.whac is there here that 
 
 ding noron- r o 1 rr r 1 t ir- 
 
 ©as ^ great Can bc accounted new to any man, vnlelie that thou thy felt 
 
 beingnew borne,artanouice in humaine affaires? Well 
 
 fpake Cr^;;/-^r and wifclie , who had euer this verfe in his 
 
 xy rr . mouth3(^b)'e>'J'£?<? is t^e^^harrvee is mf'. roe hauefnffred but things 
 
 O •J^ ' f^^^^^"^*^g ^^ ^^^* P^^' ^^^^ mifcries doe but whccle about 
 
 ^^^TT ^^ continuallyj&: circularly run about this circle of the world. 
 
 me, ^^^-^Yhy figheil thou for the happening ofihefe heauy ac- 
 
 nape-ipejii cidents? Whyitiaruclieft thouat them? 
 
 ' ' VJ Agamemnon ^Atrem thy btre 
 
 Begate thee not to toy fpilnejfe alone".' - 
 As mirth^fo forronwe fometimes is thy hire^ 
 Mortal thou art ^and thereto yvafithoH borne. 
 
 Yr4 
 
OF constangie; i^^ 
 
 Yed though thou firiue^ndfiuhhttrnly refufe^ 
 God hauing wild itfo^ thou canH not chufc* 
 
 This rather is a thing to be wondred at,ifany man were 
 lawlcfly exempted from this common law,& caried none 
 ofthat burthen, whereof cuery man bcarcth apart. Solon i •...••--- 
 feeing a very triend othis ^t^the^s mourning pitcouflic, ncntionoF ' 
 brought him into a high tower, and fhewed himvndcr- -^°^^n,*or 
 neath all chchoufcs in that great cittie, faying vnto him, ^'^"^'^^^"°"* 
 Thinke with thy felfc howe manyfundry mournino-es in 
 times pafthuie bene in all thefehoufcs, how many at this 
 prefcntarc,andintime to come fhalibee: and leaueotfto 
 bcwailethemiferiesotmortallfolke, as if they were thine 
 owne. I wouldcwilhthce (Xz/^yTi^/) to doe the hke in this 
 wide worlde^ But becaufc thou canft not in deed and fadi:, 
 goetoo, doeit alittle whiles .in conceitc and imaginati- ^^ miTcra- 
 on. Suppofe( if it pleafc thee) that thou art with nice in the ble^eToiad- 
 topof that high hill 0//;5v;>«/; Behold from thenccaltowncs, onsinalltlia 
 prouinces^and kingdomes of the world, and think that thou ^^^^^*^' 
 iecfl euen fo many inclolures fiil of humain ca/amitiesithefc 
 are but only Theaters and places for the purpofe prepared: 
 wherein Fortune playeth her bloudy tragedies. Neither 
 eaft thine eiesfarre hence. Seeftthou /talie> It is not yet full 
 thirtic y cares agone fince it had rcfl from auell and Iharpc 
 warres oneucricfidc. Doeft thou heholde the large coun- 
 tiey o^ Germany > There were lately in hcrgreatefparkesof 
 ciuill diflention, which doe beginne to burne againe ; and 
 (vnleiTe I bee dcceiued) will growc to a more confuming 
 flame. ^r;>,v//W? In it there haue bene continual! warres and 
 flaughters, and in that now it rcllcth a wh ile in peace,muft 
 be referred to the gouernment of a peaceable fcx. What of 
 F^^«<r^? See,andpittieher,Euennowcafeltered Gangrxnc 
 of blondie warrc creepeth thorough cuerie loynt thereof 
 
 Ki " So 
 
,i5 f Me SECOND BOOKE 
 
 Soisit inallthcworldcbcfidcs. Which thingcs ihmkc 
 well vpon ( L/pfius) and by this communication or parti- 
 cipation of niifcries, lighten thineowftic. And like as they 
 which rodcgloriouflieintriumph.hadafcmauntbchinde 
 their backs , who in the middes of all their triumphant iol- 
 litie, cryedout oftentimes ^T f^ote art a m^n^. So ktthishcc 
 cuc/as a prompter by thy (idt^^ThfU thefi things are hnmancy 
 otA^^eru'mwg to men. For as labour being diuiJed between 
 inany,is eafic : Euen fo likcwife is Sorrow* 
 
 CHAPT. XXVII. 
 
 The ConchfioHofthewhoU conference : with a (hort ddmom- 
 j tiott te the often repeating, Andcarefnl conf deration therof. 
 
 IHauedifplayed all my forces (L/p^;//) and aU my argit« 
 maitcs. Thou haft heard as much as I thougjit ncceflary 
 non ana c.- tobc fpokcnin thcbchalfeof CON S T A C I hagamft 
 honation. SORROW. Which God graunt it bee not onelic 
 pleafmp-, but profitable vnto thee: and that it doc not fo 
 much delight, as benefite or helpc thee. As certain y it will 
 doc,if itfincke not into thy cares; alone, but alfo into thy 
 minde: And if, haumg once heard the fame . thou (ufter jc 
 not to lie ftill and wither awayasfcedcfcattered vppon the 
 face of the earth. Finally, if thou repcatc the lime often, 
 and take due confideration thereof. Becaufe that as fire is 
 not forced out of the flmc with one ftroke : So in chcfe tfo- 
 zen hearts of ©urs , the lurking and languifhing Iparkes ot 
 Honeftiearcnotkindcled with the firft ih-okc of admoni- 
 tions . Which^that they may at thclaft be choroughlic en- 
 kindlcdin thee, not in words orappearancc, but indeed 
 (,) G' i vvho J f^^ J huinbUe and rcucrcuclie bcfeech that eternal and 
 cdcft«ll(a;Fire. • ^^ 
 
OP CONSTANCIE ,27 
 
 When hchadchusrpokcn,he rofcvpha%,andfaid: 
 I nm going (Lipfius) for this South Sun is vntomcatokcn 
 of dinner time 4 Followe thou after mce.Eucn fo (quoth I) 
 ghdlicandVith a very goodwill. And now may I rightly 
 fmg together Yfith you in the (a) ^ntti^home^ as is vfcd in 
 l\o\ic Ceremonies, 
 
 Ihatic efia'feithe euiU^ Andft^und the good. 
 
 FINIS. 
 
 Laus, Honor,&: Gloria ; Deo 
 trino ficvflo^ 
 
 church vzcYt 
 Impart fs of JiH" 
 gin^ vfed. 
 i^Vrofphoncph 
 tfMitis,an i»' 
 uitation or pTfh 
 
 pimtiay that is^ 
 a rcfponfe er 
 anfuvere.^.^y- 
 nod''a, a cbfe or 
 ioynrngtoge- 
 ther in harma^ 
 ny.SeeJpo:^, 
 taAf.verf.j.^. 
 ^. it fecmeth Ije 
 hadrefpeSi /# 
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