Five books of philosophicall comfort ... . home mixed was,Nor dtd they [tike in purple colours ftecpt, Theyflcpt vponthc whole fotne grzffe^And thetr coole drinf^ risers deepe. The Pines did hide them with kbeir fhadeyNo Merchant* through the dangrons bilhwes wenty Nor w\th deftre oj gaimfulltradeTheir traffick* Countrcyesfent* Thennojkrill Trumpets did amateTht mit>ds of Souldicrs with their daunting founds, Ner weapons were through deadly hateDjd with the dreadfulbloud of gaping wt unds. For how could any furie drawThe mind of man tojhrre vp warrcs in Vainr, _____


Five books of philosophicall comfort ... . home mixed was,Nor dtd they [tike in purple colours ftecpt, Theyflcpt vponthc whole fotne grzffe^And thetr coole drinf^ risers deepe. The Pines did hide them with kbeir fhadeyNo Merchant* through the dangrons bilhwes wenty Nor w\th deftre oj gaimfulltradeTheir traffick* Countrcyesfent* Thennojkrill Trumpets did amateTht mit>ds of Souldicrs with their daunting founds, Ner weapons were through deadly hateDjd with the dreadfulbloud of gaping wt unds. For how could any furie drawThe mind of man tojhrre vp warrcs in Vainr, _______ Whn J Thilojopbicall Com for t. IVhen nothings but fierce wounds hefawyAndfor his blo9dnorec&wpenc? /bwld game. 0 that the Ancient miners wouldIn tie/iour latter bappelejfe times returne* . Now the desire ofhaHinggoldDotbltk? the faming fires of i £ma burnt. sslh who was hey thatfirjl did (b*wTbebeapesoftreafitre, which the earth didhide j And tew els whii h l*y dolt behwBj which he cottlj dangers did provide. \ A hill The VI. Prose. Ofdignitie andpvtter. Ovv why fhouldldifcourfeof dignities & pdiver, which^you not knowing, whattruedignitie and power me anerh,extol! to rhe skies? And if they lightvpon wicked men,what fire,thoughthe very flames of Mtm, fhoulclbreakefoorth, or what diluge cancaufe fo great barmes ? 1 fuppofethouremembreil 5 howybur ance-!flours by reaibn of theConfuls ar- G rooan* ini hii i ii i. ..—2 • miim Hoetius his rogancie,defired to abolifh that gouernement,which had becne the be-ginning of their be-fore fot the fame caufe hadrcmoo-ued die gouernment of Kings fromtheir citie. And if fometime,whichis very feldome, good men bee pre-ferred to Honours .what other thingcan giue contentment in them, bu tthehonefty of thofe, which hauethem ? So that vermes are not hon-oured by dignities, but dignities byvertue. But what is this your ioe-fteemed and excellent power? Con-fider you not O earthly wights,whom you feeme to excell ? For


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