Five books of philosophicall comfort ... . I. Ve rse. Thtlofopbj commendeth a meane ejiate. WHowtlh an hcedcfullcareWill an eternallfiat*prepare0Whichcannot be dcrrnecajlBy any force ofrrindtc blafl*Andrsill the floods defpife,W hen threatnmg bilkwes doe arife,Jie net on htb muSlftandj Ntr Thiiofophicall Comfort. Nor on thedangrousfinkjxgfancL For there the winds will threate. And htm with furious tempeft beatey *s4ndhere the ground too weak* Will with the heattte burthen break** The then the danaerom cafe norour QWie. Vt fince my refons be°into(inkeinto thy mind, I willvfe thofc, which arc To
Five books of philosophicall comfort ... . I. Ve rse. Thtlofopbj commendeth a meane ejiate. WHowtlh an hcedcfullcareWill an eternallfiat*prepare0Whichcannot be dcrrnecajlBy any force ofrrindtc blafl*Andrsill the floods defpife,W hen threatnmg bilkwes doe arife,Jie net on htb muSlftandj Ntr Thiiofophicall Comfort. Nor on thedangrousfinkjxgfancL For there the winds will threate. And htm with furious tempeft beatey *s4ndhere the ground too weak* Will with the heattte burthen break** The then the danaerom cafe norour QWie. Vt fince my refons be°into(inkeinto thy mind, I willvfe thofc, which arc Tome-what more forcible. Goe to thai,if the gifts of fortune were not brit-tle and momentanie, what is there F 4 in. Boetius hi* Moacy. In them, which can either cucr beemade your owne, or well weighedand confiJercd feemeth no; vileand of no accompt? Are riches ei-ther yours, or precious in them-(elues ? What part of them can beefb efteemed of, Gold, ora heapes ofmony ?But thefe make a fairer fhew,when they are fpent 3 then whenthey are kept. For couetcufnefle al-way ma) eth men odious 3 as libe-ralise famous. And if a man can-not haue that, which is giuen toanother, then money is precious,when befto wed vpon others, it isnotpoiTeiTed any longer* But if allthe money in the whole worldwetc in one mans cuftodie, ano-ther men fhould bee poote. Thevoice, at the fame time wholly fil-leth the eares of many, but yourriches cannot paflc to many, ex-cept •*??•**—W-Wi^ TbilofophicaU Comfort. cept th(y bee diminifhed. Whichbeing done, they mull:needes makethempoore, whometheyleaue. Oskant and poore riches, which nei-ther can bee wholly poiTeiTed ofmany, and come to none with-out the impouerifhment of
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