Five books of philosophicall comfort ... . s Wolues^and xv axing dumbcffe hording in theftead of manly cnes4Others like to the Tigre roue\Which m thefecrched Indian dtfert lieuAndthoughthe^wmgedfonneof lout ,From Wefe bewitched cups delight/kilt00Tokeepe the famous Captaincftroue,let ihtm the greedy manners imbrue t With ^kilofophicaU Qomfort. Withmuch de fire till turn d to fwine :ed of bread they fed en oken » m thetr outward (bape nofigne,Nor (hew rcnsdtKesof any htiWAXe er&ccyOnely their minds vncbaungA repineTo fee their bodies mfuch vgfj cafe*O feeble baxd7andtdle artysyhich ih$*


Five books of philosophicall comfort ... . s Wolues^and xv axing dumbcffe hording in theftead of manly cnes4Others like to the Tigre roue\Which m thefecrched Indian dtfert lieuAndthoughthe^wmgedfonneof lout ,From Wefe bewitched cups delight/kilt00Tokeepe the famous Captaincftroue,let ihtm the greedy manners imbrue t With ^kilofophicaU Qomfort. Withmuch de fire till turn d to fwine :ed of bread they fed en oken » m thetr outward (bape nofigne,Nor (hew rcnsdtKesof any htiWAXe er&ccyOnely their minds vncbaungA repineTo fee their bodies mfuch vgfj cafe*O feeble baxd7andtdle artysyhich ih$*gb it could the tutward Urns defaeelYet b*dnoforce to change the Mi he force ofmengiu n by Gods *rmeLyes hidden in their inmost tkerefore^whith within t hemfw&rmeAfore deeply pierce,and with more might,For to the body .though they doe no hzrmeiJet on%eJjHle they wotke their fpight. Th e IIII. Prose. Of the mifery of wicked men* Hen faid IJ confeflfe, andoerceiuc that thou affir- L meft not without caufe,. that the vicious, though they kcepethe outward fhape of men are in their I Hoetim his their inward fhte of mind changedinto bruitc beafK But I wouldhauehad them, whole cruell andwicked heart r?gei:h to the harmeof the good,reft rained from execu-ting this their malice. They are re-strained (quoth fhcejas fhallbeeproutd in conucnient place. Butyet if thisa liberty,which they feemeto haue, be taken away, their punifhmentalfoisin great part rfelea-fed. For, (which perhaps to fbmemay feeme incredible^) euill menmuftneceiTarily be more vnhappy,when they haue brought to pafletheir purpofcs,thenifthey could notobtainewhat they defire. For if itbee a miferable thing to defire that,which is euill, it is more miferableto be able to performeit, withoutwhich the miferable will could nothaue any efTe&.Wherfore fince euery one Thilofopbicall Comfort. 101 one ofthefe hath their peculiar mi<(ery,thcv muft of force bee oppref-fed with a threefold wretchednelTe,who


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