say_v saint_n bernard_n be_v of_o his_o belly_n the_o lecher_n of_o his_o lust_n and_o the_o covetous_a man_n of_o his_o gold_n and_o saint_n augustine_n by_o liberality_n man_n vice_n be_v cover_v but_o by_o covetousness_n they_o be_v lay_v open_a to_o the_o world_n ardua_fw-la res_fw-la haec_fw-la est_fw-la opibus_fw-la non_fw-la tradere_fw-la mores_fw-la et_fw-la cum_fw-la tot_fw-la croesos_n viceris_fw-la esse_fw-la numam_n i._o a_o difficult_a thing_n it_o be_v for_o any_o man_n that_o be_v rich_a not_o to_o submit_v his_o mind_n and_o affection_n unto_o his_o money_n and_o pass_v many_o a_o croesus_n in_o wealth_n to_o bear_v a_o modest_a temperature_n with_o numa_n it_o be_v better_a to_o be_v the_o sheep_n than_o the_o son_n of_o a_o avaritious_a man_n say_v diegenes_n the_o one_o he_o love_v and_o tender_v for_o the_o increase_n the_o other_o he_o neglect_v and_o hate_v for_o the_o expense_n though_o according_a to_o apollonius_n the_o common_a excuse_n of_o the_o rich_a man_n be_v that_o he_o gather_v and_o hoord_v for_o the_o use_n of_o his_o child_n so_o insatiate_a be_v his_o desire_n as_o be_v never_o satisfy_v that_o the_o obtain_n of_o what_o he_o will_v have_v be_v but_o the_o begin_n to_o he_o of_o the_o desire_n of_o have_v according_a to_o that_o of_o boëthius_n covetousness_n lib._n 2._o metr_v 2._o si_fw-mi quantas_fw-la rapidis_fw-la flatibus_fw-la incitus_fw-la pontus_n versat_fw-la arenas_n etc._n etc._n if_o with_o so_o many_o sand_n as_o sea_n up_o cast_v when_o they_o be_v stir_v with_o some_o tempestuous_a blast_n or_o be_v thou_o furnish_v as_o the_o sky_n with_o star_n when_o neither_o fog_n nor_o cloud_n their_o lustre_n bar_n or_o be_v thou_o by_o the_o abundant_a horn_n of_o plenty_n supply_v with_o all_o thing_n leave_v no_o place_n empty_a yet_o humane_a nature_n covetous_a of_o gain_n will_v not_o forbear_v to_o murmur_v and_o complain_v although_o to_o it_o heaven_n liberal_a hand_n shall_v lend_v more_o gold_n than_o it_o can_v study_v how_o to_o spend_v though_o honour_n grace_v the_o name_n and_o pride_n the_o back_n it_o will_v say_v all_o be_v little_a something_o yet_o do_v lack_n gape_v desire_n uncircumscribed_a by_o law_n still_o yawn_v with_o open_a and_o unsatiate_a jaw_n what_o bridle_n or_o what_o curb_n can_v we_o then_o find_v to_o restrain_v this_o rapacitie_n of_o mind_n whenas_o the_o more_o we_o drink_v the_o more_o we_o thirst_v our_o aim_n to_o get_v be_v great_a than_o at_o first_o such_o pest_n in_o man_n unlimited_a nature_n breed_v that_o still_o the_o more_o he_o have_v the_o more_o he_o need_v avarice_n be_v define_v to_o be_v a_o vice_n in_o the_o soul_n much_o like_a unto_o a_o dropsy_n in_o the_o body_n by_o which_o a_o man_n covet_v per_fw-la fas_fw-la &_o nefas_fw-la to_o extort_v from_o other_o without_o right_a or_o reason_n and_o again_o violent_o and_o injust_o it_o withholdeth_a from_o other_o what_o true_o belong_v unto_o they_o without_o equity_n or_o conscience_n it_o be_v also_o a_o penurious_a and_o niggardly_o spare_v to_o give_v but_o a_o readiness_n nay_o greediness_n to_o receive_v whatsoever_o be_v bring_v never_o examine_v whether_o it_o be_v well_o or_o ill_o attain_v usury_n and_o extortion_n breed_v from_o avarice_n say_v one_o make_v the_o nobleman_n mortgage_v his_o land_n the_o lawyer_n pawn_v his_o littleton_n the_o physician_n sell_v his_o galen_n the_o soldier_n his_o sword_n the_o merchant_n his_o ship_n and_o the_o world_n it_o be_v peace_n this_o hellish_a vice_n in_o my_o opinion_n be_v as_o bitter_o reprove_v as_o ingenious_o observe_v by_o petronius_n arbiter_n in_o one_o of_o his_o satyr_n part_v of_o his_o word_n be_v these_o orbemjam_fw-la totum_fw-la victor_n romanus_n habebat_fw-la qua_fw-la mare_fw-la quaterrae_fw-la qua_fw-la sidus_fw-la currit_fw-la utrumque_fw-la the_o roman_a victor_n have_v the_o whole_a world_n win_v as_o far_o as_o sea_n flow_v or_o the_o earth_n do_v run_v or_o either_o pole_n can_v from_o above_o survey_n yet_o with_o all_o this_o not_o sate_v be_v but_o they_o the_o ocean_n must_v with_o burden_v ship_n oppress_v wander_v in_o toilsome_a search_n where_o they_o can_v guess_v any_o remote_a place_n be_v if_o they_o be_v tell_v it_o yield_v mine_n and_o they_o may_v fetch_v thence_o gold_n and_o now_o although_o they_o be_v in_o league_n before_o hostilitie_n proclaim_v and_o for_o that_o oar_n arm_v vessel_n rig_v all_o danger_n be_v hold_v good_a to_o purchase_v wealth_n however_o buy_v with_o blood_n pleasure_n in_o use_n be_v slight_v because_o know_v we_o dote_v on_o foreign_a thing_n despise_v our_o own_o and_o in_o another_o place_n to_o the_o like_a purpose_n nor_o be_v less_o rapine_n in_o the_o camp_n for_o there_o general_n when_o they_o of_o gain_n and_o profit_n hear_v fly_v to_o the_o noise_n and_o mad_o snatch_v at_o gold_n nay_o even_o the_o roman_a people_n to_o be_v sell_v the_o very_a seat_n on_o which_o the_o patriot_n sit_v in_o open_a court_n be_v buy_v nor_o can_v we_o quit_v old_a man_n from_o avarice_n since_o each_o one_o strive_v virtue_n once_o free_a to_o bind_v in_o golden_a gyve_n power_n turn_v to_o prey_n and_o place_v to_o purchase_v pelf_n there_o be_v nothing_o free_a scarce_o majesty_n itself_o covetousness_n rob_v a_o man_n of_o the_o title_n of_o gentry_n because_o it_o together_o delight_v itself_o in_o sordid_a ignobility_n usury_n the_o elder_a and_o most_o fruitfull-breeding_a daughter_n of_o old_a avarice_n be_v so_o much_o at_o one_o time_n despise_v and_o hate_v in_o rome_n that_o appian_n in_o his_o first_o book_n of_o civil_a war_n commemorate_v unto_o we_o that_o there_o be_v a_o great_a penalty_n impose_v upon_o any_o noble_a citisen_n who_o will_v show_v himself_o so_o degenerate_a as_o to_o contract_v she_o for_o it_o be_v say_v of_o she_o that_o she_o bring_v forth_o her_o child_n before_o they_o be_v beget_v beside_o she_o be_v most_o hate_a of_o those_o who_o she_o seem_v most_o to_o gratify_v and_o according_a to_o that_o of_o the_o poet_n turpia_fw-la lucra_fw-la faenoris_fw-la &_o velox_fw-la inopes_fw-la usura_fw-la trucidat_fw-la the_o filthy_a and_o base_a gain_n of_o increase_n and_o the_o swift_a return_n of_o usury_n murder_v the_o poor_a and_o needy_a but_o i_o be_o confident_a that_o whosoever_o he_o be_v that_o shall_v grind_v the_o face_n of_o the_o poor_a in_o this_o world_n the_o devil_n shall_v grate_v upon_o his_o bone_n in_o the_o world_n to_o come_v o_o but_o say_v one_o gold_n guide_v the_o globe_n of_o the_o earth_n and_o covetousness_n run_v round_o about_o the_o centre_n auri_fw-la sacra_fw-la fane_n quid_fw-la non_fw-la this_o put_v i_o in_o remembrance_n of_o the_o poet_n balbus_n which_o late_o come_v to_o my_o hand_n and_o i_o have_v read_v thus_o aurum_fw-la cuncta_fw-la movet_fw-la superi_fw-la flectuntur_fw-la ab_fw-la auro_fw-la gaudet_n &_o aurato_fw-la jupiter_n ipse_fw-la thoro._n which_o as_o near_o as_o i_o can_v i_o have_v thus_o faithful_o render_v gold_n can_v do_v all_o thing_n god_n with_o it_o be_v feed_v and_o jove_n himself_o lie_v in_o a_o golden_a bed_n with_o gold_n the_o temple_n shine_v the_o altar_n too_o in_o it_o man_n trust_v for_o it_o can_v all_o thing_n do_v gold_n help_v in_o peace_n be_v prevalent_a in_o war_n it_o raise_v army_n it_o compound_v jar_n the_o romuleian_n patriot_n redeem_v with_o gold_n their_o capitol_n it_o be_v so_o esteem_v and_o bear_v with_o it_o such_o potency_n and_o sway_n that_o unto_o it_o air_n earth_n and_o sea_n obey_v what_o other_o high_a power_n need_v we_o love_v or_o fear_n pallas_n away_o and_o juno_n come_v not_o near_o mars_n hencel_v diana_n with_o thy_o modest_a look_n come_v not_o in_o sight_n thy_o presence_n we_o will_v not_o brook_v gold_n only_o dwell_v in_o temple_n and_o do_v reign_v and_o at_o its_o altar_n be_v fat_a offering_n slay_v he_o that_o have_v gold_n the_o very_a star_n may_v buy_v and_o can_v the_o god_n lead_v in_o captivity_n gold_n raise_v war_n and_o discord_n can_v appease_v it_o plough_n deep_a furrow_n in_o the_o unknown_a sea_n it_o break_v down_o citadel_n such_o power_n it_o claim_v and_o fold_v up_o city_n in_o devour_a flame_n take_v gold_n away_o the_o young_a maid_n will_v not_o be_v so_o soon_o deprive_v of_o her_o virginity_n take_v gold_n away_o young_a man_n will_v be_v more_o stay_v and_o their_o indulgent_a parent_n more_o obey_v take_v gold_n away_o sincere_a faith_n will_v be_v vow_v young_a wife_n more_o chaste_a and_o matron_n be_v less_o proud_a youth_n will_v not_o be_v to_o fashion_n so_o devote_v nor_o age_n on_o riches_n more_o than_o virtue_n dote_v yet_o have_v it_o a_o power_n op'ratiue_a to_o infuse_v rapture_n and_o enthusiasma_n to_o the_o muse._n to_o give_v we_o gold_n will_v any_o be_v so_o kind_a a_o golden_a vein_n he_o in_o our_o verse_n shall_v
horn_n show_v lower_v or_o cloudy_a towards_o the_o earth_n it_o portend_v tempest_n aratus_n say_v also_o if_o the_o boreall_n horn_n of_o the_o moon_n seem_v any_o thing_n straighten_v it_o promise_v a_o north_n wind_n or_o if_o the_o australl_a horn_n be_v any_o thing_n erect_v it_o signify_v a_o south_n wind_n forthwith_o to_o ensue_v but_o the_o quartile_a of_o the_o moon_n be_v the_o most_o certain_a index_n of_o wind_n and_o weather_n according_a to_o that_o of_o virgil_n sin_n ortu_fw-la quarto_fw-la namque_fw-la be_v â—ertissimus_fw-la author_n a_o emblem_n it_o present_v a_o idiot_n who_o have_v a_o straw_n stick_v out_o of_o either_o shoe_n folly_n be_v persuade_v by_o some_o waggish_a boy_n that_o they_o be_v no_o other_o than_o gyve_n and_o fetter_n which_o he_o conceive_v to_o be_v such_o cast_v himself_o upon_o the_o ground_n in_o great_a grief_n and_o vexation_n as_o one_o by_o reason_n of_o these_o bond_n not_o able_a to_o remove_v out_o of_o the_o place_n the_o motto_n stultitia_fw-la ligamur_fw-la non_fw-la compedibus_fw-la which_o seem_v to_o be_v borrow_v from_o ecclesiastes_n 10.2_o the_o heart_n of_o the_o wiseman_n be_v in_o his_o right_a hand_n but_o the_o heart_n of_o the_o fool_n be_v in_o his_o left_a hand_n and_o also_o when_o the_o fool_n go_v by_o the_o way_n his_o heart_n fail_v and_o he_o tell_v to_o all_o that_o he_o be_v a_o foole._n hâ—rac_n lib._n 1._o epistol_n ad_fw-la mecen_n write_v thus_o virtus_fw-la est_fw-la vitium_fw-la fugere_fw-la &_o sapientia_fw-la prima_fw-la stultitia_fw-la carnisse_fw-la it_o be_v a_o virtue_n to_o fly_v vice_n and_o we_o count_v he_o most_o wise_a that_o be_v from_o folly_n free_a fool_n there_o be_v diverse_a sort_n of_o folly_n saint_n augustine_n say_v there_o be_v none_o great_a in_o the_o world_n than_o to_o esteem_v the_o world_n which_o esteem_v no_o man_n and_o to_o make_v so_o little_a account_n of_o god_n who_o so_o great_o regard_v all_o man_n and_o saint_n gregory_n tell_v we_o that_o there_o can_v be_v no_o great_a folly_n than_o for_o a_o man_n by_o much_o travel_n to_o increase_v riches_n and_o by_o vain_a pleasure_n to_o lose_v his_o soul_n it_o be_v folly_n to_o attempt_v any_o wicked_a beginning_n in_o hope_n of_o a_o good_a and_o prosperous_a end_n or_o for_o a_o man_n to_o shorten_v his_o life_n by_o riot_n and_o disorder_n which_o by_o temperance_n and_o abstinence_n may_v be_v better_o prolong_v folly_n be_v a_o mere_a poverty_n of_o the_o mind_n the_o heart_n of_o a_o fool_n say_v syrach_n be_v in_o his_o mouth_n but_o the_o mouth_n of_o a_o wise_a man_n be_v in_o his_o heart_n gregory_n say_v sicut_fw-la nec_fw-la auris_fw-la escas_fw-la nec_fw-la guttur_fw-la verba_fw-la cognoscit_fw-la ita_fw-la nec_fw-la stultus_fw-la sapientiam_fw-la sapientis_fw-la intelligit_fw-la folly_n i._n as_o the_o ear_n relish_v not_o meat_n nor_o the_o throat_n can_v distinguish_v the_o sound_n of_o word_n so_o neither_o can_v the_o fool_n understand_v the_o wisdom_n of_o the_o wiâ—e_n and_o seneca_n the_o philosopher_n tell_v we_o inter_fw-la câ—tera_fw-la mala_fw-la hoc_fw-la quaque_fw-la habet_fw-la stultitia_fw-la quod_fw-la semper_fw-la incipit_fw-la vivere_fw-la i._n among_o many_o other_o evil_n this_o also_o have_v folly_n that_o it_o always_o begin_v to_o live_v but_o say_v s._n augustine_n among_o all_o fool_n he_o be_v the_o most_o fool_n that_o know_v little_a and_o will_v seem_v to_o understand_v much_o but_o i_o come_v now_o to_o the_o emblematist_n who_o thus_o declare_v himself_o spiritus_fw-la excelso_fw-la se_fw-la tollit_fw-la in_o astra_fw-la volatu_fw-la at_o caro_n compedibus_fw-la deprimor_fw-la inquit_fw-la humi_fw-la tu_fw-la quid_fw-la vincla_fw-la voces_fw-la age_n nunc_fw-la videamus_fw-la inepta_fw-la morio_fw-la vel_fw-la stramen_fw-la compedis_fw-la instar_fw-la habet_fw-la vile_a lucrum_fw-la popularis_fw-la honos_fw-la fugitiva_fw-la voluptas_fw-la haeccine_fw-la sint_fw-la pedibus_fw-la pondera_fw-la iusta_fw-la tuis_fw-la prô_o viles_fw-la animas_fw-la devotaque_fw-la crura_fw-la catenis_fw-la vincîmur_fw-la nervus_fw-la nec_fw-la tamen_fw-la villus_fw-la adest_fw-la ¶_o thus_o paraphrase_a the_o soul_n with_o swift_a wing_n to_o the_o star_n will_v fly_v the_o flesh_n say_v fetter_v on_o the_o ground_n i_o lie_v what_o call_v thou_o band_n look_v on_o that_o fool_n he_o will_v say_v the_o straw_n that_o be_v in_o my_o shoe_n hinder_v my_o way_n base_a gain_n vulgar_a applause_n each_o fade_a sweet_a be_v those_o the_o shackle_n that_o shall_v gyve_v thy_o foot_n o_o wretched_a soul_n o_o leg_n to_o fetter_n dear_a we_o think_v ourselves_o bind_v when_o no_o bond_n be_v near_o the_o moral_a allusion_n gather_v from_o hence_o bear_v this_o motto_n o_o demens_fw-la sin_n ita_fw-la servus_n homo_fw-la est_fw-la ground_a from_o that_o of_o seneca_n epistol_n 51._o non_fw-la ego_fw-la ambitiosus_fw-la sum_fw-la sed_fw-la nemo_fw-la aliter_fw-la romae_fw-la potest_fw-la vinere_fw-la non_fw-la ego_fw-la sumptuosus_fw-la sed_fw-la vrbs_fw-la ipsa_fw-la magnas_fw-la impensas_fw-la exigit_fw-la etc._n etc._n i_o be_o not_o ambitious_a but_o no_o man_n otherwise_o can_v live_v in_o rome_n i_o be_o not_o prodigal_a but_o without_o great_a expense_n in_o the_o city_n there_o be_v no_o live_n it_o be_v not_o my_o fault_n that_o i_o be_o angry_a or_o luxurious_a for_o i_o have_v not_o yet_o settle_v the_o course_n of_o my_o life_n these_o thing_n be_v to_o be_v attribute_v unto_o my_o youth_n not_o i_o but_o why_o do_v we_o so_o deceive_v ourselves_o likewise_o the_o same_o philosopher_n epist._n 58._o in_o the_o conclusion_n thereof_o inter_fw-la causas_fw-la malorum_fw-la nostrorum_fw-la est_fw-la quod_fw-la vivimus_fw-la ad_fw-la exempla_fw-la nec_fw-la ratione_fw-la componimur_fw-la sed_fw-la consuetudine_fw-la abducimur_fw-la etc._n etc._n among_o the_o cause_n of_o those_o evil_n which_o happen_v unto_o we_o one_o be_v that_o we_o live_v by_o example_n not_o govern_v by_o reason_n but_o carry_v away_o by_o custom_n that_o which_o we_o see_v few_o do_v we_o will_v not_o imitate_v but_o that_o which_o many_o practice_n as_o if_o that_o be_v most_o honest_a which_o be_v most_o frequent_a according_a with_o that_o of_o the_o poet_n juvenal_n satyr_n 14._o dociles_fw-la imitandis_fw-la turpibus_fw-la &_o pravis_fw-la omnes_fw-la sumus_fw-la but_o to_o leave_v further_o enforce_v the_o argument_n and_o come_v to_o the_o author_n who_o we_o read_v thus_o multa_fw-la quidem_fw-la totam_fw-la putrantur_fw-la inepta_fw-la per_fw-la urbum_fw-la keep_v cumque_fw-la petis_fw-la causam_fw-la mos_fw-la jubet_fw-la ista_fw-la ferunt_fw-la anne_n igitur_fw-la stolidi_fw-la nos_fw-la string_n at_o opinio_fw-la vulgi_fw-la regulanum_fw-la vita_fw-la factio_fw-la plebis_fw-la erit_fw-la stamine_fw-la sic_fw-la fragili_fw-la vel_fw-la stramine_fw-la morio_fw-la vinctus_fw-la vah_o sibi_fw-la compedibus_fw-la crura_fw-la sonare_fw-la putat_fw-la serviles_fw-la vilesque_fw-la 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