and of the poore learnes but a heart-breaking profession his bed is the earth and the heauen is his Canapy the Sunne is his Summers comfort and the Moone is his Winter candle his sighes are the notes of his musick and his Song is like the Swanne before her death his study his patience and his exercise prayer his dyet the herbes of the earth and his drinke the water of the Riuer his trauell is the walke of the woful and his horse Bayard of ten-toes his apparell but the clothing of nakednesse and his wealth but the hope of heauen He is a stranger in the world for no man craues his acquaintance his funerall is without Ceremony when there is no mourning for the misse of him yet may he be in the state of Election and in the life of loue and more rich in Grace then the greatest of the World In sum he is the griefe of Nature the sorrow of Reason the pittie of wisedome and the charge of Charity A Iust man A Iust man is the Child of Truth begotten by vertue and kindnesse when Nature in the temper of the spirit made euen the ballance of Indifferency his eye is cleere from blindnesse and his hand from Bribery his will from wilfulnesse and his heart from wickednesse his word and deed are all one his life shewes the nature of his loue his care is the charge of his Conscience and his comfort the assurance of his Saluation In the Seat of Iustice he is the grace of the Lawe and in the iudgement of Right the honour of Reason he feares not the power of Authority to equall Iustice with Mercie and ioyes but in the iudgement of Grace to see the execution of Iustice his Iudgement is worthy of honour and his Wisedome is gracious in Truth his Honour is famous in Vertue and his Vertue is precious in Example In summe he is a spirit of Vnderstanding a braine of Knowledge a heart of Wisedome and a Soule of Blessednesse A Repentant Sinner A Repentant Sinner is the Child of Grace who being borne for the seruice of God makes no reckoning of the mastershippe of the world yet doth he glorifie God in the beholding of his creatures and in giuing praise to his holy Name in the admiration of his Work-manship He is much of the nature of an Angell who being sent into the world but to do the will of his Master is euer longing to bee at home with his fellowes He desires nothing but that is necessary and delighteth in nothing that is transitory but contemplates more then hee can conceiue and meditates onely vpon the Word of the Almighty his Senses are the tyrers of his Spirit while in the course of nature his Soule can find no rest He shakes off the ragges of Sinne and is cloathed with the Robe of Vertue he puts off Adam and puts on Christ His heart is the Anuile of Truth where the braine of his Wisedome beates the thoughts of his Minde till they be fit for the seruice of his Maker His labour is the trauaile of Loue by the rule of Grace to find the high-way to Heauen His feare is greater then his Loue of the World and his Loue is greater then his feare of God In summe he is in the Election of Loue in the booke of Life an Angell incarnate and a blessed Creature A Reprobate A Reprobate is the Childe of sinne who being borne for the seruice of the Deuill cares not what villany he does in the world His wit is alwaies in a maze for his courses are euer out of order and while his will stands for his wisedome the best that fals out of him is a Foole Hee betrayes the trust of the simple and sucks out the blood of the Innocent His breath is the fume of Blasphemy and his Tongue the fire-brand of Hell His desires are the destruction of the Vertuous and his delights are the Traps to damnation Hee bathes in the bloud of Murther and sups vp the broth of Iniquity He frighteth the Eyes of the Godly disturbeth the hearts of the Religious he marreth the wits of the Wise and is hatefull to the Soules of the Gracious In summe he is an inhumane Creature a fearefull Companion a man-Monster and a Diuell incarnate An Old man AN Old man is the declaration of Time in the defect of nature and the imperfection of sense in the vse of Reason He is in the obseruation of Time a Kalender of experience but in the power of Action he is a blanke among Lots He is the subiect of weakenesse the Agent of sicknesse the displeasure of life and the forerunner of death Hee is twise a Child and halfe a man a liuing Picture and a dying Creature he is a blowne Bladder that is onely stuffed with winde and a withered Tree that hath lost the sappe of the Roote or an old Lute with strings all broken or a ruined Castle that is ready to fall Hee is the eye-sore of Youth and the iest of Loue and in the fulnesse of Infirmitie the Mirror of Misery Yet in the honour of Wisedome he may be Gracious in Grauity and in the gouernment of Iustice deserue the Honour of Reuerence Yea his Words may be notes for the vse of Reason and his Actions examples for the imitation of discretion In summe in whatsoeuer estate he is but as the snuffe of a Candle that pinke it neuer so long it will out at last A Young man A Young man is the Spring of Time when Nature in her Pride shewes her Beauty to the World He is the delight of the Eye and the study of the minde the labour of instruction and the Pupil of Reason His Wit is in making or marring his Wealth in gaining or losing his Honour in aduancing or declining and his Life in abridging or increasing He is a Bloome that either is blasted in the Bud or growes to a good fruit or a Bird that dies in the nest or liues to make vse of her wings Hee is a Colt that must haue a Bridle ere hee bee well managed and a Faulcon that must be well man'd or hee will neuer be reclaimde Hee is the Darling of Nature and the charge of Reason the exercise of Patience and the hope of Charity His exercise is either Study or Action and his study either Knowledge or Pleasure His disposition giues a great note of his generation and yet his breeding may eyther better or worse him though to wish a Black-Moore white bee the losse of labour and what is bred in the bone will neuer out of the flesh In summe till experience haue seasoned his Vnderstanding hee is rather a Childe then a man a prey of flattery or a praise of prouidence in the way of Grace to proue a Saint or in the way of sinne to grow a Deuill A Holy man A Holy man is the chiefest Creature in the workemanship of the World He is the highest in the Election of Loue and the neerest to the Image of the humane Nature of his Maker Hee is serued of all the creatures in the Earth and created but for the seruice of his Creator Hee is capable of the course of Nature and by the rule of Obseruation finds the Art of Reason his senses are but seruants to his Spirit which is guided by a power aboue himselfe his Time is onely knowne to the Eye of the Almighty and what hee is in his most greatnesse is as nothing but in his Mercy He makes Law by the direction of life and liues but in the mercy of Loue he treads vpō the face of the Earth til in the same substāce he be trod vpon though his Soule that gaue life to his senses liue in Heauen till the resurrection of his flesh Hee hath an Eye to looke vpward towards Grace while Labour is onely the punishment of sinne his Faith is the hand of his Soule which layeth hold on the promise of Mercy his Patience the Tenure of the possession of his Soule his Charity the rule of his life and his hope the Anchor of his Saluation His study is the state of Obedience and his exercise the continuance of Prayer his life but a passage to a better and his death the rest of his labours His heart is a watch to his Eye his wit a doore to his Mouth his Soule a guard to his Spirit and his Limmes but labourers for his Body In summe hee is rauisht with Diuine Loue hatefull to the nature of Sinne troubled with the Vanities of the World and longing for his Ioy but in Heauen FINIS
kingdome when will and power carrie Pride in impatience in the close cariage of ambitious intention he is like a fearefull dreame to a troubled spirit in his passionate humours he frighteth the hearts of the prudent in the delight of vanities hee loseth the loue of the wise and in the misery of Auarice is serued onely with the needy he is like a little mist before the rising of the Sunne which the more it growes the lesse good it doth Hee is the Kings griefe and the Queenes sorrowe the Courts trouble and the Kingdomes curse In summe he is the seede of vnhappinesse the fruit of vngodlinesse the taste of bitternesse and the digestion of heauinesse A Worthie Priuie Counceller A Worthy Priuie Counceller is the Pillar of a Realme in whose wisedome and care vnder GOD and the King stands the safety of a Kingdome He is the Watch-towre to giue warning of the Enemy and a hand of prouision for the preseruation of the State hee is an Oracle in the Kings eare and a Sword in the Kings hand an euen weight in the ballance of Iustice and a light of grace in the loue of truth he is an eye of care in the course of lawe a heart of loue in his seruice to his Soueraigne a mind of honour in the order of his seruice and a braine of inuention for the good of the Common-wealth his place is powerfull while his seruice is faithfull and his honour due in the desert of his employment In summe hee is as a fixed Planet mong the starres of the Firmament which through the Cloudes in the ayre shewes the nature of his light An Vnworthie Counceller AN vnworthy Counceller is the hurt of a King and the danger of a State when the weaknes of iudgement may commit an error or the lacke of care may giue way to vnhappinesse he is a wicked charme in the Kings eare a sword of terror in the aduice of tyranny His power is perillous in the partiality of will and his heart full of hollownesse in the protestation of loue Hypocrisie is the couer of his counterfaite religion and traiterous inuētion is the Agent of his Ambition He is the cloud of darknesse that threatneth foule weather and if it growe to a storme it is fearefull where it falls hee is an enemy to God in the hate of Grace and worthie of death in disloyalty to his Soueraigne In summe he is an vnfit person for the place of a Counceller and an vnworthy Subiect to looke a King in the face A Noble man A Noble man is a marke of Honour where the eye of wisedome in the obseruation of desert sees the fruit of Grace hee is the Orient Pearle that Reason polisheth for the beauty of Nature and the Diamond sparke where diuine Grace giues Vertue honour he is the Note-booke of Morall Discipline where the conceit of care may finde the true Courtier he is the Nurse of hospitality the reliefe of necessitie the loue of Charity and the life of Bounty hee is Learnings grace and Valours fame Wisedomes fruit and kindnesse loue hee is the true Falcon that feedes on no Carrion the true Horse that will bee no Hackney the true Dolphin that feares not the Whale and the true man of God that feares not the diuell In summe he is the Darling of Nature in Reasons Philosophy the Load-starre of light in Loues Astronomie the rauishing Sweet in the musique of Honour and the golden number in Graces Arithmeticke An Vnnoble man AN Vnnoble man is the griefe of Reason when the title of Honour is put vpon the subiect of disgrace when either the imperfection of wit or the folly of will shewes an vnfitnesse in Nature for the vertue of Aduancement he is the eye of basenesse and spirit of grossenesse and in the demeane of rudenesse the skorne of Noblenesse he is a suspicion of a right Generation in the nature of his disposition and a miserable plague to a feminine patience Wisedome knowes him not learning bred him not Vertue loues him not and Honour fits him not Prodigality or Auarice are the notes of his inclination and folly or mischiefe are the fruits of his inuention In summe he is the shame of his name the disgrace of his place the blot of his Title and the ruine of his house A Worthie Bishop A Worthy Bishop is an Ambassadour from God vnto man in the midst of warre to make a Treaty of peace who with a generall pardon vpon confession of sinne vpon the fruit of Repentance giues assurance of comfort Hee brings tidings from heauen of happinesse to the World where the patience of mercie calls Nature to Grace Hee is the siluer Trumpet in the musicke of Loue where faith hath a life that neuer failes the beloued Hee is the Director of life in the Lawes of God and the Chirurgion of the Soule in launcing the sores of sinne the terror of the Reprobate in pronouncing their damnation and the ioy of the faithfull in the assurance of their saluation In summe hee is in the nature of Grace worthy of Honour and in the message of Life worthy of Loue a continuall Agent betwixt God and man in the preaching of his Word and Prayer for his people An Vnworthy Bishop AN Vnworthy Bishop is the disgrace of Learning when the want of reading or the abuse of vnderstanding in the speech of Error may beget Idolatry He is Gods enemy in the hurt of his people and his owne woe in abuse of the Word of God he is the shadow of a Candle that giues no light or if it be any it is but to leade into darkenesse the Sheepe are vnhappy that liue in his fold when they shall either starue or feede on ill ground hee breeds a warre in the wits of his Audience when his life is contrary to the nature of his instruction hee liues in a roome where he troubles a World and in the shadow of a Saint is little better then a Deuill hee makes Religion a cloake of sinne and with counterfeit Humility couereth incomparable Pride Hee robs the rich to relieue the poore and makes fooles of the wise with the imagination of his worth hee is all for the Church but nothing for God and for the ease of Nature loseth the ioy of Reason In summe he is the picture of Hypocrisie the spirit of Heresie a wound in the Church and a woe in the World A worthy Iudge A Iudge is a Doome whose breath is mortall vpon the breach of Law where Criminall offences must bee cut off from a common-wealth Hee is a sword of Iustice in the hand of a King and an Eye of Wisedome in the walke of a kingdome his study is a Square for the keeping of proportion betwixt command and obedience that the King may keepe his Crowne on his head and the Subiect his head on his shoulders Hee is feared but of the foolish and cursed but of the wicked but of the wise honoured and of the gracious
beloued Hee is a surueier of rights and reuenger of wrongs and in the iudgement of Truth the Honor of Iustice. In summe his word is Law his power Grace his labour Peace and his desert Honour An vnworthy Iudge AN vnworthy Iudge is the griefe of Iustice in the Error of Iudgement when through ignorance or will the death of Innocency lies vpon the breath of Opinion Hee is the disgrace of Law in the desert of Knowledge and the plague of Power in the misery of Oppression He is more Morall then Diuine in the nature of Policy and more Iudicious then Iust in the carriage of his conceit His Charity is cold when partiality is resolued when the doome of life lies on the verdict of a Iury with a sterne looke hee frighteth an offender and giues little comfort to a poore mans cause The golden weight ouerwaies his Grace when Angels play the Diuels in the hearts of his people In summe where Christ is preached hee hath no place in his Church and in this Kingdome out of doubt God will not suffer any such Diuell to beare sway A Worthie Knight A Worthy Knight is a spirit of proofe in the aduancement of Vertue by the desert of Honour in the Eye of Maiestie In the field hee giues courage to his Souldiers in the Court Grace to his followers in the Cittie reputation to his person and in the Country honour to his House His Sword and his Horse make his way to his House and his Armor of best proofe is an vndaunted Spirit the Musicke of his delight is the Trumpet and the Drumme and the Paradise of his Eye is an Army defeated the reliefe of the oppressed makes his Conquest honourable and the pardon of the submissiue makes him famous in mercy Hee is in Nature milde and in Spirit stout in Reason iudicious and in all Honourable In summe hee is a Yeomans commander a Gentlemans superiour a Noble mans companion and a Princes worthy fauourite An Vnworthy Knight AN Vnworthy Knight is the defect of Nature in the title of Honour when to maintaine Valor his Spurres haue no rowels nor his Sword a point his apparell is of proofe that may weare like his Armour or like an olde Ensigne that hath his honour in ragges It may be he is the Taylors trouble in fitting an ill shape or a Mercers wonder in wearing of Silke in the Court he stands for a Cipher and among Ladies like an Owle among Birds Hee is worshipt onely for his wealth and if hee be of the first head hee shall be valued by his wit when if his pride goe beyond his purse his Title will be a trouble to him In summe hee is the Child of Folly and the man of Gotham the blind man of Pride and the foole of imagination But in the Court of Honour are no such Apes and I hope that this Kingdome will breed no such Asses A Worthy Gentleman A Worthy Gentleman is a branch of the tree of Honour whose fruites are the actions of Vertue as pleasing to the Eye of Iudgement as tastefull to the Spirit of vnderstanding whatsoeuer hee doth it is not forced except it bee euill which either through ignorance vnwittingly or through compulsion vnwillingly he fals vpon hee in Nature kinde in Demeanour courteous in Alleageance loyall and in Religion zealous in seruice faithfull and in reward Bountifull Hee is made of no Baggage stuffe nor for the wearing of base people but is wouen by the Spirit of Wisedome to adorne the Court of Honour His apparell is more comely then costly and his Diet more wholsome then excessiue his Exercise more healthfull then painefull and his Study more for Knowledge then Pride his Loue not wanton nor common his gifts not niggardly nor prodigall and his carriage neither Apish nor sullen In summe he is an approuer of his Pedigree by the Noblenesse of his passage and in the course of his life an example to his posterity An Vnworthy Gentleman AN Vnworthy Gentleman is the scoffe of Wit and the scorne of Honour where more wealth then wit is worshipt of Simplicity who spends more in Idlenesse then would maintaine Thrift or hides more in Misery then might purchase Honour whose delights are Vanities and whose pleasures Fopperies whose studies Fables and whose exercise worse then Follies His conuersation is Base and his conference Ridiculous his affections Vngracious and his actions Ignominious His Apparell out of fashion and his Diet out of order his Cariage out of square and his company out of request In summe he is like a mungrell Dogge with a veluet Coller a Cart-Horse with a golden Saddle a Buzzard kite with a Fawlcons Bels or a Baboune with a pied Ierkin A Worthy Lawyer A Worthy Lawyer is the Studient of knowledge how to bring controuersies into a conclusion of Peace and out of ignorance to gaine vnderstanding Hee diuides Time into vses and Cases into constructions Hee layes open obscurities and is praysed for the speech of Truth and in the Court of Conscience pleads much in Forma pauperis for small fees He is a meane for the preseruation of Titles and the holding of possessions and a great instrument of Peace in the Iudgement of impartiality Hee is the Clyents hope in his Cases pleading and his hearts comfort in a happy issue Hee is the finder out of Tricks in the craft of ill conscience and the ioy of the distressed in the reliefe of Iustice. In summe hee is a maker of Peace among the Spirits of Contention a continuer of quiet in the execution of the Law An Vnworthy Lawyer AN Vnlearned and vnworthily called a Lawyer is the figure of a Foot-post who carries Letters but knowes not what is in them only can read the superscriptions to direct them to their right owners So trudgeth this simple Clarke that can scarce read a Case when it is written with his hand-full of papers from one Court to another and from one Counsellors chamber to another when by his good payment for his paines hee will bee so sawcy as to call himselfe a Sollicitor But what a taking are poore Clients in when this too much trusted cunning companion better read in Pierce Plowman then in Ploydon and in the Play of Richard the Third then in the Pleas of Edward the Fourth perswades them all is sure when hee is sure of all and in what a misery are the poore men when vpon a Nihil dicit because indeede this poore fellow Nihil potest dicere they are in danger of an Execution before they know wherefore they are condemned But I wish all such more wicked then witty vnlearned in the Law and abusers of the same to looke a little better into their consciences and to leaue their crafty courses lest when the Law indeede laies them open in steade of carrying papers in their hands they weare not papers on their heads and in stead of giuing eare to their Clients causes or rather eies into their purses they haue