hurt and ſhame. For no man ſhould ſo entangle himſelfe in theſe worldly toyles, as he might not euer leave them at his will. For ſo ſtraunge and ſodein chaunces fall vpon him, as a man would neuer haue imagined, and therefore he cannot vpon ſuch a ſodeine withſtande it, but is forced to yeelde. Wherefore I would wiſh no man to be ſo caried awaye with theſe ſhort pleaſures and ſweete ſound of man's life, that they ſhould caſt behinde them the remembraunce of the right way to doe well: as happened vnto him that would mende and ſet his Jewelles.
Of a Jeweller that forgot his profit, and gaue himſelfe to pleaſure.
There was a rich Merchant of Surria that brought from the Cair a great ſumme of precious ſtones, and bicauſe they wanted ſetting in Golde with curious worke to pulliſh them, hee agreed with an excellent artificer (moſt ſkilfull in ſuch workes) to giue him daily a certaine ſumme of money, bicauſe that during the time he wrought in his Jewelles he ſhoulde worke with no other but only attende his buſyneſſe. This cunning workeman went euerye morning to thys merchants houſe to worke, carying his tooles wyth him: and working all the daye at his deſire, at
