yll digeſted the Judge's ſentence, but much worſe the paiment, greuing him to the heart to paye ſo deare for ſo ſhort a pleaſure, where he might haue gotten much by the others worke, if like a foole he had not let him.
Let men that giue themſelues to the pleaſures of this vnhappie life be warned by the example of this merchaunt, to leaue aſide the ſweete deceits of the bodie, and to attende onely to the precious ſtone of our ſoull, pulliſhing and keeping that cleane. Lorde howe many are there that leauing profit follow loſſe, and all for a fayned ſhowe, or worldlye ſhadowe. The Greyhounde that hath pinched the Hare, and taken hir in hys mouth, cannot runne after another he ſeeth go before him and take hir alſo: for ſo the one may ſcape from him quite, and the other eaſily vaniſh out of his ſight. O miſerable worlde, naye rather moſt miſerable and wretched our mindes and willes: that plainly ſeeing our hurt and miſerie, we ſtill hedlong purſue and follow the ſame. What is he liuing ſo ignoraunt, that knoweth not our life paſſeth quicklyer awaye than the lightening that commeth before the thunder clap, and in the darke clowdes giueth moft ſhort light: and that our ſight (the lightening paſt) comming into the darke is blinded more?
