vs: to liue long it werieth vs: to haue little miſliketh vs: and ſufficient contenteth vs not. The thought of death on the one ſide aſſaulteth our life: and on the other, the paſſions of the minde to forſake our goodes, friends, wife, children, and the worlde, doe ſtill pricke vs. O what troubles and afflictions, what terrors and paſſions, abideth this our confuſed bodie: which the moſt part of our time is replete with anger, rancor, and malice, but often voyde (rather euer) of iuſtice, mercie, and pittie. And laſtly, what doth one man for another? He cauſeth that by force the good is troden downe with the euill. The foole taketh away the reputation of the wife: the lyer plucketh out of his ſeate him that alwayes telleth troth: the noble Gentleman well brought vp is ruled by the vndiſcrete and rude Cloyne. What more? vertue alacke dieth, but ignoraunce liueth. Wherefore our ſtate is in more daungers and troubles than his, that flying the fierceneſſe of fower Lions to ſaue himſelfe, leapt into a Well with greater daunger. As writeth the great Philoſopher Tiabonus.
A Parable of the Worlde.
A certayne luſty yong man trauelling throughe a deſert countrie, wandering to and fro amongſt
