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         G. M. (Geffray Minshull), 1594?-1668.
      
       
         
           1618
        
      
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             Certaine characters and essayes of prison and prisoners. Compiled by Nouus Homo a prisoner in the kings bench
             G. M. (Geffray Minshull), 1594?-1668.
          
           [54] p.
           
             Printed by William Iones dwelling in Red Crosse streete,
             London :
             1618.
          
           
             Novus Homo = Geffray Minshull; dedication signed Yarffeg Lluhsnym, an anagram of the author's name.
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           CERTAINE
           Characters
           and
           Essayes
           of
           Prison
           and
           Prisoners
           .
           COMPILED
           BY
           NOVVS
           
             HOMO
             A
             PRISONER
          
           in
           the
           Kings
           Bench.
           
        
         
           Experientia
           est
           optimus
           magister
           .
        
         
           LONDON
           Printed
           by
           
             William
             Iones
          
           ,
           dwelling
           in
           Red-crosse
           streete
           .
           1618.
           
        
      
       
         
         
         
           TO
           HIS
           MOST
           KIND
           AND
           EVER
           RESPECTIVE
           Kind
           Vnckle
           ,
           M.
           Mathew
           Mainwaring
           of
           Namptwitch
           in
           Chesshire
           .
        
         
           SInce
           my
           coming
           into
           Prison
           ,
           what
           with
           the
           strangnes
           of
           the
           place
           ,
           and
           strictnesse
           of
           my
           Liberty
           ,
           I
           am
           so
           transported
           that
           I
           could
           not
           follow
           that
           study
           wherein
           I
           tooke
           great
           delight
           and
           cheife
           pleasure
           ,
           and
           to
           spend
           my
           time
           Idly
           would
           but
           add
           more
           discontentments
           to
           my
           troubled
           breast
           ,
           &
           bring
           in
           this
           chaos
           of
           discontentments
           ,
           fantasies
           must
           arise
           ,
           which
           wil
           bring
           forth
           the
           fruites
           of
           an
           Idle
           brayne
           ,
           for
           
             è
             Malis
             minimum
          
           .
           It
           is
           far
           better
           to
           giue
           some
           account
           of
           time
           though
           to
           little
           purpose
           then
           none
           at
           all
           .
           To
           which
           end
           I
           gathered
           a
           handfull
           of
           Essayes
           ,
           &
           few
           Characters
           of
           such
           things
           as
           by
           my
           owne
           experience
           ,
           I
           could
           say
           
             Probatum
             est
          
           :
           not
           that
           thereby
           I
           should
           either
           please
           the
           reader
           ,
           or
           shew
           exquisitnes
           of
           inuētion
           ,
           or
           curious
           style
           .
           Seing
           what
           I
           write
           of
           ,
           is
           but
           the
           child
           of
           sorrow
           ,
           bred
           by
           discontentments
           
           and
           nourisht
           vp
           with
           misfortunes
           ,
           to
           whose
           help
           melancholly
           Saturne
           gaue
           his
           Iudgement
           .
           The
           night
           Bird
           hir
           inuention
           ,
           and
           the
           ominous
           Rauen
           brought
           a
           quill
           taken
           from
           his
           owne
           wing
           ,
           dipt
           in
           the
           Inke
           of
           misery
           as
           cheife
           ayders
           in
           this
           great
           Architect
           of
           so
           row
           .
        
         
           This
           child
           is
           borne
           and
           brought
           to
           the
           Font
           all
           things
           ready
           ,
           onely
           there
           wants
           a
           patron
           .
           
             Hoc
             difficillimum
             est
          
           .
           For
           who
           will
           defend
           sorrow
           ,
           and
           misery
           ,
           who
           wil
           giue
           him
           entertainment
           ,
           who
           will
           countenance
           this
           worke
           the
           Author
           being
           miserable
           ,
           who
           will
           respect
           the
           matter
           ,
           the
           man
           being
           an
           abiect
           ,
           who
           wil
           cherish
           the
           circumstance
           when
           the
           substāce
           is
           almost
           perished
           ?
           Surely
           
             non
             in
             his
             diebus
          
           ,
           for
           friendship
           is
           banished
           ,
           loue
           extinguished
           ,
           natural
           affection
           gone
           to
           trauel
           ,
           gould
           is
           dearer
           then
           a
           friend
           ,
           treasure
           is
           nearer
           thē
           a
           kinsman
           ,
           and
           mammon
           better
           beloued
           then
           a
           sonne
           .
           Yet
           in
           this
           famine
           of
           true
           friends
           I
           will
           venter
           vpon
           you
           (
           most
           louing
           Vnckle
           )
           as
           a
           god-father
           to
           this
           my
           first
           borne
           though
           in
           misery
           .
           I
           can
           haue
           but
           a
           denyall
           which
           if
           you
           doe
           it
           must
           dye
           in
           obliuion
           .
           But
           
           why
           should
           I
           feare
           since
           you
           haue
           alwaies
           bin
           my
           anchor
           when
           I
           haue
           bin
           Ship-wrackt
           ,
           and
           many
           times
           saued
           my
           poore
           Barque
           when
           it
           was
           ready
           to
           split
           .
           Why
           thē
           shold
           I
           doubt
           of
           your
           friendly
           patronage
           which
           haue
           neuer
           fayled
           me
           ?
           Be
           bould
           then
           ,
           and
           goe
           thy
           way
           ,
           thou
           shalt
           be
           entertained
           though
           not
           for
           any
           worth
           which
           is
           in
           thee
           ,
           yet
           in
           respect
           thou
           dost
           but
           shew
           a
           willing
           heart
           ,
           and
           dost
           endeauour
           to
           expell
           ingratitude
           a
           thing
           most
           odious
           not
           onely
           to
           man
           but
           God
           ,
           not
           to
           Christians
           but
           Heathens
           ,
           not
           to
           Heathens
           but
           Beasts
           .
        
         
           What
           then
           should
           I
           giue
           to
           you
           for
           all
           your
           kindnesses
           which
           you
           haue
           continually
           bestowed
           vpon
           me
           which
           are
           so
           many
           that
           if
           I
           should
           endeauour
           to
           recite
           
             (
             Ante
             diem
             clauso
             componet
             vesper
             olympo
             )
          
           but
           to
           shew
           my
           willingnes
           to
           my
           power
           though
           I
           am
           not
           able
           to
           requite
           
             (
             for
             ,
             vltra
             posse
             non
             est
             esse
             )
          
           doe
           offer
           vp
           vnto
           the
           Oracle
           of
           your
           loue
           the
           sacrifice
           of
           a
           louing
           heart
           ,
           hoping
           that
           what
           is
           amisse
           you
           will
           impute
           it
           to
           the
           slendernes
           of
           my
           iudgement
           ,
           and
           the
           dulnes
           of
           my
           brayne
           which
           this
           place
           hath
           made
           worse
           (
           and
           
           not
           to
           the
           lest
           defect
           of
           goodwill
           .
           )
           &
           that
           you
           would
           let
           none
           but
           your selfe
           see
           my
           imperfections
           ,
           which
           are
           suficiently
           divulged
           by
           my
           owne
           actions
           ,
           &
           would
           be
           vnwilling
           to
           haue
           a
           second
           edition
           of
           them
           by
           my
           writing
           this
           was
           the
           chiefest
           cause
           I
           tooke
           .
           This
           in
           hand
           ;
           another
           was
           because
           that
           happily
           some
           friend
           of
           mine
           
             (
             post
             mea
             funera
          
           )
           by
           accident
           may
           find
           this
           paper
           ,
           &
           read
           them
           &
           by
           my
           example
           say
           .
           
             Foelix
             sum
             quem
             pericula
             huius
             authoris
             faciunt
             me
             cautum
             ,
          
           for
           
             qui
             non
             ante
             cauet
             post
             dolebit
             ,
          
           &
           that
           they
           may
           be
           afraide
           to
           enter
           into
           debt
           any
           further
           then
           necessity
           vrgeth
           ,
           &
           if
           they
           be
           forced
           to
           borrow
           to
           pay
           as
           soone
           as
           the
           can
           (
           for
           vsury
           &
           extortion
           bite
           deepe
           )
           and
           credit
           once
           crackt
           is
           not
           easily
           recouered
           nor
           all
           creditors
           of
           on
           mind
           ,
           for
           some
           will
           in
           pitty
           forbeare
           and
           others
           will
           shew
           the
           greatest
           seuerity
           .
        
         
           So
           hoping
           you
           will
           accept
           
             non
             donum
             sed
             animum
             ▪
          
           I
           rest
           
             
               this
               27.
               of
               
                 Ianuary
                 Anno
              
               1617.
               
            
             From
             the
             Kings-bench
             Prison
             in
             South-warke
             .
          
           
             Your
             euer-louing
             nephew
             Yarffeg
             Lluhsnym
             .
          
        
      
       
         
         
           TO
           THE
           COVRTEous
           Reader
           .
        
         
           Courteous
           Reader
           only
           to
           banish
           melācholy
           and
           to
           wade
           through
           tedious
           time
           ,
           tedious
           in
           respect
           of
           this
           place
           ,
           I
           gathered
           a
           few
           essayes
           &
           characters
           ,
           with
           an
           intent
           not
           to
           haue
           thē
           seen
           of
           any
           ,
           but
           to
           him
           to
           whom
           they
           were
           sent
           ,
           being
           on
           that
           I
           might
           trulie
           ground
           a
           certainty
           of
           ,
           who
           would
           excuse
           my
           imperfections
           ,
           and
           iudge
           charitably
           of
           my
           slendernes
           of
           iudgmēt
           ,
           this
           coppy
           by
           accident
           came
           to
           some
           of
           my
           friends
           hands
           ,
           who
           hauing
           perused
           it
           wished
           mee
           to
           put
           it
           in
           print
           ,
           which
           I
           altogether
           refused
           ,
           because
           I
           would
           not
           presume
           of
           my
           owne
           iudgment
           ,
           or
           dare
           to
           venter
           to
           put
           my selfe
           to
           the
           censure
           of
           so
           many
           vnderstanding
           readers
           into
           whose
           hands
           it
           is
           subiect
           to
           fall
           ,
           these
           perswasions
           preuailed
           not
           ,
           intreaties
           were
           laid
           aside
           ,
           and
           I
           must
           either
           divulge
           them
           ,
           or
           else
           loose
           their
           loue
           this
           was
           the
           first
           motiue
           that
           with
           an
           vnwilling
           willingnes
           caused
           me
           to
           put
           my
           booke
           to
           censure
           .
           Another
           was
           in
           respect
           some
           obdurate
           creditors
           may
           reade
           it
           ,
           &
           by
           reading
           mollifie
           their
           strong
           harts
           .
           The
           
           last
           reason
           because
           it
           may
           be
           as
           a
           caueat
           to
           young
           gallants
           ,
           to
           terrifie
           them
           how
           they
           run
           in
           debt
           ,
           wherein
           they
           may
           know
           that
           imprisonment
           is
           of
           all
           miseries
           most
           lamentable
           .
        
         
           So
           hoping
           that
           the
           iudicious
           will
           with
           laudable
           censure
           mittigate
           my
           many
           imperfections
           ,
           and
           the
           other
           iudge
           fauorably
           of
           my
           intention
           ,
           which
           if
           it
           take
           well
           is
           better
           then
           I
           can
           expect
           ,
           if
           otherwise
           they
           do
           not
           iniury
           mee
           ,
           giuing
           desert
           his
           reward
           .
        
      
    
     
       
         
         
           Essays
           of
           a
           Prison
           .
        
         
           TO
           what
           end
           or
           purpose
           should
           I
           intreat
           halfe
           of
           the
           Muses
           for
           the
           ayd
           of
           inuention
           ,
           or
           Cicero
           to
           adorne
           my
           phrase
           with
           eloquence
           ,
           or
           Floras
           deepe
           iudgment
           to
           write
           iudicially
           ,
           or
           implore
           ayde
           of
           Martiall
           to
           speake
           mistically
           ,
           or
           
             Virgills
             heroicke
             stile
          
           to
           please
           the
           hearers
           ,
           since
           what
           I
           write
           is
           nothing
           but
           of
           sorrow
           ,
           the
           subiect
           but
           discontentmēt
           ,
           and
           the
           whole
           matter
           but
           an
           Index
           of
           many
           miseryes
           ,
           &
           therefore
           my
           phrase
           shal
           be
           altogether
           vnpollished
           ,
           being
           the
           seruant
           of
           my
           more
           dull
           apprehension
           .
        
         
           
             Vade
             ,
             sed
             incultus
             ,
             qualem
             decet
             exulis
             esse
             ,
          
           
             Infoelix
             habitum
             temporis
             huius
             habe
             .
          
        
         
           My
           purpose
           is
           with
           dim
           water
           coulors
           to
           lime
           me
           out
           a
           heart
           ,
           yea
           such
           a
           heart
           so
           discontēted
           &
           oppressed
           ,
           that
           I
           need
           not
           to
           be
           curious
           in
           fitting
           euery
           coulor
           to
           his
           place
           ,
           or
           to
           chuse
           the
           pleasantest
           chamber
           to
           draw
           it
           in
           ,
           because
           in
           
           it
           I
           am
           to
           lay
           downe
           the
           bounds
           of
           those
           tempestuous
           seas
           in
           which
           ten
           thousands
           are
           euery
           day
           tossed
           ,
           if
           not
           ouerwhelmed
           ,
           which
           is
           so
           vsuall
           here
           amongst
           vs
           that
           euery
           one
           is
           arts
           maister
           in
           this
           workmanship
           ,
           &
           euery
           minute
           some
           thing
           or
           other
           is
           still
           added
           to
           this
           distressed
           Picture
           ,
           whose
           ponderous
           waight
           is
           so
           great
           that
           the
           frame
           is
           scarce
           able
           to
           beare
           the
           effigies
           .
        
         
           My
           trauells
           hither
           to
           this
           infernall
           Iland
           was
           but
           a
           short
           voyage
           ,
           and
           my
           abode
           here
           as
           yet
           but
           few
           months
           ,
           but
           it
           was
           longer
           to
           me
           then
           an
           East
           Indian
           voyage
           ,
           and
           I
           am
           sure
           farre
           more
           dangerous
           for
           if
           from
           the
           Indyes
           of
           sixty
           men
           twenty
           come
           home
           safe
           it
           is
           well
           ,
           but
           in
           this
           if
           eighty
           of
           a
           hundred
           be
           not
           cast-ouer
           board
           it
           is
           a
           wonder
        
         
           Being
           once
           arriued
           ,
           
           no
           starre
           of
           comfort
           heere
           can
           be
           seene
           to
           sayle
           by
           ,
           no
           hauen
           of
           happynesse
           neere
           ,
           no
           anchor
           of
           hope
           to
           cast
           out
           ,
           Top-sayle
           ,
           Fore-sayle
           ,
           Spritsayle
           ,
           Mizen
           ,
           Mayne
           ,
           Sheate
           ,
           Bollings
           and
           Drablers
           are
           all
           torne
           by
           the
           windes
           ,
           and
           the
           Barque
           it selfe
           so
           weather-beaten
           ,
           that
           there
           is
           few
           can
           
           come
           neere
           to
           touch
           at
           the
           Cap
           of
           
             Bona
             Speranza
          
           .
        
         
           Being
           once
           arriued
           at
           ,
           all
           are
           not
           onely
           stayd
           ,
           but
           the
           in
           chauntments
           are
           so
           strōg
           that
           it
           transformeth
           all
           that
           come
           thither
           .
           First
           the
           greatest
           courages
           are
           here
           wracked
           ,
           the
           fairest
           reuenewes
           doe
           here
           cōe
           aground
           ,
           it
           maketh
           a
           wise
           mā
           to
           loose
           his
           witts
           ,
           a
           foole
           to
           know
           himselfe
           ,
           it
           turnes
           a
           rich
           man
           into
           a
           begger
           ,
           and
           leaues
           a
           poore
           man
           desperate
           ,
           he
           whom
           neither
           Snowes
           nor
           Alpes
           can
           vanquish
           ,
           but
           hath
           a
           heart
           as
           constant
           as
           Haniball
           ,
           him
           can
           the
           miseryes
           of
           a
           Prison
           ouercome
           .
        
         
           
             The
             Character
             of
             a
             Prison
             .
          
           
             A
             Prison
             is
             a
             graue
             to
             bury
             men
             aliue
             ,
             and
             a
             place
             wherein
             a
             man
             for
             halfe
             a
             yeares
             imprisonment
             may
             learne
             more
             lawe
             ,
             then
             he
             can
             at
             Westminster
             for
             a
             hundred
             pound
             .
          
           
             It
             is
             a
             Microcosmos
             ,
             a
             little
             world
             of
             woe
             ,
             it
             is
             a
             mappe
             of
             misery
             ,
             it
             is
             a
             place
             that
             will
             learne
             a
             young
             man
             more
             villany
             if
             he
             be
             apt
             to
             take
             it
             in
             one
             halfe
             yeare
             ,
             thē
             he
             can
             learne
             at
             twenty
             dycing
             howses
             ,
             Bowling
             allyes
             ,
             
             Brothelhouses
             ,
             or
             Ordinaryes
             ,
             and
             an
             old
             man
             more
             pollicie
             ,
             then
             if
             he
             had
             bin
             Pupil
             to
             Machiauill
             .
          
           
             It
             is
             a
             place
             that
             hath
             more
             diseases
             perdomināt
             in
             it
             ,
             then
             the
             pest-house
             in
             the
             plague
             tyme
             ,
             and
             it
             stinckes
             more
             then
             the
             Lord
             Mayors
             dogge-house
             or
             paris-garden
             in
             August
             .
          
           
             It
             is
             a
             little
             common
             wealth
             ,
             although
             little
             wealth
             be
             commō
             there
             ,
             it
             is
             a
             desart
             where
             desert
             lyes
             hoodwinckt
             it
             is
             a
             famous
             Citty
             wherein
             are
             all
             trades
             ,
             for
             here
             lyes
             the
             Alchymist
             that
             can
             rather
             make
             
               ex
               auro
               non
               aurum
            
             ,
             then
             
               ex
               non
               auro
               aurum
            
             .
          
           
             It
             is
             as
             intricate
             a
             place
             as
             
               Rosamunds
               Labyrinth
            
             ,
             and
             is
             as
             full
             of
             blind
             Meanders
             ;
             and
             crooked
             turnings
             that
             it
             is
             vnpossible
             to
             find
             the
             way
             out
             except
             he
             be
             directed
             by
             a
             siluer
             clue
             ,
             and
             can
             neuer
             ouercome
             Minotaure
             without
             a
             goulden
             ball
             to
             worke
             his
             owne
             safety
             .
          
           
             It
             is
             as
             Innes
             of
             Court
             ,
             for
             heerin
             Lawyers
             inhabit
             ,
             that
             haue
             crochets
             to
             free
             other
             men
             yet
             all
             their
             quirks
             &
             quiddities
             cannot
             infranchise
             them
             .
          
           
           
             It
             is
             the
             Doctors
             Commons
             where
             skilfull
             Physitians
             frequent
             ,
             who
             like
             Aesculapius
             can
             cure
             other
             mens
             diseases
             ,
             yet
             cannot
             Quintessence
             out
             of
             all
             their
             Vegetalls
             and
             Mineralls
             a
             Balsamum
             ,
             or
             Elixir
             to
             make
             a
             soueraigne
             plaister
             to
             heale
             the
             surfet
             the
             mace
             hath
             giuen
             them
             .
          
           
             It
             is
             the
             Chyrurgions
             hall
             where
             many
             rare
             artists
             liue
             ,
             that
             can
             search
             other
             mens
             wounds
             yet
             cannot
             heale
             the
             wound
             the
             Searieant
             hath
             giuen
             them
             .
          
           
             It
             is
             your
             Bankrupts
             banqueting
             house
             ,
             where
             he
             sits
             feasting
             with
             the
             sweete
             meates
             borrowed
             from
             other
             mens
             tables
             ,
             hauing
             a
             voluntary
             disposition
             neuer
             to
             repay
             them
             againe
             .
          
           
             It
             is
             your
             
               Prodigalls
               (
               vltimum
               refugium
            
             )
             wherein
             he
             may
             see
             himselfe
             as
             in
             a
             glasse
             what
             his
             excesse
             hath
             brought
             him
             to
             ,
             and
             least
             that
             he
             should
             surfet
             ,
             comes
             hither
             to
             Phisicke
             himselfe
             with
             moderate
             dyet
             ,
             and
             least
             that
             his
             bed
             of
             downe
             should
             breed
             too
             many
             diseases
             ,
             comes
             hither
             to
             chang
             his
             bed
             where
             he
             is
             scarse
             able
             to
             lye
             downe
             .
          
           
             It
             is
             a
             Purgatory
             which
             doth
             afflict
             a
             man
             with
             more
             miseries
             then
             euer
             
             he
             reaped
             pleasures
             .
          
           
             It
             is
             a
             pilgrimage
             to
             extenuate
             sin●
             and
             absolue
             offences
             :
             for
             heere
             be
             Seminaries
             and
             
               Masse
               —
               Priests
            
             which
             doe
             take
             downe
             the
             pride
             of
             their
             flesh
             more
             ,
             then
             a
             voyage
             to
             the
             holy
             Land
             or
             a
             hayre
             shirt
             in
             Lent.
             
          
           
             It
             is
             an
             exile
             which
             doth
             banish
             a
             man
             from
             all
             contentments
             ,
             wherein
             his
             accounts
             doe
             so
             terrify
             him
             ,
             that
             it
             makes
             a
             man
             grow
             desperate
             .
          
           
             To
             conclude
             what
             is
             it
             not
             ?
             in
             a
             word
             it
             is
             the
             very
             Idea
             of
             all
             misery
             and
             torments
             ,
             it
             conuerts
             ioy
             into
             sorrow
             ,
             riches
             into
             pouerty
             ,
             ease
             into
             discontentments
             ,
             and
             further
             ,
             
               
                 Of
                 all
                 the
                 ill
                 that
                 may
                 be
                 thought
                 ,
              
               
                 Imagind
                 or
                 be
                 writ
                 :
              
               
                 In
                 prison
                 here
                 a
                 man
                 shall
                 find
                 ,
              
               
                 Which
                 will
                 his
                 owne
                 heart
                 split
                 .
              
            
          
        
         
           
             Of
             Prisoners
             .
          
           
             I
             Could
             wish
             that
             every
             one
             that
             comes
             to
             prison
             should
             not
             be
             dismayed
             ,
             but
             cary
             it
             out
             brauely
             &
             with
             resolution
             ,
             &
             to
             consider
             that
             no
             misery
             in
             this
             world
             is
             endlesse
             .
             After
             
             stormes
             calms
             wil
             arise
             ,
             &
             though
             sorrow
             be
             over
             night
             yet
             ioy
             will
             come
             in
             the
             morning
             ,
             &
             to
             say
             as
             Caesar
             did
             to
             the
             Pilott
             that
             carried
             him
             when
             he
             was
             afraid
             ,
             (
             quoth
             he
             )
             
               thou
               cariest
               Caesar
            
             :
             So
             every
             generous
             minde
             ought
             to
             be
             arm'd
             with
             resolution
             to
             meete
             all
             stormes
             of
             adversitie
             ,
             
             and
             to
             consider
             that
             man
             was
             borne
             to
             misery
             ,
             and
             therefore
             naturall
             to
             him
             .
          
           
             But
             thou
             wilt
             peradventure
             say
             the
             name
             of
             a
             Prisoner
             is
             loathsome
             to
             thee
             ,
             is
             it
             because
             thou
             art
             cooped
             vnder
             locke
             and
             key
             ?
             Is
             it
             because
             thou
             feelest
             wants
             ?
             Is
             it
             because
             thou
             art
             barred
             of
             freedome
             ?
             Is
             it
             because
             thy
             freinds
             looke
             strangely
             on
             thee
             or
             forsake
             thee
             ?
             Is
             it
             because
             thou
             art
             disgraced
             and
             holden
             in
             scorne
             ?
             Is
             it
             because
             thou
             lodgest
             hardly
             and
             peradventure
             with
             an
             ill
             bed-fellow
             :
             Yet
             let
             not
             all
             these
             dismay
             thee
             ,
             for
             hadst
             thou
             the
             whole
             Countrey
             to
             walke
             in
             ,
             yet
             thy
             soule
             is
             still
             imprisoned
             in
             thy
             corrupted
             body
             .
             Let
             not
             want
             discourage
             thee
             ,
             for
             thy
             redeemer
             suffered
             hunger
             &
             cold
             to
             fulfil
             thy
             wants
             .
             Let
             not
             want
             of
             freedome
             trouble
             
             thee
             ,
             thy
             Sauiour
             was
             fettered
             and
             manackled
             to
             infranchise
             thee
             .
             Let
             not
             the
             coy
             lookes
             of
             thy
             freinds
             dismay
             thee
             ,
             thy
             Lord
             was
             scorned
             of
             all
             men
             to
             bring
             thee
             into
             favour
             .
             Let
             not
             disgraces
             molest
             thee
             ,
             the
             King
             of
             Kings
             was
             most
             disgraced
             to
             honour
             thee
             ,
             let
             not
             thy
             lodging
             or
             forced
             chamber
             fellowes
             afflict
             thee
             ,
             the
             Pilot
             of
             thy
             safety
             was
             lodged
             in
             a
             manger
             and
             made
             a
             companion
             for
             theeues
             .
             But
             looke
             into
             thy
             owne
             bosome
             &
             learne
             but
             a
             short
             rule
             yet
             very
             difficult
             viz
             :
             
               (
               Nosce
               te
               ipsum
            
             )
             and
             thou
             shalt
             find
             it
             is
             not
             imprisonment
             that
             afflicts
             thee
             ,
             
             but
             the
             evill
             which
             is
             in
             thy selfe
             ,
             makes
             thee
             so
             distastfull
             ,
             for
             hadst
             thou
             all
             things
             at
             will
             ,
             yet
             still
             thou
             wouldst
             wish
             for
             more
             .
             The
             greatest
             Monarch
             liues
             not
             without
             some
             discontentment
             ,
             
             and
             comfort
             thy selfe
             that
             one
             day
             thou
             shalt
             be
             infranchised
             and
             goe
             to
             that
             place
             and
             mansion
             house
             which
             is
             prepared
             for
             thee
             ,
             where
             all
             scores
             shall
             be
             payd
             ,
             all
             cares
             banished
             ,
             and
             all
             teares
             wiped
             away
             .
          
           
             Varlets
             and
             Catch-poles
             arrest
             thee
             ,
             fret
             not
             at
             it
             ,
             if
             law
             haue
             power
             
             to
             whet
             an
             axe
             ,
             she
             must
             pick
             out
             a
             hang-man
             to
             strike
             the
             mace
             ,
             this
             doeth
             but
             onely
             put
             thee
             in
             remembrance
             of
             that
             arrest
             which
             shal
             Summon
             thee
             to
             appeare
             at
             the
             Imperiall
             Court
             of
             heauen
             .
          
           
             Thy
             accounts
             are
             many
             and
             great
             which
             are
             against
             thee
             ,
             
             yea
             some
             of
             you
             come
             to
             a
             tormenting
             execution
             ,
             greeue
             not
             at
             this
             ,
             it
             doth
             but
             teach
             thee
             that
             thy
             accounts
             must
             be
             brought
             against
             thee
             ,
             to
             draw
             thee
             to
             a
             reckoning
             to
             make
             thee
             to
             knowe
             that
             thou
             owest
             a
             reckoning
             to
             heauen
             as
             well
             as
             man
             ,
             and
             Iustice
             will
             execute
             her
             power
             not
             to
             driue
             thee
             to
             despaire
             ,
             but
             to
             a
             mendment
             .
          
           
             Further
             I
             perswade
             my selfe
             their
             are
             many
             prisoners
             whose
             resolution
             are
             so
             noble
             ,
             and
             resolute
             that
             before
             they
             would
             yeeld
             to
             the
             threats
             of
             an
             insulting
             creditour
             ,
             they
             would
             cherefully
             thrust
             their
             nekes
             into
             the
             yoake
             of
             aduerfity
             ,
             if
             no
             more
             veines
             herein
             were
             cut
             but
             their
             owne
             ,
             but
             here
             is
             none
             so
             poore
             which
             dyes
             in
             prison
             but
             the
             last
             gap
             doth
             cracke
             the
             heart-strings
             of
             a
             wife
             ,
             
             children
             ,
             father
             ,
             mother
             ,
             friends
             or
             allies
             ,
             therefore
             art
             
             thou
             bound
             to
             take
             pitty
             of
             thy selfe
             ,
             and
             to
             hang
             out
             the
             flag
             of
             truce
             to
             thy
             bloudy-minded
             Creditor
             ,
             and
             seeke
             or
             ransome
             to
             pay
             all
             so
             that
             thou
             maist
             escape
             with
             life
             ,
             though
             it
             be
             vpon
             some
             ignoble
             tearmes
             ,
             and
             much
             losse
             to
             thee
             ,
             if
             none
             of
             these
             respects
             ,
             yet
             for
             thy
             Countries
             sake
             ,
             to
             whom
             thou
             art
             a
             Traytor
             if
             thou
             giue
             thy selfe
             to
             thine
             enimies
             hand
             when
             vpon
             parley
             thy
             peace
             may
             be
             made
             .
             Come
             forth
             of
             Prison
             ,
             and
             dye
             not
             there
             ,
             that
             thou
             maiest
             honour
             thy
             King
             ,
             and
             do
             seruice
             to
             thy
             countrey
             ,
             and
             pay
             thy
             dets
             so
             farre
             as
             thou
             art
             able
             ,
             decause
             the
             greatest
             debt
             that
             euer
             thou
             didst
             owe
             was
             paid
             for
             thee
             .
          
        
         
           
             Prisoners
             of
             another
             nature
             .
          
           
             SOme
             there
             be
             which
             haue
             gotten
             other
             mens
             goods
             and
             soe
             lye
             here
             to
             defraud
             them
             ,
             these
             of
             all
             men
             deserue
             no
             pitty
             ,
             or
             compassion
             ,
             which
             tie
             their
             owne
             hands
             ,
             and
             make
             themselues
             gally
             slaues
             onely
             to
             weare
             golden
             setters
             ,
             how
             canst
             thou
             say
             thy
             prayers
             ,
             and
             expect
             a
             blessing
             should
             be
             poured
             on
             thee
             ,
             that
             so
             willingly
             errest
             from
             the
             type
             of
             a
             iust
             mā
             which
             
             is
             
               (
               Suum
               cuique
               attribuere
            
             )
             I
             will
             not
             speake
             much
             of
             thee
             ,
             
             because
             it
             must
             be
             all
             gall
             .
             In
             a
             word
             the
             gallowes
             on
             which
             the
             poore
             theefe
             hangeth
             is
             most
             fit
             for
             thee
             ,
             he
             robbeth
             one
             man
             ,
             thou
             whole
             families
             ,
             he
             is
             a
             felon
             to
             man
             onely
             ,
             thou
             art
             a
             felon
             to
             God
             and
             man
             ,
             if
             he
             kill
             ,
             he
             doth
             it
             sodainly
             and
             but
             one
             ,
             when
             thou
             with
             a
             lingring
             ●eath
             destroyest
             father
             ,
             mother
             ,
             children
             ,
             and
             peraduenture
             many
             Orphants
             left
             to
             their
             charge
             .
             
             But
             looke
             to
             it
             that
             although
             thou
             compound
             for
             two
             shillings
             or
             three
             shillings
             in
             the
             pound
             ,
             the
             ouerplus
             which
             thou
             so
             ill
             hast
             got
             will
             bring
             thy
             soule
             into
             such
             debt
             that
             the
             remainder
             will
             not
             pay
             the
             interest
             to
             saue
             the
             forfaiture
             of
             thy
             soule
             to
             the
             Diuell
             ,
             which
             will
             damne
             thee
             and
             thy
             angells
             ,
             with
             him
             and
             his
             angells
             ,
             and
             thy
             issue
             or
             allies
             which
             shall
             inioy
             them
             shall
             neuer
             prosper
             with
             them
             .
          
        
         
           
             The
             Character
             of
             a
             Prisoner
             .
          
           
             A
             Prisoner
             is
             an
             impatient
             patient
             lingrin●
             vnder
             the
             rough
             hands
             of
             a
             cruell
             physition
             ,
             
             his
             creditour
             hauing
             cast
             his
             water
             knowes
             his
             disease
             ,
             
             and
             hath
             power
             to
             cure
             him
             ,
             but
             takes
             more
             pleasure
             to
             kill
             him
             .
             He
             is
             like
             Tantalus
             ,
             who
             hath
             freedome
             running
             by
             his
             dore
             ,
             yet
             cannot
             enioy
             the
             least
             benefit
             thereof
             ,
             his
             greatest
             griefe
             is
             that
             his
             credit
             was
             so
             good
             ,
             and
             now
             no
             better
             his
             land
             is
             drawne
             within
             the
             compasse
             of
             a
             sheepes
             skin
             and
             his
             owne
             hand
             the
             fortification
             that
             bars
             him
             of
             entrance
             ,
             he
             is
             fortunes
             tossing-ball
             ,
             an
             obiect
             that
             would
             make
             mirth
             melancholly
             ,
             to
             his
             friends
             an
             abiect
             ,
             and
             a
             subiect
             of
             nine
             dayes
             wonder
             in
             euery
             Barbers
             shoppe
             ,
             and
             a
             mouth-full
             of
             pitty
             (
             that
             he
             had
             no
             better
             fortune
             )
             to
             Midwiues
             ,
             and
             talkeatiue
             gossips
             ,
             and
             all
             the
             content
             that
             this
             transitory
             life
             can
             giue
             him
             seemes
             but
             to
             flout
             him
             ,
             in
             respect
             the
             restraint
             of
             liberty
             barres
             the
             true
             vse
             .
             To
             his
             familiars
             he
             is
             like
             a
             plague
             ,
             whom
             they
             dare
             scarse
             come
             nigh
             for
             feare
             of
             infection
             ,
             he
             is
             a
             monument
             ruined
             by
             those
             which
             raised
             him
             ,
             he
             speads
             the
             day
             with
             a
             
               hei
               mihi
               ,
               vae
               miserum
            
             ,
             &
             the
             night
             with
             a
             
               Nulla
               dolor
               estmedicabilis
               herbâ
            
             :
             &
             to
             conclud
             
               
                 A
                 Prisoner
                 is
                 a
                 woefull
                 man
                 ,
              
               
                 Opprest
                 with
                 griefe
                 of
                 mind
                 .
              
               
               
                 And
                 tell
                 his
                 miseries
                 ,
                 no
                 man
                 can
                 :
              
               
                 Which
                 he
                 is
                 sure
                 to
                 finde
                 .
              
            
          
        
         
           
             Of
             Creditors
             .
          
           
             A
             Creditor
             hath
             two
             payre
             of
             hands
             on
             of
             flesh
             and
             blood
             ,
             &
             that
             nature
             gaue
             him
             ;
             another
             of
             Iron
             &
             that
             the
             law
             giues
             him
             :
             but
             the
             one
             is
             more
             predominant
             then
             the
             other
             ,
             for
             mercy
             guids
             the
             one
             ,
             &
             māmon
             the
             other
             .
             But
             if
             he
             once
             consider
             what
             he
             goeth
             about
             to
             doe
             ,
             and
             that
             it
             is
             the
             image
             of
             God
             whō
             he
             goeth
             about
             to
             deface
             and
             oppresse
             with
             miseries
             ,
             
             &
             calamities
             then
             the
             softnes
             of
             the
             one
             doth
             so
             operate
             ,
             that
             it
             meets
             with
             the
             hardnes
             of
             the
             other
             ,
             which
             neuer
             cōes
             to
             passe
             but
             when
             grace
             &
             mercy
             kiles
             Law
             &
             Iustice
             ,
             but
             such
             dayes
             are
             seldome
             set
             downe
             in
             our
             Calenders
             ,
             neither
             will
             it
             serue
             this
             Iland
             ,
             but
             perswade
             my selfe
             that
             for
             a
             strange
             meridian
             is
             that
             Almanack
             calculated
             in
             which
             they
             are
             found
             .
          
           
             I
             by
             mine
             owne
             experience
             (
             though
             little
             ,
             yet
             too
             much
             to
             learne
             it
             heere
             )
             haue
             knowne
             of
             my
             owne
             knowledg
             a
             hundred
             creditors
             which
             haue
             laid
             their
             debtors
             in
             irons
             as
             relentles
             as
             
             themselues
             ,
             and
             of
             those
             hundred
             ,
             if
             I
             should
             add
             a
             hundred
             more
             ,
             I
             thinke
             I
             should
             nominate
             but
             one
             onely
             ,
             and
             only
             on
             of
             a
             mercifull
             breast
             ,
             who
             did
             not
             onely
             greiue
             to
             see
             his
             debtor
             opprest
             with
             misery
             ,
             but
             also
             layd
             money
             out
             of
             his
             purse
             to
             free
             him
             ,
             he
             shot
             a
             second
             arrow
             to
             finde
             the
             first
             and
             suppose
             he
             shot
             both
             away
             ,
             doe
             you
             thinke
             his
             quiuer
             was
             the
             emptier
             ?
             No
             ,
             he
             scattered
             a
             handfull
             of
             corne
             &
             reaped
             a
             bushell
             ,
             he
             receiued
             treble
             interest
             ,
             he
             gained
             by
             this
             new
             securitie
             ,
             &
             such
             as
             would
             not
             faile
             him
             at
             the
             day
             ;
             God
             became
             his
             debtor
             ,
             and
             paid
             him
             more
             then
             his
             accompt
             came
             to
             .
          
           
             Thou
             that
             art
             a
             Creditor
             wilt
             not
             beleeue
             this
             :
             
             doe
             not
             .
             But
             in
             stead
             of
             this
             mans
             weeping
             make
             thy
             debtor
             melt
             into
             teares
             ,
             and
             in
             stead
             of
             his
             lamentation
             reioyce
             hee
             is
             in
             thy
             hands
             to
             vse
             him
             cruelly
             ,
             and
             flatter
             thy selfe
             in
             saying
             thou
             hast
             no
             reason
             to
             loose
             so
             much
             by
             him
             ,
             and
             I
             will
             haue
             his
             body
             ,
             or
             in
             perswading
             thy selfe
             that
             his
             friends
             will
             not
             let
             him
             lye
             for
             such
             a
             debt
             ,
             and
             that
             thou
             wilt
             not
             forgiue
             him
             ,
             but
             
               nolens
               volens
            
             will
             be
             satisfied
             ,
             or
             else
             he
             shall
             starue
             and
             
             rot
             :
             
             o
             thou
             wicked
             man
             ,
             thou
             neuer
             dost
             consider
             what
             teares
             thy
             Sauiour
             shed
             to
             free
             thee
             ,
             and
             when
             thou
             wast
             giuen
             vp
             to
             the
             prison
             of
             hell
             by
             the
             hands
             of
             thy
             cruell
             creditour
             the
             Divel
             to
             be
             cruelly
             tormented
             ,
             yet
             Christ
             paid
             all
             thy
             scoares
             with
             his
             pretious
             bloud
             ,
             and
             how
             canst
             thou
             lye
             downe
             on
             thy
             pillow
             to
             pray
             to
             God
             to
             forgiue
             thee
             a
             million
             of
             debts
             ,
             nay
             they
             run
             into
             infinitum
             ,
             which
             will
             not
             forgiue
             thy
             brother
             one
             debt
             .
             And
             when
             all
             thy
             friends
             would
             not
             redeeme
             thee
             thy
             Sauiour
             freed
             thee
             ,
             how
             canst
             thou
             doe
             these
             things
             with
             a
             safe
             cōscience
             ?
             Post
             thou
             not
             sleepe
             on
             the
             pillow
             of
             thy
             owne
             damnatiō
             ,
             thy
             prayers
             turne
             into
             cursings
             ,
             and
             thou
             dost
             but
             mock
             him
             that
             thou
             prayest
             vnto
             .
          
           
             Consider
             what
             a
             great
             scoare
             thou
             art
             to
             pay
             ,
             what
             an
             accompt
             thou
             art
             to
             make
             ,
             and
             how
             thou
             shalt
             not
             escape
             if
             thou
             vse
             such
             cruelty
             till
             thou
             hast
             paide
             the
             vtmost
             farthing
             ,
             thou
             that
             art
             a
             cruell
             murtherer
             whom
             the
             reuenge
             and
             wronges
             of
             a
             wife
             ,
             children
             ,
             parents
             ,
             and
             orphants
             will
             like
             the
             bloud
             of
             Abell
             call
             to
             heauen
             for
             vengeance
             on
             thee
             and
             thy
             posterity
             :
             doe
             but
             
             consider
             of
             this
             ,
             and
             then
             thou
             wilt
             be
             affaid
             to
             torment
             thy
             brother
             .
             But
             imitate
             the
             Romaines
             who
             builded
             a
             temple
             for
             the
             reliefe
             of
             those
             which
             were
             fallen
             into
             decay
             &
             pouerty
             ,
             then
             find
             a
             prison
             to
             starue
             them
             in
             ,
             and
             follow
             
               Titus
               Vespacian
            
             who
             hauing
             omitted
             but
             one
             day
             to
             doe
             Iustice
             caused
             that
             day
             to
             be
             put
             forth
             of
             the
             calender
             .
             So
             that
             day
             when
             thou
             shalt
             haue
             but
             a
             thought
             of
             tormēting
             thy
             poore
             brother
             ▪
             doe
             but
             looke
             into
             thy
             owne
             consience
             and
             it
             will
             make
             thee
             repent
             that
             euer
             thou
             hast
             liued
             such
             a
             day
             wherein
             thou
             hast
             plaid
             the
             tyrant
             in
             thy
             heart
             .
             The
             rockes
             haue
             yeelded
             reliefe
             to
             men
             opprest
             ,
             but
             you
             more
             harder
             then
             they
             ,
             are
             the
             cause
             of
             their
             misery
             .
             Be
             thou
             as
             great
             a
             tyrant
             ouer
             thy
             poore
             debtor
             as
             Nero
             was
             ,
             as
             cruell
             as
             Phalaris
             ,
             as
             inhumane
             as
             Lycaon
             ,
             &
             in
             the
             end
             thou
             doest
             with
             thes
             get
             a
             staffe
             to
             breake
             thy
             owne
             head
             ,
             and
             lay
             a
             snare
             which
             thou
             thy selfe
             shalt
             fall
             into
             ,
             which
             though
             thy
             owne
             person
             escape
             ,
             yet
             thy
             posterity
             shal
             be
             sure
             to
             feele
             the
             punishment
             .
          
           
             Thou
             that
             vauntest
             ,
             and
             wilt
             make
             dice
             of
             thy
             debters
             bones
             ,
             be
             these
             the
             
             words
             of
             a
             man
             ?
             no
             ,
             of
             a
             monster
             ?
             no
             ,
             but
             a
             diuell
             ,
             nay
             worse
             then
             a
             diuill
             ,
             a
             thing
             not
             worthy
             name
             ,
             for
             these
             words
             thou
             art
             as
             infamous
             ,
             as
             the
             Iewes
             hatefull
             for
             casting
             of
             dice
             for
             the
             Lords
             garments
             ,
             that
             garment
             was
             but
             a
             senceles
             thing
             but
             thou
             casts
             dice
             for
             a
             peece
             of
             thy
             redeemers
             body
             .
          
           
             Thou
             takest
             with
             one
             clap
             of
             a
             Varlets
             hand
             ,
             from
             the
             Courtier
             his
             honour
             ,
             from
             the
             Lawyer
             his
             tongue
             ,
             from
             the
             Merchant
             the
             seas
             ,
             from
             the
             Cittizen
             his
             credit
             ,
             from
             the
             Scholler
             his
             preferment
             ,
             from
             the
             husband
             man
             the
             earth
             it selfe
             (
             and
             from
             all
             men
             as
             much
             as
             thou
             maist
             )
             the
             brightnes
             and
             warmth
             of
             the
             sunne
             of
             heauen
             ,
             in
             a
             word
             if
             nothing
             will
             make
             thy
             stony
             heart
             relent
             ,
             thou
             in
             being
             cruell
             to
             thy
             debtor
             ,
             art
             worse
             then
             the
             hang
             man
             ,
             hee
             before
             hee
             strikes
             begs
             pardon
             ,
             thou
             takest
             a
             pride
             to
             condemne
             where
             thou
             maist
             saue
             .
          
           
             But
             it
             may
             bee
             thy
             estate
             is
             sicke
             ,
             thy
             credit
             much
             ingaged
             ,
             and
             to
             saue
             thy selfe
             thou
             art
             forced
             to
             doe
             this
             .
             In
             so
             doing
             thou
             dost
             well
             ,
             if
             another
             weare
             thy
             coate
             and
             thou
             goest
             colde
             
             thou
             maist
             pluck
             it
             from
             his
             shoulders
             .
             If
             thou
             art
             hungry
             and
             another
             keepeth
             thy
             meate
             ,
             thou
             maist
             take
             it
             off
             his
             table
             ;
             if
             he
             be
             able
             to
             cure
             thy
             wound
             ,
             which
             for
             his
             sake
             thou
             hast
             made
             ,
             thou
             hast
             reason
             to
             seeke
             thy
             remedy
             ,
             but
             if
             he
             which
             hath
             borrowed
             thy
             coate
             ,
             hath
             worne
             it
             out
             ,
             and
             hath
             not
             a
             ragge
             to
             couer
             him
             with
             ,
             wilt
             thou
             trample
             vpon
             his
             naked
             body
             ?
             If
             with
             the
             Iew
             of
             Malta
             in
             stead
             of
             coyne
             thou
             requirest
             a
             pound
             of
             flesh
             next
             to
             thy
             debtors
             heart
             ,
             wilt
             thou
             cut
             him
             in
             peeces
             ?
             If
             thy
             debtor
             offer
             thee
             his
             bed
             he
             lyes
             in
             ,
             his
             chamber
             hee
             sleepes
             in
             ,
             his
             dish
             hee
             drinkes
             in
             ,
             nay
             all
             that
             he
             hath
             ,
             so
             that
             he
             leaues
             himselfe
             ,
             wife
             and
             children
             as
             naked
             as
             they
             came
             into
             the
             world
             ,
             wilt
             thou
             for
             all
             this
             suffer
             him
             to
             lye
             in
             prison
             ?
             If
             thou
             be
             mercifull
             to
             thy
             debtor
             that
             cannot
             pay
             thee
             ,
             alas
             what
             is
             it
             ?
             No
             more
             then
             if
             thou
             shouldst
             lift
             vp
             the
             head
             of
             a
             sick
             man
             vpon
             his
             pillow
             to
             ease
             him
             ,
             he
             may
             recouer
             and
             doe
             as
             much
             for
             thee
             ;
             in
             prison
             pouerty
             is
             made
             beggery
             ,
             and
             so
             thereby
             thou
             dost
             not
             onely
             vndoe
             thy
             debtor
             ,
             but
             loose
             all
             ,
             therefore
             bee
             mercifull
             and
             pittifull
             ,
             
             and
             thou
             shalt
             not
             loose
             thy
             rewarde
             .
          
           
             Lycurgus
             being
             askt
             why
             he
             made
             no
             law
             for
             parracides
             ,
             
             he
             answered
             because
             he
             thought
             there
             were
             none
             so
             vnnaturall
             :
             so
             if
             I
             should
             haue
             studied
             all
             the
             dayes
             of
             my
             life
             ,
             and
             that
             my
             yeares
             should
             be
             doubled
             ,
             I
             should
             neuer
             haue
             Imagined
             either
             to
             haue
             inuented
             ,
             or
             to
             haue
             bin
             an
             eye-witnesse
             of
             such
             vnnaturallnes
             as
             is
             heere
             exemplary
             ,
             as
             the
             sonne
             who
             being
             bound
             for
             his
             father
             ,
             to
             free
             himselfe
             hath
             layd
             his
             father
             vp
             in
             close
             prison
             ,
             and
             heere
             hath
             detayned
             him
             seauen
             yeares
             neuer
             yeelding
             to
             any
             composition
             ,
             but
             his
             poore
             father
             liues
             at
             his
             mercilesse
             mercie
             ,
             and
             againe
             the
             father
             suffers
             his
             sonne
             to
             be
             imprisoned
             for
             his
             owne
             debt
             at
             his
             owne
             suit
             ,
             surely
             a
             thing
             so
             abhorde
             ,
             that
             I
             tremble
             to
             write
             it
             ,
             and
             none
             can
             reade
             it
             without
             blushing
             .
             What
             will
             this
             world
             come
             to
             ,
             when
             the
             Mammon
             of
             this
             world
             shall
             set
             father
             against
             sonne
             ,
             sonne
             against
             father
             ,
             and
             make
             them
             more
             mercilesse
             then
             Tygers
             ,
             and
             more
             vnnaturall
             then
             beasts
             :
             for
             a
             beast
             forsakes
             not
             his
             owne
             ,
             but
             man
             respecteth
             gold
             before
             his
             friend
             ,
             
             &
             the
             father
             ,
             coyne
             before
             the
             sonne
             of
             his
             body
             ,
             flesh
             of
             his
             flesh
             .
             And
             the
             sonne
             the
             God
             of
             this
             world
             before
             his
             father
             ,
             which
             gaue
             him
             life
             ,
             and
             beeing
             whom
             he
             ought
             to
             cherish
             ,
             and
             vndergoe
             all
             troubles
             to
             ease
             him
             .
             But
             looke
             to
             it
             ,
             both
             fathers
             and
             children
             ,
             least
             in
             a
             moment
             the
             iust
             iudgment
             of
             God
             fall
             vppon
             you
             ,
             and
             damne
             them
             and
             your
             gold
             together
             ,
             louing
             it
             better
             then
             those
             whom
             you
             ought
             to
             cherish
             ,
             and
             the
             one
             to
             be
             but
             a
             thing
             of
             the
             basest
             esteeme
             in
             respect
             of
             the
             other
             .
             
             I
             could
             exemplifie
             it
             with
             historyes
             as
             well
             forraine
             as
             domestique
             but
             that
             it
             is
             not
             my
             purpose
             ,
             for
             
               Ex
               paucis
               plurima
               concipit
               ingenium
            
             .
          
        
         
           
             The
             Character
             of
             a
             Creditor
             .
          
           
             A
             Creditor
             is
             a
             man
             whose
             estate
             is
             wrapped
             vp
             in
             sheepe-skins
             ,
             his
             rising
             growes
             by
             his
             debtors
             fall
             ,
             his
             credit
             relyes
             vpon
             his
             debtors
             performance
             ,
             and
             the
             death
             of
             a
             young
             gallants
             father
             is
             more
             pleasing
             to
             him
             thē
             fasting
             dayes
             to
             a
             Vsurer
             ,
             or
             death
             to
             a
             Broker
             ,
             hee
             growes
             rich
             onely
             by
             putting
             forth
             commodities
             ,
             which
             
             mediately
             conuerts
             ▪
             to
             discommodities
             ,
             hee
             will
             not
             put
             out
             money
             for
             tenne
             in
             the
             hundred
             ,
             for
             vsury
             is
             hatefull
             to
             him
             ,
             but
             hee
             loues
             extortion
             and
             makes
             that
             his
             
               summum
               bonum
            
             ,
             for
             he
             will
             marchandize
             with
             you
             ,
             whereby
             hee
             will
             gaine
             sixty
             in
             a
             hundred
             ,
             hee
             is
             your
             Cities
             honest
             man
             ,
             which
             is
             ,
             to
             speake
             the
             truth
             ,
             more
             thē
             a
             knaue
             ,
             for
             a
             knaue
             that
             is
             crafty
             needs
             no
             broker
             ,
             but
             hee
             cannot
             liue
             without
             one
             .
             He
             is
             a
             man
             composed
             of
             all
             loue
             ,
             and
             protesting
             kindnesse
             to
             pleasure
             the
             occasions
             of
             his
             gallant
             debtor
             ,
             with
             his
             much
             affirmation
             of
             his
             respect
             ,
             how
             willing
             he
             is
             to
             doe
             his
             worship
             a
             pleasure
             ,
             whereby
             the
             chiefe
             ayme
             of
             his
             pleasure
             is
             to
             haue
             a
             footing
             vppon
             some
             capitall
             messuage
             ,
             or
             else
             to
             be
             fingring
             some
             petty
             Lordshippe
             ,
             or
             cōely
             mānor
             ,
             who
             hauing
             no
             sooner
             glutted
             himselfe
             with
             the
             rich
             banquet
             of
             his
             debtors
             deere
             cost
             ,
             but
             immediately
             to
             physick
             himselfe
             he
             is
             at
             the
             charge
             of
             a
             faire
             hackney
             Coach
             with
             three
             most
             absolute
             lades
             to
             draw
             him
             (
             whither
             hee
             most
             willingly
             is
             drawne
             )
             with
             his
             curious
             wife
             ,
             and
             two
             or
             three
             of
             his
             owne
             
             conditioned
             neighbours
             ,
             
             to
             see
             this
             goodly
             purchase
             ,
             who
             prepare
             themselues
             some
             fortnight
             before
             hand
             ,
             and
             prune
             themselues
             vp
             in
             their
             Peacocks
             feathers
             like
             the
             puppets
             in
             a
             Lord
             Maior
             his
             pageant
             ,
             and
             for
             this
             his
             great
             act
             he
             is
             admired
             at
             amongst
             his
             neighbours
             as
             the
             Owle
             in
             the
             day
             time
             amongst
             other
             birds
             ,
             and
             esteemed
             of
             with
             as
             much
             respect
             as
             that
             captaine
             Pigmi
             was
             ,
             which
             was
             commander
             in
             that
             bloudy
             warres
             against
             the
             terrible
             black
             Crowes
             .
          
           
             A
             Creditor
             may
             further
             be
             said
             to
             bee
             either
             ,
             
               homo
               ,
               monstrum
               ,
               or
               demon
               .
            
             A
             man
             when
             he
             casts
             his
             debtor
             into
             Prison
             with
             a
             determination
             to
             seeke
             his
             owne
             ,
             not
             to
             ruin
             him
             ,
             and
             if
             he
             bee
             not
             able
             to
             pay
             all
             ,
             to
             take
             what
             he
             can
             spare
             ,
             and
             giue
             him
             day
             for
             the
             rest
             ,
             and
             so
             release
             him
             :
             this
             man
             is
             
               (
               homo
               homini
               Deus
            
             )
             that
             as
             he
             doth
             punish
             ,
             so
             he
             doth
             preserue
             .
          
           
             A
             Monster
             when
             he
             hath
             not
             onely
             extended
             his
             substance
             but
             casts
             him
             in
             Prison
             ,
             and
             is
             as
             deafe
             as
             an
             adder
             to
             heare
             of
             releafe
             till
             he
             haue
             paid
             him
             the
             vtmost
             farthing
             .
          
           
           
             A
             Diuell
             when
             hee
             hath
             ruined
             him
             doth
             reioyce
             to
             see
             him
             fall
             ,
             and
             in
             stead
             of
             coyne
             will
             haue
             his
             carkasse
             ,
             but
             to
             finde
             a
             creditor
             both
             
               Homo
               et
               Angelus
            
             ,
             that
             will
             release
             his
             prisoner
             when
             he
             is
             not
             able
             to
             pay
             him
             ,
             and
             that
             will
             consider
             that
             
               vltra
               posse
               non
               est
               esse
            
             .
             Such
             a
             one
             is
             
               Rara
               auis
               in
               terris
               ,
               &c.
               
            
          
           
             
               Some
               creditors
               are
               pittifull
               ,
            
             
               And
               mercy
               still
               will
               show
               :
            
             
               And
               some
               as
               flint
               will
               harder
               be
               ,
            
             
               Which
               many
               debters
               know
               .
            
          
        
         
           
             Of
             choyce
             of
             company
             in
             Prison
             .
          
           
             VVOuldst
             thou
             learne
             to
             dispute
             well
             ,
             be
             an
             excellent
             Sophister
             ,
             wouldst
             thou
             dispute
             of
             forraine
             affaires
             ,
             and
             be
             an
             excellent
             linguist
             ,
             I
             counsell
             thee
             to
             trauel
             ?
             Wouldst
             thou
             be
             of
             a
             pleasing
             and
             affectionate
             behauiour
             ?
             Frequent
             the
             Court.
             Wouldst
             thou
             diue
             into
             the
             secret
             villanies
             of
             man
             ?
             Lye
             in
             prison
             .
             
          
           
             Take
             heed
             when
             thou
             entrest
             into
             this
             wildernesse
             of
             wilde
             beasts
             ,
             what
             path
             thou
             takest
             ,
             some
             guide
             is
             
             necessary
             ,
             or
             else
             vnawares
             ,
             thou
             wilt
             with
             the
             Roman
             Emperours
             Steward
             fall
             into
             a
             pit
             ,
             where
             cruell
             deuouring
             are
             intrapped
             ,
             which
             will
             ruine
             thee
             .
          
           
             Societie
             is
             the
             string
             at
             which
             the
             life
             of
             man
             hangeth
             without
             which
             is
             no
             musicke
             ,
             two
             in
             this
             maske
             is
             but
             a
             vnion
             ,
             Adam
             had
             his
             Eue
             ,
             and
             euery
             sonne
             of
             Adam
             hath
             his
             brother
             whom
             he
             loues
             .
          
           
             No
             Chariot
             runs
             with
             one
             wheele
             ,
             two
             makes
             it
             steady
             ,
             a
             third
             is
             superfluous
             ,
             foure
             too
             cumbersome
             ,
             thou
             must
             choose
             one
             and
             but
             one
             ,
             who
             walkes
             alone
             is
             lame
             .
          
           
             Men
             of
             all
             conditions
             are
             forced
             into
             prison
             ,
             as
             all
             riuers
             runne
             into
             the
             sea
             ,
             therefore
             it
             is
             good
             to
             be
             familiar
             with
             all
             ,
             acquainted
             with
             few
             ,
             and
             if
             with
             any
             
               eandem
               cantilenam
               cano
            
             ,
             but
             with
             one
             ,
             make
             triall
             what
             the
             vessell
             will
             hold
             before
             thou
             powre
             thy selfe
             into
             him
             ,
             and
             bee
             wary
             what
             thou
             sayest
             or
             doest
             ,
             for
             thou
             shalt
             haue
             the
             eies
             of
             enuy
             ,
             not
             of
             reproofe
             which
             will
             looke
             vpon
             thee
             ,
             to
             malice
             thee
             if
             thou
             doest
             well
             ,
             and
             if
             thou
             deny
             to
             follow
             them
             in
             their
             humors
             ,
             or
             to
             daunce
             after
             their
             owne
             pipe
             ,
             
             thou
             shalt
             be
             more
             emulated
             then
             the
             boy
             was
             of
             the
             two
             Ladies
             when
             hee
             preferred
             Venus
             before
             in
             giuing
             her
             the
             golden
             bal
             ,
             and
             if
             by
             accident
             thou
             doest
             any
             thing
             amisse
             ,
             as
             
               humanum
               est
               errare
            
             thou
             shalt
             bee
             more
             vilified
             ,
             and
             with
             inueterate
             malice
             more
             prosecuted
             to
             disgrace
             thee
             ,
             then
             the
             Pharisees
             did
             the
             Hugonites
             .
          
           
             Be
             wary
             therefore
             of
             thy
             company
             ,
             for
             to
             be
             a
             bowle
             for
             euery
             alley
             ,
             and
             runne
             into
             euery
             company
             prooues
             thy
             minde
             to
             haue
             no
             bias
             .
          
           
             Thy
             comming
             into
             prison
             is
             like
             a
             traueller
             comming
             into
             strange
             countries
             ,
             and
             takes
             vp
             seuerall
             lodgings
             ,
             hath
             many
             welcomes
             ,
             but
             they
             are
             not
             to
             him
             ,
             but
             to
             his
             money
             .
          
           
             If
             thou
             wilt
             dwell
             with
             thy selfe
             be
             not
             giddy
             ,
             but
             composed
             ,
             for
             hee
             that
             is
             euery
             where
             is
             no
             where
             ,
             therefore
             be
             wary
             whom
             thou
             selectest
             ,
             for
             here
             bee
             of
             all
             sorts
             ,
             for
             thou
             shalt
             as
             well
             finde
             a
             flattering
             Gnatho
             ,
             as
             a
             dissembling
             Sinon
             ,
             and
             if
             thou
             haue
             store
             of
             crownes
             ,
             then
             thou
             shalt
             be
             sure
             to
             be
             humored
             and
             bee
             beloued
             with
             outward
             respects
             ,
             and
             then
             they
             wil
             counsell
             and
             aduise
             thee
             with
             protestations
             
             of
             their
             loue
             ,
             but
             looke
             to
             such
             ,
             whose
             counsell
             to
             heare
             ,
             and
             not
             imbrace
             will
             do
             hurt
             but
             may
             much
             improue
             thee
             ,
             but
             if
             once
             taken
             it
             will
             operate
             as
             the
             apple
             which
             Valentine
             dutchesse
             of
             Orleans
             cast
             to
             the
             young
             Princes
             which
             once
             tasted
             ,
             will
             so
             poyson
             thee
             with
             corruption
             that
             thou
             art
             vncurable
             .
          
           
             Further
             heere
             be
             vaine
             glorious
             &
             taska
             iue
             headed
             fooles
             ,
             snch
             wil
             more
             trouble
             thee
             ,
             then
             any
             action
             of
             debt
             which
             is
             laid
             one
             thee
             heere
             be
             common
             drunkards
             ,
             which
             wil
             lie
             heauier
             one
             thee
             then
             an
             execution
             .
          
           
             But
             if
             thou
             suffer
             a
             man
             to
             ly
             long
             in
             thy
             bosome
             ,
             albeit
             his
             conditions
             be
             full
             of
             flawes
             ,
             yet
             labour
             to
             peece
             and
             seame
             vp
             his
             vices
             ,
             rather
             then
             to
             cast
             him
             off
             least
             that
             it
             call
             thy
             owne
             iudgment
             in
             question
             .
          
           
             All
             men
             haue
             imperfections
             ,
             
             and
             being
             in
             prison
             wee
             must
             not
             looke
             to
             haue
             them
             starres
             ,
             this
             place
             is
             noe
             Orbe
             for
             such
             constellations
             .
          
           
             Let
             not
             thy
             companion
             be
             a
             miserable
             base
             minded
             fellow
             ,
             for
             then
             nigardlinesse
             will
             hold
             her
             fingers
             one
             thy
             purse
             stringes
             ,
             let
             him
             not
             be
             a
             Prodigall
             
             for
             then
             he
             will
             draw
             thee
             to
             riot
             ,
             of
             adultery
             to
             lust
             ,
             of
             swearers
             to
             damned
             oaths
             ,
             
             of
             pot
             companions
             to
             drunkennesse
             ,
             acquaint
             thy selfe
             therefore
             not
             with
             the
             most
             ,
             but
             best
             ,
             not
             the
             best
             in
             cloths
             or
             money
             ,
             but
             in
             vertue
             ,
             if
             there
             be
             none
             such
             in
             prison
             then
             keepe
             company
             with
             thy selfe
             ,
             
             and
             in
             thy
             chamber
             keepe
             company
             with
             Plutarke
             and
             Seneca
             ,
             or
             rather
             
               Perkins
               and
               Greeneham
            
             ,
             the
             one
             will
             teach
             thee
             to
             liue
             well
             ,
             the
             other
             to
             dy
             well
             .
          
           
             
               The
               good
               will
               teach
               thee
               good
               ,
               
            
             
               The
               bad
               will
               thee
               defame
               :
            
             
               The
               one
               to
               vertue
               thee
               will
               bring
            
             
               The
               other
               greife
               and
               shame
               .
            
          
        
         
           
             The
             Character
             of
             Companions
             in
             Prison
             .
          
           
             Quot
             homines
             ,
             tot
             sententiae
             .
          
           
             All
             companies
             are
             not
             alike
             ,
             neither
             is
             there
             a
             vnion
             in
             their
             dispositions
             .
             I
             will
             therefore
             touch
             but
             three
             kinds
             of
             persons
             which
             thou
             shalt
             be
             sure
             to
             find
             in
             prison
             .
             viz.
             
          
           
             
               1
               A
               Parasite
               .
            
             
               2
               A
               Iohn
               indifferent
               .
            
             
               3
               A
               true
               harted
               Titus
               .
            
          
           
           
             The
             first
             loueth
             thee
             better
             for
             thy
             meanes
             then
             merit
             ,
             thy
             substance
             then
             thy selfe
             ,
             who
             will
             rippe
             open
             thy
             bosome
             to
             thy
             enemy
             ,
             and
             when
             thy
             money
             begins
             to
             sinke
             ,
             will
             fly
             from
             thee
             ,
             and
             will
             be
             the
             first
             that
             will
             disgrace
             thee
             .
             Hee
             is
             like
             a
             whore
             who
             will
             no
             longer
             fawne
             ,
             then
             thou
             wilt
             feede
             him
             .
             Hee
             is
             a
             trencher
             rascall
             ,
             which
             will
             more
             hate
             thee
             when
             thou
             leauest
             to
             releeue
             him
             ,
             then
             euer
             hee
             did
             seeme
             to
             loue
             thee
             .
          
           
             The
             second
             is
             one
             that
             will
             flatter
             thee
             ,
             and
             will
             neither
             absolutely
             loue
             thee
             nor
             hate
             thee
             ,
             but
             when
             present
             will
             be
             with
             thee
             ,
             when
             absent
             against
             thee
             ,
             hee
             is
             
               hic
               et
               vbique
            
             ,
             heere
             and
             euery
             where
             ,
             and
             in
             very
             truth
             he
             is
             no
             where
             .
          
           
             The
             last
             of
             these
             thou
             maist
             call
             the
             masculine
             sweete
             heart
             ,
             on
             which
             may
             be
             resembled
             to
             truth
             whose
             bosome
             is
             allwaies
             bare
             ,
             and
             hath
             a
             breast
             of
             Chistall
             ,
             that
             thou
             maist
             looke
             through
             his
             body
             to
             his
             heart
             ,
             he
             is
             one
             that
             will
             loue
             thee
             in
             aduersity
             ,
             hee
             will
             respect
             thee
             in
             the
             kitchin
             as
             well
             as
             in
             the
             parlor
             ,
             he
             will
             reuerence
             thee
             in
             the
             hole
             as
             well
             as
             in
             the
             
             maisters
             side
             hee
             will
             looke
             on
             thee
             in
             raggs
             as
             well
             as
             in
             robes
             ,
             and
             will
             acknowledge
             thee
             in
             fetters
             as
             in
             a
             feather-bed
             ,
             come
             stormes
             ,
             cōe
             calmes
             ,
             come
             tempests
             ,
             come
             sun-shine
             ,
             come
             what
             can
             come
             ,
             he
             wil
             be
             thine
             and
             stick
             to
             thee
             therefore
             .
          
           
             
               Be
               carefull
               that
               thou
               keepe
               alway
               ,
               
            
             
               A
               freind
               in
               time
               of
               neede
               :
            
             
               That
               will
               thee
               helpe
               without
               delay
               ,
            
             
               If
               that
               thou
               stand
               in
               neede
               .
            
          
        
         
           
             Of
             Visitants
             in
             Prison
             .
          
           
             Nullus
             ad
             amissas
             ibit
             amicus
             opes
             .
          
           
             From
             a
             ruinous
             house
             euery
             man
             flies
             ,
             they
             that
             are
             abroad
             ask
             euery
             day
             how
             thou
             doest
             ,
             when
             in
             prison
             they
             protest
             they
             are
             sorrow
             for
             thy
             misfortunes
             ,
             but
             neuer
             come
             to
             thee
             ,
             such
             are
             idle
             passengers
             pressing
             about
             a
             Barbers
             shoppe
             ,
             when
             a
             man
             is
             carried
             in
             wounded
             ,
             who
             will
             peepe
             in
             ānd
             climbe
             about
             the
             windowes
             ,
             but
             dare
             not
             enter
             into
             the
             shoppe
             ,
             for
             feare
             they
             should
             fall
             into
             a
             swoond
             to
             see
             him
             drest
             ,
             a
             Prisoner
             is
             as
             much
             beholding
             to
             such
             leape-frogge
             acquaintance
             as
             a
             man
             shaken
             with
             an
             ague
             to
             euery
             gossoping
             woman
             he
             meetes
             
             who
             will
             teach
             him
             a
             hundered
             medicines
             and
             not
             one
             worth
             taking
             .
          
           
             But
             if
             thy
             abiility
             be
             such
             that
             thou
             workest
             thy
             liberty
             then
             thou
             shalt
             haue
             as
             many
             hands
             imbracing
             thee
             as
             Centimanus
             had
             ,
             much
             wine
             with
             little
             loue
             bestowed
             vpon
             thee
             ,
             with
             oaths
             infinite
             that
             they
             were
             comming
             forty
             times
             to
             see
             thee
             ,
             but
             this
             or
             that
             occasion
             hindred
             them
             ,
             when
             indeede
             they
             were
             afraide
             thou
             shouldest
             haue
             had
             occasion
             to
             vse
             them
             ,
             &
             they
             had
             purposed
             to
             hath
             come
             this
             day
             ,
             but
             they
             are
             happy
             that
             thy
             so
             much
             desired
             liberty
             haue
             preuented
             them
             ,
             to
             such
             giue
             no
             credit
             ,
             onely
             salute
             them
             with
             a
             Salue
             ,
             and
             a
             Vale.
             
          
           
             Others
             will
             come
             to
             thee
             with
             weeping
             and
             sighthing
             to
             cheere
             thee
             vp
             ,
             but
             such
             are
             like
             Robin-redbrests
             that
             brings
             strawes
             in
             their
             charitable
             bills
             to
             couer
             the
             deade
             .
          
           
             Others
             will
             promisse
             to
             lend
             thee
             money
             ,
             but
             try
             them
             before
             thou
             haue
             occasion
             to
             vse
             them
             ,
             which
             if
             they
             deny
             thee
             ,
             when
             thou
             art
             at
             liberty
             be
             then
             vnto
             them
             as
             a
             shaddow
             .
             But
             true
             friends
             in
             a
             prison
             are
             like
             strawberries
             
             in
             a
             barren
             countrey
             ,
             that
             one
             can
             hardly
             get
             a
             handfull
             in
             a
             whole
             yeare
             ,
             nay
             they
             are
             like
             your
             roses
             heere
             in
             Christmas
             ,
             a
             thousand
             to
             one
             if
             in
             an
             age
             ,
             one
             bee
             found
             so
             in
             prison
             it
             is
             a
             great
             ods
             if
             of
             a
             thousand
             kinsmen
             ,
             allies
             ,
             and
             acquaintance
             I
             finde
             but
             one
             true
             freind
             .
          
           
             
               Donec
               eris
               foelix
               multos
               numerabis
               amicos
               .
            
             
               Tempora
               si
               fuerint
               nubila
               ,
               solus
               eris
               .
            
          
           
             But
             if
             in
             this
             great
             dearth
             of
             freinds
             wherein
             wee
             liue
             ,
             vnder
             what
             fortunate
             plannet
             may
             I
             iudge
             my selfe
             to
             be
             borne
             ,
             and
             that
             the
             constellations
             of
             the
             starres
             haue
             much
             fauored
             me
             ,
             that
             amongst
             all
             my
             flesh
             and
             blood
             I
             haue
             found
             one
             true
             Damon
             or
             faithfull
             Pylades
             ,
             and
             amongst
             all
             my
             acquaintance
             haue
             found
             some
             faithfull
             ,
             and
             more
             constant
             in
             their
             loue
             and
             respect
             to
             me
             in
             this
             place
             ,
             then
             when
             I
             was
             at
             liberty
             they
             did
             make
             shew
             of
             ,
             that
             I
             may
             truly
             say
             .
          
           
             
               Of
               Visitants
               some
               faithfull
               are
               ,
            
             
               When
               Prisoners
               them
               require
               :
            
             
               And
               to
               them
               nothing
               will
               deny
               ,
            
             
               If
               that
               they
               them
               desire
               .
            
          
        
         
           
           
             The
             Character
             of
             Visitants
             .
          
           
             Visitants
             for
             the
             most
             part
             are
             men
             composed
             all
             of
             protesting
             promises
             ,
             and
             little
             or
             no
             performance
             they
             are
             like
             your
             Almanacks
             ,
             which
             when
             they
             promise
             faire
             weather
             ,
             it
             is
             a
             million
             to
             a
             mite
             if
             it
             proue
             not
             contrary
             ,
             they
             are
             like
             the
             German
             clocks
             which
             seldome
             goe
             right
             ,
             their
             tongues
             runne
             faster
             then
             the
             clock
             one
             shroue-tuesday
             ,
             the
             pissing
             Conduit
             in
             cheapeside
             ,
             or
             an
             Irish
             mans
             paire
             of
             heeles
             when
             he
             runnes
             one
             a
             wager
             ,
             he
             will
             tyre
             thy
             eares
             more
             in
             one
             hower
             with
             his
             loude
             protestations
             ,
             then
             a
             Scholler
             ,
             Citizen
             or
             Taylor
             will
             a
             hackney
             horse
             in
             halfe
             a
             dayes
             riding
             ,
             but
             in
             performance
             will
             be
             as
             slow
             as
             a
             Snayle
             in
             her
             pace
             ,
             and
             when
             thy
             messenger
             comes
             to
             them
             for
             money
             ,
             thē
             they
             will
             be
             sure
             to
             haue
             the
             Strongullion
             ,
             or
             Cholick
             that
             they
             cannot
             speake
             ,
             and
             looke
             as
             rustily
             one
             thy
             messenger
             ,
             as
             a
             Lawyer
             wil
             one
             his
             clyent
             which
             sueth
             vnder
             
               forma
               pauperis
            
             ,
             your
             letters
             as
             acceptable
             as
             water
             into
             a
             shippe
             ,
             the
             Kings
             priuie
             seale
             to
             a
             vsurer
             ,
             a
             Subpoena
             
             to
             a
             countrey
             Gentleman
             ,
             or
             a
             catchpole
             amongst
             the
             freindly
             society
             of
             Gallants
             .
          
           
             They
             are
             like
             the
             riches
             &
             chaynes
             bought
             at
             Saint
             Martynes
             who
             were
             faire
             for
             a
             little
             time
             ,
             but
             shortly
             after
             will
             proue
             alchamy
             or
             rather
             pure
             copper
             .
          
           
             Lastly
             ,
             they
             are
             like
             the
             apples
             which
             growe
             on
             the
             bankes
             of
             Gomorrah
             ,
             they
             haue
             crimson
             and
             beautifull
             rindes
             ,
             but
             when
             they
             come
             to
             gather
             them
             ,
             they
             crumble
             all
             to
             dust
             ;
             and
             truely
             can
             I
             say
             :
             
               
                 Of
                 Visitants
                 some
                 deserue
                 the
                 name
                 ,
              
               
                 And
                 freindly
                 are
                 to
                 some
                 :
              
               
                 And
                 some
                 there
                 be
                 that
                 meāe
                 no
                 good
                 ,
              
               
                 But
                 hurt
                 to
                 them
                 they
                 come
              
            
          
        
         
           
             Of
             entertainement
             in
             Prison
             .
          
           
             AS
             soone
             as
             thou
             commest
             before
             the
             gate
             of
             the
             Prison
             ,
             doe
             but
             thinke
             thou
             art
             entring
             into
             hell
             ,
             and
             it
             will
             extenuate
             somewhat
             of
             thy
             misery
             ,
             for
             thou
             shalt
             be
             sure
             not
             onely
             to
             finde
             hell
             ,
             but
             fiends
             &
             vgly
             monsters
             ,
             which
             with
             continuall
             torments
             will
             afflict
             thee
             ,
             for
             at
             the
             gate
             their
             stands
             Cerberus
             a
             man
             in
             shew
             but
             a
             
             dogge
             in
             nature
             ,
             who
             at
             thy
             entrance
             will
             fawne
             vppon
             thee
             ,
             bidding
             thee
             welcome
             in
             respect
             of
             the
             golden
             Cruse
             which
             he
             must
             haue
             cast
             him
             ,
             then
             he
             opens
             the
             dore
             with
             all
             gentlenes
             ,
             shewing
             thee
             the
             way
             to
             misery
             is
             very
             facile
             ,
             and
             being
             once
             in
             ,
             he
             shuts
             it
             with
             such
             fury
             ,
             that
             it
             makes
             the
             foundation
             shake
             and
             the
             dore
             &
             windowes
             so
             baracadoed
             ,
             that
             a
             man
             so
             looseth
             himselfe
             with
             admiration
             that
             he
             can
             hardly
             finde
             the
             way
             out
             ,
             and
             be
             a
             sound
             man.
             Now
             for
             the
             most
             part
             your
             Porter
             is
             either
             some
             brokē
             Cittizen
             ,
             who
             hath
             plaide
             lack
             of
             all
             trades
             ,
             some
             Pander
             ▪
             Broker
             ,
             or
             Hangman
             ,
             that
             hath
             plaide
             the
             knaue
             with
             all
             men
             ,
             and
             for
             the
             more
             certainty
             his
             emblime
             is
             a
             red
             beard
             to
             which
             sack
             hath
             made
             his
             nose
             cousen
             Ierman
             .
          
           
             No
             sooner
             shall
             a
             man
             passe
             this
             fury
             ,
             but
             hee
             is
             conducted
             to
             little
             ease
             his
             chamber
             ,
             where
             he
             no
             sooner
             hath
             entred
             ,
             but
             (
             hard
             vsage
             )
             his
             chamberlaine
             salutes
             him
             ,
             and
             protests
             he
             hath
             lodged
             thee
             with
             as
             honest
             a
             man
             as
             himselfe
             ,
             when
             in
             truth
             ,
             as
             a
             paire
             of
             Sheeres
             cannot
             part
             the
             knaue
             betwixt
             
             them
             ,
             and
             protesteth
             thou
             shalt
             haue
             a
             cleane
             payre
             of
             sheetes
             ,
             and
             of
             the
             best
             ,
             who
             hauing
             no
             sooner
             fingred
             thy
             coyne
             but
             sends
             thee
             a
             payre
             of
             sheetes
             fitter
             for
             a
             horse
             then
             a
             man
             who
             hauing
             plaide
             the
             lade
             so
             with
             thee
             ,
             then
             leaues
             thee
             .
             Hee
             no
             sooner
             departs
             but
             thridbare
             ,
             and
             monilesse
             thy
             chamber-fellowes
             ,
             come
             vpon
             thee
             for
             a
             Garnish
             ,
             which
             if
             thou
             deny
             them
             or
             hast
             no
             money
             ,
             then
             Exit
             cloake
             from
             thy
             shoulders
             ,
             and
             enters
             two
             dousen
             of
             pots
             ,
             and
             one
             dousen
             of
             pipes
             ,
             this
             is
             the
             pillowe
             which
             shall
             be
             giuen
             thee
             to
             sleepe
             on
             the
             first
             night
             :
             now
             thou
             must
             be
             saluted
             in
             the
             morning
             ,
             or
             else
             peraduenture
             thou
             wilt
             thinke
             thy selfe
             not
             welcome
             .
          
           
             In
             the
             morning
             at
             thy
             vprising
             ,
             
               (
               Pothearbe
            
             )
             the
             Gardiner
             appeares
             in
             his
             likenesse
             ,
             and
             he
             wil
             haue
             
               vnguentum
               arum
            
             for
             the
             narrowe
             path
             thou
             hast
             to
             walke
             in
             .
          
           
             Then
             to
             whet
             on
             thy
             stomach
             to
             dinner
             comes
             
               (
               Cut-throate
            
             )
             the
             Steward
             for
             his
             crowne
             ,
             who
             professeth
             much
             kindnesse
             hee
             will
             shewe
             thee
             ,
             for
             thou
             hast
             bound
             him
             with
             thy
             
             
             
             
             
             courtesie
             ,
             to
             couzen
             thee
             ,
             not
             onely
             in
             thy
             meate
             but
             money
             .
          
           
             Next
             after
             this
             comes
             (
             Mistresse
             Deceipt
             )
             the
             head
             Cooke
             ,
             who
             protesteth
             thou
             shalt
             commaund
             her
             ,
             who
             hauing
             no
             sooner
             greased
             her
             fingers
             with
             thy
             siluer
             ,
             but
             euer
             after
             she
             will
             haue
             a
             hand
             in
             thy
             dish
             what
             thou
             canst
             to
             preuent
             it
             ,
             so
             on
             all
             sides
             the
             blood
             of
             thy
             purse
             must
             bee
             powred
             out
             to
             maintaine
             such
             merciles
             blood
             ▪
             hounds
             and
             continuall
             purse-leaches
             .
          
           
             These
             furies
             ,
             as
             they
             haue
             diuers
             shapes
             ,
             so
             haue
             they
             seuerall
             kindes
             of
             temptations
             ,
             for
             after
             thou
             hast
             beene
             some
             fortnight
             in
             prison
             ,
             they
             will
             come
             to
             thee
             ,
             to
             cheere
             thee
             least
             thou
             shouldest
             adde
             melancholy
             to
             discontentment
             ,
             and
             will
             tell
             thee
             they
             wish
             thee
             well
             ,
             and
             thou
             shalt
             commaund
             them
             ,
             and
             in
             their
             opinion
             the
             sight
             of
             thee
             streete
             wil
             much
             content
             thee
             ,
             and
             they
             will
             attend
             thee
             to
             the
             Tauerne
             within
             the
             rule
             ,
             where
             thou
             must
             quench
             their
             thirst
             with
             sacke
             ,
             and
             what
             is
             got
             of
             thee
             is
             well
             got
             ,
             being
             obtained
             by
             rule
             ,
             for
             he
             that
             liues
             by
             rule
             cannot
             erre
             .
          
           
             Suppose
             thou
             either
             perceiuest
             these
             
             things
             by
             others
             ,
             or
             by
             thy
             owne
             example
             ,
             and
             so
             refuse
             this
             profered
             courtesie
             of
             theirs
             purchased
             for
             their
             pleasures
             at
             thy
             owne
             cost
             .
             Then
             if
             at
             any
             time
             vpon
             iust
             occasion
             thou
             desirest
             it
             ,
             then
             thou
             must
             giue
             them
             a
             cup
             of
             
               aurum
               potabile
            
             ,
             or
             else
             expect
             not
             the
             least
             fauour
             ,
             or
             smallest
             courtesie
             for
             no
             penny
             no
             paternoster
             ,
             no
             gold
             no
             friendship
             .
          
           
             If
             thou
             continually
             bee
             offered
             iniuries
             beare
             them
             patiently
             ,
             or
             else
             thou
             shalt
             bee
             laide
             in
             yrons
             for
             satisfaction
             .
          
           
             If
             they
             perceiue
             thou
             art
             like
             to
             continue
             ,
             and
             hast
             good
             meanes
             ,
             thou
             shalt
             want
             no
             content
             that
             prison
             can
             yeelde
             ,
             but
             euery
             dram
             of
             content
             wil
             cost
             thee
             a
             pound
             of
             siluer
             .
          
           
             When
             they
             heare
             thou
             art
             vpon
             discharge
             ,
             then
             they
             will
             bee
             very
             sorry
             and
             make
             all
             the
             best
             meanes
             that
             possibly
             they
             can
             to
             detaine
             thee
             ,
             but
             if
             there
             be
             no
             remedy
             ,
             but
             thou
             must
             needes
             depart
             ,
             then
             what
             with
             their
             three
             half-pence
             apound
             for
             Action
             money
             ,
             and
             three
             in
             the
             pound
             for
             Execution
             ,
             they
             will
             make
             such
             a
             large
             bill
             ,
             which
             will
             bee
             more
             vnconscionable
             
             then
             a
             Taylors
             ,
             for
             he
             will
             abate
             of
             the
             
               Summa
               totalis
            
             ,
             but
             in
             this
             ,
             here
             is
             nothing
             to
             bee
             abated
             ,
             all
             their
             speech
             is
             
               legem
               pone
            
             ,
             or
             else
             with
             their
             ill
             custome
             they
             will
             detaine
             thee
             ,
             for
             thy
             deniall
             is
             an
             Execution
             without
             triall
             by
             lawe
             ,
             for
             notwithstanding
             that
             amongst
             iust
             men
             
               malus
               vsus
               abolendus
               est
            
             ,
             heere
             
               conseruandus
               et
               preseruandus
            
             ,
             and
             so
             thy
             entrance
             into
             prison
             ▪
             thy
             continuance
             in
             prison
             ,
             and
             thy
             discharge
             out
             of
             prison
             will
             bee
             nothing
             but
             racking
             the
             heartstrings
             of
             poore
             prisoners
             ,
             and
             exhausting
             the
             substance
             of
             the
             distressed
             ,
             whatsoeuer
             their
             wants
             be
             ,
             holding
             it
             for
             a
             maxime
             ,
             that
             
               Summa
               iniuria
               est
               summum
               ius
            
             .
          
        
         
           
             Of
             Keepers
             which
             goe
             abroad
             with
             Prisoners
             .
          
           
             HAst
             thou
             a
             desire
             to
             goe
             abroad
             thy
             Argos
             which
             attends
             thee
             ,
             
             will
             be
             more
             chargeable
             then
             the
             Lord
             Maiors
             gally
             foyst
             on
             Simon
             &
             Iudes
             day
             ,
             or
             a
             Cittizens
             wife
             to
             her
             husband
             when
             strawberries
             and
             cherries
             are
             first
             cryed
             in
             the
             streetes
             ,
             and
             
             will
             consume
             thee
             if
             thou
             forbeare
             not
             ,
             thou
             maist
             better
             cheaperide
             one
             thy
             foote-cloth
             ,
             then
             goe
             adroade
             with
             thy
             keeper
             .
          
           
             If
             thou
             walkest
             abroad
             with
             thy
             keeper
             vse
             him
             freindly
             ,
             but
             respectiuely
             ,
             so
             manage
             him
             ,
             that
             he
             shall
             rather
             thinke
             himselfe
             beholding
             to
             thee
             then
             thou
             to
             him
             ,
             for
             howsoeuer
             hee
             fawnes
             vppon
             thee
             with
             complements
             standing
             bare
             with
             officious
             attendance
             ,
             yet
             know
             hee
             serues
             in
             his
             place
             but
             as
             the
             dogge
             the
             Butcher
             he
             is
             to
             thee
             as
             a
             curre
             to
             a
             droue
             of
             beasts
             if
             thou
             goest
             one
             quietly
             (
             be
             it
             to
             thy
             slaughter
             amongst
             griping
             Citzizens
             ,
             &
             cruell
             creditors
             to
             worke
             thy
             owne
             freedome
             ,
             he
             waits
             gently
             and
             brings
             thee
             to
             the
             dore
             ,
             but
             if
             thou
             once
             off●r
             to
             stray
             he
             woo●e
             es
             thee
             .
          
           
             Remember
             his
             eye
             shootes
             at
             two
             whites
             ,
             thy
             person
             and
             thy
             purse
             ,
             the
             one
             is
             to
             guard
             thee
             the
             other
             to
             feede
             him
             ,
             thou
             art
             compelled
             to
             ptotect
             thy
             carcase
             vnder
             his
             shelter
             ,
             as
             a
             sheepe
             in
             a
             terrible
             storme
             vnder
             a
             bryar
             ,
             and
             be
             sure
             thy
             standing
             there
             is
             to
             hae
             some
             of
             thy
             woo●…
             torne
             off
             .
          
        
         
           
           
             The
             Character
             of
             Keepers
             .
          
           
             YOur
             Keepers
             most
             commonly
             are
             insinuating
             knaues
             ,
             and
             mercinary
             rascalls
             ▪
             wearing
             their
             maisters
             liuery
             ,
             but
             their
             owne
             badge
             which
             is
             slaue
             ,
             in
             full
             proportion
             they
             looke
             like
             the
             picture
             of
             enuy
             ,
             with
             their
             hands
             continually
             diuing
             into
             poore
             Prisoners
             pockets
             ,
             with
             their
             heads
             vncouered
             ,
             still
             proffering
             courtesies
             when
             their
             hearts
             make
             answere
             ,
             what
             kindenesse
             they
             doe
             is
             
               (
               non
               tibi
               sed
               pecuniae
               ,
               )
            
             they
             most
             commonly
             feede
             well
             ,
             to
             their
             maisters
             creddit
             ,
             but
             the
             tablers
             charge
             .
             Now
             if
             any
             take
             exception
             of
             the
             badge
             knaue
             which
             I
             haue
             giuen
             them
             ,
             as
             the
             olde
             prouerbe
             is
             ,
             touch
             a
             gald
             horse
             and
             he
             wil
             kick
             .
             I
             wil
             maintain
             (
             I
             say
             )
             what
             out
             of
             their
             owne
             authors
             ,
             a
             bird
             of
             their
             owne
             nest
             vet
             not
             altogether
             so
             ill
             ,
             who
             said
             to
             me
             that
             he
             was
             weary
             of
             his
             slauish
             life
             ,
             in
             respect
             he
             must
             be
             knaue
             in
             his
             place
             ,
             who
             said
             ,
             if
             he
             were
             true
             to
             his
             Maister
             ,
             he
             must
             be
             knaue
             to
             prisoners
             ,
             if
             true
             to
             prisoners
             ,
             knaue
             to
             his
             maister
             .
             So
             be
             he
             honest
             in
             his
             vocation
             ,
             or
             dishonest
             ,
             hee
             must
             bee
             still
             knaue
             
             for
             
               mala
               mens
               ,
               malus
               animus
            
             .
          
           
             There
             are
             abundance
             of
             these
             snakes
             which
             lie
             lurking
             in
             this
             place
             ,
             whose
             chiefest
             felicitie
             is
             to
             talke
             of
             so
             many
             new
             prisoners
             which
             are
             committed
             ,
             and
             are
             ready
             to
             faint
             if
             they
             but
             heare
             of
             release
             ,
             and
             all
             the
             dogges
             at
             Paris-garden
             keepe
             not
             such
             a
             bawling
             as
             these
             curres
             euery
             morning
             in
             the
             Tearme
             ,
             to
             goe
             abroad
             with
             poore
             prisoners
             ,
             by
             rule
             onely
             to
             prey
             and
             seise
             vpon
             their
             coyne
             ,
             and
             they
             will
             not
             abate
             one
             peny
             of
             their
             extortion
             ,
             though
             the
             poore
             prisoner
             fast
             a
             week
             with
             bread
             and
             water
             ▪
             And
             they
             reioyce
             more
             for
             a
             
               Habeas
               Corpus
            
             in
             the
             vacation
             .
             then
             the
             husband
             man
             for
             a
             plentifull
             haruest
             ,
             or
             the
             Merchant
             for
             the
             safe
             landing
             of
             his
             ship
             .
          
           
             For
             mony
             they
             will
             doe
             any
             thing
             ,
             be
             it
             neuer
             so
             ill
             ,
             so
             thereby
             they
             may
             purchase
             coyne
             ,
             holding
             it
             a
             maxime
             ,
             that
             siluer
             is
             well
             gotten
             ,
             if
             by
             any
             meanes
             obtained
             ,
             and
             to
             vse
             cruelty
             to
             prisoners
             ,
             is
             pollicy
             ,
             and
             wisedome
             ;
             because
             now
             is
             the
             time
             or
             neuer
             ,
             for
             being
             once
             infranchised
             they
             will
             bee
             as
             wary
             to
             come
             in
             againe
             as
             the
             bird
             which
             hath
             escaped
             the
             fowlers
             net
             .
          
        
         
           
           
             Of
             Iaylors
             ,
             or
             the
             Maisters
             of
             prisons
             .
          
           
             
               VTrum
               horum
               mavis
               accipe
            
             ,
             there
             is
             not
             a
             haire
             to
             choose
             ,
             the
             olde
             prouerbe
             must
             bee
             verified
             ,
             neuer
             a
             barrell
             the
             better
             herring
             ,
             Iacke
             must
             bee
             equall
             to
             Gill
             ,
             they
             are
             all
             one
             in
             nature
             ,
             in
             place
             onely
             they
             differ
             
               (
               nomine
               tantùm
            
             :
             but
             learne
             them
             as
             you
             please
             ,
             or
             by
             what
             name
             ,
             they
             are
             
               as
               origine
            
             ,
             but
             laylors
             .
          
           
             All
             laylors
             are
             not
             alike
             ,
             some
             are
             more
             worthy
             then
             other
             ,
             I
             onely
             touch
             the
             worst
             sort
             of
             them
             ,
             and
             that
             for
             the
             most
             part
             ,
             for
             the
             basenes
             of
             the
             one
             cannot
             any
             waies
             impeach
             the
             worth
             of
             the
             other
             ,
             but
             doeth
             giue
             greater
             splendor
             to
             the
             truly
             noble
             ,
             being
             most
             contrary
             ,
             for
             
               Duo
               contraria
               opposita
               magis
               elucescunt
            
             .
          
           
             For
             the
             most
             part
             your
             keepers
             of
             prisons
             are
             very
             obdurate
             ,
             and
             will
             shewe
             no
             fauour
             and
             doe
             looke
             to
             bee
             spoken
             to
             by
             men
             of
             worth
             to
             bee
             fauourable
             to
             their
             prisoners
             ,
             who
             will
             promise
             faithfully
             ,
             but
             the
             crossing
             of
             the
             water
             derounes
             their
             remēbrance
             ,
             they
             put
             much
             confidence
             in
             the
             porter
             ,
             
             and
             other
             officers
             ,
             and
             will
             beleeue
             the
             wordes
             of
             such
             insinuating
             knaues
             ,
             before
             the
             oathes
             of
             Gentlemen
             of
             worth
             ,
             or
             other
             conscionable
             men
             their
             prisoners
             ,
             they
             are
             more
             griping
             then
             an
             Vsurer
             ,
             for
             he
             will
             be
             content
             with
             securitie
             ,
             but
             when
             a
             prisoner
             is
             vpon
             discharge
             they
             will
             not
             take
             baile
             or
             securitie
             ,
             nay
             they
             will
             not
             abate
             one
             poore
             twenty
             shillings
             ,
             though
             they
             haue
             gained
             neuer
             so
             much
             by
             them
             ,
             but
             will
             bee
             King
             and
             Keysar
             hauing
             the
             lawes
             in
             their
             owne
             hands
             ,
             will
             iustrfie
             the
             detaining
             of
             trunkes
             or
             cloathes
             ;
             if
             the
             prisoner
             haue
             none
             ,
             then
             they
             by
             violence
             will
             take
             cloake
             ,
             or
             doublet
             ,
             and
             turne
             you
             out
             naked
             .
          
           
             Further
             ,
             they
             are
             farre
             more
             vnconscionable
             then
             a
             Broker
             ,
             who
             takes
             fortie
             in
             the
             hundred
             ,
             but
             they
             will
             thinke
             it
             charitie
             to
             take
             fiftie
             ,
             I
             and
             for
             a
             chamber
             where
             poore
             prisoners
             lye
             like
             beasts
             ,
             not
             men
             .
          
           
             For
             cruelty
             they
             exceede
             Nero
             ,
             for
             he
             would
             kill
             suddenly
             ,
             but
             your
             laylors
             doe
             detaine
             men
             of
             good
             parts
             ,
             who
             haue
             lyen
             there
             seauen
             yeere
             ,
             not
             taking
             any
             commiseration
             ,
             in
             being
             
             content
             to
             take
             what
             they
             can
             spare
             ,
             and
             giue
             day
             for
             the
             rest
             ,
             but
             when
             the
             cruell
             creditor
             hath
             relented
             ,
             then
             the
             obduratenesse
             returnes
             ,
             and
             penetrates
             the
             brest
             of
             his
             keeper
             not
             to
             redeeme
             him
             till
             he
             haue
             paide
             all
             demaunds
             .
             But
             what
             are
             they
             inriched
             by
             it
             ?
             It
             so
             consumes
             them
             ,
             that
             they
             are
             so
             poore
             ,
             so
             compassed
             about
             with
             troubles
             ,
             that
             they
             liue
             beggerly
             ,
             and
             dye
             poore
             ,
             and
             that
             which
             they
             inrich
             themselues
             by
             exhausting
             their
             substance
             out
             of
             the
             very
             blood
             of
             prisoners
             ,
             their
             issue
             liues
             the
             worse
             by
             it
             ;
             and
             ,
             without
             godly
             repentance
             ,
             they
             may
             keepe
             hell
             gates
             to
             giue
             his
             men
             place
             ,
             which
             for
             their
             tallent
             hath
             beene
             worse
             then
             their
             maister
             .
          
        
         
           
             The
             Character
             of
             Iaylors
             .
          
           
             A
             Iaylor
             is
             as
             cruell
             to
             his
             prisoners
             ,
             as
             a
             dogge-killer
             in
             the
             plague
             time
             to
             a
             diseased
             curre
             ,
             and
             shewes
             no
             more
             pity
             to
             a
             young
             Gentleman
             ,
             then
             the
             vnconscionable
             Citizen
             that
             laide
             him
             in
             :
             when
             they
             meete
             you
             in
             the
             streetes
             they
             shewe
             themselues
             more
             humble
             to
             you
             ,
             then
             a
             whore
             
             when
             she
             is
             brought
             before
             a
             Constable
             ,
             or
             a
             cheater
             before
             a
             Iustice
             ,
             but
             when
             you
             fall
             into
             their
             fingers
             ,
             they
             wil
             be
             as
             currish
             as
             they
             seemed
             kind
             .
          
           
             They
             are
             like
             Bawdes
             and
             Beadles
             ,
             ,
             that
             liue
             vpon
             the
             sins
             of
             the
             people
             ,
             mens
             follies
             fill
             their
             purses
             .
          
           
             But
             some
             conflict
             is
             ,
             he
             hath
             some
             misery
             ,
             for
             his
             pillowe
             is
             more
             stuft
             with
             feates
             then
             feathers
             ,
             and
             though
             euery
             prisoner
             sinkes
             vnder
             the
             waight
             of
             his
             owne
             debts
             ,
             yet
             his
             keeper
             feeles
             the
             burthen
             of
             all
             ,
             and
             if
             sometimes
             by
             escapes
             (
             though
             against
             his
             will
             )
             hee
             did
             not
             pay
             some
             poore
             mens
             debts
             ,
             his
             extortion
             would
             be
             so
             waightie
             ,
             that
             the
             earth
             could
             scarce
             beare
             him
             and
             to
             conclude
             ,
             he
             deserues
             the
             olde
             prouerbe
             ,
             as
             cruell
             as
             a
             laylor
             .
             ⸪
          
           
             FINIS
             .
          
        
      
    
     
       
         Notes, typically marginal, from the original text
         
           Notes for div A07947-e350
           
             Loci
             incommoditas
             .
          
           
             Omnis
             homo
             Miser
             .
          
           
             nosee
             tuipsum
             .
          
           
             Nemo
             vinit
             contentus
             .
          
           
             Redde
             rationem
             .
          
           
             Parentes
             et
             Liberi
             sunt
             chari
             .
          
           
             Fac
             alijs
             fieri
             quod
             velis
             ipse
             tibi
             .
          
           
             Diuiti●…
             faciunt
             homines
             potentiores
             non
             .
             meli
             ores
             .
          
           
             Bona
             male
             parta
             ,
             male
             di●abuntur
             .
          
           
             Deus
             fecit
             hominem
             secundum
             imaginem
             suam
             .
          
           
             Ironia
             .
          
           
             Homo
             homini
             lupus
             .
          
           
             Particides
             .
          
           
             Ex
             paucis
             dictis
             plurima
             in●endere
             potes
             .
          
           
             Similis
             simili
             gaudet
             .
          
           
             Via
             perieu
             losa
             .
          
           
             humanum
             eum
             errare
             .
          
           
             Diuitiae
             faciunt
             homines
             potentiores
             non
             meliores
             .
          
           
             Cum
             bonis
             bonus
             .
          
           
             Cum
             bonis
             bonus
             ,
             cum
             malis
             malus
             .
          
           
             Verus
             ami
             ,
             cus
             optimus
             thesaurus
             .
          
           
             4
             shillings
             per
             diem
             cum
             Cerere
             et
             Baccho
             .
          
        
      
    
  

