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         Ward, Samuel, 1577-1640.
      
       
         
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             VVoe to drunkards A sermon by Samuel Ward preacher of Ipswich.
             Ward, Samuel, 1577-1640.
          
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             Printed by A[ugustine] Math[ewes] for Iohn Marriott, and Iohn Grismand, and are to be sold at their shops in St. Dunstons Church-yard, and in Pauls Alley at the signe of the Gunne,
             London :
             1622.
          
           
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           WOE
           TO
           DRVNKARDS
           .
        
         
           A
           Sermon
           by
           SAMVEL
           WARD
           Preacher
           of
           Ipswich
           .
        
         
         
           LONDON
           Printed
           by
           
             A.
             Math
          
           for
           
             Iohn
             Marriott
          
           ,
           and
           
             Iohn
             Grismand
          
           ,
           and
           are
           to
           be
           sold
           at
           their
           Shops
           in
           St.
           Dunstons
           Church-yard
           ,
           and
           in
           Pauls
           Alley
           at
           the
           Signe
           of
           the
           Gunne
           .
           1622.
           
        
      
    
     
       
         
         
         
           
             
               
                 PROV
                 .
                 23.
                 vers
                 .
                 29.32
                 .
              
            
             
               To
               whom
               is
               Woe
               ?
               to
               whom
               is
               Sorrow
               ?
               to
               whom
               is
               Strife
               ?
               &c.
               
            
             
               In
               the
               end
               it
               will
               bite
               like
               a
               Serpent
               ,
               and
               sting
               like
               a
               Cockatrice
               .
            
          
        
         
           SEer
           ,
           art
           thou
           also
           blind
           ?
           Watch-man
           art
           thou
           also
           drunk
           ,
           
           or
           asleep
           ?
           Or
           hath
           a
           Spirit
           of
           slumber
           put
           out
           thine
           eyes
           ?
           Vp
           to
           thy
           Watch-Tower
           ,
           what
           descriest
           thou
           ▪
           Ah
           Lord
           !
           what
           end
           or
           number
           is
           there
           of
           the
           vanities
           
           which
           mine
           eyes
           are
           weary
           of
           beholding
           ▪
           But
           what
           feest
           thou
           ?
           I
           see
           men
           walking
           like
           the
           topps
           of
           trees
           shaken
           with
           the
           Winde
           ;
           like
           Masts
           of
           Ships
           reeling
           on
           the
           tempestuous
           Seas
           .
           Drunkennesse
           ,
           I
           meane
           ,
           that
           hatefull
           Night-bird
           ,
           which
           was
           wont
           to
           waite
           for
           the
           twilight
           ,
           to
           seeke
           nookes
           and
           corners
           ,
           to
           auoide
           the
           houting
           and
           wonderment
           of
           Boyes
           and
           Girles
           :
           Now
           as
           if
           it
           were
           some
           Eglet
           to
           dare
           the
           Sun-light
           ,
           to
           flie
           abroad
           at
           high
           noone
           in
           euery
           streete
           ,
           in
           open
           Markets
           and
           Faires
           without
           feare
           or
           shame
           ,
           without
           controule
           ,
           or
           punishment
           ,
           to
           the
           disgrace
           of
           the
           Nation
           ,
           the
           outfacing
           of
           Magistracy
           and
           Ministry
           ,
           the
           vtter
           vndoing
           (
           without
           timely
           preuention
           )
           of
           health
           and
           wealth
           ,
           Piety
           and
           Vertue
           ,
           Towne
           and
           Country
           ,
           Church
           and
           Commonwealth
           .
           And
           doest
           thou
           like
           a
           
           dumbe
           dogge
           hold
           thy
           peace
           at
           these
           things
           ,
           doest
           thou
           with
           Salomons
           sluggard
           fould
           thine
           hands
           in
           thy
           bosome
           ,
           and
           giue
           thy selfe
           to
           ease
           and
           drousinesse
           ,
           while
           the
           enuious
           man
           causeth
           the
           noysomest
           and
           basest
           of
           weeds
           to
           ouer-runne
           the
           choysest
           Eden
           of
           God
           ?
           Vp
           and
           Arise
           ,
           lift
           vp
           thy
           voyce
           ,
           spare
           not
           ,
           and
           cry
           aloud
           ?
           What
           shall
           I
           crie
           ?
           Crie
           woe
           and
           woe
           againe
           vnto
           the
           Crowne
           of
           pride
           ,
           the
           Drunkards
           of
           Ephraim
           .
           
           Take
           vp
           a
           parable
           ,
           and
           tell
           them
           how
           it
           stingeth
           like
           the
           Cockatrice
           ,
           declare
           vnto
           them
           the
           deadly
           poyson
           of
           this
           odious
           sinne
           .
           Shew
           them
           also
           the
           soueraigne
           Antidote
           and
           Cure
           of
           it
           ,
           in
           the
           cup
           that
           was
           drunke
           off
           by
           him
           ,
           that
           was
           able
           to
           ouercome
           it
           :
           Cause
           them
           to
           behold
           the
           brasen
           Serpent
           and
           bee
           healed
           .
           And
           what
           though
           some
           of
           these
           deafe
           Adders
           will
           
           not
           bee
           charmed
           not
           cured
           ;
           yea
           ,
           though
           few
           or
           none
           of
           this
           swinish
           heard
           of
           habituall
           drunkards
           ,
           accustomed
           to
           wallow
           in
           their
           mire
           ,
           yea
           ,
           deepely
           and
           irrecouerably
           plunged
           by
           legions
           of
           Diuels
           into
           the
           dead
           sea
           of
           their
           filthinesse
           ;
           what
           if
           not
           one
           of
           them
           will
           be
           washed
           and
           made
           cleane
           ,
           but
           turne
           againe
           to
           their
           vomit
           ,
           and
           trample
           the
           pearles
           of
           all
           admonition
           vnder
           feete
           ;
           yea
           ,
           turne
           againe
           ,
           and
           rend
           their
           reprouers
           with
           scoffes
           and
           scornes
           ,
           making
           iests
           and
           songs
           on
           their
           Alebench
           :
           Yet
           may
           some
           young
           ones
           bee
           deterred
           ,
           and
           some
           nouices
           reclaimed
           ,
           some
           parents
           and
           Magistrates
           awakened
           to
           preuent
           and
           suppresse
           the
           spreading
           of
           this
           gangrene
           :
           and
           God
           haue
           his
           worke
           in
           such
           as
           belong
           to
           his
           grace
           .
           And
           what
           is
           impossible
           to
           the
           worke
           of
           his
           grace
           ?
        
         
         
           Goe
           to
           them
           now
           ye
           Drunkards
           ,
           listen
           not
           what
           I
           ,
           or
           any
           ordinary
           hedge-priest
           (
           as
           you
           stile
           vs
           ,
           but
           that
           most
           Wise
           and
           experienced
           royall
           Preacher
           )
           hath
           to
           say
           vnto
           you
           .
           And
           because
           you
           are
           a
           dull
           and
           thick-eared
           generation
           ,
           hee
           first
           deales
           with
           you
           by
           way
           of
           question
           ,
           a
           figure
           of
           force
           and
           impression
           .
           
             To
             whom
             is
             woe
             ,
             &c.
             
          
           
           You
           vse
           to
           say
           ,
           Woe
           be
           to
           hypocrites
           .
           It
           's
           true
           ,
           woe
           be
           to
           such
           and
           all
           other
           witting
           &
           willing
           sinners
           ,
           but
           there
           are
           no
           kind
           of
           offenders
           on
           whom
           woe
           doth
           so
           palpably
           ineuitably
           attend
           as
           to
           you
           drunkards
           .
           You
           promise
           your selues
           mirth
           ,
           pleasure
           ,
           and
           iollity
           in
           your
           Cups
           ,
           but
           for
           one
           drop
           of
           your
           mad
           mirth
           bee
           sure
           of
           gallons
           and
           tunnes
           of
           woe
           ,
           gall
           ,
           wormewood
           and
           bitternesse
           here
           and
           hereafter
           .
           Other
           sinners
           shall
           tast
           of
           the
           Cup
           ,
           but
           you
           shall
           drinke
           of
           the
           dregs
           of
           
           Gods
           wrath
           and
           displeasure
           .
           
             To
             whom
             is
             strife
          
           .
           You
           talke
           of
           good
           fellowship
           &
           friendship
           ,
           but
           wine
           is
           a
           rager
           and
           tumultuous
           make-bate
           ,
           and
           serts
           you
           a
           quarrelling
           ,
           &
           medling
           .
           When
           wit
           's
           out
           of
           the
           head
           and
           strength
           out
           of
           the
           body
           ,
           it
           thrustes
           euen
           Cowards
           and
           dastards
           vnfenced
           and
           vnarmed
           into
           needles
           frayes
           and
           combats
           .
           And
           then
           to
           whom
           are
           wounds
           ,
           broken
           heads
           ,
           blue
           eyes
           ,
           maymed
           limmes
           ▪
           You
           haue
           a
           drunken
           by-word
           :
           Drunkards
           take
           no
           harme
           ,
           but
           how
           many
           are
           the
           mishaps
           and
           vntimely
           misfortunes
           that
           betyde
           such
           ,
           which
           though
           they
           feele
           not
           in
           drinke
           ,
           they
           carrie
           as
           markes
           and
           brands
           to
           their
           graue
           .
           You
           pretend
           you
           drinke
           healthes
           and
           for
           health
           ,
           but
           to
           whom
           are
           all
           kind
           of
           diseases
           ,
           infirmities
           ,
           deformities
           ,
           pearled
           faces
           ,
           palsies
           ,
           dropsies
           ,
           headaches
           ?
           If
           not
           to
           drunkards
           .
        
         
         
           Vpon
           these
           premises
           he
           forcibly
           inferrs
           his
           sober
           &
           serious
           aduice
           .
           Looke
           vpon
           these
           woefull
           effects
           and
           euils
           of
           drunkennes
           ,
           and
           looke
           not
           vpon
           the
           Wine
           ,
           looke
           vpon
           the
           blew
           wounds
           ,
           vpon
           the
           red
           eyes
           it
           causeth
           ,
           and
           looke
           not
           on
           the
           red
           colour
           when
           it
           sparkleth
           in
           the
           cup.
           If
           there
           were
           no
           worse
           then
           these
           ,
           yet
           would
           no
           wise
           man
           be
           ouertaken
           with
           Wine
           :
           as
           if
           he
           should
           say
           ,
           What
           see
           you
           in
           the
           Cup
           or
           drink
           ,
           that
           counteruaileth
           these
           dregges
           that
           lie
           in
           the
           bottome
           .
           Behold
           ,
           this
           is
           the
           Sugar
           you
           are
           to
           looke
           for
           ,
           and
           the
           tang
           it
           leaues
           behind
           .
           Woe
           and
           alas
           ,
           sorrow
           and
           strife
           ,
           shame
           ,
           pouertie
           and
           diseases
           ;
           these
           are
           enough
           to
           make
           it
           odious
           ,
           but
           that
           which
           followeth
           withall
           ,
           will
           make
           it
           hideous
           and
           fearefull
           .
           For
           Salomon
           duely
           considering
           that
           he
           speakes
           to
           men
           past
           shame
           and
           grace
           ,
           senselesse
           of
           blowes
           ,
           and
           
           therefore
           much
           more
           of
           reasons
           and
           words
           insisteth
           not
           vpon
           these
           petty
           woes
           ;
           
           which
           they
           ,
           bewitched
           and
           besotted
           with
           the
           loue
           of
           Wine
           ,
           will
           easily
           ouer-see
           and
           ouerleape
           :
           but
           sets
           before
           their
           eies
           the
           direfull
           end
           and
           fruite
           ,
           the
           blacke
           and
           poysonfull
           taile
           of
           this
           sin
           .
           
             In
             the
             end
             it
             stingeth
             like
             the
             Serpent
             ,
             it
             biteth
             like
             the
             Cockatrice
          
           (
           or
           Adder
           )
           saith
           our
           new
           Translation
           .
        
         
           All
           Interpretors
           agree
           ,
           that
           hee
           meanes
           some
           most
           virulent
           Serpent
           ,
           whose
           poyson
           is
           present
           and
           deadly
           .
           All
           the
           Woes
           hee
           hath
           mentioned
           before
           ,
           were
           but
           as
           the
           sting
           of
           some
           Emmet
           ,
           Waspe
           or
           Nettle
           ,
           in
           comparison
           of
           this
           Cockatrice
           ,
           which
           is
           euen
           vnto
           death
           ;
           death
           speedy
           ,
           death
           painefull
           ,
           and
           wofull
           death
           ,
           and
           that
           as
           naturally
           and
           ineuitably
           ,
           as
           Opium
           procureth
           sleepe
           ,
           as
           Ellebore
           purgeth
           ,
           or
           any
           Poyson
           killeth
           .
        
         
         
           Three
           forked
           is
           this
           sting
           ,
           and
           threefold
           is
           the
           death
           it
           procureth
           to
           all
           that
           are
           stung
           therewith
           .
           
           The
           first
           is
           the
           death
           of
           grace
           ,
           the
           second
           is
           of
           the
           body
           ,
           the
           third
           is
           of
           soule
           and
           body
           eternall
           .
           All
           sin
           is
           the
           poyson
           wherewithall
           the
           old
           Serpent
           and
           Red
           Dragon
           enuenoms
           the
           soule
           of
           man
           ,
           but
           no
           sin
           (
           except
           it
           bee
           that
           which
           is
           vnto
           death
           )
           so
           mortall
           as
           this
           ,
           which
           though
           not
           euer
           vnpardonably
           ,
           yet
           for
           the
           most
           part
           is
           also
           irrecouerably
           ,
           and
           ineuitably
           vnto
           death
           .
           Seest
           thou
           one
           bittē
           with
           any
           other
           Snake
           ,
           there
           is
           hope
           &
           help
           .
           As
           the
           Father
           said
           of
           his
           son
           ,
           when
           he
           had
           information
           of
           his
           gaming
           ,
           of
           his
           prodigalitie
           ,
           yea
           ,
           of
           his
           whoring
           :
           but
           when
           hee
           heard
           that
           hee
           was
           poysoned
           with
           drunkennesse
           ,
           hee
           gaue
           him
           for
           dead
           ,
           his
           case
           for
           desperate
           and
           forlorne
           .
           Age
           and
           experience
           often
           cures
           the
           other
           ;
           but
           
           this
           encrcaseth
           with
           yeares
           ,
           and
           parteth
           not
           till
           death
           .
           Whoring
           is
           a
           deepe
           Ditch
           ,
           yet
           some
           few
           shall
           a
           man
           see
           returne
           &
           lay
           hold
           on
           the
           wayes
           of
           life
           ,
           one
           of
           a
           thousād
           ,
           but
           scarse
           one
           Drunkard
           of
           ten
           thousand
           .
           One
           ,
           Ambrose
           mentions
           ,
           and
           one
           haue
           I
           knowne
           ,
           and
           but
           one
           of
           all
           that
           euer
           I
           knew
           or
           heard
           of
           .
           Often
           haue
           I
           been
           asked
           ,
           and
           often
           haue
           I
           enquired
           ,
           but
           neuer
           could
           meete
           with
           an
           instance
           ,
           saue
           one
           or
           two
           at
           the
           most
           .
           I
           speake
           of
           Drunkards
           ,
           not
           of
           one
           drunken
           ;
           of
           such
           who
           rarely
           &
           casually
           haue
           
           Noah-like
           been
           surprised
           ,
           
           ouer-taken
           at
           vnawares
           .
           But
           if
           once
           a
           Custome
           ,
           euer
           necessity
           .
           Wine
           takes
           away
           the
           heart
           ,
           
           and
           spoyles
           the
           braine
           ,
           ouerthrowes
           the
           faculties
           and
           Organes
           of
           repentance
           and
           resolution
           .
           And
           is
           it
           not
           iust
           with
           God
           ,
           that
           hee
           who
           will
           put
           out
           his
           naturall
           light
           ,
           should
           haue
           his
           spirituall
           
           extinguished
           ?
           He
           that
           will
           depriue
           himselfe
           of
           reason
           ,
           should
           loose
           also
           the
           Guide
           and
           Pilot
           of
           reason
           ,
           Gods
           Spirit
           and
           Grace
           :
           hee
           that
           will
           wittingly
           and
           willingly
           make
           himselfe
           an
           habitation
           of
           vncleane
           spirits
           ,
           should
           not
           dispossesse
           them
           at
           his
           owne
           pleasure
           ?
           Most
           aptly
           therefore
           is
           it
           translated
           by
           
             Tremelius
             ,
             Haemorrhois
          
           ,
           which
           Gesner
           confounds
           with
           the
           Dipsas
           ,
           or
           thirstie
           Serpent
           ,
           whose
           poyson
           breedeth
           such
           thirst
           ,
           drought
           ,
           and
           inflamation
           ,
           like
           that
           of
           Rats-bane
           ,
           that
           they
           neuer
           leaue
           drinking
           ,
           till
           they
           burst
           and
           die
           withall
           .
           Would
           it
           not
           grieue
           and
           pitie
           any
           Christian
           soule
           ,
           to
           see
           a
           towardly
           hopefull
           young
           man
           well
           natured
           ,
           well
           nurtured
           ,
           stung
           with
           this
           Cockatrice
           ,
           bewailing
           his
           owne
           case
           ,
           crying
           out
           against
           the
           basenesse
           of
           the
           sinne
           ,
           inueighing
           against
           company
           ,
           melting
           vnder
           the
           perswasions
           of
           
           friends
           ;
           yea
           ,
           protesting
           against
           all
           entisements
           ,
           vow
           ,
           couenant
           ,
           and
           seriously
           indent
           with
           himselfe
           and
           his
           friends
           for
           the
           relinquishing
           of
           it
           :
           and
           yet
           if
           he
           meete
           with
           a
           companion
           that
           holds
           but
           vp
           his
           finger
           ,
           he
           followes
           him
           as
           a
           foole
           to
           the
           stocks
           ,
           and
           as
           an
           Oxe
           to
           the
           slaughter-house
           ,
           hauing
           no
           power
           to
           withstand
           the
           temptation
           ,
           but
           in
           hee
           goes
           with
           him
           to
           the
           tipling
           house
           ,
           not
           considering
           that
           the
           Chambers
           are
           the
           Chambers
           of
           death
           ;
           and
           the
           guesse
           ,
           the
           guests
           of
           death
           ;
           and
           there
           hee
           continues
           as
           one
           bewitched
           or
           coniured
           in
           a
           spell
           out
           of
           which
           hee
           returnes
           not
           til
           he
           hath
           emptied
           his
           purse
           of
           money
           ,
           his
           head
           of
           reason
           ,
           &
           his
           heart
           of
           all
           his
           former
           seeming
           grace
           .
           There
           his
           eyes
           behold
           the
           strange
           woman
           ,
           his
           heart
           speaketh
           peruerse
           things
           ,
           becomming
           heartles
           as
           one
           (
           saith
           Salomon
           )
           in
           the
           heart
           of
           the
           
           sea
           ,
           resoluing
           to
           continue
           ,
           and
           returne
           to
           his
           vomit
           what
           euer
           it
           cost
           him
           ,
           to
           make
           it
           his
           daily
           worke
           .
           
             I
             was
             sicke
             ,
             and
             knewe
             it
             not
             .
          
           
           
             I
             was
             strucke
             and
             felt
             it
             not
             ,
             when
             I
             awake
             I
             will
             seeke
             it
             yet
             still
             .
          
           And
           why
           indeed
           (
           without
           a
           miracle
           )
           should
           any
           expect
           that
           one
           stung
           with
           this
           viper
           should
           shake
           it
           off
           ,
           and
           euer
           recouer
           of
           it
           againe
           .
           Yea
           ,
           so
           farre
           are
           they
           from
           recouering
           themselues
           ,
           that
           they
           infect
           and
           become
           contagious
           and
           pestilent
           to
           all
           they
           come
           neare
           .
           The
           Dragon
           infusing
           his
           venom
           ,
           &
           assimulating
           his
           elses
           to
           himselfe
           in
           no
           sin
           so
           much
           as
           in
           this
           ,
           that
           it
           becomes
           as
           good
           as
           meate
           and
           drinke
           to
           them
           ,
           to
           spend
           their
           wit
           &
           mony
           to
           compasse
           alehouse
           after
           alehouse
           ,
           yea
           towne
           after
           towne
           to
           transforme
           others
           with
           their
           Circean
           Cups
           ,
           till
           they
           haue
           made
           them
           bruits
           and
           swine
           ,
           worse
           then
           themselues
           .
           The
           Adulterer
           
           and
           Vsurer
           desire
           to
           enjoy
           their
           sinne
           alone
           ,
           but
           the
           chiefest
           pastime
           of
           a
           drunkard
           is
           to
           heat
           and
           ouercome
           others
           with
           wine
           that
           hee
           may
           discouer
           their
           nakednesse
           and
           glory
           in
           their
           foyle
           and
           folly
           ▪
           In
           a
           word
           ,
           excesse
           of
           wine
           ,
           and
           the
           spirit
           of
           Grace
           are
           opposites
           ,
           the
           former
           expelles
           the
           latter
           out
           of
           the
           heart
           ,
           as
           smoke
           doth
           Bees
           out
           the
           Hiue
           :
           and
           makes
           the
           man
           a
           mere
           slaue
           and
           prey
           to
           Satan
           and
           his
           snares
           ,
           when
           by
           this
           poyson
           he
           hath
           put
           out
           his
           eyes
           and
           spoyled
           him
           of
           his
           strength
           ,
           he
           vseth
           him
           as
           the
           Philistims
           did
           Sampson
           ,
           leads
           him
           on
           a
           string
           whither
           hee
           pleaseth
           ,
           like
           a
           very
           drudge
           ,
           scorne
           and
           makesport
           to
           himselfe
           and
           his
           Impes
           ;
           makes
           him
           grinde
           in
           the
           mill
           of
           all
           kind
           of
           sinnes
           and
           vices
           .
           And
           that
           I
           take
           to
           bee
           the
           reason
           why
           Drunkennesse
           is
           not
           specially
           prohibited
           in
           any
           one
           of
           the
           tenne
           
           Commandements
           because
           it
           is
           not
           the
           single
           breach
           of
           any
           one
           ,
           but
           in
           effect
           the
           violation
           of
           all
           and
           euery
           one
           ,
           it
           is
           no
           one
           sinne
           ,
           
           but
           all
           sinnes
           ,
           because
           it
           is
           the
           Inlet
           and
           sluce
           to
           all
           other
           sinnes
           .
           The
           Diuell
           hauing
           moystened
           ,
           and
           steeped
           him
           in
           his
           liquor
           ,
           shapes
           him
           like
           soft
           clay
           into
           what
           mould
           hee
           pleaseth
           :
           hauing
           shaken
           off
           his
           rudder
           and
           Pilot
           ,
           dashes
           his
           soule
           vpon
           what
           rocks
           ,
           sands
           ,
           and
           Syrts
           he
           listeth
           ,
           and
           that
           with
           as
           much
           ease
           as
           a
           man
           may
           push
           downe
           his
           body
           with
           the
           least
           thrust
           of
           his
           hand
           or
           finger
           .
           Hee
           that
           in
           his
           right
           wits
           and
           sober
           moode
           seemes
           religious
           ,
           modest
           ,
           chast
           ,
           courteous
           ,
           secret
           ,
           in
           his
           drunken
           fitts
           sweares
           ,
           blasphemes
           ,
           rages
           ,
           strikes
           ,
           talkes
           ,
           
           talkes
           filthily
           ,
           blab
           s
           all
           secrets
           ,
           commits
           folly
           ,
           knowes
           no
           difference
           of
           persons
           or
           sexes
           ,
           becomes
           wholly
           at
           Satans
           command
           as
           a
           dead
           organ
           to
           
           be
           enacted
           at
           his
           will
           and
           pleasure
           .
           Oh
           that
           God
           would
           be
           pleased
           to
           open
           the
           eyes
           of
           some
           drunkard
           ,
           to
           see
           what
           a
           dunghill
           and
           carrion
           his
           soule
           becoms
           ,
           &
           how
           loathsom
           effects
           follow
           vpon
           this
           spirituall
           death
           and
           sting
           of
           this
           Cockatrise
           which
           is
           the
           fountaine
           of
           the
           other
           two
           following
           ,
           temporal
           and
           eternall
           death
           ?
        
         
           And
           well
           may
           it
           bee
           that
           some
           such
           as
           are
           altogether
           fearelesse
           and
           carelesse
           of
           the
           former
           death
           will
           yet
           tremble
           and
           bee
           moued
           with
           that
           which
           I
           shall
           in
           the
           second
           place
           tell
           them
           .
           Among
           all
           other
           sinnes
           that
           are
           ,
           none
           brings
           forth
           bodily
           death
           so
           frequently
           as
           this
           ,
           none
           so
           ordinarily
           slaies
           in
           the
           Act
           of
           sinne
           as
           this
           .
           And
           what
           can
           bee
           more
           horrible
           then
           to
           dye
           in
           the
           acte
           of
           a
           sinne
           without
           the
           acte
           of
           repentance
           ?
           I
           pronounce
           no
           definitiue
           sentence
           of
           damnation
           
           vpon
           any
           particular
           so
           dying
           ;
           but
           what
           dore
           of
           hope
           or
           comfort
           is
           left
           to
           their
           friends
           behind
           of
           their
           saluation
           ?
           The
           whoremaster
           hee
           hopes
           to
           haue
           a
           space
           and
           time
           to
           repent
           in
           age
           ,
           though
           sometimes
           it
           pleaseth
           God
           that
           death
           strikes
           Cosby
           and
           Zimry
           napping
           ,
           as
           the
           deuill
           is
           sayd
           to
           slay
           one
           of
           the
           Popes
           in
           the
           instant
           of
           his
           adultery
           and
           carry
           him
           quicke
           to
           hell
           .
           The
           swearer
           and
           blasphemer
           hath
           commonly
           space
           ,
           though
           seldome
           grace
           ,
           to
           repent
           and
           amend
           :
           and
           some
           rare
           examples
           stories
           afford
           ,
           of
           some
           taken
           with
           oathes
           and
           blasphemies
           in
           their
           mouthes
           .
           The
           theefe
           and
           oppressor
           may
           liue
           and
           repent
           and
           make
           restriction
           as
           Zacheus
           :
           though
           I
           haue
           seene
           one
           slayne
           right
           out
           with
           the
           timber
           he
           stole
           halfe
           an
           houre
           before
           ;
           and
           heard
           of
           one
           that
           hauing
           stolne
           a
           sheepe
           and
           laying
           it
           downe
           vpon
           a
           
           stone
           to
           rest
           him
           ,
           was
           gran'd
           and
           hang'd
           with
           the
           strugling
           of
           it
           about
           his
           neck
           .
           But
           these
           are
           extraordinary
           &
           rare
           cases
           .
           God
           sometimes
           practising
           Marshall
           law
           and
           doing
           present
           execution
           ,
           lest
           fooles
           shall
           say
           in
           their
           heart
           ,
           there
           were
           no
           God
           or
           Iudgement
           :
           but
           conniuing
           and
           deferring
           the
           most
           ,
           that
           men
           might
           expect
           a
           Iudge
           comming
           ,
           and
           a
           solemne
           day
           of
           Iudgement
           to
           come
           .
           But
           this
           sinne
           of
           Drunkennesse
           is
           so
           odious
           to
           him
           ,
           that
           he
           makes
           it selfe
           ,
           Iustice
           ,
           Iudge
           and
           Executioner
           ,
           slaying
           the
           vngodly
           with
           misfortune
           ,
           bringing
           them
           to
           vntimely
           shamefull
           ends
           in
           bruitish
           and
           bestiall
           manner
           often
           in
           their
           own
           vomit
           and
           ordure
           ;
           sending
           them
           sottish
           ,
           sleeping
           ,
           and
           senselesse
           to
           hell
           ,
           not
           leauing
           them
           either
           time
           ,
           or
           reason
           ,
           or
           grace
           to
           repent
           ,
           and
           crie
           so
           much
           as
           
             Lord
             haue
             mercy
             on
             vs.
          
           Were
           there
           (
           as
           
           in
           some
           Cities
           of
           Italy
           )
           an
           Office
           kept
           ,
           or
           a
           Record
           and
           Register
           by
           euery
           Crowner
           in
           Shires
           &
           Counties
           ,
           of
           such
           dismall
           euents
           which
           God
           hath
           auenged
           this
           sinne
           withall
           ,
           what
           a
           Volume
           would
           it
           haue
           made
           within
           these
           fewe
           yeares
           in
           this
           our
           Nation
           ?
           How
           terrible
           a
           Theater
           of
           Gods
           Iudgements
           against
           Drunkards
           ,
           such
           as
           might
           make
           their
           hearts
           to
           bleed
           and
           relent
           ,
           if
           not
           their
           eares
           to
           tingle
           ,
           to
           heare
           of
           a
           tast
           of
           some
           few
           such
           noted
           and
           remarkeable
           examples
           of
           Gods
           Iustice
           ,
           as
           haue
           come
           within
           the
           compasse
           of
           mine
           owne
           notice
           and
           certaine
           knowledge
           ,
           I
           thinke
           I
           should
           offend
           to
           conceale
           them
           from
           the
           world
           ,
           whom
           they
           may
           happily
           keepe
           from
           being
           the
           like
           to
           others
           ,
           themselues
           .
        
         
           An
           Ale-wife
           in
           Kesgraue
           neere
           to
           Ipswich
           ,
           who
           would
           needs
           force
           three
           Seruingmen
           (
           that
           had
           beene
           
           drinking
           in
           her
           house
           ,
           and
           were
           taking
           their
           leaues
           )
           to
           stay
           and
           drink
           the
           three
           Ou
           ts
           first
           (
           that
           is
           ,
           Wit
           out
           of
           the
           head
           ,
           Money
           out
           of
           the
           purse
           ,
           Ale
           out
           of
           the
           pot
           )
           as
           shee
           was
           comming
           towards
           them
           with
           the
           pot
           in
           her
           hand
           ,
           was
           suddenly
           taken
           speechlesse
           and
           sicke
           ,
           her
           tongue
           swolne
           in
           her
           mouth
           ,
           neuer
           recouered
           speech
           ,
           the
           third
           day
           after
           dyed
           .
           This
           Sir
           
             Anthony
             Felton
          
           the
           next
           Gentleman
           and
           Iustice
           ,
           with
           diuers
           others
           eye-witnesses
           of
           her
           in
           sicknesse
           related
           to
           mee
           ;
           whereupon
           I
           went
           to
           the
           house
           with
           two
           or
           three
           witnesses
           ,
           inquired
           the
           truth
           of
           it
           .
        
         
           Two
           seruants
           of
           a
           Brewer
           in
           Ipswich
           ,
           drinking
           for
           a
           rumpe
           of
           a
           Turkie
           ,
           strugling
           in
           their
           drinke
           for
           it
           ,
           fell
           into
           a
           scalding
           Caldron
           backwards
           :
           whereof
           the
           one
           dyed
           presently
           ,
           the
           other
           lingringly
           ,
           and
           painefully
           since
           my
           comming
           to
           Ipswich
           .
        
         
         
           Anno
           1619.
           
           A
           Miller
           in
           Bromeswell
           ,
           comming
           home
           drunke
           from
           Woodbridge
           (
           as
           he
           oft
           did
           )
           would
           needs
           goe
           and
           swimme
           in
           the
           Milpond
           :
           his
           wife
           and
           seruants
           knowing
           hee
           could
           not
           swimme
           ,
           diswaded
           him
           ,
           once
           by
           intreaty
           got
           him
           out
           of
           the
           water
           ,
           but
           in
           hee
           would
           needs
           goe
           againe
           ,
           and
           there
           was
           drowned
           .
           I
           was
           at
           the
           house
           to
           inquire
           of
           this
           ,
           and
           found
           it
           to
           bee
           true
           .
        
         
           In
           Barnewel
           neere
           to
           Cambridge
           one
           at
           the
           Signe
           of
           the
           Plough
           ,
           a
           lusty
           young
           man
           ,
           with
           two
           of
           his
           Neighbours
           ,
           and
           one
           Woman
           in
           their
           company
           ,
           agreed
           to
           drinke
           a
           barrell
           of
           strong
           Beare
           ;
           they
           drunk
           vp
           the
           vessell
           ,
           three
           of
           them
           dyed
           within
           24
           houres
           ,
           the
           fourth
           hardly
           escaped
           after
           great
           sicknes
           .
           This
           I
           haue
           vnder
           a
           Iustice
           of
           Peace
           his
           hand
           neare
           dwelling
           ,
           besides
           the
           common
           fame
           .
        
         
         
           A
           Butcher
           in
           Haslingfeild
           hearing
           the
           Minister
           inueigh
           against
           Drunkennesse
           ,
           being
           at
           his
           Cups
           in
           the
           Alehouse
           fell
           a
           iesting
           and
           scoffing
           at
           the
           Minister
           and
           his
           Sermons
           .
           As
           hee
           was
           drinking
           ,
           the
           drinke
           or
           something
           in
           the
           Cup
           quackled
           him
           ,
           stuck
           so
           in
           his
           throat
           that
           he
           could
           neither
           get
           it
           vp
           nor
           down
           ,
           but
           strangled
           him
           presently
           .
        
         
           At
           Tillingham
           in
           Dengy
           hundred
           in
           Essex
           ,
           three
           young
           men
           meeting
           to
           drinke
           strong
           waters
           fell
           by
           degrees
           to
           halfe
           pints
           :
           one
           fell
           dead
           in
           the
           roome
           ,
           &
           the
           other
           preuented
           by
           company
           comming
           in
           ,
           escaped
           not
           without
           much
           sicknesse
           .
        
         
           At
           Bungey
           in
           Norfolke
           three
           comming
           out
           of
           an
           Ale-house
           in
           a
           very
           darke
           euening
           ,
           swore
           ,
           they
           thought
           it
           was
           not
           darker
           in
           Hell
           it selfe
           :
           one
           of
           them
           fel
           off
           the
           Bridge
           into
           the
           water
           ,
           and
           was
           drowned
           ;
           
           the
           second
           fell
           off
           his
           Horse
           ,
           the
           third
           sleeping
           on
           the
           ground
           by
           the
           Riuers
           side
           ,
           was
           frozen
           to
           death
           .
           This
           haue
           I
           often
           heard
           ,
           but
           haue
           no
           certaine
           ground
           for
           the
           truth
           of
           it
           .
        
         
           A
           Bayliffe
           of
           Hadly
           vpon
           the
           Lords
           day
           being
           drunk
           at
           Melford
           ,
           would
           needs
           get
           vpon
           his
           mare
           to
           ride
           through
           the
           street
           ,
           affirming
           (
           as
           the
           report
           goes
           )
           that
           his
           Mare
           would
           carry
           him
           to
           the
           diuell
           ;
           his
           Mare
           casts
           him
           off
           ,
           and
           broke
           his
           necke
           instantly
           .
           Reported
           by
           sundrie
           sufficient
           witnesses
           .
        
         
           Company
           drinking
           in
           an
           Ale-house
           at
           Harwich
           in
           the
           night
           ,
           ouer
           against
           one
           Master
           Russels
           ,
           and
           by
           him
           out
           of
           his
           Window
           once
           or
           twice
           willed
           to
           depart
           ,
           at
           length
           he
           came
           down
           and
           took
           one
           of
           them
           ,
           and
           made
           as
           if
           he
           would
           carry
           him
           to
           prison
           ,
           who
           drawing
           his
           Knife
           fled
           from
           him
           ,
           and
           was
           three
           daies
           
           after
           taken
           out
           of
           the
           sea
           with
           the
           Knife
           in
           his
           hand
           .
           Related
           to
           mee
           by
           Master
           Russell
           himselfe
           ,
           Maior
           of
           the
           Towne
           .
        
         
           At
           Tenby
           in
           Pembrokeshire
           a
           Drunkard
           being
           exceeding
           drunke
           ,
           broke
           himselfe
           all
           to
           pieces
           of
           an
           high
           and
           steepe
           rocke
           in
           a
           most
           fearefull
           manner
           ,
           and
           yet
           the
           occasion
           and
           circumstances
           of
           his
           fall
           so
           ridiculous
           ,
           as
           I
           thinke
           not
           fit
           to
           relate
           ,
           lest
           in
           so
           serious
           a
           iudgement
           ,
           I
           should
           moue
           laughter
           to
           the
           Reader
           .
        
         
           A
           Glasier
           in
           Chauncery
           Lane
           in
           London
           ,
           noted
           formerly
           for
           profession
           ,
           fell
           to
           a
           common
           course
           of
           drinking
           ,
           whereof
           being
           oft
           by
           his
           wife
           and
           many
           Christian
           friends
           admonished
           ,
           yet
           presuming
           much
           of
           Gods
           mercy
           to
           himselfe
           ,
           continued
           therein
           ,
           till
           vpon
           a
           time
           hauing
           surcharged
           his
           stomacke
           with
           drinke
           ,
           hee
           fell
           a
           vommiting
           ,
           broke
           
           A
           Veyne
           ,
           lay
           two
           dayes
           in
           extreme
           paine
           of
           body
           &
           distresse
           of
           mind
           ,
           till
           in
           the
           end
           recouering
           a
           little
           comfort
           ,
           he
           died
           :
           both
           these
           examples
           related
           to
           me
           by
           a
           Gentleman
           of
           worth
           vpon
           his
           owne
           knowledge
           .
        
         
           Foure
           sundry
           instances
           of
           drunkards
           wallowing
           and
           tumbling
           in
           their
           drinke
           ,
           slaine
           by
           Carts
           ,
           I
           forbeare
           to
           mention
           ,
           because
           such
           examples
           are
           so
           common
           and
           ordinarie
           .
        
         
           A
           Yeomans
           Sonne
           in
           Northhamptonshire
           being
           drunk
           at
           Wellingborough
           on
           a
           Market
           day
           ,
           would
           needs
           ride
           his
           Horse
           in
           a
           brauery
           ouer
           the
           plowed
           lands
           ,
           fell
           from
           his
           Horse
           ,
           and
           brake
           his
           neck
           :
           reported
           to
           me
           by
           a
           Kinsman
           of
           his
           owne
           .
        
         
           A
           Knight
           notoriously
           giuen
           to
           Drunkennesse
           ,
           carrying
           sometime
           payles
           of
           drinke
           into
           the
           open
           feild
           
           to
           make
           people
           drunke
           withall
           ,
           being
           vpon
           a
           time
           drinking
           with
           company
           ,
           a
           woman
           comes
           in
           ,
           deliuers
           him
           a
           Ring
           ,
           with
           this
           posie
           ,
           
             Drinke
             and
             Dye
          
           ,
           saying
           to
           him
           ,
           This
           is
           for
           you
           ;
           which
           hee
           tooke
           and
           wore
           ,
           and
           within
           a
           weeke
           after
           came
           to
           his
           end
           by
           drinking
           :
           reported
           by
           sundry
           ,
           and
           iustified
           by
           a
           Minister
           dwelling
           within
           a
           mile
           of
           the
           place
           .
        
         
           Two
           examples
           haue
           I
           knowne
           of
           children
           that
           murdered
           their
           owne
           Mothers
           in
           drinke
           ,
           and
           one
           notorious
           drunkard
           that
           attempted
           to
           kill
           his
           Father
           ;
           of
           which
           beeing
           hindred
           ,
           he
           fired
           his
           Barne
           ,
           and
           was
           afterward
           executed
           one
           of
           these
           formerly
           in
           print
           .
        
         
           At
           a
           Tauerne
           in
           Breadstreet
           in
           London
           certaine
           Gentlemen
           drinking
           healthes
           to
           their
           Lords
           ,
           on
           whom
           ,
           they
           had
           dependence
           ,
           one
           desperate
           wretch
           stepps
           to
           the
           Tables
           
           end
           ,
           layes
           hold
           one
           a
           pottle-pot
           full
           of
           Canarie
           Sack
           ,
           sweares
           a
           deepe
           oath
           ;
           What
           will
           none
           heere
           drinke
           an
           health
           to
           my
           noble
           Lord
           and
           Master
           :
           and
           so
           setting
           the
           Pottle
           pot
           to
           his
           mouth
           ,
           drinkes
           it
           of
           to
           the
           bottome
           ,
           was
           not
           able
           to
           rise
           vp
           ,
           or
           to
           speake
           when
           hee
           had
           done
           ,
           but
           fell
           into
           a
           deepe
           snoaring
           sleepe
           ,
           and
           being
           remoued
           ,
           layde
           aside
           ,
           and
           couered
           by
           one
           of
           the
           seruants
           of
           the
           house
           ,
           attending
           the
           time
           of
           the
           drinking
           ,
           was
           within
           the
           space
           of
           two
           howers
           irrecouerably
           dead
           :
           witnessed
           at
           the
           time
           of
           the
           printing
           hereof
           by
           the
           same
           seruant
           that
           stood
           by
           him
           in
           the
           Act
           ,
           and
           helpt
           to
           remoue
           him
           .
        
         
           In
           Dengy
           Hundred
           ,
           neare
           to
           Maldon
           ,
           about
           the
           beginning
           of
           his
           Maiesties
           reigne
           ,
           there
           fell
           out
           an
           extraordinary
           iudgement
           vpon
           fiue
           or
           sixe
           that
           plotted
           a
           solemne
           drinking
           at
           one
           of
           their
           houses
           ,
           laid
           in
           
           Beare
           for
           the
           once
           ,
           drunke
           healths
           in
           a
           strange
           manner
           ,
           and
           died
           therof
           within
           a
           few
           weekes
           ,
           some
           sooner
           ,
           and
           some
           later
           :
           witnessed
           to
           mee
           by
           one
           that
           was
           with
           one
           of
           them
           on
           his
           death-bed
           to
           demaund
           a
           debt
           ,
           and
           often
           spoken
           of
           by
           Master
           Heydon
           ,
           late
           Preacher
           of
           Mauldon
           ,
           in
           the
           hearing
           of
           many
           :
           the
           particular
           circumstances
           were
           exceeding
           remarkeable
           ;
           but
           hauing
           not
           sufficient
           proofe
           for
           the
           particulars
           I
           will
           not
           report
           them
           .
        
         
           One
           of
           Aylesham
           in
           Norfolke
           ,
           a
           notorious
           Drunkard
           drowned
           in
           a
           shallow
           Brooke
           of
           water
           with
           his
           horse
           by
           him
           .
        
         
           Whilest
           this
           was
           at
           the
           Presse
           ,
           a
           man
           85
           yeares
           old
           ,
           or
           thereabout
           ,
           in
           Suffolke
           ,
           ouertaken
           with
           Wine
           (
           though
           neuer
           in
           all
           his
           life
           before
           ,
           as
           hee
           himselfe
           said
           a
           little
           before
           his
           fall
           ,
           seeming
           to
           bewaile
           his
           present
           condition
           ▪
           and
           others
           that
           
           knew
           him
           so
           say
           of
           him
           )
           yet
           going
           downe
           a
           paire
           of
           staires
           ,
           (
           against
           the
           perswasion
           of
           a
           woman
           sitting
           by
           him
           in
           his
           chamber
           )
           fell
           ,
           and
           was
           so
           dangerously
           hurt
           ,
           as
           hee
           dyed
           soone
           after
           ,
           not
           being
           able
           to
           speake
           from
           the
           time
           of
           his
           fall
           to
           his
           death
           .
        
         
           The
           names
           of
           the
           parties
           thus
           punished
           ,
           I
           forbeare
           for
           the
           kinreds
           sake
           yet
           liuing
           .
        
         
           If
           conscionable
           Ministers
           of
           all
           places
           of
           the
           land
           would
           giue
           notice
           of
           such
           Iudgements
           ,
           as
           come
           within
           the
           compasse
           of
           their
           certaine
           knowledge
           ,
           it
           might
           bee
           a
           great
           meane
           to
           suppresse
           this
           sinne
           ,
           which
           raignes
           euery
           where
           to
           the
           scandall
           of
           our
           Nation
           ,
           and
           high
           displeasure
           of
           Almightie
           God.
           
        
         
           These
           may
           suffice
           for
           a
           taste
           of
           Gods
           Iudgements
           .
           Easie
           were
           it
           to
           abound
           in
           sundry
           particular
           casualties
           and
           fearefull
           examples
           of
           
           this
           nature
           .
           Drunkard
           ,
           that
           which
           hath
           befallen
           any
           one
           of
           these
           ,
           may
           befall
           thee
           ,
           if
           thou
           wilt
           dally
           ▪
           with
           this
           Cockatrice
           ,
           what
           euer
           leagues
           thou
           makest
           with
           Death
           ,
           and
           dispensations
           thou
           giuest
           thy selfe
           from
           the
           like
           .
           Some
           of
           these
           were
           young
           ,
           some
           were
           rich
           ,
           some
           thought
           themselues
           as
           wife
           as
           thou
           ;
           none
           of
           them
           euer
           looked
           for
           such
           ignominious
           ends
           ,
           more
           then
           thou
           who
           euer
           thou
           art
           :
           if
           thou
           hatest
           such
           ends
           ,
           God
           giue
           thee
           grace
           to
           decline
           such
           courses
           .
        
         
           If
           thou
           beest
           yet
           insensate
           with
           wine
           ,
           voyde
           of
           wit
           and
           feare
           ,
           I
           know
           not
           what
           further
           to
           minde
           thee
           of
           ,
           but
           of
           that
           third
           ,
           &
           worst
           sting
           of
           all
           the
           rest
           ,
           which
           will
           euer
           bee
           gnawing
           ,
           and
           neuer
           dying
           which
           if
           thou
           wilt
           not
           feare
           here
           ,
           sure
           thou
           art
           to
           feele
           there
           ,
           when
           the
           Red
           Dragon
           hath
           gotten
           thee
           
           into
           his
           denne
           ,
           and
           shall
           fill
           thy
           soule
           with
           the
           gall
           of
           Scorpions
           ,
           where
           thou
           shalt
           yell
           and
           howle
           for
           a
           drop
           of
           water
           to
           coole
           thy
           tongue
           withall
           ,
           and
           shalt
           be
           denied
           so
           small
           a
           refreshing
           ,
           and
           haue
           no
           other
           liquor
           to
           allay
           thy
           thirst
           ,
           but
           that
           which
           the
           lake
           of
           Brimstone
           shall
           affoord
           thee
           .
           And
           that
           worthily
           ,
           for
           that
           thou
           wouldest
           incurre
           the
           wrath
           of
           the
           Lambe
           for
           so
           base
           and
           sordid
           a
           sinne
           as
           drunkennesse
           ,
           of
           which
           thou
           mayest
           thinke
           as
           venially
           and
           sleightly
           as
           thou
           wilt
           .
           But
           Paul
           that
           knew
           the
           danger
           of
           it
           ,
           
           giues
           thee
           faire
           warning
           ,
           and
           bids
           thee
           not
           deceiue
           thy selfe
           ,
           expressely
           and
           by
           name
           mentioning
           it
           among
           the
           mortall
           sinns
           ,
           excluding
           from
           the
           Kingdome
           of
           heauen
           .
           
           And
           the
           Prophet
           Esay
           tels
           thee
           ,
           that
           for
           it
           Hell
           hath
           enlarged
           it selfe
           ,
           opened
           it
           mouth
           wide
           ,
           and
           without
           measure
           ;
           and
           therefore
           
           shal
           the
           multitude
           and
           their
           pomp
           and
           the
           iollyest
           among
           them
           descend
           into
           it
           .
           Consider
           this
           you
           that
           are
           strong
           to
           powre
           in
           drinke
           ,
           that
           loue
           to
           drinke
           sorrowe
           and
           care
           away
           :
           And
           bee
           you
           well
           assured
           ,
           that
           there
           you
           shall
           drinke
           enough
           for
           all
           ,
           hauing
           for
           euery
           drop
           of
           your
           former
           bousings
           ,
           vials
           ,
           yea
           whole
           seas
           of
           Gods
           wrath
           neuer
           to
           be
           exhaust
           .
        
         
           Now
           then
           ,
           I
           appeale
           from
           your selues
           in
           drinke
           ,
           to
           your selues
           in
           your
           sober
           fits
           .
           Reason
           a
           little
           the
           case
           ,
           and
           tell
           mee
           calmely
           ,
           would
           you
           for
           your
           owne
           ,
           or
           any
           man
           pleasure
           to
           gratifie
           friend
           or
           companion
           ,
           if
           thou
           knewe
           there
           had
           beene
           a
           Toad
           in
           the
           Wine-pot
           (
           as
           twise
           I
           haue
           knowne
           happened
           〈◊〉
           the
           death
           of
           drinkers
           )
           or
           did
           you
           thinke
           that
           some
           
             Caesar
             Borgia
          
           ,
           or
           Brasutus
           had
           tempered
           the
           cup
           ;
           〈◊〉
           did
           you
           see
           but
           a
           Spider
           in
           the
           
           glasse
           ,
           would
           you
           ,
           or
           durst
           you
           carouse
           it
           off
           ?
           And
           are
           you
           so
           simple
           to
           feare
           the
           poison
           that
           can
           kill
           the
           body
           ,
           and
           not
           that
           which
           killeth
           the
           soule
           and
           body
           euer
           ,
           yea
           for
           euer
           and
           euer
           ,
           and
           if
           it
           were
           possible
           for
           more
           then
           for
           euer
           ,
           for
           euermore
           ?
           Oh
           thou
           vaine
           fellow
           ,
           what
           tellest
           thou
           mee
           of
           friendship
           ,
           or
           good-fellowship
           ,
           wilt
           thou
           account
           him
           thy
           friend
           ,
           or
           good
           fellow
           ,
           that
           drawes
           thee
           into
           his
           company
           ,
           that
           hee
           may
           poyson
           thee
           ?
           and
           neuer
           thinkes
           hee
           hath
           giuen
           thee
           right
           entertainement
           ,
           or
           shewed
           thee
           kindnesse
           enough
           ,
           till
           hee
           hath
           killed
           thy
           soule
           with
           his
           kindnesse
           ,
           and
           with
           Beere
           made
           thy
           body
           a
           carkase
           fit
           for
           the
           Beere
           ,
           a
           laughing
           and
           lothing-stocke
           ,
           not
           to
           Boyes
           and
           Girles
           alone
           ,
           but
           to
           men
           and
           Angels
           .
           Why
           rather
           sayest
           thou
           not
           to
           such
           ,
           What
           haue
           I
           to
           doe
           
           with
           you
           ,
           yee
           sonnes
           of
           Beliall
           ,
           yee
           poysonfull
           generation
           of
           Vipers
           ,
           that
           hunt
           for
           the
           precious
           life
           of
           a
           man
           ?
           Oh
           but
           there
           are
           few
           good
           Wits
           ,
           or
           great
           Spirits
           now
           a
           dayes
           ,
           but
           will
           Pot
           it
           a
           little
           for
           company
           .
           What
           heare
           I
           ?
           Oh
           base
           and
           low
           spirited
           times
           ,
           if
           that
           were
           true
           !
           If
           wee
           were
           fallen
           into
           such
           Lees
           of
           Time
           foretold
           of
           by
           Seneca
           ,
           
           in
           which
           all
           were
           so
           drowned
           in
           the
           dregs
           of
           vices
           ,
           that
           it
           should
           bee
           vertue
           and
           honour
           to
           beare
           most
           drinke
           .
           But
           thankes
           bee
           to
           God
           ,
           who
           hath
           reserued
           many
           thousands
           of
           men
           ,
           and
           without
           all
           comparison
           more
           wittie
           and
           valorous
           ,
           then
           such
           Pot-wits
           ,
           and
           Spirits
           of
           the
           Buttery
           ,
           who
           neuer
           bared
           their
           knees
           to
           drinke
           health
           ,
           nor
           euen
           needed
           to
           whet
           their
           wits
           with
           wine
           ,
           or
           arme
           their
           courage
           with
           Pot
           -
           〈◊〉
           .
           And
           if
           it
           were
           so
           ,
           yet
           if
           no
           such
           wits
           
           or
           Spirits
           shall
           euer
           enter
           into
           heauen
           without
           repentance
           ,
           let
           my
           Spirit
           neuer
           come
           and
           enter
           into
           their
           Paradise
           ;
           euer
           abhorre
           to
           partake
           of
           their
           brutish
           pleasures
           ,
           lest
           I
           partake
           of
           their
           endlesse
           woes
           .
           If
           young
           Cyrus
           could
           refuse
           to
           drinke
           wine
           ,
           and
           tell
           
             A
             stiages
          
           he
           thought
           it
           to
           bee
           poyson
           ,
           for
           hee
           saw
           it
           metamorphose
           men
           into
           beastes
           and
           carkases
           :
           what
           would
           hee
           haue
           said
           ,
           if
           hee
           had
           knowne
           that
           which
           we
           may
           know
           ,
           that
           the
           wine
           of
           Drunkards
           is
           the
           wine
           of
           Sodom
           and
           Gomorrah
           ,
           their
           grapes
           ,
           
           the
           grapes
           of
           gall
           ,
           their
           clusters
           ,
           the
           clusters
           of
           bitternesse
           ,
           the
           iuice
           of
           Dragons
           ,
           and
           the
           venome
           of
           Aspes
           .
           In
           which
           wordes
           ,
           Moses
           is
           a
           full
           Commentary
           vpon
           Salomon
           ,
           largely
           expressing
           that
           hee
           speakes
           here
           more
           briefly
           ,
           
             It
             stings
             like
             the
             Serpent
             ,
             and
             bites
             like
             the
             Cockatrice
             :
          
           To
           the
           which
           I
           may
           
           not
           vnfitly
           adde
           that
           of
           Pauls
           ,
           and
           think
           I
           ought
           to
           write
           of
           such
           with
           more
           passion
           and
           compassion
           ,
           then
           he
           did
           of
           the
           Christians
           in
           his
           time
           ,
           which
           sure
           were
           not
           such
           monsters
           as
           ours
           in
           the
           shapes
           of
           christians
           ,
           
             Whose
             God
             is
             their
             belly
          
           (
           whom
           they
           serue
           with
           drinke
           offerings
           )
           
             whose
             glory
             is
             their
             shame
             ,
             and
             whose
             end
             is
             damnation
             .
          
        
         
           What
           then
           ,
           take
           wee
           pleasure
           in
           thundring
           out
           Hell
           against
           Drunkards
           ?
           is
           there
           nothing
           but
           death
           and
           damnation
           to
           Drunkards
           ?
           Nothing
           else
           to
           them
           ,
           so
           continuing
           ,
           so
           dying
           .
           But
           what
           is
           there
           no
           helpe
           nor
           hope
           ,
           no
           Amulet
           ,
           Antidote
           or
           Triacle
           ,
           are
           there
           no
           presidents
           found
           of
           recouery
           .
           
           Ambrose
           I
           remember
           ,
           tels
           of
           one
           ,
           that
           hauing
           been
           aspectacle
           of
           Drunkennesse
           ,
           prooued
           after
           his
           conuersion
           a
           patterne
           of
           sobriety
           .
           And
           I
           my selfe
           must
           confesse
           ,
           that
           one
           haue
           I
           
           knowne
           yet
           liuing
           ,
           who
           hauing
           drunke
           out
           his
           bodily
           eyes
           ,
           had
           his
           spirituall
           eyes
           opened
           ,
           prooued
           diligent
           in
           hearing
           and
           practising
           .
           Though
           the
           pit
           bee
           deepe
           ,
           mierie
           and
           narrow
           ,
           like
           that
           Dungeon
           into
           which
           Ieremy
           was
           put
           ,
           yet
           if
           it
           please
           God
           to
           let
           down
           the
           Cords
           of
           his
           diuine
           mercy
           ,
           and
           cause
           the
           party
           to
           lay
           hold
           thereon
           ,
           its
           possible
           they
           may
           escape
           the
           snares
           of
           death
           .
           There
           is
           euē
           for
           the
           most
           debauched
           Drunkard
           that
           euer
           was
           ,
           
           a
           soueraigne
           medicine
           ,
           a
           rich
           treacle
           of
           force
           enough
           to
           cure
           and
           recouer
           his
           disease
           ,
           to
           obtaine
           his
           pardon
           ,
           and
           to
           furnish
           him
           with
           strength
           to
           ouercome
           this
           deadly
           poyson
           ,
           fatall
           to
           the
           most
           .
           And
           though
           wee
           may
           well
           say
           of
           it
           as
           men
           out
           of
           experience
           doe
           of
           quartane
           agues
           ,
           that
           it
           is
           the
           disgrace
           of
           all
           mortall
           Physick
           ,
           of
           all
           reproofes
           ,
           counsels
           and
           admonitions
           
           Yet
           is
           there
           a
           salue
           for
           this
           sore
           ,
           there
           came
           one
           from
           heauen
           that
           trode
           ,
           the
           Winepresse
           of
           his
           Fathers
           fiercenesse
           ,
           drunke
           of
           a
           cup
           tempered
           with
           all
           the
           bitternesse
           of
           Gods
           wrath
           and
           the
           diuels
           malice
           ,
           that
           hee
           might
           heale
           euen
           such
           as
           haue
           drunke
           deepest
           of
           the
           sweete
           cup
           of
           sinne
           .
           And
           let
           all
           such
           know
           ,
           that
           in
           all
           the
           former
           discouerie
           of
           this
           poyson
           ,
           I
           haue
           onely
           aimed
           to
           cause
           them
           feele
           their
           sting
           ,
           and
           that
           they
           might
           with
           earnest
           eyes
           behold
           the
           Brasen
           Serpent
           ,
           and
           seriously
           repaire
           to
           him
           for
           mercie
           and
           grace
           ,
           who
           is
           perfectly
           able
           to
           eiect
           euen
           this
           kind
           ,
           which
           so
           rarely
           and
           hardly
           is
           thrown
           out
           where
           once
           he
           gets
           possession
           .
           This
           seed
           of
           the
           Woman
           is
           able
           to
           bruise
           this
           Serpents
           head
           .
           Oh
           that
           they
           would
           listen
           to
           the
           gratious
           offers
           of
           Christ
           !
           If
           once
           there
           be
           wrought
           in
           thy
           soule
           a
           spirituall
           thirst
           after
           
           mercy
           ,
           as
           the
           thirstie
           land
           hath
           after
           raine
           ,
           a
           longing
           appetite
           after
           the
           water
           that
           comes
           out
           of
           the
           Rocke
           ,
           after
           the
           bloud
           that
           was
           shed
           for
           thee
           ;
           then
           let
           him
           that
           is
           a
           thirst
           come
           ,
           let
           him
           drinke
           of
           the
           water
           of
           life
           without
           any
           money
           ;
           of
           which
           if
           thou
           hast
           tooke
           but
           one
           true
           and
           thorow
           draught
           ,
           thou
           wilt
           neuer
           long
           after
           thy
           old
           puddle
           waters
           of
           sinne
           any
           more
           .
           Easie
           will
           it
           be
           for
           thee
           after
           thou
           hast
           tasted
           of
           the
           Bread
           and
           VVine
           in
           thy
           Fathers
           house
           euer
           to
           loath
           the
           husks
           and
           swill
           thou
           wert
           wont
           to
           follow
           after
           with
           greedinesse
           .
           The
           Lord
           Christ
           will
           bring
           thee
           into
           his
           mothers
           house
           ,
           cause
           thee
           to
           drinke
           of
           his
           spiced
           wine
           ,
           
           of
           the
           new
           wine
           of
           the
           Pomegramate
           :
           Yea
           ,
           he
           will
           bring
           thee
           into
           his
           cellar
           ,
           spread
           his
           Banner
           of
           loue
           ouer
           thee
           ,
           stay
           thee
           with
           flagons
           ,
           
           fill
           thee
           with
           his
           loue
           ,
           till
           thou
           beest
           ficke
           
           and
           ouercome
           with
           the
           sweetnesse
           of
           his
           consolations
           .
           In
           other
           drink
           there
           is
           excesse
           ,
           but
           here
           can
           be
           no
           danger
           .
           The
           diuell
           hath
           his
           inuitation
           ,
           
           
             Come
             ,
             let
             vs
             drinke
          
           ;
           and
           Christ
           hath
           his
           
             inebriamini
             ,
             Be
             ye
             filled
             with
             the
             spirit
             .
          
           Here
           is
           a
           fountaine
           set
           open
           ,
           and
           proclamation
           made
           .
           And
           if
           it
           were
           possible
           for
           the
           brutishest
           Drunkard
           in
           the
           world
           to
           know
           ,
           who
           it
           is
           that
           offereth
           ,
           and
           what
           kind
           of
           water
           hee
           offereth
           ,
           hee
           would
           aske
           ,
           and
           God
           would
           giue
           it
           frankely
           without
           money
           ,
           he
           should
           drinke
           liberally
           ,
           be
           satisfied
           ,
           and
           out
           of
           his
           belly
           should
           sally
           springs
           of
           the
           water
           of
           life
           ,
           quenching
           and
           extinguishing
           all
           his
           inordinate
           longings
           after
           stolne
           waters
           of
           sin
           and
           death
           .
        
         
           All
           this
           while
           ,
           little
           hope
           haue
           I
           to
           worke
           vpon
           many
           Drunkards
           ,
           especially
           by
           a
           Sermon
           read
           (
           on
           lesse
           life
           and
           force
           in
           Gods
           ordinance
           ,
           
           and
           in
           it
           owne
           nature
           ,
           then
           preached
           )
           ,
           my
           first
           drift
           is
           ,
           to
           stirre-vp
           the
           spirits
           of
           Parents
           and
           Masters
           ,
           who
           in
           all
           places
           complaine
           of
           this
           euill
           ,
           robbing
           them
           of
           good
           seruants
           ,
           and
           dutifull
           children
           ,
           by
           all
           care
           and
           industrie
           to
           preuent
           it
           in
           their
           domesticall
           education
           ,
           by
           carrying
           a
           watchfull
           and
           restraining
           hand
           ouer
           them
           .
           Parents
           ,
           if
           you
           loue
           either
           soule
           or
           body
           ,
           thrift
           or
           pietie
           ,
           looke
           to
           keep
           them
           from
           this
           infection
           .
           Lay
           all
           the
           barres
           of
           your
           authoritie
           ,
           cautions
           ,
           threats
           and
           charges
           for
           the
           auoyding
           of
           this
           epidemicall
           pestilence
           .
           If
           any
           of
           them
           bee
           bitten
           of
           this
           Cockatrice
           ,
           sleepe
           not
           ,
           rest
           not
           ,
           till
           you
           haue
           cured
           them
           of
           it
           ,
           if
           you
           loue
           their
           health
           ,
           husbandry
           ,
           grace
           ,
           their
           present
           or
           future
           liues
           .
           Dead
           are
           they
           while
           they
           liue
           ,
           if
           they
           liue
           in
           this
           sinne
           .
           Mothers
           ,
           lay
           about
           you
           as
           Bathsheba
           ,
           with
           all
           entreaties
           ;
           
           What
           my
           sonne
           ,
           my
           sonne
           of
           my
           loues
           and
           delights
           ,
           Wine
           is
           not
           for
           you
           ,
           &c.
           
        
         
           My
           next
           hope
           is
           ,
           to
           arouse
           and
           awaken
           the
           vigilancy
           of
           all
           faithfull
           Pastors
           and
           Teachers
           .
           I
           speake
           not
           to
           such
           Starres
           as
           this
           Dragon
           hath
           swept
           downe
           from
           heauen
           with
           it
           tayle
           :
           for
           of
           such
           the
           Prophets
           ,
           the
           Fathers
           of
           the
           Primitiue
           ,
           yea
           ,
           all
           ages
           complaine
           of
           .
           I
           hate
           and
           abhorre
           to
           mention
           this
           abomination
           :
           to
           alter
           the
           Prouerbe
           ,
           
             As
             drunke
             as
             a
             Beggar
          
           ,
           to
           a
           Gentleman
           ,
           is
           odious
           ;
           but
           to
           a
           Man
           of
           God
           ,
           to
           an
           Angell
           ,
           how
           harsh
           and
           hellish
           a
           sound
           is
           it
           in
           a
           Christians
           eares
           .
           I
           speake
           therefore
           to
           sober
           Watchmen
           ,
           
             Watch
             ,
             and
             be
             sober
          
           ,
           and
           labour
           to
           keepe
           your
           Charges
           sober
           and
           watchful
           ,
           that
           they
           may
           be
           so
           found
           of
           him
           that
           comes
           like
           a
           thiefe
           in
           the
           night
           .
           Two
           meanes
           haue
           you
           of
           great
           vertue
           for
           the
           quelling
           of
           
           this
           Serpent
           ,
           
           zealous
           preaching
           and
           praying
           against
           it
           .
           It
           s
           an
           old
           receiued
           Antidote
           ,
           that
           mans
           spittle
           ,
           especially
           fasting
           spittle
           ,
           is
           mortall
           to
           Serpents
           .
           Saint
           Donatus
           is
           famous
           in
           storie
           for
           spitting
           vpon
           a
           Dragon
           that
           kept
           an
           high
           way
           ,
           and
           deuoured
           many
           passengers
           .
           This
           haue
           I
           made
           good
           obseruation
           of
           ,
           that
           where
           God
           hath
           raised
           vp
           zealous
           Preachers
           ,
           in
           such
           townes
           this
           Serpent
           hath
           no
           nestling
           ,
           no
           stabling
           or
           denning
           .
           If
           this
           will
           not
           doe
           ,
           Augustine
           enforceth
           another
           ,
           which
           I
           conceiue
           Gods
           and
           Mans
           lawes
           allow
           vs
           vpon
           the
           reason
           he
           giues
           :
           If
           Paul
           (
           saith
           he
           )
           forbid
           to
           eate
           with
           such
           our
           common
           bread
           in
           our
           owne
           priuate
           houses
           ,
           how
           much
           more
           the
           Lords
           body
           in
           Church
           assemblies
           :
           if
           in
           our
           times
           this
           were
           strictly
           obserued
           ,
           the
           Serpent
           would
           soone
           languish
           and
           vanish
           .
           In
           the
           time
           of
           an
           Epidemicall
           
           disease
           ,
           such
           as
           the
           Sweating
           or
           Neezing
           sicknesse
           ,
           a
           wise
           Physitian
           would
           leaue
           the
           study
           of
           all
           other
           diseases
           to
           find
           out
           the
           cure
           of
           the
           present
           raging
           euill
           .
           If
           Chrysostome
           were
           now
           aliue
           ,
           the
           bent
           of
           all
           his
           Homilies
           ,
           or
           at
           least
           one
           part
           of
           them
           should
           be
           spent
           to
           cry
           downe
           drunkennesse
           ,
           as
           he
           did
           swearing
           in
           Antioch
           :
           neuer
           desisting
           to
           reproue
           it
           ,
           till
           (
           if
           not
           the
           feare
           of
           God
           ,
           yet
           his
           importunitie
           ,
           made
           them
           weary
           of
           the
           sinne
           .
        
         
           Such
           Anakims
           and
           Zanzummims
           ,
           as
           the
           spirituall
           sword
           will
           not
           worke
           vpon
           ,
           I
           turne
           them
           ouer
           to
           the
           Secular
           Arme
           ,
           with
           a
           signification
           of
           the
           dangerous
           and
           contagious
           spreading
           of
           this
           poyson
           in
           the
           veynes
           and
           bowels
           of
           the
           Common-wealth
           .
           In
           the
           Church
           and
           Christ
           his
           name
           also
           ,
           intreating
           them
           to
           carry
           a
           more
           vigilant
           eye
           ouer
           the
           dens
           and
           burrowes
           of
           this
           
           Cockatrice
           ,
           Superfluous
           ,
           Blinde
           ,
           and
           Clandestine
           Ale-houses
           ,
           I
           meane
           the
           very
           pest-houses
           of
           the
           Nation
           ;
           which
           I
           could
           wish
           had
           all
           for
           their
           signe
           ,
           a
           picture
           of
           some
           hideous
           serpent
           ,
           or
           a
           paire
           of
           them
           ,
           as
           the
           best
           hieroglyphick
           of
           the
           Genius
           of
           the
           place
           ,
           
           to
           warne
           passengers
           to
           shunne
           and
           auoyde
           the
           danger
           of
           them
           .
           Who
           sees
           and
           knowes
           not
           that
           some
           one
           needles
           Alehouse
           in
           a
           Country
           Towne
           ,
           vndoes
           all
           the
           rest
           of
           the
           houses
           in
           it
           ,
           eating
           vp
           the
           thrift
           and
           fruit
           of
           their
           labours
           ;
           the
           ill
           manner
           of
           sundry
           places
           being
           ,
           there
           to
           meet
           in
           some
           one
           night
           of
           the
           weeke
           ,
           and
           spend
           what
           they
           haue
           gathered
           ,
           and
           spared
           all
           the
           dayes
           of
           the
           same
           before
           ,
           to
           the
           preiudice
           of
           their
           poore
           wiues
           and
           children
           at
           home
           ;
           and
           vpon
           the
           Lords
           day
           (
           after
           euening
           Prayers
           )
           there
           to
           quench
           and
           drowne
           all
           the
           good
           lessons
           they
           
           haue
           heard
           that
           day
           at
           Church
           .
           If
           this
           goe
           on
           ,
           what
           shall
           become
           of
           vs
           in
           time
           ?
           If
           woe
           bee
           to
           single
           drunkards
           ,
           is
           not
           a
           Nationall
           woe
           to
           be
           feared
           &
           expected
           of
           a
           Nation
           ouerrun
           with
           drunkennes
           ?
           Had
           we
           no
           other
           sinne
           reigning
           but
           this
           (
           which
           cannot
           reigne
           alone
           )
           will
           not
           God
           iustly
           spue
           vs
           out
           of
           his
           mouth
           for
           this
           alone
           ?
           We
           reade
           of
           whole
           Countries
           wasted
           ,
           dispeopled
           by
           Serpents
           .
           Pliny
           tells
           vs
           of
           the
           
             Amyclae
             ,
             Lycophron
          
           ,
           of
           
             Salamis
             ,
             Herodotus
          
           of
           the
           Neuri
           ,
           vtterly
           depopulate
           and
           made
           inhabitable
           by
           them
           .
           Verely
           if
           this
           Cockatrise
           multiply
           and
           get
           head
           amongst
           vs
           a
           while
           longer
           ,
           as
           they
           haue
           of
           late
           begun
           ,
           where
           shall
           the
           people
           haue
           sober
           seruants
           to
           till
           their
           lands
           ,
           or
           children
           to
           hold
           and
           enioy
           them
           .
           They
           speake
           of
           drayning
           Fens
           ,
           but
           if
           this
           euill
           be
           not
           stopped
           ,
           we
           shall
           all
           shortly
           be
           drowned
           with
           it
           .
           I
           
           wish
           the
           Magistracy
           ,
           Gentry
           ,
           and
           Yeomanry
           would
           take
           it
           to
           serious
           consideration
           ,
           
           how
           to
           deale
           with
           this
           Serpent
           ,
           before
           he
           grow
           too
           strong
           and
           fierce
           for
           them
           .
           It
           is
           past
           the
           egge
           already
           ,
           and
           much
           at
           that
           passe
           ,
           of
           which
           Augustine
           complaines
           of
           in
           his
           time
           ,
           that
           hee
           scarce
           knew
           what
           remedy
           to
           aduise
           ,
           but
           thought
           ,
           it
           required
           the
           meeting
           of
           a
           generall
           Councell
           .
           The
           best
           course
           I
           thinke
           of
           ,
           is
           ,
           if
           the
           great
           persons
           would
           first
           begin
           through
           reformation
           in
           their
           owne
           families
           ,
           banish
           the
           spirits
           of
           their
           Buttries
           ,
           abandon
           that
           foolish
           and
           vitious
           custome
           ,
           
           as
           Ambrose
           and
           Basil
           cals
           it
           ,
           of
           drinking
           healths
           ,
           and
           making
           that
           a
           sacrifice
           to
           God
           for
           the
           health
           of
           others
           ,
           which
           is
           rather
           a
           sacrifice
           to
           the
           diuell
           ,
           and
           a
           Bane
           of
           their
           owne
           ,
           I
           remember
           well
           Sigismund
           the
           Emperours
           graue
           answere
           ,
           wherein
           there
           concurred
           
           excellent
           wisdom
           &
           wit
           seldom
           meeting
           in
           one
           saying
           )
           which
           hee
           gaue
           before
           the
           Councell
           of
           Constance
           ,
           to
           such
           as
           proposed
           a
           reformation
           of
           the
           Church
           to
           begin
           with
           the
           Franciscans
           ,
           &
           Minorites
           .
           You
           will
           neuer
           do
           any
           good
           (
           saith
           he
           )
           vnles
           you
           begin
           with
           the
           Moiorites
           first
           .
           Sure
           til
           it
           be
           out
           of
           fashió
           &
           grace
           in
           gentlemens
           tables
           ,
           butteries
           ,
           and
           cellars
           ,
           hardly
           shall
           you
           perswade
           the
           countriman
           to
           lay
           it
           down
           ,
           who
           as
           in
           fashions
           so
           in
           vices
           wil
           euer
           be
           the
           Ape
           of
           the
           Gentry
           .
        
         
           If
           this
           helpe
           not
           ,
           I
           shall
           then
           conclude
           it
           to
           be
           such
           an
           euil
           as
           is
           only
           by
           Soueraigne
           power
           ,
           &
           the
           Kings
           hand
           curable
           .
           And
           verily
           next
           vnder
           the
           word
           of
           God
           which
           is
           omnipotent
           ,
           
           how
           potent
           and
           wonder-working
           is
           the
           word
           of
           a
           King
           ?
           when
           both
           meet
           as
           the
           Sun
           ,
           &
           some
           good
           star
           in
           a
           benigne
           coniunction
           ,
           what
           enemy
           shall
           stand
           before
           the
           
           sword
           of
           God
           &
           Gideon
           ?
           what
           vice
           so
           predomināt
           which
           these
           subdue
           not
           .
           If
           the
           Lyon
           roare
           ,
           what
           beast
           of
           the
           forrest
           shall
           not
           tremble
           and
           hide
           their
           head
           ?
           Haue
           wee
           not
           a
           noble
           experiment
           hereof
           ,
           yet
           fresh
           in
           our
           memory
           ,
           and
           worthy
           neuer
           to
           dye
           in
           the
           timely
           &
           speedy
           suppression
           of
           that
           impudent
           abhomination
           of
           womens
           Mannish
           habit
           ,
           threatning
           the
           confusion
           of
           sexes
           ,
           and
           ruine
           of
           modesty
           ?
           The
           same
           Royall
           hand
           ,
           and
           care
           the
           Church
           and
           Commonwealth
           implores
           for
           the
           vanquishing
           of
           this
           poyson
           ,
           no
           lesse
           pernicious
           ,
           more
           spreading
           ,
           and
           preuailing
           .
           Take
           vs
           these
           little
           Foxes
           was
           wont
           to
           bee
           the
           suit
           of
           the
           Church
           ,
           for
           they
           gnabble
           our
           Grapes
           ,
           and
           hurt
           our
           tender
           branches
           :
           but
           now
           it
           is
           become
           more
           serious
           :
           Take
           vs
           these
           Serpents
           ,
           lest
           they
           destroy
           our
           Vines
           ,
           Vine-dressers
           ,
           Vineyards
           and
           all
           .
           This
           
           hath
           euer
           been
           Royall
           game
           .
           How
           famous
           in
           the
           story
           of
           
             Diodorus
             Siculus
          
           ,
           is
           the
           Royall
           munificence
           of
           Ptolomey
           King
           of
           Egypt
           ,
           for
           prouision
           of
           Nets
           ,
           and
           maintenance
           of
           Huntsmen
           ,
           for
           the
           taking
           and
           destroying
           of
           Serpents
           ,
           noxious
           and
           noysome
           to
           his
           countrey
           .
           The
           like
           of
           Philip
           in
           Aristotle
           ,
           and
           of
           
             Attilius
             Regulus
          
           in
           
             Aulus
             Gellius
          
           .
           The
           Embleme
           mentioned
           at
           large
           by
           Plutarch
           ,
           engrauen
           on
           Hercules
           shield
           ,
           what
           is
           it
           but
           a
           Symbole
           of
           the
           diuine
           honor
           due
           to
           Princes
           following
           their
           Herculean
           labours
           ,
           in
           subduing
           the
           like
           Hydraes
           ,
           too
           mighty
           for
           any
           inferiour
           person
           to
           take
           in
           hand
           .
           It
           is
           their
           honor
           to
           tread
           vpon
           Basiliskes
           ,
           and
           trample
           Dragons
           vnder
           their
           feet
           .
           Salomon
           thinkes
           it
           not
           vnworthy
           his
           Pen
           to
           discouer
           their
           danger
           .
        
         
           A
           royall
           and
           eloquent
           Oration
           is
           happily
           and
           worthily
           preserued
           
           in
           the
           large
           volume
           of
           ancient
           writings
           ,
           with
           this
           title
           ,
           
           
             Oratio
             magnifici
             et
             pacifici
             Edgari
             Regis
             habita
             ad
             Dunstanum
             Archiep.
             Episcopos
             &c.
             
          
           The
           maine
           scope
           whereof
           is
           ,
           to
           excite
           the
           Clergies
           care
           &
           deuotion
           for
           the
           suppressing
           of
           this
           vice
           for
           the
           common
           good
           .
           Vndertakers
           of
           difficult
           plots
           promise
           themselues
           speed
           and
           effect
           ,
           if
           once
           they
           interest
           the
           King
           ,
           and
           make
           him
           a
           party
           .
           And
           what
           more
           generally
           beneficiall
           can
           bee
           deuised
           or
           proposed
           then
           this
           ,
           with
           more
           honour
           and
           lesse
           charge
           to
           be
           effected
           ,
           if
           it
           shal
           please
           his
           Maiesty
           but
           to
           make
           trial
           of
           the
           strēgth
           of
           his
           temporal
           &
           spiritual
           armes
           .
           For
           the
           effecting
           of
           it
           ,
           if
           this
           help
           not
           ,
           what
           haue
           we
           els
           remaining
           ,
           but
           wishes
           &
           praiers
           to
           cast
           out
           this
           kind
           withall
           .
           God
           helpe
           vs.
           To
           him
           I
           commend
           the
           successe
           of
           these
           labors
           ,
           &
           the
           vanquishing
           of
           this
           Cockatrice
           .
        
         
           FINIS
           .
        
         
         
      
    
     
       
         Notes, typically marginal, from the original text
         
           Notes for div A14757-e130
           
             Esay
             21.
             
          
           
             Esay
             5.11.22
             .
             Esay
             28.1
             .
             Ioel
             1.5
             .
             Hab.
             2.
             
             
             Iames
             ●
             .
          
           
             
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
            
             .
             Basil
          
           
             
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
            
             ,
             Acharito
             chenachash
             ,
             veche
             Siphgnoni
             iaphresh
             :
             
               no
               uissimo
               sub
               tanquam
               Serpens
               mordebit
               ,
               &
               tanquam
               regulus
               punget
               .
               Montanus
               &
               Mercerus
               ,
               tamquam
            
             haemorrhois
             
               vel
               dipsas
               Tremelius
            
             .
          
           
             
               Vim
               habens
               presentaneam
               sopori
               ferara
               .
               &c.
            
             Remus
             
               in
               Spici
               legiis
               .
               Vide
               etiam
            
             Seneca
             ep
             .
             84.
             
               vbi
               cum
               opio
               elleboro
               veneno
               ebrietatem
               comparat
               .
            
          
           
             
               De
               ebrioso
               non
               de
               ebrio
               ,
               cuius
               viuere
               est
               bibere
               .
            
          
           
             
               Principia
               ledit
               &
               coedit
               hominem
               in
               fungum
               &
               testudinem
               vertit
               .
            
          
           
             Vers.
             34.35
             .
          
           
             
               Omne
               vitium
               incendit
               &
               detegit
               ,
               obstantem
               malis
               conatibus
               verecundiam
               remouet
               .
               Senec
               ▪
               Epist.
            
             84.
             
             
               Ebrietas
               in
               se
               culoas
               complectitur
               omnes
               .
            
          
           
             
               Musto
               dolia
               ipsa
               tumpuntur
               ,
               sie
               vino
               exestuante
               quicquid
               in
               imo
               latet
               effertur
               .
               Idem
               Ibidem
               .
            
          
           
             1.
             
             Cor.
             6.10
             .
          
           
             Esay
             5.14
             .
          
           
             
               Seneca
               de
               Benesicii
               ,
               lib.
            
             1.
             ca.
             10
             
               quum
               plurimum
               me
               i
               sumpsisse
               virtus
               erit
               ,
               &c.
               
            
          
           
             Deut.
             32.32
             .
          
           
             
               Qui
               ludibrium
               fuerat
               ebrietatis
               factus
               est
               postea
               sobrietatis
               exemplum
               .
               Amb.
               de
               Hes.
               
            
          
           
             
               Magna
               medicina
               tollit
               peccata
               Magna
               .
               Ambrose
               .
            
          
           
             Cant.
             8.2
             
          
           
             Cant.
             2.4
             .
          
           
             
               Hubet
               Deus
               suum
               inebriamini
               ,
               &c.
               Bernard
               ,
               in
               Cant.
               
            
          
           
             
               Vt
               Serpens
               hominis
               qua
               tacta
               saliuis
               ,
               disperit
               ,
               ac
               sese
               mandendo
               conficit
               ipsa
               :
               Lucretius
               :
               vide
               etiam
               Ophilium
               et
               Gesuerum
               ,
               &c
            
          
           
             
               Pinge
               duos
               angues
            
             ,
          
           
             
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
            
             .
             
               Aelian
               lib.
            
             14.
             cap
             27.
             
             
               Tauta
               potentia
               huius
               mali
               vt
               sanari
               prorsus
               sine
               concilii
               autoritate
               non
               possit
               .
               Aug.
               ep
               .
            
             ●4
             .
             
               ad
               Aureliuns
            
             .
          
           
             
               Bibamus
               pro
               saluite
               imperatorum
               ,
               comitum
               ,
               Oh
               fluititiam
               vitium
               sacrificium
               putant
               .
               Amb.
               de
               Helia
               ,
               &c.
               Bazil
               .
               Hom.
               contra
               Ebrios
               .
            
          
           
             Where
             the
             word
             of
             a
             King
             is
             ,
             there
             is
             power
             ,
             Eccl.
             8.4
             .
          
           
             
               Excerpta
               ex
               Historia
               Nicolai
               Harpsteldii
               Arbiep
               .
               Contuariensis
               .
               Viae
               Tomū
            
             13
             ,
             
               Bibliotheca
               patrum
            
             .
          
        
      
    
  

