Is the next Mad-man, I would haue you take view of in this Bedlam. The proud man? or rather the proud woman: or rather hac aquila, both he and shee. For if they had no more euident distinction of sexe, then they haue of shape, they would be all man, or rather all woman: for the Amazons beare away the Bell: as one wittily, Hic mulier will shortly bee good latine, if this transmigration hold: For whether on horsebacke, or on foot, there is no great difference: but not discernable out of a Coach. If you prayse their beauty; you rayse their glory: if you commend them, command them. Admiration is a poyson, that swelles them till they burst.
Laudatas extendit auis Iunonia pennas.Is not this madnesse? De ignorantia tui, venit in te super∣bia. Selfe-ignorance is the originall of pride. Is not hee madde, that knowes not himselfe? Quantò quis humilior, tantò Christo similior. Humility is Christs resemblance, Pride the Deuils Physnomie. Is he not mad, that had rather be like Satan then God? Humilitie is begunne by the information of Christ, wrought by the reformati∣on of the Spirit, manifested in conformation to obedi∣ence. But Pride, sayth Aug. Vbi mentem possederit,