The felicitie of man, or, his summum bonum. Written by Sr, R: Barckley, Kt

The Contents of the fifth Booke.

CHAPTER I.

• Simonides the Poet unto King Cy∣rus pag. 368
• The true property of Felicity 369
• Distinction betwixt the felicitie of this life and the future 371
• The first step to felicity 372
• Timon of Athens, & 〈◊〉〈◊〉 373
• Timons death and Epitaph, &c. 374
• A meditation of Marcus Aurelius, &c. 375
• David, Esay and Salomon upon the same 376
• Plato of the estate of mans life 377
• The estate of a seafaring man 378
• The estate of an husbandman 379
• The condition of a Merchant 380
• The estate of a Souldier 381
• Of sundry calamities incident to the warres 382
• Of the famine in Ierusalem 383
• Inhumane cruelty in the •…•…ews 384
• Barbarous cruelty in the Numan∣tians 385
• 〈◊〉〈◊〉 conquer'd by Scipio 386
• Of Hading King of Danes, and vsfo King of Suecia ibid.
• The miserable extremities of fa∣mine, &c. 387
• The insolencies of war, &c. 388
• The siege of Sanserra 389
• The siege of Paris 390
• Barbarous inhumanity in souldiers 391
• Blasphemy & inhumanity against God 392
• The estate of a souldier truely de∣ciphered 393
• The estate of the Lawyer 394
• A difficult Law-case 395
• The miseries of the Client, &c. 397
• Lawyers and Physicians banished 399
• Lawyers and Physicians have one common ayme 400
• Lawyers are necessary evils 401
• The Lawyers penance, &c. 402

CHAP. II.

• The estate of •…•…udges and of Ma∣gistrates pag. 403
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• The poverty of 〈◊〉〈◊〉 generall to the 〈◊〉〈◊〉 〈◊〉〈◊〉 404
• Charg that belongs to 〈◊〉〈◊〉 405
• A dialogue betwixt a Philosopher and Iustice 409
• The Senators of Athens heard cau∣ses only in the nights 410
• The estate of a Courtier 411
• How farre their estate differeth from felicity 412
• The manner and fashion of the Court & whats cheap in it 413
• Queen Zenobia's answer unto Mar∣cus Aurelius Emperour 414
• The estate of Princes 415
• Their supposed Felicity cause of their unhappinesse 416
• The history of Cleandor under the Emperour Commodus 417
• The history of Planitanus under the Emperour 〈◊〉〈◊〉 419
• Too much grace often begetteth ingratitude 420
• The great care that belongeth to Princes 421

CHAP. III.

• The estate of Prelates 422
• Pope Adrian concerning Popes & Bishops 423
• A Citizen of Romes bold speech to Pope Innocent 424
• The Archbishop of Salisburg of the government of the Popes 426
• St. 〈◊〉〈◊〉, 〈◊〉〈◊〉, & St. 〈◊〉〈◊〉, of their pride & avarice 427
• Of the ambition and 〈◊〉〈◊〉 of 〈◊〉〈◊〉 430
• Gregory the great 432
• The charge of the Clergy, with the estate of Friars, &c. 433
• Diversity of sects begetteth Athe∣isme 434
• The estate of mariage 435
• A loving Husband exprest in a Ne∣apolitan 436
• Examples of conjugal love, &c. 437
• A man that had had 20. wives, marrieth one that had had 22. husbands 438
• Of a most remarkeable pieticibid. Inconveniences that belong unto mariage 439
• 〈◊〉〈◊〉 concerning women ibid.
• 〈◊〉〈◊〉 of mariage 440
• The trouble of children 441
• A disputation betwixt Tbales and 〈◊〉〈◊〉 concerning mariage 442
• Of needlesse jealousie 443
• Pleasant and witty husbands ibid.
• The time seems tedious spent with a bad wife ibid.
• Xantippe the wife of Socrates 446
• Of a Law observed amongst the Massagates ibid.
• The witty answer of woman 〈◊〉〈◊〉 to his mother 448
• The counsell of 〈◊〉〈◊〉 in the choyce of a wife 449
• Metellus the 〈◊〉〈◊〉 concerning mariage 450
• The witty answer of a woman to her jealous husband 451
• The opinions of divers concerning mariage 452
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• Felicity consists not in mariage 452
• The effects of peace, the mother of idlenesse 453
• Peace the mother of persecution 454
• Of calamities hapning by diseases and other accidents 455

CHAP. IIII.

• Of sundry kinds of pestilences 456
• Three hundred several diseases be∣longing unto man 457
• Gods judgment on Popielus 457
• Vpon the Emperour Arnolphus, and Hatto Bishop of Mentz 458
• Of Harold king of Denmarke and 〈◊〉〈◊〉 459
• The history of an Archbishop of Mentz, called Henry 460
• Three fearful judgments & strange stories to the same purpose 461
• The dreame of Atterius 〈◊〉〈◊〉 462
• Examples of feare and joy ib.
• Examples of sorrow & the strange effects of joy 463
• Of barbarous cruelty and extream tyranny 464
• Necessary considerations of the miserable condition of man 465
• Of the generall judgment, and the account of Lawyers, Iudges, and Souldiers 466
• The account of Vsurers 467
• Of imaginary felicity 469
• All Felicity depends upon God 472
• Of two sorts of ends, precedent & subsequent 473
• Earthly felicity is only in name 474
• Foure things that are not to bee bought with gold 475
• That no man lives contented with his owne estate 476
• No prosperity but attended by ad∣versity 477
• Of Amasis King of Egypt, and Poly∣crates King of Samos ibid.
• No man happy before his death 479
• Foure sure Anchors to trust unto 480
• The joyes of the future life, the true beatitude 482
• The contrarietie of mens inclina∣tions 483
• The use of Gods afflictions 484
• What gratitude we owe unto God 486
• The counsell of David to salomon, and Tobit to his sonne 487
• How to examine ones selfe to finde whether we be happy or not 488
• The vanity of feare 489
• Diogenes concerning patience 490
• The benefit of a quiet and conten∣ted minde 491
• Of a limitation for pleasures 492
• Riches in poverty and povertie in riches 493
• The Avarice of King 〈◊〉〈◊〉 and Pitbens 495
• Richest men the greatest slaves 497
• No true Felicity can consist in ri∣ches 498
• Saint Gregory and others of ri∣ches,

• and povertie pag. 499

CHAP. V.

• The modesty of 〈1 line〉〈1 line〉, &c. 500
• The contempt of honour in 〈◊〉〈◊〉. pompus, agesilans King of Sparta, &c. 501
• Honour an hinderance unto Felici∣tie 502
• The best riches not to fall into po∣vertie 503
• The great moderation of King Cal∣vicius 504
• Three kinds of men in every com∣mon-wealth 505
• Plato's dialogue of Socrates and a∣nother 507
• Death no way terrible unto a god∣ly Christian 508
• Of the women of Narsinga and In∣dia 509
• The contempt of death in the peo∣ple of the mountaine called 〈◊〉〈◊〉 510
• Charles the fifth his preparation to death 511
• Things above the power of fortune 513
• Pride and vaine-glory beget con∣fusion 515
• The greatest part of felicity consi∣steth in the mind 516
• Our life compared by Plato to ta∣ble-play 517
• Moderation to be used in prosperi∣tie, and patience in adversity 518
• False felicity consisteth in 5. things 519.
• The gifts of God 〈◊◊◊〉〈◊◊◊〉 they are used or 〈◊◊〉〈◊◊〉
• The necessity of industry industry
• Of wisdome and a wise man 603
• The ignorant live with 〈◊◊〉〈◊◊〉 604
• Empire maketh men monstres 606
• The Princes Court a Theatre 607
• The expression of a good King 608
• The counsell of a good King 609
• Truth necessary to bee whispered in Princes cares 611
• The education of the Persian Prin∣ces 612
• The Courts of good Princes are schooles of vertue 613
• Whom good Princes should 〈◊〉〈◊〉 their familiars 614
• Gifts ought to bee given onely to the worthy 615
• The Majesty of God honoured in the Prince 617
• The office of a Prince 618

CHAP. VI.

• The felicity of the mean estate 619
• Good fortune the greatest riches 621
• Concerning law-suites 623
• Three things to be avoided 624
• Three things to bee practised 625
• To beget commendable envie 626
• Who it is that may bee esteemed happy in this world 629
• Man participates both of the An∣gelicall and brutish nature 631
• Of friendship, and divers tenents held by 〈◊〉〈◊〉 634
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• The Commodities of poverty 635
• True friendship doubleth prospe∣rity 636
• 〈◊〉〈◊〉 fable of the Larke 637
• No friendship to be made with co∣vetous men 640
• Corruption of these times 641
• Of learned Emperours, and of Q. Emperours 642
• These times compared with the former 643
• Prophane Schismaticks 644
• A fearefull eclipse 645
• Equivocation of the Divell 646
• The wickednes of these times 647
• Of Hypocrisie 649
• Chasticement necessary 650
• The way to injoy happinesse 651
• The counsell of 〈◊〉〈◊〉 653
• Gods service brings felicity 654