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When gredy glotony seketh his ease, forsaking true labour which is most fitte: Then followeth Podagra with her disease, to vtter ruine she doth them knitte.
THe woman is Podagra: the naked man with the barrell on his legge is Prodigus: the other with the grapes in his hand is rauin: the cordes are force to destruction: and are led by Podagra, the gowte.
WHat thing in a mā is best? Reason: For by that he goeth before beastes, and fol∣loweth the Gods: wherefore a perfecte reason is that good which properly be∣longeth to man, all other thinges is to hym common with beastes: if he bee strong, so is the Lyon: if he be fayre, so is the Pecocke: if he be swift, so is the horse. I do not say yt in euery of these things the other surmounteth hym,* 1.1 for I seke not that thing which is most excellent in hym, but that which is his owne, and belongeth properly to hym: for as he hath substance, so hath the trees: and as he hath volunta∣ry mouing, in lyke wyse hath not onely the beastes, but also the wormes: if he haue a voice, so hath dogs and much louder: the Egles more sharpe and per∣ching: the Bull much greater: the Nightingale swe∣ter. Thē what thing properly is a mans owne? sure∣ly reason: for that being in the right course & perfect, maketh a man full of felicitie. A drunken workeman shall neuer bee rich:* 1.2 and he that setteth nought by a little, shall by a little and a little come vnto nothyng. Wine inordinately taken, troubleth mans reason, maketh dull vnderstanding, and corrupteth the bo∣dy, and engendreth noysome diseases, as the goute, empostum, plurisies, caterns, palsies, & dropsies, with such lyke:* 1.3 and also infebleth remembraunce, sendeth in forgetfulnes, poureth in errours, & bryngeth forth sluggishnes.
Tullius.
Ecclesia.
Boctius.