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¶Of the Goods of the minde. Chap. 4
NOwe are we come to the goodes of the minde, which in deede are onely good, and sufficiently good of them selues. The other to wit, the Goods of Nature & Fortune, are so far good, as when they serue to good purpose: and are hande∣maides wayting vppon vertue, not mi∣nisters to vices: and therefore they are not simply & sufficiently of them selues good, but by reason of theyr good vsage.
Cicero tels howe there appeared vnto Hercules two maydens diuersly appa∣relled, of diuers nature:* 1.1 the one plaine & simple: the other gorgeously decked and very fine. Each of them promised accor∣ding to their hability rewards vnto him▪ if he chused according to their mindes: The plaine and simple sayde: if hee would entertaine her, he shoulde in this worlde bée wretched, and of small ac∣coumpte, but afterwarde his felicite should be great, & his same euerlasting.