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AN Old man is the declaration of Time, in the [ 48] defect of nature, and the imperfection of sense in the vse of Reason: He is in the obseruation of Time, a Kalender of experience, but in the power of Action, he is a blanke among Lots: He is the sub∣iect of weakenesse, the Agent of sicknesse, the displea∣sure of life, and the forerunner of death: Hee is twise a Child, and halfe a man, a liuing Picture, and a dying Creature: he is a blowne Bladder, that is onely stuffed
with winde, and a withered Tree, that hath lost the sappe of the Roote: or an old Lute with strings all bro∣ken, or a ruined Castle that is ready to fall: Hee is the eye-sore of Youth, and the iest of Loue, and in the ful∣nesse of Infirmitie, the Mirror of Misery. Yet, in the honour of Wisedome, he may be Gracious in Graui∣ty, and in the gouernment of Iustice, deserue the Ho∣nour of Reuerence: Yea, his Words may be notes for the vse of Reason, and his Actions examples for the imitation of discretion. In summe, in whatsoeuer e∣state, he is but as the snuffe of a Candle, that pinke it neuer so long, it will out at last.