Wisdom and Wit are to be preferred be∣fore Riches and Beauty.WIsdom and Wit are to be preferred before Riches or Beauty; for Wisdom knoweth how to get, keep, and use Riches; neither can Beauty paralell Wisdom; for Wisdom makes a man happy all his life, in governing his Passions, in chu∣sing his waies in order to his affairs, for his best advantage, not only for himself, but for others in distress, by his Counsell; for which he is Honored, Esteemed, Loved, and sought after, to redress the incumberd, to relieve the distressed, to unite diffe∣rences; She helps the blind, in giving Eies of understanding to the Ignorant. Wisdom is the Arm of strength to defend; the watchfull Eye to descry dangers; the Fingers to point and direct; the Tongue to perswade and admonish; It is the Heart of Cou∣rage, the nourishing Liver, the Stomach or Store-house, the Bowells and Center, the Head and Governor of a Common∣wealth. And Wit is to be preferred before Beautie; for there is as much difference as betwixt Soul and Body; for Wit is as it were spiritual, where Beautie is Corporal, and Beautie is subject to the variations of several Opinions; for Beautie is not Beautie in all Nations, but Wit is Wit in all Languages; Beautie wearies the Eye by Repetitions, where Wit refresheth the Ear with va∣riety of Discourse; Wit is the God of Passion, creating and dis∣posing them at his pleasure.Of Riches, and Beautie.RIches si to be preferred before Beautie, though it be a gift of Fortune, and Beautie a gift of Nature; for Beautie incaptives, where Riches inslaves all; for were there a Beautie that had as much as Nature could give it, joyned with an Angelical Mind, yet it shall never triumph so long, nor inthrall so many, nor so constantly be served, as Riches is; for Riches hath no un∣faithfull Lovers, although she may have ignorant Servants, whom she turns most commonly Weeping out of dores; for she is a humersome Mistris, and changeth often, but seldom makes a good Choice: And the Reason why Riches are preferr'd, esteemed, honoured, and unweariedly followed, is, because she affords more variety, which the Nature of Man delights and seeks after; where Beauty is still one and the same; but though Riches are fleeting, yet many times the Carefull and Prudent have possest them long; where Beauty no sooner shewes her self but dyes.0