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THe Frogs, in the Fable, desire a King; Iupiter casteth a stock amongst them which at the first fall made such a plunge in the water,* 1.1 that with the dashing thereof, they were all affrighted, and ran into their holes; but seeing no further harme to ensue, they came forth, took courage, leapt on it, and made themselves
sport with that which was first their fear,* 1.2 till at length Iupiter sent a Stork among them, and he devoured them all. Thus it is that we make the death of others, but as a Stock that somewhat at first••affecteth us, but we soon ••orget it, until the St••rk come, and we our selves become a miserable prey. Do they who close the eyes, and cover the faces of their deceased friends, consider that their eyes must be so closed, their faces thus covered? Or they who shrowd the Coarse, remember that they themselves must be so shrowded?* 1.3 Or they who ring the knell, consider that shortly the bells must go to the same tune for them? Or they that make the grave, even while they are in it, remember that shortly they must inhabite such a narrow house as they are now a building? Peradventure they do a little, but it takes no deep impression in them.
Aesopus.
Charles Fitz-Geffery Serm. at a Fun. Lon. 1622.
Miser hom••, quare omni ••ora te non disponis? &c. Bern. in Serm.