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THe Emperour Frederick the third,* 1.1 who when one said unto him, he would go find some place where no Hypocrites inhabited; he told him, He must tra∣vell then far enough, beyond the Sauromatae, or the frozen Ocean; and yet when he came there, he should find an Hypocrite, if he found himselfe there: And it is true,* 1.2 that omnis homo Hypocrita, every Man is an Hypocrite. Hypocrisie is a lesson
that every Man readily takes out, it continues with age, it appeares with infancy,* 1.3 the wise and learned practise it, the duller and more rude attain unto it; All are not fit for the Wars,* 1.4 Learning must have the pick't and choycest w••••s, Arts must have leasure and pains, but all sorts are apt enough, and thrive in the mystery of dissimu∣lation; The whole throng of Mankind is but an horse-fair of Cheaters, the whole world a shop of counter••eit wares, a Theater of Hypocriticall disguises.
Imperat. vitae. Plutarch Apophthegm.
Esa. 19. 15.
Sam. Torshel ••t ante••.
Serpit hodie putrid•• 〈◊〉〈◊〉. by hypocri••••••, &c. Berna••d.