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WIlte thou doe thinges worthy of heauē? haue no respect vnto mun∣daine affaires, haue no regard vnto the trāsitorious glorie of this lyfe. Seest thou other oc∣cupied in excesse of apparell? haue thou a regarde vnto thy soule, howe to decke and sette it forth with vertues. Laugh ryottousnesse to scorne: Flee gluttonie and superfluousnesse in banketting. As the singer chaunteth his notes, so must
not thou cry for delicious din∣ners, but imitate frugalitie. For of superfluitie, what profite or commoditie aryseth? Per∣aduenture, thou iudgest it cō∣modious, to deuour much, to swill in wyne till thy belly doe stretch, but to a good person to much drink is hurtfull. It can not be spoken howe much mis∣chiefe hereby happeneth, both to the body and soule, as dis∣eases, adulterie, whordō, theft, robbery, & murther. Hath the Lord indued thee with aboun∣dance of treasure? distribute it to ye poore. Goest thou abrode apparelled with sylke? Hast thou thy fingers circundited with golde? In the heauens it can not be, that a mā should take charge of the soule, regar∣ding the pleasure and appa∣relling
of the body so much.
Iuuencus. Nemo po¦test domi∣nis aeque seruire duobus.