Phisicke against fortune, aswell prosperous, as aduerse conteyned in two bookes. Whereby men are instructed, with lyke indifferencie to remedie theyr affections, aswell in tyme of the bryght shynyng sunne of prosperitie, as also of the foule lowryng stormes of aduersitie. Expedient for all men, but most necessary for such as be subiect to any notable insult of eyther extremitie. Written in Latine by Frauncis Petrarch, a most famous poet, and oratour. And now first Englished by Thomas Twyne.

Of Gluttonie. The .Cviij. Dialogue.

SOROWE.

I AM molested with gluttonie.

Reason.

I sayde erwhyle, that I take those thynges in cure onely, that happen vnto men agaynst theyr wylles: for who wyll heale them that are wyllyngly sicke and diseased?

Sorowe▪

I am vexed with gluttonie.

Reason.

Properly spoken in deede: for there is nothyng so vyle, that maketh you so carefull. It is woonder∣full and sha••••efull to thynke, wherevnto the disposition of man∣kynde, whiche was created vnto hygher matters, doth encline it selfe, since that forsakyng the coastes of the lande, ye goe a∣bout to searche out the see••e••e tractes of the Sea and Ayre. Ye haue veuised Ne••••es, and Hookes, and Byrdlime, and Snares, and Hawkes also ••e ••aue ••aught to come and goe at your com∣maundement, and to pray for your pleasure, and for nothyng els, but to serue your throtes, whiche you cloy not onely with fyllyng, but also with ouerburdenyng, and by sundrie meanes you oppresse your slender bellie, by too muche followyng the greedinesse thereof, for whiche hunger were muche more con∣uenient,

but sobrietie most profitable aboue of all other thynges: when as ye ought rather to geue some rest vnto that filthie and miserable paunche of yours, and to leaue some quietnesse vnto the Wooddes, Cloudes, and Riuers. But thus goeth the worlde, and this is the maner, specially among Noblemen, these are the arces whiche sometyme beyng liberall, are nowe become Handi∣craftes, whiche ye applie: and they that were wont to be Gene∣ralles of Armies, and Philosophers, and Gouerners of Cities, and Fathers of theyr Countrey, are nowe become Hunters, and Faulkoners, that thou mayest vnderstande, howe that there is nowe no hope of saluation remainyng. That is ascribed vnto Nobilitie, whiche is gluttonie, or rather playne vanitie. This mischiefe is by noneother meanes better beaten downe, then by a certayne noble disdayne and indignation, and by vpryght consideration of the thyng it selfe, eyther by lytle and lytle, as Ci∣cero lyketh it, or suddenly, as Aristotle thynketh it good. It auayleth very muche to thynke vpon the ende, which beyng a ge∣nerall rule in all vices, yet is it most effectuall in this vice, and also in letcherie.