The holy court in five tomes, the first treating of motives which should excite men of qualitie to Christian perfection, the second of the prelate, souldier, states-man, and ladie, the third of maxims of Christianitie against prophanesse ..., the fourth containing the command of reason over the passions, the fifth now first published in English and much augemented according to the last edition of the authour containing the lives of the most famous and illustrious courtiers taken out of the Old and New Testament and other modern authours / written in French by Nicholas Caussin ; translated into English by Sr. T.H. and others.

Against vanitie.

• I. To represent to ones self very often the extream vanitie of all worldly things.
• II. The misery of the present state, wherein all things invite us to humility.
• III. The vanity of opinions, which afford us no∣thing but wind.
• IV. The blindness, incapacity, inconstancy, per∣verseness of mens judgements, who often love and admire all that which is the most vitious.
• V. The frailty of honour and reputation, which is sought by unlawful ways.
• VI. The tortures and torments of a vain spirit.
• VII. The ostentation in good successes, the dis∣couragement in bad
• VIII. The surprizal of his practices and imper∣fections, which cannot be hidden from the most ju∣dicious.

• IX. The worm which gnaweth all good works by the means of vanity, and the shameful depriva∣tion of eternal comforts to attend the search of earthly smokes.