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3 This is not all, he tenders thee a fair and large jointure. Give him but marriage, and he will give thee maintenance. Jura, periura, Defraud, dissemble, swear, for swear, bribe, flatter, temporize; make use of all men, love only thy self; and riches (with preferment in his company) shall seek thee out. Thou shalt hazard no Straights, climb no Alps, prison not thy self in a study, nor apprentice thy life to the wars: entertain but the world for thy husband, and thou art out of all hunger and cold: ⟨p. 19⟩wealth shall come trolling in even whiles thou sleepest. (But happy is he, that can be rich with honesty, or poor with content.) These are the glories, whereof he would enamour thee: thus would he possess thee with his possessions. But he hath three deterringes: hear them.

3 This is not all, he tenders thee a faire and large iointure. Giue him but marriage, and he will giue thee maintenance. Iura, periura, Defraude, dissemble, sweare, for sweare, bribe, flatter, temporize; make vse of all men, loue onely thy selfe; and riches (with preferment in his company) shall seeke thee out. Thou shalt hazard no Straights, climbe no Alpes, prison not thy selfe in a study, nor apprentice thy life to the warres: entertaine but the worlde for thy husband, and thou art out of all hunger and cold: ⟨p. 19⟩wealth shal come trolling in euē whiles thou sleepest. (But happy is hee, that can bee rich with honesty, or poore with content.) These are the glories, whereof hee would enamour thee: thus would hee possesse thee with his possessions. But hee hath three deterringes: heare them.

1 He hath sore eyes, blear and raw with cares: for he is ever in expectation, either of remedy to griefs, or supply to wants. What opulency can boast immunity from sorrow, exemption from crosses? And such is the secure worldlings impatience, when once angered with afflictions, that a little misery makes him greatly miserable He makes his yoke the more troublous to him, because he hath not learned to draw quietly in it. Though he hath already more then enough, he keeps his eyes sore, with seeking for addition. In the quest of wealth he denies himself rest. Needs must his eyes be sore that sleepeth not. This is one disease incident to the world. 2 He hath swollen legs, diseased with surfeits. For the world comprehends more then covetousness, by the testimony of S. John: