If thou wouldest have a Wife then, gseek thee a good Wife; seek thee a fit Wife. For if she be not a good Wife, and a fit Wife; (and she is no good ••fe for thee, if she be not fit for thee;) thou shalt have no ⟨p. 25⟩Wife of her. As a learned man said sometime of Rome having been somewhile there, that a man might hSeek Rome in Rome, and yet not find her there; Rome was so much altered from that that it had been: And the Orator of Sicily, after Verres had governed there, that men isought Sicily in Sicily, it was by him so impoverished: And a Reverend Prelate of ours, of Bellarmines latter works, that many kmissed Bellarmine in Bellarmine; they were so much unlike to, and came so far short of his former. So mayest thou find much want, and miss of a wife in a wife, if thou makest thy choice amiss. And so consequently do thy self exceeding great wrong, embracing, with lIxion, a cloud in stead of Juno, or mwith Paris, na shadow without substance, a sorry help, oa cold comfort, a wife, and yet no wife, in regard of any joy or comfort in her, in regard of any help or furtherance from her. And were it not much better for one to be altogether without? For what can be more miserable than to have a Wife, as pcovetous wretches have wealth; to have the burden of a Wife, and to want the benefit of her, to have the care, and not the comfort? whereas the man that liveth single, as he misseth of the one, so he is yet withal freed from, and eased of the other.
If thou wouldest haue a Wife then, gseeke thee a good Wife; seeke thee a fit Wife. For if shee be not a good Wife, and a fit Wife; (and she is no good ••fe for thee, if she be not fit for thee;) thou shalt haue no ⟨p. 25⟩Wife of her. As a learned man said sometime of Rome hauing beene somewhile there, that a man might hSeeke Rome in Rome, and yet not finde her there; Rome was so much altred from that that it had beene: And the Orator of Sicilie, after Verres had gouerned there, that men isought Sicilie in Sicilie, it was by him so impouerished: And a Reuerend Prelate of ours, of Bellarmines latter works, that many kmissed Bellarmine in Bellarmine; they were so much vnlike to, and came so far short of his former. So mayest thou finde much want, and misse of a wife in a wife, if thou makest thy choise amisse. And so consequently doe thy selfe exceeding great wrong, embracing, with lIxion, a cloud in stead of Iuno, or mwith Paris, na shadow without substance, a sorrie helpe, oa cold comfort, a wife, and yet no wife, in regard of any ioy or comfort in her, in regard of any helpe or furtherance from her. And were it not much better for one to be altogether without? For what can be more miserable than to haue a Wife, as pcouetous wretches haue wealth; to haue the burden of a Wife, and to want the benefit of her, to haue the care, and not the comfort? whereas the man that liueth single, as hee misseth of the one, so hee is yet withall freed from, and eased of the other.
- gUbi quaeret quis uxorem, videar an nuptias suas amet, an nihil pluris faciat marito, an misericors sit, an fortis sit, si quid viro inciderit mali, una tolerare. Si his bonis fuerit instructa, dotata est. Sen. contron. 6.Vbi quaeret quis vxorem, videar an nuptias suas amet, an nihil pluris faciat marito, an misericors sit, an fortis sit, si quid viro inciderit mali, vna tolerare. Si his bonis fuerit instructa, dotata est. Sen. contron. 6.
- hSpurcū cadau•t prist••ae venustatis: Ne• coma Romae compot, & tamē Roma: Sed Roma quae praestare non pote• Romam. Jus. Scalig. Utpote ubi, Nec somnium, nec umbra, nec s•nus Romae. Jul. Stalig. po•m. Et Jan. Vital. Qui Romam in media quaeris novus aduena Roma, Ut Romae in Roma nil reperis media […] Roma siquidem Roma non est, nihil h• bens praeter ruinas ruderaque, priscae calamitatis cicatrices ac vestigia. Erasm. •iceronian.Spurcū cadau•t prist••ae venustatis: Ne• •oma Romae cōpot, & tamē Roma: Sed Roma quae praestare non pote• Romam. Ius. Scalig. Vtpote vbi, Nec somnium, nec vmbra, nec s•nus Romae. Iul. Stalig. po•m. Et Ian. Vital. Qui Romam in media quaeris novus aduena Roma, Vt Romae in Roma nil reperis media 〈…〉 Roma siquidem Roma non est, nihil h• bens praeter ruinas ruderaque, priscae calamitatis ci•atrices ac vestigia. Erasm. •iceronian.
- iUt in uberrim• Siciliae part Sici•am quaereremus. Cic. in Verr. 3.
