But to return to the poorer sort, liker thy self. When thou seest a rich man, saith one, carried in his chair or on mens shoulders, have an eye withal to them that carry him, and that run through thick and thin by him: lWhen thou eyest Xerxes that mighty Monarch with his endless army mdigging3 down hills, and drying up deeps, building bridges over the sea it self, and linking shore to shore, Asia to Europe, making the dry land navigable, and the Ocean passable on foot: cast thine eye withal down on those miserable slaves, that dig down mount Athos under the whip, and that are maimed and disfigured, their noses and ears cut of, because the bridge they made brake as the army passed over it: thou countest him happy; and 4they count ⟨p. 56⟩thee happy. As if he had said, applying it to us and our times: Thou hearest of the King of Spain, what millions of treasure he hath every third year from his Indies: and thou thinkest him an happy man. I say not to thee, though I might so say, consider withal, how many mouths he hath to feed, how many Followers, how many Favourites, how many ships and galleys to set out, how many garrisons to keep, how many Soldiers to pay, how many Intelligencers to maintain, &c. But, think withal upon those poor wretches that row in his Galleys, that tug at the oar end under the whip, or under worse then it, having scarce a bit of good bread to put in their mouths, or a whole rag almost to hang on their backs, enduring all the misery there that can be imagined. Thou thinkest him happy that hath that that thou hast not: and they think thee happy that hast not that that they have, and yet hast that that they have not.
But to returne to the poorer sort, liker thy selfe. When thou seest a rich man, saith one, caried in his chaire or on mens shoulders, haue an eye withall to them that cary him, and that run through thicke and thin by him: lWhen thou eyest Xerxes that mighty Monarke with his endlesse army mdigging3 downe hills, and drying vp deepes, building bridges ouer the sea it selfe, and lincking shore to shore, Asia to Europe, making the dry land nauigable, and the Ocean passable on foote: cast thine eye withall downe on those miserable slaues, that dig downe mount Athos vnder the whip, and that are maimed and disfigured, their noses and eares cut of, because the bridge they made brake as the army passed ouer it: thou countest him happy; and 4they count ⟨p. 56⟩thee happy. As if he had said, applying it to vs and our times: Thou hearest of the King of Spaine, what millions of treasure he hath euery third yeere from his Indies: and thou thinkest him an happy man. I say not to thee, though I might so say, consider withall, how many mouthes he hath to feede, how many Followers, how many Fauourites, how many ships and gallies to set out, how many garisons to keepe, how many Souldiers to pay, how many Intelligencers to maintaine, &c. But, thinke withall vpon those poore wretches that row in his Gallies, that tug at the oare end vnder the whip, or vnder worse then it, hauing scarce a bit of good bread to put in their mouthes, or a whole rag almost to hang on their backes, enduring all the misery there that can be imagined. Thou thinkest him happy that hath that that thou hast not: and they thinke thee happy that hast not that that they haue, and yet hast that that they haue not.
- l[Greek or Hebrew]〈non-Latin alphabet〉
- mVelificatus Athos, epotaque flumina Medo Prandente. Juven. sat. 14. Sic Isaiah 37. 2•.Velificatus Athos, epotaque flumina Medo Prandente. Iuven. sat. 14. Sic Esai 37. 2•.
- 3k [Greek or Hebrew]. Plut. de tranq.k 〈non-Latin alphabet〉. Plut. de tranq.
- 4[Greek or Hebrew] Plut. ibid.〈non-Latin alphabet〉 Plut. ibid.
