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The sacrifice of thankfulness A sermon preached at Pauls Cross, the third of December,…The sacrifice of thankefulnesse A sermon preached at Pauls Crosse, the third of December,…
The sacrifice of thankfulness A sermon preached at Pauls Cross, the third of December, being the first Aduentuall Sunday, anno 1615. By Tho. Adams. Whereunto are annexed five other of his sermons preached in London, and else-where; never before printed. ...The sacrifice of thankefulnesse A sermon preached at Pauls Crosse, the third of December, being the first Aduentuall Sunday, anno 1615. By Tho. Adams. Whereunto are annexed fiue other of his sermons preached in London, and else-where; neuer before printed. ...
London: printed by Thomas Purfoot for Clement Knight, 1616
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4. There is also the Badger, a Beast of rapine: We have his fellows among us, the Engrossers of Corn, the Raisers of the price, sweeping away whole Markets: We call these Badgers. The Poor that comes with a little Money, cannot speed; but at an unreasonable rate: they engross all. And by their Capacity, or rather Rapacity, having so much in their hands, they sell it at the place of their transporting, at their own price.
4. There is also the Badger, a Beast of rapine: Wee haue his fellowes among vs, the Ingrossers of Corne, the Raysers of the price, sweeping away whole Markets: Wee call these Badgers. The Poore that comes with a litle Money, cannot speed; but at an vnreasonable rate: they ingrosse all. And by their Capacitie, or rather Rapacitie, hauing so much in their hands, they sell it at the place of their transporting, at their owne price.
5. The Dromedary would also be better hunted: I mean the vagrant Rogues, whose whole life is nothing but an exorbitant course: the main begging, the by's filching and stealing: Only they are not so serviceable as the Dromedary; which is a Beast of quick feet, and strange speed. The reason is given by Aristotle, because the extreme heat of Nature doth waste all the unctuosity and fatness, and thereby gives ⟨p. 80⟩greater agility. But these Dromedaries are not swift: Let one charitable Constable amongst a hundred light on him, and give him correction, and a Passport to his (false-named) place of birth, and he will not travel above a Mile a day. Let them alone, and they will traverse their way••; 1which are no ways: for they cannot keep the beaten path: let them be where they will, they are never out of their way. They boast themselves of the brood of Cain• for they are perpetual Runagates. If the Stocks and Whip-post can not stay their extravagancy, there remains only the Gal-house.