A pleasant new nosegay full of many godly and sweet flowers, lately gatheredA pleasaunt newe nosegaye full of many godly and swete floures, lately gathered

Phil. Why so? It is the saying of Saint Paul to the Philippians.

Phil. Why so? It is the sayēge of Saynt Paule to the Philippians.

Euse. I know that well, but ye should rather have rehearsed this saying in the same Epistle. All seek their own advantage, & not that, which is Jesus Christs. For this flour do men now a days bear chiefly in their bosom, as we may see by daily experience. Their noses are stopped, and they have lost one of their five wits, when any such flour is offered ⟨image 84⟩them for to smell upon, as ye have now given us. They have rooted other herbs in their hearts, upon whom they smell daily,¹ even such as these are. Pecuniae obediunt omnia. Bonus est odor lucri ex re qualibet. Semper tibi proximus esto. Tantū fidei, quā tum pecuniae. Nummi uirum faciunt. Virtus post nummos. Miser est, qui nummos non habet. Quisquis habet nummos, secura naviget aura Fortunamque suo temperet arbitrio. That is to say, all things are obedient to money. The savour of lucre is good, how so ever a man come by it. Be ever nearest & most friend to thy self. A man shall even be so much trusted, as he hath money. Money maketh the man. First money, and afterward virtue. He is a wretch that hath no money. Who soever hath money, may go where he list, & do what so ever he will at his own pleasure. The savour of these flowers, hath ⟨image 84⟩so infected the senses of many now a days, that they can by no means smell on this flour, which ye have now given us.

Euse. I knowe that well, but ye should rather haue rehearsed this sayeng in ye same Epistle. All seke theyr owne auaūtage, & not that, which is Iesus Christes. For this flour do men now a dayes beare chefely in theyr bosome, as we may se by dayly experiēce. Theyr noses are stopped, and they haue lost one of theyr fyue wittes, whan ony such floure is offred