The Christian disputations, by Master Peter Viret. Divided into three parts, dialogue wiseThe Christian disputations, by Master Peter Viret. Deuided into three partes, dialogue wise

Hillarius. Some men say they have heard their lamentations, and that you do wrong unto them, and that ¹they are not so pitiless as you make them. ⟨image 71⟩For in singing for the dead, they lament so piteously, that men would say that they did weep and mourn, as if they had buried their father and mother. But it is easy to be seen, that they are not so sorrowful as they seem they are: But that those are the tears of the Crocodile, who ²weepeth when he would eat and devour men. Wherefore the more I behold them, so much the truer do I find the answer of him, of whom one asked what kind of people do live now a days most joyfully and freely upon ³the earth? and who have the greatest franchises and privileges?

Hillarius. Some men saye they haue hearde their lamentations, and that you doe wronge vnto them, and that ¹they are not so pittilesse as you make them. ⟨image 71⟩For in singing for the dead, they lament so piteously, that men would say that they did wéepe and mourne, as if they had buryed their father and mother. But it is easie to bée séene, that they are not so sorrowfull as they séeme they are: But that those are the teares of the Crocodile, who ²weepeth when he would eate and deuoure men. Wherefore the more I beholde them, so much the truer do I finde the aunswere of him, of whome one asked what kinde of people doe lyue now a dayes most ioyfully and fréely vppon ³the earth? and who haue the greatest franchises and priuiledges?

1. 1The lamentations of the priests for the dead.