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The world possessed with devils containing three dialogues. 1. Of the Devil let loose.…The vvorlde possessed with deuils conteinyng three dialogues. 1. Of the Deuill let loose.…
The world possessed with devils containing three dialogues. 1. Of the Devil let loose. 2. Of black devils. 3. Of white devils. And of the coming of Jesus Christ to judgement, a very necessary and comfortable discourse for these miserable and dangerous days.The vvorlde possessed with deuils conteinyng three dialogues. 1. Of the Deuill let loose. 2. Of blacke deuils. 3. Of white deuils. And of the commyng of Iesus Christe to iudgement, a verie necessarie and comfortable discourse for these miserable and daungerous daies.
London: printed by John Kingston for John Perin, 1583London: printed by John Kingston for Ihon Perin, 1583
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Jerome. Me thinketh, it fareth with men,1 as it fareth with flies and swallows, who are always lodged amongst men, and lye in their houses, and yet for all that, a man is not able to master them: for, the ⟨image 132⟩swallow buildeth her nest in his house, and layeth her eggs there, and hatcheth up her young ones. Man, bestoweth house room on her, & they both sleep under one roof, and yet there is no familiarity between them, neither yet live they one with another. And in the end the Swallow leaveth nothing else to the good man of the house for his house rent, but her filthy dung, after she hath continued there a great while, and broken him of many a sleep with her chattering and chirping. And therefore Tully rightly compared swallows to false and unfaithful friends.2 For, as the Swallows make them ready to come in the Spring, and then depart when cold weather cometh in: Even so will false friends stand by us so long as the weather is fair and clear, but when they see the winter of mishap come upon us, they fly away from us every chone. And therefore it was not amiss said of Pythagoras, 3to forbid men of receiving the swallow under their roof.
Ierom. Mee thinketh, it fareth with men,1 as it fareth with flyes and swallowes, who are alwayes lodged amongst men, and lye in theyr houses, and yet for all that, a man is not able to master them: for, the ⟨image 132⟩swallowe buildeth her neast in his house, and layeth her egges there, and hatcheth vp her young ones. Man, bestoweth house roome on her, & they both sleepe vnder one roufe, and yet there is no familiaritie betwene them, neither yet liue they one with another. And in the end the Swallowe leaueth nothing els to the good man of the house for his house rente, but her filthie dounge, after shee hath continued there a great while, and broken him of manie a sleepe with her chattering and chirping. And therfore Tully rightly compared swallowes to false and vnfaithful friendes.