¶ Here we sée philautie or selfe-loue, which rageth in men so preposterouslie, that euen naturall dutie and affection quite forgotten, they vndertake what mis|chéefe soeuer commeth next to hand, without excepti|on of place or person; and all for the maintenance of statelie titles, of loftie stiles, of honorable names, and such like vanities more light than thistle-downe that flieth in the aire. A vice that hath beene noted to reigne in all ages, among all péeres and people of all nations, both at home and abroad, as one verie well noteth and giueth his verdict therevpon, saieng,

— proh dij,M. Pal. in virg. & sag. nunc nomina tantùm

Magnifica, & claros titulos sibi quilibet optat,

Arrogat, affectat, sequitur, rapit; vt meritò iam

Et [...] asinus pardum vocet & formica leonem.

Quid tituli illustres praeclará nomina prosunt?

Quae citò mors rapit, & lethaeas mergit in vndas.

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