SOnne , welcome home , God blesse thee , and make thee his Seruant .

I thanke you Father , and say Amen to your praier .

Well said Boy , but let me talke a word or two with thee : Thou hast been abroade in the world , and hast seene more then thou hast eaten , and hast left many a good Towne behinde thee for fault of carriage : tell me I pray thee , whence camest thou now ?

Directly from the Vniuersitie , where I haue made no long stay : for had it not lyen in my way , I had not come at it at all , such was my haste home , as well first to shewe my duetie to you , as to acquaint you with the occasion of some matters , which at leysure I wil impart vnto you .

I vnderstand you well : me you come to see , but my money is the matter you would talke of , for certaine occasions you thereunto moouing : but by the way , let me aske you what newes are abroad ?

Newes enough , but fewe worth the hearing : and in the place from which I came ( I meane the Academe ) there are but two pointes the Schollers stand vpon : and one point the Townes-men .

And what are the Schollers pointes ?

Truely neither leather , threed , nor silke-points , nor pointes of pinnes , nor needles , nor pointes with the finger but the full point : of eyther truth or falshood : for in argument , wit , and learning , to trye their best vertue , is in finding out a falshood or maintaining a truth .

Why then wit and learning can make a faire shewe of truth where there is none :

Yea , but bettter wit , & better learning can lay it open , that it may be knowne as it is .

And when it is knowne , what then ?

Then to be regarded as it deserues .

As how , I pray thee ?

If one holde an opinion that a man is wise because hee is rich , and an other holde the contrarie , and both hauing shewed their reasons , hee that findes out the truth of wisdom what it is , and in what it lies , makes it knowne so apparantly to all good vnderstanding , that wisedome is to be honoured as a vertue and grace of the deuine Essence , and wealth to bee esteemed as a Seruant of necessitie .

And this is your Schoole talke :

Yea Sir .

Good talke for Schollers : but doe their Maisters holde it so , that money is but a seruant of neede ?

Yes , and learned it themselues before they teach it vs .

But how vnderstand you a seruant of necessity ?

For prouision of apparell which is necessarie , meate and drinke , and lodging , which are necessarie : horse and furniture , which are necessarie : maintenance of wife , children , and seruants , all which are necessarie : to keepe good courses , with good company , which is necessarie : to procure aduauncement , which is necessarie : to keepe off want , which is necessarie to helpe the needie , feede the hungrie , and relieue the oppressed , which is necessarie : In all which necessarie causes , the spirit being mooued by grace and reason , to effect that which cannot be done without money , he is to be employed as a necessarie seruant , and a seruant at all necessities ▪ but wisdome which is a directer of the spirit in all good , and necessarie courses , & the employer of wealth in all necessarie causes , is to bee honoured aboue all thinges , whatsoeuer man can be master of .

Well said ; but superfluity then , money hath nothing to do withal , as thus : better want money then waste it vpon drunkennes , wantonnesse , or wickednes ▪ for when one hath a coate that will keepe him warme , which was the cause garments were first made , and money is employed for them to lay on needeles lace of threed , Silke or Siluer , or Golde , which makes the garment more weightie then warme , money is to be pardoned for any such vnnecessarie expence .

Pardon me Sir , it makes the garment more comely , and comelinesse is necessarie so farre that it exceede not reason in measure : furthermore it is an vtterance of Silke , an vpholder of traffique , and maintainer of Arte.

So Sir , well said Maister Scholler , how finely you can make superfluitie in pride , be a reliefe of necessitie , and necessarie to maintaine traffique ▪ but , content your selfe , cloath the backe warme , satisfie hunger and thirst , and so farre my money hath bene my Seruant , and so farre hee shall bee yours . Why so you may say of a house , when the first cause was to keepe Man drie : to make more roomes then there is vse for , more Chimnyes , then is fier for ; more Windowes then there is wit for , and more Painting and Guilding then there is good reason for : why should not monye lie still rather then bee employed in such vnnecessarie humors ?

Oh Sir , are not many poore men emploied in their labours , many men of trade exercised in their Arte ? and is not the beautie thereof comely to the eyes of the beholder ? which may as well praise God in the worke-man-shippe , as haue pride in the profession of it ? oh , it is the ill minde of one that misconstrueth the good meaning of an other : and therefore monye being made for necessarie vses , and many necessarie vses in the building of faire houses , monye is to bee employed and the builder for his wisdome to bee honoured .

I thanke you Sir : but for my selfe , hee hath serued me to builde roomes necessarie for my vse and no further , and for a house fit for your calling my monye shall serue you and no further : why , you perhaps will defend feasts , and banqueting , when monye is onely to bee employed for necessitie to satisfie hunger and thirst .

Without offence , I thinke I may say , that Feastes are as necessarie as Fasts : for , as the one doth pull downe the flesh from rebelling against the Spirit , so doth the other giue the Spirit more life in reioycing vpon a iust cause of ioy : as in many excellent Histories , as well Diuine as humaine , wee may reade : but to allowe thereby of Drunkennes or glotonny , I haue no such meaning : As at mariages , holy daies , and honest merrie meetings , a little too much , is better then much too little : further-more the varieties of meates and drinkes , as Ale , Beere , Wine , Sugar and Spices , are the better knowne , wherein God is glorified , and praised for his blessings , and the Vintner , the Grocer , the Comfit-maker , the Cooke , the Brewer and the Butcher , doe by the venting of their wares , the better maintaine their trades ▪ so that I thinke I may well say , that monye in the prouision of Feastes and banquets , is to bee employed as a seruant of necessitie .

So Sir , you say well : but money hath serued mee for the good loafe and the Cheese , Beefe , and Mutton , and nowe and then a Goose and a Chicke , or a Ducke of mine owne breede or your Mothers ; and a cuppe of Ale or Beere of our owne brewing : this outlandish drinke ( this Wine ) is more costly then wholsome : I warrant you the greatest part of this Countrie standes vpon Corne , and Sheepe : and where haue you a Plough-man or a Shepheard , that almost knowes what Drinke it is , or cares for it , when he sees it ? No , Ale and Beere is our best liquor , and therefore so farre as may kill hunger and quench thirst , monye hath serued mee , and so farre shall it serue you : but , whether is more wisdome in getting money to serue necessities , and keepe it for necessarie causes , or to studie trickes to lay it out vpon nice inuentions ?

Truely Sir , ( as I said before , monye is but reasons seruant , & wisdom is reasons maister : them if reason the Seruant to wisdom , can finde meanes euen among fooles to get money , either by Labour , Arte , or Fortune : and wisdome onely be the director of reason in the imployment of that money , to the necessarie comfort and honour of man : I holde it a greater wisdome well to dispose of a Seruants businesse , then to come by the Seruant , for money is euerie mans Seruant in one sort or other : but wisdome liueth but with a fewe , whome shee maketh more honorable then the money-Master .

Yea , how can that bee ? what honor is there without money ? the best Scholler without money may make a hard dinner , and goe in a threed-bare Coate : and for all his grace in the Schooles , haue little grace in the world .

Yet learning in it selfe is honorable , and if he be gratious in patience , either to beare his Crosse , or to attend his comfort , then deserueth he the honour of that vetue that learning hath taught him , & is wronged if he haue it not giuen him : for shall an Asse be held wise because hee hath put on a Foxes skinne , or like a wolfe can pray on a lambe ? or if a foole that hath but so much wit as to play the knaue , & by his cunning to gather coine , shal such a Deuil in the shape of man be honoured as a God ? God forbid : no , the Golden Calfe of Horeb was an Idoll , and couetousnesse is the witch of wit , and the roote of all euill .

And which is the Toppe ?

Pride .

And what is the body ?

Sloth .

And what is the Armes ?

What is the Sappe ?

Letcherie .

What the Barke ?

Enuie .

What are the Leaues ?

Vanities .

The fruite ?

Shame and paine .

Oh braue ! a Tree for the Deuils garden , God blesse my ground from such Trees .

Amen .

But heere me a little , I thinke if a man should touch you with a tickling humor , of an effeminate nature , you would defend it to bee good , and money necessarie to bee vsed in such a seruice : and were not that a prettie piece of learning ?

Howsoeuer Sir you thinke of it : I can shew good reason for it : for Loue is an humor of the minde infused into the heart , by the vertue of the Spirit : which by the grace of wisdome , the art of reason , and the Seruice of money , worketh honorable effectes in nature : for when the eye beholdeth beautie , nature is pleased in the obiecte ; when reason findeth wit , wisdome is delighted in the Subiecte ; and when wisdome findeth grace , reason is ioyfull in vnderstanding ; and then all these meeting together in conceite , must needes work together for contentment : for the accomplishment of which , money must be a seruant of necessitie . As thus : If your neighbour had two Sonnes , the one were wise , learned , valiant , and honest , yet did want money to aduaunce his vertues , & the other had much monie , and no other good matter to mooue the least humor of good liking my sister to whom my grandmother hath left a good Portion , should effect this younger Brother without monye , and leaue the other to his all money : is it not fit and necessarie , that her money should rather bee an aduauncement of his vertues , and a content of her kindenesse , and perhaps increase of her comfort , rather then bee a choaker of Midas , with more money then he can swallowe , and be an increaser of Idolatry : and perhaps , a griefe to you in the Prime of her owne comfort : so if it should fal out with me to affect the hope of my fortune , would you spare your Pursse to procure my preferment ? beleeue it father , the best loue is begotten by the eyes bred in the Braines , & growes to perfection in the heart : and shall not money bee a seruant then of necessitie to attend the commaundement of Loue ? fie on this Market-matches , where mariages are made without affections , and obedience is performed by a grieued patience : no let money be vsed as a Seruant to reason , and not a Maister of Loue .

Oh fine boy ; I almost finde where you are , but let me tell you , though your wordes hang well together , yet me thinkes , money lies better together : for if a Wench that hath money Loue thee , spend of her purse , or els thou wantest wit : if thou haue money and loue her that hath none , her wit hath made a foole of thee : for , tell me a tale of a Tub , of eyes & eares , and hearts , obiect and subiect , and wisdome , and reason : without money , t is not worth a whiffe : for Aurum potabile is a strange quintescence : it will make age young againe , it will giue the heart a life beyond all the phisicke of the world : why Gold is halfe a God on the earth ▪ it hath such power among people , Let a wench be wealthy , and set out in her brauerie , though she bee painted for her beautie , and scarce gentill for her parentage , yet , if she catch the name of a Lady , she must bee honoured like Queene Guineuer : & if she be but neere a Princesse , she shal bee almost worshipped like a Goddesse . Why goe no further but to our owne neighbours : what a slut will haue a husband if shee haue but a little money . and what fine Wenches match with Clownes , but onely for their Farmes and their stockes ?

Yea , but Father , what followes ? Iealouzie and Cuckoldry , and Bastardry , & Rogery ▪ she cannot Loue him , nor he her : youth cannot loue age , age will be Iealous of youth , and loue wil haue his working : and therfore as I said before , the cause is couetousnes and the roote of all euill .

Well said againe boy : but yet t will not serue your turne , for I wil haue an other bowte with you : for money is a matter of more moment then you make account of : why ? money makes the medicine for the sicke , pleades the Clients cause , maintaines the Marchants Trade , makes the Soldiers fight , and the Craftsman worke , the Trauailer treade lightly , and the olde Mare trot , and the young Tit Amble : it doth , I knowe not what , nor almost what can on earth be done without it ? It frameth the instrument , tuneth the strings , playeth the lesson , & singeth the song it furnisheth the court , graceth the citty , & maintaineth the country : In summe , let me tel thee , it is a matter of such moment , as there is neither youth , nor Beauty , Valour , nor Learning , wit nor wisdome , but if it want money to grace it , it shall haue little grace in the world : and therefore let him be first counted wise that gets it , then wise that keepes it , and last wise that knowes how to vse it : and whatsoeuer opinions are of it , holde you with me this assurance of it , that he is wise who hath it , and so contrarie to all them that say against it , say you , he is wise that is rich .

Oh Father I am sorry to heare you speake so feelingly of your loue to money : which you haue bene long in getting , carefull in keeping , and will be sorrowfull in leauing : Oh let it not haue such power ouer you , to make you a slaue to your Seruant ▪ it is but a drosse trodden on by the feete of Beastes , serueth the begger , as a greater person , the wicked as the vertuous , the Iewe as the Christian , embrodereth the Horses cloathes as the Lords cloake , and the Maides kertell , as her Ladies petticoate : it begetteth Pride , breedeth warres , procureth Treasons , and ruynes countries : and yet let me say this of it : the fault is not in it selfe , but in the vse of it : and for the good that is done by it , is not of it selfe but in the wisedome of him or her that hath the vse of it , and therefore let it bee left indifferent good or euill , or neither of both , but fit for either as it is vsed : and count him rather wise that knowes how to vse it , then how to get it : for many get it by a wicked Father , which being wise , will not leaue it to a wicked Sonne : many get it by Dice and Cardes , which being wise , will imploy it in better courses : many get it by an olde blinde widow , that haue wit to spend it with sweeter creature : many get it by piracie at Sea , that employ it in a better course at Land : In briefe , the getting of it sometime is so grieuous to a good conscience , as can approue no wisedome in it , and the employing of it may be to so good an ende , as prooueth great wisdome in the mannaging of it : and therefore in my iudgement , knowing no man wise through riches , but , many rich through wisdome , I holde him rich that is wise , not him wise that is rich .

So then you would haue me that haue been carefull to get money , which I haue lying by me for necessarie vses , bestowe it vpon you that knowe ( as you thinke , ) how to prooue more wisdome in the imploying of it : it may bee I will doe so with parte of it , in hope , that you that can speake so well of it will knowe as well what to doe with it : but before we come to that point , let mee talke a little further with you touching your trauaile : what haue you chiefely noted for your benefit ?

The natures of the Soiles , the inhabitants of the Countries , the dispositions of the people , and the wisdome of the Gouernours : To the first , I noted according to the climat of wihat heate or coldenes , drie or moystnes , what fruite , what store , and in what season , what Riuers , fresh or salt , what Cattell , and Fowle , and Fish , what Mineralles , and what Mines .

And for Fish , you could bring none home aliue , nor sweete : and , haue not our Seas , and fresh-waters , as good Fish as other ? And for Cattell , there can bee no better Beefe nor Mutton , then ours : Now for Fowle , both Land and water Fowle : there are in our heathes , woodes and fens , I thinke as good and as great varietie with vs as any where ▪ but it may be , far fetcht and deere bought is good for Ladies , and if you haue hit on a little monster , as a Camelion , or an Indian Flie , it may bee , if you can vse the matter hansomely , fooles may giue you money for the sight of it : now for Mineralls , how much money soeuer you found in the country , I feare you haue brought but a little out of it , and therfore for these notes , I think for any profit you made of your trauaile , you had bin as good a taried at home : Nowfor the people , I thinke , they are as we are in shape though by some of those outlandish , they mishape themselues in their apparel , I know not what to say to them , but , if the men be rich , it is like they will keepe their mony , and if poore , they will either begge , cheat , or steale , and so liue as long as they can : and for the women , if they bee faire , they knowe what to make of their beautie , and if Fowle , how to make of their money . Olde Folkes can tell howe to gouerne Children , and youthes will play the wagges , if it bee with their owne Fathers : for Boyes ( God send them Grace ) had neuer more witte then they haue now a daies . Now for the Gouernours , where there are manye , it is strange if there bee not one wise , and if the rest will obserue good notes , their wittes may prooue nere the worse : now if there bee manie wise , it will trouble one wit too much to take notice of them all : and therefore Sonne , though a little expence of money haue bought thee a little experience , and the varietie of knowledge haue giuen thee a little contentment , yet , let no Idoll corrupt thy conscience , no vanitie corrupt thy wit , nor folly bee Maister of thy will : thy natiue soyle is naturall , thy Countriemen nearer to thee then strangers : thy kindred , then vnknowne people , and thy Fathers house will giue a kinder welcome , then the Pallace of a Princesse : Let not the alteration of the Ayre , alter thy nature , the obiect of thine eye the Iudgement of thy minde , nor the sound of the eare , the sence of thy heart : If thou bee returned home , as thou wentest out , I shall bee glad of it : but if eyther France haue taught thee fancies , Italye wantonnesse , Flaunders drunkennesse , or any place wickednesse , I shall bee sorrie for thy Trauaile and wish thou hadst neuer gone : Oh let not wars make thee bloudy , Courts make thee prodigal , trade make thee couetous , lawe make thee partiall , women make thee wanton , nor flatterie make thee proude : for , as Trauaile is the life of youth , and varietie the loue of knowledge , so yet after all thy Trauaile learne this , nay by thy varietie of thy knowledge learne this Lesson , couldest thou see all the worlde , thou shouldest see nothing but a worlde , and in the ende of all , finde all haue an ende : Riches must eyther be spent or lefte , beauty must decay , honour must be transported , nature must growe weake , sences loose their sence , and life must ende , and then when all is gone , then vanitie , vanitie , and all is vanitie : in the graue there is no beautie , no honour , no wealth , no sence , no life : & thither you must as well as I , and who knoweth , who first ? now whether it bee in the Sea , or in the land , in a Fishes belly or a Leaden Coffin : all is one , a graue there must be , of whosoeuer it be : and therefore before thou commest to that last Inne of thy worldes Iourney , let me wish thee wheresoeuer thou goest , and whatsoeuer thou seest , be still one man & remember one thing : serue but one God , loue but one & thine owne country , haue but one wife & trust but one friend : for many Gods breedeth heathens miseries , many countries trauailers humors , many wiues mens purgatories , and many friends trustes ruine : first God gaue thee life , loue him for it : yea hee loueth thee , liue to him for it : your Countrey gaue you foode vnder God , loue it for it : your Countrey gaue you knowledge first vnder God , liue in it for it : your wife giues you Issue , loue her for it , she easeth your house cares , liue with her for it : and your friend conceales your secrets , loue him for it : and is an other your selfe , liue neere to him for it : and leauing the vaine desire of varietie , liue to the onely loue of vertue : spend your thoughts in contemplation of Deuine comfort , your substance in the seruice of God , and benefit of your countrey : wagge not wanton with the wandring eyes , nor trifle out time in vnprofitable toies , couer not your balde head with Periwigs of borowed hayre ▪ curle not your beard with hot Irons : leere not aside like a Beare-whelpe , nor looke vnder the browes like a Bull ▪ Dogge , march not in a towne of peace like a Souldiour , nor runne out of your wits in an humor : carry not a picke-tooth in your mouth , a flower in your eare , nor a Gloue in your Hat , for it is apish and foolish , deuised by idle heads , and worne by shallowe wits : binde not your inuention to Poetry , nor make an Oration of an Epistle : Learne but two partes of speeche , to speake good wordes , and to good purpose : goe cleanely but not gaiely , and gaine honestly , and spend thriftilie : feede sparingly , drinke moderately , sleepe soundly , but rise earely , so passing thy time merrily , thou shalt liue happily and die blessedlie : this lesson hath been taught me at home , and I doubt : you will scarce finde a better abroad : but least I growe teadious to thee , thus to take thee to Schoole as soone as thou commest home , I pray thee tell me thy opinion of contentment : whether it can be so well had abroade , as at home ?

Truely Father I knowe not the minde of euerie man , nor how fullye to define content : but when wit hath found out , reason hath Iudged , and nature hath receiued the pleasure of the Spirit in the delight of the sences , I thinke , if in the world there bee any content it is there : Now , be it at home or abroad , all is one , for there is an olde sentence which is oftentimes newly in effect . Omne Solum fortis patria : euery house is home , all Countries are one to a resolute minde : a friend is a friēdabroad , & an ennimie is an ennimie at home : vertue is limited to no place , but honoured in al persons , & loue hath a worlde to walke in , to take the pleasure of his fortune , where varietie of choise tries the wisdome of judgement : my father , if I beholde him but as a man , I can loue him but as a man , but when I thinke of his loue , I loue him as a Father : now , loue being bound to no place , cannot forget his owne nature any where : nay absence of place strengthens the memorie of Loue : and therefore if I beholde my selfe , in being a sonne , I remember my Father ▪ if I behold your bounty , I remember your blessing , and honour your Loue : so that still I say , it is not the place , that perfecteth affection , no not in nature : and sometime absence is the cause of the more Ioy in loue , as in the Souldiour , who after Conquest returneth with more honour then he had at home : the Marchant after a voyage , pleaseth his mistris with better wares then she had at home : the Courtier after trauaile , tels his Lady a better tale , then of a Foxe and a Goose , and the Scholler after Trauaile , makes a better verse then at home : why the Clowne after trauaile can learne to kisse his hand , & maide Maulkin after trauaile , can make new countenances & new complexions : oh father , this home humor wil soone be worne so threed-bare , that if it were not shifted with some trauaile ( euen with lazy ) wit would grow louzy : for in place of account , where knowledge is to be enquired , there is more matter then for the Market , and of more judgement then maister constables : were the wise that haue seene the world , note the necessarie good of Trauaile : who neuer heard but a Iacke-Dawe would thinke a Parret a spirit , & either be affraide of her , or in loue with her , when he that knoweth her what shee is , wil regarde her as shee is : now he that neuer saw but an Ape , would thinke a Baboone a little deuill ▪ but he that hath trauailed where they are bred , will know them for ordinary beastes of those countries : he that neuer saw a Mountibanke , would take a curtizen for a better creature , but hee that had seene their traffique would neuer care for their trade : he that neuer saw a Whale would thinke it a Deuill in the Sea , but hee that had been where they are bredde would knowe it there , an ordinarie Fish : hee that neuer saw a Picture would goe neere to thinke it an Angell , but hee that knowes them what they bee , will thinke of them as they are . Oh Father , the Tiranny of one Prince makes the mercie of an other more glorious : the terror of warre , makes peace seeme more joyfull , and the daunger of the Sea makes the Land more wished for : doth not the drunkennesse of one Countrie make sobrietie in an other seeme more gratious ? the Treasons in one Countrie make loyalltie more honourable in an other ? and who hath not seene the one , how can he Iudge of the other ? now , for further causes of contentment , what Golde is in the Indies ? what Arte in China ? what workmanshippe in Millaine ? what building in Florence ? what Fountaines in Genoua ? what State in Norremberge ? and for Venice who hath not seene it cannot praise it , but who hath seene it , and can judge of it , I leaue him to speake of it . Oh the Corne , wine and fruite of France ▪ the Oyle , Spice , Drugges and fruite of Spaine ▪ the Rosen , Pitch , Tarre , and Hempe , Waxe , and Honie from the Easte Countries ▪ the Veluets , Sattens , Taffaties and Silkes of Italy , and other farre Countries ! are these at home ? yea , but howe ? not to bee seene with that contentment that it is at their home : for , to see the little Worme that windes the Silke , how shee liues before her working , and then , how with her worke , shee payes for her liuing , howe neate the Maides bring them to Market , wound vp in their worke , how finelye they are wound out of their worke , and their Silken threedes wouen into diuers fine Stuffes , as well Cloath of Golde , Tissue , Siluer , or Tuffed or plaine Veluet or Satten , or stuffes of other names , the rarenes in the Arte of it , and the neatenes in the dooing of it , it is a thousand times more contentiue , then to buye it in a Shoppe , and to weare it in slappe : Oh to see a Generall in the middest of an Armie , or a Cittie besiedged ! to see the Beautie of one , and note the strength of the other , and to tarrie the fortune of both , it would make you breake your Spade , and your Flaile , and as olde as you are , trye the Fortune of your Sworde , to see but one such a sight in all your life : why in a Chamber to see a woman of worth sued to , by the better sort , to heare the excellencie of her wit deliuered at the ende of her tongue , with such a grace of modestie , as might cleere suspicion of vngratious action , when her eyes like starres did sparckle in the little Element of her face , and her hayres like wiers , might winde vp the thoughts of loues heart , while her wordes like Oracles , should coniure honour to loyaltie , to behold such a queene-like creature in the richest of her array . to reade her in the excellencie of her wit , & heare her in the excellencie of her musicke , were such a contentment to the spirit of good vnderstanding , as would make the heart to rise , to the highest of his worldes ioy : and , is this to bee seene at home in a cupboord , or a Corne-lofte , or a Cowe pastor ? no , no , I confesse , flesh and blood , red and white , and louely browne , will doe well where are no better : but a countrey daunce is but a Iigge to a stately Pauen : no father had you seene that which I haue seene , and know that I knowe , you wold long as well as I to see that I would see : for an olde Mans lesson , is knowledge by experience , and a young Mans Loue is varietie of vnderstanding , which is the fruite of Trauaile .

Well Sonne , I sayed it not for nought , that Boyes in these daies , haue wit at will , God send them grace to vse it well : but , now I haue heard you at leysure , giue mee leaue to answere you a little touching contentment : you say , euery house is a home , and euery Countrie alike to a resolued spirit , but he that selleth Land at home , to looke ouer Land abroade , when his money is spent , and hee hath neither house nor home , what then followes , but , insteede of content , play Mal-Content : and for the commoditie of Land , better haue an Acre of land in Cheape-side , then a hundreth in the Land of waste , for it is either vnder water , or subiect to drowning , and therefore tell not mee of your outlandish earth nor the fruites of it : for , I can haue as good hearbes and fruites here at my doore for my money , as you can haue any where in your trauaile , I know it : for I haue heard them say it , that haue tried it : why ? haue not we our Cherry , our Strawberry , our Raspesse , our Goose-berrie and our Mulberie , and I knowe not how many berries , as the Season serues ? haue not wee the Plumme , the Peare , the Apricocke , the Apple , the warden , and the Quince , the Walnut and the Filberd , and the Hasell Nut , the Medler , and the Ches-nut , and al in their seasons , growing in our countries , & brought to our markets ? and are they not cheaper heere then to trauaile for them , I knowe not whether ? Indeede , I thinke we haue them not in such aboundance , for I holde no such necessitie : now , for Mineralles , I doe not thinke but you may finde more Golde and Siluer aboue the ground in one Acre in Cheape-side , then you may finde in ten of the best Acres in your Trauaile : and therefore , for Earth I thinke we haue as good at home , as you can finde abroad : and so much for your earth . Now for your fine wormes , and your worming Maides , it is a prettie idle thing to stand peering on a Worme , but , perhaps we haue wormes at home , that winde themselues vp in Silke , though they bee not caried to Market , one of which are better worth then a hundreth of your wormes , & for Maides , if our maides be not as cleanely on the market day , as they are on a Holy-day , trust mee no more , and I am sorrie you can say no more for yours : for they that bee not Sluts , will bee neate , and there is an ende : and for your Silkes and Veluets , wee haue our Sattens heere with such a glasse , that you may almost see your face in it , vppon the backeside of a Vardingale : and therefore talke no more of it : wee haue it heere without trauaile , as well as you haue it thore with your trauaile , and so content your selfe : Now for your Parrats , your Apes , your Whales & your trickes , some of them we heare speake , and other we see daunce , & other wee heare of , and what care we for more ? they that will bee fooles to giue money for fancies , let them alone with their follies , I wish not to Trauaile for any such toyes : Nowe for your Campe and your Cittie besiedged , howe gallant soeuer the sightes seeme pleasing to your humor , yet I thinke the heart of a wise man will bee better pleased with a poore peace , then a Rich Warre : though commonly Warre bee the cause of pouertie , and peace of wealth : Nowe for your wenching humor , so fine and so wise , so faire , and so sweete in her lookes , and her wordes , and her trickes , and her toyes , I thanke God , the thought of that world is done with mee , and I would it were neuer to bee thought on with you : for let an Olde Mans lesson bee what it will , a faire wench is a young Mans Loue , and so I allowe it should bee : but then I would haue it neere home , that I might Iudge the better of it , for there are as I heare , so many Painters of Womens faces , so many Instructers of Womens tongues , and so manie flatterers of Womens humors , that if a man haue not both his insight and his outsight , he may pay home for his blindenesse : and therefore , let Wiers , And Oracles , and such Poeticall figures or fictions passe , and for a flaxen or a browne hayre , for a chaste eye , and an honest face , for a good complexion , and a gratious disposition , I thinke all the worlde is not better prouided for good Wenches then our Countrie , talke of your farre Countries what you list , and therefore I see not howe you are benefited by your Trauaile , more then to haue libertie to tell more then many well beleeue : but let mee aske you one thing in your Trauaile , did you not reade any Auncient Histories ?