dayes mirth.
204Lab. Good morrow louely wife, what ha
st thou there?
205Flo. Iewels my Lord which here I
strangely found.
206Lab. Thats
strange indeede, what, where none comes
207but when your
selfe is here?
surely the heauens haue rained
208thee iewels for thy holy life, and v
sing thy olde husbande
209louingly, or el
se doe Fairies haunt this holy greene, as euer
- 210more mine aunce
sters haue thought.
211Flo. Fairies were but in times of ignorance, not
since the
212true pure light hath beene reuealed, and that they come
213from heauen I scarce beleeue: for iewels are vaine things,
214more gold is giuen for
such fanta
stical and fruitle
sse iewels,
215and therfore heauen I know wil not maintain the v
se of va
- 216nitie,
surely I feare I haue much
sinned to
stoupe and take
217them vp, bowing my bodie to an idle worke, the
strength
218that I haue had to this verie deed might haue beene v
sed to
219take a poore
soule vp in the hie way.
220Lab. You are too curious wife, behold your iewels: what
221me thinks therEs poi
ses written on thē, di
spaire not of chil
- Then shee
reades.
222dren, loue with the longe
st, whē man is at the weake
st, god
223is at the
stronge
st; wonderfull rare and wittie, nay diuine,
224why this is heauenly cōfort for thee wife, what is this other?
225God will reward her a thou
sand folde that takes what age
226can, and not what age would, the be
st that euer I heard, no
227mortall braine I thinke did euer vtter
such conceit for good
228plaine matter, and for hone
st rime.
229Flo. Vaine Poetry, I pray you burne them
sir.
230La. You are to blame wife, heauen hath
sent you them to
231decke your
self withall, like to your
self, not to go thus like a
232milk-maid, why there is di
fference in all e
stats by al religiō.
233Flo. There is no di
fference.
234Lab. I prethee wife be of another mind, and weare the
se
235iewels and a veluet hood.
236Flo A veluet hood, O vaine diueli
sh deui
se! a toy made
237with a
super
fluous
flap, which being cut o
ff my head, were
238still as warme.
Diogenes did ca
st away his di
sh, becau
se his
239hand will
serue to help him drinke,
surely the
se heathens
B shall