_Boni._ So god helpe me it is a
corrupte and a preposterours iudgement, yf a man
marke and consyder it wel. _Bea._ The selfe same
reason is in contrarie thinges. _Boni._ I wolde
gladly knowe what ye meane by that. _Bea._ We maye
iudge lykewyse the same of the names of thynges to
be eschued, and incommodites which was spoken of
thynges to be diffyred and comodites. _Boni._ Nowe
I haue considered the thynges well, it apereth to
be euen so as ye saye in dede. __Bea.__ It
shulde be ||more feared of a good prynce to be
a tyraunt in dede then to haue the name of a
tyraunt. And yf an euyll bysshop be a thefe and a
robber, then we shulde not so greatly abhorre and
hate the name as the thynge. _Boni._ Eyther so it
is or so it shuld be. _Bea._ Nowe gather you of the
rest as I haue done of the prynce & the bysshop.
_Boni._ Me thynkes I vnderstande this gere
wonderouse well. _Bea._ Do not all men hate the
name of a fole or to be called a moome, a sotte,
or an asse? _Boni._ Yeas as moche as they do any
one thynge. _Bea._ And how saye you were not he a
starke fole that wold fishe with a golde bayte,
that wolde preferre or esteme glasse better then
precious stones, or whiche loues his horse or
dogges better then his wyfe and his chyldre?
_Boni._ He were as wyse as waltoms calfe, or
madder then iacke of Redyng. _Bea._ And be not
they as wyse whiche not assygned, chosen, nor yet
ones appoynted by the magistrates, but vpon ||theyr
owne heed aduenture to runne to the warres for
hoope of a lytle gayne, ieoperdynge theyr bodyes
and daungerynge theyr soules? Or howe wyse be
they which busie the selfe to get, gleyne, and
reepe to gyther, goodes and ryches when they haue
a mynde destitute and lackyng all goodness? Are
not they also euen as wyse that go gorgyously
apparylled, and buyldes goodly sumptuous houses,
when theyr myndes are not regarded but neglect
fylthye and with all kynde of vyce fowle
corrupted? And how wyse are they whiche are
carefull diligent and busie, about the helthe of
theyr body neglectynge and not myndynge at all
theyr soule, in daunger of so many deedly synnes?
And fynally to conclude howe wyse be they whiche
for a lytle shorte transytorye pleasure of this
lyfe deserue euerlastynge tormentes and
punyshementes? _Boni.
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