The.viii. Chapter. The 〈…〉 of riches being •• t by, • ut for this ••••• nt lyfe

NOwe riches loued and set by for such if we consider it wel, the commodit[…]e that we take therof is n[…]t so great as our owne fond affeccion and fātasy maketh vs imagine it. It maketh vs I say not naye[…] goe muche more gaye and glorious in sight garnished with silke, but cloth is within a litle as warme. It maketh vs haue great ple[…]y of many kinde of delicate and delicious victual, and thereby to make more exce[…]se, but le[…]se exquis[…]te, a[…]d lesse superfluous fare, with fe[…]er su[…]aytes and fewer feu[…]rs growyng theron to, were within a litle as wholesome than the labour in the getting, the feare in the ke[…]yng, the payne in the partyng fro, doe more th[…]n […]ounte[…]payse a great parte of al the pleasure and commoditie that they bryng. Besydes thys, yt riches is the thyng yt taketh many tymes frō […]is maister, al his pleasure, & his life too. For many a man is for hys riches slayne, and some yt kepe theyr ryches as thinges pleasaunt & commodious for theyr life, take none other pleasure in a maner therof in all theyr life, than as thoughe they bare the kaye of an other mannes Cofer, and rather are contente to lyue in nedynes miserably al theyr dayes, than they coulde finde in theyr heart to minishe theyr horde, they haue such fantasie to looke theron: yea and some men for feare lest theues shoulde steale it from them, be theyr owne theues and steale it from them selfe, whyle they dare not so muche as let it lye where them selfe may looke theron, but put it in a pot, and hide it in the grounde, and there lette it lye safe tyll they dye, and […]ometyme.vii. yere after. From which place if the pot had beene stolne awaye.v. yere before hys death, all the same.v. yere that he liued after, wening alwaye that his potte laye safe still, what hadde he been the poorer while he neuer occupied it after?

Vincent. By my trouth Uncle not one pennye for ought that I perceiue.