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An arrant thiefe, vvhom euery man may trust in vvord and deed, exceeding true and iust. With a comparison betweene a thiefe and a booke. Written by Iohn Taylor.
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Taylor, John, 1580-1653.
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STC 23728; ESTC S118181
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heeles true Emblems bee How quick he can inuent how quickly â—lee By him are Thieues inspirde and from his guift They plot to steale and run away most swift In their conceites and sleights no men are sharper Each one as nimble finger'd as a Harper Thus Thieuing is not altogether Base But is descended from a lofty Race Moreouer euery man himselfe doth showe To be the Sonne of Addam for we knowe He stole the Fruite and euer since his Seâ—de To steale from one another haue agreede Our Infancy is Theft t is manyfest We crie and Rob our Parents of their Rest Our Childe-hood Robs vs of our Infancy And youth doth steale our childe-hood wantonly Then Man-hood pilfers all our youth away And middle-age our Manhood doth conuay Vnto the Thieuing hands of feeble age Thus are we all Thieues all our Pilgrimage In all which progresse many times by stealth Strange sicknesses doth Rob vs of our health Rage steales our Reason Enuy thinkes it fit To steale our Loue whilst Folly steales our wit Pride filcheth from vs our Humillity And Leachery doth steale our honesty Base Auarice our Conscience doth purloin Whilst sloath to steale our mindes from work doth Ioyne Time steales vpon vs whilst we take small care And makes vs olde before we be a ware Sleepe and his brother Death conspire our fall The one steales halfe our liues the other all Thus are we Robb'd by Morpheus and by Mors Till in the end each Corps is but a Coarse Note but the seasons of the yeare and see How they like Thieues to one another be From Winters frozen face through snow showers The Spring doth steale roots plaÌ„ts buds flowers Then Sommer Robs the Spring of natures sute And haruest Robs the Sommer of his fruite Then Winter comes againe and he bereaues The Haruest of the Grayne and Trees of Leaues And thus these seasons Robs each other still Round in their course like Horses in a mill The Elements Earth VVater Ayre and Fire To rob each other daily doe Conspire The fiery Sun from th' ocean and each Riuer Exhales their Waters which they all deliuer This water into Clowdes the Ayre doth steale Where it doth vnto Snow or Haile Conicale Vntill at last Earth Robs the Ayre againe Of his stolne Treasure Haile sleete snow or Raine Thus be it hot or cold or dry or wet These Thieues from one another steale and get Night Robs vs of the day and day of Night Light pilfers darknes and the darknes light Thus life death seasons and the Elements And day Night for Thieues are presidents Two Arrant Thieues we euer beare about vs The one within the other is without vs All that we get by toyle or Industry Our Backs and Bellies steale continually For though men labour with much care Carke Lie with the Lamb downe rise vp with the Lark â—weare and forsweare deceaue and lie and Cog And haue a Conscience worse then any Dog â—e most vngracious extreame vile and base And so he gaine not caring for disgrace Let such a Man or Woman count their gaines They haue but meat Rayment for their paines No more haue they that do liue honestest Those that can say their Consciences are best Their Bellies and their Backs day night and hower The fruites of all their labours do deuower These Thieues do rob vs with our owne good will And haue dame natures warrant for it still â—omtimes these Sharks do work each others wrack The Rauening Belly often Robs the Back Will feed like Diues with Quaile Raile Pheasant And be attir'd all tatter'd like a Peasant â—ometimes the gawdy Back Mans Belly pines â—or which he often with Duke Humphrey dines â—he whilst the minde defends this hungry stealth And sayes a temp'rate dyet mainetaines health â—et Corland crie let Guts with famine mourne The maw's vnseene good outsides must be worne Thus do these Thieues Rob vs and in this pother The minde consents and then they Rob each other Our Knowledge and our Learning oft by chance Doth steale and Rob vs of our Ignorance Yet Ignorance may sometimes gaine promotion Where it is held the Mother of deuotion But knowledge ioynd with learning are poor things That many times a man to begg'ry brings And fortune very oft doth Iustly fit Some to haue all the wealth some all the wit Tobacco Robs some men if so it list It steales their Coyne as Thieues do in a Mist Some men to Rob the Pot will neu'r refraine Vntill the Pot Rob them of all againe A prodigall can steale exceeding Briefe Picks his owne purse and is his owne deare Thiefe And thus within vs and without vs we Are Thieues and by Thieues alwayes pillagde be First then vnto the greatest Thieues of all Whose Thecu'ry is most high and Capitall You that for pomp and Titles transitory Rob your Almighty maker of his Glory And giue the Honour due to him alone Vnto a Carued block a stock or stone An Image a Similytude or feature Of Angell Saint or Man or any creature To Alters Lamps to Holly Bread or Waters To shrines or tapers or such Iugling matters To Relliques of the dead or of the liuing This is the most supreamest kind of Theiuing Besides they all commit this Fellonie That breake the Saboath day malliciouslie God giues vs sixe dayes and himselfe hath one Wherein he would with thanks be calld vpon And those that steale that day to bad abuses Robs God of Honour without all excuses Vnto these Thieues my Thiefe doth plainely tell That though they hang not here they shall in Hell â—xcept Repentance and vnworthy Guerdon â—hrough our Redemers merits gaine their pardon â—hen Ther 's a Crew of Thieues that prie and luâ—ch â—nd steale and share the liuings of the Church â—hese are Hells factors Marchants of all Euill â—obs God of Soules and giue them to the Deuill â—or where the Tythe of many a Parish may â—llowe a good sufficient Preacher paye â—et Hellish pride or lust or Auarice â—r one or other fowle licentious Vice â—obs Learning Robs the people of their teaching who in seauen yeares perhaps doth heare no preaching When as the Parsonage by accounts is found â—earely worth two 3. or 4. hundred pound â—et are those Soules seru'd or else staru'd I feare â—ith a poore Reader for eight poundes a yeare Preacher breakes to vs the Heau'nly Bread â—hereby our straying Soules are taught and fed â—nd for this heau'nly worke of his 't is sence â—hat men allow him earthly Recompence â— shall he giue vs foode that 's spirituall â—nd not haue meanes to feede him Corporall 〈◊〉 of all men t is most manifest â—ainefull Churchman earnes his wages best â—â—ose that keepe back the Tythes I tell them true 〈◊〉 arrant Thieues in Robbing God of'is due 〈◊〉 he that robs Gods church 't encrese their pelse â—is most apparent they Rob God himselfe The Patron oft deales with his Minister As Dionisius did with Iupiter He