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 of Delft, who begged his man to fetch water, and do other work in the brew-house! and the third by a gardener, to help him to work in and dress a hop garden. The first two accepted their offers thankfully, but the last, the Englishman, told his master in plain terms, his friends had never brought him up to gather hops: and therefore desired rather to be hanged.

Others have had great estates left unto them by their friends, and who never knew the pain and care of getting them, have as one said truly, galloped through them in a very short time; these are such us Solomon speaketh of "who having riches have no hearts, or rather the wit, to use them." These men are most aptly compared to the willow-tree, because the palms of the willow-tree are no sooner ripe, but blown away with the wind.

I remember to have heard of a wealthy citizen of London, in Queen Elizabeth's time, who left his son a great sum of money, who imagined he should never be able to spend it; would usually make ducks and drakes in the Thames with shillings, as boys were wont to do with tile sheards and oyster shells; and at the end came to such extreme want, that he was under the necessity of borrowing sixpence, having any times more