in all his workes. The other father was Herodot. a
a Lydian borne, whiche people for fuche cu°-
gamnes, and other vnthriftines, as boowlyng and
hauntyng of taueraes, haue bene euer had in moft
vile reputation, in all floryes and writers.

The Fofterer vp of {noting is Labour, ye companion
of vertue, the maynteyner of honeftie, the encreafer of
health and welthineffe, whiche admytteth nothinge in a
maner in to his companye, that flandeth not, with
vertue and honeflie, and therefore fayeth the oulde
poete Epicharmus very pretelye in Xenophon, that
God felleth vertue, and all other good xendedict.
thinges to men for labour. The Nource et fact- Soc-
of dife and cardes, is werifom Ydleneffe, enemy of
vertue, ye drowner of youthe, that tarieth in it, and
as Chaufer doth faye verie well in the Parfons tale,
the greene path waye to hel, hauinge this thing appro-
priat vnto it, that where as other vices haue fome
cloke of honeftie, onely ydlenes can neyther do wel,
nor yet thinke wel. Agayne, Ihooting hath two
Tutours to looke vpon it, out of whofe companie,
Ihooting neuer flirreth, the one called Daye light, ye
other Open place, whyche. ii. keepe mooting from euyl
companye, and fuffers it not to haue to much fwinge,but
euermore keepes it vnder awe, that it darre do nothyng
in the open face of the worlde, but that which is good
and honeft. Lykewyfe, dyfmge and cardynge, haue.
ii. Tutours, the one named Solitarioufenes, whyche
lurketh in holes and corners, the other called Night
an vngratioufe couer of noughtyneffe, whyche two
thynges be very Inkepers and receyuers of all noughty-
neffe and noughtye thinges, and thereto they be in a
maner, ordeyned by Nature. For on the nighte tyme
and in corners, Spirites and theues, rattes and iriife,
toodes and oules, nyghtecrowes and poulcattes, foxes
and foumerdes, with all other vermine, and noyfome
beafles, vfe moofte ftyrringe, when in the daye lyght,
and in open places whiche be ordeyned of God for
honefle tiynges, they darre not ones come, whiche
thinge Euripides noted verye well, fayenge.