He studies on, but as the boy told St. Austin, when I have laved the sea dry, thou shalt understand the mystery of the Trinity.  He makes observations, keeps times and seasons; and as [2365]Conradus the emperor would not touch his new bride, till an astrologer had told him a masculine hour, but with what success?  He travels into Europe, Africa, Asia, searcheth every creek, sea, city, mountain, gulf, to what end?  See one promontory (said Socrates of old), one mountain, one sea, one river, and see all.  An alchemist spends his fortunes to find out the philosopher’s stone forsooth, cure all diseases, make men long-lived, victorious, fortunate, invisible, and beggars himself, misled by those seducing impostors (which he shall never attain) to make gold; an antiquary consumes his treasure and time to scrape up a company of old coins, statues, rules, edicts, manuscripts, &c., he must know what was done of old in Athens, Rome, what lodging, diet, houses they had, and have all the present news at first, though never so remote, before all others, what projects, counsels, consultations, &c., quid Juno in aurem insusurret Jovi, what’s now decreed in France, what in Italy:  who was he, whence comes he, which way, whither goes he, &c.  Aristotle must find out the motion of Euripus; Pliny must needs see Vesuvius, but how sped they?  One loseth goods, another his life; Pyrrhus will conquer Africa first, and then Asia:  he will be a sole monarch, a second immortal, a third rich; a fourth commands. [2366] Turbine magno spes solicitae in urbibus errant; we run, ride, take indefatigable pains, all up early, down late, striving to get that which we had better be without, (Ardelion’s busybodies as we are) it were much fitter for us to be quiet, sit still, and take our ease.  His sole study is for words, that they be—­Lepidae lexeis compostae, ut tesserulae omnes, not a syllable misplaced, to set out a stramineous subject:  as thine is about apparel, to follow the fashion, to be terse and polite, ’tis thy sole business:  both with like profit.  His only delight is building, he spends himself to get curious pictures, intricate models and plots, another is wholly ceremonious about titles, degrees, inscriptions:  a third is over-solicitous about his diet, he must have such and such exquisite sauces, meat so dressed, so far-fetched, peregrini aeris volucres, so cooked, &c., something to provoke thirst, something anon to quench his thirst.  Thus he redeems his appetite with extraordinary charge to his purse, is seldom pleased with any meal, whilst a trivial stomach useth all with delight and is never offended.  Another must have roses in winter, alieni temporis flores, snow-water in summer, fruits before they can be or are usually ripe, artificial gardens and fishponds on the tops of houses, all things opposite to the vulgar sort, intricate and rare, or else they are nothing worth.  So busy, nice, curious wits, make that insupportable in all vocations, trades,