Paule knewe what maner of thynges shoulde bee the songes, queeres, daunsynges, and bankettes of vertuous myndes, yea, in this lyfe. SPVDEVS but there bee some leafull || pleasures, whyche they vtterlye refuse. HEDONIVS. That maye bee, for the immoderate vse of leafull and godly games or pastymes, is vnleaful:  and if you wyll excepte this one thing onlye, in al other thei excelle whiche seeme too leade a paynfull lyfe, and whome we take too bee ouerwhelmed with all kynd of miseries.  Now I prai you what more roialler sight can ther be, then ye coteplatio of this world? and such men as ye be in fauour of god keping his holy comaudemetes & loue his most blessed testamet, receiue far geater pleasure in the syght therof, then thother sorte doo, for while thei behold wyth ouercurious eyes, ye woderful worke, their mynde || is troubled because they can not compasse for what purpose he doeth such thinges, then thei improue the moost righte and wise gouernour of all and murmour at his doinges as though they were goddes of reprehension:  and often finde faute with that lady nature, and saye that she is vnnaturall, whiche taunt forsooth with as muche spite as can bee shewed with woordes, greueth nature:  but truely it reboundeth on hym, that made nature, if there bee any at all.  But the vertuous man with godly & simple eyes beholdeth with an excedyng reioyce of heart the workes of his Lorde and father highly praysyng the all, and neither reprehedeth nor || findeth faut with any of the, but for euery thyng yeoueth moste hearty thankes, when he considereth that al were made for the loue of man.  And so in al thynges, he praieth vnto the infinite power, deuine wisedome, & goodnes of the maker, wherof he perceiueth moste euident tokens in thynges that bee here created.  Now fain that there were suche a palace in verie deede as Apuleus faineth, or els one that were more royall and gorgeouse, and that you shoulde take twoo thither with you too beholde it, the one a straunger, whiche gooeth for this intent onely too see the thyng, and the other the seruaut or soonne of hym that firste causeth this buyldyng, whether || will haue more delectie in it? the straunger, too whom suche maner of house dooeth nothyng appartain, or the soonne whiche beholdeth with greate ioye and pleasure, the witte, riches, and magnificence of his deerely beloued father, especially when he dooeth consider all this worke was made for his sake. Sp. Your question is too plain:  for they most comunely that bee of euill condicions, knowe that heauen and all thinges contained therin, were made for mannes sake. HEDO. Almoste al knowe that, but some dooe not remembre it, shewyng theselues vnthakeful for the great and exhuberat benefittes of god, & al though thei remember it, yet that ma taketh || greater delight in the sight of it whiche hath more loue vnto the maker therof, in like maner as, he more chearfully wyll behold the element whiche aspireth towarde the