2253.  Lib. 1. cap ult.

2254.  Deos omnes illis infensos diceres:  tam pannosi, famefracti, tot
      assidue malis afficiuntur, tanquam pecora quibus splendor rationis
      emortuus.

2255.  Peregrin.  Hieros.

2256.  Nihil omnino meliorem vitam degunt, quam ferae in silvis, jumenta in
      terris.  Leo Afer.

2257.  Bartholomeus a Casa.

2258.  Ortelius in Helvetia.  Qui habitant in Caesia valle ut plurimum
      latomi, in Oscella valle cultrorum fabri fumarii, in Vigetia sordidum
      genus hominum, quod repurgandis caminis victum parat.

2259.  I write not this any ways to upbraid, or scoff at, or misuse poor
      men, but rather to condole and pity them by expressing, &c.

2260.  Chremilus, act. 4.  Plaut.

2261.  Paupertas durum onus miseris mortalibus.

2262.  Vexat censura columbas.

2263.  Deux ace non possunt, et sixeinque solvere nolunt; Omnibus est notum
      quater tre solvere totum.

2264.  Scandia, Africa, Lithuania.

2265.  Montaigne, in his Essays, speaks of certain Indians in France, that
      being asked how they liked the country, wondered how a few rich men
      could keep so many poor men in subjection, that they did not cut
      their throats.

2266.  Augustas animas animoso in pectore versans.

2267.  “A narrow breast conceals a narrow soul.”

2268.  Donatus vit. ejus.

2269.  “Publius Scipio, Laelius and Furius, three of the most distinguished
      noblemen at that day in Rome, were of so little service to him, that
      he could scarcely procure a lodging through their patronage.”

2270.  Prov. xix. 7.  “Though he be instant, yet they will not.”

2271.  Petronius.

2272.  Non est qui doleat vicem, ut Petrus Christum, jurant se hominem non
      novisse.

2273.  Ovid, in Trist.

2274.  Horat.

2275.  Ter.  Eunuchus, act. 2.

2276.  Quid quod materiam praebet causamque jocandi:  Si toca sordida sit,
      Juv.  Sat. 2.

2277.  Hor.

2278.  In Phaenis.

2279.  Odyss. 17.

2280.  Idem.

2281.  Mantuan.

2282.  “Since cruel fortune has made Sinon poor, she has made him vain and
      mendacious.”

2283.  De Africa Lib. 1. cap. ult.

2284. 4. de legibus. furacissima paupertas, sacrilega, turbis, flagitiosa,
      omnium malorum opifex.

2285.  Theognis.

2286.  Dipnosophist lib. 12.  Millies potius moriturum (si quis sibi mente
      constaret) quam tam vilis et aerumnosi victus communionem habere.

2287.  Gasper Vilela Jesuita epist.  Japon. lib.

2288.  Mat.  Riccius expedit. in Sinas lib. 1. c. 3.

2289.  Vos Romani procreatos filios feris et canibus exponitis, nunc
      strangulatis vel in saxum eliditis, &c.