The Palace of Pleasure.
THE TWENTY-THIRD NOUELL.
The great Honor and authority men haue in thys World, and the greater their eſtimation is, the more ſenſible and notorious are the faultes by theim committed, and the greater is their ſlaunder. In lyke manner more difficult it is for that man to tolerate and ſustayne Fortune, which al the dayes of his life hath lyued at his eaſe, if by chaunce he fall into any great neceſſity than for hym whych neuer felt but woe, miſhap, and aduerſity. Dyoniſius the Tyraunt of Scicilia, felt greater payne when hee was expelled his Kyngdome, than Milo did, beinge baniſhed from Rome: for ſo mutch as the one was a Soueraygne Lorde, the ſonne of a Kynge, a Iuſticiary on Earth, and the other but a ſimple Citizen of a Citty, wherein the People had Lawes, and the Lawes of Magistrates were had in reuerence. So lykewyſe the fall of a high and lofty Tree, maketh greater noyſe, than that whych is low and little. Hygh Towers, and ſtately Palaces of Prynces bee ſeene further of, than the poore Cabans, and homely Sheepeheardes Sheepecotes: the Walles of lofty Cittyes more a loofe doe Salute the Viewers of the ſame, than the ſimple Caues, which the Poore doe digge belowe the Mountayne Rockes. Wherefore it behooueth the Noble, and ſutch as haue charge of Common wealth, to lyue an honeſt Lyfe, and beare their port vpright, that none haue cauſe to diſcourſe vppon their wicked deedes and naughty life. And aboue all modeſty ought to be kept by Women,
