ao 6 The ^aturallanctMorall 



hath not onely needc of nourishment as the beads, 

 biicalfo he muft workeand labour according vn to the 

 reafon and capacitic which the Creator hath given 

 him. And as mans vndei (landing doth apply it felfe to 

 divers artcs ai}a faculties , fo the fame Author hath gi 

 ven order , thathee fhould finde matter and fubicd to 

 diverfe artes, for the confervation, reparation, furetie, 

 ornament and exaltation of his workes. The diverfi- 

 tie therefore of mettalls , which the Creator hath flint 

 vpin thecloiecs and concavities of the earth, is fuch, 

 and fo great > that man drawes profitand commoditic 

 from everic one of them. Some ferve for curing of dif 

 cafes, others forarme&aqd for defence againft the ene 

 mies , (bme are for ornament and beautifying of our 

 perfbns and houfes , and others are fit to makeveflels 

 andyron-workes, with divers fafliions of inftruments, 

 which the induitry of man hath found out and put in 

 pradt/e. But above ^1 the vfes of mettalls , which bee 

 umpleand natutal,the communication and commerce 

 of men hath found out one, whichjsjh 

 the which (as the PhilofopfieTfaieth) is 

 *&*. all things. And although naturally ,and of it felfe,it be 

 but one onely thing, yet in value and eftimation wee 

 may fay, that it is all things. Monyjs^ntcm asj t were, 

 mcatcj clothing, houfe^ JiorJeranJfineTaTIvwhatloe^ 

 vermanharfi ncede of 7 By this meanes all obeycs to 

 mony 5 andas the Wifeman faith,to finde an invention 

 that one thing fliould be all. Men guided or thruft for- 

 ward by a naturall inftind ? choofe the thing moft du 

 rable and moft maniable , which is mettall , and a- 

 mongftmettals, gave them the preheminence in this 

 invention of mony , which of their nature were moft 

 Durable and incorruptible , xvhidi is filvcrand gh 



