2 o 6 The J^aturallanctMorall 



hath not" onely neede of nourifliment as the beads, 

 but alfo he muft workc and labour according vnto the 

 reafon and capacitic which the Creator hath given 

 him. And as mans vnderftanding doth apply it felfe to 

 divers artcs arid-faculties , fo the fame Author hath gi 

 ven order , thathee fhould finde matter and fubied 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 thcclofets and concavities of the earfh, is fuch f 

 and (b great , that man drawes profitand commoditic 

 from evericoneofthem. Some (erve for curing of di 

 eafes, others forarme^aqd for defence againft the ene 

 mies, Come are for ornament and beautifying of our 

 pcrfbnsandhoufes, and others are fit to makeveflels 

 andyron-workes, with divers fafliions of inftrumcnts, 

 which the induftry of man hath found out and put in 

 pra&Ue. But above ^1 the vies of mettalls , which bee 

 fimpleand natural,the communication and commerce 

 of men hath found out one, which is thgjjepf mQflffi 

 the which (as the PhilofbpHerTaleth) is the mcafiu-cTof 

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

 ** - but one onely thing, yet in value and eftimationwec 

 may fay, that it is all things. Monyiwjilo.YS asitvvere, 

 m^te 2 do^injTO^^ 



ver man hath ncede^xfT By this meanes all obeycs to 

 <l*f.i*. niony^andas the Wifeman faith,to finde an invention 

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

 ward by a naturall inftin<ft , choofe the thing moft du 

 rable and moft maniable , which is mettall 5 and a- 

 inongftmettals, gave them the preheminence in this 

 invention of mony , which of their nature were moft 

 Durable and incorruptible , \yhic 



