l. x. 31. He shall be befriended: "for riches gather many
friends," Prov. xix. 4,--_multos numerabit amicos_, all [2211]happiness
ebbs and flows with his money. He shall be accounted a gracious lord, a
Mecaenas, a benefactor, a wise, discreet, a proper, a valiant, a fortunate
man, of a generous spirit, _Pullus Jovis, et gallinae, filius albae_: a
hopeful, a good man, a virtuous, honest man. _Quando ego ie Junonium
puerum, et matris partum vere aureum_, as [2212]Tully said of Octavianus,
while he was adopted Caesar, and an heir [2213]apparent of so great a
monarchy, he was a golden child. All [2214]honour, offices, applause, grand
titles, and turgent epithets are put upon him, _omnes omnia bona dicere_;
all men's eyes are upon him, God bless his good worship, his honour;
[2215]every man speaks well of him, every man presents him, seeks and sues
to him for his love, favour, and protection, to serve him, belong unto him,
every man riseth to him, as to Themistocles in the Olympics, if he speak,
as of Herod, _Vox Dei, non hominis_, the voice of God, not of man. All the
graces, Veneres, pleasures, elegances attend him, [2216] golden fortune
accompanies and lodgeth with him; and as to those Roman emperors, is placed
in his chamber.

[2217] ------"Secura naviget aura,
Fortunamque suo temperet arbitrio:"

he may sail as he will himself, and temper his estate at his pleasure,
jovial days, splendour and magnificence, sweet music, dainty fare, the good
things, and fat of the land, fine clothes, rich attires, soft beds, down
pillows are at his command, all the world labours for him, thousands of
artificers are his slaves to drudge for him, run, ride, and post for him:
[2218]Divines (for _Pythia Philippisat_) lawyers, physicians, philosophers,
scholars are his, wholly devote to his service. Every man seeks his
[2219]acquaintance, his kindred, to match with him, though he be an oaf, a
ninny, a monster, a goose-cap, _uxorem ducat Danaen_, [2220]when, and whom
he will, _hunc optant generum Rex et Regina_--he is an excellent
[2221]match for my son, my daughter, my niece, &c. _Quicquid calcaverit
hic, Rosa fiet_, let him go whither he will, trumpets sound, bells ring,
&c., all happiness attends him, every man is willing to entertain him, he
sups in [2222]Apollo wheresoever he comes; what preparation is made for his
[2223]entertainment? fish and fowl, spices and perfumes, all that sea and
land affords. What cookery, masking, mirth