CXI.

Diligence. Sedulitas.

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_Diligence_, 1. loveth labours, avoideth _Sloth_, is always at work, like the _Pismire_, 2. _Sedulitas_, 1. amat labores, fugit _Ignaviam_, semper est in _opere_, ut _Formica_, 2. and carrieth together, as she doth, for herself, _Store_ of all things, 3. & comportat, ut illa, sibi, omnium rerum _Copiam_, 3.

She doth not always sleep, or make holidays, as the _Sluggard_, 4. and the _Grashopper_, 5. do, whom _Want_, 6. at the last overtaketh. Non semper dormit, ferias agit, aut ut _Ignavus_, 4. & _Cicada_, 5. quos _Inopia_, 6. tandem premit.

She pursueth what things she hath undertaken chearfully, even to the end; she putteth nothing off till the morrow, Urget incepta alacriter ad finem usque; procrastinat nihil, nor doth she sing the _Crow’s_ song, 7. which saith over and over, _Cras, Cras_. nec cantat cantilenam _Corvi_, 7. qui ingeminat _Cras, Cras_.

After _labours_ _undergone_, and ended, being even wearied, she resteth her self; Post _labores_ _exantlatos_, & lassata, quiescit; but being refreshed with _Rest_, that she may not use her self to _Idleness_, she falleth again to her _Business_, sed recreata _Quiete_, ne adsuescat _Otio_, redit ad _Negotia_.

A diligent _Scholar_ is like _Bees_, 8. which carry honey from divers _Flowers_, 9. into their _Hive_, 10. Diligens _Discipulus_, similis est _Apibus_, 8. qui congerunt mel ex variis _Floribus_, 9. in _Alveare_ suum, 10.