CXVII.

Liberality. Liberalitas.

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_Liberality_, 1. keepeth a mean about _Riches_, which she honestly seeketh, that she may have somewhat to bestow on them that _want_, 2. _Liberalitas_, 1. servat modum circa _Divitias_, quas honestè quærit ut habeat quod largiatur _Egenis_, 2.

She _cloatheth_, 3. _nourisheth_, 4. and _enricheth_, 5. these with a _chearful countenance_, 6. and a _winged hand_, 7. Hos _vestit_, 3. _nutrit_, 4. _ditat_, 5. _Vultu hilari_, 6. & _Manu alatâ_, 7.

She submitteth her _wealth_, 8. to her self, not her self to it, Subjicit _opes_, 8. sibi, non se illis, as the _covetous man_, 9. doth, who hath, that he may have, and is not the _Owner_, but the _Keeper_ of his goods, ut _Avarus_, 9. qui habet, ut habeat, & non est _Possessor_ sed _Custos_ bonorum suorum, and being unsatiable, always _scrapeth together_, 10. with his Nails. & insatiabilis, semper _corradit_, 10. Unguibus suis.

Moreover he spareth and keepeth, _hoarding up_, 11. that he may always have. Sed & parcit & adservat, _occludendo_, 11. ut semper habeat.

But the _Prodigal_, 12. badly spendeth things well gotten, and at the last wanteth. At _Prodigus_, 12. malè disperdit benè parta, ac tandem eget.