himself meats, and all such things that are for the mouth,
under a right apprehension and imagination! as for example:
This is the carcass of a fish; this of a bird; and this of a hog.
And again more generally; This phalernum, this excellent highly
commended wine, is but the bare juice of an ordinary grape.
This purple robe, but sheep's hairs, dyed with the blood of a shellfish.
So for coitus, it is but the attrition of an ordinary base entrail,
and the excretion of a little vile snivel, with a certain
kind of convulsion: according to Hippocrates his opinion.
How excellent useful are these lively fancies and representations
of things, thus penetrating and passing through the objects,
to make their true nature known and apparent! This must thou use
all thy life long, and upon all occasions: and then especially,
when matters are apprehended as of great worth and respect, thy art
and care must be to uncover them, and to behold their vileness,
and to take away from them all those serious circumstances
and expressions, under which they made so grave a show.
For outward pomp and appearance is a great juggler; and then especially
art thou most in danger to be beguiled by it, when (to a man's thinking)
thou most seemest to be employed about matters of moment.