ye more the al godly loue encreseth || Are you not yet perswaded that none lyue more pleasauntly the they whiche liue continually in vertue and true religio of god? _SP._ Would god all men were as well perswaded in that thyng. _He._ And if they bee Epicures that lyue pleasauntli: none bee righter Epicures then they that liue vertuously, and if we wyll that euery thyng haue it right name none deserueth more ye cogname of an Epicure, then that Prince of all godly wisedome too who most reueretly we ought alwaies too praye: for in the greeke tonge an Epicure signifieth an helper. Nowe whan the lawe of nature was first corrupted with sinne, whe the law of Moses did rather prouoke euil desires ||F.i.|| then remedy them. Wha the tyraunte Sathanas reygned in this worlde freely and wythout punishement, then thys prynce onely, dyd sodenlye helpe mankynde redy to perishe: wherfore thei erre shamefully which scoff and bable that _CHRIST_ was one that was sadd and of a malancolye nature, & that he hath prouoked vs vnto an vnpleasaunt kynde of lyfe, for onely he did shewe a kind of liuing most godly and fullest of al true pleasure, if we might haue the stone of _Tantalus_ taken awaye from vs. _SPVD._ What darke saiyng is this? _EDO._ It is a mery tale too laugh at, but this bourd induceth verye graue and sadde thynges. _SPV._ I tary too heare ||this mery conceite, that you name too bee so sage a matter. _HE_ Thei whiche gaue their studye and diligence to colour and set furth the preceptes of Philosophie wyth subtil fables, declare that there was one _Tantalus_ broughte vnto the table of the goddes, whych was euer furnished wyth all good fare, and most nete and sumptuous that myght bee, whan thys straunger shoulde take hys leave, Iupyter thought it was for his great liberalitie and highe renoume, that his guest shuld not depart wythout some rewarde, he wylled him therfore too aske what he woulde, and he shoulde haue it: _Tantalus_ (forsooth) lyke a verye leude and foolyshe person, ||F.ii.|| for that he sette all the felicitie and pleasure of man in the delectation of the bely, and glotonye, desired but only too sytte at suche a table all the dayes of hys life, Iupiter graunted him his desire, and shortly his vow was there stablished and ratifyed. _Tantalus_ nowe sytteth at the table furnyshed wyth all kindes of delicates, such drinke as the goddes druncke of was set on the table, and there wanted no rooses nor odours that could yeoue any swete smel before the Goddes, _Ganymedes_ the buttler or one lyke vnto hym, standeth euer redye, the _Muses_ stande rounde aboute syngyng pleasauntly, mery _Silenus_ daunseth, ne ther wanted noo fooles || too laugh at, and breuely, there was euerye thynge that coulde delyght any sence of ma but emongist all these, _Tantalus_ sytteth all sadde, syghyng, and vnquiet with hym selfe, neither laughing nor yet touching such thynges as were set before hym _SPVDE._ What was the cause? _HED._ Over his head as he sate there haged