John Trapp on 1 Timothy 6:7

Verſe 7. We can carry nothing out] But a winding-ſheet, as Saladines ſhirt, which he commanded to be hung up at his buriall, a bare Prieſt going before the bier,Carion Chron. and proclaiming, Saladine the mighty Monarch of the Eaſt is gone, and hath taken no more with him then what you ſee. M Rogers Trea. of love. Indeed I reade of one that being ready to die, clapt a twenty ſhillings piece of gold into his mouth, and ſaid, Some wiſer then ſome: If I muſt leave all the reſt, yet this [illegible: 2 letters]le take with me. Turk Riſt. But this was none of the wiſeſt men you'l ſay: As that great Chaliph of Babylon was none of the happieſt, that was ſtarved to death by the great Cham of Cat[illegible: 1 letter]ia, amidſt the infinite treaſures of gold, ſilver and precious ſtones that he and his predeceſſours had moſt covetouſly heaped together, whereof he willed him to eat and make no ſpare. It is with us in the world (ſaith one) as it was in the Jewiſh fields and orchyards; pluck and eat they might, while there, not pocket, or put up. Or as boyes, that robbing an orchyard meet with the owner at the door.

—modò quem for tuna fovendoDe Annibald Silias [illegible: 2 letters]al. Congeſtis opibus doniſ que refer ſit opimis, Nudum tar tare â port ârit navita cymbâ.