John Trapp on Proverbs 13:7

Verſ. 7. There is that maketh himſelf rich] Such [non-Latin text not transcribed] (as the witty Gretian calleth them) there are not a few, that ſtretch their wing beyond their neſt, that bear a port beyond their eſtate, that trick up themſelves with other mens plumes, laying it on above meaſure in cloaths, fair building, &c, when not worth a groat, but dye in priſon, or make a fraudulent compoſition. This is no better before God than rapine and robbery.

There is that makes himſelf poor, &c.] As the new-elected Pope doth, when in his Lateran proceſſion, hee caſts among the people peeces of braſs and copper,B. Halls Serm. ſaying, Silver and gold have I none, but ſuch as I have I give you. So the Friats are a race of people (ſaith one that hath been long amongſt them) that are alwaies vowing obedience,Spec. Europ. but ſtill contentio[illegible: 1 letter]s: Chaſtity, yet moſt luxurious: Poverty, yet every where ſcraping and covetous. No Cappucine may take or touch ſilver; at the offer of it hee ſtarts back, as Moſes from the Serpent;B. Halls Epiſt. 5. D c. 1. Godw▪ Catal. yet hee carries a boy with him that takes and carries it, and never complains of either metal or meaſure. Wee had in King Stephens dayes a rich Chancellor of England, who yet was, and would bee called Roger paupere cenſu.