6 The husbandman that laboureth must be first partaker of the fruits.



Ver. 6. The husbandman labouring first] Spes alit agricolas. Nae illi falsi sunt (saith Salhst, in Jugur.) qui diversissimas res expectant, ignaviae voluptatem, et praemia virtutis. They are utterly out, that think to have the pleasure of sloth and the guerdon {a} of goodness.



{a} A reward, requital, or recompence. ŒD