Alphonsus, king of Spain, is
said to have found food and physic in reading Livy; and Ferdinand, king of Sicily, in reading Quintus Curtius: but thou hast here nobler entertainments,
vastly richer dainties, incomparably more sovereign medicines; — I had
almost said, the very highest of angel’s food is here set before thee; and,
as Pliny speaks, “permista deliciis auxilia,” — things that minister
unto grace and comfort, to holy life and liveliness.