wise counsellor the custom of the citizens, and the place of
perpetual banishment, and was taught of him without guile how to
ensure himself against this fate. So with this knowledge that
within a very little while he must reach that island and leave to
strangers this chance kingdom among strangers, he opened the
treasures whereof he had awhile absolute and unforbidden use, and
took a great store of money and huge masses of gold and silver
and precious stones and delivered the same to trusty servants and
sent them before him to the island whither he was bound. When
the appointed year came to an end, the citizens rose against him,
and sent him naked into banishment like those that went before
him. But while the rest of these foolish kings, kings only for a
season, were sore anhungred, he, that had timely deposited his
wealth, passed his time in continual plenty mid dainties free of
expense, and, rid of all fear of those mutinous and evil
citizens, could count himself happy on his wise forethought.

"Understand thou, therefore, that the city is this vain and
deceitful world; that the citizens are the principalities and
powers of the devils, the rulers of the darkness of this world,
who entice us by the soft bait of pleasure, and counsel us to
consider corruptible and perishable things as incorruptible, as
though the enjoyment that cometh from them were co-existent with
us, and immortal as we. Thus then are we deceived; we have taken
no thought concerning the things which are abiding and eternal,
and have laid up in store for ourselves no treasure for that life
beyond, when of a sudden there standeth over us the doom of
death. Then, then at last do those evil and cruel citizens of
darkness, that received us, dispatch us stript of all worldly
goods, -- for all our time has been wasted on their service --