CONTUMACY or stubbornness is an hardness or harshness in the passages of common life. A stubborn or harsh fellow is so framed; as if you aske him where such a man is, answereth churlishly; What have I to doe with him? trouble me not. Being saluted, he saluteth not again. When he selleth any thing, if you demand his price, he vouchsafeth not an answer; but rather asketh the buyer what fault he findeth with his wares. Unto religious men, which at solemn feasts present the gods with gifts, he is wont to say, That the gifts which they receive from above, are not given them for nothing. If any man casually or unwittingly thrust him, or tread on his foot; it is an immortall quarrell, he is inexorable. And when he refuseth a friend, that demandeth a small sum of money, he cometh after voluntary, and bringeth it him-selfe; but with this sting of reproach, Well, come on, hatchet after helve, I'le even lose this too.