Thatallworldly thingsarebut moerev4,itier. 281 withvs; who likewife haue beene after thefamemaner de- ceiued and feduced,hauing had force fuch prefldents which theyalfó imitate. And when this conceit hath once polfef_ fed vs, thenfeifeloue blowingthe colewhich phantafiehach kindled, our hearts are prefently inflamed with a deliireof obtaining that which fo many feeke; partly to thew that our ownewifedome, policieand power, ifwe till to imploy them, cangoe as fall a pace as other .cnens, and can with greater dexteriticand agilitie catch that game after which fo manyhunt; and partly becaufe wee imagine, that there may-beforte worth and excellency in thefe things although webe ignorant ohr, which ifhappily it fhould lo fall out in theproofe andexperience,we would ratherat all - aduentures enjoy it then another, left afterwards the worth appearing, we fhould hauecaufe to repent ofour floch and negligence, in thatwee haue Coffered others tooutflrip and goebefore vs And thus weafl'eelthefe vanities not for any good or ex- cellenciewe fee in them,butratherin felfeloue,pride,enuiee and emulation, becaufe wee would prcuent others, and ob_ Caine that which they fomuch delire. Likevnto boyes,who withall eagernesrunneafter aball, not for the loueofitfelt, but that they may -catch it before another,- whereas they would fcarceTooke after it, ifthey had no competitour to contendwith them. And at the vulgar people running in flocks tofee force vaine flght,do moue others which fcarce- lyknow whereforethey make fuch halle, togoe with them forcompanie,aud euen tooutgrip their fellowswith nimble (peed ; fo doetheyrunnewith headlong hafle in the purfuite ofthefeworldly vanities; not becaufethemfeluesknow any worth or excellencieinthem,butbecaufe they feethat many haue gone before them, and that many are í1il1 going fpee- dily in this courfe,they altogoe for companie,labouring to preuent themwith their hafle,and toobtain that firfl,which beingobtained they donotknow asyet whether it beworth their hauingand enioying ; yea and that which isworn of all,afterthat they fee theirerrour, and hauing bad trial( of there things in their owne experience,doe plainlyperceiue, that theydeferuenot theirlabour, nor are worthieof their loue;-
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