1,86 That all worldly thingsare 6,ttmeere vanities. laue;yet they will feetne highly to value and age& them ilill,lefi the weakenes oftheir iudgemcnts, which fomuch valued them before they had them, might bee difcouered, and make account of them, now theyhaue them in their poffeffion,lefl theymight fecmeto haue (pent all their la- .hourandfircngth in vaine, which they haue taken and im- ployed in the procuringofthem.Like vetoaMerchant,who liauing trauelled farce and made an hard aduenture to fetch fome fones,which report made himbeleeue were precious andofgreat efieeme,after he hathbrought them homedoth highly value them fill, although the cunning Lapidarie haue told him that they are but counterfeit, either that bee mayput them offto others athis owne prizes,or at leaf may notitatpaire his credir,when asit should beknowne thatbee hathloi all his charges, and rcceiued no finite byall his la- bours : or like vnto chofe whohauiog vainely fpent much paines in the purftite of Come trifle, doe afterwards when they haue found their errour fillmagnifie and extoll ir, not becaufe they thinke it ofanv worth, but fearing fell they should be laughed tofcorne fortheir follie and loll labour, theywould by theirpraifes incourageothers tofollow their cxample,that fo theymay be excusedbythe common error, and not be ridiculous Peeing they haue to many fdlowes. 1.Sec7.6. But let vs confider this in the generali intlances ofho- Honours bouts nours,riches and pleafitres. And firfi ifwcexamine honours, greatpartof we shall finde that they haue a great part oftheir worth and theirefieeme efsemefrom competition, and the contending heate,and aa fomcomd /peri- also emulating defires, ofthofe whoaffc&i and feeke after them. t:on,o richer,andpica-For what excellencie is in a long fetcht pedegree, fauing Darer. that men contend one with another who shall more enoble themfelues by fetching it furthcf, or infame and vaineglo- rie,fauing that they llriue who fhall be moifamousandbei efleemed of? orwhat priuilcdge loth the vpper placebring with it,more then the.lower,the right hand thenthe left, or thewall then the channell fide, fauing that men emulating one another, doe friue andcontend about themwho flail haue preheminence? Finally, what worth and excellencie hath high preferment ;which comtíonly is accompanied with
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