288 Thatall worldly things&skit werevanities with great labour 'and difñçultie;' and by theirwitand in duarie haueoutflrippedmanywho were competitourswith them in this golden fuite?Whereas contrariwife if their ap- petitewere notfharpened by this corrivalfhip,ifin their ea- gerneffe and emulation they did not thinke that theyhad loft all that,which theyfee others gaine; theywould-not fo much elk-erne andfecke afterneedleffe abundance and fu- perfluitie, but would rea contented with that which they did know bow tovfe. And thusalfopleafures are made tru- ly pleafaut and delightful!, and are thenchiefly effeemed to beoffome value,and worth thehawing, when as many con- tending forthem,fome one among the refl,hath theinioy- ing them; which ifthey did lie out in-common,and might eafily be inioycd without anyemulation or competition,no manalmoa would looke after them, or thinke flickfruiti- on worth theircoil and labour. 4'Se '7' herebyra 1 eareth;oin thatethe vanitie of Worldly things Y PP Y are commended on from any excellencie thatwe find in them,whenwe haue yeavs by the them,as fromthe great difficultie, which we haue found in difficulties roe obtainingand commingby them, our labouring, fuffering, findtnobiat.. hazards and dangers,endearing our affeetion,and increafing fling tbcm our loue ; and makingvsapt to proportion our eflimation, notaccording to the worth ofthefe vainewares,but to our own ventureandpaineswhich we haue taken in compelling ofthem; becaufewewould not bePubic& to the cenfure of follie,for not making ofa good bargaine. Andhereofit is, that thefethings,though theybe but offmall worth,yet are they greatly, elieemed,becaufe they arepurchafedand pro- curedwith no finall lábour; for as nothing is more eafilie contemned, thenthat which iseafiliegotten, according to the commonpronerbe:'Lightly come,aud lightly gone; fo nothing maketh a thing more deare -and precious, how worthlefl'e foeuer it be in it felfe, then when it isbought at. thefedeare rates,and compaffedwith much paines andgreat dif cultie;;Itbeing -the nature of man to haue deligbt:of combingto his endsby the wayofoppofitionand ro*think it moregloeiouato inioyhis delires bya doubtfulll vibìorie, then
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