That worldly things cannotfatisfie or bringcontentment. 43 3 led. Inwhich refpc&the miter may not vnfitlybe compared to the mineral( out ofwhich thefe richmetals aredigged;for that keepeth gold as wellas he; that hauinggold hideth it in the fccret veines of the earth, and hath no further vfeof it, and fo doth he:but herein theydiffer,that wheras the mines freelycommunicate their wealth to thofe that feeke and la- bour for it, thecovetous man fohidethand gardeth it, that neither himfelfe nor others can receive any profitby it. Whereinwhat do theyelfe thew, but that ofall men they 4,SeCi.1s, aremoil miferable, feolifh,andvoidof goodnes? For what Thr enable greatermiferie can there be, then to fie vp in water to the coedit nnof chin, andyet dieofthirí+?To haue all good things in pof- rich m."ferr. feffion, andnothing in fruitionand vfe? To fell their good wineunto other men, and themfelues todrinke.fowre vinc- ger, lees and dregs? To gowith an emptie belly, that they Ideofequirg, may the fooner fill their chefls; not that themfeluesmay en- fraudat nouns bythat which theyhauegathered, but that they may leaue manducarevt it to their heires, who will waflefully fpend that which they dita `at, viall haue wickedly gotten ; and confume upon fuperfluities, that jr,iJfloat which they have (pared fromnecefiaries, and as it were haue lnxnrieu,r. Au. borrowed from their ownebellies. Wherein what are they, gufl.Homd.; q. but like fuch miferable cooks,who dreflìng all curious damn- Tom.to. ties for other nten,whereon they will riotand furfet ; andyet themfelues being pinched with hunger, either cannot or dare not fo much as licke their owne fingers ? For though thefe miters behungrie, yet they haue no power to take a goodmeales meat oftheirowne allowance;only (asoneob- Plutarch: fèrueth) they hauegood flomackes at another mans table, when as greedily they flretch outwith overmuch fulnefl'e, their firaitned and emptie bowels, that it may ferne for a double meale, and cafe them of fo muchcharge; though hereby they arediflempered withcrudities, and the day fol- lowing,beare thepunifhment ofthe former dales miferable gluttonie.Againe,what can be more miferable, then for a man to toile and labour hiswhole life,and to hauenopower to enjoy anyfruit ofhis labors?tobearelike an affe a golden burthenall the day,andwithout any furthervfeofit, at night to haue it taken away, referuing nothing to himfelfe buta F f galled
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