That all mordyeffatet arefullofdifcontent. 439 CHAP. XV III. Ofthe miferableeffec s whichaceonapanie the infuficiencie of*aridly thinQs,ar difcontent in all eMatesloothing fatietie, and anendleffedelre ofchanging. Nd thus haue Ifilmed that thefe worldly §.Sets. things donotfatisfy thofewhich aremolt Thatellnies poffeffed ofthem; fromwhich infuflicien.. are difcontens cie proceed diuers effects, which bring e witQtheir ilate much trouble and difquietnes to the life tho/eesbo areof ofman.The firfi is,that becaufe no man is honorablecrtg- facisóedwith the things he poffeffeth,therfore none are con- dition. tented with their ownehate andcondition, but feeing only their owne wants, and not other mens, andby afoolifhand felfe-deceiuing fophiftrie, comparing themfelues with o. thers,not in thofe things wherin theymatchor exceed them, but fetting the beautieofother mens Bare, againa the ble- mifhes oftheir owne, their commodities againli their owne difcommodities,andmatching theirfulnes,with that where- in theyare mofi wanting anddefeaiue; at laR they grow to this conclufion, that no man is fo miferable as they; the which in truth is not fo, or therefore only fo, becaufe they thinke fo : whereas ifin comparing themfelues with others, they wouldobferue dueproportion,fitting theirowne bene- fits,with the benefits ofothers;their owne defeéìswith their wants,and theirdifcommodities and euils,with thofe which others fuf'caine ; they wouldbe comforted,either becaufe,all things confidered, their owne eftate is better then other mens;or elfebecaufe intheir miferies they haue all the world tobeare them companie.But this difcontentednes,the vfuall companionofinfatietie, will betterappeare, if we dcfcend to fo:ne particulars, and take a briefe view ofthe feuerall Rates and conditions ofmen. Andfirfl for menof honorable qualitie, becaufe honor it felfe isvaine anddothnot fatisfie them, theyare neuercontented with their owne eftate, but finding in themfelues an hungring emptines, andpinching F f4 want,
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