440 rhatallworldlyawes arefullofdifeentent, want,& not knowing thatit is the difeafeoftheir mind, but rather imaginingthat it isfome defeét in their outward cô- dition,they grow intodiflike ofìt,andafpire to fome higher preferment, thinking that height and happineffe, aduance- ment and content will come together. Thus the man' of meane qualitie thinkethrhis bafenesan heauieburthen, and afpireth vnto the reputation ofa gentleman, fuppofing that there is much more contentment ingentilitie then in yeo_ maorie: but when hehath attained veto it,not finding in his new eftate, that for which he looked, he refleth not heere, butgoeth on in his endleffeiorney ofambitiotí,andaffeéleth nobilitie;and being enobledhe isneuer the neerer vntocon. tent, becaufe he doth not looke vnto thofewhom hebath outgone,butvnto thofe who are yetaboue him ; and there- fore is not fo muchcontentedbecaufe he excelleth themoil, as he istormented to fee anypreferred beforehim; and this maketh himnot to flayheere, but now he affec`leth Soue, raigntie, imaginingit agoodly thing to rule, and that there is great contentment in this fitpremeauthoritie, vntowhich all floope, it felfeftooping to none; but before the crowne bewell fetledto his head, he finds thatit doth not glue his head-ach of ambition any cafe, but only tormenteth him with the heauie waight,andthereforebeingnot yetfatisfied he affeets Monarchies ; and hauing no higher place veto which he may climeonearth, he afpiresvntodiuinehonors, vfurpingboth the titles and worfhipwhich is peculiar veto God. And thus do ambitiousmen tirethemfelues in feeking content where it is not to be found, and torment themfelues 'when they find it not : and hauing placed their happineffe in honor, theyafpire vnto one prefermentafter another, thin- king when they miffeofit, that it is only wanting in that degree vnto which they haue attained, and not in honor it felfe. §,g`11,4. The like difcontentis to be foundamong thofe who af- (he dijcontent fed}riches; forbeing altogether vnfatisfied with their pre- which accompa feetpoffeflions, they grow intodiflike oftheireflate, thin- nictbriches and kingothers more happie, becaufe they are morerich; and p[ealicres. therefore hauing outflripped one richer then themfelues, they
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