That alls'orldlyeflaterarefullofdifco ttent. 44; beewantethr efpe&,& is not crouched vntobyfuters,hauing no authority either to helpe or hurt them : theywho arcad- uanced to publike place commend retirednelfe, complai- ning that theyare fo wholly taken vpwith other mens bufi- neffes, thattheyare con&rained CO negle& their owne ; and while& they labour for forraine intelligence, become igno- rant ofthat which is done in their owne familie. The poore labouring-man is not contented withhis condition, feting after hehath toiled all theday, & commeth wearie home,he there findeth but courfe fareand hard lodging; envying the richman his eafie life, full tables, and downe-bedding. The rich alto, though fhame keepeth him from:complaining, diflikethofhis e&ate, wifhing that he had leffewealth fohe had better hcalth,and morelabour fohehad more Ilrength; and could find in his heart to change fare with the poore man,fo he mightalto change &omackes ; and to lie as hard,if alto he could fleepe fo foundly,and take fuch quiet refl. The countrie man feeing the plentie and brauerie of citizens, groweth in diflike with his home-fpun fuir, andhoufhold. prouifion,andwifheth rather that he lacked his farme, then thatby flaying himat home, he fhould bee thus debarredof citiepreferments.The citizens thinke themfelues ill feated byreafonof bad aires,and dangerous fckneflès that raigne amongthem, and likebetter ofthe countrie mans life, asbe- ing more healthie then theirs; and of his a&ate, as being more certaine, and in leffe danger of ruine and alteration. And finally, in thecitie the artificeris wearie ofhis great painesand finall getti ngs, and wifheth that he could change chatswith themerchants,who haue morepleafureand grea- ter abundance. The merchant running many dangerous courfes,byreafonof boy&erous tempe&s, fpoyling pirats, andbarbarous nations, thinketh them happie that fit quiet- lÿ, thoughbut poorely, by their owne fire; and ifbyany ca- fualtytheir Rate bec impouerilEed, theywifh that they had beene brought vp to Tome handie trade, and preferrea me- chanicall art aboue a great hocke, and skill in merchandife, feeing that may bee loft, and fo this grow vnprofitablc; whereas the other neuer faileth,butas a leafe for life, brin- geth
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