That allworldly things bring with thanloathingfatiety. 445 waight,but becaufe he hath flrength tobeare it; or that the other bathanheauier burthen, but becaufe by reafon ofhis weakeneffe,a light loade is fufficient to prelfe him downe. As therfore the foot fafhioneth the fhooe,and not the fhooe Plutarch. de the foot; for a crooked foote, maketh the ihooealto croo- tranquil anim. ked;buccontrariwife,afiraight Ihooe will not makeftraight a clubbed andcrooked foot : fo the flare is fafhioned by the mind,and not the mind by the (late;. for if it be quiet and contented, then all outward thingsbring contentment to it; whereas if itbe impatient, waywardand peeuifli, every fea- ther feemeth an heauie burthen, all kind of occurrents vex and difpleafe ; andthat which would beeanothers patadife anddelighr,is vnco them an helland grieuous torment..And 7,Ptateptrilpia hereofic is that menaredifcon ten tedandcomplaine, notfor ara el aba°lw the fame caufes onlÿ,butalfofor thofewhich are diuers,yea Horat. quite contrarie one toanother: asfor example, onecomplai- nethofhispoore andbale efiate, which maketh himnegle_ Ekedand contemnedofal;anotherthat hishonors&authori- ty are tooburthenfome,& that he is fuelunto by toomany: one isvexedbecaufe he hath too many children; another becaufehe path none atall : thisman crieth out ofhis multi- tude of bufrneffe,and his neighbour is as much troubled, becaufehe is nottroubled; and lining at too much eafe,wan- teth imployment. One is tormented with iealoufie,, becaufe hauing abeautifull -wile the louedofal;another withfatiety and]othing,becaufc (heis deformed, andaffeaed bynobo- dy. And this commetta topaffe partly becaufe thefeworldly things are vaine, and cannot fatiflie thole that haue them; and partly by reafonoftheweakeneffe and infirmityofmens minds,who bring nomorecontcctment to their-eflate then it bfingethto them;but makeall things theyenioy,which in themfelues are vaine and fcarce worth the keeping, to be- comeunto them troublefome burthens,whichbringcumber in carving, and cafe when they are fltaken off. For as the weakeand rickiyf}omacke is mademore ticke,and fttrfetteth with a fmall quantitie of wholefome food, turning thebelt meate intonoyfome humours, whereas that which is (bong and healthie is welrefi'ethed,with a great meate ofthe cour_ fctk
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