Of them.ia foldmiferiesofferor. t 5 27 vshow ignorant are weofthe meafureofour owne bellies, howhardlydoewe keepe ameane in our diet, feeding fuflï cientlywithout furfetting? What care and cofl is required tofurnifh vswith apparel!, houfing, lodging, bedding, and otherfurniture ? Whatdieting and watchingouer ourappe- tite that it doe not makevs over greedily to feed upon that which we too fondly afe&, and fo impaire ourhealth?and being lot+, what phyficke, medicines, bitter pilles,and loath- fomepotions cautherizing, cutting, lanching, andplaifle- ring arewe faine to vfe that wee may recouer it? Whereas thebrutifh creatures either want notthefe things, or eafilie fupplte their need without careor labour. What lands and poffeflìons are needful! for mans vie? what purchafes, wri- tings, conueiances,fuits in law, troubles and contentions, to holdthat he hath, and fecure his right? It were infinite toparticularifethofe thingswhichman wanteth, all which are fo necefharicvnto him, either in truth, or in his owneo- pinion,that his life without them cannot bee comfortable; and-lookehowmuch ofthem is lacking, and fomuch is de- tra&edfrom hishappineffe,and added tohis miferie. Let vsadde to the miferies offive, the miferies ofperfon, 4.Sed1.9. - and thatbothbody &foule.Thebody ofman is continually 0ft the miaer t fubie&tomanymiferies; as hunger,thirfl,hcat,cold,watch- in and wearines;and that which is more cumberfomeariid r. and ßr/1 in re- grieuous then al therefl,vntoinnumcrable forts ofIickneffes fpett efbis and difeafes : fpr howmany maladies are peculiarly incident body. toeuery timeoftheyeere ; as fpring, fummer, autumne, and winter, toeuerycountrie and region, fex and age ? howma- nydifeafes which ouerthrow the health ofthe whole body, as plague, feuers, agues, confumptions, palfies and the tell ; yeahowmany are incident to euery feuerall part, and as it were in wholetroopes attend upon euery particular member ohmnsbody ? finely fo innumerable arethey, that phyfiti- ansto thisday cannot difcouer, much lefe cure tbem;and howfoeuer theyhaue filled many large volumeswith them, yet theycome farte fhort of their infinite number, though thole which they haue already found, would make a man ficke but barely to reckon them- : many of which though fome
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