©fthemiJriesWhichare Incident to all(gates. 54; are weakened, lame and fliffe, readie to finger and run be- caufe they cannot go,the fpirits languifh,thevital! heate de- cayeth, hauing firil (pent the natural! moifiure,and like the flameconfumed that whereby it was nourifhed; the cares deafe, or thicke ofhearing, the eyesbleared, the fight dim- med, the feelinghenummed, the finch and tafle lofi and pe- tithed, the facewrinckled, the skin riueled,the teeth rotted, the breath corrupted,and in a word, thewhole bodieenfee bled anddifeafed.Vnto whichwe might4dde theinfirmities ofthemind,wherevvith vfually in this age it is extraordinari- lycumbred,as thedulnefl'e ofconceit and vnderflanding,the fliffe peruerfenes ofthe will, the decay ofinetnorie, thedif order ofthe affe lions : forbeing made tender with infirmi- ties theyare ealily angred, and hardly pleated, apt CO con- ceiueiealoufcs.and fufpitions, and not fo readieto receiue fatisfaélion ; ouer heauie and farrowfull, repining and com- plaining, and fenfcleflycouetous andgreedie inheaping vp wealth,when theyare readie to kaue it, andhaue notime to enjoyit. Inaword, whether we confider, theevils naturally incidentto this age which refpeel the bodie or the mind, we mull needs conclude that it is full ofmifcries, CHAP. XXIIII.. Ofthemanifold miferiesontowhich all glares ofinenarefiebietit Nd thus haue I fhewed themiferies ()fall 'pax. ages.The like altomaybe Paid ofal eflats oftbeni¡cries and conditions ofmen, which are all fo incident unto ful ofwretchednes,that eueryone-hauing finóle lifeand experience oftheir owne eutis, with ra- ther t°eo'e' to be anyotherthen that they are; wheras ifallfhould bringthcir miferies toa common banker andplainly difcouer them to open vicw,ofiringtoexchange eflates withoneanother ; euen thofe who moll complained efcheircondiioo,asbeingtnore wretched-then any other, feeingthecommon miferiesincident toall degrees of men; no
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