54 z Ofthemifries rrhichare incident to á1teflatee. no telle grieuous then thofe which they fi:flaine, would con- tentedly take their owne againe, andwillingly depart with- out any delireof commutation. For there isno elatewhich bathnot miferies enow attending on it, tomake themwret- ched who hue in it, ifthey be not flrengthencd with prefent patience, and hope offuture happines : there is none in the world fohappie, who if they compare their hony with their gall,and their comfortswith their croffes,haue notiufl califs tocomplainoftheir vnhappines. For Botha man leade a (-In- gle life? why then as he bath not the cares, foneither the comfortsofwedlock e; and as he is priuiledged,hauing none tocare for, fo be ispunifhed, hauing none to carefor him: as he hath few to bring voto himwant, fo ifhebe inneed, he hath as few to relievehim; ashehathno children ro trouble him, foneither tocheere and refrefh him, when he isother- wife troubled : to faynothing ofhis folitarineffe vfually ac- companied with fad melancholia, of the Joffe ofhalfe his kindredand friends which by mariage are doubled, ofthe continuance ofhis life and memorie inhis pofleritie; ofthe troubleforneconfli& which he continuallybath againfl his owneconcupifcence, ofthe difcontents whichhe endureth, whilefl eitherletting hisfeet vndcr another mans table,he is faine toBate when theyarc anhungred, to go tobed when they aredrowfie, to make their appetite the rule ofhis diet, and to be fubieel to their orders; orkeeping ahoufcwithout anhufwife, and wantinganhelper, which is as it were the one halle ofhimfelfe, he is fubieél to receiue many indigni- ties from his feruants, and tohaue hiselatewalled, andha- uocke madeofall, by thofe to whom he giueth food and clothing. On the other fide, doth a man line in the late of mariage? then furely as he bath force comforts, fo alfomany troubles: forbetides his painesand carein prouiding for,and gouerningofhis familie,he bath manycroffes inhis chiefefl comforts; for bath he a good wife?he fearethto lofe her, and is tormented withher loffe :hath hea badone ? theis as acontinualldroppingtohisbed, and as acotidian ague to hisbones? bathhe nochildren? then with the holyPatriarch hecomplaineth, that all hebath isnothing,hauingnoheires of
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