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That all mord y effatet are full of difcontent. 439 CHAP. XV III. Of the miferable effec s which aceonapanie the infuficiencie of *aridly thinQs,ar difcontent in all e Mates loot hing fatietie, and an endleffe delre ofchanging. Nd thus haue I filmed that thefe worldly §.Sets. things do not fatisfy thofe which are molt Thatellnies poffeffed of them; from which infuflicien.. are difcontens cie proceed diuers effects, which bring e wit Q their ilate much trouble and difquietnes to the life tho/eesbo areof ofman.The firfi is,that becaufe no man is honorablecrtg- facisóed with the things he poffeffeth,therfore none are con - dition. tented with their owne hate and condition, but feeing only their owne wants, and not other mens, andby afoolifhand felfe - deceiuing fophiftrie, comparing themfelues with o. thers,not in thofe things wherin they match or exceed them, but fetting the beautie of other mens Bare, againa the ble- mifhes of their owne, their commodities againli their owne difcommodities,andmatching theirfulnes,with that where- in they are mofi wanting and defeaiue; at laR they grow to this conclufion, that no man is fo miferable as they; the which in truth is not fo, or therefore only fo, becaufe they thinke fo : whereas ifin comparing themfelues with others, they would obferue due proportion,fitting their owne bene- fits,with the benefits of others;their owne defeéìs with their wants,and theirdifcommodities and euils,with thofe which others fuf'caine ; they wouldbe comforted,either becaufe,all things confidered, their owne eftate is better then other mens;or elfebecaufe in their miferies they haue all the world tobeare them companie.But this difcontentednes,the vfuall companion ofinfatietie, will better appeare, if we dcfcend to fo:ne particulars, and take a briefe view of the feuerall Rates and conditions ofmen. And firfl for men of honorable qualitie, becaufe honor it felfe is vaine and doth not fatisfie them, they are neuer contented with their owne eftate, but finding in themfelues an hungring emptines, andpinching F f 4 want,