Downame - Puritan-02038 v2

That all s'orldly eflater are full ofdifco ttent. 44; bee wantethr efpe&,& is not crouched vnto by futers,hauing no authority either to helpe or hurt them : they who arc ad- uanced to publike place commend retirednelfe, complai- ning that they are fo wholly taken vp with other mens bufi- neffes, that they are con&rained CO negle& their owne ; and while& they labour for forraine intelligence, become igno- rant ofthat which is done in their owne familie. The poore labouring -man is not contented with his condition, feting after he hath toiled all the day, & commeth wearie home,he there findeth but courfe fare and hard lodging; envying the rich man his eafie life, full tables, and downe-bedding. The rich alto, though fhame keepeth him from :complaining, difliketh ofhis e &ate, wifhing that he had leffe wealth fo he had better hcalth,and morelabour fo he had more Ilrength; and could find in his heart to change fare with the poore man,fo he might alto change &omackes ; and to lie as hard,if alto he could fleepe fo foundly,and take fuch quiet refl. The countrie man feeing the plentie and brauerie of citizens, groweth in diflike with his home -fpun fuir, and houfhold. prouifion, and wifheth rather that he lacked his farme, then that by flaying him at home, he fhould bee thus debarred of citiepreferments. The citizens thinke themfelues ill feated byreafon of bad aires,and dangerous fckneflès that raigne among them, and like better of the countrie mans life, as be- ing more healthie then theirs; and of his a &ate, as being more certaine, and in leffe danger of ruine and alteration. And finally, in thecitie the artificer is wearie of his great painesand finall get ti ngs, and wifheth that he could change chatswith the merchants,who haue more pleafureand grea- ter abundance. The merchant running many dangerous courfes,byreafon of boy&erous tempe&s, fpoyling pirats, and barbarous nations, thinketh them happie that fit quiet - lÿ, though but poorely, by their owne fire; and if by any ca- fualty their Rate bec impouerilEed, theywifh that they had beene brought vp to Tome handie trade, and preferrea me- chanicall art aboue a great hocke, and skill in merchandife, feeing that may bee loft, and fo this grow vnprofitablc; whereas the other neuer faileth ,but as a leafe for life, brin- geth