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That all worldly things bring with than loathing fatiety. 445 waight,but becaufe he hath flrength to beare it; or that the other bath an heauier burthen, but becaufe by reafon of his weakeneffe, a light loade is fufficient to prelfe him downe. As therfore the foot fafhioneth the fhooe,and not the fhooe Plutarch. de the foot; for a crooked foote, maketh the ihooe alto croo- tranquil anim. ked;buc contrariwife,afiraight Ihooe will not make ftraight a clubbed and crooked foot : fo the flare is fafhioned by the mind,and not the mind by the (late;. for if it be quiet and contented, then all outward things bring contentment to it; whereas if itbe impatient, wayward and peeuifli, every fea- ther feemeth an heauie burthen, all kind of occurrents vex and difpleafe ; and that which would bee anothers patadife anddelighr,is vnco them an hell and grieuous torment..And 7,Ptateptrilpia hereofic is that men are difcon ten ted andcomplaine, not for ara el aba°lw the fame caufes onlÿ,butalfofor thofewhich are diuers,yea Horat. quite contrarie one toanother: as for example, onecomplai- neth ofhis poore andbale efiate, which maketh himnegle_ Eked and contemned of al;another that his honors & authori- ty are too burthenfome,& that he is fuel unto by too many: one isvexedbecaufe he hath too many children; another becaufe he path none at all : this man crieth out of his multi- tude of bufrneffe,and his neighbour is as much troubled, becaufe he is not troubled; and lining at too much eafe,wan- teth imployment. One is tormented with iealoufie,, becaufe hauing abeautifull -wile the loued ofal;another withfatiety and]othing,becaufc (he is deformed, and affeaed by no bo- dy. And this commetta to paffe partly becaufe thefeworldly things are vaine, and cannot fatiflie thole that haue them; and partly by reafon of the weakeneffe and infirmity of mens minds,who bring no morecontcctment to their-eflate then it bfingeth to them;but makeall things theyenioy,which in themfelues are vaine and fcarce worth the keeping, to be- come unto them troublefome burthens,which bring cumber in carving, and cafe when they are fltaken off. For as the weake and rickiyf}omacke is made more ticke,and fttrfetteth with a fmall quantitie of wholefome food, turning the belt meate into noyfome humours, whereas that which is (bong and healthie is wel refi'ethed,with a great meate of the cour_ fctk