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y't 4 Of the miler*: whichaceomparsjtverld y thi>;gi, they are tormented if theirinferiours faile in dutifull refpe&; and if any out ¡hip them who was behind in this glorious race,they linke downe with forrow,andeat theirhearts with gricfc: they are tormented if they doe not ouer -top a11in height and greatnes; and though they be too high alreadie, they haue little ioy in their aduancement, vnleffe they can rife to the full pitch of their proud hopes often they delire to do euill, and yet are fearefulithatit lhould be difcoucred; and loving thole courtes of pride, infolence and tyrannie, which expofe them to the envie and Tuft hatred of alt, they .arc neuertheleffe fretted and vexed, when they are re- puted to befuch as indeed they are, and when they find that they haue nomore lone and refpcélthen they haue d.efertied: .4pprobatie wrl_ they would be lords otter all, raigning and ruling at their quanta cla- owne pleafure, and yet their pride abafeth them to a feruile or rtemgrcempi P an+facn,tanto condition, letting oucr them fo many mailers as they haue wainrióus curis.farriliars and acquaintance, whom they often, earn vnwil- fdl;e radine,arq, lingly.obferue and pleafe,becaufethey would not haue them peracutis vrsar: diminifh their fameandglorie,byde :rating their praife and net enim rrom commendations. In aword r innumerable be the riefes and rare, q do,¡. nalni poprtiter difcontents accompanyingthis eflate, many whereof are in nit,aeetn reali, their owne nature grievous and very burthenfome, and ma- gma jrmiterlia, in g reat in themfelues but light, madcheauie and intollerable, by re ore the f P tsan patience ceofrhoethatbearethem: Ch(ì. Matrh.ra.hom. whereby it appeareth that thefe worldlyhonors,though they 41.tom.3.. 366. make outwardly aglorious !hew, yet inwardly they are full ofmiferies ; -and therefore when the world offereth, and be- ftoweth them vpon it friendsand fauonrites, it dealeth with Mrtar.:748.19. them,asahc fouldierswith Chrill;for it giucth them glorious robes, but it is to mucke them; it putteth a fcepter into their hands,but it is of reed,whichbreaketh in themanaging,and moll failcth when it is moll refted on ;it beftoweth non them crownes indeed, but theyrtre ofthornes, which being often finitten to their heads with the cruel flrokesofaduerfe accidents, wound in ¡lead of comforting, and bring in the place ofcxpcéledioy, innumerable moleliations and bitter griefes : or though they be ofpure gold,yet their worth is fo much exceeded by their waight,that none will care to wcare them,