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44 beheld them, by means whereof men drawne with great couetounee to have abundance, they ranne towardes them and entred into the riuer, partly wetting themelves, but onely their foote, they tooke a fewe of them. And he that would have mo, going further in, mut of neceitie wet his legge and knee, bicaue it increaed. And he that with furie, (paing the ret) with an inatiable deire would needes go further, plunged his whole bodie in the water. And the others truting in their force of wimming tucke in the middet, and founde the treame exceeding bigge: for in the bottome it was mot wift and raging, and they could not get out of the middet, but euen as much as they coulde doe in wimming to kepe them elues aboue water. And brought to this pae, not finding any waye to get out, they cat of thee rich merchandies to this man and to that man, which hauinge no kill to wimme followed them alonget the banckes ides of the riuer. In the ende weried with wimming, not able to labor any more for life, foraking this merchandie floting aboue the water, downe they inke, and carying nothing with them, remayne drowned.

Who could in better maner decribe our worldly labour? Truly our inatiable deire is