beheld them, by means whereof men drawne with great couetouſneſſe to have abundance, they ranne towardes them and entred into the riuer, partly wetting themſelves, but onely their foote, they tooke a fewe of them. And he that would have mo, going further in, muſt of neceſſitie wet his legge and knee, bicauſe it increaſed. And he that with furie, (paſſing the reſt) with an inſatiable deſire would needes go further, plunged his whole bodie in the water. And the others truſting in their force of ſwimming ſtucke in the middeſt, and founde the ſtreame exceeding biggeſ: for in the bottome it was moſt ſwift and raging, and they could not get out of the middeſt, but euen as much as they coulde doe in ſwimming to kepe them ſelues aboue water. And brought to this paſſe, not finding any waye to get out, they caſt of theſe rich merchandiſes to this man and to that man, which hauinge no ſkill to ſwimme followed them alongeſt the banckes ſides of the riuer. In the ende weried with ſwimming, not able to labor any more for life, forſaking this merchandiſe floting aboue the water, downe they ſinke, and carying nothing with them, remayne drowned.
Who could in better maner deſcribe our worldly labour? Truly our inſatiable deſire is
