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[The mal-content hunts Fortune here and there]

The mal-content hunts Fortune here and there,
His euer-tortring-thoghts disturbs his braine,
Till all his hopes be drown'd in deepe despare,
Then Time tels him his travels are in vaine.
O earthly-wretch, what glory canst thou gaine?
When fruteles-labor-thy short life hath spent:
A restles minde with stil-tormenting paine,
Even whom a world of worlds could not content.
Frō such base thoghts heavens make my heart aspire,
And with a sweete contentment crowne desire.