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[XX. O Vaine desire wherewith the world bewitches]

O vaine desire wherewith the world bewitches

O vaine desire wherewith the world bewitches, to couet still for more, for more the more is gotten, the more is gotten, sith when we die, wee leaue behind our riches, and all we reape, is but to be forgotten, The vertuous life is onely that which lasteth, and all the rest with time or fortune, and all the rest with time or fortune blasteth. and all the rest with time or fortune blasteth, or fortune blasteth.