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e whiche goode 1760
yif ? ere failed[e] any ? ing. it my? t[e] nat ben souereyne
goode. ? For ? an were ? ere som goode out of ? is ilke souereyne
goode ? {a}t my? t[e] ben desired.

[Sidenote: Happiness is, therefore, that perfect state, in which
all other goods meet and centre. ]

Now is it clere {and}
certeyne ? a{n} ?
at blisfulnesse is a p{er}fit estat
by ? e congregac{i}ou{n} 1764
of alle goodes.

[Sidenote: It is the object which all men strive after. ]

? ? e whiche blisfulnesse as
I haue seid alle mortal folke enforcen hem to geten by
dyuerse weyes.

[Sidenote: A desire of the true good is a natural instinct, but
error misleads them to pursue false joys. ]

? For-whi ? e couetise of verray goode
is naturely y-plaunted in ? e hertys of men. ? But ? e 1768
myswandryng erro{ur} mysledi? hem in to fals[e] goodes.

[Sidenote: Some, imagining the supreme good to consist in lacking
nothing, labour for an abundance of _riches_; others, supposing
that this good lies in the _reverence_ and _esteem_ of their
fellow men, strive to acquire honourable positions.