Epigram 12 (Laetus doth pittie Bitus for his wantes,)

Laetus doth pittie Bitus for his wantes,
And low desires, & meane hopes, & poore fare:
For small house and little houshold plantes.
For his plainnesse, and for his honest care,
Bitus doth pittie Laetus happinesse,
And his great house, sweet friend's & dangers store,
His heedlesse good and steepe presumptuousnesse,
His merry heart and thoughts aspyring more.
Thus each do see into the others woe.
But Bitus is more mercifull of the two.