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't Genoegen is 't al. Vertoonende een recht beelt eens volkomen lijdtsaem mensche.
No prior complete English translation of this text has been found.
Extensive searches across multiple library catalogs (including local, Google Books, and Internet Archive) yielded no evidence of any English translation of Pieter Pietersz van der Laen's 't Genoegen is 't al. The work appears to be a 17th-century Dutch moral/mystical text that has not been translated into English.
Verified Apr 1, 2026 via local catalogs, open library, google books, internet archive, ustc · methodology
A learned man searches for perfection and finds a beggar who has already mastered it. This text asks whether true peace is found in wealth or in the total surrender of one's own will.