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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A07786	The true knowledge of a mans owne selfe. Written in French by Monsieur du Plessis, Lord of Plessie Marly. *And truly translated into English by A.M..	Mornay, Philippe de, seigneur du Plessis-Marly, 1549-1623.; Xenophon. Memorabilia.; Munday, Anthony, 1553-1633.	1602 (1602)	STC 18163; ESTC S103514	52,106	260

THE True knowledge of a mans owne selfe Written in French by Monsieur du Plessis Lord of Plessie Marly ❀ And truly translated into English by A. M. AT LONDON Printed by I. R. for William Leake at the signe of the Grey-hound in Paules Churchyard 1602. Aduenturez et marchez auant TO THE RIGHT VVorshipfull Maister Iohn Swynnerton Esquire And to the most vertuous Gentlewoman his Wife All happines to them theyrs in this life and in the life to come hartilie wished THis excellent Treatise right Worshipfull beeing written in the French tongue by that honorable and learned Gentleman Monsieur du Plessis appeareth by his owne words to be doone for the reformation of a mightie Atheist who stood stifly against the knowledge of God verie deepe disgrace of Religion by him dailie committed In regard whereof albeit hee had commended to him his learned labour of the truth of Christian religion able enough to stop the impious mouth of any blasphemer whatsoeuer yet he was the rather induced this way to deale with him because by laying open the knowledge of a mans owne selfe and the seuerall admirable testimonies hee carrieth about with him Gods omnipotent glory might the more plainly be approoued the immortalitie of the soule no way be able to be denied nor the truth of Gods religion his prouidence be at any time doubted of If wee looke vpon any curious picture drawne to the life wee immediatly conceiue that the same was the work of some rare and artificiall Painter If wee gaze vpon the goodly Monuments and stately erected Pallaces full of arte industry many exquisite perfections wee presently apprehend that some ingenious Maister was the contriuer thereof and that it proceeded from a skilfull workman If discretion in censuring of these and such like things dooth so sway our oppinions what can wee then say when beholding the world and attayning to the knowledge of wonderful thinges therein contained but that perforce wee must confesse and acknowledge an higher cause and especiall Creator of them all Let vs come then to Microcosmus to the little world man and enter awhile but into this kinde of consideration Wee cannot be so absurd and blockish but that we will graunt he had a beginning a cause from whence he came that it was not possible for him to make himselfe but must needes come into the world by the help meanes of some other This very consideration guides vs to acknowledge a Father and Mother frō whose loynes we proceeded that from them wee had the benefit of life Arising thence by further gradations wee attaine to intelligence of our predicessors iudge by them as of our selues that they had an originall as we had and were not the first men in the worlde but ascending vp still from Father to Father wee shall finde in the end one Father of vs all that from him we had our first beginning Concerning that first Father of vs all hee must also descend of one or el●e bee eternall or come of some matter like to God or at the least be GOD himselfe Which because he could not be hee must needes haue some beginning be borne after some other sort then they that did descend of him wherein what can wee otherwise say but that the Creator of the whole world must needes be his father From this beginning wee can climbe no higher but there of necessity must stay conclude that this first Creator of Nature was without beginning and because we shall else haue no place to rest at confesse him to be infinite and eternall Thus the creature leades vs to finde out the Creator and proceeding from one essence to another attaines at last to the first essence endlesse euerlasting as the spring and originall of all in generall to wit the almightie and omnipotent great God Hauing thus attained to the knowledge of God by the creature let vs nowe proceede to learne to know what the creature is which beeing the whole scope and argument of the Treatise following I will leaue the whole case to be resolued thereby as beeing therein handled at full and very learnedly Now my humble sute vnto your Worship is that in regarde of some breach of promise concerning my Paradox Apologie which long since you should haue had but that the troubles of the time misinterpretation of the worke by some in authoritie was the only cause why it went not forward that you would please to accept of this excellent labour not as in discharge of that former debt because it being againe restored me shall shortly come to aunswer for it selfe but rather to looke with the more fauourable regard on this first for the honorable Frenchmans sake whose workes doe carry no meane commendation through the vvorlde And next for the vnfained affection I beare you deuoting my best abilities of studie to your kinde patronage so please you but to grace them with fauourable acceptance The Treatise against Atheisme written by the same Author to the same person and annexed to this learned labour of his beeing likewise so lately come to my handes I will by Gods assistance finish with what expedition I may and entitle it to the kinde entertayner of this former as beeing a booke most needfull for these times wherein neuer enough can be sayde or written of that argument so mightie is the multitude of blasphemous Atheists and so dangerous their proceedings to Gods high dishonour I am loth to be troublesome by tediousnes to your Worship because to the wise and iuditiall I know a word is sufficient the worke my selfe and what I can beside I prostrate to your gentle interpretation wishing to you the vertuous Gentlewoman your wife hopefull issue all those hapepie blessings that this worlde can or may affoord after the finishing of this frail-terrestriall pilgrimage a full measure of eternall tranquilitie in the Land of the liuing Your VVorships in all trunesse of affection An Mundy To the Reader BY the iudgement of the best and learnedst Philosophers as also by some apparant proofe in our owne selues wee finde that our affection or desire after any thing is a quality proper peculier to the soule for from it onely are our affections deriued and thereby are we led to the prosecution of whatsoeuer we can most couet Now all our longings and desirous appetites are not euermore for the best albeit in our fraile iudgements it may carry a wel seeming likelyhoode but too often we finde it by wofull experience that we haue no greater enemies then our owne affections nor fall into heauier daungers then those we are led to by our owne wilfull follies To runne into particularities of our seuerall appetencies as some after honour others after riches others after temporarie glory or applause and others after vaine friuolous pleasures would require a larger discourse then this whereto I am limitted and I should but follow the olde track of custome which