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A69037	The forrest of fancy Wherein is conteined very prety apothegmes, and pleasaunt histories, both in meeter and prose, songes, sonets, epigrams and epistles, of diuerse matter and in diuerse manner. VVith sundry other deuises, no lesse pithye then pleasaunt and profytable.	H. C.; Chettle, Henry, d. 1607?, attributed name.; Cheeke, Henry, 1548?-1586?, attributed name.; Constable, Henry, 1562-1613, attributed name.	1579 (1579)	STC 4271; ESTC S104854	80,866	158

be for I know there is nothing so difficult but the wit of man if wil be with it may well bring it to passe comforting my selfe with this assured hope that God will neuer suffer them to perrishe that put their trust in him Thus muche my good harmena I haue thoughte good to wryte vnto you because I coulde not finde conuenic 〈…〉 tyme or mete opportunity to deliuer it vnto you in 〈◊〉 I pray you consyder of it aduisedly that I may know your resolute aunswere therein And so fare you well The Louer being promised a resolute aunswere to that he desyred wrighteth to his beloued Mistresse in this manner wherein he perswadeth her to pittie his passions THe pore miserable wretch that hath long continued in Captiuity and knoweth not what shall become of him cannot be more troubled in mynde or tossed with more intollerable tormentes to increase his callamity then I am at this present for feare to finde your aunswere contrarye to my expectation And surelye were it not that I knowe your clemency to be such as cannot with crueltye counteruayle the courtesy of so faithful a frind as I to my smal power haue alwayes shewed my selfe to be towardes you I should long since rather haue bereaued my lyfe to prooue my loyaltie then by attending the dreadful sentence of my condemnation be adiudged to dye without deserte by her whose welfare I haue preferred before all worldly Treasure The law of nature bindeth you to bend most to him that loueth you best and bydeth moste sorrowe for your sake Iustice also inioyneth you to render to euery one his right which if you performe accordingly as you must needes do if you desyre to be demed worthye of the estimation which belongeth to such a one as you are I doubt not but I shal receiue from you that comfort which I haue long tyme couited I meane your friendlye fauour and franke consente in loue to knit with me the knot of perpetuall amitye as with him that for his loyall loue hath aboue all other best deserued it and desyreth rather to dy then liue and lack it The tragedy of Meliager sonne to Oeneus King of Calcedonia PArthaons sonne Oeneus King of calcedonia lande To all the Gods did institute and offer with his hande His sacrifise saue onelye to Diana dyre whome he For hatred or forgetfulnes remitted wherewith shee Full greatly gretude a huge great Bore did send to waste the lande That made much spoyle in many a place and no man might withstand Untill Oeneus at the last in mind opprest with greefe A generall hunt ordeyned had whereof his sonne was cheefe That Meliager hight with whome besides his vnckles twayne That ●oxeus and Plexippus hight there went as bookes shew plaine A Uirgin fayre the Daughter of Iasius great of Fame Through alf Arcadia where he raign de Atlanta was her name who with a stroke she gaue that Bore Did make him fyrst co bleede And therefore when the Bore was slaine to recompence that deede To her the head and humbles both did Meliager giue which soone from her his vnckles tooke so much it did them greeue Wherewith Meliager sore displeasde did therefore slay them both Which when his mother Althea knew she waxing wondrous wroth Into the fyre the brand did cast whereon his lyfe depended Which being wasted cleane away then straight his life it ended For whose dicease his Sisters all full lamentably mourned Till they at last amidst their wo to Turky Hennes were turned Lenuoy THese foresayde thinges who noteth well to fyre them fast in mynde He shall not fayle for his auayle good fruicte therein to fynde Fyrst by Oeneus are we taught at no time to neglect The duty which we owe to God. but chiefely haue respect To honour him and laude his name that leddeth lyfe to all which errth cont●ines who lifts vs vp and likewise lets vs fall whome Seas obay whome heauens a dore and all thinges else besyde who sees and knowes our secret thoughtes though we the same would hyde And as he is a God moste iust so iustly will he render His grace vnto the penitent although a great offender Deseruing death most damnable so mercifull is he That as he saith he doth not seeke a sinners death to see For when from depth of hart we will our hainous crimes confesse And craue forgiuenesse at his handes we soone shall finde redresse But when no mendment he perceiues nor warninges to preuayle Then with his mighty hand he doth vs wicked wight as assayle And vs and all our progeny vnto the death pursues Then praise we God and vnto him all reuerence let vs vse And you O Captaines that doe guyde and gouerne Armies great Ye Magistrates and Rulers all that are with pryde repleate Leaue of lyke lawlesse Lordes to liue Of Meliager learne To yield to ech his due desert as reason shall disearne Who merrits golden gaine to get for worthy workes committed In countreyes cause let his reward in no wise be remitted So shall you surely reape renoune and purchase peoples loue Yea valyaunt minds to vallyaunt actes thereby you soone shall moue you enuious sorte at prosperous state of men that doe repine That grutch to see another gaine with most mallicious eyne Forsake that foule infyrmitye that hurt with vertue heale Which vexeth euery vaine of you for grace to God appeale Else shall confusyon come to you and that which you did craue To light on others that be sure your selues alone shall haue By Meliager murtherers may a good example see To cause them shun to seeke their blood with whome they greeued be Least that the same to heauenly Ioue from earth do vengeaunce erye and so their soules be damde in hell when corpes in graue doe lye For God so much a murderer hates that be he Priuce or peare yet blood craues blood and vnto God the Begger is as deare In all respectes as is the King that rules in regall raigne Who murdereth shall be murdered who slayeth shall be slaine What measure men to others meate with that they shall againe Be measured this finde we true by tryall euery day Now last of all let s●sters learne where vertue beares cheefe sway To loue their bretheren feruently as nature doth requyre So shall they purchase praise of all that know their good desyre Finis A letter written by one to a ritche Widdow wherein vsing earnest perswations he soliciteth his sute and craueth to be accepted LIke as the Captaine maye well bee counted a Coward and vnworthy of victorye that for a small discomfiture at the fyrst encounter will be cleane discouraged so may he bee deemed but a dissembling Louer that for one denyall will bee drawne cleane awaye neither doth he deserue to reape so greate a commoditye as the consent of her that he loueth maye bring vnto him But my loue being grounded vpon good occasyons and setled on so sure a foundation as it cannot be easily ouerwhelmed so

THE FORREST OF Fancy WHEREIN IS CONTEINED VEry prety Apothegmes and pleasaunt histories both in meeter and prose Songes Sonets Epigrams and Epistles of diuerse matter and in diuerse manner VVith sundry other deuises no lesse pithye then pleasaunt and profytable Reade with regard peruse each point well thee and then giue thy iudgement as reason shall moue For eare thou conceiue it t were hard for to tell if cause be or no wherefore to reproue me ¶ Imprinted at London by Thomas Purfoote dwelling in Newgate Market within the new Rents at the Signe of the Lucrece 1579. The Booke speaketh to the Buyers To those that be welthy and passe by this place My talke only tendeth so conster the case WHat kind of thing I am my shape doth shew the same No Forrest though my father pleasde to tearme me by that name But Fancy fits me well For I am fully fraught With Fancies such as may correct but not corrupt the thought In me my friend thou mayst though thou be yong or olde Ritche poore of high or low degree thy duety here beholde For Yonkers I haue fonde and foolish trifles store For auncient syres such seemely sightes as shall content them more If thou a Louer bee come learne thy lesson here Where wilfull workes of witles wightes shall perfect playne appeare What treason is in trust how fickle friendes are found How wretched is the state of man what mischiefe doth abound What follies fond we frame our foolish fancy to Here mayst thou see and so discearne what best beseetes to do Sith then such profite may by meanes of me redounde To thee my friend before thou passe this present plot of grounde Put hand in purse for pence to purchase me withall What foole a Forrest would forsake that sees the price so small A Shilling is the moste a very slender share No hurt to him that hath ynough so small a peece to spare Finis qd Fancy The Authour to the Reader THe Husbandman when meetest time shall serue doth plow his ground and sow good seedes therein Then seekes he how he should the same preserue From carryon crowes that gape the graine to win Vntill that it to ripen doe begin And being ripe he makes no more delay But reapes it vp so soone as well he may His corne thus cropt and scattered on the ground Straight into sheafes he doth the same deuide And to his Barnes he beares it ready bound Whereas a while he suffers it to bide Till at the last he thrashers doth prouide Who from the corne the straw and stubble take And on a heape the graine togither rake Which as it is they put into a Fan And so deuise to driue the chaffe from it My selfe I count to be the Husbandman For in this booke as in a ground most fit To sow the seedes of my vnwildy wit I scattered haue my fancies in such wise And senst them so as I can best deuise All being done that doth thereto pertaine Good Reader I present to thee the same Desiring thee that thou wilt take the payne All thinges amisse to put in perfect frame And beare with me although I merite blame Considering that I sought of meere good will in all I might thy fancy to fulfill In Forrest wise here fancies I present To thee with hart that feruently doth craue Each curteous wight to way my good intent And note the cause why I presumed haue To thrust my selfe amidst the surging waue Not glory vaine or hope to purchase praise But sloth to shon my mind thereto did raise R. W. to the Reader in the Authours behalfe VVhat led Leander to presume so oft to swim through surging seas But hope to fynd his Hero there where he ariu'de his hart to ease What moude the Troyan to attempt to go to Greece but hope to haue The princely pearle the promised pray which most of all his hart did craue And what procured Aesans soone to put his life in perrill so To fetch the Fleece from Colcos Coste where to augment his greefe and wo So many perrils were preparde but that he hopte thereby to gaine Such glory great as after death should make his fame for aye remayne If all these hopte and had in fine the thing that they did hold most deare Let him that hath this prety booke for thy delight compyled heare Good Reader reape his iust reward to recompence his meere good will Receiue his gift in gratefull wise and of the same conceiue none ill For euill none he ment thereby what euer enuious mates surmise Right sure I am conceiue therefore of him and his none otherwise So shalt thou make him think his paynes imployed well in each respect And happy count his hap that some will with good will his work protect Finis The Epistle to the Reader SO variable are the minds of men gentle Reader and so diuerse their opinions that amongste twenty it is hard to fynd twaine that agree all in one thing For commonly that which one man lyketh another loatheth that which one man praiseth another reproueth that which one desyreth another disdayneth and whatsoeuer pleaseth one doth as much displease another The yong man taketh pleasure in all youthfull excersises as Daunsing Synging playing on instruments dallying with daynty dames and such like whereby his pleasure may be procured and increased without respecting any perrill that maye insue thereof The aunciente Syre whome experience hath taught to be more wise and wary of such vaine vanities hath an eye to his profit and reiecteth pleasure as a thing vnprofytable The couragious Captayne accompteth it for his greatest glory to be in the field marching among his men of warre or skirmishing with his enemies to trie his strength and courage with the hazarde of his life for the furtheraunce of his fame and increase of his commodity The man likewise that is inclyned to learning is alwayes best at ease when he is setled in his study there to tosse and turne his bokes perusing the workes of auncient wrighters whereby he may in tyme be able both to profite his countrey and purchase such prayse to himself as is due to his good desyres But as these great clarkes doe not all delight to study one onely science but some apply themselues to deuinity some to Philosophie some to phisicke some to Astronomy and some to euery one of them alike not making any speciall choyse of eyther of them So likewise the common sorte whose learning nor capacity cannot attaine to the full perfection or perfecte vnderstanding of such deepe misteries haue their seueral delightes as well in reading such workes as are in theire vulgare tongue as in any thing else For one will peruse pleasant Histories and other poeticall deuises this man merry tales and other like toyes that man deuine and morrall matter euery one seuerally according to his seuerall affection and naturall inclination and there is no man be he neuer so well stayed that will adict