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A poste with a packet of madde letters. The second part
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Breton, Nicholas, 1545?-1626?
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is an honest trade wheÌ„ a churl wil grudg at his groat for a shillings worth of labour in beating quick sence into a dull wit who if hee bee not capable of a good vnderstanding yet shall the fault of his imperfection be imputed to thy negligence and thou vndeserued receiue either a frowne or a foule worde for thy laboure nowe the proud Peacock that hath a little more mony theÌ„ wit wil perhaps entertain thee to a blew coate and forty shillings which how gratious it will be to a good spirit thou shalt find and I shal be sory to hear Beleeue me if thou haue al the sciences be furnished with manie languages and art acquainted with honourable courses and hast a heart as honest as can liue yet if thou lack wealth to grace al the rest thou shalt haue a foole come ouer thee and a knaue abuse thee he whose wit goes no further then his trade so play vpon thy misery with scaÌ„ning thy cours of life that thou wilt wish rather neuer to be borne then to be borne downe with vnhappines yea for necessities sake thou shalt be enforced to bestowe thy studie in fictions and follies and to spend thy spirit in vain yea I may saie vile inuentions to commend an vnworthy person to the wound of thine owne conscience who though he loue to heare himselfe flattered yet perhaps when he hath very miserablie rewarded thee yet will he lye of his bounty which is little better then beggery Oh what a plague is it to a noble spirit through meer want to present an Asse with a burthen of wit or a base spirit with a tract of honour Oh deare VVill the wealthy that haue but a little wit wil grow rich with making a benefit of thy labours while thou not waying thy lacke of iudgement in the first directing of thy course wilt pine away with sorrow to thinke of thy mistaken fortune in briefe therfore follow my counsell studie all the Artes superficially but chiefely Arithmetique for it is the assured way to wealth bee not ignorant in Diuinity for it is the soules comfort and take heede of Poetry leaste it runne away with thy wit for it hath commonly one of these three properties belibelling the wicked abusing the honest or pleasing the foolish and therfore though some excellent man may haue an excellent humour doe thou rather reade in an euening then make thy daies worke in the studie of idlenesse giue them praise that deserue it but doe not thou bend thy delight towards it for in a word it is more full of pleasure then profit Thus haue I writ thee a tedious letter hoping that if thou wilt followe my aduise it will doe thee no harme and if so much good as I desire I shall be glad to see it in the meane time leauing thy courses with thy selfe to the guiding and tuition of the almightie I rest Thine in much affection R. P. To his most honoured Lady Madam Izabella Tarina HOnourable Madame how my vnworthinesse may hope of your goodnesse I cannot find but in the notes of your noblenesse which as it may well challenge the heighth of your Title so doth it bind a world of seruants to your good fauour among whome my selfe more desirous then able to deserue the least of your good countenance am yet presumptuous to trouble you with an humble sute I haue a sister of yeares sufficient to vnderstand betwixt good and euill and of disposition I thanke God not a misse her bringing vpp hath beene chiefely at her booke and needle but yet is shee not vnfurnished of other parts fit for a seruant of her place which if it mighte so stand with your good pleasure shoulde bee to attende your honour in your chamber her trueth I will vndertake for her diligence I will not doubte of her kinde nature I can speake of and her affection vnto your Ladishippe I knowe is not a little if therefore in all these shee may bee pleasing to your entertainemente I shall bee bound to your good fauoure in the honour of her preferment which beeing the highest aduancement that her duty can deserue I leaue her seruice with mine owne to your honourable emploiment So crauing pardon to my boldnesse with fauor to my sute I humblie take my leaue Your Ladiships in all humblenesse F. W. To my most beloued God-father T. H. GOd-father at the Font you gaue me a name and as I haue heard and read of others you vndertooke to see mee brought vp in learning and in the feare of GOD I doe not remember that euer I yet receiued pennie from you towardes the charge thereof and you hauing neither charge of wife nor children might doe well to bestowe your blessing vppon mee in somwhat better then a bare hand which wil buie nothing is it possible that hauing one foot in the graue the other should be so farre off am I your nearest in nature and shall I bee furthest off in loue I know not the cause but what euer it be misconceiued in vnkindnes let me intreat you to beleeue my loue and I desire no more for when you are wearie of the flatterie of those that feede vppon you among the greate showers of your kindnesse that you dailie raine downe vppon their fieldes you will I hope bestowe one droppe of grace vppon my grounde I will â—ege nothing but your will and will loue you more then they which tell you more bee not couetous to gather for them that gape for your goods and bee not fast handed to him who loues you more then al you haue and the good that you will doe let it be in your life that you maie see your contentmeÌ„t in the issue of your kindnes loath I am to wearie you with words and therfore in the loue of a true heart which dailie praieth for your health and heartes ease hoping that God wil moue you for my good whosoeuer is a meane of my hurt I cease further at this time to trouble you but rest alwaies in the dutie of mine humble loue Your affectionate god sonne T B. To my dearest beloued friend on earth H. W. HOnest Harry out of the troubled spirit of a tormeÌ„ted heart I write to thee and therefore beare with my skill if it be not in the pleasing nature of so good an humor as I could wish and thou art worthie of but as I know thee able to iudge of colours better then the blind eies of beetel heads and of that true kindnesse that can and dooth rather comfort the afflicted then encrease the sorrowes of the distressed let mee imparte to thee some part of my passion that patience in thy pitie may the better plaie her part in my spirit what shall I saie I liue as without life pleasuring in nothing crossed in all hopes put in manie feares languishing in manie sorrowes troubled with the grief of a wounded conscience not with the horror of murther the feare of treason nor delight
thou canst neuer be a Counsellor neuer thinke to be Ladies are lowly but beautie is costly and the charge of attendance may bring hope for assurance In mine opinion therfore thy intent is not good and thy proceeding will be worse in thy humour of Courting Now for armes Is it not better to read of the noble acts of Conquerours then to trie the miserie of the conquered and to suffice nature with a little then to starue for want of food Oh the danger of death the doubt of victorie the crosse of valour the terror of a sigh sacke of a cittie the defence of a battaile the sight of blood the cares of the sorrowful and the consideration of conscience oh these with many other iâ— banquets bitter stormes deadly wounds cold lodging hard fare stinking drink and louzy rags and who knowes howe long these things I say with what else I say not are sufficient I hope to disswade thee from so desperate a course rather reade of true valour and vpon good cause and fit time aduenture life for honour for thy country thy religion or thy life otherwise vnder y e shewe of seeking honour goâ— not like a hired butcher to kill beasts like a bloudy tyrant to kill men for mony remember what thou hast read Blessed are the peace-makers seek peace ensue it for God wil blesse it if he make it Yet if needs thou wilt goe to the field begin not with the court least dainty fare ease and idlenes make thee vnfit to aduenture the hard course to honour but though in regard of the great trauailes and peâ—ills in those passages the tittles of honour do most truelie belong to the well deseruers while valour showne in mercy doth grace noblenes in goodnesse yet for that I think thy body not answerable to thy spirit out of my loue I haue writen thee my aduise hoping that it will take effect though not as I with yet such as may be to thy good and so knowing thy iudgement sufficient to determine of thy best course I leaue thee with it to y e direction of the Almighty whom I beseech euer so to bles thee that I may alwaies heare wel of thee and reioyce to see thee from my lodging in the little Colledge this tenth of August 1605. Thine more then spoken N. B. A letter of a Batchelar to a ritch widdowe WIddow if you wold not be sowre I would cal you sweet for though you know I loue you yet you wil say I flatter you but yet bee it how it will this is truth beleeue it as you wil your eies haue caught my hearte who hath sworne me a seruant to your wil I cannot with eloquence court you but I can truelie loue you and think my selfe blessed if I might enioie you for as your presence may please the wisest so your wisedome may commaund the honest for your wealth be it more or lesse then is reported your selfe being of more worth then you can haue I wish your selfe rather then what is yours you fear perhaps youths inconstancy it is triall that proueth truth and for my loue it shall end with my life but what are wordes vnbeleeued or hopes not firmly grounded like the vision of a dream which awake proues nothing yet good widow if you be kinde pitty mee and if pitiful fauour me and if gratious loue mee God will reward you loue will be true to you and I wil dye ere I wil deceiue you you may encrease your coyne and decrease youre comfort when a coughing sung at midnighte maie make you weepe before day but venture a little and haue much what I am or haue you shall haue all my loue my seruice my life what can you haue more a little more drinke to make the cup run ouer and perhaps marre the drink that was good before A little more coyne to fil the tother bagge and perhaps fal out to prooue a peece of false monie when coÌ„mended by a Coistrel that will serue for nothing but a Câ—ckold or kirbd by a Gub that wil grate you to the bones for an old groat you wil curse your treasure that was the cause of your destruction No no good widow be good to thy selfe in being kind to me hear mee beleeue me loue me take me for I wil be a seruaÌ„t to thy wil a companion to thy kindnesse as a steward of thy substance this as I liue hope of thy loue thou shalt finde for my heart hath auowed it and I wil not be a villain to mine own soule In which paying for thy health and to bee made happy in thy kindnesse to say Amen to my prayers I rest Thine auowed howsoeuer regarded T.M. To my louing friend VV. D. at his fathers house in Couentrie HOnest VVill I heare by your mother that you are going to the Uniuersitie where no doubt but with good care diligence you maie doe your selfe much good but for that I haue passed the place y t you are going toâ— haue tried the natures of those studies and the profit to be made of them let me tell thee mine opinion of them and which I thinke best for thee to follow for thy good first for the bâ—tter blessing of whatsoeuer thou followest bestow some labour in the reading of the diuine loue that done note what I tell thee for the increase of thy stocke when thou shalt come to haue any dealings in the world for thy better instructions in such courses as may be for thy coÌ„moditie obserue y e rules that I wil read thee first for Grammer it is euery Ushers of pettie schooles common â—laiâ—e Logick is but for the Uniuersitie for musick it brings more crotchets then crowns for Astronomy it goes too high aboue the cloudes to doe any good on the earth Cosmography is good for a trauailer and Astrology for a Sea-man but for him that meanes to gather wealth and grow rich let him bee perfect in Arithmetick to be sure of his numbers it will be a meane to gather wealth many waies for if you keepe a merchants booke you shall learne his accounts the prices of his wares and the gaines of them as well by greate as by retaile as wel outward as homeward this is a sure waie to wealth againe if thou be aduanced to place of office to keepe account of the number of the people the duties tributes and what paiments so euer to be made by them for Subsidies Fifteens customes and what els soeuer Arithmetick is most necessary for thy speedy dispatch of all those businesses for howsoeuer honour may be sought or bought by them that haue enough seeke thou wealth and that will bring thee what the world can giue thee for if thou fall into want and impairing or spending thy stocke bee forced to take some meane course for thy maintenaÌ„ce I wil tel thee what thou shalt find true the honest wil only pitty thee and say thou maist keepe a schoole t