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A13666
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A short inuentory of certayne idle inuentions the fruites of a close and secret garden of great ease, and litle pleasure. By C.T.
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Thimelthorpe, C.
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1581
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STC 23952.3; ESTC S111413
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lyke so well as I procurde it to the presse with this title as you see and thought it as a tokeÌ„ worthy to send vnto you to read whether beyng led there unto by the greate good affection I bare to the maker or by desart of the matter I know not but wel wee both know it is the naturall incliation of friendes one alwayes to thinke the best of an other Therefore as I know the first inuentor hereof ment nothing lesse then to put this forth to the publicke construction of the world to hasarde or aduenture the allowing or disalowing therof I wil not take vponme to geue out any showe of commendatioÌ„ therin at all Fyrst because I knowe it was not made to that intente and besydes least if it should happen to be coÌ„dempned of others as a vayne and tryfling toy I should therewith also be condempned to haue made a partiall and vnworthye prayse But syr if you can rightly consider it as by the least byrde that flyes in the ayre by the least fish that swims in the Sea and by the smallest worme that creepes vpon the earth The omnipotent mighty power of God doth as fully playne appeare as by the hougest and greatest moÌ„sters that beares life in this worlde euen so by the smalest booke that can be written by the most babling ballet that can be made and by the least word that can be spoken his straÌ„ge and wonderful workes in maÌ„ with his most liberall and incomparable guiftes vnto theÌ„ do as perfectly set forth and shew themselues as by the greatest volume that euer was written by the wayghtyest or wysest concept that euer was made or by the most eloquente or learned oration that euer was vttered The honest wyse and ciuil man doth as little despyse the worst and meanest begger that goeth by the waye as he geeatly honoureth the cheefest greatest prince that ruleth in the world euen so here the indifferent and wel disposed myndes wil as litle trippe or spuâ—ne at thys stumped lame and hauiâ—nge toy as they would greatly fawne vppon or runne after a more fyne or pleasaunt inuention But ther is an old prouerb Figulus Figulo inuidit one Potter hateth an other the which to auoyd these may be sufficiently to assure you in that I know you are a craftes man in that arte that as for this vnskilful potter this small trifle and toy is the first that euer hee made who wil not iustify it to be lawful nor good in that he was neuer prentice thereunto and for any he intendes I dare bouldly say shall be the last vnlesse it be a little cup or cruese for his owne mouth yet syr if your friendly actions hadde at anye tyme bene agreable vnto your continual colourable showes you would haue inabled him long before this by your friendly instructions worthye of your felowship and company But vnderstanding he had though to verye small and litle purpose some smacke in this your art as only to take your vessels in hand and to reade them ouer you alwayes shooke hym of demaunding a double fee for the teachinge of your skill much like to amusition who vsed to take of hysschollare which had learned before they came vnto him double soulare deuble that he toke of others which neuer learned before sayinge that hee tooke double paynes with them as fyrst to make them forget that they had learned before and then to teach them perfectlye agayne who if now he were alyue shoulde surelye fynde as small resorte of schollers as I thinke you do in that you are so curyous in your art Therfore to imagine this short and vnpleasaunte sounde here at this tyme presented vnto your audable and pleasaunt eares to be but as a preludium vnto other conceytes that he wil stryue to marre your markets with any such lyke rough hewen or mishapen vessels it shal be in vayn for be intendes nothig lesse And as for this small conceipt here at this tyme being cast in a very litle mould wherin great want of an artifitial workman must needes appeare I hope you will not stryue to condemne but rather excuse though it hath neyther heade to begynne handle to houlde by nor foote to stand vpon though perhaps neare aboute the end you shall find it very imperfect and so ful of secrete chinks and litle crantse as it wil hardly hold liquor without leaking but if your graue head shal esteeme it as an ydle toy imagine it as it is the fruictes of an ydle place For phisicke sake I know you haue swallowed many vnpleasant and bitter pylles for friendship sake you may as wel at this time digest this trifling and ydle toy But if you shal answeare mee that your such Phisical rescerpts haue alwaies inforced you to vse the pap of an apple or els to roule them in suger otherwise they might haue stucke in your throate then for answeare agayne I can but aduise you for the more easy digesting of this my friendly conceipt sent onely as a token vnto you to the rest of my friendes to roule it in styd of an apple in the sott asd slyppery pappe of your gentle pattence or otherwyse in stead of a suger lofe in some sweete and sugred spice of your most frienly interpretation and in this for the old acquayntaunce of longe tyme continued betweene vs I hope I shal not fayle but misse of your willing friendly conformity and therfore now since I haue sufficiently declared vnto you the cause of the publishing herof with the dispositioÌ„ and intent of the deuisor and least I shoulde make this my foretrottiÌ„g shew or preamble which rightly should be but a breefe declaration of what is to come longer then this his whole rase which is very short and consideryng my old lesson worthy in euery act to be remembred and obserued quod satis est sufficit I commend me vnto you you vnto God and these few lines following vnto your friendly construction Your assured friend VVilliam VVouldwell A SHORT PRELVDIVM to the friendly Reader Interpone tuis interdum gaâ—dia curis TO mingle mirth sometymes vvith care and vsyng neither of them to much Preserues thy body vvel in health it keepes thy mynd in perfect state To glutte in sorrovv day and night from day to day from yeare to yeare Thou drovvnst thy selfe in drousy moodes it syngles thee from all thy vvites The hotchpot for varietyes sake is oft accepted of the best And taken as a daynty dish if kyndly mixt vvith diuers tastes Resceites of all preseruatiues vvhere shall you fynde more fyt for health Then vvher the skilful mixtures be in dayly practise to be made A sugred svveete and syluer sound the musicke mixt doth alvvayes yeeld VVith harmony so heauenly vvherein no man but greatly ioyes And here to make a vvindovv fight out of my mynd novv to your eyes Since mixtures make all thinges so good let this my hotchpot beare no blame A flickeryng