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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A08841	[Chaucer newly painted] [by William Painter].	Painter, William, 1540?-1594.	1623 (1623)	STC 19125.5; ESTC S467	18,575	60

To the right Worshipfull Si●… Paul Pinder Knight and late Lord Embassadour At Constantinople that Cittie so renown'd Whose like on earth is scarcely to be found William Painter wisheth all increase of grace In this life and in heauen a Mansion place RIght worshipfull Sir for many fauours show●… To me that neuer yet deserued One. Some from your selfe your brother many Moe Your Sister and their Children also And though I no way can requite the same If I forget them should I were to blame For meere humanity all men incite Vnto their power all kindnesse to requite I haue of late some little labour tooke The English prouerbs to write in a booke Though 〈◊〉 yet the best that I could doe And 〈◊〉 Worship Dedicate it to Yet c●… thereby shall declare The lo●…e ●…hich I doe vnto learning beare And I haue hope as the old prouerbe spake That barking curs oft times great mastifs wake That this my booke some scholler may incite Ere it bee long some better for to write If this I shall by any see amended I shall bee pleased and no whit offended If you vouchsafe but pleased herewithall I double paid account my labour shall If I could but in a full measure show The loue and seruice which to you I owe Although it came by labour and much paine Or with some losse I should account it gaine But as the prouerbe saith Few words suffice When they are spoke to those men that be wise So I had rather too abruptly end Then with long protestations to offend I thus conclude beseeching mighty Ioue Hourely to send you blessings from aboue Your Worships Orator wholy deuoted Till death in sunder cut the vitall threea W. P. TO THE READER GOod courteous Reader be thou young or old Here giue me leaue to make a little bold To shew to thee my want of learning here Which after will in euery verse appeare I am well knowne no Scholler for to be Therefore marks well what I shall say to thee A foot-man may more easilier goe a mile Then a lame cripple may ouer a stile A Scholler might a thing of farre more worth With much lesse labour very well set forth For had this by a Scholler beene set forth It surely would haue beene of lesser worth For he that wealthy is must liberally Contribute to the poores necessity I seeing those that wealthy were and rich Into the treasury did cast in much I my one mite like to the widow poore Likewise cast in euen all I had in store For had I wit and learning as haue many I would as bountifull haue beene as any Though learning euer did prohibit me One of her Schollars in her schoole to bee Yet common reason doth to m●…e declare All they that worke not master builders are For some must carry water and some stones And some fill vp the midst with shells and bones And some must carry morter and some other lime And some must tend the tooles all dinner time And in the euening safely them vp lay That in the morning nought bee wanting may If I accounted like the worst of these Shall bee it will mee both content and please And I to thee will further promise make To quit thy loue some greater paines I le take I will omit no opportunity Vntill some better shall bee made mee by That what is wanting both in art and skill May bee supplide in kindnesse and good will What 's here defectiue I le no way defend it But hee that can I le giue free leaue to mend it I hast till I the matter shall you tell And for this time thrice heartily farewell Though Poetry my lines may seeme to shame Yet truly William Painter is my name YOu curious Painters and you Limmers all From Temple-barre along to Charing-crosse That your gay pictures hang out on the wall Goe take them downe for they are all but drosse For here are liuely pictures to behold More worth then those that guilded are with gold CHAVCER new Painted BY WILLIAM PAINTER IN Christmas time I needs abroad would walke Desirous for to heare some merry talke It was my chance to meet a merry Crew And what their talke was I will heare tell you Some tales and iests they had which I le omit Because they nothing to my purpose fit But all the ancient Prouerbs that I well Remember I will truly to you tell Soone ripe soone rotten the proverb doth say And seldome seen soone be forgotten may Yet what in youth a man hath most in vre The same to keepe till death hee shall bee sure Therefore bend thou the Plant whilst it is young Lest it in time doe wax for thee too strong For if it once vnto a tree doth growe Thou maist it breake before thou shalt it bowe Subiects and seruants neuer should withstand But gladly doe what they haue in command For why the Prouerbe saith Better or worse Bee alwaies rulde by them that beare the purse In high affaires that doth surmount thy state See that thou meddle not in any rate For hee shall scarce himselfe from danger keepe That doth awake a Lyon out of sleepe Against thy King and Countrey plot none ill For by some meanes it knowne be surely will Examples hereof every day appeares Besides that little Pitchers all haue eares Thinke twise then speak the old Prouerbe doth say Yet Fooles their bolts will quickely shoot away And one of these two euills comes thereby Their purse must pay for 't or say tongue thou lye And more at large the prouerbe this expresse Which saith That man which in his drunkennesse Doth kill a man most commonly we see When hee is sober for it hang'd shall bee Looke ere thou leape the old prouerbe doth say For otherwise thou fall in the ditch may Yea you shall neuer any boulder finde To bee then is old Byard that is blinde 'T is dangerous to meddle with edg'd tooles The prouerbe saith therfore take heed when fooles Set stooles that you thereat breake not your shins For sure delay oft times great danger brings The old prouerbe thus long agoe did say That time and tide for no man will not stay Though Salomon were wise and Sampson strong They neither could their yeares one day prolong Looke to the end before that thou begin What thou thereby maist either lose or winne For hast makes wast the old prouerbe doth say And praise at night the firenesse of the day Hee that a Theefe doth from the gallowes 〈◊〉 By him some mischiefe shall be sure to hau●… 〈◊〉 But I thinke none that any 〈…〉 Will goe and take a madde Dogge 〈…〉 Wee see it daily that both great and small Will euer thrust the weakest to the wall And this by proofe to speake I dare be bould That hee that worst may shall the candle hold Some euer will pinch on the Parsons side And cut a large thong off their neighbours hide And where the Stile is troden and made low