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A18040	The ruinous fal of prodigalitie with the notable examples of the best aprooued aucthours which hath bin written of the same. Newly set foorth by Iohn Carr.	Carr, John, citezein of London.	1573 (1573)	STC 4685; ESTC S111212	14,075	46

doo heare and those the whiche doo reade this booke to immitate and reuolue with them selues that Pride in th ende hathe euer a fall as for example Dionise the kynge of Scicill was expulsed out of his Countrey for his intollerable Pride and was faine to kepe a grammar schole in Italie and so lyued begginge for his breade and truely these Histories whiche I do here resite may geue occasion vnto vs to dirrogate the horrible sinne of Pryde for nothynge can offende God so sore as a hautie harte and a proude presumptuous mynde for I remember an olde prouerbe A proude hart and a beggars purse can neuer agree He that is of small habillitie wyll thynke him selfe checke mate with those the whiche are of a greatter reputation yet hee wyll thinke him selfe that his reputation is coequall vnto his Thus are manye in these daies addicted vnto pryde and prodigalitie and wyll neuer seme to shew themselues humble and lowelye but loke stoute and lustie as thoughe that there were none equall to them Perses kynge of Macedonia was for his execrable Pride enuied and hated of all his kynred and they caused hym to be taken prisoner by Paulus Emilius whom the said Perses did warr against and hee was bounde and led prysoner yet his Pride was soo intollerable and odious to his nobilitie that his owne sonne was afterwarde constrained destitute of friendes to become a smythe and so liued in myserye Loe here wee see that pryde and prodigalitie dothe in the ende bringe man to vtter desolation and not onely hym but his posteritie and dothe therby get perpetuall shame and reproche and doth reape hate and disdaine of his frindes and soo in the ende comes to myserie as these examples dothe teach vs. Tarquine was the laste kinge of the Romaines and his Pryde was more cause of his exile and banishement thē for the cause that his son rauisshed Lucrecia wife to Colatinus In dede the rauishinge of Lucrecia was a meanes whereby they myghte finde a clawe against hym as thereby they did in dede and so they expulsed him from al kingly aucthoritie and neuer after had king but were gouerned by consules and so they remaine at this day thus we may beholde and see that euermore the prodigall man is odious to his countreye and that he can obteyne no fauoure nor friendeshippe at his friendes handes but shame and disdaine for the original of pride came by Caine when he disdained Abel because god accepted his brother Abels sacrifice more better then his and the ende of Caine was misery and so is the ende of al prodigal people The lord Morton of Douer in Englande was a very proude and prodigal man and delyghted moche the company of roysters the whiche in the ende dydde torne to his inconuenience as I wyll here resite Hee commonlye frequented the gaminge houses and dyd game and spende much and when that hee had so continued the space of one or two yeres his welthe beganne to faile him then hee came to an abbot it was the abbot of Malmsbury as farre as I coulde remembre by the story and to this abbot hee made his mone and did shew the cause how and after what forte his substance was consumed then the abbot saide vnto him go thy wayes thyther agayne loke where thou didst spende a shilling nowe spende twaine alas quoth hee I haue it not to spende then said the abbot you might haue told me this when you had it and not now when it is gone I haue noo other aunswer to make vnto you Then Morton departed with a heauy harte and came to the house wherein hee had spente his substance and finding one of his mates there that had wonne his money and hadde ben a procurer of him to spende when he saw him his hart was fraight with care remembringe the state hee was in and the state of the time present dyd with his sworde run hym throwe and so slewe him and then he sat down and wept bitterly and for sorrow slewe him selfe Lo see his miserable ende this historie I found written in an olde booke in Westminster abbey whiche booke was written by a Monke of the same abbey I think that this story semes to be trewe for what care wyl sooner perce a mannes harte then when once hee hathe obteyned the wealthe of the worlde and afterwarde fall to myserie as the Sacred scriptures dothe teache vs there of the prodigall chylde whiche spente his porcion in riotousenesse and was neuer careful for to kepe and saue the same to the entent that he might obteine the pleasure of it an other daye but riotously wasted it what was his end the Scriptures do ostend he was faine to eate amonge swine O miserable state yet in the ende he repented and came home to his father againe who receyued him very louingely and did more reioyce in hym then hee dyd in his sonne whiche dydde not in suche cause offende Thus you maye see always that prodigalitie doth consume wealth good name and fame it abateth honour it disgraceth a mans credite it causeth hate of friendes and reape the losse of fauour yea and more then this it draweth the displeasure of God towardes vs and maketh manye thinges deere whiche would be plenty it causeth men to swarue from God it reapeth to them perpetuall dampnation for the proude harted man mindeth nothynge but his pryde the couetouse man mindeth nothinge but his wealth I compare Pride and Couetousnesse together because of al vices that is and are vsed none doo more resemble one an other then these two For hee that is proude is alwaies couetous and gredie for to obteyne wealth to maintayn it the couetous man is proude in his harte though he doo not shewe it exteriorly or outwardely but because that I haue treated of Pryde and Prodigalitie hytherto I wyll leaue of to speake of other vices but towche them a little as occasion serueth me but if I had a thousand tongues to speake withall and a voyce as lowde as brasse I coulde not vtter the vices which oughte to be spoken of to the reproche of suche as vse theim at this daye but forthe I wyll procede as I haue begonne towchinge the fall of Prodigalitie I founde certayne verces wrytten by Lampridius in latten I haue englished them somwhat effectually for my purpose thoughe I haue not placed theim in order as they were in latten ¶ LAMPRIDIVS When youth begins to run the wanton race which vayne desire prouoketh to ensew Then vice to rest in him will finde a place and cause him stray to be of vertuous crew Pride first prouokes him so for to ensew ▪ Then other vices followes fast by heapes apace And so doth mā procure to run his wicked race Likewise the same Lampridius doth shewe what dammage ensueth to those that are prodigall and more ouer hee there dothe wryte of what disposition or nature he is of that is geuen to

a mediocritie not superfluous nor vppon brauery to gayne the name of a lyuely youthe and some other exercises I do discommende because they are viciouse Nowe I wyll not seeme to teache a man what exercise hee shall vse for that will I referre to his owne discrete minde but I do shewe the enormitie whiche ensueth to those which friuolously do spend their time in vaine pleasures of the worlde as in delighttinge in Pryde whiche is the mother of all mischiefe and in drunkennes for when a man or woman is drunke they are then edicted vnto all mischiefe and other vices beside whiche I perceyue that the worlde is geuen to therfore I woulde wishe that this may be a reformation for those the which haue hitherto led their liues in suche wickednesse and that they may henceforthe frame their mindes to the Imitatinge of vertuous exercise not to esteme the vaine pleasures of this worlde whiche is but a vale of miserie but I do beleeue it were as easie to tourne the stone into the water as to cause some of them to exterminate and cast of the vse of suche vices for they are soo rooted in them that they can not parte a sonder But nowe to procede further let vs se what worthy Histories the auncient Historiographers haue left with vs in learned bookes towchinge the fall of Prodigalitie I call to remembraunce that Herodotus a writer of Histories dyd pen in his Booke that sometime one Huua was Dictatour of Rome this Huua hauing no more sonnes but onely one he was verye carefull for hym and loued him entierly for as the story saith that he did decke him vp in costly aray the fyneste that mighte be gotten and kept him at schole but he was so pampred and nusled vp in worldely prophanitie that hee had rather minde on his Prodigalitie then on his Booke and woulde rather exercise hym selfe in diuers kyndes of games as disinge cardinge and other moe whiche oughte not to be vsed but rather to be reiected and so hee continued the space of seuen yeres in whiche time he had consumed his fathers substaunce so muche that his father dyd seeme to withdrawe his greate loue and good wyll from hym and dyd kepe him in so shorte that hee coulde not haue the value of one penye but his father woulde knowe how that it was bestowed Nowe this youthful sonne contrary vnto his fathers wyll woulde priuielye resorte vnto his olde companions whose companies before hee frequented and they gaue him such councell that hee woulde not seeme no more to be kepte in at his fathers pleasure but dyd shewe him selfe so obstynate that all his friendes hated him it came to passe that his father dyed and he possessed his landes and goodes he through his companions entisement was seduced from all vertuouse trade and led his life in a most ryotous rate and consumed it cleane when all was gone and had nothinge lefte to maynteine his former state his olde companions which before had frequented his company forsooke hym cleane and rather sought his destruction then for his prosperitie and so in greate myserye he wente beggynge his breade and at laste fell to robbinge and soo was taken and accordinge to the lawe suffered deathe Oh what avayled Fortune whiche to hym was incomparable for where that he had welth and substance was verye well esteemed and beloued amonge the Senatours of Rome for his fathers sake nowe was he thorowe riotous Prodigalitie broughte to vtter destruction the like in these our daies wee maye beholde with our eies for a noumbre there bee of suche chyldren whiche doo include vice and abrogate vertue and all because that they are edicted vnto Prodigalitie whiche is repugnaunt vnto vertue as theyr exteriour operations doth manifestly ostend for where the minde is geuen to playe prodigall partes and desirouse to goo braue and to kepe companie with roysters to be franke in expences to bee free in liberalitie more then his habylitie is able to vpholde for I count him a very innocent that will put his hand further then his sleue wil reache and to bragge or boaste of his gentillitie all these vices dothe derogate vertue but I muste confesse that lyberalitie procedeth of a gentle harte as when hée doth geeue some thinge for a recompence for gentelnes or profite whiche he hath founde but yet it maye digresse from the boundes of vertue In rewardinge excesciuely or in prodigal expences or on other thinges inconuenient of smal importance in deede I must saye that suche errogation is not worthye to be counted the name of lyberalitie but a thinge done on a brauerie In prodygal promptnes is a singular signe that the aucthour thereof is rather geuen to prodigalitie then to ciuill demeanour Nowe let vs see farther how they whiche haue vsed prodigalitie are come to vtter desolation Iolas a lustye youthe dwellinge in Athens at a festiual day whiche the Athenians vsed to celebrate hee to honour the Feast bestowed .x. thousand pound in aparel for him selfe and .xx. men whiche hee had hyred to waite vpon hym as that daye he was so richely decked in costely robes that euerye man wondered at him and dyd stande in an admiration with them selues howe that hee was able to deuyse so riche garmentes to be made but the minde whiche is edicted vnto vyce or prodigall actions nothynge to suffice his minde is to harde or difficulte for him to deuise or inuente Hee beinge thus decked in suche costly array dyd glorye in him selfe and perceiued that the people dyd wonder at his greate expences and cost in apparel dyd euer after continually weare the same and stil mainteined it as longe as his moneye did last In the ende to conclude short hee had neither moneye goodes nor landes but was gladde to set his feete vnder other mens tables and because he coulde not haue his wyll as hee was wonte to haue he fell to shifting other waies and kept company with whores and because that these harlots had robbed a gentell man they were taken and Iolas with theym in their company and so was prisoned where in he died myserably Thus ye se what the ende of his prowde prodygalitie came vnto Trewlye the ende of it is lyttell better for if euerye youthe or younge man would consider this and reuolue with him selfe the imminent daunger that on prodigalitie doth procede they woulde abandone them selues from it but he that is naturally disposed to be prodigall cannot be ciuill In deede I muste confesse that it is seldome seene that a young man shoulde be ciuill till he come to .xxiiii. yeres of age or there about in deede then he growes to som stature and by wisdome ▪ is ledde to be ciuill I had almost forgotten Bambes which was the king of Nauers brother howe prodigally hee did liue Xenophon makethe mention for hee woulde vse to haue chaunge of aparell iiij times aday and he did glory in it in so much