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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A02806	The line of liberalitie dulie directinge the wel bestowing of benefites and reprehending the comonly vsed vice of ingratitude. Anno. 1569.; De beneficiis. Book 1-3. English	Seneca, Lucius Annaeus, ca. 4 B.C.-65 A.D.; Haward, Nicholas.	1569 (1569)	STC 12939; ESTC S103875	92,810	272

hath done it But he that doth perseuer still heaping afresh new benefites vpon them whiche he hath already done shall enforce the receiuer to acknowledge the same at one time or an other wer he neuer so hard harted or currish of nature For who that shalbe so ouerlayed w●th benefites shall not haue the hart to lyft vp his eyes agaynst thée but he shal forthwith condemne himself of In●gratitude if he haue not delt with thée accordyngly as he ought which way soeuer he woulde turne him thy benefites shalbe so rife before his eyes that by no meanes he shalbe able to shake them out of minde By thy good desertes and heaping on of benefites geue him cause to thinke that he is thoroughly bound vnto thée Which benefites of what force and effect they are to make good nature in any man I shall herafter declare so sone as I haue shewed my fātasy in one point or two somewhat different frō our matter in hand That is to wit For what cause it is said that ther are thre Graces wherfore thy are called sisters why they go linked hād in hand what is the cause why they are allwayes smylinge and of mery countenaunce what is the Reason why they are euer yong Finally wherfore they are virgins attired with their garmētes louse and vngyrt about them and the same so thin that a man may sée through them Of these thrée Ladyes called Graces thopinion of some is that the first of them bestoweth benefites the seconde receyueth the same and then third confesseth the recept and requiteth them Others some there are that by these thrée Graces would signifie thrée kind of benefytes Namely the benefites whych are geuen the benefites whiche are receiued and the benefits which are receiued and repayed togethers But whether of these two opinions is worthiest to be allowed it is not muche materiall to examin and for that I will leue it at large vndiscust Let vs then sée why these thrée Ladyes whom I called Graces do still beholde thone the other and make a ring as it wer eche holding other by the hand Uerely it is for thys cause The gyft that passeth from the geuer yf it keepe dew order from the one to the other it retorneth againe from hym that receiued it vnto the geuer by dew ordely course Which order if it be broken or anye whit discontinued forthwith thereby shoulde it lose all the worthy commendacion whiche the said benefit should requier like as wee sée yf any of these Ladyes should louse hands the facion of the King were broken and streight shoulde lose that name They are alwayes smyling and merye countenaunced for that they should represent to vs thereby that those that are of good natures ought when they bestow benefytes whyche maye sound to the furtheraunce of others no lesse to reioyce and shew themselues wellapaid therat then they should doo who are by them in such sort pleasured They are alwayes yong for this that the remembraunce of benefites ought in no wyse to waxe olde or fade forth of fresh memorye Uirgins they are for this that benefites ought to be pure incorrupted not stayned and to be done without constraint or enforcement They were their garments louse whyche are so clere and thin that a man may sée through to declare that benefites would be also séen and not hidden With those Ladyes Mercury is also by some associated as companion not for that eloquence is anye whyt requisyt to commend the benefyt that is done or the order of doing thesame but only for that it so lyked the paynter to deuise thesame Chrisippus to whom for his great subtilitie of wit diuers attribute no small praise for that he so exquisitely accustometh to sift out the truth of thinges applieng al his whole talke to the matter he treateth of and that with no longer proces of wordes then is requisite for y e thoroughvnderstandyng therof hath yet stuffed his whole booke full of these and suche lyke table so that he speketh hymsel●e verye litle or nothing at all touchinge themployeng receiuing and rendring of benefites In whyche his booke he doth not onely now and then vse these tales but he doth so thoroughly store it with them that it sauoreth almost of nothing elles but of suche trifles For besides that whych he wryteth of Hecates he reporteth also that these thrée Graces wer Iupiters daughters begotten vpon Eurinome in youth comelines of countenaunce and beawty most excellent and for this cause were they all thrée apointed to haue the keping of Heauen gates and to be attendant on the Lady Uenus Moreouer Chrisippus in his sayde booke noteth also that not without good cause their mother whome I shewed you of was called Eurinome whō for that thinterpretacion of her name sheweth her to be riche of great habilitie he feigneth therfore to distribute benefits and frēdly plesures As though the mother of force muste be named after the qualities and condicions of her daughters or ells what name soeuer the Poetes plesed to attribute to any thyng was the very name of the thyng indéed Chap. 4. BUt least I myself offend in that whyche before I obiected against Chrisippus I will ouerpasse th●se thynges which as they vary frō our matter in hande so concerne they it no whytt at all For we haue taken in hande to spéeke of benefytes and to geue preceptes of that whyche aboue all other thynges knytteth and conioigneth the society of mankynd together Wée are I saye to prescribe rules and preceptes for menne to frame their lyues by least that vnder collour of courtesye some fall into excessiue prodigalitie and least that others some by ouernere scauuing and héed takynge in bestowinge of benefites shoulde happen cleane to extinct and lose the ryght waye of liberalitie Whyche as indéed it ought not to excéed so neyther should it be ouermuch skanted but to obserue a iust dew and lawdable meane Touching which matter these are thinstructiōs that we geue That men accept thankfully such benefites as are done vnto them and that gladlye in lykemaner they requite the same We are moreouer to propose vnto them a great contencion which ought to be betwen the geuer and the receiuer of benefites Whiche is that we should not content our selues to render the lyke only of that which we haue receiued at the handes of those that haue pleasured vs but that we should stryue to excell them farre in well meaning and minde to plesour them againe And impossible it is that any man can requite a good tourne except before hand he haue found it For which cause they that do any plesures or employ any benefites are to be aduertised that they make none account of their benefit after they haue ones bestowed it and they that haue receiued thesame to thinke themselues somuch the more endetted to them for so doing Of whyche honest and commendable cōtention this is the whole and thonly end