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A14103	The schoolemaster, or teacher of table philosophie A most pleasant and merie companion, wel worthy to be welcomed (for a dayly gheast) not onely to all mens boorde, to guyde them with moderate [and] holsome dyet: but also into euery mans companie at all tymes, to recreate their mindes, with honest mirth and delectable deuises: to sundrie pleasant purposes of pleasure and pastyme. Gathered out of diuers, the best approued auctours: and deuided into foure pithy and pleasant treatises, as it may appeare by the contentes.	Twyne, Thomas, 1543-1613.; Anguilbertus, Theobaldus. Mensa philosophica.; Turswell, Thomas, 1548-1585, attributed name.	1576 (1576)	STC 24411; ESTC S111450	115,907	158

had saued mony enough to redéeme his Church lands which his predicessour had layd to morgage But he answered that he was far more liberal then his predicessour for sayd he I haue payd his debts and mine owne also A Bishop in France promised Philip the French Kynge that the first Prebend that fell in his gift he would giue it to whome soeuer it pleased the Kynge And when many fell voyde and the kyng was pleasured with none he was sore offended To whom the Bishop sent this answer desiring his grace not to be offended for he had yet giuen neuer an one of them but sould them all The Bishop of Mentz coursed an Hart and after long rūnyng the beast leapt into a deepe ponde and a greate Pike caught him fast by the throat And when the Hart came out of the water hee brought the Pike with him hanginge by his throat and so hée tooke them bothe and sent pieces of them abread for present to his friends A certain Priest was accused vnto the bishop of the Diocesse for buriyng his dead Asse solemly with Dirige Masses of Requiem And béeing much rebuked for so doing he certified the Bishop that it was a very godly Asse had made a will had bequea●hed his Lordship fiue pounde which he had now brought vnto him And when the Bishop had receiued the money he said let him then rest in peace so discharged the priest A noble younge Gentlemen that was a schollar in Paris sayd that all Bishops in France were blinde bicause they gaue not som good benefice to his maister beyng but poore and well learned Not long after being himself made a Bishop he was so blinded with his spirituall promotion that he neither gaue his poore maister any thing but on a time when he came to Paris his Maister went and met him bearyng a couple of Waxe candles burnyng in his hand And when the Bishop asked him why hée did so hée answered bycause your lordship should sée mée for you are blinde A certain Bishop had many yonge Nephewes and Kinsfolkes in his house which alwaies sat at meate at a low table before him and whensoeuer any preferment fell voyde he repulsed other and bestowed it vpon one of those Then a man of worship whom the Bishop had bid to dinner set himself downe at the childrens Table And béeing demaunded by the Bishop why hée did so hée answered that hée could not be preferred sittyng at any other Table neither knew he any other then those that sat there aduanced by him vnto any dignitie Chap. 28. Of Archdeacons AN Archdeacon being in visitatiō spent whole daies in feasting making good chéere when the people looked that he should haue preached vnto them the word of god And as hee was going from hearyng Masse vnto dinner an olde woman sayd vnto him that they looked for that which was his dutie to do meaning to shew them their duties out of the word of god Well quoth the Archdeacon I will not call thée to counsell what I had best to do But shée answered surely he had small care of our soules that put them in trust to thée An Archdeacon visited his parish Church from which hée was promoted vnto the Archdeaconrie And there came vnto him an husband man to aske counsell saying M. Archdeacon I married a poore wife and now I know where I may haue a ritch one is it lawful for mée to f●rsake the poore one and to take the ritche The Archdeacon answered by no meanes Then said the husbandmā but you haue forsaken a poore church and keepe a ritch Archdeaconry Which he hearing gaue vp his Archdeaconry and returned to his owne Churche A certein Priest against his Archdeacon shoulde come in visitacion hauinge none other prouision killed a litle Asse which hee had and dressed him in the stead of Veale and whē the Archdeacon fead hungerly theron at dinner and the Priest himselfe woulde eate none the Archdeacon demaunded the cause Then quod the Priest your Mastership saith that I haue wit and learning litle ynough already and therefore I neede to eate no asses fleash When the Archdeacon heard this he arose from the table in a rage and immediatly departed chap. 29. Of Canons and their mery Iests IVlius in his booke of Bees writeth an history of one Philip that was Chancellour of Paris who hauing many benefices was in his sicknes admonished by the Bysshop to resigne thē vp for feare of longer incurring Gods displeasure who answered that hee would try the truth of that béefore the greate iudge But shortly after hee was dead hee appeared vnto the Bysshop like a shadow and sayd I most miserable wretch am damned and that cheifly for thrée causes First for my fruites which I kept from the poore Secondly for my pluralitye of benefices And lastly for my detestable whoredome Moreouer hee sayd is the world yet at an end Then quod the Bysshop I marueill that thou hauinge in thy life time beene a great clarke and seeing mee and other liuing who must all die beefore that day come shouldest aske mee that question But hee sayd marueill not at all for in hell there is neither knowlegde nor reason Maister Albertus sayd vnto a Canon of Colein which came home from the Court with a dispensation to haue many benefices Before you might haue gone to Hell without licence and now you must néedes go thither by vertue of your dispensation There was a Canon which had two Canonries one in one Church another in another the dreamed one night the two staues were reatched vnto him and the same night the bishops of both Churches died Then some of his familiars expounding his dreame said that he should be chosen bishop in both places and riding out the next day morninge he fell from his horse and brake both his legges and was faine to go with two crutches to beare himselft vp withall Chap. 30. Of the Hault and Lame ON a time there came vnto a sanctes church so many hault and Lame people to be cured that the Priest could not driue them foorth Then said the priest giue me your staues I wil heale you all And when he had them he sent for fier beinge demaunded what he would do with it Burne him that is most lambe quoth he that you may all be healed with his Asshes And when they heard this they ran all away Cap. 31. Of Priests A Certain poore lecherous Priest had a concubine whom he loued well wherof the Archedeacon hearing commanded him either to forsake his Church or to leaue his concubin But being loth to depart from his Concubine he resigned his benefice and when the harlot saw that he had nothing now to liue withall she would tarie no lenger with him and so he lost both profit and pleasure together A certein Priest had two Concubines one yonge another olde The younge bicause

he saw a Bayliff leadyng a poore théefe to hanging that had stollen a trifle saying that it was a strange matter to sée a great theefe leadyng a litle theife to the gallowes Thirdly bicause hee saw a Priest following a childe that was going to burying singing and a husbandman cumming after weeping when as in deede quoth hée it ought to haue bin otherwise as namelye the Priest to haue wept whose sunne hée was and the husbandman to haue sunge as beeing discharged of a great burthen The Diuell spake in one that was possessed sayinge In hell there is no redemption and therefore man is very vnwise that will hazard so noble a pleadg which if it bee forfeited can neuer more bée redéemed One vpon occasion of talke said to his fellow I maruell sayd hée that the Diuell suffreth vs to liue since wée bee all sutch grieuous sinners to whom the other answered but I maruel rather why hée hurteth not his seruants Chap. 24. Of Popes and their mery Iestes IT is read in the Cronicles that when the Pope is consecrated as they terme it ther is a great handful of Towe set on fire in presence of them al therwith al these woords spoken Thus passeth the glory of the world remember that thou art ashes and a mortal man A good lesson if they would follow it Sergius the Pope was called before hée was Pope Os porci that is to say Hogs mouth and since his time all Popes haue changed their owne proper names Euaristus the Pope appointed seauen deacons to gward the Popes person whyle hée preacheth which I thinke is but seldome or to asist him that hée erre not wherby hée might come into obloquie and bée diffamed by his aduersaries Adrian the Pope with the whole assembly of Cardinals Byshops and prelates and all the Synode gaue vp all the aucthority vnto Charles king of Rome to chuse and appoincte who shoulde bee Pope And moreouer that all Archbyshops shoulde receiue their inuesture of him and that all that were disobedient vnto this decree should bee accursed mutch repugnant vnto that wherin the Popes will take vpon them to make and depose Emperours at their pleasure Chap. 25. Of Cardinals and their mery Iestes OCtauianus a Cardinal caused the Pope to send for one frier Tortus to Lions that had very good knowledg in Phisick And when he was come vnto him the frier demaunded the cause why hee sent for him The Pope answered I haue a Néece that hath bin this long married and can haue neuer a childe and I haue sent for you bicause you are a Phisitiō to do your indeuour to make her conceiue Then answered the Frier your hollines is hoate younge and lustye you should sooner make her to conceiue then I can wherat the Pope laughing tooke him to be his chaplein Two Priestes striuinge before the Cardinals for the Maistership of a certain hospitall it is a strange matter to se quod one of the Cardinals how you two poore fellowes and vnlearded can not agree for one simple Maistership of an hospitall Nay sayd one of the Priests it is more maruell to beeholde how you ritche prelates and learned men are at sutch contention for one great Popedome A certein Cardinall hearing of a frier that alwaies preached against prelates would needes haue him to preach in his audience and hée did so Then taking occasion to speake of Cardinals hee said that the Lords Cardinals were so termed of this Latin woord cardo which signifieth the hinge of a doore For like as the hinges of a doore lacking oyle do alwayes murmour and make a noyse but beeinge oyled do open an shut very pleasantly so fareth it with these Cardinals for vntill they haue promotion they neuer leaue prechinge and cryinge out at couetousnesse and ambition and when they haue to mutch then they preach no more but grease their bellies with dilicates and giue themselues wholy to all voluptuousnesse A certein Cardinall had a chaplein called Michael whom hee promised that if euer God called him to greater dignitye hee would prefer him to his contentacion Afterward beeing made Pope and troubled with many affayres hee quite forgat his old Chaplein Michael Who seeing that he could haue no accesse vnto the Pope wrote vpon a doore by the whiche hee should passe these verses following Here standeth without before the doore Michael the Chaplein pore Saying that honours do manners change But seld to better for that were strange Which the Pope reading and seeing him standing before the doore remembred his promise gaue him a good benefice Chap. 26. Of Archbisshops and their mery Iests A Certein Archbysshop preachinge vpon Palme Sundaye discoursed very much of Christes humility and of the shee Asse whereupon hee rode And when the sermon was done he mounted vp vpon his lofty palfry and was ridinge home Then came an olde woman running and tooke the horse by the bridle saying I pray you my Lord is this the shee asse whervpon Christ roade An Archbysshop in a sermon sorely inveied against the whole order of Preaching friers compared them to the Pharasies When the sermon was finished and the Archbysshop come down out of the Pulpit the reader of the same couent arose and came to him saying My Lord your grace had forgotten one text which is this Thy Nacion and thy Bysshops haue deliuered thee vnto me Againe the same Archbysshop preached another time against Masters Readers in the vniuersities how they clothed themselues in softe apparell and sought to bee magnified and placed in the chiefe seates in the scooles and Churches and sutch like Shortly after the same Archbysshop chanced to meete with a Reader in a very foule and dirty place Then said the Archbysshop to the Reader what do you here Master Ammirandu● for that was his name Mary my Lord quoth he I come to make cleane neate mine apperell wherof your Grace spake of late and therewith all he shewed him his tayle all dirty behinde An Archbishop beeyng in visitation sharply punished a certayn Lady Prioresse of a Nunrie for trespaces which she had committed whom shée earnestly intreated that in consideration of a piece of money hee would in part remit the punishment But he deneying so to do saying that he loued her not and therfore he would not pleasure her so mutch I thinke so quoth she and wel beléeue it for there was neuer yet Capon that loued an Hen. Chap. 27. Of Byshops and their mery iestes ONe thinkyng to get the goodwill of a Byshop by flatterie said vnto him my Lord if your Lordship would take lesse paines you might liue yet fiue yéeres but if you continued so still you will scarce liue two yéeres to an end Who answered I had rather be a good Bishop two yeres then an ill Byshop fiue yéeres One obiected vnto a Bishop that he was to couetous for that by keping a nigardly house he

the goodman of the house came in and tooke the wyne and other prouision which lasted him to make merie withall many dayes after Chap. 37. Of diuers merie Iestes of Nouices A Certaine Nouice of the order of the Preaching Friers being in place amōg other Friers where they cōtended of the excellencie of their orders euery man preferring his own before the othe● thē sayd this Nouice is it true that euery thing which christ did is for our instruction Y●a saide the Friers But I neuer reade quod the Nouice that our sauiour Christe was either a blacke white or gray Frier but hearing that he was a poore Pr●acher I had rather follow his steppes therein then any others The Earle of Blankenburgh hearing that his Sonne whom he sent vnto Paris to studie was become a Nouice he roo●e thither to bring him from thence Then sayde his sonne I would go with you if you could assure me of one thing What is that quod the father The sonne answeared that I may be sure not to die so soone when I am abroade as when I continue here Which the father hearing and perceyuing his obstinacie with sorow departed and let him alone A certaine poore man had put his sonne to stud●e at Paris vpon whose maintenaunce he bestowed all that euer he could earne thinking that he should haue kept and relieued him in his old age But when hee was entred into the order of preachyng Friers his father weepyng and lamenting thereat asked him why he had done so who answeared bicause I woulde liue in pouertie That might you haue done sonne quod the father if you had ta●ied at home with mee and neuer haue gone out of the doores for you should haue found there pouertie inough A certaine Nouice entred into the order at Paris and as he was going to bedde at night a lampe fell downe and al the oile was spilt vpon him Then they brought him vnto his bed where were wollen sheetes layde vpon a bed of straw and he was commaunded to keepe silence The next day morning when the other Friers came vnto him and asked him howe he fared and was vsed since he came into the order He answeared yesternight I was anoynted and layd vpon strawe and made dumbe One Frier Humbert a maister of the order carrying with him certaine Nouices vnto Lions came to a village where they coulde get no meate At length an old womā brought them a litle bread vnto the bridge whereon they sate whiche when the Nouices had eaten he asked hir if she had any more and she brought another piece and the younge men eate it immediatly very greedily The thirde time he willed hyr to fetche more if she had any which she did and they eate it vp all straight wayes Then sayde the Mast●r vnto the Nouices he will prouide you bread that encreased the fiue loa●es in the wildernes reciting vnto them the whole storie out of the Euangelist and howe there were twelue baskets fu●lle●t ouer and besides that which was eaten Now by Jesus quod the old woman you be no such for you haue left none at all Chap. 38. Of merie Iestes of Connertites A Certaine Conn●rti●e seruing in an Abbey wayted vpon the Abbot Priour and Monkes at a feast after that they came from the Chapter where there was much good cheere prepared And hauing many disshes to carrie in when he had brought in the first he sayd there is no more and likewise at the second he sayde there is no more and so at euery one Then the companie being offended that they had fedde so much of one dishe seing there was plentie that they were so filled that they could not tast of the other demaunded of him why he sayde alwayes at euery dishe that there was no more In deede sayde hee I spake that woorde but I meant it not of meate but of Paradise For in this worlde you will weare soft apparell eate delicate meates ride with great traynes and liue in all pleasure and therefore I meant that you shall haue no more in the worlde to come All the Cattell belonging vnto a certaine Monasterie were carried away to the pound a good way of and the Abbot sent a simple Connertite whiche was in the house to bring thē home cōmaunding him that he should not come againe emptie but bring what soeuer he could get But when hee whiche had them in pound had answeared him that he should not haue them notwithstanding if he woulde sit downe and eate meate with him he should be welcome he fead very greedely Which the Master of the house beholding and reprouing him somwhat therefore he declared what commaundement was giuen vnto him and bicause he could beare nothing else home with him he would carrie at least wise as much as his belly would hold Then all the companie laughed well and perceyuing the simplicitie of the man gaue him all that he required Chap 39. Of many merie Iestes of Nunnes THe Nunnes of a certaine Monasterie had this custome that when any of them were deliuered of childe she should vse recreations and bathings and other things necessarie for women in that case and the Nunnes would come a gossipping vnto hyr and bring h●r presents But bicause that the correction that belonged to the order shoulde not be abrogated at the moneths ende she must come naked into the Chapterhouse before them all and receyue three strypes at euery one of hir sisters handes with a Fore tayle whiche alwayes hunge vp in the Chapter house for that purpose In a certaine Monasterie were a companie of olde Nunnes that had bene good fellowes in their youth vnto whom the yong Nunnes cleaued very fast It fortuned the olde ladie Prioresse died and there succeeded one that was more seuere in hir roume which forbad the comming in of religious men or any other vnto them So that the yong Nunnes seing themselues restrayned of their libertie sayde vnto the elder Nunnes happie are you Sisters for you lost your virginiti● in your youth whiche if you had nowe there were as small hope for you to loose it as is for vs A certaine Nunne conf●ssing ●yr selfe vnto a Bishop that she had sinned in the acte of the fl●sh he sharply reproued hyr for so doing and demaund●d what cause moued hyr thereto and shee answeared good reason for it is written proue all thing Yea sayde the Bishop but if you had read all that text you had not done it for it foloweth in the same place keepe that whiche is good But shée answeared O my Lorde I did not turne ouer the leafe One Frier Conrade dining once in a Nunrie called at the table for vineger and the Nunnes sayde then had none That is maruell quod the Frier beyng so many broken vessels in the house Chap. 40. Of many merie iestes of systers A Certaine Syster in a Priory béeing an old mery wenche made her boast