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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A09380	A contention betwene three bretheren, that is to say, the vvhoremonger, the dronkarde, and the diceplayer to approue which of them three is the worste, by reason that their deceased father had giuen his succession from the worste of them three : a worke no lesse profitable then pleasurable to read, for so much as the vilenesse of those three vices, is herein sette oute at large / compiled by Thomas Salter.	Beroaldo, Filippo, 1453-1505.; Salter, Thomas.	1581 (1581)	STC 1968.5; ESTC S1788	32,798	106

anguish so to the contrarie wine drinking carieth with it delyght to the heart saith Salomon driuing awaye sadnesse and clearing the darknesse of the minde and is a very ready help against al cares solicitudes for it carieth w t it saith Horace rest sleepe calling it forgetfull an Epithete very proper vnto it bycause it causeth forgetfulnesse of all wrath and dolour Therefore to be shorte considering the greate commoditye that commeth by Drinking and the exceeding discommoditye by Whooredome and Dice playing I conclude that it can not bee but that by obseruing the lawes and institution of our deceased Fathers Will my Brother the Whoremonger or both of them as the Dice player or both of them as the most vicious and wicked shall bee condemned and I by your vpright and vnpartiall Iudgment adiudged wheritour of the succession for which presently wee contende and so I ende ¶ This beeing saide the Drunkard gaue place and his Brother the Whoremonger proceeded in answearing him as followeth RIghte honourable Aesope in one of his Fables no lesse eligant and delighfull then full of good Doctrine and erudition maketh mention of certayn men carying by Sackes or Wallets vppon theire shoulders who in the Bagge that hanges before them vse to putte all the little faultes and small crymes of other men and in that beehynde theire backes their owne great and horrible ones thereby giuing vs no lesse truelye then pleasauntly to vnderstande that we willingly watch and carefullye take heede to the imperfections and faultes of our neighboures as men by an naturall ill happe couered ouer with clere seeing eyes much lyke vnto Argus Linx but to see searche oute and vnderstande our owne faultes and offences we bee as blinde as Beetles and sleepy as Moles The whiche with infinite other wee haue this daye especially and manifestlye perceyued in oure Brother the Drunkarde who more then assotted and blinded in hys owne doinges but moste subtile and watchfull in ours casting his eyes vpon our small biles neyther seeth nor fauoureth his owne moste daungerous fistoles and deepe scarres and so abused in himselfe declayming agaynst vs twain his bretheren such like whormongers and diceplaiers as wee bee hath not only maintained drunkennes by certaine small examples touching the vertue of Wyne to deserue as it were excuse and pardon but also in a manner to be desyred as a thing praise worthy But wee will not any wayes hide or keepe secrete our vice but frely plainlye we confesse whordome and Diceplaying to be two thinges very vicious and infamous marrye yet not so muche as dronkennesse the whiche we will sustaine and playnly approue by inuincible examples argumentes Beseeching you as you haue attentiuely heard our brother to complayne agaynst vs so with willing affection you will doe the like on oure syde to the ende that if in defaming and quibbing other he hath taken pleasure hee in hearkening and feling the like may be set beside his Cushions Now to the ende y t by this we may begin I saye y t man is not made and composed of soule onely nor of body onlye but of both of thē together therfore for y t cause hee entertayneth and preserueth by great care and diligence the good disposition and integritie of them both As touching the soule hee indeauoureth himselfe with all his force to conserue it in the giftes of grace diuinely bestowed vppon it whiche are the vertues among the whiche Prudence firste and principally glistereth as the Sunne among the Starres and touching the body he giueth no lesse heede and care to keepe preserue it in the gifts of nature as in strēgth agillity dexterity helth such like although both these gifts be so precious and inestimable only y t first to wit of y t soule especially prudēce which is the onelye art of life without which it is impossible for any to guide himself by reason yet notw tstanding al this they be spoild vtterly ouerthrown by drunkennes For saith Plautus Dronkennesse is no oth●r thing then a meere and manifest hurt neyther doeth it drawe after it sayth the prophet Abacuc other then defame and beggerye Besydes it is a thing greatly to be noted y t all such as are giuen to wine howe excellente and perfecte workeman soeuer they bee in anye Arte or Science they neuer wax rich sayth Salomon Doeth not Dronkennesse depryue man of vnderstanding doeth it not make him to becomme as one madde and frentike doth it not spoyle him of his brayne banishing both reason and prudence from him doeth it not steale awaye health and ingender prodigalitie and consume honoure it hath shame of nothing it expulseth vertue it wasteth renowne it shiuereth Iudgement and blindeth the minde In considering of whiche I cannot but greatlye maruell at the diligence and sagacitye of our forefathers who no lesse learnedlye then wittilye did tearme Wine by the name of T●ema that is to saye holding or tempting the thoughte and by consequente haue also named Dronkennesse Temulenes names no doubt very apt and proper for the liuely expressing of the effect of wine taken aboue measure For Dronkennes tosseth tourneth the minde thought of man here ther casting it at pleasure like a ship vpon the wallowing waues O what vice more infamous and vnhonest can happen vnto man then dronkennesse the which after the opinion of Ennus Seneca that dedly enimie to all vices is a meere madnesse and voluntarie incensement Is there any thing more villanous or more neere to bestialitie then for a man voluntarily of will to throwe alienate himselfe from himselfe that is to say from his vnderstanding and power to become without iudgement reason like vnto a childe of a yeare old which thing the drunkarde doth ordinarily and of vse for so soone as the wine or strong drinke excessiuely taken spread in y e body beginneth once to waxe hot and to boile then euen as soone doth it beat downe and cast vnder feete y ● vigor or vertue of y e minde rauishinge bereauing man of courage and spirit and that in such wise as he hath no vnderstanding or knowledge what he doth ●rust me it is the greatest iniurie that to a man may be done to reproue him of a wil to haue pleasure in foolish madnesse and to saye that of himselfe he is such a one for so much as it is the propertie of a man to seeme prudent and to haue his wit and vnderstanding at will of which dronkennesse is the onely decay and ruine Wherfore not without cause hath Androcides sayde verye wisely that euen as y e hemlocke is a venime poyson vnto a man so is wine vnto the hemlocke signifiyng thereby and giuing to vnderstand that wine is vnto man a venime of venimes or poyson of poysons And truely if wee haue good consideration of the words and effect venime is rightly no other then a dimunitiue of wine forsomuch as of it more