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A02336	The garden of pleasure contayninge most pleasante tales, worthy deeds and witty sayings of noble princes [et] learned philosophers, moralized. No lesse delectable, than profitable. Done out of Italian into English, by Iames Sanforde, Gent. Wherein are also set forth diuers verses and sentences in Italian, with the Englishe to the same, for the benefit of students in both tongs.; Hore di ricreatione. English	Guicciardini, Lodovico, 1521-1589.; Sandford, James.	1573 (1573)	STC 12464; ESTC S105885	85,567	234

long youth It helpeth he addeth hereto sometime to vse bathes other while cold water to day to annoint himself to morrowe not passe vppon himselfe and finally to refuse no meate nor drinke which the common people doth vse That it is follye to looke for more of things then nature doth affourde them A Shepharde which had a flocke of shepe séeing that the wolfe did daily take and consume them assembled together vppon a daye the whole flocke and with a trim and long oration he put them in comfort not to feare the wolues for so muche as they were many in number and for the most parte had hornes which the wolues haue not wherefore he wold haue them to be of good courage and with one assent valiauntly to giue ayde one to another and that he would not sayle them at anye time The shéepe taking good hart at these worde ioyned with such effectuall reasons promised and sware that they woulde no more flie from the wolfe Notwithstanding a while after when the rumour was raised to the wolfe to the wolfe those poore beastes were surprised with so great feare that the words and the reasons of the shepherd were not able to holde them from flying awaye Whereuppon he afterward sorrowing with them one of the wisest francklye spake Whilest to make white the blacke thou dost assay Thou sekest that dark night shuld become cleare day That the fruite and safetie of mony consisteth in occuping and not in keping A Couetous man hauyng solde all that hée had and tourned it into ready money buried it in a place where he went daily to see it in suche wise that a man of the countrey watching what he did went thether in the night and digged it out and caryed it away And when the miser another daye came againe to sée his treasure he not finding it was minded desperately to gyue himselfe to the Deuill But a fréend of his being at hand and vnderstanding the cause said vnto him quiet thy self my felow for thou diddest not occupy this monie at all so that thou maiste put stones in place thereof and perswade with thy self that it is golde for these stones will stande thée in as good stéede as monie and added hereto these verses of Petrarcha Oh mente vaga al fin sempre digiuna A che tante pensieris vn'hora sgombra Quel ch' en molti anni a pena si ragana that is Oh gre●dy mind still hungry to the ende Wherto are so great cares one houre doth spoyle That which long time hath hardly won with toyle That the counsayles of youth are rashe and vnaduised and of age considered and perfecte WHEN Paulus Emilius was generall Captaine in Greece for the Romans against king Perseus he had with him Scipio being a very yong man but famous for hys great beginnings of vertue The which Scipio when vpon some occasion he thought the time conuenient to giue battaile to the enimie said Dost thou not sée Emilius to whom the old expert captaine perceiuing some damage that mighte arise thereby whych the vnskillfull yong man knewe not of sayde Nasica when I was of thy yeares I was so minded as thou arte nowe and when thou shalte come to my yeares thou shalte be of that mind which I am now of That the state of vvorldly things is very full of chaunge and therefore that it is meete for vs to prepare to endure both fortunes THE same Emilius when hée had ouercome and taken prisoner the foresaide Perseus and sawe him fall prostrate to hys féete wéeping and ouer cowardlye yelding himself saide vnto him alasse for me stande vp for thou shamest my victorye I thought that I had ouercome some greate king but now I finde that I haue subdued a cowardly woman doutlesse thou arte worthy of greater misfortune And turning to his men of warre he said to them beholde there an example moste notable of worldly things to you yong men chiefly I speake to the ende that you may lerne not to puffe your selues ouer much with pride in prosperitie neither to truste happie fortune to much forasmuch as he is dead in the morning which is borne in the euening And he is a man in déede that in prosperitie is not proude and in aduersitie is not vnpacient A Philosophicall opinion touching the iudging of friendes causes BIas the Philosopher saith that he was neuer willyng to be iudge betwéene hys friendes but betwene his enemies Bycause euen as saith he it is to be feared that one of thy friends shall become thine enemye so is it to be hoped that one of thyne enemies shal be made thy friende That none can liue in this vvorlde vvithoute trouble SOcrates beyng asked of a friende of hys how mannes life maye be passed wythout trouble answered by no meanes for it is not possible said he to dwell in Cities castles and houses without trouble That loue entreth the bodye by the eyes and ouercommeth both Gods and men ARaspa beyng warned of Cirus that he shuld not bée conuersaunte wyth women saying that through his eyes loue by litle wold enter into him answered that if he dyd alwayes take héede of him he should neuer be ouercome But when he was not long after fallen into the flames of loue and for feare and shame durst not come in the presence of his Lord Cirus sent for him as for one whō he loued and smiling saide Araspa I knowe that thou arte greatly afeard of me peraduēture more ashamed but be of good chéere for I maruaile not at thy errour knowing well that euen Gods themselues haue byn deceyued manye times and ouercome by loue That vvomen sometymes doe vvorthy deedes IN the warre betwéene the Emperoure Curradus the third surnamed Ghibellinus Guelfus Duke of Berne of whom in tyme paste the partes taking of the Ghibellines and the Guelfins toke name there chāunced a déede of women as Paulus Emilius the Historigrapher witnesseth no lesse worthy than pleasaunt And this it was that when the Emperoure had ouercome by force Monake the heade Citie of Berne and appointed for muche hatred conceyued all the men to be cut in péeces notwithstanding he fauorablie graunted the women that they should departe safe with all that they coulde carrie vppon their backes Wherevppon those valiaunte women furthered wyth excéeding great loue and true affection toke counsaile and strength to carrye with them the men for their burden With whych worthy acte the Emperoure not onely accompted hymselfe deluded but it pleased him so muche that throughe their loue he receyued afterwarde the Duke his aduersarye into fauour also That valiaunte and vertuous men vvill not be corrupted PHocion of Athens a verye good Citizen when Alexander the great had sent him a great summe of money to win him vnto him asked the messanger what he brought hym and for what cause Alexander had sent money rather to hym than to other citizens Because he thinketh you aunswered he honester and better than

VVhat kynde of men are most noble DIogenes béeing demaunded who were the noblest men in the worlde he aunswered Those whych despise riches glory pleasures and fynally lyfe And whiche ouercome the thinges contrary to these To wit pouertye infamie grief and death enduring them with an vnconquerable courage And Socrates béeing demaunded what Nobilitie was he aunswered temperance of the mynd and body That it belongeth to a Princes magnanimitie to forgiue offences receyued in baser Fortune BY reason that king Charles the eight dyed wythoute heyres males the Croune of Fraunce came by succession to Lewes Duke of Orliens Now when some of his fauourers had maliciously put hym in remembraunnce that the tyme was come to reuenge the miseries that were doone him when he was duke he answered with a valiant courage That it belonged not to the duke of Orliens that the king of Fraunce shoulde reuenge his wrathe and grudge That the diuine maiestie is a thing to men incomprehensible SImonides the Philosopher béeing asked of Hiero the tyrant what maner thing GOD was tooke one days respite to make answer the nexte daye he tooke two days afterwarde foure days so doubling the tyme. In the ende Hiero asked him for what cause hée made no answere but stil asked longer tyme. Bicause the more I thinke vpon this sayd Simonides the darker I finde the thing and the more I confounde my selfe therin And the most percing Dant wysely sayth Matto è chi spera che nostra ragione Possa transcurrer l'infinita via Che tiene vna sustantia in tre persone State contenti humana gente al quia Che se potuto baneste veder tutto Mestier non era partorior Maria. that is He is vnwyse that thynkes his witte so sure That it maye ouerrunne the endlesse way Which holdes in persons three one substance pure With things belowe O men contented stay And yf you had ben able all to see Then Mary needed not deliuered bee That a mans goodnesse appeareth in euery fortune ONe Amerigo Zati intending to buy a slaue in Constantinople sayde to him If I buye thee wilte thou be honest and althoughe you buy me not answered he I will be honest That the maliciousnesse of mans nature hath nede of matter to vvork vpon ONodemus Chius hauing ouercome a certain conspiracie was counselled by them that tooke his part to banishe all his aduersaries out of the Citie But he wysely aunswered I shall saue my selfe very well as I am for if all my enimies goe awaye and matter sayle to exercise the spitefulnesse of mans nature discorde and debate woulde soone aryse among our frendes That some kynde of follies are pleasant and delectable ONe Atheus became so madde that he told all men that he was the owner of all the ships that belonged to Pireus So when they came home withoute asking whether anye made a good voyage or not with maruellous ioy he assembled them togither lykewise whē they departed with infinite remembraunces and lessons he licenced them Wherfore whē afterwarde by the diligence of his kinsfolke and frendes he was healed of that humoure by good Physitions he pleasantly sayd Doutlesse my freendes you haue me slayne Sith you haue taken from me all pleasure In dravving me by force from so svveete an errour That it is moste profitable in the state of vvedlocke seldome to gather the frutes of matrimonie LIcurgus béeing demaunded for what cause he forbad by his lawes that the husbande should not sléepe with the wife but wold that the one and the other should spende most part of the day and night with their equals that they should not but now and then and priuily come togither he aunswered for thrée causes first bicause they should be the lustier not vsing carnal copulation superfluously Secondly bycause loue betwene them should be always fresh and liuely Thirdly bicause their children shoulde be the stronger Salomon sayeth that there be three soueraigne goods of Matrimonie concorde fayth and ofspring That vvisedome and experience is more to be required in a captayn than strength and outvvarde shevve of body WHen a Captain was to be chosen in Athens for some greate enterprise the rulers brought to Isocrates and Timotheus one Charetes a strong and lustie man but vnskilfull and rashe saying Suche a personage is fit to be a captaine No by God he shall not sayd Timotheus but he shal bear the captains cloake and harneis bycause he oughte to bée made a captain that séeth very well that whiche hée hathe béefore hym and that whyche he hathe behynde hym And Epaminondas of Thebe● seing a gret armie without a captain that is without a valiant generall sayd Oh what a greate beast is there here without a head And Chabrias of Athens after Erasmus others attribute this to others to lyke purpose sayde that sentence woorthie of remembraunce That an hoste of hartes is more to be feared that is ruled by a Lion than an host of Lions ruled by an Hart. That the victorie and luckynesse of the armie do depend of the captiaines vertue and manhood THe Numantines very warlike men being discomfited put to flighte by Scipio Emilianus their elders reprouing them for theyr cowardnesse said Are not these the same Romain shéepe that we before this haue so many tymes ouercome vanquished To whom one of the yong men aunswered It is true that they be the same shéepe but they haue chaunged their shepherde That it is a detestable and a foul thing to suffer gold to beare rule in euery thyng PRopertius detesting the great couetousnesse that raigned in his tyme setteth it foorthe effectually in this sort saying Novve this may vvell be called a vvorlde of golde Bicause thervvith all things are bought and solde For golde thou shalt be lou'de and set alofte For gold thou shalt a vertuous man be thought For golde is loue and honoure also gotten For gold is faith for golde the lavves are broken And Alamanno describing the very same infirmitie of our tymes sayth J gran perigli ●lung hi error d'Vlysse Scilla Cyclopi Harpie Syrte Syrene Di cui per mille gia si disse scrisse Son quasi nulla a gran trauagli pene C'hoggi parte maggior del mondo cieco Sol per oro acquistar qua giu ' sostiene Vlysses daungers great and vvandrings long The Scyls the Cyclops the Syrtes and Marmaydes song Of vvhich a thousande earst did speake and fayne As none are to the trauayles great and payne That now most parte of this blinde world and vayne Doth here belowe in getting golde sustayne That liberalitie and clemencie are the best instruments to rule POntanus said that they which desire to rule ought to haue two things in minde the one to be liberall the other to be gentle Bicause that Prince sayth he which vseth liberalitie and gentlenesse maketh his enimies his friends the vnfaythfull faythfull he purchaseth other friends he winneth loue and fauour euen of the inhabitaunts of

set his whole desire And Ariosto sayth Quel che l'huom vede Amor gli fa inuisibile Et l'inuisibil fa veder ' Amore. that is That thing which man doth see loue to him makes vnseene And the vnseene loue maketh to be seene A maruellous stoutnesse of a mans minde accompanied vvith pitie tovvardes his countrie WHen Lucius Scilla had ouercom by force of armes the Citie of Pren●ste he gaue leaue and commission to the Souldiers that they should destroye it and kyll all the Citizens sauing his Host meaning with this good turne to shewe himselfe thankfull vnto hym for manye curtesies receiued of hym at other times in his lodging But that valiant Citizen hering of this commission went foorth incontinently out of his house disguised preasing in among other of his countrimen sayd that he had rather die than owe his life to the destroyer of his countrie Counsels of great Captains to saue themselues and to ouercome their ennimies KIng Antigonus retiring from his enimies whiche then were stronger than he was said to him that peraduenture blamed him for fléeing away that he fled not but that he went thither where his profit and commoditie lay The same king being asked in what sorte a man might vanquishe his ennimies aunswered wyth strength and wisdome and if the Lions skin be not enough take the Wolfes too Erasmus attributeth this last saying also to Lysander Captaine of the Lacedemonians That Princes ought to displace the craftie and vvicked instruments of iustice ALphonsus King of Arragon hauing intelligence that a frenche Phisition who was a Sophister and verye subtile but of a moste gréedie minde leauing of Phisicke became an aduocate and with his Sophisticall pointes encombred the whole Courte made an Edicte oh most iust King that al the causes which the frenche aduocate tooke in hande should be accoumpted false and vniust Philosophicall obseruations in mankynde AS often sayde Diogenes as in mans life I thinke of the gouernours of countries Philosophers Phisitions and other lyke persons mée seemeth truely that there is no lyuing creature wyser than man Contrariwise when I beholde the interpretoures of Fortune the Prognosticatours of Starres the Diuinoures of heauenly things and the like generatiō me thinketh that no creature which beareth life is more foolishe than he That vvise men are thankfull to God for benefites receyued COsimo of the Medici Duke of Florence he the which for his wisedome was surnamed the wise did spende as it is wel knowen and founde in stories vppon buylding of Churches Monasteries and Hospitalles not onely in his countrey but also throughout many other partes of Europe aboue foure hundreth thousande Ducates besides other great and small almes déedes whiche he dyd dayly to marrie maydes to make Nunnes and for other workes which were thoughte holy Wherefore euery man maruelled at so great liberalitie and so great Religion That most wise gentleman was went sometyme to say to his dearest friendes that he was neuer able to spende and giue so muche for Gods sake as he found owing him in his bookes of account That the vyell framed minde endureth all trouble and displeasure FAuorinus the Philosopher sayde that euen as the body well disposed endureth colde heate and other griefes so the mynde well framed endureth displeasure thoughte and aduersitie To vvhat maner perturbations or vices of man the three furies of hell are correspondent THe Poetes write that the infernall furies daughters of Acheron and the night the which do vexe mans minde are thrée to witte Alecto Tisiphone and Megera they lyken Alecto to vnquietnesse bicause she desireth pleasure they lyken Tisiphone to anger bicause she séeketh reuengement they lyken Megera to pride bicause she desireth riches and soueraintie That the minde is the guyde and the true life of man SAlust sayth that the mind is the guyde and gouernoure of mans life and that the faire face the strong body great riches and other lyke thinges are transitorie and endure but a while but that the worthy déedes of the witte and minde are diuine and immortall Wherefore Viuitur ingenio caetera mortis erunt By wit we liue the rest to death belong In vvhat things humanitie doth chiefly consist PLato sayd the curtesie and nobilitie of man consisteth chiefly in thrée things the first is in saluting people gently the seconde in helping ones neighbour in his businesse and the third in bidding ones friends oftentimes to a moderate feast That it is a very harde thing to knovve the nature of men PHilomenes the Philosopher sayde when I consider that euery kind of bruite beasts haue one nature alone as the Lions which are all strong and hardie the Hares which are all fearefull and cowardly the Foxes which are all craftie the Eagles valiaunt the Doues simple in so muche that among a hundreth thousande of these or suche like beastes there is not founde one that swarueth out of kinde wherefore if the kinde be knowne the nature is by and by knowne I am sory truely for the state of man which haue more natures than there be persons so that it is impossible to know them al nay rather very harde to knowe one of so many without long time That death hath no more regard of yong men than of olde WHen there were dead at Milan in short space of diuers diseases certayne noble and courteous yong men Alciato made vpon that occasion in the Italian tongue these wittie verses Albergauano insieme Amore Morte Et la mattina desti Nel partirsi ambedue per dura sorte Cangiar le strali onde ferendo Amore Igiouani morien miseri mesti Et la Morte impiagando à mezzo'l c●ore Ivecchi ardeuau d'amoroso ardore O potente signore Et tu de corpi nostri empia Regina Ritoruateui l'armi acchioche mota Jt vecchio viua li giouanetto in giona that is Both death and loue were lodged in one place And day did spring At parting both by cancred fortunes case They chaunged dartes wherfore loue sore wounding The heauy yong men died full of mourning When death with darte the fainting harts did frie The old men liud in loue and did not dye O Lord mightie And if our bodies fraile thou wicked Queene Retourne the weapons that to di●e deaths teene The olde may yeelde while yong men mery beene A notable discription of arte in mans shape THe most famous master Daniel Barbaro going about to transforme the knowledge of things into mans shape did paint it out in this sorte little of frature the eyes of the coloure of the skye the nose lyke an Eagle the eares very equall the necke shorte the brest large and as mother of all things full of teates the shoulders bigge the armes the palmes of the handes and the fingers long al tokens after Aristotle of great vnderstanding capacitie and study after in countenaunce in going and in apparell he made hir ready nimble and wakefull aboute euerie thyng but so seuere aduised