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A20416	hEre endeth the book named the dictes or sayengis of the philosophres enprynted. by me william Caxton at westmestre the yere of our lord .M.CCCC.Lxx vij. Whiche book is late translated out of Frenshe into englyssh. by the noble and puissant lord Lord Antone Erle of Ryuyers lord of Scales ...; Dictes and sayings of the philosophers.	Mubashshir ibn Fātik, Abū al-Wafāʼ, 11th cent. Mukhtār al-ḥikam wa-maḥāsin al-kalim.; Rivers, Anthony Woodville, Earl, 1442?-1483.; Caxton, William, ca. 1422-1491.	1480 (1480)	STC 6828; ESTC S106576	95,995	158

man said It were dan̄gerous to me if they knowe me ¶ And socrates said It were the better for me If y were knowen by them ¶ And said a wyseman ought to vse hys dayes in one of these two maneres that is ▪ to seye in that that may cause hym to haue ▪ Ioye in thys world and in the other or in that that may cause him to haue goode name in this worlde And sai de this worlde is delectacion of an houre sorowe of many daies the other worlde is grete reste long ioye And said whosomeuer teche the one worde of sapience doth the more goode than if he gafe the of his golde And saide swere not by our lorde for no maner of lucre al be it thy cause be true for som wol thinke thou forswerest thy self And said take hede howe thou yeuest thy yeftes for som sīple folkes yeue to the vnnedy refuse hit to thoos that haue nede And said If thou wilt wynne a frende speke good of him for goode 〈◊〉 engendreth loue euill speche engendreth hatered And said a kyng ought to put from him al euil disposed ●…sones for the harme that they of his cōpanye do is reputed his dede And said he that erreth knoweth hit after 〈◊〉 him therof hath deseruid pardon And said he that ●…dleth to correct euery man causeth the moost part to hate him And said to a man that hadde reproued his linage If I be the worse for my linage as thou sayest thy linage is the worse for the ¶ And said he that seketh the delices of this worlde is like vnto him that seketh to drink zarab we nyng it were water renneth to drinke it till he be wery whan he cometh to hit he findeth no thing than he is more thristy than he was before for zarab is a myst in a medew whiche at somtime by reflection of the sōne semeth a water is none in dede And said a man hath neuer perfyte reste ioye in thys world ▪ for he can not al waye perseuere in delectacion possesse his winning oft hath trouble angwysshe aswele forlosse of his frendis as otherwyse And said the loue of thys world stoppeth mannes erres from hering sapience blynfildeth the eyen from seing trouth hit causeth also a man to be enuied kepeth him from doyng goode dedis And saide he that loueth vseth trouth hath moo greter seruauntis than a kyng And saide he is not free that byndeth him to another ▪ And said afferme no thing til thou knowe the trouth nor do no thyng ▪ but it be couenable nor begīne no thing but yf thou se howe to bringe it to goode conclusion Ther was a riche man saide to him O socrates why art thou so poure To whom he ansuerd If thou knowest what is pouerte thou woltdeste haue more sorwe of thy pouerte than of myn ¶ And sayd It is a grete merueile to se a wyseman angry And sayd the deth is a thing that may not be es chewed ther ought none to drede hit but suche as haue comitted grete imquite and don litil iustice wherfore they shulde drede dampnacion for their demerites after their deth ¶ And said good deth is not to be dispised but to be magnified preysed for it makith trāsmutacion from the worlde of vnclennesse and shame to the world of worship from the world not durable to the worlde perpetuel ▪ from the world of folie and va●…rites to the world of sapience reason and trouth ¶ And fro the worlde of traueile and peyne to the worlde of consolacion and reste ¶ And said It is merueile of him that dowteth to dye and doth thinges contrari to his saluacion And said deth is lyffe to him that knoweth to haue ioye after it ¶ And said he that liueth wele shal dye wose And said better it is worshipfull deth than shamefull lyfe And said deth is the rest of couetous people for the lenger they lyue the more multiplie their couetises so deth is they more couē able for them than lyf for the deth of euil people is the we le and surete of the good Because they shall do nomore synne nor hurt to the people ¶ And said the lyf Iugeth inderectely amongis the dede ¶ And said one ought not to wepe for him that is slayne with out cause but for him that hath slayne him for he that sleeth vniuste ly dampneth him self ¶ And said he that dredeth eny thing ought to his power to be ware therof Also he that dowteth to haue peines for his synnes after his deth ought so to dele that he may escheue that parell ¶ And said whan thou wolt do eny thing loke for what occasion hit is And if thou seest the ende therof goode haste the conclusion and ellis resiste thy wil ¶ And saide bettir is to a man to liue harde than to borowe of him that reputeth his litil lones yeftes to be grete withoute cause wol think a man to be in his danger ¶ And saide take in no preisyng the lone or yeft of him that hath disworshipped the for the dishonour shame therof is more than the wynning He loued alwey to lerne wherof som rebuked him to whom he said the grettest shame that can come to an olde man is to be ignorāt he fō de a yong man that hadde folisshly spent wasted his substāce was broght to suche pouerte that he was feyn to ete olyues to whom he saide if the olyues hadde be as goode to the at the begynnyng as they be nowe thou shuldest haue hadde yet largely of thy goodes ¶ And saide ther is noo difference bitwix agrete teller of tydyngis and a lyer ¶ And said the noblest thing that children may lerne is science for therby they eschewe to do euill werkis ¶ And said the gretest wynnyng that a man may haue is to gete a true frēde he herde a man say that one was surer in keping his tunge than in moche speking ▪ for in moche lāgage one may lightli erre To whom he said one ought not to vnder stande that in them that speke wele And said the proffit of silence is lesse than the prouffit of speche the harme of spe che is more than the harme of silence And saide one may knowe a wyseman by harkēyng holding his tūge a mā may knowe a fole by his moche claterī g And said he that wol not holde his peas til he be cōstreyned is to blame he that wil holde his peas til he be boden speke is to be preysed And said It is an ignorant thing to dispute in thingez that may not be vnderstande saide the meane is best in all thinges And said moche rēnyng maketh moche werinesse saide if the witte of a man ouer maistrie not his frailte he shal sone be ouercome brought to nought And said he is abeest that

labour of the peyne of their lerning And the said Aristoteles callid Alexādre axing him questions vpon the gouernāce of the lordis of the peple to whom alexandre yaue good ansueres But neuer the lesse Aristotiles beet him with a Rod. And it was axed of him why he had beet him with oute cause And he ansuerd this childe is like able to be a grete lord a myghty kyng And I haue bete him all onely for to holde him lowly and in mekenesse fo●… he shal be to soon prowde ¶ And saide If thou canst directe another directe him as thy self And a yong man axed him why he was so pouer To whom he answered My pouerte hath no thyng offensed me ne doth me no harme But thyn hath doon the and shalle do harmes ynowhe ¶ And sayd The Royaumes by maynteyned by the lawes ordeigned by the kyng and princes ¶ And said the kynges and princes ben susteyned vphold by knight hode ¶ And the knyghtis ben maniteyned by moneye money cometh of the people and the people is gouerned by Iustice without whiche no Royaume may prospere ALexander the grete was sone to phelip king of macedone whiche phelip regned vij yere And the said Alexander began to regne in the. x viij yer of his age And he said to his people in thys wyse Fayr lordes I will in no wyse be contrarye to your wylles ne to your dedes But I shewe to you that I hate frawdes malices as I haue louid you duryng my faders lyf so wil I doo in tyme comyng And I bothe counceylle pray you that ye drede god obeye him as souerayn of all And chese him for kyng be most obeyssant to him that shal best pour ueie for the good astate of his peple that shal be most debo nayr mercyful to poure folkes that beste shal kepe Iusti ce the right of the feble ayenst the myghty him also that shal best dispose for the publyke wele for no delectacion of worldly pleasāces shal not be slowful to kepe defēde you and by whom ye shal be defended all euill harmes by the meane of his good dedes shal be destroyed and him that most hardyli shal put him forth for to destroye your ēnemi es For suche ought to be chosen kyng and none other whan his people had herd the reasons abouesayd and kno wen his grete discrecion wytte and vnderstāding they were gretly ameruaylled and answered to him thus ¶ We haue herde and vnderstand thy grete reasons And haue resseyued and resseyue thy good counceyll and therfore we wole and byseche the that thou Reygne and haue the lordship vpon vs duryng thy lyf we hope that ther is none that hath so wele deseruid to be our kyng ¶ And thus they chees him to ther kyng and to their lord and coroned him yaf him their blessinges and praid to god that he wold blesse mayntene him ¶ To whom he said I haue herde the prayer that ye haue made for me beseching to god that he wol stedefaste the loue of me in your hertes corages And that by no maner of the delectaciō he suffre me to do thing ayen your proffites ne to my disworship sone af ter he sent lettres to alle the prynces and goode townes of his Royaume ¶ And whan he had sent his lettres One daire kyng of perce of mede sent to Alexandre for tribu te like as he had of his fader And he sent him word that the henne that leyd that egge was dede ¶ And after this Alexander made grete conquestis and whan he had co●…iquered Inde he went to ●…contre cassid bragman the whiche whan they wiste his comyng they sente many wyse men to him whiche salewd him saide sir Alexauder thon hast no cause to werre vpon vs ne to be ●…il willig for we ben both poure meke we haue no thing but only sapiēce the whiche if thou wolt haue pray god that he wol yeue her the. for by batayll thou shalt neuer haue her Ande whan alerander herd hem saye so he made al his Ooste to tarye with fewe of his knyghtes wente within the said contre for tenquere further of the trouth ¶ And whan he entred wyth in the same ground he fond many pouer foolkes women childeren al naked gadering herbes in the feldes And he axid of them many questions to whiche they answered right wysely and than he bad hem axe of hym somme thing that myght doo hem good to all their people he wolde yeue it hem gladdy ¶ And thenne they said Sir we axe the none other thing but þ t thou wilt gyne us euer lasting lyf Thē ne Alexāder ansuerd said how might a man make other mēnes liues euerlastīg whā he may not lengthe his owen lyf an our And that ye axe of me is in no mannes power that lyueth Than they said to him Syth thou hast goode ●…nowleche therof wherfore trauayllest thou thy self to dest●…oye all the world and to gadre all the worldly tresours and wost not whan thou must leue hem Thenne ¶ Alexan der said to him I do not alle these thinges that ye say of my self but god hath sent me thurgh all●… the worlde for te●…alte and magnifye hys lawe and to destroye them that 〈◊〉 not in him ¶ And somtyme Alexander wente 〈◊〉 visyting his lordes and enqueryng of her 〈◊〉 And vpon atyme he cam in to a towne of his owne ¶ And sawe two men of the same towne bysore a Iuge pletyng of the whiche one said to the Iuge Sir I haue bought an hous of thys man And longe after I h●… ue founde with in the same a tresour vnder therth●… whiche is not myn ¶ And I haue offred to diliuere it to hym ¶ And he hath refused it wherfore Sir I biseche the that he be compelled to take it for as moche as he knoweth it is not myne for I haue no right therto ¶ Thenne the Iuge comāded his aduerse partie ●…ansuere to the same and thenne he said Sir Iuge that same tresour was neuer myne but he hath edyfyed in that place that was byfore comyn to alle tho that wolde haue edyfyed ther in ¶ And therfore I haue no right to take it And thenne they bothe required the Iuge that he wolde take it to him self to whom he answe red and said sithen it is so that ye saye that is ye haue no right to whom the heretage hath longed and yet longeth where the tresour was founde hou sholde I haue eny right therto that am but a stran̄ger in that caas and neuer a fore herde speke therof ye wolde excuse you therof and giue me the charge of the tresour that is euill doo ¶ Thenne 〈◊〉 axid of him that had founde the tresour whether he had o●… childeren whiche answerd he had a sone and he axed th●… other in like wise

liberte fraun chise ¶ And saide It is more couenable for a man to suf fr●… d●…th than to put his soule in perpetuel derknes And soyde Lette not to doo goode dedis though they be not plea saunt to the worlde ¶ And saide dele alwaye so to thy power that thy soule may stande in goode and noble state whatsomeuer falle of thy body ¶ And sayde Aclene and pure soule hath no delyte in wordely thynges ¶ And sayde go not the pathes that thou maist gete hatered by Ande sayde thou oughtest to wynne frendis for the maynteynyng of thyn astate and do not thoo thynges that thou couetest but that thou oughtest to do and take hede whan thou shalt speke and whan thou shuld holde thy peace ¶ And sayde he refreyneth him from couetise that letteth not to spende hys goode for his frendes ¶ And sayde put alle couetise from the. and than shalt thou apper ceyu●… trouth ¶ And said He is not verry pacient that sufferyth but as moche as he may But he is presentely pacient that suffereth ouer his power ¶ And sayde Pytagoras Ryght as a leche ys not reputed nor taken for goode nor connyng that heleth other and can not hele him selfe right so ys he noo goode gouernour that commandeth other to eschewe vices and nether can nor wyll leue them hym selfe And sayd the worlde varieth nowe with the and nowe ayenst the If it be vith the thynke to do wele yf it be ayenst the take it paciently ¶ And saide many harmes cōme to beestes by cause thy be domme and vnto men through their owne speche ¶ And saide harde it is to greue him that can absteyne him from iiij thingis that is to witte hastynesse wilfulle frowardenesse pride and slowthe for hastynesse causith repentaunce wilfulle frowardenesse causeth losses pryde causeth hattered and slowth causeth dispreysing He sawe a man right nobl●… and richely arrayed whiche hadde vyle and foule wordes To whom he sayde Other speke after thyn arraye or lete thyn arraye be aftir thy wordes The kyng than of Ceall●… desired hym to dwelle with hym To whom he saide th●… w●… kes and thy demeanyngis be contrarye to thy prouffyt And thyn office is not wele executed for thou distroyest the fundement of thy feyth wherfore I wol not dwelle with the for the physicien Is not sure for amongis hys pacientis he may take sekenesse ¶ And sayde If thou w●… that thy childeren or thy seruantis do no fawtes thou 〈◊〉 reste a thyng innaturall ¶ And sayde The soule that is in the company of goode peple is in delectacion and Ioye And when it is amonge euyl It is in sorowe and l●…uines se. ¶ And sayd The wyseman thenketh on the we le of his soule as attentyuely as other attēde to the we le of theyr bodyes ¶ And saide take frenship of hem that thou seest folowe trouth thinke or thou werke And saide right as a physicien can not hele hys pacient wythoute he telle hym the trouth of hys disease right so may not a man be wele counseylled of hys frende withoute he telle hym the playnesse of hys cause ¶ And saide many ennemytees gro wen for faulte of trust betwix parties and trust causeth often many harmes ¶ And whan pytagoras sat in hys cheyre he vsed in shewyng his doctrines to saye mesure your pathes and go the right weye so shal ye go surely Attempre you from couetise and your goode astate shall dure vse Iustice and ye shal be byloued and dredde kepe nat your body in grete delectacions for and ye so do ye shal not con fusteyne the aduersites that myght falle vnto you ¶ And he sawe an olde man that was shamefast to 〈◊〉 to whom he sayde ¶ Science is bettir in age than in ●…gth ¶ And sayde ¶ If thou wylt dispreyse hym ●…at thou hatest shewe not that thou art hys ennemye And saide a goode kyng or a prince ought to thinke diligenteli to the state and guydyng of hys lande and ought to ouersee hyt as often as a goode gardyner doth his garden ¶ And saide hyt behoueth a kyng to yeue ex●…ple him self to kepe his lawes and se that his next kynnesmen and frendes do so after him and it apparteneth not to a kyng to be prowde nor to do after hys owne wil only nor to ride couertely nor in noo der●…re nyght but gladdely shewe him self open faced a mongis his people and cōueny ently be conuersant amongis them without ouer moche famylyarite ¶ And whan a kyng or a prince shal go to his rest that he se ther be goode wache and yf thy faylle theryn that he punysshe them we le and to beware to ete the mete that a Ialous woman yeueth hym or eny other suspect persone ¶ And sayde the we le disposed man remembreth but hys synnes and the euyll disposed hath mynde but on hys vertues It fortuned his wyff was deces sed in aferre countre and som axed hym If there were eny dyfference to dye in their propre lande or ellis ferre frō thens He ansuerd whersomeuer one dye the weye to the other world is alle like ¶ And sayd to a yong man that wolde not lerne in his youthe If thou wolle not take peyne to lerne thou shalt haue the peyne to be lewde and vnconnyng And saide god loueth thoos that bee disobeissant to euyll temptacions ¶ And saide good praeyer is one of the beste thinges a man may present to god yf thou axe him eny boon lete thy werkys be agreable vnto hym DYogenes otherwyse called dogly by cause he hadde som condicions of a dogge and he was the wysest man that was in hys dayes He dispraysed gretely the worlde and lay in a tonne Whiche he tourned for his auantage from the sonne And the wynde as it pleased hym and therin he rested whansomeuer the nyght fill vpon him He ete whansomeuer he was hungered were it by day or by nyght in the strete or ellis where wythoute eny shame therof ¶ And was content wyth .ij. gownes of wollen cloth in the yere ¶ Ande so he leuyd and gonuerned him self till his deth ¶ Somme axed him Why he was called dogly he sayde be cause I barke vpon the fooles and fawne vpon the wysemen ¶ Alexsandre the grete cam vnto hym of whom he toke litle regarde be axed hym why he sette so litil by hym seyng that he was so myghty a hyng and hadde noo necessite he ansuerd I haue noght to ●…o nor sette by him that is bondeman to my thrall why qd Alexsandre am I so than ye said diogenes for I am lord and maistre to al couetise and holde her vnder my fete as my thrall and couetise is thy maistresse and thou art bounde vnto her and so art thou bounde to my thrall Than sayd alexsandre yf thou wylt axe me eny thying of thys worlde I wol yeue it the Dyogenes answered why shulde I axe the eny thing while I am