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A69037	The forrest of fancy Wherein is conteined very prety apothegmes, and pleasaunt histories, both in meeter and prose, songes, sonets, epigrams and epistles, of diuerse matter and in diuerse manner. VVith sundry other deuises, no lesse pithye then pleasaunt and profytable.	H. C.; Chettle, Henry, d. 1607?, attributed name.; Cheeke, Henry, 1548?-1586?, attributed name.; Constable, Henry, 1562-1613, attributed name.	1579 (1579)	STC 4271; ESTC S104854	80,866	158

dwelling in the same Cittie whome they brought vp somewhat more wantonly then well besee men Shortly after Salard determined to depart from Genes to inhabite in some other soyle not because he had anye disliking of the place for there was no reason he shoulde hauing there no want of any thing that was meete for his degree or agreeable with his mind but was moued therevnto by a desyre of chaunge which is commonly incident to all those that be at their owne libertye and not subiecte to any superiour wherefore hauing gotten a good Purse of Money with Iewels and other great ritches beeing also well furnished with Horse and Armoure hee departed from Genes with his wife Theodore and his adouted Daughter Postume and passing towardes Piemont at the last he ariued at Montferat where hée was honourably receiued of the inhabitauntes and there in shorte time growing in acquaintaunce with diuerse hee often times rid on hunting with the townes men and cittizens vsing with them diuerse other excersices wherin he tooke delight So that his magnificence beeing well knowne throughout the whole Littie he was not onely beloued of the common sorte but also greatly esteemed and honoured amongest the cheefest which comming to the eares of the Marques that gouerned those partes he desyred to be acquainted with him and perceiuing that hee was yong rich noblye borne wise and apt to all thinges hee began to beare so great affection towardes him as hee could not suffer him one whole day togither to hee out of his company To be shorte so great was the loue of the Marques towards Salard at he would neuer vouchsafe his fauour to any mā vnlesse his sute were first preferred by him wherfore Salard seeing himselfe in so greate credite with him sought all meanes possible to please him in doing that which might be most to his liking The Marques that was but yong tooke great pleasure in Hawking and to hunte wilde Beastes for which cause as it appertained to the degree of so greate a Lorde hee kepte continuallye great store of Hawkes and Houndes and would neuer goe abroade but he would haue Salarde with him It happened one day about the rest that Salard being alone in his chamber began to thinke of the great honour that the Marques had done vnto him Then he began to consider the good graces honest behauiour and good maners of his adobtiue daughter Postume and how obedient she was to him and his wyfe at al assayes and in this sort discoursing with himselfe he sayde Was not my Father greatly deceiued surely I holeeue he doted as commonly all old men doe I know not whether it were through follye or madnesse that hee did with such instance expresly commaunde mee not to bring vp a chylde that was not of myne owne issue nor to subiect my selfe to will of a Lord that gouerneth his Subiects after his owne fancy Nowe doe I plainely perceiue that all his commaundementes were vtterlye voyde of truth For Postume that is my adopted Daughter and not of myne owne issue is so good a chylde so witty gentle well borne and obedient as may be required Besides that is it possible that I shoulde anye where be better beloued then I am of the Marques It is certain that in these parts he hath no superioure neither is there any his equall and yet the loue he beareth me and the honour that dayly he doth vnto me is so great that it is commonly saide I am his gouernour whereat I haue greate meruale There are manye doting olde men who hauing vtterly forgotten what they themselues were in their youth would prescribe newe Lawes and ordinaunces to theire Children and all in vaine doe trouble their heads to bring them to that which they themselues neuer obserued whervnto they are not moued for any loue that they be are vnto them but onelye to trouble them long time with the obseruation of such thinges as are to no purpose But seing in two of those pointes whiche my Father prescribed vnto me contrary to my expectation I haue had so good successe I minde eare long to make tryall of the thyrde though it be nothing needefull for I am well assured that my sweete wife and friendly companion will soone confirme the same by her harty good will and loyalty towardes me Then shall shee whome I more esteeme then the Apple of my epe gene the world plainely to vnderstande with what great folly these olde men bee commonlye infected that adde to their will such ridiculous conditions Nowe may I well suppose that my father when he made his will was depriued of his right sence and that as a witlesse old man and one voide of al good iudgement hedid the dedes of a childe In whome may I better haue confidence then in myne owne wife that hath forsaken her Father her mother her bretheren her Sisters and her owne famely to bee made one only soule one onely hart with me so the I may safely reueale my secretes vnto her of what importaunce soueuer they be I will then make proofe of her loyalty not for that I doe any thing misdoubt her being wel assured that she loueth me more then her selfe but to followe therein the custome of other yong men that doe fondly suppose it to be a very foule offence to breake the lewde and beastlye ordinaunces of their parentes which doe continually run into some foolish fransie as men that are beside themselues Thus Salard with himselfe deriding his fathers wise and profitable precepts purposed to breake the thyrd and therevpon departing from his owne house went straight to the Marques Pallace and going to the place where his Hawkes were kept he tooke the best of them and that which the Marques made most account of from the perch where it stoode and secretely conuayde it to the house of a deare friend of his named maister Frauncis and presented the same vnto him praying him of all loues to keepe it vntil such time as he did further vnderstand his mind and then retourning home againe he secretlye sine one of his owne Hawkes and carried it to his wife saying vnto her in this manner By welbeloued Theodore I cannot as you may well perceiue haue one hower of rest for the Marques For be he a hunting hawking excercising feats of armes or vsing any other exploit he always kepeth me occupied with one thing or other in so much as I am often in the case that I know not wel whither I be deade or aliue wherfore to preuent our dayly excercise in hawking I haue played him such a pranke as when hee knoweth of it will not very well content him and peraduenture it may be a meane to make him keepe at home for a while so shall we take our ease togither Then sayd his wyse what haue you done vnto him he aunswered I haue slain the best and most beloued hawke that he had and I beleue when he misseth it and can heare no

purchase at her handes That others lack whose faithfull hartes were scortcht with Cupids brands Then let him loue that list for I will leaue the lure Of those lewde Dames whose diuelish driftes such cursed cares procure Finis Damion wrighteth to his friend Sulippo exhorting him to seeke preferment whilst the time serueth SUrelye my Sulippo when I remember the poore estate wherin thou presently standest and cōpare it with the misery of this our age I cannot but greatlye maruaile to see thy slacknesse in seeking preferment cōsidering how hard a time it is to attain to any thing or to kepe y which wee haue with quietnesse euerye one beeing readye to pull the meate out of an other mans mouth that happy is he who hath any thing to stay vnto for if he want he shall finde few friendes in his necessity that will pittie his pouertie or set to their handes to helpe him be his neede neuer so great and therefore in my poore opinion it is good as they say to hold open the poke whilst the pigge is profered and taking the time whilst it serueth to stryke whilst the yron is hote and not with Esopes Dogge leauing the fleshe for the shadow forgoe a thing certayne for a hope vncertaine least repentaunce follow when it is to late for better it is to haue one byrde in hande then two in the Bushe seeing that often times whilste the Gratie growes the steede starues for hee that hopeth after deade mén shoes many times goeth barefoote many things happen betweene the cuppe and the lippe and therefore diuerse meanes there may be hereafter to hinder that which may now without any great difficultie be atchieued seeing there is nothing but onely the wante of mayster Moliscus good will to preuent your purpose which by good perswation and earnest intreaty may possibly be obteined the rather or that he seeth mayster Glomerok so desyrous to doe you good I pray you therefore finde some good time so soone as conueniently you can to talke with him about it for as it greeueth me to see the life that now you leade without either profite or pleasure so am I very desyrous to haue you prouide in Sommer against the extremity of the winter and seeke somewhat in your youth to maynetain you in your age to the end that you may be a comfort and not a corsie to the hartes of such your poore friendes as wish you well who will not fayle to do their vtturmost indeuour to further your preferment in all they may Thus praying you to remember what I haue written vnto you and to put it in practise so soone as you maye I bid you safe well Finis Varinus hauing found in the night time that which plesed his fancy he commendeth it much and craueth to be accepted for her seruant whom he intyrely loued THough many much mislike the long and weary winter nights I cannot but commend them still for diuerse dere delightes The night we see brings siluer sleepes sleepe courseth care away Cares being cast from out the mind there harboures happy ioye Where ioye aboundes there helth hath place where happy helth doth bide There life lastes long this proofe shewes plaine and may not be denyde Lo this the happy night procures which wrought my wished will Therefore I must before the day preferre and praise it still But some perhaps will maruaile much my fond effect to heare Let them not spare none knowes the cause why I so straunge appeare In this my vnacquainted verce such darke conceites to write Nor neuer shall but onely I and she whose bewty bright Did in the darke beth bleare mine eyes and lend me perfect light She she it is that knowes full well from whence my Muse proceedes Yea she it is that both my blisse and hale together breedes Her presence doth procure my rest her absence workes my woe Her chearefull lokes doe cheare my hart her sorrow makes to flow Whole floodes of teares from out mine eyes and killes my hart with care Whose comly grace and courtious deedes doe make her seeme as rare As in the world the Phenix is and blessed would I count My selfe and say that in good luck all others I surmount Might I but once such grace obtaine at her sweete handes to be Accepted as a seruaunt still no more is craude of me Which if I might atchieue no doubt I would my selfe apply To please her so in eche respect as she should truely trie And so confesse she neuer found so fyrme a friend before Or seruaunt of such secresy that did esteeme her more What so she could commaund or will by day or else by night On sea or Land I would fulfill though death appeard in sight Or all the greefes that griefly ghostes in Limbo lake sustaine Should me assayle with furious moode to make me to refraine Yet should it not withdraw my minde from doing her desyre Hap good or ill what so beside I would thereto aspyre And wages none at all Ieraue but leaue it to her will. According to her curtesy her fancy to fulfill But when she hath made profe of me as she shall best deuise And sees my seruice what it is if she in any wise Mislike thereof let her withdraw From me her fauour quight And vse what kinde of way she will. to worke me more despight For as my health on her dependes So if I want her grace I loth my lyfe and wish for death to reaue my rufull race Finis A pore yong man being in loue with a ritch Gentlewoman fynding it somewhat difficult to obtaine any fauoure at her handes sought to suppresse his fond affection but could not wherfore he wrighteth vnto her in effecte as followeth THere is nothing in the vniuersall worlde that maye more aptly be compared to the hatefull Hidra then the painefull passions of lawlesse loue for the Hidra being assayled by Hercules alwayes when he cutte of one of his heades there sprang two in the place of it so loue the more it is suppressed the more it increaseth and groweth still the greater as is plainly proued by me though to my payne I reporte it for considering on howe high a place my minde was setled wherevnto to attaine without great pertill I found it almost impossible I sought by reason to remooue it if I might but loue so abounded that reason bare no sway and therefore being ordeyned as it were by destiny to lyue and dye your loyall louer and poore faythful Seruaunte howesoeuer it shall please you to dispose of mee yea though I neuer gaine any grace at all at your handes yet must I perforce still perceuer in the same what soeuer betyde me desyring rather to dye to confyrme my constancye then lyue and lacke your friendlye Fauoure whereby I am onely sustayned knowing that when my vnhappye death shall happen to come to youre hearing it will moue such remorce in youre harte considering that the cause proceeded from your selfe as you

in his youth Brought vp a Dragon yong and of a certain truth when as he greater grne fearing his nature fell Conuaide him thence into a woode and left him there to dwell It hapned after Thoas was within that wood beset with many Theeues at which self time not making stay or let when as the Dragon heatd his voyce which he remembred tho He rushed forth and rescued him from those that wisht his wo. Finis R. D. Being inflamed with the loue of a very bewtifull Gentlewoman by a sodaine view that he tooke of her doth colourably declare his case vnto her AS late I walkte abrode for my delight To put all ●oolish fancies from my minde It was my chaunce vpon a plot to light Wherein I did great cause of comfort fynde A goodly Garden garnisht euery where with fragrant flowers of sondry sort and sent No straunge deuice could be that wanted there That euer wit of man might well inuent A goodly christall spring ran through this place whose bankes with sundry trees was brauely dec●● To shew ech thing by course would craue long space And yet some part I should of force neglect But that which made me most of all to muse was to behold ech thing so well conuaide And could not finde that any one did vse To make abode therein yet halfe afrayde Though cause were none I durst not enter in But stoode as one amasde this sight to see That whosoeuer then had present bene would not haue thought that life had lodgde in me My sences failde my feete were fixed fast My sight waxt dimme yet staring stoode I still But comming to my selfe againe at last And seing there no signe of any ill Nor none that would my passage once restraine But that the gates wide open stoode to all I banisht feare which earst procurde my paine And did determine what so should befall To enter in and view it round about And so I did in deede without anoyt For nothing was there which I neede to doubt But all thinges turnde vnto my treble ioy when as I fully had ech thing suruaide And fed my fancy as it likte me best Into an Arbour I my selfe conuaide And there lay downe to take my quiet rest Into a heauy sleepe straight wayes I fell And then me thought there did appeare in place Two gallant Dames whose bewty did excell whereof the one beholding long my face At last with stealing steppes approcht more neare And drawing forth a knyfe in dreadfull wise Did pierce the part which I esteemde most deare which done from of the ground she gan to ryse And by and by did vanish out of sight which way or how I could not well perceiue Wherewith I wakened being sore afright So much it did my quiet rest beleaue And then my naked body I behilde To sec if any wound would there appeare But euery place with flesh was fully filde No wound was seene ech place was fayre and cleare But when I rose with mind to walke from thence Such gri●ly greefe did gripe my tender hart As for a time it hindred my pretence And from that place I scarce had power to part yet as I could although my pase were slowe I at my lodging did at last ariue And layde me downe in greefe which still did grow And greater waxe and happy helth depriue I sought Phisitions helpe my hurt to heale But Phisick could no whit at all preuaile And therefore still I must the same conceale And as a wight forlorne my wee bewayle Untill the louely Dame that did the deede Uouchsafe her grace to ease my present greefe In her it lyes my bitter bale to breede Or if she please to render me releefe which if she once refuse I am right sure My lothed lyfe that hope doth now prolong Shall not long time be able to indure But die I must because she doth me wrong Finis An aunswere to a Letter that was not onely darke but also so disordered as their could no sence be perceiued in it VNloked for I did receiue of late Such lynes as led me into double doubt Fyrst whence they came and from what minyon mate And secondly I mused where about And for what cause they should to me be sent But when I had perusde them ouer well was neare the nere in knowing thy intent For such a sencelesse tale thou seemdste to tell And so confuse as what I should couceiue Of any part thereof I knew not I To stayed Studients I the same will leaue By learned skill the secrete sence to trie Unlesse that thou that didst deuise the same wilt take the paines to glose vpon the text And set to shew the figures thou didst frame Whereby it seemes thy mind is much perplext For neither doth the matter match aright Nor yet the vearce but varries euery where I speake in sport no cause I haue to spight And as thou wisht so with thy want I beare Loue is a lawlesse Lord both he and his Are free from blame what so they doe or say And therefore though they sometime rome amis That once haue leaned to his lucklesse lay The fault is in the troward fittes they feele which leades their mindes to like of many thinges And still to turne as doth the whirling wheele where of the fruicte of folly freely springs Thy worthy worke may well compared be Unto A building brauely deckt without The inward partes whereof who so shall see May finde it framde of clay and durt no doubt For on the same when fyrst myne eyes I bent The entraunce bare so braue a modesty That sure I thought some Muse the same had sent From Helicon to please my fantasy But when I had a little further past Such paltrie pelfe presented was to me As braue me into other thoughtes at last So great a chaunge so sodainly to see But borrowed ware will beare no better show Au Ape 's an Ape though robes be neare so ritche The good from bad a man may easily know This makes thee claw whereas thou doest not itch well galdback well although I rubde thee now If that thou winche I way it not a might Such cloked cunning can I not allow Halt not henceforth when Criples are in sight For trust to this thy Peacockes borrowed tayle Cannot so craftely be coucht on thee But that the fine deuice thereof will fayle If it be matchte with those that kindly be In fine I wishe thee if thy mind be moude To beare the matter more at large set out which to prouoke thou hast so blindlye proude Then make it plaine and cleare it cleane of doubt Let finenesse goe and vse no secrete slight To couer that which cannot be consealde And then will I as well pluck vp my sprightes To open that I haue not yet reuealde Finis C. L. Wrighting to a speciall Friende of his that was somewhat greeued in minde for certaine troubles that were happened vnto him geneth him such friendly consolation