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A15140	A choice of emblemes, and other deuises, for the moste parte gathered out of sundrie writers, Englished and moralized. And diuers newly deuised, by Geffrey Whitney. A worke adorned with varietie of matter, both pleasant and profitable: wherein those that please, maye finde to fit their fancies: bicause herein, by the office of the eie, and the eare, the minde maye reape dooble delighte throughe holsome preceptes, shadowed with pleasant deuises: both fit for the vertuous, to their incoraging: and for the wicked, for their admonishing and amendment	Whitney, Geffrey, 1548?-1601?	1586 (1586)	STC 25438; ESTC S119929	99,935	252

and then wee shall in fine Our foes subdue when they with shame shall pine Aculei irriti WHERE as the good do liue amongst the bad And vertue growes where seede of vices springes The wicked sorte to wounde the good are glad And vices thrust at vertue all their stinges The like where witte and learning doe remaine Where follie rules and ignoraunce doth raigne Yet as wee see the lillie freshlie bloomes Though thornes and briers enclose it round aboute So with the good thoughe wicked haue their roomes They are preseru'd in spite of all their route And learning liues and vertue still doth shine When follie dies and ignoraunce doth pine Neglecta virescunt To M. RAWLINS Preacher THE Iuie greene that dothe dispised growe And none doth plante or trimme the same at all Althoughe a while it spreades it selfe belowe In time it mountes with creepinge vp the wall So thoughe the worlde the vertuous men dispise Yet vp alofte in spite of them they rise Impunitas ferociae parens To M. STEEVENSON Preacher WHEN worthie men for life and learninge greate Who with their lookes the wicked did appall If frouninge fates with persecution threate Or take them hence or shut them vp in thrall The wicked sorte reioice and plaie their partes Thoughe longe before they clok'd their fained hartes Nemo potest duobus dominis seruire To M. KNEWSTVB Preacher Luc. 16. ASIA EUROP AFRICA HERE man who first should heauenlie thinges attaine And then to world his sences should incline First vndergoes the worlde with might and maine And then at foote doth drawe the lawes deuine Thus GOD hee beares and Mammon in his minde But Mammon first and GOD doth come behinde Matth. 6. Non potestis deo seruire Mammonae Oh worldlinges fonde that ioyne these two so ill The league is nought throwe doune the world which speede Take vp the lawe according to his will First seeke for heauen and then for wordly neede Primum quaerite regnum dei c. Ibidem But those that first their wordlie wishe doe serue Their gaine is losse and seeke their soules to sterue Sic probantur To M. ANDREWES Preacher Matth. 24. THROVGHE tormentes straunge and persecutions dire The Christians passe with pacience in their paine And ende their course sometime with sworde and fire And constant stand and like to lambes are slaine Bycause when all their martirdome is past They hope to gaine a glorious croune at last Noli tuba canere Eleemosynam Matth. cap. 6. WHEN that thou giu'st thy almes vnto the pore In secret giue for GOD thy giftes doth see And openlie will thee rewarde therfore But if with trompe thy almes must publish'd bee Thou giu'st in vaine sith thou therby dost showe Thy chiefe desire is that the world maie knowe Superest quod suprà est יהוה ASI EUROPA AFRICA Peregrinus Christianus loquitur ADVE deceiptfull worlde thy pleasures I detest Nowe others with thy showes delude my hope in heauen doth rest Inlarged as followeth Iacob 1. Ecclesiast 14. Isaiae 40. EVEN as a flower or like vnto the grasse Which now dothe stande and straight with sithe dothe fall So is our state now here now hence wee passe For time attendes with shredding sithe for all And deathe at lengthe both oulde and yonge doth strike And into dust dothe turne vs all alike Yet if wee marke how swifte our race dothe ronne And waighe the cause why wee created bee Then shall wee know when that this life is donne Wee shall bee sure our countrie right to see 2 Corinth 5. For here wee are but straungers that must flitte The nearer home the nearer to the pitte O happie they that pondering this arighte Before that here their pilgrimage bee past Resigne this worlde and marche with all their mighte Within that pathe that leades where ioyes shall last Via veritas vita Ioan. 14. Matth. 6. And whilst they maye there treasure vp their store Where without rust it lastes for euermore Apocal. 6. Apocal. 21. This worlde must chaunge That worlde shall still indure Here pleasures fade There shall they endlesse bee Here man doth sinne And there hee shal bee pure Here deathe hee tastes And there shall neuer die 1 Corinth 15. Apocal. 21. 1 Corinth 2. Here deathe hee griefe And there shall ioyes possesse As none hath seene nor anie harte can gesse Amico ficto nulla fit iniuria SINCE fauninge lookes and sugred speache preuaile Take heede betime and linke thee not with theise The gallant clokes doe hollowe hartes conceile And goodlie showes are mistes before our eies But whome thou find'st with guile disguised so No wronge thou doest to vse him as thy foe Ferè simile in Hypocritas A Face deform'de a visor faire dothe hide That none can see his vglie shape within To Ipocrites the same maie bee applide With outward showes who all their credit winne Yet giue no heate but like a painted fire And all their zeale is as the times require Sic aetas fugit To M. IAMES IONSON Two horses free a thirde doe swiftlie chace The one is white the other blacke of hewe None bridles haue for to restraine their pace And thus they bothe the other still pursue And neuer cease continuall course to make Vntill at lengthe the first they ouertake This for most horse that ronnes so fast awaye It is our time while heere our race wee ronne The blacke and white presenteth nighte and daye Who after hast vntill the goale bee wonne And leaue vs not but followe from our birthe Vntill wee yeelde and turne againe to earthe Psalm 89. Ouid. 1. Amor. 8. Labitur occultè fallitque volatilis aetas Et celer admissis labitur annus equis Philipp 4. Soli Deo gloria To M. HOWLTE Preacher HERE man with axe doth cut the boughe in twaine And without him the axe coulde nothing doe Within the toole there doth no force remaine But man it is that mighte doth put thereto Like to this axe is man in all his deeds Who hath no strength but what from GOD proceedes Then let him not make vaunt of his desert Nor bragge thereof when hee good deedes hath donne For it is GOD that worketh in his harte And with his grace to good doth make him ronne And of himselfe hee weake theretoo doth liue And GOD giues power to whome all glorie giue Iud. Epist Dominus viuit videt VBI ES Genes 3. BEHINDE a figtree great him selfe did ADAM hide And thought from GOD hee there might lurke should not bee espide Oh foole no corners seeke thoughe thou a sinner bee For none but GOD can thee forgiue who all thy waies doth see Ex maximo minimum WHERE liuely once GODS image was expreste Wherin sometime was sacred reason plac'de The head I meane that is so ritchly bleste With sighte with smell with hearinge and with taste Lo nowe a skull both rotten bare and drye A relike meete in charnell house to lye Nic. Reasnerus Vt rosa mane viget sero mox vespere languet Sic modo qui fuimus cras leuis vmbra sumus CONCLVSIO OPERIS Ad Illustrissimum Heroëm D. Robertum Dudlaeum Comitem Leicestriae Baronem de Denbighe c. Dominum meum vnicè colendum Tempus omnia terminat THE longest daye in time resignes to nighte The greatest oke in time to duste doth turne The Rauen dies the Egle failes of flighte The Phoenix rare in time her selfe doth burne The princelie stagge at lengthe his race doth ronne And all must ende that euer was begonne Euen so I here doe ende this simple booke And offer it vnto your Lorshippes sighte Which if you shall receiue with pleasinge looke I shall reioyce and thinke my labour lighte And pray the Lorde your honour to preserue Our noble Queene and countrie long to serue FINIS

prooue if it be sure Doth Hazarde muche it shoulde in peeces flie Aduentring that which else mighte well indure For there with strengthe he strikes vppon the stithe That men maye knowe his youthfull armes haue pithe Which warneth those that louinge frendes inioye With care to keepe and frendlie them to treate And not to trye them still with euerie toye Nor presse them doune when causes be too greate Nor in requests importunate to bee For ouermuche dothe tier the courser free Strenuorum immortale nomen To the honorable Gentleman Sir WILLIAM RVSSELL Knight Alij in Rhetaeo littore sed aliter Claud. Min. super Alciatū Emblem 48. Emblem 135. Plin. Natural Histor libro 5. cap. 30. ACHILLES tombe vpon SIGAEA A shore This representes where THETIS ofte was seene And for his losse did seeme for to deplore With gallant flower the same was alwaies greene And at the toppe a palme did freshelie bloome Whose braunches sweete did ouerspread the toombe Which shewes thoughe deathe the valiaunt ouerthrowe Yet after fate their fame remaines behinde And triumphes still and dothe no conquest knowe But is the badge of euerie noble minde And when in graue their corpes inclosed lye Their famous actes doe pierce the azure skye Sen. Her Fur. Oet act 5. Nunquam Stygias fertur ad vmbras Inclyta virtus viuite fortes Nec Lethaeos saeua per amnes Vos fata trahent sed cum summas Exiget auras consumpta dies Iter ad fuperos gloria pandet Vel post mortem formidolosi To the honorable Sir IOHN NORRIS Knight Lord president of Munster in Irelande and Colonell Generall of the Englishe Infanterie in the lowe countries A Secret cause that none can comprehende In natures workes is often to bee seene As deathe can not the ancient discorde ende That raigneth still the wolfe and sheepe betweene Plin. De Nat. Hist lib. 17. cap. 4. The like beside in many thinges are knowne The cause reueal'd to none but GOD alone For as the wolfe the sillye sheepe did feare And made him still to tremble at his barke So beinge dead which is moste straunge to heare This feare remaynes as learned men did marke For with their skinnes if that two drommes bee bounde That clad with sheepe doth iarre and hathe no sounde Claud. Min. super Alciatum Emb. 117. And if that stringes bee of their intrailes wroughte And ioyned both to make a siluer sounde No cunninge eare can tune them as they oughte But one is harde the other still is droun'de Or discordes foule the harmonie doe marre And nothinge can appease this inward warre So ZISCA thoughte when deathe did shorte his daies As with his voice hee erste did daunte his foes That after deathe hee shoulde newe terror raise And make them flee as when they felte his bloes Aeneas Sisuius 3. Comment De rebus gestis Alphons Wherefore hee charg'd that they his skinne shoulde frame To fitte a dromme and marche forth with the same So HECTORS sighte greate feare in Greekes did worke When hee was showed on horsebacke beeinge dead HVNIADES the terrour of the Turke Coelius Curio Thoughe layed in graue yet at his name they fled And cryinge babes they ceased with the same The like in FRANCE sometime did TALBOTS name Forres magnanimi habendi sunt non qui faciunt sed qui propulsant iniuriam Cic. 1. offic Victoria cruenta To Sir WILLIAM STANDLEY Knight THE Olephante with stinge of serpent fell That still about his legges with winding cralles Throughe poison stronge his bodie so did swell That doune he sinkes and on the serpente falles Which creature huge did fall vppon him soe That by his deathe he also kill'd his foe Non est tanti gauch excelsa tenere quanti meeroris est de excelsis corruere nee tanta gloria sequi potest victoriam quanta ignominin potest sequi reinam Awb Those sharpe conflictes those broiles and battailes maine That are atchieude with spoile on either parte Where streames of blood the hilles and valleys staine And what is wonne the price is deathe and smarte This dothe importe But those are captaines good That winne the fielde with sheddinge leaste of blood Pennae gloria perennis To EDWARDE DIER Esquier The Erle of Surrey that wrat the booke of Songes and Sonetres WHEN frowning fatall dame that stoppes our course in fine The thred of noble SVRREYS life made hast for to vntwine APOLLO chang'd his cheare and lay'd awaie his lute And PALLAS and the Muses sad did weare a mourninge sute And then the goulden pen in case of sables cladde Was lock'd in chiste of Ebonie and to Parnassus had But as all times do chaunge so passions haue their space And cloudie skies at lengthe are clear'd with Phoebus chearefull face For when that barren verse made Muses voide of mirthe Sir Philip Sidney Knighte Behoulde LVSINA sweetelie sounge of SIDNEYS ioyfull birthe Whome mightie IOVE did blesse with graces from aboue On whome did fortune frendlie smile and nature most did loue And then behoulde the pen was by MERCVRIVS sente Wherewith hee also gaue to him the gifte for to inuente That when hee first began his vayne in verse to showe More sweete then honie was the stile that from his penne did flowe Wherewith in youthe hee vs'd to bannishe idle fittes That nowe his workes of endlesse fame delighte the worthie wittes No haulting verse hee writes but matcheth former times No * Horat. lib. 2. Epist 1. ad Augustum Cherillus he can abide nor Poëttes patched rimes What volumes hath hee writte that rest among his frendes Which needes no other praise at all eche worke it selfe comendes So that hee famous liues at home and farre and neare For those that liue in other landes of SIDNEYS giftes doe heare And suche as Muses serue in darkenes meere doe dwell If that they haue not seene his workes they doe so farre excell Wherefore for to extoll his name in what I might This Embleme lo I did present vnto this woorthie Knight Who did the same refuse as not his proper due And at the first his sentence was it did belonge to you Wherefore lo fame with trompe that mountes vnto the skye And farre aboue the highest spire from pole to pole dothe flye Heere houereth at your will with pen adorn'd with baies Which for you bothe shee hath prepar'd vnto your endlesse praise The laurell leafe for you for him the goulden pen The honours that the Muses giue vnto the rarest men Wherefore proceede I praye vnto your lasting fame For writinges last when wee bee gonne and doe preserue our name And whilst wee tarrye heere no treasure can procure The palme that waites vpon the pen which euer doth indure Homerus vixit post Roman conditam sed natus ante Aul. Gell. lib. 17. cap. 21. Two thousand yeares and more HOMERVS wrat his booke And yet the same doth still remayne and keepes his former looke

dies and yet is alwaies pain'de With tortures dire by which the Poëttes ment That hee that still amid misfortunes standes Is sorrowes slaue and bounde in lastinge bandes For when that griefe doth grate vppon our gall Or surging seas of sorrowes moste doe swell That life is deathe and is no life at all The liuer rente it dothe the conscience tell Which being launch'de and prick'd with inward care Although wee liue yet still wee dyinge are Horat. 1. Epist 1. hic murus ahaeneus esto Nil conscire sibi nulla pallescere culpa Martial lib. 1. Qualiter in Scythica religatus rupe Prometheus Assiduam nimio pectore pauit auem c. Concordia And. Alciat Foederis haec species id habet concordia signum Vt quos iungit amor iungat ipsa manus OF kinges and Princes greate lo Concorde ioynes the handes And knittes theire subiectes hartes in one and wealthie makes their Landes It bloodie broiles dothe hate and Enuie doune dothe thruste And makes the Souldiour learne to plowghe and let his armour ruste Remedium tempestiuum sit Ouid. 2. Pont. 6. Cùm poteram recto transire Ceraunia velo Vt fera vitarem saxa monendus eram Nunc mihi naufragio quid prodest dicere facto Qua mea debuerit currere cymba via THROVGHE rased wall a serpente backwarde slydes And yet before her poisoned head appeare The prudent man for safetie that prouides Doth strike at firste in dowte of further feare So all men shoulde when they to daunger dreede With all their force preuent the same with speede Serò sapiunt Phryges Tibul. 1.9 Ah miser si quis primo periuria caelat Sera tamen tacitis poena venit pedibus THE prouerbe saieth so longe the potte to water goes That at the lengthe it broke returnes which is appli'de to those That longe with wyles and shiftes haue cloaked wicked partes Whoe haue at lengthe bene paied home and had their iust desertes Euen as the slymie eele that ofte did slippe awaie Yet with figge leaues at lengthe was catch'de made the fisshers praie Dum viuo prosum AN aged tree whose sappe is almoste spente Yet yeeldes her boughes to warme vs in the coulde And while it growes her offalles still be lente But being falne 〈◊〉 it turneth into moulde And doth no good soe ere to graue wee fall Wee maie do good but after none at all Da tua dum tua sunt post mortem tunc tua non sunt Noli altum sapere WITH lime and net the Mauis and the larke The fowler loe deceaued by his arte But whilste alofte he leuel'd at his marke And did to highe exalte his hawghtie harte An adder fell that in the grasse did lurke With poisoned stinge did his destruction worke Claud. 1. Ruf. iam non ad culmina rerum Iniustos creuisse queror tollantur in altū Vt lapsu maiore ruant c. Let mortall men that are but earthe and duste Not looke to highe with puffe of worldlie pride But sometime viewe the place wheretoo they muste And not delighte the poorest to deride Leste when theire mindes do mounte vnto the skies Their fall is wrought by thinges they doe dispise Cato Mitte arcana dei Calúmque inquirere quid sit Some others are that fitlie this applie To those whoe doe Astronomie professe Whoe leaue the earthe and studie on the skie As if they coulde all worldlie thinges expresse alius sic Si Christum bene scis satis est si caetera nescis Yet when to knowe the starres they take in hande Of daungers neare they doe not vnderstande Saepius in auro bibitur venenum De Laide Aul. Gel. lib 1. cap. 8. HEARE LAIS fine doth braue it on the stage With muskecattes sweete and all shee coulde desire Her beauties beames did make the youthe to rage And inwardlie Corinthus set on fire Propertius Eleg. 2. Non ita complebant Ephyraeae Laides ades Ad cuius iacuit Graena tota fores Bothe Princes Peeres with learned men and graue With humble sute did LAIS fauour craue Horat. Epist lib. 1. Epist 18. Non cuiuis homini contingit adire Corinthum Not euerie one mighte to Corinthus goe The meaninge was not all mighte LAIS loue The manchet fine on highe estates bestowe The courser cheate the baser sorte must prooue Faire HELEN leaue for MENELAVS grace And CORIDON let MABLIE still imbrace Claud. 2. de volupt Still sic Blanda quidem vultu sed qua non tetrior vlla Interius fucata genus amicta dolosit Illecebris c. And thoughe the poore maie not presume alofte It is no cause they therefore shoulde dispaire For with his choise doth IRVS ioye as ofte As dothe the Prince that hathe a VENVS faire No highe estate can giue a quiet life But GOD it is that blesseth man and wife Then make thy choise amongste thy equalles still If thou mislike DIANAS steppes to trace Thoughe PARIS had his HELEN at his will Thinke howe his facte was ILIONS foule deface And hee that moste the house of LAIS hauntes The more he lookes the more her face enchauntes Praepostera fides ANELLVS sendes his corne vnto the mill Which beinge grounde he tri'de it by the waighte And finding not the measure to his will Hee studied longe to learne the millers sleighte For noe complaintes coulde make him leaue to steale Or fill the sacke with fustie mixed meale Wherefore to mill he sente his dearest wife That nighte and daie shee mighte the grindinge viewe Where shee kinde harte to ende al former strife Did dubbe her Spouse one of VVLCANVS crewe Oh greedie foole Anellus of thy graine And of thy wife too prodigall and plaine Fatuis leuia commitito Com. Gall. Diuersos diuersa iuuant nō omnibus annio Omnia conueniunt c. THE little childe is pleas'de with cockhorse gaie Althoughe he aske a courser of the beste The ideot likes with bables for to plaie And is disgrac'de when he is brauelie dreste A motley coate a cockescombe or a bell Hee better likes then Iewelles that excell So fondelinges vaine that doe for honor sue And seeke for roomes that worthie men deserue The prudent Prince dothe giue hem ofte their due Whiche is faire wordes that right their humors serue For infantes hande the rasor is vnfitte And fooles vnmeete in wisedomes seate to sitte Homines voluptatibus transformantur Virgil. Aeneid 7. Ouid. Metam lib. 14. SEE here VLISSES men transformed straunge to heare Some had the shape of Goates and Hogges some Apes and Asses weare Who when they might haue had their former shape againe They did refuse and rather wish'd still brutishe to remaine Which showes those foolishe sorte whome wicked loue dothe thrall Like brutishe beastes do passe theire time and haue no sence at all And thoughe that wisedome woulde they shoulde againe retire Yet they had rather CIRCES serue and burne in theire

c. Insignia poëtarum Ad Nobiliss doctiss virum Dn. IANVM DOVSAM A NOORTWIICK Ouid. Metam 2. THE Martiall Captaines ofte do marche into the fielde With Egles or with Griphins fierce or Dragons in theire shielde Nic. Reusnerus Hunc volucrē Phoebo fertur sacrasse verusta Quod reserat cantus Delphice magne tuos But Phoebus sacred birde let Poëttes moste commende Who as it were by skill deuine with songe forshowes his ende And as his tune delightes for rarenes of the same Hor. de arte poët Natura fieret laudabile carmen an arte Quaesitum est ego nec studiū sine diuite vena Nec rude quid prosit video ingenium alterius sic Altera poscit opem res coniurat amice So they with sweetenes of theire verse shoulde winne a lasting name And as his colour white Sincerenes doth declare So Poëttes must bee cleane and pure and must of crime beware For which respectes the Swanne should in theire Ensigne stande No forren fowle and once suppos'de kinge of LIGVRIA Lande Ouid. 3. Art amandi Cura ducum fuerant olim regumque poëtae Praemiaque antiqui magna tulere chori Sanctaque maiestas erat venerabile nomen Vatibus largae saepè dabantur opes Ennius emeruit Calabris in montibus ortus Contiguus poni Scipio magne tibi Nunc ederae sine honore iacent operataque doctis Cura vigil Musis nomen inertis habet Sed famam vigilare iuuat quis nosset Homerum Ilias aeternum si latuisset opus Cùm laruis non luctandum WHEN Hectors force throughe mortall wounde did faile And life beganne to dreadefull deathe to yeelde The Greekes moste gladde his dyinge corpes assaile Who late did flee before him in the fielde Which when he sawe quothe hee nowe worke your spite For so the hares the Lion dead doe byte Looke here vpon you that doe wounde the dead With slaunders vile and speeches of defame Or bookes procure and libelles to be spread When they bee gone for to deface theire name Who while they liu'de did feare you with theire lookes And for theire skill you might not beare their bookes Nullum cum victis certamen aethere cassis Virg. Aeneid 11. Captiuus ob gulam THE mouse that longe did feede on daintie crommes And safelie search'd the cupborde and the shelfe At lengthe for chaunge vnto an Oyster commes Where of his deathe he guiltie was him selfe Felo de se The Oyster gap'd the Mouse put in his head Where he was catch'd and crush'd till he was dead Isidorus lib. 1. de summo bono Gulae saturitas nimia aciē mentis obtundit ingeniumue euertere facit The Gluttons fatte that daintie fare deuoure And seeke about to satisfie theire taste And what they like into theire bellies poure This iustlie blames for surfettes come in haste And biddes them feare their sweete and dulcet meates For oftentimes the same are deadlie baites Lucanus 4. O prodiga rerum Luxuries nunquam paruo contenta paratu Et quaesitorum terra pelagóque ciborum Ambitiosa fames lautae gloria mensae Constanter Cicer. 2. Offic. Praeclara est in omni vita aequabilitas idemue vultus eademue frons THE raging Sea that roares with fearefull sounde And threatneth all the worlde to ouerflowe The shore sometimes his billowes doth rebounde Though ofte it winnes and giues the earthe a blowe Sometimes where shippes did saile it makes a lande Sometimes againe they saile where townes did stande So if the Lorde did not his rage restraine And set his boundes so that it can not passe The worlde shoulde faile and man coulde not remaine But all that is shoulde soone be turn'd to was By raging Sea is ment our ghostlie foe By earthe mans soule he seekes to ouerthrowe Bern. in Epist. Perseuerantia est finis virtutum virtus sine qua nemo videbit deum And as the surge doth worke doth daie and nighte And shakes the shore and ragged rockes doth rente So Sathan stirres with all his maine and mighte Continuall siege our soules to circumuente Then watche and praie for feare wee sleepe in sinne For cease our crime and hee can nothing winne Dicta septem sapientum To Sir HVGHE CHOLMELEY Knight CLEOBV CILON PERIANDI BIAS PITAC SOLON THALES THE sages seuen whose fame made Grecia glad For wisedome greate amongst theire sainges wise Eache one of them a goulden sentence had And Alciat did the pictures thus deuise For to obserue the vse of Emblems righte Which represent the meaning to our sighte Keepe still the meane did CLEOBÛLVS teache For measure lo the ballance loyn'd thereto And Knowe thy selfe did CHILON alwaies preache The glasse behoulde that thou the same maiste doe Restraine thy wrathe dothe PERIANDER tell And shewes an hearbe that choller dothe expell Nothinge too mutche did PITTACVS commende Thereto * Semen quod dícitur gith quod pharmacopolae vocant Nigellam Romanam a flower whereof too muche destroyes And SOLON sai'd Remember still thy ende Before the which none can haue perfect ioyes A piller form'd declininge downe he showes Which telles that deathe the strongest ouerthrowes Plutarch de lib. educand Cùm reliqua omnia tempore diminuantur sapientia sola senectute augescit Of wicked men the number dothe exceede This BIA'S vs'd and cause for foule defame SARDINIA moste is stained as we reade On asses backe behoulde one of the same And THALES laste of all the Sages say'd Flee sewertiship for feare thou be betray'd Bernard Sapìentiae otia negotia sunt quo otiosior est sapientia eo exercitatior in suo genere And vnderneathe a birde vpon the net That dothe not feare the craftie foulers call Hereby wee ofte doe paie an others debte And free our frendes and bringe our selues in thrall Which sayinges wise whoe keepe them in their brestes By proofe shall finde they harbour happie guestes Scripta manent To Sir ARTHVRE MANWARINGE Knight IF mightie TROIE with gates of steele and brasse Bee worne awaie with tracte of stealinge time If CARTHAGE raste if THEBES be growne with grasse Propertius Et Thebae steterant altaue Troia fuit If BABEL stoope that to the cloudes did clime If ATHENS and NVMANTIA suffered spoile Demosth in Arg. lib. 1. Clarissimae olim vrbes nunc nihil sunt Quae maximè nunc superbiunt eandem aliquando fortunam experientur If AEGYPT spires be euened with the soile Then what maye laste which time dothe not impeache Since that wee see theise monumentes are gone Nothinge at all but time doth ouer reache It eates the steele and weares the marble stone But writinges laste thoughe yt doe what it can And are preseru'd euen since the worlde began Virg. in Moecenatis obitu Marmora Maeonij vincunt monumenta libelli Vuiitur ingenio cetera mortis erunt And so they shall while that they same dothe laste Which haue declar'd and shall