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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

will to rule the Realme and land Which I should doe that will I no for all thy power and strength But in despight of thee I hope to haue the same at length And make thee feele the smake thy selfe of this thy offred wrong If that to yield to my request thou doest the time prolong Adrastus is a mighty King whose Daughter is my wife And for that cause wich all his power will aide me during life whose force conioyned shith mine owne doth farre surpasse thy might Therefore let reason ī me the raine doe yeeld to me my right Let vs like brethren liue and loue each other as we ought Let vs not stray from natures boundes and stirre vp strife for naught Least that Reporte reproch 〈◊〉 on vs doe rumour raise And so the race of Oedipus be wicked deemde alwayes what though our father did offend in taking to his fere Jocasta fayre vnwittingly that was his mother deare Shall that to vs a patterne be to teach vs to offend Nay rather let it be a meane to make vs to amend Shall it be sayd that we haue wrought the ruine of our land And of our selues so wilfully let all thinges well be scand Consider well what daungers great we may incurre thereby And what great mischiefe may insue if thou this thing deny Thou knowest that from the mighty Ioue decendes our royall race Let vs not therefore doe the thing that may our byrth deface Let not the Thebans iustly be compeld to curse vs both For thy ambitious greedy mind whereof I would be loth For what if in this cursed strife we both should chaunce to dye what great contention should there be who should our place supply what great disdaine what priny grudge what tumultes then would grow what hurly burly would there be what treason then would flowe Through ciuill warre the countrey would be topsy turuy turude Strong holds would then be battered downe whole Townes and Citties burnde What clamours then what dolefull cryes would be throughout the land Now many Orphans would be made who should in safety stand Chast Uirgins would be then deflourde yong infantes would be slaine The rich men should be spoylde and robde the porer put to paine Oh what disorder then would grow what murder made of men what sacraledge what raunsack rude what bloodshead would be then waye well these thinges my brother deare which if thou doe proceede Is lykely for to come to passe therefore I say take heede For if thou be the cause thereof then truely shalt thou trye Their blood on thee for thy desertes from heauen will vengeaunce crye And I not to be blamde at all sith that I nothing craue But that which doth to me partaine and I of right should haue Take heede in time aduise thee well hereafter comes not yet The house can not stand long that is on ill foundation set The ship that at sure anker lyes is safe in euery place Twirt backe and tree thrust not thy hande beware in any case Thou put not fyre vnto the tow sharpe not thy knife I say If thou therewith wilt not be hurt but take this by the way That if thou tread vpon a worme she will turne back againe Care Stede be stolne shut stable dore else is it all in vaine For he that takes not heede before shall afterwardes repent it Wherefore I say looke to it well whilst that thou maist preuent it A man when he doth see the stroke may soone auoyde the same So thou if that to reasons lore thou wilt thy fancy frame Thou maist this mischiefee easly shun that hangeth ouer thee But who so blind the prouerb sayth as hee that will not see Thou knowest all this as well as I I neede not make relation Thereof to thee wordes are but wind where will hath domination Raine nothing profite can the corne which on drie stones is sowne Nor councell him which doth mislike all counsell saue his owne I can and doe bide wrong ynough but cannot to much beare Looke eare you leape for feare you catch awrong sow by the eare As by his Trumpe the trumpiter doth show his meaning plaine So bymy letters in likewise my purpose I explaine Doe therefore as you shall see cause the blame shall byde in you If any thing amisse do chaunce and so I say adue Finis A warning to yong men to flye the flattery and shun the deceiptes of dissembling dames WHat hard mishaps doth hamper youth when cursed Cupid list to frowne And yet he will not credite truth Till froward fortune fling him downe But when he is with dole distrest Then all to late he can perceiue what madnes did his mind mollest His wretched woe by wrong to weaue yea then he doth all Dames defy And vowes in vaine their fraude to flye Must hory heares needes make vs wise Discouering naked treasons hooke whose glittering hue by slight deuice Doth make them blind that thereon looke And till in trappe they taken be That turnes their pleasure all to paine Their folly fond they cannot see Such madnes moues their busy braine In wisdomes wayes they think they walke And so for chese doe champe on chalke If liuing wightes might playnly see The wily workes of womens wits which couered close in bosome he Disclosde at last by frantike fits Then would they learne to leaue their lookes And glaunce no more their glaring eyes Uppon those baites on hidden hookes Which whoso shall attempt to tast Is like for aye in woe to wast Where suters serue with long delay In dayly hope of some good hap Tormenting griefes at length doth pay Their pencion with an after clappe For such rewardes they dayly fynde That fyxe their fancy faithfully On any catte of Cresseds kinde That neuer countes of constancy whome Eue instructed long agoe To worke to man all greefe and woe Behold the gwerdon due to loue Bestowde vpon a fickle Dame As good of xotten redes to proue Some precious iem in forme to frame For why repentaunce comes at last And gripes his hart with griesly greefe That erst fond fancy followed fast which left him voyde of all reliefe A iust reward for rechelesse wightes That will not shun such vain delightes Youth bends his net to catch the pray which some inioy that take no paine Ht toyles yet seeth euery day His labour wasted all in vaine He beates the bush and in meane space Another beares the byrdes away He fiercely doth pursue the chase whilst others doe possesse the pray And so the end of louers gaine Is loathsome labour for their paine Finis A plaine description of perfecte friendship TRue friendship vnfained Doth rest vnrestrayned No terrour can came it Not gaining nor losing Nor gallant gay glosing can euer reclaime it In paine and in pleasure The most truest treasure That may be desyred Is loyall loue deemed Of wisedome esteemed and chefely required Finis An Inuectiue against couetous persons AS after Sommer winter comes so age

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 Reade with regard peruse each point well thee and then giue thy iudgement as reason shall moue For eare thou conceiue it t were hard for to tell if cause be or no wherefore to reproue me ¶ Imprinted at London by Thomas Purfoote dwelling in Newgate Market within the new Rents at the Signe of the Lucrece 1579. The Booke speaketh to the Buyers To those that be welthy and passe by this place My talke only tendeth so conster the case WHat kind of thing I am my shape doth shew the same No Forrest though my father pleasde to tearme me by that name But Fancy fits me well For I am fully fraught With Fancies such as may correct but not corrupt the thought In me my friend thou mayst though thou be yong or olde Ritche poore of high or low degree thy duety here beholde For Yonkers I haue fonde and foolish trifles store For auncient syres such seemely sightes as shall content them more If thou a Louer bee come learne thy lesson here Where wilfull workes of witles wightes shall perfect playne appeare What treason is in trust how fickle friendes are found How wretched is the state of man what mischiefe doth abound What follies fond we frame our foolish fancy to Here mayst thou see and so discearne what best beseetes to do Sith then such profite may by meanes of me redounde To thee my friend before thou passe this present plot of grounde Put hand in purse for pence to purchase me withall What foole a Forrest would forsake that sees the price so small A Shilling is the moste a very slender share No hurt to him that hath ynough so small a peece to spare Finis qd Fancy The Authour to the Reader THe Husbandman when meetest time shall serue doth plow his ground and sow good seedes therein Then seekes he how he should the same preserue From carryon crowes that gape the graine to win Vntill that it to ripen doe begin And being ripe he makes no more delay But reapes it vp so soone as well he may His corne thus cropt and scattered on the ground Straight into sheafes he doth the same deuide And to his Barnes he beares it ready bound Whereas a while he suffers it to bide Till at the last he thrashers doth prouide Who from the corne the straw and stubble take And on a heape the graine togither rake Which as it is they put into a Fan And so deuise to driue the chaffe from it My selfe I count to be the Husbandman For in this booke as in a ground most fit To sow the seedes of my vnwildy wit I scattered haue my fancies in such wise And senst them so as I can best deuise All being done that doth thereto pertaine Good Reader I present to thee the same Desiring thee that thou wilt take the payne All thinges amisse to put in perfect frame And beare with me although I merite blame Considering that I sought of meere good will in all I might thy fancy to fulfill In Forrest wise here fancies I present To thee with hart that feruently doth craue Each curteous wight to way my good intent And note the cause why I presumed haue To thrust my selfe amidst the surging waue Not glory vaine or hope to purchase praise But sloth to shon my mind thereto did raise R. W. to the Reader in the Authours behalfe VVhat led Leander to presume so oft to swim through surging seas But hope to fynd his Hero there where he ariu'de his hart to ease What moude the Troyan to attempt to go to Greece but hope to haue The princely pearle the promised pray which most of all his hart did craue And what procured Aesans soone to put his life in perrill so To fetch the Fleece from Colcos Coste where to augment his greefe and wo So many perrils were preparde but that he hopte thereby to gaine Such glory great as after death should make his fame for aye remayne If all these hopte and had in fine the thing that they did hold most deare Let him that hath this prety booke for thy delight compyled heare Good Reader reape his iust reward to recompence his meere good will Receiue his gift in gratefull wise and of the same conceiue none ill For euill none he ment thereby what euer enuious mates surmise Right sure I am conceiue therefore of him and his none otherwise So shalt thou make him think his paynes imployed well in each respect And happy count his hap that some will with good will his work protect Finis The Epistle to the Reader SO variable are the minds of men gentle Reader and so diuerse their opinions that amongste twenty it is hard to fynd twaine that agree all in one thing For commonly that which one man lyketh another loatheth that which one man praiseth another reproueth that which one desyreth another disdayneth and whatsoeuer pleaseth one doth as much displease another The yong man taketh pleasure in all youthfull excersises as Daunsing Synging playing on instruments dallying with daynty dames and such like whereby his pleasure may be procured and increased without respecting any perrill that maye insue thereof The aunciente Syre whome experience hath taught to be more wise and wary of such vaine vanities hath an eye to his profit and reiecteth pleasure as a thing vnprofytable The couragious Captayne accompteth it for his greatest glory to be in the field marching among his men of warre or skirmishing with his enemies to trie his strength and courage with the hazarde of his life for the furtheraunce of his fame and increase of his commodity The man likewise that is inclyned to learning is alwayes best at ease when he is setled in his study there to tosse and turne his bokes perusing the workes of auncient wrighters whereby he may in tyme be able both to profite his countrey and purchase such prayse to himself as is due to his good desyres But as these great clarkes doe not all delight to study one onely science but some apply themselues to deuinity some to Philosophie some to phisicke some to Astronomy and some to euery one of them alike not making any speciall choyse of eyther of them So likewise the common sorte whose learning nor capacity cannot attaine to the full perfection or perfecte vnderstanding of such deepe misteries haue their seueral delightes as well in reading such workes as are in theire vulgare tongue as in any thing else For one will peruse pleasant Histories and other poeticall deuises this man merry tales and other like toyes that man deuine and morrall matter euery one seuerally according to his seuerall affection and naturall inclination and there is no man be he neuer so well stayed that will adict