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A68027 Prouerbes or adagies with newe addicions gathered out of the Chiliades of Erasmus by Richard Tauerner. Hereunto be also added Mimi Publiani.; Adagia. English Erasmus, Desiderius, d. 1536.; Taverner, Richard, 1505?-1575.; Publilius, Syrus, 1st cent. B.C. Mimi. English and Latin. aut 1539 (1539) STC 10437; ESTC S105539 45,025 208

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kynd persons to be the harder Multis minatur qui vni facit iniuriam He threteneth many that dothe wronge to one All loke for iniury at his hande that dothe iniury to one Mora omnis odio est sed facit sapientiam Euery taryaunce is hatefull but yet it maketh wysdome Leyser and tracte of tyme gendereth prudence Leyser maketh that we do nothyng rashly Mala causa est quae requirit misericordiam It is an euyll cause that asketh pytie Innocency nedeth not mercy Mori est felicis antequam mortem inuocet It is an happy mans lot to dye afore he desyre deathe They y t wyshe them selues deade be in misery Miserum est tacere cogi quod cupias loqui It is a payne to be cōpelled not to speake that thyng that thou woldest couet to vtter Miserrima est fortuna quę inimico caret Moste miserable is that fortune whiche lacketh an enemy Wealth felicitie sturreth hatredes enuies Wherfore whom no man enuieth he muste nedes be moste miserable Malus est vocandus qui sua causa est bonus He is to be called an euyl person that is good for his owne cause and auauntage only Malus vbi bonum se simulat tune est pessimus The naughty body when he feineth him selfe good is then worste Metus cum venit rarū habet somnus locum When feare cōmeth sleape hathe seldome place Mori necesse est sed non quoties volueris Thou must dye but not as ofte as thou wylte Male geritur quicquid geritur fortunae fide It is euyll done what so euer is done through truste of fortune Mortuo qui mittit munus nil dat illi adimit sibi He y t sendeth a gyfte to the deade gyueth nothyng to him but taketh from him selfe Amonges the Panyms they made sacrifices for the deade Versus est Trochaicus Minus est quam seruus dominus qui seruos timet The maister that feareth his seruauntes is les then a seruaunt Magis haeres fidus nascitur quam scribitur A trusty executour or heyre is rather borne thā wrytē There is more fidelitie in a mans owne bloude thā in a straunger vnto him The straūger that is not of thy bloude flattereth the that thou mayste wryte him thyne heyre after the of y t thou hast This is ment agaynst them whiche defraudynge theyr owne naturall kynsfolke for euery tryfling displeasure transferre theyr gooddes vnto straungers Malo in consilio foeminae vincunt viros In a shrewde counsayle women ouercome men Mala est voluptas alienis assuescere It is an euyll pleasure a man to accustom him selfe with other mens thynges Magno cum periculo custoditur quod multis placet With greate perill is that kepte which pleaseth many est Versus trochaicus Mala est medicina vbi aliquid naturae perit It is an euyll medicine where any thyng of nature perysheth Malae naturae nunquam doctrina indigent Euyll natures nede neuer any teachyng Naughtynes is learned without a scholemayster Miseriam nescire est sine periculo viuere To lyue without daūger is not to knowe misery Who so lyueth without peril lyueth happely A sure and saufe lyfe though it be but lowe and base is moste happy Male viuunt qui se semper victuros putant They lyue naught that thynke they shall euer lyue Maledictum interpretando facies acrius By interpretyng an euyll tale or sklaunder thou shalte make it more greuouse Male secum agit aeger medicum qui haeredem facit That syeke body dothe naught for him selfe that maketh his phisician his executour For he prouoketh him to kyll him Minus decipitur cui negatur celetiter He is les deceiued y t is quickely denyed When a man is quickely denyed of hys sute he loseth the lesse labour Mutat se bonitas quūirites iniuria Goodnes chaungeth it selfe whē thou sturrest it with iniury As who shulde say good men be made euyll and vngentle whē they be prouoked Mulier quum sola cogitat male cogitat The woman when she thynketh and studyeth alone thynketh euyll Womē for most parte study shreudnes when they be alone Malefacere qui vult nusquam non causam inuenit He that wyl do myschief fyndeth euery where occasion therunto Euil disposed persons can sone deuyse mater to worke vpon and to shewe theyr malyce Maleuolus semper sua natura vescitur The euylwylled myscheuouse person feadeth vpon his owne nature that is to wete thoughe he be not hyred of other to do mischief yet loueth he to do it for the satisfyeng and fedyng of his owne nature So that he delyteth feadeth his owne nature when he is occupyed aboute vnhappynes Multos timere debet quem multi timent He ought to feare many whom many doth feare Male imperando summum imperium amittitur By euyl rulyng the hyghest rule or empyre is loste Mulier quae nubit multis multis non placet The woman y t weddeth her selfe to many can not please many Malum consilium est quod mutari non potest An euyll counsayle is that which can not be chaunged NIhil agere semper infelici est optimum It is euer best for an infortunate person to do nothyng Nil peccent oculi si animus oculis imperet The eyen can nothyng offende if the mynde wolde rule the eyen We accuse our eyen as though they ministred the occasion of euyll lustes But the mynde is in blame whiche ruleth not the eyes Nil pro prium ducas quod mutari possiet Count nothyng thyne owne that may be chaunged Non cito perit ruina qui ruinam praetimet He perysheth not sone by fal that before feareth a fall Versus est Trochaicus Nescis quid optes aut quid fugias ita ludit dies Thou knowest not what thou mayste desyre or what thou mayste flee the tyme so mocketh and dalieth with vs. Suche is the chaunge and alteraciō of the worlde that oftymes that a man thought beste he shall fynde worste for him contrary wyse the worste best Versus est Iambicus tetrameter Nunquam periclum sine periculo vincitur Peryl is neuer ouercom without peryll Nulla tam bona est fortuna de qua nil possis queri There is no fortune so good wherof a man can not complayne trochaicus Nusquam melius morimus homines quam vbi libenter viximus We nowhere do dye better then where we haue lyued gladly Trochaicus Negandi causa auaro nusquam deficit The couetouse wretche neuer wanteth a cause to denye a man He that gyueth not gladly euer fyndeth som cause or pretense why he shulde not gyue Nimium altercando veritas amittitur With ouermuche stryuyng the trouth is loste By moderate disputaci wyl not be cōuersaunt in the comon weale is wyllingly a banished man TImidus vocat se cautum parcum sordidus The cowarde calleth him selfe a ware felowe the niggard a sparer Tam deest auaro qd habet quam quod non habet The couetouse man as wel wanteth that he hath as that he hath not He vseth no more his owne then he doth other mens goods So he lacketh them bothe a lyke VEterem ferendo iniuriam inuitas nouam By sufferyng olde wronge thou prouokest newe FINIS ❧ Londini per Picardum Bonces Cum priuilegio ad imprimendum solum Ieren Rom. 7. 13. Cap. 27. A pleasaūt fable of the Lion The maysters eye Aulus Gellius Similitudo mater amoris Tit. i. Venienti occurrite morbo Milo Math. 5. Democritus Roma 9. The maner of the Scythians Actu 10. Eccle. 10. Terence Anceus The opinion of Aristotle Apelles the cōning paynter Apelles the cōning peynter Math 7. The answere of Thales Horace Auream ▪ quisque mediocritatē c The mask of Apes Nero. Science the porte of nede Terence Voluptates cōmendat rarior usus Cap. 20 Plaut Kynge Xerxes Luce. 21. Math. 19. Terence Summū ius Cicero 1. Timo. 1. Menander Epaminōdas Solon Math. 7. Seneca Seneca Necessarij Erasmus Terence Plautus Horace The sayeng of the moost excellent price kyng Henry the seuenth Aulus Gel. lib. 16. The institucion of holydayes Abuse of holydayes Ioh. 10 ▪ Anarchie Epictetus Horace Sisperat fore dam rur sum ad ingenium redit Pindarus Plutarche de vitandis Vsuris Plautus Terence Tiberius Alexander Horace Cato The grate of briefnes Ennius Terence Of Parmenoes sowe Phythagoras Pythagoras Math. 7. Hierome Math. 7. The propertie of a swalow Erasmus Math. 26. Mar. 14 Luc. 22 ● Cor. 11. 1. Cor. 10. 1. Cor. 11.
kepte vp a nūbre of Apes and caused them to be taught the fourme and waye of daunsynge For like as no beast approcheth nerer to the fygure of man then the Ape so is there none other beaste y t eyther better or more wyllyngly counterfayteth mans actes gestures and fashions than thys beast Beynge therfor anone taught the feate of daunsynge they began to maske clad in purple robes wyth visours on theyr faces Thus of longe tyme thys gorgious syghte delyted excedyngly the kynge and his lordes and ladyes tyl at last a mery felowe bryngynge preuily in hys bosome a good sorte of nuttes dyd cast them in the floore amonges the maskers Here forthwyth the apes so soone as they sawe the nuttes forgettynge theyr daunsynge began to shewe what they were and of daūsers retourned in to apes tearynge asunder theyr visours and maskynge apparell skambled and went together by y e eares for the nuttes not wythoute great laughynge of the lokers on It is to be feared lest at thys daye there be in Christendome many apes that is to saye counterfayters whych by a Greke worde we commonlye call hypocrites decked in ☞ purple badges and cognisaunces that is to wyte whyche beare outwarde sygnes badges of greate holynes as though they were lambes but inwardly they be rauenous wolues Artem quaeuis alit regio Art or kunnynge euery countrey nourysheth y t is to say kunnyge mē such as haue any facultie or science whether so euer they goo shall lacke no liuyng Cunnynge they say is no burthē It neither can be taken from the by theues and into what parte of y e world so euer thou go it foloweth ye. Suetonius wryteth y t it was shewed before vnto themperour Nero by his astronomers y t the tyme shuld come whē he shulde be put out of his empire by reason wherof he gaue him selue moche the more egerly vnto the studie of Musike in so muche that he became very excellent and then he was wonte to haue oft in his mouth y e said prouerbe And estemed it the fowlest reproche that coulde be layd vnto him to be called an euyl harper or player vpō instrumēts The same thyng also as in an other place is mencioned did happen vnto Dionisius kyng of the Syracusans which after he was thrust out of his kyngdome came to Corynthe and there dyd set vp a schole and taught children letters and musicke For this cause amonges the Greakes is art or kunnynge called the porte or hauen of necessite vnto men mortall that is to say y e onely refuge in pouerty Wherfore so many as be wise thoughe they haue abundaunce of worldly goodes for the tyme yet let them not despyse honeste artes neyther yet be recheles in bryngynge vp theyr chyldren and puttyng them to lernynge or some faculty wherby yf fortune fayle they maye yet get them a lyuynge Omnium rerum uicissitudo est There is an alteraciō of al thingꝭ This sentēce of Terēce signifieth that in mens thynges nothyng is perpetual nothynge stable but all passe repasse euen lyke to the ebbynge flowynge of y e Ocean see Iucunda uicissitudo rerum Chaunge of thynges is pleasaūt Where shyft of thynges is not mās mynde anone shal waxe wery dul For assuredly such is the nature of thynges so great lothsomnes there is of mās appetyte that nothynge can be so swete but shal be abhorred yf it be any lōge whyl vsed Nothynge is so galaūt so excellent that can longe content the mynde And therfore the poete Iuuenal wryteth very handsomly A seldom vse of pleasures maketh the same the more pleasaunt Shift variete hath so gret force in euery thing y t by reasō of y e newnes otherwhiles thynges y t be not al of y e best do please mē very well Nosce tempus Knowe tyme. Opportunitie is of such force that of honest it maketh vnhonest of dammage auaūtage of pleasure greuaunce of a good turne a shrewed turne contrarye wyse of vnhonest honest of auaūtage dammage and brefly to conclude it cleane chaungeth y e nature of thynges Thys opportunitie or occasion for so also ye maye cal it in auenturynge and finishynge a busynes doubtles beareth y e chiefe stroke so that not wythout good skyll the paynyms of olde tyme counted it a diuine thynge And in thys wyse they painted her ☞ They made her a goddesse standynge wyth fethered feete vpon a whele and turnynge her selfe aboute the circle therof most swyftly beynge on the former parte of her hed all heary and on the hynder parte balde so that by the fore parte she maye easely be caughte but by the hynder parte not so Male parta male dilabuntur Euyll gotten good go euyll away It is commonly sene by the hygh prouidēce of God that goodes vnlaufully gotten vanysh awaye no man knoweth how Occultae musices nullus respectus Of musyke hyd is no regarde Haue a man neuer so excellent lernynge or knowlege in any feate yet yf he be not knowen he is had in no price A lyke thyng is rad in Ecclesiastico Of wysdome hydd of treasure caste in a corner commeth no profite Vna hirundo non facit ver It is not one swalowe that bryngeth in somer It is not one good qualitie that maketh a mā good Swalowes be a token of the begynnynge of somer yet one swalowe is no sure token So of al other thynges Aequalem tibi vxorem quaere Seke the an egal wyfe that is to wytte one that is not aboue thyn estate ☞ Altera manu fert lapidem panem ostentat altera He beareth a stone in y e one hāde and breade in the other Suche persons be in Englād not a fewe Bis dat qui cito dat He gyueth twyse y t gyueth quyckely He that dothe a man a good turne spedely and without delay dothe hym a double benefite Honos alit artes Honoure mayteineth kunnynge Be a man neuer so excellent in anye sciēce or feate yf he be nothyng promoted or set by anone he is discouraged yea and al they that be studentes of the same be in lyke wyse dyscouraged On y e contrary parte let cunnynge persons be had in honest reputation and be worthyly preferred anone ye shall se bothe thē and other by theyr exemple stryue who may excelle other Verecundia inutilis uiro egenti Shamefastnes is vnprofitable to a nedy person This prouerbe admonisheth vs to cast away bashfulnes where nede constrayneth For shamefastnes is very vnprofytable vnto many thynges but in especyall whē the mater requyreth to attempt al wayes possible Munerum animus optimus The mynde of gyftes is best that is to saye In y e gyftes of presētes of freendes the price or value of the thyng that is sent is not to be considered but the mynde rather of the sēder as y e renoumed kyng Xerxes receyued thākefully of an vplandish man an hādful of water And Christ also preferred the wydowes
for my seruice or trauell gyueth me money is acquyted I owe hym nothynge Hys money is not better then my seruice Nec omnia nec passim nec ab omnibus Nether all thynges nor in all places nor of al men Thys prouerbe teacheth vs that in takynge of rewardes we shewe oure selues not only shamefast but also waxe and circumspecte For there be some thynges whych is not semyng for a mā to take There is also a place and tyme that it were much better for one to refuse the gyfte that is offered than to take it And agayn there be some of whom it is no honestye to receyue any gyfte Tempus omnia reuelat Tyme discloseth all thynges Nothynge is couered but shal be reueled nothynge is hyd that shal not be knowen sayeth Christ. Quo semel est imbuta recens seruabit odorem Testa diu A vessell woll kepe longe the sauour wherewyth it is fyrste seasoned For thys cause Quintilian coūsayleth vs forthwyth euen frō our youth to lerne y e best thynges syth nothyng stycketh more fastly than that that is receyued and taken of pure youth not yet infected wyth perverse and croked maners or opinions Nemo mortalium omnibus horis sapit No man in the worlde is wyse at all houres It is only belongynge to God properly due vnto hym neuer to commyt folly There is I saye no man but otherwhyles doteth but is deceyued but playeth the foole thoughe he seme neuer so wyse Whan I saye man I excepte not the woman Sui cuique mores fingunt fortunā A mans owne maners do shape hym hys fortune Men commonly when any aduersitie chaunce accuse fortune or when they se other men to prospere well in theyr matters they saye it is theyr fortune So they laye all together vpō fortune thynkynge there is suche a thynge called fortune that ruleth all But surely they are hyghly deceyued It is theyr owne maners theyr owne qualities tetches condicions and procedynges y t shape them thys fortune that is to saye that cause them eyther to be sette forwarde or backwarde eyther to prosper or not to prospere Dies adimit aegritudinem Tyme taketh away greuaūce There is no dyspleasure so great no hatred so impotent no sorowe so immoderate but tyme asswageth it Ne puero gladium Commytte not a swearde to a chylde Who so euer putteth a chylde or a foolyshe and ignoraūt person whych indede differeth nothynge from a chyld in authoritie and office commytteth a swerde to a chylde All be it I studye in these prouerbes to be shorte yet it becōmeth not me an Englysh man and the kynges seruaunt to passe ouer wyth sylēce the thynge that Erasmus beynge a straunger vnto vs vouchsaued here to recorde of the moost prudent and excellēt prince kinge Henry the. vij father to our moost drad soueraygne lorde that now is Thys excellent kynge sayeth Erasmus beynge a prynce of a very sharpe iudgement and also one that had a wonderfull grace in gyuynge of wyttye and quycke answeres whan on a tyme he had herde a certayne doctoure of diuinitie preache which was one of the secte of those y t were called mendicant fryers the fryer had spente hys hole sermon in ragynge oute wyth open mouthe lyke a madde man agaynste the lyfe of princes for there be some y t by thys waye seke to get them a name and was asked how he liked the fryers preachynge Truely ꝙ the kynge me thought that a naked sworde was cōmytted to the hādes of a madde man Vulpes non iterum capitur laqueo The foxe is not eftsones taken in a snare He that wyse is woll not the seconde tyme stomble at the same stone Mendici pera non impletur A beggers scryppe is neuer fylled They that haue a beggers herte the more thou gyueste them the more woll they craue Simiarum pulcherrima deformis est The fayreste of Apes is fowle That y t of the owne kynd is vnhonest can not be made honest To be a bawde to be a harlot is vnhonest of the selfe nature wherefore in what so euer person it be or after what sorte it can not be made honest Semblably it is to be iudged of all other thynges Exiguum malū ingens bonum A lytle euyl a great good Of a lytel incōmoditie and labour otherwhyles is gathered moste greate and hyghe commoditie To this agreeth the excellent sentence of Musoniꝰ y t Aulus Gellius remēbreth in his vi boke whyche is this If thou do any honest thyng wyth laboure the labour goeth away the honestie remayneth But yf thou do any dishonest thyng w t pleasure the pleasure goeth away the dishonestie remayneth Mores amici noueris non oderis Know the fascions of thy frende but hate them not In y e maners of frendes some vices oughte to be dissimuled and wynked at Ignauis semper feriae sunt Wyth sluggers or vnhardy persons it is alwayes holydaye They that flee labour wysh for holydayes wherin they may loyter gyue them selues to good chere and pleasures For amonges the olde Panymes as full eloquentlye declareth Erasmus certayne holydayes were therfore gyuen to the vplandish folke and craftesmē that in y e same they mought wyth honest disporte and playe refreshe them of theyr werynes trauayle And to thintent the pastyme shuld be the more moderate they mengled therwyth religion that is to wyte seruice of goddes But at thys daye sayeth Erasmus the cōmone sorte of christians do fowlye abuse holydayes whych in tymes past were instituted and ordeyned for a godly vse spendynge them vpon bankettynges vpō reuellynges stues dyes cardes frayes byckerynges and vpon all naughtynes neyther is there at any tyme more leudnes and myschiefe done thē on holy dayes when mē ought moost of all to absteyne from leudnes Neyther do we euer folowe more y e Panyms thē when cheiflye we shuld playe the christians And where as it is euident and playne that the thyng which was inuented for the mayntenaunce of relygion or deuocyon is nowe growen to the vtter destruction subuersion of relygion yet sayth thys excellent clerke I can not know for what consyderatiō and purp●se the bysshoppes of Rome do dayly multiply the holydayes and do continually increase them into an infinite nombre where as it had ben moch more conuenient in this behalfe to folow wyse phisiciens whiche accordynge to the qualitie of y e deseases do chaūge their medicines remedies hauyng this onely as a marke afore their eyes y t they prescribe suche thynges vnto theyr pacientes as be profytable to the restorynge and preseruacion of helth Wherfore syth now it is apparant that the thynge ones well institute hauynge regarde to those tymes is now by the chaunge of mens maners become a decaye of deuocion I praye you what mater were it to chaunge the cōstitucion moued of the same consyderation that the elders dyd fyrst constitute it That I say of holydayes the same is to