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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A16257	Thirtene most plesant and delectable questions, entituled a disport of diuers noble personages written in Italian by M. Iohn Bocace, Florentine and poet laureate, in his booke named Philocopo. Englished by H.G. These bookes are to be solde at the corner shoppe, at the northweast dore of Paules; Filocolo. English	Boccaccio, Giovanni, 1313-1375.; Gifford, Humphrey.; Grantham, Henry, fl. 1571-1587.	1571 (1571)	STC 3181; ESTC S109327	66,026	176

hir and among the other wordes that I vnderstoode of their talke was that eche one said that he was hir best beloued and for proofe thereof either of them alleaged in the furtherance of himselfe diuers gestures then before done by the yong woman And they thus remaining in this contention a long time being now thorowe many woordes at daggers drawing they acknowledged that héerin they did very euil bicause in thus doing they wrought hurt and shame to themselues and displeasure to the woman Wherefore moued of an equall agréement bothe two wente to the mother of the mayd who was also at the same feast and thus sayd vnto hir That forsomuch as aboue all other women of the world either of them best liked hir daughter and that they were at contention whether of them was best liked of hir it woulde therefore please hir to graunte them this fauor to the ende no greater inconuenience might spring thereof as to will hir daughter that she either by word or déede would shew whether of them she best loued The intreated gentlewoman smiling thus answered willingly And so calling hir daughter to hir sayd My fayre daughter eche one of these preferreth the loue of thée aboue the loue of him selfe and in this contention they are whether of them is best beloued of thée and they séeke of me this sauour that thou either by signes or words resolue them herein And therefore to the end that loue from whom all peace and goodnesse oughte alwayes to spring brede not now the contrary content them in this and with semblable curtesie shew towards which of thē thy minde is most bent The yong damsell sayd It liketh me right well And so beholding them bothe a while she saw the one of thē to haue vpon his head a faire garlande of fresh floures and the other to stande without any garlande at all Then she that had likewise vppon hir head a garlande of gréene leaues firste tooke the same from hir head and set it vpon his that stoode before hir without a garlande And after she toke that whiche the other yong man had vpon his head and set the same vpon hirs and so leauing them she returned to the feast saying that she had both performed the commandement of hir mother and eke their desire The yong men béeing thus lefte returned also to their former cōtention eche one affirming that she loued him best And he whose garland she toke and set vpon hir head sayde Assuredly she loueth me beste bicause she hath taken my garlande to none other ende but for that what mine is pleaseth hir and to giue occasion to be beholding vnto me But to thée she hath giuen hirs as it were in place of hir last farewell vnwilling that like a countrey girle the loue which thou bearest hir be without requitall and therfore lastly she giueth thee that garlande thou haddest merited The other replying with the contrary thus answered Truely she loueth that thine is better than thée and that may be séene in taking therof And me she loueth better than what mine is in as much as she hath giuen me of hirs And therefore it is no token of hir last deserued gift as thou affirmest but rather a beginning of amitie and loue A gift maketh the receiuer a subiect to the giuer and bicause she peraduenture vncertane of me to the ende she might be more certayne to haue me hir subiect will binde me if perhaps I were not bounde vnto hir before to be hirs by gift But howe mayst thou thinke if she at the first take away frō thée that euer she may vouchsafe to giue thée And thus they abode a long time contending and in the ende departed without any definition at all Now say I most puissant Quéene yf you shoulde be demaunded of the laste sentence of suche a contention what would ye iudge The faire Lady somewhat smiling turned towards Philocopo hir eies sparkling with an amorous light and after a soft sigh thus made answere Moste noble youthe proper is your Question And truely as very wisely the young woman behaued hir selfe so eche one of the yong men right well defended his cause But bicause ye require what we lastly will iudge therof thus we make you aunswere It séemeth vnto vs and so it ought to séeme to eche one that taketh good héede that the woman had in hate neither the one nor the other but to kéepe hir intent couert did two contrary acts as appeareth and not without occasion And to the end she might get more assured the loue of him whom she loued as not to lose the loue of the other whome she hated not it was but wisely doone But to come to our Question whiche is to whether of the two greatest loue was shewed We saye that she loued him best and he chiefest in hir fauour to whome she gaue hir garland and this semeth to be the reason Whatsoeuer man or woman that loueth any person ech one through force of the loue they beare is so strongly bound to the person loued that abou● all other things they desire to please the same neither to binde him or hir more strongly that thus loueth néedeth either gifts or seruices and this is manyfest And yet we sée that who so loueth though he endeuour him selfe sundry wayes is not able to make the person loued in any sorte benigne and subiect vnto him wherby he may bring it to his pleasure and so with a more bolde face demaund his desire And that this is in suche sorte as we say the inflamed Dido with hir doings dothe very well manyfest the same vnto vs who burning in the loue of Aeneas so long as it séemed hir neither with honours nor with gifts able to winne him had not the courage to attempt the doubtfull way of asking the question So that then the yong woman sought to make him most beholding vnto hir whom she best loued And thus we say that he that receiued the gifte of the garlande was hir best beloued As the quéene became silent Philocopo answered Discrete Lady greatly is your answere to be commended but for all that you do bring me into a great admiration of that ye haue defined touching the propounded question bicause I wold haue iudged rather the contrary For so muche as generally among louers this was the wonted custome that is to desire to beare vpon them some iewell or some other thing of the persons loued to the end that most times they might glorie them selues more therin than in all the remnant they had perceiuing the same about them therwith to glad their minds as ye haue heard Paris seldome times or neuer entred into the bloudie battailes against the Greekes without bearing some token vpon him that had béen giuen him by his Helene beléeuing better to preuayle therewith than if he had gone without the same And truely in mine opinion his thought was not vayne

be kept the begon order And he whose subiects we are pardon vs the words that we as cōst rained through force of Iudgement shall more sooner than willing say against his diuine maiestie least thereby his indignation do fall vpon vs And you that likewise as well as we are his subiect with a bolde minde giue eare vnto them neither do you for all that chaunge your purpose at all And to the ende that so much the better and with a more apparant intendment our words may be receiued we wil somwhat digresse frō our matter returning againe therevnto as briefly as possible we may and thus we say Loue is of thrée sorts thorow which three al other things are loued some thorow the vertue of one some throw the power of an other according as is the thing loued and likewise the louer The first of the which .iij. is called honest loue This is the good vpright loyall loue the which of all persons ought to be receiued This the high first creator holdeth linked to his creatures them h●tieth therwith vnto him Through this the heauens the world realmes prouinces and cities do remaine in their state thorow this we do merite to be eternall possessors of the celestiall kingdome and without this is lost al that we haue in power of well doing The seconde is called loue for delight And this is he whose subiectes we are This is our god him we do worship him we do pray vnto in him do we trust that he may be our contentation and that he may fully bring our desire to passe Of this is put the question whervnto we shall duely answere The thirde is loue for vtilitie of this loue the worlde is replenished more than of any of the other thinges This is coupled with Fortune whilest she tarieth he likewise abideth but if they parte he is then the waster of many goods And to speake reasonably he oughte to be déemed rather hate than loue Now as touching the propounded question we néede to speake neither of the first nor of the last we will speake of the second that is of loue for delight to whom truely no person that desireth to leade a vertuous life oughte to submit him selfe bicause he is the depriuer of honours the bringer of troubles the reueler of vices the copious giuer of vaine cares and the vnworthy occupier of the libertie of others a thing aboue al things to be helde most deare What is he then regarding his own wealth being wise that will not flée suche a gouernment Let him that may liue frée following those things that doe euery way increase his liberty and let vicious gouernours gouerne vicious vassals I did not thinke sayde Galeone then to giue occasion through these my words to the lessening of this our disport nor to disquiet the regiment of our lorde loue neither yet to trouble the minds of any others but did rather imagine you defining it according to the intente of me many others that ye might therby confirme those that are his subiects with a valiaunt minde and inuite those whiche are not with a gréedy appetite but I sée that your intent is all contrary to mine bicause you with your words do shew to be thrée sortes of loue of the which thrée the first and the last I consent they be as you say But the second whiche answereth to my demaunde ye say it is as muche to be fled as I holde opinion it is as the increaser of vertue to be folowed of him that desireth a glorious end as I beleue to make apparant vnto you by this that followeth This Loue of whom we reason as it may be manyfest to all the worlde bicause we proue it doth worke this propertie in humayne hearts that after that it hath disposed the mind to a thing which pleaseth it spoyleth the same of all pride and of al fiercenesse making them humble in eche doing as it is manyfest vnto vs by Mars whome we finde that in louing Venus became of a fierce and sharpe Duke in battayle a moste humble and pleasaunt Louer It makes the gréedie and couetous liberall and curteous Medea the most carefull hider of hir arte after she felte his flames liberally yelded hir self hir honour and hir arts to Iason Who makes men more diligent to high attempts than he And what he can do behold by Paris and Menelaus Who furthereth forwarde the angry fiers more than doth he He sheweth vs how oftentimes the anger of Achilles was quieted thorowe the swéete prayer of Polixena He aboue all others maketh men couragious and strong Neither know I what greater example may be giuen vs than that of Perseus who for Andromaca made a maruellous proofe of his vertuous force He decketh all them that are by him aparelled with excellent qualities with ornate talke with magnificence and with pleasantnesse He I say bestoweth vpon al his subiects finenesse and gentlenesse Oh how many are the good things whiche procéede from him Who moued Virgill who Ouid who the other Poets to leaue of them selues eternall fame in those their holy verses the which if he had not ben shold neuer haue comen to our eares but he What shall we say further of his vertues but that he was able to giue suche a swéetenesse to Orpheus harpe as after that he had called to that sounde all the woods standers about and made the running streames to stay to come into his presence in milde peace the fierce Lions togithers with the faint hearted Hartes and all other beasts he made likewise the infernal furies quiet gaue rest and swéetenesse to the troubled soules and after all this the sound was of such vertue as he attayned to haue agayne his lost wise Then is he not the chaser away of honour as you say neither the giuer of vnsitting troubles nor the prouoker of vices nor the disposer of vayn cares nor the vnworthy vser of the libertie of others So that euery one of whom he maketh none accompt and is not as yet his seruaunt ought with all their wit and diligence to endeuour and to occupie them selues in the attayning the fauour of suche a Lorde and to become his subiect since throw him he becometh vertuous That which pleaseth the Gods and men of greatest strength ought likewise to please vs Let suche a Lorde therfore be loued serued and liue alwayes in our minds Greatly deceyueth thée thine opinion sayd the quéene and it is no maruell bicause as farre as we vnderstande thou art so farre enamoured as none the like and without doubt the iudgement of the enamoured is méerely false bicause as they haue lost the sight of the eyes of their minde so haue they banished reason as their vtter enemie And for this cause it shall be conuenient that we agaynst our will speake of loue the whiche gréeueth vs since we be his subiects But yet to pluck thée from thine error we shall turne our silence to