sends Hath Fortune in these pretious jems denyde to thee a part Take courage though and heare a friend that loves thee at his heart As ice sikles in winter time which hang on houses hie Doe grace the roofes and shew full faire to him that passeth by So snot which from the nostrils both like bel-ropes hangeth downe Doth grace a youth which doth professe himselfe a simple clowne Nature the maker of all things to decke thy life the more Hath lent thee of such ornaments a most aboundant store Wherefore as in all things besides so in this keepe this meane When store of snot is in thy mouth thy nose then make thou cleane Do this but closely now and then and sure I thinke than thee No man deserveth greater praise for his civilitie If when thou lackst an handkerchiefe thou vse thy cloake or hat To blow thy nose thou wilt be knowne a perfect clowne by that Or fill thy hand top full with snot and cast it on the ground It is a very seemely thing to heare the same resound And let it lie What neede you care I charge you stirre it not And let them treade it out that say you have not store of snot I sawe a custome in a country where I lately was Where hung with cordes vpon their sleeves a little pretty glasse You may if so it please you take example from that towne And see your picture in your snot as it hangs dangling downe And lest you should lacke change of manners fetch sighs now then And rattle in the nose this gesture pleaseth many men To fetch great blasts of breath together argues that you can Blowe downe whole townes and all will say Oh hee 's a valiant man When you would sneeze strait turne your selfe vnto your neibors face As for my part wherein to sneeze I know no fitter place It is an order when you sneeze good men will pray for you Marke him that doth so for I thinke he is your friend most true And that your friend may know who sneezes and may for you pray Be sure you not forget to sneeze full in his face alway But when thou hearst another sneeze although he be thy father Say not God blesse him but Choake vp or some such matter rather Never be shamefast never blush for any fault that 's past Let them do so which sory say This fault shall be the last What though thou speake vnseemely words yet know it is not good To have thy face and cheekes looke red as they were dide with blood What though of bawdie beastly words thou learnst to speake great store Why t is a shame that from a childe thou didst not so before To give each thing that proper name which it of Nature had Is neither in the law of God nor man accounted bad The reason-wanting multitude do thinke those things are base Which nature in her secret wisedome made mankinde to grace I would not have you from the common speech depart so farre As against Nature our best guide vnwisely to wage warre All that which in thy bladder and thy belly lieth hid To empty whenas thou hast neede what man will thee forbid Crabbed precise fault-finders only will not speake each word Thinking it is by proper names to call each thing absurd What kinde of men are these true reason soone will prove them mad Which will not speake the words but do the deedes which is as bad If any man do tell you newes which ne're before you heard And presently with ready words you can him not reward Then t is a great decorum your wide mouth forthwith to stretch And so stand still as though some harmelesse flies you meant to catch If that he tell a ieast which worth your laughter you suppose But laugh not at each trifling thing then laugh so lowde that those Which do about their owne affaires walke over-thwart the streete May tell you that you laugh full lowde when next they do you meete And if by laughing your red teeth some pretty wench espy Because that colour is the best shee 'le love you presently And if you see shee likes you well then laugh afresh againe This is of rude simplicitie an argument most plaine It is a very prettie thing when you by laughing much Do make your mouth by distorture your very eares to tutch Sometimes though no man give you cause laugh as lowd as you can For this is a most speciall signe of a praise-worthy man Oft times you shall espy some sober man with lookes most grimme Which will be angry thinking that you laugh at none but him And this will be exceeding good and make you laugh the more To see a fellow collericke knowing no cause wherefore If now and then you meane to lie as who would tell the truth Betweene each word cough once or twise this is a tricke of youth Are not your words in readinesse according to your minde Then cough a while and by this meanes perhaps you them may finde Tut doubt not man none can perceive whether you cough or no It is great cunning what is true and what is false to know When you have neede to cough indeede you know this tricke of old To cough into your neighbours face you well may be so bold Let him take halfe the breath which from thy winde-pipe thou hast got T' wil serve him for a cooler well if that he be too hot If he take that in ill part which thou gav'st to him in good What neede you care his force is weake it well may be withstood Whatsoe're thou didst thou 'lt answer it where when and how he can Thus thou by great out-braving words must prove thy selfe a man Tell him within his currish heart anger hath set her rest If that he cannot take that well which thou didst meane in iest What would he do trow if he were not as thou art a man Which no such little trifling iest with patience suffer can Or bid him if he thinke thy breath could do him any ill That presently for full revenge he would thy heart blood spill When thou hast neede to belch ne're hold it freely let it out Dissemble not it will not stay helpe it away you lowt T is hard to hold it without hurt if that it seeke a vent Then let those blasts from forth thy stomacke sayle be freely sent They le breede diseases infinite in head and every part As stinking breath which doth infect and the vnsavory fart Therefore to shunne all hurtes and harmes which thereof soone would breede Be not too coy but belch thy fill whensoe're thou hast neede If thou desire at any time to walke into the streete That all thy hat with dirt and dust besprinkled it is meete He that regardeth cleanelinesse which onely women vse At him let all men mocke and scoffe let all men him abuse What though thy shooes be doubde with dirt to make them cleane t is vaine For why
let your favour these my lines with wonted love maintaine Be ready now to take tuition of my booke and me And let my verse be patroniz'd vnder the name of thee Gainst all the poisned tongues of those that would my booke defame Defend these trifling toyes of mine vnder thy worthie name In briefe this booke with all his faults I dedicate to thee That by thy hand from after-claps it may defended bee If aught I have as sure I have let passe in this my booke Supply the wants I you desire as over it you looke If any thing in this my worke be added more then should Correct it for its masters sake for so full faine I would And so I being well perswaded of your strength and might Commit this scepter to your hand which is your owne by right And furthermore vnto your lawes all such I do subiect Which this my perfect worke of old Simplicitie respect Behold your mightie empire stretcheth over sea and land And in all kingdomes of the earth your kingdome hath command For this great gift what benefit can you repay to mee Let me be thine and thou be mine that 's all I aske of thee Keepe me thy friend and with the favour which thou hast begunne Pursue me and my heart to thee for ever thou hast wonne Behold thy friend whom if thou lov'st as of him lov'd thou art Thou maist command to do thee good himselfe his goods his heart And if the gods respect my thoughts I hope ere long to send A greater matter than this trifle for thee to defend Meane time because thou of thy selfe deservest to live ever The gods preserve thee from all harme and grant thee to die never ⧠A Table of the contents of every Chapter in this Booke OF modesty to be observed in the morning in the apparell the haire and making cleane of the face and teeth folio 2 The breakfast and ordering the body and lookes 4 Of waiting at the table 9 Behaviour at the table before meate 13 Of manners in eating 16 Concerning manners after dinner 21 The adorning of the table before supper and other dueties 26 Of waiting at the table in supper time 30 Of the vsage of the guests after supper 35 Concerning the talking debating and wrangling of the guests 38 Of sending away the guests and what is requisite to be done before you go to bed 42 The second Booke HOW to prepare himselfe being invited of an other 47 Of behaviour in eating 52 Behaviour at the table after the first course 55 As concerning other precepts of modestie in eating and drinking 50 Of devouring laughing vomiting at the table and other such like civilities to be observed 63 Of washing the handes after supper second courses and how to behave your selfe in the company of maides 67 Concerning exclaiming after supper goeing out and bargaining for the next nights supper 71 How going drunke home you shoulde behave your selfe in the way homeward after sleepe and the day after 76 How to entertaine vse and send away your guests 89 The third Booke BEhaviour at an honest feast in eating brewesse and crab-fish 87 Of daintinesse of drinke and behaviour when you departe 91 Of scoffes farting hawking aunswering to a demaunde and looking into other mennes letters 95 Of behavior in other mens houses diverse-colored parted coates the adorning of the beard the vse of papers and bookes entertaining friends and other such like civilities 99 Examples of civilitie at the table 105 Of emptying the bladder vomiting and other such like elegancies of behaviour 112 Of belching holding his vrine and such like rudenesse 121 Grobiana concerning the behavior of maides 126 ¶ The Author to such as love Civilitie health Give place time-scourging Aristotle vice-controuling Plato Yeeld learned Tully deepe Erasmus and fault-finding Cato And you which by your tedious works though to your mickle paine Did teach behaviours perfect meanes and manners to attaine This Booke which from a new found Schoole of late time did arise Behaviours pure simplicitie within it doth comprise Then yong and olde that doe desire nurture and education Peruse this Booke each day and houre with great deliberation THE FIRST BOOKE OF antient Simplicitie of Behaviour Written by M. Fredericke Dedekinde IF thou desire an antient harmelesse simple life to lead And in old homely clownish plow-mens perfit steps to tread Come hither and vnto my verse lend thine attentive eare It may be for thy private vse some profit thou maist heare Pervse it through and it no doubt a way to thee will tell How to conforme thy manners so as thou maist live right well Doubt not a single simple man thou certainely shalt be If thou with good advise doost marke the things thou learn'st of me Too hard and intricate a thing it is and farre from ease So strictly to behave thy selfe as all men thou maist please Those I commend which scorne to suffer every paltry foole To weigh their words and iudge their deedes as Maister of a Schoole And those which scorn a masters check and think their own deeds good Are right true Troyans gallant souldiers brave men by the Rood Pine-girted Silvane country god thou art most welcome hither Concerning country customes let vs two conferre together The praise of rude simplicitie in country swaines wee 'le sing Of all my thoughts of all my words O Silvane thou art king You mountaine-treading gods in woods and fields I you request Declare to me for country-men the life that you thinke best Old Bacchus father god of wine best knowne to drunken crew The perfect way of quaffing right set downe before my view And thou which of the gut wert wont iolly governour to be Further me if I chance to handle all thy rights and thee And thou neate god Rusticitie the greatest of our time Be present heere and set thy hands to this my Rusticke rime T' is no small thing in perfect sort good manners thus to frame Great men good schollers have beene oft times troubled with the same Yet by the helpe of all those gods and goddesses I le try To passe the tedious laborinth of this simplicitie O helpe friend Bing judge of this cause your aide heerein I aske For trusting to your helpe and aide I vnder-go this taske If then my Muse with cheerefull lookes you kindely do revive My vaine will be more plentifull my verse will better thrive What modestie is to be observed each morning in the apparell and making the haire the face and the teeth cleane Chapter I. WHose're thou art that hat'st at heart a Masters crabbed charge Which reades a Lecture every day of gravitie at large Harke hither come and heare this man a man of quiet speech No thunder-thumping Catonist you neede him not beseech My speech is brode be rul'd and then I le do the best I can Be rudible and sure I thinke you 'le prove a learned man Be but a carefull and for and scholler vnto me And
's made of Hannoveraes water cleere And Cydar which was brought from thence where Brunon old was king And that good kinde of drinke which men from Embecke cittie bring Let all these sundrie sortes of drinke be mingled well together Since onely for the dry throates vse they were convaied hether If any man intreateth you to fill his emptie cup All that which in the bottome lies be sure you strait drinke vp If thou perhaps art drunke to by some antient friend of thine Which presently will have thee pledge him in a cup of wine At first refuse his gentle offer after take the cup And all the wine that is therein most boldly drinke it vp As for the cup in any case let it not emptie stand And having silld it fresh restore it to your masters hand I do not bid you stirre your hat whenas you pledge your friends Or if you will then onely touch it with your fingers ends Or if for manners sake at length to take it off you choose Then cast it strait behinde your backe as meaning it to loose And as you stand expecting carefully your masters will As fast as they can drinke them off the emptie cups to fill If as you fill from forth your hands the bottle you let fall You shall be thought to be a hansome fellow of them all What though your master heerevpon beginne to fume and rage Yet with this gentle answer you his answer may asswage Forsooth you ought for this to blame my drunkennes not mee And heerevpon he cannot choose but pardon give to thee If thou perchance espi'st a cup which voide of liquor is Which everie man doth constantly denie to have beene his Because perhaps some sober man to scape it so did thinke And set it by lest else he should be over-come with drinke It is great shame that emptie cups should on the table stand And t is your fault if any guest want liquor in his hand Then take it strait and drinke to him which for your friend you faine And by this meanes the vse of drinking you 'le renew againe Yet do not this without some cunning tricke of craft or other For t is a credite nowadaies to coofin your owne brother Wherefore be sure to fill the cup whereon you drinke with beere The common kinde of Saxon drinke which daily we vse heere But for your friend mingle good wine your strongest beere among For why the mixture of these liquors makes them both more strong And by this meanes if of this drinke you give them but your fill The company will all be drunke when you are sober still Or if your masters friends you love not thus for to deceive Then of each cup of perfect wine be sure no drop to leave And thus to drunkards haven thou thy shipping first shalt take And all that halfe-drunke company most merrie thou shalt make And thus by thy example thou wilt make them drinke the more Because they see such good effects of wine in thee before For since that wine stirres vp such gallant sporting trickes in thee Thei 'le all be drunke that in like sort they all may pleasant bee The manner how to serve the guests with drinke after supper and how to prevent them with craftie trickes Chapter IX THat you have done your busines well t' wil make your master think If by your meanes your masters friends have tooke good store of drinke Wherefore let no man of your master offer leave to take Before he with his feete do seeme indentures for to make And though your master give him leave at length to go his way Yet t is your dutie ne'rethelesse perforce to make him stay Nor would I have you fill the cup at any mans request Before he doth each drop which in the bottome lies digest Sir you must drinke off everie whit else not a drop I le fill My office bindes me thus to do and that observe I will Plaine dealing 's best such drops of wine to what end should you spare Thinke you that I of right and iustice have no better care Drunkards have alwaies beene the iustest men in every place Wherefore I scorne that our old custome you should now deface My master alwaies gives me charge to give his guests their due Which charge I could not choose but breake if I should favour you Thus say and though a thousand times he bid you fill it vp Fill not a whit vntill each drop he drinke out of the cup. This profit thou shalt get if thou dost that which I have sed Thy guest will sooner all be drunke and sooner gone to bed And thou maist sooner take thy rest and get againe that sleepe From which thy early rising doth thine eyes so often keepe Naso which in such learned sort of flattring love doth speake Doth say that want of sleepe doth make mens bodies verie weake Then since sleepe doth the contrarie be sure thou have a care That all thy masters guests betimes with wine well drunken are And by the way heeâ—e is a tricke which I must teach to thee Which surely is a perfect point of pure Simplicitie Have you two sundry sortes of guests at supper in your house As heere a sort of bellie gods that love the grand carouse And heere a sort of honest quiet men that vse to play At Ruffe at Noddie and at Pinke to drive the time away And hath thy master made thee supravisor over all his wine Is both his key his wine his seller and his sugar thine The strong wine to the clownes the worse vnto the good men give And there 's good reason why good men without good wine should live Such men as rule the multitude and weightie causes heare Lest they should erre by drunkennes should hate strong wine and beere For drunkennes o'recomes our sence and captivates the minde And is the greatest fault when it in greatest men we finde Wherefore lest thou shouldst seeme the cause and author of this ill Be sure thâ—t thou the worst wine for the best men alwaies fill Thou seest they love to sit and talke and passe away the time Which prove's that they love honest talke better then strongest wine Thus will they sit and talke all night forgetting to depart Vnlesse thou carefully prevent them with this cunning art Give them such tastelesse wine as thou doost vse with drugs to mixe And then thei 'le surely strait depart not liking these thy trickes For they will neither for such tappings any mony spend Now will such tastelesse drugs as those their stomacks so offend But every man to leave that house will forthwith thinke it best And to his owne house every man will go to take his rest Xantip wife to Socrates in fame shall ever live Who when to certaine worthie men a banquet she did give They talked long and learnedly of things that lik'd them best Including many a weightie matter in a pleasant iest When halfe the night they thus
his breast Beginning once againe to be as iocond as the rest But now the time of drowsie mid-night had approached nie And every stranger made him readie to his bed to hie When every man in quiet sort was gone vnto his bed Therein vntill the morrow morne to rest his sleepie head Amongst the rest there was a fellow of a foolish minde Which having eate such meate as hurtfull to him he did finde When all the other strangers did their sleepe in quiet take He eating over-much was troubled with the bellie ake And therefore was he forc'd to rise thinking to walke abroad That in the yard he of his burden might himselfe vnload The doores by chance were lockt and therefore he could finde no way And which was worse then all the rest he could no longer stay In briefe he found the bootes vpon the bed which there did stand The which as soone as ere he felt he caught them in his hand Both hard and soft which hurt his bellie into them he sent Which having done immediately vnto his bed he went As soone as ere the shining day-starre gan for to appeare To manifest vnto the world that Sols approach was neere The yonker mindefull of the sturre which he last night did make Began betimes vnto his horse himselfe for to betake Providing on his legs in haste his cleanly bootes to pull But out alas vnhappie man with dirt the one was full What shall he do if cry the company will him deride Wherefore its best to keepe it close and every thing abide He must indure it if heereafter he have any wit Vnto so bad a crew in haste himselfe hee 'le not commit Suppose thou art a man of credite and of great esteeme And one which in a cittie Ruler once or twice hast beene When in a strange and vnknowne country you arrived are It is your best your offices and titles to declare Such worship as is requisite they will not to you give Vnlesse you brag in what account you in your country live But if a meanes to blaze abroad your name you cannot tell And neither any man demands nor knowes your worship well Then with a most attentive eare this precept learne of mee Which if you practise you in great account with all shall bee Vpon a time a Doctor to a famous Inne did come About the time whenas the world is robbed of the Sunne And after him there thither came more strangers presently It being late each man forthwith vnto his bed did hie This Doctor not vnto one stranger that was there was knowne And therefore he not once saluted sadly sate alone When all were set to dinner he was faine to be the last And therefore heavily vpon the ground his eyes he cast He tooke nor pleasure nor delight with eating of his food The store of dainty wines he drunke did him but little good To be in honour and account so greatly he did thurst That he with care to compasse it his heart did almost burst Thus having sate awhile when he with wine was whitled well Be this meanes he occasion tooke his calling for to tell From off his shaven crowne his Doctors cap he tooke with speede Hoping by meanes thereof to get some credite at his neede And hanging it vpon a naile which there he did espie Such pleasant words as these began to speake immediatly Enough enough at length of sorrow and of pining care T is time at length to laugh and quaffe with those which merry are There hang the Doctor which the crabbed lessons vsde to reade Mirth more befits this pleasant crew this is no time to pleade Then lest my Doctors name should hinder all my future sport And tell me that it fits not me mongst roysters to resort The title of a Doctor for a while I le lay aside And take it vp when I into my native country ride When all the strangers in the house the Doctor did behold Each man began to thinke that with him they had beene too bold And rising asked pardon of him for that great disgrace Intreasing him as was his due to choose the highest place And every one began a cup of wine to him to drinke And thus the Doctor got his grace and honour due I thinke When you with any place of publike credite graced are Or when the Citty on your necke hath layde the publike care Within thy lofty minde be sure to lodge disdaine and scorne Because thou knowst that vnto fame and honour thou arte borne If to abuse thy calling thou doost any man permit I cannot choose but thinke that thou hast almost lost thy wit I will repeate although I almost am ashamde to tell When great disgrace vnto a learned scholler once befell When many tedious toyles in diverse places he had passt By learning he was made a maister of his Arte at last And therefore he with speede into his native country rid To see his antient kinsmen and acquaintance how they did And after in that pleasant iorney he a day had spent Being both wearie and be-nighted to an Inne he went Within the selfe same Inne a maid that night her lodging tooke A maid which had a shining beautie yet a bashfull looke Their supper being readie made when every thing was fit The scholler by the selfe-same virgins side did chance to sit Forthwith a loftie kinde of pride the schollers minde possest And he desired to be bolder farre then all the rest He thought it reason that the greatest stranger he should seeme And so did for most of them did highly him esteeme One man there was among the rest which greatly disallowd In secret sort that any scholler should be thought so prowd For having in another place his fellow lately beene He knew the scholler and his pride he oft before had seene Having a wit which he before in divers iests had tride He practisde divers meanes whereby the scholler to deride Still noting all the foolish trickes which in him he could finde His onely purpose was to make him leave his naughtie minde The scholler not regarding well this craftie fellowes drift Because his head did itch his hand vnto the same did lift And with his hand his itching head in tender sort did scratch From which a cause of great abuse the tother strait did catch And then intending certainely his loftie thoughts to breake Vnto him presently these vnexspected words did speake I pray sir tell me if as yet those lice about you bee Which as you know vpon your body I did lately see And is it possible that you no remedie should have By that same medicine which to you the Poticarie gave Why sure the man I speake of makes an ointment very well And hath as many powrefull salves as any man can sell These words as if they had beene truth he soberly did speake And though they were but faind he into laughter did not breake The scholler being thus disgrac'd was forc'd to part
But now and then for thine owne vse to keepe a friendly bit What though perchance some man espie thy sachell in thy sleeve Take a good courage though and let not that thy conscience grieve But if perchance for this thy tricke he give thee some reproofe Have something still which thou maist freely say for thy behoofe What sir when other strangers have their bellies full at least I st any reason that I should goe empty from the feast What can he say when this he heares perforce hee 'le surely yeelde Then courage man for sure from him thou'lt quickely winne the field If thou setst on a dainty dish of creame filld to the brimme Make bread and meate and salt and all in curds and creame to swimme When all is gone and for a voider they doe call to thee Learne this good point of manners and behaviour of me Get from thy maisters sight and lest with worke thy bones should ake Thou setst all on for his let him remoove all for thy sake Say you have waited long enough and are ev'n starv'd for meate And it s a hard case if that now you may not freely eate But if at length with thundring words your maister call his man Returne but with as slow a pase as possible you can Haste maketh waste and he which runneth oft doth catch a fall When he which goes a sober pase doth surely best of all And when you come out of its order every dish remove When all the sweetest bittes are gone what man would order love Take all at once a weary man ought not to stand all day What foole will goe about when he can goe a neerer way What though perhaps out of your hands the meate doe chance to fall Tush a small matter care not for it t is no fault at all In trueth the platters were so heavy they weighd downe mine arme If that I had not let them fall I should have caught some harme If that a stronger man than I had felt the weight of all I doe not thinke but that he also would have let them fall And if your maister greet you not with Take them vp I pray First looke vpon them a good while and then depart away And laugh as though you did reioyce in doing of the same And for that fault it s tenne to one that no man will you blame But if your maister with a frowne bid you remove them thence Looke sadly and hee 'le thinke that you are sorie for th' offence If all at once you cannot take t is good to let some lie And after you have placde the other fetch them presently I thinke not one of all the guests will judge your fault so great As for the spilling a few scraps your maister should you beate Nay rather in a merrie vaine thei 'le laugh and jeast at thee Which proov'st thy selfe a perfect Scholler in Simplicitie Concerning the behaviour at the Table before meate be set on Chap. IIII. HArke how thy hunger-pining panch for meate doth crie and rore And yet to comfort it with foode whie hastest thou no more Make haste make haste and now at length after thy fast so great Prepare thy selfe most speedily to give thy bellie meate If anie great impediment forbids thee to proceede As points or girdle thou wert best to loose them all with speede Although if thou remove all lets thou wilt be thought vnkinde Thy doublet thou maist well vnbutton when thou hast halfe dinde T is vaine with water which cannot be cleane to wash thy hands How often into cleerest ponds are clods throwne from the lands If water which should cleanse our hands have lumps of durt in it Then surely from our hands it cannot wash the durt a whit Thy nailes ne're cut but let them grow it is a comely sight Hawks with long nailes do catch their meate yet Lords in them delight Or if thou needes wilt cut thy nailes cut them as thou doost dine Betweene the first and second course for then thou hast good time If any gentleman at dinner with thee chance to sit Be sure to get the highest roome that 's for thy credite fit If any man chance to presume to bid thee leave that place Yet sit thou still for if thou rise t will be a great disgrace For when a man is plac'd aloft according to his vse Vnto a worse place to be thrust it is a great abuse What reason hast thou for to shew thou hast so base a minde As when thou hast a place before thou wilt be thrust behinde Had we not all one father Adam and one mother Eve Shall earth and ashes thrust thee downe at that who would not grieve Whenas our Grandsire Adam dig'd and Grandam Eve span Who then I pray amongst vs all was the best gentleman Whenas you come too late to dinner and a stoole you lacke Stand not in any case for too much standing hurtes your backe By head and shoulders from his place thrust out some simple foole If to his elder and his better hee 'le not yeelde his stoole Perchance your knife is fowle with bread which yesterday it cut Or in some other dirtie place perhaps it hath beene put This fault your shoo will quickely mend if you no whetstone have For whet it on your shoo-sole well and it will shine most brave If any man do marvaile that you vse so plaine a way Tell him that you have vsde that custome many a summers day If when you are sharpe set to dine you nothing have to eate And for your hungry bellie you can get no store of meate Because the Cooke is somewhat long before he will you serve If that you thinke vnlesse you eate forthwith you strait shall sterve Be angry strait for why you have good cause stampe stare and fume How dare they on thy patience base pesants thus presume Aske thou thy meate with angrie lookes with choller and with heate And if they will not bring it thee cry still out meate meate meate But if they still deny to come with angry forehead say That thou wilt beate them everie one if that they thus delay Perhaps at length the meate is readie and they onely tarrie For one which should the meate from thence vnto the table carrie Then sit thou still stirre not a foote t is better farre to sterve Then like a paltry blew-cote knave that 's base thy selfe to serve Let no man had he Tullies wit make thee such follie vse What serve thy selfe thou never canst thine honour more abuse Meane time be casting with thy selfe which way the time to spend Beware on idlenes on which all vices do attend Hath the scabd-dogge with tickling itching all thy bodie bit Thou maist have meanes to spend thy time by over-looking it Scratch off the scabs with busie fingers that is verie good For so of putrefaction thou maist let out a flood Or as our Mettall-mongers do with their industrious paines By digging mountaines