should be taught Tyrants tread lawes and honour vnder foot Subiects in â—yrantâ— eyes are held as slaues Tyrants by armes the iâ—st referre their cause To due arbiâ—rement of right and lawes A tyrants reigne hath seldome permanence Tyrants doe neuer die an honest death Similies on the same subiect AS kings doe rule by counsell and aduise So tyrants by their will and not by law As want of riches makes a tyrant prince So great abundance heapes vp wickednes As boistrous winds doe shake the highest towers So blood and death cuts off proud tyrannie As enuie shooteth at the fairest markes So tyrants leuell at trâ—â—â— princes liues As forest tempests are in largest seas So greatest euill ensues on tyrannie As trees are alwaies weakest toward the top So falleth Tyrants in their chiefest height Examples likewise on the same THâ—asillus teaching meanes of tyrannie Was first enforst to tast thereof himselfe Scyron threw others headlong in the sea Till Theseus did the like by him at length Caligula wisht Rome had but one head That at one stroke himselfe might smite it off Cyrus that neuer had enough of blood Had afterward his head all drown'd in blood The soules of tyrants Plutarch doth affirme To be compos'd of crueltie and pride A tyrant seekes his priuate benefit And no mans else as Seneca maintaines Of Treason c. Treason is hated both of God and men As such a sinne as none can greater be TReason hath no place where obedience is Rebellion doth bewray corrupted nature There is no treason woundeth halfe so deepe As that which doth in princeâ— bosoms sleepe Rebellion springs of too much head strong will The rebell shrinkes where rule and order swayes Kings pallaces stand open to let in The â—oothing traitour and the guide to sinne In darknesse dwels the blind rebellious mind Traitours are loath'd and yet their treason lou'd They that gainst sâ—ates and kingdomes doe coniure Their head-long ruine none can well recure Treason first workes ere traitors are eâ—pied Most bitter-sower doth foule rebellion taste Bet me 'tis good to let the traitour die â—o sparing â—ustice fee â—s iniquitie All filthie floods flow from rebellions brinks No vertue merits praise with treason toucht No worthy mind by treason will assaile When as he knowes hâ— valour can preuaile A factious Lord sâ—ld benefits him-selfe Who builds in blood and treason builds vnsure A troubled streame of puddle mixt with miâ—e Doth quench the thirst of rebels hâ—e desire Men in seditions nourâ—'d in factions liue Shame is the rightfull end of treacheâ—â—e It 's madnesse to giue way to treacherie Without due vengeance to such iniurie In carelesse trust is treason soonest found Reuolted subiects of them-selues will quaile No greater spight than basely be betraâ—ed By such a one whome thou before hast made Reuolt's a mischiefe euer-more pernitious Who nill be subiects shall be slaues at length Conuerse with treachers looke for treacheriâ— Who deales with bad man must haue iniurie Conflict with traitors is most perillous A traitor once ne're trusted afterward They that doe couet deadly to betray By sweetest meanes first practise to entrap No place is â—ase enough for any traitour Time is the touch that treacherous minds doth try Nothing auailes strong bulwaâ—kes sence or towers When treacherous foes all inward strength deâ—ou â—s Traitours are subiect to continuall feare Traitours like vipers gnaw their countries bones Similies on the same subiect AS Iuie kills the tree embracing it â—o traitours murder with their smoothest lookes As euill sauours doe corrupt the aire So treachers doe pollute a common-weale As in faire weather greatest stormes arise So in mild seasons treason is most bold As braunches too much loden quickly breake So traitors too farre trusted doe most harme As too much rankenesse bends the stalkes of corne So too much mildnesse whets the traitor on As hawkes are lost by soaring ouer-high So traitours perish in their chiefest hopes Examples likewise on the same THey that slew Caesar in the Senate-house Perisht like traitours neuer prospered The traitours that great â—ompey did betray With death did Caesar iustly guerdon them Sylla to her owne father proou'd vntrue And therefore felt desert accordingly Lyciscus rotted aliue aboue the ground For his vile treason to th'Orcmenians Th'Athenians would let none be buried That had been traitours to the countrey Tullie saith Wise men not at any time Will trust a traitour or a faithlesse man Of Enuie Enuie is nothing els but griefe of mind Conceiu'd at sight of others happinesse ENuie is hand maid to prosperitie Enuie let in doth in more mischiefe let Enuie doth cease wanting to feed vpon Enuious is he that grieues his neighbors good Enuie hath oft times eloquence in stâ—â—e To serue his turne than which he craues no more Ill will too soone regardeth enuies cryes Hee 's most enuied that most exceeds the rest Promotions chaung'd glorie is enuies marke No sooner excellent but enuied straight Enuie doth vertue in such sort disgrace It makes men foes to them they should embrace Enuie to honour is a secret foe The fruits of enuie is despight and hate It 's hate which enuiâ—s vertue in a friend Anger and enuie are lifes enemies â—â—â—ie liues with vs while our selues suruiue And when we die it is no more aliue Let enuie with misfortune be contented Honours is still a moare in ennies eye Enuie cannot offend but such as liue On dead mens vertues enuie hath no power Enuie in this point may be knowne from hate The one is euident the other hid All poysoned thoughts are enuies daily food Enuie is friendships secret enemie Enuie at other shoots but wounds her selfe It's bette be enuied than pitied Enuie doth make the body ill dispos'd And kills the colour of the countenance Men enuiâ—us by their manners are best knowne Enuie doth often brag but drawes no blood Enuie like lightning in the darke is seene Enuie is blind and vertues mortall foe Enuie doth scorne to cast her eye below As proud ambition alwayes gazeth vp As rust the iron so enuie frets the heart At good mens fatnesse enuie waxeth leane Enuie spots beauties colours with disdaine Enuie will reach at them are farthest off The enuiâ—us man is sed with daintie fare For his owne heart is his continuall food Enuie is mightie mens companion Enuies disease proceeds from others good Enuie at vertues elbow alwaies waits The enuious man thinkes others losse his gaine It 's better be a beggers mate in loue Than in base enuie fellow with a king Enuie teares vp the dead buries the quicke Enuie speakes alwaies what comes next in mind Glorie erects what enuie casteth downe Enuie is like a shaft shot from a bow Which flies a while aloft but lighteth low The enuious â— an ne're spares to persecute Hid enuie is more daungerous than knowne When enuie winkes then waiteth he most harme If any man be good he is enuied If euill then himselfe is enuious Patience endures what euer enuie dare An enuious
are remembred while the scarres remaine A lawlesse peere by law deserues to die Iustice is vertues badge and staffe of peace Maintaining honour in her rich increase True iustice payes the bloodie home their hire Blood spilt by wrong calls vengeance scourge by right Seldome aduantage is in wrongs debar'd Who soweth wrong is sure to reape the same All runnes to wracke and ruine where selfe-kind From selfe-same kind with-holdeth mutuall right Delay in punishment no pardon is A publicke fault craues open punishment Who flyeth iudgement shewes his guiltinesse Equitie iudgeth mildly law seuerely Wrongs done vs we are sparing to forgiue Not minding we by mercie onely liue Wrong is the triall of true patience Law with extremitie is extreame wrong Similies on the same subiect AS hardest mettals in the fire is melt So greatest sinnes by iustice soone are felt As sinne at first is sweet but after sower So Law lookes sterne yet shewes not all her power As from worst maladies best med'cines come So are best lawes from lewdest manners form'd As citties with their walles are fenced round So are good minds with right and equitie As he that wanteth reason is no man So who liues lawlesse may be tearm'd a beast As thirstie soules doe seeke some long lookt spring So wrongs receiu'd with right doe comfort bring Examples likewise on the same PHilip when any made complaint to him Stopt one eare till the other part were heard Aristides so loued Equitie That he of all men was sir named IVST Iunius the Consull so respected right As his owne sonnes he did condemne to death Cato Censorius was so iust and firme As none durst mooue him in a naughtie cause Iustice saith Seneca is the law of God And bond of all humane societie Deuotion and good will Lactantius saith Ioynes vs to God as iustice doth to men Of Pollicie Pollicie is a wise and discreet care For King for countrey and for common good POllicie oft religions habit weares What wants in strength is holpe by pollicie Small pollicie hath prowesse learn'd to spill Much blood abroad to cut her owne with skill Small harme pretending good is pollicie Oft times hath reaching pollicie deuisde A cunning clause which hath himselfe surpriz'd A wrastlers slâ—ights oft counter-checketh force Strength wanting wit and pollicie to rule Is soone cast downe and prooues himselfe a foole 'T is pollicie to feare a powerfull hate Counsell in any kingdome pollicied More worthie is than warre more dignified No pollicie where lambes doe lyons lead It is the summe of perfect pollicie To worke securely with vulgaritie Who builds on strength by pollicie is stript More worthie 't is by wit and pollicie To compasse honour than by progenie Pollicie is to prowesse chiefest friend Where power and pollicie doe often faile Respect of gold both conquers and commaunds The very poorest hath his pollicie Men may in conquest benefit themselues As much by pollicie as power and might All pollicie is soone destroy'd by pride Pollicie oft subdues where valour failes Courage that hath nor wit nor pollicie Flyes like a slaue before his enemie A well-establisht pollicie is best Societie must be preseru'd by pollicie Similies on the same subiect AS dull neglect is follies chiefest badge So quicke conceit is signe of pollicie As carelesse heads doe soonest harme a state So pollicie fore-sees before too late As cunning crafts-men are commended most So Realmes of polliticke aduisers boast As subtiltie is slye to helpe it selfe So pollicie is wise to shield it selfe As daungers felt are worse than others fear'd So pollicies not executed most offend As counsell is some comfort in distresse So pollicie employ 〈…〉 lls wretchednesse Examples likewise on the same Lâ—curgus by his polliticke aduise â—eform'd the Lacedae â—on mangled state Numa Pompilius discreete pollicie Made Rome to flourish in her royaltie Deucalions pollicie beâ—riended Greece And brought the people to religious awe Scâ—pâ—oes Lieutenâ—nâ— nam'd Polâ—â—â—us Was highly praised for his pollicie Byas did much commend the gouernment Where the chiefe heads were wiâ—e and polliticke Plutarch thought cities could as ably stâ—nd Without foundationâ— as no pollicie Of Peace Concord Peace is the ground of kingdoms happinesse Nource of true concord loue and all encrease PEace is great riches in the poorest state Men know not peace nor rightly how to deeme it That first by warre haue not been taught â—'esteems it Peace hath best biding in a setled mind Peace brings in pleasure pleasure breeds excesse Excesse procureth want want workes distresse Peace doth depend on reason warre on force You whose faire calme make neighbors storms seeme sore Try you your tydes before you trust the shore Peace all extreames concludeth with remorse Sourges may rise on suddaine ere we thinke And whiles we swimme secure compell vs sinke Mild calm'd fac't peace exceeds blood-thirsting war Warre is ordain'd for nothing else but peace And perfect peace is end of bloudie warre Peace flourisheth where reason beareth sway Peace still is honest humane and vpright When warre is brutish fosteâ—ed by despight Concord of many makes an vnitie Concord makes small things mightily encrease Where discord makes great things as fast decrease True peace is peace with vertue warre with vice In peace for warre let vs so well prouide As in each state no harme doe vs betide Peace from a Tyrants mouth is treacherie Deare and vnprofitable is the peace That 's purchast with expence of guiltlesse bloud The weight of peace is easie to be borne They iustly doe deserue the sword of warre That wilfully withstand faire offered peace To flye from peace is seeking selfe-decay Peace asketh no lesse wisdome to preserue is Than valour was bestowed in getting it Peace still succeeds what euer drifts withstand That 's more esteem'd obtain'd by peace-full words Than any thing atchieu'd by violence State-stabling peace brings froward minds in fashion Similies on the same subiect AS members knit in one doe maintaine life So states combin'd in peace doe nourish loue As desolation dwelles where discord is So where is concord liues all happinesse As Laurell euer crownes the Conquerour So peace becommeth any Emperour As they that seeke their harme deserue to haue it So they which flie from peace should neuer feele it As warre cuts deepe and maketh mightie wounds So peace like soueraigne balme doth cure them all As griefe is cognisance of falling states So peace is glorie of faire shining sway Examples likewise on the same FOrtie yeeres keeping Ianus temple shut Gaue testimonie of the Romanes peace Numa the second king of Rome so loued peace That all his reigne was neither warre nor strife Archidamus wrote to the Elians Nothing but this Peace is a goodly thing The cause why Cato did oppose himselfe Against great Caesar was For breach of peace Tullie saith Let vs so begin our warre That afterward we may be sure of peace Phocion being askt What fitted kingdomes best Replyed A little warre to win long peace Of Warre Warre is most
comes each mans good As Captaines are the eyes to lead their men So kings are Load-starres to their common-weales Examples likewise on the same VLysses lou'd so deare his natiue land As for it he refus'd to be immortall Aglaurus to redeeme his countries peace From Athens walls himselfe threw headlong downe Faire Iphigenia for her kingdomes good Made willing sacrifice of her owne blood King Codrus rather than his realme should perish Gladly did runne vpon his foe-mens swords Xenophon did thinke them vnworthie life That made no conscience of the common-wealth He that denyes to die in countries cause Deserues saith Tullie hate of all good men Of Nobilitie Nobilitie is a sir-name or praise Which to our selues by vertue we doe raise A Noble nature no mishap can daunt Vertue feeds scorne and noblest honour shame A noble mind doth neuer dread mischaunce That which in meâ—ne men we call patience In noble breasts is pale cold cowardise Noblenes neuer stoupes to seruile feare A noble heart doth still contemne despaire Oft noble deeds by falshood are desac'd Good gisâ—â—are sometimâ—s giuen to men past good And noblesse stoopâ—s oâ—t times beneath his blood Our vertues make vs noble nothing else Nobilitie from kinred is but borâ—owed It is thine owne desâ—â—ts â—nnobles thee He is not noble but most basely â—â—ed That ransacks tombes and doth dâ—â—ace the dead A noble nature is to all men kind Nobilitie contâ—â—neth â—latterie A noble resolution makes men iust Nobilitie is best continued â—â— those conuâ—nient meanes that made it rise In boldest actions noblesse shines most cleare He is not noble beares a niggaâ—ds mind True noblâ—sse is a signe of happie life In chaunge of streames â—ch fish makes shifâ— to liue And euery place a noble mind contentâ— Nobilitie to bad men is reproch To vertuous men nobilitie brings glorie Nothing are noblâ— tiâ—â—es worth if life be bad If noblenesse geâ—â— bâ—t a minutes slaâ—â—e An hundred yeares sâ—ant makes it well againe Truth is the title of true noblenesse 'T is vertue only giues nobilitie In vertues loue no noble mind dismayes Faire speech with vsage affable and kind Wipes malice out of any noble mind Much babbling doth offend a noble â—â—re A noble nature is religious Pouerties best friend is the noble mind Noble discents make vertue more diuine Similies on the same subiect AS none but Eagles gaze against the Sunne So none but vertuous eyes discerne nobilitie As credit from opinion often comes So from desert ensues nobilitie As bricks from clay haue their originall So noblesse first rose from meane parentage As grosse thicke clouds obscure the Suns faire light So muddie crimes disgrace nobilitie As bitter roots may yet yeeld pleasant fruit So meane discent may bring forth noble minds As in the barren grounds best gold doth grow So poorest race sâ—aines not true noblesse Examples likewise on the same CAmillus did expresse a noble mind In safe returning tâ—e â—alâ—riâ—n youthes Pyâ—â—â—us well found â—â—bâ—itiâ—s noble nature When his Physicion would haue poyson'd him Lysander in his famous viâ—toâ—ies Euer declar'd his minds trâ—â— noblenesse Catilines wicked life disgraced him And quite obscur'd his former noble race The name of Noblenes saith Cicero Must giue them place that by their vertue claime it Plato affirmeth that a noble heart Will not by base attempts once wrong it selfe Of Honor dishonor Honour is that the mind doth couet most And no dishonour like that honour lost HOnour once lost can neuer bâ— repair'd Honor ambitious womens sexe doth please It is no honour to be Princes heires When we can boaâ—t but only birth is theirs Their fall is great that from high honour slide Honour is least where oddes appeareth most Honour was first ordained for no cause But to see right maintained by the laweâ— To honour beautie is a due by right Die rather then doe ought dishonour yeelds True loue doth alwaies bring forth bourteous deeds And in good minds desire of honour â—reeds It is more honour to preserue than sâ—ill Who cheapneth honour must not stand on price Fie on the fawe for which good same is sold Or honour with indignitie embaâ—'d Honour is grounded on the tickle Ice No kingly vaile can couer villanie An honourable graue is more esteem'd Than the polluted closeâ— of a king No scepter serues dishonour to excuse No subtill plea reuokes dishonours error Prâ—fiâ—e with honour still must be commixt Or else our actions are but scandalous Honour and enuie are companions Honour is purchas'd by the deeds we doe To frustrate them that but expect their due Doth ill beseeme an honourable mind On generall bruit honour doth most depend With painfull â—oyle is honour soonest found Honour will hardly fellowship endure Nor neuer Crowne corriuall could abide Some honour liues in honourable spoile 'T is honour to forgiue a yeelding foe The mightier man the mightier is the thing That makes him honour'd or begets him hate Daunger hath honour great dessignes their fame Honour 's a thing without vs not our owne It 's honour to depriue dishonour'd liâ—e The one will liue the other being deâ—d Honour by oath ought right poore Ladies wrongs Honours are smoakes and dignities haue câ—â—es Honour and beautie in the owners armes Are weakely fortrest from a world of â—armes Honour relieues a foe as well as friend It is no honour to be swolâ—e with pride Honour doth scorne dishonourable thoughts The vâ—â—tor can no honour iustly claime To loose the meanes that should aduance the same Where hate beares soueraigntie there honour diâ—s He that regards his honour will not wrong it Disquiet honour hurteth more than helpes Honour and wealth oft times too dearely cost The death of all so altogither lost Honour doth euer iudge with lenitie No greater honour than a quiet mind Honour 's no priuiledge against defame Alwaies doth great employment for the great Quicken the blood and honour still beget Honour to many is more sweet than life Honour is fruit of vertue and faire truth Honour once gone bids farewell to all hope The inward touch that wounded honour beares Findeth no helpe till death cure the disease Honour and glorie labours in mistrust Honour is first step to disquietnesse How hard is princely honour to attaine High honour not long life the treasure is Which noble mindes without respect defend Dishonest deeds no honour can attaine The praise of honour is not alwaies blood Neuer retire with shame bright honour saith The worst that can befall thee is but death Honour doth scorne the height of Fortunes pride Great honours youth may loose it selfe in age Report that seld to honour is true friend May many lies against true meaning mint No honour comes by spilling aged blood Who seekes for honour lingers not his time Vilde is that honour and the title vaine The which true worth and honour did not gaine Honour doth hate with base delights to dwell Honour helpes nothing where contentment wants He that contends with th' inferiour sort May
they gree in one Arme not vnskilfulnes with mightie power He who his owâ—e cause makes doth still deuise To make too â—â—â—ch to haue is more than sure Great is the daunger of vnmastred might Too many great one kingdome cannot hold Where power hath decreed â—o find offence Thâ— cause is better still than the defence Might makes a title where he hath no right Mâ—n count that wrong is compassed by might He onely trâ—â—ds the sure and perfect path To greatnesse who loue and opinion hath Vncertaine power cannot it selfe retaine Custome hath power to kill with weakest might Who falls buâ—â—ow may quickely rise againe Who falls â—rom hâ—ight is mercilessely slaine Loue is not alwaâ—es dignâ—â—ies companion The tallest trees are shaken most with winds When one selfe-power is common made to two Their duties they nor suffer nor will doe Preferment is the first step to disquiet In equall play-fellowes no perill lyes The man that giues a weapon to his stronger Is like himselfe to carrie rule no longer Ech little spot appeares most in the face Great might is like a fortified tower No man can manage great affaires of state And yet content a wayward multitude Where many lead they lead to many blowes Let Gods with Gods and men with men contend What ere he be with his superiour playes Stands in the mouth of daunger many wayes He hardly will entreat that may commaund All dignitie on tickle stayes doth stand With mightie men 't is better ceasing strife Than an vnequall quarrell to maintaine There is no hell like to declining pompe He sits not safest that is mounted high In high degree small faulâ—s are quickely spyde But low estate a many errours hyde No high estate can yeeld a quiet life The power of vertue euer-more preuailes What though our sinnes goe braue and better clad They are in ragges as base and all as bad Might breakes the law the sacred Senat makes The more our greatnesse makes our faulâ—s the more Similies on the same subiect AS in fine cloth the brightest staines we see So faults are most discern'd in high degree As â—â—stie clâ—mbers oft catch suddaine falls So might mis-vsde doth kindle nought but braules Aâ— he that stands on high stands still in feare So they that manage states doe want no care As Rasors are not fit for childrens hands So fooles no way beseeme authoritie As presidents are aptest meanes for youth So rulers goodnesse giues example best As the great Elme supports the spreading vine So might ought still support humilitie Examples hereof are generally through the booke as in Kings Princes Kingdomes Magistrates c. and therefore no need of other collections Of Courage c. Courage is foe to faint-heart cowardise And man-hood teacheth valour to be wise COurage emboldneth wit wit courage armes Without experience valour wants his armes Daunger and feare like cowards turnes aside Whâ—n man-hood is by resolution tryde Skill valour guides and valour armeth skill Who hopes a conquest leaues no means vnsought The inward thoughts that haughtie courage bearâ—s Griâ—ucs moâ—â— at words than deaths pale-faced fâ—arâ—s Courage with cowardise will not be matcht The valiant man doth most in warre delight Seldome shall any liuing creature seâ— That courtesie and manhood disagree The coward seekes to liue at home in ease Valour is neuer knowne till it be tryed They that attempt high daâ—ngers â—uident Vpon no reason are not valiant Actions doe kill imaginations sway Vnequall warres t'vnequall shame is sold. The man that dares not caring how he darâ—s Sells vertues name to purchase foolish skarres Rebellious natures must be roughly vs'd Repining courage yeelds no foe a foot Cowards doe onely wish and call for death While valiant hearts in silence banish breath Vaine words cannot bewitch a valiant mind Measure not manhood by the outward shewe The noble courage neuer weeneth ought That may vnworthie of it selfe be thought Chaffer no words high courage to prouoke Courage may lend a cloake to cowardise Nothing the praise of manhood more doth marre Than foule reuenge and base contentious iarre Action is fierie valours soueraigne good True valour lodgeth in the lowliest hearts High courage with true wisdome alwayes backe Winnes perfect fame and shunneth each mishap Weakenesse is false and faith in cowards rare Gloriâ— doth follow courage goes before The man that couples courage with desire Runnes freely through his daunger and preuailes True valour aimes at honour euermore A cowards heart keepes words and deeds asunder A iewell in a ten-times bard-vp chest Iâ— a bold spirit in a loyall breast Courage and industriâ— can neuer want In conquering will true courage most is shewen In vainâ— hee seeketh others to suppresse Who hath not learn'd first to subdue him-selfe All strength is fraile and full of ficklenesse No fortunes frowne can daunt true valors heart Beggers but â—eigning brauerie are the proudest And cowards bragging boldnesse wrangle loudest A valiant mind disdaines to hide his head It 's cowardise vnworthie wrongs to beare Where wronged valour reignâ—s it 's hard to find Such pittis as may honours pride controll True valour feeles nor griefe nor miserie Resolute courage makes loue fortunate Cowards in pâ—ace doe dread the weapons sight But vrg'd by need will venture then the pikes Courage to die exceeds a captiu'd life Courage despiseth dread and conquers death Similies on the same subiect AS courage addeth wings to braue desire So bloodie shewes doth quench incensedire As it is valour to be conquerour So wisdome maketh vse of victorie As courage keepes the mind from base assaults So cowardise infects it with all faults As courage is esteem'd a wise mans coat So cowardise is follies cognisance As Faulconers doe in Faulcons most delight So mightie men reioyceth in their might Examples likewise on the same THe Romanâ— Sergius loosing his right hand Slew with his left hand foure in single fight Scaeuola entred king Porsennaes Tent Either to kill him or be slaine by him Agis disswaded from the fight replyed No man wonne shame that with true courage dyde Stout Alâ—ibiades cheerd vp his followers By his couragious leadâ—ng them to field Courage saith Seneca is of such power As it can conquer any miserie Plato saith Courage eleuates the mind To all things that are laudable and iust Of Pleasure c. Pleasure and sweet Delights doe much beguile Expecting ioy griefe happens oft meane-while PLeasures are poore and our delights soone dye Where pleasure is displac'd care keepes his â—arte Where care killes pleasure life not long endures Who tries shall find that pleasures long restrain'd Be farre more pleasant when they once are gain'd Where strife is stirr'd there pleasure hath no part Worlds pleasure lasts not long but griefe abides Farewell delight when graueld is all grace Neuer haue vniust pleasures been compleat In ioyes entire but feare still keepes the doore The sweetest pleasure hath the shortest date Long wished things a sweet delight doe beare Pleasure and penaunce still are mortall foes Enforced
sâ—athe Better an open foe than scornfull friend Better be borne a foole than wrong thy wit No mocker but at length did meet his match Similies on the same subiect AS hottest loue hath soonest cold disdaine So greatest pleasures haue the greatest paine As good and ill each other doe puâ—â—ue So hate-full estimation scorne succeeds As Adders keepe their venime in their tayles So scoffers poyson lurketh in their tongues As fairest beautie may deserue some blame So wittiest scoffes prooue but ridiculous As some things sweet in taste are sowre going downe So scoffes that like the eare dislike the mind As faire demeanour most commends a man So scornes and scoffes as much dishonour him Examples likewise on the same CAligula did couet his owne ease And yet disdain'd others should doe the like Anthonie causde the head of Cicero In scorne be set before him at his meat Plato Xenophon and Demosthenes Against each other were contemptuous Geta and Antoninus being brethren Slew one the other through their priuat scorne Among all perturbations Tullie saith Disdaine is most iniurious to it selfe And Fabius Maximus holds like conceit Affirming nothing worser than contempt Of Slaunder c. Slaunder and base Detraction is the fruit Of deuilish hearts and foule polluted soules WHo liues that standeth out of slaunders reach Detractions tongue delights in ill reports What likes not mallice straight disprais'd must be Slaunder is blind and cannot vertue see In slaundring speech enuâ—e takes pleasure most With spightfull tongue detract no honest mind Doe what we will we cannot sâ—ape the sting Of slaundrous tongues that sâ—â—li afresh doe spring Take not away that thou canst not restore Encrease not griefe but rather saiâ—e the sore Detracting speech of heauen doth not smell But rather stinking like the pâ—t of hell Leudnesse is still defam'd and euer was Bold slaunders tongue time neuer can suppresse Good words of all men gaineth laud and praise Where slaunders are but counted cast-awayes No secret's hid where slaunder keepes the dorâ— Detraction will not spare Dianaes name Detracting talke Gods picture out doth race And setteth vp the Deuils in the place A free consent is priuiledg'd from blame Slaunder can neuer iust deserts deface The Bee hath honey so he hath a sting The one doth wound more than the other heales Against bad tongues goodnes cannot defend heâ— A sprightly wit disdaines detraction Men hardly stop the infamie and noise Of slaunders published by common voice An vniust slaunder hath no recompence Foule mouth'd detraction is his neighbours foe Blame is esteem'd more blame-lesse generall Than that which priuat errours doth pursue Slanders call things in question not approues them A tale vnâ—ptly told may be depâ—au'd An open slaunder often times hath brought That to effect which neuer else was thought Flatterie lyes and slaunder are sworne friends Slaunder will wrong his friend behind his backe Slaunder like enuies dogge detects the dead Slaunders like arrowes gainst a wall rebound And soon'st of all the slaunderer doth wound Slaunder being odious so would others make Slaunder may barke at truth but cannot bâ—te All itching eares doe swallow many wrongs Who by his slaundring tongue his neighbour harmes Doth wound his owne soule by his wicked words Large slaunders are apparant signes of enuie Slaunder offends the liuing gnawes the dead Patience is prooued by detraction No bane to friendship worse than slaunder is Similies on the same subiect AS Rats and Myce doe feed vpon our meat So slaunderers feed on flesh of other men As diuers meats doe hurt digestion So changeable reports begetteth slaunder As Princes armes reach very farre in length So slaunder stretcheth vnto following times As deepe incisions are for festred sores So mightie meanes must cure vp slaunders wounds As vultures prey vpon dead carion So slaunderers feed vpon mens liuing names As Somners liue by peoples daily sinnes So slaunders liue by killing mens good fame Examples likewise on the same NArsetes that renowmed Generall By slaunders was dismissed from his charge When Scipio was by slaunder highly wrong'd His discreet answere soone acquited him Calisthenes Parmenio and Philotaeâ— By slaundrous accusations lost their liues Augustus pardon'd one that would haue slaine him But banisht him that falsely slaundred him Diogenes affirmed the slaunderer Was worse than any wild or furious beast Seneca saith Oâ— theeues men may beware But hardly shall they scape the slaunderer Of the Tongue c. The tongue is tell-tale of the priuat thoughts And words oft times doe ouer-reach the wise WOrds are but wind they bid but doe not buy The greatest words oft times haue weakest deeds Deepe sounds make lesser noise than shallow foords And sorrow ebbes being blowne with wind of words Imperious tongues doe scorne to vse entreats The vulgar tongue prooueth vnpartiall still Few words doe euer â—it a trespasse â—est Where no excuse can giue the fault amends A soft slow tongue true marke of modestie The least discourse is commonly most stout Presumption 's euer fullest of deceits And many times proud words haue poore effects Words are but shadowes of a further smart Things being twise told the vulgar not allow The further men doe speake of things well done They haue more mouthes but not more merit wonne Not words but deeds are still respected most No charming words by dead tongues vttered are Of others faults what need we babble so When we our selues haue vices many moe Few words will serue a righteous cause to plead Great power haue pleasing words and mickle might Faire pleasing words are like to Magiqâ—e Art That doth the charmed snake in slumber lay With words and gifts it 's easie to attempt Speech doth preuaile where weapons cannot win He that no more must speake is listned more Than they whome youth and ease hath taught to glose By good perswasion what cannot be done Curses are but vaine breathings in the aire Curses resemble arrowes shot vpright Which falling downe light on the shooters head The tongues of dying men enforce attention The hearts aboundance issues from the tongue Still easie yeelding zeale is quickly caught With what the mouth of grauitie hath taught Foule paiment for faire words is more than needs The tongues mis-vse oft breeds the bodies smart Sorrow makes silence her best Oratour Where words may make it lesse not shew it more In poore mens words the rich haue small delight Report can make a substance of a shade Follie doth guide the tongue that vainly speakes And vaine is that which modest measure breakes In many words must needs be much amisse Mens thoughts and words nothing so opposite Few words among the wise haue greater grace Than long Orations with vnskilfulnes Words are the shadowes of our daily workes Superfluous speech doth much disgrace a man Griefe sometimes doth distressed minds so wreake That heart neere bursteth ere the tongue can speake The tongue gads many times before the wit Much babling doth bewray great impudence Words are but fruitlesse that infect the
eare Without some sweet impression of the mind Wine often-times is cause of many words The fewer words the more discretion That man may worthily be said to doâ—e That trusts faire words and solles his goods for smoke When swords haue pleaded words doe come too late The lesse men speake the more they meditate Bargaines made by constraint may well be broken And words by force compeld as well vnspoken By the hearts thoughts the tongue is carried Few words well coucht doe most content the wise Reports in Coâ—â—â—s are held both night and day As common guests and seldome paâ—t away Seld speaketh loue but sighes his secret paines Of whome the tongue talkes much the heart thinkes more Better by speaking little make a sâ—arre Than by much babling cause a wide deepe wound Report hath oft a blister on her tongue The sweetest words may come from sowrest hearts The words that sound the sweetest in the eare Are not the wholsoâ—â—'st alwaies to the heart In many words is couched most mistrust Who fights with words doth soonest wound himselfe Many repent the words that they haue spoke But neuer any that they held their peace The coldest words oft cooles the hottest throat Workes and not words doe most commend a man Spend stripes on him whome words may not retaine Yet spend to mend by strokes but not to maime From fewest words may great effects ensue Silence hath seldome yet made any sad Whereas desire doth vrge the tongue to speake Somwhat must out or else the heart will breake The tongue is call'd the gate of life and death Who speakes with heed may boldly say his mind The man whose tongue before his wit doth run Oft speakes too soone and rues when he hath done A word once past can be recalde no more Better be silent than in vaine to speake As good be dombe as speake and not be heard Similies on the same subiect AS one sparke may procure a mightie fire So one ill tongue may cause great enmitie As riuers are bound in with bankes for ouer-flowing So reason should restraine too lauish talking As gold boiles best when it doth bubble least So mild deliuerance sweetens best our words As silence is a gift deuoid of feare So talking is a thing to vrge suspect As he beares miserie best that hides it most So he declares least wit that prateth most As we must giue account for idle silence So much more must we for our fruitlesse talke Examples likewise on the same POmpey let burne his finger in the fire Rather than he would be too free of tongue Vâ—ysseâ— in his youâ—h refrain'd from speech Because in yeares he would direct his tongue Great Alexander gaue Cherillus coine To hold his peace and to forbeare to write Antigâ—nus this lesson taught his sonne First to learne silence then to practise speech Zeâ—o reprâ—oued one that prated much And said his eares were founded on his tongue The toâ—gue saith Aristotle blabs the mind And fooles or wise men soone thereby we find Of Flatterie c. Flatterie is friendships vtter ouerthrow The wracke of States and honest natures foe THe greenest hearb oft hides the foulest toad The stillest water hath the deepest channell It 's better to be blamed by a friend Than to be kissed of a flatterer Soothing gâ—ts friends but truth doth purchase hate A seeming friend is a deceitfull bogge Flatterie suruiues not at the dead mans dore Liue men haue eares when tombes are deafe and poore Of false dissembling foulie must be fall The best dissembler hath the brauest wit It is esteem'd no certaine way to thriue To praise the dead but flattering men aliue Dissembled holinesse is double crime Faire feigned tales conuey foule things from sight Dissembling sometimes may attaine to saue Mens liues their â—ame their goods and all they haue Chuse few friends trie them flatterers speake faire Men strew sweet flowers to hide the deepest snares Mens pleas in loue like painters pensils are Which figure shadowes and the substance leaue Faire outward shewes prooue inwardly the worst Loue looketh faire when hap is most accurst The badge of hypocrites is noted still By alwayes speaking well yet doing ill Flatterie doth verie seldome want rewards To flatter wise men shewes discretions want When greatest braues are brought to trials proofe The boasters are content to stand aloofe Flatterers râ—spect their owne good no mans else Better a wretch than a dissembler False flatterers are worse than greedie crowes The one deâ—oureâ— aliue the other dead Plaine and not honest is too haâ—sh a style Men still doe foullest when they fairest speake Fond Physiognomies complexion Guides not the inward disposition Better offend with truth than flattering praise Flatterers are nought else but trencher flyes True loue 's a Saint so shall ye true loue know False loue 's a Sâ—ithian yet a Saint in show Flatterie iâ— the nource of wickednesse Dissembling weares a cloake truth naked goes The smoothest lookes doe soon'st of all beguile And oft are clokes to cogitations vile Womens dissembling hardly can be matcht A foe is better than a dissembling friend Similies on the same subiect AS vultures sleepe not where they find no prey So flatterers haunt not but where profit growes As vermine breâ—d in places of most warmth So flatterers cling where best they find reliefe As Pilgrims creepe not but where is some crosse So slye dissemblers crouch not but for gaine As â—othes the finest garments doe consume So flatterers feed vpon the frankest hearts As Panthers haue sweet sents but rauenous minds So flatterers haue smooth lookes but killing heaâ—â—s As straightest trees haue still the crookedst roots So all dissemblers haue the craftiest trickes Examples likewise on the same THe Emperour Sigismond strooke a flatterer And said He bit worse than a Scorpion Augustus so detested flatterie He could not bide his seruants kneele to him Tyberius seruants might not call him Lord Because he said therein they flatter'd him Clisiphus was call'd Philips counterfeit Because like him he fashion'd all he did Phocion said to king Antipater He could not be his friend and flatterer Wise men saith Bias make not all their friends But haue a speciall eye to flatterers Of good Deeds c. Good Deeds confound all bad suppresse offence Correcting faults with loue and patience THat is a good deed which preuents the bad Good vowes are neuer broken by good deeds He that sets downe what gifts in goodnes lurke Shall breath him twise before he end his worke In persons full of note good deeds are done Vowes are but seeds and good deeds are the fruits Good turnes ought not be held a seruile bond To bind their doers to receiue their meed That which doth good disgraceth no degreâ— We haue no good that we can say is ours Of passed good to make a new discourse By double vsurie doth twise renew it Good lampes will shine till all their oyle be gone Each goodly thing is hardest to begin When as the doing