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A20370	The mirrour of mirth and pleasant conceits containing many proper and pleasaunt inuentions, for the recreation and delight of many, and to the hurt and hinderance of none / framed in French by that worshipfull and learned gentleman, Bonaduenture de Periers ... and Englished by R.D.; Nouvelles récréations et joyeux devis. English. 1583	Des Périers, Bonaventure, 1500?-1544?; Deloney, Thomas, 1543?-1600.	1583 (1583)	STC 6784.5; ESTC S4102	71,485	102

amongst other Companie that did frequent haunt this maried mans house whome I meane not to name was a yong Aduocate who was called the Lord of Beaufort being of the cuntry of Berry who came many times to the Bar to plead the law to which Gentleman this maried mā bare great fauour loue made good chéer because they had béene familliar at y e. Vniuersities and Companions together in many places This Beaufort had not his name in vaine for he was faire of a good behauiour and therfore the yong maried Gentlewoman gaue him a louing looke he likewise to her in so much that in short time by their oftē regards they gaue a token of their secret loue good wills Now the Husband knowing fashiōs showed himself very willing to please his wife specially when things were new not greatly mistrusting his wiues youth neither doubting his fréends honesly contenting himself with the diligent care attendance of Dame Parnet Beaufort in like manner for his part could tell how to behaue himself perceiuing the great familiarity that his freend her Husbande shewed him the gentle gratious intertainement that y e yong wife made him with an outward affectiō which hée thought was more manifest to him then to another as indéed it was true and therfore he found easily an occasion in talking with her to declare the sorrow he conceiued through her loue and because she was brought vp nourished in a house of fame she could y t better vse her self and answere vnto all questions and demaunds To whome Beaufort being pricked forward with a goodwil said in this maner Gentelwoman it is easie enough to a Gentlewoman of a good minde to know the goodwill of a seruant for they alwaies bring in subiectiō and thraldome the harts of men whither they will or no therfore it shall not néede further to expresse declare vnto you y e great affectiō honor that I beare to an infinit nomber of your vertues which are indeed with such gentlen●● of the minde that the man can not otherwyse iudge 〈◊〉 think but that he was borne happy fortunate to ha●● his heart fixed in so good a place for those things that are most precious are not desired but of gentle and noble minds which therfore to me is a great occasiō to praise fortune that hath béene so fauorable as to present and offer me so vertuo●s and worthie a subiect that thereby I might haue the meane to put in euidēce the desire I haue to things precious and of a great valew And although I bée one of the leaste of those whose seruice you meryt deserue yet neuertheles I am thus perswaded that the great perfections that are in you wherat I do wonder will giue occasiō to increase in me those things y t are required to true seruice For as touching my hart it is so faithfully affectioned towards you that it is vnpossible any thing cā be more which I hope trust so to giue you to vnderstand that you shal neuer be displeased in that you haue giuen me occasion to remaine for euer your faithfull trusty seruant The yong gentle womā y t was well taught and sober hearing his pretēce would as gladly haue fulfilled his request as it was required who with a feminine voyce being somwhat bould according to her age to the which commonly Women haue respect being coupled with an honest modest shamfastnesse answered him in this maner Gentlemā although I should haue a will and a desire to loue yet will I not so ouershoot my self as to make another Louer thē he to whome I am coupled ioyned in mariadge wedlocke who loueth me so wel and doth so gently entertaine me that he kéepeth me frō thinking on any other thē on him Furthermore if it should fortune vnto me to set my hart in two places I estéeme iudge your vertue good heart to be such y t you wold not wish me to do any thing y t shal redound to my dishonor As touching the vertues graces that on attribute vnto me I will let thē passe ●nowing no such thing in my self and therfore I restore ●●m to the place frō where they came which is to you ●or now to defend my selfe otherwise would you presume to do that iniurie and wrong to him that putteth so much confidence and trust in you it séemeth to me that such a noble minde as yours is would by no means geue place to such a fact as this And then you sée besides the inconueniences so greatly to let such an enterprise that if you should obtaine your request there is not oportunitie to fulfill the same For I haue alwaies in my Cōpanie a Kéeper so that if you would consent to do euill she hath alwayes her eye vpon me that I cannot steale from her by no means Beaufort was very glad when he vnderstood this answere and specially when he felt that the Gentlewoman stayed her self vpon reasone whereof the first were some what to hard but afore the last y e yong wife did mellify their herselfe to the which M. Beaufort made answere in this order The thrée poincts that you doe alledge Gentlewoman I haue wel wayed and considered but you know y ● two of them depend and consist of your goodwill and the third lyesh in diligence good aduise For as touching the first séeing that loue is a vertue that searcheth out and séeketh the hearts and minds after a gentle nature you must well think that one day you shall lyue first or last the which thing before it be it were better you should receiue the seruice of him who loueth you as his proper life in due houre then to staye any longer to yeeld obey to y e Lord that hath power to make you pay y e interest of the time y t by you hath beene let slyp and to put you into y e hands of some dissembling man y t wold not take such regard of your honor as it deserueth As touching y ● second it is a case that hath béene long voide to thē that find me what loue is for you shall vnderstand for the affection that I beare vnto you so far am I from doing iniurie to your Husbande that rather I do him honor what I loue with a good heart that which he loueth there is no greater shew y e two hearts are at accorde but when they both loue one thinge You know well if he and I were ennemies or if we had not acquaintance one with an other I should not haue oportunitie to sée you neither to speake to you so often as I doe So then the good will that I beare towardes him béeing the cause of the great loue that I beare towardes you ought not to be the cause that you should let me die for louing you Now then as concerning the thirde you knowe faire Lady that to a willing and noble heart

THE Mirrour of Mirth and pleasant Conceits CONTAINING Many proper and pleasaunt inuentions for the recreation and delight of many and to the hurt and hinderance of none Framed in French by that Worshipfull and learned Gentleman Bonaduenture de Periers Groom to the right excellent and vertuous Princesse the Queene of Nauara And Englished by R. D. At London ¶ Printed by Roger Warde dwelling a litle aboue Holburne Conduit at the Signe of the Talbot 1583. To the courteous and gentle Readers IT was the custome of a certayne Philosopher righte gentle and curteous Readers when hee perceyued the people to waxe wearie by his long and tedious orations to drop out of doores ere he had done to take his harpe in hande which he so finely fingered that the sweet and pleasaunt sound thereof procured the people to come running in faster then before they went forth whose dulled spirits beeing reuiued with that pleasant melody and their minds before cloyed with ouer many circumstances of grauitie beeing by this meanes marueilously delighted did the better and with greater ease continue the time of his conclusion whose excellent pollicie in this poynt hath attayned so great cōmendation that it is set foorth for an example to all posterities If then you find your selues ouerladen eyther by the meanes of worldly cares or with the intollerable burden of ouer great studies if the deeds of this Philosoper were to bee followed I would wishe you no greater or better pleasure then he shewed to his people considering that Myrth and Melodye cutteth off care vnburdeneth the mind of sorrow healeth the greeued heart filleth both soule and body with inestimable comfort And therefore manye mightye and excellent Princes whose heades are troubled with diuers and sundry enormities doe for this cause entertaine and accept of suche persons whose pleasant nature and disposition may moue them to delight Sith then moderate pleasure is not onely conuenient but also profitable and necessary for vs I haue presumed here vpon your curtesie for the recreation of your mindes to sent vnto your sight this simpel rude worke the grace and beautie whereof beeing strypped from his Countrey guise now newly wrapped in this strang attyre is not onely blemished by meanes of the translators vnskillfulnesse but as it were spoyled both of fauour and fashion Yet if it please you to pardon his imperfection and to accept his good will he shall not onely be incouraged to mend his amisse but also hereafter present you with such as may better counteruaile your courtesie and saue his owne credit Thus loth to be ouer tedious in so meane a manner I commend you to the protection of the celestial powers and this to your freendly consideration Yours in all humilitie T. D. ❧ Here beginneth the mirrour of Mirth and pleasant conceites ¶ Of a Querister that sange the Countertennor in the Church of S. Hyllaris at Poytiers that cōpared the Chanons to their pottages IN the Churche of S. Hyllaris at Poytiers sometimes there was a singing man that sang y e Coūtertennor who for that he was a verie good fellowe and would drinke hard as commonly such men will doe was welbeloued amongst the Chanons and they called him oftentimes to dinner and to supper And because of the familiar acquaintance that hee had with them it séemed to him that there was none of them all but that sought and desired his furtherance By reason whereof hee would say first to one and then to an other Sir you knowe howe longe time it is since I first serued in this Church it is nowe high tyme that I might hereafter be prouided for I pray you speak for me when you are together in your Chappell Court I require no great thing althogh you my maisters haue great liuinges I would be content with one of the least His request was wel taken and allowed of them all being seuerall which gaue him a good aunswere saying that it was reason he should be remembred and althogh the Chappell Court wil not consider of thée rather then thou shouldest want we will giue thée part of ours this this said they to him when they were alone Wel at all their going in and comming out of the Chappel Court he gaue attendaunce desiring them to remember him and they did aunswere him with one voice saying stay a while and thou shalt not be forgotten but shalte haue the first place that is vacant But when yt came to the pinch there was alwayes some excuse eyther that the benefice was too great and therfore one of the Maisters had it or that it was too litle and therfore he should haue a better or that they were constrayned to giue it to one of their brethrens kinsmen but without faile hee should the next that did fall And with these wordes they kepte off this singing man so that the time went away and he serued still without any reward And in the mean while he gaue alwaies some present according to his slender abilitie to them whom he knew might giue their voices in the Chappel Court as the first new fruites he could buy somtimes Chickens somtimes Pidgeons Rabbets Partridges and such like according to the season which the poore singing man bought either at the market or at the Poulters making them beléeue that they coste him nothing and they tooke alwayes that which was giuen them In the end this Querister perceiuing himselfe neuer the néerer nor one whit the better but that hee loste his time his money his paynes determined to make no longer suite but studied to shewe them what opinion he had of them And to bringe this to passe he founde the meanes to gather fiue or sixe Crowns together and during the time that he was prouiding them for it required time he begā to make more account of my maisters the Channons then before and to vse himselfe more soberlie And when he espied time conuenient hee came to the chéefest amongst them and prayed them one after an other to dine with him the nexte Sonday following at his house saying vnto them that in 9. or 10. yeares that he had bene in their seruice he could doo no lesse then to bestowe one dinner of them and hee would entertayne them though not so well as they were worthie yet according to his power in the best maner that he might or coulde deuise They promised him one after an other to come together But they were not so negligent but that euerie one of them made their prouision at home againe the day appointed fearing to haue a slender Dinner of this singing mans prouision giuing better credite to his woordes then to his kitchin At the houre and time set downe ech of them sent their owne ordinarie prouision to his house and he said vnto them My frends my maysters and yours dooth me great wronge are they afrayde they shall not be well vsed they néede not send their dinner hither for I haue prouided meat for

nothing is vnpossible iudg then what it is that can escape from two heartes that are subiect to looue which of himselfe is such a Lord that he maketh his subiectes attaine to the thing which they most desire Well to bee shorte Beaufort did so wisely tell his tale that with curtesie she could not well refuse him And their affaires remained in suche case that the young Gentlewoman was ouercome with a voluntarie mind so that there remained no more but to find opportunity and meanes to bring their matters to passe They inuented many waies deuises to attaine their purpose but when it came to the pinche Dame Parnet spoyled al for she had two eyes that were better then al the eies that Argos had which kept Iunos Cowe And for to vse those sleightes that Beaufort had vsed before time was al in vaine for the young womans Husband knewe them all Neuerthelesse hee studied so longe that in the ende he founde one deuise that would serue his turne which was that knowing well that to two willing minds nothing might séeme impossible he disclosed it to a frend of his that was a young Merchant of cloth and not yet married dwelling in a house which his Father had left him not long before béeing at the'nd of our Ladies Bridge whom he had so won to his will that he refused not to giue his consent in anie thing that Beaufort requested And because the Gentlewomās husband was familiarly acquainted with this younge Merchaunt it was the easier to bringe this matter to passe These thinges falling so fit to their purpose they gaue knowledge to the Gentlewoman of their determination and deuise whereunto she willingly consented and promised that the nexte time she wente to the Market shee would passe by that place at what time they might put their deuise in practise And as the Gentlewoman was comming by the house where Maister Henry dwelled for so was the Merchant named beholde there was cast out as the matter was determined before a pale of water that fell vpon the Gentlewoman and it was caste in such manner that all that sawe it thought it had come by some inconuenience and misfortune Alas said she dame Parnet helpe what shall I doe I am ashamed for euer The best for her was to step into M. Henries house béeing her Husbandes frend therefore she said vnto Dame Parnet for Gods sake run home quickly and fetche mee my gowne furred with white Lambe and bring hither I will tarrie for you at M. Henries The olde Woman went her way and the young Gentlewoman wente vp into a Chamber where she found a good fire that her louer Beaufort had prouided for her who deferred not the time but tooke the occasion offered in the pleasure of his longe looked for delight whose matters were dispatched before the olde woman could bring her Gowne French hood partlet and al other thinges that did belong to her The married man béeing at home and vnderstanding y e Dame Parnet was aboue in the chamber who was getting together her trinkets without saying any thing to him for feare he should bée angrie came and founde her aboue asking her what shee made there and where shee had lefte his Wife Dame Parnet declared to him what had hapned that she was come home for other clothes Yea with a vengeance said he suspecting some deceite here is a craftie deuise indéed y t is not yet in my Booke I think I knew all sauing this I am nowe wel serued one vnhappy houre is ynough to make one a Cuckolde get you hence away run with that you haue I wil send the rest by the boy Dame Parnet trotted as fast as euer she could but all too late for M. Beaufort had dispatched and done and when dame Parnet came she perceiued nothing for although the Gentlewoman had a good colour she thought it was through the heate of the fire and so it was but it was with such a fire that no water is able to quench ¶ Of Gyles the Ioyner how he did reuenge himselfe of a Grey-hound that came alwayes beguiled him of his Dinner THere was on a time at Poytiers a Ioyner named Gyles that laboured to get his liuing so well as he coulde hauing loste his Wife who had lefte him a Daughter of the age of nine or ten yeares béeing cont̄t with her seruice and had no other boye nor mayde Hee made his prouision on the Saturday to serue him all the wéeke after and in the morning he would get his little Pot on the fire that his Daughter made to boyle foūd himselfe aswell content with his ordinarie prouision as a richer man would be with his Nowe it is commonly said it is good to haue a neighbour neither too poore nor too rich for if he be poore he will alwaies be crauing beeing not able to helpe thée at néede and if he be riche hee will kéepe thée vnder subiection and thou must be fayne to suffer him and art afraid to borrow of him This Ioiner had to his neighbour a Gentleman who was somewhat too great a Sir for his poore estate and looued hunting verie well And he did vsually kéepe a great company of Houndes in his house to hunt the Hare the which pastime was to bee had not farre without the Towne Amongst all his hounds he had a very faire Greyhound that did many shreude turnes in that Towne for hee would come into euerie mans house the victualles be found he would deuoure ther was nothing for him neyther too hot nor too heauie were it bread béeffe chéese or anie thing else all was one chiefly he did most harme to the poore Ioyner for there was but a wall betwéene the Gentleman and him By the meanes whereof this Greyhound was smelling and séeking about his house at all houres of the day and looke what he found he carried it quite away And also the hound had this subtletie that with his paw he would cast downe the Potte that boiled vppon the fire and would take vp the meate and run his way so that oftentimes the poore Ioyner had but a slender cold Dinner Which thing gréeued him sore for after his labour and paines taken in his woorke hee was beguiled of his Dinner before hee could sit downe at Table And which was worst of all he durst not cōplain but he meaned to be reuenged whatsoeuer should happen Vppon a daye when he spied the Greyhound going to get his pray he followeth after him with a great square troncheon in his hand and he found him busie about his Pot to get out the meat he made no more adoe but shut the gate and got hold on the Greyhound to whō in shorte time hee gaue fiue or sixe drie stripes with his square vpon the backe and spared him not at al and then cast away his square troncheon and tooke vp a small hasell wand in his hand an ell long or there about wherewithall hee