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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A16269	Bel-vedére, or, The Garden of the muses	Bodenham, John, fl. 1600.; Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616.	1600 (1600)	STC 3189.5; ESTC S102718	102,703	266

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 sl●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 L●curgus by his polliticke aduise ●eform'd the Lacedae ●on mangled state Numa Pompilius discreete pollicie Made Rome to flourish in her royaltie Deucalions pollicie be●riended Greece And brought the people to religious awe Sc●p●oes Lieuten●n● nam'd Pol●●●us Was highly praised for his pollicie Byas did much commend the gouernment Where the chiefe heads were wi●e and polliticke Plutarch thought cities could as ably st●nd Without foundation● 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 ●'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 foste●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

should be taught Tyrants tread lawes and honour vnder foot Subiects in ●yrant● eyes are held as slaues Tyrants by armes the i●st referre their cause To due arbi●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 tr●●● 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 TH●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 prince● 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 ●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 s●ates and kingdomes doe coniure Their head-long ruine none can well recure Treason first workes ere traitors are e●pied Most bitter-sower doth foule rebellion taste Bet me 'tis good to let the traitour die ●o sparing ●ustice fee ●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 h● valour can preuaile A factious Lord s●ld benefits him-selfe Who builds in blood and treason builds vnsure A troubled streame of puddle mixt with mi●e Doth quench the thirst of rebels h●e desire Men in seditions nour●'d in factions liue Shame is the rightfull end of treache●●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 betra●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 treacheri● 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 ●ase enough for any traitour Time is the touch that treacherous minds doth try Nothing auailes strong bulwa●kes sence or towers When treacherous foes all inward strength de●ou ●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 ●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 ●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 st●●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 enui●s vertue in a friend Anger and enuie are lifes enemies ●●●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 enui●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 enui●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 ● 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