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A07448	Wits common wealth The second part. A treasurie of diuine, morall, and phylosophicall similies, and sentences, generally vsefull. But more particularly published, for the vse of schooles. By F.M. Master of Arts of bot Vniuersities.; Palladis tamia	Meres, Francis, 1565-1647.; N. L. (Nicholas Ling), fl. 1580-1607. Politeuphuia.	1634 (1634)	STC 17835; ESTC S121517	258,252	788

WITS COMMON WEALTH THE SECOND PART A Treasurie of Diuine morall and Phylosophicall similies and sentences generally vsefull But more particularly published for the vse of Schooles By F. M. Master of Arts of both Vniuersities LONDON Printed by William Stansby and are to be sold by Richard Royston at his Shop in Iuie Lane 1634. To the Reader TRiasunt omnia is as old a● father Time All morall Phylosophie is diuided into three parts Ethicall Oeconomicall and Politicall All Law is reduced to three heads to the Law of Nature to ancient custome and to the ordinances of men And to insist in our ●wne state All our Parliaments consist of three sorts of people Nobilitie Cleargie and Comminaltie And all our tryals and iudgements are determined after three formes and manners by Parliament by Battell and by the great Assise So all the force of wit may flow within three chanels and bee contriued into three heads into a Sentence a Similitude an Example Carolus said that warres were maintained with victuals money and Souldiours so Wit is nourished with Sentences Similitudes and Examples And therefore as three things are necessarie for a Scholler a Will a Wit and a Booke so I hold that Sentences Similitudes and Examples are as necessarie to vphold a Wit Iulius Caesar vsed to carry three things about with him when he followed the wars his pen to write the whole course of the Romanes successe in their warres his Bookes to find himselfe occupied and his Launce to repulse his enemies so he that would write or speake pithily perspicuously and persuasiuely must vse to haue at hand in readinesse three kind of orn●ments and effectuall motiues Sentences Similitudes and Examples Wherefore as Pythagoras wished three things for himselfe Health Beautie and Riches so I considering the necessitie and excellency of these three heads haue long wished the accom●ishment publication of them And in truth what can I desire more then to see the naked Truth arrayed in Sentences fitting the tast of Phylosophers inuested in Similitudes loued of Oratours and approued by Examples the rule and leuell of the vnstayed and raging multitude Saint Augustine desired to see three things Paulus Aemilius triumphing Saint Paul Preaching and Christ vpon the Crosse in the first hee desired to see the glory of the earth in the second the glorie of the Gospell and in the third the glorie of Heauen so haue I long desired to see three things Truthes soundnesse in Sen●ences her elegancie in Similituds and approbation by examples And now I haue my wished desire Wherefore I may reioyce for three things as Philip King of Macedonia reioyced Hee ioyed that hee had wonne the Games at Olympus by the running of his Chariots that his Captaine Parmenio had ouerthrowne the Dardarians and that his wife Olympia had borne him a Sonne called Alexander So I exceedingly reioyce and am glad at my heart that the first part of Wits Common-wealth contayning Sentences hath like a braue Champion gloriously marched and got such renowned fame by swift running equiualent with Philips Chariots that thrice within one yeare it hath runne thorow the Presse If this second part of mine called Wits Common-wealth contayning Similitudes being a stalke of the same stemme shall haue the like footmanship and find the same successe then with Parmenio I shall be the second in Philips ioy And then Philips ioy will eft-soones be full for his Alexander whom not Olympia but a worthy Scholler is conceiuing who wil fill the third part of Wits Common-wealth with moe glorious Examples then great Alexander did the world with valiant heroicall exploits Lampedo is iudged happy for euer as Pliny writeth for three causes for that she was a Kings Daughter a Kings Wife and a Kings Mother Thales to one that asked him who was happy said Quicorpore sanus est fortuna diues animo eruditus So I iudge him of an happy Wit who is profound and substantiall in Sentences eloquence and ingenious in Similituds and rich and copious in Examples The first part being published some yeares agoe hath had the worlds fauour and furtherance which hath made him so cranke young and fresh that thrice in one yeare hee hath renued his age a spring more then is in fruitfull Saba If this second part may find as much fauour and countenance with you gentle Reader as Antimachus the Poet found with Plato it shall bee instar-omnium to me and therewith contented I shall willingly send this second with the first to take what fortune Wit will send him Which I hope and wish may bee as kindly accepted as I doe heartily offer them Which if I shall perceiue neuer was Aristotle more gratefull to Alexander nor Enuius to Scipio nor Virgill to Augustus nor Horace to Mecaenas nor Pliny to Vespasian nor Plutarch to Traian then I shall bee to you gentle Reader whom I beseech the Highest to blesse with increase of vertuous qualities in the mind with augmentation of dignitie in the world and with perpetuitie of e●erlasting felicitie in Heauen FRANCIS MERES The Authours both sacred and profane out of which these similitude● are for the most part gathered A AEsopus Agapetus Diaoconus Albertus Nouicampianus Ambrosius Angelus Politianus Anthonius Appianus Arnobius Aristoteles Athanasius Athenagoras Auicen Augustinus Authour actionis contra Mariam Scotorum Reginam B Biblia sacra Basilius Beda Bernardus Clar●uallensi● Benardus Iustinianus Bernardus Scardaeonius Bion. C Caelius R●odiginus Caesarius Arclatensis Chronicles of England Chrysostomus Cicero Clemens Alexandrinus Clemens Romanus Climacus Columella Conradus Lycosthenes Rubeaquensis Conradus Gesnerus Cyprianus Cyrillus Alexandrinus Cyrillus Hierosolymitanus D Damas●enus Dem●sthenes Dyctis Cretensis Diadochus Diogenes Laertius Dion Chrysostomus Dion Nicaeus Dioscorides Doctor Play●ere Dorotheus Archimandrita Dugo Philonius E El●●●us Calentius Epictetus Epiphanius Erasmus Esayas Abbas Eugubinus Euripedes Eusebius Emissenus F Franciscus Patritius Fulgentius Fulgosus G Geminianus Gregorius Nazianzenus Gregorius Nyssenus Gregorius Papa Guerricus abbas Gulielmus Peraldus H Hermas seu pastor nuntius penitentiae● Hector Pi●tus Heliodorus Henricus de Hassia Herodotus Hesiodus Hieronimus Hilarius Hippocrates Homerus Horatius Hugh Broughto● I Iacobus de Valentia Idiotae contemplationes Ignatius M. Iohn Fox M. Iohn Lilly M. Iohn Harington Iohn Capgraue Iohannes Stobaeus Iouianus Pontanus Irenaeus Isaac presbyter Isidorus Clarius Iustinus Phylosophus martyr Iuuenalis L Lanctantius Laurentius Iustinianus Leon Baptista Alberto Lodouicus Granatensis Lodouicus Viues Lord de la Nouue M Macarius Mantuanus Marcus heremita Martialis M●ximus monachus M●rcurius Trismegistus Munster N Nilus abbas Nilus monachus O Olympiodorus Optatus Mileuitanus Origenes Ouidius P Palladius Petrus Chysologus Petrus Ramus Pettie Philipus Boroaldus Philo Iudaus Picus Mirandula Pindarus Plato Plinius Plutarchus Polanchus Pomponius Mela. Polybius Procopius Gazeus Propertius Ptolomaeus Pythagoras Q Quin●ilianus R Rabbi Moyses M. Richard Hackluyt Richardus Victorinus Robert Greene. Rupertus S Salonius Saluianus Sansonius Saxo Grammaticus Seneca Sir Phillip Sidney Sidonius Apollinaris Solinus Stella Strabo Synaesius

c. and it raigneth in Virgo because it preserueth virginity but it faileth in Piscis that is in them that liue in the waters of delicacy ibidem As Tinne according to Aristotle is compounded of good quicke-siluer but of bad sulphur so temperance is compounded of the moderation and strength of regular reason and of the delight and will of the flesh Idem lib. 2. de Metallis Lapid cap. 36. As Tinne cracketh all other metals that is it mixed with so temperance and abstinence doth pull downe pride and bruseth all the rebellions of the body ibidem As that Amethist is good which is beautified with the mixture of two colours purple and violet so is that temperance profitable that is adorned with two vertues with charity and humility Ibidem As there are fiue kinds of the Amethist as saith Isidore so there are fiue principall parts of temperance abstinence sobriety charitie shamefastnes and modesty ibidem As the Amethist is powerfull against drunkennesse as saith Dioscorides so is temperance ibidem As the Amethist maketh men vigilant so doth temperance Ibidem As the Amethist is soft and easie to be engrauen so doth temperance make a man capable of euery good and beautifull sculpture of all honest actions and vertuous demeanours Ibidem As Porcus among the Indians Masinissa among the Numidians Epaminondas among the Thebanes and Lycurgus among the Lacedemonians were renowmed for sober and temperate men so Socrates Plato and Pericles were famous for temperance among the Athenians and Iulius Caesar among the Romans so that Cato was wont to say of him that hee alone came sober to subuert the common wealth ABSTINENCE AS a sicke man commeth to physicke so euery one should come to feed on dainties that is not seeking for pleasures in them but releefe of nenecessity Lodouicus Granatensis lib. de deuotione Euen as a dead body is preserued by myrrhe which is bitter otherwise it would putrifie and breed wormes so also our flesh is corrupted through delicacy and effeminacy and bringeth forth vices which otherwise by temperance and abstinence is kept in the duty of vertue ibidem As that raine is the best that mildly showreth vpon the earth but a suddaine and a violentraine hurteth the medowes and destroyeth the corne so that meate is the best for the body that is taken temperately with abstinence but gluttony destroyeth and enfeebleth it Ibidem As full furnished tables breed lothsome surfets so meane repasts make healthfull persons As a fasting mans spetting is poyson vnto a Serpent euen so abstinence is the bane of all vices whatsoeuer As they that offer secrifice doe not tast of it so certaine giue liberall entertainment to others themselues notwithstanding being very abstinent Plutarchus As wormes in Childrens bellies are killed by sharpe and bitter medicines so sinne dwelling in our inward parts is slaine and existinguished by abstinence and fasting Basilius homil 1. de ieiunio As the stone which the Grecians call Amianton cannot bee polluted so an abstemious person can hardly bee corrupted ibidem As hunger and thirst do make meate and drinke pleasant to the tast so abstinence and fasting doe reason and sweeten all meats and food whatsoeuer Ibidem As oyle maketh the ioynts of a wrastler supple so abstinence and fasting doth adde strength vnto him that exerciseth himselfe in pietie Idem homil 2. de ieiunio As water allayeth heate so abstinence and fasting allayeth lust ibidem As ingurgitation and gourmandising maketh the body heauie and vnweildy so abstinence and fasting maketh it light and nimble ibidem As they that keepe horses for the race doe diet them before they runne so he that will bee fit for the heauenly race m●st diet himselfe by abstinence and fasting ibidem As gluttony doth bring innumerable euils vnto mankind so abstinence and fasting doth bring iunumerable good things doth to the soule and body Chrysost. hom de Iona propheta As litle ships swiftly saile ouer the Sea but those that are ouerloaden are drowned in the waters so abstinence and fasting maketh the mind lighter that it can easilier sayle ouer the Sea of this life and lightlier soare vp to Heauen and see that happinesse which God hath prouided for it ibidem As he that washeth himselfe and afterwards tumbleth in the durt washeth himselfe in vaine so hee that fasteth and abstaineth from sin and yet walloweth in sinne his abstinence and fasting is to no purpose Idem sermone 1. ●e ieiunio As hee that recouereth a sicke man vnto health commandeth him to abstaine from those things that brought his disease so the Lord after baptisme commended and commanded abstinence and fasting vnto vs against the sinne of gluttony for the intemperance of the belly disparadic'd Adam Iaem ●om 10. 11. Math. As physicke is many times vnprofitable through the vnskilfulnesse of him that vseth it so is fasting and abstinence idem hom tertia at pop Antioc● As horses are to bee restrained with bit and bridle so our bodies are to bee brought vnder and to be kept vnder by abstinence fastings watchings and prayers Augustinus cap. 10. de ●alutaribus documentis As oyle maketh the raging Sea calme so fasting and abstinence extinguisheth the burning and boyling lusts of the body ibidem As a lampe is without oyle so is abstinence and fasting without charitie Caesarius Arelat hom 32. As the body becommeth vnweildy by gourmandizing so it becommeth weake and feeble by too much fasting and abstinence Diadochus de perfectione ●●ritali cap. 45. As Christ by touching the waters of Iordan sanctified all other waters so by his fasting and abstinence he hath sanctfied our fastings and abstinence Lodiuicus Granat●n As Apollonius Tyaneus was counted very abstemious among the Heathen so Emericus the Son of Stephen King of Pannonia is for his abstinence registred among the Christians Prayer EVen as a traueller after that he hath rested himselfe and taketh meate beginneth to feele ease is refreshed and recouereth strength to walke trauell further although he hath no delight in his meate nor contenteth his tast so also Prayer which is the spirituall meate of the soule is the cause of a new fortitude and a new spirit to walke in the way of the Lord albeit oftentimes it yeeldeth no spirituall tast Lodo● Granat lib. de deuotione Euen as they that inhabit the north parts of the world where the cold is vehement doe keepe within doores and in houses to defend themselues from the iniury and vntemperatenesse of the weather but they that cannot doe this come often to the fire and being somewhat warmed doe returne againe to their labour so also the seruant of God liuing in this cold and miserable region of the World where charity is waxen key cold iniquity doth rage abound must often repaire to the fire of prayer that he may grow warme ib. As Sampson was being without his haire so is a man without prayer ibid. Euen as there is no essentiall difference betweene him that speaketh and

from withered flowers so we should abstaine from corrupt vicious and obscene bookes Physitions forbid to vse the hearbe called Wintercherie although it bee good to fasten loose teeth because the danger is great in bringing dotage and deliration so wee must not vse those bookes that polish the tongue and corrupt the manners As it is sa●e to lye vpon the hearbe Tryfoly because Serpents cannot abide to come neare it so we should be conversant in those bookes in which no infection is to be feared As to them that are dimme sighted euery place is darke and obscure because they carry darknesse about with them in their eyes so to the vnlearned euery booke and euery stile is difficult and abstruse In times past they that made decrees for the people had wont to write Good Fortune that they might seeme to haue added nothing of their owne some doe write trifles in other mens bookes which pertaine nothing to the matter Plutarchus As they that are wise doe not forthwith drinke of euery fountaine because some bring health some bring a seemely countenance and others bring destruction so it is not safe to read euery booke because as out of some thou maist sucke a good disposition of mind so out of others lust out of others ambition is drawne As that worke is most laudable wherein the arte commendeth the matter the matter counten●nceth the arte so that is the best booke wherein the profitablenesse of the argument commendeth the eloquence and the eloq●ence of the authour com●endeth the argument As cheries bee fulsome when they bee through ripe because they bee plenty so bookes bee stale when they be printed in that they bee common As I referre the readers to Conradus Ges●ers Bibliotheca for Latine Greeke and Hebrew authours so for English writers I referre them to Andrew ●aunsels Catalogue of English bookes Reading of bookes AS in meates wee doe not onely looke for pleasantnesse but for wholesomnesse so in hearing and reading of authours Plut. As wee see our selues in other mens eyes so in other mens writings wee may see what becommeth vs and what becommeth vs not Idem As a field too much dunged becommeth parched but if it haue no compost it waxeth barren so by moderate reading the wit groweth and is brought to good liking for the minde is no lesse fatted by reading then the ground by manuring Plin. lib. 8. cap. 23. As it is more profitable often to manure the ground then to manure it much so daily reading bringeth more fruite then plodding continually at it Plin. ibidem in fine As the sent of spices and flowers is more acceptable somewhat off then close to the nose so there are somethings that please if they belightly passed ouer which being exactly looked into doe loose their grace of which kind are the fables of Poets and the Histories of gentiles Those things that liue long doe not soone spring vp so that worke that thou wouldst haue alwayes to be read ought to bee throughly laboured in and seriously scanned As curers of mens bodies doe extract wholesome medicines out of poysonous Serpents and venemous beasts and reiect that which is hurtfull and dangerous so in reading Poets Historians and Phylosophers wee should leaue that which is naught and take that which is good and profitable Theodoricus Cyraenensisser 1. de Grae●●●● As trauellers haue many ostes but ●ew friends so they that cursorily read all things hand ouer head doe runne ouer much and remember little Seneca epistola secuuda As beasts doe chew their cuds so profiting wits doe ruminate what they reade Philo in lib. de Agricultura As meate eaten greedily hath neither profit nor pleasure so authors read ouer too hastily Polybius lib. 3. Historiarum As drunken men thinke they see moe when they see but one so they that through vnskilfulnesse doe not see the truth in authours doe bring in many and diuers constructions A choyce is to be had in reading of bookes AS Vlysses by stopping his ●ares with wax escaped the danger of the Syrens so if in reading of authours wee meete with any obscene or erronious matter wee are to passe it ouer with deafe eares and blindfolded eyes Plutarch As Bees doe not gather all things of one flower but of one they gather of another hony and of another bee glew so all things are not to looked for out of one authour but wee must take that out of each one which is most profitable Out of Poets and oratours eloquence and splendour of words Out of Logitians sound and solide arguments Out of Phylosophers the knowledge of nature and out of Diuines precepts of liuing Plin. lib. 11. cap. 7. As Bees out of the bitterest flowers and sharpest thornes doe gather the sweetest hony so out of obscene and wicked fables some profit may be extracted Plutarchus As some in feastings doe vse an Amethist against drunkennesse so in reading of Poets wee must vse the direction of good rules least they infect the minde Plin lib. 37. cap. 9. As little Bees from euery place bring home that which is profitable so a student doth except from euery authour that which his purpose Plinius lib. 21. cap. 21. No man is so mad that had rather drinke poyson out of Ner●es great rich boule then wholesome wine out of a Samian vessell so he that is wise had ●ather fetch wholesome precepts of ●iuing set downe in what style soeuer ●hen draw pestiferous opinions out of ●loquentest writer We must not obey Poets and Phy●osophers as Schollers do their Schoolmasters but as Cato being a boy obeyed his Shool master commanding him to doe a thing who asked him for what cause hee so commanded so credit and beliefe is to be yeelded vnto bookes and Authours if they render sound reasons for their assertions Plut. in Moral As the Lord de la Nouue in the six discourse of his politike and military dicourses censureth of the Bookes of Amadis de Gaule which he saith are no lesse hurtfull to youth then workes of Machiauell to age so these bookes are accordingly to bee censured of whose names follow Beuis of Hampton Guy of Warwicke Arthur of the round table Huon of Burdeaux Oliuer of th● Castle the foure Sonnes of Aymo● Gargantua Girelcon the Honour of Chiualrie Primaleon of Greece Palmerin de Oliua the seauen Champions the Myrror of Knight-hood Blancherdine Meruin Howleglafse the stories of Palladyne and Palmendos the black● Knight the Maiden Knight the history of Caelestina the Castle of Fame Gallia● of France Ornatus and Artesia c. The vse of reading of many Bookes AS Physitians apply a medicine fo●nd out for one disease to all them that are either like it or haue any affinity with it so we must apply 〈◊〉 sayings of authours vnto diuers vses Plutarch Bees out of diuers flowers draw diuers iuices but they temper and digest them by their owne vert●e otherwise they would make no hony so all authours are to be turned ouer and what thou