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child_n	write_v	young_a	youth_n	132	3	8.2049	4	false

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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A11375	A mirrhor mete for all mothers, matrones, and maidens, intituled the Mirrhor of Modestie no lesse profitable and pleasant, then necessarie to bee read and practiced.	Salter, Thomas.	1579 (1579)	STC 21634; ESTC S101647	23,495	70

A Mirrhor mete for all Mothers Matrones and Maidens intituled the Mirrhor of Modestie no lesse profitable and pleasant then necessarie to bee read and practised Imprinted at London for Edward White at the little Northdore of Paules at the Signe of the Gun. TO THE RIGHT vertuous Matrone and singuler good Ladie Anne wife to the right worshipfull sir Thomas Lodge knight E. W. wisheth long life and prosperous estate HAuing alōg tyme debated with my self my very good Lady after the copie of this Pamphlete was come into my handes too whom I might best dedicate the same your L. at laste came to my remembraunce as the Ladie too whom I did knowe my self to be so greatly beholden by many receiued courtesses that I could not but confesse my self bound to be mindfull of requitall to the vttermoste of my power and therefore notyng the title that it beareth beyng the Mirrhor of Modestie I knewe none so worthie at leaste to whom I was indetted of duetie as your Ladiship to be patronesse hereof because that the vertue whereof it beareth the title dooeth so gloriously shine in you as verie Enuie her self cannot but confesse muche rather a right demyng mynde that it is your desarte to haue it bothe for affirmyng that whiche is conteined therein by your life to be laudable and also to incorage other by your supporte to followe your stepps to attain to your atchiued fame Wherfore although the gift be far vnable to gratifie the least part of the fauour I haue found yet I haue boldly presumed too presente it vnto you as beeyng assured consideryng your courteous Nature of courteous acceptation and the rather because it is a Mirrhor to teache Maidens to be Modest whereof you haue alwaies been a Mistresse and therefore maye the better iudge if it bee well wrought by perusyng it at your beste leasure whiche not doubtyng but ye will dooe I cease from further troublynge you with my duetifull commendations and daiely intercession to the Almightie for the happie estate and prosperitie of your Ladishippe that am your worshippes moste bounden E. W. ¶ The Epistle to all Mothers Matrones and Maidens of Englande IN seeyng right honourable Mothers and vertuous Matrones the greate abuse that by the default of good brynging vp many of our Englishe Maidens doe daiely runne into to the greate reproche of their Parentes hartes greef of their kinsfolke infamie of their persones and whiche is moste to be lamented losse of their soules I thought it no lesse then my bounden duetie to take in hande this little worke Intituled the Mirrhor of Modestie to the ende that by looking in the same bothe suche Mothers and Matrones as haue charge of children and youth vnder them maie knowe the onely ready meanes by the helpe of Gods grace so to instructe them as no doubte greate amendemente will insue and also all Maidens and yonge Children them selues see the directe and straight pathe to perpetuall felicitie wherefore what so euer herein is written I beseche you as frendly to accepte as it is willyngly offered For trust me not of Pride or vainglorie as thinking my self the onely sufficiente manne to write vppon so worthie a matter haue I made this enterprise but I haue dooen it parte for recreation parte for goodwill on hope to see amendement and that whiche is the cheefeste parte to prouoke some farre better able them I by seyng my little volume so freendly accepted to take in hande a larger and pithier peece of woorke touchyng the same sence and meanyng My requeste therefore is simple to iudge faithfully to reape willyngly to keepe and hartely to obserue all that whiche followeth to your owne profite my comfort and Gods high glorie to whom be all honour Maiestie and power for euer and euer Amen ¶ The Mirrhor of modestie meete for all Mothers and auncient Matrones to looke in to decke their yong daughters and maidens myndes by Made by T. S FOr as muche as the weakenesse of our nature is suche as wee are more inclined and prone to imitate and followe those thynges that bee hurtfull vnto vs then those that bee good and profitable In my iudgemente there is nothyng more meete especially for yong Maidens then a Mirrhor there in to see and beholde how to order their dooyng I meane not a Christall Mirrhor made by handie Arte by whiche Maidens now adaies dooe onely take delight daiely to tricke and trim their tresses standyng tootyng twoo howers by the Clocke lookyng now on this side now on that least any thyng should bee lackyng needefull to further Pride not sufferyng so muche as a hare to hang out of order no I meane no suche Mirrhor but the Mirrhor I meane is made of an other maner of matter and is of muche more worthe then any Christall Mirrhor for as the one teacheth how to attire the outwarde bodie so the other guideth to garnishe the inwarde mynde and maketh it meete for vertue and therefore is intituled a Mirrhor meete for Matrones and Maidens for Matrones to knowe how to traine vp suche young Maidens as are committed to their charge and tuission and for Maidens how to behaue them selues to attaine to the seate of good fame For although that a nomber of them before whom this Mirrhor maie come be braunches sprong from so vertuous a tree or brookes discendyng from so sweete a Fountaine as there is no doubte but the braunches and brookes will bee like vnto the breeders Yet the more pitie wee see oftentimes proofe to the contrary the cause whereof can not bee thought to proceade but by wante of good instruction As it is not onely euident to bee seen in menne that are reasonable but in thynges that are reasonlesse yea not straiyng from my example in Plantes for thei by wantyng the continuall care and diligence that is necessarie for them are seen to lacke their naturall force and vertue and finallie become wilde Likewise the horse by default of well teachyng and trainyng vp will lose a great parte of his gallant maiestie whereto naturally he is inclined So that by how muche the more the likelihoode of any maiden is of vertue by so muche the more ought there a care and diligence to bee had in conseruyng her as a thyng precious and of greate valour and therefore I wishe al Mothers and Matrones not to be so carelesse as not trustyng any other thyng that thei haue of little or no estimation at all but vnder the sauegarde and sure keepyng of carefull and trustie folke will neuerthelesse committe their children at aduenture to the tuission of suche as either by too daintie an entreatie will corrupt their tender myndes or by too importunate a rudenesse driue them into vndecent fearfulnesse yea per aduenture into disdaine and hate of suche thinges as ought to be followed and loued Therefore concerning the Matrone to whom any yong Maiden is to be comitted I saie she ought what so euer she be to be Graue Prudent Modest and of good