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A13314	The hauen of pleasure containing a freemans felicitie, and a true direction how to liue well : profitable and del[i]ghtfull to all, hurtfull and displeasing to none, except it bee to such pecuish dames as do either foolishlie reiect, or carelesly neglect the dutie of chast matron[e]s / gathered out of the best approued authors.	I. T.	1597 (1597)	STC 23621; ESTC S1650	98,226	170

dowrie doe vndergoe this yoke so that I haue beene forced to vse applications to strengthen and recouer verie many of them but a little while after their mariages before one yeare vvas cōmen about they haue beene so vveake and feeble limmed and so consumed their liuelie moisture that they were scarse able to stande on their legges Wherefore least children or those that haue a little passed that age should applie their mindes to marriage let euery one make trial of his strength and see of vvhat force he is in the loynes and vvhat hee is able to indure And whosoeuer purposeth to giue himselfe to marrie lette him marke this aboue all other thinges that hee take one to be his yoak-fellovv which is of an honest house not so much for her Dovvrie albeit that is not to be refused when it is profered as for her vvit honestie chastitie bashfulnesse and good manners For a woman as the Comicall Poet saith hath a sufficient Dowrie if she bee indued with good manners And notable is that saying of Alcumena in Plautus Amph. act 1. whiche ought to be perfectlie learned of all maydens and matrones I take not that for a dowrie which is so commonlye called but chastitie shamefastnesse a mortified luste the feare of God the loue tovvardes parentes brotherlie loue obedient to her husbande willing to doe that which is good and to bridle ones selfe from dooing of euill Wherefore let parents carefullie labour prouidentlie to instruct that weake sexe and readie to fall to destruction especiallie vvhen they begin to wax ripe and readie for a husbande that they conceiue no dishonestie nor sustaine the losse of their chastitie Eccles 7 but rather to traine vp their daughters to honesty and vertue and stir them vp to soundnesse of life and blameles manners For there are many parentes which doe so slenderlie care for the perfection of their daughters that they corrupt them with ill examples at home opening them the window to drunkennesse boldnesse and impudencie vvhereby it commeth to passe that they accustome themselues by little and little to laie aside shamefastnesse and make sale of their chastitie by suffering themselues to be easilie ouercome or at least they slenderlie resist such as lie in waite for their virginitie vvhose clipping kissing and toying they nothing abhorre neither take greeuouslie or gainesaie the flatterie of those that embrace them Among many faults and errors which are wont to be committed in the entrance into this estate of wedlocke there are three especiallie which in my iudgement are to be blamed because from thence do many inconueniences arise The first is that the most part of men women doe enter into this kind of life rashlie and without consideration hauing no regarde of their natures but at such an age as is altogether vnfit for it Secondly there are many that marrie when it is too late and therefore out of season because their age begins to wither and yeares grow fast vpon them Lastlie there are some that match themselues vnequallie as one that is sound and lustie vvith one that is sicklie and vveake a young man that marrieth an olde vvoman for her Dovvrie which is an vnequall matche and an olde man matching with a young maiden vvhich is not so much to be blamed as the other because it is not contrarie to the course and order of nature for there are manie old menne vvho though they bee crasie yet is their age so liuelie that they vvant not abilitie to get children vvhich is altogether denied to olde and ouervvorne vvomen And as the ouermuch haste and celeritie of young men in thinking of marriage is to bee blamed so is slacknesse and delaie in those that are of yeares sufficient For those that suffer themselues to be tied with this yoke too hastilie before they are readie and before their bodies are strong enough to indure it it cannot be but after a bragge or tvvo their courage is cooled and altogether decaied But those that by delaies let the lavvful time of marryage ouerslip them and defer their purpose to marrie till they be old they lead a filthie and vnpleasant life yea and manie times defile themselues vvith diuers and vnlawfull copulations and that doe so manie pockyfaced so manie diseased vvithered visaged bleare eied crooked gowtie and swolne legged companions shew vnto vs who aftervvards when their liues beginne to be loathsome vnto them and that it happen they ioine themselues in mariage they fall into manie and greate griefes and incombrances For when they are spent and decaied and their strength consumed through the disorder of their forepassed copulations they are both greeuous vnto themselues and frustrate the hope and desire of their new maried wiues All societie that comes not within the compasse of Wedlocke is vicious and altogither vnlawful Chap. 55. SEeing that Christ and his Apostles do detest wantonnesse and filthie and vnlawfull loues Heb. 13 and pronounceth that they shal be shut out of the kingdom of heauen which doe file themselues with adulterie and desire to goe a whooring I cannot see with what face they can defende themselues who hurting matrimonie thinke it better to liue looselie and without care at libertie For there are some whoe without the boundes of wedlocke giue themselues for a time to some paramore neither decentlie nor with a safe minde and quiet conscience They forsooth follovve the profite of this life as they perswade themselues and will not be so much addicted to one but wil chāge and forsake her at their pleasure and yet they oftentimes taste more bitter thinges and are compelled to indure and abide farre more shamefull thinges at the hands of a proud a malepert lemman then if they were married of their lawful and honest wiues Moreouer this mischiefe also happeneth besides because the continuall custome of the liues of these vvomen doth bring boldnesse and such a kind of audacious saucinesse and confidence that if thou wax weary of thē and art desirous to forsake them thou canst not doe it without verie great trouble For if it happen thou make but mention of a diuorce or if they perceiue thou art discontent with them and they begin but to fear thou wilt shut them out of thy doores they will confounde heauen and earth together Those familiar and domesticall whores which our masse priestes receiued into their fellowship do minister examples very abundantlie who vvere forbidden to marrie and commaunded to liue chastlie a thing very painful and of too great a burden for them that vvere strong and full of moisture to beare Wherefore they erre greatly and are altogether blinded and deceiued in the choise of so beastlie a life who iudge those to liue profitably quietly who freeing themselues from mariage doe either keepe a whore at home or hire one abroad with whom they may delight themselues and vvhen it pleaseth them inioye her companie because moste commonly besides the disquiet of the minde and

Iopas plaid on harpe that which great Atlas taught He sung the labors which the sun wādring moon hath wrought Whence men beasts water fire did their beginning gaine Arcturus rainy Hyades and cake the Trions twaine And why the Northen stars make hast into th' Ocean sea to d●●e O what 's the hindrance that doth vs of longer nights depriue The vse of this recreation was not wanting among the Hebrues and that it was regarded and much esteemed among great men besides others the history of Dauid doth shewe it For that Prophet vsed to sing psalmes to his harpe and with the sownde thereof to quiet the mad minde of Saule when it was vexed with an euil spirit and black choller 1 Reg 16. and so to bring the king againe into his right minde And Elizeus the Prophet being greeued with the importunate interruptiōs of the kings 4. Reg 3 vvould take his psalterie in hand and quiet his minde with sweet harmonie and musicall consent and when all trouble vvas remooued and his affections quieted inspired by the holye ghost began to prophesie the successe of the three kings Moreouer that musicke was vsed at bankets the scriptures in manie places do witnesse For thus saith the Wise man Eccles 32 taking a similitude from pretious stones set in golde As the Carbuncle beautifieth the golde so doeth musicke at a bankette with a little vvine And in another place he saith As the Emeralde whose greene colour is bright and delectable setteth out the gold so dooth the harmonie of singing at a pleasant banket But least anie one should vse and occupie these delightes more then necessitie requireth hee shevveth by the vvaie vvhat should be preferred before it saying Wine and musicke reioice the hart and minde Eccles 40 but the studie of vvisdome more then them both Trulie Esay blameth the drunken and such as are giuen to feastings and to delight themselues with musicall instruments but it is onely for this cause that they regard them more than God C. p. 5 because they giue not thankes to God for any of those thinges they so plentifullie and aboundantlie inioy For thus hee threatneth them Woe bee to you that rise vp earlie to follovve drunkennesse to drink til the euening till you chafe at the vvine The Harpe the Lute the Organ and the pipe is at your bankets but you nothing regard the actes of the Lord nor yet consider his handie vvorke that is you lifte not your mindes and eies vp to him from vvhose bountifulnes and liberalitie these things come Amos the prophet speaketh of the same matter taunting the wanton and such as liue prodigallie with threatninges after this sort Woe be to you that are rich in Sion that walke so lordelie lying in iuory beds and playing the wantons in the streetes vvhich sing to the sownd of the psaltery drinking wine in full cuppes and anointing your selues with most costlie ointments and not one of you pittieth the case of the poor or greeueth at the miserie of the afflicted there is no respect or heede taken of the needie neither doe you giue God thankes for his benefites Wherefore the delight in music●e and vvithall a moderate vse of vvine and meate wherby the drovvsie and heauie spirites bee strengthened and refreshed vvhervvith the melancholike fumes bee dispearsed are no vvaie blameworthie and therfore should not be condemned with any seueritie vnlesse by abuse and ouermuch vse of them wee preferre them before heauenlie thinges and our saluation Among easie exercises and suche as are not combersome and laborious riding is numbred the vvhiche is doone either by horse waggon or barge Also walkinge abroad in the ayre such as our greene alleyes in gardens affoorde vs and vnder the Vine when it is caryed along vppon poles or vnder faire green arbours like vnto a vaute or backe of a lute such walkes are no lesse profitable then pleasant Nowe if it so fall out that in thy walkings thou wax wearie and faint there want not in a curious garden bankes and resting places to sit downe on in the shade where by taking the coole ayre 〈◊〉 mayst qualifie thy heate but when it seemeth good vnto thee to sitte in the Sunne or walke abroade in the open ayre thou mayest doe it either in the fielde or else in some highe Gallerie or Leades And as among moderate exercises reading with a loude voice and declamations are fit for such as are schollers and Ciuilians so wrestling and playing at Tennis and all exercises of artillerie or shooting are good for them that be strong and lustie and approoued by Galen in a little booke that he published and so is sworde-playing and running a Tilt vvhereby the natural heate is increased and therby dispearsing the bloud into euerie member the body getteth strength whereby it commeth to passe that such as vse exercise are better coloured then others their skinnes are tainted ouer with a sweet and delectable rednesse But let such as practise these exercises remember this that they doe all things moderatelie least violent ouerstraining actions bring their members or any part of the bodie out of iointe or with too sudden and hastie turning or winding bee remooued out of his place Nowe as presentlie after meat the mind is not to be wearied with studie to the ende the ventricle may haue the better digestion before the naturall heat bee scattered and dispearsed so after a full stomach and great dinner thou must not addicte thy selfe to ouermuch labour for violent and disordered motions doe hinder digestion and all immoderate actions of the body doe drawe the raw and half digested meate into the veines which breeding opilations and putrifactions doe minister occasion to all diseases We call it Cockal There is a play called Astragalismus among the Latines or as the Dutchman termes it Pickelen which is doone by the throwing of three small sheepes bones cleansed and made drie at which our Dutch maidens before they are mariageable or readye for a husbande wil play but so soone as they are maried they presentlie despise it And our young men doe play with certaine bones that are taken out of the feete of Oxen which we Dutchmen cal Coten Much like our coiles exercise themselues at certaine times in the yeare and so they doe nuts and rackles which childish plaies when they com to more yeares they little regard so that when they are past 7. years old they think it vncomlie a great discredit to play with such trifles For with childrē as Horace saith A Edificare casas ●ib ●er 2 Sat. 3 plostello adiungere mures Luderepar impar equitare in arundine longa Si quem delectat barbatum amentia versat To build vp housen and to ioine mice to a childish carte To play at euen or od and ride on horseback on a sticke If one that hath a beard delight he seemeth more then madde Novv there is also another