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A20028	The defence of contraries Paradoxes against common opinion, debated in forme of declamations in place of publike censure: only to exercise yong wittes in difficult matters. Wherein is no offence to Gods honour, the estate of princes, or priuate mens honest actions: but pleasant recreation to beguile the iniquity of time. Translated out of French by A.M. one of the messengers of her Maiesties Chamber.; Paradoxes, ce sont propos contre la commune opinion. English. Selections	Estienne, Charles, 1504-ca. 1564.; Munday, Anthony, 1553-1633.; Landi, Ortensio, ca. 1512-ca. 1553. Paradossi.; Duval, Jean-Baptiste, d. 1632, attributed name.	1593 (1593)	STC 6467; ESTC S105222	52,873	110

companion to her husband only but indeed Ladye and mistresse ouer her house and familie And if for example the reports of fundry places might serue I would aboue all other willinglie perswade ye to this one That I being one day at Lions deuising priuately with a very faire and young woman as is the manner in this Citty heere we entred into talke concerning the braue fashion of a garment which one of his neighbours ware and hadde caused newly to be made When I gaue her councell to haue such another she began to sigh maruelouslie Now I knew her husband to be rich inough able to content her in a greater desire and not to giue her one but a doozen farre better wherefore Lady quoth I why speake ye not to your husband who can and will heerein satisfie ye She answered she durst not neither would she require it bicause she had not yet as so wel deserued but if it pleased God to fauour her so much as to sende her one or twoe sweet yong babes she shoulde haue the meanes to aske of him other thinges then a new gowne It happened according to her wishe that a yeere after she was deliuered of two male children at one burthen so soone as she saw her desire accomplished she who before had beene so kind and louing to her husband began to holde all her housholde in such subiection as the poore Gentleman had no better helpe but euen to forsake his house now beholde what fruite comes by this kind of domesticall increase As for the aduantages that ensue by barrennesse I finde so great a number of them as it is impossible for me to acquaint yee with them all First of all if thou haue a barren wife consider thou shalt not need to doe as many doe nursse other folks childrē It shall not displease thee to heare the stir she makes when thy wife is sicke with childe nor shalt thou abide the painefull trouble during the month of her downe-liyng nor shalt thou heare the cryinges and cradle-noise to waken thee out of thy first sleepe Thou shalt bee free from the strifes and perpetuall molestations of iniurious and vnnaturall nursses And to conclude thou shalt not feele that yikesome anguish in seeing them die by thee or in thy presence Witnesse heereof let serue the wise Solon who being one day gone to visite his friend Thales that then for more quietnes of studie was gone not far off frō the Citty of Myletum And seeing no children goe vp and downe before his house he maruelled greatlie thereat and conceiued but rudely of Thales that hee hadde no care of linage to ensue him Thales within few daies after would returne the like to his companion and came to visite him euen in his lodging And while they discoursed on many thinges there entred to them a yong Lad who before hadde beene instructed for the purpose by Thales he said that he was come from Athens to see the Phylosopher and to enquire if he would command him any thing thither for which cause only came nowe to salute him Solon dilligentlie enquired of him if hee knew any matter of newes and how all things fared at Athens The yong youth answered he knewe no other thing but the death of an honest wise yong man for whom all the Cittie mourned and lamented at his departing because he was saide to be the son of a wise Philosopher of that Cyttie who as then was absent and euery one accounted well of him but his name he had then vtterlie forgotten O poor and vnhappie father cried out Solon being mooued with feare and trembling Then afterwarde cariyng suspition of his owne sonne in his minde he could not forbeare from demaunding if perhaps the name of the dead childes father was not Solon he answered that it was Solon for so he heard him called Then the poore Philosopher began to weepe and to beate his head against the faire walles so that if he had not swouned in the place he was in danger had the doores beene open to haue runne into the fieldes and there haue raunged vp and downe as madde or frantike Thales seeing himselfe reuenged and that he had preuailed enough against him after he had dawned him to remembrance by the helpe of vinager and colde water he saide Now thou seest Solon the cause which hath with-held me so carefully from listening to the desire of children in that it can so easily offend the sence of such a man as thou art whome I esteemed the firmest and most constant in the worlde Afterward he let him vnderstand the fallacie to shew him whence proceeded his slender affection to haue any linage I would faine learne of him that is so earnestlie this way addicted how doth a woman knowe what her children will be when shee hath brought them foorth For but by the issue of women had euer the Romaine Empire beene tormented with such horrible monsters as were Caligula Nero Commodus and Bascianus Had they euer liued vppon the earth if Marcus Antonius Domitian and Septimius had not byn married or at least had met with barren women Augustus would often wish that of his wiues hee might neuer haue children and woulde many times call his daughter and Neece two horse-leaches that destroied and eate vppe his daies with great and extreame greefes The selfe-same words might poor Agripina haue vsed who was mother to the cruel and hated Nero. Likewise the good father to Phraates K. of Parthia when he beheld his sonne so cruelly slain and at length without any remorse of conscience the homicidiall sworde to be sheathed in his owne poore and ouer-wearied aged bodie Epaminondas a king of so high spirit and most noble wisedome liued a long time without marriyng when being one day reproched and bearded by Pelops as in the way of reprehension for making no regard of procreation of children for aide of the common wealth which already declined and fell to ruine he returned him this quicke answer Take heed that thou hast not doone worse than I for the Common wealth by such seed as thou shalt leaue behind thee Heereon they elected one of his sonnes who was of such an infamous and wicked disposition as he hoped for nothing more then to bring all thinges to confusion What shall I say of Mithridates who by desire to succeede in the kingdome of Pontus seeing the ambushes he hadde secretly prepared against his father sorted to none effect made open warre against him assailed him very dishonorably for to depose him And what may be said of Lotharius sonne to K. Lewes who hauing suspition that he was not so well beloued as his brother Charles found the meanes to imprison his father I might in this place produce the deede of C. Thuranius Antipater of Gal●en sonne to the Emperour Valerian and of infinite other homicides or rather paricides But I will not trouble yee with multitude of examples in a matter not to bee any way

at his death desired to be better stored O chaste and humble pouertie wheron as on a most firme rocke was builded of olde the Churche of God Pouertie architectrix of great citties towns inuentresse of all Artes and faire sciences alone without any fault or reproch Triumphant in very great excellence and worthy of all honour and commendation By thee was the Philosopher Plato esteemed so deuine Socrates so wise and good Homer so eloquent By thy meanes was erected the Empire of the great Romaine people and to be briefe how much for other things thou art to be loued singularlie yet for this one respect art thou highlie to be praised because apparantlie thou makest knowne who among friends are the feigned and counterfeit Wherfore I say that such as forsake and reiect thee ought to be shunned as a sauage beast chased from euery one considering that in refusing thee he repulseth the mistresse of all goods excellence of the spirit of man That this is true howe many persons haue beene seene by the meanes of honest want to be brought to all modesty humility chastitie prouidence and lastlie to ioy in that which false phylosophy by long time and continuall studie could hardly at any time bring to memorie If mine oath might vrge ye to beleefe I durst affirme before ye that I haue seen some in their worldly felicities more furious than euer was Orestes more proud then Athamantis more voluptuous libidinous then Verres or Clodius who soone after by some inconueniences being brought to pouerty became in one instant chast courteous and so debonaire as not so much as the very shadow of their bodies but appeered to be affable and gratious And neuer did so much the gainesaiers of this vertue no not in the honesties of morall philosophy for it is a thing very certaine that shee could neuer performe like worthy deedes as our good pouertie hath doone I beseech ye consider what a mistresse in her house she hath alwaies beene to forbid that where she soiourneth sloth prodigalitie gouttinesse luxurie with such like mishapen and detestable matrones should haue any harbour Whersoeuer she sheweth her selfe it behoueth pride to bee gone with all diligence neuer must enuy haue any place there such trumperies and abuses she scattereth from her abroades But may it please ye to vnderstand Gentlemen whereon they so much affected to riches and couetousnesse of money doe ground themselues which in all seasons hath beene held for the greatest ruine and destruction of men They say that such is the inclination of our spirit I would demand of them what societie haue the spirits of men being of their owne nature diuine and celestial with earthly superfluities because nothing else is gold or siluer then the very excrement of the earth where finde they that any one of them who were highly wise would euer place riches in the number of those thinges that truely ought to bee called goods Vnhappy thornes which brings ye such greefe in the gathering which with so many warme teares and ouer-bitter sighs ye leaue lost and dissipated and with such paines and anguishes ye cause to be guarded and tended Seneca an author of great reputation saide That the man is greatly to be commended whoe prizeth earthen vessels as much as if they were of siluer but much more praise deserueth he that esteemeth vesselles of golde or siluer no more then if they were of earth So in truth if we consider well the condition of these so highly beloued riches we shall find them naturally to be such as in dispending or employing them they cause nothing else but trouble and torment And thinking to keepe them safe and sure vnder key neuer the more easie benefite is receiued thereby but oppressions of such care as we cannot but repute our selues simple subiects and seruants to them For this it is that our God of infinite wisdom and bountie calleth the poore most blessed who euer gaue so much fauor to pouertie as he in imitation of whom many I thinke by him inspired haue buried their goods fearing least themselues shoulde be buried in them And brieflye to discouer the pleasure of these riches If we desire them to haue a sumptuous stable of horses double and single Courtals ambling and trotting Geldings Iennets Hungarian Barbarian Turkish and other horsses of excellence let vs consider that the horsse by nature is a fantasticall beaste night and day eating the goods of his maister yet for all that neuer satisfied a lofty and a couragious beast bread and nourished vppe for warre to whom somtimes their needes but a wispe of strawe to affright him with a shadow which endagers the ouerthrow of his maister A beast that oft times will not obey the bridle or the spurre and without the meanes of well ordering and managing will fall into a thousand bogges or quag-mires How many daungerous alarmes and spoile of Countries caused by the vnhappie incursions of the Gotthique Vandalian Hunnes Danish horses haue the noble kingdoms of France Italie and Spaine receiued whoe but for this helpe had neuer beene enterprized vppon by those barbarous Nations What damage yeerely doe the poste horses not only to riders for offices and benefices but likewise to Princes and Lords who somtime for their pleasure desire to winne ground in hast I neuer looke on them that so boldly place their affection in horses and who without any reasonable cause so affect and keepe them but I say to my selfe betweene him that loueth and the thing beloued it behoueth there should be some similitude and resemblance otherwise such an appetite should neuer bee ingendred nor could these two so well agree togyther Seeing then that rich men are so immesureably affected to their horsses as they can thinke on no other pastimes in the world but to send to buy them at Naples in Turkie in Almaigne and Spaine it must needes be esteemed that they holde some disposition agreeing with the horsses participating with some strange and brutishe nature And not to be silent in other discommodities which horsses bringeth as well in the field as the Citty first of all if they trot they will breake their reynes and if they amble they are ready to stumble and fall hazarding thy ouerthrow or perishing some member of thy body Beside this as saith the great Alfirtocus and many good Authors of Escuyrie the horsse is subiect to more diseases then a man So let me leaue ye to bethinke on such other greefes and vexations which horsses daily bring vnto ye If we see into the pleasure of the rich concerning the beawtie of their Cabinets garnished amonge other iewels with pointed diamonds Rubies Topazses Emeraldes or other beautifull stones wee may at this day perceiue by proofe that the price and valew of pretious stones consisteth only in the affection of very wealthy persons or in the smooth language of the abusers that sell them the reputation and esteem of them being subiect to

house garnished with all prouisions they are ridde of continual keeping companie with their wiues who cease not to storme strike and fight first with one then with an other according to the quallity of most house keepers They heare not so often their young children brawle murmure or be peeuish demaunding firste one thing then another neyther see they the priuie hidings of their men seruants and maides which is such an euill as the subtillest in the house sometimes knowes not how to defend This the good Anasangris of Sparta well knowing and that exile was not a matter so offensiue in regard of the priuiledges before named sent an answere in writing to one of his friends that he tooke it in no ill part to be sent foorth of his Countrey But rather quoth he I ought to greeue the abandoning of iustice reason and societie of all good thinges then the countrey which thou so deerely esteemest The parting wherewith should be the lesse yrkesome to thee because when thou leauest it thou forsakest likewise infinite greefes tribulations which it bringeth to such as are besotted therewith And in sooth lesse greeuous and troublesome to vs are the calamities of our countrey when wee are farre off then when we are neere at hand Nor is the report of the death or hurt of a friend so offensiue as the sight Beeing farre from ciuill discordes and sadnesse of Magistrates we take no care for beeing called to councell nor whether the officers of the Cittie doe their dutie or keepe their accounts euen We shall not heare the difference of our Countrey-men among themselues stand croutching to borrow nor listen to the quarrels and strifes betweene neighbors But contrariwise we shall see ourselues free from all molestations and oftentimes meet in the fields with better fortunes then wee coulde haue doone in the Citty I haue knowne some that haue liued more commodiouslie and pleasantly out of their houses then if they had continued in them for there they could not make a little cheere without Saint Iulians Pater Noster or being half-crucified Abroad is daily found some one who hath pittie on the straunger and one would not imagine what kindenesse and tendernes of hart poore needie widdowes shewe to the bannished Agamemnon returning from the expedition of Troy threatned by his father Telamon to be thrust from his countrey into exile I knowe not father quoth he any other countrey to be affected then that whereinto a man is best welcome If exile had beene reputed a thing euill and hatefull by the wisest and most prudent persons of times past as many for want of other matter woulde gladly alleadge should we then finde so many vertuous people that so voluntarily and cheerefully embraced it as didde Metellus Numidicus and manye other of great renowme Calaster commanded to exile by the Athenians receiued his banishment for so great a blessing as at his departure he would not haue any thing knowne thereof to his very deerest freendes and for feare by them he should be againe reuoked to his countrey he very strictlie forbad them by his letters not to trauaile anye iote for his returne accounting it much better to ende his daies in poore tranquillitie out of his countrey then among riches full of tribulation and businesse of the Citty to languish in the place of his birth Demetrius Phalerean sent in exile to Thebes was most highlie displeased with his fortune and durst not shew it to Crates the Phylosopher because according to the maner of Ciniques he liued very poorly and obscurely Within a while after the Philosopher Crates came to visite him whom when hee had saluted hee reuealed to him so good a discourse in praise and commendation of exile as Demetrius suddenly recouering his better sences began to account it for a great glorie that he had byn banished So soone afterward as he came home againe hee blamed very much the opinion and forgetfull iudgementhe had before and the troublesome state of his affaires which had so long held and detained him from ioying in a life so excellent as banishment was We shall find few men of valour or worth that haue escaped this fortune and if he wee would confesse the truth this harme if harme it may be called hath more commonly and ordinarily fallen on menne of vertue then on any other For proofe thereof Hanniball after hee had endured so many trauailes in seruice of his ingratefull cōmon weale was he not banished by the Carthagenians was hee not depriued of his so deere belooued Citty by the Athenians Noble Theseus who hadde done so many memorable thinges worthy of eternal honour and praise only by meanes of his vertue was he not chased forth of his Countrey which hee had so amplified and enlarged The like was doone to Solon by the Athenians whom in recompence of ordering their lawes and manner of life they made to ende his latest daies in the Isle of Cyprus The vertuous and puissant Miltiades by whose meanes were vanquished about thirtie thousand Persians dyed in this blessed state of exile Like happened as a reward to valliant Camillus after he had so often giuen succour to his noble countrey Traian the iust when hee was chosen Emperour was in exile Banished was the learned Aristotle and worthie Themistocles constrained to gette him gone from his Countrey the like befell to Alcibiades VVhat regard had the Ephesians to the vertues of Hermodorus when they banished him out of their Countrey Rutillius could not resist like fortune nor poore Cicero on whom the Romaines bestowed this fauour of exile for a recompence because he had preserued their publique estate beside manye other innumerable good turnes Now what is he that in heart woulde not wish to be in perpetuall exile with so many good and honourable companions Perhaps it may bee some coward hart-lesse strength-lesse courage-lesse or councel-lesse creature I should be ouer-long in shewing ye by diuers waies and examples that exile is a thing neyther euil nor hurtfull but at this present I am forced to forbeare not so much for feare of offending your delicate eares but because I remember that the moste elloquent Maister Iohn Boccace writing to a Florentine friend of his hath already discoursed very amply on this argument Wherfore I will heere conclude this matter after I haue intreated your good willes by that which heertofore hath beene said to combine the sundry profits issuing from exile and banishmēt with the small greese or harme which a heart not ouer-weake and slothfull may receiue thereby The rather because by reason it is more to be desired or at the least liberally endured and supported before yrkesome licence and libertie that by testimonie of the olde Comick Poet makes vs ordinarily more wicked and giuen to all kinde of vices neuer eleuating or exercising so much the spirites of men well borne and enstructed in all vertues as doth the pretious state of banishment For infirmitie of the Bodie Declamation 10.