had his limitation hovv much hee ought at his death to bee queathe vnto theÌ„ and al the rest of hys inheritaÌ„ce goods to desceÌ„d to the next Issue male of his kyn Four causes vvhy old age semeth miserable * The j. dispraise of Oldage Oldage is no let or hinderaÌ„ce to a man from dealing in offices or functions in the CoÌ„mon vvel the. Graue vvise couÌ„sellours the chiefe staye of a CoÌ„mon vvealths Appius Claudius Maister of a Shyppe * Who made Carthage Tributary to Rome this Scipio vtterly destroyed it There vvere alvvayes 4. Consuls 2. in Office for the yere present the other elected to succede the next yeare folovvinge The Senate hath his name of Olde men Lacedemonians Memorie not minished in Oldmen Memorye of Themistocles A foolish persvvasion that vvas in people of old time No olde man so obliuious to forget vvhere he layeth his purse Sophocles accused by his ovvn sonnes for do tag No man so old but hopeth to lyue one yeere longer Men must do good for them that come after Old men take delight in tovvardly youÌ„gmen An Olde maÌ„s good aduertisement very profitable and pleasaunt to a youÌ„g man. SoloÌ„ vvaxed Olde by learning euerye daye somvhat Cato learned the Greeke tong vvheÌ„ hee vvas an OldmaÌ„ The Second disprayse of Oldage alledged by them that saye Oldage is myserable because it maketh the bodye vveake and feble Milo repreheÌ„ded because he bevvailed his lacke of strengthe in his old age An other obiection To instructe teach youth is a necessary and excelleÌ„t Function Learned men Youth inordinate lye ledde maketh a feeble impotent Oldage Lusty Old-age of Cyrus Perfecte strength of Metellus in Old-age Nestor lyued three hundred yeres Iliad j. Agamemnon Wisdome excelleth strength Betvvene the Romaines the CarthaginiaÌ„s A mountayne in Greece through vvhich is a verye streight and narrovv passage Enoughe such Cockneyes novv a dayes Let euery man meddle vvith no more then hee can vvell compasse Milo caryed an Oxe aliue vpoÌ„ his shoulders the space of a furlong Euery age hath his proper season Masinissa kinge of Mauritani at a vvorthye and a painfull Prince ObiectioÌ„ ObiectioÌ„ YouÌ„gmeÌ„ subiect to infirmities asvvel as olde Good lessons to resist Oldeage The dyet of the bodye aptly reseÌ„bled to a Lamp DiffereÌ„ce betvvene the povvers of the mynd and the bodye Dotage Blind Appius a paterne of a noble GeÌ„tlemaÌ„ and good housholder What maketh Old age honorable Youthful Oldage Old youÌ„g age The custome of the Pytha thagoriaÌ„s The third Dispraise of Olage alledged by them that saye it is vvith out al plesures Bodilye pleasure notablye inueigh ed against by Atchitas Pleasures the Welspring of al Mischieues Dignitie of the minde A man addicted to pleasure moste vn meete for al vertuous actioÌ„s A shameful and reprochful ouerthro Oldage qualifieth all il motions Pleasure and Vertue are contraryes Vice punished vvithout any parciahtie or respect of persons A dissolute part coÌ„mitted by Flaminius to fulfill an vvhores request Epicure This man valyantly died in the defeÌ„ce his CouÌ„trey ObiectioÌ„ Hard to resist pleasures allurements Moderate Banquetting coÌ„medable and tolerable for Old-age Cybele Banquettinge and makinge merie vvyth honest coÌ„panye ConuiuiuÌ„ 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 Oldage not altogether vvithout vulgare pleasures XenophoÌ„ ObiectioÌ„ Sophocles aunsvvere touching carnal cocupisceÌ„ce He that careth not for a thig cannot be sayde to lacke it An excellente player of Comaedies and counterfeicter of mens gestures What old age is plesauntest C. Gallus Oldman studious Astronomie Geometye Naeuius Plautus Liuius Andronicus Licinius Crassus Scipio The God desse of Eloquence and gallaÌ„t speach called in Greke Pitho Wee vvax older by beeing vviser Husbandrye Buddes Dygging Dunging Odyss â— Sundrye delightes of HusbaÌ„drye Planting Graffinge NoblemeÌ„ haue delyted to speÌ„de their time in Husbandrye A noble aunsvvere of a vvorthy man Enemye to all bryberye Senators Oldmen The highest office in the coÌ„mon vvealth called also the Maister of the people for the time had the office of a king Noble Councellours chosen out of the countrye Currours or Purseuauntes In HusbaÌ„dry is both profite pleasure Hortus altera Succidia Exercises for YouÌ„g men Disportes for Olde men XenophoÌ„ his booke of Householde Cyrus Lysander When Trees are so exactly set that vvhiche vvay so euer a man loke they stand dyrectly one againste another Virtuti Fortuna comes Valerius Coruinus Authoritye the chiefest honor and ornamente of Oldage What maner of old-age is commendable The best dvvelling for Olde age vvas at Lacedemon Great reuerence among the Heathen shevved to Old age Too manye of the same staÌ„p novv a dayes ObiectioÌ„ Faults of maners not of age Terence Seueritye in mesure alovvable in OldmeÌ„ Couetousnes in old-men The iiii dispraise of old-Old-age surmysed by theÌ„ vvhiche saye it is miserable because it is nere vnto Death Death not to be feared the reasoÌ„s vvhy For eyther the Soule lyueth or els dyeth YongmeÌ„ more subiect to sicknesse theÌ„ Oldmen CoÌ„mon vvealthes Cities gouerned and mainteined by Oldmen Death spareth no Age. ObiectioÌ„ Ansvvere ObiectioÌ„ Ansvvere Old men haue already enioyed that vvhich younge men doe but hope for Argantonius liued 120. yeres Time passeth We must haue a greater care to lyue vvell then to lyue long Spring Fruicts of Oldage YongmeÌ„ haue greater payne in dyinge then Old-men Oldage hath no certen nuÌ„ber of yeres a pointed hovv long to last Oldage stout and ful of courage Solons ansvvere to Pisistr atus the Tyraunt It is a vvicked thing for a man to murther or kil himselfe Solon vvished to haue his death bevvailed Ennius Death not to bee bevvailed He that stil standeth in feare of Death can neuer haue a quiet mynde Nothing more certaine then Death Nothing more vncertaine then the houre of Deathe Valiaunt knightes which dyed for the honor safegarde of their countrye Vnder the coÌ„duct of Haâ—druball Terentius Varro Hannibal Not vvorthye and honorable GentlemeÌ„ only but coÌ„mon souldiers inferior persons haue despised Death Euery age hath his peculier delite and studye A true lyfe The Body is the prison or Iayle of the Soule Why the mind vvas inspired into man. Pythagoras Immortalitye of the soule Plato his Reasons to proue the immortality of the Soule Lib. 8. de Cyri paedia All thingesreturn to that vvherof they had their first begining Sleepe an Image of Death Paulus Aemilius Pub. Scipio C. Scipio Noble mindes desire to leaue a re The God lye desire Death but the vvicked feare it This place is translated accordinge to ij sundrye Latine Textes This life ful of trouble and labour A vvorthye and vertuous man is not borne in vaine This life is no dvvelling place of continual abode but as an Inne or lodgeinge for a tyme The fashion then among the Romains vvas to burne their dead Bodies What learning and EloqueÌ„ce is able to doe Paradoxa signifieth SenteÌ„ces contrarye to the coÌ„mon opynion of most men Tusculane Questions Mony Riches and such like are
enterprised Manye and sundrye notable qualities haue I knowen in this man but none is more to be meruayled at then howe bee toke the death of his sonne Marcus a noble Gentleman one that had bene CoÌ„sul We haue extant abrode an Oration of the prayse of that man which when wee read what Philosopher do we not contemne Neyther was hee onely renowmed in the open sight of all men abrode but domestically within his owne dores at home he was more noble What profound talke vsed hee what worthye preceptes what great skil had hee in Antiquity what exact knowledge in the Art of Diuination There was also in him as in a Romane very great learning he perfectly remeÌ„bred that by hart could recoumpt all the Warres aswel Ciuile and Domestical as forreine and externall Whose talke and conference I so desirouslye enioyed as though I had alreadye diuined and ghessed that thing which afterwarde chaunced that he being dead there would be none at whose handes I might learne ought But to what end speake I so much of Maximus Truly because you see that it is an horrible villany to say that suche an Oldeage was wretched or miserable But al men cannot be Scipioes or Maximi to recoumpte what Citties they haue sacked what conflictes they haue had both by Sea and Land what warres they haue atchieued nor what Victorsouse Triumphes they haue solemnized For when a man hath led his former lyfe quietly vprightlye and laudablye his Oldage is mild gentle such as we haue heard that the Oldage of Plato was who in the Lxxxi yeare of his age died as he sate writing And such as was the Oldeage of Isocrates who is reported that he wrate his Booke entituled * Panathenaicus in the ninety fourth yere of his Age and lyued fiue yeres after whose Scholemaister Leontinus Gorgias lyued fullye an hundred and seuen yeares and neuer faynted nor gaue ouer his studye and labour which he had in hande And when it was demaunded of him why hee woulde wishe to lyue so long * I haue sayd hee no cause where by to accuse or mislyke myne Oldeage A notable aunswere and worthy to proceede out of the mouth of a famous and learned man For doltish fooles do laye all their owne faultes and blame vppon Oldeage which thing the Poet Ennius of whom I ere while made mention did not As Horse which at Olympian Games ful oft hath borne the Bell And won the Price in aged yeeres now rests himselfe ful wel Lo this man whom you can very well remember compareth his Oldeage to the Oldeage of a valiaunt Victorious borse For the nynthe yeare after hys Death these twaine T. Flaminius M. Attilius were created CoÌ„suls hee himselfe died wheÌ„ Caepio Philip were the secoÌ„d time Consuls being Lxx. yeres old for so long did Ennius lyue at which time I being lxv yeres old with a loud voice earnest sute was a perswader that the law Voconia might bee enacted Thus he caryed two such burdens as are supposed the greatest that can be to wyt Pouerty and Oldage and that in such sort that hee seemed in a maner to be highly delighted therein For as far as I do remember I finde Four principal causes why Oldage semeth wretched and miserable One is because it impeacheth and hindereth a man from dealing in matters an other is because it enfeebleth and weakeneth the bodye the thirde because it almost taketh away al pleasures the fourth because it is not farre of from death Now let vs if you please see of what force euery one of these causes be how iust the allegation of euery of them is Oldage hindreth and draweth a man backe for soothe from taking a charge or function vpon him from what charge or function I pray you from such as are by lustinesse of youth bodily streÌ„gth acchieued Are there no thinges appertayning to Old meÌ„ which although their bodies be weake feeble yet may by the minde be done and administred Did Q. Fabius I praye you nothing Did L. Paulê° thy father O Scipio father in Law to that worthy maÌ„ my Sonne nothinge and a greate sorte of Oldmen moe The Fabritij the Curii the CoruÌ„cani when they meinteyned and defended the weale publique with their graue counsells and authorities did they nothinge Appius Claudius besides his Oldage was also blinde yet hee when all the Senate was of mynde to encline to a peace league to bee made with Pyrrhus was not afrayde to speake those wordes vnto them which Ennius in his Verses recited Hovv are your mynds vvhich earst vvith vvitt vvere fraught Thus fondly bent to bring all thinges to naught And much more right grauely for the Verses are knowen well ynough And yet Appius his Oration is to be seene which he made leuenteene yeares after his seconde Consulshippe and betwene his two Consulships there were tenne yeres and he had borne the office of CeÌ„sor before his first Consulate Whereby it is well to be perceiued that in the warres which wee had with Pyrrhus hee was a man well striken in yeares yet haue wee so hearde oure fathers reporte Therfore their reasons are nothinge worth which deny that Olde age is occupied in exploiting affaires of great importaunce And they doe much like vnto such as saye that the Pylote or Mayster of a Ship helpeth nothing in Saylyng when as some climbe vp into the Mast coppe some walke vppon the Hatches some clense that Pumpe but he holdinge the Helme sitteth quietlye in the sterne or Puppe and although hee doe not the same things which Youngmen doe yet doeth he farre better greater seruice then they For waightye matters are not done with the strength nimblenes and celerity of body but with counsell authoritie aduise wherof Oldage is woÌ„t not onelye not to bee depriued but rather y better therwith encreased stored Vnlesse peraduenture you thincke that I who haue bene both a Souldier a Tribune a Generall an Ambassadour and a Consul and throughly tryed in diuers brunts of Warres do nowe seeme altogether to loyter because I practise not the warres as I was wont to doe But I do prescribe vnto the Senate what thinges are most expedient to bee done and geeue certeine information to them before hand how warre maye bee made vpon Carthage which hath borne a canckred stomacke a great whyle towardes vs of whom I shal neuer cease to stand in feare vntil I perfectly know it to be vtterly subuerted Which victorious conquest I pray the Gods immortall to reserue for thee O Scipio that thou mayest fully fynishe pursue that which thy Graundfather lefte behinde him vndone Since whose death there are passed 33. yeares but the memoriall of that worthye man God graunt that al posteritye maye embrace and receiue mindfully Hee dyed the yeare before I was CeÌ„sor nyne yeares after my Consulshippe when he had bene
the more prouision and costage to make and purueighe THE fowerth cause whiche seemeth most of all to greeue disquiet our Age remayneth yet behinde to bee discussed that is the neerenesse of Death which certes cannot be farre of from Oldage O miserable old Caytife which in so longe a tyme as he hath lyued hath not perceiued and learned that Death is to bee contemned which eyther is vtterly to bee despised if it altogether kill and extinguish the Mynd or Soule or els is greatly to be desired if it conducte and carye the same to some place where it shal be eternal For certes there can no * third be found Therefore what should I feare if after death I shall bee eyther not miserable or els blessed howbeit who is so foolishe to a warrant himselfe althoughe he were neuer so younge that hee shall lyue till the next Eueninge Furthermore that same Age is subiect to a great maigny mo casualties of Death then oure Age is Youngemen sooner fall into Sicknesse they are sorer sicke and are hardlyer recured therfore few lyue tyll they come to old-Old-age which if it were not so wee should lyue together a greate deale better and wiselyer For Discretion Reason and wise Aduice resteth in Oldmen and therfore if there were no Oldmen there would bee no Citties at all But now come I again to talk of imminent Death What faulte of Oldeage is this sithens you see that same also cōmō to Yoūg age I my selfe by proofe haue felt aswel in that worthye man my Sonne as also in thy Brothers Scipio of whom great hope was generally conceiued to haue seene them aduaunced to most honourable Dignities that Death is alyke common to all Ages But a Youngeman hopeth to lyue a great whyle which an Oldman maye not looke to do Hee truly hopeth foolishly For what folisher thing is there then to accoumpte thinges vncertayne for certayne and thinges false for true An Oldeman hath nothinge to hope for But hee is therefore in farre better case then a Youngeman because hee hath alreadye enioyed and obteyned that which the Yongmanne doth but hope for The one desireth to lyue longe the other hath alreadye lyued long Howbeit O Lorde what is there in Mans lyfe long or of any lasttynge continuaunce For admitte and graunt that wee lyue euen tyll the vttermoste of oure Age. Let vs hope to lyue as longe as euer did the Kynge of the Tartessians For there was as I fynde in Hystories one Argantonius Prince of the Isles called Gades who reigned Fourescore yeeres and lyued an hundred and twētye But to mee there seemeth nothinge longe wherein is anye Extreeme or Ende For when that Ende is once come then is that which is passed quight gone and nothing remayneth but only that which a man hath by his Vertues and good deedes atchieued Houres passe awaye apace and so do Dayes Monethes and Yeeres neyther doeth the tyme once passed euer retourne neither can that which is to come bee preciselye knowen Therfore euerye one ought to bee contēted with that time which is graunted him to lyue For neyther needeth a Stageplayer necessarily to play out the Enterlude tyl the very last end therof to bee cōmended therfore but in what Act soeuer of the same he be he must so hādle his part that he may be praysed neither should a Wiseman lyue till the Plaudite bee stricken vp For a short tyme of Age is longe ynough to lyue well and honestlye But if you continue yet longer you muste no more be discontented thereat then Husbandmen be after the pleasauntnesse of the Spring season once passed to haue Sommer Autumne to succeede The Spring doth signifie and represent as it were Adolescencye sheweth what Fruicts are lyke to ensue All the other times and seasons serue to mow gather in the fruicts Now the fruit of Oldage is as before I haue often sayde the remēbrance and stoare of Goods before tyme gotten And al thinges which are done according to the course of nature are to be reckned in the number of good things And what is so agreable to Nature as for Oldmen to dye which thinge hapneth vnto Youngemen euen Maugre Natures Goodwill Therfore Youngmen seeme vnto me so to dye as when a raging flame of fyer is with the great quantitye of water quēched And Oldmē deceasse euē like as Fyer when it is all spent is extinguished of it owne accorde withoute vsinge any force thereto And as Apples when they bee greene and vnrype are plucked from the Tree with violence but being rype and mellowe they fall downe from the Tree euen so violent force and painfull strugglinge taketh awaye lyfe from Youngmen but from Oldmen a rypenesse and maturity Which is to mee so pleasaunt and comfortable that the neerer I drawe to Death the sooner mee thinckes I doe as it were see that land shall at length after a long Nauigation arriue at the Hauen Of al other Ages the certein terme is appointed how long ech lasteth but of Oldage there is no certeine terme limited and in it doth a man lyue well and laudablye so longe as hee is able to execute and discharge his dutie and Function and yet to contemne Death Whereupon it hapneth that Oldage is endued with greater Courage and animositie then Adolescency and Youth is And this is it that was aunswered by Solon vnto Pisistratus the Tyraunte demaundinge of him vppon what hope and confidence he durste bee so bolde presumptuous so desperatelye to wythstand and disobey his proceedinges Euen vpon the hope quoth he of mine Oldage But the best Ende of lyuing is this when as the mynde beinge whole and perfect and all the wyttes and Senses sounde vnappayred that same Nature with compacted and framed the worke together doth lykewise dissolue and lewse the same For as the Ship wright which made the Shippe best knoweth how to vndoe and pull asunder the same agayne and as none can better vnioynte down a house then the Carpenter that framed it euen so Nature which ioyned and fashioned together the Bodye doth best dissolue and end the same For euery Conglutinacion or glewinge when it is new glewed together is hardlye pulled asunder but being olde and forworne is easelye disseuered Thus it commeth to passe that this small remnaunt of lyfe is neyther gredilye to bee desired of Oldmen nor without cause to be left and forsaken And Pythagoras chargeth vs not to depart out of the Garrison and Wardhouse of this lyfe without the commaundemēt of our high General which is God. There is a notable saying of the Wiseman Solon wherein he protesteth that he would not haue his Death to bee vnbewayled and vnlamented of his Frendes His meaninge I thincke is that he would bee entierly deare vnto his Frendes But I know not whether Ennius hath a greate
when I heard say that Socrates had likewise done in musical Instrumentes I was verily willinge to haue done therein semblably for men in the old tyme learned to play vpon Instruments but in Learning doubtlesse I tooke verye great paynes and Dylygence NEither doe I now anye whyt more desire or longe to haue the lustines streÌ„gth of a youÌ„g maÌ„ for this was that second point of the discoÌ„modities beloÌ„ging to Oldage then I did beinge a younge man desire or long to haue the strength of a Bull or of an Olyphant For that thing which naturallye is engraffed in man it is conuenient and meete for him to vse what soeuer he taketh in hand to goe through stitche with it to doe it effectuouslye For what more contemptible worde can there be then that of Milo Crotoniata who beeinge now olde and seeinge certeine Champions Wrestlers tryinge themselues in the place or fielde of Exercise is reported that hee looked vpon his owne Armes and spake these wordes weeping Ah las these Armes of mine are now deade Ah thou pratling Foole thy armes are not so much dead as thou art thy selfe for thou neuer gottest any renowne of thy selfe but by thy stronge Sydes and brawny Armes Sext. AElius neuer played the lyke part nor manye yeares after that T. Coruncanus yea of late dayes P. Crassus neuer shewed the like prancke by which men Lawes were prescribed to the Citizens and whose Prudence continued with theym euen till the last gaspe of their lyfe But I feare least an Orator or Pleader drowpe and faynte in Oldage For why to his Function is requisite not onlye wytte but durablenesse also and strength Assuredly this same shrilnesse of voyce doth gallantlye shyne and appeare I know not how euen in Oldeage whych I my selfe haue not yet lost and yet you see my boarye haires But yet not withstanding a quiet and mylde Speach is comelye in an Oldman and the very neate and calme talke of an eloquent Sage doth oftentimes of itselfe cause Audience and eare to bee geeuen vnto it Which thing if a man caÌ„not throughlye doe himselfe yet maye hee instructe and direct Scipio and Laeliê° For what thing is pleasaunter then Oldage guarded with the zealous affections of youÌ„g men Shall wee not leaue vnto Oldage such strength and power as to teach and instruct Youngmen and to trayne them to knowe euerye part of their Duties Then which office what can bee more excellent Verelye me thought that C. and P. Scipio and thy two Graundfathers L. Aemilius and P. Aphricanus were happye and Fortunate throughe the attendaunce and company of young Gentlemen All Maisters of Liberall Artes are also to bee accoumpted happy although their strength be decayed and gone albeit this same decay and fayling of the strength is oftener caused throughe the defaultes of Adolescency then of Oldeage For libidinous dissolute Adolescencie bringeth vnto Oldeage a bodye feeble and impotent Cyrus in that talke which hee had vpon his death Bed being a very Did maÌ„ as Xenophon wryteth denieth that euer he perceiued or felt his Oldage any whytte weaker then his Adolescencye was I my selfe beeinge a Boy remember that L. Metellus who was made hyghe Byshoppe foure yeres after his seconde Consulship and executed that rowme of Priesthoode xxii yeares was of such perfect strength in the very latter end of his Age that he neuer wished for his Adolescencye agayne I neede not to speake anye thing of my selfe albeit it is an Oldmans part so to do allowed vnto vs by the priuiledge of our Age. Do ye not see howe often Nestor in Homer maketh vaunt of his owne vertues For he had now lyued three mens Ages and therfore needed not to feare least in telling of himselfe that whych was true he shoulde eyther seeme too arrogant or too talkatiue For there flowed from his tongue as Homer saith wordes and reasons sweeter then hony vnto which sweetenesse hee needed not anye bodily strength and yet that renowmed * General of Greece neuer wished to haue tenne persons lyke Aiax but hee manye times wished to haue tenne suche as Nestor Whiche if it mighte so happeÌ„ he doubted not but Troy should in short time be ruinated But now I returne to my selfe I am now going on the Lxxxiiii yere of myne Age and glad would I be if I might glorye and vaunte of that thinge which Cyrus did but yet this can I say that in deede I haue not that strength which I had at the * Punique warres or when I was Lieutenant in the same Warres or when I was Consull in Spayne or as I had iiii yeares after when as I beeing Tribune or Marshall of the field fought a Battaile at* ThermopylÄ™ in the tyme that M. Attilius and C. Labeo were Consulls And yet as you see Oldage hath not altogether soaked awaye my strength nor weakened mee the Senate house findeth no lacke of it in mee the Iudicial place of Pleas misseth it not my Friendes Clientes Straungers see no such want in mee Neyther did I euer assent vnto that olde and much praysed Prouerbe which wisheth a man to beginne to be Olde quickly if he desire to be Old long But I truelye had leyfer not to bee an Old man long then to be an Oldman before I were old in deede And therfore there neuer yet came anye man to talke wyth mee but I was occupied But in deede I haue not so much Strength as eyther of you twain hath And agayne neyther of you haue the Strength of T. Pontius the Centurion What then is hee therefore better then you Let there onelye bee a measurable moderation of Strength and let euerie man attempt so much as hee is able to compasse and then I warrant him hee shall not feele himselfe greatly aggreeued for the lacke of his strength It is sayde that Milo at the famous Games of Olympia caried an Oxe alyue vppon his shoulders the space of a furlong Now therfore whether haddest thou leyfer haue the Bodilye strength of this Milo or the notable fine wit and knowledge that was in Pythagoras To bee short vse take well in worth this gift of Bodily strength whyle it lasteth and when it is gone seeke not after it to haue it agayne vnlesse peraduenture you wil say that young Striplinges should desire to bee in their swathing bandes and Childhood againe or being somwhat further stepped in yeres should wish to bee in their Adolescencye againe The course of Age is certaine and that waye of Nature is one and the same simple and to euery parte of Age is his due tempestiuitie appointed For euen as weakenesse is naturally in young ChildreÌ„ wyeldenes in YongmeÌ„ and Grauitie in full consistent age so is there naturallye in Oldage a certeine Rypenesse which ought to bee taken in his due tyme and season I thinke Scipio that you heare what youre Hoste Masinissa doth
then the speaches of others Seuen sages of Greece Socrates onely adiudged vvise The true rycheste are the giftes of he minde ConstaÌ„cy Cato a vviseman Death of freendes greeuous To be ouer sorovvful for the death of them that dye vvell is to repyne at their vvelfare better state When he vvas but 22. yeares of age Carthage and Numantia Oldage Scipio brought home froÌ„ the Senat house honorablye Immortality of the soule Immortality of the soule What frendship is There haue not ben found aboue thre or fovver couples of perfect frends in manye hundred yeres space FreÌ„dship to be estemed more then all vvorldlye thinges FreÌ„dship onelye amonge good meÌ„ Nature the beste guide to frame our lyues by Order of FreÌ„dship What frendship is FreÌ„dshyp the beste thig next vnto vvisedome FreÌ„dshyp cannot be vvhere vertue is not â—Coâ—â—â—ditiâ—◠〈◊〉 FreÌ„dâ—â—â—â—â—â— FreÌ„dship no lesse necessarye then the Elements A true faythfull frend is as mannes ovvnse Withoute FreÌ„dshyp al things goe to hauocke and decaye Empedocles affirmed that the vvorlde and al thinges consisted of Frendeship Pylades Orestes vvherefore Freendes be sought for Loue. FreÌ„dshyp natural Vertue Pyrrhus Hannibal Loue confirmed by Benefites Base peda grevv of FreÌ„dship Scipio Laelius ij perfecte frendes Good turnes plesures laid out to vsurye FreÌ„dshyp must not be desired for profit Nature caÌ„not bee chaunged ne yet Frendship Continuance of FreÌ„dship Children in Freendshipp and loâ—e nevv fangled Couetousnes a great plague to FreÌ„dship Hovv far the bouÌ„ds of frendeshyp stretche CoÌ„motioÌ„ of Coriolanus A manne must not for his fredes sake do anye thing that is eyther vnlavvful or vnhonest Capitol Blosius desperate aunsvver Such aâ— vnexcusable as do attempte any thing vnlavvful to pleasure their frendes Requesâ—â—â— of frendâ— to frend As greate an offeÌ„ce to graunt an vnlavv full sute as to requeste it An vnhonest request must be denied There is not suche iuste dealinges among meÌ„ novv a dayes as was in the olde timâ— By these tvvo lavves made by Gabimus and Cassius the goods of certein good Citizens vvere vvholy forfeited proclamation made that they theÌ„ selues vvhere euer they vver fouÌ„d mighte lavvfully be slaine and a revvard a pointed for the sleiar If our freÌ„des conspyre against the coÌ„mon vvealthe vve ought to forsake them We oughte not to seeke the spoyle of oure countrye for anye iniury to vs done Coriolanus A noble and moste worthye care Lavvfull requestes graunts of frends one to an other Frendes maye not flatter but freelye boldlye aduertise counsel one an other Epicures FreÌ„dship is as the shininge Sun in the vvorlde We muste euer bee doinge of good Propertie of a vvell staid mind A man void of al affectioÌ„s is like a logg or a stone A preposterous absurde delight Enterchaungeable requitall of curtesies Likenes of manners and delights causethe FreÌ„dship Nature One vertuous maÌ„ loueth an other Vertue disdaigneth no man. Goodvvill of a Freende is more to be respected then the gaine that may be gotten by him A frend is best knovven in time of necessity True freÌ„dship sekes not after gaine Al vvorldly treasure vvithout a freÌ„d is to no purpose A TyrauÌ„ts lyfe We caÌ„not loue them of vvhom vve stand in feare Aduersitie tryeth Freends Riches blindeth men Fortune Frendes the beste treasure Bounds of Frendship Three opinions of Frendshippe 1 2 3 We caÌ„not do to mutch in freÌ„dshyp Comfort cheering of Frendes A saying repugnaÌ„t to frendshyp Among honeste frendes al thinges should be coÌ„moÌ„ Novv and then vvee must not sticke to step a little aside to saue our frendes life or credite Goodvvil of the people Tryal of Frendes Money Money novv a dayes more set by theÌ„ FreÌ„dship True freÌ„dship hard to befouÌ„d amonge great meÌ„ Men are loath to take parte vvith their freende in trouble A faithful frende in vveale and vvoe Choise of a frende A ruÌ„ning head A frend must neyther be a tale bearer nor a tale credirer Good meÌ„ Dissimulation An open enemie better theÌ„ a dissemblinge frende Suspicion Pleasaunt talke Curteous maners SulleÌ„nes Whether nevv or olde frendes be better Prouerbe Nevv acquaintance Old Familiaritye Custome A chiefe point in freÌ„dshipp ReuereÌ„ce to our elder A notable lesson Loue tovvards parentes Inferiors muste not repine at their superiors Vpbrayding of pleasures We ought to remember a good turne A man caÌ„not aduaunce al his freÌ„ds Respect in preferment of freendes FreÌ„dshyp to be iudged at ful grovven age Playfellovves compaignions in youth Nurses Tutors Vnlike maners dissolueth FreÌ„dship Wee must not be too fond ouer our frends againste their profite Fond loue 〈…〉 Requests must bee vvarely vvaighed Vulgare FreÌ„dshyp Hovv and vvheÌ„ vve must geue a frend ouer Warines to be vsed A dishonest part Hovv clenly Scipio shifted himselfe from the Frendship of ij that had bene hys freends A good caueat to be remembred Who bee vvorthy to be loued All excellent thinges are rare The commoÌ„ guise of the vvorlde novv a dayes Who is a frende A peruers reckening A freende must bee a good man No vnlavvfull request must bee made to our frends Reuerent avve or modest bashfulnes in freÌ„dshyppe FreÌ„dshyp an aide to vertue The right felovvship Happy lyfe A vvyse sententious couÌ„sel Al men generally agree that FreÌ„dshyp is moste profitable Vertue despised Ryches Promotion FreÌ„dship generally praysed Euery seuerall mannes lyfe requireth frendship Tymon a hater of al companie All pleasure and plentye vvithout companie vnpleasaÌ„t Solttarines Architas Tarentinê° Nature loueth no solitarines Wee must frendlye admonish and chide our frend Flattrye getteth frendes Truth Flattrye is to bee eschued Truth must bee heard A vvise saying of Cato An absur de reckening Propertie of true Frèdshyp Flatterye the greatest plage in Frendeshyp Dissimulation In Eunucho Gnato Hurtfull flatterye Papyrius Pithy Oration of Scipio 〈…〉 They most â—oue flattry vvhich be flatterers of themselues Vertue Manye vvoulde rather seeme honest then be honest in deede Men that set by theÌ„selues are easy to beleeue flatterers Thraso Gnato Flatterye of a litle maketh a great deal Conclusion of this matter Vertue Amor Amicitia ab Aman do To loue vvhat it is Lyke delighteth vvith like The fame of a vvorthy man neuer dyeth A true frend is the surest possession Effects of FreÌ„dships Ennius Because he vvas called Atticus For the Ciuile discension For Cato by interpretacion signifieth a vvittye man To resiste againste Nature is to keepe vvarre against the Gods. Like to like Themistocles Fittest vvepons for Oldage * By this Lavv professors of Rhetorik and pleaders of lavve might take no monie for their labor but do it of a certeâ— noblâ—â—es of minde Ennius A taunt pretelye rebouÌ„ded backe again Novv called Marca Anconitana Gallia Cisalpina novv LuÌ„bardy Prayse of Fabius Plato dyed as hee sate vvryting Which coÌ„teyned the prayses of Minerua her feastes at Athens vvherein all learned men shevved forth their Cunning A vvorthy aunsvver Ennius * By this lavv a maÌ„ hauing no Children but daughters
of ibid. Fond delightes 111. Forgery 116. Fortune 24. 99. 110. Four causes vvhy Oldeage seemeth miserable 52. Forum vvhat it vvas 106. 107. 108. Free vvho 109. 110. Freeman 109. described 110. 113. 114. Frend is as a man his ovvn selfe 11. 34. best knovven in time of Aduersitie 23. Frendes perfect very fevv 7. vvherefore they are are too be sought 12. must not flatter one an other 20. the best treasure of all other 24. 4â— vvhen hovv and for vvhat causes they may lavvfullye bee forsaken and geeuen ouer 33. must be admonished and frendly chidden 38. effectes thereof 43. vvhether nevv or old freÌ„des bee better 29. departure one from another 3â— 33. muste bee Good men 35. reioyce vvhen they meete together 122. FreÌ„dship vvhat it is 7. 9. to be preferred before al vvorldly thinges 8. agreable to nature and fitte both for Prosperitie and Aduersitie ibid. cannot be but among Good men ibid. excelleth kindred 9. the best Gyft next vnto vvisdome ibid. can not bee but vvhere vertue is ibid. 18. commodities therof 10. 11. as necessary as the Elements ibid. hovv farre it is perdonable 27. generallye profitable 36. property therof 3. 9. bouÌ„des therof 17. 25. vvithout all cogginge and dissimulation 13. natural ibid. 15. 34. not to be sought for profite sake but for vertue 14. 21. 34. coÌ„tinuance therof 16. nevv fangled in children not durable ibid. plagues belonginge to it ibid. hard to be found among great men 28. best iudgemente of it at ful grovven Age. 32. compared to the Sun shininge in the vvorld 21. reioyseth at theire frends vvelfare and sorovveth at their mishap 22. geeuen by nature for an ayde to vertue 35 generally praysed 36. moste plainlye appeareth in men of equal and like age 42. Frendship of vulgar or common sorte 33. onely for gayne and money novv adayes 34. Fruict of Oldage 81. Fruict of Witte and Vertue 31. Furniture 119. 122. G GAyne 119. Ganges 129. Gapers for other mens Death 113. Gardeyne 74. Garrison of this lyfe must be kept til God oure Capitayne discharge vs thence 83. Geometrye 70. Giftes of the mynde the truest Rychesse 3. Gyftes of Fortune 25. Glorye 35. 88. Gnato 39. 41. God. 125. 126. Godly persons desire Death 88. Goddesse of Eloquent speache 70. Gold. 73. 97. 101. 102. 119. Good for euerye man in his conuenient tyme Age to dye 90. Good man. 29. 96. Goodvvil and hartie frendlynesse among good men 23. more to be regarded then profite ibid to be desired 27. 42. Gorgias Leontinus his vvorthy Oldage 51. 56. Graffinge 72. Grape 72. 73. Grauitie 50. 77. 99. Graunting an vnlavvful sute as great an offence as to request it 18. Grave hayres bring not straightvvayes Auctoritie and estimation 77. Griefe of minde incident to vvisemen 21. Grosse errour to thincke the soule to dye together vvith the bodye 6. H HAnnibal 13. 84. Happye lyfe 35. Harmony in the motion of the Coelestiall Bodies 127. Havvkinge 74. Heauenlye thinges onlye to be desired 129. Heauye thinges svvaye dovvnvvarde 127 Hesiodus 56. 73. Homere 56. 122. Honest men obey lavves not for feare but for loue of vertue 110. Honour vvealth and ryches chaunge maners 24. hovv truly to be gotten 130. Horatius Cocles a valiaunt Gentleman 97. Houshold stuffe 96. Housholder 63. Huntinge 74. Husbandrye 71. 73. in old time the delighte and life of Noble men ibid. a blessed kinde of life 74. both necessary profitable 74. 76. I IL rulinge another vvho cannot rule himselfe 109. Image of Minerua 92. Immortalitie of the Soule 6. 85. Inferiours must not repine at their superiours 31 Instructing of youth an excellent and vvorthie function 59. Ioye of frendes at their meetinge 122. Isocrates his lustye old age 52. Iupiter one of the vij planets in vvhat time he fully runneth his course 126. Iudge 113. Iustice the lincke or Bond of all cities 106. K KIlling himselfe a thinge vvicked and horrible 83. Kinffolke 124. Knightes vvhich dyed for for the honor sauegarde of their countrie 84. Knovvledge 59. 86. L LAcedaemonians 54. most of al others honored Oldage 78. Lacke of health 62. 69. Lacke of vvealth 116. 117. Laelius Scipio ij faythful perfect Frendes 2. 7. 14. 43. A very vviseman 3. 46. Lamentation for the Death of Frendes 5. 6. Lampraye 112 Lavv called Gabinia Cassia vvhat it vvas 19. Lavv called Cincia vvhat it vvas 50. Lavve called Voconia vvhat it vvas 42. Learning and liberall Artes. 59. 92. comforteth and armeth a man againste all extremities and assayes 100. Learned men fittest to decide controuersies 103 Legacie 52. 115. Legion 116. Libertie vvhat it is 109. Life vvhich is only truly vvorthye to be so called 85. in this vvorld ful of misery trouble 88. not vvorthye to bee called lyfe 124. compared to a Lodginge or Inne for a small vvhile 89. Lyfe contented the rychest lyfe 115. 120. Likenesse of maners and delightes causeth freÌ„dship 22. Like delighteth and dravveth to like 43. 48. Loue. 13. confirmed by benefites and mutuall curtesies 14. vvhat it is 42. Loue to our Parentes â—1 125. Loue to our Countrey 125. Loue tovvard our frends beeinge against theyr profite is fond and foolish 32. being taken avvaye all pleasauntnes of this lyfe is taken avvaye 34. Liuius Andronicus 70. Liuelode 119. Lucre. 115. Lumbardie sometime called Gallia Cisalpina 51. Lust 66. 101. 102. 109. 111. 116. Lycopum 120. Lysander 75. 78. M MAgistrate 103. 106. 124. Magnanimitie 98. Man vertuous and vvorthy not borne in vayne 89. Man is his Minde 130. Man most happy vvho 99. created vvhy 125. Man voyde of all Affections coÌ„pared to a Log or stone 22. Maners of men often chaunge 16. Manilius 120. 121. Marcellus 84. M. Curiê° 8. 13. 18. 46. 53. 66. 73. 74. 97. 112. 118. 120 Many rather desire to seme then to be vertuous 41. Mainteynors of their countrye 524. Marius a paterne of noble constancie and patience 99. Mariner 101. Mars one of the vij Planets in hovv many yeres he finisheth his course and reuolution 126. Masinissa a vvorthy and paynful prince 61. 121. Memorye 55. Mercury one of the vij Planets 126. the time of his course ibid. 127. Merchaundise 117. Metellus strong and lustye in his oldage 59. Milo Crotoniata his effeminate speach repreheÌ„ded 58. caried a lyuing Oxe vpon his shoulders the space of a furlong 61. Mynde vvhy inspired into man. 85. is onelye it vvhich maketh a man Rich. 115. 116. his dignitie and excellencie 65. 98. immortall 86. inuisible ibid. chiefely liueth after it is rid out of the bodye 88. 99. 111. 114. 125. 130. 132. Mynde vvauering and mutable 39. Minde of a vviseman vnconquerable 105. Minerua 92. Milke vvaye or Milkie Circle in heauen vvhat it is 125. Modest bashfulnesse 35. Money 28. 95. 115. 116. 117. 118. 119. 120. Moone the leaste lovvest of the planetes 126. hath no light but of the Sunne ibi in vvhat time and space she runneth her course 127 be neath vnder it all is corruptible
mortall transitorye except Soules ibid. aboue it al eternall incorruptible 127 her heauen ibid. Most Frendship novve a dayes for most money 34. Motion of the Planets coelestiall bodies 125. Mummius vvanne Corinth 112. Mutius Scaeuola his valiaunt enterprise 97. N Naeuius 70. Nature the best Guide to directe our liues by 8. cannot be altered 15. loueth her like 22. loueth no solitarinesse 37. hath her limitation of lyuinge 90. Necessitie tryeth a Frende 24. Negligence 36. 101. Nestor lyued 300. yeeres 60. Nilus 128. Noble men Husbandmen 74. Noble Natures desire to vvynne honor and to leaue a fame and memoriall behynde theim 87. No man so Olde but hopeth to lyue one yeere longer 56. Nothing euil vvhich commeth by necessitie of Nature 47. Nothing long or of continuance in this vvorld 81. Nothinge better then good 102. No vnlavvful request ought to be graunted 18 19. Nurse 32. Numa Pompilius 96. Numantia 123. O Ocean 129. Offence 101. 104. 105. Oldage 5. no hinderer from dealing in publique offices and functions 53. Surmised to be vvretched because it is vveake and vvearish 58. lacking strength 61. dispenced vvithal and priuiledged from dealinges of mayne strength and labour ibid. Sickelye ibid. Surmised to lacke pleasures 64. Qualifieth all ill motions 66. 67. allovved moderatelye to banquet 67. hath pleasures ynoughe and competent 69. vvhat kinde of Oldage is pleasauntest ibid. 73. most commendable 77. Talkatiue and full of vvordes 73. vvhat is the chiefest honour and ornament thereof 77. testie and captious 79. Mislyked because it is neere death 80. Fruicts thereof 81. hath no certayne number of yeres appointed hovv long to last 82. stout and couragious ibid. bragging and praysing themselues and their former dedes 87. Lusty 59. must be resisted 62. vvherein honorable 63. prerogatiue thereof 78. last parte or finall ende of this lyfe 90. Old betimes vvho vvold be old long 60. Old young age commendable 63. Oldmen delight in the louingnes of youngmen 42. 57. vvrongfully charged to be obliuious 55. forget not vvhere they lay their purses or hyde their treasure ibid. vvayvvard 79. vvho are called by Caecilius foolish 62. studious 70 their exercises 75. vvhere the best dvvellinge for them vvas and vvhere they vvere most reuerenced 78. seuere 79. couetous ibid. endued vvith profoundnes of reason good counsaile and graue aduise 80. dye vvith lesse payne theÌ„ Youngmen and more agreably to Nature 82. One good and vertuous man more to be regarded theÌ„ many rich Cobbes being vvicked 97. Oppression 105. Oracle of Apollo 3. Oration of Scipio pythye 40. Orbes of the planets Coelestiall Bodies 125. nyne 126. Order 105. Originalles a Booke so entituled and penned by olde Cato 63. 84. P Paysaunt 111. Papyrius 40. Paradoxa vvhat it signifieth 93. Socraticall and true 94. Parsimonye 119. Partaking vvith Frendes in trouble 28. Pelfe and vvorldlye vvealth 96. Pension great not to be couetous 120. Phidias a notable Image maker 94. Picaenum in Italy hovv novv called 51 Picture 97. 111. 112. 119. Pisistratus the tyraunt 82. Planets 125. Plantinge 73. Plate 97. 111. Plato hovv hee lyued in his Oldage and hovv hee dyed 51. 56. 66. 67. his reasons prouinge the immortalitie of the Soule 86. Plautus 70. Playfelovves in youth 32. Pleasure 15. beastly and pernicious 64. 65. 132. Welspring of al Vices 65. must be abandoned â—09 contrarye to vertue 66. Bayte of mischief 67. hard to resist the allurements thereof ibid in some respectes tolerable 68. Ytch thereof ibid. most in Youngmen 69. Pleasure of learninge and knovvledge excelleth al other pleasures 70. Plentie 118. Prayse due to Vertue 98. Prauitie of the mynde 102. Principalitie 113. Profite by Frendshippe 23. Promotion 36. Propertie of a vvell stayed mynde 21. Protectours of their countrie 124. Prouerbe 30. Prison of the Soule 85. 87. Poet 105. Poles of heauenl ij 129. Polycletus a cunning Imagerer 112. Porsenna 97. Possessions 119. 120. Pouertie and Oldage ij heauye burdens to beare 52. Pylades and Orestes 11. Pylote of a shippe 53. 101. Pyrrhus 13. 53. 66. 73. 118. Pythagoras 56. 61. 83. 85. Pythagoreans custome 63. 85. Punishment 104. 108. Purseuauntes 74. Q QValification of vices 109. of affections ibid. Qualities of the mynde 62. 112. Questions briefe compendious 92. Quicke motion of the Coelestial Spheres 125. Quietnes 21. Quincuncie vvhat it is 76. R Rashnes incident to youngmen 55. Realme nobly protected by vvorthy Gentlemen 1â—5 Reason 102. 105 Regulus Attilius 84. 98. Remorse of conscience 113. Request of one frend to another 18. 20. 32. 35. Requital of curtesies 22. Resistaunce against Nature 48. Respect in preferment of Frendes 32. Reuenue 119. 120. Reuerence to elders and betters 30. Reuerence to Parentes 104. Reuerent avve in Frendshippe 35. Reuolutions of the celestial Bodies 125. Right in a peny asvvel as in a pounde 102. Ryches 24. 36. 95. fruict thereof 117. consisteth only in vertue 119 vvhereby to be measured 120. propertie thereof ibid. possessed manye times by euill and naughty men 96. Rich man beeing foolish very tedious and vvearisome in companye ibid. Rich vvho 115. 119. vvho not rich 118. Riot 16. Rome 105. Romulus 96. 130. S SAcietie of lyfe 84. 90. Saguntines 103. Saying most repugnaunt to Frendship 26. Samnites 118. Saturne the highest Planet 126. in vvhat time hee fully finisheth his course ibid. Scipio a vvorthy Gentleman 5. 6. 23. a perfect stedfast frende to Laelius 2. 7. 14. 43. Subdued Carthage and Numantia 5. 54. 70. 84. 97. 122. 133. Sea Atlanticke 129. Senate and Senators vvhy so named 54. delited in thold time in husbandrye 74. 106. Sensualitie 15. 65. 98. 109. 132. Septenarye number mysticall 127. Sestertium vvhat it is in value 119. Seueritie in measure allovvable 79. Shame 109. Shiftes vnhonest to get vvealth 115. Shypvvracke 120. Short thinges sufferable 43. Shrylnesse of voyce 59. Simonides 56. Synne 101. vnlavvfull 102. 103. Sincke of al mischiefe 89. Slaue 112. Slauerye most vyle 112. 113. vvhat it is 114. Sleepe an Image of death 87. Socrates the only vviseman of the vvorld 3. 56. 85. learned to playe vpon musical Instrumentes in his Old dayes 58. his manner of disputinge 103. Sommer 85. Solitarinesse 37. Solon vvaxed euery daye older by learninge daylye more and more 57. 70. his stout aunsvvere to a Tyraunt 82. 83. Sophocles 55. accused by his ovvne Sonnes of Dotage 56. his aunsvvere touching carnal coÌ„cupiscence 69. Soothing and holding vp vvith yea and nay 38 Soules 85. Immortal 88. 89. 90. 127. Spartacus a notable Ruffian and Rebel 107. Speach myeld curteous commendable in old men 59. Spending prodigallye 119. measurablye ratably to our gettinges ibid. Springe 72. 81. Stabilitie of Frendshippe 34. 42. Stage player 104. Starres 125. bigger then the Earth 126. Starry Firmament 127. Statius 36. Stepping aside a little froÌ„ honesty to saue thereby the credite or lyfe of our frend 27. Stesichorus 56. Studies appropriate to ech seueral age 84. Suada Goddesse of Eloquence 70. Sufficiencie is vvealth ynough 116. Sullennes 29. Sunne the chiefest greatest and most soueraigne light 126. In vvhat tyme he perfourmeth his Reuolution ibid. Superiours must helpe and relieue Inferiours 30 Suspicion 29. Syllable in lyfe 105. T TAbles 97. 111. 112. Talebearers and tale creditours 29. Talke ibid. Tarquinius 13. hovv and vvhen he tryed his freÌ„des 24. 96. Taunt rebounded 50. Terence 79. Terentius Varro slayne 84. Themistocles 20. 49. his excellent memorye 55. Thermopylae a mountayne in Greece 60. Thetica 93. Things fayre and beautiful hovv to be estemed 112. Thinges excellent rare and hard 34. Thraso 41. Three supposed special opinions of freÌ„dship 25. Tiberius Gracchus 17. 19. 123. Tyllage 74. 75. Timon an hater of al companye 37. Torment of a vvicked and guiltie coÌ„science 100. TraÌ„quillity of mynde 35. Tryal of Frendes 27. 28. Truth 38. 40. Treasure not comparable to Vertue 119. Treason 64. Treacherye ibid. Tusculane Questions 93. Tutours to children 32. Tyme passeth avvay 81. Tyme rype and conuenient to dye 84. Tyraunt 23. 107. Tyrannye 105. V VAlerius Coruinus 76. Vaunt of levvd lyfe most beastlye and detestable 98. Venerous copulation 69. Venus one of the vij planets 126. her course reuolution ibid 127. Vertue amiable and dravveth men to loue her 13. vvel liked and loued euen in our enemies and them vvhom vve neuer savv 14. 15. dysdaynful of no man. 23. not to bee dispised 27. despised 16. 41. getteth and keepeth Freendeship 42. 44. cannot be vvhere pleasure ruleth 65. to bee desired euen for herselfe 67. more vvorth then all vvorldly treasure 97. 99. agreable to reason and constancie 102. Vertues equal 102. prayse vvorthye 112. causes vvhy most chiefely to be esteemed 120. Vertuous man cannot be miserable 100. lyueth after he is dead 124. Vnlavvful requestes of Frendes 16. 17. 18. Vnlike maners vnfit for frendshippe 32. Vpbrayding of pleasures and benefites 31. Vrinalles 112. Vsury 117. 119. Vice to be punished vvithoute respecte of persons 66. Vices equall 192. Vyne 71. 72. W VVAightye matters hovv atchieued 53. Wardhouse of this lyfe 83. 125. Warynesse 33. Wayvvardnesse 49. 79. Wealth and vvorldly Ryches vvithout a Frend vnpleasaunt 23. 37. 115. 119. altereth maners 24. are not rightly to be tearmed any of ours 106. Weapons fit for Oldage 49. 54. Whoredome 65. 103. Whole Worlde as one cytty 100. Wycked lyuers afraid to dye 88. Wisdome passeth strength 60. Wiseman 110. Wise and sententious counsayle 36. Wit vvauering 29. X XEnophon 68. 75. 86. Y YEre called the turning yere vvhat it is 130. Younge head rash and vnskilfull 55. YouÌ„ge men subiect asmuch or more to sicknesse then Old men 62. 80. their exercises 75. dye vvith greater payne then Oldmen 82. 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