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A18509	Delectable demaundes, and pleasaunt questions, with their seuerall aunswers, in matters of loue, naturall causes, with morall and politique deuises. Newely translated out of Frenche into Englishe, this present yere of our Lorde God. 1566	Landi, Ortensio, ca. 1512-ca. 1553. Quattro libri di dubbi.; Chartier, Alain, 15th cent, attributed name.; Painter, William, 1540?-1594.	1566 (1566)	STC 5059; ESTC S119276	122,665	210

¶ What moued Democritus to say that the soule was made and composed of Atomi that is to saye of thinges indiuisible as those thinges be which we see in the beames of the Sunne Bicause the soule is the fountayne and spring of all our actions and those Atomi be about all other thinges moost apt to motion ¶ How commeth it that creatures bred vpon the land be strāgled in the water those of the water be choked with the aier Bicause that land creatures can not breathe in the water and those of the water be ●●uffed vp with the heate of the ayer ¶ Wherof commeth it that ouermuch fasting causeth thirst Through default and lacke of nourishment wherby natural heate doth extenuate and drie vp the bodie ¶ Why doth not fyre go out beyng couered with Ashes Bicause the same being couered hath the nourishment that it requireth ¶ What moued some of the Sages to say that death is colde and without blodde Bicause our life doeth consist of heate and blodde ¶ Wherfore is there more vnderstanding in the hedde then in any other part of the bodie Bicause the hedd is as it were the bulwarke and chief part of the body ¶ Wherof is it that among herbes and plantes some come vp and grow of the seede and other of the roote That commeth of their perfection or imparfection Wherfore do herbs trees continue lōger then other creaturs Bicause their nutritiue vertue is more lustie and do easlier find wherwith to nourishe them ¶ Why is it that the greater the creature is the longer he endureth Bicause the greater they be the hotter they be and in heate the life and strength consisteth ¶ Wherfore can not heauen be subiect to corruption Bicause it is not composed of contrary elementes ¶ Why doth feare make the harte to beate Bicause the blodde when we be afraied retireth to the inward partes and hath nede to be refrigerated and coled which thing commeth by the beating of the harte ¶ Why did nature make man high and streight of stature That procedeth of his heate which following the qualitie of fyre causeth him continually to mount and grow in height or to the ende he might with his handes applie him selfe to handie worke and hardie exploites ¶ Why can litle children neither go nor stand vpright Through the feblenes of the inferior and nether partes and by reason of the greatnes and heauines of the vpper partes ¶ Wherefore are the nightes more quiet then the daies and lesse windie The motion of the ayre is let by the coldnes of the night ¶ Wherof commeth it that men of redde complection haue more reuelations by dreames then other Bicause they be of Imagination more free and liuelye ¶ Wherefore did the auncientes vse to drinke the bloud of those that were called Gladiatores which were hurt and wounded in the combats and fence plaies Bicause they were perswaded by the Phisitians that it serued against the falling sickenes ¶ Why is breade harde of digestion Bicause it lieth longe in the stomacke besides that if it be not well baked it causeth the Liuor to fill the vaynes called by tht Phisitians Meseraiche ¶ Whereof commeth it that they which are drowned at the beginning do sinke to the bottome and afterwardes when they beginne to corrupte do rise aboue the water The bodie being partly corrupted hath many open places called vents to receiue the ayer which breaking the powers the bodie becommeth verye light ¶ What is the cause that round egges do bring forth males and they which be longe females Bicause in the round egges all the vertue is equallie deuided throughout all the extremities and in the longe egge the vertue is much extended and lesse closed and so lesse hote then the other ¶ Why is not wine good fasting Bicause it engendreth the crampe and maketh a man dull and heauie ¶ Why do Phisitians vse to touche the poulse of the right arme Bicause it is the parte that is moost hott ¶ But wherfore wil they not that the pacient holde his hand harde closed nor yet stretched forthe Bicause the Synewes and Arteries be streined the hand beyng eyther stretched or closed ¶ Wherof commeth it that Hares haue so feble sight Bicause the hare is a beaste very slepie and to much slepe hurteth the sight Or els it is of to much swiftnes for ouermuche swiftnes is hurtefull to the eyes ¶ Howe chaunceth it that the pawes of a Beare are better veneson then any other part of his bodie That commeth of their continuall agitation and stirring for the Beare doeth continually walke and beate with his fete ¶ Why do Phisitians cal a disordinate appetite fames Canina the hungre of a Dogge Bicause Dogges are without measure in the appetite of eating ¶ Why do Dogges skommer with so great payne Bicause their bowell and receuing gutte is larger at that parte wher it ioyneth with the belly then it is at the place where it endeth ¶ Why are they more slepie that haue gret heds then others The greater the hedde is the more vapors it comprehendeth ¶ Why do Dwarfes loue to slepe muche Bicause great plenty of humors get forthwith into their heddes which engender in them a desire to slepe ¶ Wherfore are they moost hungrie that haue large and grosse vaynes Bicause they be of nature drye and adu●t ¶ What causeth them that dwell towardes the South to be lesse subiect to the falling sicknes then other people Bicause they be sound within and full of heate ¶ Wherof commeth it that the oyle of Lentils doeth heale the inflamation of the gummes Bicause it is good to take away all hotte and burning humors ¶ Why doeth the edge of a knyfe turne when one doeth cut waxe Bicause that euery agent in his accion is also pacient that is subiecte to contraries ¶ Howe commeth the humor in the eye called Glauconia which is like Cristall and hurteth the sight Eyes infected with that humor be lyke the eyes of a Ciuet and doeth come of the aboundaunce of the Christallin humor ¶ Why doeth Licorise take away thirste Bicause of his moystnes ¶ Why is the Liuer of a Wolfe medecinable for them that be diseased in the Lyuer By reason of a certeine secrete vertue in the same ¶ Why be they more hardie thā other that haue hearie brestes Bicause they haue a boyling harte ¶ Wherfore is milke euell for the tethe and gommes Bycause of the immoderate coldenes ¶ Why doeth Lettis prouoke slepe Bicause it engendreth grosse humours ¶ Wherof commeth it that Lentilles and Colewortes be hurtefull to the sight That commeth of their crassitude and thicknes ¶ Wherof commeth it that by to much eating of Lentilles are ingendred Cankers That commeth of the melancholike blodd which Lentils do ingender ¶ Howe chaunceth it that Lions haue no marie in their bones Through thextreme heate of the saide beaste ¶ But why doeth the shining and brightnes of the moone hurte the hedde Bicause

non me rebus submittere conor ¶ Wherof proceded the fayning of Poetes that Mars was armed with Diamondes To declare that a prince ought to be strong not in bodie but in harte and corage ¶ What is the propertie of a good Captaine To be gentle politique wise and wittie not to be discoraged in harde fortune nor inflamed in prosperitie Suche was Hanniball See a further description hereof in the .xxiiii. Nouell of the Palace of pleasure ¶ From whence came the great renoume that in olde time the Cimbrians and Celtiberians atchieued in the warres Bicause they estemed the bedde of honor to be in the warres and had rather slea their owne children then they should be thrale and taken of their enemies ¶ What was the cause that Scipio being but yonge obteined suche great reputation that in his youth before rype age he was made one of the Tribunes or gouernors ouer the people and receued the state of a Councelour and was sente into Spaigne in the place of a Consull Bicause he was estemed verie holie and religiouse in suche wise as the dogges which were set to kepe the gate of the Capitole would neuer ●aie at him for all their fiercenes ¶ Why do some praise Angre Bicause it doeth commonlye accompanie courage ¶ Howe many kindes of Amitie be there Three that is to saye profitable honest and delectable ¶ Why was Dionisius expelled by the Locr●nces Bicause he being curteouslie receiued of them in the time of his v●nishment vse● dishonest orders towardes their wiues ¶ Why did Amphitryon geue his sonne Hercules to Euristeus To teache him to flye the voluptuousnes of the Thebanes and to accustome him with honest labour by following the vertues of Euristeus ¶ Wherof procedeth the diffrence betwene one man another By digressing from Philosophie I saie that it riseth through the trauell of the soule when it passeth into our bodies descending from God through the Lodiaque and the white Circle In which passage all soules take their affections and do participate with all the natures and mocions of eche Sphere and starre according to their aspectes ¶ What is Choler It is an angre sone come and so●e gone proceding of a feoble heate ¶ What is taken of the Planet Saturne Reason eloquence and vnderstanding as of Iupiter force of doing of Mars boldenes and of the heate of the Soune feeling and opinion and so forthe ▪ ¶ What is hatred It is an anger that hath taken roote ¶ What is discorde It is a frowardnes and anger comming of hatred which maketh men rebellious to the common wealth whiche in dede is the destruction of all humaine thinges ¶ What is Concorde It is a vertue which in short time maketh small and weake thinges to growe as Salu●t sayth Concordia paruae res crescunt ¶ Whye be Flatterers estemed worse then those that are false Bicause the false man doth but deceaue onelye but the Flatterer corrupteth men and therefore the Athenians punished Flatterers by death as Timagoras was ¶ What was the cause that Antigonus loste the moste parte of his kingedome and was constrained to make peace with the Romaines Bicause he gaue more eare to Flatterers then to Haniball that gaue him profitable counsell ¶ Why did Scipio the great refuse the title of moste mightie which the Spaniardes had geuen him Bicause chaunge of Title is a token of inconstancie more conuenient for women then men which made Cesar retourning from Alba to Rome to refuse the name king and conceaued hatred against Uitellius the father of Uitellius the Emperour bicause at his retourne home out of Siria he kneled downe to do him honor ¶ Why would Caesar neuer haue respecte to the saftye of his person although that his frendes daylye did counsell him therevnto Bicause he did lesse esteme the daunger of death then lyfe in continuall feare agreing therein to the sayinge of the Poete That it were better to be destroyed at one blow then doubtfully to attend the hazard of Fortune ¶ What moued Titus the sonne of Vespasian to pardon two gentlemen who not beinge contente to speake euell of him hadde also conspired to depose him from his Empire His good nature knowing besides that Empires and Kingedomes come from God and be bestowed vppon them whom his goodnes pleaseth to appointe ¶ What is the office of a good Prince To do well and not to care who speake euell of him ¶ Why had Epaminondas no regarde to be reuenged vppon them that spake euill of him Because he knewe that suche pacience proceded of the greate courage of the hearte ¶ What was the cause of the death of Sardanapalus His euell lyfe his lasciuiousnes wyth women and the litle iustice that he vsed ¶ Why was Marcellus created Consull of Rome with Cato that dyed at Vtica To the intent that by the gentle and good nature of Marcellus the seueritie and rigor of Cato might be moderated ¶ What caused Nero to cause the malefactour incontinently to be dispatched of life His naturall crueltye The contrarye rested in Cesar for rewarde whereof in thende he receaued hurte ¶ Why is dominion or rule so weightie a matter Bicause it is impossible to please all men ¶ Why would not Caligula the Emperour heare the accusation of any person Bicause he would that no man should hate him ¶ What induced Dionisius to geue ouer his good nature wherewith he was indued at the firste and to become cruell at the ende The mockes and cauillations of his subiectes who mocked him for his lokinge a squinte and for the grossenes of his bodie which is a notable example to beware of iesting and backbiting of princes ¶ Why did Phocion of Athenes blame Demosthenes because he spake euell of Alexander althoughe he was enemie to their countrye Bicause that Phocion like a wise man knewe that it serued for no other purpose but to pricke Alexander forwarde to make warre againste them Mennon for the same occasion wounded one of his souldiors saying I geue thee wages to fight with Alexander and not to speke euel of him ¶ Howe chaunced it that Neuius that excellent Poete was imprisoned by the Triumuiri at Rome Because he was a great Slaunderer speciallye of princes wherefore he was constrained when he was deliuered out of prison to make twoe comedies as it were for an honorable recompence whereof the one was called Areolus and the other Liontes wherein he vnsayde againe al that euer he spake before ¶ Why was Sisithcus the Poete driuen out of the Theatre by the Athenians For wryting against them that gaue themselues to Philosophie vnder the discipline of Cleanthes ¶ Why did the Magnesians crucifie Daffitas the Grammarian vpon the mount Thorax Bicause he did speake ill of many speciallye of Lisimachus their prince and dere soueraigne Lorde ¶ What is vertue It is a perfecte and entire reason which foloweth the mindes of the wise and procureth them to shunne and auoide vice ¶ What is Auarice A disordinate

Persians Missia by the Danes and Samothracians and Fraunce by the Almai●es Slouth and feare of trauell geuing himselfe daie and night to the delightes of Ladies in the Island of Cypres ¶ Whye did the people of Saba the nexte neighbours of the Nabathei geue themselues so much to Idlenes considering the diligence and industrie of the saide Nabath●i their nexte neighbours The fertilitie of Saba made them slouthfull and the barrennes of the countrye of the Nabathei made them vigilant and industriouse ¶ Why did Euripides introduce Theseus to consider and talke of all the euils that can happen to man Bicause a stripe foresene doeth hurt a man the lesse ¶ What is mercie properlye It is a certaine heauines arysing of an other mans griefe whiche as some say ought not to moue the mindes of the good but rather they ought to content them selues with their innocencye without takinge paine or care what the wicked do susteine and abide ¶ What is Felicitie It is an aboundaunce of Spirituall corporall and earthlie goodes ¶ Why was Archagathus y e Surgeon made a Citizen of Rome Bicause he was very mercifull and cunning in his cures that the like of whom the Romaines neuer sawe ¶ Whye was Antonius the Emperour surnamed Pius Because he reigned without effusion of bloud and was so mercifull as euer Cesar Alexander or Uespatian was ¶ Why do Souldiors loue hunting Bicause it is like vnto the warres which is the place where euerye man may learne to liue vertuously ¶ Whiche is the godliest exercise that a man can learne Husbandrye in which there is not onelye profite but pleasure ¶ Where is the best walke that can be founde That walking place which is furnished with wise men ¶ Whereof proceded the great estimation of Homere Bicause his workes are so full of learning and verye good to encorag● mens heartes to vertue ¶ Whye were the Greke aucthors counted great lyers Bicause they confounded histories with fables suche as Herodotus and Hellanicus be ¶ What is the propertie of Iustice To deceaue no man euen as the propertie of wisedome is not to be deceaued ¶ When is it lawefull to lye For safegarde of the goodes or the life of an other as Chil● did when he forsware him selfe to saue the life of a certaine man ¶ What is the propertie of a gloriouse man To beleue rather that which is spoken of him although it be false then that which he perceiueth in dede to be in him selfe For that cause was the ●able of Iuno and Ixion feygned ¶ What is the propertie of a vile and noughtie man To hide the truth for feare which neuer chaunceth to the valiaunt and honest who cannot abide that any man should lye ¶ Why did the Poetes say that veritie was the daughter of memorie and tune Bicause she cannot be longe hidden ¶ From whence came the wh●le that Ixion doth turne continually as the Poetes doe faigne It is the true token of a common liar who the nerer he thinketh he is to vertue the further he is from it ¶ Why did the Egiptians ordaine that a vacabonde and common Iester should not be taken for a witnesse Bicause suche people are not worthie to be regarded and for a little bribe they are redie to all mischiefe ¶ Wherfore did the Romanes forbid playing for money excepte it were in warrelike exercises as to throwe the barre to daunce to wrastle to vaute to playe at defence and other suche like pastimes Bicause in other pastimes Fortune ruleth and not vertue ¶ Why did ●pelles the Painter set his tables abrode for euery man to viewe That he might vnderstande mens Iudgemente of his faultes As appered by a Cobler who founde faulte in a pantofle or slipper which Appelles had made ¶ What mischiefes do Flatterers bring They corrupt all good maners they tell lies in stede of truth they doe euell in stede of good vice in stede of vertue and are ordayned to destroy● the good and those that do righteouslye ¶ Why would not Socrates suffre himselfe to be praised of a yonge man Bicause that praise in presence is a kinde of Flatterie ¶ Whye did the Romaines so much disdaine Prusias kinge of Bitbinia Bicause he was the greatest flatterer that euer was borne In so much that his flatteries were the cause that it was ordeyned at Rome that no kinge shoulde come thither withoute licence of the Senate obteyned before ¶ What is Flatterie properly It is a vice proper and perticuler to vyle mindes to women and cowardes for it procedeth of nothing els but of feare ¶ What is shamefastnes It is a kind of feare to fall into any infamie or to be blamed for anye dede doing or to be worthelye reprehended for some faulte Therefore Cicero did terme it to be the Tamer of euell thoughtes for she withdraweth man and preserueth him from committing any offence ¶ To whom ought a man to be shamefast To children onelye for to a man of age it is vnmete to blush and to say I had not thought to do it ¶ Who is he that worthely may be counted valiaunt He that loueth life and feareth not death ¶ What is death It is an ende from which a man ought not to retire but to go to it ioyfullye and as some saye it is a gest geuen of God to menne by a singuler grace ¶ Whye didde Mallius saye in the oration that he made at Rome against Furius and Aemilius that enuie was bleare eyed and had a verye euell sight Bicause that the enuiouse man considereth those thinges whiche are nexte him and not them a farre of whiche should be more to be enuyed yf enuie were a vertue ¶ Why is Enuie compared vnto fier Bicause it alwaies mounteth for there is no man so mightie that enuie will sticke to assaile and surmounte him also if it be possible ¶ What was the cause of the deathe of Socrates being so innosent a man The enuie of the Athenians a vsuall thing in that citie which caused also the death of Themistocles and Aristides the iuste ¶ Why do the Poetes faigne that Marcias was beaten of Apollo and Thamiras had his eyes put out by the Muses To declare that howe mightie soeuer a man be he hath some bodie that goeth about to make him selfe equall with him which is a passion almost like vnto Enuie but not so muche different from vertue ¶ What was the cause of the soudeine deathe of Diodorus the S●phistre The thought that he toke bicause he could not resolue a question that Stilpho the Philosopher put to him in pastime And excessiue thoughte ought not to fall into the harte of a vertuouse man ¶ What meane the Poetes by faigning an Eagle alwaies to gnawe the harte of Frometheus To declare the continuall studie of Prometheus who was very learned and wise in Astrologie ¶ Wherof commeth it that in the tyme of Ptolome there were found so many Mathematicians in the time of Xerxes so many pleasures and in