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A06165	Euphues shadow, the battaile of the sences Wherein youthfull folly is set downe in his right figure, and vaine fancies are prooued to produce many offences. Hereunto is annexed the deafe mans dialogue, contayning Philamis Athanatos: fit for all sortes to peruse, and the better sorte to practise. By T.L. Gent.	Lodge, Thomas, 1558?-1625.; Greene, Robert, 1558?-1592.	1592 (1592)	STC 16656; ESTC S109569	72,106	104

true Sheapheard to followe Sathan betrayed theyr soule to serue theyr bodyes who are become the bondeslaues of sinne and the seruauntes of vnrighteousnesse who serue 〈◊〉 and refuse God whose portion after death is the bottomlesse pitte where in steede of laughing they shall lament insteed of solacing they shall sigh and whilst the righteous shall clap theyr hands for ioy in heauen they shall foulde theyr armes for sorrowe in hell oh theyr horror oh theyr miserie oh that men can be so peruerse and God so propitious who calleth all and will succour sinners who wil ease the heauy laden comfort the comfortlesse giue 〈◊〉 euen to the murmurers oh whither am I carryed with these contemplations into what Oceans of delight wherein I behold as it were in a mirrour the indignitie of man the mercies of God the miseries of this life and the fruits of death of which when I begin to to thinke my Philamis I beholde these writhen lims as saylers doe theyr brused barke at the entrance of the hauen reioycing that I haue past my perils to enioy my paradise Oh happy death of those saith Cicero who being borne mortall haue so well liued as to enioy eternitie This is the last medicine of all euils saith Sophocles the way that leadeth vs to al beatitude as witnesseth Leonidas This bringeth vs through the stony way to the pleasant path this healeth vs in all infirmities to this were wee borne being by nature sent abroad to learne experience lyke yong sonnes to the ende we may with iudgement entertayne happy death as our best heritage Phil. Why pauseth Celio or what holdeth thee in suspence Ce. Oh Philamis I contemplate the true life and as trauellers by the beauty of the coast coniecture the benefits of the country so in describing the commodities of death and weighing the fruit thereof I gather the happines of heauen to which the spirit would flye were it not hindered by fleshly infirmities Phi. Leaue these contemplations good Celio and prosecute your discourse It were pittle your studies should preuent mine instructions I pray you let vs know why som men since death is so sweet account it so sower and why other men take that for pleasure which some esteeme to be their vtter perdition Ce. Truly Philamis thou hast propounded a quaint question which auayleth much to knowledge of death and causeth the better sort to reioyce thereat the worser to prepare them in worthines to receiue it That sort of men which feare death are they that li●…e in darknesse whose liues are worldly who consider not the iudgementes of God but are like Oxe and Mule in whom there is no vnderstanding these are not touched with 〈◊〉 ●…owledge of God but are very hypocrites in his church these proceed from euil to worse and their practises are often frustrate these seize vpon the widows gleanings and perseuer in their wickednes these are happy in seruing the deuill and hardened against the seruice of GOD these are they that thinke their sinnes are vnseene and who perseuering in their wickednes shall perish these are they against whome Micah crieth out whose iust condemnatiō is death these shal sigh in the day of iudgement whose blindnes is more thā Cimar●…an w●…o shall haue portion with Sodom these are they whose company is to be eschewed who make teares dwell on the widowes cheeks and deuoure the fatherlesse desolate these are they who in stead of prayers make purchases whose indentures are their deuotions whose priuy seales bee theyr prayer bookes these are they that spende in wast what poore men want and bestow that on hounds they should giue to the hungry and imploy that on brauery they should vouchsafe the begger these are they as Bernard saith that are made riche by poore mens farms whose sin shall be reuenged in hell fire these feare death because they hope no better life and flie the graue in that they are fallen from grace And this sort of sinners haue many swarmes of attendants some more vehement some more desperate all damnable as are they who incounter violent death after their wicked liues and such as being adiudged for offence make the separation of soule and body adesperate laughing game These are they of whome Ezechiel speaketh the soule that sinneth shall die Examples of these sorts of men are infinite among which Saul may first exemplifie who being rent from his kingdome reft himselfe of lyfe Iudas who hauing betrayed his Sauiour hung him selfe in despayre Brutus who hauing murthered Caesar slew himselfe miserably with his owne sword Carundius Tirius w●…o hauing made a Bedlam lawe endured a bloudie end Oh too many too maruellous are the examples of suche men who in theyr desperatenes haue made death damnable and in theyr dissolutenes fearefull W●…at are they that take pleasure in death oh blessed men oh happy pleasure Such as shine lyke the Sunne in theyr sinceritie such as ack●…wledge their deliuerance from God such as are f●…ythfull in afflictions and humble them in persecutions such as a●…e godly in patience and patient in godlinesse such as are obedient in dutie and stedfast in doctrine such as haue faith with the leaper confidence with the blind-men zeale with the woman of Canaan acknowledge them ●…infull with the sicke of the palsie prouing rather Cornelius a souldiour to beleeue than Simon Magus an inchaunter to lye such as looke for the promises of God and thirst after righteousnesse such whom the zeale of the Lordes house swalloweth vp such as suffer for persecution sake such whose faith is not wauering and whose vowes are in heauen though the body be on the earth such as are faithful and not fearful that trust in ●…od and mistrust not his promises such as are persecuted with Paul and beleue with Paul such as desire to indure for the truth not to be indurate against the truth the number is too many to tell them yet wold my numbring might breed more so that with Mo●…s I might pray O blot me out of the book of life so they may liue so they may increase so they may florish these also haue folowers who thoe they deserue not to sit on the throne with the elders may wait vpon the lamb as their shepheard for my fathers house hath many dwelling places But let vs now consider of death for he craues constructiō ther is a diffe●…ence to die with Socrates in innocence and Ouid in exile there is a death to dy for euer there is a de●…th to liue for euer the one pertaineth to the nocent the other to the innocent the one to the impugner the other to the penitent the one to the merciles the other to the merciful the one to the blasphemer the other to the righteous among the righteous sort some may fal to arise for the righteous sinneth seuen times a day some fal to perish the examples are manifest let the learned dilate them Among the wicked some from Saul becommeth

possesse riches and vertue together 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 threw his wealth from 〈◊〉 and sayd thus O vaine riches 〈◊〉 me the Gods graunt me that I may euer loose you Thus did Ethnickes seeking but theyr chiefest good and shall not we leaue worldly trash to liue with our good 〈◊〉 Who had not rather be a blessed Nathan than a cursed Nabal though the wicked liue and growe in wealth it is his forbearance for what hope hath the Hypocrite saith Toby if when 〈◊〉 hath 〈◊〉 vp his riches 〈◊〉 take away hys Soule Chrysostome sayth God giueth benefites both to the worthie and vnworthy thou mayest then be rich in vnworthinesse and tryumph in thyne owne wretchednes Draw neare my 〈◊〉 sayth Athanatos I wil make your 〈◊〉 kingly though you bee caytiues I gouerne both the royal Crowne and the humble Cradle Come vnto me sayth Athanatos I wil with drawing one sigh end al thy sorrows with one grone end al griese make your soules fit I wil sette you forward Phila. Here stay good Celio thou hast long time discoursed heere of the benefits of life euerlasting but giuest no assurance of the same Saith not the Philosopher Post mortem nulla voluptas how can then this life be eternal wherin there is no pleasure If it be true that Apollonius Tianeus aledgeth and the Pythagorists perswade that the soules haue passage from one body to another me thinks this separation should be rather cause of molest than myrth to the spirit Homer besides a great Poet sayth that death is ful of horrour satissie me heerein good Celio that euery way thou mayest say sufficient Celio If it bee true Philamis as Tully testifieth that there is no nation so 〈◊〉 that standeth not in some religious awe of God whose seate is the heauen whose footestoole is the earth If it be vndoubted in thee that Christ his Sonne is the propitiation for our sinnes as each true Christian must confesse thou needs not doubt the scripture shal satisfy thee hark what Iohn the Apostle saith of our sauior nay 〈◊〉 himselfe speaketh of himselfe Jesus said to Thomas I 〈◊〉 the way the truth and the life no man commeth vnto the 〈◊〉 but by mee wil●… thou haue life euerlasting ke●…pe the commandements Christ hath swalowed vp death that we might be heires of euerlasting life Christ is the bread of lyse the life eternal is to know God and Christ whom he hath sent his son Beleeuest thou Gods booke why art thou then besotted why bringst thou in this blind instance of the Epicurt Doth not Seneca the graue Philosopher condemne hi●… prouing by assured reasons that there is no felicitie but in death If there be no pleasure after the soule is departed what becommeth of the righteous deemest thou who hath runne hys race hath not his garland and that hee who hath finished hys course hath not his quiet For Apollonius Tianeus since the Fathers condemn him commend him not for as one swallow maketh not a sommer so a fewe instances subuert not an vniuersal certaintie Eusebius with other learned examining the cause of feare especially in death reasoneth thus If there be any euill in death it is the feare of the same that increaseth it and if there be no euill the feare it selfe is a great euil fond then is he that feareth death for that he augmenteth his euill or rather causeth it himselfe Base is the spirit of euery man saith Sabellicus which feareth deth for fearing it in his own respect in that he is in soule immortall he ought not to fear if he lose his body for what folly is it to be afraid of that which is at enmitie with vs If desire of gaine hath made death but a trifle among the men of no heauenly capacitie If it hath incouraged some to stop a swallowing gulfe with y e Romane to die for their maister as the slaue of Anthony what should death be to vs which expect not a momentary but an immortal glory nor raised among men but registred in immortality The sweetnes of death was manifest in the persecutions of the Primitiue Church where infantes with great constancie endured much crueltie sweete is the payne in expectation of the 〈◊〉 Beleeue mee Philamis there is nothing so accordant ●…o nature as death and nothing more enemie to the soule than mortall life which is a Sea so tempestuous that none but a constant mind 〈◊〉 by 〈◊〉 grace 〈◊〉 auoyd the shipwrack marke the hard penance of 〈◊〉 is life assigned to our grandsire Adam Bicause saith the Lord thou hast obeyed the voyce of thy wife and hast 〈◊〉 of the 〈◊〉 whereof I commaunded thee saying Thou shalt not eat of it cursed is the earth for thy sake in sorrowe shalt thou eate of it all the dayes of thy life Thornes also and thi●…les shall it bring foorth vnto thee and thou shalt eate the herbe of the field 〈◊〉 the sweate of thy face shalt thou eate bread till you returne to the earth c. 〈◊〉 how Iob cursseth that lyfe which thou commendest Let the day perrish wherein I was borne and the night when it was sayd there is a man childe conceiued heere haue we no continuing citty saith Paul to the Hebrewes I am wearied with speaking Philamis and the sunne inclineth to the West Thus time passeth like a shadowe and life as Barnard sayth consumeth away like a bubble scorne therefore to be in prison when thou maist haue libertie to be a bondman when thou maist be fre●… ●…o ●…e captiue in the flesh when thou maist liue in the spirit cast of thy ould wayes and thy wonted vanities forsake vnprofitable studdies and search out the Scriptures there is the liuing fountaine the other are muddy puddles there the truth the other mens traditions there the strong anchor y ● other but a weake grapple oh looke on Gods booke leuel at Gods blessings his words are perfection the others the fruites of earthly opinion ca●…t of vaine loues and put on the loue of vertue learne of Octauius to be continent trust nothing that sauoreth not to righteousnes beleeue not euery fable for follie hath many fine shadowes beware flatterers they are the snares of the innocent be warie like Esops Mowse for there be many cats stirring who will clawe thee where it doth not itch and catch thee in their gripe if thou haue no good regard in breefe liue thou well and thou art wealthie Senecat ather liked learned Senetios slaue Dipaostes then his obliuious master the Senator choose thy friends not by their coate but by knowledge and among all things loose no time it is thy best treasure in thy writings ascribe all good things to God 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 to thy wit in thy reading medi●…ate often it is Senicaes lesson Nulla dies 〈◊〉 if thou be passionate 〈◊〉 thee of thy 〈◊〉 if mery 〈◊〉 the meane the humble cot hath quiet when lofty towers haue greatest assaults finally 〈◊〉 all earthly things in comparison of heauenly ioyes

their promise whom after he had freendly entertayned he so wrought with them that they vouch safed to draw him in this Chariot the next day to my fathers grange where onely I Celidonia and some small retinew of houshold seruants being informed of his forwardnes expected his comming when entering the place onely couered with a 〈◊〉 hee presented his presents surrendred his prisoners inforcing though no mercie yet admiration in me At last when I required the third dutie●… oh dutie full of domage with a stearne countenance and a stoute courage hee thus began O cruell Claetia oh my recurelesse discontents since my domage is thy delight and my martyrdome thy melodie as thou 〈◊〉 satisfied in two things●… so now surfet on the third I haue serued long with great loyaltie aduenturing mine owne preiudice to inlarge thy praise behould the scarres of my many woundes which are the signes of my truth but the seales of thy tyraunie behould Rabinus growne oulde with much griefe giuen ouer to too much disgrace oh tokens of my truth oh titles of thy tyrannie behould Rabinus who hath made thee famous in his life and will satisfie thy fancies in his death see heere my third vowe performed behould the death of him thou hatest the date of all my horror ah Claetia 〈◊〉 Claetia my heart 〈◊〉 shall giue thee hearts 〈◊〉 my lyfes terme shall yeeld thee 〈◊〉 eternitie and though I please thee not in my lyfe oh let me pacifie thee in my death ●…erevpon with a sharpe Raser he soddainly cut all his vaines leauing no vaine vntoucht that might protract life and whilst lyfe and death combated together and his toong had liberty of speeche to prosecute hir lamentable purpose he thus renewed his complaints Ah Claetia thy fauour is too high prised that for the kisse of thy hand crauest the bloud of my heart yet let me kisse it Claetia that I may spend my last breath on thy least beutie Oh you Nobles now gan I bow but without benefit my minde was to pitty when I had no meanes the behoulders exclaimed I cryed and approching the chariot sought all meanes possible to recouer his comfort now bestowed I kisses on his wan cheekes now imployed I wishes to restore his lost life But ah the fruites of my folly I pyned to see him perrish who perrished thorow my peremptorines But he oh kinde Rabinus sealing his loue with sweete sighes opening his conceits with amiable kisses since libertie of speech was reft him bestowed that was left him kinde lookes for my vnkinde loosenesse and when I was most tyred with loue he expired his last The Knights behoulding his mishap fled for horror leauing me to lament him whom my pride had lost Lord how comfortlesse laye I on hys course how imbraced I him whom I had imbaced and hauing killed him with vnkindnesse in loue how gladly would I with kindnesse haue kissed him aliue But oh we weakelings of nature but too waspish not so waspish as wretched nor so wretched as wicked we melt not in desire tyll men merrit by death and are kinde when we cannot possesse and cruell when we should pleasure hys woorst was past my wickednesse was apparant To be breefe for my breuity is now my benefit who must heryte nothing but myne owne shame I caused hys dead body to be conuayed into my Chamber wherein I inclosed my selfe acknowledging and vnworthy of comfort still seeking counsell of the gods how I might satisfie his ghost tyll at last this later night in my deepest sleepes I beheld this vision Me thought my Rabinus bearing new bloudie woundes stood by my bed side and soddainly awaking cryed out in this manner Haste thee Claetia bloud requireth bloud my ghost will be satisfied when thy lyfe is finished as thou hast wronged me in the sight of the world so satisfie me in the presence of many witnesses This sayd he vanished and I arose where taking the Sworde wherewith he was guirded and this Lampe whereby I was watched I caused my traine of Damsels to draw forth his Coache and hearing of your solemne assembly this day I thought good to make you eye witnesses of my penitence this sayd she caused the damsels to draw in the chariot driuing all the assistance into a maze when extinguishing hit lampe and casting hir selfe vpon the dead body of Rabinus she pierced hir brest with his sword and finished hir life with this answer Ah kind friend since I may not satisfie thee with my life I wil sacrifice vnto thee in my death 〈◊〉 Rabinus though thou art bloudlesse yet art thou beautifull receiue sweet friend with the warme vigor of my bloud that with the riuers of thine eyes thou maist rid me of the rigors of thine enuic My speech ●…yleth Rabinus I will follow thee ladyes learne learncladies by my death to auoid lewdnes by my crosse to flie cruelty thus said she gaue vp the ghost hir handmaids drew both him and hir out of presence conuaying both the bodyes according as Nicrosian commanded into a priuate chamber inuiting al the assistance to these haples louers funerals Eurinomes hart throbbed to consider on their thraldom and Harpaste taking Philamis by the hand asked if the chaunce were not pittifull But this noueltye and the night parted the whole companie so that Philamis had no meanes to sollicite his mistresse nor Philamour to b●…ay his misery for euery one in steede of opening loue was inforced to take leaue but among al the rest Harpas●… was most mooued who behoulding the haples death of Claetia was so discomforted that no speech can discouer the halfe of hir sorrowe Philamour as a body without soule seeing his mistresse without sollace departed to his lodging and fell a languishing Philamis both comforted him and sought to content hir and taking pen in hand presented hir with this letter consolatorie Philamis to Harpaste MIght I prooue as fortunate to confirme thee my Harpaste as I am forwarde to counsaile thee beleeue me thy affections should not warre against fortune and this accident should not mooue melancholie in that all things are mortall Thou art sorrie that Claetia is dead but remembrest not sh●…e was borne to dye and art sick for that which happened to hir which will happen to thee and all men knowst thou not that things sodainely growne great are soonest in the graue that sprouting ripenes is a signe of speedy rottennesse why then greeueth Harpaste to loose hir Claetia who was too faire beyond expectation and cruell aboue conceit too ruthlesse in hir life to retchlesse in hir loue thou art sorrie she is dead but why sighest thou not for that shee dyed not better wer●… thou greeued to see hir liue badlie and wilt not suffer hir to die beast●…e what is more certaine then that a lose life will haue a lucklesse end and that those that liue in impietie sildome die with repentance oh Harpaste as in all things enough is as good as a feast so in the

lyes in the estimate of worldly eye they are onely wretched in being happy in worldly iudgement Dionisius a tyrant let him speake there is no princely happynes sayth hee but in death Phi. What deemest thou of nobilitie Ce. As of the ●…nowes of the body they are the linkes of the state yet haue they flatterers to seduce them ambition to depriue them desires is corrupt them in breefe they do dayly but begin to liue in that they feare to dye Phi. What of Lawyers Celio They are miserable for they get with care they thriue by contention they are all in the quantity not in qualitie you know the predicaments Philamis I may not preach further they are good members of a weake bodye who if they spend as much s●…uddie in learning God as they do in the liues of the kings thou would amend some qualities and leaue some quidities Philamis What of Merchants Celio They are studious to loose theyr wealth and weepe when they haue lost it carefull to get good but ready to forget God It is easier for a Camell to passe through a needles eye then for a ritche man to enter the kingdome of God if this be true as it is most true what is theyr life miserie what is theyr felicit●…e miserie what is their end miserie Is it not strange that these men should be miserable liuers yet hate miserie all is vanity saith the wiseman and Solons words are true Ante obitum nemo foelix Phi. Haue they not charitie Celio Yes charity painted in theyr walles not in theyr hearts Quilibet quippe euery Dog his loafe though we may be liberall at his funerals Phi. I see you then make no life but ful of languishing as there is no night without darkenes what deeme you of Poets Celio To run on the letter they are pennilesse studious to make all men learned and themselues beggars and whilst they lament al mens want of science they are supplanted by all men in substance they wright good tales and reape much taunts and are answered with oh it is a proper man but neuer a rag of money Philamis And why is that is it not for theyr corrupt life Celio Seest thou that pad in the straw truly Philamis thou sayst well some are excellent of good capicitie of great learning whose paster all pleasance includeth much wit and merits much reward but for the rest I would they might shift more and shif●…t lesse Philam. How meane you this shift me thinks it needs some syfting Celio I would they had more shift in shirts and lesse shift in subtilti●… in briefe Philamis their liues is miserable looke on euery mans way it is eyther wickednes or wretchednes Phila. What thinke you of the deuine Celio Why this is Husteron Proteron the Cart before the horse this figure was not appoynted by Susenbrotus in this place this is a ●…euerend profession wherein the infirmities of lyfe are most healed a happye course in this worldlye wildernesse where mens thoughts are thornes to wounde theyr conscience these seeke theyr benefits in Gods booke yet haue they theyr maimes in lyfe theyr dayes and yeares are but miserie for in that they long after a further ioye theyr comfort is imperfect leaue we to discend to perticulars Philamis the end is there is no content in earth but this worlde is the onely pageant of inconstancie neyther hath man any thing whereof he may truly boast or wherein onely he d●…oth excell if he haue gnifts of the body they are blemished by sicknesse they are determined by death if of the minde they are weakened by the wantonnes of the flesh discend we in to those perticulars which are in our selues and rippe we vp our originals ground wee not vppon the benefite of reason the beautie of our soule where●…y we learne to know God and discerne good from euell what goods haue we that beasts pertake not with vs We haue health so haue Lyons we are faire so are Peacocks we are swyft so are Horsses yea and in all these well nye are we ouercome by vnreasonable creatures Let vs now see what is greatest in vs we haue boddyes so haue trees we haue forces and voluntary motions so haue beasts and woormes we haue voyces but how shriller haue Dogges how sharper Eagles how deeper Bulles howe sweeter and delyuer Nightingales why boaste we then of that wherin we are ouercome and is not this misery of lyfe to be by them in these things ouercome Philamis But by your patience Celio heere is confusion growne in this discourse els are many learned men deceyued I haue read in Epictetus that a lyfe ioyned with vertue is felicitie so all lyfe by this meanes cannot be miserable Celio I wyl rid thee of all these doubtes cleere thee of al these clowdes confirme thee in all these controuersies There is good in apparance and good in deed felicitie in shadow and felicitie in substanc●… the onely intermedium of which is death which kylleth the corruption of the one and furthereth vs to the frui●…ion of the other hee onely good is God for hee is onely good as the Scripture teastifieth the good in shelve is this vertuous vniting of life and ●…arning which taken by it selfe is a sollace and compared with GOD is but a shadowe the true felicitie is to know God the fained is that which was Platoes Idea Aristotles summum bonum the 〈◊〉 Virtus the Epicures sensuall telicitie the one the inuention of man the other an inspiration from God As touching a lyfe led in vertue if it bee taken morrally according to the meaning of the E thnicks it may be termed felicitie who had not light in the darkenesse that doore that vine we haue to illuminate let vs in and refresh vs in our worldly trauell Cicero d●…emed Catoes 〈◊〉 lyfe Uertue his end happie so did Seneca so Caesar his enimie yet knew we it was myserie his life irreligious his end desperate Seneca himselfe talking grauely in his life time wrighting constantlye of death and touched somewhat with the thought of immortalitle made a sicknesse of a sigh and in his end shewed some ouer stoic all resolution but we that haue attayned the cleere day and are in the sunny lyght of the Gospell what shall we terme this vertuous life naught els my Philamis but a combate of the flesh with the spirite our time of temptation where we warre to haue victorye and by fayth attaine the crowne of immortalitie This is the path our flesh the hinderance D●…ath the hauen where wearied wee rest vs and being dissolued attaine the direct fulnesse of our ioye Oh ioye without compare oh little daunger oh great crowne or waye to true lyfe Now seest thou Philamis what thou soughtest these doubtes are decided and the conclusion that followeth of all thys controuersie is that lyfe is miserable euery wayes but most miserable to them that lyue ill whose hope is dead whose faith is falsified who haue forsaken the