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A15143
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[A sweet nosgay, or pleasant posye] [contayning a hundred and ten phylosophicall flowers &c.]
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Whitney, Isabella.
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1573
(1573)
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STC 25440; ESTC S119702
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faults as friends in thee haue spide ¶ The 17. ¶ Those precepts which in youthfull yeares are printed in thy brest Wyll deepest diue and do more good then euer shall the rest ¶ The 18. ¶ You must not suffer youth to raing nor stray abrode at wyll For libertye both lewdnesse breed wherefore preuent that yll ¶ The 19. ¶ The bigor of our youth no whit doth differ from the flower Which for a time doth florish sayre and qutekly lose his power * The 20. Whist thou art yong remember that thyne Age approcheth fast And folow thou the steps of such whose lyfe doth euer last ¶ The 21. ¶ In youth to thee such learning get as it may make thee wise So people shall in elder yeares come seeke thy sage aduise * The 22. ¶ The inclinations of our youth desyres that thence doth spring Fore shew what fruict in future tyme our ripened age wyll bring ¶ The 23. ¶ No hope of goodnesse can be had of hym who spends his prime In liuing so lycentious that he respects no crime ¶ The 24. That mind which sensual appetites in youth doth blyndly guyd To Age do bodyes yeld deformde because they wandred wyde * The 25 ¶ Now vaine it is for crooked Age his youth for to requyre So i st for youth that childish yeares would willingly desire ¶ The 26. Olde people deeme them nearer death then those that youthfull seeme But youth seproaner to his end and lesse doth lyfe esteeme ¶ The 27. ¶ Great cruelty it is for us to vse a churlysh check To any when aduersitie hath brought them to a wreck ¶ The 28. ¶ None in aduersitie hath help except they prospered haue And by that menes haue purchast frends of whom they ayde may craue ¶ The 29. If miserie thou wouldest not know liue dangerlesse thou must Or els to taste of troubles great thou shalt though thou wert iust ¶ The 30. ¶ Prosperitie wyll get thee friends but pouertie wyll trie for then except they faythfull are apace from thee they flye ¶ The 31. ¶ T is better with the truth offend then please with flatteryng words for truth at lēgth shal hepe thee safe when rother cuttes lyke swords ¶ The 32. ¶ To all men be thou liberall but vse to flatter none Nor be familyer but with few which nomber make but one ¶ The 33. A fawning frende wyll at the length a frowning foe approue The hate of such is better sure then their deceatefull loue ¶ The 34. ¶ She that is an Adulteresse of euylles is a sea Her wickednesse consumes her selfe and husband doth decay ¶ The 35. Men doo by emulation of others proue the same In euery yll as custome is so commonly we frame ¶ The 36. Those strokes which mates in mirth do geue do seeme to be but light Although somtyme they leue a signe seemes greuous to the sight * The 37. All men thou shalt thine equal make if thou such playnesse vse As thou not fearest nor yet art feard nor art nor doest abuse ¶ The 38. ¶ Whylst haires are hidden wastely Age doth himselfe be wray For wyll we nyl we h'eele appeare when youth is chaste away ¶ The 39. ¶ Children are lykened to the spring and Stripplings to the Sommer And yongmē thei ar Autumpne like and olde men wery winter ¶ The 40. ¶ Haue thou accesse alwayes to such let such resort to thee Is temper all their talk with truth and are from enuie free ¶ The 41. ¶ When Bretheren be at varience how should the enemyes gree When frends fall out among themselues who shal their dais member * The 42. ¶ A friendly mind accoumpt it for the neerest of thy kyn When al shal fayle it sticks to thee what euer chaunce hath byn * The 43. ¶ Affection is of force so stronge that other qualities He deemeth to be lyke himselfe and doth no worse surmise ¶ The. 44. ¶ Let thine affections ruled be least that they do thee rule For then no strength wil thee availe nor back canst thou recule * The. 45. ¶ The sorowfull do think it death to linger in this lyfe And wish to be desolu'd thereof therby to stint their stryfe ¶ The. 46. ¶ What sere it bee that doubtful is grauntes health th'aflicted tyll He vtterly denyes that he to health restore him wyll * The. 47. ¶ The plowman is accompted smal his reputation none Yet of the membbers in a Realme of chiefest he is one * The. 48. ☞ At diceplaying he that excelles and counningstly can play In my conceat for wickednes may beare the price a way * The. 49. Brease not too hie but haue regarde yf thou would chaunce to fall From hie might kyl frō mean might hurt alow stand sure thou shall * The. 50 The man that is ambicious doth lose such honour oft Is he hath got whē fortune pleasd to set him vp aloft ¶ The. 51. ¶ When Potentats ambicious are the poore men they are wrackt When Realmes denide within themselues no cities are vnsackt * The. 52. ¶ Be that is boyd of any friend him company to keepe Walkes in a world of wyldernesse full fraught with dangers deepe * The. 53. ¶ Judge of a friend ere friendship be but when thou hast him tryde Then maist thou trust eke beleeue as thou his doyngs spyde ¶ The 54. The falt which in thy frend thou seemst to suffer or permit Thou gilty art therof thy selfe not punishing of it * The 55. ¶ So oft as faithfull friends depart so oft to dye they seeme To seperate the griefe is great but absence is extreeme * The 56. ☞ Accompt so euer of thy friend as he thy foe may frame So beare thee that in enmytie he thee procure no shame * The 57. To all men vse thou equytye show faith vnto thy friende In euery thyng that thou pretendst do styll respect the ende * The 58. By benefits vnto thy friende show thyne abilytie And that thy foes may know the same thine Iniuryes let flye ¶ The 59. Al things with frends in cōmon are at least it should be so That pleasures might imparted bee so like wise grief or woe * The 60. The poore they haue no frends at al for to participate The sorow and the griefe they finde in their most wretched state * The 61. In louing ech one hath free choyce or euer they begin But in their power it lyeth not to end when they are in ¶ The 62. ¶ The angry louer flattereth himselfe with many lyes And fondly feedeth on such toyes as fancy doth deuise ¶ The 63. ¶ Ech louer knoweth what he lykes and what he doth desire But seld or neuer doth he know what thing he should require * The. 64. ¶ In time may loue by percemeale weare and wither cleane a way But presently to pluck his rootes in vayne you do assay * The. 65. The louers teres wil soone appease his Ladyes angry moode But men will not be pacified if Memen