plead vpon delay The ey-deluding shewes are shadowes found Mortality to Dissolution bound Pallaces Temples Castells Citties Townes Towers and Turrets equall to the skies Subuerted by resistlâ—…sse fortunes frownes Leaue nought which their memorialls testifies Haruest and hooke those fertill furlongs grace VVhere vvalls and vvindowes once had royall place King Pryams Parlour made an Hearbory VVith Floras fauours seemes red white and greene Those halles with fruits and flowers fructifie VVhere quandam Lordings princely to be seene Led Courtly dances in their Ladies hands Like Thetis tripping on the siluer sands Honour is but a worthlesse word of grace To sooth Ambitions praise-attending eares Beauty but Blossomes in a flouring face And Pleasures but delights commixt with feares Then Honour Beauty and Delight are vaine Sith in them all no Certainty doth raigne Diogenes once passing neare to Hell Beheld Mydas that sometime liu'd a King Now in Infernall Beggery to dwell Base ragged dispossest of eu'ry thing And laughing said ah ah my golden Asse I st possible the vvorld comes thus to passe The Sequels of precedent Pleasures mooue Purification to relinquish drosse And earthly approbations to disprooue And make concealment of apparant crosse Sith Rich are poore and Poore are rich at last VVhen fatall lots are on our limits cast Lazarus midst his suts of miseries Sollicited the Gluttons carelesse gate Diues in flames of Phlegeton now cries Not heard of him whom he heard noâ—… of late The law of Talio like for like doth pay To quite all kindnes there succeeds a day Sith Cornucopiae fil'd with fruitfull things To Penury by Destination turnes Sith Riot vnexpected Domage brings Sith ceasing Ease in ceaselesse torments burnes Pleasures and Plenties I le not Comforts call But Perturbations and forsake them all In fack and Cinders 〈◊〉 bee Part of my limbs vncouerd in the cold I le not my body cloth beneath my knee That earthen eies may clayen feete behold To note sith they resemble brittle sand That I on Frailties weake foundation stand That liuing man may dying mould respect Though Power cannot Impotence preuent It may repaire some Naturall defect That sinfull Soule die not impenitent Our manhood weake our matter being dust Subiect to Death to Mother Earth we must Nestor suruiuing Natures common length Nor Agamemnon with his Maiesty Nor Polyphemus with robustous strength Can countermand the Doome of Destiny Fire can the hardest vvood to cinders burne And Time the strongest flesh to Ashes turne There shall no 〈◊〉 be showne But Kings and Clownes in one Condition bee Twixt Court and Cottage no distinction knowne Betweene the high state and the low degree For Irus dies and Câ—…s doth no lesse Wit Beauty Honâ—… VVealth must make a messe Then ringed Fingers 〈◊〉 with gold Then cursed Tresses beautifide by Aâ—… Then fashions and ruffes ranked fouresold Then locks and lookes witnes of proudest hart Then painted Cheekes roling eies lures of lust Shall perrish roâ—… consume and come to dust Then Helen lustfull Venery shall â—…ue And Clytemnestra abiure homicide vvhose murdrous hands her louing husband â—…lue That thought in safety with his wife to bide And Gyant Cacus curse vnlawfull gaines vvhen Pluto paies the stipend of his paines And Nero shall lament midst â—…arfull flood VVhose Rigour lifes effusion did affect Dayly exhausting many Millions blood VVhich Tyrant he in Iustice should protect Medea lothe her Necromantick spell For Magicke Art when vvitches burne in hell Tell Rhodope the Harlot how she spent Charaxus patrimony Chattels goods And him forth with to Seas a Pirate sent His fortunes to experience in the floods And aske her whether there will come a day For pleasures and extortions vse to pay One Continent must Alexander hold VVhom many Prouinces could not containe That wept and weeping his Attendants told He grieu'd least he none other World should gaine To chronicle the Conquests of his hands Because the whole vvorld Phillips subiect stands Admonish thus a VVorldlings climbing minde That Destinies doe his desires deride Thou at his hands Ingratitude shalt find And he will thy Directions not abide But with the Adder stops indocile eare Vnwilling wisest charmers voyce to heare Folly hath got a habit on their head This head misguides the selfe-conceited will The liuing meditate not on the dead But full with errours their affections fill Yet where is safety health ioy comfort ease Or Contentation which can last and please Then blessed Patience fortunate Content Sitting inferiour to the lowest seate Priuiledge from externall Accident vvhich doth with Fortunes scourges VVorldlings beate The Poore's but poore how euer Tempests blow But Rich-men may strange alterations know What Metamorphosis will then be seene vvhen Pilgrims princelike shall inthroned stand And shall liue Regents which haue Vassals beene Holding a scepter in immortall hand Then gold for drosse and glory for disgrace Equall to Saints the meanest shall embrace VVhen fading Bale shall ceaselesse blessings bring Then farewell vvinter of Aduersityes vvhen Flora with her euerflowring spring All seasons Sommer Autumne dignifyes Then particolour'd flowers and the rose Shall feede eyes humour and delight the nose Then strained Mellodie shall pierce our eare vvhose sence from eare descendeth to the hart vvhen songs for sighes and mirth for mones we heare vvho would not wish with vs to beare a part Grieue not though now discords of tunes abound This iarring one day will be musick found Soule sequester thy thought from vanitie vvorldly Aduauncement in dishonour hold And doe not Angerona dignify Although she proffer pleasures manifold If thy Desires on earth their pleasures take T will cost thy life before thou canst awake An Oracle Protesilaus told That what Greeke first entred the Troyan land Should die which danger could not him with-hold But he first takes this enterprise in hand The prophecies accordingly succeede For Hector kild him that perform'd that deed Beware by this example how thy minde Aduenture make for transitory things For subtyle Fates the secret'st searcher finde And finding him ad respondendum brings Possesse not but passe through this earthly cell vvhere no Contents but misaduentures dwell Here 's nought but passions penury and paine Sicknes and sorrowes slaunders rumours feares Drudgings and grudgings enuy strife disdaine Domage and discontents frownes terrours trates Prisonment poyson cauills curse and crosse Seruitude thralldoms labours dolours losse Heer 's nought but filth and frailty griefes and galls Troubles and trauels force fraud wrath and wrong Folly and frensy snares cares climbing falls Shew me a man mongst Mortalls that 's so strong vvhich can support the burthen of one day That doth all these loads on his shoulders lay Atlas that beareth Heauen on his back Presumeth not this waight to vndertake Invincible Sampson would sinewes lack which for this durance might him able make These all so insupportable appeare That Gyants would their impositions feare Hercules toyles in number Nature name Cannot with these discouragements compare Theyr name to tasks to twelue their number came Theyr nature bridled with a little care Part wrought with force part wrought with fallacies But these pretend impossibilities They seeme as odious as the Gorgons head As terrible as â—…ping Lyons iawes Or Cocatrice whose sight brings fatall dread As horrible as were the Hâ—…pies clawes That doubts before behind misfortunes stand Despayre aboue dangers on eu'ry hand Yet Patience in a Castell of content Wincks at these Obiects ouer-heares the sound But waighes not words of the Impatient Whose spirits full of Discontents abound I smile to see the corpulent stil feede Laugh to behold the vvealthy stand in neede Empty-way-faring men with pencelesse purse Durst sing in thiefes presence dischar'd of feare When full Powch doth his Misaduentures curse And will he nill he for a passe paies deare That Pouerty returneth safer home Then Riches with such royalty can come Armath'oes ride on rocks ships sink in sands Meet with stormes tempests gulfes vnprosprous winde VVhen safely Pinnages arriue to lands And wished Calmes for Nauigation find Charibdis Scylla Syrtes wracks and waue On lowly Barkes no lofty power haue If Adam through forbidden fruite for sooke Those Eden pleasures of felicity If that Lots wife for one retorted looke In pillar of Salt found such misery These Sodome apples I will not behold That inward are but dust though outward gold Vertue ioyne hand in hand with Pouerty And we will walke socur'd from bonds of feares Not surpris'd with preuenting misery Till Iubile proclaime those ioyfull yeares vvhen we in Heauen shall be resident To reape the fruits of Patience and Content Arthur Warren FINIS
possesse Experience taught him in what dangrous gate They enter which to Kingdomes haue accesse While by a haiâ—…e 〈◊〉 naked Sword hangs downe Readie to fall vpon the Princes Crowne What prooues Aboundance but aboundant Care vvhat 's vvealth Plenty but Pouerty of Rest Treasures are tortures which doe neuer spare vvith ledden thoughts to onerate our brest Elect Riches of a diuiner sort Choose Burthens which thou better maist support Content in Celles seemes richer by degrees Then Discontent inthron'd in Courts of Kings One dish of fruite more worth then twenty trees Sufficient consists not in many things Nought is inough for him that wanteth nought Much is too little whereas more is sought Resolue me vvorldling midst thy goods â—…nd ground Heards Flockes Corne Oyle Fruits Siluer Gold gaine What Contentation in this store is found But Competence where with life to sustaine Will not this gilt prooue Guiltines of minde VVhen thine Accompt loue shall vnworthy find Miser durst so much on one mouth bestow As might a pettie-Commonwealth suffice vvhat doth Possession such Reuenewes owe Vnto one Helluo's hellish Auarice Condition knowes thou hadst it to impart Some portion thereof to the needy hart So Admiration once beheld an Asse Loaden with rost burthned with costly meate VVith curbing bit in mouth the plaines to passe Finding not nettles hay or grasse to eate His fortunes did some vvorldlings imitate That fooles and beggars are in richest state That pine in plenty starue amidst their store That want in vvealth and in aboundance neede That maugre Superfluities seeme poore And Nature with no Contentation feede Mans hart so small gorg'th not a kite one houre Yet would it Earths Circumferrence deuoure Must Man needs drossy Muck his Maister make vvhich Fortune hath apprentiz'd for a slaue And can Humanity with Patience take That Basenes should of him dominion haue I dare not call thee Asse but aske thy selfe VVhat eares thou hast that harknest so to pelfe Doth mony purpose to 〈◊〉 might Doth vvealth imagine to discredit wit Haue Riches Confidence to conquer Right Doth gold boue Vertue vndertake to sit Fie will Moria shoote beyond her aime And challenge more then iustly she can claime How should Humanity it selfe behaue And not with Oppositions be opprest His scourged ship from Scilla 's throte to saue In harbour of Security to rest Vaine Desperation seemes in misery More vaine Presumption in prosperity Pryam that princely Gouernour of Troy Father of Sonneâ—… coequallizing Kings In the maturity of rarest ioy Midst tenure of inualewable things vvas slaine and Time by Destinies defer'd To haue his murdred Maiestie inteâ—…'d Hector his Heâ—…e had Time bestowd successe Prince of the vvorthies Mars for Chiualrie vvas impotent Fortunes force to suppresse And must shake handâ—… with like Aduersity Bearing the buâ—…hen of vnprosprous strife To make vntimely Period of his life The Citty flow'd with teares at this distresse Griefe sounded Clamours at his ouerthrow And Cordiall Dolours did their harts possesse Sith youth did leuy debts which Age should owe An hundred noble Courages did quaile And thousand Ladies did his losse bewaile No princely Pompe can Potentates secure No earthly Kingdomes can eternize life Prosperitie no safety can assure Sith Fortune hath his frownes Atrops her knife Two too inexorable still haue been That blind Director and that fatall Queene These Two vncertaine are yet certaine bee Fortunes pleasd helpe Fortunes displeased hate The Destinies are bribed by no fee To lengthen life or dayes to breuiate No terme hath interest in their good will They saue in shipwracks and in harbours kill Now Demonax should proue a Puritan Instructed by Philosophy to hate Siluers receipt in tyme of Adrian Vnfit to be these Mony-mongers maâ—…e vvhich morgage Soules and their Saluation drowne In depth of diuing for a golden Crowne Concupiscence with Lucre falls in loue Demonica durst Ephesus betray If Brennus will a bounteous Briber proue Treasons demaunds with treasures sums to pay Eryphale will haue her husband sold while gold blinds worldlings worldlings grope for gold Temptation vanish with seducement die vvhich golden Mountaines durst by promise giue Suggesting Common-wealths of Dignitie vvhile as thy Creditors in scandall liue For what proues glory on an Empyre placed But plodded meanes to make a man disgraced Don Romulus no fallacies could find But Brothers death poore Rhemus must be slaine To satisfie his all-affecting minde Moeties seemed insufficient gaine Daily the Diadem as fayre appeares Vnto his lustfull eyes as second yeeres Therefore enacts that such as should ascend The Romane walls this scale with death should buy To Celer this obseruance doth commend Rhemus gets vp dreading no trechery vvhich deare attempt exhausts his dearest life Concluding so that twin-borne Brethrens strife Mismurdred Rhemus by this tyme thou knowst Dignities valew fading fruits of gaine vvhat satisfaction thou to Honour owst And what preferment Scepter-sutes attaine Oh if that Brother spare not Brothers blood At Aliants hands who expects any good A vvolfe in woods them equally did nurse But Romulus retain'd the woluish minde Lamb-natur'd Rhemus might his fortunes curse vvhile Destinies had such euents assign'd One kingdome is not capable of twaine One Temple cannot Abel hold and Caine. The beauteous Solstice of a Crowne doth blind The clearest Argus eyes that euer liue what man is he that might a kingdome find And Parents Children Brethren would not giue Princedoms seeme sweet pills pleasant is a Crowne He that hath no throat would them swallow downe Yet lofty Cedars ouerthrowne are found with boistrous blasts of ruine-threatning winde when Iunipers stand stedfast on their ground And seates of surer Residence doe finde Fortune Presumption to preferment calls To giue the heedlesse Climbers headlong falls Profit prouoketh bids the Niggard hold Pleasure perswadeth motiue Method speakes Diues will hoord though hange in Hell for gold Epicures gourmandize though Belly breakes From sugred baits what caueats can forbid Though thousand harmefull hookes lie vnder hid Darius will his Horsmans Counsell vse Processe of his Direction execute vvill not Oâ—…bares decretalls refuse If his deuise him Ruler constitute If Horses bray may him proclyme a King He puts in practise the ignoblest thing Philoxenus the Parasite did wish His throat in length a Cranes neck might exceed To feele the pleasures of the sweetest dish Taste pleasant drinke his appetite to feede vvith Phago placing his felicity And summum Bonum in his gluttony Few with Phraortes worship Temperance Sardanapalâ—… liues eâ—…minate Scyron hardneth his thiâ—…ish Countenaunce Romane Sarmantus proues a â—…coffing mate And none with Zâ—… that Content desire vvhich Horace of Mecenas did inquiâ—… VVhen Zancles hundred foure yeares had suruiu'd vvhich tearme doth nought but imperfections gaine Nature a Miracle in him contriu'd Making his iawes young teeth a new retaine Such is the Custome of the vvorldly minde That loosing life Aboundance seekes to find Yeares Parents are of Mutability And Mutability Natures decay Time is the Trumpettour of secresie Though Reuelation
THE Poore Mans passions AND Pouerties Patience Written by Arthur Warren Anno. Dom. 1605. AT LONDON Printed by I. R. for R. B. and are to be sold in Paules Church-yard at the signe of the Sun To his kindest Fauourer Maister Robert Quarme DIssemble not Pen paint thy naked mind Draw the Anatomy of perfit loue And though Fortune to slender meanes thee bind Affectionate yet to thy Patron proue And tell thy friend if Pouerty may steede He shall not faile to finde a friend at neede Giue him thy Passions and thy Patience And in them both include thy louing hart Inuite him to thy Contents Residence And seast him there to answere his desart That hast no Currant him to satisfie But loue affection and gratuity Europe hath Owners in possession placed Asia for her Subiects taketh care Affrica her Inhabitants hath graced America hath not a foote to spare And Indigence will not make thy Release Till some of these Possessioners decease Tell him the Hand that did this Pen direct If seruiceable shall on him attend Tell him the Hart that doth his loue affect By prayers his Humanity defend Tell him that Passions must his Patience craue Till Pouerty a richer Nature haue Arthur Warren The poore Mans passions TRagicall Hart inuectiue tearmes collect Perturbe the passion of the worldly minde Deluding Obiects of Content reiect Counterfeit pleasures in a bundell binde And ouer-whelme them midst the Oceans waue Or them interre in some Cymmerian caue Resigne possession of regardlesse Toyes That hoodwinke thee in downefalles of distresse Though in apparance superficiall ioyes Yet tryed proue but Counterpanes of blesse I le not bestowe perusing on that lease Whose expir'd Date doth at the sealing cease I Caitife Cressus Royaltie disclayme Discarding golden Crassus choisest store With Enuies darts at Epicures I ayme And Diues Sumptuousnes I disadore For tell the Porter of the proudest state I scorne to knock at the securest gate Yet lowest Fortunes crosse my lostly minde And apprentize my thoughts to seruile lawe VVhich Nature to her Pupils ne'er assig'nde And all to curbe my grand Conceipts in awe Such as lawlesse Necessities impose To gall the shoulder that this yoke would lose I liue yet loth to lead this lothsome life I breath yet doe suspire with painfull breath I stirre yet storme to manage tedious strife And I shall die vntested in my death Doubting least mine Executors refuse The statute of my Testament to vse vvhile Crosse and Losse doe countermand desire vvhile will with want conioines a Combatine As powerfull to set the Seas on fire Making the most gainst Patience to repine That ill Successe in worlds vnhappie state Makes haplesse man much more vnfortunate To controuerse with mine Aduersity Is but with vnarm'd Brest to pierce a sword And so Philautus shall doe iniury Vnto himselfe by his selfe-wild discord And yet these Oppositions who can brooke That with one eye or halfe a face doth looke Can Flesh and Bloud that loues to braue the best Pocket these wrongs and bury such abuse And can Humanity these pilles digest Or like Melancholists get some Recluse To make their Orizons in Saturnes eare That sitting dumbe doth mute petisions heare A man 's a man though he haue but a face A beardlesse face the world for to controle But I in cloke depriud of gard and lace Poore patches for my fortunes must inrole To signifie vnto the Earth what lot The Lack-lands of our lower House haue got To monarchize a wretches woofull state Importeth prowesse though but little power Once to commaund the world seemes fortunate Though but a VVorld conceipted for an houre Indigents may abound though but in dreames Fortune Flowes not to all in Fauours streames Demi-god Argent and the Siluer Saint Passengers in their trauell must protect And with the Tauerner their needes acquaint The Pennilesse no choise of Innes elect Hunger and Thirst needes must we wars proclaime And try the Combat though we take the maime Phisitian Gold doth fortifie the lame VVith Argus eyes illuminates the darke Skilleth to shrowd Sinners apparant shame In ships of Siluer safe we may imbarke To cut the Seas and crosse by eu'ry coast In peace to take all Harbours for our hoast In vaine the Monylesse their mones confesse In vaine the wealthlesse doe their wants repeat In vaine the wretches warble their distresse In vaine the miserable doe intreat For helping hands the Needy to relieue Or mercies minds their much and good to giue To sue sollicite begge beseech intreate To smooth sooth flatter and doe what thou skillest To malice menace mischiefe storme and threat But VVorlds vacuity with ayre thou fillest Requests nought feed the siluer-sucking minde No Penny doth no Pater Noster finde Loue liues by losse Don Lucre all commaunds Pittifull Complaints dolefull passions Sound But are not tuned by relieuing hands VVhile miseries are weakest Motiues found Sonne dutifies father father loues Sonne And all is for Consideration done O would I could by vertues of my voyce The Beggar from my presence but exile And on professions execute my Choise Or to desires my fortunes reconcile Then farewell whip a sop hard to digest And Pill'ry where men take but Pinch-eares rest I would not feare Freedome of Borrough townes Nor strictest Restraints of immured wales Nor seuere presence of Officious gownes Which with Commaunds commend vs to their hales To answere all Obiects with cappe and knee And Abiects all the while reputed bee Vppon our Doome the dull'st will whet his braine If Fortunes Flower but beginne to fade The rau'nous Cormorants will vs constraine A Common top for scourges to be made Lamigers creepe to set on foote our harme The Blind to view our woes about vs swarme Poorelings but Caterpillers they account Their proffits destinated to deuoure That Seas of sorrowes shall our Soules surmount VVhile Pride gainst Poore doth flouds of malice poure Adiudging vs but Burthens of the Earth And Canker-wormes increasing Countries dearth Beares Armes gainst Peace besieging our Contents Muster the troupes of controuersing minds And of our Martyrdomes make monuments Testifie their degenerating kinds Vnnaturallizing peruersest harts To scandallize our lawdable Desarts New-gate the worst gate they protest too good Coldly to entertaine such goldlesse guests These Cowards durst exhaust a Beggers blood And tyrannize in hindring our requests Our serious expectations crosse with toyes Plant obstacles to intercept our ioyes Helpe Heauens poore Harts poorer plaints may poure To carelesse shores and to relentlesse rocks Man is mans Woolfe for man would man deuoure vvhile Brother from Brother compassion locks Yet Trees him shade midst Sol-in-loos heate Beasts minister him foode to be his meate The Christall fountaines quench the thirst of man The Dogges vse dalliance and on him attend The Oxe drawes and the Asse doth what he can The flocks withfleeces him from cold defend Yet goes it gainst the hayre with him to spare The solace which might cure his Brothers care Vnreasonable Creatures can him show
when such surplusage I see Giue not too little least I die in det Vnable so to tender Charons fee The golden Mediocrity I craue To quite the vvorld and me conduct to graue I couet not that penetrable way Divulged to the Common Multitude I le not at passage with the Vulgars play But steps into the narrow streits intrudâ—… Not griuing though I leaue my shoes behind So I the perfet path to Heauen find vvhat i st a pleasant iourney to enioy And in a painefull Inne be enteâ—… Cursed are lodges that the guests â—…oy vvhere Trauells Recreation should be 〈◊〉 Tread hard by day sâ—… ease at night â—…e â—…ound Lament in life so ioyes in death abound Imploy me not in Superfluities vvhose summes surcharge a well-addicted minde vvhich Marthaes conuersation occupies To prosecute such earthly sutes assign'd Disburthen my Conceipts of vvorldly cares vvhich little Time to thinke on Tempe spâ—…res Let diuine Contemplations be my treasures And sacred songs my choisest harmonie And Vertues Recreation my pleasures And Hope the Prologue of my Comedie Oh with what action would I gâ—…ce my part Had I a scene according to desart Pronuntiation should make Pride asham'd Such sweetnes in distinction Are in gesture My grauity in face may not be nam'd Nor Ornaments iâ—…brodred on my â—…sture That muddiâ—… eies base lamps and earthy lights Durst not behold the Obiects of these sights The Mellodie of Cherâ—…bins me grace And Millions of Maâ—… me attend Societies of Angels me embraâ—…e Their time the Sâ—…ints Communions with me spend And robes of Righteousnes I haue in store My person in Ioues presence â—…o decore And yet Earths Vulgars me indignifie And on my habits cast disâ—…full 〈◊〉 Obraid me with odious vndâ—…ncy But worse obiections I then these haue borne Better Coceipts I haue of rater things VVhich men â—…nto the blisse of blissings brings I le conuerse with my priuate Pilgrimage Medling with Earth so little as I may Let Solitarines me patronage Vntill by Death I Natures due repay Yet I with Fortunes hand encounter must And beare armes till I be dissolu'd to dust Let Contents Coslet guard besieged life Armour of Proofe vpon my Shoulders lay Direct me Souldiour in this vale of strife On Earth my Captaines ensignes to display Though I vnfortunate loose gaines gaine losse Vnder the durance of the hardest crosse It s Hart-griefe to suruey my wofull wounds Death-passions but to touch my miseries These Troubles taste Digestions strength confounds Courage sits daunted at these dolefull cries Hell cannot adde one plague vnto my paine That circumsept with mischiefes thus remaine Earths Daemogorgon armed gainst me stands To ruinate my Castle of Content Hellish Briareus with his hundred hands Against my Patience hath his forces sent But I haue vow'd to loose my life in field Ere tergiuerse or coward weapons yield Triumphant Victory shall me attend And Confidence mine enterprise embold Till gloriously mine Honours doe ascend In Maiesties Pallace their Court to hold That Admiration wonder shall anew The miracles of mine exploits to view Harpocrates thy Silence strangleth words vvhile hote multiplications fire Debate Bring flaxe to flame and proffer Battle swords And Authors are of life-suruiuing hate There 's such Omnipotence in Loyaltie That yielding it obtaines the Victorie O it 's a bloodlesse Conquest to submit No maymes no martyrdoms therein are found Rashnes proues Argument of slender wit vvhile Prouidence in whole skinnes sleepeth sound vvith Lawrell leafes subduing stoutest foes vvhile wild-heads by the eares in armour goes Reuenge vvith Cocyx selfe-conceipt confounds vvhile Tyme might salue the bleeding'st iniury Precipitation scarred is with wounds vvhile Suffrance purchaseth Securitie O there 's such Operation in Content That it doth right the wrongfull'st detriment Admit I seeme but homely in my House My Commons course my foode no dainty fare Notable lodge a Friend nor feast a Mouse Next Neighbour to want Penury and Care Nay Care I leaue to carking Diues charge vvhose treasur'd wealth his tortur'd woes inlarge Suruay mine head search if thine eyes can finde True Testimonie of care-martyrd Hart Or Euidence of discontented minde Compelling Natures colour to depart Planting a White resembling Northern snow vvhich doth possession of griefe-tenures show My feature seemes as fayre as Fatters bee As comely as the grossest of the land As healthfull as the Richest are to see Nay they 'r diseasd in head foote face and hand vvith dropsie fleame knobs plurisy and gout vvith falling euills itch and breakings out Humors and tumors botclies byles and sores Theyr chiefest sences dang'rously displease These are the issues of superfluous stores Surburth'ning Nature to prouoke disease To suffocate the Conduit of their breath vvhile Riot causeth Surfet surfet Death VVealthlings suppose their parting peale they heare See Deaths Idea with his maze in hand If Bell but whisper in theyr guilty eare Dreading that coram nobis they must stand And beeing câ—…lpable to feare begin Incuitable Iudgment for their sin All Obiects theyr Capacitie offend Least suddaine perrils should abridge theyr breath And Tasters must theyr trencher-meales attend Least nutrimentall Dyet hasten death A former Mouth must practize on their meate And brooke their breakfast ere they durst to eate Rootes Onions garlick and the Hermits meale Proues better feasting then this dangerous fare vvhich seekes a scratch of Hungers nailes to heale And catch a wound that bleeds with mortall care Digestion I securely vow to fast Ere fearfully feed on so deere repast Nay more the Belly burthned Braines are dull The body glutted vices load the minde The head is empty when the wombe is full The Corpulent doe slender knowledge find For Abstinence and Temperance attaine The marke of Honour and the meanes of gaine A little Cottage common cloth short meales Is safest Seate best Rayment surest health Not chargeably impayring Publique-weales And seldome daâ—…ify mans priuate wealth It 's sumptuous lodge rich vesture daintie fare That robbe the purse and make Reuenewes bare Double and Treble Chimnâ—…is mounting faire Obserue the single Hospitality All spent to build and buildings to repayre vvhich should support oppressed misery Great halls large tables gold plate little meate Feed but the eye while mouth hath nought to eate Apollo's diuine Oracle confeâ—… Aged Aglaus farre more fortunate Then was king Gyges in his royall rest Amidst the mountaines of his lofty state Aglaus ne'er past limits of his land Gyges detained all that came to hâ—…nd Agathocles mongst his Sycanian Lords Did earthen Vessells at his table vse Like president Pâ—…rsenna King affords To teach that none Humility refuse In iewells their Ability might eate But they discern'd it bettred not the meate Poyson is powred in the golden Cruâ—…e The Aconite in richest Bowles is laide As with foule treason vnder fairest truce So worldlings are in costly Cups betraide Fie on those goods though glorious to be seene vvhich haue Efficients of destructions beene King Dionisius knew the restlesse state VVhich to the perrill Potentâ—…es