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A15038	The enemie to vnthryftinesse publishing, by lawes, documents and disciplines. A right rule, for reformation of pride, and other prodigall and riotous disorders, in a common wealth: for the worthines of directions, a perfect mirrour for all maiestrates: (especially) of cities. And for sound counsels, and admonitions, a carde to compasse, or euery yong gentleman, honorablie and profitably to gouerne his actions. Partely, drawne out of the sage gouernme[n]t, of the most worthie emperour, Alexander Seuerus: and (generallye) discoueringe the vnsufferable abuses now raigning in our happie English co[m]mon wealth. By George Whetstons gent.; Mirour for magestrates of cyties	Whetstone, George, 1544?-1587?; Whetstone, George, 1544?-1587? Addition: or touchstone for the time. aut; Severus Alexander, Emperor of Rome, 208-235.	1586 (1586)	STC 25341.5; ESTC S103652	40,485	80

THE ENEMIE to Vnthryftinesse Publishing by Lawes documents and Disciplines A Right Rule for Reformation of Pride and other Prodigall and Riotous disorders in a Common wealth For the worthines of Directions A Perfect Mirrour for all Maiestrates especially of CITIES And for sound Counsels and Admonitions A Carde or Compasse for euery yong Gentleman honorablie and profitably to gouerne his Actions Partely drawne out of the sage Gouernmēt of the most worthie Emperour Alexander Seuerus and generallye discoueringe the vnsufferable Abuses now raigning in our happie English cōmon wealth By George Whetstons Gent. Malgre de Fortuner ¶ Printed at London by Richard Jones Anno 1584. The Printer to the Reader TO the intent that the Variable humors of men which delight as much in Chaynge as they dyffer in opinions may be satisfied with the varietie of M. WHETSTONS Workes and writinge I haue therefore not here thought it ●…sse to set downe the seuerall tytles of his seuerall workes alredy printed compiled Vid●… 1 The Enemie to Vnthryftinesse 2 The Rocke of Regarde 3 The honourable Reputation and Morall Vertues of a Souldier 4 The Heptameron of Cyuill discourses 5 The Tragicall Cōmedie of Promos and Cassandra 6 The lyfe and death of M. G. Gascoyne 7 The lyfe death of the graue and honorable Maiestrat Sir Nycholas Bacon late L. keeper 8 The lyfe and death of the good L. Dyer 9 The lyfe and death of the noble Earle of Sussex 10 A Mirrour of true Honor shewinge the lyfe death and Vertues of Frauncis Earle of Bedforde ●…kes redy to be Printed 11 A Panoplie of deuices 12 The English Mirour 〈◊〉 13 The Image of Christian Iustice. To the Right Honorable Woolstone Dixi Lord MAIOR of the famous Cittie of London To the Right worshipfull Sir Edward Osburne knight and other the Aldermen his Assistantes and to their learned Counseller M. Seriant Fleetwood Recorder of the same CITIE his approoued good frende and Kinsman RIGHT HONORABLE AND Worthie Maiestrates hauing compiled this Booke in the tyme of the Right worshipfull Sir Edward Osburns Maioraltie I dedicated the same with my ready seruice to the worthie Maiestrats of this famous CITIE To whom the execution of the Diciplines contayned therein cheefely belongeth I bowldly saye if the Booke had beene as effectually regarded as it was curiously searched a number might haue made profit of my Trauell but as olde woundes requier deepe searchinge euen so cankred Vices are not to be cured but with seuere chastisments This Booke discouereth many and so dangerous euilles as euery man that hath care of his posterytie is bound to be a suter for reformation The contents therof I humbly submit vnto your graue Censures The honor of Reformation belongeth vnto your wisdomes the benefit to the publick weale and the bare trauell only is due vnto me Which as at the first I dedicated the same for the seruice of this CITIE euen so in this second Correction I patronize the Booke with your honorable right worshipfull protections no more but accomplishment of perfect desires with acknowledgement of my dutie and seruice To your Honor and Worships George Whetstons To the Right vvorshipfull the yong Gentlemen of the Innes of Court MOst worthy right Worshipfull Gentlemen of the Innes of Court vnto you as vnto one of the fairest Ornaments of this happy Realme I commende the benefit of this small Treatise And I am wel perswaded in this Dedication that I salute the best paret of all the yong Gentlemen of Englande For what Course so-euer they afterwardes followe there are very fewe Gentlemen but either are or haue ben of your Societie It is very wel knowen that these famous Houses are the first intertayners of your Lybertie For notwithstanding in your Gouernments there are many good and peaceable Orders yet your chiefest Discipline is by the Purse Those that are disposed studdie the Lawes who so liketh without checke may follow Dalliance And certainly the wanton 〈◊〉 which you continuallie behold are not vnlike the Sirenes Inchauntmēts were Poets faynings true you cōtinually walke by the Adamant Rockes which drawe Siluer and Gold as fast as Iron and Steele you must be armed with more experience then the capacytie of yong yeares or els assirte your selues that Repentance will vnlose your Fetters there is an olde Prouerb Euil Company corrupteth good maners And truely I cannot see how yong men of the best education should escape vnpoysoned when vice is so conuersant with elder yeares O how happie were it for your Posteritie if the Innes of the Court were farre from Dicyng-houses or Dieyng houses with their Originall the Deuill But if you cannot be thus seperated this little Booke will with regarde guide you as safe as the Clue of thréede did Theseus in the Laberinth These Houses outwardly are of the substance of other Buildinges but within are the Botches and By●…es of Abhomynation they are lyke vnto deepe Pittes couered with smoothe Grasse of which men must be warned or els they can hardly auoide that their eye can not discouer You can haue no fairer warnings then the steppes of your Companions falles nor I a more fortunate Rewarde for my trauaile then to see you worthie Gentlemen to floorish I beseeche you to be aduised It is a more precious matter to shun Mischiefe by other mennes harmes then to learne the goodnes of a thing by the losse therof This sharp Discouerie will make your fleering Deceiuers my open Enemies but I shal be well strengthned if my true Affection broode in you a disdaine of their fellowshyp let them spurne their woorste they hurt them selues that are angrie with good Admonition I dedicate this Booke to the Magestrates to whome appertaineth the chastisment of euyll liuers your woorst enemies I dedicate to you courteous Gentlemen the Fruits of Noble Alexanders Counselles as beseeming your worthinesse I am but his Trouch-man and your trustie frend And truely your wisdomes may make his graue Counselles more profitable then their seuere Discipline for the Medicine is of more value that preserueth Health then that which cureth Sicknesse The health of a Gentlemā is Honour actions of vertue in which Alexander liberally instructeth you The Maladie nay death of a Gentlemā is an vndoyng to the posterytie which is hastetied by the sucking of Shifters Of whome I constantly hope the good Maiestrates will ease you I leaue further Ceremonies in my Preface leaste I seeme to iudge your Wisdomes who are for Learninge a faire Beautie of the Common-wealth my plaine Methode in writing showeth you a large hole to see Daye which is ynouffe with an Aduauntage who retayne the vertue to drayne Honie from a Weede I ende to trouble you at this time but in no time will leaue to bée Your assured Frende George Whetstones Ad candidum Lectorem IN LAVDEM OPERIS SIte cura iuvat sanctarum Candide Legum Aut inculpatae praecepta salubria vitae Hinc Exempla pecas Morum sit norma

reprehend their vices the nourishment of these euils are the Tauerns Dicing places and brothell houses of whiche Rome hath great store they greater store of guestes so that to rid the publique weale of this dangerous infection is fyrste and cheefelye to instruct the youth in good maners and next to abate the number of these superfluous howses or at the least daylie to ouer-see their dooings Thus in breefe I haue declared some of the hydden euilles harboured in the bowels of Rome which to reforme your owne eyes must be as ready to fynde them out as your eares attentiue to heare euils reported you must bee as well Informers of offenders as Iudges of offences for the desire of Iustice is to roote out iniquitie and the office of Iustices to inquire after euil lyuers And without al doubt in this carefull proceedinge in your visitations you shall see sufficient example of sin to occupie your Iudiciall places with correction This vigilant care will eternize your good beginnings with glorie will establish prosperitye in the weale puplique will comforte the good and bridle the wicked ytnot through the loue of vertue yet for the chastninge of vice Thus you see it concerneth the inrichinge of the common wealth in the seruice where-of the bitternesse of death should vnto you deeme pleasant In particulers it concerneth the prosperitie of your Children Kinsfolke and Allies for whose benefit you are borne to trauell also it concerneth your owne honor which you should holde more precious then lyfe and therefore as your Soueraigne we coniure you and as fathers of the Common wealth beseeche you that you wyll continue our good beginninge with the execution of the Emperours directions and so we end as we begun the prosperitie of Rome shal highly laude the gracious goodnes of the gods the greatnes of your wysdoms VVHen the good Emperour had in few words ended this waightie Oration or more properly graue admonition the fatherly Senators admiring the sound iudgemēt of Alex. beinge of tendet yeares vnexperienced in pollices of gouernment knew straight-waies that there was a negligence in their administration of Iustice which his minde continually exercised for the benefyt of the publique weale forsaw and to the profit therof in this louing maner the same discouered To witnesse that they throughly conceiued the intent of his reposed wordes by their owne prudent deeds they foorth-with wrought out the wholsome effects of his godly desire and the better to search the core of vice iniquitie hid in the intrailes of Rome These good Maiestrats vsed this pollicie in disguysed habits they entred the Tauerns common tables victuling houses stewes brothel-harbors without controlemēt they viewed the behauiors of the people that thei might the better vuderstand the ful of their abuses vpon diligent searche what founde they forsooth Rome like a painted strumpet The great boast that they but lately made of her reformation had no better assurance their this a few of the good sette forth their good dispositions at large many of the wicked for a time helde in their lewde inclinations but counterfetes wil vnto kinde Copper may holde print but not bide tutch with golde euen so these hypocrits as place and opportunitie serued bewraied their beastly natures Among these tranions Cosonage was esteemed lawful marchandise dicinge faire pastune lechery was held no sin nor chastity vertu ruffens were honored the gods dispised the mouth of vertu was locked vice spake through a trumpet To be short among them was no law but disorder nor any thing publique but abhomination neither possibli might it be otherwise for by the autho rity of Heliogabalus ruffens bawdes suche other brothel birds were made senators yea the basest persons were maried to noble wemē they that could set abroche most villanies bare the greatest swayes wher such liberty is giuen to offend sin is so sweete to the flesh that there wil appeere no difference betweene men beasts saue that men do exceede beasts in beastlines and in this accordeth deuine Plato who saith that those citties in which ●…her are no seuere lawes to correct sin ar rather forrests of monsters then places habitable for men wher as ther was this corruption in nature there could be no alteratiō hoped for but by discipline which the sequel well proueth The change of the gouernment from a most vile vnto a most vertuous Emperour purged simply the corruptiō of the people for althogh that exercise of naughtinesse were not so opē as before yet the euil disposed knew where to stawle companions euen in the fore named Hell houses and which was most to bee lamented among the scum of the Cittie I meane Ruffians Bawdes Brokers Cheters Shifters and others in these fylthie places worthye Gentlemen and substantiall Cittezens were daylye founde the one through vnthristinesse to wast their patrimonie the other by couetousenesse to purchase the Deuill and all When the graue Senatours had entred into the depth of these foule vlcers of the Publique weale they founde that Dice Drunkennesse and Harlots had consumed the wealth of a great number of ancient Gentlemen whose Purses were in the possession of vile persons and their Landes at morgage with the Marchants and how both the one and the other were confederate to spoyle these Gallantes They truly certifyed the Emperour the dangerous estate of the Common wealth how that by the corruption of these houses the Gentlemen had made this exchaunge with vise persons they were attyced with the Gentlemens brauerie and the Gentlemen disgraced with their bea●…ly maners And somuch the case was the more to be pitied for that the remedie was to be doubted for al-be-it their infections grew by the fylthie conuersation with ●…affens Bawdes and suché braue baggages whiche was harde to be cured that which should comforte them in well dooinge I meane their Landes were in the possession of the Marchantes who of the gaine of their bargen will wage sreendes to countenaunce their deceitfull dealinges and then let them backe their worst their aduersaries will byte them with their owne teeth Thus poore Gentlemen they are sure to impaire their liuinges how-be-it perhaps they amend theyr liues When the good Emperour had attentiuely herd this lamentable report hee foorth-with made this short answer Graue Fathers you haue certifyed vs no more then by reason we sensibly foresaw it is therefore now conuenient that we by seueritie pluck vp the roots of wickednesse which by sufferaunce are growen to mightye bodies of sin Therfore our pleasure is that by expresse Commaundement the Cittizins of Rome be-warned to appeare to morrowe be-fore vs in the Theater of Rome where they shall openly know their faultes and by the graces of the immortall Gods and counsell of our graue Senate wee shall set downe remedies for this daungerous mischiefe This reposed speache of the Emperour promysed good successe to his graue determinations in to muche as the Senators settled in

Hereafter such vnprofitable members shal be bridled Liue vertuous Emperour and what lack ye finde in vs refourme it and we wyll obey you and he that doth resist let him be slaine and buried in Tyber Your vertue hath restored vs to lyfe that weare dead vnto Lybertie that were in thraldom vnto Honour that were dishonoured In Gouernaunce you be our Father whome we well reuerence by free election our Emperour whom we wil obay in wisdome our soundest Iudge whose com maūdemēts coūsels we wil execute as generall Lawes ¶ Hereat the Emperour relented and with much paine retayned the teares of his eyes and in the ende comforted thē with this Conclusion The Conclusion of AlexANDERS Oration to the Cittizyns I Am right glad that your Protestation declareth that you yet hold some portion of Vertue which giueth vs hope that the renown of this Noble Realme begunne by Romulus shall not ende in you And if you be constant in this affection we trust right shortly to make the Fame therof equall in estimation with the Raignes of any of our Progenitours And now I haue fownd agayne your old name wherby I wyll call you Ye Children and Successours of the vertuous Romaynes I say you victorious people braunches of Romulus subduers of Realmes patternes of vertue and prowesse to all the world mittigate your couetous appetites abandon excessiue Vsurie exceede not the boundes of your popular state be charitable and mercifull vnto your owne Countrey-men where their necessitie may be relieued with your abundance Be you ashamed that labourers and rude people should condemne you of crueltie for destroying of your Gentlemen the chiefe ornament and defence of this noble Cittie Remember that if the state of Senators do decaye the most vertuous of the Gentlemen are elected in their places So you that shall equall them in vertue for your substance onely cannot make you gentle shall be aduaunced vnto the state of Gentlemen according to your deme●…its Nowe haue we nomore to say vnto you but applye your selues to the auncient and most laudable orders as we shal indeuour our selues by example diligence to bring this Citie againe vnto perfection VVHen the good Emperor had thus ended his Oration he caused diuers of the grauest Citizyns to attend hym at his Pallace where he cōmanded that by secrete inquirie they should learne how many 〈◊〉 by 〈◊〉 or other corrupte 〈◊〉 had absolute possession or Morguage of the Gentlemens ●…andes and to certifye bothe the names of the Vserers and the Gentlemen so distressed Vppon whose certificate he dealed with the Creditors of the Gentlemē 〈◊〉 a great ●…tion of money out of his owne Crea●…e towardes a generall agreement As in the end he concluded that the Creditors shuld rece●…e the res●…ue of their Debtes by a yearely pention oute of the Gentlemens Landes By whiche ●…ewes their 〈◊〉 tie might recouer what their 〈◊〉 had ●…asted The Noble Emperour ha●…ynge brought to passe this hye hone●…te for the Gentlemen a Rome with the possession therof in this louyng Oration he instructed them in the Dueties of Gentlemen and ●…dely reprehended the Dishonours of their Reputation The Emperour Alexander his Oration to the Gentlemen of Rome GEntlemen of Rome by the name of Gentlemen I salute you as Hereditorie Title of your Auncestours vertues which I hope will alwayes remayne in your hearts How-be-it too excessiue prodigalitie hath much wasted your liuings and impayred your credit But with the blame of your lauiciousnes I am bound by the woorking of pittie to shew the cause thereof Which although it bee no excuse in Iustice yet it iustly ●…oueth commiseration The examples of our predecessors wickednesse is more liuelye expressed in your workes then may be showen by my wordes and I hope his worthie confusion will be cause of your speedy amendment Yet I hold it not amisse to laie before your eyes the monstrous e●…illes which you have learned of your late Emperour Heliogabalus that comparing his wretched ende with his wicked raigne feare may reforme what our louing affection wisheth to be amended in you This vessel of abhominatio so exceeded in pride that frō top to toe he was ●…ired in cloth of golde pearle pretious-stones neuer wore any garment more thē once from his bed chamber vnto the place where hee mounted vnto his Coch the walles were decked wyth tapestrie full of greate pearles and pretious stones The waie as he went was strewed with golde and siluer as one disdayning to ●…reade vppon earth lyke other men His Charyot was sometyme drawen with tame Lions sometimes with Elephantes and sometimes with marueilous faire Women The Ringes which he drewe off his fingers hee neuer put on againe The vessels of golde and siluer wherein he was serued was euermore the fees of his seruitors Suche huge prodigalitie was ioined with his incomparable pride His gluttonie voluptuousnes was so great as neere the Sea his whole houshold was fed with most daintie fowles and beeing farre within lande they were all serued with all maner of fishes by Poste brought alyue from the Sea Sometime he had for a generall seruice pasti●…s of Peacockes toonges otherwhyle Partridges egges the heades of Popiniayes Fesauntes and the most daintiest Byrdes Neither was this superfluitie alone vpon the Tables in his owne Pallace but in selfe same manner his Lyons Gray-hounds and other Dogs of pleasure were fed He so much esteemed of thinges that were deare and rare that hearing there was but one Phaenix in the worlde hee offered twoo thowsand Markes to haue it to hys Dinner His lecherie was so vnsatiable and withal so vnclean as common ciuilitie forbiddeth the report His Pusalanimitie was such as he studied how to become a woman and of moste notorious Strumpets and Bawdes hee erected a Senate and in a Capitoll for the nonce hee made vnto them manie Orations and called them his Companions and fellowe Souldiers That vi●…e might haue no staye nor vertue anie passage he gaue free Charters to all men to vse all manner of villanie And Sabinus Vlpianus and other learned and reuerent Iudges hee banished from the administration of Iustice. He cruelly put to death many worthie personages amongst the people many times let loose Lions Beares and other cruell Beastes In fine when his monstrous pryde prodigallitie and lecherie had consumed all his own treasure necessitie a naughtie disposition made him to sell the offices of Iustice. But his owne familiar Seruantes and Souldiers wearie of his abhominations slew him drawing his horrible Carren with hooks through the Cittie they tyed him to a stone of greate waight and threw him into Tyber to the end so vile a bodie should neuer be buried Yet your owne eies are Iudges that I say the truth His death and funerals was as vile and filthie as what I haue saide of his life was sumptuous and rich I haue laide the miserie of his death before your eyes that you should expell the vices of his

intertainment of Straungers which repayred vnto the Cyttie about lawfull businesse ¶ Item He cōmaunded that all corrupt and deceitfull Bargayners should bee punished with the Whyp as Theeues that stole priuylie without any violence affyrming that it was but a fantasie and a laughyng-matter to make a difference betweene stealyng and deceitfull bargayninge But were this a Lawe with vs we shuld haue more weeping in London then laughynge in three of the greatest Shiers of Englande ¶ Item He commaunded that ifany baace condicioned person by the presumption of welt should make any sawcie comparison with any Gentlemā Romayne immediatly the said Franklye should become the Gentlemans Bond●…aue with whome he compared vntil the said Franklyn had made the Gentleman his superiour as well in wealth as dignytie And this Lawe hindered many quarrelles which otherwise would haue growen of vnequall comparysons Item He commaunded that the Playes called Florales and Luberales and the beastly Ceremonies of Isis shuld be banished and abolished as the most venymous Alectiues and styrrers of Lecherie ¶ Item He ordayned that if any man were founde playing at the Dice he shuld be taken for a stantick or a natural foole which could not gouerne himself and his gooddes and lande should be committed to sage and discreete Gouernours vntyll he were againe enabled by the Senate Vnto these Lavves vvas added this Confyrmation ¶ These Lawes decreed by the Senate enacted by the people comfirmed by the imperiall Maiestie be for euer established and neuer by anye other Lawe Custome or Ordinance be abolyshed And who that with violence resisteth against them let him be taken for a Rebell and Ennemie vnto the W●…alepublique Of the great VVisdome of ALEXANDER in electyng of Graue Counsellers Officers and Admynistrators of Iustice. THE Noble and vertuous Emperour prudently forsawe that the seuerest lawes were without execution but like vnto painted Fire which giueth no heat or as the Phylosopher Cleanthes sayth Lyke vnto Cobwebs through which the Hornets breake when the small Flies are intangled And truely without due Administration law is like to a Backswoorde the edge wherof smiteth the poore and the blunt backe the higher powers But to auoyd this parcialytie the good Alexander made choyce of such worthy Maiestrates as playnly refuted this Maxime of Aristotle Amor et odium et proprium commodum Semper facient Iudices non cognoscere verum None of these Assections could neyther blinde their eyes nor binde their handes They measured Iustice neither by the mightinesse nor meanenesse of the Person but by the equitie of the cause and it stoode them in hande to deale thus vprightly for if any corruption were founde in their Iudgements the Emperour himselfe did seuere Iustice vppon the vniust Maiestrate that abused his Auctorytie and iniured the people let Vetronius Turinus be example for many This Tu●…us was a man of much Honour great learning and wisdome and for many vertues was of the Emperour singularly fauoured but abusing the Emperour and his own good fortune vnder colour of often and familiar conference with Alexander he receiued many Brybes to obtaine great sutes aboue his power to compasse whiche beyng prooued agaynst him the Emperours sentence was That in the Market place he should bee bownde vnto a Stake and with a Smoake of greene Stickes and wette Stubbie should be smoothred to death And duryng the tyme of his Cxemtion he commaunded a Beadell to ●…ye With Fume let him die that Fumes hath fould Thus no knowen Offender escaped the vengeance of his seuerytie and which won him as much loue as his Iustice did feare he incouraged comforted good vertuous men with many great gifts and fauours ¶ That Rome might prosper by the confusion of vice First he ordayned accordyng to the counsell of PLATO three-score graue persons which were named CONSERVATORS of the Weale-publique for euery Tribe had two Roome beynge deuided into thirtie Tribes whose Office was chiefly to see that the children of the Romains were well brought vp and instructed accordyng vnto the capacities of their wi●… from the Age of vii yeres vnto xvi yeares that in their Pastimes playes and recreations were nothyng dishonest ¶ Item That the Maidens duryng the said Age were brought vp in shamefastnes humblenes and the exercise of Huswifrye and that they should not be seene foorth of their Fathers-houses but only in the Temples ¶ Item their charge was to controwle Howse-houlders of euery degree if there were fownde any excesse in their fare or cost vpon their owne or their Wyues Apparayle more then by the Lawes was limitted or if they were Company-keepers with any riotous or dishonest person ¶ Item Twice by the weeke they were bownd to make Presentment of the Disorders whiche they fownd vnto the Prouost of the Cittie reseruing vnto them-selues the education of the Children which they-them-selues reformed by giuing of sharpe Admonytion vnto their Parentes ¶ The Prouost punished suche as offended in other Articles against the Statutes and Ordina●…res in suche cases prouided ¶ Item The Emperour augmented the nomber of Praetors and Questors but appoincted euerye one a seuerall Charge ¶ Item He made choyce of very honest men to be Purueiours for grayne but changed them euery y●…are least continuance corrupted their cōsciences ¶ Item He apoincted Baylyffes Receiuers Suru●…iours and such like Officers but fauoured them not saying they were necessarie euils And if they hast●…e gathered much riches he would take away al that they had Telling them Let it suffice that you haue taken so long pleasure with my goodes and beware that you take not from other men vniustly least I be more angrie with you ¶ Item To be Iudges of these Officers as also of the behauiours of all the people of Rome sauing the common people were they Senatores Gentlemen or Citizens This prudent Emperour appointed two of his priuie Counsel worthy and graue Senators to be Censors in Rome whose names were Fabius Sabinus and Catillius Seuerus The office of the Censors were to note the manners of euerie person aboue the degree of the common people So that if a Knight Iudge or Senator did any thing vnseeming the Honour of their Degree their charge was to degrade hym of his office or Dignitie In whiche they vsed suche rigour as no man might lawfully boast of fauor In so much as the Emperars Pallace was not free from their iurisdiction For they meeting with Aurelius Philippus who was sometime the Emperours schoolmaster and after wrote his life riding in a Chariot looking to be saluted as a Senatour they foorth with executed an auncient law vpon the said Philippus which was that no bond-man although hee were manumissed should be a Senatour And at that time it was lawful for no person vnder the degree of a Setour to ride in a Chariot Philippus was sometime a bond-man and therefore for breach of this lawe the Censors sent him

Ordinaries Wheare the Brauerie of the Companie the glee and Reuell that they keepe were able to brynge a stayde man vnto their Societie but are sure to inchaunt a light yongman which cōmeth rawly out of the coūrey What foloweth Pride straight wayes infecteth him with desire to be as braue as the best Well if he haue liuyng either in possession or possy bilitie he shall finde sweete Baites to choake him Moste of these wicked places noorish three Guestes that will soundly bowrd this vnexperienced yonge Gentleman and of his abylitie wyl maintain them selues These be the names of their facultie The braue Shifter the Bawde and the Broaker ¶ The braue Companion who in Apparayle countenaunce and bouldnes wyll cheacke-mate with men of right good worshyp and lyuing when he perhaps in a Greene Thycket getteth a Masked face a Pystoll and a Whypcorde and hath Inheritaunce in the ●…e of Snatch Aduentureth to Cape Gripe I know not by what conning shiftes But if I did I thinke it necessary to conceale them least the instruction wold prooue more hurttul to the euill inclined then the Admonition profitable to the wel disposed But this I am assured and many a Gentlemans vndoyng witnesseth as muche that these expert Shisters by salce Dice slipperie castynge or some other nice Sleight althoughe all the Daye they dallye with younge Nouices as a Catte doeth with a Mouse yet before Bedde tyme they wyll make their Purses as emptie of Money as the Catte the Mouses headde of ●…aynes If a man had none other flie suckynge of hym he should finde a fewe of Ordinarie Dinners would luppe a greate deale of Substaunce But as a slayne Carckase in an open fielde is a Pray pray for many kyndes of vermyn Euen so a plaine minded man vsing these deceitful houses is an assured praye for al sortes of shysters The man that is inticed to be a Dicer of his owne accorde wil be a Horemaster But say you if he haue not acquaintance the banishment of the Stewes wyl kepe hym chast But say as the Prouerbe is Monie will hyre a guide to go to the Deuile And certes as dailie gheasts at ordinarie Tabls a man shal fynde neate Bawdes that onely lyue vppon the brocage of loue fellowes that wyl procure acquaintaunce for a dumbe man These be no bashful Besogniers but such as glory in their facultie Their cōmon talke shal be Ribaldry and matter of their profession To conclude he that hath aduantage ●…ily bloweth a meeting of faire women into my yong maisters eares His company needeth not to be desired Incontinent desire maketh him wood of their societie Gods blood le ts goe straight he cryeth and with more haste then good speede they goe to some blind brothel-house wher peraducture for a Pottle or two of wyne the imbracement of a paynted Harlot and the French Pockes for a reckoning the Punie payeth fortie shillings and yet my braue Besognier hath a more costly reckoning to geue hym He wyl accompanie him familierly vp and downe the Citie and in the ende wyll come vnto a Mercers or a Gold-smythes shop with whome he had before set his matche he wyl cheapen Veluet Satten Iuels or what hym lyketh and tender his owne companions credit for payment He wyll with so boulde a countenaunce aske this frendshyp of the Gentleman as the other shal be to seeke of excuse to denie him Well although the peniworthes of the one be not verye good the payment of the other is sure to be currant thus by vnsatiable Ryot wherof Dicyng Houses are the Fowntayues the welthiest of our yong Gentlemen are soone learned to lynge ¶ Diues eram dudum sed tria mé fecerunt nudum Alia vina venus tribus his sum factus egenus ¶ But without doubt the infction of thease Tabling Houses is so pleasant that a man which hath lost all his money by the exercise of them euen in the place of his vndoyng he wyll moneylesse be an idle looker on of other mens vnthriftinesse Then seazeth the third of thease Gheastes vpon this needie Gentleman which is The Broaker who is either an olde Bāckrupt Citizin or som smoothe condicioned vnthriftie Gentleman farre in debte some one of these wyll help him to credit with some of their Creditors with a single protestation of meere courtesie But by your fauour vppon this double vzance the Citizyn Broaker after deduction for his owne paynes consideration for the time giuen and losse in sellyng of the wares considered wyll bryng him L V. pounds currant money for a. C pownds good debt The Gentleman Broaker will deale more Caualiero like he will be bownde with hym for a. C pownds shaarynge the Money betweene them not without solempne protestation faithfully to discharge his owne fiftie powndes and if neede be the whole hundred powndes Assuraunce trust mee as good as a Statute Staple and a measure of his foote as sure as eyther But let all this mischiefe go here is want supplied whiche breaketh Brasen walles and Money receyued whiche betrayeth Kynges blindeth Iudges and iudgeth Iustice and for the same but Iucke Waxe and Parchement deliuered Mary sir a merye exchange a mery Exchange in deed if a man shuld alwayes be so busied in receiuyng as there might be no leasure fownde for repayment But vnhappy young Gentlemā what so thou bee that art thus matched thoughe thy coueitous loue of Money is lightly suche as thou haddest rather become Debter for fortie powndes then to spare fortie shyllynges out of thy own Purse yet learn this Lesson as a sound Counsel that thou we art better giue one of these Franions ten pownds then to be bound for fiftene for what so remaineth thou sauest when all that thou venturest thou loosest and be thou sure though thou wilt finde no leasure to satisfie thy couenaunt thy Creditor wyll worke thee an Arrest that shall giue thee little ease and lesse Lybertie vntyll he be fully contented paid But al in vain Medicine is applied to vncurable Maladies as smallie auayleth good Counsell giuen vnto the Prodigall Prodigalytie Coueitousnesse are two extreame Passions and as violent are their cures Begerie is the ende of Prodigalytie Death of Coueitousnesse Yet as Iouius Pontanus saith the Coueitous man is the worst of both for he doth no man not so much as himself good with his goods when the Prodigal by the vndoing of himself inricheth many Thus what may be best said of Prodigalyte concludeth an vndoyng of him-self posterytie The famous Lawiet Vlpianus saith the prodigal man neither obserueth time nor maketh end of riot vntil riot hath both cōsumed him his Patrimony The sage Solō made a law to defame prodigal men The A reopagites and criminal Iudges of Athens punished prodigall mē as idle vagrant vnprofitable mē The. x. Gouernors of Rome made a law that prodigal mē should neither haue the gouermēt nor dispositiō of