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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A68487	A banquet of daintie conceits Furnished with verie delicate and choyse inuentions, to delight their mindes, who take pleasure in musique, and there-withall to sing sweete ditties, either to the lute, bandora, virginalles, or anie other instrument. Published at the desire of bothe honorable and worshipfull personages, who haue had copies of diuers of the ditties heerein contained. Written by A.M. seruaunt to the Queenes most excellent Maiestie.	Munday, Anthony, 1553-1633.	1588 (1588)	STC 18260; ESTC S120954	23,574	80

and poore doo make pastime at this time of the yéere ¶ But wreakfull Winter drawing on withdraweth these delights And robbes vs of them one by one as toyes and trifling sights The Seith cuttes downe the goodlie grasse that grew so greene to day And all the swéete and pleasant flowers are changed then to hay ¶ The Trées that bragged in their leaues the bitter blasts doo bight And chaunge them from their goodly state to olde and withered plight And they that flocked to the Féeldes when Summer was so braue Nowe closelie creepe about the fire for Winter warmth will haue ¶ Compare we now the yéerely chaunge with mans appointed race Who in the Aprill of his age greene humours dooth embrace And as Maie flowers glad the eye so in his youthfull time Man compasseth a world of ioyes whereto his though is doo clime ¶ Behold likewise Dame Beauties gyrles whose daintie mindes are such As not the Sun-shine nor the wind must their faire faces touch Theyr Maskes their Fannes and all the toyes that wanton heads can craue To maintaine Beautie in her pride these prancking Dames must haue ¶ But elder yeeres approching on a little euery daie Their daintie Beautie dooth decline and vanisheth away And as colde Winter chaseth hence the pleasant Summer daies So withered Age encountreth Youth amidst his wanton waies ¶ You that thinke scorne of auncient age and hold him in contempt To make of Beautie such a price and to vaine thoughts are bent Remember Nature yéelds to course and course his race will haue From the first howre of your byrth vntill you come to graue ¶ Age is an honour vnto them that liue to sée the same And none but vaine and foolish heads will blot olde Age with blame Who oftentimes are soone cut off and not so happy blest To see the dayes their Fathers did before they went to rest ¶ Thrise happy they that spend their youth in good and vertuous wise Forsaking all such vaine desires as wanton heads surmise And wholie doo direct themselues vnto his will that made them Then Folly neuer can haue power from vertue to disswade them FINIS A Ditty wherin is expressed a notable example of a slothfull man who wilfully suffered himselfe to be robbed and dyspoyled of his goods by slothfulnes which otherwise he might very well haue saued This Dittie may be sung to Dowlands Galliard IT chaunced on a time that a lewde Theefe Did enter in a mans house for some reléefe Where séeking busilie what he might finde At length he found such things as pleasde his minde Sorting them earnestly what he did lacke At last of all the best he made a packe ¶ The good man of the house lay in his Bedde And heard how fast his goods abroade were spread He thought to let the Théefe take his owne pleasure And for to fill his bagge at his owne leysure And when he suddainly should packe away Then would he manfullie cause him to stay ¶ For quoth he if I should now goe and fray him He might escape away and I not stay him I will therefore suffer him yet for a while And when he thinketh least will him beguile As he lay thinking thus the Théefe to keepe He quite forgot himselfe and fell a sleepe ¶ The Théefe had filled his bagge to his content Which casting on his backe away he went The man at last awakt and then did sée His Chests were broken vp and left all emptie And his house robbed cleane in euery place He sate him downe and sight in heauie case ¶ Quoth he I wretched man might this haue eased And might haue staied the Théefe if I had pleased For when I heard the noyse if I had hasted I might haue sau'de my goods which nowe are wasted But thinking to deceiue and take him tardie I haue deceiu'de my selfe through mine owne follie ¶ By this we may perceiue how good it is To take time while time lastes least we doo misse In driuing off our time we may repent vs When our owne rod worthily commeth to shent vs. Therefore be warie and vse time well Else may it to you as to this man befell FINIS A Dittie wherein may be discerned the troublesome daungers vneasie passages in this world exampled by a very proper discourse of a Trauailer in his iourney howe many and sundry mischaunces happened vnto him This Dittie may be sung to the Countesse of Ormonds Galliard A Certaine yong man as I reade that trauelled on his way On such affayres and businesse as his occasions lay Passing through waste and desart soyles which drew his mind in sadnesse At last he spied a pleasant plaine which gaue some cause of gladnesse ¶ Walking along this pleasant plaine more merrie then before Feeding his eyes with pleasant sighes whereof this place had store At last on suddaine he espyed foure Lyons very fiercelie Preparde themselues to runne at him which he did brooke but scarcelie ¶ He seeing refuge on no side his life in daungerous plight Did take himselfe vnto his legges to shun them if he might But well he knewe that running long his strength perforce must fayle him And then his rauenous enemies might easilie assayle him ¶ He thought it better if he could some where in secrete hid him So running on he sawe a place whereof he did prouide him A Well besette with little twigges which catching hold vpon He thought to hang there by the hands vntill the Beastes were gone ¶ So casting both his legges abroade on either side the Well Where best he might sustaine himselfe what happe so euer fell With hands and feete such shift he made as well he could not fall Nor yet the Lyons if they came might come at him at all ¶ The Lions hauing lost the fight of this perplexed man Followed no more but to the woods againe they swiftly ran He looking downe into the Well a hideous Dragon sawe With yawning mouth waighting his fall to glutte his greedie mawe ¶ The yong man nowe more fearefull was then at his first mishappe Perceiuing where he lookt for ayde he found the doubtful'st trappe If he should fall the Dragon stoode at hand for to receiue him The Lyons were without he thought of life for to bereaue him ¶ In this so great extremitie he wist not what to doo Séeing his death before his eyes and by such tyrants too Besides there had he hung so long and in such greeuous paine His hands could hardly longer time his heauie weight sustaine ¶ But as we know that life is sweete and lothe we are to leaue it So this poore soule was very lothe these rauenous beasts should reaue it Which made him raise himselfe aloft desiring long to sée Whether the Lyons yet were gone or should his Butchers be ¶ He sawe them gone but then alas a newe mishappe began Threatning more daunger and distresse to this poore wretched man For looking out he did behold two other Beasts were by The one was

according as they be for our example left That as they passe away So hath man as little stay when course hath him bereft ¶ Think on the Ship that cutteth through y e seas and on her suddaine state with all Nowe doo the Sailers ride on at their ease not fearing what mischaunce may fall But in a moment then behold when swelling flawes doo rise The Ship is split their harts were cold and eche for mercie cries Thus ere while they did smile When time their fancies did beguile now swallowed in the déepe Euen so we in health now be Anon a lumpe of clay to sée thus death on vs dooth créepe ¶ When thou doost lay thee dow●●… to take thy rest and sleepest soundly void of care An Image of thy death is there exprest which steales on thée before thou canst beware What thing so ere thou takest in hand doo thus thy selfe prouide That death dooth at thine elbow stand and waites no time or tide Yong or old be not too bold For life cannot be bought or sold For fréendshippe or for fée The Lordly minde the homely hind All flesh must yeeld vnto their kind Death spareth no degrée Then happy is that man in sooth say I that can his time so well dyrect As at eache howre he is prepard to dye and fleshly hope dooth cleane reiect For he that dooth regard the place whence all our comfort springs Accounts this earthlie honor base he mindeth heauenly things For there is ioy without annoy Let vs then so our times imploy that there may be our rest Thus wish I all both great small To such repentance they may fall to liue among the blest FINIS ❧ A Dittie wherein is contained a very proper discourse of a certaine welthy Merchaunt who forgetting his profite gaue his mind to pleasure The Dittie may be sung after a pleasant newe note called Prima visto A Merchaunt of great riches dwelt in Surria as I reade Whose yeerely traffique to the Cair full well susfisde his néede For bringing precious Stones from thence the profit rose so much By his account vnto himselfe as very fewe had such ¶ This Merchaunt to giue greater grace to Iewels of such price Compounded with a skilfull man both excellent and wise To sette these stones in finest Golde agreeing by the daie Because he should not slack his worke a certaine summe to pay ¶ This cunning workman euerie daie applied his busines well And euery night receiu'de his wadge At last it so befell Vnto the Merchants house was brought a goodly Instrument Which for the Beauty and the sound did highly him content ¶ The workeman as his custome was vnto his businesse came When as the Merchaunt tooke the Harpe and shewed him the same His skill in Musicke beeing great did take the Instrument Demaunding if that he should play the Merchaunt was content ¶ So sweetly did he play thereon and with such rare delight That thus he wasted foorth the day vntill it was darke night Then for his duetie he dooth call and as much dooth require As if he had applyed his worke seruing for dailye hire ¶ The Merchaunt saies he had not wrought but played all the day The workman saies you did commaund then I must needes obay Your bargaine is for daily wadge all day I haue béene heere And doone what you commaunded me my wadges then is cleere ¶ In breefe they fell so much at square and so farre did proceede That by the Iudges of the Towne sentence must be decreed Which went against the Merchant flatte and so much he must pay The workeman as if he had wrought and laboured all the day ¶ The Merchaunt scant digested this that he so much must pay And might haue gotten twise so much if he had wrought all day His folly nowe he dooth repent and biddes such gaudes farewell He finds more swéetnesse in the Nutte then in the outward shell FINIS In this Dittie is set downe the morrall iudgment of the great and learned Philosopher Sendebar on the storie before passed which will be found both worth the reading and regarding This Dittie may be sung to the newe Scottish Allemaigne SUch men as betake them to pleasure and ease may sée by this story what issue it brings And noting their folly they may if they please contrary their humor with durable things Forsaking such fondnesse as dooth them beguile When they should remember their soules in meane while To keepe it most pure least ought it defile ¶ Howe great is the number that profite forsake and séeke after folly and vanities vaine What high estimation doo worldlings make of toyes and of trifles that cannot remaine And all to winne credite in wanton folkes eyes Whose prayses are counted as death with the wise Because light coniectures swéete counsell despise ¶ The Grey-hound that swiftly pursuing the Hare receiues his aduanutage and holdeth her fast And séeing another dooth after prepare and so looseth both and labours in waste So fares it with couetous men now a daies Who gape after all thinges which promise thē praise And yet are deceiued by many like waies ¶ May not this world be myserable namde nay rather our willes most wretched and vile That sée what attempts will make vs be blamde and blindly will let them our fancies beguile But if we remembred how short is our stay And that we possesse must vanish away These worldly affections could not vs betray ¶ Where is the good beginning of vs where is our excellent middest likewise Where may we our perfect end discus O man learne in dealing to be more precise For euen on thy birth day Death dooth embrace thée And all thy life time at his will doth chace thee And when thou least thinkest then doth he displace thée ¶ In darknesse and in corruption we are borne and when the light of this world we first enioy Myserie dooth compasse vs and holdes vs in scorne and cloggeth vs daily with greefe and annoy Th' Elements with heate and cold doo offend vs Diseases oppresse vs till Phisick doo mend vs And troubles hang on vs ech howre for to end vs. ¶ If we be alone then sollemnes killes vs if we be in companie somewhat dooth mollest vs If we be wealthy then feare of Théeues spilles vs if we be needy dispayre dooth arest vs. To die we are loth or to part from our treasure To leaue fréends wife and children we greeue out of measure To sin we are ready but we repent at leisure ¶ And what will one man doo for an other but grieue and repine that his neighbour dooth well For gaine he will cut the throate of his Brother and for preferment his soule he will sell The fooles beares aware the credite of the wise Trueth is trode downe by him that telles lyes And ill will for good will is now the worlds guise ¶ All vertuous actions are in small account Mercie is dead and Charitie colde Selfe-loue dooth neighbourly kindnesse

once to quaile thy credite will after be alwaies the wursse Beauty is vading and will not endure faire Absolons warning may well suffise Set not thy fancie on things so vnsure for beautie full often hath blamed the wise Beautie with charges must be maintaind and charges eates déepe where riches is scant Then count the costes that thou hast gainde and all thy sicknes will be but of want Therefore if thou wilt be warned by me according to cloth so cut out thy coate And as thy getting let spending so be and suffer fond yonkers to liue all a-flote Equall thy selfe with none of those althought they scorne to sée thée chaunged Thou shalt sit smiling at their woes when thou perceiuest how they haue raunged Shake of their freendship and know them no more it is no shame to turne to doo well The flatterer eateth a man very sore yea to the bare bones as some can well tell A freends rebuke farre better is then the swéete kisse of an enemie The one would gladly work thy blisse the other thy death farre contrarie A prouerbe there is both auncient and true while welth will hold out thou shalt haue freends store But money once failing they bid thée adiew they scorne then to know thée as they did before Such is now the fréendship that this world dooth vse Trust not to others least they doo deceiue thée but to thine owne selfe then maist thou be bolde Fayrest lookes flatter in lurche they will leaue thée good Will leaue the newe fréende and cleaue to the olde All this hath béene prooued Will I tell no newes When thine owne rod hath beaten thée well then wilt thou remember what Wit hath bewraid That better it is in quiet to dwell then climing to fall and so be dismaid Kéepe thee on the ground and then thou canst not fal He that presumeth aboue his degrée the holy writ telleth shall be brought full lowe And he that is humble content so to be he shall be exalted and happy also Thus thou séest humilitie is best of all If thou doost doubt of that which I say Behold the examples full greeuous to sée The Children of Folly how they doo decay and as their beginnings their endings so be What is then the cause that they doo spéede so ill Folly first bred them then Daintinesse lulde them and Idlenes brought them to horror and strife Impietie taught them and Wilfulnesse plud them from vertuous delighting to dissolute life Then their ende to tell it gréeueth me good Will. Séeke then by Labour thy selfe to maintaine for Labour gets Learning the chéefest of all And learning will bée thy profit and gaine Whereby to preferre thée when other things fall Cleaue to this and then be sure thou doo 〈…〉 ot ill For nothing is gotten except thou take paine And when thou hast got it then kéepe it as well Prouide in an honest estate to remaine And so thou maist hazard at all times expell Thinke on this and so farewell good gentle Will. FINIS A Dittie declaring the vncertaintie of our earthly honor the certaine account that we must all make of death and therefore that we should make our selues ready at all times because we are ignoraunt of our latter howre This Dittie is sung after a very prettie set note which is called Primero WHat state so sure but time subuarts what pleasure that is voide of paine What chéerefull change of former smarts but turnes straitwaie to gréefe againe What credite may a man repose vppon so fraile a clod of clay Which as to daie in sollace goes to morrowe is brought to earthly bay Thinke O man How thy glasse is daily sette to runne And how thy life shall passe when it is doone Thy graue hath then thy glory wun and all thy pompe in cinders laide full lowe Take example By the fragrant flower in the féeld Which as to daie in brauery to beheld The parching Sun hath ouer-queld O wretched man euen thou thy selfe art so Howe then How canst thou bragge or canst thou boast How that thou maiest Or that thou shalt Enioy thy life vntill to morrow day Thou seest That death subdues the strength of Kings Of high and lowe Of rich and poore And all as one he dooth call awaie Tantara tantara tantara Thus dooth the Trompet sounde The Bell bids prepare a prepare a prepare a Your bodies to the ground Euen so While we are sporting sporting sporting Amidst our earnest play Death commeth stealing stealing stealing And takes our liues awaie To goe Put on your black aray for needes you must away Vnto your house of clay Prepare your conscience gay against the dreadfull day That you may be Christes chosen flocke and sheepe Whom he will safely keepe Whether you doo wake or sléepe Then shall the hellish foe Away in terror goe This ioy to sée Remember this amidst your blisse that Christ hath redéemed vs by his blood Then let vs kill our affections so ill to be elected his Seruants good Then shall we be sure for aye to endure On Gods right hand among the pure When as the ill against their will the endlesse paine shall passe vntill God graunt vs feruent constancie to auoide so great extremitie That by his grace continuallie we may purchase heauens felicitie FINIS ❧ In this Dittie is expressed the sundry and daily mishaps that chaunce in Loue deciphered by him that felt them to his paine This Ditty is sung to Iohnsons Medley WHen fond desire had drawne my mind to Loue Hard was my happe and fierce the fittes I was enforst to proue When Beautie gaue her becke and Fancie held me thrall Then Will had conquered Wittes deuise Loue had me at her call Quoth Wisdome ware thy woe thy daunger is at hand Runne not too rash be ruld in time least perill thée withstand These are the snares of Loue her doome a lasting ill Her sleights are nought but thriftlesse shifts for to allure thy will Therefore respect the hard effect that may thee stay When thou wouldst it reiect Set hatch before the wilfull doore for blame and shame Keepe still a shift in store So shalt thou espy it when foes would say nay When skill dooth desery it tis good to obey Sure footing good booting the bargaine well made returneth thy trauaile and charges Forewarned hath learned deceite would inuade when libertie crieth a larges Youths wales are vnsteddy he runneth on heady and scorneth the hazard to sée Loue leadeth to caring and often dispayring wherefore fréend be warned by mée The child once toucht with paine Will feare the like againe And proouing this too true Willed me bid Loue adiew ¶ But yet alas this warning would not serue for vaine delight had wunne me so From Wisdome I did swerue Boldnesse dyd egge me on the vtmost harme to trie Loue had enchaunted me within when she had wunne mine eye Selfe-will perswaded me the passage would be fayre And Dalliaunce fedde my fancie so I little past