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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A04975	The pleasaunt playne and pythye pathewaye leadynge to a vertues and honest lyfe no lesse profytable, then delectable. V.L.	Leigh, Valentine, fl. 1562.; Lynyng, Urban, attributed name.	1522 (1522)	STC 15113.5; ESTC S121899	32,141	48

there is no one thinge thy wyfe wyl take more greuouslye Nor any other thynge vereth hir spirites so vehemently Nor of nothynge desyreth she so soone to be reuenged As in that one poynte if hir husbande haue offended Then wareth she hote incensyd with yre With dispyte and malyce then hir harte is on fyre In which their furiouse rage some seke the waye than In lyke sorte if they may to deceaue their good man Beleue me sonne sewe of them will kepe their honestie Yf their husbandes in suche wyse do lyue abrode visiouslye Further thy children hereafter see thou vp brynge In vertuouse excercyse and also good learnynge Teache theim to feare God and the to obaye And euer kepe them in obedience as muche as thou maye For they wyll euer waxe bolde as nede shall requyre But not alwayes so humble as thou wouldest desyre Therfore whyle they are younge and tender of yeres Is bothe their helpe and vndoynge as it oft apperes Muche paynes muste thou take in godly instructynge theim Yf thou purpose they shal euer proue honest men Lause them al euel company to exchue continually For iuste he cannot be that is conuersaunte with the vngodly One shepe hauyngs a peryllouse pocke Of force muste enfecte all the hole flocke Thy daughters alwayes with shamefastnes vprere For it is the fairest flower all women can were Let them neuer be ydle but alwayes doynge With the whele the distafe or with the nedle sowynge For the welfare of this sexe standeth in their honestye Which when they are ydle is then in most ieoperdye And at their ripe yeres do it not ouer slyde Some honest husbandes for theim to prouyde Be not bitter good sonne to thy seruauntes at any tyme Neither punyshe theim with rigoure for euery cryme There is a meane to be obserued in correccion I saye By whiche thou maiest cause them thee both to loue obaye And althoughe fortune hathe poynted the their mayster to be He myght lykewyse haue made a seruaunte of the And what hereafter may fall no man knoweth his chaunce For the hole state of mans lyfe dependeth in ballaunce I haue knowen dyuerse men bothe riche and welthye That afterwarde haue fallen in suche myserye That full fayne they haue bene to auoyde vyle beggerye By seruyce to lyue in great callamitie What we are haue bene we knowe but what after we shal be We are ignoraunte therof suche is oure vncertayntye In thy fyrste kepynge of hduse be not to sumptuouse Neyther in foode nor apparell to laciuiouse For at thy pleasure thou mayest the same alway amende When God aboundaunce of substaunce hereafter shall sende But it woulde be to thy shame yf thou shouldest aslake The fyrste honnest porte thou diddest vpon the take Often call home thy neyghbours but most suche as are poore To dyne and suppe with the let some of them be sure The Lorde thy table shall blesse the more And for suche liberallitie he wil encrease thy store Go not to lawe with them nor be no extoretoner Finyshe their causes yf thou maiest and be no bearer In no mans mattier but in all that thou caune Set quietnesse and concorde betwene man and man But in wranglinge matters be in no wyse no medler Whiche myghte get the an yll name and no man the better Further yf thou fynde a man of an approued honestye That feareth God and is geuen to good vertues hollye Of whome moste men sayewell for his good lyuynge That is no drunckarde quarrelloure nor delyteth in striuig But quyet sober and learned in sapience Beynge of good iudgemente and also of good experience This mans frendshyp seke buselye to obtayne For then a faythe full frende there is no greater gayne But er thou hys amitie earnistlie embrace Learne howe he hath vsed hys other frendes in lyke cate For suche as his behauioure hathe bene to other moe Truste me sonne he wylorder the euen so And when thou once haste him thy frende vnfeynedly Then seke to continue in frendshyp dillygentlye Let no lyght dyspleasure the same breake or decaye But beare with hym rather in all that thou maye Of all treasure the chefest that God dothe in earthe sende Is a man to haue alwayes a sure and stedfast frende Furthermore yf sycknesse shall vere the or thyne Se thou minister remedye to the same betyme Or euer the same do augment and encrease The soner shal it mende and the grefe be the lesse For lyke as fyre when it is fyrste begonne With a lyttel water wylbe quenched full soone But yf it be suffered to contynue stylle And a whyle to burne euen at his owne wyll Then the flame wylbe raysed in suche a great rage That hole welles and conduictes can scace it aswage Euen so euery malladye at the fyrste entraunce Maye be easely cured without great greuaunce This fyrste poynt of phisycke learne thou of me Yf the sycknes be hote colde or moyste the remedy must be contrarye If ouer much laboure and trauayle be the cause Then by ease and rest from the same thou must pause And yf the same come by ouer muche ease and rest Then exercyse and moderate laboure is best Yf it be by superfluitye of drincke or meate Then abstmence is the best remedie thou can get And yf nede requyre a phisicion then call Or a surgion but good diet is the best lieche of all The surgion is nerte for phisicions do kyll The moste part that put their truste theim vntyll For where by happe some one they do saue A hundred for hym they sende to theyr graue ALSO my sonne this laste precepte thou muste learne Which dilygently to obserue I the earnistlye warne Be prepared alwayes and euermore full redye Deathe to enbrace where he striketh soudenlye Yea euen in his moost Lust and welthiest tyme Let the remembraunce of hym be styll before thyne yene He assaulteth men comonly when they thinke of hym lest Fearcelye inuadynge them in their moste quietnes and rest He draweth euer nexer with his ineuitable darte Daylye percynge euery age of man to the harte Howe often dothe death strike the younge lustye man And beryeueth hym of hys best yeres we se nowe and than Oh howe great are the trauayles and payne That a man in this lyfe with payne dothe sustayne Howe shorte is our tyme and the same also so varyable That nothynge in this lyfe can be founde stable With what innumerable pylles are we beseged Whiche by this oure frayle nature can neuer be resyted What we oure vayne pleasures wherin we so truste Euen poysoned with galle and cankered with ruste What are we owretches but duste of the ayre As bryttell as glasse seme it neuer so fayre Moste lyke to a shadowe in a sonnye daye Which when the cloudes are alost sodenly vanyshe a waye Lyke as a flower whiche florisheth in the mornynge dew And at nyghte is withered and hathe vaded his hewe For thoughe we are now alyue and lustye in euery mans sight

is for me to medle withall Well learned he shoulde be and of Gods callynge That shoulde occupie the place of preachynge But I am bothe verye vnlearned truelye And also farre vnmete that place to occupye You saye well quod he for ye myght worke your selfe wo Yf ye woulde attempte in at the windowe to go Or leape ouer the shepecote not called by God So might you make for your owne tayle a rod With almightie God sonne is not good to playe For he may not be dallied with by no waye Ye might therby he ape Gods vengeaunce to you for your hast And eternall dampnation perchaunce at the last To be a lawier then quod he perchaunce is thy desire Therby thou thynckest to great ryches to aspire Not so quod I for some learnynge I doe lacke Nor neuer of Sophistrie or Lodgike had the smacke By whiche standeth the chiefest and principall poynte As of that pleadinge science the best ioynte All thinges considered I mynde not that art Nor euer hither coulde it stande with my harte Certaynelye sayde he the lawe is good if it be well vsed But nowe the iustice of the ryght lawe is somwhat abused And manye of their risynge is by extortion Wherby they clinte to haue of riches such portion And through the same they almoste are growne to like obliquie As the Clergie at the first fal were wont to be And not without a very vrgent cause They doe some without right so writhe wrest the lawes And sonne in my iudgement to be playne Much of their lawe tendeth to their owne gayne Wel then I thincke ye wyl beyonde the sea go Your youth in learning to occupye so For south quod I of al the rest I fynde That this most pleasinge to my mynde Yf so it were my liuinge woulde extende There to kepe me two or thre yeares to an ende Wherby I myght though it were to my payne Se countreyes and some knowledge obtayne But he that goeth thyther without a good purse Goeth out of Goddes blessinge into hys curse It is good for such men to go ouer truelye As entende the kinges embassatours to be His graces waightie affaires there for to do But I am not lyke to come therto The trueth for to say and to be playne Since there is so much hasarde and so small gayne I am not as yet mynded in thys care To seke my lyuynge in so farre a place Therfore quod the aged man I agre For yf ye lacke there ye shal fall in great miserie And litle boteth you ther to serue anye man then For they are all other flawes or gentle men Further sayde he what wilt thou then applie To lyue in the countreye by thy lande or annuitie As perchaunce thou hast which I doe not knowe Tel me that I may thee my best counsayle shewe I haue not quod I muche liuinge truelye But that which I haue lyeth in the countreye Whervpon I wyl yf God hys helpe sende Quietly liue and there my lift ende Nowe I perceaue quod he thine hole entente In aringe thee questions this time haue I spente Therfore nowe I wyll shewe thee in al that I can My counsayle how thou mayest best proue an honest man Say on quod I let vs no lenger tyme waste For since we began a good way haue we paste My sonne sayde he thou semest verye wise That in thys last case thy selfe doest aduise Fyrst God and godly thynges I wyl to thee preache And after in worldly thinges to my power I wyl thee teache THE principallest thynge wherin thou muste entende Is to haue good respecte alwayes to the ende Wherfore and why God thee dyd create And howe he hath appoynted thee and in what estate For to th ende of thy fyrste creacion Directe thy lyfe in euery condicion Sonne God brought thee into the worlde here For two good causes as it shall appere Fyrste to geue hym thanckes laude honour and glorie And euermore to prayse hys eternall maiestie Aswel for that it pleased hym thee to forme and make And al thinges earthly to create for thy sake As also for that when thou were lost by Adams gilte He woulde not of hys meare mercy see thee spilte But sent hys deare sonne from hys hygh troue Into thys wretched worlde to redeme vs euery one Where he toke vpon hym our nature frayle In the blessed virgens wombe for our auayle And then here in earth vs thirty yeares taughte By his worde and miracles which he wōderfully wroughte And at last on the crosse suffred hys bitter passion Onely to redeme vs and to obtayne cleane remission Whiche his mercy yf it had not bene the greater We had remayned dampned soules and no better For thys cause we are bounde him alwayes to prayse For from death synne and hel he agayne dyd vs rayse Therfore him to prayse praye vnto wurshyp with feare Thys stedfastly in thy mynde see that thou beare For it is the chiefest poynt of vertue to laude and knowe The creation of men and al thynges that growe Without thys other vertues are nothynge regarded In lackynge thys pitie thou shalte be lytle rewarded For thys to all vertues is thentrye ful playne Sence by prayer onely eche good thyng of God we obtayne THE other cause why God thee hyther broughte Was that thou shouldest in worde worke and thoughte Alwayes endeuour thy selfe to thy power Hys holye commaundementes to obaye euery houre Whiche because I thincke thou doest sufficientlye knowe It nedeth not me to repete them on a rowe For these two causes specially my dere sonne God into the worlde caused thee to come These firme foundacions fixed once in thyne harte Then iustice rightlye to embrace see thou doe thy parte Suffering no man to sustayne any iniury by thee Or to hurt any creature by dede or worde see thou flee And so do to other men of eche estate and degree As thou wouldest haue all men shoulde do vnto thee For this lawe of dame Nature euery other lawe doth excell Which yf thou obserue not in euery poynt well Trust me truly good sonne bothe the Lorde thou shalt offende And in heauen haue no habitarion at thy lyues ende Further any man for hys honour his goodes or good name Beware thou hate not by malice or disdayne Also be circumspecte that neither bribes hate or loue Thy heart from equitie and iustice do remoue For these thre thinges we see so blindeth many mens sighte That their iudgementes and doinges are contrary to right But thou my sonne remembre that once thou shalt die And for these dedes yf thou do them be punished eternallie Also the wicked thirstinge riches to obtayne And the vngodly coueting of siluer golde and other gayne Se thou also ertue for where couetousnes doth raygne There al kynde of wickednes of force must remayne Impietie periurie rapine and theuynge Fraude crafte and disceate with lecherous lyuynge Quarellynge treasons with murders and kyllynge For landes treasures and goodes many

see euery daye Some mans landes and ryches too be their castynge away It is no newe thynge to see this abusion That dyuerse mennes wealthes haue bene theyr confusion Also riche men are w e the burde of their goodes so borne downe That they haue no minde to seke after the celestial mansion For the more a man desyreth riches and earthly gayne So much the harder it is for him too heauen to attayne For looke where a mans treasure is layde There is also hys harte it can not bee denayed Therefore pouertye to some persons is profytable Disburdenynge them of mischeffes innumerable FVRTHER pride of thee is to be abhorred no lesse Beynge of stryfe and debate the mother and mistresse By this the lawes ar neglected and the common welth spylled And innumerable people this vayne pryde hath kylled With this pestilence the famouse Rome being once poysoned By cyuill warre and oppression was vtterly destroyed This monstruous helhound by alway see thou flee Yf thou wylt with almyghty God lyue eternallye For God in the lowly and meke taketh delectacion And in the humble spirites glady hath his habitacion Them also he fauoureth that are voyde of ambicion And the proud swellynge people he bringeth to confution Therefore ye people puft vp with pryde what profyteth you Your pride high names and vayne styles forged newe Which death doth confounde and bringeth in subieccion Your ambisious tytels of so great a renowne Some wyll perchaunce say the common people we wil please In couetynge of them therfore to haue our prayse Tel me I praye you what is the iudgement of the multytude Ye shall perceaue many tymes they doo mocke and delude Or elles speake of affeccion as some tyme namynge them wyse Which are perchaunce very fooles rightly to surmyse And though the ignoraunt we mocke God can we not deceaue Naye he rather derydeth vs by our leaue For he knoweth our maners and our dedes most secrete And for them worthelye to punyshe vs he wil not forget But many are so blynde that in their owne thoughte They beleue there is no God that there remayneth nought Of any man the breathe beynge once erpired Therfore the present ioyes of this lyfe they haue euer desyred And do dayly wyshe for deridynge the blisse to come Haue not they bestial heartes vnder mans shape and forme We s●ke after ryches our pride too mayntayne Oure lyfe vanely spendynge to seke a synfull gayne We ponder not the frayltye of our wretched state Wese not death dayly redy our pryde to abate We are so contentlesse from moste vnto leaste That in oure vocacion we neuer can reste Wel yf in worldly thynges blynde fortunes gouernaunce Ruled not without reason at hir owne wil and pleasaunce As we se she dothe then all thinges should be wel The lawes and iustice should floryshe and tiranny expel But since almighty God suffereth such thinges to be done Who if it pleased hym coulde amende al right soone Why should we grutche to suffer the same To repyne at Gods wyl we are greatly to blame Wherfore wysedom willeth wyse men euer to be patient And taking al thinges as it commeth to be content But thou my sonne endeuour thy selfe in al that thou can Blynde fortune to dispyce and the vayne prayse of man Onely studye thou dayly by al maner of wayes With vertuouse lyuynge the Lord for to please For true honour and prayse thou canst not obtayne Vntyl after this lyfe in heauen thou remayne Whiche the good and iuste shal enioy there That with humblenes and mekenesse haue led their lyfe here ALSO I charge thee thyne angre to suppresse And the hote rage of ire which causeth great busynesse Wrathe worketh wo and much mischiefe we see Furye maketh frayes and then of necessitie Foloweth wyde woundes hurtes and other mayme In which bluddy bickeringes oft tyines some men are slayne For the mynde of man beynge once incensed with ire Is so blyndely oppressed with that rashe ragynge fyre That it neyther can beholde or iudge any thing a ryght Reason then ruleth not and wit hath lost his myght When after once beynge past such furiouse rage Too haue bene quiet and still but erperience teacheth That the talkatiue person oft to his paine repenteth FINALLY my sonne a nother thing ther is Which I haue not to the yet rehersed ywys That aboue all the rest thy lyfe will deface If in youth too represse it thou haue not the grace That is the wanton desyres of the bodie frayle With this thy best age will violentlie assaile The lewd lustes wherof see that thou flee And brydle thou them before they blind thee Ther is no thinge too vertue soo cleane contrarye As is the wicked concupiscence of the bodie Wher vertue too the heauens striueth too assende Vyle luste vaine pleasures onlie doth attende Lokinge alwaies as a beast too the earth grouelinge The liue lie sprites both of the minde and bodie distroyenge The deuill taketh manie with his booke and snare Like a craftie sore no trauell doth he spare So he may withhold them the blisse of heauen too attaine And after this life within in hell too liue euer with paine These deceates therfore of Sathan thin enemie And this detestable poyson couered ouer with honye Warely beware of as moche as thou maye Least the same repent the in vaine a nother daye When thy rype yeres of discretion and mans perfect state Shall clearlie perceaue all thoughe then to late Thy wytte thy substaunce members and good name By a lytill wanton pleasure consumed to remane Then shalt thou as many other ar wont too saie Oh youth and lustye yeares howe ar yee vanyshed awaye Howe euill haue I spente you wretche that I am Whether are ye gone oh vnfortunate man Yf god of his goodnes wold estsones restore The ioyfull ●…uentute I once had before If I might once I saye the same againe ebtaine I wold then tread the right pathe of vertue soo plaine Although the same were neuer so narowe a waye I wolde therein walke and continue night and daye That there is no thing like vertue I finde nowe full true Nor to it too bee compared this alas ofte doo I rue Whiche euer continueth and alwaye doth endure Geuing to man suche worthy prayse honor as is sure She increaseth thy ryches and thy lyfe doth preserue Yea after death she abiding away wyl not swarue But I of all other thincke my selfe most vnhappye Who by flatteringe voluptuousnes was dereaued wylfullye Which slidying away longe since hath lefte me Wrapped in al my mischiefes and wofull miserye For I beinge a younge man the stewes dyd frequente And in bancketinge slepe and play my tyme ydlye spente Nothing then woulde I learne all study I despised Abhorring in good science to be exercised But nowe therfore we worth the tyine I well see My selfe bothe vnlearned and no lesse di●●amed to be In pouertie also and my whole body brused My wittes altogether dulled and my