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A15034	An heptameron of ciuill discourses Containing: the Christmasse exercise of sundrie well courted gentlemen and gentlewomen. In whose behauiours, the better sort, may see, a represe[n]tation of thier own vertues: and the inferiour, may learne such rules of ciuil gouernme[n]t, as wil rase out the blemish of their basenesse: wherin, is renowned, the vertues, of a most honourable and braue mynded gentleman. And herein, also, as it were in a mirrour the vnmaried may see the defectes whiche eclipse the glorie of mariage: and the wel maried, as in a table of housholde lawes, may cull out needefull preceptes to establysh their good fortune. A worke, intercoursed with ciuyll pleasure, to reaue tediousnesse from the reader: and garnished with morall noates to make it profitable, to the regarder. The reporte, of George Whetstone. Gent.	Whetstone, George, 1544?-1587?	1582 (1582)	STC 25337; ESTC S111679	129,236	194

Fabritio you haue reported a verie necessarie Historie for it contayneth many héedeful notes both of Amonition and aduise Besides the due punishment of rashnesse in Marriage For therein wee may see howe hungersterued want compelleth the best natured man to deceiue his friende and yelde vnto his owne slaunder Againe how that monster Golde conquereth the honour of the fayrest Yea quoth Isabella and corrupteth the conscience of the wisest so that this is no example of any honour to you men because Golde intised Felice to be disloyall to her Husbande for it draweth manie of you both from the feare and loue of God Well quoth Soranso let it passe Felice in her repentaunce hath made a large amendes of her trespasse and I feare me if euery lyke offence were so sharpely punnished we should haue Mazers of mens Sculles more ordinarye then Siluer Boules and powled Women more common then baulde men Not so quoth Quéene Aurelia for a fewe of these examples woulde bridle the incontinent affections both of man and woman if not for the loue of vertue for the feare of correction After these and a fewe other Morrall notes were culled out of Doctor Mossenigos Historie Maddam quoth Don Dolo if we continue this course it will be a good while before we doe finde out the Parradice Plato speaketh of Be it so quoth Quéene Aurelia but if we still continue the way to his House Hel our errour will instructe others and since we haue yet long respyte it shall not be amisse euerie day to take a sundrie hie way vntill wée finde out the true passage And for that our Question is concluded and our Howre Glasse ronne we will for this Daye make here an ende ¶ The Question that arose by behouldyng the MOWNTIBANKES in the thirde Nightes Pastime AT the accustomed Houre Supper was serued in with manie daintye Dishes whiche were saused with sundrie shorte ciuill and pleasaunt euentes of the Gentlemen and Gentlewomens wittes For he or shée was helde of weake capacitie that either of forestuddie or vpon offered occasion coulde say nothing of good regarde In the ende when Supper was done and Quéene AVRELIA and the most Honourable of the companie had taken their places vppon a Scaffolde made for the nonce there mounted a Mountebanke his necke bechayned with liue Adders Snakes Eau'ts and twentie sundrie kinde of venemous vermines whose mortall stinges were taken away by Arte with him a Zanni and other Actors of pleasure who presented themselues onelie with a single desire to recreate Segnior Philoxenus and his worthie companie and not with the intent of common Mountebanckers to deceyne the people with some vnprofitable Marchandize In the middest of this pastime an auncient Gentleman of the generall Societie séeinge these Uiperous Beastes by cunninge vsage to be made so Domesticke and affable whether it were vppon an impression of his owne greife or of the experience he had of an other mans Plague I know not but sure I am he burst into these passions O GOD quoth hee of what mettell is a Womans tongue which correction cannot chastise nor lenitie quiet when these dumbe Serpentes by the one or the other are tamed Marie quoth a pleasant Companion it is made of the same mettle that Virgils Brasen Flayle was off which strooke both his friendes and foes But quoth the Gentleman Virgyll knew taught others howe to pacifie this engine It is true quoth the other but in teaching the secrete vnto his Seruant coste him his owne life So a woman knowes howe to holde her Tongue by hauinge of her will but if a man thinke to stay it he must beate her to death A young Youth named Phrisio thinking to winne the Spurres by building a Fortresse for women who haue no weapons but their tongues to defend and offend tooke vppon him to prooue a chiding wife though shee bee a little vnpleasaunt both profitable and necessarie his reasons were these Unsauerie receytes tourne to holsome effectes The strongest Poyson is pleasaunt in taste and the remedie for the poysoned offendeth the mouthe with tartnesse Nettles that stinges the Hande maketh Pottage to comforte the heart the bloude of the Scorpion cureth the biting of the Uiper If poysoned vnpleasant and bitter thinges retaynd a vertue for the benefite of man in my imagination quoth hée an vnquiete wife is not vnprofitable though shée bee a little vnpleasaunt Her anger kéepeth Seruauntes in awe and her quicknesse ouerseeth their negligence If her tongue runne at ryot where shée huntes there is store of abuse which must be chased either with blowes or wordes If the furye of her speache offende her Husbande it is lyke that her outrage groweth from his faulte And where an iniurie is offered it is sufferable yf the wronge bee blamed but which maketh a full amendes for her furious moode as the clowdy and raynie daie lightly cleareth towardes night euen so though she bitterly scowld at boorde shée will be sure to kisse swéetely a bedde The auncient Gentlemen commending the quick wit of this yong Gentleman vsed thys circumstaunce before he refelled his error Ah quoth he if witt were as aduised in Iudgement as he is ready in censeight his imaginations would turne to wonderfull effectes but as fairest colours soonest staine as swéetest flowers are blasted with a breath as beautyful creatures are blemished with a little care as y e brightest Sunne threateneth suddaine raine yea as euerye mortall thing hath his imperfection euen so witt beinge mortall and assigned by Nature to make man glorious aboue other creatures by rashnes corrupts the ripenes of his conseightes and to good purpose his pryde is thus abated for otherwise man which enioyeth witt to worshippe his Creator and to lyue content with the liberties of the sea and to kéepe him with in the limits of the earth woulde search the secreats of heauen and I thinke dispossesse Pluto of hell Yong Gentleman quoth he I vse not this ceremony to represse your libertie of speache for the error of youre rashnes I will refell with reason and experience but least heareafter you should be as arrogant in opinion as you are ripe in conseight I haue thought good friendlye and bréefelye to signifie your imperfection and nowe to aunswere your late suggestion I affirme that Nature hath created nothing to a néedlesse purpose but notwithstanding our abuse or mischance changeth hurtefull thinges into occasions of our healpe Surfit and Sicknes only cōmendeth Medicine and as you affirme the bloud of a Scorpion cureth the biting of the Viper But take away the cause which procéedeth from our gréefe and you shall finde medicine an enemye to health and the stinge of a Scorpion no better then death and trust me he is to be reckened a foole and his misfortune to passe vnreléeued that wilfully indammageth his health in hope of remedy In like sorte let him liue vnpittyed to ouersée the slacknesse of his seruaunts who wyll

to young to be a wife and therefore haue no reason to exclayme on folly But Fortune fowle falle thée which crossest me with cursses in possessing me with those things which others holde for blessings Wealth that bestoweth pleasures on many is the orriginall of my woe Mariage which giueth lybertye to many inlargeth my Fetters and demaundeth death for my raunsome Beautie that aduaunseth many is to me a disgrace for that inioying her forme I am of Sicheus not fantasied of whom euery foule and common Trull is belooued But therein Fortune thou doost me no wronge for my hate towards him ouer●…ayseth his light regarde of me O but my hart is continually afflicted with his euill and his finger neuer akes with my mallice Yea but Forberaunce edgeth the sword of Reuenge when Choller though it often strikes it woundes not muche Raine falleth euery where yet beateth but the leaues the thunder Bowlt lighteth in one place but yet teareth vp the rootes so though I dissemble tyll oportunitie Sicheus shall féele my hate to death and though I endure a space I will redéeme my dying life and perseuering in this resolution Elisaes thoughts that were lately drowned in sorrow now flamed with desyre of Reuenge and the Deuill who is the Executioner of Vengeance presented her foorthwith this vngratious meane A Yonge Gentleman named Chion among a troupe of other Ladyes and Gentlewomen beheld fayre Elisae with such a burning affection as he foorthwith dispossessed his owne hart to make his bosome the seate of her imagined Image so that his soule that continually eyed her beautie and his heart at the direction of his Mistresse gaue such a heate to his desire that had he béene sure to haue receiued Ixions torments for his ambitious attempting of Iunoes loue he could neither haue left to loue nor haue forborne to séeke for grace so that follow what would he foorthwith presented his affections in this ensuing Letter ❧ Chions Letter to Elisae FAyre Mistresse had I vertue to perswade you to ruthe as you haue power to make me loue the discouerie of my blasing affections would melt you were you a Mountaine of Ice to pitty But for that Loue is more vehement in the heart then in the tongue I appeale to your owne motions for grace if you haue euer loued if not I hope for such iustice at Venus handes as you shall loue and yet thus much I saye although I affye nothing in my perswations because they be but wordes I presume of my indeuours for that I haue vowed my life to death to do you seruice of which you can haue no better assuraunce then imployement nor I a hyer fauor then to be imployed Good Madame martir me not with ordinary doubts in that my affections are not ordinary For as your beautye excelleth all other Dames as the fayre Rose eache Garden Flower euen so the full power of loue hath made me in the estate of flaming flaxe that is presently to receiue grace or in a moment to perish Thus longing for your sweete aunswer I somewhat succour my torments with the imagination that I kisse your gratious hand No more his owne Chion This Letter sealed and subscribed was delyuered to so cunning a Messenger as néeded no instructions in Chions behalfe The Letter presented and aduisedly reade by Elysa surprised her with an vnmeasurable ioye not so much for that she had purchased her self a faithfull Loouer as procured her Husband a mortall enemy of which Chions Letter gaue her not so great assuraunce as the disposition of his countenaunces in a former regarde and thervppon pursuing Sicheus with more hate then minding Chion with affection she mused vppon an number of mischéefes inuented by desyre to be reuenged and suppressed by feare to be defamed In fine remembring that she had read Loue quickeneth a mans wit although it burieth Reason To trie if he could define what Seruice she desired she retourned Chion a Briefe wherin he had a light to mischiefe and yet might be read without bleamysh of her honour the Effect wherof was this Whyle CICHEVS doth lyue ELISA can not loue CHION receyued this Scrowle But yet before he presumed to reade the Contents he kissed and rekissed the same houldyng an opinion that commyng from his Mistresses handes it deserued suche honour althoughe it contayned Sentence of his death not vnlyke the foolishe Mahometians who vpon their Emperours Commaundementes are ready Executioners of their owne lyues But to my purpose when Chion had throughly pervsed this strange Aunswere weare it Cicheus his heauy Destinie or a iust Scourge for his fore trespasses accursed that he was he became too iust an Executioner of Elisaes wicked wil but yet with this interpretation that the loue she bare her Husband directed her in this answer In so much as ouercom with a furious hate towards Cicheus as the Barre of his welfare lyke a Lyon that bites the Iron grate which houlds him from his pray sodenly with this salutation he sheathed his Sword in Cicheus intrayles CICHEVS shall not lyue To hinder CHIONS loue The fact was so fowle and withall so publique as the Officers of Iustice immediatly seased vpō Chion for y t his bloodie sword was a witnes of the trespas there was no Plea to saue him for wilfull faultes may be pitied but deserueth no pardon and to say trueth neither did he desire to lyue because ELISA the vertue of his lyfe by the charge of Lawe was bownd to sue him to death who followed the processe with an apparance of sorrow suche as if her Conscience had bene without scruple of guiltinesse or her harte a thowsande degrées from ioye when God knowes she was puffed with the one and the other so that the wonder at her dissimulation equalled the reproche of her notorious hatred To be shorte this was the Iudges sentence Chyon should be beheaded as amends for Cicheus death and the Widdow should be endowed with his goods for the dammage done vnto her but God which knoweth our seacret faultes when Iudges though they rule as Gods know but what they heare and sée as men not willynge to hide such an haynous offence First amased all the hearers with an vnknow voice Elisaes harte is as Gyltie as Chions hand and therewithal thundred this following vengeance vppon the cleared malefactor The Infant in Eysaes wombe as it were engendred of the Parents malyce at the verie instaunt not obeying the course of Nature so tyrannised her Intrailes as with very agony she dyed and with all remayneth an opinyon that the Husband Wife and Sonne by the appointment of the Gods were Metamorphosed into Vipers whiche venimous Beastes are thrall to these curses The female after shee hath engēdred murdreth the Male because she wil not be ruled as an inferiour and the yong eate themselues forth of their Dams Intrailes because they wil not be bound to the obedience of Nature

Well quoth Soranso though your Metamorphos bee vnlykly yet is it not vnnecessarilye applyed For for the most part those which are forced to Mariage agrée little better then Uipers But it séemeth to mée Segnior Faliero you haue too fauourably reported this Historie in Elysaes behalfe considering the mortal venyme she tempered in her harte O quoth Faliero longe fowle wayes both tyreth the Horse and wearieth his Ryder where both the one and the other ouercommeth the length of fayre passages with pleasure Euen so in a ruthfull Historie ouer plentie of wordes both gréeueth the reporter and giueth means for a thousande sighes to breake from the hearer where affected circumstances giue a grace to a pleasant tale Sorow to heare their kinde thus stayned with crueltye locked vp the tonges of the poore Gentlewomē a pretie while In the end ꝙ Aluisa Vechio a dame more olde bold then the rest meséemeth that Faliero hath but little fauored Elysa for he hath showen her euill and the scourge of her euill and in charitie he was bounde to shewe the cause of her euill I would quoth Doctour Mossenigo that Frier Bugiardo had hearde this disputation it might haue ben the breaking downe of the Altar wherevpon he but lately committed blasphemie woulde haue more reformed him then his pleasing Sermon could haue confirmed vs. These aduantages the Doctor tooke to crosse the Gentlewomen his late open enemies and but nowe his fained friendes not vnlike a sneaking dog that neuer barkes but bites withall And to spite them the more quoth hee Monsier Bergetto since your are bound from speaking of loue you haue both cause and oportunitie to talke of womens hate Pardon me quoth Bergetto for this penance was but a due payne for my presumption which I hope to ouercome with patient suffering and sure in this milde aunswere Bergetto shewed a moral vertue and Doctor Mossenigo by his malicious question a canckred nature for simplie to offend procéedeth of frailtie but to perceauer in euill is a noate of wilfull frowardnesse Well notwithstanding Bergettos temperaunce a Caueler caught hold vppon this question as a Mastiue vppon an old drye Mariebone to proue a womans hatred more greater then her loue hée auouched manye cruell authorities But Faliero who had donne them some iniurie in reporting the late history made them part of amends put their aduersarie to silence in prouing the contrary his reason was that their hate in the extremest degrée stretched but to the death of another and their loue many times hath done wilful murder vpon them selues Then it followeth by how much we pryse our selues aboue an other by so muche theyr loue is greater then theyr hatred Yea quoth the Doctor but their loue and hatred are both violents and euery violent is an euill Yea Master Doctor quoth Maria Belochy their euills are the greater for men for by their flattering enchauntments wemen loue immoderately and stung with mens vnsusserable iniuries they hate mortally The Doctor replied there was more power in her lookes then authoritie in her wordes but least he should be subdued by the one he would not contend with the other Why quoth Quéene Aurelia beauty workes no more impression in a Doctors eye then doth poyson in Mineruas shéelde for he by Philosophy can subdue affection Madame quoth he you may well compare beauty and poyson together for their operations are a lyke saue that beauty is the more extreame in that she infertes with her lookes and poyson not vnlesse wée taste it or when it is most strong not vnlesse we touch it yea Euripides compareth her inchauntement with the inticementes of a kingdome whereas he saith IN these two thinges a Kingdome to obtaine Or else to worke the fayre to their will So sweetely tastes the grace of either gayne As men ne dread their friendes with foes to kyll The reason is controulment shrinkes the place Whereas a Kyng as soueraigne Iudge doth sit In loue because that reason lackes his grace For to restrayne the selfe conceyghtes of wit So that God knowes in daunger standes his lyfe That is a King or hath a fayre wife To deale in Princes affayres the companye was too gréene but in Beauties behalfe there was neither Gentleman nor Gentlewoman that was not desirous to boe reuenged of the Doctours detractyon for hée that hath a slaunderous tonge iniurieth manie and is himselfe hated of all men but for that it was nowe to late too decide any other great question Quéene Aurelia adiorned the ending of anie centrouersie vntill the next day The Deuice of the second Nights Mask BY a secreate foreknowledge of a Maske with which Soranso Bargetto Ismarito and others purposed to honour Segnior Phyloxenus and his company Supper was hastned soone ended and after the one had saluted the other with an accustomed reuerence while the rest of the Gentlemen interteined Time with dauncing or deuising with their Mistresses the Maskers withdrew themselues and about nine of the clocke in this disguise presented themselues agayne A Consort of swéete Musycke sounded the knowledge of their comming y t Musitians in Gyppons and Venetians of Russet and Blacke Taffata bended with Murrey and thereon imbroadered this Posie Spero Timeo Taceo expressing thereby the sundrye passions of Loue and before them two Torchbearers apparelled in Yallowe Taffata Sarcenet the Generall apparell of the Maskers was short Millaine Cloaks Dublet and hose of Grene Satten bordered with Siluer Greene Silcke stockes White Scarpines Rapiers and Daggers syluered Blacke Veluet Cappes and white Feathers They agréed to be thus attyred to showe themselues frée in the eye of the world and couertly bound vnto their Mistresses Ismarito for courtisy sake because he was a stranger and withal in that his Mistres was the most honourable had the leading of this Maske who lighted with a torch by his Page apparelled in Blue Carnation and whyte Taffata the colours of his Mistres entred with a Ventoy in his hand made like an Ashe-tree wrethed about with Iuye expressing this posye Testantevirebo with which vpon fit oportunitie he presented Quéene Aurelia his Mistresse within which weare couertly hid these verses in English Italion TWo Soueraigne Dames Beautie and Honestie Long mortal foes accorded are of late And now the one dwels in my Mistresse eye And in her hart the other keepes her state Where both to show the vertue of this peace To garnysh her make riot of their Grace In her fayre eye Dame Beautie doth increace A thousande Gleames that doo become her face And with her harte thus doth the other deale She lowly seemes and mountes throw chast disdaine So that her thrales doo serue with honest zeale Or fearing blame doe yeelde vnto their paine The heauenly soules enuies the earthes renowne Such gyftes deuine in humayne shape to see And Ioue still moues a Goddesse her to crowne Which is decred when Nature shall

vertues illustreth the same through the whole worlde but to direct the maried is a la●…or of Ar●… wit and expérience in the fyrst wherof I am ignoraunt in the second vnperfect and to the thirde a Strainger so that as I am sorry to iniurie your expectation so am I loth to expose my insufficient iudgement Sir quoth Quéene Aurelia if wée were not assured of a lyberal contentment in contēplating of your waightie Censure we would receiue your modest refusall for iust excuse But for that we haue all an intrest in your vertues you should be enemie to your owne honorable cōmendation in kéeping of them close prisoners in your br●…t although you be Lord of the Pallace yet I as ●…oue raigne of the Ciuill Pleasures commaund you to giue Cerimonies a disgrace and sincerely to obay my will Madam quoth Segnior Philoxenus so stricht is your charge as I must aduenture of this waighty labour hoping that as by authoritie you commaund my opinion so by y e motion of some one of your vertues you wil pardon my errours Upon which incouragement to obay your wyll I say and approoue by sacred Authoritie that this holy Institution of Marriage was erected by God in the earthly Paradice before the transgression of Adam when he ioyned him to Eue with these wordes of blessing Increase multiply and replenish the earth Againe after Adams fall and the deluge to strengthen his fyrst institution God commaunded the good Patriarcke Noe to encrease and multiply the earth a new Moreouer God would haue no more women then men in his Ark to show there shoulde be a Sympathie in number as well as agréement in loue betwene man and wife for if the one might lawfullye haue many Wiues and the other many Husbandes how should this expresse Commaundement of God be vnuiolated You shall be two bodies in one flesh and no more Compare the Ioye honour and reuerence geuen vnto Mariage by the delight that procéedeth from any other cause and you shal sée her gleame lyke a blasyng Comet and the other but twinckle as an ordinarie Starre Gorgeous and rich Apparayle delighteth the Gasers eye and perhaps offendeth the wearers hart where Maryage in homely Attyre is euery where honored and reaueth vnquiet wandring thoughts from the Maried to abounde in riches is a glorious fortune but they charge men with a dubble care extreame in the getting and fearefull in the kéeping the married hath as great or greater ritches in their children When the stately Dames of Rome bragged of theyr Iuelles Cornelia boasted that hers excelled them all A Ladye of the company séeing her set forth with none that was precious demaunded where her Iuelles were Yonder quoth Cornelia and poynted to her children When certaine most rare and precious Iuelles of King Darius and his wiues were presented to Olympia Mother of Alexander the great she bestowed them vpon her Ladyes as to lowe prised for her wearing who was continually adorned with a Iuell in value as riche as Asia Affrica and Europa And sure Quéene Olympia and Ladye Cornelia gloried not in their Iuelles without reason for golde and precious stones set but a glose vppon beautie when vertuous children geueth a newe lyfe vnto their parentes The administration of Iustice and aucthoritie in a common weale are the proper offices of the married for that the care of wife children presupposeth them to be setled when the vnmarried though their wittes be good rayseth a suspition in the wise that their thoughtes are vagrant The vnmaried hath no agreable Companion to participate of his pleasure or to lessen his sorrowe The Maried hath a Companion of his owne flesh of his owne wyll and of his owne Spyryt so wrought to his owne Affection that betwéene them there is séene two bodies but one thought perceiued The Maried ioy alike sorrow alike are of one substāce one concord one wealth one pouertie Companions at one Boorde in one Bed The loue we beare vnto our Parents is or ought to be reuerent and duetifull because they gaue vs lyfe Unto our Bréetherne naturall because of the priuitie in blood To our frendes affectionate by certaine Motions consents of the minde Notwithstanding that these Loues be thus greate yet are there diuers causes too lessen them But betwéene the married no mischaunce or infirme Fortune is cause sufficient of hatred for none gouerned by reason is so inhumaine as to mallice his owne fleshe Compare their seuerall affections by sorrow and you shal sée the weakenes of the one in regarde of the strength of the other The greatest mone we make for the death of our Father Brother or friend appeareth in sighes or most vehement in teares whereas if wée our selues are but a little wounded we crye outright so that by howe much we excéede in sorrowing our owne mischaunces aboue another mans by the same reason so much we loue our selues more then another The Rynge that is geuen by the Husbande and put on the Wiues finger ought to be of Gould to witnes that as gould is the most precious of Mettalles so the loue of the married excéedeth all other loues To which effecte Propertius sayth Omnis amor magnus sed aperto in coniugè maior moreouer the close Ioyning of the ringe is a figure of true vnitie of the married betwéene whom there should be no diuision in desire no●… difference in behauiour To honour this holy institution of God God would haue his onely begotten sonne to be borne of a Wife perfectly married saue that shée was not Carnally soyled Licurgus the good King of the Lacedemonians so reuerenced this sacred estate as he made a Lawe that what Lacedemonian soeuer were vnmarried after the age of thyrtie and eyght yeares should be chased and hissed out of all publique playes and assemblies as one vnworthy to be séene that in the cold winter he shuld naked indure the reproches of the people and withall was bounde to confesse how he iustly suffred y t punishment as a Mispriser of Religion a contemner of Lawes and an enemie to nature The Romaines were not so seuere but yet the Aged vnmaried were condempned accordyng to their abylytie to pay vnto the Treasurer for publique vse a good Sūme of Money Plato in his Lawes enacted that the Unmaried shuld execute no honourable Office Estate nor dignytie in the Common wealth The good Emperour Alexander Seuerus although he maryed rather to geue ende to his Mother Mammeas Importunyties then as he thought to begin a more happie lyfe yet fayre Memmia his wyfe so naturally accorded with his disposition as when she died he would often renewe his Sorowe and remember her Uertues in these wordes So great a Treasure as I haue lost a man seldome findeth Death were gentle if he tooke nothyng but that whiche offendeth but oh he hath reaued