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A69037	The forrest of fancy Wherein is conteined very prety apothegmes, and pleasaunt histories, both in meeter and prose, songes, sonets, epigrams and epistles, of diuerse matter and in diuerse manner. VVith sundry other deuises, no lesse pithye then pleasaunt and profytable.	H. C.; Chettle, Henry, d. 1607?, attributed name.; Cheeke, Henry, 1548?-1586?, attributed name.; Constable, Henry, 1562-1613, attributed name.	1579 (1579)	STC 4271; ESTC S104854	80,866	158

himselfe to one thing onely and refuse all other For as the stomacke is quickly cloyed with feeding continuallye vppon one kinde of meate so is the mind greatly greeued to bee alwayes musing vppon one matter and therefore desyreth chaunge Which considered after I had gathered togither in one small volume diuerse deuises as well in prose as meeter of sundry sortes and seuerall matter which at idle times as wel to sharpen my wits and shake of sloth as to satisfye my friendes that had occasion to craue my helpe in that behalfe I haue heretofore as occasion serued diuersly framed supposing the same to be fitte for this present time and agreable with the mindes of moste men I haue as well for the disordered placing of euery perticuler parcel thereof being rudely and dispersedly deuided as also for the seuerall fancies therin contained fit for euery degree agreable to their diuerse affections thought good to name it The Forrest of Fancy and so causing it to be imprinted I doe here friendly Reader present it vnto thee as a gift of my good will desiring thee to accept it And though my yong yeares and small experience will not permit me to wryghte so pithily as some haue done heretofore whose worthy works are extant and in great estimation yet considering that I haue not done it either for gaine or glory but partly to make my selfe more apte in other matters of more importaunce wherein I maye happen hereafter to be imployed and partly to procure thy pleasure and profite which may easilye be obtained if thou doe duely consider and rightly conceiue of that which shall be offered to thy view I beseech thee conster my doinges to the best take this my small labour in good parte amend the faultes escaped Let my good meaning serue to excuse my rashnes in presuming thus boldly to publish a thing of so small valew and vouchsafe me thy friendly assistaunce against the slaundrous reportes of enuious Zoylus and his mallicious mates and in so doing thou shalt incourage me hereafter to search my wits and apply my trauaile to contriue some thing more worthy thy reading The Forrest of Fancy ¶ A morrall of the misery and mischiefe that raigneth amongst wicked worldlinges with an admonition to all true Christians to forsake their sinne and amend their manners WHo so he be that silent sits and sets his mind to see The subtle slights that wily wights doe worke in each degree shall surely fynd full great abuse In euery place committed And vertue boyde and out of vse all reason quight remitted Might maistereth right the pore are pincht almost in euery place Fraude flattery gold and greedy gaine each where doth purchase grace But truth and plaine simplicity reapes hatred euery where Good deedes are dead and charity hath hid her head for feare Whores hold the place that Matrons ●●lde doe merite moste to haue And flattery flockes about the Court in steede of fathers graue The couetous carle doth scrape for coyne the royotous sonne spendes all The true man cannot scape the theefe but in his handes must fall The Usurer now doth vse his trade The Landlord raise his rent The powling Lawyer playes his part the truth to circumuent Our Gentles now doe iette it out in brauery passing measure Till they haue lost by vaine expence both credite land and treasure The yeomans sonne not liking of his fathers honest state Will climbe to be a gentle man and euery Gentles mate The Gentleman will be a Knight the Knight a Lord likewise The Lord an Earle the Earle a Duke the Duke will higher rise And make himselfe a puisaunt Prince the Prince will Monarke be So no man now will be content To bide in his degree The sonne doth seeke his fathers death his liuing to obtaine Faith fayles in all few trusty friendes doe any where remayne The mayster seekes by rygorous meanes his seruauntes to suppresse And seruaunts worke all meanes they may their maysters to distresse Now mothers trayne their Daughters vp In loathsome liberty Whereby oft times their honest names they bring in ieoperdy Excesse is vsde in euery place the pore no whit releude Labour is loathde and Idlenesse ech where his web hath weude The Tauernes tiplers ply a pace eache alehouse hath his knightes In dice and dauncing deuilish trades are all their whole delightes All law is left for liberty all vertue changde for vice All truth is turnde to Trecheryē all thinges inhaunce their price Eache craftes man now hath craft at will his neighbour to defraude They sweare and oft forsweare themselues for euery foolish gaude But is it well where euery thing doth seeme so much amis No doubtlesse no a wicked world and wretched state it is A world in deede deuided quight from godlinesse and grace A world that greatly God abhorres from which he turnes his face A world it is which will not last a world whose end is nye A world that shall his fury taste that fees our sins from hye A world that will full well content the enemy of our ioy A world that workes his lewd intent that would our soules destroy Therefore let each true christian hart his secrete sins forsake To God let him with speede reuert and meeke subiection make Committing all his actions still to his deuine protection So shall he surely shun all ill and liue without infection Finis After the death of Oedipus King of Theabes his two sonnes Ethiocles and Polinices striuing whether of them should succeede him in the ende it was agreede that they should raigne by course one yeare the one the next yeare the other But Ethiocles raigning fyrst whé his yeare was expired woulde not giue place to his brother Polinices which caused him to write vnto him in effect as followeth THy cruell dealing hath prue●●de thy Brothers trembling hand O Etheocles for to write and let thee vnderstand what iniury thou doest offer me in going thus about To breake the promise made to me wherein thou doest no doubt Both God and nature much offend for when we were at strife when deadly discord twixt vs twaine and enuye was so rife That each of vs the Kingdome craude our father then decest It was by counsayle graue decreede to cause our countreyes rest That each should yearely raigne by course whereto thou didst agree Then drawing Lots who should be fyrst the lot did light on thee I gaue thee place as right requyrde thou hast a yeare and more Enioyde the same most peaceably without anoy therefore Thou shouldst permit thy brother now thee therein to supply To rule as thou haste done before but thou doest it deny So much ambition doth thee blind and fylthy lukers lure That to resigne to me my right thou mayst now now indure For when I did the same demaund thou proudly didst refuse To render it wherein thou doest thy brother much abuse But doest thou thinke I will receiue such aunswers at thy hande And suffer thee against my

As whilst it was within my sight I felt no paine nor smart But if I once did turne awaye from it my dazeling eyes Good Lord what cares within my brest did by and by arise So that as one berefte of sence as still as any stone I stoode at last and could not sturre But stared still vppon This passing white much like to those whome worthy Perseus made For to behold grim Gorgons head that causde their force to fade And turnde them all to stockes of stone for their outragious pride In seeking causelesse his decay whome Ioue himselfe did guide Then rusht in reason by and by in comly collours clad And calde alowde to cause me heare that earst no hearing had And when I was againe reuiude with countinaunce graue and sad why standst thou sencelesse thus beholding of the thing That still the more thou lookest thereon the more thy paine doth spring Lookes will not serue to swage thy greefe they rather cause thy care Therefore to put my wordes improofe see thou thy selfe prepare Resort with speede to pitties place intreate her for to wrighte Some piteous plaint in thy behalfe to shew thy painfull plight To Lady bewty that she may When she hath tryde thy truth Receiue thee as her seruaunt iust and on thy wo haue ruth Then teaching me which way I should the path to pitty finde And how I might in eche respect declare to her my minde She went her way I know not how but I to gaine releefe And purchase that which was in deede my ioy and comfort cheefe Did euery thing as she had wild and when I had obtainde At pitties hand my bill of plaint Straight wayes my steppes I straind To bewties bower and there ariude and knocking at the gate Straight started out an ongly wighte whose hart did harbour hate He asked me what was my will and why I did resorte Unto that place to whome in breefe I made a true reporte Of all my state and why I came which done he sayde to me Alas pore Lad thou arte vnwise and voyde of skill I see what thinkest thou heare to purchase ease no no thou art deceaude Therefore depart or else be sure thy wo will soone be weaude My mistresse she to lofty lookes to lende an eare to thee She will not harken to thy sut● but if thou earnest be And moue her minde with many wordes in Dungion deepe be sure Thou shalt be cast and during lyfe with daunger there indure where sadnesse shall assayle thee still and sorrow seeke to share Thy vitall thread yet shalt thou liue and leade thy lyfe in care So long as destinies doe permit beware therefore I say Take heede in tyme turne backe againe and seeke some surer way These wordes did fill my hart with feare and made me doubt to doe The thing which comfort did commaund and fancy forst me to And had not hope bene hard at hande to harte● me herein Dispayre had put me from that place such force his wordes did winne And in this sort sayde Hope to me Fond foole why doest thou flye The pleasaunt plot wherein thy rest and happy health doth lye Retourne againe and feare thou nought thy practise put in proofe To Lady Bewty moue thy sete as best for thy behoofe For such her gracious goodnesse is as neuer will she bide That any suffer bale for ought but that when time hath tryde His true intent she will vouchsafe to him his hartes desyre In eache respect assure thy selfe then hope for happy hyre I gaue her thankes for good aduice and sayd I would obay Wherewith she brought me to desyre who made no longer stay But led me vnto Bewties bower and bad me there attend Till she with all her traine came sorth and meekely then to bende My knee in offering vp the bill vnto her gracious hande Desyring her to view the same my mynde to vnderstande Which I obserude in eache respect my bill she doth detaine God graunt it worke so good effect as I some hope may gaine To purchase that which pleaseth me much more then all the Golde That Midas or King Crossus had my ioyes might not be tolde If I inioyde that Iewell rars That pearle that precious whyfe Which though it clad my corpes with care doth yeeld me great delight And if Dame bewties curtesy commit the same to me How much I would accoumpte thereof she would perceiue and see As Diamond deare I would it set in collour of my hart And keepe it still with busy care till death doe cleane conuert My corpes to clay from whence it came and leaue me voyde of lyfe Ye heauenly powers then graunt it me to make my ioyes more ryfe How Altamenes hauing vnwares slaine his owne Father Cartareus died for sorrow when he had knowledge thereof IN Crete which now we Candie call a fertill fruitfull Land One cartareus sometime raignde and Septure bare in band Who had to sonne a noble youth a stoute and vallyaunt knight In prowes proude to haue no peere and Altamenes highte This yong mans name who being then desirous for to know What destiny should to him betide the Oracle did show That he should cause his fathers death which sentence when he heard Desyrous for to shun the same with speede himselfe preparde To go and dwell at Camiros which towne in Rodes doth stand But that which God pretended hath no Creature may withstande For after in a little space Cartareus for to see His sonne desyring very muche such lucklesse lotte had hee That he by might at Camiros ariued on this sorte But with the there inhabitauntes as wrighters doe reporte His men then falling at debate whereby a tumult rose In which was Altamenes then to cause his treble woes And siue his Father vnawares which when he vnderstoode A shamed sore and halfe dismayde he went with heauy moode To wander in the wildernesse and daungerous desertes wide Where after many pittious plaintes at last for dole he dide Finis The Authour writeth this in commendation of his mistresse YOu Ladyes now leaue of your strife For Golden fruicte without delay And thou that art Vulcanus wife resigne the same with speede I say To mistresse mine that doth deserue for to possesse the same by right From this my hest seeme not to swetue Least thou be forst in open sight Perforce to yeeld it vnto her and so be put to open shame Let not thy God head make thee erre If thou wilt shun all blot and blame It is not all thy glory great Nor yet thy soune Cupido he That makes thee so with pryde replease Or else thy fathers high degree That may my mistresse once distaine In any point who doth thee passe As farre as Golde doth copper plaine Or perfect Emrod brittle glasse As farre as Phebus doth surmount The starre that lendes least light of all Aboue thy reache then doe not mount Least thou receaue the greater fall To her good Grisell may giue place