is still a page that waits on youth The Summers glorie figures youths vanitie The winters wracke ages declining steps Youth hardly can obey an old decree Looke what impression we in youth retaine In age our reason hardly will refraine Loue is youths plague wits scourge and ages hell Looke where vnbruised youth with vnstufâ— braines Doth couch his limbes there golden sleepe remaines The spring hath flowres but autumne witheâ—d leaues It 's often seene that loue in young men lyes Not truely in their hearts but in their eyes Youths loue is quicke swifter than swiftest speed Nothing can temper well a young mans rage But thraldome wedlocke or the staffe of age Youth is too hot and void of care or dread Youth learnes to chaâ—nge the course that he hath run When he perceiues and knowes what age hath done Youth minds no daunger in his hastines Young slips new set are quickely pluckt away But elder roots cleane faster to the clay Youth into needlesse quarrels soone is led How euer youngsters seeme to boast and braue Their worth and wit they from their elders haue Lewd obiects forward natures soone retaine Youths common fault is to admit and chuse Those errours which their lawlesse parents vse Youth by encreasing doth as fast decrease What thingâ— by vaine examples youth conceiues The same â—or lawfull daily he receiues Youth well instructed makes age well dispos'd The faults â—nd follies men in youth commit Are causes of repentance in old age Examples are best presidents for youth The prime of youth is like the pine tree flowers Seemely in sight vnsauorie in their sente Like to a shipwracke is the death of youth He that in youth by reason guides his life In age shall find the foot-steps from decay Youth vseth pastimes but as naturall rest The better that a child is borne by birth The more respect should wait vpon his youth So tutour youth that ages sinnes may die Good doctrines characters being stampt in youth No age or fortune once can weare them out Vanitie is the maske for youths fond march Where vice in youth doth beare the chiefest sway Their vertue is neglected most in age Lesse paine to learne in youth than dote in age Tyrannie is no schoole-master for youth Rather vse kindnessae than compulsion Wild youth by gentlenesse will soonest yeeld When beautie and sweet youth are banished They neuer after can be call'd againe Young willowes easily bend greene wit soon caught Youth grac'd with vertue then most perfect is Similies on the same subiect AS sinne is soonest entertain'd in youth So is it hardly shaken off in age As gentle mould is apt for any print So youth receiues what-e're impression As vntill'd fields bring nothing â—orth but weeds So vntaught youth yeelds all but vanitie As freshest flowres the canker soonest eats So youthfull heads are quickly caught by vice As vnripe apples fall not but by force So vnconstrain'd â—outh hardly yeelds to die As youngest nettles are not free from stings So wisest youth hath imperfections Examples likewise on the same COmodus not well tutor'd in his youth Did afterward prooue a most wicked Prince Neroeâ— vnbridled youth made him to fall To greater leudnesse than was euer heard Cato would to his sonnes be schoole master Because he would not haue their youth infected Scemides and her sonne were cast in Tyber For bringing vp the gulfe of shame to Rome Youth well instructed saith Euripides Doth after make his age more honourable Pythagoras bad tutor so young youth The sinnes of age be not imposde on thee Of Age. Age is the gift of Heauen expence of yeares Exchaunge of haps and graue experience schoole AGe is a Cinicke not a flatterer Age or infirmitie soone blasteth beautie Age iâ— alike in Kings and other men Gray haires in youth kindles no greene desires The power of Kings may well with-stand proud foeâ— But cannot keepe backe age with time that growes In womens honour age is worst disease Let sâ—ringing youth râ—iourne old ages woes For age to die is right for youth it 's wrong Blame we not youth if wantonly he wooes Since doting old and booke-wise cannot choose Follie in youâ—h is sinne in age it 's madnesse Age though conceal'd doth warme with thoughts desire Cold age dotes most when heat of youth is gone Age still is prone to credit what it likes Mens chiefest aime is but to nource vp life With honour wealth and ease in waining age Respect and Reason wait on wrinkled age Youthfull delights lode crooked age with griefe Age is as credulous as suspitious What can auaile vnpleasurable age That feeds on lust or base vnable rage Age is a glorious crowne adorn'd with grace Death is the due to nature ages almes Gray haires are fruits for death not flowers for life Trees may haue roots although they beare no leaues Loue as a vertue is in age allowed Except vnequall choise doe disallow Age well may ioyne with youth in law not loue When old Bees dye the young possesse the hiue Age is chill cold and full of doubts and feares Pleasant conceits are blossoms for young yeares But melancholly thoughts fruits of gray haires Age with fore-sight a many harmes preuents Age takes aduise ere he presume too farre Age is ordaind to counsell youth to fight Age lends fore-sight young courage must enact Age is allowed to gaze at beautieâ— tree But youth must clâ—mbe and gather vp the fruit Old age helpes by good counsell and fore-sight Old age can neuer pay youthes debt set downe Discretion waxeth young when age drawes neere Care keepes his watch in euery old mans eye And where â—are lodgeth sleepe can neuer lie Age breedeth no dâ—â—â—ct in innocence Innocence is an excellence in age Old age being come life cannot long endure Each age of man hath end but old age none Age can report and youth doth â—aily prooue There is no comfort like the sweets of loâ—e Sicknesse and age are ouâ— conducts to death It helpes not age to wiâ—h him young againe It 's grieuous to be old with feares not yeares It 's time to flye from brawles of iudgement seat And publique noise when age once geâ—â— the start Gray haires are wisdomes badge and ages pride The benefit of age is libertie Respect old age it commeth not alone Old men are young mens meetest presidents Aduised age right warily doth keepe VVhat headstrong youth would loose and loosing weepe Youth runneth well when age the bâ—idle holds Old age hath all things and yet all things wants Our parents age worse tâ—an our granâ— sâ—â—es be VVe worst bâ—gâ—t our children worse than we White haires are grauities embassadours Aged and wise deserues great reuerence Similies on the same subiect AS Cedars in their age the straighter gâ—owes So men in age should haue the grauer showes As boâ—ds being seald are past recalling backe So age once comâ— by no meanes can be shund As floâ—d-gates helpe not when the towne is drown'd So câ—â—â—â—â—g helpes not
Bel-vedére OR THE GARDEN OF THE MVSES Quem reâ—erent Muse viuet dum robora tellus Dum â—â—â—â—â—â—ollâ—â— â—â—â—â— veâ—â—t amnis aquas Imprinted at London by F. K. for Hugh Astley dwelling at Saint Magniâ— corner 1600. To the Vniuersitie of Oxenford Thou eye of Honour Nurserie of Fame Still teeming-Mother of immortall seed Receiue these blessed Orphanes of thy breed As from thy happie issue first they came Those flowing wits that bathed in thy foord And suck't the honie dew from thy pure pap Returne their tribute backe into thy lap In rich-wrought lines that yeelde no idle woord O let thy Sonnes from time to time supplie This Garden of the Muses where dooth want Such Flowers as are not or come short or scant Of that perfection may be had thereby So shall thy name liue still their fame ne're dye Though vnder ground whole worlds of time they lie Stat sine morte decus To the Vniuersitie of Cambridge Mother of Muses and great Nurse of Art Which lent'st the roote from whence these sweets are grown Now with increase receiue a bounteous part Which thou mayst iustly chalenge as thine owne That Grant may to the comfort of her streames Behold her Seedes of late now Dulcet flowres And with the plentie of the famous Thames Attyre her Nymphs and decke her watry bowres And cherishing these Choyces of delights With daintie Garlands Crowne the peacefull shore Prepard for Feasting and Triumphant sights More Beautifull than ages heretofore Whil'st all the Floods so famous but of late Shall giue their glorie to adorne her state Sua cuique gloria To his louing and approoued good Friend M. Iohn Bodenham TO thee that art Arts louer Learnings friend First causer and collectour of these floures Thy paines iust merit I in right commend Costing whole years months weeks daily hours Like to the Bee thou euery where didst rome Spending thy spirits in laborious care And nightly brought'st thy gather'd hony home As a true worke-man in so great affaire First of thine owne deseruing take the fame Next of thy friends his due he giues to thee That loue of learning may renowme thy name And leaue it richly to posterity Where others who might better yet forslow it May see their shame and times hereafter know it A. M. Of this Garden of the Muses THou which delight'st to view this goodly plot Here take such flowres as best shal serue thy vse VVhere thou maist find in euery curious knot Of speciall vertue and most preâ—â—â—us iuyce Set by Apollo in their seuerall places And nourished with his celestiall Beames And watered by the Muses and the Graces With the fresh dew of those Castalian streames What sente or colour canst thou but deuise That is not here that may delight the sense Or what can Art or Industry comprize That in aboundance is not gather'd hence No Garden yet was euer halfe so sweet As where Apollo and the Muses meet A. B. A Sonnet to the Muses Garden FAire planted Eden of collected sweets Cropt from the bosome of the fertile ground Where Science with her honey-current greets The sacred Sisters where her liberall sound Makes Angels ecchoes and to heauens rebound The repetition of sententious spirits Oh deare belou'd in vertues painfull merits Fruit-furnisht Tempe all the worlds abstract For flowres of vertue hearbs of rare effect From whence as well soules Physicke is extract As bodies gouernment hold in respect What Science giues though Ignorance reiect For euery maime and sicknesse of the mind A wounded life a precious balme may find Shee sends you not to search the hidden mynes For gorgeous iewels nor to forraine lands But in one casket all her wealth combines And giues it freely with heart-open hands Shee limits not her bountie within bands Looke first then like suruey take one or all Choose with the mind the eye is fancies ball W. Rankins Gent. Of the Booke THe sundry beames proceeding from one Sunne The hiue where many Bees their honey bring The Sea to which a thousand riuers runne The garden where suruiues contiâ—uall spring The Trophee hung with diuers painfull hands Abstract of knowledge Briefe of Eloquence Aiding the weake preseruing him that stands Guide to the soule and ruler of the sense Such is this Volume and the fraight hereof How-euer ignorance presume to scoffe R. Hathway Of God God is beyond â—raile sence to comprehend He first began all and of all is end VVHere God puts too his hand all else is vaine God thunders oftner than he strikes or beates God giues his wrath by weight but mercie free Where God doth blesse abundaÌ„ce quickly springs Gods wisdome too much sâ—archt is daungerous Gods iustice ouer-vrgde strikes heauily Without the vnderstanding of Gods will Our wiâ— is follie and our best sight ill God doth not hate to loue nor loue to hate God with his finger strikes and not his arme No m 〈…〉 o â—oâ—re but God can blesse his dayes Who â—aâ—iâ—n Iob did from the dunghill raise In vaine it is for man with God to stand God will controll when mortall men haue done Gods eqâ—â—â—â—â— doth euery action â—â—ooue Gods haâ—â—hâ—â—â—â—s thunder who dare him offâ—nd Faith finds â—â—â— passage to â—ods mercie seate Where vertue raiseth men to dignitie There God his blessings still doth multiply Little auailes Gods gifts where wants his grace Men order warre but God giues victorie Gods mercie doth his iustice farre exceed God deales not with vs as our sinnes deserue Gods doctrine is the rule of prouidence God is eternall therefore without end God made all mortall things and orders them According to his wisdome where and when Gods greatnes is more seene in loue than wrath God ne're made any equall to himselfe If God heâ—â—e not yet deeme him not vâ—iust Gods mercie is the worke of our redemption If thou lifâ— vp thy selfe God flyes from thee If thou be humble then he comes to thee If God dart lightning soon he dewes down raine Gods wrath soone kindled is as quickly quencht No misaduentures crosse where God doth guide Where God doth saue no other sâ—lue doth need How can that enterprise ill issue haue Where God himselfe doth guide doth speed doth saue Happy are they who fauour from God find God and our shame are staies vnto our sinne Gods iustice doth mans iustice farre excell Those that God loues in them he nothing hates How can a simple current him withstand Who all the mightie Ocean doth commaund God loues the faithfull but doth hate their sinne Good life begun in earth in heauen is ended When Sathan tempts he leads vs vnto hell But God doth guide whereas no death doth dwell When Sathan tempts he seekes our faith to foile But God doth seale it neuer to recoile God makes our burning zeale full bright to shine Amongst the candles of his Church diuine God euer seekes by triall and temptation To sound mans heart and secret cogitation God well knowes men and still his eye doth see All thoughts of
Galba for his vertue was renowmd Thales affirmes that nothing in the world For man was meet but vertuous actions Cicero saith That vertue of it selfe Is the solâ— cause of happie life and death Vertue was neuer â—ireling of the mind But still will liue though fame had ne're a tongue What sute of grace hath vertue to put on If vice shall weare as good and doe as well Of Faith and Zeale Faith shewes a good mans fruits preserues the soule And zeale doth best giue euidence of faith FAithes best is triall then it shineth most The faithfull stands the faultie man will flye Zeale is but cold where louelesse law restraines T is hastie rashnes where true faith doth flye In deepe distresse true faith doth best auaile When once mans faith is spotted and defamd The bodie had been better neuer framd Zeale and good courage best become a Prince Faith bides no perfit triall but by time Shipwracke of faith is made where conscience dyes Friends haue no priuiledge to breake their faith The gift deserueth most is giuen in zeale False fainting zeale shadowed with good pretence Can find a cloake to couer each offence Fâ—lse faith is ouer-poisâ—le with weâ—lâ—â—st weighâ— The ballancâ— yeelds vnto the lightest feather An easie yeelding zeale is quickly quaild Faith violate is most detestable Faith once resolu'd treads fortune vnder foot The man that holds no faith shall find no trust Where faith doth fearelesse dwell in brazen tower There spotlesse pleasure builds her sacred bower A zealous heart is alwaies bountifull The faith of Knighthood is by vertue tryed Euery occasion quailes a hireling faith The gift deserueth much is giuen in zeale A princes greatest fault is breach of faith The faith of Pagans ought not be belieu'd Faith is a fortresse gainst all fainting feare And Zeale the walles doth euermore vp-reare Take faith from iustice all things runne to spoile Authoritie is strengthened best by zeale Who binds himselfe by faith had need beware Faith to rash oathes no credit giues at all The greater faith the greater sufferance Faith is the true foundation of the soule And soonest doth redeeme the same from sinne Zeale makes opinion stand inuincible A good mans wish is substance faith and fame Selfe-will doth frown when earnest zeale reprooues Faith mounteth to the clouds on golden wings Faith brings forth workes and workes declare our faith No faith too firme no trust can be too strong Similies on the same subiect AS raine makes euery ground bring forth encrease So faith of euery soule doth shew the fruits As honours fire doth kindle high desires So zealous faith lifts vp the lowest soule As night doth best the diamonds glory show So sharpe affliction best makes faith to grow As wisdome is the only way to weale So true discretion best directeth zeale As loue and hate cannot agree in one So without zeale faith thinkes her selfe alone Examples likewise on the same PArmenio wild his king to breake his faith I would quoth he were I Parmenio Lysander made no reckoning of his faith And therefore was by euery one reproou'd Attilius sent to Rome vpon his faith Boldly return'd although it cost his life Rastrix the Duke of Cleueland breaking faith Was therefore dispossest of both his eyes Let none speake ill of vs said Pittacus To whome we stand obliged by our faith Keepe faith saith Cicero with enemies What ere mishap doe follow thereupon Of Hope Hope is the sad hearts help the sick thoughts friend And what distrust impaires Hope doth amend ALl hope is vaine without the feare of God Hope on each least occasion taketh hold Hope doth forbid vs sorrow to beleeue When loue growes sickely hope then daily sterues Things out of hope by ventring oft are woon Hope many times on blessed hap doth light When hope is lost in care then comfort bleeds Vnworthy he of grace whome once deniall Excludes from fairest hope without more triall All foolish hopes haue euermore bad speed Councell doth come too late when hope is past Men well may hope to rise but feare to fall It s good to hope the best but feare the worst Chaunging the aire hopes time will alter chance Despaire and hope doe still attend on loue It s good to feare yet let our feare be so That to our hope it prooue no ouerthrow Oft present hap makes future hope to yeeld No hap so hard but hope doth much amend Hope to enioy is little lesse than ioy Honour once lost giues farewell to all hope Vnhappie men are subiect to no hope Fortune may take our goods but not our hope The heart that 's inly hurt is greatly easd With hope of that may make griefe best appeasd Hopes are vnsure when certaine is the paine We often fall when most we hope to clime As wee waxe hopelesse violence still growes Hope well in loue what euer be thy hap Hope is the daily dreame of waking men This life is but the hope of endlesse life Vnworthie is he of one happie day That will not take the offer of good hope There is no trust in youth nor hope in age The hope of things vnseene beares greatest price Good conscience alwaie hath a perfect hope Hope is a pleasing passion of the mind To hope against all hope is high resolue True hope is swift and flyes with swallowes wings Kings it makes Gods and meaner creatures Kings Inconstant hope is drowned oft in feares In midst of griefe hope alway hath some part Hope being deluded makes the torment more Who cannot feare to loose ne're hopes to haue All greedie hope vaine vicious humour feeds Hope is companion euermore to loue No one without great hopes will follow such Whose power and honour doth not promise much No hope of rest where hap true hope delayes Hope still perswading hope expecteth good Hope is the God of miserable men In vaine he hopes who here his hope doth ground From fruitlesse hopes but sillie fauours spring The euenings hope may comfort mornings care Hope built vpon the world doth neuer thriue But grounded once on God at no time failes Hope is the bread and food of wretched men Bad haps are holpe with hope and good beliefe No greater griefe in loue than fruitlesse hope Hope waits on great mens tongues and oft beguilâ—â— Hopes aboue Fortune doe fore-point deepe falls Who thinkes to thriue by hope oft haps to begge To hope too much is boldly to presume To hope too little â—asely to despaire Small is his gaine that hopes for golden griefe Meane mens preferments eleuates their hopes Sad hopes seeme ouer long and burdenous Grace to thy hope is alwaies safest guide When hope and hap when health and wealth is highest Then woe and wracke disease and need is nighest Hope of all passions is the pleasantest Vaine hopes are like a Vane turn'd with the wind To haue no hope is held most miserable To liue in hope of that men meane to giue Is to deceiue our selues and not
sinne tempts sooner sloth than diligence Examples likewise on the same SCipiâ— did banish from his campe all such As could be toucht with sloth or idlenes The wise men thus did answere Alexander If he were idle long he could not liue Because the Sabies did abound in wealth They gaue them selues to nought but idlenes Metellus being arriu'd in Africa Dismist all meanes might offer idlenes Tully saith Men were borne to doe good workes As a preâ—eruatiue gainst idlenes Pythagoras gaue all his â—â—hoâ—lâ—â—s charge At no time to admit an idle thought Of Anger c. Anger is entrance to vnseemely wrath Prouoking Furie Rage and Violence ANger 's rash fire conceal'd enkindles more Anger must be no reason of diuorce Anger doth still his owne mishaps encrease Thunder affriâ—hteth infants in the schooles And angry threats are conquests meet for fooles What reason vrgeth rage doth still denie Vntamed rage doth all aduise reiect Rage is like fire and naturally ascends Hot hastie wrath and heedlesse â—azardiâ— Breeds lâ—te repentance and long iâ—â—â—mie Full many mischiefes follow hastie wrath Happie who can abstaine when anger swelles Words haue great power t' appease enflamed rage Furie and frenzies are fit companie To helpe to blaze a wofull tragedie Mightie mens anger is more fear'd than death Mishapen stuffe is meet for â—ude demeanour Violent fires doe soone burne ouâ— them selues Oft times we see men troubled with annâ—y Doe laugh for anger and yet weepe for ioy Small showers last long but angry stormes are short Oft outward rage doth inward griefes encrease The wrathfull man is seldome free from woe The broken topâ— of loftie trees declare The furie of a mercie-wanting storme Men will not spend their surie on a child Young slippes are neuer graft in windie dayes Loue being resisted growes impaâ—ient Raine added to a riuer that is ranke Perforce will make it ouer-flow the â—anke Calmes seldome hold without ensuing stormes Choller vnto digestion is a friend He that loues ease offends no angrie man If once the fire be to the powder goâ— It 's then too late to seeke to flie the shot Heat added vnto heat augmenteth it There is no rest where rage runnes all on head The waters swell before a boistrous stoâ—me In windie dayes we hold our garments fast But glaring Sun-shine makes vs put them off Tydes being restrain'd o'râ—â—well their bounds with rage The depth is hid by troubling of the flood Great mists arise before the greatest raine If rage spare not the walâ—es of pietiâ— How shall the profane piles of sinne keepe strong The raine doth cease before the floods doe rise All stormes are calmed by a gentle starre Pâ—le angrie death a grâ—edie longing stops When discontented sectes and schismes arise They seed the simple and offend the wise The edge of reprehension is sharpe words Reprooue with loue not anger others faults Cold breath doth not coole fire but makes more hot What is with fâ—riâ—â—â—d steâ—ne rage begun Doth challenge shame before it be halfe done Fond disagreement is loues ouerthrow Loue should preuaile iust anger to asswage Similies on the same subiect AS hate is oft conceiu'd vpon no cause So anger on small matters doth ensue As he that loueth quiet sleeps â—ecure So he that yeelds to wrath much harmes him-selfe As wrathfull anger is a grieuous fault So sufferance is great commendation As winter commonly is full of stormes So angrie minds haue still impatient thoughts As luke-warme water inward heats asswage So gentle language calmeth angers rage As tumours rise by blowes vpon the flesh So anger swelles by buffetting the mind Examples likewise on the same GReat Alexander in his angrie mood Kild Clytus his old councellour and friend Dionysiuâ— being ouer-come with rage Stabd to the heart his innocent poore Page Periander angry and misse-gouerned His deare wife most vnkindly murdered Architas though his bond-man did amisse Yet in his anger he refus'd to smite him Euripides held nothing in a man Of more defect than sterne impatience The elder Cato counsail'd angrie men To banish rage if they desir'd long life Of Gluttonie c. Gluttonie drunkennesse and leud excesse Is the high-way to woe and wretchednesse VVHo daily taste neat wine do water loath Disorder breeds by heating of the blood Aduantage feeds him fat while men delay In Italie the fat faire slickâ— and full Are better lik'd than leane lanke spare and dull Staru'd men best gesse the sweetnesse of a feast Worldlings like Antes eat vp the gaines of men Things vndigested neuer turne to blood Steele is the glasse of beautie for our sight But wine is tearm'd the mirrour of the mind A beastly shape with brutish soule agrees Set-banquets made by Courtiers want no cates It 's good in health to counsell with a Leach It 's good abstaining from superstuous feasts Where too much feeding maketh men bruit beasts Wine burnes vp beautie and prouokes on age No secrecie abides where liues excesse Excesse is nothing else but wilfull madnesse He that delights in pampering vp himselfe Is chiefest seeker of his bodies shame Chastities daunger waits on drunkennesse Wine is the earths blood and th' abusers blame A double fire in man is wine and youth Gluttonie dryes the bones more thereby die Than in a kingdome perish by the sword Surfet hath sicknesse to attend on him Gluttonie causeth many maladies Excesse is that which soone dispatcheth life Rich men may feed their bellies when they please But poore mens dinners stay till they haue meat Much feeding causeth much infirmitie The belly alwaies is a thanklesse beast Drunkennesse is a many headed monster Moderate diet is a wise mans badge But surfetting the glory of a foole Women and wine haue made the wise to dote Too much of any thing conuerts to vice A meane in all things is most commendable Similies on the same subiect AS corporall fasting quickens vp the soule So too much feeding doth depresse it downe As sable clouds obscure the siluer Moone So gluttonie dimmes glorie of the mind As birds with weightie bodies hardly flie So men o're-come with drinke scant rightly goe As too much wet doth cause a moorish ground So too much drinke doth make a muddie mind As ships of lightest burden lightliest saile So minds of quickest motion are most apt As drowsie souldiours are vnfit for fight So drunken humours are not meet for men Examples likewise on the same THe Tyrant Dionysius by much drinke Lost vtterly the benefit of sight Aruntius in his beastly drunkennes With his owne daughter incest did commit Ptolomie slew his father and his mother Through wine and women dying like a beast Geta the Emperour three dayes feasting sate Seru'd by the order of the Alphabet Men giuen to belly-seruice Plato saith Deserue no better name than brutish beasts Excesse saith Tullie is a testimonie Of soules incontinence and base desires Of Griefe c.. Griefe Sorrow Woe and sighing care Endaunger health and often vrge despaire GRiefe doth await on life though