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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

followed the Frenche Court I admyred a young Prince of rare towardlinesse whose counterfeit at my departure I brought with me and there withall shewed Ismarito a Picture which he verye well knew and in it were written in Charracters these thrée woordes Hercules Franciscus valesius And by this Prince stoode an other counterfeit whose Armes Ismarito forgot but well he remembred his Posie was Ie le meintiendray The counterfeits of other Potentates there were which Philoxenus placed in the ranck of these Princes for some regarded vertues knowne vnto himselfe And by his owne testimonie he prised these counfeits abooue all the Monuments auncient or Moderne which beautified his Pallace Upon which warrant Sir ꝙ Ismarito the Honourable regarde that you haue of these Princes shaddowes béeing a strainger prescribeth rules of dutie vnto theyr Subiectes humbly to reuerence their sacred Persons In d●…e quoth he it is but iust their tongues crie God saue their Highnesse and theyr hearts aunswer So be it After Segnior Philoxenus and Ismarito had had some conference as well touching the meaning of this Pharos as of some other deuises figured in Philoxenus Booke the Trumpets sound gaue knowledge of Dinner so that this priuate conference was adiorned till Segnior Philoxenus pleasure should renue it When Ismarito entered into the great Chamber and among so many fayre Flowers missing the glorious Rose his countenaunce well showed that his mornings sorrowe had béene but a sléepe which new awakened streaked with the increase of passion yea such was the pensiuenesse of the whole company as the fyrst seruice represented rather a Funerall Dinner then a Christmas feaste But in the mydest of a storme as Phebus sometymes behouldeth the Earth with a cheerefull countenaunce so in the deapth of this heauines there was newes brought of Queene Aurelias amendment who commaunded the chosen company after Dinner to attend her comming in the chamber of pleasure This knowledg so quickned the duiled spyrytes of the Gentlemen and Gentlewomen as they agréed for one day if Queene Aurelia pleased to alter the sollemne course in theyr ordenarie exercyse for where the malladie is not mortall mirth cureth as much as medicine and boulding this determynacion they the rest of Dinner in actions of pleasure fullie auenged themselues of the iniurie of former sorrowe After Dinner was ended and the company had a while pawsed to set themselues in good order vpon a new sommons the appointed number martched into this Chamber of Pleasures which was hanged with a ritche Tapistrie of voluntarie deuise euery Trée Flower Byrde Beaste or what someuer was therein resembled in his proper coloures of Silke was portrayed The Shéeue with theyr Fléeces fryzeled the Beastes curiously raysed with rawe Silke like vnto theyr naturall heayre the Trées beautified with proper leaues and fruite the Rose with his Buds Sprigs and other attyre and to be bréefe euery other Flower was counterfaited with such Arte as they séemed to be naturall Yea a man might haue béene indifferently wise enough in other ordinarie matter and yet haue aduentured to haue gathered a Flower or haue plucked an Apple in these hangings and who so was best acquainted could not wearie his eyes in the beholding of them so that the very attyre of this Chamber walles had an intertaining vertue were there no other creature in the place Quéene Aurelia attended with the Ladyes and Gentlewomen presented her selfe before the younge Gentlemen had halfe gazed theyr will The company saluted theyr Soueraigne with a reuerent curtesie whose chéekes some what more bleake then ordinary with this distemperature resembled in colloure the perfect white Gilliflowre a little streaked with Carnation After some priuate talke betwéene her and one or two of her fauoured Seruaunts she tooke her place where she pleased and the rest as they were accustomed which doone the Eunick with a well tuned voyce vnto the Lute Songe this following Care away CAre Care goe pack thou art no mate for me thy thornie thoughts the heart to death doth woūd Thou makest the fayre seeme like a blasted Tree by thee greene yeares with hoarie heares are grownd Which makes me singe to solace mine annoy Care Care adewe my hart doth hope for ioye Care Care adewe thou riuall of delight returne into the Caue of deepe Dispayre Thou art no Gueste to harbour neere my spright whose poisoned syghtes infect the very Ayre Wherefore I singe to sollace myne annoye Care Care adewe my hart doth hop for ioye Care Care adewe and welcome pleasure now thou wishe of ioye and ease of sorowe bothe To weare thy weede I make a sollemne vowe let Tyme or Chaunce be pleased or be wrothe And therefore singe to sollace myne annoy Care Care a dewe my heart doth hop for ioye The note of this Songe was farre better then the Ditty but for that it aunswered the determination of the company it passed for currant whereupon Maddame quoth Fabritio if it be your pleasure we wyll this day varrie from our wonted course and according to our Theame begin with some myrthe to sharpen our wittes for grauer discourses we haue time inough besides to beate out the passage to Platoes Paradise Use your discressions quoth Quéene Aurelia and by her commaundement Bergetto was appointed to begin the exercise who obaying reported this following aduenture of Fryer Inganno ¶ The aduenture of Fryer Inganno reported by Mounsier Bergetto IN a little Village among the Appenine Mountaynes not far frō the place where S. Fraunces lyeth in●…ombed There sometymes dwelled a fayre younge countery woman named Farina and for that her house was in the hye waie to S. Fraunces holy relykes she was many tymes visyted with Friers of his order who were intertayned rather for their habyt then their honestie for the poore ignorant people reuerenced Sainct Fraunces as a seconde Christe for whose sake they hould his Disciples not inferiour to Saincts amonge manye that visited Farinas house Fryer Inganno a smugge Chapleine euer sealed his blessings vppon his dames lippes and yet without suspicion of the husband or dishonest intent of the wife for such gréeting was euer taken for a holly fauour Uppon a time after Fryer Inganno had wel beaked himselfe with a warme fire and a good breakefast the spirit that saint Fraunces was driuen to coniure downe by tumbling naked in the frost and snowe tempted his Disciple with suche swéete motions as he was mynded willfully to abiure heauen rather then to deale so roughly with the deuill And taking aduantage of the good opinion the ignoraunt heald of his holynes and was so bould with saicte Fraunces his Maister as to make a wanton match in his name so that after he had a while considered of his perswasion vppon a quiet oportunitie Blessed art thou ꝙ he among the Appenine countreywemen for Sainct Fraunces from Heauen hath behelde thy charitable vsage of his Disciples and the last Night

affection her kindred hath an interrest in her honour which if she consent to staine or deminishe shee dooth iniurie to her whole house The Cardinal of Aragon aduenged the base choice of his Sister the Duchesse of Malfy with the death of her selfe her Children and her Husband and alleadged in defence that he had done no iniurie to Nature but purged his House of dishonour for Nature quoth he is perfect and who blemisheth her is a monster in Nature whose head without wrong to Nature may be cut off Yea quoth Soranso but this Cardinall for all his habit and glose of Iustice is for this Act so often regestred for a Tirant as I feare mée he will neuer come among y e nūber of Saints But the example of these Mariages are vsuall and such ensuing vengeaunce is ●…ut rare and besides her espetiall contentment a woman looseth none of her general titles of dignitie by matching w t her inferior In déede quoth Dondolo in common curtesie she enioyeth them but in the strickt construction of the Law she is degraded And by this meane is bounde to intertaine the meaner with familyaritie least they being prowde or reputing her scornfully doo crosse her ouer the thumbes with y e follyes of her fancy But admit y e meane seruant marrie his Mistresse and escapeth the mallice of her friendes which successe one amonge tenne suche Suters hardly attaineth Let him yéelde to pay this rent for his good fortune To suffer his Wife to rule to direct and to commaunde his owne determynations And where shee ordereth The vncontrouled Wife desireth to be serued with pompe and to be set foorth with pride whiche the ruling Husband would represse as wel for sauing his wiues honour as for sparing his owne pursse The vncontrouled wife desireth to walke at lybertie and to be visited of many of which the ruling Husbande woulde barre her as well to preserue his mynde from mistruste as to kéepe his Chimney from being fyred The vncontrouled wife disdayneth the Countrie and desireth the Citie which the rulyng Husband would mislyke for that in the Countrie the exercise of huswiuerie inlargeth his Wiues estimation and in the Cittie Idlenesse hazardeth her reputation The vncontrouled Wife desireth without checke to pratle and without discreation to gouerne which the rulyng Husbande in no wise would allowe for that manye wordes is a bleamish to his wiues modestie and the rule of his Wife is warrant sufficient for the wise to ouer rule him for a Woodcocke Many other vanities follow the desires of Women which a man thus aduaunst must forbeare to chasten least hée expose himselfe to a thousande daungers for the wife taking pepper in the nose will suffer him yea perchaunce agrée to make him a pray to the displeasure of his enemies I meane her able Friendes and kindred which bondage is not within the Paradice Plato speaketh off For according to the opinion of sundrie Philosophers as Nature will not be controuled for that she createth as Fortune is won with no praiers because ●…hee is blinde and shooteth at aduenture no more dooth Marriage alow of inequallitie because her will is to deuide her benyfites and blessing among the married with indifferencie To this ende Marriage is lykened to Sienes grafted in a stocke of contrarie qualitie for as by groweth and good order they both become of one nature euen so man and woman vnited in this honourable estate with good vsage become of one disposition Againe as Sienes thus grafted without speciall Husbandrie while they bee tender come to no proofe euen so man and woman thus ioyned in Matrimonie vnlesse in the prime of their Mariage with equall care they loue and cherrish one an other in the waine of their yeares the swéete Fruites of wedlocke will be blasted with repentaunce Segnior Fabritio to conclude Don Dolos opinion with his owne Iudgement saide in trueth that Marriage coulde not away with such seruitude as the Husband who is wise and the chéefe shoulde obay the wife who in common construction is simple weake and the inferiour And where a Rich woman as Don Dolo hath said Marieth her poore Seruant because she is the cause of his aduancement she will looke to gouerne which if she doo her indiscression will moue others to speake and her Husband to sorrow and if he challenge the preuiledge of a husband to direct hee shall bée bounde to a lyfe more bitter then Death Not but y t in respect of his former estate he may endure these crossinges of his wife but because as hee is growne in estimation so is hée growne in hautinesse of mynd and can now wurse brooke an vnkinde word then in times past an iniurious déede And therefore in Don Dolos behalfe I doo iudge Soranso to be in an errour I wil not dispute against the Authoritie of your iudgmēt ꝙ Soranso but at aduenture if yonger Brethrē er in Mariage God send thē to stumble vpō no worser fortune Quéene Aurelia who regarded that Dondolo was somewhat to lauish in painting out of the natural dessires of a woman knew as well how to set foorth his follyes and ouersight and therefore to take a modest reuenge ꝙ shée I happinesse in Mari●…ge consisteth so much in the Lordly rule of the Husbande then where a man maryeth his inferriour in reputation there is a lykelyhood of good agreement Wherfore Segnior Dondolo because I think you married your wife with the same Iudgement with which you manyfested the inconueniences of loftye Loue I beseeche you show vs the blessinges of this inferiour choyce Soranso and the rest began to smyle to heare this com maundement for well they knew Dondolo was intrapt with a slaūder of his owne reputatitō but Dondolo although he were a litle gauled set a reasonable florish vpō his bace fancie and therefore ꝙ he as it is alreadie adiudged if a man marrie aboue his callyng he must beare with his Wife in folly as much as shee was blynded in fancying of him which bondage Mariage can hardly endure Then if hée matche with his inferiour if contraries haue contrarie qualyties per consequence she will be as lowly as the other is loftie as patient as the other is prowde as dutiful as y t other is disdainfull if the other prodigally spend because her portion is large shewil with huswiuerie spare because her substaūce was small If the other presume because of her Gentrie shée will seeke reputation with her good cōditions And if the other bolster her faults with the countenaunce of her able Friendes she dooing amisse will crie her Husbande mercie because she lackes succourers to sustaine her euill a course as Plato sayeth that maketh the dowrie of the poore virgin of greater vallue then the possessions of a riche Ladie You are nothing deceiued in the course quoth Faliero but much mistaken in the creature As touching your Contraries I mislike your Consequent For Fyre and