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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