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A16191	A schole of wise conceytes vvherin as euery conceyte hath wit, so the most haue much mirth, set forth in common places by order of the alphabet. Translated out of diuers Greke and Latine wryters, by Thomas Blage student of the Queenes Colledge in Cambridge.	Blague, Thomas, d. 1611.	1569 (1569)	STC 3114; ESTC S109053	110,067	304

and escaped frée Mor. Pollicie is farre better than strength 315 Or a Wolfe being hungry A Wolfe in hys olde age not able any more to hunte was sore a hungred neither could he finde any kinsman or friende which would helpe him with meate As he therefore wandred throughe a great Woode heauyly he chaunced vpon a dead carcase of an Oxe whiche he had scarse begonne to teare but a companie of other wolues rauens and crowes came thither prayed him to receyue them as hys friends to partake of his praie Then the Wolfe sayd to him selfe behold me whome lately my brethrē and sonnes regarded not now straunge beastes reuerence and desire my friendship but they doe not this honour to mée but to the Oxe Mor. A poore man is hated of all men but the rich are honoured 316 Of the Horsse and the Harte THe Horsse kept warre with the Harte and being often driuen from his meate and put to the worste he lamentably desired the ayde of men with whome he came into the fielde then he that afore hadde the ouerthrow became cōqueror but his enimie being ouer come and subdued he him selfe became bond too man fayne too carye him on his back and a bit in his mouth Of this fable writeth Horace A Hart in fight excelling much the horsse from meate him draue The strife was long but horse was fayn the help of man to craue The byt he tooke with merry cheere straight vanquisht was his foe His Ryder yet he durst not cast nor yet his byt forgoe So he that dreadeth pouertie and can not vse a meane Shall leade his life in seruitude and loose his freedom cleane 317 Of Geese THe Géese and the Cranes destroyed a péece of grounde whereof the country men hearing came sodainly vppon them the Cranes espied them and flewe away but the géese bycause of the myght of their body not able to escape were taken Mor. When a towne is woonne the poore escape easily but the rich are taken captiue for riches in warfare are rather a burthen than a commoditie 318 Of the Ape and his yong ones IVpiter sent out a precept commaunding all liuyng things to appeare before him that he mighte giue iudgement whose ofspring were the best fauored y e beasts came running the birds flying and the Fishes swymming thither Laste of all came the Ape and with him his yong one at whose ylfauoured buttockes euery one laughed Tush quod the Ape whom pleaseth God Iupiter shall haue the victorie yet in my iudgement this my chyld is faire and therfore of right before al other to be preferred whereat Iupiter also smyled Mor. We ours seeme good in our own eies but of vs our doings let other iudge 319 Of Mariners IT hapned as many Maryners were sayling on the sea that there arose a greate tempest sodeinly then euery one prayed to his God for helpe but one amongst the rest sayde Ye know not what ye pray for before these gods can goe to the Lorde for oure succoure wée shall perishe thorough this storme therefore I do thinke it beste to pray vnto that God which withoute the helpe of any other can deliuer vs from this present daunger Then they cried to almighty God for helpe and straight way the storme ceased Mor. We must not séeke for helpe at the foote when we may go to the head 320 Of the Owle IN the assemblie of birds the Eagle sayde that he would choose the yong ones of other birds to serue in his court and when euery one stroue to preferre his owne the Owle sayd I pray thee O Quéene receiue myne which in beautie passe all the reste why quod the Egle what beauty are thy sonnes of The Owle aunswered Of the same that I my selfe am Then all the birds laughed excéedingly Mor No child is so deformed which to his parents seemeth not faire 321 Of a Foxe and a Dog A Fox being coursed by a Dog and euen at y e point to be caught hauing no way to shift him sayd why woldest thou destroy mee thou dog seeing my flesh thou canst not eate Goe catch rather that hare for there was one thē hard by whose flesh mē iudge to be y e sweetest the dog harkned to y e counsell of the Fox let him goe free pursuing the hare whom bycause of hys wonderfull swiftnesse he could not ouertake Not long after the Hare mette with the Foxe blaming him for setting the Dog at him The Fox answered him I maruell what thou meanest to accuse me whiche praysed thée so greatly what wouldest thou haue sayd if I had dispraysed thée Mor. Many vnder the colour of praysing deuise vtter vndoing to some men 322 Of the Wolfe and Porkupine ON a time the Wolf being hungry had a good fansy to deuoure a Porkupine whom bicause of his sharpe pricks he durst not assayle but inuented a craftie wyle to trap him in coūselling hym not to trouble his backe with so many weapons in tyme of peace séeing that other Archers carried none with them but when they go to warfare Nay quod the Porkupine we must suppose that there is no tyme voide of war ageinst a Wolfe Mor. A wise man ought always to be armed ageinst y e assaults of his enimies 323 Of an Old man loth to dye A Certeine olde man desired death which came to take his lyfe from him to spare him till he might make his will and prouide all other necessaries fit for suche a iorney whom Death aunswered Why hast not thou prepared thy self being so oft warned by me Mary quod he I neuer sawe thée afore Why quod Death when I dayly tooke not onely those whiche were of lyke yeares to thyne of which number very fewe remayne but also yong men children and babes was it not sufficient warning that thou art mortal when thy eyes wared dimmo thy hearing thick other senses dayly decaying thy body being woorse and woorse did I not tell thée that I was néere at hand and yet thou sayest thou hast no warnyng wherefore I will no longer prolong the tyme. Mor. We must direct our life as though death were alwayes before our eyes 324 Of a Dog brought vp to hunting A Certeine man brought vp his Dog in hunting whome bycause hée was olde he pricked forward but in vayne it was for his pace was slacked he could make no great hast It chaūced that he caught a wild beast which bycause he was toothlesse slipped from him whom his maister rebuked muche for that fault and bet him also the Dog aunswered that of ryght he ought to pardon him bycause he was now olde but when he was yong he did his endeuor couragiously but I perceiue sayd he that with out profite nothing pleaseth you when I was yong and lustie thou madest much of me but now that I am old thou castest me off for Hauks meate when I got any pray I was welcome but now that

in hys olde age hée receyued iust punishement Euery beast in recompence of their hurt requited hys quarell The Bore wyth his tuske the Bull strake him with hys horns and especialy the Asse béeing inflamed to cast off the name of a cowarde with chyding and kickyng couragiously didde beate him The Lion then wayling lamentably sayde Those whome sometime I haue hurt pay me agein with the same measure and not without a cause Agein those to whome sometyme I haue done good requite not now my goodnesse but rather vniustly are my foes greate was my follie when I made so many my enimies but greter in that I trusted false friendes Mor. When thou art in prosperous estate be not lofty nor fierce if fortune once frown or looke awry they whom thou haste hurte shall reuenge theyr quarell if thou haue fréends put a differēce betwene them some are frends not too thée but too thy table and to thy fortune which as the wynde turneth will turne and happye shalte thou be if they be not thy foes 103 Of an Egle and a Conie SOmtime an Egle buylt hir nest in an high trée who by chaunce espyed yong Rabbettes a farre off féeding whiche he snatched vp and caried to his yong ones to féede on The Conye with flatteryng woords besoughte him to restore his son But the Egle supposing him being but a small beaste and earthly by no meanes able to hurt him tore thē in péeces with hir clawes in the sight of the Conie and gaue thē to hir yong ones to make merie withall The Conies heart earning sore at the death of hir Rabbets woulde not let it rest vnreuenged but digged vp by the rootes that trée where hir nest was which with the least blast of winde was ouerthrowne By which meanes the Egles yong ones being without feathers and not able to flie fell to the grounde and were destroyed Which thing not a little comforted the Conie Mor. No man bearing him selfe stiff of his owne strength ought to despise the weaker seing sometyme the feeble do reuenge the wrong don to them by the mightie 104 Of the Hares and the Frogs IT hapned that Hares hering a strange roaring in the woode all trembling began swiftly to runne away In running they stayed at a marishe being in doute what to doe séeing danger on euery syde and to encrease theyr feare they espied Frogs there drowned Then one wyser than the rest sayd Wherfore are we so fondly afraid Let vs take a good hart for swiftnesse in rūning we lack not but only a couragious stomack as for this hurly burly we néed not fear but set it light Mor. In all things take a good hart strength without courage is but dead for the cheefe heade of strength is hardinesse 105 Of the Bee and Inpiter THe Bée whych as men think was the firste make of Waxe came sometyme to sacrifice to the Gods whose oblatiō to Iupiter was a house of hony wherwith Iupiter reioycing commaunded hir petition whatsoeuer it were to be graūted Then the Bée asked thus most puisant god of al gods I besech thée graūt to thy handmayde that who soeuer cōmeth to the hyue to steale away hir hony may forth with dye as I haue pricked him Iupiter being abashed at hir requeste bycause he loued mankinde farre aboue all other at lengthe sayde to hir Be thou contente if thou sting hym that stealeth thy honye that thou mayst leese thy sting and foorthwyth dye and that in thy sting thy lyfe may lye Mor. We curse oure enemyes but it commonly lyghteth on oure owne heads 106 Of a hart and a Lyon A Harte escaping Hunters entred a caue where he chaunced on a Lyon by whome he was taken As he was dying he sayde Woe is mée that fléeing from men haue happened on the cruellest of all beasts Mor. Many men auoyding smal dangers runne into great 107 Of the Towne Dogs A Great route of Towne dogs coursed sore a Country dog which ran away and durst not resist at the last he turned ageyne and shewed his téethe to them then they all stoode still and durste not come néere him where as the Capteine generall of the hoste was presente who turned to his souldiers sayd Felowes this sighte warneth vs not to flée séeing we sée more daunger to them that runne away than to those that resist 108 Of two Pots TWo Pots stoode togither on a bankthe one was of earth the other of brasse which both were sodeinly caught by the force of the streames the earthen Pot fering to be broken went swiftliest whom the Brasen potte comforted willing him to feare nothyng for he coulde take heede ynough that they shoulde not knocke togither Nay said the other I knowe well inough whether the Riuer beate thée agaynst mée or mée againste thee I shall be in hazarde on euery side Therfore haue I determined to kéepe no companie with thée Mor. Better it is too deale with thy fellowe than with thy better for the myghtyer man can sooner hurte thée than thou him 109 Of the Swanne svngying at the poynt of death A Swan being nere at the poynt of death was asked of the Storke why he soong sweter being nigh his death which all other beasts do so much hate than in all his lyfe tyme before seing at that tyme he ought to be sory the Swan aunswered Bicause from hencefoorth I shall not bée troubled with séekyng for meate neither shall I neede to feare the Foulers ginne Mor. Wée are warned hereby not to feare death being by that bereft from all miseries 110 Of an Olde man whych set Trees A Man of very old age was mocked of a yong man bicause he planted trées wher of he shold neuer sée fruite The old man aunswered Neyther thou perhaps shalte gather fruite of those whiche thou gost about to set Shortly after the yong man fell out of a trée whiche he clymbed to gather beries and brake his necke Mor. Death spareth no age 111 Of the Phesaunt and the Pecocke THe birds somtime being at debate about a certen election at length chose the Phesant and the Pecocke who also straue for their prerogatiue and about it consumed their substance Then y e birdes assembled before the Egle to whom they shewed their election crauing that hée as an indifferent Judge would confirme it The Egle bicause he would perfectly vnderstand the case sent for them both to heare them The Phesaunt beganne his tale thus Oryghtuous iudge howe passing faire a birde I am thou mayest perceyue howe swéete also my flesh is it is not vnknowne wherefore I thinke my selfe worthy of the Lordshippe Then the Pecocke layde for hym selfe thus Moste gracious Lady the woordes whiche the Phesaunt hath alleaged are vntrue for in beautie I farre exceede him besydes that my varyable tayle of ryght chalengeth this honor forthwith she spred out hir tayle When the Egle had heard both their argumentes hée began first with