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duty_n	contrary_a	good_a	great_a	464	4	2.0864	3	false

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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A54240	The wits academy, or, The muses delight consisting of merry dialogues upon various occasions composed of mirth, wit, and eloquence, for a help to discourse to such as have had but small converse with the critical sort of people, which live in this censorious age : as also, divers sorts of letters upon several occasions both merry and jocose, helpful for the inexpert to imitate, and pleasant to those of better judgement, at their own leisure to peruse : with a perfect collection of all the newest and best songs, and catches, that are, and have been lately in request at court, and both the theatres.	W. P.	1677 (1677)	Wing P139; ESTC R4337	143,775	351

of your opinion touching them thus hoping ere-long that you will receive as much content of my courses as you have ever doubted the contrary in the duty of my humble Love I take my leave for this time but rest always Your dutiful Son S. D. A Daughters Letter to a Mother Honoured Mother I Mast acknowledge in all duty that your came of me hath been so great that my prayers shall ever petition Heaven for your long life and happiness and will always move in obedience to your commands I have no other ways to express my filial duty and love but by conforming my self in all things to your commands and I shall think all the endeavours of my life well bestowed to gain your blessing and love which I have hitherto enjoyed let me beseech therefore and beg of you that there may be a continuation of your kind love and good affection towards me and I will endeavour all the days of my life more and more continually to engratiate my self into your favour whilst I am Your obedient and datiful Daughter J. P. The Mothers kind Answer My dear Child I Received thy kind and dutiful Letter which was no small comfort to me pray God continue thy duty and obedience to thy Loving Mother and if thou dost fear him I am sure be will encline thy heart to Wisdom which is to fear the Lord and to honour thy Parents with humble reverence and will be the only way to prolong thy days on Earth and after Death hath seized upon thy body and sent thee to the Grave yet thy name shall live after Death to Immortality and all that ever knew thee shall lament thy loss after death saying thou lived'st and did'st die a good Woman and a good Christian which will be a comfort to thy Friends that hear it and an Eternal joy and consolation to thy self in the World to come thus to the protection of him that made thee I recommand thee who am Thy loving Mother J. P. A Letter of comfort to a Friend in Adversity Sir WEakness is presently discomfited when any calamity doth befal them but I doubt not but you are strong enough to oppose your unfortunate sorrows and to make such good use of them that they shall rather confirm then discourage you in the way of vertue I know you can look upon Adversity with an eye of consideration discerning therein the hand of Providence look up then and see from whence all troubles do arise there is a blessing annexed to them if they be suffered with patience your virtue that stands inward may now be made apparent to the World in bearing your sorrow misery or any worldly affliction which refine good Men to a greater perfection I know you need not my counsel being strong in your self yet pardon my love my compassion and my counsel and accept them from Yours bound to serve you N. C. The Answer Kind Sir LIke as the Rain doth fall from a wandring Traveller when he comes dropping in even so at the receipt of your kind and cordial Letter I felt my sorrows wast and vanish from me being presently refreshed by your good counsel and all my sorrow is in this my adversity that I have nothing to requite your love withal but the poor and slender payment of thanks It is common with others whom we reckon in the number of Friends to fall off when they see their Friend is fallen into any calamity but such are no more to be accounted of then the flattering shadow that walks before us in the Sun-shine whilst your Love being built on the constant foundation of your goodness cannot be shaken with the unfortunate chances of your Friend in all Estates your Love doth know no change and this in the midst of my troubles shall bring me store of assured comfort that I am blest with a Friend so faithful unto him who is Your friend in the same fidelity C. B. A Letter sent to a Friend perswading him that he was a Cuckold Honest Charles THou knowest I love thee well and ever have done since our first acquaintance In troth I am sorry that I must now write to thee about such news as I believe will be unwelcome to thee which to be short and plain I hear tkou art a Cuckold neither do I ground my belief upon the vulgar report of others that say thy Wife is a Whore but I have seen so much by her own self that thou must needs be a Cuckold by those actions which I have observed by her in our Market Town she not thinking me to be so near her watch her a little more narrowly for the future and I believe thou wilt soon be satisfied of the truth of this matter I do not write this to make thee jealous without cause but because I would not have thee rock the Cradle when another Man got the Bastard this is all from Thy real Friend H. E. The Answer Honest Harry I Must confess that thou tellest me strange News neither is it in the least welcome to me yet as I would not be too credulous in believing any thing that may touch or stain the honour and reputation of my Wife who has been my Bedfellow thus long so in like manner I would not be blinded with sair speeches to believe her honest that is a notorious Strumpet for as thou sayest Harry by that means I may indeed Father the spurious issue of unknown Progenitors yet however I will not be jealous before I find a cause and when I have found a cause I will not be jealous long after for I will watch her as warily as ever a Cat watcht a Mouse that she shall not stir but I will Incognito attend her and then I shall quickly perceive how she behaves her self abroad she not mistrusting of my suspicion will not proceed so cunningly as otherwise she might but will continue in her wonted course without all doubt which if it should be in the ways of wickedness as God forbid it should I should be very sorry and would soon separate my self from her and if I am a Cuckold I am certain Harry you know and are acquainted with several others as may shake hands with me You know 't is said that Cuckolds are Christians and truly I am apt to think that it is many an honest Man's lot and also many a Knave 's deserved Fortune to be Cuckolded by his own Wife at home at that very instant of time that he is Cuckolding his Neighbour abroad As for my part Harry if it be so it shall not much trouble me but I am resolved to know the truth on 't for I know thy honest love and kindness to me is such that thou would'st not give me any disturbance without some grounds and for thy love I give thee hearty thanks who am Thine to my power C. D. A Fantastick Letter to a Friend to try both his Wit and patience Sir I Would be glad to see you for

have lov'd you too much Except you had more honesty Now that which you call a delight Pray keep to your self and be hang'd If by force you do put me to fright I 'le swear you shall soundly be bang'd I never shall wish for that Which afterwards I shall repent I know what you fain would be at But without it you must be content I am not i' th mind for to take That thing you 'd so willingly give There 's another bargain to make For honestly I will live Nature says no such thing Nor will she so basely command That I such dishonour should bring On my self since I can you withstand But Love may do much I confess Where folly doth reason blind But I never to you did express That I was so foolishly kind Go go you are wantonly bent And I hate for to hear you swear Except I do find you repent Your company I shall forbear Your mark you have taken amiss Believe me when truth I do tell Be thankful for this one kiss And so pretty fool farewel Latin SONG CXIII NUnc bibito totum Nam est bene notum Quod pocula plena de vine Cor faciunt jucundum Si fuerit immundum Sic Romulus dixit Quirino Rex Vivat laetanter vos omnes clamate Qui non vult habebit in sinum Jam bibe tunc singulis vitrum date Cantabitur ad Mutatinum English SONG CXIV NOw drink it all off For 't is known well enough That brimmers of excellent Wine Will make the heart glad Be it never so sad So Romulus said to Quirine Now merrily all cry God bless the King He that drinks not shall have it in 's breast To every one see a full Glass you bring And we 'll sing till the Morn without rest A Catch SONG CXV COme come bonny boys Come away make haste come away We 'le prove that our joys Can admit of no tedious delay To the Tavern let 's go and be merry With White-wine brisk Claret and Sherry Our Dads are in Heaven we need not to fear Because they have left us some hundreds a year Latin SONG CXVI PLus scio quam Apollo Nam illo dormitante Vidi aftra Pugnantia Vulcano lachrymante Mars Venere concubuit Muliere libidinesa Vulcanus vidit Illam deridet Tunc fuit ●diosa English SONG CXVII I Know more then Apollo For whilst that he lay sleeping I saw the Stars At mortal jars And Valcan he lay peeping And Mars he lay with Venus A pritty wanton Woman But Vulcan saw And did her claw That now she 's fit for no Man SONG CXVIII GReat Love to thy Deity praises I 'le sing A Requiem to sorrow because thou didst bring Thy power I 'le own for why thou hast freed me From those desperate passions the Fates had decreed me A Heart hard as stone and conquering beauty Must bend to Love's bow with Allegiance and duty Love's secret embraces who ever hath known When the bloods young and warm and youth's blossom new blown To the god of that Love will certainly pay His humble Devotious by night and by day A heart hard as stone and a conquering beauty Must bend to his bow with Allegiance and duty Loves humble and meek Love's gentle and sweet Not mov'd with fresh passion when frowns he doth meet He conquers by favours and wins by degrees He 's partial to none for no Mortal he sees A heart hard as stone and conquering beauty Must bend to his bow with Allegiance and duty The attraction of beauty may charm for a while And Man of his freedom does often beguile Admiring those features which do but ensnare Till at length to our Foes sure Captives we are But a heart hard as stone and conquering beauty Must bend to Love's bow with Allegiance and duty When beauty presumes and resolves for to slight All offers of Love and in Pride takes delight The sighs and the groans of a desperate Lover With cruel disdain she endeavours to smother But a heart hard as stone and conquering beauty Must bend to Love's bow with Allegiance and duty Fair Venus Love's Queen doth his Arrows prefer Before the keen Sword of the great god of War Mars conquers but boa●es but Love's darts they are such Those Souls they subdue which they happen to touch A heart hard as stone and conquering beauty Must bend to Love's bow with Allegiance and duty The scornful young Nymph that will searce take a kiss But counts her disdain a peculiar bliss Poor Strephon alas doth so wound by her hate That Cupid takes pity and she now is his mate Thus a heart hard as stone and conquering beauty Must bend to his bow with Allegiance and duty Those great Men of War who do count Love a toy And to amorous Courtship do ever seem coy Yet at one time or other they are forced to yield And think kisses more pleasant then the Ensigns i' th Field Thus hearts hard as stone and conquering beauty Must bend to Love's bow with Allegiance and duty The Country Swain that is always in labour And ne're knew no Joys but a Pipe and a Tabor Now at length casts an Eye on some Joan of his crew Then Love slips betwixt them and both doth subdue A heart hard as stone and conquering beauty Must bend to his bow with Allegiance and duty The Man of old Age who death doth expect And all the Worlds vanities strives to neglect Yet often we find him with Love to be catcht Then to a young Damsel he needs must be matcht For a heart hard as stone and conquering beauty Must bend to his bow with Allegiance and duty Let the old and the young ones the rich and the poor The name and the power of Cupid adore Since none can escape or be free from his darts Which cunningly he doth convey to our hearts A heart hard as stone and conquering beauty Must bend to his bow with Allegiance and duty SONG CXIX WHen youth do agree To be merry and free Let no one repine their enjoyment to see For equal's the pleasure which is to be had Betwixt a young Lass and a lively young Lad. Time swiftly doth run And old Age it will come Our days are half spent e're our pleasure 's begun The present time 's best therefore take 't whilst you may Who knows but out sorrows begin the next day He that always is sad Must expect to be mad Good Wine and good company make the heart glad The daily fruition of which will create Desights and prevent our complaining of Fate 'T is folly not Fate Does troubles create Then let us avoid it before 't is too late Be jolly dear hearts for our Life 's but a span And a hundred years hence we may love if we can Then give me a Lass And good Wine a full glass The drousie Mechanick's a temperate Ass He studies to get but he knows not for who Thus daily his trouble he seeks to pursue Perhaps when he

and no longer let me live then in the care of that comfort as for Fools they cannot understand me and Knaves shall not trouble me as for drunkenness never doubt me for it is a thing most loathsome in my Nature as for your Money I humbly thank you and I hope to bestow it according to your good liking thus with my prayers for your long life health and happiness I remain Your dutiful Son till death H. D. A merry Letter after the old Fashion sent to a Maid AFter my Love remembred unto you trusting in God that you are in good health as I was at this present writing with my Father and my Mother and my Brothers and Sisters and Unkles and Aunts and the rest of my good Friends thanks be to God for it The cause of my writing to you at this time is that I hear Joan since my coming from Weston when you know what talk we had together there at the sign of the Horns and how you did give me your hand and swear that you would not forsake me for all the World and how you made me buy you a Ring and a Heart that cost me two and twenty pence and I left them with you and you gave me a Napkin to wear in my Hat and a small Feather I thank you which I will wear to my dying day and I marvel if it be true as I hear that you have altered your mind and are made sure to my Neighbour Pigsay's Son Truly Joan you do not well in so doing and God will plague you for it and I hope I shall live well enough if I never have you for there are more Maids in the World besides you Joan and truly I count my self worth the whistling after I am sure there are some young Maids about us will except of me and be glad to leap at me to have such Honey kisses Joan as I used to give you therefore be not so high and so proud Joan and so scornful for if you will have none of me I will have none of you but will be as stout and as coy as any handsome Maid in England for you know my old Grandsir has left my Father good House and Land and my Father will give it to me his own Son I am sure and therefore praying you to write me your Answer by this Bearer my friend touching the truth of all how it stands with you I commit you to God From Willow-green May 11. 1675. J.S. Jones Answer INdeed sweet John I did not expect such a Letter from your hands I would have you to know I scorn it have I got my Fathers and Mothers ill will for you to be so used at your hands I perceive and if you be so jealous already you would be somewhat another day I am glad I find you that you can believe any thing of me but it is no matter I care not send me my Napkin and you shall have your Ring and your Heart for I can have enough if I never see you more for there are more Batchellors then John and my penny is as good silver as yours and seeing you are so stout even put up your Pipes for I will have no more to do with you and so unsaying all that ever hath been said betwixt us pray make your choice where you list for I know where to be beloved and so farewel J. R. A Letter from a Father to a Son at the university Dear Son I Am sorry to tell thee that I hear thy diligence doth not answer my desire and I would gladly wish it otherwise but I hope a kind admonition will suffice to work a on good Nature and therefore will rather hope the best then doubt the contrary and in the love of a Father let me entreat thee to avoid the company of a lewd fellow as rather an enemy then a Friend The Feminine Sex are dangerous to affect for as they will be a loss of time so with hinderance of study they will produce expence The exercise of thy body I admit for thy health but let thy Love be in thy Learning else wilt thou never be a good Scholar for desire and delight are the best Masters both of Art and Knowledge whilst vertuous Reason makes Understanding gracious Therefore not out of the bitter humour of displeasure but the careful Nature of affection I write unto thee for thy own good and as nothing can joy the heart of a Father more then the obedience of a loving child so can there nothing be more grievous then the stubborn spirit of an ungracious Son I speak this to thee knowing thy years and understanding able to digest the consideration of my desire which in sum is my joy in thy good For let me tell thee my Estate thou knowest and how much I have strained my credit for thy advancement to which Learning being a speedy and an assured good means I would be glad to see my comfort in thy profit in such fruits of thy study as with the blessing of God may hasten thy preferment therefore be industrious and diligent for thy own benefit and thou shalt not want a Father's encouragement to the very utmost of his ability thus praying to God for thee whom I beseech daily to bless thee with my hearts love to the Lord's blessing I leave thee who am Thy loving Father S. D. The Son's Answer Loving Father AFter the bands of humble duty my good Father I have received your most kind and loving Letter in which how much joy I have received I cannot express fearing rather your sharp rebuke then loving admonition but God himself who can and doth work more in some Natures with a kind chiding then in others with may stripes I know you are not ignorant of the inclination of youth and therefore thus kindly touch the hurt of inheedfulness for which how much I do humbly thank you I hope the care of your counsel in time shall pleasingly tell you therefore for what ill you have heard grieve not and of the good you may hear doubt not but believe me for I will not abuse your trust whatever vanity soever I have seemed to effect My Book hath been the Mistress of my Love in which how much I will labour and from which what profit I will gather your hope shall see in the effect of God's blessing without the which how dangerous are many studies to the understandings of ungracious Spirits I would it were known in any and I pray God that none may know it in me I My preferment I leave to God's pleasure who best knows how to dispose of his Servants and for your contentment that it may be in my obedience Your health as the worlds happiness I pray for mine own moderate exercise with abstinence from excess doth with God's blessing hold me in good state and for the Feminine Sex though I would be no Hypocrite I had rather read of then be acquainted with them for I allow