Travelia was with her he grew so jealous that had not Honour forbid him having past his word unto her they should all there be safe he should not have let him live to have been his Rival In the mean time the Messenger had caused the Prince to repair to the Court who was much troubled how to behave himself for said he in his thoughts if I should make my self known unto my Mistress she will straight convey away her self either by death or stealth and if I go disguised although I may make the reason known unto the King yet the Court will talk and think it is for some ill design against the State so bring an aspersion upon my Loyalty Thus musing a long time with himself at last he thought it best for to take counsel of the King and being come to him the King with great joy embraced him saying O my Friend thy Company is a Kingdom to me He humbly kissing his hand said He thought Fortune was so much his Enemy as that she had shut him out of his Royal Favour But Sir said he it was none of my fault I did not win for the Gods Jupiter Mars and the rest are such Lovers of the fair Mortal-Females that they will never be against them for wheresoever they are Victory is there also The King thinking he meant it of the Queen told him how unkindly she used him and how he perceived she loved the young General even to a dotage and withall asking his counsels what he should do he smiling yet sighing said O Sir said he there is no cause to fear for that Person you do suspect is a Woman which I believe the Queen knows not Then he told him all the story of his Love and all the several accidents thereupon and ask'd his advice what he should do The King was overjoyed at his relations discovering she was a Woman and his joy gave so many several Advices that the number confused the Counsel and confounded the Choice But while they were thus talking a Messenger came to the Prince which brought him Letters from his own Countrey by Merchants that were lately come in that his Wife was dead for although they knew not where he was yet they sent Letters into several Countreys in hope some might light into his hands which when he heard his Doubts were turned into Hopes With that the King and he embraced with joy making no question now but Cupid was turned their Friend and that he would shoot two Golden Arrows into their Mistresses Hearts from the Forts of their Affections The time being come when the King and Queen and the Councellors of both should meet about the Peace they being all set ready to treat the King entreated the Queen she would give him leave that the Prince might be one of his Council which said he without your own consent he shall not be since he hath been your Prisoner She told the King He was not bound to her since she had given him a Release and your Councellors are to be chosen by your self and not by me After her answer he sent for him who came being not disguised but as he was himself and Travelia looking upon his face as he was coming in and seeing the Man she most did fear she fell into a swound at which accident the Queen being extreamly afflicted thinking it was done by some design wrought from the jealousie of the King broke up the Juncto for that time taking all the care she could for his recovery But Travelia being recovered out of her swound was still sick in Mind though not in Body and kept her Bed as if she had been very ill Whereupon the Queen's suspition was more encreased and fear'd some Poyson had been given him and with that conceit could not endure to see the King The King being much troubled that the Queen was more severe to him than she was used to be and perceiving that it was Travelia that was the cause complained unto the Prince and with seeminganger said merrily Dispose of your Mistress some way for I am jealous said he although she be a Woman Sir said the Prince I have as much reason to be jealous of the Queen as you have of my Mistress setting her Masculine Habit aside At last they did agree to discover her to the Queen Whereupon the Prince went to the Queen and desired her by a Messenger to grant him half an hours Conference She desired to be excused He sent her word It was something concerning his own Affairs Whereupon she gave him admittance When the Prince came to her he said Madam I should not press thus rudely on your thoughts but that I think I am part of the cause that makes them melancholy Sir said she You take upon you to know much for it is hard to know the Mind or Thoughts of our selves much less of others Madam said he I will be so presumptuous to guess at them if you will give me leave Take it said she Then Madam said he I must tell you You are in love and the Person you love although most excellent yet cannot return such love as you desire for you have placed your Affection upon a Woman who hath concealed her Sex in taking the Habit of a Man and hath more confirm'd your mistake by the actions of a Soldier I know not said the Prince how kind you have found her but I have found her cruel Then told her the story from the first time he saw her until that present When the Queen had heard his relation her Colour came and went moved by her mix'd Passions Anger and Love angry that she was deceived yet still did love and wish'd she had been a Man Then the Prince began to move unto her the Suit of the King But she was so impatient and troubled in her Mind being crost in her Love that she would hear nothing concerning Love more at that time Which he perceiving took his leave for the present But as soon as he was gone Tears from her Eyes flow'd out as if they meant To make her there a Watry Monument And her oppressed Heart such sighs sent forth Like Gusts of Wind that blow from South or North. After this furious Storm a Calm did rise Her Spirits like a still smooth Water lyes Then laying down her gentle Head to rest Thus to the God of Love her Prayers addrest Thou powerful God of Love that shoots from high One Leadden Arrow in my Breast let flye To quench that scorching Heat thou mad'st to burn Unless a Woman to a Man can turn With that the God of Love did pity take Quench'd out the first and did a new Fire make Yet was it weak as being made but new But being kindled it much hotter grew At last the Flame got hold upon the King Which did much Joy unto each Kingdom bring After a sweet and refreshing sleep she rose and went to Travelia's Chamber and told her how she was discovered
she commanded every Captain of a Company should place himself in the midst of their second Ranks for if the chief Commander said she in a Company be kill'd the Spirits of the common Soldiers soon dye and their Nerves grow slack with fear and all their strength will fail unless it be to run away The Lieutenants she ordered them to place themselves in their last Ranks to keep the Soldiers from flying for said she shame will cause Obedience to submit to Authority wherefore his Eyes will be as a Fort and his Breast as a Bulwark to keep them in Then she gave order that every Squadorn should be but five Ranks deep and fifty on a breast which number said she is enough to knit into a proportionable Body more makes it unweildy and is like a man over-grown with Fat whose bulk makes him unactive either to assault or to defend himself and Rands of Ten deep said she are not only unuseful and troublesome but so many men are lost as to employment for the hindermost Ranks come seldom or never to the Charge In every Troop of Horse she placed some Foot both Pikes and Muskets to gall and hurt their Enemy's Horse when they came to encounter for if once the Horse fails the Man is down After that she commanded her Army to marchin such a slow pace as not to break or loosen their Ranks but commanded them to join so close as if there were no Vacuum in their Troops and so to move as one entire Body or Piece Lastly She commanded all the Cuirasiers should stand in the fore-front to bear the shock or break the Ranks And thus she set the Battalia in order form and figure as the ground and places would permit to their best advantage The Prince ordered his Battalia as he was used to do making it thick as believing it to be the stronger which is questionless the best way if it were only to stand still for a defence but not to assault for in Action the half of those thick Bodies serve only as Cyphers without a Figure but never help to multiply the Numeration of Blows But the Armies being both ready to joyn the young General thus spake to his Soldiers Noble Friends Brave Soldiers and Wise Councellors WHO knows but this our meeting may produce good and great Effects and bring Peace to your Countrey which is molested with Warrs and Ruin to your Enemies that have almost ruined you Comfort to your sad Friends we have left behind Liberty to your imprisoned Friends We fight for Fame hereafter for Honour and Profit now presently but if we let our Enemies become our Masters they will give us restless Fears unreasonable Taxes unconscionable Oaths whereby we shall lose the Peace of our Mind the Conversation of our Friends the Traffick with our Neighbours the Plenty of our Land the Form of our Customs the Order of our Ceremonies the Liberty of the Subjects the Royalty of your Government and the Company and Rule of our Gracious Vertuous and Beautiful Queen And shall they have Courage to spoil and we none to right our Wrongs Shall they live by our hard Labour And shall we live by their hard Laws All Noble Spirits hate Bondage and will rather dye than endure Slavery Wherefore my Friends be you constant to your just Resolutions circumspect in your ways patient in your Labours Heroick in your Actions for What Man can remember such Injuries and let their Courages be cold Wherefore for your own sakes your Countrey 's sake your Royal Queen's sake go on with valiant Hearts and active Strengths and may Apollo be your Friend shooting his Darts dazling your Enemies Eyes May Mars the God of Warr direct you in your fight May Fortune give you aid and Pallas give you victory After she had thus spoke the Trumpets sounded to Charge and the young General sent some flying Horse to give the onset and then seem to run away which the other Army seeing thought it was out of fear and followed them as in pursuit which disordered and broke all their Ranks but the Queen's Army marched in good order to meet them at which the Enemy viewing their unexpected posture was so daunted as they neither had Spirits to fight nor power to run away and so a great number being killed and taken Prisoners the Queen's Army became absolute Masters of the Field The Prince with much difficulty retreated back about a days march with some few but with the prime of his Horse where he heard of a fresh Army coming to assist them for the King fearing they were not strong enough being forced suddenly away caused new men to be raised to follow them The news of this Army rejoiced the Prince much being at that time very melancholy for the great loss he received and for the disgrace as he thought by reason he despised the Enemies to the King and to be overcome by those he scorned did wrack his Soul But taking up fresh hopes with his new-come Army returned back to the Queen's Army again who when they heard of a new Supply were much amazed and dejected by reason they were weary and tired with three Fights and disordered with gathering up and carrying away their Spoils But the young General perceiving them to hang down their Heads thus spake Noble Friends I Perceive such a sadness in your Faces as if fear had taken possession of your hearts which if it hath except Courage beats it out it will betray your Lives unto your Enemies and to be taken by a timorous thought before your Strength hath grapled with your Foes were base and if Right and Truth be on your side as sure it is and Reason rules your Judgment as I hope it doth you have no cause to doubt but if you fear the Conduct of my Youth as wanting Experience to judg or direct the best then here are Aged men who with Ulysses and Nestor may compare their Counsel is your aid Let no vain suspition therefore quench your hopes but Courage set your Spirits on fire and with their heat consume your Enemies to Ashes With that they all aloud did say Go on we will dye or conquer In the mean while the Prince was encouraging his new-come Army who was struck with the news of the last Battel hearing nothing of it until they met the Prince the sudden Report like Thunder shook their Spirits which to appease the Prince thus spake Noble Friends You that have Humility to obey Love to unite Charity to redress have Hopes to obtain for Hope is the Ground on which Courage is built Let not the Enemy of Mistrust vanquish your Faith but perform your Loyalty through your Industry for obedient Thoughts are not sufficient without obedient Actions Wherefore take Courage to fight Let not your Enemies kill your Spirits Weep not nor condole at our Losses but let us regain our Honours either by Victory or Death And they that are sloathful or cowardly in this Army may
Hair hung down and on her Shoulders spread And in a Chair she sate a Table by Leaning theron her Head did side-ways lye Upon her Hand the Palm a Pillow made On which being soft her Rosie Cheeks she laid And from her Eyes the Tears in show'rs did fall Upon her Breast sparkling like Diamonds all At last she fetch'd a sigh Heart break said she Gods take my Life or give me Liberty When those words were exprest she was constrain'd He courage took on what she there complain'd And boldly entring in she seem'd afraid He kneeling down askt pardon and thus said Celestial Creature do not think me rude Or want of Breeding made me thus intrude But Fortune me unto this House did bring Whereby a Curiosity did spring From my desires this House to view throughout Seeing such shady Groves to grow about And when I came near to the Gate not one Was there to ask or make opposition The House seem'd empty not a Creature stirring But every Room I entred still admiring The Architect and Structure of each part Those that design'd were skilful in that Art VVandring about at last Chance favouring me Hath brought me to this place where I do see ABeauty far beyond all Art or any That Nature heretofore hath made though many Of all the Sex creates she sweet and fair Yet never any of your Sex so rare This made me stand and gaze amaz'd to see What wondrous glorious things in Nature be But when I heard your words for to express Some grief of heart and wisht for a redress My Soul flew to your service here I vow To Heaven high my life to give to you Not only give my life but for your sake Suffer all Pains Nature or Hell can make Nor are my Proffers for a base Self-end I 'm to your Sex a Servant and a Friend Pure is my Zeal and my Flame being clear Chuse me your Champion and adopt me here If I cannot your Enemy destroy I 'le do my best no rest I will enjoy Because my Fortune Life and Industry I 'le sacrifaice unto thy Liberty When that the Lady heard him speak so free And with such passion and so honestly I do accept your Favour Sir said she For no Condition can be worse to me Than this I now do live in nor can I My Honour hazzard in worse Company VVherefore to your protection I resign Heaven O Heaven prosper this Design But how will you dispose of me pray tell I will said he convey you to a Cell Which is hard by and there will Counsel take What way is best to make a clear escape With that his Riding-Coat which he did wear He pull'd straight off which she put on her Hair She ty'd up short and covered close her Face And in this posture stole out of that place An old ill-natur'd Bawd that did wait on her Being then asleep did never think upon her But when sleep fled awak'd she up did rise Sitting upon her Bed rubbing her eyes That were seal'd up with Matter and with Rheum When that was done she went into the Room VVherein the Lady us'd alone to be Straight missing her cry'd out most piteously Calling the Servants to search all about But they unto a VVake were all gone out The Peasant's Ball is that we call a VVake VVhen Men Maids do dance and love do make And she that danceth best is crown'd as Queen VVith Garlands made of Flow'rs Laurel green Those Men that dance the best have Ribbans ti'd By every Maid that hopes to be a Bride Youth loves these kind of Sports and to a Fayre 'T will venture life rather than not be there Which made the Servants all although not many To be abroad and leave the house for any To enter in which caused this escape And to the Owner brought so much mishap A Lord came galloping as from his Palace With pleasing thoughts thinking alone to solace Himself with his fair Mistress who admired Her Beauty more than Heaven and desired Her Favour more than Jove's her angry words Did wound him more than could the sharpest swords Her Frowns would torture him as on a Rack Muffling his Spirits in melancholy black But if she chanc'd to smile his joys did rise Much higher than the Sun that lights the Skies But riding on the Castle coming nigh The VVoman running 'bout he did descry His heart misgave him with doubts he alighted Asking the reason she was so affrighted She shak'd so much no answer could she make He being impatient unto her thus spake Devil said he what is my Mistress dead Or sick or stole away or is she fled She kneeling down cry'd out O she is gone And I left to your Mercy all-alone With that he tore his hair his breast did beat And all his body in a cold damp sweat Which made his Nerves to slack his Pulse beat slow His strength to fail so weak he could not go But fell upon the ground seeming as dead Until his Man did bear him to a bed For he did only with him one Man bring VVho prov'd himself trusty in every thing But when his diffus'd Spirits he did compose Into a deep sad Melancholy he grows Could neither eat nor drink nor take his rest His thoughts and passions being so opprest At last this Lady and her Noble Guide Got to a place secure yet forc'd to hide Her self a time till such Friends could make That would protect Vertue for Vertue 's sake Because her loving Foe was great in Power Which might a Friendless Innocent devour This Noble Gentleman desir'd to know From what Misfortunes her restraint did grow Willing she was to tell the Gentleman The story of her Life and thus began After my birth my Mother soon did dye Unto my Father leaving a Son and I My Father nor my Brother liv'd not long Then was I left alone and being young My Aunt did take the charge to see me bred To manage my Estate my Brother dead I was the only Child and Heir but she Was married to a Lord of High Degree Who had a Son and that Son had a VVife They disagreed led an unhappy Life VVhen I was grown to sixteen years of age My Aunt did dye her Husband did engage To take the charge and see me well bestow'd And by his tender care great love he show'd But such was my Misfortune O sad Fate He dy'd and left me to his Son's VVife's hate Because this younger Lord grew much in Love VVhich when his VVife by circumstance did prove She sought all means she could to murther me Yet she would have it done with privacy The whilst her amorous Lord fresh Courtships made VVith his best Rhetorick for to perswade My honest Youth to yeeld to his desire My Beauty having set his heart on fire At last considering with my self that I Having a plentiful Estate whereby I might live honourable safe and free Not subject to be betray'd to slavery Then to the
House and Goods on fire Where her rich Furniture did soon expire Then Envy sought all ways to pull her down And tax'd her Land as due unto the Crown And in that Suit great Sums of Money vast Lawyers ingross'd which made those Sums to wast And when those Lawyers got all that she had They cast her Suit as if her Cause was bad By which her Lands she lost then only left Her rich with Beauty but of Lands bereft In which she pleasure took although but poor Of Fortune's Goods of Nature's Giftssh ' had store But when the Gods did see her still content At last they to her Body Sickness sent She patient was her Beauty still did last But when that they their Judgment on that cast Making a Grave to bury Beauty in Which Beauty once did tempt the Saints to sin Because her Face so full of Pock-holes were That none could judg that Beauty once dwelt there Then did she sit and weep turn'd day to Night Asham'd she was to shew her Face the light Time an Ingraver cuts the Seal of Truth And as a Painter draws both age and youth His Colours mix'd with Oyl of Health lays on The plump smooth Youth he pencils thereupon Shadows of Age he placeth with much skill Making the hollow places darkest still But Time is slow and leisure he doth take No price will hasten him his Works to make But accidental Chance who oft doth jarr With aged Time and then some Works doth marr But when her wealth was gon and state was down Then did her Friends and Servants on her frown So far now from professing Slavery As they did use her most uncivilly Would rail against her spightful words throw out Or had she been but guilty would no doubt Betray her life such natures have Mankind That those in Misery no Friends can find For Fortune's Favours only Friendships make But few are Friends only for Virtue 's sake In Fortune's Frowns Man will not only be A Neuter but a deadly Enemy Nay ev'n a Devil to torment the Mind If he no mischief ' gainst the body find But after she had mourn'd Three hundred days Consid'ring Nature's Fortune's various ways She did repent weeping for what was past Imploring Gods to pity her at last Good Gods forgive my Vanity and Pride Let not my Soul with sinful spots be dy'd Let your great Mercies scour those spots off clean That by your Justice no spots may be seen Consider Lord the Works that Nature makes The Matter Motion and the Form she takes The Grounds and Principles on which she builds The Life and Death in all things she distills Is various still in what she doth compose Nothing but wild Inconstancy she shows Nor is it only the substantial part That is compos'd thus by her Curious Art But what we call Immortal as the Soul Doth various passions appetites controul And as all bodies that are young want strength And wait for Time to give them breadth and length So doth the Soul want Understanding too And knows not what is best to think or do Wherefore great Jove I never shall despair Of thy sweet Mercy nor yet Devils fear To punish Ignorance Youth rash ways runs Which Age by long-experienc'd knowledg shuns But Age oft time 's as faulty as Youths be Corrupted with bad Principles we see That length of Time and Custom makes them shew As if in Man they naturally grew But to conclude the time she had to live She heartily unto the Gods did give Though young into a Nunnery she went Her Vows unto the Gods she did present Her Days not being long she soon there dy'd And now her Soul with Angels doth reside For with her Penance Tears and Contrite Spirit She wash'd away her sins and Heav'n did merit The next Tale when you read it will discover The fortunate or the unfortunate Lover A Mock-Tale of the Lord Duke of Newcastle which his Grace was pleased to say out of his great Civility That it would serve for Shadows to set off the rest He loving Truth so well that he was never good at telling Tales A Young and Lusty Cheshire-Lad did move In Venus Sphere and was so fill'd with Love When first he saw a lovely Lass at Chester Whose badg of Christianity was Hester So beautiful and fair she did appear Fresh as the welcome Spring to the New Year And Odoriferous as Flower 's birth As fair as new-born Lillies from the Earth This set the young Man's heart in Love's Flame Fire Struck dumb in Love turn'd all now to admire At last Love found a Tongue which did not fail To burst out violently and thus to rail Cursing now partial Nature that did give More beauty to her than elsewhere doth live Bankrupt in Beauty since her store is gone Mankind condemn'd to foul ones now or none Was Nature lavish or else made the Thest Upon her self since she hath nothing left Of what is handsom so I now do find He enjoys thee enjoys all Womankind For Beauty Favour and what 's height of Pleasure Since thou art Nature's Store-house her Treasure O love me then since all my hopes are crost If I enjoy you not I 'm wholly lost For what I can call Happiness nay worse My Life then to me 's but a fatal Curse But if you yeeld I 'le bless Dame Nature's Gift And Bounty to you since 't was all her drist To make her Master-piece in you and vex The envious Females angring all your Sex And if her bounty to you you give me I shall be Deifi'd in love by thee Here on my knees I beg thy Love thus low Until I have it my Knees here shall grow Therefore be kind She answer'd with sweet Eyes Which spoke not speaking for to bid him rise And then discours'd with modest blushes so As that did tell him all her heart did know Trembling and shaking with Love's Palsi'd Tung With broken Sighs and half Words it was strung Love's Comma's Full-Points and Parenthesis And this Love's Rhetorick Oratory is With Love's pale-difficulty then afraid She softly said O I 'm a tender Maid And never heard such language you 'l deceive me And now I wish I could wish you would leave me Why d' ye inchant a silly Maid alas I never saw such beauty in my Glass And yet I 've heard of flatt'ring Glasses too But nothing flatters like you Men that woo Your Tongue 's Love's Conjuration without doubt Circles me here in Love cannot get out By your Love 's Magick whispering Then did yield And said You 've conquer'd and have won the field Such Joy between them such new Passions rais'd Which made the God of Love himself amaz'd Since by no Tongue or Pen can be exprest Cupid and Hymen ne're hop'd such a Feast But see the Fate of business which doth move So cross For Business hath no sense of Love O thou dull Bus'ness Yet some States-men pry Into Love's Secrets with a glancing Eye But here
Dust be misplaced they stop or close it up again They are also as prudent for their Provisions having a Magazine of Meat in their City as Men have of Arms but this Magazine is like a Farmer 's Cupboard which is never without Bread and Cheese wholsome although not delicious Fare so is theirs Neither do they shut their Door for all is open and free they need not beg for Victuals since every one labours and takes pains for what they eat neither are they factious and mutinous through Envy by reason there is no superiority amongst them for their Common-wealth is composed of Labourers They have no impertinent Commanding Magistrates nor Unjust Judges nor Wrangling Lawyers for as their Commonwealth is as one Body or rather all those little Bodies are as one great Head or rather as one wise Brain so are they united by a general Agreement as one Mind and their Industries are united as to the general Good which makes the Profit thereof return equally to each particular for as their Industry so Power and Riches are levelled amongst them which makes them free from those Inconveniences and Troubles and oft-times Ruins that are incident to those Commonwealths that make Distinctions and Degrees which beget Pride Ambition Envy Covetousness Treachery and Treason causing Civil-Warrs Tyrannical Laws Unjust Judgments False Accusations Cruel Executions Faint Friendships Dissembling Affections Luxury Bribery Beggery Slavery heavy Taxes and unconscionable Extortions But these Citizen-Ants have little Heads and great Wisdom which shews it is not the quantity of Brains that makes any particular Creature wise for then an Ox would be wiser than a Man Nor is it the bigness of the Heart that makes a Creature good-natur'd for these little Creatures although they have little Hearts yet they have great Generosity Compassion and Charity to each other and as their assistance is always ready and free to bear a part of a Burthen so their care and affection is not less to bury their Dead I know not whether they have the passion of Sorrow or rather I may say the moisture of Tears to weep at their Funerals but they do lay the Dead into the Earth and cover them with Earth with great Solemnity But they have as all other Creatures that Nature hath made Enemies for though they are Friends among themselves yet they cannot make Friendships with all Nature's Works by reason some Creatures live upon other Creatures and they have many Forreign Enemies as Swallows and other Birds which come with their sharp and digging Bills and pull down their City devour their Eggs and make a Massacre of their Citizens which Cruelty makes them fearful and careful in concealing themselves crepping always out at little holes lest they should be discovered It happened upon a hot Summer's day a company of Bees flying to that Tree to swarm on a Bough thereof that they thinking it might be some of their Enemy-Birds were in an extraordinary fright Whereupon they withdrew all into the City shutting up the Gates thereof only sending out a few Spies at Postern-doors and setting Cen-tinels to view their approaches At last they ob-served these Birds which Men call Bees gathered in a round Figure or Globe like the World which shews the round Figure is not only the most profitable having the least waste and largest compass but the securest Figure being the most united not only by drawing in all loose and wandring parts but it combines them all together with a round Line But when these Bees were swarmed which swarming is a general Meeting to make up one Councel there was such a humming-noise as did more affright the Ants than it had before for Bees do not as Men in Publick Councels speak by turns but they speak all at once after the Leading-Bee hath spoke I suppose either all consenting or not consenting to the chief Bee's Proposition Neither can I perceive that they speak studied Speeches as Men do taking more care and pains therein than for theCommon Good Neither do they as Men do which is to speak as Passion perswades them not as Reason advises or Truth discovers or Honesty commands them but as Self-love or Self-will draws them driving their own particular Interest following their own Appetites preferring their own Luxuriousness and Pleasure before the publick Felicity or Safety venturing the publick Ruin for a Title of Honour or Bribe or Office or Envy or Hate or Revenge or Love or the like nay for a vain and affected Speech But Bees are wiser for they know that if the Commonwealth be ruinated no particular Person can be free Also Bees do like those that send Colonies out of over-populous Kingdoms to make new Plantations for if there should be more Mouths than Meat and more Men than Business they would devour one another in Civil-Warrs and pull down the Fabrick of the Commonwealth by breaking the Laws and Civil Customs thereof But this Colony of Bees swarming together agreed where to settle and so to meet all at the appointed place Whereupon the Councel broke up and every one took their flight several ways to gather Honey and Wax wisely providing for Food and Store-houses to lay their Provisions in building them a City in some hollow Tree or cleaved part of the Earth or the like places and their several Apartments are built so close together and in such a curious Mathematical Figure that there is not the least waste or loss and they are so industriously wise that they carry their Provisions of Victuals and their Materials to build withall at one time as one Burthen for they have a natural Bag like a Budget which they fill with Honey and they carry their Wax on their Thighs But when the Ants had heard their wise Propositions their general Agreements their firm Conclusions their quick Executions their methodical Orders their prudent Managements or Comportments and their laborious Industry they did admire commend and approve of their Common-wealth and the more because it was somewhat like to theirs But the truth is the Ant and the Bee resemble one another more in their wise Industry than in their Government of the Commonwealth for the Bees are a Monarchical Government as any may observe and the Ants are a Republick But by this we may perceive it is not such and such kinds of Government but such and such ways of Governing that make a Commonwealth flourish with Plenty Conveniency Peace and Tranquillity for the Monarchical Government of the Bees is as wise and happy as the Republick of the Ants. The Second Tale of the Ant and the Bee AN Ant and a Bee meeting together upon a Gilliflower condemned each other for doing wrong to the Flower for said the Ant to the Bee you luxuriously and covetously come and suck out the sweet and nourishing Juice You are deceived said the Bee for I only gather off the sweet Dew that lies thereon I neither draw out the Juice nor Scent nor fade the Colour nor wither the
on high above the Clouds appear The Woodcock said When we are up on high We rather swim like Fishes and not flye The Air is like the Ocean liquid plain The Clouds are Water and the Roof is Rain Where like a Ship our Bodies swift do glide Our Wings as Sails are spread on either side Our Head 's the Card our Eyes the Needles be For to direct us in our Airy Sea Our Tail 's the Rudder moves from side to side And by that motion we our Bodies guide Our Feet's the Anchors when to ground them set We mend our Sails that 's prune our Feathers wet And every Bush like several Ports they be But a large Haven is a broad-spread Tree O said the Cow this Voyage to the Skie I fain would see whilst on the Ground I lie To satisfie you said the Woodcock I Will mount so rose and shak'd his Wings to flie But the Woodcock had not flown above a Cast high but a Faulcon who had soared above for a Prey seeing the Woodcock underneath him came down with such force that he knocked him on the head with his Pounces Which when the Cow saw she lowed out with sorrow and made a most lamentable Voice bewailing the Woodcock 's misfortune and out of a sad melancholy and discontented grief for the Woodcock his death and for the unfortunate counsel she gave him she mourned and lamented putting on a black Hide which Hide she wore to her dying-day and all her Posterity after her and not only her Posterity but many of her Acquaintance The MORAL Some are so busily-good that they will perswade and counsel not only all those they have relation to or all they know and have acquaintance with but all they meet although they be meer strangers to them But although some do it out of a meer busie nature and intermedling humour and disposition yet questionless some do it out of a desire and natural inclination they have for a general fruition of Happiness putting themselves in the last place But these sort of men have more Good-nature than Judgment for their Counsel oft-times brings Ruin at least Sorrow both to those that take it and those that give it through a blind ignorance of both Parties But those that are prudently wise never give Counsel but when it 's asked and then not without great Caution chusing the safest ways and the likeliest means joining their own Reputation with the Party 's Good fearing to lose the one or hurt the other by a rash Advice Of a Butcher and a Fly IN Shamble-Row a Butcher walking in his Shop where Meat was lying upon his Shop-board and being in the heat of Summer a number of Flies were busily working thereupon which the Butcher seeing was very angry and said That Flies were good for nothing but to corrupt Dead Flesh. At which words the Flies murmured against the Butcher making a humming-noise to express their Passion But one of the ancientest and gravest Flyes amongst them which Fly living long and observing much had studied Natural and Moral Philosophy having observed the Humours and Actions of all Creatures especially of Man and more especially of Butchers by reason they most commonly frequent the Shambles she answered the Butcher thus Why said the Fly do you rail and exclaim against us when we do nothing against Nature but do good service to the Countrey for we create living Creatures out of that you destroy whereby we keep Nature from ruin and those only that destroy Life are Nature's Enemies but those that maintain or create Life are Nature's Friends Thus we are Friends and you are Enemies to Nature for you are cruel striving to destroy Nature not only by taking the Life of barren Creatures that are past producing but of young Creatures that would encrease had they been suffered to live in not killing them before their natural time to dye Besides said the Fly to the Butcher you are a Cheat and a Robber as well as a Murtherer for you cozen and rob Time of the Goods he is intrusted to keep until such time as Nature requires them to whom he carefully easily peaceably delivers them to the right Owner Also you do not only rob him of those Goods he hath in charge but you maliciously or covetously spoil his Work for those Creatures that he hath but newly made and shaped and some before they are quite finished nay some which he hath but moulded in a lump together you destroy which not only spoils old Father Time's Labours but defaces his Architecture disgracing his Skill Likewise you do not only endeavour to destroy Nature and rob and disgrace Time but you take away Divine Worship from the Gods who receive their Worship from Life which you destroy for which they may justly punish you to Death After the Fly had made an end of this Discourse Now saith the Butcher to the Fly you think you have spoke wisely honestly and piously but your Speeches shew you to be a formal prating Coxcomb For first Nature creates more Creatures from Death than from Life from the Grave than from the Womb for those Creatures she creates from the Womb she creates for the most part by single ones or couples as Mankind and most sorts of Beasts but those that she creates from Death and the Grave as from dead Carkasses and Corruption she produceth by numbers as Maggots Worms and the like and most commonly your impertinent Worships are created in that manner And if the Gods are only served by Life we serve the Gods best for we by killing of single Creatures are the cause of creating millions of living Creatures Neither have you reason to brag for it is not you that are the only cause that those Creatures are produced from those Carkasses but Corruption which is the Mother of Life and which by your Bloth you hasten whereby you take Time's Work out of his hands and so you do usurp on Time's Prerogative for which I will whisk you out of my Shop as a Company of busie prating idle foolish Creatures you are Whereat they being frighted flew away Of a Man and a Spider A MAN whose Thoughts were not busily employed upon potent Affairs but lazily sitting in his Chair leaning his Head on his Hand with his Face towards the Window viewing a crafty Spider and marking what pains she took in spinning a Web to entangle the innocent Flyes saw that her Work was no sooner done but a Fly was catch'd therein He seeing this poor Fly dragg'd along and ready to be murthered by the cruel Spider who had watched her coming thither thus spake Mischievous Spider says he who art only industrious to an Evil Design spinning out thy own Bowels only to entrap a Creature that never did nor meant thee harm Hadst thou spun out of a charitable intention to clothe the Naked thou hadst been worthy of my Commendation but now thy Malice falls justly under my Wrath and taking the Tongs intended to kill
at liberty but the resigning of his Crown and so his Kingdom to her First For raising Hostility and disturbing the sweet Peace and happy Condition of a Kingdom that never molested them Then for the dishonour in taking the Queen Prisoner the ruin and spoil of your Countrey the death of your Friends and the loss of your gallant Men killed in this Dissention making many Widows and Fatherless Children Besides Who can rely upon the Faith of an unjust Prince who made Warr upon his Neighbours without a just offence but only through an ambitious attempt upon your Queen and Kingdom Have we not Victory And yet shall we return with Loss Shall we despise the Gift of the Gods in making no use of what they give us And shall the Trumpet of loud Fame report the Queen was taken Prisoner and resigned upon a low Agreement No let Fame divulge unto the World her Release came with the Ruin of his Kingdom After the General had spoken one of the Council who was like Nestor for Years and Experience thus spake OUR General hath spoke a Speech so full of Courage and Honour as shews him to be of so true an Heroick Spirit that he hath left no room for Policy to play a part But States cannot subsist with Valiant Hands alone unless they have a Politick Head which is the Guide to great Designs it burns more Cities than Granadoes do it undermines strong Towns pulls down great Works wins Forts sets Battels takes Prisoners makes Slaves and conquers Kings and Kingdoms and what we call Policy in a Publick State is called Discretion in a private Family and it is not as the Vulgar think it a Cheat or meer Deceit but a wise Prudence to prevent the worst of ills and to keep Peace or get Tranquillity 'T is true Valour is a daring Spirit but Policy is the trusty Friend and covers with skill all those Faults it cannot mend it guides the Bark in which Man's Life swims and keeps them from the shipwrack of the World pulls down the ambitious Sails when blown too full with Pride lest it should overturn the Ship of Safety to be drowned in Seas of Miseries But Policy will rather chuse the Oars of Patience and take the Tides of Time than venture where the Doubts are more than Hopes or Hazzards more than Gains Then let us try to make a prudent Peace not trusting to Fortune's Favour unless she were more constant For in the Warrs such unknown Chance may fall Instead of Victory we may be ruin'd all I speak not this to cross my General for I shall be as ready to obey all his Commands be they never so dangerous as I have freely delivered my Opinion After he had spoke the General rose up and said These Counsels are too solid to be contradicted by rash Youth Whereupon they all agreed to treat with the King giving his Ambassadors Audience The King's Ambassadors coming into their Assembly thus spake You great Victorious Amitenians MY Master should not need to seek for Peace before it sought for him had not the God of Love proved his Enemy perswading Mars to be his Foe for those that are cross'd in Love have seldom Victory for Mars doth take the part of Venus Cupid's Mother Thus our great King and Master is by Love undone But since 't is the Gods that work his Fate he humbly doth submit Wherefore he sends these Proffers unto you First He will build your broken Forts again and raise those Walls his Soldiers have pulled down Secondly He will repay your Charges and Expences in this Warr although his own is great and his Loss is more Thirdly He will restore his Prisoners if you will do the like to those you have taken but for the Queen she is no Prisoner For our Master is her Captive and her Thrall Both to command Him and his Kingdoms all After the Amitenians had consulted they told the King's Ambassadors That Words were not Acts wherefore they could conclude of nothing until the Queen was in her Army to make her atonement for her self and if she were no Prisoner they desired to wait on her out of the City if not they must use force Whereupon the Ambassadors went back to their King to declare their Answer But to return to the Captive Prince who was more fetter'd in his Mind than in his Body for the old Father treated him civilly and used him kindly but perceiving him to be very melancholy thought it might proceed from the Overthrow he received which he strove to moderate telling him Nothing was more subject to Chance than Warr and that the Valiantest and Wisest Men might fall by Fortune's hand for said he She on Wheels not on firm Ground doth stand She seeks not Worth and Merit to advance Her Scepter which she governs by is Chance Then said the Prince O Fortune most unkind I would she were as Powerless as Blind As he was speaking in comes the young General whom when he saw Love's Passion shook his Manly Strength and made his Visage pale But she being of an affable and sweet disposition wish'd all content of Mind to every person although she had little her self Noble Sir said she It was not for want of respect I have not visited you but my Engagements have so busily employed me that till the Cessation of Arms I have not had so much time as to examine your welfare But I know my Father hath not omitted any Service he could help you in neither do believe you being a Commander can be so ignorant but to know that Camps can afford but a rude Entertainment having therein no necessary accommodations and since my Wishes cannot make it better you will be pleased to accept of it as it is Worthy Sir answered the Prince I am only a Prisoner to your Favours but am free by your Noble Entertainments So after some discourse telling him of the Agreement which was like to be left him or rather carried him with her for his Soul went after her although his Person stay'd behind But to follow the Ambassadors who were got to the King and told him the Demands of the Amitenian Army was To have their Queen before they would treat any farther The King being very much troubled thereat for to keep her he durst not knowing his own weakness and their strength and to let her go he could not for his Passion of Love would not give him leave neither would he call a Council knowing they would be for the departure of the Queen for their own securities then did he wish for his Friend and Servant the Prince but at last being resolved went to the Queen his Mistress and taking the Crown from off his Head laid it at her Feet Madam said he Here I deliver you my Crown and with it my Kingdom and yeeld my self your Prisoner dispose of it and me as you please for it never shall be said I make Conditions with her I do adore for since