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A06607	Euphues and his England Containing his voyage and his aduentures, myxed with sundrie pretie discourses of honest loue, the discription of the countrey, the court, and the manners of that isle. Delightful to be read, and nothing hurtfull to be regarded: wherein there is small offence by lightnesse giuen to the wise, and lesse occasion of looseness proffered to the wanton. By Iohn Lyly, Maister of Arte. Commend it, or amend it.	Lyly, John, 1554?-1606.	1580 (1580)	STC 17070; ESTC S106953	185,944	280

to blush at the last though long time strayning courtesie who should goe ouer the stile when we had both haste I for that I knew women would rather dye than séeme to desire began first to vnfolde the extremities of my passions the causes of my loue the constancie of my faith the which she knowing to be true easely beléeued and replyed in the lyke manner which I thought not certeine not that I misdoubted hir faith but that I could not perswade my selfe of so good fortune Hauing thus made each other priuie to our wished desires I frequented more often to Camilla which caused my friendes to suspect that which now they shall finde true and this was the cause that we all méete héere that before this good companye wée might knitte that knotte with our tongues that we shal neuer vndoe with our téeth This was Surius speach vnto me which Camilla with the rest affirmed But I Euphues in whose hearte the stumpes of loue were yet sticking beganne to chaunge colour féeling as it were new stormes to arise after a pleasaunt calme but thinking with my selfe that the time was past to wooe hir that an other was to wedde I digested the Pill which had almost choakt mée But Time caused me to sing a new Tune as after thou shalt heare After much talke great théere I taking my leaue departed being willed to visit the Lady Flauia at my leasure which word was to me in stéede of a welcome With-in a while after it was noised that Surius was assured to Camilla which bread quarrells but he lyke a noble Gentleman reioycing more in his loue than estéeming the losse of his friends maugre them all was maried not in a chamber priuately as one fearing tumults but openly in the Church as one ready to aunswer any obiections This mariage solemnized could not be recalled which raused his Allyes to consent and so all parties pleased I thinke them the happiest couple in the world Now Euphues thou shalt vnderstand that all hope being cut off from obteining Camilla I began to vse the aduauntage of y e word that y e lady Flauia cast out whom I visited more like to a soiourner than a straunger being absent at no time from breakfast till euening Draffe was mine arrand but drinke I woulde my great courtesie was to excuse my grieuous torments for I ceased not continually to court my violet whom I neuer found so coy as I thought nor so courteous as I wished At the last thinking not to spend all my wooing in signes I fell to flat sayings reuealyng the bitter swéetes that I sustayned the ioye at hir presence the griefe at hir absence with all speaches that a Louer might frame she not degenerating from the wyles of a woman séemed to accuse men of inconstancie that the painted words were but winde that fayned sighes were but flights that all their loue was but to laugh laying eayghts to catch the fish that they ment agayne to throw into the Riuer practising onely cunning to deceiue not courtesie to tell truth wherin she compared all Louers to Mizaldus ●he Poet which was so lyght that euery winde would blow him away vnlesse he had lead tyed to his héeles and to the fugitiue stone in Cicyco which runneth away if it be not fastened to some post Thus would she dally a wench euer-more giuen to such disport I aunswered for my selfe as I coulde and for all men as I thought Thus oftentimes had we conference but no conclusion many méetings but few pastimes vntill at the last Surius one that coulde quicklye perceiue on which side my breade was buttered beganne to breake with moe touching Frauncis not as though he had heard any thing but as one that wold vnderstand some thing I durst not séeme straunge when I found him so courteous knowing that in this matter he might almost worke al to my lyking I vnfolded to him from time to time the whole disscourses I had with my Uiolet my earnest desire to obtaine hir my landes goods and reuenewes who hearing my tale promised to further my suite where-in hée so besturred his studie that with-in one moneth I was in passibilytie to haue hir I most wished and leaste looked for It were too too long to write an Historye béeing but determined to sende a Letter therfore I will deferre all the actions and accidents that happened vntill occasion shall serue either to méete thée or minister leasure to mee To this ende it grew that conditions drawen for the performaunce of a certeine ioynter for the which I had many Italians bound we were both made as sure as Surius and Camilla Hir dowrie was in redy money a thousand poundes and a fayre house wherein I meane shortly to dwel The ioynter I must make is foure hundred poundes yearely the which I must héere purchase in England and sell my landes in Italy Now Euphues imagine with thy selfe that Philautus beginneth to change although in one yere to marry and to thriue it be hard But would I might once againe sée thée héere vnto whome thou shalt be no lesse welcome than to thy best friend Surius that noble Gentleman commendeth him vnto thée Camilla forgetteth thée not both earnestly wishe thy retourne with great promises to doe thée good whether thou wish it in the Court or in the Countrey and this I durste sweare that if thou come agayne into Englande thou wilt be so friendlye intreated that either thou wilt altogether dwell héere or tarry héere longer The Lady Flauia saluteth thée and also my Uyolet euerye one wisheth thée so well as thou canst wishe thy selfe no better Other newes héere is none but that which lyttle apperteineth to mée and nothing to thée Two requestes I haue to make as well from Surius as my selfe the one to come into Englande the other to heare thine aunswere And thus in haste I bidde thée fare-well From London the first of February 1579. Thine or not his owne Philautus THis letter being delyuered to Euphues and well perused caused him both to meruayle and to ioye séeing all things so straungely concluded and his friend so happely contracted hauing therfore by the same meanes opportuntie to sende aunswere by the which he had pleasure to receiue newes hée dispatched his Letter in this forme ¶ Euphues to Philautus THere could nothing haue come out of England to Euphues more welcom thē thy letters vnlesse it had ben thy person which when I had throughly perused I could not at the first either beléeue them for the straungenesse or at the last for the happinesse for vppon the sodaine to heare such alterations of Surius passed all credite and to vnderstand so fortunate successe to Philautus all expectation yet considering that many things fall betwéene the cup and the lip that in one luckie houre more rare things come to passe thē some-times in seauen yeare y t marriages are made in heauen though consumated in earth I was brought both to beléeue the euents

comely gesture all vayne delights of a right courteous courtesie And yet are they not in England precise but warye not disdainefull to conferre but fearefull to offende not with-out remorce where they perceiue truth but without replying where they suspecte treacherye when as among other Nations there is no tale so loathsome to chast eares but it is heard with great sport and aunswered with great spéede Is it not then a shame Ladies that that lyttle Iland should be a mirrour to you to Europe to the whole world Where is the temperaunce you professe when wine is more common than water where the chastitic when lust is thought lawfull where the modestie when your mirth tourneth to vncleannesse vncleannesse to shamelesnesse shamelesnesse to all sinfulnesse Learne Ladies though late yet at length that the chiefest title of honour in earth is to giue all honour to him that is in Heauen that the greatest brauerye in this world is to be burning Lampes in the world to come that the clearest beautie in this lyfe is to be amiable to him that shall giue lyfe eternall Looke in the Glasse of Englande too bright I feare mée for your eyes What is there in your sexe that they haue not and what that you should not haue They are in prayer deuout in brauerie humble in beautie chast in feasting temperate in affection wise in mirth modest in all their actions though courtly bicause women yet Aungells bicause vertuous Ah good Ladyes good I saye for that I loue you I would you could a little abate that pride of your stomackes that loosenesse of minde that lycentious behauiour which I haue séene in you with no small sorrow cannot remedy with continuall sighes They in England pray when you play sow when you sléepe fast when you feast and wéepe for their sins when you laugh at your sensualytie They frequent the church to serue God you to sée gallants they deck themselues for cleanlines you for pride they mainteine their beautie for their owne lyking you for others luste they refraine Wine bicause they feare to take too much you bicause you can take no more Come Ladyes with teares I cal you looke in this glasse repent your sinnes past refraine your present vices abhorre vanities to come say this w t one voyce We can see our faults only in the English Glasse a Glasse of grace to them of griefe to you to them in stéede of righteousnes to you in place of repentaunce The Lords and Gentlemen in that court are also an example for all others to follow true tipes of Nobilitie the onely stay and staffe of honour braue courtiers stout souldiours apt to reuell in peace and ride in ware In fight fierce not dreading death in friendshippe firme not breaking promise courteous to all that deserue wel cruell to none that deserue ill Their aduersaries they trust not that she weth their wisdome their enimies they feare not that argueth their courage They are not apt to profer iniuries nor fit to take any loth to picke quarrells but longing to reuenge them Actiue they are in all things whether it be to wrastle in the games of Olympia or to fight at Barriers in Palestra able to cary as great burthens as Milo of strength to throwe as bigge stones as Turnus and what not that either man hath done or may doe worthye of such Ladyes and none but they and Ladies willing to haue such Lords and none but such This is a Glasse for our youth in Greece for your young ones in Italy the English glasse behold it Ladies and Lordes all that either meane to haue pietie vse braueric encrease beautie or that desire temperancie chastitie wit wisedome valure or any thing that may delyght your selues or deserue praise of others But an other sight there is in my Glasse which maketh me sigh for griefe I cannot shew it and yet had I rather offend in derogating from my Glasse than my good will Blessed is that Lande that hath all commodities to encrease the common wealth happie is that Islande that hath wise counsailours to maintaine it vertuous courtiers to beautifie it noble Gentlemen to aduaunce it but to haue such a Prince to gouerne it as is their Soueraigne Quéene I knowe not whether I should thinke the people to be more fortunate or the Prince famous whether their felicitie be more to be had in admiration that haue such a ruler or hir vertues to bée honoured that hath such royaltie for such is their estate there that I am enforced to thinke that euery day is as luckie to the Englishmen as the sixt day of Februarie hath béene to the Grecians But I sée you gase vntill I shewe this Glasse which you hauing once séene will make you giddy Oh Ladies I knowe not when to beginne nor where to ende for the more I go about to expresse the brightnesse the more I finde mine eyes bleared the néerer I desire to come to it the farther I séeme from it not vnlike vnto Simonides who being curious to set downe what God was the more leysure he tooke the more loth hée was to meddle saying that in things aboue reach it was easie to catch a straine but impossible to touch a Star and therefore scarce tollerable to poynt at that which one can neuer pull at When Alexander had commaunded that none shoulde paint him but Appelles none carue him but Lysippus none engraue him but Pirgoteles Parrhasius framed a Table squared euery way two hundreth foote which in the borders he trimmed with fresh coulours and limmed with fine golde leauing all the other roume without knotte or lyne which table he presented to Alexander who no lesse merueiling at the bignes then at the barenesse demaunded to what end he gaue him a frame without face being so naked and with-out fashion being so great Parrhasius aunswered him let it bée lawefull for Parrhasius O Alexander to shewe a Table where-in he woulde paint Alexander if it were not vnlawfull and for others to square Timber though Lysippus carue it and for all to cast brasse though Pirgoteles ingraue it Alexander perceiuing the good minde of Parrhasius pardoned his boldenesse and preferred his arte yet enquiring why he framed the table so bigge he aunswered that hée thought that frame to bée but little enough for his picture when the whole worlde was to little for his person saying that Alexander must as well be praysed as painted and that all his victoryes and vertues were not for to be drawen in the compasse of a Signet but in a fielde This aunswere Alexander both liked and rewarded insomuch that it was lawfull euer after for Parrhasius both to praise that noble king and to paint him In the like manner I hope that though it bée not requisite that any should paint their Prince in England that cannot sufficiently perfect hir yet it shall not bée thought rashnesse or rudenesse for Euphues to frame a table for Elizabeth though hée presume not to paint

hir Let Appelles shewe his fine Arte Euphues will manifest his faithfull heart the one can but proue his conceite to blase his cunning the other his good will to grinde his coulours hée that whetteth the tooles is not to be misliked though he cannot carue the Image the worme that spinneth the silke is to bée esteemed though shée cannot worke the sampler they that fell timber for shippes are not to be blamed bicause they cannot builde shippes He that carieth morter furdereth the building though hée bée no expert Mason he that diggeth the garden is to be considered though he cannot treade the knottes the Golde-smithes boy must haue his wages for blowing the fire though hée can-not fashion the Iewell Then Ladyes I hope poore Euphues shall not be reuiled though he deserue not to be rewarded I will set downe this Elizabeth as néere as I can And it may be that as the Venus of Appelles not finished the Tindarides of Nichomachus not ended the Medea of Timomachus not perfected the Table of Parrhasius not couloured brought greater desire to them to consumate them to others to see them so the Elizabeth of Euphues béeing but shadowed for others to vernish but begunne for others to ende but drawen with a black coale for others to blase with a bright coulour may worke either a desire in Euphues heereafter if he liue to ende it or a minde in those that are better able to amende it or in all if none can worke it a will to wish it In the meane season I say as Zeuxis did when he had drawen the picture of Atalanta more will enuie me then imitate me and not commende it though they cannot amende it But I come to my England There were for a long time ciuil warres in this countrey by reason of seuerall claymes to the Crowne betwéene the two famous and noble houses of Lancaster and Yorke either of them pretending to be of the royall bloude which caused them both to spend their vytall bloude these iarres continued longe not with-out greate losse both to the Nobilitie and Eommunaltie who ioyning not in one but diuers parts turned the Realme to great ruine hauing almost destroyed their coūtrey before they could annoint a king But the liuing God who was loth to oppresse England at last began to represse iniuries to giue an ende by mercie to those that could finde no ende of malice nor looke for any ende of mischiefe So tender a care hath hée alwayes had of that England as of a new Israel his chosen and peculier people This peace beganne by a mariage solemnized by Gods speciall prouidence betwéene Henrie Earle of Ritchmond heire of the house of Lancaster and Elizabeth daughter to Edwarde the fourth the vndoubted issue and heire of the house of Yorke whereby as they tearme it the redde Rose and the white were vnited and ioyned together Out of these Roses sprange two noble buddes Prince Arthur and Henry the eldest dying without issue the other of most famous memorie leauing behinde him thrée children Prince Edward the Ladie Marie the Ladie Elyzabeth King Edward liued not long which coulde neuer for that Realme haue liued too long but sharpe frostes bite forwarde springes Easterly windes blasteth towardlye blossoms cruell death spareth not those which we our selues liuing cannot spare The elder sister the Princes Marie succéeded as next heire to the crowne and as it chaunced next heire to the graue touching whose life I can say little bicause I was scarse borne and what others say of me shall bée forborne This Quéene being disceased Elyzabeth being of the age of xxii yeares of more beautie then honour and yet of more honour then any earthly creature was called from a prisoner to be a Prince from the castell to the crowne from the feare of loosing hir heade to bée supreame heade And here Ladies it may be you will moue a question why this noble Lady was either in daunger of death or cause of distresse which had you thought to haue passed in silence I would notwithstanding haue reuealed This Ladie all the time of hir sisters reigne was kept close as one that tendered not those procéedings which were contrary to hir conscience who hauing diuers enimies endured many crosses but so patientlye as in hir deepest sorow she would rather sigh for the libertie of y e gospel then hir owne fréedome Suffering hir inferiours to triumph ouer hir hir foes to threaten hir hir dissembling friends to vndermine hir learning in all this miserie onely the patience y t Zeno taught Eretricus to beare and forbeare neuer séeking reuenge but with good Lycurgus to loose hir owne eye rather than to hurt an others eye But being now placed in the seat royal she first of all stablished religion banished Poperie aduaunced y e word that before was so much defaced who hauing in hir hand the sword to reuenge vsed rather bountifully to reward being as far from rigour when she might haue killed as hir enimies wer frō honestie when they could not giuing a general pardon whē she had cause to vse perticular punishments preferring the name of pittie before the remembrance of perils thinking no reuenge more princely than to spare when she might spill to staye when she might strike to profer to saue with mercie when shée might haue destroyed with Iustice. Héere is the clemencie worthy commendation admiration nothing inferiour to y e gentle dispositiō of Aristides who after his exile did not so much as note them that banished him saying with Alexander that there can bée nothing more noble then to doe well to those that deserue ill This mightie and mercifull Quéene hauing manye billes of priuate persons that sought before time to betray hir burnt them all resemblyng Iulius Caesar who being presented with the lyke complaints of his Commons threwe them into the fire saying that he had rather not know the names of Rebelles than haue occasion to reuenge thinking it better to be ignorant of those that hated him than to be angry with them This clemencie did hir Maiestie not onely shewe at hir comming to y e crowne but also throughout hir whole gouernmēt whē she hath spared to shed their blouds that sought to spill hirs not racking the Lawes to extremitie but mittigating the rigour with mercy insomuch as it may be sayd of y e royall Monarch as it was of Antonius surnamed the godly Emperour who reigned many yeares without the effusion of bloud What greater vertue can ther be in a prince thā mercy what greater praise than to abate the edge which she should whet to pardon where she should punish to reward where she shoulde revenge I my selfe being in England when hir Maiestie was for hir recreation in hir Barge vppon the Thames hard of a Gun that was shot off though of the partie vnwittingly yet to hir noble person daungerously which facte she most gratiouslye pardoned accepting a iust excuse before a great amends taking more griefe