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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A15034	An heptameron of ciuill discourses Containing: the Christmasse exercise of sundrie well courted gentlemen and gentlewomen. In whose behauiours, the better sort, may see, a represe[n]tation of thier own vertues: and the inferiour, may learne such rules of ciuil gouernme[n]t, as wil rase out the blemish of their basenesse: wherin, is renowned, the vertues, of a most honourable and braue mynded gentleman. And herein, also, as it were in a mirrour the vnmaried may see the defectes whiche eclipse the glorie of mariage: and the wel maried, as in a table of housholde lawes, may cull out needefull preceptes to establysh their good fortune. A worke, intercoursed with ciuyll pleasure, to reaue tediousnesse from the reader: and garnished with morall noates to make it profitable, to the regarder. The reporte, of George Whetstone. Gent.	Whetstone, George, 1544?-1587?	1582 (1582)	STC 25337; ESTC S111679	129,236	194

your demaund ioyne with you in your ordinarie swéete exercise Perchaunce you haue ended all the inconueniences in the olde yeare and I may begin the New yeare in helping to bloome the blessings of Marriage Quéene Aurelia and the rest of the company affectionately thanked Signior Philoxenus for this hye fauour and so rose from the Table who after a little pawsing daunsing and deuising at theyr pleasures went vnto theyr lodginges FINIS The. vii Dayes Exercise Containing a Discourse of the excellencie of Marriage with many sound Lawes and directions to continue loue betweene the married with the rare Historie of Pyrigeus and Pieria reported by Segnior Phyloxenus And other good notes of regarde LIke as when the royall Armie lies incamped before a Towne of warre the sound of Trumpets noyse of Drums and neying of Horses dooth awake the Souldiors and Cittizens before Aurora be willing to leaue the swéete embracements of her husband Tithon so euen with the departure of the day Star in honour of the New yeare the Trumpets Drūmes and Flutes sounded through euery small passage into the lodgings of Segnior Philoxenus Pallace such shrill salutations as the company enuying the confusion of night broade waking attended the Mornings light to apparell themselues who in theyr moste braue and sumptuous araye by nine of the clock made the great Chamber resemble a fayre Garden in Maye In the imbroderies of whose Garments Flowers and fancies were so naturally and artificially wrought some of Pearle some of golde some of Bugle euery one according to their one humour More ouer euery Gentlemans head was armed with his Mistrisses fauor and euery Gentlewomans hart was warmed with her seruaunts affectiō In the most soueraigne place of the great Chamber Ianus God of Time as the Poets faine was hung vp in the likenes of a Serpent winding his body into a circkle and holding his taile in his mouth expressing vnder this figure his reuolution who through his continuall motions enu●…oning and compasing the world retourneth into himselfe and endeth and beginneth in himselfe and in ioyfull token of the newe yeare he was garnished with many sweete flowers garlandes and deuices some artificiall liuelely counterfeited Segnior Philoxenus although he hated superstitious Ceremonies and shund them yet he honored auncient lawdable customes and kept them who according to the custome of the countrey presented euery one of his guests with a riche new years gifte which explayned some morrall vertue Among the reste he gaue his sister Quéene Aurelia a fayre plaine tablet which opened represented the picture of a faire Lady garnished with many precious stones couertly expressing thereby that gorgeous apparell was but base and counterfeit in respect of the braue vertues of the mynde This order the Italians vse the best giueth newe yeares giftes to his inferior freendes and in England cleane contrarie The Tennaunt giueth his Lord the meane Gentlemen to Knightes Knightes to Barrons Barrons to Earles Earles Marquises and Dukes to their soueraigne Prince but it séemeth the Englishmen obserue this custome more neere the originall then the Italians for the foūders therof were the aūcient Romaines who bounde theyr Knights the first day of Ianuarie in the Capitole to present theyr Newyeares giftes to Caesar Augustus were he absent or present but so many Countryes so many customes And to my purpose Segnior Philoxenus thus bountifully solemnized the vse of his owne Countrey This memorable curtesie perfourmed Segnior Phyloxenus with some of the grauer company went before vnto the Chappell and Quéene Aurelia and her attendantes followed with such a glyttering show as the Préests needed no other Tapers to sée to say seruice by then the 〈◊〉 ●…ons of the Gentlewomens eyes and the 〈◊〉 ●…nes they wore in theyr Iewels and in my 〈◊〉 God was better pleased and more honoured with the Brauerie of the companie then with the babling and Ceremonies of the Priest who in the honour of the New yeare sets forth his relikes to the best showe By that time Seruice was ended and the companie retourned the Tables were furnished with many daintie Disshes to wreake her hunger of some few wherof Quéene Aurelia tooke her Royall place and the rest of the companie as they pleased This Dinner was spent in Discourse of certain Ceremonies and olde Rites vsed in times past in the celebrating of God Ianus Feast too tedious and withall impertinent for this Discourse When Dinner and a little other pausyng talke was ended the companie arose and Quéene Aurelia with the reuerent Salutations of the whole troupe retyred into her owne Chamber tyll the howre of Disputation sownded About which time she with Segnior Phyloxenus and the rest of her Attendauntes entred into a moste delycate Banquetinge House where vppon the Walles in so good order and representation of Nature were painted all mane●… of Frui●…es Flowers Uines A●…ors and causes of Pleasure either in Dr●…haed or Garden as a mā without blushing might haue aduētured to gather vpon the bare Walles a Pomegranate a Cluster of Grapes a Gyllyflower or suche lyke had not the dead of Winter reaued the likelyhoode that they should be p●…fect After Quéene Aurelia the rest of the companie had taken their places in this earthly Paradic●… Segnior Phy loxenus secretly wylled y e Eunuke to chaunt out the pray ses of Hymen who obaying this Charge tuned his Lu●…e and to a swéete Noate sung this following ●…net EVen as the Vine that clasps the tender Elme beare Amonge greene leaues his purpled Grapes doth When wanting props himself doth onerwhelme And for the fire his Braunches doth prepare So●… in one with Hymens ●…tes fast bound Of their sweete loue liue alwayes in the seede When Death or time the single doth confounde Which ruine of fame the barren thought doth breede Sweete Hymen then thy Godhead Indore And 〈◊〉 my selfe by thee to be controlde In foulded Armes my Spouse my eyes before Yeelds more content then Dymonds Pearle Gold In quiet home vncheckt to rule and ●…e What lyfe 〈◊〉 sweete what hartes ●…ase like to this Or through ●…e my mind when ●…are doth greene What Medicine is better then ●…kysse At ●…s ●…en by ●…ouyng wife O none nor state lyke to the married lyfe This 〈◊〉 ended and well considered Sir quoth Queene Aurelia to S●…nion ●…xenus to be reuenged of the iniuri●… of our 〈◊〉 ●…tions who haue painted Marriage wi●…●…nd i●…nueniences I beséeche you and binde you by your promise to blazon the blessinges and excellencie of this ●…ed Institution that she who is 〈◊〉 may ●…e her 〈◊〉 ●…ayses and we that are igno●…t may knowe how to 〈◊〉 her benefites and with the same to honour her Madame quoth Seg●… Philoxenus you charge me beyonde my promise and ●…de mée to an impossibilitie I promist but to ioyne with this quick witted Company in opinion which I 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 to accomplish To blaze the excellencie of Marriage is a worke of no great diffcultie because her