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A01740	A posie of gilloflowers eche differing from other in colour and odour, yet all sweete. By Humfrey Gifford gent.	Gifford, Humphrey.; Tolomei, Claudio, 1492-1555. aut	1580 (1580)	STC 11872; ESTC S108637	86,923	163

not yet departed but remaines as at the first or rather greater and this vncessant sorowing doth not onely profit but rather endomage you greatly Adding to the first euil the most grieuous euill of affliction whereof Plato in his bookes of a Common wealth said most diuinely That it was the best thing that could bée in calamitie to take it so paciently to be contented therwith as wée possibly can in y e first it is vncertain whether the thing for which we lament be good or euill Farther the being sorowfull doth not in any thing remedie that which is happened besides that no humaine thing should bée of such estimation that it should moue a man to dwell in anguish for it What more that griefe and sorow are a hinderaunce to those remedies which might spéedily haue béene taken Most true and worthy are those reasons of Plato which if they were well wayed and duely considered of who is there that euer would afflict himselfe for any worldly calamite Truely such sorowing is forbidden to all but to the learned and vertuous much more whereof Fauorinus saide most wisely that a man of bold courage trained vp in the golden precepts of true Philosophy should haue tranquillitie of minde shut vp and setled in his brest before any ill hap light vpon him which is no more to say but y ● a wise man shold haue a strong Armour in a readines wherewith to defend himselfe against euery stroke and assault of fortune But what meane I to go forwardes to speake vainely as a Philosopher hauing already reasoned with you as a Christian The largnes of the matter doth cary mée away and the great affection that I beare you doeth prick mée forward neither can I well set downe which of these two are greater Therfore vnlesse I would alwayes speake it is néedeful that I make an ende of speaking It was an easie thing to enter into the déepe sea of this argument but vneasie to get forth Wherfore I must doe héere as Alexander the great did by Gordianus his knot who being vnable to vndoe it did cut it in sunder with his sword Now although pouertie haue not all that dowries of mée which God and Nature hath endewed her with yet haue I bestowed so many on her that she may euery way go richely to her husband Yee ought not to feare of being any more poore shée bringing so wealthy a dowrie to your house neither néede yée to stand in doubt of hauing many riualles to contend for her as Eurimacus Antinous with other woers did for Penelope for that pouertie as Xenophon in the person of Socrates saies very well amongst other her vertues hath this priuiledge that shée prouoketh not men to brawle and fight and to deceaue and séeke one an others death for the hauing of her as it often commeth to passe for the attaining of riches honour or kingdomes for although shée be not lockt vp nor garded shée conserues and kéepes her selfe and that which is most to be estéemed shée is so modest and chast that none in the house where shée dwelleth will bée ielous of her Sée then whether shée bée honest or deserue to bée had in reputation or no. But know yée not why shée remaies without a husband It is not for want of any goodnesse or bewtie being endued plentifully with eyther of them But because euery one doth staine and defile her euery one holdes her in contempt filling her with filthinesse and most spitefull pollutinges in such sorte that her true and natiue bewtie cannot bée séene But if any man would louingly bring her to his house and purifie and wash her adorning her with her true and proper ornamentes no doubt shée would appeare most gallant and bewtifull and it will then euidently bée séene how vile and contemptible riches are in comparison of her Behold almost I cannot ende and yet I will end Fare yée well and repose your confidence in God who is the true and bountifull dispenser of all good thinges An answere of Maister Clodius Ptholomoeus to a Letter sente him by a friende that meruelled wherefore hee hauing such learning remayned in so meane and base an estate of calling IN the last Letter that I receiued from you great was the woonder and complaint that yée brought in against mée which considering that it springeth altogether of the ouer great affection that yée beare towards mée I neither maruell at it nor am sory for it This auoucheth that to bée true which is spoken by Plato That the louer is often blinded in the thing beloued I account my selfe déepely indebted to your curtesie for this your affection but therwithall I wish your iudgement to bée somwhat more temperate for I would not that contrary effects should méete in mée at one instant féeling pleasure of the loue y ● yée beare mée displeasure of your iudgement I pray you therefore better to consider of this poynte following and after pronounce such iudgement of mee as yée shall thinke requisite That as an auncient cauiller did appeale from Caesar béeyng moued and angry to Caesar being not moued nor angry so I at this present appeale from you beyng carried away with ouer great affection to your self hauing Reason for your gouernesse Yée doe not a litle maruel that I in so long a time haue not lept to any degrée of honour or fortune It séeming vnto you that my linage my countrey my age my studies my customes my long aboade in the court my fauour acquired with men of high calling and finally my present noble and honorable seruice should haue aduanced me yea and farther that many other are dayly to bée séene in the court endued with qualities farre inferiour to mine to leape sodainly to degrées of preferment and that I was accurst and that it was a shame for me to remayne thus alwayes in base fortune and priuat condition And in the ende as a disdaynful friend yée conclude that this cannot come to passe but of an extréeme soft spritednesse in me in that I helpe not forward my fortune as I shoulde putting me in mynde of that auncient sentence of the Spartans that in calling for ayde of God it is necessary that we set to our owne helping hands as the instruments of God Truely I know not with what beginning it were best to answeare this your long maruell and tedious complaynt And beeyng desirous to doe you a pleasur eit came in my mynde once to graunt you that which you affirme to be true thinking at one instaunt to ease my selfe of labour in answearing and you of annoy in reading this my troublesome reply But I should erre in performing the duety that is conuenient to a true friend if eyther to flatter you or to auoyde labour I should not apparantly tel you that which I thinke First I know not whether this greatnesse of fortune y ● yée wish me be a thing that bringeth felicity to a man yea or no or whether

lye buryed in mucke and in sand My beard it is gray though not very old The strong I make wéepe nor for heate nor for cold Yet such is my state that the poore loue me well And stil I am forst with great men to dwell 7 From south and west commeth a straunge warlike nation Atti●de and apparel● in wonderfull fashion In garments milke white these people are clad Which strike and oppresse both good men and bad But fauour they shew in dealing their blowes And saue him from danger ech on his way goes And on his backe caryes dead bodyes great store Which with their thicke buffets had beate them before Great furies are kindled at end of the fray VVhich makes this straunge nation all vanish away 8 Long is it since first to the world I came Small am I of body poore féeble and lame Yet none in this world nor one neyther other In richesse and substaunce surpasseth my mother 8 Not long am I graunted this life to enioy So many there are that worke mée annoy O Lord how they rent mée it cannot bée told What torments I suffer in heat and in cold One while am I drowned such hap doth befal Then next doe they rost me yet this is not al. When thus they haue vsde me they cannot forbeare me Ere first being beaten by péecemeale they teare me Then serue I the turne of euery estate But one kinde of people mée deadly doth hate 9 Doe tell me my friends what creature is hée That two times is borne as all men may sée And liueth a space though not very long And often is killed not hauing done wrong VVhen y ● his breath fayleth it liueth no more It then is baptised and neuer before Though many a one doe euill entreate it They loue it right well and often doe eate it 10 A certain dead creature in mine armes I take With her back to my bosome great glée doth she make As thus I doe hold her she greatly doth chéere mée And wel are they pleased that sée me and heare mée Whilst erst it remayned in forest and field It silent remayning no speech forth did yéeld But since she of life by death was depriued With language shée speaketh mens sprites are reuiued 11 A father begat me yet I haue no mother Nor Uncle nor aunt nor sister nor brother Straight when I was born I began to florish For euery estate tooke care me to norish Thus many score yéeres they haue loued me full well And eke entertaind me amongst them to dwell All partes of the world I viewd in short space And still was bad welcome in euery place Though many by me reape losse care and woe They neuer will licence me from them to goe 12 Hard fortun doth haunt me by nature estranged From male into female I often am chaunged And where as before I liud well contented With prickings and punchings I now am tormented Now more to accomplish their gréedy desire They cruelly heate mee and scortch me with fire Though badly they vse mée so milde am I still That I yéelde them life that thus doe mée kill 13 Amongst the firiendships rare Of which old writers tell This may bée plaste in highest roome And doth deserue it well Whiles death with gasping throte Did gape for bloody pray Life conquered death and saude that life Which death did séeke to slay That life which did this déede As death would straight haue flaine That life which late by him was saude Preserude from death againe 14 Begot wi hout father in earth I remaine And oft I am turnd to my mother againe By night and by day I labour alwaies And with my sharp sauor both please displease Thus héere in this earth my race out I runne And neuer haue issue nor daughter nor sonne 15 A female I by name Am sister to a brother In all the world may not bée found Our like nor one nor other For hée no sooner dies But I straightwayes doe liue And I oft yéelding vnto death Still life to him doe giue Oft after him I hie And gladly would him stay But hée than arow from the bow More swiftly flyes away Straight wayes hée folowes me My presence to attaine And as hée fled from me before I flye from him againe Though straunge our state doth séeme By proofe yée may it try That both of vs are still aliue Yet both doe dayly die That yée may better know What straungers great wée bée Wee day and night doe dine and sup With men of ech degrée 16 Two are we in name though in substaunce but one First framed by arte then finisht with mone Before we are ready for those that will buy Through greatnesse of torment wée howle and wée Cry Yet féele we no griefe for all this anoy Great numbers by vs haue comfort and ioy Who when for their profits we haue done what wée may They then do reiect vs and cast vs away 17 Fayre art thou and ●●d deseruing great praise And all men thée reuerence and honour alwayes Whiles that thy white banner abrode still is spread For then thou doest comfort both liuing and dead But if thy blacke banner bée spread foorth in vew All honour farewell all gladnesse adew Such woe then thou bringest to more and to lesse As pen cannot write it nor tongue may expresse 18. Of thée O my friend a thing I doe craue Which thou neuer hadst nor neuer shalt haue If that for thy selfe thou purpose to gayne it Thy labour is lost thou mayst not obtayne it Although thou shouldst liue a whole thousand yéere And séeke it yet shouldst thou be nothing the néere Now if thou doe loue me euen so as thou sayest Doe geue it For truely I know that thou mayst The solutions of the riddles 1 THe father the yéere the xii sōnes y ● xii months the ix children the xxx dayes and xxx nights 2 A Ship 3 Amans minde 4 A footeball made of a bladder 5 An old man being in prison his daughter comming to visite him woulde geue him sucke of her breasts so nourish him 6 An Onion 7 Men trauellng in the snow are beaten with it and carry the dead bodies on their garments vntill they come to a fire which makes them vanish away 8 Hempe 9 A chicken being first an Egge then a chicken 10 A Lute 11 Play at all kinde of games 12 Wheat being the Newter Gēder in Latin is turned into farinam meale which is the feminine which is then cōnerted into bread so nourisheth them that bake it 13 A man cōming to a foūtaine to drinke saw a serpent climbing vp on a trée to deuour a neast of young Egles which serpent hee slewe with his sworde and so saued their liues beeing about then to drink of the water the young birdes scraping out the filth of their nests fowled it in such sort that it letted him from drinking a spaniel that he had there with him tasting of it was presently poysoned 14 Salt 15 The night and day 16 A paire of sheares 17 A good tongue and a bad 18 A mayde béeing in loue with a young man desires him to geue her a husbande which in marriyng with her hée might doe