prooue the masons arte Which doth inferre this lesson vnto all That to defende our countrie deare from harme For warre or worke wee eyther hande should arme Murus aeneus sana conscientia To MILES HOBART Esquier Nic. Reusnerus Missa triumphalem nō tangunt fulmina laurū Cingunt hac vates tempora lata sacri BOTHE freshe and greene the Laurell standeth sounde Thoughe lightninges flasshe and thunderboltes do flie Where other trees are blasted to the grounde Yet not one leafe of it is withered drie Euen so the man that hathe a conscience cleare When wicked men doe quake at euerie blaste Doth constant stande and dothe no perrilles feare When tempestes rage doe make the worlde agaste Suche men are like vnto the Laurell tree The others like the blasted boughes that die Hor. 1. Carm. 22. Integer vitae scelerisque purus Non eget Maurî iaculis nec arcu Nec venenatis grauida sagittis Fusce pharetra Siue per Syrtes iter aestuosas Siue facturus per inhospitalem Caucasum vel qua loca fabulosus Lambit Hydaspes Sic discerne To THO. STVTVILE Esquier IN fruictefull feilde amid the goodlie croppe The hurtfull tares and dernell ofte doe growe And many times doe mounte aboue the toppe Of highest corne But skilfull man doth knowe When graine is ripe with siue to purge the seedes From chaffe and duste and all the other weedes Ouid. 3. Trist 4. Viue sine inuidia mollésque inglorius annos Exige aemiertias tibi iunge pares By which is ment sith wicked men abounde That harde it is the good from bad to trie The prudent sorte shoulde haue suche iudgement sounde That still the good they shoulde from bad descrie And sifte the good and to discerne their deedes And weye the bad noe better then the weedes Interiora vide To GEORGE BROOKE Esquier THough outwarde thinges doe trimme braue appeare And sightes at firste doe aunswere thie desire Yet inwarde partes if that they shine not cleare Suspecte the same and backe in time retire For inwardlie such deadlie foes maie lurke As when wee trust maie our destruction worke Though bewtie rare bee farre and neare renoum'de Though Natures giftes and fortunes doe excell Yet if the minde with heinous crimes abounde And nothing good with in the same doe dwell Regarde it not but shonne the outward showe Vntill thou doe the inwarde vertues knowe Plaut in Amph. Virtus omnia in se habet omnia adsunt bona quem Pene'st virtus Fortuna virtutem superans To FR. W. Esquier Simile de Aiace seipsum interficiente super cuius tumulum virtus plorans pro falso iudicio apparet antè folio tricesimo Nam cùm Achillis arma per Agamem nonis iudicium Vlyssi adiudicabantur Aiax illius iniuriae impatiens postea insanus seipsum interficiebat sic inquiens vt Ouid. habet 13. Metamorph. Hectora qui solus qui ferrum ignémque Iouémque Sustinuit toties vnam non sustinet tram Inuictúmq virū vicit dolor arripit ensem Et meus hic certè est an hunc sibi poscit Vlysses Hoc ait vtēdum est in me mihi quiq cruore Saepè Phrygum maduit domini nunc caedemaedebit Ne quisquam Aiacem possit superare nisi Aiax Dixit in pectus c. WHEN BRVTVS knewe AVGVSTVS parte preuail'de And sawe his frendes lie bleedinge on the grounde Suche deadlie griefe his noble harte assail'de That with his sworde hee did him selfe confounde But firste his frendes perswaded him to flee Whoe aunswer'd thus my flighte with handes shal bee And bending then to blade his bared breste Hee did pronounce theise wordes with courage great Oh Prowes vaine I longe did loue thee beste But nowe I see thou doest on fortune waite Wherefore with paine I nowe doe prooue it true That fortunes force maie valiant hartes subdue Fides non apparentium To BARTHRAM CALTHORPE Esquier THE fissherman doth caste his nettes in sea In hope at lengthe an happie hale to haue And is content longe time to pause and staie Thoughe nothinge elles hee see besides the waue Yet onelie trust for thinges vnseene dothe serue Which feedes him ofte till he doth almoste sterue If fisshermen haue then suche constant hope For hidden thinges and such as doe decaie Let Christians then the eies of faithe houlde ope And thinke not longe for that which lastes for aie And on GODS worde theire hope to anchor faste Whereof eache iote shal bee fulfil'de at laste Ouid. Epist 18. Non boue mactato coelestia numina gaudent Sed quae praestanda est sine teste fide Virtus vnita valet Ornatiss inuenibus nouem fratribus GEORGII BVRGOINE armigeri F. F. THE surging Sea doth salte and sweete remaine And is preseru'de with working to and froe And not corruptes nor suffreth anie staine Whiles in his boundes the same doth ebbe and flowe But if it waste and forth by sluses fall It soone corruptes and hath no force at all The arrowes sharpe that in one sheafe are bounde Are harde to breake while they are ioined sure But seuer them then feeble are they founde So where as loue and concorde doth indure A little force doth mightilie preuaile Where Princes powers with hate and discorde quaile Gratiam referendam Aelianus lib. 10. cap. 16. SEE heare the storke prouides with tender care And bringeth meate vnto her hatched broode They like againe for her they doe prepare When shee is oulde and can not get her foode Idem libro 8. cap. 22. vbi de natura Ciconiae mira fabula Which teacheth bothe the parente and the childe Theire duties heare which eche to other owe First fathers must be prouident and milde Vnto theire fruicte till they of age doe growe And children muste with dutie still proceede To reuerence them and helpe them if they neede Paradisus poëticus Defessum fertur portare Ciconia patrem Hinc illa pietas sancta notatur aue Auaritia Ouid. Metam lib. 4. HEARE TANTALVS as Poëttes doe deuine This guerdon hathe for his offence in hell The pleasante fruite dothe to his lippe decline A riuer faire vnto his chinne doth swell Yet twixt these two for foode the wretche dothe sterue For bothe doe flee when they his neede shoulde serue The couetous man this fable reprehendes For chaunge his name and TANTALVS hee is Hee dothe abounde yet sterues and nothing spendes But keepes his goulde as if it weare not his With slender fare he doth his hunger feede And dare not touche his store when hee doth neede Horat. serm 1. Sat. 1. Tantalus à labris sitiens fugientia captat Flumina quid rides mutato nomine de te Fabula narratur congestis vndique saccis Indormis inhians tanquam parcere sacris Congeris c. O vita misero longa De quo Diodor. Sicul. lib. 6. TO Cawcasus behoulde PROMETHEVS chain'de Whose liuer still a greedie gripe dothe rente He neuer
debeat And not inclin'd to rigor or to ruthe But when a cause before them shal bee harde With conscience cleare let them the same decide No Ritche or Poore or frend or foe regarde For feare they doe throughe theire affections slide But let them washe theire handes from euerie crime That GOD maye blesse and here prolonge theire time Auson de viro bono Edyll 18. Non priùs in dulcem declinat lumina somnum Omnia quà m longi reputauerit acta diei Quae praetergressus quid gestum in tempore quid non Cur isti facto decus abfuit aut ratio illi Quid mihi praeteritum cur haec sententia sedit Quam melius mutare fuit miseratus egentem Cur aliquom fracta persensi mente dolorem Quid volui quod nolle bonum foret vtile honesto Cur malus antetuli num dicto aut denique vultu Perstrictus quisquam cur me natura magis quà m Disciplina trahit sic dicta facta per omnia Ingrediens ortóque à vespere cuncta reuoluens Offensus prauis dat palmam praemia rectis Constantia comes victoriae To MILES CORBET Esquier THE shippe that longe vppon the sea dothe saile And here and there with varrijng windes is toste On rockes and sandes in daunger ofte to quaile Yet at the lengthe obtaines the wished coaste Which beinge wonne the trompetts ratlinge blaste Dothe teare the skie for ioye of perills paste Boni gubernatoris est ventoruÌ„ se flatibus accommodare viri autem sapieÌ„tis animi affectibus Arist apud Stob. Thoughe master reste thoughe Pilotte take his ease Yet nighte and day the ship her course dothe keepe So whilst that man dothe saile theise worldlie seas His voyage shortes althoughe he wake or sleepe And if he keepe his course directe he winnes That wished porte where lastinge ioye beginnes Demetrius Phaler Tardè aggredere quod aggressurus sis perseueranter prosequere Nam vt inquit Greg. lib. 1. Mor. Incassum bonum agitur si ante vitae terminum deseratur Quia frustra velociter currit qui prius quà m ad metas venerit deficit Ex Bello pax To HVGHE CHOLMELEY Esquier THE helmet stronge that did the head defende Beholde for hyue the bees in quiet seru'd And when that warres with bloodie bloes had ende They hony wroughte where souldiour was preseru'd Which doth declare the blessed fruites of peace How sweete shee is when mortall warres doe cease De falce ex ense Martialis Pax me certa ducis placidos curuauit in vsus Agricolae nunc sum militis ante fui Calumniam contra calumniatorem virtus repellit WHO so with force against the marble wall Or piller stronge doth shoote to pierce the same It not preuailes for doune the arrowes fall Or backe rebounde to him from whence they came So slaunders foule and wordes like arrowes keene Not vertue hurtes but turnes her foes to teene Sic spectanda fides To GEORGE MANWARINGE Esquier ✚ HENâ—â—VS DEI GRATIA FRAÌ„COR REX Claud. 2. Stil de fide Haec amicitias longo post tempore firmat Mansuróque adamante ligat nec mobile mutat Ingenium paruae strepitu nec vincula noxa Dissolui patitur necfastidire priorem Allicitur veniento nouo c. THE touche doth trye the fine and purest goulde And not the sound or els the goodly showe So if mennes wayes and vertues wee behoulde The worthy men wee by their workes shall knowe But gallant lookes and outward showes beguile And ofte are clokes to cogitacions vile Illicitum non sperandum Alciatus Spes simul Nemesis nostris altaribus ad sunt Scilicet vt speres non nisi quod liceat HERE NEMESIS and Hope our deedes doe rightlie trie Which warnes vs not to hope for that which iustice doth denie Feriunt summos fulmina montes To I. T. Esquier Gregor in mor. Cùm quis positus in prosperitate diligitur incertum est vtrum prosperitas an persona diligatur Amissio auteÌ„ foelicitatis interrogat vim dilectionis nec prosperitas quidem amicum indicat nec aduersitas inimicum celat THE bandogge fitte to matche the bull or beare With burthens greate is loden euery daye Or drawes the carte and forc'd the yoke to weare Where littell dogges doe passe their time in playe And ofte are bould to barke and eeke to bite When as before they trembled at his sighte Yet when in bondes they see his thrauled state Eache bragginge curre beginnes to square and brall The freër sorte doe wonder at his fate And thinke them beste that are of stature small For they maie sleepe vppon their mistris bedde And on their lappes with daynties still bee fedde Eras in Epist Nihil aduersum nisi quod nobis obstat ad aeternam foelicitatem properantibus nihil prosperum nisi quod deo conducit The loftie pine with axe is ouerthrowne And is prepar'd to serue the shipmans turne When bushes stande till stormes bee ouerblowne And lightninges flashe the mountaine toppes doth burne All which doe shewe that pompe and worldlie power Makes monarches markes when varrijnge fate doth lower Ouid. 2. Art Amandi Luxuriant animi rebus plerumque secundis Nec facile est aequa commoda mente pati Perfidus familiaris To G. B. Esquier Lacedaemoniorum dux apud Plutarchum WHILE throughe his foes did boulde BRASIDAS thruste And thought with force their courage to confounde Throughe targat faire wherein he put his truste His manlie corpes receau'd a mortall wounde Beinge ask'd the cause before he yeelded ghoste Quoth hee my shielde wherein I trusted moste Euen so it happes wee ofte our bayne doe brue When ere wee trie wee trust the gallante showe When frendes suppoas'd do prooue them selues vntrue When SINON false in DAMONS shape dothe goe Then gulfes of griefe doe swallowe vp our mirthe And thoughtes ofte times doe shrow'd vs in the earthe Sape sub agnina latet hirtus pelle Lycaon Súbque Catone pio perfidus ille Nero. All is not goulde that glittereth to the eye Some poison stronge a sugred taste doth keepe The crabbe ofte times is beautifull to see The Adder fell within the flowers doth creepe The brauest tombe hath stinking bones within So fawninge mates haue alwaies faithlesse bin Yet to preuent such harmes before they fall Thinke howe thy frende maie liue to bee thy foe Then when your loue exceedeth moste of all Looke that thy tonge doe not at randonne goe For feare thy speeche doe turne vnto thy smarte If that thy mate doe beare a IVDAS harte Plaut Capt. Fac fidelis sis fideli caue fluxam fidem geras But if thou doe inioye a faithfull frende See that with care thou keepe him as thy life And if perhappes he doe that maye offende Yet waye thy frende and shunne the cause of strife Remembringe still there is no greater crosse Then of a frende for to sustaine the losse Cato Damnaris nunquaÌ„ post
M. THOMAS WHETELEY AWAKE from sleepe secure when perrill doth appeare No wisedome then to take our ease and not the worst to feare Still ARCHIMEDES wroughte when foes had wonne the * Syracusa towne And woulde not leaue his worke in hande till he was beaten downe Plutarch in vita Marcelli Plin. lib. 7. cap. 37. No suretie is within when roofe alofte doth flame It is a madnes then to staye till wee haue donne our game Vegetius Nunquam imperatot ita paci credat vt non se praeparet bello Et Bern. in Nat. Dom. Ser. 6. Ex consideratione remedij periculi aestimatur quantitas Yea those that helpe deferre when neighbours house doth burne Are like with griefe to see their owne with speede to cinders turne Then cut of all delaies when daungers are begonne For if beginnings wee withstande the conquest sooner wonne Ouid. 4. Pont. 11. Temporis officium est solatia dicere certi Dum dolor in cursu est dum petit aeger opem Ex morbo medicina To W. RO. Horat. Serm. lib. 1. Satyra 3. Demosth. apud Volat. Qui animum curat seipsum curat qui corpus non se sed sua curat qui pecuniam non se nec sua curat sed valdè aliena curat Plut. de Polit. Maiori odio diuitem populus persequi solet nihil per benignitatē gratiam depromentem quà m inopem qui bona subripiat publica hoc enim necessitate domina stimulante illud malignitate atq contemptu fieri arbitratur Gregor in Homil. Res suas cum moreretur diues secum tolleret si ad petentis vocem cùm viueret tulisset nam terrena omnia quae seruando amittimus largiendo seruamus WHEN that OPIMIVS ritche had scraped manie a pounde And fil'd his baggs cofers full that wealthe did most abounde Yet liu'd hee still in awe as if it weare offence To ope his purce for any neede hee spared so his pence At lengthe this greedie carle the Lythergie posseste That vnneth hee could stere a foote with sleepe so sore oppreste And languishinge therein not like for to escape His heire was ioyfull of that sighte who for his goodes did gape But when that nothinge coulde OPIMIVS sleepinge let The quicke Phisition did commaunde that tables shoulde bee set About the misers bed and budgettes forthe to bringe And poure the goulde vppon the bourde that hee mighte heare it ringe And bad the heire to tell and all the standers bye With that hee to the sicke man call'de what meane you thus to lye And will not haue regarde your treasure to preserue Behoulde your heire and all the reste howe largely nowe they carue With that hee started vp halfe dead and halfe a liue And staringe on his heapes of goulde longe time for life did striue So that when nothinge coulde his drousie eies awake Such vertue had the sighte of goulde that sleepe did him forsake Which showés when dreadfull deathe presentes the lastinge sleepe They hardly can departe in peace whose goulde is rooted deepe Auson Epig. 55. Effigiem Rex Croese tuā ditissime Regum Vidit apud Manes Diogenes Cynicus Cōstitit vtque procul solito maiore cachinno Concussus dixit quid tibi diuitiae Nunc prosunt Regum Rex ô ditissime cùm sis Sicut ego solus me quoque pauperior Nā quaecunq habui mecū fero cùm nihil ipse Ex tantis tecum Croese feras opibus Fraus meretur fraudem Horat. Epist lib. 1. Epist 1. THE Lion oulde that coulde not get his praye By swifte pursute as he had done of late Did faigne him sicke and in his denne did staye And praede on those that came to see his state At lengthe the foxe his dutie to declare Came to the dore to knowe howe he did fare Who answered sicke my oulde beloued frende Come in and see and feele my pulses beate To whome quoth he I dare not now intende Bicause these steppes some secret mischiefe threate For all I see haue gone into thy denne But none I finde that haue retorn'd againe Zelotypia A Sicknes sore that dothe in secret wounde And gripes the harte thoughe outward nothing showe The force whereof the paciente doth confounde That oftentimes dispaire therof doth growe And Ielousie this sicknes hathe to name An hellishe paine that firste from PLVTO came Which passion straunge is alwaies beauties foe And moste of all the married sorte enuies Oh happie they that liue in wedlocke soe That in their brestes this furie neuer rise For when it once doth harbour in the harte It soiournes still and doth too late departe Ouid. Metam lib. 7. Lo PROCRIS heare when wounded therwithall Did breede her bane who mighte haue bath'de in blisse This corsie sharpe so fedde vppon her gall That all to late shee mourn'd for her amisse For whilst shee watch'd her husbandes waies to knowe Shee vnawares was praeye vnto his bowe Similem de vxore Cyanippi scribit Plutarchus in Moral Medici Jcon Ad ornatiss viros D. IOANNEM IAMES LANCELOTTVM BROWNE Medicos celeberrimos THIS portrature dothe AESCVLAPIVS tell The laurell crowne the fame of phisike showes The bearde declares his longe experience well And grauitie therewith that alwaie goes The scepter tells he ruleth like a kinge Amongst the sicke commaunding euerie thinge Ouid. 3. Pont. 4. Ad medicam dubius confugit aeger opem The knotted staffe declares the crabbed skill Moste harde t' attaine that doth supporte his state His sittinge shewes he must be setled still With constant minde and rashe proceedinge hate The Dragon tells he doth our age renewe And soone decerne to giue the sicke his dewe Hier. in Epist Corporis debilitas nimia etiam a nimi vites frangit mentis quoque ingenium marcescere facit quicquid cum modo temperamento fit salubre sit The cocke dothe teache his watchinge and his care To visite ofte his pacientes in their paine The couchinge dogge dothe laste of all declare That faithfulnes and loue shoulde still remaine Within their brestes that Phisike doe professe Which partes they all shoulde in their deedes expresse Inanis impetus Clariss omnique doctrinae virtutis laude ornatissimo viro D. IVSTO LIPSIO BY shininge lighte of wannishe CYNTHIAS raies The dogge behouldes his shaddowe to appeare Wherefore in vaine aloude he barkes and baies And alwaies thoughte an other dogge was there But yet the Moone who did not heare his queste Hir woonted course did keepe vnto the weste Ouid. 1. Remed Ingenium liuor magni detrectat Homeri Quisquis es ex illo Zoile nomen habes This reprehendes those fooles which baule and barke At learned men that shine aboue the reste With due regarde that they their deedes should marke And reuerence them that are with wisedome bleste But if they striue in vaine their winde they spende For woorthie men the Lorde doth still defende Martial lib. 5. ad Regulum
truculentia suorum perierit Ad affinem suum R. E. medicum insignem Aelian De Animalibus lib. 9. cap. 7. lib. 12. cap. 12. THE Dolphin swifte vpon the shore is throwne Thoughe he was bred and fostered in the flood If NEPTVNE shewe such wronge vnto his owne Then howe maie man in shippes haue hope of good Alciatus Nam si nec propriis Neptunus parcit alumnis Quis tutos homines natubus esse putat The raging Sea our countrie doth declare The Dolphin fishe those that exiled are And thoughe this fishe was mightie in the sea Without regarde yet was hee caste on shore So famous men that longe did beare the swaie De his Petrarcha lib. vtriusq fortunae in titulo de morientibus extra patriam luculenter scribit Haue bene exil'd and liu'd in habit pore This SOCRATES and MARCVS TVLLIVS tri'de DEMOSTHENES and thousandes moe beside Ausonius Epigr. 135. Fortuna nunquam sistit in eodem statu Semper mouetur variat mutat vices Et summa in imum vertit ac versa erigit Tecum habita Ad Agnatum suum R. W. Coolensem A Solemne feaste great IVPITER did make And warn'd all beastes and creatures to be there The presse was muche eache one his place did take At lengthe when all weare in there cheifest cheare At seconde course the snaile crepte slowlie in Whome IOVE did blame cause hee so slacke had bin Who aunswered thus oh kinge behoulde the cause I beare my house wherefore my pace is slowe Which warneth all in feasting for to pause And to the same with pace of snaile to goe And further telles no places maie compare Vnto our homes where wee commaunders are Admonet hoc sectanda gradu conuiuia tardo Atque domo propria dulcius esse nihil Industria naturam corrigit Ad D. H. Wh. patruelis mei F. THE Lute whose sounde doth most delighte the eare Was caste aside and lack'de bothe stringes and frettes Whereby no worthe within it did appeare MERCVRIVS came and it in order settes Which being tun'de suche Harmonie did lende That Poëttes write the trees theire toppes did bende Euen so the man on whome dothe Nature froune Whereby he liues dispis'd of euerie wighte Industrie yet maie bringe him to renoume And diligence maie make the crooked righte Then haue no doubt for arte maie nature helpe Thinke howe the beare doth forme her vglye whelpe Ouid Epist 12. Si mihi difficilis formam natura negauit Ingenio formae damna rependo meae Infortunia nostra alienis collata leuiora Ad eundem Ouid. 9 Metam Quódque ego vult genitor vult ipsa socérque futurus At non vult natura potentior omnibus istu THE Asse and Ape complaine and thought theire fortunes bad The Asse for wante of hornes the Ape bycause no taile he had The Mole then answere made I haue no eyes to see Then wherefore can you nature blame if that you looke on mee Which biddes vs bee contente with lot that God doth sende For if wee others wantes do wey our happes wee maie commende Vxoriae virtutes To my Sister M. D. COLLEY Plautus in Amph. Non ego illam mihi dotem duco esse quae dos dicitur Sed pudicitiam pudorem sedatum Cupidinem Deûm metum parentum amorem cognatum concordiam THIS representes the vertues of a wife Her finger staies her tonge to runne at large The modest lookes doe shewe her honest life The keys declare shee hathe a care and chardge Of husbandes goodes let him goe where he please The Tortoyse warnes at home to spend her daies Inuidiae descriptio Ad Ra. W. Inuidiam Ouid. describit 2. Metamorph VVHAT hideous hagge with visage sterne appeares Whose feeble limmes can scarce the bodie staie This Enuie is leane pale and full of yeares Who with the blisse of other pines awaie And what declares her eating vipers broode That poysoned thoughtes bee euermore her foode Lucret. 3. Macerat Inuidia ante oculos illū esse potētem Illum adspectari claro qui incedit honore Ipsi se in tenebris volui coenóque queruntur What meanes her eies so bleared sore and redd Her mourninge still to see an others gaine And what is mente by snakes vpon her head The fruite that springes of such a venomed braine But whie her harte shee rentes within her brest It shewes her selfe doth worke her owne vnrest Whie lookes shee wronge bicause shee woulde not see An happie wight which is to her a hell What other partes within this furie bee Her harte with gall her tonge with stinges doth swell And laste of all her staffe with prickes aboundes Which showes her wordes wherewith the good shee woundes Ouid. lib. 1. De Arte Amandi Fertilior seges est alienis semper in agris Vicinumque pecus grandius vher habet De Inuido Auaro iocosum Auth. de Gueuara in Epistolis suis THE Goddes agreed two men their wishe should haue And did decree who firste demaunde did make Shoulde haue his wishe and he that last did craue The others gifte shoulde double to him take The Couetous wretche and the Enuious man Theise weare the two that of this case did scanne They longe did striue who shoulde the firste demaunde The couetous man refus'de bicause his mate Shoulde haue his gifte then doubled out of hande The thought whereof vppon his harte did grate Wherefore the Goddes did plague him for his sinne And did commaunde th' Enuious man beginne Who did not craue what MIDAS cheife did choose Because his frende the fruite thereof should finde But onelie wish'de that he one eie might loose Vnto the ende to haue the other blinde Which beinge say'd he did his wishe obtaine So but one eye was lefte vnto them twaine See heare how vile theise caytiffes doe appeare To GOD and man but chieflie as wee see The Couetous man who hurteth farre and neare Where spytefull men theire owne tormentors bee But bothe be bad and he that is the beste GOD keepe him thence where honest men doe reste Ad ornatiss virum Dn. PETRVM WITHIPOLE Petre imitare petram Hadrianus Iunius Harlemensis Medicus clariss inter Emblemata sua filio suo Petro hoc inscripsit WHAT IVNIVS sent his sonne lo here I send to thee Bycause his name and Nature both with thyne doe well agree Dispise all pleasures vayne hould vertue by the hand And as in rage of wyndes and Seas the Rocke doth firmely stande So stand thou allwayes sure that thou maist liue with fame Remembring how the Latins sounde a Rocke so like thy name Ouid. Epist 15. Permanet in voto mens mea firma suo Dum potes viue Ad veterem suum amicum Dn. GEORGIVM SALMON qui maximo vitae periculo Roma euasit THE Cuttle fishe that likes the muddie crickes To which the sea dothe flowe at euerie tide For to escape the fishers ginnes and trickes
to see And whie Bicause selfe loue doth wounde our hartes And makes vs thinke our deedes alone to bee Whiche secrete sore lies hidden from our eyes And yet the same an other plainlie sees Suum euique pulchrum est ad huc neminem cognoui poëtam qui sibi nō optimus videretur sic res habet me delectant mea te tua Cicer. 5. Tuscul What follie more what dotage like to this And doe we so our owne deuise esteeme Or can we see so soone an others misse And not our owne Oh blindnes most extreme Affect not then but trye and prooue thy deedes For of selfe loue reproche and shame proceedes Nusquam tuta fides Aelian de Animal lib. 13. cap. 8. scribit quod Elephāti sunt altitudinis 9. cubitorum latitud 5. lib. 17. ca. 7. quod viuunt ad aetatem 200. Annorum nonnulli ad 300. multa mira de illis lib. 10. cap. 15. NO state so sure no seate within this life But that maie fall thoughe longe the same haue stoode Here fauninge foes here fained frendes are rife With pickthankes blabbes and subtill Sinons broode Who when wee truste they worke our ouerthrowe And vndermine the grounde wheron wee goe Cato lib. 1. Fistula dulce canit voluerem dum decipit auceps The Olephant so huge and stronge to see No perill fear'd but thought a sleepe to gaine But foes before had vndermin'de the tree And downe he falles and so by them was slaine First trye then truste like goulde the copper showes And NERO ofte in NVMAS clothinge goes Numa Pompilius Roman Rex 2. Silius 13. Foedera mortales ne saeuo rumpite ferro Sed castam seruate fidem fulgentibus ostro Haec potior regnis c. Quod non capit Christus rapit fiscus WHERE couetousnes the scepter doth supporte There greedie gripes the Kinge dothe ofte extoll Bicause he knowes they doe but make a sporte His subiectes poore to shaue to pill and poll And when he sees that they are fatte and full He cuttes them of that he maye haue theire wolle Vnto a sponge theise are resembled righte Which drie at firste when it with water swelles The hande that late did wette it being lighte The same againe the moisture quite expelles And to the flood from whence it latelie came It runnes againe with wringinge of the same Petrus Arbiter Orbem iam totum victor Romanus habebat Quà mare quà terrae quà sidus currit vtrumque Nec satiatus erat grauidis freta pulsa carinis Iam peragrabantur si quis sinus abditus vltra Si qua foret tellus quae fuluum mitteret aurum c. Paupertatem summis ingeniis obesse ne prouehantur Ad Doctiss virum Dn. W. MALIM ONE hande with winges woulde flie vnto the starres And raise mee vp to winne immortall fame But my desire necessitie still barres And in the duste doth burie vp my name That hande woulde flie th' other still is bounde With heauie stone which houldes it to the grounde My wishe and will are still to mounte alofte My wante and woe denie me my desire I shewe theire state whose witte and learninge ofte Excell and woulde to highe estate aspire But pouertie with heauie clogge of care Still pulles them downe when they ascending are Inuenalis Haud facilè emergunt quorum virtutibus obstat Res. angusta domi c. Pro bono malum Duodecem haec sequentia ob elegantiam venustarem è G. Faerni selectis fabulis sumpta THE stagge that hardly skap'd the hunters in the chase At lengthe by shadowe of a tree founde refuge for a space And when the eger houndes had lefte their wished praye Behoulde with biting of the boughes him selfe hee did bewraye Throughe which the hunter straight did pierce him to the harte Whereat quoth hee this wounde I haue is iustly my deserte For where I good did finde I ought not ill requite But lo these boughes that sau'd my life I did vnkindly bite Wherefore althoughe the tree could not reuenge her wronge Yet nowe by fates my fall is wrought who mighte haue liued longe In pace de bello THE bore did whette his tuskes the foxe demaunded why Since that he had no foes at hande that should their sharpnes try To which he answere made when foes doe me beset They all aduantage gladlie take and giue no leaue to whet Which teacheth vs in peace our force for warres to frame Whereby we either shall subdue or loose the field with fame Aliena pericula cautiones nostrae THE lyon asse and foxe goe forthe to hunte for pray Which done the lyon bad the asse the spoile in partes to lay Then he with greate regarde three partes alike did share Wherat the lyon in a rage the asse in peeces tare The foxe he charged then for to performe the same Who all the beste vppon one heape did for the lyon frame And littell of the worste did for him selfe reserue Then beinge ask'd what taughte him so vnequally to carue This spectacle quoth hee which I behoulde with care Which showes those happie that can bee by others harmes beware Indulgentia parentum filiorum pernicies A Theefe condemn'd to dye to execution lead His wofull mother did beholde for sorowe almoste dead And whilst she kiss'd her sonne whome she did tender deare The towarde childe did kisse with teeth and off her nose did teare Whereat the standers by exclaymed at his acte Then quoth the theefe my masters marke I will defend the facte My mother in my youthe did with my faults dispence And euermore did like me best when I did most offence So that she was the cause that made me doe amisse For if shee had correction vs'de I had not come to this Wherefore I did reuenge my wronge in what I mighte In hope my facte shall mothers warne that doe behould this sighte For if the Children steale and come vnto the rope It often is the parentes faulte for giuing them such scope Dolor è medicina A Purblinde dame agreed with one to helpe her sight Who daylie when he home retorn'd did steale what so he might At lengthe when all was gone the pacient gan to see And then the false Phisition ask'd the price they did agree Whereat quoth she alas no remedie I finde Bycause my sences either faile or ells my eies bee blinde For where my house before was garnish'd euerie nooke I nowe can see no goodes at all though rounde about I looke Dura vsu molliora WHEN first the foxe the lyon did behoulde Hee quak'd for feare and almost dead did fall The second time he waxed somewhat boulde But at the third hee had no feare at all Which shewes that artes at first moste harde to see With triall oft both playne and easie bee In eos qui proximioribus spretis remotiora sequuntur TH'ASTRONOMER by night beheld the starres to shine And what should chaunce an
prooue if it be sure Doth Hazarde muche it shoulde in peeces flie Aduentring that which else mighte well indure For there with strengthe he strikes vppon the stithe That men maye knowe his youthfull armes haue pithe Which warneth those that louinge frendes inioye With care to keepe and frendlie them to treate And not to trye them still with euerie toye Nor presse them doune when causes be too greate Nor in requests importunate to bee For ouermuche dothe tier the courser free Strenuorum immortale nomen To the honorable Gentleman Sir WILLIAM RVSSELL Knight Alij in Rhetaeo littore sed aliter Claud. Min. super Alciatū Emblem 48. Emblem 135. Plin. Natural Histor libro 5. cap. 30. ACHILLES tombe vpon SIGAEA A shore This representes where THETIS ofte was seene And for his losse did seeme for to deplore With gallant flower the same was alwaies greene And at the toppe a palme did freshelie bloome Whose braunches sweete did ouerspread the toombe Which shewes thoughe deathe the valiaunt ouerthrowe Yet after fate their fame remaines behinde And triumphes still and dothe no conquest knowe But is the badge of euerie noble minde And when in graue their corpes inclosed lye Their famous actes doe pierce the azure skye Sen. Her Fur. Oet act 5. Nunquam Stygias fertur ad vmbras Inclyta virtus viuite fortes Nec Lethaeos saeua per amnes Vos fata trahent sed cum summas Exiget auras consumpta dies Iter ad fuperos gloria pandet Vel post mortem formidolosi To the honorable Sir IOHN NORRIS Knight Lord president of Munster in Irelande and Colonell Generall of the Englishe Infanterie in the lowe countries A Secret cause that none can comprehende In natures workes is often to bee seene As deathe can not the ancient discorde ende That raigneth still the wolfe and sheepe betweene Plin. De Nat. Hist lib. 17. cap. 4. The like beside in many thinges are knowne The cause reueal'd to none but GOD alone For as the wolfe the sillye sheepe did feare And made him still to tremble at his barke So beinge dead which is moste straunge to heare This feare remaynes as learned men did marke For with their skinnes if that two drommes bee bounde That clad with sheepe doth iarre and hathe no sounde Claud. Min. super Alciatum Emb. 117. And if that stringes bee of their intrailes wroughte And ioyned both to make a siluer sounde No cunninge eare can tune them as they oughte But one is harde the other still is droun'de Or discordes foule the harmonie doe marre And nothinge can appease this inward warre So ZISCA thoughte when deathe did shorte his daies As with his voice hee erste did daunte his foes That after deathe hee shoulde newe terror raise And make them flee as when they felte his bloes Aeneas Sisuius 3. Comment De rebus gestis Alphons Wherefore hee charg'd that they his skinne shoulde frame To fitte a dromme and marche forth with the same So HECTORS sighte greate feare in Greekes did worke When hee was showed on horsebacke beeinge dead HVNIADES the terrour of the Turke Coelius Curio Thoughe layed in graue yet at his name they fled And cryinge babes they ceased with the same The like in FRANCE sometime did TALBOTS name Forres magnanimi habendi sunt non qui faciunt sed qui propulsant iniuriam Cic. 1. offic Victoria cruenta To Sir WILLIAM STANDLEY Knight THE Olephante with stinge of serpent fell That still about his legges with winding cralles Throughe poison stronge his bodie so did swell That doune he sinkes and on the serpente falles Which creature huge did fall vppon him soe That by his deathe he also kill'd his foe Non est tanti gauch excelsa tenere quanti meeroris est de excelsis corruere nee tanta gloria sequi potest victoriam quanta ignominin potest sequi reinam Awb Those sharpe conflictes those broiles and battailes maine That are atchieude with spoile on either parte Where streames of blood the hilles and valleys staine And what is wonne the price is deathe and smarte This dothe importe But those are captaines good That winne the fielde with sheddinge leaste of blood Pennae gloria perennis To EDWARDE DIER Esquier The Erle of Surrey that wrat the booke of Songes and Sonetres WHEN frowning fatall dame that stoppes our course in fine The thred of noble SVRREYS life made hast for to vntwine APOLLO chang'd his cheare and lay'd awaie his lute And PALLAS and the Muses sad did weare a mourninge sute And then the goulden pen in case of sables cladde Was lock'd in chiste of Ebonie and to Parnassus had But as all times do chaunge so passions haue their space And cloudie skies at lengthe are clear'd with Phoebus chearefull face For when that barren verse made Muses voide of mirthe Sir Philip Sidney Knighte Behoulde LVSINA sweetelie sounge of SIDNEYS ioyfull birthe Whome mightie IOVE did blesse with graces from aboue On whome did fortune frendlie smile and nature most did loue And then behoulde the pen was by MERCVRIVS sente Wherewith hee also gaue to him the gifte for to inuente That when hee first began his vayne in verse to showe More sweete then honie was the stile that from his penne did flowe Wherewith in youthe hee vs'd to bannishe idle fittes That nowe his workes of endlesse fame delighte the worthie wittes No haulting verse hee writes but matcheth former times No * Horat. lib. 2. Epist 1. ad Augustum Cherillus he can abide nor Poëttes patched rimes What volumes hath hee writte that rest among his frendes Which needes no other praise at all eche worke it selfe comendes So that hee famous liues at home and farre and neare For those that liue in other landes of SIDNEYS giftes doe heare And suche as Muses serue in darkenes meere doe dwell If that they haue not seene his workes they doe so farre excell Wherefore for to extoll his name in what I might This Embleme lo I did present vnto this woorthie Knight Who did the same refuse as not his proper due And at the first his sentence was it did belonge to you Wherefore lo fame with trompe that mountes vnto the skye And farre aboue the highest spire from pole to pole dothe flye Heere houereth at your will with pen adorn'd with baies Which for you bothe shee hath prepar'd vnto your endlesse praise The laurell leafe for you for him the goulden pen The honours that the Muses giue vnto the rarest men Wherefore proceede I praye vnto your lasting fame For writinges last when wee bee gonne and doe preserue our name And whilst wee tarrye heere no treasure can procure The palme that waites vpon the pen which euer doth indure Homerus vixit post Roman conditam sed natus ante Aul. Gell. lib. 17. cap. 21. Two thousand yeares and more HOMERVS wrat his booke And yet the same doth still remayne and keepes his former looke
Sed Plinius secūdus qui ante Gellium tempore Vespasiani Imperatotis vixit De Homeri aetate lib. 7. ca. 16. Natur. Histor sic scribit Iam verò antè annos propè mille vates ille Homerus non cessauit c. Et Cornelius Nepos primo Chronicorum antè Romam Homerum vixisse scribit Wheare Aegypte spires bee gonne and ROME doth ruine feele Yet both begonne since he was borne thus time doth turne the wheele Yea thoughe some Monarche greate some worke should take in hand Of marble or of Adamant that manie worldes shoulde stande Yet should one only man with labour of the braine Bequeathe the world a monument that longer shoulde remaine And when that marble waules with force of time should waste It should indure from age to age and yet no age should taste Oh happie you therfore who spend your blessed daies In seruing GOD your Prince your lande vnto your endlesse praise And daily doe proceede with trauaile of the minde To make you famous heere and eeke to leaue a fame behinde De Pyramidum aetate incertum Plin. Natural hist lib. 36. cap. 12. tamen quasdam post Homerum conditas probabile De his Herodotus Which is the cheefest thinge the greatest Prince can haue For fame doth triumphe ouer deathe when corpes are clos'd in graue Euen so your worthie workes when you in peace shall sleepe Shall make reporte of your desertes and DIERS name shall keepe Whome I doe reuerence still as one of PALLAS peares And praye the Lorde with ioyfull dayes for to prolonge your yeares Animus non res To EDWARD PASTON Esquier IN christall towers and turrets richlie sette With glittering gemmes that shine against the sonne In regall roomes of Iasper and of Iette Contente of minde not alwaies likes to wonne But oftentimes it pleaseth her to staye In simple cotes dos'de in with walles of claye Erasm Chiliad 1. Centuria 8. de Diogene quid per vitam doliatem significatur DIOGENES within a tonne did dwell No choice of place nor store of pelfe he had And all his goodes coulde BIAS beare right well And CODRVS had small cates his harte to gladde Iuuenalis Tota domus Codrirheda componitur vna His meate was rootes his table was a stoole Yet these for witte did set the worlde to scoole Horat. lib. 1. epist 2. Qui cupit aut metuit iuuat illum sic domus aut res Vt lippum picta tabulae fomenta podagram Auriculas eithara collecta sorde dolenteis Who couettes still or hee that liues in feare As much delighte is wealthe vnto his minde As musicke is to him that can not heare Or pleasante showes and pictures to the blinde Then sweete content ofte likes the meane estate Which is exempte and free from feare and hate Quis diues qui nil cupiat quis pauper auarus Biantis dictum per Ausonium What man is ritche not he that doth abounde What man is pore not hee that hath no store But he is ritche that makes content his grounde And he is pore that couettes more and more Which proues the man was ritcher in the tonne Then was the Kinge that manie landes had wonne Claud. 1. Ruf. Contentus honesto Fabritius paruo spernebat munera regum Sudabatue graui consul Serranus aratro Et casa pugnaces Curios angusta tinebat If then content the chiefest riches bee And greedie gripes that doe abounde be pore Since that inoughe allotted is to thee Embrace content then CAESAR hath no more Giue MIDAS goulde and let him pine with shame Vse you your goodes to liue and die with fame Quae sequimur fugimus To THOMAS WILBRAHAM Esquier WEE flee from that wee seeke followe that wee leaue And whilst wee thinke our webbe to skante larger still would weaue Lo Time dothe cut vs of amid our carke and care Which warneth all that haue enoughe and not contented are For to inioye their goodes their howses and their landes Bicause the Lorde vnto that end commits them to their handes Yet those whose greedie mindes enoughe doe thinke too small Whilst that with care they seeke for more oft times are reu'd of all Wherefore all such I wishe that spare where is no neede To vse their goodes whilst that they may for time apace doth speede And since by proofe I knowe you hourde not vp your store Whose gate is open to your frende and purce vnto the pore And spend vnto your praise what GOD dothe largely lende Plautat Rud. Bonus quod benefit haud perit I chiefly made my choice of this which I to you commende In hope all those that see your name aboue the head Will at your lampe their owne come light within your steppes to tread Whose daily studie is your countrie to adorne And for to keepe a worthie house in place where you weare borne Patria cuique chara To RICHARDE COTTON Esquier THE bees at lengthe retourne into their hiue When they haue suck'd the sweete of FLORAS bloomes And with one minde their worke they doe contriue And laden come with honie to their roomes A worke of arte and yet no arte of man Can worke this worke these little creatures can Aelian de animal lib. 1. ca. 59. 60. Et lib. 5. cap. 11. Et Plin. Natural hist lib. 11. cap. 5. 16. The maister bee within the midst dothe liue In fairest roome and most of stature is And euerie one to him dothe reuerence giue And in the hiue with him doe liue in blisse Hee hath no stinge yet none can doe him harme For with their strengthe the rest about him swarme Lo natures force within these creatures small Some all the daye the honie home doe beare And some farre off on flowers freshe doe fall Yet all at nighte vnto their home repaire And euerie one her proper hiue doth knowe Althoughe there stande a thousande on a rowe Plin. Natural Hist li. 11. cap. 5. A Comon-wealthe by this is right expreste Bothe him that rules and those that doe obaye Or suche as are the heads aboue the rest Whome here the Lorde in highe estate dothe staye By whose supporte the meaner sorte doe liue And vnto them all reuerence dulie giue Which when I waied I call'd vnto my minde Your CVMBERMAIRE that fame so farre commendes A stately seate whose like is harde to finde Where mightie IOVE the horne of plentie lendes With fishe and foule and cattaile sondrie flockes Where christall springes doe gushe out of the rockes There fertile fieldes there meadowes large extende There store of grayne with water and with wood And in this place your goulden time you spende Vnto your praise and to your countries good This is the hiue your tennaunts are the bees And in the same haue places by degrees And as the bees that farre and neare doe straye And yet come home when honie they haue founde So thoughe some men doe linger longe awaye Yet