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A11769	The philosophers banquet Newly furnished and decked forth with much variety of many severall dishes, that in the former service were neglected. Where now not only meats and drinks of all natures and kinds are serued in, but the natures and kinds of all disputed of. As further, dilated by table-conference, alteration and changes of states, diminution of the stature of man, barrennesse of the earth, with the effects and causes thereof, phisically and philosophically. Newly corrected and inlarged, to almost as much more. By W.B. Esquire.; Mensa philosophica. English.	Scot, Michael, ca. 1175-ca. 1234, attributed name.; Anguilbertus, Theobaldus, attributed name.	1633 (1633)	STC 22063; ESTC S100623	106,565	400

in Thyro and Myletus Now when the time came that a fruitfull Vintage was expected to supply their store againe which f●…ll out otherwise and many sought unto them for that which themselues were unfurnished of he suddenly vented his 〈◊〉 much money together he shewed that it was easie for a Phylosopher to become rich if he would but these are not the riches they study for In the like manner wee read how in the Siege of the Praenestines that by reason of a Famine which there happened a Mouse was sold for two hundred pence For the punishment of whose Covetousnesse it pleased the gods that the Extortor thereof dyed by Famine that would not preserve another but at so deare a rate CHAP. XIII Of Handy-crafts ARistotle in his booke of the Secret of Secrets maketh mention of a King of the Indies that had a Sonne whom hee was most carefull to have instru●…ted and brought up in Learning and Arts and to that end sent him farre and neare with great pompe and magnificence as was fit for the Sonne of such a Father But his diligence profited him nothing for the Child could not bend to conforme himselfe to any thing unlesse to some Mechanicall Art or Profession About which the King being troubled in minde called together all the Sages of his kingdome and they all agreed in this opinion and consent That out of the wonderfull influence and operation of the Planets the nature of the Childe was fashioned therunto and could not be removed Contrary hereunto was there a certaine Weaver who begot a sonne which by divers pr●…sagements forefhewed that hee was like to grow up to some wise Counsellor or States-man in the Kingdome which his parents not considering would have often instructed in their owne Art which he resused as also divers other mechanicall professions unto which by no meanes he could be induced or drawne ever addicting himselfe to the society of Philosophers and other Learned men as to the study of sundry Arts and Sciences to understand the motions of the Orbs and Planets the gouernment and affaires of Kingdomes and States and such like and in the end became a Counsellor to the King Augustus Returning from the wars with victory a poore man met and presented a Crow unto him which he had taught to speak and salute the King with Hasle Caesar noble Conquerour A second presented likewise a Parrat A third a Pye and all saluted him in like manner with Ave Caesar which nov●… the King affecting well received and rewarded their Tutors This seeing A poore Cobler as ambitious as covetous as ●…he rest would needs take upon him to accomplish on a fourth Crow which with the expence of much victuall and labour was by no meanes capable as the rest Therefore hee in despaire of successe would o●…tentimes say to his Wife noting the unaptnesse of his Scholler All our cost and labour is lost Which words with their often repetition though not the other shee learned to speake Afterwards presenting her to the Emperour as the rest He answered Friend I have at home saluters enow of this kind already The Crow being mindfull of her old garbe presently replyed there unto All our cost and labor is lost Whereat Caesar laughing commanded her to bee bought likewise It is also read in the Chronicles of the sonne of a certaine Carpenter which being unlearned carved these words upon a speare of his Fa●…hers Dominabor a mari 〈◊〉 admarae I shall rule from Sea to Sea The which words a Priest happened ro read and hearing that the Boy was unlearned counselled his parents to send him to the Schoole which they did and hee afterwards became Pope of Rome CHAP. XIIII Of Rish men FMilius Probus in his booke de Duc●…bus extrans gentium there mentioneth the sonne of an Athenian Prince so Heroically minded in his warres and travels that having in many places gardens and store-houses of provision set over them no Keepers that every one that would might without interruption make use thereof at his pleasure Besides which he had many Foot-men laden with money attending on his person where ever he came that if any one wanted his helpe hee might instantly supply them lest by deferring hee should seeme to deny their requests At Supper it was his custome to send forth to the Market and other open places and Thorow-fares to cal thereunto all destitute and indigent persons as could bee found And this hee omitted not every day he made many rich he buried many poore men at his cost and ha●…h left to this day few Imitators behinde him In like manner wee read of Anectetus King of Cecilia that hee would say a wise man would esteeme of Gold as Earth For as the one covers him alive so the other incloseth him dead and that it was farre more excellent to be rich in vertue then in substance who when hee supped in vessels of Earth which he esteemed as his richest plate would thus answer to those that should object it I am King of Cicilia and a potters sonne Esteeme reverently of thy Fortune who-ever thou art and suddenly being made rich be not suddenly made proud Marcus Curius a King of like humility carelesse of outward pompe and ceremony ●…o affected poverty and low linesse that when his Subjects mistaking the end of his thoughts thinking to have elevated him vnto an higher pitch sent him a great quantity of gold and silver desiring him to mak●… use thereof which he 〈◊〉 saying Tell the Samnites their King had rather rul●… ouer rich men than be a rich man and tell withall that Marcus Curius can neither be conquered in warre corrupted with money or subdued by affection without wealth being rich without use having money to attend him For it is not the much having but the little desiring that maketh thee truly rich As our Authour to that effect well implyes That man that true content would finde Unto his Fortune fits his mi●… de But he that good doth ill importune That to his mind would fit his Fortune CHAP. XV. Of Poore men FRontinus lib. 4. eap 1. there mentioneth of one Scipio a man of such willing poverty that after his affaires and service successefully ended in Spaine with the preservation of a whole Province he departed from thence in all his poverty nor would accept or any recompence or reward for the same nor had he that money left to give his Daughter in dowry which the Senate afterwards supplyed with his unwillingnesse Dioclesian the Emperour that exchanged the government of a Kingdome for the Tillage of a Garden averred therein to have found more true delight and content then in all the false-Face of outward Pompe and glory in the World besides confirmes our late sentence That though hee was poore in having little yet he was rich in desiring nothing Photian an Athenian lived alwayes poore though hemight have beene often inriched by honour and rewards presented unto him by the people which

morrow To the former question the first Gentleman answered therefore I put up this apple that I may not care for to morrow for nature is content with little O from how few shall you heare this confession that of all their life long they haue not had a morrow Q. Whether death is more to be seared the corporall or the eternall A. The Eternall Saint Austen shall answer thee that death which men feare most is but the seperation of the soule from the body when it would willingly stay in but the second death which men feare not is the seperation of the soule from God The first death takes the soule out of the body when it would willingly stay in the second keepes the soule in the body when it would willingly depart Q. How many are the messengers of death A. Three Casualty Infirmity and old Age the first shewes death lying in ambush the second appearing the last present we dye not for the most part altogether but by degrees and as wee increase in dayes so our life decreaseth first we lose Infancy then child-hood then youth even till we have lost all the time that we have passed to yesterday and the very time wee now live wee spend on till death we passe by the Temple of faith and piety to the Temple of glory and perpetuall happinesse where those everlasting rewards are so great they cannot be measured so many they cannot be numbred so copious they cannot be terminated so precious they cannot bee valued Iulius 2. Pope as stories mention being dead came to heaven gates and there knocked with authority Saint Peter being angry asked who so importunately knocked this Pope answered It is I open quickly Who art thou quoth Saint Peter Iulius the Pope replyed he What hast thou to doe heare with heaven that hast so oft sold it no man accounts that his owne which he hath sold and so was he shut out and worthily for all they say they have Navis Terrae clavis Coeli One demanded of Eucritus the Philosopher whether hee had rather bee S●…crates or Croesus Quoth he Croesus while I live but Socrates when I dye Q. Whether is it better to envy or to be envied A. To be envied for hee that is envied is alwayes the happier man Q. Whether is the shining of the Moone cold or hot A. It is cold which doth something allay the heat that the beames of the Sunne hath made in his passed progresse Q. It is vouched before in this discourse that there is nothing so deformed nor contemptible on earth that hath not in it some kinde of good to what use serveth the Scerpion the Toad the Serpent and such like A. Of the Scorpion is made an excellent salve against all swellings and of Serpents and Toads is made an excellent powder against the stone and to provokeurine For nought sovile that on the earth doth ltve But to the earth some special good doth give c. Platos counsell to young men which hee would have to imitate the Ivie being weake of themselves to get a prop to support them Q. Upon the birth of children whether have parents more cause ofjoy or griefe A. This is resolved upon that with children a fountaine of teares spring up to the parents for if you compare them to a nurserie of some you shall late gather fruit of others never If good feare lest they continve not if evill lasting sorrow in the inte rim uncertaine joyes but certaine cares Q. What is the chiefe of all meats and what the chiefe of all savces A. Bread of all meats for whether we eat it by it selfe or continually with other meats yet we are never weary of it being the staffe of life and signe in the Sacrament And of all sauces I say not hunger but Salt is a principall a sauce that the diveil for his relish doth abhorre for Salt is an embleme of eternity and immortality being not onely able to preserue it selfe from rottennesse and corruption but all other things and therefore Salt by the command of God himself was to have a principall place on the Table a●…id the sacrifices Q. What is the meaning of th●… phrase of Plantus M●… non unifid●… Antro the Mouse trusts not to one hole A. It admonisheth us to have more friends than one more strings to our bow than one Hee that fames hims●…lfe to be a friend in words and is not so indeed he that hath Ave in his mouth but hath ve and Cave in his heart is worse than one that coynes false money worse than Ieabor nay worse than Iudas that kist and kild Q. What is a mind full of cares resembled unto A. To wormes and rottennesse amongst the bones and therefore Damacles amid all his dainties could take no delight because his mind was troubled at the Sword that hung over his head by a slender haire Q. What is the only great security in the world and meanes to prevent feare A. To feare nothing but God for he that feares not him feares every thing and hee that feares him needs to feare nothing else for his feare excludes all other Q. What is the most excellent action of the hands A. Their Elevation in prayer Innocent hands and a pure heart Q. Spots of Infamy can they be washt out A. They are scarce purged off with Niter therefore take heed of their stampe guilty Pylate may wash his hands but not cleare his Conscience A certaine workman had pictured Uenus sleeping with this inscription O traveller passe by and awake not the goddesse for if shee open her windowes shut up thine For as the Poet advis●…th Cum vultu pungit cum verbis dulcitur vngit Affectum fingit complexu pectora stringit Sires procedit animam cum corpore ledit He that but looks his journy doth begin He that but likes is stept a stept more in Who so inchaind his pace doth forward bend He hath enioy'd and is at 's journeyes end Q. Which of all Hercules labours was his hardest to overcome A. Love Q. How many sorts of creatures hath Ged made A. Three one not covered with flesh the second covered with flesh but dyes not with the flesh the third is covered with flesh but dyes with the flesh of these the first are Angels the second men the third bruit beasts Sum decor in manibus sustento senem rego gr●…ssus Sum terror canibus gest at pro duce f●…ssus Englished I am the old mans leg the weake mans stay I am his weapon and his guide by th' way Q What are the Countrymans prognostication of the Raine-bow A. 1. It is observable that it changeth to what colour a man conceiveth and if it bee red like to an Oke or fire or blood it prognosticates a fruitfull Vintage if of yellow colour like to the Corne-fields it presageth a plentifull haruest thirdly if it bee of a greene colour plenty of Oyle and see the Bow saith the Wiseman and blesse him