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A11555	The true image of Christian love An excellent, learned, and very comfortable treatise, meete and necessarie for these dangerous days: wherein men are growen so disobedient to God, so vndutifull to their Prince, and so vnchartiable to their neighbors. Written in Latin by Adrian Sauorine a Dominican Frier, and translated 50. yeres ago by an English obseruant frier named Richard Rikes, [and] now truely conferred with the auncient copies, and published by A.M. one of the messengers of his Maiesties chamber.; Ymage of love	Ryckes, John.; Savorine, Adrian, attributed name.; Munday, Anthony, 1553-1633.; Gough, John, fl. 1528-1556.	1587 (1587)	STC 21801; ESTC S101945	42,798	120

thy Crosse The second Image of Loue which Nature shewed me was betwéen the bodie and the soule The soule loueth the bodie so déerelie that it suffereth great paine and sorrowe to be parted from it but when it is ordered by the holie Ghost so that the soule vse the bodie vnder the Law of God to be repentant to giue thankes to profitte other and to chuse rather the want of all earthlie pleasure yea to die rather than to commit such sinne as shal offend her maker If these coloures had 〈◊〉 laid on this Image then would I haue said Nature had doone like a perfect worke woman But her loue béeing tied to this life desiring to ioy and delight héere in this world to hide long in lustes and wanton pleasures and for the maintaining of them not to care for the displeasure of God I must néedes say the deuill was too néere when this counterfeit was drawne and hath infected it so much with his mischeuous presence as he draweth all that so leade theyr liues to hell headlong after him iustlie agréeing with the saying of Saint Augustine By such as these are the Cittie of the deuill is builded The third Image of Loue shown by Nature was betwéene the fiue wittes and theyr obiects As when the sight is presented with beautifull thinges or deuises of variable and arteficiall colours Or when the hearing is delighted with the sounde of swéete voices or daintie musical harmonie Or when the tasting is 〈◊〉 with delitious meates and drinks Or the smelling of swéete 〈◊〉 and perfumes Or the féeling and ●●●●hching of such thinges as is mo●●● lyking to the same And héerewith shee presented thrée other portraits or figures of Loue the first was betwéen a man and his wife The second an ordinary kinde of loue betwéene m●n and man And the last was the Loue betwéene fréendes and such as are mutuallie brought vp together in cōpanie from their youth And al these being not gouerned by the diuine spirite of direction it is easy to knowe what harme commeth by them therfore I hadde good reason to perswade my selfe that none of these was the speciall Image of Loue I looked for neyther that Nature could bring mee to the sight thereof indéede and therefore I thought it best for me to dispose my thoughtes to a further search But then on a soddaine came to my remembraunce howe the Romaines in olde time hadde an Image among them which they greatlie praysed and made no small estimation thereof This Image as I haue read was portrayed like a young man standing dare headed hauing written on hys fore-head Estas et Hie●s Summer and Winter and he was clothed in a short thin coate on the hem whereof they had written Mors et Vita Death and Life His fide was open that his hart might be séene and hys army was bowed poynting wyth hys finger to his hart where might bee seene written Longe et prope far and néere When I had well viewed thys counterfeite and perswading my self there was some secrete meaning shadowed in this deuise I was immediatly made acquainted with y ● whole conceit thereof and euery circūstance declared vnto mee as followeth The ca●●e why he was paynted like a young Men signified that true Loue and loyall fréendship is alwaies fresh chéerefull and amiable neuer fading or fayling for any extremitye whatsoeuer Hee was bare headed not ashamed to shewe himselfe vnto all men and likewise that he was not afrayd to shewe himselfe a friende at all occasions His rude and thinne vesture declared that a very fréende indéede wyll not refuse to suffer hard exigents and extreame necessity for the loue of his fréend The cause why Mors et Vita was written on the hemme of his garment was that h●e which loueth truelie his fréend continueth so all hys life vnto death and after death likewise so farre as the bonds of fréendship may stretch Ectas et Hiems on his forehead signified that vnfayned fréendship endureth as wel in aduersity as in prosperitie Hys hart was open to be séene meaning he woulde not hide or conceale anye thing from his freende and Louer And poynting his finger towardes his hart be declared that his deedes 〈◊〉 accord to his hart and his harte likewise consented to his words The 〈◊〉 there written Long● 〈…〉 〈◊〉 that true and inui●lable Loue can not bee imp●ached by distaunce of place or long continuance of time but euermore continueth in one permanent estate florishing faythful intire and perpetuall The deuise of this Image mee thought was to bee commended and accounted necessary to thys present life and 〈◊〉 Aristotle Cato with manie other prayse it aboue all the thinges that 〈◊〉 Nature Beside the Wise men sayth Ami●● fideli nulla ●st comp●●●●● 〈…〉 fides illi● A faythfull freende hath no peere ●he ●eight of golde and siluer is not to bee compared ●ward● the goodnes of h●s fayth Ye was there one special● 〈◊〉 to be 〈◊〉 in thys goodlie Image which 〈◊〉 that bee alwayes looked downewarde vppon earthlie thinges and verie sternelie and bitterlie vpon his enemies If hée had looked vpward towards heauen●● hauing respect to God and heauenl●● thinges I would haue commended it for the moste woorthy ornament amongst all Natures inuentions But Saint Paule for that very cause wylled me to despise it saying to thē that were the inuenters thereof Quia cum cogn●nissent Deum non sicut Deum glorificauerunt aut gratias egerant sed e●anuerunt in cogitationibus suis et obscuratum est insipicui 〈◊〉 ●orum dicontes enim se esse sapientes stulti facti sunt Although they knews God they glorified him not as God neyther were thankfull but wexed full of vanities in their imaginations and their foolish hart was blinded when they counted themselues wife they became fooles and fell to Idolatrie and to manie great inconueniences Our Sauiour also refuseth this Image and such other bothe for thys cause and for that it looked so cruellie vpon his enemies saying If ye loue onelie them that loue you what reward looke ye to haue truely ye shal haue none of mee for you haue receiued your rewarde alreadye And thus leauing Nature I was glad to seeke further Of worldly Loue. Chapter 3. THe World then called me and shewed me a portrait that a farre off appeared verye fayre and goodlie al burnished with gold and siluer and iewels that were both ritch and costly set out likewise with verie freshe and orient colours offering it to mee for a small value which made mee drawe 〈◊〉 little néerer it and on the border thereof were figured fooles beastes flyes serpents wormes and flowers of diuers kindes so meruailous and so ingeniouslie ●ra●ed lyke vnto Nature as though they hadde béene the selfe same thinges indéede The foules séemed so rauenous the beastes so cruellie deuouring the flies so defiling hearbes and flowers and taking away theyr sweete and pleasant