a vertue of it selfe Content with want and needie miserie POuertie is not wisdomes hinderance Contented pouertie is greatest wealth Need is esteem'd a perfect Schoole-mistresse Need answers not to euery mans request Poore miserie iâ— troden on by many And being low neuer relieu'd by any Wise men must giue place to necessitie Ignorance is the greatest pouertie Stout vowes are oft repeal'd in extreame need Sweet are poore crummes where pained thoughts doe starue Need hurteth none so much as sillie soules Who cannot patiently endure her yoke Plentie breeds perill want procures diâ—daine Miserie craues rather mercie than reproofe There is no vertue like necessitie Thanks ought be deem'd th' Exchequer of the poore We should our selues not miserable deeme Sith none are so but in their owne esteeme To needie men delay is euen as death Most wretched he that is yet cannot tell Miserie oft makes sport to mocke it selfe The wretched conquered may nought refuse Who in distresse from resolution flyes Is rightly said to yeeld to miseries That needs must be perform'd which need constraines Poore wretches haue remorse in poore abuses The graunts are small to them that stand in need Men flye from foes but not from miserie Sharpe are the wounds but sweet the medcines be That wretched soules from wearie bondage free Want pines away and comfortlesse doth dye Delay leads impotent and sâ—aile-pac'd need He is not poore hath little but that much desires Contented pouertie is happinesse A little â—roke will serue to make him die That is halâ—e slaine before with miserie Diligence most enableth poorest men The loue of poore men great mens harmes debates Loue neuer keepes where wretchednes abides Poore men should suffer for no great mens sinnes No truer friends haue poore men than their teares Wherein men â—ach way wretched may be rich It is too much for one good man to want Giue them that want not such as haue no need To liue and lacke doth breed a daily griefe Sharpe is the food necessitie imposeth Want smiles secure when priâ—cely thoughts doe feele That feare and daunger treads vpon their heele Speed in necessitie is chiefest sâ—â—â—â—e Distresse cuts deeper than sterne fortunes frownes Necessitie endure what else would not Miserie finds no multitude of friends It is an â—â—â—â—ur â—â— aduersitie With sâ—â—igh â— to 〈…〉 ine prosperitie Where need compâ—â—â—s Oratâ—onâ— are in vaine Occasion makes them sâ—irâ—â— that else would not The iust mans miserie is no meane meâ—it Though thou aâ—t poore yet seâ—kâ— and thou shalt find Prosperitie is â—oâ—â—â— of very â—â—â—â—â— But men iâ— want are hardly â—olpe by anâ— By others wants we know our owne good haps Miserie doth the brauest mind abate Need makes men â—eeke for that they somtime scornd Want is the enemie to good desires Pouertie oft with heauie â—lâ—gge of care Pulls â—â—â—ny downe when thâ—â— asâ—ending are Poore men are little shrubs rich men tall trees Need sometimes doth instruct â—nlawfull things A poore and honest life hath no compare Similies on the same subiect AS Kings haue honour to beare out their deeds The poâ—re â—aue honestie to guide their liues As riches seâ—meth â—umbersome to â—ooles So pouertie is pleasing to the wise As riches is the mother of delight So pouertie doth noâ—rce calamitie As want to ma 〈…〉 in tollerable So in good men it is most comfortable As the wild Asse is still the Lyons prey So doe the rich feed on the poore ech day As euery Artizane best knowes his trade So euery poore man best doth feele his want Examples likewise on the same PVblicola cast downe from high degree Sham'd not but ioyed in his pouertie Aristides from humble pouertie Was raised to degree of dignitie Fabritius in his meanest pouertie Pyrrhus made choise of as companion Vulâ—urnus banished by Anthonie Neuer repined at his miserie Pouertie is helpe to Philosophie Learn'd of it selfe so said Diogenes Lactantius said Take away insolence And there 's no difference twixt the rich and poore Of Bountie c. Bountie hath open hands a zealous hart And liberally bestowes without respect LIke clouds that haue no raine are liberall words The whole effect of bountie is in loue The liberall heart God cherisheth and loues And from him still all cause of want remooues The more the fruit more precious is the tree The more the fish more valued is the streame That bountie is the best and most approou'd Which without perill of renowâ—ne is past The goodliest night is when most starres are seene Bounties best â—onour is to helpe the poore And happines to liue in good mens minds We count that ground the best which yeelds most grain Bountie râ—mitting fraile and mortall things Doth for reward receiue immortall fame The whole effect of bountie is in loue They that in bountie dâ—e begin to want In weake estate shall find their friends and foes True bountie is not fastened to respect A spend-thrift sworne to prodigalitie Excuseth it with liberalitie A liberall minded man base enuie hates He that still draweth forth without supply The fountaine of his store will soone be drie He neuer giues in vaine that giues in zeale Gifts to the poore let them be done with speed For long delay more wretched makes their need Bountie and thankfulnesse are concords bonds One gift in time bestowed as good minds doe Falls out in pooose to helpe much more than two A liberall heart procures beneuolence Honours chiefe grace is liberalitie Similies on the same subiect AS pride makes enemies of perfect friends So liberalitie makes friends of foes As hollow spouts retaineth nought but aire So hollow hearts all bountie euer haâ—e As Bees doe flocke vnto a honey dewe So multitudes flyes to a liberall mind As sâ—â—dowes hinders ripening of the fruits So couetousnes still holdeth bountie backe As Hâ—nbane causeth death by sleepines So bountie is destroy'd by niggardnes As manhood is discern'd by cowardise So bountie is beheld by wretchednesse Examples likewise on the same BY liberall bountie Alexander wonne â—ore fame than all his conquests else beside Caesar by bountie to his followers Was call'd the liberall'st prince in all those times Archelaus gaue not to vnworthie men For that hâ— held not liberalitie Titus remembring one day nothing giuen Said O my friends how haue we lost this day Plato said Niggards neuer can be good For all attendeth on the bountifull Phocylides will'd no man sleepe at night Till that day he could count some well-done deed Of Follie. Follie is both rewarded and respected When wit is often scorned and reiected WHat folly can pretend wisdome preuents A greater signe of follie iâ— not knowne Than trusting others force distrust our owne Repentance youthfull follie quite expells Who hazards his estate to remedie A curelesse mischiefe may be tearm'd a foole Wishes are vaine where will is follies guide Fooles may not play with swords nor maids with loue Least follie crye and wantonnes repent Foole 's many times to dignities arise A foole such pastime with his
Galba for his vertue was renowmd Thales affirmes that nothing in the world For man was meet but vertuous actions Cicero saith That vertue of it selfe Is the solâ— cause of happie life and death Vertue was neuer â—ireling of the mind But still will liue though fame had ne're a tongue What sute of grace hath vertue to put on If vice shall weare as good and doe as well Of Faith and Zeale Faith shewes a good mans fruits preserues the soule And zeale doth best giue euidence of faith FAithes best is triall then it shineth most The faithfull stands the faultie man will flye Zeale is but cold where louelesse law restraines T is hastie rashnes where true faith doth flye In deepe distresse true faith doth best auaile When once mans faith is spotted and defamd The bodie had been better neuer framd Zeale and good courage best become a Prince Faith bides no perfit triall but by time Shipwracke of faith is made where conscience dyes Friends haue no priuiledge to breake their faith The gift deserueth most is giuen in zeale False fainting zeale shadowed with good pretence Can find a cloake to couer each offence Fâ—lse faith is ouer-poisâ—le with weâ—lâ—â—st weighâ— The ballancâ— yeelds vnto the lightest feather An easie yeelding zeale is quickly quaild Faith violate is most detestable Faith once resolu'd treads fortune vnder foot The man that holds no faith shall find no trust Where faith doth fearelesse dwell in brazen tower There spotlesse pleasure builds her sacred bower A zealous heart is alwaies bountifull The faith of Knighthood is by vertue tryed Euery occasion quailes a hireling faith The gift deserueth much is giuen in zeale A princes greatest fault is breach of faith The faith of Pagans ought not be belieu'd Faith is a fortresse gainst all fainting feare And Zeale the walles doth euermore vp-reare Take faith from iustice all things runne to spoile Authoritie is strengthened best by zeale Who binds himselfe by faith had need beware Faith to rash oathes no credit giues at all The greater faith the greater sufferance Faith is the true foundation of the soule And soonest doth redeeme the same from sinne Zeale makes opinion stand inuincible A good mans wish is substance faith and fame Selfe-will doth frown when earnest zeale reprooues Faith mounteth to the clouds on golden wings Faith brings forth workes and workes declare our faith No faith too firme no trust can be too strong Similies on the same subiect AS raine makes euery ground bring forth encrease So faith of euery soule doth shew the fruits As honours fire doth kindle high desires So zealous faith lifts vp the lowest soule As night doth best the diamonds glory show So sharpe affliction best makes faith to grow As wisdome is the only way to weale So true discretion best directeth zeale As loue and hate cannot agree in one So without zeale faith thinkes her selfe alone Examples likewise on the same PArmenio wild his king to breake his faith I would quoth he were I Parmenio Lysander made no reckoning of his faith And therefore was by euery one reproou'd Attilius sent to Rome vpon his faith Boldly return'd although it cost his life Rastrix the Duke of Cleueland breaking faith Was therefore dispossest of both his eyes Let none speake ill of vs said Pittacus To whome we stand obliged by our faith Keepe faith saith Cicero with enemies What ere mishap doe follow thereupon Of Hope Hope is the sad hearts help the sick thoughts friend And what distrust impaires Hope doth amend ALl hope is vaine without the feare of God Hope on each least occasion taketh hold Hope doth forbid vs sorrow to beleeue When loue growes sickely hope then daily sterues Things out of hope by ventring oft are woon Hope many times on blessed hap doth light When hope is lost in care then comfort bleeds Vnworthy he of grace whome once deniall Excludes from fairest hope without more triall All foolish hopes haue euermore bad speed Councell doth come too late when hope is past Men well may hope to rise but feare to fall It s good to hope the best but feare the worst Chaunging the aire hopes time will alter chance Despaire and hope doe still attend on loue It s good to feare yet let our feare be so That to our hope it prooue no ouerthrow Oft present hap makes future hope to yeeld No hap so hard but hope doth much amend Hope to enioy is little lesse than ioy Honour once lost giues farewell to all hope Vnhappie men are subiect to no hope Fortune may take our goods but not our hope The heart that 's inly hurt is greatly easd With hope of that may make griefe best appeasd Hopes are vnsure when certaine is the paine We often fall when most we hope to clime As wee waxe hopelesse violence still growes Hope well in loue what euer be thy hap Hope is the daily dreame of waking men This life is but the hope of endlesse life Vnworthie is he of one happie day That will not take the offer of good hope There is no trust in youth nor hope in age The hope of things vnseene beares greatest price Good conscience alwaie hath a perfect hope Hope is a pleasing passion of the mind To hope against all hope is high resolue True hope is swift and flyes with swallowes wings Kings it makes Gods and meaner creatures Kings Inconstant hope is drowned oft in feares In midst of griefe hope alway hath some part Hope being deluded makes the torment more Who cannot feare to loose ne're hopes to haue All greedie hope vaine vicious humour feeds Hope is companion euermore to loue No one without great hopes will follow such Whose power and honour doth not promise much No hope of rest where hap true hope delayes Hope still perswading hope expecteth good Hope is the God of miserable men In vaine he hopes who here his hope doth ground From fruitlesse hopes but sillie fauours spring The euenings hope may comfort mornings care Hope built vpon the world doth neuer thriue But grounded once on God at no time failes Hope is the bread and food of wretched men Bad haps are holpe with hope and good beliefe No greater griefe in loue than fruitlesse hope Hope waits on great mens tongues and oft beguilâ—â— Hopes aboue Fortune doe fore-point deepe falls Who thinkes to thriue by hope oft haps to begge To hope too much is boldly to presume To hope too little â—asely to despaire Small is his gaine that hopes for golden griefe Meane mens preferments eleuates their hopes Sad hopes seeme ouer long and burdenous Grace to thy hope is alwaies safest guide When hope and hap when health and wealth is highest Then woe and wracke disease and need is nighest Hope of all passions is the pleasantest Vaine hopes are like a Vane turn'd with the wind To haue no hope is held most miserable To liue in hope of that men meane to giue Is to deceiue our selues and not
cruell foes Those friends that loue the Sun shine of delights Will flye the winter when affliction bites True friendship at the first affront retires not Most friends befriend themselues with friendships shew Suspition is sedition mongst good friends When eithers drift to others mischiefe tends They kill that feele not their friends liuing paine Be enuied of thy foe rather than pitied More conquest is the gaining of a friend Than the subduing of an enemie He is too foolish that mistrusts his friend In greatest need a friend is best discern'd We ought sometimes as well to reprehend As praise the partie whome we count a friend True friendship maketh light all heauie harmes A friend in most distresse will most assist Who entertaineth many friends doth loose The title of a true and stedfast friend Men in their friendship alwayes should be one A hard attempt to tempt a foe for aid Make all men our well-willers if we can But onely chuse good men to be our friends Small is that friendship table-talke will cracke Requests twixt friends are counted as commaunds To straungers let great proffers still be made But to true friends vse sound and perfect deedes Performance is in friendship held a dutie No man should loue himselfe more than his friend Foure things we ought supply our friend withall Our persoâ— counsell comfort and â—ur goods A friend is to a man another selfe With euery one to shake hands is not good Who wâ—â—â—teth fâ—iâ—nds to â—aâ—â—â—e what he begins In lands faire off gets not although he winnes A wise man takes not ech one as his friend Prooue strangers to loue them and not loue to prooue them The man that makes a fâ—iend of euery â—irâ—unger Disâ—ards him not aâ—aine without some danger True friendship ought be free like charitie Opinion of vertue is the sount of friendship In friendship this one difference is tryde Tâ—ue fâ—iends stand â—â—â—st when as the â—â—â—gned slide Who neuer had a foe neâ—re knew a friend Friendship admitteth not an angry frowne A â—â—ue fâ—rme fâ—iâ—â—â— will neuer sound retreat Nor so opâ—â—â—â— sailâ—â—â—or â—ny storme of weather Vnâ—â—e is Aâ—â—tâ—es chiefest â—â—â—â—ncâ— Hazard displeasure to relieue a friend True frienâ—â—â—ips Sunne continualâ—y doth last And shines the clearer in the bitterst blast They are no friends that hazard them they loue True friendship scornes confederacie with shame In earnest â—east in quiet peace or warre Neuer presume to try thy foe too farre Aduersiâ—iâ— doth best disclose a friend Amitie streâ—â—heth not beyond the Altar An open â—oe a man may soone preuent Bâ—t a false friend murders in blandishment A feigned friend will quickly chaunge conceit Ouer-much boldnesse makes men loose their friends Whil'st things go well friends alwaies will be neer thee But sailing once the dearest friends will feare thee What death is life when dearest friends are lost It 's good to haue a wise and discreete friend No foe so fell or cunning to escape As is a friend clad in a foe-mans shape Often to trie our friends is profitable Flatterie is friendships forme but not the fruit Many to those they should most friendship show Doc lie in wait to worke their ouer throw Suspition is the poison of firme friendship Forgetfull fooles vnfriendly vse then friends Of any foe be â—â—re no gift thou take Least to thy ruine it some entrance make Follie respecteth â—latterers more than friends Good natures inly grieue to trie their friends No mortall fee so full of venemous spâ—ght As man to man when mischiefe he pretends Begging at friends hands is esteemed buying Friends hide no coine or secrets from their friends Who sees their friends in want and them despise When they doe fall neuer deserue to rise True friends doe soone forget a friends offence Scornfull and proud are very perillous friends He that intendeth giule and thou findst so No wrong thou doest to vse him as thy foe Where friends are knit in loue there griefes are shar'd Quicke promisers slow doers are slacke friends Where many hearts doe gently sympathize In sacred friendship there all blisse abounds No friend like him whome no distresse can daunt Happie is he that finds and feeles a friend Similies on the same subiect AS no calamitie can thwart true loue So no mishap can separate firme friends As wanâ— of friends is very perillous So talking friends doe prooue too tedious As fire from heat cannot be separate So true friends hearts will no way be disjoyn'd As Physicke cures the secret'st griefes we haue So friendship heales the hearts extreamest woes As instruments are tun'd e're musicke 's heard So friends are tride ere they be firmely found As exiles haue no comforts but their cares So home-abiders haue no ioy like friends Examples likewise on the same Câ—rus vpon his left side plac'd his friends Because they should be neerest to his heart â—â—â—â— and Caesar rather wished death Than they should grow distrustfull of their friends Cato this poesie caried in his Ring Be friend to one and enemie to none Luâ—iâ—â—ius seeing Brutus round engirt Call'd himselfe Bâ—utus that his friend might scape Phâ—â—oâ— in despcrate furie sau'd his friend Saying For â—his cause was I made thy friend Three thingâ— saith Tullie men should wish their friends Health good account and priuiledge from need Of Patience Patience is voluntarie sufferance Of hardest matters for faire vertues sake PAtience preuailes against a world of wrongs What Fortune hurts patience can onely heale No baâ—â—shment can be to him assign'd That hath a paâ—ient and resolued mind The minds affliction patience can appease To be borne well and die worse breaketh patience That life is only miserable and vile Which from faire patience doth it selfe exile Patience doth passions alwaies mortifie The minds distresse with patience is relieu'd They that loose halfe with greater patience beare it Then they whose all is swallowed in confusion For curelesse sores paâ—ience is chiefest salue Patience all trouble sweetly doth digest True patience can miliâ—ly suffer wrong Where rage and furie doe our liues defame True patience is the prouender of fooles Patience importun'd doth conuert to hate The strength to fight with death is patience And to be conquer'd of him patience The onely salue for wrong is patience Reuenge on fortune is mild patience Let such whome patience cannot moderate Endaunger them that would endammage him He is most valiant that is patient No conquest can compare with patience Patience is oft from princely seat puld downe When bloodie minds doe sâ—â—ssle for a crowne Patience makes light afflictions heauiest load The shield of patience beares off all mishaps Comfortlesse patience brings consumption No sting hath patience but a sighing griefe That stings nought but it selfe without reliefe The end of patience is expect of promise Patience beares that which care cannot redresse A heauenly spirits hope is patience Similies on the same subiect AS rage doth kindle still the fire of wrath Patience to quench iâ— store of water hath As fire
solace like a vapour flyes And hath no power repining hearts to mooue Solace and sorrow haue their certaine times While pleasure withers paine more ripe doth grow When pleasures â—bbe then griefes begin to flow To vaine delights a man may easily goe But safely to returne may much be fear'd Best musicke breeds delight in loathing cares The strong through pleasure falls â—he weak by smart Pleasures doe neuer feed but â—n excâ—sse He that in pleasures vaine doth time bestow Treads but the path to his owâ—e ouerthrâ—w In things without vs no delight is sure Pleasure is felt opinion but conceiu'd Pleasure is short and glory lasts not long The sweets we wish for tuâ—ne to â—â—atâ—ed son eâ—s Euen in the moment that we call them ours That pleaseth most is â—arthest from the eye Low is the stalke whereon best pleasures grow Pleasure asleepe then soâ—â—ow will awake Maids are not wonne by brutish force or might But speeches full of pleasure and delight Pleasure maintain'd by care is quickly lost After long sicknesse health brings most delight Vncertaine pleasures bring a certaine paine Maâ—des doe take more delight when they prepare And thinke of wiues state than when wiues they are Shortest delights doe bring a long repent Pleasures them-selues are but imaginations Things soone obtain'd doe least of all delight This woâ—ld is but the pleasure of an houre And yet the sorrow of a thousand daâ—es Oft pleasures past doe way to woe prepare In worldly miâ—th lurketh much miserie All sweet delights are drown'd in dulled minds Pleasures liâ—e posting guests make but small stay Where griefes â—ide long and leaue a score to pay It 's true delight to know the cause of griefe Miâ—th â—oundeth harsh to melancholly men Mirth makes the longest iournies to seeme short What more apparant signe can be of madnesse Than haue anothers pleasure cause thy sadnesse Who buyes a minutes mirth may waile a weeke Mirth searcheth out the bottome of annoy Vnlawfull pleasures haste destruction Potions if pleasant though insectious Are sooner taâ—ne than holesome pillâ— for health Sorrow fore-going pleasure graceth it Gladnesse with griefe continually is mixt Banke-rupts in pleasure can but pay with woe We are right docible to imitate Depraued pleasures though degenerate Short pleasures many times haue large repents Pleasures are still inductions to our griefes Oft hath a tragicke entrance pleasant end Similies on the same subiect AS no estate can stable stand for aye So euery pleasure hath his ending day As small brookes swell and are enrag'd with raine So sight of pleasure trebleth euery paine As weeds expeld the corne doth better thriue So care being kild pleasure bides long aliue As greatest griefes doe make the least not seene So huge delights cause meane ones vanish cleane As greatest light is in the largest skie So that delights is furthest from the eye As sad minds brooke no merrie companie So sorrow is to pleasure enemie Examples likewise on the same SArdanapalus was so giuen to pleasure That of a man he made him-selfe a beast Xerxes bestowed gifts on none but such As daily could inuent new kinds of pleasures In King Latinus Court the â—royans In choise of all delights did spend their time Demetrius being to all vaine pleasures giuen Was by the Macedonians quite expulst Cineas told Fabritius that vaine pleasure Did like a moath consume the life of man Demosthenes in his Orations Alwayes forbad voluptuous vaine delights Of Paine Paine as companion doth on Pleasure wait And Daunger is the hand-maid to Delight SHort paine may be endur'd that brings long ease He neuer findeth helpe that hides his paine Farre harder is it to learne continence In ioyfull pleasures than in grieuous paine They lesser paines can beare that hide the great Paine profit reapes if seeds be wisely sowne Where words be scarse th' are seldome spent in vaine For they speake truth that breath their words with paine Soone-dying mirth begets long-liuing paine Who bears the wound perforâ—e must feele the paine The man that needs will seeke for vnknowne gaine Oft liues by losse and leaues with mickle paine The greater paine the greater miserie Paine payes the in-come of each precious thing It easeth some though none it euer cur'd To thinke that others haue their paines endur'd It 's paine to keepe the things we would expresse All labours haue their end but paine hath none No paine or sicknesse doth so swiftly breed As euill humours grow the griefe to feed To get and keepe not is not losse but paine Paine breedeth honour vertue getteth fame Better in prison euer to remaine Than being â—orth to suffer greater paine With ease a sparke with paine is quencht a flame Pleasure doth follow paine and blisse annoy It 's paine and griefe to beare and suffer wrong But shame and sinne to him that causeth it An inward sore strikes the Phisition blind Salues seldome helpe ouer-long festred sores How mightie is the soueraigne power of loue Which paine thirst hunger no nor death can mooâ—â— Sad musicke to sad passions addes more paine One paine is lessened by anothers anguish Let him for euer liue in woe and griefe That feeleth paine and will not haue reliefe Paine is the entrance to eternall ioy How fraile is that which men atchieue with paine They that must either serue or pine in want Ought scorne no paines that â—ay relieuâ— their scaâ—â—â— The cause and not the paine the martyr makes Remembrance of ioyes past breeds greater paine He that with ease may paine and harme eschew Is vaine if he his proper death pursue Patience doth put all toyle-some paine to flight He best doth beare his paine that hides it most â—ew linke for loue but all for greedie gaine Though in the end it turnes them most to paine An vnknowne paine is greatest miserie He cannot iudge of pleasure ne're felt paine Similies on the same subiect AS daunger waiteth at the heeles of pride So euery pleasure hath a following paine As where mishaps doe flow there loue doth ebbe So where friends faile the heart feeles no like paine As sicke men with least anguish are disturb'd So to vexe troubled minds augments their paine As Sun-shine daies of fortune getteth friends So paine or perill looseth them as soone As miserie a med'cine hardly finds So inward paines are not with pratinge cur'd As he beares sorrow best that hides it most So who knowes patience stands prepar'd for paine Examples likewise on the same PHilostrates endured all his paines To th'admiration of his enemies Marius the Romane said he felt no paine In all his hurts if but one friend were by Sextus Pompeius could abide no paine No not so much as feele his head to ake The Spartanes for their pleasures made strict lawes Shewing what paine to each one did belong Cicero said No paine could touch the mind That was but rampierd in with â—usterance And Aristotle held the same opinion Firme resolution could subdue all paine Of Pouertie c. Pouertie is