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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A12957	Essayes and characters, ironicall, and instructiue The second impression. With a new satyre in defence of common law and lawyers: mixt with reproofe against their common enemy. With many new characters, & diuers other things added; & euery thing ammended. By Iohn Stephens the yonger, of Lincolnes Inne, Gent.; Satyrical essayes characters and others	Stephens, John, fl. 1613-1615.	1615 (1615)	STC 23250; ESTC S117830	122,073	444

ESSAYES and CHARACTERS IRONICALL AND INSTRVCTIVE The second impression With a new Satyre in defence of Common Law and Lawyers Mixt with reproofe against their common Enemy With many new Characters diuers other things added euery thing amended Expedit castigare maledicere non licet neque iuuat affert enim maledictum vel malidicenti paenitentiam vel vituperationem Iul Scalig de Subt●…l By IOHN STEPHENS the yonger of Lincolnes Inne Gent. LONDON Printed by E Allde for Phillip Knight and are to be solde at his shop in Chancery lane ouer against the Rowles 1615. To the worthy and worshipfull my honored friend Thomas Turnor Esquire c. SIR YOV did accept the former impression which as my second thoughts haue taught me was a most idle creature a thing only to be respected in your dispensation Diligence and better knowledge haue made it a much better volumne you may peruse it therefore againe I must assure you without losse of time If you repent a second reading let me not be reputed what I am Your truly louing I. S. To the Reader THou art I presume wise enough whatsoeuer thou art not to beleeue me if I should largely seeme to praise my selfe or to reuile iny poore detractor who is like the stoeworme venomous but blinde continue thy iust vnbeleefe for dealers in this kinde be readie to out-braue and couzen thee Nor hast thou reason to allow me more credit then thoso wordlings for I confesse am not sorry thou and I are yet scarce 〈◊〉 Trust me not therefore further then thou maist discreetly and then perhaps thou wil●… acknowledge that if before this worke was reasonable it may be now thought vnamendable howsoeuer if any thinkes I needed helpe to meditate such a trifling labor I thanke him for his enuious good opinion for I can not wish to be more well commended To the namelesse Rayler who hath lenghthened his Excellent Actor a most needy Caracter following the wife with a peece of dog-skin witt dressed ouer with oyle of sweaty Post-horse VNusquisque turpis inscius ventosus maleuolae ac rudi suae calumniae fretus alieni nominis ruina gradum sibi facit ad suam gloriam Sed Ille per extentum funem mihi posse videtur Ire Poeta meum quipectus inaniter angit Irritat mulcet falsis terrroribus implet Vt magus You haue I know not vpon what acquaintance beene bolde with me and if I said impudent your tearme of imitating would excuse me pre thee if thou be'st honest or a Scholler be modest likewise and accuse thy selfe I would be loath to blame thee and loose my labor vnlesse I knowe thy nature which would perhaps neither thanke me nor amend Nor did I as one affected vnto sa●…cie rayling admit a friends Saytre but to informe the world that one mans credit should be more esteemed then the most generally and worthyly contemned baser sort of Players and let discretion teach thee that all the writers of this age must imitate though some endeauour it sonse doe it without a meaning the last was mine if any hut hetherto I know not any My comfort is I cannot walke into the Citty without being rubbed by some uncleanely person much lesse then can my booke trauaile in the worlds compasse and not be troden vpon by such a rude boistrous Knaue as thou but as being rubbed I would not willingly rubbe againe so was I not willing that my bo●…ke should resist thee but rise againe and scorne thee for all thy attributes sauour of madnes and of venome And for their sakes I giue the Poets laughters to thy stumbling and most wit-lesse language dij te Damasippe deaeque Ob maledictum mox donēt tonsore sed vnde Tam bene ne nosti postquam omnis restua ludos Ad medios fracta est aliena negotia curas Excussus proprijs Hor Saty 3. lib. 2. Marti lib 5. Epig 61. Ad Detractorem ALlatres licet vsque nos vsque Et gannitibus improbis laceflas Certum est hanc tibi p●…negare sama●… Olim quam petis in meis libellis Qualiscunque legaris vt per orbem Nam tecur aliquis sciat fuis●…e Ignotus pereas miser necesse est Non de●…runt tamen hac in vrbe forsan Vnus velduo tresue quatuor ve Pellem rodere qui velint cani●…am Nos hac a scab●…e teneamus vngues To the same Detractor You may barke lowd against vs prouoke Vs with il-fauourd snarlings till you choke Yet questionles the world will dare d●…ny The fame you couet in our Poetry Yes though your libels be dispered abroad For why should any know that such a Toad Hath had a being thy detested graue Will take thee vnknowne a p●…teous k●…aue Yet will this Citty l●…nd the willing power Of one of two of three perhaps of ●…ower Who will not faile thy currish hide to 〈◊〉 Though I doe thee a mangy●… s●…aue forbea●…e In eundem Quaenam te mala mens miselle Rauide Agit praecipitem in meas nugas Quia deus tibi n●…n bene aduocatus Vecordem parat exitare rixam An vt pervenias in ora vulgi Quid vis qualibet esse noius optas Eris quandoquidem oratio tua est Plena veneni et pestilentiae Catullus THus much may perswade thie Reader that detractors nay Detractors in the like kinde of impudence haue among the best Auncients beene a common fortune and therefore they be not indeed worth a minutes anguish I. S. A Friends Inuitation no Flatterers Encomion VVHen many are inuited to a Feast Though the inuiter doth not know his guest And therefore cannot well prouide in hast One dish so curious as may please each tast Yet if this Host hath such a carefull minde As that he will for each mans stomacke finde A seu'rall meat and so prouide with care Good hous-roome harty welcome good fare Shall we condemne his liberall act and loue If thank-lesse Inuitants the same disproue Some peraduenture doth one dish there see Which with his nature doth not well agree Some other may perchance dislike the feast Because it is not all what he likes best And so with diuers censures they doe take Due praise from him who did the banquet make Which may discourage him that doth intend Such carefull cost another time to spend Yet worthy Author let not this dismay Thee to goe forward in that vertuous way Thou hast propounded nor let that be lost Which is so rare Thou art a noble Host And cause thou knowest not the mindes of those That shall receiue thy feast thou dost dispose Of things so fitly that all here may finde Diuers prouisions for each Readers minde What if perchance some surfet at thy feast Because they cannot easily digest Some vicious quallity which raignes so rife In vicious minds made known by their lewd life So rife as you the danger haue exprest That knowing it they might the vice detest Pitty their