neuer sought Griefe being disclos'd the sooner is recur'd Ech griefe best iudgeth of his contrarie Extreame and hard with sorrow doth it goâ— Where woe becomes a comforter to woe Sorrow doth dimme the iudgement of the wit Great griefes more easily can be thought than told There is no griefe but time doth make it lesse Sighes of them selues are ouer-silent much And farre too short to make our sorrowes knowne Griefe to it selfe most dreadfull doth appeare Neuer was sorrow quite deuoid of feare Sorrow best fitteth with a cloudie cell Still we behold some griefe our blisse beseâ—â— Yet often-times that griefe some good â—egeâ—s Sorrow discloseth what it most doth grieue The deapth of griefe with words is sounded least No plaister helpes before the griefe be knowne Words are but shadowes of a further smart But inward griefe doth truly touch the heart Sower is the sweet that sorrow doth maintaine A heauie hearâ— with sorrowes pipe must daunce Sorrow her selfe is in her selfe confounded Where sorrow serues for food where drinke is teares There pleasure sighes amidst confused feares Sighes often sue but seldome times find grace We may conclude our words but not our woes Great griefes are mutâ— when mitth can chearely speake What bootes iâ— plaine that cannot be redrest Or sow vaine sorrowes in a fruitlesse eare Nothing auaileth griefe when fates denie Cares close conceal'd doe aggrauate the painâ— It 's ease to tell the cares that inly touch Men torne with tempests safe arriu'd at last May sit and sing and tell of sorrowes past Well sitteth moane the mind neer kill'd with care A double griefe afflicts concealing hearts One louing hower quits many yeares of griefe When thou dost feele thy conscience rent with griefe Thy selfe pursuest thy selfe both robd and thiefe All earthly sights can nought but sorrow breed Woe waxeth old by being still renew'd Woe neuer wants where euery cause is caught When sorrow once is seated in our eyes What-e're we see encreaseth miseries Men change the aire but seldome change their cares Griefes are long liu'd and sorrowes seldome die Griefe need no feigned action to be taught Know how to weepe when mightie griefes constraine Else teares and sighes are meerely spent in vaine Sorrow growes sence-lesse when too much she bears We need not cherish griefes too fast they grow Woe be to him that dyes of his owne woe To meane estate but common woes are knowne But crownes haue cares that euer â—e vnknowne Sorrow doth make the shortest time seeme long One griefe conceal'd more grieuous is than ten From strongest woe we hardly language wâ—est Oft times it haps that sorrowes of the mind Find helpe vnsought that seeking cannot find Huge horrors in high tydes of griefes are drown'd Woe past may once laugh present woe to scorne Griefe â—arueth deepest comming from the heart Enough of griefe it is to pensiue minds To feele their faults and not be further vext Care makes men passionate and sorrow dumbe High floods of ioy oft falls by ebbbes of griefe No note is sweet where griefe beares all the ground It 's euer pleasing for â— man to heare Those griefes discourst that once were hard to beare Some often sing that haue more cause to sigh Griefe neuer parts from a care-filled breast Free vent of griefe doth ease the ouer-flow Vnhappie man the subiect of misfortune Whose very birth doth following woe importune Mens dayes of woe are long but short of ioy Our time may passe but cares will neuer die Oft greatest cares the greatest comforts kill Men die and humane kind doth passe away But griefe that makâ—s them die doth euer stay Ioy still ascends but sorrow sings below Men may lament but neuer disanull Sorrow still seazeth on a grieued heart Things of small moment we can scarsely hold But griefes that touch the heart are hardly told They easily grieue that cannot choose but moane Sorrow concludes not when it seemeth done Conceit deriues from some fore-father griefe Conceiued griefe reboundeth where it falls Not with the emptie hollownesse but weight Things past redresse should be as free from care It is no losse to be exempt from care Against a chaunge woe is o're-run with woe Woe with the heauier weight doth alwaies sit Where it perceiueâ— it is but faintly borne The deepest cares cure not the smallest griefe Sorrow is mortall enemie to health Griefe wanteth words to vtter what it would Fell gâ—aâ—ling sorrow hath least power to bite The man that mockes it and doth set it light No need to hasten care it comes too soone Griefes best redresse is the best sufferance Griefe finds some ease by him that beareth like Sharpe sorrowes tooth doth neuer ranâ—kle more Than when he bites and launceth not the sore The hearts deepe sorrow hates both light and life Mirth may not soiourne with blacke male-content What helpeth care when cure is past and gâ—ne Ech substance of a griefe hath twentie shades Which shewes like griefe it selfe yet is not so It is some case our sorrowes to reueale Sorow doth euer long to heare the worst Long are their nights whose cares doe neuer sleepe The eyes of sorrow glaz'd with blinding teares Deuideâ— one thing enâ—â—re to many obiects No farre remooue can make sterne sorrow lesse Care-charming sleepe is sonne of sable night Idlely we grieue when fruitlessely we grieue Their legges can keeâ—e no measure in delight Whose heart doe hold no measure in their griefe They that report griefe feele it for the time Sad soules are slaine in merrie companie Griefe is best pleas'd with griefes societie In wooing sorrow it is best be briefe When wedding it there is such length in griefe Great griefe grieues most at that would do it good Griefe dallied with nor law nor limit knowes A wofull hostesse brookes no merrie guests Ech thinks him-selfe to fetch the deepest grone Because he feeles no sorrow but his owne Distresse likes dumps when time is kept with teares Woe is most tedious when her words are briefe Though woe be heauie yet it seldome sleepes Kind fellowship in woe doth woe asswage As Palmers chat makes short their pilgrimage Loue ne're so loyall is not free from care Weepe ne're so long yet griefe must haue an end Of sorrow comes but fancies and fond dreames True sorrow then is feelingly suffis'd When with like semblance it is sympathiz'd Sad hearts with weeping liue vpon their teares Sad sighes set downe the hearts most feeling woes Assurance alway putteth griefe to flight Deepe woes roll forward like a gentle floud Which being stopâ— the bounding bankes o're-flowes Accustom'd sorrow is meere câ—ueltie Sorrow is very doubtfull in beleefe Silence is sorrowes chiefest Oratour To see sad sights mooues more than heare them told For then the eye interprets to the care Sacietie makes passions still lesse strong All sence must die where griefe too much abounds All care is bootlesse in a carelesse case Sorrow is like a heauiâ— hanging bell VVhich set on ringing with his owne weight goes
to liue Hope not for that which iustice doth denie Where grace begins hope makes a happie end Similies on the same subiect AS greatest calmes oft turne to thunderclaps So sweetest hopes doe change to sowrest haps As in meane places may much wealth be hid So little hopes may mightie things expect As sadnes is the hearts chiefe punishment So hope is highest helpe in deepe distresse As one part of the body toiles for all So hope striues to accomplish all desires As euery mettall is of Sulphur made So euery pleasure doth from hope proceed As honest pastimes can no way offend So good mens hopes must needs haue happy end Examples likewise on the same WHen Alexander gaue great gifts away Being askt What for himselfe he kept replied Hope Caesar continually wasled with hope That he should gouerne many Monarchies Androclidas derided being lame Said Then in fight I hope I shall not flie Pindarus calleth hope The nource of age And Thales said Hope was a common helpe Learned men differ from the ignorant As Bias saith but onely by their Hope Hope as Simonides the Poet saith Is the sole guide and gouernour of men Of Loue. Loue is a vertue measur'd by duteous choice But not if it be maim'd with wilfull chaunce TRue loue is simple like his mother Truth Firme and vntainted loue had neuer meane In long delay loue most impatient is Our treasure we may hide but not our loue The truest loue is most suspitious Loues eyes in looking neuer haue their fill MAY is not loues month MAY is full of flowers But dropping APRIL Loue is full of showers Leud loue breeds losse ill peace hath deadly fight Life is most loath'd where loue may not preuaile Loue is the mistresse of a many minds Loues little sweet oft finds a longer sower Loue 's like the winters Rose or Sommers Ice Loue where it likes life where it loues would be Loue doth desire the thing belou'd to see That like it selfe in louely shape may be As loue is loth to part so seare shunnes death Luke warme desires best fit with crazed loue Valour nor loue dwells where diuision is Nought worth is loue without true constancie Loue cannot sound well but in louers tongues Loues strongest bands vnkindnes doth vnbind Firme loue that is in gentle brests begun No idle charme may easily remooue Short is the ioy of him that longest loues Loue neuer can endure a Paragon The greater loue the greater is the losse True loue is often sowne but seldome growes Loose loues are vaine and vanish still to smoake Loue that two hearts makes one so frames one will Too hard a lesson t is for liuing clay From loue in course of nature to refraine Firme loue the dread of daunger doth despise Loue may not be compeld by masterie Sweet loue barres lewdnesse from his companie Causelesse to chaunge loue is most foule reproch Loue hateth thought of all vngentlenes A louers heauen must passe by sorrowes hell All losse is lesse yea lesse is infamie Than losse of loue to him that loues but one They cannot iudge of loue that ne're did loue Loue wants his eyes yet shoots he passing right The shrine of loue doth seldome offrings want What can be said that louers cannot say Blind loues best Poets haue imperfect sight Loue deeply grounded hardly is dissembled Loue is a fiend a fire a heauen a hell Where pleasure paine and sad repentance dwell Where both deliberate the loue is light True loue is mute and oft amazed stands Who euer lou'd that lou'd not at first sight The darkest night is Cupids brightest day Loue alwaies makes those eloquent that loue There 's nothing more than counsell louers hate The light of hidden fire it selfe discouers And loue that is conceald betraies poore louers A louer most restraind the worser fares Loue is too full of faith too credulous Great force and vertue hath a louing looke No stonie limits can hold out true loue What loue can doe that dare it still attempt Sweet are those bands that true loue doth combine Loue goes toward loue like schoole-boyes from their bookes But loue from loue to schoole with heauie lookes No loue so sweet as where both soules consent True perfect loue is quickest of beleefe It 's better loue and liue than loath and die Free vent of words loues fire doth asswage Lookes doe kill loue and loue by lookes reuiues Foule words and frownes will not compell a louer Louers well wot what griefe it is to part When twixt two bodies liueth but one heart Loue easily commenteth on euery woe Loues gentle spring doth alwaies fresh remaine Loue maketh young men thrall and old men dote In follie loue is wise and foolish wittie A louers houres are long though seeming shoâ—â— Louers doe say The heart hath treble wrong When it is bard the ayding of the tongue Loue doth with gall and hony both abound It is not loue that loues to anger loue Loue still is free and led with selfe-delight Sweet is the loue that comes with willingnes Who learnes to loue the lesson is so plaine That once made perfect neuer lost againe There is no paine like loues sweet miscrie Great talke of loue proceeds but from the tongue Loue makes blunt wits right pleasing Oratours All loue deceits are held excusable Loue is most sweet and faire in euery thing Loue well is said to be a life in death That laughes and weepes and all but with a breath Such veâ—â—ue loue hath to make one of two The fire of loue is blown by dalliance Loues speciall lesson is to please the eye Loues glorie doth in greatest darknes shine Loue is a spirit all compact of fire Not grâ—sse to sâ—â—ke but light and will aspire Loue paints his longings in faire virgins eyes If merit looke not well Loue bids stand by Loue loftie doth despise a lowly eye Loue neuer will be drawn but must be led Although sweet loue to conquer glorious be Yet is the paine farre greater than the fee. He that shewes all his loue doth loue but lightly Fauours make happy louers euer dumbe The latest wonne is alwaies lou'd the longer Equall estate doth nourish equall loue Loue in braue spirits kindles goodly fire Which to great height of honour doth aspire Loue makes at once sicke sound aliue and dead Loue makes diuided creatures liue in one Loue is a thing that feeds on care and feare Poore is the loue that pouertie impaires All loues conceits are excellently wittie Two eyes him needeth both to watch and wake That louers will deceiue and find their scape That loue is singular is least in sight A pregnant loue conceits a thousand things Wanton conceits are rife where loue is wittie Disdaine to true loue yet was euer foe That loue is it which alwaies lasteth long That tends to neither of the louers wrong Vnwoed loue knowes not what pittie meanes They loue indeed that dare not say they loue Loues workes are more than of a
fairest stone small raine soone makes a print Ill fare that faire which inwardly is foule Beautie is inward vertue of the soule We trample grasse and prize the flowers in MAY Yet grasse is greene when fairest flowers decay The loue of beautie Reason quite forgets The cause of loue is only beauties lookes Beautie and youth once banisht ne're returne Chast thoughts makes beautie be immortallizd Faire beautie is the sparke of hot desire And sparkes in time will kindle to a fire Sicknesse and age are beauties chiefest foes Weeds oft times grow when fairest flowers fade Beautie is like a faire but fading flower Where beautie most abounds there wants most ruth The goodliest gemme being blemisht with a cracke Looseth both beautie and the vertue too Beautie doth whet the wit makes bold the will Beautie makes Art to worke beyond it selfe Vnhonest beautie is a deadly poyson Vertue-Iesse beautie doth deserue no Ioue The fairest flower nipt with the winters frost In shew seemes worser than the basest weed The perfect glasse of vertue beautie is No bait so sweet as beautie to the eye White seemes the fairer when as blacke is by The purest Lawne is apt for euery staine Better it is with beautie to be blinded Than beauties graces should be blindly minded Beautie is tearm'd the mistresse of delight Beautie oft iniures them endued there with Beautie enflates and puffeth vp the mind Humilitie with beautie seldome is Beautie brings fancie to a daintie feast And makes a man that else were but a beast Man of all creatures is most beautifull Beautie not proud nothing more excellent Similies on the same subiect AS the right Corall need no other grace So Artlâ—sse beautie best sets sorth the face As finest cloth will soonest catch a staine So fairest lookes may shadow minds most vaine As greatest feasts seldome can want fit friends So beauties house will hardly lacke resort As medlers with the fire are easily scorcht So they that gaze on beautie soone are caught As coldest Climates haue their Summer dayes So coolest thoughts are fierd at beauties blaze As that same Speare which harme must heale the wound So looke where beautie kills it must reuiue Examples likewise on the same HErcules being a mightie conquerour Yet vaild his courage at faire beauties feet The â—ybian Lyons looâ—e their sternest might If of a beauteous face they once get sight The Sâ—anâ—ian Lord by nature dull and rude By sight of beautie lost this seruitude Alcestaes beautie made Mâ—andeâ—s Swannes To leaue the stood and on her shoulders pearch Chrysippus held that beautie did preserue Kindnes and all societie with men Zeno the Prince of Stoickes did agree That beautie like could very hardly be Of Iealousie Iealousie is hells torment to the mind Quite quenching reason and encreasing rage LOue euer laughes when Iealousie doth weepe If age be iealous youth will be vntrue No hell can be compard to Iealousie This still we find where iealousie is bred Hornes in the mind are worse than on the head Suspect bewraies our thoughts betraies our words Suspitious eyes are messengers of woe Iealous suspect is linked with despaire Well fares the man how ere his cates doe tast That tables not with foule suspition Better to die than be suspitious Trust not too soone nor all too light mistrust Mistrust doth treason in the trustiest raise Where Iealousie directesh forward wills Beauties sweet dalliance with despight a kills Iealousie kindles enuieâ— quenchlesse fire Suspition alwaies haunts a guiltie mind Suspition often wounds as a â—â—ope as death When sweet repose doth calme the troubled mind Then base suspect soon'st leaues his â—â—ing behind Daungerous suspect still waits on loues delight Suspition oft times breeds a further ill Once guiltie and suspected euermore O Iealousie when truth once takes thy part No mercie-wanting Tyrant so seuere No secrecie can be without suspect Iealousie is the father of reuenge Iealousie pines it selfe to death aliue Thy wise being faire be not thou iealous Because suspition curâ—â— not womens follies Iealousie growes extreame by lengthning it A iealous man no counsell will admit Iealousie is the sruit of suddaine choice The heart being once infect with iealousie Griefe is the night and day darke miscrie No thraldome like the yoke of iealousie Suspition giues continuall cause of care Iealousie is Disdaines blacke harbinger Iealousie is the torment of the mind For which nor wâ—t nor counsell helpe can find Suspition wounds but iealousie strikes dead Suspect sends men too swiftly to their end Who trauailes in suspect are bound to haste Too much sâ—spition oâ— another is A flat â—â—ndâ—â—â—â—ng of ouâ— owne amisse Passioâ—â— kept priuat doe most preiudice Suspition needs no vrger but it selfe Wise men haue alwaies hated iealousie Where once suspition breedeth enmitie 'T is hard with shewes to compasse amitie Iealousie murdereth hospitalitie Iealousie rootes vp all good neighbourhood Iealousie reckons friends no more than foes Similies on the same subiect AS no content is like the sweetes of loue So no despaire can match with iealousie Loue as it is diuine with loyaltie So is it hellish wrapt in iealousie As from small brookes great riuers doe arise So huge distemper springs from iealousie As Crowes do deeme their brood the fairest birds So iealous men their owne choise most commend As shippes in tempests by the winds are tost So fond conceits doe hurrie iealous heads As kindnesse doth delight in companie So is it poyson to mad iealousie Examples likewise on the same THe Persians were so iealous of their wiues As but in waggons they ne're went abroad Phanius lockt vp his wife through iealousie Whereby she compast what she could not else Procris was slaine through her owne iealousie Hid in a bush to watch her husbands walke Argus albeit he had an hundred eyes Yet could not keepe from Io Iupiter Cicero calleth Iealousie a feare Of loosing that belongs to ones owne selfe Chrysippus holds that iealousie ill brookes A partner in the thing it most esteemes Of Wit and Wisdom Wisdome is Natures child Experience heire Discretely rul'd while Wit gads euery where WIsdome seemes blind when she beholdeth best Wisdome growne wealthie liueth then at quiet No wisdome with extremities to deale It 's wisdome to giue much a gift preuailes When deepe perswading Oratorie failes Mans wit doth build for time but to deuoure Wisdome is alwaies held the chiefest wealth Ech soyle oâ— couâ—trey is a wise mans home He is not wise that hauing scapâ—â— a harme Will afterward goe meddle with it more Faire sober speed is counted wisdomes hast All after-wit is euer dearely bought Wisdome bids stay though foot be in the gate Not cowardise but wisdome warnes to yeeld When fortune aids the proud iusulting foe Feed 〈…〉 les with toyes and wise men with regard When clouds appeare wise men put on their cloakes He wisely walketh that doth safely goe All places that the eye of heauen surâ—aies Are to a wise man happie ports and hauens What wise men see
then will idle stand Peasants may beare but kings must needs requite Who would all mastring maiestie defeat Of her best grace that is to make men great A princes wrath is messenger of death What els is pompe rule raigne but earth and dust Kings must haue some be hated worse than they On whome they may their weight of enuie lay Pride is no ornament for diademes Selfe-loue doth very ill beseeme a prince Blest is that league where citties further Kings And kings doe further them in other things Kings that would haue lawes kept must rule themselues Graue heads are meetest Councellors for kings Looke what a King doth most of all embrace To that his subiects will encline as fast The strength of princes is their subiects loue Kings ought be free from partialitie Sleeplesse suspition pale distrust cold feare Alwaies with princes company doth beare Kings should be fathers to their common-â—â—aleâ— Kings should preferre them most that 〈…〉 least A Prince not fear'd hath oft his death 〈…〉 And dreaded Princes haue their deathâ— deâ—â—â—â—â— Maiestie scornes to looke on cowardise Kings reasons should be more than their opiâ—â—â—â—â— What else are kings when regiment is gâ—nâ— But like to shadowes in a Sun shine day In â—â—â—iâ—cts wrongs princes sustaine abuse It'â—â—â—â—ater care to keepe than get a crowne Kings fauours in their eye-lids vse to hang. Ready with euery winke to be wip'te out He is no king that is affections slaue No fall like his that falleth from a crowne Kings are not tearmed Gods for wearing crownes But for o're fame and fortune they are Lords Misgouern'd kings are cause of common wracke Kings chaunging customes euer feare a chaunge Iest not with Princes if that thou be wise For in vnequall iest great daunger lyes Kings are their subiects ioy their countries hope True subiects hearts are princes chiefest stay In Princes these two qualities well sit For strength a Lyon and a Foxe for wit Great perils are compriz'd within a crowne Beggers make maiestie a gazing marke True iustice is the chiefe and onely thing That is reâ—uir'd and lookt for in a king Mislikes are sillie lets where kings resolue Iust soueraigntie can neuer be displac'd A king hereft of all his trustie friends Is dead aliue for fame and honour ends All lawfull princes first or last preuaile A princes safetie is his peoples loue Who hath been kneel'd vnto can hardly kneele Or begge for that which once hath been his owne Kings greatnes stands on the great king of heauen No maiestie where vertue is despis'd Similies on the same subiect AS princes wills are commonly held lawes So life or death dependeth on their lookes As often burials is Physicians shame So many deaths argue a kings hard raigne As beasts obey the Lordly lyons looke So meane estate must mightie princeâ— brooke As the Sun-beames doe lighten all the world So princes liues are lâ—nternes to their lands As Princes wanting wealth learne tyrannie So too much treasure makes them vicious As biggest winds enkindle greatest flames So much submission makes a king most mild Examples likewise on the same THe Kings of Persia alwaies shewed themselues More subiect to the law than to their Lords Antiochus told his sonne Demâ—trius That kingly rule was noble slauerie Bâ—lus the sonne of Nemrod was first king That in this world had title of that name The Romane kings did vse to weare no crownes But alwaies bare their scepters in their hands Tully saith then 't is best to checke a prince When he forgets himselfe to be a prince Sâ—â—â—ates wil'd good kings preferre their friends And shewe some kindnesse to their enemies Of Kingdomes c. The Kingdome Countrey and the Common-weale Are things that subiects loue doe most reueale KIngdomes are Fortunes slattering gifts soone lost Kingdomes are burd'nous to the wiâ—est men Conâ—â—rd doth keepe a Realme in stable stay When discord brings all kingdomes to decay Wretched the state where men desire to die Who striues to alter lawes disturbes the state Kingdomes are commonly much sooner lost Than kept desir'd than had with mightie cost Kingdomes are Fortunes â—atall tenise balls A wicked king makes a more wicked land A man that takes delight in doing all To trouble all the State deuiâ—eth â—â—iâ—l In a well-gouern'd state one head is best Some men vnwilling benefit their land Fooles set in office doe their spleâ—es â—eâ—eâ—le And meaning well mâ—st hâ—â—t the common-weale Some vnawares their countries good proâ—erre All earthly kingdomes euen as men mâ—st perish Kingdomes are rul'd but badly where the base Will checke the chiefe that sit in highest place No state stands sure but on the grounds of right Realmes neuer get by chaunge but paine and losse When lawes are maâ—e they ought to be obey'd And rulers willes with reuerâ—nce to be weigh'd Wisdome and care are kingdomes chiefest propâ— Rude multitudes are kingdomes ouerthrow By nature man vnto the woâ—st iâ— bent If wholsome statutes stay not his intenâ— Innocent men are common-wealeâ— bâ—st treasure Innocence makes kingdoms florish more than arms That kingdome ought of right to be destroy'd Which once was vertues â—lower now vices weed Wise princes are their kingdomes conâ—â—oâ—ters Vniust exâ—â—â—ons killes a common-weale No greater da â—nger to a common-wealth Than when vnskilfâ—ll 〈◊〉 â—ide her powers Kingdomes are nothing elâ—e but common care Where tools bâ—are râ—le the common wealth decaies In â— calmeâ— a many see how 〈◊〉 â—â—gin But few respect the enâ— and emâ—â—lie Where wiâ—â— mâ—n are neglected kingdomes perish No nâ—arâ—r kinred can be than our countrey Theâ—e â—â—â— no common-weales more loose and bad Tâ—aâ— wâ—eâ—e the câ—mâ—â—nâ—â—â—ue most libertie Our countrey parents kin claime part in vs. Our countries loue ought be most deare to vs. And â—â—ties of common-weales dâ—â—ay â—â—â—â—â— bâ—ilâ—ingâ—â—â—â—â— and carelâ—sse heads beare sway Where any may liâ—e well that is his countrey Remembrance of ouâ— countrey is most sweet In common-weales such should be honour'd most As shew their care both insterne warre and peace â—â—â— countrey first by nature claimeth vs. â—â—â—â—â—t is the death in cause of common-weale The gouernment of common weales and state Will without wiâ—dome soone he ruinate Reward and punishment are kingdomes keyes Peace in a common-wealth is mellodie There 's nothing câ—n impresse so deare constraint As countries cause and common foes disclaine Men of desert their countrey least esteemes Discretion best doth rule a common-weale That kingdome may be counted fortunate Where no man liueth by anothers sweat Seditious heads disturbe the common good Vnruly members soone should be lopt of Similies on the same subiect AS spring and Autumne hazard health by chaunge So â—nnouations harme a common-wealth Looke how the body void of members is Euen so are kingdomes dispossest of lawes As ships in tempests need all helping hands So in a kingdome none must idlely stand As many Elements one temper frame So diuers mens endeauours helpe the state As from the heart all members haue their life So from the common-wealth
sâ—athe Better an open foe than scornfull friend Better be borne a foole than wrong thy wit No mocker but at length did meet his match Similies on the same subiect AS hottest loue hath soonest cold disdaine So greatest pleasures haue the greatest paine As good and ill each other doe puâ—â—ue So hate-full estimation scorne succeeds As Adders keepe their venime in their tayles So scoffers poyson lurketh in their tongues As fairest beautie may deserue some blame So wittiest scoffes prooue but ridiculous As some things sweet in taste are sowre going downe So scoffes that like the eare dislike the mind As faire demeanour most commends a man So scornes and scoffes as much dishonour him Examples likewise on the same CAligula did couet his owne ease And yet disdain'd others should doe the like Anthonie causde the head of Cicero In scorne be set before him at his meat Plato Xenophon and Demosthenes Against each other were contemptuous Geta and Antoninus being brethren Slew one the other through their priuat scorne Among all perturbations Tullie saith Disdaine is most iniurious to it selfe And Fabius Maximus holds like conceit Affirming nothing worser than contempt Of Slaunder c. Slaunder and base Detraction is the fruit Of deuilish hearts and foule polluted soules WHo liues that standeth out of slaunders reach Detractions tongue delights in ill reports What likes not mallice straight disprais'd must be Slaunder is blind and cannot vertue see In slaundring speech enuâ—e takes pleasure most With spightfull tongue detract no honest mind Doe what we will we cannot sâ—ape the sting Of slaundrous tongues that sâ—â—li afresh doe spring Take not away that thou canst not restore Encrease not griefe but rather saiâ—e the sore Detracting speech of heauen doth not smell But rather stinking like the pâ—t of hell Leudnesse is still defam'd and euer was Bold slaunders tongue time neuer can suppresse Good words of all men gaineth laud and praise Where slaunders are but counted cast-awayes No secret's hid where slaunder keepes the dorâ— Detraction will not spare Dianaes name Detracting talke Gods picture out doth race And setteth vp the Deuils in the place A free consent is priuiledg'd from blame Slaunder can neuer iust deserts deface The Bee hath honey so he hath a sting The one doth wound more than the other heales Against bad tongues goodnes cannot defend heâ— A sprightly wit disdaines detraction Men hardly stop the infamie and noise Of slaunders published by common voice An vniust slaunder hath no recompence Foule mouth'd detraction is his neighbours foe Blame is esteem'd more blame-lesse generall Than that which priuat errours doth pursue Slanders call things in question not approues them A tale vnâ—ptly told may be depâ—au'd An open slaunder often times hath brought That to effect which neuer else was thought Flatterie lyes and slaunder are sworne friends Slaunder will wrong his friend behind his backe Slaunder like enuies dogge detects the dead Slaunders like arrowes gainst a wall rebound And soon'st of all the slaunderer doth wound Slaunder being odious so would others make Slaunder may barke at truth but cannot bâ—te All itching eares doe swallow many wrongs Who by his slaundring tongue his neighbour harmes Doth wound his owne soule by his wicked words Large slaunders are apparant signes of enuie Slaunder offends the liuing gnawes the dead Patience is prooued by detraction No bane to friendship worse than slaunder is Similies on the same subiect AS Rats and Myce doe feed vpon our meat So slaunderers feed on flesh of other men As diuers meats doe hurt digestion So changeable reports begetteth slaunder As Princes armes reach very farre in length So slaunder stretcheth vnto following times As deepe incisions are for festred sores So mightie meanes must cure vp slaunders wounds As vultures prey vpon dead carion So slaunderers feed vpon mens liuing names As Somners liue by peoples daily sinnes So slaunders liue by killing mens good fame Examples likewise on the same NArsetes that renowmed Generall By slaunders was dismissed from his charge When Scipio was by slaunder highly wrong'd His discreet answere soone acquited him Calisthenes Parmenio and Philotaeâ— By slaundrous accusations lost their liues Augustus pardon'd one that would haue slaine him But banisht him that falsely slaundred him Diogenes affirmed the slaunderer Was worse than any wild or furious beast Seneca saith Oâ— theeues men may beware But hardly shall they scape the slaunderer Of the Tongue c. The tongue is tell-tale of the priuat thoughts And words oft times doe ouer-reach the wise WOrds are but wind they bid but doe not buy The greatest words oft times haue weakest deeds Deepe sounds make lesser noise than shallow foords And sorrow ebbes being blowne with wind of words Imperious tongues doe scorne to vse entreats The vulgar tongue prooueth vnpartiall still Few words doe euer â—it a trespasse â—est Where no excuse can giue the fault amends A soft slow tongue true marke of modestie The least discourse is commonly most stout Presumption 's euer fullest of deceits And many times proud words haue poore effects Words are but shadowes of a further smart Things being twise told the vulgar not allow The further men doe speake of things well done They haue more mouthes but not more merit wonne Not words but deeds are still respected most No charming words by dead tongues vttered are Of others faults what need we babble so When we our selues haue vices many moe Few words will serue a righteous cause to plead Great power haue pleasing words and mickle might Faire pleasing words are like to Magiqâ—e Art That doth the charmed snake in slumber lay With words and gifts it 's easie to attempt Speech doth preuaile where weapons cannot win He that no more must speake is listned more Than they whome youth and ease hath taught to glose By good perswasion what cannot be done Curses are but vaine breathings in the aire Curses resemble arrowes shot vpright Which falling downe light on the shooters head The tongues of dying men enforce attention The hearts aboundance issues from the tongue Still easie yeelding zeale is quickly caught With what the mouth of grauitie hath taught Foule paiment for faire words is more than needs The tongues mis-vse oft breeds the bodies smart Sorrow makes silence her best Oratour Where words may make it lesse not shew it more In poore mens words the rich haue small delight Report can make a substance of a shade Follie doth guide the tongue that vainly speakes And vaine is that which modest measure breakes In many words must needs be much amisse Mens thoughts and words nothing so opposite Few words among the wise haue greater grace Than long Orations with vnskilfulnes Words are the shadowes of our daily workes Superfluous speech doth much disgrace a man Griefe sometimes doth distressed minds so wreake That heart neere bursteth ere the tongue can speake The tongue gads many times before the wit Much babling doth bewray great impudence Words are but fruitlesse that infect the
good is only thought Worthy reward who will be bad for nought Raise not the bad to make the good complaine No good at all with doing ill is wonne Let vs not thinke that that our good can frame Which ruin'd hath the Authors of the same They are too blame which deeds well done wil wrest Good deeds the cruelt'st heart to kindnesse brings Good done to any doth impression strike Of ioy and loue in all that are alike Good deeds are famishment vnto the deuill The end is crowne of euery worke well done Good still is best when it is soonest wrought For lingring-fauour euer comes to nought The way to good is neuer learn'd too late Faults should be measur'd by intent not deed Nothing so good but may through guiltie shame Be much corrupt and wrested to great blame Igâ—orant faults craue pardon still by course Faâ—â—ts done may be repented not reclaim'd He that will purchase things of greatest price Must conquer by his deeds and not by words Faults vncommitted challenge no repent Many deserts may lessen slender faults Vniust offences daunger scape a time But yet at length reuenge doth pay them home Faults oft are measur'd by their secrâ—cie An error past is likewise past recalling There 's nought so vile that on the earth doth liue But to the earth some speciall good doth giue Good is the end that cannot be amended Where good is found we should not quit with ill There 's nought so good but strain'd from that faire vse Reuolts to vice and stumbles on abuse Gold and base mould no difference but by vse Better to heare than doe what is not well For ones offence why should a number fall Or priuas sinne be plagu'd in generall Seldome but some good commeth ere the end Gay without good is good hearts greatest loathing Forraine defects giuing home faults the way Make many times bad actions well succeed Still the directest courses best succeed Vertue conducteth to all things are good First weigh the qualitie of each offence And thereunto apply the punishment What one thinkes good another counts as vaine The highest iudger quickely can â—spie If faults or fraud doe vnder couert lye Wisdome directs to know the good from bad As oft as we doe good wee sacrifice The more â—ur grace and goodnesse doth encrease The more our soules prepare them selues to God Truth is the guide to all good actions Neuer repent thee of thy well-done deeds The goodnesse that proceeds from ignorance Iâ— like the hearbs that on a dunghill growes Good men doe still delight in doing good Good deeds doe shew the fruits of zealous faith Similies on the same subiect AS hardest stones are pierâ—'d with softest drops So vertuous deads reforme the loosest minds As â—ond behauiour most displaies a foole So honest deeds declare an honest heart As falling starres are soone extinguished So slight offences craue quicke pardoning As sullein lookes bewrayes reuenge-full thoughts So mild aspect declares a gentle heart As golden bridles better not a horse So words without good deeds shew not a man As bankets haue no grace where wanteth guests So words are litle worth where deeds come short Examples likewise on the same TRaiane reproou'd for listning poore mens wrongs Said None should hindet him from doing good The Emperour Auâ—elian had great care Least malice should obscure his well done deeds Philip did thanke the woman for her checke And said Still câ—ide me when I doe not well Augustus left his friend to iudgements triall For hindring law quoth he becomes no king Cleon being call'd to deale in state affaires Fore-warn'd his friends be carefull of their deeds Reward the good saith Solon for their doing good Aud punish them delight in wicked deeds Of euill Deeds c. Euill deeds and wicked come from vicious minds And here or some-where els due vengeance finds EXtreamest ills some time a ioy possesse Ill hardly set on is as hard got out Those things which we deeme good oft prooue but ill Counsell that comes when ill hath done his worst Blesseth our ill but makes our good accurst To put backe ill our good we must forbeare Euill tidings still doe faster flye than good Our greatest ills we most of all mistiust A guiltie conscience vrged with the thought Of former ill done deeds not easily erres Euils vnto euils still conducters are Ill comes too soone repentance oft too late Ill newes hath wings and with the wind doth â—â—ye In the first rising seeke to stifle ill Least it get head and grow against thy will That daye 's ne're ill that brings a pleasing night Worse than the worst of euils are wicked thoughts No blush can paint the shame is due to ill The apprehension of what e're is good Giues but the greater feeling to the worse All wicked deeds doe wrathfull doomes procure In euills counsell is the comfort chiefe Many times good doth grow by euils proofe By euill courses may be vnderstood That their euents can neuer fall out good When ill is hapt teares but encrease the ill Ill by example often gaineth good It 's double griefe to see a helplesse ill Great men that will haue lesse doe for them still Must beare them out although their deeds be ill Good heart in ill doth much the ill amend It 's better to reforme than cut off ill The worâ—er deed the doer likes for best Neuer was man so euill did or thought But would pretend some good cause though starke naught Good words doe often couer ill pretence One day doth wreake the ill that many wrought Mischiefe oft falls vpon the meaners head An euill deed â—one by authoritie Is mightie sinne and subornation The good compar'd with bad is soonest seene Who will not stoope to good must yeeld to ill Mischiefe doth euer ouer-match the bad The wicked cannot sleepe or take their rest Till they be pleased with some ill done deed Mischiefe is light and mounteth ouer head Old mischiefes oft doe set new ills abroach Ill president the tyde that waâ—tes to vice A minute spent in good seemes long loath'd day But nights of ill like moments slip away The more ill threats vs we suspect the lesse To harme there alwaies needs but little helpe Euill ensueth of each wrong intent With vniust men to stand debating lawes Is to giue power to hurt a rightfull cause Constrained ill must needs be suffered We see the good but yet we chuse the ill Oft that is vile shewes like a vertuous deed Nothing the world with greater harme doth fill Than want of feeling one anothers ill Mens faults doe seldome to them-selues appeare Men smoother partially their owne misdeeds Faults still against them-selues giue euidence When better choices are not to be had We needs must take the seeming best of bad The euill doth alwaies argue the offence One bad done deed may worke to many ill Euill seeming good is most pernicious Those euils where to a man by loue is driuen So much the rather
the Iudge that first condemnes To weepe alone is thought an yrkesome sore Yet companie disturbeth some much more Venus smiles seldome in a house of teares It 's better wake and weepe than sleepe and ioy Teares ease the mind though else doe small auaile Drops pierce the flint not by their force or strength But by oft falling weares it out at length Teares shed for vertues sake are blessed teares Teares worke no ruth but where the heart is tender Teares are the riches of a sighing soule Griefe-broken hearts doe liue with teares in eyes And dyâ— with mirth appearing in their lookes Griefe till all ends hath neuer perfect ending Sighes vsually proceed from griefe and smart Teares doe but blind the eyes as clouds the aire The rich man doth reuenge him-selfe by armes But poore men haue no other helpe than teares Whose griefes are great haue need of quickest cure Teares cannot change what God hath fore-decreed Teares do want eies which should giue tears to weep Teares are no remedies for sad distresse Neither can present plaints ease passed harmes Hearts true contrition is soules blisse beginner Teares are the badges of true penitence Similies on the same subiect AS some men weepe that are not rightly sad So many smile that are not rightly glad As trees by nature bringeth forth their fruit So sorrow doth by custome shed â—ad teares As thunder alwayes is not quencht with raine So griefe not euer is appeaâ—d with teares As too much boldnesse is in women bad So fits it not in men to be too â—ad As showres of raine doe cause the earths encrease So streames of teares doe giue the soule true peacâ— As weeping Oliue trees most fruitfull are So mourning minds doe soonest kill despaire Examples likewise on the same BRaue Coriolanus being banisht Rome â—oucht with his fault went forth and dide in teares The Romane matrons for old Brutus death For one whole yere did nothing else but mourne The wife of Lepidus her misbehauiour In teares and anguish did abridge his daies Crassus was neuer seene in all his life But once to smile but many times to mourne Senâ—eâ— saith That mightie men by power Reuenge themselues the weaker by their teares The broken heart saith Tullie hath moist eyes When often-times it faignes forth merrie lookes Of Humilitie c. Humilitie is lowlinesse of mind The onely way the seat of blisse to find HVmilitie lookes lowly on the ground Humilitie her friends with kindnesse feeds The lowly dales enuie not highest hills Humilitie to heauen the steppe the staire Is by deuotion heartie griefe and prayer The lowly mind doth highest gifts adorne Meeknesse of heart is glorie to man-kind Humilitie admires his paine with ioy The kindly dew drops from the higher tree And wets the little plants that lowly dwell The Cedar yeeldeth to the Axes edge Better sit still than rise and after fall The shrub is safe when the tall Cedar shakes Hâ— that high growth on Cedars did bestow Gaue likewise lowly Mushromes leaue to grow Humble and meeke becomes both young and old Gray hath lesse griefe than costly silken â—utes Humilitie walkes lowly on the earth Assur'd of certaine dignitie in heauen The lowest shrubs doe feele the fewest stormes The minds submission pulls downe loftie lookes When as the Eagle meanes his highest flight He makes his mounting in the lowest dale Great floods doe often rise from humble streames Content below ne're climbes to seeke aloft The cottage seated in the lowly dale Is more secure than highest soueraigntie Humilitie the â—oules chiefe beautie is Humilitie doth anger soone asswage A lowly life that feares no suddaine losse Is still content how-euer things goes crosse An humble mind sauours of pietie True humblenes doth all mens vertues praise A mind that feares no fall nor craues no crowne Is in the rightest way to true renowme Religions chiefe precept is humblenes Happie that man who is in honour humble Where humble thoughts doe to the heauens aspire There is no place for any proud desire The minds best armour is humilitie Lowlinesse is the perfect path to honour Humilitie hath brought those things to passe Which reason nor no vertue else could doe Pride wageth warre against humilitie By lowlinesse is true discretion wonne Proud minds can hardly learne humilitie Humilitie augments beneuolence Supporteth truth and keepes a kingdome safe Humilitie reuiues dead charitie The face doth soone expresse an humble mind Truth soone appeares to humble minded men The noble Lyon neuer slayes the least But alwayes preyes vpon the proudest beast Humilitie rules all the minds affects No way to heauen but by humilitie Humilitie winnes immortalitie Humilitie with perfect grace stands fast When all things else are vanished and past Breake not a bending reed spare the submisse Earth vessels with the brazen may not striue Similies on the same subiect AS lowlinesse of heart brings downe heauens grace So humble words can proudest tearmes deface As salt doth season euery kind of meat So lowlinesse doth shew all vertues best As vallies sertilnesse the hills exceeds So humble lowlinesse shewes fairest deeds As wine in lowest vaults is best preseru'd So grace in humble minds is best discern'd As proud presumption seekes his owne decay So lowlinesse to blisse directs the way As ignorance most scorneth to be taught So humblenesse desireth still to learne Examples likewise on the same PHilip for humblenes of mind was praisd Beyond all princes of the Macedons Antigonâ—â—s with great humilitie Bare off the â—launders of his enemies Scipio in all his fottunes neuer sweru'd From patient sufferance and humilitie Pericles most of all defam'd him-selfe By making scorne of true humilitie Tullie affirmes all vertues what-soe're Are soonest learned by humilitie Plato calls lowlinesse the soules defence And onely shield against extremities Of Authoritie c. Authoritie proud pompe and worldly power Makes monarchs but as marks wheÌ„ fate doth lower AVthoritie makes many mâ—n seuere Death giues no thanks but checks authority It is in vaine and fondly we resist Against proud might that can doe what it list A lawfull title counter-checks proud might The greatest oft may need a weaker helpe Little auailes a lawlesse vsurpation Which gaines ascepter but not rules a nation Might wanting measure prooueth surquedrie Nothing â—o â—â—lâ— as wâ—ong being arm'd with right Might is reputed absolute alone When of two powers there 's true coniunction Some leaâ—â—e to rule while others learne to liue They thâ—â— stand high haue many blasts to shake them Vainâ— is the vaunt and viâ—â—orie vmust Thâ—t more to might than â—ightfull cause doth trust When great leaues â—all then winter is at hand Needs must we doe what might will force vs doe The â—â—er-spreading pompe of greatest might Will darken weaknesse and debase his sight What mightie men misdoe they cannot mend Deepe are the blowes made with a mightie Axâ— More than enough he finds that finds his might Hath force to make all that he will haue right The more the mighâ—ier if