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A06551
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The courte of sapyence; Curia sapientiæ. English
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Lydgate, John, 1370?-1451?
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STC 17016; ESTC S100684
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gendreth floure or fresshe coloure Agnus castus the worthy peramoure Of chastyte the good saffron also Of tyme the mynte the rewe with many mo The Rose mary the sawge the sauery eke Arystologye also longe and rounde The annys good the bete good for the seke The dyten that is good for a wounde The Selydon ryght goodely on the grounde The Century and eke the fumytere The malue the dok thre drngaunce eke y e brere The marygolde cleped the Ilytrope The bure the fenell and the percele The letuse swete with many mylky drope The Coryandre that hounde doth to flee The plantane eke the mandrage eke I see With all other that groweth on the grounde Eche goodly herbe hath lust there to habounde Theyr names all it nedeth not for to wryte Ne theyr vertues my labour onely is For to descryue what lust and what delyte What pleasaunce comforte honour what blysse Vnto this mede they mynystred ywys The syght of them and of theyr yongly floures Was verray solue and he le to all langours ¶ Explicit descripcio florum et herbarum ¶ Incipit descripcio Arborum A heuenly wood was on that other syde And closed within that Ryuer aboute Planted at lust with trees full of pryde The blossmy bowes vnto the erthe gan loute The cedre tree presumptuus and stoute Hauynge dysdayne in erthe onely to abyde Amonge the sterres his hede began to hyde He and the palme and eke the good Cypresse Gan ryse burgyn and refleyre with delyte The bowes brought forthe of all gentylnesse And gaue vmbre vnto that selempne syght With double blysse eche tree was insygnyte With fruyte to man with vmbre to the grounde Thus honger there nede not to habounde The peretre the Olyue the Appyltree Wexe grete grene and eke moost plentyuous The peres in bowes and appelles of bounte The Almonde tree with Iardyns fructuous Dystyllynge come from his hole precyous The fyrre in hyght vnto the Cyder lyke To Amoune the rede Aromatyke The Aloes the gentyll canne and good Whose marugh and Iuse is made in sucre swete The balsom dystyllynge in a flode His gentyll baume made thrughe y e groūde to flete The Cynamon with fresshe oder replete The good spyknarde mastyk the gum Rosyn Olybanum the procyous thure and fyn The vyne tree berynge clustres grete and huge In this wood whiche largely dyde sprede With grapes hony swete and herbes duge Whiche in myght stronge as I rede The fyrst in tast the tother done excede The seconde be helpe vnto the stronge accesse They staunchyn thyrst they helpen in sykenesse Thyke fayre grene in bowe barke and leues The Cedre was souerayne of trees all The top the hole the Rote amonge the greues Herbered norysshed and swete in strondes small The byrde the bee the water spacyall In brede and bowes they ben brede in the hole And out of the Rote the welle dystylled hole The bowes brought forth bothe byrdes and fruyte The hole the barke offred hony and waxe The Rote fyndeth the moyst and colde refuyte Of all the erthe made to habounde and waxe The hony swete fylle downe in droppes laxe And with the bawne Iuse of floures glade In the water Electuarye they made The sturdy oke the Asshe the plum tree With acornes chattes and with y e Damecyne All other trees with theyr frutes in degre The Rampe the more the laurer and the pyne The Cherubyme swetynge the swete Rasyne The byrche the box the Alme the Sycomore The fyge the wyn of trees I speke no more For euery tree and fruyte in especyall And euery spyce and 〈…〉 Peper and greynes with other spyces all That euer on tree or busshe or herde can growe There was at lust and zepherus gan blowe Out thrughe the mede and tasia gan refleyr Theyr parfyte blysse illumyned all the eyer ¶ Explicit descripcio Arborum ¶ Incipit descripcio Auium The besy byrdes in theyr melodye Theyr heuenly voys gan to entone Theyr Anglyke rauysshynge Armonye Out thrughe the heuen vnto the hyest trone Gaue pryce and passe the nyne ordres echone O cherubyn they sayd come here to vs Here with what tune thou sholde saynge sauctus The throstell coke vpon the Cedre grene The nyghtyngale vpon the blosme thorn The noble swan with whyte fethers clene The gentyll larke fleynge amonge the corne Ne ceased not to synge from euen to morne With all other foules of peasaunce Theyr voys gan daunte vnto y e concordaunce Eche other foules in kynde there had his blysse His lust his comforte and his sustenaunce They had no nede Raueyn to vse ywys Eche thynge obeyed to theyr pleasaunce Debate no stryfe dyscorde ne yet dystaunce Amonge them myght not engendred be Echone other supporte in degre The proude Pecok his tayll began to whele On whiche the sparkynge sonne so puerly brent That to the syght he semed euery dele An Archaungell doune frome the heuen sent All heuenly colours in heuen were content His tayll the floures the byrdes eke ywys The eye the nose the ere fode with all blys The Egle fresshe souerayne of fowles all The good Goshauke the fresshe faucon of pryse With all other that to dysporte Royall Dysposed ben ther regned at deuyse The gentyll downe Innocent of all vyce The Turtyll true the Fenyx syngulere In lust in blysse togyder all they were The holsome Pertryche and the Pellycane The sparowes eke the plouer and the pye The Popyngay the Roke the henne the Crane Theyr names all here to specyfye It nedeth not for euery foule shortely That is in kynde hath in vertue myght In all comforte reioysed there his flyght They flee at lust there is not them to lette They bylde in blysse they haue all lyberte They nede not drede for gyler ne for nette Flee where they wyll they ben in all suerte The wynde the rayue ne none aduersyte May them dystourbe all Ioye is them amonge The heuen amonge aboue delyted in theyr songe ¶ Explicit descripcio Auium ¶ Incipit descripcio Animalium The waters sowne the lusty fysshe and seyre The good ceason the yongly sonne bryght The mede the herdes the floure theyr refleyre The blosmy bowes the folwes fresshe of flyght The tendre wynde with his brethe his myght Enspyred thrughe the blossomes at deuyse It to seen was an heuenly paradyse Whan I had sene the solempne souerayne syght Dame sapyence led me a lytell besyde Vnto a cumly Castell shynynge bryght Full of all solace delyte lust and pryde In whose circuite with wantes large wyde Of parfyte blysse y set were toures seuen The lyght of whiche astyed vp to heuen The dyke of it y fourmed with delyte Fulfylled was with water of comete The marbyll stone the Alabaster whyte By geometry so frendely gan mete That suche one as in hede body and fete With precyous stones illumyned at deuyse Was neuer seen it passed paradyse Vpon a roche it was grounded
the erth eke thrugh his cure Ben stabled sadde and take vnyon Elles for grete hete and hyghe entencyon Of souerayne drought ryght by necessyte Vnto powder they sholde dyssolued be He is to fysshe holsome and profytable As ayre to beest and cause of all theyr blysse His propertees that ben moost coÌ„mendable Dame scyence there declareth well ywys And as a glasse so speculer he is Of thynge obiecte the shappe to represent Of hym hath nede all thynge in hym content He wyll aye meue withouten rest or constaunce Whyles that his partye superfycyall Be adequate by ryght and lyke dystaunce Our from the erth lyke from the mydde of all And of the sonnes lyght celestyall In to the heuen he maketh refleccyon The natures foure he passeth in renoun Of water thus to speke in generall There may none fynde a goodly properte But in hym selfe thus Ryuer hath them all In paradyse he had his soueraynte Bothe out and in to renne with lyberte From sulphur veynes and from metall vre He can absteyne and be ay swete and pure Basilius in his exameron Deseryueth water and his properte Who so hath lust he may loke them vpon But I my selfe wyll flee prolyxyte And of my Ryuer speke as lyketh me What sholde I saye hym to here and beholde All erthly Ioye passeth a thousande folde His heuenly sownes his grones delycate His swete murmour his subtyll cours stylle His fresshe colour whiche no storme may abate His sapour swete hauynge reflyer at wylle Myght saye ascaunce on this wyse be I wyll For to excyte out from the heuens place Nature to come to see of my solace O physon Tygrys Gyon Eufraces O doryx eke the flood of paradys O Iordan Cobar and thou Edapces Danybyus and pharphar at deuyse Abana eke as wryten clerkes wyse Whiche of damaske with his moyst passage The gardyns grene fulfylleth with herbage O Tybre Rodan Yber leyre and sayne Geron and Ryne with many watry drope And O ye solempne floodes and sauerayne Of Asia Affryhe and Europe Amonge you all I snote a goodly sope Lyke to this Ryuer in comparyson The Occyan booth hym subiectyon O ye floodes and ye other all That haue your course out thrughe y e erthes space Were not lyke in no poyntes specyall To this Ryuer in bounte nor in grace And who so lust floodes to knowe and trace In Barthylmewe in his fyften boke Amonge his prouynce may ye go and loke Holy scrypture eke maketh mencyon In Genests and other places mo Of floodes fele and theyr condycyon And phylosophers tellen them also As I rede but all this lete I go Of this Ryuer and his enornement gaye I meane of fysshe now somwhat wyll I saye ¶ Explicit descripcio Riuium ¶ Incipit descripcio piscium This lusty fysshe within this Ryuer swete There swymmynge whiche we fynnes clepe They put in vse to lere swymme and flete Now at the grounde and now aboue they lepe Now deceuered and now vpon an hepe Now here now there now endloÌ„ge now ouerthwart The syghte of them myght hele eche wounded hart Some 〈…〉 Some to the pryuate 〈…〉 to attende And dadred in theyr bodyes to the syght Shot â—out of lengthe theyr courage to extende Theyr parfyte blysse nature myght not amende Of net ne hoke of deceyte were they aferde What sholde I saye they had a Ioye in erde The whale the Dolphyn and Estaryus The Carabo and eke effâ—â—eron The Cakodryll and â—â—aâ—yâ—â—topus The see swyn and 〈…〉 The myllago that flâ—â—eth the water on The hamo that dredeth aâ— the hoke With many mo who so hath lust to loke The Myllâ—nne Gastor ypocamus Auronnea phager ferrâ— also The Conger eke fysshe whiche hyght Corus The pyke the luce the Samon see I tho The swerdfysshe with many other mo The Roche the tenche the lamperey and the Ele The Flouke the playse the flounder good to selle The Crabbe the lobster and the Craueys eke The welke the Oystur and the muscull good The rouche the porche there was no fysshe to seke That in the see in Ryuer or in flode In ponde stewe dyke that euer swam or yode Who so hym sought onone ther may hym see In lust in blysse and all prosperyte And yf so were he had of kynde a vyce In ony poynt or were malycyous For her were brought from that Ryuer of pryde And of that water gloryous He sholde anone he good and vertuous Shortely to saye to eche fysshe grete and small It is preseruatyfe and medycynall Theyr names all I nede not to reherce For euery fysshe that goddely is in kynde In this Ryuer hadde lust to conuerce Who lust hym seke anone there may hym fynde It is the pure holsome Ryuer and kynde And of eche nature and complexyoun To euery fysshe it is refectyoun And who so lust to knowe dyuersyte of fysshe And how they varrye in theyr mansyon How they them fed and whiche is good in dysshe Of theyr wysedome and generacyon Of theyr vertue and apenicyon Of what shap eke what substauÌ„ce what kynde That they are of thou may in bokes fynde By Arystotyll in his boke of beestes By Iorath eke ysydre plenius By Auycen by Bathylmewys gestes By constantyn and by Basylyus By Ambrose eke that suche mater to vs Declareth wele in his exameron Who so hath lust go loke these clerkes on For I wyll not make declaracyon Of suche maters that ben collaturall It were ywys to longe dysgressyon Nature of fysshe to telle and name them all It must suffyse my 〈…〉 For now I wyll my penne with wrytynge fede And somwhat telle of that moost heuenly mede ¶ Explicit Descripcio piscium The souerayne honoure of the erthes space The swete moder the fresshe moneth of maye To Flora sent and prayed her of her grace That she wolde come with her enormentes gaye For to reueste depaynt and to arraye This blessed mede with parfyte dyuersyte Of colours fresshe full of solempnyte She come ryght glad enourned in hast With herbe floure tree all fruyte precyous Her thursty cure in no poynt wolde she wast For eche good thynge was there moost plentyuous O paradyse with thy syght gloryous Thou arte not now but an ymage feyned This parfyte mede all thy blysse hath dysteyned The Rose the lyle the vyolet Reflerynge shynynge and payntynge the grounde Rody and bryght with heuenly coloure set Blode and mylke and Asure gan habunde The rede y e whyte y e blewe whiche there was fouÌ„de Gan represent in colours delyte The Ruby the Sapher the Margaryte The purpyll two are goodly staunchynge blode The two langynge ben precyous medycynable The heuenly two ayenst payne be gode And to the nose the fyrst is delectable And to the syght the seconde amyable The thyrde tast â—yght goodly is by sene The Rose the lylle the vyolet I mene The fayre Iacynâ—t the longynge premerose The Dayse the good gylofur floure With all other herbes withouten glose That