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A11769	The philosophers banquet Newly furnished and decked forth with much variety of many severall dishes, that in the former service were neglected. Where now not only meats and drinks of all natures and kinds are serued in, but the natures and kinds of all disputed of. As further, dilated by table-conference, alteration and changes of states, diminution of the stature of man, barrennesse of the earth, with the effects and causes thereof, phisically and philosophically. Newly corrected and inlarged, to almost as much more. By W.B. Esquire.; Mensa philosophica. English.	Scot, Michael, ca. 1175-ca. 1234, attributed name.; Anguilbertus, Theobaldus, attributed name.	1633 (1633)	STC 22063; ESTC S100623	106,565	400

bodies end would determine that but after the soule once lives it never dyes it dwels in the body and governes it as the Pylot in the Ship directing it from haven to haven the Soule is all this while imprisoned in the body and yet to it some bodies are pallaces to others streightned prisons according as one writes one She who 's saire body no such prison was But that a Soule might well bee be pleas'd to passe An age in her And so further speaking of the freedome of the Soule in death saith then Think that a rusty peece dischargd is flowne In sunder and the bullet is his owne Q. Wherefore is the Soule of man called the Lanthorne of God A. For the Light that is infused into it by God in whom all the Divine faculties dwell and therefore for the most part is put for the whole man for mens cuiusque es est quisque Of secret writings The Ephesians Act. 19. 19. had certaine writing and magicall notes which they used in every place and alwayes came away victors It was the Ephesians that used curious and unlawfull Arts which when Saint Paul heard of them and to that end wrote bitterly against them they gathered their bookes together and in open view burned them which in estimation were worth fifty thousand peeces of silver Suetonius reports in the lives of the twelve Coesars Eoistles of his to be so obscure and secret that they could not bee read but by former Intelligence for one letter went in the roome of another as D for A and so of the rest Q. What is the most faithfull messenger and yet carries with it both reoson and speech A. An Epistle or Letter of which one writes Discere fit charum quamvis primo sit amarum But it Letters of secrecie shall be intercepted then to prevent that Pliny writes of an herbe called Goats Lettuice which with the milke thereof writing on any ground-worke or paper and dust strewed afterward on and dryed may be perfectly read Likewise to write with new milke is a safe way and deceives the eyes putting but a little cole-dust upon it and then what could not be seene before is apparantly read Likewise to write with the juyce of an Onion being wet may be perfectly read and not before discerned and this was practised by one of the gunpowder-Traytors out of the Tower in a letter written to Garnet the letter was common for the body of it that was ordinary complement but the margents contained the mysterie so discouer ed and found out Q. What is that the more feet it hath the slower it goes the fewer the more upright and swist it walkes about the world and hath twice ten hornes A. A man not yet come to his Staffe Q. Whether is it better to bee sprung from good parents or to bee good in enes selfe A. To bee good and not to live by anothers blood or fame according to the Poet Miserum est aliena incumbere fama To live by others breath I hold a sickly state And if I were to chuse a wife I such a choyce would hate As had not many living goods for me to tast and see But onely such as now are dead in th' ancient pedigree Q. What doe we most love and best esteeme A. Those things we hardest atchieue according to the Poet Quod venit exfacili faciles segnesque tenemur Quod spes quodque metu torsit habare juvat Englished But light wee reckon that wee slightly gaine Valuing the subject as it costs us paine Q. What small garment is that which is made of cheape wooll and yet of most incomparable price A. The Episcopall Robe which was used to be given gratis from the Antients and of it selfe is of small value yet now with the inchanted Roses the Agnus Deies the Apostolicall breves the exorcises swords and woodden crosses it costs many thousands before it sits on the Popes backe The Pope saith that for Layickes to read the Scriptures in a knowne tongue is to set pearles before Swine Q. What was the most monstrous Embassage that hath beene heard of A. An Embassage came to Rome by three Embassadours the one whereof was troubled with the Gout the other with wounds in his head and the third with tremor in the heart which Cato observing said to the Senate laughing Here is an Embassage come without head or heart or feet Q. Why hath God given us two of all members of the body A. That if by any accident the one faile it may bee supplyed by the others helpe and therefore wee haue two hands two legges two feet two eares two eyes but but one Soule to shew the incomparable value thereof that it is more worth then all the world for what shall a man giue for the ransome thereof Q. Whether is the lighter plague that of the Sword or of the tongue A. That of the Sword for that onely wounds the body but this the soule the tongue is many times accessory to murder stirres that fire that nought but blood can quench Saint Bernard saith the detractors tongue is a threefold lance that at one blow wounds three the speaker hearer and him that is detracted further hee saith the Detractor hath the Divell in his tongue the hearer in his eare the consenter in his heart it is sayd betweene the heart and the tongue there should bee a marriage for it is Uerbum in c●…rde before it bee Uerbum in ore and those words that are spoken by the tongue without the consent of the heart are said to be conceived in Adultery Q. Whether is our Country or our parents to be more honoured A. It is the answer of a Wiseman that our Countrey that our Countrey was before our parents and therefore first to be honoured Q. May it be one Ship should compasse the whole world A. That with wonder have our eies beheld in our noble Countryman Drake and so hath the sound of the Gospell gone over the whole world so that now we beleeve the end of the world not to be farre off ●…he number of 40 is a time re●…keable in holy Scriptures for penitency and affliction for 40 dayes Christ fasted for our sinnes 40 yeares wandred the people in the wildernesse 40 dayes had the Ninivites to repent 40 dayes continued the waters of the flood c. Q. Doth money make a rich man A. It doth not but the contrary for that is never too little that is enough and there is never enough where there is not content though too much for our happinesse or infelicity is of our owne making Q. When doe enemies profit us and friends hurt us A. That is done so when as an enemy justly reprehends us it profits but when a friend falsly praiseth us it hurts us Q. Of what Nations consisted the foure Empires Assirij primiregnarunt postea P●… Post Persas Graeci Germani 〈◊〉 dominantur Englished The Assirian first the Persian then began The Graecian next the

ibid. The best part of the day for study p. 317 Why the morning is colder then the evening p. 318 Why wee desire forbidden things p. 326 Of Fortune p. 329 The wonders of the world p. 330 The beginning of Time p. 331 The part of the yeare that pleaseth the Eye more then the Belly p. 332 The biggest Bird in the world 333 Of the Sterke ibid. Of him that tilleth another mans ground and leaveth his owne barren p. 334 A description of Seed-time p. 335 Whether there were Vines before the flood or not p. 336 The reason why Wine is dearer ●…ow than it hath beene of old times p. 337 Whether there be Mermayds or Syrens in the Sea or not p. 342 Of the soule p. 344 Why the soule of man is called the lanthorne of God p. 346 The secrets of writing ibid. The most faithfull Messenger p. 347 What things we most love and esteeme p. 349 Whether our Countrey or our Parents are to bee most honoured p. 352 Whether money makes a rich man or not p. 353 When doe Enemies profit vs and our Friends hurt vs. ibid. Of the Empires p. 354 Of the Roman Empire ibid. The Answer of a Coward ibid. Where a man is counted evil when he committeth least p. 355 Of the true vse of all Learning p. 356 Whether Education alters nature or not p. 358 Ernes●…s Couns●…ll to hi●… friend p. 359 Of the stomabke ibid. Of Oppertunity p. 361 Why the Earth is most barren where the richest Mines are p. 363 Diogenes Counselconcerning lending and borrowing of money p. 364 The Preface to the Matter THat Health is abou●… Gold and a sound bodie above infinite Riches is a Text of Truth approved with most joyfull acknowledgement to their comforts that entirely possesse it and know the worth by the use not by the want as doe those poore and life-weari●…d wretches whose pleasures by sicknesses perplext and dayes spunn●… out in griefe and misery by the contrary yet what is this precious stone to the Dunghill-cocke or the richest ●…ifts of bodie or mind●… fortune to him that is not Gemmarius one that truly vnderstandeth their value and valueth them according to his understanding The Crab the Gangrene or the Stone that put the knife to inscition or the sawe to abscition and Traytor-like racke the body with tortures not inferiour to death cry out in him that is patient of this misery Happy man that art borne from these woes that art free from these maladies Cherish therfore that good which is so precious in life thou that enjoyest it which keepes off death and sweetens all the affictions that oppose us in life and abuse it not in Riots in surf●…ts and disorders things so apt to deprive it the losse being so great and the pleasures so small and without which all humane solace is but sorrow all rejoycing is but mourning and life it selfe is but death For to him that hath the highest titles the largest honours the fairest reuenues nay all the pleasures that the earth and Sea to boot can affoord yet what are all these present where 〈◊〉 ●…ne is wanting Therefore to the preservation of that which is and redeeming of that which hath beene but is not our Phylosophers propose certaine Rules and directions for the ordering reducing and maintaining of mans body in health which like a Clocke by reason of the many severall particles and connexions thereunto belonging is ever subject to diversion and error For as Galen the Light of Physicians writeth of that little window or light of Man the delicacie whereof not the least creature or attomic in the world but by accident may sore offend yet that there are subjectory and pertinent peremptory infirmities besides thereunto belonging ingendred by Rheumes Convulsions and other operations of the brain and strings thereunto officiall 52. diseases If then so many disastrous Planets reigne over one little member had it not need of sight and light to prevent them And if to this one so many to the whole body of man how many are incident and what curiosity therefore is to be given to our steps when without their limits they are so many enemies of Nature ready to seize upon us And which discipline and direction being observed we may lengthen out our dayes with joy and delight to the last period of their prefixment when either sicknesse or casualty one Accident or other shall fall upon us to the accomplishment of that Sentence which was never yet frustrated by any nor ever shall whilest the foure●… indes blow one against another For against that here is no prevention Contra vim mortis non esc medicam●… in hertis although some and no meane Clarks have thought and written to the contrary that Age might be kept backe and sicknesse kept by which if it may be for a time wee conclude it cannot be for ever That Age may not be kept backe though sometimes tardied in his speed FRyer Bacon a man of infinit learning study capabilitie and Art in his time amongst many other his strange and impossible endevours published a booke De retardanda Senecture or the keeping backe of old age the which whilst he himselfe in observing and prescribing the Rules Orders Observations and Retardadation thereof grew old in the act and himselfe was overtaken with age Let the ayre in her wholsommest kinde with the most nicest ceremonies that Physicke or curiosity observed Fennes and Marishes and the low and unwholsome vapors of the earth unsuckt up thereby the unsavory breath whereof may breathe contagion into windowes In stead thereof brush over Rockes and Hils and Fields and Fountaines with the wholsommest perfumes that the best matters may give it to worke upon bring health through the Crannies and receptacles of our houses and breathe it in at the nostrils of the most healthfull creature living let him rise early not walke late be temperate in Dyet moderate in exercise wary in lust cheerefull of disposition sit not much walke not sildome surfet never know the disposition and state of his owne body from the largest content to the least particular be a Physician himselfe on himselfe use the art and direction of all the world and all the Colledges and Physicians therein yet notwithstanding shall age creepe upon him and burden him with her weight and the unnecessary luggage of her carriage which is strength in peevishnesse weaknesse in performances will to desire yet want to execute as helplesly is daily experienced For otherwise who would weare his head white and his beard gray his eyes hollow and his eares deafe blacke veines and dry braines a dropping nose a wrinckled brow shaking hands and toothlesse gummes feeble legs and shrunke sinewes that might ransome himselfe either by paine or price The old Courtier inamored of his young mistris sleighted more for his want then his will having some sparkes of heat not yet extinguished by antiquity would offer if it might be more then the portion of his supple