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 mortall temper Hearts are
Loues food his drinke is louers teares Loue is a golden bubble full of dreames That waking breakes and fils vs with extreames The gaine is griefe to them that traffique loue Loue is in prime of youth a Rose in age a Weed Loue for a minutes ioy payes endlesse paine Meane men in loue haue frownes as well as Kings Two constant louers being ioyned in one Yeelding to one another yeeld to none Loue truly bred true triall will abide Mens loue is written on the Angels brests Loue with true friends will alwaies liue and die Loue is refiner of inuention The faultes that are in loue by loue committed By loue for loue doe claime to be remitted Loue teacheth musicke to vnskilfull men Loue woon by vertue still is permanent The loue of beautie reason oft beguiles Loue is the Lord of hope and confidence Loue wheâ—s the dâ—llest wits his plagues are such Yet makes the wise by pleasing dote as much Likenesse in manners maketh loue most pure Vertue cannot be perfect wanting loue Loue is most fortunate where courage liues Concealed loue burnes with the fiercest flame Louers best like to see themselues alone Or with their loues if needs they must haue one A cold base loue cooles not a hot desire Hate in the name of loue doth oft presume Selâ—e loue of mischiefe is the only ground The â—owards warfare is a wanton loue Where â—rowes a perfect sympathie of hearts Eâ—h passion in the one the other paineth Pure loue did neuer see the face of feare Lasciuious loue is root of all remorse Loue wonne in heat will with a cold be lost Loue and high seat no equals can endure Louers haue quick all corners searching eyes Similies on the same subiect LIke as the waxe doth quench and feed the flame â—o loue to men giues both despaire and life As luie finds fit meanes whereby to climbe So loue sorts out his subiect where him list As fire with violence consumeth wood So scorne with crueltie doth murder loue As young vines yeeld most wine but old brings best So young loue speaketh much but old doth most Like as affection is in louers restlesse So being perfect it is likewise endlesse As fancie must be cured by affection So loue is onely remedied by loue Examples likewise on the same PAusanias lou'd his wife with such firme loue As no description well could set it downe Prediccas for his loue to Alexander Refused mightie wealth in Macedon The Emperour Claudius would not loue or hate But as he waâ— thereto by others led Scipio so lou'd the Poet Ennius That being dead he kept his picture still Zeno although a Stoicke yet did yeeld That loue in young men was most requisite Cicero not gain-said wise men to loue So they might loue without deepe cares and sighes Of Hate Hate is loues enemie and Friendships foe Neighbourhoods bane and Peaces ouerthrow HAte cannot worke where nature planteth loue Hates eies may slumber but can hardly sleepe Hatred is chiefest enemie to loue That which is hâ—ld with hate we feare to loose Who hates himselfe to loue another man Sencelesse should be esteemed of all men The deadliest hate with sâ—iles securely stands Where rancour rules there hate doth most preuaile Lewd loue is hate and base desire is shame Youth old in will age young in hate doth make 'T is incident to them who many feare Many to them more grieâ—oâ—es hate doe beare In meckenesse maskes the most distemperd hate True faithfull loue will neuer turne to hate Men oft shew fauour to conceale theâ—â— hate Hatred attendeth on prosperitie The sweetest loue changing his propertie Turnes to the sowrest and most deadly hate Loue so thou maist haue little feare to hate Few hate their faults all hate of them to heare A rooted hate will hardly be displac'd Fie on the loue that hatcheth hate and death These are the greatest spoilers of a state Young â—â—nsell priuat gaine and partiall hate Hate without might comes euer more too late A poore mans hate is very perillous Mercie may mend whome hatred made transgresse From deepe desireâ— oft comes the deadliest hate Hatred must be beguil'd by some new course Where states are strong and Princes doubt their force Neuer put trust in them that hate their blood Hate seekes to salue his harmes by swist reuenge Enforced wedlock breeds but secret hate Hate euurmore is blind and so is loue In vâ—â—lgar eares delight it alwaies breeds To haue the hated authors of misdeeds Where hâ—â—e doth rule Lordship small safetie hath Hate nourisheth contempt debate and rage Hate furrowes vp a graue to burie loue But few will follow them whom princes hate Hate and disdaine doe neuer brooke respect Consisting in true louing hearts neglect To colour â—aâ—e with kindnesse some commend Hid hate exceâ—deth open enmitiâ—â— Lookes oft tiâ—â—â— hate when as the heart doth loue No hate like that of friends once chang'd to foes Who foster hate can neuer find out loue Most happie he to whome loue comes at last And doth restore what hate before did wast Hate many times is hid in smoothest lookes The wrong of friends exceeds the soe-mans hate Hate buried once hurts deadly afterward A bâ—d mans hate can neuer harme the good With pleasing speech men promise and protest When hatefull hearts lâ—e lurking in their breast Whome all men hate none is so fond to loue Hate commonly doth most offend it selfe Hates winking is a prep'ratiue to death Similies on the same subiect AS Lyons are discerned by their pawes So hatefull men are by their qualities As enuie braggeth and can draw no blood So hate in stead of hurt oft doth men good As greenest wood lies long before it burne So hate stands watching till fit time to harme As blindnes led by blindnes needs must fall So hate vrg'de on by hate harmes least of all As children for their faults haue slye excuses So hates smooth lookes hide very foule abuses As crauen Cocks make shew yet dare not fight So hate makes proffers when he dares nor bite Examples likewise on the same DEmetrius Phalerius did condemne Any that iustly could be said to hate Stesilia did procure Themistocles Euen to the death to hate Aristides Cato and Caesar hated not each other Vntill Seruilia made them enemies Clodius did hate the men that lou'd him most And therefore was of all abandoned Cicero saith No honest citizen Can be procur ' de to hate his enemie Pindarus held no vice more odious Than enuious hatred in what man so ere Of Chastitie Chast life is graces seale deuotions staffe Marke of the iust and crowne of martyrdome CHastitie is bright honours glorious crowne Lost iewels may be found Chastitie neuer That 's lost but once and once lost lost for euer Shee is most chast that 's but enioyd of one Pure chastitie is beautie to our soules Grace to our bodies peace to our desires We breake chast vowes when we liue loosely euer The purest
young men so â—â—â— old men wiâ—e Dâ—llâ—â—◠〈◊〉 learninâ— dâ—e desire Bu◠〈…〉 e wise To vnlâ—â—â—â—â—â—uill hat'hest learning is Opinion without lâ—â—rning is not good Some men so 〈…〉 That oâ—â— ther â—â—rre the worke before was well Knowledge continues when all wealth else wastâ— Knowledge in all things is â—ight prositable The mind withdrawne â—rom studie for supplies Is learnings wracke where want doth tyrannize To know and want performance is mishap Best knowledge is â—or men to know themselues Coy readers deeme that dull conceits proceed From ignorance the cause being onely need Poets are borne but Oratours are made Poetrie quickeneth wit sweetens discourse Poets scant sweetly write except they meet With sound rewards for serâ—oning so sweet Learning and knowledge good minds most desire Knowledge before all else should be preferd True learning hath a bodie absolute That in apparant sence it selfe can suâ—e Breuitie is great praise of eloquence Silence in wise men is sweet eloquence The man that scorneth all the Artes of schoole Lackes but a long coat to be natures foole Eloquence is the ornament of speech Eloquence makes bad matters oft seeme good They which doe like all Artes which can be thought Doe comprehend not any as they ought Experience is the mistresse of old age Men rich in knowledge hate all other wealth Arts which right hard doe seeme at our first sight By triall are â—ade easie quicke and light Experience times characters racâ—th out Knowledge distinguisheth twixt â—en and beasts Learning will liue and vertue still shall shine When follie dyes and ignorance doth pine Learning with courage make a man complete Let Guns serue gownes and bucklers yeeld to books Arts want may stop our tongues but not our teares Similies on the same subiect AS learning helpe to purchase all men fame So truly leâ—â—n'd doth more renowme their name As ground vntil'd can neuer bring â—oâ—th gâ—aine So vnlearn'd valour 〈◊〉 taketh paine As men by folly â—â—â—â—â—â—â—â— the Gods Euen so by 〈…〉 they neerest them As Bees sucke honey out of diâ—ers flâ—weâ—s So out of Scienceâ— men knowlâ—dâ—â— learne As seales iâ—pâ—inâ—â—â—â—â—â—â—ly â—oâ—â—e in waâ—e So Poets in dull mindâ—â—â—â—â—â—â—houâ—hts â—â—presse As Musque quicâ—â—n◠〈…〉 heaâ—tâ— So drowsie soules are câ—â—â—â—'d wâ—th eloquence Examples likewise on the same ALexander honoured Aristotle And made his pillow Homers â—â—ades In campe or else-where â—â—sar alwaies bare His Commentaries as hiâ— bosome friend Robert king of Sciâ—ill vs'd to say Kingdome and all goe â—â—â—â— I learning loose Ptolomie Philadelpâ—â—â— lâ—â—â—iâ—gs friend Fiue hundred thousand bookes had in his studiâ— Man as saith Aristotlâ— was create To vnderstand and afterward to doe Oh Science said graue Plato how would men Loue and esteeme thee if they knew thee right Of Kings and Princes Kings are the images of Gods on earth And therefore they are cal'd Gods of the earth KIngs like to Gods should gouerne euery thing Monarchs misdeeds cannot be hid in clay Vnhappie kings that neâ—er may be â—aught To know themselues or to discerâ—e their saulâ—â— Princes are glasses to their subiects eyes The liues of princes are their subiects bookes To whome should suâ—iects for true iustiâ—â—â—sâ—â—e When Kings themselues doe reigâ—e by 〈◊〉 The greatest scandale waiâ—s on greatâ— sâ—sâ—aâ—e Poore groomes are sightlesse night Kings glorious day A king should euer priuiledge his pleasâ—â—e And make his peeres esteeme it as tâ—â—ir treasure The cares of kings wast liâ—â— and hasten age Within one laâ—d one single sway iâ— best Princes like Sunnes are euâ—â—â—â—re in sight All see the clouds that doe ecclipse their ligâ—t Diuided kingdomes make diuided hearts Good deeds from kings must not be drawne perforce A Princes wealth in spending still doth spread Like to a poole with many fountaines fed Minions too great argue a king too weake Kings sleeping see with eyes of other men Whereas proud conquest keepeth all in awe Kings oft are forc'd in seruice â—okes to draw A kings great arme doth reach from shore to shore Kings vse their loues as garments they haue worne Princes haue but their titles for their glorie And outward honour for an inward toyle Kings pardon death but can not pardon shame Kings want no means t' accomplish what they would Princes for meere vnseli imaginations Do often feele a world of resilesse caâ—eâ— It shames a Prince to say IF THAT I COVLD Kings liues reputed are their subiâ—cts lights Betweene kings titles and their lowly name There 's nothing differ but the outward fâ—â—me No common fortunes can once blemish kings A begging prince what begger pitties not Where Angele in the cause of Kings doe sight VVeake men must fall for beaâ—â—n regards the right A king woes slaue must kingly woe obey Kings may winne kingdoms but not conquer hearts Not all the water in the rough rule sea Can wash the balme from an annoiâ—ted king The linkes of princes loue are blood and warre Poore priuat men â—ound not their princes hearts This fault is euer incident to kings Too much to credit ouer pleasing things Princes respect their honour more than blood To be a Prince is more than be a man The man that at a subiects use doth anne To the princes bodie giues a priuie maime Princes like Lyons neuer will be tam'd Kings will be onely competirors must downe Gnats are vnnoted where-soe're they flie But Eagles gaz'd vpon with euery eye A kings great name makes not his fault the lesse Desire of soueraigntie respects no faith Foolish the begger that to touch a crowne VVould with the scepter strait be smitten downe The threats of kings are like the thunders noise Kings haue long armes and rulers reach at large Princes are as the glasse the schoole the booke VVhere subiects eyes doe learne doe read doe looke Maiestie shines like lightning from the East A princes will ought not exceed his law Mildnesse doth better sute with maiestie Than rash reuenge and rough seueritie Princes desires are many times corrupt Princes oft fauour flatterers more than friends Kings doe approach the nearest vnto God By giuing life and safetie to their people Vnworthie mens preferment shames the prince Kings Courts are held as vniuersall schooles Succeeding heapes of plagues doe teach too late To learne the mischiefes of misgnided state Kings by example sinne more than by act Kings seates for soules distrest are sanctuaries The youth of Princes haue no bounds for sinne Vnlesse them-selues doe make them bounds within Princes oft purchase quiet with price of wrong Wish for good princes but endure the ill Subiects may well complaine but not correct A princes faults they beare more high respect No ruler yet could euer all content The face of kings makes faultie subiects feare Kings Lords of times and of occasions May take aduantage when and how they list It 's hard to rule and please both good and bad New kings doe feare when old Courts furder straine Poore maiestie that other men must guide Whose discontent can neuer looke aright When princes worke who
inmous Fame that the liuing saues reuiues the dead Fame hath two wings the one of false report The other hath some plumes of veritie No law can quit where fame is once endighted Fame is the ioy and life of valiant minds Preferre sharpe death before infamous life The chiefest thing a princes fame to raise Is to excell those that are excellent Glorie doth neuer blow cold pitties fire There 's nothing can be done but fame reports To know too much is to know nought but fame Let not proud will hold vp thy head for fame When inward wants may not expect the same Fame dyes with them that all their honour waste Fame bad concealer of our close intenrs Fame got by follie dyes before it liues Fame with her golden wings aloft doth flie Aboue the reach of ruinous decay He liueth long enough dies soone with fame Where fame beares sway there Cupid will be bold Good fame is better than a crowne of gold Similies on the same subiect AS thunder nor fierce lightning harmes the Bay So no extremitie hath power on fame As precious stones though set in Lead will shine So fame in poorest corners will appeare As earth producing salt brings nothing else So vertue seeking fame craues nothing else As many voices make the consort sweet So many vertues doe confirme true fame As pride is enemie to good report Solowly thoughts doe lead the way to fame As sight receiues his splendour from the aire So fame from vertue doth deriue her selfe Examples likewise on the same PVblicola wonne fame for leading armes And Solon by his ciuill actions The fame Milciades got at Marathon Would not permit Thems stocles to sleepe Fabius did by his vertues get such fame As Maximus was added to his name Lysimachus was famous through the world Because he kill'd a Lyon in his youth Seneca saith Fame should be followed Rather than coueted by fond desire No man saith Cicero is learn'd and wise But fame must needs attend his actions Of Praise c. Praise is the hyre of vertue for those partes That well deserue it both in eyes and hearts PRaise is but smoake that sheddeth in the skie Men for their owne deeds shall be prais'd or blam'd True laâ—d proceeds by the report of other Of more esteeme when we our selues it smoother The peoples voice is neither shame nor praise Safetie may breed delight not nourish praise Hard words doe discommend some men to day Yet praise tomorrow with all might they may Many will praise in words but spight in workes Chiefe praise consisteth in contented life It 's better to be praised for a truth Than for a leasing to be honoured To praise vnworthie men is flatteriâ— Saue vertuous deeds there 's nothing merits praise When men doe praise themselues immoderately Makes other sentence them with obloquie Praise stirres the mind to great and mightie things Praise nourisheth true vertue where it sprang The benefits of peace deserue more praise Than all the cunningst stratagenis of warre Praise maketh labour light enricheth hope When others praise thee best to iudge thy selfe Praise is a poyson to ambitious men Because it makes them out ran honestie In doing that we ought deserues no praise By counterfeited vertue seeke no praise In vaine we seeke the idle smoake of praise Since all things by antiquitie decayes All good things haue preheminence in praise Neuer praise that which is not commendable Oft those whome princes patronage extold Forget themselues and what they were of old Condemne not that deserueth praise by due An ill mans praise is praise for doing ill Who striues to gaine inheritance of aire Leaues yet perhaps but beggâ—â—ie to his heire Helping the poore deseruâ—th double praise Vertue begetreth praise praise honours height Nothing of more vncertaintie than praise For one dayes gift another robs vs of An open praise deserues a secret doubt Too much commending is a heauie load He that commends a man before his face Will scant speake well of him behind his backe Bad nature by good nurture mended merits praise Abasing worthie men argues selfe-praise It is more worthie praise to keepe good fame Than the bare stile or getting â—f the same Our elders praise is light vnto our liues Be not too rash in discommending any Be not too hastie in bestowing praise Nor yet too slow when due time calls for praise A mans owne praise is publicke infamie Honest attempts can neuer want due praise Similies on the same subiect AS shadowes on our bodies doe attend So praise doth wait on vertue to the end As praising make the Peacocke spread her taile So men commended doe expresse themselues As fooles in folly are not to be sooth'd So wicked actions are not to be prais'd As Cockes by crowing shew their victorie So mens owne praises blab their obloquie As niggards are discerned by their giftes So mens commendings doe expresse their loue As greatest praises fatten not thy fields So much commending pleaseth not thy friend Examples likewise on the same THe noble Romane Titus Flaminius Could not endure when any praised him Caesar beholding Alexanders image Wept in remembring his exceeding praise Pompey did count it praise enough for him To set Tigranes in his throne againe Agathocles condemned all vaine praise And still confest himselfe a potters sonne By vertue saith Euripideâ— get praise For that will liue when time expires thy dayes Solon said All vaine-glorious men were fooles And none praise-worthie but the humble-wise Of Friendship c. The summe of friendship is that of two soules One should be made in will and firme affect TRue friends partake in either weale or woe Faint-hearted friends their succours long delay A deare friends graue is a more heauie sight Than all the feares wherewith death can affright Of foes the spoile is ill farre more of friends Who faileth one is false though true to other That friendship can no length of time endure Which doth â—â—â—se ill or euill end procure The truest friendship is in equalitie Likenesse in manners makes best amitie When equall might is vp vnto the chin Weake friends become strong foes to thrust him in Among kind friends departing drinkes vp ioy Better a new friend than an auncient foe Call him not friend that sauours most of foe Teaâ—me him thy deaths-man looke he prooue not so Giue foes no oddes nor friends vnequall power Trust not to foes if friends their credit loose For friends if one should die were rarely much But die for foes the world affoords none such In base minds dwells friendship nor enmitie No seruice will a gentle friend despise Looke what abuse is offer'd to a friend The shame and faule finds no excuse or end To wrong a friend doth prooue too foule a deed Foes often wake when loyall friends doe sleepe Faire louely concord and most sacred peace Doe nourish vertue and make friendship fast A stead fast friend is to be lou'd as life Faint friends when they fall out prooue
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
impaires not gold but makes it bright So greatest wrongs by patience are made light As physicke doth repaire decayed health So patience brings true blessings to the soule As water quencheth the extreamest fire So patience qualifies the mightiest wrongs As Diamonds in the darke are best discern'd So patience is in trouble best approou'd As angrie splenes are hastie in reuenge So discreete soules brooke all with patience Examples likewise on the same WHat-e're mishap Darius did befall Yet in his mind he was not moou'd at all Marcus 〈◊〉 said that patiâ—nce Had holpe him more than any thing be side Sylla endur'd reuilings patiently And mildly yeelded his Dictator-ship Mauritius moou'd not at his childrens death Although he saw them slaine before his face When Socrates was councel'd to reuenge Said If an Asse strike shall I strike againe In patience conflict saith Euripides The vanquisht doe exceed the vanquisher Of Man and Men. Man is a creature of such excellence As all else was created for his vse MAn in himselfe a little world doth beare All other creatures follow after kind But man alone is ruled by his mind All men to some peculiar vice encline The greater man the greater is the thing Be it good or bad that he doth vndertake A man once stung is hardly hurt againe Fond is the man that will atteâ—pâ— great deeds And loose the glorie that attends on them Where ease abounds men soone may doe amisse Men doe not know what they themselues will be When as more than themselues themselues they see The worth of all men by their end esteeme When men haue well fed and the bloud is warme Then are they most improuident of harme Birds haue the aire Fish water Men the land When from the heart of man ascends true sighes From Gods diuinest spiâ—it descendeth grace The man that seekes his thraldome merits it Man of himselfe is as a barren field But by the grace of heauen a fruitfull vine Men easily doe credit what they loue The man that liueth by anothers breath Looke when he dies is certaine of his death No man weighes him that doth himselfe neglect Men ought especially to saue their winnings In all attempts els loose they their beginnings Oft one mans sorrow doth another touch The man vniust is hopelesse fortunate Quickely misse-led but hardly reconcil'd It grieues a man to aske when he deserues Men are but Fortunes subiects therefore variable And times disciples therefore momentarie Deuise of man in working hath no end There liues no man so seiled in content That hath not daily somewhat to repent Ech man must thinke his morning shall haue night Mens imperfections often-times are knowne When they repine to thinke them as their owne Man neuer takes delight to heare his fault Men often iudge too well their owne deserts When others smile to see their ignorance Men honoured wanting wit are fruitlesse trees Man is but meere calamitie it selfe Man when he thinkes his state is most secure Shall find it then both fickle and vnsure Mans nature is desirous still of chaunge To greatest men great faults are incident Mishaps haue power o're man not he o're them Similies on the same subiect AS flowers by their sight and sente are knowne So men are noted by their words and workes As snow in water doth begin and end So man was made of earth and so shall end As waxe cannot endure before the fire So cannot vniust men in sight of heauen As all things on the earth are for mans vse So men were made for one anothers helpe As Toades doe sucke their venime from the earth So bad men draw corruption from foule sinne As fooles erect their houses on the sands So wise men doe rely their hopes on heauen Examples likewise on the same PHilip of Macedon was daily told Remember Philip thou art but a man Cyrus held no man worthie gouernment Except his vertues were to be admir'd Those men did Alcibiadâ—s count safe That kept their countries lawes vnchangeable Timon was cal'd the enemie to men And would perswade them to destroy them-selues What else is man saith Pindaruâ— but a dreame Or like a shadow we discerne in sleepe Homer cryed out Man was most miserable Of all the creatures that the world contain'd Of Women Women are equall euery way to men And both alike haue their infirmities WOmen by men receiue perfection Women and loue like emptie houses perish Like vntun'd golden strings faire women are Which lying lonâ— vntoucht will harshly iarre Faire and vnkind in women ill beseemes Women are wonne when they beginne to iarre Griefe hath two tongues and neuer woman yet Could rule them both without ten womens wit All women are ambitious naturally In womens tongues is quickly found a rub A womans will that 's bent to walke astray Is seldome chaung'd by watch or sharpe restraint Ripe still to ill ill womens counsels are All things are subiect but a womans will 'T is fast good will and gentle courtesies Reclaime a woman and no watching eyes Women are most wonne when men merit least Women that long thinke scorne to be said nay Neuer as yet was man so well aware But first or last was caught in womens snare Find constancie in women all is found Women desire to see and to be seene Great vaunts doe seeme hatcht vnder Sampsons lockes Yet womens words can giue them killing knockes Women haue teares for sorrow and dissembling Women allure with smiles and kill with frownes It is a common rule that women neuer Loue beautie in their sexe but enuie euer Women with wanton eyes haue wanton trickes Vertue is richest dowrie for a woman Though men can couer crimes with bold sterne lookes Poore womens faces are their owne faults bookes Women least reckon of a doting louer What cannot women doe that know their power If womens hearts that haue light thoughts to spill them Die of themselues why then should sorrow kill them No beast is fiercer than a iealous woman Women oft looke one to enuie another A womans teares are falling starres at night No sooner seene but quickly out of sight A womans fauour lasteth but a while Two things to be a woman and a Queene Women doe hold 't is ioyes life lifes best treasure Both to begin and leaue to kisse at leisurâ— Oft womens mercie more than mens is seene Some womens wits exceed all Art in loue A womans passions doth the aire resemble Neuer alike they sinne if they dissemble Loue women and inconstancie ne're part Blushes shew womens thoughts and teach men wit Those vertues that in women merit praise Are sober shewes without chast thoughts within A womans heart and tongue are relatiues Women may fall when there 's no strength in men Those women of their wit may iustly boast That buy their wisdome by anothers cost A womans mind is fit for each impression High praises hammer best a womans mind Thy wife being wise make her thy secretarie Else not for women seldome can keepe
most Prides lowest step is blood Enuie the highest Pride bathes in teares of poore submission And makes his soule the purple he puts on A proud mans glory soone begets defame A rich man hardly can be free from pride Similies on the same subiect AS vapours in ascending soone are lost So prides presuming but confounds it selfe As great fires hazard simple cottages So pride in poore men is most perillous As winds blow sternely being neere to cease So pride is loftiest neere destruction As Cadar trees vnfruitfull are and stiffe So proud men helpe not any nor themselues As pride is the beginner of all vice So the destruction is it of all vertue As still the dropsie couets after drinke So pride is neuer pleased but with pride Examples likewise on the same FAbius the Senatour o're-come with pride Swallowed a haire in milke and thereof dyed Poppeia that was Neroes concubine Had with the purest gold her horses shod Chareâ— for hurting Cyrus in the knee Became so proud that forth-with he ran mad The Emperour Diâ—â—lesian in hiâ— pride Would needs be call'd the brother to the Sunne Saith Aristotle Men ouercome with pride Their betters nor their equals can abide Quintâ—liam would haue men of greatest gifts Rather be humble than swolne vp with pride Of Couetousnes c. Couetousnes is onely root of ill That kingdome conscience soule and all doth spill THey that most couet oftentimes loose more Gaine coâ—meth while as the miâ—ler sleeps Coâ—etous wretches doe such griefes sustaine That they prooue bankrupts in their greatest gaine Vaine is it all to haue and nothing vse Intemperance tâ—ralles men to couetise Treasure is most abuâ—'d being hoorded vp When being employed in turneth two for one It 's vaine to couer more than we need vse He that encrocheth much is alwaies needie Rich roabes other both and themselues adorne But nor themselues nor others if not â—oâ—ne Great is the scâ—pâ— that greedie will desires Gaines got with iâ—sanâ—e is greatest losse Lesse sinnes the poore man that doth starue him-selfe Than he that slâ—â—es his soule by hoorâ—ing pelfe Desire to haue doth makes vs much endure Auarice is good to none worse to himselfe Who would not wish his treasure safe from theeues And rid his heart of pangs his eyes from teares The man that couets much he wanteth much The gaine of gold makes many loose their soules Learnings decay is thankelesse auarice Not rendring vertue her deseruing price All vices haue their taste from auarice The couetous mans excuse is childrens care Who hugs th' idolatrous desire of gold To scorne and ruine hath his freedome sold. The deuils mouth is tearm'd a misers purse Mens faults by couctousnes the world discernes The greedie wretch that for him-selfe still spares Doth hoord vp nothing but contizâ—ail cares A couetous eye doth seldome and content Desire of gaine at no time hath enough A niggard seldome wanteth this sâ—â—e shift To call his cursed auarice good thrift The couetous minded man is alwayes poore Couetousnes runnes round about the world Couetousnes deserueth speciall hate In Iudges or in rulers of a state Auarice disease nothing can cure but death To flie from auarice is a kingdomes gaine So greedie minds may but augment their wealth They not respect how much they harme their health How hard from couetousnes can men refraine Gold that makes all men false is true it selfe Treasures fast bard vp by a couetous mind As prodigall expenders after find The more we spare the more we hope to gaine To haue gold and to haue it safe is all In old men couetousnesse is monstrous Because they are so neare their iournies end Auarice like the dropsie still seckes more The gulfe of greedinesse will ne're be fild The couetous churle whose care great heapes attaines Hath for his end affliction griefe his gaines Auarice is the chiefest hooke of death The misers mind is neuer satisfied Similies on the same subiect AS fire the more it hath the fiercer burnes â—o couetous minds doe alwaies craue for more As Bees doe flocke vnto a hony dew So couetous men still haunt the sente of gaine As greatest fish deuoure the smaller frie So couetous wretches feed vpon the poore As glurtons from them-selues can nothing spare So misers will let nothing passe their purse As without waues we neuer see the sea So couetous men are neuer free from cares As clouds doâ— somtime hide the Sunnes cleare light So couetousnes depriues the light of grace Examples likewise on the same HErmocrates lying at the point of death Bequeath'd his goods to no one but him-selfe Euclio â—â—â— his treasure in his house And durst not goe abroad for feare of robbing Caligula became so couetous That he would spare no meanes to compasse coine Demonica for gold sold Ephesus And after dyed vnder the weight thereof Socrates seeing one ignorant yet rich Said He was nothing but a golden slaue Diogenes would say to couetous men That he had rather be their sheepe than sonne Of Sloth c. Sloth is to Vertue chiefest enemie And Idlenes the guide to euery ill SLoth dulles the wit and doth corrupt our strength Sloth both corrupts and chokes the vitall powers Idlenes is a death in life esteem'd Long slumbers are for idle persons meet The idle luske that no way is enclin'd Walkes as one dead among the liuing kind Ease is the mothet of dissention Who growes too negligent too soone repents Humours by much excesse of ease are bred All idle workes are but the workes of lyes All idle houres are Calenders of ruth And time ill spent is preiudice to youth Idlenesse causeth errour and ignorance Through idlenes kingdoms haue ben destroi'd Idlenes is the root of desperation The idle mind is apt to all vncleannesse In height of weale who hath a slothfull heart Repents too late his ouer-foolish part Sloth blunts conceit but studie sharpens it Prosperitie alwaies ingendreth sloth The slothfull man in his owne want doth sleepe Sloth hinders thrift and much displeaâ—eth God Loue is a prodigie to loytring wits A hell of life a trap for idle toies The idle heart is mooued with no prayers In doing nothing men learne to doe ill Sloth is a feare of labour to ensue The Bees abide no idle Drones among them Vsurie is the nource of idlenes And idlenes the mother of all euill The wise mans idlenes is dâ—ily labour A noble nature sloth doth soone corrupt Idlenes is the canker of the mind Similies on the same subiect AS mothes eat garments that are seldome worne So idlenes infecteth loytring wits As too much bending breakes the strongest bow So too much sloth corrupts the chastest mind As mosse growes on those stones which are not stirr'd So sloth defiles the soule not well employed As standing waters venemous wormes ingender So idle braines beget vnholy thoughts As pooles freeze sooner than the running streames So idle men speed worse than those that worke As sitters sooner sleepe than they that walke So
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
Sorrow best speakes by signes of heauie eyes On greatest charge the greatest care attends Dombe is the message of a hidden griefe Sorrow breakes seasons and reposing houres Makes the night morning and the noon-tyde night Our inward cares are most pent in with griefe Sad cares mens eyes doth alwayes open keepe Short walkes seeme long when sorrow metes the way Sorrow hath onely this poore bare reliefe To be bemoand of such as wofull are Wounds helpe not wounds nor griefe ease grieuous deeds Excesse of sorrow listneth no reliefe Passions encreasing multiply complaints To moane ones care yet cannot helpe his thrall It kills his heart but comforts not at all No griefe like to the bondage of the mind No outward vtterance can commaund conceit Similies on the same subiect AS fire supprest is much more forcible So griefes conceal'd vrge greater passions As streames restrain'd breake through or ouer-flow So sorrow smoother'd growes to greater woe As tendrest wood is most annoyed of wormes So feeblest minds doth sorrow most afflict As clouds doe rob vs of faire heauens beautie So care bereaues vs of our speeches libertie As the sweet rose doth grow among the bryars So oft in sorrowes some content is found As discreete Pylots doe for stormes prepare So in our ioy let vs prouide for care Examples likewise on the same COriolanus finding his offence For warring gainst his country dyde with griefe Torquatus banisht from his fathers house For griefe thereof did rashly slay him selfe The Romane matrons for a whole yeares space Sighed and sorrowed for Bâ—â—tâ—â— death Lepidus grieuing long his wiues abuse Shortned his owne dayes with conceit of griefe The Pythagorians alwaies had thâ—s poesie The heart ought not be â—aten with sad griefe Cicero thought the minds chiefe enemies Were melancholly griefes and pensiues Of Feare c. Feare is defect of manly fortitude Continually by dread and doubt pursude A Hell-tormenting feare no faith can mooue Safetie most safe when she is fenc'd with feare Better first fâ—are than after still to feare Daunger deuiâ—eth shifts wit waits on feare Abhorre sinne past preuent what iâ— to come These two are things feare not the day of doome The bait in sight the hooke much lesse is fear'd Who euer feares is better neuer feare To loue for feare is secretly to hate Feare is companion of a guilâ—ie â—ind Faint feare and doubâ— still taketh their delight In â—erile which exceed all perill might Fâ—delitie doth flye where feare is hatcht Feares vrge despaires ruth breeds a hopelesse rage By needlesse feare none euer vantage got The benefit of feare is to be wise Whâ— would not die to kill all murdering griefes Or who would liue in neuer-dying feares Feare giueth wings and need doth courage teach Fond is the feare that finds no remedie The dâ—ead of dying payes death seruile breath Who liueâ—â— câ—ntent need feare no fâ—owning fate To feare the foe when feare oppresseth strength Giues in our weaknesse strengthning to the foe Feare finds out shiâ—ts timiditie is sâ—bâ—ill No greater hell than be a slaue to feare Birds feare no bushes that were neuer lim'd The guilt being great the feare doth more exceed Feare and be slaine no worse can come to fight And fight and dye is death destroying death Loue thriues not in the heart that shadowes feare Against loues fire feares frost can haue no power The Lyons roaring lesser beasts doe feare Doubt takes sure footing oft in slipperie wayes Huge rockes high windes strong pyrats shelues and sands The â—erchant feares ere rich at home he lands Delay breeds doubt and doubt brings on dismay A fearefull thing to tumble from a crowne Giue no beginning to a doubtfull end It 's fearefull sleeping in a serpents bed Extreamest feare can neither fight nor flye But coward-like with trembling terrour die Our owne examples makes vs feare the more Feare that is wiser than the truth doth ill Greatnesse that standeth high stands still in feare Feare casts too deepe and euer is too wise Who feares a sentence or an old mans saw May by a painted cloth be kept in awe The doubtfull can no vsuall plots endure A moderate feare fore-casts the worst of ill It 's vaine to feare the thing we cannot shun Better to feare thy choice than rue thy chaunce He rightly may be tearm'd a valâ—ant man Whome honest death doth not affright with feare Distracted terrour knowes not what is best No feare of death should force vs to doe ill Dread of vnknowne things breeds a greater dread Feare not the things must come be thinke faults past In vaine with terrour is he sortifide That is not guarded with â—iâ—me loue beside The loue vnseene is neuer knowne to feare A seruâ—le feare doth make a drooping mind Least we presume we must goe backe with feare Delay doth much torment a doubtfull mind It much offendeth to be old with feares When youth saith thereof thou want'st many yeeres Hardly we credit what imports our ill Men feare not them whose feeble strength they know Feare commonly doth breed and nourish hate Small ease hath he that feared is of all Cold doubt cauills with honour scorneth fame And in the end feare weighes downe faith with shame Dissention euer more breeds greater doubt We soone beleeue the case we would haue so A fearefull looke bewrayes a guiltie heart Death is farre sweeter than the feare of death It 's better much to suffer that we feare Than still by feare to liue in martyrdome Continuall griefe is feare beyond all feare Basenesse aduanced purchaseth but feare Who walke in feare suspect the pathes they tread Death being assur'd to come deserues no feare Whiles timerous knowledge stands considering Audacious ignorance performes the deed He that knowes most the more he hath to doubt Better mistrust too soone than rue too late We deeme things doubtfull breed not contentation Where men least feare there harme they soonest find Wicked men commonly are void of feare And therefore daunger alwaies with them beare Loue neuer was without both feare and teares Feare lendeth wings for aged folke to flie Similies on the same subiect AS suddaine bleeding argues ill ensuing So suddaine ceasing is fell feares renewing As leaking vessels cannot long endure So fearefull minds haue slender permanence As nettles haue no prickes and yet doe sting So feares haue little motion yet oft kill As salt ta'ne moderately doth â—ellish meat So discreet feares doe often benefite As in calamitie good friends auaile So sound aduise aduantageth in feare As wrong suspitions are but mens disgrace So needlesse feares declare but want of wit Examples likewise on the same CLaudius being giuen to feare his mother said Nature begun but had not finisht him Midas grew desperate by his fearefull dreames That to be rid of them he slew him-selfe Aristodemus fear'd with howling dogges Tooke such conceit that soone he ended life Nicias th' Athenian through cowardly feare Lost many famous opportunities Tully saith Much more euill is in feare Than in
please So gentle minds are easily ouer-rul'd As heauines fore-tels some harme at hand So minds disturb'd presage ensuing ills As sickly bodies brooke not heat nor cold So crazed minds dislike of euery thing As working vessels are by vent kept sound So troubled minds by conference find ease As fennie grounds send forth vnsauorie sents So bad minds blâ—nder out distempered thoughts Examples likewise on the same SCeuola in the greatnesse of his mind Entred Porsennaes Tent to murder him Queene Tomiris to shew her dauntlesse mind With Cyrus blood reueng'd her deare sonnes death Zenobia told Aurelian in the field He was not able to subdue her mind Lucius Dentatus neuer matcht for mind Came eighteene times a conquerour from field Cicero saith the goodnesse of the mâ—nd Is most discern'd in pardoning iniuries Socrates said His quietnes in mind Was cause he neuer sickned till his death Of Affection c. Affection and sweet fancies secret fire Kindle the coales that quicken vp desire WHere we affect we seldome find defect Of things vnknowne we can haue no desire Men ost affect them that doe loue them least And least doe loue them whome they should like best That one desires another doth disdaine Affection by the countenance is descried Full easily the fault may be redrest Where kind affection onely hath transgrest Kindly affection youth to liue with youth Truest affection doth no bounds retaine Affection is a â—ierce yet holy fire Free of him-selfe and chain'd to strong desire Desire with small encouraging growes bold It 's easie to desire but hard to chuse Affections speech that easily can dissolue Doth moisten Flint yet Steele in stiffe attire The sea hath bounds but deep desire hath none In darkest nights desire sees best of all Sweet are the kisses the embracements sweet When like desires with like affections meet Affections slaue regards no oathes nor lawes Luke-warme desires best fit with crazed loue Affection is a coale that must be coold Else suffered it will set the heart on fire Entire affection hateth nice coy hands Affection will like fire him-selfe betray Affection faints not like a pale fac'd coward But then wooes best when most his choise is froward The coales are quicke where fancie blowes the fire Desire can make a Doctor in a day Where loue doth reigne disturbing iealousie Doth call him selfe affections Sentinell Fauour and grace are tearmed fancies fuell An equall age doth equall like desires Bad mens affections turne to feare and hate And hate to daunger and deserued death That 's hardly kept which is desir'd of many The most maid-seeming is not without affection That needs must issue to the full perfection Hath grounded-being by the minds affection There 's nothing can affections force controll Drunken desire doth vomit his receit Affections gawdie banner once displayed The coward fights and will not be dismayed Things much restrain'd make vs the more desire them In meanest shewe the most affection dwells Small drops doe oft-times quench a mightie fire But hugest Seas not qualifie desire All qualifide affections loue doth hate Beautie strikes fancie blind vaine shewes deceiue Sad perâ—urâ—ations that affections guide Should not giue iudgement till their cause be tride Desire is life of loue and death of feare Death is the finall end of all desires Nothing can quench an infinite desire Once kindled through the first conceiued fire Sad sighes doe shew the heat of hearts desire Desire controld doth aggrauate desire Desire being fierce is spring of sighes and teares Men once degenerate and growne deprest Are pleasd to share affections with a beast Desire doth spring from that we wish and want Fancie is blind deafe and incredulous Fancie is watchfull and doth seldome sleepe Fancie compeld to Lute strings is compar'd Which ouer stretcht doe cracke before they sound Lawfull desires are honesties best notes Affection's rest lesse yet being perfect end-lesse Delay is preiudiciall to desire The greater part leane to example so That what they fancie they will sâ—ant forgoe Fancies best cure is mutuall affection Fancie soone â—ires but long before it quench When loue leads lookes no compasse keepes desire A hot desire on present heat doth dote When cold repentance will it not fore-note Low fortunes often times haue high desires Like fortunes globe euen so is fancies seat Appetites flame with wisdome best is quencht There neuer did all circumstances meet With those desires which were conceiu'd before Affection brooketh no diuision Sleepe hath no priuiledge ouer desire Similies on the same subiect AS poyson sweetly mixt is sooner ta'ne So fancie close conceal'd is soonest fier'd As Chrysolites are prooued in the fire So is affection in enforc'd restraint As cities wanting Magistrates decay Euen so desire vngouern'd hurts it selfe As all the world were darke but for the Sunne So life but for affection were vnsure As steele brings fire from the hardest flint So fancie mollisies the stearnest mind As Almond trees in age doe beare most fruit So yeares doth best approoue affections Examples likewise on the same ZAleucus to the Locrians made a law To loose their eyes that sinn'd in foule desires Appius was banished the cittie Rome For leud affection to Virginia Marke Anthonie disgrac'd his former fame By not restraining his affections King Alexander hated to the death In men or women loose and leud desires Fancie saith Aristotle often makes A frenzie in their soules are led thereby Desire saith Socrates no limits holds And therefore hardly can be mastred Of Disdaine c. Contempt and Scorne are Wits infirmitie Wherwith Disdaine and Scoffes keepe company FLint frost disdaine weares melts and yeelds we see Things long in getting quickly are disdain'd Present disdaine oft after-loue diuines Prayers preuaile not where is coy disdaine Better to die a thousand deaths and more Than liue contemn'd that honour'd was before Disdaine deliuers a depraued mind Griefe often-times giues place to nice disdaine Too much precisenesse sauours of selfe-loue Gibing demaunds deserue scornefull replyes Neither can wit or Art take any place Where aduerse scorne with feare strikes boldnesse dead Presumption giues no guerdon but disdaine Despised men on earth must liue in heauen There must be some contempt ere plagues ensue Disdaine attends where greatest honour haunts In high disdaine loue is a base desire And Cupids flames doe seeme but watrie fire Disdaine repines at all good things it sees They others vertues scorne that doubt their owne Mocke none in need beware thine owne mishap Scoffes without feare from follâ—e doe proceed The choice â—â—hard wheâ—e silence kills with griefe Oâ— speech reapes no reward but base contempâ— To mocke a friend is held no manly part Scorne can haue no reward but like contempt Ieasting is tollerable but scorne most vile Disdaine declares a proud presuming heart Loues passions quenched by vnkind disdaine Doth often times encrease the more desire Scorning is artificiall iniurie Who scorneth most shall be but paid with scoffes Scorne not thy wife least scorn'd she do thee
eare Without some sweet impression of the mind Wine often-times is cause of many words The fewer words the more discretion That man may worthily be said to doâ—e That trusts faire words and solles his goods for smoke When swords haue pleaded words doe come too late The lesse men speake the more they meditate Bargaines made by constraint may well be broken And words by force compeld as well vnspoken By the hearts thoughts the tongue is carried Few words well coucht doe most content the wise Reports in Coâ—â—â—s are held both night and day As common guests and seldome paâ—t away Seld speaketh loue but sighes his secret paines Of whome the tongue talkes much the heart thinkes more Better by speaking little make a sâ—arre Than by much babling cause a wide deepe wound Report hath oft a blister on her tongue The sweetest words may come from sowrest hearts The words that sound the sweetest in the eare Are not the wholsoâ—â—'st alwaies to the heart In many words is couched most mistrust Who fights with words doth soonest wound himselfe Many repent the words that they haue spoke But neuer any that they held their peace The coldest words oft cooles the hottest throat Workes and not words doe most commend a man Spend stripes on him whome words may not retaine Yet spend to mend by strokes but not to maime From fewest words may great effects ensue Silence hath seldome yet made any sad Whereas desire doth vrge the tongue to speake Somwhat must out or else the heart will breake The tongue is call'd the gate of life and death Who speakes with heed may boldly say his mind The man whose tongue before his wit doth run Oft speakes too soone and rues when he hath done A word once past can be recalde no more Better be silent than in vaine to speake As good be dombe as speake and not be heard Similies on the same subiect AS one sparke may procure a mightie fire So one ill tongue may cause great enmitie As riuers are bound in with bankes for ouer-flowing So reason should restraine too lauish talking As gold boiles best when it doth bubble least So mild deliuerance sweetens best our words As silence is a gift deuoid of feare So talking is a thing to vrge suspect As he beares miserie best that hides it most So he declares least wit that prateth most As we must giue account for idle silence So much more must we for our fruitlesse talke Examples likewise on the same POmpey let burne his finger in the fire Rather than he would be too free of tongue Vâ—ysseâ— in his youâ—h refrain'd from speech Because in yeares he would direct his tongue Great Alexander gaue Cherillus coine To hold his peace and to forbeare to write Antigâ—nus this lesson taught his sonne First to learne silence then to practise speech Zeâ—o reprâ—oued one that prated much And said his eares were founded on his tongue The toâ—gue saith Aristotle blabs the mind And fooles or wise men soone thereby we find Of Flatterie c. Flatterie is friendships vtter ouerthrow The wracke of States and honest natures foe THe greenest hearb oft hides the foulest toad The stillest water hath the deepest channell It 's better to be blamed by a friend Than to be kissed of a flatterer Soothing gâ—ts friends but truth doth purchase hate A seeming friend is a deceitfull bogge Flatterie suruiues not at the dead mans dore Liue men haue eares when tombes are deafe and poore Of false dissembling foulie must be fall The best dissembler hath the brauest wit It is esteem'd no certaine way to thriue To praise the dead but flattering men aliue Dissembled holinesse is double crime Faire feigned tales conuey foule things from sight Dissembling sometimes may attaine to saue Mens liues their â—ame their goods and all they haue Chuse few friends trie them flatterers speake faire Men strew sweet flowers to hide the deepest snares Mens pleas in loue like painters pensils are Which figure shadowes and the substance leaue Faire outward shewes prooue inwardly the worst Loue looketh faire when hap is most accurst The badge of hypocrites is noted still By alwayes speaking well yet doing ill Flatterie doth verie seldome want rewards To flatter wise men shewes discretions want When greatest braues are brought to trials proofe The boasters are content to stand aloofe Flatterers râ—spect their owne good no mans else Better a wretch than a dissembler False flatterers are worse than greedie crowes The one deâ—oureâ— aliue the other dead Plaine and not honest is too haâ—sh a style Men still doe foullest when they fairest speake Fond Physiognomies complexion Guides not the inward disposition Better offend with truth than flattering praise Flatterers are nought else but trencher flyes True loue 's a Saint so shall ye true loue know False loue 's a Sâ—ithian yet a Saint in show Flatterie iâ— the nource of wickednesse Dissembling weares a cloake truth naked goes The smoothest lookes doe soon'st of all beguile And oft are clokes to cogitations vile Womens dissembling hardly can be matcht A foe is better than a dissembling friend Similies on the same subiect AS vultures sleepe not where they find no prey So flatterers haunt not but where profit growes As vermine breâ—d in places of most warmth So flatterers cling where best they find reliefe As Pilgrims creepe not but where is some crosse So slye dissemblers crouch not but for gaine As â—othes the finest garments doe consume So flatterers feed vpon the frankest hearts As Panthers haue sweet sents but rauenous minds So flatterers haue smooth lookes but killing heaâ—â—s As straightest trees haue still the crookedst roots So all dissemblers haue the craftiest trickes Examples likewise on the same THe Emperour Sigismond strooke a flatterer And said He bit worse than a Scorpion Augustus so detested flatterie He could not bide his seruants kneele to him Tyberius seruants might not call him Lord Because he said therein they flatter'd him Clisiphus was call'd Philips counterfeit Because like him he fashion'd all he did Phocion said to king Antipater He could not be his friend and flatterer Wise men saith Bias make not all their friends But haue a speciall eye to flatterers Of good Deeds c. Good Deeds confound all bad suppresse offence Correcting faults with loue and patience THat is a good deed which preuents the bad Good vowes are neuer broken by good deeds He that sets downe what gifts in goodnes lurke Shall breath him twise before he end his worke In persons full of note good deeds are done Vowes are but seeds and good deeds are the fruits Good turnes ought not be held a seruile bond To bind their doers to receiue their meed That which doth good disgraceth no degreâ— We haue no good that we can say is ours Of passed good to make a new discourse By double vsurie doth twise renew it Good lampes will shine till all their oyle be gone Each goodly thing is hardest to begin When as the doing
ought to be forgiuen Things badly got can haue but bad successe Custome confirmes and makes ill in perfection Nothing is euill that is necessarie Too small a sacrifice for mischiefes done Is one mans breath that thousands did defeat Mischiefe is no meet way to seeke redresse Mischiefe is oft thought good by speeding ill A bad beginning makes a worâ—er end Ill some-times is the cause of good successe And wicked meanings turne to happinesse One mischiefes Sunne thawes not anothers Ice The sight of euill sets out goodnesse best Euill dessignes haue euill accidents All such as are the ministers of ill The gallowes eates or fatall sword doth kill Similies on the same subiect AS Fowlers by their craft beguile the birds So wicked deeds corrupt plaine meaning minds As serpents food is onely on the earth So wicked mens delights is ill done deeds As sheep-cloath'd Wolues do alwaies greatest spoile So painted deeds doe most of all deceiue As Circes witch-craft chaunged men to beasts So wicked deeds makes seeming men bruit beasts As braunches prosper not cut from the tree So all is vaine that swerues from honest course As little sparkes of â—ire procure great harme So least ill deeds doe hardly find amends Examples likewise on the same PEricles said th' Athenians loued him Because they neuer could detect his deeds Demetrius lost all his followers Because he had no care of doing ill Pyrrhus desired to be smit with death When he did ought that ill beseem'd a King Seuerus caus'd his man be smoakt to death Because his deeds should not dishonour him Men to doe ill or iniurie each other Is no meane eye-sore Tullie doth affirme No man saith Socrates should deale vniustly In any matter be it ne're so small Of Thoughts Thoughts are the flowring blossoms of the mind And words the daily fruits of our desires CLose thoughts stands free from sword or violence No kings commaund could euer hinder thought What thought can thinke another thought can mend A secret shame in euery thought will smother Where feares doe Candie-thoughts with Icie-cold Heat stirres the tongue to daungers manifold Thoughts are but dreames till their effects be tryed Vnstained thoughts doe seldome dreame of ill A fault vnknowne is as a thought vnacted Preuention speaketh all but what he thinkes That which the thought would by the tongue digest The eare conuayes it backe into the breast The thoughts of men are fed with expectations All wishing thoughts sprout forth by quicke desire Citties doe bastardize the brauest thoughts It 's very hard imprisoned thoughts to bale Pure thoughts doe alwayes sleepe secure and still While lust and murder wakes to staine and kill Thoughts oft times force a lingring life to pine Hope strengthened addes much matter to each thought All womens tongues and thoughts seldome agreee How poore soeuer thought is rich enough If springing thoughts be any iot diminisht They wither in their prime and prooue nought worth The heart hath but one string yet many thoughts All earthly thoughts are subiect to annoy Vnreuerend thoughts gainst kings are treacherie Vnmeasur'd thoughts by fortune are cut short Nothing doth sooner dry vp beauties blood Than sullein thoughts though it be ne're so fresh Oft princes thoughts are tyed to beauties wings All wicked thoughts haue still a wicked end Sweet is the thought where hope perswadeth hap Sweet are the thoughts that neuer found amisle Nothing doth sooner shorten life of man Than vaine deluding hopes and idle thoughts Deare is the thought whereby discretion liues Thoughts prosper not where feare doth perish them No witnesse needeth for a guiltie thought The meanest man will yet in thought aspire Our narrow-eyes thoughts oft times looke more direct Than our loose wisdomes borne with wild neglect All leaden thoughts than earth no higher flyes Full many signes bewrayes our secret thoughts Thoughts often-times doe shroud vs in the earth To muse and meditate is learnings life By common cariage of the outward parts The secret thoughts are seene of many hearts Cartie thy thoughts in silence sealed vp Sweet are the thoughts of pleasures we haue tryed Thoughts are not seene yet lookes bewray the mind Similies on the same subiect AS white and blacke are contrarie in sight So words and thoughts are very different As fire and water neuer can agree Euen so mens words and thoughts doe disagree As courtiers cloakes are shifted very oft So are our thoughts neuer at certaine stay As light is welcome to perplexed minds So merrie thoughts doe banish sadnesse best As euery tree hath his peculiar fruit So euery man hath his owne priuat thought As merrie hosts care not for frowning guests So pleasant minds can brooke no pensiue thoughts Examples likewise on the same CAesar did neuer feare a merrie looke But doubted sad men to haue wicked thoughts The Spartanes carried commendation Because they scorn'd to beare iniurious thoughts Puluillus being told his sonne was dead Made answere Therefore he would take no thought When Scipio read the bookes of Xenophon He said They counsail'd him from taking thought Thoughts doe afflict the mind saith Cicerâ— And makes it subiect to no certaintie Saith Aristotle They need Physicke most That doe deuoure their health by fretfull thoughts Of Teares c. Teares are best friends to solitarie minds And mourning is a foe to company WEeping auailes not where laments are scorn'd Our teares oft times draw teares from others eies Great losses greatly are to be bemoan'd Teares tye the tongue of an accusers grudge And softs the rigour of the stearnest iudge No griefe like that to mourne and be despis'd A troubled soule in teares her comfort seekes Well mourning garments fit a mourning mind Teares are dumbe Oratours and wanting speech Perswade some-time more than the tongue can doe Teares are the most effectuall â—hetoricke Teares are the treasure of a griefe-gald heart Griefe tyes the tongue and sorrow stoppeth teares Teares must not be as torments but at markes To shew the loue we beare vnto our friend Teares will appease where trespasse hath incenst Repentant teares doth quench Gods kindled ire Teares shâ—d in time doth winne a blisse-full houre Our teares must be as drops of vitall blood Not feigned but deriued from the heart The heart may weepe although the eyes be drie Partners in loue are partners in laments Eyes are first causers of the hearts lamenting Musicke can hardly solace humane eares When strings are broke and eyes are drown'd in teares Soft teares make batterie in the hardest heart Teares deem'd but silent are as loud as thunder Teares are swift postes to certifie our griefes They seldome doe respect poore beggers teares That may haue musique to delight their eares Teares are as nourishment to godly soules Weeping is ioy to well-affected minds Our eyes must not be drowned nor yet dry To weepe for losse or worldly dignitie And not for sinne is meere hypocrisie Teares kindle loue and qualifie displeasure The deepest cares breake neuer into teares Teares ill becomes
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
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
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
is still a page that waits on youth The Summers glorie figures youths vanitie The winters wracke ages declining steps Youth hardly can obey an old decree Looke what impression we in youth retaine In age our reason hardly will refraine Loue is youths plague wits scourge and ages hell Looke where vnbruised youth with vnstufâ— braines Doth couch his limbes there golden sleepe remaines The spring hath flowres but autumne witheâ—d leaues It 's often seene that loue in young men lyes Not truely in their hearts but in their eyes Youths loue is quicke swifter than swiftest speed Nothing can temper well a young mans rage But thraldome wedlocke or the staffe of age Youth is too hot and void of care or dread Youth learnes to chaâ—nge the course that he hath run When he perceiues and knowes what age hath done Youth minds no daunger in his hastines Young slips new set are quickely pluckt away But elder roots cleane faster to the clay Youth into needlesse quarrels soone is led How euer youngsters seeme to boast and braue Their worth and wit they from their elders haue Lewd obiects forward natures soone retaine Youths common fault is to admit and chuse Those errours which their lawlesse parents vse Youth by encreasing doth as fast decrease What thingâ— by vaine examples youth conceiues The same â—or lawfull daily he receiues Youth well instructed makes age well dispos'd The faults â—nd follies men in youth commit Are causes of repentance in old age Examples are best presidents for youth The prime of youth is like the pine tree flowers Seemely in sight vnsauorie in their sente Like to a shipwracke is the death of youth He that in youth by reason guides his life In age shall find the foot-steps from decay Youth vseth pastimes but as naturall rest The better that a child is borne by birth The more respect should wait vpon his youth So tutour youth that ages sinnes may die Good doctrines characters being stampt in youth No age or fortune once can weare them out Vanitie is the maske for youths fond march Where vice in youth doth beare the chiefest sway Their vertue is neglected most in age Lesse paine to learne in youth than dote in age Tyrannie is no schoole-master for youth Rather vse kindnessae than compulsion Wild youth by gentlenesse will soonest yeeld When beautie and sweet youth are banished They neuer after can be call'd againe Young willowes easily bend greene wit soon caught Youth grac'd with vertue then most perfect is Similies on the same subiect AS sinne is soonest entertain'd in youth So is it hardly shaken off in age As gentle mould is apt for any print So youth receiues what-e're impression As vntill'd fields bring nothing â—orth but weeds So vntaught youth yeelds all but vanitie As freshest flowres the canker soonest eats So youthfull heads are quickly caught by vice As vnripe apples fall not but by force So vnconstrain'd â—outh hardly yeelds to die As youngest nettles are not free from stings So wisest youth hath imperfections Examples likewise on the same COmodus not well tutor'd in his youth Did afterward prooue a most wicked Prince Neroeâ— vnbridled youth made him to fall To greater leudnesse than was euer heard Cato would to his sonnes be schoole master Because he would not haue their youth infected Scemides and her sonne were cast in Tyber For bringing vp the gulfe of shame to Rome Youth well instructed saith Euripides Doth after make his age more honourable Pythagoras bad tutor so young youth The sinnes of age be not imposde on thee Of Age. Age is the gift of Heauen expence of yeares Exchaunge of haps and graue experience schoole AGe is a Cinicke not a flatterer Age or infirmitie soone blasteth beautie Age iâ— alike in Kings and other men Gray haires in youth kindles no greene desires The power of Kings may well with-stand proud foeâ— But cannot keepe backe age with time that growes In womens honour age is worst disease Let sâ—ringing youth râ—iourne old ages woes For age to die is right for youth it 's wrong Blame we not youth if wantonly he wooes Since doting old and booke-wise cannot choose Follie in youâ—h is sinne in age it 's madnesse Age though conceal'd doth warme with thoughts desire Cold age dotes most when heat of youth is gone Age still is prone to credit what it likes Mens chiefest aime is but to nource vp life With honour wealth and ease in waining age Respect and Reason wait on wrinkled age Youthfull delights lode crooked age with griefe Age is as credulous as suspitious What can auaile vnpleasurable age That feeds on lust or base vnable rage Age is a glorious crowne adorn'd with grace Death is the due to nature ages almes Gray haires are fruits for death not flowers for life Trees may haue roots although they beare no leaues Loue as a vertue is in age allowed Except vnequall choise doe disallow Age well may ioyne with youth in law not loue When old Bees dye the young possesse the hiue Age is chill cold and full of doubts and feares Pleasant conceits are blossoms for young yeares But melancholly thoughts fruits of gray haires Age with fore-sight a many harmes preuents Age takes aduise ere he presume too farre Age is ordaind to counsell youth to fight Age lends fore-sight young courage must enact Age is allowed to gaze at beautieâ— tree But youth must clâ—mbe and gather vp the fruit Old age helpes by good counsell and fore-sight Old age can neuer pay youthes debt set downe Discretion waxeth young when age drawes neere Care keepes his watch in euery old mans eye And where â—are lodgeth sleepe can neuer lie Age breedeth no dâ—â—â—ct in innocence Innocence is an excellence in age Old age being come life cannot long endure Each age of man hath end but old age none Age can report and youth doth â—aily prooue There is no comfort like the sweets of loâ—e Sicknesse and age are ouâ— conducts to death It helpes not age to wiâ—h him young againe It 's grieuous to be old with feares not yeares It 's time to flye from brawles of iudgement seat And publique noise when age once geâ—â— the start Gray haires are wisdomes badge and ages pride The benefit of age is libertie Respect old age it commeth not alone Old men are young mens meetest presidents Aduised age right warily doth keepe VVhat headstrong youth would loose and loosing weepe Youth runneth well when age the bâ—idle holds Old age hath all things and yet all things wants Our parents age worse tâ—an our granâ— sâ—â—es be VVe worst bâ—gâ—t our children worse than we White haires are grauities embassadours Aged and wise deserues great reuerence Similies on the same subiect AS Cedars in their age the straighter gâ—owes So men in age should haue the grauer showes As boâ—ds being seald are past recalling backe So age once comâ— by no meanes can be shund As floâ—d-gates helpe not when the towne is drown'd So câ—â—â—â—â—g helpes not