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heart_n	part_n	spirit_n	vital_a	3,441	5	10.7507	5	true

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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A72872	Margariton A rich treasure discovered of problemes and their resolves. In three parts. Amorous. Naturall Morall and politique. Faithfully translated out of French, for the profit and delight of the ingenious English of both sexes; to serve as a usefull helpe in their discourse.; Delectable demaundes, and pleasaunt questions, with their severall aunswers, in matters of love, naturall causes, with morall and politique devises.	Landi, Ortensio, ca. 1512-ca. 1553. Quattro libri di dubbi. English. Adaptations.; Painter, William, 1540?-1594.; T. S.; Rawlins, Thomas, 1620?-1670, engraver.	1640 (1640)	STC 17328; ESTC S123205	97,378	368

Love to caus●● them to be liberall and free hearted Q. Whereof commeth it that whi●● Lovers doe talke with their Ladies spettle doth come and encrease in their mouthes A. The tongue oftentimes moved doth heate it selfe and that heate doth resolv●● into spettle Q. VVhereof commeth it that whe● amorous Dames doe talke with their Lovers their brests seeme as though they would depart their besome doth leape and hop with such force A. That proceedeth of the great neighbourhood that the heart hath with the ●p●ppes from whom all the vitall spirits 〈◊〉 proceed who retiring them to the ●●ests be the cause of such motions Q. VVhereof commeth it that divers amorous women doe oftentimes speake evill of their Servants or Lovers A. It is to put away the suspition that men may engender of their love or else for feare that men should backe-bite them Q. Why doe men so willingly kisse the eyes of them whom they love A. The eye is the dearest part of the body and in the eye a man may see and know what is hidden in the heart or else they doe it because the eye is the beginning of Love Q. Whereo●re doe Lovers hide the●selves when they goe about to content each other A. Because of the filthinesse of the act or by a naturall shamefastnesse for th●● they seeme to doe a thing that is 〈◊〉 very honest Q. Wherefore be Lovers so curious 〈◊〉 know the name of their Ladies A. Because they suppose to find●● the names some secret thing that ma●● yeeld them hope to enjoy the thing th●● they so greatly desire or else we m●● say that Lovers will not onely posse●● the bodies of their Ladies but also hav● all that is joyned thereunto and tha● which doth depend thereof Q. Whereof commeth it that Love●●● be so importunate to demand of their Ladies how well they love them A. It is to certifie themselves th●● more of which assurance the spirit doth appease it selfe and receiveth contentation Q. VVherefore doe Lovers deligh● to carry about them any thing that hath beene their Ladies A. To be more agreeable unto them and the better to conforme themselve● to their desires and wills Q. Wherefore doe Lovers give their colours the one to the other A. The conformity of deeds and will doth engender and augment ami●● Besides this the colours secretly doe give to understand the thing that ●●n vardly we doe suffer as by signifying of ●nconstancie diminution of heate mockeries travels humility highnesse we doe shew it by the colours of a yea ●●ow pale redde blew white gray and ●ncarnate Q. VVhat causeth divers Ladies esteemed wise and of good judgement to give themselves over to vile men infamous and wicked A. J have told you oftentimes that Love is blind and doth captivate the senses abandoning judgement and foresight in women specially in those that 〈◊〉 amorous whose wits be very weake and unperfect Q. VVhereof commeth the custome that the Greekes doe eate a confection made of Quinces commonly called Marmalade the first night of their Marriage A. Because they feare to disease 〈◊〉 weary their spouses at the first reco●●●er and meeting Q. Whereof commeth it that ma●● be in Love with Gardiners A. Their simplicity perchance is t●● cause Or else because Gardens be dedicated to Venus and those that be co●tinually within them doe savour 〈◊〉 Rosemary Margerome or of some oth●● sweet hearbe Q. How chanceth it that the 〈◊〉 married women the first night of th●● marriage goe so vnwillingly to bed a●● doe rise the next day so lusty and joyfull A. That commeth of the perfectio●● that they have received of the man 〈◊〉 then they know that they be wom●● indeed Q. Wherefore doth agreement in lo●● cause things to please vs which otherwise should not so doe A. Love of necessity doth inflam●● For we seeing many to pursue the thi●● we love the opinion which we have 〈◊〉 her beauty doth encrease in us Q. VVhy doth a word many times more allure the heart then long service A. Because service was not imployed ●●o he purpose and the word was spoken ●●o effect A. How commeth it that women ●●ched vpon the Navell be incontinent revoked with a desire to enter the ●●eld A. There be certaine veines in the ●●aw whereof the Navell is made and he maw is the very seate of voluptuous●esse It is no marvell then if they bee ●oved thereunto when they be touched ●pon the same Q. What is the cause that some Lovers be better pleased with the Meancholike then with the lively and lu●●y A. Lovers be easily induced to be●●eve that they be beloved and percei●ing their Ladies to be Melancholike ●●d heavy they esteeme that to come of 〈◊〉 care that they doe take of them and 〈◊〉 their affaires but it may be that it ●●mmeth of the agreement and simili●●de of complexion Q. Why be rich women more gi●● to love then the poore A. Idlenesse is the cause who is 〈◊〉 mother of all superfluity I leave to sp●● of the delicate meates and the g●● wines that the rich doth use without ●●ving any griefe or vexation which 〈◊〉 bleth their braine Q. VVhy is love most commo●●painted with his eyes bound vp A. Because he blindeth poore Lov●● and maketh them so like unto be●● that they cannot at all discerne the 〈◊〉 perfections of their Ladies Q. Why doe Lovers delight to h●● amorous Histories written by Auth●● of our time A. By the conformity of their passio●● and likely hood of their affections Q. Why be women well content 〈◊〉 they be told that other women be in 〈◊〉 as well as they A. Because their fault seemeth 〈◊〉 lesse not being alone spotted with ●●vice Q. VVherefore doe stepmothers l●● their Sonnes in law and hate t●● ●●ughters in law A. They hate their Daughters in law because they draw all the substance from their Sonnes and they love their Sons in law as the principall goodnesse and solace of their owne Daughters Q. Why is Love better liked in the Countrey then in the Towne A. Because in villages there is not so great respect and for that all commodities and things are not to be found there Lover be constrained to apply themselves one to another Moreover the pleasure of Gardens of hunting fishing and other Countrey delights doe most commonly cause men to keepe themselves at home and to forget the ●●oves and follies of Townes and Cities Q. Whereof commeth it that amo●●ous women be more ticklish then others A. Women prone to love be delicate for the most part whose skis● be loose and soft more easie to be tickled Q. Why doe women love them most earnestly that had their maydenhead and men cleane contrary hate those women whom first of all they imbr●●ced A. Women by the conjunction of 〈◊〉 man doe gaine perfection and the 〈◊〉 thereby maketh himselfe unperfect 〈◊〉 cause the woman is a creature unperfect and as the Philosophers say a creatu●● caused and not compleate Q. Why be some hard

to be perswad● that they be beloved A. Because they perceive not themselves amiable and because they kn●●● that in them there is nothing that ma●● incite others to love them Q. Wherefore doe Lovers many ti●● write to their Lovers with the Ioy●● Onions or of Leamonds A. Because the thing which is writ●● with such Juice should not appeare ●●nifest except it be neere the fire 〈◊〉 they doe so to keepe their love ●●cret Q. VVhy do not Lovers subscribe th●● Letters which they write to their Lad●● and Paramours A. The reason and cause is ab●● mentioned being assured that if th●●● Love were deciphred they should have lesse pleasure Besides this a ●●ay should be opened for false tongues ●●o impeach and let their minds and purposes Q. VVhy doe Lovers write one to ●●her amorous Sonnets in rhyme rather 〈◊〉 in prose A. Poetry is the friend of Love And all the praise belonging to love was alwayes more sweetly sung and celebrated by Poets then by Orators Q. Wherefore doe women so willingly ●●●old themselves in Glasses A. To contemplate and behold their beauty to esteeme the same as it is worthy Or else it proceedeth of a certaine ●●ghtnesse that is in them Q. But wherefore use they more wil●●ngly Glasses of Steele then of Christa●● A. Steele is of a more sound substance comforting with his glimpse or rever●eration the sight more then Christall ●oth Q. Wherefore doe we present women with Glasses Gloves Chaines Iewels ●nd prety Fannes to coole their Faces or defend the same from the sire A. Glasses doe serve them to see the●● beauty Fannes refresh and coole them 〈◊〉 Chaines doe signifie that they be fooles and had need to be chained Gloves doe let their hands from snatching still ready and proper to the spoyle Rings that they may consider the end with the beginning and to thinke upon the time present and to come Q. What is the occasion that many women have lived chastly in their youth and approaching to age have gi●● themselves over to wantonnesse A. It may be that in their youth they laboured much for travell is enemy to love Or else they were so well looke●● unto that they had no leisure or time to attempt that enterprise Q. VVhereof doth it come thas loving and amorous women be given to babble and prate more then others A. If love be not too excessive it rendreth and maketh folkes joyfull lusty and well spoken And commonly it seemeth that heavinesse stoppeth the Orgaines and conduites of the voyce ●●on●rariwise joy and gladnesse of ●●●e heart doth open and unloose ●hem Q. What is the cause that many wrapt with love doe upon the suddaine lose his love A. All they which be of hote complexion be subject to suddaine mutations and changes and runne hither and ●●hither without any rest Q. Whereof commeth it that Lovers ●●ose their eating or appetite The amorous passions doe disperse their hearts into sundry parts and their ●●ively and vitall spirits be unproper to digestion through being too much distracted hither and thither and plunged ●●n affections of Love Q. Why did the ancients paint Love with a window or a gate in his stomack wherein were written these two words Farre off and at hand A. To shew that he which is a Lover must love as well in absence as in presence Q. But why was he painted bare headed A. To shew that betweene Lovers there should be nothing covered or hidden Q. Wherefore doe some paint Love with the face of a man and not of an Infant A. To shew that a Lover ought to be constant as very men be and not like the brutish Q. I desire to know wherefore the notable Painter Zeuxis did paint him with a greene Robe A. Because Lovers live in continu●ll hope and greene doth signifie no other thing then hope Q. But why doth he set upon the borders of his Robe these words Death and Life A. Because that true Love dureth both in life and also after death and breaketh never for any accident that may happen Q. And wherefore did Appelles paint him with these words written in his forehead Spring time and Summer A. To shew that in love there is both prosperity and adversity which are represented by those two seasons Q. VVherefore doe they give him wings A. Because the desires of Lovers doe tend alwayes to high things Q. Wherefore doe they make him a Child A. Because that whosoever doth give himselfe to love hath no understanding for most commonly he loseth for a thing of nought matters weighty and of great importance Q. What mooved the inhabitants of Cypres to paint Love having a Turkie bow behind his backe and his arrowes before A. It was because that Love hath a custome to wound all them that hee meeteth And because that he secretly doth the same they place the Turkie bow behind his backe Q. Wherefore be his arrowes never blunt but sharpe A. Because they should wound the better and enter more deepely for they make him sore to feele that he is wounded with them Q. How commeth it that one looke is more hurtfull to Lovers and woundeth them more then any touching or talke A. That is because Love taketh his beginning of looking Q. Why doe Lovers waxe so soone pale and leane A. The passions of the mind doe bring the body to a poore estate Q. Whereof commeth it that Postes Ryders Weavers and generally they which be accustomed to great agitation of the body be more veneriall then others A. Moving doth heate the reynes and the vessels of generation Travell also doth open the conduits where the seed doth passe it is not to be doubted but cold doth cause the humours to be in a manner unmoveable letting the seed from comming to the generative parts Q. Whereof commeth it that men of hote strong and good complexion abstaining from copulation with women doe commonly fall into the fluxe or have the yealow Iaundose or be troubled with immoderate choller A. Men with their seed doe avoid certaine corrupt humours the which remaining in the body be converted either into choller or else into the yealow Jaundise Q. VVhat is the cause that Harlots and whores doe smell so rammish A. Because they sildome retaine their seed which being out of the Matrix doth corrupt and stincke Q. Is it lawfull for a Lover to take his pleasure with any other besides his owne Lady A. I answer no. Neverthelesse his Lady being absent and he cannot enjoy her he may have liberty to use another if she resemble his owne in such perfection as she may be tearmed a second Lady but not in any wise to fixe his heart upon her Hee then I say I that useth such a one in his Ladies ahsence is the rather to be excused but neither of them is to be admitted in my judgement if he meane to deserve the title of a true Lover Q. Tell me then what thing is Love A. It is a passion that doth blind

for respect of Love or whose familiarity doth make love ●●oathsome or out of tast Q. What is the cause that hee that loveth fervently is soone angry A. Because the spirits and humours of Lovers be very hote and boyle continually Q. How commeth it to passe that an 〈◊〉 morous woman is so curious to be finely ap●parelled and decked A. She doth it to increase and set forth her beauty thereby to subdue and draw●● those unto her that be most beautifull an●● desirous to Love Q. But why be rough and hairy 〈◊〉 more prone and disposed to the amorou●● battell of Love then others A. Because they abound and be mo●● full of humours then others Q. What hath moved certaine Greek Poets to say that Love is the most exce●●lent amongst all the heavenly Gods A. It is perchance because there is 〈◊〉 Philosopher that doth teach the manners mans life so well as he or maketh man mo●● practise of quicke spirited Q. But why hath Love beene esteemed God A. Because he maketh an● Idiote to speak well a coward to be bold and hardy a m●● lancholike man joyfull a heavie and sloth●●full man prompt and ready to all enterpri●ses be they never so great Or else he 〈◊〉 made a God for man to excuse himselfe and to cast vpon Love all that which by the same he hath done and sustained Q. Why be Lovers so desirous of corporall and bodily beauty A. Because beauty as ancient Poets doe affirme doth please the Gods is agreeable to men is not loathsome nor hea●●y to him that is indued therewith but desired above all things that may be wished Q. What is the reason and cause of Nosegayes Garlands of flowers and greene Boughes wherewith Lovers bee went to ●●dorn the fronts of their Ladies Lodgings A. It is to honour them as their Gods ●n earth and to shew that such Nosegaies Garlands and May-boughes doe serve for ●he spoyles and triumphes of their Ladies ●nd for true signes of the service and devo●ion of their loving Servants Q. But whereof commeth it that wee ●●eame sildome of the thing that we love A. All Lovers being tossed and vexed with ●●vers thoughts cannot stedfastly grave ●nd settle any one thing in their fantasie ●r their thoughts be like the circles and ●●ubblings of the water which are dissipated ●e one by the other Q. From whence commeth it that certaine Lovers vpon the view and sight of their Ladies doe blush A. It riseth of the blood and spirits which ascend upwards whereof the face fulles● of pores of any part of the body doth charge it selfe with colour It may be also that it proceedeth of a singular reverence that they beare to their Paramours Q. But why doe they afterwards waxe pale A. There is no true Lover but is troubled with some disquiet or contrariety I● the cause then of his paine doe present it selfe before his eyes the same doth easily grow and increase And so Nature retirin● unto the inward parts as into her hold o● sort carrieth with her both the blood and spirits leaving the superiour parts withou● any colour Q. How chanceth it that barreine and unfruitfull women be more hote and promp● to love then they which are fruitfull and bear● Children A. Because that such doe more aboun● with-seed and do purge themselves of thei● naturall disease lesse then other doe Q. Why doe Lovers delight to beare in their hands Nosegaies and Apples A. All Love●s have a desire to enjoy and possesse the flowre and the fruit of others age and beauty wherein they rejoyce whensoever they see the same And so be amorous both of flowrs and fruit and of all such beautifull things that they see Q. But why bee Lovers for the most part ready to weepe A. Poore Lovers continually be pricked with some Naile and feele cause whereof to complaine being of Nature fearefull suspicious jealous and troubled so that it is no marvell if such and the like passions doe provoake them to teares Q. What meaneth it that Lovers bee continually as it were in a fire A. The affection of Love doth move and trouble their spirits which doth raise in them this heate Q. Why be women more proue to Love then any other creatures at all times and seasons A. Nature hath indued them with more delicate touchings and with more moderate complexion then other Besides this they be of complexion hote and moyst a thin● very proper and requisite to Lov● Q. How commeth it that men take 〈◊〉 pleasure in the play and Game of Love when they have lust to make water A. Because even then the Conduites a● full and that which is full of moystnes● cannot receive other humour It may b● also that the heavinesse and weight of th●n Vrine doth restraine and stop the Condu●● from whence the Seede doth issue an come Q. Wherefore is the pleasure of Lov● greater then all other pleasures that ma● be imagined A. That commeth of the Sperme whic● passeth through all the parts of the body yeelding unspeakeable pleasures to the 〈◊〉 ther members Q. How chanceth it that men of M●●lancholicke complexion be more lively th● other in combat of Love A. The windy passions whereof th●● be full be causes of the same which ma●● them more wakefull disposed thereunt● Q. Why doe Physitians praise mediocr●●ty or sildome vse of Loves desire A. Because the same doth lighten the body rejoyce the spirits comfort the brain recreate the senses and expelleth from them all accidents proceeding of melancholike numours Excesse also is to be blamed because it doth weaken the body and is hurtfull to the sight Q. Why doth Nature give to Love so great pleasure A. For preservation of mankind which through the same is continued Q. Why doe they soone grow to gray haires which be much given to Love A. Because they expell from them their naturall heat whereby life is conserved and maintained Q. Why doth the haire of the head and eyebrowes of those that be fornicators and lech●rous soonest fall A. The Game of Love doth marvellously coole the superiour parts which being made bare and voyd of blood and ●pirit cannot digest that which doth nou●ish the same And so the vapours proceeding of digestion be not sufficient and able to engender haire of the head and eye-browes Q. Whereof commeth it tbat Lover care not to spend the whole Night i● Love A. Every vehement passion doth wholl● draw a man thereunto and suffereth hi● not to give himselfe to any thing else bu● to that whereof he thinketh and whereup●on he bendeth his fantasie Q. Why bee Lovers so carefull of th● sight and amorous lookes of their Ladies A. All Lovers are wont to suffer them●selves to be fed with such allurements and there is no part of the body that doth s● well manifest and declare the interiour passsions of the mind as the eyes Also we say that the eyes are the true harboroughes o● the heart And thereof it commeth that when one kisseth

easily be judged and discovered by the alterations that it sheweth principally from the heart Q. VVhy be they that have little heads naturally more cholericke and disdainfull then others A. Because the heate comming from the heart from whence anger riseth cannot well be cooled and the choller pro●●eding from the blood moved boy●●●ng about the heart causeth heavinesse VVhereof commeth it that by thin●●ng vpon strange and horrible things our flesh doth quake and tremble A. Because the heat doth retire to the inferior and inward parts Q. How commeth it that in the heart of a Stagge there is a bone A. Nature hath there placed it to serve for a stay foundation of the cōtinuall motion of his hart both in rest trauel Q. How commeth it that in Horses Mules Asses and Crowes men fin●● no gall A. All they haue galles but it is no in one proper place but dispierse●● throughout all the veines Q. VVhy are they commonly lea●● which have great Milts A. The Milt doth draw unto it much matter and substance which would els●● turne to nourishment and fatnesse Q. How come haires to be placed vpon the head A. The braine bringeth them forth discharging it selfe of grosse vapoun which comming foorth by the pores 〈◊〉 the flesh doe waxe dry and turne in●● haires Q. Why doe divers feed vpon bones and not vpon haire A. Because of the overmuch drynesse thereof Q. By how many wayes may th●● braine be purged A. The waterish humours be●● purged by the eyes the melanch●● like by the eares the cholericke by 〈◊〉 nose and the flegmaticke by the haire Q. Wherefore hath nature made the lungs of all creatures like a spunge A. To receive ayre the better for the refreshing and cooling of the heart and to drive away all hurtfull vapors Q. Wherefore hath nature placed the heart in the midst of the stomacke A. To give life equally to all the members even as the sunne placed in the middle of the heaven doth equally giue light to all things Q. Wherefore doth it decline somewhat more to the left side then to the right A. To temper the coldnesse of the Milt which is the seate of melancholy and placed on the left side Q. How commeth it that all those creatures which have little hearts be more hardy then they which have greater A. In lit●le hearts the heat is better compact and kept so by consequence the more vigorious and of greater force Q. Whereof commeth it that some doe dye through Ioy and some through Sorrow A. Great joy doth choake the interior parts and heavinesse doth coole them so that life cannot endure where heate lacketh Q. VVhereof commeth it that Marmalade of quinces taken before the repast doth bind and close vp the belly and taken after the repast doth vnbinde it A. Through his great stiptisity or costivenesse it closeth the nether parts of the ventricle and if it be taken after repast it closeth the superiour parts of the stomack which being shut the meats be constrained to avoyd by the interior part Q. VVhereof commeth it that the Radish roote doth greatly ayd and helpe digestion and yet of it selfe almost cannot be digested A. The Radish is compound and made of divers qualities The more subtill parts thereof are very proper and meet to cause digestion The other which are grosse be contrary to heat and so let digestion Q. VVhereof commeth it that the cholericke complexions doe soonest attaine to beards A. For their great heate and because they have the pores large and wide Q But how commeth it that haire doth grow in them that he hanged A. They be continually in the Sun and all the humors of their body doe resolve into vapors which causeth the haires to increase and grow Q Wherof commeth it that some have harsh and hard haire and other soft A. The soft haire doth come of the little pores and the stiffe and hard doth proceed of the greatnesse of the pores for this cause women have their haire more fine and soft because their naturall cold doth restraine and make their p●res lesse Q. VVhat causeth yong men sooner to have an appetite then olde men A. It is because they be of a hotter complexion Q. VVherefore doe Physitians forbid 〈◊〉 meates that be too hot A. Because they burne the blood and dispose it to Leprosie Q. Whereof commeth it that women have no beards A. Because that substance which should convert into the beard doth turn into the haire of the head Q. What meaneth it that Garlick and Onions although they be not in the ground doe sprowt and grow A. That is of the great abundance of the humours that they have Q. Whereof commeth it that study is noysome aud hurtfull after repast A. Naturall heate cannot travell both in digestion and speculation at one instant Q. Whereof commeth it that when the stomacke is grieved all the body languisheth A. The stomacke hath certaine aliances with the heart the braine and the liver which are the principall parts of the body Q. Whereof commeth it that some doe things best with the right hand and other some with the left A. That proceedeth of the heare that commeth from the heart which maketh that side more apt and meet vnto labour whereunto it hath his principall accesse Q. Whereof commeth it that they which have the hicket by retaining their breath doe ease themselves of it A. The blowing and breath retained doth heate the interior parts of the body and the hicket proceedeth of nothing else but of colde Q. Why doe olde people neeze with great difficulty A. Because their conduites be very straight Q. Why doth wine mingled with water cause vomit A. Mingled wine is noysome to the stomacke and doth weaken the vertue retentiue contrariwise pure wine doth comfort it Q. Why be they so subject to sicknesse that love to drinke strong and mighty wines A. Strong wine excessively drunke doth extinguish naturall heate and the liver being therewith weakened cannot engender good blood but doth rather ingender a certaine aquositie and waterishnesse that converteth it selfe into a Dropsie Q. Why be not young children so thirsty and dry as men of greater age A. The moistnesse of young children doth keepe them from being thirstie For thirst is nothing else but a desire of moistnesse whereupon they that be of greater age be naturally more dry and therefore more thirsty Q. Whereof commeth it that the bottome of a Caldron or kettle is cold although scalding water remaine in it A. It is because of the hot vapours which mount on high whereby the vpper parts being made hot the bottome is cold through the continuall water that is in it Q. How chanceth it that the grain which the Ants doe lay vpon the ground is evermore bitten on the oue side A. Nature hath taught them to doe so to take away the growing thereof for the better sustentation For corne in the earth doth naturally grow which if 〈◊〉 should the poore

that they which ●e chollerick have loud voyces A. That proceedeth of the extremity of heate Q. What is the cause that Turpen●●● is commonly smelt in the vrine of those that vse it A. Turpentine is a substance very subtill and therefore it doth easily pe●●rate and passe to the bladder where 〈◊〉 vrine is and infecteth it with his ●●our Q. Whereof commeth it that faire ●ather beginning towards night most ●●●monly doth not long continue A. Of the inconstancy of the Moone which hath her principall domination and power in the night Q. What meaneth it that Cranes 〈◊〉 prognosticate faire weather A. Cranes doe naturally feele the 〈◊〉 and change of the weather and accordingly goe and depart into other Countries Q. VVhereof commeth it that Old men remember so well that which they have seene and done in their youth and forget that which they learne and doe in their age A. Things learned in youth have already taken a certaine habitude in the person But things which they learne in age because their sences be weakened are easily lost and forgotten Q. VVhy doe men say that to grow fast is a figure of short life A. Because the humor that causeth the growing as it is easily enlarged even so it soone consumeth Q. Why doe Cranes set themselves in array when they prepare to flye A. To trouble themselves the lesse in flying Q. How commeth it that unhorned Beasts have not teeth on both sides A. That commeth for lacke of the matter or substance which causeth the same Q. VVhy be sodden stones more 〈◊〉 then other A. It may be because the fire hath rendred them more solide and better compact Q. Whereof commeth it that Bees are more fierce then other creatures A. Because they are of nature dry and be voyd of excrements and other superfluities Q. Why doe not fat things soone corrupt A. Because they be replenished with ayre Q. Why doe Trees that grow in marishes dye so soone A. Because they are of great moisture and do receive little nourishment Q. VVherefore cannot fire indure except it be continued and nourished A. Because of the great vehemency and impetuosity of his heate Q. VVhy did not nature create Birds to goe upright accordingly as she did man A. Because they be voyd of reason and have no care of heavenly things Q. How chanceth it that Nature 〈◊〉 no wings to Man A. Because man is not created to flye nor to walke in the aire but vpon earth Q. Why doe the pulses of young Infants beate so swiftly A. Because their heate receiveth aire without any let and are againe sodainly cooled Q. Why doe Dolphins when they appeare aboue water signifie some storm● or tempest to come A. Because at the beginning of th● tempest there doe rise from the bottom● of the Sea certaine hot exhalatio●● and vapours which doe warme an● heate the Dolphins at what time the●● mount to seeke for colde Q. Why be the pulses of young pe●●ple more vehement then the aged A. Because their complexion 〈◊〉 hotter Q. Wherefore doe aged people dy●● as it were without dolour and paine A. Because all their sences are d●●litate and weakned Q. Wherefore hath Nature giv● the Mil● to the noblest creatures A. Because they have need of greater ●●●iration and breath Q. Whereof commeth it that beasts which live partly on the land and ●●tly in the water doe alwayes bring ●●th their young ones vpon the 〈◊〉 A. Because they are more participant 〈◊〉 the earth then of the water Q. What moved Democritus to say 〈◊〉 the soule was made and composed 〈◊〉 Atomi that is to say of things indi●●sible as those things be which we see 〈◊〉 the beames of the Sunne A. Because the soule is the fountain 〈◊〉 spring of all our actions and those ●tomi be above all other things most 〈◊〉 to motion Q. How commeth it that creatures 〈◊〉 vpon the land be strangled in the 〈◊〉 and those of the water be choaked 〈◊〉 the ayre A. Because that land creatures cannot ●●ath in the water and those of the ●●ter be stuffed vp with the heat of the 〈◊〉 Q. Whereof commeth it that overmuch fasting causeth thirst A. Through default and lacke 〈◊〉 nourishment whereby naturall hea●● doth extenuate and dry vp the body Q. Why doth not fire goe out 〈◊〉 covere● with Ashes A. Because the same being covered hath the nourishment that it requireth Q. What mooved some of the Sag●● to say that death is colde and witho●● blood A. Because our life doth consist 〈◊〉 heate and blood Q. Wherefore is there more vnder●standing in the head then in any oth●● part of the body A. Because the head is as it 〈◊〉 the bulwarke and chiefe part of 〈◊〉 body Q. Whereof is it that among hea●● and plants some come vp and gro●● the seede and other of the roote A. That commeth of their perfecti●● or imperfection Q. Wherefore doe hearbes and 〈◊〉 continue longer then other creatures A. Because their nutriment vertue is ●●re lusty and doe easilier find where●●th to nourish them Q. Why is it that the greater the creature is the longer he endureth A. Because the greater they be the ●●otter they be and in heate the life and strength consisteth Q. Wherefore cannot Heaven be subject to corruption A. Because it is not composed of contrary Elements Q. Why doth feare make the heart to beate A. Because the blood when wee be ●fraid retyreth to the inward parts and hath need to be refrigerated and cooled ●hich thing commeth by the b●ating of the heart Q. Why did nature make man high 〈◊〉 streight of stature A. That proceedeth of his heate which following the quality of fire causeth him continually to mount and grow in height or to the end he might with his hands apply himselfe to han●●y worke and hardy exploits Q. Why can little Children neither goe nor stand vpright A. Through feeblenesse of the inferior and nether parts and by reason of the greatnesse and heavinesse of the vpper parts Q. Wherefore are the nights more qui●● then the dayes and lesse windy A. The motion of the ayre is let by the coldnesse of the night Q. Whereof commeth it that men of Red complexion have more revelati●ns by dreames then other A. Because they be of imagination more free and liuely Q. Wherefore did the ancients vse to drinke the blood of those that were called Glad●●tories which were hurt and w●unded in the Combats and fenceplaies A. Because they were perswaded by the Physitians that it served against the falling sicknesse Q. Why is bread hard of digest●●on A. Because it lyeth long in the stomac● besides that if it be not well baked 〈◊〉 ●●useth the Liver to fill the veines called by the Physitians Meseraiche Q Whereof commeth it that they which are drowned at the beginning doe sinke to the bottome and afterwards then they begin to corrupt doe rise above the water A. The body being partly corrupted hath many open places called vents to receive the

and not a simple Souldiour ●herefore hee behaved himselfe acco●●ing to the Majesty of that Office and a like a private Souldiour Q. VVhy was Demetrius reprehended ●●en he desired to have the surname of 〈◊〉 that had broken the first ranke of 〈◊〉 enemies A. The true title of a Prince is rather ●●he just then mighty and ought ra●●er to resemble God by vertue then the Lyonby force Q. VVhy did Plato refuse to reduce the Common●-wealth of the Cirenians ●●to good order and discipline A. Because the aboundance of riches ●●d made it too licentious Q. Where of came it that Marius Vi●●tus and Ventidius Bassus were so ●●cellent in armes and did suffer 〈◊〉 patiently the labours of the ●●●res A. The one was a labourer the other ●●epheard and the third was a horse●●per whereby all three were used to 〈◊〉 travell to paine to heate and cold 〈◊〉 to sparenesse of life Q. What is the ●rue duty of a Prince A. To make his Subjects to live 〈◊〉 q●●et●y and godly which thing he cau●● doe if he himselfe be not good just 〈◊〉 vertuous Q. What difference is there betweene the equall and just Prince and the Tyrant A. The one useth the office of a man the other of a beast The Prince serveth as a Father to his Subjects the Tyrant devoureth them Q. Why bee men naturally afraid to rebell or encounter with a Prince A. Because that after the mind 〈◊〉 Hesiodus the Prince is established by God Q. Thinke you that God hath any regard of things to come A. There is nothing more certaine Romulus testifieth the same being re●●cued from the water and nourished with the milke of a Wolfe Abidus nourished with the milke of a Hind and Cyru●● of a Goate Q. Is it any marvell then 〈◊〉 though the Persians did worship them 〈◊〉 Gods A. No truly Moreover Ho●●er and ●●siodu● doe affirme● that principality 〈◊〉 government is a gift proceeding 〈…〉 given unto men thereby to 〈◊〉 the power of God Q. What is that which maketh a 〈◊〉 wicked A. To thinke that it is lawfull for him to doe all things and that all wickednesse is sufferable having power 〈◊〉 doe what he list His great wealth and abundance may bee also the occasion and flatterers evill Ministers and truell 〈◊〉 of warre such as attend about his person Q. Which is the hardest thing for him to doe A. Dioclesian the Emperour said to know perfectly how to use himselfe 〈◊〉 his Kingdome Q. Why are civill ●arres so greatly 〈◊〉 be commanded A. Because hee that hath the 〈◊〉 and doth not onely what he listeth but 〈◊〉 they that take his part doe the ●●me Q. Why bee Princes esteemed like vnto God A. As God considereth the affection of man even so the liberall and ●●●n●nimous Prince ought to consider 〈◊〉 heart and power of him that doth him service Q. VVhy was the liberality of Zeuxis reprehended of the ancients A. Because he gave to receiue twist the value Q. Whereof proceeded the custome that the Kings of Persia had to give gold and silver to all women that they 〈…〉 and 〈…〉 Darts and Arrowes A. Gold and silver is convenable to women and weapons to men Q. Why did Plato in his lawes forbid that any God should be made either of gold or silver A. Because hee deemed those mettals to be the very poyson of the world Q. Why did the Kings of Pers●● 〈◊〉 to reward women that brought forth many male children A. Because they filled the Country 〈◊〉 Souldiers which served for the ●●servation of the same Q. How was Caesar hea●ed of the 〈◊〉 evill A. By sobriety and abstinence from ●●vine Q. Why have many wise men studied ●●be obscure in their writings A. To astonish dull wits at the first ●●ght thereby to encourage the studious 〈◊〉 search the mysteries and secrets of the ●●he Q. How long is it lawfull for a man 〈◊〉 desire to live A. So long as a man is out of hatred and necessity Q. Where ought true pleasure to be ●●ught A. In our selves and not in other Q. Why is moderation so much commanded A. Because it encreaseth pleasure Q. Why did Epaminon●as make so ●●tle preparation in a feast that he made 〈◊〉 certaine Embassadours A. To declare that they that can 〈◊〉 be rich and suffer poverty may 〈◊〉 be corrupted with money if it be ●●red Q. What is most to be feared 〈◊〉 City A. Hunger Q. How may a man enrich himselfe A. By forsaking his appetites Q. How may we live joyfully A. By putting our trust in thing that never shall have end Q. How should a man be master 〈◊〉 himselfe A. By amending that fault in himselfe which hee espyeth in another Q. What ought they to eschew 〈◊〉 are in prosperity A. Hatred Q. What is the property of a 〈◊〉 A. To apply well his time Q. Where 〈◊〉 the f●licity 〈◊〉 man A. In the quiet state of the min●● Q. What manner of thing is Huma●● A. It is a vertue joyned with good ●●ction or rather a benevolence ●●ed and tempered with dexteri●● Q. What manner of thing is Mer●● A. It is an affection of the spirit joy●● with Humanity Q. VVhat thing is facility A. It is a vertue which easily ma●●th a man to engender friendship with ●●ers and doth long maintaine the 〈◊〉 Q. What be they that were 〈◊〉 facility A. Philip and Alexander his Son 〈◊〉 shewing the same to Dimocrates 〈◊〉 Architect Q. What is Faith A. It is such a godly vertue that all ●●her vertues without the same is nothing Without faith wisedome is folly ●●perance is displeased Force is ancient and Justice is turned into cru●● Q. Of all the Ancients who w●● most excellent in that vertue A. Sextus Pompeius Sonne of Pompeius the great Alexander and Scipio Q. Why did Nature make man naked and unarmed A. Nature having made man wise hath given him meanes enough whereby to arme himselfe at his pleasure and to use at one time sundry kinds of weapons Q. Where of commeth it that all men commonly are not wise A. The length of the body commeth of great moystnesse and heat●● but drynesse engendereth wisedome in man Q. VVhereof proceedeth it that Iulges and Advocates are more reverenc●● of their Clients then Physitians ●ee of their Patients A. The g●in● and hope of Clients dependeth upon the Judges and Advocates but the ●●pe of the sicke dependeth not onely of the Physitian but rather of God Q. Why did the Ancients call 〈◊〉 falling evill the disease of Hercules A. Because Hercules was subject ●●eunto Q. What is the office of a thrifty 〈◊〉 A. To remember that which ●●past and to thinke upon that to ●●me Q. How may a man live godly A. To thinke every day to be the last ●●y of his life Q. Why should a man take more care ●●or his soule then for his bo●● A. Because the perfection of the ●●le maketh the imperfection of the ●●dy and the beauty or force of the ●●dy maketh the