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A20416	hEre endeth the book named the dictes or sayengis of the philosophres enprynted. by me william Caxton at westmestre the yere of our lord .M.CCCC.Lxx vij. Whiche book is late translated out of Frenshe into englyssh. by the noble and puissant lord Lord Antone Erle of Ryuyers lord of Scales ...; Dictes and sayings of the philosophers.	Mubashshir ibn Fātik, Abū al-Wafāʼ, 11th cent. Mukhtār al-ḥikam wa-maḥāsin al-kalim.; Rivers, Anthony Woodville, Earl, 1442?-1483.; Caxton, William, ca. 1422-1491.	1480 (1480)	STC 6828; ESTC S106576	95,995	158

he said he had a doughter Thenne t●… Iuge said Iuged that amariage sholde be made bitwen them and that they sholde haue the tresour by that meane And whan Alexander herde this Iugement he had grete meruayll therof and said thus to the Iuge I trowe that ther is not in al the world so rightwis ne so trewe a Iuge as thou art And the Iuge that knewe him not saide and axed of him whether ony Iuge wold haue don other wyse Ye certaynly said Alexander in many landes Thenne the Iuge hauyng grete meruayll ther of axed of him whether it rayned and the sonne dide shyne in tho landes as though he wold haue sayd that hit was meruayll that god shuld sende ony light or rayne or other good thinges to them that doo not ryght trewe Iustice And therof Alexander had gretter meruaylle than byfore and said that ther were but fewe suche people vpon erthe as they were in that san●…e And as Alexāder wente out of that lande he passed th●…rgh a cite in whiche al the houses of that cyte were of one ●…igh 〈◊〉 byfore the dore of euery hous was a grete pytte or graue in whiche cyte ther was no Iuge wherof he had grete meruaylle And axed of the inhabitantis therin wherfore suche thingis sholde serue The whiche ansuerd him said First for the outrageous height of houses loue Iustice can not be longe in a town a mong the peple And they sai de that the pittes or graues were their owne houses to which they sholde sone go to there dwelle vntil the day of Iugement And as touching that they had no Iuge they said that they made good Iustice of them self wherfore they ne ded no Iuge Thenne Alexander departed from them right wel plesed And a fore his deth he wrote a lettre vnto his moder desiring her to make no sorowe for him ¶ And sone after Alexandre died was put in a Coffre of gold buried in Alexsandre he was born theder with grete reuerence by kynges princes other grete lordes that kept fulfilled his testamēt as he had ordeigned Thenne stert vp one of the grettest lordes of them that kept hym said thus They that neuer wepte for other kynges now ought to wepe for this same And tho that neuer had meruaill of aduersite shold now haue meruail of the deth of this king And he desired the other lordes that they shuld saye somme good thing for to cōforte the peple that was gretli dismaied troubled for the deth of kyng alexandre or for the deth of the worthyest kyng that euer was Thēne one of them said king alexādre was wōt to kepe gold seluer now gold seluer kepe him And he said it by cause of the chest that his body laye in which was of gold And another said alexāder is depted fro sinnes filthes now his soule is with the good soules which ben purified And another said alexāder was wonte to chastise alle men and now he is chastysed ¶ And another said the kynges were wonte to dr●…de him and now the pourest man of all the world dredeth him not ¶ And another said yester day all the erthe suffiseth not to Alexāder now the lengthe of his body suffiseth him And another sayd Alexāder might here yesterday no bo dy durst speke ayenst his wille and now euery man may speke he heerith not ¶ And another said the mor●… that thastate of kyng Alexāder was grete and more exellēt the more is thoccasion of his deth greuous pytefull ¶ And a nother said thoo that sawe not yesterday ¶ Alexāder fe●…ede him gretely now thoo that see him fereth him not ¶ And ther said Alexāder was he whoo 's enemyes durst not com●… nere him and now his frendes dispreyse and wil not see hym ¶ And whan Alexander began to regne he wa●… bu●… xviij yeres of age And he regned xvij yere of the whi che euiployed ix yeres in bataylle and in conquer●…ng And. viij yere he restyd hym visiting the groundes and landes that he had conqueryd ¶ And he had victorye vpon xxiiij maner of langages ¶ And in two yeres he sought all thorient and occident And the nombre of his knightes that were comonly of his retenew and at his wages were CCC xiij M. without yomārye other men necessarie to his werres ¶ And he deyde in the eage of xxxv yeres and he was of sangweyn colour his face ful of poc●…is One of his eyen graye and that other black smale sharp 〈◊〉 vi saged like a ly on ¶ And was of grete strengthe loued moche warres fro his chyldehode vnto his lyues ende And he comanded that the people shold worship god ●…epe hem from synne ¶ And saide the world is not susteyned but comonly by science ▪ And the royames be not directed but by the same alle thinges ben gouerned by reason And saide sapiēce is messagier of reason ¶ And it byfelle that Alexander passid thurgh a toun wherin vij kynges had regned byfore And he askid yf ony of their kin●…ede was alyue And they of the toun said ye a sone of one of the said kinges And alexāder desired to see him ¶ And the p●…ple saide to alexander that he was euer in the chirchyerd And alexander wente to see him axid of him wherfore he a bood so in the chircheyerd why he wold not take vpon him suche astate as his fader had his Auncestris as other men doo Seyng that it was the will of all the peple ¶ And the yong child ansuerd saide O right bounte uous kyng I haue here a thing to do the whiche whan I ha ue don it I shal do thy comandemeut To whom thenne alexander axed what thing it was that he had to do there And he ansuerd I am sechyng the bones of my fader of myn auncestris kynges for to put hem a part frō the other but I finde hem also semblable that I can not knowe one from the other ¶ Thenne alexander saide to him thou ough test tacquere worship in this world ¶ And If thou haddest good and strong corage thou mightest haue all thy faders goodes and of thy pr●…decessours alle ther honours To whome the yong child ansuerd saide I haue good her te And alexāder axed him wherin And he saide by cause that I haue foūde lyf without deth ●…ougthe without eage xi chesse without poute Ioye without troble helthe without sekenes Certaynly said alexāder of all these thīges haue I none Thenne sayd the childe yf ye wil haue hem axe hem of him that hath hem and he may yeue hem and none other Thenne Alexander said that he had neuer seen man of so grete discrecion ¶ Alexander vsed euery day to be in a cer tayn place for to here the complayntes of euery body And it was so that vpon a day onely

as the children whan they be borne in peyne entred into this world reioysse hem after whan they be grete fele the delices and eases therof In like wyse men be sorowfull whan they shal dye yet if they haue lyued wele they go after in to a 〈◊〉 world where they than shal resioysse them perpetually ¶ And another said As the goodenesse of wysemen goth eumore in a mending In like wyse goth the malices of the fooles euery day in empayring ¶ And another said If thou correcte a wysemā he shal thanke the therfore if thou teche a foole he shal dyspreyse the ¶ And saide He ys thy verray frende that in thy necessite offerith him self alle his goodes vnto the And another saide the gouernour of a wyseman is pacience and the goueruour of a foole is pride And another said a man that is slowthfull in his werkis is cōmonely enuious of the we le of other men ¶ And another sayde It is goode toenquere twies of thinges vnknowen for the first question is of wille and the seconde is of discrecion And another saide trouth is goddes messager wherefore she must be worshipped for the loue of her maister ¶ And another said he that multiplieth hys temporall goodes dyminueth his espūalles And another saide thoos that byleue and drede god stedfastlye haue not delectacion but onely in him in his werkis ¶ And another saide the moost laudable werkis that one may doo is to obeye the maundemētes pleaser of our lord god and the werke of the body Ioigned to the werke of the herte is more laudable than the werke of the herte onely ¶ And another said the euile creatures been wors than serpentes lyons or caraynes And in like wyse as vpon the erthe ther is nothing bettir than the goode creatures Right so ther is no thing wors than thoos that be wykked ¶ And another saide he that taketh vpon him higher astate than to him bilongith putteth grete peyn to be euill spoken of ¶ And a nother saide he that will haue reste in his lyf ought to kepe hym from iiij occasions the first is that he ought not to be wroth though som creature lyue whiche he wolde haue dede seconde is yf som dye whiche he wolde haue alyue th●… therde is yf he hath not that that he desireth and the fourthe is yf he see that fortune raise and bring vp somother of lower degre than he is ¶ And another saide to entermedle and dele litille with wordely werkis is a thing that may beste kepe a man from alle inconuenientis ¶ And another saide the more a wyseman is alone the greter is his Ioye be it day or nyght And another said the euil disposed king is like a caraygne þ t maketh the erth stenke aboute it the goode king is like the fayer rēnyng ryuire that is prouffita ble to the creatures And another said The wysemē ar nat content to prouffite onely them self but semblably do auātage to other the fooles hurte not onely them self but rather take grete labour to hurte trouble other folkes And another said a foole for a litill thing exposeth him ●…ightly to fortune And said thou maiest not be so wele arrayed nor be seen as with trouth And another saide absteynyng from wrath and couetise is a laudable thing aswele in this worlde as in the other ¶ And another saide he that yeueth conseyle praysith it him self wold feyn be callid 〈◊〉 And another said lete not to do wele though thy good dedis ben not knowen for wele doyng is so goode of hit self that it shal be willable ynough to the att●… last And another sai de a man of goode discrecion ought not to excercise hym in thinges inpossible ne say thinges not willable ●…e spende more than his wynnyng is ne promette more than he may fullfille And another said a mā may haue but payne labour in thys world And said he that eteth not shal dye for hungre if he eteth more than ynough he shal be seke wherfor it is a difficile thing to a mā to be longe in helth And another seide trust him not that forswerith his fe●…th for worldely thinges And another said Idelnesse eng●…dreth ig noraūce ignoraūce engēdreth errour And another said thou shalt fīde eueri where clothing mete place for to dwelle in if thou be ought but that suffiseth the not þ t is to the necessarie thou shalt be subgect to couetise yet thou shalt lakke thy desir And another said In lōg sleping is no ꝓffite but harme is to vse it a man ought to beware that he dispēde not half his lyf in Idelnesse And another said the goode soule wol haue no rest in this world than he that wol haue a goode soule ought to beware of to moche rest And another said beware of the cōpanye of a lyer in all thy werkis be they in grete auctorite or in smal And another said he that loueth the with feynt loue for wordely thingis shal hate the in like wyse but he that loueth the for the ꝑpetuel we le shal growe eumore in thy loue And another said goune the so wele that thou kepe the from euil doing suffise the with the goode dedis that thou shalt do besyde And another sayd he that wil wite whethir his soule be noble clene or foule corrupt he ought to cōsidere his disectaciō his cōscience if he delyteth him in doyng good vertues noble thīgis without harm than his soule is clene noble if he delyteth him in doing foule trāsitorie thīges of no value than his soule is foule for euery thing resioyeth with hies semblable the good with the goode the euil with the euill And another saide he is happy that goeth the right wey for he findeth sōner therby the place whedir he wold go he that gooth oute of his weye the more he gooth the ferther he is behinde And it was axid of a wyseman what was ꝑ●…aytte folye he ansuerd to think to com to a good astate ꝓsperite by bad werkis to loue falshed hate trouth to take delecta ciō in richesses to trust euery man it was axid of him what is the signe of litil forsight litill knowlege he ansuerd one to yeue trust wher he hath ben deceyued And suffise you with þ e trāslaciō of þ e sayngis of these philosopheres HEre endeth the book named the dictes or sayengis of the philosophres enprynted by me william Caxton at westmestre the yere of our lord M. CCCC Lxx vij Whiche book is late translated out of Frenshe into englyssh by the Noble and puissant lord Lord Antone Erle of Ryuyers lord of Scales of the I le of wyght Defendour and directour of the siege apostolique for our holy Fader the. Pope in this Royame of Englond and Gouernour of my lord Prince of wales And It is so that