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A14293	The golden-groue moralized in three bookes: a worke very necessary for all such, as would know how to gouerne themselues, their houses, or their countrey. Made by W. Vaughan, Master of Artes, and student in the ciuill law,	Vaughan, William, 1577-1641.	1600 (1600)	STC 24610; ESTC S111527	151,476	422

Peter Thy money perish with thee because thou thinkest that the gift of God may be obtained with money Simony may be cōmitted three maner of wa●es First whosoeuer selleth or buyeth the word of God is a Simonist Wherefore the Lord said vnto his disciples Freely you haue receyued freely giue Secondly hee that giueth or taketh any thing for a Bishopricke Benefice Headship or for a fellowes or Scholers roome is guilty of Simony Thirdly The Minister that denieth to bury the dead or say Diuine seruice committeth Simony Now hauing declared how many waies Simony is committed I wil shew that it is the vtter ruine of the Cleargie and consequently of the whole commonwealth First Simony is condemned with excommunication the seuerest censure of the Church and therfore odious Secondly Simony hindreth house-keeping so that ministers cannot distribute almes Thirdly it breedeth the desolation and destruction of the state For commonly there ensueth a dissolution of the commonwealth when the fruits 〈◊〉 reuene●es therof are decreased Fourthly Simony discourageth parents to send their sonnes to the Vniuersity for what parents bee so foolish as to bestow in maintenaunce of their sonnes at least three hundred pound before they attayne to perfection and then to pay againe two hundred poūd for a benefice or foure hundred pound for a Chauncelorship surely it is a lamentable case I had rather saith one that my sonne be a colier then a scholer For what shall I put my sonne to schoole when he shall pay so much for a liuing Better it is for me to leaue my sonne an ingram foole then to buy him a liuing through vnlawfull meanes Besides who is so bluntish that knoweth not the great infinite labours of Scholers that seeth not their eyes weakned their bodies empaired which is worse their spirites decaied O stony hearts O wicked Simonists Doubtlesse this abomination portends some great calamity to follow Lastly Simony is an heresie and for that respect it ought to be reiected from all true Christians To wind this vp in a word I wish all Pastours and patrons of benefices and Chancelourships to looke more narrowly vnto themselues and to stand in feare of God who vndoubtedly is offended with their Simony and will one day requite the slacknes of their punishments with the weight thereof wil cast them downe headlong into the bottomlesse and tormenting pit of hell where euery sence of their bodies shall abide his peculiar punishment Their eyes shall haue no other obiects then Diuels and Snakes their eares shall bee afflicted with clamours and howlings their noses with brimstone and filthy smels their tast with poison and gall and their feeling shal be vexed continually with boyling lead and firy flames The sixt Plant. Of the alteration of a common-wealth Chap. 52. COmmonwealths euen as mortall men haue their infācy childhood stripling age youth virility middle age and old age that is they haue their beginning vegetation flourishing alteration and ends And like as diuers innouations maladies do happen to mē according to the cōstitutiō of their bodies or according to their diet and education so in like maner it falleth out with commonwealths as being altered eyther by domesticall ciuill wars or els by forreyne or perhaps by both together or by the death of the noblest inhabitaunts or to bee briefe by vices which are suffred to creepe in It is necessary that all things which are in this world should waxe old and hasten to the same end some sooner others later according to the will of God their Creatour and by his permission through the influence of the heauenly bodies from which this mutuall succession of life and death issueth Howbeit notwithstāding I confesse that prodigious signes are not the causes of euents but rather foretokens of them Like as an Iuy bush put forth at a vintrie is not the cause of the wine but a signe that wine is to be sold there so likewise if wee see smoke appearing in a chimney wee know that fire is there albeit the smoke is not the cause of the fire God onely chaungeth the tymes and seasons hee discouereth the deepe and secret things and the light is with him The effects of all the Cometes and the chiefest Eclipses which hapned in this last age Chap. 53. FOrasmuch as the alterations of commōwealths are for the most part foreshewed vnto vs by heauenly signes I iudge it more meet for mee to declare those which chaunced within this last age rather then in any other especially for that they are neerer to our fathers memories and also more familiar vnto vs. In the yeere of our Lord 1500. there appeared a Comet in the North after the which followed many and straunge effects For the Frenchmen assaulted the kingdome of Naples the Tartarians the kingdome of Polonia Then was a great famine in Swethland and a cruell plague throughout al Germany besides ciuill warres amongst themselues in taking part with the Bauarians against the Bohemians Thē died Pope Pius the 3. together with the Archbishop of Tre●ires and diuers other famous wights In the yeere 1506. appeared another Comet Whereupon died Prince Philip the father of Charles the fift and Ferdinand afterward Emperours Maximilian the Emperour made warre with the Frenchmen and Venetians In the yeere 1514. was an Eclipse of the sunne About which time George Duke of Saxony inuaded and spoyled Frizelād King Lewis the 12. of Fraūce and Vladislaus king of Hungary Bohemia departed out of this world In the yeere 1518. was seene another Eclipse of the sunne Immediatly after the which died the Emperour Maximilian the first Christierne the 2. king of Denmarke fought a most bloudy battell with the Swethens within a while after he was deposed of his kingdome In the yeere 1527. appeared a great Comet the operation wherof the poor● Hungarians felt as being barbarously to the shame of all Christians martyred destroyed by the Turkes The prodigious disease of sweating was rife here in England The riuer Tiber ouerflowed the citie of Rome The sea also consumed away a great part of the low countries In the yeere of our Lord 1533. wa● seene another blazing starre whereupō a litle while after king H. y ● 8. was diuorced frō his brothers wife The sect of the Anabaptists begā to rise Pope Clement the 7. departed out of this life and Pope Paul the 3. was inuested in his roome In the yeere 1539. chaunced an Eclipse of the sunne presently after appeared a Comet the effects wherof were many For there was a great cōmotiō in Gaūt which the Emperour not without much damage at lēgth appeased took away their priuileges frō them Iohn the K. of Hungary ended his life And so did Henry Duke of Saxony The Duke of Brunswisk was by the young Duke of Saxony and by the Landgraue of Hassia driuen out of his countrey The English ouercame

worde the prodigall man doth good vnto many by his lauish gifts by wise counsels may be brought to the square of liberalitie but the couetous man benefiteth none and as I sayd before is incurable and as it were sicke of a dropsie by reason of a dayly habite which he hath taken in coueting Obiection He that hurteth himself is worse then he that hurteth another but such is the prodigall man therefore hee is worse then the couetous man Answere The couetous man hurteth himselfe and others worse by keeping that in his chest which might credite himselfe and releeue the needie whereas on the contrarie the prodigall man purchaseth friendes and good will by his spending and otherwhiles helpeth others in their distresses The eight part Of Clemencie and Courtesie Chap. 45. NOt onely reason consenteth but also experiēce confirmeth that of whō clemencie is abandoned in him al other vertues are abolished for what maketh a man seeme a God doth not clemencie surely there is nothing that draweth neerer vnto Diuinitie then it The consideration wherof procured by the contemplation of the notable frame of man prouoketh vs to bee zealous and earnest to do our neighbour good as not ignorant howe that the pure grace and mercie of God doe shine in euerie iust and honest man Wherefore let Princes Noblemen and Gentlemen who know what vertue is consider in howe vast a sea of inconueniences they wade connually for all their superficiall ports Let them I say waigh with themselues that they bee but men and if for a momentarie while they frowne and scorne to looke on their inferiours what will not the mightie Iehouah who noteth all mens hearts and gestures contemne thē likewise yea yea he wil also strike them with most horrible dartes of vengeance therefore for feare of the same let men behaue themselues curteously and imitate those famous wights who by their curtesies haue merited perpetual honor King Henry the second of France hauing in the yeere of our Lord 1554. licensed the Duke of Montmorency Cōstable to chastise the rebellion of Burdeaux afterward gaue out a generall absolution and forgaue euerie man The like courtesie did the Duke of Guise albeit he was a most bloudy tyrant shewe vnto the Prince of Condie his prisoner in that he spake reuerently vnto him vsed him kindly and permitted him to lie with him in one bed which most men did not suppose that hee would haue done for it is manifest howe hatefull in ciuill broyles the head of either faction is so as if the one happen into the others hand his vsage most commonly is vngentle and his life in ieopardie Now by these and such like examples let vs who are reformed Christians follow the traces of Gentlemen not like vnto heathenish Canniballes or Irish karnes persecute one another with capitall enmitie Finally let vs againe and againe ponder the wordes of our Sauiour Christ who taught vs to bee courteous and to forgiue our brethren not onely seuen times but also seuentie times seuen Of Modestie and Bashfulnes Chap. 46. HE that is impudent and neuer blusheth is accounted lost and ought to be banished from all vertuous company But on a sodaine I saw him blush therefore all is well O noble modestie O honourable affection of the mind which deseruest to haue Temples altars dedicated vnto thee as to a diuine Goddesse for what beautifieth the vertues Modestie what bridleth and tameth the furious passions of the mind Modestie In yong men shee is the badge of innocency and greatly to bee commended but in old men she is vtterly dispraised the reason is because shame fastnesse being once departed from a man is irreuocable and knoweth not howe to returne But nowe alasse in this old and spotted age of the world youths by reason of their parents fond indulgence haue exceeded the limits of modestie and are become so brazen-faced that they will not sticke to outface denie that which is most euident they are I say become so impudent and base minded that they wil neither acknowledge any reuerēce to their elders nor suffer thēselues to be aduised by their equalles nor as yet look mildly on their inferiors Neuerthelesse shamefastenesse in despight of al her aduersaries shal be acceptable among wise men and guide their hearts as she did in times past In the meane time lette men thinke well of her and note whether she graceth yong men and then according to the effect let them choose whether they receiue her or no Of Affabilitie Chap. 47. AFfabilitie is either a wittie vse of speech or a delightfull recreation of the mind or an amiable shew of countenāce It is a wittie vse of speech whē a man moueth mirth either by the quicke chaunging of some sentence or else by a counterfeit extrauagant and doubtful speech as for example a Gentlemā on a time said vnto a Gentlewoman How now Gentlewoman what al alone she eftsoone wittily answered Not alone sir but accōpanied with many honourable thoughts In like sort a merrie Recorder of London mistaking the name of one Pepper called him Piper whereunto the partie excepting said Sir you mistake my name is Pepper not Piper the Recorder answered what differēce is there between piper in Latin and pepper in English There is replied the other as much difference betweene them as is betweene a pipe and a Recorder Affabilitie is a delightfull recreation of the mind when we laugh moderately at those things which wisely and chiefely touch some fonde behauiour of some one body or when wee tickle some vice or other as if a man should talk of a priuie theefe in this wise I haue one at home among all others to whome there is no doore shut in all my house nor chest lockt Meaning that hee is a picklocke and a priuie theefe Howbeit he might haue spoken these words of an honest seruant Affability is an amiable shew of coūtenance as whē some great personage resaluteth the people cheerfully succoureth euerie one according to his power Whereby as another Absalon hee stealeth the hearts of the people Then they speake all as it were in a diapazon who can chuse but with all his heart loue this noble minded Gentlemā in whom all the sparks of aswell royall as reall vertues do appeare But on the cōtrary if a Noble man that is proud and haughty of countenance should passe by them without any semblaunce of gentlenesse they will thus descant of him This man by his stately stalking and portly gate ouer looketh Powles steeple he is as proude as Lucifer his pride will one day haue a fall Thus they read of him be he neuer so high of degree they care not who heares thē their tounges are their owne In respect whereof I wish all Gentlemen to behaue themselues affably and courteously towards their inferiors For whereby els is a Gentleman discerned saue by his gentle conditions let them therfore looke better prie into themselues

to take paines to hinder our peculiar damages for What man is there that hath a sheepe and if it fall on a Sabaoth day into a pit doth not lift it out In like maner it is lawfull to worke when there is an inundation or deluge of waters and also vpon vrgent necessitie to take vp a draught of fish which for that day being let alone would haue beene cast away More yet would I write if I feared not to be termed a gagling sophister as hauing alreadie discussed this question in my Commentaries vpon Persius I will therefore proceed to the next Of the duties of seruants towards their Masters Chap. 17. THe first dutie of seruants towardes their masters is that they be subiect vnto them e and please them in all things not answering againe nor replying although otherwhiles they know better what is to be done then their masters The second is that they be honest and faithfull vnto their masters and not as many now a-dayes do flatter cologue with them therby thinking to get some bootie The third duty of seruants is that they seeke their masters profit more thē their owne The fourth that they reueale not to others their masters secret affayres The fift that they defend their masters euen to the hazarding and losing of their liues The famous effect whereof appeared in that couragious seruant of Maurice Duke of Saxonie who of late yeeres seeing his master sodainely assaulted by certaine Turks that lay in ambush and cast from his horse couered him with his owne body valiantly repelled the enemie vntill certaine horsemen came and saued the Prince but died himselfe a little while after being hurt and wounded in euerie place of his body Finally to fill vp this discourse seruants must diligently and honestly guard their masters and their masters goods for They that keepe the figge tree shall enioy the fruite thereof and they that waite vpon their Masters shall come to honour The fourth Plant. Of the Acquisitiue facultie Chap. 18. NOw hauing sufficiently disputed of the chiefest parts of a familie I come to the last part that is to the acquisitiue or possessorie facultie wherof I find two kindes the one naturall the other artificiall The naturall consisteth in breeding of cattell in manuring of the groūd in hauking hunting fishing in spoyles and pillages both by sea land The artificiall way of getting lyeth in exchanging either ware for ware as of cloth for silkes of wool for graine or els of wares for money And againe those acquisitiue Arts bee disallowed which are loathed of men as the trade of Brokers huxters toll-gatherers bauds vsurers and ingraters Of which three last after my next discourie of money I wil God willing entreat Of money the chiefest part of the Acquisitiue facultie Chap. 19. MOney as Plinie writeth was coyned by King Seruius of Rome with the Image of a sheep and an oxe Others say that it was first inuēted at the siege of Troy But I find that money was many yeeres currant before the warres of Troy Abraham bought a field of Ephron the Hethite for foure hundred siluer sicles of money currant amōg Marchāts Which is of our money three and thirtie pound six shillings and eight pence Howbeit there is no vse of coyned money in sundry coūtries at this instāt In y e coūtry of Pretious Iohn salt goeth for money The Indians of Peru neuer made any account of money before the Spaniards robbed them of their gold Besides within these two hundred yeeres mony was verie scant heere in England for King Edward the fourth in the ciuill warres betwixt him and Henrie the sixt beeing on a time pursued by the Earle of Warwicke who then was turned to the contrarie side bought a ship in the yeere of our Lord 1461. for eight score nobles to saile into Ireland which price in those times was esteemed wonderfull deare Also in the yeere 1514. money coyned of leather was rise in this Realme Of which kinde of money my selfe haue seene of late aboue tenne bushels in an olde castle in Wales stamped as farre as I remember with the Duke of Lancasters Image For in those dayes certaine Dukes were licensed to coyne money So likewise wee reade that countie Palatines as Chester Durham and Ely could then giue pardons concerning the pleas of the crowne and send writs in their owne names In the Kingdome of Cathay money is yet neither of gold nor siluer nor of any other metall but onely of the barke of mulberie trees which is cut as well into sundrie small as great round peeces whereon they engraue the names of their countrie rating them as wee do ours according to their greatnesse smalnesse It is petie treason among them to employ any other money Sir Thomas Moore reporteth that his faigned Vtopians did make chamber-pots and other vesselles that serue for most vile vses of gold and siluer Moreouer he saith that they made great chaines fetters and giues wherein they tyed their bondmen of the very same metals and whosoeuer among them for any offence was infamous by his eares hung rings of gold about his necke was a chaine of gold Thus by all meanes possible they procured to haue gold and siluer among them in reproach and infamie And if wee Christians examine our selues somewhat more neere wee shall finde that money is one of the chiefest causes why so many felonies murthers treasons be committed and why the crie of the poore is so often come before the Lorde For this cause Plato the Diuine Philosopher saith that In a common-wealth well gouerned there should not any money bee vsed because it marreth good maners and maketh the mind of a man couetous and in satiable Of Bawdes Whether they ought to be suffered Chap. 20. ALthough I haue touched this infamous question in another Booke of mine yet notwithstanding I iudge it not amisse if I repaint the same with more breuitie in a more familiar tongue The first that instituted the filthie order of stewes was Venus who because shee alone would not seeme to bee a whore as hauing lyen with Mars Vulcā Mercurie Anchises and sundrie others appoynted in Cypres that women should prostitute themselues for money to all commers Which custome was renewed by the Popes who built most statelie houses for whores and ordained that they for the same should pay yeerely great summes of money There bee some men liuing that know how Pope Paul the third had aboue fortie thousand courtizans that paied him an infinite tribute The report goeth that Pope Clement the 8. that nowe is receiueth of euery baudy house in Rome yeerely a Iull that is twentie thousand duckets These Panders are to whorehunters as brokers to theeues They entice yong lasses with gaudy garments deceitfull promises to serue euery mans turne for gaine which done they teach these virgins their schoole-lessons namely to bring in swaggrers to outsweare a mā of his