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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A16802	The vncasing of Machauils instructions to his sonne with the ansvvere to the same.	Breton, Nicholas, 1545?-1626?; Machiavelli, Niccolò, 1469-1527, attributed name.	1615 (1615)	STC 3704.7; ESTC S120558	26,868	58

THE VNCASING OF MACHAVILS INSTRVCTIONS to his Sonne WITH THE ANSVVERE to the same LONDON Printed by E. G. for Richard Higgenbotham and are to be sold at his shoppe at the signe of the Cardinals Hat without Newgate 1615. ❧ CONTENTS MAchiauels rules do whet the purest wits And doe expell them from their idle fits To wise men they shew the worlds follie With notice of preuenting deeds vnholie Which is the true intent of the Authors meaning How euer fooles their iudgements are bestowing Though the beginning doe of harshnesse tast And many things are hudled vp in hast And though there be instruction to ill Good vnderstanding the same doth kill And turnes those words vnto the truest sense Which for those faults doth make a recompence As the answere by degrees plainly showes What dutie to vertue each creature owes Condemne not all till all be throughly past If first be worst the best is kept till last THE VNCASING OF MACHAVILS INSTRVCTION TO HIS SONNE COme hether Son and learne thy Fathers lore It is not now as it hath beene before For in my youth would no man read to me That now in age I can deliuer thee If thou wilt be a man of much esteeme Be not the same what euer so thou seeme Speake faire to all be gentle curteous kinde But let the world know nothing of thy minde Let slip no time may be for thine auaile Nor trust no friend for faith begins to faile Refuse no gift to fill thy coffers full The wisest poore man passeth for a gull Be temperate in affect so ber in talke And often make a solitarie walke Tickle conceits commit to memorie For written lines may lie in ieopardie Affect no follies do not quarrels moue And if thou loue thy selfe fall not in loue Haue eare for all men conferre with few And count faire words to be but as a dew Follow the time finde humors flatter pride And praise the Croome but only please the Bride Promise enough but not performe too much But with thy betters euermore keepe touch Striue not with great ones meddle not with small For trifles trouble not thy selfe with all Frequent the Church make shew of great deuotion And be not bashfull to receiue promotion Looke big at Beggers weare thy clothes neate And spend not too much mony at thy meate Saue thy Horse charges at thy Cozens stable And take thy trencher at anothers table Breake iests on Cowards but take heed of Knaues And loue no Bawdes for they are beastly slaues Be perfect in Arithmeticks close Art In all accounts to make a sauing part Stand not to stare vpon a Peacockes taile Who if he see his legs will stoope his saile When Iack-dawes chatter let their language go Better be silent then to prattle so Obserue the Lion but do not sturre the Beare And loue the Wolfe but only for his haire Learne of the Asse to beare the Dog to wait And of the Ape to counterfet conceit Catch not at flies they are but Swallowes food But loue the meat that nourisheth the blood Feed like a Wolfe on blood while it is warme He is a foole that feeles anothers harme Yet seeme as kinde as she that seemes to crie To see him sicke that she could wish to die Take heed of interest gage no land And from assurance euer keepe thy hand Take no mans word for coine is hard to get And t is a custome now to pay no debt Learne to get riches by the beggers purse The Fox fares best when Geese begin to curse Worke all the weeke for profit euery way Keepe conscience only for the holy day Prie into trades to traffick traine and tricke And liue not by the dead but by the quicke And if thou be a Courtier know thy place But do not serue for onely shew of grace But let thy profit answere thy expence Least want do proue a wofull patience And thou do proue the prouerbe often told A carelesse Courtier yong a Begger old If that thou be a Scholler and canst preach And knowest how the vnlearned sort to teach Let neuer conscience at thy profit knock But share thy Sheepe and fleece another flocke For be thou poore what e're thy preaching be Thy Parish will not care a pin for thee If that thou be a Souldier serue for fame But let thy golden pay maintaine the same For he that spends more then he gets in fight Will be a begger though he be a Knight If that thou be a Lawyer know thy right But keepe thy Client in a cunning plight For how canst thou a heartie pleading hold If that thy tongue be not well tipt with gold And rich attir'd thou shalt haue roome to stand To plead thy case what e're thou hast in hand But barely clad and in a poore array Thou maist perhaps haue hearing at doomes day For though the Law be right and Iudge be iust Yet with the rich the begger must not thrust If that thou be a Marchant know thy trade And of thy wares what reckning may be made And be not lauish in a leude expence Least bankrupt proue a bad experience If that thou be a Crafts-man know thy paines And let no Alehouse eate out all thy gaines For if expence aboue thy gettings goe Thou wilt be quickly in the beggers roe What saies the craftie Clowne in clowted shooes Time was ordain'd to get and not to loose What though the poore lie staruing in the ditch It is the dearth of corne makes Farmers rich Weare not thy shooes too short nor cloak too long Vse thy friend well but do thy selfe no wrong Abandon fooles make much of cunning wits But fauour most that most thy profit fits Sit not vp too late except it be for gaine For want of sleepe is hurtfull for the braine Go not to Sea whiles thou maist liue on land Least scaping rockes thou fall vpon a sand Be sociable in euery company But haue no hand in any villany If thou finde humors to passe reasons race Depart in time let others take thy place Such companions better lost then found Vaine humored wits cannot be very sound Though for thy gaine thou kindly dost intreat them Yet know thy time when and how to reiect them Be conuersant with strangers learne languages Sound their estates and note their carriages Know their seuerall warres their worth and prizes But trouble not thy head with vaine deuices Doe thou seuerely looke to euery action And let their errors yeeld thee satisfaction That thou by them maist easily seeke to rise In doing this the rich will hold thee wise Aime still at profit howsoeuer it growes Make the winde serue wheresoeuer it blowes Then cleerely hoist vp saile and on apace Labouring so that thou arriue with grace Then welcome home if crownes thou hast good store But wanting that respectlesse euermore No pennie no pater noster men crie And that pouertie parts good companie These prouerbes old thou seest are very true If thou