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A21074	Ariosto's satyres in seuen famous discourses, shewing the state, 1 Of the Court, and courtiers. 2 Of libertie, and the clergie in generall. 3 Of the Romane clergie. 4 Of marriage. 5 Of soldiers, musitians, and louers. 6 Of schoolmasters and scholers. 7 Of honor, and the happiest life. In English, by Garuis Markham.; Satires. English	Ariosto, Lodovico, 1474-1533.; Tofte, Robert, 1561-1620.; Markham, Gervase. 1568?-1637.	1608 (1608)	STC 744; ESTC S100232	98,188	118

deedes e ●…lphonso duke of Ferrara vsed him very kindly making him in some sort his companion though otherwise hee got little in his seruice f Fortune is fained by the Poets to be slow in escaping from the vessel of Epimetheus that is an after w●… is better then a fore-wit a good lucke commeth not so soone as an ill Of this Epimetheus you may read more in Plato g Alluding to the common saying Fortuna fauet fatuis for commonly it is seene who deserueth best findeth least fauour at he hands h He saith that euery one that is lifted vp vpon the wheele of Fortune looketh hie for-getting his old friends becommeth a new man as it were not remembring his old poore acquaintance with whom he so familiarly conuersed before i Meaning honours changeth manners Affirming that a meane man raised to dignity and then humbling himselfe as he did before shall bee rather hindred then aduanced thereby and therefore he must keepe state still k He meane th Leo the tenth of whom wee spake before l An excellent saying of Ariosto and a worthy precept to know the inconstancie of common friendship m He applieth his hasty posting to Rome to be aduanced by Leo when hee was made Pope of which hee was deceiued and the suddaine rising of Leo and the Medici his chiefe friends to the sprouting of this Gourd which as it ro●…e hastily so did it 〈◊〉 suddainly and so did they all Ariosto of his expect●…ō the Pope and 〈◊〉 his followers 〈◊〉 their gloue n Although the chiefe of the house of Medici had but ill fortune which were Pope Leos brethren yet Clement his kinseman who within two yeares after succeeded him in the Papacie aised vp againe although in a manner constrained therunto his familie in Florence for hee sent for his nephew Alexandre out of Flaunders where he followed the Emperour Char●…es the fift who comming to Florence proclai●…ed himself absolute Duke of that City He married the Emperours base daughter and carried himselfe very stoutly towards the people insomuch as in the end hee was slaine by a kinseman of his owne called Laurence di Medices who thereupon ●…ed to Venice was afterward slaine by certaine men in hope of a reward which was proclaimed to be giuen to him that could take the 〈◊〉 either aliue or dead Alexander being thus dispatcht Cosmo the son of Iohn di Medices was chosen Duke of the Florentins who liued some 23-yeares after his election He married Don Diego di Tolledos daughter Viceroy of Naples had diuers children by her of which Francesco succeded him after his death then Ferdinando his brother who was called Ferdinando di Medices gran Du●…a di Tuscano This Ferdinando married the daughter of the Duke of Lorrain grandchild executrix to Katherine di Medices late Queene mother of Fraunce o This So●…na was a noble man of Romagna in Italy allied to the Strozzi of Florence and therefore one that could not brooke the greatnesse of the Medici p When Leo the tenth was Pope as I said before hee vniustly expulst the Duke of Vrbin out of his lawfull estate placed his nephew Laurence in that Dukedo●…e who had to wife through the fauour of Francis the French King Lady Magdalena nobly descended of the Duke of ●…on with a yearely re●…enewe of ten thousand crownes during her life But this mariage proued but fatall vnto them both for after hee had beene a while in France where he consūmated his wedding his wife died and he within a while after followed her leauing none other heire of his bodie lawfully begotten then one young daughter called Katherine who as I said before was maried to the French King Henry the second she dyed in Anno 1588 about the same time that the Duke of Guise was slaine in the Castel of Bloise by her sonne Henry the third king of France and Poland In this foresaid Katherine ended the direct and right line speaking of those which were lawfully begotten of Cosmo di Medices surnamed the great The aforenamed Laurence was a man of great hope for his yeares for his valour and learning and was a great Mecenas and fauourer of the learned he left a base sonne behind him called Alexander first Duke of Florence who as I said but euen now was afterward sla●…ne by his owne kin●…man q He meaneth Don Iulian Pope Leo brother who died of a consuming and languishing disease in Florence whose w●…fe Philib●…rta of Sauoy although she was but yong and with all passing 〈◊〉 when her husband left her widowe notwithstanding she had many great offers of diuerse Priaces which then liued yet did she to the wondring of euery one giue ouer the world voluntarily retiring her selfe into a Nunnery which she her selfe had built where she liued in deuotion vnto her dying daie r This was a noble man of Florence a follower of the Medices and by Leo made Cardinall s He meaneth Barnard Di●…itio of Bibiena who was a mightie man of wealth and a true friend vnto the Medices in all their troubles aiding them continually with men and money A man of that good conscience that Don Iulio Duke of Nemours made him his executor when he died although as then he had two brethren aliue which were Pope Leo and Peter the eldest of the three t Torsy was Bibienas cheefe house or place not farre from Casentino The Poet saith he had beene better to haue liued quietly at home then to haue beene Cardinall because it cost him so much in assisting the Medices in their troubles and again●… because hee did not long enioy that honour but dyed u Contesina is the name of Leo the tenths mother x This was the King of France kinswoman wife to Laurence the Popes nephew of whom wee spake before y This was Alfonzina the Pope●… sister mother vnto Laurence di Medices vnto whō Leo graunted a donation of the profits and exactions of the indulgences in many places in Germany vpon which occasion Martin Luther began first to take exception against the Pope for the same and so consequently against the popish religion z The Co●…onation of Leo was so sumptuous and costly that many tooke exceptions against the same as in Guychardine more at large apeareth a All that were at the coronation of Leo in their iollitie I meane the greatest persons died within a while after first Peter the elder brother was drowned ●…ulian the second consumed to death shortly after Laurence their ●…ephew died of a languishing disease in France and his wife a li●…le before him left her life there also so likewise Contesina the Popes mother Alfonzina his sister the Cardinals of Rossi and Bib●…na yea and the Pope Leo himselfe all these I say dyed one after another in a short space as namely in the space of eight yeares and lesse b He intreateth rather thé to be troubled any more to be rid first of his liuetenancy of

On marriage their minds did neuer set Because they meant not children to beget And so be forc't that little to disseauer Which scarce would serue when t was vnite together That which in strength of youth they did refuse Now growne in yeares most shamefully they chuse Shewing themselues to be so base of mind That euen in Borish villages they find And in the Kitchins greasie scullerie With whom to sport themselues lasciuiously Boyes are begot which as in yeares they grow Such abiect vile behauiours from them flow That they are forc't to marry them perforce Vnto Clownes daughters or to creatures worse Euen to crackt Chambermaids broke vp of late Because they would not haue their sons in state Of bastardy and here hence doth proceed That noblest houses in Ferara bleed With wounds of tainted honour and with shame As all eies do behold which view the same This is the cause the worthies of this towne Are seldome seene to flourish in renowne Of vertue or of valour or of arts And hence it is their auncestors best parts I meane those of the worthy mothers side Are of their generous qualities so wide My Lord to marry you do passing well And yet attend these precepts I shall tell First thinke thereof lest when you would retire You cannot being slau'd vnto desire In this important matter most most great Although my counsaile you do not intreat Yet I will shew you how a wife to chuse And which mongst women wisemen should refuse But you perhaps will wondring smile at me And place it with impossibility That I this waighty charge should vndertake Yet neuer knew what meant the married state I pray you tell me hath not your Lordship seene When as two gamsters haue at tables beene The third man which as lookers on stood by More to haue seene in play then they could spy If you do find I shoot nere to the white Follow my rules and hold my iudgment right But if you see I roue far off and wide Then both my counsailes and my selfe deride And yet before I further doe proceede T is meete that first this caution I doe reede If you to take a wife haue strong pretence Yet build your ground on naught but lustfull sence T were madnes to perswade you from her loue Though reasons gainst her honor I could proue If she doe please you then she vertuous is Nor any gift of goodnes can she misse No Rhethorick reason nor no strength of wit Can make thee loath when lust rules appetit So much thou art besotted on her face That reason must to pleasure yeeld her place I for a wilfull blinde man am no guide But if in lists of wisedome thou wilt bide Then scholler-like examine what I say And I shall merit thankes another day Who so thou art that meanst a wife to take If of thine honor thou account dost make Learne what her mother is that step begin And how her sisters liue how free from sinne If we in horses kine and such like creatures Desire to know their lineall race and natures What ought wee then to doe in these who are Then other cattell more deceitfull farre A Hare you neuer saw bring forth a Hart Nor doe from Doues nests Eglats euer part Euen so a mother that is infamous Hardly can beare a daughter vertuous From trotting races amblers seldome breede From selfe like natures selfe like things proceede Besides the branch is like vnto the tree And children keepe what first they learned be Ill education spoileth maners good Corrupts best natures and infects the blood Home-bred examples and domestick illes Grafts errors in cleannest brests good thoughts kils If she perceiues her mother to possesse Many saire seruants she will haue no lesse Nay she will more haue or her better skill Shall leaue to be the agent of her will And this she doth to show in courtlinesse That then her mother she is nothing lesse And that heauen did with equall bountie place Within them both one beautie and one grace To know her nurse and how her life she leades What her commercements are and how she treades Whether her father brought her vp or no If she can play the cooke weaue worke or sowe Orifinidle courts she haue remaind And there in song and musique hath beene traind To iudge the better of her vertues this And all the rest to know most needefull is Seeke not a wife whose stile and noblenesse Shall fill thy veines with much vaingloriousnes Such oft their husbands vnto wrath prouoke Whilst they to him are nothing else but smoke T is good to match with one that 's nobly borne So she her husbands birth hold not in scorne Such one take thou great Lord as fit shall be Both for thy liuing and thy pedigre For hardly thou thy better shalt content Vnlesse on her dependance much be spent A brace of pages seruing gentlemen And for her state a flock of gentlewomen To keepe their Lady from all faults offence Without the which there is no patience Nor so content a dwarse she needes must haue A foole a pandor and a iesting knaue VVith dogs and munkies parrets and such toies Whose idle seruice idle time destroies VVith other company for cards and dice Whose wits can sort with courtiers that are nice Nor when she takes the aire wil she forth tread Without her rich caroche well furnished But this last charge is nothing to that cost Must on more priuate toies be vainly lost Now if thou no such prodigall fond part Who for of birth and liuing chiefe thou art Within thy natiue home shalt proue then know The poorer sort such glories dare not show If hackneymen doe round about the towne Run for to let their coach horse vp and downe What then will he doe who at his command Hath of his owne which euer ready stand If others two horse keepe the rich will still Haue foure at least yet thinke the draught but ill With such an one thou shalt possesse more care Then mine Or●…do in his madnes bare If she shall braule with thee malitiously Gouerne with patience her extremitie And as Vlysses gainst the Sirens song Made himselfe deafe to shelter him from wrong So her expostulatings doe not heare But gainst such clamarous noise glew vp thine eare When she speaks most do thou least speach afford For silence cuts a shrow worse then a sword A froward wife for very spight will cry When thy neglect doth scorne her tyrannie Haue special care that with no foule-mouthd speach Thou mak'st into her fury any breach For then thou all confound'st and one small showre Will on thy head a world of newe stormes powre Which with such bitterne●…e she will declare That stings of wasps not halfe so noisome are Let her as neare as 〈◊〉 or wit can finde Agree with euery humor in thy minde That ancient customes in thy house remaine And that no danger lurke within her traine In