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A15039	A mirour for magestrates of cyties Representing the ordinaunces, policies, and diligence, of the noble emperour, Alexander (surnamed) Seuerus, to suppresse and chastise the notorious vices noorished in Rome, by the superfluous nomber of dicing-houses, tauarns, and common stewes: suffred and cheerished, by his beastlye predecessour, Helyogabalus, vvith sundrie graue orations: by the said noble emperor, co[n]cerning reformation. And hereunto, is added, A touchstone for the time: containyng: many perillous mischiefes, bred in the bowels of the citie of London: by the infection of some of thease sanctuaries of iniquitie. By George Whetstones. Gent.	Whetstone, George, 1544?-1587?; Severus Alexander, Emperor of Rome, 208-235.	1584 (1584)	STC 25341; ESTC S119730	41,603	88

CYRVS although hee were armed with a Sheepehooke man maketh the Habyt and not Habyt a man Drunkennesse and Glotonie Dronkennes and glotney greatly disgraceth a gentleman are fowle maymes too Honour and the greatest deformytie in a Gentleman Call Alexander the great to witnesse who after hee had conquered almoste all the whole Worlde with the Swoord conquered hym-selfe with a Wine-potte So that it is a question whither he receiued more Honour in ouer commyng the mighty Darius of Persia or Dishonor by beyng subdued by the Persians Vices If I were a Iudge Alexander should find a seueare Iudgement for by his valiancie he did but conquer his ennemies and in his drunkennesse he slew his frendes and hastened his owne death Prodigalytie is so sharpe a vengeance The vengeance of Prodigalitie as there needeth no Lawe to chastise the Prodigall man he doth so seuerely punish him-selfe Epicharidus the Athenian in sixe Dayes consumed his Patrimonie and al his lyfe after liued a Begger Pasicirus kyng of Cyprus first prodigallie spent his Treasure afterwards sould his Realme and lastly died miserablie in the Cittie of Amathuntus The prodigall Cleops Kyng of Egypte was driuen vnto such necessitie as he was faine to liue of the dishonest vse of his Daughters bodie If prodigalitie bring Kings to this exigent who haue manie supplies it speedilye ruineth the richest Subiect yea which is worst their recouerie is as vncertaine as their vndooing is certaine For by colour of their Reuennewes they runne in debt the triple value of theyr Landes You Gentlemen of Rome knowe this better by experience then by my information you feele the smart of prodigalitie by ryot you were dtyuen to morgage your Lands and had lost the same and your selues had not our liberalitie redeemed both our louing care to preuent that followeth after prodigalitie whiche is this perillous daunger Men beyng by prodigalytie Enemies of their owne and posteryties prospetytie by want and Necessytie become Enemies of their Countreyes peace and welfare I saie feare of this mischiefe and loue of your weldoynge hath repurchased your Landes receyue of vs the Possession therof as a Cognisance of our loue and desyre that you maye floorysh Keepe your Honour with your Landes least our seuere displeasure be heaped vpon your vndoynges Lette vertuous Pollycies and Documents be your studdie see that your exercise bee Feates of Chiualrye vse your handes to the managynge of Armes The dishonour of Dicing and not your Fyngers to the trippynge of Dice a Pastyme so villanous that notwithstandinge the losse be doubtfull the dishonour is certaine GOBILON the Athenian beyng sent Ambassadour to make League with the Corrynthians who findyng the Gouernours of Corrynth playinge at the Dice departed without dispatch of his busines saying He would not staine the Glorye of the Spartianes in makyng League with Dicers The Kyng of the Persians sent goulden Dice to kynge Demetrius for a reproache of his Lightnesse Cicero in the Senate-house put Anthonius to scilence in sayinge he was a Dicer And truely so infamous a pastime neither beseemeth the Grauitie of the Magistrate nor Honor of a Gentleman for that the gaine is loaden with dishonest practises and the losse with vnquiet passions Learn by the Cōtinencie of the mightie Alexāder the noble Romain Scipio to subdue carnal affections worthye examPls of continencie the one hauyng by fortune of warre the possession of kyng Darius Wyfe the moste beautifull Ladie of all ASIA he neither suffred him-selfe to bee conquered by her beautie nor the Queene to bee dishonoured by his victorie The other hauyng lyke Aduauntage of the Paragon of Spayne with the semblable vertue vanquished his Affections On the cōtrarie part know ye that Rome of late hath had more Emperours brought vnto the Sepulture by Lecherie then in many hundred yeares before by the Launce Gentlemen my Kinsmen and Companions I admonish you from naughtinesse by the falles of Emperours kynges and Heroycall Estates that you maye knowe in the punishment of vice the Goddes neither feare nor spare the mightiest of men On the contrarie parte I counsell you to goodnesse by the Counsell of our dignitie assuring you by the exercise of Vertue meaner then Gentlemen become Emperours of Kingdomes Wee haue no more to saye but that the Goddes impresse in your hartes the counsell we haue blowen into your eares and that your Emperour Alexander maye beholde Rome Rome agayne And you Gentlemen of Rome worthye the reputation of your Noble Auncestors VVHen the good Emperor had ended his Oration the Gentlemen ouercome with the Princely fauour and affection of Alexander as also voounded with the knowledge of their former lasciuiousnesse discouered a great dismaye of Spirite In the ende with abased Countenaunces vppon their knees they humbly acknowledged his gratious benefits confessed their owne vnworthynesse and faithfullie promised to obay his fatherly Counsailes The good Emperour then demaunded yf they would be contented that their Debts shuld be paide by yearely pentions out of their Landes and if they woulde sparingely liue accordyng vnto the proportion of the rest They al aunswerd with one voyce Yea noble Emperor els were we accursed ¶ The prudent Alexander hauing by these graue Orations sounded the inclynations of the three Estates of Rome vz. The Senators The Gentlemen and the Citizyns forsook not the aduaūtage of the peoples good dispositions but whyle the Vertue of his wise Counselles was workyng in their hartes he with the Aduice of his graue Senators deuised many good Lawes for the abandonyng and banishment of Vices foorth of the Citie assuryng himselfe that where Discipline was wanting the sowndest coūsell purged not corrupt maners so that to the loue which his Affabylitie had wonne he ioyned dread through seuere executiōs of these profitable lawes ❧ Lawes Pains and Penalties set downe by Alexander Seuerus to punish Offenders against the Weale-publique In primis For that the Tauarnes Dicing-houses the Stewes Tauernes stewes anb dicing houses were the Nurses of all vices and the Sanctuaries of vicious persons he suppressed all such as were of euyll fame saying That if the Owners could not liue but vpon th●●ndoynge of others it were reason they should starue by the necessytie of their idle bryngyng vp ¶ Item He cōmaūded that in the Tauarns Open bothes in Tauernes there should be no other thē open Boothes that the Censors might see the behauiors cōditions of the people that haunted them ¶ Item He cōmaunded that no Gentleman Gentlemen for bidden Tauernes Romayne should resorte to any of these Houses vppon paine to lose the name of a Gentleman ¶ Item He cōmaunded that no Senator should haue more then fower Disshes at his Dinner Glottony and Dronkenes nor Gentleman or Citizyn more then three And that the Cōmon people should feed onely of one Dish of fish or flesh saying that Glotonie and Drunkenesse not onely consumed the wealth of the Weale publique but also the health of the people