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spirit_n	affection_n	godliness_n	great_a	54	3	2.1554	3	false

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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A01740	A posie of gilloflowers eche differing from other in colour and odour, yet all sweete. By Humfrey Gifford gent.	Gifford, Humphrey.; Tolomei, Claudio, 1492-1555. aut	1580 (1580)	STC 11872; ESTC S108637	86,923	163

most part of them haue their mindes so encumbred with riches y ● it is very hard for them to attaine saluation therefore Christ said it is lesse easie for a rich man to enter into the kingdome of heauen thē for a Camel to passe thorow the eie of a needle For hée whose affection is greedily set on riches seldome thinkes reuerently of God but so fixeth his desire on earthly things y t he makes himselfe vnworthy of the glory of heauen preferring mundane vanitie before Gods veritie Wheras Christ teaching christian perfection saieth otherwise to the Hebrew young man Goe and sell that which thou hast and giue it to the poore after follow mée Truely pouertie is a dowrie most conuenient for a Christian Therfore when yee know your selues to bee poore bée yée not comfortlesse but rather thinke that yée are the more in Gods fauour who in al his sayings and doings recommended the poore praysed them called them blessed and receiued them into his protection being déere and beloued of him so that it is a most goodly thing to liue poorely in this short and transitorie life to become most rich in the life to come which shalbe permanēt euerlasting to set at naught the false and deceaueable Iewels of this world to gaine most plentifull and abundant treasure in paradise O most worthy marchandise O most plentiful gaine which neither théeues can rob thée of nor seruaunt beguile thée nor debter deceaue thée but will fill and replenish thée with farre greater and better fruite then by the tongue of man may bée expressed What shal I say farther that those thinges are few and very easie to bée procured with which our humane nature is suffised but many and infinite which our appetite desireth And that the grace of God is neuer wanting vnto those who filled with a feruent spirite refraine their earthly affections and restraine them within the limites of Christian temperaunce Wherof Saint Paule writing vnto Timothy most diuinly said It is a great gain of godlines to be cōtented with y ● which is sufficient We brought nothing into this world it is manifest that we shal carie nothing hence with vs. But hauing conuenient foode and apparell let vs content our selues therwith for they that would become rich fall into the snares and temptations of the deuil and into sundry hurtfull and vnprofitable desires which drowne thē in ruine perditiō for that couetousnes is y ● roote of al euill which diuers falling into stray from the true fayth and are encombred with many eares and sorowes O wordes worthy to pearce into the liuely heartes of men and so there to bée grounded and grauen that with no earthly force they might euer bée rased out The diuine wordes of Paule being throughly considered of there is no cause wherefore poore men should bée pensiue or sorowfull But wherefore wade I farther in the comforting of them when as it is impossible for mée to say so much but that much more will remaine vnspoken And I am assured I haue scarsly launched out from the shore and am far from being halfe entred from this most profound and large sea And yet herewith I know assuredly that the least part of that which hath béene sayd is sufficient for the quieting and cōforting of any mind that is not become eyther beastly or furious with the prickings or pinchings that pouertie may bring vnto him so that if those thinges which I haue sayde and many other that I could alledge doe not moderate and pacifie him beléeue mée pouertie is not the cause héereof but this distemperate and ill composed mind which also would haue molested him if hée had béene rich For hée would haue found out some other arrow or sworde wherewith to haue thorowe pearced his heart You then who haue your minde stored with so many good lessons of Philosophy comfort your selfe and take all thinges that God sendes in good part hope in him who neuer fayleth nor deceaueth them that put their trust in him Hée will open you the way and minister the meane whereby to cure these woundes of pouerrie at the least hée will teach you how to beare them with patience and peraduenture also will giue you manifestly to vnderstand that it is for your health and consolation Comfort your selfe in that although yée want riches yet want yée not y ● true knowledge bewtie of wit vnderstanding and vertues of the mind which things are more appertinent and proper vnto you then are riches which are placed among the externall things and are no part of you and so much the more comfort your self by how much the giftes of your mind cannot bée taken from you neither by men nor fortune but of your riches and worldly substaunce théeues may spoyle you in a moment Comfort your selfe in y ● yée haue many good friendes which loue you entyrely who will neuer endure to sée you long in poore estate But rather after the maner of true and stedfast friendes will account your pouertie to bée their owne and with some part of their substance will take it from you comfort your self with your bookes which yée were alwaies accustomed to hold in great estimation they will féede and nourish your vnderstanding and with singular declectation alwayes recreate your senses they will pacifie euery stormie and troublesome tempest and both by night and by day within doores and witho●t in good fortune and bad will remaine your most faythfull friendes and comfortable companions Finally comfort your selfe in that if pouertie bée euill yet haue yée not this euill by your owne offence or procuremen not by dicing and carding nor by haunting the tauern not by playing the harlot nor by any other sort of lewde lyfe or naughtie behauiour but in euery action your vsage hath béene honest and temperate your minde being no lesse adorned with lawdable customes and conditions then learning Yée are then fallen into this necessitie by the offence of Fortune who as it is not vnknowne to the most part of Rome being enuious at the good course that yée haue taken hath many yeares sithence wounded your body and brought you into a miserable daungerous estat oftentimes euen to death hath also setled letted you back from all good enterprises operatiōs both of body mind in this her rage hath caused you to make far greater expence then your abilitie will reach vnto in such sort that yée are now brought into that miserable estate in which yée now are onely by her sinister procurement so that if with her great outrage there were not ioyned an arrogant impudencie shée would not for very shame of her selfe bée séene any more in the world But besides these consolations let reason necessitie moue you ye afflict your selfe what doth this affliction auaile you is your pouertie taken away by making of so great sorowe as yée do if it were so it were a very good remedie But alas shée is

darke and dreadfull place Hée would vouchsafe to bee mine ayde Arising then a wight with winges Of auncient yéeres mée thinkes I sée A burning torch in hand hée bringes And thus beganne to speake to mée That God whose ayde thou didst implore Hath sent mée hither for thy sake Plucke vp thy sprites lament no more With mée thou must thy iourney take Against a huge and loftie hill With swiftest pace mée thinkes wée goe Where such a sound mine eares did fill As moued my heart to bléede for woe Mée thought I heard a woefull wight In dolefull sorte powre forth great plaintes Whose cries did so my minde afright That euen with feare ech member faintes Fie quoth my guyd what meanes this change Passe on a pace with courage bolde Hereby doth stand a prison strange Where woonderous thinges thou maist beholde Then came we to a fort of brasse Where péering through greate iron grates We saw a woman sit alas Which ruthfully bewaylde her fates Her face was farre more white then snow And on her head a crowne shée ware Beset with stones that glistered so As hundred torches had bene there Her song was woe and weale away What torments here doe I sustayne A new mishap did her dismay Which more and more increast her payne An vggly creature all in blacke Ran to her seate and flang her downe Who rent her garments from her backe And spoyld her of her precious crowne This crowne he plaste vpon his hed And leauing her in dolefull case With swiftest pace away he fled And darknesse came in all the place But then to heare the wofull moue And piteous grones that she foorth sent He had no doubt a heart of stone That could geue eare and not lament Then quoth my guide note well my talke And thou shalt heare this dreame declard The wood in which thou first didst walke Vnto the world may be comparde The roaring beasts plainly expresse The sundry snares in which we fall This Gaole is named déepe distresse In which Dame vertue lies as thrall Shée is the wight which heere within So dolefully doth houle and crie Her foe is called deadly sinne That proffered her this villany My name is Time whom God hath sent To warne thée of thy soules decay In time therefore thy sinnes lament Least time from thée be tane away As soone as he these wordes had sayd With swiftest pace away he flies And I hereat was so afrayde That drowsie sléepe forsooke mine eyes For a Gentlewoman LIke as a forte or fenced towne By foes assault that lies in field When Bulwarkes all are beaten downe Is by perforce constraynde to yéelde So I that could no while withstand The battery of your pleasant loue The flagge of truce tooke in my hande And meant your mercy for to proue My foolish fancie did enforce Me first to like your friendly sute Whiles your demaunds bred such remorce That I coulde not the same refute I bad you take with frée consent All that which true pretence might craue And you remaynde as one content The thing obtaynd that you would haue Such friendly lookes and countenance fayre You fréely then to me profest As if all troth that euer were Had harboured beene within your brest And I which saw such perfect shewes Of fraudlesse fayth in you appeare Did yeelde my selfe to Cupids Lawes And shewde likewise a merrie chéere No louing toyes I did withholde And no suspect did make me doubt Til your demeanure did vnfolde The wilie traines ye went about Who sees a ruinous house to fall And will not shift to get him thence When limines be crusht and broken all Its then too late to make defence When pleasant baite is swallowed downe The hooked fish is sure to die On these Dame Fortune oft doe frowne As trust too farre before they trie Of had I wist who makes his moane Its ten to one he neuer thriues When théeues are from the Gibbet throwne No pardon then can saue theyr liues Such good aduice as comes too late May wel be calde Sir fore wits foole Elswhere goe play the cosoning mate I am not now to goe to schoole But cléerely doe at length discerne The marke to which your bow is bent And these examples shall me warne What harme they haue that late repent Your sugred spéech was but a baite Wherwith to bleare my simple eyes And vnder them did lurke deceipt As poyson vnder hony lies Wherefore since now your drift is knowne Goe set your staule some other where I may not so be ouerthrowne Your double dealings make me feare When stéede by théeues is stolne away I wil not then the doore locke fast Wherfore depart without delay Your words are winde your sute is wast And this shalbe the finall doome That I to your request will giue Your loue in me shall haue no roome Whiles life and breath shal make me liue For a Gentlewoman VVHat lucklesse lot had I alas To plant my loue in such a soyle As yéelds no corne nor fruitfull grasse But crops of care and brakes of toyle VVhen first I chose the plot of ground In which mine Anchor foorth was cast I thought it stable firme and sound But found it sande and s●ime at last Like as the Fouler with his ginnes Beguiles the birdes that thinke no yll By fyled spéech so diuers winnes The simple sort to worke theyr will But I whom good aduice hath taught To shun their snares and suttle charmes Am not into such daunger brought But that I can eschew the harmes The skilfull Faulconer still doth proue And prayse that hawke which makes best whing So I by some that seemd to loue Haue had the proofe of such a thing From 〈◊〉 they did pursue their game VVith swifte●● whing and ega● minde But when in midst of flight they came They turnde their traynes against the winde Yée haggards straunge therefore adiew Goe séeke some other for your mate Yée false your faith and proue vntrue I like and loue the sole estate Like as Vlisses wandring men In red seas as they past along Did stoppe their eares with waxe as then Against the suttle Mermayds songue So shall their crafty filed talke Here after finde no listning eare I will byd them goe packe and walke And spend their wordes some otherwhere By proofe experience tels me now What fickle trust in them remaynes And tract of time hath learned me how I should eschew their wylie traines Such as are bound to Louers toyes Make shipwracke of theyr fréedome still They neuer tast but brittle ioyes For one good chance a thousand yll Cease now your sutes and gloze no more I meane to leade a Virgins life In this of pleasure find I store In doubtfull sutes but care and strife A Godly discourse LIke as the wight farre banished from his soyle In countrey strange opprest with grief pain Doth nothing way his long and weary toyle So that ye may come to his home againe And not accounts of