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In the repentance of sinne sorrow bringeth comfort Where pride is poyson to power and will an enimy to patience there enuy can endure no equality til death put an end to desire Greater is the griefe to loose then neuer to haue and to see the fall of vertue then the death of nature Irreuocable is the losse of time and incomparable the griefe of ingratitude but the abuse of loue is abhorred in nature When a Dogge howles an Owle singes a Woman scoldes and a Pig cries whether for a penny is the best musicke Full hearts cannot weepe and swallowed sighes make swolne brests while wisdome couereth woes till death couer wretchednesse Who laboureth for knowledge makes a benefite of time but he that loueth vertue lookes after eternitie The instruction of truth makes the witte gracious while the practise of Craft makes the heart impious He that makes beautie a Starre studies false Astronomie and he that is soundly in Loue needes no other purgatorie The depth of passion tryeth the height of patience where if witte bridle not the sences nature will reueale her imperfection The remembrance of vanities is a reuiuing of miseries where the looking glasse of life becomes an houre-glasse of death The exercise of venery is the Cow-path to beggerie and he that diminisheth his stock may goe to the hedge for a stake The Landlords prodigality makes the tenants profit and a proud beggar is a dogged Rascall A Cat may loose a Mouse and catch her againe but he that looseth time can neuer recouer it When rich men die they are buried with pompe but when good men die they are buried with teares Bloody actions makes fearefull visions while the ioy of peace is the spirits Paradice VVhen al vnder the Sunne is vanitie where hath vertue her dwelling in the world but only in the heart of the elect whose loue is onely in the heauens An intemperate spirit spoiles the body and a proud heart giues a wound to the soule The shāme of wit is folly and the shame of nature sin Who trauaileth out of the world to seeke the truth of heauens historie if he be not assured of grace will make but an vnhappy iourney Comfortable is the graue where death is the end of grief but ioyful is that faith that finds the life of eternity A Knight that dares not fight hath honor in iest a marchant without mony may aduenture for nothing The pinching of the body makes a stincking breath and straight shooes fill the feet full of cornes Women with childe long for many things but all the world longs for mony A great wit may haue a weake body and a great head but a little wit The Dolphin is held the swiftest fish in the Sea but the thought of a man hath no comparison in the world The Tyger is said to be the cruellest beast in the world but an Vsurer vpon a bond will goe to the Deuill for mony A Maiden blush is an excellent coulour and a virtuous wit makes a Virgin honorable A constant Louer is an admirable Creature but the man of wealth goes through the world Offices are sweet in the nature of gaine but the abuse of an oath is the burthen of conscience A sore eye is euer running and a Gossips tongue is euer babling Crosse pathes many times puts a man out of his way and crosse fortunes many waies puts a man out of his wits Great windes are dangerous at Sea so is a Iudges breath to an offender The Philosophers stone hath mockt a number of Students and Loue hath troubled a world of Idle people Virginity is precious while it is purely reapt but is it catch a cracke the beauty is gone The eyes growe dimme when they come to spectacles and it is colde in vallies when a snowe lyeth on the Mountaines The sting of a Scorpion is onely healed with her bloud and where beauty wounds loue makes the cure Emprisonment and death are the miseries of nature and the Sergeants Mace is a hellish weapon A Childe that feares not the rod will hardly proue gracious and a man that feares not God will bee in hell ere he be aware Elixars are great restoratiues but much Phisicke is offensiue to nature A Penne without inke writes a very blancke Letter and a Purse without money makes many a colde heart Stolne Venison is sweete so the stealer can scape but if he be catcht he will pay for his hunting The Anglers sport is full of patience and if he loose his hooke he makes a faire fishing A showre of Raine doth well in a Drought but when Dust turnes to Durt the house is better then the high-way A little Salt seasons a great pot a little poyson kils a world of people Iewels are as they are esteemed and there is nothing forced that is welcome A little seed will sow a great ground and a Snuffe of a Candle will set a whole house on fire The want of necessaries breakes the heart of an honest man and to be beholding to a Dog is a death to a good minde When the Rich pray on the poore and the poore pray for the Rich there is great differnce in praying A scolde and a foole must be answered with silence while wisedoms words are worth the writing in gold Philosophie is a sweet study and Historie are sometime worth the reading but the Bible in all excellence puts downe all the Bookes in the world Much reading makes a ready Scholler but the guift of nature doth much in Arte. A Foole and a knaue cannot take thought while an honest heart is full of sorrow A far Trauailer seeeth much but he that goes to heauen makes a happy iourney The Kings of the earth are rich in golde but blessed are the soules that are rich in grace The aire is often cleansed by lightning but till the world change it will neuer be cleane from sinne An escape from danger is comfortable but to keepe out of it is wisdome He that makes an Epicure of his mind makes a Gull of his witte for time is precious to the vnderstanding spirit A Diamond may be little and yet of great price but the grace of God is more worth then the whole world Fancy and fashion trouble many idle people but the study of Diuinitie rauisheth the soules of the elect Cockes of the game will by nature fight and a heart of Oake will burst ere it bend The sight of the Sea will a fray a faint heart while the Sailers care but a little for the Land The cryes of Fooles make a foule noyse while the hearts of the honest bleede inwardly May-games and iestes fill the world full of mirth but the feeling of grace fils the soule full of ioy A Flie feedes a Swallow that will choake a man and that which kils a Spider will comfort a man Th Stone and the Gowte followe the rich but death where he commeth makes a swoope with all persons A poore man in his cottage is
AA Wits Priuate VVealth Stored with choise commodities to content the minde LONDON Printed by Edw. Allde for Iohn Tappe and are to be solde at his shop at St. Magnus corner 1612. TO To the right worshipfull my much and much worthy beloued friend Iohn Crooke Esquire Sonne and heire to Sir Iohn Crooke Knight all prosperity on earth and the ioy of heauen TO present you with a long discourse might perhaps weary you in the reading to write obscurely might be a trouble to your vnderstanding To auoide therefore inconueniences I have chosen this litle peece of labor to fit the patience of your idle leisure hoping that as in fore-ages men of great Titles would patronize the writings of good Studies not regarding the estate or quality of the person so your true spirits that can rightly iudge of the natures of well deseruings will not altogether shut my Booke with my better seruice out of your good fauour the subiects are many and of diuers natures but as many flowers in one Nose-gay they are here put together in a little volume which perusd with that good patience that may make profit of experience I hope shall giue you some way contentment and no way the contrarie but least I make to great an entry to a little house I will shut the dore to my further speech and onely rest in some better seruice Your affectionately at commaund N. BRITTON To the Reader YOu that shall happen to light on this little peece of a booke how you will or can iudge of what you read I know not if it be well I am glad you are pleased if otherwise it is past the print and therefore too late to be mended many things are comprehended in a little roome and he that reades all and takes good by none at all I am perswaded is either vncapable or careles to be short such as they be I send them to you set downe with the dayes in the yeare in halfe one day you may read them and euer after thinke on them as you can conceiue disgest or remember them some of them were written by wiser men then my selfe and for the rest like wares in a shop the good must help away with the bad To conclude I commend them with my further loue and seruice to the fauour of those spirits that iudging the best will not say the worst among whome hoping you are one to fill vp the number of honest men I rest Your friend as I may N. B. VVits priuate wealth HEe that takes much and giues nothing shall haue more wealth then loue He that giues much and takes nothing shall haue many thankes and few friends He that spends his youth in whoring and dycing may curse the bones and cry out vpon the flesh He that buildes Castles in the ayre in hope of a new world may breake his necke ere he come to halfe his age He that meets an ilfauourd woman in the morning fasting t is ods he shal not see a worse sight before dinner He that telleth a lye and bindes it with an Oath is either weake in wit or vile in conscience He that braggeth much of a little worth hath made his tongue an ouerthrow of his wit He that marrieth a rich wife and abuseth his Matrymony will either begge among Rogues or hang for good company He that cryes afore he is hurt hath learned wit to avoid paine and he that cryeth after a hurt must learne patience for ease He that oweth money and cannot pay it is an agent for sorrow but he that hath it and will not pay it is a Steward for hell He that scof●eth at God is already with the Deuill and though he walke in the world hee hath a hell in his c●nscience He that selleth his cloathes to be drunke with the money will beg in age and starue for foode He that riseth early and maketh light meales keepes his body in health and his stomacke in temper He that makes Religion a cloake for villany deuiseth with the Deuill to cosen his soule of her comfort If you see a faire wench leere after you when you are past lay your hand on your hart for feare of your purse If a stranger scrape acquaintance with you in some priuate place thinke his wit his wealth or his honestie out of tune He that selleth his ware and liues by the losse must giue ouer his trade or die in poore case A kinde hearted man is easily abused and a high spirited woman must be warily obserued If you offend God repentance will haue pardon but if you offend the law take heed of execution If you marry a Whore make much of the Horne but if you marry a Scolde fall to your prayers If you haue a friend and cannot vse him you lacke wit but if you abuse his loue you want honesty He that tyeth his loue to beauty may bring his heart to trouble and he that marrieth a foule woman dooth wrong to his eie-sight He that will neuer lend is vnworthy to borrowe but he that comes into suretiship is in the way of vndoing If you see an offenders punishment pray for amendment but if a horse-courser be hanged it is happy for Trauailers To giue a woman her will may be hurt to her wit to bridle her nature may moue passion beyond reason To build a house without money is but a dreame of folly and to trauell among theeues is danger of life He that spends more then he gets will hardly be rich and he that speakes more then knowes will neuer be counted wise He that least sinneth is the best man and he that neuer repenteth is the worst A prodigall spender will keepe coyne from cankering and a greedy Vsurer will gnaw out the heart of a purse He that trauaileth a strange way had need of a guide and if he want money he must fare hard A Mouse in a Cupbord will marre a whole Cheese an ill tongued woman will trouble a whole Towne He that is giuen to sleepe is borne to much trouble and to ouer-watch nature may be a hurt to wit He that leaueth the learned to liue with the ignorant may happē vpon some wealth but he shal neuer be wise An vntrusty seruant may rob a man of his goods but a dogged wife will vexe his heart If you see a trull scarce giue her a nod but follow her not least you proue a noddy A courteous Phisitian will make much of his patient and time pleasers are no true diuines Strong beere hath two contrary vertues it will quench a thirst and warme the stomacke He that offends God to please a creature is like him that killeth himselfe to auoide hurt She that loues to make faces may haue an Ape for her Schoole-master and hee that feedes her humors puts his wits to much trouble He that loueth many can hardly please all and he that loueth none is either dogged or foolish A Foole that is rich shall be followed
with beggers but the vertuous and wise are truely honorable He that feasteth the rich makes a friendship with Mommon but he that relieueth the poore is blessed of God A Whores teares are a Fooles poyson and a Theeues watch is the Trauailers woe The shot of a Cannon makes a terrible report but he that starts at the noise of it will hardly proue a Souldier The sound of a Trumpet stirs vp the spirit of a Souldier but if his heart faile him he will not fight Womens Tyers are an idle commoditie and t● liue by panderisme is a roguish profession Swearing lying is much among wicked men yet being so little belieued I wonder they do not leaue it A proud spirit is hatefull to nature and he that is vnthankfull for little is worthy of nothing the hope of the vertuous makes haruest in heauen the dispaire of the wicked brings their soules into hell The Spiders webbe is a nette for a Flye and a flattering tongue is a trap for a Foole. That sight of a sword will affright a Coward while a seasond Souldier makes a flea-bite of a wound A partiall iudge makes a pittifull lawe and a dumbe Preacher a pittifull parish A bloody Souldier makes a pittifull warre and he that trusteth an enemie may be betraid ere he be aware The Souldiers honour is got with great trauaile while the Vsurer tumbleth in the ease of his wealth The true spirit regards no drosse and he that makes a God of his golde will goe to the Deuill like a Beggar He that leaues his spurres in his horses belly may sit downe and sigh when he is weary with walking He that will passe quietly through a common wealth must auoid the foole and take heed of the knaue An Vsurper of a crowne will breede murmures in a kingdome but a wise gouernour is worthy of his place He that cloyeth his stomacke is an enemie to nature and to ouercharge wit is an abuse of reason Vanitie pride make the fooles paradice while loue and beauty are the nurses of idlenes Blessed Children are the Parents ioyes while the barren wombe is the curse of nature A wise Generall and a valiant leader are requisite in a Campe but tyranny in conquest disgraceth the soldier the Gloe-wormes belly is the candle of the earth the Phoenix nest is too high for the world the longest day will haue a night at last and age will with●r the smoothest skinne in the world the dearth of the Corne makes Farmers rich but to starue the people is the shame of the state No preaching in the world will make a Iew a Christian a cut-purse will be his work when the theefe is at the Gallowes He that hath lost his eies may bid his friendes good-night and he that is going to the graue hath made an end with the world A faire man is like Curds and Creame and a foule woman the griefe of the eyes A wittie wanton is a pleasing mistris but an honnest huswife is the best to breede on He that is giuen to drinking is subiect to the dropsie and a licorous grocer will eate out his gaine A Garden is pleasant if it be full of fai●e Flowers so is a faire woman indued with good qualities A faire flower without scent is like a faire woman without grace Hearbes are wholesome gathered in their time and money well vsed is an excellent mettall If Christmas lasted all the yeare what would become of Lent and if euery day were good fryday the world would be weary of fasting The griefe of the heart is a weakning to the bodye but the worme of conscience eats into the very soule A iest is neuer well broken but when it hurteth not the hearers and profiteth the speaker Hope is comfortable in absence but possession is the true pleasure Words out of time are lost and seruice vnrewarded is miserable To follow fooles is the anoyance of wit and to serue a Churle is a miserable slauery Variety of acquaintance is good for obseruation and to make vse of knowledge proues the sence of vnderstanding Early rysing gaines the morning and a darke night is the theeues watch A fantasticall Trauailer is the figure of an Ape and a proud woman is a fooles Idoll The eye is small yet is seeth much and the heart but little yet it is the life of the body The hope of profit makes labour easie and the hand of bountie winnes the heart of vertue A Candle giues a dimme light in the Sunne where Diana keepes her Court Cupid is out of countenance A man is as dead when he sleepeth and darkenes is the sorrow of time There is no true rich man but the contented not truly poore but the couetous A weake body is not for trauell nor a sim ple witte for a Scepter No man liueth that doth not sometime amisse but he that delighteth in sinne is a deuill in carnate They that loue their beds are great flea-feeders and he that spends his spirits cannot haue a strong body The rich mans goods makes him fearfull to dye and the poore mans want makes him weary of his life The fire of Anger burneth the Soule and the cold of feare chilleth the heart Snuffe a Candle and it will burne cleere and cut off dead flesh and the wound will heale the sooner The heart-ache brings the body into sickenesse but the Worme of Conscience breeds the soules torment Times alters natures and Honors manners but a vertuous heart will neuer yeeld to villany Miseries are the tryall of patience but loue is the master of passions Thought is a swift trauailer and the Soule is in heauen in an instant A kinde nature winneth loue but a stubborne spirit is a plague to reason The disease of opinion doth beguile vs in the taste of happines while the vanity of delights is but the superfluitie of desires Patience at the point of death sets a seale to the perfections of life How vaine is the loue of riches which may be lost or left in an instant In the tryall of truth excuse will not helpe dishonesty Trie wits by their wisedome and loue them for their vertue Reioyce not in any mans misery but be pittifull to thy very enemy and comfort the afflicted in what is fit for charitie Followe not the Amorous for they are humerous nor the humerous for they are idle Giue what thou doost francklye and be Maister of thine own purse least base seruilitie make abridgement of thy bountie Be not iealous without iust cause and doe no wrong for any cause If thou doest ill doe not excuse it if well doe not boast of it Nature enclinde to euill must by correction bee brought to good for discretion by instruction findes the way to perfection The key of wantonnesse openeth the doore vnto wickednesse the cares of busines and the variety of pleasures are the soules hindrances to her higbest happines Sinne comes with conception but grace onely by inspiration
are neuer out of the fire A downe bed is soft to lye on but yet it soakes the bodie more then a mattresse Truth hath often much a doe to be beleeued and a lie runnes farre before it be staide To be busie with a multitude is to incurre trouble to feare sparrow-blasting is a pittifull folly When wit brings youth to beauty and vanity brings pride to beggery then reason seeth natures misery A sorry bargaine makes a heauy soule when the heart akes and cannot be helpt Euill words are the worst part of eloquence and hee that breakes the peace must answere the law Affabilitie breedes loue but familiarity contempt He that is careles of his state may quickely prooue a begger and hee that is feareles of God will quickely prooue a Deuill VVitches and Sorcerers doe much hurt in a Common wealth but after the Gallowes they doe goe to the Deuill A Parret well taught will talke strangely in a Cage but the Nightingale sings most sweetely in a wood An vnkinde Neighbour is ill to dwell by and an vnwholsome body is ill to lye by A poysoned sword is a pestilent weapon and he that vseth it hath a murtherous heart A trotting horse beates sore in hard way but a restie Iade is a villanous beast The wound of sorrow goes deepe into the heart but a Bullet in the Braine is a medicine for all diseases An ill weede growes fast but a paire of sheeres will cut him downe Iudas Treason was most abhominable and Iobs patience most admirable Sweete fresh water is comfortable in a Cittie and the want of it is the plague of the people Studie is the exercise of the minde but too much of it may be a spoyle of the braine When the saddle pincheth how can the horse trauaile and when the wise lacke money their wits ara in a poore case Howling Dogs betoken death and a Scritch-Owle at a window brings no good tidings to a house Babes will be stilled with lullabye but an olde foole will neuer be quiet The Sunne is the Labourers dyall and the Cock the Huswiues watchman Diogines Tub was a poore house and yet Alexander would come thither to talke with him Many a dogge is hanged for his skinne and many a man killed for his purse Hee that loues not a woman lackes a peece of a man and hee that loues too many may be weary of his woing The sauour of the earth makes a Plough-man hungry and after a storme the Sailers drinke merrily A wax-candle and a Watch are good for a studient but if he want wit he will be no great scholler A priuate rebuke is a sweete correction but an open punishment makes some shamelesse When sheapheards fall to be Hunts-men the Wolfe may bee with their Flockes and when the Warrener is at the Ale-house his connies may be stolne He that goeth softly commonly goeth safely but if he haue haste of his way hee looseth much time T is soone enough that is well enough and neuer to late that doth good at last The desire of dooing well is accepted before God but the neglect of dooing well deserueth his displeasure Sweete are the deceits of loue but bitter is the taste of repentance VVho attendeth profit is not sorry for patience and the faithfull with the patient are best Trauailers to heauen A faire hand is a vertuous ornament but a vertuous spirit is a royall treasure A sharpe wit hath a quicke inuention but a iudicious spirit hath best vnderstanding He that trusteth words prooueth hope and hee that serueth a foole looseth time VVithout valour men are shadowes and without Loue women Torters Delay is the griefe of hope but good neuer comes to late That is not to day may be to morrow but yesterday will neuer come againe It is a fearfull thing to fall into the hands of God but it is a foule thing to shake hands with the Deuill The greatest proofe of follye is wilfulnesse and the greatest proofe of wit is patience too much reading is ill for the eye-sight and too little reading is ill for the in-sight Time slipped is vnhappy time lost is grieuous time well taken shewes care but to imploy it wel is gracious And so much for this time Laus Deo FINIS