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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A06590	Euphues. The anatomy of vvyt Very pleasant for all gentlemen to reade, and most necessary to remember: wherin are contained the delights that wyt followeth in his youth, by the pleasauntnesse of loue, and the happynesse he reapeth in age, by the perfectnesse of wisedome. By Iohn Lylly Master of Arte. Oxon.	Lyly, John, 1554?-1606.	1578 (1578)	STC 17051; ESTC S105598	115,224	186

playne bluntnesse all Iustice iniquytie all eloquence barbarisme all beautie deformytye I wyll spend all the remainder of my lyfe in studying the olde testament wherein is prefigured the comming of my sauiour and the newe testament wherein my Christ doth suffer for my sinnes and is crucified for my redemption whose bitter agonies shoulde cast euery good Christian into a shieueringe ague to remember his anguishe whose sweatinge of water and bloud should cause euery deuoute and zealous Catholique to shedde teares of repentaunce in remembraunce of his tormentes Euphues hauing discoursed this wyth himselfe dyd immediatly abandon all lyght companye all the dysputations in schooles all Philosophy and gaue hymselfe to the touchstone of holinesse in diuinitie accomptinge all other thinges as most vyle and contemptible ¶ Euphues to the Gentlemen schollers in Athens THe Merchāt that trauaileth for gaine the husbandman that toyleth for encrese the Lawyer that pleadeth for golde the craftes man that seeketh to liue by his labour all these after they haue fatted themselues with sufficient either take their ease or lesse paine thē they were accustomed Hippomanes ceased to runne when he had gotten the goale Hercules to labour when he had obtained the victorie Mercurie to pipe when he had cast Argus in a slumber Euery action hath his ende and then wée leaue to sweate when wée haue founde the swéete The Ant though shée toyle in Sommer yet in Winter she leaueth to trauayle The Bée though she delight to sucke the fayre flower yet is she at laste cloyed wyth honny The Spider that weaueth the finest thréede ceaseth at the last when she hath finished hir web But in the action and study of the minde gentlemen it is farre otherwise for he that tasteth the swéete of learninge endureth all the sower of labour Hée that séeketh the depth of knowledge is as it were in a Laborinth in which the farther he goeth the farther he is from the end or like the bird in the limebush which the more she striueth to get out the faster she sticketh in And certeinly it may be said of learning as it was famed of Nectar the drinck of the Gods the which the more it was dronck the more it would ouerflow the br●mme of the cup neither is it farre vnlike the stone that groweth in the riuer of Caria the whiche the more it is cutte the more it encreaseth And it fareth with him y followeth it as with him that hath the dropsie who the more he drincketh the more he thirsteth Therefore in my minde the student is at lesse ease then the Oxe that draweth or the Asse that carrieth his burthen who neither at the boord when others eate is voide of labour neither in his bed when others sléepe is without meditation But as in manuary craftes though they bée all good yet that is accompted most noble that is most necessary so in the actions and studies of the minde although they be all worthy yet that deserueth greatest praise which bringeth greatest profit And so we commonly do make best accompt of that which doth vs most good We estéeme better of the Phisition that ministreth the potion then of the Apoticarie that selleth the drugges Howe much more ought we with all diligence studye and industry spende our short pilgrimage in the séeking out of our saluation Uaine is Philosophye vaine is Phisicke vaine is Law vaine is all Learning wythout the tast of diuine knowledge I was determined to write notes of Philosophy which had bene to feede you fat wyth follye yet that I might séeme neyther idle neyther you euill imployed I haue héere set downe a briefe discourse which of late I haue had wyth an hereticke which kept mée from idlenesse and maye if you reade it deterre you from heresie It was wyth an Atheyst a man in opinion monstrous yet tractable to be perswaded By thys shall you sée th● absurde dotage of hym that thincketh there is no God or an vnsufficient God yet héere shall you finde the summe of faith which iustifyeth onely in Christ the weakenesse of the law the strengthe of the Gospell and the knowledge of Gods will. Héere shall yee finde hope if ye be in dispaire comfort if ye be distressed if ye thirst drincke meate if ye hunger if ye feare Moses who sayth without you fulfill the law you shall perish Beholde Christ which sayth I haue ouercommen the lawe And that in these desperate dayes wherein so many sectes are sowen and in the wayning of the world wherein so many false Christes are come you mighte haue a certeyntie of your saluation I meane to sette downe the towchestone wherevnto euerye one oughte to trust and by the which euerye one shoulde try himselfe which if you followe I doubte not but that as you haue proued learned Philosophers you will also procéede excellent diuines which God graunt ¶ EVPHVES AND ATHEOS ATheos I am gladde Euphues that I haue founde thée at leasure partly that we might be merry and partly that I mighte bée perswaded in a thinge that much troubleth my conscience It is concerning god There bée manye that are of this minde that there is a God whom they tearme the creator of all things a God whom they call the sonne the redéemer of the worlde a God whome they name the holy Ghost the worker of all thinges the comforter the spirite and yet are they of this opinion also that they be but one God coequall in power coeternal incomprehensible yet a Trinitie in person I for my parte although I am not so credulous to beleeue their curious opinions yet am I desirous to heare the reasons that should driue them into such fonde and frenticke imaginations For as I know nothing to be so absurde which some of the Philosophers haue not defended so thinke I nothing so erronious which some of our Catholickes haue not maynteyned If there were as diuers dreame a God that would reuenge the oppression of the widdowes and fatherlesse that would rewarde the zeale of the mercifull pittie the poore and pa●don the penitent then woulde the people eyther stande in greater awe or owe more loue towards their God. I remember Tullye disputinge of the nature of Gods bringeth Dionisius as a scoffer of such vayne and deuised Deities who séeinge Aesculapius with a longe bearde of golde and Apollo his father beardelesse played the Barbar and shaued if from him saying it was not decent that the sonne shoulde haue a bearde and the father none Seeing also Iupiter with an ornament of golde tooke it from him iesting thus In Summer this aray is too heauie in Winter too colde héere I leaue one of wollen both warmer for the colde and lyghter for the heat He comming also into the Temple wher certeyne of the gods with golden giftes stretched out their handes tooke them all away saying Who will bee so madde as to refuse thinges so gentlye off●red Dost thou not sée Euphues what small accompt hée made of their gods

vnto the deathe tarry héere and watch and agayne father if it be possible lette this cuppe passe from mée Remember how he was crowned with thornes crucified with théeues scourged and hanged for thy saluation how hée swette water and bloude for thy remission how he endured euen the torments of the damned spirites for thy redemption how he ouercame death that thou shouldst not dye how he conquered the Diuell that thou migh●est not be damned When thou shalt record what he hath done to purchase thy fréedome how canst thou dreade bondage When thou shalt beholde the agonyes and anguish of minde that he suffered for thy sake how canst thou doubte of the release of thy soule When thy Sauiour shall be thy Iudge why shouldest thou tremble to heare of iudgement When thou hast a continuall Mediator with God the father howe canst thou distrust of his fauour Turne therefore vnto Christ with a willyng hearte a waylyng minde for thy offences who hath promised that at what time soeuer a sinner repenteth him of his sinnes he shal be forgiuen who ●alleth al those that are heauie laden that they might be refreshed who is the dore to them that knocke the waye to them that séeke the truthe the rocke the corner stone the fulnesse of time it is he that can will poure oyle into thy wounds Who absolued Marie Magdalene from hir sinnes but Christ Who forgaue the théefe his robbery and manslaughter but Christ Who made Mathew the Publycane and tollgatherer an Apostle and Preacher but Christ Who is that good shepehearde that fetcheth home the straye shéepe so louingly vppon his shoulders but Christ Who receiued home the lost sonne was it not Christ Who made of Saul a persecuter Paul an Apostle was it not Christ I passe ouer diuers other histories both of the olde and new Testament which do aboundantly declare what great com●orte the faithfull penitent sinners haue alwayes had in hearing the comfortable promises of Gods mercy Canst thou then Atheos distrust thy Christ who reioyceth at thy repentaunce Assure thy selfe that through his passion and bloudshedding death hath lost his sting the Diuill his victory and that the gates of hell shall not preuayle agaynst thée Lette not therefore the bloude of Christ be shed in vayne by thine obstinate and harde hearte Let this perswasion rest in thée that thou shalt receiue absolution fréely and then shalt thou féele thy soule euen as it were to hunger and thirst after rightuousnes Atheos Well Euphues séeing the Holy Ghost hath made thée the meane to make me a man for before the tast of the gospell I was worse then a beast I hope the same spirite wil also lyghten my conscience with his word confirme it to the ende in constancie that I may not only confesse my Christ faithfully but also preach him fréely that I may not only be a Minister of his word but also a Martir for it it be his pleasure O Euphues howe much am I bound to the goodne●● almightie god which hath made me of an infidell a beléeuer of a castaway a Christian of an heathenly Pagan an heauenly Protestant O how comfortable is the féelyng tast of grace how ioyfull are the glad tidings of the Gospell the faithfull promises of saluation the frée redemption of the soule I will endeauour by all meanes to confute those damnable I know not by what names to terme them but blasphemers I am sure which if they be no more certeinly they can be no lesse I sée now the ods betwixt light darkenes faith frowardnes Christ Belial be thou Euphues a witnes of my faith séeing thou hast ben the instrument of my beliefe and I will pray that I shewe it in my lyfe As for thée I accompt my selfe so much in thy debt as I shal neuer be able with the losse of my life to rēder thée thi due but god which rewardeth the zeale of al men wil I hope blesse thee I wil pray for thée Eu. O Atheos little is the debt thou owest me but great is the comfort that I haue receiued by thée Giue the praise to God whose goodnesse hath made thée a member of the mysticall body of Christe and not onely a brother with his sonne but also a coheriter with thy Sauiour There is no heart so hard no heathen so obstinate no miscreaunt or Infidell so impious that by grace is not made as supple as oyle as tractable as a shéepe as faithfull as any The Adamant though it be so harde that nothinge can bruse it yet if the warme bloude of a Goate be poured vpon it it bursteth euen so although the heart of the Atheist and vnbeléeuer be so hard that neither reward nor reuenge can mollyfie it so stout that no perswasion can breake it yet if the grace of God purchased by the bloude of Christe doe but once towch it it renteth in sunder and is enforced to acknowledge an omnipotent and euerlasting Iehoua Lette vs therefore both Atheos I will not nowe call thée but Theophilus fly vnto that Christ which hath through his mercy not our merits purchased for vs the enheritaunce of euerlasting lyfe ¶ Certeine Letters writ by Euphues to his friendes Euphues to Philautus IF the course of youth had any respect to the staffe of age or the liuing man any regarde to the dying moulde we would with greater ●are whē we were young shunne those things which should griue vs when we be olde and wyth more seueritie direct the sequele of our lyfe for the feare of present death But such is eyther the vnhappinesse of mans condition or the vntowardnesse of his crol●ed nature or the wilfulnesse of his minde or the blindnesse of his heart that in youth he surfiteth wyth delightes preuenting age or if he liue continueth in dotage ●orgetting death It is a world to sée how in our flourishing tyme when we best may we be worst willing to thriue And howe in fadinge of our dayes when we moste shoulde we haue least desire to remember our ende Thou wilt muse Phila●tus to here Euphues to preach who of late had more minde to serue his Ladye then to worshippe his Lorde Ah Philantus thou art now a Courtier in Italy I a scholler in Athens and as hard it is for thée to follow good counsayle as for me to enforce thée séeing in thée there is little will to amend and in mée lesse authoritie to commaunde yet will I exhort thée as a friende I woulde I myght compell thée as a Father But I haue heard that it is peculier to an Italian to stande in hys owne conceite and to a courtier neuer to be controlde which causeth me to feare that in thée which I lament in others That is that either thou séeme to wise in thine owne opinion thinking scorne to be taught or to wilde in thine attempts in reiecting admonishmēt The one procéedeth of selfe loue and so thy name importeth the other of méere