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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A08653	The passenger: of Beneuento Italian, professour of his natiue tongue, for these nine yeeres in London. Diuided into two parts, containing seauen exquisite dialogues in Italian and English: the contents whereof you shall finde in the end of the booke. To the illustrious and renowmed Prince Henry ...; Passaggiere. English and Italian	Benvenuto, Italian.; King, Mr., fl. 1612.	1612 (1612)	STC 1896; ESTC S101559	418,845	732

opinions this world doe infect And who himselfe from errour can protect And to the end he may easily imbrace the truth and relinquish falsities But by reason of humane nature wee haue daily experience that as humours and Genioes so affections and Iudgement which oftentimes is vassall to them and euery other thing else doth vary and alter I haue inserted into this present Worke many passages diuers sentences sundry no lesse pleasant then profitable sayings and necessary aduertisements the more easily to allure euery mans minde and if not fully yet at least in a great part to satisfie euery curious and noble vnderstanding and to preuent so it be any wayes possible all euill construction I might put into thee I haue endeuoured in my speech and phrases as the most pleasing and acceptable to follow the more beaten stile and way and which hath beene traced by the best Authors And if peraduenture any body thinke much that in varying one and the selfe same word I haue made vse of another diuerse from it which in his iudgement was not to be vsed he must vnderstand that hauing obserued it in excellent Writers I might iustly haue beene ashamed blaming me vniustly for annexing it vnto the others so as in this he must not censure mee but his owne incapacitie Besides this if any shall iudge that I am but a careles Orthographist in omitting too often the graue and sharp accents or in occurrence by doubling those letters which shold be but single or in writing some single which according to their iudgements should haue bin doubled about this matter he must conceiue that I hauing many times obserued good Authours to vary within themselues herein I haue likewise in such wordes pleased mine owne humour touching the other I confesse that the accent is taken for the note or sound and as one may say the harmonie the sound thereof making vs to vnderstand the sillables and the office of an Accent is to rule and moderate the word so as it seemes that as we cannot frame a voyce without sound so a word cannot well consist that wanteth Accent this being as it were the very soule and spirit of the wordes Neuerthelesse in that from my tender yeeres I haue beene brought vp in continuall studie and hauing in this time obserued the most corrected Prints as that of Aldo Manutio as also hauing seene Verses and Prose written with the proper hand of most learned and rare Writers and moderne Authours as of Poet Guirino of Toquato Tassoes of the excellent Philosopher and Poet Caesar Cremonino publike Professour in Padua I doe plainely perceiue that the crowning and garlanding of words with so many graues and accutes is but as a famous Professor of Italie told me the meere curiositie of some Tramontanes and of such in conclusion which doe it onely vt videantur that so they might be thought to enioy that wherein they were neuer brought vp But the aboue-mentioned Presses and those good Writers worthy of euery one to be imitated doe onely vse the forementioned notes or markes of Graues and Accutes in necessarie places that is where the Reader may be doubtfull which is the Coniunction e or the Verbe è or to the end the Diphthong may be taken for one onely Sillable as in più già or such like or else to shew the difference betweene the feminine Article la and the Aduerbe là as also in like manner vpon the Preter-perfectence amò being different from the tence Preter of amo and of many other such like So also in cases of doubt where the accent should be placed ouer the first or ouer the last Syllable as amerò or améro the Adiectiue and the preterperfectence of the Verbe leggerò or leggèro although the proper office thereof is to fall with the last Sillable as in virtú beltà and such like short words as also ouer the decorted Verbes fé potè compiè vdì sentì Then for the copulatiue hauing heard and seene diuers rules obserued with sundry distinctions following herein the opinion of some Learned and Wise I will euer preferre it before the Coniunction it being his propertie to fasten and conioyne the sentence Neuerthelesse I know that let an Authour proceede with neuer so good iudgement and reason yet the world being vitious as it is and euer hath beene hee shall be but as a white to the arrow of euery mans tongue for some being naturally replenished with a kinde of vitious emulation and superstitious iealousie they cease not continually to obserue anothers proceedings interposing all designes and malitious practises by meanes whereof they may disturbe eyther the benefit or the least sparke of reputation and honour that might accrew thereof or else because euery one hath some particular light and vnderstanding more in one thing then in another and peraduenture in this specially and most of all Or else it may be because others like drowsie Tassoes sleeping in the obscure darknesse of a thousand of their owne imperfections yet for all this they forbeare not to make profession of shewing light to others being so puffed vp with philantie and selfe-conceit that like the Ape they thinke any young one of their owne how deformed soeuer to be so perfect and beautifull as it is worthy of all imbracement and that their very wordes are like precious pearles though indeede they rather resemble monsters of sundry kindes their heads Guelfe and their legs Gibelline and they neuer speake but their words be as baites vpon hookes or twigges limed and the better to colour their owne deformities by blemishing anothers beautie they are so dazeled that like Mastiue curres they neuer linne barking behinde ones backe So that in this infamous profession they farre exceed the worse kinde of Pharisaicall ostentation and so surmounting beyond all comparison eyther Molorcus Licophron Demogorgon Anaxarchus who for his detracting and biting tongue was pestled to death in a brasen morter foule mouthed Burchiello wicked Bernia Niuius Carbilius Pasquine an arch-type of the Pope for he being insensible and blinde in diuine matters yet still with greater blindnesse hee will offer to illuminate those that discerne all more clearely then himselfe Francus Bauius Meuius and wicked Momus these miserable wretches goe groping and sometimes on all foure to set vp as they doe a faire shop at other mens cost and charge and so making marchandize of anothers mans credit by their owne diuulged and dispersed ignominie they impudently seeke by anothers dishonour to set a shamelesse face on the matter and thus to put out their immodest and shamelesse hornes being so inamoured with such a miserable and base condition that growing thus stone-blinde they shame not in their tongues to carry the Gall of Rabilius and in their chappes the poyson of Colimachus in their mouthes the flame of Mount Etna in their eyes Iupiters lightning which he vsed against the Centaurs in their words Lucifers darts in their thoughts Bellonaes arrowes in their Serpentine words the filth

acceptance but further of approbation Neyther can a blast of winde disseuer these my hopes in that I know very well most famous Heroe that your Highnesse imitating the Sunne which disdaines not euen in the humblest vallyes to send forth the effects of his vigour and comfort the care of waightier affayres shall not absolutely exclude those which many times are thought light and little importing these being as amiable and pleasing as the other are waightie and dangerous Moreouer if by the mindes affection all things must be waighed and measured my Trauellor to speake but truth neede not giue place to any other containing in it an infinitenesse of will though but a smalnesse of worth VVherefore in all dutifull humilitie of heart I humbly request your Highnesse no lesse with your gracious Eye and Countenance to accept then with you most noble Spirit and Vnderstanding to imbrace the same the which as a slender pawne and earnest I dare presume to say euen of sworne and deuoted Seruice together with my most vnworthy Selfe I offer and in forme of a perpetuall vow to your Highnesse the same doe consecrate Thus wishing to your Highnesse from the Omnipotent and all-powerfull hand the accomplishment of your hearts desires bending most humbly both my knee and heart I remaine Your Highnesse most humble and faithfull Seruant BENVENVTO ITALIAN TO THE READER BEing pricked forward partly out of a naturall instinct to impart my selfe and benefit others and in some part through loue and desire to obserue so farre as I am permitted by my present condition and state that precept of Platoes in leauing vnto posteritie some little shadow and testimonie of my life ledde publishing this my present Worke Honorable and courteous Reader you will peraduenture expect that as famous Homer vnder the person of wise and valiant Achilles deciphered a valiant and iudicious captaine the Latine Poet in Eneas a mercifull Cheifetaine Zenophon in Cirus cut out a perfect King Cicero delineated a complete Orator Diuine Petrarke in imitation of Solomons Canticles singing of amorous flames euen with a supernaturall conceipt intimated hereby that whatsoeuer in this world did content and please it was but as a short and delusiue dreame and lastly admirable Tasso in renowned Godfrie implyed a true Christian Heroe so that I in like manner vnder the shadow of this my Traueller should comprehend whatsoeuer belongeth to a well-bred vertuous politicall and discreete Traueller Pilgrim Stranger or Passenger whichsoeuer so as in all places whersoeuer he shall come amongst men religious or at least capable of reason hee might be very vvelcome and kindely entertained and so indeed you must conceiue my intention was but not to apply to my selfe that saying Who takes in hand a vertuous enterprise Fortune vniust gainst him will euer rise being driuen to dismember and at last absolutely to omit that which would haue beene most acceptable in my Traueller that it might peraduenture more aptly concurre with the generall influence of his fatall name which is silently to suffer and endure and to extenuate the Worke if not expressely answerable to your desire yet inclusiuely so you be carefully inspectiue you may obtaine your desire for in obseruing the whole but circumspectly you may perceiue that my Passenger in the first Dialogue is instructed how to auoide idlenesse the soules great enemie and the very sincke of defamation rather dedicating himselfe to vertue the onely meanes to make a man immortall In the second not to liue like a Creature destitute but as one with reason endued In the third to shunne extremities and not to be pointed at for miserable auarice nor yet to be noted for a Gull and wastefull prodigall and yet to retaine a penetrant vigilancie and so without all fraud to preuent humane and worldly deceits In the fourth how to relye on God Vertue and his owne demerit not deeming all that which shines to be good gold In the fift to abhorre all exorbitant worldly vanities and greedy care of accumulation like the large and spacious way which leadeth vnto hell In the sixt which is the first of the second part to honour and respect not for flatterie but of sincere humanitie and loue In the seauenth being the second of the second Part to be a vertuous Courtier and a Seruant not to his owne particular interests but to the honour of his Prince to be prudent and wise but not triuially gallant to imploy his reuenues in vses truely honourable and permanent to flye all base brablings and sutes but yet to respect and obserue all vertuous Lawyers and for breuities sake cutting off diuers other discourses finally to be a faithfull and seuere Guardian ouer his owne heart to the end it may not foolishly be taken and ensnared with Loue nor most vnhappily be made a slaue to feminine wiles And yet notwithstanding all this the better to satisfie both yours and mine owne minde and to make this my Traueller the more perfect to the end in his trauaile he may not onely be a discreet Gentleman but further as one learned that hee may discourse giue counsell reconcile friends at variance and in his owne occurrents to discharge himselfe honorably and with iudgement you shall out of hand receiue into your hands another Labour of mine entituled Monomachia being the second part of my Traueller wherein in all points and questions of honour how curious soeuer I hope to giue you full satisfactions yea and beyond any other that hitherto hath beene written of such an argument Furthermore to the end that this my Traueller amongest Honourable and vnderstanding Spirits in great Courts and in euery other commendable Assembly and meeting as one experienced graue and wise may be able to discourse of matter of state and to serue his Prince in euery important affaire to this end I say shall come forth the third part of my Traueller called The Originall and foundation of State wherein Laconically I will set downe vnto you as well the cause beginning manner meanes and Art of their conquest acquisition augmentation and preseruation as also the destruction of euery mightie State in this whole world And because from a well-grounded State both Religion and the Church deriues so as by the celestiall high State which followed immediately after the creation of blessed spirits the Triumphant Church was ordained and after the creation of this whole world that Militant as the onely meanes to honour God and to be a strong bridle for euery vnbridled hmour I will finally adde the fou●th and last Part of my Traueller intituled The religious Genealogie wherein from the beginning of the world I will briefely lay open vnto you all kindes and manners and sorts of Religions of euery nation in the World wherein men honoured and adored God or any other thing whatsoeuer euen till this present day to the end my Traueller or any other man also Since to see other Lands we all affect may clearely see That false