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Marcus Ausonius his foure bookes of morall precepts, intituled Cato concerning the precepts of common life / translated out of Latin hexamiters into English meter by Walter Gosnold gentleman ...; Catonis disticha.
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Gosnold, Walter.
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1638
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STC 4863.5; ESTC S280
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in grace thy glasse doth run Leave thou not off untill thy thred be spun Heaven 's of more worth then earthly treasure here Lose earth for heaven tho friends to thee be deare Lord ravish thou my soule with heavens delight To worke my peace before the dismall night Good nat'rall parts wil stand us in no stead If parted hence from living to the dead Thy name peruse and beare it in thy mind And see if thou no contradiction find Thou canst not zealous be on no condition But thou shalt even there meet with opposition Resist thou not Gods spirit in thy soule Though Satan instantly doth thee controule Weeds springeth up in every fruitfull ground The like in every one is to be found The flesh against the spirit doth rebell If we the flesh resist it will be well Sweet Jesus make me zealous in my youth And bold for to maintaine with zeale thy truth But yet O God I this desire of thee That unto knowledge I may zealous be The times doth call for zeale le ts pray with zeale That God in mercy to this land may deale WALTER GOSNOLD An Ode or Carroll in the praise and commendation of learning THe poore that live in needy rate By learning doth great riches gaine The rich that live in wealthy state By learning doe their wealth maintaine Thus rich and poore are furthered still By sacred rules of learned skill The simple man by learning is Vnto great height of wisdome growne The prudent man through learning is In grace and vertue alwaies knowne So wise and simple simpathies By learned Science to grow wise The child that 's weaned from the teat Hath not such cause for to complaine As he that wants this heavenly meat His hungry soule for to sustaine Then strive for learning what you can For learning makes the richest man â—old silver pearles and pretious stones â— man may have yet be but poore â—s learning that doe save the bones â—hen richer men must labour more â—hen learning prize above thy wealth â—or thats the way to raise thy selfe â— want the skill for to expresse The World of good that learning doth â—o all man-kinde both more and lesse Though to attaine it man be loth Learning is that which will availe And sticke to man when riches faile All fond conceits of franticke youth The golden gift of learning staies Of doubtfull things to search the truth Learning sets forth the ready waies O happy him doe I repute Whose brest is fraught with learnings fruit There growes no corne within the field That oxe and plough did never till Right so the minde no fruit can yeeld That is not led by learnings skill Of Ignorance comes rotten weeds Of learning springs right noble deeds Like as the Captaine hath respect To traine his souldiers in aray So learning hath mans mind direct By vertues staffe his life to stay Though friends and fortune doe waxe scant Yet learned men shall never want To the well or ill disposed Reader I care not which REader who ere thou art that reads this little booke search not for others crimes but thy owne faults there looke Where thou shalt find thy selfe so like a criple halt That thou no time wilt have to spy an others fault Therefore let me advise thee and informe thy mind For to reforme thy faults before thou fault doe find Falts may have scap'd my heedlesse pen I doe confesse But what is that to thee if thine be nere the lesse Mend then thy owne before thou others teach or schoole Left for thy labour thou be'st thought a prating foole For fond it is a moat in others workes to spy V nlesse thou first do pull the beame out of thy eye Which hides from seeing in thy selfe one fault of ten But sets your eyes wide ope to laugh at other men For who is he that ever writ that you can name Whose pen by such as you could freed be from blame With malice then against me swell with envie burst I never will be vex'd since I am not the first But gentle courteous reader if thou dost intend In reading this such faults as you doe find to mend Without reproachfull scurvie termes disdainfull taunts Distil'd from wicked minds where envie daily haunts And speake the best what ere it is you reade or see To such as any way shall laugh or squib at me I shall be thankfull which ingratitude disdaines And ever mindfull be for to requite your paines By troubling you hereafter in an other straine Which may perhaps more pleasing be unto your vaine â—he meane time imbrace grave Catos precepts mild â—o ere thou art that reads them man woman or child â—d therefore honest matrons if so be you please be so curteous as to accept of these â—re lines which offer here themselves unto your view read at your owne leisure when it pleaseth you â—d not to be displeas'd or cast an angry brow â— me as if my labours you did disallow â— reason of the Latin verses intermixt â—ove beneath the English meters and betwixt â—his be all turne angry frowns to loving smiles â—o left them have to you but as low Country stiles â—ere you may easily over steppe and yet be in â—e selfe same beaten path where first you did begin â— read to walke to meditate and spend your time â— which you still may do and never spoyle my rime â—r marre the sence Forbeare not then to take in hand â— read my verses poore and leane yet truly scand â—t what you will that do read some read all spare not â—ou read none at all al 's one to me I care not Walter Gosnold To the Reader Courteous Reader I was purposed long siâ— to have put this yong infant into swâ—â— ling-clouts and sent it unto the presse so soone it had been borne had I not had intelligence tâ— there was already an elder brother had supplâ— the place which made me presently to enquirâ— the Stationers whether it were so or no lâ— some sudden passion should make me to strangâ— in the wombe before it came to full perfectiâ— But finding report not alwaies to be true coâ—ming there I found none so neare akin unto as Cousin jermans twice removed which gâ— such life and refreshing to my vitall spirits cherishing that wherewith I was in travell tâ— like a fruitfull mother in stead of one it hapâ— in short time without the helpe of a Midâ—i I was safely delivered of two twins one named the name of Cato the elder the other by â— name of Cato the younger who hung not loâ— on the brest before they were named and sent broad into the world to see what service tâ— were able to performe for their countries goâ— Therefore Gentlemen that which I shall reqâ— â— your hands in their behalfe is onely this that â— you chance to meete with any of them to doe â—em but the grace as to honour their persons â—ith your presence in taking acquaintance of â—em who