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A14531	Introduction to wisedome Banket of sapience. Preceptes of Agapetus.; Ad sapientiam introductio. English	Vives, Juan Luis, 1492-1540.; Morison, Richard, Sir, d. 1556.; Elyot, Thomas, Sir, 1490?-1546.; Paynell, Thomas.	1550 (1550)	STC 24849; ESTC S112565	93,518	450

the swifte tyme of this mortall life passeth away we approch to our end Therfore let vs leue to loue worldly thynges which this worlde estemeth so much study how to get to the porte of heuen where is nowailing but eternall ioye and pleasure No man by reason of his dignitee shuld be haute proude but consideryng the substaunce of the flesshe shoulde represse the swellynge pryde of herte For though he be made a prynce in erthe yet he must minde he was engendred of earthe and that frō erth he ascended to the seare roiall and from the seate roial he shall ageyne descende to vile erth and asshes Be neuer careles prince moste excellent and as they that goe vp a ladder stinte not tyll they comme to the heghest ronge or grice so thou desiryng to haue vertue shuldest neuer cease tyll thou come to the kyngedome of heauen Whiche thyng Christe the keeper and en●reacer of all thyng whose name mē shall glorify and preise eternally grante the and the empresse thy wyfe ¶ Thus endeth the preceptes of Agapetus The table to the banket of Sapience A ABstinence fo .i. Aduersitee fo .ii. Affection fo .iii. Ambicion fo eod Authoritee fo .iiii. Amitee fo .v. Apparell fol .vi. Almes deede eod Accusacion fo .viii. Arrogancy eod Age. fo .ix. Auarice eod ¶ Babblyng fol .xi. Battayle eod Benefite fo .xiii. Byshop eod Bostyng fo .xiiii. ¶ Chastitee eod Charitee fo .xv. Constancy eod Carnall appetite fo .xvi. Consideracion eod Confession fo .xvii. Contempte of worldely thynges eod Custome fo .xix. Correction eod Counsell counsellours fo .xx. Communicacion fo .xxii. Crueltee eod Curiositee fo .xxiii. Compassion eod ¶ Deathe eod Delicate liuyng fo .xxiiii. Deceite eod Detraction fo .xxv. Drunkennesse eod Discorde fo .xxvi. Dignitee fo .xxvii. Dolour eod Doctrine eod Dissimulacion fo .xxix. Dyete eod ¶ Ease fo .xxx Example fo .xxxi. Enuy. fo .xxxii. Eloquence eod ¶ Fame eod Fa●the fo .xxxiii. Feare fo .xxxiii. Foly fo .xxxiiii. Flattery fo eo Fortitude fo .xxxvi. Fortune fo .xxxvii. ¶ God fo .xxxviii. Gouernour fo .xxxix. Good men fo .xl. Gluttony fo eo Glory fo .xli. Grace fo .xlii. ¶ Humblenesse fo .xliii. .xlv. Haaste fo eo Honour fo .xliiii. Hypocrisye fo eo ¶ Ill men fo .xlv. Iustice. fo .xlvi. Iudge fo .xlvii. Iudgement fo .xlix. Ignorance fo .l. Ingratitude fo eo Idelnesse fo l● Inordinate appetite fo .lii. ¶ Kunnynge fo eodem Kynge fo .liii. ¶ Lending borowing fo .liiii. Losse of a frēd or of goodes eo Labour fo .lv. Lawe fo eo Lawes fo .lvi. Lechery fo .lvii. Libertee fo eo Liberalitee fo .lviii. Lyfe euerlasting fo .lix. Loyaltee fo eo ¶ Malice fo .lx. Maryage fo eo Mercy fo .lxi. Maners of men fo .lxii. ¶ Nature fo eo Necessitee fo eo Nobilitee fo .lxiii. ¶ Obstinacie fo .xiiii. Obedience fo eo ¶ Pacience fo .lxv. Peace fo .lxvi. Periury fo eod Perill fo .lxvii. Pouertee fo eo Praier fo .lxviii. Puissance fo eo Prodigalitee eo Prosperitee fo eo Prouidence fo .lxix. Pryde fo .lxx. Prudence eod Promyse fo .lxxi. Pastime fo eo Publyke weale fo .lxxii. ¶ Quietnes of mynd fo .lxxiii. ¶ Reson fo .lxxiiii. Religion fo .lxxv. Reporte fo eod Rychesse eod ¶ Sapience fo .lxxvi. Scripture fo .lxxviii. Simp●citee or plainnes eo Syckenesse .lxxix. Supersticion eod Sham fastnesse fo .lxxx. Silence eod ¶ Truthe fo .lxxxi. Temperance eod Tale bearers fo .lxxxii. ¶ Uertue fo eod Uoluptuousnesse fo .lxxxiii. Wyfe fo eod Uaynglory fo .lxxxiiii. Uirginitee fo .lxxxv. Wrathe fo .lxxxvi. Finis Tabulae IMPRINTED AT London in Fletestrete in the hous of Tho. Berthelet Cum priuilegio ad imprimendum solum Anno d●●i 1550. Salom. prouer Cap. 9. Cap. 1. Cap. 8. Hyeron●mus Gregor Seneca Salom. Salo. Perian Seneca Paulus August Bernar. Lactan. Seneca Plant. E●rip Pluta● August Gregor Bernar. Tullius Q Curt. Plutar. Seneca August Ambros. Gregor Salom. Isidorus Plato Tullius Salust Ecclesi August Hieron Ambrosi Pla●t ●obias Dauid Salom. Eccles● Paulu● August Idem Liuius Ecclesi Tullius Ecclesi Seneca Christꝰ pud●●● Paulus Eccles. Ierem. Bernar. Salom. Aba●u● Seneca Tullius Salu● Q Curt. Matth. Salom. 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armed in warre keping diligent watche and ward not lettyng occasions slip away by slepe and sluggishenes And where as this lyfe fl●eth so fast awaie being of such vncertayntee that no man lyuyng to daie can make sure promise of to morow it is a great point of foolyshenesse and very dangerous in hope of long life not to prepare vs to our finall iorneie seyng that we ar called vpon euery houre and yet know nothyng of the tyme whan we shal be compelled to this iorney whether we woll or no. Let vs therfore hast to prepare vs tresure vnto the lyfe to com beyng alwaies redy with diligent attendance that whan we shal be called we be not founde vnredye oppressed with heauy and dull sluggisshenes that we depart not sad and sorowful but as men beyng ful satisfied and wery of this worlde reioicyng in hope through faith in Christ wherby we knowe god and as far forth as the power of man maie we imitate folowe and fynde hym without this thyng what is a man but a beast immortall As one day of mās life is worthy to be preferred before the lōgest age of Rauen or Hart so one daie spent after the example of Christ is better than to lyue eternally not folowynge right religion This is eternall lyfe sayeth Christe our lorde to knowe the father and whō he sent among vs Iesus christe his soonne This is the course of moste absolute wisedome wherof the first steppe is To know thy ●elfe and the laste of all To knowe God To the immortall and inuisible kyng of the world to God onely be all honour and glory Amen Finis Here foloweth certayn floures of most not able sentences of wyse men gathered together by Erasmus of Roterodam and translated into englishe Thales Be obedient to thy prince Proue thy frend er thou haue nede Absteyne from wicked dedes Specially loue peace Do so that thou maist be cōmended of all folke If thou haue a tale bea●er in thy house auoyde hym out It that thou art a shamed to do before an other thou shouldest not be so hardy to do alone as though thy selfe than were witnesse If thou pourpose to dooe a thyng kepe it secrete lefte anie shulde let the. He augmenteth his grefe that feareth that that can not be ●schued Better it is to be rebuked of a foe thā falsly praised of a frēd To muche is nought for mesure in all thynges is best Solon HOnour god Woorshyppe thy father and mother Succour thy frendes Maynteyne truthe Be obedient to the lawes Brydle thyn● angre Enuy no persone Mynde that is rightuous Commende vertue None is lucky but he that dieth welthfully Moste sure amitee is that resteth betwene equalles The guerdon of vertue is veraie honour not the reward of fortune Commende thy frende openly but whan he erreth correcte hym secretely More clere is the noblenesse whiche thou through thine own vertues doest obteyn than that that happeth vnto the by the ymages of thy forfathers If desteny can not be auoyded what profiteth to knowe it If it bee vncertayne it is folyshenes to feare whan thou knowest not whether it wylle come or not Chilo KNowe thy selfe Use temperance Gette thy good truely Let thy maners be alowable With such skele the life shuld be moderate that thy inferiors drede the not whiche is tyrannie Nor thy superyours dispise the whiche is a cast●a syde Lyue clene and pure as thou shouldest dye this daie Gyue thy selfe to honest studyes as thou shuldes lyue euer Bost not thy good dedes but let other commende them Flouring old age is most like vnto youth Waywarde youthe is moste lyke vnto olde age Pitacus THose thynges that thou purposest to dooe crake not of before if thou cāst not bryng theym to passe thou shalte be laughed to scorne The thynges that can not be doone looke thou defyre not greatly It is no lesse crafte to kepe silence than to speake It forceth not howe manie but what they bee that prayse the for to bee praysed of euyll persones is disprayse It is foolyshnes to be greued with the felicitee of them that be yuell as though wealth rested in goodes vulgare As foolishe it is to reioyce t● see theim that be yuell in celamitee as thoughe before they were not vnwelthy That thou ordeinest other to dooe obserue thy selfe In tyme of prosperitee thou shalte haue many frendes But in aduersitee fewe frendes remayne but they be true Bias. BEhold thy selfe in a myrror if thou appere beautyfull doo that beseemeth thy fairenesse If thou by disf●rmed that that wanteth in thy visage accomplishe with beautee of good maners Heare muche and speke little Set or apply the in youthe to sobrenes in age to wysedome He is not ryche that muche possesseth but he that is cōtent with that he hath Euery couetous man is poore who hathe not that he hath A woman without dowry is inough endowed if she be chast The propertee of a prudente man is not to be reuenged whā he might An yuel man although he can not yet he desyreth to hurt Cleobulus THat thou hatest thou shuldst not do to another Threten no man for that is a womanly tatche Sooner visite thyne infortunate than fortunate frendes False detraction hurteth the lyfe All that be prudent and wyse hate liers The more mighty thou arte the more beware thou syn not And the more men for thy principalitee or rule permytte the to do the lesse take vpon the. Wealthe yuell gotten dureth not longe Be mylde to other to thyne owne selfe rough The preyse of the forefathers goeth not by enherytaunce to theym that come after But yet often tymes the chyldren are blamed for the faultes of the parentes P●riander NOthynge is profitable that is not honest The richer one is the more carefull he lyueth He is a wretche who for we●ines of his lyfe desireth death but he is more wretched that dredeth death It that muste of necessitee bee done make as thou diddest it gladly He that is drad of many must nedes feare many Though fortune be fauourable be neuer the higher minded Though thou haue aduersitie haue a valiant mynde Aristippus SEke the suche richesse whiche if the shyp breake maie swym foorth togither with the owner The goodes of fortune be taken awaie by sundrye casualtees but the goodes of the mīde which be only the true goodes can be taken awaie neyther by fier nor by shipwracke Lerne whan thou art a childe suche thynges as shall bee profitable to the whan thou arte a man Theophrastes TIme is the moste precious coste that a man can bestowe Antisthenes IT is gyuen to a kynge though he doe neuer so well yet to be euill spoke● of It is better of the twein to fal amōges a sort of rauēs than amōgs flatterers The rauēs eat a man whan he is dead but the flatterers eate hym quicke That ●uste doth to yron that doth enuy to man The concorde of bretherne i● surer than any stone wall The chiefest