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A10697	The aduentures of Brusanus Prince of Hungaria, pleasant for all to read, and profitable for some to follow. / Written by Barnaby Riche, seauen or eight yeares sithence, and now published by the great intreaty of diuers of his freendes.	Rich, Barnabe, 1540?-1617.	1592 (1592)	STC 20977; ESTC S101595	128,542	180

for knowinge now that Brusanus was the Prince of Hungaria commended him in his imagination to be the most rare and towardly young Prince that liued The seauenteenth Chapter Dorestus procedeth to iudgement he maketh choyce of Corinus to direct him in his counsayles AFter the two Princes had one the other thus entertained Dorestus willing a seat to be prepared caused Brusanus to sit downe next vnto himselfe and being thus setteled Dorestus mindinge to procéede in iustice deliuered these woordes The Office of a good Prince is to defende the common wealth to helpe the innocent to aide the simple to correct the offender to relieue the poore to honour the vertuous to punishe the vitious to bridell the ambitious and by iustice to geue euery one his owne and common wealthes are not lost for that Princes liue in pleasure but because they haue no care of iustice neither do people murmure when the Prince doth recreate his person but when he is slacke to redresse wrongs O that princes did know what it were to take charge of a kingdome hee should find that to be iust in himselfe were honour to his person but to minister iustice is profite to the whole common-wealth it is not therefore inough for him to be vertuous in his owne person but he is also bound to root al vices from amongst his people But what profite is it for a prince himselfe to bee honest and those that should administer iustice vnder him to be dissolute For a prince to bee true and his officers false for a prince to be gentle and his officers cruell And hath it not ben often knowen that where the prince himselfe hath bene carefull those that he hath put most in trust haue bene negligent I will for a time dissemble some thinge of mine owne knowledge when we shall néede no other president at this time then the complainte of this poore man Castus in redresse of whose cause I do héere decrée that Orlando shall spéedily restore him againe to his house and orchard and for the annuall rente that was concluded on betwéene them he shall restore it him foure fold and that for so many yeares as are behinde I doe further ordaine that the Lawyers which haue taken his money and not ending his cause shall repay it double the magistrate likewise that denied him iustice I doe heere discharge him from bearing office and for the small regarde that hee hath had to the complaint of the poore I doe ceaze him at fiue hundred pound fine to bee distributed to the reliefe of the poore For thee Martianus that hast serued so long a souldier it is not requisite that the vertue of valiancy should goe vnrewarded for good souldiers must be cherished and in respect of thy long seruice and to comfort thee now in thy latter yeares I doe héere bestow vpon thee three hundred crowns that shall presently be paid vnto thee and I doe further giue thee a pension of three hundred crownes by the yeare to bee paid vnto thee during thy naturall life Corynus I doe heere acquite thee of treason thy wordes rather proceeding of honest affection but if thou hast committed a fault it touched but my selfe and good Princes ought not so much to reuenge their own iniuries as to defend those that are iniuried Hee should pardon wrongs that are done to his own person but reuenge the least ill that is committed against the Common-wealth and for mine owne part since I came to the state of discretion I haue euer had two things before mine eies which is not to reuenge with rigour vpon mine enemies nor to bee vnthankfull to my friends and as it becommeth a good Prince to haue more regard to the benefit of his Countrey then to the delights of his person yet for that they are often times negligent in manie things not so much for that they haue no desire to fore-see as because there are none that dare warne them I will that from hence forward thou be attendant about me my selfe allowing thee a sufficient stipend for thy maintenaunce thy office shall be to giue me counsaile in all my affaires and to aduertise me of such faults and imperfections as thou shalt see to appeare in me and if thou shalt see me to neglect my fathers proceedings I will that thou shalt reprooue me and although there be many others by whome I am counsailed by yet amongest them all I reserue my selfe to be familiar with thee hoping by thy graue lookes that thou wilt not aduise mee in any thing that shall not redound aswell to my honour as to my profite The whole company did wonderfully commend this censure of the prince some noting his iustice some his curtesie some his liberality others his clemency but Corynus in this manner addressed his spéech As your Graces authority to commaund is full of vertue wisedome and granity so it belongs to me to obay with diligence trueth and fidelity estéeming it much to my reputation to bee commaunded by your Grace in whose procéedings there is so great a testimony of vertue and because to princes and great Lords wée must minister our reasons by weight and giue our words by mesure yet because your wisdome deemeth it so reasonable to be aduertised I beséech you turne not that to presumption that I shall present by duty and office and if my wordes shall derogate in any thing from your honour let my profession suffer indignity by which I hold the countenance of my reputation and so I will wade no further in protestation because great offers are oftener performed in words than déeds The eighteenth Chapter Dorestus seeketh to deferre his establishmente in the kingdome Corynus aduiseth him not to refuse it THese premises thus concluded euerye man remained satisfied Dorestus himselfe excepted whose minde was still molested with the memorie of his father and whose spirites were dayly troubled with this that now insueth You haue partly heard that when Leonarchus was missing from the court and that after all meanes of inquiry had béene made after him and could not yet be heard of it was desired by a generall requeste that Dorestus according to his right shoulde presently be crowned king and although at that very instant it was deferred by Dorestus yet by their generall importunitie he consented within fiftéene daies to satisfie their desires to the which request he the rather graunted for that hee hoped in the meane time to heare some newes of his father thirtéene of the fiftéene daies are exspired Dorestus to giue a longer time vseth these wordes O what trust may be hoped for in this flattering worlde whose custome is with a little gold to mixe a greate deale of drosse vnder a resemblance of trueth it leades into many deceites and to ouer fewe and short delightes it ioynes infinite griefes and displeasures to whome it showes most fauoure in him is most perril and destruction and the alurements of the world are but baites to beguile such as

louest a Prince as noble as vertuous as famous as learned as beautifull and euery way as worthie as Dorestus is Loue him still then Moderna loue him still what wilt thou preferre thy fathers will before thine owne liking or thy fathers liking before thine owne loue No no doe not so choose for thy selfe whatsoeuer be thy chaunce folow thine owne content care not for the rest thou canst but repent but foole that thou art where bee thy wits art thou sure all this while that Brusanus will like of thée Thou louest him but howe doest thou thinke hee will requite it thou stoopest without a stalle thou commest without call yea and to an emptie fist O lawlesse loue O witles will O fancy full fraught with frenzie But why dost thou moue doubtes Moderna misdéeming either Brusanus or thy selfe shall the reward of loue be loathing doth good wil deserue hatred or fancie defiaunce or what is there in thee that Brusanus should mislike Art thou not a Princesse as he is a Prince I but his perfection hath made thee vnperfect But art not thou the next heire to the kingdome of Dalmatia it is that Moderna it is that thou hast nowe hit it that makes Dorestus so much to loue and wil bring Brusanus to stoope to thy lure fear not then Moderna for shee is acceptable to euerye man that brings a Crowne for her dowrie Moderna setling her selfe in this resolution so much the more armed her determinations as she saw her selfe assailed by her fathers constraint yet still remembring shee must wade betweene constancy and curtesie she therefore of pollicie vsed some better countenance to Dorestus sometime baiting his hope with a dish of little certaintie neither comforting him with too much kindnes nor vtterlie dismaying him with too rough repulses and nowe her onelie care consisted howe shee might with modesty make her loue knowen to Brusanus the which with all speed she intended to put in practise In this meane while Brusanus who had bene long at his studie was prepared with an answere to send vnto Dorestus the tenour whereof insueth in this manner The eight Chapter Brusanus Prince of Hungaria to Dorestus a maintainer of feminine flattery I Perceiue Dorestus that between vs the olde saying is like to bee verified which is that one fable draweth on another And heere I cannot a little woonder to thinke what humour should draw Dorestus to praise those for the onely paragons of the world that in truth are the very out-castes of nature who sith their first creation to this present there was neuer anie man of vpright iudgement that durst be so foolish-hardy as once to bestow of them a generall commendacion those onelie excepted whose foolish affections drowned in the seas of folly are thereby made partiall in the behalfe of their mistres but where blind men must iudge of colours there is ill painting where louers dare speake in the behalfe of wemen there reason is enforst to play banckrout But if Dorestus to try what he could do in a bad matter would therfore write in the praise of women as Erasmus wrote a booke in the praise of folly héer is now the olde prouerbe neglected It were better to bee idle then ill occupied and although I meane but sleightlie to run ouer your sorie allegations yet I hope you will not turne my modestie vnto wante of matter but in séeking confirmation from the Philosophers for the commendations of wemen would séeke the testimonie of the Iurye that had al ready pronounced him guiltye or like a madde man that would power on a paile of water when he ment to make the fire burne But shal I make repetition of their seueral opinions and what they haue written touching wemen in generall Marcus Aurelius that noble Emperour and worthy orator hath these sentences There is not so fierce and perilous an enemy to man as his owne wife Wemen be of a tender condition they will complaine of a small griefe and for lesse cause will rise into greate pride hardye is that woman that dare giue councell to a man but he is a foole that will aske it but he most foolishe that will follow it It is naturall for a woman to dispise those thinges that are proffered vnasked soe it is death to be denied of that she demaundeth There is no creature that more desireth honor and worse kéepeth it then doth a woman wemen for a little good looke for great hire but for much euill no chasticement Thus far Marcus Aurelius and this might suffice if men were not wilfull but I knowe that neither the dignitie of his person being an Emperour nor the reputation of his wisdome being a Philosopher were sufficient to guarde him but they would so taunt and raile at him as he were not worthy to weare his mistres collours that could not finde out some name of reproche in disgrace of the Emperour I will therefore accompanie him with such accomplices as shall bee able to stand by him in all assaultes and we will first begin with Senica who hath these wordes Inconstancye is a common infirmitie both to children and wemen the one through slendernes of wit the other as a natural sicknes Giue thy wife no power ouer thée for to day if thou suffer her to treat vpon thy foote to morrowe she will sure tread vpon thy heade Diogenes they that had rather bee conuersante with wemen then with men are like swine that had rather be rooting in durt and mire then in faire and cleane water Beware of the baites of wemen which are laide out to catche men for they are greate hinderaunces to him that desires wisdome Plutarche swéet sauours and oiles are more fit for wemen then for men because they smell of folly Hermes beautye in wemens faces and folly in their liues be two euils that fretteth life and resteth goods Protegines in thrée pointes wemen and fools be of like condition for they are ful fo vain affections curious and peuish to please very wilful in foolishnes Plato a woman is a necessarie euill wemens company a michséefe that cannot be shunned Socrates wemen are more pitifull then men more enuious then a serpent more malicious then a tirante more deceitfull then the diuell Aristotle wemen in mischeefe are wiser then men Chylon hee that haunteth much wemens company cannot be strong nor he rich that delighteth in wine Pithagoras there are in wemens eies two kindes of teares the one of griefe the other of deceite Tertullian a notable Doctor and piller of the churche with whome we will conclude saith thus woman was the first forsaken of Gods lawe the discloser of the forbiden trée and the gate of the diuell Tell me now Dorestus howe can you commend trechery for truth vanitie for veritie and ougly vice for seemelie vertue or will you yet condemne mee for an euill speaker But because womā was giuen to be a helper vnto man must it therefore followe that the helper is

more worthy then the thing holpen then must it néedes fall out that the grome that helpes Dorestus of with his hose when he goes to bed at night is of better rekoning then Dorestus himselfe the slaue that but carries lime and stone to the building is to be preferred before the maister workman but I will graunte Dorestus that wemen he helpers for he that followes them a pace they lightly helpe him to the diuell Your comparison for the fining of mettals I cannot mislike for that it hath some affinitie with the truth for in déede the more mettales be fined the purer they proue and gold before it be brought to his perfection is first clensed from his earthlye substance and being once drawne from his ore and dros●e it then remaineth a mettall but yet vnpure because it is mixed with brasse or copper wherfore of necessity ther must be a forced refining then the gold is perfect and remaineth in price the brasse or copper is likewise a mettall though of a far baser condition and therefore is referred for our meane and ordinarie necessitie 〈…〉 when man was first framed from out the slime and dust of the earth he was not yet perfecte gold for why there remained brasse and copper that is humoure and passion wherefore it was conuenient there should be a second clensing which being once performed man was then in full perfection and of the grosser substance there was framd a baser creature women being drawne from the partes where our affections lye hiden and as she was thus indued with infinit passion so it was necessarie to take from her all force for had she had abillitie to haue performed her cruelty and rage all the deuels in hell had not béene able to haue ruled her and therfore according to the olde prouerbe God sendes a curste cow shorte hornes But was it such a benifit for man to be cupled to a woman rather then to a Lion to a Tiger or a Serpent no truely woman is more furious then a lion more cruell then a tiger more venimus then a serpent and more subtill then the diuell and by her figured charmes brought man from that blessednesse in the which hee was first created when the diuell himselfe was not able to do it But to what sorte of men is it that wemen be so acceptable forsoth to louers let vs directly then seeke out whereto loue leades vs The loue of men to wemen being a rage exceding all other passions makes vs forsake the loue of God and to imagin our good to rest in them as if we should do worship to Idoles whose nature is vnder vain resemblances to corrupt the deuotion of men a thing so common in example that to a sencible iudgment a slender rehearsall may suffice and who so euer treadeth that desperat laborinth of loue is in ordinarie destiny of a wise man to take the habit of a foole of a carefull man to become negligent of a valiant man to become so weake as to stand in awe of a foolish womans word of a prouident man to loose all pollicy of a younge man to become withered of a free man to become miserably bound of a milde man to beare the burthen of an asse of a religious man to become an Idolater of a riche man honoured a poore man scorned of a patient man to be a reuenger of the filthy causes of his miniō to be briefe both to forget god loose y e knowledge of himself I neuer knew any one truly translated into the stat of a perfect louer but after he had possessed his actual felicity in loue did not atend inward perplexities with outward disquietnes confused counsels careles executiō broken spéech vnsound iudgements yea such a generall negligence in all his actions and conuersation of life that in a due consideration of the affects of loue in his example it might easily bee discerned there is more galle then honie lesse pleasure then paine more care then comfort and more want of courage then due commendation of a noble mind I haue heard of many that were madde for loue yet I neuer hearde of any that were wise in loue I haue knowen the wise haue bene besotted by fancie yet I neuer knew fancie that made a wise man for it is no more possible that loue should be without passion then the Sunne without light fire without heat or water without moisture whose pleasant motions are mixt with wonderfull disquiet his little pleasure with piles of sorrow his small brookes of transitorie ioy with great riuers of extreame anguish In loue what séeeth the eie lasciuiousnes what heareth the eare lasciuiousnes what inureth the body lasciuiousnes the badge of loue idlenes the best rest corrupt delights the finall ende repentaunce Loue is a bitter sweet a poysoned bait a golden hooke a contumelious comfort a diuelish intent In loue wee misspend our time consume our goods wast our lands yea wee doe corrupt both body and soule By loue our hearts are blinded our vnderstanding dulled our memories mangled our bodies distempered and all desire of wisedome is set at a bay Thus the pore louer findes his pleasure translated into a quality of bitternes and his hope so turned into dispaire that hee hath no other refuge then in death and yet in him he hardly finds medicine If he be but a little disgraced of his bodie he becommeth wilde of countenance vnquiet in minde yea his whole state so restlesse as if hee were tormented with some hurtfull spirite and in the absence of his mistresse you shall neuer see him settled in anie company or pla●● of what value or worthines soeuer it be but as vacabonds without a warraunt or people fearing the fall of the firmament they run heere and there as though their safetie consisted onely in the eie of their mistresse Peraduenture there be som that wil mistake my meaning thinking this loue that I would séem to disgrace is but dishonest liking or rather as it may be tearmed lawlesse lust such as is practised with euery mercenarie woman but take loue when it is lawfullie ment wherin it is best to be admitted and vse wemen in their purest kinde whereunto they were first created and you shall finde that there is not so much care in the one but there is as great combre in the other and that the one bredeth not so much wracke but the other bringeth as much woe and where they both doe but promise vs a dramme of delight they will surelie pay vs with a pound of despight For the institution of marriage I confesse it to be good nay further I acknowledge it to be honourable and it was first ordained to a most godly purpose which was to kéepe men from that filthy sinne of fornication but what men suche as were not able to containe their fleshly desires within the limites and bounds of chastity for as it is said chastity is the beauty of mans souls and it