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A16131	The morall philosophie of Doni drawne out of the auncient writers. A worke first compiled in the Indian tongue, and afterwardes reduced into diuers other languages: and now lastly englished out of Italian by Thomas North, brother to the right Honorable Sir Roger North Knight, Lorde North of Kyrtheling.; Fables of Bidpai. English.	Doni, Anton Francesco, 1513-1574. Moral filosophia.; Bı̄dpāı̄.; North, Thomas, Sir, 1535-1601?	1570 (1570)	STC 3053; ESTC S104622	91,288	193

no violent handes on any beast but wyll first inquire whether the cause be iust who are the accusers whether hee be a lawfull man that doth such a thing and if the qualitie of the offence agree with the conditions of the accused wyth such other lyke circumstances and ceremonies pertinent to matters of suche importaunce Hee that gathereth vnripe fruite repenteth him of the marring it Beholde the fruites eaten in Court in the mouth passing sweete and lusshious but in the bodie God knoweth verie bitter and hurtfull Lorde howe manye doth the foolishe vayne pompe of the worlde deceyue and abuse I maye rightly take my selfe for one of those that scant hath tasted of the shadowe of his sweetenesse but I am euen filled with poyson The heauens beget beasts and they ioyne togithers but I would I had neuer ioyned with it since I shall leaue it so quickly foole that I was that I coulde not knowe the difference betwixt him and mee and discerne his nature Go you and serue in a straunge countrie a Gods name See what difference there is betwixt hym and mee I must weare the yoke and he must breake it I am borne to labor and he must sit still When I haue meate giuen me I eate and tarie not his rauening Flies may liue abrode in the fieldes and yet they flye into mens eyes so that sometime wyth death they paye for their comming or at least are driuen awaye with hurt and mayme And to conclude I feede on the grasse and fill mee and hee feedeth on daintie fleshe and fareth well THese thy wyse reasons O Chiarino sincke not into my heade sayd the Moyle as he that woulde néedes make him beléeue he gaue him a remedie for his griefe and presented a cup with poyson Make no more wordes for thou must put to thy hande to redresse it and not to lament it For yll stande wordes in place where déedes are requisite To shewe his griefe sayd the Bull and to breake his minde to his friend me thinkes it is partly an ease to the heart and a lightning of the minde to him that is afflicted And so much more is this in me bicause I see my selfe in great daunger and like to be vndone And although the Lion delighted not in my hurt which I may suffer and as thou sayst liketh him yet the iniquity of my enimies notwithstanding wil so preuaile against me that the king will giue no eare to my innocencie And I am sure for I sée it in the Element that the like will fall on me that lighted on the Camell with an other lyke Lion which tale followeth and this it is MOst mightie Prince the Prouerbe sayth Who séeketh shall finde Like as he can not sée that hath not eyes nor heare that hath not eares So wée poore wretches that starue for hunger thrust vp betwixt the doore and wall we I say can not sée one another and haue lost all our senses And being thus blinded we cannot séeke and not séeking yée maye well thinke that we all are ready to faint and fall downe right But yet we haue founde a waye not to famishe and to bée plaine with your Grace at a worde we woulde haue you kill the Camell and the Woolfe the Foxe and I will be readye to assist you Hée is rounde plumme fatte and as full as an Egge so that he will serue you a great while also he is none of ours at any hand neither yet is he called to any seruice for his richesse for I haue knowne him a very begger ywis The Lion cut of his tale and deuice vpon a sodeine and more than halfe angry he said to him Get thée hence out of my sight thou and thy wicked counsel vile stinking beast that thou art that doest nothing else but plucke out eyes a beast without discretion or fayth Doest thou not remember what I sayd to the Camell Doth not he liue vnder my protection and warrant The Rauen lyke an olde théefe let him goe on and saye his pleasure And though the Kinge grounded himselfe on iustice and sought to perfourme his worde and promise past him yet he stirred not a whit no more than the wilde Bore among the thicke bushes and Briers nor once hid him selfe for all his heate and hote wordes but tooke hart of grace on him againe And as one that knewe he stoode on a sure grounde and that hée spake for the Princes profite a good staffe to leane on and make a man bolde I warrant ye for it maketh many a bitter fray with honor and putteth him oft to flight and iustice is more corrupted for commoditie than honor doth cause it to procéede with equitie He replied to the King and told him a trimme tale with these wordes Victorious Prince your opinion is no lesse good than iust and I lyke it well that your minde agréeth with the greatnesse of your crowne but I stande in great feare that this your carnall holynesse will fall out verie hurtfull for your Kingdome Sure generall honestie banisheth from euery one murder but priuate profite calleth it againe We your obedient vassals and subiects humbly beséeche your Maiestie on the knées of our hearts that of two harde choyces ye will take the best or as they say of two euyls the least Cast not away for Gods sake to saue one vnprofitable member so many profitable and necessarie members making them vnprofitable and not necessary Your life standeth your selfe and all vs vppon and importeth all If he liue you die if he die you liue and we to serue you My Lorde I saye honor for others that lyst but profit for your selfe Your Maiestie once gone your subiectes and Realme are lyke to come to naught Your preseruation is ours also It is of necessitie one Well must be clensed to cléere the rest And though in déede your word and assurance hath tied your handes and that in that respect you woulde not breake iustice let mée alone with the matter I will worke such a feate for him that I will make him come and offer himselfe vnto you and lay his necke on the blocke and yet he shall little thinke my meaning And when you haue his heade on the blocke and cannot finde meanes to choppe it off in fayth you are worthie to starue and then at your perill be it for me You sée you are famished and we starued and howe lowe you are brought Follow my counsell and I will deliuer him you faire and fatte so shall ye saue your selfe and vs too THis tale I haue tolde thée sayd the Bull bicause thou shouldest knowe these Courtlike fables deuises and practises of vaine and wicked Courtiers I knowe them all and I am so much the better acquainted with them bicause I sée them daily vsed against the good and vertuous and well disposed minds And one no sooner maketh waye for vertue but they streight set thornes in his way to prick his féete But I will not hasard my

not write all his thoughts in his forhed as many times it falleth out vnhappily contrarie to the disposition of his thought that hath offended TRuly faith hath left hir habitation on the earth and bountie reigneth no more in any lande neyther doe I thinke your wisedome can doe more or lesse than the heauens and celestial motions doe dispose you to Lorde what a marueylous thing is this that to come to fame and renowne by degrées of honor it bringeth a thousand daungers with it We neuer or seldome doe well when we followe our owne humor or counsel And he also that out of the bookes of the ignoraunt taketh forth any sentence to serue his turne must of necessitie repent him when he séeth his folye All the Stories of the worlde affirme that a lame man can neuer go vpright The Sages also agrée that the highest places are most daungerous to clyme Therefore it is best euer to beare a lowe saile not to hie for the Pie nor to lowe for the Crowe THy talke brother Moyle sayde Chiarino the Bull me thinketh is verye troublesome and ydle and without any maner of reason It seemeth a folde of wordes that the angry hart discouereth and that hee is not in good peace with hys maister How say ye aunswere me but to this O My good Chiarino thou art inspired with the holy ghost the Deuill is within thée thou hast so rightly hit me It is true the King is angrie and suspecteth somewhat but not thorow me I assure thée nor by my meanes Now thou knowest verie well the promise I made for thée and the beastly othe I tooke which bindeth me in déede to my worde and let it go as it will sure I will not breake my promise with my friende that I loue for anye respect in the worlde let the worlde runne on whéeles as it list Therfore I will tell thée if thou hadst not bene warned of it before And harcken how Two Gotes my verye friendes and of great iudgement came to sée me weening to bring me pleasant newes not knowing that we two are tyed as it were by the nauels togither being both as one in friendship And they tolde me for certaintie that the Lion our King is marueylous angrie that he smoked againe at the mouth making such verses as the Cattes doe when they go a catterwawling in Ianuarie and in that furie he spit forth these words Euer when I sée that Bull before me I am ready to fall for anger An vnprofitable body and no goodnesse in him at all brought into the world but to fill his paunch at others cost I can not be well he doth vexe all the partes of me he doth so much offend me Well I will take order for this well ynough and sith he doth me no seruice by his life I will profit my selfe by his death at least When I heard these words spoken thou mayst imagine whether my heares stoode vpright or no and I could not hold but I must néedes say Well well such Lordes in faith they are lyker Plowmen than those they represent I sée they stie the Hogge to fat him vp and so to eate him O this his ingratitude and crueltie I cannot hyde it and his so great beastlynesse togither hath taken mée by the nose as if I had met with the Mustarde pot For those good qualities of thine for that league that is betwixt vs although I were sure of his Graces indignation and bicause me thinke thou art betrayde I could not choose but come and tell it thée So that good Chiarino thou art great and olde ynough looke well to thy selfe thou néedest not be taught thou art wise ynough and there an ende Thou art past a Steere and a Bull full growne nay rather a fat Oxe But hearest thou me Gods my bones not a word for thy life for if thou doest all the fatte lieth in the fire and the pottage maye be spilt and cast on the Moyles backe CHiarino stoode a while on the ground like a mased beast as one that had bene drie beaten being fronted with so malicious a deuise Then he layde his hande on his heart and bethought him of all his businesse and matters as of his gouernement office liuing aucthoritie and regiment and knowing himselfe as cleere as a Barbers basen he hit the matter rightly imagining as it was that some had wrought knauery agaynst hym and sayde Well go to there is nothing breedes more occasion of mortall hate than the vyle and slye practises of the peruerse and wicked Our Court is full of enuious persons which stirred vp perhaps with spite to see the Prince fauour and lyke my seruice being a coresey to their heart to abide it doe wickedly practise and deuise such mischiefes They seeing as I say the graces and benefites the Prince bestoweth on mee making mee honourable and heapyng great thinges vppon mee doe procure by indirect meanes to make his Maiestie turne his copie me to chaunge my wonted maners Sure when I loke into the matter and aduise it well it is me thinkes a thing not to be credited and it makes me not a little to wonder that hys Grace without cause is thus deceyued yet in the ende truth I knowe wyll take place God will not long suffer such practises Neyther Lawe wyll in any wyse permit that a man shall haue iudgement before he be heard Since I came first as a beast into his Highnes seruice I neuer did any thing that my conscience shoulde accuse me in But yet I haue as great cause to bewayle my myshaps come to me as he that putting himselfe to the sea and might haue gone safe by land was thrown on a rock and drowned and all through his owne seeking All they which busie themselues thus in Court and run from table to table making themselues great with this man and that man still whispering in their eares must notwithstanding that the Prince rewarde them or that he bee very well serued of them and lyke them looke to bee touched at one time or other and vnhappilye to fall into the Princes disgrace and perhaps to remaine so a good whyle out of fauour And this onely riseth by these double reporters and tale bearers or by the enuie of Courtiers which is mother of all vyce and iniquitie I dare boldly shewe my face euery where for anye offence I euer did the king And if I had committed a fault throughe ignoraunce and not of wyll me thinkes I should not be punished neyther for the one nor the other The counsell that I alwayes gaue him hath euer fallen out well and to good purpose And if perhaps they haue not all taken such effect as they ought he must thinke Fortune will play hir part in these worldly things And this I saye for purgation of my vpright and honest meaning to his royall Maiestie I am sure the Kinge will but proceede with iustice following the steppes of the iust the which will laye