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A07461	The dodechedron of fortune; or, The exercise of a quick wit A booke so rarely and strangely composed, that it giueth (after a most admirable manner) a pleasant and ingenious answer to euery demaund; the like whereof hath not heretofore beene published in our English tongue. Being first composed in French by Iohn de Meum, one of the most worthie and famous poets of his time; and dedicated to the French King, Charles the fift, and by him, for the worth and raritie thereof, verie much countenanced, vsed, and priuiledged: and now, for the content of our countrey-men, Englished by Sr. W.B. Knight. The vse of the booke the preface annexed declareth.; Plaisant jeu du dodechedron de fortune. English	Jean, de Meun, d. 1305?; B., W., Sir.	1613 (1613)	STC 17847; ESTC S112678	68,222	170

treason Cabdaldabth 1 Though thy loue be féeble and without remorce His loue rests violent and of great force 2 It is not for thée the readiest way To serue in Court marke what I say 3 He is by nature a little obdure Yet prone to his booke of this be thou sure 4 He that in this his fortune doth craue Is likelie the first to be in his graue 5 Feare not how angrie so euer thou sée them For I am sure their friends wil agrée them 6 This medicine being so laxatiue Will prooue to thee fascheous and corasiue 7 Be bould for it will prooue as good agen There is nothing equall to the loue of men 8 This thing being secret and neuer knowne Is vnpossible euer to be showne 9 They shall as I thinke be each to other As kinde and louing as brother and brother 10 There is great riches surely ment him Except some mischance hap to preuent him 11 He shall be good by his inclination But youthfull tricks shal be his destruction 12 Without the lawyer get some present Your sute will faile incontinent Sarphados 1 If thou wilt beléeue the oath of his partie No doubt but the quarrel wil then soone agrée 2 He is well loued and so it shall prooue So long as there may be still loue for loue 3 As he goes forward he shall haue good lucke Seruing the welthy that haue store of mucke 4 I am perswaded and that you shall sée He will prooue aptest to Philosophie 5 He that now séemes best in all your eyes A thousand to one but first he dies 6 The challenger is valiant and stout And will haue reuenge there is no doubt 7 Take heede that what he appoints be not such As by working it weaken you not to much 8 There is no vrgent cause for ought I know Except some bargaine or monie I owe. 9 The thing may be secret husht and still And so knowne to none except you will 10 These two of seuerall humours shall be And yet for shame they both shall agrée 11 Be nigardly still and spare nere so much It is vnpossible thou shouldst be rich 12 He shall be so fantasticke and so wilde As is not likely to be reconcilde Bryntach 1 He shall neuer neither old nor young Obtaine to speake with a flowing tongue 2 By long seege and staying a great sort The enemie at last shall get the fort 3 Hee loues thee well although he seeme strange Yet shall his loue from thee neuer change 4 He shall long raigne most maiesticall To the ioy and loue of his subiects all 5 If sleeping thy dreame force thee to awake It shewes some strange thing I dare vndertake 6 Rest in good hope for thou maist be sure That they that threaten thee liue in great feare 7 Make no bargaine great or notable For it will not be to thee profitable 8 He hath surfeted with eating something That at the heart is his great payning 9 I thee aduise to write all in verse And with close words thy minde to rehearse 10 This thy purpose as I vnderstand Is like to haue an vnlucky end 11 He that his brother least enuie doth beare Is like to liue long and many a yéere 12 A schollers flat cap will fit him best To get a benefice among the rest Sarphados 1 By diligent labour and carefull paine Great store of wealth and good thou shalt obtaine 2 He shall temper his spéech mildly with skill And so still liue quiet go where he will 3 Some good agréement the campe shall discharge So all men shall retire and go at large 4 His kindnesse is naught worth and but a bable Because his heart is false and variable 5 He shall liue and raigne long most happily Except by some excesse he surfet and dye 6 Thy pleasant dreame with contentation Hath none effect or signification 7 Thou art too timersome and soone dismaid A very small thing will make thee afraid 8 Though that you intend nothing for to buy Yet I you aduise to goe spéedily 9 That which makes him so sore languish and pine Is that he hath tasted of loues swéet wine 10 Lay by thy writing and be not afraid And put thou no trust in a chamber maid 11 This businesse shall haue a good end For Fortune is graciously thy friend 12 It is no matter who first die or fall For ere it be long death will haue all Sabrazulit 1 They both are in danger therefore kéepe watch For death doth intend them both to dispatch 2 Let him labour and toyle neuer so much It will be in vaine he shall not be rich 3 He shall speake brauely with many faire showes But his spéech shal be weake witlesse God knowes 4 This fort shall be had without any faile If that some braue souldier chance it to assaile 5 There can no good come as the case now stands If thou put thy credit into his hands 6 This king shall not last or endure long For the enemies pursuite is very strong 7 What in the day I haue thought on by chance In the night my dreames doe still it aduance 8 Thou art too affraide of euerie small thing None walks in a field that feares each leafe stirring 9 Whatsoeuer now to buie thou art bent Thou shalt be sure with losse to repent 10 It is not fortune that now I discouer But a woman that faine would haue thée loue her 11 Put thou no other writing in vre Thy selfe must sée it of this be sure 12 Whatsoeuer meanes thou dost intend Thou shalt haue small pleasure in the end Belleco 1 Feare not you haue no cause at all to doubt For I am sure the end will fall well out 2 He shall liue longest that is most chast For that his bodie he doth not wast 3 If thou a woman canst content and please Thou shalt obtaine wealth though but little ease 4 By iests and pleasant spéeches now and then Thou shalt get fauour of great noble men 5 Th' enemie shall not obtaine their desire But malecontent disgrac't they shall retire 6 His true loue and fauour is not very common For though he séeme friendly he loues but one 7 This King he shall raigne and liue verie long But cruell to his subiects doing them wrong 8 Concerning thy dreame I am of the minde It is of import as a puffe of winde 9 Concerning this feare in verie short space There will be meanes found to alter the case 10 Buie while they offer you good condition For oft time losse doth follow omission 11 Thou néedst not for the lot to séeke redresse But for the spirit that doth him possesse 12 By message there hath béene wrought such a tricke As hath made the woman come at a becke Gardolitalu 1 If thou canst finde no better a meane The least thou canst doe is to write a●●ine 2 Although the course séeme not very lowable Yet shall the end be verie honourable 3 We sée it by

honest and both doe liue well And those are happie that with them do dwell 12 It will ere long so come to passe To lose thy seruice for breaking a glasse Alnach 1 His seruice shall be so loyall and iust That to great preferment come he néedes must 2 Iust from her parents she takes it by kinde To loue Bedfordshire sport you know my minde 3 You may begin it euen when you will But to stay a while it cannot be ill 4 Because his iustice doth others excell The commons all doe loue him verie well 5 What you haue lent you may well bid adue The man is readie to borrow anew 6 He shall most fully obtaine his desire And none shall oppose what he doth require 7 'T is an excellent horse be bould and buye He shall well earne his price before he die 8 Now follow thy fortune if thriue thou wilt Dismay not Rome in one day was not built 9 He that mounts higher then fits his degrée Shall be pointed at a foole for to be 10 It is a good ship stiffe sided and strong And therefore the sea can her not much wrong 11 It is set downe by thy natiuitie That where thou wast borne there thou shalt die 12 If their loyaltie doe long endure It will be wonder and aduenture Calhdalach 1 Neither wife nor good man can better be A better couple did I neuer see 2 He serued a good master as now appeares plaine By whom he got credit profit and gaine 3 She is yet verie honest but yet as I féele Shee 'll learne verie soone the tricke of the héele 4 This is an ill day and a worser hower To lay the ground worke of a happy tower 5 Let pride then stretch himselfe neuer so taule We see very oft that pride gets a fall 6 Beware of had I wist and lend no more For this is gone keepe well the rest therefore 7 He may well wish and still séeke thereafter But yet get iust mooneshine in the water 8 Before thou buye him make sure by triall For once monie paide ther 's no deniall 9 If thou goest forward with what thou pretends Thou mai'st chance get reproofe to make amends 10 Ambition and auarice in stead of gaine Shall make thee odious hatefull remaine 11 The ship by stormes tossing is growne so weake That she is in danger to sinke of a leake 12 The towns or countrie abroade or at home What neede we care where since death spareth none Albatuyes 1 Except this mans fortune alter and change He shall die in a place forraine and strange 2 I see in the world for riches and pelfe There is no kindnesse but each for himselfe 3 Let his seruice be good better or worse He may put his gaine in a bottomelesse purse 4 His parence hee 'll obay in all he can But yet by no meanes to be a Church-man 5 To begin thy building in anie wise Another time chuse I thée aduise 6 Some shall loue him and others shall him hate And some for him shall fall at great debate 7 Take at all no care before the time come For he shall truely pay you the whole some 8 Those idle thoughts that so come in thy minde Are like to a wethercocke in the winde 9 This horse is not good I doe him not like Therefore refuse him another seeke 10 Inquire no further nor slacke thou no time For that a good worke is alwaies in prime 11 I doe not expect nor doe not thinke it That he can rise to anie great credit 12 Among a whole hundred one doth not scape And therefore I feare she hath some ill happe Alfargalamutadam 1 Take no care for where so ere he soiourne He shall in health and safetie returne 2 He shall vpon his owne territorie Forsake and leaue this world transitorie 3 A better match for loue there cannot be God send them long life and prosperitie 4 He is gone to seruice the which he doth finde More swéeter then fréedome to please his minde 5 This shall be honest auoiding all strife Indeuouring still to leade a quiet life 6 Now thou mai'st happely begin to day And without feare the first foundation lay 7 For his true noblenesse and great prudence All men shall haue him in great reuerence 8 Lend not to such a one but saue that cost For how much you lend so much you haue lost 9 Thou shalt obtaine euen at thy owne leasure All that thou wouldest to thy own pleasure 10 Take the horse they proffer thée now to sell For where ther 's a better I know not well 11 Be not dismaide like a cowardly abiect Though fortune prooue worse then thou dost expect 12 If thou haue great friends thou then shalt obtaine For fauour not worth doth now a daies gaine Albelda 1 For all his aspiring to mount so hie He may chaunce come down to base beggery 2 The ship is now in the great ocean And in great perill of destruction 3 In what countrie thou likest best to liue There thou must also thy last tribute giue 4 The man of a cut lofe that takes a shiuer His wife to an archer shall lend her quiuer 5 By the great seruice that he doth pretend He is verie like his state for to amend 6 Loues play is prettie and she loues it well And better doth like it then I dare tell 2 Yet stay a small while and if that you may And then build to morrow but not to day 8 This iudge is hated for of old said it is A man without mercie of mercie shall misse 9 Be merrie then for your debt take no care You shall haue it in coine currant and faire 10 Yes I assure thée that all shall well goe Fortune is pleased to be thy foes foe 11 He is of some most notorious vice sped Which yet is not knowne and long hath beene hid 12 Now time and tide doe both concurre together Seruing to thy will either when or whether Alfargalmancar 1 The time seemes now to be agréeable To haue Fortune good fauourable 2 'T is no great matter that he doth desire And therefore hee 's like to haue his desire 3 The ship her lading and the company Shall all come to their port in safety 4 Death shall haue no power vntill that thou be In the place of thy birth or Natiuitie 5 These two true louers so faithfull they be That while they both liue they both shall agree 6 Thy parents leaue thee a seruant to be Or else to take what course best liketh thée 7 This is inclined by true affection To a good conscience and religion 8 The month of March will be the very best To begin thy building if build thou list 9 He is gentle and of such discretion That he is loued of euery one 10 It will not be rendred againe this yeare Except that you buy it at a price deare 11 Leaue off the foolish loue thou wouldst be at Least that thou

néed his winding shéete prepare Charabes 1 He shall be sound and haue his health againe If he will be ruld with a temperate vaine 2 Of all the games for health that vsed be Shooting is the best and the most comely 3 Here is great cost in this building within And all is lost and scarcely worth a pin 4 The people may be pleased and content To haue so good a superintendent 5 If he take counsell and guide well his geere It will be easie to quit him this yeere 6 If for thy pleasure thou wilt ought begin This is a fit time which now we are in 7 If with aduice his businesse he decree It may succeede well for ought I can see 8 This time will be troublesome hard and deare But the recompence shall be the next yeare 9 So is thy loue in all their hearts planted That what thou dost sue for shall be granted 10 This man his busines doth wisely carrie And in his doings he is very warie 11 When time hath wasted what nature hath fed He then shall yeeld and so die in his bed 12 'T is a wrong report and would be dismist For his wife is true and very honest Aldyrach 1 If he be ielous it is then her hell For his wife is honest and loues him well 2 This sicknesse so lingring it will doe the deede Therefore looke to it for so you had needs 3 The tenise court foote-ball and the wrastling Is for young mens health a verie good thing 4 This faire new building like a painted sheath Will soone come to ruine and moulder beneath 5 This paultrie prelate vnworthie his place Were better imployd in some other case 6 As good acquit them as call such to law That for a mans monie cannot giue straw 7 This houre is not good th●refore refuse And forbeare a while a better to chuse 8 He is counted happie and well may swimme That by good meanes is held vp by the chin 9 This yeere shall be ill vnconstant and strange And euerie moment subiect to change 10 Aske him now any thing what thou thinkest fit For sure not denying he shall graunt it 11 'T is a foule voyage although a faire winde That leaues his wife his children behind 12 The graue for the quicke it doth serue more fit Then for the dead that is buried in it Fundel 1 When he hath liued a faire old age then he Shall die and die to liue eternally 2 Thou dost her great wrong so ielous to be Which will make her worse and so cuckold thée 3 He shall die soone let them doe all their best And after him too so shall all the rest 4 To discourse with maidens it is a pleasure Take héede you touch not the box of their treasure 5 Of this house the ending and situation Is far more stately then the foundation 6 This prelates knauerie may alter the case That he may well be thrust out of his place 7 Although he had wholly the meanes and power Yet would he neuer doe his endeuour 8 Begin nothing now but take my counsell If that you doe meane to haue it goe well 9 'T is verie hard to know by any skill Whether a mans end shall be good or ill 10 After all thy wearie labour and paine Fortune shall once make thée happie againe 11 By thy owne meanes thou wilt not obtaine it Except some friend doe helpe thée to gaine it 12 This traueller of whom you so enquire Shall verie soone returne as you desire Algarisma 1 This traueller though far he doth soiourne Yet shall he againe most safely returne 2 If thou be pursued flie and doe not yeeld And follow wars for thou must die in field 3 Beléeue not reports which oft are vntrue And so much wrong doth ielousie ensue 4 They shall recouer and be sound againe And the better after in health remaine 5 To play at the chesse is a pleasant game So you can forbeare to chafe at the same 6 I can say nothing for ought that I see For I see nothing reprooued to be 7 This partie is honest prudent and sage Yet some at him by spight are in a rage 8 He shall acquit and cleere himselfe of thrall And royally pay his creditours all 9 Take my aduise doe any thing begin For the time is good that thou art now in 10 If thou doest perseuere in honestie Thy life shall be good and thy end happie 11 Whether for credit or profit it be This is the yeere shall doe good vnto thee 12 The time is not good by my consent Except you mend it by bribe or present Corbaly 1 If thou dost it pursue couragiously Thou shalt it then obtaine assuredly 2 This traueller may well himselfe beguile For hee 's verie like to die in exile 3 He is like a verie strange death to die Except fortune alter his destinie 4 Be not toyous nor of a iellous minde For so thou shalt trouble and sorrow finde 5 If that with speede remedie be not had He is in danger and that verie bad 6 To vaut and wrastle and play at the fence Doth shew a mans courage vallour fence 7 As yet where the foundation must be laid Is not well guided nor deepe enough made 8 Let him now dissemble all that he can He is fitter for war then a Church-man 9 All that he borrowes whatsoeuer that he say He nee'r will be able againe to pay 10 To enterprise what now thou dost intend Shall neuer prosper beginning nor end 11 Oftentimes through false trecherous enuie Men lose their goods and themselues doe die 12 If that in this fortune thy turne doe serue In some other thing as far she will swerue Algar 1 This according to the reuolution Shall haue fortune in good constitution 2 Relie not on promise or what is said For then thou art like to be cosened 3 He vndertakes the iourney with ill will Which may well prooue a cause his life to spill 4 He needes must die and helpe there shall be none For his naturall course shall not hould on 5 Be not ielous but by plaine proofe truely For else the whole shame shall redownd to thée 6 He shall recouer though it a while stay And physicke must be his readiest way 7 Those of the best nature and swetest minde Are euer the most to musicke inclinde 8 This worke thus ended as now 't is begun Will be rich and stately to looke vpon 9 Here 's want of no wit or weakenesse of minde But all for the worst being so inclinde 10 He shall pay all without molestation And liue with the rest in good reputation 11 This is a good time for anie to prooue For working effect if they be in loue 12 Intend well and doe well then good shall be Or else my iudgement deceiueth me Estiel 1 Loue to doe good to vertue be friend So shalt thou liue well and make a good end 2 The more thou takes care thy fortune to

Naturall inclination 5 Whether or no it shall be fit for studie or other waies to be disposed of 6 What science he shall be aptest to learne and fittest to comprehend 7 If in learning at the vniuersitie then which of the arts he may best professe Of thoughts cogitations 8 If anie one studie in his minde whether his thoughts shall be good or bad 9 Also whether the thoughts agree with the words or be dissembled 10 Whether or no you shall obtaine your desire of what you wish And in what space it will be had Workes begun 11 If thou intend a worke whether it bee a prosperous time to begin or to stay yet 12 If things begunne shall haue a good successe and a prosperous end or no. The 2. House Roberparcorp II. Of Inclination 1 Whether your life shal be prosperous or no. 2 Whether you shall bee rich or no. Of Riches 3 By what meane or profession thou shalt bee rich and prosper best 4 Whether thou shalt get riches in thy youth or in thine age 5 Whether thy wealth shall bee by birth by art or aduenture Of Hope 6 Whether thou shalt obtaine thy suite or hopes or no. 7 Whether or no thou shalt be enuied for thy riches 8 Whether the profession hee intends or now vseth shal be profitable or no. Of Debts and Recoueries 9 Whether hauing lent thy money or other thing thou shalt recouer it againe or no. 10 Whether a desperat debtor shall recouer and content his creditors or no. Of Liberalitie 11 Whether one that is or shall bee rich will proue liberall or no. 12 What shall bee his most delight that is rich and wherein he will spend most III. Aldebaram The 3. House Of Brethrē 1 Whether Brethren shall loue or no. 2 Which of the brethren shall liue longest 3 Which of the breethren shall bee most fortunate Of Societie Company 4 Whether or no thy supposed friend companion be a true friend 5 Whether it shall prooue hurtfull to thee to keepe frequent the company thou dost or no. 6 Whether it be good now to part with company or as yet to stay or no. Of Iudges 7 Whether the Iudge be vpright to doe equall Iustice to all or no. 8 Whether this Iudge being faultie shall be hated or no. Of Prelates 9 Whether the prelate or church-man be worthie of his place and dignitie or no. 10 Whether hee shall religiously gouerne the Church or no. Of sucking Children 11 Whether the nurse that giues the child sucke be a good nurse and haue a good brest or no. 12 When it shall bee best weaning the childe from the nurse The 4. House Rocha-sascarios IIII. Fortune 1 What shall be the euent of good or ill to any one Of Fathers and succession 2 VVhether the reputed father be the right father of the child or no. 3 VVhether the father shall liue long to bring vp the childe or no. 4 VVhether he shall haue great possessions by heireship or purchase or no. Of Fertillitie 5 VVhether this yeere shall be prosperous for planting or no. 6 VVhether fruites of the earth shall bee good cheape or deere this yeere Of Building 7 VVhether the time be good to begin a building or no. 8 VVhether the building now ended bee well wrought and well founded or no. 9 VVhether thy pretended purposes are to bee followed or for a time forborne or no. Of treasure and secrets 10 VVhether in the place where it is thought treasure is hid it be there or no. 11 VVhether the treasure shall be found and in what place it is 12 VVhether a secret being kept close shall be reuealed and knowne or no. V. Algafaraat The 5. House Of getting Children 1 VVhether the couple maried shall haue children together or no. 2 VVhether of them is in fault if they haue no children 3 VVhether the woman by her bignes be with childe or no. 4 VVhether being with child it bee a sonne or a daughter The nature of children 5 VVhether your childe shall be giuen to vertue or vice or his pleasure 6 VVhether being a daughter she shall be religious like a nunne or to the world a wanton Of play 7 VVhat sport is best to vse for recreation Of messengers 8 VVhether the messenger to be imploid bee honest or no. 9 VVhether the messenger shall discharge the errand giuen him in charge rightly or no. Of newes 10 Whether the newes reported be true or no. Of messages 11 VVhether the contents of the letter tend to good or ill 12 VVhether writing of loue it shall bee best in prose or verse The 6. House Algrafer VI. Of Banishment 1 Whether a banished man shall bee restored or no. Of Seruāts 2 Whether the childe growing to age shall be free or liue seruilely or no. 3 Whether thy seruant bee trustie and honest or no. 4 Whether it bee good to take a seruant and how to chuse 5 Whether the seruant by being honest and carefull shall at last be a master or no. Of Sicknes Phisick 6 Whether the diseased shall recouer or no. 7 Whether the disease or sicknesse shall bee long or no. 8 Whether the Phisition be a sufficient skilfull practicioner or no. 9 Whether it bee fitting thy complexion to take phisicke or no. 10 Whether the potion giuen by the Phisition be good for the patient or no. Of Coniurers 11 Whether the suspected be a sorcerer or no. Of Witnesses 12 Whether the witnesse speake truth or no. VII Hadigat The 7. House Of Mariages 1 Whether it be good for thee to marie or no. 2 VVhether shall be thy best to marie a maide or a widow 3 VVhether being maried thou shalt continue to loue or no. 4 Whether the maried couple be loyal the one to the other or no. 5 VVhether there be cause of ielousie or no. Of war and combats 6 VVhether the child shal be addicted to armes and warres or no. 7 Whether this yeere there shall bee peace or warre 8 Whether the warres begunne shall bee short or long or cruell and bloodie 9 Whether of the two now in controuersie and to fight shall ouercome Of traffick 10 Whether it be good to buye or sell much now or no. Of things lost 11 VVhether the thing wanting shall bee had againe or no. Of hunting 12 VVhether the sport of hunting or hawking be best for thee The 8. House Algrasola VIII Of death 1 Whether the person you pretend or enquire for shall liue long or die soone 2 VVhether the partie you pretend shall die young or old 3 Whether the partie you pretend shall liue long and die at home or in a strange countrie 4 Whether he shall die by sicknesse sword or warre 5 Whether by excesse and misdemenor hee shall aduance his owne death or no. Of absents 6 Whether that anie absent or in exile bee aliue or no. 7 Whether his death being a souldier shall be in the fielde with honour or no. Of death 8 Whether of

those that now are talking shall die first Of feare poysoning 9 Whether the threpned be affraide and shal be in suertie or no. 10 Whether fearing poysoning you may be safe or no. 11 Whether fearing thou art poysoned thou art or no. Choise of death 12 If a man might chuse then what death were best to die IX Carbustaym The 9. House Of voyages 1 Whether the iourney pretended shall safely be performed or no. 2 Whether the shippe enquired for shall come safe or no. 3 Whether one readie for a voyage by sea shall scape the pyrates or returne without taking or no. Religion 4 Whether he be fitte to bee made a religious Church man or no. 5 Whether the maiden if she might would be a nunne or no. Hypocrisie 6 Whether he bee religious or an Hypocrite or no. 7 Whether he bee capable and fit for learning or no. Significatiō of dreames 8 Whether thy dreame be true or no. 9 Whether thy dreame presage good or ill 10 Whether the presages and signes signifie good or ill Of diuination 11 Whether by diuination thou shalt know the thing thou seekest or no. Of iustice 12 Whether iustice or peace shall florish or no. The 10. House Tammordich X. Of preferment and credit 1 Whether if thou desire credit and preferment thou shalt obtaine it or no. 2 Whether it be now good to seeke or sue for any office or no. 3 Whether thou shalt get credit and riches at home or in forraine countries 4 Whether it shall bee long or soone ere thy preferment beginne 5 Whether thy honour or credit beeing lost thou mayst by deserts recouer againe or no. Of Princes seruice 6 Whether it bee now good to vndertake the Princes seruice or no. Of Kings 7 Whether a Prince or a great man shall raigne long in honour or no. 8 Whether he shall raigne in equitie and good iustice or no. 9 Whether he shall be beloued of his subiects or no. 10 Whether he shall bee opprest with warre or haue peace or no. 11 VVhether hee shall bee liberall and valiant or no. 12 VVhether a King by succession or election be best XI Escabot The 11. House Of loue 1 VVhether this yeere to thee shall bee fortunate or no. 2 VVhether thy hopes and expectation shal be or no. 3 VVhether the louer shall enioy his loue or no. 4 By what meanes hee may best worke to obtaine his loue 5 VVhether the louer be beloued of his friend and loue or no. 6 VVhether calling thee friend and loue they dissemble or no. 7 VVhether loue begun shall last long and what shall be the end 8 VVhether of the two loue best the one or the other Of friendshippe 9 VVhether thy professed friend be so or no. 10 Whether in thy declining state thou shalt haue friends or no. 11 Whether the rich or poore mans loue bee more best or constant Of fortune 12 Whether it be thy time now of good fortune or no. The 12. House Sariochi XII Of enemies 1 Whether are most thy friends or thy foes 2 Whether he shall ouercome and get the better of his enemies or no. Of law 3 Whether of thy law matter thou shalt haue a good end or no. 4 What is the best course to end the proces quickly Of siege 5 Whether the fort or castell beseeged shall be got or no. Of reuenge 6 Whether it bee fit and good to reuenge a wrong or no. Of prisoners 7 Whether a prisoner shall get his inlargement or no. Of sorrow 8 Whether sorrow and griefe shall be asswaged by comfort or no. Of deceit cosenage 9 Whether he that faine would and also hath a meanes to deceaue thee shall or no. Of enuie 10 Whether any neighbour or companion doe hate thee Buying of horses 11 Whether the horse that they would sell thee is good and fit to buy or no. Mans end 12 Whether the last end of anie man shall bee good or euill Allscadabra WHere soeuer you change it is vnderstood Your ill complexion will neuer be good 2 He shall to his credit all things so frame That none shall be able to touch his good name 3 Thou shalt enioy thy loue at thy pleasure And that verie soone of this be thou suer 4 By industrie and vertuous education He soone shall grow to great reputation 5 She shall be good and chast in minde and all In what estate soeuer her befall 6 Though the sicknesse be great with griefe and paine Yet shall it be returnd to health againe 7 For warre which now is likely to be Good men shall endure the most penurie 8 This vnlearned asse is no doctor at all And in that art his skill is very small 9 He is not such as thou dost wish and craue To bring to passe the thing that thou wouldst haue 10 There is no thing that can turne to thy grace But onely this a bare and simple place 11 This nurse I see doth please my minde no whit Her milke is nought and so she is vnfitte 12 The miser slaue a farthing will not spend For feare his goods should faile before his end Abrataym 1 His owne good nature doth him still addresse To practise vertue and such like goodnes 2 By his complexion he doth much incline To be of good nature and so most sanguine 3 Of all his foes he shall see an ill end By the good assistance of his true friend 4 For to obtaine it it shall not be hard Yet take héede of falshood least that all be mard 5 After long seruice thou then shalt obtaine Preferment to honour and so shalt remaine 6 To seeme to be precise is no other thought But a forlorne bodie cast off to nought 7 Though that his bodie in health doe remaine His spirit endureth great torture and paine 8 Great Princes shall haue by their great allyance Th'expulsing of Mars and his worst defyance 9 This doctor in Theorique and practise also Is better in proofe then outward in show 10 This messenger shall doe all thing at large Forgetting of nothing that 's giuen him in charge 11 Of wealth and of treasure ther 's store of the same But looke well vnto it you come not to blame 12 This truely is shee for better or worse That sure will prooue a very good nurse Alimicantharat 1 This nurse is humorous and so most fantasticke And thereby her milke will prooue most collerique 2 He is most enclined to aduentures strange And so his estate to pouerty shall change 3 He shall be outragious collericke and whott If that by reason they temper him not 4 All his enemies are mightie great and strong And so his resistance shall bring but more wrong 5 Thou losest but labour in so thy pretending Then some other where expect a good ending 6 He careth still more for profit and gaine Then for honestie or friend this is most certaine 7 She shall loue better as all men may iudge An honest good man then a miserly drudge

but get him a ship or a wife 12 He shall be of those that liue in a meane Neither poore nor rich neither fat nor leane Sedebelym 1 He shall be of a strong constitution And of a most franke and frée condition 2 Doubt you not though it be not beléeued Of a most faire childe she is conceiued 3 Be thou sparing and good husbandrie vse And leaue off to looke after dead mens shooes 4 Accompanie this friend in faire and fowle weather For birds of a wing may well flie together 5 What thou pretendst will prooue profitable And the euent will be honourable 6 If either ieweller or gouldsmith he be He will by change come to prosperitie 7 This sadnesse shall passe and ioy in his place Shall change and come in verie short space 8 This friend by good tast and proofe shall show thée The true harted loue that he doth owe thée 9 It were better a quiet peace to buy Then in consuming war to liue and die 10 This is a prouerbe old and now not new That drunkards children fooles tell true 11 A languishing life is ill déerely bought Be merrie and better die once then oft 12 If thou dost marrie t' is no fault at all Yet often it brings both bondage and thrall Securaton 1 Least that he should stray and so doe amisse To get him a wife the very best is 2 His nature is hard brutall bad and rude Therefore shall he liue in base seruitude 3 She must be comforted as great with child For shee 's in danger else I am beguild 4 To imploy thy owne paines some way must be sought For by thy friends death thou wilt get iust nought 5 If it be not for good or meere necessitie Presse thou not too much to keepe company 6 He shall enioy the good pretended thing But it shall be after long tarying 7 He shall vse the seas with labour and paine But greatly to his good profit and gaine 8 If thou hadst a magnanimious heart Then soone this mourning would from thée depart 9 Let him of thy businesse no more discerne Then most properly may himselfe concerne 10 By his owne vertue peace he shall maintaine So his people in plenty shall remaine 11 Who will goe to the diuell for witching skill May easily know what so ere he will 12 It is better a thousand times to dye Then to liue long in want and misery Sinorilo 1 If for my death a place I might desire Then honors bed in campe I would require 2 The thraldome in mariage is often great Therefore be warie and mary not yet 3 If he serue not he doth himselfe great wrong For he shall be able sturdie and strong 4 Those be ill humours that from her abound For she is corrupt and not at all sound 5 Of father mother sister or brother Let him not liue in hope for gaine or other 6 To let passe their company is no sinne For all their kindnes is not worth a pinne 7 Leaue thy aspiring and strike sayle amaine For what thou most seekes thou shalt not obtaine 8 Some mecanicke trade will be his best part As Shoomaker Taylor or Ioyners Art 9 He is melancholicke heauie and sad Therefore by musicke remedy is had 10 Whatsoeuer he doe by outward show It is no true friendship this much I know 11 This King shall be valiant fierce and most sterne Which euery one shall plainely discerne 12 This that you séeke shall neuer come to light Except by raising some infernall spright Gandarirum 1 Leaue these false foolish diuinations For they are but idle deceptions 2 Let all men talke and each say what he will I finde death hatefull and I would liue still 3 To haue an heyre it much stands thee vpon Then get a wife well borne else mary none 4 Of all ill fashions that in him I finde Hee 's ill brought vp and of a seruile minde 5 It is a childes deede thereof haue no doubt But it may cost deare so things may fall out 6 Thou shalt haue such lucke as I vnderstand As to ioine house to house and land to land 7 Be thou bold to keepe him company still 'T will be thy good say others what they will 8 The thing thou enquirest for it will be had And when it comes make thee merrie and glad 9 Away with mecanickes leaue off to trade The court is thy best if thou wilt be made 10 Time that tempereth all shall in short space Turne mourning to mirth and alter the case 11 This friend is like the apple of thine eye For a better liues not vnder the skie 12 He shall peaceably raigne if so hee please For that he desires it with honour and ease Goralidit 1 He shall alwaies loue to make the warres stand Least peace should displace him out of his land 2 Be not so eger or forward in minde In this tell-tale booke your fortune to finde 3 To dye well is liue well with ioy at the last To liue ill is hell still when this life is past 4 To liue yet vnmarried be thou content For else I am sure thou wilt it repent 5 If thou serue well then thou shalt in th' end Both get preferment and a faithfull friend 6 You are all deceiued and quite beguild The woman is sicke and yet not with child 7 Seeke thou abroad stay not here like a drone For good of thy parents thou shalt get none 8 For education and to thy praise Séeke good company thy fortune to raise 9 He well may hope still and that is his best Yet shall he neuer obtaine his request 10 Oh he would make a notable tradesman I meane Taylor Tapster or tosse the Can. 11 If to himselfe he looke not very well He shall haue still comber and great trouble 12 Be sure trust to thy selfe I thee award And with discretion stand on thy own gard Laroth 1 Where thou thy loue hast planted and firme set His loue is true constant and most perfect 2 His raigne shall be in great felicitie And his Subiects in good tranquillitie 3 You shall the trueth by another meanes finde And not by this course I am of that minde 4 To haue children goods and come to great age Should make a man die with a good courage 5 Take a woman that 's likely to conceiue For a greater good thou canst no way haue 6 This prettie youngling if he haue his will Shall neuer be subiect but stubborne still 7 She is with child and with ioy may bee it And a great comfort when she shall see it 8 Thinke not long be wise and take no care For thou shalt be rich and thy fathers heyre 9 Leaue him not but his friend continue still For he is honest and pretends no ill 10 He shall be happy and with great ease Obtaine the thing soone that doth him so please 11 His melodious minde shall still be bent Either to singing or some instrument 12 Misdoubt not