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A69037	The forrest of fancy Wherein is conteined very prety apothegmes, and pleasaunt histories, both in meeter and prose, songes, sonets, epigrams and epistles, of diuerse matter and in diuerse manner. VVith sundry other deuises, no lesse pithye then pleasaunt and profytable.	H. C.; Chettle, Henry, d. 1607?, attributed name.; Cheeke, Henry, 1548?-1586?, attributed name.; Constable, Henry, 1562-1613, attributed name.	1579 (1579)	STC 4271; ESTC S104854	80,866	158

it is not in my power to doe it though my will were wholy bent thereto but in their handes whose prudeut skill And wisedome great is such as knowing what for me Moste meetest is to your demaund will neuer once agree And as their care is very great to doe me good so I As duety binds in all thinges will my selfe to them apply your welth likewise is very small as you your selfe confesse And mine not great and am right sure it would be so much lesse If following fancyes flattering words or fained vowes I should Contrary doe to friendes desyre and that which worst I would Their loue and fauour lose thereby therefore cease of your sute Content yur selfe with reasons rule and doe no blame impute To me at all whose tender age ne wit ne welth will serue To take in hand so great a charge but I therein should swerue And for that cause I doe not mynde to match with any one Untill I be of ryper yeares nor promise plight to none yet when I doe I will apply my selfe in all I may To choose a wise and prudent mate That walkes in vertues way Prouiding therewithall that welth doe neuer want sufficient alwayes to maintaine the fruicte o● such a plant For whereas liuing lacking is to maintaine such estate Their perfect loue will soone peruert to cruell cancred hate And whereas rooted rancour raignes all thinges to ruine runne yea vertue chaungde to vice most yilde decay they cannot shunne That shall be matched so wherefore doth wisdome alwayes will In time conueniente heede to take if we will shunne such ill But though I know right well the vse of many men to be With flattering wordes and fyled phrase as did Aeneas he To Dido and falfe Demophon to Phillis faire his friend For to deceiue vs silly soules that neuer hurt pretend But credite all their cloked craft that beares a simple shoe Till we be caught in Cupids snare so fast that forth to goe We haue not power and then vnkind they leaue vs in the lash A iust reward no doubt for such as will be ouer rash In that they take in hand yet I not iudging so of you But thinking that your loue profest both perfect is and true Doe yeelde you thankes therefore and humbly pardon craue For that I may not giue consent to that you seeke to haue The cause and reasons tolde before that doe in deede deteine me Perswading still the contrary at all times doe restraine me As for the promise which so much you vrge me for to keepe Assuring me by breache thereof to runne in daunger deepe No promise haue I made whereon you may so much take holde I am right sure but that I may to breake the same he holde But if I had yet euery one would iudge you farre vnwise To challenge any al my handes in whome it nothing lyes For to performe the same sith of my selfe nothing I haue Nor wit to know what thing is ill or what is good to craue And therefore ayming very wyde and as one wanting sight Doth throw his staffe so doe you shoot● but shall not hid the whight And therefore now to make an ende I humbly you requyre No more to mooue me in such sort but brydeling your desyre And pondring rightly this reply which here to you I make To feede no more on foolish hope But this for aunswere take Finis A. B. wrighting to his sister C. B. admonisheth her of such thinges as he fyndeth amuse in her and instructeth her how shee should behaue herself to preserue her good name WElbeloued Sister for as much as both nature and conscience bindeth me to be carefull for your commodity I haue thought good as a friend to admonishe you of such thinges as I finde amisse in you which I praye you take in good part and iudge none euill in me for the same for I protest vnto you before God that it is not of any enuye or mallice that I beare vnto you but of meere good will and to discharge my duty both towardes God and you I see and heare and am sorry to vnderstande what reportes are dayly raysed against you for that you keepe companye and make your selfe acquainted with so manye lewde disposed persons as you doe In deede it is a great presumption of an euill lyfe to bee conuersaunt with those that be euill for commonlye lyke will to lyke Peraduenture you thinke it a goodly grace and greatly to your commendation with friendly lookes and curteous intertainements to draw men vnto you but it is not so and surely if you did consider the issue that it hath and the inconuenience that groweth thereby you woulde rather shut your selfe vp in some secrete chamber and lyue a sollitary lyfe for euer then set to the shew so often as you doe for trust to this and surely you shall fynd it most true that as the Fowler with his fayned notes bringeth the the byrdes to his Net so those subtle serpentes whose mindes are alwayes bent to mischiefe will with their flatring speeches and false fained fetches allure you to theire lubidious lustes if they can But lend no eare vnto them nor giue no credit vnto their words for he that amongst them maketh the gretest show of good will wil bee the man that shal soonestdeceiue you It is not any honest loue that they intend but their desyre is to despoyle you of that which is the Iewell wherein you oughte cheefelye to ioye whereof if they fayle they will then rayse the moste vilde and slaunderous reportes against you that can be deuysed and will not sticke to reporte their pleasure of you in euery place where they come to your great reproch and infamy though it be neuer so faice that they faine yet the report thereof entring into the eares of the common sort that are redier to beleeue leasings then creditt the verity they wil sone imagine it to be true and blaze it abrode for a certainciye into the eares of all men and so where by good gouernment you might haue gotten great cōmendation through this your disordred liberty you grow in great defamacion Leaue then to lend care to the lewde perswations of those corrupt Caterpillers be not in any wise cenuersaunt with them but flye from them as from a most pestilent euill so shall you preserue your good name vnspotted and giue no occasyon to be ill thought of which in my poore opinyon will be more beneficiall to your selfe and lesse hurtefull to others then by following your former course it would be and so fare you well The lamentable complaint of a louer who not withstanding his diuerse daungerous trauailes and continual sorrow sustained coulde fynd no fauor at al at her hands that was the causer of his callamity but cruell contemt to counteruayle his curtesy OF many torments straunge and tedious toyles That grisly ghostes in Limbo lake sustaine Of feareful facts and bloody beastly broiles That there

Though great her pacicnce were in deede And constant Constance in like case For Constance doth them both exceede Her name and deedes so well agree That they doe varry in no thing In sooth it is a ioye to see The vertues that from her doe spring I know when she meete time shall see On any one to fyxe her harte She will like chaste penelope Continue his till life depart That flattering wordes or fyled phrase Or golden giftes or greedy gaine Her constant mind shall neuer crase Or make her chaunge her former frame That vallyaunt deedes done for her sake Nor fetured for me nor fine deuice Shall cause her flye from chosen make Or to fond folly her intice That neither Fortune good nor bad Nor store of wealth nor wofull wante Nor smyling cheare nor countinaunce sad Nor absence shall obliuion plance That neither threats nor lowring lookes Nor dread of daunger shall her draw From him whom fyrst for friend shee takes No man may keepe her so in awe No greefe can gripe her hart so sore No paine can pinche her so that she Will leaue her faithfull friend therefore How hase of byrth so eare he be ▪ Though this I haue not yet seene proude I am right sure it will be so For neuer saw I her mindemoude With trifling tales for friend nor for That she would take in hande the thing Which was contrary cleane to right but euen as vnder vertues wing She had bine trainde she seemes in sight Thrise happy therefore shall he bee Whose happe shall be so good to get This precious Iewell franke and free That will by him so highly set And will not any tyme neglect The duty of a louing wife but please hir minde in eche respecte Still studying to inlarge his lyfe And blest am I aboue the rest That haue obtainde to be her man who purpose still to doe my ●ett To please her mind in all I can Finis An Exhortation to Pacience VVHen griping ge●efes do greeue the minde The nicetest meanes that men may finde which God and nature hath assignde Is pacience well applyde For pacience puts all paine to flight Yea pacience makes the hart delight And doth reuiue eche dulled spright by reasons rule and guyde For euery sore a salue it is It turnes all bitter bale to blisse And he that hath it shall not misse To tast of heauenly ioyes Through it the miser likes his lyfe Through it he bydes his brawling wife Through it he flies all hate and stryfe And nothing him anoyes Through it he suffers false reports And loathes to liue in lawlesse Courtes Yea patience dayly him exhortes To hold himselfe content And though his happe be good or ill Yet being armde with patience still No euill once he shall fulfill But be to betrue bent Therefore for paclence let vs pray To driue all drowsy dumpes away That euery hower doth vs anndy Through froward frowning fate For ●ext we are on euery syde Not knowing safely where to ●yde And therefore lacke so good a guyde To better our estate God graunt vs euer of his grace That perfect pacience to imbrace We may be moude in euery case And flye all ●utious yre Let pacience put vs still in mynde And make vs hope good hap to fynde when moste with cares we are combynde To kindle good desyre Finis A Louer writing to his chosen friend who for his sake susteyned much sorrow exhorteth her to continue constant and paciently to tollerate her present aduersity in hope that better happes will insue MIne owne good Pamena when on the one syde I consyder with my selfe thy incomparable curtesy in requiting my faith full and vnfained affection with the lyke and graunting me principall possession of thy harte and on the other side remembring the sorrow thou sustainest through the vnnatural dealing of such as vnder shew of friendship intende nothing but fraude And therewithall waying my vnhabillity at this present which will not serue to prouide for thee as I would my ioy for inioying thee that arte my onelye salace is not halfe so great as my grefes are greeuous for the sorrowe thou sustainest but for as much as paciēce as Cicero saith is such a vertue as it comforteth the heauye reioyceth the sad contenteth the pore helpeth the sick easeth the paynefull and hurteth none but helpeth all I exhort you to imbrace it and to the vttermost of your power to vse it comforting your self in this callamitie with assured hope that after these harde happes will follow a more blisseful and quiet estate considering the mutabillitie of Fortune to be such that she neuer standeth long at one stay but as after a moste terrible storme alwaies insueth a more pleasaunt calme so she seeming most extreme will on the sodaine waxe moste fauourable as appeareth by the Example of one Adulatia Daughter to Otho the thyrde Emperour of that name who firing 〈◊〉 fancy vpon one Aleran a Gentleman of small accoumpte and the yongest of all the bretheren of the Duke of Saxony who lykewise loued her intyrely lefte her father friendes and countrey for his sake and wandring with him vnto whome she wholy committed her selfe into places vnknown and in the way as they fled being taken and spoyled by theeues and robbers and afterwardes forced for extreame neede to make coles and sell them for their owne sustenaunce pacientlye suffering that miserable aduersity and comforting themselues with hope of better happe in time to come in the ende by Gods prouidence and the vallyaunce of their yong Sonue who by that meanes was made known to his Grandfather Otho they were remoued from that miserable estate aduanced to high dignity and made beyres to the Empyre By this worthy Example it appeareth howe carefull God is for the preseruation of those that paciently suffering aduersity doe put their whole trust and confidence in him nothing at all dispayring of his mercy but hoping by his onely meanes to be deliuered from all their callamity which hope he will not leaue frustrate and though he suffer them for a season so to be a fllieted yet will he not giue them ouer but in the end when they least looke for it will to their great ioy and comfort bring them to a more happy and blissefull state as he did the good Earle of Engers and in any other that paciently suffered the Crosse that god had layde vpon them and reposed their whole trust in his mercy which neuer fayleth the faithfull By this Historye of Adulatia wee are also admonished faithfully to loue when promise is plighted and neither for pleasure nor paine for ioye nor anoy for welth nor wo for force nor feare for fraude nor flattery for friend nor foe in prosperitie or aduersitie to alter our fyrste fyrme and faithfull determination or forsake whome wee haue once chosen so long as life lasteth but constantlye to continue and faithfully to perseuer in the same so shal God blesse vs and prosper all our doinges

be for I know there is nothing so difficult but the wit of man if wil be with it may well bring it to passe comforting my selfe with this assured hope that God will neuer suffer them to perrishe that put their trust in him Thus muche my good harmena I haue thoughte good to wryte vnto you because I coulde not finde conuenic 〈…〉 tyme or mete opportunity to deliuer it vnto you in 〈◊〉 I pray you consyder of it aduisedly that I may know your resolute aunswere therein And so fare you well The Louer being promised a resolute aunswere to that he desyred wrighteth to his beloued Mistresse in this manner wherein he perswadeth her to pittie his passions THe pore miserable wretch that hath long continued in Captiuity and knoweth not what shall become of him cannot be more troubled in mynde or tossed with more intollerable tormentes to increase his callamity then I am at this present for feare to finde your aunswere contrarye to my expectation And surelye were it not that I knowe your clemency to be such as cannot with crueltye counteruayle the courtesy of so faithful a frind as I to my smal power haue alwayes shewed my selfe to be towardes you I should long since rather haue bereaued my lyfe to prooue my loyaltie then by attending the dreadful sentence of my condemnation be adiudged to dye without deserte by her whose welfare I haue preferred before all worldly Treasure The law of nature bindeth you to bend most to him that loueth you best and bydeth moste sorrowe for your sake Iustice also inioyneth you to render to euery one his right which if you performe accordingly as you must needes do if you desyre to be demed worthye of the estimation which belongeth to such a one as you are I doubt not but I shal receiue from you that comfort which I haue long tyme couited I meane your friendlye fauour and franke consente in loue to knit with me the knot of perpetuall amitye as with him that for his loyall loue hath aboue all other best deserued it and desyreth rather to dy then liue and lack it The tragedy of Meliager sonne to Oeneus King of Calcedonia PArthaons sonne Oeneus King of calcedonia lande To all the Gods did institute and offer with his hande His sacrifise saue onelye to Diana dyre whome he For hatred or forgetfulnes remitted wherewith shee Full greatly gretude a huge great Bore did send to waste the lande That made much spoyle in many a place and no man might withstand Untill Oeneus at the last in mind opprest with greefe A generall hunt ordeyned had whereof his sonne was cheefe That Meliager hight with whome besides his vnckles twayne That ●oxeus and Plexippus hight there went as bookes shew plaine A Uirgin fayre the Daughter of Iasius great of Fame Through alf Arcadia where he raign de Atlanta was her name who with a stroke she gaue that Bore Did make him fyrst co bleede And therefore when the Bore was slaine to recompence that deede To her the head and humbles both did Meliager giue which soone from her his vnckles tooke so much it did them greeue Wherewith Meliager sore displeasde did therefore slay them both Which when his mother Althea knew she waxing wondrous wroth Into the fyre the brand did cast whereon his lyfe depended Which being wasted cleane away then straight his life it ended For whose dicease his Sisters all full lamentably mourned Till they at last amidst their wo to Turky Hennes were turned Lenuoy THese foresayde thinges who noteth well to fyre them fast in mynde He shall not fayle for his auayle good fruicte therein to fynde Fyrst by Oeneus are we taught at no time to neglect The duty which we owe to God. but chiefely haue respect To honour him and laude his name that leddeth lyfe to all which errth cont●ines who lifts vs vp and likewise lets vs fall whome Seas obay whome heauens a dore and all thinges else besyde who sees and knowes our secret thoughtes though we the same would hyde And as he is a God moste iust so iustly will he render His grace vnto the penitent although a great offender Deseruing death most damnable so mercifull is he That as he saith he doth not seeke a sinners death to see For when from depth of hart we will our hainous crimes confesse And craue forgiuenesse at his handes we soone shall finde redresse But when no mendment he perceiues nor warninges to preuayle Then with his mighty hand he doth vs wicked wight as assayle And vs and all our progeny vnto the death pursues Then praise we God and vnto him all reuerence let vs vse And you O Captaines that doe guyde and gouerne Armies great Ye Magistrates and Rulers all that are with pryde repleate Leaue of lyke lawlesse Lordes to liue Of Meliager learne To yield to ech his due desert as reason shall disearne Who merrits golden gaine to get for worthy workes committed In countreyes cause let his reward in no wise be remitted So shall you surely reape renoune and purchase peoples loue Yea valyaunt minds to vallyaunt actes thereby you soone shall moue you enuious sorte at prosperous state of men that doe repine That grutch to see another gaine with most mallicious eyne Forsake that foule infyrmitye that hurt with vertue heale Which vexeth euery vaine of you for grace to God appeale Else shall confusyon come to you and that which you did craue To light on others that be sure your selues alone shall haue By Meliager murtherers may a good example see To cause them shun to seeke their blood with whome they greeued be Least that the same to heauenly Ioue from earth do vengeaunce erye and so their soules be damde in hell when corpes in graue doe lye For God so much a murderer hates that be he Priuce or peare yet blood craues blood and vnto God the Begger is as deare In all respectes as is the King that rules in regall raigne Who murdereth shall be murdered who slayeth shall be slaine What measure men to others meate with that they shall againe Be measured this finde we true by tryall euery day Now last of all let s●sters learne where vertue beares cheefe sway To loue their bretheren feruently as nature doth requyre So shall they purchase praise of all that know their good desyre Finis A letter written by one to a ritche Widdow wherein vsing earnest perswations he soliciteth his sute and craueth to be accepted LIke as the Captaine maye well bee counted a Coward and vnworthy of victorye that for a small discomfiture at the fyrst encounter will be cleane discouraged so may he bee deemed but a dissembling Louer that for one denyall will bee drawne cleane awaye neither doth he deserue to reape so greate a commoditye as the consent of her that he loueth maye bring vnto him But my loue being grounded vpon good occasyons and setled on so sure a foundation as it cannot be easily ouerwhelmed so