onely Zeno sayd nothing Then the ambassadors said what shall wee shewe of thée O Zeno to the king Nothing aunswered hee but that there is an olde man in Athens that amiddest the pottes coulde holde his peace Anacharsis suppinge with Solon was founde a sléepe hauing his right hande before his mouth his lefte vpon his priuities wherby was noted that the tongue should be rayned with the strongest bridle Zeno bicause hée woulde not be enforced to reueale any thinge agaynst his will by torments bitte of his tongue and spit it in the face of the Tyraunt Nowe when children shall by wisedome and vse refrayne from ouer much tatlyng lette them also be admonished that when they shall speake they speake nothing but truth to lye is a vyce most detestable not to be suffered in a slaue much lesse in a sonne But the greatest thinge is yet behinde whether that those are to bée admitted as cockemates with children which loue them entirely or whether they bée to bée banished from them When as I sée manye fathers more cruell to their children then carefull of them which thincke it not necessarye to haue those about them that most tender them then I am halfe as it were in a doubte to giue counsell But when I call to my remembraunce Socrateâ— Plato Xenophon Eschines Saebetes and all those that so much commende the loue of men which haue also brought vpp many to great rule reason and pietie then I am encouraged to imitate those whose excellencie doth warâ—ant my precepts to be perfect If any shall loue the childe â—or his comely countenaunce him woulde I haue to be banished as a most daungerous and inâ—ectious beast if hee shall loue him for his fathers sake or for his own good qualyties him would I haue to be with him alwayes as superuisour of hys manners such hath it bene in times past the loue of one Athenian to the other and of one Lacedemonian to the other But hauing sayde almost sufficient for the education of a childe I will speake two words how he should be trayned when he groweth in yeares I can not but mislyke the nature of diners parentes which appoynte ouerseers and tutours for their children in their tender age and suffer them when they come to be young men to haue the bridle in theire owne hande knowing not that age requireth rather a harde snaffle then a pleasant bit and is sooner allured to wickednesse then childehood Who knoweth not the escapes of children as they are small so they are soone amended eyther with threates they ar to be remedied or with faire promisses to be rewarded But the sinnes and faults of young men are almost or altogether â—ntollerable which giue theÌ„selues to be delycate in their dyet prodigall in their expence vsing dicing dauncing dronkennesse deflowring of virgâ—ns abusing wyues committing adulteries and accounting all things honâ—st that are most detestable Hâ—ere therefore must be vsed a due regarde that theire lust may be repressed their ryot abated their courage cooled for hard it is to sée a young man to bée maisâ—er of himselfe which yeldeth himselfe as it were a bonde slaue to fonde and ouerlashinge affections Wise parentes ought to take good heede especially at this time that they frame their sonnes to modesty eyther by threats or by rewardes either by faire promises or seuere practises eyther shewinge the miseries oâ— those that haue ben ouercome with wildenesse or the happinesse of theÌ„ that haue conteined themselues wythin the bandes of reason these two are as it were the ensignes of vertue the hope of honour the feare of punishment But chiefly parents must cause their youths to abandon the societie of those which are noted of euill liuing lewde behauiour which Pithagoras seemed somewhat obscurely to note in these his sayinges First that one should absteine from the tast of those thinges that haue blacke tayles That is we must not vse the companye of those whose corrupt manners doo as it were make their lyfe blacke Not to goe aboue the ballaunce that is to reuerence Iustice neyther for feare or flattery to leane to any one parcially not to lye in idlenesse that is that sloth shoulde bée abhorred That wée should not shake euery man by the hande That is wée should not contract friendshippe wyth all Not to weare a straite ringe That is that we should leade our life so as wée neede not to fetter it wyth â—heynes Not to bring fire to a slaughter That is wée must not prouoke anye that is furious wyth wordes Not to eate our heartes That is that wée shoulde not vexe our selues wyth thoughtes consume our bodyes with sighes wyth sobbes or with care to pine our carcasses To absteine from beanes that is not to meddle in ciuill affayres or businesse of the common weale for in the olde times the election of magistrates was made by the pullinge of beanes Not to put our meate in Scapio That is wée shoulde not speake of manners or vertue to those whose mindes are infected with vice Not to retire when wee are come to the ende of our race That is when wée are at the poynte of deathe wee shoulde not be oppressed wyth griefe but willingly yelde to nature But I will retourne to my former preceptes that is that younge men shoulde bée kept from the company of those that are wicked especially from the siâ—ht of the flatterer For I say now as I haue oftentimes before saydeâ— that there is no kinde of beast so noysome as the flatterer nothing that will sooner consume bothe the sonne and the Father and all honest friendes When the Father exhorteth the sonne to sobrietye the flatterer prouoketh hym to wine when the Father weaneth them to continencie the flatterer allureth them to lust when the Father admonisheth them to thrifte the flatterer haleth them to prodigallitye when the Father encourageth them to labour the flatterer layeth a cusshion vnder his eldbowe to sleepe biddinge them to eate drincke and bée merry for that the lyfe of man is soone gone and but as a short shadowe and seeinge that wée haue but a whyle to lyue who woulde lyue lyke a seruaunt they saye that nowe their Fathers bee olâ—e and doate through age lyke Saturnus Héereof if coÌ„meth the young men giuing not onely attentiue eare but redy coyne to flatterers fall into such mysâ—ortune heereof it procéedeth that they haunt the stewes marry before they be wyse and dye beâ—ore they thriue These be the beasâ—s which liue by the trenchers of younge gentlemen consume the treasures of their reuenewes these be they that soothe younge youthes in their owne sayinges that vpholde them in all theyr dooinges with a yea or nay these be they that are at euery becke at euery nod â—réemen by fortune slaues by free wil. Wherfore if there be any fathers that would haue his children nurtured and brought vp in honestye let him expell these Panthers whiche haue a swéete smell but a deuouringe minde yet
honest recreation mistrust no man wythout cause neither bée thou credulous without proofe bée not light to followe euery mans opinion nor obstinate to stande in thine owne conceipte Serue God loue God feare God and God wyll so blesse thée as eyther hearte can wishe or thy friendes desire And so I ende my counsaile beseechinge thée to beginne to followe it Thys olde Gentleman hauinge finished his dyscourse Euphues beganne to shape hym an aunswere in this sort FAther and friende your age sheweth the one your honestie the other I am neither so suspitious to mistrust your good will nor so sottishe to mislike your good counsaile as I am therefore to thancke you for the first so it standes mée vppon to thincke better on the latter I meane not to cauill wyth you as one louinge sophistrye neyther to controwle you as one hauing superioritie the one woulde bring my talke into the suspition of fraude the other conuince me of folly Whereas you argue I knowe not vppon what probabilyties but sure I am vppon no proofe that my bringing vp shoulde bée a blemish to my birth I aunswere and sweare to that you were not therein a lyttle ouershot eyther you gaue too muche credite to the report of others or to much lybertie to your owne iudgement you conuince my parents of péeuishnesse in making me a wanton and me of leaudnesse in reiectinge correction But so many men so many mindes that may séeme in your eye odious which in an others eye may be gratious Aristippus a Philosopher yet who more courtely Diogenes a Philosopher yet who more carterly Who more popular then Plato retayning alwayes good company Who more enuious then Tymon denouncing all humaine sâ—cietie Who so seuere as the Stoyckes which lyke stockes were moued with no melody Who so secure as the Epicures which wallowed in all kinde of licentiousnesse Though all men bee made of one mettall yet they bée not cast all in one moulde there is framed of the selfe same clay aswell the tile to kéepe out water as the potte to containe lycour the Sunne doth harden the durte melt the waxe fire maketh the gold to shine and the straw to smother perfumes doth refresh the Doue kill the Betil the nature of the man disposeth the consent of the maÌ„ners Now wheras you séeme to loue my nature loath my nurture you bewray your own weaknes in thinking the nature may any waies be altered by education as you haue ensaÌ„ples to confirme your preteÌ„ce so I haue most euident and infallyble argumentes to serue for my purpose It is naturall for the vyne to spread the more you seeke by arte to alter it the more in the ende you shall augment it It is proper for the Palme trée to mounte the heauyer you loade it the higher it sprowteth Though yron be made softe with fire it returneth to his hardnes though the Fawlcon be reclaimed to the fist she retyreth to hir haggardnes the whelpe of a Mastiâ—e will neuer be taught to retriue the Partridge education can haue no shew where the excellencie of nature doth beare sway The silly Mouse will by no manner of meanes be tamed the subtill Foxe may well be beaten but neuer broken from stealing his pray if you pownde spices they smell the swéeter season the woode neuer so well the wine will taste of the caske pâ—auâ—e and translate the crabbe trée where and whensoeuer it please you and it will neuer beare sweete apple Infinite and innumerable were the examples I coulde alleadge and declare to confirme the force of Nature and confute these your vayne and false forgeries were not the repetition of them néedelesse hauing shewed sufficient or bootelesse séeinge those alleadged will not perswade you And can you bée so vnnaturall whome dame Nature hath nourished and brought vpp so many yeares to repine as it were agaynst Nature The similytude you rehearse of the waxe argueth your waxinge and melting brayne and your example of the hoâ—te and harde yron sheweth in you but colde and weake disposition Doe you not knowe that which all men doe affirme and knowe that blacke will take no other coulour That the stone Abeston being once made hotte will neuer be made colde That fire cannot be forced downewarde That Nature will haue course after kinde That euery thing will dispose it selfe according to Nature Can the Aethiope chaunge or alter his skinne or the Leoparde his hewe Is it possible to gather grapes of thornes or â—â—gges of thiâ—telles or to cause any thinge to striue against nature But why go I about to prayse Nature the whiche as yet was neuer any Impe so wicked barbarous any Turke so vile and brutish any beast so dull and sencelesse that coulde or would or durst disprayse or contemne Doth not Cicero conclude and allowe that if wée followe and obey Nature we shall neuer erre Doth not Aristotle alleadge and confirme that Nature frameth or maketh nothing in any poynte rude vayne and vnperfect Nature was had in such estimation and admiration among the Heathen people that she was reputed sor the onely Goddesse in Heauen If Nature then haue largely and bountefully endewed mée with hir giftes why déeme you me so vntoward and gracelesse If she haue dealte hardely with me why extoll you so muche my birth If Nature beare no sway why vse you this adulation If Nature worke the effecte what booteth any education If Nature be of strength or force what auaileth discipline or nurture If of none what helpeth Nature But lette these sayings passe as knowne euidently and graunted to be true which none can or may deny vnlesse he be false or that he bée an enemye to humanitie As touchinge my residence and abidinge héere in Naples my youthly and lusty affections my sportes and pleasures my pastimes my common dalyaunce my delyghtes my resorte and company and companions which dayly vse to visite mée althoughe to you they bréede more sorrowe and care then solace and comforte bicause of your crabbed age yet to mée they bring more comforte and ioy then care griese more blisse then bale more happines then heauines bicause of my youthfull gentlenes Eyther you would haue all men olde as you are or els you haue quite forgotten that you your selfe were youngâ— or euer knew young dayes eyther in your youth you were a very vicious and vngodly man or now being aged very supersticious deuoute aboue measure Put you no difference betwéene the younge flourishinge Baye trée and the olde withered Béeche No kinde of distinction betwéene the waxinge and the wayninge of the Moone And betwéene the risinge and the settinge of the Sunne Doe you measure the hotte assaultes of youth by the colde skirmishes of age whose yeares are subiect to more infirmities then our youth we merryâ— you melancholy wée zealous in affection you ielous in all your dooinges you testie without cause wee hastie for no quarrell You carefull we carelesse wee volde you fearefull we
did beleeue thée that so soone I dyd loue thée and I hope thou wilt the rather loue me in that I did beléeue thée After many embracings protestations one to an other they walked to dinner where they wanted neither meate neither Musicke neither any other pastime hauing banqueted to digest their swéet confections they daunced all the afternoone they vsed not onely one boord but one bedde one booke if so be it they thought not one to many Their friendship augmented euery day insomuch that the one could not refraine the company of the other one minute all things went in coÌ„mon betwéene them which all men accompted coÌ„mendable Philautus being a towne borne childe both for his owne continuance the great countenaunce whiche his Father had whyle he liued crepte into credite with Don Ferardo one of the chiefe gouernours of the citie who although he had a courtly crewe of gentlewomen soiourning in his pallace yet his daughter heire to his whole reuenews stained the beautie of them all whose modest bashfulnesse caused the other to looke wanne for enuie whose lillye cheekes dyed with a Uermillion redde made the rest to blushe at hir beautie For as the finest Rubie stayneth the coulour of the rest that bée in place or as the Sunne dimmeth the Moone that she cannot bee discerned so this gallant gyrle more faire then fortunate and yet more fortunate then faithfull eclipsed the beautie of them all and chaunged their coulours Unto hir had Philautus accesse who wanne hir by right of loue and shoulde haue worne hir by right of lawe had not Euphues by strauâ—ge destenie broken the bondes of marriage and forbidden the banes of Matrimonie It happened that Don Ferardo had occasion to go to Venice about certein his own affaires leauing his daughter the onely steward of his houshoulde who spared not to feast Philautus hir friend with al kindes of delights delicates reseruing onely hir honestie as the chiefe stay of hir honour Hir father being gon she sent for hir friend to supper who came not as he was accustomed solitarily alone but accompanied with his friende Euphues The Gentlewoman whether it were for nycenesse or for niggardnesse of curtesie gaue hym suche a colde welcome that he repented that he was come Euphues thoughe hée knewe himselfe worthy euery way to haue a good countenaunce yet coulde hée not perceiue hir willinge any way to lende hym a friendly looke At the last supper béeing readye to come in Philautus sayde vnto hir Gentlewoman I was the bolder to bringe my shadowe with mée meaning Euphues knowing that he should be the better welcome for my sake vnto whome the gentilwoman replyed Syr as I neuer when I sawe you thought that you came without your shadow so now I cannot a lyttle meruaile to sée you so ouershot in bringing a new shadow with you Euphues though he perceiued hir coy nippe séemed not to care for it but taking hir by the hand sayd Fayre Lady seing the shade doth often shilde your beautie from the parching Sunne I hope you will the better estéeme of the shadowe and by so much the lesse it ought to be offenciue by how much the lesse it is able to offende you and by so much the more you ought to lyke it by how much the more you vse to lye in it Well gentleman aunswered Lucilla in arguing of the shadowe we forgoe the substance pleaseth it you therefore to sit downe to supper And so they all sate downe but Euphues fed of one dish which euer stoode before him the beautie of Lucilla Héere Euphues at the firste sight was so kyndled with desyre that almost he was lyke to burn to coales Supper being ended the order was in Naples that the gentlewomen would desire to heare some discourse either concerning loue or learning And although Philautus was requested yet he posted it ouer to Euphues whome he knew most fit for that purpose Euphues being thus tyed to the stake by their importunate intreatie began as followeth He that worst may is alwaye enforced to holde the candell the weakest must still to the wall where none will the Diuell himselfe must beare the crosse But were it not gentlewomen that your lyste standes for lawe I would borrow so muche leaue as to resigne myne office to one of you whose experience in loue hath made you learned and whose learning hath made you so louely for me to entreate of the one being a nouise or to discourse of the other being a trewant I may wel make you weary but neuer the wyser and giue you occasion rather to laugh at my rashnesse then to lyke my reasons Yet I care the lesse to excuse my boldnesse to you who were the cause of my blyndenesse And since I am at myne owne choyce eyther to talke of loue or of learning I had rather for this tyme be déemed an vnthrift in reiecting profit then a Stoicke in renouncing pleasure It hath bene a question often disputed but neuer determined whether the qualities of the mynde or the composition of the man cause women most to lyke or whether beautie or witte moue men most to loue Certes by how much the more the mynde is to be preferred before the body by so much the more the graces of the one are to be preferred before the gifts of the other which if it be so that the contemplation of the inwarde qualitie ought to be respected more then the view of the outward beautie then doubtlesse women eyther doe or should loue those best whose vertue is best not measuring the deformed man with the reformed mynde The foule Toade hathe a fayre stoane in his head the fine goulde is founde in the filthy earth the swéete kernell lyeth in the hard shell Uertue is harbored in the heart of him that most men estéeme misshapen contrarywise if we respect more the outward shape then the inwarde habit good God into how many mischiefes doe we fall into what blyndenesse are we ledde Doe we not commonly sée that in paynted pottes is hidden the deadlyest poyson that in the gréenest grasse is the greatest Serpent in the cléerest water the vglyest Toade Doth not experience teach vs that in the most curious Sepuâ—chre are enclosed rotten bones That the Cypresse trée beareth a fayre leafe but no fruite That the Estridge carryeth fayre fethers but rancke flesh How franticke are those louers which are carryed away with the gaye glistering of the fine face the beautie wherof is parched with the Sommers blase chipped with the winters blast which is of so short continuance that it fadeth before one perceiue it florishe of so small profit that it poysoneth those that possesse it of so little value with the wyse that they accompt it a delicate bayte with a deadly hooke a sweete Panther with a deuouring paunch a sower poyson in a siluer potte Here I colde enter into discourse of such fyne dames as being in loue with theyr owne lookes make suche course accompt
was neuer wished for héere so earnestly of any as of hymselfe whether it might bée to renewe his talke or to recant his sayinges I cannot tell But whilest hée was yet speakinge Ferardo entered whome they all duetifully welcomed home who rounding Philautus in the care desired hym to accompany him immediatly without farther pausinge protesting it shoulde bée as well for his preferment as for his owne profite Philautus consentinge Ferardo sayd to his daughter Lucilla the vrgent affaires I haue in hande wyll scarce suffer mée to tarrye wyth you one houre yet my retourne I hope will bée so short that my absence shall not bréede thy sorrowe In the meane season I commit all thinges into thy custody wishing thée to vse thy accustomable courtesie And séeinge I must take Philautus wyth mée I will bée so bolde to craue you gentleman his friende to supplye his roome desiring you to take this hastye warninge for a hartye welcome and so to spende this time of mine absence in honest mirth And thus I leaue you Philautus knewe well the cause of this sodayne departure which was to redéeme certeine landes that were morgaged in his Fathers time to the vse of Ferardo who on that condition had before time promysed him his daughter in marriage But retourne wée to Euphues Euphues was supprised with such increadible ioye at this straunge euent that hée had almost sounded for séeing his coryuall to be departed and Ferardo to gyue him so friendly entertainment doubted not in time to get the good wyll of Lucilla Whome findinge in place conuenient without company with a bolde courage and comely gesture he began to aâ—â—ay hir in this sort Gentlewoman my acquaintaunce béeing so little I am afraide my credâ—te will bee lesse for that they commonly are soonest beleeued that are bâ—st belâ—ued and they liked best whome we haue knowne longest neuerthelesse the noble minde suspecteth no guile wythout cause neither condemneth any wight wythout proofe hauing therefore notise of your heroycall heart I am the better perswaded of my good hap So it is Lucilla that coÌ„ming to Naples but to fetch fire as the by word is not to make my place of abode I haue founde such flames that I can neither quench them wyth the water of free will neyther coole them wyth wisedome For as the Hoppe the poale béeing neuer so hye groweth to the ende or as the drye Béeche kindled at the roote neuer leaueth vntill it come to the toppe or as one droppe of poyson disperseth it selfe into euerye vaine so affection hauinge caught holde of my hearte and the sparkles of loue kindled my liuer wyll sodeinely thoughe secretlye flame vp into my heade and spreade it selfe into euerye sinewe It is your beautie pardon my abrupte boldenesse Ladye that hath taken euery part of mée prisoner and brought me to this déepe distresse but séeinge women when one praiseth them for their desertes deeme that hée flattereth them to obteine his desire I am héere present to yelde my selfe to such tryall as your courtesie in this behalfe shall require Yet will you coÌ„monly obiect this to such as serue you sterue to winne your good wil that hot loue is soone colde that the Bauin though it bourne bright is but a blaze that scaldinge water if it stande a while tourneth almost to yse that pepper â—hough it be hot in the mouth is colde in the mawe that the faith of men though it frye in their woordes it fréeseth in theire works Which things Lucilla albeit they be sufficient to reproue the lightnesse of some one yet can it not conuince euery one of lewdenes neither ought the constancie of all to be brought in question through the subtiltie of a fewe For although the worme entereth almost into euery woode yet he eateth not the Ceder trée Though the stone Cylindrus at euery thunder clappe rowle from the hill yet the pure sâ—éeke stone mounteth at the noyse though the rust fret the hardest stéele yet doth it not eate into the Emeraulde though Polypus chaunge his hew yet the Salamander kéepeth his coulour though Proteus transforme himselfe into euery shape yet Pygmalion retaineth his olde forme though Aeneas were to fickle to Dido yet Troylus was to faithfull to Craessida thoughe others séeme counterfaite in their déedes yet Lucilla perswade your selfe that Euphues will bée alwayes curraunt in his dealinges But as the true golde is tryed by the touch the pure flinte by the stroke of the yron so the loyall heart of the faithfull louer is knowen by the tryall of his Lady of the which tryall Lucilla if you shall accompte Euphues worthy assure your selfe hée wyll bée as readie to offer himselfe a sacrifice for your swéet sake as your selfe shall bée willinge to employe hym in your seruice Neyther doth hee desire to bée trusted any way vntill he shall be tried euery way neither doth hée craue credite at the first but a good countenaunce til time his desire shall be made manifest by hys desertes Thus not blynded by lyght affection but dazeled with your rare perfection and boldened by your excéeding courtesie I haue vnfolded mine entire loue desiring you hauing so good leasure to giue so friendly an aunswere as I may receiue comforte and you commendacion Lucilla although she were contented to heare this desired discourse yet did shee seeme to bee somewhat displeased And truely I know not whether it bée peculyar to that sex to dissemble with those whome they most desire or whether by craft they haue learned outwardely to loath that which inwardely they most loue yet wisely did she cast this in hir head that if she should yéelde at the first assault he woulde thinke hir a lyght huswife if she should reiect him sâ—ornefully a very haggard minding therefore that hâ— shoulde neyther take holde of hir promise neyther vnkindenesse of hir precisenesse she fedde him indifferently with hope and dispayre reason and affection lyfe and death Yet in the ende arguing wittilly vpon certeine questions they fell to suche agréement as poore Philautus woulde not haue agréed vnto if hée had bene present yet alwayes kéepinge the body vndefiled And thus shée replyed GEntleman as you may suspecte me of Idelnesse in giuing eare to your talke so may you conuince me of lyghtenesse in answering such toyes certes as you haue made mine eares glowe at the rehearsall of your loue so haue you galled my hart with the remembrance of your folly Though you came to Naples as a straunger yet were you welcome to my fathers house as a friend And can you then so much transgresse the bounds of honour I will not say of honestie as to solicite a sute more sharpe to me then deathe I haue hetherto God bethancked liued wythout suspition of lewdenesse and shall I nowe incurre the daunger of sensuall lybertie What hope can you haue to obtayne my loue seeing yet I coulde neuer affoord you a good looke Doe you therefore thinke me easely entised to the bent of your
could neuer heare man by such snares to intrappe man For true it is that men themseleus haue by vse obserued that it must be a hard winter when one Wolfe eateth an other I haue read that the Bull being tyed to the Figge trée loseth his strength that the whole heard of Deare stande at the gaze if they smell a swéete apple that the Dolphin by the sound of Musicke is brought to the shore And then no meruaile it is that if the fierce Bull be tamed with the Figge tree if that women beeing as weake as shéepe be ouercome with a Figge if the wilde Deare be caughte with an apple that the tame Damzell is wonne with a blossome if the fleete Dolphin be allured with harmony that women be entangled with the melodie of mens speach fayre promises and solemne protestations But follye it were for mée to marke their mischiefes sith I am neyther able neyther they willynge to amende their manners it becommeth mée rather to shew what our sexe should doe then to open what yours doth And seeing I cannot by reason restrayne your importunate sute I will by rigour done on my selfe cause you to refraine the meanes I would to God Ferardo were in this poynte lyke to Lysander which would not suffer his daughters to weare gorgeous apparell saying it would rather make them common then comely I would it were in Naples a law which was a custome in Aegypt that woemen should alwayes go barefoote to the intent they might kéepe themselues alwayes at home that they shoulde be euer lyke to the Snaile which hath euer his house on his head I meane so to mortifie my selfe that in stead of silkes I will weare sackecloth for Owches and Bracelettes Léere and Caddys for the Lute vse the Distaffe for the Penne the Néedle for louers Sonettes Dauids Psalmes But yet I am not so senceles altogether to reiect your seruice which if I were certeinly assured to procéed of a simple minde it shold not receiue so simple a reward And what greater triall can I haue of thy simplicitie truth theÌ„ thine owne requeste which desireth a triall I but in the coldest flinte there is hotte fire the Bée that hath hoâ—â—y in hir mouth hath a sting in hir tayle the trée that beareth the swéetest fruite hath a sower sappe yea the wordes of men though they séeme smoothe as oyle yet their heartes are as crooked as the stalke of Iuie I woulde not Euphues that thou shouldest condemne me of rigour in that I séeke to asswage thy follye by reason but take this by the way that although as yet I am disposed to lyke of none yet whensoeuer I shall loue any I will not forget thée in the meane season accompt me thy friend for thy foe I will neuer be Euphues was brought into a greate quandarie and as it were a colde shiuering to heare this newe kinde of kindenesse such swéete meate such sower sauce such faire wordes such faint promises such hotte loue such colde desire such certayne hope such sodaine chaunge and stoode lyke one that had looked on Medusaes heade and so had bene tourned into a stone Lucilla séeing him in this pitifull plight and fearing he would take stande if the lure were not cast out toke him by the hand and wringing him softely with a smiling countenaunce began thus to comfort him Mée thinkes Euphues chaungeing so your couloure vpon the sodaine you will soone chaunge your coppie is your minde on your meat a penny for your thought Mistresse quod he if you would buy all my thoughts at that price I shoulde neuer be wearye of thinking but séeinge it is too déere reade it and take it for nothing It séemes to me sayd she that you are in some browne study what coulours you mighte best weare for your Ladye In déede Lucilla you leuell shrewdly at my thought by the ayme of your owne imagination for you haue giuen vnto me a true loues knotte wrought of chaungeable silke and you déeme mée that I am deuisinge howe I mighte haue my coulours chaungeable also that they mighte agrée But lette this with such toyes and deuises passe if it please you to commaund me any seruice I am héere ready to attende your leasure No seruice Euphues but that you kéepe silence vntill I haue vttered my minde and secrecie when I haue vnfolded my meaning If I should offende in the one I were to bold if in the other too beastly Well then Euphues sayd shée so it is that for the hope that I conceiue of thy loyaltie and the happy successe that is lyke to ensue of this our loue I am content to yeelde thée the place in my heart which thou desirest and deseruest aboue all other which consent in me if it may any wayes bréede thy contentation sure I am that it will euery way worke my comforte But as eyther thou tenderest mine honour or thine owne safetie vse such secrecie in this matter that my father haue no incklyng héereoff before I haue framed his minde fitte for our purpose And though women haue small force to ouercome men by reason yet haue they good Fortune to vndermine them by pollycie The softe droppes of raine pearce the hard Marble many strokes ouerthrow the tallest Oke a silly woman in time may make such a breach into a mans hearte as hir teares may enter without resistaunce then doubt not but I will so vndermine mine olde father as quickly I will enioy my new friend Tush Philautus was liked for fashion sake but neuer loued for fancie sake this I vow by the fayth of a Uirgin and by the loue I beare thée for greater bands to confirme my vowe I haue not that my father shall sooner martir me in the fire then marry me to Philautus No no Euphues thou onely hast wonne me by loue and shalt only weare me by law I force not Philautus his fury so I may haue Euphues his friendship neither will I prefer his possessions before thy person neyther estéeme better of his lands then of thy loue Ferardo shall sooner disherite me of my patrimony then dishonour me in breaking my promise it is not his great mannors but thy good manners that shall make my marriage In token of which my sincere affection I giue thée my hande in pawne and my heart for euer to be thy Lucilla Unto whome Euphues aunswered on this manner If my tongue were able to vtter the ioyes that my heart hath conceiued I feare me though I be wel beloued yet I shoulde hardlye bée beléeued Ah my Lucilla howe much am I bounde to thée whiche preferrest mine vnworthinesse before thy Fathers wrath my happinesse before thine owne misfortune my loue before thine owne lyfe howe might I excell thée in courtesie whome no mortall creature can excéede in constancie I finde it nowe for a setled truth which earst I accompted for a vaine talke that the Purple dye will neuer staine that the pure Cyuet will neuer loose his sauour
that the greene Laurell will neuer chaunge his coulour that beautie can neuer bée blotted with discourtesie As touching secrecie in this behalfe assure thy selfe that I wyll not so much as tell it to my selfe Commaund Euphues to runne to ride to vndertake any exploite be it neuer so daungerous to hazarde himselfe in any enterprise be it neuer so desperate As they were thus pleasauntly conferring the one with the other Liuia whom Euphues made his stale entered into the parlor vnto whom Lucilla spake in these termes Dost thou not laugh Liuia to sée my ghostly father kéepe me héere so long at shrift Truely aunswered Liuia me thinckes that you smile at some pleasaunt shift either hée is slow in enquiring of your faultes or you slack in aunswering of his questions and thus being supper time they al sat downe Lucilla wel pleased no man better content then Euphues who after hys repast hauing no apportunitie to conferre wyth his louer had small lust to continue with the gentlewoman any longer séeinge therefore hée coulde frame no meanes to woorke his delight hée coyned an excuse to hasten his departure promisinge the next morninge to trouble them againe as a guest more bolde then welcome although in deed he thought himselfe to bee the better welcome in saying that hée would come But as Ferardo went in poste so hée retourned in haste hauinge concluded wyth Philautus that the marriage shoulde immediatly bée consummated which wrought such a content in Philautus that he was almost in an extasie through the extremitie of hys passions such is the fulnesse and force of pleasure that there is nothinge so daungerous as the fruityon yet knowinge that delayes bringe daungers althoughe hée nothinge doubted of Lucilla whome hée loued yet feared hée the ficklenesse of olde men which is alwayes to bée mistrusted He vrged therefore Ferardo to breake wyth his daughter who béeinge willinge to haue the match made was content incontiuently to procure the meanes findinge therefore his daughter at leasure and hauing knowledge of hir former loue spake to hir as followeth Deere daughter as thou hast longe tyme lyued a mayden so nowe thou must learne to bée a Mother and as I haue bene carefull to bringe thée vpp a virgin so am I nowe desirous to make thée a wyfe Neyther ought I in this matter to vse any perswasions for the maydens coÌ„monly now a daies are no sooner borne but they begin to bride it neither to offer any greate portions for that thou knowest thou shalt inherite all my possessions Mine onely care hath bene heterto to match thée with such an one as shoulde be of good wealth able to maynteine thée of great worship able to compare with thee in birth of honest conditions to deserue thy loue and an Italian borne to enioye my landes At the laste I haue founde one aunswerable to my desire a gentleman of great reuenewes of a noble progeuie of honest behauiour of comely personage borne and brought vp in Naples Philautus thy friende as I gesse thy husband Lucilla if thou lyke it neither canst thou dislike hym who wanteth nothing that shoulde cause thy liking neyther hath any thinge that shoulde breede thy loathing And surely I reioyce the more that thou shalt be linked to him in marriage whome thou hast loued as I heare béeinge a mayden neither can there any iarres kindle betwéene them where the mindes be so vnited neyther any ielowsie arise where loue hathe so longe bene setled Therefore Lucilla to the ende the desire of either of you may now be accomplished to the delight of you both I am here come to finishe the contract by giuinge handes whiche you haue alredy begun betwéen your selues by ioyning of hearts that as God doth witnesse the one in your consciences so the worlde maye testiâ—ie the other by your conuersations and therefore Lucilla make such aunswere to my request as maye like me and satisâ—ie thy friende Lucilla abashed with this sodeine speach of hir father yet boldened by the loue of hir friend with a comly bashfulnesse aunswered him in this manner Reuerend Sir the swéetnesse that I haue found in the vndefiled estate of virginitie causeth me to loath the sower sauce which is mixed with matrimony and the quiet life which I haue tried being a maiden maketh me to shun the cares that are alwaies incideÌ„t to a mother neither am I so wedded to the worlde that I should be moued wyth greate possessions neyther so bewitched with wantonnesse that I should bee entised with any mans proportion neither if I were so dysposed woulde I bée so proude to desire one of noble progenie or so precise to choose one onely in myne owne countrey for that commonlye these thinges happen alwayes to the contrarie Doe wée not sée the noble to matche wyth the base the rich with the poore the Italian oftentimes with the Portingale As loue knoweth no lawes so it regardeth no conditions as the louer maketh no pawse where hée liketh so hee maketh no conscience of these idle ceremonies In that Philautus is the man that threateneth suche kindenesse at my handes and such courtesie at yours that hée shoulde accompte mée his wyfe before hée woe mée certeinely hée is lyke for mée to make hys reckoninge twise bicause hée reconeth without hys hostesse And in this Philautus woulde eyther shew himselfe of greate wisdome to perswade or mée of great lightnesse to be allured although the loadstone drawe yron yet it cannot moue golde thoughe the Iette gather vp the light strawe yet can it not take vp the pure stéele Althoughe Philautus thincke himselfe of vertue sufficient to winne his louer yet shall hée not obtaine Lucilla I cannot but smile to heare that a marriage should bée solemnized where neuer was any mention of assuringe and that the woeing should bée a day after the weddinge Certes if when I looked merilye on Philautus hée déemed it in the waye of marriage or if séeinge mée dispose to ieste hée tooke mée in good earnest then sure hée might gather some presumption of my loue but no promise But mée thincks it is good reason that I â—houlde be at mine owne brydeall and not gyuen in the Church before I know the Bridegrome Therefore déere Father in mine opinion as there can bée no bargaine where both be not agréede neither any Indentures sealed where the one will not consent so can there be no contract where both be not content no banes asked lawfully where one of the parties forbiddeth theÌ„ no marriage made where no match was ment But I will hereafter frame my selfe to be coy séeing I am claimed for a wife bicause I haue bene courteous and giue my selfe to melancholy seing I am accompted wonne in that I haue bene merrie And if euery gentleman be made of the mettall that Philautus is then I feare I shall be challenged of as many as I haue vsed to company with and bée a common wife to all those that haue commonly resorted hether My duetie
inherite them A good and discreete scholemayster should be such an one as Phaenix was the instructor of Achilles whome Pelleus as Homer reporteth appoynted to that ende that he should be vnto Achilles not onely a teacher of learning but an example of good lyuinge But that is most principally to be looked for and most dilygently to be foreséene that such tutours bée sought out for the education of a young childe whose lyfe hath neuer bene stayned with dishonestie whose good name hath neuer bene called vnto question whose manners hath bene irreprehensible before the worlde As husbandmen hedge in their trées so shoulde good scholemaysters with good manners hedge in the wit and disposition of the scholler whereby the blossoms of learning may the sooner encrese to a bud Many parents are in this to be misliked which hauing neyther tryall of his honestie nor experience of his learning to whome they committe the childe to bée taught without any déepe or due consideration put them to one eyther ignoraunt or obstinate the which if they themselues shall doe of ignoraunce the folly cannot bee eâ—cused if of obstinacie their lewdenesse is to bée abhorred Some fathers are ouâ—rcâ—me with the flatterie of those fooles which professe outwardly greate knowledge and shew a certeyne kinde of dissembling sinceritie in their lyfe others at the entreating of their familyar friendes are content to commit their sonnes to one without â—yther substaunce of honestie or shadowe of learning By which their vndisâ—râ—te dealing they are lyke these â—icke men whiche reiect the expert and cunning Phisition and at the request of their â—â—iendes admit the héedelesse practiser which dauâ—gereth the patient and bringeth the bodye to his bane Or not vnâ—yke vnto those whiche at the instaunt and importunate suite of their acquaintaunce refuse a cunninge Pylot and choose an vnsâ—ilfull Marriner whiche hazardeth the shippe and themselues in the calmest sea Good God can there bée any that hath the name of a Father which wyll estâ—eme more the fancie of his friende then the nurture of his sonne It was not in vayne that Crates would often say that if it were lawfull euen in the market place hee would crye out Whether runne you Fathers which haue all your carke and caâ—e to multiplye your wealth nothing regardinge your chyldren vnto whome you must leaue all In thys they resemble him which is very curious about the shooe and hath no care of the foote Besides this there bée many fathers so inflamed with the loue of wealth that they bée as it were incensed with hate againste their childreâ— which Aristippus séeinge in an olde miser did partly note it this olde miser askinge of Aristippus what hée would take to teach and bringe vp hys sonne hée aunswered a thousand groates a thousand groates God sheild aunswered this olde huddle I haue two seruauntes of that price Unto whome hée made aunswere thou shalt haue two seruants and one sonne and whether wilt thou sell Is it not absurde to haue so great a care of the right hande of the childe to cutte his meate that if he handle his knife in the leaâ—t hand we rebuke him seuerely and to bée secure of his nurture in discipline and learning But what doe happen vnto those parentes that bringe vp theire children lyke wantons When their sonnes shall growe to mans estate disdayninge nowe to bée corrected stoborne to obeye gyuing themselues to vaine pleasures and vnseemely pastimes then with the foolishe trowans they beginne to waxe wise and to repent them of theire former follye when their sonnes shall insumate themselues in the companye of flatterers a kinde of men more perrillous to youthe then any kinde of beastes When they shall haunt harlottes frequent tauerns bée curious in their attyre costly in their dyet carelesse in their behauiouâ— when they shall eyther bée common dâ—cers wyth gamesters eyther wanton dallyers with Ladyes eyther spende all their thrift on wine or all their wealth on women then the Father curseth his owne securitieâ— and lamenteth to late his childes mysfortune then the one accuseth his Syre as it were of mallice that hee woulde not bringe him vppe in learninge and himselfe of mischiefe that hée gaue not his minde to good letters If these youthes had bene trained vp in the companye of any Philosopher they would neuer haue bene so disolute in theyr lyfe or so resolute in their owne conceites It is good nurture that leadeth to vertue and discréete demeanour that playneth the pathe to felicity If one haue either the giâ—tes of Fortune as greate riches or of nature as seemely personage hée is to bée dispised in respect of learning To be a noble man it is most excellent but that is our auncestors as Vlysses sayde to Aiax as for our nobilitie our stocke our kindred and whatsoeuer wée our selues haue not done I â—earcely accompt ours Richesse are precious but Fortune ruleth the rost which oftentimes taketh away all from them that haue much and gyueth them more that had nothinge glorye is a thinge worthy to bee followed but as it is gotten wyth greate trauayle so is it lost in a small time Beautie is suche a thing as wée commonly preferre before all thinges yet it fadeth before we perceyue it to florishe health is that which all men desire yet euer subiect to any disease strength is to bee wyshed for yet is it eyther abated wyth an ague or taken away wâ—th age whosoeuer therefore boasteâ—h of force is to too beastly seâ—ing hée is in that qualitie not to bée compared wyth beastes as the Lyon the Bull the Eâ—ephant It is verâ—ue yea vertue gentlemen that maketh gentlemen that maketh the poore rich the base borne noble the subiect a soueraigne the deformed beautifull the sicke whole the weake strong the most myserable most happy There are two principall and peculier gyftes in the nature of man knowledge and reason the one commaundeth the other obeyeth these thinges neyther the whirlinge wheele of Fortune can chaunge neyther the deceitefull cauillinge of worldlinges seperate neyther sicknesse abate neither age abolish It is onely knowledge which worne with yeares waxeth younge and when all thinges are cutte awaye wyth the cycle of time knowledge florisheth so highe that time cannot reach it warre taketh all things with it euen as the whirlepoole yet must it leaue learninge behinde it wherefore it was wiselye aunswered in my opinion of Stilpo the Philosopher for when Demetrius wonne the Citie and made it euen to the grounde leauinge nothinge standing hée demaunded of Stilpo whether hee had lost any thinge of his in this great spoyle vnto whome he aunswered no verilye for warre getteth no spoyle of vertue Unto the like sence may the answere of Socrates be applyed wheÌ„ Gorgias asked him whether he déemed the Persian kinge happy or not I knowe not sayd he how much vertue or discipline he hath for happines doth not consist in the gifts of fortune but in grace of vertue But as there is nothing
more conuenient theÌ„ enstruction for youth so would I haue them nurtered in such a place as is renowmed for learning voyde of corrupte manners vndefiled with vice that séeinge no vayne delightes they maye the more easilye absteyne from lycensious desires they that studye to please the multitude are sure to displease the wyse they that seeme to flatter rude people wyth their rude pretences leuell at great honoure hauinge no ayme at honestie when I was heere a student in Athens it was thought a greate commendation for a younge scholler to make an Oration extempore but certeinely in my iudgement it is vtterly to bée condemned for whatsoeuer is done rashlye is done also rawely he that taketh vppon him to speake wythout premedytation knoweth neyther howe to begynne nor where to ende but fallinge into a vayne of bablinge vttereth those thinges whiche wyth modestye hée shoulde haue concealed and forgetteth those thinges that before hee had conceyued An Oration eyther penned eyther premeditated kéepeth it selfe with in the bounds of Decorum I haue read that Pericles béeinge at sundry times called of the people to pleade woulde alwayes aunswere that hee was not readye euen after the same manner Demosthenes béeing sent for to declaime amyddest the multitude staide and sayd I am not yet prouided And in his inuectiue agaynst Mydas he séemeth to prayse the profitablenesse of premeditation I confesse sayth hee ye Athenians that I haue studyed and considered deepely wyth my selfe what to speake for I were a sot if without due consideration had of those thinges that are to be spoken I shoulde haue talked vnaduisedly But I speake this not to this ende to condemne the exercise of the witte but that I would not haue any younge scholler openly to exercyse it but when he shall grow both in age and eloquence in so much as he shall throughe great vse good memorye be able aptly to conceiue redely to vtter any thing theÌ„ this saying extempore bringeth an admiration delight to the auditorye and singuler prayse and commendacion to the Orator For as he that hath long time bâ—n fettered with chaynes béeing released halteth through the force of his former yrons so he that hath bene vsed to a stricke kinde of pleading when hee shall talke extempore wil sauor of his former penning But if any shal vse it as it wer a precept for youth to tattle extempore he wil in time bring them to an immoderate kinde of humilitie A certein painter brought to Appelles the counterfaite of a face in a table saying loe Appelles I drew this eueÌ„ now whervnto he replyed If thou hadst ben silent I would haue iudged this picture to haue ben framed of the sodain I maruel that in this time thou couldst not paynt many more of these But retourne we again as I woulde haue tragicall and stately stile shunned so would I haue that abiect base phrase eschued for this swellyng kinde of talke hath lyttle modestie the other nothing moueth Besides this to haue the oration all one in euerye part neither adorned with fine figures neither sprinckled with choyse phrases bringeth teadiousnesse to the hearers and argueth the speaker of lyttle learning and lesse eloquence He shoulde more ouer talke of manye matters not alwayes harpe vpon one string he that alwayes singeth one note without dâ—skant breedeth no delyght he that alwayes playeth one part bringeth lothsomenesse to the eare It is varietie that moueth the minde of all men and one thing sayd twice as wee say commonly deserueth a trudge Homer woulde say that it loathed him to repeate any thing agayne though it were neuer so pleasaunt or profitable Though the Rose be swéete yet being tyed with the Uiolet the smel is more fragraunte though meate nurrish yet hauing good sauor it pâ—ouoketh the appetite The fayrest nosegay is made of many flowers the finest picture of sundry colours the wholesomest medicine of diuers hearbs wherefore it behoueth youth with all industry to serch not onely the harde questions of the Philosophers but also the fine cases of the Lawiers not only the quirks and quillyties of the Logicians but also to haue a sight in the numbers of the Arithmetricians the Tyrangles and Circles of the Geometricians the Spheere and Globe of the Astrologians the notes and crochets of the Musicians the odde conceits of the Poets the simples of the Phisicions and in all thinges to the ende that when they shal be willed to talke of any of them they may be ignoraunt in nothing He that hath a gardein plot doth aswel sow the pothearb as the Margerom as well the Leeke as the Lyllye as well the wholesome Isoppe as the faire Carnation the which he doth to the entent he may haue wholesome hearbes as well to nurrish his inwarde parts as sweete flowers to please his outwarde desire aswell fruitefull plantes to refresh his sences as fayre shewes to please his sighte Euen so whosoeuer that hath a sharpe and capable witte let him aswell giue his minde to sacred knowledge of diuinitie as to the profounde studye of Philosophye that by his witte he may not onely reape pleasure but profite not onely contentacion in minde but quyetnesse in conscience I will proceede in the Education I woulde haue them first of all to follow Philosophie as most auncient yea most excellent for as it is pleasaunt to passe thorow many fayre Cities but most pleasaunt to dwell in the fayrest euen so to reade many Historyes and artes pleasaunt but as it were to lodge with Philosophy most profitable It was pretely sayd of Bion the Philosopher Euen as when the woers coulde not haue the companye of Penelope they runne to hir handemaydes so they that cannot attayne to the knowledge of Philosophie apply their mindes to things most vyle and contemptible Wherefore we must prefer Philosophie as the onely Princesse of all Scyences and other artes as wayting Maydes For the curinge and kéepinge in temper of the bodye man by his industrye hath founde two thinges Phisicke and Exercise the one cureth sickenesse the other preserueth the body in temper but there is nothing that may heale diseases or cure the woundes of the minde but onely Philosophy By this shall wee learne what is honest what dishonest what is right what is wrong and that I maye in one worde say what may be sayd what is to be knowen what is to be auoyded what to be embraced how we ought to obay our parents reuerence our Elders enterteyne straungers honour the Magistrates loue our friendes lyue with our wyues vse â—ur seruaunts how we should worship God be dutifull to our fathers stande in awe of our superiours obay lawes giue place to officers how we may chuse friendes nurture our children and that which is most noble how we should neyther be too prowde in prosperitie neyther pensiue in aduersitie neythr lyke beasts ouercome with anger And heere I cannot but lament Athens which hauing ben alwaies the nurse of Philosophers doth now nurrish
woulde I not haue parentes altogether precise or to seuâ—re in correction but let them wyth mildenesse â—orgyue light offences and remember that they themselues hâ—ue bene younge as the Phisition by minglinge bitter poysons with swéete liquor bringeth healthe to the body so the Father with sharpe rebukes seasoned with louing lookes causeth a redresse and amendement in his childe But if the Father be throughly angry vpon good occasion let him not continue his rage for I had rather he should be soone angry then harde to be pleased for when the sonne shall perceiâ—e that the Father hathe conceyued rather a hate then a heate againste him he becommeth desperate neyther regarding his fathers ire neither his owne duetie Some light faults let them dissemble as though they knewe them not séeing them let them not séeme to see them hearing them let them not seeme to heare We can easily forget the offences of our friendes be they neuer so great and shall wée not forgyue the escapes of our children be they neuer so small We beare ofâ—entimes with our seruaunts and shall we not somtimes with our sonnes the fairest Iennet is ruled as well with the wand as with the spurre the wildest childe is assoone corrected with a word as with a weapon If thy sonne be so stubborne obstinately to rebel against thee or so wilful to perseuer in his wickednes that neither for feare of punishmeÌ„t neither for hope of reward he is any way to be reclaimed then séeke out some marriage fit for his degree which is the surest bond of youth the stroÌ„gest chain to fetter affections that can be found Yet let his wife be such a one as is neither much more noble in birth or farre more richer in goodes but accordâ—ng to the wyse saying choose one euery way as néere as may bee equall in both for they that doe desire greate dowries doe rather marrye themselues to the wealth then to their wife But to retourne to the matter it is most requisite that Fathers both by their discréet counsaile and also their honest conuersation bée an ensample of imitation to their children that hee seeinge in their parentes as it were in a glasse the perâ—ection of manners they maye bée encouraged by their vpright liuinge to practise the lyke pietie for if a Father rebuke his childe of swearinge and hée himselfe a blasphemor doth he not sée that in detecting his sonnes vice he also noteth his owne If the father counsayle the sonne to refraine wine as most vnholesome and drincke himselfe immoderately doth hee not as well reproue his owne folly as rebuke hys sonnes Age alway ought to bée a myrror for youth for where olde age is impudent there certeinly youth must néeds bee shamelesse where the aged haue no respect of their honorable and graye haires there the younge gallauntes haue little regarde of their honest behauiour in one word to conclude al wher age is past grauitie there youth is past grace The sum of all wherewith I would haue my Ephaebus endued how I would haue him instructed shall briefly appeare in this following First that he be of honest parents nursed of his mother brought vp in such a place as is incorrupt both for the aire manners wyth such a person as is vndefiled of great zeale of profounde knowledge of absolute perfection that bee instructed in Philosophy whereby hée may atteyne learninge and haue in all sciences a smâ—ake whereby he maye readiâ—y dispute of any thing That his body be kept in his pure strength by honest exercise hys witte and memory by diligent study That he abandon all allurements of vice and continually enclyne to vertue which if it shall as it may come to passe then doe I hope that if euer Platoes common weale shall flourish that my Ephaebus shall be a Citizen that if Aristotle siâ—ed any happye man it will bée my childe if Tullye confesse anye to bee an absolute Orator it will be my young youth I am heere therefore gentlemen to exhort you that with all industry you apply your mindes to the studie of Philosophye that as you professe your selues students so you maye bee students that as you disdayne not the name of a scholler so you wil not be found voyde of the duetie of schollers let not your minds be carried away with vayn delyghts as with trauayling into far and straunge countryes where you shal see more wickednesse then learne vertue and witte Neyther with costlye attire of the new cutte the Dutch hatte the French hose the Spanish rapier the Italian hilte and I know not what Cast not your eyes on the beautie of woemen leaste ye cast away your heartes with folly let not that fonde loue wherewith youthe fatteth himselâ—e as fatte as a foole infect you for as a sinew béeing cut though it be healed there will alwayes remayne a scarâ—e or as fine lynnen stayned with blacke incke though it be washed neuer so often will haue an yron mowle so the minde once mangled or maymed with loue though it be neuer so well cured with reason or cooled by wisedome yet there will appeare a scar by the which one may gesse the minde hath bene pierced and a blemish whereby one maye iudge the hearte hathe bene stayned Refrayne from dyeing which was the onely cause that Pyrâ—us was striken to the hearte and from dauncing which was the meanes y lost Iohn Baptists head I am not hee that will disallow honest recreation although I detest the abuses I speake â—oldely vnto you bicause I my selfe know you what Athens hath bene what Athens is what Athens shal be I can gesse Let not euery Iune and Alehouse in Athens be as it were your chamber frequent not those ordinarie tables wher eyther for the desire of delycate cates or the méetinge of youthefull companions yée both spende your money vaynely and your time idly Imitate him in lyfe whom ye honour â—or his learning Aristotle who was neuer seene in the company of those that idelly bestowed their time There is nothing more swifter then time nothinge more sweeter we haue not as Seneca sayth lyttle tyme to lyue but wée léese much neyther haue wée a shorte lyfe by Nature but we make it shorter by naughtines our lyfe is long if we know how to vse it Followe Appelles that cunning and wise Painter which would lette no day passe ouer his heade without a lyne without some labour It was pretely sayde of Hesiodas lette vs indeauour by reason to excell beastes séeinge beastes by nature excell men although strickely taken it be not so for that man is endewed with a soule yet taken touching their perfection of sences in their kinde it is most certeine Doth not the Lyon for strengthe the Turtle for loue the Ante for labour excell man Doth not the Eagle sée cléerer the Uulter smell better the Mowle heare lyghtlyer lette vs therefore endeuour to excell in vertue seeing in qualyties of the body we are inferiour to