Galba for his vertue was renowmd Thales affirmes that nothing in the world For man was meet but vertuous actions Cicero saith That vertue of it selfe Is the solâ— cause of happie life and death Vertue was neuer â—ireling of the mind But still will liue though fame had ne're a tongue What sute of grace hath vertue to put on If vice shall weare as good and doe as well Of Faith and Zeale Faith shewes a good mans fruits preserues the soule And zeale doth best giue euidence of faith FAithes best is triall then it shineth most The faithfull stands the faultie man will flye Zeale is but cold where louelesse law restraines T is hastie rashnes where true faith doth flye In deepe distresse true faith doth best auaile When once mans faith is spotted and defamd The bodie had been better neuer framd Zeale and good courage best become a Prince Faith bides no perfit triall but by time Shipwracke of faith is made where conscience dyes Friends haue no priuiledge to breake their faith The gift deserueth most is giuen in zeale False fainting zeale shadowed with good pretence Can find a cloake to couer each offence Fâ—lse faith is ouer-poisâ—le with weâ—lâ—â—st weighâ— The ballancâ— yeelds vnto the lightest feather An easie yeelding zeale is quickly quaild Faith violate is most detestable Faith once resolu'd treads fortune vnder foot The man that holds no faith shall find no trust Where faith doth fearelesse dwell in brazen tower There spotlesse pleasure builds her sacred bower A zealous heart is alwaies bountifull The faith of Knighthood is by vertue tryed Euery occasion quailes a hireling faith The gift deserueth much is giuen in zeale A princes greatest fault is breach of faith The faith of Pagans ought not be belieu'd Faith is a fortresse gainst all fainting feare And Zeale the walles doth euermore vp-reare Take faith from iustice all things runne to spoile Authoritie is strengthened best by zeale Who binds himselfe by faith had need beware Faith to rash oathes no credit giues at all The greater faith the greater sufferance Faith is the true foundation of the soule And soonest doth redeeme the same from sinne Zeale makes opinion stand inuincible A good mans wish is substance faith and fame Selfe-will doth frown when earnest zeale reprooues Faith mounteth to the clouds on golden wings Faith brings forth workes and workes declare our faith No faith too firme no trust can be too strong Similies on the same subiect AS raine makes euery ground bring forth encrease So faith of euery soule doth shew the fruits As honours fire doth kindle high desires So zealous faith lifts vp the lowest soule As night doth best the diamonds glory show So sharpe affliction best makes faith to grow As wisdome is the only way to weale So true discretion best directeth zeale As loue and hate cannot agree in one So without zeale faith thinkes her selfe alone Examples likewise on the same PArmenio wild his king to breake his faith I would quoth he were I Parmenio Lysander made no reckoning of his faith And therefore was by euery one reproou'd Attilius sent to Rome vpon his faith Boldly return'd although it cost his life Rastrix the Duke of Cleueland breaking faith Was therefore dispossest of both his eyes Let none speake ill of vs said Pittacus To whome we stand obliged by our faith Keepe faith saith Cicero with enemies What ere mishap doe follow thereupon Of Hope Hope is the sad hearts help the sick thoughts friend And what distrust impaires Hope doth amend ALl hope is vaine without the feare of God Hope on each least occasion taketh hold Hope doth forbid vs sorrow to beleeue When loue growes sickely hope then daily sterues Things out of hope by ventring oft are woon Hope many times on blessed hap doth light When hope is lost in care then comfort bleeds Vnworthy he of grace whome once deniall Excludes from fairest hope without more triall All foolish hopes haue euermore bad speed Councell doth come too late when hope is past Men well may hope to rise but feare to fall It s good to hope the best but feare the worst Chaunging the aire hopes time will alter chance Despaire and hope doe still attend on loue It s good to feare yet let our feare be so That to our hope it prooue no ouerthrow Oft present hap makes future hope to yeeld No hap so hard but hope doth much amend Hope to enioy is little lesse than ioy Honour once lost giues farewell to all hope Vnhappie men are subiect to no hope Fortune may take our goods but not our hope The heart that 's inly hurt is greatly easd With hope of that may make griefe best appeasd Hopes are vnsure when certaine is the paine We often fall when most we hope to clime As wee waxe hopelesse violence still growes Hope well in loue what euer be thy hap Hope is the daily dreame of waking men This life is but the hope of endlesse life Vnworthie is he of one happie day That will not take the offer of good hope There is no trust in youth nor hope in age The hope of things vnseene beares greatest price Good conscience alwaie hath a perfect hope Hope is a pleasing passion of the mind To hope against all hope is high resolue True hope is swift and flyes with swallowes wings Kings it makes Gods and meaner creatures Kings Inconstant hope is drowned oft in feares In midst of griefe hope alway hath some part Hope being deluded makes the torment more Who cannot feare to loose ne're hopes to haue All greedie hope vaine vicious humour feeds Hope is companion euermore to loue No one without great hopes will follow such Whose power and honour doth not promise much No hope of rest where hap true hope delayes Hope still perswading hope expecteth good Hope is the God of miserable men In vaine he hopes who here his hope doth ground From fruitlesse hopes but sillie fauours spring The euenings hope may comfort mornings care Hope built vpon the world doth neuer thriue But grounded once on God at no time failes Hope is the bread and food of wretched men Bad haps are holpe with hope and good beliefe No greater griefe in loue than fruitlesse hope Hope waits on great mens tongues and oft beguilâ—â— Hopes aboue Fortune doe fore-point deepe falls Who thinkes to thriue by hope oft haps to begge To hope too much is boldly to presume To hope too little â—asely to despaire Small is his gaine that hopes for golden griefe Meane mens preferments eleuates their hopes Sad hopes seeme ouer long and burdenous Grace to thy hope is alwaies safest guide When hope and hap when health and wealth is highest Then woe and wracke disease and need is nighest Hope of all passions is the pleasantest Vaine hopes are like a Vane turn'd with the wind To haue no hope is held most miserable To liue in hope of that men meane to giue Is to deceiue our selues and not
lyeâ— not in our pâ—wer to loue or hate For will in vs is ouer-rul'd by â—ate There 's none by warning can auoid his fate Ouâ— haps doe chaunge as chaunces on the dyce In vainâ— we â—ize that at so high a rate Whose best assurance but depends on fate What â—â—te imposeth we perforce must beare All mens estates alike vnsteadfast are Things which presage both good and bad there be Which fate fore-shewes but will not let vs see Our frailties doome is written in the flowers Fate cannot be preuented though fore-knowne VValles may a while hold out an enemie But neuer castle kept out destinie Errours are neuer errours but by fate No prouidence preuenteth destinie Those fates that one while plague poore men with crosses Another time prouide to mend their losses The fairest things are subiect still to fate No man is sure what finall fruits to reape Men attribute their follies vnto fate And lay on heauen the guilt of their owne crimes What happens me this day may you the next He thriueth best that hath a blessed fate Fatall is that ascent vnto a crowne From whence men come not but are hurled downe What fate intends follie cannot fore-stall Whome fate casts downe hardly againe recouers The breach once made vpon a battered state Downe goes distresse no shelter shrouds their fate Force cannot winne what fate doth contradict Men are but men and may not know their lot VVhen â—â—en doe wish for death fates haue no force But they when men would liue haue no remorse It fatall is to be seduc'd with shewes To alter course may bring men more astray Similies on the same subiect LIke as the day cannot preuent the night So vaine it is against the fates to fight As with the worst fate spareth not the best So faults are easier lookt in than redrest Euen as the starres and sands haue wondrous date So are our liues subiect to nought but fate As cities are o're-come by batterie So all on earth must yeeld to destinie As lookes of loue oft shadow inward hate So times faire hope is shortned soone by fate As flowers in morning fresh oft fade ere night So fate cuts off what goodliest seemes in sight Examples likewise on the same AS Bibulus in triumph rode through Rome His fate was with a tyle-stone to be slaine Aurelius sister Lucia by her needle But prickt her breast and dyde immediatly Cneius Rufferius combing of his head One of the teeth bereft him of his life Methridates suppos'd mens destinies Consisted in the power of hearbs and stones Chilo of Lacedaemon did maintaine That men might comprehend what was to come Plato affirmed That a good mans fate Neuer to euill could be destinate Of the Mind The Mind is that bright eye which guides the soule And gouernes men in all their actions THe mind is free what euer man afflicts Libertie is the minds best liuing fame Hope of long life is balefull to the mind O're-many thoughts maze-like the mind enclose Confusedly till order them dispose Patience doth giue a troubled heart delight Patience is the true touch-stone of the mind The griefes of troubled minds exceed beliefe When roomes of charge are giuen to minds of praise Then maiestie doth shewe her brightest rayes The gentle mind by gentle deeds is knowne The noblest mind the best contentment hath No deuilish thoughts dismay a constant mind Fame cherisher of honour-breathing hearts Is valours friend and nource of sacred Artes. By outward lookes the mind is oft discern'd The mind discernes where eyes could neuer see A yeelding mind doth argue cowardise The action and affection of the heart Two wayes whereby a christian playes his part The vertuous mind beares patiently all wrongs Ill may a sad mind forge a merrie face The highest lookes haue not the highest minds The carelesse man with vnaduised mind Doth blindly follow euery puffe of wind Free is the heart the temple of the mind Mens bodies may be ours their minds their owne The mind of man doth many times behold That which fraile sight can neuer reach vnto Great hearts will breake before they yeeld to bend A priuat mind may yeeld yet cares not how Mans mind a mirrour is of heauenly sights A briefe wherein all maruailes summed lye No man can slay the mind resolu'd to die Our seeming each man sees God knowes the heart The mind a creature it yet can create And adde to natures patternes higher skill None hath enough for euery greedie mind Mens minds oft times are tainted by their eares Bad mind so much to mind anothers ill At to become vnmindfull of his owne Men haue rude maâ—ble women soft waxe minds Theeues cares and troubled minds are long awake There 's none can tell the ease the mind doth gaine VVhen eyes can weepe heart groane or griefe complaine The mind corrupted takes the worser part A gentle mind will alwaies iudge the best Oh what a balme is made to cheare the heart If pearle and gold and spices beare a part Where minds are knit what helps if not enioyed What the tongue dares not oft the mind doth say The gentle mind doth plainly represent The glorious splendour of the firmament The mind stoopes to no dread though flesh be fraile Little perswasion mooues a wicked mind It 's pittie gold should sunder vertuous minds He doth but pine among his delicates VVhose troubled mind is stuft with discontent The heart oft suffers for the eyes offence Much promiseth the mind if fate as much Great is the will but greater farre the mind In case of iarre when as one man espyes Anothers mind liâ—e his then ill breedâ— worse Hire of a hireling mind is earned shame The guiltie mind hath neuer quiet liâ—e The bodies rest is quiet of the mind Agrieued minds seldome weigh the intent But alwaies iudge according to th' intent The mind well bent is safe from any harme Cares cruell scourge doth greatly whip the mind No plague is greater than the griefe of mind The feeble mind through weaknesse coines new feares VVhen stronger hearts their griefes more wisely beares Ignorance is the deadly night of mind Mens faces glister when their minds are blacke The face is held the Herald of the mind VVhereas the mind is willing and addict Examples are more forcible and strict The greatest minds doe aime at greatest things Pithie demaunds are whetstones to the mind The fairest face may haue the foulest mind All impious minds though their fore-casts be great They cannot hide them from the greatest great The minds old habit hardly will be chaung'd Pure is the mind that neuer meant amisse Where mind consents not faults deserue excuse When many tunes doe sweetly symphonize It conquers hearts and kindly them compounds Dombe plaints in feeling minds make greatest noise The mind by wrong is made a male-content Similies on the same subiect AS Scales by poise are mounted vp and downe So too and fro conceits doe vrge the mind As tender trees bend euery way we
please So gentle minds are easily ouer-rul'd As heauines fore-tels some harme at hand So minds disturb'd presage ensuing ills As sickly bodies brooke not heat nor cold So crazed minds dislike of euery thing As working vessels are by vent kept sound So troubled minds by conference find ease As fennie grounds send forth vnsauorie sents So bad minds blâ—nder out distempered thoughts Examples likewise on the same SCeuola in the greatnesse of his mind Entred Porsennaes Tent to murder him Queene Tomiris to shew her dauntlesse mind With Cyrus blood reueng'd her deare sonnes death Zenobia told Aurelian in the field He was not able to subdue her mind Lucius Dentatus neuer matcht for mind Came eighteene times a conquerour from field Cicero saith the goodnesse of the mâ—nd Is most discern'd in pardoning iniuries Socrates said His quietnes in mind Was cause he neuer sickned till his death Of Affection c. Affection and sweet fancies secret fire Kindle the coales that quicken vp desire WHere we affect we seldome find defect Of things vnknowne we can haue no desire Men ost affect them that doe loue them least And least doe loue them whome they should like best That one desires another doth disdaine Affection by the countenance is descried Full easily the fault may be redrest Where kind affection onely hath transgrest Kindly affection youth to liue with youth Truest affection doth no bounds retaine Affection is a â—ierce yet holy fire Free of him-selfe and chain'd to strong desire Desire with small encouraging growes bold It 's easie to desire but hard to chuse Affections speech that easily can dissolue Doth moisten Flint yet Steele in stiffe attire The sea hath bounds but deep desire hath none In darkest nights desire sees best of all Sweet are the kisses the embracements sweet When like desires with like affections meet Affections slaue regards no oathes nor lawes Luke-warme desires best fit with crazed loue Affection is a coale that must be coold Else suffered it will set the heart on fire Entire affection hateth nice coy hands Affection will like fire him-selfe betray Affection faints not like a pale fac'd coward But then wooes best when most his choise is froward The coales are quicke where fancie blowes the fire Desire can make a Doctor in a day Where loue doth reigne disturbing iealousie Doth call him selfe affections Sentinell Fauour and grace are tearmed fancies fuell An equall age doth equall like desires Bad mens affections turne to feare and hate And hate to daunger and deserued death That 's hardly kept which is desir'd of many The most maid-seeming is not without affection That needs must issue to the full perfection Hath grounded-being by the minds affection There 's nothing can affections force controll Drunken desire doth vomit his receit Affections gawdie banner once displayed The coward fights and will not be dismayed Things much restrain'd make vs the more desire them In meanest shewe the most affection dwells Small drops doe oft-times quench a mightie fire But hugest Seas not qualifie desire All qualifide affections loue doth hate Beautie strikes fancie blind vaine shewes deceiue Sad perâ—urâ—ations that affections guide Should not giue iudgement till their cause be tride Desire is life of loue and death of feare Death is the finall end of all desires Nothing can quench an infinite desire Once kindled through the first conceiued fire Sad sighes doe shew the heat of hearts desire Desire controld doth aggrauate desire Desire being fierce is spring of sighes and teares Men once degenerate and growne deprest Are pleasd to share affections with a beast Desire doth spring from that we wish and want Fancie is blind deafe and incredulous Fancie is watchfull and doth seldome sleepe Fancie compeld to Lute strings is compar'd Which ouer stretcht doe cracke before they sound Lawfull desires are honesties best notes Affection's rest lesse yet being perfect end-lesse Delay is preiudiciall to desire The greater part leane to example so That what they fancie they will sâ—ant forgoe Fancies best cure is mutuall affection Fancie soone â—ires but long before it quench When loue leads lookes no compasse keepes desire A hot desire on present heat doth dote When cold repentance will it not fore-note Low fortunes often times haue high desires Like fortunes globe euen so is fancies seat Appetites flame with wisdome best is quencht There neuer did all circumstances meet With those desires which were conceiu'd before Affection brooketh no diuision Sleepe hath no priuiledge ouer desire Similies on the same subiect AS poyson sweetly mixt is sooner ta'ne So fancie close conceal'd is soonest fier'd As Chrysolites are prooued in the fire So is affection in enforc'd restraint As cities wanting Magistrates decay Euen so desire vngouern'd hurts it selfe As all the world were darke but for the Sunne So life but for affection were vnsure As steele brings fire from the hardest flint So fancie mollisies the stearnest mind As Almond trees in age doe beare most fruit So yeares doth best approoue affections Examples likewise on the same ZAleucus to the Locrians made a law To loose their eyes that sinn'd in foule desires Appius was banished the cittie Rome For leud affection to Virginia Marke Anthonie disgrac'd his former fame By not restraining his affections King Alexander hated to the death In men or women loose and leud desires Fancie saith Aristotle often makes A frenzie in their soules are led thereby Desire saith Socrates no limits holds And therefore hardly can be mastred Of Disdaine c. Contempt and Scorne are Wits infirmitie Wherwith Disdaine and Scoffes keepe company FLint frost disdaine weares melts and yeelds we see Things long in getting quickly are disdain'd Present disdaine oft after-loue diuines Prayers preuaile not where is coy disdaine Better to die a thousand deaths and more Than liue contemn'd that honour'd was before Disdaine deliuers a depraued mind Griefe often-times giues place to nice disdaine Too much precisenesse sauours of selfe-loue Gibing demaunds deserue scornefull replyes Neither can wit or Art take any place Where aduerse scorne with feare strikes boldnesse dead Presumption giues no guerdon but disdaine Despised men on earth must liue in heauen There must be some contempt ere plagues ensue Disdaine attends where greatest honour haunts In high disdaine loue is a base desire And Cupids flames doe seeme but watrie fire Disdaine repines at all good things it sees They others vertues scorne that doubt their owne Mocke none in need beware thine owne mishap Scoffes without feare from follâ—e doe proceed The choice â—â—hard wheâ—e silence kills with griefe Oâ— speech reapes no reward but base contempâ— To mocke a friend is held no manly part Scorne can haue no reward but like contempt Ieasting is tollerable but scorne most vile Disdaine declares a proud presuming heart Loues passions quenched by vnkind disdaine Doth often times encrease the more desire Scorning is artificiall iniurie Who scorneth most shall be but paid with scoffes Scorne not thy wife least scorn'd she do thee
eare Without some sweet impression of the mind Wine often-times is cause of many words The fewer words the more discretion That man may worthily be said to doâ—e That trusts faire words and solles his goods for smoke When swords haue pleaded words doe come too late The lesse men speake the more they meditate Bargaines made by constraint may well be broken And words by force compeld as well vnspoken By the hearts thoughts the tongue is carried Few words well coucht doe most content the wise Reports in Coâ—â—â—s are held both night and day As common guests and seldome paâ—t away Seld speaketh loue but sighes his secret paines Of whome the tongue talkes much the heart thinkes more Better by speaking little make a sâ—arre Than by much babling cause a wide deepe wound Report hath oft a blister on her tongue The sweetest words may come from sowrest hearts The words that sound the sweetest in the eare Are not the wholsoâ—â—'st alwaies to the heart In many words is couched most mistrust Who fights with words doth soonest wound himselfe Many repent the words that they haue spoke But neuer any that they held their peace The coldest words oft cooles the hottest throat Workes and not words doe most commend a man Spend stripes on him whome words may not retaine Yet spend to mend by strokes but not to maime From fewest words may great effects ensue Silence hath seldome yet made any sad Whereas desire doth vrge the tongue to speake Somwhat must out or else the heart will breake The tongue is call'd the gate of life and death Who speakes with heed may boldly say his mind The man whose tongue before his wit doth run Oft speakes too soone and rues when he hath done A word once past can be recalde no more Better be silent than in vaine to speake As good be dombe as speake and not be heard Similies on the same subiect AS one sparke may procure a mightie fire So one ill tongue may cause great enmitie As riuers are bound in with bankes for ouer-flowing So reason should restraine too lauish talking As gold boiles best when it doth bubble least So mild deliuerance sweetens best our words As silence is a gift deuoid of feare So talking is a thing to vrge suspect As he beares miserie best that hides it most So he declares least wit that prateth most As we must giue account for idle silence So much more must we for our fruitlesse talke Examples likewise on the same POmpey let burne his finger in the fire Rather than he would be too free of tongue Vâ—ysseâ— in his youâ—h refrain'd from speech Because in yeares he would direct his tongue Great Alexander gaue Cherillus coine To hold his peace and to forbeare to write Antigâ—nus this lesson taught his sonne First to learne silence then to practise speech Zeâ—o reprâ—oued one that prated much And said his eares were founded on his tongue The toâ—gue saith Aristotle blabs the mind And fooles or wise men soone thereby we find Of Flatterie c. Flatterie is friendships vtter ouerthrow The wracke of States and honest natures foe THe greenest hearb oft hides the foulest toad The stillest water hath the deepest channell It 's better to be blamed by a friend Than to be kissed of a flatterer Soothing gâ—ts friends but truth doth purchase hate A seeming friend is a deceitfull bogge Flatterie suruiues not at the dead mans dore Liue men haue eares when tombes are deafe and poore Of false dissembling foulie must be fall The best dissembler hath the brauest wit It is esteem'd no certaine way to thriue To praise the dead but flattering men aliue Dissembled holinesse is double crime Faire feigned tales conuey foule things from sight Dissembling sometimes may attaine to saue Mens liues their â—ame their goods and all they haue Chuse few friends trie them flatterers speake faire Men strew sweet flowers to hide the deepest snares Mens pleas in loue like painters pensils are Which figure shadowes and the substance leaue Faire outward shewes prooue inwardly the worst Loue looketh faire when hap is most accurst The badge of hypocrites is noted still By alwayes speaking well yet doing ill Flatterie doth verie seldome want rewards To flatter wise men shewes discretions want When greatest braues are brought to trials proofe The boasters are content to stand aloofe Flatterers râ—spect their owne good no mans else Better a wretch than a dissembler False flatterers are worse than greedie crowes The one deâ—oureâ— aliue the other dead Plaine and not honest is too haâ—sh a style Men still doe foullest when they fairest speake Fond Physiognomies complexion Guides not the inward disposition Better offend with truth than flattering praise Flatterers are nought else but trencher flyes True loue 's a Saint so shall ye true loue know False loue 's a Sâ—ithian yet a Saint in show Flatterie iâ— the nource of wickednesse Dissembling weares a cloake truth naked goes The smoothest lookes doe soon'st of all beguile And oft are clokes to cogitations vile Womens dissembling hardly can be matcht A foe is better than a dissembling friend Similies on the same subiect AS vultures sleepe not where they find no prey So flatterers haunt not but where profit growes As vermine breâ—d in places of most warmth So flatterers cling where best they find reliefe As Pilgrims creepe not but where is some crosse So slye dissemblers crouch not but for gaine As â—othes the finest garments doe consume So flatterers feed vpon the frankest hearts As Panthers haue sweet sents but rauenous minds So flatterers haue smooth lookes but killing heaâ—â—s As straightest trees haue still the crookedst roots So all dissemblers haue the craftiest trickes Examples likewise on the same THe Emperour Sigismond strooke a flatterer And said He bit worse than a Scorpion Augustus so detested flatterie He could not bide his seruants kneele to him Tyberius seruants might not call him Lord Because he said therein they flatter'd him Clisiphus was call'd Philips counterfeit Because like him he fashion'd all he did Phocion said to king Antipater He could not be his friend and flatterer Wise men saith Bias make not all their friends But haue a speciall eye to flatterers Of good Deeds c. Good Deeds confound all bad suppresse offence Correcting faults with loue and patience THat is a good deed which preuents the bad Good vowes are neuer broken by good deeds He that sets downe what gifts in goodnes lurke Shall breath him twise before he end his worke In persons full of note good deeds are done Vowes are but seeds and good deeds are the fruits Good turnes ought not be held a seruile bond To bind their doers to receiue their meed That which doth good disgraceth no degreâ— We haue no good that we can say is ours Of passed good to make a new discourse By double vsurie doth twise renew it Good lampes will shine till all their oyle be gone Each goodly thing is hardest to begin When as the doing
Bel-vedére OR THE GARDEN OF THE MVSES Quem reâ—erent Muse viuet dum robora tellus Dum â—â—â—â—â—â—ollâ—â— â—â—â—â— veâ—â—t amnis aquas Imprinted at London by F. K. for Hugh Astley dwelling at Saint Magniâ— corner 1600. To the Vniuersitie of Oxenford Thou eye of Honour Nurserie of Fame Still teeming-Mother of immortall seed Receiue these blessed Orphanes of thy breed As from thy happie issue first they came Those flowing wits that bathed in thy foord And suck't the honie dew from thy pure pap Returne their tribute backe into thy lap In rich-wrought lines that yeelde no idle woord O let thy Sonnes from time to time supplie This Garden of the Muses where dooth want Such Flowers as are not or come short or scant Of that perfection may be had thereby So shall thy name liue still their fame ne're dye Though vnder ground whole worlds of time they lie Stat sine morte decus To the Vniuersitie of Cambridge Mother of Muses and great Nurse of Art Which lent'st the roote from whence these sweets are grown Now with increase receiue a bounteous part Which thou mayst iustly chalenge as thine owne That Grant may to the comfort of her streames Behold her Seedes of late now Dulcet flowres And with the plentie of the famous Thames Attyre her Nymphs and decke her watry bowres And cherishing these Choyces of delights With daintie Garlands Crowne the peacefull shore Prepard for Feasting and Triumphant sights More Beautifull than ages heretofore Whil'st all the Floods so famous but of late Shall giue their glorie to adorne her state Sua cuique gloria To his louing and approoued good Friend M. Iohn Bodenham TO thee that art Arts louer Learnings friend First causer and collectour of these floures Thy paines iust merit I in right commend Costing whole years months weeks daily hours Like to the Bee thou euery where didst rome Spending thy spirits in laborious care And nightly brought'st thy gather'd hony home As a true worke-man in so great affaire First of thine owne deseruing take the fame Next of thy friends his due he giues to thee That loue of learning may renowme thy name And leaue it richly to posterity Where others who might better yet forslow it May see their shame and times hereafter know it A. M. Of this Garden of the Muses THou which delight'st to view this goodly plot Here take such flowres as best shal serue thy vse VVhere thou maist find in euery curious knot Of speciall vertue and most preâ—â—â—us iuyce Set by Apollo in their seuerall places And nourished with his celestiall Beames And watered by the Muses and the Graces With the fresh dew of those Castalian streames What sente or colour canst thou but deuise That is not here that may delight the sense Or what can Art or Industry comprize That in aboundance is not gather'd hence No Garden yet was euer halfe so sweet As where Apollo and the Muses meet A. B. A Sonnet to the Muses Garden FAire planted Eden of collected sweets Cropt from the bosome of the fertile ground Where Science with her honey-current greets The sacred Sisters where her liberall sound Makes Angels ecchoes and to heauens rebound The repetition of sententious spirits Oh deare belou'd in vertues painfull merits Fruit-furnisht Tempe all the worlds abstract For flowres of vertue hearbs of rare effect From whence as well soules Physicke is extract As bodies gouernment hold in respect What Science giues though Ignorance reiect For euery maime and sicknesse of the mind A wounded life a precious balme may find Shee sends you not to search the hidden mynes For gorgeous iewels nor to forraine lands But in one casket all her wealth combines And giues it freely with heart-open hands Shee limits not her bountie within bands Looke first then like suruey take one or all Choose with the mind the eye is fancies ball W. Rankins Gent. Of the Booke THe sundry beames proceeding from one Sunne The hiue where many Bees their honey bring The Sea to which a thousand riuers runne The garden where suruiues contiâ—uall spring The Trophee hung with diuers painfull hands Abstract of knowledge Briefe of Eloquence Aiding the weake preseruing him that stands Guide to the soule and ruler of the sense Such is this Volume and the fraight hereof How-euer ignorance presume to scoffe R. Hathway Of God God is beyond â—raile sence to comprehend He first began all and of all is end VVHere God puts too his hand all else is vaine God thunders oftner than he strikes or beates God giues his wrath by weight but mercie free Where God doth blesse abundaÌ„ce quickly springs Gods wisdome too much sâ—archt is daungerous Gods iustice ouer-vrgde strikes heauily Without the vnderstanding of Gods will Our wiâ— is follie and our best sight ill God doth not hate to loue nor loue to hate God with his finger strikes and not his arme No m 〈…〉 o â—oâ—re but God can blesse his dayes Who â—aâ—iâ—n Iob did from the dunghill raise In vaine it is for man with God to stand God will controll when mortall men haue done Gods eqâ—â—â—â—â— doth euery action â—â—ooue Gods haâ—â—hâ—â—â—â—s thunder who dare him offâ—nd Faith finds â—â—â— passage to â—ods mercie seate Where vertue raiseth men to dignitie There God his blessings still doth multiply Little auailes Gods gifts where wants his grace Men order warre but God giues victorie Gods mercie doth his iustice farre exceed God deales not with vs as our sinnes deserue Gods doctrine is the rule of prouidence God is eternall therefore without end God made all mortall things and orders them According to his wisdome where and when Gods greatnes is more seene in loue than wrath God ne're made any equall to himselfe If God heâ—â—e not yet deeme him not vâ—iust Gods mercie is the worke of our redemption If thou lifâ— vp thy selfe God flyes from thee If thou be humble then he comes to thee If God dart lightning soon he dewes down raine Gods wrath soone kindled is as quickly quencht No misaduentures crosse where God doth guide Where God doth saue no other sâ—lue doth need How can that enterprise ill issue haue Where God himselfe doth guide doth speed doth saue Happy are they who fauour from God find God and our shame are staies vnto our sinne Gods iustice doth mans iustice farre excell Those that God loues in them he nothing hates How can a simple current him withstand Who all the mightie Ocean doth commaund God loues the faithfull but doth hate their sinne Good life begun in earth in heauen is ended When Sathan tempts he leads vs vnto hell But God doth guide whereas no death doth dwell When Sathan tempts he seekes our faith to foile But God doth seale it neuer to recoile God makes our burning zeale full bright to shine Amongst the candles of his Church diuine God euer seekes by triall and temptation To sound mans heart and secret cogitation God well knowes men and still his eye doth see All thoughts of
impaires not gold but makes it bright So greatest wrongs by patience are made light As physicke doth repaire decayed health So patience brings true blessings to the soule As water quencheth the extreamest fire So patience qualifies the mightiest wrongs As Diamonds in the darke are best discern'd So patience is in trouble best approou'd As angrie splenes are hastie in reuenge So discreete soules brooke all with patience Examples likewise on the same WHat-e're mishap Darius did befall Yet in his mind he was not moou'd at all Marcus 〈◊〉 said that patiâ—nce Had holpe him more than any thing be side Sylla endur'd reuilings patiently And mildly yeelded his Dictator-ship Mauritius moou'd not at his childrens death Although he saw them slaine before his face When Socrates was councel'd to reuenge Said If an Asse strike shall I strike againe In patience conflict saith Euripides The vanquisht doe exceed the vanquisher Of Man and Men. Man is a creature of such excellence As all else was created for his vse MAn in himselfe a little world doth beare All other creatures follow after kind But man alone is ruled by his mind All men to some peculiar vice encline The greater man the greater is the thing Be it good or bad that he doth vndertake A man once stung is hardly hurt againe Fond is the man that will atteâ—pâ— great deeds And loose the glorie that attends on them Where ease abounds men soone may doe amisse Men doe not know what they themselues will be When as more than themselues themselues they see The worth of all men by their end esteeme When men haue well fed and the bloud is warme Then are they most improuident of harme Birds haue the aire Fish water Men the land When from the heart of man ascends true sighes From Gods diuinest spiâ—it descendeth grace The man that seekes his thraldome merits it Man of himselfe is as a barren field But by the grace of heauen a fruitfull vine Men easily doe credit what they loue The man that liueth by anothers breath Looke when he dies is certaine of his death No man weighes him that doth himselfe neglect Men ought especially to saue their winnings In all attempts els loose they their beginnings Oft one mans sorrow doth another touch The man vniust is hopelesse fortunate Quickely misse-led but hardly reconcil'd It grieues a man to aske when he deserues Men are but Fortunes subiects therefore variable And times disciples therefore momentarie Deuise of man in working hath no end There liues no man so seiled in content That hath not daily somewhat to repent Ech man must thinke his morning shall haue night Mens imperfections often-times are knowne When they repine to thinke them as their owne Man neuer takes delight to heare his fault Men often iudge too well their owne deserts When others smile to see their ignorance Men honoured wanting wit are fruitlesse trees Man is but meere calamitie it selfe Man when he thinkes his state is most secure Shall find it then both fickle and vnsure Mans nature is desirous still of chaunge To greatest men great faults are incident Mishaps haue power o're man not he o're them Similies on the same subiect AS flowers by their sight and sente are knowne So men are noted by their words and workes As snow in water doth begin and end So man was made of earth and so shall end As waxe cannot endure before the fire So cannot vniust men in sight of heauen As all things on the earth are for mans vse So men were made for one anothers helpe As Toades doe sucke their venime from the earth So bad men draw corruption from foule sinne As fooles erect their houses on the sands So wise men doe rely their hopes on heauen Examples likewise on the same PHilip of Macedon was daily told Remember Philip thou art but a man Cyrus held no man worthie gouernment Except his vertues were to be admir'd Those men did Alcibiadâ—s count safe That kept their countries lawes vnchangeable Timon was cal'd the enemie to men And would perswade them to destroy them-selues What else is man saith Pindaruâ— but a dreame Or like a shadow we discerne in sleepe Homer cryed out Man was most miserable Of all the creatures that the world contain'd Of Women Women are equall euery way to men And both alike haue their infirmities WOmen by men receiue perfection Women and loue like emptie houses perish Like vntun'd golden strings faire women are Which lying lonâ— vntoucht will harshly iarre Faire and vnkind in women ill beseemes Women are wonne when they beginne to iarre Griefe hath two tongues and neuer woman yet Could rule them both without ten womens wit All women are ambitious naturally In womens tongues is quickly found a rub A womans will that 's bent to walke astray Is seldome chaung'd by watch or sharpe restraint Ripe still to ill ill womens counsels are All things are subiect but a womans will 'T is fast good will and gentle courtesies Reclaime a woman and no watching eyes Women are most wonne when men merit least Women that long thinke scorne to be said nay Neuer as yet was man so well aware But first or last was caught in womens snare Find constancie in women all is found Women desire to see and to be seene Great vaunts doe seeme hatcht vnder Sampsons lockes Yet womens words can giue them killing knockes Women haue teares for sorrow and dissembling Women allure with smiles and kill with frownes It is a common rule that women neuer Loue beautie in their sexe but enuie euer Women with wanton eyes haue wanton trickes Vertue is richest dowrie for a woman Though men can couer crimes with bold sterne lookes Poore womens faces are their owne faults bookes Women least reckon of a doting louer What cannot women doe that know their power If womens hearts that haue light thoughts to spill them Die of themselues why then should sorrow kill them No beast is fiercer than a iealous woman Women oft looke one to enuie another A womans teares are falling starres at night No sooner seene but quickly out of sight A womans fauour lasteth but a while Two things to be a woman and a Queene Women doe hold 't is ioyes life lifes best treasure Both to begin and leaue to kisse at leisurâ— Oft womens mercie more than mens is seene Some womens wits exceed all Art in loue A womans passions doth the aire resemble Neuer alike they sinne if they dissemble Loue women and inconstancie ne're part Blushes shew womens thoughts and teach men wit Those vertues that in women merit praise Are sober shewes without chast thoughts within A womans heart and tongue are relatiues Women may fall when there 's no strength in men Those women of their wit may iustly boast That buy their wisdome by anothers cost A womans mind is fit for each impression High praises hammer best a womans mind Thy wife being wise make her thy secretarie Else not for women seldome can keepe
Sorrow best speakes by signes of heauie eyes On greatest charge the greatest care attends Dombe is the message of a hidden griefe Sorrow breakes seasons and reposing houres Makes the night morning and the noon-tyde night Our inward cares are most pent in with griefe Sad cares mens eyes doth alwayes open keepe Short walkes seeme long when sorrow metes the way Sorrow hath onely this poore bare reliefe To be bemoand of such as wofull are Wounds helpe not wounds nor griefe ease grieuous deeds Excesse of sorrow listneth no reliefe Passions encreasing multiply complaints To moane ones care yet cannot helpe his thrall It kills his heart but comforts not at all No griefe like to the bondage of the mind No outward vtterance can commaund conceit Similies on the same subiect AS fire supprest is much more forcible So griefes conceal'd vrge greater passions As streames restrain'd breake through or ouer-flow So sorrow smoother'd growes to greater woe As tendrest wood is most annoyed of wormes So feeblest minds doth sorrow most afflict As clouds doe rob vs of faire heauens beautie So care bereaues vs of our speeches libertie As the sweet rose doth grow among the bryars So oft in sorrowes some content is found As discreete Pylots doe for stormes prepare So in our ioy let vs prouide for care Examples likewise on the same COriolanus finding his offence For warring gainst his country dyde with griefe Torquatus banisht from his fathers house For griefe thereof did rashly slay him selfe The Romane matrons for a whole yeares space Sighed and sorrowed for Bâ—â—tâ—â— death Lepidus grieuing long his wiues abuse Shortned his owne dayes with conceit of griefe The Pythagorians alwaies had thâ—s poesie The heart ought not be â—aten with sad griefe Cicero thought the minds chiefe enemies Were melancholly griefes and pensiues Of Feare c. Feare is defect of manly fortitude Continually by dread and doubt pursude A Hell-tormenting feare no faith can mooue Safetie most safe when she is fenc'd with feare Better first fâ—are than after still to feare Daunger deuiâ—eth shifts wit waits on feare Abhorre sinne past preuent what iâ— to come These two are things feare not the day of doome The bait in sight the hooke much lesse is fear'd Who euer feares is better neuer feare To loue for feare is secretly to hate Feare is companion of a guilâ—ie â—ind Faint feare and doubâ— still taketh their delight In â—erile which exceed all perill might Fâ—delitie doth flye where feare is hatcht Feares vrge despaires ruth breeds a hopelesse rage By needlesse feare none euer vantage got The benefit of feare is to be wise Whâ— would not die to kill all murdering griefes Or who would liue in neuer-dying feares Feare giueth wings and need doth courage teach Fond is the feare that finds no remedie The dâ—ead of dying payes death seruile breath Who liueâ—â— câ—ntent need feare no fâ—owning fate To feare the foe when feare oppresseth strength Giues in our weaknesse strengthning to the foe Feare finds out shiâ—ts timiditie is sâ—bâ—ill No greater hell than be a slaue to feare Birds feare no bushes that were neuer lim'd The guilt being great the feare doth more exceed Feare and be slaine no worse can come to fight And fight and dye is death destroying death Loue thriues not in the heart that shadowes feare Against loues fire feares frost can haue no power The Lyons roaring lesser beasts doe feare Doubt takes sure footing oft in slipperie wayes Huge rockes high windes strong pyrats shelues and sands The â—erchant feares ere rich at home he lands Delay breeds doubt and doubt brings on dismay A fearefull thing to tumble from a crowne Giue no beginning to a doubtfull end It 's fearefull sleeping in a serpents bed Extreamest feare can neither fight nor flye But coward-like with trembling terrour die Our owne examples makes vs feare the more Feare that is wiser than the truth doth ill Greatnesse that standeth high stands still in feare Feare casts too deepe and euer is too wise Who feares a sentence or an old mans saw May by a painted cloth be kept in awe The doubtfull can no vsuall plots endure A moderate feare fore-casts the worst of ill It 's vaine to feare the thing we cannot shun Better to feare thy choice than rue thy chaunce He rightly may be tearm'd a valâ—ant man Whome honest death doth not affright with feare Distracted terrour knowes not what is best No feare of death should force vs to doe ill Dread of vnknowne things breeds a greater dread Feare not the things must come be thinke faults past In vaine with terrour is he sortifide That is not guarded with â—iâ—me loue beside The loue vnseene is neuer knowne to feare A seruâ—le feare doth make a drooping mind Least we presume we must goe backe with feare Delay doth much torment a doubtfull mind It much offendeth to be old with feares When youth saith thereof thou want'st many yeeres Hardly we credit what imports our ill Men feare not them whose feeble strength they know Feare commonly doth breed and nourish hate Small ease hath he that feared is of all Cold doubt cauills with honour scorneth fame And in the end feare weighes downe faith with shame Dissention euer more breeds greater doubt We soone beleeue the case we would haue so A fearefull looke bewrayes a guiltie heart Death is farre sweeter than the feare of death It 's better much to suffer that we feare Than still by feare to liue in martyrdome Continuall griefe is feare beyond all feare Basenesse aduanced purchaseth but feare Who walke in feare suspect the pathes they tread Death being assur'd to come deserues no feare Whiles timerous knowledge stands considering Audacious ignorance performes the deed He that knowes most the more he hath to doubt Better mistrust too soone than rue too late We deeme things doubtfull breed not contentation Where men least feare there harme they soonest find Wicked men commonly are void of feare And therefore daunger alwaies with them beare Loue neuer was without both feare and teares Feare lendeth wings for aged folke to flie Similies on the same subiect AS suddaine bleeding argues ill ensuing So suddaine ceasing is fell feares renewing As leaking vessels cannot long endure So fearefull minds haue slender permanence As nettles haue no prickes and yet doe sting So feares haue little motion yet oft kill As salt ta'ne moderately doth â—ellish meat So discreet feares doe often benefite As in calamitie good friends auaile So sound aduise aduantageth in feare As wrong suspitions are but mens disgrace So needlesse feares declare but want of wit Examples likewise on the same CLaudius being giuen to feare his mother said Nature begun but had not finisht him Midas grew desperate by his fearefull dreames That to be rid of them he slew him-selfe Aristodemus fear'd with howling dogges Tooke such conceit that soone he ended life Nicias th' Athenian through cowardly feare Lost many famous opportunities Tully saith Much more euill is in feare Than in
good is only thought Worthy reward who will be bad for nought Raise not the bad to make the good complaine No good at all with doing ill is wonne Let vs not thinke that that our good can frame Which ruin'd hath the Authors of the same They are too blame which deeds well done wil wrest Good deeds the cruelt'st heart to kindnesse brings Good done to any doth impression strike Of ioy and loue in all that are alike Good deeds are famishment vnto the deuill The end is crowne of euery worke well done Good still is best when it is soonest wrought For lingring-fauour euer comes to nought The way to good is neuer learn'd too late Faults should be measur'd by intent not deed Nothing so good but may through guiltie shame Be much corrupt and wrested to great blame Igâ—orant faults craue pardon still by course Faâ—â—ts done may be repented not reclaim'd He that will purchase things of greatest price Must conquer by his deeds and not by words Faults vncommitted challenge no repent Many deserts may lessen slender faults Vniust offences daunger scape a time But yet at length reuenge doth pay them home Faults oft are measur'd by their secrâ—cie An error past is likewise past recalling There 's nought so vile that on the earth doth liue But to the earth some speciall good doth giue Good is the end that cannot be amended Where good is found we should not quit with ill There 's nought so good but strain'd from that faire vse Reuolts to vice and stumbles on abuse Gold and base mould no difference but by vse Better to heare than doe what is not well For ones offence why should a number fall Or priuas sinne be plagu'd in generall Seldome but some good commeth ere the end Gay without good is good hearts greatest loathing Forraine defects giuing home faults the way Make many times bad actions well succeed Still the directest courses best succeed Vertue conducteth to all things are good First weigh the qualitie of each offence And thereunto apply the punishment What one thinkes good another counts as vaine The highest iudger quickely can â—spie If faults or fraud doe vnder couert lye Wisdome directs to know the good from bad As oft as we doe good wee sacrifice The more â—ur grace and goodnesse doth encrease The more our soules prepare them selues to God Truth is the guide to all good actions Neuer repent thee of thy well-done deeds The goodnesse that proceeds from ignorance Iâ— like the hearbs that on a dunghill growes Good men doe still delight in doing good Good deeds doe shew the fruits of zealous faith Similies on the same subiect AS hardest stones are pierâ—'d with softest drops So vertuous deads reforme the loosest minds As â—ond behauiour most displaies a foole So honest deeds declare an honest heart As falling starres are soone extinguished So slight offences craue quicke pardoning As sullein lookes bewrayes reuenge-full thoughts So mild aspect declares a gentle heart As golden bridles better not a horse So words without good deeds shew not a man As bankets haue no grace where wanteth guests So words are litle worth where deeds come short Examples likewise on the same TRaiane reproou'd for listning poore mens wrongs Said None should hindet him from doing good The Emperour Auâ—elian had great care Least malice should obscure his well done deeds Philip did thanke the woman for her checke And said Still câ—ide me when I doe not well Augustus left his friend to iudgements triall For hindring law quoth he becomes no king Cleon being call'd to deale in state affaires Fore-warn'd his friends be carefull of their deeds Reward the good saith Solon for their doing good Aud punish them delight in wicked deeds Of euill Deeds c. Euill deeds and wicked come from vicious minds And here or some-where els due vengeance finds EXtreamest ills some time a ioy possesse Ill hardly set on is as hard got out Those things which we deeme good oft prooue but ill Counsell that comes when ill hath done his worst Blesseth our ill but makes our good accurst To put backe ill our good we must forbeare Euill tidings still doe faster flye than good Our greatest ills we most of all mistiust A guiltie conscience vrged with the thought Of former ill done deeds not easily erres Euils vnto euils still conducters are Ill comes too soone repentance oft too late Ill newes hath wings and with the wind doth â—â—ye In the first rising seeke to stifle ill Least it get head and grow against thy will That daye 's ne're ill that brings a pleasing night Worse than the worst of euils are wicked thoughts No blush can paint the shame is due to ill The apprehension of what e're is good Giues but the greater feeling to the worse All wicked deeds doe wrathfull doomes procure In euills counsell is the comfort chiefe Many times good doth grow by euils proofe By euill courses may be vnderstood That their euents can neuer fall out good When ill is hapt teares but encrease the ill Ill by example often gaineth good It 's double griefe to see a helplesse ill Great men that will haue lesse doe for them still Must beare them out although their deeds be ill Good heart in ill doth much the ill amend It 's better to reforme than cut off ill The worâ—er deed the doer likes for best Neuer was man so euill did or thought But would pretend some good cause though starke naught Good words doe often couer ill pretence One day doth wreake the ill that many wrought Mischiefe oft falls vpon the meaners head An euill deed â—one by authoritie Is mightie sinne and subornation The good compar'd with bad is soonest seene Who will not stoope to good must yeeld to ill Mischiefe doth euer ouer-match the bad The wicked cannot sleepe or take their rest Till they be pleased with some ill done deed Mischiefe is light and mounteth ouer head Old mischiefes oft doe set new ills abroach Ill president the tyde that waâ—tes to vice A minute spent in good seemes long loath'd day But nights of ill like moments slip away The more ill threats vs we suspect the lesse To harme there alwaies needs but little helpe Euill ensueth of each wrong intent With vniust men to stand debating lawes Is to giue power to hurt a rightfull cause Constrained ill must needs be suffered We see the good but yet we chuse the ill Oft that is vile shewes like a vertuous deed Nothing the world with greater harme doth fill Than want of feeling one anothers ill Mens faults doe seldome to them-selues appeare Men smoother partially their owne misdeeds Faults still against them-selues giue euidence When better choices are not to be had We needs must take the seeming best of bad The euill doth alwaies argue the offence One bad done deed may worke to many ill Euill seeming good is most pernicious Those euils where to a man by loue is driuen So much the rather
ought to be forgiuen Things badly got can haue but bad successe Custome confirmes and makes ill in perfection Nothing is euill that is necessarie Too small a sacrifice for mischiefes done Is one mans breath that thousands did defeat Mischiefe is no meet way to seeke redresse Mischiefe is oft thought good by speeding ill A bad beginning makes a worâ—er end Ill some-times is the cause of good successe And wicked meanings turne to happinesse One mischiefes Sunne thawes not anothers Ice The sight of euill sets out goodnesse best Euill dessignes haue euill accidents All such as are the ministers of ill The gallowes eates or fatall sword doth kill Similies on the same subiect AS Fowlers by their craft beguile the birds So wicked deeds corrupt plaine meaning minds As serpents food is onely on the earth So wicked mens delights is ill done deeds As sheep-cloath'd Wolues do alwaies greatest spoile So painted deeds doe most of all deceiue As Circes witch-craft chaunged men to beasts So wicked deeds makes seeming men bruit beasts As braunches prosper not cut from the tree So all is vaine that swerues from honest course As little sparkes of â—ire procure great harme So least ill deeds doe hardly find amends Examples likewise on the same PEricles said th' Athenians loued him Because they neuer could detect his deeds Demetrius lost all his followers Because he had no care of doing ill Pyrrhus desired to be smit with death When he did ought that ill beseem'd a King Seuerus caus'd his man be smoakt to death Because his deeds should not dishonour him Men to doe ill or iniurie each other Is no meane eye-sore Tullie doth affirme No man saith Socrates should deale vniustly In any matter be it ne're so small Of Thoughts Thoughts are the flowring blossoms of the mind And words the daily fruits of our desires CLose thoughts stands free from sword or violence No kings commaund could euer hinder thought What thought can thinke another thought can mend A secret shame in euery thought will smother Where feares doe Candie-thoughts with Icie-cold Heat stirres the tongue to daungers manifold Thoughts are but dreames till their effects be tryed Vnstained thoughts doe seldome dreame of ill A fault vnknowne is as a thought vnacted Preuention speaketh all but what he thinkes That which the thought would by the tongue digest The eare conuayes it backe into the breast The thoughts of men are fed with expectations All wishing thoughts sprout forth by quicke desire Citties doe bastardize the brauest thoughts It 's very hard imprisoned thoughts to bale Pure thoughts doe alwayes sleepe secure and still While lust and murder wakes to staine and kill Thoughts oft times force a lingring life to pine Hope strengthened addes much matter to each thought All womens tongues and thoughts seldome agreee How poore soeuer thought is rich enough If springing thoughts be any iot diminisht They wither in their prime and prooue nought worth The heart hath but one string yet many thoughts All earthly thoughts are subiect to annoy Vnreuerend thoughts gainst kings are treacherie Vnmeasur'd thoughts by fortune are cut short Nothing doth sooner dry vp beauties blood Than sullein thoughts though it be ne're so fresh Oft princes thoughts are tyed to beauties wings All wicked thoughts haue still a wicked end Sweet is the thought where hope perswadeth hap Sweet are the thoughts that neuer found amisle Nothing doth sooner shorten life of man Than vaine deluding hopes and idle thoughts Deare is the thought whereby discretion liues Thoughts prosper not where feare doth perish them No witnesse needeth for a guiltie thought The meanest man will yet in thought aspire Our narrow-eyes thoughts oft times looke more direct Than our loose wisdomes borne with wild neglect All leaden thoughts than earth no higher flyes Full many signes bewrayes our secret thoughts Thoughts often-times doe shroud vs in the earth To muse and meditate is learnings life By common cariage of the outward parts The secret thoughts are seene of many hearts Cartie thy thoughts in silence sealed vp Sweet are the thoughts of pleasures we haue tryed Thoughts are not seene yet lookes bewray the mind Similies on the same subiect AS white and blacke are contrarie in sight So words and thoughts are very different As fire and water neuer can agree Euen so mens words and thoughts doe disagree As courtiers cloakes are shifted very oft So are our thoughts neuer at certaine stay As light is welcome to perplexed minds So merrie thoughts doe banish sadnesse best As euery tree hath his peculiar fruit So euery man hath his owne priuat thought As merrie hosts care not for frowning guests So pleasant minds can brooke no pensiue thoughts Examples likewise on the same CAesar did neuer feare a merrie looke But doubted sad men to haue wicked thoughts The Spartanes carried commendation Because they scorn'd to beare iniurious thoughts Puluillus being told his sonne was dead Made answere Therefore he would take no thought When Scipio read the bookes of Xenophon He said They counsail'd him from taking thought Thoughts doe afflict the mind saith Cicerâ— And makes it subiect to no certaintie Saith Aristotle They need Physicke most That doe deuoure their health by fretfull thoughts Of Teares c. Teares are best friends to solitarie minds And mourning is a foe to company WEeping auailes not where laments are scorn'd Our teares oft times draw teares from others eies Great losses greatly are to be bemoan'd Teares tye the tongue of an accusers grudge And softs the rigour of the stearnest iudge No griefe like that to mourne and be despis'd A troubled soule in teares her comfort seekes Well mourning garments fit a mourning mind Teares are dumbe Oratours and wanting speech Perswade some-time more than the tongue can doe Teares are the most effectuall â—hetoricke Teares are the treasure of a griefe-gald heart Griefe tyes the tongue and sorrow stoppeth teares Teares must not be as torments but at markes To shew the loue we beare vnto our friend Teares will appease where trespasse hath incenst Repentant teares doth quench Gods kindled ire Teares shâ—d in time doth winne a blisse-full houre Our teares must be as drops of vitall blood Not feigned but deriued from the heart The heart may weepe although the eyes be drie Partners in loue are partners in laments Eyes are first causers of the hearts lamenting Musicke can hardly solace humane eares When strings are broke and eyes are drown'd in teares Soft teares make batterie in the hardest heart Teares deem'd but silent are as loud as thunder Teares are swift postes to certifie our griefes They seldome doe respect poore beggers teares That may haue musique to delight their eares Teares are as nourishment to godly soules Weeping is ioy to well-affected minds Our eyes must not be drowned nor yet dry To weepe for losse or worldly dignitie And not for sinne is meere hypocrisie Teares kindle loue and qualifie displeasure The deepest cares breake neuer into teares Teares ill becomes