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A15034	An heptameron of ciuill discourses Containing: the Christmasse exercise of sundrie well courted gentlemen and gentlewomen. In whose behauiours, the better sort, may see, a represe[n]tation of thier own vertues: and the inferiour, may learne such rules of ciuil gouernme[n]t, as wil rase out the blemish of their basenesse: wherin, is renowned, the vertues, of a most honourable and braue mynded gentleman. And herein, also, as it were in a mirrour the vnmaried may see the defectes whiche eclipse the glorie of mariage: and the wel maried, as in a table of housholde lawes, may cull out needefull preceptes to establysh their good fortune. A worke, intercoursed with ciuyll pleasure, to reaue tediousnesse from the reader: and garnished with morall noates to make it profitable, to the regarder. The reporte, of George Whetstone. Gent.	Whetstone, George, 1544?-1587?	1582 (1582)	STC 25337; ESTC S111679	129,236	194

wéeke for his merrit was holden very small that coulde bee intertained of none and her conditions very crooked that was beloued of none Item euery Gentleman was bound to geue his owne Mistresse the honour of his seruise and the chiefe place in his commendations vppon paine to lose her seruice and to bée entertained of no other For he that was dissoyall to one coulde not be holden faithfull vnto an other Item euery Gentlewoman was bounde to imploye her owne Seruaunt vppon paine to be reputed symple For she that affyed not in her owne Seruant had no reason to trust an others Item euery Gentleman was bound to defende the honor of his Misterisse both with worde and sworde vppon paine to be reputed a Coward and not to were her gloue For he was holden very vnsufficient that prysed not his Misterisse honor aboue his owne lyfe Item eurey Gentlewoman was bound to incouradge her Seruant with Good countenances and vppon the execution of any worthy seruice to rewarde him with the kissing of her hand vpon paine to be déemèd vnworthy to be serued For she of all the world is acounted to rigorous a Dame that with scorne receyueth dutifull seruice Item euery Gentleman was bounde to Court his misterisse with Ciuill speaches vpon paine to be forbiddē to talke of loue for thrée daies For he was accompted bace mannered or verie grose witted that coulde not pleasantlye intertaine time with a ciuill discourse Item euery Gentleman was bound either by some exercise of value or by some shew of excellency of wit to approue him selfe worthy of his Mistrisse vpon paine to be spoyled of his Armes and the whole Christmas to attende with the Pages for he was holden vnworthy the societie of men or the affection of women that was neither valiant nor wise These Lawes proclaimed Quéene Aurelia appoynted an elderly Courtier named Fabritio and a well spoken Gentlewoman called Donna Isabella to be Iudges of the controuersyes in disputation and to attend her in her affaires of pleasure she chused Segnior Soranso a Gentleman Italion of Wit quick and sharp and for his deuices swéete and pleasant Don Dondolo a Napolitan haughtie and proude in his conceits Monsier Bargetto a Frenchman amourous and light headed Doctor Mossenigo a Germaine so called for the plaine discouerie of his mind Segnior Faliero a Scot subtill and cunnyng in his deuyces and my selfe Caualiero Ismarito an English man in whiche name heereafter I will present those actions that touch my selfe This wise choice she made to priueldge the Strangers with the hyest fauour Of Gentlewomen she chused Maria Belochy a Damsell whose eye was able to fire a mountaine of Ice Lucia Bella for fairenesse swéete behauiour an Angel Hellena Dulce a louing and affable Gentlewoman Franceschina sancta so called for hir modest and lowlye countenance Katherina Trista a ●…owre and testy Dame Aluisa Vechio who although shee were in the wayne of her yéeres yet was she in the pride of yong desires This done Quéene Aurelia by consent deuided the exercises of euery day into these times the forenoone to bée bestowed in the seruice of God after dinner two houres to be intertained in ciuell discourse and disputation the rest till Supper at pleasure and after supper to spende a time in daunsing maskinge or in other like pastimes as occasion presented The greater part of Christmas day was spent in esta blishing these orders the rest was ouercome in sol●…pne Musick for among the better forte that day is honoured with no light mirth THe next daye by nine a Clocke according to one of the charges in the Proclamation you might sée the yong Gentlemen Gentlewomen coupled together lyke fowles on Saint Valentines day morninge But Cauiliero Ismarito hauing the eyes of his hart setteled vpon his Mistresse beautie with carelesse regarde behelde the rest of the company and leanyng by a dore thorow which she should passe he awayghted Quéene Aurelias comming Who at her accustomed howre presented her self with an aduauntage of brauerie whom the whole trowpe reuerently saluted and honorably accompanyed vnto the Chappell After Seruice Dinner and all were solempnlye ended Queene Aurelia with a chosen company retyred her selfe into a pleasant drawing Chamber to execute the reported ordenaunce But to quicken the Spirites of the company before they entred into discourse she commaunded a faire Eunucke Boy to singe some one songe as hée thought good who obaying her commaundement with a heauenly note vnto the Lute sunge this louyng Laye NO ioy comes neare the heauenly ioy of loue When we imbrace the wish of our desyre All pleasures els that kinde or Arte may moue To loue are lyke the heate of paynted fyre Loue is the roote whereon swete thoughts do grow Loue is the sowrce from whence content doth flow ¶ When I behould my Mistresse in the face Loue from her eyes a thousand Graces throwes But when in armes Idoe her selfe imbrace One smyling looke exileth all my woes Then straight our lippes prepare them selues to fight And on eche kys Loue seales a new delight ¶ What would you more I wish me in my graue Were but my soule with halfe these pleasures crownde And heare on earth to be my Misterisse slaue I hold me free and others to be bounde Wherfore I sing which I in sollace proue There is no heauen to lyfe bestowed in loue The swéet deliuerie of this sonet so inchanted y e harts of y e hearers as for a space their sences gaue place to the contemplatiō of their soules In the end Madona Isabella by this motiō made y e whole cōpany a passadge for spéech If Loue be so swéete a passion quoth she I muse from what cause procéedeth the complaintes of Louers who w t showering teares bedeweth the earth with misty fights dimmeth the aire w t shril outcries pearceth the heauens The cause quoth Soranso procéeds of our fleshly imperfections which corruptes y e nature of good things not of any defect in loue for loue is a simple deuine vertue and hath his being in y e soule whose motions are heauenly I haue read ꝙ Isabella that there be sundry kindes of loue The vse of loue are diuers ꝙ Soranso as in zeale towardes God in duty towardes our Countrie in obedience towards our parēts in affectiō towards our frends All which motions procéedeth forth of one loue although som are more vehement then y e other euen as many Rivers doo run out of one Spring whereof som haue a more swift course then the other But of that passion which we ordinarily call loue the wish either tends to Marriage or wantōnesse There is matter of disputation in Marriage ꝙ Franceschina because y t estate is honorable yet subiect to crosse fortunes But touching your conclusiō of wātōnes it deserueth to die in silence for known euils are to bée chastened without allowing their defences Madame ꝙ Faliero vnlesse you reuoke

barbarous people that euer lyued by the Impression of Nature Mariage hath euermore ben reuerenced and honoured Muche more ciuill people ought to affecte this holy estate And where Ismarito attributes suche Glorie vnto a Single lyfe because that Daphne was metamorphosed into a Bay Trée whose Branches are alwayes gréene In my opnion his reason is fayre lyke the Bay Trée for the Bay Trée is barren of pleasant fruict his plesing words of weighty matter Furthermore what remembrance is theare of faire Sirinx coynesse refusing to be God Pans wife other then that she was metamorphosed into a fewe vnprofitable Réedes Or of Anaxaretes chaste crueltie towardes Iphis ouer then that she remaineth an Image of Stone in Samarin Many other suche lyke naked Monumentes remayne of nice contempners of Marriage But in the behalf of Mariage thousāds haue ben changed into Olyue Pomegranate Mulberie and other fruictfull-trées swéete flowers Starres and precious Stones by whom the worlde is beautified directed and noorished In many well gouerned commen wealths Sterylitie hath ben reputed so vile as the Aged was of no man honoured y e had not childrē of his own to do him reuerence Then by how much those thinges which noorish with increase are more necessarie then those things which but simply please the eye by so muche the marryed is more worthy then the single lyfe Sir quoth Ismarito it séemeth that you haue read a Leafe more then Sainct Katherynes Nun for she simply tried all thinges and you subtilly vse but what serueth your owne tourne you reproach a Single lyfe with Barrennesse commend the fertilytie of Mariage But had you showen the wéedes with y e Corne bare pasture wold haue retourned as great a benefit as your haruest The Monsters Serpents and loathsome Creatures mentioned by Ouide in his Metamorphosis were they not I praye you the fruicts of Marriage as wel as the blessings whiche you so affectedlye reported Oedippus was glad to scratch out his eyes because he could not indure to behold the vices of his Children The good Emperour Marcus Aurelius in his aged daies neuer rose that he sighthed not neuer dyned that he fretted not nor neuer went to bedd that he wéeped not to heare sée and consider the mounstrous euylls of his Children Admit the Married haue vertuous Children they may dye when they are yonge then the goodnesse of their lyues increaseth sorrowes by their deathes and where the comfort is so doubtfull it is not amisse to refuse the hazard of the gréefe neither dyeth there any of Dianas band but that their vertues reuiueth them as the ashes of the Phenix tourneth into an other Phenix It is for some Phenix sake quoth Quéene Aurelia that you thus stoutly defend a Single lyfe I doo but your commaundement quoth Ismarito You quoth shée it is at my commaundement but yet for some others merit Alvisa vechio fearing that Marriage wold receiue som disgrace if that Quéene Aurelia fauoured the Defence of a Single lyfe could not longer suppresse her affections but with a womans Impatiencie blamed the rigour of Diana who condēpned Acteon to be deuoured of his own Howndes who caused swéete Addonis to be slayne by a wylde Boare with many other cruell partes vnséemyng the naturall pittie of a woman but which might haue saued a great deale of Argument or at the least which wyll now soone ende the Controuersie compare ꝙ she Iuno and Diana together and by their callings you may easely iudge who is the worthyer Diana poore soule is but a Goddesse here on earth and Iuno is Quéene of Heauen Dianaes force is in her Bow and Arrowes Iuno bestoweth Thunderbolts vpon her enemies Diana is attyred with gréene leaues and Iuno with glorious Starres Diana féedeth on rawe Fruictes and drinketh cold water Iunoes Feastes are of Manna and her Bowles are fild with Nectar Dianes Musick is no better then the voyces of a fewe Nymphes Iuno is recreated with the Harmonie of Angelles Dianaes pastime is a foote to chace the fearefull Roe where Iuno in Phaetons wynged Chariot pursueth a thousand seueral pleasures then by how much the pompe of Iuno excéedeth the naked Triumphes of Diana by so much Mariage must néedes be more worthye then the Single lyfe Lucia Bella that shuld haue answered Alvisa Vechio not vnlyke the Marygoulde that cloaseth her Beautie when Phebus is attyred with his brightest Rayes so admyred the glory of Iuno y t as an inchaunted creature her tongue forgot her naturall office the reason was her hart was sodenly surprised with an ambitious desire of honor Which change Ismarito perceyued with the first and least her scilence shuld conclude a yealding Al is not gold ꝙ he that glistereth nor euery thyng counterfet that is not curiously garnished a smyling countenance is no full testimonie of a merie hart nor costly Garments of a rich Purse And perchance the griefe of Iunoes secret discontentmentes is greatter then the delight of her gloryous pompe where Diana who as a Diamond in the darcke shineth of her selfe needeth not the Ornaments of Iuno And as shée is symplye of a pure substaunce so her thoughtes must needes be swéete and quiet Sir ꝙ Maria Belochy our soundest iudgements are of those things that we our selues sée therfore if the apparaunce of Mariage be worthier then the apparaunce of the single lyfe if sentence be truely pronounced it must be in the behalfe of Iuno Quéene Aurelia perceyuing the increase of Ismaritos aduersaries for who can stop a streame measure the fire weygh the winde or hynder Fancyes passage and withall considering how that the controuercy was sufficiently debated commaunded the contenders to kéepe scilence and referred y e qustiō to be Iudged by Fabritio Isabella Who hauing aduisedly considered the reasons on both sydes agréed that a single chast lyfe pleased God because Chastitie is pure and also delighteth man because shée quieteth the mynde but a chast marryed lyfe bothe pleaseth and honoureth God because Marriage howrely presenteth the world with the Image of himselfe pleaseth and profiteth man because she giueth him a companyon by affection chaunged into his owne disposition of whom he hath children who in dispight of death preserueth him alyue And therefore the sentence of them both was pronounsed by Fabritio in the behalfe of Marriage who with all enlarged her prayses with the reporte of many swéet Blessinges whiche shée liberallye bestoweth vppon her Subiectes But least the company should haue ben fyred with too hasty a desyre of Marriage he cooled theyr affections with such caueats as they that had their voyces ready tuned to synge the prayses of God Himen were of the suddayne as mute as a fishe by reason whereof Fabritio had free passage for his counsellinge reporte who after many wordes to either purpose deliuered concluded with the opinion of Plato That Marriage was a Parradice on earth if her Lawes be obserued and a Hell in the House where her

Fabritio you haue reported a verie necessarie Historie for it contayneth many héedeful notes both of Amonition and aduise Besides the due punishment of rashnesse in Marriage For therein wee may see howe hungersterued want compelleth the best natured man to deceiue his friende and yelde vnto his owne slaunder Againe how that monster Golde conquereth the honour of the fayrest Yea quoth Isabella and corrupteth the conscience of the wisest so that this is no example of any honour to you men because Golde intised Felice to be disloyall to her Husbande for it draweth manie of you both from the feare and loue of God Well quoth Soranso let it passe Felice in her repentaunce hath made a large amendes of her trespasse and I feare me if euery lyke offence were so sharpely punnished we should haue Mazers of mens Sculles more ordinarye then Siluer Boules and powled Women more common then baulde men Not so quoth Quéene Aurelia for a fewe of these examples woulde bridle the incontinent affections both of man and woman if not for the loue of vertue for the feare of correction After these and a fewe other Morrall notes were culled out of Doctor Mossenigos Historie Maddam quoth Don Dolo if we continue this course it will be a good while before we doe finde out the Parradice Plato speaketh of Be it so quoth Quéene Aurelia but if we still continue the way to his House Hel our errour will instructe others and since we haue yet long respyte it shall not be amisse euerie day to take a sundrie hie way vntill wée finde out the true passage And for that our Question is concluded and our Howre Glasse ronne we will for this Daye make here an ende ¶ The Question that arose by behouldyng the MOWNTIBANKES in the thirde Nightes Pastime AT the accustomed Houre Supper was serued in with manie daintye Dishes whiche were saused with sundrie shorte ciuill and pleasaunt euentes of the Gentlemen and Gentlewomens wittes For he or shée was helde of weake capacitie that either of forestuddie or vpon offered occasion coulde say nothing of good regarde In the ende when Supper was done and Quéene AVRELIA and the most Honourable of the companie had taken their places vppon a Scaffolde made for the nonce there mounted a Mountebanke his necke bechayned with liue Adders Snakes Eau'ts and twentie sundrie kinde of venemous vermines whose mortall stinges were taken away by Arte with him a Zanni and other Actors of pleasure who presented themselues onelie with a single desire to recreate Segnior Philoxenus and his worthie companie and not with the intent of common Mountebanckers to deceyne the people with some vnprofitable Marchandize In the middest of this pastime an auncient Gentleman of the generall Societie séeinge these Uiperous Beastes by cunninge vsage to be made so Domesticke and affable whether it were vppon an impression of his owne greife or of the experience he had of an other mans Plague I know not but sure I am he burst into these passions O GOD quoth hee of what mettell is a Womans tongue which correction cannot chastise nor lenitie quiet when these dumbe Serpentes by the one or the other are tamed Marie quoth a pleasant Companion it is made of the same mettle that Virgils Brasen Flayle was off which strooke both his friendes and foes But quoth the Gentleman Virgyll knew taught others howe to pacifie this engine It is true quoth the other but in teaching the secrete vnto his Seruant coste him his owne life So a woman knowes howe to holde her Tongue by hauinge of her will but if a man thinke to stay it he must beate her to death A young Youth named Phrisio thinking to winne the Spurres by building a Fortresse for women who haue no weapons but their tongues to defend and offend tooke vppon him to prooue a chiding wife though shee bee a little vnpleasaunt both profitable and necessarie his reasons were these Unsauerie receytes tourne to holsome effectes The strongest Poyson is pleasaunt in taste and the remedie for the poysoned offendeth the mouthe with tartnesse Nettles that stinges the Hande maketh Pottage to comforte the heart the bloude of the Scorpion cureth the biting of the Uiper If poysoned vnpleasant and bitter thinges retaynd a vertue for the benefite of man in my imagination quoth hée an vnquiete wife is not vnprofitable though shée bee a little vnpleasaunt Her anger kéepeth Seruauntes in awe and her quicknesse ouerseeth their negligence If her tongue runne at ryot where shée huntes there is store of abuse which must be chased either with blowes or wordes If the furye of her speache offende her Husbande it is lyke that her outrage groweth from his faulte And where an iniurie is offered it is sufferable yf the wronge bee blamed but which maketh a full amendes for her furious moode as the clowdy and raynie daie lightly cleareth towardes night euen so though she bitterly scowld at boorde shée will be sure to kisse swéetely a bedde The auncient Gentlemen commending the quick wit of this yong Gentleman vsed thys circumstaunce before he refelled his error Ah quoth he if witt were as aduised in Iudgement as he is ready in censeight his imaginations would turne to wonderfull effectes but as fairest colours soonest staine as swéetest flowers are blasted with a breath as beautyful creatures are blemished with a little care as y e brightest Sunne threateneth suddaine raine yea as euerye mortall thing hath his imperfection euen so witt beinge mortall and assigned by Nature to make man glorious aboue other creatures by rashnes corrupts the ripenes of his conseightes and to good purpose his pryde is thus abated for otherwise man which enioyeth witt to worshippe his Creator and to lyue content with the liberties of the sea and to kéepe him with in the limits of the earth woulde search the secreats of heauen and I thinke dispossesse Pluto of hell Yong Gentleman quoth he I vse not this ceremony to represse your libertie of speache for the error of youre rashnes I will refell with reason and experience but least heareafter you should be as arrogant in opinion as you are ripe in conseight I haue thought good friendlye and bréefelye to signifie your imperfection and nowe to aunswere your late suggestion I affirme that Nature hath created nothing to a néedlesse purpose but notwithstanding our abuse or mischance changeth hurtefull thinges into occasions of our healpe Surfit and Sicknes only cōmendeth Medicine and as you affirme the bloud of a Scorpion cureth the biting of the Viper But take away the cause which procéedeth from our gréefe and you shall finde medicine an enemye to health and the stinge of a Scorpion no better then death and trust me he is to be reckened a foole and his misfortune to passe vnreléeued that wilfully indammageth his health in hope of remedy In like sorte let him liue vnpittyed to ouersée the slacknesse of his seruaunts who wyll

Madame with your fauour quoth the Doctor had she not had this foresight it had ben lyke the Athenians shuld haue bene driuen to haue made a brasen Bell as a Monument of her talke rather then a tongueles Lionnesse as they did in honour of her silence for had she not mistrusted her imperfection she would neuer haue committed that tirannie vpon her selfe Had her tongue béene venomed with your mallice it is like quoth Quéene Aurelia that the Athenians had veryfied your slaunderous opinion here with she looked a skause vpon her fauoured seruaunts as who would saye I check the omission of your dutie in not defending of my right Upon which warning and espetially for the excellencie of this sexe quoth Ismarito a man may doo iustice vnto an other without iniurie to himselfe and sure without the reproche of men a man may commend the excellencie of Women in whose behalfe although I wyll not condemne Sir Soransos reasons yet in my opinion he erred in the first Article where he toucheth the perfection of Men and the imperfection of Women for neither of themselues are perfect nor may haue essentiall substaūce without the other But to dispute of this secret in nature at large were vnpleasing to their chaste eares and too bréefely to misticall for theyr vnderstandings But who so is so curious in searche let him reade the Philosophers Probleames with an vnpartiall indgement and he shall finde them in substaunce euery way as perfect as man And in the opinion of the eye of all the sences who is the moste perfect Iudge they farre excell man in purenes of complection Where exception is taken to the few in number of singulerly well qualyfed Women I affirme that it is not the quantity but the quallity that commends a little Salte relisheth more then a great deale of Sugar Iudeth with her owne hands atchieued a more honourable conquest then all the Cilisions besides Alexandra the wife of Alexander King of the Iewes when the vnciuill multitude were ready for his tiranie to make the intrailes of Dogges a Sepulture for his dead body yea and to be further auenged to murther his two Sonnes by her swéete behauiour so mollified theyr cruell hearts as losing theyr resolutions they gaue her husband an honourable buriall and prostrated themselues at her Childrens féete which pacification the strength nor wisdom of her counsel could not obtaine By what instrument did God first showe the vigor of his vengeaunce by a Woman And by what instrument did he showe the vertue of his mercie by a Woman Soueraigne Vertue is Feminine and I ●…sh to ●…ll it Y●… some Vice is Masculine The Ladies ●…ed out ●…ight to ●…eer 〈◊〉 ●…s differenco But Soranso ●…fe angrie aunswered that if Ismaritos countrimen were of his minde they might be ashamed that they were so effeminate Pardon me quoth Ismarito it is theyr commendation to 〈◊〉 to Women and to co●…r Men Tu●… 〈◊〉 quoth ●…ergetto to ni●… himself by the nose Ismarito is to be pardoned for his ●…ine S. George is shackl●… in a Womans 〈◊〉 It is true quoth Ismarito but thus fettered he hath many times chased S. Michael to his Mounte Fabritio fearing that these crosses would turne to the Deuils blessing studyed how to accorde this contention and with that intent quoth he Ismarito you haue well deserued to kisse these Ladyes handes for your honourable commendation of theyr sexe But where you say Vertue is the Feminine and Vice the Masculine bothe Men and Women are vnderstood in either The old Diuines tooke Vertue to be God and Vice the Diuill and either to be bothe Feminine and Masculine Orpheus sayde that Iupiter and Pluto were bothe Male and Female It is also read in Scripture That God fashioned bothe Man and Woman to his owne likenesse Moreouer this worde Homo signifieth bothe kindes so that since Man and Woman are not simply of themselues but compounded one of an other I blame this vnnaturall contention for excellencie for neither can obtaine Soueraigne victorie without dooing iniurie vnto themselues The head among some is taken for the Man and the heart for the woman for bothe are of an indifferent gender and all the other members indifferently at their commaundement Quéene Aurelia with a smiling countenaunce aunswered that she was content that a Man should gouerne as the head women direct as the heart and because we will not doo iniurie vnto our naturall vertue of Modesty we wil giue place to you i●… contention for Souerainetyes and binde you to s●…rue vs for our ●…es and therewithall in rising she broke of this controuersie After Supper there was a little time bestowed in the hearing of swéete Musique but for that Quéene Aurelias late distemprature grew of ouer watching the company this night went vnto their lodging in a good howre FINIS The fift Daies Exercise Containing a breefe discourse touching the excellencie of Man and a large discouerie of the inconueniences of ouer lofty and too base Loue with other Morall notes needefull to be regarded THE last nights good howre of repose was the cause of the companies this daies early rising who by nine of the Clock entered the great Chamber armed for any lawdable exercise And after an accustomed duty of salutation discharged euery man be thought himselfe of some pleasing matter to entertaine the present time Soranso and Ismarito were seuered from the rest of the company vpon priuate discourse which béeing ended Soranso casting his eye aside beheld in the hangings the picture of Ixion heardled to his tormenting Whéele Sée yonder quoth he the worthy scourge of Ambition and withall reported the Fable of his presumptuous making of loue to Iuno Naye quoth Ismarito Ixion is rather the example of Vaine Glorie punished for Iupiter so well allowed of Ixions hie minde in that he represented his Image as he raysed him from Earthe to Heauen and because he should not perish in his affection he satisfied his desire with the embracement of a counterfeit Iuno and so sent him backe vnto the Earth where vaine glorious Ixion Proclaymed that he was the Minion of Iuno and had Acteoned Iupiter for which arrogancie Iupiter threw him to Hell with this pictured vengeaunce Questionlesse quoth Soranso this imagination of the Heathen Poet could not but be the trauell of a Diuine spirit it exposeth such néedefull matter for Christians to contemplate of You néede not doubt of your opinion quoth Ismarito for after God had created Adam after his owne Image he scattered the séede of Adam vppon the face of the whole world and where some euer the essentiall forme of Adam was there was also the Image of God which in the moste barberous and Heathen creature laboureth to bring out hye and excellent things I beséeche you quoth Soranso to inlarge this discourse I am not so simple to beléeue that we are like the Image of God

in our outwarde shape yet my knowledge is not perfect in what vertues we resemble the Image of God Referring you for your better knowledge to grauer iudgements quoth Ismarito I wyll onely to satisfye your request say what I haue reade and what in my oppynyon standeth with reason In our exterior body to say we resemble God were a grose ignoraunce but in that our soule is closed within our body and giueth life and mouing to the whole body it is no obsurdity to conclude the lesse within the greater to showe how the soule resembleth God who consisteth in a Trinity Notwithstanding she is but one yet she comprehendeth in her thrée dignities to wit Intendment Wit and Memorie And as the sonne is ingendered of the Father and the holy Ghost procéedeth from bothe euen so Will is engendred of Intendment and Memorie procéedeth from both and as the three persons of the Trinitie are but one God so the three powers of the soule are but one soule and in that man is created in this sorte according to the image of God because he should resemble his creator in excellencie he is formed straight and not curbed to behould the earth not thereby to shewe a dyfference betwéene him and other brute Beastes but only because he should raise his spirite and heaue hys eyes to heauen his originall to contemplate of diuine and dureable thynges and not of earthly and such as peryshe And sure the monuments that to this day renowne heathē Alexander Iulius Cesar Scipio Haniball and manye other stoute warriors Plato Pithagoras Socrates Solon and many thousand graue Philosophers weare the 〈◊〉 of the soule who in her function is alwaies occupied to make 〈◊〉 shine like Angels And doubtles the exploits of man would be wonderful glorious were not the passages of the thrée powers of the soule Intendment Will Memory stopped with these thrée euils or defects of y e body Ignorance of that which is good Couetousnes of that which is euill and the Infirmitie and langor of the body These be the euilles that eclipseth the excellencie of many who otherwise would appeare more glorious then the Sonne Moone Starres and Chrstall Firmament into whose motions reuolutions and influences his knowledge foreséeth or the earth with all her faire furniture which he gouerneth and therfore he is called Microcosmos for that in excellencie he egalleth the beautie of the whole worlde Sir quoth Soranso you haue inchauhted my Eares with such a pleasing regarde as if you were as tedious in discourse as I would be attentiue in hearing we should bothe lose our dinner without any great repining but in aduauntage I beseeth you what may be the remedy of these thrée euils which thus obscure the excellencie of man Thrée soueraigne remedyes quoth Ismarito to witte Wisdome Vertue and Necessitie which to chase the other thrée euils are thus ordered Wisdome against Ignoraunce Vertue against Vice and Necessitie against Infirmitie Wisdome is to be vnderstoode according to the condition of the things wherein we be ignorant Vertue is an habit of the soule which without great difficultie cannot be shaken out of his place and subiect By Necessitie absolutely is intended a supply against those wants with which Infirmitie hath charged vs as if we be lame to haue Horse to ride if we be sycke to haue medicine if our bodyes be weake 〈◊〉 haue nourishing meates c. And by these thrée re●…dyes all Artes and Disciplines haue béene muented to acquine Wisdome Theorique which is centemplatiue and consists in these thrée parts Theologie Phisick and Mathematique was found for Vertue Practise which is actiue and deuided into Solitarie Priuate and Publike was put in vse And for Necessitie all Me●…nicall craftes were inuented These three vertues if we imbrace them will chase the other thrée euilles bothe out of our body soule and remembrance You haue giuen me a short sweete reason quoth Soranso And a longe remembrance of my weake vnderstanding quoth Ismarito but for that I haue made this Sermon vppon your importunity your curtesy I hope will pardon me as well as your wisdome will correct my errours I had thought Ceremonies had béene in disgrace among you Englishmen quoth Soranso but I finde you superstitious in curtesie and therefore will take no example by you but let it suffise I am your fréend and wyll deserue this fauour in any resonable seruice By this time Dinner was ready to be set vpon the boarde and Quéene Aurelia came againe vnto the open viewe whose presence was as welcome vnto the generall company as the cleare Sunne after roughe stormes to the wether weried Sayler Aften she had acquited the courteous salutations of the whole troupe●… she ●…yrste take her plate and then the rest as they pleased or were accustomed At this Dinner there passed much pleasaunt Table talke impertinent for this report which béeing doone at the accustomed howre Quée●…e Aurelia sent for the chosen company who placed in the 〈◊〉 Chamber the Eunuck 〈◊〉 his charge tuned his Lute and songe this following S●… WHo prickels feares to pluck the louely Rose By my consent shall to a Nettle smell Or though fainte heart who dooth a Ladie lose A droyle I wishe or to leade Apes in Hell On Thornes no Grapes but sowre Slowes do growe So from base loue a base delight dooth flowe Then minde crowne thou my thoughts aboue the skie For easie gaynde the Conquest is not sweete My fancie swift with Icarus wings dooth flye Yet fastined so as fyre and Froste may meete For pleas'd am I if hope returne but this Grace is obtaynde thy Mistrisse hand to kisse A Grace indeede far passing all the ioye Of egall loue that offereth wish in wyll For though her scorne and light regard annoy Dispaire of grace my fancie can not kill For why this ioye all passions sets in rest I dayly see my Mistresse in my breast Who so inuented this sonet ꝙ Quéene Aurelia deserueth to be well fauoured of his Mistresse in that he kept her so carefully in his bosome Nay ꝙ Dondolo if his eyes were so subtyll as absent he could see her behauior his affection were more daungerous then his seruice necessarie We geue you to know ꝙ Isabella that we waye not though our husbandes a hundred myles of knowe our behauiours at home I thinke so quoth the plaine Doctor for so farre off they may sighe at their one mischaūce but not chastē your amisse Perchaunce they should not be charged with such iniurie as this company should be quoth Maria Belochy if wee would offer to aunswer your enuious sugiestions Laides I speake not with intent ꝙ Soranso to make a question of your behauiors but admit you of all creatures the most perfect yet for that you haue motions as well bad as good you maye many tymes make showe of euill and yet not doo amysse which if your husbandes be so quicke sighted