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A13086	The anatomie of abuses contayning a discouerie, or briefe summarie of such notable vices and imperfections, as now raigne in many Christian countreyes of the worlde: but (especiallie) in a verie famous ilande called Ailgna: together, with most fearefull examples of Gods iudgementes, executed vpon the wicked for the same, aswell in Ailgna of late, as in other places, elsewhere. Verie godly, to be read of all true Christians, euerie where: but most needefull, to be regarded in Englande. Made dialogue-wise, by Phillip Stubbes. Seene and allowed, according to order.; Anatomie of abuses. Part 1	Stubbes, Phillip.	1583 (1583)	STC 23376; ESTC S117966	128,152	256

very few lesse So that they stand a full quarter of a yarde and more from their necks hanging ouer their shoulder poynts insted of a vaile But if Aeolus with his blasts or Neptune with his stormes chaunce to hit vppon the crasie bark of their brused ruffes then they goe flip flap in the winde like rags flying abroad and lye vpon their shoulders like the dishcloute of a ●lutte But wot you what the deuil as in the fulnes of his malice first inuented these great ruffes so hath hée now found out also two great stayes to beare vp and maintaine this his kingdome of great ruffes for the deuil is king and prince ouer all the children of pride the one arch or piller wherby his kingdome of great ruffes is vnderpropped is a certaine kinde of liquide matter which they call Starch wherin the deuill hath willed them to wash and diue his ruffes wel which when they be dry wil then stand stiffe and inflexible about their necks The other piller is a certain deuice made of wyers crested for y e purpose whipped ouer either with gold thred siluer or silk this hée calleth a supportasse or vnderpropper This is to be supplyed round about their necks vnder the ruffe vpon the out side of the band to beare vp the whole frame body of the ruffe from falling and hanging down Spud. This is a deuice passing all the deuices that euer I sawe or heard of Then I perceiue the deuill not onely inuenteth mischeif but also ordaineth instrumentall meanes to continue the same These bands are so chargeable as I suppose that but fewe haue of them if they haue they are better monyed them I am Philo. So few haue them as almost none is without them for euery one how meane or simple soeuer they bee otherwise will haue of them thrée or foure apéece for fayling And as though Camericke Holland Lawne and the finest cloth that maye bee got anie where for money were not good inough they haue them wrought all ouer with silke woorke and peraduenture laced with golde and siluer or other costly lace of no small price And whether they haue Argente to mayntaine this geare withall or not it forceth not muche for they will haue it by one meane or other or els they will eyther sell or morgage their Landes as they haue good store on Suters hill Stangate hole with losse of their lyues at Tiburne in a rope Spud. The state and condition of that Land must néedes be miserable and in tyme growe to greate scarcitie and dearth where is such vayne Prodigalitie and excesse of all thynges vsed Philo. Their Shirtes which all in a manner doe weare for if the Nobilitie or Gentrie onely did weare them it were somedeal more tollerable are eyther of Camericke Holland Lawne or els of the finest cloth that maye bée got And of these kindes of Shirts euerie one now doth weare alike so as it may be thoght our Forefathers haue made their Bandes Ruffes if they had any at all of grosser cloth and baser stuffe than the worst of our shirtes ●re made of now a dayes And these shurts somtimes it happeneth are wrought through out with nedle work of silke and suche like and curiouslie stitched with open seame and many other knackes besydes mo than I can describe Spud. These be goodly shurts indeed such yet as will not chafe their tēder skinnes nor vlcerat their lyllie white bodyes or if they do it wil not be much to their gréeuances I dare be bound Is it anie maruell si Cristas erigant cornua attollant if they stand vppon their pantoffles and hoyse vp their sayles on highe hauinge these dya●●ond shurts on their delicate bodies but how soeuer it is I gather by your words that this must néeds be a nice and curious People who arethus nusseled vp in such daintie attyre Philo. It is very true for this their curiosity and nicenes in apparell as it were transnatureth them makinge them weake tender and infirme not able to abide such sharp conflicts and blustering stormes as many other people both abraode farre from them and in their confines nie to them do daylie sustaine I haue hard my Father with other wyse Sages affirme that in his tyme within the compasse of foure or fyue score yeres when men went clothed in black or white frize coates in hosen of Huswyues carzie of the same colore that the shéep bore them the want of making and wering of which clothe together with the excessiue wering of silks veluets satens damasks taffeties and such like hath and doth make many a thousand in Ailgna as poore mendicāts to begge their bread wherof some weare strait to the thigh othersome litle bigger and when they ware shurts of hempe or flax but now these are to grosse our tēder stomacks cannot easilye disgest such roughe and crude meats men weare stronger than we helthfuller fayrer complectioned longer lyuinge and finallye ten tymes harder than we and able to beare out any sorowe or paynes whatsoeuer For be sure this pampering of our bodies makes them weker tenderer and nesher than otherwyse they would be if they were vsed to hardnesse and more subiect to receiue anye kind of infection or maladie And rather abbreuiat oure dayes by manye yeres than extenuate our liues one minut of an houre Spud. I thinke no lesse For how stronge men were in tymes past how lōg they lyued and how helthfull they weare before suche Nicenes and vayne pamperinge curiositie was inuented we may reade and many that lyue at this daye can testifie But now through our fond toyes and nice inuentions we haue brought our selues into suche pusillanimitie and effeminat condition as we may seeme rather nice dames and yonge gyrles than puissante ag●nts or manlie men as our Forefathers haue bene Philo. Their dublettes are noe lesse monstrous than the reste For now the fashion is to haue them hang downe to the middest of their theighes or at least to their priuie members beeing so harde-quilted and stuffed bombasted and sewed as they can verie hardly eyther stoupe downe or decline them selues to the grounde soe styffe and sturdy they stand about them Now what handsomnes can be in these dubblettes whiche stand on their bellies like or muche bigger than a mans codpeece so as their bellies are thicker than all their bodyes besyde let wyse men iudge For for my parte handsomnes in them I see none and muche lesse profyte And to be plaine I neuer sawe any weare them but I supposed him to be a man inclined to gourmandice gluttonie and suche like For what may these great bellies signifie els than that either they are suche or els are affected that way This is the truest signification that I could euer presage or diuyne of them And this maye euerye one iudge of them that séeth them for certaine I am there was neuer any kinde of apparell euer

by our most gracious and serene princesse whome Iesus preserue for euer and her noble and renoumed Progenitors haue beene promulgate and enacted hertofore may be put in execution For in my opinion it is as impossible for a man to were preciouse apparell and gorgiouse attyre and not to be proude therof for if he be not proud therof why doth he weare suche riche attire wheras meaner is both better cheape easier to be had as warme to the bodie and as decent and comly to any chast christians eye as it is for a man to cary fire in his bosōe and not to burne Therfore would God euery mā might be compelled to weare apparell according to his degrée estat and condition of life which if it were brought to passe I feare least some who ruff●● now in silks veluets satēs damasks gold siluer and what not shold be glad to weare frize cotes glad if they might get them Spud. What is your opiniō did the people of the former world so much esteeme of apparell as we doe at this present day without respect had either to sex kind order degrée estat or callinge Philo. No doubt but in all ages they had their imperfectiōs and faults for Hominis est errare labi decipi it is incident to man to erre to fall and to be deceiued But notwithstandinge as the wicked haue alwayes affected not onelie pride in apparell but also all other vices whatsoeuer so the chaste Godly and sober Christians haue euer eschewed this excesse of apparell hauing a speciall regard to weare suche attyre as might neyther offend the maiestie of God prouoke them selues to pride nor yet offend any of their Brethren in any respecte But as I haue said not onely the Godlie haue detested and hated this vaine superfluitye of apparell in all tymes since the beginning of the Worlde but also the verie panims the heathen Philosophers who knew not God though otherwise wyse Sages and great Clarks haue contemned it as a pestiferouse euill in so muche as they haue writ almost whole volumes against the same as is to be seene in most of their Books yet extant Spud. Are you able to proue that Philo. That I am verie easilye but of an infinyte number take a taste of these few Democrates béeing demaunded wherin the bewtie and comlie feature of man or woman consisted aunswered in fewnes of speaches well tempered together in virtue in integrity of life and suche like Sophocles seinge one weare gorgeouse apparell said to him thou foole thy apparell is no ornamente to the but 〈◊〉 manifest shewe of thy follie Socrates being asked what was the greattest ornamente in a woman answered y t which most sheweth her chastitie and good demeanoure of body and mind not sumptuouse attyre which rather sheweth her adulterate life Aristotle is so district in this point that he would haue men to vse meaner apparell than are permitted them by the lawe The Wife of Philo the Philosopher being vppon a tyme demaunded why she ware not gold siluer and preciouse garments said she thought the vertues of her husbande sufficiente ornaments for her Dionisius the king sente the richest garments in all his wardrobes to the noble Womē of the Lacedemonians who returned them from whence they came sayinge they would be a greatter shame to them than honore Kinge Pirrus sente riche attyre to the Matrones of Rome who abhorred them as menstruous clowtes The conceiued opinion amōgest the Grecians to this day is that it is neither gold nor gorgiouse attyre that adorneth either Man or Woman but vertuous conditions and such like Diogines so much contemned sumptuous attyre that he chose rather to dwell in wildernesse amongest brute beasts all his lyfe longe than in the pompouse courts of mightie kings one daye to be commorante For he thought if he had the ornaments of the minde that he was than faire ynoughe and fine inough also not needing any more A certen other Philosopher addressed himselfe towards a kings courte in his Philosophers attyre that is in meane base and poore aray But soe sone as the Officers espied him they cried awaie with that rogue what dothe he soe nie the kinges maiestye courte The poore Philosopher seing it lighten so fast retyred back for feare of their thunderclappes and repayringe home appaireled himselfe in riche Attyre and came againe marchinge towards the court he was no sooner in sight but euery one receiued him plausiblie and with great submission and reuerence When he came in presence of the kinge and other mightie potentats he kneled down and ceased not to kisse his garmēts The king and nobles marueylinge not a litle therat asked him wherfore he did so Who aunswered O noble kinge it is no marueyle for that whiche my vertue and knowledge could not doe my Apparell hath brought to passe For I comminge to thy gates in my PHILOSOPHERS weede was repelled but hauing put vpon me this riche attyre I was brought to thy presence with as great veneration and worship as could be Wherby is to be séene in what detestation he had the stinkinge Pride of apparell takeing this occasion to giue the King to vnderstand the inormious abuse thereof and so to remoue the same as a pestilent euill out of his whole dominion kingdome I read of a certen other Philosopher that came before a king who at the same tyme had inuited his nobles to a feast or banquet the Philosopher comming in and seinge no place to spit in for euery place was hanged with cloth of gold cloth of siluer tinsell arrace tapestrie and what not came to the kinge and spat in his face saying it is méet o king that I spit in the fowlest place This good Philosopher as we may gather went about to withdraw the king from taking pleasure or delight in the vaine glistering shewe either of apparell or any thing els but rather to haue consideration of his owne filthynes miserie sinne not rysing vp into pride and spitting against heauen as he did by dilighting in prowde attyre and gorgeouse ornaments Thus we sée the verie painims and heathen people haue from the beginning dispysed this excesse of apparell both in them selues and others whose examples heerin god graunt we may folowe Spud. But you are not able to proue that any good Christians euer set light by precious attire but alwayes estéemed it as a speciall ornament to the whole man As for these Heathen they were fooles neyther is it materiall what they vsed or vsed not Philo. I am able to prooue that euen from the beginning of the world the chosen and peculiar people of God haue contemned proude Apparel as things not onely not necessarie but also as very euilles themselues and haue gone both meanely and poorely in their vsuall attyre What say you to our Grandfather Adam and Eua our Mother Were they not clothed in peltes and skins of beasts Was not

God let him content himselfe with the same without any alteratiō or chaunge with praise to his Creator Spud. They hold notwithstanding that it is the pride of the heart which God so muche hateth and detesteth Philo. It is verye true that GOD punisheth the pride of the heart with eternal damnation if they repent not for he will be serued and obyed either with the whole man or els with none Than if he punish the pride of heart with euerlasting damnatiō he must néeds in iustice punish the pride of Apparell with the like being booth ioyned in one predicamēt of sinne and the pride of apparell much more hurting before the world thā the other Also it is manifest that the pride of apparel riseth first from the corruptiō of the heart as the effects from the cause the fruite from the roote of the trée than if the pride of y e heart which notwithstanding it hurteth not outwardly but is secret betwixt God and himselfe be damnable in it owne nature before God than must it néeds be that the Pride of apparell which sheweth it selfe to the world both offensiue to GOD and hurtfull to mā and which also is the fruite of the pride of the heart and throweth almost as many as behold it at least as many as followe it into the déep dungion of hell is much more pernicious and damnable than the other Spud. Hath the Lord plagued this sinne of pride with any notable torture or punishmēt euer from the beginning of the World vnto this day or hath he omitted the reuenge therof as a thing of small force or importance Philo. Most fearfull plagues and dreadfull iudgements of GOD haue in all ages béene powred vppon them that offended herein as all Histories both holy and prophane do beare record For proofe wherof I wil geue you a taste but of a few wherby may appeare how wonderfully the Lord in all ages tymes kinreds peoples hath punished those that thorow pride like wicked recusants and backslyders from God haue rebelled against his maiestie The deuill who before was an Angell in Heauē arrogating to himselfe the imperial throane of the maiesty of God was cast downe into the déepth of Hell burning with fire and sulphur for euer Adam desiring to be a God for the serpent tould him he should be as God knowing both good euill was for the sin of Pride throwne downe to the bottome of Hell not onely he but all his posteritie to the end of the World The hoast of Core Dathan and Abiram for their exceding pride in stirring vp mutenie rebelling against their lawfull Magistrate were swallowed vp quick into hell the earth opening her mouth deuouring them withall their complices whatsoeuer The People of Babylon intēding to builde a tower whose top should tutche the Skye thinking that if God should drown y e world againe with water they would be sure inough on the toppe of their high turr●ts yea they intending to sit with God himselfe if néed weare weare all confounded and a diuerse language put into euery mans mouth that none knew what an other spake And thus were they forced to leaue there building and dispersed themselues abroad vppō the face of the earth wherof sprāg the first diuersitie of languages in the world Wherfore when we heare any language spoken we know not it may be a memorandum to vs to put vs in minde of our Pride which was the cause therof Goliah the great Gyant the huge Cyclops and swor●e enemy to the Children of Israell for his pride against the Lord was slaine by Dauid the faitfull Seruaunt of the Lord. Antiochus intending to ouerthrowe and sacke Ierusalem to spoile the Sanctuarie and Temple of the Lord and to kill the people of God was for his pride ouerturned in his charet ryding thetherward his belly brust and fil thy wormes crawled out moste lothsomly and in sine beganne so to stinke and swell as neither his Seruants nor he himselfe cold abide his owne sauoure and thus ended his lyfe in great miserie and wretchednesse Nabuchodonosor was for his pride cast out of his Kingdom and forced to eat grasse with wild beasts in the wildernesse King Saule for his pride and disobedience was deposed of his principallitie and Kingly regimente and in the end slewe him self on 〈◊〉 Gelboe most desperately Sodoma and Gomorra were both destroyed with fire brimstone frō heauen for their sin of pride contempt of the Lord. All the world in the daies of Noah was drowned with vniuersall deluge for pride contumacy of heart King Hezekiahs for his pride in shewing to the Ambassadors of the king of Babylon all his treasure for he sent Messengers vnto him w t gifte lettres congratulatorie for y e recouerie of his helth lost al his iewels tresures riches w t his owne sones also being transported captiues into Babilon K. Dauid for his pride in numbring y e people contrary the wil of god was greuouslie punished and thréescore and ten thousand of his People slaine with a gréenous pestilence for the same King Pharao for his pride against the Lord for he thought him selfe a GOD vppon the Earth and therfore asked he Moyses in derision who is the Lord was drowned in the read Sea with all his hoast The proude Pharisey iustifying himselfe for his pride was reproued of the Lord and reiected King Herode for attiring himselfe in sumpteous aray not ascribing glory to the Lord was strucken dead by an Angel and wormes consumed his flesh immediatly Al these with infinit millions moe in al ages haue perished thorow pride and therfore let not this people think that they shall escape vnpunished who drinke vp pride as it weare swéet wyne féede vppon it as vppon delicious meats and wallowe in it as a filthie swyne doth in the dirtie myr● will the Lord punish his peculiare people and elect vessels and let them goo frée Wherfore I wold wyshe them to be warned for it is a terrible thing to fall into y e hands of GOD who is a consuming fire a fearfull God His bowe is bente his arrowes of iudgements are drawen to the head his fire is kyndled his wrath is gone out ready to be powred vppon the contemners of his lawes Tempt not the Lord any longer prouoke not his wrath exasperate not his iudgements towards thée for as mercy procéedeth frō him so doth iustice also And be sure of it he payeth home at the last For as in mercie he suffreth no good deed to be vnrewarded so in his iust iudgmente there is no wickednes which he leaueth vnpunished And yet notwithstāding their wickednesse and pride is such as stincketh before the face of God and maketh the Enemies to blaspheme and speake euill of the wayes of the Lord For say they the men of Ailgna are wicked licentious in all their wayes which easily appeareth