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A53048	Natures picture drawn by fancies pencil to the life being several feigned stories, comical, tragical, tragi-comical, poetical, romanicical, philosophical, historical, and moral : some in verse, some in prose, some mixt, and some by dialogues / written by ... the Duchess of Newcastle.	Newcastle, Margaret Cavendish, Duchess of, 1624?-1674.	1671 (1671)	Wing N856; ESTC R11999	321,583	731

he took courage and came out of the corner stealing forth the same way he came in and being clearly got from the Colledg full glad he was and then began to call into his Mind their Quarrels which when he had considered Well said he to himself if there be no more Tranquillity and Order amongst Scholars I will keep the company of my merry harmless and ignorant Neighbours and so returned home The Observer A Gentleman desirous to travel to see the Varieties of several Countreys and Governments at last he arrived in a Kingdom where he went to the chief City and there wandring about came to the King's Palace and though there was a Guard yet there was a Porter sitting at the outward Gate of the Palace to whom he went and said to him I am a Stranger that travel to see several Kingdoms and Courts and have heard great praises and fame of your King for his peaceable and wise Government wherefore I desire you would please to assist me if you can to see the King So putting two or three Pieces of Gold into his hand that the Porter might as well feel his Bounty as hear his Desire to help to make his passage free the Porter making Legs without Thanks for Bribes have only Civil Congies he told him there was a Gentleman at Court that was his very good Friend and that he used to come and go through the Gates late at night and early in the morning which he need not have told but he thought he should have as much knowledg for his Money as he could give but said he I will try if I can find this Gentleman my good Friend and he will shew you the King for my sake No sooner had he spoke but the Gentleman came by who at the Porter's entreaty conducts this Stranger to the sight of the King and Queen for Courtiers will oblige one another for Interest sake although they have neither Kindness nor Civility where they cannot have Ends or Designs He guided this Gentleman through a great Court-yard wherein were many walking and talking like Merchants in an Exchange or as a Court of Judicature and so up a pair of Stairs into a large Room where was a Guard of Soldiers with Halberts which were more for shew than safety for the Halberts lay by and great Jacks of Beer and Wine were in their hands and some at their mouths drinking to one another by their strong large stature and swell'd bulk they seemed as if they did use to eat to the proportion of their drinking From thence he was guided into a Long-Gallery at the end of which was the Presence where were many young Gallants and fair Ladies the young Men courting their fair Mistresses in repeating of Love-Verses and Sonnets some dancing others singing some congie-ing some complementing and thus diverting themselves in pleasant pastimes Thence he was guided into the Privy-Chamber where the King and Queen were set with many of their Nobles about them discoursing of Plays Masques Balls Huntings Progresses and the like After he had been there a little while the King and Queen rose to go to Supper and the Gentleman invited the Stranger to sup at the Waiters Table which offer he civilly received When he was there he found good store of Company full of discourse and amongst much talk they complained of their long Peace saying That Peace was good for nothing but to breed Laziness and that the Youth of the Kingdom were degenerated and become effeminate concluding That there ought to be a Warr were it for no other reason but to exercise their Youth in Arms which would breed Courage and inflame their Spirits to Action But after Supper the Stranger was guided into the Presence again where there was a great Company of Lords and Ladies waiting for the King and Queen's coming forth which gave the Stranger some time for observation It was his chance to stand by a Lord that had many of his Friends or rather flatterers about him speaking to him of another Lord at the other side of the Room who stood also with his Friends or Flatterers he said to his Company Do you think that Lord worthy of those Favours the King throws on him having neither Merit nor Worth to deserve them when Men of Noble Qualities and great Deserts are neither regarded nor rewarded Gentlemen said he this must not be for we are born Free Subjects to the King not Slaves to his Favourite who makes our Estates the Exchequer to supply his Vanities by the way of large Taxes which is not to be suffered for though the King commands by his Advice yet he receives the Sums The Stranger that had but a little time to stay removed from that side to the other where the other Lord was talking to his Faction and said Do you see that Formal Lord who loves and affects Popularity and would be the absolute Man in the Kingdom to Rule and Govern all Let me tell you Gentlemen said he He is a dangerous Man whom the King should be ware of but alas said he the King is so facil that whosoever comes with a clear Brow and a smooth Tongue he believes all he says is truth Besides he is so cockered up with a long Peace that he cannot believe any body dares be Traitors And thus he lives in secure Credulity and is so timorous that he dares not displease any one for those that are against him he preferrs and those that are faithful to him he cares not for and rejects them From that Company the Stranger removed to the Women's Side where was a Lady wity others by her who said to one of them Prithee look on yonder Lady how she is Painted and Curled to allure the Youth of the Court but ifaith said she it will not do for if one comes near she is as withered and dry as a Leaf in Autumn So he desiring to hear all Parts removed to the other Lady where she said to some others Do you see said she the Wit of the Court meaning the other Lady that was opposite Ifaith said she if I were her I would rather conceal my Wit than discover my Pratling She is so full of talk that she will suffer none to speak but her self Every Lady of each Company flung spightful words upon each other's back But the Musick beginning to play they all flock'd together and did all embrace kiss profess and protest such affections and vowed such friendships That neither their Lives nor Fortunes should be wanting in one another's Service Which the Stranger hearing went out of the Court as fast as he could for fear of the Court's Infection And when he came to the Gate the Porter to whom he first spoke ask'd him Why he went away so soon for said he the Company seldom parts until one or two of the Clock in the morning nay said he some not all the night long if their Mistresses favour them or at least take some pity of

he had such a Gift to present to the King which Present he knew his Royal Master would prize above all the World which made him chuse to go with it for had the Spoils been less he had sent them with some Messengers but being so Rich he durst trust none to guard it but himself The King hearing of their coming made all the Preparations of State that could be sending the Prince a Triumphant Chariot and his own Robes to wear which Chariot coming as they were ready to enter the City the Prince sets the Queen thereon and walks on foot by the Chariot-side as being Mistress to the King his Master And the King being attended by all his Nobles of the Kingdom met the Queen and with great respect led her to his Palace where when she came the King kissed her Hand and smiling said The Gods had brought her thither for certainly said he the Gods by their Fates have decreed and destin'd you to be my Queen in which Gift the Gods have made me like themselves to enjoy all Felicity She with a Face clothed in a sad Countenance answered Fortune was his Goddess and if he were like her he might prove unconstant and then said she you may change from Love to Dislike if so I may chance to have liberty either by Death or to be sent into my own Kingdom again If you will accept of me said he you shall not only have your own Kingdom but mine wherein you shall be adored and worshipped as the only She in the World She answered I had rather have what I adore than to be adored my self Then was she conducted to a strong and safe but a pleasant place to be kept in where the King visited her often treated her civilly courted her earnestly loving her with an extraordinary Passion The Prince in the mean time was in high favour with the King who asked and took his Counsel in every thing And sending for him one day when he came hung about his Neck as was his Custom so to do saying to him O my Friend for that was his usual Name he gave him my Cruel Prisoner said he you brought me despises my Affection slights my Addresses condemns my Suit scorns my Proffers hates my Person What shall I do to gain her Love Alas said the Prince I have had so ill success in Love that what I doted on most did hate me worst which is the cause I have left my Countrey Friends and Estate and lost the peace of Mind the joy of Mirth the sweets of Pleasures the comfort of Life hating my self because she doth not like nor love me Jealous I am of Light Darkness Heat Cold because they come so near as to touch her I wish her dead because none should enjoy her but my self yet I cannot live without her and loath I am to dye and leave her here behind Thus hang I on a tortur'd Life and bear my Hell about me Whilst they were thus lamenting their hard Fortunes in Love a Messenger brought News that their Forces were beaten that were sent into Amity How can that be said the Prince Most of the Nobles being here and none but Peasants left behind who have no skill in Warrs and only fight like Beasts But the Alarms came so thick one after another to tell that they had not only beat their Forces but were entred into their Kingdom With that the King in haste dispatched the Prince with a fresh Supply added to those Forces he brought the Queen with so march'd out to meet the Enemy For Travelia hearing the Queen was taken Prisoner was highly enraged which Choler begot a Masculine and Couragious Spirit in her for though she could not have those Affections in her for the Queen as a Man yet she admired her Heroick Virtues and loved her as a kind and gracious Princess to her which Obligations made her impatient of Revenge Then calling all the chief of the Kingdom together thus spake unto them Honourable and most Noble You have heard the sad News of the Queen's being taken Prisoner which cannot chuse but strike your Hearts through your Ears and make them burn in flames of high Revenge and may those Flames be never quenched until you fetch her back and set her in her Throne again She went to keep you safe and nothing can be more ungrateful than to let her live amongst her Enemies Nor can you here be free whilst she is made a Slave your Wives and Children will be bought and sold and you be forced to do their Servile Work What Goods you now possess your Enemies will enjoy Then let your Hands and Strength redeem your Countrey 's Loss or sacrifice your Lives in the Service After she had spoke they proclaimed her with one Voice General raising new Forces making Vows they would never forsake their Queen but dye or be Conquerors Then sitting themselves in order thereunto Travelia as their General and chief Governour caused a solemn Fast and Procession sacrificing to the Gods for good Success After that she took a view of her Arms and Ammunition selecting out the ablest and youngest Men to fight making the better sort Commanders that Envy might not breed Disobedience The Aged she chose for her Councellors her old Father being made one the most Mechanicks as Smiths Farriers Pioneers Cannoneers Sumpter-men Wagoners Cooks Women and the like went with the Bag and Baggage Neither did she omit to take good Chyrurgeons Doctors Apothecaries and Druggists to help the Sick and Wounded At the Army 's going out she caused a Proclamation to be read That all the Women and Children and infirm persons which were left behind not being fit to go should pray incessantly to the Gods for Victory and safe return for said she Women and Children and the Infirm are the best Advocates even to the Gods themselves being the most shiftless Creatures they have made wherefore the most aptest to move Compassion Thus setling the Kingdom in a devout and orderly posture they marched on re-taking their Towns Forts and Castles lost beating the Enemy out of every place insomuch as they did not only clear their own Kingdom of their Enemies but entred into theirs And being gone some days journey their Scouts brought them word there was an Army coming to meet them and after a short time the Armies were in view of each other Whereupon she drew up her Forces the right and left Wings she gave to be commanded by two of the Valiantest and Experienced Commanders the Rear unto another the Van she led her self the Reserve she gave her old Father in charge to bring in as he saw occasion praying him he would not stand with it so far off but that he might come soon enough to their aid nor yet to stand so near as to be annoy'd with their present Fight Father said she I give you this part to command because I dare trust your Faith as well as your Judgment Courage and Skill Then

at liberty but the resigning of his Crown and so his Kingdom to her First For raising Hostility and disturbing the sweet Peace and happy Condition of a Kingdom that never molested them Then for the dishonour in taking the Queen Prisoner the ruin and spoil of your Countrey the death of your Friends and the loss of your gallant Men killed in this Dissention making many Widows and Fatherless Children Besides Who can rely upon the Faith of an unjust Prince who made Warr upon his Neighbours without a just offence but only through an ambitious attempt upon your Queen and Kingdom Have we not Victory And yet shall we return with Loss Shall we despise the Gift of the Gods in making no use of what they give us And shall the Trumpet of loud Fame report the Queen was taken Prisoner and resigned upon a low Agreement No let Fame divulge unto the World her Release came with the Ruin of his Kingdom After the General had spoken one of the Council who was like Nestor for Years and Experience thus spake OUR General hath spoke a Speech so full of Courage and Honour as shews him to be of so true an Heroick Spirit that he hath left no room for Policy to play a part But States cannot subsist with Valiant Hands alone unless they have a Politick Head which is the Guide to great Designs it burns more Cities than Granadoes do it undermines strong Towns pulls down great Works wins Forts sets Battels takes Prisoners makes Slaves and conquers Kings and Kingdoms and what we call Policy in a Publick State is called Discretion in a private Family and it is not as the Vulgar think it a Cheat or meer Deceit but a wise Prudence to prevent the worst of ills and to keep Peace or get Tranquillity 'T is true Valour is a daring Spirit but Policy is the trusty Friend and covers with skill all those Faults it cannot mend it guides the Bark in which Man's Life swims and keeps them from the shipwrack of the World pulls down the ambitious Sails when blown too full with Pride lest it should overturn the Ship of Safety to be drowned in Seas of Miseries But Policy will rather chuse the Oars of Patience and take the Tides of Time than venture where the Doubts are more than Hopes or Hazzards more than Gains Then let us try to make a prudent Peace not trusting to Fortune's Favour unless she were more constant For in the Warrs such unknown Chance may fall Instead of Victory we may be ruin'd all I speak not this to cross my General for I shall be as ready to obey all his Commands be they never so dangerous as I have freely delivered my Opinion After he had spoke the General rose up and said These Counsels are too solid to be contradicted by rash Youth Whereupon they all agreed to treat with the King giving his Ambassadors Audience The King's Ambassadors coming into their Assembly thus spake You great Victorious Amitenians MY Master should not need to seek for Peace before it sought for him had not the God of Love proved his Enemy perswading Mars to be his Foe for those that are cross'd in Love have seldom Victory for Mars doth take the part of Venus Cupid's Mother Thus our great King and Master is by Love undone But since 't is the Gods that work his Fate he humbly doth submit Wherefore he sends these Proffers unto you First He will build your broken Forts again and raise those Walls his Soldiers have pulled down Secondly He will repay your Charges and Expences in this Warr although his own is great and his Loss is more Thirdly He will restore his Prisoners if you will do the like to those you have taken but for the Queen she is no Prisoner For our Master is her Captive and her Thrall Both to command Him and his Kingdoms all After the Amitenians had consulted they told the King's Ambassadors That Words were not Acts wherefore they could conclude of nothing until the Queen was in her Army to make her atonement for her self and if she were no Prisoner they desired to wait on her out of the City if not they must use force Whereupon the Ambassadors went back to their King to declare their Answer But to return to the Captive Prince who was more fetter'd in his Mind than in his Body for the old Father treated him civilly and used him kindly but perceiving him to be very melancholy thought it might proceed from the Overthrow he received which he strove to moderate telling him Nothing was more subject to Chance than Warr and that the Valiantest and Wisest Men might fall by Fortune's hand for said he She on Wheels not on firm Ground doth stand She seeks not Worth and Merit to advance Her Scepter which she governs by is Chance Then said the Prince O Fortune most unkind I would she were as Powerless as Blind As he was speaking in comes the young General whom when he saw Love's Passion shook his Manly Strength and made his Visage pale But she being of an affable and sweet disposition wish'd all content of Mind to every person although she had little her self Noble Sir said she It was not for want of respect I have not visited you but my Engagements have so busily employed me that till the Cessation of Arms I have not had so much time as to examine your welfare But I know my Father hath not omitted any Service he could help you in neither do believe you being a Commander can be so ignorant but to know that Camps can afford but a rude Entertainment having therein no necessary accommodations and since my Wishes cannot make it better you will be pleased to accept of it as it is Worthy Sir answered the Prince I am only a Prisoner to your Favours but am free by your Noble Entertainments So after some discourse telling him of the Agreement which was like to be left him or rather carried him with her for his Soul went after her although his Person stay'd behind But to follow the Ambassadors who were got to the King and told him the Demands of the Amitenian Army was To have their Queen before they would treat any farther The King being very much troubled thereat for to keep her he durst not knowing his own weakness and their strength and to let her go he could not for his Passion of Love would not give him leave neither would he call a Council knowing they would be for the departure of the Queen for their own securities then did he wish for his Friend and Servant the Prince but at last being resolved went to the Queen his Mistress and taking the Crown from off his Head laid it at her Feet Madam said he Here I deliver you my Crown and with it my Kingdom and yeeld my self your Prisoner dispose of it and me as you please for it never shall be said I make Conditions with her I do adore for since

infuse a Saving-grace By his Tongue 's Rhet'rick for to preach SEVERAL Feigned Stories IN PROSE The Second BOOK The strict Associate THERE was a Gentleman came to a Lady with a Message from his Lord which was to tell her His Lord would come to visit her Sir said she Is your Lord a Poet No Lady said he Then he hath no Divine Soul said she Is he a Philosopher No Madam said he Then said she he hath no Rational Soul Is he an Historian Neither said he Then said she he hath no Learned Soul Is he an ancient Man No Lady said he Then he hath no Experienced Soul said she Is he an Orator No Lady said he Then he hath no Eloquent Soul said she And if he hath neither Poetical Wit Philosophical Wisdom Studious Learning Experienced Knowledg nor Eloquent Language he cannot be conversable and if he be not conversable his Visit can neither be profitable nor pleasant but troublesome and tedious therefore I do entreat your Lord that he will spare his pains and mine in giving me a Visit. But said the Man though my Lord is neither a Poet a Philosopher an Historian an Orator nor Aged yet he is a Young Beautiful Man which is more acceptable to a fair Lady Sir said she Youth and Beauty appears worse in Men than Age and Deformity in Women wherefore if it were in my power I would make a Law That all young men should be kept to their Studies so long as their Effeminate Beauty doth last and old Women should be put into Cloysters when their Youth and Beauty is past but I must confess That the custom of the World is otherwise for old Women and young Men appear most to publik view in the World when young VVomen and aged Men often retire from it The Judgment THERE were two Gentlemen that had travelled both into England and France and meeting another Gentleman he asked one of them Which he liked best England or France Who said He liked both well where they were alike worthy and disliked them both in things that were not worthy of praise Then he said to the second Gentleman And which like you best VVhich do you mean answer'd he the Countreys or Kingdoms VVhy what difference is there betwixt saying a Countrey and a Kingdom was reply'd to him Great difference said he for to say a Countrey is but such a circumference of Earth and to say a Kingdom is to say such a Countrey manured inhabited or rather populated with Men that dwell in Cities Towns and Villages that are governed by Laws either Natural or Artificial Well which Kingdom do you like best then Truly said he I cannot give a good judgment unless I had travelled through every part in both Kingdoms and had taken strict surveys of their Forts Havens Woods Plains Hills Dales Meadows Pastures Arrable also of their Architectures as Cities Towns Villages Palaces Churches Theaters of their Laws Customs and Ceremonies of their Commodities Trafficks and Transportations of their Climates and Situations and of the several Humours of the several People in each Kingdom which will not only require a solid Judgment and a clear Understanding but a long Life to judg of it all But said the other judg of as much as you have seen To judg of Parts answered he is not to judg of the Whole but to judg of as much as I have seen I will compare them or similize the Parts of those two Kingdoms to two Ladies whose Faces I have only seen their Bodies and Constitutions being unknown the one that a larger and fairer Forehead than the other and a more Sanguine Complexion the other hath better Eyes Eye-brows and Mouth So France is a broader and plainer Countrey and the Climate is more clear and somewhat hotter than England and England hath better Sea-Ports Heavens and Navigable Rivers than France hath also the one hath a more haughty Look than the other and the other a more pleasing and modest Countenance So France appears more Majestical and England more Amiable The Vulgar Fights A Young Gentleman of a good Natural Wit had a desire to travel but first he would visit every Province in his own Countrey before he went into Forreign Kingdoms preferring the knowledg of his own Native Soil before those wherein he was neither born nor meant to dwell So he went to the Chief Metropolitan City where he did intend to stay some time that he might inform himself best of the several Trades Trafficks Imposts Laws Customs Offices and the like When he was come to it he sent his Man to seek him out some Lodgings in some private House because Inns are both troublesome and more chargeable His Man had not gone far but he saw a Bill over a Trades-man's Door to let Passengers know there were Lodgings to be Lett. The Mistress sitting at the Door he asked her if he might see the Lodgings that were to be Lett She answered No she would first see them that were to take them Who is it that would take them said she My Master said he Hath he a Wife said she Why ask you that said he Because said she I will not Lett my Lodgings to any Man that brings a Wife for Women to Women are troublesome Guests whenas Men are very acceptable and I thank the Gods said she I am not so poor as I care for the Profit but for Company and Conversation for to have no other Company but my Husband is very dull and melancholy The man said My Master hath no Wife Is he a young man said she Yes said he Is he a handsome man said she Yes said he Then said she my Lodging is at his service At what Rate are they said the Man She said Your Master and I shall not fall out about the Price So he returned to his Master and told him He had found not only Lodgings but as he thought a fair Bed-fellow for him for the Mistress would make no Bargain but with himself So thither he went where he found all things accommodated for his use and his Landlady who was a handsome Woman and her Husband a plain Man bid him very welcome then taking their leave left him to himself after which the good man seldom troubled him but the Wife was so officious as he seldom mist of her Company and so wondrous kind as might be making him Whitewine-Caudles for his Break-fast and giving him very oftern Collations besides if he stay'd out she would send her Husband to bed and wait for his coming home for which Kindness he would return her Courtly Civilities He went often abroad to view the City and to see the course of the People and the several passages that happen in such places and one day as he went through a large Street a Coach-man and Carman man fell out for out for the right side of the way the Carman said he was loaded and therefore would not give way the Coach-man said It was not fit for a

so high lived in the Lower Region and by intermixing together as their Parents did produced more of their Kind But after those productions of these Souls they went to the Planets where they found some of their Climates too cold others too moist others too cold and moist others hot and others hot and moist others hot and dry others cold and dry with which they did not agree being not equally temper'd But yet in every Planet these Souls being fruitful they left many of their Issues called Meteors which are shining-lights like Starrs but being produced from the Mortal temper of the Souls are subject to Mortality for Amorous Thoughts are the Bodily-dregs of Mortality which made these Meteors subject to dye as other Generations being the Mortal Effects of their Immortality otherwise they would be Starrs for whatsoever is Mortal may beget their Like or Kind which other things that are Immortal never do But when these two Souls had travelled above the Planets they became one fix'd Starr as being Eternal and not subject to dye And when they were thus they did produce no more Issues for what Mortality the Body left Those Souls to Earth and Planets did resign Which in a Generation of Meteors shine Fancy's Monarchy in the Land of Poetry IN the Land of Poetry Reason was King a Gallant Prince he was and of a Heroick Spirit a Majestical Presence and of a Sober and Grave Countenance He was tall of Stature and strong of Limbs His Queen was the Lady Wit a Lady of a quick Spirit of a pleasant Conversation amiable Countenance free Behaviour and of a sweet Disposition she was neatly shap'd fair Complexion'd and finely but variously attired This King and Queen loved one another with an extraordinary Affection and lived very happily and peaceably for he governed wisely His Kingdom was large and fully populated well manured and of great Traffick He made profitable Laws set strict Rules and kept good Orders both in the Church and State As for the Church Faith and Zeal were the two Arch-bishops who were sworn to consecrate none but Moral Virtues to preach Good Life and leave all Sects Opinions Superstitions Idolatry and the like Neither were they suffered to make Lectures of Learning because it is always about Controversies puzling Belief with nice Distinctions vain Fantasms and empty Words without Sense The Cathedral Church was the Conscience The two Universities were Study and Practice wherein all the Masculine Youth of the Kingdom were bred As for the State there were Superintendent Officers and Magistrates made of all degrees The Sen ces were the five Ports to this Kingdom the Head and the Heart were the two Magazines There were two Governours made to every Port to Command and Rule Judgment and Understanding always sit at the Ports called the Ears to examine all that enter there having a strict Command from the King to let in no Sound but Harmony no Reports but Truth no Discourses but Rational or Witty and that they should shut the Gates against Flattery Falshood Discord harsh loud Strains Scraping Creaking Squealing Noises Love and Skill were the two Commanders to the Port Eyes who were commanded to let none in but Uniformity Cimmetry Beauty Graceful Motions pleasing Aspects light and well-mixt Colours and to shut the Gates against Deformity or Monstrosity rude or cruel Actions glaring Lights illmix'd Colours false Shadows and Darkness and to set up the light of Dreams when they are shut Also to let no Tears pass through the Eyes but those that have a Pass-port from the Governour of the Heart At the Port of the Nostrils sate Like and Dislike who were commanded to let in none but sweet Smells such as refresh the Brain as the scent of sweet Flowers savoury Herbs Earth new-plough'd new-bak'd Bread also sweet Gums sweet Essences and the like but to shut the Gates of the Nostrils against snuffs of Candles stinking Breaths corrupted Flesh stale Fish old Apples strong Cheese spilt Drink foul Gutters especially the Pump or Sink in a Ship also no Smells of Suet or Grease and from many more stinking Scents which would be too tedious to mention But in case of necessity they were to be allowed or at least commanded to let in some sorts of Stinks as Assafoetida and burnt Feathers to cure the Fits of the Mother Then the two Commanders of the Mouth were Truth and Pleasure one was to govern the Words the other the Taste Pleasure was commanded to let nothing into the Mouth that was either too sharp too bitter too salt or too deliciously sweet Truth was commanded to suffer no Lyes Cursing Slandering Railings Flattering nor Amorous Lascivious Factious Discourses Likewise never to let pass an Oath but to confirm a Truth no Threatning but to terrifie or reclaim the Wicked or Cross-natur'd no Pleading but for Right no Commands but for Good no Praises but for Worth Also to let no Sighs nor Groans pass nor no Professions except they have a Pass-port from the Heart Nor no Promises but when they have a Pass-port from the King which is Reason The two Commanders of Touch were Pain and Pleasure who were commanded to keep out all sharp Colds burning Heats Bruises Pinches Smartings Cuttings Prickings Nippings Pressing Razing and to let in none but nourishing Warmth soft Rubbing gentle Scratching refreshing Colds and the like And upon pain of Death or at least high Displeasure these Rules were to be kept Yet sometimes Bribery corrupted the Commanders The Privy-Council-Chamber was the Breast the Privy-Councellors were Secrecy Constancy Fidelity Unity Truth Justice Fortitude Prudence and Temperance These Privy-Councellors helped the King to manage the Affairs of the Kingdom The Secretaries of State were Intelligence and Dispatch The Treasurer was Memory The Lord Keeper was Remembrance The Mayors of every City were Authority The Constables were Care The Judges were Commutative and Distributive Justice Honesty was the Commander of all the Forces of the Actions and Thoughts The Heroick Actions are the chief Commanders as Captains and Colonels and the like The Common-Soldiers are the ordinary and necessary Actions which are employed in Offensive and Defensive Warrs The Merchants are the Imaginations which traffick and trade all over the World The Inventions are the Handicrafts-men and Labourers The Appetites are the Citizens that are so covetous as to engross all Commodities and the Wealth of the Kingdom and are the most Luxurious People in the Land But as I said the King was a Wise Prince and to divert his Subjects from too serious Studies dull Contemplations and laborious Dictatings he had Masques Plays Pastorals and the like being attended by his Nobles the Sciences and the Gentry of the Kingdom which were the several Languages The Queen by the Muses and Graces The Marriage of Life and Death DEATH went a wooing to Life but her grim and terrible Aspect did so affright Life that she ran away and would by no means hearken unto her Suit Then Death sent Age and

Fruit and if it doth said she they will be but sowr Crabs So their Speech would sound harsh to the Ear as such sowr Fruit would be sharp to the Tast. Whereas a Natural Orator said she bears nor brings forth any other Fruit but his own which is sweet and pleasent without pains-taking or ingrafting but all things grow as Nature sets them without the help of Art But I have observed said she that in Matches of Orations the last hath ever the Victory or for the most part although not so Wise or Eloquent as the first which shews that the digesting part of the Brain which is Judgment and Nutriment and is Truth which nourisheth the Rational Understanding is not like the Stomack the digestingplace for Food that is to nourish the sensitive Body for when the Stomack is full the Tast dis-relishes all Meat presented thereunto be it never so delicious it heaves against it as being over-charged neither doth variety tempt it Whereas the Head although it be stuft or over-gorged as I may say still covets more and the Ears suck and draw in with an eager appetite so it be variety otherwise it grows dull flat and drowsie for the Brain will feed on gross Matter or unwholsome Trash with more pleasure and a greater gust than on that which is fine or wholsome if once received before Also said she I perceive all those that make Orations in the Field to their Soldiers repeat their Victories from the first descent of the foundation of their Cities Kingdoms and Commonwealths and the Renown of their Ancestors but never their Losses their Treacheries or their Follies they strive to bury them in oblivion for though it be a good Policy yet it is not a clear Honesty to present a half-faced Glass for a whole But this is not so great a fault but it may be excused when it is to a good End as to defend what is rightly their own or to gain back what unjustly they lost or to revenge an unpardonable Wrong or to punish a wicked Crime or to take the part of the Helpless Innocent otherwise it is a Dishonesty not excusable when it is used for Treason Rapine or the like But you Orators said she are like those that are skilful in playing on a Flute or Cornet where the Ears of the Auditors are the holes and your Tongues or Words as the Fingers do make the stops your Breath gives the sound and your Wit and your Learning are the Ayres and Musical Ditties that move their Passions or rather their Passion for indeed there is but one Passion in Nature or at least in an Animal Figure which Passion changes into several Forms according to the several subjects or objects it is placed upon for upon some subjects it is Love upon others it is Hate upon others it is Fear upon others Anger and so the like of all the rest of those they call several Passions which is but one natural Faculty Property Quality or what you will name it which is the Heart That these severally alter and Camelion-like change and sometimes seem all one colour and sometimes of divers colours or as a Triangular-Glass which makes a Million of various colours from one light so doth the Triangular-Heart from the light of Life seem to have many Passions But said she lest Orators should be the cause of unlawful Passions there ought to be a Law That the publick Assemblies that are drawn about an Oracle either such as are to declare the Command of the Gods or for any other Instruction Informations or Exhortations either in the Church or on Theaters should not be mixed of several Sexes but either the Assembly should be all Men or all Women otherwise a Consecrated Place may be polluted with wanton Eyes and enticing Countenances self-whisperings and secret agreements to dangerous Meetings evil Intentions and wicked Actions by which a Church would become a Bawdy-House and the Priests the Pimps or Procurers to draw them together And all Orations concerning the Commonwealth or for any important matter would be lost for the Ears of the Assembly would be stopt by their Eyes at least the hearing of the Auditors would be imperfect and their Understanding confounded and their Memory dazled with the splendor of light glances and fair Faces of each Sex The Eighth sort of Visiters were States-men who ask'd her What Government was best She answered Monarchy For said she a good King is the Center of a Commonwealth as God is the Center of Nature who orders and disposes all to the best and unites and composes all differences which otherwise would run into a confusion and Unity said she is sooner found and easier made by one than by more or many Neither said she can one Man make so many Faults as more or many may Besides said she there is less Justice and more Injustice in a Multitude than in one Then they asked her Whether it were lawful for a King to lay down his Scepter and Crown She answered That Princes that voluntarily lay down their Royal Dignity do either express some infirmity in Power or weakness of Understanding or imperfect Health of Body or Effeminacy of Spirits or doting Affection or Vain-glory for Religion requires it not nay said she it seems rather an Impiety for Jove's Annointed being his chief Deputy on Earth to leave or be weary in governing the people by which and in which he serves Jove And it was accounted said she a Blessing as well as an Honour in the Ancient Writ to go out and in before the People most being inspired by Jove to that Dignity of Prophesying and for the Great Gallant Heroick Heroes as Alexander and Caesar they left not their Crowns nor parted with their Power until Death uncrowned and divested them Neither said she were there any that voluntarily laid down or yeelded up a Crown but have had more Condemners and Dispraisers than Commenders or Admirers Thus said she neither the Laws of Honour or Religion allow it nor can I perceive Morality approves it Then they asked her If a foolish King might not bring a Commonwealth to ruin sooner than a Council of Many She said No for said she the plurality breeds Faction which Faction causeth more evil than one foolish Head can make or bring about Then they asked If a Tyrant-King were not worse than a Factious Assembly She said No for said she a Tyrant-King may make good Laws and keep Peace and maintain Supreme Power and Authority but a Factious Assembly said she will break all Laws do no Justice keep no Peace obstruct Authority and overthrow Supreme Power and said she that Kingdom is happiest that lives under a Tyrant-Prince for when the People are afraid of their Prince there is Peace but where the Prince is afraid of the People there is Warr and there is no Misery like a Civil-Warr Nor is there a greater sign that a King is afraid of his People than when he advances those