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A06341	The prouerbes of the noble and woorthy souldier Sir Iames Lopez de Mendoza Marques of Santillana with the paraphrase of D. Peter Diaz of Toledo: wherin is contained whatsoeuer is necessarie to the leading of an honest and vertuous life. Translated out of Spanishe by Barnabe Googe.; Proverbios. English	Santillana, Iñigo López de Mendoza, marqués de, 1398-1458.; Googe, Barnabe, 1540-1594.; Pedro, de Toledo, Bishop of Málaga, d. 1499.	1579 (1579)	STC 16809; ESTC S108829	87,267	250

Iewes in the Citie had fasted three dayes three nights she got her to the king whom when the King perceiued in token of his fauoure towards her he held foorth his golden scepter and saide vnto her Queene Hester What haue you to say to mee Demaunde the one halfe of mine Empire and I will giue it thee Who humbly beseeched the King that it would please him Haman to come to a Banquet that she had prepared for him at which banquet she would declare what petition she had vnto him At the later end of the banquet when the king had well fed and demaunded of Hester what her petition was promising that if it were the halfe of his kingdome hee would presently graunt it She aunsweared O King if I haue found fauour in thy sight graunt me my life the life of my people for both I and my people are betrayed and appointed to dye if it had so been that wee shoulde haue been solde for slaues it had been farre more tollerable and with my sorrowe I shoulde haue satisfied my selfe when the King had hearde her hee was greately disquieted and asked who it was that durst presume to attempte so great a matter and what authoritie he had The Queene aunswered this great enemye Of me and my nation is this Haman that is heere present Which when Haman heard he was suddainely nipped in the head and as the King flang foorth in a fury towards the garden Haman came to the bed where the Queene sat to beseech her to haue mercy vpon him because he perceiued that the King was determined that hee should dye The King returning from the Garden and finding Haman vppon the bed where the Queene sat supposing that he had been too familiar with her began to conceaue a great hatred against him and then some that were aboute him tolde him that Haman had made a paire of Gallowes for Mardocheus wherfore he commaunded that both he and his sonnes should bee hanged therevpon Which shortly set downe sheweth the meaning of this prouerbe that if Assuerus had not giuen eare to Hester shewing him that Haman against all order of iustice had determined to destroy the people of the Iewes he had vndoutedly abused the sword that he for iustice due did beare which he was bound as a King and a good Iusticer wel to vse And into error had he fallen wished it streight vndone so had the guiltles creature died that no offence had done Which had been a great blotte vnto him For as the ciuill law sayeth It is a better deed to leaue a fault vnpunished then to punish an innocent 9 For verie seldome shalt thou finde the absent to be cleare And guiltie seldome shalt thou see the man that doeth appeare Heare well the cause and sodainly do no man thou acquit Yet take good heed that in thy pause thou vse both skill and wit. The Paraphrase IN this Prouerbe the Marques meaneth to prooue by naturall reason that which in the other Prouerbe he shewed by example and the reason why we seldome find the absent to be cleare and that we seldome guiltie see the man that doth appeare Is because he that speaketh euil of him that is absent maketh his tale to seeme as true as may be and perswadeth him that heareth him to giue credite to his wordes though perhaps some speake in his defence yet the partie that is absent is alwayes thought to be faultie and so likewise of the other that the present is not founde to bee guiltie because he is able to answere to whatsoeuer is spoken against him and whatsoeuer his aduersarie hath set downe for certaine by his deniall of it he bringeth it to be doubted of And as Tullie in his new Rethorike sayeth If any man be accused of any crime or trespasse if he bee not guiltie hee may flatly denie it and if he be guiltie he may alledge what great cause and reason hee had to do as he did and so shal he cleare himselfe of the fault that is laide against him And therefore it is a principal ground in the lawes that whatsoeuer is done in iudgement against him that is absent if he doe not absent himselfe vpon contempt shal be nothing preiudiciall to him the greatest barre that may be to anie processe that is brought is to say that he was not willed to appeare And therefore when Adam offended and God was to condemne him for his disobedience and contempt the Text sayeth that the Lord called and sommoned him to answere if any answere hee coulde make for himselfe when he sayde Adam where art thou For the Lorde knew well enough in what place he was but because he should not say that God had proceded against him without hearing him or calling him being absent not contemptuous he both called for him heard what he coulde say and finding his answere not sufficient condemned him although he sought to lessen his fault as much as he could when he said The woman that thou gauest me gaue me the apple that I ate Vpon this ground also stood Medea as Seneca in his vii Tragedie sheweth in the speach that she had with king Creon the father in law of Iason that would haue banished her his realme when she asked for what cause and fault she should be banished And that they ought not to proceede against her without hearing her cause affirming that shee was readie to proue her innocencie and to purge hereselfe of any crime that coulde be layde against her And because Creon iesting at her sayde The poore innocent woman requireth to knowe the cause of her banishment meaning that she was so lewde and so wicked that her lewdnesse and her naughtinesse beeing so openly knowne it was not needefull to arraigne her because she was knowne to all men to bee guiltie She answered If thou being a King takest vpon thee to be a Iudge thou oughtest to heare me If thou take vpon thee to be a tyrant and an vniust man thou mayest at thy pleasure take my life from mee And when the King would by no meanes be intreated but that she must depart his realme she made this notable conclusion that whosoeuer he be that commaundeth any thing without hearing of the partie though the thing be iust that he commaundeth yet he himself is vniust in the commaunding of it And the reason of this notable saying of Medea is that which is before sayde That according to the lawes both of God of nature and of man no Iudge ought to proceed against any man without hearing the partie and the Prouerbe sayeth You must heare the partie and giue no iudgement till you haue well weyed the matter For there must information be had and proofe whether it be trueth that the contrarie part alledgeth and the proofe and the witnesse well examined by good foresight and aduise and this is it that of right ought to be done in a case of iudgement

well doing For if he be ioyfull take delight in the vertuous actes that he doeth it is a token that he wil proue well in his age and be verie vertuous But if he goe about them with an euill will and seeme to take no delight therein it is a signe that his vertues will not long endure And therefore as the wise man sayeth By the pleasauntnesse and heauinesse of a child in his youth we shall easily ghesse what he will be in his age 16. That most renowmed Solomon for wisedome chiefely sought Whereby his Empire and his state to order good he brought He gouernd of himselfe alone and neuer did debate Nor counsaile callde for anie thing that longed to his state The Paraphrase AS it is written in the thirde Booke of the Kinges Solomon the sonne of Dauid after the death of his Father was chosen to be king And the first thing that euer he did because he would lay a good foundation he went to a hie Mountaine that was neare about him called Gabaon to offer sacrifices to the lord And that night the Lorde appeared to him in his sleep and said vnto him Aske what thou wilt that I may giue it thee And Solomon sayd Thou hast shewed vnto thy seruant Dauid my father great mercie in that thou hast giuen him a sonne to sit vpon his seate and to succeede him in his kingdome And now O Lord my God it is thou that hast made thy seruant king in stead of Dauid my father and I am but yong and know not how to goe out and in and thy seruant is in the middest of thy people which thou hast chosen and verely the people are so manie as can not be tolde nor numbred for multitude Giue therefore vnto thy seruant an vnderstanding hart to iugde thy people that I may discerne betwixt good bad And this pleased the Lord well that Solomon had desired this thing And God said vnto him Because thou hast asked this thing and hast not asked long life neither hast asked riches nor the soule of thine enemies but hast asked vnderstanding and discretion in iudgement Beholde I haue done according to thy petition for I haue giuen thee a wise an vnderstanding hart so that there hath been none like thee before thee nor after thee shall anie arise like vnto thee This storie serueth here for this Prouerbe that sheweth how Solomon sought chiefly for wisedome by which without debating of anie matters or calling of any counsaile hee was able sufficiently to gouerne his kingdome and dominions 17. If thou be eloquent great praise thereof to thee will rise But much more commendable it is to be discrete and wise For he that wisedome hath will all his life obedient be Vnto the rules he learned hath in sweete Philosophie The Paraphrase THe Marques here sheweth in this Prouerbe what is the marke that a man ought specially to shoote at and sayth that although it be a goodly thing for a man to be eloquent and to haue a good tongue yet it is a great deale more worthie praise to be wise Eloquence is a fine and sweete kinde of speaking by the pleasantnesse whereof it draweth men to the opinion of the speaker The figures and rules whereof are set foorth by Tullie in his Rethorike And if this eloquence be ioyned with wisedome and knowledge it is a speciall ornament but if a man haue more wordes then wit he shall be counted a vaine iangler and a pratteler And therefore sayeth Tullie That farre better is wisedome voyde of eloquence then foolish pratteling without discretion Wisedome among all the moral vertues that Aristotle in his Ethicks intreateth of is the most principall vertue or rather as he saith the onely vertue meaning that all the vertues are chained and linked together in one And therefore the Philosophers commonly say that whosoeuer hath one hath al. For if he haue one vertue he must needes haue wisedome thorowly he that hath wisdome thorowly hath all vertues therefore hee that hath one vertue hath all vertues Wisedome as the Philosophers say consisteth of three partes the first is memorie to remēber such things as hath passed the second knowledge to know such things as are present the thirde prouidence to foresee such thinges as are to come And he that hath these three partes may be counted wise and a seruant obedient to morall Philosophie For as I sayde before wisedome conteineth in her selfe all morall vertue And as Aristotle sayeth It is a thing vnpossible for a man to bee wise and not to be good And therefore the Prouerbe sayeth The wise man is all his life obedient to morall Philosophie 18 Roboam being one that had no skill but did assay In euerie thing to striue against the streame did soone decay For vexing and molesting of his subiects kept in thrall Whē least he look'd for such a change they quite forsooke him all The Paraphrase of the Marques ROboam was the sonne of Solomon and King of Israel who after his fathers decease did vse such tyrannie ouer his subiectes that verie woorthily hee was depriued of the moste parte of his gouernment The Doctour TO proue the harmes and mischiefes that he that wanteth wisedome runneth into the Marques here bringeth in the Storie of Roboam the sonne of Solomon Of whom it is written in the thirde Booke of the Kinges that after the death of Solomon the people assembled togither to make him King and spake vnto him saying Thy Father made our yoke grieuous nowe therefore make thou the grieuous seruice of thy father and his heauie yoke that he put vpon vs lighter we will serue thee And hee sayde vnto them Depart yet for the space of three dayes and then come againe to mee And the people departed And King Roboam tooke counsaile with the olde men that stoode before his Father while hee yet liued and sayde What counsaile giue you that I may haue matter to aunswere this people And they sayde vnto him If thou be a seruant to this people this day and folow their mindes and answere them speake gently vnto them this day they wil be thy seruants for euer But he forsooke the counsaile that the olde men had giuen him and called vnto his coūsaile yong men that were growne vp with him and waited on him said vnto thē What coūsaile giue you that we may answer this people And the yong men that were growne vp with him answered him saying Thus shalt thou say vnto the people My little finger shall bee weightier then my fathers whole bodie and where as my father did lade you and put a grieuous yoke vpon you I will make it heauier At which words the people greatly disdaining ten tribes of them presently forsooke him and chose Ieroboam for their king Wherby is concluded that Roboam because he was not wise nor aduised nor carefull to preuent such mischiefs as might happen ouershooting himselfe shamefully in his foolish answere was worthily