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A16131	The morall philosophie of Doni drawne out of the auncient writers. A worke first compiled in the Indian tongue, and afterwardes reduced into diuers other languages: and now lastly englished out of Italian by Thomas North, brother to the right Honorable Sir Roger North Knight, Lorde North of Kyrtheling.; Fables of Bidpai. English.	Doni, Anton Francesco, 1513-1574. Moral filosophia.; Bı̄dpāı̄.; North, Thomas, Sir, 1535-1601?	1570 (1570)	STC 3053; ESTC S104622	91,288	193

time also of it so there was no water to be had any where but onely a little spring in the toppe of the Mountayne called Carcobite At that time there lay by that spring a braue and fierce Lion which as we poore beastes went to the water to quench our thirst set vppon vs and deuoured vs or at least slue vs So that he made a Butchers shambles greater than anye Butcher maketh at Christmas against any feast Fame blewe forth this straunge death and cruelty so that the beastes compelled to assemble dispatched Ambassadors to the Lyon and offered composition to giue him daylye some praye to satisfie him with and that they might not all die for lack of water The Lion accepted the condicion sticking to their offer as one that had aduised himselfe well consideringe that if he had not done it they had all dyed for thirste and hee for famine and therevpon agreed The beasts drue lots and on whome the lotte fell hee went his waye to gyue himselfe in pray vnto the Lion. So long these lottes continued that at length it lighted on the Foxes necke to be swallowed vp of this deuouring Lion which seeing no remedie but die hee must at least as he thought he deuised to reuenge the death of the rest to free his owne And forth he runneth apace vnto this Lyon and prostrating himselfe at his feete beganne to enlarge his olde and faythful seruice done heretofore to his auncient predecessors and tolde him also how he was sent Ambassadour from the company of the beastes to signifye to him a straunge happened case euen at that instant And this it was That the lot fell on a fatte Wether to come to paye his tribute and by the way another straunge Lion met him and tooke hym quite away saying that hee was farre worthier to haue the Wether than you and that prowdely hee woulde make you knowe it If you meane to maintaine your honor I will bring you to him and there you shall determine it betweene you by the teeth and nayles The Lyon madde at this little suspectinge the slye Foxes wiles and craftes was ready to runne out of hys wittes whan the Foxe beganne a newe My Lorde he hath dared to saye with such arrogancie that he will chasten you well ynough and let you knowe you doe not well and that you should do better and more honourably to goe into the fielde and there to get praye than to tarye by the fountayne looking that other shoulde bring it vnto you and as it were to put meate into your mouth And at the last he sayde plainly you were but a slouch and sluggardly beast Come on come on sayd the Lion shew me this bolde and daungerous beast bringe mee to him where he is without any more adoe The Foxe that knewe a Welle where they drue vp water with ropes that the beastes could not drink of it brought him to the Welles syde and sayde Sir the Lion your enimie is within the Welle He lustily leaped vp streight vpon the Curbe of the Welle and seing his ymage in the water he fierslye cast himselfe into the Well supposing to haue encountred with the Lyon his enimie by meanes whereof hee plunged himselfe into the bottome and drowned streight Which newes brought vnto the beasts auouched for troth they ioyfully imbraced this craftie recouered Foxe Therfore said the Asse thou thinkst thou goest in clowdes handlest thy matters in such secret that they shal not be knowne But if through thy spight malice the Bull come to his death what hast thou done To hurt him that is the bounty and goodnesse of the world it were to great a sinne Thinkest thou the heauens beholde thee not Beleeuest thou thy naughtynesse is hidden from Gods secrete knowledge O maister Moyle thou art deceyued thou knowest not what thou doest GOod brother Asse say what thou list I am selfe willed in this I tell thée and out of doubt I will bring him out of the Kings fauor or I will die for it and tell not me of honestie or dishonestie Tut a figge I am determined Happie man happie dole Sure I will trie my witte and sée the ende and vttermost of my malice The thirde part of Morall Philosophie QVOD MOLESTIVS PATIOR TACEO Anno. 1570. ¶ The thirde part of Morall Philosophie describing the great treasons of the Court of this Worlde I Can not too muche exhort you good Readers to take some paine to continue the reading of this Treatyse knowing how much it wil delight and profit you hauing somwhat vnderstanded also by that yee haue read before beside that ye shal vnderstand in reading this that followeth Where you shall know how much a wise Courtier may doe a double man whose ende was aunswerable to his naughtie minde and lyfe Which God graunt maye come to all such enuious and spitefull persons that in Princes Courtes and thorowe Christendome delyght in so vile an Arte and to commit so detestable treasons And now giue attentiue eare and you shall heare Beholde the wicked practises and deuilish inuentions of a false trayterous Courtier THis worshipfull Moyle when he hadde reposed himselfe a fewe dayes and had liuely framed this treason in his head hée went to the Kinge and shewed him by his lookes that hée was malincholye pensiue and sore troubled in his minde The King that sawe this perplexed beast and dearelye louing him woulde néedes knowe of the Moyle the cause of his griefe Whom this subtill Moyle finely aunswered and with these wordes Most puissant and mightie Prince I haue euen striued with my selfe to hide the cause of my inwarde sorrow which in déede is so much as it can be no more And albeit I haue bene many dayes in comming to your Maiestie seeking to ease some part of my trouble yet I could neuer finde any deuise or meane to release my heauye and wofull heart of any one iote thereof And this is onely growne O Noble Prince of the great loue I beare your Grace bicause it toucheth not onely your highnesse in person but therewith the whole state of your Princely Monarchie And I that am your Maiesties vassall and subiect and a louer of the conseruation of your Realme and Kingdome am bounde will I nill I to discharge my bounden dutie to your commaunde Truely the trembling of hart that I haue suffered hath bene extreme night and daye continuallye vexing and trormenting me when I haue thought of so daungerous a case The thought that pricked mée on the one side was to doubt that your Maiestie woulde not credite me bewraying to you the daunger and not disclosing it I had not discharged the dutie of a true subiect and faithfull seruaunt to his Lorde Compelled therefore to open as is the dutie of euery seruant all that that any way may fall out to the hurte and preiudice of the Maister I come most humbly to signifie to your Grace the case as it standeth A verie faithfull and

no violent handes on any beast but wyll first inquire whether the cause be iust who are the accusers whether hee be a lawfull man that doth such a thing and if the qualitie of the offence agree with the conditions of the accused wyth such other lyke circumstances and ceremonies pertinent to matters of suche importaunce Hee that gathereth vnripe fruite repenteth him of the marring it Beholde the fruites eaten in Court in the mouth passing sweete and lusshious but in the bodie God knoweth verie bitter and hurtfull Lorde howe manye doth the foolishe vayne pompe of the worlde deceyue and abuse I maye rightly take my selfe for one of those that scant hath tasted of the shadowe of his sweetenesse but I am euen filled with poyson The heauens beget beasts and they ioyne togithers but I would I had neuer ioyned with it since I shall leaue it so quickly foole that I was that I coulde not knowe the difference betwixt him and mee and discerne his nature Go you and serue in a straunge countrie a Gods name See what difference there is betwixt hym and mee I must weare the yoke and he must breake it I am borne to labor and he must sit still When I haue meate giuen me I eate and tarie not his rauening Flies may liue abrode in the fieldes and yet they flye into mens eyes so that sometime wyth death they paye for their comming or at least are driuen awaye with hurt and mayme And to conclude I feede on the grasse and fill mee and hee feedeth on daintie fleshe and fareth well THese thy wyse reasons O Chiarino sincke not into my heade sayd the Moyle as he that woulde néedes make him beléeue he gaue him a remedie for his griefe and presented a cup with poyson Make no more wordes for thou must put to thy hande to redresse it and not to lament it For yll stande wordes in place where déedes are requisite To shewe his griefe sayd the Bull and to breake his minde to his friend me thinkes it is partly an ease to the heart and a lightning of the minde to him that is afflicted And so much more is this in me bicause I see my selfe in great daunger and like to be vndone And although the Lion delighted not in my hurt which I may suffer and as thou sayst liketh him yet the iniquity of my enimies notwithstanding wil so preuaile against me that the king will giue no eare to my innocencie And I am sure for I sée it in the Element that the like will fall on me that lighted on the Camell with an other lyke Lion which tale followeth and this it is MOst mightie Prince the Prouerbe sayth Who séeketh shall finde Like as he can not sée that hath not eyes nor heare that hath not eares So wée poore wretches that starue for hunger thrust vp betwixt the doore and wall we I say can not sée one another and haue lost all our senses And being thus blinded we cannot séeke and not séeking yée maye well thinke that we all are ready to faint and fall downe right But yet we haue founde a waye not to famishe and to bée plaine with your Grace at a worde we woulde haue you kill the Camell and the Woolfe the Foxe and I will be readye to assist you Hée is rounde plumme fatte and as full as an Egge so that he will serue you a great while also he is none of ours at any hand neither yet is he called to any seruice for his richesse for I haue knowne him a very begger ywis The Lion cut of his tale and deuice vpon a sodeine and more than halfe angry he said to him Get thée hence out of my sight thou and thy wicked counsel vile stinking beast that thou art that doest nothing else but plucke out eyes a beast without discretion or fayth Doest thou not remember what I sayd to the Camell Doth not he liue vnder my protection and warrant The Rauen lyke an olde théefe let him goe on and saye his pleasure And though the Kinge grounded himselfe on iustice and sought to perfourme his worde and promise past him yet he stirred not a whit no more than the wilde Bore among the thicke bushes and Briers nor once hid him selfe for all his heate and hote wordes but tooke hart of grace on him againe And as one that knewe he stoode on a sure grounde and that hée spake for the Princes profite a good staffe to leane on and make a man bolde I warrant ye for it maketh many a bitter fray with honor and putteth him oft to flight and iustice is more corrupted for commoditie than honor doth cause it to procéede with equitie He replied to the King and told him a trimme tale with these wordes Victorious Prince your opinion is no lesse good than iust and I lyke it well that your minde agréeth with the greatnesse of your crowne but I stande in great feare that this your carnall holynesse will fall out verie hurtfull for your Kingdome Sure generall honestie banisheth from euery one murder but priuate profite calleth it againe We your obedient vassals and subiects humbly beséeche your Maiestie on the knées of our hearts that of two harde choyces ye will take the best or as they say of two euyls the least Cast not away for Gods sake to saue one vnprofitable member so many profitable and necessarie members making them vnprofitable and not necessary Your life standeth your selfe and all vs vppon and importeth all If he liue you die if he die you liue and we to serue you My Lorde I saye honor for others that lyst but profit for your selfe Your Maiestie once gone your subiectes and Realme are lyke to come to naught Your preseruation is ours also It is of necessitie one Well must be clensed to cléere the rest And though in déede your word and assurance hath tied your handes and that in that respect you woulde not breake iustice let mée alone with the matter I will worke such a feate for him that I will make him come and offer himselfe vnto you and lay his necke on the blocke and yet he shall little thinke my meaning And when you haue his heade on the blocke and cannot finde meanes to choppe it off in fayth you are worthie to starue and then at your perill be it for me You sée you are famished and we starued and howe lowe you are brought Follow my counsell and I will deliuer him you faire and fatte so shall ye saue your selfe and vs too THis tale I haue tolde thée sayd the Bull bicause thou shouldest knowe these Courtlike fables deuises and practises of vaine and wicked Courtiers I knowe them all and I am so much the better acquainted with them bicause I sée them daily vsed against the good and vertuous and well disposed minds And one no sooner maketh waye for vertue but they streight set thornes in his way to prick his féete But I will not hasard my