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Englands bane: or, The description of drunkennesse. Composed and written by Thomas Young, sometimes student of Staple-Inne
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Young, Thomas, student of Staple Inn.
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1617
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ENGLANDS BANE OR THE DESCRIPTION of Drunkennesse COMPOSED AND WRITTEN by THOMAS YOVNG sometimes Student of STAPLE-INNE Prestat non nasei quam male viuere ECCLES 8.11 Because sentence against an euill worke is not executed speedily therefore the heart of the children of men is fully set in them to doe euill LONDON Printed by WILLIAM IONES and are to be sold by THOMAS BAYLEE at the corner shop in the middle rowe in Holborne neere adioyning vnto Staple Inne 1617. TO THE RIGHT VVORSHIPFVLL VERY WORTHY indicious and vnderstanding Gentleman Sr. FRANCIS DOWSE Knight T. Y. wisheth encrease of health and perpetuall happinesse RIght Worshipfull calling to minde my owne follies euer from mine Infancy prone to haue coniunction with intemperancie the chiefe fountaine of all mens perturbations and also remembring your good counsell euer giuen vnto me that I should loath excesse loue temperance which I now finde of it selfe to be the treasure of vertue compelling men to follow Reason bringing peace to the minde and mollifying the affections with concord and agreement receiuing I say from you not onely good aduice being as great a benefit as one friend can doe to another but also good example which is the readyest path-way to guide men to felicitie and for feare I should bee culpable according to the prouerbe Thankes waxeth old as soone as gifts are had in possession I thought good although I cannot requite yet to make knowne to your Worship that I do not forget for omnium ingratissimus est Ingratus qui beneficium accepisse negat quod accepit Ingratus qui â—d dissimulat vursum Ingratus qui non reddit et omnium Ingratissimus qui oblitus est qui oblitus est neither this nor other your manifold great continuall kindnes bestowed vpon me And that you may see how good a scholler I haue proued in the arte of sobrietie by your discipline consiliatorie and exemplarie I am imboldened to craue your patronage to this pamphlet which will at large set downe all the subtle sleights tempting baites and craftie allurements which Satan vseth for the ouerthrow of mankinde by this vice of drunkennes which indeede is the Metropolitane citie of all the prouince of vices which Reason made me intitle my Booke Englands Bane because no Nation is more polluted with this capitoll sinne then ours And I protest it is not ambition that made me craue the patronage to this Treatise considering my small deseruings but chiefely presuming vpon the affiance of your good nature and kinde constructions of my weake endeauours and something the rather because I know your liberall qualities inclinable to the Rule of my intentions which is not to barre Societie but to condemne Ebrietie Eccles 31.23 Pro. 22.9 For Salomon saith He that is liberall shall bee blest and honoured of his neighbours And of this vertue I know both your selfe and all your Worshipfull Family fully indued for often haue I heard you say that of the Wine and Beere you regarded not the expence but you blamed such as would abuse these creatures to ouerthrowe their owne sence and such voluptuous liuers are them I chiefely ayme at that cannot take moderation to bee their guide Omne nocet nimium mediocriter omne gerendum I know you loue to Reade because you know to censure Let mee therefore intreat your Worship to reade this and to giue it fauourable protection to the world although the lines be rude the matters good and it is no shame to gather a Primrose growing among Briers had it better you should enioy it such as it is if you entertaine I shall rest Your Worships in all faithfull obseruance THO YOVNG TO THE READER YONG I am I confesse who take vpon mee to correct an enormitie crept into my country too much frequented by yong and old of all conditions Yet gentle Reader let me perswade thee to peruse the same with an indifferent eye not contemning any part thereof because it is compiled by the Yong. And although thou mayest perhaps iustly say that I haue beene equall with thee in this aspersion yet let mee entreat againe that thou wilt no lesse equall me in my contrition then resolue fully to concurre with me in my conuersion Our Nation hath had for many yeeres since this imputation that we should apelike imitate Forraigne countries in their vices wherein I will not particularize for auoiding of offence and the rather because it is to all iudiciall men too perspicuous I could rather wish that leauing their examples in the worst we did frame our selues to imitate to compare nay to excell them in their vertues and heroicall atchieuements which may very easily be performed by vs in that God of his especiall goodnes to our Nation hath indued vs with singularitie of apprehension dexteritie of inuention and meanes for discipline exceeding all the bordering countries of the world There is an vse and an abuse of the best creatures and we can not deny as well by the assertion of God himselfe who in the creation saw all that he had made to be good but that they were all made for the comfort for the seruice and for the vse of man If we then neglecting the vse doe fall into the abuse of those good creatures and make them euill and hurtfull to vs that followeth that wee contradict God in his purpose we alter the nature and qualitie of the creature we derogate from our selues that precedency and superioritie which God hath giuen to man ouer those creatures how doe we abase our selues from that soueraigntie which God hath giuen vs who said let man rule and haue power ouer all creatures on the earth when we suffer a poore inanimate creature so to conquer and ouercome vs that we lye grouelling on the earth speechlesse nay sometimes lifelesse ouer come by the strength of a Grape a weake and feeble substance we all desire as good reason we haue to extenuate the power and kingdome of Sathan but I dare boldly affirme he gaineth more soules by this deadly sinne of Drunkennesse then by all the sinnes of the world and hath drowned and swallowed vp more in this gulfe then were drowned in the generall deluge of Noahs floud Lend me onely thy good will for my desire of thy safety which thou mayest haue or not haue at thine Election But better it were to forbeare to reade this same vnlesse thou practise the same in thy life and conuersation Which thing grant both thy selfe and me hoping thou wilt pray for me as I haue done for thee leauing thy will to Gods directions ENGLANDS BANE IF according to the saying of Saint Paul Rom. 6.23 that he which committeth but one sinne is to be rewarded with damnation and according to the saying of Saint Iohn 1 Ioh. 3.8 he which sinneth is of the Diuell What shall we thinke of those desperate persons Nay rather monsters of men which through the loathsome vice of Drunkennesse commit all manner of sinne