whether I should rather laugh at their folly or lament their phrensie neither do I know whether the finne bée greater in apparel which moueth to pride or in affection which entiseth to péeuishnesse the one causeth theÌ„ to forget themselues the other to forgo their sences ech do deceiue their soule they that thinck one cannot be cloanly without pride wil quickly iudge none to be honest without pleasure which is as hard to confesse as to saye no meane to bée without excesse thou wishest to be in the country wyth thy distaffe rather then to continue in the court with thy delights I cannot blame thée for Greece is as much to be commended for learning as the court for brauery here maist thou liue with as good report for thine honestie as they wyâ—h renowme for their beautie It is better to spinne with Penelope all night then to sing with Helen all daye Huswifery in the countrey is as much praysed as honour in the court We thinke it as great mirth to sing Psalmes as you melody to chaunt Sonnets we accompt them as wyse that kéepe their owne lands with credite as you those that gette others lyuings by craft Therefore if thou wilt follow my aduise and prosecute thine owne determination thou shalt come out of a warme Sunne into Gods blessing Thou addest I feare me also thou errest that in the courte there be some of great vertue wisedome and sobrietie if it be so I lyke it and in that thou sayst it is so I beléeue it It may be and no doubte it is in the courte as in all riuers some Fish some Frogs and as in all gardeins some flowers some wéeds and as in all trées some blossoms some blasts Nylus bréedeth the pretious stone and the poysoned Serpent The court may as wel nourish vertuous Matrones as the lewde Minion Yet this maketh me muse that they should rather bée commended for their beautie then for their vertue which is an infallible argument that the delyghts of the flesh are preferred before the holynesse of the spirite Thou sayst thou wilt sue to leaue thy seruice and I wil pray for thy goâ—d successe when thou art come into the country I would haue thee first learne to forget all those thinges which thou hast séene in the court I woulde Philautus were of thy minde to forsake his youthfull course but I am glad thou writest that he beginneth to amend his condicions he runneth farre that neuer retourneth and hée sinneth deadly that neuer repenteth I would haue him ende as Lucilla began without vyce and not beginne as she ended without honestie I loue the man well but I cannot brooke his manners Yet I conceiue a good hope that in his age he will be wise for that in his youth I perceiuâ—d him wittie Hee hath promised to come to Athens which if he doe I will so handle the matter that eyther he shall abiure the court for euer or absent himselfe for a yeare If I bring the one to passe be shall forgoâ— his olde course if the other forget his ill condicions He that in court will thriue to reape wealth and lyue warte to gette worship must gayne by good conscience and clyme by wisedome otherwise his thrift is but theft where ther is no regard of gathering and his honour but ambition where there is no rare but of promotion Philautus is too simple to vnderstand the wyles in courte and too young to vndermine any by crafte Yet hath he showen himselfe as farre from honestie as he is from age and as full of crafte as he is of courage If it were for thy preferment and his amendment I wish you were both married but if he should continue his folly wherebâ— thou â—â—ouldest fal from thy duetie I rather wish you both buryed Salute him in my name and hasten his iourney but forgette not thine owne I haue occasion to goe to Naples that I may with more spéede arriue in Englande where I haue hearde of a woman that in all quallyties eâ—câ—lleth any man which if it be so I shall thinke my labour as well bestowed as Saba did hirs when shée trauayled to sée Salomon At my goinge if thou bée in Naples I will visite thée and at my retourne I will tell tâ—ee my iudgement If Philautus come this Winter he shall in this my pilgrimage be a partner a pleasant companion is a bayte in a iourney We shall there as I heare sée a courte both brauer in shewe and better in substaunce more gallaunt courtiers more godlye consâ—iues as faire Ladyes and fairer conditions But I will not vaunt before the victorie nor sweare it is so vntill I sée it be so Farewell vnto whomâ— aboue all I wish well I Haue finished the first part of Euphues whome now I lefte readye to crosse the Seas to Englande if the winde sende him a shorte cutte you shall in the seconde part heare what newes he bringeth and I hope to haue him reteurnued within one Summer In the meane season I wil stay for him in the country and as soone as he arriueth you shall know of his comming FINIS
better I but the latter loue is moste feruent I but the firste ought to be most faythfull I but Euphues hath greater perfection I but Philautus hath déeper affection Ah fonde wench doste thou thincke Euphues will déeme thee constant to him when thou hast bene vnconstant to his friende Wéenest thou that he will haue no mistrust of thy faithfulnesse when he hath had tryall of thy fycklenesse Will he haue no doubt of thyne honour when thou thy selfe callest thyne honestie in question Yes yes Lucilla well dothe he know that the glasse once crased will with the leaste clappe be cracked that the cloath which staineth with Mylke will soone loose his coulour with vineger that the Eagles wynge will wast the fether as well of the Phoenix as of the Pheasant that she that hath bene faythlesse to one will neuer be faythfull to any But can Euphues â— conuince me of fléetinge séeing for his sake I breake my fideliâ—iâ—â— Can he condemne me of disloyaltie when he is the onely cause of my dislyking Maye he iustly condemne me of trecherye who hath this testimony as tryall of my good will Doth not he remember that the broken boane once sette together is stronger then euer it was That the greatest blotte is taken off with the Pommice That though the Spyder poyson the Flye she cannot infect the Bée That although I haue bene light to Philautus yet I may be louely to Euphues It is not my desire but his desertes that moueth my mynde to this choyse neyther the want of the lyke good will in Philautus but the lacke of the lyke good qualities that remoueth my fancie from the one to the other For as the Bée that gathereth Honny out of the wéede when she espyeth the faire flower flyeth to the sweetest or as the kynde spanyell though he hunt after Byrdes yet forsakes them to retryue the Partridge or as we commonly feede on béefe hungerly at the first yet seing the Quayle more dayntie chaunge our dyet So I although I loued Philautus for his good properties yet seing Euphues to excell him I ought by Nature to lyke him better By so muche the more therefore my change is to be excused by how much the more my choyce is excellent and by so much the lesse I am to be condemned by how much the more Euphues is to be commended Is not the Dyamonde of more valewe then the Rubie bicause he is of more vertue Is not the Emeraulde preferred before the Saphyre for his wonderfull propertie Is not Euphues more prayse worthy then Philautus being more wittie But fye Lucilla why doste thou flatter thy selfe in thyne owne follye canst thou fayne Euphues thy friend whome by thyne owne wordes thou hast made thy foe Dyddest not thou accuse women of inconstancie dyddest not thou accompt them easy to be wonneâ— dyddest not thou condemne them of weakenesse what sounder argument can he haue against thée then thine owne answer what better proofe then thine owne speach what greater tryall then thyne owne talke If thou haste belyed women he will iudge thée vnkynde if thou haue reuealed the troth he must néedes thincke thée vnconstant if he perceiue thée to be wonne with a Nut be will imagine that thou wilt be lost with an Apple If he fynde thée wanton before thou be woed he wil gesse thou wilt be wauering when thou art wedded But suppose that Euphues loue thée that Philautus leaue thée will thy father thinckest thou giue thée libertie to lyue after thyne owne lust will he esteeme him worthy to enherite his possessions whom he accompteth vnworthy to enioye thy person Is it lyke that he wyll match thee in marryage with a stranger with a Grecian with a meane man I but what knoweth my father whether he be wealthy whether his reuenewes be able to counteruaile my fathers lands whether his birth be noble yea or no can any one make doubte of his gentle bloude that séeth his gentle condicions Can his honoure be called into question whose honestie is so greate is he to be thought thriftelesse who in all qualyties of the minde is peerelesse No no the tree is knowen by his fruite the golde by his touch the sonne by the fire And as the softe waxe receiueth what soeuer print be in the seale and sheweth no other impression so the tender babe being sealed with his fathers giftes representeth his Image most lyuely But were I once certaine of Euphues good wâ—ll I woulde not so supersticiously accompt of my fathers ill will. Albeit I can no way quench the coalâ—s of desire with forgetfulnesse yet will I rake them vp in the ashes of modestie séeing I dare not discouer my loue for maideÌ„ly shamefastnes I wil dissemble it til time I haue opportunitie And I hope so to behaue my selfe as Euphues shall thinke me his owne and â—hilautus perswade himselfe I am none but his But I would to God Euphues would repaire hether that the sight of him might mittigate some part of my martirdome She hauing thus discoursed with hir selfe hir owne miseryes cast hir selfe on the bedde and there lâ—tte hir lye and retourne wee to Euphues who was so caâ—ght in the ginne of folly that he neyther coulde comforte himselfe nor durst aske counsel of his friend suspecting that which in deede was tâ—ue that Philautus was corâ—iuall with him and cooâ—â—emate with Lucilla Amiddest therefore these his extremityes betweene hope and feare hée vttered these or the lyke speaches What is hée Euphues that knowing thy witte and séeing thy folly but will rather punish thy lewdenesse then pittie thy heauiuesse Was there euer any so fickle so soone to be allured any euer so faithlesse to deceiue his friend euer any so foolish to bathe himselfe in his owne misfortune To true it is that as the Sea Crabbe swimmeth alwayes agaynst the streame so wit alwayes striueth agaynst wisedome And as the Bee is oftentimes hurte with hir owne honny so is wit not seldome plagued with his owne conceipte O ye gods haue ye ordayned for euerye maladye a medicine for euery sore a salue for euery payne a plaister leuing only loue remedilesse Did ye déeme no man so madde to be entangled with desire or thoughte yée them worthye to be tormented that were so misledde haue ye dealte more fauourable with brute beasts then with reasonable creatures The filthy Sow when she is sicke eateth the Sea Crabbe and is immediately recured the Torteyse hauing tasted the Uiper sucketh Origanum and is quickly reuiued the Beare readye to pine lycketh vpp the Ants and is recouered the Dogge hauing surfetted to procure his vomitte eateth grasse and findeth remedy the Harte béeing pearced with the darte runneth out of hande to the hearbe Dictanum and is healed And can men by no hearb by no art by no way procure a remedye for the impatient disease of loue Ah well I perceiue that loue is not vnlyke the Figge trée whose fruite is swéete whose roote is more bitter then the
could neuer heare man by such snares to intrappe man For true it is that men themseleus haue by vse obserued that it must be a hard winter when one Wolfe eateth an other I haue read that the Bull being tyed to the Figge trée loseth his strength that the whole heard of Deare stande at the gaze if they smell a swéete apple that the Dolphin by the sound of Musicke is brought to the shore And then no meruaile it is that if the fierce Bull be tamed with the Figge tree if that women beeing as weake as shéepe be ouercome with a Figge if the wilde Deare be caughte with an apple that the tame Damzell is wonne with a blossome if the fleete Dolphin be allured with harmony that women be entangled with the melodie of mens speach fayre promises and solemne protestations But follye it were for mée to marke their mischiefes sith I am neyther able neyther they willynge to amende their manners it becommeth mée rather to shew what our sexe should doe then to open what yours doth And seeing I cannot by reason restrayne your importunate sute I will by rigour done on my selfe cause you to refraine the meanes I would to God Ferardo were in this poynte lyke to Lysander which would not suffer his daughters to weare gorgeous apparell saying it would rather make them common then comely I would it were in Naples a law which was a custome in Aegypt that woemen should alwayes go barefoote to the intent they might kéepe themselues alwayes at home that they shoulde be euer lyke to the Snaile which hath euer his house on his head I meane so to mortifie my selfe that in stead of silkes I will weare sackecloth for Owches and Bracelettes Léere and Caddys for the Lute vse the Distaffe for the Penne the Néedle for louers Sonettes Dauids Psalmes But yet I am not so senceles altogether to reiect your seruice which if I were certeinly assured to procéed of a simple minde it shold not receiue so simple a reward And what greater triall can I haue of thy simplicitie truth theÌ„ thine owne requeste which desireth a triall I but in the coldest flinte there is hotte fire the Bée that hath hoâ—â—y in hir mouth hath a sting in hir tayle the trée that beareth the swéetest fruite hath a sower sappe yea the wordes of men though they séeme smoothe as oyle yet their heartes are as crooked as the stalke of Iuie I woulde not Euphues that thou shouldest condemne me of rigour in that I séeke to asswage thy follye by reason but take this by the way that although as yet I am disposed to lyke of none yet whensoeuer I shall loue any I will not forget thée in the meane season accompt me thy friend for thy foe I will neuer be Euphues was brought into a greate quandarie and as it were a colde shiuering to heare this newe kinde of kindenesse such swéete meate such sower sauce such faire wordes such faint promises such hotte loue such colde desire such certayne hope such sodaine chaunge and stoode lyke one that had looked on Medusaes heade and so had bene tourned into a stone Lucilla séeing him in this pitifull plight and fearing he would take stande if the lure were not cast out toke him by the hand and wringing him softely with a smiling countenaunce began thus to comfort him Mée thinkes Euphues chaungeing so your couloure vpon the sodaine you will soone chaunge your coppie is your minde on your meat a penny for your thought Mistresse quod he if you would buy all my thoughts at that price I shoulde neuer be wearye of thinking but séeinge it is too déere reade it and take it for nothing It séemes to me sayd she that you are in some browne study what coulours you mighte best weare for your Ladye In déede Lucilla you leuell shrewdly at my thought by the ayme of your owne imagination for you haue giuen vnto me a true loues knotte wrought of chaungeable silke and you déeme mée that I am deuisinge howe I mighte haue my coulours chaungeable also that they mighte agrée But lette this with such toyes and deuises passe if it please you to commaund me any seruice I am héere ready to attende your leasure No seruice Euphues but that you kéepe silence vntill I haue vttered my minde and secrecie when I haue vnfolded my meaning If I should offende in the one I were to bold if in the other too beastly Well then Euphues sayd shée so it is that for the hope that I conceiue of thy loyaltie and the happy successe that is lyke to ensue of this our loue I am content to yeelde thée the place in my heart which thou desirest and deseruest aboue all other which consent in me if it may any wayes bréede thy contentation sure I am that it will euery way worke my comforte But as eyther thou tenderest mine honour or thine owne safetie vse such secrecie in this matter that my father haue no incklyng héereoff before I haue framed his minde fitte for our purpose And though women haue small force to ouercome men by reason yet haue they good Fortune to vndermine them by pollycie The softe droppes of raine pearce the hard Marble many strokes ouerthrow the tallest Oke a silly woman in time may make such a breach into a mans hearte as hir teares may enter without resistaunce then doubt not but I will so vndermine mine olde father as quickly I will enioy my new friend Tush Philautus was liked for fashion sake but neuer loued for fancie sake this I vow by the fayth of a Uirgin and by the loue I beare thée for greater bands to confirme my vowe I haue not that my father shall sooner martir me in the fire then marry me to Philautus No no Euphues thou onely hast wonne me by loue and shalt only weare me by law I force not Philautus his fury so I may haue Euphues his friendship neither will I prefer his possessions before thy person neyther estéeme better of his lands then of thy loue Ferardo shall sooner disherite me of my patrimony then dishonour me in breaking my promise it is not his great mannors but thy good manners that shall make my marriage In token of which my sincere affection I giue thée my hande in pawne and my heart for euer to be thy Lucilla Unto whome Euphues aunswered on this manner If my tongue were able to vtter the ioyes that my heart hath conceiued I feare me though I be wel beloued yet I shoulde hardlye bée beléeued Ah my Lucilla howe much am I bounde to thée whiche preferrest mine vnworthinesse before thy Fathers wrath my happinesse before thine owne misfortune my loue before thine owne lyfe howe might I excell thée in courtesie whome no mortall creature can excéede in constancie I finde it nowe for a setled truth which earst I accompted for a vaine talke that the Purple dye will neuer staine that the pure Cyuet will neuer loose his sauour
that the greene Laurell will neuer chaunge his coulour that beautie can neuer bée blotted with discourtesie As touching secrecie in this behalfe assure thy selfe that I wyll not so much as tell it to my selfe Commaund Euphues to runne to ride to vndertake any exploite be it neuer so daungerous to hazarde himselfe in any enterprise be it neuer so desperate As they were thus pleasauntly conferring the one with the other Liuia whom Euphues made his stale entered into the parlor vnto whom Lucilla spake in these termes Dost thou not laugh Liuia to sée my ghostly father kéepe me héere so long at shrift Truely aunswered Liuia me thinckes that you smile at some pleasaunt shift either hée is slow in enquiring of your faultes or you slack in aunswering of his questions and thus being supper time they al sat downe Lucilla wel pleased no man better content then Euphues who after hys repast hauing no apportunitie to conferre wyth his louer had small lust to continue with the gentlewoman any longer séeinge therefore hée coulde frame no meanes to woorke his delight hée coyned an excuse to hasten his departure promisinge the next morninge to trouble them againe as a guest more bolde then welcome although in deed he thought himselfe to bee the better welcome in saying that hée would come But as Ferardo went in poste so hée retourned in haste hauinge concluded wyth Philautus that the marriage shoulde immediatly bée consummated which wrought such a content in Philautus that he was almost in an extasie through the extremitie of hys passions such is the fulnesse and force of pleasure that there is nothinge so daungerous as the fruityon yet knowinge that delayes bringe daungers althoughe hée nothinge doubted of Lucilla whome hée loued yet feared hée the ficklenesse of olde men which is alwayes to bée mistrusted He vrged therefore Ferardo to breake wyth his daughter who béeinge willinge to haue the match made was content incontiuently to procure the meanes findinge therefore his daughter at leasure and hauing knowledge of hir former loue spake to hir as followeth Deere daughter as thou hast longe tyme lyued a mayden so nowe thou must learne to bée a Mother and as I haue bene carefull to bringe thée vpp a virgin so am I nowe desirous to make thée a wyfe Neyther ought I in this matter to vse any perswasions for the maydens coÌ„monly now a daies are no sooner borne but they begin to bride it neither to offer any greate portions for that thou knowest thou shalt inherite all my possessions Mine onely care hath bene heterto to match thée with such an one as shoulde be of good wealth able to maynteine thée of great worship able to compare with thee in birth of honest conditions to deserue thy loue and an Italian borne to enioye my landes At the laste I haue founde one aunswerable to my desire a gentleman of great reuenewes of a noble progeuie of honest behauiour of comely personage borne and brought vp in Naples Philautus thy friende as I gesse thy husband Lucilla if thou lyke it neither canst thou dislike hym who wanteth nothing that shoulde cause thy liking neyther hath any thinge that shoulde breede thy loathing And surely I reioyce the more that thou shalt be linked to him in marriage whome thou hast loued as I heare béeinge a mayden neither can there any iarres kindle betwéene them where the mindes be so vnited neyther any ielowsie arise where loue hathe so longe bene setled Therefore Lucilla to the ende the desire of either of you may now be accomplished to the delight of you both I am here come to finishe the contract by giuinge handes whiche you haue alredy begun betwéen your selues by ioyning of hearts that as God doth witnesse the one in your consciences so the worlde maye testiâ—ie the other by your conuersations and therefore Lucilla make such aunswere to my request as maye like me and satisâ—ie thy friende Lucilla abashed with this sodeine speach of hir father yet boldened by the loue of hir friend with a comly bashfulnesse aunswered him in this manner Reuerend Sir the swéetnesse that I haue found in the vndefiled estate of virginitie causeth me to loath the sower sauce which is mixed with matrimony and the quiet life which I haue tried being a maiden maketh me to shun the cares that are alwaies incideÌ„t to a mother neither am I so wedded to the worlde that I should be moued wyth greate possessions neyther so bewitched with wantonnesse that I should bee entised with any mans proportion neither if I were so dysposed woulde I bée so proude to desire one of noble progenie or so precise to choose one onely in myne owne countrey for that commonlye these thinges happen alwayes to the contrarie Doe wée not sée the noble to matche wyth the base the rich with the poore the Italian oftentimes with the Portingale As loue knoweth no lawes so it regardeth no conditions as the louer maketh no pawse where hée liketh so hee maketh no conscience of these idle ceremonies In that Philautus is the man that threateneth suche kindenesse at my handes and such courtesie at yours that hée shoulde accompte mée his wyfe before hée woe mée certeinely hée is lyke for mée to make hys reckoninge twise bicause hée reconeth without hys hostesse And in this Philautus woulde eyther shew himselfe of greate wisdome to perswade or mée of great lightnesse to be allured although the loadstone drawe yron yet it cannot moue golde thoughe the Iette gather vp the light strawe yet can it not take vp the pure stéele Althoughe Philautus thincke himselfe of vertue sufficient to winne his louer yet shall hée not obtaine Lucilla I cannot but smile to heare that a marriage should bée solemnized where neuer was any mention of assuringe and that the woeing should bée a day after the weddinge Certes if when I looked merilye on Philautus hée déemed it in the waye of marriage or if séeinge mée dispose to ieste hée tooke mée in good earnest then sure hée might gather some presumption of my loue but no promise But mée thincks it is good reason that I â—houlde be at mine owne brydeall and not gyuen in the Church before I know the Bridegrome Therefore déere Father in mine opinion as there can bée no bargaine where both be not agréede neither any Indentures sealed where the one will not consent so can there be no contract where both be not content no banes asked lawfully where one of the parties forbiddeth theÌ„ no marriage made where no match was ment But I will hereafter frame my selfe to be coy séeing I am claimed for a wife bicause I haue bene courteous and giue my selfe to melancholy seing I am accompted wonne in that I haue bene merrie And if euery gentleman be made of the mettall that Philautus is then I feare I shall be challenged of as many as I haue vsed to company with and bée a common wife to all those that haue commonly resorted hether My duetie
Well Philautus thou takest not so much care for the losse of hir as I griefe for thy lewdnesse neither canst thou sorrowe more to sée hir dye sodeinely then I to heare thée lyue shamefullye If thou meane to keepe mee as a friende shake off those vaine toyes and dalyaunces wyth women beléeue mée Philautus I speake it wyth salt tears trickling downe my chéekes the lyfe thou liuest in court is no lesse abhorred then the wicked death of Lucilla deâ—ested more art thou scorned for thy folly then she hated for hir filthinesse The euill ende of Lucilla should moue thée to begin a good lyfe I haue often warned thée to shunne thy wonted trade if thou loue me as thou profestest in thy letters then leaue all thy vices shewe it in thy lyfe If thou meane not to amend thy manners I desire thée to write no more to me for I will neither answere thée nor read them The Iennet is brokeÌ„ as soone with a waÌ„d as with the spurre a genâ—â—eman as well allured with a word as with a swoord Thou concludest in the end that Liuia is sick truely I am sory for shée is a madyen of no lesse comlinesse then modesty hard it is to iudge whether she deserues more praise for hir beauty with the amorous or admiration for hir honestie of vertues if thou loue me embrace hir for she is able both to satisfy thine eye for choice instruct thy heart with learning CommeÌ„d me vnto hir as I praise hir to thée so wil I pray for hir to God that either she may haue paâ—ience to endure hir trouble or deliuerance to scape hir peril Thou desirest me to send thée the Sermons which were preached of late in Athens I haue fulfilled thy request but I feare me thou wilt vse them as S. George doth his horse who is euer on his backe but neuer rideth but if thou wert as willing to read them as I was to send them or as ready to follow them as desirous to haue them it shall not repent thée of thy labour nor me of my cost And thus farewell ¶ Euphues to Botonio to take his exile patiently IF I were as wise to giue thée counsaile as I am willing to do thée good or as able to set thée at libertie as desirous to haue thée frée thou shouldest neither want good aduice to guyde thée nor sufficient helpe to restore thée Thou takest it heauylye that thou shouldest bée accused without colour and exiled wythout cause and I thincke thée happy â—o be so well rydde of the courte and to bee so voyde of crime Thou sayest banishment is bitter to the frée borne and I déeme it the better if thou bée wythout blame There bée manye meates which are sowre in the mouth and sharpe in the mawe but if thou mingle them wyth swéete sawces they yeelde both a pleasaunt taste and holesome nourishment Diuers colours offende the eyes yet hauinge gréene amonge them whet the sight I speake this to this enâ—e that though thy exile seeme grieuous to thee yet guiding thy selfe with the rules of Philosophye it shall bee more tollerable hée that is colde doth not couer himselfe wyth care but with clothes he that is washed in the rayne dryeth himselfe by the fire not by his fancie and thou which art bannished oughtest not with teares to bewaile thy hap but with wisedome to heale thy hurt Nature hath giuen no man a country no more then she hath a house or laÌ„ds or liuings Socrates would neither call himselfe an Athenian neither a Grecian but a CitizeÌ„ of the world Plato would neuer accompt him banished that had the Sunne Fire Aire Water Earth that he had before where he felt the Winters blast and the Summers blaze wher y same Sunne the same Moone shined whereby he noted that euery place was a countrey to a wise man and all partes a pallaice to a quiet minde But thou art driuen out of Naples that is nothing All the Athenians dwell not in Colliton nor euery Corinthian in Graecia nor all the Lacedemonians in Pitania How can any part of the world bée distant farre from the other when as the Mathematicians set downe that the earth is but a pointe being compared to the heauens Learne of the Bée as wel to gather Honny of the wéede as the flowre and out of farre countries to liue as wel as in thine owne He is to be laughed at which thincketh the Moone better at Athens then at Corinth or the Honnye of the Bée swéeter that is gathered in Hybla then that which is made in Mantua when it was cast in Diogenes téeth that the Synoponetes had banished hym Pontus yea sayde hee I them of Diogenes I maye saye to thée as Straconicus sayde to his guest who demaunded what faulte was punished wyth exile and hée aunsweringe falshoode why then sayde Straconicus dâ—st not thou practise deceite to the ende thou maist auoyde the myschiefes that followe in thy countrey And surely if conscience be the cause thou art banished tho court I accompt thée wise in being so precise that by the vsing of vertue thou maist be exiled the place of vice Better it is for thée to liue with honesty in the country then with honour in the court greater wil thy praise be by flying vanitie then thy pleasure in followinge traines Choose that place for thy palaice which is most quiet custome will make it thy countrey and an honest life will cause it a pleasaunt liuinge Philip falling in the dust and séeing the figure of his shape perfect in shewe Good God sayd he we desire the whole earth and sée how little serueth Zeno hearing that this onely barke wherein all his wealth was shipped to haue perished cryed out thou hast done well Fortune to thrust me into my gowne agayne to embrace Philosophy thou hast therefore in my minde great cause to reioyce that God by punishment hath compelled thée to strickâ—nesse of lyfe which by lybertie might haue ben growen to lewdnesse When thou hast not one place assigned thée wherein to liue but one forbidden thée which thou must leaue then thou béeing denied but one that excepted thou maist choose any Moreouer this dispute with thy selfe I beare no office whereby I shoulde eyther for feare please the noble or for gaine oppresse the néedy I am no Arbiter in doubtfull cases whereby I should eyther peruerte Iustice or incurre displeasure I am frée from the iniuries of the stronge and mallice of the weake I am out of the broiles of the sedytious and haue escaped the threates of the ambitious But as hée that hauinge a fayre Orcharde séeing one trée blasted recompteth the discommodity of that passeth ouer in silence the fruytfulnesse of the other So hée that is banished doth alwayes lament the losse of his house the shame of his exile not reioysing at the liberty quyetnesse pleasure that he enioyeth by the swéet punishment The kinges of