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A20416	hEre endeth the book named the dictes or sayengis of the philosophres enprynted. by me william Caxton at westmestre the yere of our lord .M.CCCC.Lxx vij. Whiche book is late translated out of Frenshe into englyssh. by the noble and puissant lord Lord Antone Erle of Ryuyers lord of Scales ...; Dictes and sayings of the philosophers.	Mubashshir ibn Fātik, Abū al-Wafāʼ, 11th cent. Mukhtār al-ḥikam wa-maḥāsin al-kalim.; Rivers, Anthony Woodville, Earl, 1442?-1483.; Caxton, William, ca. 1422-1491.	1480 (1480)	STC 6828; ESTC S106576	95,995	158

wyke oōn day to destroye the ennemiyes of þ e lawe to yeue almes to the pour goddis people that is to say to the feble and Impotent he com̄aunded that porke flesshe and camelys shold●… be eten̄ and suche semblable me tes and com̄aunded them expressely that they shulde kepe them fro pariury he stablisshed many festis at certain seasons ▪ and ordeigned also diuers persones to offre sacrifices at the rising of the sonne and som other at the first newe moone and at the coniunction of the planettes also whan the planetes entre in to their houses and whan they ascēded and whan they discended The sacrifices were of many thinges that is to say of roses of flours of greynes of whete of barley of frutes of grapes of licours of wynes And the same hermes saide that it was noo Recompense sufficient to thanke god onely for the grace he hath sent vs ¶ And saide O thou man yf thou dredest god wele thou shuldest neuer falle in to the patthes that bringeth man to harme ¶ And saide make not your clamours to god as Ignorauntes ful of corrupt ▪ wil fulnesse and be not inobedient vnto oure lorde god nor trespassours to his lawe And wil noon of you do to your felowe otherwyse than ye wolde be don to but by concordaūt and loue to gyders vse fastyngis and orisons in pure clene willes constreyne you to do goode dedes humbly and withoute pryde in suche manere as of your werkes may growe good fruytes and kepe you oute of the companyes of theues of fornycatours and of thoos that vse eu●…lle werkis ¶ And said kepe you that ye be not 〈◊〉 and let trouth be alwey in your mouthe and swere not but ye and nay enforce you not to cause them swere that ye knowe wille lye lest ye be parteners to theyr pariury put your trust in god that knoweth alle seccetes and he shal Iuge you in equite at the grete day of Iugemēt when he shall yeue remuneracions to the good for theyr goode●… nesse and punysshe the euyll for theyr wykkydnesse And sayde ye be certayn that the redemptour our lord is the gret teste sapience and the gretteste dilectacion that one ought to haue of whom alle goodenesse cometh and by whom alle the yatis of witte vnderstanding ben opened ▪ ¶ And god that hath loued his seruātis hath yeuen them discrecion hath establisshed prophetes propheciers ministres fulfilled with the holy goost by the whiche he hath manyfestely shewed vnto them the secretis of the lawe the trouth of the sapience to entēte that they shuld escheue al errours applye them to alle good dedis And said vse sapience folowe the lawes be mercyfulle ▪ and garnisshe you wyth goode doctrines think loke wel vpon your we●…kis wythout hasting you to mykyll in especiaal whan ye shal punissh nnsdoers and yf ye vse eny manere of thinge likly to syn̄e be not shamefaste to with drawe you therfro and to take penaunce for the same for to yeue other exemple for yf it be not punisshed in this worlde it shal be at the greete day of Iugement and suche shal be tourmented with grete peines whitoute ony pyte taken vpon them ¶ And saide correcte you by your self and folowe the wiese men lernyng of hem good vertues lette all your desire be to wynne good renōmee and fame employe not your tyme and your mynde in ●●●●hede nor in malice ¶ And saide loke ye sette noo vay●●● to the noysaunce of eny body nor that ye seke th aire hurtes by cautesses or sotiltees For suche workes wol not be hid but at the last th●y wol apoere ¶ And saide con●●●eyne you to annexe the loue of god and of your feith vnto sapience and yf ye do so all your lyf it shal be to you a grete a prouffitable wynnyng of that noble vertue shal come vnto you greter benefices than yf ye sholde assēble grete golde and siluer or other tresours not durable for it shal be to you a grete richesse in the other world that neuer shal haue ende ¶ And saide be al one within and withoute in that ye shal speke be w●re that your wordes be not contrary to the thoughtes of your hert ¶ And saide hūble and obeye your self to your kyng and your princes and worship the grete ministres vnder them loue god trouth yeue true counsaile to that entent ye may the more hoolly with your good penan̄ce be in the waye of saluaciō And saide yelde louīg vnto your lord as wele in your tribulacion as in ꝓsperite in your pouerte as wele as in your richesse And sayd ye shal bere hens non other thingis but your werkis and therfore be ware that ye Iuge not vniustly and desire rather to haue pouerte in doing good dedes than richesse in syn̄ for richesse may soon be lost and good dedis shal euer abyde And sayd be ware of to mykyll laughing and mokkyng eny persone al be it ye perceyue in him eny foule or euyll tache yet rebuke them not dishonestly but thinke that god hath made you all of one matere might haue made you as euil as he wherfore ye ought to thanke his goodenesse that hath shewed you suche grace hath kept you from myschef in the tymes past and present ¶ And pray him of his mercy he wol so kepe you forthe And said if it fortune that the ēnemyes of our feith wil dispute with you by diuerse sharp seyngyes ansuere them in swetenesse in humylite prayng god to be of you counseile that he will addresse all his creatures to the goode feith for theyr perpetuel saluacion ¶ And saide be silent in counseil and be wel ware what ye speke afo●… your ēnem●… lest ●…e resem ble him that seketh a 〈◊〉 to be b●…tyn wi●…h all And sai●… ye may not be Iuste withou●…e the drede of our lord god b●… whiche ye atteyne 〈◊〉 of the holy gost that shal o●…n ●…ou the gates of paradis wherin you soule●…●…hal ē●…e with th●…s that haue deserued euerlastīg lyf and said eschewe 〈◊〉 cōpa ny of thoos that loueth you not of 〈◊〉 peple of 〈◊〉 m●… of ignoraūt●… And whan ●…e 〈◊〉 eny good thought e●…e cu●…e it ye may incōtinēt leste ye 〈◊〉 set or withdraw●…n ther fro by eny 〈◊〉 or euil 〈◊〉 And said haue no enuie though thou se eny prosperice come to an euil man for hy●… ende shal not be goode ¶ And said ▪ make your children lerne goode in their youthe or they falle to malice and so ye shal not synne in them ¶ And saide worship and pray to our lorde with a clene wil adresse al your desirs to him and he shal helpe enhance you what part so euer ye go subdewe your ennemyes vnder you ¶ And saide whan ye wil faste make first clene your saules of al filthe that your fastīg may com̄ of pure

man said It were dan̄gerous to me if they knowe me ¶ And socrates said It were the better for me If y were knowen by them ¶ And said a wyseman ought to vse hys dayes in one of these two maneres that is ▪ to seye in that that may cause hym to haue ▪ Ioye in thys world and in the other or in that that may cause him to haue goode name in this worlde And sai de this worlde is delectacion of an houre sorowe of many daies the other worlde is grete reste long ioye And said whosomeuer teche the one worde of sapience doth the more goode than if he gafe the of his golde And saide swere not by our lorde for no maner of lucre al be it thy cause be true for som wol thinke thou forswerest thy self And said take hede howe thou yeuest thy yeftes for som sīple folkes yeue to the vnnedy refuse hit to thoos that haue nede And said If thou wilt wynne a frende speke good of him for goode 〈◊〉 engendreth loue euill speche engendreth hatered And said a kyng ought to put from him al euil disposed ●…sones for the harme that they of his cōpanye do is reputed his dede And said he that erreth knoweth hit after 〈◊〉 him therof hath deseruid pardon And said he that ●…dleth to correct euery man causeth the moost part to hate him And said to a man that hadde reproued his linage If I be the worse for my linage as thou sayest thy linage is the worse for the ¶ And said he that seketh the delices of this worlde is like vnto him that seketh to drink zarab we nyng it were water renneth to drinke it till he be wery whan he cometh to hit he findeth no thing than he is more thristy than he was before for zarab is a myst in a medew whiche at somtime by reflection of the sōne semeth a water is none in dede And said a man hath neuer perfyte reste ioye in thys world ▪ for he can not al waye perseuere in delectacion possesse his winning oft hath trouble angwysshe aswele forlosse of his frendis as otherwyse And said the loue of thys world stoppeth mannes erres from hering sapience blynfildeth the eyen from seing trouth hit causeth also a man to be enuied kepeth him from doyng goode dedis And saide he that loueth vseth trouth hath moo greter seruauntis than a kyng And saide he is not free that byndeth him to another ▪ And said afferme no thing til thou knowe the trouth nor do no thyng ▪ but it be couenable nor begīne no thing but yf thou se howe to bringe it to goode conclusion Ther was a riche man saide to him O socrates why art thou so poure To whom he ansuerd If thou knowest what is pouerte thou woltdeste haue more sorwe of thy pouerte than of myn ¶ And sayd It is a grete merueile to se a wyseman angry And sayd the deth is a thing that may not be es chewed ther ought none to drede hit but suche as haue comitted grete imquite and don litil iustice wherfore they shulde drede dampnacion for their demerites after their deth ¶ And said good deth is not to be dispised but to be magnified preysed for it makith trāsmutacion from the worlde of vnclennesse and shame to the world of worship from the world not durable to the worlde perpetuel ▪ from the world of folie and va●…rites to the world of sapience reason and trouth ¶ And fro the worlde of traueile and peyne to the worlde of consolacion and reste ¶ And said It is merueile of him that dowteth to dye and doth thinges contrari to his saluacion And said deth is lyffe to him that knoweth to haue ioye after it ¶ And said he that liueth wele shal dye wose And said better it is worshipfull deth than shamefull lyfe And said deth is the rest of couetous people for the lenger they lyue the more multiplie their couetises so deth is they more couē able for them than lyf for the deth of euil people is the we le and surete of the good Because they shall do nomore synne nor hurt to the people ¶ And said the lyf Iugeth inderectely amongis the dede ¶ And said one ought not to wepe for him that is slayne with out cause but for him that hath slayne him for he that sleeth vniuste ly dampneth him self ¶ And said he that dredeth eny thing ought to his power to be ware therof Also he that dowteth to haue peines for his synnes after his deth ought so to dele that he may escheue that parell ¶ And said whan thou wolt do eny thing loke for what occasion hit is And if thou seest the ende therof goode haste the conclusion and ellis resiste thy wil ¶ And saide bettir is to a man to liue harde than to borowe of him that reputeth his litil lones yeftes to be grete withoute cause wol think a man to be in his danger ¶ And saide take in no preisyng the lone or yeft of him that hath disworshipped the for the dishonour shame therof is more than the wynning He loued alwey to lerne wherof som rebuked him to whom he said the grettest shame that can come to an olde man is to be ignorāt he fō de a yong man that hadde folisshly spent wasted his substāce was broght to suche pouerte that he was feyn to ete olyues to whom he saide if the olyues hadde be as goode to the at the begynnyng as they be nowe thou shuldest haue hadde yet largely of thy goodes ¶ And saide ther is noo difference bitwix agrete teller of tydyngis and a lyer ¶ And said the noblest thing that children may lerne is science for therby they eschewe to do euill werkis ¶ And said the gretest wynnyng that a man may haue is to gete a true frēde he herde a man say that one was surer in keping his tunge than in moche speking ▪ for in moche lāgage one may lightli erre To whom he said one ought not to vnder stande that in them that speke wele And said the proffit of silence is lesse than the prouffit of speche the harme of spe che is more than the harme of silence And saide one may knowe a wyseman by harkēyng holding his tūge a mā may knowe a fole by his moche claterī g And said he that wol not holde his peas til he be cōstreyned is to blame he that wil holde his peas til he be boden speke is to be preysed And said It is an ignorant thing to dispute in thingez that may not be vnderstande saide the meane is best in all thinges And said moche rēnyng maketh moche werinesse saide if the witte of a man ouer maistrie not his frailte he shal sone be ouercome brought to nought And said he is abeest that

as the children whan they be borne in peyne entred into this world reioysse hem after whan they be grete fele the delices and eases therof In like wyse men be sorowfull whan they shal dye yet if they haue lyued wele they go after in to a 〈◊〉 world where they than shal resioysse them perpetually ¶ And another said As the goodenesse of wysemen goth eumore in a mending In like wyse goth the malices of the fooles euery day in empayring ¶ And another said If thou correcte a wysemā he shal thanke the therfore if thou teche a foole he shal dyspreyse the ¶ And saide He ys thy verray frende that in thy necessite offerith him self alle his goodes vnto the And another saide the gouernour of a wyseman is pacience and the goueruour of a foole is pride And another said a man that is slowthfull in his werkis is cōmonely enuious of the we le of other men ¶ And another sayde It is goode toenquere twies of thinges vnknowen for the first question is of wille and the seconde is of discrecion And another saide trouth is goddes messager wherefore she must be worshipped for the loue of her maister ¶ And another said he that multiplieth hys temporall goodes dyminueth his espūalles And another saide thoos that byleue and drede god stedfastlye haue not delectacion but onely in him in his werkis ¶ And another saide the moost laudable werkis that one may doo is to obeye the maundemētes pleaser of our lord god and the werke of the body Ioigned to the werke of the herte is more laudable than the werke of the herte onely ¶ And another said the euile creatures been wors than serpentes lyons or caraynes And in like wyse as vpon the erthe ther is nothing bettir than the goode creatures Right so ther is no thing wors than thoos that be wykked ¶ And another saide he that taketh vpon him higher astate than to him bilongith putteth grete peyn to be euill spoken of ¶ And a nother saide he that will haue reste in his lyf ought to kepe hym from iiij occasions the first is that he ought not to be wroth though som creature lyue whiche he wolde haue dede seconde is yf som dye whiche he wolde haue alyue th●… therde is yf he hath not that that he desireth and the fourthe is yf he see that fortune raise and bring vp somother of lower degre than he is ¶ And another saide to entermedle and dele litille with wordely werkis is a thing that may beste kepe a man from alle inconuenientis ¶ And another saide the more a wyseman is alone the greter is his Ioye be it day or nyght And another said the euil disposed king is like a caraygne þ t maketh the erth stenke aboute it the goode king is like the fayer rēnyng ryuire that is prouffita ble to the creatures And another said The wysemē ar nat content to prouffite onely them self but semblably do auātage to other the fooles hurte not onely them self but rather take grete labour to hurte trouble other folkes And another said a foole for a litill thing exposeth him ●…ightly to fortune And said thou maiest not be so wele arrayed nor be seen as with trouth And another saide absteynyng from wrath and couetise is a laudable thing aswele in this worlde as in the other ¶ And another saide he that yeueth conseyle praysith it him self wold feyn be callid 〈◊〉 And another said lete not to do wele though thy good dedis ben not knowen for wele doyng is so goode of hit self that it shal be willable ynough to the att●… last And another sai de a man of goode discrecion ought not to excercise hym in thinges inpossible ne say thinges not willable ●…e spende more than his wynnyng is ne promette more than he may fullfille And another said a mā may haue but payne labour in thys world And said he that eteth not shal dye for hungre if he eteth more than ynough he shal be seke wherfor it is a difficile thing to a mā to be longe in helth And another seide trust him not that forswerith his fe●…th for worldely thinges And another said Idelnesse eng●…dreth ig noraūce ignoraūce engēdreth errour And another said thou shalt fīde eueri where clothing mete place for to dwelle in if thou be ought but that suffiseth the not þ t is to the necessarie thou shalt be subgect to couetise yet thou shalt lakke thy desir And another said In lōg sleping is no ꝓffite but harme is to vse it a man ought to beware that he dispēde not half his lyf in Idelnesse And another said the goode soule wol haue no rest in this world than he that wol haue a goode soule ought to beware of to moche rest And another said beware of the cōpanye of a lyer in all thy werkis be they in grete auctorite or in smal And another said he that loueth the with feynt loue for wordely thingis shal hate the in like wyse but he that loueth the for the ꝑpetuel we le shal growe eumore in thy loue And another said goune the so wele that thou kepe the from euil doing suffise the with the goode dedis that thou shalt do besyde And another sayd he that wil wite whethir his soule be noble clene or foule corrupt he ought to cōsidere his disectaciō his cōscience if he delyteth him in doyng good vertues noble thīgis without harm than his soule is clene noble if he delyteth him in doing foule trāsitorie thīges of no value than his soule is foule for euery thing resioyeth with hies semblable the good with the goode the euil with the euill And another saide he is happy that goeth the right wey for he findeth sōner therby the place whedir he wold go he that gooth oute of his weye the more he gooth the ferther he is behinde And it was axid of a wyseman what was ꝑ●…aytte folye he ansuerd to think to com to a good astate ꝓsperite by bad werkis to loue falshed hate trouth to take delecta ciō in richesses to trust euery man it was axid of him what is the signe of litil forsight litill knowlege he ansuerd one to yeue trust wher he hath ben deceyued And suffise you with þ e trāslaciō of þ e sayngis of these philosopheres HEre endeth the book named the dictes or sayengis of the philosophres enprynted by me william Caxton at westmestre the yere of our lord M. CCCC Lxx vij Whiche book is late translated out of Frenshe into englyssh by the Noble and puissant lord Lord Antone Erle of Ryuyers lord of Scales of the I le of wyght Defendour and directour of the siege apostolique for our holy Fader the. Pope in this Royame of Englond and Gouernour of my lord Prince of wales And It is so that