Euphues is as colde as a clock though he be a Cocke of the game yet Euphues is content to bée crauen and crye creeke though Curio bée olde huddle and twange ipse hée yet Euphues had rather shrinke in the weeting then wast in the wearing I knowe Curio to be stéele to the backe standerd bearer in Venus campe sworne to the crewe true to the crowne knight marshall to Cupid and heire apparaunt to his kingdome But by that time that he hath eaten but one bushell of salt wyth Lucilla he shall taste tenne quarters of sorrow in his loue then shall he finde for euerye pynte of honnye a gallon of gall for euerye dramme of pleasure an ounce of payne for euery inche of mirth an ell of moane And yet Philautus if there be any man in despayre to obtayne his purpose or so obstinate in his opinion that hauing lost his fredome by solly would also lose his lyfe for loue lette him repaire hether and hée shall reape suche profite as will eyther quenche his flames or asswage his furye eyther cause him to renounce his Ladye as most pernicious or redéeme his lybertie as most pretious Come therefore to me all ye louers that haue bene deceiued by fancie the glasse of pestilence or deluded by woemen the gate to perdition be as earnest to séeke a medicine as you wer eager to runne into a mischiefe the earth bringeth forth as well Endyue to delyght the people as Hâ—mlocke to endaunger the patient as well the Rose to distill as the Nettle to sting as well the Bée to giue honny as the Spider to yéeld poyson If my lewde lyfe Gentlemen haue giuen you offence lette my good counsayle make amendes if by my folly any be alluâ—ed to lust let them by my repentaunce be drawne to continencie Achilles speare could as well heale as hurte the Scorpion though he sting yet hée stints the paine though the hearb Nerius poyson the Sheepe yet is a remedie to man agaynst poyson though I haue infected some by example yet I hope I shall comforte many by repentaunce Whatsoeuer I speake to men the same also I speke to women I meane not to runne with the Hare and holde with the Hounde to carrye fire in the one hande and water in the other neyther to flatter men as altogether faultlesse neyther to fall out with woemen as altogether guyltie for as I am not minded to picke a thancke with the one so am I not determined to picke a quarrell with the other if women be not peruerse they shall reape profite by remedye of pleasure If Phillis were now to take counsayle shée would not be so foolish to hang hir selfe neyther Dido so fonde to dye for Aeneas neyther Pasiphae so monstrous to loue a Bull nor Phedra so vnnaturall to be enamoured of hir sonne This is therefore to admonish all young Impes and nouises in loue not to blow the coales of fancie wyth desire but to quench them with disdayne When loue tickleth thee decline it lest it stiâ—fle thée rather fast then surfette rather starue then striue to excéede Though the beginning of loue bring delyght the ende bringeth destruction For as the first draught of wine doth comfort the stomacke the seconde inflame the lyuer the thirde fume into the heade so the first sippe of loue is pleasaunt the seconde perilous the thirde pestilent If thou perceiue thy selfe to be entised with their wanton glaunces or allured with their wicked guyles eyther enchauÌ„ted with their beautie or enamoured with their brauerie enter with thy selfe into this meditation What shall I gayne if I obtayne my purpose nay rather what shall I loose in winning my pleasure If my Lady yeelde to be my louer is it not lykely she will bée an others lemman and if she be a modest matrone my labour is lost This therfore remayneth that eyther I must pine in cares or perish with curses If she be chaste then is she coy if lyght then is shée impudent if a graue Matrone who can woe hir if a lewde minion who woulde wedde hir if one of the Uestall Uirgins they haue vowed virginitie if one of Venus courte they haue vowed dishonestie If I loue one that is fayre it will kindle gelousie if one that is fowle it will conuerte me into phrensie If fertile to beare children my care is increased if barren my curse is augmented If honest I shall feare hir death if immodest I shall be weary of hir lyfe To what ende then shall I lyue in loue séeing alwayes it is a lyfe more to be feared then death for all my time wasted in sighes and worne in sobbes for all my treasure spente on Iewells and spilte in iollyâ—â—e what recompence shall I reape besides repentaunce What other rewarde shall I haue then reproch What other solace then endles shame But happely thou wilt say if I refuse their courtesie I shal be accoÌ„pted a Mecocke a Milkesoppe taunted and retaunted with check and checkemate flowted and reflowted with intollerable glée Alas fonde foole arte thou so pinned to theire sléeues that thou regardest more their babble then thine owne blisse more their fruÌ„pes then thine own welfare Wilt thou resemble the kinde Spaniell which the more he is beaten the fonder he is or the foolish Eiesse which will neuer away Dost thou not knowe that woemen déeme none valyaunt vnlesse he be too venturous That they accompte one a bastarde if he be not desperate a pinche penny if he be not prodigall if silente a sotte if full of wordes a foole Peruersly do they alwayes thinck of their louers and talke of them scornfully iudging all to be clownes which be no courtiers and all to be pinglers that be not coursers Seing therefore the very blossome of loue is sower the budde cannot be swéete In time preuent daunger least vntimelye thou runne into a thousande perrills Searche the wounde while it is gréene to late commeth the salue when the sore fesâ—ereth and the medicine bringeth dubble care when the maladye is past cure Beware of delayes What lesse then the grayne of Mustarde séede in time almost what thing is greater then the stalke thereoff The slender twigge groweth to a stately tree and that which with the hand might easely haue bene pulled vpp will hardly with the are be hewen downe The least sparke if it bee not quenched will burst into a flame the least Moth in time rateth the thickest clothe and I haue reade that in a shorte space there was a Towne in Spayne vndermiâ—ed with Câ—nuyes in Theslalâ—â— with Mowles with Fregges in Fraunce in Africa with Flyes If these silly Wormes in tracte of time ouerthrowe so statelye Townes how much more will loue which creepeth secretly into the minde as the rust doth into the yron and is not perceiued consume the body yea and consound the soule Defer not from houre to day from day to month from month to yeare and alwayes remayne in misery He that to day is not willyng will to
sinneth is of the Dyuell the rewarde of sinne is death thou shalte not suffer the wicked to lyue take all the Princes of the people and hange them vp agaynst the Sunne on Iybbets that my anger maye bée tourned from Israell these sayinges of holy Scripture cause mée to tremble and shake in euery sinnewe Agayne this saith the holy Byble nowe shall the scowrge fall vppon thée for thou hast sinned beholde I set a curse before you to daye if you shall not harken to the commaundementes of the Lorde all they that haue forsaken the Lorde shall be confounded Furthermore where threates are poured out agaynst sinners my heart bléedeth in my bellye to remember them I wyll come vnto you in iudgement sayth the Lorde and I wyll be a swifte and a seuere witnesse offenders adulterers and those that haue committed periurie and retained the duetie of the hirelinges oppressed the widowes misused the straunger and those that haue not feared me the Lord of hoasts Out of his mouth shall come a two edged swoorde Beholde I come quickly and bringe my rewarde with me which is to yelde euery one according to his desertes Great is the day of the Lord and terrible and who is he that may abide him What shall I then doe when the Lord shall arise to iudge and when hée shall demaund what shal I answere Besides this the names that in holy scripture are attributed to God bring a terrour to my guiltie conscience He is said to be a terrible God a God of reuenge whose voice is like the thūder whose breath maketh al the corners of the earth to shake tremble These things Euphues testifie vnto my conscience that if there be a God he is the God of the righteous one that wil confound the wicked Whether therefore shal I goe or how may I auoide the day of vengeance to come if I goe to heauen that is his seate if into the earth that is his footstoole if into the depth he is there also Who can shrowde himself from the face of the Lord or where can one hide him that the Lord cannot finde him his wordes are like fire and the people lyke drye woode and shal be consumed Euphues Although I cannot but reioyce to heare thée acknowledge a God yet must I néedes lament to sée thée so much distrust him The Diuell that roaring Lyon seing his pray to be taken out of his iawes alledgeth al Scripture that may condemne the sinner leauing al out that should comfort the sorrowful Much like vnto the deceitfull Phisition which recounteth all things that may endomage his patient neuer telling any thing that may recure him Let not thy conscience be agrieued but with a patiēt heart renounce all thy former iniquities and thou shalt receiue eternall life Assure thy selfe that as God is a Lord so he is a father as Christ is a Iudge so he is a Sauiour as ther is a lawe so there is a Gospel Though God haue leaden handes whiche when they strike paye home yet hath he leaden féet which are as slow to ouertake a sinner Heare therfore the great comfort flowing in euery leafe line of the Scripture if thou be patient I my selfe am euen hée which doth blotte out thy transgressions and that for mine owne sake and I will not be mindefull of thy sinnes Beholde the Lordes hande is not shortned that it cannot saue neither his eare heauy that it cannot heare If your sinnes were as Crimosin they shall be made whiter then Snow though they were as red as Scarlet they shall be made like white Woll If we confesse our offences hée is faythfull and iuste so that he will forgiue vs our sinnes God hathe not appointed vs vnto wrath but vnto saluation by the meanes of our Lorde Iesus Christe the earthe is filled with the mercye of the Lorde It is not the will of your Father which is in heauen that any one of the little ones should perishe God is riche in mercye I will not the death of a sinner sayth the Lord God retourne and lyue The sonne of man came not to destroye but to saue God hath mercy on all bycause hée can doe all God is mercifull longe sufferinge and of much mercy If the wicked man shall repent of hys wickednesse which hée hath committed and kéepe my commaundementes doinge Iustice and iudgement hée shall lyue the lyfe and shall not dye If I shall saye vnto the sinner thou shalt dye the death yet if hée repent and doe Iustice he shall not dye Call to thy minde the great goodnesse of God in creating thée his singuler loue in giuing his sonne for thée So God loued the worlde that he gaue his onely begotten sonne that whosoeur beléeued in him myght not perish but haue euerlasting life God hath not sent his sonne to iudge the world but that the worlde might be saued by him Can the Mother sayth the Prophet forget the chylde of hir wombe though she be so vnnaturall yet will I not be vnmindefull of thée There shal be more ioye in heauen for the repentaunce of one sinner thē for nintie nine iust persons I came not saith Christ to cal the righteous but sinners to repentāce If any mā sin we haue an aduocate with the father Iesus Christe the righteous hée is the propitiation for our sinnes and not for our sinnes onely but for the sinnes of the whole worlde I write vnto you little children bicause your sinnes be forgiuen for his names sake Doth not Christ saye that whatsoeuer wée shall aske the Father in his name wée shall obtayne Doth not God saye this is my beloued sonne in whome I am well pleased heare him I haue reade of Themistocles which hauing offended Philip the king of Macedonia could no way apease his anger méeting his young sonne Alexander tooke him in his armes met Philip in the face Philip séeing the smilyng countenaunce of the childe was well pleased with Themistocles Euen so if through thy manifolde sinnes and haynous offences thou prouoke the heauye displeasure of thy God insomuch as thou shalt tremble for horror take his onelye begotten and welbeloued sonne Iesus in thine armes and then he neyther can nor will bée angry with thée If thou haue denyed thy God yet if thou goe out with Peter and wéepe bitterly God will not deny thée Though with the prodigall sonne thou wallow in thine owne wilfulnesse yet if thou retourne agayne sorrowfull thou shalt be receiued If thou bée a grieuous offender yet if thou come vnto Christ with the woman in Luke and wash his féete with thy teares thou shalt obteyne remission Consider with thy selfe the great loue of Christ and the bitter torments that he endured for thy sake which was enforced through the horror of death to crye with a loude voyce Eloi Eloi Lamasabathani My God my God why hast thou forsaken mée and with a groning spirite to say my soule is heauie euen
¶ EVPHVES THE ANATOMY OF WYT Very pleasant for all Gentlemen to reade and most necessary to remember wherin are contained the delights that Wyt followeth in his youth by the pleasauntnesse of Loue and the happynesse he reapeth in age by the perfectnesse of Wisedome ¶ By Iohn Lylly Master of Arte. Oxon. ¶ Imprinted at London for Gabriell Cawood dwelling in Paules Churchyarde ¶ To the right honorable my very good â—ord and Mâ—ster Sir William West Knight Lord Delawaâ—e Iohn Lyly wissheth long lyfe with encrease of honour PARATIVS drawing the counterfaite of Helen right honorable made the attier of hiâ— head loose who being demaunded why he dyd so he aunswered she was loose Vulcan was painted curiously yet with a polt foote Venus cuÌ„ningly yet with hir Mole Alexander hauing a Skar in his cheeke helde his finger vpon it that Appelles might not paint it Appelles painted him with his singer cleauing to his face why quod Alexander I layde my finger on my Skarre bicause I would not haue tâ—â—â— see it yea sayd Appelles and I drew it there bâ—cause none els should perceiue it â—or if thy singer had bene away either thy Skarre would haue ben seene or my aâ—te mislyked whereby I gather that in all perfect woâ—kes aswell the fault as the face is to be sâ—owen The sairest Leopard is sette downe with his spots the swetest Rose with his prickles the finest Veluet with his bracke Seing then that in euery counterfaite as well the blemish as the bewtie is coloured I hope I shal not incur the displeasure of the wise in that in the discourse of Euphues I haue aswel touched the vanities of his loue as the vertues of his lyfe The Persians who aboue all their Kings most honored Cyrus caused him to be engrauen aswel with his hoked nose as his high forehead He that loued Homer best concealed not his â—lattering he that praised Alexander most bewrayed his quaffing Demonydes must haue a crooked shooe for his wry foote Damocles a smoth gloue for his streight haÌ„d For as euery Paynter that shadoweth a man in all parts giueth euery peece his iust proporcion so he that disciphereth the qualities of the mynde ought aswell to shew euery humor in his kinde as the other doth euery part in his colour The Surgion that maketh the Anatomy sheweth aswel the muscles in the heele as the vaines of the hart If then the fiâ—st sight of Euphues shal seeme to light to be read of the wise or to foolish to be regarded of the learned they ought not to impute it to the iniquitie of the author but to the necessitie of the history Euphues beginneth with loue as allured by wyt but endeth not with lust as bereft of wisedome He wooeth women prouoked by youth but weddeth not himselfe to wantonnesse as pricked by pleasure I haue set down the follies of his wit without breach of modestie the sparks of his wisedome without suspicion of dishonestie And certes I thinke ther be mo speaches which for grauitie wil mislyke the foolish then vnsemely termes which for vanitie may offeÌ„d the wise Which discourse right Honorable I hope you wil the rather pardon for the rudenes in that it is the first protect it the more willingly if it offend in that it shal be the laste It may be that fine wits wil descant vpon him that hauing no wit goeth about to make the Anatomy of wit And certeinly their iesting in my mynd is tollerable For if the butcher should take vpon him to cut the Anatomy of a man bicause he hath skil in opening an Oxe he would proue himself a Calfe or if the Horselech would adueÌ„ture to minister a Potion to a sick patieÌ„t in that he hath knowledge to giue a drench to a diseased Horse he would make himselfe an Asse The Shomaker must not go aboue his latchet nor the hedger meddle with anye thing but his bill It is vnsemely for the Paynter to feather a shaft or the Fletcher to handle the pensill All which thinges make most against me in that a foole hath intruded himselfe to discourse of wit. But as I was willing to commit the fault so am I content to make amendes Howsoeuer the case standeth I looke for no prayse for my labour but pardon for my good will it is the greatest rewarde that I dare aske and the least that they can offer I desire no more I deserue no lesse Though the stile nothing delight the dayntie eare of the curious sifter yet wil the matter recreate the minde of the courteous Reader The varietie of the one wil abate the harshnes of the other Thinges of greatest profit are sette foorth with least price When the Wyne is neete there needeth no Iuie-bush The right Coral needeth no colouring Where the matter it selfe bringeth credit the man with his glose winneth smal commendation It it therfore me thinketh a greater show of a pregnant wit then perfect wisedome in a thing of sufficieÌ„t excellencie to vse superfluous eloquence We coÌ„monly see that a black ground doth best beseme a white counterfeit And Venus according to the iudgemeÌ„t of Mars was then most amyable when she sate close by Vulcanus If these thinges be true which experience tryeth that a naked tale doth most truely set foorth the naked truth that where the countenaunce is faire ther neede no colours that paynting is meter for ragged walls theÌ„ fine Marble that veritie then shineth most bâ—ight wheÌ„ she is in least brauery I shal satisfie myne own mynde though I cannot feede their humors which greatly â—eke after those that sift the finest meale beare the whitest mouthes It is a world to see how English men desire to heare finer speach then the language will allow to eate finer bread then is made of Wheat to weare finer cloth then is wrought of Woll But I let passe their finenesse which can no way excuse my folly If your Lordship shal accept my good wil which I alwaies desired I will patieÌ„tly beare the il wil of the malicious which I neuer deserued Thus committing this simple Pamphlet to your Lordships patronage your Honour to the Almighties protection â—or the preseruation of the which aâ— most bounden I will praye continually I ende Your Lordships seruaunt to commaund I. Lyly To the Gentlemen Readers I Was driuen into a quandaâ—ie Gentlemen whether I might send this my Pamphlet to the Printer or to the pedler I thought it to bad for the presse to good for the packe But seing my folly in writing to be as great as others I was willing my fortune should be as ill as any mans We commonly see the booke that at Christmas lyeth bound on the Stacioners stall at Easter to be broken in the Haberdasshers shop which sith it is the order of proceding I am content this winter to haue my doings read for a toye that in sommer they may be ready for trash It is not straunge when as the greatest
was neuer wished for héere so earnestly of any as of hymselfe whether it might bée to renewe his talke or to recant his sayinges I cannot tell But whilest hée was yet speakinge Ferardo entered whome they all duetifully welcomed home who rounding Philautus in the care desired hym to accompany him immediatly without farther pausinge protesting it shoulde bée as well for his preferment as for his owne profite Philautus consentinge Ferardo sayd to his daughter Lucilla the vrgent affaires I haue in hande wyll scarce suffer mée to tarrye wyth you one houre yet my retourne I hope will bée so short that my absence shall not bréede thy sorrowe In the meane season I commit all thinges into thy custody wishing thée to vse thy accustomable courtesie And séeinge I must take Philautus wyth mée I will bée so bolde to craue you gentleman his friende to supplye his roome desiring you to take this hastye warninge for a hartye welcome and so to spende this time of mine absence in honest mirth And thus I leaue you Philautus knewe well the cause of this sodayne departure which was to redéeme certeine landes that were morgaged in his Fathers time to the vse of Ferardo who on that condition had before time promysed him his daughter in marriage But retourne wée to Euphues Euphues was supprised with such increadible ioye at this straunge euent that hée had almost sounded for séeing his coryuall to be departed and Ferardo to gyue him so friendly entertainment doubted not in time to get the good wyll of Lucilla Whome findinge in place conuenient without company with a bolde courage and comely gesture he began to aâ—â—ay hir in this sort Gentlewoman my acquaintaunce béeing so little I am afraide my credâ—te will bee lesse for that they commonly are soonest beleeued that are bâ—st belâ—ued and they liked best whome we haue knowne longest neuerthelesse the noble minde suspecteth no guile wythout cause neither condemneth any wight wythout proofe hauing therefore notise of your heroycall heart I am the better perswaded of my good hap So it is Lucilla that coÌ„ming to Naples but to fetch fire as the by word is not to make my place of abode I haue founde such flames that I can neither quench them wyth the water of free will neyther coole them wyth wisedome For as the Hoppe the poale béeing neuer so hye groweth to the ende or as the drye Béeche kindled at the roote neuer leaueth vntill it come to the toppe or as one droppe of poyson disperseth it selfe into euerye vaine so affection hauinge caught holde of my hearte and the sparkles of loue kindled my liuer wyll sodeinely thoughe secretlye flame vp into my heade and spreade it selfe into euerye sinewe It is your beautie pardon my abrupte boldenesse Ladye that hath taken euery part of mée prisoner and brought me to this déepe distresse but séeinge women when one praiseth them for their desertes deeme that hée flattereth them to obteine his desire I am héere present to yelde my selfe to such tryall as your courtesie in this behalfe shall require Yet will you coÌ„monly obiect this to such as serue you sterue to winne your good wil that hot loue is soone colde that the Bauin though it bourne bright is but a blaze that scaldinge water if it stande a while tourneth almost to yse that pepper â—hough it be hot in the mouth is colde in the mawe that the faith of men though it frye in their woordes it fréeseth in theire works Which things Lucilla albeit they be sufficient to reproue the lightnesse of some one yet can it not conuince euery one of lewdenes neither ought the constancie of all to be brought in question through the subtiltie of a fewe For although the worme entereth almost into euery woode yet he eateth not the Ceder trée Though the stone Cylindrus at euery thunder clappe rowle from the hill yet the pure sâ—éeke stone mounteth at the noyse though the rust fret the hardest stéele yet doth it not eate into the Emeraulde though Polypus chaunge his hew yet the Salamander kéepeth his coulour though Proteus transforme himselfe into euery shape yet Pygmalion retaineth his olde forme though Aeneas were to fickle to Dido yet Troylus was to faithfull to Craessida thoughe others séeme counterfaite in their déedes yet Lucilla perswade your selfe that Euphues will bée alwayes curraunt in his dealinges But as the true golde is tryed by the touch the pure flinte by the stroke of the yron so the loyall heart of the faithfull louer is knowen by the tryall of his Lady of the which tryall Lucilla if you shall accompte Euphues worthy assure your selfe hée wyll bée as readie to offer himselfe a sacrifice for your swéet sake as your selfe shall bée willinge to employe hym in your seruice Neyther doth hee desire to bée trusted any way vntill he shall be tried euery way neither doth hée craue credite at the first but a good countenaunce til time his desire shall be made manifest by hys desertes Thus not blynded by lyght affection but dazeled with your rare perfection and boldened by your excéeding courtesie I haue vnfolded mine entire loue desiring you hauing so good leasure to giue so friendly an aunswere as I may receiue comforte and you commendacion Lucilla although she were contented to heare this desired discourse yet did shee seeme to bee somewhat displeased And truely I know not whether it bée peculyar to that sex to dissemble with those whome they most desire or whether by craft they haue learned outwardely to loath that which inwardely they most loue yet wisely did she cast this in hir head that if she should yéelde at the first assault he woulde thinke hir a lyght huswife if she should reiect him sâ—ornefully a very haggard minding therefore that hâ— shoulde neyther take holde of hir promise neyther vnkindenesse of hir precisenesse she fedde him indifferently with hope and dispayre reason and affection lyfe and death Yet in the ende arguing wittilly vpon certeine questions they fell to suche agréement as poore Philautus woulde not haue agréed vnto if hée had bene present yet alwayes kéepinge the body vndefiled And thus shée replyed GEntleman as you may suspecte me of Idelnesse in giuing eare to your talke so may you conuince me of lyghtenesse in answering such toyes certes as you haue made mine eares glowe at the rehearsall of your loue so haue you galled my hart with the remembrance of your folly Though you came to Naples as a straunger yet were you welcome to my fathers house as a friend And can you then so much transgresse the bounds of honour I will not say of honestie as to solicite a sute more sharpe to me then deathe I haue hetherto God bethancked liued wythout suspition of lewdenesse and shall I nowe incurre the daunger of sensuall lybertie What hope can you haue to obtayne my loue seeing yet I coulde neuer affoord you a good looke Doe you therefore thinke me easely entised to the bent of your