thing that euer he did was the tune he sang to There is nothing in the earth so pittifull no not an Ape-carrier he is not worth thinking of and therefore I must leaue him as nature left him a Dunghil not well aid together The Character of a happy life By S r. H. W. HOw happy is he borne or taught That serueth not anothers will Whose Armour is his honest thought And sillie Truth his highest skill Whose passions not his Masters are Whose soule is still prepar'd for death Vntyed vnto the world with care Of Princely loue or vnlgar breath Who hath his life from rumors freed Whose conscience is his strong retreit Whose state can neither flatterers feed Nor ruine make accusers great Who enuieth none whom chance doth raise Or vice who neuer vnderstood How deepest wounds are giuē with praise Not rules of state but rules of good Who GOD doth late and early pray More of his grace then gifts to lend Who entertaines the harmelesse day With a well chosen Booke or Friend This man is free from seruile bands Of hope to rise or feare to fall Lord of himselfe though not of Lands And hauing nothing he hath All. Certaine Edicts from a Parliament in Eutopia Written by the Lady Southwell INprimis Hee that hath no other worth to commend him then a good Suite of Apparell shall not dare to woe a Lady in his owne behalfe but shall be allowed to carry the Hieroglyphike of his friends affection Item that no fowle fac'd Lady shall raile on her that is fairer because she is fairer nor seeke by blacke calumniation to darken her fame vnlesse shee bee her corriuall Item that no man may entitle himselfe by the matchles name of a Friend that loues vpon condition vnlesse hee be a Schoole-master Item that no Lady which modestly keepes her house for want of good clothes to visit her Gossips shall professe contempt of the worlds vanity vnlesse she see no hope of the tides returning Item that no Bankerupt Knight that to set vp shop againe becomes Parasite or Buffone to some great Lord shall euer after sweare by his honour but by his Knight-hood he may Item that no Lady that vseth to paint shall finde fault with her painter that hath not counterfeted her picture faire enough vnlesse she will acknowledge her selfe to be the better counterfetter Item that no man whose vaine loue hath beene reiected by a vertuous Lady shall report that he hath refused and cast her off vnlesse he will take the base lying fellow by the next assailant so reiected without any further quarrell Item that no Lady shall court her looking glasse past one houre in a day vnlesse she professe to be an Inginer Item that no Quarter waiter shall feed on cheese three quarters of a yeere to feast on satten one quarter without Galens aduice and the Apothecaries bill to be written by a Taylor Item that wench that is ouer-enamored of her selfe and thinkes all other so too shall bee bound to carry a burden of Birdlime on her backe and spinne at a Barne-doore to catch fooles Item he that sweareth when hee loseth his mony at dice shall challenge his damnation by the way of purchase Item no Lady that silently simpereth for want of wit shall be call'd modest Item no fellow that begins to argue with a woman wants wit to encounter her shall think he hath redeemed his credit by putting her to silence with some lasciuious discourse vnlesse hee weare white for William and greene for Sommer Item no woman that remaineth constant for want of assault shall be called chaste Item he that professeth vertuous loue to a woman and giues ground when his vanity is reiected shall haue his bels cut off and flie for a haggard Item she that respecteth the good opinion of others before the Beeing of good in her selfe shall not refuse the name of Hypocrite and she that emploies all her time in working trappings for her selfe the name of spider and she that sets the first quest of enquiry amongst her gossips for new fashions shall not refuse a stitcher for her second husband Item He that hath reported a Lady to be vertuous for the which he professeth to loue her yet vnder hand commenceth a base suit and is disdained shall not on this blow which his owne vice hath giuen him out of policy raile suddenly on her for feare he be noted for a vicious foole but to his friend in priuate he may say that his iudgement was blinded by her cunning disguise that he finds her wauering in goodnesse and in time he shall openly professe to raile on her but with such a modesty forsooth as if he were loth to bring his iudgement into question nor would he doe it but that hee preferres truth euen out of his owne reach NEVVES FROM ANY WHENCE OR OLD TRVTH VNDER A SVPposall of Noueltie Occasioned by diuers Essayes and priuate passages of Wit betweene sundrie Gentlemen vpon that subiect Newes from Court IT is thought heere that there are as great miseries beyond happinesse as a this side it as being in loue That truth is euery mans by assenting That time makes euery thing aged and yet it selfe was neuer but a minute old That next sleepe the greatest deuourer of time is business the greatest stretcher of it Passion the truest measure of it Contemplation To be saued alwaies is the best plot and vertue alwaies cleeres her way as she goes Vice is euer behind-hand with it selfe That Wit and a woman are two fraile things and both the frailer by concurring That the meanes of begetting a man hath more increast mankinde then the end That the madnesse of Loue is to be sicke of one part and cured by another The madnesse of Iealousie that it is so diligent and yet it hopes to lose his labor That all Women for the bodily part are but the same meaning put in diuers words That the difference in the sense is their vnderstanding That the wisedome of Action is Discretion the knowledge of contemplation is truth the knowledge of action is men That the first considers what should be the latter makes vse of what is That euery man is weake in his owne humours That euery man a little beyond himselfe is a foole That affectation is the more ridiculous part of folly then ignorance That the matter of greatnesse is comparison That God made one world of Substances Man hath made another of Art and Opinion That Money is nothing but a thing which Art hath turned vp trumpe That custome is the soule of circumstances That custome hath so farre preuailed that Truth is now the greatest newes S r. T. Ouer. Answere to the Court Newes THat Happinesse and Miscrie are Antipodes That Goodnesse is not Felicitie but the rode thither That Mans strength is but a vicissitude of falling and rising That onely to refraine ill is to be ill still That the plot of Saluation was laid before the plot of Paradise
Sir Thomas Ouerburie HIS WIFE With NEW ELEGIES vpon his now knowne vntimely death Whereunto are annexed new Newes and Characters written by him selfe and other learned Gentlemen Editio Septima LONDON Printed by Edward Griffin for Laurence L'isle and are to bee sold at his shop at the Tigers head in Pauls Church-yard 16 11 To the Reader THE generall acceptance of this matchlesse Poem the Wife written by SIR Thomas Ouerbury is sufficiently approued by many the worth whereof if any other out of malice shall neglect to commend hee may well if it proceed from nice Criticisme be excluded as a Churlish Retainer to the MVSES if from direct plaine dealing he shall be degraded for insufficiencie For had such a Poem beene extant among the ancient Romanes although they wanted our easie conseruations of wit by printing they would haue cōmitted it to brasie lest iniurions time might depriue it of due eternitie If to cōuerse with a Creature so amiable as is here described be thought difficult let the contemplation thereof be held admirable To which are added many Elegies of his vntimely death and Characters and Newes written by himselfe and others his friends Howsoeuer they are now exposed not only to the Iudicious but to all that cary the least scruple of mother wit about them Licet toto nunc Helicone frui Mar. Lau L'isle Elegies of seuerall Authors on the vntimely death of SIR Thomas Ouerburie poysoned in the Tower Vpon the vntimely death of Sir Thomas Ouerburie T' would ease our Sorrowes t' would release our Teares Could we but heare those high celestiall Spheares Once tune their Motions to a dolefull straine In sympathie of what we Mortalls plaine Or see their faire Intelligences change Or face or habit when blacke Deeds so strange As might force pittie from the heart of Hell Are hatch'd by Monsters which among vs dwell The Starres me thinks like Men inclin'd to sleepe Should through their chrystall casements scarcely peepe Or at least view vs but with halfe an eye For feare their chaster Influence might descry Some murdering hand oaded in guiltlesse bloud Blending vile iuices to destroy the good The Sunne should wed his Beames to endles Night And in dull darknesse canopie his Light When from the ranke stewes of adulterous Brests Where euery base vnhallowed Proiect rests Is belcht as in defiance of his shine A steame might make euen Death it selfe to pine But these things happen still but ne're more cleare Nor with more lustre did these Lampes appeare Mercurie capers with a winged heele As if he did no touch of sorrow feele And yet he sees a true Mercurian killd Whose birth his Mansion with much honour filld But let me not mistake those Powers aboue Nor taxe iniuriously those Courts of Ioue Surely they ioy to see these Acts reueald Which in blinde silence haue bin long conceald And Virtue now triumphant whil'st we mourne To thinke that ere shee was foule Uices scorne Or that poore Ouer-buries bloud was made A sacrifice to Malice and darke shade Weston thy Hand that Couvre-feu Bell did sway Which did his life to endles sleepe conuay But rest thou where thou art I le seeke no glorie By the relation of so sad a storie If any more were priuie to the Deed And for the Crime must be adiudg'd to bleed To Heauen I pray with heau'd-vp Hands and Eyes That as their Bodies fall their Soules may rise And as those equally turne to one Dust So these alike may shine among the Iust. And there make vp one glorious constellation Who suffred here in such a differing fashion D. T. To the Memorie of that generally bewailed Gentleman S r. Thomas Ouerburie BVt that w' are bound in Christian pietie To wish Gods will be done and Destinie In all that happs to Men or Good or Ill Suffer'd or sent by that implored Will Me thinks t' obserue how Vertue drawes faint Breath Subiect to slanders Hate and violent Death Wise men kept low others aduanc'd to State Right check't by wrong and Ill men fortunate These mou'd Effects from an vnmoued Cause Might shake the firmest Faith Heauens fixed Lawes Might casuall seeme and each irregular Sence Spurne at iust Order blame Gods Prouidence But what is Man t' expostulate th' Intents Of his high Will or iudge of strange Euents The rising Sunne to mortall sight reueales This Earthly Globe but yet the Starrs conceales So may the Sence discouer Naturall Things Diuine aboue the reach of Humane wings Then not the Fate but Fates bad Instrument Doe I accuse in each sad Accident Good men must fall Rapes Incests Murders come But woe and curses follow them by whom God Authors all mens Actions not their sin For that proceeds from deu'lish Formes within Thou then that sufferd'st by those Formes so vile From whom those wicked Instruments did file Thy drossie part to make thy Fame shine cleare And Shrine thy Soule in Heauens all glorious Sphere Who being good naught les to thee befel Though it appear'd disguis'd in shape of Hell Vanish thy Blood and Nerues true Life alone In Vertue liues and true Religion In both which thou art deathles O behold If thou canst looke so low as Earths base Moulde How dreadfull Iustice larewith lingring Foot Now comes like Whirle-winde how it shakes the Root Of loftie Cedars makes the stately Brow Bend to the Foot how all men see that now The Breath of Infamie doth moue their Sayles Whiles thy deare name by Loues more hartie gales Shall still keep Winge vntill thy Fames extent Fill eu'rie part of this vast Continent Then you the Syre of this thus murder'd Sonne Repine not at his Fate since he hath wonne More Honor in his Sufferance and his Death Succeeded by his Vertues endles Breath For him and to his Life and Deaths Example Loue might erect a Statue Zeale a Temple On his true worth the Muses might be slayne To dye his Honors Web in purest Grayne C. B. Vpon the vntimely Death of the Author of this ingenious Poem S r. THO OVERBVRY Knight poysoned in the Towre SO many Moones so many times gone round And rose from Hell Darknesse vnder ground And yet till now this darkned deed of Hell Not brought to light ô tardie Heauen yet tell If Murther layes him downe to sleep with Lust Or no reueale as thou art Truth and Iust The Secrets of this vniust secure Act And what our feares make vs suspect compact With greater deeds of Mischiefe for alone We thinke not This and doe suspect yet One To which compar'd This but a falling Starre That a bright Firmament of Fire Thy Care We see takes meaner things It times the World The Signes at random thorough the Zodiack hurld The Stars wild wandrings the glib-quick Hinges Which turne both Poles and all the violent changes It ouer-lookes which trouble th'endlesse course Of the high Firmament by thy blest Force Doe hoary winter frosts make forrests bare And straight to Groues againe their shades
but my soule his guest Is hence ascended whither nestber Time Nor Faith nor Hope but onely loue can clime Where being now enlightned Shee doth know The Truth of all men argue of below Onely this dust doth heere in Pawne remaine That when the world dissolues she come againe Characters OR Wittie descriptions of the properties of sundry Persons A good Woman A Good Woman is a comfort like a man Shee lacks of him nothing but heat Thence is her sweetnes of disposition which meets his stoutnes more pleasingly so wooll meets yron easier then yron and turnes resisting into embracing Her greatest learning is religion and her thoughts are on her owne Sexe or on men without casting the difference Dishonestie neuer comes neerer than her eares and then wonder stops it out and saues vertue the labour Shee leaues then eat youth telling his lushious tales and puts back the Seruingmans putting forward with a frowne yet her kindnes is free enough to be seene for it hath no guilt about it and her mirth is cleare that you may looke through it into vertue but not beyond She hath not behauiour at a certaine but makes it to her occasion Shee hath so much knowledge as to loue it and if she haue it not at home shee will fetch it for this sometimes in a pleasant discontent she dares chide her Sexe though she vse it neuer the worse She is much within and frames outward things to her minde not her minde to them She weares good clothes but neuer better for she findes no degree beyond Decencie Shee hath a content of her owne and so seeks not an husband but findes him She is indeed most but not much to description for she is direct and one and hath not the varietie of ill Now shee is giuen fresh and aliue to a husband and shee doth nothing more then loue him for she takes him to that purpose So his good becomes the businesse of her actions and shee doth her selfe kindnesse vpon him After his her chiefest vertue is a good husband For Shee is Hee A very Woman A Very Woman is a dow-bakt man or a Shee ment well towards man but fell two bowes short strength and vnderstanding Her vertue is the hedge Modestie that keeps a man from climing ouer into her faults Shee simpers as if she had no teeth but lips and she diuides her eyes and keeps halfe for her selfe and giues the other to her near Youth Being set downe shee casts her face into a platforme which dureth the meale is taken away with the voider Her draught reacheth to good manners not to thirst and it is a part of their mysterie not to professe hunger but Nature takes her in priuate and stretcheth her vpon meat Shee is Marigeable and Fourteene at once and after she doth not liue but tarrie Shee reads ouer her face euery morning and sometimes blots out pale and writes red She thinks she is faire though many times her opinion goes alone and she loues her glasse and the knight of the Sunne for lying Shee is hid away all but her face and that 's hang'd about with toyes and deuices like the signe of a Tauerne to draw Strangers If shee shew more shee preuents desire and by too free giuing leaues no Gift Shee may escape from the Seruing-man but not from the Chamber-maide Shee commits with her eares for certaine after that shee may goe for a Maide but she hath been lien with in her vnderstanding Her Philosophie is a seeming neglect of those that be too good for her Shee 's a yonger brother for her portion but not for her portion of wit that comes from her in a treble which is still too big for it yet hir Vanitie seldom matcheth hir with one of her owne degree for then she wil beget another creature a begger and commonly if shee marrie better shee marries worse Shee gets much by the simplicitie of her Sutor and for a iest laughes at him without one Thus she dresses a Husband for her selfe and after takes him for his patience and the land adioyning yee may see it in a Seruingmans fresh Naperie and his Leg steps into an vnknowne stocking I need not speake of his Garters the tassell shewes it selfe If she loue she loues not the Man but the beast of him Shee is Salomons cruel creature and a mans walking-consumption euery caudle shee giues him is a purge Her chiefe commendation is shee brings a man to repentance Her next part Her lightnesse gets her to swimme at top of the table where her wrie little finger bewraies caruing her neighbors at the latter end know they are welcom and for that purpose shee quencheth her thirst She trauels to and among and so becomes a woman of good entertainment for all the follie in the countrie comes in cleane Linnen to visit her she breakes to them her griefe in Sugar cakes and receiues from their mouthes in exchange many stories that conclude to no purpose Her eldest Sonne is like her howsoeuer and that dispraiseth him best her vtmost drift is to turne him Foole which commonly she obtaines at the yeeres of discretion Shee takes a iourney sometimes to her Neeces house but neuer thinks beyond London Her Deuotion is good clothes they carrie her to Church expresse their stuffe and fashion and are silent if she be more deuout shee lifts vp a certaine number of eyes in stead of prayers and takes the Sermon and measures out a nap by it iust as long She sends Religion afore to Sixtie where shee neuer ouertakes it or driues it before her againe Her most necessarie instruments are a waiting Gentlewoman and a Chamber-maide shee weares her Gentlewoman still but most often leaues the other in her Chamber-window She hath a little Kennel in her lap and she smells the sweeter for it The vtmost reach of her Prouidence is the fatnesse of a Capon and her greatest enuie is the next Gentlewomans better gown Her most commendable skill is to make her Husbands fustian beare her Veluer This she doth many times ouer and then is deliuered to old Age and a Chaire where euery bodie leaues her A Dissembler IS an essence needing a double definition for hee is not that hee appeares Vnto the eye he is pleasing vnto the eare not harsh but vnto the vnderstanding intricate and full of windings he is the prima materia his intents giue him forme he dieth his meanes and his meaning into two colours he baites craft with humilitie and his countenance is the picture of the present disposition He winnes not by batterie but vndermining and his racke is soothing Hee allures is not allur'd by his affections for they are the brokers of his obseruation He knowes passion onely by sufferance and resisteth by obeying He makes his time an accomptant to his memorie and of the humors of men weaues a net for occasion the Inquisitor must looke through his iudgment for to the eye only he is noâ— visible A
That Lightning and greatnesse more feare then hurt From Rome THat the Venereall called veniall sin is to passe in the ranke of Cardinall vertues and that those should be held henceforth his Holinesse beneficiall friends that sinne vpon hope of pardon That where vice is a State-commoditie he is an offender that often offends not That Iewes and Curtezans there are as beasts that men feed to feed on That for an Englishman to abide at Rome is not so dangerous as report makes it since it skills not where we liue so we take heed how we liue That greatnesse comes not downe by the way it went vp there being often found a small distance betweene the highest and the lowest Fortunes That rackt authoritie is oft lesse at home then abroad regarded while things that seem are commonly more a far off then at hand feared From Venice THat the most profitable Banke is the true vse of a mans selfe whiles such as grow mouldy in idlenes make their houses their Tombes and die before their death That many dangerous spirits lie buried in their wants which had they means to their minds would dare as much as those that with their better Fortunes ouertop them That professed Curtezans if they bee any way good it is because they are openly badde That frugalitie is the richest treasure of an estate where men feede for hunger cloath for cold and modestie and spend for Honour Charitie and Safety From Germany THat the infectious vice of Drunken-good-fellowship is like to sticke by that Nation as long as the multitude of Offenders so benums the sense of offending as that a common blot is held no staine That discretions must be taken by weight not by tale who doth otherwise shall both proue his own too light and fall short of his reckoning That feare and a nice fore-cast of euery sleight danger seldome giues either faithfull or fruitfull counsell That the Empire of Germany is not more great then that ouer a mans selfe From the Low Countries THat one of the sureft grounds of a mans libertie is not to giue another power ouer it That the most dangerous plunge whereto to put thine enemie is desperation while forcing him to set light by his owne life thou makest him master of thine That neglected danger lights soonest and heauiest That they are wisest who in the likely-hood of good prouide for ill That since pittie dwells at the next doore to miserie he liueth most at ease that is neighboured with enuy That the euill fortune of the warres as well as the good is variable Newes from my Lodging THat the best prospect is to looke inward That it is quieter sleeping in a good conscience then a whole skin That a soule in a fat body lies soft and is loath to rise That he must rise betimes who would cosen the Diuell That Flatterie is increased from a pillow vnder the elbow to a bed vnder the whole body That Policie is the vnsleeping night of reason That hee who sleepes in the cradle of securitie sinnes soundly without starting That guilt is the Flea of the conscience That no man is throughly awaked but by affliction That a hang'd Chamber in priuate is nothing so conuenient as a hang'd Traitor in publike That the religion of Papistrie is like a curtaine made to keepe out the light That the life of most Women is walking in their sleep and they talke their dreames That Chambering is counted a ciuiller qualitie then playing at tables in the Hall though seruing-men vse both That the best bedfellow for all times in the yeare is a good bed without a fellow That he who tumbles in a calm bed hath his tempest within That he who will rise must first lie downe and take humilitie in his way That sleepe is deaths picture drawne to life or the twi-light of life and death That in sleepe wee kindely shake death by the hand but when we are awaked wee will not know him That often sleepings are so many trials to die that at last we may do it perfectly That few dare write the true newes of their Chamber and that I haue none secret enough to tempt a strangers curiositie or a Seruants discouerie God giue you good morrow B. R. Newes of my Morning worke THat to be good the way is to be most alone or the best accompanied That the way to heauen is mistaken for the most Melancholywalke That the most feare the worlds opinion more then Gods displeasure That a Court-friend seldome goes further then the first degree of Charitie That the Diuell is the perfectest Courtier That innocency was first cozen to man now guiltinesse hath the neerest alliance That sleepe is deaths Leger Embassador That time can neuer be spent wee passe by it and cannot returne That none can be sure of more time then an instant That sinne makes worke for repentance or the Diuell That patience hath more power then afflictions That euery ones memory is diuided into two parts the part loosing all is the Sea the keeping part is Land That honesty in the Court liues in persecution like Protestanss in Spaine That Predestination and constancy are alike vncertaine to beiudged of That reason makes loue the Seruing-man That vertues fauour is better then a a Kings fauorite That being sicke begins a suit to God being wel possesseth it That health is the Coach which carries to Heauen sickenesse the post-horse That worldly delights to one in extreame sickenesse is like a high candle to a blinde man That absence doth sharpen loue presence strengthens it that the one brings fuell the other blowes till it burnes cleere that loue often breakes friendship that euer encreaseth loue That constancy of women and loue in men is alike rare That Arts is truths lugler That falshood playes a larger part in the world then truth That blinde zeale lame knowledge are alike apt to ill That fortune is humblest where most contemned That no porter but resolution keepes feare our of mindes That the face of goodnesse without a body is the worst wickednesse That womens fortunes aspire but by others powers That a man with a female wit is the worst Hermaphrodite That a man not woorthy beeing a friend wrongs himselfe by beeing in acquaintence That the worst part of ignorance is making good and ill seeme alike That all this is newes onely to fooles M ris B. Newes from the lower end of the Table IT is sayd among the folks here that if a man die in his infancy hee hath onely broke his fast in this world If in his youth hee hath left vs at dinner That it is bed-time with a man at three score and ten and hee that liues to a hundred yeeres hath walked a mile after supper That the humble-minded man makes the lowest curtsie That grace before meat is our electiō before we were grace after meatour saluation when wee are gone The soule halts betweene two opinons fals betweene two stooles That a foole at
amendment because the Diuell makes it an occasion to tempt That he is a Spirit and therefore is cunninger then we Thar there is no way to resist him but by the Spirit of God which is his Master That this is the gift of God which he giueth to all that are his That it is encreased by the word and held by humility and prayer That Faith is the effect of it and workes the assurance That thus the vnderstanding and will which is the whole soule of man is made vp againe and sanctifies the body That so wee are the members of Christ. That our Head is in Heauen as a Pawne that where he is we shall bee That there is no opinion but knowledge for it is the Science of soules and God the Teacher I. R. Newes from the Bed THat the bed is the best Rendevou of mankinde aud the most necessarie ornament of a Chamber That Souldiers are good antiquaries in keeping the old fashion for the first bed was the bare ground That a mans pillow is his best Counseller That Adam lay in state when the heauen was his canopie That the naked truth is Adam and Eue lay without sheets That they were either very innocent very ignorant or very impudent they were not ashamed the heauens should see them lye without a couerlet That it is likely Eue studied Astronomie which makes the posteritie of her Sex euer since to lye on their backs That the circumference of the bed is nothing so wide as the conuex of the heauens yet it contains a whole world That the fiue Senses are the greatest sleepers That a slothfull man is but a reasonable Dormouse That the Soule euer wakes to watch the bodie That a Iealous man sleeps dog-sleep That sleep makes no difference between a wife man and a foole That for all times sleep is the best bedfellow That the deuill and mischiefe euer wake That Loue is a dreame That the preposterous hopes of ambitious men are like pleasing dreames farthest off when awake That the bed payes Venus more custome then all the world beside That if dreames and wishes had been all true there had not been since Poperie one Maide to make a Nun of That the secure man sleeps soundly and is hardly to be awak't That the charitable man dreames of building Churches but starts to thinke the vngodly Courtier will pull them down againe That great sleepers were neuer dangerous in a state That there is a naturall reason why popish Priests chuse the bed to confesse their women vpon for they hold it necessarie that humiliation should follow shrift That if the bed should speake all it knowes it would put many to the blush That it is fit the bed should know more then paper R. S. Newes from Shipbord THat Repentance without amendment is like continuall pumping without mending the leake That he that liues without Religion sayles without a compasse That the wantonnesse of a peacefull Common-wealth is like the playing of the Porpesse before a storme That the foole is Sea sick in a Calme but the Wisemans stomacke endures all weathers That passions in a foole are Ord'nance broken loose in a storm that alter their propertie of offending others and ruine himselfe That good Fortunes are a soft quick-sand aduersitie a rocke both equally dangerous That Vertue in pouertie is a ready rigg'd Ship that lyes wind bound That good fashion in a man is like the Pilot in a Ship that doth most with least force That a Fooles tongue is like the buye of an Ankor you shall finde his heart by it wheresoeuer it lyes Wisdome makes vse of the crosses of this world asskilfull Pylots of Rocks for Sea-marks to saile by H. R. Newes from the Chimney corner THat wit is Brushwood Iudgment Timber the one giues the greatest flame the other yeelds the durablest heat and both meeting makes the best fire That Bawdes and Atturneyes are Andyrons that hold vp their Clyents till they burne each other to Ashes they receiue warmth by these these by them their destruction That a Wise-rich-man is like the backe or stocke of the Chimney and his wealth the fire it receiues not for it owne need but to reflect the heat to other good That House-keeping in England is falne from a great fire in a hot summers day to boughes in the Chimney all winter long That mans reason in matter of faith is Fire in the first degree of his ascent flame next smoake and then nothing A young fellow falne in loue with a Whore is said to be falne asleepe in the Chimney corner Hee that leaues his friend for his wench forsakes his bed to sit vp and watch a coale That the couetous rich man onely freezes before the fire That Choller is an ill guest that pisses in the Chimney for want of a Chamber-pot That chaste Beautie is like the bellowes whose breath is cold yet makes others burne That hee that expounds the Scriptures vpon the warrant of his owne spirit only layes the brands together without tongs and is sure at least to burne his owne fingers That the Louer keeps a great fire in 's house all the yeere long That deuotion like fire in frostie weather burnes hottest in affliction That such Fryers as flie the world for the trouble of it lye in bed all day in winter to spare firewood That a couetous man is a dog in a wheele that toyles to roast meat for other mens eating The Pagans worshipping the Sunne are said to hold their hands to the Gloworme in stead of a coale for heat That a Wisemans heart is like a broad hearth that keeps the coales his passions from burning the house That good deeds in this life are coales raked vp in embers to make a fire next day FINIS