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A07461 The dodechedron of fortune; or, The exercise of a quick wit A booke so rarely and strangely composed, that it giueth (after a most admirable manner) a pleasant and ingenious answer to euery demaund; the like whereof hath not heretofore beene published in our English tongue. Being first composed in French by Iohn de Meum, one of the most worthie and famous poets of his time; and dedicated to the French King, Charles the fift, and by him, for the worth and raritie thereof, verie much countenanced, vsed, and priuiledged: and now, for the content of our countrey-men, Englished by Sr. W.B. Knight. The vse of the booke the preface annexed declareth.; Plaisant jeu du dodechedron de fortune. English Jean, de Meun, d. 1305?; B., W., Sir. 1613 (1613) STC 17847; ESTC S112678 68,222 170

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honest and both doe liue well And those are happie that with them do dwell 12 It will ere long so come to passe To lose thy seruice for breaking a glasse Alnach 1 His seruice shall be so loyall and iust That to great preferment come he néedes must 2 Iust from her parents she takes it by kinde To loue Bedfordshire sport you know my minde 3 You may begin it euen when you will But to stay a while it cannot be ill 4 Because his iustice doth others excell The commons all doe loue him verie well 5 What you haue lent you may well bid adue The man is readie to borrow anew 6 He shall most fully obtaine his desire And none shall oppose what he doth require 7 'T is an excellent horse be bould and buye He shall well earne his price before he die 8 Now follow thy fortune if thriue thou wilt Dismay not Rome in one day was not built 9 He that mounts higher then fits his degrée Shall be pointed at a foole for to be 10 It is a good ship stiffe sided and strong And therefore the sea can her not much wrong 11 It is set downe by thy natiuitie That where thou wast borne there thou shalt die 12 If their loyaltie doe long endure It will be wonder and aduenture Calhdalach 1 Neither wife nor good man can better be A better couple did I neuer see 2 He serued a good master as now appeares plaine By whom he got credit profit and gaine 3 She is yet verie honest but yet as I féele Shee 'll learne verie soone the tricke of the héele 4 This is an ill day and a worser hower To lay the ground worke of a happy tower 5 Let pride then stretch himselfe neuer so taule We see very oft that pride gets a fall 6 Beware of had I wist and lend no more For this is gone keepe well the rest therefore 7 He may well wish and still séeke thereafter But yet get iust mooneshine in the water 8 Before thou buye him make sure by triall For once monie paide ther 's no deniall 9 If thou goest forward with what thou pretends Thou mai'st chance get reproofe to make amends 10 Ambition and auarice in stead of gaine Shall make thee odious hatefull remaine 11 The ship by stormes tossing is growne so weake That she is in danger to sinke of a leake 12 The towns or countrie abroade or at home What neede we care where since death spareth none Albatuyes 1 Except this mans fortune alter and change He shall die in a place forraine and strange 2 I see in the world for riches and pelfe There is no kindnesse but each for himselfe 3 Let his seruice be good better or worse He may put his gaine in a bottomelesse purse 4 His parence hee 'll obay in all he can But yet by no meanes to be a Church-man 5 To begin thy building in anie wise Another time chuse I thée aduise 6 Some shall loue him and others shall him hate And some for him shall fall at great debate 7 Take at all no care before the time come For he shall truely pay you the whole some 8 Those idle thoughts that so come in thy minde Are like to a wethercocke in the winde 9 This horse is not good I doe him not like Therefore refuse him another seeke 10 Inquire no further nor slacke thou no time For that a good worke is alwaies in prime 11 I doe not expect nor doe not thinke it That he can rise to anie great credit 12 Among a whole hundred one doth not scape And therefore I feare she hath some ill happe Alfargalamutadam 1 Take no care for where so ere he soiourne He shall in health and safetie returne 2 He shall vpon his owne territorie Forsake and leaue this world transitorie 3 A better match for loue there cannot be God send them long life and prosperitie 4 He is gone to seruice the which he doth finde More swéeter then fréedome to please his minde 5 This shall be honest auoiding all strife Indeuouring still to leade a quiet life 6 Now thou mai'st happely begin to day And without feare the first foundation lay 7 For his true noblenesse and great prudence All men shall haue him in great reuerence 8 Lend not to such a one but saue that cost For how much you lend so much you haue lost 9 Thou shalt obtaine euen at thy owne leasure All that thou wouldest to thy own pleasure 10 Take the horse they proffer thée now to sell For where ther 's a better I know not well 11 Be not dismaide like a cowardly abiect Though fortune prooue worse then thou dost expect 12 If thou haue great friends thou then shalt obtaine For fauour not worth doth now a daies gaine Albelda 1 For all his aspiring to mount so hie He may chaunce come down to base beggery 2 The ship is now in the great ocean And in great perill of destruction 3 In what countrie thou likest best to liue There thou must also thy last tribute giue 4 The man of a cut lofe that takes a shiuer His wife to an archer shall lend her quiuer 5 By the great seruice that he doth pretend He is verie like his state for to amend 6 Loues play is prettie and she loues it well And better doth like it then I dare tell 2 Yet stay a small while and if that you may And then build to morrow but not to day 8 This iudge is hated for of old said it is A man without mercie of mercie shall misse 9 Be merrie then for your debt take no care You shall haue it in coine currant and faire 10 Yes I assure thée that all shall well goe Fortune is pleased to be thy foes foe 11 He is of some most notorious vice sped Which yet is not knowne and long hath beene hid 12 Now time and tide doe both concurre together Seruing to thy will either when or whether Alfargalmancar 1 The time seemes now to be agréeable To haue Fortune good fauourable 2 'T is no great matter that he doth desire And therefore hee 's like to haue his desire 3 The ship her lading and the company Shall all come to their port in safety 4 Death shall haue no power vntill that thou be In the place of thy birth or Natiuitie 5 These two true louers so faithfull they be That while they both liue they both shall agree 6 Thy parents leaue thee a seruant to be Or else to take what course best liketh thée 7 This is inclined by true affection To a good conscience and religion 8 The month of March will be the very best To begin thy building if build thou list 9 He is gentle and of such discretion That he is loued of euery one 10 It will not be rendred againe this yeare Except that you buy it at a price deare 11 Leaue off the foolish loue thou wouldst be at Least that thou
his indeuour He shall euer liue in great dishonour 2 For all his faire show he is a knaue Though he séeme neuer so gallant and braue 3 With weapon in hand he sure shall die Vrged by others that stand him by 4 This pretended war howsoeuer it showes Shall neuer end but by bloud and blowes 5 Though thou art sicke be yet not dismaide Thou needes no Phisicke be not affraide 6 The newes is like to prooue but a fable Inuented by some grosse dunstable 7 Although with labour thou dost it séeke Thou shalt not obtaine as yet this weeke 8 Weane not as yet be not too hastie Attend vntill the childe be lustie 9 If thou take care as it doth require Fortune shall helpe thee to thy desire 10 He is not shaped long life to haue For pleasure shall speed him to his graue 11 Thou shalt haue gaine for so I say it In spite of those that doe denay it 12 Set not thy loue on bribing shifts Nor on a man for fained gifts Pharay 1 I know that I am loued truely And I resolue to loue as duely 2 By time he shall prooue both wise and sage And come to be a great personage 3 Although he seeme most holy to be He is nought but craft and subtiltie 4 Thou maist enter so far by follie led To returne with thy héeles before thy head 5 Though this garboyle seeme not large He that is beaten shall pay the charge 6 If with good guiding thou wilt take heede Of Phisickes helpe thou hast no néede 7 I will beleeue it if it be good If it be nought then not by the roode 8 On the left hand towards Occident Thou shalt finde it there incontinent 9 The time to weane is good if thou so desire And both the childe and age doth it require 10 Thou shalt be happie as I foresee With good fortune and prosperitie 11 Weakely engendred and of ill seede And so short life to him is decreede 12 He thinkes to gaine but shall haue the losse For the true honour the ball shall tosse Baroys 1 The end of thy pretended law Shall shortly to good agréement draw 2 Making thy humble request and desire Thou shalt on his head bring a hot fire 3 By meanes of his friend and their great fauour He shall be remitted to his great honour 4 He is most deuout in this same case To bring the worke well to his true place 5 Peace he doth loue but wars he doth hate He shall die on the land because of that 6 The wars is great and so the season Doth both presage a doubt of treason 7 If any ill at thy heart arise At thy mouth take phisicke I thée aduise 8 Beléeue you nothing of this nouell For nothing is true that they doe tell 9 Séeke it no more nor neuer minde it For I am sure thou shalt neuer finde it 10 You may weane the child from nurses teate If he haue good teeth to eate his meate 11 Thou shalt haue fortune diuerse and strange Sometime good then bad and euer change 12 For this same childe thus much doe I sée It shall liue long in prosperitie Aldadutam 1 This childe it doth most properly fit To haue a good vnderstanding wit 2 Your processe would not be of long date But in passing by the golden gate 3 Not one good day she doth approoue Except she sée her sweetest loue 4 Though in good prison thou sufferest To liue in libertie were the best 5 He shall loue studie and good doctrine For his nature is so inclining 6 He that himselfe doth the best gard Shall die the first I thus award 7 One of these two though not the stronger Shall ouercome him that is the wronger 8 Horseleches and Doctors now and then Doe most ouerthrow horse and man 9 These letters haue neither pleasure nor ioy But onely sorrow griefe and annoy 10 By a Bigamus cunning and bould Thy secrets shall be openly tould 11 In all their life there shall not be a day Wherein that enuie beares not the sway 12 Thou shalt not great store of wealth obtaine Though thou scrap the earth with griefe and paine Fastīu 1 By loue charitie and humblenesse Thou shalt get thee at last great riches 2 He shall haue according as I write A good memorie and a great sprite 3 It is better to come to agreement Then to liue as vnfriends and discontent 4 His friendship is most fained and faint How so euer his face with smiles he paint 5 It shall prooue to thee the most happiest thing If thou canst obtaine to serue the King 6 To be a lawyer he wanteth craft And of his nature too gentle and soft 7 He that thinkes him selfe the most ablest Is likeliest of all to die the soonest 8 Some that stands by and heares their flyting Shall agree them both without fighting 9 Care not for Phisicke but keeps thee quiet And for thy health keepe a good dyet 10 Although that we vpon the earth doe rest Yet is not earth for man the best 11 If by wrong words thy friend be offended Reueale the truth and all shall be ended 12 There shall be among them great dissention But in the end a good conclusion Algarfaray 1 These two brethren as séemeth to me Are likely neuer to loue and agrée 2 Thou shalt no great matter or wealth obtaine But rather spend thine owne in vaine 3 He shall be politike and ingenious And somewhat giuen malitious 4 Take my counsell for agrée thou must For vnfriends are dangerous to trust 5 Thy best fortune lyeth in thy purse Then beware it growes not worse and worse 6 All thy seruice and their faire speaking Shall cleane be dasht by a glasse breaking 7 He is to melancholie so inclined That imployment for him were best assigned 8 He that his speach doth first aduance Shall be the first man to lead the dance 9 The challenger hath béene too credulous Let him take heed for it is dangerous 10 If thou wilt haue thy health and not be sicke Sée that at thy mouth thou take no physicke 11 The letter containes no other content Then peace quietnesse and good agréement 12 Trust to thy selfe so shalt thou doe well And sée that thy secrets thou none do tell Cranlyarny 1 The thing shall be sure and well conceal'd And neuer shall be to any reueal'd 2 They shall be friends and so remaine Till some set strife betwéen them againe 3 Thou shalt be rich with plenty and store Except thy selfe hinder it the more 4 He shall be gentle soft and most affable And to all mens minds agreeable 5 It is not Kings or lordly liuers Hath such effect as lordly giuers 6 She loues thee a litle iust at the halfe If thou loue more thou 'lt proue a Calfe 7 As the world goes now for a franke man Let him leaue the Court and if he can 8 He shall be wise a louer of Science And in all his deeds beare
ended But some by his words shall be sore offended 7 The father like a man hath plaid his part And shall haue manie children for his desart 8 Each one that is wise must néedes easily know That sure it is his and I too say so 9 The yongest shall be wise and prouident And nothing like the other negligent 10 Thy forward spirit perswades thée of truth That thou shalt haue great riches in thy youth 11 He shall neuer possesse abilitie Either to trafficke or any studie 12 To dissemble a while put thou in vre He is not ouercome that doth endure Gepathom 1 The time shall fit thée or ere it be long To haue due reuenge of this thy great wrong 2 This loue shall last long without suspition If they can liue quiet with discretion 3 Vnder his grace and royall maiestie All his subiects shall liue most quietly 4 This dreame which so much doth trouble thée still Beléeue importeth neither good nor well 5 He is subtill and wise and knowes which way To take a good course without all delay 6 He that cunningly séekes vnto the end In bréefe he shall the partie easely finde 7 He is craftie I discerne by his nose And will say little troth as I suppose 8 They shall haue children for both loue letcherie And their barnes shall be inclind to trechery 9 Beléeue it you may and be not dismaide For all is true the mother hath said 10 The youngest of all by his iudgement sound Shall be rich and gaine him ten thousand pound 11 So soone as thou first dost take any paines Thy house shal be fild with profit and gaines 12 If he could be brought to follow learning It were for him the best and onely thing Segenon 1 Cause him to goe and learne at grammer schoole For he shall prooue a scholler and no foole 2 He is arrested vpon suspition And again releast on smal condition 3 The femals loue is most constant and true But his is not such I dare well tell you 4 This King shall be serued with feare and loue For so his royall déedes doe him approoue 5 As I vnderstand by this lots pretence Thou maist doe thy busines with diligence 6 It is no poyson charme or witcherie But onely a sicknesse of infirmitie 7 There is no such sport as to hunt and chase And follow the game to th' end of the race 8 He shall neuer be quiet for ought I can sée Giue credit to this and beléeue you me 9 I beleeue that they both beyond excesse Are greatly inclind to couetousnesse 10 Liue he or die he take you no great care For of all his goods you shall haue no share 11 Seeke yet againe farther for true it is I am not now verie well pleasd with this 12 Neither by destinie vertue nor art Thou shalt not obtaine of wealth to haue part Sachaell 1 He shall haue of goods great plentie and store Or else this his fortune doth lie the more 2 Euerie profession that 's honest and true Shall fit his humour I dare assure you 3 In bréefe he is like to be set at large By some friends that will vndergoe the charge 4 Vnto this louer I must giue great blame For his so too couldly louing the dame 5 Among his subiects he shall be estéemed Because to doe well he is not ashamed 6 Of this presage there is at all no doubt But that in th' end it will fall well out 7 He is sicke and no poyson doth harme him Therefore giue Phisicke séeke not to charme him 8 T' is better in th' aire then in the woodes to range And so will the sport be pleasant and strange 9 He shall soone againe his libertie haue In spight of his foes that otherwise craue 10 There is some cause if the woman make stay For otherwise there would be no delay 11 The man that dying will make stay for none Is like to goe hence by himselfe alone 12 He loues thée well but thou deseruest not all Be thou then to him faithfull and loyall Meleon 1 In him there is at all no confidence Therefore put thou in him no assurance 2 All that euer by Art he doth obtaine By great folly he spends the same againe 3 Physicke is his sole chiefe delight indéede For that is the Science hee most doth reede 4 T will be very hard a way for to finde To get him libertie this is my minde 5 The one doth loue well so much I descry The other loues too but 't is but to lye 6 He shall of his Subiects be loued euermore Because he increaseth their treasure store 7 I plaine perceiue by this present presage That it intendeth thy losse and damage 8 A preseruatiue you needs must giue him If you of poison intend to relieue him 9 T is great pleasure in the Forrest to see The fierce wilde bore hunted most gallantly 10 The contrarie partie he is so great That hardly he will his libertie get 11 The husband is wonderfully too hot So the wife must stay till a time may be got 12 To dispose his geare it is great reason For now to depart 't is almost season Segatoy 1 If he keepe himselfe from excesses fit He may liue very long and not die yet 2 The friend that thou didst get and last obtaine Shall loue thée sure best and be most certaine 3 Such strange aduenture shall vnto him chance As vnto great riches shall him aduance 4 His inclination spirit and minde Is all and onely to musicke inclin'd 5 He shall carrie himselfe so well and wisely That he shall soone come forth at libertie 6 These two louers so farre as I can see Associate in loue and amitie 7 This King the patterne of liberalitie Beloued is of the communaltie 8 I sée that this thy demand doth pretend Or ere it be long the death of some friend 9 Of poison giuen him he doth not dye Yet how he came by it I know not truely 10 These Damsels desire no other delight Then in the high soaring faulcons flight 11 A good louing friend shall him so sustaine That in the end he shall returne againe 12 The damme is daintie yet 't is not her fault But her owne good mans if she turne to naught Syraboy 1 He may her well court and the damsell woo The diuell a thing she will let him doe 2 This shall liue long in health assuredly And then his naturall death he shall dye 3 His loue is true and of honest intent Himselfe zealous and very continent 4 By a fine wit slight cunning Art and skill Obtaine great riches surely he will 5 He loues Philosophy and of each thing To know the effect is his studying 6 He is so hated as cannot be told Which will sticke by him vntill he be old 7 The louers heart is wauering and doth sore But she for courage is a great deale more 8 His subiects with ease may ioifully sing And euery day say God
those that now are talking shall die first Of feare poysoning 9 Whether the threpned be affraide and shal be in suertie or no. 10 Whether fearing poysoning you may be safe or no. 11 Whether fearing thou art poysoned thou art or no. Choise of death 12 If a man might chuse then what death were best to die IX Carbustaym The 9. House Of voyages 1 Whether the iourney pretended shall safely be performed or no. 2 Whether the shippe enquired for shall come safe or no. 3 Whether one readie for a voyage by sea shall scape the pyrates or returne without taking or no. Religion 4 Whether he be fitte to bee made a religious Church man or no. 5 Whether the maiden if she might would be a nunne or no. Hypocrisie 6 Whether he bee religious or an Hypocrite or no. 7 Whether he bee capable and fit for learning or no. Significatiō of dreames 8 Whether thy dreame be true or no. 9 Whether thy dreame presage good or ill 10 Whether the presages and signes signifie good or ill Of diuination 11 Whether by diuination thou shalt know the thing thou seekest or no. Of iustice 12 Whether iustice or peace shall florish or no. The 10. House Tammordich X. Of preferment and credit 1 Whether if thou desire credit and preferment thou shalt obtaine it or no. 2 Whether it be now good to seeke or sue for any office or no. 3 Whether thou shalt get credit and riches at home or in forraine countries 4 Whether it shall bee long or soone ere thy preferment beginne 5 Whether thy honour or credit beeing lost thou mayst by deserts recouer againe or no. Of Princes seruice 6 Whether it bee now good to vndertake the Princes seruice or no. Of Kings 7 Whether a Prince or a great man shall raigne long in honour or no. 8 Whether he shall raigne in equitie and good iustice or no. 9 Whether he shall be beloued of his subiects or no. 10 Whether he shall bee opprest with warre or haue peace or no. 11 VVhether hee shall bee liberall and valiant or no. 12 VVhether a King by succession or election be best XI Escabot The 11. House Of loue 1 VVhether this yeere to thee shall bee fortunate or no. 2 VVhether thy hopes and expectation shal be or no. 3 VVhether the louer shall enioy his loue or no. 4 By what meanes hee may best worke to obtaine his loue 5 VVhether the louer be beloued of his friend and loue or no. 6 VVhether calling thee friend and loue they dissemble or no. 7 VVhether loue begun shall last long and what shall be the end 8 VVhether of the two loue best the one or the other Of friendshippe 9 VVhether thy professed friend be so or no. 10 Whether in thy declining state thou shalt haue friends or no. 11 Whether the rich or poore mans loue bee more best or constant Of fortune 12 Whether it be thy time now of good fortune or no. The 12. House Sariochi XII Of enemies 1 Whether are most thy friends or thy foes 2 Whether he shall ouercome and get the better of his enemies or no. Of law 3 Whether of thy law matter thou shalt haue a good end or no. 4 What is the best course to end the proces quickly Of siege 5 Whether the fort or castell beseeged shall be got or no. Of reuenge 6 Whether it bee fit and good to reuenge a wrong or no. Of prisoners 7 Whether a prisoner shall get his inlargement or no. Of sorrow 8 Whether sorrow and griefe shall be asswaged by comfort or no. Of deceit cosenage 9 Whether he that faine would and also hath a meanes to deceaue thee shall or no. Of enuie 10 Whether any neighbour or companion doe hate thee Buying of horses 11 Whether the horse that they would sell thee is good and fit to buy or no. Mans end 12 Whether the last end of anie man shall bee good or euill Allscadabra WHere soeuer you change it is vnderstood Your ill complexion will neuer be good 2 He shall to his credit all things so frame That none shall be able to touch his good name 3 Thou shalt enioy thy loue at thy pleasure And that verie soone of this be thou suer 4 By industrie and vertuous education He soone shall grow to great reputation 5 She shall be good and chast in minde and all In what estate soeuer her befall 6 Though the sicknesse be great with griefe and paine Yet shall it be returnd to health againe 7 For warre which now is likely to be Good men shall endure the most penurie 8 This vnlearned asse is no doctor at all And in that art his skill is very small 9 He is not such as thou dost wish and craue To bring to passe the thing that thou wouldst haue 10 There is no thing that can turne to thy grace But onely this a bare and simple place 11 This nurse I see doth please my minde no whit Her milke is nought and so she is vnfitte 12 The miser slaue a farthing will not spend For feare his goods should faile before his end Abrataym 1 His owne good nature doth him still addresse To practise vertue and such like goodnes 2 By his complexion he doth much incline To be of good nature and so most sanguine 3 Of all his foes he shall see an ill end By the good assistance of his true friend 4 For to obtaine it it shall not be hard Yet take héede of falshood least that all be mard 5 After long seruice thou then shalt obtaine Preferment to honour and so shalt remaine 6 To seeme to be precise is no other thought But a forlorne bodie cast off to nought 7 Though that his bodie in health doe remaine His spirit endureth great torture and paine 8 Great Princes shall haue by their great allyance Th'expulsing of Mars and his worst defyance 9 This doctor in Theorique and practise also Is better in proofe then outward in show 10 This messenger shall doe all thing at large Forgetting of nothing that 's giuen him in charge 11 Of wealth and of treasure ther 's store of the same But looke well vnto it you come not to blame 12 This truely is shee for better or worse That sure will prooue a very good nurse Alimicantharat 1 This nurse is humorous and so most fantasticke And thereby her milke will prooue most collerique 2 He is most enclined to aduentures strange And so his estate to pouerty shall change 3 He shall be outragious collericke and whott If that by reason they temper him not 4 All his enemies are mightie great and strong And so his resistance shall bring but more wrong 5 Thou losest but labour in so thy pretending Then some other where expect a good ending 6 He careth still more for profit and gaine Then for honestie or friend this is most certaine 7 She shall loue better as all men may iudge An honest good man then a miserly drudge
treason Cabdaldabth 1 Though thy loue be féeble and without remorce His loue rests violent and of great force 2 It is not for thée the readiest way To serue in Court marke what I say 3 He is by nature a little obdure Yet prone to his booke of this be thou sure 4 He that in this his fortune doth craue Is likelie the first to be in his graue 5 Feare not how angrie so euer thou sée them For I am sure their friends wil agrée them 6 This medicine being so laxatiue Will prooue to thee fascheous and corasiue 7 Be bould for it will prooue as good agen There is nothing equall to the loue of men 8 This thing being secret and neuer knowne Is vnpossible euer to be showne 9 They shall as I thinke be each to other As kinde and louing as brother and brother 10 There is great riches surely ment him Except some mischance hap to preuent him 11 He shall be good by his inclination But youthfull tricks shal be his destruction 12 Without the lawyer get some present Your sute will faile incontinent Sarphados 1 If thou wilt beléeue the oath of his partie No doubt but the quarrel wil then soone agrée 2 He is well loued and so it shall prooue So long as there may be still loue for loue 3 As he goes forward he shall haue good lucke Seruing the welthy that haue store of mucke 4 I am perswaded and that you shall sée He will prooue aptest to Philosophie 5 He that now séemes best in all your eyes A thousand to one but first he dies 6 The challenger is valiant and stout And will haue reuenge there is no doubt 7 Take heede that what he appoints be not such As by working it weaken you not to much 8 There is no vrgent cause for ought I know Except some bargaine or monie I owe. 9 The thing may be secret husht and still And so knowne to none except you will 10 These two of seuerall humours shall be And yet for shame they both shall agrée 11 Be nigardly still and spare nere so much It is vnpossible thou shouldst be rich 12 He shall be so fantasticke and so wilde As is not likely to be reconcilde Bryntach 1 He shall neuer neither old nor young Obtaine to speake with a flowing tongue 2 By long seege and staying a great sort The enemie at last shall get the fort 3 Hee loues thee well although he seeme strange Yet shall his loue from thee neuer change 4 He shall long raigne most maiesticall To the ioy and loue of his subiects all 5 If sleeping thy dreame force thee to awake It shewes some strange thing I dare vndertake 6 Rest in good hope for thou maist be sure That they that threaten thee liue in great feare 7 Make no bargaine great or notable For it will not be to thee profitable 8 He hath surfeted with eating something That at the heart is his great payning 9 I thee aduise to write all in verse And with close words thy minde to rehearse 10 This thy purpose as I vnderstand Is like to haue an vnlucky end 11 He that his brother least enuie doth beare Is like to liue long and many a yéere 12 A schollers flat cap will fit him best To get a benefice among the rest Sarphados 1 By diligent labour and carefull paine Great store of wealth and good thou shalt obtaine 2 He shall temper his spéech mildly with skill And so still liue quiet go where he will 3 Some good agréement the campe shall discharge So all men shall retire and go at large 4 His kindnesse is naught worth and but a bable Because his heart is false and variable 5 He shall liue and raigne long most happily Except by some excesse he surfet and dye 6 Thy pleasant dreame with contentation Hath none effect or signification 7 Thou art too timersome and soone dismaid A very small thing will make thee afraid 8 Though that you intend nothing for to buy Yet I you aduise to goe spéedily 9 That which makes him so sore languish and pine Is that he hath tasted of loues swéet wine 10 Lay by thy writing and be not afraid And put thou no trust in a chamber maid 11 This businesse shall haue a good end For Fortune is graciously thy friend 12 It is no matter who first die or fall For ere it be long death will haue all Sabrazulit 1 They both are in danger therefore kéepe watch For death doth intend them both to dispatch 2 Let him labour and toyle neuer so much It will be in vaine he shall not be rich 3 He shall speake brauely with many faire showes But his spéech shal be weake witlesse God knowes 4 This fort shall be had without any faile If that some braue souldier chance it to assaile 5 There can no good come as the case now stands If thou put thy credit into his hands 6 This king shall not last or endure long For the enemies pursuite is very strong 7 What in the day I haue thought on by chance In the night my dreames doe still it aduance 8 Thou art too affraide of euerie small thing None walks in a field that feares each leafe stirring 9 Whatsoeuer now to buie thou art bent Thou shalt be sure with losse to repent 10 It is not fortune that now I discouer But a woman that faine would haue thée loue her 11 Put thou no other writing in vre Thy selfe must sée it of this be sure 12 Whatsoeuer meanes thou dost intend Thou shalt haue small pleasure in the end Belleco 1 Feare not you haue no cause at all to doubt For I am sure the end will fall well out 2 He shall liue longest that is most chast For that his bodie he doth not wast 3 If thou a woman canst content and please Thou shalt obtaine wealth though but little ease 4 By iests and pleasant spéeches now and then Thou shalt get fauour of great noble men 5 Th' enemie shall not obtaine their desire But malecontent disgrac't they shall retire 6 His true loue and fauour is not very common For though he séeme friendly he loues but one 7 This King he shall raigne and liue verie long But cruell to his subiects doing them wrong 8 Concerning thy dreame I am of the minde It is of import as a puffe of winde 9 Concerning this feare in verie short space There will be meanes found to alter the case 10 Buie while they offer you good condition For oft time losse doth follow omission 11 Thou néedst not for the lot to séeke redresse But for the spirit that doth him possesse 12 By message there hath béene wrought such a tricke As hath made the woman come at a becke Gardolitalu 1 If thou canst finde no better a meane The least thou canst doe is to write a●●ine 2 Although the course séeme not very lowable Yet shall the end be verie honourable 3 We sée it by
saue our good King 9 Take thou no-pleasure to know the effect For of most vile shame it doth thee detect 10 Some by ill will hath done him so great wrong As will be his spoile and sticke by him long 11 Th' one and the other are very good sport And yet for to hunt is greatest comfort 12 Alas his daies will soone be at an end Except God send him the help of a friend Castiphon 1 Finally he shal yet once againe be Recalled with credit honourably 2 Let not the poore man sustaine all the blame The fault is his good wiues that is his dame 3 T is not vnlikely but long he may liue If hee 'll take as good counsell as he can giue 4 Thou maist loue him well for who can say nay But how he loues thée I nothing can say 5 He commands fortune what will you haue more Fate hath ordaind him great plenty and store 6 If he were not faint-hearted I could say He might proue a Doctor another day 7 I am of the minde most assuredly That in short space he shall haue libertie 8 The louer is most constant firme and true But she I know is of another hue 9 He shall be gracious and swéet to looke on And so be beloued of euery one 10 This signe it presageth great ioy and glee And so a good houre which God send thee 11 It is not poison or any such thing But wanton lust which youth doth daily sting 12 It is a pleasure which I must commend To continue a course vnto the end Segalcitayn 1 It is a great pleasure to see dogges that be comming In a long courss to take a Hare running 2 As a banished man he may soiourne For he is likely neuer to returne 3 The damme is not blameable I know For she hath done the duetie she doth owe 4 He shall liue out well to natures best course And though some liue longer it is the worse 5 This though he seeme very amiable Yet shall his loue be very mutable 6 Thou shalt haue goods store and great abundance By thy good indeauours and prouidence 7 Let him studie on still that doth not passe For all his learning hee 'll proue but an asse 8 This odde creker will finde out some strange way To get himselfe out and yet nothing pay 9 A thousand turnes he proueth for her sake And she full as many doth for him make 10 This King shall be victorious and great Which shall his Subiects hearts with ioy repleat 11 What thou hast seene is presage of abuse Yet with discretion make thereof good vse 12 This troublesome winde shall soone weare away And then thy health shall encrease day by day Raloytraton 1 He hath eaten or drunke or done some excesse Which is the onely cause of this sicknesse 2 This gentle faulcon hath a most braue heart T' is a pleasure to see him play his part 3 Neuer thinke nor hope that thou shalt him see Enioy and haue all his goods quietly 4 Neither thou nor the other doe their best Either to receiue or furnish the rest 5 His vitall sprites are cooled all so much That death very shortly his life shall tuch 6 You must loue if you beloued will be Or else your fault each one will easily see 7 There is no hope of his good lucke at all Neither by skill or Arts Mecanicall 8 He shall still employ all his best studie In the true knowledge of Philosophy 9 If some other chance come not of more worth It will be this sennight ere he come forth 10 Their loues often change of contrarie minde For she is more variable then the winde 11 The King is well loued and of Maiestie That on his poore Subiects hath loue and pittie 12 This fearefull presage that makes thee so afraid Betokens ill hap yet be not dismaide Vernomastricon 1 Fortune is fauouring and thy good friend And this thy presage a bountifull end 2 Beléeue me for all this his extreame fit He neuer drunke poison nor venome yet 3 In haukes and hounds is pleasure for a King And of all true content the onely thing 4 I know he shall ere long remitted be Or my cunning failes and I cannot sée 5 She is ready to take and loth to leaue And yet for all that still hard to conceiue 6 He desires life still if that it might be More then his heyres wish him for charitie 7 This good fellow of whom thou doest enquire To be honest and faithfull is his desire 8 Thy lucke aboue others is farre excelling So Fortune giues a stately dwelling 9 He shall haue more pleasure in toyes and fooling Then in good learning Art or his schooling 10 He may come out now if that so he will But time not yet fit he tarrieth still 11 They both loue truely and with affection It is no show or fained fiction 12 He shall raigne with such iustice and equitie That his Subiects shall loue him entirely Frigoua 1 The common people shall well loue this King Because he is good bounteous and benigne 2 Make thou no great account of this presage But trust in God and in him haue courage 3 This hath or I am much deceiued Some spitefull hate in his heart conceiued 4 It is a good sight to see a foule flye And make a braue flight by towring on hye 5 He is farre from any fauour obtaining For all his cogging lying and faining 6 The one is too cold the other too hot Th' one is too forward the other will not 7 Inquire thou no farther concerning his life For of all his goods thou shalt haue no strife 8 In this thy friend there is such defect That ther 's not in him that thou dost expect 9 He shall be poore and in miserable estate And neuer fortunate early nor late 10 He shall follow warres and a gallant be And loue to reade bookes of Antiquitie 11 He shall neuer come out nor haue an end Except by the meanes of some speciall friend 12 The Damsell is best her heart 's most sound But he is a ranger in euery ground Lizemidaron 1 They are both louers most faithfull and true And which loues best I cannot well tell you 2 He shall be well loued of his subiects all And so renowned through the vniuersall 3 In this presage and in a most good houre It doth pretend to thee ioy and honour 4 It is not poyson that doth him disquiet But some excesse that he hath had in diet 5 If I of pleasures might make my owne choise Onely then hunting should haue my whole voice 6 His friends so stedfast shall to him remaine That they shall restore his estate againe 7 The wife is readie and apt to conceiue T' is he that vnable doth her deceiue 8 He shall by natures course liue verie long If wenching letcherie doe him no wrong 9 He is of good nature gentle and kinde And to all men doth beare a faithfull minde 10 He
shall haue fortune in the best degree To rise to riches and authoritie 11 All sciences that are delectable Shall fit him well and prooue profitable 12 This poyson seemeth to me verie strange To indanger his life and make such a change Symyagele 1 This prisoner shall soone deliuered be T' is true that so the booke assureth me 2 It is the man as yet I must commend Though her constant courage endure to th' end 3 Father of people called he shall be For keeping the good of the communaltie 4 For one presage be thou not yet dismaid For in the next there shall some more be said 5 He hath beene in some vilde infectious aire Which makes him looke so leane feeble and bare 6 Men may goe hunt well without any hauke To kill foule without dogs is idle talke 7 He shall by discretion gouerne so well As following he shall get his apeall 8 If children betwixt them they cannot obtaine The fault is not his I dare well maintaine 9 Some for his fathers death doth so gapeout That not looked for his owne comes first about 10 His loue is not to halues as some mens be But entire true and full of constancie 11 By couetousnesse and niggardly care Thou shalt at last obtaine of wealth great store 12 He shall loue arts and all kinde of learning And to gaine experience shal be his studying Bouguch 1 He is rusticall to vnderstand hard Make him a farmer or a rich shepheard 2 Thy saddest sorrow griefe and great annoy Shall turne in the end to pleasure and ioy 3 He loues thy weale and thy credit defends T' is good to continue with such good friends 4 He shall be great and rich as heart can wish And his realme shal prosper thriue flourish 5 Bridle thy humour and vaine desires For helpe a broade of such foolish liers 6 This death is a good death for one to die That for good conscience suffers patiently 7 Marrie not if thou wilt follow my will Forbeare then and be a batcheler still 8 He will serue though borne of great family For by good carriage preferd he shall be 9 Shée 's a bonna roba and verie fat But not with child I assure you that 10 Pursue then with speede for hée 's but an asse That cannot saile but by others compasse 11 He is not good for thy societie Therefore seeke out some other companie 12 Thy hopes are vaine thou shalt neuer get it For there is a thousand things to let it Moufon 1 As thy heart doth wish and thou dost require Thou shalt obtaine and haue thy hearts desire 2 If he with good ortographie write well Make him scriuener or clarke to some counsell 3 Be not dismaide or melancolly still For th' end shall bring ioy pleasure at will 4 In this thy friend haue no great affiance For I see in him no great assurance 5 In the seruice of wars he shall doe well By gouerning his deedes by good counsell 6 Be thou not perswaded of any good euent By witchcraft sorcery or inchantment 7 Death is fitting in this his owne prouince To maintaine the title due to a Prince 8 Marrie the daughter of a good mother And thou shalt then a good wife approoue her 9 He shall be of a most noble nature Liberall and free to euerie creature 10 She is great with childe to her bitter baine For it shall procure her sorrow and paine 11 He shall be opulent and full of good By succéeding some friends of his owne blood 12 Pursue hardly whatsoeuer fall out It will haue a good end without all doubt Theyphilacon 1 Doe not accompanie 't will be but losse With more hurt then profit danger and crosse 2 Fortune is wauering and so not certaine Therefore his hopes he shall neuer obtaine 3 He shall soone learne bearing a forward minde For all his desires is to war inclinde 4 Melancolly kils him there 's no remedie And so I count him but a dead body 5 He is not thy friend but a foyster shallow Then set not thy loue on such a fellow 6 Rather then be still he will procure war For his chiefe desire is to be at iar 7 He that in geomancie had good skill Might be sure to know all at his owne will 8 Death is equall cruell and spareth none Rigorous to all vntill we bee gone 9 Marrie not good friend neither young nor old For thou shalt prooue a ielous cuckold 10 So long as he liues doe what he best can He shall neuer be but a seruile man 11 To say she were with childe it were a sinne For there will be none till it be put in 12 Expect thou no succession of worth Neither in thy first nor thy latter birth Mormon 1 If to please thy friends thou wilt prepare 'T will be thy good and thou maist prooue their heire 2 He is most worthie to defend and shield And 't were pitie to leaue him in the field 3 He shall haue all his minde in full effect In the same manner he doth it expect 4 With braue architecture doe him acquaint And let him learne well to draw to paint 5 He shall soone be fréed from enemies all And be no more subiect to spightfull thrall 6 Thy friend to thee is most true and faithfull Then be thou againe honest and loyall 7 When by his great valour the wars shall surcease He shall rule his realme with plentie and peace 8 Beléeue not these vaine idle tale-tellers That neuer can prate but in wine cellers 9 The good are most oft taken soone away But woe to the ill when they doe decay 10 If thou wilt liue well to marie is best So shalt thou haue ioy great comfort rest 11 'T is nurture with nature that gentle makes More then his great blood that by birth he takes 12 She is with childe you may lay crownes or pence And yet I know it is not long since Allchoyon 1 If thee 's not with childe let her take no care For shortly shee 's like to haue a full share 2 Thy father is like to goe to his graue And then thou art like his goods for to haue 3 His companie is good doe it not lose But be so to him to withstand your foes 4 The thing that he wishes obtaine he shall And that verie soone in part or else all 5 Put him to schoole where he may learn to write To cipher cast account and well indite 6 He is with sorrow so greatly opprest That he needes good comfort and quiet rest 7 This is not for thée for he is vniust Therefore at no hand giue him any trust 8 Vntill with war and losse he plagued be He will neuer seeke peace for his countrie 9 You know nothing but the verie outside Nor neuer shall till by force it be tride 10 Some fearing paine or in torture to lie Desire that they may sodenly die 11 He that lackes comber all daies of his life Let him