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[Chaucer newly painted] [by William Painter].
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Painter, William, 1540?-1594.
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1623
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To the right Worshipfull Siâ—… Paul Pinder Knight and late Lord Embassadour At Constantinople that Cittie so renown'd Whose like on earth is scarcely to be found William Painter wisheth all increase of grace In this life and in heauen a Mansion place RIght worshipfull Sir for many fauours showâ—… To me that neuer yet deserued One. Some from your selfe your brother many Moe Your Sister and their Children also And though I no way can requite the same If I forget them should I were to blame For meere humanity all men incite Vnto their power all kindnesse to requite I haue of late some little labour tooke The English prouerbs to write in a booke Though 〈◊〉 yet the best that I could doe And 〈◊〉 Worship Dedicate it to Yet câ—… thereby shall declare The loâ—…e â—…hich I doe vnto learning beare And I haue hope as the old prouerbe spake That barking curs oft times great mastifs wake That this my booke some scholler may incite Ere it bee long some better for to write If this I shall by any see amended I shall bee pleased and no whit offended If you vouchsafe but pleased herewithall I double paid account my labour shall If I could but in a full measure show The loue and seruice which to you I owe Although it came by labour and much paine Or with some losse I should account it gaine But as the prouerbe saith Few words suffice When they are spoke to those men that be wise So I had rather too abruptly end Then with long protestations to offend I thus conclude beseeching mighty Ioue Hourely to send you blessings from aboue Your Worships Orator wholy deuoted Till death in sunder cut the vitall threea W. P. TO THE READER GOod courteous Reader be thou young or old Here giue me leaue to make a little bold To shew to thee my want of learning here Which after will in euery verse appeare I am well knowne no Scholler for to be Therefore marks well what I shall say to thee A foot-man may more easilier goe a mile Then a lame cripple may ouer a stile A Scholler might a thing of farre more worth With much lesse labour very well set forth For had this by a Scholler beene set forth It surely would haue beene of lesser worth For he that wealthy is must liberally Contribute to the poores necessity I seeing those that wealthy were and rich Into the treasury did cast in much I my one mite like to the widow poore Likewise cast in euen all I had in store For had I wit and learning as haue many I would as bountifull haue beene as any Though learning euer did prohibit me One of her Schollars in her schoole to bee Yet common reason doth to mâ—…e declare All they that worke not master builders are For some must carry water and some stones And some fill vp the midst with shells and bones And some must carry morter and some other lime And some must tend the tooles all dinner time And in the euening safely them vp lay That in the morning nought bee wanting may If I accounted like the worst of these Shall bee it will mee both content and please And I to thee will further promise make To quit thy loue some greater paines I le take I will omit no opportunity Vntill some better shall bee made mee by That what is wanting both in art and skill May bee supplide in kindnesse and good will What 's here defectiue I le no way defend it But hee that can I le giue free leaue to mend it I hast till I the matter shall you tell And for this time thrice heartily farewell Though Poetry my lines may seeme to shame Yet truly William Painter is my name YOu curious Painters and you Limmers all From Temple-barre along to Charing-crosse That your gay pictures hang out on the wall Goe take them downe for they are all but drosse For here are liuely pictures to behold More worth then those that guilded are with gold CHAVCER new Painted BY WILLIAM PAINTER IN Christmas time I needs abroad would walke Desirous for to heare some merry talke It was my chance to meet a merry Crew And what their talke was I will heare tell you Some tales and iests they had which I le omit Because they nothing to my purpose fit But all the ancient Prouerbs that I well Remember I will truly to you tell Soone ripe soone rotten the proverb doth say And seldome seen soone be forgotten may Yet what in youth a man hath most in vre The same to keepe till death hee shall bee sure Therefore bend thou the Plant whilst it is young Lest it in time doe wax for thee too strong For if it once vnto a tree doth growe Thou maist it breake before thou shalt it bowe Subiects and seruants neuer should withstand But gladly doe what they haue in command For why the Prouerbe saith Better or worse Bee alwaies rulde by them that beare the purse In high affaires that doth surmount thy state See that thou meddle not in any rate For hee shall scarce himselfe from danger keepe That doth awake a Lyon out of sleepe Against thy King and Countrey plot none ill For by some meanes it knowne be surely will Examples hereof every day appeares Besides that little Pitchers all haue eares Thinke twise then speak the old Prouerbe doth say Yet Fooles their bolts will quickely shoot away And one of these two euills comes thereby Their purse must pay for 't or say tongue thou lye And more at large the prouerbe this expresse Which saith That man which in his drunkennesse Doth kill a man most commonly we see When hee is sober for it hang'd shall bee Looke ere thou leape the old prouerbe doth say For otherwise thou fall in the ditch may Yea you shall neuer any boulder finde To bee then is old Byard that is blinde 'T is dangerous to meddle with edg'd tooles The prouerbe saith therfore take heed when fooles Set stooles that you thereat breake not your shins For sure delay oft times great danger brings The old prouerbe thus long agoe did say That time and tide for no man will not stay Though Salomon were wise and Sampson strong They neither could their yeares one day prolong Looke to the end before that thou begin What thou thereby maist either lose or winne For hast makes wast the old prouerbe doth say And praise at night the firenesse of the day Hee that a Theefe doth from the gallowes 〈◊〉 By him some mischiefe shall be sure to hauâ—… 〈◊〉 But I thinke none that any 〈…〉 Will goe and take a madde Dogge 〈…〉 Wee see it daily that both great and small Will euer thrust the weakest to the wall And this by proofe to speake I dare be bould That hee that worst may shall the candle hold Some euer will pinch on the Parsons side And cut a large thong off their neighbours hide And where the Stile is troden and made low
hath spake The foole sure will not from his bable part If hee might haue the Tower of London for 't The wilfull man hath neuer wanted woe Thus the old prouerbe said full long agoe And further also the same prouerbe say The swiftest course is that beside the way The old prouerbe this long agoe hath told That wares well bought are euermore halfe sold And one must learne to creepe e're goe or runne A match well made is euermore halfe wonne Some will buy wares of any kind of rate And then repent themselues when 't is too late But ther 's a saying bad ware 's alwaies deare And what was good that n'ere yet lou'd the Frier Hee that good wares haue wheresoe're he dwell Once in a yeare hee shall be sure to sell For the old prouerbe saith as much indeed That good wine neuer of a bush hath need Buy not for time those wares that are too deare For many lose thereby as I doe heare And some doe buy and sell and liue by ' th losse And so at length come home by weeping crosse Chapmen no great care need to take nor paines To sell their ware vnlesse it bee for gaines The prouerbe saith hee 's neuer chapman bare That either ready money hath or ware Some praise and dispraise will the selfe same wares And prate and talke of euery mans affaires When they know neither what is said nor done No more then doth the man that 's in the Moone Some will make gaine of any wares they buy Their tongues are so inur'd to cog and lye And the old prouerbe saith as much indeed A crafty knaue doth neuer broker need Take heed thou neuer keep no companie But such as honest men are knowne to bee For why the prouerbe saith a man at Rome Must bee inforst to doe as there is done If here against any should make reply The prouerbe further telleth them plainly 'T is daily seene fowles that bee of a feather Will flie in troopes and company together Another prouerbe there is like to it Which for some cause I will not here omit That like will to his like by night and day As once the Deuill did to the Colliar say Whose foote is alwaies his friends table vnder If he grow prouident it is a wonder And to giue counsell it doth seldome boote Where the blacke Oxe ne're trod vpon the foote He that hath left him goods and money much The prouerbe plainly sayeth of all such It is no mastery for them to swimme Whom others alwaies holds vp by the chinne Some will bee proud of any thing done well To such the old prouerbe doth plainly tell It was by fortune more then by good wit A blinde man shooting chanc't a Crow to hit Against the streame it is in vaine to striue But they must needs go whom the deuil doth driue And this old prouerbe is too true God wot That hard need alwayes makes the old wife trot The prouerb say Loue is a pleasant thing When like the Snake it once hath lost the Sting Sure 't is not meant the loue of charity For that lies sicke pray God it may not dye I know not whether 't is meant of loue or lust But loue with loue repaid againe be must And by experience this I euer found That hee that lou'd me also lou'd my hound There is one prouerbe that saith on this wise Reason and loue lookes through two paire of eyes But all the Poets doe agree I finde It neuer saw ought for it was borne blinde I heard one once say thus of Iealousie 'T is pitty loue should keepe it company Of all kinde natures I may say as much T is pitty wit should wanting bee in such This the old prouerbe long agoe hath spake Bare walls doth euer giddy huswiues make And hee that marrieth before hee 's wise Most commonly shall dye before hee thriues The old prouerbe did tell this long agone That forward Children seldome time liue long Wee forward wedlocke may compare thereto For that vnto a night cap bring a man will doe Although a woman smile yet thou must not Straight way conclude that thou a wife hast got For the old prouerbe plainely this doth show That two words alwaies to a bargaine goe Many in chosing wiues deceiued bee But most in too much praising their beauty For this most true the old prouerbe doth say All is not gold that glisters and showes gay One cannot wiue and thriue both in one yeare Some say and yet to marry none need feare For why the prouerb saith all men vntill A good Iacke alwaies maketh a good Gyll The prouerb saith That man that meanes to thriue Must first aske leaue and counsell of his wife For as the good man saith so say all we But as the good wife saith so all must be If maydens any young men doe entice To marry them or to doe otherwise The old prouerb still standeth in full force Which saith The gray mare was the better horse When a bad couple maryed be I feare Men say of them you presently shall heare It is the wisest way a man can doe To fill one house rather then trouble two Where nere a barrell better Herring is A man in choosing cannot choose amisse The man that foxes sold said vse your skill The baddest is best therefore take which you will He that a widow marries with children three The prouerb say of foure theeues sure shall be Who may go on the ground and will goe on the ice Is sure a foole and the other is scarce wise When simple swaines fine wiues will needsly take I doubt they will their heads like Acteous make If I them wrong their pardons I beseech But sure I am most master weares no breech But all men count it folly for to be For any one to meddle twixt the barke and tree I le say no more but wish all men good wiues As dearly loue should as they loue their liues Many kind heart we heare and see daily Doth make them smart the more is the pitty And that none should by knaues deceiued be I le tell them what one once did say to me They that deceiue me once I them beshrow They that deceiue me twice I say the same also But if they shall deceiue me any moe For that my selfe not them I will beshrow Another saying there is like to it Which for some cause I will not here omit If that by one I once deceiued be For that pray God forgiue both him and me But if I twice shall be deceiued him by Sure euery man will say the more foole I. But if I thrice by him deceiued be No man that 's wise for that will pitty me But this I often times haue heard men say Him that deceiues him well deceiue you may But true religion doth no more allow But deale with all as they should deale with you But this last prouerb I like worst of all That men a iewell should