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The maydens dreme compyled and made by Chrystofer Goodwyn, in the yere of our Lorde. M.CCCCC.xlij; Songe de la pucelle. English.
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Goodwin, Christopher.
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without suffycyaunce ¶ Shamefastnes ¶ Suche lyght counceyll so soone to byleue And after to take therby some dysease With grat payne you shulde your selfe then releue Wherfore I wyll tell that shulde you best please Suche hasty loue is not worth a pease To cast awaye your selfe euyll were y e quayntaunce For hasty loue engendreth repentaunce ¶ Loue. ¶ To suche a yonge damoysell it doth appertayne To be fryske both ioyous and Iolye And when in suche poynt she doth her mayntayne To counte her amysse it were a great folye For she that with youth can daunce best and dalye Is counted most noble be it mayden or wyfe We haue in this worlde no more but a lyfe ¶ Shamefastnes ¶ Helas aduyse the or euer thou smarte Or els thou shalt be lyke a marche hare Lyftynge thy hed vp euyn lyke a harte That thorowe the worlde is chased with care From suche foly my doughter alwaye beware Be sobre and symple and kepe the at home A maybe is not set by when her sadnes is gone ¶ Loue. Yea thou art thy mothers onely darlynge Therfore thou mayste loue secretely In goodnes and honour care for nothynge Praysed therfore thou shalt be hyghly At Bankettes and playes be present dayly At great feastes tornays where most people resorte To moche to be fearefull doth greatly dyscomforte ¶ Shamefastnes ¶ To be tymorous in youth as semeth me Is a sygne greatly for to be praysed For feare with youth alwaye shulde be For recheles youth is to be dyspysed Wherfore drede is a sygne as I haue deuysed Of puet and clene chastyte in mayden and wyfe Eche noble harte ought to drede a shamfull lyfe ¶ Loue. ¶ Is it then shame for to be Ioyous And for to please the people therby What shulde we be of other scrypulous Or for that ensueth to care for so greatly Who that in youth wyll lyue solytary Prouyth by reason to haue a weke spyryte The assaye at the laste makyth the warke perfyte ¶ Shamefastnes ¶ Other to auayle thy selfe for to harme Is no great wysdome as semeth me I swere to the by this ryght arme If thou to loue assent thou doest great folye For thoughe thou to thousaÌ„des set forth thy beaute They wyll therfore esteme y e but lyke a beest sauage Fylthy is the water out of the ryuage ¶ Loue. ¶ Thynkest thou it synne for to beholde Vpon theyr fresshe cousers these galantes so gaye Betraped in sylke syluer and golde Whiche with speare sheld at the iustes doth assaye Manfully to wyn the pryse yf they maye Whiche won thorowe your loue they gyue you the prayse Thus amorus hartes reioysen alwayes ¶ Shamefastnes ¶ Thou canst not do to be more defamed Then of a louer to haue the name For sonest by hym thou shalt be shamed That flaterynge in Amours wyll call the his dame God kepe the from suche perpetuall shame Or to be in suche a hasarde for to desyre A grene bough wyll bren yf it be in the fyre ¶ Loue. ¶ Reknowlege the goodes gyuen the by nature That so largely hath endued y e w t vertê° manyfolde And eke ther w t hath formed the so fayre a creature That it is a great pleasure the for to beholde Lease not therfore thy tyme aduenture and be bolde Leste thou yelde accompt at the daye of dome We ought to take hede of that shall after come ¶ Shamefastnes ¶ The more goodly that nature hath the formed And with the more bewtye she hath the furnysshed So moche more w t grace thou shuldest be endoctryned And with great vertues for to be garnysshed For yf thy harte to euyll then be enployed For euermore thou shalt lose thy good name Well doth they watche that flyeth fro shame ¶ Loue. ¶ It were no nede me thynke the to warne If euer loue had done the dyspleasure Or to moue the therto so it were for thy harme Rede the hystoryes and thou shalt fynde I am sure What payne noble parsons for loue wolde endure Yea were she neuer so hygh a prynces To loue or be loued wolde put her in prees ¶ Shamefastnes ¶ Some ladyes I thynke hath ben conuerted With dyssolute loue them selfes to acquaynte Whiche after ryght sore hath them repented In makynge many a dolefull complaynte Better thou were of that to make restraynte Then forthwith to repent as it were past and gone For a thynge that is done remedye is none ¶ Loue. ¶ Dyd not kynge Arthurs moste noble wyfe Ysode polixiene and also medee And many mo ladyes of excellent lyfe To Amorus loue gyue all theyr stude Whiche hath gyuen them a name of perpetuyte Nowe of this tell me who can them reproue They neuer had Ioye that neuer dyd loue ¶ Shamefastnes ¶ Who that wold serche theyr storyes thorow out Shulde fynde theyr ende to be nothynge honorable For dolorously all they endyd without dout As god be vnto me fauorable Therfore be not to them agreable Of examples there be mo then one or two Lascyuyous loue doth fynysshe in wo. ¶ Loue. ¶ Narcissus that to loue wolde neuer assent Was chaunged by a fountayn as in Ouid we fynde By the goddes sharpe and ryghtfull Iudgement Be neuer therfore so hawte nor vnkynde But loue them agayne whose harte y u hast mynde So shalt thou loue for loue optayne Honorable loue is neuer in vayne ¶ Shamefastnes ¶ Susanne for her chastyte of god was preserued Bycause to folysshe loue she wolde not condyscend Saued she was from beynge defoyled Her honoure to kepe she dyd euer entend Hard was her begynnynge vyctoryous was the end Therfore lerne this of me both mayden and wyfe To dred toffend god is a blyssed lyfe ¶ Loue. ¶ One maye well loue without vyllanye Or that any dyshonour therby shulde aryse For yf that any vyllayne do thynke any folye God can correct hym in sondery wyse In all honoure my doughter do not despyse To loue as nature doth entend They that do as they ought do not offend ¶ Shamefastnes ¶ Swete and atrayant is the enterynge in to loue It is hony with gall and myrre confycte The begynnynge dowse the end bytter to proue For it wyl leue the assoone as it seeth the discomfyte In wo and care wherfore it were great profyte Neuer therin to enter for all the kynde femynyne For in the tayle lyeth all the venyme ¶ Loue. ¶ When a secrete man you do parceyue and fynde Hym truely to loue you nede not to drede So that he be loyall secrete and kynde In louynge suche one you can not yll spede For eche of you shall haue to your mede All your pleasure togyther with great Ioye solace One can not loue in euery place ¶ Shamefastnes ¶ Nothynge there is so secretely hyd But it is openly knowen to all at the last There was neuer woman so well assuryd That to couer her cryme yet had the cast But out it must by some euyll blast For feare to
¶ The maydens dreme Compyled and made by Chrystofer Goodwyn In the yere of our Lorde M. CCCCC.xlij ¶ The Prohemye of the Authour BEholde you yonge Ladyes of hyghe parentage And you yonge virgyns of eche degre Here is a pamphlet euen mete for your age Where as in a myrrour you maye lerne and se Howe vycyous loue you shulde eschewe and fle Hauynge alway shamfastnes ī your maydenly face Then can you neuer mysse of vertue and grace ¶ To loue I counceyll you neuer enclyne Excepe onely it be for maryage To the entent to haue therby lyne yet in that case take hede you not rage For hasty loue cōmonly ryght soone wyll aswage And beware that you loue not before you be wyse Lest you repent you more ofter than twyse ¶ Yet dyuers in loue hath had happy chaunce I speke by my selfe and many one mo That of perfyte chaste loue haue ben in the daunce And sped to our myndes yet for to do so Thousandes haue myssed and fynysshed in wo Therfore I rede you take good aduysement Of good abydynge none can repent ¶ Called is the name of this lytell boke The Maydens dreme whiche I hope shal be For your erudycions yf you therin loke Many a good instruccyon here shall you se Howe vertue to ensue and vyce for to fle For herein is contayned both golde and glasse They that worke well shall well brynge to passe ¶ Thus to god I do you cōmyt Prayenge you to accept this my lytell warke For that it is so rudely done is but for lacke of wyt Howe be it euery man can not be a clarke Nor euery byrde flye so hyghe as the larke Ye wot what I meane thus fare you well Happy be they that folowe good councell ¶ Thus endeth the Prologue ¶ The maydens Dreme IN the lusty fresshe moneth of may When the byrdes reioyse euery glad speryte With theyr venerien voyces ī the dawne of the day Then I whiche had not slept of the hole nyght By Morpleus sodaynly had lost my syght Whiche ī a golden slombre right soone had me cast Recheles youth oft slepyth full fast ¶ As soone as I in this slombre was brought Two persons mesemyd appered in my syght The one sayd fayre loue chaūge you must your thought For come is the daye passed is the nyght Of chyldysshe ygnoraunce wherfore of ryght you must nowe lerne what you are come to your yeres shall ensygne you what you shall do ¶ You are she sayd fayre fresshe and goodlye Of all your membres well proporcyoned One of the mynyonest vnder the skye Amyable pleasaunt and well fauored Wherfore you shulde do a great mysded yf to your age you applye not your reason For eche thynge ought to be taken in season ¶ I neuer knewe a more goodly mayden More comely of body ne fayrer of vysage In your apparell so fresshely besene All correspondent vnto your swete age Your whyte quauerig dugges wold make a mārage Of nature and loue you be the chefe marke Good is the workman that fortunatly doth marke ¶ Of reason and wysdom you haue suffycyent As a mayde of tender an age In you there wanteth none intendement You are both wyse be dyscrete and sage You be also extracte of noble lynage Yet all this we maye as nothynge repute Onles in due season be gathered the frute ¶ Yf I were a man beleue me for certayne To be my loue I wolde you requyre For of all other you be the most souerayne Of bewtye fauoure and fresshe attyre There is none lyuynge but wolde you desyre Your excellent bewtye wolde a saynt moue Ryght happy is he that hath a fayre loue ¶ The mayden THen with that made they a pawse These two semblaunces that I haue of tolde The one approched nyghe promotynge her cause The other was not fully so bolde Her mynde yet to vtter I parceyued she wolde Thus w t me ī my slombre they wonderly wrought Sowndly they slepe that taketh no thought ¶ Thus as I was slomberynge in my slepe The swete sygnyfiaūce of my dreme I gan to deuyse Also what were these Ladyes I toke busy kepe That had with me reasoned in so straunge wyse Then theyr apparell I dyd well aduyse Wherin were gret letters which I dyd rede w t ease Alwayes newe thynges doth meruaylously please ¶ These letters forthwith I began for to spell And set them togyther with all myne entent As a mayden that coulde not rede very well yet at the last I knewe what they ment The names of these ladyes that were so gent In them were contryued wherfore to my mynde He that well sercheth shall alwaye well fynde ¶ The one was named Amours a noble dame Rychely arayed and it had ben a quene As a lady of great renowme and fame Whiche we call loue so fresshely besene The other was shamfastnes y t worketh loue moche tene To wycked loue contrary euer she is bent Symple was her chere and also her rayment ¶ Loue then began with me for to reason So dyd shamfastnes when she se her tyme They tolde me many a goodly sermon Comynge before me as strayght as a lyne And gaue me great batayle eche one in theyr tyme Assaylynge me with wordes that persed my harte Great is the assaulte where none wyll astarte ¶ Loue. ¶ Loue spake fyrste and to me she dyd saye My fayre mynyon doughter so tender and yonge Acustome thy youth to sporte and to playe To daunce and to lute with many a swete songe To haunte wanton company to daly amonge For fro me thou hast not yet scaped the trase youth must aquyte her or she from the passe ¶ Shamefastnes ¶ Then answered shamefastnes in sentence shorte My fayre doughter you shall not do so For euyll is the worlde beware of reporte If you so offended howe shulde you then do your louers wolde despyse you and leue you in wo So shulde you be shamed in euery towne Bewtye is nothynge without good renowne ¶ Loue. ¶ Shame whiche of feare is engendryd spronge With this her doughter Shamefastnes Neuer dyd good to them that be yonge Sayd loue for youth to deceyue doughtelesse They are euermore redy to put them in presse Beleue her not fayre mayde for all her pratle For age can nothynge but bable and tatle ¶ Shamefastnes ¶ Ha my dere dought howe sore were you to blame If suche an euyll woman you dyd byleue Not worth a festue were then your good name For euery creature then wolde you repreue Whiche at the laste full sore shulde you greue Therfore beware lose not your byrgyuyte A vyrgyn is a name of great honour oygnyte ¶ Loue. ¶ If you gyue credence to this dastardly shame you shall neuer be set by a putred oynyon Take nowe your pleasure lyke a lusty yonge dame Or euer that youth be departed and gone Wherfore chuse some goodly companyon With whom you maye take all your lust pleasaūce There is no treasure