to liue Hope not for that which iustice doth denie Where grace begins hope makes a happie end Similies on the same subiect AS greatest calmes oft turne to thunderclaps So sweetest hopes doe change to sowrest haps As in meane places may much wealth be hid So little hopes may mightie things expect As sadnes is the hearts chiefe punishment So hope is highest helpe in deepe distresse As one part of the body toiles for all So hope striues to accomplish all desires As euery mettall is of Sulphur made So euery pleasure doth from hope proceed As honest pastimes can no way offend So good mens hopes must needs haue happy end Examples likewise on the same WHen Alexander gaue great gifts away Being askt What for himselfe he kept replied Hope Caesar continually wasled with hope That he should gouerne many Monarchies Androclidas derided being lame Said Then in fight I hope I shall not flie Pindarus calleth hope The nource of age And Thales said Hope was a common helpe Learned men differ from the ignorant As Bias saith but onely by their Hope Hope as Simonides the Poet saith Is the sole guide and gouernour of men Of Loue. Loue is a vertue measur'd by duteous choice But not if it be maim'd with wilfull chaunce TRue loue is simple like his mother Truth Firme and vntainted loue had neuer meane In long delay loue most impatient is Our treasure we may hide but not our loue The truest loue is most suspitious Loues eyes in looking neuer haue their fill MAY is not loues month MAY is full of flowers But dropping APRIL Loue is full of showers Leud loue breeds losse ill peace hath deadly fight Life is most loath'd where loue may not preuaile Loue is the mistresse of a many minds Loues little sweet oft finds a longer sower Loue 's like the winters Rose or Sommers Ice Loue where it likes life where it loues would be Loue doth desire the thing belou'd to see That like it selfe in louely shape may be As loue is loth to part so seare shunnes death Luke warme desires best fit with crazed loue Valour nor loue dwells where diuision is Nought worth is loue without true constancie Loue cannot sound well but in louers tongues Loues strongest bands vnkindnes doth vnbind Firme loue that is in gentle brests begun No idle charme may easily remooue Short is the ioy of him that longest loues Loue neuer can endure a Paragon The greater loue the greater is the losse True loue is often sowne but seldome growes Loose loues are vaine and vanish still to smoake Loue that two hearts makes one so frames one will Too hard a lesson t is for liuing clay From loue in course of nature to refraine Firme loue the dread of daunger doth despise Loue may not be compeld by masterie Sweet loue barres lewdnesse from his companie Causelesse to chaunge loue is most foule reproch Loue hateth thought of all vngentlenes A louers heauen must passe by sorrowes hell All losse is lesse yea lesse is infamie Than losse of loue to him that loues but one They cannot iudge of loue that ne're did loue Loue wants his eyes yet shoots he passing right The shrine of loue doth seldome offrings want What can be said that louers cannot say Blind loues best Poets haue imperfect sight Loue deeply grounded hardly is dissembled Loue is a fiend a fire a heauen a hell Where pleasure paine and sad repentance dwell Where both deliberate the loue is light True loue is mute and oft amazed stands Who euer lou'd that lou'd not at first sight The darkest night is Cupids brightest day Loue alwaies makes those eloquent that loue There 's nothing more than counsell louers hate The light of hidden fire it selfe discouers And loue that is conceald betraies poore louers A louer most restraind the worser fares Loue is too full of faith too credulous Great force and vertue hath a louing looke No stonie limits can hold out true loue What loue can doe that dare it still attempt Sweet are those bands that true loue doth combine Loue goes toward loue like schoole-boyes from their bookes But loue from loue to schoole with heauie lookes No loue so sweet as where both soules consent True perfect loue is quickest of beleefe It 's better loue and liue than loath and die Free vent of words loues fire doth asswage Lookes doe kill loue and loue by lookes reuiues Foule words and frownes will not compell a louer Louers well wot what griefe it is to part When twixt two bodies liueth but one heart Loue easily commenteth on euery woe Loues gentle spring doth alwaies fresh remaine Loue maketh young men thrall and old men dote In follie loue is wise and foolish wittie A louers houres are long though seeming shoâ—â— Louers doe say The heart hath treble wrong When it is bard the ayding of the tongue Loue doth with gall and hony both abound It is not loue that loues to anger loue Loue still is free and led with selfe-delight Sweet is the loue that comes with willingnes Who learnes to loue the lesson is so plaine That once made perfect neuer lost againe There is no paine like loues sweet miscrie Great talke of loue proceeds but from the tongue Loue makes blunt wits right pleasing Oratours All loue deceits are held excusable Loue is most sweet and faire in euery thing Loue well is said to be a life in death That laughes and weepes and all but with a breath Such veâ—â—ue loue hath to make one of two The fire of loue is blown by dalliance Loues speciall lesson is to please the eye Loues glorie doth in greatest darknes shine Loue is a spirit all compact of fire Not grâ—sse to sâ—â—ke but light and will aspire Loue paints his longings in faire virgins eyes If merit looke not well Loue bids stand by Loue loftie doth despise a lowly eye Loue neuer will be drawn but must be led Although sweet loue to conquer glorious be Yet is the paine farre greater than the fee. He that shewes all his loue doth loue but lightly Fauours make happy louers euer dumbe The latest wonne is alwaies lou'd the longer Equall estate doth nourish equall loue Loue in braue spirits kindles goodly fire Which to great height of honour doth aspire Loue makes at once sicke sound aliue and dead Loue makes diuided creatures liue in one Loue is a thing that feeds on care and feare Poore is the loue that pouertie impaires All loues conceits are excellently wittie Two eyes him needeth both to watch and wake That louers will deceiue and find their scape That loue is singular is least in sight A pregnant loue conceits a thousand things Wanton conceits are rife where loue is wittie Disdaine to true loue yet was euer foe That loue is it which alwaies lasteth long That tends to neither of the louers wrong Vnwoed loue knowes not what pittie meanes They loue indeed that dare not say they loue Loues workes are more than of a
mortall temper Hearts are Loues food his drinke is louers teares Loue is a golden bubble full of dreames That waking breakes and fils vs with extreames The gaine is griefe to them that traffique loue Loue is in prime of youth a Rose in age a Weed Loue for a minutes ioy payes endlesse paine Meane men in loue haue frownes as well as Kings Two constant louers being ioyned in one Yeelding to one another yeeld to none Loue truly bred true triall will abide Mens loue is written on the Angels brests Loue with true friends will alwaies liue and die Loue is refiner of inuention The faultes that are in loue by loue committed By loue for loue doe claime to be remitted Loue teacheth musicke to vnskilfull men Loue woon by vertue still is permanent The loue of beautie reason oft beguiles Loue is the Lord of hope and confidence Loue wheâ—s the dâ—llest wits his plagues are such Yet makes the wise by pleasing dote as much Likenesse in manners maketh loue most pure Vertue cannot be perfect wanting loue Loue is most fortunate where courage liues Concealed loue burnes with the fiercest flame Louers best like to see themselues alone Or with their loues if needs they must haue one A cold base loue cooles not a hot desire Hate in the name of loue doth oft presume Selâ—e loue of mischiefe is the only ground The â—owards warfare is a wanton loue Where â—rowes a perfect sympathie of hearts Eâ—h passion in the one the other paineth Pure loue did neuer see the face of feare Lasciuious loue is root of all remorse Loue wonne in heat will with a cold be lost Loue and high seat no equals can endure Louers haue quick all corners searching eyes Similies on the same subiect LIke as the waxe doth quench and feed the flame â—o loue to men giues both despaire and life As luie finds fit meanes whereby to climbe So loue sorts out his subiect where him list As fire with violence consumeth wood So scorne with crueltie doth murder loue As young vines yeeld most wine but old brings best So young loue speaketh much but old doth most Like as affection is in louers restlesse So being perfect it is likewise endlesse As fancie must be cured by affection So loue is onely remedied by loue Examples likewise on the same PAusanias lou'd his wife with such firme loue As no description well could set it downe Prediccas for his loue to Alexander Refused mightie wealth in Macedon The Emperour Claudius would not loue or hate But as he waâ— thereto by others led Scipio so lou'd the Poet Ennius That being dead he kept his picture still Zeno although a Stoicke yet did yeeld That loue in young men was most requisite Cicero not gain-said wise men to loue So they might loue without deepe cares and sighes Of Hate Hate is loues enemie and Friendships foe Neighbourhoods bane and Peaces ouerthrow HAte cannot worke where nature planteth loue Hates eies may slumber but can hardly sleepe Hatred is chiefest enemie to loue That which is hâ—ld with hate we feare to loose Who hates himselfe to loue another man Sencelesse should be esteemed of all men The deadliest hate with sâ—iles securely stands Where rancour rules there hate doth most preuaile Lewd loue is hate and base desire is shame Youth old in will age young in hate doth make 'T is incident to them who many feare Many to them more grieâ—oâ—es hate doe beare In meckenesse maskes the most distemperd hate True faithfull loue will neuer turne to hate Men oft shew fauour to conceale theâ—â— hate Hatred attendeth on prosperitie The sweetest loue changing his propertie Turnes to the sowrest and most deadly hate Loue so thou maist haue little feare to hate Few hate their faults all hate of them to heare A rooted hate will hardly be displac'd Fie on the loue that hatcheth hate and death These are the greatest spoilers of a state Young â—â—nsell priuat gaine and partiall hate Hate without might comes euer more too late A poore mans hate is very perillous Mercie may mend whome hatred made transgresse From deepe desireâ— oft comes the deadliest hate Hatred must be beguil'd by some new course Where states are strong and Princes doubt their force Neuer put trust in them that hate their blood Hate seekes to salue his harmes by swist reuenge Enforced wedlock breeds but secret hate Hate euurmore is blind and so is loue In vâ—â—lgar eares delight it alwaies breeds To haue the hated authors of misdeeds Where hâ—â—e doth rule Lordship small safetie hath Hate nourisheth contempt debate and rage Hate furrowes vp a graue to burie loue But few will follow them whom princes hate Hate and disdaine doe neuer brooke respect Consisting in true louing hearts neglect To colour â—aâ—e with kindnesse some commend Hid hate exceâ—deth open enmitiâ—â— Lookes oft tiâ—â—â— hate when as the heart doth loue No hate like that of friends once chang'd to foes Who foster hate can neuer find out loue Most happie he to whome loue comes at last And doth restore what hate before did wast Hate many times is hid in smoothest lookes The wrong of friends exceeds the soe-mans hate Hate buried once hurts deadly afterward A bâ—d mans hate can neuer harme the good With pleasing speech men promise and protest When hatefull hearts lâ—e lurking in their breast Whome all men hate none is so fond to loue Hate commonly doth most offend it selfe Hates winking is a prep'ratiue to death Similies on the same subiect AS Lyons are discerned by their pawes So hatefull men are by their qualities As enuie braggeth and can draw no blood So hate in stead of hurt oft doth men good As greenest wood lies long before it burne So hate stands watching till fit time to harme As blindnes led by blindnes needs must fall So hate vrg'de on by hate harmes least of all As children for their faults haue slye excuses So hates smooth lookes hide very foule abuses As crauen Cocks make shew yet dare not fight So hate makes proffers when he dares nor bite Examples likewise on the same DEmetrius Phalerius did condemne Any that iustly could be said to hate Stesilia did procure Themistocles Euen to the death to hate Aristides Cato and Caesar hated not each other Vntill Seruilia made them enemies Clodius did hate the men that lou'd him most And therefore was of all abandoned Cicero saith No honest citizen Can be procur ' de to hate his enemie Pindarus held no vice more odious Than enuious hatred in what man so ere Of Chastitie Chast life is graces seale deuotions staffe Marke of the iust and crowne of martyrdome CHastitie is bright honours glorious crowne Lost iewels may be found Chastitie neuer That 's lost but once and once lost lost for euer Shee is most chast that 's but enioyd of one Pure chastitie is beautie to our soules Grace to our bodies peace to our desires We breake chast vowes when we liue loosely euer The purest
the vulgar little thinke Sad pawse and deepe regard becomes the wise Warie sore-sight doth master head-strong will Wise men doe seldome sit and wayle their woâ—s But presently preuent the wayes to waile No common things can please a wandring wit Without discretion vertue seemes like vice Good wit ill vsde may harme a common-wealth Wisdome commaunds to part the dead and sicke Ieast they infect the faulelesse and the quicke Discretion practiseth the things are good In loue discretion is the chiefest helpe Ouer discretion Fortune hath no power All after-wit is like a shower of raine That falls 〈…〉 iâ—ely on the râ—pened graine Sharpenesse of wit quickly enslames desire What strength denyes wit may aspire vnto Wit bendeth not where will doth shew most force If thou haue lost by fore-wits rash preuention Win it againe by after-wits contention Who trusteth most his wit is ignorant Wisdome in midst of rage appeareth best By others faults wise men reforme their owne The Pilot that by skill the ship doth guide And not by might makes vessels brooke the tyde Wisdome is poore her dowrie is content To play the foole well is good signe of wit Some little pawse doth helpe the quickest wit Wise men for fortune doe so well prouide That though she shake them yet they will not slide Wisdome will flourish when as folly fades True wisdome bids rather doe well than speake Wise-men haue companie though left alone Wisdome must iudge twixt men aâ—t to amend And minds incurable borne to offend A wise mans countrey is the world throughout Wisdome is wealth euen to the poorest wretch Natures imperfect things wisdome makes right Reformed wit can scant so instly deeme But that it leaues true goods for such as seeme Wisdome doth beautifie meane pouertie Vnskilfull heads run recklesse on their will Sound iudgement slightly weighes opinion Too few there be that doe discreetely learne What prâ—sit rightly ought themselues concerne Who trusts his wit by wit is soonest tript By wit we speake by wit the mind is rul'd By wit we gouerne all our actions Wit in a woman like to oyle enflam'd Kindles great vertue or much vanitie Wit is the load-starre of ech humane thought Wise men will take their opportunities All wisdomes heires are iealous of their fall Wisdome hath charmes and incantations Can tame huge spirits and outragious passions Slow to beleeue from wisdome doth proceed High is the seat which wisdome doth commend It 's wisdome when we winne to winne to saue When all gainst one and none for him will speake Who thinkes himselfe most wise will prooue too weake Will doth desire what wisdome still reprooues Wisdome breeds care but folly want doth bring Wit daunceth many times when folly pipes Tâ—attempt with others daunger not our owne A chiefest part of wisdome may be browne 'T is wisdome not to be too credulous Short lâ—ued wits doe wither as they grow Home â—iâ—l is yâ—kâ—sâ—â—e to a wandâ—â—â—ng wit â—â—Wisâ—men 〈…〉 aâ—â—e Th'vâ—iâ—â—â—â— peace before the insiest warre Vnwise weaues he that takes two webbes in hand Things well regarded longest doe endure Fore-fiâ—ht doth fâ—ll on all aduantage wait It is no wisdome to enlarge â— thrall Whose free â—â—â—â— may returne thee greater harme The office of wisdome is to shadow griese Wisdome is that where by the soule doth liue Wisdome is plentifull in good examples Those wits that know how much faire graces mooue May there by draw sound arguments of loue Wit getteth wealth but none by wealth get wit No noble bâ—â—â—ge like ornament of wit Nothing more fine than wit nothing more sickle Men that neglect their owne for want of wit Make something nothing by augmenting it Wit wonne by industrie is hardly lost When age approcheth wisdome waxeâ—h young Wisdome makes poore men rich rich honourable All pearles are not deriued from one shell Nor all good wits within one countrey dwell Iustice not ioyn'd with wisdome's crueltie Wisdome in man is no meane happinesse Similies on the same subiect AS from the earth the plough all brambles cleares So wisdome from the mind all vices root As wise men for them selues are meetest scribes So fooles ne're care what straunger knowes their hearts As brasse or yron by vse become most bright So wit employ'd shines faire in all mens sight As emptie vessels yeeld the loudest sound So those of meanest wit will prattle most As Bees by their owne hony oft are hurt So wit by wisdome many times is scourg'd As Sea-crabs vse to swimme against the streame So wit with wisdome alwaies will contend Examples likewise on the same CAesar in his great fortunes gloried Yet by his wisdom all were brought to passe Antonius the Emperour was so wise He ne're repented what-â—oe're he did Scipio accus'd vniustly by his wit In making answere wonne himselfe renowme The Senate did acquire Emilius Scaurus Onely because he answer'd wittily Plato in his Conuiuim doth affirme That wisdome is the onely gift in man Tullie tearmes wisdome mistresse of this life Likewise an Art instructing to liue well Of Learning c. Learning and Knowledge are the lampes of life Chiefe guides to Artes and all perfections LEarning in spight of fate will mount alost Vaine is the Art that will deceiue it selfe Midas base brood doe sit in honours chaires Where to the Muses sonnes are onely heires Art hath a world of secrets in her power There is no age ought thinke too late to learne The world doth smile on euery soâ—tish clowne And most vngently treadeth learning downe Oft highest worthes are paid with spightfull hire Art is but base with them that know it not None haue more hard or more obdurate minds Than vicious hare-braines and illit'rate hinds The rarest gifts doe need no trumpets sound Learning by vertue is more beautifull True Art can wound as deepe as any steele Who may haue helpe assuredly else where In vaine seeke wonders out of Magique Art Knowledge is hurtfull if discretion want Art must be wonne by Art and not by might Needs must those men be blind anâ— blindly led Where â—â— good lâ—ssâ—ns â—â—â—â—â—â—â—aâ—n'd or read Nature is most of all adorn'd by Aâ—tes The purest studie seeketh 〈◊〉 things Learning hath power to dâ—aâ— men waxen rude To ciuill loue of Art and â—â—rtiâ—â—â—â— Wit learneth vs what secretâ— Science yeelds Artes perish wanting hoâ—â—â—â— and apâ—lâ—uâ—e Learning can bridle the infornall kind To wit the perturbations of the miâ—â— The priest vnpaid can neither sing nor say Skill and the loue of skill doe â—ueâ— kisse â—ooles will â—inâ— fault withoâ—â— the cause discâ—â—ring And argue most of that they â—aâ—e nâ— leaâ—â—â—â—g No bond of loue so sâ—rong a knowledgâ— is Learning to graue experience ought to bow True Science suted in well â—ouâ—â—d â—imes Is nourished for saâ—â— in after-times Learning to conquest addeâ—h pâ—rpetuitie Learning first founder wâ—â— of publâ—â—â—e wâ—aâ—es When dolts haue luâ—â—â— oâ— henâ—â— step to sâ—ay Let Schollers burne their booâ—eâ— and gâ—e to plaâ— Learning is ages comfort youâ—hes bâ—st guide Learning makes
Sorrow best speakes by signes of heauie eyes On greatest charge the greatest care attends Dombe is the message of a hidden griefe Sorrow breakes seasons and reposing houres Makes the night morning and the noon-tyde night Our inward cares are most pent in with griefe Sad cares mens eyes doth alwayes open keepe Short walkes seeme long when sorrow metes the way Sorrow hath onely this poore bare reliefe To be bemoand of such as wofull are Wounds helpe not wounds nor griefe ease grieuous deeds Excesse of sorrow listneth no reliefe Passions encreasing multiply complaints To moane ones care yet cannot helpe his thrall It kills his heart but comforts not at all No griefe like to the bondage of the mind No outward vtterance can commaund conceit Similies on the same subiect AS fire supprest is much more forcible So griefes conceal'd vrge greater passions As streames restrain'd breake through or ouer-flow So sorrow smoother'd growes to greater woe As tendrest wood is most annoyed of wormes So feeblest minds doth sorrow most afflict As clouds doe rob vs of faire heauens beautie So care bereaues vs of our speeches libertie As the sweet rose doth grow among the bryars So oft in sorrowes some content is found As discreete Pylots doe for stormes prepare So in our ioy let vs prouide for care Examples likewise on the same COriolanus finding his offence For warring gainst his country dyde with griefe Torquatus banisht from his fathers house For griefe thereof did rashly slay him selfe The Romane matrons for a whole yeares space Sighed and sorrowed for Bâ—â—tâ—â— death Lepidus grieuing long his wiues abuse Shortned his owne dayes with conceit of griefe The Pythagorians alwaies had thâ—s poesie The heart ought not be â—aten with sad griefe Cicero thought the minds chiefe enemies Were melancholly griefes and pensiues Of Feare c. Feare is defect of manly fortitude Continually by dread and doubt pursude A Hell-tormenting feare no faith can mooue Safetie most safe when she is fenc'd with feare Better first fâ—are than after still to feare Daunger deuiâ—eth shifts wit waits on feare Abhorre sinne past preuent what iâ— to come These two are things feare not the day of doome The bait in sight the hooke much lesse is fear'd Who euer feares is better neuer feare To loue for feare is secretly to hate Feare is companion of a guilâ—ie â—ind Faint feare and doubâ— still taketh their delight In â—erile which exceed all perill might Fâ—delitie doth flye where feare is hatcht Feares vrge despaires ruth breeds a hopelesse rage By needlesse feare none euer vantage got The benefit of feare is to be wise Whâ— would not die to kill all murdering griefes Or who would liue in neuer-dying feares Feare giueth wings and need doth courage teach Fond is the feare that finds no remedie The dâ—ead of dying payes death seruile breath Who liueâ—â— câ—ntent need feare no fâ—owning fate To feare the foe when feare oppresseth strength Giues in our weaknesse strengthning to the foe Feare finds out shiâ—ts timiditie is sâ—bâ—ill No greater hell than be a slaue to feare Birds feare no bushes that were neuer lim'd The guilt being great the feare doth more exceed Feare and be slaine no worse can come to fight And fight and dye is death destroying death Loue thriues not in the heart that shadowes feare Against loues fire feares frost can haue no power The Lyons roaring lesser beasts doe feare Doubt takes sure footing oft in slipperie wayes Huge rockes high windes strong pyrats shelues and sands The â—erchant feares ere rich at home he lands Delay breeds doubt and doubt brings on dismay A fearefull thing to tumble from a crowne Giue no beginning to a doubtfull end It 's fearefull sleeping in a serpents bed Extreamest feare can neither fight nor flye But coward-like with trembling terrour die Our owne examples makes vs feare the more Feare that is wiser than the truth doth ill Greatnesse that standeth high stands still in feare Feare casts too deepe and euer is too wise Who feares a sentence or an old mans saw May by a painted cloth be kept in awe The doubtfull can no vsuall plots endure A moderate feare fore-casts the worst of ill It 's vaine to feare the thing we cannot shun Better to feare thy choice than rue thy chaunce He rightly may be tearm'd a valâ—ant man Whome honest death doth not affright with feare Distracted terrour knowes not what is best No feare of death should force vs to doe ill Dread of vnknowne things breeds a greater dread Feare not the things must come be thinke faults past In vaine with terrour is he sortifide That is not guarded with â—iâ—me loue beside The loue vnseene is neuer knowne to feare A seruâ—le feare doth make a drooping mind Least we presume we must goe backe with feare Delay doth much torment a doubtfull mind It much offendeth to be old with feares When youth saith thereof thou want'st many yeeres Hardly we credit what imports our ill Men feare not them whose feeble strength they know Feare commonly doth breed and nourish hate Small ease hath he that feared is of all Cold doubt cauills with honour scorneth fame And in the end feare weighes downe faith with shame Dissention euer more breeds greater doubt We soone beleeue the case we would haue so A fearefull looke bewrayes a guiltie heart Death is farre sweeter than the feare of death It 's better much to suffer that we feare Than still by feare to liue in martyrdome Continuall griefe is feare beyond all feare Basenesse aduanced purchaseth but feare Who walke in feare suspect the pathes they tread Death being assur'd to come deserues no feare Whiles timerous knowledge stands considering Audacious ignorance performes the deed He that knowes most the more he hath to doubt Better mistrust too soone than rue too late We deeme things doubtfull breed not contentation Where men least feare there harme they soonest find Wicked men commonly are void of feare And therefore daunger alwaies with them beare Loue neuer was without both feare and teares Feare lendeth wings for aged folke to flie Similies on the same subiect AS suddaine bleeding argues ill ensuing So suddaine ceasing is fell feares renewing As leaking vessels cannot long endure So fearefull minds haue slender permanence As nettles haue no prickes and yet doe sting So feares haue little motion yet oft kill As salt ta'ne moderately doth â—ellish meat So discreet feares doe often benefite As in calamitie good friends auaile So sound aduise aduantageth in feare As wrong suspitions are but mens disgrace So needlesse feares declare but want of wit Examples likewise on the same CLaudius being giuen to feare his mother said Nature begun but had not finisht him Midas grew desperate by his fearefull dreames That to be rid of them he slew him-selfe Aristodemus fear'd with howling dogges Tooke such conceit that soone he ended life Nicias th' Athenian through cowardly feare Lost many famous opportunities Tully saith Much more euill is in feare Than in
eare Without some sweet impression of the mind Wine often-times is cause of many words The fewer words the more discretion That man may worthily be said to doâ—e That trusts faire words and solles his goods for smoke When swords haue pleaded words doe come too late The lesse men speake the more they meditate Bargaines made by constraint may well be broken And words by force compeld as well vnspoken By the hearts thoughts the tongue is carried Few words well coucht doe most content the wise Reports in Coâ—â—â—s are held both night and day As common guests and seldome paâ—t away Seld speaketh loue but sighes his secret paines Of whome the tongue talkes much the heart thinkes more Better by speaking little make a sâ—arre Than by much babling cause a wide deepe wound Report hath oft a blister on her tongue The sweetest words may come from sowrest hearts The words that sound the sweetest in the eare Are not the wholsoâ—â—'st alwaies to the heart In many words is couched most mistrust Who fights with words doth soonest wound himselfe Many repent the words that they haue spoke But neuer any that they held their peace The coldest words oft cooles the hottest throat Workes and not words doe most commend a man Spend stripes on him whome words may not retaine Yet spend to mend by strokes but not to maime From fewest words may great effects ensue Silence hath seldome yet made any sad Whereas desire doth vrge the tongue to speake Somwhat must out or else the heart will breake The tongue is call'd the gate of life and death Who speakes with heed may boldly say his mind The man whose tongue before his wit doth run Oft speakes too soone and rues when he hath done A word once past can be recalde no more Better be silent than in vaine to speake As good be dombe as speake and not be heard Similies on the same subiect AS one sparke may procure a mightie fire So one ill tongue may cause great enmitie As riuers are bound in with bankes for ouer-flowing So reason should restraine too lauish talking As gold boiles best when it doth bubble least So mild deliuerance sweetens best our words As silence is a gift deuoid of feare So talking is a thing to vrge suspect As he beares miserie best that hides it most So he declares least wit that prateth most As we must giue account for idle silence So much more must we for our fruitlesse talke Examples likewise on the same POmpey let burne his finger in the fire Rather than he would be too free of tongue Vâ—ysseâ— in his youâ—h refrain'd from speech Because in yeares he would direct his tongue Great Alexander gaue Cherillus coine To hold his peace and to forbeare to write Antigâ—nus this lesson taught his sonne First to learne silence then to practise speech Zeâ—o reprâ—oued one that prated much And said his eares were founded on his tongue The toâ—gue saith Aristotle blabs the mind And fooles or wise men soone thereby we find Of Flatterie c. Flatterie is friendships vtter ouerthrow The wracke of States and honest natures foe THe greenest hearb oft hides the foulest toad The stillest water hath the deepest channell It 's better to be blamed by a friend Than to be kissed of a flatterer Soothing gâ—ts friends but truth doth purchase hate A seeming friend is a deceitfull bogge Flatterie suruiues not at the dead mans dore Liue men haue eares when tombes are deafe and poore Of false dissembling foulie must be fall The best dissembler hath the brauest wit It is esteem'd no certaine way to thriue To praise the dead but flattering men aliue Dissembled holinesse is double crime Faire feigned tales conuey foule things from sight Dissembling sometimes may attaine to saue Mens liues their â—ame their goods and all they haue Chuse few friends trie them flatterers speake faire Men strew sweet flowers to hide the deepest snares Mens pleas in loue like painters pensils are Which figure shadowes and the substance leaue Faire outward shewes prooue inwardly the worst Loue looketh faire when hap is most accurst The badge of hypocrites is noted still By alwayes speaking well yet doing ill Flatterie doth verie seldome want rewards To flatter wise men shewes discretions want When greatest braues are brought to trials proofe The boasters are content to stand aloofe Flatterers râ—spect their owne good no mans else Better a wretch than a dissembler False flatterers are worse than greedie crowes The one deâ—oureâ— aliue the other dead Plaine and not honest is too haâ—sh a style Men still doe foullest when they fairest speake Fond Physiognomies complexion Guides not the inward disposition Better offend with truth than flattering praise Flatterers are nought else but trencher flyes True loue 's a Saint so shall ye true loue know False loue 's a Sâ—ithian yet a Saint in show Flatterie iâ— the nource of wickednesse Dissembling weares a cloake truth naked goes The smoothest lookes doe soon'st of all beguile And oft are clokes to cogitations vile Womens dissembling hardly can be matcht A foe is better than a dissembling friend Similies on the same subiect AS vultures sleepe not where they find no prey So flatterers haunt not but where profit growes As vermine breâ—d in places of most warmth So flatterers cling where best they find reliefe As Pilgrims creepe not but where is some crosse So slye dissemblers crouch not but for gaine As â—othes the finest garments doe consume So flatterers feed vpon the frankest hearts As Panthers haue sweet sents but rauenous minds So flatterers haue smooth lookes but killing heaâ—â—s As straightest trees haue still the crookedst roots So all dissemblers haue the craftiest trickes Examples likewise on the same THe Emperour Sigismond strooke a flatterer And said He bit worse than a Scorpion Augustus so detested flatterie He could not bide his seruants kneele to him Tyberius seruants might not call him Lord Because he said therein they flatter'd him Clisiphus was call'd Philips counterfeit Because like him he fashion'd all he did Phocion said to king Antipater He could not be his friend and flatterer Wise men saith Bias make not all their friends But haue a speciall eye to flatterers Of good Deeds c. Good Deeds confound all bad suppresse offence Correcting faults with loue and patience THat is a good deed which preuents the bad Good vowes are neuer broken by good deeds He that sets downe what gifts in goodnes lurke Shall breath him twise before he end his worke In persons full of note good deeds are done Vowes are but seeds and good deeds are the fruits Good turnes ought not be held a seruile bond To bind their doers to receiue their meed That which doth good disgraceth no degreâ— We haue no good that we can say is ours Of passed good to make a new discourse By double vsurie doth twise renew it Good lampes will shine till all their oyle be gone Each goodly thing is hardest to begin When as the doing
a vertue of it selfe Content with want and needie miserie POuertie is not wisdomes hinderance Contented pouertie is greatest wealth Need is esteem'd a perfect Schoole-mistresse Need answers not to euery mans request Poore miserie iâ— troden on by many And being low neuer relieu'd by any Wise men must giue place to necessitie Ignorance is the greatest pouertie Stout vowes are oft repeal'd in extreame need Sweet are poore crummes where pained thoughts doe starue Need hurteth none so much as sillie soules Who cannot patiently endure her yoke Plentie breeds perill want procures diâ—daine Miserie craues rather mercie than reproofe There is no vertue like necessitie Thanks ought be deem'd th' Exchequer of the poore We should our selues not miserable deeme Sith none are so but in their owne esteeme To needie men delay is euen as death Most wretched he that is yet cannot tell Miserie oft makes sport to mocke it selfe The wretched conquered may nought refuse Who in distresse from resolution flyes Is rightly said to yeeld to miseries That needs must be perform'd which need constraines Poore wretches haue remorse in poore abuses The graunts are small to them that stand in need Men flye from foes but not from miserie Sharpe are the wounds but sweet the medcines be That wretched soules from wearie bondage free Want pines away and comfortlesse doth dye Delay leads impotent and sâ—aile-pac'd need He is not poore hath little but that much desires Contented pouertie is happinesse A little â—roke will serue to make him die That is halâ—e slaine before with miserie Diligence most enableth poorest men The loue of poore men great mens harmes debates Loue neuer keepes where wretchednes abides Poore men should suffer for no great mens sinnes No truer friends haue poore men than their teares Wherein men â—ach way wretched may be rich It is too much for one good man to want Giue them that want not such as haue no need To liue and lacke doth breed a daily griefe Sharpe is the food necessitie imposeth Want smiles secure when priâ—cely thoughts doe feele That feare and daunger treads vpon their heele Speed in necessitie is chiefest sâ—â—â—â—e Distresse cuts deeper than sterne fortunes frownes Necessitie endure what else would not Miserie finds no multitude of friends It is an â—â—â—â—ur â—â— aduersitie With sâ—â—igh â— to 〈…〉 ine prosperitie Where need compâ—â—â—s Oratâ—onâ— are in vaine Occasion makes them sâ—irâ—â— that else would not The iust mans miserie is no meane meâ—it Though thou aâ—t poore yet seâ—kâ— and thou shalt find Prosperitie is â—oâ—â—â— of very â—â—â—â—â— But men iâ— want are hardly â—olpe by anâ— By others wants we know our owne good haps Miserie doth the brauest mind abate Need makes men â—eeke for that they somtime scornd Want is the enemie to good desires Pouertie oft with heauie â—lâ—gge of care Pulls â—â—â—ny downe when thâ—â— asâ—ending are Poore men are little shrubs rich men tall trees Need sometimes doth instruct â—nlawfull things A poore and honest life hath no compare Similies on the same subiect AS Kings haue honour to beare out their deeds The poâ—re â—aue honestie to guide their liues As riches seâ—meth â—umbersome to â—ooles So pouertie is pleasing to the wise As riches is the mother of delight So pouertie doth noâ—rce calamitie As want to ma 〈…〉 in tollerable So in good men it is most comfortable As the wild Asse is still the Lyons prey So doe the rich feed on the poore ech day As euery Artizane best knowes his trade So euery poore man best doth feele his want Examples likewise on the same PVblicola cast downe from high degree Sham'd not but ioyed in his pouertie Aristides from humble pouertie Was raised to degree of dignitie Fabritius in his meanest pouertie Pyrrhus made choise of as companion Vulâ—urnus banished by Anthonie Neuer repined at his miserie Pouertie is helpe to Philosophie Learn'd of it selfe so said Diogenes Lactantius said Take away insolence And there 's no difference twixt the rich and poore Of Bountie c. Bountie hath open hands a zealous hart And liberally bestowes without respect LIke clouds that haue no raine are liberall words The whole effect of bountie is in loue The liberall heart God cherisheth and loues And from him still all cause of want remooues The more the fruit more precious is the tree The more the fish more valued is the streame That bountie is the best and most approou'd Which without perill of renowâ—ne is past The goodliest night is when most starres are seene Bounties best â—onour is to helpe the poore And happines to liue in good mens minds We count that ground the best which yeelds most grain Bountie râ—mitting fraile and mortall things Doth for reward receiue immortall fame The whole effect of bountie is in loue They that in bountie dâ—e begin to want In weake estate shall find their friends and foes True bountie is not fastened to respect A spend-thrift sworne to prodigalitie Excuseth it with liberalitie A liberall minded man base enuie hates He that still draweth forth without supply The fountaine of his store will soone be drie He neuer giues in vaine that giues in zeale Gifts to the poore let them be done with speed For long delay more wretched makes their need Bountie and thankfulnesse are concords bonds One gift in time bestowed as good minds doe Falls out in pooose to helpe much more than two A liberall heart procures beneuolence Honours chiefe grace is liberalitie Similies on the same subiect AS pride makes enemies of perfect friends So liberalitie makes friends of foes As hollow spouts retaineth nought but aire So hollow hearts all bountie euer haâ—e As Bees doe flocke vnto a honey dewe So multitudes flyes to a liberall mind As sâ—â—dowes hinders ripening of the fruits So couetousnes still holdeth bountie backe As Hâ—nbane causeth death by sleepines So bountie is destroy'd by niggardnes As manhood is discern'd by cowardise So bountie is beheld by wretchednesse Examples likewise on the same BY liberall bountie Alexander wonne â—ore fame than all his conquests else beside Caesar by bountie to his followers Was call'd the liberall'st prince in all those times Archelaus gaue not to vnworthie men For that hâ— held not liberalitie Titus remembring one day nothing giuen Said O my friends how haue we lost this day Plato said Niggards neuer can be good For all attendeth on the bountifull Phocylides will'd no man sleepe at night Till that day he could count some well-done deed Of Follie. Follie is both rewarded and respected When wit is often scorned and reiected WHat folly can pretend wisdome preuents A greater signe of follie iâ— not knowne Than trusting others force distrust our owne Repentance youthfull follie quite expells Who hazards his estate to remedie A curelesse mischiefe may be tearm'd a foole Wishes are vaine where will is follies guide Fooles may not play with swords nor maids with loue Least follie crye and wantonnes repent Foole 's many times to dignities arise A foole such pastime with his
Conscience once drownd in wealth and worldly pompe Esteemes all wisdome as meere foolishnes A guiltie conscience is a gnawing worme Conscience tâ—kes vengeance on her owne transgressions Nothing but true repent cleares conscience The riches we may carrie to our graue Is a good conscience blessed they that haue Conscience once faultie still abides in feare Innocence is the ioy of conscience A conscience standing free from all detect Feares no accuse or doth excuse respect Lookes confident and sober shew cleane soules Conscience for heauen contemns all worldly things To frame excuse before thou be accusde Shewes that thou hast not conscience truly vsde Conscience doth couet nothing but her owne Conscience craues nothing but by lawfull meanes Conscience wiâ—l willingly offend no man Conscience once loden with the weight of sinne Is Iudge and Iuror to it selfe therein Conscience doth bind vs to respect our kinne Conscience despiseth bribes in any case Conscience commaunds vs to relieue the poore A conscience cleare is like a well fenc't tower Not to be shaken by rough Canon shot Conscience to princes alwaies giues their due Conscience submits when Iustice doth commaund Similies on the same subiect AS persecution is the bodies death So foule despaire quite kills the conscience As the bright Sunne doth lighten all the world So a cleare conscience shineth in the soule As beautie is a thing glads mortall sight So vnstain'd conscience doth high heauen delight As wine cheeres vp the heart when it is sad So peace of conscience makes it much more glad As brazen walls defend a cittie best So conscience taintlesse is at peace and rest As gold is best when through the fire 't is tride So conscience is by troubles purifide Examples likewise on the same O Restes matricide was iustly plagu'd With sting of conscience by his mothers ghost And Nero whose foule fact did equall his Was whipt in conscience with her walking shape Caesar Caligula could neuer rest But conscience torment did him still molest Tullie affirmes a conscience well emploi'd Is chiefest comfort in aduersitie Plato saith Sweetly sleâ—peth innocence In the safe chamber of good conscience Lactantius writes that no sinne can preuaile Where quiet conscience sits and guides the saile Conscience must leaue a little while to grieue To let in horror comming to reprooue Of Religion Religion is the ground of euery grace And teacheth man saluation to embrace WHere God is not religion cannot be Sundrie religions make no religion Where saints are clarks there alwaies God is iudge Religions touchstone best doth trie the truth Religion is the soule of innocence Working in each vnspotted conscience After religion painted zeale doth runne Blessings come seldome but by earnest prayer Ignorance is religions enemie The Scriptures are sufficient to resolue All doubts that in religion can arise The word 's a med'cine to a troubled mind Religion is the perfect bond of loue No poyson worse than Scripture falsly taught Religion is in truth not fallacies No surer signe of kingdomes ouerthrow Than where religion liueth in contempt Change of religion is most daungerous Faith and not reason teacheth true religion Man was created for religions vse There is no error halfe so daungerous As that committed in religion Ill happens when religion we neglect Doubt in religion punishment deserues Where no religion is no vertue bides Religions cloake can couer much abuse Those men may well be cald religious That hate the world and nothing mind but heauen Religion linketh men in vnitie Religion to all vertues is the guide Humilitie expresseth true religion Religion doth relieue the fatherlesse And succours widowes in aduersitie Religion is the councell of the iust Religion only can support the weake Religion teacheth remedie gainst sinne Religion comforts all afflictions Similies on the same subiect LIke as a Torch directs vs in the darke So doth religion lighten all our hopes As these our bodies liue by earthly food So true religion doth our soules most good As yron maketh soft the rudest earth So doth religion temper hardest hearts As sore eyes cannot gaze against the Sun So wicked minds brooke no religion As want of food the body hunger-sterues So pines the soule through pure religions lacke As med'cines make sicke bodies whole and sound So doth religion wash out errours wound Examples likewise on the same BRennus for wronging of religion Was smitten with a thunderbolt to death Conomachus religious rites prophan'd But with an earthquake was he swallowed vp Pherecydes nick-nam'd religion For which he was consum'd by wormes aliue In Athens they would not create a king Except he had tane orders of a Priest The chiefest oath th' Athenians had was this Pugnabo pro sacris cum alijs solus Old Rome her sonnes sent to Hetruria To be instructed in religion Of Truth Truth is the fount of knowledge earths best light The scale to heau'n and onely rule of right THe weakest things are strongest props to truth Truth is most strong and alwaiâ—s findeth friends Truth neuer failes and true loue wants no might Triall doth certainliest the truth bewray Falshood with truth may by no meanes abide Deeds not by manhood or the doâ—rs might Are to be scand but by their truth and right What shineth nearest best holds truest worth Where then is truth if there be no selfe trust Truth is the onely shield of best defence When truely in our selues our faults we see We deeme them known to all as well as wee An honest tale speeds best being truly told Truth may be shent but neuer shall be sham'd Truth to all goodnesse is the perfect guide All doubts resoluing is by finding truth How shall he thinke to find a straunger iust That in himselfe dare put no confidence False dreames do euermore the truth deny Time shewes the truth and wit that 's bought is best Truth soundeth sweetly in a sillie tongue Who cherish wrongs are bent against the truth Truth needeth not the aid of Rhetoricke Happie the people blessed is the land Where truth and vertue get the vpper hand Nothing so hard but is by truth explain'd All hidden secrets truth can best disclose Truth to all goodnes is the perfect guide Truth hath two friends Wisdome and Constancie Truth standeth not vpon the tongues of men Nor Honour on authorities bigge frownes Truth triumphes long when falshood soone decaies The truth of things the end or time will trie The smoothest tale hath oft-times smallest truth Truth most delights when shee goes meanest clad The seate of Truth is in our secret hearts Not in the tongue which falshood oft imparts Truth needs no Orators to plead her cause Truth feareth nothing more than to be hid Truth with her owne light is best satisfide A certaine truth doth need no subtill glose Truth is a health that neuer will be sicke An endlesse life a Sunne that neuer sets Truth shewes her selfe in secrecie of trust A cleare case needs no shifting councellour Truth vnbefriended will find friends
at last Truth hateth most to here a feigned tale Innocence smile before the Iudge by truth And falshood found before he was suspect Reprooue not rashly neither hide the truth Truth is a blab and will no treasons hide Truth is a text that troubles many minds Truth still hath certaine bounds but falshood none Similies on the same subiect AS the best steeled glasse bewraies the face So truth best shineth in an honest soule As purest Emeralds without foyles shine best So truth most pleaseth in her plainest clothes As wormwood fitteth not a lickerish taste So truth doth neuer please a lyars tongue As clouds oft threaten raine and yet shed none So stormes oft menace truth yet hurt her not As darkenesse is an enemie to light So falshood is continuall foe to truth As meane attire impaires not beauties face So poorest ragges to truth giue no disgrace Examples likewise on the same IVlian Apostat â—the foe to Tâ—uâ—h Cried out at length that Truth had conquerd him Nâ—sâ—â—riuâ— who contended with the truth His tongue was eaten in his life with wormes The Perâ—â—aâ—s in the honour of the truth Ordainâ—d death to such as did denie it Popiel king of Poland for vntruth Was as he late aliue deuouâ—â—d with Rats Câ—to was so râ—nowmed for the truth That he was onely said to speake the truth Vntruth saith Seâ—eca are meetest Armes For any coward or base minded man Of Vertue Vertue is Queene of labour Nource of loue The minds true grace and blessing from aboue ALl things decay but vertue cannot die Vertue makes beautie more angelicall Vertue is free from time and fortunes power Men cannot leaue their vertues to their heires Faire vertues seat is deepe within the mind And not by shewes but inward thoughts defin'd Vices are noted vertues soone forgot Vertues best store by giuing doth augment There is no vertue that is borne with vs. No vertue springs where wanteth due regard Vertues obscurde yeeld small and sorie gaines But actiuely employd true worth-retaines Winne fame by vertue let opinion goe Vertue is in the mind not the attire Vertue and fortune neuer could agree Vertue is loath'd of fooles lou'd of the wise Vertue is much more amiable and sweet When therewithall true maiestie doth meet Vice careth not if vertue sinke or swimme Wit shines in vertue vertue shines in wit Sweetest temptations most make vertue knowne Vertue it selfe turnes vice being misapplyed And vice sometimes by action dignified The field of honour vertue neuer looseth Vertue will beare what can on vertue fall True happinesse on vertue taketh ground The more vice reignes the lesse doth vertue thriue To vertues goods we onely ought to cleane The rest are good in semblancâ— but deceaue Vertue will liue when villanie shall die Vertue may be disturb'd but ne're disgrac'd No beautie like the vertue of the mind Vertue through darkest shades doth light her selfe Vertue in greatest daungers being best showne May be opprest but neuer ouerthrowne Vertue oft lyes where life is in disgrace If sinne were dead vertue could not be knowne Sweet is the gaine which vertuous trauaile brings All vertuous minds doe vertuous deeds declare Our vices nor our vertues neuer die Though vnder ground a thousand yeares we lye Vertue doth mortall things immortall make The bond of vertue alwaies surest binds Than vertue there can be no greater dower 'T is vertues selfe that her rewards doth pay Enuies black cloud would dim bright vertues rayes All sorrowes in the world are farre more lesse Than vertues might and valours confidence Sinne counted solace vertue is despisde Vaine praise is shame but honour vertues due Without defence of vertue nothing lasts Onely faire vertue scales eternitie Aboue earths all-abating tyrannie All Orators are dumbe when vertue pleads Vertue but stampt in Lead is rich enough That growes apace which vertue helpes to raise Vertue curbes in the most vnbridled will With goodnesse men doe sâ—one grow discontent Where states are ripe to fall and vertue spent True vertue is rich dower for chastitie In vertuous deeds all stratagems are good Vertue is beautie of the inward man Exclude discretion vertue turnes to vice Like to the Sunne so vertue lights the world Such as leaue off faire vertueâ— to esteeme Doe greatly erre that take things as they seeme Vertue will shine though ne're so much obscur'd Vertue depressed is expressed more Vertue makes women seeme to be diuine With honours eyes let vertues plaints be scand Vertue doth raise by very small degrees Where in a moment Fortune casteth downe While vertue suffers still it vanquisheth Need clad with vertue is aboundant rich Vertue is better and more sure than Artes. Vertue is not to get things but to keepe them Vertue on earth doth soonest bring vs fame Makes our graues glorious writes our names in heauen Vertue most grieueth at her owne disgrace A vertuous act seemes straunge in some mens sight A vertuous mind cannot be miserable Death is true life to euery vertuous man Though vertue many times wants due reward Yet seldome vice escapes deserued blame Vertue doth neuer enuie good desert Loue maketh vertue liue and vice to die Reports can neuer harme the vertuous He is not vertuous that 's too timerous Ech cunning sinne being clad in vertues shape Flyes much reproofe and many stormes doth scape Vertues are many times by faults disgrac'd Honours defects by vertues are supplyed Vertue still doteth on perfection Vertue in beauteous bodies shineth best All the gay pleasures that the world can prooue Are but sicke sorrowes to pure vertues loue Vertue is most renowm'd in honors eyes Vertue still smiles when vaine conceit doth crie Immortall vertue liues an endlesse datâ— Wisdome on Vertue as her handmaid waits The worldâ— opinion so doth vertue smoother Aâ— one beares that belongs vnto another Vertue makes euery where a straungers home Vertue doth conquer dissolute desires Vertue in Princes is most glorious Vertue deserueth more than wealth can doe The blasts of Fortune neuer can preuaile In the maîne sea where vertue â—oisetâ— saile All pompe is vile where vertue hath no place Vertue doth vanquish Fortune Time and Death Similies on the same subiect AS feare of torment holds the wicked in So vertues loue mâ—ke good men loath their sin Looke how one vice begets another sinne Euen so one vertue drawes another in As Musicke proâ—its nothing but by sound So vertue helpes not if it saile in life Like as the Sunne obscures all lesser lights So vertues lustre damps all enuies sleights As spices in their bâ—uising sauor most So vertue in affliction best is seene As wine refresheth sad dismayed minds So vertue comforts poore distressed soules Examples likewise on the same KIng Alexander got the name of Great By vertuous cariage of himselfe in warre Spurina chose to manglâ— his faire face Rather than be seduc'de from vertuous thoughts Hercules bad vaine pleasure get her gone And made faire vertue his companion Xerxes for beastlines was not so blam'd As
Galba for his vertue was renowmd Thales affirmes that nothing in the world For man was meet but vertuous actions Cicero saith That vertue of it selfe Is the solâ— cause of happie life and death Vertue was neuer â—ireling of the mind But still will liue though fame had ne're a tongue What sute of grace hath vertue to put on If vice shall weare as good and doe as well Of Faith and Zeale Faith shewes a good mans fruits preserues the soule And zeale doth best giue euidence of faith FAithes best is triall then it shineth most The faithfull stands the faultie man will flye Zeale is but cold where louelesse law restraines T is hastie rashnes where true faith doth flye In deepe distresse true faith doth best auaile When once mans faith is spotted and defamd The bodie had been better neuer framd Zeale and good courage best become a Prince Faith bides no perfit triall but by time Shipwracke of faith is made where conscience dyes Friends haue no priuiledge to breake their faith The gift deserueth most is giuen in zeale False fainting zeale shadowed with good pretence Can find a cloake to couer each offence Fâ—lse faith is ouer-poisâ—le with weâ—lâ—â—st weighâ— The ballancâ— yeelds vnto the lightest feather An easie yeelding zeale is quickly quaild Faith violate is most detestable Faith once resolu'd treads fortune vnder foot The man that holds no faith shall find no trust Where faith doth fearelesse dwell in brazen tower There spotlesse pleasure builds her sacred bower A zealous heart is alwaies bountifull The faith of Knighthood is by vertue tryed Euery occasion quailes a hireling faith The gift deserueth much is giuen in zeale A princes greatest fault is breach of faith The faith of Pagans ought not be belieu'd Faith is a fortresse gainst all fainting feare And Zeale the walles doth euermore vp-reare Take faith from iustice all things runne to spoile Authoritie is strengthened best by zeale Who binds himselfe by faith had need beware Faith to rash oathes no credit giues at all The greater faith the greater sufferance Faith is the true foundation of the soule And soonest doth redeeme the same from sinne Zeale makes opinion stand inuincible A good mans wish is substance faith and fame Selfe-will doth frown when earnest zeale reprooues Faith mounteth to the clouds on golden wings Faith brings forth workes and workes declare our faith No faith too firme no trust can be too strong Similies on the same subiect AS raine makes euery ground bring forth encrease So faith of euery soule doth shew the fruits As honours fire doth kindle high desires So zealous faith lifts vp the lowest soule As night doth best the diamonds glory show So sharpe affliction best makes faith to grow As wisdome is the only way to weale So true discretion best directeth zeale As loue and hate cannot agree in one So without zeale faith thinkes her selfe alone Examples likewise on the same PArmenio wild his king to breake his faith I would quoth he were I Parmenio Lysander made no reckoning of his faith And therefore was by euery one reproou'd Attilius sent to Rome vpon his faith Boldly return'd although it cost his life Rastrix the Duke of Cleueland breaking faith Was therefore dispossest of both his eyes Let none speake ill of vs said Pittacus To whome we stand obliged by our faith Keepe faith saith Cicero with enemies What ere mishap doe follow thereupon Of Hope Hope is the sad hearts help the sick thoughts friend And what distrust impaires Hope doth amend ALl hope is vaine without the feare of God Hope on each least occasion taketh hold Hope doth forbid vs sorrow to beleeue When loue growes sickely hope then daily sterues Things out of hope by ventring oft are woon Hope many times on blessed hap doth light When hope is lost in care then comfort bleeds Vnworthy he of grace whome once deniall Excludes from fairest hope without more triall All foolish hopes haue euermore bad speed Councell doth come too late when hope is past Men well may hope to rise but feare to fall It s good to hope the best but feare the worst Chaunging the aire hopes time will alter chance Despaire and hope doe still attend on loue It s good to feare yet let our feare be so That to our hope it prooue no ouerthrow Oft present hap makes future hope to yeeld No hap so hard but hope doth much amend Hope to enioy is little lesse than ioy Honour once lost giues farewell to all hope Vnhappie men are subiect to no hope Fortune may take our goods but not our hope The heart that 's inly hurt is greatly easd With hope of that may make griefe best appeasd Hopes are vnsure when certaine is the paine We often fall when most we hope to clime As wee waxe hopelesse violence still growes Hope well in loue what euer be thy hap Hope is the daily dreame of waking men This life is but the hope of endlesse life Vnworthie is he of one happie day That will not take the offer of good hope There is no trust in youth nor hope in age The hope of things vnseene beares greatest price Good conscience alwaie hath a perfect hope Hope is a pleasing passion of the mind To hope against all hope is high resolue True hope is swift and flyes with swallowes wings Kings it makes Gods and meaner creatures Kings Inconstant hope is drowned oft in feares In midst of griefe hope alway hath some part Hope being deluded makes the torment more Who cannot feare to loose ne're hopes to haue All greedie hope vaine vicious humour feeds Hope is companion euermore to loue No one without great hopes will follow such Whose power and honour doth not promise much No hope of rest where hap true hope delayes Hope still perswading hope expecteth good Hope is the God of miserable men In vaine he hopes who here his hope doth ground From fruitlesse hopes but sillie fauours spring The euenings hope may comfort mornings care Hope built vpon the world doth neuer thriue But grounded once on God at no time failes Hope is the bread and food of wretched men Bad haps are holpe with hope and good beliefe No greater griefe in loue than fruitlesse hope Hope waits on great mens tongues and oft beguilâ—â— Hopes aboue Fortune doe fore-point deepe falls Who thinkes to thriue by hope oft haps to begge To hope too much is boldly to presume To hope too little â—asely to despaire Small is his gaine that hopes for golden griefe Meane mens preferments eleuates their hopes Sad hopes seeme ouer long and burdenous Grace to thy hope is alwaies safest guide When hope and hap when health and wealth is highest Then woe and wracke disease and need is nighest Hope of all passions is the pleasantest Vaine hopes are like a Vane turn'd with the wind To haue no hope is held most miserable To liue in hope of that men meane to giue Is to deceiue our selues and not
incense on the altar smokes But chastest thoughts are Nectar in Ioues sight Chastitie lost can neuer be restor'd Eternall thraldome rather should be wisht Than losse of chastitiâ— or chaunge of loue Chast loue is founded on a iust desire When chastitie is rifled of her store Lust the proud theefe is poorer than before Chast things are charie to the Gods themselues Chast eyes are blind at any gaudie gift And dease her eares to goodliest promises Chast eyes will banish lustfull sights away Riches and beautie praiseth not a wife But pleasing of her husband and chast life No princes wealth can prize true chastitie The browne complexion fam'd for chastitie Exceedeth farre the fair'st suspected beautie No life to libertie no loue like chastitie Chastitie beautifies the meanest coat Better than blame in richest clothing clad Beautie vnchast is reckned nothing worth Chastitie weakely can withstand proud wealth And dignitie both leagued to assault Chastitie is the crowne of happy life In wedlocke chastitie is speciall good But more in virgins life and widowhood Chastities wrongs bondage awarrants not Chastitie is the beautie of the soule The ioy of heauen best iewell here on earth Wanton desire chast lookes doth often hide Chastitie charitie and humilitie Are the united vertues of the soule Frugalitie is badge of chastitie Beautie vnchast is like the Mandrakes fruit Sightly in shew but poysonous in tast Idlenes is the foe to chastitie Nothing in women worthy praise remaines If once their glorie chastitie be lost Where gold 's too plentie chastitie growes cheape Faire is the face which promiseth pure loue But that celestiall liues by chastitie Fortitude with chast life adorne the soule Shee is not chast that is by feare compeld Neither she honest that with need is wonne Modest and chast is dourie rich enough Chastitie in extremitie is knowne And in the end crownd with eternitie A wandring eye bewrayes an vnchast mind With reasons reines chastitie bridles lust Where needie want is ioynd with chastitie There vncleane life gets some authoritie Chast eares cannot endure dishonest talke The modest eye controlles loues wanton ryot Chast modest thoughts beseeme a woman best Similies on the same subiect AS beautie lookes like flowers in the spring So chastitie is like the starres of heauen As Violets smell sweet in any sente So chastitie shines bright in euery eye As water-drops will pearce the hardest flint So chast resolue o'recomes the proudest lust As glasses broke can neuer be repaird So chastitie once lost is ne're restor'd As lust and libertie doth shorten life So chastitie makes endlesse liue the soule As champions by their manhood are best knowne So is good life by spotlesse chastitie Examples likewise on the same THe Spartane virgins rather chose to die Than loose the honour of pure chastitie Nicâ—nor moou'd a Thebane maid to lust Which to preuent she gladly slue her selfe Lucrece once rifled of her chastitie Imagin'd following life but infamie Diripenâ—â—na by her fathers hands Was done to death to saue her chastitie Vaâ—ro did hold the man religious That made a conscience of his chastitie Quâ—â—tâ—lâ—an saith I hat heauens chiefest gift Bestowed on man is blessed chastitie Of Beautie Beautie is Natures priuiledge a close deceit A short times tyrant and vast Monarchie BEautie but seldome seene makes vs admire it Beautie is such a bait that swallowed choakes Beauties best treasure is the owners harme Selfe-pleasing soules doe play with beauties baites There is no name if shee be false or not But being faire some enuious tongue will blot Beautie doth varnish age as if new borne Where faire is not no boor to paint the brow Beautie being borrowed merits no regard Simples fit beautie fie on drugs or Art Beautie doth sweetly quicken when 't is nigh But distant farre murders where 't is belou'd Seldome want guests where beautie bids the feast Care and suspition is faire beauties dower Beautie brings perill wanting safe protection Beautie at death can be bequeath'd to none Were beautie vnder twentie loâ—kes kept fast Yet lâ—uâ— will through and picke them all at last Nice fooles delight to be accounted faire Beautie is soonest lost too choicely kept Beautie to beautie alwaies is benigne Beautie within it selfe should not be wasted Bright beautie is the bait which with delight Doth most allure man to encrease his kind Beautie and wealth are fraught with coy disdaine Beautie is often with it selfe at strife True beautie needs no other ornament Men praise the face yet blame the flintie mind The fairest flower of beautie fades away Like the fresh Lillie in the Sun-shine day Swift time makes wrinkles in the fairest brow Faire women grieue to thinke they must be old Pittie and smiles doe best become the faire Beautie hath priuiledge to checke all dutie All things that faire that pure and glorious been Offer themselues on purpose to be seene Alluring shewes most deepe impression strike Sweetly it fits the faire to wantonnize Nothing but crueltie misseemes the faire Beautie is nothing if it be not seene No greater corsiue to our blooming yeeres Than the cold badge of winter-blasted haires Beautie will be where is the most resort Beautie is mightie yet her strength but weake Beautie like Autumne fades and falls away Beautie hath power to ouercome the strong Faire flowers that are not gathered in their prime Râ—t and consume themselues in little time The Summers beautie yeelds to winters blasts By clouds of care best beauties are defac'd Beautie being shamelesse soemes a loath some sight Amongst faire Roses grow some stinking weeds The fairer and more beautifull the skie The ouglier seeme the clouds that in it lye Nothing so soone allures as beautie doth Religion is austere but beautie mild The fair'st in shew must carrie all away At fairest signes best welcome is surmiz'd Beautie in heauen and earth this grace doth win It supples rigor and it lessens sinne Dainties are made for tast beautie for vse Seeds spring from seeds and beauty beauty breedeth Beautie oft crazeth like a broken glasse Both old and young and all would fairest be Hardly perfection is so absolute But some impuritie doth it pollute A small fault soone impaires the sweetest beautie The verie fairest hath her imperfection Beautie to dwell with woe deformes it selfe As fairest beautie fades so loue growes cold Beautie it selfe doth of it selfe perswade The eyes of men without an Oratour If beautie were not loue were quite confounded The fairest flowers haue not the sweetest smell The painted face sets forth no perfect blood The beautie of the mind excels the face Desire being Pilot and bright beautie prize Who can feare sinking where such treasure lyesâ— Beautie is able sorrow to beguile There 's none so faire whose beautie all respect The fairest buds are soonest nipt with frosts Who builds on beautie builds but for a while Beautie is cuer held so much more faire By how much lesse her hate makes loue despaire That 's quickly staind which is the purest fine In
with dishonour reape but bad report Honour is worthlesse in a wretched state High honour cryes reuenge vpon his foes No death or hell can damnifie thine honour So long as reasons arme vpholds thy banner Who reach at honour spurne at beauties baits Honour is like a vaine yet pleasing dreame Honour deckes learning that with honour reares it Similies on the same subiect AS fairest blossoms soone are nipt with frost So honours pride by fortunes frownes are câ—ost As goodly trees that yeeld no fruit are bad So beautcous bodies honour-lesse as bad As shadowes are the flectest things that be So honours haue the like inconstancie As raine in haruest doth but little good So fooles for honour be are no likelihood As he that climbes aloft may quickly fall So honours seat is not the fuâ—'st of all As euery crowne fits not a conqueâ—our So honour not agrees with euery one Examples likewise on the same NEstor rehearst his honourable deedâ— That Hectors combat might be vndâ—â—â—ane Leonidas to honour Eâ—tichâ—s Led him from forth the daunger of the fight Pericles being requested to swâ—are false Replyed That honour would not suffer him Agesilaus vrg'd to giue sentence wrong Said But for honour he could easily doe it Parmenides his schollers did instruct No wound was comparable to dishonour Cleobulus condemn'd that citie quite Where honour was not held in high esteeme Of Councell c. Councell and good aduise is wisdomes square And most auailing to the life of man COuncell doth mitigate the greatest smarts In publicke shame oft counsell seemes disgrac'd That counsell euermore is held most fit Which of the time doth due aduantage take They that thriue well take counsell of their friends Vntroubled night giues counsell euer best With grauest counsell all must be directed VVhere plainest shewes are openly suspected All wounded minds good counsell helpeth most With patient counsell thirst is not appeas'd A kingdomes greatnesse hardly can he sway That wholsome counsell will not first obey Direct not him whose way himselfe will choose Oft long debated counsels hinder deeds In vaine be counsels statutes humane lawes VVhen chiefe of counsell pleads the vniust cause Ne're grieue his harme that would not be aduis'd Friends by aduise may helpe ech other much Alway too late comes counsell to be heard Where will doth mutinie with wits regard The sicke man may giue counsell to the sound The wisest men in need will list aduise When greene deuâ—se by graue aduise is stayed A world of harmes are openly displaied Who vseth counsell â—s not soone deceiu'd A worldly mans aduise is daungerous Time and fit place giues alwaies best aduise For what comes out of season 's out of price Aduise is quickly giuen not ta'ne so soone No man so wise but he may counsell want Ost times the counsell of a very friend Appearing good may faile yet in the end Councell conâ—oundeth doubts dissolues denials Afflicted hearts all counsels doe deferre Counsell vnto a carelesse man applyed Is like a charme vnto an Adders eare The wise accept of counsell fooles will not The carelesse man is full of wretchednesse Counsell vnto it selfe most honour drawes Wounds oft grow desperate and death doth end Before good councell can the fault amend Aduise bids quench a sparke before it slame Counsell best curbs doting affections Where sound aduise and wholsome counsell wantâ— Trees hardly prooue but perish in the plants Counsell the iealous scorne and will not learne What boots complaining where 's no remedie It cannot be but such as counsell scorne Shall in their greatest need be lâ—â—t forlorne In euils counsell is a comfort chiefe Good counsell oft times cheares dispaiâ—ing mindes The sicke that loathes to listen to his cure To die the death for lacke of helpe is sure Good counsell may be call'd a right good worke Courteous aduise calmes stormes of miserie Similies on the same subiect AS wise men scorne not to accept aduise So fooles hold counsell not of any price As young rash heads without discretion run So old mens counsels tell what should be done As gentle showers doe cause the earths encrease So mild aduise assures the conscience peace As treachers treasons prooue against themselues So euill counsell oft turnes on it selfe As flowers in their prime haue sweetest sente So in distresse counsell best shewes it selfe As foes by sleering seeke each others harme So friends by councell gaine each others good Examples likewise on the same TO Plutarch did the Emperour Traiane write Only to counsell him what he should doe The Emperour Galba said All his mishaps Ensued because he would not be aduis'de Demetrius of Maccdon would say Reprooue me when I councell doe refuse Verres had neuer fallen in miscrie But that good counsell alwaies he despis'd Solon bad wealthie Croesus be aduis'd For counsell was more worth than all his wealth Philoâ—enus the Poet did esteeme Nothing so precious as discreete aduise Of Iustice c. Iustice is that which giueth equall right Punisheth wrong keepes law in publicke sight IVstice and order keepe vp common-weales Iustice allowes no warrant to deâ—raud Iustice giues euery man that is his owne Good Iustices are common weales Phisitions Honour and â—ame hold vp mild iustice traine And heauenly hopes in heart she doth retaine Wrong must haue wrong blame the due of blame A world of wrongs can not weigh downe one right Men are content to leaue right being distrest Weak doth he build that fenceth wrong with wrong To a strong man and of most puâ—ssant might He giues him more that takes away his right What wrong hath not continuance out worne Yeares makes that right which neuer was sâ— borne That right is wrong ill sought and got with â—poile Proud rich and poore to â—ustice are alike Princes ne're doe themselues a greateâ— wrong Than when they hinder iustice or prolong With loue and law is iustice ioyned still Wrong richly clad to blindnesse seemeth right To pay each with his owne is right and due In suffering harmes great wrongs are offered Where iustice swayes in time of peace and quies It fits not shifters fishing nor their diet Right often-times by might is ouer-raught Men higly wronged feare not to displease True noble minds doe still respect the right Iustice not pittie fits a princes mind Where our owne wrongs doe worke our ouerthrow In vaine we hope to weare it out with woe Men arm'd with iustice know not how to feare Companion to offence is punishment The punishment of some reformeth all Speed doth loue right but long delay is wrong Innocence concord friendship and godlinesse These doe support iustice and equitie Right maketh rooâ—e somtimes where weapons faile Accusers should themselues be innocent Iustice forbids to slay them that submit The foe doth iustly kill where prince for sakes The iudge himselfe doth for condemned stand Where guilt goes free with pardon in his hand Possession is no plea where wrong insults They that haue part in wrongs haue part in griefes Wrongs
cruell foes Those friends that loue the Sun shine of delights Will flye the winter when affliction bites True friendship at the first affront retires not Most friends befriend themselues with friendships shew Suspition is sedition mongst good friends When eithers drift to others mischiefe tends They kill that feele not their friends liuing paine Be enuied of thy foe rather than pitied More conquest is the gaining of a friend Than the subduing of an enemie He is too foolish that mistrusts his friend In greatest need a friend is best discern'd We ought sometimes as well to reprehend As praise the partie whome we count a friend True friendship maketh light all heauie harmes A friend in most distresse will most assist Who entertaineth many friends doth loose The title of a true and stedfast friend Men in their friendship alwayes should be one A hard attempt to tempt a foe for aid Make all men our well-willers if we can But onely chuse good men to be our friends Small is that friendship table-talke will cracke Requests twixt friends are counted as commaunds To straungers let great proffers still be made But to true friends vse sound and perfect deedes Performance is in friendship held a dutie No man should loue himselfe more than his friend Foure things we ought supply our friend withall Our persoâ— counsell comfort and â—ur goods A friend is to a man another selfe With euery one to shake hands is not good Who wâ—â—â—teth fâ—iâ—nds to â—aâ—â—â—e what he begins In lands faire off gets not although he winnes A wise man takes not ech one as his friend Prooue strangers to loue them and not loue to prooue them The man that makes a fâ—iend of euery â—irâ—unger Disâ—ards him not aâ—aine without some danger True friendship ought be free like charitie Opinion of vertue is the sount of friendship In friendship this one difference is tryde Tâ—ue fâ—iends stand â—â—â—st when as the â—â—â—gned slide Who neuer had a foe neâ—re knew a friend Friendship admitteth not an angry frowne A â—â—ue fâ—rme fâ—iâ—â—â— will neuer sound retreat Nor so opâ—â—â—â— sailâ—â—â—or â—ny storme of weather Vnâ—â—e is Aâ—â—tâ—es chiefest â—â—â—â—ncâ— Hazard displeasure to relieue a friend True frienâ—â—â—ips Sunne continualâ—y doth last And shines the clearer in the bitterst blast They are no friends that hazard them they loue True friendship scornes confederacie with shame In earnest â—east in quiet peace or warre Neuer presume to try thy foe too farre Aduersiâ—iâ— doth best disclose a friend Amitie streâ—â—heth not beyond the Altar An open â—oe a man may soone preuent Bâ—t a false friend murders in blandishment A feigned friend will quickly chaunge conceit Ouer-much boldnesse makes men loose their friends Whil'st things go well friends alwaies will be neer thee But sailing once the dearest friends will feare thee What death is life when dearest friends are lost It 's good to haue a wise and discreete friend No foe so fell or cunning to escape As is a friend clad in a foe-mans shape Often to trie our friends is profitable Flatterie is friendships forme but not the fruit Many to those they should most friendship show Doc lie in wait to worke their ouer throw Suspition is the poison of firme friendship Forgetfull fooles vnfriendly vse then friends Of any foe be â—â—re no gift thou take Least to thy ruine it some entrance make Follie respecteth â—latterers more than friends Good natures inly grieue to trie their friends No mortall fee so full of venemous spâ—ght As man to man when mischiefe he pretends Begging at friends hands is esteemed buying Friends hide no coine or secrets from their friends Who sees their friends in want and them despise When they doe fall neuer deserue to rise True friends doe soone forget a friends offence Scornfull and proud are very perillous friends He that intendeth giule and thou findst so No wrong thou doest to vse him as thy foe Where friends are knit in loue there griefes are shar'd Quicke promisers slow doers are slacke friends Where many hearts doe gently sympathize In sacred friendship there all blisse abounds No friend like him whome no distresse can daunt Happie is he that finds and feeles a friend Similies on the same subiect AS no calamitie can thwart true loue So no mishap can separate firme friends As wanâ— of friends is very perillous So talking friends doe prooue too tedious As fire from heat cannot be separate So true friends hearts will no way be disjoyn'd As Physicke cures the secret'st griefes we haue So friendship heales the hearts extreamest woes As instruments are tun'd e're musicke 's heard So friends are tride ere they be firmely found As exiles haue no comforts but their cares So home-abiders haue no ioy like friends Examples likewise on the same Câ—rus vpon his left side plac'd his friends Because they should be neerest to his heart â—â—â—â— and Caesar rather wished death Than they should grow distrustfull of their friends Cato this poesie caried in his Ring Be friend to one and enemie to none Luâ—iâ—â—ius seeing Brutus round engirt Call'd himselfe Bâ—utus that his friend might scape Phâ—â—oâ— in despcrate furie sau'd his friend Saying For â—his cause was I made thy friend Three thingâ— saith Tullie men should wish their friends Health good account and priuiledge from need Of Patience Patience is voluntarie sufferance Of hardest matters for faire vertues sake PAtience preuailes against a world of wrongs What Fortune hurts patience can onely heale No baâ—â—shment can be to him assign'd That hath a paâ—ient and resolued mind The minds affliction patience can appease To be borne well and die worse breaketh patience That life is only miserable and vile Which from faire patience doth it selfe exile Patience doth passions alwaies mortifie The minds distresse with patience is relieu'd They that loose halfe with greater patience beare it Then they whose all is swallowed in confusion For curelesse sores paâ—ience is chiefest salue Patience all trouble sweetly doth digest True patience can miliâ—ly suffer wrong Where rage and furie doe our liues defame True patience is the prouender of fooles Patience importun'd doth conuert to hate The strength to fight with death is patience And to be conquer'd of him patience The onely salue for wrong is patience Reuenge on fortune is mild patience Let such whome patience cannot moderate Endaunger them that would endammage him He is most valiant that is patient No conquest can compare with patience Patience is oft from princely seat puld downe When bloodie minds doe sâ—â—ssle for a crowne Patience makes light afflictions heauiest load The shield of patience beares off all mishaps Comfortlesse patience brings consumption No sting hath patience but a sighing griefe That stings nought but it selfe without reliefe The end of patience is expect of promise Patience beares that which care cannot redresse A heauenly spirits hope is patience Similies on the same subiect AS rage doth kindle still the fire of wrath Patience to quench iâ— store of water hath As fire
neuer sought Griefe being disclos'd the sooner is recur'd Ech griefe best iudgeth of his contrarie Extreame and hard with sorrow doth it goâ— Where woe becomes a comforter to woe Sorrow doth dimme the iudgement of the wit Great griefes more easily can be thought than told There is no griefe but time doth make it lesse Sighes of them selues are ouer-silent much And farre too short to make our sorrowes knowne Griefe to it selfe most dreadfull doth appeare Neuer was sorrow quite deuoid of feare Sorrow best fitteth with a cloudie cell Still we behold some griefe our blisse beseâ—â— Yet often-times that griefe some good â—egeâ—s Sorrow discloseth what it most doth grieue The deapth of griefe with words is sounded least No plaister helpes before the griefe be knowne Words are but shadowes of a further smart But inward griefe doth truly touch the heart Sower is the sweet that sorrow doth maintaine A heauie hearâ— with sorrowes pipe must daunce Sorrow her selfe is in her selfe confounded Where sorrow serues for food where drinke is teares There pleasure sighes amidst confused feares Sighes often sue but seldome times find grace We may conclude our words but not our woes Great griefes are mutâ— when mitth can chearely speake What bootes iâ— plaine that cannot be redrest Or sow vaine sorrowes in a fruitlesse eare Nothing auaileth griefe when fates denie Cares close conceal'd doe aggrauate the painâ— It 's ease to tell the cares that inly touch Men torne with tempests safe arriu'd at last May sit and sing and tell of sorrowes past Well sitteth moane the mind neer kill'd with care A double griefe afflicts concealing hearts One louing hower quits many yeares of griefe When thou dost feele thy conscience rent with griefe Thy selfe pursuest thy selfe both robd and thiefe All earthly sights can nought but sorrow breed Woe waxeth old by being still renew'd Woe neuer wants where euery cause is caught When sorrow once is seated in our eyes What-e're we see encreaseth miseries Men change the aire but seldome change their cares Griefes are long liu'd and sorrowes seldome die Griefe need no feigned action to be taught Know how to weepe when mightie griefes constraine Else teares and sighes are meerely spent in vaine Sorrow growes sence-lesse when too much she bears We need not cherish griefes too fast they grow Woe be to him that dyes of his owne woe To meane estate but common woes are knowne But crownes haue cares that euer â—e vnknowne Sorrow doth make the shortest time seeme long One griefe conceal'd more grieuous is than ten From strongest woe we hardly language wâ—est Oft times it haps that sorrowes of the mind Find helpe vnsought that seeking cannot find Huge horrors in high tydes of griefes are drown'd Woe past may once laugh present woe to scorne Griefe â—arueth deepest comming from the heart Enough of griefe it is to pensiue minds To feele their faults and not be further vext Care makes men passionate and sorrow dumbe High floods of ioy oft falls by ebbbes of griefe No note is sweet where griefe beares all the ground It 's euer pleasing for â— man to heare Those griefes discourst that once were hard to beare Some often sing that haue more cause to sigh Griefe neuer parts from a care-filled breast Free vent of griefe doth ease the ouer-flow Vnhappie man the subiect of misfortune Whose very birth doth following woe importune Mens dayes of woe are long but short of ioy Our time may passe but cares will neuer die Oft greatest cares the greatest comforts kill Men die and humane kind doth passe away But griefe that makâ—s them die doth euer stay Ioy still ascends but sorrow sings below Men may lament but neuer disanull Sorrow still seazeth on a grieued heart Things of small moment we can scarsely hold But griefes that touch the heart are hardly told They easily grieue that cannot choose but moane Sorrow concludes not when it seemeth done Conceit deriues from some fore-father griefe Conceiued griefe reboundeth where it falls Not with the emptie hollownesse but weight Things past redresse should be as free from care It is no losse to be exempt from care Against a chaunge woe is o're-run with woe Woe with the heauier weight doth alwaies sit Where it perceiueâ— it is but faintly borne The deepest cares cure not the smallest griefe Sorrow is mortall enemie to health Griefe wanteth words to vtter what it would Fell gâ—aâ—ling sorrow hath least power to bite The man that mockes it and doth set it light No need to hasten care it comes too soone Griefes best redresse is the best sufferance Griefe finds some ease by him that beareth like Sharpe sorrowes tooth doth neuer ranâ—kle more Than when he bites and launceth not the sore The hearts deepe sorrow hates both light and life Mirth may not soiourne with blacke male-content What helpeth care when cure is past and gâ—ne Ech substance of a griefe hath twentie shades Which shewes like griefe it selfe yet is not so It is some case our sorrowes to reueale Sorow doth euer long to heare the worst Long are their nights whose cares doe neuer sleepe The eyes of sorrow glaz'd with blinding teares Deuideâ— one thing enâ—â—re to many obiects No farre remooue can make sterne sorrow lesse Care-charming sleepe is sonne of sable night Idlely we grieue when fruitlessely we grieue Their legges can keeâ—e no measure in delight Whose heart doe hold no measure in their griefe They that report griefe feele it for the time Sad soules are slaine in merrie companie Griefe is best pleas'd with griefes societie In wooing sorrow it is best be briefe When wedding it there is such length in griefe Great griefe grieues most at that would do it good Griefe dallied with nor law nor limit knowes A wofull hostesse brookes no merrie guests Ech thinks him-selfe to fetch the deepest grone Because he feeles no sorrow but his owne Distresse likes dumps when time is kept with teares Woe is most tedious when her words are briefe Though woe be heauie yet it seldome sleepes Kind fellowship in woe doth woe asswage As Palmers chat makes short their pilgrimage Loue ne're so loyall is not free from care Weepe ne're so long yet griefe must haue an end Of sorrow comes but fancies and fond dreames True sorrow then is feelingly suffis'd When with like semblance it is sympathiz'd Sad hearts with weeping liue vpon their teares Sad sighes set downe the hearts most feeling woes Assurance alway putteth griefe to flight Deepe woes roll forward like a gentle floud Which being stopâ— the bounding bankes o're-flowes Accustom'd sorrow is meere câ—ueltie Sorrow is very doubtfull in beleefe Silence is sorrowes chiefest Oratour To see sad sights mooues more than heare them told For then the eye interprets to the care Sacietie makes passions still lesse strong All sence must die where griefe too much abounds All care is bootlesse in a carelesse case Sorrow is like a heauiâ— hanging bell VVhich set on ringing with his owne weight goes
please So gentle minds are easily ouer-rul'd As heauines fore-tels some harme at hand So minds disturb'd presage ensuing ills As sickly bodies brooke not heat nor cold So crazed minds dislike of euery thing As working vessels are by vent kept sound So troubled minds by conference find ease As fennie grounds send forth vnsauorie sents So bad minds blâ—nder out distempered thoughts Examples likewise on the same SCeuola in the greatnesse of his mind Entred Porsennaes Tent to murder him Queene Tomiris to shew her dauntlesse mind With Cyrus blood reueng'd her deare sonnes death Zenobia told Aurelian in the field He was not able to subdue her mind Lucius Dentatus neuer matcht for mind Came eighteene times a conquerour from field Cicero saith the goodnesse of the mâ—nd Is most discern'd in pardoning iniuries Socrates said His quietnes in mind Was cause he neuer sickned till his death Of Affection c. Affection and sweet fancies secret fire Kindle the coales that quicken vp desire WHere we affect we seldome find defect Of things vnknowne we can haue no desire Men ost affect them that doe loue them least And least doe loue them whome they should like best That one desires another doth disdaine Affection by the countenance is descried Full easily the fault may be redrest Where kind affection onely hath transgrest Kindly affection youth to liue with youth Truest affection doth no bounds retaine Affection is a â—ierce yet holy fire Free of him-selfe and chain'd to strong desire Desire with small encouraging growes bold It 's easie to desire but hard to chuse Affections speech that easily can dissolue Doth moisten Flint yet Steele in stiffe attire The sea hath bounds but deep desire hath none In darkest nights desire sees best of all Sweet are the kisses the embracements sweet When like desires with like affections meet Affections slaue regards no oathes nor lawes Luke-warme desires best fit with crazed loue Affection is a coale that must be coold Else suffered it will set the heart on fire Entire affection hateth nice coy hands Affection will like fire him-selfe betray Affection faints not like a pale fac'd coward But then wooes best when most his choise is froward The coales are quicke where fancie blowes the fire Desire can make a Doctor in a day Where loue doth reigne disturbing iealousie Doth call him selfe affections Sentinell Fauour and grace are tearmed fancies fuell An equall age doth equall like desires Bad mens affections turne to feare and hate And hate to daunger and deserued death That 's hardly kept which is desir'd of many The most maid-seeming is not without affection That needs must issue to the full perfection Hath grounded-being by the minds affection There 's nothing can affections force controll Drunken desire doth vomit his receit Affections gawdie banner once displayed The coward fights and will not be dismayed Things much restrain'd make vs the more desire them In meanest shewe the most affection dwells Small drops doe oft-times quench a mightie fire But hugest Seas not qualifie desire All qualifide affections loue doth hate Beautie strikes fancie blind vaine shewes deceiue Sad perâ—urâ—ations that affections guide Should not giue iudgement till their cause be tride Desire is life of loue and death of feare Death is the finall end of all desires Nothing can quench an infinite desire Once kindled through the first conceiued fire Sad sighes doe shew the heat of hearts desire Desire controld doth aggrauate desire Desire being fierce is spring of sighes and teares Men once degenerate and growne deprest Are pleasd to share affections with a beast Desire doth spring from that we wish and want Fancie is blind deafe and incredulous Fancie is watchfull and doth seldome sleepe Fancie compeld to Lute strings is compar'd Which ouer stretcht doe cracke before they sound Lawfull desires are honesties best notes Affection's rest lesse yet being perfect end-lesse Delay is preiudiciall to desire The greater part leane to example so That what they fancie they will sâ—ant forgoe Fancies best cure is mutuall affection Fancie soone â—ires but long before it quench When loue leads lookes no compasse keepes desire A hot desire on present heat doth dote When cold repentance will it not fore-note Low fortunes often times haue high desires Like fortunes globe euen so is fancies seat Appetites flame with wisdome best is quencht There neuer did all circumstances meet With those desires which were conceiu'd before Affection brooketh no diuision Sleepe hath no priuiledge ouer desire Similies on the same subiect AS poyson sweetly mixt is sooner ta'ne So fancie close conceal'd is soonest fier'd As Chrysolites are prooued in the fire So is affection in enforc'd restraint As cities wanting Magistrates decay Euen so desire vngouern'd hurts it selfe As all the world were darke but for the Sunne So life but for affection were vnsure As steele brings fire from the hardest flint So fancie mollisies the stearnest mind As Almond trees in age doe beare most fruit So yeares doth best approoue affections Examples likewise on the same ZAleucus to the Locrians made a law To loose their eyes that sinn'd in foule desires Appius was banished the cittie Rome For leud affection to Virginia Marke Anthonie disgrac'd his former fame By not restraining his affections King Alexander hated to the death In men or women loose and leud desires Fancie saith Aristotle often makes A frenzie in their soules are led thereby Desire saith Socrates no limits holds And therefore hardly can be mastred Of Disdaine c. Contempt and Scorne are Wits infirmitie Wherwith Disdaine and Scoffes keepe company FLint frost disdaine weares melts and yeelds we see Things long in getting quickly are disdain'd Present disdaine oft after-loue diuines Prayers preuaile not where is coy disdaine Better to die a thousand deaths and more Than liue contemn'd that honour'd was before Disdaine deliuers a depraued mind Griefe often-times giues place to nice disdaine Too much precisenesse sauours of selfe-loue Gibing demaunds deserue scornefull replyes Neither can wit or Art take any place Where aduerse scorne with feare strikes boldnesse dead Presumption giues no guerdon but disdaine Despised men on earth must liue in heauen There must be some contempt ere plagues ensue Disdaine attends where greatest honour haunts In high disdaine loue is a base desire And Cupids flames doe seeme but watrie fire Disdaine repines at all good things it sees They others vertues scorne that doubt their owne Mocke none in need beware thine owne mishap Scoffes without feare from follâ—e doe proceed The choice â—â—hard wheâ—e silence kills with griefe Oâ— speech reapes no reward but base contempâ— To mocke a friend is held no manly part Scorne can haue no reward but like contempt Ieasting is tollerable but scorne most vile Disdaine declares a proud presuming heart Loues passions quenched by vnkind disdaine Doth often times encrease the more desire Scorning is artificiall iniurie Who scorneth most shall be but paid with scoffes Scorne not thy wife least scorn'd she do thee
when gray haires are seene As coâ—ne consum'd eâ—pence is â—ued too late So snow-white heads in vaine wish youth againe As physicke â—oots not for a bodie dead So counsell helpes not ages way ward head As fairest Sunnie dayes must haue their nights So goodliest youth old age at length affrights Examples likewise on the same Câ—â—â—â—â—achuâ— of Carthage in good yeares Went to be scholler to Carnâ—ades Mâ—â—cus Aurâ—â—us told to â—â—cius He went to learâ—e what â—et he did not know Terenâ—iâ—â— Varâ—o and Mâ—rcus Poâ—tiuâ— Cato Went to learâ—e Greeke when they were verie old Alphoâ—sus king of Arragon at fiftie yeares Translated â—â—â—ie into the Spanish tongue When men saâ—â—h â—â—llie looke on their white haires They must doe nothing â—â—â— becomes those yeares Old men whose soulâ—s arâ— sâ—d with heauenly light Grieue not their age but ioy it so saith Sophocles Of Life Life is a frost of cold felicitie And death a thaw of all our miserie LIfe is a wandering course to doubtfull rest Life is but losse where death is counted gaine When vertues dayes doe end they are not done But liue two liues where others haue but one The death of sinne is life vnto the soule Mans life still endeth with the end of life In vanitie of lifâ— and wandring wayes The wicked râ—n and weare out all their dayes Better not be than being soone to die Life is most loath'd where loue may not preuaile Death is most louely sweet and amiable But captiu'd life for foulnesse admirable The longer life the greater is our guilt Life must with life and blood with blood be paid Hate not thy life but loath captiuitie Where rests no hope to purchase victorie He that giues life best knowes the date thereof Mans life may less'ned not enlarged be Who will not bide the burden of aâ—stresse Must not here liue for life iâ— wretâ—heâ—nesse True loue despiseth shame when life is fear'd Life warres with loue and loue contends with life Too long they lâ—ue that liue till they be naught Life sau'd by sinne base purchase dearelâ— bought Moâ—e are mens ends markt than their liues before As death is fee to life so hate to loue Euen then when we of obscure life doe boast It often prooues that then we are knowne most Men must haue griefe so long as life remaines Life is not that which should be much desir'd We often see who on a â—ing relyes Finâ—s death aliue while liuing yet he dyes So some men liue they care not how they liue Life suffers wrong when death would end her woes Ill compassing sit opportunitie Or killes his life or else lifes qualitie That dead things can giue life we seldome find Contrition doth reformed life begin To liue or dye which of the twaine is better When life is sham'd and death reproches debter First doe we bud then blow next seed last â—all We aske deaths aâ—d to end liâ—es wretchednesse God guides mans life and when he list to haue it Wit wealth nor any thing beside can saue it Our life is death if we doe liue in sinne A dying life all kind of deaths exceeds Contented meane estate true life doth giue Resting secure not rising vp to grieue This life affoords no sweet without some sowre To liue and loue not is no life at all Fond blinded gâ—eatnesse with his busie toyle Seeking for happie life doth life despoyle Life neuer is too short where death is wisht There is no force so great as life enforc'd What kind of life alas liue those men in That cannot liue without nor with their kinne Life is ill spar'd that 's spar'd to spill more blood To liue in death is but a dying life Long vse of life is as a lingering foe And gentle death the onely end of woe Sweet is the life that is maintain'd by loue Redeeme thy life although with all thou hast The good doe liue as if they liâ—ed not And die as if their death were but a dreame That life is death where men doe liue alone A good life doth beget as good a death No wise man likes in such a â—ife to dwell Whose wayes â—re strait to heauen but wide to hell Mans life may not be destitute of office A good life is next way to winne good fame The life coâ—â—upt with vnexpected shame And â—imelesse death is buried with defame They liue but ill who alwayes thinke to liue To men in miserie life seemes too long Long life hath commonly long cares annext The breath that maintaines life doth finish life Similies on the same subiect AS falls the tree so prostrate still it lyes So speedeth life in liuing as it dyes As men by life in bondage soone are brought Euen so by death is freedome soonest wrought As siâ—e burnes fiercely being still supplyed So life postes swiftly when it least is spyed As sharpe frosts easily nip forward springs So life to end it hath too many things As Easterne winds doth towardly blossoms blast So inward cares makes life to finish fast As life is onely by the gift of grace So death by nature taketh time and place THere is hardly any one Chapter in this Booke but it deliuereth plentie of examples for this argument of life the whole summe indeed but containing the course of our actions euen from our entrance into life vnto the verie houre of our death therefore there shall need no speciall collection vpon this head Of Death Death is the keye which vnlocks miserie And lets the soule to blessed libertie DEath is the end of woe and wretchednesie When deaths houre comes let none aske reason why He ought to die that not deserues to liue Who dyes the death with honour in the field Both his lifes woeâ— and sorrowes â—rieâ—â— eâ—â—s With sharpe asâ—liction death first grounds his cause The fairest blossome deaths sterne winter niâ—â— Death hath no dart to slay deserued same The 〈◊〉 Seene where death â—er plâ—y begins Are aâ—tâ— of â—ight and dâ—â—â—â—â— of â—â—giy darke To wretched men death is the welcomâ—st friend Death neuer comes when need doth most require Life is but losse and death felicitie Who dyes the vtmost anguish doth abide But â—e that liues is left to wâ—â—â—e his losse Sad life is much more worse than gladsome death Our life is day but death is ougly night Faire death it is to shun more shame to die Death to sharpe sorrow quickely ease doth send For death doth griefe and sorrow soonest end Death to the wretched is both grace and gaine In death aduise for daunger comes too late It 's worse than death to linger on reliefe Death is the gulfe of all and then I say Thou are as good as Caesar in the clay A sicke man best sets downe the pangs of death Deaths name is much more mightie than his deeds To die is all as common as to liue It is not death that which the world calls dying But that is death which is all ioyes denying The shade pursues the bodie so death vs.