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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A02000	Galateo espagnol, or, The Spanish gallant instructing thee in that which thou must doe, and take heed of in thyusuall cariage, to be well esteemed, and loved of the people. Written in Spanish by Lucas Gracian de Antisco servant to his Majesty. And done into English by W.S. of the Inner Temple Esquire. Full of variety, and delight, and very necessary to be perused, not only of the generous youth of this kingdom, but also of all such as are exercised in their gentile education.; Galateo español. English	Gracián Dantisco, Lucas.; Style, William, 1603-1679.; Della Casa, Giovanni, 1503-1556. Galateo.; Cross, Thomas, fl. 1632-1682, engraver.	1640 (1640)	STC 12145; ESTC S103359	87,839	248

thus bespeake him my Lord the Bishop my master commanded me on his behalfe to thanke your Lordship for your thankfulnesse which you shewed him for endevouring to doe you service at your being at his house and in recompence of this your curtesy commanded mee to make you a present and I humbly beseech you it may be acceptable to you The present is this my Lord you are the most discreete gallant and most sweete conditioned cavaleere I ever saw or conversed with so that having seriously observed your excellent manner of behaviour I found nothing in you that is not exceeding worthy of commendation but only one thing namely an untunable smack which you use with your lipps mouth in eating your meate which is very offensive and I am sent to beseech you to receive this friendly reproofe and admonition from him instead of a present and I assure you there is none other in the World but hee that can present you with so good a present as this The Count that never observed this defect in himselfe till now and remembring how he had commended him hearing him reprove him thus blushed a little yet like a brave man recovering his courage 〈…〉 the Bishop that if all mens presents that they make one to the other were like his they would bee farre richer then they are and give him from mee infinite thankes for his so great curtesy and bounty shewed me assuring him that from henceforth I will take heede to avoyd this my blemish and so he took his leave of him 13. Now then what shall we thinke that the Bishop would have sayd and his noble family to those that we see having the Hicket in their eating sit fixt at the Table never looking up or moving their eyes much lesse their hands from off the meate with both their cheekes stuffed like a trumpetters or as if they were blowing the fire surely this is gluttony and not eating who besmearing their hands even up to the wrists make their napkins in such a pickle that had they wiped their trenchers with them they could not bee more foule and are not ashamed oftentimes to wipe off their sweat with them which with greedinesse of eating runs downe their foreheads and faces and round their necks and after this doe also wipe their Noses these surely doe not merit not only not to be receaved into this Bishops neate house which we have spoken of but even ought to bee expelled all civill mens company That there may be no swinishnesse committed in our eating 14. Thou shalt not make thy selfe lothsome at meates and festivalls as some doe who accompt it a vertue to doe unbeseeming things in tumbling up and down the Meate and Drinke measuring others stomacks by their owne for which although others laugh and like it well enough they cause themselves to bee accused of slovenlinesse and clownishnesse and amongst civill and neate People it shewes ill And the curious waiters and servants that are busy in attendance of the Table may not by any meanes scratch their heades nor any part of their bodies before their masters especially at time of meales nor cover their hands in their bosoms pockets or else where but they must bee uncovered and so cleane that they shew not the least token of slovenlinesse This they that wait must take heede of And those that attend the Trenchers or Cups to drinke in must at that time forbeare to spit or cough and much more to sneese for such actions are as bad and the suspition of them doth as much offend their masters as if it were very true they had thereby committed some incivility 16. And if thou have layd Peares or Apples to roast or bread to toast upon the Coales thou must not blow the ashes off that shall bee upon them for it is a saying that there can bee no winde without water but thou must either shake it lightly over the Trencher or by some other such like way to get off the ashes The like fals out to them that to clense away any little straw or other thing blow in the Wine their friends are to drink and it is an usuall thing with some too stand blowing of a thing that is too hot to allay the heate but if it be not a mans wife or some body else that we cannot take any dislike for doing it it is a rash part 17. Thou mayst not offer any one thy Handkercher for him to wipe withall let it be never so cleane washed because hee thou offerest it unto knowes not so much and it may procure a dislike in him 18. Wee must shun all ill customes and qualities and any other that beare but a resemblance of thē wherby wee may at all offend the sences of those we converse withall as I have before sayd CHAPTER 2. Of other things contrary to the phansy and good liking NOw wee will mention such things which without offence of any sence doe give distast to most men in whose presence we use them First you must know that men naturally desire and have an inclination to divers things so that some seeke to satisfie their anger some their belly some their senses some their covetousnesse and finally some to satisfy one some another passion and desire to correct which there are many remedies in our holy Religion and every one putting his hand into his owne bosome shall perceive which of those desires is most powerfull that so hee may there make the greatest resistance against that that doth assault him with the greatest fury 1. It seemes now that men cove that which may afford unto them the act of communication and to converse one with another and this may be love honour and recreation or any thing that hath affinity with these so that we ought not to speake nor doe any thing in which wee may give a token to another that we doe little love or esteeme him 2. And therefore it is a very unseemely custome that many use Namely to sleepe where a civill society and company are talking of any thing by carelesse doing of this they seeme to disparage the company and set light by such discourse It is farther to bee considered that hee that is a sleepe is so farre from care and knowledge of that hee doth that hee uses oftentimes to snort or doe some other displeasing thing to bee heard or to bee seene and very often you shall finde him sweating and his mouth open with much filth in it It is also an ill custome to rise and stand upright where others are sitting and discoursing or at such a time to passe through the roome for they are like those which move up and down and stand skipping and yawning and stretching themselves turning themselves from one side to the other that you would thinke at the very instant they were troubled with an Ague or Palsy 3. They doe as ill in like manner who being in such company doe draw a Letter or Bill out of

contrary to this who rasped wind with a great noise and said it was all for his health because it was the evacuation of the Ayre and the coldnes of his body thus commending himselfe in this manner as being for his health one of the company answered him Sir your worship may live in health and yet may continue to bee a Swine 6. It also is plaine that it is very ill to be carelesse concerning thy nostrils for there be some that breath very loud through them and at times wipe them with their hands and then rub one hand against the other at other times they thrust their fingers into their nostrils and make Pellets of that they picke out even before every body that is present as in like manner some are wont to make cakes of the waxe which they picke out of their eyes and into this carelesenesse and slovenlinesse we have observed many to fall And much lesse ought any to use to take any thing in his hand that smels ill or may give a loathing and to put it to anothers Nose that hee may smell how it stinkes saying to him as you love your life doe but try how ill this smelleth but thou oughtest rather to endeavour he may not see it 7. Now even as all these and many other things of this sort doe offend the sence of smelling and of tasting together with the sence of seeing so the gnashing of the teeth and the grinding of hard stones one against another and scouring of Iron doe offend the eares and set the teeth on edge and a man ought as much as may be to take heede of them 8. A man of quality must also take heede he sing not especially alone if he have not a good and a tunable voyce of which thing few take any heede but it seemes that naturally those that have the worst voyces are least carefull of this and are wont to commend such men that sing much though very ill these are like those that make such a noyse in coughing and sneesing that they offend all that are present 9. Others there be that spit aloft in the Ayre who by undiscreetly behaving themselves in such actions doe sprinkell the faces of those that stand about them and we may finde in like sort some of them who in yawning make a great noyse like the noyse of a beast for that with their mouthes wide open they utter this voyce or to speake more properly make a noyse like a dumbe man in the middest of their speech or discourse if they be talking of any thing so that they cannot be understood but are an offence to all that heare them But a well behaved man must avoyd much yawning as much as he can and by consequence of the things before mentioned because he that so yawnes seemes to bee discontented and to wish himselfe else where out of that company and that the discourse and manner of it doth not like him And though it be true that you thinke it is not in any ones power to leave yawning yet notwithstanding all this if the thought be busy upon any thing be it in matter of delight or otherwise we never yawne because we never mind it but if it be idle then it thinkes on it and thus it comes to passe as we have seene it often fall out that when any one yawnes in the presence of those that be idle all of them will presently yawne and there is as it were a certaine agreement in gaping which appeares like a pastime amongst fooles which might have bin avoided if one of them had not called it to minde and to conclude for one to yawne is as much as to say he is transported or without memory it is requisite then for any one to shun this custome that is so unpleasing to the sight and to the hearing of others for in using it it is a token that we are of a sleepy and sluggish disposition which may make us to bee ill beloved of those with whom we converse 10. In like manner there is another ill custome to be taken notice of in some that doe blow their Noses very hard and doe in the presence of all make a pawse to looke into their hankerchiefs upon that they have blowed out as if that which were there were Pearles or Dyamonds that come out of their braynes 11. It is also an ill custome for any to put his Nose in the Platter or bowle of Wine or over the Meate which another is to eate in taking occasion to smell unto it or to looke upon it to give his opinion and I approve not that he tast more of it then he is himselfe only to drinke or eate for somthing may fall from his Nose which may cause a loathing to another although nothing in truth doe fall And to phansy a thing though it be not so is a great matter much lesse oughtest thou to give another drinke in the same Cup wherein thou hast drunke thy selfe except he be thy very familiar or thy servant nor to give any a Peare or an Apple of which thou hast bitten For in not taking good heed of these things though they seeme to be very triuiall they become reproachfull even like little stroakes or wounds which if they be often given or repeated may at last cause death unto thee 12. I can now tell you of a thing to this purpose which happened in Verona a City in Italy where was a very wise Bishop as well for his learning as policy who was called Don Juan Matheo Gilbert who amongst other his laudable customes was very curteous and bountifull doing honour to Gentlemen travellers by entertayning of them with such provision as was fitting for his quality and so it fortuned that a noble Knight called Count Richardo passing by that way aboad a few dayes with the Bishop and his family who were all of them curious neate and of excellent behaviour and because they found the count both in his behaviour and his discourse to be a discreete Gentleman and a most noble Courtyer they did much value and esteeme him only they found a small defect in his behaviour which the Bishop and his servants had presently espied And so he consulted carefully with them how they might tell and give him notice of it in such a way that he might take no distast at them so the count being to depart the next day when he had taken his leave and giving the Bishop thankes for his curtesy afforded him The Bishop call'd to him a discreete servant of his named Galateo of whom this booke tooke its name and bad him take horse and accompany the Count on his way and that when hee was on the way with him and saw his opportunity that he should in very smooth language tell him of the defect he had the servant took the businesse upon him and as he accompanied him being now ready to take his leave of him with a very cheerefull countenance did