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religion_n	king_n	prince_n	subject_n	3,995	5	6.4954	4	false

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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A14531	Introduction to wisedome Banket of sapience. Preceptes of Agapetus.; Ad sapientiam introductio. English	Vives, Juan Luis, 1492-1540.; Morison, Richard, Sir, d. 1556.; Elyot, Thomas, Sir, 1490?-1546.; Paynell, Thomas.	1550 (1550)	STC 24849; ESTC S112565	93,518	450

INTRODVCtion to wisedome Banket of sapience Preceptes of Agapetus TO THE RYGHT worshipfull maister Gregory Cr●mwell sonne to he ryght honourable lorde Crumwell lorde priuie seale Richarde Morisine wisheth muche wealthe with continuall encreace of vertue VUho sowel feleth the duties that belong to an honest hert is any thynge aqueinted with those three ladies which wonderfully maintein the ioyful societie of mans lyfe called amonges the Grecians Charites among the latines Gratie he can not moste gentill maister Crumwell but se infinite causes why I ought with all force of bodie all strength of mynde all alacritee and cheerefull promptnesse of courage studie to gratifie you studie to make you beare with one that fayne woulde and neuer can bee able to come out of debte The firste of these three dames is Bountifull beneficence a ladie of louely countenance and noble stomake one that alwaies longeth still hauynge that she longeth for alwaies with childe and still deliuered alwaie profityng and still lustyng to profite alwaie helpyng some and still desirefull to helpe mo The Grekes name hir sometyme Euridomene whiche signifieth a large and a plentifull giuer somtime Aglaia which soundeth amonges vs gladnes teachynge men euen by hir name that of dutie benefittes oughte to bee geuen cherefullie The second ladie is Thankefulnesse of minde neuer forgettyng benefittes receiued hir name is Thalia whiche signifieth fresshenesse or grenenesse because duetie and honestie woll all pleasures all benefites stil to be freshe in memorie still to bee greene neuer to wyther neuer to fade all tyme to florishe The thirde ladie is Euprosine muche lyke hyr sy●●er Aglaia a damoysell full of solace full of delectacion continually deuysyng by what meanes she may do pleasure for pleasure recompence kyndnesse with kyndnesse Authors of great name and much wisedome make these three to go all hande in hande the first lokyng still forward not once castyng hir eie backe neuer imbraydyng benefites geuen and past The second and the third euermore beholdyng the firste with amiable countenāce with faithfull eie of remembraunce and full intente of recompence as farre as power furthered with moste desire maie or can Under suche cloudes sage and graue writers ar wont darkely to insinuate thynges of great weight thinges verie necessary for the quiete and honeste leadyng of mans life things worthy to be of all men imbraced● worthy to be set fixed and engrafted in all mennes hertes They perceyued that morall preceptes pleasantlie set out in feat colours of wittie phantasies both crepe faster into our bosomes and also tary there with muche more delectacion and profite than they would beyng playnly spoken Wherfore as you nowe se what they mente by those thre ladyes so you muste also nedes see howe I am bounde to owe you my herte my seruice with all that they both maie dooe for you For howe can I my lord your father beyng so far in amours with that louely ladie Euridomene leaue mine attendaunce vpon thother two damoisels before life leaue me How can I beeyng enuyronned with so manie and ample his benefites not desire Thalia and Euphrosine that thei both report me to lacke power but no good wil I truste they bothe shall haue good cause so to do Certes if I had sene where either my littel witte or poore herte mighte better haue serued his lordship than in openyng vnto you his dere and entierly beloued sōne suche preceptes of vertue as maie make you moste like your noble father there are no pei●e● that coulde haue kepte me from doyng of it Assure your selfe maister Crumwell if laboure and herte maie paie the tribute that loue oweth you shall neuer nede to arrest me This boke was gathered by Ludouicus Uines a man great lie conuersaunt in all good authors and excellentlie wel sene in all kindes of learnyng The boke hath vndoubtedly muche more liyng in his bosome than the title promiseth in the forehed It is not onely an Introduction to wisedome but if ye goe as it leadeth you it introduceth wisedom into you rootyng the loue and desire of vertue in your hert extirpyng frō it all maner of vice and all vnclennesse furnishyng you with generall preceptes for all kyndes of life for all ages for all degrees and condicions whiche preceptes if you harbou● in your breaste must nedes be a great slaie helpe and comfort vnto your tender age They shal bryng to passe many thynges in your life time with gret pleasure and no peyne at all which otherwise experience oft tymes poudred with bitter repentance shuld scace at length teache you It is as wise Socrates saieth Preceptes of lerning were inuented at the first as a nedefull staie and succour vnto mans mynde wantynge knowlage experience euen as a staffe is geuen of necessitie to staie vp a feeble body assuredly I knowe no one booke vntranslated that hath halfe so many holsome documentes as this hath none that mai so wel leade you the right way to true honour none where ye maie either with more delite or more hope of your game trace true nobilitie Folowe your leader goe on with your guide you shall finde all the steppes and grices whereby not onely my Lord your father honourablie hath climed to nobilitie but all other that in dede are or were at any time noble● you shal find manie thynges here that maie bee to men in wealth and worship an ornamente many that ar to mē assauted with the sur●●s of sower fortune sure coūsailours bringyng with theim besides righte and honeste consolacion muche delectable doctrine● finally manie that are a souereigne medicine almoste for all diseases The booke is nowe yours I truste as the iewelles whiche it offereth vnto you bee great rare and preciouse that so ye wyll see theim laied vp in place mete for suche richesse Locke theim fast in the cheste of your herte geue the keie to remembraunce that she maie lette theim out and carie them home againe at suche times as ye shall thinke conuenient If ye make these preceptes yours by vse of them speakyng as they teache you workynge as they aduise you who shall haue more cause to reioice of it thā you your self Wherin can you more please my lorde your fathers minde What thynge can more satisfie his desire What greatter comforte can come to his Lordship than to see you most like him in condicions What greatter worship to you than to treade in his steppes What higher plesure to al them that loue both your countrey knoweth what noble feates my lorde your father hath wrought by wisdom ladie gouernour of all vertues● who knoweth not howe honestie maie reioice howe trueth and religiō may holde vp their handes to heuen that god hath sent to so gracious so prudent and wise a prince so good so wise and so faithefull a counsailour to so noble a maister so diligente a mynister to so high couragious and vertuous a kyng a subiecte of so noble an herte and stomacke I must leaue of I am