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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A06590	Euphues. The anatomy of vvyt Very pleasant for all gentlemen to reade, and most necessary to remember: wherin are contained the delights that wyt followeth in his youth, by the pleasauntnesse of loue, and the happynesse he reapeth in age, by the perfectnesse of wisedome. By Iohn Lylly Master of Arte. Oxon.	Lyly, John, 1554?-1606.	1578 (1578)	STC 17051; ESTC S105598	115,224	186

vnto the deathe tarry héere and watch and agayne father if it be possible lette this cuppe passe from mée Remember how he was crowned with thornes crucified with théeues scourged and hanged for thy saluation how hée swette water and bloude for thy remission how he endured euen the torments of the damned spirites for thy redemption how he ouercame death that thou shouldst not dye how he conquered the Diuell that thou migh●est not be damned When thou shalt record what he hath done to purchase thy fréedome how canst thou dreade bondage When thou shalt beholde the agonyes and anguish of minde that he suffered for thy sake how canst thou doubte of the release of thy soule When thy Sauiour shall be thy Iudge why shouldest thou tremble to heare of iudgement When thou hast a continuall Mediator with God the father howe canst thou distrust of his fauour Turne therefore vnto Christ with a willyng hearte a waylyng minde for thy offences who hath promised that at what time soeuer a sinner repenteth him of his sinnes he shal be forgiuen who ●alleth al those that are heauie laden that they might be refreshed who is the dore to them that knocke the waye to them that séeke the truthe the rocke the corner stone the fulnesse of time it is he that can will poure oyle into thy wounds Who absolued Marie Magdalene from hir sinnes but Christ Who forgaue the théefe his robbery and manslaughter but Christ Who made Mathew the Publycane and tollgatherer an Apostle and Preacher but Christ Who is that good shepehearde that fetcheth home the straye shéepe so louingly vppon his shoulders but Christ Who receiued home the lost sonne was it not Christ Who made of Saul a persecuter Paul an Apostle was it not Christ I passe ouer diuers other histories both of the olde and new Testament which do aboundantly declare what great com●orte the faithfull penitent sinners haue alwayes had in hearing the comfortable promises of Gods mercy Canst thou then Atheos distrust thy Christ who reioyceth at thy repentaunce Assure thy selfe that through his passion and bloudshedding death hath lost his sting the Diuill his victory and that the gates of hell shall not preuayle agaynst thée Lette not therefore the bloude of Christ be shed in vayne by thine obstinate and harde hearte Let this perswasion rest in thée that thou shalt receiue absolution fréely and then shalt thou féele thy soule euen as it were to hunger and thirst after rightuousnes Atheos Well Euphues séeing the Holy Ghost hath made thée the meane to make me a man for before the tast of the gospell I was worse then a beast I hope the same spirite wil also lyghten my conscience with his word confirme it to the ende in constancie that I may not only confesse my Christ faithfully but also preach him fréely that I may not only be a Minister of his word but also a Martir for it it be his pleasure O Euphues howe much am I bound to the goodne●● almightie god which hath made me of an infidell a beléeuer of a castaway a Christian of an heathenly Pagan an heauenly Protestant O how comfortable is the féelyng tast of grace how ioyfull are the glad tidings of the Gospell the faithfull promises of saluation the frée redemption of the soule I will endeauour by all meanes to confute those damnable I know not by what names to terme them but blasphemers I am sure which if they be no more certeinly they can be no lesse I sée now the ods betwixt light darkenes faith frowardnes Christ Belial be thou Euphues a witnes of my faith séeing thou hast ben the instrument of my beliefe and I will pray that I shewe it in my lyfe As for thée I accompt my selfe so much in thy debt as I shal neuer be able with the losse of my life to rēder thée thi due but god which rewardeth the zeale of al men wil I hope blesse thee I wil pray for thée Eu. O Atheos little is the debt thou owest me but great is the comfort that I haue receiued by thée Giue the praise to God whose goodnesse hath made thée a member of the mysticall body of Christe and not onely a brother with his sonne but also a coheriter with thy Sauiour There is no heart so hard no heathen so obstinate no miscreaunt or Infidell so impious that by grace is not made as supple as oyle as tractable as a shéepe as faithfull as any The Adamant though it be so harde that nothinge can bruse it yet if the warme bloude of a Goate be poured vpon it it bursteth euen so although the heart of the Atheist and vnbeléeuer be so hard that neither reward nor reuenge can mollyfie it so stout that no perswasion can breake it yet if the grace of God purchased by the bloude of Christe doe but once towch it it renteth in sunder and is enforced to acknowledge an omnipotent and euerlasting Iehoua Lette vs therefore both Atheos I will not nowe call thée but Theophilus fly vnto that Christ which hath through his mercy not our merits purchased for vs the enheritaunce of euerlasting lyfe ¶ Certeine Letters writ by Euphues to his friendes Euphues to Philautus IF the course of youth had any respect to the staffe of age or the liuing man any regarde to the dying moulde we would with greater ●are whē we were young shunne those things which should griue vs when we be olde and wyth more seueritie direct the sequele of our lyfe for the feare of present death But such is eyther the vnhappinesse of mans condition or the vntowardnesse of his crol●ed nature or the wilfulnesse of his minde or the blindnesse of his heart that in youth he surfiteth wyth delightes preuenting age or if he liue continueth in dotage ●orgetting death It is a world to sée how in our flourishing tyme when we best may we be worst willing to thriue And howe in fadinge of our dayes when we moste shoulde we haue least desire to remember our ende Thou wilt muse Phila●tus to here Euphues to preach who of late had more minde to serue his Ladye then to worshippe his Lorde Ah Philantus thou art now a Courtier in Italy I a scholler in Athens and as hard it is for thée to follow good counsayle as for me to enforce thée séeing in thée there is little will to amend and in mée lesse authoritie to commaunde yet will I exhort thée as a friende I woulde I myght compell thée as a Father But I haue heard that it is peculier to an Italian to stande in hys owne conceite and to a courtier neuer to be controlde which causeth me to feare that in thée which I lament in others That is that either thou séeme to wise in thine owne opinion thinking scorne to be taught or to wilde in thine attempts in reiecting admonishmēt The one procéedeth of selfe loue and so thy name importeth the other of méere

folly and that thy nature sheweth thou lookest I should craue pardon for speaking so boldly no Philautus I meane not to flatter thee for then shoulde I incurre the suspition of ●rawde neither am I determined to fall out with thée for thē might the wise conuince me of folly But thou art in great credite in the court what then shall thy credit with the Emperour abate my courage to my God or thy hauty lookes quench my kindled loue or the gallant shew aslake my good wil hath the courtier any prerogatiue aboue the clowne why hée should not be reprehended doth his highe callinge not onely gyue hym a commision to sinne but remission also if he offend doth his preheminence in the court warrant him to oppresse the poore by might and acquite him of punishment No Philantus By how much the more thou excellest others in honors by so muche the more thou oughtest to excéede them in honestie the higher thy calling is the better ought thy conscience to bée and as farre it beséemeth a gentleman to be from pryde as hée is from pouertie and as néere to gentlenesse in condition as hée is in bloude but I will descende wyth thee to perticulers It is reported héere for a troth that Philautus hath giuen ouer himselfe to all deliciousnesse desiringe rather to be dandled in the laps of Ladyes then busied in the studye of good letters And I woulde thys were all which is to much or the rest a lye which is to monstrous It is nowe in euerye mans mouth that thou yea thou Philautus art so voyde of curtesie that thou hast almost forgotten common sence and humanitie hauinge neither care of religion a thing to common in a courtier neither regarde of honestie or any vertuous behauiour Oh Philautus dost thou lyue as thou shouldest neuer dye and laugh as thou shouldest neuer mourne art thou so simple that thou doste not know from whence thou camest or so sinfull that thou carest not whether thou goest what is in thée that shoulde make thée so secure or what can there be in any that may cause him to glorye Milo that great wrastler beganne to wéepe when he sawe his armes brawnefallen and weake saying strength strength is but vanitie Helen in hir newe glasse viewing hir olde face with a smyling countenaunce cryed Beautie where is thy blaze Craesus with all his wealth Aristotle with all his wit all men with all their wisdome haue and shall perish and tourne to dust But thou delightest to haue the newe fashion the Spanish felte the French ruffe thy crewe of ru●sians all thine attire misshapen to make thée a monster and all thy time mispent to shewe thée vnhappy what should I goe about to decipher thy life séeinge the beginning sheweth the ende to bée naught Art not thou one of those Philautus which sekest to win credite with thy superiors by flatterye and wring out wealth from thy inferiors by force vndermine thy equals by frawde dost thou not make the court not onely a couer to defend thy selfe frō wrong but a colour also to commit iniurie Art not thou one of those that hauing gotten on their sléeue the cognisaunce of a courtier haue shaken from thy skirtes the regard of curtesie I cannot but lament I would I might remedy the great abuses that raigne in the eies of the Emperour I feare me the Poet say to truely Exeat aula qui vult esse pius virtus summa potestas non coeunt Is not pietie tourned all to pollicie faith to foresight rigor to Iustice doth not he best thriue the worst deserueth he rule al the country that hath no conscience Doth not the Emperours court grow to this insolent blindnesse that all y sée not their folly they accompt fooles all that speake against it precise laughing at the simplicitie of the one threatning the boldenes of the other Philautus if thou woldest with due consideration way how farre a courtiers lyfe is from a sound beliefe thou wouldest either frame thy selfe to a new trade or els amend thine old mannors yea thou wouldest with C●ates leaue all thy possessions taking thy books and trudge to Athens and with Anaxagoras dispise wealth to attaine wisdome if thou haddest as great respect to dye well as thou hast care to liue wantonly thou wouldest with Socrates séeke how thou mightest yelde to death rather then wyth Aristippus search howe to prolonge thy lyfe Dost thou not know that where the trée falleth there it lyeth and euery ones deathes daye is his domes day that the whole course of lyfe is but a meditation of d●ath a pilgrimage a warfare Hast thou not read or dost thou not regards what is written that wée shall all bée cyted before the Tribunall seate of God to render a straight accompt of our stewardshyp if then the rewarde bée to be measured by thy merites what boote canst thou looke for but eternall paine whiche héere lyuest in continuall pleasure So shouldest thou lyue as thou mayst dye and then shalt thou dye to lyue Wert thou as strong as Sampson as wise as Salomon as holy as Dauid as faythfull as Abraham as zealous as Moses as good as any that euer lyued yet shalt thou dye as they haue done but not rise againe to lyfe with them vnlesse thou liue as they did But thou wilt say that no man ought to iudge thy conscience but thy selfe séeinge thou knowest it better then any O Philautus if thou search thy selfe and sée not sinne then is thy case almost curelesse The patient if Phisitions are to be credited cōmō e●periēce estemed is the néerest death whē he thinketh himselfe past his disease the lesse griefe he féeleth the greater fits he endureth y woūd that is not searched bicause it a lyttle smarteth is fullest of dead flesh and the sooner it skinneth the sorer it festereth It is sayde that Thunder bruseth the trée but breaketh not the barke and pearceth the blade and neuer hurteth the scabberd Euen so doth sinne wounde the hearte but neuer hurte the eyes and infect the soule though outwardely it nothing afflict the body Descende therfore into thine owne conscience confesse thy sinnes reforme thy manners contemne the worlde embrace Christ leaue the courte follow thy study prefer holynesse before honour honestie before promotion relygion and vprightnesse of lyfe before the ouerlashinge desires of the flesh Resemble the Bée which out of the dryest and bitterest Time sucketh moyst swéet Honny and if thou canst out of the courte a place of more pompe then pietie sucke out the true iuice of perfection but if thou sée in thy selfe a will rather to goe forward in thy losenesse then any meane to goe backewarde if the glystering faces of fayre Ladies or the glittering shew of lustie gallaunts or courtly fare or any delycate thing séeme to entice thée to farther lewdenesse come from the court to Athens and so in shunning the causes of euill thou shalt soone