gluttons and drunkards the world did not affoord our sides were ready to cracke with gurmandizing and our braines to burst with bowzing your Senators of Rome could not liue more merrily then we did for wee were as tall trencher-men and as good Epicures as the best of them And albeit vve are not so much respected nor liue not in that repute and esteeme as they doe yet our manner of life hath a great deale more ease in it and I am sure a great deale lesse trouble And we haue besides two such Priuiledges as none of them all no not the best man in Rome hath the like The one is a kinde of liberty that wee haue in begging yet neuerthelesse doe not loose our liberty which is not so with your better sort of men For misery hath no greater misery with it then when a man is forced to be beholding to such or such a friend to succour and relieue his wants though this helpe should come from the free hand of his owne naturall brother For hee buyes at a deare rate that receiues this kindnesse and farre more dearely does he sell who giues to him that is of a thankefull nature And if on this point of begging I might boldly speake my opinion it is the worstmis fortune that can befall a poore mans life when he once comes to be driuen to beg out of meere necessity For although it be freely giuen yet the very crauing therof doth cost him much Moreouer I shal tell thee what is the cause that begging doth so much vexe a man and why it goes so much against his stomake which is That man beeing a perfect reasonable creature like vnto God himselfe as himselfe saith for when he was to make man the most blessed Trinity assisting at that Creation God said Let vs make Man after our owne Image and likenesse And I could also tell thee how this is to be vnderstood but it is not proper for this time and place Well Man was made and comming forth into the world we are all of vs naturally inclined to deifie our selues seeking as much as in vs lyeth to come neere vnto God nay if it were possible to be gods And with this thirst we still grow dryer and dryer and with this hunger waxe weaker and weaker We see that God created all things we would faine doe the like And seeing we can not doe it as his diuine Maiestie did of nothing we would doe it of something as farre forth as our ability hath power to stretch seeking to conserue indiuidua Specierum the indiuiduals of euery Species or seuerall kinds vpon earth The bruit beasts in the Fields the Fishes in the Waters the Plants in the Earth And so euery thing in it's nature that is in the world He beheld those workes which he had made with his owne hands and they seemed to him very good as proceeding from those blessed and powerfull hands of his He tooke delight in looking vpon them for they were made to his minde This passeth currant at this day as it is set downe in the letter And we likewise are desirous to doe or at least to counterfet the like striuing to imitate him all that we may How well doe I like that Bird that I haue bred vp in mine owne house That Lambe which hath beene reared in mine owne Farme That Tree which hath been planted in mine owne Orchard That Flower which hath sprung vp in mine owne Garden What comfort doe I take in looking vpon them how does it ioy me to see them to thriue and prosper Insomuch that what my selfe haue not bred made or planted with mine own hands although it be otherwise very good in it selfe I wil not stick to pluck it vp by the roots cast it away from me neuer grieue therat it shal neuer trouble me wheras that which is the work of mine own hands the deare child of my industry the fruit of my labours though it be not so good as the other yet because it is my own handy-work I like it I loue it From my neighbours or my friends Tree I will not onely take away the Flower and the fruit but I will not so much as leaue a leafe or a sprigge therevpon and if I haue a minde thereunto I will not greatly care to cut it downe to the ground But if it be mine owne and that I haue planted it with mine owne hands it would grieue my very soule if I should finde but a Pismâ—…re or a Caterpiller vpon it to doe it any hurt or to see a Bird but to pâ—…cke at it and all because it is mine In a word we doe all of vs loue our owne workes And so in wishing well vnto them I am like to him that made me and haue it from him by inheritance The like is true in all other actions It is very proper in God to giue and very improper to craue Vnlesse when he requireth something of vs for our owne good For that which he asketh of vs it is not for himselfe neither hath he any need thereof for he is Remedium totius necessitatis The onely relieuer of all oâ—…r wants and the onely satisfier of the hungry He hath much and therefore is able to giue much and nothing can be wanting vnto him He doth communicate and impart vnto all according to their seuerall necessities easilier then thou canst take water out of the Sea and with a farre larger hand so great an in equalitie is there betwixt thy misery and his mercy We would likewise be like to him in this He made me according to his owne likenesse and I ought accordingly to be like vnto him euen as the thing instampâ—…d ought to be like vnto the Stampe How mad how eager how desirous and how foolishly are we all bent vpon giuing The Couetous the sauing â—…n the Rich the Vsurer the Begger all doe keepe and hoord vp for to giue But the most of these men vnderstand least as I told you before when they are to giue for they doe not giue till they be dead If thou aske these men why they masse vp money and why in their life-time they bury it vnder ground and to what end they doe it Some will answere thee that they lay it vp for their heires others for their soules others that they may leaue something behinde them and all of them sure that they carry none of it away with them Thou seest then how they are willing to giue and how out of its due time and season like an vntimely birth which comes not to perfection But in the end this is our end this our desire How God like does a man finde himselfe when with a generous minde he hath wherewith to giue and doth giue How sweet and pleasing is his hand vnto him how cheerâ—…full his countenance how quiet his heart how contented his Soule His gray haires are remoued his bloud is refreshed his life
a most fierce and cruell beast it ouercomes all treads downe all that stands in its way and commands all It makes euery thing stoope to its power it â—…ubjcteth the earth and all that therein is By riches the fiercest beasts are 〈◊〉 â—…me no fish though neuer so great can resist riches nor the least of fishes that hide them-selues in the concaues and hollow holes of the rocks though ouer-whelmed with water and drowned in the deepe can escape its â—…orce nor can the fowles of the ayre though of the swiftest and nimblest wing 〈◊〉 from its Empire it exenterates and pulls out the very bowels from the profoundest parts of the earth vpon which the highest mountaines haue their foundation and it maketh dry the most hidden sands which the Sea doth couer in her bottomlesse Abysse What altitudes hath not it abased What difficulties hath not it ouercome What impossibilities hath not it facilitated In what dangers hath shee wanted safetie In what aduersitie hath not shee found friends What thing hath shee desired which shee hath not obtayned Or what Law hath shee made which hath not beene obeyed And being as it is so venomous a poyson that not onely like the Basiliske by being beheld by vs it killeth our bodies but by a bare desire onely being coueted destroyeth our soules damning them for euer to the bottomlesse pit of Hell yet shee her-selfe is a treacle to the harme we receiue from her and a counterpoâ—… to that venome where-with shee infecteth our soules and conscience if he that possesseth riches can as of an Antidote or some pretious preseruatâ—… make 〈◊〉 vse thereof Riches in its owne nature and in it selfe hath 〈◊〉 â—…ur 〈◊〉 knowledge nor power nor valour nor any other good 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 punishment nor glory more then that whereunto they that doe posâ—…e it doe direct it It is like vnto the Cameleon which assumeth the colour of that thing on which it settles its selfe Or of the nature of that water of the Lake Fenco of which the Arcadians report that he that drinketh thereof ouernight growes sicke but he that takes it after the Sunne is once vp waxeth well He that shall liue in idlenesse heaping vp treasure by night that is secretly scraping a great deale of wealth together ouer-charging his conscience there-with he sure shall be sicke But he that shall vse them in the day time and show them to the light that his workes may shine before men and that he come with a cleare conscience hauing the stomacke of his soule empty of sin and his conscience not ouer-clogg'd with worldly cares this man shall be made whole Neither is the rich man condemned nor the poore man saued for that the one is rich and the other poore but onely because the rich man abuseth his riches and the poore man his pouertie For if the rich man treasures vp and the poore couer neither is the rich man rich nor the poore man poore and both are to be condemned But that may be called the best and the truest riches which being possessed is despised Fpr riches serue onely at least should to releeue our owne necessities to communicate with the good and to distribute amongst our friends The better and greater pare which rich men haue of riches is the lester part in regard they are so occasionall in men inciting them especially if their hearts be once set vpon them to this or that other sinne Ill desires beget ill doings Riches in its owne nature is a very sweet thing To this mans appetite hath a sweet tooth and a greedy gaping after it And as it is in the Prouerb La mançana corre peligro en las pujas del erizo that Apple is in great danger that stickes on the prickles of a Hedge-hogs backe The Diuine prouidence for our greater good being to diuide and distribute its gifts not laying all the weight of them vpon one side thought good to repart them in different manner and on different persons to the end that all might be saued This Prouidence made both the rich and the poore To the rich she gaue temporall goods to the poore spirituall blessings to the end that the rich man distributing his riches to the poore might thereby purchase Gods fauour and so remaining both equall might equally gaine heauen which is to be opened with a golden key to wit with riches by vsing them well And sometimes likewise this doore of heauen is to be opened with a picklocke that is by dispensing our goods to the poore Yet notwithstanding doth not man onely for that he has more thereby merit more but because he more despiseth then desireth For without comparison much more is the riches of a poore man that is contented then of a rich man that is neuer satisfied He possesseth them that is not possessed by them hee is rich that seekes not after riches and he hath most store that is the least storer This is the only man whom we may truly tearme rich wise and honourable And if the wiseman would vse his wisedome well and would measure that which he hath need of with that which he hath nature would content it selfe with a little and euen in that little would hee find an ouerplus But because the foole inlargeth the cord and would imbrace that which he hath according to that which he desireth God so orders this measure that though he had all whatsoeuer the world containes yet should he still be poore To him that is not contented nothing is enough To a hauing mind all is too little wanting much by hauing too much The eye of a couetous man will neuer say no more then will the Sea or Hell Yame hasta Now I haue enough Rich and wise shalt thou be when thou liu'st so within thy compasse that hee that knowes thee should admire the little that thou hast and the much that thou spendest and when it shall not cause any wonder in thee to see what little meanes thou hast to liue and what great possessions other men inioy Thou seest me here now rich very rich and in Spaine but farre worse then I was before for if before pouerty made me too impudent why riches hath now made me too confident If I could but haue contented my selfe or had I but had the temper of a well gouern'd man I could neuer haue wanted but because I neither did the one nor knew the other for to get money I endanger'd my body and hazarded my soule I was neuer contented neuer satisfied neuer at quiet with my selfe And for that I led an idle kind of life and was not willing to take any paines vnlesse it were in roguery I lost that with ease which I got with much labour I was like vnto that wheele which conuayes water to your Aqueducts no sooner full but presently empty I cared little for money kept it lesse but alwaeys imploy'd it ill My money was the price
Spanish prouerb is Mas valia paxaro en mano que Buey volando Better a bird in hand then a Vulture flying Signifying thereby That what a man hath safe and sure in his power is much better then the vncertaine hopes of great matters by reason of those many accidents that may interhappen Couarr Verb Bueytre l De menor danÌ„o mal conçierto que buen pleyto The tyranny of great persons Prouerbe Truthes enemies What abales the â—…dge of Iustice m Pagan los iustos por peccadotes Prouerbe n Mucho danÌ„a el mucho dinero A short tale of an Alcalde Prouerbe Coâ—…nudo y apalcado 〈◊〉 prouerbially spoken oâ—… those who bâ—…es tâ—…e wrong they haue receiued are themselues condemâ—…d 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 Covarr veâ—…b Apaleado Guzman clapt in prison Little reckning made of the poore p The Spanish word is Ripio Cerca de los canteros son las piedras menudas que saltan de las pieças que van labrando o otto genero de piedras menudas para rehinchir las paredes bezimo meter vno mucho ripio quanden la meteria que va tratando ingiere algunas cosas friuolas à semejança del que haze paredes que poniendo en las dos hazes piedras grandes todo lo en de medio hinche deste cascaxo y ripio Covarr verb. Ripio q Todo es matas y por rozar id est Todo es trabajoso y difficultoso Ib. verb. Rozar God exalts the humble and humbles the proud a Vare quasi Virga No â—…od comes of â—…ng to Law The nature of Law-sutes Law-sutes for whom they are fittest b No sonbuenas burlas lâ—… que salen à la cara Prouerbe Prouerbe Good counsell for those that goe to Law A Iudge on an ill condition and a worse conscience Wise is that man that auoides going to Law Iniuries to be borne withall c Saltaste de la sarten al fuego Prouerbe Your Tauerneros in Spaine are not of that credit as your Vintners with vs being for the most part poore base rogues Into whose Tauernes no man of fashion will come as holding it to be a discredit so to doe They haue but one poore lower roome and dresse no meate Alguazils are to be auoided What kinde of fellowes they be A Tale of an Alguazil of Granada e Corchete quasi curuacâ—…ete which signifies a claspe that fastens a garment and shuts it close And by allusioâ—… those Ministers of Iustice which hang about a man and hale him to prison are called Corchetes because of their taking hold like hookeâ—… They are the same with your Sergeants yeomen The wicked conditions of these kinde of men Prisons and their keepers what kind of things they be The hard condition of prisoners Iudges doe a great fauour if they doe thee Iustice. f Saualo A knowne fish and of a very good relish And may be cal'd quasi Sapalo à Sapore In Latine they call it Alopa triâ—…a clupea It vsually dies when it comes into fresh water Vid. Rondelecius de Piscibus lib. 7. cap. 15. He that hath to dâ—… with Lawyâ—… must dance attendance g The Bookes of the Ciuill Law which being in many huge Volumes and scattered peeces Iustinian the Emperor caused to be digested into a lesser number and better forme whence they were called Digests Your ordinary Iudge what manner of fellow he is Your superior Iudge what manner of man he is A horrible sentence of a Iudge of Sevill The answer of a country Clowne to an ignorant Painter It is a good thing in any man to neglect 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 The Spaniards hated in all places and of all persons The inconueniences that befall Trauellers Good counsell for those that will liue 〈◊〉 quiet Guzman comes heauy and melancholy out of prison The nature and condition of those that stand by looking vpon Gamesters Needlesse curiositie Men ought not to prie into other mens actions Profitable counsell for curious obseruers of other mens faults Mâ—…n that looke vpon Gamesters must 〈◊〉 frâ—… passion The effects of game and gamesters Gaming is vsed for two causes a The Court-Cards are called in Spaine Rey Cauallo y Sota The first is the King as with vs The second signifies a Knight which is all one with our Queene And the third a Soldier which is the same with our Knaue 〈◊〉 gamesters desire to win Money hard to be got Losers grow impartent Guzman means to venture ad his money at play and to make himselfe either a man or a mouse Sayavedra offers to discouer to Guzman the others games Prouerbe Masters must keepe a decorum with their seruants Guzmans and Sayavedras drift The cheating tricks that are vs'din gaming The condition of feare and fearefull men All men spotted wâ—… one Vice or other Guzmans crafâ—…ie dealing a Donde quiera se amasa buen pan Prouerbe Euery man would faine liue All seeke to make their best aduantage A short tale The sayinâ—… of a Negro Guzman purposes to prouide for a deare yeare and showe how it may be done Prouerbe Prouerbe c Todo los meses de a treynta dias d A escuras to dos los gatos negros Prouerbe Prouerbe Free and plaine dealing holds friends together Sayavedra discourseth to Guzman of his course of life d The Spanish pâ—…rase is Oficial de la carda â—…or traslâ—…çion dezimos carcar à vno quando le dan alguna fraterna y es tratado asperamentè Covarr verb. Cardâ—… a Montera is a cap made of stuffe with little or no brims to weare for ease within dooresâ—… your Clownes haue them of cloath Prouerbe Noble minds are euer liberall Prouerbe e Luchar a braço partido es proceder y gu almenté sin ventaja de vno à otro Covarr verb. Braço Prouerbe f 〈◊〉 à sentaâ—… à la mesa con sus manos lavad 〈◊〉 â—…zese dâ—…l quâ—… no â—…a trabajâ—…do como los demas y à la hora de comer no haviendo en zusiado sus manos se viene con los demas à la mesa y come de mogollon Covarr verb. Lavar Prouerbe Prouerbe Sayavedras stealing of a Kirtle * Datario a great office in Rome as also in other places Sayavedras theft at the Constables house h Cientos a witty game at Cards much vsed in Spaine i Mascar a dos carrillos i. Hazerse à ambaâ—… partes contrarias con dissimulaçion Covarr verb. Mascar Prouerbe k Vna mano lava la otra y entrambas la cara Prouerbe Prouerbe l Quieren el pan y las maseras m Con las manos en el seno Prouerbe Prouerbe n Deromavan el poleo sayes the Spanish phrase Lat pulegium Eng. penny royall Quae herba exâ—…tat oues ad balatum Sayavedra's stealing of shirts A short tale of a drunkard Prouerbe o Cabeça de Lobo That is the occasion that a man takes to benefit himselfe As he that kils a Wolfe and carries the head to the Villages thereabout receiuing
iesting it out I did set a good face on the matter when they said any thing to me that I might not seeme to be dasht out of countenance or bound to giue them an answer which would but haue made them to vexe me the more and done my selfe no good So that by this they persecuted me the lesse and I past the more quietly along by them And why should I take seeing this did serue my turne and that I past well enough with it any other course with them Which in these dangerous cases if I should haue attempted any other way to pacifie them I should neuer haue beene able to doe it and should thereby haue but made the fire more to flame by seeking to asswage it with Flaxe and Rozin Let him therefore whosoeuer will take vpon him to set open a shop to Vice prouide himselfe of a Tortoyse shell arme his backe with patience and keepe his eares and his mouth shut And let not any man flatter himselfe that hauing foule conditions he shall get him a faire report For El nombre sigue al hombre As is the man so is his good name And as euery one deserues so shall he be esteemed CHAP. III. Guzman de Alfarache recounteth that which hapned vnto him with a Captaine and a Doctor at a banquet which the Embassadour his Lord made THere is so thinne a Pale put betwixt Deceiuing and Lying and are so neere kinne the one to the other that I know not who can tell or is able to distinguish and difference the one from the other for though they are different in name they are one in identitie and of the same paritie in effect and in essence alike For there is no Lye without Deceit nor no Deceit without a Lye He that will lye doth deceiue and he that will deceiue doth lye But because they are commonly receiued after a different manner and for different purposes I will take them as they stand in vse and accordingly discourse thereof Deceit then in respect of Truth is as Truth in regard of a Lye or as the shadow of a Glasse and that naturall forme which it representeth It is as aptly disposed and is made as facill to effect whatsoeuer great hurt as it is lâ—…rd and difficult to be found out at the first for that it is so like vnto good that representing the very selfe-same figure fashion motion and proportion it doth the easier destroy it It is a most subtill net wrought of the slendrest and smallest threds in comparison and likenesse whereof was framed that other which the Poets feigne was made by Uulcane when hee caught him that cuckol'd him It is so imperceptible and so fine and thinne that there is not any sight so cleere any iudgement so subtill nor any discretion of that discerning nor any wit of that nimble apprehension that is able to discouer it nay scarce to perceiue it It is so artificially wrought that though it bee spred out abroad and laid forth as plaine as may be to our view yet are wee not able to escape it in regard wee walke on securely not so much as once dreaming of any fraud or deceit And by this meanes it is so strong that few or none doe breake it vvithout leauing some signe of the harme that they haue taken And for this cause it is iustly called Maximum vitae damnum the greatest hurt that can happen vnto vs in this life For vnder a tongue of Waxe it carries a heart of Diamond it cloathes it selfe with Hayre-cloth though it neuer come neere the skinne it keepes a chupping and sucking in of the cheekes for to make it seeme leane and meager when its belly is ready to cracke with good cheere And hauing store of health to sell to others it speakes pulingly and pittifully and onely that it may seeme to bee sicke it puts on a sorrowfull countenance powres out its teares offers vs its bosome and with open armes runnes to receiue vs but as Ioab did Amaza imbrace to kill And as Birds giue the Empire to the Eagle Beasts to the Lyon Fishes to the Whale and Serpents to the Basiliske so amongst all other mischiefes there is none greater or more powerfull then that of Deceit As an Aspe it kils vs sleeping it is that Syrens voice whose delight like a Butchers Curre first seazeth on the eare and next on the throat it s rauishing is murthering it offers a faire assurance of peace and with a great deale of smoothnesse professeth friendship but neglecting all humane and diuine Lawes breakes them at her pleasure leauing vs with as much wrong as scorne She promiseth cheerefull contentments and certaine hopes which she neuer performeth nor doe they euer come to passe because she goes chopping and changing them from Fayre to Fayre to make her owne market And as a house is built of many stones so one deceit is an addition of many other and all of them serue for one and the same end It is the Headsman of all goodnesse for with a seeming kinde of sanctitie it makes euery man secure and there is none that are either aware of it or feare it It comes vnto vs in the habit of a Hermit the better to execute its ill intents This contagious infirmitie is so generall that not onely men but Beasts and Birds doe likewise therein suffer with them Also the Fishes in the Waters exercise deceits and this they doe the better to preserue themselues Trees and Plants doe deceiue promising pleasant flowers and fruits which fayle vs at their time passing brauely away with it Stones though they bee but stones and without sence trouble our sence vvith their counterfet splendour and lye in that they seeme to be that they are not Time occasions and our sences deceiue vs and aboue all our best and most considerate thoughts In a word all things deceiue and we doe all deceiue one of these foure manner of wayes The one is when one vseth a deceit and goes cunningly away vvith it leauing the other deceiued As it hapned to a certaine Student of Alcala de Henares who when the Feast of Easter vvas drawing neere and hauing nothing vvhere-with to make himselfe merry against that good Time hee called to minde a neighbour of his who had a Court or yard vvith great store of Hens in it vvith the vvhich hee did himselfe no good at all Hee was a poore beggerly fellow and as hee was very poore so vvas hee extreme couetous an erranter mizer was there not in all the Country He fed them with the bread that was giuen him of Almes a nights he shut them vp in the same lodging where helay This Student vvent plotting with himselfe how hee might steale them away but lighted vpon none that did yet like him For in the day time it was impossible and in the night they roosted in the same roome where hee himselfe lodg'd At last he bethought himselfe of feigning
iourney Purposing with my selfe to make hereafter a new Booke washing away by my vertues those spots which Vice had stained me with all CHAPTER VIII Guzman de Alfarache discourses of Deceit He departs from Rome Hee desires to see Siena where certaine theeues meet with his Trunkes which he had sent away before and robbe him of all that he had THat most famous Philosopher Seneca treating of Deceit whereof we haue said somewhat already in the third Chapter of this booke though all that shall be spoken thereof will be too little in one of his Epistles saith That there is a deceitfull kinde of promise which is made to the Fowles of the ayre the Beastes of the field the Fishes in the waters and men themselues vpon earth Deceit comes vnto vs in that submissiue kinde of manner in solowly and so humble a fashion that they that doe not know her may be condemned of ingratitude and inciuilitie if they doe not set wide-open the gates of their soule and runne out to receiue her with open both armes and heart And for that the arte thereof which is now a dayes professed the studies the watchings and the diligences which are vsed therein are all done with a double minde and set themselues a-worke with a false intent by how much the more the thing that is treated of is in it's nature of that qualitie that we may therein easily commit many errours that may turne much to our preiudice by so much the more secret subtilties crastie Counter-minings cunning Stratagems strong Artillerie and warlike munition she fortifies her selfe furnishing her selfe with all necessarie prouision when she meanes to come into the field And therefore wee need not so much to wonder that we are now and then but that we are not alwayes deceiued And the case standing so I hold it a lesse euill to be deceiued by others then to be the Authors of so sacrilegious a sinne Amongst other things which King Don Alonso would who was surnamed the Wise in-discreetly reforme in nature this was one amongst the rest that he did blame her that she had not made a Window in mans brest that we might see that which he was plotting in his heart and whether his manner of proceeding were faire and sincere or whether his words were feigned or whether like Ianus he had two faces vnder one hood And the cause of all this is Necessitie for if a man finde himselfe laden with obligations and knowes not how to ease himselfe of them he goes about to seeke all the helpes and meanes he can to lighten him-selfe of this load and to come off as handsomely as he can Necessitie teacheth vs the way to all this and makes the hardest and most vntrodden paths to appeare euen and easie to be hit It will breake thorow the thickest Briers and clamber vp the roughest and steepest Rocks It is in its owne nature as is before mentioned in our first chapter full of daringnesse and of Lying And for this cause euen your simplest and most innocent Birds haue their tricks and their subtilties The Doue flies with a strong and swift wing seeking food for her tender young ones whilest another of her owne kinde from the highest top of some one Oake or other calsher and inuites her that she will intertaine her selfe there awhile to ease and refresh her selfe and only to the end that the cunning Fowler may come the more conueniently to make his shoot and kill her The poore harmelesse Nightingale in a wilde and carelesse fashion goes thorow the Woods sweetly thrilling forth her loue-sicke complaints when lo another Bird of the same feather that is clapt into a Cage awaking new iealousies deceiues her with a false call and brings her into the Net by meanes whereof shee becomes a perpetuall prisoner during her life Auianus the Philosopher tels vs in one of his Fables that euen your Asses haue also a minde to deceiue and he maketh mention of one that had put on a Lyons skinne to make all the rest of the beasts of the Forrest afraid who being sought after by his Master when he saw him in that kinde of cloathing not being able therewith to hide his huge long eares he presently knew this his Asse and soundly basting his backe and sides with a good cudgell and stripping him of his counterfeit skinne he remained as very an Asse as hee was before Of all creatures liuing there is scarce any one but will for the effecting of his purpose vse some deceit against him who is carelesse thereof and thinkes not on it As is expressed in that Impresse of a Snake that lay asleepe and a Spider that came secretly downe for to nip him by the head and strike his poyson into him and so worke his death whose Motto speakes thus No ay prudençia que resista al engan̄o No wisdome can withstand deceit It is folly for any man to thinke that a wise man can fore-see and preuent those deceits which like so many Traps and Gins are laid in his way I was not so circumspect as I should haue beene I suspected no trecherie I receiued good deeds I heard good words I saw a man in an honest and fashionable habit who sought to giue me good counsell and seemed to fauour me who had put his life in danger to saue mine who visited me as I thought without any hope of interest or particular profit to himselfe not being able to fasten vpon him so vnwilling did he euer seeme to receiue any courtesie from me so much as a Cup of cold water He told me that he was my Country-man an Andaluzian borne in the Citie of Seuill a principall Gentleman of the house of the Sayauedras and one of the noblest the ancientest and best qualified of all that Familie and who from one of such a qualitie would haue suspected such deceit But all were lyes that he told me for he was of Ualençia whose name for some iust causes I conceale but he spake the Language of Castile excellent well and had the true tone thereof that it was not possible to discerne him to be other Hee was a handsome well-fauoured young man well spoken of a faire behauiour and a fine Companion in his conuersation Who would haue once suspected that he should haue prou'd such a Conny-catching Rascall and that with such ceremonious and feigned friendship he should thus deceiue me But all this cuning carriage of his was but like a Peacocks dressing making this so faire a show that therby he might the better deceiue me that he might haue the freer accesse into my Lords house and into my Chamber to filch from thence whatsoeuer he could handsomely finger I had no mistrust of him in the world but rather held him so honest a man that I durst haue pawn'd my life for his truth He came the other day to visit me and finding that I had altred my habit
which he vttered and sometimes when the storme was greatest and the danger most while others were a confessing their sinnes he would cry out in a loud voyce I am Guzman de Alfaraches ghost I am that ghost of his which goes thus wandring vp and downe the world whereat he made me often both laugh and feare But though he should haue vented some thing vnhappily they all saw that he was mad and so regarded not what he said Yet for all this he would not leaue his talking but by flashes would fall a ripping vp of my life and bolte out by fits all that which I had formerly recounted vnto him concerning the courses I had taken composing a thousand extrauagancies And if by chance he heard any man talke of promising to performe a pilgrimage to Monserrate thither would he leade me telling at what stations and weddings he had beene there with me He did dresse me like a French Cooke a thousand seuerall wayes But that which was most to be laughed at though it much pittied mee to see him in that state and wherein I tooke most pleasure was That he spake all these things of himselfe as if he had beene true Guzman indeed In briefe we being all shrewdly beaten and growne extreame weary with our late storme the night following we went in a good houre to take our rest to see if we could recouer that old debt of our former lost sleepe We were all of vs so weary and so drowsie and our Galley so batterd and torne about the poope that Sayavedra rising vp in his franticke fit lept at that open place where our rudder was split from vs into the Sea on whom we could neuer after set eye though the Mariner that kept watch as soone as he heard the flownce of the fall presently cryde out Hombre a la mar There is some bodie fallen into the water Whereupon we began presently to coniecture that it must needs be he and vpon inquiry finding him wanting we sought to recouer him but it would not be And so poore Sayavedra was buried in the Sea all of them much lamenting his misfortune and seeking all that they could to comfort me I made show as if I had beene exceeding sorry for him but God he knowes how true it was The next day I got me vp betimes in the morning which I wholly spent in receiuing the condolings which they made vnto me which were done in that dolefull fashion as if he had beene a brother a kinsman or the neerest and dearest friend that I had in the world bewayling the great losse that I had sustained in him or as if when he threw himselfe into the Sea he had carryed away my trunkes likewise with him God blesse me from that mischance said I to my selfe as for any other misfortune I doubt not but I shall very easily ouer-passe it They knew not how more then this to comfort me nor what they should ente taine me withall to diuert my griefe for they did verily beleeue that I was wonderfull sorry for him because I had put on a seeming heauinesse And the more they sought to bring me out of it the more I feigned to be in it at last they called to one that had beene condemned to the Galleys who was very studious and a great louer of curiosities that he should come where I was and bring a certaine booke along with him which he had written with his owne hand which the Captaine taking from him and turning ouer the leafes in a carelesse kinde of fashion he lighted by chance vpon a notable storie which hapned in Sevill and returning backe the booke to the owner he will'd him to reade it vnto me He thereupon required their attention which being granted vnto him he began to reade as followeth recommending it first vnto them as well for its strangenesse as its truth There was in Sevill the famousest Citie in all Spaine and the Metropolis of Andaluzia a Merchant that was a stranger well borne rich and honest whose name was Miçer Iacobo He had two sons and one daughter by a noble Gentlewoman of that Citie They being carefully trayned vp in vertue in good manners and in all kinde of learning appertayning to the liberall Arts And shee bred vp to her needle wherein for curious workmanship shee did excell all the Gentlewomen in those parts being meere bunglers vnto her And there was some reason why shee should be so exquisite and singular the ein for that from her childhood shee had beene bred vp in a Monasterie of Nunnes by reason that her mother dyde in child-bed when shee was borne Now in regard that the goods of fortune are mutable and vncertaine and more in Merchants then other men who carry their wealth in other mens purses and commit their estates to the disposition of the winde and the weather there being not halfe a foot difference betwixt their making and their marring their inriching or vndoing It so fell out that his two sonnes returning home from the Indies and bringing along with them good store of gold and siluer when they were now come within sight of the barre of San Lucar and thinking them selues as safe as if they had beene as they say within the doores of thâ—…i owne house there arises a huge storme on the sodaine and the Sea inraged with the boysterous blustrings of the windes begins to swell and loâ—…ke big vpon them with its billowes insomuch that this poore vnfortunate ship set vpon by two such fierce and cruell enemies was miserably tossed to and fro and so violently carryed out of its course that at last vnable any longer to resist the rage of this terrible tempest shee desperately ranne her selfe vpon a rocke the terriblenesse of which blow did not only open her wombe and cleaue it cleane in the midst but did split all the ribs of her in a thousand peeces so that both men and goods were all cast away and vtterly lost and neuer after either seene or heard of When the heauy newes of so great a losse whose nimblenesse lyes onely in its wing came flying to the fathers care such a deepe melancholy sodainely seazed on all his vitall parts that with the griefe thereof within a few dayes after he also dyed His daughter that remained in the Couent hauing lost all her wealth her father her mother both her brothers remaining thus abandoned and left to shift for her selfe was wonderfully sensible of this her wofull estate which might likewise haue much troubled any man whatsoeuer though neuer so wise when she saw that in so short a time which might in a manner runne in the reckoning as it were of one day shee had lost so many reall comforts and with them that hope of remedie to allay her miseries for shee much desired to become a Nunne shee wept so bitterly and tooke on so pittifully that it would haue grieued any mans heart to see the sorrowfull lamentation that
they dance And to make the noise the lowder they tye two hollow thinne pieces of wood to their thumbe which are made round after the manner of your Chesse-Nuts Castanneta beeing deriued from Castanna which signifies a Chesse-Nut The description of laughter Kinde words currant money in case of necessity A Physician hath three faces A Tale of a Physician that lou'd money too well In Spaine your Physicians fee is ordinarily two shillings tâ—…e better sort giue foure shillings and the best seldom aboue a â—…rowne The nature of Scrâ—…ants Excessiue laughter condemned A iest put vpon an Hoâ—…esse by two young fellowes a Sabalo is a knowne fish and a sauoury and is called Sabalo quasi Sapalo à Sapore In Latine they call it Alofa Frista Clupea In fresh water it doth vsâ—…ally dye Rondelecio de Piscibus lib. 〈◊〉 cap. 15. b Mondongo is a â—…odge-podge made of the intrailes and trotters of a sheepe or other beast boyled and sold at euery corner of the streets in Spaine to poore folkes A discourse touching the pardoning of mâ—…s Tâ—…ue good is that which is eteâ—…all The goods of this â—…orld are not good A faithful friend what goâ—…d he may do â—…s The good we receiue from our enemies * Gods coÌ„mandements are sweet a The Spanish word is Escorzonera This â—…rbe the I aâ—…es call Viperina a species of that which they call Barba de Cabron It is called Escorzonera because it is good against the venyme of Toades and all other venymous Vermin and amongst the rest the Viper This Plant was first found out in Spaine in Catalunna by a slaue of Barbary And in haruest-time men being slung by Vipeâ—…s they gaue them the iuyce of this herbe wherwith they were healed There is excellent good now in this kind in the Sierras de Cuenca in Spaine Vide Mathiolo lib. 2. cap. 137. Et Couarruuias verb. Escoâ—…zonera We must obay God God rewardeth the obedient Man ought to be humble not proud a The Duell in Spaine is a capitall crime And therefore the Spaniards when they 〈◊〉 1 the Field gâ—…e into Barbary to end their quarrell A lesson for the forgiuing of our enemies Saint Christopher his â—…wer to one that 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 him S. Bernards saying touching the suffering of iâ—…ies S. Steuen prayes for his persecutors S. Paul teacheth vs to forgiue our enemies S. Iames instructeth vs to be mercifull Constantine the Great his great patience God fauoureth and defendeth the wronged Injury how foule a thing it is Reuenge what it is Man hath nothing that is his no 〈◊〉 so much as himselfe Seneca's saying touching eâ—…nge The French Kings answere Fortior qui se quà m qui fortissima vincit moenia A Law in Andaluzia against the â—…aturall couering in horses These things are commonly eaten in Spaine vpon Saturdayes by a custome receiued amongst them Vneasie riding causeth wearines What a manner of creature our Host was Old Christians in Spaine are counted the best by way of difference from the Moores whom they call new Christians as being but lately coâ—…rted A 〈◊〉 of a country fellow b Socarron el vellaco dissimulado que solo pretende su interes y quando habla con vos os està secretamente abrasando The defect which is in Country people in their seeding The Hosts craft A guilty Conscience is â—…uermore suspicious and full of feare a Traer la barba sobre el ombro Viuir recatado y con recelo como hazen los que tienen enemigos que van bolviendo el rostro à vn lado y al otro de donde naçio el refran a Meliteos si dizen porque se â—…hian de Malta b A Metaphor borrowea from women who cannot abâ—…ae to be 〈◊〉 how old they are c The Spanish word is Aranzel which is a Decree or Law which sets a taxe vpon such things as are solde Tabula est vbi scribitur ordo pretium rerum venalium deriued of a. articulo arabico and rancel que vale tanto como decreto determinçion assiento The Spaniards fashion of wondring Mine Host by railing on the old Hostesse discouers the kâ—…auery of 〈◊〉 â—…pers Guzman is extremely bitten by Fleas Drinking freely what it effecteth Qui saepè iurat saepè perâ—…urat He that receiues a courtesie euer ought to shew his readinesse to doe that man seruice from whom it comes He that hath right hath courage He that is faulty 〈◊〉 coward He that leaues God God will leaue him The Egiptians adoted Fortune as a goddesse a The Sâ—…e of a Mule is an Asse Mans life what it is A morall Fable of the gods of old-time and the Councel that was held in heauen against Mankind Apollo's speech in mans fauour Momus mans ancient enemy Mercury by order from loue descâ—…nds on earth and to what end True content is in heauen The strange alterations in this world Insipientis est diâ—…cte non putatem Magis carendo quà m fruendo c. Morall lessons Guzman apprehended for a Thiefe and his sufferings Sergeants and Catch-poles an vnciuill kind of people Mans depraued disposition what effects it worketh * A Prouerbe a The holy Inquisition is well knowne to the world what seuere courses they take The seuerest and cruellest Officers that are in all Spaine What base and vile people are the Sergeants and Catch-poles b Hermandad in Castile is a certaine Tribunall that hath a great IurisdictioÌ„ and punisheth the fautls comitted in the fields which hath great prerogatiues and exemptions from the kings of Spaine And is in that respect amongst them that it is styled by the name of Santa or holy c The Cruzada is an Indulgence which the Popes granted to those that went to conquer the Holy-Land which is now granted to the King of Spaine by way of Subsidie against Infidels and Heretickes giuing some finall almes towards so pious a worke a Requisitoria is a Iudges Warrant to another wherein he requireth him to execute his command Guzman set free b The Spanish word Quarto is a kind of brasse coyne whereof foure make 3. pence Guzmans good fortune what is was a The Clergy-men in Spaine when they trauell on the way haue certaine set prayers to say a Francolino Los duelos con pein son menos a Blanca is a small price of â—…oney Lat. As assis The effects of Want Necessity the best 〈◊〉 Adverâ—… makes men wise A poore mans account to what a reckoning 〈◊〉 comes To be 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 modest e 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 at is 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 cause of great hurt Shamefastnesse what it is likened to Good Aduice Modesty when to be vsed Shamefastnesse in some things is notable ignorance It is easie to think on a thing but bard to bring it about How both these are painted Pillow Counsell proueth vaine a Duende is one of the spirits that fell with Lucifer Tesorode Duende Or Duendes treasure we say to be that Estate or 〈◊〉 which is all consumed and gone and a man knowes