The Rocke of Regard diuided into foure parts. The first, the Castle of delight: Wherein is reported, the wretched end of wanton and dissolute liuing. The second, the Garden of Vnthriftinesse: Wherein are many sweete flowers, (or rather fancies) of honest loue. The thirde, the Arbour of Vertue: Wherein slaunder is highly punished, and vertuous Ladies and Gentlewomen, worthily commended. The fourth, the Ortchard of Repentance: Wherein are discoursed, the miseries that followe dicing, the mischiefes of quareling, the fall of prodigalitie: and the souden ouerthrowe of foure notable cousners, with diuers other morall, natural, & tragical discourses: documents and admonitions being all the inuention, collection and translation of George Whetstons |
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P. Plasmos description of couseners.
A Lawyers
head, to drawe a craftie deede.
A Harlots looke, to witch with wanton sight,
A Flatterers toung, with sugred words to feede,
A Tyrants hart, to wound the harmelesse wight,
To toll with cheare, a greedie gluttons gorge.
A Merchants mouth, of falshoode truth to forge.
A Harlots looke, to witch with wanton sight,
A Flatterers toung, with sugred words to feede,
A Tyrants hart, to wound the harmelesse wight,
To toll with cheare, a greedie gluttons gorge.
A Merchants mouth, of falshoode truth to forge.
A Scriueners fist, by nimblenesse to race,
To scrape, to forge, to counterfet a name,
A Lackies leg, to trudge in euery place,
A desperate mind, which dreads no kinde of shame:
These lims well linckt, and set on couseners soyle,
A worke were sure, of all the diuels the toyle.
To scrape, to forge, to counterfet a name,
A Lackies leg, to trudge in euery place,
A desperate mind, which dreads no kinde of shame:
These lims well linckt, and set on couseners soyle,
A worke were sure, of all the diuels the toyle.
For each of them, a fiende in force can binde,
Yet some I graunt, by vertue guides their place,
But sildome tis, that Kit ne followes kinde,
If one be good, a score doth want the grace,
But all in league, their dealings lewde beware,
For then they do, the diuell and all of scare.
Yet some I graunt, by vertue guides their place,
But sildome tis, that Kit ne followes kinde,
If one be good, a score doth want the grace,
But all in league, their dealings lewde beware,
For then they do, the diuell and all of scare.
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