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The paine of pleasure

describing in a perfect mirror, the miseries of man [by Anthony Munday]

Munday, Anthony (1553-1633)

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The paine of pleasure, describing in a perfect mirror, the miseries of man.

Beautie, The first pleasure.

Riches, The second pleasure.

Honour, The third pleasure.

Loue, The fourth pleasure.

Horses, Hawkes, and Dogs, The fift Pleasure

Musicke, The sixt pleasure.

Dauncing, The seuenth pleasure.

Leaping, The eight pleasure.

Wrastling, The ninth pleasure.

Climing, The tenth pleasure.

Fencing, The eleuenth pleasure.

Tennis, The twelft pleasure.

Shooting, The thirteenth pleasure.

Bowling, The fourteenth pleasure.

Fishing, The fifteene pleasure.

Fowling, The sixteenth pleasure.

Studies, The seuenteene pleasure.

Phisicke, The eighteene pleasure.

Lawe, The nineteene pleasure.

Astronomie and Phisiognomie The twentie Pleasure.

Cosmographie, and Philosophie, The one and twentie Pleasure.

Musicke, The twentie pleasure.

Diuinitie, The twentie three pleasure.

The Authors Dreame.

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Astronomie and Phisiognomie The twentie Pleasure.

So could I write to of Astronomie,
By which we clime into the loftie skie:

And so againe of Phisiognomie,
Whereby by face, we wonders doe descrie,
Diuinitie heaues vs aboue the skie,
And doth to vs the power of God descrie.