[The Courte of Vertu contaynynge many holy songes, Sonettes, psalmes and ballettes] [by John Hall] |
Against drunkennes and gluttony. |
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Against drunkennes and gluttony.
A drunken
workeman certeynly
By labour neuer getteth ought:
A lyttle he settes nothyng by,
But from a litle commes to nought.
By labour neuer getteth ought:
A lyttle he settes nothyng by,
But from a litle commes to nought.
For learned men howe may suffice,
Their wyne in litle quantitie:
So in their reste and exercise,
It doth none incommoditie.
Their wyne in litle quantitie:
So in their reste and exercise,
It doth none incommoditie.
Wo be to those that early ryse
(The prophet sayth) to make great haste,
And drynke tyll nyght (as is their guyse)
Tyll reason banysht be at laste.
(The prophet sayth) to make great haste,
And drynke tyll nyght (as is their guyse)
Tyll reason banysht be at laste.
A drunkard (as saint Austen sayth)
Offendeth nature very sore,
Castyng asyde both grace and fayth,
He hedlong runnes to hell therfore.
Offendeth nature very sore,
Castyng asyde both grace and fayth,
He hedlong runnes to hell therfore.
The moderate vse of drynke and meate,
No wyse man hateth, this is true:
But luste inordinate and great,
Ought euery good man to eschue.
No wyse man hateth, this is true:
But luste inordinate and great,
Ought euery good man to eschue.
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Saynt Ierome sayth, Cursed be they,
That in theyr meate haue suche delyte,
That reason can not cease nor stay
Theyr vyle and gredy appetite.
That in theyr meate haue suche delyte,
That reason can not cease nor stay
Theyr vyle and gredy appetite.
Saynt Ambrose playnly doth expresse,
A worse to serue can none inuent
Then gluttony, that yll maystresse:
Desyryng styll, and nere content.
A worse to serue can none inuent
Then gluttony, that yll maystresse:
Desyryng styll, and nere content.
Nor nothyng more insaciate
Then glottons bellyes most lyke hell,
For that whych they receyued late.
Ryght early they agayne expell.
Then glottons bellyes most lyke hell,
For that whych they receyued late.
Ryght early they agayne expell.
These farsted panches aye abhorre,
Good continence and chastitie:
Before digestion they craue more,
Forsakyng vertue fylthyly.
Good continence and chastitie:
Before digestion they craue more,
Forsakyng vertue fylthyly.
All Christians therfore I exhort,
Uoluptuous excesse to forbeare:
To moderation now resorte,
And frugally lyue in gods feare.
Uoluptuous excesse to forbeare:
To moderation now resorte,
And frugally lyue in gods feare.
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