A choice of emblemes, and other devises For the moste part gathered out of sundrie writers, Englished and Moralized. And divers newly devised, by Geffrey Whitney. A worke adorned with varietie of matter, both pleasant and profitable: Wherein those that please, maye finde to fit their fancies: Bicause herein, by the office of the eie, and the eare, the minde maye reape dooble delighte throughe holsome preceptes, shadowed with pleasant deuises: both fit for the vertuous, to their incoraging: and for the wicked, for their admonishing and amendment |
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1. [THE FIRST PARTE]
TO THE RIGHT HONORABLE, MY SINGVLER GOOD
Lorde and Maister, Robert Earle of Leycester,
Baron of Denbighe, Knight of the
moste noble orders of the garter, and of saincte
Michaël, Maister of her Maties horse, one of her
Highnes moste honorable priuie Counsaile, and
Lorde Lieutenant and Captaine Generall of her
Maties forces in the lowe countries.
ARTHVR BOVRCHIER
TO THE READER.
Perfection needes no other foyles, suche helpes comme out of place:For where it selfe, can grace it selfe, there needes no other grace.
Why should I then my fruiteles praise on Whitneys worke bestowe,
Where wisdome, learninge, and deuise, so perfectly doe flowe.
Yet gentle Reader by thy leaue, thus muche I mente to wrighte,
As one that honours these his giftes, but seekes them not t'indighte.
No longe discourse, no tedious tale, I purpos'de am to tell:
Lest thou shouldst saye, where is the nutte, you feede me with the shell.
Goe forwarde then in happie time, and thou shalt surely finde,
With coste, and Labour well set out, a banquet for thy minde.
A storehouse for thy wise conceiptes, a whetstone for thy witte:
Where, eache man maye with daintie choice his fancies finely fitte.
Giue Whitney then thy good report, since hee deserues the same:
Lest that the wise that see thee coye, thy follie iustly blamē.
D. O. M.
Since man is fraile, and all his thoughtes are sinne,And of him selfe he can no good inuent,
Then euerie one, before they oughte beginne,
Should call on God, from whome all grace is sent:
So, I beseeche, that he the same will sende,
That, to his praise J maie beginne, and ende.
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Te stante, virebo.
A mightie Spyre, whose toppe dothe pierce the skie,
An iuie greene imbraceth rounde about,
And while it standes, the same doth bloome on highe,
But when it shrinkes, the iuie standes in dowt:
The Piller great, our gratious Princes is:
The braunche, the Churche: whoe speakes vnto hir this.
An iuie greene imbraceth rounde about,
And while it standes, the same doth bloome on highe,
But when it shrinkes, the iuie standes in dowt:
The Piller great, our gratious Princes is:
The braunche, the Churche: whoe speakes vnto hir this.
I, that of late with stormes was almoste spent,
And brused sore with Tirants bluddie bloes,
Whome fire, and sworde, with persecution rent,
Am nowe sett free, and ouerlooke my foes,
And whiles thow raignst, oh most renowmed Queene
By thie supporte my blossome shall bee greene.
And brused sore with Tirants bluddie bloes,
Whome fire, and sworde, with persecution rent,
Am nowe sett free, and ouerlooke my foes,
And whiles thow raignst, oh most renowmed Queene
By thie supporte my blossome shall bee greene.
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Quàdij vocant, eundum.
The trauaylinge man, vncertaine where to goe,
When diuers wayes before his face did lie,
Mercurius then, the perfect pathe did showe,
Which when he tooke, hee neuer went awrie,
But to his wishe, his iorneys ende did gaine
In happie howre, by his direction plaine.
When diuers wayes before his face did lie,
Mercurius then, the perfect pathe did showe,
Which when he tooke, hee neuer went awrie,
But to his wishe, his iorneys ende did gaine
In happie howre, by his direction plaine.
This trauailinge man: doth tell our wandringe state,
Before whose face, and eeke on euerye side,
Bypathes, and wayes, appeare amidd our gate,
That if the Lorde bee not our onlie guide:
We stumble, fall, and dailie goe astraye,
Then happie those, whome God doth shew the waye.
Before whose face, and eeke on euerye side,
Bypathes, and wayes, appeare amidd our gate,
That if the Lorde bee not our onlie guide:
We stumble, fall, and dailie goe astraye,
Then happie those, whome God doth shew the waye.
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Prouidentia.
Svche prouidence hathe nature secret wroughte
In creatures wilde, and eeke such knowledge straunge,
That man, by them in somme thinges maie be taughte,
As some foretell, when weather faire will chaunge,
Of heate, of raine, of winde, and tempests rage,
Some showe by signes, and with their songs presage.
In creatures wilde, and eeke such knowledge straunge,
That man, by them in somme thinges maie be taughte,
As some foretell, when weather faire will chaunge,
Of heate, of raine, of winde, and tempests rage,
Some showe by signes, and with their songs presage.
But leauing theise, which almost all doe knowe,
The Crocodile, by whome th' Ægyptians watche,
Howe farre that yeare shall mightie Nilus flowe,
For theire shee likes to laie her egges, and hatche,
Suche skill deuine, and science to foretell,
Hath Nature lente vnto this Serpent fell.
The Crocodile, by whome th' Ægyptians watche,
Howe farre that yeare shall mightie Nilus flowe,
For theire shee likes to laie her egges, and hatche,
Suche skill deuine, and science to foretell,
Hath Nature lente vnto this Serpent fell.
Which showes, They should with due regarde foresee,
When anie one doth take in hande a cause,
The drifte, and ende, of that they doe decree,
And longe thereon to ponder, and to pause,
For after witts, are like a shower of rayne
Which moistes the soile, when withered is the graine.
When anie one doth take in hande a cause,
The drifte, and ende, of that they doe decree,
And longe thereon to ponder, and to pause,
For after witts, are like a shower of rayne
Which moistes the soile, when withered is the graine.
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Veritas temporis filia.
Three furies fell, which turne the worlde to ruthe,
Both Enuie, Strife, and Slaunder, heare appeare,
In dungeon darke they longe inclosed truthe,
But Time at lengthe, did loose his daughter deare,
And setts alofte, that sacred ladie brighte,
Whoe things longe hidd, reueales, and bringes to lighte.
Both Enuie, Strife, and Slaunder, heare appeare,
In dungeon darke they longe inclosed truthe,
But Time at lengthe, did loose his daughter deare,
And setts alofte, that sacred ladie brighte,
Whoe things longe hidd, reueales, and bringes to lighte.
Thoughe strife make fier, thoughe Enuie eate hir harte,
The innocent though Slaunder rente, and spoile:
Yet Time will comme, and take this ladies parte,
And breake her bandes, and bring her foes to foile.
Dispaire not then, thoughe truthe be hidden ofte,
Bycause at lengthe, shee shall bee sett alofte.
The innocent though Slaunder rente, and spoile:
Yet Time will comme, and take this ladies parte,
And breake her bandes, and bring her foes to foile.
Dispaire not then, thoughe truthe be hidden ofte,
Bycause at lengthe, shee shall bee sett alofte.
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Dissidia inter æquales, pessima.
The Swallowe swifte, dothe beare vnto her neste
The Grasshopper, that did no daunger feare,
For that shee thought, they lou'de togeather beste,
Bycause they both, obseru'de one time of yeare,
And bothe, did ioye theire iarringe notes to sounde,
And neare the house they bothe, theire dwellings founde.
The Grasshopper, that did no daunger feare,
For that shee thought, they lou'de togeather beste,
Bycause they both, obseru'de one time of yeare,
And bothe, did ioye theire iarringe notes to sounde,
And neare the house they bothe, theire dwellings founde.
Yet time, and tune, and neighbourhood forgotte,
For perfect frende, a tyrant shee became,
Which taxeth those, whome God dothe heare allotte
Like gifts of grace, to winne a lasting name,
Yet Enuie soe theire vertues doth deface,
It makes them foes, to them theie should imbrace.
Formicæ grata est formica, Cicada cicādæ
For perfect frende, a tyrant shee became,
Which taxeth those, whome God dothe heare allotte
Like gifts of grace, to winne a lasting name,
Yet Enuie soe theire vertues doth deface,
It makes them foes, to them theie should imbrace.
Et doctis doctus gaudet Apollo choris.
Nic. Reusnerus.
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Temeritas.
The waggoner, behoulde, is hedlonge throwen,
And all in vaine doth take the raine in hande,
If he be dwrawen by horses fierce vnknowen,
Whose stomacks stowte, no taming vnderstande,
They praunce, and yerke, and out of order flinge,
Till all they breake, and vnto hauocke bringe.
And all in vaine doth take the raine in hande,
If he be dwrawen by horses fierce vnknowen,
Whose stomacks stowte, no taming vnderstande,
They praunce, and yerke, and out of order flinge,
Till all they breake, and vnto hauocke bringe.
That man, whoe hath affections fowle vntam'de,
And forwarde runnes neglecting reasons race,
Deserues by right, of all men to bee blam'de,
And headlonge falles at lengthe to his deface,
Then bridle will, and reason make thy guide,
So maiste thow stande, when others doune doe slide.
And forwarde runnes neglecting reasons race,
Deserues by right, of all men to bee blam'de,
And headlonge falles at lengthe to his deface,
Then bridle will, and reason make thy guide,
So maiste thow stande, when others doune doe slide.
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Intestinæ simultates.
When ciuill sworde is drawen out of the sheathe,
And bluddie broiles, at home are set a broache,
Then furious Mars with sworde doth rage beneathe,
And to the Toppe, deuowring flames incroache,
None helpes to quenche, but rather blowes the flame,
And oile doe adde, and powder to the same.
And bluddie broiles, at home are set a broache,
Then furious Mars with sworde doth rage beneathe,
And to the Toppe, deuowring flames incroache,
None helpes to quenche, but rather blowes the flame,
And oile doe adde, and powder to the same.
Intestine strife, is fearefull moste of all,
This, makes the Sonne, to cut his fathers throate,
This, parteth frendes, this, brothers makes to bralle,
This, robbes the good, and setts the theeues a floate,
This, Rome did feele, this, Germanie did taste,
And often times, this noble Lande did waste.
This, makes the Sonne, to cut his fathers throate,
This, parteth frendes, this, brothers makes to bralle,
This, robbes the good, and setts the theeues a floate,
This, Rome did feele, this, Germanie did taste,
And often times, this noble Lande did waste.
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Non tibi, sed Religioni.
The pastors good, that doe gladd tidinges preache,
The godlie sorte, with reuerence do imbrace:
Though they be men, yet since Godds worde they teache,
Wee honor them, and giue them higheste place,
Imbassadors of princes of the earthe,
Haue royall Seates, thoughe base they are by birthe.
The godlie sorte, with reuerence do imbrace:
Though they be men, yet since Godds worde they teache,
Wee honor them, and giue them higheste place,
Imbassadors of princes of the earthe,
Haue royall Seates, thoughe base they are by birthe.
Yet, if throwghe pride they doe them selues forgett,
And make accompte that honor, to be theires:
And doe not marke with in whose place they sett,
Let them behowlde the asse, that ISIS beares,
Whoe thowghte the men to honor him, did kneele,
And staied therfore, till he the staffe did feele.
And make accompte that honor, to be theires:
And doe not marke with in whose place they sett,
Let them behowlde the asse, that ISIS beares,
Whoe thowghte the men to honor him, did kneele,
And staied therfore, till he the staffe did feele.
For, as he pass'd with ISIS throughe the streete,
And bare on backe, his holie rites about,
Th' Ægyptians downe fell prostrate at his feete,
Whereat, the Asse grewe arrogante, and stowte,
Then saide the guide: oh foole not vnto thee,
Theise people bowe, but vnto that they see?
And bare on backe, his holie rites about,
Th' Ægyptians downe fell prostrate at his feete,
Whereat, the Asse grewe arrogante, and stowte,
Then saide the guide: oh foole not vnto thee,
Theise people bowe, but vnto that they see?
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Experientia docet.
A yovthefvll Prince, in prime of lustie yeares,
Woulde vnderstande what weather shoulde betide,
For that hee thoughte, with manie noble Peares
To passe the time, on huntinge forth to ride:
Th' Astronomer, did wishe hym staie at courte,
For present raine, should hinder all their sporte.
Woulde vnderstande what weather shoulde betide,
For that hee thoughte, with manie noble Peares
To passe the time, on huntinge forth to ride:
Th' Astronomer, did wishe hym staie at courte,
For present raine, should hinder all their sporte.
Which staied the Prince, but raine did none discende,
Then, wente hee forth with manie Gallantes braue,
But when he thought the clowdes, did droppes portend,
Hee roade aside, a plowghmans skill to craue,
Whoe, looking straighte vppon the varijng skie:
Saide, twentie daies I thinke it will bee drie.
Then, wente hee forth with manie Gallantes braue,
But when he thought the clowdes, did droppes portend,
Hee roade aside, a plowghmans skill to craue,
Whoe, looking straighte vppon the varijng skie:
Saide, twentie daies I thinke it will bee drie.
Proceedinge then, his iudgement true was founde,
Then, (quoth the Prince) weare thou the doctours Roabe,
And geeue to him, thy Harrowe on the grownde,
And in exchaunge, take thou his Spheare, and Gloabe:
And further saied, henceforthe wee will allowe,
That learninge shall vnto Experience bowe.
Then, (quoth the Prince) weare thou the doctours Roabe,
And geeue to him, thy Harrowe on the grownde,
And in exchaunge, take thou his Spheare, and Gloabe:
And further saied, henceforthe wee will allowe,
That learninge shall vnto Experience bowe.
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Sirenes.
Withe pleasaunte tunes, the Syrenes did allure
Vlisses wise, to listen to theire songe:
But nothinge could his manlie harte procure,
Hee sailde awaie, and scap'd their charming stronge,
The face, he lik'de: the nether parte, did loathe:
For womans shape, and fishes had they bothe.
Vlisses wise, to listen to theire songe:
But nothinge could his manlie harte procure,
Hee sailde awaie, and scap'd their charming stronge,
The face, he lik'de: the nether parte, did loathe:
For womans shape, and fishes had they bothe.
Which shewes to vs, when Bewtie seekes to snare
The carelesse man, whoe dothe no daunger dreede,
That he shoulde flie, and shoulde in time beware,
And not on lookes, his fickle fancie feede:
Suche Mairemaides liue, that promise onelie ioyes:
But hee that yeldes, at lengthe him selffe distroies.
The carelesse man, whoe dothe no daunger dreede,
That he shoulde flie, and shoulde in time beware,
And not on lookes, his fickle fancie feede:
Suche Mairemaides liue, that promise onelie ioyes:
But hee that yeldes, at lengthe him selffe distroies.
Hæc Venus ad musas: Venerem exhorrescite Nimphæ,
In vos armatus aut amor insiliet.
Cui contrà, musæ, verba hæc age dicito marti:
Aliger huc ad nos non volat ille puer.
In vos armatus aut amor insiliet.
Cui contrà, musæ, verba hæc age dicito marti:
Aliger huc ad nos non volat ille puer.
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Res humanæ in summo declinant.
The gallante Shipp, that cutts the azure surge,
And hathe both tide, and wisshed windes, at will:
Her tackle sure, with shotte her foes to vrge,
With Captaines boulde, and marriners of skill,
With streamers, flagges, topgallantes, pendantes braue,
When Seas do rage, is swallowed in the waue.
And hathe both tide, and wisshed windes, at will:
Her tackle sure, with shotte her foes to vrge,
With Captaines boulde, and marriners of skill,
With streamers, flagges, topgallantes, pendantes braue,
When Seas do rage, is swallowed in the waue.
The snowe, that falles vppon the mountaines greate,
Though on the Alpes, which seeme the clowdes to reache.
Can not indure the force of Phœbus heate,
But wastes awaie, Experience doth vs teache:
Which warneth all, on Fortunes wheele that clime
To beare in minde how they haue but a time.
Passibus ambiguis fortuna volubilis errat,
Though on the Alpes, which seeme the clowdes to reache.
Can not indure the force of Phœbus heate,
But wastes awaie, Experience doth vs teache:
Which warneth all, on Fortunes wheele that clime
To beare in minde how they haue but a time.
Et manet in nullo certa, tenaque loco.
Sed modò læta manet, vultus modò sumit acerbos
Et tantùm constans in leuitate sua est.
Ouidius 5. Trist. 9.
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Frustrà.
The Poëttes faine, that DANAVS daughters deare,
Inioyned are to fill the fatall tonne:
Where, thowghe they toile, yet are they not the neare,
But as they powre, the water forthe dothe runne:
No paine will serue, to fill it to the toppe,
For, still at holes the same doth runne, and droppe.
Inioyned are to fill the fatall tonne:
Where, thowghe they toile, yet are they not the neare,
But as they powre, the water forthe dothe runne:
No paine will serue, to fill it to the toppe,
For, still at holes the same doth runne, and droppe.
Which reprehendes, three sortes of wretches vaine,
The blabbe, th' ingrate, and those that couet still,
As first, the blabbe, no secretts can retaine.
Th' ingrate, not knowes to vse his frendes good will.
The couetous man, thowghe he abounde with store
Is not suffis'de, but couetts more and more.
The blabbe, th' ingrate, and those that couet still,
As first, the blabbe, no secretts can retaine.
Th' ingrate, not knowes to vse his frendes good will.
The couetous man, thowghe he abounde with store
Is not suffis'de, but couetts more and more.
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Superbiæ vltio.
Of NIOBE, behoulde the ruthefull plighte,
Bicause shee did dispise the powers deuine:
Her children all, weare slaine within her sighte,
And, while her selfe with tricklinge teares did pine,
Shee was transform'de, into a marble stone,
Which, yet with teares, dothe seeme to waile, and mone.
Bicause shee did dispise the powers deuine:
Her children all, weare slaine within her sighte,
And, while her selfe with tricklinge teares did pine,
Shee was transform'de, into a marble stone,
Which, yet with teares, dothe seeme to waile, and mone.
This tragedie, thoughe Poëtts first did frame,
Yet maie it bee, to euerie one applide:
That mortall men, shoulde thinke from whence they came,
And not presume, nor puffe them vp with pride,
Leste that the Lorde, whoe haughty hartes doth hate,
Doth throwe them downe, when sure they thinke theyr state.
Yet maie it bee, to euerie one applide:
That mortall men, shoulde thinke from whence they came,
And not presume, nor puffe them vp with pride,
Leste that the Lorde, whoe haughty hartes doth hate,
Doth throwe them downe, when sure they thinke theyr state.
Este procul læti, cernant mea funera tristes;
Non similis toto mæror in orbe fuit.
Bis septem natos peperi, bis pignora septem:
Me miseram! Diuûm sustulit ira mihi.
Non similis toto mæror in orbe fuit.
Bis septem natos peperi, bis pignora septem:
Me miseram! Diuûm sustulit ira mihi.
Dirigui demum lacrymis, & marmora manant.
Sic mihi mors dolorest; sic mihi vita, dolor.
Discite, mortales, quid sit turgescere fastu,
Et quid sit magnos posthabuisse Deos.
Sic mihi mors dolorest; sic mihi vita, dolor.
Discite, mortales, quid sit turgescere fastu,
Et quid sit magnos posthabuisse Deos.
Bapt. Gyraldus.
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Jn vitam humanam.
The wicked worlde, so false and full of crime,
Did alwaies mooue Heraclitvs to weepe,
The fadinge ioyes, and follies of that time,
Democritvs did driue to laughter deepe,
Thus heynous sinne, and follie did procure
Theise famous men, suche passions to indure.
Did alwaies mooue Heraclitvs to weepe,
The fadinge ioyes, and follies of that time,
Democritvs did driue to laughter deepe,
Thus heynous sinne, and follie did procure
Theise famous men, suche passions to indure.
What if they liu'de, and shoulde behoulde this age
Which ouerflowes, with swellinge seas of sinne:
Where fooles, by swarmes, doe presse vppon the stage,
With hellishe Impes, that like haue neuer binne:
I thinke this sighte, shoulde hasten their decaye
Then helpe vs God, and Sathans furie staie.
Damnosa quid non imminuit dies?
Which ouerflowes, with swellinge seas of sinne:
Where fooles, by swarmes, doe presse vppon the stage,
With hellishe Impes, that like haue neuer binne:
I thinke this sighte, shoulde hasten their decaye
Then helpe vs God, and Sathans furie staie.
Ætas paremum peior auis tulit
Nos nequiores, mox daturos
Progeniem vitiosiorem.
Horatius.
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Uoluptas ærumnosa.
Actæon heare, vnhappie man behoulde,
When in the well, hee sawe Diana brighte,
With greedie lookes, hee waxed ouer boulde,
That to a stagge hee was transformed righte,
Whereat amas'de, hee thought to runne awaie,
But straighte his howndes did rente hym, for their praie.
When in the well, hee sawe Diana brighte,
With greedie lookes, hee waxed ouer boulde,
That to a stagge hee was transformed righte,
Whereat amas'de, hee thought to runne awaie,
But straighte his howndes did rente hym, for their praie.
By which is ment, That those whoe do pursue
Theire fancies fonde, and thinges vnlawfull craue,
Like brutishe beastes appeare vnto the viewe,
And shall at lenghte, Actæons guerdon haue:
And as his houndes, soe theire affections base,
Shall them deuowre, and all their deedes deface.
Cornibus in Ceruum mutatum Actæona sumptis,
Theire fancies fonde, and thinges vnlawfull craue,
Like brutishe beastes appeare vnto the viewe,
And shall at lenghte, Actæons guerdon haue:
And as his houndes, soe theire affections base,
Shall them deuowre, and all their deedes deface.
Membratim proprij diripuere canes.
Anulus, in picta poësi.
Ita dis placitum, voluptati vt mœror comes consequatur.
Plautus in Amphit.
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Quod potes, tenta.
While HERCVLES, with mightie clubbe in hande
In Lyons skinne did sleepe, and take his ease:
About him straighte approch'de the Pigmeis bande,
And for to kill this conquerour assaies,
But foolishe dwarffes? theire force was all to smalle,
For when he wak'de, like gnattes hee crush'd them all.
In Lyons skinne did sleepe, and take his ease:
About him straighte approch'de the Pigmeis bande,
And for to kill this conquerour assaies,
But foolishe dwarffes? theire force was all to smalle,
For when he wak'de, like gnattes hee crush'd them all.
This warneth vs, that nothinge paste our strengthe
Wee shoulde attempte: nor anie worke pretende,
Aboue our power: lest that with shame at lengthe
Wee weakelinges prooue, and fainte before the ende.
The pore, that striue with mightie, this doth blame:
And sottes, that seeke the learned to defame.
Turpe est quod nequeas capiti submittere pondus,
Wee shoulde attempte: nor anie worke pretende,
Aboue our power: lest that with shame at lengthe
Wee weakelinges prooue, and fainte before the ende.
The pore, that striue with mightie, this doth blame:
And sottes, that seeke the learned to defame.
Et pressum inflexo mox dare terga genu.
Propertius.
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Ludus, luctus, luxus.
Behovlde the fruites of dronkennesse, and plaie:
Here corage, brawles with Cutthroate for a caste,
And ofte in fine, if that they lacke to paie,
They sweare it out, or blade it at the laste:
This, frendshippe breakes: this, makes vs laugh'd to scorne,
And beggerie giues, to those that riche are borne.
Here corage, brawles with Cutthroate for a caste,
And ofte in fine, if that they lacke to paie,
They sweare it out, or blade it at the laste:
This, frendshippe breakes: this, makes vs laugh'd to scorne,
And beggerie giues, to those that riche are borne.
The Lapithans, by drinke weare ouerthrowne,
The wisest men, with follie this inflames:
What shoulde I speake, of father Noah aloane,
Or bring in Lott, or Holofernes names:
This Simon, and his sonnes, did ouerthrowe,
And Benedab, made flee before his foe.
The wisest men, with follie this inflames:
What shoulde I speake, of father Noah aloane,
Or bring in Lott, or Holofernes names:
This Simon, and his sonnes, did ouerthrowe,
And Benedab, made flee before his foe.
And he that lik'd to spende his time at dice,
This lawe in Rome, Severvs did prouide:
That euerie man, shoulde deeme him as a vice,
And of his Landes, an other shoulde bee guide:
Like Lawes beside, did diuers more deuise,
And wisedome still, againste suche vnthriftes cries.
Tune sumus incauti, studioque aperimur abipso,
This lawe in Rome, Severvs did prouide:
That euerie man, shoulde deeme him as a vice,
And of his Landes, an other shoulde bee guide:
Like Lawes beside, did diuers more deuise,
And wisedome still, againste suche vnthriftes cries.
Nudaque per lusus pectora nostra patent.
Ira subit desorme malum, lucrique Cupido
Iurgiaque & rixæ, sollicitusque dolor,
Crimina dicuntur, resonat clamoribus æther,
Inuocat iratos & sibi quisque deos.
Ouidius.
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In auaros.
Septitivs ritche, a miser moste of all,
Whose liuinges large, and treasure did exceede:
Yet to his goodes, he was so much in thrall,
That still he vs'd on beetes, and rapes to feede:
So of his stoare, the sweete he neuer knewe,
And longe did robbe, his bellie of his due.
Whose liuinges large, and treasure did exceede:
Yet to his goodes, he was so much in thrall,
That still he vs'd on beetes, and rapes to feede:
So of his stoare, the sweete he neuer knewe,
And longe did robbe, his bellie of his due.
This Caitiffe wretche, with pined corpes lo heare,
Compared right vnto the foolishe asse,
Whose backe is fraighte with cates, and daintie cheare,
But to his share commes neither corne, nor grasse,
Yet beares he that, which settes his teeth on edge:
And pines him selfe, with thistle and with sedge.
Perditissimus ego sum omnium in terra,
Compared right vnto the foolishe asse,
Whose backe is fraighte with cates, and daintie cheare,
But to his share commes neither corne, nor grasse,
Yet beares he that, which settes his teeth on edge:
And pines him selfe, with thistle and with sedge.
Nam quid mihi opus vita est, qui tantum auri
Perdidi, quod custodiui seduló? egomet me fraudaui
Antmumque meum geniumque meum, &c.
Plautus in Aulul.
At nunc desertis cessant sacraria lucis,
Aurum omnes victa iam pietate, colunt.
Auro pulsa fides, auro venalia iura,
Aurum lex sequitur, mox sine lege pudor.
Propertius 3. 15.
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Nec verbo, nec facto, quenquam lædendum.
Heare, Nemesis the Goddesse iuste dothe stande,With bended arme, to measure all our waies,
A raine shee houldes, with in the other hande,
With biting bitte, where with the lewde shee staies:
And pulles them backe, when harme they doe intende,
Or when they take in wicked speeche delite,
And biddes them still beware for to offende,
And square theire deedes, in all thinges vnto righte:
But wicked Impes, that lewdlie runne their race,
Shee hales them backe, at lengthe to theire deface.
Est dea: quæ vacuo sublimis in aëre pendens
It nimbo succincta latus: sed candida palam:
Sed radiata comam: ac stridentibus insonat alis.
Hæc spes immodicas premit: hæc infesta superbis
Imminet: huic celsas hominum contundere mentes,
Successusque datum: & nimios turbare paratus.
Quam veteres Nemesim &c.
& paulò pòst:
Improba vota domans: ac summis ima reuoluens
Miscet: & alternanostros vice temperat actus, &c.
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Minuit præsentia famam.
Reporte, did ringe the snowe did hide the hilles,
And valleys lowe, there with alofte did rise:
Which newes, with dowte the hartes of manie filles,
And Cowardes made, for feare at home to friese:
But those that went, the truthe hereof to knowe,
When that they came, might safelie passe the snowe.
And valleys lowe, there with alofte did rise:
Which newes, with dowte the hartes of manie filles,
And Cowardes made, for feare at home to friese:
But those that went, the truthe hereof to knowe,
When that they came, might safelie passe the snowe.
For whie, the Sonne did make the same to waste,
And all about, discouered had the grounde:
So, thoughe ofte times the simple bee agaste,
When that reportes, of this, or that, doe sounde,
Yet if they firste, woulde seeke the truthe to knowe,
They ofte shoulde finde, the matter nothing soe.
Mobilitate viget, viresque acquirit cundo,
And all about, discouered had the grounde:
So, thoughe ofte times the simple bee agaste,
When that reportes, of this, or that, doe sounde,
Yet if they firste, woulde seeke the truthe to knowe,
They ofte shoulde finde, the matter nothing soe.
Parua metu primo, mox sese attollit in auras, &c.
Virg. lib. 4. Æneid in descrip. famæ.
Nocte dieque patet: tota est ex ære sonanti,
Tota fremit, vocesque refert, iterátque quod audit, &c.
Et Ouid. Metam, lib. 12. De domo famæ sic,
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Turpibus exitium.
The Scarabee, cannot indure the sente
Of fragant rose, moste bewtifull to see:
But filthie smelles, hee alwaies doth frequent,
And roses sweete, doe make him pine and die:
His howse, is donge: and wormes his neighbours are,
And for his meate, his mansion is his fare.
Of fragant rose, moste bewtifull to see:
But filthie smelles, hee alwaies doth frequent,
And roses sweete, doe make him pine and die:
His howse, is donge: and wormes his neighbours are,
And for his meate, his mansion is his fare.
With theise hee liues, and doth reioice for aie,
And buzzeth freshe, when night doth take her place,
From theise, he dies, and languisseth awaie:
So, whose delites are filthie, vile, and base,
Is sicke to heare, when counsaile sweete we giue,
And rather likes, with reprobates to liue.
Vos vbi contempti rupistis frena pudoris,
And buzzeth freshe, when night doth take her place,
From theise, he dies, and languisseth awaie:
So, whose delites are filthie, vile, and base,
Is sicke to heare, when counsaile sweete we giue,
And rather likes, with reprobates to liue.
Nescitis captæ mentis habere modum.
Flamma per incensas citius sedetur aristas,
Fluminaque ad fontis sint reditura caput, &c.
Quám possit vestros quisquam reprehendere cursus,
Et rapidæ stimulos frangere nequitiæ.
Propert. 3, 17.
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Nullus dolus contra Casum.
Behowlde the craftie foxe,
Vppon Danubius plaies,
What time throwgh froste, both man, and beaste,
Thereon did make their waies.
Vppon Danubius plaies,
What time throwgh froste, both man, and beaste,
Thereon did make their waies.
At lengthe, with Phoebvs beames,
The froste began to slake:
So that the yce with swelling streame,
To sundrie peeces brake.
The froste began to slake:
So that the yce with swelling streame,
To sundrie peeces brake.
Where, on a peece the foxe,
Doth to his tackling stande:
And in the sighte of Regenspurge,
Came driuing by the Lande.
Doth to his tackling stande:
And in the sighte of Regenspurge,
Came driuing by the Lande.
At which, the townesmen laugh'de,
And saied, this foxe, on Ice:
Doth shewe, no subtill crafte will serue,
When Chaunce doth throwe the dice.
Regitur fatis mortale genus:
And saied, this foxe, on Ice:
Doth shewe, no subtill crafte will serue,
When Chaunce doth throwe the dice.
Nec sibi quisquam spondere potest
Firmum, & stabile: perque casus
Voluitur varios semper nobis
Metuenda dies, &c.
Seneca in Oed.
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Mihi pondera, luxus.
When autumne ripes, the frutefull fieldes of graine,
And Ceres doth in all her pompe appeare,
The heauie eare, doth breake the stalke in twaine,
Wherebie wee see, this by experience cleare:
Hir owne excesse, did cause her proper spoile,
And made her corne, to rotte vppon the soile.
And Ceres doth in all her pompe appeare,
The heauie eare, doth breake the stalke in twaine,
Wherebie wee see, this by experience cleare:
Hir owne excesse, did cause her proper spoile,
And made her corne, to rotte vppon the soile.
Soe worldlie wealthe, and great aboundaunce, marres:
The sharpenes of our sences, and our wittes,
And oftentimes, our vnderstanding barres,
And dulles the same, with manie carefull fittes:
Then since Excesse procures our spoile and paine,
The meane preferre, before immoderate gaine.
------ nec te iucunda fronte fefellit
The sharpenes of our sences, and our wittes,
And oftentimes, our vnderstanding barres,
And dulles the same, with manie carefull fittes:
Then since Excesse procures our spoile and paine,
The meane preferre, before immoderate gaine.
Luxuries prædulce malum, quæ dedita semper
Corporis arbitriis, hebetat caligine sensus
Membraque Circæis effeminat acrius herbis.
Claud. 2.
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Latet anguis in herba.
Of flattringe speeche, with sugred wordes beware,
Suspect the harte, whose face doth fawne, and smile,
With trusting theise, the worlde is clog'de with care,
And fewe there bee can scape theise vipers vile:
With pleasinge speeche they promise, and protest,
When hatefull hartes lie hidd within their brest.
Suspect the harte, whose face doth fawne, and smile,
With trusting theise, the worlde is clog'de with care,
And fewe there bee can scape theise vipers vile:
With pleasinge speeche they promise, and protest,
When hatefull hartes lie hidd within their brest.
The faithfull wight, dothe neede no collours braue,
But those that truste, in time his truthe shall trie,
Where fawning mates, can not theire credit saue,
Without a cloake, to flatter, faine, and lye:
No foe so fell, nor yet soe harde to scape,
As is the foe, that fawnes with freindlie shape.
Tuta, frequensque via est, per amici fallere nomen.
But those that truste, in time his truthe shall trie,
Where fawning mates, can not theire credit saue,
Without a cloake, to flatter, faine, and lye:
No foe so fell, nor yet soe harde to scape,
As is the foe, that fawnes with freindlie shape.
Ouid 1. Art.
Sic iterum, sic sæpe cadunt, vbi vincere apertè
Non datur: insidias, armaque tecta parant.
Idem 2. Fast.
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Curis tabescimus omnes.
If griping greifes, haue harbour in thie breste,
And pininge cares, laie seige vnto the same,
Or straunge conceiptes, doe reaue thee of thie rest,
And daie, and nighte, do bringe thee out of frame:
Then choose a freinde, and doe his counsaile craue,
Least secret sighes, doe bringe vntimelie graue.
And pininge cares, laie seige vnto the same,
Or straunge conceiptes, doe reaue thee of thie rest,
And daie, and nighte, do bringe thee out of frame:
Then choose a freinde, and doe his counsaile craue,
Least secret sighes, doe bringe vntimelie graue.
Continuall care, did Plinies harte possesse,
To knowe what caus'de Vesevvs hill to flame,
And ceased not, now this, nowe that, to gesse:
Yet, when hee coulde not comprehende the same,
Suche was his fate, pursuing his desier,
He headlonge fell into the flaming fier.
Non opibus mentes homini, curæque leuantur, &c.
To knowe what caus'de Vesevvs hill to flame,
And ceased not, now this, nowe that, to gesse:
Yet, when hee coulde not comprehende the same,
Suche was his fate, pursuing his desier,
He headlonge fell into the flaming fier.
Tibul lib. 3. cap. 3.
O Curas hominum, ô quantum est in rebus inane.
Pers. 1.
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Otium sortem exspectat.
A windmill faire, that all thinges had to grinde,
Which man coulde make, the father lefte his sonne:
The corne was broughte, there nothing lack'd, but winde,
And Customers, did freshlie to it ronne:
The sonne repoas'de his truste vppon the mill,
And dailie dream'de on plentie at his will.
Which man coulde make, the father lefte his sonne:
The corne was broughte, there nothing lack'd, but winde,
And Customers, did freshlie to it ronne:
The sonne repoas'de his truste vppon the mill,
And dailie dream'de on plentie at his will.
Thus he secure, a while his daies did passe,
And did not seeke, for other staie at all:
And thoughe hee founde, howe coulde the profit was,
And that soe small, vnto his share did fall:
Yet still he hoap'de, for better lucke at laste,
And put his truste, in eache vncertaine blaste.
And did not seeke, for other staie at all:
And thoughe hee founde, howe coulde the profit was,
And that soe small, vnto his share did fall:
Yet still he hoap'de, for better lucke at laste,
And put his truste, in eache vncertaine blaste.
Vnto this foole, they maie compared bee,
Which idlie liue, and vainlie hoape for happe:
For while they hope, with wante they pine, wee see:
And verie fewe, are lul'de on fortunes lappe:
While grasse doth growe, the courser faire doth sterue,
And fortune field, the wishers turne doth serue.
Which idlie liue, and vainlie hoape for happe:
For while they hope, with wante they pine, wee see:
And verie fewe, are lul'de on fortunes lappe:
While grasse doth growe, the courser faire doth sterue,
And fortune field, the wishers turne doth serue.
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Dolus in suos.
While nettes were sette, the simple fowles to take,
Whoe kepte theire course alofte, and woulde not lighte,
A tamed ducke, her hoame did straighte forsake,
And flewe alofte, with other duckes in flighte,
They dowtinge not, her traiterous harte at all,
Did flie with her, and downe with her did fall.
Whoe kepte theire course alofte, and woulde not lighte,
A tamed ducke, her hoame did straighte forsake,
And flewe alofte, with other duckes in flighte,
They dowtinge not, her traiterous harte at all,
Did flie with her, and downe with her did fall.
By this is mente, all suche as doe betraie,
Theire kindred neare, that doe on them depende,
And ofte doe make, the innocent a praie,
By subtill sleighte, to them that seeke theire ende
Yea vnto those, they shoulde moste frendship showe,
They lie in waite, to worke theire ouerthrowe.
Perfida cognato se sanguine polluit ales,
Theire kindred neare, that doe on them depende,
And ofte doe make, the innocent a praie,
By subtill sleighte, to them that seeke theire ende
Yea vnto those, they shoulde moste frendship showe,
They lie in waite, to worke theire ouerthrowe.
Officiosa aliis, exitiosa suis.
And. Alciat. De anate.
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In Astrologos.
Heare, Icarvs with mountinge vp alofte,
Came headlonge downe, and fell into the Sea:
His waxed winges, the sonne did make so softe,
They melted straighte, and feathers fell awaie:
So, whilste he flewe, and of no dowbte did care,
He moou'de his armes, but loe, the same were bare.
Came headlonge downe, and fell into the Sea:
His waxed winges, the sonne did make so softe,
They melted straighte, and feathers fell awaie:
So, whilste he flewe, and of no dowbte did care,
He moou'de his armes, but loe, the same were bare.
Let suche beware, which paste theire reache doe mounte,
Whoe seeke the thinges, to mortall men deny'de,
And searche the Heauens, and all the starres accoumpte,
And tell therebie, what after shall betyde:
With blusshinge nowe, theire weakenesse rightlie weye,
Least as they clime, they fall to theire decaye.
Illud quod medium est, atque inter vtrumque, probamus.
Whoe seeke the thinges, to mortall men deny'de,
And searche the Heauens, and all the starres accoumpte,
And tell therebie, what after shall betyde:
With blusshinge nowe, theire weakenesse rightlie weye,
Least as they clime, they fall to theire decaye.
Martial. 1.
Dum petit infirmis nimium sublimia pennis
Icarus, Icariis nomina fecit aquis.
Vitaret cælum Phaëton, si viueret, & quos
Optauit stukè tangere, nollet eques.
Ouid. Trist. 2.
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Amor in filios.
When Boreas coulde, dothe bare both busshe, and tree,
Before the Springe, the Ringdoue makes her neste:
And that her yonge both softe, and warme, mighte bee,
Shee pulles her plumes, bothe from her backe, and breste:
And while shee stryues, her broode for to preserue,
Ofte times for coulde, the tender damme doth sterue.
Before the Springe, the Ringdoue makes her neste:
And that her yonge both softe, and warme, mighte bee,
Shee pulles her plumes, bothe from her backe, and breste:
And while shee stryues, her broode for to preserue,
Ofte times for coulde, the tender damme doth sterue.
Medea nowe, and Progne, blusshe for shame:
By whome, are ment yow dames of cruell kinde,
Whose infantes yonge, vnto your endlesse blame,
For mothers deare, do tyrauntes of yow finde:
Oh serpentes seede, each birde, and sauage brute,
Will those condempne, that tender not theire frute.
By whome, are ment yow dames of cruell kinde,
Whose infantes yonge, vnto your endlesse blame,
For mothers deare, do tyrauntes of yow finde:
Oh serpentes seede, each birde, and sauage brute,
Will those condempne, that tender not theire frute.
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Jn victoriam dolo partam.
What dolefull dame is this in greate dispaire?
This prowes is, whoe mournes on Aiax toombe:
What is the cause, shee rentes her goulden haire?
Wronge sentence paste by Agamemnons doombe:
But howe? declare, Vlisses filed tonge,
Allur'de the Iudge, to giue a Iudgement wronge.
This prowes is, whoe mournes on Aiax toombe:
What is the cause, shee rentes her goulden haire?
Wronge sentence paste by Agamemnons doombe:
But howe? declare, Vlisses filed tonge,
Allur'de the Iudge, to giue a Iudgement wronge.
For when, that dead Achyllis was in graue,
For valiante harte, did Aiax winne the fame:
Whereby, he claim'de Achyllis armes to haue,
Vlisses yet, was honored with the fame:
His suttle speeche, the iudges did preferre,
And Aiax wrong'de, the onelie man of warre
For valiante harte, did Aiax winne the fame:
Whereby, he claim'de Achyllis armes to haue,
Vlisses yet, was honored with the fame:
His suttle speeche, the iudges did preferre,
And Aiax wrong'de, the onelie man of warre
Wherefore, the Knighte impatient of the same,
Did loose his wittes, and after wroughte his ende:
Loe, heare the cause that moou'de this sacred dame,
On Aiax toombe, with griefe her time too spende:
Which warneth vs, and those that after liue,
To beare them righte, when iudgement they do giue.
Did loose his wittes, and after wroughte his ende:
Loe, heare the cause that moou'de this sacred dame,
On Aiax toombe, with griefe her time too spende:
Which warneth vs, and those that after liue,
To beare them righte, when iudgement they do giue.
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Cæcum odium.
Th' Enuious man, when neighboures howse dothe flame;
Whose chiefe delighte, is in an others harme,
Doth shutte his eies, and will not see the same,
But pulles awaie, his fellowe by the arme:
And sayeth, departe, wee care not for this ill,
It is not ours, let others care that will.
Whose chiefe delighte, is in an others harme,
Doth shutte his eies, and will not see the same,
But pulles awaie, his fellowe by the arme:
And sayeth, departe, wee care not for this ill,
It is not ours, let others care that will.
Too manie liue, that euery wheare are founde
Whoe daye and nighte doe languishe in dispite,
When that they see, an others wealthe abounde:
But, those herein that moste of all delighte,
Let them repente, for God whoe knowes theire harts,
Will them rewarde, accordinge to deserts.
Vixque tenet lacrymas quia nil lacrymabile cernit, &c.
Whoe daye and nighte doe languishe in dispite,
When that they see, an others wealthe abounde:
But, those herein that moste of all delighte,
Let them repente, for God whoe knowes theire harts,
Will them rewarde, accordinge to deserts.
Inuidus alterius rebus macrescit opimis.
Inuidia Siculi non inuenere tyranni
Masus tormentum. ------
Ouid 2. Metamorph. De inuidia sic. Horaclus 1. epist. 2.
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Jn pœnam sectatur & vmbra.
The wicked wretche, that mischiefe late hath wroughte,
By murther, thefte, or other heynous crimes,
With troubled minde, hee dowtes hee shalbe caughte,
And leaues the waie, and ouer hedges climes:
And standes in feare, of euerie busshe, and brake,
Yea oftentimes, his shaddowe makes him quake.
By murther, thefte, or other heynous crimes,
With troubled minde, hee dowtes hee shalbe caughte,
And leaues the waie, and ouer hedges climes:
And standes in feare, of euerie busshe, and brake,
Yea oftentimes, his shaddowe makes him quake.
A conscience cleare, is like a wall of brasse,
That dothe not shake, with euerie shotte that hittes:
Eauen soe there by, our liues wee quiet passe,
When guiltie mindes, are rack'de with fearfull fittes:
Then keepe thee pure, and soile thee not with sinne,
For after guilte, thine inwarde greifes beginne.
Conscius ipse sibi de se putat omnia dici.
That dothe not shake, with euerie shotte that hittes:
Eauen soe there by, our liues wee quiet passe,
When guiltie mindes, are rack'de with fearfull fittes:
Then keepe thee pure, and soile thee not with sinne,
For after guilte, thine inwarde greifes beginne.
Cato.
Conscia mens vt cuique sua est, ita concipit intra
Pectora, pro facto spemque, metumque suo.
Ouid. Fast. 1.
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Ei, qui semel sua prodegerit, aliena credi non oportere.
Medea loe with infante in her arme,
Whoe kil'de her babes, shee shoulde haue loued beste:
The swallowe yet, whoe did suspect no harme,
Hir Image likes, and hatch'd vppon her breste:
And lefte her younge, vnto this tirauntes guide,
Whoe, peecemeale did her proper fruicte diuide.
Whoe kil'de her babes, shee shoulde haue loued beste:
The swallowe yet, whoe did suspect no harme,
Hir Image likes, and hatch'd vppon her breste:
And lefte her younge, vnto this tirauntes guide,
Whoe, peecemeale did her proper fruicte diuide.
Oh foolishe birde, think'ste thow, shee will haue care,
Vppon thy yonge? Whoe hathe her owne destroy'de,
And maie it bee, that shee thie birdes should spare?
Whoe slue her owne, in whome shee shoulde haue ioy'd.
Thow arte deceau'de, and arte a warninge good,
To put no truste, in them that hate theire blood.
Medeæ statua est: natos cui credis Hirundo?
Vppon thy yonge? Whoe hathe her owne destroy'de,
And maie it bee, that shee thie birdes should spare?
Whoe slue her owne, in whome shee shoulde haue ioy'd.
Thow arte deceau'de, and arte a warninge good,
To put no truste, in them that hate theire blood.
Fer alio: viden' hæc mactet vt ipsa suos?
Borbonius.
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Jn momentaneam felicitatem.
The fruictfull gourde, was neighboure to the Pine,
And lowe at firste, abowt her roote did spread,
But yet, with dewes, and siluer droppes in fine,
It mounted vp, and almoste towch'de the head:
And with her fruicte, and leaues on euerie side,
Imbras'de the tree, and did the same deride.
And lowe at firste, abowt her roote did spread,
But yet, with dewes, and siluer droppes in fine,
It mounted vp, and almoste towch'de the head:
And with her fruicte, and leaues on euerie side,
Imbras'de the tree, and did the same deride.
To whome, the Pine with longe Experience wise,
And ofte had seene, suche peacockes loose theire plumes,
Thus aunswere made, thow owght'st not to despise,
My stocke at all, oh foole, thow much presumes.
In coulde, and heate, here longe hath bene my happe,
Yet am I sounde, and full of liuelie sappe.
And ofte had seene, suche peacockes loose theire plumes,
Thus aunswere made, thow owght'st not to despise,
My stocke at all, oh foole, thow much presumes.
In coulde, and heate, here longe hath bene my happe,
Yet am I sounde, and full of liuelie sappe.
But, when the froste, and coulde, shall thee assaie,
Thowghe nowe alofte, thow bragge, and freshlie bloome,
Yet, then thie roote, shall rotte, and fade awaie,
And shortlie, none shall knowe where was thy roome:
Thy fruicte, and leaues, that nowe so highe aspire
The passers by, shall treade within the mire.
Thowghe nowe alofte, thow bragge, and freshlie bloome,
Yet, then thie roote, shall rotte, and fade awaie,
And shortlie, none shall knowe where was thy roome:
Thy fruicte, and leaues, that nowe so highe aspire
The passers by, shall treade within the mire.
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Let them that stande, alofte on fortunes wheele,
And bragge, and boaste, with puffe of worldlie pride
Still beare in minde, howe soone the same maie reele,
And alwayes looke, for feare theire footinge slide:
And let not will, houlde vp theire heades for fame,
When inwarde wantes, maie not supporte the same.
And bragge, and boaste, with puffe of worldlie pride
Still beare in minde, howe soone the same maie reele,
And alwayes looke, for feare theire footinge slide:
And let not will, houlde vp theire heades for fame,
When inwarde wantes, maie not supporte the same.
Ære quandoque salutem redimendam.
The Beauer slowe, that present daunger feares,
And sees a farre, the eager howndes to haste,
With grindinge teethe, his stoanes awaie he teares,
And throwes them downe, to those that haue him chaste:
Which beinge founde, the hunter dothe retire,
For that he hath, the fruicte of his desire.
And sees a farre, the eager howndes to haste,
With grindinge teethe, his stoanes awaie he teares,
And throwes them downe, to those that haue him chaste:
Which beinge founde, the hunter dothe retire,
For that he hath, the fruicte of his desire.
Theise, soueraigne are diseases for to heale,
And for mannes healthe, from countries farre are broughte,
And if herein, the writers doe not faile,
This beaste doth knowe, that he therefore is soughte:
And afterwarde, if anie doe him course,
He shewes his wante, to mooue them to remorse.
And for mannes healthe, from countries farre are broughte,
And if herein, the writers doe not faile,
This beaste doth knowe, that he therefore is soughte:
And afterwarde, if anie doe him course,
He shewes his wante, to mooue them to remorse.
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Thus, to his paine he doth his life preserue:
Which teacheth vs, if foes doe vs pursue,
Wee showlde not care, if goodes for life maie serue,
Althoughe we giue, our treasure to a iewe:
No ritches, maie with life of man compare,
They are but drosse, and fortunes brittle ware.
Which teacheth vs, if foes doe vs pursue,
Wee showlde not care, if goodes for life maie serue,
Althoughe we giue, our treasure to a iewe:
No ritches, maie with life of man compare,
They are but drosse, and fortunes brittle ware.
Then life redeeme, althoughe with all thow haste,
Thoughe thow arte pore, yet feeke, and thow shalte finde,
Those ritches pure, that euermore shall laste,
Which are the goodes, and treasures, of the minde:
Noe man so pore, but god can blesse his daies,
Whoe patient Iob, did from the dunghill raise.
Vt corpus redimas, serrum patieris & ignes,
Thoughe thow arte pore, yet feeke, and thow shalte finde,
Those ritches pure, that euermore shall laste,
Which are the goodes, and treasures, of the minde:
Noe man so pore, but god can blesse his daies,
Whoe patient Iob, did from the dunghill raise.
Arida nec sitiens ora lauabis aqua.
Vt valeas animo, quicquam tolerare negabis?
At pretium pars hæc corpore maius haber:
Ouid. lib. 1. De Remed. amoris.
Durum telum necessitas.
Necessitie doth vrge, the Popiniaye to prate,And birdes, to drawe their bucketts vp, and picke theire meate through, grate:
Which warneth them, whoe needes must eyther serue, or pine:
With willing harte, no paines to shunne, and freedome to resigne.
Placet tibi factum mitio? M I. non si queam
Mutare: nunc, cum nequeo, æquo animo fero.
Terent. in Adel. 4. 7.
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Jnimicorum dona, infausta.
If of thy foe, thow doest a gifte receaue,
Esteeme it not, for feare the fates doe lower,
And with the gifte, ofte tyme thie life doe reaue,
Yea giftes wee reade, haue suche a secret power,
That oftentimes, they Lyncevs eies doe blinde,
And he that giues, the taker faste doth binde.
Esteeme it not, for feare the fates doe lower,
And with the gifte, ofte tyme thie life doe reaue,
Yea giftes wee reade, haue suche a secret power,
That oftentimes, they Lyncevs eies doe blinde,
And he that giues, the taker faste doth binde.
To Aiax heare, a sworde did Hector sende,
A girdle stronge, to him did Aiax yeelde,
With Hectors gifte, did Aiax woorke his ende,
And Aiax gifte, hal'de Hector throughe the fielde:
Of mortall foes, then see noe gifte thow take,
Althoughe a while, a truce with them thow make.
------ aut vlla putatis
A girdle stronge, to him did Aiax yeelde,
With Hectors gifte, did Aiax woorke his ende,
And Aiax gifte, hal'de Hector throughe the fielde:
Of mortall foes, then see noe gifte thow take,
Althoughe a while, a truce with them thow make.
Dona carere dolis Danaum, &c.
Sic titulo obsequij, quæ mittunt hostibus hostes
Munera, venturi præscia fata ferunt.
Lacoon apud Virgilium lib. Æneid. 2. sic de equo. loquitur Troianis. Aleiar.
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Non locus virum, sed vir locum ornat.
To the Honorable Sir Phillip Sidney Knight,
Gouernour of the Garrison and towne of Vlissing.
The trampinge steede, that champes the burnish'd bitte,
Is mannag'd braue, with ryders for the nones:
But, when the foole vppon his backe doth sette,
He throwes him downe, and ofte doth bruse his bones,
His corage feirce, dothe craue a better guide,
And eke such horse, the foole shoulde not bestride.
Is mannag'd braue, with ryders for the nones:
But, when the foole vppon his backe doth sette,
He throwes him downe, and ofte doth bruse his bones,
His corage feirce, dothe craue a better guide,
And eke such horse, the foole shoulde not bestride.
By which is ment, that men of iudgement graue,
Of learning, witte, and eeke of conscience cleare,
In highe estate, are fitte theire seates to haue,
And to be stall'd, in sacred iustice cheare:
Wherein they rule, vnto theire endlesse fame,
But fooles are foil'd, and throwne out of the san.
------ magnum hoc ego duco,
Of learning, witte, and eeke of conscience cleare,
In highe estate, are fitte theire seates to haue,
And to be stall'd, in sacred iustice cheare:
Wherein they rule, vnto theire endlesse fame,
But fooles are foil'd, and throwne out of the san.
Quòd placuit tibi, qui turpi secernis honestum.
Horat. 1, Ser. 6.
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Mediocribus vtere partis.
Whome fortune heare allottes a meane estate,
Yet giues enowghe, eache wante for to suffise:
That wauering wighte, that hopes for better fate,
And not content, his cawlinge doth despise,
Maie vainlie clime, but likelie still to fall,
And liue at lengthe, with losse of maine, and all.
Yet giues enowghe, eache wante for to suffise:
That wauering wighte, that hopes for better fate,
And not content, his cawlinge doth despise,
Maie vainlie clime, but likelie still to fall,
And liue at lengthe, with losse of maine, and all.
And he that poastes, to make awaie his landes,
And credittes all, that wandringe heades reporte:
Maye Tagus seeke, and Ganges goulden sandes,
Yet come at lengthe, with emptie purse to courte:
Let suche behoulde, the greedie dogge to moane,
By brooke deceau'd, with shaddow of his boane.
Non minor est virtus, quàm quærere parta tueri,
And credittes all, that wandringe heades reporte:
Maye Tagus seeke, and Ganges goulden sandes,
Yet come at lengthe, with emptie purse to courte:
Let suche behoulde, the greedie dogge to moane,
By brooke deceau'd, with shaddow of his boane.
Casus inest illic, hîc erit artis opus.
Ouid. lib. 2. Art.
Seruiet æternùm, quia paruo nesciat vti.
Cui non conueniet sua res, vt calceus olim,
Si pede maior erit, subuertet: si minor, vrget.
Lætus sorte tua viues, sapienter Aristi.
Horatius 1. Epist. 10.
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Biuium virtutis & vitij.
When Hercvles, was dowtfull of his waie,
Inclosed rounde, with vertue, and with vice:
With reasons firste, did vertue him assaie,
The other, did with pleasures him entice:
They longe did striue, before he coulde be wonne,
Till at the lengthe, Alcides thus begonne.
Inclosed rounde, with vertue, and with vice:
With reasons firste, did vertue him assaie,
The other, did with pleasures him entice:
They longe did striue, before he coulde be wonne,
Till at the lengthe, Alcides thus begonne.
Oh pleasure, thoughe thie waie bee smoothe, and faire,
And sweete delightes in all thy courtes abounde:
Yet can I heare, of none that haue bene there,
That after life, with fame haue bene renoum'de:
For honor hates, with pleasure to remaine,
Then houlde thy peace, thow wastes thie winde in vaine.
And sweete delightes in all thy courtes abounde:
Yet can I heare, of none that haue bene there,
That after life, with fame haue bene renoum'de:
For honor hates, with pleasure to remaine,
Then houlde thy peace, thow wastes thie winde in vaine.
But heare, I yeelde oh vertue to thie will,
And vowe my selfe, all labour to indure,
For to ascende the steepe, and craggie hill,
The toppe whereof, whoe so attaines, is sure
For his rewarde, to haue a crowne of fame:
Thus Hercvles, obey'd this sacred dame.
And vowe my selfe, all labour to indure,
For to ascende the steepe, and craggie hill,
The toppe whereof, whoe so attaines, is sure
For his rewarde, to haue a crowne of fame:
Thus Hercvles, obey'd this sacred dame.
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Pœna sequens.
When silent nighte, did scepter take in hande,
And dim'de the daie, with shade of mantle blacke,
What time the theeues, in priuie corners stande,
And haue noe dowte, to robbe for what they lacke:
A greedie theefe, in shambles broke a shoppe,
And fil'de a sacke, with fleshe vp to the toppe.
And dim'de the daie, with shade of mantle blacke,
What time the theeues, in priuie corners stande,
And haue noe dowte, to robbe for what they lacke:
A greedie theefe, in shambles broke a shoppe,
And fil'de a sacke, with fleshe vp to the toppe.
Which done, with speede he lifted vp the sacke,
And bothe the endes, abowt his necke he knittes,
And ranne awaie, with burden on his backe
Till afterwardes, as hee at alehowse sittes:
The heauie loade, did weye so harde behinde,
That whiles he slept, the weighte did stoppe his winde.
And bothe the endes, abowt his necke he knittes,
And ranne awaie, with burden on his backe
Till afterwardes, as hee at alehowse sittes:
The heauie loade, did weye so harde behinde,
That whiles he slept, the weighte did stoppe his winde.
Which truelie showes, to them that doe offende,
Althowghe a while, they scape theire iust desertes,
Yet punishment, dothe at theire backes attende,
And plagues them hoame, when they haue meriest hartes:
And thoughe longe time, they doe escape the pikes,
Yet soone, or late, the Lorde in iustice strikes.
Althowghe a while, they scape theire iust desertes,
Yet punishment, dothe at theire backes attende,
And plagues them hoame, when they haue meriest hartes:
And thoughe longe time, they doe escape the pikes,
Yet soone, or late, the Lorde in iustice strikes.
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Uenter, pluma, Uenus, laudem fugiunt.
Why fliest thow hence? and turn'ste awaie thie face?
Thow glorie brighte, that men with fame doest crowne:
Glo. Bycause, I haue noe likinge of that place,
Where slothfull men, doe sleepe in beddes of downe:
And fleshlie luste, doth dwell with fowle excesse,
This is no howse, for glorie to possesse.
Thow glorie brighte, that men with fame doest crowne:
Glo. Bycause, I haue noe likinge of that place,
Where slothfull men, doe sleepe in beddes of downe:
And fleshlie luste, doth dwell with fowle excesse,
This is no howse, for glorie to possesse.
But, if thow wilte my presence neuer lacke,
Sardanapal, and all his pleasures hate,
Driue Venvs hence, let Bacchvs further packe,
If not, behowlde I flie out of thie gate:
Yet, if from theise, thow turne thie face awaie,
I will returne, and dwell with thee for aie.
Magnum iter ascendo, sed dat mihi gloria vires:
Sardanapal, and all his pleasures hate,
Driue Venvs hence, let Bacchvs further packe,
If not, behowlde I flie out of thie gate:
Yet, if from theise, thow turne thie face awaie,
I will returne, and dwell with thee for aie.
Non iuuat ex facili lecta corona iugo.
Propert. 4. 12.
Cernis vt ignauum corrumpant otia corpus?
Vt capiant vitium, ni moueantur aquæ?
Ouid. 1. Pont. 6
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Mens immota manet.
To Sir Robert Iermyn Knight.
By vertue hidde, behoulde, the Iron harde,
The loadestone drawes, to poynte vnto the starre:
Whereby, wee knowe the Seaman keepes his carde,
And rightlie shapes, his course to countries farre:
And on the pole, dothe euer keepe his eie,
And withe the same, his compasse makes agree.
The loadestone drawes, to poynte vnto the starre:
Whereby, wee knowe the Seaman keepes his carde,
And rightlie shapes, his course to countries farre:
And on the pole, dothe euer keepe his eie,
And withe the same, his compasse makes agree.
Which shewes to vs, our inward vertues shoulde,
Still drawe our hartes, althoughe the iron weare:
The hauenlie starre, at all times to behoulde,
To shape our course, so right while wee bee heare:
That Scylla, and Charybdis, wee maie misse,
And winne at lengthe, the porte of endlesse blisse.
Conscia mens recti famæ mendacia ridet.
Still drawe our hartes, althoughe the iron weare:
The hauenlie starre, at all times to behoulde,
To shape our course, so right while wee bee heare:
That Scylla, and Charybdis, wee maie misse,
And winne at lengthe, the porte of endlesse blisse.
Ouid. 4. Fast.
Sufficit & longum probitas perdurat in æuum,
Perque suos annos hinc bene pendet amor.
Ouid. de medic. faciei.
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Desiderium spe vacuum.
The Lyon fierce, behoulde doth rente his praie,
The dogge lookes backe, in hope to haue a share,
And lick'd his lippes, and longe therefore did staie,
But all in vaine, the Lion none coulde spare:
And yet the sighte, with hope the dogge did feede,
As if he had, somme parte there of in deede.
The dogge lookes backe, in hope to haue a share,
And lick'd his lippes, and longe therefore did staie,
But all in vaine, the Lion none coulde spare:
And yet the sighte, with hope the dogge did feede,
As if he had, somme parte there of in deede.
This reprehendes, the sonnes, or greedie frendes,
That longe do hope, for deathe of aged Sires:
And on theire goodes, doe feede before theire endes,
For deathe ofte times, doth frustrate theire desires:
And takes awaie, the yonge before the oulde,
Let greedie heires, this looking glasse behoulde.
Filius ante diem patrios inquirit in annos:
That longe do hope, for deathe of aged Sires:
And on theire goodes, doe feede before theire endes,
For deathe ofte times, doth frustrate theire desires:
And takes awaie, the yonge before the oulde,
Let greedie heires, this looking glasse behoulde.
Victa iacet pietas, &c.
Ouid. 1. Metamorph.
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Furor & rabies.
The crewell kinges, that are inflam'de with ire:
With fier, and sworde, theire furious mindes suffise:
And ofte to showe, what chiefelie they desire,
Within theire sheildes, they dreadefull shapes deuise,
Some Griphins feirce, some ramping Lions beare,
Some Tygers fell, or Dragons like to weare.
With fier, and sworde, theire furious mindes suffise:
And ofte to showe, what chiefelie they desire,
Within theire sheildes, they dreadefull shapes deuise,
Some Griphins feirce, some ramping Lions beare,
Some Tygers fell, or Dragons like to weare.
All which bewraye, theire inwarde bloodie thoughte,
Suche one, behoulde, kinge Agamemnon was:
Who had in shielde, a ramping Lion wroughte
And eke this verse, was grauen in the brasse:
Mannes terror this, to feare them that behoulde:
Which shielde is borne, by Agamemnon boulde.
Dum furor in cursu est, currenti cede furori:
Suche one, behoulde, kinge Agamemnon was:
Who had in shielde, a ramping Lion wroughte
And eke this verse, was grauen in the brasse:
Mannes terror this, to feare them that behoulde:
Which shielde is borne, by Agamemnon boulde.
Difficiles aditus impetus omnis habet.
Ouid. 1. Remed.
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Uarij hominum sensus.
To Sir Henry Woodhowse Knight.
An aged dame, in reuerence of the dead,
With care did place, the sculles of men shee founde,
Vppon an hill, as in a sacred bed,
But as shee toil'de, shee stumbled to the grounde:
Whereat, downe fell the heades within her lappe,
And here, and there, they ranne abowt the hill:
With that, quoth shee, no maruaile is this happe,
Since men aliue, in myndes do differ still:
And like as theise, in sunder downe do fall,
So varried they, in their opinions all.
Mille hominum species, & rerum discolor vsus.
Velle suum cuique est, nec voto viuitur vno.
Mercibus hic Italis, mutat sub sole recenti
Rugosum piper, & pallentis grana cumini:
Hic satur irriguo mauult turgescere somno:
Hic campo indulget, hunc alea decoquit: &c.
Persius 5.
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Marte & arte.
To Sir William Standley Knight.
Where courage great, and consaile good doe goe,
With lastinge fame, the victorie is wonne:
But seperate theise, then feare the ouerthrowe,
And strengthe alone, dothe vnto ruine ronne:
Then Captaines good, must ioyne theise two, in one:
And not presume with this, or that, alone.
With lastinge fame, the victorie is wonne:
But seperate theise, then feare the ouerthrowe,
And strengthe alone, dothe vnto ruine ronne:
Then Captaines good, must ioyne theise two, in one:
And not presume with this, or that, alone.
As valiant hartes, and corage highe beseeme,
The Captaines boulde, that enterprise for fame:
Soe muste they still, of pollicie esteeme,
And wisedomes rules, to bringe to passe the same:
While Cæsar great, subdude the countries farre:
In gowne at home, did Tvllie helpe to warre.
The Captaines boulde, that enterprise for fame:
Soe muste they still, of pollicie esteeme,
And wisedomes rules, to bringe to passe the same:
While Cæsar great, subdude the countries farre:
In gowne at home, did Tvllie helpe to warre.
Vlisses wise, and Diomedes forme,
Are heare set downe, for valiant wightes to viewe:
The one deuis'de, the other did performe,
Whereby, they did the Troiane force subdue:
The one, his foes with witte, and counsaile harm'de,
The other, still him selfe againste them arm'de.
Are heare set downe, for valiant wightes to viewe:
The one deuis'de, the other did performe,
Whereby, they did the Troiane force subdue:
The one, his foes with witte, and counsaile harm'de,
The other, still him selfe againste them arm'de.
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Labor irritus.
Heare, Ocnus still the roape doth turne and winde,
Which he did make, of russhes and of grasse:
And when with toile, his worke was to his minde
He rol'de it vp, and lefte it to the asse:
Whoe quickelie spoil'de, that longe with paine was sponne,
Which being kept, it might some good haue donne.
Which he did make, of russhes and of grasse:
And when with toile, his worke was to his minde
He rol'de it vp, and lefte it to the asse:
Whoe quickelie spoil'de, that longe with paine was sponne,
Which being kept, it might some good haue donne.
This Ocnus shewes, a man that workes and toiles,
The Asse declares, a wicked wastfull wife:
Whoe if shee maie, shee quicklie spendes and spoiles
That he with care, was getting all his life,
And likewise those, that lewdely doo bestowe
Suche thinges, as shoulde vnto good vses goe.
Prodiga non sentit pereuntem femina sensum:
The Asse declares, a wicked wastfull wife:
Whoe if shee maie, shee quicklie spendes and spoiles
That he with care, was getting all his life,
And likewise those, that lewdely doo bestowe
Suche thinges, as shoulde vnto good vses goe.
At, velut exhausta rediuiuus pullulet arca
Nummus, & è pleno semper tollatur aceruo,
Non vnquam reputant quanti sua gaudia constent.
Iuuenalis 6.
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In eum qui sibi ipsi damnum apparat.
The rauening wolfe, by kinde my mortall foe,
Yet lo, infors'de, I foster vp her whelpe:
Who afterwarde, as it did stronger growe,
Thoughe as my owne, I longe the same did helpe:
Yet, coulde I not contente it with my teate,
But that my selfe, hee rent to be his meate.
Yet lo, infors'de, I foster vp her whelpe:
Who afterwarde, as it did stronger growe,
Thoughe as my owne, I longe the same did helpe:
Yet, coulde I not contente it with my teate,
But that my selfe, hee rent to be his meate.
No willinge minde, to please him might suffise,
No diligence, to geue the tyraunte sucke,
Though whelpishe daies, his nature did disguise,
Yet time at lengthe vnto my euell lucke,
Bewray'de his harte, a warninge good to those,
Whoe in theire howse, doe foster vp theire foes.
No diligence, to geue the tyraunte sucke,
Though whelpishe daies, his nature did disguise,
Yet time at lengthe vnto my euell lucke,
Bewray'de his harte, a warninge good to those,
Whoe in theire howse, doe foster vp theire foes.
For, thoughe throughe neede they frendlie seeme a while,
Or childishe yeares, do cloke their cancker'd minde,
Althoughe some doe, releeue them in exile,
And spend theire goodes, in hope to alter kinde:
Yet all theire loue, and care to doe them good,
Suche will forgett, and seeke to spill theire blood.
Or childishe yeares, do cloke their cancker'd minde,
Althoughe some doe, releeue them in exile,
And spend theire goodes, in hope to alter kinde:
Yet all theire loue, and care to doe them good,
Suche will forgett, and seeke to spill theire blood.
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Garrulitas.
Betimé when sleepe is sweete, the chattringe swallowe cries,And doth awake the wearied wighte, before he would arise:
Which carpes the pratinge crewe, whoe like of bablinge beste:
Whose tounges doe make him almoste deafe, that faine would take his rest.
Quære adolescens, vtere senex.
VVhilst youthe doth laste, with liuelie sappe, and strengthe,With sweate of browe, see that for age thou toyle:
And when the same, arresteth thee at lengthe,
Then take thy rest, let younglinges worke, and moyle:
And vse thy goodes, which thou in yowthe haste wonne,
To cheare thy harte, whil'st that thy glasse shal ronne.
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Uitæ, aut morti.
Within one flower, two contraries remaine,For proofe behoulde, the spider, and the bee,
One poison suckes, the bee doth honie draine:
The Scripture soe, hath two effectes we see:
Vnto the bad, it is a sworde that slaies,
Vnto the good, a shielde in ghostlie fraies.
Nil penna, sed vsus.
To. Pr. Dr.
The Hippocrites, that make so great a showe,
Of Sanctitie, and of Religion sounde,
Are shaddowes meere, and with our substance goe,
And beinge tri'de, are but dissemblers founde.
Theise are compar'de, vnto the Ostriche faire,
Whoe spreades her winges, yet sealdome tries the aire.
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Fortissima minimis interdum cedunt.
The scarlet cloathe, dothe make the bull to feare.The culler white, the Olephant dothe shunne.
The crowinge cocke, the Lion quakes to heare.
The smoke of cloathe, dothe make the stagge to runne.
All which doe showe, wee no man shoulde dispise,
But thinke howe harme, the simplest maie deuise.
Iniuriis, infirmitas subiecta.
The mightie fishe, deuowres the little frie,If in the deepe, they venture for to staie,
If vp they swimme, newe foes with watchinge flie,
The caruoraunte, and Seamewe, for theire praie:
Betweene these two, the frie is still destroi'de,
Ah feeble state, on euerie side anoi'de.
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Jn dies meliora.
The greedie Sowe so longe as shee dothe finde,Some scatteringes lefte, of haruest vnder foote
She forward goes and neuer lookes behinde,
While anie sweete remayneth for to roote,
Euen soe wee shoulde, to goodnes euerie daie
Still further passe, and not to turne nor staie.
Luxuriosorum opes.
On craggie rockes, and haughtie mountaines toppe,Vntimelie fruicte, one sower figtree growes:
Whereof, no good mankinde at all doth croppe,
But serues alone, the rauens, and the crowes:
So fooles, theire goodes vnto no goodnes vse,
But flatterers feede, or waste them on the stewes.
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Agentes, & consentientes, pari pœna puniendi.
A Trompetter, the Captaines captiue leade,Whoe pardon crau'de, and saide, he did no harme:
And for his life, with tremblinge longe did pleade,
Whereat, quoth they, and hal'de him by the arme:
Althoughe, thie hande did neuer strike a stroke,
Yet with thie winde, thou others did'st prouoke.
Jn quatuor anni tempora.
By swallowes note, the Springe wee vnderstande,The Cuckowe comes, ere Sommer doth beginne:
The vinefinche showes, that haruest is at hande:
The Chaffinche singes, when winter commeth in:
Which times they keepe, that man therebie maie knowe,
Howe Seasons chaunge, and tymes do come and goe.
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Paruam culinam, duobus ganeonibus non sufficere.
In smalle, and little thinges, there is no gaine at all,One groaue, maie not two redbreastes serue, but euermore they brall.
Cuncta complecti velle, stultum.
ET TVTTO ABBRACCIO ETNVLLA STRINGO.
The little boyes, that striue with all theire mighte,
To catche the belles, or bubbles, as they fall:
In vaine they seeke, for why, they vanishe righte,
Yet still they striue, and are deluded all:
So, they that like all artes, that can bee thoughte,
Doe comprehende not anie, as they oughte.
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Alius peccat, alius plectitur.
The angrie dogge doth turne vnto the stone,When it is caste, and bytes the same for ire,
And not pursues, the same that hathe it throwne,
But with the same, fulfilleth his desire:
Euen so, theyr are that doe bothe fighte, and brall,
With guiltlesse men, when wrathe dothe them inflame,
And mortall foes, they deale not with at all,
But let them passe, to theire rebuke, and shame:
And in a rage, on innocentes do ronne,
And turne from them, that all the wronge haue donne.
Sic plerique sinunt veros elabier hostes,
Et quos nulla grauat noxia, dente petunt.
And. Alciat.
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Æthiopem lauare.
Leave of with paine, the blackamore to skowre,With washinge ofte, and wipinge more then due:
For thou shalt finde, that Nature is of powre,
Doe what thou canste, to keepe his former hue:
Thoughe with a forke, wee Nature thruste awaie,
Shee turnes againe, if wee withdrawe our hande:
And thoughe, wee ofte to conquer her assaie,
Yet all in vaine, shee turnes if still wee stande:
Then euermore, in what thou doest assaie,
Let reason rule, and doe the thinges thou maie.
------ equusque
Nunquam ex degeneri fiet generosus asello,
Et nunquam ex stolido cordatus fiet ab arte.
Anulus in pict. poësi.
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Non dolo, sed vi.
The ape, did reache for Chestnuttes in the fire,But fearinge muche, the burninge of his toes,
Perforce was bar'de, longe time from his desire:
But at the lengthe, he with a whelpe did close,
And thruste his foote, into the Embers quick,
And made him, pull the Chestnuttes out perforce:
Which shewes, when as ambition fowle doth prick,
The hartes of kinges, then there is no remorce,
But oftentimes, to aunswere theire desire,
The subiectes feele, both famine, sworde, and fire.
Quicquid delirant reges, plectuntur Achiui.
Horat. lib. 1. Epist. 2.
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Nimium rebus ne fide secundis.
The loftie Pine, that one the mountaine growes,And spreades her armes, with braunches freshe, & greene,
The raginge windes, on sodaine ouerthrowes,
And makes her stoope, that longe a farre was seene:
So they, that truste to muche in fortunes smiles,
Thoughe worlde do laughe, and wealthe doe moste abounde,
When leste they thinke, are often snar'de with wyles,
And from alofte, doo hedlonge fall to grounde:
Then put no truste, in anie worldlie thinges,
For frowninge fate, throwes downe the mightie kinges.
Sæpius ventis agitatur ingens
Pinus, & celsæ grauiore casu
Decidunt turres, feriúntque summos
Fulmina montes.
Hor. Carm. 2. Od. 10.
Vt cecidi, cunclique metu fugere ruinam,
Versáque amicitiæ terga dedere meæ.
Ouid. 3. Trist. 5.
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Silentium.
Ad D. T. C. M.
Pythagoras, vnto his schollers gaue,
This lesson firste, that silence they should keepe:
And this, wee reade Philosophers moste graue,
Yea in theire hartes, this Princes printed deepe:
Vlisses wordes weare spare, but rightlie plac'd:
This, Nestor lik'de. Lycvrgvs this imbrac'de.
This lesson firste, that silence they should keepe:
And this, wee reade Philosophers moste graue,
Yea in theire hartes, this Princes printed deepe:
Vlisses wordes weare spare, but rightlie plac'd:
This, Nestor lik'de. Lycvrgvs this imbrac'de.
This, famous made Epaminondas boulde:
By this, great praise did Demaratvs gaine:
This, Athens made to reuerence Zeno oulde:
Simonides condemned speaches vaine,
Whose sayinge was, my wordes repentance had,
But Silence yet, did neuer make mee sad.
By this, great praise did Demaratvs gaine:
This, Athens made to reuerence Zeno oulde:
Simonides condemned speaches vaine,
Whose sayinge was, my wordes repentance had,
But Silence yet, did neuer make mee sad.
And Cato sayeth: That man is next to God,
Whoe squares his speache, in reasons rightfull frame:
For idle wordes, God threatneth with his rodde,
And sayeth, wee must giue reckoninge for the same:
Sainct Pavle likewise, this faulte doth sharplie tutche,
And oftentimes, condemneth bablinge mutche.
Whoe squares his speache, in reasons rightfull frame:
For idle wordes, God threatneth with his rodde,
And sayeth, wee must giue reckoninge for the same:
Sainct Pavle likewise, this faulte doth sharplie tutche,
And oftentimes, condemneth bablinge mutche.
One calles the tounge, the gate of life, and deathe,
Which wiselie vs'd, extolleth men on earthe:
Which lewdlie vs'de, depriueth men of breathe,
And makes them mourne, whoe might haue liu'de in mirthe:
For euell wordes, pierce sharper then a sworde,
Which ofte wee rue, thoughe they weare spoke in boorde.
Which wiselie vs'd, extolleth men on earthe:
Which lewdlie vs'de, depriueth men of breathe,
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For euell wordes, pierce sharper then a sworde,
Which ofte wee rue, thoughe they weare spoke in boorde.
Not that distroyes, into the mowthe that goes,
But that distroyes, that forthe thereof doth comme:
For wordes doe wounde, the inwarde man with woes,
Then wiselie speake, or better to bee domme
The tounge, althowghe it bee a member small,
Of man it is the best, or worste of all.
But that distroyes, that forthe thereof doth comme:
For wordes doe wounde, the inwarde man with woes,
Then wiselie speake, or better to bee domme
The tounge, althowghe it bee a member small,
Of man it is the best, or worste of all.
The foole, is thought with silence to be wise,
But when he prates, him selfe he dothe bewraye:
And wise men still, the babler doe dispise,
Then keepe a watche when thou haste owght to saie,
What labour lesse, then for to houlde thy peace,
Which aged daies, with quiet doth increase.
But when he prates, him selfe he dothe bewraye:
And wise men still, the babler doe dispise,
Then keepe a watche when thou haste owght to saie,
What labour lesse, then for to houlde thy peace,
Which aged daies, with quiet doth increase.
Th' Ægyptians wise, and other nations farre,
Vnto this ende, Harpocrates deuis'de,
Whose finger, still did seeme his mouthe to barre,
To bid them speake, no more then that suffis'de,
Which signe thoughe oulde, wee may not yet detest,
But marke it well, if wee will liue in reste.
Vnto this ende, Harpocrates deuis'de,
Whose finger, still did seeme his mouthe to barre,
To bid them speake, no more then that suffis'de,
Which signe thoughe oulde, wee may not yet detest,
But marke it well, if wee will liue in reste.
Written to the like effecte, vppon Uideo, & taceo.
Her Maiesties poësie, at the great Lotterie in London, begon m. d. lxviii. and ended m. d. lxix.
I see, and houlde my peace: a Princelie Poësie righte,For euerie faulte, shoulde not prouoke, a Prince, or man of mighte.
For if that Iove shoulde shoote, so ofte as men offende,
The Poëttes saie, his thunderboltes shoulde soone bee at an ende.
Then happie wee that haue, a Princesse so inclin'de.
That when as iustice drawes hir sworde, hath mercie in her minde,
And to declare the same, howe prone shee is to saue:
Her Maiestie did make her choice, this Poësie for to haue.
Sed piger ad pœnas princeps, ad prœmia velox:
Cuique dolet, quoties cogitur esse ferox.
Ouid. 1. Pont. 3.
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Amicitia, etiam post mortem durans.
To R. T. and M. C. Esquiers.
A withered Elme, whose boughes weare bare of leaues
And sappe, was sunke with age into the roote:
A fruictefull vine, vnto her bodie cleaues,
Whose grapes did hange, from toppe vnto the foote:
And when the Elme, was rotten, drie, and dead,
His braunches still, the vine abowt it spread.
And sappe, was sunke with age into the roote:
A fruictefull vine, vnto her bodie cleaues,
Whose grapes did hange, from toppe vnto the foote:
And when the Elme, was rotten, drie, and dead,
His braunches still, the vine abowt it spread.
Which showes, wee shoulde be linck'de with such a frende,
That might reuiue, and helpe when wee bee oulde:
And when wee stoope, and drawe vnto our ende,
Our staggering state, to helpe for to vphoulde:
Yea, when wee shall be like a sencelesse block,
That for our sakes, will still imbrace our stock.
Ire iubet Pylades charum periturus Crestem:
That might reuiue, and helpe when wee bee oulde:
And when wee stoope, and drawe vnto our ende,
Our staggering state, to helpe for to vphoulde:
Yea, when wee shall be like a sencelesse block,
That for our sakes, will still imbrace our stock.
Hic negat, inque vicem pugnat vterque mori,
Extitit hoc vnum quod non conuenerat illis:
Cætera pars concors, & sine lite fuit.
Ouid. 3. Pont. 2.
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Potentissimus affectus, amor.
The Lions grimme, behoulde, doe not resiste,
But yealde them selues, and Cupiddes chariot drawe,
And with one hande, he guydes them where he liste,
With th' other hande, he keepes them still in awe:
Theye couche, and drawe, and do the whippe abide,
And laie theire fierce and crewell mindes aside.
But yealde them selues, and Cupiddes chariot drawe,
And with one hande, he guydes them where he liste,
With th' other hande, he keepes them still in awe:
Theye couche, and drawe, and do the whippe abide,
And laie theire fierce and crewell mindes aside.
If Cupid then, bee of such mightie force,
That creatures fierce, and brutishe kinde he tames:
Oh mightie Iove, vouchsafe to showe remorse,
Helpe feeble man, and pittie tender dames:
Let Africke wilde, this tyrauntes force indure,
If not alas, howe can poore man bee sure.
Quem non mille feræ, quem non Stheneleius hostis,
That creatures fierce, and brutishe kinde he tames:
Oh mightie Iove, vouchsafe to showe remorse,
Helpe feeble man, and pittie tender dames:
Let Africke wilde, this tyrauntes force indure,
If not alas, howe can poore man bee sure.
Non potuit Iuno vincere, vincit amor.
Ouid. Epist. 9.
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Quæ ante pedes.
To I. I. Esquier.
Not for our selues, alone wee are create,
But for our frendes, and for our countries good:
And those, that are vnto theire frendes ingrate,
And not regarde theire ofspringe, and theire blood,
Or hee, that wastes his substance till he begges,
Or selles his landes, whiche seru'de his parentes well:
Is like the henne, when shee hathe lay'de her egges,
That suckes them vp and leaues the emptie shell,
Euen so theire spoile, to theire reproche, and shame,
Vndoeth theire heire, and quite decayeth theire name.
Quisquis secundis rebus exultat nimis,
Fluitque luxu, semper insolita appetens,
Hunc illa magnæ dura fortunæ comes
Subit libido: non placent suetæ dapes,
Non secta sani moris, aut vilis cibus: &c.
Sen. Hipp. 1.
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Mutuum auxilium.
To R. Cotton Esquier.
The blynde, did beare the lame vppon his backe,
The burthen, did directe the bearors waies:
With mutuall helpe, they seru'd eche others lacke,
And euery one, their frendly league did praise:
The lame lente eies, the blynde did lend his feete,
And so they safe, did passe both feelde, and streete.
The burthen, did directe the bearors waies:
With mutuall helpe, they seru'd eche others lacke,
And euery one, their frendly league did praise:
The lame lente eies, the blynde did lend his feete,
And so they safe, did passe both feelde, and streete.
Some lande aboundes, yet hathe the same her wante,
Some yeeldes her lacke, and wantes the others store:
No man so ritche, but is in some thinge scante,
The greate estate, must not dispise the pore:
Hee workes, and toyles, and makes his showlders beare,
The ritche agayne, giues foode, and clothes, to weare.
Some yeeldes her lacke, and wantes the others store:
No man so ritche, but is in some thinge scante,
The greate estate, must not dispise the pore:
Hee workes, and toyles, and makes his showlders beare,
The ritche agayne, giues foode, and clothes, to weare.
So without poore, the ritche are like the lame:
And without ritche, the poore are like the blynde:
Let ritche lend eies, the poore his legges wil frame,
Thus shoulde yt bee. For so the Lorde assign'd,
Whoe at the firste, for mutuall frendship sake,
Not all gaue one, but did this difference make.
And without ritche, the poore are like the blynde:
Let ritche lend eies, the poore his legges wil frame,
Thus shoulde yt bee. For so the Lorde assign'd,
Whoe at the firste, for mutuall frendship sake,
Not all gaue one, but did this difference make.
Whereby, with trade, and intercourse, in space,
And borrowinge heare, and lendinge there agayne:
Such loue, such truthe, such kyndnes, shoulde take place,
That frendshipp, with societie should raigne:
The prouerbe saieth, one man is deemed none,
And life, is deathe, where men doo liue alone.
Non est diues opum, diues: nec pauper inopsque
And borrowinge heare, and lendinge there agayne:
Such loue, such truthe, such kyndnes, shoulde take place,
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The prouerbe saieth, one man is deemed none,
And life, is deathe, where men doo liue alone.
Infelix: alio nec magis alter eget.
Diues eget gemmit; Cereali munere pauper.
Sed cùm egcant ambo, pauper egens minus est.
Ausonius in Epig.
In vtrumque paratus.
To Iohn Payton Esquier.
When Sanabal Hierusalem distrest,
With sharpe assaultes, in Nehemias tyme:
To warre, and worke, the Iewes them selues addrest,
And did repaire theire walles, with stone, and lime:
One hande the sworde, against the foe did shake,
The other hande, the trowell vp did take.
With sharpe assaultes, in Nehemias tyme:
To warre, and worke, the Iewes them selues addrest,
And did repaire theire walles, with stone, and lime:
One hande the sworde, against the foe did shake,
The other hande, the trowell vp did take.
Of valiant mindes, loe here, a worthie parte,
That quailed not, with ruine of theire wall:
But Captaines boulde, did prooue the masons arte,
Which doth inferre, this lesson vnto all:
That to defende, our countrie deare from harme,
For warre, or worke, wee eyther hande should arme.
That quailed not, with ruine of theire wall:
But Captaines boulde, did prooue the masons arte,
Which doth inferre, this lesson vnto all:
That to defende, our countrie deare from harme,
For warre, or worke, wee eyther hande should arme.
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Murus æneus, sana conscientia.
To Miles Hobart Esquier.
Bothe freshe, and greene, the Laurell standeth sounde,
Thoughe lightninges flasshe, and thunderboltes do flie:
Where, other trees are blasted to the grounde,
Yet, not one leafe of it, is withered drie:
Euen so, the man that hathe a conscience cleare,
When wicked men, doe quake at euerie blaste,
Doth constant stande, and dothe no perrilles feare,
When tempestes rage, doe make the worlde agaste:
Suche men are like vnto the Laurell tree,
The others, like the blasted boughes that die.
Integer vitæ, scelerisque purus
Non eget Maurî iaculis nec arcu,
Nec venenatis grauida sagittis,
Fusce pharetra.
Non eget Maurî iaculis nec arcu,
Nec venenatis grauida sagittis,
Fusce pharetra.
Siue per Syrtes iter astuosas
Siue facturus per inhospitalem
Caucasum, vel qua loca fabulosus
Lambit Hydaspes.
Siue facturus per inhospitalem
Caucasum, vel qua loca fabulosus
Lambit Hydaspes.
Hor. 1. Carm. 22.
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Sic discerne.
To Tho. Stvtvile Esquier.
In fruictefull feilde amid the goodlie croppe,
The hurtfull tares, and dernell ofte doe growe,
And many times, doe mounte aboue the toppe
Of highest corne: But skilfull man doth knowe,
When graine is ripe, with siue to purge the seedes,
From chaffe, and duste, and all the other weedes.
The hurtfull tares, and dernell ofte doe growe,
And many times, doe mounte aboue the toppe
Of highest corne: But skilfull man doth knowe,
When graine is ripe, with siue to purge the seedes,
From chaffe, and duste, and all the other weedes.
By which is ment, sith wicked men abounde,
That harde it is, the good from bad to trie:
The prudent sorte, shoulde haue suche iudgement sounde,
That still the good they shoulde from bad descrie:
And siste the good, and to discerne their deedes,
And weye the bad, noe better then the weedes.
That harde it is, the good from bad to trie:
The prudent sorte, shoulde haue suche iudgement sounde,
That still the good they shoulde from bad descrie:
And siste the good, and to discerne their deedes,
And weye the bad, noe better then the weedes.
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Interiora vide.
To George Brooke Esquier.
Though outwarde thinges, doe trimme, & braue, appeare,
And sightes at firste, doe aunswere thie desire,
Yet, inwarde partes, if that they shine not cleare,
Suspecte the same, and backe in time retire:
For inwardlie, such deadlie foes maie lurke,
As when wee trust, maie our destruction worke.
And sightes at firste, doe aunswere thie desire,
Yet, inwarde partes, if that they shine not cleare,
Suspecte the same, and backe in time retire:
For inwardlie, such deadlie foes maie lurke,
As when wee trust, maie our destruction worke.
Though bewtie rare, bee farre and neare renoumde,
Though Natures giftes, and fortunes doe excell:
Yet, if the minde, with heinous crimes abounde,
And nothing good with in the same doe dwell:
Regarde it not, but shonne the outward showe,
Vntill, thou doe the inwarde vertues knowe.
Virtus omnia in se habet, omnia adsunt bona, quem
Though Natures giftes, and fortunes doe excell:
Yet, if the minde, with heinous crimes abounde,
And nothing good with in the same doe dwell:
Regarde it not, but shonne the outward showe,
Vntill, thou doe the inwarde vertues knowe.
Pene'st virtus,
Plaut. in Amph.
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Fortuna virtutem superans.
To Fr. W. Esquier.
When Brvtvs knewe, Avgvstvs parte preuail'de,
And sawe his frendes, lie bleedinge on the grounde,
Suche deadlie griefe, his noble harte assail'de,
That with his sworde, hee did him selfe confounde:
But firste, his frendes perswaded him to flee,
Whoe aunswer'd thus, my flighte with handes shalbee.
And sawe his frendes, lie bleedinge on the grounde,
Suche deadlie griefe, his noble harte assail'de,
That with his sworde, hee did him selfe confounde:
But firste, his frendes perswaded him to flee,
Whoe aunswer'd thus, my flighte with handes shalbee.
And bending then to blade, his bared breste,
Hee did pronounce, theise wordes with courage great:
Oh Prowes vaine, I longe did loue thee beste,
But nowe, I see, thou doest on fortune waite.
Wherefore with paine, I nowe doe prooue it true,
That fortunes force, maie valiant hartes subdue.
Hee did pronounce, theise wordes with courage great:
Oh Prowes vaine, I longe did loue thee beste,
But nowe, I see, thou doest on fortune waite.
Wherefore with paine, I nowe doe prooue it true,
That fortunes force, maie valiant hartes subdue.
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Fides non apparentium.
To Barthram Calthorpe Esquier.
The fissherman, doth caste his nettes in sea,
In hope at lengthe, an happie hale to haue,
And is content, longe time to pause, and staie,
Thoughe, nothinge elles hee see, besides the waue:
Yet, onelie trust for thinges vnseene dothe serue,
Which feedes him ofte, till he doth almoste sterue.
In hope at lengthe, an happie hale to haue,
And is content, longe time to pause, and staie,
Thoughe, nothinge elles hee see, besides the waue:
Yet, onelie trust for thinges vnseene dothe serue,
Which feedes him ofte, till he doth almoste sterue.
If fisshermen, haue then suche constant hope,
For hidden thinges, and such as doe decaie,
Let Christians then, the eies of faithe houlde ope,
And thinke not longe, for that which lastes for aie,
And on Gods worde, theire hope to anchor faste,
Whereof eache iote, shalbee fulfil'de at laste.
Non boue mactato cœlestia numina gaudent,
For hidden thinges, and such as doe decaie,
Let Christians then, the eies of faithe houlde ope,
And thinke not longe, for that which lastes for aie,
And on Gods worde, theire hope to anchor faste,
Whereof eache iote, shalbee fulfil'de at laste.
Sed, quæ præstanda est & sine teste, fide.
Ouid. Epist. 18.
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Virtus vnita, valet.
The surging Sea, doth salte, and sweete remaine,
And is preserude with working, to and froe:
And not corruptes, nor suffreth anie staine,
Whiles in his boundes, the same doth ebbe, and flowe:
But if it waste, and forth by sluses fall,
It soone corruptes, and hath no force at all.
And is preserude with working, to and froe:
And not corruptes, nor suffreth anie staine,
Whiles in his boundes, the same doth ebbe, and flowe:
But if it waste, and forth by sluses fall,
It soone corruptes, and hath no force at all.
The arrowes sharpe, that in one sheafe are bounde,
Are harde to breake, while they are ioined sure,
But seuer them, then feeble are they founde,
So where as loue, and concorde, doth indure:
A little force, doth mightilie preuaile,
Where Princes powers, with hate and discorde quaile.
Are harde to breake, while they are ioined sure,
But seuer them, then feeble are they founde,
So where as loue, and concorde, doth indure:
A little force, doth mightilie preuaile,
Where Princes powers, with hate and discorde quaile.
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Gratiam referendam.
See heare the storke prouides with tender care,And bringeth meate, vnto her hatched broode:
They like againe, for her they doe prepare,
When shee is oulde, and can not get her foode:
Which teacheth bothe, the parente and the childe,
Theire duties heare, which eche to other owe:
First, fathers must be prouident, and milde,
Vnto theire fruicte, till they of age doe growe:
And children, muste with dutie still proceede,
To reuerence them, and helpe them if they neede.
Defessum fertur portare Ciconia patrem,
Hinc illa pietas sancta notatur aue.
Paradisus poëticus.
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Auaritia.
Heare Tantalvs, as Poëttes doe deuine,
This guerdon hathe, for his offence in hell:
The pleasante fruite, dothe to his lippe decline,
A riuer faire vnto his chinne doth swell:
Yet, twixt these two, for foode the wretche dothe sterue,
For bothe doe flee, when they his neede shoulde serue.
This guerdon hathe, for his offence in hell:
The pleasante fruite, dothe to his lippe decline,
A riuer faire vnto his chinne doth swell:
Yet, twixt these two, for foode the wretche dothe sterue,
For bothe doe flee, when they his neede shoulde serue.
The couetons man, this fable reprehendes,
For chaunge his name, and Tantalvs hee is,
Hee dothe abounde, yet sterues and nothing spendes,
But keepes his goulde, as if it weare not his:
With slender fare, he doth his hunger feede,
And dare not touche his store, when hee doth neede.
Tantalus à labris sitiens fugientia captat
For chaunge his name, and Tantalvs hee is,
Hee dothe abounde, yet sterues and nothing spendes,
But keepes his goulde, as if it weare not his:
With slender fare, he doth his hunger feede,
And dare not touche his store, when hee doth neede.
Flumina, quid rides? mutato nomine de te
Fabula narratur, congestis vndique saccis
Indormis inhians: & tanquam parcere sacris
Congeris &c. ------
Horat. serm. 1. Sat. 1.
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O vita, misero longa.
To Cawcasus, behoulde Promethevs chain'de,
Whose liuer still, a greedie gripe dothe rente:
He neuer dies, and yet is alwaies pain'de,
With tortures dire, by which the Poëttes ment,
That hee, that still amid misfortunes standes,
Is sorrowes slaue, and bounde in lastinge bandes.
Whose liuer still, a greedie gripe dothe rente:
He neuer dies, and yet is alwaies pain'de,
With tortures dire, by which the Poëttes ment,
That hee, that still amid misfortunes standes,
Is sorrowes slaue, and bounde in lastinge bandes.
For, when that griefe doth grate vppon our gall,
Or surging seas, of sorrowes moste doe swell,
That life is deathe, and is no life at all,
The liuer rente, it dothe the conscience tell:
Which being launch'de, and prick'd, with inward care,
Although wee liue, yet still wee dyinge are.
Qualiter in Scythica religatus rupe Prometheus,
Or surging seas, of sorrowes moste doe swell,
That life is deathe, and is no life at all,
The liuer rente, it dothe the conscience tell:
Which being launch'de, and prick'd, with inward care,
Although wee liue, yet still wee dyinge are.
Assiduam nimio pectore pauit auem, &c.
Martial. lib. 1.
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Concordia.
Of kinges, and Princes greate, lo, Concorde ioynes the handes:And knittes theire subiectes hartes in one, and wealthie makes theire Landes.
It bloodie broiles dothe hate, and Enuie doune dothe thruste,
And makes the Souldiour learne to plowghe, and let his armour ruste.
Remedium tempestiuum sit.
Throvghe rased wall, a serpente backwarde slydes,And yet, before her poisoned head appeare,
The prudent man, for safetie that prouides,
Doth strike at firste, in dowte of further feare:
So all men shoulde, when they to daunger dreede,
With all their force, preuent the same with speede.
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Serò sapiunt Phryges.
The prouerbe saieth, so longe the potte to water goes,That at the lengthe it broke returnes, which is appli'de to those.
That longe with wyles, and shiftes, haue cloaked wicked partes,
Whoe haue at lengthe bene paied home, and had theire iust desertes.
Euen as the slymie eele, that ofte did slippe awaie,
Yet, with figge leaues at lengthe was catch'de, & made the fisshers praie.
Dum viuo, prosum.
An aged tree, whose sappe is almoste spente,Yet yeeldes her boughes, to warme vs in the coulde:
And while it growes, her offalles still be lente,
But being falne, it turneth into moulde,
And doth no good: soe ere to graue wee fall,
Wee maie do good, but after none at all.
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Noli altum sapere.
With, lime, and net, the Mauis, and the larke,
The fowler loe, deceaued by his arte:
But whilste alofte, he leuel'd at his marke,
And did to highe exalte, his hawghtie harte,
An adder fell, that in the grasse did lurke,
With poisoned stinge, did his destruction worke.
The fowler loe, deceaued by his arte:
But whilste alofte, he leuel'd at his marke,
And did to highe exalte, his hawghtie harte,
An adder fell, that in the grasse did lurke,
With poisoned stinge, did his destruction worke.
Let mortall men, that are but earthe, and duste,
Not looke to highe, with puffe of wordlie pride:
But sometime, viewe the place wheretoo they muste,
And not delighte, the poorest to deride:
Leste when theire mindes, do mounte vnto the skies,
Their fall is wrought, by thinges they doe dispise.
Not looke to highe, with puffe of wordlie pride:
But sometime, viewe the place wheretoo they muste,
And not delighte, the poorest to deride:
Leste when theire mindes, do mounte vnto the skies,
Their fall is wrought, by thinges they doe dispise.
Some others are, that fitlie this applie,
To those, whoe doe Astronomie professe:
Whoe leaue the earthe, and studie on the skie,
As if they coulde, all worldlie thinges expresse:
Yet, when to knowe the starres they take in hande,
Of daungers neare, they doe not vnderstande.
To those, whoe doe Astronomie professe:
Whoe leaue the earthe, and studie on the skie,
As if they coulde, all worldlie thinges expresse:
Yet, when to knowe the starres they take in hande,
Of daungers neare, they doe not vnderstande.
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Sæpius in auro bibitur venenum.
Heare Lais fine, doth braue it on the stage,
With muskecattes sweete, and all shee coulde desire:
Her beauties beames, did make the youthe to rage,
And inwardlie Corinthus set on fire:
Bothe Princes, Peeres, with learned men, and graue,
With humble sute, did Lais fauour craue.
With muskecattes sweete, and all shee coulde desire:
Her beauties beames, did make the youthe to rage,
And inwardlie Corinthus set on fire:
Bothe Princes, Peeres, with learned men, and graue,
With humble sute, did Lais fauour craue.
Not euerie one, mighte to Corinthus goe,
The meaninge was, not all mighte Lais loue:
The manchet fine, on highe estates bestowe,
The courser cheate, the baser sorte must prooue:
Faire Helen leaue for Menelavs grace,
And Coridon, let Mablie still imbrace.
The meaninge was, not all mighte Lais loue:
The manchet fine, on highe estates bestowe,
The courser cheate, the baser sorte must prooue:
Faire Helen leaue for Menelavs grace,
And Coridon, let Mablie still imbrace.
And thoughe, the poore maie not presume alofte,
It is no cause, they therefore shoulde dispaire:
For with his choise, doth Irvs ioye as ofte,
As dothe the Prince, that hathe a Venvs faire:
No highe estate, can giue a quiet life,
But God it is, that blesseth man, and wife.
It is no cause, they therefore shoulde dispaire:
For with his choise, doth Irvs ioye as ofte,
As dothe the Prince, that hathe a Venvs faire:
No highe estate, can giue a quiet life,
But God it is, that blesseth man, and wife.
Then make thy choise, amongste thy equalles still,
If thou mislike Dianas steppes to trace:
Thoughe Paris, had his Helen at his will,
Thinke howe his facte, was Ilions foule deface.
And hee, that moste the house of Lais hauntes,
The more he lookes, the more her face enchauntes.
If thou mislike Dianas steppes to trace:
Thoughe Paris, had his Helen at his will,
Thinke howe his facte, was Ilions foule deface.
And hee, that moste the house of Lais hauntes,
The more he lookes, the more her face enchauntes.
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Præpostera fides.
Anellvs, sendes his corne vnto the mill,
Which beinge grounde, he tri'de it by the waighte:
And finding not the measure, to his will,
Hee studied longe, to learne, the millers sleighte:
For noe complaintes, coulde make him leaue to steale,
Or fill the sacke, with fustie mixed meale.
Which beinge grounde, he tri'de it by the waighte:
And finding not the measure, to his will,
Hee studied longe, to learne, the millers sleighte:
For noe complaintes, coulde make him leaue to steale,
Or fill the sacke, with fustie mixed meale.
Wherefore, to mill he sente his dearest wife,
That nighte, and daie, shee mighte the grindinge viewe:
Where shee, (kinde harte,) to ende al former strife,
Did dubbe her Spouse, one of Vvlcanvs crewe:
Oh greedie foole Anellus, of thy graine,
And of thy wife, too prodigall, and plaine.
That nighte, and daie, shee mighte the grindinge viewe:
Where shee, (kinde harte,) to ende al former strife,
Did dubbe her Spouse, one of Vvlcanvs crewe:
Oh greedie foole Anellus, of thy graine,
And of thy wife, too prodigall, and plaine.
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Fatuis leuia commitito.
The little childe, is pleas'de with cockhorse gaie,
Althoughe he aske a courser of the beste:
The ideot likes, with bables for to plaie,
And is disgrac'de, when he is brauelie dreste:
A motley coate, a cockescombe, or a bell,
Hee better likes, then Iewelles that excell.
Althoughe he aske a courser of the beste:
The ideot likes, with bables for to plaie,
And is disgrac'de, when he is brauelie dreste:
A motley coate, a cockescombe, or a bell,
Hee better likes, then Iewelles that excell.
So fondelinges vaine, that doe for honor sue,
And seeke for roomes, that worthie men deserue:
The prudent Prince, dothe giue hem ofte their due,
Whiche is faire wordes, that right their humors serue:
For infantes hande, the rasor is vnfitte,
And fooles vnmeete, in wisedomes seate to sitte.
And seeke for roomes, that worthie men deserue:
The prudent Prince, dothe giue hem ofte their due,
Whiche is faire wordes, that right their humors serue:
For infantes hande, the rasor is vnfitte,
And fooles vnmeete, in wisedomes seate to sitte.
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Homines voluptatibus transformantur.
See here Vlisses men, transformed straunge to heare:Some had the shape of Goates, and Hogges, some Apes, and Asses weare.
Who, when they might haue had their former shape againe,
They did refuse, and rather wish'd, still brutishe to remaine.
Which showes those foolishe sorte, whome wicked loue dothe thrall,
Like brutishe beastes do passe theire time, and haue no sence at all.
And thoughe that wisedome woulde, they shoulde againe retire,
Yet, they had rather Circes serue, and burne in theire desire.
Then, loue the onelie crosse, that clogges the worlde with care,
Oh stoppe your eares, and shutte your eies, of Circes cuppes beware.
Sirenum voces, & Circes pocula nosti:
Quæ si cum sociis stultus, cupidusque bibisset,
Sub domina meretrice fuisset turpis, & excors,
Vixisset canis immundus, vel amica luto sus.
Horat. 1. Epist. 2.
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Iudicium Paridis.
To Paris, here the Goddesses doe pleade:
With kingdomes large, did Ivno make her sute,
And Pallas nexte, with wisedome him assaide,
But Venvs faire, did winne the goulden fruite.
No princelie giftes, nor wisedome he did wey,
For Bewtie, did comaunde him to obey.
With kingdomes large, did Ivno make her sute,
And Pallas nexte, with wisedome him assaide,
But Venvs faire, did winne the goulden fruite.
No princelie giftes, nor wisedome he did wey,
For Bewtie, did comaunde him to obey.
The worldlie man, whose sighte is alwaies dimme,
Whose fancie fonde eache pleasure doth entice,
The shaddowes, are like substance vnto him,
And toyes more deare, them thinges of greatest price:
But yet the wise this iudgement rashe deride,
And sentence giue on prudent Pallas side.
Regna Iouis coniux; virtutem filia iactat.
Whose fancie fonde eache pleasure doth entice,
The shaddowes, are like substance vnto him,
And toyes more deare, them thinges of greatest price:
But yet the wise this iudgement rashe deride,
And sentence giue on prudent Pallas side.
Et postea ibidem.
Dulcè Venus risit, Nec te Pari munera tangunt,
Vtraque suspensi plena timoris, ait.
Ouid. Epist. 15. De iudicio Paridis.
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Ridicula ambitio.
Heare Hanno standes, and lookes into the skye,
And feedes him selfe, with hope of future praise:
Vnto his birdes, he dothe his eare applie,
And trustes in tyme, that they his name should raise:
For they weare taughte, before they flewe abrode,
Longe tyme to saie, that Hanno was a God.
And feedes him selfe, with hope of future praise:
Vnto his birdes, he dothe his eare applie,
And trustes in tyme, that they his name should raise:
For they weare taughte, before they flewe abrode,
Longe tyme to saie, that Hanno was a God.
But, when the birdes from bondage weare releast,
And in the woodes, with other birdes weare ioin'de,
Then Hannos name, theire woonted lesson ceaste,
For eache did singe, accordinge to his kinde:
Then flee this faulte, Ambition workes our shame,
And vertue loue, which dothe extoll our name.
And in the woodes, with other birdes weare ioin'de,
Then Hannos name, theire woonted lesson ceaste,
For eache did singe, accordinge to his kinde:
Then flee this faulte, Ambition workes our shame,
And vertue loue, which dothe extoll our name.
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Desidiam abiiciendam.
Vse labour still, and leaue thie slouthfull seate,
Flee Idlenesse, which beggers state dothe giue:
With sweate of browe, see that thou get thy meate,
If thou be borne, with labouring hande to liue:
And get, to eate. and eate, to liue with praise:
Liue not to eate, to liue with wanton ease.
Flee Idlenesse, which beggers state dothe giue:
With sweate of browe, see that thou get thy meate,
If thou be borne, with labouring hande to liue:
And get, to eate. and eate, to liue with praise:
Liue not to eate, to liue with wanton ease.
By Dracoes lawes, the idle men shoulde die,
The Florentines, made banishement theire paine:
In Corinthe, those that idlie they did see,
Weare warn'de at firste, the seconde time were slaine:
And eke Sainct Paule, the slothfull thus doth threate,
Whoe laboreth not, denie him for to eate.
Quæritur Ægistus quare sit factus adulter:
The Florentines, made banishement theire paine:
In Corinthe, those that idlie they did see,
Weare warn'de at firste, the seconde time were slaine:
And eke Sainct Paule, the slothfull thus doth threate,
Whoe laboreth not, denie him for to eate.
In promptu caussa est, desidiosus erat.
Ouid. 1. Remed. Amoris.
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Mortui diuitiæ.
Ad Reuerendum virum Dn. Alexandrvm Nowell Paulina
ecclesia Londini Decanum, doctrina & exemplo clarum.
The Princes greate, and Monarches of the earthe,
Whoe, while they liu'de, the worlde might not suffice:
Yet can they claime, by greatnesse of their birthe,
To beare from hence, when nature life denies,
Noe more then they, who for releife did pyne,
Which is but this, a shrouding sheete of twyne.
Whoe, while they liu'de, the worlde might not suffice:
Yet can they claime, by greatnesse of their birthe,
To beare from hence, when nature life denies,
Noe more then they, who for releife did pyne,
Which is but this, a shrouding sheete of twyne.
Thoughe fewe there bee, while they doe flourishe heere,
That doe regarde the place whereto the muste:
Yet, thoughe theire pride like Lucifers appeere,
They shalbee sure at lengthe to turne to duste:
The Prince, the Poore, the Prisoner, and the slaue,
They all at lengthe, are summon'de to their graue.
That doe regarde the place whereto the muste:
Yet, thoughe theire pride like Lucifers appeere,
They shalbee sure at lengthe to turne to duste:
The Prince, the Poore, the Prisoner, and the slaue,
They all at lengthe, are summon'de to their graue.
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But, hee that printes this deepelie in his minde,
Althoughe he set in mightie Cæsars chaire,
Within this life, shall contentation finde,
When carelesse men, ofte die in great dispaire:
Then, let them blusshe that woulde be Christians thought,
And faile hereof, Sith Turkes the same haue taught.
Althoughe he set in mightie Cæsars chaire,
Within this life, shall contentation finde,
When carelesse men, ofte die in great dispaire:
Then, let them blusshe that woulde be Christians thought,
And faile hereof, Sith Turkes the same haue taught.
As Saladine, that was the Souldaine greate
Of Babilon, when deathe did him arreste,
His subiectes charg'd, when he shoulde leaue his seate,
And life resigne, to tyme, and natures heste:
They should prepare, his shyrte vppon a speare,
And all about forthwith the same shoulde beare.
Of Babilon, when deathe did him arreste,
His subiectes charg'd, when he shoulde leaue his seate,
And life resigne, to tyme, and natures heste:
They should prepare, his shyrte vppon a speare,
And all about forthwith the same shoulde beare.
Throughe Aschalon, the place where he deceaste,
With trumpet Sounde, and Heralte to declare,
Theise wordes alowde: The Kinge of all the Easte
Great Saladine, behoulde is stripped bare:
Of kingdomes large, and lyes in house of claie,
And this is all, he bare with him awaie.
With trumpet Sounde, and Heralte to declare,
Theise wordes alowde: The Kinge of all the Easte
Great Saladine, behoulde is stripped bare:
Of kingdomes large, and lyes in house of claie,
And this is all, he bare with him awaie.
Quod in te est, prome.
Ad eundem.
The Pellican, for to reuiue her younge,Doth peirce her brest, and geue them of her blood:
Then searche your breste, and as yow haue with tonge,
With penne proceede to doe our countrie good:
Your zeale is great, your learning is profounde,
Then helpe our wantes, with that you doe abounde.
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De paruis, grandis aceruus erit.
To my brother M. Br. Whitney.
Althovghe thy store bee small, for to beginne,
Yet guide it well, and soone it is increaste,
For mightie men, in time theire wealthe did winne,
Whoe had at firste, as little as the leste:
Where God dothe blesse, in time aboundance springes,
And heapes are made, of manie little thinges.
Fructibus Agrippæ Siculis, quos colligis Icci,
Yet guide it well, and soone it is increaste,
For mightie men, in time theire wealthe did winne,
Whoe had at firste, as little as the leste:
Where God dothe blesse, in time aboundance springes,
And heapes are made, of manie little thinges.
Si rectè frueris: non est vt copia maior
Ab Ioue donari possit tibi, tolle querelas.
Pauper enim non est, cui rerum suppetit vsus.
1. Epist. 12.
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Vita irrequieta.
Ad Doctiss. virum W. M. fortunæ telo ictum.
The Apodes, which doe in India breede,
Still flie about, and seldome take theire ease:
They haue no feete, to reste them as wee reade,
But with theire flighte, do compasse lande, and seas:
Vnto this broode, those that about doe rome,
Wee maie compare: that haue no house, nor home.
Still flie about, and seldome take theire ease:
They haue no feete, to reste them as wee reade,
But with theire flighte, do compasse lande, and seas:
Vnto this broode, those that about doe rome,
Wee maie compare: that haue no house, nor home.
Bothe houses faire, and citties great, they viewe,
But Riuers swifte, theire passage still do let,
They ofte looke backe, and doe theire fortune rue,
Since that therin, they haue no seate to set:
Thus, passe they throughe theire longe vnquiet life,
Till deathe dothe come, the ende of worldlie strife.
Omne solum forti patria est, vt piscibus æquor,
But Riuers swifte, theire passage still do let,
They ofte looke backe, and doe theire fortune rue,
Since that therin, they haue no seate to set:
Thus, passe they throughe theire longe vnquiet life,
Till deathe dothe come, the ende of worldlie strife.
Vt volucri vacuo quicquid in orbe patet.
Ouid. 2. Fast.
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In eum qui truculentia suorum perierit.
Ad affinem suum, R. E. medicum insignem.
The Dolphin swifte, vpon the shore is throwne,
Thoughe he was bred, and fostered, in the flood:
If Neptvne shewe such wronge, vnto his owne,
Then, howe maie man in shippes haue hope of good:
The raging Sea, our countrie doth declare;
The Dolphin fishe, those that exiled are.
Thoughe he was bred, and fostered, in the flood:
If Neptvne shewe such wronge, vnto his owne,
Then, howe maie man in shippes haue hope of good:
The raging Sea, our countrie doth declare;
The Dolphin fishe, those that exiled are.
And thoughe this fishe, was mightie in the sea,
Without regarde, yet was hee caste on shore:
So famous men, that longe did beare the swaie,
Haue bene exil'd, and liu'd in habit pore:
This, Socrates: and Marcvs Tvllivs tri'de:
Demosthenes, and thousandes moe beside.
Fortuna nunquam sistit in eodem statu,
Without regarde, yet was hee caste on shore:
So famous men, that longe did beare the swaie,
Haue bene exil'd, and liu'd in habit pore:
This, Socrates: and Marcvs Tvllivs tri'de:
Demosthenes, and thousandes moe beside.
Semper mouetur, variat, & mutat vices,
Et summa in imum vertit, ac versa erigit.
Ausonius Epigr. 135.
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Tecum habita.
Ad Agnatum suum R. W. Coolensem.
A solemne feaste great Ivpiter did make,
And warn'd all beastes, and creatures to be there:
The presse was muche, eache one his place did take:
At lengthe, when all weare in there cheifest cheare:
At seconde course, the snaile crepte slowlie in,
Whome Iove did blame, cause hee so slacke had bin.
And warn'd all beastes, and creatures to be there:
The presse was muche, eache one his place did take:
At lengthe, when all weare in there cheifest cheare:
At seconde course, the snaile crepte slowlie in,
Whome Iove did blame, cause hee so slacke had bin.
Who aunswered thus, oh kinge behoulde the cause?
I beare my house, wherefore my pace is slowe:
Which warneth all, in feasting for to pause,
And to the same, with pace of snaile to goe:
And further telles, no places maie compare,
Vnto our homes, where wee commaunders are.
I beare my house, wherefore my pace is slowe:
Which warneth all, in feasting for to pause,
And to the same, with pace of snaile to goe:
And further telles, no places maie compare,
Vnto our homes, where wee commaunders are.
Admonet hoc, sectanda gradu conuiuia tardo,
Atque domo propria dulcius esse nihil.
Atque domo propria dulcius esse nihil.
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Industria naturam corrigit.
Ad D. H. Wh. patruelis mei F.
The Lute, whose sounde doth most delighte the eare,
Was caste aside, and lack'de bothe stringes, and frettes:
Whereby, no worthe within it did appeare,
Mercvrivs came, and it in order settes:
Which being tun'de, suche Harmonie did lende,
That Poëttes write, the trees theire toppes did bende.
Was caste aside, and lack'de bothe stringes, and frettes:
Whereby, no worthe within it did appeare,
Mercvrivs came, and it in order settes:
Which being tun'de, suche Harmonie did lende,
That Poëttes write, the trees theire toppes did bende.
Euen so, the man on whome dothe Nature froune,
Whereby, he liues dispis'd of euerie wighte,
Industrie yet, maie bringe him to renoume,
And diligence, maie make the crooked righte:
Then haue no doubt, for arte maie nature helpe.
Thinke howe the beare doth forme her vglye whelpe.
Si mihi difficilis formam natura negauit;
Whereby, he liues dispis'd of euerie wighte,
Industrie yet, maie bringe him to renoume,
And diligence, maie make the crooked righte:
Then haue no doubt, for arte maie nature helpe.
Thinke howe the beare doth forme her vglye whelpe.
Ingenio formæ damna rependo meæ.
Ouid. Epist. 12.
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Infortunia nostra, alienis collata, leuiora.
Ad eundem.
The Asse, and Ape complaine, and thought theire fortunes bad:
The Asse, for wante of hornes. the Ape, bycause no taile he had.
The Mole, then answere made: I haue no eyes to see,
Then wherefore can you nature blame, if that you looke on mee.
Which biddes vs bee contente, with lot that God doth sende,
For if wee others wantes do wey, our happes wee maie commende.
Vxoriæ virtutes.
To my Sister, M. D. Colley.
This representes the vertues of a wife,
Her finger, staies her tonge to runne at large.
The modest lookes, doe shewe her honest life.
The keys, declare shee hathe a care, and chardge,
Of husbandes goodes: let him goe where he please.
The Tortoyse warnes, at home to spend her daies.
Her finger, staies her tonge to runne at large.
The modest lookes, doe shewe her honest life.
The keys, declare shee hathe a care, and chardge,
Of husbandes goodes: let him goe where he please.
The Tortoyse warnes, at home to spend her daies.
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Inuidiæ descriptio.
Ad Ra. W.
VVhat hideous hagge with visage sterne appeares?
Whose feeble limmes, can scarce the bodie staie:
This, Enuie is: leane, pale, and full of yeares,
Who with the blisse of other pines awaie.
And what declares, her eating vipers broode?
That poysoned thoughtes, bee euermore her foode.
Whose feeble limmes, can scarce the bodie staie:
This, Enuie is: leane, pale, and full of yeares,
Who with the blisse of other pines awaie.
And what declares, her eating vipers broode?
That poysoned thoughtes, bee euermore her foode.
What meanes her eies? so bleared, sore, and redd:
Her mourninge still, to see an others gaine.
And what is mente by snakes vpon her head?
The fruite that springes, of such a venomed braine.
But whie, her harte shee rentes within her brest?
It shewes her selfe, doth worke her owne vnrest.
Her mourninge still, to see an others gaine.
And what is mente by snakes vpon her head?
The fruite that springes, of such a venomed braine.
But whie, her harte shee rentes within her brest?
It shewes her selfe, doth worke her owne vnrest.
Whie lookes shee wronge? bicause shee woulde not see,
An happie wight, which is to her a hell:
What other partes within this furie bee?
Her harte, with gall: her tonge, with stinges doth swell.
And laste of all, her staffe with prickes aboundes:
Which showes her wordes, wherewith the good shee woundes.
Fertilior seges est alienis semper in agris,
An happie wight, which is to her a hell:
What other partes within this furie bee?
Her harte, with gall: her tonge, with stinges doth swell.
And laste of all, her staffe with prickes aboundes:
Which showes her wordes, wherewith the good shee woundes.
Vicinumque pecus grandius vber habet.
Ouid. lib. 1. De Arte Amandi.
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De Inuido & Auaro, iocosum.
The Goddes agreed, two men their wishe should haue:
And did decree, who firste demaunde did make,
Shoulde haue his wishe: and he that last did craue,
The others gifte shoulde double to him take.
The Couetous wretche, and the Enuious man:
Theise weare the two, that of this case did scanne.
And did decree, who firste demaunde did make,
Shoulde haue his wishe: and he that last did craue,
The others gifte shoulde double to him take.
The Couetous wretche, and the Enuious man:
Theise weare the two, that of this case did scanne.
They longe did striue, who shoulde the firste demaunde:
The Couetous man refus'de, bicause his mate,
Shoulde haue his gifte then doubled out of hande:
The thought whereof, vppon his harte did grate
Wherefore the Goddes, did plague him for his sinne,
And did commaunde, th' Enuious man beginne.
The Couetous man refus'de, bicause his mate,
Shoulde haue his gifte then doubled out of hande:
The thought whereof, vppon his harte did grate
Wherefore the Goddes, did plague him for his sinne,
And did commaunde, th' Enuious man beginne.
Who did not craue, what Midas cheife did choose.
Because his frende, the fruite thereof should finde:
But onelie wish'de, that he one eie might loose,
Vnto the ende, to haue the other blinde:
Which beinge say'd, he did his wishe obtaine:
So but one eye, was lefte vnto them twaine.
Because his frende, the fruite thereof should finde:
But onelie wish'de, that he one eie might loose,
Vnto the ende, to haue the other blinde:
Which beinge say'd, he did his wishe obtaine:
So but one eye, was lefte vnto them twaine.
See heare how vile, theise caytiffes doe appeare,
To God, and man: but chieflie (as wee see)
The Couetous man, who hurteth farre, and neare.
Where spytefull men, theire owne tormentors bee.
But bothe be bad, and he that is the beste,
God keepe him thence, where honest men doe reste.
To God, and man: but chieflie (as wee see)
The Couetous man, who hurteth farre, and neare.
Where spytefull men, theire owne tormentors bee.
But bothe be bad, and he that is the beste,
God keepe him thence, where honest men doe reste.
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Ad ornatiss, virum Dn. Petrvm Withipole. Petre, imitare petram.
What Ivnivs sent his sonne, lo, here I send to thee?
Bycause his name, and Nature both, with thyne doe well agree.
Bycause his name, and Nature both, with thyne doe well agree.
Dispise all pleasures vayne, hould vertue by the hand,
And as in rage of wyndes, and Seas, the Rocke doth firmely stande.
And as in rage of wyndes, and Seas, the Rocke doth firmely stande.
So stand thou allwayes sure, that thou maist liue with fame,
Remembring how the Latins sounde a Rocke so like thy name.
Permanet in voto mens mea firma suo.
Remembring how the Latins sounde a Rocke so like thy name.
Ouid. Epist. 15.
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Dum potes, viue.
Ad veterem suum amicum Dn. Georgivm Salmon, qui maximo vitæ periculo Roma euasit.
The Cuttle fishe, that likes the muddie crickes,
To which, the sea dothe flowe at euerie tide:
For to escape the fishers ginnes, and trickes,
Dame nature did this straunge deuise prouide:
That when he seeth, his foe to lie in wayte,
Hee muddes the streame, and safelie scapes deceyte.
To which, the sea dothe flowe at euerie tide:
For to escape the fishers ginnes, and trickes,
Dame nature did this straunge deuise prouide:
That when he seeth, his foe to lie in wayte,
Hee muddes the streame, and safelie scapes deceyte.
Then man: in whome doth sacred reason reste,
All waies, and meanes, shoulde vse to saue his life:
Not wilfullie, the same for to detest,
Nor rashlie runne, when tyrauntes rage with strife:
But constant stande, abyding sweete or sower,
Vntill the Lorde appoynte an happie hower.
Obscuri latices me condunt: cernere tectam
All waies, and meanes, shoulde vse to saue his life:
Not wilfullie, the same for to detest,
Nor rashlie runne, when tyrauntes rage with strife:
But constant stande, abyding sweete or sower,
Vntill the Lorde appoynte an happie hower.
Atramenta vetant: abdita, tuta nato.
Paradisus poët. de Sepia.
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Stultitia sua seipsum saginari.
Ad H. S. communem viduarum procum.
The Foxe, that longe for grapes did leape in vayne,
With wearie limmes, at lengthe did sad departe:
And to him selfe quoth hee, I doe disdayne
These grapes I see, bicause their taste is tarte:
So thou, that hunt'st for that thou longe hast mist,
Still makes thy boast, thou maist if that thou list.
Uirescit vulnere virtus.
The dockes (thoughe troden) growe, as it is dailie seene:So vertue, thoughe it longe bee hid, with woundinge waxeth greene.
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Impar coniugium.
To Aphilus.
The tyraunt vile Mezentivs, put in vre,
Amongst the plagues, wherewith hee murthered men:
To binde the quicke, and dead, togeather sure,
And then, to throwe them both into a denne.
Whereas the quicke, should still the dead imbrace,
Vntill with pine, hee turn'd into that case.
Amongst the plagues, wherewith hee murthered men:
To binde the quicke, and dead, togeather sure,
And then, to throwe them both into a denne.
Whereas the quicke, should still the dead imbrace,
Vntill with pine, hee turn'd into that case.
Those wedding webbes, which some doe weaue with ruthe,
As when the one, with straunge disease doth pine:
Or when as age, bee coupled vnto youthe,
And those that hate, inforced are to ioyne,
This representes: and doth those parentes showe,
Are tyrauntes meere, who ioyne their children soe.
As when the one, with straunge disease doth pine:
Or when as age, bee coupled vnto youthe,
And those that hate, inforced are to ioyne,
This representes: and doth those parentes showe,
Are tyrauntes meere, who ioyne their children soe.
Yet manie are, who not the cause regarde,
The birthe, the yeares, nor vertues of the minde:
For goulde is first, with greedie men prefer'de,
And loue is laste, and likinge set behinde:
But parentes harde, that matches make for goodes:
Can not be free, from guilte of childrens bloodes.
Quàm malè inæquales veniunt ad aratra iuuenci,
The birthe, the yeares, nor vertues of the minde:
For goulde is first, with greedie men prefer'de,
And loue is laste, and likinge set behinde:
But parentes harde, that matches make for goodes:
Can not be free, from guilte of childrens bloodes.
Tam premitur magno coniuge nupta minor.
Ouid. Epist. 3.
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Frontis nulla fides.
Ad Lectiss. iuuenes Dn. Edm. Freake, & Dn. Anth. Alcock.
The lions roare: the Bores theire tuskes do whet.
The Griphins graspe theire tallantes in theire ire:
The dogges do barke; the bulles, with hornes doe thret.
The Serpentes hisse, with eyes as redde as fire.
The Griphins graspe theire tallantes in theire ire:
The dogges do barke; the bulles, with hornes doe thret.
The Serpentes hisse, with eyes as redde as fire.
But man is made, of suche a seemelie shape,
That frende, or foe, is not discern'd by face:
Then harde it is the wickeds wiles to scape,
Since that the bad, doe maske with honest grace.
That frende, or foe, is not discern'd by face:
Then harde it is the wickeds wiles to scape,
Since that the bad, doe maske with honest grace.
And Hypocrites, haue Godlie wordes at will.
And rauening wolues, in skinnes of lambes doe lurke;
And Cain doth seeke, his brother for to kill,
And sainctes in shewe, with Ivdas hartes doe worke.
And rauening wolues, in skinnes of lambes doe lurke;
And Cain doth seeke, his brother for to kill,
And sainctes in shewe, with Ivdas hartes doe worke.
Nowe, since the good no cognizance doe beare,
To teache vs, whome wee chieflie should imbrace:
But that the same the wicked sorte doe weare,
And shewe them selues, like them in euerie case.
To teache vs, whome wee chieflie should imbrace:
But that the same the wicked sorte doe weare,
And shewe them selues, like them in euerie case.
A table lo, herein to you I sende,
Whereby you might remember still to write,
His wordes, and deedes, that beares the face of frende,
Before you choose, suche one for your delite.
Whereby you might remember still to write,
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Before you choose, suche one for your delite.
And if at lengthe, yow trye him by his tuche,
And finde him hault, whereby you stand in dout,
No harte, nor hand, see that you ioyne with suche
But at the first, bee bould to rase him out.
Yet if by proofe, my wordes, and deedes agree,
Then let mee still within your tables bee.
And finde him hault, whereby you stand in dout,
No harte, nor hand, see that you ioyne with suche
But at the first, bee bould to rase him out.
Yet if by proofe, my wordes, and deedes agree,
Then let mee still within your tables bee.
Animi scrinium seruitus.
Ad ornatum virum, D. Ellisevm Gryphith.
The Prouerbe saithe, the bounde muste still obey,
And bondage bringes, the freest man in awe:
Whoe serues must please, and heare what other saye,
And learne to keepe Harpocrates his lawe:
Then bondage is the Prison of the minde:
And makes them mute, where wisedome is by kinde.
And bondage bringes, the freest man in awe:
Whoe serues must please, and heare what other saye,
And learne to keepe Harpocrates his lawe:
Then bondage is the Prison of the minde:
And makes them mute, where wisedome is by kinde.
The Nightingall, that chaunteth all the springe,
Whose warblinge notes, throughout the wooddes are harde,
Beinge kepte in cage, she ceaseth for to singe,
And mournes, bicause her libertie is barde:
Oh bondage vile, the worthie mans deface,
Bee farre from those, that learning doe imbrace.
Whose warblinge notes, throughout the wooddes are harde,
Beinge kepte in cage, she ceaseth for to singe,
And mournes, bicause her libertie is barde:
Oh bondage vile, the worthie mans deface,
Bee farre from those, that learning doe imbrace.
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In sortis suæ contemptores.
Here Damocles, desirous for to taste,
The princelie fare, of Dionysivs kinge,
In royall seate, was at the table plaste,
Where pages braue, all daintie cates did bringe:
His bed of goulde, with curious coueringes spred,
And cubbourdes ritche, with plate about his bed.
The princelie fare, of Dionysivs kinge,
In royall seate, was at the table plaste,
Where pages braue, all daintie cates did bringe:
His bed of goulde, with curious coueringes spred,
And cubbourdes ritche, with plate about his bed.
No where hee stay'de, but musique sweete did sounde;
No where hee went, but hee did odors smell;
Nowe in his pompe, when all thinges did abounde,
Being ask'd, if that this life did please him well:
Hee aunswere made, it was the heauen alone,
And that to it, all other liues weare none.
No where hee went, but hee did odors smell;
Nowe in his pompe, when all thinges did abounde,
Being ask'd, if that this life did please him well:
Hee aunswere made, it was the heauen alone,
And that to it, all other liues weare none.
Then, did the king comaunde a naked sworde,
Vnto the roofe, shoulde with a heare bee knit:
That right shoulde hange, when hee was plac'd at bourde,
Aboue his head, where he did vse to sit:
Which when hee sawe, as one distracte with care,
Hee had no ioye in mirthe, nor daintie fare.
Vnto the roofe, shoulde with a heare bee knit:
That right shoulde hange, when hee was plac'd at bourde,
Aboue his head, where he did vse to sit:
Which when hee sawe, as one distracte with care,
Hee had no ioye in mirthe, nor daintie fare.
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But did beseech, the Tyraunt for to giue,
His former state, and take his pompe againe:
By which, wee learne, that those who meanely liue,
Haue ofte more ioye, them those who rule and raigne:
But cheifelye, if like him they doe appeare,
Who night, and daye, of subiectes stoode in feare.
His former state, and take his pompe againe:
By which, wee learne, that those who meanely liue,
Haue ofte more ioye, them those who rule and raigne:
But cheifelye, if like him they doe appeare,
Who night, and daye, of subiectes stoode in feare.
Interdum requiescendum.
Ad Dn. Petrvm Colvivm Brugensem.
Continval toile, and labour is not beste:
But sometimes cease, and rest thy wearie bones,
The daie to worke, the nighte was made to reste,
And studentes must haue pastimes for the nones:
Sometime the Lute, the Chesse, or Bowe by fittes,
For ouermuch, dothe dull the finest wittes.
But sometimes cease, and rest thy wearie bones,
The daie to worke, the nighte was made to reste,
And studentes must haue pastimes for the nones:
Sometime the Lute, the Chesse, or Bowe by fittes,
For ouermuch, dothe dull the finest wittes.
For lacke of reste, the feilde dothe barren growe,
The winter coulde, not all the yeare doth raigne:
And dailie bent, doth weake the strongest bowe:
Yea our delightes still vs'd, wee doe disdaine.
Then rest by fittes, amongste your great affaires,
But not too muche, leste sloathe dothe set her snares.
------ Nec enim facundia semper
The winter coulde, not all the yeare doth raigne:
And dailie bent, doth weake the strongest bowe:
Yea our delightes still vs'd, wee doe disdaine.
Then rest by fittes, amongste your great affaires,
But not too muche, leste sloathe dothe set her snares.
Adducta cùm fronte placet: nec semper in armis
Bellica turba manet: nec tota classicus horror
Nocte diéque gemit: nec semper Cnossius arcu
Destinat, exempto sed laxat cornua neruo.
Et galea miles caput, & latus ense resoluit.
Lucanus ad Pisonem.
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