A banqvet of daintie conceits Furnished with verie delicate and choyse inuentions, to delight their mindes, who take pleasure in Musique, and there-withall to sing sweete Ditties, either to the Lute, Bandora, Virginalles, or anie other Instrument. Published at the desire of both Honorable and Worshipfull personages, who haue had copies of diuers of the Ditties heerein contained. Written by A. M. [i.e. Anthony Munday] |
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A Dittie, wherein is liuely and amply described, the Mansion or Castel of vaine exercises & delights, which being maintained by Pride, Prodigalitie, Lust, Ambition, Comtempt of Vertue, and such other, is the ouerthrow of many that resorte thither, rather then to vertuous studies and exercises.
Who
list to see a patterne of abuse,
Or reade a tale, which manie rue with teares:
Or who will see into the verie sluce,
That leadeth man into a world of feares.
Let him regard what I shall heere report,
in blazing forth vaine Pleasure and her mates:
Whose odious liuing (with the vertuous sort,)
is namde the fall of many mennes estates,
And noting well her fetches and her sleights,
he may himselfe beware:
For Vanitie hath choyse of deepe deceits,
to wrappe a man in care.
Or reade a tale, which manie rue with teares:
Or who will see into the verie sluce,
That leadeth man into a world of feares.
Let him regard what I shall heere report,
in blazing forth vaine Pleasure and her mates:
Whose odious liuing (with the vertuous sort,)
is namde the fall of many mennes estates,
And noting well her fetches and her sleights,
he may himselfe beware:
For Vanitie hath choyse of deepe deceits,
to wrappe a man in care.
First settes she Pride in forefront of her Forte,
Trickt in her fines, yea, more then super-fine:
Daliaunce her wanton giues her choyse of sport,
Some while with Musique, then with notes diuine.
The goers by doo gaze on this prospect,
which she perceiuing calleth for Delight:
Whom she commaundeth with a subtill becke,
to feede their eyes with some new-fangled sight.
Which she performes with such a gallant grace,
as they that see the same:
What with his toyes, and Prides alluring face,
their sences are made lame.
Trickt in her fines, yea, more then super-fine:
Daliaunce her wanton giues her choyse of sport,
Some while with Musique, then with notes diuine.
The goers by doo gaze on this prospect,
which she perceiuing calleth for Delight:
Whom she commaundeth with a subtill becke,
to feede their eyes with some new-fangled sight.
Which she performes with such a gallant grace,
as they that see the same:
What with his toyes, and Prides alluring face,
their sences are made lame.
Then comming into this delightfull place,
where all abuses in the world abounds:
Flatterie telles them with a goodly grace,
Such tales as quite their memory confounds.
Then launch out yonkers while your liuings last,
for Beautie must be braue againe.
He that with sparing shall be heere disgrast,
may not, or ought in this place remaine.
Then spend they that their Parents got with care,
in riotous excesse:
And launch so farre till they be worne thread-bare,
through their owne wilfulnesse.
where all abuses in the world abounds:
Flatterie telles them with a goodly grace,
Such tales as quite their memory confounds.
Then launch out yonkers while your liuings last,
for Beautie must be braue againe.
may not, or ought in this place remaine.
Then spend they that their Parents got with care,
in riotous excesse:
And launch so farre till they be worne thread-bare,
through their owne wilfulnesse.
Thus hauing spent, till they can spend no more,
These daintie darlings byd them then farewell:
Then Beggerie comes knocking at the doore,
To thriftlesse youth their follies past to tell.
Thus walke they thence in care and heauinesse,
despisde of them on whom they spent so much:
The world likewise that sawe their foolishnesse,
dooth scorne to mone or pittie any such.
Then howe they ende their liues in Miserie,
I neede not heere report:
Beware therefore my freends of Vanitie,
or any of her sort.
These daintie darlings byd them then farewell:
Then Beggerie comes knocking at the doore,
To thriftlesse youth their follies past to tell.
Thus walke they thence in care and heauinesse,
despisde of them on whom they spent so much:
The world likewise that sawe their foolishnesse,
dooth scorne to mone or pittie any such.
Then howe they ende their liues in Miserie,
I neede not heere report:
Beware therefore my freends of Vanitie,
or any of her sort.
FINIS.
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