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The Pastime of Pleasure by Stephen Hawes

A literal reprint of the earliest complete copy (1517) with variant readings from the editions of 1509, 1554, and 1555 together with introduction notes, glossary, and indexes: By William Edward Mead

Hawes, Stephen

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[The Passetyme of Pleasure.]

Here begynneth the passe tyme of pleasure.

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How graunde Amoure walked in a medowe & met with fame enuyronned with tongues of fyre. ca. i.

II.

Of the swete reporte of Fame of the fayre lady la bel pucell in the toure of musyke. ca. ii.

III.

Now fame departed frome graunde amoure and lefte with hym gouernaunce and grace / and howe he wente to the toure of doctryne. Ca. .iii.

IIII.

Now he was lette in by Countenannce the porteres and of the meruaylous buyldynge of the same toure. Capitulo. iiii.

How Scyence / sent hym fyrste / to gramer where he was receyued by dame Congruyte. ca. v.

VI.

How he was receyued / of Logyke. ca. vi.

VII.

How he was receyued of Rethoryke / and what Rethoryke is. ca. vii.

VIII.

Of the fyrste called inuencyon. And a commendacyon of poetes. Ca. viii.

IX.

A replycacyon agaynst ignoraunt persones. Ca. ix.

Of dysposycyon the .ii. parte of rethoryke ca. x

XI.

Of elocucyon the thyrde parte of rethoryke with colourynge of sentences. ca. xi.

XII.

Of pronūcyacyon the .iiii. parte of rethoryke. Ca. xii.

XIII.

Of memory the .v. parte of rethoryke Ca. xiii.

XIIII.

A cōmēdacyō of Gower / chaucer / & lydgate Ca. xiiii.

XV.

Of Arysmetryke. Ca. xv.

XVI.

Of musyke mundayne / humayne / & instrumētall. Ca. xvi.

XVIII.

Of the dolorous / and lowly dyfputacyon bytwene la bell Pucell and graunde Amoure. Ca. xviii.

XIX.

How la bell pucell graunted Graunde Amoure loue / and of her dyspytous departyoge. Ca. xix.

XX.

Of the grete sorowe that graunde Amoure made after her depatynge / and of the wordes of counceyle. Capitulo. xx.

XXI.

How Graunde amoure wente to geometry / & what geometry is. Ca. xxi.

XXII.

Of dame astronomy. Ca. xxii.

XXIII.

Of the derecte operacyons of nature. Ca. xxiii.

XXIIII.

Of the fyue Interyall wyttes. Ca. xxiiij.

XXV.

Of the hye influences of the supernall bodyes. Ca. xxv.

XXVI.

How graūde amoure came to the toure of chyualry. Ca. xxvj.

XXVII.

Of the merualyos argument bytwene Mars and fortune. Ca. xxvij.

XXVIII.

How mynerue ledde Graūde Amoure to kynge Melyzyus whiche made hym knyght. ca. xxviii.

XXIX.

How he departed frome kynge Melyzyus with his grehoūdes and attendance his varlet and met with false reporte / that chaunged his name to Godfraye go bylyue. Ca. xxix.

XXX.

How graūde amoure in the temple of Uenus made his supplycacyon. Ca. xxx. The supplycacyon.

XXXI.

The copy of the letter. Ca. xxxi.

XXXII.

How Godfraye gobylyue was taken of correccyon & punysshed. Ca. xxxii.

XXXIII.

How graunde amoure dyscomfyted the gyaunt with thre hedes & was receyued of thre fayre ladyes. Ca. xxxiij.

XXXIII.

How he mette with Perceyueraunce / & reposed hyz in the manoyr place of dame comforte. Ca. xxxiij.

XXXV.

How he vaynquysshed a gyaunt / with seuen heedes and was receyued of .vii. ladyes. ca. xxxv.

XXXVI.

How he made oblacyon to the goddes Pallas & sayled ouer the tempestous flode. ca. xxxvj.

XXXVII.

How graunde amoure dyscomfyted the wonder full monster of the seuen metalles made by enchauntemente. Ca. xxxvij.

XXXVIII.

How graūde amoure was receyued of la bell pucell. Ca. xxxviij.

XXIX.

Of the grete maryage bytwene graunde amoure & La belle pucell. Ca. xxix.

XL.

How Whan graunde Amour had lyued longe wt labell pucell was arested by aege that brought vnto hȳpolycy and auaryce. Ca. xl.

XLI.

How he was arested by dethe. Ca. xli.

XLII.

How remembraūce made his epytaphy on his graue. Ca. xlij.

XLII.

How fame came in to the temple with burnȳge tonges / and other prayse. Ca. xlij.

XLIIII.

How tyme came in to the temple in meruaylous semylytude / and of his replycacyon. Ca. xliiij.

XLV.

How eternyte came in to the temple / and of her vertuous exortacyon. Ca. xlv.

XLVI.

The excusacyon of the auctore. Ca. xlvj.

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VI. How he was receyued / of Logyke. ca. vi.

So vp I went / vnto a chambre bryght
Where was wonte / to be a ryght fayre lady
Before whome than / it was my hole delyght
I kneled adowne / full well and mekely
Besechynge her / to enstructe me shortely

In her noble scyence / whiche is experyent
For man to knowe / in many an argument

You shall quod she / my scyence well lerne
In tyme and space / to your grete vtylyte
So that in my lokynge / you shall than decerne
A frende from fo / and good from inyquyte
Ryght from wronge / ye shall knowe in certaynte
My scyence is / all the yll to eschewe
And for to knowe / the false from the trewe

Who wyll take payne / to folowe the trace
In this wretched worlde / of trouthe & ryghtwysenes
In heuen aboue / he shall haue dwellynge place
And who that walbeth / the waye of derkenes
Spendynge his tyme / in worldly wretchednes
Amyddes the erth / in hell most horryble
He shall haue payne / nothynge extynguyssyble

So by logyke / is good perceyueraunce
To deuyde the good / and the euyll a sondre
It is alway / at mannes pleasaunce
To take the good / and cast the euyll vnder
Yf god made hell / it is therof no wonder
For to punysshe man / that hadde intellygence
To knowe good from yll / by trewe experyence

Logyke alwaye / doth make probacyon
Prouynge the pro / well from the contrary
In sundry wyse / by argumentacyon
Grounded on reason / well and wonderly
Who vnderstode / all logyke treuly
Nothynge by reason / myght be in pledynge

But he the trouthe / shoulde haue in knowlegynge

Her wyse doctryne / I marked in memory
And toke my leue / of her hye personne
Bycause that I myght no lenger tary
The yere was spente / and so ferre than goone
And of my lady / yet syght hadde I none
Whiche was abydynge / in the toure of musyke
Wherfore anone / I went to Rethoryke