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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.]
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Here begynneth the passe tyme of pleasure.
  
[dedication]
 I. 
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.
 V. 
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.
 X. 
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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XIII. Of memory the .v. parte of rethoryke Ca. xiii.

And the .v. parte / is than memoratyfe
The whiche / the perfyte mynystracyon
Ordynatly causeth / to be retentyfe
Dryuynge the tale / to good conclusyon
For it behoueth / to haue respeccyon
Vnto the tale / and the veray gcounde
And on what ymage / he his mater founde
Yf to the orature / many a sundry tale
One after other / treatably be tolde
Than sundry ymages / in his closed male
Eche for a mater / he doth than well holde
Lyke to the tale / he doth than so beholde
And inwarde / a recapytulacyon
Of eche ymage the moralyzacyon
Whiche be the tales / he grounded pryuely
Vpon these ymages / sygnyfycacyon
And whan tyme is / for hym to specyfy
All his tales / by demonstracyon
In due ordre / maner and reason
Than eche ymage / inwarde dyrectly
The oratoure / doth take full properly
So is enprynted / in his propre mynde
Euery tale / with hole resemblaunce
By this ymage / he dooth his mater fynde
Eche after other / withouten varyaunce
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Who to this arte wyll gyue attendaunce
As therof / to knowe the perfytenes
In the poetes scole / he must haue intres
Than shall he knowe / by perfyte study
The memoryall arte / of rethoryke defuse
It shall to hym / so well exemplyfye
Yf that hym lyste / the scyence to vse
Thoughe at the fyrste / it be to hym obtuse
With exercyse / he shall it well augment
Vnder cloudes derke / and termes eloquent
But now of dayes / the synne of auaryce
Exyleth the mynde / and the hole delyght
To coueyt connynge / whiche is grete preiudyce
For insacyatly / so blynded is theyr syght
With the syluer / and the golde so bryght
They nothynge thynke / on fortune varyable
Whiche all theyr ryches / can make transmutable
The olde sawes / they ryght clene abiect
Whiche for our lernynge / the poetes dyde wryte
With auaryce / they are so sore infect
They take no hede / nothynge they wryte
Whiche morally / dyde so nobly endyte
Reprouynge vyce / praysynge the vertue
Whiche ydlenes / dyde euermore eschewe
Now wyll I cease / of lusty rethoryke
I maye not tary / for my tyme is shorte
For I must procede / and shewe of arysmetryke
With dyuers nombres / whiche I must reporte
Hope inwardly / doth me well conforte
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To brynge my boke / vnto a fynysshment
Of all my mater / and my true entent
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