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A Seasonable Lecture, OR A most learned Oration: disburdened from Henry walker, a most judicious Quondam Iron-monger, a late Pamphleteere and now (too late or too soon) a double diligent Preacher.  
As it might be delivered in Hatcham barn the thirtieth day of March last, Stylo Novo.  
Taken in short writing by Thorny Ailo; and now printed in words at length, and not in figures.  
And Toby went forth, etc  
Printed at London for F. Cowles, T. Bates, and T. Banks. 1642.   

A Seasonable Lecture: OR A most learned Oration, disburdened from Henry Walker, a most judicious Quondam Iron-monger, a late Pamphleteere, and now (too late, or too soon) a double d●ligent Preacher.  
Men and Women, Male or Female, Old and Young, boys and girls, Lads and Lasses, Babes and Children, Omnium gatherum; attend to my Text, as you shall find it written in the fifth Chapter of the book of Tobias, and part of the sixteenth verse.  
So they went forth both and departed, and the dog of the young man went with them.  
BEfore I enter upon my Text, Beloved, it is correspondent, meet, necessary and convenient, that I do unveil, lay open, describe, discover, and manifest unto you, some reasons why, wherefore, upon what causes, grounds, or reasons, this Dog is mentioned in my Text.  
This portion that I shall administer unto you at this time, I have divided into six parts; first, the time when this Dog lived; secondly, whose Dog he was; thirdly, whither he went; fourthly, what fashioned or kind of Dog he was; fifthly, his demeanour and carriage; and lastly, his name: Of all these in order, as 3 hours short time, and your long patience will permit.  
First, the time that this Dog lived, was about the death of Zenacherib, that blasphemous King of Assyria, as it is in the first of Tobit, and the one and twentieth verse, where is mention made, that after he was slain, Sarchedonus his son reigned after him. It was then a wicked time, full of oppression, cruelty, and idolatry: and at this time lived honest, old, hospitable Tobias, who being oppressed by tyranny, went into Media, and left ten talents of silver in safe custody with his kinsman Gabael, who dwelled in a city called Rages in Media, as you shall find it in the first Chapter and fourteenth verse. Beloved, Toby was of the Tribe of Nepthalim, who were idolatrous, and offered to an Heifer they called Ball, Chap. 1. 5. in Galilee, and dwelled in a city called Thisbe there, from whence he was carried captive into Assyria by Salmanazer, as you shall have it in the first and second verses. Now it followeth that Toby, after much trouble went home again, Chap. 2. and vers. 1. This was the time wherein this Dog lived. I will presently proceed, and go forward, or speak further, as your patience may permit.  
About this time old Tobias wasstricken blind, and in some want of his ten talents of silver, which he left so far off in Media with Gabael, for which he determined to send his son (young Tobias) but he was in great care to have a Guide with him in so long a journey, and to help him to bring so great a charge as ten talents back with him (which is, I'll warrant you, 40 pounds of our money, or thereabouts) and in the third Chapter and the nineteenth verse, the Angel Raphael came in the shape of a man, whom old Tobiab hired for a groat a day to go with his son out and home as it is in the 5 of Tobit and 14 verse. And thus much shall suffice for the time when the Dog lived.  
So they went forth both, and departed, and the dog of the young man went with them.  
Some simple observations might be gathered out of the first word of my Text, So; but it is a matter of So, so, and therefore I will pass it over so; yet (Beloved) as we are men all made of one mould, one proportion and shape, our senses all alike, So it is not lawful that one man should have any power or authority over another so as they have; but every man ought to be a rule and guide to himself, So that he should not need to be ruled so, and guided so by other men; for many men desire sovereignty, superiority, dignity, promotion, advancement, pre-eminence, domination, sway (or call it what you please) but the truth is (my Brethren) that as we are all made alike, So we should equally rule alike, and live in such a community, that all things should be in common, So that mine is thine, and thine is mine, be it what it will, either wife, children, goods, or lands, &c. So that none shall command, nor any one obey: and so much shall suffice to be spoken of the word So. So they went forth.  
They, what They? The word is not in the singular number, He or she went forth, but They, which argueth the pluralitic of They that went forth; now who where this t●ey This they were no other than the angel Raphael, who was hired for a groat a day by old Tobit (as is before specified in the first leaf and seventeenth page) and the other who was one of the same they (without whom they could not have been they) was young Tobias the son of old Tobias, who having taken leave of his father, went to fetch the ten talents of silver from Gabael at Rages in Media. So they went forth and departed, and the dog of the young man went with them. So they went.  
It is to be noted, that if they had not been sent, they would not have went: Beloved, this is an instruction of reproof to such as will do nothing but what they are bidden, nor go any whither except they be sent or commanded; but those that are industrious will always be busy in some thing, though they have no thanks for their pains, it is no matter for that, So they went, they were sent in a lawful errand, but that is no rule to us, that we should stay till we be sent; for when should I have been sent to preach? I think never. Therefore as many zealous tradesmen before me, went and thrust themselves into this holy Calling, without being sent; so I having tried trade after trade, hard Iron and steel, and soft Books and Ballads, have now fallen upon the only common trade of trades to preach, and indeed my zeal was so hot that I had no leisure to stay till I was sent forth: but I as they (the rest of my brethren) so went forth. So they went forth both.  
Both doth signify two, twain, a couple, a pair, a duplicity, or the plural Number, They went forth both. The Dog is not yet specified, for than it might have been said, that three went forth both at once; but they went forth and departed. This word and standing betwixt forth and departed, hath a mystical sense, that a man may go forth and not depart, that he may also depart and not go forth, And that he may both go forth and depart, and likewise he may neither depart or go forth. I went forth and departed from one calling to another, I went forth and departed from an Iron-monger to be a bookseller, and I thank the whole Company of Stationers they took my kind intrusion into their society with more respect than it becomes me to make boast of; but lately I went forth and departed from that Function, and am Theologically qualified, and if that do not thrive with me, I can return to the booksellers trade again, with as much leave and love as I had before. And thus much shall suffice, satisfy, or be enough, or sufficient for the explanation, manifestation, or declaration, for your edification of this part of my Text, So they went forth both and departed.  
And the dog of the young man went with them.  
This word And (Beloved) I have somewhat spoken of before, yet there is observation worthy to be noted, which is, that this (And) is never placed in the end, last word, or period of a speech; and for your further instruction when you see this word (And) in the beginning of any speech or s●ntence you must expect that some other thing is mentioned afterwards, as it is in my Text, And the Dog of the young man went with them.  
The Dog (my Brethren) was the Dog of the young man, which by interpretation was the young man's dog, now the young man was young Tobias, and old Tobias being his father, (out of question) young Tobias was his son, and the lawful owner and master of the Dog. There is not any mention made, that this Dog was commanded, or called to go with his Master; no sure, he was a loving and a willing Dog, to attend without compulsion: he was not like Coles dog, that would neither go to Church, nor tarry at home, such a Cur would be hanged Brethren. I do not find at what time of the year it was when this Dog went, but it may be it was in the dog-days, for then the days be long, the ways fair, and most fit for a long journey: and the proverb saith, A dog hath a day, &c. This Dog was a Dog of extraordinary note, for he is mentioned for his diligent attendance again in the eleventh Chapter and fourth verse, in these words, And the Dog followed them.  
In my Text it is said that the Dog went with them, and here it is said that the Dog followed them; in both places there is much duty expressed: In the first here is to be noted Toby, Toby's Dog, and Toby's Dogs tail: In the second, he went with them when they went from home: and in the latter, he followed them at their return back. It is said he followed, he went not saucily before his Master. I will not question what age this Dog was of, or whether he was whelped in the dog's days, or out of the Dogs days, or in the cat's nights; for there is no Dogs nights, though the learned write of the beginning of the dog-days, and of the ending of them also: but surely this was a wise Dog, not a wag wanton, or a foolish puppy-dog, but he was a sage and a wise Dog, and my reason is, because he followed them, attended upon them, waited upon them, and did not stir out of the house till they went forth: I cannot say, or any way prove or find, that he was gelt or libbed, as I may term it, which made this Dog the more observant and dutiful; but whether he was or no, I am confident he was a very mannerly Dog, for he did not run before and yelp, and bawl, Waw, waw, waw, no, he went forth with them mildly, gently, meekly; he was not to look for abroad, or up and down the house, or under, or upon the beds, or in some corner or hole of the house did this honest Dog obscure himself. This shows he had no bad actions or crimes laid to his charge, either by the kitchenmaid, or the chambermaid: but this Dog was of the true kind, mannerly, good conditioned, and well-favoured, which serves for an exhortation or document for such unmannerly Serving men and footboys, that are so forward, that they will be in their roast meat before their Masters are out of their boiled. They are called their Master's followers, and aught to be so in all lawful things (s●ving their Mistresses.)  
There are divers opinions amongst the Learned concerning this Dog; Quabo the American in his third Book, fol. 900 of his Dogmatists; and Nimpshag the Gymnosophist, both these do agree, that this Dog was no Bob-tailed tike, Trun●le-tail'd tike, we tike, or Muckle tike (as you call Dogs in Scotland.) Surely my opinion is, that he was no Hound (though all Dogs are called Hounds in Germany, and for one man to call another Hounds-foot, it is dangerous to be spoken.) Tobias was no Hunter, therefore it cannot be gathered that it was a Buck-hound, bloodhound, Otterhound, Goose-hound, greyhound, Fox-hound, or any kind of H●und. Nor was his Master addicted to the game of Hawking or Ducking, so that it may be conjectured that the Dog was neither Land, or Water spaniel; neither was he a C●nny-catching Tumbler, for no such Shark was to have entertainment under Tobias his ●oofe. He was not a ●oysting Hound, for Tobias the elder was old and blind, and his wife Anna was stricken in years, and therefore they had no delight to play with Whelps or Puppies (my Brothers) of that or the like Litter; nor was it a Shogh from Ireland, or an Island Cur; for those are Dogs of small delight to ancient people, and young Tobias was unmarried, therefore he had no wife to play with a Dog. I cannot think this Dog to be a mongrel, because he was not variable, but kind and constant to his Master. Nor was it a mastiff, a Bull dog, or a Bearedog, for such sports are for such as can see, for young people, for bearwards, Butchers, and such grave Athenians, and not for old blind folks. In sum, this Dog is manifestly and authentiquely supposed to be a Whippet, or pretty handsome house dog, such as will stay at home with their Masters, and go abroad with their Masters, that are watchful in the night, to bark and give warning, if the house be in danger of thieves to break it open, or of any other noise or peril, this Dog would give warning and bark before he bit. From which virtues of this apocryphal Dog, many worthy instructions might be gleaned and gathered: but (Beloved) the present time being past, and the time to come calls us to dinner, I will trouble your patience no further, but leave these my former sayings to your over-ripe considerations. Vale.  
FINIS.