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 A CHOICE 
 
 OF EMBLEMES, 
 
 AND OTHER DEVISES, 
 
 For the mofte parte gathered out of fundrie writers^ 
 Engli(hed and Moralized. 
 
 AND DIVERS NEWLY DEVISED, 
 
 by Geffrey Whitney. / 
 
 '^ I A worke adorned rvi:h varietieof matter, both pleafant and profitable- whe- 
 rein thofe that pleafe, muje pnde to fit their fancies : Bicaufe herein, by the 
 Ojfce of the eie,and the eare, the minde maje reape dooble deitghte throti- 
 ghc holfome preceptes , fhadoxved with pleafant deutfes : both fit for the 
 rertuou<, to their incoraging: and for the wicked , for their admonifbing 
 and amendment. 
 
 To the Render. 
 'irufe ^ithhetde^ihenfrendlieiudge, and blaming raflje refrainc^: 
 So main thou rcade "vnto thy good , and /halt requite my puinc^. " 
 
 Jmprinted 4^ L e Y D E N, 
 
 In the houfe of Chriftopher Plantyrb, 
 by Francis Raphelengiusy/ 
 
 M. D. LXXX V I 
 
 mmmm 
 
TO THE RIGHT H O N O- 
 
 RABLE, MY SINGVLER GOOD 
 
 Lorde and Maiftcr , Robert Eaile of L e y- 
 c E s T E R , Baron of Denbighe ^ Knight of the 
 inofte noble orders of the garter, and offainde 
 Michael, Maifter of her Ma"" horfe, one of her 
 Highncs mofte honorable priiiie Counfaile , and 
 Lorde Lieutenant and Captaine Generall of her 
 Ma"^' forces in the lowe countries. 
 
 So VLDIOR ofKingeVHiL" 
 liPj^Macedonia, ' 
 
 (%ghte honorable )fujfmng[hip^ 
 ^rack^^ and langmfhtng^ tyoughe Brufomujlih.j. 
 necejfitte and extreme fick^€s y nA 
 fSMacedoniajj mooned ^ith com^af- 
 fan y mofle lomnglie entertayned^ 
 and longe cherijhed a?id releeued 
 ^ him . ^ho being "^sUrecouered^promifed at his departure if 
 ^ he might come to the prefent e of his Somraignc to requite his ■ 
 '. fiendfhip. aAtthe lengthe cominge to the courte ^ thefoddior ' 
 mAdereporteofthefhip'^racke, butnotofthektndnesofthe ^ 
 Macedonian : and contrarmfe jfo mcenfed the Kinge againH 
 his loumge countryman^ that he obtained a gr aunt of all his li- 
 uinges: l^ut afterguards his ingratitude and trecheroHSpr a Sitfe 
 being difcouered to this good prince , he reuokedhisgutftey and 
 in detejlatwn of his deaunge caufedhim to bee marked "^ith a, 
 hotte iron : The SmperorC l A v D i V s reduced all thofe laem. " 
 , to their former bondage , ^ho necleSitng the bountw and loue 
 of thetr hordes y in mfianchifinge them : requited them in the 
 ende wh anie Vnkindnes. This foule vice Ingratitude hat he 
 bin Mmmon in all age s^andyetfo odious to the vertucus and' 
 
 * 2. beH 
 
THE EPISTLE 
 
 beHMofed^ that they hauelefie behinde innumerMe exam-' 
 pies to the Uks ejfe^efir the rooting out thereof fiom allfocie^ 
 ties. If the former ages vpho kne'^e not theliuinge God, nor 
 his holie^orde^ hauebin fo careful/ herein : Then ought ^ee^ 
 muche more^ )^ho kno^e not onlie ho'^e odious it is ^ to man: 
 but ho^e hateful! it is , cheeflie m thejighte of God, For )^e 
 mate fee tn the holie fcripture^hd^e often the children oflfrael 
 
 Exod.i4, i5,x^, \^Qare plagued for their <unthankefulnes, and ho^e the hor- 
 de often complaineth therof faymge by the Trophet Efay^ 
 
 Efaie cap. i. { \\giuz noLuished and exalted them and yet they difpi- 
 fed mec, the oxe knoweth his maifter, and theaflehis 
 
 icrem.cap. 8. cdbbe , but Ifracl knoweth not mee &c. nAlfo by the 
 Trophetleremie^ The Storke, the Turtle, andthefwal- 
 lowe, doe obfcrue their time : but my people doe not 
 knowe the iudgement of the Lorde. In the ne>^e TeBa^ 
 ment alfo^ ^hen Chrifle hadcknfed the ten lepers , and but 
 
 tuc cap. 1 7. one of them gam thankes^ ourfauiourfaid^ Are not ten clen- 
 fed ? where bee the other nine? &c. "By ^hiche andma^ 
 nie other like places , it is manifeBy ho^e ingratitude is Vile bo^ 
 the in thejighte ofGoD and man, therefore to cleare my 
 felfe of the fu^icion of my guilt herein ^ '^hiche your honor 
 maye iujilie conceiue agamft mee , in deferring jo longe before I 
 prefent fome teBimome of my bounden autie to your good 
 Lord/hip^ (hauingfo ofte^ and fo largelie taftedofyour honou- 
 rable bountie andfauor,) I haue therefore f rained thatfmall 
 talent J haue ^ topleade my caufe in this behalf e toy our ho^ 
 nour: <31oB humblie befeeching the fame , to pardon the >^an^ 
 tes "^hereWith this my fmple trauaile is blemijfhed^ throughe 
 my lacke of leafure^ andlearninge. The fir ft , denieth me to 
 perfeBe it^ as "jpurpofed : The other ^ to polifhe it as it ought^ 
 thatfhoulde beeprefentedtofo noble aperfonage. ^hofe heroi^ 
 callyertuesfo maniegraae^ and learned men haue eternifed.to 
 
 allpofle- 
 
DEDICATORIE. 
 
 tdlfojieritks. For kdmngeyour natm cowntr'ie^ "^herefo ma- 
 nie godlie and ijertuoiis are countenanced : So manie learned ;■ ^ 
 
 aduaunced^ iUjdfo ?nanie (indwus incoraged by your honour. 
 \i/ha( other cotmtrie in Cln-iHendome^ hut kno'^eth that your 
 lor df hip is a Nobk ^and moHefaithfuU counfellor to her excel- 
 lent cMa'" J 4 zjlous Jkuorer of the Gofj>ell^ md of the godlte 
 Preachers thereof a louinge patron ofleartnn^e^ and a boun- t ^.. 
 tifull Moecenas to alltheprofejjors of^orthie artes ^ and 'f 
 Jciences : thereof my felfe is a ^itnes ^ ^ho haue often 
 horde the fame in other countries ^ to your euerlaHmge 
 anemone. 
 
 Learmnge )^oulde befooneput to filence ^ without the aide 
 and fupporte offuch noble Peeres as your Lordfhip : ^hich 
 )^fas '^ell confideredby the Smperors^ and Princes manie hun- 
 drethyeares f nee : thereof ^rtaxerxes the Kinge of nPerfia 
 hath lefte behinde him this example ^ ^ho Wat to a ruler of 
 one of his dominions to this effeEie, Kinge of Kinges great 
 Artaxcixes to Hifcanus gouernorof Hellefpontegree- suidas. 
 ting. The fame of Hippocrates a Pliifition is come 
 vnto mee , therfbre fee thou geue him as muche gonlde 
 as he defireth^ and all other thinges he wanteth^and 
 fend him to me. He fhalbee equall with anie Perfian 
 in honor 5 and if there beanie other famous man in 
 Europe , fpare no money to make him a frend to my 
 courte. AlfoVhiUip of Macedonia fkuored Ariftotk^comitting 
 his onlie fonne Alexander the great to his tutorfhipy reioyfng ^^i Gcii.iib.?. 
 that he had a fonne borne infuche a time ^ ctshe mighte ham "p- 3- 
 fuch a fkmGHs n?hilofopher to be his in^ruSior. The fame M\hm. dc var, 
 Alexander fo honored the poet T^mdartis^that at the deliru- "^ft-^^^'^3-"-7- 
 cifion of Thebes hegaue chardge that the fkmilie andkinred of 
 
 Plutarchiisia 
 
 Pmdarus fhoulde bee (pared. Hee loued foiearningethathe Aiexaad. 
 yjed to laie thejliades of Homer (yi^hich he le-arnedofArifiotle) 
 
 * 5 .W;J^ 
 
cap. 4 
 
 THE EPISTLE 
 
 ^ith his dagger ipnder his bedxks head, <iAlfo hatdng learned 
 certaine fr'matemBru^ions ofht's faidScoolemaiBer^after ha- 
 uing kj^o^kdge that Ariftotle had pMshed the fame to others y 
 hee ^as highly offended: andalthot^ghe hee ^eare bupedin the 
 great "Carres agamH Darius^ yet in the middeH ofthofe ^aigh" 
 tie affaires^ hee %rat Vnto (iArifiotk^blammgehimforpartici^ 
 patmg to others, that %hich hee dejired to hane proper to him 
 felfe, Sayinge^ Howe can I ^xc ell others^ in any thinges 
 I haue learned of thee: if thou make the fame common 
 to all , for I had ratlier goe before them in learning, 
 then in power and aboundance. Gellius fctteth do'^ne 
 Aui. Geii.iib.io. the EftBle of the King to <tArtBotle^ ^ith the aunf^eare there^ 
 fvnto^ being ^orthie to bee imprinted in themmdes of the ho- 
 norable jhat they might beeforeuer remembred, Scipio Africa- 
 ns vfed the Toet Ennim as his companion in hisgreate af- 
 fiireSy andtofhe^e hisgriefefor the lojfe offuch a one , caufed 
 the image ofSnnius to bee laide^ith him in his o^ne tombe. 
 AtdguHuscountinancedVirgill^andfolouedhim: that after his 
 death , hee carefuUie preferued his ^orkesfrom the fire to the 
 ^hich they ^eare adiudged. Mecoenas manie "^aies flx%fed 
 his noble mmde njnto Horace ^ and^lutarcheWas in h'tghe 
 efiimition^ith the Emperor Traian. Teafkmoiis citties and 
 (omon^ealthes haue imbraced the learned ^ Smyrna and fixe 
 other citties fo Coued Homer ^ that after his deathe ^ there gre'M 
 great controusrfleamongB them y ^hich ofthemfboMrightlie 
 clatme him to bee theirs, ^Athens honored a longe timeT)emo^ 
 fihenes: IR^me reioyfedfor TuUie, And of later times Florence 
 boaBedofPetrarke^ and'^terodam ofSrafmus, '^th wanye 
 other citties that did the like to dtmrsfkmotu men, Andtheife 
 againeto requite their honorable regardes^ made themfhmous 
 throttghe their ^orthie '^orkes to aliases ^ that deathe to the 
 "^Ifich their bodies by nature ^earefubiefH^ cotddemt extin^e 
 
 mrburie 
 
 Plinius lib. 7 
 cap. 50. 
 Idenijibid. . 
 
 Horatius. 
 
 MofTellannsfii- 
 per Gell.lib. i. 
 cap. 16. 
 Cicero in orat, 
 proArchia. 
 
 SabcllicQS. 
 
DEDlCATORIEri* t 
 
 nor burle their memories : but that the fame remainefo longc 
 as the ^orldepjall indure. Andtojheake offome ofthemy An- 
 Jiotkygreatliehonored^hillipsand'^asmlejfecarefullforthe 
 education of Alexander, For ^hen. hee came to bee kinge^ befi^ 
 des the houlfme preceptes hee prefcnbed vnto him of regiment., 
 yet hamnge k7io\\>ledge of his earneH de fire ^40 vnderBar/dthe 
 natures and qualities of all creatures ^ compyled almofle fiftie 
 bookesy intreatinge of the fame: hauing by the commaun dement 
 ofzAiexander out of Greece and all Zijia y manie tho^fandes 
 of Hunters yTaulkeners ^ Fo^^lers^ Ftfhers ^ Heardmenyand Aui.GcU,Ub.ij. 
 fuche as kepte bees y birdes y or anie other Huinge thinge : to "P-^* 
 helpe and aide hm^^Xnth thire knowledge and experiences. y in 
 fearchmge the feo'ettes y natures and qualities of all creatures, 
 Bnnius beinge mmdfull of the noble inclination of Scipioydid PetmsCrinitus 
 highlieextollhis "^orthie aSieSyregiHring them in his learned *^p**""^^"o^«- 
 crontcles to all fofierities: VirgiUtofhe'^e himfelfe thankefuU 
 tOiAuguBtij: (^ent manie ye ares about his Jnmous'^m4i^ of 
 jEneiads y to deriue the race of the Emperor from JEneas^and ^^^^• 
 the noble Troians. Horace amongH his rare (^ learned'^ork^s Macrobiuj. 
 fiujfed full of Wife andgram preceptesy oftentimes enterUceth 
 the fame '^ith the birthe the bountie the learninge yand the noble 
 qualities ofMecoenaSy ft) hathe made him for euerfkmottSy^ 
 reno'^med. Vlutarche be fides hispnmte bookes he ^atte to 
 Traumy <fcounfell and gou^'nement : ■. Hee framed, that excel- suidas, 
 lent '^orke ofliues y and comparifom bet^ene the Romanes 
 and the Grecians : giuing due commendation af^ellto the ^' 
 manes y as to his o^ne countrimen. By "^hich ^ee maie gather y 
 that barning grounded vppon ^-vertue hath bin akoaife enemic 
 to ingratitude y and cannot lie hidy hut is euermore "^orkingCy 
 C^ be'^rayeth itfelfe as the f moke be'^rayeth the fire y And if 
 anie thinge happen ^orthie memorie : by the .benefit of the 
 le/trned;t is imparted Jby their trauaiks to future time. If there 
 
 chaunce 
 
r£tr;Crinit^ 
 
 THE EPISTLE 
 
 thaunce nothinge in theire age famous ^yet they fit themfelues 
 a ^orks ^^ hunmngefuche accidentes^as haue bm done in times 
 Cornel. Nepos. fdUe. Daves ^hrjgius beinge afd^ldior at the battaileof 
 Troye^ made a large difcourfe thereof^ yet like one too much af- 
 fe&ioned^ can fcarce finde anende ofthepraifes ofHeSior. 
 Homer finding frmi'llmlitter in his time to handle ^ attempted 
 the fame argument ^ being lothe that his countrymen fhodde 
 lacke their due commendacion^and therefore almoH as far re on 
 the other fide ^extoUeth the valour^ andhigheprd^es^ of Achil- 
 les: and the counfaile, and poUicie ^ ofvlijfes, Lucanfeing no- 
 thing honorable in D^ro to intreate of fed to former times for 
 matter ^ where he found toft hts ^orthie muje a Worke ^ and 
 Wrattemverfe (equall With the haughtines.vf the argument) 
 the battailes andbloodie confliSis^ betWene (efar, andTompey, 
 Seneca dif^airinge of the nature andmclmacion of his ynto- 
 Wardefcholler the fame !?{ero: Wratte lamentable Tragedies ^ ^ 
 bookes of great grauitie and wijedome. ^loreouerlearninge 
 hath that fecret Workinge that tyraunteshaue binmitttgated 
 therewith y and haue dijfembled their affeSiions for the time. 
 Dionyfius the elder de fired to heare Plato^andwas contented a 
 while to liftenynto him ^ after whome his fonne ^hauing bothe 
 his name and nature ^didfeeme ontWardlieto loueandreuerence 
 n?latOy andfentehim great guiftes to Athens^ andinmted hifn 
 to his courte, Nero for a time embraced Lucan and Seneca ^ aU 
 thoughe naturallie he Was wickedlie inclined : but heefoone did 
 degenerate from their difcipline^ for there can bee n&league be- 
 tweene vertue and yice^norperfeSIe ynion ofmeere contraries: 
 And although time reuealed the bloodie mindes ^ of thefe cruell 
 tirantes toWardes thofe famous men _, yet Wee can not finde the 
 like outrage .y and crmltie done ynto the learned^ by thofe that 
 are honorable yertuous and noble minded: but byfuche as bee 
 of cruel! vile and bafe natures.^ who are abodies enemies to 
 
 yertm^. 
 
 tlUtarchus, 
 
 Stietoniiis, 
 Petr.Crinit, 
 
PEPICATORIE. 
 
 *perttit^ And hue none ^ nor like anie^ butfuch as are of their 
 o^m vgliejiamj?e» For it is a. rule that fiikth not^ that thofe 
 that are moHe honourable ^ are moH <-vertuoHs: blcaufe honour 
 abffaies follo^eth ^ertue^ as the fbaddo^e doth the bodiei and 
 it is as vnpojfible that a bodiefiotdde be without afiaddoVi>e m 
 thefonm^ as the right honourable in this lifejhoulde be ^'oyde 
 ofyertue. Thus it is manifeH ho'^elearninge hath bin embra- 
 ced^ and had in highe eHmation ^ by great Princes and noble 
 *TeereSy and that '^ortheliei^icauje by the benefit thereof ^The 
 aSies ofrmghtie Monarches ^ great Princes^and the matters 
 andthinges of former time %orthie memorie^done byfage Go- 
 uernors ^ and valiant Captaines. The manners and La%es of 
 firaunge nations ^^ cuHomes ofoulde time. The mutabillitie of 
 Worldly felicitte^ andho'^e the ^ifi haue behaued themfelues in 
 bothe fortune sihaue bin prefentedvnto them asm dgl^Jfejor 
 their inHru&ion ^ from ^hich they might drd^e ynderHan- 
 dxng and good counfaiU^ to msiruEi andgouerne themfelues m 
 oR their actions : and findeapprooued examples for the ^hole 
 cGurfe of their life ^ eyther to bee imitated^ or efche^ed, Of 
 "^hich fingukr benefit^ '^ce like'^ifearepertakers: For hereby ^ 
 this frefent time behouldeth the accidentes of former times ^ 
 as if they had bin done butyeBerdaie. and^ee maye behoui- 
 de the natures :,<^ quallities^of our great grandjathersgrand- 
 fkthers^ as if they yet liu^d before our eies. And as former ti-^ 
 me^ and pre fent time y haue reaped thereby ^ this inestimable 
 Juell ^ So likpoife^ future timefo long as the "^rldefpalt indu- 
 rejball taBe of this blejfing: For our fucceJ[ion^(hallfee ^hat "^e 
 hauefeene^ and behoulde hereby '^hatj^moi^s thmges ^eare 
 enterprtfed and done in our dates y as if they "^areeuen no^e 
 fianding at our elbo^es, Tet ho^e greatlie learning hath bin 
 impeached fince the firsle florifbe thereof ^hen in fleadoffuch 
 lomng and bountiful! princes and patrons^ the "^orlde broughte 
 
 ** forthe^ 
 
THE E P I S T 1 E 
 
 Bapt. Egnatiui ie forthCy LkinitiS >^ho tearmd learning a foyfon and plague of 
 bus""'! & Pom- the common ^ealthe. And Valentiniamts his partner in that 
 ELftor^oLlJ^ndio!, oplmon^With the curfedcre'^e of their companions^As Caligula^ 
 Alexandrian Bibiio- ]s[ero^Diocktian .^ith ^iachomet^'3aiazjt y and Tuch like 
 
 iheca omnium «-*■' •' tt n ^ -f n i 
 
 cccc '^uiila voiu- ^onHers of nature y being cruellperjecutors, enemies ofallhu- 
 Sn"fa'Frca.""cioa. mamtk^and diHroycrs ofall dijciplj^ie: )^hodi^ifng God and 
 w iutarJhu^ia' allgoodnesjid degenerate fofirrc from their f or father s^ that 
 K'ca^.M &'* ^^9' delighted^hoUie to Jj?ill the blood of the ^orthie men^ to 
 \ih'oi^Stt'(c. htirne the famous li^^^ and to raje and ouerthro'^e the 
 JlSonfum^a!' njmuerfities ^ and fchooles y ofallartes andfciences: as in the 
 bSeTa^farac- trancall HiHories of former times is recordedy andean not bee 
 bnsGlmim!%' but ^ith great griefe remembred. zAnd althoughe learning 
 SnSfsySs'dc hath bin great lie decaiedin thefe later times y Tet ^eemuft 
 inftmdifs. Budi (^ith thankfs vnto God therefore) confefpy That it hath plea- 
 hmannl!m"incenra fed himakoiueSy to raifevp fome louersandfkuorers therof 
 AthVnl"dcie"J*, & "^ho haue tendered and embraced the fame y and for the pre^ 
 MLhom^mmi!' feruinge it to their poBeritieSyhaue lefte behinde finguler monu- 
 Hll"id^Jcu?o. ments oft heir carey ^ z^lous mindes in this behalfe:Aj Char- 
 les the matXin^e ofFraunce^ho ereSkdty^o Vniuerfitiesythe 
 
 Bapt. Egnit.d< & ',b J •', . I •> 
 
 Rom. piiBcipifcut 0fjQ at l?anSy the other at FauMy placing therein many famous 
 
 men : and Sigifmundus Emperor y ^ho highlte extolled the lear- 
 
 ide»n iw. nedy and blamed the Princes ofGermanie y for their fmall re- 
 
 I garde vnto them: And vnderBanding byfommey that althou- 
 
 ipci^i :ip^< \ ghe he cherifhed the learnedyyet it ^asfaiedthey )^ere but pore 
 
 andbafeperfonSyaunf^ered: I loue them^ho excel! others 
 
 for vertuCy andlearninge y out of the ^hich I meafure nobilitif, 
 
 aAlfo Verdmmdus gaueyearelie out of his treafurleygreatfom- 
 
 mcs of money to the readers of diuinitieyThifk^y'^thorick^y 
 
 and Thdofophie y to the great incouraginge cfthofe thaf^eare 
 
 tSi"'**''^^'' inclined to good fudies : Like'^ife oAlphonfus King of 5N^- 
 
 ples^^^ho vjedtofayeyhe h ad ncuer greater pic afure^then^hen 
 
 he ^izs in the companw cfthofe that \f^eare jinguler for kno'^- 
 
 ledge 
 
icerranus m 
 
 DEDICATORIE. 
 led^gj And learn'mge: Laurentius Valla (^ P<inormiUnus^ "dpith 
 diuers other taHed of bis goodnes^ and found him a rare ex- 
 ample for princes^ for his continual def re to aduancekarninge. 
 I mighte heere hkeWfe bri?ige in diuers other ^ not inferior to 
 them for their loue to the learned: ^As Frederick^ \Duke of 
 Saxon nprince eleSior , and the Lorde Erne^us his brother^ 
 )^ho ereSIedthe vntuerftie of "^ittenherge^ andthefaid Du- 
 ke noblie countmaunced and defended Martin Luther^ again ft 
 thefurie of '1^ ope Leo the tenthe ^ and all other his aduer/aries, 
 tAlfo Laurentius Medices Duke of Florence honoured 'Ticus Crinitus lib. 15, 
 ^itrandula, and HermoLuslBarbarus : and'Xorfus Duke of "ll^^'^^ 
 Ferrara^ reioyfidin Tttus Strozxa- ^ith many other Trinces^ ^<^°s- 
 )^hofor their noble inclinations in this behalf e ^ amomU thefe 
 mighte iuHly haue their places, 
 
 B V T remembring 1 '^rite to your good Lord/hip. f ^ill 
 therefore abridge of purpofey that ^hich might bee more larglie 
 amplifiedy knowing there needeth no aApologie to bee made yn- 
 to your honour y in the behalfe of learning : '^hofe noble minde 
 hath binfo addicted to the fame thefe manyyeares^that diuers^ 
 )^ho are no'^e fkmou^ men ^ had bin throughe pouertie ^ longe 
 fince difcouraged from their fudies : if they had not foundc 
 your honour ffo prone to bee their patron. But 1 confejjej J haue 
 thus largelte Written therofto this ende^That tfanie other happe 
 to looke herevppon^in kno'^ingeyour zjale ^ honourable care 
 ofthofe that loue good letters : They might alfo kno'^e thereby^ 
 that you haue poffejjion ofthatgroundefom^hichtruenobili^ 
 tie florifheth: <iAnd like'^ife thatyoufoUo'^e the good examples 
 ofmanie Vrinces ^and great perfonages ^ ^ho are reno^^med the-* 
 refore^ beyond anie other their defertes, Andhke^ifiy ifanie be 
 couldejn countinancinge the learnedy(as there are tootoo manie^ , 
 ^ofefendfhip is (asjmayfak) frozsn^and (iarketo'^arde 
 thcm^) This mtghte a little tha'^e andmoUtpe them: andferue 
 
 * * 2. as a 
 
THE EPISTLE 
 
 ai a f^urre to pricke them foj^arde, tofoUo^theJieppesof 
 your good Lordship. There be three t hinges greatlie dejired in 
 tfm^e^jhat u- healthe^ "^ealtheyandfime. and feme haue 
 made qi^efiion "^hich of thefe is thechiefe: the Jtck^^ faieth 
 heJth. the couetoHS^ comendeth "^ealthe, and bet he thefe place 
 good name UHe of all. But they be bofhe partial! iudges . for 
 he that is of fincere andvprighteiudgement^is ofcontraric 
 opinion: Bicaufe that he alt he ^ and^ealthe^ though they bee ne^ 
 usr fogood^andfo great ^determine >^ith the bodte^and are fub- 
 ieSie vnto time . ^ut honour y fitme^ rend^me^ and good re^ 
 porte J doe trmmphe ouer deathe^ and make men liuefor euer: 
 ^here other'^ife the greateH Trincesjn fhorte time are "^orm 
 ourt of memorieyandcleane forgotten. For ^ "^hat is man in this 
 Vvorlde ? )^ithoi4tfime toleaue behinde him , but like a bubble 
 of'^aterjhat no"^ rifithy^ anon is not knc>^ne.'^hereit ^as, 
 Which being "^elcopdered by your honour ^you haue made choi^ 
 ce of the beH parte ^and embraced throughe vertue ^ that^hich 
 liueth yand ?2euer dieth, Forvertue (asffaid) abpaies goeth 
 before honour ^^giueth aperpetuitie offelicitie inthis'^orldcy 
 mdm the'^oHde-to come, Z4nd althoughe throughe the ini^ 
 quitie of time (as is declared) fuch excellent learned men 
 as haue bin _, are not to bee exfheSiedinthis oulde age of the 
 '^orld^yTet aszjlotiscareyandde'^tifullajfe^wn as euer^as 
 to their hordes and IPatrons ^ there is no doubte dothe gene-^ 
 rallie florifhe and is apparante: )^hereofyour honour hath had 
 try ally by the learnedlabours ofmaniefimous men. Farre be- 
 hinde ^homCy myfelfey (although of all the meaneH)yet bein- 
 ge pricked for'^arde byyourgoodhordfhipps bountie y and in- 
 couraged by your great ckmencieymoBe humblie prefente theife 
 my gatheringes y and gUaninges out of other mens harueHes, 
 ynto your honour: a ^orke both pleajaunte andpithie y )^>hich 
 J haue gar nif bed wh maniehiHorieSy^hh the proper applica- 
 tions 
 
DEDICATORIE. 
 
 tms andexpofitmsofthofe Bmblcmes that Jfiunde ohfcu- 
 re : Offering it ay toyou^r honour to looke yppon at fome 
 houresjoryour recreation* I hope itfhalbee the more deJxght- 
 fully bKatije none to my kno'^ledge ^ iMthe affayed the farm be- 
 fore: ^for that diuers of the inuentiosare of my o'^ne fender 
 "^orkmanfhip. IButchieflie ^ bicaufe ynderpleaftunte deuifeSy 
 are prof table moralles^ andnofhaddo^^es^ Voide offubBance: 
 nor ante conceyte ^ '^ithot4tJome caufe^orthle conf deration: 
 for the bounding of^ick^dnes^ andextoUing ofxertue, ^hich 
 m^eferuSy cu a mirrour: to the le^de for their amendement, 
 ^ to the godlie yfor their better goingefor'^arde in their cour- 
 fey that leades to euerlaBinge glorie, ^einge abafhed that my 
 habiUitic can not ajfoorde them ft*che y as are fit to be ojfred 
 yp tofo honorable afuruaigheyetifitfjalllikeyour honour to 
 allo'^e ofanie of them y Ifhallthinke mypenfet to the booke in 
 happie houre ^ and itfhallincourage mee, to a(fayfome matter 
 of more momentey asfoone as leafure ^ill further my defire in 
 thatbehalfe. The almightie God fom^home all honour and 
 true nobiUitie doe proceede y )^ho hath manieyearesy moB 
 louinglie and liberallie , induedyour Lordfhip)^ith the fame ^ 
 blejfe and prolonge your daies herey that '^ee mate behoulde the 
 confummatio ofhappie ouldage inyour honour '.before you fhal" 
 befummonedto thesuerlafimg honour y^^hich is ahpaies perm<t^ 
 mnf^ithout mutAbilitieykrxia\. At London the XX v ill. 
 ^fNoucmber^ ^Anno m. d. lxxxv. 
 
 Your Honours humble & 
 faichfull feruanc 
 
 Geffrey Whitney. 
 
TotheReader, 
 
 V H E N I had finiilied this my cx>IIc(fiion of Em- 
 blemcs (gendc Reader,) and prefented the (amc 
 in writinge vmo my Lorde , prelentlie before his 
 Honour pafled the fcas into the lowe countries : I 
 was after , earneftHe required by fbmme that pcr- 
 ufed the fame, to haue it imprinted: who/e reque- 
 fte, when I had well confidcred, althoughe I did 
 perceiue the charge was verie heauie for mee , (waighinge my owne 
 weakenes) I meane my wante of learninge, and iudgemMit, to (et forth 
 any thinge vnto the viewe of this age, wherein Co manie wife & learned 
 doe florime,andmuft haue the (canninge thereof. Yet knowinge their 
 fauours to bee fuch vnto mee, as in dewtie I mighte not dcnie them any 
 thinge I can: I did rather choofe to vndergoe any burthen, and almofte 
 faintein forwardnes to fatisfie them, then to (hewc anie wante of good 
 will, in denyinge their continuall defires. wherefore,licence beinge ob- 
 tained for the publifhing thereof, I offer it heare (good Reader) to thy 
 viewe, in the fame forte as I prefented it before. Onelic this excepte: 
 That I haue now in diuerfe pIaces,quotcd in the margent Come fenteces 
 in Latin , & fuch verfes as I ihoughtc did befle fit thefcuerall matters I 
 Wratte of. And alfb haue written fbmme of the Emblemes,to cercaine of 
 my frendcs, to whome either in dutie or frendfhip , I am diners waies 
 bounde: which both weare wantinge in my firfte edition, and nowe ad- 
 ded herevnto, for thefc reafbns infuinge. Firfte 1 noted the fame in Lat- 
 tin, to heipe and further fbme of my acquaintaunce whearc this bookc 
 was imprinted, who hauinge no tafle in the Englifhe tonge, yet wearc 
 earneflly addided to the vnderflandinge hereof: and alfb, whcare'I 
 founde any vcrfe > or fayinge agreable with the matter, I did gather the 
 fame of purpofe for my owne memorie , not doubtinge but the fame 
 may bee alfb frutefull to others. 
 
 For my intitulinge them to fbme of my frendes , I hope it fliall not 
 bee mifliked, for that the offices of dewtie and ftcndfhip are alwaies to 
 bee fauored: and hcrin as I folfowe my audlors in Englifhinge their de- 
 uifes. So I imitate them, in dcdicatinge fbme, to fuch perfbns,as I thin- 
 ke the Emblemes doe befl fitte and pertaine vnto, which order,obfer- 
 ucd Reufnerus, luniust Sambucu&, a.nd others : as by their workes are ap- 
 parante, ConfeiTinge my faulte to bee chiefly this , in prefentinge to fa- 
 mous and worthie men, meane matter , farrc to fimple for their defer- 
 uinges: yet truflinge my good willfhalbe warghed as well as the worke, 
 and that a pearle fhall not bee looked for in a poore mans puree, I fub- 
 mit my doings herein to their cenfures. 
 
 Furthermore, whcare there are diuers Emblemes written of one mat- 
 ter, which may bee thoughte fuperfluous. As againft Pride, Enuie, 
 Goncupifcence , Dmnkenncs > Couecowftics , Vfurie , and fuch like, 
 
 againfi'i 
 
TO THE READER. 
 
 tgainde euery one of them feucrally, {bndrie dcuifes: thereby the Condtf 
 inucntions of the audours may bee decerned , which I kaue colledcd 
 again ft thofc vices cfpecially.bycaufe they are growe Co mightie that one 
 bloc will not beate them downe, butnewe headdes fpringc vp like Hv' 
 AfAy that Hercules weare not able to fubdue them. But manie droppes 
 pierce the ftone,& with manic blowes the oke is ouerthrowen, So with 
 manie reprehencions, wickednes is wounded, and finne afliamed and 
 giueth place vnto vertue. It refteth now to fhewe breeflie what this wcr- 
 ae Emblcme fignifieth, and whereof it commeth, which thoughe it he 
 borrowed of others, & not proper in rhe Engliflie tonge , yet that which.^ 
 it fignifieth : Is, andhathebin aiwaies in vie amongft vs, which wordc 
 being in Greeke 6//f aVe^, vel eTTE/xCAwcd^ is as muche to faye in £ngli{h« 
 as Tofet in, or to put in: properlie ment by fuche figures , or workes , as 
 are wroughte in plate , or in ftones in the pauementes , or on the wau- 
 les , or fuche like, for the adorning of the place : hauingc fbnie wittie ' 
 
 deuife expreffcd with cunning woorkemanfliip , /bmethinge ob/curc 
 to be percciued at the firft , whereby , when with further confideration 
 itis vndcrftood, it maiethe greater delighte the behoulder. And al- 
 thoughe the worde dothe comprehende manie thinges, and diuers mat- 
 ters maie be therein containedj yet all Emblemes for the moft parte,maic 
 b<r reduced into thefe three kindes,which is Ui^oricaU^NaturaU, & UoraU. 
 HiHvricdU, as reprcfenting the ades of fome noble perfbns, being matter 
 of hiftorie. IJaturaU, as in exprefling the natures of creatures, for ex- 
 ample, the loue of the yonge Storkes , to the oulde , or of fuche Uke. ^"t** CkonU 
 Morally pertaining to vertue and inftrudion of life, which is the chiefe of f^ga faraitei . 
 the three, and the other two maye bee in fbme forte drawen into this 
 head. For, all doe tende vntodifcipline, and morall prcceptes of liuing. 
 I mighte write more at large hereof, and of the difference of Emblcma 
 Symbolunty & nyEnigma, hauinge all (as it weare) fbme affinitic one with 
 the other. But bicaufc my meaning is to write asbriefely as I maie, for 
 the auoiding of tedioufnes , Ireferre them that would further inquire 
 therof,to And. Alctatus, Guiltel.Perrerim,Achilles Bocchius Sc to diuers others 
 that haue written thereof, welknowne to the learned. For I purpofe at 
 this prefcnt , to write onelie of this worde Embleme : Bicaufe it chief- 
 lie doth pertaine vnto the matter I haue in hande, whereof I hope this 
 muche,{hall giue them fbme tafte that weare ignoraunt of the {ame. 
 
 Laftlie if anie deuife herein fliall delight thee, and if fbme other (hall 
 not pieaferhec, yet in refpedofthatwhich doth like thee, pafieoucr 
 the fame fauourably to others , with whome perhappes it maie be mo- 
 te ajrreable : For what one llketh,an other oftentimes doth not regarde: 
 and whit Come d^'helothe. Come other dothrhieflieefteeme: whereof 
 came the Pr.^uerbe, So manie men,fo manie mindes. But what ? Shoulde 
 Ithinke that my fimpletrauaile herein fliould fcape fcor-free from the 
 tonges of the enuious , who are aiwaies teadie with a preiudicate opi- 
 nion 
 
MarfialU. 
 
 Telrus Crinittts 
 depottii Latinit. 
 
 to THE READER.* 
 
 nion to condempne, before they vnderftandc the caufe. No ? thooghc 
 the verle weare (as I maye faye) written by the pen of Apollo him felfel 
 For in the former times,when the whole worlde was almoftc ouerfha- 
 dowed withihe mantle of ignoraunce, If then,the learned and excellent 
 worke of Homer ^ could not fhielde him from the ftinge o£ Zoihis. If 
 Marcus F^r<?, was taunted by Remnius Takmon. If Ctcero had fixe bookes 
 Textor in officin. Written againfte him, hy D'tdymus Akxandrinm. And ifVergiU weare cn- 
 uied by Carbiliusy who wrat a booke de Virgilianis erroribus, which he inti- 
 tuled e/^«^irfo»;<ii?iA;. and diuers others whole workes weare mod fin- 
 guler, if they couldenot cfcapethc bites of fuch Bafiliskes broode: 
 Then howe maye I thinke , in this time which is fb blefled, generallie 
 with moft rare and exquifiteperfedion in all knowledge , and iudge- 
 ment: thatthisilenderaflaye of my barren mufe, Hiould pafle the pi- 
 kes without puflhing at: where thouiandes are fo quickefighted , they 
 will atthe firft,bchoulde the Icaft iote, or tittle,that is not rightly placed. 
 And althoughe,perhappes it male bee embraced a while,for the newnes 
 thereof, yet Ihordie it {halbce caft afide as thinges that are vnfaueric & 
 not cfteemed. For the nature of man is alwaies delighted in nouelties, dc 
 too much corrupte with curioufnes and newfanglenes. Thefaireft gar- 
 den, wherein is greate varietie bothe of goodlie coulois , andfweetc 
 fmelles, can not like all mennes fancies : but fomc gallant couburs are 
 miniked,andfbmc pleafant fmeiks not regarded. No cooke,can fitte 
 all mennes taftes, nor anie orator,pltoy^l mennes humors: but wheare. 
 the tafters are too daintie, his cookdHe^ihalbe controlled: and wheare 
 the auditors are to rafhe and careles in regarding, his Rethoricke flialbe 
 condcmpned: and no worke fo abfblute perfede, butfome are refolutc 
 to reprehende . Yet truftinge the learned , and thofe that are of good 
 iudgemcnte ( whome I doe chiefelie defireto bee the perufers hereof) 
 with indifferencie will readc , and then fauorablie yeelde their ver- 
 *■ dide. I offer this my worke,.fuche as it is, vnto them; wherein I hope 
 the greater forte , (hall finde fbmethinge.to delighte them, and verie iewc / 
 of what age, or condition^ they bec,but may herin fee fbme dcuife, aunfl 
 werable to their inclinations ; trufting they wil fo frendly accept thereof^ 
 Thatl ftialbe rather incouraged thereby,to aflay fbme further matter, as 
 foone as I fhall haue leafure: then throughe their Cniiler interpreting of 
 my good will,to difcoragc mee from the fame,and to wiClie I had not yet 
 communicated this,vnto alhwhich I might haue keptc priuatc to afcwe. 
 *■ ^Yet hereby I haue fatisfied my frendes requeftes,and haue in fbme parte 
 ^"difcharged my dutie vnto them : Therfore if they, fhalbee well pJeafed 
 
 Xwith my paines , I (hall the.lelle care for ante others cauiJlinge. Thus 
 wifliing thee the fruition of thy good defires, I leauc ihee.vnto^ihe fame. 
 At Lcyden in Hollande,the 1 1 1 1. of Maye. m. d. ix x x y i. 
 
 G, Whim 
 
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IN GALFRIDI WHITNEI 
 
 EMBLEMATA. 
 
 ILkcthrlsfcripn genm ^mne Emblem/ia vinamt, 
 VtiU i:fbi dulci mifcttit E v p h r o s y N ^.. 
 Hoc puBant varils diHin5ia <^farota fguris^ 
 
 K^pta tenere oculos , wHrt^apta animum, 
 Sambvcvs teHis , teHii rfikhi lvtfivs,& qui 
 
 Omne tulitpunSium hoc in genere A l c i a t v s. 
 Sed fcripti quantum gentu amne Emblemata pr^Hant 
 
 llUcchris , do6ik vtrmkuUta. manu ; 
 *T Ant urn operii , W h i t N ^ e , /«/ co need it honeriy 
 
 ^antumeH Sambvcvs, Ivnivs, Alc i atvs. 
 
 I an vs DovsAa Noortwijck. 
 
 3 ^^> 
 
 IN GALFRIDI WHITNEI EMBLEMATA, 
 
 MACNI ILUVS QLIM ANGLIC POBT^ 
 
 Galpridi Chavceri, cognominii. 
 
 VN A duos genuit GzlrtrRiDOs ANGLiA,Vat€S 
 Nomine , P h oe b ^c o numine , & arte pares. 
 Vnum , Fama (uae patria: indigitauit H o m e r v M, 
 
 Anglicus hie mcrito dicitur H e s i o d v s. 
 Ac veluti dubiis quondam vii^toria pennis 
 
 Inter MiEONiDEN Hesiodv Mque ftetit: 
 ■Sic , quibus cxuhat modb lacta Britannia alumnis, 
 
 Galfridos palma eft inter, in ambiguo. 
 Chavceri verGi.nt dudum aurea (cripta Britanni: 
 
 Aurca W h i t n -« v s fed fua predlt adhuc, 
 Nuncvcro, aufpiciis Leycestri, Emblemata luccm 
 
 Afpiciunt •, & dant accipiuntque decus. 
 Qualis gemma micat fuluo redimita mctailo 
 
 Indica , ab artificis vermiculata manu. 
 ■ Pergc tuae Whitney titulos fuperaddere famx, ^ 
 
 Tollens aftra fuper te patriamque tuam. - 
 
 B.onaventvra Vvlca- 
 Nivs Brugenfis. 
 
 ir 
 
INEMBLEMATA GALFRIDI 
 W H I T N E I. 
 
 Qv A L I T E R injtnmnt oculisfe EmblemnU neBrlsy 
 ^(e varie auguHa. yermkulata domo^ 
 ArtlJlciqUe nitent opere exornata _, modo illa^ 
 
 Hac mo do perdiU mens dum ftupet cffigk: 
 SictPtdum Galfride tuo hocexprejjk libcUo 
 
 SjmboU cum yariis edis imagimbns . 
 5\Uf legijje beat yeterum diSIa <&muU diSIis^ 
 
 (hmimbtts varie VermicuUta tm^ 
 €t modo prlfccrum Herokm immortdia fic&a^ 
 
 Virtutesque animo commeminiffe muat. 
 jntrepidmdum CurtlanimPis^ e> Horatiacorda^ 
 
 Et tibi Fabrkij cognita Tyrrhe^ fides . 
 Dum fortes Dectj , Junij ^ (urij:, atque.f^ietiUi^ 
 
 €t Cun&dton's mens benefuada Fabl^ 
 Ac dum Scipiadne belli dm fulmma ^ quofque 
 
 EH alios baud mens enumerare potts 
 jnnumeros^ per te virtutwn hie clara fuarum, 
 
 Opponunt noUris lumma lumimbus^ 
 ^idl quodprmpuumy h^c merit o Leyce"STRIVs heros 
 
 Vindicai auFptciis edita fcripta.fuis.- , 
 Vt qui hk cunUa pmul faudata Her oka dona 
 
 ^ojjidet _, in magnis JinguU principibus 
 ^u^miramur. At olim etiam admirabitur ^tas 
 
 T^oBuma^ D v I) L AE i illuIiriafiSIa ducis, 
 €t Jimul agnofcet felici hum alite librum 
 
 olim per doEiorum or a yolare bominum. 
 Au^ror. hinc etiam quondam tibijamaparatur^ 
 
 ^iC WiiYTNAEE mori te quoque pojfe neget, 
 
 p£TRVS CoLvivs Brugenfis; 
 
 In Gai- 
 
IN GALFRIDI WHITNE 
 
 E M B L ^M ATA, STEPHANI 
 LIMBERTI ANGLI NOR- 
 DO VIC ENS I S 
 
 SihoLe ^UgtHriDccaSikhon, 
 
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 I R T V T I s formam fplendentiaque ora tueri, (^^., 
 
 Si Deus hie nobis ^ telle Platone^ darete t;>«^ 
 
 Quantospe(5loribus noftris accendcrec ignes ^n • 
 
 Cuius vel Phcebo pulchrius ora nitent ? ^ 
 
 Non Veneris , Triuiae nee certct forma Diana?, ^ 
 
 Nifos fixe omnes vincit & Euryalos. 
 Huiusaceffigiem Whitnaei Emblemata pingunt, . 
 
 Zeuxide^ vel dGd:o dignus Apelle, labor. 
 Confulec ergo boni multum ^edtabilis Hero5 
 
 Et capiet facili talia dona manu. 
 
 ARTHVR BOVRCHIER 
 TOTHEREADER. 
 
 PERFECTION Mc^i tto Other foyUf, fuche belpes comme out of places 
 lor xvfme it felfe-, cm grace, ttfelfe, there needes no other grace. 
 Why fhouldl then myfruttelesprdfe o» W h it n e y s'^orke be^owe^ 
 Where Vinfdome, learmnge, and deuife , fo perfeHly doefiowe . 
 Jet gentle Reader by thy learn, thus muche I mente to Vprightet 
 As one that honours thefe hisgiftes, but feekes them not t'indighte. 
 1^0 longe difcourje, no tedious tale , 1 purpofde am to teU : 
 LeH thottfbouldH faye, ^here is the nutte^yeufecde me V(nth thefheU* 
 Goeforwarde then m happie time , and thou fhalt furely fndcy 
 With coHe, and Ltbour ^eOfet out, a banquet for thy minde. 
 A florehoufe for thy Vcife concetptes , a Vffhetftonsfor thy \^tte: 
 Where, eache man maye Voith ddnt'ie choke his fancies finely fitte. 
 Giue "Whitney then thy goodreport,fince heedeferues thejami 
 Uil that the ^fe that fee thee coye , thyfoBe it'Mj blame. 
 
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D. O. U. 
 
 SINCE mm kfrmk , md all his thou^hus 
 an Jim e, 
 And ofhimfelfehe cm no good inuenty 
 Then etierieoncj before they ou^htehegmnCy 
 Should c(dt on G o D^jromyifhomeallgraceisfenti 
 So, Ihepeche^ thathetheJamemllfi^dcUy 
 Thahtohisfrmfe f mmebeginne ^ nnd ende. 
 
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 yet in manie leaucs oucrpafled as followeth. 
 
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 Sv c H E prouidence hathc nature fccretwroughte 
 In creatures wilde, and eekc fuch knowledge ilraungc. 
 That man, by them in fomme thinges maie be taughte. 
 As fbme foretell, when weatherfaire will chaunge, 
 Ofhcate, ofrainc, of winde,andtempeftsrage, 
 Som e (iiowe by fignes, and with their fongs prefage. 
 
 But leauing theife, which almoft all doe knowe, 
 The Crocodile, bywhome th'iEgyptianswatchey 
 Howe farrethatyeare fhall mightie Nilusflowe, 
 For theire fhee likes to laie her egges, and hatche, . 
 
 Suche fkill deuine, and fcience to foretell> 
 
 Hath Nature lente vnto this Serpent fell. 
 
 "Which fiioweSjThey fliould with due regarde fore/ec. 
 
 When anie one doth take in hande a caufe. 
 
 The drifte, and cnde,of that they doe decree, , 
 
 And longe thereon to ponder , and to paufe. 
 For after witts , are like a (hower of raync 
 "Which moiftes the foikj when withered is the grainc. 
 
 A z Vevi* 
 
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 Nic. ReufneriH. 
 ^Uhficer excurrtt Nilus in anUT 
 Prdjciiu : alimtie libera poait ^ ' 
 OUa : monens merit o tiosCroc»(lilff- 
 £lu*Jatatmmiiieant,' ante videri 
 
Veritas temporis Jilia. 
 
 
 ^6^ T^ H R E E furies fell, which turne the worlde to ruthe, 
 A Both EnuiCj Strife, and Slaunder, heare appeare, 
 
 
 In dungeon darke they longe inclofed truthe, 
 ButTimeatlengthe, did lodfe his daughter deare. 
 And fetts alofte , that (acred ladic brighte, 
 ^Vhoe things longe hidd, reueales, and bringes to hghtc. 
 
 Thougheftrifemakefier, thoughe Enuiceatehirhartc, 
 The innocent though Slaunder rente , and fpoile: 
 Yet Time will comme , and take this ladies parte. 
 And breake her bandes , and bring her foes to foilc. 
 Diipaire not then , thoughe truthe be hidden ofte, 
 Bycaufe at lengthe , f hee fhall bee iett alofte, 
 
 DifidU 
 
. Dljjidia intet' equate s^ tejJimA. 
 
 TH E Swallowe fwifte, dothe bcare vnto her nefte 
 The G rafshopper, that did no daunger fearc , strUui, /.S^: v^„^ 
 For that fhee thought, they loiide togeather befte, ■Ctrna,hofj>»'>i*dn 
 Bycaule they both , obicrude one time or yeare, «^«r «/« ««?;»? 
 
 Andbothe, did ioyetheireiarringe notes to fbunde, 
 And neare the houfe they bothe,theire dweUings foundc. 
 
 Yet time, and tune, and neighbourhood forgotte. 
 
 For perfed firendej a tyrant fhee became. 
 
 Which taxeth tho{e , whome God dothe heare allottc 
 
 Like gifts of grace , to winne a lading name, 
 YetEnuie (be theire vertues doth deface. 
 It makes them foes, to them theie fhould imbracc. 
 
 Tormic£ grata eU formica , Cicada cicada 
 Et ioctu' docim gaudet Apollo chorit. 
 
 A 5 
 
 NicReufiierus. 
 
 Temcritas 
 
Temritas. 
 
 'f.lda.fo^mJs:j£, 
 
 ^J^v^tll'^:.. 
 
 THE waggoner, behoulde, isHedlongc throwen^, 
 Andallin vainedoth take the raine in handc. 
 If he be dwrawen by horfes fierce vnknowen, 
 Whofe ftomacks ftowte , no taming vnderftande. 
 
 They praunce, and yerke, and out of order flingc. 
 Till all they breake, and vntohauocke bringe. 
 
 That man, whoe hath affection? fowlc vntam'dCj 
 And forwarde runnes negleding reafbns race, 
 Deferucs by right , of all men to bee blanide,- 
 Ajpd headlonge falles at lengthe to his deface. 
 
 Then bridle will, and reafbn make thy guides 
 So maifk thow ftande, when others dounc doe flide, . 
 
 
 Jnt€^W4t 
 
^s human £ in fummo declinant. 
 
 II 
 
 THE gallance Shipp ^ that cutis the azure furge, 
 And hathe both tide, and wifThed windes, at will: 
 Her tackle fure, with fhotte her foes to vrge. 
 With Captaines boulde , and marriners of ikill, 
 
 With ftreamcrs, flaggcs,topgallantes,pendantesbraiie> 
 When Seas do rage ^ is (wallowed in the waue. 
 
 The {howe, thatfalles vppon the mountaines greate, 
 Though on the Alpes , which feeme theclowdestoreachc. 
 Gan not indure the force of Phoebus heate. 
 But waftes awaie , Experience doth vs teachc: 
 
 W'hich warneth all , on Fortunes wheelc that chme 
 To beare in minde how they haue but a time. 
 
 Vapbui amh'tguis fortuna volubilis eruty 
 
 Et manet in nullo certa , tenax^ loco. 
 Sed modo Uta. manet , yultiu modb futnit acerhos 
 
 it Untum conUans in kuitate fua eU. 
 
 Periand. per 
 
 Aiifon. 
 
 Si fortuna iuuat, 
 
 muetotoUi. 
 
 St fortuna tonat, 
 
 taueto mtrgi. 
 
 Ou!dlui4. 
 
 pent. J. 
 
 Tti ^uo^ue fie 
 
 timenf, <ly tjwe 
 tibi Uta videtUT} 
 Dum lo^turU^ 
 feri trtBta ftfft 
 futa. 
 
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 TiJft. 9»- 
 
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 FruJIrl 
 
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 VruBra. 
 
 ? heroic is.. 
 
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 *ir H E Poectes faine , that D A N A V S daughters deare, 
 
 -■■ Iiiioyned are to fill the fatall tonne •' 
 
 Where , thowghe they toile , yet arc they not the neare, 
 
 But as they powre , the water forthe dothe runnc: 
 No painc will (eruc , to fill it to the toppe, 
 For, ftill at holes the fame doth runne,anddroppc. 
 
 Which reprehendes , three fortes of wretches vainc, 
 The blabbe, th'ingratc, and thofe that couet ftill. 
 As firft , the blabbe , no fecretts can retaine. 
 Tlungrate, not knowes to vfe his frendes good will. 
 The couetous man, thowghehe abounde withflorc 
 Is not fuffifde, but couetts more and more. 
 
 SuperlU 
 
SuferhU yltio. 
 
 a,SerJjia, 
 
 tjfe 
 
 
 OF N I O B E , behoulde the ruthefull plighte, 
 Bicaufe fhee did di{pi(e the powers deuine: 
 Her children all, weare flaine within herfighte. 
 And, while her felfe with tricklinge teares did pine, 
 Shce was transfornide , into a marble ftone, 
 Wliich, yet with teares , dothe feeme to waile, and monc. 
 
 This tragcdie , thoughe Poetts firfl: did frame. 
 
 Yet maie it bee , to cuerie one applide : 
 
 That mortall men, fhoulde rhinke from whence they came. 
 
 And not prefume , nor pufFc them vp with pride, 
 
 Lefte that the Lorde,whoe haughty hartes doth hate, [flate. 
 
 Doth throwe tliem downc, when fure theythinke theyr 
 
 Fabula Niobes 
 Ouid.6. Mc- 
 tamorph. 
 
 De rumero fi« 
 lioium , vide 
 Aul Gclliunt 
 kb.to. cap. tt 
 
 EH« yt(ic\A Utl, cemoHt meafimeratriJlei; 
 
 Sonfimiltitoto m^rorinorbefuit^. 
 iiifeftemnatos peperi, bit pignorafeptem : 
 
 MtmiJeTMni D'utum jitjluluiramhi. 
 
 Viri^'i demum Ummii, a^ marmora matiam. Btpt. G yral- 
 Sic niihi tmn dohr tJi;ftc mihi vita, dolor- *^'**' 
 
 Dtfciiey mmaUsy (jHid fit mrgefcerefasiH, 
 Et qtiidft magnoi poJlbabHij[eDeo$. 
 
 B 5 /;; ^'/- 
 
 
 ^ 
 
Jn ^'ttam humanam* 
 
 T,. 
 
 '■'^i^O^V'^ 
 
 
 TH E wicked worlde, (o fzlCe and full of crime. 
 Did alwaics mooue H e r a c l i t v s to weepc. 
 The fadinge ioyes, and follies of that time, 
 fb.DcTrTn" D E M o c R I T V s did driuc to laughter deepe, 
 q^riiiitaw vus. Thus heynous finne, and follie did procure 
 Theife famous men, fuche paflions to indure. 
 
 "What if they liude^ and fhoulde behoulde this age 
 "Which ouerflowes, with fwellinge feas of finhe: 
 Where fooleS;, by iwarmes, doe prelTe vppon the ftage. 
 With helliflie Impes, that like haue neuer binne : 
 , I thinke this lighte, fhoulde haften their dccaye 
 Then helpe vs God, and Sathans flirie ftaie. 
 
 Hdratiuf. 
 
 Dammja quid nm mm'muit dies ? 
 9^tM parentum fetor auis tulit 
 Nos nequtores , mox daturos 
 ffogeniem yitioftorem* 
 
 JntefinA^ 
 
Nee 'verbo^ necfi. Eio^ quenquam Udcndum, i ^ 
 
 
 HEARE, Nemesis the GoddeiTe iufte dotl^ ftande. 
 With bended arme , to meafure all our waies, 
 A rainc fhce houldcs , with in the other hande, 
 With biting bitte, where with the lewde fhee ftaics: 
 And pulles them backe , when harm e they doeintende. 
 Or when they take in wicked fpeeche delite. 
 And biddcs them ftill beware for to ofFende, 
 And fquare theire deedes , in all thinges vnto rightc: 
 But wicked Impes, that lewdlie runne their race, 
 Shee hales them backe , at lengthe to theire deface. 
 
 Efl dea : qua vacuo fublimis in aire pendens 
 It n'tmho fucdn^a lam : fed Candida palam: 
 Sed radiata comam : ac ftridentibm infonat alU. 
 Jidc Jpes inmodicas f remit : hdtc infe^a Juperbis 
 Imminet : huic celfas hominum contundtre menteSf 
 Suicejfus^ datum: & nimios turbare pAxatw. 
 Quam veteres N e m e s i m &c. 
 
 &c paulo poll: 
 Improba vota damans : ac Jummis ima reuoluens 
 Mi/cet: & alttrnano^ros yice temper at ailus, &c, 
 
 C z iMinuit 
 
 Poliiianus ele. 
 gamer Nemi- 
 siM defcribit 
 in Manto fuo 
 Ttc incipiens. 
 
zo 
 
 Mmuit fr^efentUfimam, 
 
 
 Virg. lib. 4. 
 ^neid. in de- 
 fcrip.fainjE. 
 EtOuid.Me* 
 tarn. lib. II. 
 De domo fa- 
 
 BU fic. 
 
 E p o R T E , did ringe the fhowc did hide the hilles. 
 And valleys lowe, there with alofte did rife; 
 "Which newes, with dowte the hartes of manie fillcs. 
 And Cowardes made^, for fearc at home to friefe: 
 But thofe that went ^ the truthe hereof to knowe. 
 When that they came , might fafelie pafic the fhowc. 
 
 For whie , the Sonne did make the fame to wafte. 
 And all about , difcouered had the grounde : 
 Soy thoughe ofte times the fimple bee agaftc. 
 When that reportes, of this , or that , doe fbunde, 
 Yet if they firfl:e,woulde feeke the truthe to knowe. 
 They ofte fhouldefinde, the matte^ nothing foe. 
 
 Mohilitate vi^et , vires^ acquirk eundo, 
 Parua mem primoy mox fife attoUit in auras, &c. 
 
 Ne^e die^ patet : tota eSl ex are finantiy 
 Totafimit, yoces^j refm , itcratquequod audit, &c. 
 
 Tarfihm 
 
Turfihm exitium. 
 
 II 
 
 \i^'^^^-^^W^:S:^^W¥^, 
 
 'Tp H E Scarabee , cannot indure the fcnte 
 -*- Of fragant rofe, mofte bewtifuU to (ee : 
 But filthie fmellcs, hee alwaies doth frequent. 
 And rofcs fweete, doe make him pine and die: 
 
 His howfe , is donge : and wormes his neighbours are. 
 
 And for his mcate , his manfion is his fare. 
 
 With thei(e hee hues, and doth reioice for aie, 
 And buzzeth frefhe, when night doth take her place. 
 From thcifej he dies, and languifleth awaie: 
 So, whgfe dcHtes are filthie, vile , and bale. 
 
 Is ficke to heare, when counlaile Iwcete we giue. 
 
 And rather likes, with reprobates to hue. 
 
 Voi 'vhl contenifti rttpifih [rata pudoris, Tkmnaj^ ad fontis fint reditHYA caput, (frc Propert. j , 17. 
 
 Kefcitis capt£ mentis habere modnm. Quatn pofit veflros quifqtiam reprehendere cwfuif 
 ikmma per mcenjtu chm fedetw ari^dSf E| rapidx jiimHlos frangen nequ'iM. 
 
ZL 
 
 NuUus dolus contra Qfwn. 
 
 
 Seneca in 0«d« 
 
 BE H o w L D E the craftie foxe , 
 Vppon Danubius plaies, 
 "What time throwgli frofte, both man, and beafte. 
 Thereon did make their waies. 
 At lengthc , with P h oe b v s beames. 
 The frofte began to (lake : 
 So that the yce with fweUing flrcamc. 
 To fundrie peeces brake. 
 Where , on a peece the foxe. 
 Doth to his tackling ftande : 
 And in the fighte of Regcn (purge. 
 Came driuing by the Landc. 
 
 At which, the townefhien laugh'<fc. 
 And (aied , this foxe , on Ice: 
 Doth fhewe , no fubtill crafte will (eruc, 
 "When Cliaunce doth throwe the dice. 
 
 Regttarfatis mortde genus : 
 liec ftbi quifquam Jpondere potejl 
 lirmum , & Jlabite : perj^ ca/iis 
 YolttittiY varios/emper nobU 
 Uetuenda dies , &c. 
 
 LMihi 
 
 n 
 
Curls tnhefcimtis omnes. 
 
 ^S 
 
 
 IF griping greifes , hauc harbour in thie breftc. 
 And pininge cares ^ laie feige vnto tke fame, 
 Or ftraunge concciptcs, doe reauc thee of thie reft. 
 And daie, and nightc , do bringe thee out of frame: 
 Then choofe a frcinde , and doe his counlaile crauc. 
 Lead fccrct iighcs , doe bringe vntimehe graue. 
 
 Continuall care , did P l i n i e s hartc pofTcfle, 
 To knowe what caufde V e s e v v s hill to flame. 
 And ccafcd not , now tliis, nowc that , to gefle: 
 Yet, when hee coulde not comprehende the fanic, 
 Suche was his fate , purfuing his deiier. 
 He headlonge fell into the flaming fier. 
 
 Now ofihut mr.ites hommi, cutit^ leunntur^ &€. 
 O Curat homnum^ o quantum efl in rebut inane . 
 
 Vcfcnuj, fe- 
 cundum Ser- 
 uium: Virgi!» 
 lib. Georg i. 
 inonscftLigu- 
 rix fubAlpt- 
 but. 
 
 Tibul lib. J, 
 cap.}. 
 
 Perf. (. 
 
 D 
 
 Otium 
 
26 
 
 Otmm for tern ex^eS^at, 
 
 7jn£ 
 
 UXO' 
 
 A Windmill faire, that all tKinges had to grindcj 
 Which man coulde make^ the fatlicr lefte his fonne: 
 The corne was broughte , there nothing lack'd, but windcy 
 And Cuftomers^ did frefhlie to it ronne: 
 
 The fbnne repoaf dc his trufte vppon tlic mill. 
 And dailie dreanide on plentie at liis wilL 
 
 Thus lie fecure , a while his daies did pafTe, 
 And did not (eeke , for other ftaie at all : 
 "JVnd thoughc hee founde , howe coulde the profit was, , 
 And that foe fmallj vnto his fliare did fall: 
 Yet ftill he hoapde^ for better lucke at lafte. 
 And put his trufte, in cache vncertaine blalleo , 
 
 Vftto this foole., they mare compared bee, 
 
 ^ Vf^tUrt dMtt«- Which idlie hue , and vainlie hoape for happe: 
 
 ^rv2fiatmpm For while they hope, with wante they pine, wee feet. 
 ,cnfictrcoffi.ta. ^j^ J ^^^-g £q^q ^^^ lul'dc OQ fortuHCS lappc: 
 
 ^ur,fintiufro,& Whilc grafTc doth grpwe, the courfer raire doth Iterue, . 
 9Hmmd9 ^i^oM, ^^^ fortune field > the wifhcrs tume doth ferue. 
 
 ODJH.i.Pont. €. 
 Cernii -jt ignautim cor- 
 tHm^ant otia corpus ? 
 
 Vt capiant vttiwn 
 ni moutantitr aqu4. 
 
 Dvlfki 
 
^ohis in Jifos,^ 
 
 2-7 
 
 
 w 
 
 'h I L E nettes were fctte, the fimple fowlcs to takc> 
 Whoc kepte theiiccourfe alofte, andwoulde notlightq,, 
 A tamed ducke, her hoame did ftraighte forfake. 
 And flewc alofte , with other duckes in flighte. 
 They dowtinge not ^ her traiterous harte at ail. 
 Did flie with her, and downe with her did fall. 
 
 By tliis is mente , all fuchc as doc bctraic, 
 Theirc kindred ncare , that doe on them dependc. 
 And oftc doc make , the innocent a praie. 
 By fubtill fleighte, to them that feeke tlieire cnde 
 Yea vnto thofe, they fiioulde mofte frendfliip fiiowCj 
 They lie in waite , to workc theire ouerthrowc. 
 
 Terfda cognxto fe /anguine pottuit ales, 
 Cjiciofa aliis , exitio/a fuis. 
 
 And. Alcm. 
 De Anatc. 
 
 In AsirO' 
 
i8 
 
 In (tABrotogoT. 
 
 ,c:^^mJp:io::i. 
 
 Manial.i. 
 Ouid. Trift.it7 
 
 HEAREjIcARVs withtiiountinge vp alofte, 
 Came headlongc downe, and fell into the Sea: 
 His waxed wingcs , the. (bnne did make {o fofte. 
 They melted ftraighte, and feathers fell awaie : 
 
 Soj.whilfte he Hewe , and of no dowbte did<:arc. 
 He mooiide his armesj but loe , the fame were bare. 
 
 Let fuche beware , which parte theire reache doe mountC;, 
 "Whoe fceke the thinges,to mortall mendeny'de, 
 And fearche the Heauens, and all the ftarres accoumpte^ 
 And tell therebic , what after fhall betyde : 
 
 With blufThinge nowe, theire weakenefTe rightlie wcyc^ 
 Leaft as they clime ^ they fall to theire decaye. 
 
 iXiud. quod medium e^,atqtie inter vtrumqiie,prohamm* 
 
 Dum petit infirmis nimium fublimia penni^ 
 
 harm , Icariit nomina fecit aquis. 
 fitaret ulum Phaeton ^ Ji viueret* & qW9> 
 
 C^tauit Jlulte tan^ere^ noUet eqm* 
 
tA^or in jilios-.. 
 
 ^9 
 
 
 "IIW" HEN Boreas coulde, dothe bare both bufThe^ and treCy. 
 ^ ^ Before the Springe, the Ringdoue makes her nefte: 
 And that her yonge both fofte, and warme, mightebee, 
 Shee puUes her plumes, bothe from her backe , andbrcftet; 
 And while (hee ftryues, her broode for to prefcruc, 
 Ofte times for coulde, the tender damme doth fterue* 
 
 Medea nowc , and P r o g n e ^ bluffiic for fliame: 
 By whome,are mcnt yow dames of cruell kinde, 
 "Whofe infantes yonge , vnto your endlefle blame. 
 For mothers deare, do tyrauntcs of yow findc: ' 
 
 Oh (crpentes feedc , each birde, and fauage brute^ 
 WilLthofe condempne, that tender not theire frutc' 
 
 D 3 
 
 Invi^ 
 
%o 
 
 Jn 'viBorUm dolo partam. 
 
 ([cla:io:^/nh: >f g . 
 
 '\yf H A T dolefiill dame is this in greate difpaire * 
 ^ ^ This prowes is, vvhoe mournes on A i a x toonibe; 
 What is the caufe , fhee rentes her gouldcn hairc? 
 "Wrongefentence pafte by Ac a me m N;0 n s doombe.: 
 £ut howe ? declare , V l i s s e s filed tongc, 
 AUurde the ludge., to giue a ludgement wronge. 
 
 For when , that dead A c h y l x i s was in graue. 
 For valiaiKc harte , did A i a x wi'nne the fame: 
 "Whereby , he clainide A c h y l l i s armes to haue^ 
 V L I s s E s yet , was honored with the fame: 
 His futtle {peeche , the iudges did preferre, 
 And A I A X wrong dc J the o^ielie man of warrc. 
 
 Wherefore , the .Knighte impatient of the fame. 
 Did loofe his wittes, and after wroiighte his ende: 
 LoCj heare i;lie caufe that mooiide this facred-damc. 
 On A I A X toombe , with gricfe her time too fpende; 
 Which warneth vs ., and thofe that after liuc, 
 Tobearethemrightc, when iudgement they do giue. 
 
 Cm (4m 
 
31 
 
 
 'T' H^Enuious man^ when neighbours hbwfe d<)the flame, 
 -*■ Whofc chiefe delighte, is in an others harme. 
 Doth fhutte his ercs, and will not (ec the fame. 
 But pullcs awaie^ his fcllowe by the arme: 
 
 And (aycthj cjeprtej wee care not for this ilJ^ 
 
 It is not ourS;, let others care that wilt. 
 
 Too manie hue , that euery wheare are founde 
 "Whoe daye and nighte doe languifhe in difpite. 
 When that they fee , an others wealthe abounde : 
 But, thofe herein that mofte of all dclighte, . 
 
 Let them repente , for God whoe knowesthcire harts. 
 
 Will them rewarde , accordinge to deferts. 
 
 Vix^ tenet lacrj/mas quia nil lacrymabilecernit, &c. «<Kph'Dc2l 
 
 Inuidus alterm rebm macrefcit opirnis,' Horaci'^ 1/ 
 
 Inuidia Siculi non muenere tjrannt *?■*• *• 
 Uaiw tnmerHHtn*^ « 
 
32' 
 
 Jn pxnamfeStutur ^ njtnhu. 
 
 
 >uj:o 
 
 Cato. 
 
 
 TH E wicked wretche , that mi(chiefe late hath wrougfitc. 
 By murther , thefte, or other heynous crimes. 
 With troubled minde, hee dowtes hee Ihalbe caughte. 
 And leaues the waie,and ouer hedges climes: 
 
 And ilandes in fearc , of eueric buffhe , and brake. 
 Yea oftentimes, his ihaddowe makes him quake. 
 
 A conscience cleare , is like a wall of brafic, 
 That dothe not fhake, with euerie fliotte that hittes: 
 Eauen foe there by, our liues wee quiet pafTe, 
 "When guiltie mindes , arc rack'de with fearftill fittes: 
 Then keepe thee pure, and foile thee not with finne. 
 For after guilte, thine inwardc greifcs beginnc. 
 
 Con/iiut ipfi ftb't de fe futat omn'td did. 
 
 Confcia mem rt cuiquejua eji , ita concipit intrd 
 PrC^oraypro faih^em^ , ttutumj^ fuo. 
 
Let them that ftandc, aloftc on fortunes wheeic. 
 And bragge,and boafte , with puffe of worldlie pride 
 Still beare m minde , howc foone the fame maic reele. 
 And alwayes lookc , for feare theirc footinge Aide ; 
 And let not will, houlde vp theire heades for fame, 
 When inwardc wantcs, ma ie not fupporte the lame. 
 
 35 
 
 
 TH E Bcauerflowe,thatprefcnt daunger fearcs, 
 And ^Q-Q'i a farrc , the eager howndes to hade, 
 With ^rindinec tectiic, his ftoanes awaie he teares, ,'^^;^«"^"""«- 
 
 All 1 1 \ r \ \ ll^n Meriiicusipf€jttt,me. 
 
 And throwes them downc , to thole that haue himcnaltc: 4>€»tAviuh<iv,iut: 
 Which beinge foundc, the hunter dothe retire, t^lumt^fibn. 
 
 For that he hath , the fruide of his defirc. 
 
 Theife , fbueraigne are difeaies for to heale. 
 And for mannes healthe , from countriesfarrearebroughtCj 
 And if herein, the writers doc not faile, 
 This beafte doth knowe , that he therefore is foughte: 
 And afterwardc , if anie doc him courfe. 
 He fhcwcs his wante, to moouc them to rcmorfc. 
 
 E z Thus, 
 
5:6 
 
 Thus, to his paine he doth his Hfe preferuc: 
 "Which teachech vs ^ if foes doe vs purfue. 
 Wee fhowldc not care , if goodes for life maie feruci 
 AkhoLighc we giue , our treafure to a lewe : 
 rratesTheba- |sIq ritchcs , iiiaic With hfe of man compare, 
 fa'urum™fpon"l Thcy are but droffe, and fortunes brittle ware. 
 
 Hincawte,ait. Tlicn life redcemc , akhoughe with all thow hafte, 
 
 malar a.u.tia: j|^^^^g|^g ^j^^ ^^j-j.^ poj-g^ yetfeekc, and thow fiialte finde^, 
 
 Thofe ritches pure , that euermore fliall lafte. 
 Which ar.^ i.:^^oodcs, and treafures , of the ininde: 
 Noc n* -r^^otCj but god can bleffe his daies, 
 Whoc ^^ iicient I o b, did from the dunghill raife. 
 
 Vf coYfm Yedimxi^ferrum patierii ^ jg«es, Vt valeoianimo, qmcquam tolerare ne^ahis? 
 Arida tm fmem ora lambh aqm. At pYetinm pan bxc corpore m,v>m habet^^ 
 
 latiiis enini tft 
 a mc vos de- 
 mergi cjuam 
 ego a vobis 
 ipie. 
 
 Ouid. lib. I. 
 De Remtd. 
 
 \D14mm telmn necejjitas. 
 
 ^9^ 
 
 
 NE c E s s I T 1 E doth vige, the PQpinbye to prate. 
 And birdes, to dcawc their buckettsvp,, and pickethcire mcatc- 
 through , grate : . 
 
 ■Which warneth them, whoe n'eedes muft eyther feme, orpine: 
 "With willing harte , no paines to fhunne , and freedomc to refignCo 
 FldCit uhifa^mMith? m u mn ft que am 
 Mutm :.mnc'i cum nequec, £qu(hmim(^fero. 
 
jfmmicorum dona^ infiuBa, 
 
 37 
 
 IF of thy foe , thow doeft a gifte receauc; 
 Efteeme it not , for feare the fates doe lower. 
 And with the gifte , ofte tyme thie life doe reaue. 
 Yea giftes wee reade , haue fliche a fecret power, 
 
 That oftentimes J they Lync e v s eies doe blindcj. 
 And he that giues, the taker fafte doth binde. 
 
 To A I A X hcare , a fworde did Hector (ende, 
 A girdle ftronge , to him did A i a x yeelde, 
 "With Hectors gifte, did A i ax woorke his ende. 
 And A I A X gifte , hal'de H e c I'o r throughe the fielde : 
 Of mortall foes, then fee noe gifte thow take, 
 Altlioughe a while , a truce witli them thow make. 
 
 —aut vUa putatii 
 
 "Dona car ere dolit Dunaum , &f. 
 
 Sic t'ttulo obfequij , qua wittunt hoRibus hoHes 
 Muncra, venturi fra(ck fata fermt. 
 
 E 3 
 
 Laocoon apiij 
 Virgiliumhb. 
 iCneid.i.Hc At 
 equo, lo<]uunr 
 Troianit. 
 Alciat. 
 
 N0»' 
 
3 8 !Hon locm rulrum^ fed yir locum or not. 
 
 to the Honor ahU 5ir Phillip Sidney Kmghti<^ouernour 
 of the Gxmfin atid towne of Vlipng. ' 
 
 TH E tram pingeftcedc, that champcsthe burnifii'd bittc. 
 Is mannag d braue, with ryders for the nones : 
 But 3 when the foole vppon his backc doth (ette, 
 He throwes him downe, and ofte doth bmfe his bones: 
 His coragc feirce, dothe crauc a better guide, 
 And eke fuch horfe, the foole (lioulde not beftride. 
 
 TuZl^tVJr"^'^ By which is ment , that men of judgement graue, 
 gnM.tHconfuieatn. Of Icaming, witte, and e^ke of confcicnce clcarc, 
 N«tih\,nectmum*- 111 highe cltate , are fitte theirc feates to haue, 
 "rt ' ^' ^'"" And to be ftall'd, in fkcrcd iuflicc cliearc; 
 
 Wherein they rule , ynto theire cndlefTc fame, 
 But fooles are foil'd, and throwne out of the fame. 
 -magnum hoc tgo duco. 
 
 Hocaci. Sct,6. 
 
 Qubd pUcuit tibi , qui turpi ficernU honejlum. 
 
 OHedh 
 
^cend fequins. 
 
 4' 
 
 ■^■ 
 
 '^^^^^"iS^* 
 
 ^f;*^ 
 
 TXT HEN lilent nightc, did (ccptcr rake in handc, 
 ^ ^ And dim'de the daie, with fUade of mantle blackc, 
 What time the thceues, in. priuie corners ftande. 
 And haue noe dowte , to robbc for what they lacke: 
 A greedie theefe, in fliambles broke a fiioppe. 
 And fil'de a facke, with flefhe vp to the toppe. 
 Which done , with fpeedc he hftcd vp the facke. 
 And bothe the cndes , abow t his necke he knittes. 
 And ranne awaie, with burden on his backe 
 Till afterviardes , as hee at alehowfe fittes : 
 
 The heauie loade , did weyc fo harde behindc, 
 That whiles he flept , the weighte did ftoppc his windc. 
 "Which truclic fliowes , to them that doe offcnde, 
 Althowghe a while , they fcapc thcire iuft deGrtcs, 
 Yet punifhmcnt , dothe at thcire backcs attcnde. 
 And phgucs them hoame, when they haue mcricflhartcs: 
 And choughe longe time , they doe cfcape the pikes. 
 Yet fbone, or late, the Lorde in iullicc llrikcs. 
 
 F Venur 
 
 lauenaltt f ).de 
 
 malis fiw ait. 
 Hijitnt qui r repliant, 
 
 ir ad omnia fiilgur4 
 
 palttnt, 
 Citm tonat : txanimee 
 
 prima q-Mijut mvUT' 
 
 mure ceeli. 
 
 Sfn c. Troad. 
 §lui ion vttat pcictiitf 
 
 cumptfitf inlnt. 
 
42- 
 
 Venter jphnia^ Venus ^ Ludemfugimt, 
 
 
 Propcrt 4, IE. 
 Ouid.i.Pont.tf 
 
 WH Y flieft thow hence ? and turn fte awaie thie face? 
 Thow glorie brightCjthat men with fame doeft crownc: 
 G Lo. Bycaufe, I haue noc hkinge of that place, 
 "Where (lothfull men , doe (leepe m beddes of downe: 
 And flefhlie luftc, doth dwell with fowlc exccfTc, 
 This is no. howfe ;, for glorie to pofTefle.. 
 
 But , if thow wilte my prefencc neucr lackc, 
 Sardanapal, and all his pleasures hate, 
 Driue V E N V s hence, let B a c c H v s further packc. 
 If not , behowlde I flie out of thie gate: 
 
 Yet, if from theife, thow turnethie face awaie, 
 I will rcturne, and dwell with thee for aie. 
 
 Magnum Uer a/cendo ,fed dat tnihi gloria vires :. 
 Non iuuat ex facili lecia corona iuga. 
 
 Cernis vt ignauum corrumpmt otia corpus ? 
 Vtca^iant vitium, nimoueantur aqm} 
 
 Jdens 
 
<!Mer2S immota manet. 
 
 To 5"// Robert I e r m y n K«jg&r, 
 
 43 
 
 
 OTn 
 
 P/rtfw. 41, 
 Quemadmodum 
 defickratCeruus 
 adfontesiquani: 
 Ita defiderat ajii- 
 ma niea ad tc 
 Deus, &c. 
 
 BY vertue hiddc , behoulde , the Iron harde, 
 Tke loadeftone drawes , to poynte vnto the ftarre: 
 Whereby, wee knowe the Seaman kecpes his carde, 
 And rightlie (liapcs , his courle to countries farre : 
 And on the pole , dothe cuer keepe his eie. 
 And withe the fame , his compalTe makes agree. 
 
 Which fhewes to vs, our inward ycrtues fhouldc. 
 Still dfawe our hartes , althoughe the iron weare : 
 The liauenlie ftarre, at all times to behoulde^ 
 To fhape our courfc, fb right while wee bee hearc: 
 That Scylla, and Charybdis , wee maie mifTc, 
 And winne at lengthe, the porte of endlefTe bliffe. 
 
 Confc'u mens recti fam,t mendac'u ridet. 
 
 Sufficit & longmn probitas perdurat in duttm, 
 ^^^jb A""^ '^wwi hinc bene pendet anm. 
 
 F z Deftde- 
 
 Virg. in /Etot. 
 
 Ff7 mtrito putM h§~ 
 mini ttttiftmA vtrtH), 
 
 Ouid.4.Faft. 
 
 Ouid. dc medic, 
 faciei. 
 
44 
 
 Deftder'mm j^e njoiuum. 
 
 'it ^yifiii 
 
 r ^ ' 
 
 MBBStfll. 
 
 
 5 ci^-'ti) cj'^-*!? 
 
 w 
 .^^ 
 
 
 TH E Lyon fierce, behoulde doth rente his praie. 
 The dogge lookes backe, in hope to haue a fhare, 
 And lick'd his lippes, and longe tiieiefore did ftaie, 
 But all in vaine^ the Lion none coulde fparc: 
 
 And yet the ilghte , with hope the dogge did feede^ 
 As if he had^ (omme parte tliere of in deede. 
 
 This reprchendeSj the fbnnes, or grecdie frendes. 
 That longe do hope , for deathe of aged Sires : 
 And on theire goodes, doe feede before thcire cndes, , 
 For deathe ofte times, doth fruftrate theire deiires: 
 And takes awaic , the yonge before the oulde. 
 Let greedic heires , this looking glafle bchoulde. 
 
 rilim ante diem patrhs inquirh m amosi 
 Yida iactt petoi f &(, 
 
 Turof 
 
Furor (^ rubies. 
 
 45 
 
 i <t% h^'iD •i.^hAL' if^h-:^^- ^./v^ tMlA^ c 
 
 
 np H E crewell kinges, that are inflam'de with ire : 
 ■*- With ficr, and Avorde, thcire furious mindesfiiffilc: 
 And oftc to (liowc , what chicfche they defire, 
 Within theire flieildes, they dreadefiill fiiapes dcuife. 
 Some Griphins fcirce, fbme ramping Lions beare,^ 
 Some Tygers fell ^ or Dragons hke to weare. 
 
 All which bcwraye , theire inwarde bloodie thoughte^ 
 Suche one, behouldcjkinge Agamemnon was : 
 "Who had in fhielde , a ramping Lion wroughte 
 And eke this verfe ^ was grauen in the braife; 
 ^^annes terror this ^ to fear e them that behoulde: 
 Which fhieUe is borne ^ ^Agamemnon botdde^ 
 
 Dum furor in cur/it eH, ettrrenti cede furorU 
 Di^ciks Ad'ttm impetus omnis babet, 
 
 E i 
 
 Stt'ihh Claad. MJ- 
 noisfupcrAlc;a!un9. 
 Agamemnune Cly- 
 peam habuilTe , io 
 quo Leo depiftuj 
 erat, a1 tcnorem 
 aliis incoiiendum; 
 c|Uod quifiem tca^ 
 tu.Ti ;n Olvmpia fa- 
 ro pel a'lqnoiteni- 
 potapependit, cum 
 infcriptione adie£la. 
 
 Terrdt hit tit hemi- 
 num,c]tiiqu*lmnt£»^ 
 
 Ouid. 1. Retted. 
 
 
 
 c^M (-^' 
 
4^ 
 
 Varij hominum fenfui* 
 
 To 5»V H fi N R y W oo D H o w s E Knight. 
 
 
 ^u.ay ^ 
 
 Periius J. 
 
 A 
 
 N aged dame, in reuerenceof the dead. 
 
 With care did place, the fcuUes of men (hcc founde, 
 Vppon an hill , as in a facred bed. 
 But as fliee toil'de, fiiec ftumbled to the groundc : 
 "Whereat , downe felLthe heades within her lappe. 
 And here , and there, they ranne abowt the hill : 
 ■Witli that, quotli ftiee, no maruaile is this happe. 
 Since men aliue , in myndes do differ ftill : 
 
 And like as theife , in fiinder downe do fall. 
 
 So varried they , in their opinions all. 
 
 lAtUt homifium Jpeciest & remm difcolcr v/hs, 
 Velle fuum cuique eft, nee voto viuitur vno. 
 Mercibtts hie Jtalis, mutat fub file recenti 
 Mgojum piper, .& pdUentis grana ctmini : 
 Hie fatur irnguo mauult mgefcere fomm : 
 Hie campo induigetj hmc alea decoquii : &c. 
 
cMarte ^ arte. 
 
 To sir Will I Au Standley Knight, 
 
 47 
 
 
 £n//-r:^lL.c£xhi ; 
 
 /> 
 
 WHERE courage great, and confaile good doe goc, 
 "With laftinge fame, the victorie is wonne: 
 But fcperate theife, then feare the ouerchrowe. 
 And ftrengthe iilone,dothe vnto ruine ronne: 
 
 Then Captainesgood , muft ipyne theife two-^ in one: 
 And not prefume with this, or that, alone. 
 
 As valiant harte*;, and corage highe befeeme. 
 The Captaines boulde,that enterprifc for fame: 
 Soe mufte they ftill , of pollicie cfteeme, 
 And wifcdomes rules, to bringe to pafle the fame: 
 
 "While Cse(ar great , fubdiide the countries farre; 
 
 In gowne at home , did T v L l i e helpe to warrc. 
 
 V L I s s E s wife , and D i o me d e s forme, 
 Are heare fet downe , for valiant wightes to viewc: 
 The one dcuil'dc , the other did perForme, 
 AVhcreby , they did the Troiane force (ubduc : 
 
 The one, his foes with witte,and counfaile harm'de. 
 The other, llill him felfe againfte them arm'dc. 
 
 AnJr.AIcUt. 
 
 Virihus hU prdfiat, 
 hifpoUet acutn'me niitii 
 Nectamtn alteriuSg 
 Tiin (get Atttr efe. 
 
 Hor.i. Carin.JO. 
 
 Stbus anguHu aiime- 
 
 Juf, atcjue 
 Forth apfarc : fap'itn' 
 
 ter idem 
 Contraha vittto ni' 
 
 miumficwido, 
 
 Turgida vtkt 
 
 / , 
 
48 
 
 Lahcr Irritus, 
 
 McSj^irpti: pr 
 
 luueaalis t. 
 
 HF A R E, Ocnus ftill the roape doth turne and windc. 
 Which he did make, of ruffhes and of graflc: 
 And when widi toilc,his worke was to his mindc 
 He rol'de it vp, and lefte it to the aflc : 
 
 "Whoe quickche fpoil'dejthat longe with paine was fponnc, 
 "Which being kept , it might (bme good hauc donnc 
 
 This Ocnus fhewcs, a man that workes and toiles. 
 
 The AlTe declares , a wicked waftfull wife : 
 
 Whoe if fhee maie , fhee quickhe (pendcs and (poiles 
 
 That he with care, was getting all his life. 
 And likcwife thofe , tliat lewdely doo bcftowe 
 Suchc^nges, as fhoulde vnto good vfcs goe. ^ 
 
 Yodiga non fent'tt pereunutn femina fenfum-: 
 
 \t , velm fxhauRa rediuiuus puUulet area 
 m^mtu, & i plenofemper toUatur aceruo, 
 Isioh vnquam reputant quanti /ua^audia conslent. 
 
 In turn 
 
In etm qui fwi ipft dammm apparat, 4^ 
 
 $xJ^i^!jpui/t^J=ffU 
 
 TH E raucning wolfe, by kinde my moitall foe. 
 Yet lo, infori'dc, I foftcr vp her whelpe: 
 'V'Vho afterwardcj as it did ftronger growe, 
 Thoughc as my oy.ne , I longe the fame did lielpe: 
 Yet, collide I not conteate it with my tcate. 
 But that my fclfe , hee rent to be his meate. 
 
 No wilhngc minde, to plea(e him might futfife. 
 
 No diUigcnce , to geuc the tyraunte fucke. 
 
 Though whclpifhe daics, his nature did difgui(ej 
 
 Yet time at lengthe vnto my cuell lucke^ 
 
 Bewray'de his harte , a warninge good to thofc, 
 W'hoe in theire howfc , doe foiler vp theire foes. 
 
 For, thoughe throughe neede they frendHe feeme a while. 
 Or childilhe ycarcs, do clokc their cancker'd minde, 
 Althoughe fome doc , rcleeue them in exile. 
 And fpcnd theire goodes, m hope to alter kinde: 
 Yet all theire loue ,- and cate to doe them good, 
 Suche will forgctt, and fceke to fpill theire blood. 
 
 G GarrU' 
 
 Nic. Reufnerus. 
 
 Impaiiui jiabulu ftuit 
 
 lupus: vbtre rapt as 
 DUnmarque ferns mi- 
 -jeruiHm ramittlms 
 agttos, 
 
 Claudius Minois^ 
 Graeco. 
 
 ^litrttus pey me, tan- 
 de/n feru fiuiet in me. 
 "Vertere naiuram 
 gratia ttuUafotcft. 
 
 And. Alciat. 
 
 Improbnas i,hUi) fit^i^ 
 tur ebjequio, , 
 
 ,/■:• 
 
fO 
 
 Garmlltof, 
 
 V'-McuUo^v^'.j^ 
 
 'EcclefiaJl.zo. 
 Qu-i multis rti- 
 tur verbis , la:det 
 animamluam. 
 
 Paradifus poeticuj, 
 
 IJernQn vna dtes, non 
 vn-t rcducit himndo: 
 
 fidultiplui vtgiUnt I'ru- 
 Henttafur^it ah vfn. 
 
 Horat.i.Epift.5. 
 
 Sid tMitus pafciji pof- 
 fit ceruur. Iiabertt 
 
 Plm dafii , & rixtt r/iuU 
 . U minus, iHuidi<e^ue. 
 
 
 Ouid.i. Art. 
 T)i*'m vires annique Ji- 
 
 nutteUrattUbore!, 
 lamveniet tticite iw 
 
 BE T I M E when fleepc is fweetc , the chattringe fu'-allowe cries. 
 And doth awake the wearied wighte , before he would arifc: 
 Which carpes the piatinge crewc, whoe like of bablinge befte: 
 "Whole tounges doe make him almofte deafe, that fainc would take 
 his reft. 
 
 ^^re adolefcens ^ ytere fenex. 
 
 \7\T^^ L s T yoathe doth lafte , with liuelie fappe, and ftiengthe, 
 V V With fweate of btowe, fee that for age thou toyle: 
 And when the fame, anefteth thee at lengthe. 
 Then take tty reft, let younglinges worke , and moyle: 
 
 And vfe thy gcodes, which thou in yowthehafte wonne. 
 To cheaic thy harre, whil'ft that thy glafTe fhalronoc 
 
 VtU 
 
Z^itie, aut morti. 
 
 $1 "-"^OTTiftMc^^ 
 
 WITHIN one flower, two contraries reniaine. 
 For proofe behoulde, the fpidcr, and the bee,. 
 One poil'on fiickes, the bee doth honie dfaine : 
 The Scripture foe, hath two effedes we (ce:- 
 Vnto the bad, it is a fworde that flaies, 
 Vnto the good, a fhiclde in ghoflhc fraies. 
 
 Nil penna , fed ^fns. 
 
 De littera & rpi'riti^ 
 S. Paulus Cor. 1. 
 cap. ). 
 
 Va radi fu s po eti cut. 
 "Ufui abeH n:auuH}{IU' 
 tent ptdtfittmine ttxo^- 
 ^tuui Unigtrtfir- 
 tilitatt jratct. 
 
 Man duUtm i Cjuoult 
 apis mgeniofh liaHortro 
 FUrf.fid e leiio jfT» 
 mine,mtUa le^tt. 
 
 
 
 ^J^ 
 
 jn hjltviuijy^'^i 
 
 TH E Hippocrites , that make Co great a fiiowe. 
 Of Sandlitie , and of Rehgion lounde. 
 Are fhaddowes mcerc, and with out fubfbuice goc. 
 And bcinge tri'de , are but diflemblers founde. 
 
 Thcife are compar'de, vnto the Ofl:riche faire, 
 "N^'hoc fpreades her winges , yet fealdomc tries the aire. 
 
 G i Yortifmn 
 
 Manlalts i. 
 
 Decipies aim vtrbit, 
 iiultutjut beiiigrtt 
 
 Nam mihi tarri netui 
 Ji/imhlattr eru. 
 

 •% 
 
 tuo^ 
 
 Fortijjtma minimis interdum cedt^nt. 
 
 '~r^ H E fcarlet cloathc, dothe make the bull to fcare. 
 
 ftorfa"lib6Tap.\iT A The culler white, the Olephant doche fhunne. 
 ouii. j.Remed. The ctowinge cockc, the Lion quakes to heare. 
 Amoris. j^ fmoke of cloathc , clothe make the ftaeec la runnc. 
 
 titfun, vipcataurum: All which doe f howc , wcc tio mm Ihoalde dilpite, 
 
 ^cane mn magra g^^j. thj^l^e howc haHTie , the fimplcft maic deuife. 
 
 -ptfettneturoftr. 
 
 „_,i=i- — — -- — -^ 
 
 Iniuriis^ infirmitas fuhiedJ^. 
 
 And. Akiat. 
 
 EW inthta mantni 
 
 TH E mightie fifiie , deuowres the little Trie , 
 If in tne deepe,.they venture for to ftaie. 
 If vp they fwimme, ncwe foes with watchinge flie. 
 The caruoraunte, and Seamewc,. for iheire praic: 
 Betweenc thefe two," the frie is ftill deftroi'dc. 
 Ah feeble ftiitc,.on ^uerie iidc anoi'de. 
 
 In dies 
 
Jn dies mcfiora. 
 
 n 
 
 TH E grecdie Sowe Co longe as fhee dorhc finde , 
 Some fcacteringes lefre , of harueft vndcr footc 
 She forward goes and neucr lookes behinde, 
 "NVhile anic (weete rcmayncth for to roote, 
 
 Euen foe wee fhoulde, to goodnes euerie daic 
 Still further pafK^, and not to turne nor ftaie. 
 
 Luxarinfomm opes. 
 
 
 ON craggie rockcs, and haughtie mountaines toppe, 
 Vntimelie fruiute , one fower figtree growes : 
 Whereof, no good mankinde at all doth croppc. 
 But fcrues alone, the rauens, and the crowes : 
 
 So fooles, theire goodes vnto no goodnes vfe. 
 But flatterers fcedc , or wafte them on the flewcs. 
 
 G 3 
 
 M 
 
 Nic Reufiiffus. 
 &)Ui4i iuuat capras: 
 vnda lutumquefuti' 
 
 ^xj^^a^/^"^^' 
 
 V2a^ 
 
 A^enUs 
 
5 4 ^gentes^ (^ confentientes^ pari poem pmienctu 
 
 
 
 Nic. Reufnerujde 
 Ficcdula. 
 
 Cum me ficus ttlat : 
 tipafcAr iultihus vum: 
 Qtr potms nomtn. 
 
 ATiompcctcr, tlie Capraines captiac Icade, 
 Whoe pardon crau'Je, and fiiide, he did no harme: 
 And for his hfc, with u-cmblinge longe did pleadc, 
 "Whereat , quoth they , and hal'de him by the armer 
 
 Althoiighe, t^ie hande did ncucr ftrikc a ftroke. 
 Yet with thie winde, thou others did'fl: prouoke. 
 
 Jn qtMtmr anni tempera. 
 
 BY fwallowcs note , the Springe wee vnderftande. 
 The Cuckowe comes, ere Sommer doth beginnc; 
 The vinefinche fhowes, that harueft is at hande: 
 The Chaffinche finges, when winter commcth in: 
 
 Which times they keepe, that man thcrebie maie knowe, 
 yowc Seafbns chaunge , and tymcs do come and goe. 
 
Taruam culinam, dHoht4Sganeonihus nonfufficere, 55 
 
 
 U 
 
 IN (malle, and little thinsc; , there is no eame at all, An^r. Aleut. 
 
 One groauc.maie not two redbreaftes Icnic, but cuermore they brail. ttHtmthMs. 
 
 CunSIa. compkSft yelk ^ fldtum. 
 
 
 TH B little boyes , that ftriue with all theire mighce. 
 To catche the belles, or bubbles , as they fall : 
 In vaine they feeke , for why , they vanifhe righte. 
 Yet ftill they flrine, and arc deluded all: 
 
 So, they th.it like all artes, that can bee though tc, 
 . .■ Doc comprehcndc not anic, as they oughte. 
 
 A\m 
 
56 
 
 Alitis peccat ^ Stis pkSiitur, 
 
 M<^t(tiXi $imSujj< 
 
 np H E angrie dogge doth tiirne vnro the ftone, 
 -*- When It is cafte , and bytes the fame for ire, 
 And not purfues, the fame that hathc it throwne. 
 But with the fame, Hiliilleth his deiire: 
 Euen fo > theyr are that doe bothe fighte , and brail. 
 With guiltlelTe men , when wrathe dothe them inflame. 
 And mortall foes, they deale not with at all. 
 But let them paffe , to theire rebuke , and fliame : 
 
 And in a rage , on innocentes do ronne, 
 
 And turne from them, that all the wronge haue donnc. 
 
 And. Alciat. 
 
 Sic plerique finunt. veros elabier ho^esj 
 Et ^uos mUa grauAt mx'ta, dente petunt. 
 
 Mfhitr' 
 
jEtbiopem lauare. 
 
 57 
 
 -■^^i^ndr'.Mt^^tvi 
 
 LE A V E of with paine , the blackamore to fkowre, 
 WithSvafhinge oftCjand wipinge more then due: 
 For thou (halt finde , that Nature is of powre, 
 Doe what thou canfte^ to keepc his former hue: 
 Thoughc with a forke^.wee Nature thmfte awaie, 
 Shee turnes againc , if wee withdrawe our hande : 
 And thoughe ^ wee ofte to conquer her alTaie, 
 Yet all m vaine, fhee turnes if Ihll wee ftande: 
 Then euerinore , in what thou doefl: aflaie. 
 Let reafon rule j and doe the thingcs thou maie. 
 
 Erafiuus extuciano: 
 
 ftra: t^uin definu arte? 
 
 Haud vncjtia effciet 
 
 MX Jit vt atra , dies. 
 
 Horat.J.Epift.io. 
 
 Naturam cxptllai fur- 
 
 (a tamcn vf(^ue rif 
 
 tuntt. 
 
 . equus^ 
 
 l^unquam ex degeneri fiet geneiofm a/ellOy 
 £t nunquam ex Jiolido cordam jiet ab arte. 
 
 Atiulus inptd);. 
 pofc'fi. 
 
 H- 
 
 N0ff 
 
5^(£« doh ^ fed<-vu 
 
 ~ — ^-r c — 
 
 THE ape , did reache for Cheftnuttes in the fire. 
 But fearinge muche, the burninge of his toes. 
 Perforce was bafde, longe time from his defirc: 
 But at the lengthe , he with a whelpe did clofc. 
 And thruftc his foote , into the Embers quick, 
 
 ^^\ih^^ ITU ^"^ ^^^^ ^^^' P"^^ ^^^ Cheftnuttes out perforce: 
 ' '» -5- a.i . -y^j^j^j^ fhewes, when as ambition fowle doth pric^ 
 
 The hartcs of kinges, then there is no remorce, 
 But oftentimes , to aunfwere theire defire.. 
 The fubicdes fecle, both famine, fw^de, and fire. 
 
 Horat. lib. I. 
 Epift.jt. 
 
 ^icqu'td delirant re^es, ple^uutur Achlui. 
 
 Nimitim 
 
Nimium r chits ne fide fecundis. 
 
 59 
 
 
 TH E loftie PinC;, that one the mountainc growcs. 
 And (preades her arm es, with braunchesfrcfhe^&greenCj . 
 The raginge windcs , on (bdame ouertlirowcs, 
 And makes her ftoopc, chat longe a farrc was (eenc: 
 So they, that truile to muche in fortunes (miles, 
 Thoughe worlde do laughe, and wealthc doe mofte aboundc, 
 \^'hen lelle they thinke, are often fnar'de with wyles, . 
 And from alofte, doo hedlonge fall to grounder 
 Then put no truile , in anic worldhe thinges, 
 For frowninge fate, ihrowes downe the mightiekinges.. 
 
 Sdi'^m verrtU aguatur ingens 
 Ttnus , & celfi grauiore caJU 
 Deddnnt tmresjmuntquc fitmimf 
 Fulmim monies. 
 
 Hor. 'Carra. u-. 
 Od.io. 
 
 Vt (ecidi , cunllicf^ mttu fugere ruinamy 
 Verfc(iui amicitM ter^d dedere meai 
 
 H X- 
 
 Ouid.j.Twft.j., 
 
 Sikntium* 
 
Co 
 
 Sikntmrn. 
 Ad D. T. c. 
 
 K^uiidoi!mk,-v- 
 
 De laiide lilentt) 
 Aul. Gel. lib. II. 
 cap. 10. idemdcva- 
 niloquio lib. I. 
 sap. 15. 
 
 Epaminondas ceJc- 
 btaturapud Piada- 
 tum qui,quanquam 
 multafcircc , pauca 
 tamen loquebatur. 
 
 Locutu fuiflcpocni- 
 tuit , tacuiffe rcro 
 nunquam. 
 
 -Cato lib. I. 
 Preximus ilk deti, qm 
 yirt rattont tacere. 
 
 C»r.i.cap.\^. 
 
 ferrumpuut mores bo. 
 
 nos, coUo:juiitprat4a, 
 
 De vaniloquio. 
 
 TauUTimgth. i.ctp.t. 
 
 GuilUUU. 
 £flx/iu «c pariter it- 
 ma iin^HA men. 
 
 PY T H A. G o R A s , vnto his fchollers gaue. 
 This leffbn firfte , that filence they fhould keepe: 
 And this, wee readc Philofophers mofte graue. 
 Yea in theire hartes, this Princes printed decpe : 
 
 Vl I s s E s wordes weare (pare , but rightiie plac'd: 
 This, Nestor lik'de. Lycvrgvs this imbrac'dc. 
 
 This , famons made Epaminondas boulde : 
 By this , great praife did Demaratvs gaine : 
 This , Athens made to reuerence Z e n o oulde ; 
 SiMONiDES condemned fpeaches vainc, 
 
 Whofe fayinge was, my wordes repentance had. 
 But Silence yet, did neucr make mee fad. 
 
 And Cat o fayeth : That man is next to God, 
 Whoe {quares his fpeache, in reafons riehtfuU frame: 
 For idle wordes , G o d thrcatneth with his rodde. 
 And fayeth , wee muil giue reckoninge for the fame : 
 
 Saind P a V L E likewife , this faulte doth fharplie tutchc. 
 And oftentimes, condemneth bablinge mutche. 
 
 One calles the tounge, the gate of life, and deathe, 
 "Which wifelie vM, extoUcth rnen on earthe: 
 Which lewdlie vfde, depriueth men of breathe. 
 
 And 
 
^I 
 
 And makes them rqoiirne , whoe miglit liaue liuMe in Tnirthc: 
 For euell wordes , pierce (harper then a fwcrde, 
 "Which ofte wee me, thoughe they weare ipoke in boordc. 
 
 Not that diftroyes, into the mowthe that goes. 
 But .that diftroyes, that forthe thereof doth commc: 
 For wordes doe wounde , the inwardc man with woes. 
 Then wifelie fpcake, or better to bee dommc 
 
 The toungc , althowghe it bee a member fmali. 
 
 Of man it is the bcft, or worfte of all. 
 
 The foolc, is thought wirh filencc to be wife. 
 But when he prates , him felfe he dothe bewraye: 
 And wife men ftill , the babler doe difpife. 
 Then keepe a watchewhen thoujhafte owght to faic. 
 What labour lefle, then for to houlde thy peace. 
 Which aged daics , with quiet dotii increafe. 
 
 Th*i€gyptians wife, and other nations flirre, 
 Vnto this ende , Harpocrates dcuif'de, 
 "Whofe finger , ftili did fceme his mouthe to barrc. 
 To bid them fpeake, no more then that fufllf^de, 
 
 AVhich figne thoughe oulde , wee may not yet deteft. 
 But marke it well, if wee will liuc in refte. 
 
 ret. i.iaf. J. 
 Qui enim vu!t vJ- 
 tam diligere, fie dirt 
 vidcre bcnos: coer- 
 ecatlinguS a nialo. 
 
 Marc. 7. 
 Niliil ert extra ho- 
 minem jntroicns in 
 eum , quod pcffit 
 eu coinqumare, fed 
 qux de hominc pro- 
 ce(lunt,&c. 
 
 Hor. t. Serrn.4. 
 
 Tingere ijui non vifk 
 pcteft, comijjh taccre 
 
 ^«j nequit : hie niger 
 tsl, Imnc tu Romane 
 taueto. 
 
 Curd. I. Amor. I. 
 
 ijH« minor efi autem 
 
 ^uam tacuiJJelabeTf 
 
 Hoiat.i.Ep. iS. 
 
 Nee rttment patuU te. 
 mijjajideliter aures, 
 
 Pluucch. iflMoial. 
 
 \^"rmen to the like effete, vpp^n 
 
 Video J (^ taceo. 
 
 Her Maiesiier pee fie , at the great Lotterie in London, 
 begon M. D. L X V 1 1 1. and ended m. d. l x i x. 
 
 I See, and houlde my peace : a Princelie Pocfie righte. 
 For euerie faulte, fhoulde not prouoke, a Prince, or manof mightc. 
 For if that I o v e fhoulde fhoote , fb ofte as men offende. 
 The Poettes faie, his thunderboltes fhoulde {bone bee at an ende. 
 Then happie wee that haue , a Princefle Co inclin'de. 
 That when as iuftice drawes hir fworde , hath mercie in her mindc. 
 And to declare the fame , howe prone fliee is to faue: 
 Her Maicftie did make her choice , this Poefie for to haue. 
 Sed piger ad panas princeps , ad pramia velox : 
 Cuique dolet, quoties cogitur ejfe ferox. 
 
 H 3 Amicitia 
 
 Ouid.i.Trift. 
 
 Si quottes peuit h»mu- 
 nti fuafulmina mittat 
 Tuyiter, exigu$ tern' 
 fort intrmiinit. 
 
 Ouid.i.Poat. J, 
 
C z oAmdtiayetiaw poB mortem durms, 
 
 T9 R. T. and M. C. Efqukrt, 
 
 
 'il^M' 
 
 Vkgi!.i»Meec«a- 
 
 tiiobhum. 
 
 Et duet, iir etrti viua 
 
 tihi ftm^er amuttt, 
 
 Ntc tibi qui moti- 
 tur, defimt e£i turn: 
 
 timrts interq.fuwtitu. 
 
 Tunc qnocjut n»npo- 
 
 tera n*n mtmir iffi tui, 
 
 Quid. 4, Font. »• v 
 
 A "Withered EI me 5 whofe boughes weare bare ofleaues 
 And fappe , was (iinke with age into the roote : 
 A fruidefuU vine , vnto her bodie cleaues, 
 Whofe grapes did hange , from roppe vnto the footer 
 And when the Elrae , was rotten , drie, and dead. 
 His braunches ftiU 3 the vine abowt it spread. 
 
 Which fliowes, wee fhoulde be Hnck'dewirh fiich afrendc^ 
 That might rcuiue , and helpe when wee bee oulde: 
 And when wee ftoope^ and drawe vnto our endc. 
 Our ftaggering ftate, to helpe for to vphoulde: 
 Yea, wlien wee (hall be Uke a fenceleffe block, 
 That for our fakes, will ftill imbrace our flock. 
 
 Jre iubet Ty lades charum periturus OreUem: 
 Hie negat jiw^ vkem puguat vterque morf,' 
 
 Mxtifit hoc vmm quod non conmnerat illis : 
 Cetera pars concors , & fu}s Imfttk,-. 
 
Totenti^mus tffeSius , timor. 
 
 6i 
 
 TH E Lions grimme J behouldcj doe not refifte, 
 Buc yealde them (elues, and Cupiddes chariot drawc^ A 
 And with one handc , he guydes them where he hfte, ^ <//> ^ -^^ 
 AVich th other hande , he keepes them ftill in awe: 
 
 Thcye couche, and drawe, and do the whippe abidcj 
 
 And laie tlicire fierce and crcwell mindes aiide. C n/J* 
 
 If Cupid then , bee of fuch miglitie force, 
 That creatures fierce , and brutifhe kinde he tames: 
 Oh mightie I o v e , vouchfafe to fliowe rcmorfe, 
 Hclpe feeble man , and pictie tender dames : 
 
 Let Africkc wildc , this tyrauntes force indurc. 
 
 If not alas, ho we can poorc man bee fure. 
 
 / 
 
 <^m mn tnille pr£ , quern non Sthende'im ho^kp 
 KQufotuit Juno yimere, vincit amou 
 
 .Cy"" 
 
 
 Ouid.Epift^^ 
 
 ^^ 
 
^4 
 
 ^£ ante pedes. 
 To I. 1. E/quier. 
 
 
 Quid I. Art. 
 
 Sv. ne perdtdent non 
 cejjat perdert lufor, 
 Et reuocat cupidiu 
 nUa ftps mamu. 
 
 Sen. Hippi ig 
 
 NOT for our felues, albnc wcc are create. 
 But for our frendes, and for our countries good: 
 And thofe , that are vnto thcire frendcs ingrate. 
 And not regarde theire offpringe , and theire blood, 
 Or hee , that waftes his fubftance till he bcgges, 
 Or felles his landes , whiche fcriide his parentes well: 
 Is like the henne , when fhee hathe lay ae her eggcs. 
 That fuckes them vp and leaues the emptie fhell, 
 Euen (6 theire Ipoile, to thcire reprochcjand fhame, 
 Vndocth theire heire, and quite dccayeth theire nanie. 
 
 Oui/quU fecundii rehiis exultat tihnis, 
 Tluitjy luxu , femper infoltta appetens^ 
 nunc ilia magtiA dura fortune, comes 
 Suh'tt libido : mn placent fueta dapes^ 
 NQn uitafani moriSj mt y'tlis cibm : &c, 
 
 OHutuum 
 
^Utuum mxilium. 
 
 To R. Cotton Efquicr. 
 
 6J 
 
 ivx . in^r:jilcia^:£. 
 
 TH E biynde, did beare the lame vppon his backe, . 
 The burthen, did diredle the bearers waies: 
 With mutuall belpe, they feru'd cche others lacke, 
 And euery one, their frendly league did praife: 
 
 The lame lente eies , the blynde did lend his feete^ 
 And fo they fafe , did pa|Ie both feelde , and ftreete. 
 
 Some lande aboundes , yet hathe the fame her wante. 
 
 Some yeeldes her lacke , and wantes the others (lore ; 
 
 No man fo ritche , but is in fbme ihinge (canre. 
 
 The greate eftate, muft not difpife the pore: 
 
 Hee workes, and toyles, and makes his fhowlders bearc. 
 The ritche agayne, giues foodc, and clothes, to weare. 
 
 So without poore, the rirche are like the lame : 
 And without ritche, the poore are like the blynde: 
 Let ritche lend eies , the poore his Icgges wil frame. 
 Thus fhoulde yc bee. For fo the Lordc aflign'd, 
 
 Whoe at the firfte , for mutuall frendfhip fakca ^ 
 Not all gaue one , but did this difference make. 
 
 "Whereby, with trade, and intercourfe, in fpace. 
 
 And borrowinge heare, and lendinge there agayne: 
 
 ^ch loue, fucK truthe, fuch kyndnes, fhoulde take place, 
 
 . I: That 
 
 Qu.ama (itmutuiau- 
 xrii| necedicas, ciim in 
 cdmuni hac vitzhu> 
 manx focieiate muU 
 tis modis inteUigipo* 
 itft : in qua homo 
 hominisope maxime 
 indiget , aclc6 vt in 
 prouerbiuni abierii, 
 borao homini Deus: 
 lum verd in ipfij cor- 
 poris humani confli* 
 tutione &fabricalu» 
 calentiflim^ apparec. 
 Nequc enim homo 
 fubHtlere vllarationc 
 poflit, nifi membra 
 corporis mutuum fi- 
 bi auxilium przAent. 
 Qml fnim futurum 
 efTcr, nifi oculi pedes 
 ad ingrcfTum dirige- 
 fetjt; nidi rurfum pe- 
 des corpus mouerent; 
 nifi manus ori eibu, 
 OS vencricuioat<^ he« 
 pari , hepar pervenas 
 vniuerfo corpori afi- 
 mcntum fuggcreret? 
 Nihil itaque elt quod 
 per fcipfum , fine al- 
 icrius auxilio , con- . 
 ftarc , aut vim fuanj ' 
 tc perpeiuiratem con* • 
 feruare poffiu 
 
^' ir» f/rtp-tit uUtiiU 
 htrwn na'.urti m^ue 
 ilium, 
 
 Kec TKt, nee ^itenquAm 
 
 ftatuit, & c. 
 
 Aufouius m Epig. 
 
 66 
 
 That frendfhipp ,witli fbcietie flionld nignc/ 
 
 The prouerbe faieth , one man is deemed none. 
 And life, is deathe, where men doc liue alone. 
 
 Non ejl d'lues opum , diues : nee pauper inops^ 
 Ivfelix : alio nee magU alter eget. 
 
 V'tues eget gemmit \ Ceteali munere pauper, 
 Sed cum egeant Amho , pauper egens m'tma efi. 
 
 In njtrumque paraius. 
 
 To loHN Payton Efquicr. 
 
 rJjffUi 'A4 
 
 T^i^ 
 
 WHEN Sanabal Hierufaicm diftxeft. 
 
 X Efd. cap. 4. 
 
 With (liarpe aflaultes , in N e h e m i a s tymc : 
 
 To wane, aiid worke,theIewes them felues addreft. 
 
 And did repaire theire walles, with ftone, and lime : 
 
 One hande the fworde, againft the foe did {hake. 
 
 The otlier liande, the trowel! vp did take. 
 
 Of vahant mindes, loc here, a worthie parte, 
 ufi!f'qlf^Jilufiiii That quailed not, witli ruine of theire wall: 
 
 But Captaines boulde , did prooue the mafons arte, 
 Which doth inferte , this leflbn vnto all; 
 
 That to dcfende , our countric dcare from harmc, 
 For warre , or worke, wee eythcr hande fhould arme. 
 
 Murus 
 
 duttetbfie cunSlos 
 
 Dudt, & tmmtmt 
 TttntnpmtiJJifHi^ 
 
Mums xnetif^famconfcientia. 
 
 To Miles Hob art E/qul^, 
 
 ^1 
 
 
 B 
 
 o T H E frefhe J and greene , the Laarell ftandeth fbundfe, NrcRcufDeros. _ 
 Thoughc lightningcs flaiHie J andthunderboltesdaflic: uyi^uw'^L^^uJZ, 
 Where, other trees are blaftcd to the grounde, . Jl^S^UHj^!" 
 
 Yet , not one leafe of it, is withered drie: 
 Euen Co , the man tliat hathe a confcience clearc, 
 When wicked men , doe -quake at euerie blafte, 
 Doth conftant ftande, and dothe no pern lies fcare. 
 When tempelles rage , doe make the worldc agafte : 
 
 Suche men are Ukc vnto the Laurell tree. 
 
 The others, like the blafted boughes that die. 
 
 Integer viu Jccltrk^^ pirns 
 Now eget Mumi iacuUs ncc aycHj 
 Nw vaieruitii grauida fagittU,' 
 Fnfft fhartttA' 
 
 S'm fer Syrtes iter diUttofts 
 SiHtfacitiYHi po- inhojfiitakm 
 Cmafmt, iiel qm loca fahitlofuf 
 
 Lair.bit H^dtj^ei. 
 
 I r 
 
 Hor.i.Carm.ij^ 
 
 SJc^ 
 
48 
 
 Sic difcerne. 
 
 To Tho. Stvtvile Efquter, 
 
 ^£^^fiamcdi 
 
 T N fruidefull fcildc amid the goodlie croppe, 
 -*- The hurcflill tares, and dernell ofte doe growc. 
 And many times, doe mountc abouc the toppc 
 Of highcft cornc : But ficilfuU man doth knowc, 
 "When grainc is ripe , with (iuc to purge the feedes. 
 From chaiFe, and dufte, and all the other weedes. 
 
 ouid.,.Trift.4. By which \^ ment, fith wicked men aboundc, 
 
 U^it fine mutilia, mol. ►— ,'f 1 J • • i \ r i i 
 
 ufquttngUriHSMms 1 lizt harde It IS, the good from bad to trie: 
 hu7^icp7Zy^ The prudent forte , fhouide haue fuche iudgement (bunde. 
 That Ml the good they fhouide from bad defcrie: 
 And fifte the good , and to difcerne their deedcs. 
 And weye tlie.bad, rioe better then the weedes. 
 
 Jntemra 
 
Interiors ijide. 
 
 To George brooke 'Efquier. 
 
 6p 
 
 
 'X' Hough outwarde thinges, doc trimme,&; brauc, appcarc^ 
 -■- And lightes at firfte , doe auiifwere thie deilre. 
 Yet, inwarde partes, if that they fliine not cleare, 
 Sufpcdc the fame , and backe in time retire : 
 
 For inwardlie , fuch deadlie foes maie lurkc. 
 
 As when wee truft , maie our deflxudion workc. 
 
 Though bcwtie rare , bee farrc and ncarc renounidc. 
 Though Natures giftes, and fortunes doc cxcell : 
 Yet, \i the minde , with heinous crimes aboundc, ' 
 And nothing good with in the (ame doc dweU: 
 
 Regarde it not , but fhonnc the outward fhowc, 
 
 Vnull, thou doe the inwarde vcrtues knowe. 
 
 V'mm emnU infc habet, omnU adfunt hem,qucm Plaut. iu Ampli^ 
 
 Veneii rinus, 
 
 I 5 Fortune 
 
70 
 
 Simile de Aiace fe- 
 iplum interficiente 
 (fuper cuius tumu- 
 lum viruis plorans 
 pro fjlfo iudicio^ 
 appacet ante, folio 
 tricefimo. Nam 
 ciim Achillis arma 
 p;t Agamemnonis 
 iudiciurn.Vlyffi ad- 
 iudicabantur, Aiax 
 iliius iaiuriz itnpa- 
 tlens, 8c pofteain- 
 fanus , feiprum in. 
 terficitbat , fie in- 
 <]uiens vt Ouid. ha- 
 hct ij.Meumorph. 
 Meciora qui folus, qui 
 firrum^tgnimque ,h' 
 
 uemqut, 
 St^tnuit toties,vntim 
 
 mnfuHirKt tram : 
 InuiStimq. vim vtcit 
 
 dolor, arti^itenfem: 
 JSt meiu htc ctrt'e efl, 
 
 *» tjr hunefibi pef.it 
 
 VlyJJis? 
 }{»( ait , vtedum eflin 
 
 me m:h\, quiq.auore 
 SxpePkrygum maJidt, 
 
 ttomini nunc utde m4> 
 
 debit, 
 tleqiafqmm ^iacem 
 
 ft/iic fuperare , nifi 
 
 ^laK, 
 Dixit , ^infeUu}, 
 
 ire. 
 
 Fortum <^irtuim fuper ans. 
 
 To Fr. W. Bjqmer. 
 
 :• ^id^d^^^ -f^S 
 
 WHEN E'R VTv s knewCy AvGVSTvs parte prcuairdc. 
 And fawe his frendes, Heblecdinge on the grounde, 
 Suche deadlie griefc , his noble harte afTailde, 
 That with his iworde, hee did him felfe confoundc: 
 But firfte , his frendes perfwaded him to flee, 
 "Whoe aunfwer'd thus, my flighte with handes fhalbee. 
 
 And bending then to blade , his bared brefle, 
 Hcc did pronounce, theile wordcs with couragCLgreat: 
 Oh Prowes vaine , I longe did loue tliee befte, * 
 But nowe, I fee , thou doefl: on fortune waite. 
 Wherefore with paine^, I nowe doe prooue it true. 
 That fortunes force J maie vaHant hartes fubdue. 
 
 Fides 
 
Fi{}es non et^parent'mm. 
 
 79 Barthram Calthorpe IjquleY. 
 
 7« 
 
 
 TH E fiffhcrman , doth cade his nettes in (ea. 
 In hope at lengthe , an happie hale to haue. 
 And is content , longe time to pau(c , and ftaie, 
 Thoughc, nothinge cllcs hee (eCjbefides the wane: 
 Yet , oneUe truil for thinges vnfeenc dothe (erne, 
 "Which feedes him ofi:e, till he doth almofie fteruc. 
 
 If fiiThermen , haue tlien (iiche conftant hope. 
 For hiddcn^hingcs , and (iich as doe decaie. 
 Let Chriftians then , the eies of faithe houlde ope. 
 And thinke not longe , for that which laftcs for aie, 
 And on Go D s worde, theirc hope to anchor fafte, 
 Whereof cache iote , (halbec fulfil'de at lafte. 
 
 J^on houe ntaclato cocUilia mmina gaudent, 
 Sed J qu£ fTA^ianda eSl & fme uUe , fide* 
 
 Ouid.Epift.i8. 
 
 Virtus 
 
1^ 
 
 virtus ynitAy yakt* 
 
 Ornatif. iuuenUfm nouem fiatrihus G e o r g 1 1 
 BvRGoiNE armigeri F. F. 
 
 
 /^^o. 
 
 TH E furging Sea, doth fake ^ -and fweete remained 
 And is preferiide with working , to and froe : 
 And not corruptcs, nor fuifreth anie ftaine, 
 Whiles in his boundes, the fame doth ebbe , and£owc: 
 But if it wafte , and forth by flufes fall, 
 It fbone corruptes , and hath no farce at all. 
 
 The arrowes fiiarpe , that in one fheafe are bounde, . 
 Are harde to breake , while they are ioined furc. 
 But feuer them , then feeble arc they founde. 
 So where as loue, and Concorde, doth indure: 
 
 A little force, doth mightilie prcuaile, 
 
 Where. Princes powers , with hate and difcordc quaild- 
 
 Crafiam- 
 
Cratiam nfenndam. 
 
 75 
 
 S 
 
 F, E hcare the ftorke prouidcs with tcntler care, 
 And bfingeth mcate, vnto her hatched broode: 
 They like againe, for her they doe prepare, 
 Vvhen (hee is ouldc,,aQd can not get her foode: 
 ^V'hich teacheth botlie ;, the parente and the childe, 
 Theire duties heare y which eche to other owe : 
 Firll J fathers muft be prouident , and milde, 
 Vnto theire fruicle , tUl they of age doe growe : 
 And children , mufte with dutie fhll proceede, 
 To reuerence them , and helpe them if they neede. 
 
 Aelianus lib. lo. 
 cap. x6. 
 
 IHem Jibro 8. 
 cap. li. vbi de 
 iiatura Ciconia: 
 miia fabula. 
 
 Vefejfum fertur portare Cicania pAtrenif 
 Hinc ilia pietai fmcla mum aue. 
 
 K 
 
 Faradiias poe- 
 ticus. 
 
 Altar it U 
 
74 
 
 ^Amrh'ut, 
 
 
 Ouid. Mctam. 
 lib. 4. 
 
 Horat.fcrra.t. 
 Sat. x. 
 
 HE A R E T AN T A L V s , as Poettcs doc deuine. 
 This guerdon hathe , for his oftence in heU: 
 The pleafante fruite, dothc to his Hppe decline, 
 A riuer faire vnto his chinne doth (well : 
 
 Yet, twixt thefe two, for foode the wrctche dothc fleruc, 
 For botlie doe flee , when they his neede fliouldc ferue. 
 
 The couetons man , this fable rcprehendcs. 
 For chaunge his name , and T a n t a l v s hee ky 
 Hee dottie abounde, yet fterues and nothing fpendeSj 
 But keepcs his goulde , as if it wcare not his : 
 With (lender fare , he doth his hunger fcede. 
 And dare not touche his (lore, when hee doth necdc. 
 
 Tafjtalm a Ubris Jitiens fu^kntia capiat 
 Ilumina, quid rides ? mutato nomine de te 
 Tabula nanatur , congeffis vndique faccii 
 IndormU inhians: & tanquam parcere facris 
 Concerts &c. • ■ ■ 
 
nj'iUy mifero loma. 
 
 75 
 
 nr O Caucaius , behoulde Promethevs chain'de, 
 -■- Whofe liLicr ftill , a greedic gripe doche rente: 
 He ncuer dies, and yet is alwaies pam'de, 
 With tortures dire , by which the Poectes ment. 
 That hee , that ftill amid miffortunes ftandes, 
 Is (brrowcs flaue, and bounde in laftingc bandes. 
 
 For , when that griefe doth grate vppon our gall. 
 Or furging Teas , of (brrowes mofte doe fwell. 
 That hfe IS dcathe, and is no Hfe at all, 
 The liuer rente , it dothe the confcience tell: 
 
 Which being launclvdc , and prick'd, with inward care. 
 Although wee Hue, yet ftiHwee dyinge are. 
 
 Qual'iter in Scythicd nltgam rupe Trometheut, 
 AfdUAm nimto peciore pauit aucm, &c. 
 
 K z 
 
 
 Dequo, Diodor, 
 Sicul.ltb,^. 
 
 Horati. Epift.i. 
 — f;« murus dtut' 
 fteus efio, 
 Nilconl'cire/ibi , nuUa 
 palitfitn cutfa. 
 
 MaiciaI.Iib.2. 
 
 Ccncor- 
 
76 
 
 Concordia, 
 
 'ijilcu^ '^rn^.'j^ 
 
 I 
 
 y 
 
 And. AlciiT. 
 
 FcBderis hxcj^ecies : id 
 
 habet concirduifignum, 
 
 Vt quosiwigtt amor. 
 
 h^,^ 
 
 i,^„>^- 
 
 If; 
 
 
 
 OF kinoes, and Princes greare,lo,Conc9rdeioyrjes the handes: 
 And Knittes theire {ubiedres haites in one , and wealthie makes 
 theire Landes. 
 Ic bloodie broiles dothe hate, and Enuie doune dothe tlirufte. 
 And makes the Souldiourlearne to plowghe, and let his armour rufte. 
 
 tame. 
 
 -^a:m)tCCC* 
 
 ^medium UmpeHimim ft. 
 
 Oui<l.J.Pont.«. 
 Ctim foUr»m reSe 
 tranfirt Ceraufjis velt 
 
 Vtfirdvitartmja- 
 xa, monendus tram. 
 Nunc mihi naufrttoit 
 quidprtdefl dittrefifft 
 
 £Im mia detuera 
 eurrcre cjirtba vi»' 
 
 TH R o V G H E rafed wall , a ferpet^ite backwarde flydcs. 
 And yet, before her poiforted head appeare. 
 The prudent man , for fafetie that prouide.s. 
 Doth ftrike at firfte , in dowte of further feare : 
 
 So all men fhoulde, when they to daunger dreede, 
 With all their force , preucnt the fame v/ith fpeede. 
 
 Sera 
 
Sero ftmtmt'Vhryves. 
 
 77 
 
 TH E prouerbe faieth , ib longe , the porte to water goes. 
 That at the lengrhe it broke returnes, which is apph'Je to thofc. 
 That longe wuh wyles , and fhiftes, haue cloaked wicked partes, 
 "V^'hoc haue at lengihe bene paied home, and had theireiuftdcfertes. 
 Eucn as the flymieeele, that ofte did flippe awaie. 
 Yet, withfiggeleaucs atlengthe was catch'de, & made the filThers praie. 
 
 Tibul.i. 9. 
 
 ^h mtfer , ir fi (}uii 
 pfimo permria cttlat, 
 Sira tarotrt taclti* 
 
 Dum ^mo ^ profam. 
 
 
 AN aged tree , whofe fappe is almoftc fpcnte , 
 Yet yceldes her boughes , to warme vs in the coulde : 
 And while it growes , her offalles ftill be lente, 
 But being falne, it turncth into mouldc. 
 
 And doth no good : foe cic to graue wee fall, 
 ■^'ee maie do good , but after none at all. 
 
 K 5 
 
 Dd f«(i, ium tua flint, 
 poff mortem tunc tua 
 ttonjitnl. 
 
 Noli 
 
7$ 
 
 Noli altumffere. 
 
 CL OMtCPttikfXH^'. 
 
 9, 
 
 Wj^C'i^ioi^.Lio^. ^^^i ^^ 
 
 Claud.i Ruf. 
 
 -'Uun nan ail culmina 
 
 rerum, 
 Iniiiiioi creuijfe (JHe- 
 
 rorttoUantiir in altii 
 Vt Uj>Jit maiorc tuant , 
 
 Cato. 
 ^Mitte arciuta dei C*- 
 litmc^ut iiiqutrert 
 (juid fit. 
 
 8f alius ffc. 
 Si ChrifluM bene fii^ 
 JktH efifiMUra nefin. 
 
 WITH, lime, and net , the Mauis, and thclarke^ 
 The fowler loe , deceaucd by his arte : 
 But whiUlc alofte , he leucl'd at his markc. 
 And did to highe exalte, his havvghtie hartc. 
 An adder fell , that in the graffe did lurke, 
 With poifbned ftinge , did his deflruClion worke. 
 Let mortall men, that are butearthe, and dujfte, 
 Not looke to highe, with pufFe of wordlie pride: 
 But fbmetime, viewe the place wheretoo they mufte, 
 And not delighte, the poorefl: to deride: 
 
 Lefie when theire mindes, do mountc vnto the fkies^ 
 Their fall is wrought , by thinges they doe diipile. 
 Some others are , that fitlic thisapplie, 
 To thofe , whoe doe Aftronomie profefiTe : 
 Whoe leaue the earthe , and iludic on the fkie, . 
 As if they coulde , all worldlie thinges cxprelle ; 
 Yet , when to knowe the ftarres they take in hande. 
 Of daungers neare, they doe not vnderftande. 
 
 Sarins 
 
Siepifii in mro hibitttr 'penenum. 
 
 79 
 
 HE A R E L A I s fine , cloth brauc it on the ftage. 
 With mufkecattes f\^''eere, and all fhec couldc defire : 
 Her beauties beames , did make the youthe ta rage. 
 And inwardlie Corinthus fet on fire: 
 
 Bothe Princes, Peeres, with learned men, and graue, 
 \Vith humble fute , did Lais fauour craue. 
 
 Not eucrie one , mighte to Corinthus goe, 
 The meaninge was, not all mighte Lais loac: 
 The manchct fine, on highe eftates beftowc. 
 The courfer chcatc , the bafer forte muft prooue : 
 Faire Helen leaue for M e n e l a v s grace. 
 And CoRiDONjletMABUB ftill imbrace. 
 And thoughe , the poore maie not ptcfume alofte. 
 It is no caufe , they therefore fhoulde difpairc : 
 For with his choife, doth I r v s ioye as ofte. 
 As dothe the Prince, that hathe a Venvs fairc: 
 No highe t'ftate, can giue a quiet life, 
 But God it is, that tslefleth man, and wife. 
 
 Then make thy cUoife, amongfte thy cqualles ftill. 
 If thou miflike Dianas fteppes to trace : 
 Thoughe Paris, had his Helen at his will, 
 Thinke howe his fade , was I l i o n s foulc deface* 
 
 And hee , that mofte the houfe of L A i s hauntcs , 
 The more he lookes , the more her face enchc^i^ntes. 
 
 De Laide Aul. Cct. 
 lib z. cap.S. 
 
 •Propertius Eleg.t. 
 Non ha comftebant 
 Ej/hjriea Laiiiot tides, 
 
 ^d cuius ittcM Grt' 
 ma Ura feres. 
 
 Horac. EpiA. lib. I. 
 Epift. 1 8. 
 
 A'on cuiuU homini na- 
 tingit 4dire QiriTim 
 thum. 
 
 claud.i. de volupt. 
 
 «iill. (ic, 
 
 BUnda qiudem vultu, 
 
 fid qud H«n tetritr 
 
 vUa. 
 Inttritu fiiC0t4 gtnui , 
 
 iX*miSl» dtlffit 
 tUvebrii, &c 
 
 PrdpoHer* 
 
8o 
 
 "^r^poflera fides. 
 
 AN E L L V s J fendes his corne vnto the mill, 
 Which beinge grounde, he tri'de it by the waighte: 
 And finding not the meafure, to his will, 
 Hee ftudied longe J to learne,che millers fleighte: 
 
 For noe complaintcs, coulde make him leaue to ftealc. 
 Or fill the facke , with fuftie mixed mcale. 
 
 "Wherefore , to mill he fente his deareft. wife,- 
 That nighte, and daie , fliee mighte the grindirige^viewe; 
 Where fhee, (kinde harte,,) to ende al f©rmer fbife. 
 Did dubbe her Spoufe , one ofVvLCANvs crewei 
 Oh grecdie foolc Anellus, of thy graine. 
 And of thy wife , too prodigall ^ and plaine. 
 
 Tatm 
 
Tatu'J leuia commhito, , 
 
 8i 
 
 
 I - H E little childe , is pleafde with cockhorfc gaie^ 
 X Akhoughe he afke a courfer of the befle : 
 The idcot likes , with babies for to plaie, 
 And IS di/grac'de, when he is brauelie drefte: r 
 A motley coate , a cockefcombe , or a bell, 
 Hce better likes , then Icwelles that excell. 
 
 So fondelinges vaine , that doe for honor fue, 
 And (cQkc for roomes, that worthie men dcferuc: 
 The prudent Prince J dothc giue hem ofte their due, 
 Whiche is faire wordes , that right their humors (erue: 
 For infantes handc , the rafor is vnfittc. 
 And foolcs vnmcetc , in wiledomes feate to iitte. 
 
 L Homi 
 
 Com. Gall. 
 Diuer/is diutr/a (H- 
 uaiit: no emmtuiannu 
 Omnia cenuimmty 
 
 ire. 
 
 c^ 
 
82, Homines 'Volu^tatihuj transformantur. 
 
 
 V 'I A. 'J Q E E here V l i s s e s men , transformed ftraungc to heare 
 Guid. M«ijtam» ^ 
 
 lib. 14. 
 
 I-lorat.i, Epift.i. 
 
 Some had the Thape of Goates, and Hogges, fomc Apes, and 
 Aflesweare. 
 
 Who , when they might haue had their former fhape againe. 
 They did refiife , and rather wifh'd , ftill brutifhe to remaine. 
 Which fhowes thofe foohfhe forte, whome wicked loue dothe thrall. 
 Like brutifhe beaftes do pafle theire time , and haue no (ence at all. 
 And thoiighe that wiiedome wouldc , they fhoulde againe retire. 
 Yet, they had rather CiR ces feruc, and burnein theire defire. 
 Then , loue the onelie erode , that clogges the worlde widi care. 
 Oh ftoppe your eares, and fhucte your cies, of Circes cuppes beware. 
 
 iftrenum vocts , & Circ€s poctda. nofii : 
 Qiu fi 4:um fociU ftulm , cupdinq^ bibijfet, 
 Sub domina meretrice fuifet turpis , & excorsy 
 Vixijfet cms immundw , vd arnica Into fm. 
 
 ludic'ttm 
 
hidimml?m£s. 
 
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 ' — - \S7' 
 
 ■ «* .^ vi^ J>' 
 
 : X) ^7 M V 
 
 !e??;?ft!g^? 
 
 
 
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 o P a;r r s ,. here the GoddefTes doc pleado: 
 "With kmgdomcs large , did I v n o nialce her (ute. 
 And Pallas nexte , with -aifcdomc him afdide^ 
 But V E N V s fairc, did Vyinnc the goulden fruite. 
 No princehe giftes , nor wiiedorae he did wey^, 
 For Bewne^ did comamide.him to obey. 
 
 The worldHe man , whofe fighte is alwaies dimmC;, 
 "W'hoie fancic fonde cache pleafure doth entice, 
 The liiaddovscs, are like fubftance vnto him. 
 And toyes more dcare , them thinges of greateft price: 
 But yet the wife this iudgement. rafhe deride. 
 And fentence giue on prudent Pallas lide. 
 
 'Regna louk ceniux; Virtutem filU ia^at. 
 
 Et poftea ibidem. 
 Vulce Ventu rifit. Nee te Pari munera ungunt, 
 Viraquf fujf^nfi plem timoTiSj ait. 
 
 L 1 RidicuU 
 
 Ouid.F.pift.15, 
 
 Dc iudicio Pa- 
 xidis* 
 
7^ 
 
 ^£cuU ambitlo. 
 
 /" 
 
 ^j;;^3^i^^^-^ 
 
 i^' 
 
 Aelian. dc var, 
 Hiftor, lib.i4* 
 cap. } 0. 
 
 HE ARE Hanno ftandcs , and lookes into the fkyc. 
 And feedes him felfe, with hope of future praife^ 
 Vnro his birdcs, he dotlic his eare applic. 
 And truftes in tyme , that they his name fhould raife: 
 For they weare taughtc , before they flcwe abrode, 
 Longe tymc to faie , that Hanno was a God. 
 
 But , when the birdes from bondage weare releafl. 
 And in the woodes, with other birdes weare ioin'dc. 
 Then H a N n o s name , theirc woonted lefTon ceafte, . 
 For cache did flngc , accordingc to his kinde : 
 
 Then flee this faulte, Ambition workcs our fhamc, 
 And vertue loue , which dothe excoll our name. 
 
 DefdUm 
 
n)ejidiam abliciendam. 
 
 85 
 
 
 Vs'E labour ftill, and leauc thie flouthfiiU featc, 
 Flee IdlcnelTc, which bcggers ftate dothe giue : 
 "With fA-eate of browe , fee that thou get thy meatCj 
 If thou be borne, with labouring handc to Hue: 
 And get , to cate . and eate , to liue with praife: 
 Liuc not to cace , to Iiue with wanton ea(e. 
 
 By DR.ACOES lawes , the idle men (liouldc die, 
 'The Florentines, made banifhemeuttheire painc: 
 In Corinthe, thofe that idlie rhey cRfffcc, 
 "Wcare warn'dc at firfte , the fcconde time were flaine; 
 And eke Saind Paule , the flothfuU thus dotli threatc, 
 "Whoc laboreth not , denic him for to eate. 
 
 Quftmx jy£fi^us quare fit fd^m adulter: 
 In prompiu caujfa ejl , defidtofus erat. 
 
 L 5 
 
 « Sabcl, 
 Paal.Thefj.ea.^ 
 Nci] lie gratis pa- 
 nem manducaui- 
 tnus ab aliquo, 
 fed in laborc, & 
 in fatigatione, 
 node, & die opc- 
 rantes&c. 
 
 (^ poiJea : 
 Qujniarn fiquis 
 noil vult operari, 
 necmanducct. 
 
 Ouid. i.Rcracd. 
 Amotis. 
 
 {J^ertui 
 
^^ 
 
 Mortui dimttdz. 
 
 Ad Reuerendum virum D«. Alexandrvm Nowel i VauUha 
 ecclefta Londini Decanmn , doctrina, & exewph cUrmn. 
 
 Horat.i. Garnn.4. 
 Talitda mors te(^uc pn!= 
 /at ycde pauferum ta- 
 
 Propertrtis i.iS. 
 tiatfd vUaiportai it opts 
 ^cbcrontit ad vndas: 
 
 Nudmab infirna 
 finite vchcrt rati' 
 t'itlor cum viUu pari- 
 Ser nifcehitHr vmbm, 
 
 ConfuU cum Mari^ 
 9»/U luffirtka fida, ■ 
 
 TH E Princes gre.ite J and Mcij.uxlits of the earthe, 
 Whoe , while they liu'de, the worlde might not fuffice : 
 Yet can they claime, by greatnefle of their birthe, 
 To bearc from hence-, when nature life denies, 
 
 Noe more then rhcy, ;who fo-^ i^lciG: did pyne, . 
 \Vhich is but thi?, a. fhrouding fheete of twyne. 
 
 Thoughe fewe there bee, while they doe flourifhc heere. 
 That doe regarde the place whereto the mufte: 
 Yet J thoughe theire pride like Lucifers appeere. 
 They fhalbcc fure at lengthe to turne to dufte : 
 
 The Prince , the Poore, the Prifbner, and the flaue. 
 They all ac lengthe, are furamon'de to their graue. 
 
 But 
 
BiK, hec that princes this dcepche in his iiiincle^ 
 
 Ahhoughe he fee in mightie C ><• s a r s chaire. 
 
 Within this life , fhall contentation finde, 
 
 When carelefle men, ofte die in great difpaire: 
 
 Then, let them bhillhc that woulde be Chriftians thougln^ 
 And taile hereof, Sith Turkes the fame haue taught. 
 
 As Saladine, that was the Souldainc greate 
 
 Of Babilon , when deathe did him arrefle. 
 
 His fubiecles charg'd, when he fhouldelcaue his ieate. 
 
 And hfe rellgne, to tyme, and natures hefte: 
 
 The)' fhould prepare, his ffiyrcc vppon a fpeare. 
 And all about forthwith the fame fhoulde bcarc. 
 
 Throughc A s c h a l o n, the place where he deceaftc, 
 W ith trumpet Sounde , and Heralce to declare , 
 Theife wordes alowde: The Kittle of all tbe'EaRej 
 Great Saladine, behoulde is Jiripped bare : 
 
 Of kingdonies Urge, and Ijes in houfe of daiej'. 
 
 And this is all , be bare \\>ith him awaie. 
 
 ■»7 
 
 Vrbs Paljcftinat, 
 
 ^od in te e§i , prome. 
 
 Ad eundem. 
 
 "^X 
 
 jA-pArli'iTW -p* 
 
 (f1>^.\!t:^^ 
 
 TH E Pellican , for to rcuiue her younge. 
 Doth peirce her breft , and geuc them of her blood : 
 •Then (earche your biefte , and as yow haue with tonge. 
 With pcnnc proccede to doe our countrie good : 
 
 Your zeale is great, your learning is profounde. 
 Then helpc our wantes, with that you doe abounde. " 
 
 Psrad. Potft. 
 
 r»r Phariusronrofigit 
 fttecanui amto, '■ 
 Et/h pro natitjic nt' 
 
 De far- 
 
88 
 
 Omi I. RemetJ. 
 Amoris, 
 
 Tlumiiia magna -jidei 
 pattui de fentihus ortaf 
 
 Flurtma coUiHU 
 mtUtiflicatitttr aqniit 
 
 Vt huic vacuo 
 fpacioaliquidad- 
 iicJam,non facile 
 occurnt (mi fra- 
 icr) quod & tibi 
 (iam patrifami- 
 lias)&huic5ym- 
 bolo roagis con- 
 .ucniar, quam il- 
 lud Horatianuna 
 sd Icciuna. 
 
 I.Epift, IZr 
 
 *2)^ paruufy grandii ojceruus erit. 
 To my brother M, Br. Whitney. 
 
 ALTHOVGHE thy ftore bee fmall , for to beginnc. 
 Yet guide it well , and fbone ij: is increafte. 
 For mightie men, in time theire weakhe did winne, 
 Whoe had at firfte , as little as the lefte.: 
 
 Where God dothe blcfTe, in time aboundance fpringes. 
 And hcapes are made , of manic little thinges. 
 
 IruH'thm Agrippd skulii ^ quos coUigis Jcch 
 Si rede fueris : mn eH vt copia tnaior 
 Ah low doriAr't popt tibi , tote querelas, 
 fauper mm mn eii, m rerum Juppetit vy«r. 
 
 frita^ 
 
vita irrequieta. 
 Ad Do^if virtm \V. M. fortune tela iStum. 
 
 Z7 
 
 
 'T* H E Apodes J which doe in India breede, 
 ^ Still flie about, and feldome take theire ea^ : 
 They haue no ^t.^iQ, , to refte them as wee reade. 
 But with theire flighte, do compalTe lande, andfeas: 
 Vnto this broode , thofe that about doe rome, 
 "Wee maie compare: that:haue no houfe, nor home. 
 
 Bothe houses faire, and citties great, they veiwe. 
 But Riuers (wiftc, theire paflagc ftiU do let. 
 They ofte looke backe , and doe theire fortune rue. 
 Since that therin , they hauc no (eate to fet: 
 
 Thus, pafTe they throughe theire longe vnquiet^Hfe, 
 Till dcathe dothe come , the cnde of worldlie ftnfe. 
 
 onw.e [ohm forti patria eft , vtfifcibm aquor, 
 Vt volucri vacm quicquid in orbe patet. 
 
 M 
 
 Tuuen. Sat. lO. 
 
 *Fmuu licet portis ar- 
 gent i vafcula puri, 
 
 Noll titer ingrijfas gla- 
 dmm, contum^ue ti' 
 raebiiy 
 
 Et tnttx dd lunara trim 
 pidahu arundmu 
 vrahram. 
 
 (antaiiit vacttus faraja 
 L'.trtne vtater. 
 
 Oaid.z.FaA. 
 
 ExilU. 
 
po 
 
 dato0'fnh:i6e 
 
 In eum qui truculeniiafuommprlerli. 
 
 Ad affinem/uum , R. £. thedlcum infignem. 
 
 Aelian. De Ani- 
 malibus lib. 5». 
 cap.y. &Iib.ii. 
 cap. 1 1. 
 
 Alciatas. 
 
 NamJinei:proprw Nt- 
 ftutjusparcit ulumnii, 
 Sluu tutos hofnines 
 nAutl/us ejjipuiat? 
 
 Behis.Petrarcka 
 lib. vtriufc[. for- 
 tunae ia titulo de 
 raoricntibus ex- 
 tra patriani , lu- 
 culentcrfcribit. 
 
 Aufonius Epigr. 
 
 'T* H E Dolphin fwifte, vpon die fhore is tlirownc, 
 -■■ Thoughe he was bred, and fofter^d, in the flood: 
 If N E PT V N E fhewe (iich wronge , vnto his owne. 
 Then , howc maie man in (hippes hauc hope of good: 
 
 The raging Sea, our countrie <loth declare; 
 
 The Dolphin fifhe, thofe chat exiled arc. 
 
 And thoughe this fi(hc, was mightie in the .(ea. 
 Without regarde, yet was hec cafte on fhore: 
 So famous men, that longe did beare the (waie, 
 Haue bene exil'd, and liiid in habit pore : 
 
 This, Socrates: and Marcvs T v l h v s tri'dc: 
 Demosthenes, and thoulandes moe bcfide. 
 
 ToYtUM nunquam Jijlit in eodem fiatu. 
 Semper mouetur , variat , & tnutat vices, 
 Et/umma in imum V€rtit,4c verjh erigiu 
 
 Tecum 
 
Tecum haVita, 
 MAgnMumfuumK, W. Cooknfim. 
 
 5^1 
 
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 (i 
 
 ASoIemne feafte great I v f i t e r did make, 
 And warn'd all beaftes, and creatures to be there: 
 The prefTe was muche , cache one his place did take: 
 At lengthe , when all weare in there cheifeft cheare: 
 At feconde courfe, tlie fhaile crepte flowlie in, 
 Whomc I o V E did blame , caufe hee To flacke load bin. 
 
 WTio aunfwered thus, oh kinge behoulde the caufe? 
 I beare my houfe, wherefore my pace is flowe: 
 Which warneth all , in feafting for to paufe, 
 And to the fame , with pace of fhaile to goc : 
 And further telles , no places maie compare^ 
 Vnto our homes, where wee commaundersaic 
 
 
 
 Admonet hoc, fe^anda gradu comma tarda, 
 M^tie doitto po^m duldm ejfe nihil. 
 
 M 2. 
 
 Jndti" 
 
5>i 
 
 Indnfim mturam corrigit. 
 
 Ad D. H. \Vh. patruelk met F. 
 
 'A:r<3. 
 
 I . » 
 
 Ouid.Epift.u. 
 
 TH E Lute J who(e founde doth moft delighte the eare. 
 Was cafte afide , and lack'de bothe{b:inges,andfretccs: 
 Whereby , no worthe within it did appeare, 
 Mercvrivs came , and it in order (ettes : 
 
 Which being tun'de , (iiche Harmonic did lende. 
 That Poettes write , the trees theire toppes did bende. 
 
 Euen (b ^ the man on whome dothe Nature froune. 
 Whereby , he Hues difpifd of eucrie wighte, 
 InduHrie yet , miie bringe him to renoume. 
 And diHgence , maie make the crooked rightc : 
 
 Then haue no doubt, for arte maie nature helpc. 
 
 Thinke howe the beare doth forme her vglye whelpc. 
 
 si mihi difficilU formam natura negauit-, 
 Ingenio forma damna rependo mc&» 
 
 Iftfor- 
 
In/or tunia noFira^ dients colUu^ leuiora, 
 
 Ai eundem. 
 
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 S. 
 
 
 TH E Aile, and Ape comphine, and thought theire fortunes bad? ouid. 9 Wetam. 
 
 The Adej for wante of hornesr the Ape, bycaufe no taile he had. ^^^\Jf''''^r%^f' 
 
 The Mole, then anfwere made: I haue no eyes to fee, quejutlm?: " ' 
 
 Then wherefore can you nature blame, if that you looke on mec. ^tmnvuitn/ttura^ 
 Which biddes vs bee contente, with lot that God dorh fende. 
 For i('«.'CQ others wantes do wey , our happes wee maie commende. 
 
 pttcntior cmnibtu liJu. 
 
 Vxorid 'virtutes. 
 
 To my Sister , M . D. C o l l F y. 
 
 1^ 
 
 
 Til I s reprelentes the vertues of a wife. 
 Her finger, flaies her tonge to runne at large. 
 The modcft lookes, doc fliewc her honeft hfe. 
 The keys, declare fhce hathe a care , and chardge. 
 
 Of hufbandes goodes: let him goe where he pleafc. 
 The Tonoyfc warnes , at home to fpend her dales. 
 
 M 5 
 
 Inu'tdu 
 
 Plautus in Amph. 
 
 'JS(on ei^o iliam mihi 
 
 dotim diico ejji, qu* 
 
 doi dtcitur^ 
 Sed pudutttam i^ yn- 
 
 dorem , i!y pd^tum 
 
 (upidmew, 
 Daiim metunt, partru. 
 
 turn amorero, ^ ca~ 
 
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 Imidia defcripio* 
 AdRa.W* 
 
 r.'j&ta^^^^^'yt 
 
 InuiJiam OuiJ. 
 defcribit i.Me- 
 tamorph. 
 
 Lucrct. j^ 
 
 Stkuerat fnuidia Mt€ 
 ttuloi tin* ejji potettm, 
 lUum adlpeffitri, tUro 
 ^ui incedtt hsnort : 
 Jpftfe tn ttnebr'ts vthu^ 
 nanoque qutruatur. 
 
 vv 
 
 HAT hideous liagge wiili vifagc fterne appeares? 
 "Whofe feeble lirnmes, can fcarce the bodie ftaie: 
 This ,. Enuie is: leane , pale, and full of yeares, 
 "Who with the blifTe cf other pines awaie. 
 
 And what declares , her eating vipers broods? 
 That poyfbned thoughtes , bee euermorc her foode. 
 
 "\^^hat meanes her eies? fo bleared , fore , and redd: 
 Her mourningc flill, ta fee an others gaine. 
 And what is mente by fnakes vpon her head^.. 
 The fruite that fpringes , of fuch a venomed braine. 
 
 But whie, her harte fhee rentes within her brcft? 
 
 It fhewes her {elfe ,.doth worke her owne vnreft. 
 
 Whie lookes fhce wronger bicaule fhee woulde not fee. 
 
 An happie wight , which is to her a hell : 
 
 "What other partes within this furie bee? 
 
 Her harte , with gall: her tonge, with ftinges doth fwell. 
 And lafte of all, her ftaffe with prickes aboundes : 
 Which fhowes her wordes , wherewith the good fhce woundes. 
 
 Guid.Iib. I. Dc 
 AxteAmandi.. 
 
 Jm'ilior fegei eft alienU femper in agrU^ 
 Vicmw^ pectn ^randius yhr hdeu 
 
 Ve In^ 
 
T>« Inuido Q^oAmro, iocofum. 
 
 !>S 
 
 TH E Goddes agreed , two men their wiftie fhould haue : 
 And did decree , who firfte demaunde did make, 
 Shoulde hauo his wifhe: and he that laft did craue. 
 The others gifte fhoulde double to him take. 
 
 The Couetous wretche, and the Enuious m^nt 
 Theifc weare the two , that of this cafe did fcanne. 
 They longe did ftriuc , who fhoulde the firfte demaunde : 
 The Couetous man rcfufde, bicaufe his mate, 
 Shoulde haue his gifte then doubled out of hande: 
 The thought whereof, vppon his hartc did grata 
 
 Wherefore the Goddes, did plague him for his CnnCj 
 And did commaunde, th'Enuious man beginne. 
 Who did not craue , what Midas cheife did choofe, 
 Becaufe his frcnde, the fruitc thereof (liould finde: 
 But onelie wifh'dc, that he one eie might loofc, 
 Vnto the endc, to haue the other blinde: 
 
 "Which beinge fay'd, he did his wifhe obtainc: 
 So but one eye , was lefte vnto them twaine. 
 See heare how vile , theifc cayifFes doe appearc. 
 To God, and man: but chieflie fas wee fee) 
 The Couetous man , who hurteth farre, and nearc* 
 Where fpytefuU men , theire owne tormentors bee. 
 But boche be bad , and he tlut is the befte, 
 God keepc him thence, where honeft men doc rcile. 
 
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 Bycaufe his name, and Nature both, with thyne doe well agree. 
 
 Hadrianus lu- 
 niusHarlemen- 
 
 iis Medicus cla- /- ,i i /~ i i i i i t i 
 
 tiir. inter Emblc- Difpiie all plealLires vayne, nQuld vertue by the hand, 
 
 mata fua, filio J{u.d as in rage of wyndes^and Seas,the Rocke doth hrmelyftande. 
 fuoPetrohocin- -n t i /- 
 
 fcripfit. Softand thou all way es lure , that thoU maift hue with fame, 
 
 Reinembring how the Latins fbunde a Roeke Co like diy name. 
 
 Quid. £pi(l. 15a 
 
 Permanet in voto tnens meajrmajua. 
 
 Vtan 
 
n>um potes ^ <uiue, ^j 
 
 Ad vttertm Juum amicum D». Georgivm Salmon, 
 qui maximo y'tu fericulo Roma euafit. 
 
 f'-K^ \^ 
 
 hr H E Cuttle fifhe, that likes the muddie crickes, 
 -■- To which, the (ea dothe flowe at euerie tide : 
 For to efcape the fifhers ginnes , and trickes. 
 Dame nature did this ftraunge deuife prouide : 
 That when he feeth , his foe to lie in wayte, 
 Hce muddes the ftreame , and (afelie fcapesdeceyte. 
 
 Then man: m whome doth facred reafbn reft^,, 
 All waics, and mcanes, fhoulde vfe to (auc his life: 
 Not wilfuUic 3 tlie fame for to deteft. 
 Nor rafhlie ranne, when tyrauntes rage with ftrife : 
 But conftant ftande, abyding fweete or fbwcn,> 
 Vntill the Lorde appoynte an liappie hower.- 
 
 Obfiuri lat'ues me condunt : fcrnere U^am 
 Mramema yetant: abditAj ma nator 
 
 N Celfi 
 
 Odrd.j.Ah.Amantf. 
 Nh qu* pmteriit, tm- 
 fit ftuittttitttr vnda ; 
 
 ^« qudft*ternt 
 htra rttl/re pottii, 
 Yttndum tfi dtate, iitp 
 fedt lahituf dtat'j 
 
 Q^ti bona tamftqtU' 
 P*r,q\tam k»it»ftima 
 
 Paradifus pocVa 
 dc Scpia. 
 
P8 
 
 StdtitUfmfeiffumfagmdr'u 
 
 Ad H. S. commmem viduarum procum. 
 
 TH E Foxe , that longe for grapes did leape in vayne. 
 With wearie limmes, at Icngthe did fad departe: 
 And to him felfe quoth hee, I doe difdaync 
 Thefe grapes I fee , bicaufe their tafte is tarte : 
 
 So thou, that hunt'ft for that thou longc haft mift. 
 Still makes thy boaft , thou maift if that thou lift. 
 
 
 Virefck ytdnere virtus. 
 
 TH E dockes (thoughe trodcn) growe, as it is dailie (eene: 
 S« Yci:tue,thoughcitlon^c bee hid,with woundinge waxcth grecne. 
 
Imfar coniugmm. 
 
 Ad Aphflum. 
 
 99 
 
 
 TH E tyraunt vile M e z e N t i v s :> put in vre, 
 Amongft the plagues > wlierewithhee murtheredmen: 
 To binde the quicke, and dead , togeather furCj 
 And then , to throwe them, both into a denne. 
 Whereas the quicke, (liould ftill the dead imbrace, 
 Vntill with pine , hee turn d into that cafe. 
 
 Tho(e wedding webbes , which fbmc doe weaue with ruthcj, 
 
 As when the one, with ftraunge difeafe doth pine: 
 
 Or when as age , bee coupled vnto youthe. 
 
 And thofe th^ hate , inforced are to ioyne , 
 
 This reprcfcntcs : and doth thole parentes fiiowe. 
 Arc tyrauntesmeere, who ioyne their children foe. 
 
 Yet manie arc, who not the caufe regarde, 
 The birthe, the yeares, nor vertues of the minde: 
 For goulde is firft, with greedie men prefer'de. 
 And loue is laftc , andJikinge let behinde : 
 
 But parentes harde, that matches make for goodes: 
 Can not be free, from guilte of cliildrens bloodes. 
 
 Qium male vuquales venimt ad aratra iuuencii 
 Tarn prcmitur ma^no contuse nu^ta minor. 
 
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 Virg.8.iEncid. 
 Jiiortwi quinetia itm- 
 gtbat corpora vtuU, 
 Campemm manibiifyut 
 
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 THE lions roare: the Boi'cs theirc tufkes do whet. 
 The Griphins grafpe theirc tallantes in theirc ire: 
 The dogges do barkcj the bulles,with homes doe thwt. 
 The Serpen tes hifle, with eyes as reddc as fire. 
 
 But man is made, of fuche a fccmehc fhapc. 
 That frendc , <» foe , h not difcerri'd by face : 
 Then harde it i^ the wickeds wiles to fcapc. 
 Since that the bad , doe mafke with honeft grace. 
 
 And Hypocrites , hauc Godlic wordes at will. 
 
 And rauening wolues , in fkinnes of lambes doc lurkc^ 
 
 And Cain doth fecke, his brother for to kill , 
 
 And faindes in fhewe , with I v d A s hartes doe worke- 
 
 Nowe, fince the good no cognizance doc beare. 
 To reache vs , whome wee chieflic (hould imbrace^ ' 
 But that the fame the wicked (brte doe wearc. 
 And fhewe thera felucs like them , in eueric cafe. 
 
 D« vet2 Amicitia 
 Pontius Paulinus, 
 
 AufoniofctibitEp.t A table lo, herein to you I fendc, 
 
 gnm rm[4u* refiim vVhcreby you might remember llili to write. 
 
 His wot- 
 
His wordes , and dcedes , that bcares the face officndc. 
 Before you choofe , fuche one for your delite. 
 
 And if at Icngthe, you' trye him by this tuche. 
 And findc him haulc , whereby you ftand in dour. 
 No harte, nor hand, fee that you ioyne with fuche 
 But at the firft, bee bould to rafe him out. 
 
 Yet if by proofe, my wordes, and deedes agree. 
 Then let mee ftill within your tables bee. 
 
 nAmmifcrmium Jeruitus, 
 
 Ad ornatum virttWy D. Ellisevm Gryphith. 
 
 X9I 
 
 FduU , run ttrrinl* 
 ftntU loti^a dipmit, 
 Mk ptrirmt ; toti licet 
 
 siffrahar orht-Jcl 4u» : 
 t^untjuam animod:- 
 uijHS agam-^ prim \ffa 
 rectdit 
 
 Carport vita mto, qu^ 
 vesitr feOtn vtdtus. 
 Hornr.i. Serm.). 
 ^t pAter T/tgnati,/!c 
 BOS dehemuiamki, 
 Si (fuodfu vitinm ntn 
 fiflidnc, ^li. 
 
 
 TH E Prouerbe (aithe, the bounde mufte ftill obey. 
 And bondage bringes , the freeft man in awe : 
 '^^hoe ferues muft plcafe, and hearc what other fayc. 
 And leame to keepe *Harpocrates his lawe: 
 Thwi bondage is the Prifon of the minde: 
 And makes them mute, where wifedome rs by kinde. 
 
 The Nightingall , that chaunteth all the fpringe, 
 
 Whofc warbUngc notes , throughout the wooddes are hardc, 
 
 Beinge kepte in cage, fhe ceafcrh for to finge. 
 
 And mournes , bicaufc her hbertie is barde : 
 
 Oh bondage vile, the worthie mans deface, 
 Bcc farre from thofe , that learning doc irabracc. 
 
 N 4 
 
 •Silcniij dcus 
 apudAegyptos, 
 
 UmXm 
 
102. 
 
 lnfortlsfu£ contemptores. 
 
 Cicero Tufc. 5. & 
 Valer. Max. & Si- 
 don. Apollinatis 
 lib.i epift.ij. 
 
 Horat< Serm. i. 
 Satyra i. 
 
 fi(mo, quam fibi forti 
 Siu ratio dedtrit , fiu 
 ftritbiturit, ilia 
 Ctnttntui viuat: Uudet 
 Aiucrfa fequcntii? 
 O finnnati mtrcato - 
 rts, grtutM annit 
 iMiltt ait, ire 
 
 Horat. Carm }. 
 Ode I. 
 
 DiHriBui enjii mvf»- 
 ftr iipptt 
 
 CtrMiepend(t,inn 
 SimU dupe:. 
 
 Duliem claborabnnt 
 JUforim : 
 
 Non auium,cifhar»'' 
 ^Miiantus 
 Stmnum reductnt, irt. 
 
 SeDccaOed. Aft^). 
 
 S}ui fieftra duupiuM 
 imperio rtget, 
 Timit timentti: mttHi 
 mmtStQTtmrtia, 
 
 ERE Damocles, deHrouS' for to tafte. 
 The princelie fare, of Dion ysi vs kinge. 
 In royall featcj was at the table plafte,. 
 Where pages liraue , all daintie catcs did bringe:- 
 
 His. bed of goidde., with curious coueriuges fpred. 
 And CLibbourdes ritche, with plate about his bed. 
 
 No wheje hee ftay'de, but muficiue fweete did fbunde; 
 No where hee went, but hee did odors fmell^ 
 Nowe in his pom pe, when all thinges did abounds,^ 
 Being afk'd , if that this, life did plcafe him well : 
 
 Hee aun(were made^ it was the heauen alone,. 
 
 And that to it, all other liucs weare none. 
 
 Theruo did the king comaunde a naked fworde, . 
 
 Vnto the roofe, fhoulde with a heare bee knit :r 
 
 That right fhoulde hange, when hee was plac d-atbourde, 
 
 Aboue his head , where he did vfe to fit : 
 
 "Which when hee fawe , as one diftrade with care, 
 Hee had no ioye in mirthe, nor daintie fare* 
 
 But 
 
But did bcfcfcch, the Tyrannt for togiuc. 
 His former llate , and take his pompc againe : 
 By u-hich , wee Icarne , that thofe who meanely liue, 
 Haue ofce more ioye, them thofe who riile and raigne: 
 But cheifelye , if hke him they doe appearc, 
 Who night, and dayc, of fabiedles iloode in feare. 
 
 103 
 
 Intcrdum requiefcendum. 
 Ad Dn, P E T R V M C o L V I V M Bruginfem. 
 
 Claud 4:honDr. 
 
 £luitmtt,pluuf{eti. 
 met: /on ifla t)rjnnu 
 (oiiuoiit, inuuteant da- 
 rn fortcfime trucidcHt, 
 Jfiiniri giatlth viiiiint , 
 fif/ti^ue vaicnn 
 ^lidfttci haheant aV' 
 ca, trtftdtq. mineutuTt 
 
 Periandetapud Am- 
 fonium. 
 
 Multu ttrribilit (anttt 
 muli»t, 
 
 Aclianus de tyran- 
 nis lih.io. cap.\. fie 
 lib. 6. cap. I). Dc 
 Var. Hift. 
 
 
 Co N T I N V A L toile , and labour , is not befte: 
 But fometimes ceafc , and reft thy wearie bones. 
 The daic to worke, the nighte was made to refte, 
 And ftudentcs muft haue paftimes for the nones: 
 
 Sometime the Lute, the Chefle, or Bowe by fittcs. 
 For ouermuch , dothe dull the fineft wittcs. 
 
 For lacke of rcftc , the feildc dothe barren growe. 
 The winter coulde, not all the yeare doth raigne: 
 And daihe bent, doth weakc the ftrongeft bowe: 
 Yea our delightcs ftill vf'd, wqc doc difdainc. 
 
 Then reft by fittes , amongfte your great affaires. 
 But not too muche, lefte (loathe dothe fet her fniftcs. 
 
 Ntc enim facundU femper 
 
 Addu^d cum jronte placet : nee femper in armu 
 Bellica turba manet : nee toU clapcus horror 
 UoUe d'teque gemit : nee femper Cnopus area 
 DeHinat , exempto fed laxat cornua neruo. 
 Et gtltA miles caput t & Utm etifi refoluit. 
 
 Lucaous ad Pi- 
 (bacm- 
 
THE SECOND PARTE 
 
 OF EMBLEMES, 
 
 AND OTHER DEVISES^ 
 
 gathered, Enghfhed^ and moralizjdy 
 
 And diucrfe newlic deuifed , by 
 Geffrey JVhUney. 
 
IN PRAISE, OF THE T;W O NOBLE 
 
 EARLES, WarwI CKE, AND LeyCESTER. 
 
 f n^T^a^ y ^ ^ 5f4;'^x/^tf/f 4r^3 th e gr eat errand the leffe, 
 a^^ ^>A ^^^^ ktjowne to thofe that trauaile farre , and 
 
 neare 
 
 Pes, vrfxmaio- 
 ris ad Antipodes 
 kcet. 
 
 Without ^hofefighte^ thefhipman failes I'/gejfe, 
 if that the Sonm^ or Mooney doe not appeare. 
 They both doe fhowe , to th' Eqnino6iiaU liney 
 K^nd one , vnto th'A ntipodes doth fhine, 
 
 Thefe , haue their lighte from P h OE b v s goulden rates. 
 
 And all the "^orlde , by them receyueth good: 
 
 Without "^hofe helpe , no man might e pajfe the feoiy 
 
 But euer ftande in daunger of the flood ; 
 
 oh bleffed lightes , the ^orke of heauenly hande, 
 Tou, millions faue from ruthe of rocl^ y andfande* 
 
 Two noble peeresy "^ho both doe giue the beare. 
 Two famous Earles^hofe praifes pierce the fkye : 
 Who both are pUcd in honours facred cheare, 
 ■ Whofe "^porthie fame fhall Hue , a^d ne«er dye\ 
 Jn Englifhe courte doef^ende their bkffed daies : 
 of pubUque ^eaUy two greatey and mightie fiaiesi 
 
 And as thofe flarres ^/Phoebvs lighte are feene. 
 So y both thefe Earles haue honour y mightey and power: 
 Erom P H oEa e brighte, our moFle renowmed ^ueene, 
 Whofe fame , no time , nor enuie can deuorver : 
 And vnder her , theyjfhowe to others lightey 
 And doe reioyce tenne thoufand ^ith their fighte, 
 
 JButyf/nce that all that haue bin borne ^ haue ende, 
 \,And not hinge can ')^ith natures I awes di (pence : 
 Vowchfafe oh Lorde, longe time their Hues to lendcy 
 Before thou call thefe noble pcrfons hence : 
 
 whofe fame y '^hile that the B cares in fkie fhall fhowe y 
 Within this landcy all future times fhall J^nowe. 
 
 Inpraife 
 
107 
 InprMfe of the Righte JioHorMe my ^ood Lorde, and MalHer, 
 the E.irle o/Leycester. 
 
 HE E that dc fires to paffe the [urging Stas^ 
 Bycatife they are fo bonder full to fee^ 
 ^^nd ^ithetit fkill^dothventttre ^heArsheefleAfe^ 
 while that the Katies both caulme , and quiet hee^ 
 
 Weare better farre , to keefe hirn on the lande. 
 
 Then for to take fuch enterpri/e in hande, 
 Tor^ if hee lacke his compajfe , and his carde^ 
 And arte therfore^ to fhape his courfe aright ei 
 Or pylottes good y that daungers may regardcy 
 when purge doth five It ^ and ^indes doe fhowe their mighte] 
 
 Doth perriO life , throughe^anton freckles ^i//. 
 
 And dotlj to late lamente his lacke of fkilL 
 So ^ hee that fhoulde ^ith ^iUJjee (iirrdto ^ryte. 
 Tour noble acles ^ your gift es and vertues rare: 
 Jf Pa.l las ayde hee lacke , for to indite^ ■ 
 Hee fhould but hasfe his follie to declare, 
 
 C^nd ^rongeyour righte ^ defer uingeY i R g I L s penne\ 
 
 \^nd Homers fktU^ if they ^eare here agayne. 
 Then, heU for fuch to take a longer paufcy 
 Then to attempte a t hinge fo farre vnfitte : 
 For » they may knowe to ^rite of fuch a caufCy 
 Befeemeth best , the fine , and rareU ^itte, 
 
 Tet thofe that^oulde, I "^i fie their learningefutche^. 
 
 That as they fhoulde , they mighte your vertues tutche. 
 
 An other of the famci 
 
 SINCE fa)ite U vp'igbte ofwtnge, and throughe eche dymate flies. 
 And vcoorthy acles of noble peeres, doth raife vntathefk^s. 
 Andfincefhee hathe extolled your praifes longe agoe. 
 That other countries farre, and ne.ire,your noble name doe knovpe. ■ 
 Althoughe 1 houlde mj peace, throughe vcante of learned fkill, • 
 Yet fhallyour papnge fame bee himme , and bee renorvmedfiill' 
 And thofe that haue defire^ vppon yourprdfe to bake, 
 Mayfnde it truly pen'd by fame^ v^tfm her gouldm booke. 
 Where, on the formoU fro7ite of honours bautie fiagCy. 
 Sheeplaceth you, m equall roome, vc'nh ante of your 4g«=« 
 Wherfore to fame lyeeld, and ceafe what 1 begonnei 
 Bt(aufe,it if tn vainer tofst a (andeUin the Sonne. 
 
 O z - Jief^USf 
 
Io8 
 
 ^^ke^ (^fro^ke. 
 
 
 TH E former parte, nowc pade, of this my booke. 
 The (econdc parte in order doth infuc : 
 Which , I beginne with 1 a n v s double lookc, 
 That as hee lees , the yeares both oulde , and ncwc. 
 So, with regarde 5 1 may thefe partes behoulde, 
 Perufiage otte, the newe, and eeke the oulde. 
 
 And if, that faulte within vs doc appearc, 
 "Within the yearc, thatis alreadie donnc. 
 As I A N V s biddes vs alter with the yearc, 
 And make amendes , within the yearc begonnc, 
 
 Eucn fb, my felfe furuayghinge what is paft ; 
 
 With greater he^de , may take in liande the laHic. 
 
 This Image had his rites, and temple faire. 
 And call'd the G o d of warrc , and peace^ bicaule 
 ^^ ffnumT- ^^ warres, hcc wirn de of peace not to dif pairc: 
 gniScatur. And Warn dc in peace, to pradife martiall la wcs: 
 piin. Natur. ^j^j furthermore , his lookes did teactT^ thisiommcj 
 
 To beare in mindc^ time paft^ and time tocomme. 
 
 SlNCB 
 
 Hift.hb. 34. 
 cap. 7. 
 
to the honor ahU sir Philippe Sidney Knight y Goutmnour 
 of the Gjrrifon , and townc of Vliftnge. 
 
 I N c E befl: deferte, for valour of the mindc. 
 
 And prowes great , the Romanes did dcferue; 
 
 And lithe, the worlde might not their matches 
 finde. 
 
 In former times , as autflhors yet referuc : 
 A fewe of them I meanc for to recite, 
 That valiaunt miadcs mayc hauc therein dehghte. 
 
 And but to tutche the naked names of fbmc. 
 As Ro^^tdus , that firft the wall did laye : 
 And fo , from thence to nearer times to come. 
 To Curttf!4 bouldcj that did the gvilfc allaye: 
 Or Codes ceire , who did his foes withRande, 
 Till bridge was broke, and armed f^amme to lande. 
 
 Then Vofihumt^ , I might with thele repcate. 
 
 That did repuKc the Latines , from the waulcs. 
 
 And CManliuA , a man of courage greate. 
 
 Who did dcfende the Capitoll from Gaules : 
 
 And Fabius name, of vvhome thisdothe remainc. 
 Three hundreth CiyiQ , v,-earc in one battaile llaine. 
 
 With thefe , by righte comes CorioUnus in, 
 Whofe cruell mindc did make his countrie foartC; 
 Till mothers tearcs, and wiues, did pittie winnc: 
 Fahricius then , who me bribes coulde not peruertc* 
 
 And Becij eekc; and funi/ voidc of dreede: 
 ' With Curif; and CMetelli yAoo, fucceede. 
 
 DefftJtft^snc^tCj that fixe (core battailes foughte. 
 Who, Romanes call'de Ac h i l l e s,for his force: 
 Vnto his graue no woundc behinde hee broughte. 
 But fortie fiuc before , did caruc his corfe. 
 To^cj'tattt^ ceke, his (oc that ouercame, 
 And tookc his cliainc; whereby he had his name. 
 
 With Claud'tm blinde, and CUudius Caudax nam'de. 
 Two brothers bouldc , for valour great renoum*de ; 
 
 O 3 And 
 
 Komnltu. 
 
 Marctu Curt tut, 
 Htratiui Ceclet. 
 
 Aulm FofihumM 
 
 Mmlittt Cafitt' 
 
 lintM. 
 
 Tabij. 
 
 Martittt CorioliS^ 
 
 nut. 
 
 C.Fabrieitn. 
 
 De (uius fide, ftc Tyr. 
 
 rhui apMl Eutrjptuitl 
 
 De beUo Terentine. 
 
 llleeftFabri i isqui 
 
 difficilmsab hone- 
 
 ftate , quira Sol i 
 
 curfa f'uo auciii 
 
 pofT-t. 
 
 I>ecij, 
 
 luntf. . 
 
 Cttrij, 
 
 Metetli. 
 
 Stctuiui jyentAtus 
 
 Aai. Cell .i').i. 
 
 cap.if &P.m.lib.7. 
 
 cai>. i8. 
 
 Mitnlim Tot 
 
 quit' 
 
 j^fpiui Claudiut 
 
 AppittA Cla:;diut 
 Caudax. 
 
110 
 
 ^ttmin calati- And CaUtine , that all S i c i L r a tarnde, 
 
 »«*• And one the Sea, Hamilear did confounde : 
 ^LuaatTt^^CMu- Lu6fatim eeke , that Carthage fleete fubdiide, 
 Im. Wherebyjfor peace they with fubmiffion fude. 
 
 -Fabittt Maximus. And Fabim greate , and CMarc Marcellm boulde, 
 
 u^.ntis MamiiHs j|^^^ ^^ ^^^Q IcHgthe did S Y R A c V s A facke : 
 
 M:^rcus Fortius And cckc the ades of Fortius wee behoulde, 
 
 cato. Whofe life thoughe longe, yet Rome to fbonedidlacke: 
 
 cn. -Duinius. T>tnUiw yet , and Liuiu^ wee doe knowe, 
 
 Unius saimator, Thoughe they wearc turn'd to poulder longe agoe, 
 
 Claudius Nero. What flioulde I fpeake o^ Clandim l>{eres harte, 
 Iclio Pumco""'^° When H A N I B A L , did Toyall Rome difmaye : 
 And Hasdrvbal did haft to take his parte. 
 But Claudhi^i lo, did mcete him by the waye, 
 And reaiid rhislife, and put his hofte to flighte, 
 scipio Africmui. ^"^ threwe his head to H A n i b a l his fighte. 
 ^f^'^^'^^- Then Scifio comes, that Carthage waules did race. 
 Tniuim Nohilior. A noblc ptincc , the (econde vnto none: 
 ^auius jEmtUus. pi^f^i^jff^ then , and Tuluius haue their place ; 
 chtis. MmiiiHi aaeSj and Gracchus , yet are knowne : 
 
 Cornelius syiia. Wjch Sj/Z/a ficrcc , and Caius Marius (houtc, 
 ^m$ urtuspa- \^^[^q(^ j^jyjll warrcs _, made Rome, tenne yeares in doubta 
 
 Appianus De Bcllo 11 1 • > 
 
 cipii. lib. I. Sertorim^ nexte , and eeke Ga&tmus name, 
 S^^G^Sr With Crajjj^,- zndLucu//u^, highe renounidc: 
 LiciniusCrajjus. And C^fiir gicat, that prince of endeleffc fame, 
 Lucius LucuUus. whofeades, alllandes,while worlde dothe lafte, {hall founde, 
 
 lultusCAjar. ' ' , n t i • 
 
 ociautHs Augu- \^itguf{r44 eeke, that happie molt did raigne, 
 ^^^' The (courge to them , that had his vnkle ilainc. 
 
 M,4ntomus. Anthonlm then , that fortune longcdid frende. 
 
 Yet at the lengthe , the moft vnhappie man: 
 Ltpidus. And Lepidus , forfaken in theende, 
 
 M..Bfutm, With Brutus boulde, and Cap us , pale and wan : 
 ''^"'*' Widi manie more, whome authors doe reportc^ . 
 
 Whereof J enfuc fome tutch'd in larger (brte.^ 
 
 Mutfus 
 
Tietas in patrkm. 
 
 Ill 
 
 'TT H I s hande, and fworde, witliin the furious flame, Cornelia* N'c- 
 -*■ Doth fhewe his harte, that fought P o r s e n n a s endc: ^^' 
 Whofe countries good , and eeke perpetuall fame , 
 Before his Hfe did S c ^ v o l a commende : 
 
 No painc, had power his courage highe to quaile , 
 
 But bouldlie (pake, when fire did him affaile . 
 
 Which fighte , abadi'd the lookers on , but mofte 
 Amaz'de the kinge; who pardoned ftraighte the knight: 
 And ccafd the fiege , and did remooue his horte, 
 When that hee fawc one man Co muche of mighte: 
 
 Oh noble minde, althoughe thy daics bee paftc; 
 
 Thy ^me doth hue , and eekc , for aye fliall lafce. 
 
 Hakft 
 
Ill 
 
 Habet ^ ielltimfuas leges. 
 
 JFuuus. Camillas. 
 
 Ytrla Camilli apud 
 Plutarchum, Xf.ar.in 
 iuterprete- 
 
 G:aaiscft inquitrc5 
 feellum.vtquaEmul- 
 tis miuflis muliif. 
 ^u^viotestis faiflis 
 conficiatur. ^ ta- 
 tncn apudbonos vi- 
 ros, habenturetiam 
 belli quzilam leges, 
 Deque tamoperc 
 vifioriaexpetenda 
 eft, vt non fogiendi 
 fxai officia qua: per 
 icclus ac tnaliiiam 
 cffetutur , magnum 
 enim imperatorem 
 fu2 viniuis, noalie- 
 nx improbitaos f\. 
 iMcia,conueait ht\' 
 Jlamsetetc. . 
 
 GA M I L L V s then, thac did repulfe the Gaules, 
 And vnto Rome her former ftate did giue: 
 When tha: her (ocs made fpoile within her waules, 
 Lo here, amongft his ades that ftill fhall hue. 
 I made my choice, of this example.rare, 
 That {hall for aye his noble minde declare. 
 "Wherefore, in briefe then this his woorchie parte, 
 What time he did befiege F a l i c i A ftronge: 
 A fcoolemafter , that bare a I v d a s harte, 
 Vnto the place where he was foftred longc, 
 
 Oftewalk'4.abrode with fchollcrs that hee toughte, 
 Whiche cloke hee vf'de, (b that no harme was thoughts* 
 At lengthc, with fbnnes of all the beft, and mofte, 
 Of noble peares , tSat kepte the towne by mighte: 
 Hee made his walke into the Romane hofte. 
 And, when hee came before C a m 1 1 l v s fighte, 
 Quoth hee , my Lorde, lo thefe 1 thy prifoners bee» 
 Which beinge kepte , F a l i c i a yceMes to thee. 
 Whereat, a while this noble captaine ftay'd, 
 And pondering well the ftraungenes of the caufe : 
 Vnto his frendes , this in effedle hee fay'd. 
 Thoughe vcarres bee iU , yet good mens warres baue laWest 
 And it hehooues a Generall good t& gMne^ 
 With vdiaunt a^es , and not mtb trucberws tmm«. 
 
 WiU 
 
"With that , hee cauPde this *S i n o n to bee ftripte. 
 And whippes, and roddes, vnto the fchollers gauc: 
 AVhome , backe againe , into the toune they whipte, 
 \Vhich fatlcsonce Icnowne vnto their fathers graue: 
 With ioyfnll hartes , tliey yeelded vp their Toune: 
 An acte mofte rare, and glalle of true renoume. 
 
 115 
 
 c^. Vder'ms Cominus, 
 Injperatim mxllium. 
 
 IF L I V I E s pen haue written but the truthe, 
 And diuerfe mo, that adles of ould declare. 
 Then knowe , when Gaules did dare the Roman youthe, 
 Valerivs, lo, a Roman did prepare 
 By dinte of (word , the challenger to trye, 
 Who both in armes ineountred by and by. 
 And whilll with force, they proou'd their weapons brighte, 
 And made the fparkes to flie out of the fteele, 
 A Rauen , ftraight , vppon Valerivs lighte. 
 And made his foe a newe incounter feele ; 
 
 "VVhome hee ib fore did damage, and diftrefic, 
 That at the lengthe, the Roman had fucceile. 
 For , when his foe his forces at him bente, 
 W'idi winges all fpread the r^iuen dim'd his fighte : 
 At lengthe , his face hee fcratch'd, and all to rente. 
 And peck'd his eies , hee coulde not fee the lighte, 
 V/ hich fhcwes , the Lorde in daungcr doth pre ferue. 
 And raucns raife our wordlie wantcs 10 fefue.. 
 
 Virgil, lib, %, 
 Acucid, 
 
 ^J' 
 
 "a fie^t 
 
 Aul. GelL.lib,5. 
 cap. II. 
 
 JEatropius re rum 
 Romanarum , 
 lib, z. 
 
 Jieguhii 
 
114 
 
 Hof lt etintn feruanda fides. 
 
 Cet&eliusNcpos. 
 
 Eutfopius lib.i. De 
 Bello punico. 
 
 Siliusltalieuslib. tf. 
 Belli Punici, copio- 
 fiffimepulchcrrimis 
 eleganiiffimisq.vei:- 
 (ibus hanc hi{lo> 
 mm narrat. 
 
 Aal.GcUmt lib.i. 
 cap. 4. 
 
 TH E ConfuU bouMe A t t i l i v s , here regarde , 
 That A F R I c K p. made to tremble at his name j 
 Who, for his faithe rcccyued this rewarde. 
 Two hundreth thoufande men, hceouercame. 
 
 And three fbore fhippes , and eeke two hundreth towncs. 
 Yet flattringc fate , in fine vppon him frownes. 
 For, after by Xantippvs ouerthrownc. 
 To Carthage broughte, in dungeon deepc was cafte; 
 Yet , with defire for to redecmc their owne. 
 Their meilenger they made him, at the lafte: 
 And in exchaunge, hee vnto Rome was fente. 
 For prifbners there, and on his worde he wentc. 
 Who promif^d this , hee woulde retourne to bandes. 
 If that hee fail'd of that, they did require: 
 But when hee fawe fo manie in their handcs, 
 Thoughe Romanes glad, did graunt him his defire : 
 Yet coulde hee not theretoo, in harte agree, 
 Bycaufe for him , Co manie fhoulde bee free. 
 Thus, countries loue, was dearer then his life. 
 Who backe retourn'de , to keepe his promife true : 
 Where hee did tafte longe time of tormentes rife. 
 But yet, his harte no tortures coulde fubdue- 
 His mangled eies, the Sonne all daye adailes; 
 And in the ende, was thrufte in tonne with nailes. 
 
 Marcos 
 
Marcus Sergitss, 
 
 Former & felic'tter. 
 
 1^5 
 
 J^^;^ir4?ffj^ luTV 
 
 MarcSergivs nowe, I maye recorde by righte , 
 A Romane boulde, whon^e foes coulde not difmayc: Piin.Namr.hift« 
 Gainfte Hannibal hee often {hcwde his mightc, Ub.7.cap. zs. 
 
 Wliofe righte hande lofte , his lefte hee did afTaye 
 Vntill at Icngthe an iron hande hee proou'd : 
 And after that Cremona fiege remoou d. 
 
 Then , did defende Placentia in diftrefle, 
 And wanne twelue houldcs, by dinte of f;vorde in France, 
 What triumphes great ? were made for his fuccefTe, 
 Vnto what ftate did fortune him aduance ? 
 
 Whatfpcarcs? wliat crounes? whatgarlandes hee pofleftj 
 
 TJie honours due for them, tliat did the belle. 
 
 P i C/7. Pont' 
 
II(^ 
 
 TWcilb. kurrjickfk 
 
 Primui Jti Hirc«- 
 rum, Rubrutn, 8c 
 Arabicum maie vf- 
 que petuer.it. Cor. 
 nchus Nepos. 
 
 De euiu!: maximis 
 
 Vifturiis & tnuni- 
 pholonge fp'tenc"!- 
 diflimo xtat's lux, 
 anno ^<. Appia- 
 rus libroDf Belljs 
 Mithriddiicit. 
 
 Qi. Tompem Magnusn 
 
 "VST HEN PoMPEY great, with fortune longe was bleftc, 
 ^ ' And did fubdae his foes, by lande, and Tea, 
 And conqueflcs great obtained in the Eafte, 
 And Parthian s, and Arabians, made obaye. 
 And Teas , and lies , did in {ubie<5tion bringe, 
 "Whofe name with feare, did throughe I v d /E A ringa 
 
 And had reftoi'de kinge Masinissas righte. 
 And ouercame Sertorivs with his power: 
 And made the Kinge of P o n t v s knowe his mighte. 
 Yet , at the lengthe , hee had his haplefle hower : 
 For ouercome by C ^ s A r , fled for aide. 
 To ^. G Y PT E landej wherein hee was betrai'd. 
 
 Within whofe ringe, this forme aboue was wronghte. 
 Whereby, his force , and noble minde appeares; 
 Which, with his head to C ^ s A r being broughte. 
 For inwarde griefc, hee wafh'd the fame with teares. 
 And in a fire with odours, and perfumes: 
 .This princes head with mourning hee conlumes. 
 
 Marcus 
 
Marcus Sc<£Ud, 
 
 AudAces fortma iuuat. 
 
 n? 
 
 iVcMfy l^roi 
 
 np H I s monumente of manhoodcj yet remaines, ■ 
 -*- A witncs true joFMarcvs Sc^vas harte : 
 Whofc valliancie , did purchafe him fiich gaines^ 
 That deathcj nor time, can blemifliehisdcferte.- 
 In battaile, boulde : no feare his harte coulde wounde. 
 When lixe-(core fliaftes within his (liielde wearc founde. 
 
 And in that fightc, one of his oxts hee loftc, 
 His thighc thruft throughe^and wounded fore befidet'^ 
 Such fouldiours, had t^reate C ^ s a r in hishofte. 
 As by him felfe , and others , is difcride. 
 
 But,tho{e tliat would more oftheie Knightes behouldc. 
 Let them perufe the Roman Audhours oulde. 
 
 P 3 Jnuidia. 
 
 Suetonius* 
 
 Valerius Max; 
 mus. 
 
ii8 
 
 ImiSa integritatls aJjfecU. 
 
 
 Nic. 
 
 icReufnerus. i-^ „ ^ p^Hant Palmc witli bodie ilraishtc , and tall 
 
 : ramutanquan* ■ & , n 11 in- Cl 
 
 ^h,fH\,:imtr,mtm X Thatfrefheliemowes, with braunches Iweete otl 
 ZZfim%irl'^Z Yet, at the foote the froggesi and feptcntes crall, 
 "With erckfbme noife , and eke with poifon fell : 
 Who 5 as it weare , the tree doe ftill annoy e. 
 And do tlieir . worfte , the fame for to deftroye.- 
 
 When noble peeres, and men of highc cftatc. 
 By iufte defertc , doe nue in honor greater 
 Yet, Enuie ftill dothe waite on them as mate, 
 itf,;fatr«fpfrVo- And dothe her worfte, to vndermine their feate: 
 
 offmellt' 
 
 lem , necefTario co« 
 roi'atut vmbra : in- 
 cfdentibus vero pec 
 gloriam comes eft. 
 
 And M o M V s broode dothe arme, with all their mightc, 
 To wounde their fame , whofc hfe did geue them lightc 
 
 3S 
 
Ex damno alterhtSy alterm <vtilitas. 
 
 iij? 
 
 KxAzdrf^^ ^ rinix 
 
 'T' H E Lion fierce, and fauage bore contende, 
 ^ The one, his pawes: his tuflces the other tries: 
 And ere the broile,with bloodie blowes had ende, 
 A vulture loe, attendes with watchinge eies: 
 And of their fpoile, doth hope to pra^ie his fill , 
 And ioyes, when they eche others blood doe fpill. 
 
 When men of mighte , with deadlie rancor fwell , 
 And mortall hate, twixtc mightie Monarches raigncs; 
 Some gripes doe watche , that like the matter well. 
 And of their lofTe, doe raife their priuate gaines: 
 So , S o L I M A N his Empire did increafe , 
 When cliriftian kinges exiled loue , and peace . 
 
 Ric vtagnus fedet <t/£neAi fecum j^ volutat 
 Euentus belltvarios, ^c. 
 
 Et pendebat adhnc belli fortma, diui^ 
 Inter vtrumque volat dubiis victoria pennii. 
 
 Ceorgiuj Sabinuj. 
 Sic modo dumjhcimt 
 difcordci prcelia ri^es , 
 Turdus Europte dtri- 
 fit heiiu opet. 
 
 Virg. AenciJ. r o, 
 Ouid.Mctam.7. 
 
 ViglUfi' 
 
Ad reuerendif. Dn. D, Gvlielmvm Chatter- 
 to n v m T.pfcopum Cesirenfem. 
 
 Epifcopimuneie 
 vt in hac vita ni- 
 hil difficilius, ita 
 apud Deura nihil 
 beadus. 
 
 Quidpergal'um 
 & lecneni figni- 
 ficetiir , Claud. 
 ivlisios Taper AI- 
 ciarum Emb. 15. 
 luciileter fcribit. 
 
 'T^ H E Heralde , that proclaimcs the daie at hande, 
 -*- The Cocke I meane^ that wakes vs out of flecpe. 
 On fteeple highe ^ doth like a watchman ftande: 
 The gate beneath, a Lion ftill doth keepe. 
 And why ? theife two , did alder time decree. 
 That at the-Churcht, theire places ftiU fliouldbee. 
 
 That paftors , (houlde like watchman ftill be prefte. 
 To wake the worlde , that, fleepeth in his llnne. 
 And roufe them vp, that longe are rock'd in refte. 
 And (liewe the -daie of Chrifte , will ftraighte beginne: 
 And to foretell , and preache , that light deuine, 
 Euen as the Cocke doth finge , ere daie doth (liine. 
 
 The Lion fhewcs , they ihoulde of courage bee. 
 
 And able zo defendc , their flocke fi-pm: foes : 
 
 If rauening wolfes , to he in waite they fee : 
 
 They flioulde be ftronge , and boiilde , with them to cIo(e: 
 And Co be arm'de with learning, and with life. 
 As they might keepe , their charge^ from either ftrifc. 
 
Fcsiifia icate. 
 
 Ill 
 
 Jd Afnpliftmos riros D». F r a n g i s c v m W i n d^h a m, 
 CirDn. Edw A R D V M Flowerdewe 
 ludices tntegcrrimos. 
 
 
 Urvpix:kaii 0f^r^ 
 
 
 coc^. 
 
 
 TH I s figure ,lo, AvGVSTVS did deuife, 
 A mirror good , for Judges iufte to fee, 
 And alwayes fitte , to bee before their eies, 
 When fcntence they , of life, and deathe decree: 
 Then mufte they hafte, but verie flowelt\vaie. 
 Like butterflie, whome creepinge crabbe dothe flaie. 
 
 The Prince , or ludge, maie not with lightc feporte. 
 In doubtfull thinges , giue iudgement touching Ufe : 
 But trie , and Icarne the truthe in euerie (brte. 
 And mcrcie ioyne , with iuftice bloodie knife : 
 This pleafed well Avgvstvs noble grace. 
 And ludgcs all , within this tracke flioulde trace. 
 
 Coftfulere pjtr'u , p.trcere affii^lii , fera 
 Cdide abjlinere, tempm Atque ird dare, 
 Crb't qutetem , f.culo pacem fuo, 
 H£c/umma virm, petitur hac calum vlti. 
 
 Cicero pro Rabir. 
 
 Eft fapientia iadicis 
 
 in hoc, vt noQ lO' 
 
 liitn quid poiTi(,fe(l 
 
 etiam auid debeat 
 
 ponderet:nec quaa* 
 
 turn (ibi perminum 
 
 memineritjl'ed ettS 
 
 <]uaceau« commir- 
 
 fuiufit. 
 
 Idem J. Offic. 
 Nee contra Rcmp. 
 nee contra iufiuran* 
 dum amici cauHa 
 vir bonus faciet:oec 
 Hiudexquidemerit 
 de ipfo amico. po- 
 nit enim perfonam 
 arnici,cum inUuit 
 iudici; : nam fi om. 
 nia facienda fuQt» 
 quz araici ve'int, 
 non atnicitix tales, 
 fed coniurationej 
 pucandz funt. 
 
 Claud. Ma&it.Tb. 
 -•dtu froximus ilU €Jt 
 Sltttm ratio non n» 
 mtitet: qxafiiSa rt- 
 ftntUni 
 
 (}nfitie,}mMre fuldl 
 wiuctmt entente, 
 
 S«nec»oft.aft.i« 
 
 CL 
 
 Sifie 
 
Ill 
 
 Sme iuBitUy confupo* 
 
 Ad, eofdem ludkes. 
 
 kf(X.ft§rP^'S^ 
 
 Quid. inMetam. 
 Lb. I. 
 
 —quta cgrport in xmo 
 Trigida pugnabant ca- 
 licUs: hHmentU,Jiccu: 
 tMeliia, cum dHrii'.fife 
 p»ndcre , hattntia fan- 
 rfw. 
 
 Tibul.t. ). 
 Hon domuivlU fires 
 haknit ,tionjlxiti in agrit 
 ^w rtgerei cert it fini- 
 bus aruit Ufiii 
 Ipfcmelia dabat quer- 
 a«f, vltroijuefirtliant 
 Obuia fecurii vbera /<»- 
 £lii eues; 
 
 ^enaetei, nenirajuit, 
 710H belia, nee enfii, 
 Immki ffuut dHKctnt 
 artcfiber, &f. 
 
 WHEN Fife, and Aire, and Earthe, and "Water , allweareonc: 
 Before that workc dcuine was wroughte , which nowc wee 
 looke vppon. 
 There. was no forme of thingcs , but a confufed maffc : 
 A lumpc, which Chaos men did call: wherin no order was, 
 The Coulde , and Heare , did rtriue: tlie Heauie thinges , and Lightc. 
 The Harde, and Softe. the Wettejand Drye.for none had fhape arightc. 
 But when they weare difpofd, cache one into his roome: [bloome. 
 The Fire, had Heate: the Aire, had Lighter the Earthe, with fruites did 
 The Sea, had hisincreafe: which thingcs, to pafle thus broughte: 
 Behoulde,of this vnperfede mafic, the goodly worlde was wroughte. 
 Then all thingcs did abounde, that feru'd the vfe of man : 
 The Riucrsgreate, with wyne, and oyle, and milke, andhonie, ranne. 
 The Trees did yecld their fruite : thoughe planring then vnknowne. 
 And Ceres ftill was in her pompe, thoughe feede wearc neuer fbwne. 
 The (eafon , Sommer was : the Groues weare alwayes greene. 
 And euery banke, did beare thebadge,of fragrant Flora Qucdne. 
 
 This 
 
This was the gonlden worlde , that Po'ettes praifed mofte. 
 
 No hate, was harboi'd then at home: nor hatch'd, in fbrren cofle. 
 
 But after, when the earthe , with people did increafe: 
 
 Ambition, ftiaightc began to fpringe: and prydc, did banifiie peace.' 
 
 For, as all tymcs doe change: euenib, this age did pafle. 
 
 Then did the (lluer age infbe. and then, the age of brafle. 
 
 The Iron age was lafte, a fearetuU curfed tyme : 
 
 Then , armies came of mi(chiefes in : and fil'd the worldc with cryme. 
 
 Th-sn rigor , and rcuenge , did fpringe in euell hower : 
 
 And men of mighte , did manadge all, and poorc oppreft with power. 
 
 And hec, that mightie was, his worde, didlland for lawc: 
 
 And what the poorc did ploughe, and {owe: the ritch away did drawe. 
 
 None mighte their wiues inioyc, their daughters, or their goodes. 
 
 No, not their lines: fuch tyraunts broode, did feeke to fpill their bloodes. 
 
 Then vcrtues weare defac'd , and dim'd with vices vile. 
 
 Then wronge, did mafKeinclokcofrightc : then bad, did good exile. 
 
 Then falfhood, ihadowed truthe: and hate, laugh'd loue to Ikorne: 
 
 Then pitie, and compalllon died : and bloodfhed fowle was borne. 
 
 So that no vertiies then, their proper fhapes did beare: 
 
 Nor coulde from vices bee decerned, fo ftraunge they mixed weare. 
 
 That nowe, into the workle, an other C haos came: 
 
 But G o D, that of the former heape: the heauen and earthe did frame. 
 
 And all thinges plac'd therein , his gloiye to decla're : 
 
 Sente I v s t i c e downe vnto the earthe: fuch lone to man hee bare. 
 
 Who, fo furuay'd the world, Ajr'ith fuch an heauenly vewe: 
 
 That quickley vertues fhee aduanc'd : and vices did fubdue. 
 
 And, of that worlde did make , a paradice , of blillcr 
 
 By which wee doo inferre: That where this facred Goddes is. 
 
 That land doth florifhe ftill, and gladnes, their doth grower 
 
 Bicaufe that all, to God, and Prince, by her their dewties knowe. 
 
 And where her presence wantes, there mine raignes, and wracke: 
 
 And kingdomes can not longe indure, that doe this ladie lacke. 
 
 Then happie England moft, where 1 v s t i c e is embrac'd : 
 
 And ceke fo many famous men, within her chaire are plac'd. 
 
 Cuid.i. Metam. 
 
 lamque tioccm ftrrnm, 
 ftrroq.nocentiui aurum 
 TroditrM, predit bel- 
 Itf, (^uidpu^nat vtroq. 
 Sangmneaq. muni* erf 
 pitanlU concHtit arviaf 
 Viuitttr ex rapto, non 
 hojpes ah hojpite lututj 
 Non filer a genero.frd' 
 trumaueque gratia ra- 
 ta tft,&c. 
 
 Ifidor, 2.Ethy. 
 Taiixfunt leges, wt 
 earuni inetu ccercea* 
 turaudacia, tutaq.iit 
 inter improbos inno- 
 centu, fcin ipirsim- 
 probii fv)rniidato fiip- 
 pliciorefraenetur no- 
 ceadi faculus. 
 
 Anlelmus de lufthia. 
 luih'tia en aniroi li- 
 bertas, tribuens vni- 
 cviiquefuam propriam 
 dignitatem, maiori 
 reuerentiam, pari co- 
 cordiani,nunori dtfci- 
 plinam, Deo obedie- 
 tiatn, Cbi fanAimo- 
 niam, inimico patien- 
 tiani.egeno operofam 
 mtfericordiam. 
 
 Imago luAitioevide- 
 turapud Plutarch, 
 lib. D« Ifide&Ofi- 
 ride, & apiidGell, 
 lib. 14, cap. 4. 
 
 • fid ^ompr'me' wottu, 
 
 Kec t'lbi quid Uceat , fid quid fec'tjfi licebity 
 Ouurrat , mememq^ domet re^ecttis honesii. 
 
 Dt officio optimi lu- 
 dicis, Claudianus ad 
 Honorium lie. 
 
 Amic'ttia 
 
114 
 
 tAmicitiiifucdU nj'itmdd. 
 
 
 
 Hot. Arte Po^"t. 
 
 HuncfMm te/kUant 
 aoimtpfir vulfe la- 
 ienta. 
 
 Bias. 
 
 OF Open foes , wee alwaies maic beware. 
 And arme our felues , theirc Malice to withftande : 
 Yea, thoughe they fmile, yet hauc wee ftiU a care, 
 Wee truft them not, althoughe they giue theire handc: 
 Theire Foxes coatc , theire fained hartc bcwraies, 
 "Wee neede not doubt , bicau(c wee knowe theirc waics. 
 
 But thofe, of whome wee muft in daunger bee. 
 
 Are deadlie foes, that doe in (ecret lurkc, 
 
 Whoe he in waite , when that wee can not fee. 
 
 And vnawarcs , doe our deftruclion worke : 
 No foe (6 fell, (as B i a s wife declares) 
 As man to man , when mifcheife hec prepares. 
 
 Permies homini qua maxima} film homo alter . 
 
 Sobrii 
 
 ^f^^skta, 
 
 
 
Soirie potandum. 
 
 14^5 
 
 
 ffi/n 
 
 AThirftie doggc , to N i L v s runnes to drinke, 
 A Crocodile , was readie in the flood : 
 Which made the dogge , to lappe harde by the brinke, 
 As one that much in feare of poifoning rfood : 
 And fparingly , began to coole his heate, 
 "When as hee (awe , this Serpent lye in waite. 
 
 This carefull dogge , condemnes thofe careles wightes, 
 Althoughe he bee of brutifThe kynde, bycaufe 
 Thofe reafon lackc , that fpend both daics , and nightes, 
 Without regard , in keeping B a c c h v s lawes : 
 
 And whenthroughedrinke, onfeetc they can notftande. 
 Yet as they lye , they haue their boales in hande. 
 
 Catttharon hie rennet : cornu bihit alter adunce : 
 ConcauAt tile wanus , palmanjj in pocuU vertit: 
 Pronus at ille lacu bibtt , & crepitantsbas haurit 
 Mujla labris, &c. 
 
 Q_ 5 In[ignU 
 
 De Crocod.Ac- 
 lian. de Animal, 
 lib.8.cap.i5.& 
 lib. 5. cap. J. Dc( 
 prsfcientia eius, 
 de qua, ill prima 
 parte huius libri, 
 fol. 5 . idem AeJ. 
 lib. 5. cap. 51. & 
 lib. 8. cap. 4. 
 
 Contra Ebrieta- 
 tcm. 
 
 C Eph.cn. 5 . 
 I'ytha. apud Stob. 
 Primum poculu 
 ranicatiseft,alte- 
 rum Yoluptatis, 
 teniu contume- 
 liae, vltimum in- 
 fanix. 
 
 Nemef Eclog. j. 
 contra potores. 
 
ii(j 
 
 Inpgnia poetamm. 
 
 Ad Nobilij^. & doilif. v'trum D«. Ianvm Dovsam 
 
 A NOORTWIICK. 
 
 Jfclstv^mr^^ 
 
 Ouid. Metam.t . 
 
 Nic.Reufnerus. 
 Hunc volucre Pheibo 
 firtHrficmJfe vetuffatl 
 £^td refirat cantui, 
 Velj/hkt rrtAgne, tuos. 
 
 Hor.de arte poi't. 
 
 Naturafiertt iaudakile 
 carmen, an arte, 
 Hudjitum eft. ego nee 
 fiudiUfine diutte vena. 
 Nee rude quid profit 
 •video ingemum: alte- 
 riutfc 
 
 altera pefcitopem rti, 
 ir caniitrat amice: 
 
 Ouid. 3. Arr. 
 areiandi. 
 
 THE Martiall Captaincs oftej do marclie into the fielde, 
 With Egles, or with Griphins fierce, or Dragons,in theirefhieUe. 
 But Phoebus facred birde , let Pocttes moftc comincnde. 
 Who, as it were by fldll deuine, with fonge forfhowes his ende. 
 And as his tune dclightes: for rarenes of the fame. 
 So they with fweetenes of theire verie,fhoulde winnealafiiingname. 
 And as his colour white: Sincerenes doth declare. f 
 
 So Poettes muft bee clcane, and pure, and niurt of crirtjc beware. 
 For which refpedes the Swanne, (hould in theire Eniigile ftande. 
 No forren fowle, and once fuppofde kinge of L i g v r i a Lande. 
 
 CuvA ducuni fuerant olim , re^um^ paet<t, 
 
 rr£ma^j amiqui magtia ttdere chori. 
 Sanci^^ maieftus , & erat venerabile mmen 
 
 Vanbm , & largA ftpe dabantur opes. 
 Bmius emeruit Calabris in montibm orm, 
 
 CotitigMus pern Sc'tp'io magne tibi. 
 Nunc ederajine honore iacent: eperata^ do^is 
 
 Cur a vigil Mujis , mmen inertts habet. 
 Sedfamam vigtUre iuuat , quii noffet Umtrum 
 
 IUm Aternum fi Utuijfet opm. 
 
 tkm 
 
Cum laruis non kSiandum. 
 
 117 
 
 -£jc^ind^y:JlcUtx>l 
 
 WHEN He£lors forcc^ throughe m ortall wounde did faile^ 
 And life beganne , to dreadefliU deatlie to yeelde: 
 The Greekes mofte gladde^his dyinge corpes afTaile, 
 Who late did flee before him in the fielde: 
 
 Which when he (awe , quothe hec nowe workeyour ^ite. 
 For (b J the hares the Lion dead doe byte. 
 
 Looke here vpon , you that doc wounde the dead, 
 W'ith (launders vile , and fpeeches of defame : 
 Or bookes procure , and libelles to be (pread. 
 When they bee gone , for to deface theire name : 
 
 Who while they Uiide, did feare you with theire lookcs, 
 And for theire ficill , you might not beare their bookes. 
 
 NuUtmi cum vidis (ertamen , & dtthere ca^is. 
 
 Virff. Acaeid.xx. 
 
 CaptiuuSi 
 
IIS' 
 
 Captmus^ oi gu/dm. 
 
 
 ^.Pli<^*^*^"^!??^C^''^^- 
 
 
 T 
 
 H E moufe, that longe did feede on daintiecrommes. 
 And (afelie fcarch'd the cupborde and the fliclfe: 
 At lengthe for chaunge , vnto an Oyfter commes, 
 f do de Ce, Where of his deathe , he guiltic was liim (elfe : 
 The Oyfler gap'd, the Moiife put in his head, 
 Where he was catch'd, and crufii'd till he was dead. 
 
 ifidorusiib. i.de The Gluttons fatte, that daintie fare deuoure, 
 fummobono. And fceke about, to fatisfie theire talle: 
 
 And what they like, into theire bellies poure. 
 This luftlie blames, for furfettes come in hafte: 
 
 And biddes them feare , their rA'eete,and dulcet meatcs. 
 For oftentimes, the f^me are deadlic baites. 
 
 Gulxlaturitas 
 nimia acie men- 
 tis obtundit in- 
 geniumquecuer- 
 tercfacit. 
 
 I4icanas 4. 
 
 • O prodiga rerum 
 
 Luxuries nunquam paruo contenta paratu, 
 Et qudfitorum terra peUgoque ciborum. 
 Ambiitofa fames , & latiu gloria menji. 
 
 CcnBan* 
 
fotiHttnter, 
 
 r^ 
 
 'The raging Sea , that roares , with fearefull fouiide, 
 "*- And threatneth all the worlde to oiierflowe : 
 The fliore (bmetimeSj his billowes doth rcbounde, 
 Though ofte it winnes , and giues the earthe a blowc 
 
 Sometimes, where fiiippcs did (aile: it makes a lande. 
 
 Sometimes againe they (aile : where townes did flande. 
 
 So , if the Lorde did not his rage reftrainC;, 
 And fet his boundes^ To that it can not pafle: 
 The worlde fhoulde faile, and man coulde not remaine^ 
 But all tliat is , flioulde (bone be turn'd to was : 
 By raging Sea , is mcnt our ghoftlie foe. 
 By earthe , mans foule : he jfeekes to ouerthrowc* 
 
 And as the furge doth worke both daie , and nighte^ 
 And fhakes the fhore , and ragged rockes doth rente: 
 So Sathan ftirrcs , with all his maine , and mighte, 
 Contmuall ficge , our foules to circumuente. 
 
 Then watche , and praie , for feare wee fleepe in finnc, 
 For cealQ our aime : and hee can nothing winne. 
 
 Cictr.i.Offic. 
 Prarclara eft in 
 omiii vitacequa- 
 bilitas, idemque 
 vultus , eadem- 
 ^ue frons. 
 
 Bern, in Epifi. 
 Pericueramia eft 
 finis Yirturum,& 
 virtus fine qua 
 nemo vidcbit 
 deum. 
 
Ij. 
 
 n^iS^afeptemfaplentum. 
 
 To 5?V H V G H E C H O L M E L E Y Ktl'lght. 
 
 'yJicXcitx^^il^-^ 
 
 *Seiren quod di- 
 cituc gith , quod 
 pharmacopoljE vo» 
 cantNigcllam Ro- 
 manam. 
 
 Plutarch, delib. 
 
 educand. 
 
 Cum rcliquadmhia 
 
 «mpore dimiouan- 
 
 tut,fapientia fola fe- 
 
 neftute augefcii- 
 
 Bernard. 
 Sapientix otia ne- 
 0Otia flint: & quo 
 otiofior eft fapien- 
 tia, CO exetcicauoc 
 mfuogcnecc, 
 
 H E fages {euen , whofe fame made Grecia glad. 
 For wiftiiome greate, amongft theirc fainges-.vvife: 
 EHche one of them, a goulden feuteuce had, 
 And Alciat, did the pidures thus deuifc, 
 
 For to obfcruc the vie of Emblems righte, 
 Which reprefent the meaning to our fightc. 
 litest (lilithtfmantj , did C L^ o b u i v s tcachc : 
 For meafurc , lo , the ballance ioyn'd thereto. 
 •And Kno'^e thy felfcj , did C H i i. o N alwaies prcachc: 
 . The glafie behoulde , that thou the fame maiftc doc. 
 
 Retiraine thy ^rathe^ , dothe Periander tcll: 
 And Ihewes an hcarbe , that choUer dothe expell. 
 Nothingetoo rnutcht^ , did P i T T a c v s commcndc. 
 Thereto *a flower ,vvheredf too miiche dcftroyes. 
 , And So L ON fai'd , 'Remeoihir.fliU thy tyidiij. 
 Before the which , none can haue perfed ioycs : 
 
 A piller form'd, declininge downe he fhowcs, 
 Which tclks that deathe , the fhongeft oucrtlirowcfc 
 of ^ickeA men the number dothe exceedcj : 
 This Bias vl'd: and caufe for foule defame, 
 S A R-DJi>J r A mofte-isflained , is we rcade , 
 On a(fes backe, behoulde one of the fame. 
 
 ■ 'And T HA L Es, laftcof all the Sages, fTiy'd; 
 Jlee fe'^ertifhip , for fearc thou be betray 'd. 
 And vnderueathe , a birde vpori the net. 
 That dothe not feare, the craftie fbulers caU, 
 •Hereby wee ofte , doe paifc an others debte, 
 And free our frendes, an4 bringe our felues.in thrall: 
 
 Which fay ingcs wife, vvhoc kcepe them in their breflcS, 
 By proofc fhall finde, they harbour happie gucftes. 
 
 ScriptA 
 
Scripta mdnent. 
 
 To sir A R T H,v RE M A N w A R I N G E Knight. 
 
 131 
 
 IF niighcic Troi e, with, gates of llecle, and bra(Ie, 
 Bee wornc av^aicj with tiafte of ftealinge time : 
 
 IfCARTHAr, E, rafte : if T h e b e s he grownc with graflc. 
 
 If 15 A B E L ftoope : that to the cloudes did clime : 
 If A T H E N s, and N v m a n t i a iuffered fpoile : 
 If /£ G Y p T fpires , be. euencd with the foile. 
 
 Then , what maye lafle , which time dothc not impeache^ 
 
 Since that wee lee , theifc monumentcs are gone: 
 
 Nothinge at all, but time doth oner reache> 
 
 It eatcs ihe fteele, and wcares the maible ftonej 
 
 But writinges lafte , thoughe yt doe what it can, 
 And arc prcferu'd, cuen llnce the worlde began. 
 
 And fo they ihall, while that they fime dothe bfte, 
 
 V/hich haue declared, and fnallto future age: 
 
 "What thinge? before three thoufandc yeares haue.pafte, 
 
 "N^'hat martiall knightcs, hauc march'd vppon this flage; 
 Whofe adtcs, in bookes if writers did not faue. 
 Their fame had ccafte, and gone with them to graue. 
 
 OfSAMsoNS ftrengthe , of worthie I o s v a s migh.t. 
 
 Of Davids ailes , of Alexanders force. 
 
 Of C v£ s A R greare 5 and S ci p 1 o noble knight, 
 
 Howe (houlde we fpcake , but bookes thereof diicomfe : 
 Then fauour them , that learne within their youthe : 
 But louc them bcftc, that learne, and write the truthc. 
 
 R 1 Demorttf 
 
 Piopcrtius. 
 
 E$ TiieU fietcraot,al' 
 tutjueTro'ui fitit, 
 
 Demofth. inArg. 
 lib. I. 
 
 Clariflima: oHnivr- 
 bcs.nuncnihil funt, 
 Q^at maxime nunc 
 fuperbiunt, eandem 
 aliquandofortunam 
 cxpcrientur. 
 
 Virg.mMoecenatis 
 obiiu. 
 
 Marmorti. J^Uonij 
 vincunt msnunienta 
 libeUt : 
 
 "liitiiiuringtnio, ce- 
 tera TTKirtii erurtt. &C 
 
 Ouid.i.Amor.io. 
 Scindetur venes,^em- 
 m£ franietur ir awJi. 
 
 Qirmina quamtri. 
 bueitt^fhmaftrennit 
 erit. 
 
I^l 
 
 T>e morte , g/ amore : locofum. 
 
 ToEdm'-ard Dyer Efquier. 
 
 ir:jL[cTJitt)'i7yth:^^» \a 
 
 loachlm. Belleius. 
 JHutarunt drmd inter 
 fe Mori atiijue (upido 
 
 Hicfikem gttiat, 
 geffat at iUaJhcem. 
 ^jjicit hdtc »Hmum, 
 torpuifid confictt tUt: 
 
 Stc Moritur ^uuenu> 
 fie tnorihundtu amat. 
 
 _ y ^ H I L E furious Mors, from place , to place did flie, 
 yy And here, and there, her fatall darces did throve : 
 
 At lengthe fhee mette , with Cupid pafling by. 
 Who hkewife had, bene bu fie with his bowe: 
 AVichin one Inne , they bochc togeather ftay'd. 
 And for one nighte , awaie theire fliooting lay'd. 
 The morrowe next, they bothe awaie doc hafte, 
 And cache by chaunce, the others quiuer takes: 
 The frozen dartes , on Cupiddes backe wearc plac'd. 
 The fierie dartes , the leane virago (hakes : 
 
 Whereby enfued , fuche alteration ftraunge. 
 As all the worldc , did wonder at the chaungc. 
 For gallant youthes ,whome Cupid thoughtc to woundc. 
 Of loue , and life, did make an ende at once. 
 And aged men , whome deathe wouldc bringe to grounded 
 Beganne againe to louC, with flghes, and gronesj 
 Thus natures lawes , this chaunce infiingcd foe : 
 That age did loue , and youthe to grauc did goc. 
 Till at the lalle , as Cupid drcwe his bowe. 
 Before he fliotte : a younglingc thus did cryc. 
 Oh Venus fonne , thy dartes thou dofte not .knowc, 
 They pierce too deepe: for all thou hittes, doe die: 
 Oh fpare outage, who honored thee of oulde, 
 Thei(e dartes are bonc> take thou the darces of gouide. 
 
 Which 
 
which beinge faide , a while did Cnpid ftaye, 
 And fa we, hou' youthe was almofte cleane extind: 
 And age did doate , with garlandcs freihe , and gaye. 
 And heades all baldc, weare ncwe in wedlocke linckt: 
 Wherefore he (hewed, this error vnto Mors, 
 "Who mifcontcnt , did chaungc againe perforce. 
 
 Yet fo , as bothe fome dartes awaie.conuay'd. 
 Which weare not theirs : yet vnto neither knownc. 
 Some bonie dartes , in Ciipiddes quiuer ftay'd , 
 Some goulden dartes , had Mors amongft her ownc. 
 Then, when wee fee, vnrimelic deathc appeare: 
 Or wanton age : it was this chauncc you hearc. 
 
 M3 
 
 TrudeTUes <iAno abslinent. 
 
 fixJrMijllciii^i' 
 
 OE here the vine dothe clafpe, to prudent Pallas tree, Mux.Uh.d. 
 
 ^Thc league is nought, for virgines wife, doc Bacchus frendfhip flee. ^"licr cjux vim 
 
 vfuminimodcrd- 
 
 Alciac. ^'^ *"^ vexatis rami ? Sam Palladis arbor, 
 Aufene hinc hotros , virgofugit Bronnum. 
 
 Englifhed fi. 
 Why vcxc yec mcc yee boughes ? fince I am Pallas tree: 
 Rcmouc awaieyour clufters hence , the virgin wine doth flee. 
 
 R 3 
 
 te appctu, & vir- 
 tutibus ianuam 
 ■claudit, & deii- 
 <^tis apcac. 
 
 In C9 
 
154 
 
 Ouid deTrift. 
 
 Infalix habitum tem • 
 forii huiui habt 
 Necte purjjunovelettt 
 •vaccinia Jitccoi 
 
 Non esi connsnicns 
 luBibuj tile coltr, 
 
 Alciac. 
 Hoi Jpcrare docet ^iri- 
 
 du. j}ti dicitiir c£e 
 Jn viridi cjuotiu trrita 
 
 utrt Mdit, 
 
 In colores. 
 
 To Edwarde Pa ST on Efquien 
 
 TH E dier,.loe, in fmoke, and keacc doth toilc, 
 Menncs fickle mindcs to pleafe, with fimSne hues: 
 And though' hee Icarne ncwe coUours Hill to 53oiIe, 
 Yet variJDgmen , wouldc faine Come newer choofe: 
 And feeke for that, which arte can not dcuife. 
 When that the.ouid, miglnc verie well Tuffife, 
 And Come of them , here brieflie to recite, , 
 And to declare , with whonie they beft agree : 
 For mourners, blackj. for the religious , \Hite. 
 "Which is a f)gne,of confcience pure, and free. 
 
 The greene i agrees with them in hope that line: 
 And eeke to youthe , this colour wee .do gi«e« 
 The J eloWe next , vnto the couetous wighte. 
 And vnta tho(e, whome-ieloufie doth fret. 
 The man refuf'd, in Tmnye doth delite. 
 The collour Redde, let martial! captaincs get. 
 
 And litde boies, whomc fbamefailnes did gracci 
 The Romaines deck'd ,■ in Scarlet^l^e xh^ir face. . 
 The marriners , the BleW^e bccometb well.. , • • 
 
 Bicaufc it fhowes the colour of the feki ^f'*''^:^? ^^\; , 
 And Prophettcs, that of thinges deuine fblrcrel!', / " ' 
 The men content, like Fw/ffarraie. 
 
 And lafte, thcpoore and meaner fbrtc prouide> , 
 The medley ,^rajf, ^nd Tujfet, neuer.dy'de. 
 
 Loc.herc . 
 
Loe here, a fcwc of colours plaine cxpreflc, 
 And eeke the men, with whome they beft agree: 
 Yet eiieric one, doth thinkc his hewe the befte. 
 And what one hlccs, an other lothes to fee: 
 
 For Nature thoaghc ten thoufande colours hauc. 
 Yet vnto miin , more varrijng mindes (lie gauc. 
 NoW-'e firaiw^ers , )X'ho their countries JI ill commende. 
 And m^kc vj mufi , ^ith colours they recite : 
 Maje thtnkj our l.inde, /hull choife of hues doth lende. 
 BjCfiufe fo ferve , of mam I doe Write. 
 
 Tet let then kiioWe , my Author thefe prefintes, 
 Imughe for thofe ^ Whome reafon jiill contentes. 
 Hat faye Wee Luke, their herbesy their Wormes , their pes y 
 And Want the meuv.es: their gaUant hues to fiame, 
 Tet Engltindc , hath her Jiore of orient dieSy 
 And eeke therein, 4 D y e r mcU of fame y 
 
 Who , ^AWaies hathe fo fine., and fiefiie , a heWe^, 
 That in their Undes » the like is not to veWe. 
 
 ^35 
 
 Jnftudiofum captum dmore. 
 
 AReucrend fage, of wifedome mofi: profounde, 
 Beganne to doate,and laye awaye hisbookcs: 
 For C V p I D then , his tender harte did wounde. 
 That onhc nowc, he hk'de his ladies lookes? 
 
 Oh Ven vs ftaie? fince once the price was thine. 
 Thou ought'ft not ftill , at Pallas thus repine. 
 
 Omms humancs fanat medicina dolores : 
 Solui amor morbi non amat artificem. 
 
 
 Pwpett.ii 
 
 Ahfljincn- 
 
1^6 fiAbfimentia, 
 
 Ad awpUp. vtnim D». Carolvm C-a tr-H o r p e Regi& M*""* 
 procuratorem in Htbermn, Dn.mihionnibui modis cokndijftmutn . 
 
 f'^ iuuito $m£:^t. 
 
 Apud iurtum ludi- 
 tem (bla confciemia 
 propria tizncnda e&. 
 
 lAu^ufi. De comm, 
 vtt. Cler. 
 
 Non vos iudicetis 
 maleuolos cffe,aui. 
 do alterius crimen 
 ludicatis : magis 
 qaippcnoc^teseftis, 
 fi fratrcs veftros, 
 quos iudicando cor- 
 rigerc poceftis , ta- 
 ceda petirepermic- 
 ratls. 
 
 Stobacus ex Plutar- 
 thi Serm.44. retuUt 
 imagines iudicum 
 apud Thcbas cfTe, 
 <ine manibus, at 
 fummi iudicis itna- 
 >ginem claufis ocu- 
 ]is: Ed quod iufluia 
 Qec tnuneribut ca- 
 pi , nee hominum 
 VdUa flefti debeat. 
 
 Aufon. de viro bo- 
 no EdyU. 18. 
 
 w 
 
 no Co are plac'd , in facred luftice roorae , 
 And haue in charge, her ftatutes to obferile: 
 
 Lee them with care, bchoiilde this garnifli'd tooine, . 
 That fuche a one , at lengthe they male deferue : 
 Of marble harde, fuppofe the fame to bee. 
 An Ewer eeke , vppon one corner ftandes. 
 At th' other ende, a bafbn wee raaie fee: 
 With Towell faire , to wipe theire waflied handes ; - 
 Th'effedte whereof, let Judges printe in minde, 
 That they maie leaue a lafting name behinde. 
 The marble fhowes : they muft bee firme , and fine. 
 And not be pierc'd , nor mooued from the truthe : 
 The refte declare: they muft bee cleane, and pute^ 
 And not inclin'd to rigor, or to ruthe. 
 But , when a caufe before them (halbee harde. 
 With confcience cleare , let them the fame decide : 
 No Ritche, or Poorc, or frend , or foe, regarde. 
 For fcare, they doe throughe theire afFe6Hons Aide: 
 
 But let them waflie, theire handes from euerie crime. 
 That God maye blelle , and here prolonge theire time. 
 
 -4 
 
 Ntn prm in dulcem declwat lumina fimnuot, 
 
 Ornnia quam tongi rcfutauerit aEia diet; 
 
 g^x prdter^rejji*!} quid^effum in temporei quidntni 
 
 (ur iUi fiiSo decHS abfitit , atst ratio iUi ? 
 
 ^id mihi pmteritum : cur hw /ententia fidit, 
 
 Hmm metifu mutare fitit ? mipratui egtntem. 
 
 Cur ali^Him fraHa ftrjenfi tntntt Morem i 
 
 SwdvtUii, quod noUe bonum firet} vtHe honeffa 
 Cur malus antetulif numdi£fo,aut denique vultu 
 PerfhriSlug quijquam? cur me natura^ ma^it qukm 
 Difciplina trahtt? fic diSfa & jkBa per omnia 
 Ingredient , ortoque a vejpert cunffa reutluem,- 
 OjfenfHS (rmii^ (Ut^tilmam, irfr*mia. reffu. 
 
ConHantta comes <uiSIorU, 
 
 ^(^ Miles Corbet Efquier. 
 
 m 
 
 
 *^ H E fiiippe, that longc vppon the fea dothe faile, 
 -■• And here, and there, with varrijng windes is tofle: 
 Gn rockes, and fandes,in daunger ofte to quaile. 
 Yet at the lengthe, obtaines the wiflied coafte: 
 
 Which beinge wonne, the trompetts ratUnge blafte, . 
 
 Doihe teare the ikie , for ioye of perills pafie. 
 
 Thoughc mafter refte, thoughe Pilotte take his eafe^ . 
 Yet nighte, and day, the (hip her courfe dothe keepe: 
 So , whilft that man dothe faile theifc worldlie feas, 
 His voyage fhortcs : althoughe he wake, or fleepe. 
 And if he keepe his courfe direde , he winnes 
 Tliat wiilied porte , where laftinge ioye begin nes. 
 
 Dtmttr'itu Phaler. 
 Tarde aggrederc, cjuod aggrclTurusfisperrcuerantcrprofequerc. Nam 
 vt inquit Greg, lib.i. Mor. IncafTum bonom agitur, fi ante vitae ta- 
 minum dcfcratur: Quia fruftia Telociteicurrit, cjui piius^ quaraad 
 JDetas Yenem,deficic. 
 
 Bonigubernato- 
 riscrt, ventonife 
 flatibus accom- 
 modare : viriaa- 
 tcm fapietis,ani- 
 mi afTeftibus. 
 A rift, apud Stob. 
 

 Defaleeotenrt, 
 Manialis. 
 
 m, 
 
 €x *^eUo y fax. 
 
 To H V G H s C H o T M K L E Y tfquter. 
 
 TH E hell-net ftrongc , that did the head defende, 
 Beholde , for hyue , the bees in quiet feru'd : 
 And when tliar warrcs, with bloodie blocs , had ende. 
 They , hony wroughte , where fouldiour was prefcru'd: 
 "Which doth declare, the blcflcd fruitcs of peace, 
 < How iweete (hee is , when rnortall warres doe ceafc. 
 
 fax me certa ducU fldcidos curmun in vfui: 
 AgricoU mnc Jum , mHUu Ante fui. 
 
 Calumniam contra cdumnktorem ^irttis repellit. 
 
 WH o fo with force againft the marble wall , 
 Or piller ftrongc , doth fhooce, to pierce the fame: 
 It not preuailes, for doimc the arrowes fall, 
 Or backc leboundc , to him from whence they came : 
 So flaunders foule , and wordes like arrowes kcene. 
 Not vertue hurtes , but turncs her foes to tcene. 
 
 Sic^e^ 
 
sic J^cSinncU fidts, 
 Ttf George Manwaringe ifiuter. 
 
 n9 
 
 i < } i nm w>mm-- tf < 
 
 THE touche doth trye,the fine, and pureft goulde; 
 And not the found , or els the goodly fliowe. 
 So, ifmennes wayes, and verrucs, wee behoulde. 
 The worthy men , wee by their workes, fhall knowe. 
 But gallant lookes , and outward ihowes beguile. 
 And ofte arc clokes to cogitacions vile. 
 
 Claud. x.StiLde 
 fide. 
 
 Usi ir amhituu ylongo 
 foR tempore firmat , 
 Mtaifuroqut adamantt 
 tigot, nee ptobile mtttat 
 Jngtmum , parwefiri* 
 fituntcvtnculanox* ' 
 DiJfoUiipatttur, net fa* 
 Jtidne pruretn 
 ^UicitHr vinitntt 
 
 lUicimm non l^ermdum. 
 
 
 H 
 
 E R E N E M E s I s, and Hope : our dcedes doc righdie trie. Spn^^^Ti mnnf,». 
 
 Which warnes vs , not to hope for that , which iuftice doth nopu<xii<tnbHt*AfmK 
 
 AervLS S(tlunvt(p<rtt nm 
 
 ""'**• nific^MdliccM, 
 
 5 X Fer'mns 
 
140 TertmtfummosfulmlnAmontes. ^-Se^^J^^^ 
 
 To I. T. E/qu'ter. 
 
 
 
 ^£0^0, 
 
 Grcgor.ihmor. 
 Ciimquispofitus 
 in prolpcruarc 
 idiligitur, inccr- 
 tumeft, vtrum 
 profperiras an 
 perfonadiligatur. 
 Ami/Iio ante foe- 
 licitatis intcrro- 
 gat vim diledlio- 
 nis: nee profperi- 
 tas quidem ami- 
 cum indicat, nee 
 aduerfiras inimi- 
 cum eclat. 
 
 Erafin Epift. 
 Nihil aducrfum, 
 nifi quod nobis 
 obflat ad «rer- 
 nam fcclicitatem 
 properantibus: 
 nihi/piofperuiT), 
 nifi quod deo 
 condudt. 
 
 Ouid. 1. Art. 
 Amaadi. 
 
 TH E bandogge , fitte to matche the bull, or beare. 
 With burthens grcatc , is loden euery daye : 
 Or drawesthc carte, and forc'd the yoke to wearc: 
 Where Httell dogges doe pafTe their time in playe: 
 ' And ofte, are bould to barkc , and eekc to bite. 
 When as before, they trembled at his fighte. 
 
 Yec , when in bondes tliey (ec his thraulcd ftatc, 
 Eache bragginge curre, beginnes to (quare, and brail: 
 The fieer forte, doe wonder at his fate, 
 And thinke them befte, that are of ftaturc (mall: 
 For they maie fleepe vppon their miftris bcdde. 
 And on their lappes , with daynties ftill bee fedde. 
 
 The loftie pine , with axe is ouerthrowne. 
 And is prepar'd, to (erue the fliipmans turne: 
 When bufhes ftande , till ftormes bee oucrblownc. 
 And lightningci flailie , the mountaine toppes doth burne. 
 All which doe fhewer thatpompe, and worldlie power. 
 Makes monarches,markcs: when varrijngc fate doth lower. 
 
 Luxuriant animi rebuf plernrnque /ecmdiSy 
 NecfactU cfi Aqua commoda mente fat'u 
 
 Verfdus 
 
To G. B. Efquier. 
 
 141 
 
 
 
 fUf^ 
 
 WHILE throughe his foes, did boulde B r a s i d a s thruftc. 
 And thought with force, their courage to confoundc : 
 Throughe targat faire, wherein he put his trufte. 
 His manlie corpes reccau'd a mortali wounde. 
 
 Beinge afk'd the caufe, before he ycelded ghofte: 
 Quoth hee , my filicide, wherein I truftcd mofte. 
 
 Eaen (b ic happes, wee ofte our bayne doe brue,. 
 A^'hen ere wee trie, wee truft the.gallante fliowe: 
 When frendfs fiippoafd , do proouc them felues vntrae. 
 When S I N o N falfe , in D A m o n s lliape dothe goe : 
 Then gulfes of griefe, doe fwallowe vp our mirthe. 
 And thoughtes ofte times , doe (hrow'd vs in the carthc. 
 
 All is not goulde that ghttercth to the eye: 
 
 Some poifon ftronge , a fugred tafte doth kcepej 
 
 The crabbe ofte times , is beautifull to fee. 
 
 The Adder fell , within the flowers doth creepe: 
 
 The braueft tombd , hath ftinking bones within : 
 So fawninge mates, haue alw:iics faithlede bin. 
 
 Yet, to preuent fucH harmcs btforc they fall, 
 Thinke howc thy frende^ mate liue to bee thy foe: 
 Then, when your loue exceedeth mofte of all, 
 
 S 5 Look* 
 
 Lacedzmoniorum 
 dux apud PlHtar- 
 chum. 
 
 Stipe fub agnins kttt 
 hirtui ptUe Lycaoni 
 
 Snbijue (atone pit, 
 ftrfi4ui iU$ Nin. 
 
Pleut. Capt. 
 facHdelis (isfidel!: 
 caue Huxam fidem 
 gcras. 
 
 Cato. 
 
 D4mnarts nun^uapoft 
 
 tongiiw tcmpui amiiU, 
 2Iutauit mort5,fdpi- 
 
 Looke that thy tonge, doe not at randonnc goe : 
 
 For feare thy fpeechc, doe turne vnto thy imartc. 
 If that thy mate , doe beare a I v d a s harie. 
 
 But, if thou doe inioye a faithful! frende. 
 See that with care , thou keepe him as thy life : 
 And if perhappcs he doc, that maye offende. 
 Yet waye thy frende : and (hunne the caufe of ftrife, 
 Remembringe ftill, there is no greater erode j 
 Then of a frende, for, to fuftaine the lofle. 
 
 Yet j if this knotte of frendfliip be to knitte, 
 
 And S 1 1 p I o yet , his L e l 1 v s can not finde ? 
 
 Content thy felfe , till fome occafion fitte, 
 
 J^Woi thee one , according to thy minde : 
 
 Then trie, and trufte : {b maifte thou liue in reft. 
 But chieflie fee, thou trufte thy (clfc the befte? 
 
 In copia minor error. 
 
 
 TH E ape in tree, beganne at foxe beneath to raile : 
 And faid ,hee was a ftiamelefle beaft to weare fo great a tailc. . 
 Then aunfwere made the foxe, I maye thee more deride, 
 Bicaufe thou hafte no raile at all, thy fhamelefte partes to hide. 
 "Which (hewcs the birtcr fruite, that doth of mocking fpringe:- 
 For {corners ofte/uch mates doe meete,that worfctheaicrpentes ^mg<:. 
 
VmcScefato. 
 
 Tf G. B. fen- EfquUr. 
 
 H5 
 
 WHEN (cntencc wronge, of will, and rigor vile, 
 "Was fratrid, to pleafe the Emperor Vale n s rniiidc: 
 Which (houlde condemne Saind Basil to exile: 
 And nothinge lack'4, but tliat it was not fignd: 
 Th'Emperor thoughte to take no longer paufc. 
 But tooke his penne, for to coriflrme the caufe. 
 
 But all in vaync, the quill would take no inkc. 
 Yet dill herein , he lewdlie did perfifte : 
 Vntill his handc beganne to (hake , and flirinkc. 
 Whereby , the penne did fall out of his fiftc : 
 
 Wherefore for feare, he rente the writte in twainc. 
 Then fcare the Lorde, and raflie atccmptes rcfraine. 
 
 Valcns Impcra- 
 tor J Anianae le- 
 darfautor, tan- 
 dem per Gorhos 
 Tkl:us , in do- 
 munciilaquaab" 
 fcoiiditus erat, 
 combufhisanno 
 Domiiii jRo. 
 Sabel..& Sex. 
 Auc 
 
144 
 
 Homo homini Imus. 
 
 nJiid-^toimP: g^ 
 
 Siciit Rex in imagi- 
 TiC fua honotatur ; 
 fic Dcus inhomine 
 diligitur, & odicur. 
 Non potefl homi- 
 remodJre, qui deu 
 amai. nee poteft 
 dcfl amare \],ui ho- 
 iTiinem odit.Chryf. 
 fuper Matth zi. 
 
 Mira fabulade An- 
 drode (Be Leone. 
 Aul.Gcl.li.;.ca.]4, 
 
 lienidc Arione 
 )ib.l6.cap j9. 
 
 NO mortall foe fo full of poyfoncd fpite. 
 As man , to man, when miichiefe he pretendcs: 
 The monfteis huge , as diucrs aut^hors write, 
 Yea Lions wilde , and ^^'q^ weare his frendes : 
 
 And when their deathe, by frendes fuppof'd was (ought. 
 They kindneffe (hew'd, and them from daunger brought. 
 
 A R I o N lo ;, who gained ftore of goulde. 
 In countries farre : with harpe , and pleafant voice : 
 Did {hipping take J and to C o r i n t h. v s woulde, 
 And to his wiihe , of pilottes made his choife: 
 Who rob'd the -Hian , and threwe him to the fea^ 
 A Dolphin, 1,0 V did beare him fafe awaie. 
 
 jiadpoecicuso 
 
 Qm nefcit vajias olim delphina per vndaSi 
 L?fiidA cnm facra vate tuliffe Ijram} 
 
 InCn- 
 
In curiofos. 
 
 H5 
 
 LET maidens fowc; let fchollers: plie the fchooles. 
 Giue P A L I N V R E : his compafTe , and his carde. 
 Let Mars, haue armes : let V v l c a n e , vfe his tooles. 
 Giue C o R Y D o N , the ploughe , and harrowe harde. 
 Giue Pan, the pipe : giue bilbowe blade, to fwafhe. 
 Let Grimme haue coales:.and lobbehis vvhippetolanic. 
 
 Let none prefume an others arte tb vfe. 
 But trie the trade , to which he hath bene kept : 
 But thofe that like a Ml vnknowne to choofe. 
 Let them behoulde : while that the workeman flept. 
 The toying ape , was tempringc with his blockes, 
 Vntill his foote was cruih'd within the ftockes. 
 
 Horac.Fpift.lib.i. 
 cap. J. 
 
 . . £luod medicbrwn efi 
 Tromittunt ntedici, 
 traiiant fibrihaftbri. 
 
 NauitA de ventk; de tamis narrat aratory 
 Emmerat miUs vulntra j pd^or oues. 
 
 Propcttai^i. 
 
 /«///- 
 

 
 146 
 
 In iuutnum. 
 
 
 AlcUt. ad eof- 
 dctQ fie. 
 
 'X* w o ibnnes of I o v e that bcft of man deferuc, 
 -*- Apollo great, and B a c c h v s,thisimpartes: 
 "With diet good, the one doth healthe preferuc, 
 With plealante wine , the other cheares our hartcs. 
 
 And thcifc , the worlde iramortall Goddes would hauc, 
 Bicaufe longe hfe, with (weetc deUghte, theygauc. 
 
 But if thcifc are (b foueraignc vnto man. 
 That here , with ioye they doe increafc his daies, 
 And frefhe doe make the carefull colour wanne : 
 And keepe liim longe from ficknes, and difeafc: 
 I grauntc , they ought to be renowmed more. 
 Then all the Godaes, the Poettes did adore. 
 
 Tu vino curafytu vi^u dilue tucrhos, 
 Vt lento dccedat cwua, fineiia pede. 
 
 
 rtl 
 
Fel in melle. 
 
 H7 
 
 ^idciCL ^CtAMOf, 
 
 ara^ 
 
 f^xjlv^^- ^fdnto 
 
 LO C V p I D here , the honic hyes to taftc , 
 On whome , the bees did ftraighc extende their power: 
 For whilft at will he did their labours wafte , 
 He founde that fweete, was (auced with the fbwer: 
 And till that time hee thought no little thinges, 
 Weare of fuche force: or armed fb with ftingcs.- 
 
 Thc hyues weare plac'd accordinge to his rainde. 
 The weather warme , the honie did abounde. 
 And C V p I D iudg'd the bees of harmeleffe kinde , 
 But whilfte he tri'de his naked corpes they wounde: 
 And then to late liis rafhc attempte hee ru'de, 
 V/hen after fweete , fb tartc a taftc infu'de. 
 
 So ofte it happcs , when wee our fancies feedt. 
 And only ioye in outwarde gallant fhowes. 
 The inwarde man, if that wee doe not hcede, 
 "Wee ofc^ "''"'• "'-""^.anettld for a rofc; 
 
 Vautie , to tlic eic, 
 
 'nn then the bee. 
 
 Pai'ajlif. poftinij. 
 
 ^tlU gtrunt pirf^kt • 
 ^er.Httt pcrfu/a vtnen^f 
 Et fttaJpKula tftfy 
 
 Fere 
 
148 
 
 Terejtmik ex Theocrito, 
 
 Ttf Lavr A. 
 
 
 WHILST CvPiD had defire to tafte the honie fweete. 
 And thruft his hand into the tree, a bee with him did mcete. 
 The boyc no harmc did doubt , vntill he felt the ftinge: 
 But after to his mother ranne, and ofte his handcs did wringe. 
 And cry'd to her for helpe, and toulde what hap befell: 
 Howe that a Httle heart with pricke, did make his finger {well. 
 Then Ven vs fmiling (ay'd, if that a little bee ? 
 Doe hurte fb fore: thinke howe thou hurt'ft? that art achildetofirc. 
 For where the bee can pierce no further then the ficinne: 
 Thy dartes do giue (o great a wounde, they pierce the hartc within. 
 
 Cum quo comenit aliud ex Anacreonte. 
 As Venvs fonnc within the rofes play'd. 
 An angrie bee that crept therein vnfeene. 
 The wanton waggc with poyfoned ftinge aflay'd *. 
 Whereat, aloude he cri'de, throughe fmartc, and teene. 
 
 And fought about , his morher for to finde : 
 
 To whome, with griefe he vttered all his minde. 
 And fay'd, behoulde , a little creature wilde, 
 Whome hufbandraen (I heare) doe call a bee. 
 Hath prick'd mee fore alas : whereat flicc c -'" ' 
 And fay'd: my childe, if tb^s be gri^^ 
 
 Remember then , although" 
 
 What grceuous wo'^nd" 
 
To D. E. 
 
 14^ 
 
 Pi 
 
 Jl klloMti^-- 
 
 ■Bx. 
 
 'laj. 
 
 (^UM. iJca-'^: 
 
 NA R c I s s V s loiide , and liked Co his fhapc. 
 He died at lengthe with gazinge there vppon : 
 Which fliewes (elfe loue, from which there fewe can fcape^ 
 A plague too rife : bewitcheth manie a one. 
 
 The ritche, the pore, the learned, and the fbtte, 
 Offcnde therein : and yet they fee it not. 
 
 Tins, makes vs ludge too well of our defertes, 
 
 "When others fmile , our ignorance to fee: 
 
 And whic ? Bicaufe (elfe loue doth wounde our hartes," '^ 
 
 And makes vs thinke , our dcedes alone to bee. 
 
 Wliiche (ecret Cote, lies hidden from our eyes. 
 
 And yet the (ame, an other plainhe fees. 
 
 "What follie more, what dotage like to this? 
 
 And doc we {b our owne deuife efteeme ? 
 
 Or can we fee fo (bone an others miffe ? 
 
 And not ouf owne? Oh bhndnes moft extreme. 
 Affc61; not then , but trye , and prooue thy deedes, 
 Foe of felfe loue, reproclie, and fliame proceedes. 
 
 T 3 Nufquam 
 
 OuId.Metamlib.j. 
 
 Analus, in pift. 
 poef. • " 
 
 NareiJJuf liquidU fir- 
 maJpecUlatui in vndit, 
 Centemnent alios, Arfit 
 amorejui, <irc. 
 
 Tetent.And.t.&4. 
 Verum itlud zierbu eTf^ 
 tiutgo quod did filet 
 Omneifibi maUe me- 
 lius ejji, ejukm alteri, 
 
 Suum cutquc puU 
 chrumeft.adhuc 
 neminemcognoui 
 poctaro.qui fibi no 
 optimus videretur, 
 fic res habet, me de- 
 ledant mea, le tua. 
 Ciccr.j.Tufcut. 
 
Kufquam tutafdes. 
 
 
 JtX\t,x\, dsAnima'. 
 lib.i j.cap 8. fcribit 
 quod Elephatifunt, 
 atdcudinis >)■ cu- 
 bitorum, lacitud. T> 
 & Iib.i7.ca. y.quod 
 viuunt ad xtacem 
 too. Annorum & 
 nonnulli ad 500. & 
 multa miradeiliii, 
 lib.io. cap.ij. 
 
 Cato fib. ». 
 ristttla dulct tamt *#- 
 httrim tlnm dtdfit oh- 
 uft, 
 
 NumaPompilius 
 Kooias. &ex 1. 
 
 Silius I ). 
 
 NO ftate- (6 fure; n'dTeMe within this life 
 But that maie fall-, thoughe longe the fame haueftoode: 
 Here fauninge foes, here fained frendcs are rife. 
 With pickthankes, blabbes, and fubtrll Sinons broodcj 
 Who when wee trufte , they worke our ouerthrowe. 
 And vndermine the grounde, wlieron wee goe. 
 
 ■ . . ■ : ^ i iljlbo XlOfi 
 
 The Olephant fo huge , and Itronge to lee, .- . / . r 
 No perill fear'd i but thought, a fleepe to gaine 
 But foes before had vndetmin de the tree , 
 And downe he fallesy and.fo by them i;vas> flalne r 
 Fir{ltrye,then truftc: like goulde;the copper fhowcs: 
 And Nero ofte, in N VM AS dothingc goes. 
 
 Taderd mort Ales fie fiuo rumpite ferro, 
 Sed caSlAm fermte fidem-i fulgentitus oHtQ > 
 
 £i^d 
 
^od non cdpit ChriHus 3 rapltjlfcus. iji 
 
 ^iJ^^^fi-^ 
 
 WHERE couetoufhes the (cepter doth fupporte. 
 There , grcedic gripes the Kinge dothe oftc extoll: 
 Bicau(e , he knowes they , doc but make a (porte, 
 His fubiecics poore , to fhaue , to pill , and poll ? 
 And when he (^^^ , that they are fatte , and full ? 
 He cuttcs them of, that he maye haue thcirc wolle ? 
 
 Vnto a fponge , theife are relembled righte: 
 Which drie at firfte , when it with water {vvelles. 
 The hande that late did wcttc it, being lighte : 
 The fame agairie , the moifturc quite expelles. 
 And to the flood , from whence it latelie camCj 
 It runnes agairie , with wringinge of the (ame. 
 
 Orbtm iam mum v'tSor Romanm habebaty 
 Qua marCy qua terra, quafidus curr'it vtrufftque, 
 Kec /anatus erat , grauidis fieta pulft car'tnis, 
 lam perAgrabantur , fi qui: firm abditus vltra , 
 Si qua for a tellM, quAfulHum mnterct 4urum,&c, 
 
 Pauper-' 
 
 l^ccius Arbiter. 
 
[ 5 2. TamerUtemfmrn^ ingeniu ohejfe nefronehantur. 
 
 Ad Do^ij^. v'trum Dn. W. M a l i m. 
 
 s/^^a. ^ciaio:^. 
 
 <f2-0 
 
 ONE hande with winges, woulde flie vnto the flarrcsy ; 
 And raife mee vp to winnc immortall fame : 
 But my defire, neceflitie ftill barres, 
 And in the dude doth burie vp my name : 
 
 That hande woulde flie, th'other ftill is bounde. 
 With heauie ftone, which houldes it to the grouiide» 
 
 My wifhe J and. will, are ftill to mounte alofte, , : .. 
 
 My wante , and woe , denie me my deftre : 
 
 I (hewe theire ftatc, whole witte, and leaminge, oftc. 
 
 Excel!., and woulde to highe eftate a(pire : 
 But pouertie , with heauie clogge of care. 
 Still pulles tliem 4own«dowi^jni they afc^ are* 
 
 fro lorn 
 
Tro bono^ malum. 
 
 153 
 
 Duodecem hxc ft- 
 quentia , ob elepan- 
 tiam , ic vcnulla. 
 tern: e G. Fairni.fe- 
 kiftis fabiJTis fura« 
 
 TH E flagge, that hardly ikap'd the hunters in the chafe. 
 At lengthe, by fhadowe of a tre6, founde refuge for a {pace; 
 And U'hen the eger houndes had lefte their wiflied praye, 
 Behoulde,with biting of the boughes , him felfe hee did bewrayc. 
 Throughe which, the hunter ftraight did pierce him to the harte: 
 "W'hereat, (quoth hee) this wounde I halie, is iuftly my defcrte. 
 For where I good did finde, I ought not ill requite : 
 But lb , theic boughes that fau'd rny life , I did vnkindly bite. 
 Wherefore, althoughe the tree could not reucnge her wronger 
 Yet nowe by fates, my fall is wrought, who mightehaueliuedlonge* 
 
 In pace de bello. 
 
 TH E bore did whette his aifkes , the foxc demaundcd why : 
 Since that he hadno foes athande, that fhould thdr fharpnes try. 
 
 V To which. 
 
154: 
 
 To which , he anfVere made , u*hen foes doc me befct. 
 They all adiiantige gladlie take , and giue no leane to whet. 
 Which teacheth vs, in peace, our force for warres to frame :^ 
 Whereby , we either fliall fubdue , or loofe the field with fame. 
 
 tAlkna pericda , cantiones noBrae, 
 
 TH E lyoii, aflc, and foxe, goe forthe to hunte for pray: 
 Which done : the lyon bad the aflc , the (poile in partes to laf . 
 Then he with greate regardc , three partes alike did (hare : 
 Wherac, the lyonl in a rage, the afle in peeces tare. 
 The (oxc he charged then, for to performc the fame: 
 Who, all the befte, vppon one heape, did for the lyon frame: 
 And littell of the worfte, did for him iclfc rcferae: 
 Then beinge aflc'd , what taughte him fo vnequally to caruc ? 
 This fpedacle (quoth hce) which I behoulde with care : 
 Which fliowes, thofe happic diatcan bee by othvTs harmes beware. 
 
 hiduU 
 
IndukentU pare}ttum,fi!iorumperntcies. 155 
 
 ^M>^. 
 
 ATheefe, condcmn'd to dye, to execution lead : 
 His ^vo^all moiher did beholde, for forowe almofle dead. 
 And whilft the kid'd her fonne, whome fhe did tender deare: 
 The tovwirde childe did ki^ with teeth? and otf her nofe did teare? 
 'Whereat, the ftanders by exclaymed at his ade: 
 Then quoth the theefe, my mafters marke , I will defend the fadle. 
 My mother, in my youthe, did with my faults difpence: 
 And euermore did like mc bertr, when I did mod offence. 
 So that , (he was the cau(e that made me doe amide: 
 For if ftiee had corre(5lion vfdc, I had not come to this. 
 "Wherefore, I did reiiengc my wronge, in what I mighte: 
 In hope my fadle {hall mothers warne, that doe behould this fighw. 
 For if the Children fteale, and come vnto the rope: 
 It often is the parentcs faultc, for giuing them fvich (cope. 
 
 V 2 
 
 Pofoy 
 
l^olcr e medicma. 
 
 APurblinde dame agreed with one to hclpe her fight; 
 WhOjdaylie when he home retorn'd,did fteale what fo he might. 
 At lengthc when all was gone, the pacient gan to (ee : 
 And then,the falfe Phifition afk'd the price , they did agree. 
 Whereat quoth (he , alas, nO remedie I finde : 
 Bycaufc my fences either failc , or ells my cies bee blinde. 
 For, where my houfe before was garnilh'd eueric nooke : 
 I, no we can fee no goodes at all , though rounde about I lookc. 
 
 Vura. vfu tnoUiord. 
 
 WHEN firfl: the foxe , the lyon did behoulde, 
 Hee quak'd for &are , and almoft dead did fall : 
 The (econd time, he waxed (bmewhat bouldej 
 But at the third , hee had no feare at all. 
 
 Which fhewes, that artes at firft mofte hardc to fee, 
 With trial! oft , bot'h playne i and cade bee. 
 
 In eos 
 
I/teos, qid,proximimiMjJ>reM,remotior*feqttt(»tw, 157 
 
 ^i 
 
 Th'a s T R o N o M E R , by night beheld the flarrcs to fliinc: 
 And' what (hould chaunce an other yeaie, began for to dcuinc. 
 But while too longe in fkyes, the curious fcolc did dwell. 
 As hec was marchinge through the fliade , he flipt into a well. 
 Then ciying out for helpe, had frendes at hand , by chaunce; 
 And nowe his perill being pad; they thus at him doe glaunce. 
 "V\'hat fooliflic art is this? (quoth theyj thou hould'ft Co dcare. 
 That doth forfliowe the perilles farre; but not the daungcrs ncarco 
 
 Sawrnits procul efi, iamque dim Cdcus^ vt diunt. 
 
 Nee prop^ difcernens a puero lapidem: 
 Luna verecfindis formofa incedit ocellis. 
 
 Nee tiiji virgineum y'lrge videre pottfl: 
 lupiter Europam, Mar tern Venus ,& Venerem Mars , 
 
 Daphnen Sol, Her fen Mercurius recolit: 
 h'mc fadumy Ailrologe, eftjita cum cap'u vxor ammtesy 
 
 JSidera Jignificent vt nihil inde tibi. 
 
 MorusioEpigk 
 
 V 3 
 
 Toft 
 
[5? Tosifitaz^^xormorofa^etUm^fcors, 
 
 eO'L A $ M V s wife 5 in raging flood was drown'd? 
 Who longe did feeke her corpes , againft the ftreame: 
 His neigbours thought his fences weare not found? 
 And did deride his madnes mofl: extreme r 
 Who caird aloude , dby vvife beneath did fall? 
 Then dounwarde (eekc., or feeke thou not-at«alL. 
 
 To whome, quoth he , the place belowe I fee. 
 
 Yet in her life, gainft reafbn fhe diditriue: 
 
 And contrarie to euerie one*;, woulde bee j 
 
 Wherefore , I knowe this way (lie needes muft drlue ? 
 Then kaue, quoth they, and let her ftill be drown'd. 
 For fuch a wife is better lode then founded 
 
 Hum 
 
Dum atati ruer a^ltur : con/isle hrmna, 1 5 p 
 
 IN winter couldc, when tree , and buflic , was bare. 
 And froft had nip'd the rootes of tender gralTe : 
 The antes, with ioye did fecdc vpon their fare, 
 Which they had ftor'de, while fommers feafon was: 
 To whome , for foode the grafhopper did crie. 
 And {aid fl\e flaru'd, if they did helpe denie. 
 
 Whereat, an ante, with longe experience wife? 
 
 And froft, and fnowe, had manic winters feene; 
 
 Inquired , wliat in fommcr was her guife. 
 
 Quoth flie , I fonge , and hop t in meadowcs greene : 
 Tiicn quoth the ante , content thee with thy chaunce. 
 For to thy fbngc, nowe art thou Ught to daunce? 
 
i6o 
 
 3'dmgues cauendi. 
 
 ASatyre , and his hofte , in mid of winters rage. 
 At night, did hye them to the fire , the could for to aflwage. 
 The man with could that quak'd, vpon his handes did blowe: 
 "Which ihinge the Satyre marked well; and crau d the cau/e to knowe. 
 "Who anfwere made , herewith my fingers I doe heate; 
 At lengthe when fupper time was come, and bothe fat downe to eatcj 
 He hkewife blewe his brothe, he tooke out of the potte: 
 Being likewife afked why : (quoth hee) bicaufc it is to whotte. 
 To which the Satyre fpake, and blow'ft thou whotte, andcouldc? 
 Hereafter, with fuch double nfiouthes, I will no frendlliip houlde, 
 Wkich warneth all , to fhonne a double tonged mate : 
 Aijd let them neither fiippe, nor dine. , rior come withiti thy gate. 
 
 Axsii-^ 
 
tArs delucfittir arte. 
 
 i6i 
 
 •X* H E ficldy foxc , within her hole was hid, 
 -■• "Where, to the mouthe , the lion ftraight did hycj 
 And did demaunde mofi: frendly, how fhee did. 
 And faide, his tongc woulde helpe her^, by and by? 
 Bicaule there was fuch vcrtue hid therein. 
 That all he heal'd , if he did licke their fkinne. 
 
 Then quoth the foxe , my Lorde ? I doe not doubt^ 
 But that ycur tongc is fbueraigne, as I hearc: 
 But yet. It . ath fuch neighbours round about? 
 It can not hclpe , I iudge, while they be neare. 
 
 Wherefore, I wifhc you woulde them banifhe all? 
 
 Or ells J I thinke your pacicnts wilbce fmalL 
 
6 1 In cos qm mmapromittmt, its^ nihil prxBant. 
 
 iHmalisproniif- 
 fis refcinde fide, 
 ill turpi voto mu- 
 tadecretu, quod 
 incaute vouifti, 
 non facias: im- 
 piaeft promiflio, 
 cjuas fceleic ad- 
 impletur liid. i. 
 Solilo. 
 
 TH E crying babe , the mother fliarply threates, 
 Except he ceaf d , he flioulde to wolfe bee throwne: 
 Which being hard? the wolfe at windowe waites. 
 And made account that child fhould bee his owne: 
 Till at the lengthe , agayne he hard her fay 
 Feare not (weete babe , thou flialt not bee his pray. 
 
 For , if he come in hope to fucke thy blood. 
 Wee wil him kill, before he fliall departc: 
 With that the wolfe retorned to the wood. 
 And did exclayme thus wife with heauie hart : 
 Oh lupiter ? what people now doe hue , 
 That promiie much, and yet will nothing giue. 
 
 Pietas 
 
 h 
 
Vietas filiorum Infmntes, 
 
 AENEAS beares his father , out of Trove, 
 When that the Greekes, the fame did fpoilcjandfacke: 
 
 His father might of fuche a fbnnc haue ioye, P .^ , 
 
 Who throughe his foes, did breare him on hisbacke: qua: effidt vcge- 
 
 No fier., nor fworde,.his vaUaunt harte coulde feare, ""^'''^ ^^J^"' ^ 
 
 To flee awaye , without his father dearc. Max.iib. 4.^^^' 
 
 Which fliowesj that fonnes muft careflill bee/andkinde, 
 For to rcleeue their parentes in diftreffe : 
 And duringe hfe , that dutie flioulde them binde. 
 To reuerence them, that God their daics maie blefTe: 
 
 And reprehendes tenne thowiande to their (hame, . 
 
 Who ofte difpi(c the ftocke whereof they came. 
 
 nine fatus 4/£«^^« : pietas Jpe^ata per tgnes : 
 Sucra patretMJfj humem : altera facra , tulit, 
 
 X 1 
 
 Ouid.4iFaft. 
 
 K^liqtiid 
 
<iAhqmdmali propter yicinum malum. 
 
 To my Father M. G e f f r e.v "W h i t n e v. 
 
 .tim/>;i6^'' 
 
 VirgiKtts. 
 MMtM vt mtferi ni- 
 mmm vtcina ^rentonit, 
 
 Ec Angel. Politianus 
 in Maato fua. 
 
 Tu tamen i,miftra ««• 
 muTn vicina (/tmoHtt, 
 ^jeid flei an'iffUnt: 
 qiad fits mea MantuA 
 edmpum 
 
 Pafcentem niueos fcer- 
 hofiflumine cjcn»s ire, 
 
 Etettam apud Plau> 
 turn, pauper Euclio 
 rccufat artinitatem 
 cum diuite Megado- 
 ra, facetiflime. 
 
 Ecdejiafl. I J . 
 Et ditioiite ne fo- 
 'ciusfueris : Qoiid 
 communicabit ca- 
 cabusadollijquan- 
 do enim fc colli fs- 
 tint, confrin^etut, 
 Diues iniufte egit, & 
 frctnet : pauper autc 
 Ixfus, tacebit. &c. 
 
 Ouid.).Triri.4. 
 Vtue fine inuidii, met- 
 ieique inglorius annos 
 
 Exige , amiiittM ix 
 tiii Uit^e pAret. 
 
 nr w o pottes, within a ruiininge ftreame weare tofle, 
 *■• The one of yearth, the other, was of braffe : 
 The brafen potte, who wifli'd tlie other lofte> 
 Did bid it ftaie, and neare her fide to paffe. 
 "Wliereby they might, togeathcr loyned furc : 
 Without all doubt, the force of flood indurc. 
 
 The earthen potte , then thus did anfweare make , 
 This neighborhood doth put me much in feare ? 
 I rather choofe , my chaunce farre of to take. 
 Then to thy fide, for to be ioyned neare. 
 For if wee hitte, my parte flialbe the wurftc. 
 And thou flialt ^ape , when I am all to burfte. 
 
 The running ftreame , this worldlie fea dothc fliewe^ 
 The pottes, prefent the mightie, and the pore: 
 Whoe here , a time are tofled too , and froe. 
 But if the meane , dwell nighe the mighties dore. 
 He maie be hurte , but cannot hurce againc, 
 Then like, to like: or befte alone reinaine. 
 
 Pen 
 
To 
 
 ^oH award dtdcU, 
 
 M. Thomas Mynors, 
 
 .'6C 
 
 / 
 
 / 
 
 SH A R p E prickes preferue the Rofe, on cuerie parte. 
 That who in halte to pull the (ame intendes. 
 
 Is hke to pricke his fingers, till they fmarte? 
 
 But being gotte, it makes him ftraight amcndcs 
 It is fo frefhe, and pleafant to the fmcll, 
 Thoughe he was prick'd , he thinkes he vcntur'd well. 
 
 And he that faine woulde get the gallant rofe. 
 
 And will not reachc, for fearc his fingers -bleede; 
 
 A nettle, is more fitter for his nofe? 
 
 Or hemblocke meete his appetite to feede? 
 
 None merites fwecte, who rafted not the (bwer. 
 Who feares to climbe, deferuesno fruide, nor flower. 
 
 "U'hich fhowes, we (houlde not faintcTor anic paine. 
 
 For to atchieuc the fruides of our defire: 
 
 But ftill procecdc , and hope at Icngthe to gainc. 
 
 The thingcs wee wiflie, and craue with hartes entire: 
 Which all our toilc, and labour, (hal requite, 
 - For after paine , comes pleafure , and delighte. 
 
 "When winter endes, comes in the pleafant (pringe. 
 
 "When nighte is done, the gladfbme daye appeares. 
 
 When greifes be gone, then ioye doth make vs finge. 
 
 "When flormes be parte, the varijng weather clearcs. 
 So after paines, our plcafures make vs glad. 
 But without fower, the fweetc is hardlie had. 
 
 X 5 
 
 Claud, innupttit 
 honoti). 
 
 Ken quifquamfiuituef 
 veru edortbiu, 
 HybUes latebrif ntt 
 /ffoluit Jauos, 
 Sifronti caueat,J!lt' 
 meat rubos. 
 xArmdt /pina rtpu^ 
 rnUatej^unt ^ei. 
 
 Suldduonmtruit^ui 
 mn gHfinuittmAra. 
 
 Veritas 
 
Veritas wm0a. 
 To my vncle Geffrey Cart w right e. 
 
 TH o V G H F. Sathan ftriue , with all his niaine , and mighrc. 
 To hide the tiutKe ,and dimme the lawe dcuine: 
 Yet to his woide, the Lorde doth giue fuch lighte, 
 That to the Eaft, and Weft, the fame doth fliine : 
 And thofe, that are fo happie for to looke, 
 Sakution findc, within that blelfed booke. 
 
 Si \Deuj nobifcum^ quis contra nos \ 
 
 ■'►'/-'-'A/77^' 
 
 a£jrui 
 
 X-^ci/. 
 
 De Vipera Ae- 
 lian.lib.i j.ca.i^ 
 & Pliii.Denatur. 
 hift. lib.8. ca.39. 
 &Iib.io.cap.6i,. 
 
 ^TtcmcUius 
 
 HI s fcruauntes God prefernes, thoughe they in danger fall:. 
 Eueij as from .vipers deadiie*bitc, he kept th'Appoftle Paule. 
 
 cttm 
 
Ctwt tempore mutamur. 
 
 Ad Dn. loHANNEM Croxton. 
 
 167 
 
 TIMES change , and wee doe alcer in the fame. 
 And ill one ftaye , there nothing ftill maye bee : 
 AVhac Monarches greatc, that wanne the chiefeft fame. 
 But ftealinge time , their birthe, and deathe, did fee: 
 
 Firfte Nestor fuck'd , and Homer firfl: was taughtc, 
 Bothc famqus once, yet both to duft arc broughtc. 
 
 Wee firft are younge , and then to age wee yeelde. 
 Then flit awaye , as we had not bene borne: 
 No wight Co ftronge, but time doth winne the feelde. 
 Yea wonders once , are out of memorie worne : 
 This i€gypte fpires, and Babell, fawe in fine. 
 When they did mounte , and when they did decline. 
 
 Teelix qui propr'm <euum tranfegk in auris, 
 Ipfa domiis puetum quern videt ipfa fenem ; 
 
 Qui baculo nitens, in qua reptauit arena, 
 Vnim numeral fkcula longa caf&\ 
 
 Ilium non vario traxit fortwia tumultu, 
 Sec bibit ignotai mobilii hojpes aquas. 
 
 Ouid. tf. Faft. 
 
 Tempora laliuntur ta- 
 <uif<j. fcnefdmut annif, 
 EtfiigMnt frjcno nm 
 *en»»ra,nte dies. 
 
 Claud, de Senec. 
 Veronenfi. 
 
 Et paulopoft. 
 
 Imentcm t/iem init pafm 
 
 MO qutgramtnt (juercH, 
 
 i/£qu<emm(jue videt 
 
 confiiMijJi ncmm. 
 
 Si nihil 
 
Ouid.i.Art, 1^8 
 
 Si nihil attukm^ibts Homereforas, 
 
 ToM. Matthew Pattenson. 
 
 ^ Qometime was witte efteem'de, of greater price thcp goulde: 
 O But wifedome pore, maie nowe goe begge ? and ftarue without for 
 jAt nunc barb triaeji Yea, thoughe that Homer come, with all the Mufes guarde, [couldc. 
 ir^^,fc.^«.«w. Yet if he nothinae brinse? muftfafte,and ftande within theyarde? , 
 
 Ouid.j. Amor. 7 
 In/ehium quonda jkl 
 rat preaofiut aura 
 
 Ingenmm fti^erat n/ires. 
 
 
 "VyT A N s wifedome great , doth farrc furpaflc his ftrengthc. 
 
 Ottid. 2. Pont, 
 
 :i2!:>Si;rr, J^Vl For proofe, behouldeinoman couldbendcthebowe: 
 EmcUit mtres , m$ Bui yet , his witte deuifcd at the lengthe. 
 
 Then wifedome chiefe, and ftrcngfhe,muft come behinde, 
 But boihe be good, and giftcs from God afligndc. 
 
 Jtf4/4 
 
101 
 
 A Comon-wcalthe , by this, is right cxprefte : 
 Bothe him, that rules , and thofCjthat doe obaye : 
 Or fuche , as arc the heads aboue the reft, 
 W'home here, the Lorde in highe eftate dothc ftaye: 
 
 By whofe fuppofte, the meaner forte doe liue. 
 
 And vnto tiiem all reuerence dulie giue. 
 
 ^Vhich when I waied : I call'd vnto my minde 
 Your CvMBERMAiRE, that fame Co farre commendcs: 
 A ftatcly (eate , whole like is harde to £nde, 
 Vherc mightie lo v e the home of plentie lendes: 
 With fiflie , and foule , and catraile fondrie flockes, 
 Where chriftall fpringes doe gujhe out of the rockcs. 
 
 There^ fertile fieldes ; there , mcadowes large extende: 
 There, ftore of grayne: with water, and with wood. 
 And , in this place, your goulden time you fpende> 
 Vnto your prai(e , and to your countries good : 
 
 This is the hiue- your tennaunts, are the bees: 
 
 And in the fame, haue places by degrees. 
 
 And as the bees, that farre and neare doe ftraye. 
 And yet come home, when honie they hauc founder 
 So, thayghe fome men doe linger longe awaye. 
 Yet loue they beft their natiue countries grounde. 
 And from the fame ^ the more they abfont bee, 
 "With more dc(ire,they wifhe the (ame to fee. 
 
 Euen fo my felfe ; throughe abfencc manie a yeare, 
 A ftraunger meere, where I did fpend my prime. 
 Nowe , parentes loue dothe hale mee by the care> 
 And fayeth , come home , deferre no longer time : 
 
 Wherefore, when happc, (bme goulden honie bringes? 
 
 I will retornc , and reft my wcarie winges. 
 
 Ouid. r. Pont. 4. 
 
 Qmd tnelimRoma} Scyth'tco qu'td fiigore peitu} 
 Hue tAtntn €x iUA barbarm yrbifugiu 
 
 Plin. Natural. 
 Jijft. U.ji.cap.5. 
 
 Onid. 1. Pont. 4. 
 Hurfua srnorpa- 
 trU ratiene va- 
 Itntior omni, H^t» 
 
 Prjmos gradus 
 pietatiseftiftc, 
 vt qnos audores 
 tibi voluit cfTe 
 deus , honorcs 
 ob/equiis, abfti- 
 neas c6tumeliis, 
 nee vultu Iseden- 
 da eft pietas pa- 
 lemum. Amb. 
 
 Anrex 
 
F.rafmus Clii- ,. 
 Had. I. Centur.4» 
 Adag 15. 
 
 lot 
 
 tAi4re£ compedes. 
 
 To G. M. Efquier. 
 
 L-ziD i^'^^' ^iT 
 
 Diogenes dicebat 
 Anftippnin (philo- 
 rophum aulicum) 
 «u rcis tcncri compe- 
 dibui DC pofl'ei ex- 
 ire. 
 
 IT better is (wee fay) a cotage poore to houldc, 
 Then for to lye in prifon ftronge,with fetters made of goaldc. 
 Which fliewes, that bondae;e is the prifon of the minde : 
 And hbcrtie th(; happic life, that is to man affign'de. 
 And thoughe that fonie preferre their bondage, for their gaia^ : 
 And richely are adorn'din filkcs , and prefte withinafliechaincs. 
 Yet manie others line , that are accomptcd wife : 
 Who hbertie doe chiefely choofe , thoughe clad in gounes of fri{c, 
 f '^"nilffil''"^^^ ^^'^ ^^^ waighc not P o m p e y s porte, nor yet L v c v 1 1 v s fare: 
 De quo etiam Aui. So that they may adorne their mindes, they well contented are. 
 Cell. ub.xi.cap.iS. y^^^ rather doe acceptc his dwelling in the tonne, 
 Etafm us Chiliad. r. And for to Huc With Co D RV s cates : a roote, and barly bonne. 
 >Vhere freedomc they inioye , and vncontrolled liue : 
 Then with the chiefeft fare of all, attendance for to geue. 
 And , if I fhould bee aflc'd, which life dodi pleafc mce bcfte: 
 I like the goulden libertie, let goulden bondage refce, 
 
 1 MxUio 
 
 Te;ruUianus lib. 6. 
 De habicumuliebti 
 cap. 4- ApudBarba- 
 loi quofdam (quia 
 vernaculum eft au- 
 tuni)auto vindos in 
 ergaftulis babent. 
 idem narrat in lib. 
 Decalcu feminar. 
 Hutarchus fcribic 
 autem in Erotico 
 
 Centuria tf.Adag.?^ 
 4e Codio»