AMOROVS
LETTERS
To
the
onely
Life
of
his
desires
.
SWeete
Soule
?
What
meane
you
to
do
with
me
?
The
louer
is
affraide
to
lose
his
beloued
.
or
what
thinke
you
I
shall
doe
with
my selfe
;
considering
your
vertues
,
which
I
tearme
excellencies
haue
beene
Adamants
of
my
feruentnesse
,
and
I
erected
my
building
vpon
so
good
a
foundation
,
that
you
haue
compared
the
Sympathy
of
our
loues
,
to
well
tuned
Musicke
.
From
whence
comes
then
this
retraction
?
or
how
can
you
be
so
cruell
to
terrifie
me
with
suspition
?
Oh
doe
not
thinke
that
I
haue
praised
those
eyes
,
which
my
supposes
,
in
absence
,
imagine
to
reflect
a
very
Sunlike
lustre
?
that
I
haue
doted
on
that
fauor
and
comelinesse
,
which
in
the
contemplation
did
euer
transport
me
beyond
my selfe
?
that
I
haue
bene
enamored
on
your
beauty
,
which
in
the
gazing
hath
ouercome
mee
with
admiration
?
that
I
haue
beene
rauished
with
those
kisses
,
which
seemed
an
infused
life
to
my
distracted
heart
?
that
I
haue
bene
amazed
on
that
face
,
which
me
thought
was
a
very
mappe
of
louelinesse
,
and
all
in
vaine
?
as
though
I
could
passe
ouer
the
remembrance
of
my
contentment
with
slightnesse
,
and
frame
my selfe
to
beleeue
contraries
.
No
no
,
(
Sweet
soule
)
I
shall
not
,
may
not
,
nor
cannot
.
For
it
is
not
the
fathers
frownes
,
nor
the
brothers
storming
,
that
I
respect
,
but
your
sadnesse
and
teares
,
your
sorrows
and
complaints
,
which
me
thinks
resemble
spots
disgratiously
chancing
to
pure
linnen
:
be
therfore
the
patterne
of
your selfe
:
Let
vertue
remaine
vnmaimed
:
continue
constant
&
well
satisfied
:
&
for
my
part
,
what
euer
goodnes
may
arise
from
our
allowable
proceedings
,
I
will
iustifie
.
To
be
plaine
,
let
the
assurance
of
your
desires
warrant
my
hopes
,
remoue
my
ielousie
,
and
I
will
lose
this
life
,
rather
then
thus
hazard
the
life
of
my
life
.
But
I
hope
I
haue
encountred
with
an
vnderstanding
woman
,
and
there
shall
need
no
such
expostulation
.
Nay
I
am
assured
I
haue
cast
my selfe
into
the
lap
of
vertue
,
which
like
the
square
Die
being
euery
way
throwne
standeth
vpright
,
so
that
if
there
should
be
any
blockes
in
the
course
of
our
iustifiable
desires
;
either
a
strong
arme
of
policy
shall
tumble
them
aside
,
or
a
noble
resolution
spurne
them
away
in
scorne
:
in
which
assurance
I
will
rather
breathe
with
ioy
,
then
pant
for
feare
;
and
at
last
proclaime
to
the
world
,
there
bee
women
will
remember
their
vowes
,
and
can
be
loyall
in
spight
of
contradiction
or
calumniation
.
Your
afflicted
friend
.
To
his
fulnesse
of
Contentment
.
The
Louer
distracted
with
feare
of
hazzarding
his
desire
.
MY
onely
Beloued
,
I
had
not
thought
loue
,
especially
in
such
youth
,
had
bin
capable
of
moderation
,
that
already
you
can
be
contented
to
dispute
the
matter
with
reason
,
and
to
consent
to
the
peeuish
restraint
of
ill
concluding
arguments
;
which
some
enuious
tongue
hath
whispered
vnto
you
.
Oh
that
our
first
meeting
had
receiued
this
restraint
:
then
with
small
griefe
I
might
haue
ouer
passed
my
feare
:
or
had
the
fire
bene
kindled
with
artificiall
degrees
,
I
might
haue
preuented
the
flaming
outright
.
But
now
when
I
am
in
the
violence
of
my
speed
,
when
the
heart
burneth
with
passion
,
when
my
very
life
dependeth
on
the
hope
of
your
assent
,
and
that
,
in
a
manner
,
you
resolued
my
cure
and
redresse
,
to
stand
at
a
stay
,
to
dispute
the
matter
,
to
find
cause
of
distasting
,
worketh
in
me
impatience
,
so
that
I
know
not
how
to
demeane
my selfe
.
Oh
,
do
not
slightly
passe
ouer
these
things
,
or
with
an
vnkindly
grauity
censure
my
proceedings
.
Remember
I
haue
,
will
,
and
must
loue
;
and
what
cannot
or
dare
not
loue
effect
?
Is
there
a
suspition
of
prodigality
?
loue
wil
be
a
shepheard
,
nay
a
slaue
.
Is
there
a
mistrust
of
incontinency
?
loue
will
settle
desire
,
and
quite
extinguish
all
flames
of
vniust
concupisence
.
Is
there
a
breaking
out
of
folly
?
loue
worketh
discretion
,
&
reformeth
abuses
.
Is
there
a
feare
of
want
?
loue
hath
no
want
,
and
contriueth
impossibilities
.
Is
there
a
doubt
of
any
thing
else
?
loue
attaineth
any
thing
else
,
and
facilitateth
any
difficulty
.
Alas
,
what
could
I
not
say
to
pleade
for
my selfe
?
what
would
I
not
say
,
nay
what
would
I
not
doe
to
please
my selfe
,
especially
when
such
louelinesse
enamoreth
?
Do
not
therfore
beleeue
:
faith
and
honesty
bids
you
not
beleeue
?
myselfe
bids
you
not
beleeue
these
slanderous
enemies
of
affection
,
these
brokers
of
misreports
:
for
I
protest
you
shall
finde
it
otherwise
,
and
they
in
the
disceptation
proue
ashamed
of
wronging
the
innocent
.
Let
me
therefore
come
to
appease
them
,
let
mee
come
to
satisfie
you
,
let
me
come
to
iustifie
my selfe
:
nay
let
me
come
to
die
quickely
or
liue
happily
:
for
this
is
intollerable
,
and
I
cannot
credit
my
feares
,
nor
beleeue
these
tormenting
apparitions
.
Your
liuing
dying
friend
.
To
the
onely
hope
of
his
Fortunes
.
Loue
occasioned
through
a
vnity
of
inward
vertues
and
outward
comelinesse
.
Mrs.
B.
MY
Soules
life
,
When
I
beheld
you
first
,
me
thought
nature
determined
to
open
a
storehouse
and
shew
vs
some
excellent
workemanship
,
and
so
as
a
man
longing
for
nouelties
,
I
looked
and
gazed
on
the
same
,
yea
with
admiration
commended
her
handiworke
:
but
after
I
had
considered
what
inward
vertues
caused
the
motion
of
this
outward
woorth
,
and
louelinesse
,
I
could
not
but
compare
it
to
a
rich
casket
,
containing
within
it
more
richer
iewels
:
so
that
you
must
not
wonder
at
my
likeing
the
same
;
but
rather
maintaine
the
cause
of
my
iudgement
,
for
bestowing
it selfe
on
so
wel
deseruing
a
subiect
:
nor
is
this
flattery
or
idle
discourse
,
but
iustice
in
yours
,
and
necessitie
in
my
case
:
for
as
you
haue
inflamed
mine
affection
,
so
there
must
be
vsed
som
meanes
of
satisfaction
.
Thus
requesting
you
to
consider
me
,
as
a
man
,
whose
thoughts
,
words
,
actions
,
life
,
soule
,
and
all
attend
you
,
not
darinng
to
behold
the
Sun
of
the
world
,
till
they
receiue
comfort
from
the
Sunne
of
your
sauours
,
I
remaine
The
honourer
of
your
matchlesse
perfection
.
To
her
chiefeest
Contentment
.
The
Louer
findeth
fault
with
neglect
of
titles
.
MY
Loue
and
Ioy
,
I
haue
read
,
that
the
Emperours
of
Rome
did
commonly
looke
on
the
date
and
superscription
of
their
Letters
;
whereat
,
if
they
were
distasted
they
reiected
the
same
,
and
would
not
ouer-view
them
further
:
but
yet
I
will
not
serue
you
so
by
taking
such
state
and
imitation
vppon
mee
;
but
impute
your
neglect
of
our
couenant
concerning
reciprocall
titles
,
to
a
gentle
triall
of
my
simplicitie
and
loue
;
withall
,
intreating
henceforward
,
not
to
let
forgetfulnes
,
or
contempt
put
in
a
finger
,
lest
by
intrusion
or
sufferance
it
bring
in
a
hand
,
and
so
the
whole
body
.
For
why
should
you
giue
me
any
cause
of
suspition
,
when
a
warrant
is
sealed
of
our
happinesse
;
or
assume
to
your selfe
a
counterfeit
libertie
of
trying
my
patience
,
when
you
know
I
will
pul
out
mine
owne
heart
,
before
it
shall
entertain
a
thought
of
alteration
?
Therefore
I
pray
you
remember
your selfe
,
and
those
vowes
you
haue
conttacted
;
remember
mee
,
and
that
affection
you
haue
inflamed
;
remember
vertue
,
and
that
goodnesse
which
you
haue
commended
;
and
remember
loue
with
that
honesty
you
haue
professed
:
and
so
I
expect
,
that
as
you
are
my
chiefest
content
,
your
next
Letter
shal
confirme
me
your
choisest
delight
.
None
but
yours
.
To
the
Honourable
Lady
,
T.G.
HONORABLE
,
Loue
complaineth
of
sequestration
.
and
worthily
honoured
Lady
:
Although
fame
hath
set
open
the
enclosure
of
your
praises
,
whereby
Honour
and
Vertue
remaine
exposed
to
the
world
,
as
you
see
a
rich
Diamond
augmented
in
his
lustre
by
the
cunning
of
the
workeman
:
yet
is
misfortune
so
tyrannous
vnto
me
,
that
I
am
necessited
to
an
vntimely
banishment
,
euen
when
there
appeared
life
in
your
patronage
,
and
delight
in
your
louelinesse
:
so
that
now
to
sequester
my selfe
is
an
absolute
walking
in
darknesse
,
and
a
miserable
staggering
without
supportation
.
Yet
againe
,
when
I
consider
,
with
whom
I
haue
encountred
,
and
that
I
am
falne
into
the
hands
of
a
generous
spirit
,
and
heroicke
worthinesse
;
I
conceiue
great
pleasure
in
my
confidence
,
and
I
begin
to
grow
prowd
,
that
I
may
publish
your
vertue
,
I
dare
say
loyall
Constancie
.
Be
therefore
then
your selfe
great
Lady
:
and
let
the
opinion
I
conceiue
of
my
fortunes
,
encourage
my
endeuor
,
that
al
the
actions
my
industry
shal
vndertake
may
receiue
life
from
the
beams
of
your
name
.
Then
though
I
might
raise
my
glory
equal
with
the
Sun
I
would
not
faile
to
lay
it
prostrate
to
your
high
acceptation
:
&
so
I
request
you
giue
me
leaue
to
diuulge
to
the
world
,
that
the
sphere
,
in
which
I
moue
,
is
gouerned
by
your
influence
▪
that
I
cannot
liue
without
your
fauour
;
that
I
will
not
loue
,
except
you
vouchsafe
it
;
that
I
haue
no
other
Lady
,
but
your selfe
;
no
other
world
then
the
place
of
your
residence
.
And
thus
I
bid
you
fare
as
well
as
wishes
can
enlarge
,
leauing
my
soule
in
your
tuition
:
which
if
you
preserue
for
her
owne
,
yours
,
or
my
sake
;
Oh
how
happy
shall
I
bee
,
and
with
glad
tidings
will
it
returne
vnto
me
,
and
(
I
hope
)
command
me
to
returne
vnto
you
:
and
so
I
rest
in
the
best
expectation
,
and
bascia
la
honorata
manu
.
Your
Honors
deuoted
.
To
the
Honorable
and
his
highly
respected
Lady
,
B.
S.
RIght
honorable
Lady
,
I
cannot
deny
but
a
Diamond
is
a
pretious
stone
,
Loue
cannot
indure
a
riuall
or
competitor
.
though
imbased
in
lead
:
but
excellently
polished
,
and
set
out
to
the
best
becomming
,
it
must
needs
constraine
a
farther
praise
and
admiration
:
so
fareth
it
with
Vertue
,
which
no
question
is
allowable
in
the
meanest
persons
:
but
when
there
is
a
vniting
of
many
graces
,
as
beauty
,
generous
minde
,
noble
birth
,
setled
wisedome
,
affable
demeanour
,
and
such
like
;
it
not
onely
approcheth
absolute
perfection
,
but
bindeth
vs
to
high
and
strict
obseruation
:
of
all
which
I
must
&
dare
publish
you
a
instance
,
so
that
it
is
the
pride
of
my
life
to
iustifie
my
soules
desire
to
serue
you
;
and
the
glory
of
my
bondage
,
that
I
am
made
seruile
to
such
worthinesse
:
command
therefore
(
great
Lady
)
but
with
all
command
me
to
loue
;
for
I
cannot
liue
except
I
loue
;
nor
care
to
die
so
I
may
loue
you
onely
,
who
are
worthy
of
all
loue
.
Yet
my
dearest
happinesse
,
I
beseech
you
mistake
me
not
;
for
howsoeuer
I
haue
subiected
my selfe
,
I
(
like
a
Soueraigne
)
can
indure
no
competitor
:
&
although
it
cannot
be
chosen
,
but
the
very
starres
ouerwatch
you
,
and
therefore
many
eyes
on
earth
looke
toward
you
,
&
many
hearts
wish
you
wel
;
yet
shall
I
neuer
endure
anothers
claime
,
much
lesse
a
daring
hand
to
take
you
in
possession
:
be
therefore
thus
circumspect
for
humanities
sake
;
not
betray
your
vertue
to
corruption
,
nor
my
poore
valor
to
ineuitable
danger
.
For
if
you
frustrate
my
hopes
either
by
willingnesse
or
wantonnesse
,
I
renounce
the
world
,
all
women
,
and
my selfe
.
But
if
the
high
strongest
arme
stretch
it selfe
toward
you
with
inhumanity
,
or
compulsion
;
my
rest
is
vp
to
make
it
shrinke
backe
again
,
or
cut
it
off
in
the
extension
.
Yours
in
death
it selfe
.
To
the
Noble
and
truely
vertuous
Lady
,
F.M.
MOst
worthy
Lady
had
not
my
loue
receiued
life
from
the
breathing
heate
issuing
from
your
gracious
acceptation
;
Loue
will
hardly
bee
supprest
,
after
it
hath
taken
firme
rooting
.
it
might
well
haue
recoyled
with
the
first
violent
reiection
,
and
taken
out
a
new
lesson
of
restraint
,
with
a
ciuill
acknowledging
your
greatnesse
,
and
confessing
that
the
starres
are
onely
to
be
looked
vpon
with
an
abasing
reuerence
;
but
you
know
,
(
and
none
but
you
shall
know
)
that
when
I
made
my selfe
a
stop
,
as
afraide
to
go
further
then
either
my
strength
or
policie
could
direct
me
,
a
louely
hand
tooke
me
by
the
arm
,
and
drew
me
along
to
the
height
of
my
happinesse
,
wherein
I
wil
sit
as
glorious
,
as
the
Sunne
in
his
strength
,
&
in
despite
of
maligne
circumstances
,
or
maleuolent
aspects
,
embrace
my
fortune
with
gladnesse
.
Therefore
I
pray
you
desist
from
questioning
my
presumptuous
attempt
,
or
affrighting
me
with
your
greatnes
,
or
tormenting
me
with
discouery
,
or
murthering
me
with
suspition
,
or
sending
me
to
hell
with
terror
of
your
losse
.
For
I
dare
,
&
will
thus
answer
euery
particular
.
Concerning
my
presumption
,
It
is
easier
to
reach
at
a
high
bough
then
to
stoop
to
a
low
straw
;
it
is
glorious
to
be
busied
in
honourable
designes
:
and
he
is
made
famous
in
the
attempt
,
though
he
faile
in
the
conquest
.
It
is
a
worthy
resolution
to
aime
at
a
wel
deseruing
obiect
:
and
how
euer
the
hazzard
be
,
there
is
a
show
of
a
generous
spirit
;
sith
fortune
and
loue
are
painted
blind
in
their
portraitures
.
Concerning
your
greatnesse
,
we
haue
many
instances
of
Queenes
and
Princes
pulling
vp
inferior
persons
to
honour
:
nor
is
loue
tyed
to
such
lawes
of
priuacy
;
but
being
naked
,
himselfe
shewes
plainely
,
that
flesh
and
blood
lies
as
naked
to
the
incursions
of
his
passions
in
high
and
lowe
:
the
lowe
not
ouer-awed
with
titular
dignities
,
or
outward
shows
;
nor
the
preheminence
of
the
hie
priuiledged
from
amorous
affecting
the
lowe
.
For
my selfe
,
I
am
in
blood
generous
,
and
in
affection
fully
contracted
to
loyalty
:
concerning
discouery
,
who
shall
betray
vs
but
our selues
?
nay
,
who
dare
whisper
against
vs
but
iealousie
?
and
in
that
lies
the
secret
of
our
prosperitie
.
For
what
is
difficult
to
get
,
is
carefully
preserued
;
and
where
there
is
danger
in
the
aduenture
,
there
is
sweetnesse
,
and
ioy
exceeding
other
ioyes
,
when
the
perill
is
ouerpassed
:
therefore
be
you
reposed
,
and
let
me
bustle
with
mischance
;
for
I
am
resolued
to
loue
you
against
all
ouerwatchings
.
Concerning
suspition
,
Oh
giue
not
wings
to
my
feares
,
that
some
other
will
intrude
and
participate
my
immunities
;
or
doe
you
it
onely
to
make
a
triall
of
my
spirit
?
Beleeue
it
;
before
I
will
consent
to
such
basenesse
,
I
will
pray
for
Sampsons
strength
to
pull
downe
the
house
on
all
our
heads
together
.
And
concerning
your
losse
,
Oh
there
is
death
in
the
verie
sound
,
and
it
cannot
bee
raised
out
of
any
other
circle
,
then
enuy
at
my
prosperitie
,
or
your
owne
desire
of
a
more
worthy
seruant
,
whereat
I
am
now
strucke
silent
:
and
vnlesse
you
confidently
resolue
me
what
to
trust
vnto
,
I
will
not
liue
to
write
you
another
Letter
.
Yours
,
not
to
liue
without
you
.
To
her
best
choyce
,
C.D.
MY
loues
Pride
,
Loue
desires
secrecie
,
not
ouer
liberall
discoueries
.
Although
I
am
enformed
,
that
by
your
liberall
praises
of
me
,
some
quicke
apprehension
discouered
your
liking
,
yet
cannot
I
take
it
so
ill
,
as
to
draw
you
within
the
compasse
of
reprehension
,
because
I
would
not
slacke
the
first
vehemency
,
wherein
loue
hath
nobly
displayed
his
colours
on
all
sides
.
Let
vs
therefore
continue
resolute
;
and
if
by
some
small
absence
we
sometimes
slacke
the
burning
of
these
fires
,
shall
it
not
resemble
a
Smiths
forge
,
who
casteth
water
on
his
coales
to
strengthen
the
heate
,
and
make
the
flame
more
glorious
?
Yet
by
way
of
caution
,
it
is
not
alwaies
befitting
to
speake
what
wee
thinke
,
nor
report
what
wee
know
,
lest
a
captious
eare
mistake
our
discourse
,
and
a
passionate
heart
set
the
tong
at
randome
.
As
for
our selues
,
there
hath
bene
made
a
reciprocall
trial
:
&
for
my
owne
part
,
as
you
expect
constancy
in
me
,
I
request
secrecy
in
you
,
and
so
am
resolued
to
loue
you
,
and
none
but
you
,
while
I
am
warme
in
my
hearts
blood
.
Yours
in
the
midst
of
feare
.
To
his
vertuous
and
dearely
beloued
,
M.A.
SWeet
Heart
,
True
loue
is
not
tyed
to
outward
beautie
.
What
a
strange
countermand
did
you
send
me
,
not
to
visite
you
,
because
your
late
sickenesse
had
cast
a
defiance
in
beauties
face
,
as
if
my
liking
depended
on
outward
shewes
!
Why
,
good
Soule
?
when
reason
had
won
the
field
of
passion
,
I
loued
a
vertuous
Cassandra
,
not
a
faire
Hellen
;
a
noble
spirit
,
not
an
outward
feature
;
a
constant
resolution
,
not
a
fading
comelinesse
:
and
yet
I
am
perswaded
no
disaster
whatsoeuer
can
haue
power
to
controwle
thy
beauty
or
bounty
;
onely
time
excepted
,
which
must
weare
vs
out
with
death
,
and
then
shall
our
soules
welcome
a
perpetuitie
:
therefore
I
pray
thee
let
me
come
,
if
it
be
but
to
shew
my selfe
a
man
a
louer
of
vertue
,
and
maintainer
of
all
constant
and
honest
resolutions
.
Yours
euer
resolued
.
To
the
Mistresse
of
his
thoughts
,
F.D.
Loue
is
affraid
to
looke
his
contentment
.
MY
Loue
and
life
,
I
hope
it
is
not
come
to
that
passe
,
that
you
can
bee
contented
to
dispute
the
matter
with
discretion
,
as
though
it
lay
in
your
choice
,
which
way
to
trauell
to
the
palace
of
Felicitie
;
as
though
wisedome
had
taught
you
to
wipe
away
the
forces
of
Fancie
,
with
a
commanding
hand
;
as
though
some
diuine
inspiration
had
forewarned
you
of
ensuing
mishaps
.
For
sure
no
obiection
can
now
be
made
,
which
long
since
receiued
not
a
foile
in
the
encounter
;
therfore
I
pray
you
(
if
my
fortunes
be
so
bad
,
that
I
must
reuiue
your
memory
)
goe
to
that
groue
where
we
called
the
trees
to
witnesse
,
and
sware
by
the
pleasant
shade
,
that
nothing
but
the
fruite
of
enioying
one
another
,
should
coole
the
fiers
of
loue
,
and
there
recount
the
words
wee
counterchanged
,
the
vowes
we
contracted
,
the
teares
wee
drunke
vp
from
each
others
faces
.
But
I
can
say
no
more
,
vnlesse
I
shall
bee
inforced
to
exclaime
.
I
am
vnworthy
to
liue
;
because
my
dearest
life
supposeth
me
vnworthy
to
loue
,
or
be
beloued
:
which
if
it
bee
but
in
shew
;
as
you
breake
the
seales
of
these
Letters
,
you
breake
the
strings
of
my
heart
.
Yours
dying
in
constancie
.
Ciuill
Letters
.
To
his
best
beloued
and
more
then
much
respected
Mrs.
G.Z.
WOrthily
beloued
,
These
pretty
crosses
and
contradictions
make
Loue
the
sweeter
,
A
little
iealousie
seasoneth
true
loue
and
strengthen
Fancie
the
more
,
when
the
vaile
of
iealousie
is
taken
away
,
and
an
honest
heart
hath
taught
a
strong
arme
the
cunning
to
turne
aside
all
obstacles
of
our
delight
:
yet
beleeue
me
,
it
was
a
miserable
temptation
,
for
you
to
sweare
my
falshood
,
and
lay
the
weight
of
disloyaltie
on
the
brest
of
an
honest
man
.
especially
to
raise
your
suspition
,
from
so
vnworthy
a
person
,
and
degenerating
a
cause
,
when
there
was
no
motiue
to
startle
my
resolutions
,
nor
thoght
to
disparage
your
worth
.
Say
the
course
of
the
Danse
brought
mee
with
her
to
a
turning
change
,
and
that
afterward
I
commended
her
graces
and
comelinesse
,
I
could
doe
no
lesse
out
of
courtship
and
good
manner
:
but
to
say
that
either
procceeded
from
amorous
passion
,
is
to
be
ouer
passionat
,
&
vnwarrantable
by
reason
,
or
laws
of
loue
.
Besides
,
some
tongues
haue
traduced
her
for
a
wanton
:
and
then
is
beauty
as
ill
bestowed
,
as
valure
in
a
prophane
swaggerer
:
so
that
me
thinks
you
should
rather
haue
challenged
any
other
for
deprauing
me
in
this
kind
,
then
beene
challenger
your selfe
to
raise
a
greater
disease
.
But
I
hope
you
are
now
satisfied
,
as
no
such
misprision
shall
euer
endanger
the
vnitie
of
our
loues
againe
.
Yours
fearefully
louing
.
To
the
worthiest
of
all
my
friends
.
MY
other
selfe
,
You
haue
commanded
me
to
write
,
and
I
durst
not
but
obey
:
A
letter
describing
true
friendship
.
nay
,
you
haue
prescribed
the
method
,
and
therefore
I
wil
not
alter
the
maner
:
but
make
you
beleeue
I
haue
apprehended
your
wil
,
and
would
thus
satisfie
your
desire
.
True
friendship
is
an
vndissimuled
consent
of
our
affection
towards
one
another
,
and
a
very
transportation
of
two
hearts
into
one
body
:
so
that
two
friends
in
a
manner
loue
with
one
minde
,
speake
with
one
tongue
,
execute
with
one
hand
,
liue
with
one
life
,
and
sometimes
die
with
one
death
.
Amongst
friends
must
be
no
contradiction
,
no
disproportion
of
conditions
,
no
dissimilitude
in
manners
,
nor
talke
of
mine
and
thine
.
Doth
hee
sorrow
?
thou
must
mourne
:
doth
hee
reioyce
?
thou
must
not
repine
:
doth
hee
complaine
?
thou
must
not
accuse
:
doth
hee
demaund
?
thou
must
not
denie
:
doth
hee
want
?
thou
must
not
murmure
:
doth
hee
contriue
?
thou
must
practise
:
doth
hee
desire
?
thou
must
not
reproue
.
For
though
priuate
thoughts
are
proper
to
our selues
,
yet
the
fortunes
,
goods
,
persons
,
and
estate
of
friends
,
are
to
remaine
in
a
pleasant
communitie
:
vpon
this
,
some
Philosophers
haue
maintained
,
that
one
man
can
haue
but
one
friend
;
framing
thus
an
argument
,
A
contrariis
.
If
there
be
danger
in
many
enemies
,
by
reason
of
the
many
and
vncertaine
courses
to
reuenge
:
there
is
trouble
in
many
friends
,
by
occasion
of
diuisions
in
consent
.
According
to
the
opinion
of
Aeschines
,
there
was
no
such
griefe
as
to
be
diuided
from
him
we
did
loue
.
For
looke
what
properties
loue
euer
contained
,
were
in
friendshippe
maintained
:
and
because
loue
could
not
receiue
her
estimation
from
vntoward
liberty
to
change
;
friendship
hath
bene
denied
her
desires
to
alter
.
Tully
,
the
light
of
eloquence
,
had
friendship
in
such
account
,
that
he
preferd
it
before
kindred
,
because
in
the
dissolution
of
loue
,
the
name
of
a
kinsman
remained
,
but
in
the
priuation
of
friendship
all
titles
and
goodnes
ended
.
If
then
with
these
properties
you
can
bear
with
my
imperfections
,
I
with
these
conditions
will
tolerate
your
defects
,
and
so
shall
this
name
of
friendship
passe
and
repasse
reciprocally
between
vs
.
Yours
vnseparable
.
To
his
highly
esteemed
.
WOrthy
Sir
,
A
letter
of
friendly
precepts
.
Whereas
you
complaine
of
my
slownesse
in
visiting
you
,
and
slacknes
in
writing
concerning
your selfe
,
I
am
determined
to
remaine
with
the
same
faith
and
order
I
euer
accustomed
;
&
touching
those
latter
motiues
,
I
will
come
as
neare
your
satisfaction
as
I
can
in
this
slender
discouery
.
Vnderstand
me
then
,
that
my
poore
experience
would
open
the
mystery
of
this
knowledge
vnto
you
:
that
fortune
,
which
we
so
often
prophanely
remember
,
is
no
way
to
bee
ouercome
but
with
Vertue
:
that
Vertue
is
neuer
so
well
to
be
entertained
,
as
in
youth
:
that
youth
is
but
some
speciall
flower
in
a
curious
garden
,
kept
by
extraordinary
diligence
,
till
an
vntimely
blast
perish
the
stalke
,
and
impouerish
the
beauty
:
that
beautie
is
like
a
white
wall
curiously
trimmed
,
which
if
an
enuious
hand
do
besprinkle
with
a
few
vncleane
droppes
,
a
present
alteration
daunteth
the
company
:
that
company
is
like
a
strange
net
catching
all
fish
,
vnlesse
they
slip
into
some
vnknowne
nookes
,
or
auoide
the
danger
by
other
cunning
:
that
cunning
is
like
holding
the
Woolfe
by
the
eare
,
which
if
you
wrest
hard
,
you
are
bitten
;
if
you
let
go
,
you
are
in
perill
of
life
:
that
life
is
like
a
strong
timbred
tree
,
which
at
the
maisters
appointment
is
cut
downe
in
a
small
time
:
that
time
is
resembled
to
sweete
smelling
flowers
,
which
must
be
staid
to
please
the
sense
,
and
stilled
to
heale
the
body
,
or
else
they
will
bee
faire
to
the
eye
,
and
as
vnprofitable
as
ill
disposed
friends
:
that
friends
are
like
childrens
sports
,
who
for
a
new
Counter
refuse
an
old
Angell
,
and
to
go
to
a
strange
nurse
,
forsake
the
nearest
kindred
:
and
that
kindred
are
like
Tantalus
apples
,
which
keepe
their
shew
till
they
be
touched
;
but
once
pressed
,
crumble
to
powder
.
These
be
principles
to
my
griefe
experienced
,
and
may
without
offence
be
to
others
good
embraced
;
not
that
I
go
about
to
draw
you
into
suspition
:
but
because
I
would
preserue
your
remembrance
toward
me
,
whereby
I
must
needs
be
satisfied
,
if
you
be
not
displeased
.
Yours
as
I
haue
professed
.
To
his
esteemed
friend
,
C.N.
The
properties
of
true
friendship
.
SIR
,
Had
not
our
friendshippe
receiued
reciprocal
strength
from
true
vertue
,
and
worthy
conuersation
;
I
could
slightly
haue
passed
ouer
your
last
deniall
of
trifles
,
and
quietly
gathered
the
raines
of
discretion
to
restraine
the
forwardnesse
of
impudency
or
combersomnesse
:
but
when
I
remembred
our
combination
,
and
with
what
conditions
we
contracted
a
league
,
especially
the
nature
and
propertie
of
friendship
,
me
thought
there
was
a
pleasure
to
name
you
so
,
and
a
comfort
to
finde
you
so
:
therefore
from
hencefoorth
let
vs
vnderstand
one
another
better
;
either
firmely
to
maintaine
the
cause
of
kindnes
,
or
lightly
to
leaue
it
vnder
the
colours
of
courtesie
.
For
the
best
Philosophers
haue
chained
loue
and
friendshippe
with
equall
goodnesse
,
so
that
as
loue
can
endure
no
competition
,
friendship
must
abide
no
community
:
as
loue
can
haue
but
one
fauorite
;
friendshippe
should
admit
but
of
one
companion
:
as
loue
pardoneth
,
friendship
forbeareth
;
as
loue
commandeth
all
,
friendship
is
denyed
nothing
:
as
loue
entreth
when
he
list
,
friendship
doth
so
vncontrowled
:
as
loue
triumpheth
ouer
the
heart
and
affection
,
friendship
raigneth
ouer
body
&
goods
:
no
excuses
,
no
drawings
backe
,
no
contracted
brow
,
no
delaies
,
no
hiding
the
head
,
no
daintinesse
,
or
absurd
ceremonies
;
but
a
happy
Sympathy
to
strengthen
goodwill
,
and
an
absolute
power
to
command
,
and
readines
to
obey
one
other
.
If
then
with
these
conditions
,
you
can
bee
contented
to
march
arme
in
arme
to
the
house
of
contentment
,
I
am
yours
as
you
mine
;
and
both
to
shew
the
world
an
example
of
happy
imitation
.
Yours
indissoluble
.
To
his
assured
friend
,
F.
L.
SIR
,
The
properties
of
true
friendship
.
To
craue
pardon
were
to
submit
,
and
more
then
you
looke
for
:
obstinately
to
offend
were
iniurious
to
you
,
and
not
befitting
a
Gentleman
.
To
auoyd
therefore
the
one
,
and
to
eschew
the
other
:
For
not
writing
,
imagin
want
of
skill
:
for
not
comming
,
suppose
my
businesse
to
hinder
me
:
for
not
sending
,
thinke
I
could
not
conueniently
:
thus
you
see
I
am
willing
to
be
excused
,
where
I
am
loth
to
be
accused
;
&
considering
I
loue
you
better
then
other
men
,
I
would
not
distast
you
if
it
were
possible
:
especially
because
I
haue
tyed
my selfe
to
true
obseruation
,
as
you
haue
professed
a
happy
contract
of
kindnesse
.
In
hope
or
rather
assurance
hereof
,
I
pray
you
present
my
seruice
to
that
louely
party
,
whom
I
compared
at
our
last
meeting
to
a
rich
Diamond
orderly
inameled
,
and
extraordinarily
set
out
to
the
best
grace
;
and
all
to
shew
the
cunning
of
the
workeman
:
so
that
if
my
fortune
could
but
conduce
me
to
the
way
of
entertainment
,
it
would
sure
exceed
the
worlds
happines
,
and
I
durst
search
the
whole
earth
for
AEsculapius
bones
to
restore
her
eyes
:
but
if
you
play
the
truant
with
me
to
shew
her
this
letter
,
giue
mee
leaue
to
be
my
owne
interpeter
,
and
let
not
your
excellent
wits
triumph
ouer
my
simplicitie
.
Euer
your
owne
.
To
her
tried
and
trusty
friend
.
Necessitie
causeth
importunitie
.
WOrthy
Sir
,
Hauing
relyed
on
your
noble
promises
,
and
knowing
my selfe
on
a
sure
and
honest
ground
,
concerning
the
secrets
of
my
discontents
,
I
rested
some
way
satisfied
in
the
expectation
of
the
performance
;
and
thought
my selfe
happy
in
this
vnhappinesse
,
that
I
had
falne
into
the
hands
of
so
noble
a
Gentleman
:
so
that
if
there
were
no
more
in
it
,
then
loue
and
assurance
of
your selfe
,
I
would
haue
bene
silent
,
till
your
owne
leasure
had
serued
you
rightly
to
consider
mee
.
But
necessities
knocking
so
hard
and
so
fast
,
and
conspiring
with
the
suddennesse
of
time
against
my
patience
and
quiet
,
I
am
enforced
to
ouerpasse
all
limits
,
and
step
to
an
earnest
importunitie
,
to
request
both
your
confidence
of
my
honestie
in
this
businesse
,
and
suppliment
to
keepe
mee
out
of
the
hand
of
misery
and
despaire
.
This
humanity
challenges
at
your
hand
,
this
occasion
compelleth
mee
to
request
:
so
that
if
I
find
you
no
lesse
then
I
hope
,
nor
no
worse
then
I
deserue
,
we
shall
both
be
pleased
;
and
I
haue
cause
to
proclaime
your
worth
euen
to
my
best
friends
:
and
thus
I
haue
cast
my selfe
downe
into
the
scale
of
equall
consideration
;
take
vp
then
an
vpright
hand
,
and
peize
me
accordingly
:
but
withall
,
I
pray
you
let
no
indirect
strength
turne
the
beame
aside
.
For
I
haue
euer
loued
you
truly
,
and
therefore
rely
on
your
friendship
at
this
time
absolutely
.
Not
liuing
without
you
.
To
his
assured
Friend
,
G.M.
Deniall
of
trifles
,
and
presumption
of
anothers
weakenesse
,
maketh
a
breach
in
friendship
.
SIR
,
I
would
not
willingly
haue
our
friendship
receiue
any
maime
,
lest
my
wounds
grow
festred
for
want
of
a
skilfull
Chirurgion
;
considering
I
haue
loued
you
aboue
all
men
,
and
found
you
many
waies
true
and
free-hearted
:
yet
I
am
afraide
we
doe
both
faile
in
iudgement
and
true
vse
of
conuersation
.
For
you
see
,
that
that
hand
which
hath
,
or
should
couer
my
nakednes
,
hath
not
only
left
me
bare
,
and
subiect
to
cold
:
but
euer
turned
the
worst
side
to
the
view
and
derision
of
passengers
;
insomuch
that
your
last
deniall
of
trifles
,
and
glorious
liberty
of
deceiueable
speeches
to
please
your selfe
,
hath
made
me
contemptible
to
seruile
creatures
,
and
debarred
my
desires
,
when
I
determined
but
a
small
satisfaction
,
which
with
a
little
suppliment
had
had
a
free
passage
.
But
now
I
see
my selfe
more
miserable
for
the
want
of
Vertue
,
then
want
of
money
;
therefore
I
am
resolued
to
bee
reposed
:
and
if
you
thinke
me
woorth
the
keeping
,
I
pray
you
hereafter
forbeare
those
disloyall
and
palpable
discoueries
,
vndecent
contradictions
,
vnkinde
denials
,
and
triuiall
excuses
.
For
a
small
helpe
will
stay
a
fainting
man
,
when
a
strong
arme
cannot
lift
him
vp
,
that
is
falne
flat
on
the
ground
.
I
vrge
not
this
,
to
draw
you
to
any
inconueniences
concerning
your
purse
,
but
to
keepe
vs
both
vpright
touching
our
credits
,
and
so
with
a
meere
disturbed
hand
,
and
troubled
minde
,
I
bid
you
farewell
;
but
I
am
resolued
to
endure
no
further
vnsauory
iests
against
me
,
for
any
hopes
of
worldly
helpes
.
Yours
,
as
I
haue
cause
.
To
his
Honorable
friend
,
Sir
G.S.
WOrthy
Sir
,
Discontinuance
and
vnkindnes
loseth
friends
in
the
end
.
Had
not
my
life
receiued
heate
from
the
Sunne
of
your
fauours
,
and
as
I
may
say
,
from
the
first
influence
,
wherewith
that
Noble
Lord
so
graciously
beheld
me
,
I
might
quietly
go
forward
without
once
looking
backe
to
see
,
wherefore
I
am
despised
,
&
why
,
without
offending
,
debarred
from
the
same
.
But
because
I
must
and
will
acknowledge
it
,
and
in
a
maner
confesse
my selfe
all
darkenesse
without
it
,
yea
readie
to
bee
plunged
into
euery
durty
bogge
&
irrecouerable
danger
:
I
humbly
beseech
you
therfore
,
either
to
extend
a
gracious
hand
to
stay
a
fainting
soule
from
sinking
,
or
giue
mee
leaue
to
blame
my
misfortune
,
that
hath
thus
subiected
mee
to
the
violence
of
so
dangerous
displeasure
;
whereby
if
you
be
not
the
more
noble
,
discontinuance
shall
make
me
worse
,
then
water
spilt
out
of
a
vessell
neuer
to
be
taken
vp
againe
.
For
what
a
terror
is
this
?
nay
,
how
vnexcusable
,
for
my selfe
to
haue
you
in
towne
,
and
I
not
to
visite
you
,
or
so
much
as
once
to
bee
thought
vpon
?
yet
it
may
be
,
this
eternall
horror
of
gentle
minds
(
shame
and
wants
)
haue
onely
stirred
vp
iealousie
to
afflict
me
without
cause
;
considering
you
will
be
still
your selfe
,
and
loue
me
for
being
honest
,
and
endeuouring
to
make
vertue
proud
,
that
pouertie
cannot
abase
her
:
In
which
hope
I
send
you
my
true
and
faithfull
heart
,
howeuer
I
remaine
most
miserable
in
the
feare
of
your
losse
.
Yours
in
true
friendship
.
To
his
Honourable
friend
,
Sir
.
T.B.
WOrthy
Sir
,
In
those
times
,
when
Dracon
the
tyrant
of
the
East
,
aduanced
himselfe
to
the
height
of
soueraignty
,
Ingratitude
is
not
befitting
a
gentleman
.
ingratitude
and
iniustice
were
punished
with
death
:
so
that
if
he
vnderwent
the
imputation
of
cruelty
,
it
was
not
for
satiating
a
blood-thirsty-minde
,
but
reuenging
the
neglect
of
his
statutes
:
now
if
examples
endure
longer
then
precepts
,
had
not
wee
neede
in
these
corrupt
times
to
stand
on
a
guard
of
circumspection
,
not
to
vilipend
vertue
lesse
then
the
heathen
,
nor
practise
impietie
worse
then
idolaters
;
and
if
they
thought
ingratitude
worthy
of
death
;
I
hope
we
shall
(
at
least
)
suppose
it
vnbefitting
a
Gentleman
.
Wherefore
without
further
complement
,
or
larger
circumstances
for
those
many
fauours
,
wherewith
your
plentifull
hand
hath
euen
laden
me
;
I
open
the
exchecquour
of
the
poore
,
and
thanke
you
with
a
publike
acknowledgement
of
the
same
.
Yet
giue
me
leaue
(
considering
mischances
are
multiplyed
vpon
me
)
to
resemble
my selfe
to
a
man
tumbling
downe
a
staires
,
who
neuer
leaues
falling
,
till
he
come
to
the
bottome
.
And
concerning
your
last
promise
vnperformed
,
how
can
I
be
compared
better
then
to
a
man
lying
faint
and
wounded
on
the
ground
,
whom
some
courteous
hand
seemeth
to
aduance
,
but
lifting
him
vp
halfe
way
,
letteth
goe
his
hold
,
and
so
he
falleth
backe
againe
to
his
sore
hurt
?
therefore
,
good
Sir
,
either
giue
my
hope
fuller
wings
,
that
it
may
take
a
higher
flight
of
security
,
or
let
me
die
at
once
,
to
auoide
an
euerliuing
misery
:
and
this
I
vrge
the
rather
,
because
in
cases
of
vntoward
distresse
,
there
is
courtesie
in
quicke
dispatch
;
as
in
the
benefits
of
friendship
there
is
a
double
pleasure
in
the
timelinesse
,
and
orderly
disposing
of
fauour
.
Now
my
request
is
,
if
any
vngentle
hand
hath
cast
durt
into
the
pure
streame
of
your
loue
;
Oh
,
let
it
not
so
remaine
,
but
either
cleanse
it
your selfe
,
or
giue
me
leaue
to
pull
it
out
,
what
danger
soeuer
I
incurre
:
and
if
my
fortune
be
so
malignant
,
that
a
slauish
report
hath
ecchoed
against
my
peace
,
Oh
,
let
me
know
the
particulars
,
and
answer
for
my selfe
accordingly
.
And
thus
assuring
my selfe
,
that
I
shall
fall
into
the
hands
of
iudgement
,
with
quicke
apprehension
,
I
leaue
all
to
fauourable
construction
,
and
commit
you
to
his
hands
,
who
can
aduance
you
to
the
height
of
your
desire
,
and
merit
of
your
woorth
.
Post
scriptum
,
Gratia
ab
officio
,
quod
mor
a
tardat
,
abest
.
Your
thankefull
friend
.
To
his
much
esteemed
Friend
,
C.G.
A
man
out
of
good
manners
must
answer
letters
howeuer
they
proue
vnsauory
in
the
acceptation
.
SIR
,
I
am
sorry
that
my
letters
were
either
vnsauory
for
the
matter
,
or
tedious
for
the
length
,
considering
that
out
of
the
rules
of
ciuilitie
I
was
to
answer
yours
,
and
the
necessitie
of
my
businesse
to
importune
further
,
then
you
thought
good
manners
.
But
such
is
the
misery
of
wants
;
and
poore
men
are
resembled
to
ruinous
walles
,
which
euery
man
shunneth
for
feare
of
falling
vpon
them
;
otherwise
I
could
excuse
my selfe
many
waies
.
First
,
to
auoide
idlenesse
,
wherein
the
Persians
were
so
obseruant
,
that
they
would
rather
whittle
stickes
,
or
rip
the
seames
of
their
coate
,
and
sewe
them
vp
againe
.
Secondly
,
to
eschew
ingratitude
,
which
is
a
vice
vnbefitting
a
generous
minde
of
all
other
.
Next
,
to
exercise
my
vnderstanding
;
for
to
write
to
so
delicate
a
iudgement
,
and
apprehensiue
a
wit
,
craueth
study
and
a
carefull
foresight
:
then
,
to
better
my
knowledge
:
For
if
I
doe
well
,
your
commendation
can
confirme
me
;
if
I
fall
into
errors
,
your
wisedome
can
reforme
and
restraine
me
.
Fifthly
,
to
make
you
beleeue
,
there
is
some
good
thing
in
me
allowable
and
iustifiable
,
and
therefore
worthy
of
a
small
regard
,
as
noble
Sir
Phillip
Sydney
was
wont
to
say
,
Let
vs
loue
him
for
one
good
qualitie
;
for
a
great
many
haue
none
at
all
,
and
no
man
hath
all
.
Lastly
,
to
know
what
to
trust
vnto
;
for
to
hope
for
a
thing
which
commeth
not
,
and
to
loue
them
that
care
not
for
vs
,
be
two
of
the
liuing
deaths
in
this
world
.
Therefore
,
Good
Sir
,
let
me
not
pleade
in
vaine
,
that
pleade
so
truely
,
and
vrge
these
reasons
,
rather
to
know
how
your
loue
shall
bee
inlarged
,
then
my
vaineglory
published
:
and
if
you
please
to
second
my
enterprise
,
I
shall
with
a
further
cheerefulnesse
proceede
in
my
businesse
;
if
not
,
as
good
fall
at
first
,
and
all
at
once
,
as
liue
in
expectation
of
more
mischiefe
,
and
greater
troubles
.
Thus
I
bid
you
farewell
,
and
to
fare
better
then
I
can
fare
,
vnlesse
you
wish
me
well
.
Yours
,
as
a
louer
of
Vertue
.
To
her
newly
displeased
Friend
,
M.I.
GOod
Sir
,
Iealousie
should
not
be
shewne
without
cause
.
How
commeth
it
to
passe
,
that
you
draw
my
loue
and
modesty
in
question
,
for
my
ciuill
entertaining
of
a
Gentleman
last
night
,
as
thogh
I
could
do
lesse
,
then
affoord
him
a
salutation
,
and
performed
too
much
in
continuing
our
morall
discourse
?
Beleeue
me
,
I
am
not
ignorant
,
that
loue
is
seasoned
with
a
little
iealousie
,
but
beeing
out
of
Italie
,
grow
prowd
of
Englands
libertie
,
where
the
practices
of
humanitie
teach
vs
the
true
vse
of
conuersation
.
So
that
an
vncorrupted
heart
is
Canon-proof
against
a
slanderous
tongue
,
but
a
wanton
minde
will
turne
vertuous
sentences
to
laciuiousnesse
:
if
then
you
were
well
perswaded
of
my
vertue
;
to
put
all
out
of
doubt
,
there
passed
not
one
word
,
which
a
diuine
might
not
haue
bene
partaker
of
;
otherwise
bee
resolued
,
that
if
I
had
not
bene
limited
with
the
bands
of
respecting
you
,
I
would
haue
bene
tyed
to
the
conditions
concerning
my selfe
,
and
neither
haue
giuen
eare
to
immodest
parlee
,
nor
way
to
any
vndecencies
:
and
so
if
you
are
satisfied
,
I
am
pleased
.
But
from
hencefoorth
bee
more
confident
of
my
worth
,
and
lesse
suspicious
of
my
loyaltie
.
Yours
,
if
you
wrong
her
not
.
To
her
best
resolued
friend
,
F.G.
MY
true
and
worthy
friend
,
Your
late
discourse
concerning
absence
and
iealousie
,
The
difference
betweene
a
willing
and
compulsed
absence
.
as
if
they
were
rather
inflamers
,
then
extinguishers
of
loue
,
hath
almost
startled
my
resolutions
concerning
the
negatiue
:
that
is
,
whereas
I
held
an
opinion
that
iealousie
&
absence
were
rather
deficiencies
in
themselues
,
and
meerely
obstacles
to
continuing
kindnesse
,
I
am
now
perswaded
,
they
may
so
march
in
the
army
of
passions
,
as
to
haue
the
Vauntgard
in
the
encounter
of
affection
:
but
withall
I
haue
learnd
so
much
cunning
in
morality
,
as
thus
to
distinguish
betweene
their
abuses
.
Concerning
absence
,
there
is
a
difference
in
that
which
is
constrayned
,
and
that
which
is
voluntary
.
For
there
may
be
honourable
causes
of
the
one
,
when
the
other
at
(
the
best
)
is
but
an
vntoward
triall
of
one
another
,
as
imployment
in
martiall
affaires
,
legation
to
forraine
Princes
,
trauell
to
enrich
experience
,
necessitie
of
trafficke
and
such
like
:
to
all
which
no
worthy
party
beloued
,
but
will
affoord
a
helping
hand
,
and
admit
of
hope
of
returne
;
patience
to
endure
,
and
wisedome
to
harken
after
his
endeuours
:
but
voluntary
absence
,
if
it
could
bee
veiled
vnder
the
adulterate
shew
of
trials
,
hath
so
many
ill
companions
,
that
it
can
neither
doe
well
it selfe
,
nor
bring
them
to
any
good
order
.
For
commonly
,
it
is
accompanyed
with
carelesnesse
,
slacknesse
in
obseruation
,
suspition
,
feare
of
idle
humours
,
vnkindnesse
;
and
,
at
last
,
meets
with
vtter
obliuion
,
with
diuers
of
that
sort
:
and
what
shall
the
party
beloued
conceite
,
if
she
first
demand
reasons
of
his
departure
,
and
after
finde
a
breach
of
vowes
for
his
returne
?
so
that
alledge
what
philosophicall
inference
you
may
,
and
guild
it
ouer
with
the
imposturing
Art
of
Oratory
:
I
absolutely
conclude
,
that
howeuer
pleasure
is
the
stronger
in
his
rarity
;
loue
,
true
,
honest
,
and
perfect
loue
is
no
way
beholding
to
a
wilfull
absence
.
Touching
iealousie
,
I
confesse
I
haue
read
of
a
holy-day
in
hell
,
when
loue
and
iealousie
were
marryed
together
:
but
howeuer
they
feasted
for
that
day
,
I
am
sure
,
all
the
time
after
they
were
turmoyled
with
despight
:
For
except
a
great
discretion
ouermaster
suspition
;
feare
,
rage
,
madnesse
,
watchings
,
disquiet
,
absteining
from
meate
and
rest
,
torment
of
minde
,
and
vntoward
distractions
accompany
vs
,
especially
if
there
be
the
least
cause
giuen
of
the
breach
of
vowes
.
Oh
then
,
loue
prooues
like
a
beautiful
glasse
,
which
once
broken
,
can
neuer
be
cemented
againe
:
yet
I
confesse
,
there
may
bee
a
ciuill
emulation
concerning
a
Riuals
worthinesse
,
and
honest
feare
to
hazzard
the
thing
vnobtained
:
but
once
,
wiued
and
contracted
vnseparable
,
there
can
be
no
man
iealous
,
but
vpon
his
wiues
disloyalty
;
and
she
that
giues
the
occasion
,
must
aduenture
her
honour
.
I
will
not
therefore
haue
the
marryed
man
iealous
;
and
would
tye
the
amorous
suiter
within
certaine
bounds
,
lest
by
transcending
,
he
transshape
his
owne
discretion
into
fury
,
and
quarrelsome
humours
,
of
which
,
a
well
disposed
Gentlewoman
would
,
nor
should
be
any
way
guilty
:
and
so
,
till
I
heare
further
,
I
leaue
what
you
haue
heard
,
to
a
fauourable
construction
.
Yours
wheresoeuer
.
To
the
worthie
and
Noble
.
L.B.
MY
best
Lady
,
I
wold
not
now
proue
recreant
to
my
former
constancy
,
Friendship
is
afraide
to
bee
forgotten
and
so
pleadeth
in
her
owne
behalfe
.
considering
I
haue
not
only
plaid
the
wanton
with
affliction
;
but
haue
had
you
a
looker
on
to
my
great
encouragement
:
yet
some
vnkinde
feare
begins
now
to
stagger
my
resolution
,
because
I
finde
a
falling
away
amongst
your selues
,
like
loose
earth
from
a
maine
banke
;
and
am
resolued
that
this
banishment
will
vtterly
disioynt
the
frame
of
our
long
acquaintance
,
and
at
last
pull
in
peeces
the
bands
of
true
friendship
:
else
how
can
it
be
,
that
I
am
vnworthy
the
remembrance
?
and
who
would
haue
thought
I
should
so
long
haue
passed
vnregarded
?
But
this
is
the
corruption
of
greatnesse
,
either
you
thinke
to
make
vs
slaues
by
obseruation
,
or
dare
not
bee
your selues
vertuous
,
for
feare
of
combersomnes
:
as
for
friendship
,
kindnesse
,
loue
,
faith
,
loyalty
,
respect
,
and
generous
dispositions
:
they
are
but
voyces
and
smoake
,
and
as
you
all
vse
the
same
,
like
Tantalus
Apples
,
which
once
touched
,
turne
into
cinders
,
and
yet
hang
with
glorious
shews
to
the
eye
.
But
will
you
serue
me
so
indeed
?
and
as
the
diuell
seduced
the
woman
,
the
woman
enticed
the
man
,
the
man
offended
his
Maker
;
run
arme
in
arme
in
the
race
of
contempt
,
and
at
last
triumph
in
my
deiection
?
Why
,
doe
a
Gods
name
;
and
then
shall
you
see
mee
smile
in
distresse
,
and
reach
at
the
helpe
of
all
helpes
out
of
heauen
it selfe
:
yet
for
al
this
,
I
pray
you
do
not
mistake
me
,
but
rather
impute
all
to
the
distraction
of
my
owne
feares
,
then
your
defects
:
for
I
haue
euer
loued
your
worth
,
and
while
I
liue
,
will
thinke
you
worthy
to
bee
beloued
:
so
that
if
amongst
your
other
vertues
,
you
can
pardon
this
vnsauorinesse
,
I
shall
receiue
a
new
life
,
and
with
a
further
chearefulnesse
present
my
duty
once
againe
vnto
you
.
Yours
,
if
you
prooue
worthy
.
To
his
much
esteemed
Mrs.
P.
A
good
wife
commended
&
compared
to
a
ship
at
sea
.
MIstresse
,
Me
thinkes
I
behold
you
like
a
goodly
ship
at
sea
;
so
that
,
I
which
am
a
stander
on
the
shore
,
must
needs
be
afraide
,
when
I
consider
the
danger
of
boysterous
winds
and
raging
billowes
;
the
perill
of
the
shelfes
and
sands
;
the
terror
of
rockes
and
shores
;
the
inconueniences
of
harbors
and
long
voyages
,
and
the
hazzard
of
incounters
with
pirats
and
men
of
warre
.
Yet
againe
,
when
I
remember
the
excellent
workemanship
in
your
contriuing
,
the
strength
of
your
building
,
the
comelines
of
your
raising
vp
,
the
delicacie
of
your
trimming
,
and
aboue
all
,
the
cunning
and
experience
of
your
Pilot
and
steersman
,
I
am
somewhat
pacified
,
and
had
rather
expose
you
to
the
glory
of
famous
voyages
,
then
see
you
lie
still
in
safe
harbour
,
where
time
and
many
inconueniencies
shall
weare
out
your
keele
,
and
obscure
your
beautie
:
therefore
go
foorth
a
Gods
name
,
and
let
me
see
you
vnder
saile
.
For
the
wisest
of
men
,
hath
compared
a
good
wife
to
a
ship
at
sea
,
which
bringeth
her
food
from
a
farre
;
and
so
I
make
no
doubt
you
will
esteeme
your selfe
,
and
not
aduenter
abroade
without
care
,
order
,
and
good
prouision
.
In
which
hope
,
I
leaue
you
to
the
fortune
of
the
world
,
and
send
my
good
wishes
after
you
,
to
fill
your
sailes
with
the
best
winde
,
and
bring
you
home
againe
with
the
fulnesse
of
prosperitie
.
Yours
,
and
Vertues
.
To
his
well
aduised
Friend
,
Mrs.
H.
GOod
Mistresse
,
A
friend
desireth
a
Gentlewoman
to
vnite
the
inward
vertues
of
the
mind
to
outwardlouelinesse
.
Obedience
is
better
then
sacrifice
;
and
therefore
doe
I
send
you
these
triuiall
letters
according
to
your
command
imposed
,
requesting
you
not
to
be
too
quicke
in
apprehending
any
thing
amisse
,
nor
stupide
in
not
conceiuing
what
belongs
to
your
portion
:
For
I
protest
,
I
meane
to
say
nothing
,
to
draw
your
worthinesse
in
question
:
nor
will
leaue
out
any
thing
,
which
may
manifest
my
good
opinion
of
you
.
I
then
must
begin
with
a
certaine
custome
of
the
Schoolemaisters
in
Lacedemon
,
who
at
the
first
admittance
of
their
schollers
,
brought
them
a
glasse
to
looke
in
:
If
they
were
faire
and
comely
,
they
then
aduised
them
to
take
heede
,
that
the
inward
vertues
answered
the
outward
louelinesse
;
otherwise
they
might
resemble
painted
sheaths
couering
onely
wodden
swords
,
so
that
true
beauty
and
handsomnesse
consisted
in
noble
parts
,
not
outward
feature
.
If
they
were
mishapen
,
or
outwardly
deformed
,
to
endeuour
for
the
adoration
of
the
minde
,
the
light
of
vnderstanding
,
and
the
load-starre
of
wisedome
,
whereby
they
should
see
no
man
except
against
the
first
shape
:
and
here
may
man
ouerpasse
the
imperfections
of
nature
,
by
extolling
the
conditions
of
nurture
.
Now
I
hope
I
shall
not
neede
to
apply
this
to
your selfe
,
because
I
am
assured
you
look
in
a
glasse
euery
day
;
and
although
you
do
not
with
Narcessus
doate
on
your
owne
forme
:
yet
you
cannot
choose
,
but
be
thankefull
to
nature
for
so
extraordinary
benefits
conferred
;
and
withall
,
remember
,
what
a
happinesse
will
make
you
perfect
in
this
world
,
if
you
vnite
such
inward
graces
,
as
begin
already
to
take
you
by
the
hand
,
to
pase
out
the
measures
of
worth
and
modestie
.
Go
on
therefore
,
go
on
,
that
I
may
liue
to
say
,
Yonder
goes
the
wonder
of
time
,
and
the
true
example
of
noblenesse
and
beautie
But
I
dare
not
enlarge
my
wishes
,
lest
I
fall
into
an
extasy
,
and
from
giuing
good
counsell
to
others
,
crosse
mine
owne
iudgement
for
not
doing
as
I
should
my selfe
:
yet
I
sweare
,
if
my
fortune
were
worthy
the
name
of
a
fortune
,
I
durst
triumph
amongst
other
masters
of
earthly
contentments
,
that
you
thinke
me
of
deseruing
to
bee
commanded
by
you
,
and
put
me
in
the
Catalogue
of
your
chiefest
friends
.
The
businesse
you
inserted
,
shall
bee
dispatched
,
and
the
next
letters
discouer
,
what
I
thinke
of
the
choise
of
a
husband
,
and
to
what
conditions
I
would
tie
man
and
wife
,
liuing
in
a
generous
libertie
.
Yours
well
aduised
.
Houshold
Letters
.
To
his
dearely
beloued
friend
,
M.T.
GOod
Sir
,
A
gentleman
must
take
heede
how
he
settles
himself
in
the
counitry
as
a
farmer
.
I
well
perceiue
by
your
worthy
disposition
,
that
obliuion
cannot
get
the
mastery
of
vertue
in
iudicious
and
honest
friends
.
For
howeuer
we
are
remote
in
body
,
you
haue
iustified
your
remembrance
toward
mee
,
yea
continued
a
good
opinion
,
and
strengthened
it
with
a
conceit
of
my
vnderstanding
somwhat
;
concerning
your
retired
country
,
t
is
so
,
that
some
thing
must
now
be
said
,
drawing
neare
to
satisfaction
,
but
especially
to
discharge
the
dutie
of
a
friend
,
and
faithfull
well-willer
.
Beleeue
it
then
,
that
in
diuers
persons
a
country
life
neighboureth
contemplation
and
quietnesse
,
according
as
we
adapt
our selues
to
the
same
.
For
a
Gentleman
,
of
any
reasonable
estate
,
desiring
to
free
himselfe
of
citie
vanities
,
continuall
resort
,
extraordinary
expences
,
superfluous
diet
,
curiositie
of
apparell
,
and
alluring
temptation
,
may
so
seate
himselfe
and
persecute
his
passion
,
as
to
meet
with
profite
and
reposednes
,
in
the
countrey
:
but
then
his
resolution
must
be
,
not
for
any
occasion
to
ouerpasse
the
limits
of
his
intended
expences
;
because
,
if
hee
once
step
into
the
vaine-glorious
reputation
of
a
housekeeper
,
a
giuer
of
almes
,
and
desire
of
salutations
from
russet
coates
:
his
verie
Hall
will
eate
vp
his
Parlour
,
and
hee
shall
bee
drawne
in
to
spend
more
at
a
Christmasse
,
then
his
vpper
chamber
in
the
citie
did
in
a
tweluemonth
.
But
for
a
free
spirit
,
and
a
liuer
onely
vpon
a
stocke
,
to
bee
emboldened
with
the
hope
of
commoditie
,
and
bettering
his
estate
by
a
husbandly
paines-taking
,
is
as
farre
from
expectation
,
as
to
feede
a
hunting
horse
on
the
commons
,
and
yet
presume
to
run
with
him
for
the
best
game
.
For
hee
that
must
say
to
his
seruants
,
Go
,
and
to
his
men
,
Doe
this
,
must
be
a
Centurion
,
who
liues
vpon
an
annuall
entrade
:
but
〈…〉
a
vine-dresser
,
must
labour
and
take
paines
himselfe
,
yea
haue
both
art
and
discretion
to
manage
his
affaires
,
that
when
he
sees
a
barren
figge-tree
,
he
may
not
in
a
rage
goe
and
cut
it
downe
,
or
stocke
it
vp
:
but
prune
it
,
dung
it
,
dig
the
earth
about
it
,
and
make
triall
of
another
yeere
.
Besides
,
for
a
Gentleman
of
worth
,
to
liue
in
any
towne
in
suspition
of
a
decaied
estate
,
or
necessitie
to
increase
himselfe
by
industry
:
especially
where
they
doe
but
seeme
better
men
of
eminence
,
is
,
as
if
a
man
should
goe
from
his
vnderstanding
friends
,
who
out
of
ciuilitie
would
neither
disteeme
him
,
nor
reueale
his
secrets
:
and
proclaime
the
same
in
publike
,
exposing
himselfe
so
to
derision
.
For
beleeue
it
,
howeuer
the
country
man
may
bid
you
good
morrow
,
and
stubbornely
bend
his
knee
,
his
heart
is
full
within
,
and
at
home
hee
cares
not
what
he
murmures
against
you
;
except
you
are
in
office
to
controwle
him
,
as
a
Iustice
of
peace
:
or
in
abilitie
to
pleasure
him
,
as
Lord
of
the
Mannor
:
or
incredite
to
terrifie
him
,
as
some
officer
at
Court
:
or
in
estimation
to
master
him
,
as
some
noble
mans
man
or
other
;
especially
,
a
priuy
counsellours
.
Besides
,
the
seruants
will
loyter
,
the
Bailiffe
will
sooth
you
vp
with
flattery
to
deceiue
you
;
the
cattell
will
famish
or
diminish
,
the
plough
will
go
vntoward
,
the
whole
family
liue
in
confusion
,
and
the
best
by-word
shall
be
for
you
:
a
poore
Gentleman
Farmer
.
All
which
considered
,
I
could
be
contented
to
see
you
here
again
,
where
you
may
eate
meate
with
the
best
,
and
sort
out
your
pleasures
at
as
easie
a
rate
,
as
you
list
.
Your
plaine
and
true
Friend
.
To
his
louing
and
long
expected
Friend
.
GOod
Sir
,
If
a
Gentleman
will
be
a
Farmer
,
it
is
the
best
to
obtain
the
principall
house
:
or
the
credite
of
the
highest
place
in
the
towne
.
I
would
not
haue
you
play
with
me
,
as
the
Iewes
did
with
Ieremie
about
their
going
into
Aegypt
,
asking
his
opinion
,
and
swearing
a
conformitie
,
till
his
resolution
was
contrary
to
their
owne
mindes
,
&
so
they
retracted
,
scorning
the
Prophets
aduice
:
thus
it
may
be
you
expect
at
my
hands
to
iump
with
your
desires
,
and
please
you
by
way
of
soothing
,
and
applaud
your
pretences
:
surely
I
onely
cast
but
a
doubt
,
and
therefore
will
thus
plainely
tell
you
my
opinion
.
The
house
and
Farme
you
haue
taken
,
as
I
vnderstand
,
is
the
Mannor
house
,
and
hauing
many
Tenants
,
you
haue
as
many
priuiledges
by
their
seruiceable
tenures
.
Here
questionlesse
you
did
verie
well
:
for
by
this
occasion
you
shall
keepe
the
stubborne
man
in
awe
,
and
confirme
the
well
disposed
with
securitie
:
besides
,
whereas
peraduenture
you
cannot
take
paines
your selfe
,
or
attend
the
plough
in
person
;
the
principall
point
of
husbandrie
and
tricke
to
winne
the
game
for
a
meane
estate
:
you
shall
be
sure
that
the
very
best
husbands
will
ouer-looke
your
grounds
for
you
,
as
glad
to
spie
a
fault
in
them
,
or
come
with
a
tale
to
pleasure
you
,
euen
with
offering
his
seruice
to
amend
it
himselfe
for
you
.
But
withall
,
is
not
the
house
of
too
great
receipt
,
costly
to
furnish
,
chargeable
to
repaire
,
dangerous
to
keepe
,
and
drawing
on
extraordinarie
expences
euen
for
fewell
and
maintenance
?
besides
,
is
there
not
a
certaine
expectation
of
extraordinary
house-keeping
,
and
entertaining
of
passengers
?
Wherein
to
proceede
,
it
will
drinke
vppe
the
profite
of
the
Farme
like
a
Spunge
;
wherein
to
drawe
backe
,
will
drowne
your
reputation
in
vilipending
.
This
is
that
I
would
say
vnto
you
,
so
that
if
you
meete
with
discretion
,
and
iudgement
in
so
intricate
a
businesse
;
surely
I
must
applaude
your
choise
for
taking
the
mannor
house
;
but
if
you
chance
vpon
iollitie
,
or
vaine-glory
,
determining
to
thriue
,
you
will
take
as
wrong
a
course
in
being
a
farmer
,
as
I
haue
done
in
aduising
you
against
your
minde
,
and
desires
.
Yours
,
with
good
wishes
.
To
his
well
aduised
friend
,
S.
G.
Concerning
the
building
and
ordring
a
house
with
retaining
of
seruants
.
SIR
,
When
I
opened
your
last
letter
,
and
ouerviewed
the
sentences
diuided
into
interrogatories
,
I
was
almost
affrighted
,
as
if
there
had
bene
a
citation
sent
for
me
:
but
after
I
considered
the
particulars
,
and
saw
they
were
onely
houshold
aduertisements
,
or
(
if
you
will
)
husbandly
questions
,
for
the
better
setling
a
man
in
the
possession
of
contentment
:
I
cheered
my selfe
,
and
thought
it
good
manners
thus
to
answer
them
;
wherein
,
if
I
pay
you
in
your
owne
coine
,
and
not
once
to
looke
into
the
treasure
house
of
Oratorie
for
any
rhetoricall
amplification
,
remember
the
iustice
of
my
cause
,
and
the
low
flight
of
my
subiect
.
But
to
the
purpose
:
Whereas
you
demand
,
how
you
should
build
your
house
?
I
answer
thus
;
That
though
former
times
esteemed
it
better
to
haue
a
house
too
litle
for
a
day
,
then
too
bigge
for
a
whole
yeare
,
and
cared
for
no
conueniencie
of
lodgings
,
so
the
hall
and
kitchin
were
bigge
enough
to
dresse
meate
,
and
entertaine
company
;
yet
doe
not
you
so
,
but
discouer
a
good
spirite
by
the
outward
fashion
of
your
building
,
choose
a
handsome
prospect
and
wholesome
scituation
;
let
your
lodgings
bee
warme
and
light
,
for
you
may
darken
them
at
pleasure
;
your
staires
easie
,
and
your
roomes
of
entertainment
large
&
delightsome
;
the
out-houses
conuenient
,
the
gardens
and
orchyards
to
the
South
and
your
owne
chambers
neere
your
husbandrie
,
yet
as
farre
from
annoyance
as
you
may
.
In
a
word
,
let
the
whole
frame
discouer
your
willingnesse
to
do
well
,
rather
then
brand
you
to
hereafter
memory
for
couetous
and
basely
disposed
;
and
if
you
can
leaue
an
estate
of
a
thousand
markes
behinde
you
,
let
the
passers
by
,
viewing
the
house
imagin
it
a
1000.
pound
a
yeare
.
For
so
a
second
good
husband
&
a
good
family
to
match
in
,
may
raise
it
in
another
age
,
and
then
followeth
a
kinde
of
repining
,
that
my
father
or
grandfather
was
not
well
aduised
,
and
esteemed
more
of
money
,
then
the
reputation
of
his
family
.
But
,
aboue
all
,
take
heed
you
exceed
not
this
proportion
,
lest
either
you
incurre
derision
,
for
beginning
a
worke
you
were
not
able
to
finish
;
or
leaue
the
house
to
emptinesse
and
decay
,
if
your
next
heire
be
not
sufficient
to
adorne
and
furnish
it
.
Whereas
you
demand
what
retinue
to
keepe
?
I
answer
,
Haue
rather
one
too
few
,
then
two
too
many
,
&
of
al
other
things
,
take
heed
to
an
idle
seruant
for
corrupting
the
rest
:
for
I
cannot
but
resemble
him
to
a
stinking
broad
spreading
burre
,
who
is
not
onely
bad
in
it selfe
,
but
hinders
the
rest
of
the
grasse
growing
round
about
it
.
And
concerning
outward
shew
,
by
that
time
your
Clearke
,
Coachman
,
Butler
,
keeper
of
your
Wardrobe
,
chiefe
Bailiffe
,
and
better
sort
of
husbandmen
be
instructed
the
houre
of
attendance
,
and
haue
also
an
honest
care
and
cunning
,
cleanely
to
shift
themselues
,
there
may
be
a
sufficient
ostentation
for
a
hundred
pound
a
yeare
.
Wheras
you
demand
what
fare
you
should
keepe
:
I
answer
thus
;
let
not
the
Sunday
so
exceed
,
as
there
be
scarcitie
in
the
weeke
following
:
giue
the
laborer
sufficient
,
for
dainties
fill
not
the
belly
:
allow
not
euery
one
a
breakefast
,
nor
euery
day
three
meales
:
haue
your
meate
warm
and
good
,
but
do
not
reserue
the
best
dish
,
till
it
be
starke
naught
:
if
a
neighbour
come
in
about
businesse
,
let
him
tarry
a
Gods
name
;
if
he
be
inuited
,
set
before
him
,
what
he
hath
not
at
home
;
rather
haue
a
litle
&
fresh
,
than
return
a
great
deale
to
smell
of
the
dry
larder
;
and
aboue
all
,
let
not
the
end
of
the
table
be
so
forgotten
,
either
to
be
serued
with
blowne
drinke
,
stale
bread
,
or
refuse
meate
:
(
For
goers
and
commers
by
the
dore
will
looke
for
that
,
and
better
)
because
such
a
heart
and
tongue
may
sit
at
your
boord
,
as
will
repine
at
his
nasty
entertainment
;
and
be
bold
to
publish
your
reproach
.
Wheras
you
demand
what
cattell
to
keep
,
I
answer
thus
.
For
a
Gentleman
,
Oxen
are
better
then
Horse
,
because
after
any
mischance
they
may
be
fed
for
the
butcher
,
and
few
men
of
sort
would
cart
for
mony
,
or
attend
the
court
with
a
Teeme
:
let
such
doe
that
,
as
loue
toile
and
mony
,
and
tast
any
paines
taking
with
the
sauerines
of
profit
:
those
geldings
you
keepe
,
let
them
be
wel
&
orderly
kept
:
so
that
if
your
country
must
be
serued
,
you
haue
one
in
readines
:
the
seruants
which
ride
with
you
,
let
them
be
honest
,
carefull
,
and
well
prouided
,
and
take
heed
of
basenes
,
as
plowing
cattell
,
broken
saddles
,
patcht
bootes
,
vnmatched
spurres
,
a
sword
without
a
chape
:
nay
I
would
not
haue
the
sword
and
hangers
of
one
fashion
,
and
girdle
or
dagger
of
another
,
with
infinit
such
disparities
,
and
meerely
ridiculous
nastinesse
.
Wheras
you
demand
what
gouernment
to
obserue
?
I
answer
generally
thus
:
and
for
particulars
,
you
shall
heare
more
heereafter
:
Aboue
all
,
remember
the
Sabboth
,
and
rather
feast
of
any
day
,
then
of
that
:
not
but
that
the
Sabboath
is
a
continuall
feast
,
but
how
?
for
spirituall
purposes
,
not
filthy
gurmundice
:
more
then
necessity
of
life
,
and
good
vse
of
conuersation
:
let
no
swearer
nor
prophane
person
,
once
or
twise
admonished
,
tarry
with
you
:
giue
good
examples
by
your
owne
praiers
:
and
rather
by
gentle
exprobration
,
then
filthy
vndecncies
reprehend
your
seruants
,
but
suffer
them
not
to
be
masters
amongst
themselues
.
To
conclude
,
be
charitable
towards
offenders
,
gentle
to
inferiors
,
willing
to
giue
,
carefull
of
good
neighbours
,
and
remember
the
sicke
labourer
,
and
fainting
soule
.
Yours
,
with
a
true
heart
.
To
his
respected
Friend
,
Mrs.
G.
MY
old
acquaintance
,
Whether
a
gentlewoman
may
with
her
credit
let
out
lodgings
for
money
.
I
vnderstand
by
your
first
seruant
,
that
you
haue
enlarged
your
minde
with
your
house
,
determining
to
lodge
ciuill
Gentlemen
,
and
to
raise
a
benefit
from
their
entertainment
:
besides
,
you
adde
for
excuse
,
want
of
company
,
and
that
your
house
is
ouer-great
for
your
owne
family
:
here
is
now
a
subiect
of
plentifull
matter
,
and
in
dilating
the
same
,
I
must
needes
incurre
displeasure
on
all
sides
.
But
there
is
now
no
remedy
;
you
haue
in
a
manner
enioyned
me
to
deliuer
my
opinion
,
&
I
will
be
briefe
and
plaine
,
according
to
my
skill
.
I
then
would
with
one
blow
cut
off
the
Hydraes
head
of
confusion
,
and
ouerthrow
all
distinction
by
the
negatiue
,
thus
;
That
a
Gentlewoman
,
whether
widdow
or
wife
,
liuing
in
the
freedome
of
reputation
,
is
not
to
be
seruile
in
any
thing
,
nor
to
bedurtie
herselfe
with
the
dregges
of
any
couetousnesse
,
or
sinister
practises
against
her
credite
.
For
as
it
is
vnbefitting
to
a
Gentleman
to
bee
guiltie
of
any
seruile
crime
;
so
it
is
vndecent
to
a
Centlewoman
to
incurre
the
hazzard
of
her
honestie
by
any
base
inclination
.
Now
what
can
the
best
lodging
and
lodgers
maintaine
,
but
the
inconueniences
depending
will
quickely
ouer-sway
the
the
profite
following
?
For
if
they
be
onely
men
,
they
must
haue
seruants
,
and
commers
,
and
goers
;
the
seruants
shall
bedurty
your
carpets
and
couerlets
(
if
the
masters
themselues
are
tied
within
the
circle
of
respect
and
ciuilitie
)
wipe
their
bootes
and
scabberds
on
your
best
furnitures
,
tosse
your
kitchen
,
commaund
your
vtensels
,
turmoyle
your
house
,
and
vpon
the
least
contradiction
burst
out
into
violent
and
offensiue
tearmes
:
and
for
your selfe
at
the
best
,
you
shall
passe
with
the
character
of
Hostesse
,
Land-ladie
,
Sweete
heart
,
or
some
such
inuention
.
The
commers
and
goers
shall
bee
of
all
sorts
,
yea
many
times
Seamsters
,
Launderers
,
kinsewomen
,
and
such
like
,
not
without
some
venomous
inclination
to
incontinencie
and
riot
,
vnder
the
handsome
greene
grasse
and
colour
of
businesse
,
and
entertainement
.
If
they
bee
onely
women
,
I
can
say
no
more
,
but
women
will
bee
women
,
who
cannot
liue
without
the
company
of
men
;
and
then
if
the
fire
and
tow
be
put
together
,
there
must
needes
be
combustion
,
what
glorious
shew
soeuer
the
flame
appeare
with
;
or
what
admirable
cunning
is
vsed
in
the
kindling
or
extinguishing
:
so
that
,
hold
the
ballance
of
an
vpright
conscience
how
you
will
,
you
shall
not
scape
the
imputation
of
dishonest
practises
from
base
calumniation
,
howeuer
the
better
sort
hold
their
peace
to
make
you
an
instrument
for
their
pleasures
.
If
they
bee
men
and
women
,
so
a
doubling
of
many
inconueniencies
;
there
is
but
onely
this
excuse
affoorded
,
that
Opportunitie
is
a
baude
to
Corruption
,
and
vncleane
persons
are
now
safe
,
being
so
conueniently
lodged
.
This
is
briefly
my
opinion
touching
a
Gentlewoman
that
lodgeth
for
money
.
But
for
others
that
are
tradesmen
,
and
must
aduance
their
estates
from
the
gaines
of
their
profession
,
I
dispute
not
at
all
,
but
leaue
it
as
a
thing
indifferent
to
my
approbation
,
howeuer
I
would
not
haue
them
lose
the
benefits
of
their
endeauours
,
when
they
may
make
double
vse
of
them
.
First
,
in
the
rent
of
their
chambers
,
next
,
in
the
encrease
of
customers
for
the
venting
such
wares
as
they
expose
to
sale
,
wherein
their
credite
lyeth
,
onely
at
the
state
in
those
customary
vsances
of
swearing
,
lip-labour
,
and
the
secrets
of
their
businesse
,
so
that
letting
their
lodgings
,
may
seeme
lesse
offensiue
through
a
cunning
ignorance
,
then
many
indirect
speeches
through
a
customary
dissembling
.
Yours
,
well
affected
.
To
his
assured
friend
Mr.
S.S.
GOod
Sir
,
The
danger
of
disagreement
between
man
and
wife
with
their
dueties
.
It
was
an
vnsauory
news
to
me
,
when
I
heard
that
some
ominous
action
had
diuided
the
mutuall
agreement
betweene
you
and
your
wife
,
wherein
I
cannot
resemble
you
better
,
then
to
a
churlish
husbandman
,
who
putteth
some
head-strong
horse
into
his
Teeme
,
and
when
they
go
forward
,
he
striueth
backeward
,
the
seruants
beating
him
to
greater
rage
,
and
the
Master
wanting
discretion
to
take
him
away
,
till
a
more
conuenient
season
,
so
that
howeuer
they
disquiet
themselues
,
I
am
sure
the
war
in
hand
,
is
rather
hindered
then
forwarded
.
Thus
is
it
,
when
man
and
wife
are
not
fast
tyed
in
the
bands
of
loue
and
discretion
,
but
subiect
the
whole
house
to
confusion
,
and
send
disgracefull
rumor
abroad
to
busie
idle
tongues
,
with
many
vntruths
amongst
some
certainties
.
For
alas
,
what
man
will
be
so
foolish
that
loueth
cleanlinesse
,
as
to
besmeere
himselfe
with
durt
and
filth
?
what
husband
will
be
so
senslesse
as
to
reuile
his
wife
,
and
bring
his
owne
name
in
question
?
what
shall
the
children
thinke
to
heare
their
mother
called
whore
?
what
shall
the
seruants
imagine
to
see
their
mistresse
distracted
with
iealousie
and
suspition
of
one
side
,
and
shame
and
calumniation
on
the
other
side
?
what
shall
the
neighbours
imagine
,
to
bee
acquainted
with
such
disgraces
,
and
whisper
that
a
Gentleman
so
abused
himselfe
,
or
durst
discredit
his
wife
.
Come
,
this
must
not
be
;
For
as
women
must
admit
of
an
honorable
obedience
,
rather
then
imperious
controwle
,
of
sweete
and
gentle
perswasion
,
rather
then
contentious
exprobation
:
of
a
modest
disposing
themselues
to
all
household
affaires
,
then
a
busie
entermedling
with
their
husbands
affaires
;
of
a
fashionable
entertainement
at
all
seasons
,
especially
a
wise
obseruation
according
to
time
and
occasion
:
rather
then
a
sudden
apprehension
of
their
husbands
distemprature
,
either
in
passion
or
affection
:
so
must
men
abandon
themselues
from
home
inconueniences
,
beare
with
their
wiues
imperfections
,
not
taunt
before
seruants
,
not
burst
out
into
filthy
and
scurrilous
chiding
,
or
reproches
at
all
;
be
charitable
euen
concerning
offence
,
not
churlish
for
trifles
,
not
deny
necessaries
,
and
in
no
sort
giue
ill
example
by
leaud
life
,
or
bad
husbandry
:
lest
wants
knocke
at
the
doore
,
and
then
will
bitternesse
and
displeasure
enter
.
So
that
concerning
falling
out
betweene
man
and
wife
,
I
thus
conclude
;
If
it
bee
possible
to
auoyde
all
eruptions
against
ciuill
life
,
louely
behauour
,
or
necessarie
businesse
:
but
if
disagreements
begin
to
shew
a
face
,
let
the
man
leaue
the
wife
for
that
time
,
and
not
endure
the
contention
:
let
the
wife
retire
her selfe
,
if
the
man
begin
,
and
not
dare
to
reason
the
matter
.
Yours
,
in
religious
care
.
To
his
approoued
Friend
,
R.S.
How
children
ought
to
be
brought
vp
.
GOod
Sir
,
Your
last
letters
were
so
passionate
,
that
sure
in
the
writing
you
vented
sighes
,
if
you
did
not
shed
teares
,
and
I
cannot
blame
you
:
For
,
a
father
that
hath
an
irrigular
sonne
,
and
a
dangerous
daughter
,
not
only
weareth
out
his
time
to
prouide
them
maintenance
,
and
leaue
a
competency
behind
him
,
that
they
may
ranke
in
the
foreward
of
ciuill
people
:
but
watcheth
his
houres
,
and
growes
gray
with
care
,
lest
one
will
not
be
reclaimed
,
and
the
other
step
aside
into
wantonnesse
.
Therefore
saith
the
wise
man
,
that
hee
that
setleth
his
sonne
,
hath
layde
a
strong
foundation
,
and
he
that
marrieth
his
daughter
,
hath
dispatched
his
chiefest
businesse
.
Whereupon
I
would
aduise
you
,
concerning
your
sonnes
,
not
to
cocker
them
too
much
,
or
be
ouer-nice
,
either
at
their
vprising
or
dyet
:
not
to
let
slip
their
yeares
,
but
commit
them
as
soone
as
you
can
into
the
hands
of
instruction
:
bee
not
of
that
minde
,
that
the
rod
must
be
a
tyrant
to
them
,
but
rather
endeuor
that
they
feare
to
offend
for
the
loue
of
vertue
,
then
feare
of
punishment
:
suffer
neither
oath
nor
vncleanely
speech
to
profane
or
defile
their
mouth
,
nor
let
them
presume
proudly
to
insult
,
or
vnmannerly
to
reuile
the
meanest
seruant
.
Comming
forward
,
and
growing
to
vnderstanding
,
make
not
nature
a
slaue
to
cunning
or
profit
;
that
is
,
enforce
them
not
against
their
owne
inclination
to
follow
that
which
is
irkesome
vnto
them
.
For
,
if
you
tie
a
great
spirit
to
a
seruile
trade
,
hee
will
neuer
proue
good
chapman
;
or
contend
with
dul
capacitie
about
mistical
secrets
,
he
will
neuer
grow
good
scholler
,
&
so
in
the
rest
:
let
them
euer
be
,
where
either
the
best
company
shal
giue
good
example
;
or
if
inconueniences
follow
,
they
may
haue
the
shadow
of
honourable
purposes
:
but
aboue
all
,
let
them
neither
practise
deceit
nor
dishonestie
:
for
,
when
a
mind
is
once
corrupted
with
basenes
,
it
resembles
a
stinking
vessel
,
which
will
neuer
be
througly
sweetned
.
Concerning
your
daughter
,
presume
not
too
much
of
our
countrey
liberty
;
for
wantonnesse
standeth
at
the
corner
of
euery
Street
,
to
inuite
the
commers-by
:
yet
do
not
so
restraine
her
,
that
shee
may
eyther
murmure
at
the
same
,
or
complaine
to
her
neighbours
of
her
Parents
hard
hand
,
as
though
shee
were
viciously
inclined
by
nature
.
If
it
bee
possible
,
rather
school
her
within
dores
,
than
aduenture
her
with
a
pedant
abroad
;
and
for
dancing
,
courtship
,
and
such
like
:
let
them
be
vsed
rather
like
a
feather
to
a
litle
dust
,
which
may
be
brushed
from
the
garment
,
the
guard
or
seame
,
which
shall
weare
out
with
the
cloath
:
giue
them
warning
of
familiarity
with
the
seruants
:
For
a
curteous
ciuility
becommeth
the
children
of
Gentlemen
,
but
wanton
embraces
,
sitting
on
the
knee
,
bearing
in
armes
,
and
such
like
,
be
fearefull
signes
of
following
confusion
,
and
too
forward
desires
:
sitting
vp
late
,
allow
not
;
nor
giue
way
vnto
night
banquets
:
For
they
resemble
the
stolne
bread
in
the
Prouerbs
:
and
a
strumpets
Title
is
the
nethermost
hell
,
wherein
the
name
of
Virgine
is
perpetuallie
damned
:
make
them
not
proud
,
either
of
natures
portion
,
or
the
fathers
dowry
.
For
women
will
looke
in
a
glasse
,
and
shal
not
want
any
flattering
to
seduce
them
to
vanity
:
and
concerning
the
vpshot
of
all
reckonings
,
which
is
mariage
,
let
her
neither
assume
so
dangerous
a
liberty
,
as
to
run
at
randome
without
your
consent
:
nor
be
you
so
transported
with
a
variety
of
selfe-loue
,
as
to
draw
her
perforce
to
vnpreuentable
inconueniences
,
yea
many
times
mischifes
,
and
confusion
.
For
,
these
matches
in
infancy
,
as
(
contracts
for
mony
without
liking
;
enforcements
,
to
vnequall
yeeres
,
or
nasty
disparily
,
with
diuers
of
that
kind
)
are
meerely
,
pullies
to
winde
vp
care
,
sorrow
,
and
discontentments
,
and
at
one
letting
flippe
the
hold
,
to
hurry
them
on
the
head
of
a
poore
afflicted
virgin
.
Yours
,
in
true
libery
.
To
his
ill
aduised
friend
,
I.
M.
SIR
,
I
am
not
ignorant
,
that
the
two
mastring
corbes
,
that
gouern
the
reines
of
the
whole
world
,
how
seruants
ought
to
be
instructed
.
are
praemium
and
Poena
,
reward
,
and
punishment
.
I
doe
also
know
,
that
in
a
statute
against
stabbing
and
wilfull
murther
,
there
is
a
clause
of
exception
inserted
,
for
fathers
and
masters
in
correcting
their
children
and
seruants
:
yet
will
I
giue
no
such
way
to
the
violence
of
passion
,
as
that
a
Gentleman
,
or
otherwise
ciuill
disposed
liuer
,
should
strike
or
wound
his
seruant
with
any
dangerous
weapon
:
nor
can
I
any
way
colour
your
temeritie
,
for
contending
so
long
with
that
boysterous
knaue
,
as
to
bee
compelled
to
free
your selfe
:
(
for
such
be
the
words
of
your
excuse
out
of
his
robustious
closing
with
you
)
by
the
stabbe
of
a
dagger
,
which
ranne
9.
inches
vpward
ouer
his
pappe
.
Beleeue
me
,
it
was
a
fearefull
falling
off
,
and
I
wish
in
my
heart
there
had
beene
no
such
occasion
giuen
to
draw
your
discretion
in
question
,
nay
to
endanger
your
person
and
estate
.
For
if
he
had
miscaryed
,
the
king
hauing
lost
a
subiect
,
you
must
needs
haue
beene
brought
to
iudiciall
triall
,
&
then
lawes
are
according
to
the
Iudges
construction
,
or
Iurors
interpretation
.
Well
,
I
hope
from
henceforh
you
will
be
better
aduised
,
and
rather
bring
vp
your
seruants
so
,
that
either
they
shall
not
offend
,
or
after
the
offence
be
apprehensiue
of
instruction
with
more
gentle
correction
.
Therefore
choose
the
sonnes
of
such
men
,
as
rather
will
second
their
fathers
honesty
and
credite
,
then
follow
their
owne
wantonnesse
and
riot
:
let
euery
one
haue
instruction
for
their
feuerall
places
,
yet
teach
them
al
to
obey
when
you
command
,
and
not
one
to
command
another
:
haue
an
eye
vnto
the
honest
diligence
of
the
meanest
,
and
grace
him
with
a
cheereful
reward
.
If
you
chide
for
good
occasion
,
ler
the
ptowdest
be
the
subiect
of
your
first
admonition
;
wherein
be
so
temperate
,
that
vndecent
reuilings
heate
not
your
mouth
,
but
words
sauouring
of
wisedome
and
iustice
.
Thus
shall
the
rest
stand
in
awe
,
when
they
see
you
are
not
partiall
or
fearefull
:
if
aduice
serue
not
,
spare
not
a
smarting
blow
;
which
if
it
prooue
a
sturrer
vp
of
rage
or
contempt
in
him
,
bring
him
to
publike
iustice
,
but
be
not
you
on
him
,
your
own
executioner
:
suffer
neither
oathes
nor
prophanation
:
no
gaming
on
the
Sabbath
,
nor
for
much
mony
at
any
time
:
nay
,
let
it
be
rather
a
recreation
,
with
a
modest
acknowledging
your
wincking
at
small
faultes
,
then
any
comaunding
voice
to
passe
away
the
time
,
or
please
themselues
:
let
them
not
slack
the
houres
of
attendance
,
nor
the
entertainment
of
friendes
:
giue
eare
to
no
busie
bodies
,
tale-tellers
,
nor
flatterers
of
your
imperfections
,
least
gouernment
,
turne
to
confusion
;
and
recreation
to
dissipation
:
as
pride
is
a
drawer
on
of
filthy
enormities
,
so
nastines
and
vncomely
adorning
themselues
brings
surquedry
,
and
loathsomenes
.
To
conclude
,
in
one
word
,
let
your
seruants
be
such
of
all
sortes
,
as
shall
doe
what
you
prescribe
,
rather
then
make
vse
of
the
time
to
maintaine
their
owne
pleasures
,
and
licentiousnes
:
as
for
such
as
must
performe
inferior
seruill
duties
,
pay
them
truly
,
and
send
them
to
their
worke
orderly
:
neglect
no
seruice
of
God
for
any
cause
:
and
if
you
haue
(
as
you
ought
)
priuate
praiers
,
let
all
come
,
and
know
what
reuerence
meaneth
:
hearken
to
the
time
of
sicknes
,
and
let
them
not
complaine
for
want
,
nor
cry
out
to
God
for
susteyning
more
then
they
can
away
with
:
vpon
good
deseruing
,
adde
a
recompence
,
and
let
none
presume
to
strike
or
reuile
another
.
Infinit
other
particulars
would
draw
on
many
lines
,
but
these
shall
sufice
,
till
better
conueniency
to
shew
my
loue
and
duty
,
and
serue
for
caution
and
aduertisement
.
Yours
,
in
charitable
aduise
.
Politike
Letters
.
To
his
noble
Lady
and
Vertuously
respected
,
T.G.
WOrthy
Lady
,
I
thinke
it
not
befitting
the
time
,
nor
the
tendernes
of
your
sex
,
to
giue
such
life
to
your
memory
,
as
Catalogue
the
praises
of
that
worthy
knight
deceased
,
Women
in
yeares
should
rather
looke
for
rich
aduancement
,
then
wanton
satisfaction
.
or
draw
in
question
his
want
of
iudgement
in
this
one
point
,
or
peraduenture
abilitie
,
in
leauing
you
thus
wrapped
vntowardly
in
accounts
,
and
bringing
you
(
as
hauing
fiue
daughters
to
marry
)
to
the
house
of
care
and
sadnesse
,
further
then
the
sorrow
of
his
losse
,
and
the
ceremonies
of
his
exequies
pretended
.
But
I
would
rather
open
the
store-house
of
instruction
and
comfort
,
and
shew
you
the
Embleme
of
Fortune
,
or
Time
shadowed
with
a
hairy
foretop
,
as
if
we
might
take
hold
thereon
for
any
purpose
;
and
a
bald
head
behind
,
as
if
opportunity
let
slip
,
were
not
to
be
recouered
.
Therfore
without
ceremony
,
if
there
were
not
necessitie
,
yet
out
of
a
necessary
policy
,
let
not
the
noble
Iudge
be
dallyed
with
in
his
honorable
purposes
:
and
considering
the
heat
of
youth
is
spent
;
and
as
the
Poets
sing
,
that
Hiperions
fires
burne
not
with
a
wonted
blase
,
be
rather
cautelous
for
a
well
disposed
life
,
then
indirect
satisfaction
of
fancy
:
this
I
would
say
if
you
were
rich
and
childlesse
,
good
helpes
in
all
times
both
good
and
bad
:
but
as
time
hath
brought
you
to
wrastle
with
some
inconueniences
,
you
must
learne
if
it
be
possible
to
giue
a
fall
,
rather
then
a
take
foyle
:
&
both
for
your
own
and
childrens
sake
,
dispence
with
wantonnesse
,
and
be
rather
prouidently
ambitious
,
than
ambitiously
improuident
.
For
by
this
match
,
your
quietus
est
shall
be
obtained
,
your
peace
shall
be
made
without
disquiet
;
your
accounts
shut
out
of
the
kings
Exchequer
;
your
houshold
affaires
reducted
to
an
vniformity
;
your
lap
filled
with
money
;
your
eares
with
submissiue
petitions
;
and
your
chamber
with
the
better
sort
of
visiters
;
your
daughters
shall
still
walke
in
the
schoole
of
courtlinesse
and
befitting
suters
,
and
rather
be
taught
to
step
vp
to
honor
,
then
fall
downe
to
feare
of
preferment
:
euen
their
youthfull
desires
for
ornament
and
cost
shall
bee
so
supplyed
,
that
you
shall
graunt
without
grudging
,
and
they
demaund
without
timorousnesse
or
combersome
importunity
:
their
portions
shall
be
sure
of
augmentation
.
For
though
he
do
not
open
the
strings
of
his
owne
purse
,
yet
from
custome
,
the
vnder
officers
will
bring
in
presents
:
and
such
Gentlemen
as
before
would
make
question
of
some
incombances
,
shall
now
attend
your
house
for
resort
and
noble
conuersation
:
so
that
without
controuersie
there
is
no
refusing
his
loue
,
nor
disputing
with
any
maligne
circumstances
of
his
yeares
and
humours
.
Yours
,
in
honest
aduise
.
To
his
much
disquieted
Friend
,
A.S.
A
Gentleman
should
not
bee
seruant
to
any
man
that
hath
a
sufficient
estate
of
his
owne
:
but
if
he
be
with
what
policy
he
must
contract
it
.
SIR
,
I
am
ashamed
to
shew
my selfe
a
traitor
to
gentry
,
and
binde
a
free
spirit
to
the
seruitude
of
controwle
:
for
the
wisest
&
greatest
must
faile
through
imperfections
,
and
he
which
submits
to
the
command
of
another
,
cannot
tell
how
he
may
bee
driuen
to
impatience
:
so
that
I
could
sweare
,
that
it
were
vnbefitting
to
a
man
of
your
estate
,
a
Gentleman
of
blood
,
a
housekeeper
of
account
,
a
Iustice
of
peace
,
and
a
commander
of
many
seruants
,
to
fall
backe
into
the
contemned
estate
of
seruitude
,
&
weare
anothers
blew
coat
.
Yet
because
pollicy
hath
some
secret
walks
into
which
Vertue
will
not
enter
,
and
that
I
see
errors
hale
vs
along
to
dangerous
inconueniences
,
without
satisfaction
of
humours
,
I
am
contented
at
this
time
to
deceiue
your
apprehension
with
the
mist
of
pollicie
,
with
guilefull
feeding
of
ambitious
and
contentious
humours
.
If
then
your
feare
be
so
great
of
the
knight
your
adioyning
neighbour
,
and
Lord
of
the
mannor
,
that
either
you
must
come
to
triall
of
the
law
,
and
profuse
expences
,
or
meet
with
contracted
browes
,
and
perillous
encounters
:
there
is
no
such
way
to
wipe
away
the
feare
of
these
encombrances
,
as
the
supportation
of
the
great
Lord
you
speake
of
,
whose
seruice
must
be
orderly
implored
,
but
cunningly
obtained
:
wherein
I
would
haue
you
resemble
the
Lapwing
,
which
cryeth
farthest
from
her
nest
;
and
so
fasten
your selfe
vpon
him
,
rather
with
admiration
of
his
vertues
,
which
haue
altogether
attracted
your
submission
,
then
feare
of
your
owne
defects
,
or
desire
to
bee
,
by
his
helpe
,
reuenged
on
your
aduersary
:
and
this
you
must
strengthen
a
while
with
attendants
and
presence
,
marking
whom
he
admits
to
his
secret
familiarity
,
and
consorting
with
them
,
not
so
much
for
fellowship
,
as
to
be
a
mediation
betweene
your
Lord
and
your self
when
occasion
shall
burst
out
;
&
shew
some
particulars
of
your
wrongs
,
where
by
way
of
discourse
you
may
intimate
,
that
you
wonder
at
your
aduersaries
audaciousnesse
,
not
to
forbeare
you
now
for
his
honors
sake
,
considering
one
vertue
enclined
to
another
,
and
he
would
not
maintaine
any
iniustice
for
a
world
.
As
for
those
controuersies
impending
,
his
Lordship
should
command
him
as
his
seruant
,
and
ouer-rule
all
,
as
should
seeme
good
to
his
honourable
pleasure
.
This
is
the
surest
channell
,
as
I
take
it
,
to
lanch
foorth
your
ship
in
the
troublesome
Sea
of
contentions
,
with
your
betters
,
or
at
least
such
,
whom
the
worldes
estimation
reputeth
in
a
higher
eminence
:
So
that
if
you
can
dispence
with
some
disgraces
,
which
may
chance
by
distemperature
of
your
Lord
,
and
calumniation
standing
on
the
tip
of
idle
tongues
abroade
,
you
may
meet
with
sedition
of
countrey
troubles
,
and
peraduenture
carry
the
sway
of
applause
and
obseruation
,
euen
at
publike
imitations
,
as
your
credit
with
your
master
is
subiect
to
report
or
opinion
.
Yours
,
in
honourable
loue
.
To
her
louing
Neece
,
G.
B.
No
oathes
to
be
beleeued
before
marriage
.
MY
dearest
Loue
,
There
hath
passed
and
ouer-passed
a
rumour
of
the
young
Counts
affecting
you
,
wherein
loue
hath
dealt
like
himselfe
,
and
chained
him
to
certaine
streights
of
passion
:
so
that
by
voluntary
oath
he
hath
protested
conditionall
mariage
,
if
you
please
to
afford
him
a
primordiall
satisfaction
:
wherein
loue
may
Simpathise
between
you
I
know
not
,
but
meerly
out
of
honest
&
honorable
policy
,
goe
into
the
open
channell
,
rather
then
come
neere
the
bankes
of
Nylus
,
where
Crocodiles
may
deceiue
you
with
teares
;
&
of
all
other
things
,
let
no
man
boast
of
diuiding
you
,
til
you
yeeld
him
possession
of
al
together
:
&
this
is
a
caution
euen
amongst
wantons
,
not
to
marry
with
him
to
whom
dotage
or
misfortune
hath
prostituted
them
.
For
what
hope
is
there
but
a
following
eternall
iealousie
?
&
when
a
breach
is
so
made
,
a
continuall
roaring
and
thundering
of
whole
vollies
of
checkes
,
taunts
,
and
opprobrious
tearmes
,
of
whore
,
strumpet
,
filth
?
What
had
I
,
but
another
might
haue
gotten
?
and
what
know
I
,
but
thou
art
still
a
broken
glasse
neuer
to
be
cemented
againe
?
Therefore
sweete
Neece
,
stand
vpon
a
strong
guard
of
circumspection
,
and
doe
not
expose
the
certaintie
of
your
honorable
merite
and
high
attracting
worthinesse
,
to
the
vncertainty
of
deceiueable
promises
:
I
care
not
,
though
I
tearme
them
fully
resolued
oathes
.
For
one
way
they
are
yet
in
the
pleasure
of
the
first
maker
:
another
way
,
in
the
danger
of
better
resolued
conceit
,
when
the
heate
of
wantonnesse
is
reclaimed
,
and
some
new
displeasure
shall
open
a
gappe
of
both
your
ouer-sights
.
But
I
hope
I
neede
not
ambiguously
handle
the
cause
of
your
vertue
,
and
modest
inclination
;
considering
you
haue
many
times
cast
a
defiance
in
the
face
of
temptation
:
and
will
now
surely
,
when
you
are
to
bee
tryed
pure
gold
indeede
,
not
make
it
adulterate
by
ambitious
desires
,
or
foolish
credulitie
.
Yours
,
in
preuailing
truth
.
To
his
louing
Cousin
at
Court
,
H.A.
GOod
Cousin
,
Seeing
you
are
resolued
to
follow
the
sway
of
time
,
He
that
will
enrich
himselfe
by
seruice
must
follow
some
thriuing
officer
.
and
become
a
Courtier
,
with
an
intent
to
depend
vpon
the
fauourite
of
the
kingdome
,
that
noble
and
generous
Count
:
you
may
take
your
owne
race
to
leape
,
as
high
,
and
farre
as
you
can
:
But
as
my
aduise
and
experience
whispers
to
pleasure
you
,
there
is
no
policie
in
it
at
all
,
considering
your
proiect
to
your selfe
of
bettering
your
estate
,
and
husbandly
desires
to
fill
your
purse
,
and
not
vaine-glorious
ostentation
,
or
publike
glistering
with
feathers
and
colours
,
which
many
times
beare
better
men
then
your selfe
,
to
dangerous
inconueniences
;
and
at
the
best
,
draw
on
expences
without
other
satisfaction
,
then
courtly
smiles
,
and
deceitfull
smoke-promises
.
Besides
,
there
shall
be
so
many
before
you
hanging
on
expectation
of
sute
preferments
,
that
when
you
shall
thinke
to
step
forward
,
there
will
scarce
bee
roome
for
you
to
lay
on
a
finger
on
the
preuailing
end
of
the
beame
of
prosperitie
.
Therefore
be
ruled
by
me
,
considering
some
good
parts
may
adde
to
your
youth
reputation
,
and
to
good
carriage
more
respect
;
place
your selfe
as
neere
some
quiet
officer
as
you
can
,
and
by
seruiceable
attendance
,
not
obscuring
your
qualitie
;
giue
him
notice
of
your
willingnesse
to
bee
commanded
,
and
aptnesse
to
bee
imployed
,
as
he
shall
thinke
conuenient
.
Thus
shall
you
contriue
and
winde
your selfe
into
some
profit
at
home
,
and
be
knowne
well
enough
abroad
:
yea
so
well
,
that
performing
your
duty
for
the
priuat
affaires
of
your
Maister
,
when
alteration
shall
happen
,
you
may
by
some
voices
be
called
to
the
publike
managing
affaires
for
the
state
.
Yours
,
as
you
can
desire
.
To
his
deerest
brother
,
G.
D.
The
Lady
of
the
house
must
be
obserued
of
such
as
meane
to
thriue
under
the
Lord
.
GOod
Brother
,
as
I
am
glad
,
that
you
haue
extracted
the
loue
of
your
honourable
Lord
:
so
would
I
be
the
gladder
,
if
you
did
contriue
the
continuance
of
the
same
.
For
there
is
no
lesse
cunning
in
keeping
a
thing
well
gotten
,
then
in
attaining
it
before
it
be
in
possession
;
but
if
it
be
as
I
heare
,
you
are
so
far
from
true
pollicy
in
this
kind
,
that
I
am
afraid
presumption
will
trip
your
expectation
on
the
ground
,
and
giue
your
forwardnes
a
foile
.
For
they
say
,
that
you
disagree
with
my
Lady
,
and
vnder
colour
of
my
Lords
profit
,
oppose
her
in
triuiall
demaunds
:
take
heed
(
I
pray
you
)
in
time
,
and
if
you
meane
to
stand
firme
,
as
you
sometime
,
for
reuerence
of
her
estate
,
take
her
by
the
arme
to
lead
her
along
,
let
her
likewise
take
you
by
the
hand
,
to
settle
you
in
securitie
.
For
if
women
wrought
Salomon
the
wisest
and
greatest
of
all
Princes
,
out
of
his
full
course
of
vertue
and
pietie
,
such
a
woman
as
she
will
quickly
conceiue
,
if
she
be
disesteemed
of
you
,
and
as
quickly
gone
to
mislike
of
your
peremptorines
,
or
audatiousnes
,
and
as
quickly
desire
to
be
reuenged
,
wherein
if
she
be
resolute
,
you
shall
not
know
who
hurt
you
,
nor
she
care
,
how
you
are
ouerthrowne
:
therefore
good
brother
,
be
not
deceiued
in
this
contumacy
,
but
reduce
your selfe
to
vnderstand
,
there
is
no
aduauncing
the
colours
of
establishment
on
the
citadel
of
your
Ladies
fauor
,
if
the
Lady
Barricado
the
entrance
,
or
seeme
enuious
after
your
proceeding
.
Yours
,
in
all
occasions
.
To
the
honourable
L.
and
his
high
esteemed
Patron
.
RIght
Honourable
,
Although
all
the
rivulets
of
fauour
and
grace
,
Some
Lord
or
other
must
be
made
an
Agent
to
obtaine
a
suite
of
the
king
.
haue
their
sowrce
and
flowings
from
the
fountaine
and
spring
of
Maiestie
:
(
for
neither
is
honour
bestowed
,
petition
granted
,
commission
sealed
,
nor
any
things
disposed
without
the
kings
liking
and
firme
:
)
Yet
is
there
a
kinde
of
policie
to
bee
vsed
in
contriuing
and
compassing
the
same
.
For
to
step
bluntly
to
a
king
,
and
vrge
him
to
a
grant
,
or
peraduenture
expostulate
the
matter
with
him
,
may
seeme
vnsauery
,
and
without
the
sure
ground
of
a
high
exalted
fauorite
,
receiue
a
protraction
,
if
not
a
deniall
:
therefore
your
honor
must
be
contented
to
doe
as
the
Lords
of
France
amongst
themselues
,
one
to
preferre
the
suite
and
request
of
another
:
so
that
if
this
Baron
would
haue
an
addition
of
honour
,
that
Counselseller
is
engaged
,
and
intimates
to
the
Prince
his
woorth
,
his
valure
,
his
vertue
,
his
former
imployment
,
and
such
like
.
If
that
Earle
would
haue
such
a
grant
,
then
doth
the
other
take
a
time
to
illustrate
the
latters
praises
,
and
inferre
the
necessitie
of
acknowledging
&
rewarding
the
same
,
with
all
the
gratious
properties
of
liberalitie
incident
to
a
Prince
.
Thus
must
your
Lordship
make
some
second
meanes
,
and
how
euer
Honour
could
be
contented
to
repine
to
depend
vpon
the
liking
of
inferiors
:
yet
must
policy
restraine
passion
,
and
discretion
giue
you
notice
when
the
king
is
disposed
to
grace
:
and
so
though
a
present
must
be
exacted
,
you
need
onely
hold
your
head
,
and
be
contented
till
your
businesse
bee
determined
,
in
which
you
must
apply
your selfe
to
the
time
,
so
farre
as
in
honestie
you
may
:
But
you
must
speake
them
faire
whom
you
like
not
;
and
smile
where
the
heart
swelles
,
and
goe
along
euen
with
the
obseruation
of
Court
,
though
you
shuld
take
a
iourney
another
way
to
better
purpose
.
These
be
the
passages
to
which
time
and
fortune
driues
all
attendants
in
Princes
courtes
,
and
so
it
is
fit
so
farre
as
policie
may
not
hinder
the
peace
of
a
good
conscience
.
For
God
hath
said
,
they
are
Gods
,
and
there
is
no
such
proximity
to
a
godhead
,
as
with
a
breath
to
aduance
whom
they
will
,
to
haue
mercy
on
whom
they
please
,
and
to
cast
downe
the
presumption
of
such
who
abuse
their
fauor
for
vnhonest
pretences
.
And
thus
I
leaue
your
honor
to
the
order
prescribed
,
and
successe
of
affaires
.
Your
Honors
obseruant
.
To
the
Right
Honorable
and
worthy
L.
G.
RIght
Honorable
,
seeing
you
haue
vouchsafed
to
descend
so
low
a
degree
of
humiliation
,
as
to
make
me
partaker
of
your
secrets
:
Suites
in
court
are
neuer
dispatched
without
great
attendance
.
I
will
surely
raise
vp
my selfe
(
as
farre
as
I
dare
)
to
yeelde
you
some
reason
for
our
last
conference
;
and
warrant
your
honor
,
that
there
is
no
vnkindnes
thrust
vpon
you
,
though
your
busines
seeme
detracted
,
and
(
as
you
supposed
)
procrastinated
:
For
beleeue
it
,
there
is
a
pollicy
of
state
,
not
to
dispatch
suiters
too
fast
,
for
diminishing
the
glory
of
the
present
court
,
and
weakning
the
maiesty
of
the
Prince
:
if
euery
one
should
be
admitted
at
their
owne
pleasure
:
&
as
in
the
height
of
martiall
dissipline
,
some
things
must
be
absolutely
commaunded
,
not
disputed
vpon
,
all
secrets
are
not
to
be
reuealed
,
and
euery
man
that
dare
aske
a
question
,
must
not
be
resolued
:
so
in
the
Counsell
of
kinges
,
and
their
best
ordered
courts
,
no
man
ought
to
contest
with
the
iudgement
,
that
the
Chancellor
shall
pronounce
:
or
traduce
the
last
verdict
after
he
hath
appealed
to
the
Prince
.
For
if
you
seldome
bring
a
Phisition
in
question
,
that
knowing
his
patient
out
of
danger
of
death
,
and
of
such
a
constitution
,
that
some
excellent
potion
will
quickly
aduance
him
to
the
pristinate
state
of
health
,
and
yet
dallieth
with
him
awhile
,
peraduenture
to
shew
some
secrets
of
arts
:
peraduenture
to
make
him
beleeue
a
difficulty
in
the
recouery
,
and
perauenture
to
inrich
his
purse
by
an
often
resort
to
him
that
is
able
to
giue
.
There
is
no
reason
to
presume
so
farre
,
as
to
cal
in
question
the
affairs
of
great
Counsellors
,
especially
determining
for
the
common
good
,
without
partiall
interposing
either
their
own
purposes
or
passions
:
nor
can
any
man
come
vnto
them
at
any
time
,
but
diuers
shall
bee
found
afore
him
,
who
challenge
a
dispatch
of
their
businesse
,
according
to
the
priority
of
their
suites
:
therfore
your
honor
must
lay
no
such
burthen
of
the
state
,
to
thinke
,
if
there
were
such
an
interposition
,
that
any
mans
priuate
malice
could
preuayle
with
the
authoritie
,
grauitie
and
wisedome
of
the
rest
.
Besides
,
it
may
be
there
is
a
further
policie
to
draw
out
the
thred
of
this
cloth
of
businesse
at
the
greatest
length
,
to
keep
you
from
a
further
suite
,
or
troubling
the
king
with
other
matters
of
importance
,
till
this
be
dispatched
,
and
hung
on
the
file
of
assurance
in
your
behalfe
.
This
I
presumed
to
write
vnto
you
,
because
you
commanded
:
but
in
regard
there
bee
some
things
you
will
not
command
,
nor
I
can
iustisie
in
the
answer
;
I
meane
to
reserue
them
till
I
haue
opportunitie
to
present
my
dutie
vnto
you
,
as
you
haue
shewed
a
generous
minde
,
to
manifest
your
good
opinion
toward
me
.
Your
Honours
deuoted
.
To
his
well
experienced
friend
,
and
noble
minded
Gentleman
,
G.
P.
A
military
policy
to
restraine
insolent
mutinies
.
NOble
Sir
,
Whereas
at
your
last
conference
you
told
me
comming
from
Germany
to
Antwerpe
,
you
saw
no
watch
set
,
and
a
kinde
of
fearefull
stilnesse
amongst
the
souldiers
,
wherein
I
could
not
resolue
you
so
suddenly
,
because
you
spread
no
larger
cloth
of
nouelties
,
and
peraduenture
durst
not
in
that
place
raise
any
suspition
by
demanding
many
questions
:
I
haue
now
thought
good
to
adde
to
your
experience
some
intelligences
of
my
owne
,
whereby
as
you
well
sayd
,
then
I
doe
gather
the
occasion
of
that
defection
,
and
desisting
from
their
martiall
ceremonies
:
You
must
then
vnderstand
,
that
the
Garrisons
haue
newly
mutined
,
and
from
insolent
attempts
drawne
a
fearefull
execution
on
some
principall
offendors
:
the
Gouernour
of
the
towne
and
citadell
,
did
put
in
practise
an
ancient
vsance
and
policie
of
martiall
discipline
,
to
command
a
cessation
from
orderly
watch
,
and
souldier-like
seruices
:
And
this
was
an
absolute
custome
euen
amongst
the
Romans
,
that
when
insolent
and
tumultuous
souldiers
had
looked
with
grimme
and
traiterous
visages
on
the
face
of
good
order
,
and
made
a
repugnant
disobedience
against
all
law
and
restraint
,
the
Captaines
presently
prohibited
any
calling
to
the
watch
,
any
preparation
to
the
Parado
,
beating
the
drums
,
attending
the
colours
,
or
to
vse
any
ceremonious
brauerie
:
whereby
the
mutiners
,
that
were
so
lusty
before
,
seeing
what
a
confusion
they
had
wrought
,
and
how
they
presented
a
sort
of
Padlarie
reapers
in
a
scattered
field
,
beganne
to
bewaile
the
want
of
their
honourable
customes
,
and
to
confesse
their
former
rudenesse
and
ouersight
.
And
this
was
the
cause
of
the
stilnesse
in
Antwerpe
,
at
your
lodging
in
the
towne
.
And
amongst
other
policies
of
warre
,
according
to
the
seuerall
businesse
in
hand
,
of
which
you
shall
heare
more
hereafter
,
when
we
haue
further
leisure
to
dispute
of
other
occurrents
.
Yours
,
in
terror
of
death
.
To
his
well
disposed
Friend
,
Mr.
M.D.
GOod
Sir
,
Wat
policy
soeuer
ambition
build
vpon
,
it
is
at
last
cast
downe
with
death
and
destruction
.
Conceiue
of
me
what
you
please
,
there
is
not
a
man
in
this
kingdome
shall
haue
more
interest
in
me
,
then
your selfe
;
and
that
you
shall
well
perceiue
by
my
plain
and
true
satisfaction
of
your
demands
,
although
it
be
somwhat
too
intricate
to
deale
in
such
confused
questions
,
and
dangerous
relation
of
businesse
;
Whereas
then
you
demand
the
reason
,
why
so
many
great
and
noble
persons
haue
(
as
it
were
)
met
with
death
and
destruction
,
in
the
violent
race
of
their
turbulent
innouation
,
and
insolent
wilfulnesse
:
not
taking
warning
by
precedent
examples
,
nor
terrified
with
the
euer-impending
reward
of
treason
,
which
is
the
ouerthrow
both
of
themselues
and
families
.
I
answer
,
that
truely
I
can
yeeld
you
no
reason
,
because
all
they
pretend
,
is
not
onely
against
reason
,
but
many
times
against
policie
,
and
at
all
times
against
honesty
and
religion
:
yet
can
I
giue
you
some
false
fires
,
and
(
as
it
were
)
contriue
adulterate
excuses
out
of
fauour
and
partialitie
.
You
haue
read
then
that
the
diuell
in
compassing
the
earth
,
did
consider
mens
frailties
in
his
progresse
,
and
as
the
principall
marke
of
the
world
,
hee
most
gloriously
attempts
,
principallities
and
powers
:
so
that
sometimes
hee
pleadeth
the
axiomes
of
Philosohers
,
and
reciteth
a
pestilent
position
out
of
Euripides
:
that
if
faith
and
loyaltie
be
to
be
rent
asunder
,
it
is
excusable
,
in
compassing
a
Diademe
,
and
reaching
at
a
Crowne
.
Thus
Stephen
,
Earle
of
Blois
,
vsurped
the
kingdome
of
England
,
and
made
warres
on
the
faction
of
the
Empresse
.
And
thus
Henrie
the
fourth
in
fringed
his
first
vowe
,
to
steppe
no
further
then
the
Dutchie
of
Lancaster
:
but
when
hee
found
no
hinderances
,
hee
quickely
ranged
ouer
all
other
territories
and
iurisdictions
.
Sometimes
hee
dilates
Matchiuilian
policies
,
and
telleth
men
that
are
cruell
and
ambitious
,
that
they
which
meane
to
haue
a
smooth
walke
to
contentment
,
yea
to
passe
the
time
in
any
Orchard
or
Garden
of
pleasure
,
must
not
onely
remooue
the
greater
blockes
,
stickes
,
and
stones
:
but
as
occasion
serues
,
picke
out
the
sharpe
pibbles
,
and
rowle
the
same
smoother
.
Thus
Athaliah
destroyed
the
kings
stocke
to
gaine
the
Diademe
.
And
thus
Richard
the
third
,
first
remooued
the
Queenes
kindred
,
after
vsurped
the
persons
of
the
two
Princes
.
Sometimes
hee
whispereth
in
the
eares
of
moderate
kings
,
that
they
may
bee
iealous
in
pointes
of
soueraigntie
;
and
who
shall
controwle
them
,
if
they
settle
their
feares
and
peace
,
though
they
see
the
bleeding
neckes
of
such
as
they
feare
?
Thus
Adoniah
fell
vnder
his
yonger
brother
.
Thus
Nero
put
Corbulo
and
Germanicus
to
death
,
because
they
were
reputed
worthie
of
the
kingdome
.
Thus
was
Mortimer
in
Henrie
the
fourths
time
,
as
it
were
,
banished
from
the
Court
.
Thus
was
long
before
that
,
Robert
Duke
of
Normandie
depriued
of
his
eyes
.
Thus
was
Edward
Plantagenet
Earle
of
Warwicke
imprisoned
and
destroyed
:
with
many
such
like
.
Sometimes
hee
maketh
the
iustifying
of
a
faction
,
and
the
louing
of
one
another
,
and
honest
cause
of
rebellion
:
As
you
saw
in
the
Barons
〈◊〉
,
in
the
beginning
of
Henrie
the
fourth
,
when
the
king
should
haue
bene
destroyed
at
Oxenford
,
and
afterward
when
the
Percies
maintayned
the
coadiutements
of
Worcester
and
Mortimer
.
Sometimes
hee
rayseth
innouation
and
treason
out
of
the
circle
of
ambition
and
vaine-glory
,
vpon
any
pretence
of
a
title
,
as
you
saw
in
the
first
claime
of
Richard
Plantagenet
,
Duke
of
Yorke
:
and
in
the
last
tumults
of
the
Earl
of
Warrewicke
,
in
Edward
the
fourths
time
.
Sometimes
hee
deceiueth
honour
with
couetousnesse
,
and
bogges
the
mindes
of
generous
spirits
with
hope
of
increase
of
liuing
,
and
augmentations
of
titles
.
Thus
was
the
Duke
of
Buckingham
caught
in
a
snare
of
the
Earledome
of
Hertford
,
and
not
onely
streched
his
arme
out
to
helpe
Richard
the
third
to
mount
on
the
throne
of
Maiestie
,
against
all
religion
and
pietie
:
but
to
spreade
the
colours
of
his
owne
reuenge
against
the
tyrant
himselfe
:
whereby
hee
lost
his
head
.
Sometimes
hee
impostures
men
with
the
fanaticall
hopes
of
diuellish
promises
from
sorcerie
,
and
witchcraft
:
As
you
may
reade
of
Elinor
Cobham
,
who
well
expected
the
preferment
of
the
Protector
her
husband
,
and
of
H●●●ford
Duke
of
Buckingham
,
whom
the
Cardinall
ouerthrew
in
Henry
the
eights
time
.
Somtimes
hee
bloweth
the
bellowes
of
popularitie
,
and
swelleth
men
ouer
bigge
with
the
windy
breath
of
opinion
:
as
in
diuers
worthy
presidents
,
and
instances
of
our
owne
,
wherin
euen
the
best
subiects
haue
yet
taken
a
wrong
course
to
curbe
their
Princes
,
and
making
good
causes
(
as
reformation
of
disorders
,
remoouing
of
euill
Councellours
,
protecting
of
Iustice
,
and
maintaining
the
honour
of
martiall
discipline
,
&c.
Baudes
to
wicked
and
troublesome
spirits
,
haue
in
the
ende
pulled
on
death
and
insupportable
affliction
on
themselues
and
families
:
and
sometimes
he
inciteth
euen
common
persons
to
presumptuous
darings
and
dangerous
troubles
,
falsifying
their
wicked
pretences
,
on
the
glorious
shewes
of
the
kingdomes
good
,
as
in
the
Irish
expeditions
,
the
rebellions
of
Straw
,
and
Cade
:
the
wicked
purpose
of
Perkin
Marbeck
:
the
clamours
of
Ket
,
the
insurrections
of
the
North
,
and
such
like
:
In
all
which
,
from
the
beginning
to
the
ending
,
there
is
no
one
sound
and
substantiall
reason
,
but
must
needs
be
ouerthrowne
with
the
shoulderinsg
of
truth
and
vprightnes
.
And
thus
could
I
fill
you
volumes
with
precepts
and
instances
,
and
both
diuide
and
subdiuide
to
infinit
particulars
,
wherein
greatnes
and
pollicy
resemble
poison
in
the
hearts
of
corrupt
persons
,
which
runneth
from
veine
to
veine
,
and
neuer
desisteth
till
all
be
infected
:
and
at
last
the
very
life
blood
contaminated
:
Nay
,
I
could
haue
spread
your
letter
to
a
greater
bredth
,
euen
with
modern
examples
,
and
daily
positions
:
but
I
cannot
name
them
without
offence
,
and
traducing
of
many
of
their
imperfections
and
follies
:
and
therefore
I
will
leaue
what
I
may
not
write
,
to
a
priuate
relation
,
when
we
may
meet
with
securitie
.
Yours
,
to
trust
onely
.
To
her
deerest
husband
.
MY
onely
life
,
I
may
not
write
at
large
,
nor
one
word
but
what
another
ouersees
:
therefore
I
pray
you
consider
of
me
and
your
children
,
Men
must
submit
to
their
fortune
.
and
how
euer
your
vertue
fill
your
heart
with
constancy
;
yet
remember
,
that
in
all
ages
,
and
with
all
persons
,
vertue
doth
not
thriue
alike
;
nor
must
a
man
proclaime
all
he
knowes
,
or
divulge
what
he
thinkes
:
so
that
there
is
no
remedy
for
your
enlargement
,
but
a
patient
enduring
,
a
politike
silence
,
an
humble
submission
,
and
plausible
casting
your selfe
and
cause
into
the
lappe
of
the
Queenes
fauor
,
and
vnder
the
shadow
of
that
great
Lords
mantle
.
No
more
:
neither
I
dare
,
nor
must
:
but
that
I
am
and
will
be
,
Your
euer
louing
wife
in
distresse
.
Chyding
Letters
.
To
his
ill
aduised
Sonne
,
T.G.
MOst
foolish
and
idle
headed
,
A
sonne
reprehended
for
his
disordered
life
.
I
haue
heard
thee
sometimes
discourse
of
historicall
relations
,
because
I
should
strengthen
my
opinion
,
that
thou
hast
not
bene
a
truant
at
schoole
,
nor
a
traitor
to
nature
,
in
ouerthrowing
some
good
parts
alotted
as
thy
portion
.
But
I
wonder
,
that
amongst
the
rest
,
thou
dost
not
remember
a
certain
law
of
the
Lacedemonians
against
disobedient
children
,
who
were
publikely
whipt
,
and
when
they
continued
refractary
,
they
were
despightfully
hanged
,
as
enemies
to
the
commonwealth
:
so
that
if
thy
profuse
expences
,
riotous
courses
,
disobedient
wilfulnesse
,
irregular
conditions
,
dangerous
company
,
and
intemperate
abusing
the
time
,
were
in
those
dayes
to
follow
thee
to
that
barre
of
censuring
,
I
should
surely
take
no
further
care
for
thy
punishment
,
nor
feare
for
thy
hereafter
ouerthrow
.
But
because
thou
liuest
in
a
corrupt
age
and
commonwealth
,
belike
thou
thinkest
thy selfe
disgraced
,
&
out
of
the
fashion
,
if
thou
be
not
corrupt
too
;
nay
monstrously
wicked
,
&
degenerating
.
For
,
what
hope
can
I
haue
of
the
preseruation
of
my
estate
and
family
after
death
,
when
thou
darest
presume
in
my
life
to
carry
an
absolute
sway
against
my
prescriptions
,
and
runne
three
hundred
pounds
in
debt
,
to
all
our
troubles
;
And
if
thou
come
to
particulars
,
how
bare
and
poorely
will
thy
excuse
seeme
?
how
vgly
and
deformed
will
thy
vanity
appeare
?
I
brought
thee
with
a
gentle
hand
to
the
study
of
the
law
,
whereon
both
profite
and
honours
depends
:
and
thou
hast
not
onely
neglected
the
same
;
but
with
a
kind
of
contempt
and
despight
,
abandoned
thy
study
,
and
because
we
should
be
sure
of
thy
hate
and
vilipending
such
a
iewell
,
thou
art
bold
to
boast
of
pawning
thy
bookes
,
and
that
thou
wilt
not
curbe
a
braue
spirit
,
(
thou
mayst
say
a
diuellish
ruffinlinesse
)
with
stupid
and
dull
inclosing
thy selfe
in
a
Cabinette
,
and
poaring
on
harsh
and
vnpleasant
lines
.
I
taught
thee
a
way
to
handsomnesse
and
ciuilitie
,
shewing
thee
(
like
a
Father
)
the
difference
betweene
pride
and
comelinesse
:
and
thou
art
so
farre
from
the
modest
vse
of
Gods
creatures
,
in
this
kinde
,
that
thou
hast
transshaped
thy selfe
with
filthy
disguises
,
of
long-haire
,
diffused
Apparell
,
coloured
Bands
,
gaudie
Ornaments
,
ridiculous
fashions
:
yea
,
thy
very
heele
and
spurre-leathers
shew
the
lightnes
of
thy
minde
,
vanitie
of
thine
affections
,
and
deformities
of
both
:
So
that
from
top
to
toe
,
the
best
excuse
is
the
fashion
:
the
best
of
these
fashions
so
out
of
frame
,
that
wisedome
hateth
them
,
and
pietie
pittieth
them
.
I
instructed
thee
with
the
modest
oratory
of
good
demeanour
,
and
how
weakly
they
were
armed
,
that
stood
at
defiance
,
with
patience
and
vertue
,
building
a
poore
frame
on
the
high
exalted
Title
of
valure
:
as
though
vice
must
either
be
carryed
vp
with
the
strong
arme
of
robustiousnes
,
or
coloured
ouer
with
the
sophisticate
paintings
of
good-fellowship
;
courage
,
not
disparaging
of
Gentrie
:
and
that
a
man
liuing
in
eminence
and
expectation
of
glorie
,
must
not
giue
way
to
any
discredite
.
But
thou
like
a
resty-iade
,
hast
runne
backwards
,
and
affrighted
thy
owne
good
spirite
,
with
fearfull
blood-sheddings
,
quarrells
,
and
contentions
:
exposing
thy selfe
to
barren
and
beastly
destructions
,
in
despight
of
order
,
and
good
gouernment
:
So
that
I
cannot
compare
that
valour
,
which
thou
wouldst
haue
graced
with
such
an
Epithite
,
better
then
to
the
beautie
of
a
strumpet
,
who
is
eyther
mercenarie
to
all
commers
,
or
so
kinde
,
that
shee
cannot
gainsay
any
,
asking
the
question
:
and
at
last
,
maketh
her self
abhorred
or
vilipended
.
There
be
other
matters
of
offence
wherewith
I
could
loade
you
,
but
these
for
this
time
,
shall
startle
you
a
little
,
and
prepare
you
to
some
better
consideration
,
against
I
examine
you
further
,
or
absolutely
determine
to
shew
you
a
stronger
hand
of
reformation
:
therefore
be
aduised
you
were
best
,
and
if
you
dare
forget
I
am
your
father
,
and
must
maintaine
you
:
remembet
you
are
a
Christian
;
and
liue
vnder
a
religion
and
law
,
which
will
clip
the
wings
of
such
licentiousnes
,
and
deplume
the
feathers
of
all
such
consuming
birds
of
prey
.
Your
displeased
Father
.
To
her
wilfull
and
seduced
friend
,
M.
G.
VNkinde
,
and
ill
aduised
.
To
what
purpose
haue
you
made
me
beleeue
,
Loue
findeth
fault
with
inconstancy
and
follow
a
strumphet
,
who
is
desired
.
that
you
neuer
spake
sentence
,
but
loue
ioyned
the
wordes
:
neuer
breathed
vow
,
but
vertue
instructed
the
heart
:
neuer
performed
action
,
but
my
worth
was
the
magnes
to
draw
you
into
industry
:
and
yet
you
can
bee
contented
to
wipe
away
all
with
the
slight
hand
of
carelesnes
,
and
to
forsake
me
without
a
cause
;
yea
,
to
despight
me
the
more
,
to
abandon
a
faithfull
and
true
friend
,
for
the
beastly
shew
and
loue
of
a
strumpet
,
whose
eies
sparkle
with
deceit
,
&
very
smiles
are
more
dangerous
then
Crocadiles
teares
,
which
commonly
weepe
ouer
such
,
they
meane
to
destroy
.
O
that
thou
either
hadst
discouered
this
falshood
before
,
whereby
I
might
haue
taken
the
way
of
better
assurance
,
and
conformable
honesty
;
or
wilt
thou
yet
defend
the
poore
troopes
of
chastity
,
against
the
mighty
armies
of
incontinency
and
wantonnes
?
then
should
this
wanton
know
,
what
it
were
to
betray
modesty
into
the
handes
of
filthy
vnconstancy
,
and
to
bring
simplicity
into
the
bondage
of
passion
and
affection
.
But
I
preethee
let
me
dispute
with
thee
a
little
:
Haue
I
not
seene
thee
laugh
a
fellow
to
scorne
,
as
a
buffone
,
or
iester
,
for
wearing
great
guilt
rings
full
of
coulerd
glasses
,
garded
cloaths
,
capons
feathers
,
and
a
ridiculous
aspect
?
and
what
is
a
strumpet
,
but
sutable
in
euery
thing
?
Haue
I
not
read
of
a
foole
,
that
was
led
like
an
Oxe
to
the
slaughter
,
and
went
in
the
shutting
of
the
euening
into
the
house
of
a
strumpet
?
Haue
I
not
heard
thee
tell
the
tale
of
a
passenger
,
who
comming
ouer
a
dangerous
water
vpon
a
narrow
bridge
,
being
drunke
,
and
returning
the
next
day
to
to
see
what
aduenture
hee
had
escaped
,
died
with
the
apprehension
?
And
what
is
a
whores
conuersation
,
but
a
sudden
perill
ouerpassed
with
feare
and
trembling
?
And
so
in
infinite
particulars
;
whereby
it
cannot
choose
,
but
either
you
are
insensible
of
good
,
or
desperate
of
all
bad
;
otherwise
you
would
not
come
within
the
reach
of
heauens
vengeance
,
and
vertues
curses
:
I
meane
my
owne
poore
cries
,
and
teares
,
which
if
they
once
should
be
vented
with
bitternesse
of
my
soule
,
beleeue
it
,
they
would
preuaile
with
the
God
of
mercy
,
to
draw
thee
and
thy
perfidiousnesse
into
the
house
of
vengeance
,
for
thy
cruelty
&
mischieuous
abusing
so
constant
,
and
innocent
a
friend
.
Your
poore
abused
Friend
.
To
his
much
disordered
Friend
,
F.M.
Against
〈…〉
GOod
Sir
,
If
I
were
not
tyed
by
the
band
of
friendship
,
to
all
those
duties
,
wherein
honest
men
are
,
or
should
be
actors
;
yet
am
I
bound
by
the
lawes
of
Christianitie
to
pleade
Gods
cause
,
and
not
to
suffer
(
as
farre
as
in
me
lies
)
so
great
a
iustice
to
be
ouerthrowne
with
the
violent
thrust
of
desperate
and
irreligious
shouldrings
.
To
what
end
then
dare
you
so
prophane
the
name
of
God
?
or
to
what
purpose
do
you
breath
out
the
smoke
of
oathes
,
yea
common
periuries
?
as
if
the
sulphure
of
that
infernall
furnace
,
were
raised
vp
to
darken
the
light
of
the
firmament
.
Doe
you
know
what
danger
you
incurre
?
the
vengeance
prepared
,
the
threatnings
denounced
,
and
the
punishments
appropriate
to
such
idle
and
defiling
wantonnesse
?
Do
you
not
reade
,
that
you
shall
be
guilty
before
Gods
seate
,
for
taking
his
name
in
vaine
?
Doth
not
the
Prophet
tell
you
,
that
plagues
shall
inuade
that
house
,
where
the
swearer
remaineth
?
Hath
not
our
Sauior
instructed
vs
,
with
yea
,
and
nay
?
shewing
plainly
,
that
whosoeuer
digresseth
out
of
that
path
,
walketh
to
perdition
.
And
are
not
the
Apostles
the
voyces
of
many
waters
,
and
the
sounds
of
Gods
trumpets
against
further
irreligion
,
and
vndecent
oathes
?
And
how
dare
you
then
continue
in
horrible
prophanation
,
and
either
not
beleeue
,
or
not
apprehend
this
truth
?
Besides
,
if
Sathan
had
taught
vs
cunning
enough
to
excuse
other
vices
:
The
glutton
may
say
,
he
is
a
hungred
:
the
vncleane
person
,
he
is
ready
to
burne
:
the
couetous
man
,
he
is
afrayd
to
want
:
the
murtherer
,
reuenge
is
sweete
:
the
drunkard
,
that
his
drought
is
great
:
the
theefe
,
that
he
is
in
distresse
,
and
such
like
.
But
the
swearer
hath
neither
reason
,
nor
excuse
for
his
idlenesse
:
no
man
enforceth
him
,
the
flesh
inticeth
not
,
the
world
prouoketh
not
,
onely
custom
and
the
diuell
raise
a
commotion
against
pietie
and
sinceritie
.
So
that
it
is
almost
come
to
passe
,
that
a
swearer
and
a
lier
moue
in
the
same
orbe
of
incredultty
,
and
as
the
shepheards
ranne
so
often
in
vaine
to
the
boy
,
that
told
them
the
Wolfe
was
come
into
the
fold
,
that
when
he
came
indeed
,
they
did
not
beleeue
him
.
So
doth
euery
man
abandon
a
swearer
in
his
most
vrgent
occasions
,
because
vnurged
he
made
no
conscience
of
an
oath
.
Therefore
,
if
not
for
Gods
loue
,
Christian
duety
,
sweetnesse
of
conuersation
,
and
assurance
of
our
contracts
&
friendship
;
yet
for
feare
of
hell
,
and
in
regard
of
saluation
,
let
mee
diuert
you
from
this
horrible
,
and
hatefull
vice
.
Yours
,
in
reformation
.
To
her
miserable
rich
Friend
,
P.D.
Against
coueteousnesse
.
SIR
,
Although
it
appertaineth
not
to
our
sexe
to
take
the
rodde
of
restraint
into
our
hands
,
and
seeme
free
Denizons
in
the
kingdome
of
wisedome
,
&
good
counsel
,
more
then
men
:
yet
because
I
am
engaged
for
you
to
that
honourable
Lady
:
&
set
open
the
enclosure
of
your
praises
from
my
owne
iudgement
,
and
experience
of
your
worth
:
I
must
needes
presume
(
beyond
your
expectation
)
and
craue
pardon
,
if
I
seeme
to
haue
a
more
daring
confidence
in
this
reprehension
.
To
what
ende
then
haue
you
cast
durt
and
filth
into
the
streame
of
your
spirit
,
where
a
confluence
of
many
vertues
make
a
flood
of
perfection
,
and
euen
now
,
when
a
very
mizer
should
set
at
large
his
hard-bound
heart
for
expences
,
haue
damned
vp
the
same
,
with
the
mudde
of
auarice
:
you
that
haue
carryed
away
good
opinion
with
you
in
times
past
for
courteous
,
affable
,
courtly
,
well-descended
,
free
,
noble
,
and
(
aboue
the
rest
)
a
liberall
Gentleman
:
now
to
make
a
stoppe
,
and
darken
all
that
lustre
with
a
miserable
sparing
,
and
niggardly
conuersation
.
And
when
in
a
time
of
professing
loue
,
which
seemeth
to
shed
teares
at
your
degenerating
condition
,
and
to
whom
?
to
a
Ladie
of
honour
and
iudgement
:
whose
very
presence
may
command
presents
and
extraordinary
expences
;
and
where
?
in
both
your
countreys
,
where
reproach
stands
watching
for
any
occasion
,
and
enuious
eyes
behold
you
with
repining
,
and
would
faine
looke
iustly
awry
vpon
the
least
deformity
.
Be
therefore
(
good
Sir
)
better
aduised
,
and
remember
,
that
in
religion
couetousnesse
is
resembled
to
Idolatrie
:
in
Philosophy
,
to
all
wickednesse
,
and
ouerthrow
of
the
best
resolutions
:
in
moralitie
,
to
the
dropsie
,
an
insatiate
disease
,
which
the
more
corruption
it
hath
,
the
more
it
desires
?
in
ciuill
conuersation
,
to
a
nastie
combersomnesse
,
which
terrifieth
one
another
,
and
breaketh
the
band
of
true
friendship
.
Alas
,
what
doe
you
gaine
by
vnmeasurable
hoording
vp
of
wealth
?
but
a
base
report
,
and
a
ridiculous
pointing
at
,
euen
as
you
ride
along
.
Nay
,
you
shall
be
compared
to
a
barking
Dogge
at
cattle
,
feeding
on
hay
,
which
will
neither
let
them
take
a
repast
,
nor
can
helpe
himselfe
to
satisfie
nature
.
O
,
good
Sir
,
though
I
am
no
Scholler
,
yet
can
I
reade
what
other
men
doe
write
:
and
of
all
the
vices
which
are
enemies
to
a
quiet
soule
,
and
free
borne
Gentleman
,
couetousnesse
is
the
worst
,
basest
,
and
most
ridiculous
.
For
,
besides
that
,
it
detaineth
vs
from
the
ciuill
vse
of
Gods
blessings
in
the
world
,
so
that
neither
in
diet
,
nor
ornament
,
a
man
is
master
of
himselfe
:
it
maketh
vs
vnapt
to
the
entertainment
of
such
vertues
,
as
commonly
helpe
vs
out
of
the
filthy
puddles
of
disreputation
,
&
keepe
vs
secure
from
calumniation
,
and
bewitching
corruption
of
profite
:
therefore
,
for
honours
sake
,
for
vertues
sake
,
for
friendships
sake
,
for
my
sake
,
for
your
owne
sake
,
for
posterities
sake
,
remember
where
about
you
goe
,
and
how
a
good
and
free
demeanour
will
preuaile
,
when
these
hard
enclosed
hands
seeme
rather
to
threathen
stroakes
,
then
promise
hopefull
entertainment
.
Yours
,
if
you
can
be
mine
.
To
her
vnkinde
Friend
,
R.S.
SIR
,
Against
deniall
of
trifles
amongst
friends
and
feare
of
combersomnesse
.
I
perceiue
by
my selfe
,
that
poore
and
vnfortunate
persons
may
well
be
resembled
to
threatning
tempests
,
from
whose
violence
euery
man
seeketh
a
present
shelter
:
else
would
one
neuer
haue
bene
so
discourtuous
,
as
to
haue
denied
me
a
small
request
,
or
continued
your
despight
,
in
ababandoning
my
companie
,
for
feare
of
combersomenesse
,
or
importuning
you
to
more
,
then
your
owne
free-will
should
condiscend
vnto
.
Is
this
the
law
of
friendship
?
Or
what
doe
you
imagine
can
bee
the
ende
of
such
vnkindnesse
?
Who
taught
you
such
rules
?
Or
can
humanitie
thinke
well
of
such
peruersnes
?
Well
,
I
am
a
woman
,
and
therfore
will
be
so
farre
from
immodesty
,
that
I
will
impute
it
to
my
ill
deseruing
,
not
your
bad
disposition
:
but
if
I
were
a
man
,
howeuer
I
disclaime
quarrels
,
I
would
make
this
a
matter
of
complaint
,
wherein
if
your
wit
did
not
winde
you
out
,
by
the
scrue
of
sufficient
excuse
,
it
should
surely
turne
to
displeasure
,
and
cause
other
maligne
circumstances
to
threaten
you
further
.
Therefore
from
henceforth
I
will
bee
so
farre
from
louing
you
,
that
I
will
hate
my selfe
,
for
deceiuing
my
kinde
hart
in
affecting
so
vnkinde
a
friend
.
And
thus
I
bid
you
fare-well
;
yea
,
to
fare
as
well
as
I
did
,
in
the
want
of
that
I
write
for
,
and
the
discomfort
I
endured
,
to
think
how
ill
I
had
bestowed
my
first
liking
.
Yours
,
if
you
will
haue
it
so
.
To
his
ill
respected
friend
.
Against
idle
excuses
.
SVspitious
sir
,
what
cause
haue
I
giuen
you
to
deny
your selfe
?
or
how
could
I
deserue
so
ill
at
your
hands
,
as
to
driue
you
from
your
own
house
,
when
you
were
lockt
in
your
study
?
belike
you
thoght
I
came
to
borrow
mony
,
or
beg
a
dinner
,
in
neither
of
which
,
a
friend
,
&
such
a
friend
as
I
presumed
you
to
be
,
by
reason
of
your
own
protestations
,
ought
to
be
denied
:
which
makes
me
remember
,
a
tale
in
the
Italian
courtier
,
of
a
gentl
:
who
comming
to
aske
for
his
friend
,
was
only
answered
by
a
seruant
,
he
was
not
within
:
whervpon
(
for
his
better
intelligence
)
he
departed
satisfied
in
shewe
,
till
some
occasion
directed
the
other
to
demand
for
him
:
whereupon
he
answered
aloud
in
his
owne
behalfe
,
hee
was
gone
from
home
:
Not
so
sayd
the
other
;
for
I
heare
your
voyce
,
and
know
it
too
well
to
be
mistaken
.
But
(
sayd
he
againe
)
you
are
a
strange
man
,
I
beleeued
your
maide
when
she
told
me
you
were
not
within
:
And
are
you
so
incredulous
,
that
you
will
not
beleeue
my selfe
?
But
,
as
I
remember
,
there
hath
bene
no
such
passages
betweene
vs
;
therefore
I
wonder
at
this
sodaine
dispatch
,
and
cannot
be
perswaded
,
but
you
wish
a
dissolution
of
our
combined
loues
.
For
(
my
owne
part
)
I
will
not
come
to
the
house
of
my
friend
to
receiue
any
affront
of
deniall
;
and
he
that
wil
take
occasion
of
sequestration
,
to
make
such
a
man
of
my
condition
stand
without
doores
,
is
not
worthy
to
reioyce
in
true
neighbourhood
,
though
there
had
bene
a
wanton
in
your
armes
,
or
any
Bagge
a
telling
.
Yours
,
if
you
be
worthy
.
To
the
worthy
Lady
,
R.C.
GOod
Lady
,
If
your
honour
and
vertue
resemble
not
the
primum
mobile
,
Against
pride
and
tyrannous
behauiour
in
great
persons
of
the
Spheres
;
to
carry
about
the
lesser
circles
of
our
duty
and
obseruation
:
I
see
no
reason
why
a
generous
and
free
borne
Gentleman
,
should
betray
the
cause
of
GOODNES
into
the
hands
of
GREATNES
,
with
degenerating
conditions
.
For
,
to
what
end
hath
a
voyce
from
heauen
proclaimed
the
Godhead
of
Princes
,
and
higher
aduanced
persons
;
but
to
resemble
them
in
perfection
,
and
highly
exalted
vertues
?
as
for
shews
and
outward
ceremonies
,
they
bee
meere'y
tumors
of
vanity
,
pride
,
&
ambitious
desires
,
and
the
best
of
your
liues
may
be
compared
to
a
gaudy
maske
at
Christmas
,
which
if
it
cary
more
state
,
&
last
a
litle
longer
in
the
kings
court
,
then
another
place
;
yet
must
it
haue
a
melancholy
farewel
,
&
is
forgotten
,
like
water
spilt
out
of
a
Bucket
:
whereas
affabillity
,
pious
inclination
,
liberall
compensation
,
regard
of
the
afflicted
,
raising
the
weake
,
mercy
,
compassion
,
and
such
like
,
be
indeed
faire
resplendant
starres
,
worth
praise
and
obseruation
;
from
whose
influence
can
proceed
nothing
,
but
auspitious
presages
;
and
are
sure
to
make
you
famous
to
posterity
,
euen
from
the
mouthes
of
widowes
and
orphanes
,
when
your
painted
sepulchers
shall
lye
troden
to
dust
,
and
your
proudest
edifices
be
turned
to
other
vses
.
Be
not
therefore
good
Lady
,
so
transported
with
passion
,
or
open
eard
to
euery
flattering
insinuating
groome
,
that
I
shall
neuer
be
heard
in
my
iustifications
,
though
worthy
to
cliame
my
owne
,
nor
enioy
such
priuiledges
and
immunities
,
as
my
auncestors
haue
filed
on
record
to
their
owne
credit
,
and
posterities
immitation
.
For
beleeue
it
,
there
is
no
such
corasiue
to
a
gentle
minde
,
as
to
be
deceiued
in
the
expectation
of
anothers
worth
,
and
where
he
hoped
of
support
and
countenance
,
to
be
menaced
with
threatnings
,
and
contracted
browes
,
which
if
you
saw
,
how
ill
they
became
your
louelines
and
beauty
,
you
would
quickly
admit
of
a
sweeter
cheerfulnes
,
and
make
me
happie
with
a
plausible
alteration
.
Yours
,
as
a
louer
of
honor
.
To
his
seruant
,
F.
M.
Foolishnes
and
dishonesty
in
a
seruant
condemned
.
ALthough
I
haue
plentifull
matter
of
reprehending
you
affoorded
me
,
yet
will
I
onely
at
this
instant
redeeme
your
foolishnes
,
and
dishonesty
:
foolishnes
,
in
winding
your selfe
further
into
such
intricate
busines
,
then
either
your
cunning
or
strength
can
help
you
out
of
dishonesty
:
in
conuerting
the
mony
appointed
to
generall
imployment
to
your
owne
aduantage
,
whereby
the
Tenants
are
disabled
,
my selfe
discredited
,
and
you
stand
vnder
the
burthen
of
my
as
iust
(
and
peraduenture
)
heauy
displeasure
.
Therefore
,
I
charge
you
take
some
other
course
,
and
that
sodainly
,
to
preuent
a
further
account
and
aggrauation
thereof
;
or
you
shall
finde
,
that
as
I
can
be
a
kinde
Master
,
so
I
know
how
to
punish
a
lesse
grosse
crime
,
and
make
you
an
obedient
seruant
.
To
his
miserable
and
most
wretched
sonne
,
R.B.
THou
cupshot
,
stain
to
my
name
,
&
torture
to
my
thoughts
,
All
the
while
I
looked
on
the
filthy
&
menstrous
cloth
of
thy
vices
,
Against
drunkenesse
.
I
remembred
the
story
of
the
old
man
of
Lions
,
who
enquiting
after
his
sons
misdemeanours
,
with
a
fond
partialitie
,
began
to
cloud
them
with
one
excuse
or
another
;
as
that
gouernement
and
discretion
would
moderate
his
riot
,
time
would
coole
his
blood
,
and
danger
of
the
law
terrifie
him
from
swaggering
:
marriage
and
the
attractiue
condition
of
a
good
wife
would
diuert
him
from
lasciuiousnesse
,
with
such
like
:
till
vnderstanding
hee
was
a
drunkard
,
he
wrong
his
hands
,
&
washt
them
with
teares
,
as
desperat
of
his
recouery
.
For
in
this
vice
,
custome
&
age
are
so
forcible
,
that
men
are
so
far
from
reformation
,
as
they
grow
from
bad
to
worse
,
&
from
worse
,
to
be
loathsome
to
themselues
and
al
ciuil
company
.
So
played
I
with
thee
,
and
dryed
vp
thy
mother
cheekes
with
my
kisses
,
kept
her
rage
from
desperate
furie
with
excuses
;
held
her
hands
from
wringing
with
sweet
perswasions
;
shewed
her
instances
of
many
licentious
yong
men
redused
to
gouernment
,
till
we
heard
of
this
eruption
of
beastiality
,
past
all
limitation
,
or
hope
of
amendment
:
A
drunkard
!
that
I
haue
liued
to
see
this
day
,
and
my
owne
shame
and
disgraces
ripened
in
thy
rottennesse
.
Let
mee
tell
thee
,
how
the
Lacedemonians
were
woont
to
do
,
after
they
had
found
a
drunkard
wallowing
in
the
durt
,
and
(
like
a
Swine
)
besmeered
in
his
filthines
,
to
bring
forth
their
children
,
to
beget
in
them
a
deadly
detestation
of
the
spectacle
they
beheld
.
But
how
?
that
if
any
fore-warned
,
and
by
such
exemplary
cautions
terrrified
,
fell
into
the
bogges
of
such
by-wayes
,
out
of
the
tract
of
Temperance
,
and
path-way
of
discretion
,
they
were
publikely
whipt
:
but
I
am
afraide
thou
wilt
serue
me
like
the
beastly
younker
of
Strasborough
,
who
when
his
father
led
him
to
such
a
spectacle
,
where
besides
the
loathsomnes
of
the
party
wallowing
in
his
vomit
,
the
ridiculousnes
of
the
action
,
set
the
spectators
on
worke
,
to
the
clapping
their
hands
,
and
extraordinary
iollitie
:
was
so
farre
from
misliking
of
the
same
,
that
hee
onely
demaunded
,
where
the
good
wine
was
,
which
had
made
the
good
man
in
such
a
taking
.
And
wilt
thou
serue
me
so
indeed
?
Are
the
pleasant
voyces
of
my
fatherly
instruction
discords
vnto
thee
?
Is
there
no
remedy
,
but
I
must
see
thee
irrecouerably
plunged
in
a
quagmire
of
so
loathsome
a
vice
?
Oh
that
I
might
rather
see
thy
death
,
then
this
disorder
;
and
cease
to
bee
a
Father
,
then
to
haue
so
vntoward
a
sonne
.
My
prayer
is
,
Eyther
mend
,
or
end
:
And
so
I
leaue
thee
.
Your
Father
,
if
you
be
sober
.
To
her
vnkinde
Husband
.
WRetched
and
miserable
man
:
How
darest
thou
lift
vp
thy
Adulterate
eyes
to
heauen
,
and
behold
the
pure
and
christalline
Firmament
,
Against
the
breach
of
wedlocke
in
a
man
.
wherein
that
euerlasting
Law-giuer
sits
in
Triumph
,
against
the
day
of
vengeance
,
to
iudge
such
perseuerant
delinquents
,
as
thy self
?
or
dost
thou
imagine
,
that
those
strict
duties
(
commanded
from
the
beginning
)
were
but
matters
of
pollicie
?
or
that
position
of
man
&
wife
,
being
one
flesh
,
was
meerly
breath
and
exhalation
?
Surely
it
must
needs
bee
so
with
Atheists
and
prophane
liuers
;
And
I
am
afraide
to
the
hereafter
horror
of
thy
soule
,
that
thou
wilt
tumble
into
the
pit
of
burning
lasciuiousnes
:
from
whence
it
is
easier
to
be
kept
from
falling
,
then
once
fallen
,
to
recouer
out
.
But
O
foole
,
looke
againe
with
brighter
eyes
,
and
reade
with
more
iudiciuos
vnderstanding
:
the
lips
of
a
whore
are
as
sweete
as
honie
,
to
the
taste
of
fooles
;
but
in
her
heart
is
the
sting
of
scorpions
,
yea
,
the
poyson
of
aspes
,
lies
vnder
her
lips
:
and
wilt
thou
then
aduenture
the
stinging
,
when
there
is
no
Cataplasme
for
the
soare
?
Wilt
thou
forget
the
honest
wife
of
thy
youth
,
for
a
disloyall
and
impudent
stranger
?
Wilt
thou
despise
thy
children
,
resembling
oliue
branches
about
thy
Table
,
being
buds
of
the
Blessings
promised
a
good
man
,
for
Bastards
plants
,
which
the
hand
of
Diuine
Iustice
will
soone
roote
out
?
wilt
thou
runne
into
the
sincke
of
lustfull
confusion
,
that
maist
trace
the
faire
walks
of
contentment
,
with
chast
embracings
?
Oh
doe
not
so
I
charge
thee
:
nay
,
by
the
contracts
to
our
first
vowes
,
I
coniure
thee
,
returne
to
the
pleasant
springs
of
our
amity
:
and
I
will
wash
thee
cleane
againe
,
and
make
thee
sweete
,
with
teares
and
kisses
of
a
louing
wife
.
Your
true
wife
,
in
your
vntruth
.
To
his
periurde
and
lasciuious
wife
.
THou
for
sworne
wretch
:
To
what
end
hast
thou
prostituted
thy selfe
to
filthinesse
,
Against
whordom
in
the
woman
.
&
abandoned
the
strong
and
certaine
supportation
of
grace
,
for
the
momentarie
ticklings
of
pleasure
:
so
that
by
this
filthy
dashings
of
lusts
lothsome
chariots
,
we
are
all
bemyred
,
deformed
,
&
made
odious
to
the
world
:
thy selfe
art
branded
for
a
strumpet
,
and
in
the
best
excuse
but
a
broken
glasse
,
neuer
to
be
set
together
againe
.
I
am
made
a
by-word
,
&
a
pointing-stocke
;
not
that
the
disloialty
of
a
whore
can
ouerthrow
the
reputation
of
a
vertuous
&
honest
man
:
but
because
corrupted
times
haue
taught
men
a
mischieuous
lesson
,
of
taunts
&
contemptuous
scornings
:
thy
children
appeare
not
but
with
suspitious
faces
;
and
I
dare
not
looke
vpon
them
for
feare
some
harsh
news
should
whisper
in
mine
eare
their
bastardy
:
our
friends
and
acquaintance
dare
not
meete
without
murmuring
;
and
me
thinks
I
heare
them
say
,
what
shall
we
do
in
the
house
of
shame
,
and
eate
at
the
table
of
incontinency
?
Oh
that
thou
hadst
remembered
Iudah
against
Thamar
,
that
she
should
be
burnt
for
playing
the
whore
;
&
yet
a
widow
,
and
before
the
law
:
But
when
the
Iewes
were
reduced
to
obedience
,
adultery
was
punished
with
death
.
But
me
thinks
I
heare
the
diuell
to
prompt
thee
,
that
they
which
dare
aduenture
their
soules
,
dare
hazzard
their
liues
:
and
now
it
is
not
so
strict
as
it
was
in
the
time
of
the
law
:
For
Christ
himselfe
forgaue
the
woman
taken
in
adultery
,
and
we
liue
in
a
commonwealth
far
from
such
extremity
Is
this
your
sophistry
?
take
heede
of
cousening
your
owne
soule
,
and
deceiuing
the
trust
which
Christ
hath
reposed
in
thee
,
making
thee
therby
partaker
of
his
pretious
blood
,
and
thy
own
redemption
.
But
how
?
neither
to
spill
the
one
by
casting
it
abroad
with
vncleane
and
polluted
hands
;
nor
betray
the
other
by
conspiring
with
presumptuous
sinners
,
to
rebel
against
grace
,
repentance
,
&
newnes
of
life
;
wherin
if
thou
dost
not
examin
thy selfe
,
&
prepare
to
better
conformity
,
I
need
not
breath
out
vengeance
against
thee
,
or
seek
a
greater
iustice
,
then
thy
mischeeuous
will
,
&
vnpenitent
life
shall
pull
vpon
thy
disguised
shamelesse
face
,
and
defiled
mishapen
soule
.
Your
husband
if
you
do
not
diuide
him
.
Excusing
Letters
.
To
his
best
Friend
,
G.L.
GOod
Sir
,
I
would
not
haue
you
stagger
in
your
opinion
of
me
,
considering
I
haue
alwaies
with
an
vpright
hand
held
vp
the
beame
of
our
friendship
:
Excuse
for
not
lending
money
.
&
would
neuer
giue
my
heart
leaue
to
entertaine
a
thought
of
politicke
misdoubt
,
either
of
your
abilitie
or
honesty
.
For
the
very
name
of
a
friend
shal
command
my
person
,
much
more
my
goods
:
but
such
a
man
as
your selfe
hath
interest
in
my
life
&
spirit
.
Therefore
beleeue
it
,
I
was
so
destitute
of
mony
at
that
time
,
that
casting
vp
an
irkesome
account
of
my
brothers
departure
,
necessity
enforced
the
pawning
of
my
vtensels
to
furnish
him
;
wherein
if
any
experience
,
or
example
haue
taught
my
tung
the
cunning
of
excuses
,
let
it
hereafter
grow
too
big
for
my
mouth
,
&
when
my
wants
knock
at
the
doore
for
supply
,
let
hands
of
Adamant
admit
them
no
entrance
to
my
insupportable
afflictions
.
But
wheras
you
lay
a
further
imputation
vpon
me
,
that
my
credit
caried
an
ouerswaying
command
of
my
rich
neighbor
:
true
it
is
,
that
in
former
times
,
as
Doues
resort
to
glistring
painted
houses
;
as
Farmers
bring
their
seed
into
fat
ground
;
as
Beasts
&
cattle
resort
to
feeding
places
;
&
as
all
the
world
is
transported
with
priuat
respect
,
I
carried
vp
a
head
of
thriuing
wantonnes
,
&
he
looked
vpon
me
with
a
correspondent
alacrity
,
but
no
sooner
came
the
pulling
hooke
to
throw
down
the
fruit
of
my
fertile
trees
,
wherby
he
perceiued
the
boughs
bare
,
and
saw
the
knots
and
branches
battered
in
peeces
:
but
he
suspected
my
prosperity
,
and
added
withall
a
fearefull
prophesie
of
hereafter
canker-eating
,
&
decay
both
of
root
and
rinde
.
Thus
are
my
hopes
abortiue
concernining
my
interest
in
him
:
&
to
speake
the
truth
,
I
am
so
fearefull
of
a
deniall
,
that
I
had
rather
sit
still
with
some
ease
,
then
rise
and
fall
with
vtter
dispaire
.
Thus
if
I
haue
wonne
the
field
against
your
incredulitie
,
and
brought
vp
preuailing
forces
to
strengthen
your
loue
,
and
good
will
still
on
my
side
:
I
am
then
my selfe
againe
,
and
protest
I
reioyce
more
truely
in
your
sweete
conuersation
,
then
a
wanton
could
doe
,
if
his
mistresse
were
to
hang
about
his
necke
with
deceiueable
kisses
,
and
counterfeit
embraces
.
For
they
commonly
resemble
the
Yuy
,
running
vp
a
tower
with
dangerous
loosening
the
stones
,
when
true
friendship
is
like
Atlas
and
Hercules
,
supporting
of
the
heauen
of
prosperitie
,
and
life
from
falling
,
yea
from
failing
.
Your
iustifiable
Friend
.
To
his
Honourable
,
L.G.
HOnourable
Lord
,
Whereas
I
vnderstand
,
that
you
excepted
against
my
last
importunitie
,
as
if
I
transcended
the
bounds
of
good
manners
;
Excuse
for
being
importunate
in
the
behalfe
of
a
friend
.
and
abased
your
greatnesse
with
carrying
too
slight
a
respect
toward
you
;
I
hope
I
shall
finde
you
so
fauourable
,
both
to
admit
of
my
iustifiable
excuses
,
and
to
distinguish
betweene
presumption
and
necessitie
.
Wherefore
I
pray
you
,
remember
the
story
of
Aurelianus
the
Emperour
,
who
once
proclaimed
a
stately
sequestration
of
his
person
from
common
intruders
,
inhibiting
all
soldiers
and
subiects
,
to
aduance
themselues
in
his
presence
for
any
suit
whatsoeuer
:
Yet
notwithstanding
,
when
a
Captain
had
infringed
the
edict
,
and
was
attached
by
the
guard
to
receiue
a
condigne
punishment
;
the
Emperour
stepped
foorth
,
and
sayd
,
if
hee
come
for
himselfe
let
him
die
;
if
he
determine
for
his
friend
,
let
him
be
released
.
In
like
manner
doe
I
ouerthrow
this
obiection
at
the
first
charge
,
&
besides
your
Lordships
apprehension
,
say
plainly
,
that
if
I
had
not
bene
tyed
by
the
laws
of
friendship
,
to
expose
vnto
you
the
desires
of
another
,
I
wold
not
haue
diuerted
you
from
more
serious
affairs
,
by
my
tedious
discourse
,
and
vnmannerly
importunitie
.
And
thus
making
no
doubt
of
your
worthy
and
noble
disposition
toward
a
man
,
that
doth
study
nothing
,
but
to
loue
and
honour
you
,
I
commit
my selfe
to
that
part
of
your
vertue
,
which
can
make
extention
of
pardon
and
fauour
,
as
I
haue
done
of
submission
and
dutie
.
Yours
,
as
you
will
be
mine
.
To
her
ouer
suspitious
Friend
.
GOod
Sir
,
I
am
not
ignorant
,
how
the
Poets
haue
inuented
a
marriage
betweene
Cupid
and
Iealousie
:
Excuse
for
keeping
company
,
and
going
to
court
▪
and
true
loue
is
many
times
seasoned
,
and
made
sweeter
by
prettie
contradictions
,
and
softly
raised
suspition
:
but
to
be
ouer-vehement
in
accusation
,
and
absolutely
to
conclude
a
negatiue
by
fond
supposes
and
cruell
constructions
,
are
beyond
my
reason
,
&
your
faire
demeanour
.
For
,
be
it
,
I
went
to
the
play
with
my
sister
,
I
endured
the
maske
,
I
danced
the
measures
:
I
will
not
much
stand
vpon
the
commendations
of
such
customary
practise
:
Yet
was
there
any
thing
here
worthy
the
traducing
?
or
could
a
Gentlewoman
doe
lesse
,
considering
the
circumstances
and
commanding
maiestie
of
the
place
?
But
you
will
obiect
,
that
fancy
now
setled
,
and
the
minde
contented
with
anothers
controwle
:
it
was
idlely
done
to
goe
at
al.
I
could
say
so
too
;
if
a
mothers
well-wishes
,
a
sisters
importunitie
,
a
solemne
festiuall
,
a
time
of
reuels
:
and
aboue
all
,
a
presumption
of
your
noble
disposition
and
free
hearted
discretion
,
had
not
mustred
themselues
farre
stronger
then
my
weake
denials
:
wherewith
at
first
I
came
so
forward
,
that
they
wondred
at
my
mortification
,
and
sware
it
was
a
counterfeit
retiring
to
more
dangerous
businesse
.
Besides
,
I
was
not
(
as
I
take
it
)
vnder
any
penalty
of
infringing
your
will
,
you
not
imposing
such
a
taske
on
me
:
nor
would
I
be
so
absolute
a
slaue
,
though
the
name
of
husband
and
wife
had
linked
vs
together
with
the
Churches
ceremonies
.
Be
therefore
I
pray
you
satisfied
with
my
iustifiable
excuses
,
and
beleeue
it
;
I
will
rather
forsweare
the
hopes
of
mariage
,
and
the
glory
of
costly
ornaments
,
before
I
will
leaue
you
againe
in
such
an
hell
of
affrighting
iealousie
.
Yours
,
so
you
be
resolued
.
To
her
iealous
Friend
.
SVspitious
Syr
:
I
perceiue
that
ignorance
is
many
times
a
mistrisse
of
quietnes
,
Excuse
for
taking
shelter
in
a
shower
of
raine
,
with
a
strange
gentleman
.
and
too
much
learning
laieth
the
heart
open
to
leaud
example
,
and
idle
instances
.
Thus
because
you
haue
read
of
the
Hunting
which
Dido
prepared
for
Aeneas
,
and
that
opportunitie
,
and
a
strange
accident
brought
them
to
an
Amorous
encounter
,
in
that
solitary
caue
(
whither
they
retired
)
to
auoid
the
peril
of
the
storme
:
therefore
must
I
be
suspected
,
for
that
at
the
last
Hunting
I
met
with
S.
G.
in
the
thicket
,
and
not
able
then
to
indure
the
shower
,
mounted
vp
into
the
stand
:
If
there
were
no
other
excuse
then
necessitie
,
and
the
accidentall
proffer
of
ciuill
curtesie
,
me
thinkes
it
might
carry
credite
with
vnderstanding
:
but
least
I
cannot
handsomely
gather
together
my
forces
to
satisfie
you
,
I
will
tell
you
true
:
There
came
both
my
brother
,
and
his
man
,
to
preuent
any
ouerflowings
of
a
wanton
tongue
,
or
idle
conference
:
so
that
wee
were
so
farre
from
any
occasion
of
Loues
encountering
,
that
we
were
glad
to
shake
our
hattes
,
and
wring
our
cloathes
,
for
feare
of
catching
colde
:
yet
say
,
that
the
accident
had
preuented
other
company
:
hath
the
opinion
of
his
worth
,
so
ill
a
ground
in
your
thoughtes
,
that
you
can
so
quickly
cast
it
out
from
any
sound
rooting
?
Or
am
I
such
a
truand
in
the
schoole
of
modesty
,
that
you
stand
in
doubt
of
my
loytering
,
or
at
least
of
my
insufficiencie
,
to
proue
an
honest
proficient
?
But
I
will
answer
for
you
,
it
is
loues
fault
and
not
yours
:
and
there
can
be
no
good
will
,
where
many
questions
arise
not
to
contrarieties
:
yea
,
somtimes
to
distastings
,
&
fallings
out
:
which
if
it
be
so
,
I
am
contented
to
offer
my
Taper
,
at
the
altar
of
his
deitie
,
and
hope
to
finde
you
the
faster
hereafter
,
by
letting
mee
lose
a
little
,
and
giuing
some
small
liberty
to
the
feares
of
my
losse
,
and
prouing
counterfeit
.
Yours
in
her
very
thoughts
.
To
his
worthy
Friend
,
Sir
I.
D.
SIR
,
Excuse
for
not
dispatching
a
suite
of
importance
,
according
to
expectation
&
promise
.
it
pleased
mee
much
,
that
you
supposed
mee
ouer
shadowed
with
the
high
exalted
fauor
of
such
a
Queen
,
who
as
shee
is
the
mirrour
of
all
ages
,
for
her
magnificent
gouernment
:
so
is
she
the
president
of
all
actions
for
her
vertues
&
maiesticall
properties
.
But
withall
,
you
must
consider
the
condition
of
her
greatnesse
,
and
the
custome
of
Princes
,
who
doe
not
allow
of
too
much
easinesse
in
accesse
,
or
facility
in
subscribing
to
petitions
,
for
feare
of
diminishing
the
glory
of
their
pallaces
,
and
making
vs
carelesse
in
our
seruice
and
obseruation
.
Therefore
I
pray
you
bee
resolued
,
that
I
neglect
no
opportunitie
to
inferre
your
former
merit
,
and
present
aptnesse
to
the
place
,
nor
found
her
any
way
obdurate
,
more
then
in
her
plaine
resolution
you
might
tarry
a
while
:
As
for
that
imputation
,
that
I
was
tempted
with
a
thousand
angels
to
speake
for
D.C.
and
so
bare
you
in
hand
to
feele
Esaus
roughnesse
,
when
yet
Iacobs
voyce
was
deceitfull
:
do
not
beleeue
it
.
And
let
one
protestation
serue
for
all
,
that
no
man
but
your selfe
shall
alter
my
iourney
to
her
Maiestie
:
nor
any
businesse
but
this
set
the
loome
of
my
industry
a
worke
,
till
the
web
of
your
preuailing
be
dispatched
:
or
at
least
,
what
I
can
warpe
out
,
made
vp
accordingly
:
as
for
the
report
,
or
,
if
you
will
,
suggestion
of
your
murmuring
,
that
you
attended
ouer-long
,
and
yet
went
away
not
speaking
with
me
:
I
can
assure
you
,
the
fault
depended
not
on
my
greatnesse
,
or
willingnesse
to
distast
any
man
,
much
lesse
your selfe
,
who
are
as
welcome
to
me
as
any
man
:
and
(
if
I
might
speake
it
without
flatterie
)
in
a
farther
degree
of
acceptation
with
me
then
any
man
:
but
meerely
the
misprision
of
your
person
from
the
groome
,
that
turned
the
key
:
who
mistaking
you
for
another
,
which
had
reuiled
him
,
put
this
poore
tricke
of
reuenge
vpon
you
to
make
you
beleeue
,
I
was
busie
,
when
I
neither
knew
of
your
being
without
,
nor
would
haue
had
any
businesse
,
to
haue
ouerborne
my
respect
toward
you
if
I
had
knowne
it
.
If
this
may
draw
toward
a
satisfaction
,
&
keep
you
from
contracting
a
brow
of
displeasure
against
me
,
I
am
proud
we
shall
agree
,
and
glad
there
was
occasion
of
this
prety
contradiction
.
Yours
in
despight
of
suspition
.
To
his
louing
wife
,
B.G.
MY
onely
beloued
,
I
am
now
to
deale
with
a
woman
,
that
can
spread
the
mantle
both
of
loue
and
discretion
.
Excuse
for
tarrying
too
long
from
a
wife
.
Of
loue
,
not
to
giue
way
to
any
sinister
and
indirect
conceit
for
my
tarrying
so
long
from
you
.
Of
discretion
to
apdrehend
the
difficult
passages
,
wherein
Court-suters
trauerse
their
grounds
,
and
are
sometimes
like
a
ship
vnder
saile
,
ready
to
enter
the
hauen
of
their
desires
,
driuen
farre
backe
by
contrary
gusts
,
into
the
troublesome
and
turbulent
Ocean
of
crosses
&
vnexpected
changes
.
Thus
as
you
haue
often
told
me
your selfe
,
are
men
sometime
protracted
,
examined
,
promised
,
denied
,
and
many
times
afronted
with
competitors
,
whose
particeans
would
gladly
preferre
their
friends
before
a
strangers
.
But
for
the
giuing
raines
to
any
extrauagant
and
licentious
corruption
,
either
for
incontinency
,
gaming
,
or
pleasure
,
more
then
what
the
better
sort
of
men
may
draw
me
along
vnto
by
the
cords
of
conuersation
,
doe
not
beleeue
it
,
though
it
should
bee
reported
;
nor
report
it
,
though
some
vntoward
suspition
may
hasten
you
to
beleefe
in
this
kinde
.
And
thus
relying
on
your
wisedome
,
more
then
my
owne
fortunes
or
good
merit
,
I
commend
these
ciuill
excuses
to
your
fauourable
construction
,
and
commit
that
little
,
which
the
poore
remainder
of
my
discretion
hath
compassed
to
your
care
and
gouernment
.
Your
husband
resolued
.
To
his
loued
louing
wife
,
C.G.
MY
dearest
and
best
beloued
,
Excuse
for
not
dispatching
of
busines
Although
your
vnsauorie
letters
are
framed
on
the
foundation
of
vnkindnesse
,
so
that
you
seeme
to
iustifie
the
aduancing
the
pile
of
your
grudges
and
repinings
vpon
good
occasions
inforced
:
yet
I
hope
by
that
time
I
haue
filled
your
eares
,
and
impressed
your
heart
with
honest
excuses
,
you
will
quietly
gather
together
the
disperced
forces
of
your
care
and
dutie
to
affright
misreport
and
sinister
vnderstanding
.
First
then
concerning
the
money
to
be
paide
to
your
cousen
;
I
was
so
far
from
receiuing
it
then
,
that
there
is
no
hope
euer
to
haue
it
hereafter
.
Concerning
the
not
accompanying
your
brothers
in
his
suites
,
and
attending
with
him
in
the
court
,
you
know
how
vnsauory
such
a
seruitude
is
vnto
the
freedome
of
my
spirit
;
and
how
vntoward
he
is
in
his
spleenefull
wilfulnesse
,
otherwise
I
wil
ride
,
run
,
or
go
,
yea
lacky
by
him
to
doe
him
good
:
but
to
make
my selfe
seruile
vpon
euery
occasion
,
and
waite
on
those
daies
,
wherein
no
busines
is
determined
,
cannot
stand
with
policie
or
discretion
.
Concerning
the
not
hauing
the
things
from
the
Mercer
,
whereby
you
thinke
your selfe
more
then
forgotten
,
yea
forsaken
and
vilipended
;
I
answer
truely
,
there
is
but
one
you
know
,
to
the
warmth
of
whose
bosome
I
can
repaire
,
and
he
being
out
of
towne
,
I
cannot
presume
on
any
other
:
so
that
forbearance
being
no
quittance
,
you
must
bee
contented
to
attend
a
more
thriuing
howre
.
Concerning
the
sending
your
sonne
ouer
,
there
is
no
hope
of
him
in
any
befitting
courses
of
a
man
.
For
all
that
he
practiseth
is
meerely
repugnant
to
vertue
,
and
my
willingnesse
to
see
him
doe
well
;
As
for
sauoring
martiall
affaires
,
some
vnciuill
and
erronious
report
hath
affrighted
him
with
painfull
marches
and
watchings
,
hard
lying
,
vnpleasant
fare
,
carelesse
regard
,
(
what
hunger
ot
sicknesse
euer
chance
:
)
and
aboue
all
,
slight
entertainment
,
with
sudden
steppings
before
him
,
through
the
fauour
of
Letters
,
or
Officers
,
of
men
inferior
to
his
supposes
,
and
presumption
of
his
owne
worth
.
Therefore
I
can
doe
no
more
,
then
speake
to
the
Capt:
and
engage
my selfe
for
his
attendance
,
draw
out
extraordinary
promises
of
respecting
him
,
&
encourage
him
what
I
may
:
but
hee
being
a
backe
retirer
,
and
pleading
insufficiencie
of
body
,
I
haue
left
it
,
without
further
vexation
:
howeuer
I
could
for
your
sake
enforce
my
vnwillingnes
;
and
considering
his
vnsupportable
humors
,
to
set
him
on
foote
,
to
preuailing
according
to
his
owne
desires
.
Your
carefull
Husband
.
To
his
best
,
and
Noble
Lady
.
Excuse
for
not
writing
&
attending
,
unwilling
persons
to
bee
spoken
with
.
MY
best
Lady
,
whereas
you
wonder
at
my
slacknesse
in
writing
:
&
attendance
of
your
Father
,
without
complement
or
ceremonie
;
I
answer
both
thus
:
The
best
letters
resemble
but
the
passage
of
a
Shippe
,
who
leaueth
behinde
no
impression
of
her
course
;
and
if
they
sauour
of
cumbersomnes
,
they
seem
as
poyson
represented
in
a
golden
cup
:
so
that
howeuer
we
entertaine
the
thing
containing
,
we
quickly
reiect
what
may
be
noysome
to
the
taste
,
and
dangerous
to
the
stomacke
:
As
for
my
personall
performing
my
dutie
;
Shall
I
now
walke
in
a
Hall
,
that
was
wont
to
come
vp
stayres
,
without
controwle
?
Shall
I
now
be
afraide
to
speake
to
a
groome
,
who
will
smile
in
my
face
,
and
bring
counterfeit
excuses
to
my
sight
?
Shall
I
betray
my
vertue
to
basenesse
,
when
he
is
willing
to
make
his
greatnes
to
looke
bigge
vpon
mee
?
Shall
I
come
to
a
man
ennobled
with
report
,
who
yet
disableth
his
worth
,
by
a
womans
malice
?
Oh
,
I
may
not
doe
so
!
For
though
hee
can
strike
away
the
secrets
of
friendship
with
a
commanding
hand
,
I
may
not
forget
the
properties
of
a
man
,
the
libertie
of
my
life
,
the
royaltie
of
my
profession
:
So
that
till
I
can
recouer
my
pristine
glorie
,
and
iollity
of
familiaritie
,
I
will
submit
to
these
disasters
,
and
make
this
vnworthy
banishment
,
the
author
of
Contemplation
,
and
triall
of
affliction
:
In
which
,
if
my
prayers
ascend
like
a
smoake
of
a
sweete-smelling
Sacrifice
,
I
will
thanke
the
God
of
comfort
,
for
his
Fatherly
correction
;
and
remember
in
the
same
,
that
you
may
flourish
in
the
worlde
,
like
a
faire
fruitfull
Tree
,
and
prosper
in
your
desires
:
as
if
Iacobs
seede
did
sowe
in
the
Land
of
Abimelech
:
where
hee
receiued
an
hundred
for
one
.
As
for
your
Mother
,
I
wish
her
the
blessings
of
Rahel
and
Lea
:
to
be
honored
of
her
Husband
,
reuerenced
by
her
Children
,
esteemed
of
her
Neighbours
,
famosed
by
strangers
,
respected
of
Friends
,
and
aboue
all
,
loued
of
GOD
;
who
will
neuer
leaue
to
loue
such
as
vnderstand
,
what
true
loue
importeth
.
Yours
,
though
I
thriue
not
.
To
his
Honourable
Friend
,
Syr
G.L.
WOrthy
Syr
,
Excuse
for
not
forbearing
a
friend
,
presuming
to
disgrace
another
.
I
am
loath
to
vse
a
further
preamble
with
you
,
then
may
stand
in
equall
poyse
with
your
iudgement
,
and
my
dutie
:
yet
because
I
would
not
seeme
too
peremptory
,
in
iustifying
my selfe
,
I
will
confesse
,
that
vertue
looketh
with
a
more
confident
aspect
,
in
the
maintaining
a
well
gotten
possession
,
then
in
the
first
Fortune
of
kinde
embraces
:
so
that
I
infer
according
to
your
own
proposition
,
that
there
is
more
cunning
in
keeping
,
then
getting
a
Friend
.
But
withall
,
if
a
Friend
will
so
presume
on
the
weaknesse
of
another
,
to
tye
him
ouer-strictly
to
obseruation
,
or
burden
him
with
intollerable
impositions
,
because
there
hath
passed
vpon
him
some
descendings
of
gratuities
:
I
see
no
reason
to
curbe
his
manhood
,
or
libertie
in
such
a
fashion
:
especially
,
if
the
standers
by
be
ignorant
of
their
combination
,
or
iealous
that
hee
is
subiect
to
some
maligne
circumstances
of
Fortune
or
Time
:
and
thus
much
in
generall
.
Now
to
the
particulars
:
As
you
wonder
at
my
repugnancie
,
and
absolute
contradicting
your
arguments
in
the
last
conference
:
I
maruell
that
you
would
so
apparantly
maintaine
such
a
Paradox
:
and
amongst
all
the
rest
,
draw
mee
into
the
circle
of
wrastling
with
our
wittes
,
whereby
either
I
must
cowardly
leaue
poore
truth
in
the
hands
of
venomous
,
and
corrupted
Sophystrie
:
or
fearfully
bring
my
preuailing
forces
forward
,
to
foyle
your
vnderstanding
&
iudgement
;
whereby
,
in
the
contention
,
friends
must
needs
fall
out
:
wheras
you
wonder
that
I
would
hazard
your
loue
,
by
so
sudden
a
deniall
,
of
such
an
easie
commaund
,
wherein
better
and
greater
Friends
neuer
disputed
.
I
maruell
why
you
should
at
that
time
,
aboue
all
others
,
and
before
such
persons
,
burst
out
to
shewe
your
greatnes
and
power
ouer
mee
,
or
discouer
my
weaknesse
,
onely
to
be
insulted
on
,
when
you
had
attendants
of
your
owne
for
seruile
businesse
;
or
might
haue
made
some
groome
an
actor
in
the
same
,
to
preuent
all
exceptions
?
Otherwise
I
sweare
for
honourable
purposes
,
when
the
whole
bodie
shuld
be
exposed
to
your
seruice
,
I
would
not
haue
denyed
the
Legges
from
going
of
an
errand
into
the
Kitchin
for
you
.
Whereas
you
wonder
that
I
departed
discontented
,
without
ceremony
,
or
making
you
once
acquainted
,
when
all
the
companie
wished
mee
well
,
and
expected
a
conclusion
of
the
discourse
.
I
maruell
both
at
your
putting
mee
to
it
,
before
such
curious
eares
,
and
solid
iudgements
,
and
at
the
strange
entertainment
of
a
man
,
whom
you
know
could
not
looke
vpon
mee
,
but
with
Basiliskes
eyes
:
nor
I
endure
him
,
without
dislike
and
discontent
.
Therefore
to
preuent
,
vntoward
disturbance
,
and
to
scatter
my
iealousie
abroad
,
least
it
should
gather
a
head
of
assurance
,
that
you
did
it
of
purpose
;
I
left
you
to
murmure
at
my
vnmannerlines
,
but
pleased
my selfe
in
a
supposed
preuention
of
further
mischiefe
.
Thus
,
if
these
sad
lines
haue
better
fortune
then
their
maister
,
it
may
be
you
wil
admit
of
them
as
excusatory
,
and
of
mee
in
them
,
as
willing
to
please
you
in
noble
and
iustifiable
actions
.
Your
seruant
and
assured
.
To
his
suddenly
displeased
Friend
.
GOod
Syr
;
Excuse
for
not
beeing
Surety
for
a
Friend
.
you
saw
at
the
beginning
,
that
the
diuell
was
so
enuious
of
mans
felicity
,
that
hee
neuer
desisted
,
till
the
bands
of
his
first
contract
were
dissolued
,
&
the
hope
of
saluation
abandoned
:
and
so
hath
hee
continued
euer
since
,
as
an
aduersary
to
all
goodnes
,
and
vertuous
dispositions
;
whereof
(
euen
at
this
instant
)
I
am
a
poore
witnes
,
and
in
this
foyle
,
which
our
friendship
is
likely
to
receiue
an
vnhappy
instance
:
else
could
not
you
haue
demanded
the
onely
thing
I
haue
forsworne
:
nay
,
am
legally
bound
to
take
heede
of
:
nor
I
haue
denied
you
any
thing
which
might
seem
dissonant
to
our
contract
:
so
that
I
request
you
,
with
tears
(
if
a
man
can
shed
them
without
ridiculousnes
)
make
triall
of
mee
,
if
it
stood
with
the
secrets
of
our
loue
,
in
any
thing
(
Surety-ship
excepted
,
)
commaund
my
person
,
rifle
my
goods
,
pawne
my
Leases
,
open
my
purse
,
and
take
whatsoeuer
I
call
mine
:
but
to
drawe
mee
and
my
posteritie
into
the
terrour
of
bondage
:
Nay
,
to
fasten
,
and
(
as
it
were
)
to
sigillate
,
and
affixe
vs
to
the
vnmercifulnesse
of
men
,
and
crueltie
of
Cut-throats
,
is
so
terrible
to
a
poore
estate
,
that
I
start
at
the
naming
of
a
Statute
,
and
am
afraide
of
mine
owne
shadowe
,
least
my
hand
should
bee
counterfeit
.
For
,
I
haue
knowne
the
debt
discharged
,
and
for
want
of
honesty
in
some
,
&
cunning
in
others
,
to
cancell
the
Recognysance
,
a
new
enformation
hath
made
a
hurliburly
in
the
family
:
and
the
Law
hath
claimed
for
the
Prince
,
against
all
prescription
of
time
,
&
releases
of
men
:
because
the
record
was
a
liuing
voyce
:
and
ecchoed
out
,
you
must
discharge
the
debt
againe
:
Therfore
I
request
you
,
let
not
this
denyall
make
any
breach
against
the
fortification
of
our
loue
:
nor
let
the
banks
of
out
friendship
bee
so
slightly
cast
vp
,
that
so
small
an
Inundation
shall
eyther
ouerflowe
the
same
,
or
burst
downe
with
violence
,
that
which
we
once
presumed
was
strong
enough
against
most
impetuous
shouldrings
,
eyther
of
Riuers
,
or
Seas
.
Yours
,
when
you
commaund
.
To
his
well
resolued
Friend
.
Excuse
for
not
entertaining
a
friend
,
as
hee
ought
to
bee
.
GOod
Syr
;
let
it
not
seeme
strange
vnto
you
,
that
I
neither
durst
bidde
you
welcome
:
nor
open
my
mouth
with
so
pleasing
a
voyce
as
the
harmonie
of
our
hearts
was
wont
to
tune
together
.
For
you
know
I
am
subiect
to
an
others
controwll
,
and
this
name
of
a
seruant
,
hath
in
me
ouermastred
the
condition
of
a
Friend
:
so
that
I
can
but
curse
the
occasion
,
when
first
my
Lord
let
in
an
ill
opinion
of
your
worth
,
into
the
closet
of
his
former
affection
,
and
blame
that
ominous
night
of
feasting
,
which
ended
so
mischieuousty
,
ro
distast
you
both
:
but
I
hope
time
will
eyther
weaken
these
inflictings
,
or
your
faire
demeanor
work
vpon
a
better
Anuile
of
constancy
,
and
regard
of
vertuous
noblenes
in
you
both
;
so
that
I
shall
performe
the
part
of
a
Friend
,
in
working
your
reconciliation
:
and
you
the
part
of
a
wise
man
,
in
giuing
way
vnto
some
humors
,
that
otherwise
might
confound
all
our
quietnes
.
Be
therefore
(
I
pray
you
)
your selfe
,
and
pardon
me
a
while
:
if
my
dutie
to
him
restrain
me
a
little
,
from
running
too
violently
in
the
race
of
our
friendship
:
otherwise
bee
assured
,
that
no
other
restraint
could
keepe
mee
from
flying
into
your
armes
,
and
prostrating
my selfe
to
your
second
commaund
in
any
thing
.
Yours
when
mine
owne
.
To
his
well
deseruing
Friend
.
MOst
deare
Friend
:
If
I
could
preuent
my
disgraces
,
as
well
as
I
can
excuse
my
bad
disposition
,
you
should
neither
complaine
,
Excuse
for
not
soothing
vp
of
humors
.
nor
I
bee
terrified
with
feare
of
my
vtter
ruine
:
therefore
I
pray
you
bee
satisfied
with
this
assured
confidence
of
my
loue
,
that
I
neither
opposed
to
your
brothers
peremptorinesse
,
out
of
any
pride
of
my
owne
,
or
willingnes
to
ouer-thwart
him
:
nor
crossed
your
mother
in
her
peeuish
insultings
ouer
my
decayed
estate
,
from
any
preiudicated
malice
,
or
desire
of
contradiction
:
but
meerely
to
countenance
the
cause
of
vertue
,
and
establish
the
right
of
truth
:
Therefore
I
pray
you
consider
of
mee
,
and
as
you
were
wont
,
maintaine
that
olde
goodnes
which
hath
made
you
famous
to
all
well-willers
,
and
mee
happie
in
your
worthines
and
kindnesse
.
For
to
come
to
particulars
,
who
could
haue
sworne
,
that
vertue
was
seeldom
or
neuer
innated
in
a
poore
person
,
or
of
mean
condition
:
if
he
had
said
,
it
was
little
esteemed
,
as
the
wise
man
maintaineth
,
that
wisdome
in
a
poore
man
,
maketh
a
slender
oratory
,
it
had
carried
some
reasonable
colour
of
argument
:
but
to
discharge
it
quite
from
the
seruice
of
inferior
persons
,
is
meerly
swellings
of
pride
,
contempt
,
and
filthy
desires
.
Again
,
wheras
your
mother
resolued
that
no
estimation
could
arise
to
any
man
,
but
from
an
aggeration
of
wealth
,
and
raising
his
Fortunes
from
land
and
greatestates
,
I
had
reason
to
sweare
they
were
both
base
&
corrupt
positions
,
from
ignoble
and
degenerating
burstings
out
of
frailty
:
So
that
howeuer
the
duties
of
a
childe
may
restrain
you
from
publike
condemning
your
mothers
wilfull
esteeming
of
the
world
,
before
religion
,
or
a
brothers
pittiful
opinion
of
true
vertue
indeed
:
I
hope
you
know
better
how
to
raise
vp
the
frame
of
goodnes
,
&
when
it
is
raised
,
to
keepe
the
possession
against
all
disseasures
,
or
intrusions
of
sinne
and
wickednes
.
Yours
assured
.
Requesting
Letters
To
his
honourable
Lord
:
The
L.
C.
A
request
to
requite
a
discurtesie
.
RIght
Honourable
,
In
those
poeticall
fictions
,
such
were
the
prerogatiues
of
deitie
,
that
whatsoeuer
one
god
confirmed
,
no
other
would
disallow
:
nor
by
any
contradictory
courses
,
weaken
the
reuerence
due
to
their
sufficiencie
.
So
that
if
Teresias
were
striken
blinde
,
there
was
no
restoring
of
his
eyes
,
howeuer
hee
might
be
helped
with
the
gift
of
diuination
.
If
Iupiter
giue
again
the
sight
to
Ianuary
,
(
as
in
Chaucers
Tale
)
to
discouer
his
wiues
incontinencie
,
Iuno
could
quicken
her
spirits
to
such
a
wittie
answer
,
as
might
pacifie
all
indignation
:
and
so
in
diuers
other
particulars
,
from
whence
I
recollect
thus
much
in
this
ciuill
administration
of
Common-wealths
:
that
when
the
Law
hath
had
a
passage
from
authoritie
,
there
is
no
stopping
it
by
a
subiects
hand
,
howeuer
the
prerogatiue
of
a
Prince
may
countermand
the
same
,
in
another
kinde
:
Therefore
my
Honourable
Lord
,
I
dare
not
attempt
so
farre
,
that
you
shuld
ouerthrow
the
verdict
against
me
,
or
by
sinister
course
of
greatnes
,
wrest
aside
the
penaltie
inflicted
,
but
humblie
request
you
to
raise
as
great
a
punishment
on
my
aduersarie
,
by
reason
of
his
wilfull
abusing
your
Honour
:
and
mee
your
poore
seruant
,
and
tenant
,
as
may
answer
in
proportion
my
forfeiture
,
and
oppose
against
his
malicious
inclination
to
ouerthrow
my
poore
estate
.
And
whereas
these
trialls
in
Lawe
are
meere
distractions
both
of
our
peace
and
purses
:
you
will
giue
him
this
notice
,
that
except
hee
condiscend
to
faire
conditions
of
agreement
,
you
will
open
a
larger
flood
of
dipleasure
against
him
,
considering
the
circumstances
.
For
truely
my
good
Lord
,
hee
beganne
with
mee
,
as
that
wicked
man
in
the
Gospell
,
who
,
when
infinit
summes
were
remitted
him
,
notwithstanding
ranne
and
tooke
his
fellow
by
the
throate
,
and
most
cruelly
demaunded
500.
pence
:
These
things
I
leaue
to
your
particular
consideration
,
and
am
resolute
to
relie
more
on
your
wisedome
,
in
the
managing
the
same
,
then
my
Fortunes
,
in
ouercomming
the
affliction
.
Your
Honors
in
respectiue
duty
.
To
his
honorable
Friend
,
Syr
D.
L.
NOble
Syr
:
Howeuer
there
hath
lurked
some
dangerous
poyson
of
incombrance
,
A
friendly
request
for
money
.
vnder
the
tufted
green-grasse
of
ciuill
complement
,
and
other
protestations
:
yet
I
was
neuer
an
absoute
and
apparant
beggar
till
now
,
nor
had
thought
to
haue
stepped
so
rudely
,
as
to
presse
your
curtesie
.
Therefore
I
request
you
,
lay
the
blame
on
necessitie
,
and
pardon
this
eruption
of
ill
manners
:
but
withall
,
so
farre
to
consider
my
businesse
,
that
these
lines
remaine
vncancelled
,
&
my
suite
be
not
tripped
down
,
in
the
first
setting
forward
.
For
(
good
Syr
)
if
you
vouchsafe
not
to
send
me
x.
ll
,
as
wel
to
defray
the
charges
of
the
suit
,
as
to
helpe
toward
the
paiment
of
the
other
debt
,
I
shall
not
only
lose
the
benefit
of
our
first
proceedings
,
but
endanger
my
poore
estate
,
which
beeing
a
morgage
,
hath
a
time
of
forfeiture
annexed
,
and
day
of
terrour
couenanted
in
the
Articles
.
So
that
I
cannot
compare
my selfe
better
then
to
a
man
holding
the
Wolfe
by
the
eare
,
which
if
he
pull
hard
,
hee
is
bitten
:
if
hee
let
go
,
he
is
in
danger
of
further
mischiefe
.
Therefore
I
request
you
,
hold
vp
so
far
an
aduancing
hand
of
supportation
,
that
I
may
wade
through
the
current
of
these
troubles
,
and
land
on
the
banke
of
securitie
and
contentment
:
which
,
for
that
it
is
not
to
bee
effected
without
your
assistance
,
I
am
the
bolder
to
make
you
beleeue
(
as
it
is
indeed
)
it
is
a
worke
both
glorious
and
charitable
.
Your
expectable
friend
.
To
her
much
esteemed
good
Lady
.
A
request
for
the
entertaining
of
a
daughter
.
GOod
Ladie
,
I
desire
not
willingly
to
deale
with
you
,
as
iealous
husbands
with
their
wiues
,
who
commonly
looke
for
that
they
would
not
find
:
So
that
if
I
should
suspitiously
make
triall
of
your
many
worthy
promises
,
and
finde
them
Court
vapours
,
or
formall
protestations
,
it
would
prooue
an
vnsauory
search
,
and
dull
my
desires
in
their
forwardnesse
toward
you
.
Therefore
I
will
proceed
more
confidently
,
and
frame
my
request
on
the
iustifiablenesse
of
the
motion
,
and
the
worthinesse
of
your
merite
.
I
beseech
you
therefore
good
Lady
,
take
this
poore
gentlewoman
by
the
hand
,
my
onely
daughter
,
and
settle
her
in
the
schoole
of
obseruation
,
that
shee
may
looke
toward
you
,
as
the
eyes
of
Dauids
handmaid
;
and
toward
her selfe
as
that
good
seruant
,
that
doubled
his
talents
;
to
which
purpose
I
haue
instructed
her
with
a
mothers
loue
,
and
a
womans
experience
;
wherein
I
hope
she
will
proceed
rather
for
the
loue
of
vertue
,
then
feare
of
displeasure
.
But
good
Lady
,
withall
,
I
humbly
request
you
,
that
she
may
be
orderly
led
to
the
sight
of
her
errors
,
and
know
with
what
face
displeasure
can
looke
when
she
doth
amisse
,
especially
in
the
desire
of
liberty
,
or
acquaintance
with
wantonnes
,
two
such
dangerous
gulphs
,
that
I
haue
seen
very
tall
and
well
built
ships
swallowed
in
their
whirlings
:
and
therefore
I
haue
reason
to
feare
so
slender
a
barke
,
and
ill
prouided
,
as
she
is
.
Besides
,
there
are
some
things
,
wherein
ignorance
hath
a
priuiledge
:
For
man
was
neuer
vnhappie
,
but
in
the
knowledge
of
good
and
euill
:
not
that
there
is
any
harme
in
vnderstanding
to
doe
well
,
and
auoyd
the
mischiefe
of
practising
ill
:
But
because
we
are
rather
prone
to
vice
then
goodnesse
,
and
(
quickly
seduced
)
runne
violently
into
the
breake-necke
race
of
precipitant
iniquitie
.
My
last
request
is
,
that
you
will
pardon
my
presumption
,
and
impute
it
rather
to
the
confidence
of
your
worth
then
my
owne
bad
disposition
:
and
so
emboldned
accordingly
,
I
leaue
her
and
my selfe
to
those
vertues
,
that
can
beare
imperfections
,
&
regard
our
dutifull
seruice
toward
you
.
Your
Ladiships
in
all
impositions
.
To
his
Honourable
Lord
.
HOnourable
Lord
,
Among
all
the
blessings
afforded
man
in
this
world
,
none
may
equall
mutuall
societie
,
nor
come
neare
the
beautifull
motions
of
worthy
neighbourhood
,
A
request
for
assurance
of
a
farme
.
and
friendship
:
and
of
this
I
am
an
instance
,
and
may
well
resemble
diuers
trees
and
plants
which
prosper
the
better
,
when
the
cunning
gardner
hath
rooted
by
them
,
such
kinde
of
fruits
and
hearbes
,
as
in
nature
they
desire
,
and
in
growing
aduance
their
heads
in
iollity
.
For
as
Phylosophers
affirme
,
all
things
are
distinguished
and
gouerned
by
Sympathy
and
Antipathy
.
This
made
me
affect
the
place
,
wherein
(
as
a
poore
tenant
,
Gentleman
,
and
neighbour
)
I
would
willingly
doe
you
such
seruice
,
as
befitteth
my
condition
and
quality
to
yeeld
vnto
:
and
your
honour
and
grauity
to
command
.
I
humbly
therefore
request
you
,
that
I
may
haue
some
certaine
assurance
of
the
farme
in
possession
,
as
you
haue
from
me
of
my
best
loue
,
&
then
(
no
doubt
)
I
shall
with
chearefulnesse
and
sufficiency
make
my
approches
in
such
manner
,
that
you
shall
neither
be
afraid
of
combersomnesse
,
nor
I
ashamed
of
any
desparagement
.
But
withall
,
I
(
againe
and
againe
)
desire
,
that
you
subiect
me
not
to
inferior
groomes
,
and
tie
me
to
so
strict
a
behauiour
,
as
that
the
falling
of
a
tree
,
the
plashing
of
a
hedge
,
the
killing
of
a
Partridge
,
&
such
like
accidental
occasions
,
draw
my
actions
within
your
seruants
censuring
,
or
indirect
information
of
busie
bodies
.
And
thus
with
a
submissiue
resolution
to
loue
and
honour
you
,
I
commit
you
to
his
hands
that
can
adde
to
your
merits
,
honor
vpon
honor
,
and
make
me
happy
in
the
fulnesse
of
your
opinion
,
and
your
noble
respect
,
according
to
that
I
shall
indeauour
to
deserue
.
Your
Honours
humbled
.
To
his
louing
Friend
,
Mr.
G.
M.
A
request
to
forbeare
a
debt
.
SIR
,
I
dare
not
ouer-guild
with
quaint
tearmes
,
and
rhetoricall
Phrases
(
though
I
had
such
a
prerogatiue
by
nature
)
my
sute
vnto
you
at
this
instant
,
lest
you
grow
suspitious
of
some
bad
inclination
,
and
secret
cunning
in
crying
with
the
Lapwing
furthest
from
her
nest
;
that
is
,
making
a
shew
of
one
thing
,
and
determining
another
.
Therefore
I
will
plainely
desire
you
to
forbeare
the
debt
another
yeare
,
that
I
may
with
a
more
cheereful
looke
consider
the
spots
and
staines
of
my
durty
face
,
and
so
at
leisure
make
it
cleane
,
or
with
a
stronger
arme
cast
it
lightly
from
my
shoulders
,
when
I
shall
haue
time
to
rest
my self
;
and
prepare
to
stand
firmely
vnder
the
loade
:
otherwise
,
I
may
fall
in
making
too
much
haste
,
and
besmeere
me
the
more
in
attempting
with
a
foule
&
filthy
clout
,
rashly
to
purifie
me
.
Herein
likewise
you
shall
shew
your selfe
free
from
hard
and
griping
exaction
,
wherein
diuers
vsurers
are
compared
to
Harpies
,
who
neuer
seize
on
any
thing
,
which
they
let
goe
without
carrying
something
away
;
nor
ouermaster
at
all
,
where
they
doe
not
vtterly
destroy
.
Besides
,
I
shall
proclaime
you
a
charitable
Gentleman
,
and
enlarge
my
wishes
for
your
prosperity
,
as
you
tie
me
to
loue
and
respect
you
for
so
vndeseruing
a
curtesie
.
Yours
,
if
you
be
not
offended
.
To
her
vnkind
Friend
.
GOod
Sir
,
A
request
to
forbeare
a
dangerous
Ladies
company
Howeuer
these
dangerous
practises
of
yours
may
be
at
the
best
veiled
ouer
with
excuse
of
trials
,
&
as
it
were
touchstones
of
my
constancy
:
yet
I
pray
you
deale
not
with
me
,
as
som
strange
Physitions
do
with
their
patients
,
who
,
because
they
find
the
body
strong
and
well
composed
to
some
endurances
,
will
therfore
adde
violent
potions
,
and
raging
poisons
to
their
receipts
:
and
so
peraduenture
to
see
you
visited
of
friends
,
accustomed
to
ciuill
conuersation
,
courting
of
Ladies
,
and
affording
pleasant
changes
,
as
time
and
place
requireth
:
I
can
passe
ouer
as
things
of
course
,
and
make
my
heart
beleeue
,
there
is
no
perill
in
such
aduenture
,
nor
hazzard
of
true
loue
in
circumstances
:
but
to
heare
,
that
you
daily
conuerse
with
that
fantasticall
Lady
,
whose
eyes
are
nets
to
intrap
wiser
men
,
and
whose
hands
haue
with
the
Spiders
web
wouen
twisted
threds
to
tie
the
rouing
fancy
to
straiter
admirations
:
concerning
her
beauty
:
of
stronger
&
more
wary
men
than
your selfe
:
I
cannot
endure
,
nor
will
afford
my
opinion
of
you
,
so
strong
a
presumption
,
that
you
can
come
away
vnsnared
or
vncorrupted
with
allurement
.
Therefore
I
humbly
request
you
,
if
not
for
loue
,
yet
for
pitties
sake
,
leaue
me
not
in
this
suspition
,
nor
throw
me
so
violently
into
the
turbulent
sea
of
iealousie
.
For
I
am
a
poore
slender
barke
,
and
built
for
shallow
waters
:
no
man
of
Warre
,
nor
high
decked
ship
to
endure
all
winde
and
weather
.
I
am
a
slender
reede
placed
in
lower
grounds
to
auoyd
the
boysterous
puffes
that
assaile
the
highest
mountaines
:
no
Cedar
of
Lebanon
,
to
aduance
my
head
against
all
menacing
stormes
and
tempests
:
I
am
a
true
hearted
louer
,
who
can
be
contented
with
onely
one
honest
man
,
and
haue
taught
my
soule
a
lesson
of
beleefe
,
that
you
are
master
of
your selfe
,
and
a
conqueror
of
affection
;
nay
a
follower
of
truth
,
and
good
remembrance
concerning
our
contracts
and
mariage
.
To
what
end
then
doe
you
affright
me
with
these
indirect
straglings
abroad
,
and
set
my
patience
on
the
tainter-hooks
of
cruell
expecting
your
returne
,
and
how
you
will
reason
the
matter
to
pacifie
this
displeasure
?
Well
,
I
pray
you
bee
a
little
more
reposed
,
and
take
some
sodaine
course
to
come
and
satisfie
me
better
:
otherwise
I
will
not
beleeue
,
but
you
wish
an
alteration
,
and
I
must
prepare
for
some
pittifull
,
either
change
or
distresse
.
Yours
and
yet
displeased
.
To
his
Honourable
good
Lord
,
and
Patron
.
A
request
to
be
charitable
.
RIght
Honourable
,
I
am
very
vnwilling
to
make
a
perilous
mixture
of
diuine
precepts
,
and
ciuill
introducements
;
for
feare
I
shuld
not
with
sufficient
reuerence
settle
my selfe
,
and
prepare
you
to
heare
the
same
:
otherwise
,
I
could
with
Saint
Paul
to
Agrippa
,
demand
,
whether
you
belieue
the
Scriptures
:
and
answer
for
you
,
that
I
know
you
doe
beleeue
them
:
and
out
of
them
can
collect
thus
much
;
that
by
mercy
we
approch
to
God
,
and
from
compassion
are
led
to
the
barre
of
acceptation
with
the
diuine
Maiestie
.
This
made
Saint
Paul
write
to
Philemon
,
to
pardon
the
misled
seruant
,
and
soundeth
out
the
tune
of
charity
,
as
the
sweetest
note
in
all
the
Scriptures
:
and
this
hath
incited
me
to
request
your
Honor
to
come
as
freely
forward
to
the
remission
of
my
friend
,
as
you
can
;
and
once
againe
admit
him
vnder
the
couert
of
your
fauour
,
and
good
opinion
:
For
I
know
his
hart
is
not
onely
impressed
,
with
an
acknowledgement
of
his
fault
,
but
(
as
it
were
)
cast
in
a
new
mould
to
amend
his
life
,
and
entertaine
a
true
conuersion
into
the
new
built
house
of
his
conscience
.
Therfore
,
good
my
Lord
,
I
beseech
you
againe
for
him
,
that
he
be
not
oppressed
with
despaire
,
and
so
cast
downe
on
the
bed
of
affliction
irrecouerably
:
and
againe
and
againe
,
for
my selfe
,
that
I
bring
him
not
worser
tidings
of
your
displeasure
toward
me
,
for
vrging
you
beyond
either
my
duty
,
or
your
owne
will
and
worth
.
But
I
am
perswaded
,
that
so
great
a
blood
and
generous
mind
will
not
looke
with
a
tyrannous
brow
vpon
such
submission
:
nor
greatnesse
proue
implacable
,
where
humilitie
is
suppliant
.
In
which
confidence
,
I
leaue
your
honour
to
a
noble
consideration
of
vs
both
,
and
worthy
acknowledgement
of
many
apparant
benefits
.
Your
honors
in
all
duetie
.
To
the
Honourable
Colonel
,
Sir
F.P.
WOrthy
Sir
,
Although
martiall
men
naturally
affect
not
either
complement
or
rhetoricall
ampliation
,
as
knowing
that
wisedome
it selfe
is
sometimes
vnseasonable
:
A
request
to
admit
a
scholer
for
a
soldier
.
yet
hauing
good
experience
of
your
owne
sufficiency
many
waies
:
and
remembring
a
noble
speech
concerning
the
commendation
of
(
M.R.
)
whose
onely
oratory
,
and
eloquent
perswasion
,
kept
the
troops
whose
together
,
and
reunited
the
dispersed
forces
flying
away
,
whereby
those
vnexpected
sallies
of
our
strong
enemie
were
defeated
,
and
a
new
life
infused
into
our
souldiers
fainting
courages
;
I
am
now
the
bolder
to
present
this
worthy
Gentleman
&
scholler
vnto
you
,
in
whom
a
great
spirite
,
and
true
desire
of
honor
hath
preuailed
against
industry
,
&
peaceable
addiction
to
ciuill
imployment
:
so
that
if
he
proue
as
good
a
proficient
in
this
martiall
schoole
,
as
he
hath
done
in
the
exercises
of
seuerall
Artes
,
I
make
no
doubt
,
that
as
a
double
Band
bindes
stronger
then
a
single
,
so
shall
hee
giue
that
harshnes
of
a
soldier
,
a
further
lustre
:
&
besides
,
a
generall
good
to
his
countrey
,
by
such
endeuors
,
gaine
a
particular
grace
from
your self
,
for
well
applying
such
gifts
as
nature
hath
admitted
him
to
receyue
out
of
her
chiefest
store
house
.
Thus
much
emboldened
from
the
secrets
of
our
former
friendship
,
and
the
merit
of
this
my
kinseman
;
whome
I
am
so
well
perswaded
of
.
I
commit
you
to
his
hands
that
hath
helped
your
hands
to
reach
at
honor
:
and
and
commend
our selues
to
your
good
consideration
,
of
so
reasonable
a
request
.
Yours
,
sworne
to
worthines
.
To
his
right
Honourable
Lord
.
For
the
knighting
a
friendly
&
worthy
Gent:
RIght
Honorable
Lord
,
I
would
be
loath
to
open
any
enclosure
of
ridiculous
follie
,
or
dangerous
ambition
,
in
the
prosecution
of
of
my
suit
,
and
iustifiable
request
,
for
the
Knighting
of
M.G.S.
considering
many
captious
tongues
,
and
enuious
eyes
,
are
busied
on
the
Theater
of
the
world
,
to
prye
into
the
demeanors
of
men
,
and
burst
out
with
calumniation
,
against
the
least
imperfection
:
so
that
if
a
man
stand
not
vpright
indeed
,
vpon
the
sure
frame
of
prosperitie
,
and
good
opinion
:
a
poore
vertue
shall
be
easily
shouldred
aside
,
and
quiet
spirit
made
the
Tenis-ball
of
boysterous
contempt
,
which
commonly
laugheth
men
to
scorne
with
vilipending
,
not
for
any
insufficiencie
in
the
other
:
but
because
idlenesse
and
presumptuous
conceits
runne
at
random
without
controwle
in
themselues
.
Thus
might
I
be
terrified
,
because
I
haue
heard
some
make
a
Tush
at
the
motion
,
and
knowe
others
ouer-daring
to
traduce
him
in
priuate
,
and
yet
touched
to
the
triall
,
disclaiming
the
least
conceit
of
mislike
.
But
if
it
please
your
Honour
to
bee
your selfe
,
and
recollect
your
owne
memory
,
I
hope
you
will
answere
for
vs
both
:
For
my selfe
,
that
being
my
friend
,
and
such
a
friend
into
whose
bosome
(
when
I
shiuered
for
colde
,
)
I
haue
shrowded
my selfe
for
warmthe
:
I
could
doe
little
,
if
I
would
not
preferre
so
easie
a
petition
,
to
so
noble
a
Lord
,
and
such
,
as
had
brought
mee
long
since
,
out
of
the
narrow
entrie
of
suspition
,
to
a
manifest
confidence
of
loue
,
and
tyed
his
honour
to
the
performance
of
a
greater
matter
for
my
sake
.
Concerning
him
,
he
is
in
blood
,
so
generous
,
that
his
grandfather
was
the
thirteenth
Knight
of
his
Familie
:
in
reuenues
so
inriched
,
that
hee
may
improue
his
liuing
,
when
he
will
,
to
an
1200.
pounds
a
yeare
,
in
stock
so
plentifull
,
that
a
1000.
pounds
cannot
counter-poise
the
same
:
in
iudgement
so
reposed
,
that
howeuer
his
great
enemie
hath
kept
him
from
beeing
Commissioner
:
yet
hath
hee
ended
diuers
contentions
amongst
his
Neighbours
,
and
regained
the
best
opinion
:
in
demeanour
so
delicate
,
that
his
house
seemeth
a
well
ordered
and
furnished
Pallace
,
and
his
Stable
,
a
store-house
of
excellent
and
well
appointed
horses
:
in
conuersation
,
so
pleasing
,
that
the
best
Ladies
haue
taken
paines
to
revisite
him
,
and
went
away
with
admiration
rather
then
satisfaction
:
and
in
eloquence
so
facet
,
that
though
he
haue
not
bin
a
traueller
,
or
souldiour
:
yet
can
he
dispute
of
both
,
and
ouer-beare
a
good
resolution
,
to
confirme
it
in
either
.
All
which
being
considered
,
I
make
no
doubt
but
I
haue
reason
to
inferre
the
same
:
he
is
worthy
to
be
remembred
with
the
immunities
of
his
ancestors
:
and
your
Honour
so
respectiue
,
that
neither
flattery
nor
detraction
shall
pull
vs
within
the
danger
of
your
displeasure
:
And
for
the
maine
point
,
which
is
disbursement
of
money
,
hee
hath
sworne
the
contrary
,
and
is
not
determined
to
spend
your
friendship
so
mercinarily
;
because
hee
can
so
dispatch
it
by
meaner
men
,
meaner
trouble
,
and
a
meaner
account
,
or
giuing
reckoning
of
his
fortunes
.
Your
Honors
,
as
you
can
deuise
.
To
her
highly
respected
Friend
,
Sir
T.B.
For
to
defend
a
widow
gentlewoman
in
her
right
against
all
wrong
&
calumniation
.
HOnourable
Sir
,
I
haue
read
,
or
at
least
,
giuen
eare
vnto
other
folkes
reading
,
that
in
ancient
times
,
when
honor
and
armes
were
mounted
on
a
throne
of
estimation
,
there
was
a
military
oth
prescribed
to
souldiers
&
knights
with
diuers
limitations
:
amongst
which
,
repulsing
of
iniuries
,
and
defending
of
Ladies
were
principall
;
&
truely
if
a
woman
might
bee
admitted
vnto
a
court
of
warre
,
mo
thinketh
it
was
necessarie
and
honourable
.
For
what
is
vertue
,
but
a
naturall
inclination
to
charitable
actions
,
and
noble
resolutions
?
and
how
dare
a
Gentleman
take
vpon
him
the
title
of
Chiualry
,
that
will
defile
his
heart
with
malicious
and
dangerous
reuenges
,
open
his
mouth
to
vndecent
speeches
and
filthy
opprobry
,
stretch
his
hands
to
entertaine
fury
and
reuenge
;
yea
frame
the
whole
course
of
his
life
,
either
to
a
bestiall
liberty
,
or
barbarous
doing
of
iniury
?
Therefore
Noble
Sir
,
remember
your selfe
,
and
from
whence
you
are
extracted
,
neere
in
alliance
to
me
,
and
one
,
on
whom
I
haue
leaned
for
supportation
,
and
relyed
in
all
these
eruptions
of
misfortune
.
Remember
mee
a
poore
Gentlewoman
,
a
widdow
in
distresse
,
and
groaning
vnder
the
heauy
and
cruell
hand
of
a
great
and
mercilesse
aduersary
.
Remember
the
cause
,
that
it
is
vertues
,
the
defence
of
chastity
,
and
keeping
vs
al
from
penury
and
wants
;
and
remember
my
aduersary
,
that
he
is
meerely
malicious
;
and
because
he
could
not
obtaine
,
what
he
vnlawfully
desired
,
hee
now
soundeth
out
no
note
but
reuenge
:
and
sweareth
he
wil
make
me
repent
,
that
I
either
denied
,
or
contested
with
him
.
Therefore
deare
Sir
,
let
me
flie
to
you
for
refuge
,
and
as
farre
as
true
manhood
may
auoyd
the
imputation
of
quarrels
,
and
dangerous
blood-shedding
,
cling
to
your
side
vnder
the
shield
of
your
noble
protection
:
wherin
I
will
desire
you
to
proceed
no
further
,
then
by
petition
to
my
H.
G.
and
orderly
attendance
on
the
high
Commissioners
:
And
this
I
take
both
waies
to
be
iustifiable
,
and
assure
my selfe
,
this
you
would
doe
for
a
stranger
,
that
had
not
estranged
her selfe
from
good
demeanour
,
and
faire
courses
of
a
vertuous
inclination
.
Yours
,
and
sworne
to
be
so
.
To
his
Honour
able
good
Friend
;
L.
HOnourable
Sir
,
I
would
not
now
resemble
the
fish
Caepia
,
which
cast
into
any
water
troubles
the
same
;
A
friend
entreateth
for
an
office
,
for
another
.
nor
be
compared
in
my
importunity
to
your
Court
tapers
,
which
burne
out
themselues
to
pleasure
others
:
so
that
in
pleading
thus
in
my
friends
behalfe
,
I
may
peraduenture
doe
him
no
good
,
and
yet
spend
the
splendor
of
your
worthy
loue
to
as
little
purpose
concerning
my selfe
.
But
presuming
still
to
finde
you
more
and
more
generous
,
as
you
more
and
more
approch
vnto
honour
and
dignitie
,
I
am
the
bolder
to
expose
vnto
you
the
honest
request
of
Master
H.
and
make
it
the
marke
of
my
aime
,
wherein
if
I
can
come
but
so
neare
as
your
kind
acceptation
vpon
those
conditions
,
which
in
a
manner
you
gaue
life
vnto
:
I
shall
then
thinke
my selfe
much
bound
vnto
you
,
because
of
many
blessings
cast
into
my
lap
at
once
by
that
meanes
:
as
the
confirmation
of
your
loue
and
regard
,
the
gratuitie
of
two
hundred
pound
besides
the
summe
appointed
for
you
:
the
discharge
of
the
dutie
of
a
friend
;
the
answering
certaine
friuolous
obiections
against
my
credit
:
the
corroboration
of
his
good
opinion
and
neighbourhood
:
the
assured
establishment
of
his
alliance
,
and
the
preferring
of
true
vertue
and
desert
to
noble
and
orderly
entertainement
.
For
I
can
assure
you
,
hee
is
not
onely
worthy
of
the
place
,
but
extraordinarily
quallified
to
moue
(
like
a
faire
Planet
)
in
his
owne
Orbe
for
sufficiencie
.
Besides
,
when
he
knowes
it
is
your
pleasure
to
admit
him
to
more
priuate
familiaritie
;
you
shall
finde
him
reposed
in
iudgement
,
quicke
in
conceit
,
witty
in
discourse
,
pleasant
in
conuersation
,
and
,
aboue
all
,
a
louer
of
vertue
,
and
ciuill
in
all
his
actions
.
Therefore
I
haue
reason
to
plead
in
so
good
a
cause
,
and
for
your
sake
in
some
sort
am
proude
,
that
I
haue
such
interest
in
the
businesse
:
whereby
if
you
nobly
consent
to
dispatch
,
then
shall
you
double
the
fauour
,
and
make
vs
both
obliged
vnto
you
for
euer
.
For
,
as
in
harsh
and
vnpleasant
newes
,
a
quicke
deliuery
easeth
much
the
heart
,
which
otherwise
would
weary
with
expectation
.
So
in
all
good
turnes
,
a
timely
sending
forth
,
makes
the
benefits
gratious
,
&
the
benefactor
to
resemble
a
sweet
swelling
spring
to
a
thirsty
soule
.
Yours
,
if
you
thinke
me
worthy
.
To
her
assured
friend
.
GOod
Sir
,
Common
experience
hath
brought
women
into
the
field
of
this
knowledge
,
For
aduice
in
matters
of
difficulty
.
that
it
is
an
easie
task
to
giue
good
counsell
,
and
priuate
trials
of
your
great
vnderstanding
hath
assured
me
,
that
you
know
when
to
aduise
your
friend
;
with
all
the
other
circumstances
of
place
and
persons
:
whereupon
I
am
now
inforced
to
ouer-burden
you
with
petitions
,
and
make
one
request
for
all
,
that
you
deny
not
the
bèst
directions
,
though
I
seeme
to
examine
you
on
particulars
.
I
pray
you
then
consider
on
the
assurance
of
my
dowry
,
and
whether
it
be
not
preiudiciall
to
my
estate
,
if
in
surrendring
I
make
a
change
for
the
manor
of
F.
which
may
bee
for
any
thing
I
know
subiect
to
some
encombrances
.
Secondly
,
remember
the
conueiance
of
those
lands
for
my
daughters
portions
,
and
yonger
sonnes
annuities
:
and
I
pray
you
be
carefull
that
the
pleasing
of
our selues
in
present
times
,
endamage
not
the
Orphants
in
future
changes
.
Thirdly
,
send
me
word
,
what
enquiry
you
haue
made
of
Sir
G.
P.
who
would
make
me
beleeue
,
a
second
mariage
cannot
bee
preiudiciall
to
my
fortunes
,
and
may
adde
to
my
comfort
and
augmentation
of
estate
mutuall
society
of
a
worthy
husband
,
and
setled
prosperitie
,
when
the
minde
is
contented
,
and
a
woman
satisfied
in
her
last
desires
.
Fourthly
,
let
your
former
care
I
pray
you
extend
thus
farre
,
that
this
secret
enemy
to
the
thriuing
of
all
Gentlemen
(
10.
in
the
100.
)
doe
not
steale
vpon
vs
like
a
priuy
thief
,
&
cary
such
a
mastring
hand
ouer
our
prosperity
,
that
we
bee
not
able
to
eate
meat
in
good
order
,
nor
hold
vp
a
cheerfull
face
of
entertainment
,
as
we
were
accustomed
:
and
last
of
all
,
that
my
rents
may
bee
duely
sent
vp
,
and
without
further
trouble
or
danger
,
then
the
stewards
fee
,
&
the
tenants
dinner
,
not
that
I
wold
enter
into
any
league
with
couetousnes
,
or
sparing
,
but
because
I
would
leaue
no
president
of
encombring
my
Children
,
nor
their
presumption
to
claime
an
vnbefitting
priuiledge
.
Thus
as
farre
as
I
am
beholding
to
remembrance
,
I
haue
patched
together
(
as
you
see
)
my
requests
,
and
make
no
doubt
but
you
will
accordingly
,
endeuor
to
continue
my
assured
Friend
,
as
I
resolue
to
bee
your
well-willer
in
any
thing
to
my
power
.
Yours
,
relying
on
your
aduise
.
Gratulatory
Letters
.
To
her
carefull
Friend
,
M.
S.
H.
A
thankefulnes
for
a
daughters
good
bringing
vp
,
&
good
bestowing
.
WOrthy
Syr
:
I
perceiue
by
you
,
that
custome
is
as
great
a
preseruatiue
of
vertue
,
as
furtherer
of
vice
:
For
as
in
abuses
,
it
oftentimes
falles
out
,
that
those
sinnes
,
which
at
first
we
were
afraide
to
touch
,
we
afterward
make
a
pastime
to
handle
:
so
in
worthy
proceedings
,
a
continuall
progression
maketh
the
race
so
pleasant
,
that
a
generous
man
walketh
in
no
other
tract
,
nor
practiseth
other
actions
then
noble
and
heroicall
.
Thus
haue
you
begun
with
friendship
to
the
Father
,
setled
regard
toward
the
mother
,
continued
with
care
to
the
daughter
,
and
put
charity
on
her
best
wings
,
to
flye
for
vs
all
:
Thus
haue
you
remembred
a
dying
friend
,
supported
a
distressed
Widow
,
relieued
a
succourlesse
Virgin
,
and
taught
farre
more
neerer
kindred
a
lesson
of
true
charitie
:
Nay
,
thus
haue
you
holpe
the
fatherlesse
,
defended
the
innocent
,
raised
vp
the
fainting
soule
,
and
loued
vertue
,
for
vertues
sake
:
so
that
my
poore
childe
may
thinke
her selfe
happy
to
be
borne
in
such
an
houre
,
when
you
were
a
witnesse
of
the
same
;
and
I
blesse
the
time
in
which
I
obtained
your
fauor
to
christen
her
.
But
is
this
sufficient
?
or
shall
I
thanke
you
recompence
such
an
inestimable
benefite
?
I
confesse
it
cannot
:
considering
you
haue
not
onely
prouided
for
her
infancie
,
ouer-watched
her
childehood
,
instructed
her
youth
,
taught
her
good
manners
,
and
brought
her
out
of
the
darknesse
of
ignorance
,
to
the
light
of
vnderstanding
:
but
haue
also
made
it
the
worke
of
your
owne
hands
,
to
marrie
her
to
a
worthy
Husband
;
as
if
therein
lay
the
secret
of
all
businesse
,
and
that
it
were
the
perclost
of
eache
action
:
Therefore
,
as
a
small
aduantage
,
I
adde
the
publike
acknowledging
of
the
same
,
and
the
continuall
presenting
our selues
and
endeuors
to
your
acceptation
;
wherein
I
am
the
rather
emboldned
,
because
I
hope
I
haue
encountered
with
such
a
man
,
that
did
not
so
much
glory
in
the
pleasuring
of
vs
,
as
reioyce
in
bringing
his
owne
good
purposes
to
perfection
.
Your
true
obseruant
.
To
his
Honourable
Friend
.
WOrthy
Syr
,
A
thankfulnes
for
recompencing
the
giuing
of
a
Booke
.
Amongst
many
others
,
Martiall
hath
a
prety
Epigram
against
an
hypocriticall
Moecenas
of
learning
:
who
,
when
a
reasonable
Poeme
was
presented
vnto
him
,
accepted
the
same
,
but
returned
the
author
without
recompence
:
which
when
Martiall
perceiued
was
a
tricke
of
couetousnes
and
bad
disposition
:
hee
called
him
cousener
,
and
vrged
the
reason
;
hee
said
,
hee
had
cheated
him
of
his
Time
,
labour
,
wit
,
spirits
,
and
passion
:
For
how
could
a
poore
Scholler
but
repine
at
the
miserie
,
and
curse
the
occasion
,
that
had
preuented
him
from
a
further
benefit
else-where
?
But
on
my
soule
:
you
were
not
affrighted
with
this
:
For
I
haue
knowne
you
requite
the
writing
of
a
Letter
,
and
when
you
rendered
great
recompence
for
a
small
kindnesse
,
I
haue
heard
you
say
:
Sic
paruis
componere
magna
solebam
.
As
for
my
poore
businesse
:
I
wondered
at
your
profusenes
,
and
thought
it
a
donatiue
from
heauen
:
and
when
I
was
telling
of
three
pound
,
for
three
sheetes
of
paper
,
I
suspected
my selfe
for
dreaming
,
till
a
creditor
came
in
,
and
not
onely
awaked
my
feares
,
with
assurance
it
was
golde
:
but
was
contented
to
take
the
most
part
of
it
away
,
in
part
of
payment
of
a
greater
summe
.
Thus
from
your
Noble
bountie
was
I
releeued
,
a
debt
payed
,
your
Honour
divulgued
,
a
good
example
discouered
,
and
all
of
vs
assisted
:
And
thus
must
I
sweare
you
worthie
of
all
worth
,
and
bee
my selfe
prowd
,
that
euer
I
knewe
your
name
,
and
participated
of
your
good
condions
:
wherein
(
I
hope
)
as
a
Magnes
,
you
will
draw
others
to
imitation
,
and
teach
me
to
take
out
a
new
lesson
of
loue
,
dutie
,
and
obedience
,
toward
you
.
Yours
,
as
you
haue
restored
him
.
To
the
right
Honourable
Lord
.
L.
A
thankefulnes
for
an
office
.
MOst
Honorable
Lord
,
As
often
as
I
was
comforted
with
the
glorious
sight
of
golde
,
so
often
must
I
needes
remember
your
Honour
,
but
when
I
make
vse
of
the
same
,
to
worthy
purpose
,
I
blesse
the
cause
,
and
pray
the
giuer
of
all
blessings
,
to
establish
you
as
firmely
,
as
wishes
and
worldly
meanes
can
contriue
.
Oh
what
a
difference
is
there
betweene
wants
,
and
aboundance
,
betweene
preferment
,
and
standing
at
a
stay
,
betweene
imployment
,
and
idlenesse
?
whereas
before
I
walked
vnre-garded
,
now
I
fitte
at
ease
admyred
;
and
how
euer
the
heart
,
is
corrupted
,
I
am
sure
of
an
obsequious
ceremony
,
and
cheerefull
countenance
;
where
as
before
I
was
scarce
welcommed
to
any
,
I
am
now
entertained
of
all
;
and
in
steed
of
fretting
my selfe
for
lacke
of
presents
to
giue
my
friends
,
am
now
made
cheerefull
with
many
gratuities
,
euen
from
my
enemies
:
whereas
before
I
could
not
preuent
necessities
with
great
paines
taking
,
and
trouble
,
I
now
supply
euen
wantonnes
with
cheerefulnes
and
pleasures
.
So
that
the
feare
is
as
great
to
be
corrupted
with
felicitie
,
as
the
vexation
was
greeuous
to
be
tormented
with
aduersitie
:
whereas
before
my
sonnes
were
affraide
to
bee
called
the
children
of
a
beggerly
Gentleman
,
and
the
daughters
sequestred
themselues
for
want
of
outward
ornaments
,
the
boyes
dare
now
floorish
with
the
best
fashion
;
and
the
girles
take
vpon
them
to
demand
,
what
liuings
shall
equall
their
dowry
:
and
all
this
heate
commeth
from
the
Sun-shine
of
your
fauours
;
all
this
glorie
from
the
raies
of
our
regard
;
all
these
riuulets
of
spreaching
graces
,
from
the
sweetning
spring
of
your
effectuall
loue
toward
me
:
so
that
as
I
liue
I
am
beholding
to
nature
,
but
as
I
liue
well
,
I
am
beholding
to
you
,
and
(
the
highest
onely
excepted
)
none
but
you
,
nor
will
acknowledge
any
vpholder
of
my
state
but
your selfe
,
while
I
liue
.
Yours
,
howeuer
established
.
To
the
worthy
of
Honourable
titles
,
Sir
F.
H.
NOble
Sir
,
A
thankefulnes
for
defending
one
against
a
great
aduersary
.
I
perceiue
that
vertue
and
discretion
is
so
predominant
with
you
,
that
you
keepe
equall
correspondencie
in
all
things
.
For
as
I
walked
in
your
orchard
,
I
saw
a
yong
tree
scarcely
rooted
,
and
doubly
defenced
for
feare
of
a
shaking
wind
,
and
boysterous
shouldring
of
carelesse
commers
and
goers
;
whereby
▪
remembred
my selfe
and
businesse
,
and
when
I
recounted
,
that
in
my
last
presumption
by
plunging
my selfe
into
a
turbulent
sea
,
(
that
is
,
in
aduenturing
to
contend
with
my
great
and
malicious
aduersary
)
I
was
readie
to
sinke
vnder
water
,
had
not
your
streched
out
arme
held
my
head
vpright
:
I
blessed
heauen
for
sending
such
succor
;
I
blessed
you
for
taking
such
compassion
;
I
blessed
the
cause
that
thriued
so
wel
;
and
I
blessed
my selfe
,
that
had
obtained
such
fauour
;
so
that
I
must
not
onely
be
thankefull
for
the
same
:
but
request
the
perseuerance
to
your
continuall
glory
.
Oh
how
happy
is
hee
that
runneth
well
:
but
ten
times
more
happy
,
that
obtains
the
reward
.
The
good
desires
of
men
haue
some
allowance
,
their
charitable
actions
great
estimation
,
their
noble
beginnings
warrantable
hopes
;
but
a
constant
resolution
and
perseuerance
assurance
of
felicity
.
Therefore
(
worthy
Sir
)
as
much
for
your
owne
honour
,
as
my
good
,
I
humbly
request
you
to
consider
still
of
mee
,
and
as
you
holpe
me
out
of
a
dangerous
tempest
,
so
now
vouchsafe
to
pull
me
out
of
a
raging
fire
:
not
that
I
would
haue
any
contumacy
in
me
abetted
by
your
greatnesse
;
but
see
true
noblenesse
in
you
spring
vp
to
the
eminentest
height
.
For
,
Sir
G.
threatneth
further
,
and
when
he
was
not
to
be
answered
,
told
me
in
publicke
,
that
neither
I
,
nor
my
Champion
should
cary
it
away
,
as
we
presumed
.
But
,
good
Sir
,
you
pleade
for
vertue
and
innocency
,
and
therefore
I
know
will
not
be
out-dared
;
with
power
made
wilfull
by
peeuishnesse
,
in
which
confidence
I
will
neither
accumulate
your
praises
,
nor
flatter
my
well
deseruing
;
but
settle
my
resolution
,
to
desire
nothing
at
your
hands
,
which
is
vniustifiable
;
nor
despaire
of
any
thing
,
which
your
loue
to
mee
,
and
regard
of
the
iustnesse
of
the
cause
,
may
contriue
.
Yours
resolued
.
To
the
Honourable
Lady
,
M.
MOst
worthily
honored
,
when
Dauid
gaue
only
care
vnto
Zibas
complaint
,
A
thankefulnes
for
not
beleeuing
a
fals
report
.
lame
Mephibosheth
was
wronged
,
and
halfe
his
land
was
giuen
to
a
Parasite
:
which
made
Salomon
more
cautelous
,
and
from
his
fathers
vniust
proceeding
in
this
kinde
,
preuented
the
calumniation
in
himself
:
and
so
admitting
the
harlots
face
to
face
,
decided
the
controuersie
for
the
liuing
child
.
So
that
it
cannot
choose
but
that
you
haue
thriued
in
searching
the
Scriptures
,
and
made
vse
of
the
same
to
your
eternall
comfort
.
For
which
I
thanke
you
;
and
beleeue
it
,
it
was
nobly
done
,
both
to
send
my
accuser
away
without
entertainement
,
and
not
condemne
mee
for
any
triuiall
enforcement
before
you
heard
my
iustifications
.
Why
(
my
best
Lady
)
you
know
,
and
many
better
men
,
then
he
,
haue
told
you
,
that
I
am
so
farre
from
wronging
you
with
a
falshood
,
that
I
haue
maintained
your
honor
against
any
,
as
farre
as
truth
would
giue
me
leaue
:
when
(
as
the
time
was
)
that
you
gaue
mee
cause
to
distast
your
vnkindnesse
;
I
would
not
permit
another
to
whisper
against
your
iniustice
:
Nay
more
,
when
I
was
threatned
for
being
a
supporter
of
your
disobedience
,
I
plunged
my selfe
into
a
gulph
of
troubles
,
to
keepe
you
from
falling
into
the
danger
.
Therefore
I
pray
you
continue
your
owne
worthines
,
and
good
opinion
toward
me
.
For
howeuer
out
of
passion
I
may
suspect
my
thriuing
in
your
estimatimon
;
beleeue
it
,
out
of
iudgement
,
and
the
true
dutie
of
loue
and
friendship
,
I
will
not
suffer
any
other
to
traduce
you
.
Yours
,
onely
to
be
commanded
.
To
her
well
esteemed
Friend
.
A
thankefulnesse
for
lending
of
mony
.
MY
dearest
Friend
,
Although
I
am
a
woman
,
&
should
rather
busie
my self
with
houshold
affaires
,
wherin
a
good
wife
is
resembled
to
a
wel
manured
ground
,
yeelding
increase
to
a
rich
aduantage
.
Yet
can
I
not
choose
but
hear
of
many
discourses
,
especially
touching
thriuing
businesse
,
whereby
friendship
hath
bene
maintained
in
the
lending
of
money
,
for
which
great
recompence
hath
beene
made
by
interest
and
other
gratuities
:
so
that
now
we
do
not
dispute
of
the
vnlawfulnesse
of
vsury
,
but
suppose
him
well
satisfied
,
that
can
haue
money
lent
him
at
any
reasonable
rate
:
which
seeing
necessity
and
corruption
of
time
hath
brought
so
to
passe
,
Oh
how
blesssed
was
that
occasion
!
how
happy
were
those
steps
?
how
fortunat
was
that
houre
?
how
carefull
was
that
Genius
?
and
how
compassionate
was
that
ouerwatching
eye
,
that
brought
you
to
my
house
?
whereby
you
did
not
onely
heare
my
complaints
,
commiserate
my
griefe
,
releeue
my
wants
,
and
cheared
me
in
discomfort
:
but
lent
me
mony
;
and
how
much
?
500.
marke
,
and
how
long
?
without
limitation
:
&
vpon
what
securitie
?
my
honest
word
,
&
my
seruants
bond
:
&
wherfore
?
gratis
,
without
a
pennie
vsurie
or
augmentation
of
profit
.
O
rare
and
worthy
example
!
more
fitter
for
Fames
golden
Clarion
to
eccho
in
the
world
for
admiration
,
then
a
sillie
womans
thankefulnesse
to
acknowledge
to
her
friends
of
necessitie
.
So
that
beleeue
it
,
if
praiers
could
preuaile
by
ceremonie
,
I
would
not
onely
kneele
,
but
kneele
so
long
as
I
could
,
till
God
had
heard
my
request
to
grant
you
your
desires
.
Nay
I
would
hold
vp
my
hands
and
mine
eies
,
and
lift
vp
my
heart
and
all
,
and
neuer
leaue
looking
,
till
I
saw
comfort
from
heauen
,
spreading
ouer
your
head
the
mantle
of
prosperitie
.
In
which
assurance
I
bid
you
farewell
;
because
I
fare
so
well
from
the
assurance
,
wherby
you
haue
warranted
your
loue
and
friendshippe
vnto
all
of
vs
for
euer
.
Yours
,
most
dutifull
if
you
would
accept
of
the
humiliation
.
To
his
true
helping
Friend
.
GOod
Sir
,
This
last
was
a
timely
fauour
,
and
represented
the
first
and
second
raine
to
a
thirstie
ground
:
A
thankefulnes
for
a
timely
good
turne
.
whereby
as
you
haae
afrighted
all
imputation
of
formallitie
and
smoake
promises
:
I
haue
,
and
must
acknowledge
the
same
as
a
worthy
kindnesse
,
and
duty
of
a
true
Gentleman
.
For
howeuer
men
may
runne
away
with
the
titles
of
honour
and
greatnesse
;
yet
(
beleeue
it
)
in
the
professing
of
friendship
,
there
is
a
manifest
dutie
to
bee
obserued
toward
the
meanest
.
This
caused
Poets
and
Philosophers
to
describe
a
friend
from
the
effects
of
his
actions
,
and
suppliment
of
others
in
aduersities
:
this
raised
the
difference
betweene
a
good
neighbour
and
a
bad
in
holy
Scripture
:
this
taught
the
Italians
to
crie
out
,
that
Dono
multo
aspettato
è
venduto
è
non
donato
:
a
gift
long
expected
,
is
sold
and
not
bestowed
as
a
kindnesse
:
and
this
hath
taught
you
the
way
to
true
worthinesse
,
whereby
I
stand
supported
by
a
strong
arme
,
and
you
remaine
exposed
to
the
world
,
as
a
faire
mouing
planet
in
a
serene
firmament
.
Your
recouered
Friend
.
Letters
of
Newes
.
To
his
worthy
Friend
,
Aduenturer
into
the
Straights
.
WOrshipfull
Syr
:
The
fame
of
Warde
(
our
English
Pyrate
)
hath
the
same
passage
here
,
as
all
rumors
commonly
enter
into
:
Newes
from
Xante
and
Candy
.
so
that
if
there
be
the
least
certaintie
of
some
occurrencies
,
many
lyes
shall
bee
augmented
,
and
a
mint
of
foolish
triuiall
absurdities
set
on
worke
:
but
because
there
is
but
one
Truth
,
and
that
you
expect
something
at
my
handes
may
come
somewhat
neere
the
same
,
I
will
deliuer
what
I
knowe
of
my selfe
,
and
am
enformed
from
others
:
Out
of
the
closet
then
of
mine
owne
knowledge
,
I
gather
thus
much
,
that
beeing
in
Xante
,
and
attending
my
passage
for
Constantinople
,
certaine
Italian
shippes
bound
for
Cyprus
&
Scanderon
,
durst
not
styrre
out
of
harbour
for
feare
of
Warde
,
who
was
supposed
to
lye
on
the
other
side
of
an
Iland
called
Sapientia
,
and
watched
but
the
opportunitie
of
their
setting
forwards
:
which
they
so
procrastinated
for
feare
of
surprising
,
that
two
English
ships
went
to
Candy
,
vnladed
their
goods
,
made
vp
theyr
accounts
,
and
came
backe
againe
for
Currens
at
Xante
,
before
the
other
could
ouermaster
their
feare
,
or
durst
make
tryall
of
their
fortune
:
but
when
these
shippes
had
made
relation
of
a
newe
marchant
man
of
London
,
cast
away
on
the
coast
of
Candy
for
want
of
a
good
Pilote
,
or
orderly
direction
to
preuent
a
northeast
wind
,
which
is
most
dangerous
at
the
spring
of
the
yeare
,
wee
were
somwhat
perplexed
,
and
the
Posts
were
sent
immediately
ouer-land
,
to
aduertise
the
marchants
not
to
come
into
the
straights
,
so
slenderly
prouided
as
they
did
.
For
questionles
since
our
peace
with
Spaine
,
diuers
of
your
company
presuming
on
the
same
,
haue
improuidently
set
out
weake
shipping
,
and
slenderly
prouided
;
so
that
what
with
piracy
,
shipwracke
,
and
the
Florentines
,
and
Maltesses
,
wee
lost
more
within
these
fiue
yeares
,
then
we
did
in
fortie
before
,
when
wee
stood
on
our
guard
,
&
prepared
to
encounter
with
experted
foes
.
From
the
aduertisemenrs
,
of
others
we
gather
together
abundell
of
these
occurrences
,
that
Ward
had
the
fortune
to
take
a
Venitian
Galeas
,
which
hee
brought
into
Tunis
,
cthad
raised
an
estate
by
it
,
but
that
it
miscarryed
in
harbour
;
that
he
liued
there
in
great
feare
&
iealousie
,
both
of
the
Bashaw
,
whom
he
was
faine
to
bribe
extraordinarily
;
of
the
Turkes
,
whom
he
onely
corrupts
with
reward
;
&
of
his
owne
followers
whom
hee
suspected
vpon
the
least
discontentment
would
betray
him
to
the
Venetian
,
or
send
him
to
his
Maiesties
Embassadours
:
as
for
that
smoaky
report
he
carryed
,
it
is
nothing
so
;
onely
he
liues
in
a
house
when
he
comes
on
shore
,
and
is
reasonable
politicke
,
if
he
had
any
wealth
,
not
to
make
shew
of
it
for
feare
the
Ianisaries
themselues
should
rob
him
altogether
.
But
in
truth
the
spoyle
hath
bene
farre
greater
of
his
piracies
,
then
the
goods
orderly
brought
to
land
,
and
out
of
them
so
maextractions
,
as
there
can
little
remaine
to
his
owne
share
.
For
by
that
time
the
Bashaw
is
compounded
with
:
the
charges
defrayed
,
the
Turkes
payed
,
and
his
owne
company
contented
,
there
will
be
such
an
abatement
,
that
out
of
ten
thousand
pound
,
his
share
and
part
groweth
to
an
height
of
pride
,
if
it
raise
it selfe
to
fiue
hundred
pound
:
and
how
deerely
he
must
liue
in
the
rate
of
housekeeping
,
euery
passenger
can
tell
.
Concerning
your
particular
businesse
,
your
factor
both
in
Xante
and
Candy
hath
sent
you
many
letters
and
bils
,
which
I
leaue
with
this
of
mine
to
receiue
speedy
dispatch
and
orderly
pardon
,
if
any
errors
are
committed
.
Yours
vndiuided
,
though
farre
off
.
To
his
noble
Friend
,
S.
I.
S.
WOrthy
Sir
;
There
need
no
filling
a
letter
of
newes
,
with
preamble
,
complement
,
or
circumstance
,
and
therefore
I
will
onely
tell
you
,
Newes
from
Constantinople
.
I
am
proud
of
any
remembrance
,
when
I
expose
your
worth
,
to
my
conceyt
,
&
glad
of
any
good
fortune
,
when
I
can
auoyd
the
imputation
of
ingratitude
,
by
acknowledging
your
many
fauors
,
and
writing
the
same
vnder
my
hand
and
seale
:
This
I
will
doe
still
,
euen
in
this
letter
from
Constantinople
,
entreat
you
to
admit
of
my
coustome
,
and
pardon
me
,
if
I
take
the
plaine
high-way
of
reciting
particulars
:
without
stepping
into
any
ambiguous
nookes
of
phrases
,
and
eloquent
aduantages
:
I
came
then
to
Const.
in
Aug:
and
found
Syr
Tho:
Glouer
,
and
his
Ladie
so
well
setled
,
in
an
honourable
correspondencie
to
their
estates
,
that
I
was
proud
in
my
countreys
behalfe
,
that
a
man
had
raised
his
Fortunes
meerely
by
worthinesse
and
desert
;
and
a
woman
had
shewed
such
an
heroick
spirit
,
that
she
was
neuer
distempered
with
the
tediousnes
of
her
iourney
,
nor
affrighted
,
though
she
met
with
Cap:
Ward
,
at
the
passage
to
Nigroponte
:
For
when
M.
Clarke
the
master
of
the
Ship
&
she
went
in
,
they
disputed
the
matter
,
as
if
it
were
Ward
indeed
,
and
seeming
to
make
a
stoppe
at
the
same
,
shee
tolde
him
,
there
was
no
remedie
but
to
fight
,
and
hee
might
be
made
for
euer
,
if
he
had
the
good
fortune
to
bring
his
fame
on
the
ground
,
and
deliuer
our
Confederates
from
so
great
a
feare
:
—
Touching
the
Cittie
it selfe
,
it
is
in
a
manner
a
Triangle
,
double
walled
,
with
beautifall
Towers
,
and
may
resemble
a
painted
Curtezan
,
deceiuing
you
,
with
sophysticate
comelinesse
,
and
adulterate
shewes
,
but
within
corrupted
,
and
full
of
confusion
and
beastialitie
:
yet
are
many
excellent
things
remarkable
in
the
same
:
namely
,
within
the
Towne
it selfe
,
called
of
the
Turkes
Stanbole
,
or
comely
:
the
Turkes
,
Seraelio
,
or
Pallace
,
containing
two
miles
about
:
the
seauen
Towers
,
a
goodly
Prison
towardes
the
South-East
:
the
Wall
it selfe
,
without
any
Suburbes
:
the
Mosquees
,
or
Churches
,
to
the
number
of
800.
amongst
whome
,
the
Sophia
,
Almorata
,
and
Sultanina
,
are
the
principall
beautifull
Fabrickes
?
the
Besisteine
,
a
place
like
our
Exchange
,
or
Rialto
at
Venice
,
for
delicate
commodities
:
but
for
aduantage
,
there
are
men
and
women
solde
,
like
horses
in
Smithfield
.
The
Iewes
Sellers
are
all
vnder-ground
,
with
iron
gates
,
where
the
whole
treasures
of
the
Common-wealth
are
secured
,
both
from
Fire
and
Earth-quakes
:
the
Conduits
of
water
at
many
corners
of
streets
,
where
a
kinde
of
Officer
attends
,
to
giue
to
all
commers
.
Diuers
monuments
of
Porphyrie
,
Brasse
,
Marble
,
Obeliscos
,
Pyramides
,
and
such
like
,
shewing
some
face
of
Antiquitie
,
and
placed
where
the
auncient
Greekes
were
woont
to
celebrate
their
Turniaments
.
The
Balneas
,
which
through
corruption
of
time
,
and
manners
,
are
meere
Brothells
and
stewes
:
The
Bashawes
houses
,
Pallaces
of
state
,
and
of
great
capacitie
:
as
containing
diuers
places
of
sequestration
,
according
to
their
number
of
Wiues
&
Concubines
,
which
they
maintaine
.
A
place
called
Iobs-Toombi
,
celebrated
for
the
buriall
of
the
Emperours
children
.
Diuers
Seralias
for
men
and
women
,
as
Hospitalls
,
to
keepe
them
till
they
come
to
age
.
Constantines
Pallace
,
and
the
Patriarkes
houses
,
as
solet
edifices
,
and
shewing
the
ruines
of
time
,
and
memorable
Antiquities
:
the
guard
of
Ianissaries
,
to
the
number
of
50000
,
when
the
Armie
is
at
home
,
and
the
burying
places
,
both
of
Iewes
and
Turks
,
remote
,
at
least
a
mile
from
the
Wall
,
and
superstitiously
,
Dedicated
to
the
memorie
of
the
dead
.
Without
the
Citie
,
the
admirable
hauen
,
called
Sacra
porta
,
20.
fadome
deepe
,
close
to
the
wall
of
both
the
Cities
.
Galata
,
a
Citie
walled
ouer
against
Constantinople
,
onely
diuided
by
sea
,
as
broad
as
our
Thames
:
the
vines
of
Pera
,
a
great
Suburbes
to
the
same
,
where
the
English
,
French
,
and
Venetian
Embassadors
were
resident
.
Towards
the
North
,
the
Arsinall
of
galleys
,
toward
the
South
,
the
office
of
artillerie
,
called
Tapinau
:
the
passage
to
Pompeyes
pillar
,
and
the
blacke
tower
,
20.
mile
orderly
,
beautified
with
Bashawes
houses
,
and
other
edifices
,
proud
of
comely
exornation
,
till
you
enter
the
blacke-Sea
it selfe
,
which
extendeth
a
great
breadth
northwardes
,
and
a
1000.
mile
to
the
East
,
as
farre
as
Trebizond
.
But
if
you
would
heare
of
a
worke
of
wonder
and
magnificence
,
you
must
ride
into
the
Countrey
,
some
15.
miles
off
,
and
ouer-looke
the
Aquae-ductus
,
which
are
raised
in
the
Valleyes
,
to
the
toppes
of
certaine
hilles
,
about
500.
foote
high
,
and
so
carrie
the
water
leuell
,
from
one
to
another
,
till
they
fall
into
a
Cesterne
:
from
whence
it
hath
a
passage
through
diuers
Pipes
,
to
many
Conduicts
in
the
Citie
.
I
dare
not
enlarge
my
Letter
greater
,
with
these
triuiall
things
,
because
I
knowe
you
haue
read
many
discourses
more
peculiar
and
pertinent
,
and
expect
at
my
hand
a
farther
discouerie
,
when
we
shall
meete
at
more
conuenient
leisure
.
Yours
,
amongst
Infidells
.
Te
his
respected
worthy
Friend
,
Sir
L.
WOorthy
Sir
,
I
was
almost
ashamed
to
write
any
thing
from
these
parts
,
Newes
from
Scio.
as
newes
,
or
matter
worth
the
inquiring
after
,
but
that
I
receiued
a
letter
from
you
while
I
was
in
Scio
,
which
seemed
to
command
me
,
and
taught
me
the
way
of
good
manners
to
satisfie
your
pleasure
.
I
would
hasten
to
an
end
,
lest
some
curious
eye
make
a
tush
at
these
papers
,
when
they
examine
,
that
I
would
fill
a
letter
with
such
poore
and
common
intelligences
.
I
then
came
to
Scio
,
of
purpose
to
tarry
for
maister
Bradshaw
,
whom
we
expected
from
Scandaron
,
but
such
was
the
miserie
and
trouble
of
these
times
and
places
,
that
the
Florentines
and
Maltessis
had
sent
out
diuers
ships
to
intercept
the
transportation
of
Turkes
in
any
Christian
vessell
whatsoeuer
,
and
lighting
vpon
him
,
put
him
to
a
dangerous
fight
,
in
which
hee
was
sorely
wounded
,
and
had
much
adoe
to
come
off
with
vtter
destruction
:
so
wee
lost
our
passage
,
and
spent
our
money
in
this
Iland
,
where
the
Greekish
women
are
extraordinarily
beautifull
,
rich
,
and
handsome
:
and
the
English
Marchant
liueth
at
great
expences
not
daring
to
trust
any
of
vs
without
good
billes
of
Exchange
,
or
good
sufficient
assurance
of
a
better
estate
,
then
most
commonly
a
traueller
can
enlarge
.
Wee
did
also
heare
that
Maister
Pindar
our
Consull
at
Aleppo
,
behaued
himselfe
very
worthie
of
the
best
report
indeede
,
and
had
much
adoe
in
those
Turkish
tumults
for
to
saue
his
life
,
and
keepe
the
towne
and
Merchants
from
spoyling
.
Besides
,
at
Scanderon
a
most
intricate
businesse
about
Maister
E
,
a
Merchant
,
and
a
Frenchman
,
who
had
contracted
a
bargaine
for
Gawls
to
the
valew
of
10000.
dollers
,
raised
his
fame
for
the
well
contriuing
,
in
sauing
all
their
liues
.
For
the
Turkes
maintaining
iustice
in
the
strictest
manner
,
and
punishing
the
least
corruption
that
way
with
death
,
found
an
occasion
to
bring
these
parties
to
iudiciall
triall
,
because
it
was
supposed
,
that
the
Moore
which
sold
them
was
deceiued
in
the
weight
by
a
corrupted
Turke
,
who
was
the
officer
of
the
customes
,
and
broken
vpon
the
wheele
vpon
the
first
complaint
:
so
that
there
was
a
present
demand
of
the
like
iustice
both
on
the
English
and
French
merchants
;
and
was
not
determined
without
a
great
summe
of
money
,
and
bribing
the
Bashaw
:
wherein
there
was
no
other
face
of
preuention
to
be
seene
,
then
disbursment
of
a
fine
,
and
acknowledging
a
fault
,
and
so
with
great
difficulty
the
matter
was
concluded
.
About
the
same
time
Master
M.
hauing
beene
some
two
yeare
before
surprised
by
the
Maltesses
,
and
then
protesting
neuer
to
be
so
ouermastred
,
or
ouershot
,
vndertooke
a
dangerous
encounter
betweene
Sicilia
and
Candy
with
a
Venetian
Galeas
,
in
a
shippe
called
the
Corslet
.
For
comming
toward
the
gulph
,
&
hauing
some
vncustomed
,
or
peraduenture
prohibited
goods
aboord
:
as
also
neglecting
those
nauall
and
marine
ceremonies
appropriate
to
the
State
,
hee
held
it
stubbornly
out
,
rather
then
he
would
be
searched
,
or
abased
in
vailing
his
bonet
,
and
so
the
fight
continued
a
whole
day
,
till
he
was
hurt
,
&
many
of
his
men
slain
,
but
being
taken
and
ouer
mastered
he
was
carryed
to
Venice
,
where
with
much
adoe
his
libertie
was
obtained
,
to
the
great
honour
of
Sir
Henrie
Wotton
our
Embassador
,
and
contentment
of
the
merchants
,
both
here
and
at
home
.
Your
memorable
friend
.
To
the
Worthy
Doctor
,
T.
REuerend
Sir
,
Newes
from
Meteline
.
While
I
lay
ill
at
ease
in
Meteline
,
I
receiued
a
letter
from
you
,
by
the
hand
of
Sir
H.
B.
as
hee
came
a
shore
to
see
the
Iland
,
and
belike
taking
easie
iourneys
in
a
Turkish
Carmisan
,
heard
at
Gallipolis
and
the
castles
,
that
I
was
sicke
there
.
Notwithstanding
,
I
raised
vp
a
pale
face
with
a
chearefull
heart
,
and
vnderstood
by
the
same
,
that
you
desired
a
kinde
of
account
concerning
the
Greeke
Church
,
and
Turkish
gouernment
.
Truly
your
letter
was
most
acceptable
vnto
me
,
as
vnderstanding
thereby
the
health
of
him
I
loue
so
well
:
but
the
contents
affrighted
me
,
as
knowing
nothing
could
come
from
mee
worthy
your
view
,
or
bearing
any
shew
of
delight
,
especially
satisfaction
,
considering
the
iudicious
apprehension
and
great
reading
of
the
receiuer
:
yet
againe
,
when
I
knew
(
if
the
worst
fell
out
)
I
was
to
encounter
with
loue
,
and
ciuill
acceptation
,
I
tooke
aduantage
of
a
day
wherein
my
Feauer
did
not
rage
,
and
thus
hudled
vp
this
vnfashionable
peece
,
which
if
it
resemble
the
confused
lumpe
,
wherein
nature
helpeth
the
Beare
in
the
deliuerance
of
her
burthen
,
you
must
with
her
industry
,
either
reduce
it
to
fashion
,
or
your
owne
goodnesse
winke
at
the
deformities
.
I
will
therefore
begin
with
the
Greekes
,
who
are
so
enuious
and
malignant
toward
the
Latines
,
that
they
had
rather
liue
in
seruitude
vnder
the
Turkes
,
then
require
either
aide
or
assistance
of
the
Romish
Bishop
,
contesting
with
him
euen
from
prioritie
of
place
,
and
auncient
possession
of
the
Christian
religion
:
so
that
in
their
account
hee
is
but
a
meere
vsurper
of
their
glory
and
promotion
,
which
hee
hath
ouermantled
with
diuises
and
mens
traditions
,
that
neither
they
can
acknowledge
him
a
father
in
the
true
Church
,
nor
he
them
,
as
obedient
children
to
his
holy
Consistory
.
Concerning
their
ciuill
gouernment
,
it
is
a
meere
mangled
body
.
For
no
man
possesseth
either
lands
,
goods
,
or
scarcely
their
liues
in
securitie
;
but
either
the
Turkes
command
makes
them
slaues
,
or
the
Timatriots
or
quartering
of
souldiers
by
the
name
of
Capoges
,
or
Spahies
subiecteth
all
to
licentiousnesse
and
incontinencie
:
they
haue
no
munited
cities
,
but
vpon
the
frontires
of
Transiluania
and
Hungary
,
nor
permitted
the
possession
of
armour
or
munition
:
onely
Gratianopolis
,
Andrinopolis
,
Philopolis
,
Salenica
,
Galipolis
,
and
some
townes
in
the
Ilands
are
populous
and
ful
of
Edificies
,
but
farre
from
their
ancient
beauty
,
or
other
cities
of
Europe
.
To
conclude
in
a
word
,
they
are
the
meere
pictures
of
miserable
confusion
,
and
ruines
of
time
.
Concerning
their
religion
,
it
is
so
corrupted
with
age
&
pride
of
precedency
,
that
it
will
entertaine
no
reformation
;
saying
plainly
,
that
Antioch
was
the
first
Christian
Church
,
and
the
Greekes
made
the
sheepe
of
Christs
fold
before
euer
Paul
was
carryed
prisoner
to
Rome
:
as
for
Peters
persecution
,
or
being
there
at
all
,
they
absolutely
deride
it
:
and
assure
vs
,
that
he
was
twenty
year
elders
of
Antioch
,
and
appointed
the
Apostle
ouer
the
Iewes
.
In
pouertie
they
almost
come
neere
the
Primitiue
Church
.
For
their
Monasteries
are
much
diminished
,
and
their
Churches
and
Congregations
very
small
,
and
of
little
entrade
:
they
denie
purgatory
,
and
the
Popes
supremacy
,
saying
plainly
,
that
if
such
a
title
were
extant
or
necessary
,
it
belonged
to
Iohn
Patriarch
of
Constantinople
,
with
whom
Gregory
the
Great
of
Rome
,
had
many
encounters
to
suppresse
that
tumour
:
they
baptise
with
oyle
and
water
,
haue
foure
Lents
,
fast
precisely
,
weare
long
haire
like
the
Nazarites
,
allow
of
no
Saints
but
in
the
Bible
,
nor
haue
pictures
in
the
Church
but
from
thence
:
yet
do
they
celebrate
certaine
feasts
to
Saint
George
.
Nicholai
and
Demetrius
,
they
are
much
giuen
to
mirth
,
and
exceede
in
contraries
.
For
at
their
mariages
they
haue
great
pleasure
and
pastime
:
in
their
buryall
great
sorrow
and
lamenting
,
euen
to
the
groueling
on
the
ground
,
and
watching
night
and
day
ouer
the
graues
.
Many
Countreys
acknowledge
their
religion
,
as
Russia
,
Georgia
,
Mengrelia
,
Armenia
,
and
the
people
of
Aethyopia
,
vnder
Prester-Iean
:
Of
whose
particulars
,
you
haue
whole
volumes
;
Amongst
whom
an
vnderstanding
wit
may
select
the
best
,
though
many
absurdities
are
entermingled
with
some
truthes
.
Concerning
this
Turkish
gouernment
,
neuer
came
Monarchy
to
the
height
of
such
a
preuailing
.
For
there
is
no
subiect
of
hereditary
eminence
but
himselfe
,
and
this
Emperor
Sultan
Achmat
,
is
the
14.
of
the
house
of
Othoman
:
the
doctors
of
their
Law
called
Alcharon
,
and
the
Mufty
the
principall
Priest
,
rule
the
Empire
,
although
it
seeme
managed
vnder
the
gouernment
of
the
5.
Vizeeres
,
&
other
Bashawes
:
the
strength
of
his
kingdome
is
meerly
supported
by
the
Ianissaries
&
souldiers
,
who
are
the
sonnes
of
Christians
,
and
depend
vpon
the
pleasure
of
their
Emperour
,
as
without
eyther
Friend
or
Parent
,
but
the
Turkes
pension
:
They
loue
Iustice
:
punish
Adultry
with
death
:
hate
Drunkennes
,
and
Blasphemy
:
doe
nothing
but
to
purpose
:
eate
no
swynes-flesh
:
nor
should
drinke
any
wine
:
They
weare
long
garments
:
neuer
vncouer
the
head
,
which
is
all
shauen
,
except
one
locke
on
the
toppe
,
by
which
they
suppose
to
be
pulled
vp
to
heauen
by
Mahomet
their
great
prophet
:
They
haue
many
wiues
&
concubins
to
preuent
adultry
:
they
write
bias
,
and
read
backward
,
as
the
Hebrues
;
and
neglect
all
languages
but
their
owne
,
Persian
,
and
Arabian
:
None
but
of
Mahomets
race
weareth
greene
,
and
all
are
obedient
to
their
Bashaws
:
&
they
absolute
slaues
to
the
Emperour
;
For
their
religion
,
it
is
full
of
great
reuerence
:
They
call
to
their
churches
or
mosquees
4.
times
a
day
,
by
the
voyces
of
men
,
on
the
top
of
a
tower
:
and
on
friday
(
their
sabboth
)
5.
times
:
No
liuing
thing
is
pictured
or
engrauen
in
theyr
churches
or
mosqueis
,
to
auoyde
idolatry
.
The
principall
Priest
is
the
Musti
,
of
great
account
with
the
Emperour
:
For
he
&
the
doctors
of
their
law
,
ouer-rule
in
many
ciuill
things
.
The
order
of
Deruices
is
sutable
to
the
Capuchine
friers
,
and
are
called
Turners
:
They
allow
God
the
Father
,
but
denye
the
Trinitie
:
They
reuerence
the
three
professors
of
the
three
religions
:
Moyses
for
the
Iewes
:
Christ
for
the
Christians
:
&
Mahomet
for
themselues
:
They
hate
in
others
prophanation
or
blasphemy
,
and
obserue
naturalls
,
mad-men
,
and
fooles
:
They
bury
their
dead
with
a
singing
noyse
,
and
watch
ouer
the
graues
,
with
mourning
&
howling
.
Infinit
other
particulars
may
be
obserued
,
but
these
shall
suffice
,
till
a
larger
discourse
can
bring
mee
within
the
reach
of
your
acceptation
▪
and
shewe
,
how
I
haue
not
employed
my
time
amisse
:
and
am
willing
to
giue
you
notice
of
the
same
;
whome
of
all
other
men
I
would
content
in
this
kinde
.
Yours
,
with
a
true
heart
.
To
his
honorable
Friend
,
Captaine
S.
Newes
from
Malta
.
MY
noble
Companion
,
without
further
complement
;
when
we
parted
from
Messina
,
you
for
Venice
,
and
I
for
Constantinople
:
Newes
came
to
our
English
Consull
,
that
the
Vineyard
(
a
ship
of
London
)
was
surprised
by
the
Malteses
,
the
goods
confiscate
,
and
one
Harris
the
Maister
,
terribly
threatned
,
for
transporting
Munition
,
or
other
prohibited
merchandise
to
the
Turks
:
wherein
the
Gran-Prior
is
so
resolute
,
that
he
hath
presumed
to
write
into
England
,
to
iustifie
the
action
:
and
added
withall
,
that
the
next
offender
shall
loose
ship
and
all
.
For
you
must
consider
,
that
there
is
a
kinde
of
Confederacie
betweene
the
Pope
,
the
Duke
of
Florence
,
and
these
Malteses
,
gainst
the
Turke
:
and
whereas
all
other
Princes
are
now
as
it
were
vnder
a
protection
of
a
peace
:
these
onely
dare
to
proclaime
a
warre
:
And
what
they
cannot
perform
with
the
brauery
of
open
hostilitie
at
land
,
they
will
execute
with
the
cunning
of
priuate
surprises
at
Sea
:
and
by
reason
the
Knights
of
the
Rhodes
abated
their
florishes
in
the
losse
of
that
Iland
,
they
are
retyred
to
Malta
,
to
recouer
their
credit
:
&
euer
since
that
happy
repulsing
the
Turkes
,
by
that
miraculous
defending
their
citie
and
Castle
,
haue
stood
at
defiance
,
both
with
this
enemie
of
Christians
,
&
all
such
as
shall
support
him
,
to
make
him
a
stronger
enemy
,
then
they
suppose
he
can
be
of
him selfe
:
And
heerein
the
Pope
is
so
charitable
,
that
he
blesseth
their
enterprises
,
and
encourageth
many
Gentlemen
,
(
of
diuers
Nations
)
to
enrowle
themselues
vnder
the
Holy
Banner
:
&
account
it
a
glorie
to
be
a
true
Souldier
for
religion
:
So
that
a
Knight
of
Malta
holdeth
vp
a
countenance
of
such
reputation
,
that
hee
supposeth
his
Honour
to
precede
any
temporall
dignity
vnder
a
Baron
:
and
the
Gran-Prior
himselfe
will
not
abate
a
iote
of
a
Princes
estimation
.
Yours
for
euer
,
though
we
neuer
meete
againe
.
To
his
approued
Friend
,
G.
A.
Esq.
GOod
Syr
:
Newes
from
Venice
.
There
is
no
one
thing
in
the
world
,
in
which
I
desire
to
haue
an
honorable
contention
with
you
,
as
in
curtesie
and
good
conditions
:
So
that
whether
it
be
emulation
,
or
a
naturall
motion
to
doe
well
,
I
care
not
:
but
am
assured
you
haue
exposed
such
a
pattern
of
true
friendship
,
that
I
must
answer
the
proportion
,
and
frame
my selfe
to
an
orderly
satisfaction
:
you
haue
loued
mee
,
therefore
I
must
affect
you
:
you
haue
visited
me
,
therfore
I
must
not
seeme
strange
:
you
haue
bene
bountifull
,
therefore
I
must
be
thankfull
:
you
haue
written
,
and
therfore
I
must
answer
:
yea
,
and
that
from
Venice
,
the
wonder
of
Europe
,
and
the
glorie
of
Italie
:
where
I
haue
encountered
with
Newes
,
which
I
am
proud
to
make
you
partaker
of
:
because
within
the
memorie
of
man
,
neuer
was
so
remarkable
an
accident
.
Know
then
,
that
after
the
Pope
had
swelled
,
with
the
repining
against
the
Venetian
contumacy
,
Frier
Paul
of
the
order
of
Serui
,
was
condemned
for
an
heretike
,
burnt
in
his
image
at
Rome
,
and
attempted
many
times
to
be
murthered
:
his
offence
raised
from
certaine
books
against
the
Popes
secular
iurisdiction
,
ouer
Princes
and
free
states
:
his
discourses
grounded
on
the
loue
of
his
Countey
,
at
such
time
as
the
Venetians
determined
a
stopping
of
certaine
Mortmaines
,
with
pretences
of
money
satisfaction
:
least
time
and
seduction
should
weaken
their
glorie
by
diminishing
their
lands
,
&
giuing
away
their
territories
to
monasteries
:
his
reward
,
an
annuall
pention
of
500.
ducates
,
and
glorious
Title
by
sound
of
Trumpet
of
Theologo
designato
:
At
which
the
Clergie
so
stormed
,
that
they
made
it
a
matter
of
treason
,
against
God
and
his
Angells
,
thus
to
extenuate
the
authoritie
of
the
Mother-Church
,
by
such
presumptuous
restraints
,
against
the
will
&
pleasure
of
the
Pope
and
his
Cardinalls
.
Wherevpon
,
without
further
disputing
,
a
seuere
fulmination
passed
forth
against
them
:
which
also
so
vilipended
them
,
that
fier
&
sword
was
proclaimed
,
and
nothing
but
submission
and
absolution
could
deliuer
them
from
the
sauage
stroakes
of
reuenge
.
This
so
startled
the
Venetians
,
and
rowsed
vp
the
drowsie
eyes
of
other
Princes
,
that
they
al
looked
vp
to
see
with
what
face
these
controuersies
and
accidentall
displeasures
,
would
terrifie
the
world
:
and
not
contented
with
verball
protestations
,
they
mustred
their
Armies
,
and
at
my
comming
into
Italie
,
I
heard
nothing
else
but
the
clamours
of
warre
,
and
warre
against
the
Pope
himselfe
.
In
which
hurliburly
,
a
noble
man
of
Venice
,
of
the
house
of
Donatus
now
Duke
,
hauing
bene
long
since
Bandited
by
the
State
,
for
murthering
a
Gentl
:
to
whose
wife
loue
had
formerly
enthralled
him
,
determined
to
worke
out
his
reconciliation
,
by
prostrating
his
seruice
to
the
State
:
and
attending
the
same
(
if
need
and
occasion
required
)
with
50.
Horsm
:
at
his
owne
charge
;
and
because
they
should
not
lay
imputation
vpon
him
of
formalitie
,
and
ceremonious
brauerie
,
from
winde
and
smoake
,
he
brought
them
by
Sea
into
the
Citie
it selfe
,
and
had
licence
to
make
a
Martiall
shew
before
the
Ladies
and
better
sort
of
the
people
:
And
thus
in
a
sequestred
place
,
at
their
fundamento
nuouo
,
he
mustred
50.
Horsm
:
with
reasonable
equippage
,
and
proportionable
discipline
,
which
was
neuer
seene
in
Venice
before
.
For
there
is
neither
horse
nor
cart
,
neither
fresh-water
,
nor
wholsome-ayre
,
neither
sword
nor
cloake
for
the
Gentl
:
of
Venice
himselfe
:
nor
any
pleasant
walke
to
passe
the
time
with
recreation
,
more
then
the
delicate
entertainment
in
their
Gondolas
,
and
some
comicall
showes
on
their
Grand-Canal
:
Amongst
which
,
the
rarest
that
euer
I
sawe
,
was
a
costly
and
ostentous
triumphe
,
called
a
Regatto
,
presented
on
the
Grand-Canal
,
to
entertaine
the
Princes
of
Piedmont
and
Mantua
,
who
came
hither
of
purpose
to
see
the
Citie
,
and
the
pleasures
of
the
same
:
which
I
must
needs
say
for
liberty
of
life
and
conscience
,
Curtesans
,
Mountebanks
,
Musike
,
and
Monasticall
presumption
,
surpasseth
any
Citie
in
the
world
.
The
shew
it selfe
was
briefly
thus
:
diuers
young
Gentlem
:
according
to
their
abilitie
and
willingnes
,
were
selected
by
the
order
of
their
Balls
,
as
Capt:
of
seuerall
Barges
,
which
were
decked
vp
in
orderly
representations
,
of
whales
,
vnicornes
,
dolphins
,
elephants
,
woods
,
fountaines
,
and
such
like
:
wherein
all
the
Marriners
and
attendants
,
with
seuerall
warlike
instruments
,
and
musicke
of
lower
sound
,
were
placed
,
both
for
ornament
,
glorie
,
magnificence
,
and
adapted
congruity
,
to
the
thing
they
attended
:
and
thus
they
passed
all
in
order
,
2.
English
mile
in
length
,
vnder
the
Rialto-bridge
:
attended
with
infinite
Gondaloes
,
and
Boates
,
who
rowed
for
wagers
,
and
striued
for
the
mastrie
of
the
best
and
speediest
passage
.
Yours
,
in
all
places
and
times
.
To
his
honourable
Friend
,
S.
I.
WOrthy
Syr
:
I
perceiue
by
you
,
that
wise
men
will
smile
sometimes
,
and
the
best
grauitie
can
giue
care
to
triuialll
discourses
:
Newes
from
Turine
.
yea
,
and
I
am
afraid
,
t'
is
mans
naturall
imperfection
,
to
hunt
after
Nouelties
,
and
the
minde
is
much
delighted
with
varietie
:
elfe
could
you
neuer
haue
giuen
way
vnto
such
triuiall
letters
as
I
sent
you
,
and
with
a
kinde
of
cheerfulnes
welcommed
them
,
discoursing
onely
of
the
passages
of
Sauoy
,
the
height
of
the
Alpes
,
the
snowe
in
Iulie
,
the
falling
of
the
water
with
such
impetuosity
,
&
dangerous
rupture
,
the
pines
on
the
mountaines
,
the
plowing
on
the
hilles
,
the
strength
of
the
Fortes
and
Ramparts
:
especially
Agabella
,
Mount-Melian
,
Moriana
,
and
Saint
Katherines
:
and
the
brauery
of
the
Spanish
Garrisons
in
those
parts
.
Because
therefore
I
perceyue
you
of
such
faire
demeanour
,
and
willingnesse
to
support
your
Friend
in
his
weaknesse
:
I
will
goe
forward
in
my
passage
of
thankfulnes
▪
and
make
you
beleeue
I
write
to
you
still
more
for
to
expresse
my
loue
,
then
come
neere
your
satisfaction
.
Beleeue
it
then
how-euer
,
I
haue
seene
the
admirable
Castles
of
the
Hellespont
,
which
be
the
keyes
,
to
open
and
shut
in
the
glorie
and
strength
of
the
Turkish
Empire
,
the
naturall
scituation
of
Corfu
,
the
Forte
of
Xante
,
the
Cittadell
of
Naples
,
the
many
Fortifications
of
Italie
,
and
other
strengths
of
Sicilia
,
Rhodes
,
Cyprus
,
and
such
like
:
yet
may
none
of
these
compare
with
the
Castle
of
Millaine
,
for
Garisons
glorie
,
greatnesse
,
Munition
,
Bulwarkes
,
Counter-scarphs
,
Casamattes
,
and
all
things
pertaining
to
the
managing
of
Martiall
ostentation
,
and
Military
necessitie
:
So
that
this
one
place
is
the
Anchor-holde
of
the
Spanyards
vsurpation
in
Italie
:
and
the
affrighting
countenance
,
which
keepeth
many
worthy
Princes
and
Prouinces
in
awe
,
from
attempting
an
inuasion
in
the
Gouernment
,
howeuer
their
hearts
are
affected
,
if
any
mischiefe
should
burst
out
against
him
:
and
this
is
most
apparant
in
Sauoy
it selfe
:
For
the
Spanyard
vnderstanding
of
a
contract
betwene
Piedmont
&
Mantuá
,
with
an
other
combination
of
Modena
,
sent
diuers
agents
to
Turine
:
yea
,
employed
many
Knights
of
Malta
,
and
the
better
sort
of
Genoa
,
to
worke
a
means
,
that
the
Sauoyen
Princes
might
be
sent
into
Spaine
,
vnder
the
tuition
of
the
Grandes
and
Cleargie
:
To
which
when
the
Secretary
seemed
to
encline
,
he
was
imprisoned
for
his
Spanish
affection
:
and
till
the
Cardinals
Aldabrandino
and
Caesario
,
with
the
Popes
Nuntio
,
had
streightened
these
crooked
measures
,
and
confirmed
the
Italian
mariages
,
vnreleased
:
But
the
truth
is
,
that
,
concerning
the
displeasure
which
these
great
personages
beare
one
another
,
it
ariseth
both
from
couetousnesse
and
ambition
.
For
the
Sauoyen
hauing
marryed
a
Daughter
of
Spayne
,
and
seeing
long
since
the
Enfanta
quietly
setled
in
the
pride
of
the
seuenteene
Prouinces
:
much
repined
,
that
eyther
Naples
or
Millaine
,
especially
Millaine
for
the
proximitie
,
was
not
proportioned
vnto
him
.
And
so
,
as
(
farre
as
hee
durst
,
or
could
,
)
both
repined
against
the
same
:
and
hath
laboured
with
his
Holynesse
to
be
led
,
and
inuested
in
a
greater
field
of
dominion
and
soueraigntie
.
But
for
all
this
,
I
am
resolued
,
no
one
thing
troubles
him
more
,
then
the
escape
of
Geneua
,
from
his
proude
attempts
,
and
reaches
.
So
that
if
eyther
pollicie
,
or
strength
could
preuaile
,
with
time
and
successe
,
to
make
him
maister
of
the
same
,
hee
would
quietly
cast
himself
into
the
armes
of
contentment
,
and
seeme
proud
in
the
glory
of
such
an
atchieuement
.
Your
euerlasting
Friend
.
Newes
from
Ziion
,
and
Ierusalem
.
To
his
especiall
Friend
,
Capt
:
Abr
:
Yo.
NOble
and
worthy
Friend
:
you
and
I
may
well
vent
out
the
breath
of
common
prouerbs
,
that
men
may
meet
,
but
not
Mountaines
.
For
as
I
remember
,
we
embraced
in
France
:
raunged
ouer
Ireland
:
yea
,
stamped
in
the
durt
,
at
Kinsale
:
encountred
in
Germany
:
saluted
one
another
in
Italie
:
played
the
wantons
at
Venice
:
and
diuided
our selues
againe
;
as
if
the
armes
of
the
north
&
south
,
should
open
a
larger
embracing
:
For
you
prepared
for
Sweden
and
Ruscia
:
and
I
for
Zidon
,
&
the
bottom
of
the
streights
;
where
I
receyued
a
letter
from
you
so
compendious
and
well
compacted
,
that
I
protest
I
made
vse
,
concerning
the
occurrences
of
those
times
and
places
:
and
receyued
delight
from
your
inuention
and
phrase
:
not
desisting
,
till
I
read
and
read
it
againe
and
againe
;
but
when
I
came
to
your
demaund
of
another
of
mine
,
for
particulars
,
concerning
the
passage
to
Ierusalem
,
I
started
backe
,
as
if
I
had
seen
an
adder
in
a
path
,
and
was
afraid
,
as
if
some
mischiefe
indeed
were
threatned
or
intended
;
Not
that
there
was
any
difficultie
in
writing
to
my
Friend
,
a
Souldier
and
apprehensiue
man
,
who
could
both
pardon
out
of
loue
,
and
bearewith
imperfections
out
of
fauour
:
but
because
the
papist
will
repine
at
my
truth
;
the
traueller
complaine
of
my
simpicitie
;
and
the
curious
desirer
of
Nouelties
make
a
tush
at
my
information
:
For
good
Syr
,
howeuer
the
Templars
out
of
their
pollicie
,
and
imposturing
cunning
,
erected
a
kinde
of
structure
,
to
make
Ierusalem
looke
with
some
face
of
nouelty
,
and
framed
a
Vault
,
in
which
they
deceiued
the
world
,
with
the
Tombe
of
our
Sauiour
:
So
that
the
adulterate
daughter
of
religion
,
superstition
,
filled
their
Monastery
and
pallaces
with
infinite
wealth
and
Ornaments
,
wherewith
they
made
libertie
and
licentiousnes
wanton
with
custome
,
&
filthy
abuses
:
and
for
which
they
were
condemned
by
a
general
councell
,
and
the
Papall
decree
:
and
howeuer
some
corrupted
Pope
hath
since
giuen
way
to
diuers
Pilgrimages
,
and
permitted
certain
friers
to
reuiue
former
memories
,
and
gather
together
the
scattred
stones
of
the
first
Monastery
,
whereby
there
is
a
way
open
to
simple
credulity
,
to
belieue
some
thing
,
&
pay
much
for
the
same
:
yet
without
controuersie
,
since
the
last
deuastation
,
and
that
the
Turke
hath
piece-meale
rent
asunder
the
goodly
edifices
of
those
places
,
as
wee
were
woont
to
exclaime
Nunc
seges
vbi
Troiafuit
:
now
corne
growes
where
Troy
stood
:
we
may
well
crie
out
,
now
are
there
heapes
of
dust
,
&
some
barren
vines
where
Ierusalem
florished
:
and
according
to
his
prophecie
,
that
cannot
erre
,
there
is
not
one
stone
left
vpon
another
:
only
the
crafty
Turks
,
&
the
couetous
Bashaw
of
Aleppo
,
the
gouernor
of
those
parts
,
are
contented
to
beare
with
things
euen
contrary
to
the
lawes
of
their
Alcheron
,
impugning
altogether
the
Godhead
and
incarnation
of
Christ
:
as
the
Iews
against
his
pouerty
and
humiliation
:
&
for
great
sums
of
mony
,
&
annuall
entrado
,
suffer
stil
diuers
friers
&
religious
persons
to
entertain
pilgrims
,
trauellers
,
ignorant
deuotists
,
superstitious
papists
,
and
simple
credulists
,
with
impudent
,
lying
,
&
deceitfull
relicks
.
For
otherwise
if
riuers
might
be
turned
,
there
is
neither
show
of
Citie
,
temple
,
edifice
,
nor
the
brooke
●●dron
it self
:
no
,
an
understanding
man
dare
not
say
(
by
any
seeming
probability
)
that
it
is
the
same
ground
where
Ierusalem
was
builded
,
&
the
glory
of
the
Iewes
established
;
nor
is
there
one
Iewe
remaining
,
nor
honest
man
to
maintain
a
veritie
:
yet
is
Zidon
a
harbour
town
,
some
28.
English
mile
from
the
same
:
&
after
the
traueller
or
Marchant
hath
performed
his
deuotion
,
for
great
hyre
,
certaine
guides
&
Ianissaries
will
conuoy
him
to
Gran
Cayro
,
Arabia
,
Persia
,
Damasco
,
or
whither
you
please
:
so
that
sometimes
you
shall
haue
400.
camells
loden
with
prouision
,
merchandize
,
&
men
,
to
take
a
iourney
into
Persia
,
and
Ormus
in
the
mouth
of
those
Seas
,
against
the
fishing
for
Pearle
:
sometime
the
Christian
for
nouelties
sake
,
will
apparel
himselfe
like
a
Turk
,
with
a
Turban
,
to
view
the
city
of
Mecha
in
Arabia
,
where
Maehomet
was
entombed
:
Sometimes
the
passage
is
made
easie
into
Aegipt
,
and
wee
come
this
way
to
Nylus
,
from
whence
by
Boate
wee
visite
Cayro
,
Alexandria
,
and
Athyopia
it selfe
.
Sometimes
we
take
another
course
,
&
goe
by
sea
to
Scanderon
and
Aleppo
,
and
so
trauell
by
Damasco
to
Babylon
and
Armenia
:
and
somtimes
haue
the
fortune
to
go
to
Tauris
,
and
those
places
neere
the
Caspian-Sea
:
but
this
is
very
seldome
,
and
neuer
but
when
4.
or
500.
Merchants
make
themselues
strong
,
both
in
arms
and
prouision
.
For
otherwise
the
Thieues
of
those
places
,
especially
Arabia
,
would
make
a
prey
and
spoyle
of
all
passengers
.
This
is
all
I
can
say
,
this
is
all
I
dare
write
,
for
feare
of
interruption
:
but
if
euer
the
sunne
will
make
our
shadowes
meete
in
England
,
I
will
iustifie
further
particulars
,
and
make
you
wonder
,
that
so
many
wise
and
vnderstanding
men
as
haue
bene
in
these
partes
,
will
bee
transported
against
the
veritie
of
Scripure
,
and
the
infallible
congruitie
of
iudgement
and
reason
.
My
owne
,
in
your
memorie
.
To
his
worthy
Friend
,
M.
T.
GOod
Syr
,
Newes
from
Cyprus
.
I
neuer
had
such
cause
to
remember
the
Phylosophers
Banquet
,
as
when
I
lay
in
Nicosia
in
Cyprus
.
For
as
I
take
it
,
Epictetes
hauing
inuited
certain
Stoyck
phylosophers
to
dinner
:
for
a
latter
bāquetting-dish
brought
out
the
globe
of
the
world
:
&
after
they
had
called
a
councell
,
Epictetes
ouercouerd
it
with
a
fooles-cappe
,
whereat
Heraclites
wept
bitterly
,
and
Democrites
laught
heartily
.
The
first
bewalling
the
miserie
,
the
latter
,
deriding
the
vanitie
of
the
same
:
but
if
they
had
liued
in
Cyprus
,
and
seene
such
confusion
of
gouernment
;
all
yet
ouershadowed
with
the
Canopy
of
order
and
obedience
to
the
State
,
it
would
questionlesse
haue
put
them
cleane
out
of
patience
,
and
turned
their
myrth
into
sorrow
,
and
their
sorrowes
into
raging
and
phrenzie
.
For
the
Bashaw
expecting
nothing
but
Tribute
and
legall
iurisdiction
,
is
carelesse
how
other
Nations
eyther
liue
with
vpright
conscience
,
or
thriue
with
lawfull
profite
:
So
that
the
better
sort
practise
what
they
list
,
because
no
man
dare
controwle
,
and
inferiours
follow
all
libertie
and
licentiousnes
,
because
the
others
make
way
with
ill
example
:
The
church-men
confirme
religion
,
but
for
pollicie
,
and
are
onely
proud
:
they
can
terrifie
the
simple
with
feare
of
damnation
,
and
dazell
the
eyes
of
the
ignorant
with
the
gawdy
colours
of
superstition
.
The
Iewe
is
grown
so
cruell
in
his
vsurie
&
extortion
,
that
wheras
before
it
was
much
to
forfeit
goods
and
lands
,
now
hee
exacts
vppon
their
very
flesh
and
blood
:
glorying
at
nothing
more
,
then
to
see
penurie
and
wants
eate
vp
a
Christian
:
and
coldnesse
of
charitie
trouble
his
very
soule
.
The
Lawyer
insults
with
the
peace
of
the
time
,
and
to
wring
the
gold
out
of
mens
purses
,
wrests
the
Law
to
theyr
owne
Fancies
:
so
that
they
iustifie
their
actions
onely
with
legall
authority
.
The
Cittizen
is
bountifull
in
faire
words
,
and
so
hee
may
make
his
merchandize
vendable
,
hath
learnd
the
tricke
of
aequiuocating
,
and
deceyuing
his
best
customers
.
The
crafts-man
studieth
for
nothing
,
but
to
be
craftie
in
his
cunning
.
The
Courtezan
resembles
the
horsleach
,
who
neuer
falls
off
till
he
be
full
:
and
when
hee
hath
suckt
the
blood
from
the
veynes
,
leaues
a
man
to
looke
pittifully
,
on
his
sores
and
deformity
.
The
Souldier
sweates
with
rage
,
at
that
hee
cannot
remedie
,
and
curseth
peace
,
because
it
warres
with
his
profit
,
nor
will
apprehend
any
goodnes
,
but
in
the
ill
of
licentiousnes
.
The
Noble-women
study
for
nothing
but
to
seeme
not
to
bee
honest
,
yet
haue
they
a
clawse
to
affright
inferiors
for
calling
their
actions
in
question
:
so
giuing
the
more
scope
to
their
greatnes
,
to
runne
the
more
at
random
in
pleasure
.
The
Turkish
wiues
vnderstanding
these
particulars
,
repine
at
their
Prophet
,
&
so
murmur
at
their
sequestration
,
that
to
haue
some
vse
of
the
world
,
they
visite
the
Balneas
,
come
to
buy
iewells
,
make
maskes
in
English
atttyre
;
vse
perfumes
,
and
rather
then
they
will
not
please
themselues
,
allure
their
very
slaues
to
carnall
pleasure
.
To
conclude
,
if
euer
the
Diuell
compassed
the
earth
,
and
considered
men
,
to
make
them
subiects
of
hell
,
Cyprus
is
now
a
patterne
;
and
the
Turks
there
despise
their
Alcaron
:
the
Iewe
smileth
at
their
Religion
:
the
Christian
derideth
the
scripture
,
and
all
men
and
people
make
a
mocke
of
purity
and
sanctifying
graces
,
or
the
true-way
to
saluation
:
So
that
I
am
weary
of
this
prophane
countrey
,
and
desire
nothing
more
then
the
blessednesse
of
our
owne
England
,
where
the
very
soyle
is
the
reuiuer
of
our
spirits
,
and
good
gouernment
the
load-starre
to
eternall
felicitie
.
Yours
,
in
the
midst
of
temptation
.