A choice of emblemes, and other deuises, for the moste parte gathered out of sundrie writers, Englished and moralized. And diuers newly deuised, by Geffrey Whitney. A worke adorned with varietie of matter, both pleasant and profitable: wherein those that please, maye finde to fit their fancies: bicause herein, by the office of the eie, and the eare, the minde maye reape dooble delighte throughe holsome preceptes, shadowed with pleasant deuises: both fit for the vertuous, to their incoraging: and for the wicked, for their admonishing and amendment

A CHOICE OF EMBLEMES , AND OTHER DEVISES , For the moste parte gathered out of sundrie writers , Englished and Moralized . AND DIVERS NEWLY DEVISED , by Geffrey Whitney . A worke adorned with varietie of matter , both pleasant and profitable : wherein those that please , maye finde to fit their fancies : Bicause herein , by the office of the eie , and the eare , the minde maye reape dooble delighte throughe holsome preceptes , shadowed with pleasant deuises : both fit for the vertuous , to their incoraging : and for the wicked , for their admonishing and amendment .

To the Reader . Peruse with heede , then frendlie iudge , and blaming rashe refraine : So maist thou reade vnto thy good , and shalt requite my paine .

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LABORE ET CONSTANTIA

Imprinted at LEYDEN , In the house of Christopher Plantyn , by Francis Raphelengius . M.D.LXXXVI .

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TO THE RIGHT HONORABLE , MY SINGVLER GOOD Lorde and Maister , ROBERT Earle of LEYCESTER , Baron of Denbighe , Knight of the moste noble orders of the garter , and of saincte Michaël , Maister of her Maties horse , one of her Highnes moste honorable priuie Counsaile , and Lorde Lieutenant and Captaine Generall of her Maties forces in the lowe countries .

A SOVLDIOR of Kinge PHILLIP , of MACEDONIA , ( Righte honorable ) suffering shipwracke , Brusonius lib. 3. and languishinge throughe necessitie and extreme sicknes , A Macedonian mooued with compassion , moste louinglie entertayned , and longe cherished and releeued him . Who being well recouered , promised at his departure if he might come to the presence of his Soueraigne to requite his frendship . At the lengthe cominge to the courte , the souldior made reporte of the shipwracke , but not of the kindnes of the Macedonian : and contrariwise , so incensed the Kinge against his louinge countryman , that he obtained a graunt of all his liuinges : But afterwarde his ingratitude and trecherous practise being discouered to this good prince , he reuoked his guifte , and in detestation of his dealinge caused him to bee marked with a hotte iron : Idem . The Emperor CLAVDIVS reduced all those to their former bondage , who neclecting the bountie and loue of their Lordes , in infranchisinge them : requited them in the ende with anie vnkindnes . This foule vice Ingratitude hathe bin common in all ages , and yet so odious to the vertuous and best disposed , that they haue lefte behinde innumerable examples to the like effecte , for the rooting out thereof from all societies . If the former ages who knewe not the liuinge GOD , nor his holie worde , haue bin so carefull herein : Then ought wee , muche more , who knowe not onlie howe odious it is , to man : but howe hatefull it is , cheeflie in the sighte of God . For we maie see in the holie scripture , howe often the children of Israel weare plagued for their vnthankefulnes . Exod. 14 , 15 , 16 , 17. &c. and howe the Lorde often complaineth therof , sayinge by the Prophet I say , I haue nourished and exalted them and yet they dispised mee , Isaie cap. 1. the oxe knoweth his maister , and the asse his cribbe , but Israël knoweth not mee &c. Also by the Prophet Ieremie , Ierem. cap. 8. The Storke , the Turtle , and the swallowe , doe obserue their time : but my people doe not knowe the iudgement of the Lorde . In the newe Testament also , when Christe had clensed the ten lepers , and but one of them gaue thankes , Luc cap. 17. our sauiour said , Are not ten clensed ? Mich. 6. Osee 13. where bee the other nine ? &c. By whiche and manie other like places , it is manifest , howe ingratitude is vile bothe in the sighte of GOD and man . Wherefore to cleare my selfe of the suspicion of my guilt herein , whiche your honor maye iustlie conceiue against mee , in deferring so longe before I present some testimonie of my bounden dutie to your good Lordship , ( hauing so ofte , and so largelie tasted of your honourable bountie and fauor . ) I haue therefore strained that small talent I haue , to pleade my cause in this behalfe to your honour : Most humblie beseeching the same , to pardon the wantes wherewith this my simple trauaile is blemisshed , throughe my lacke of leasure , and learninge . The first , denieth me to perfecte it , as I purposed : The other , to polishe it as it ought , that shoulde bee presented to so noble a personage . whose heroicall vertues so manie graue , and learned men haue eternised to all posterities . For leauinge your natiue countrie , where so manie godlie and vertuous are countenanced : So manie learned aduaunced , and so manie studious incoraged by your honour . What other countrie in Christendome , but knoweth that your lordship is a Noble , and moste faithfull counsellor to her excellent Matie , a zelous fauorer of the Gospell , and of the godlie Preachers thereof , a louinge patron of learninge , and a bountifull Mecoenas to all the professors of worthie artes , and sciences : whereof my selfe is a witnes , who haue often harde the same in other countries , to your euerlastinge memorie .

Learninge woulde be soone put to silence , without the aide and supporte of such noble Peeres as your Lordship : which was well considered by the Emperors , and Princes manie hundreth yeares since : whereof Artaxerxes the Kinge of Persia hath lefte behinde him this example , who wrat to a ruler of one of his dominions to this effecte . Kinge of Kinges great Artaxerxes to Hiscanus gouernor of Hellesponte greeting . Suidas . The fame of Hippocrates a Phisition is come vnto mee , therfore see thou geue him as muche goulde as he desireth , and all other thinges he wanteth , and send him to me . He shal bee equall with anie Persian in honor , and if there be anie other famous man in Europe , spare no money to make him a frend to my courte . Also Phillip of Macedonia fauored Aristotle , comitting his onlie sonne Alexander the great to his tutorship , Aul. Gell. lib. 9. cap. 3. reioysing that he had a sonne borne in suche a time , as he mighte haue such a famous Philosopher to be his instructor . Aelian . de Var. Hist. lib. 13. ca. 7. The same Alexander so honored the poët Pindarus , that at the destruction of Thebes he gaue chardge that the familie and kinred of Pindarus shoulde bee spared . Plutarchus in Alexand. Hee loued so learninge that he vsed to laie the Jliades of Homer ( which he learned of Aristotle ) with his dagger vnder his beddes head . Also hauing learned certaine priuate instructions of his said Scoolemaister , after hauing knowledge that Aristotle had published the same to others , hee was highly offended : and althoughe hee weare busied in the great warres against Darius , yet in the middest of those waightie affaires , hee wrat vnto Aristotle , blaminge him for participating to others , that which hee desired to haue proper to him selfe . Sayinge , Howe can I excell others , in any thinges I haue learned of thee : if thou make the same common to all , for I had rather goe before them in learning , then in power and aboundance . Gellius setteth downe the Epistle of the King to Aristotle , Aul. Gell. lib. 20. cap. 4. with the aunsweare therevnto , being worthie to bee imprinted in the mindes of the honorable , that they might bee for euer remembred . Scipio Africanus vsed the Poët Ennius as his companion in his greate affaires , Plinius lib. 7. cap. 30. Idem , ibid. and to shewe his griefe for the losse of such a one , caused the image of Ennius to bee laide with him in his owne tombe . Augustus countinanced Virgill , and so loued him : that after his death , hee carefullie preserued his workes from the fire to the which they weare adiudged . Horatius . Mecoenas manie waies shewed his noble minde vnto Horace ,

Mossellanus super Gell. lib. 1. cap. 26.

Cicero in orat . pro Archia .

and Plutarche was in highe estimation with the Emperor Traian . Yea famous citties and comon wealthes haue imbraced the learned , Smyrna and sixe other citties so loued Homer , that after his deathe , there grewe great controuersie amongst them , which of them should rightlie claime him to bee theirs . Athens honored a longe time Demosthenes : Rome reioysed for Tullie . And of later times Florence boasted of Petrarke , Sabellicus . and Roterodam of Erasmus . with manye other citties that did the like to diuers famous men . And theise againe to requite their honorable regardes , made them famous throughe their worthie workes to all ages , that deathe to the which their bodies by nature weare subiect , coulde not extincte nor burie their memories : but that the same remaine so longe as the worlde shall indure . And to speake of some of them , Aristotle , greatlie honored Phillip , and was no lesse carefull for the education of Alexander . For when hee came to bee kinge , besides the houlsome preceptes hee prescribed vnto him of regiment , yet hauinge knowledge of his earnest desire , to vnderstand the natures and qualities of all creatures , compyled almoste fiftie bookes , intreatinge of the same : hauing by the commaundement of Alexander out of Greece and all Asia , manie thowsandes of Hunters , Faulkeners , Fowlers , Fishers , Heardmen , Aul. Gell. lib. 13. cap. 7. and suche as kepte bees , birdes , or anie other liuinge thinge : to helpe and aide him , with theire knowledge and experiences , in searchinge the secrettes , natures and qualities of all creatures . Ennius beinge mindfull of the noble inclination of Scipio , Petrus Crinitus de poëtis Latinis . did highlie extoll his worthie actes , registring them in his learned cronicles to all posterities : Virgill to shewe him selfe thankefull to Augustus : spent manie yeares about his famous worke of Aeneiads , to deriue the race of the Emperor from Aeneas , Idem . and the noble Troians . Macrobius . Horace amongst his rare & learned workes stuffed full of wise and graue preceptes , oftentimes enterlaceth the same with the birthe the bountie the learninge , and the noble qualities of Mecoenas , & hathe made him for euer famous , & renowmed . Plutarche besides his priuate bookes he wratte to Traian , of counsell and gouernement : Suidas . Hee framed that excellent worke of liues , and comparisons betwene the Romanes and the Grecians : giuing due commendation aswell to the Romanes , as to his owne countrimen . By which wee maie gather , that learning grounded vppon vertue hath bin alwaise enemie to ingratitude , and cannot lie hid , but is euermore workinge , & bewrayeth it selfe as the smoke bewrayeth the fire , And if anie thinge happen worthie memorie : by the benefit of the learned it is imparted , by their trauailes to future time . If there chaunce nothinge in theire age famous , yet they set them selues a worke in handlinge suche accidentes , as haue bin done in times paste . Cornel. Nepos . Dares Phrigius beinge a sowldior at the battaile of Troye , made a large discourse thereof , yet like one too much affectioned , can scarce finde an ende of the praises of Hector . Homer finding small matter in his time to handle , attempted the same argument , being lothe that his countrymen shoulde lacke their due commendacion , and therefore almost as farre on the other side , extolleth the valour , and highe prowes , of Achilles : Petr. Crinit . and the counsaile , and pollicie , of Vlisses . Lucan seing nothing honorable in Nero to intreate of , fled to former times for matter , where he found to set his worthie muse a worke , and wratte in verse ( equall with the haughtines of the argument ) the battailes and bloodie conflicts , betwene Cesar , and Pompey . Seneca dispairinge of the nature and inclinacion of his vntowarde scholler the same Nero : wratte lamentable Tragedies , & bookes of great grauitie and wisedome . Moreouer learninge hath that secret workinge that tyrauntes haue bin mittigated therewith , and haue dissembled their affections for the time . Dionysius the elder desired to heare Plato , Plutarchus . and was contented a while to listen vnto him , after whome his sonne , hauing bothe his name and nature , did seeme outwardlie to loue and reuerence Plato , and sente him great guiftes to Athens , and inuited him to his courte . Suetonius . Petr. Crinit . Nero for a time embraced Lucan and Seneca , althoughe naturallie he was wickedlie inclined : but hee soone did degenerate from their discipline , for there can bee no league betweene vertue and vice , nor perfecte vnion of meere contraries : And although time reuealed the bloodie mindes , of these cruell tirantes towardes those famous men , yet wee can not finde the like outrage , and crueltie done vnto the learned , by those that are honorable vertuous and noble minded : but by suche as bee of cruell vile and base natures , who are alwaies enemies to vertue , and loue none , nor like anie , but such as are of their owne vglie stampe . For it is a rule that faileth not , that those that are moste honourable , are most vertuous : bicause honour alwaies followeth vertue , as the shaddowe doth the bodie : and it is as vnpossible that a bodie shoulde be without a shaddowe in the sonne , as the right honourable in this life shoulde be voyde of vertue . Thus it is manifest howe learninge hath bin embraced , and had in highe estimation , by great Princes and noble Peeres , and that worthelie : Bicause by the benefit thereof , The actes of mightie Monarches & great Princes , and the matters and thinges of former time worthie memorie , done by sage Gouernors , and valiant Captaines . The manners and Lawes of straunge nations , & customes of oulde time . The mutabillitie of worldly felicitie , and howe the wise haue behaued them selues in bothe fortunes : haue bin presented vnto them as in a glasse , for their instruction , from which they might drawe vnderstanding and good counsaile , to instruct and gouerne them selues in all their actions : and finde approoued examples for the whole course of their life , eyther to bee imitated , or eschewed . Of which singuler benefit , wee likewise are pertakers : For hereby , this present time behouldeth the accidentes of former times , as if they had bin done but yesterdaie . and wee maye behoulde the natures , & quallities , of our great grandfathers grandfathers , as if they yet liued before our eies . And as former time , and present time , haue reaped thereby , this inestimable Juell ; So likewise , future time so long as the worlde shall indure , shall taste of this blessing : For our succession , shall see what we haue seene , and behoulde hereby what famous thinges weare enterprised and done in our daies , as if they weare euen nowe standing at our elbowes . Yet howe greatlie learning hath bin impeached since the firste florishe thereof , when in stead of such louing and bountifull princes and patrons , the worlde broughte forthe , Bapt. Egnatius de Romanis principibus lib. 1. & Pompon . Laetus in Rom. Histor. compendio . Licinius who tearmed learning a poyson and plague of the common wealthe . And Valentinianus his partner in that opinion , with the cursed crewe of their companions , As Caligula , Nero ,

Alexandriae Bibliotheca omnium celebertima , in qua cccc . millia volumina librorum incensa , Frecul . Cron. tom. 1. lib. 7. cap. 9. Sed Plutarchus in Caesare , & Aul. Gel. lib. 6. cap. vlt. & Sabel . Ennead. 6. libro 7. scribunt septingenta millia in eadem consumpta . Vaticana Romae Bibliotheca , sub Clemente 7. à militibus Germanis & Hispanis cremata . Aeneas Syluius de Europa .

Instructiss . Budae Bibliotheca per Solimannum incensa 1526. Aug. Cur. Athenae deletae , & funditus euersae , per Machometum 8. Turcarum Imp. 1452. idem Curio .

Diocletian , with Machomet , Baïazet , and such like monsters of nature , being cruell persecutors , enemies of all humanitie , and distroyers of all discipline : who dispising God and all goodnes , did degenerate so farre from their forfathers , that they delighted whollie to spill the blood of the worthie men , to burne the famous libraries , and to rase and ouerthrowe the vniuersities , and schooles , of all artes and sciences : as in the tragicall Histories of former times is recorded , and can not bee but with great griefe remembred . And althoughe learning hath bin greatlie decaied in these later times , Yet wee must ( with thankes vnto God therefore ) confesse , That it hath pleased him alwaies , to raise vp some louers and fauorers therof , who haue tendered and embraced the same , and for the preseruinge it to their posterities , haue lefte behinde singuler monuments of their care , & zelous mindes in this behalfe : As Charles the great , Bapt. Egnat . de Rom. principibus lib. 3. Kinge of Fraunce , who erected two vniuersities , the one at Paris , the other at Pauia , placing therein many famous men : and Sigismundus Emperor , who highlie extolled the learned , Idem ibi . and blamed the Princes of Germanie , for their small regarde vnto them : And vnderstanding by somme , that althoughe he cherished the learned , yet it was saied they were but pore and base persons , aunswered : I loue them who excell others for vertue , and learninge , out of the which I measure nobilitie . Also Ferdinandus gaue yearelie out of his treasurie , great sommes of money to the readers of diuinitie , Phisicke , Rethoricke , and Philosophie , to the great incouraginge of those that weare inclined to good studies : Pontanus de liberalitate . Likewise Alphonsus King of Naples , who vsed to saye , he had neuer greater pleasure , then when he was in the companie of those that weare singuler for knowledge , and learninge : Laurentius Valla & Panormitanus , with diuers other tasted of his goodnes , and found him a rare example for princes , for his continual desire to aduance learninge . I mighte heere likewise bringe in diuers other , not inferior to them for their loue to the learned : As Fredericke Duke of Saxon Prince elector , and the Lorde Ernestus his brother , who erected the vniuersitie of Wittenberge , and the said Duke noblie countinaunced and defended Martin Luther , against the furie of Pope Leo the tenthe , and all other his aduersaries . Also Laurentius Medices Duke of Florence honoured Picus Mirandula , and Hermolaus Barbarus :

Crinitus lib. 15. cap. 9.

Volaterranus in Geog.

and Borsus Duke of Ferrara , reioysed in Titus Strozza . with many other Princes , who for their noble inclinations in this behalfe , amongst these mighte iustly haue their places .

BVT remembring I write to your good Lordship . I will therefore abridge of purpose , that which might bee more larglie amplified , knowing there needeth no Apologie to bee made vnto your honour , in the behalfe of learning : whose noble minde hath bin so addicted to the same these many yeares , that diuers , who are nowe famous men , had bin throughe pouertie , longe since discouraged from their studies : if they had not founde your honour , so prone to bee their patron . But I confesse , I haue thus largelie written therof to this ende , That if anie other happe to looke herevppon , in knowinge your zeale & honourable care of those that loue good letters : They might also knowe thereby , that you haue possession of that grounde from which true nobilitie florisheth : And likewise that you followe the good examples of manie Princes , and great personages , who are renowmed therefore , beyond anie other their desertes . And likewise , if anie be coulde , in countinancinge the learned , ( as there are tootoo manie , whose frendship is ( as I may saie ) frozen , and starke towarde them . ) This mighte a little thawe and mollifie them : and serue as a spurre to pricke them forwarde , to follow the steppes of your good Lordship . There be three thinges greatlie desired in this life , that is healthe , wealthe , and fame . and some haue made question which of these is the chiefe : the sick , saieth health . the couetous , comendeth wealthe . and bothe these place good name laste of all . But they be bothe partiall iudges ; for he that is of sincere and vprighte iudgement , is of contrarie opinion : Bicause that healthe , and wealthe , though they bee neuer so good , and so great , determine with the bodie , and are subiecte vnto time ; But honour , fame , renowme , and good reporte , doe triumphe ouer deathe , and make men liue for euer : where otherwise the greatest Princes , in shorte time are worne out of memorie , and cleane forgotten . For , what is man in this worlde ? without fame to leaue behinde him , but like a bubble of water , that now riseth , & anon is not knowne where it was . Which being wel considered by your honour , you haue made choice of the best parte , and embraced throughe vertue , that which liueth , and neuer dieth . For vertue ( as I said ) alwaies goeth before honour , & giueth a perpetuitie of felicitie in this worlde , and in the worlde to come . And althoughe throughe the iniquitie of time ( as is declared ) such excellent learned men as haue bin , are not to bee expected in this oulde age of the worlde , Yet as zelous care , and dewtifull affection as euer was to their Lordes and Patrons , there is no doubte dothe generallie florishe and is apparante : whereof your honour hath had tryall , by the learned labours of manie famous men . Farre behinde whome , my selfe , ( although of all the meanest ) yet beinge pricked forwarde by your good Lordshipps bountie , and incouraged by your great clemencie , moste humblie presente theise my gatheringes , and gleaninges out of other mens haruestes , vnto your honour : a worke both pleasaunte and pithie , which I haue garnished with manie histories , with the proper applications and expositions of those Emblemes that I founde obscure : Offering it vp to your honour to looke vppon at some houres for your recreation . I hope it shal bee the more delightfull , bicause none to my knowledge , hathe assayed the same before : & , for that diuers of the inuentions are of my owne slender workmanship . But chieflie , bicause vnder pleasaunte deuises , are profitable moralles , and no shaddowes , voide of substance : nor anie conceyte , without some cause worthie consideration : for the wounding of wickednes , and extolling of vertue . which maie serue , as a mirrour : to the lewde for their amendement . & to the godlie , for their better goinge forwarde in their course , that leades to euerlastinge glorie . Beinge abashed that my habillitie can not affoorde them suche , as are fit to be offred vp to so honorable a suruaighe : yet if it shall like your honour to allowe of anie of them , I shall thinke my pen set to the booke in happie houre ; and it shall incourage mee , to assay some matter of more momente , as soone as leasure will further my desire in that behalfe .

THE almightie God from whome all honour and true nobillitie doe proceede , who hathe manie yeares , moste louinglie and liberallie , indued your Lordship with the same , blesse and prolonge your daies here , that wee maie behoulde the consummation of happie ould age in your honour : before you shal be summoned to the euerlasting honour , which is alwaies permanent without mutabilitie , Amen . At London the XXVIII . of Nouember , Anno M.D.LXXXV .

Your Honours humble & faithfull seruant Geffrey Whitney .

TO THE READER .

WHEN I had finished this my collection of Emblemes ( gentle Reader ; ) and presented the same in writinge vnto my Lorde , presentlie before his Honour passed the seas into the lowe countries : I was after , earnestlie required by somme that perused the same , to haue it imprinted : whose requeste , when I had well considered , althoughe I did perceiue the charge was verie heauie for mee , ( waighinge my owne weakenes ) I meane my wante of learninge , and iudgement , to set forth any thinge vnto the viewe of this age , wherein so manie wise & learned doe florishe , and must haue the scanninge thereof . Yet knowinge their fauours to bee such vnto mee , as in dewtie I mighte not denie them any thinge I can : I did rather choose to vndergoe any burthen , and almoste fainte in forwardnes to satisfie them , then to shewe anie wante of good will , in denyinge their continuall desires . wherefore , licence beinge obtained for the publishing thereof , I offer it heare ( good Reader ) to thy viewe , in the same sorte as I presented it before . Onelie this excepte : That I haue now in diuerse places , quoted in the margent some sentences in Latin , & such verses as I thoughte did beste fit the seuerall matters I wratte of . And also haue written somme of the Emblemes , to certaine of my frendes , to whome either in dutie or frendship , I am diuers waies bounde : which both weare wantinge in my firste edition , and nowe added herevnto , for these reasons insuinge . Firste I noted the same in Lattin , to helpe and further some of my acquaintaunce wheare this booke was imprinted , who hauinge no taste in the Englishe tonge , yet weare earnestly addicted to the vnderstandinge hereof : and also , wheare I founde any verse , or sayinge agreable with the matter , I did gather the same of purpose for my owne memorie , not doubtinge but the same may bee also frutefull to others .

For my intitulinge them to some of my frendes , I hope it shall not bee misliked , for that the offices of dewtie and frendship are alwaies to bee fauored : and herin as I followe my auctors in Englishinge their deuises , So I imitate them , in dedicatinge some , to such persons , as I thinke the Emblemes doe best fitte and pertaine vnto , which order , obserued Reusnerus , Iunius , Sambucus , and others : as by their workes are apparante , Confessinge my faulte to bee chiefly this , in presentinge to famous and worthie men , meane matter , farre to simple for their deseruinges : yet trustinge my good will shal be waighed as well as the worke , and that a pearle shall not bee looked for in a poore mans purce , I submit my doings herein to their censures .

Furthermore , wheare there are diuers Emblemes written of one matter , which may bee thoughte superfluous . As against Pride , Enuie , Concupiscence , Drunkennes , Couetousnes , Vsurie , and such like , againste euery one of them seuerally , sondrie deuises : thereby the sondry inuentions of the auctours may bee decerned , which I haue collected against those vices especially , bycause they are growen so mightie that one bloe will not beate them downe , but newe headdes springe vp like Hydra , that Hercules weare not able to subdue them . But manie droppes pierce the stone , & with manie blowes the oke is ouerthrowen , So with manie reprehencions , wickednes is wounded , and sinne ashamed and giueth place vnto vertue . It resteth now to shewe breeflie what this worde Embleme signifieth , and whereof it commeth , which thoughe it be borrowed of others , & not proper in the Englishe tonge , yet that which it signifieth : Is , and hathe bin alwaies in vse amongst vs , which worde being in Greeke 〈◊〉〈◊〉〈◊〉〈◊〉〈◊〉 , vel 〈◊〉〈◊〉〈◊〉〈◊〉〈◊〉 is as muche to saye in Englishe as To set in , or to put in : properlie ment by suche figures , or workes , as are wroughte in plate , or in stones in the pauementes , or on the waules , or suche like , for the adorning of the place : hauinge some wittie deuise expressed with cunning woorkemanship , somethinge obscure to be perceiued at the first , whereby , when with further consideration it is vnderstood , it maie the greater delighte the behoulder . And althoughe the worde dothe comprehende manie thinges , and diuers matters maie be therein contained ; yet all Emblemes for the most parte , maie be reduced into these three kindes , which is Historicall , Naturall , & Morall . Historicall , as representing the actes of some noble persons , being matter of historie . Naturall , as in expressing the natures of creatures , for example , the loue of the yonge Storkes , to the oulde , or of suche like . Pietas Ciconiae erga parentes . Morall , pertaining to vertue and instruction of life , which is the chiefe of the three , and the other two maye bee in some sorte drawen into this head . For , all doe tende vnto discipline , and morall preceptes of liuing . I mighte write more at large hereof , and of the difference of Emblema Symbolum , & Aenigma , hauinge all ( as it weare ) some affinitie one with the other . But bicause my meaning is to write as briefely as I maie , for the auoiding of tediousnes , I referre them that would further inquire therof , to And. Alciatus , Guiliel . Perrerius , Achilles Bocchius & to diuers others that haue written thereof , wel knowne to the learned . For I purpose at this present , to write onelie of this worde Embleme : Bicause it chieflie doth pertaine vnto the matter I haue in hande , whereof I hope this muche , shall giue them some taste that weare ignoraunt of the same .

Lastlie if anie deuise herein shall delight thee , and if some other shall not please thee , yet in respect of that which doth like thee , passe ouer the same fauourably to others , with whome perhappes it maie be more agreable : For what one liketh , an other oftentimes doth not regarde : and what some dothe lothe , some other doth chieflie esteeme : whereof came the Prouerbe , So manie men , so manie mindes . But what ? Shoulde I thinke that my simple trauaile herein should scape scot-free from the tonges of the enuious , who are alwaies readie with a preiudicate opinion to condempne , before they vnderstande the cause . No ? thoughe the verse weare ( as I maye saye ) written by the pen of Apollo him selfe ? For in the former times , when the whole worlde was almoste ouershadowed with the mantle of ignoraunce , If then , the learned and excellent worke of Homer , Martialis . could not shielde him from the stinge of Zoilus . If Marcus Varro , was taunted by Remnius Palemon . If Cicero had sixe bookes written againste him , Textor in officin . by Didymus Alexandrinus . And if Vergill weare enuied by Carbilius , who wrat a booke de Virgilianis erroribus , which he intituled Aeneidomastix . Petrus Crinitus de poëtis Latinis . and diuers others whose workes weare most singuler , if they coulde not escape the bites of such Basiliskes broode : Then howe maye I thinke , in this time which is so blessed , generallie with most rare and exquisite perfection in all knowledge , and iudgement : that this slender assaye of my barren muse , should passe the pikes without pusshing at : where thousandes are so quicke sighted , they will at the first , behoulde the least iote , or tittle , that is not rightly placed . And althoughe , perhappes it maie bee embraced a while , for the newnes thereof , yet shortlie it shal bee cast aside as thinges that are vnsauerie & not esteemed . For the nature of man is alwaies delighted in nouelties , & too much corrupte with curiousnes and newfanglenes . The fairest garden , wherein is greate varietie bothe of goodlie coulors , and sweete smelles , can not like all mennes fancies : but some gallant coulours are misliked , and some pleasant smelles not regarded . No cooke , can fitte all mennes tastes , nor anie orator , please all mennes humors : but wheare the tasters are too daintie , his cookerie shal be controlled : and wheare the auditors are to rashe and careles in regarding , his Rethoricke shal be condempned : and no worke so absolute perfecte , but some are resolute to reprehende . Yet trustinge the learned , and those that are of good iudgemente ( whome I doe chiefelie desire to bee the perusers hereof ) with indifferencie will reade , and then fauorablie yeelde their verdicte . I offer this my worke , suche as it is , vnto them ; wherein I hope the greater sorte shall finde somethinge to delighte them , and verie fewe of what age , or condition they bee , but may herin see some deuise , aunswerable to their inclinations ; trusting they wil so frendly accept thereof , That I shal be rather incouraged thereby , to assay some further matter , as soone as I shall haue leasure : then throughe their sinister interpreting of my good will , to discorage mee from the same , and to wishe I had not yet communicated this , vnto all : which I might haue kepte priuate to a fewe . Yet hereby I haue satisfied my frendes requestes , and haue in some parte discharged my dutie vnto them : Therfore if they shal bee well pleased with my paines , I shall the lesse care for anie others cauillinge . Thus wishing thee the fruition of thy good desires , I leaue thee vnto the same . At Leyden in Hollande , the 1111. of Maye . M.D.LXXXVI .

G. Whitney .

IN GALFRIDI WHITNEI EMBLEMATA . ILlecebris scripti genus omne EMBLEMATA vincunt , Vtile vbi dulci miscuit EVPHROSYNE . Hoc praestant variis distincta Asarota figuris , Apta tenere oculos , instruere apta animum . SAMBVCVS testis , testis mihi IVNIVS , & qui Omne tulit punctum hoc in genere ALCIATVS . Sed scripti quantum genus omne EMBLEMATA praestant Illecebris , doctâ vermiculata manu ; Tantum operis , WHITNAEE , tui concedit honori , Quantum est SAMBVCVS , IVNIVS , ALCIATVS . IANVS DOVSA à Noortwijck .

IN GALFRIDI WHITNEI EMBLEMATA , MAGNI ILLIVS OLIM ANGLIAE POETAE GALFRIDI CHAVCERI , cognominis . VNA duos genuit GALFRIDOS ANGLIA , Vates Nomine , PHOEBAEO numine , & arte pares . Vnum , Fama suae patriae indigitauit HOMERVM , Anglicus hic meritò dicitur HESIODVS . Ac veluti dubiis quondam victoria pennis Inter MAEONIDEN HESIODVMue stetit : Sic , quibus exultat modò laeta Britannia alumnis , GALFRIDOS palma est inter , in ambiguo . CHAVCERI versant dudum aurea scripta Britanni : Aurea WHITNAEVS sed sua pressit adhuc , Nunc verò , auspiciis LEYCESTRI , EMBLEMATA lucem Aspiciunt ; & dant accipiuntue decus . Qualis gemma micat fuluo redimita metallo Indica , ab artificis vermiculata manu . Perge tuae WHITNEY titulos superaddere famae , Tollens astra super te patriamue tuam . BONAVENTVRA VVLCANIVS Brugensis .

IN EMBLEMATA GALFRIDI WHITNEI . QVALITER insinuant oculis se Emblemata nostris , Quae variè augusta vermiculata domo , Artificiue nitent opere exornata , modò illa , Hac modò perdita mens dum stupet effigie : Sic tu dum GALFRIDE tuo hoc expressa libello Symbola cum variis edis imaginibus ; Nos legisse beat veterum dicta aemula dictis , Carminibus variè vermiculata tuis , Et modo priscorum Heroûm immortalia facta , Virtutesue animo commeminisse iuuat . Intrepidus dum CurtI animus , & Horatia corda , Et tibi Fabricij cognita Pyrrhe , fides ; Dum fortes Decij , Junij , Curij , atque Metelli , Et Cunctatoris mens benesuada FabI , Ac dum Scipiadae belli duo fulmina , quosque Est alios haud mens enumerare potis Innumeros , per te virtutum hic clara suarum Opponunt nostris lumina luminibus . Quid ! quod praecipuum , haec meritò LEYCESTRIVS heros Vindicat auspiciis edita scripta suis . Vt qui hîc cuncta simul laudata Heroïca dona Possidet , in magnis singula principibus Quae miramur . At olim etiam admirabitur aetas Postuma , DVDLAEI illustria facta ducis . Et simul agnoscet felici hunc alite librum Olim per doctorum ora volare hominum . Auguror . hinc etiam quondam tibi fama paratur , Quae WHYTNAEE mori te quoque posse neget . PETRVS COLVIVS Brugensis .

IN GALFRIDI WHITNEI EMBLEMATA , STEPHANI LIMBERTI ANGLI NORDOVICENSIS Scholae Magistri Decastichon . VIRTVTIS formam splendentiaue ora tueri , Si Deus hic nobis , teste Platone , daret : Quantos pectoribus nostris accenderet ignes Cuius vel Phoebo pulchrius ora nitent ? Non Veneris , Triuiae nec certet forma Dianae , Nisos haec omnes vincit & Euryalos . Huius at effigiem WHITNAEI Emblemata pingunt , Zeuxide , vel docto dignus Apelle , labor . Consulet ergo boni multum spectabilis Heros Et capiet facili talia dona manu .

ARTHVR BOVRCHIER TO THE READER . PERFECTION needes no other foyles , suche helpes comme out of place : For where it selfe , can grace it selfe , there needes no other grace . Why should I then my fruiteles praise on WHITNEYS worke bestowe , Where wisdome , learninge , and deuise , so perfectly doe flowe . Yet gentle Reader by thy leaue , thus muche I mente to wrighte , As one that honours these his giftes , but seekes them not t'indighte . No longe discourse , no tedious tale , I purpos'de am to tell : Lest thou shouldst saye , where is the nutte , you feede me with the shell . Goe forwarde then in happie time , and thou shalt surely finde , With coste , and labour well set out , a banquet for thy minde . A storehouse for thy wise conceiptes , a whetstone for thy witte : Where , eache man maye with daintie choice his fancies finely fitte . Giue WHITNEY then thy good report , since hee deserues the same : Lest that the wise that see thee coye , thy follie iustly blame .

D. O. M. SINCE man is fraile , and all his thoughtes are sinne , And of him selfe he can no good inuent , Then euerie one , before they oughte beginne , Should call on GOD , from whome all grace is sent : So , I beseeche , that he the same will sende , That , to his praise I maie beginne , and ende .

Faultes escaped in the Printing , ( for the most parte already corrected , ) yet in manie leaues ouerpassed as followeth .

Pag. Lin. Faulte . Reade . 10 3 listen their listen to their 56 4 the fame the man 77 12 falne , to it falne , it 120 10 watcheman watchemen 130 1 sapientem sapientum 198 1 in margine Chiliad . 61. Chiliad . 1. 202 10 in margine libro 6. de libro de 217 1 in marg. Esaiae 41 Esaiae 40 223 10 which with

Te stante , virebo .

woodcut of a spire wrapped in ivy

A MIGHTIE Spyre , whose toppe dothe pierce the skie , An iuie greene imbraceth rounde about , And while it standes , the same doth bloome on highe , But when it shrinkes , the iuie standes in dowt : The Piller great , our gratious Princes is : The braunche , the Churche : whoe speakes vnto hir this . I , that of late with stormes was almoste spent , And brused sore with Tirants bluddie bloes , Whome fire , and sworde , with persecution rent , Am nowe sett free , and ouerlooke my foes , And whiles thow raignst , oh most renowmed Queene By thie supporte my blossome shall bee greene .

Quà dij vocant , eundum .

woodcut of Mercury or Hermes (in foreground) and another figure (in background) directing a traveller on the road

THE trauaylinge man , vncertaine where to goe , When diuers wayes before his face did lie , Mercurius then , the perfect pathe did showe , Which when he tooke , hee neuer went awrie , But to his wishe , his iorneys ende did gaine In happie howre , by his direction plaine . This trauailinge man : doth tell our wandringe state , Before whose face , and eeke on euerye side , By pathes , and wayes , appeare amidd our gate , That if the Lorde bee not our onlie guide : We stumble , fall , and dailie goe astraye , Then happie those , whome God doth shew the waye .

Prouidentia .

woodcut of a crocodile and its eggs beside the River Nile

SVCHE prouidence hathe nature secret wroughte In creatures wilde , and eeke such knowledge straunge , That man , by them in somme thinges maie be taughte , As some foretell , when weather faire will chaunge , Of heate , of raine , of winde , and tempests rage , Some showe by signes , and with their songs presage . But leauing theise , which almost all doe knowe , The Crocodile , by whome th' Aegyptians watche , Howe farre that yeare shall mightie Nilus flowe , For theire shee likes to laie her egges , and hatche , Suche skill deuine , and science to foretell , Hath Nature lente vnto this Serpent fell . Nic. Reusnerus . Quò sacer excurret Nilus in arua Praescius : alluuie libera ponit Oua : monens moerito nos Crocodilus Quae fata immineant , antè videre . Which showes , They should with due regarde foresee , When anie one doth take in hande a cause , The drifte , and ende , of that they doe decree , And longe thereon to ponder , and to pause , For after witts , are like a shower of rayne Which moistes the soile , when withered is the graine .

Veritas temporis filia .

woodcut of a winged male figure of Time freeing a female figure of Truth from the three female Furies, Envy, Strife and Slander

THREE furies fell , which turne the worlde to ruthe , Both Enuie , Strife , and Slaunder , heare appeare , In dungeon darke they longe inclosed truthe , But Time at lengthe , did loose his daughter deare , And setts alofte , that sacred ladie brighte , Whoe things longe hidd , reueales , and bringes to lighte . Thoughe strife make fier , thoughe Enuie eate hir harte , The innocent though Slaunder rente , and spoile : Yet Time will comme , and take this ladies parte , And breake her bandes , and bring her foes to foile . Dispaire not then , thoughe truthe be hidden ofte , Bycause at lengthe , shee shall bee sett alofte .

Dissidia inter aequales , pessima .

woodcut of a bird or swallow flying over a ruin carrying a grasshopper in its beak

THE Swallowe swifte , dothe beare vnto her neste The Grasshopper , that did no daunger feare , For that shee thought , they lou'de togeather best , Bycause they both , obscru'de one time of yeare , And bothe , did ioye theire iarringe notes to sounde , And neare the house they bothe , theire dwellings founde . Alciatus . Stridula stridentem , vernam verna , hospita laetas Hospitam , & aligeram penniger ales auem ? Yet time , and tune , and neighbourhood forgotte , For perfect frende , a tyrant shee became , Which taxeth those , whome God dothe heare allotte Like gifts of grace , to winne a lasting name , Yet Enuie soe theire vertues doth deface , It makes them foes , to them theie should imbrace . Nic. Reusnerus . Formicae grata est formica , Cicada cicadae Et doctis doctus gaudet Apollo choris .

Temeritas .

woodcut of a charioteer struggling to control his two horses

THE waggoner , behoulde , is hedlonge throwen , And all in vaine doth take the raine in hande , If he be dwrawen by horses fierce vnknowen , Whose stomacks stowte , no taming vnderstande , They praunce , and yerke , and out of order flinge , Till all they breake , and vnto hauocke bringe . That man , whoe hath affections fowle vntam'de , And forwarde runnes neglecting reasons race , Deserues by right , of all men to bee blam'de , And headlonge falles at lengthe to his deface , Then bridle will , and reason make thy guide , So maiste thow stande , when others doune doe slide .

Intestinae simultates .

woodcut of two figures setting a house on fire with oil and a torch, while a nearby figure stands over another with a drawn knife

WHEN ciuill sworde is drawen out of the sheathe , And bluddie broiles , at home are set a broache , Then furious Mars with sworde doth rage beneathe , And to the Toppe , deuowring flames incroache , None helpes to quenche , but rather blowes the flame , And oile doe adde , and powder to the same . Intestine strife , is fearefull moste of all , This , makes the Sonne , to cut his fathers throate , This , parteth frendes , this , brothers makes to bralle , This , robbes the good , and setts the theeues a floate , This , Rome did feele , this , Germanie did taste , And often times , this noble Lande did waste .

Non tibi , sed Religioni .

woodcut of a city crowd bowing before a statue of Isis carried by an ass, with its driver raising a stick or club

THE pastors good , that doe gladd tidinges preache , The godlie sorte , with reuerence do imbrace : Though they be men , yet since Godds worde they teache , Wee honor them , and giue them higheste place , Imbassadors of princes of the earthe , Haue royall Seates , thoughe base they are by birthe . Yet , if throwghe pride they doe them selues forgett , And make accompte that honor , to be theires : And doe not marke with in whose place they sett , Let them behowlde the asse , that ISIS beares , Whoe thowghte the men to honor him , did kneele , And staied therfore , till he the staffe did feele . For , as he pass'd with ISIS throughe the streete , And bare on backe , his holie rites about , Th' Aegyptians downe fell prostrate at his feete , Whereat , the Asse grewe arrogante , and stowte , Then saide the guide : oh foole not vnto thee , Theise people bowe , but vnto that they see ?

Experientia docet .

woodcut of an astronomer handing his instruments to a ploughman, next to a prince on horseback

A YOVTHEFVLL Prince , in prime of lustie yeares , Woulde vnderstande what weather shoulde betide , For that hee thoughte , with manie noble Peares To passe the time , on huntinge forth to ride : Th' Astronomer , did wishe hym staie at courte , For present raine , should hinder all their sporte . Which staied the Prince , but raine did none discende , Then , wente hee forth with manie Gallantes braue , But when he thought the clowdes , did droppes portend , Hee roade aside , a plowghmans skill to craue , Whoe , looking straighte vppon the varijng skie : Saide , twentie daies I thinke it will bee drie . Proceedinge then , his iudgement true was founde , Then , ( quoth the Prince ) weare thou the doctours Roabe , And geeue to him , thy Harrowe on the grownde , And in exchaunge , take thou his Spheare , and Gloabe : And further saied , henceforthe wee will allowe , That learninge shall vnto Experience bowe .

Sirenes .

woodcut of Ulysses or Odysseus on a ship tied to the mast, with three sirens in the sea near rocks in the foreground, and a shipwreck in the background

Virg. Aeneid . lib. 5. & Ouidius lib. 5. Metamorph. WITHE pleasaunte tunes , the SYRENES did allure Vlisses wise , to listen theire songe : But nothinge could his manlie harte procure , Hee sailde awaie , and scap'd their charming stronge , The face , he lik'de : the nether parte , did loathe : For womans shape , and fishes had they bothe . Nic. Reusnerus . Illectos nautas dulci modulamine vocis . Mergebant auida fluctibus Ioniis . Which shewes to vs , when Bewtie seekes to snare The carelesse man , whoe dothe no daunger dreede , That he shoulde flie , and shoulde in time beware , And not on lookes , his fickle fancie feede : Suche Mairemaides liue , that promise onelie ioyes : But hee that yeldes , at lengthe him selffe distroies . Laërtij tetrasticon sic per Claud. Minoëm conuersum . Haec Venus ad musas : Venerem exhorrescite Nimphae , In vos armatus aut amor insiliet . Cui contrà musae , verba haec age dicito marti : Aliger huc ad nos non volat ille puer .

Res humanae in summo declinant .

woodcut of a ship or galleon running aground and of snow melting under the sun's beams

THE gallante Shipp , that cutts the azure surge , Periand . per Auson . Si fortuna iuuat , caueto tolli . Si fortuna tonat , caueto mergi . And hathe both tide , and wisshed windes , at will : Her tackle sure , with shotte her foes to vrge , With Captaines boulde , and marriners of skill , With streamers , flagges , topgallantes , pendantes braue , When Seas do rage , is swallowed in the waue . The snowe , that falles vppon the mountaines greate , Ouidius 4. pont. 3. Tu quoque fac timeas , & quae tibi laeta videntur , Dum loqueris , fieri tristia posse puta . Though on the Alpes , which seeme the clowdes to reache . Can not indure the force of Phoebus heate , But wastes awaie , Experience doth vs teache : Which warneth all , on Fortunes wheele that clime To beare in minde how they haue but a time . Ouidius 5. Trist. 9. Passibus ambiguis fortuna volubilis errat , Et manet in nullo certa , tenaxque loco . Sed modò laeta manet , vultus modò sumit acerbos Et tantùm constans in leuitate sua est .

Frustrà .

woodcut of a barrel leaking water from holes all over

THE Poëttes faine , that DANAVS daughters deare , Inioyned are to fill the fatall tonne : Where , thowghe they toile , yet are they not the neare , But as they powre , the water forthe dothe runne : No paine will serue , to fill it to the toppe , For , still at holes the same doth runne , and droppe . Which reprehendes , three sortes of wretches vaine , The blabbe , th' ingrate , and those that couet still , As first , the blabbe , no secretts can retaine . Th' ingrate , not knowes to vse his frendes good will . The couetous man , thowghe he abounde with store Is not suffis'de , but couetts more and more .

Superbiae vltio .

woodcut of Niobe being turned to stone on top of a mountain, and of her children being shot down with arrows by two gods in the sky

Fabula Niobes Ouid. 6. Metamorph . OF NIOBE , behoulde the ruthefull plighte , Bicause shee did dispise the powers deuine : Her children all , weare slaine within her sighte , And , while her selfe with tricklinge teares did pine , Shee was transform'de , into a marble stone , Which , yet with teares , dothe seeme to waile , and mone . De numero filiorum , vide Aul. Gellium lib. 20. cap. 6. This tragedie , thoughe Poëtts first did frame , Yet maie it bee , to euerie one applide : That mortall men , shoulde thinke from whence they came , And not presume , nor puffe them vp with pride , Leste that the Lorde , whoe haughty hartes doth hate , Doth throwe them downe , when sure they thinke theyr state . Bapt. Gyraldus . Este procul laeti , cernant mea funera tristes ; Non similis toto maeror in orbe fuit . Bis septem natos peperi , bis pignora septem : Me miseram ! Diuûm sustulit ira mihi . Dirigui demum lacrymis , & marmora manant . Sic mihi mors dolor est ; sic mihi vita , dolor . Discite , mortales , quid sit turgescere fastu , Et quid sit magnos posthabuisse Deos.

In vitam humanam .

woodcut of Democritus laughing and Heraclitus weeping with books beneath a tree

De his , Seneca lib. De Tranquillitate vitae . THE wicked worlde , so false and full of crime , Did alwaies mooue HERACLITVS to weepe , The fadinge ioyes , and follies of that time , DEMOCRITVS did driue to laughter deepe , Thus heynous sinne , and follie did procure Theise famous men , suche passions to indure . What if they liu'de , and shoulde behoulde this age Which ouerflowes , with swellinge seas of sinne : Where fooles , by swarmes , doe presse vppon the stage , With hellishe Impes , that like haue neuer binne : I thinke this sighte , shoulde hasten their decaye Then helpe vs God , and Sathans furie staie . Horatius . Damnosa quid non imminuit dies ? Aetas parentum peior auis tulit Nos nequiores , mox daturos Progeniem vitiosiorem .

Voluptas aerumnosa .

woodcut of Actaeon, with a stag's head, being attacked by hounds in a wood, overlooked by Diana or Artemis

Ouid. lib. 3. Metamorph. ACTAEON heare , vnhappie man behoulde , When in the well , hee sawe Diana brighte , With greedie lookes , hee waxed ouer boulde , That to a stagge hee was transformed righte , Whereat amas'de , hee thought to runne awaie , But straighte his howndes did rente hym , for their praie . Horatius 1. Epist. 12. Sperne voluptates , nocet empta dolore voluptas . By which is ment , That those whoe do pursue Theire fancies fonde , and thinges vnlawfull craue , Like brutishe beastes appeare vnto the viewe , And shall at lenghte , Actaeons guerdon haue : And as his houndes , soe theire affections base , Shall them deuowre , and all their deedes deface . Anulus , in picta poësi . Cornibus in Ceruum mutatum Actaeona sumptis , Membratim proprij diripuere canes . Plautus in Amphit . Ita dis placitum , voluptati vt moeror comes consequatur .

Quod potes , tenta .

woodcut of armed pygmies approaching the sleeping figure of Hercules or Heracles, dressed in a lion-skin and holding a club

WHILE , HERCVLES , with mightie clubbe in hande In Lyons skinne did sleepe , and take his ease : About him straighte approch'de the Pigmeis bande , And for to kill this conquerour assaies , But foolishe dwarffes ? theire force was all to smalle , For when he wak'de , like gnattes hee crush'd them all . Hi homunciones extremas Aegypti partes inhabitant agricolationi dediti , Subinde cum gruibus bellum gerunt . Plinius lib. 7. cap. 2. & Aul. Gellius lib. 9. cap. 4. This warneth vs , that nothinge paste our strengthe Wee shoulde attempte : nor anie worke pretende , Aboue our power : lest that with shame at lengthe Wee weakelinges prooue , and fainte before the ende . The pore , that striue with mightie , this doth blame : And sottes , that seeke the learned to defame . Propertius . Turpe est quod nequeas capiti submittere pondus , Et pressum inflexo mox dare terga genu .

Ludus , luctus , luxus .

woodcut of a scene outside an inn or tavern, with four men seated at a table with drinking vessels and a game of backgammon in the foreground, and two men fighting on the ground in the background

Propertius . Vino forma perit , vino corrumpitur aetas . Horat. 1 Epist. 19. Ludus enim genuit trepidum certamen , & iram : Ira truces inimicitias , & sunebre bellum . BEHOVLDE the fruites of dronkennesse , and plaie : Here corage , brawles with Cutthroate for a caste , And ofte in fine , if that they lacke to paie , They sweare it out , or blade it at the laste : This , frendshippe breakes : this , makes vs laugh'd to scorne , And beggerie giues , to those that riche are borne . Virgilius . The Lapithans , by drinke weare ouerthrowne , The wisest men , with follie this inflames : What shoulde I speake , of father NOAH aloane , Genes. 9. Or bring in LOTT , or HOLOFERNES names : Genes. 19. Iudic. 13. 1 Machab. 15. This SIMON , and his sonnes , did ouerthrowe , And BENEDAB , made flee before his foe . 3 Regum 20. And he that lik'd to spende his time at dice , This lawe in Rome , SEVERVS did prouide : That euerie man , shoulde deeme him as a vice , And of his Landes , an other shoulde bee guide : Like Lawes beside , did diuers more deuise , And wisedome still , againste suche vnthriftes cries . Ouidius . Tunc sumus incauti , studioque aperimur ab ipso , Nudaque per lusus pectora nostra patent . Ira subit deforme malum , lucrique Cupido Iurgiaque , & rixae , sollicitusque dolor , Crimina dicuntur , resonat clamoribus aether , Inuocat iratos & sibi quisque deos .

In auaros .

woodcut of a heavily-laden ass eating a thistle

Nic. Reusnerus . Frigoris impatiens : patiens operúmque , famisque : Ecce rudes Asinus dat rudis ore sonos . SEPTITIVS ritche , a miser moste of all , Whose liuinges large , and treasure did exceede : Yet to his goodes , he was so much in thrall , That still he vs'd on beetes , and rapes to feede : So of his stoare , the sweete he neuer knewe , And longe did robbe , his bellie of his due . This Caitiffe wretche , with pined corpes lo heare , Compared right vnto the foolishe asse , Whose backe is fraighte with cates , and daintie cheare , But to his share commes neither corne , nor grasse , Yet beares he that , which settes his teeth on edge : And pines him selfe , with thistle and with sedge . Plautus in Aulul . Perditissimus ego sum omnium in terra , Nam quid mihi opus vita est , qui tantum auri Perdidi , quod custodiui sedulò ? egomet me fraudaui Animumque meum geniumque meum , &c. Propertius 3.13 . At nunc desertis cessant sacraria lucis , Aurum omnes victa iam pietate , colunt . Auro pulsa fides , auro venalia iura , Aurum lex sequitur , mox sine lege pudor .

Nec verbo , nec facto , quenquam laedendum .

woodcut of Nemesis holding a set of reins

HEARE , NEMESIS the Goddesse iuste dothe stande , With bended arme , to measure all our waies , A raine shee houldes , with in the other hande , With biting bitte , where with the lewde shee staies : And pulles them backe , when harme they doe intende , Or when they take in wicked speeche delite , And biddes them still beware for to offende , And square theire deedes , in all thinges vnto righte : But wicked Impes , that lewdlie runne their race , Shee hales them backe , at lengthe to theire deface . Politianus eleganter NEMESIM describit in Manto suo sic incipiens . Est dea : quae vacuo sublimis in aëre pendens It nimbo succincta latus : sed candida palam : Sed radiata comam : ac stridentibus insonat alis . Haec spes immodicas premit : haec infesta superbis Imminet : huic celsas hominum contundere mentes , Successusque datum : & nimios turbare paratus . Quam veteres NEMESIM &c.

& paulò pòst :

Improba vota domans : ac summis ima reuoluens Miscet : & alterna nostros vice temperat actus , &c.

Minuit praesentia famam .

woodcut of a shepherd and goat on a sunny hilltop, over-looking houses in a snow-covered valley

REPORTE , did ringe the snowe did hide the hilles , And valleys lowe , there with alofte did rise : Which newes , with dowte the hartes of manie filles , And Cowardes made , for feare at home to friese : But those that went , the truthe hereof to knowe , When that they came , might safelie passe the snowe . For whie , the Sonne did make the same to waste , And all about , discouered had the grounde : So , thoughe ofte times the simple bee agaste , When that reportes , of this , or that , doe sounde , Yet if they firste , woulde seeke the truthe to knowe , They ofte shoulde finde , the matter nothing soe . Virg. lib. 4. Aeneid . in descrip. famae . Et Ouid. Metam . lib. 12. De domo famae sic , Mobilitate viget , viresque acquirit eundo , Parua metu primo , mox sese attollit in auras , &c. Nocte dieque patet : tota est ex aere sonanti , Tota fremit , vocesque refert , iterátque quod audit , &c.

Turpibus exitium .

woodcut of a scarab beetle in the centre of a rose

THE Scarabee , cannot indure the sente Of fragant rose , moste bewtifull to see : But filthie smelles , hee alwaies doth frequent , And roses sweete , doe make him pine and die : His howse , is donge : and wormes his neighbours are , And for his meate , his mansion is his fare . With theise hee liues , and doth reioice for aie , And buzzeth freshe , when night doth take her place , From theise , he dies , and languisseth awaie : So , whose delites are filthie , vile , and base , Is sicke to heare , when counsaile sweete we giue , And rather likes , with reprobates to liue . Propert. 3 , 17. Vos vbi contempti rupistis frena pudoris , Nescitis captae mentis habere modum . Flamma per incensas citius sedetur aristas , Fluminaque ad fontis sint reditura caput , &c. Quàm possit vestros quisquam reprehendere cursus , Et rapidae stimulos frangere nequitiae .

Nullus dolus contra Casum .

woodcut of a fox floating down the River Danube on a piece of ice, past the town and townspeople of Regensburg

BEHOWLDE the craftie foxe , Vppon Danubius plaies , What time throwgh froste , both man , and beaste , Thereon did make their waies . At lengthe , with PHOEBVS beames , The froste began to slake : So that the yce with swelling streame , To sundrie peeces brake . Where , on a peece the foxe , Doth to his tackling stande : And in the sighte of Regenspurge , Came driuing by the Lande . At which , the townesmen laugh'de , And saied , this foxe , on Ice : Doth shewe , no subtill crafte will serue , When Chaunce doth throwe the dice . Seneca in Oed. Regitur fatis mortale genus : Nec sibi quisquam spondere potest Firmum , & stabile : perque casus Voluitur varios semper nobis Metuenda dies , &c.

Mihi pondera , luxus .

woodcut of a bushel of grain, corn or wheat

WHEN autumne ripes , the frutefull fieldes of graine , And CERES doth in all her pompe appeare , The heauie eare , doth breake the stalke in twaine , Wherebie wee see , this by experience cleare : Hir owne excesse , did cause her proper spoile , And made her corne , to rotte vppon the soile . Soe worldlie wealthe , and great aboundaunce , marres : The sharpenes of our sences , and our wittes , And oftentimes , our vnderstanding barres , And dulles the same , with manie carefull fittes : Then since Excesse procures our spoile and paine , The meane preferre , before immoderate gaine . Claud. 2. — nec te iucunda fronte fefellit Luxuries praedulce malum , quae dedita semper Corporis arbitriis , hebetat caligine sensus Membraque Circaeis effeminat acrius herbis .

Latet anguis in herba .

woodcut of a snake or viper wrapped around a strawberry plant

OF flattringe speeche , with sugred wordes beware , Suspect the harte , whose face doth fawne , and smile , With trusting theise , the worlde is clog'de with care , And fewe there bee can scape theise vipers vile : With pleasinge speeche they promise , and protest , When hatefull hartes lie hidd within their brest . The faithfull wight , dothe neede no collours braue , But those that truste , in time his truthe shall trie , Where fawning mates , can not theire credit saue , Without a cloake , to flatter , faine , and lye : No foe so fell , nor yet soe harde to scape , As is the foe , that fawnes with freindlie shape . Ouid. 1. Art . Tuta , frequensque via est , per amici fallere nomen . Idem 2. Fast . Sic iterum , sic saepe cadunt , vbi vincere apertè Non datur : insidias , armaque tecta parant .

Curis tabescimus omnes .

woodcut of Pliny the Elder thinking beside, approaching, and falling into the erupting Mount Vesuvius

IF griping greifes , haue harbour in thie breste , And pininge cares , laie seige vnto the same , Or straunge conceiptes , doe reaue thee of thie rest , And daie , and nighte , do bringe thee out of frame : Then choose a freinde , and doe his counsaile craue , Least secret sighes , doe bringe vntimelie graue . Veseuus , secundum Seruium Virgil. lib. Georg 1. mons est Liguriae sub Alpibus . Continuall care , did PLINIES harte possesse , To knowe what caus'de VESEVVS hill to flame , And ceased not , now this , nowe that , to gesse : Yet , when hee coulde not comprehende the same , Suche was his fate , pursuing his desier , He headlonge fell into the flaming fier . Non opibus mentes homini , curaeque leuantur , &c. Tibul. lib. 3. cap. 3. O Curas hominum , ô quantum est in rebus inane . Pers. 1.

Otium sortem exspectat .

woodcut of a stopped windmill, with an older man or father looking for wind and a younger man or son sleeping beside it

A Windmill faire , that all thinges had to grinde , Which man coulde make , the father lefte his sonne : The corne was broughte , there nothing lack'd , but winde , And Customers , did freshlie to it ronne : The sonne repoas'de his truste vppon the mill , And dailie dream'de on plentie at his will . Ouid. 1. Pont. 6. Cernis vt ignauum corrumpant otia corpus ? Vt capiant vitium ni moueantur aquae . Thus he secure , a while his daies did passe , And did not seeke , for other staie at all : And thoughe hee founde , howe coulde the profit was , And that soe small , vnto his share did fall : Yet still he hoap'de , for better lucke at laste , And put his truste , in eache vncertaine blaste . Plaut. Rud. — vigilare decet hominem , Qui vult sua tempori conficere officia . Nam qui dormiunt libenter , sine luero , & cum malo quiescunt . Vnto this foole , they maie compared bee , Which idlie liue , and vainlie hoape for happe : For while they hope , with wante they pine , wee see : And verie fewe , are lul'de on fortunes lappe : While grasse doth growe , the courser faire doth sterue , And fortune field , the wishers turne doth serue .

Dolus in suos .

woodcut of a flock of ducks flying down into a net, watched by two men behind a tree

WHILE nettes were sette , the simple fowles to take , Whoe kepte theire course alofte , and woulde not lighte , A tamed ducke , her hoame did straighte forsake , And flewe alofte , with other duckes in flighte , They dowtinge not , her traiterous harte at all , Did flie with her , and downe with her did fall . By this is mente , all suche as doe betraie , Theire kindred neare , that doe on them depende , And ofte doe make , the innocent a praie , By subtill sleighte , to them that seeke theire ende Yea vnto those , they shoulde moste frendship showe , They lie in waite , to worke theire ouerthrowe . And. Alciat . De Anate . Perfida cognato se sanguine polluit ales , Officiosa aliis , exitiosa suis .

In Astrologos .

woodcut of winged Icarus falling from the sunny sky into the sea

HEARE , ICARVS with mountinge vp alofte , Came headlonge downe , and fell into the Sea : His waxed winges , the sonne did make so softe , They melted straighte , and feathers fell awaie : So , whilste he flewe , and of no dowbte did care , He moou'de his armes , but loe , the same were bare . Let suche beware , which paste theire reache doe mounte , Whoe seeke the thinges , to mortall men deny'de , And searche the Heauens , and all the starres accoumpte , And tell therebie , what after shall betyde : With blusshinge nowe , theire weakenesse rightlie weye , Least as they clime , they fall to theire decaye . Martial . 1. Illud quod medium est , atque inter vtrumque , probamus . Ouid. Trist. 2. Dum petit infirmis nimium sublimia pennis Icarus , Icariis nomina fecit aquis . Vitaret caelum Phaëton , si viueret , & quos Optauit stultè tangere , nollet equos .

Amor in filios .

woodcut of a ring dove or barbary dove nesting in a tree

WHEN Boreas coulde , dothe bare both busshe , and tree , Before the Springe , the Ringdoue makes her neste : And that her yonge both softe , and warme , mighte bee , Shee pulles her plumes , bothe from her backe , and breste : And while shee stryues , her broode for to preserue , Ofte times for coulde , the tender damme doth sterue . MEDEA nowe , and PROGNE , blusshe for shame : By whome , are ment yow dames of cruell kinde , Whose infantes yonge , vnto your endlesse blame , For mothers deare , do tyrauntes of yow finde : Oh serpentes seede , each birde , and sauage brute , Will those condempne , that tender not theire frute .

In victoriam dolo partam .

woodcut of Arete, the female personification of virtue, sitting on the tomb of Ajax, tearing out her hair

D AIACIS

WHAT dolefull dame is this in greate dispaire ? This prowes is , whoe mournes on AIAX toombe : What is the cause , shee rentes her goulden haire ? Wronge sentence paste by AGAMEMNONS doombe : But howe ? declare , VLISSES filed tonge , Allur'de the Iudge , to giue a Iudgement wronge . For when , that dead ACHYLLIS was in graue , For valiante harte , did AIAX winne the fame : Whereby , he claim'de ACHYLLIS armes to haue , VLISSES yet , was honored with the same : His suttle speeche , the iudges did preferre , And AIAX wrong'de , the onelie man of warre . Wherefore , the Knighte impatient of the same , Did loose his wittes , and after wroughte his ende : Loe , heare the cause that moou'de this sacred dame , On AIAX toombe , with griefe her time too spende : Which warneth vs , and those that after liue , To beare them righte , when iudgement they do giue .

Caecum odium .

woodcut of an envious man covering his eyes and leading another male figure away from a burning house, while another man tries to extinguish the flames

TH' Enuious man , when neighboures howse dothe flame , Whose chiefe delighte , is in an others harme , Doth shutte his eies , and will not see the same , But pulles awaie , his fellowe by the arme : And sayeth , departe , wee care not for this ill , It is not ours , let others care that will . Too manie liue , that euery wheare are founde Whoe daye and nighte doe languishe in dispite , When that they see , an others wealthe abounde : But , those herein that moste of all delighte , Let them repente , for God whoe knowes theire harts , Will them rewarde , accordinge to deserts . Ouid. 2. Metamorph . De inuidia sic . Vixque tenet lacrymas quia nil lacrymabile cernit , &c. Horatius 1. epist. 2. Inuidus alterius rebus macrescit opimis . Inuidia Siculi non inuenere tyranni Maius termentum . —

In poenam sectatur & vmbra .

woodcut of a man wearing a knap-sack with his sword drawn against his own shadow, cast by the light emerging from a heavenly figure

THE wicked wretche , that mischiefe late hath wroughte , By murther , thefte , or other heynous crimes , With troubled minde , hee dowtes hee shal be caughte , And leaues the waie , and ouer hedges climes : And standes in feare , of euerie busshe , and brake , Yea oftentimes , his shaddowe makes him quake . A conscience cleare , is like a wall of brasse , That dothe not shake , with euerie shotte that hittes : Eauen soe there by , our liues wee quiet passe , When guiltie mindes , are rack'de with fearfull fittes : Then keepe thee pure , and soile thee not with sinne , For after guilte , thine inwarde greifes beginne . Cato . Conscius ipse sibi de se putat omnia dici . Ouid. Fast . 1. Conscia mens vt cuique sua est , ita concipit intra Pectora , pro facto spemque , metumque suo .

Ei , qui semel sua prodegerit , aliena credi non oportere .

woodcut of a swallow flying toward Medea, with a knife or dagger drawn against the child in her arms

Ouid. lib. 7. Metamorph. MEDEA loe with infante in her arme , Whoe kil'de her babes , shee shoulde haue loued best : The swallowe yet , whoe did suspect no harme , Hir Image likes , and hatch'd vppon her breste : And lefte her younge , vnto this tirauntes guide , Whoe , peecemeale did her proper fruicte deuide . Oh foolishe birde , think'ste thow , shee will haue care , Vppon thy yonge ? Whoe hathe her owne destroy'de , And maie it bee , that shee thie birdes should spare ? Whoe slue her owne , in whome shee shoulde haue ioy'd . Thow arte deceau'de , and arte a warninge good , To put no truste , in them that hate theire blood . Borbonius . MEDEAE statua est : natos cui credis Hirundo ? Fer aliò : viden' haec mactet vt ipsa suos ?

In momentaneam felicitatem .

woodcut of a pine tree enwrapped by a gourd plant

Petrus Crinitus de honesta disciplina lib. 2. cap. 14. THE fruictfull gourde , was neighboure to the Pine , And lowe at firste , abowt her roote did spread , But yet , with dewes , and siluer droppes in fine , It mounted vp , and almoste towch'de the head : And with her fruicte , and leaues on euerie side , Imbras'de the tree , and did the same deride . To whome , the Pine with longe Experience wise , And ofte had seene , suche peacockes loose theire plumes , Thus aunswere made , thow owght'st not to despise , My stocke at all , oh foole , thow much presumes . In coulde , and heate , here longe hath bene my happe , Yet am I sounde , and full of liuelie sappe . But , when the froste , and coulde , shall thee assaie , Thowghe nowe alofte , thow bragge , and freshlie bloome , Nic. Reusnerus . Coeruleus cucumis , tumidóq . cucurbita ventre , Cruda leuat , stomach● perniciosa , sitim . Yet , then thie roote , shall rotte , and fade awaie , And shortlie , none shall knowe where was thy roome : Thy fruicte , and leaues , that nowe so highe aspire The passers by , shall treade within the mire . Let them that stande , alofte on fortunes wheele , And bragge , and boaste , with puffe of worldlie pride Still beare in minde , howe soone the same maie reele , And alwayes looke , for feare theire footinge slide : And let not will , houlde vp theire heades for fame , When inwarde wantes , maie not supporte the same .

Aere quandoque salutem redimendam .

woodcut of a beaver hiding from a hunter and hounds

THE Beauer slowe , that present daunger feares , And sees a farre , the eager howndes to haste , With grindinge teethe , his stoanes awaie he teares , And throwes them downe , to those that haue him chaste : Which beinge founde , the hunter dothe retire , For that he hath , the fruicte of his desire . Nic. Reusnerus . Mordicus ipse sibi , medicata virilia vellet : Insidias vafer ha● effugit arte fiber . Theise , soueraigne are diseases for to heale , And for mannes healthe , from countries farre are broughte , And if herein , the writers doe not faile , This beaste doth knowe , that he therefore is soughte : And afterwarde , if anie doe him course , He shewes his wante , to mooue them to remorse . Thus , to his paine he doth his life preserue : Which teacheth vs , if foes doe vs pursue , Wee showlde not care , if goodes for life maie serue , Althoughe we giue , our treasure to a iewe : No ritches , maie with life of man compare , They are but drosse , and fortunes brittle ware . Crates Thebanus cum thesaurum sponte perderet , Hinc abite , ait , malae diuitiae : satius enim est à me vos demergi quam ego à vobis ipse . Then life redeeme , althoughe with all thow haste , Thoughe thow arte pore , yet seeke , and thow shalte finde , Those ritches pure , that euermore shall laste , Which are the goodes , and treasures , of the minde : Noe man so pore , but god can blesse his daies , Whoe patient IOB , did from the dunghill raise . Ouid. lib. 1. De Remed. amoris . Vt corpus redimas , ferrum patieris & ignes , Arida nec sitiens ora lauabis aqua . Vt valeas animo , quicquam tolerare negabis ? At pretium pars haec corpore maius habet .

Durum telum necessitas .

woodcut of a soldier and a boy next to a bird in a cage and a wall-mounted feeder and water-bowl

NECESSITIE doth vrge , the Popiniaye to prate , And birdes , to drawe their bucketts vp , and picke theire meate through , grate : Which warneth them , whoe needes must eyther serue , or pine : With willing harte , no paines to shunne , and freedome to resigne . Terent. in Adel. 4. 7. Placet tibi factum mitio ? MI. non si queam Mutare : nunc , cum nequeo , aequo animo fero .

Inimicorum dona , infausta .

woodcut of Hector and Ajax exchanging a sword mid-way between two tents

IF of thy foe , thow doest a gifte receaue , Esteeme it not , for feare the fates doe lower , And with the gifte , ofte tyme thie life doe reaue , Yea giftes wee reade , haue suche a secret power , That oftentimes , they LYNCEVS eies doe blinde , And he that giues , the taker faste doth binde . To AIAX heare , a sworde did HECTOR sende , A girdle stronge , to him did AIAX yeelde , With HECTORS gifte , did AIAX woorke his ende , And AIAX gifte , hal'de HECTOR throughe the fielde : Of mortall foes , then see noe gifte thow take , Althoughe a while , a truce with them thow make . Lacoon apud Virgilium lib. Aeneid . 2. sic de equo , loquitur Troianis . — aut vlla putatis Dona carere dolis Danaum , &c. Alciar . Sic titulo obsequij , quae mittunt hostibiis hostes Munera , venturi praescia fata ferunt .

Non locus virum , sed vir locum ornat . To the Honorable Sir PHILLIP SIDNEY Knight , Gouernour of the Garrison and towne of Vlissing .

woodcut of a figure sitting on a rearing horse

THE trampinge steede , that champes the burnish'd bitte , Is mannag'd braue , with ryders for the nones : But , when the foole vppon his backe doth sette , He throwes him downe , and ofte doth bruse his bones , His corage feirce , dothe craue a better guide , And eke such horse , the foole shoulde not bestride . Claud. 4. Honor. . Tu ciuem , patrémque geras , tu consule cunctu , Nec tibi , nec tua te moueant , sed publica vota . By which is ment , that men of iudgement graue , Of learning , witte , and eeke of conscience cleare , In highe estate , are fitte theire seates to haue , And to be stall'd , in sacred iustice cheare : Wherein they rule , vnto theire endlesse fame , But fooles are foil'd , and throwne out of the same . Horat. 1. Ser. 6. — magnum hoc ego duco , Quòd placuit tibi , qui turpi secernis honestum .

Mediocribus vtere partis .

woodcut of a dog with a bone leaning over a river

WHOME fortune heare allottes a meane estate , Yet giues enowghe , eache wante for to suffise : That wauering wighte , that hopes for better fate , And not content , his cawlinge doth despise , Maie vainlie clime , but likelie still to fall , And liue at lengthe , with losse of maine , and all . Hor. 2. Car. 16. Vivitur paruo benè , cui paternum Splendet in mensa tenui salinum : Nec leues somnes timor , aut Cupido Sordidus aufert . And he that poastes , to make awaie his landes , And credittes all , that wandringe heades reporte : Maye Tagus seeke , and Ganges goulden sandes , Yet come at lengthe , with emptie purse to courte : Let suche behoulde , the greedie dogge to moane , By brooke deceau'd , with shaddow of his boane . Non minor est virtus , quàm quaerere parta tueri , Ouid. lib. 2. Art . Casus inest illic , hîc erit artis opus . Seruiet aeternùm , quia paruo nesciat vti . Horatius 1. Epist. 10. Cui non conueniet sua res , vt calceus olim , Si pede maior erit , subuertet : si minor , vrget . Laetus sorte tua viues , sapienter Aristi .

Biuium virtutis & vitij .

woodcut of Hercules or Heracles, dressed in a lion-skin and holding a club, standing in a town square between two female figures representing Virtue and Pleasure or Vice

WHEN HERCVLES , was dowtfull of his waie , Inclosed rounde , with vertue , and with vice : With reasons firste , did vertue him assaie , The other , did with pleasures him entice : They longe did striue , before he coulde be wonne , Till at the lengthe , ALCIDES thus begonne . Virgil. in Fragm. de littera y. Quisquis enim duros casus virtutis amore Vicerit , ille sibi laudémque decúsque parabit . At qui desidiam luxúmque sequetur inertem , Dum fugit opposites incauta mente labores , Turpis , inòpsque simul , miserabile transiget aeuum . Oh pleasure , thoughe thie waie bee smoothe , and faire , And sweete delightes in all thy courtes abounde : Yet can I heare , of none that haue bene there , That after life , with fame haue bene renoum'de : For honor hates , with pleasure to remaine , Then houlde thy peace , thow wastes thie winde in vaine . But heare , I yeelde oh vertue to thie will , And vowe my selfe , all labour to indure , For to ascende the steepe , and craggie hill , The toppe whereof , whoe so attaines , is sure For his rewarde , to haue a crowne of fame : Thus HERCVLES , obey'd this sacred dame .

Poena sequens .

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WHEN silent nighte , did scepter take in hande , And dim'de the daie , with shade of mantle blacke , What time the theeues , in priuie corners stande , And haue noe dowte , to robbe for what they lacke : A greedie theefe , in shambles broke a shoppe , And fil'de a sacke , with fleshe vp to the toppe . Which done , with speede he lifted vp the sacke , And bothe the endes , abowt his necke he knittes , And ranne awaie , with burden on his backe Till afterwardes , as hee at alehowse sittes : The heauie loade , did weye so harde behinde , That whiles he slept , the weighte did stoppe his winde . Iuuenalis 13. de malis sic ait . Hic sunt qui trepidant , & ad omnia fulgura pallent , Cùm tonat : exanime● primo quoque murmure coeli . Senec. Troad . Qui non vetat peccare , cum possit , iubet . Which truelie showes , to them that doe offende , Althowghe a while , they scape theire iust desertes , Yet punishment , dothe at theire backes attende , And plagues them hoame , when they haue meriest hartes : And thoughe longe time , they doe escape the pikes , Yet soone , or late , the Lorde in iustice strikes .

Venter , pluma , Venus , laudem fugiunt .

woodcut of a female figure fleeing a room in which a man and woman lie in a bed next to a table of food and drink

WHY fliest thow hence ? and turn'ste awaie thie face ? Thow glorie brighte , that men with fame doest crowne : GLO . Bycause , I haue noe likinge of that place , Where slothfull men , doe sleepe in beddes of downe : And fleshlie luste , doth dwell with fowle excesse , This is no howse , for glorie to possesse . But , if thow wilte my presence neuer lacke , SARDANAPAL , and all his pleasures hate , Driue VENVS hence , let BACCHVS further packe , If not , behowlde I flie out of thie gate : Yet , if from theise , thow turne thie face awaie , I will returne , and dwell with thee for aye . Propert. 4. 11. Magnum iter ascendo , sed dat mihi gloria vires : Non iuuat ex facili lecta corona iugo . Ouid. 1. Pont. 6 Cernis vt ignauum corrumpant otia corpus ? Vt capiant vitium , ni moueantur aquae ?

Mens immota maner . To Sir ROBERT IERMYN Knight .

woodcut of a man kneeling in prayer at a low wall facing toward five stars, with a stag drinking from a stream beyond the wall Psalm. 41.

Quemadmodum desiderat Ceruus ad fontes aquarum : Ita desiderat anima mea ad te Deus , &c.

BY vertue hidde , behoulde , the Iron harde , The loadestone drawes , to poynte vnto the starre : Whereby , wee knowe the Seaman keepes his carde , And rightlie shapes , his course to countries farre : And on the pole , dothe euer keepe his eie , And withe the same , his compasse makes agree . Virg. in Aetna . Est meritò pietas homini tutissima virtus . Which shewes to vs , our inward vertues shoulde , Still drawe our hartes , althoughe the iron weare : The hauenlie starre , at all times to behoulde , To shape our course , so right while wee bee heare : That Scylla , and Charybdis , wee maie misse , And winne at lengthe , the porte of endlesse blisse . Ouid. 4. Fast . Conscia mens recti famae mendacia ridet . Ouid. de medic . faciei . Sufficit & longum probitas perdurat in aeuum , Perque suos annos hinc bene pendet amor .

Desiderium spe vacuum .

woodcut of a lion eating a carcass, with dogs in the background

THE Lyon fierce , behoulde doth rente his praie , The dogge lookes backe , in hope to haue a share , And lick'd his lippes , and longe therefore did staie , But all in vaine , the Lion none coulde spare : And yet the sighte , with hope the dogge did feede , As if he had , somme parte there of in deede . This reprehendes , the sonnes , or greedie frendes , That longe do hope , for deathe of aged Sires : And on theire goodes , doe feede before theire endes , For deathe ofte times , doth frustrate theire desires : And takes awaie , the yonge before the oulde , Let greedie heires , this looking glasse behoulde . Ouid. 1. Metamorph . Filius ante diem patrios inquirit in annos : Victa iacet pietas , &c.

Furor & rabies .

woodcut of Agamemnon holding a sword and shield, with a camp of tents and the burning city of Troy in the background

THE crewell kinges , that are inflam'de with ire : With fier , and sworde , theire furious mindes suffise : And ofte to showe , what chiefelie they desire , Within theire sheildes , they dreadefull shapes deuise , Some Griphins feirce , some ramping Lions beare , Some Tygers fell , or Dragons like to weare . Scribit Claud. Minois super Alciarum . Agamemnonem Clypeum habuisse , in quo Leo depictus erat , ad retrorem aliis ineutiendum : quod quidem scutum in Olympiae fano per aliquot tempora pependit , cum inscriptione adiecta . All which bewraye , theire inwarde bloodie thoughte , Suche one , behoulde , kinge AGAMEMNON was : Who had in shielde , a ramping Lion wroughte And eke this verse , was grauen in the brasse : Mannes terror this , to feare them that behoulde : Terror hic est hominum , quíque hunc gerit , est Agamemnon . Which shielde is borne , by AGAMEMNON boulde . Ouid. 1. Remed. Dum furor in cursu est , currenti cede furori : Difficiles aditus impetus omnis habet .

Varij hominum sensus . To Sir HENRY WOODHOWSE Knight .

woodcut of an old woman gathering skulls, and then dropping them, in the background is a horse and a doorway surrounded by piles of skulls

AN aged dame , in reuerence of the dead , With care did place , the sculles of men shee founde , Vppon an hill , as in a sacred bed , But as shee toil'de , shee stumbled to the grounde : Whereat , downe fell the heades within her lappe , And here , and there , they ranne abowt the hill : With that , quoth shee , no maruaile is this happe , Since men aliue , in myndes do differ still : And like as theise , in sunder downe do fall , So varried they , in their opinions all . Persius 5. Mille hominum species , & rerum discolor vsus . Velle suum cuique est , nec voto viuitur vno . Mercibus hic Italis , mutat sub sole recenti Rugosum piper , & pallentis grana cumini : Hic satur irriguo mauult turgescere somno : Hic campo indulget , hunc alea decoquit : &c.

Marte & arte . To Sir WILLIAM STANDLEY Knight .

woodcut of Ulysses or Odysseus, robed and holding a book, and Diomedes, armed with sword, shield, spear and plumed helmet

WHERE courage great , and consaile good doe goe , With lastinge fame , the victorie is wonne : But seperate theise , then feare the ouerthrowe , And strengthe alone , dothe vnto ruine ronne : Then Captaines good , must ioyne theise two , in one : And not presume with this , or that , alone . Andr. Alciat . Viribus hic praestat , hic pollet acumine mentis Nec tam●● alterius , non egit alter ope . As valiant hartes , and corage highe beseeme , The Captaines boulde , that enterprise for fame : Soe muste they still , of pollicie esteeme , And wisedomes rules , to bringe to passe the same : While Caesar great , subdu'de the countries farre : In gowne at home , did TVLLIE helpe to warre . Hor. 2. Carm. 10. Rebus angustu animosus , atque Fortis appare : sapienter idem Contrahes vento nimium secundo , Turgida vela . VLISSES wise , and DIOMEDES forme , Are heare set downe , for valiant wightes to viewe : The one deuis'de , the other did performe , Whereby , they did the Troiane force subdue : The one , his foes with witte , and counsaile harm'de , The other , still him selfe againste them arm'de .

Labor irritus .

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HEARE , Ocnus still the roape doth turne and winde , Which he did make , of russhes and of grasse : And when with toile , his worke was to his minde He rol'de it vp , and lefte it to the asse : Whoe quickelie spoil'de , that longe with paine was sponne , Which being kept , it might some good haue donne . This Ocnus shewes , a man that workes and toiles , The Asse declares , a wicked wastfull wife : Whoe if shee maie , shee quicklie spendes and spoiles That he with care , was getting all his life , And likewise those , that lewdely doo bestowe Suche thinges , as shoulde vnto good vses goe . Iuuenalis 6. Prodiga non sentit pereuntem femina sensum : At , velut exhausta rediuiuus pullulet arca Nummus , & è pleno semper tollatur aceruo , Non vnquam reputant quanti sua gaudia constent .

In eum qui sibi ipsi damnum apparat .

woodcut of a wolf-cub suckling from a goat

Nic. Reusnerus . Impastus stabulis saeuit lupus : vbere raptos Dilamátque ferus miseris cum matribus agnos . THE rauening wolfe , by kinde my mortall foe , Yet lo , infors'de , I foster vp her whelpe : Who afterwarde , as it did stronger growe , Thoughe as my owne , I longe the same did helpe : Yet , coulde I not contente it with my teate , But that my selfe , hee rent to be his meate . Claudius Minois è Graeco . Nutritus per me , tandem fera saeuiet in me . Vertere naturam gratia nulla potest . And. Alciat . Improbitas nullo flectitur obsequio . No willinge minde , to please him might suffise , No dilligence , to geue the tyraunte sucke , Though whelpishe daies , his nature did disguise , Yet time at lengthe vnto my euell lucke , Bewray'de his harte , a warninge good to those , Whoe in theire howse , doe foster vp theire foes . For , thoughe throughe neede they frendlie seeme a while , Or childishe yeares , do cloke their cancker'd minde , Althoughe some doe , releeue them in exile , And spend theire goodes , in hope to alter kinde : Yet all theire loue , and care to doe them good , Suche will forgett , and seeke to spill theire blood .

Garrulitas .

woodcut of a man in sleeping position gesturing with his right arm toward a swallow Ecclesiast. 20. Qui multis vtitur verbis , laedet animam suam .

Paradisus poëticus . Ver non vna dies , non vna reducit hirundo : Multiplici vigilans prudentia surgit ab vsu . BETIME when sleepe is sweete , the chattringe swallowe cries , And doth awake the wearied wighte , before he would arise : Which carpes the pratinge crewe , whoe like of bablinge beste : Whose tounges doe make him almoste deafe , that faine would take his rest . Horat. 1. Epist. 8. Sed tacitus pasci si posset coruus : haberet Plus dapis , & rixae multo minus , inuidiaeqúe .

Quaere adolescens , vtere senex .

woodcut of an old man sitting indoors at a table with food and drink, while outdoors a young man digs the ground

Ouid. 2. Art . Dum vires anníque sinunt tolerate labores , Iam veniet taecito curua senecta pede . WHILST youthe doth laste , with liuelie sappe , and strengthe , With sweate of browe , see that for age thou toyle : And when the same , arresteth thee at lengthe , Then take thy rest , let younglinges worke , and moyle : And vse thy goodes , which thou in yowthe haste wonne , To cheare thy harte , whil'st that thy glasse shal ronne .

Vitae , aut morti .

woodcut of a large flower with spiders and bees on it De littera & spiritu . S. Paulus Cor. 2. cap. 3. Paradisus poëticus . Vsus abest manuum ? ducens pede stamine texo , Aluus lanigera fertilitate scatet . Non dulcem e quouis apis ingeniosa liquorem Flore : sed è lecto germine , mella legit .

WITHIN one flower , two contraries remaine , For proofe behoulde , the spider , and the bee , One poison suckes , the Bee doth honie draine : The Scripture soe , hath two effectes we see : Vnto the bad , it is a sworde that slaies , Vnto the good , a shielde in ghostlie fraies .

Nil penna , sed vsus . To. Pr. Dr.

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Martialis 1. Decipies alios verbis , vultúque benigno Nam mihi iam notus dissimulator eris . THE Hippocrites , that make so great a showe , Of Sanctitie , and of Religion sounde , Are shaddowes meere , and with out substance goe , And beinge tri'de , are but dissemblers founde . Theise are compar'de , vnto the Ostriche faire , Whoe spreades her winges , yet sealdome tries the aire .

Fortissima minimis interdum cedunt .

woodcut of a lion lying down before a cockerel, an elephant retreating from a man holding a cloth, a bull retreating from a man holding a cloth, and a stag leaping in the background

Aelian . De varia historia lib 6. cap. 22. THE scarlet cloathe , dothe make the bull to feare . The culler white , the Olephant dothe shunne . The crowinge cocke , the Lion quakes to heare . The smoke of cloathe , dothe make the stagge to runne . All which doe showe , wee no man shoulde dispise , But thinke howe harme , the simplest maie deuise . Ouid. 2. Remed. Amoris . Parua necat morsu spatiosum vipera taurum : A cane non magno saepe tenetur aper .

Iniuriis , infirmitas subiecta .

woodcut of a gull and a cormorant flying low over the sea, where a large fish or sea-serpent attacks some small fish

THE mightie fishe , deuowres the little frie , If in the deepe , they venture for to staie , If vp they swimme , newe foes with watchinge flie , The caruoraunte , and Seamewe , for theire praie : Betweene these two , the frie is still destroi'de , Ah feeble state , on euerie side anoi'de . And. Alciat . Eheu intuta manens vndique debilitas .

In dies meliora .

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PLVS OLTRE

VLTERIVS

Nic Reusnerus . Sylva iuuat capras : vnda lutúmque sues . THE greedie Sowe so longe as shee dothe finde , Some scatteringes lefte , of haruest vnder foote She forward goes and neuer lookes behinde , While anie sweete remayneth for to roote , Euen soe wee shoulde , to goodnes euerie daie Still further passe , and not to turne nor staie .

Luxuriosorum opes .

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ON craggie rockes , and haughtie mountaines toppe , Vntimelie fruicte , one sower figtree growes : Whereof , no good mankinde at all doth croppe , But serues alone , the rauens , and the crowes : So fooles , theire goodes vnto no goodnes vse , But flatterers feede , or waste them on the stewes .

Agentes , & consentientes , pari poena puniendi .

woodcut of a trumpeter in livery being led into a city gate from a battlefield, with cavalry in the background

A Trompetter , the Captaines captiue leade , Whoe pardon crau'de , and saide , he did no harme : And for his life , with tremblinge longe did pleade , Whereat , quoth they , and hal'de him by the arme : Althoughe , thie hande did neuer strike a stroke , Yet with thie winde , thou others did'st prouoke .

In quatuor anni tempora .

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Nic. Reusnerus de Ficedula . Cùm me ficus alat : cum pascar dulcibus vuis : Cur potius nomen , non dedit vua mihiò BY swallowes note , the Springe wee vnderstande , The Cuckowe comes , ere Sommer doth beginne : The vinefinche showes , that haruest is at hande : The Chaffinche singes , when winter commeth in : Which times they keepe , that man therebie maie knowe , Howe Seasons chaunge , and tymes do come and goe .

Paruam culinam , duobus ganeonibus non sufficere .

woodcut of one bird falling from a tree where another is perched

Andr. Alciat . Arbustum geminos non alit erithacos . IN smalle , and little thinges , there is no gaine at all , One groaue , maie not two redbreastes serue , but euermore they brall .

Cuncta complecti velle , stultum .

woodcut of eight boys chasing bubbles in the countryside

ET TVTTO ABBRACCIO ETNVLLA STRINGO .

THE little boyes , that striue with all theire mighte , To catche the belles , or bubbles , as they fall : In vaine they seeke , for why , they vanishe righte , Yet still they striue , and are deluded all : So , they that like all artes , that can bee thoughte , Doe comprehende not anie , as they oughte .

Alius peccat , alius plectitur .

woodcut of a man aiming a stone at a dog while the dog chews another stone on the ground

THE angrie dogge doth turne vnto the stone , When it is caste , and bytes the same for ire , And not pursues , the same that hathe it throwne , But with the same , fulfilleth his desire : Euen so , theyr are that doe bothe fighte , and brall , With guiltlesse men , when wrathe dothe them inflame , And mortall foes , they deale not with at all , But let them passe , to theire rebuke , and shame : And in a rage , on innocentes do ronne , And turne from them , that all the wronge haue donne . And. Alciat . Sic plerique sinunt veros elabier hostes , Et quos nulla grauat noxia , dente petunt .

Aethiopem lauare .

woodcut of a black or dark-skinned man sitting and being washed by two standing white or light-skinned men

Erasmus ex Luciano . Abluis Aethiopem frustrà : qum desinis artem ? Haud vnquam efficies nox sit vt atra , dies . Horat. 1. Epist. 10. Naturam expellas furca tamen vsque recurret . LEAVE of with paine , the blackamore to skowre , With washinge ofte , and wipinge more then due : For thou shalt finde , that Nature is of powre , Doe what thou canste , to keepe his former hue : Thoughe with a forke , wee Nature thruste awaie , Shee turnes againe , if wee withdrawe our hande : And thoughe , wee ofte to conquer her assaie , Yet all in vaine , shee turnes if still wee stande : Then euermore , in what thou doest assaie , Let reason rule , and doe the thinges thou maie . Anulus in pict. poësi . — equusque Nunquam ex degeneri fiet generosus asello , Et nunquam ex stolido cordatus fiet ab arte .

Non dolo , sed vi .

woodcut of an ape pushing a dog's paw into a fireplace, with two men watching

Aelian . de var. Hist. lib. 5. ca. 26. THE ape , did reache for Chestnuttes in the fire , But fearinge muche , the burninge of his toes , Perforce was bar'de , longe time from his desire : But at the lengthe , he with a whelpe did close , And thruste his foote , into the Embers quick , And made him , pull the Chestnuttes out perforce : Which shewes , when as ambition fowle doth prick , The hartes of kinges , then there is no remorce , But oftentimes , to aunswere theire desire , The subiectes feele , both famine , sworde , and fire . Horat. lib. 1. Epist. 2. Quicquid delirant reges , plectuntur Achiui .

Nimium rebus ne fide secundis .

woodcut of pine trees breaking under the force of the wind, emanating from a godlike-figure in the clouds

THE loftie Pine , that one the mountaine growes , And spreades her armes , with braunches freshe , & greene , The raginge windes , on sodaine ouerthrowes , And makes her stoope , that longe a farre was seene : So they , that truste to muche in fortunes smiles , Thoughe worlde do laughe , and wealthe doe moste abounde , When leste they thinke , are often snar'de with wyles , And from alofte , doo hedlonge fall to grounde : Then put no truste , in anie worldlie thinges , For frowninge fate , throwes downe the mightie kinges . Hor. Carm. 2. Od. 10. Saepius ventis agitatur ingens Pinus , & celsae grauiore casu Decidunt turres , feriúntque summos Fulmina montes . Ouid. 3. Trist. 5. Vt cecidi , cunctique metu fugere ruinam , Versáque amicitiae terga dedere meae .

Silentium . Ad D. T. C. M.

woodcut of a renaissance scholar seated in his study, with books open on a table next to him and on a shelf

De laude silentij Aul. Gel. lib. 11. cap. 10. idem de vaniloquio lib. 1. cap. 15. PYTHAGORAS , vnto his schollers gaue , This lesson firste , that silence they should keepe : And this , wee reade Philosophers moste graue , Yea in theire hartes , this Princes printed deepe : VLISSES wordes weare spare , but rightlie plac'd : This , NESTOR lik'de . LYCVRGVS this imbrac'de . Epaminondas celebratur apud Pindarum qui , quanquam multa sciret , pauca tamen loquebatur . This , famous made EPAMINONDAS boulde : By this , great praise did DEMARATVS gaine : This , Athens made to reuerence ZENO oulde : SIMONIDES condemned speaches vaine , Whose sayinge was , my wordes repentance had , But Silence yet , did neuer make mee sad . Locutum fuisse poenituit , tacuisse verò nunquam . Cato lib. 1. Proximus ille deo , qui scit ratione tacere . And CATO sayeth : That man is next to GOD , Whoe squares his speache , in reasons rightfull frame : For idle wordes , GOD threatneth with his rodde , And sayeth , wee must giue reckoninge for the same : Cor. 1. cap. 15. Corrumpunt mores bonos colloquia praua . Sainct PAVLE likewise , this faulte doth sharplie tutche , And oftentimes , condemneth bablinge mutche . De vaniloquio . Paul . Timoth. 2. cap. 2. Guill . Lill . Est vitae ac pariter ianua lingua necis . One calles the tounge , the gate of life , and deathe , Which wiselie vs'd , extolleth men on earthe : Which lewdlie vs'de , depriueth men of breathe , And makes them mourne , whoe might haue liu'de in mirthe : For euell wordes , pierce sharper then a sworde , Which ofte wee rue , thoughe they weare spoke in boorde . Pet. 1. cap. 3. Qui enim vult vitam diligere , & dies videre bonos : coërceat linguam à malo . Marc. 7. Nihil est extra hominem introiens in eum , quod possit eum coinquinare , sed quae de homine procedunt , &c. Not that distroyes , into the mowthe that goes , But that distroyes , that forthe thereof doth comme : For wordes doe wounde , the inwarde man with woes , Then wiselie speake , or better to bee domme The tounge , althowghe it bee a member small , Of man it is the best , or worste of all . Hor. 1. Serm. 4. Fingere qui non visae potest , commissa tacere Qui nequit : hic niger est , hunc tu Roman e caueto . The foole , is thought with silence to be wise , But when he prates , him selfe he dothe bewraye : And wise men still , the babler doe dispise , Then keepe a watche when thou haste owght to saie , Ouid. 1. Amor. 2. Quis minor est autem quàm tacuisse labor ? What labour lesse , then for to houlde thy peace , Which aged daies , with quiet doth increase . Horat 1. Ep. 18. Nec retinent patulae commissa fideliter aures . Plutarch . in Moral . Th' Aegyptians wise , and other nations farre , Vnto this ende , HARPOCRATES deuis'de , Whose finger , still did seeme his mouthe to barre , To bid them speake , no more then that suffis'de , Which signe thoughe oulde , wee may not yet detest , But marke it well , if wee will liue in reste .

Written to the like effecte , vppon Video , & taceo . Her Maiesties poësie , at the great Lotterie in LONDON , begon M.D.LXVIII . and ended M.D.LXIX . Ouid. 2. Trist . Si quoties peccant homines sua fulmina mittaec Iupiter , exiguo tempore inermis erit . I See , and houlde my peace : a Princelie Poësie righte , For euerie faulte , shoulde not prouoke , a Prince , or man of mighte . For if that IOVE shoulde shoote , so ofte as men offende , The Poëttes saie , his thunderboltes shoulde soone bee at an ende . Then happie wee that haue , a Princesse so inclin'de . That when as iustice drawes hir sworde , hath mercie in her minde , And to declare the same , howe prone shee is to saue : Her Maiestie did make her choice , this Poësie for to haue . Ouid. 1. Pont. 3. Cuique dolet , quoties cogitur esse ferox . Sed piger ad poenas princeps , ad proemia velox :

Amicitia , etiam post mortem durans . To R. T. and M. C. Esquiers .

woodcut of a grape-laden vine wrapped around a bare elm tree

A Withered Elme , whose boughes weare bare of leaues And sappe , was sunke with age into the roote : A fruictefull vine , vnto her bodie cleaues , Whose grapes did hange , from toppe vnto the foote : And when the Elme , was rotten , drie , and dead , His braunches still , the vine abowt it spread . Virgil in Moecenatis obitum . Et decet , & certè viuam tibi semper amicus , Nec tibi qui móritur , definit esse tuus : Ipse ego quicquid ero , cineres intérq . fauillas , Tunc quoque non potero non memor esse tui . Which showes , wee shoulde be linck'de with such a frende , That might reuiue , and helpe when wee bee oulde : And when wee stoope , and drawe vnto our ende , Our staggering state , to helpe for to vphoulde : Yea , when wee shall be like sencelesse block , That for our sakes , will still imbrace our stock . Ouid. 3. Pont. 2. Ire iubet Pylades charum periturus Orestem : Hic negat , inque vicem pugnat vterque mori , Extitit hoc vnum quod non conuenerat illis : Caetera pars concors , & sine lite fuit .

Potentissimus affectus , amor .

woodcut of Eros or Cupid holding a whip and reins in a chariot drawn by two lions

THE Lions grimme , behoulde , doe not resiste , But yealde them selues , and Cupiddes chariot drawe , And with one hande , he guydes them where he liste , With th' other hande , he keepes them still in awe : Theye couche , and drawe , and do the whippe abide , And laie theire fierce and crewell mindes aside . If Cupid then , bee of such mightie force , That creatures fierce , and brutishe kinde he tames : Oh mightie IOVE , vouchsafe to showe remorse , Helpe feeble man , and pittie tender dames : Let Africke wilde , this tyrauntes force indure , If not alas , howe can poore man bee sure . Ouid. Epist. 9. Quem non mille ferae , quem non Stheneleïus hostie , Non potuit Iuno vincere , vincit amor .

Quae ante pedes . To I. I. Esquier .

woodcut of a farmhouse, with an ox or bull and a chicken in the yard, and a chicken on the roof with three broken eggs

Ouid. 1. Art . Sic ne perdiderit non cessat perdere lusor , Et reuocat cupidas alea saepe manus . NOT for our selues , alone wee are create , But for our frendes , and for our countries good : And those , that are vnto theire frendes ingrate , And not regarde theire ofspringe , and theire blood , Or hee , that wastes his substance till he begges , Or selles his landes , whiche seru'de his parentes well : Is like the henne , when shee hathe lay'de her egges , That suckes them vp and leaues the emptie shell , Euen so theire spoile , to theire reproche , and shame , Vndoeth theire heire , and quite decayeth theire name . Sen. Hipp. 1. Quisquis secundis rebus exultat nimis , Fluitque luxu , semper insolita appetens , Hunc illa magnae dura fortunae comes Subit libido : non placent suetae dapes , Non tecta sani moris , aut vilis cibus : &c.

Mutuum auxilium . To R. COTTON Esquier .

woodcut of a blind man with a stick, and a lame man carried on his shoulders pointing the way

Quanta sit mutui auxilij necessitas , cùm in communi hac vitae humanae societate multis modis intelligi potest : in qua homo hominis ope maximè indiget , adeò vt in prouerbium abierit , homo homini Deus : tum verò in ipsa corporis humani constitutione & fabrica luculentissimè apparet . Neque enim homo subsistere vlla ratione possit , nisi membra corporis mutuum sibi auxilium praestent . Quid enim futurum esset , nisi oculi pedes ad ingressum dirigerent ; nisi rursum pedes corpus mouerent ; nisi manus ori cibum , os ventriculo atque hepari , hepar per venas vniuerso corpori alimentum suggereret ? Nihil itaque est quod per seipsum , sine alterius auxilio , constare , aut vim suam & perpetuitatem conseruare possit . THE blynde , did beare the lame vppon his backe , The burthen , did directe the bearors waies : With mutuall helpe , they seru'd eche others lacke , And euery one , their frendly league did praise : The lame lente eies , the blynde did lend his feete , And so they safe , did passe both feelde , and streete . Some lande aboundes , yet hathe the same her wante , Some yeeldes her lacke , and wantes the others store : No man so ritche , but is in some thinge scante , The greate estate , must not dispise the pore : Hee workes , and toyles , and makes his showlders beare , The ritche agayne , giues foode , and clothes , to weare . So without poore , the ritche are like the lame : And without ritche , the poore are like the blynde : Let ritche lend eies , the poore his legges wil frame , Thus shoulde yt bee . For so the Lorde assign'd , Whoe at the firste , for mutuall frendship sake , Not all gaue one , but did this difference make . Whereby , with trade , and intercourse , in space , And borrowinge heare , and lendinge there agayne : Such loue , such truthe , such kyndnes , shoulde take place , Hor. 2. serm. 2. Nam propriae telluris herum natura neque illum , Nec me , nec quenquam statuit , &c. That frendshipp , with societie should raigne : The prouerbe saieth , one man is deemed none , And life , is deathe , where men doo liue alone . Ausonius in Epig. Non est diues opum , diues : nec pauper inopsque Infelix : alio nec magis alter eget . Diues eget gemmis ; Cereali munere pauper . Sed cùm egeant ambo , pauper egens minus est .

In vtrumque paratus . To IOHN PAYTON Esquier .

woodcut of two arms holding a sword and a trowel, emerging from a cloud

2 Esd. cap. 4. WHEN SANABAL Hierusalem distrest , With sharpe assaultes , in NEHEMIAS tyme : To warre , and worke , the Iewes them selues addrest , And did repaire theire walles , with stone , and lime : One hande the sworde , against the foe did shake , The other hande , the trowell vp did take . Ouid. 1. Pont. 4. Nescio qua natale solum dulcedine cunctos Ducit , & immemores non sinit esse sui . Of valiant mindes , loe here , a worthie parte , That quailed not , with ruine of theire wall : But Captaines boulde , did prooue the masons arte , Which doth inferre , this lesson vnto all : That to defende , our countrie deare from harme , For warre , or worke , wee eyther hande should arme .

Murus aeneus , sana conscientia . To MILES HOBART Esquier .

woodcut of a man sheltering beneath a laurel tree from Jupiter or Zeus, sitting on an eagle inside a cloud, holding a sceptre in one hand and lightning bolts on the other. another large bird with a laurel wreath around its neck swims in a river in the background

Nic. Reusnerus . Missa triumphalem non tangunt fulmina laurum , Cingunt hac vates tempora lata sacri , BOTHE freshe , and greene , the Laurell standeth sounde , Thoughe lightninges flasshe , and thunderboltes do flie : Where , other trees are blasted to the grounde , Yet , not one leafe of it , is withered drie : Euen so , the man that hathe a conscience cleare , When wicked men , doe quake at euerie blaste , Doth constant stande , and dothe no perrilles feare , When tempestes rage , doe make the worlde agaste : Suche men are like vnto the Laurell tree , The others , like the blasted boughes that die . Hor. 1. Carm. 22. Integer vitae , scelerisque purus Non eget Maurî iaculis nec arcu , Nec venenatis grauida sagittis , Fusce pharetra . Siue per Syrtes iter aestuosas Siue facturus per inhospitalem Caucasum , vel qua loca fabulosus Lambit Hydaspes .

Sic discerne . To THO. STVTVILE Esquier .

woodcut of grain being separated from chaff in a hanging sieve

IN fruictefull feilde amid the goodlie croppe , The hurtfull tares , and dernell ofte doe growe , And many times , doe mounte aboue the toppe Of highest corne : But skilfull man doth knowe , When graine is ripe , with siue to purge the seedes , From chaffe , and duste , and all the other weedes . Ouid. 3. Trist. 4. Viue sine inuidia , mollésque inglorius annos Exige , aemiertias & tibi iunge pares . By which is ment , sith wicked men abounde , That harde it is , the good from bad to trie : The prudent sorte , shoulde haue suche iudgement sounde , That still the good they shoulde from bad descrie : And sifte the good , and to discerne their deedes , And weye the bad , noe better then the weedes .

Interiora vide . To GEORGE BROOKE Esquier .

woodcut of a man with an drawn sword pulling back a curtain to see through a window into a house, on the ground next to which are a tied bundle and a well

THough outwarde thinges , doe trimme , & braue , appeare , And sightes at firste , doe aunswere thie desire , Yet , inwarde partes , if that they shine not cleare , Suspecte the same , and backe in time retire : For inwardlie , such deadlie foes maie lurke , As when wee trust , maie our destruction worke . Though bewtie rare , bee farre and neare renoum'de , Though Natures giftes , and fortunes doe excell : Yet , if the minde , with heinous crimes abounde , And nothing good with in the same doe dwell : Regarde it not , but shonne the outward showe , Vntill , thou doe the inwarde vertues knowe . Plaut. in Amph. Virtus omnia in se habet , omnia adsunt bona , quem Pene'st virtus ,

Fortuna virtutem superans . To FR. W. Esquier .

woodcut of armoured Brutus committing suicide by impaling himself on his sword, with his shield on the ground next to him

Simile de Aiace seipsum interficiente ( super cuius tumulum virtus plorans pro falso iudicio ) apparet antè , folio tricesimo . Nam cùm Achillis arma per Agamem nonis iudicium , Vlyssi adiudicabantur , Aiax illius iniuriae impatiens , & postea insanus , seipsum interficiebat , sic inquiens vt Ouid. habet 13. Metamorph. Hectora qui solus , qui ferrum , ignémque , Iouémque , Sustinuit toties , vnam non sustinet tram : Inuictúmq . virum vicit dolor , arripit ensem : Et meus hic certè est , an & hunc sibi poscit Vlysses ? Hoc ait , vtendum est in me mihi , quiq . cruore Saepè Phrygum maduit , domini nunc caedemaedebit , Ne quisquam Aiacem possit superare , nisi Aiax , Dixit , & in pectus , &c. WHEN BRVTVS knewe , AVGVSTVS parte preuail'de , And sawe his frendes , lie bleedinge on the grounde , Suche deadlie griefe , his noble harte assail'de , That with his sworde , hee did him selfe confounde : But firste , his frendes perswaded him to flee , Whoe aunswer'd thus , my flighte with handes shal bee . And bending then to blade , his bared breste , Hee did pronounce , theise wordes with courage great : Oh Prowes vaine , I longe did loue thee best , But nowe , I see , thou doest on fortune waite . Wherefore with paine , I nowe doe prooue it true , That fortunes force , maie valiant hartes subdue .

Fides non apparentium . To BARTHRAM CALTHORPE Esquier .

woodcut of two fishermen in a small boat drawing in a net

THE fissherman , doth caste his nettes in sea , In hope at lengthe , an happie hale to haue , And is content , longe time to pause , and staie , Thoughe , nothinge elles hee see , besides the waue : Yet , onelie trust for thinges vnseene dothe serue , Which feedes him ofte , till he doth almoste sterue . If fisshermen , haue then suche constant hope , For hidden thinges , and such as doe decaie , Let Christians then , the eies of faithe houlde ope , And thinke not longe , for that which lastes for aie , And on GODS worde , theire hope to anchor faste , Whereof eache iote , shal bee fulfil'de at laste . Ouid. Epist. 18. Non boue mactato coelestia numina gaudent , Sed , quae praestanda est & sine teste , fide .

Virtus vnita , valet . Ornatiss . inuenibus nouem fratribus GEORGII BVRGOINE armigeri F. F.

woodcut of water in two states. In one, small and large ships or galleons float in the sea. In the other, a farmer, surrounded by cattle, a tree, a plant, and a sheaf or bundle of arrows, uses a spade or hoe to work land irrigated by a channel flowing from a pipe built into a dam

THE surging Sea , doth salte , and sweete remaine , And is preseru'de with working , to and froe : And not corruptes , nor suffreth anie staine , Whiles in his boundes , the same doth ebbe , and flowe : But if it waste , and forth by sluses fall , It soone corruptes , and hath no force at all . The arrowes sharpe , that in one sheafe are bounde , Are harde to breake , while they are ioined sure , But seuer them , then feeble are they founde , So where as loue , and concorde , doth indure : A little force , doth mightilie preuaile , Where Princes powers , with hate and discorde quaile .

Gratiam referendam .

woodcut of a stork bringing food (a snake or worm) to three chicks in a nest built on a chimney

Aelianus lib. 10. cap. 16. SEE heare the storke prouides with tender care , And bringeth meate , vnto her hatched broode : They like againe , for her they doe prepare , When shee is oulde , and can not get her foode : Idem libro 8. cap. 22. vbi de natura Ciconiae mira fabula . Which teacheth bothe , the parente and the childe , Theire duties heare , which eche to other owe : First , fathers must be prouident , and milde , Vnto theire fruicte , till they of age doe growe : And children , muste with dutie still proceede , To reuerence them , and helpe them if they neede . Paradisus poëticus . Defessum fertur portare Ciconia patrem , Hinc illa pietas sancta notatur aue .

Auaritia .

woodcut of crowned Tantalus chest-high in water straining his neck to reach the over-hanging, fruit-laden branch of a tree growing on the bank next to him. In the background, many other figures are also in the water, some with arms outstretched

Ouid. Metam . lib. 4. HEARE TANTALVS , as Poëttes doe deuine , This guerdon hathe , for his offence in hell : The pleasante fruite , dothe to his lippe decline , A riuer faire vnto his chinne doth swell : Yet , twixt these two , for foode the wretche dothe sterue , For bothe doe flee , when they his neede shoulde serue . The couetous man , this fable reprehendes , For chaunge his name , and TANTALVS hee is , Hee dothe abounde , yet sterues and nothing spendes , But keepes his goulde , as if it weare not his : With slender fare , he doth his hunger feede , And dare not touche his store , when hee doth neede . Horat. serm. 1. Sat. 1. Tantalus à labris sitiens fugientia captat Flumina , quid rides ? mutato nomine de te Fabula narratur , congestis vndique saccis Indormis inhians : & tanquam parcere sacris Congeris &c. —

O vita , misero longa .

woodcut of Prometheus chained to a rock while an eagle eats his liver

De quo , Diodor. Sicul. lib. 6. TO Cawcasus , behoulde PROMETHEVS chain'de , Whose liuer still , a greedie gripe dothe rente : He neuer dies , and yet is alwaies pain'de , With tortures dire , by which the Poëttes ment , That hee , that still amid misfortunes standes , Is sorrowes slaue , and bounde in lastinge bandes . For , when that griefe doth grate vppon our gall , Or surging seas , of sorrowes moste doe swell , That life is deathe , and is no life at all , The liuer rente , it dothe the conscience tell : Which being launch'de , and prick'd , with inward care , Although wee liue , yet still wee dyinge are . Horat. 1. Epist. 1. — hic murus ahaeneus esto , Nil conscire sibi , nulla pallescere culpa . Martial . lib. 1. Qualiter in Scythica religatus rupe Prometheus , Assiduam nimio pectore pauit auem , &c.

Concordia .

woodcut of two armed soldiers shaking hands, with tents and cavalry in the background

And. Alciat . Foederis haec species : id habet concordia signum , Vt quos iungit amor , iungat & ipsa manus . OF kinges , and Princes greate , lo , Concorde ioynes the handes : And knittes theire subiectes hartes in one , and wealthie makes their Landes . It bloodie broiles dothe hate , and Enuie doune dothe thruste , And makes the Souldiour learne to plowghe , and let his armour ruste .

Remedium tempestiuum sit .

woodcut of a man with a stick raised to strike a snake or serpent emerging tail-first from a crack in a wall

Ouid. 2. Pont. 6. Cùm poteram recto transire Ceraunia velo Vt fera vitarem saxa , monendus eram . Nunc mihi naufragio quid prodest dicere facto Qua mea debuerit currere cymba via ? THROVGHE rased wall , a serpente backwarde slydes , And yet , before her poisoned head appeare , The prudent man , for safetie that prouides , Doth strike at firste , in dowte of further feare : So all men shoulde , when they to daunger dreede , With all their force , preuent the same with speede .

Serò sapiunt Phryges .

woodcut of a man bent over a river between houses, gripping an eel with fig-leaves held in both hands

Tibul. 1.9 . Ah miser , & si quis primo periuria caelat , Sera tamen tacitis poena venit pedibus . THE prouerbe saieth , so longe the potte to water goes , That at the lengthe it broke returnes , which is appli'de to those . That longe with wyles , and shiftes , haue cloaked wicked partes , Whoe haue at lengthe bene paied home , and had their iust desertes . Euen as the slymie eele , that ofte did slippe awaie , Yet , with figge leaues at lengthe was catch'de , & made the fisshers praie .

Dum viuo , prosum .

woodcut of a man gathering fallen branches next to an ancient tree

AN aged tree , whose sappe is almoste spente , Yet yeeldes her boughes , to warme vs in the coulde : And while it growes , her offalles still be lente , But being falne , 〈◊〉 it turneth into moulde , And doth no good : soe ere to graue wee fall , Wee maie do good , but after none at all . Da tua , dum tua sunt , post mortem tunc tua non sunt .

Noli altum sapere .

woodcut of a man aiming a bow and arrow at a flying bird while a snake on the ground prepares to bite his leg

WITH , lime , and net , the Mauis , and the larke , The fowler loe , deceaued by his arte : But whilste alofte , he leuel'd at his marke , And did to highe exalte , his hawghtie harte , An adder fell , that in the grasse did lurke , With poisoned stinge , did his destruction worke . Claud. 1. Ruf. — iam non ad culmina rerum , Iniustos creuisse queror : tollantur in altum Vt lapsu maiore ruant , &c. Let mortall men , that are but earthe , and duste , Not looke to highe , with puffe of worldlie pride : But sometime , viewe the place wheretoo they muste , And not delighte , the poorest to deride : Leste when theire mindes , do mounte vnto the skies , Their fall is wrought , by thinges they doe dispise . Cato . Mitte arcana dei Calúmque inquirere quid sit . Some others are , that fitlie this applie , To those , whoe doe Astronomie professe : Whoe leaue the earthe , and studie on the skie , As if they coulde , all worldlie thinges expresse : & alius sic . Si Christum bene scis , satis est si caetera nescis . Yet , when to knowe the starres they take in hande , Of daungers neare , they doe not vnderstande .

Saepius in auro bibitur venenum .

woodcut of the courtesan Lais of Corinth, richly-dressed in renaissance style, outside with two dogs nearby

De Laide Aul. Gel. lib 1. cap. 8. HEARE LAIS fine , doth braue it on the stage , With muskecattes sweete , and all shee coulde desire : Her beauties beames , did make the youthe to rage , And inwardlie Corinthus set on fire : Propertius Eleg. 2. Non ita complebant Ephyraeae Laides ades , Ad cuius iacuit Graena tota fores . Bothe Princes , Peeres , with learned men , and graue , With humble sute , did LAIS fauour craue . Horat. Epist. lib. 1. Epist. 18. Non cuiuis homini contingit adire Corinthum . Not euerie one , mighte to Corinthus goe , The meaninge was , not all mighte LAIS loue : The manchet fine , on highe estates bestowe , The courser cheate , the baser sorte must prooue : Faire HELEN leaue for MENELAVS grace , And CORIDON , let MABLIE still imbrace . Claud. 2. de volupt . Still . sic , Blanda quidem vultu , sed qua non tetrior vlla , Interius fucata genus , & amicta dolosit Illecebris , &c. And thoughe , the poore maie not presume alofte , It is no cause , they therefore shoulde dispaire : For with his choise , doth IRVS ioye as ofte , As dothe the Prince , that hathe a VENVS faire : No highe estate , can giue a quiet life , But GOD it is , that blesseth man , and wife . Then make thy choise , amongste thy equalles still , If thou mislike DIANAS steppes to trace : Thoughe PARIS , had his HELEN at his will , Thinke howe his facte , was ILIONS foule deface . And hee , that moste the house of LAIS hauntes , The more he lookes , the more her face enchauntes .

Praepostera fides .

woodcut of a man and woman kissing beside a mill

ANELLVS , sendes his corne vnto the mill , Which beinge grounde , he tri'de , it by the waighte : And finding not the measure , to his will , Hee studied longe , to learne , the millers sleighte : For noe complaintes , coulde make him leaue to steale , Or fill the sacke , with fustie mixed meale . Wherefore , to mill he sente his dearest wife , That nighte , and daie , shee mighte the grindinge viewe : Where shee , ( kinde harte , ) to ende al former strife , Did dubbe her Spouse , one of VVLCANVS crewe : Oh greedie foole Anellus , of thy graine , And of thy wife , too prodigall , and plaine .

Fatuis leuia commitito .

woodcut of a man, flanked by a naked child on a hobby-horse and a fool in motley, bowing before a king

Com. Gall. Diuersos diuersa iuuant : non omnibus annio Omnia conueniunt , &c. THE little childe , is pleas'de with cockhorse gaie , Althoughe he aske a courser of the beste : The ideot likes , with bables for to plaie , And is disgrac'de , when he is brauelie dreste : A motley coate , a cockescombe , or a bell , Hee better likes , then Iewelles that excell . So fondelinges vaine , that doe for honor sue , And seeke for roomes , that worthie men deserue : The prudent Prince , dothe giue hem ofte their due , Whiche is faire wordes , that right their humors serue : For infantes hande , the rasor is vnfitte , And fooles vnmeete , in wisedomes seate to sitte .

Homines voluptatibus transformantur .

woodcut of Circe holding a stick, an ass, a goat, a hog or pig and a dog

Virgil. Aeneid . 7. Ouid. Metam . lib. 14. SEE here VLISSES men , transformed straunge to heare : Some had the shape of Goates , and Hogges , some Apes , and Asses weare . Who , when they might haue had their former shape againe , They did refuse , and rather wish'd , still brutishe to remaine . Which showes those foolishe sorte , whome wicked loue dothe thrall , Like brutishe beastes do passe theire time , and haue no sence at all . And thoughe that wisedome woulde , they shoulde againe retire , Yet , they had rather CIRCES serue , and burne in theire desire . Then , loue the onelie crosse , that clogges the worlde with care , Oh stoppe your eares , and shutte your eies , of CIRCES cuppes beware . Horat. 1. Epist. 2. Sirenum voces , & circes pocula nosti : Quae si cum sociis stultus , cupidusque bibisset , Sub domina meretrice fuisset turpis , & excors , Vixisset canis immundus , vel amica luto sus .

Iudicium Paridis .

woodcut of Paris of Troy, seated, receiving a group of female figures including the goddesses Juno or Hera, Minerva or Pallas Athena, and Venus or Aphrodite

TO PARIS , here the Goddesses doe pleade : With kingdomes large , did IVNO make her sute , And PALLAS nexte , with wisedome him assaide , But VENVS faire , did winne the goulden fruite . No princelie giftes , nor wisedome he did wey , For Bewtie , did comaunde him to obey . The worldlie man , whose sighte is alwaies dimme , Whose fancie fonde eache pleasure doth entice , The shaddowes , are like substance vnto him , And toyes more deare , them thinges of greatest price : But yet the wise this iudgement rashe deride , And sentence giue on prudent PALLAS side . Ouid. Epist. 15. De iudicio Paridis . Regna Iouis coniux ; virtutem filia iactat . Et postea ibidem . Dulcè Venus risit , Nec te Pari munera tangunt , Vtraque suspensi plena timoris , ait .

Ridicula ambitio .

woodcut of Hanno standing at a door, watching birds fly out a window

Aelian . de var. Histor. lib. 14. cap. 30. HEARE HANNO standes , and lookes into the skye , And feedes him selfe , with hope of future praise : Vnto his birdes , he dothe his eare applie , And trustes in tyme , that they his name should raise : For they weare taughte , before they flewe abrode , Longe tyme to saie , that HANNO was a God . But , when the birdes from bondage weare releast , And in the woodes , with other birdes weare ioin'de , Then HANNOS name , theire woonted lesson ceaste , For eache did singe , accordinge to his kinde : Then flee this faulte , Ambition workes our shame , And vertue loue , which dothe extoll our name .

Desidiam abiiciendam .

woodcut of two figures sitting under a tree

VSE labour still , and leaue thie slouthfull seate , Flee Idlenesse , which beggers state dothe giue : With sweate of browe , see that thou get thy meate , If thou be borne , with labouring hande to liue : And get , to eate . and eate , to liue with praise : Liue not to eate , to liue with wanton ease . By DRACOES lawes , the idle men shoulde die , * *

Sabel . Paul . Thes. 2. ca. 3 Neque gratis panem manducauimus ab aliquo , sed in labore , & in fatigatione , nocte , & die operantes &c.

& postea : Quoniam si quis non vult operari , nec manducet .

The Florentines , made banishement theire paine : In Corinthe , those that idlie they did see , Weare warn'de at firste , the seconde time were slaine : And eke Sainct Paule , the slothfull thus doth threate , Whoe laboreth not , denie him for to eate . Ouid. 1. Remed. Amoris . Quaeritur Aegistus quare sit factus adulter : In promptu caussa est , desidiosus erat .

Mortui diuitiae . Ad Reuerendum virum Dn. ALEXANDRVM NOWELL Paulinae ecclesiae Londini Decanum , doctrina & exemplo clarum .

woodcut of the shirt of Saladin displayed on a spear

Horat. 1. Carm. 4. Palleda mors aequo pulsat pede pauperum tabernas , Regúmq . turres , &c. THE Princes greate , and Monarches of the earthe , Whoe , while they liu'de , the worlde might not suffice : Yet can they claime , by greatnesse of their birthe , To beare from hence , when nature life denies , Noe more then they , who for releife did pyne , Which is but this , a shrouding sheete of twyne . Propertius 2. 28. Haud vllas portabis opes Acherontis ad vndas : Nudus ab inferna stulte , vehere rate . Victor cum victis pariter-miscebitur vmbris , Consule cum Mario capte lugurtha sedes . Thoughe fewe there bee , while they doe flourishe heere , That doe regarde the place whereto the muste : Yet , thoughe theire pride like Lucifers appeere , They shal bee sure at lengthe to turne to duste : The Prince , the Poore , the Prisoner , and the slaue , They all at lengthe , are summon'de to their graue . But , hee that printes this deepelie in his minde , Althoughe he set in mightie CAESARS chaire , Within this life , shall contentation finde , When carelesse men , ofte die in great dispaire : Then , let them blusshe that woulde be Christians thought , And faile hereof , Sith Turkes the same haue taught . As SALADINE , that was the Souldaine greate Of Babilon , when deathe did him arreste , His subiectes charg'd , when he shoulde leaue his seate , And life resigne , to tyme , and natures heste : They should prepare , his shyrte vppon a speare , And all about forthwith the same shoulde beare . Vrbs Palaestinae . Throughe ASCHALON , the place where he deceaste , With trumpet Sounde , and Heralte to declare , Theise wordes alowde : The Kinge of all the Easte Great SALADINE , behoulde is stripped bare : Of kingdomes large , and lyes in house of claie , And this is all , he bare with him awaie .

Quod in te est , prome . Ad eundem .

woodcut of a bird or pelican pecking it's breast to feed the chicks below it in the nest

Parad. Poët . Cor Pharius rostro figit pelecanus acuto , Et se pro natis sic necat ipse suis . THE Pellican , for to reuiue her younge , Doth peirce her brest , and geue them of her bloode : Then searche your breste , and as yow haue with tonge , With penne proceede to doe our countrie good : Your zeale is great , your learning is profounde , Then helpe our wantes , with that you doe abounde .

De paruis , grandis aceruus erit . To my brother M. BR. WHITNEY .

woodcut of a bushel of grain, corn or wheat, surrounded by individual ears Ouid. 1. Remed. Amoris . Flumina magna vides paruis de fontibus orta : Plurima collectis multiplicantur aquis .

Vt huic vacuo spacio aliquid adiiciam , non facilè occurrit ( mi frater ) quod & tibi ( iam patrifamilias ) & huic Symbolo magis conueniat , quàm illud Horatianum ad Iccium . ALTHOVGHE thy store bee small , for to beginne , Yet guide it well , and soone it is increaste , For mightie men , in time theire wealthe did winne , Whoe had at firste , as little as the leste : Where GOD dothe blesse , in time aboundance springes , And heapes are made , of manie little thinges . 1. Epist. 12. Fructibus Agrippae Siculis , quos colligis Icci , Si rectè frueris : non est vt copia maior Ab Ioue donari possit tibi , tolle querelas . Pauper enim non est , cui rerum suppetit vsus .

Vita irrequieta . Ad Doctiss . virum W. M. fortunae telo ictum .

woodcut of a man carrying a stick and bundle looking back over his shoulder across a river toward a village with a mill and church, while a footless bird with long feathers flies above

Iuuen. Sat. 10. Pauca licet portes argenti vascula puri , Nocte iter ingressus gladium , contúmque timebis , Et motae ad lunam trepidabis arundinis vmbram . Cantabit vacuus coram latrone viator . THE Apodes , which doe in INDIA breede , Still flie about , and seldome take their ease : They haue no feete , to reste them as wee reade , But with theire flighte , do compasse lande , and seas : Vnto this broode , those that about doe rome , Wee maie compare : that haue no house , nor home . Bothe houses faire , and citties great , they veiwe , But Riuers swifte , theire passage still do let , They ofte looke backe , and doe theire fortune rue , Since that therin , they haue no seate to set : Thus , passe they throughe theire longe vnquiet life , Till deathe dothe come , the ende of worldlie strife . Ouid. 2. Fast . Omne solum forti patria est , vt piscibus aequor , Vt volucri vacuo quicquid in orbe patet .

In eum qui truculentia suorum perierit . Ad affinem suum , R. E. medicum insignem .

woodcut of a beached dolphin or sea-monster, with a ship in the sea in the background

Aelian . De Animalibus lib. 9. cap. 7. & lib. 12. cap. 12. THE Dolphin swifte , vpon the shore is throwne , Thoughe he was bred , and fostered , in the flood : If NEPTVNE shewe such wronge , vnto his owne , Then , howe maie man in shippes haue hope of good : Alciatus . Nam si nec propriis Neptunus parcit alumnis , Quis tutos homines natubus esse putat ? The raging Sea , our countrie doth declare ; The Dolphin fishe , those that exiled are . And thoughe this fishe , was mightie in the sea , Without regarde , yet was hee caste on shore : So famous men , that longe did beare the swaie , De his , Petrarcha lib. vtriusq . fortunae in titulo de morientibus extra patriam , luculenter scribit . Haue bene exil'd , and liu'd in habit pore : This , SOCRATES : and MARCVS TVLLIVS tri'de : DEMOSTHENES , and thousandes moe beside . Ausonius Epigr. 135. Fortuna nunquam sistit in eodem statu , Semper mouetur , variat , & mutat vices , Et summa in imum vertit , ac versa erigit .

Tecum habita . Ad Agnatum suum R. W. Coolensem .

woodcut of Jupiter or Zeus enthroned, surrounded by various animals: a stag, a horse, an ox, an ass, an eagle or bird, a lion and a snail

A Solemne feaste great IVPITER did make , And warn'd all beastes , and creatures to be there : The presse was muche , eache one his place did take : At lengthe , when all weare in there cheifest cheare : At seconde course , the snaile crepte slowlie in , Whome IOVE did blame , cause hee so slacke had bin . Who aunswered thus , oh kinge behoulde the cause ? I beare my house , wherefore my pace is slowe : Which warneth all , in feasting for to pause , And to the same , with pace of snaile to goe : And further telles , no places maie compare , Vnto our homes , where wee commaunders are . Admonet hoc , sectanda gradu conuiuia tardo , Atque domo propria dulcius esse nihil .

Industria naturam corrigit . Ad D. H. Wh. patruelis mei F.

woodcut of Mercury or Hermes repairing a lute, and of a robed male figure playing a lute while a female figure dances

THE Lute , whose sounde doth most delighte the eare , Was caste aside , and lack'de bothe stringes , and frettes : Whereby , no worthe within it did appeare , MERCVRIVS came , and it in order settes : Which being tun'de , suche Harmonie did lende , That Poëttes write , the trees theire toppes did bende . Euen so , the man on whome dothe Nature froune , Whereby , he liues dispis'd of euerie wighte , Industrie yet , maie bringe him to renoume , And diligence , maie make the crooked righte : Then haue no doubt , for arte maie nature helpe . Thinke howe the beare doth forme her vglye whelpe . Ouid Epist. 12. Si mihi difficilis formam natura negauit ; Ingenio formae damna rependo meae .

Infortunia nostra , alienis collata , leuiora . Ad eundem .

woodcut of an ass and ape and a mole facing each other

Ouid. 9 Metam . Quódque ego , vult genitor , vult ipsa socérque , futurus : At non vult natura , potentior omnibus istu . THE Asse , and Ape complaine , and thought theire fortunes bad : The Asse , for wante of hornes . the Ape , bycause no taile he had . The Mole , then answere made : I haue no eyes to see , Then wherefore can you nature blame , if that you looke on mee . Which biddes vs bee contente , with lot that God doth sende , For if wee others wantes do wey , our happes wee maie commende .

Vxoriae virtutes . To my Sister , M. D. COLLEY .

woodcut of a woman covering her mouth with her left hand and holding keys in her right hand, with a tortoise at her feet

Plautus in Amph. Non ego illam mihi dotem duco esse , quae dos dicitur , Sed pudicitiam & pudorem , & sedatum Cupidinem , Deûm metum , parentum amorem , & cognatum concordiam . THIS representes the vertues of a wife , Her finger , staies her tonge to runne at large . The modest lookes , doe shewe her honest life . The keys , declare shee hathe a care , and chardge , Of husbandes goodes : let him goe where he please . The Tortoyse warnes , at home to spend her daies .

Inuidiae descriptio . Ad Ra. W.

woodcut of an old woman, half-naked, with a snake or viper in her mouth, a heart in her right hand, and a walking stick or staff in her left hand

Inuidiam Ouid. describit 2. Metamorph . WHAT hideous hagge with visage sterne appeares ? Whose feeble limmes , can scarce the bodie staie : This , Enuie is : leane , pale , and full of yeares , Who with the blisse of other pines awaie . And what declares , her eating vipers broode ? That poysoned thoughtes , bee euermore her foode . Lucret. 3. Macerat Inuidia ante oculos illum esse potentem , Illum adspectari , claro qui incedit honore : Ipsi se in tenebris volui , coenóque queruntur . What meanes her eies ? so bleared , sore , and redd : Her mourninge still , to see an others gaine . And what is mente by snakes vpon her head ? The fruite that springes , of such a venomed braine . But whie , her harte shee rentes within her brest ? It shewes her selfe , doth worke her owne vnrest . Whie lookes shee wronge ? bicause shee woulde not see , An happie wight , which is to her a hell : What other partes within this furie bee ? Her harte , with gall : her tonge , with stinges doth swell . And laste of all , her staffe with prickes aboundes : Which showes her wordes , wherewith the good shee woundes . Ouid. lib. 1. De Arte Amandi . Fertilior seges est alienis semper in agris , Vicinumque pecus grandius vher habet .

De Inuido & Auaro , iocosum .

woodcut of two men standing next o a chest or coffer, with three eyes on the ground between them

Auth. de Gueuara in Epistolis suis . THE Goddes agreed , two men their wishe should haue : And did decree , who firste demaunde did make , Shoulde haue his wishe : and he that last did craue , The others gifte shoulde double to him take . The Couetous wretche , and the Enuious man : Theise weare the two , that of this case did scanne . They longe did striue , who shoulde the firste demaunde : The couetous man refus'de , bicause his mate , Shoulde haue his gifte then doubled out of hande : The thought whereof , vppon his harte did grate Wherefore the Goddes , did plague him for his sinne , And did commaunde , th' Enuious man beginne . Who did not craue , what MIDAS cheife did choose , Because his frende , the fruite thereof should finde : But onelie wish'de , that he one eie might loose , Vnto the ende , to haue the other blinde : Which beinge say'd , he did his wishe obtaine : So but one eye , was lefte vnto them twaine . See heare how vile , theise caytiffes doe appeare , To GOD , and man : but chieflie ( as wee see ) The Couetous man , who hurteth farre , and neare . Where spytefull men , theire owne tormentors bee . But bothe be bad , and he that is the beste , GOD keepe him thence , where honest men doe reste .

Ad ornatiss . virum Dn. PETRVM WITHIPOLE . Petre , imitare petram .

woodcut of a house or citadel built into a rock caught between four winds emerging from the mouths of four boys 'heads in the clouds

Hadrianus Iunius Harlemensis Medicus clariss . inter Emblemata sua , filio suo Petro hoc inscripsit . WHAT IVNIVS sent his sonne , lo , here I send to thee ? Bycause his name , and Nature both , with thyne doe well agree . Dispise all pleasures vayne , hould vertue by the hand , And as in rage of wyndes , and Seas , the Rocke doth firmely stande . So stand thou allwayes sure , that thou maist liue with fame , Remembring how the Latins sounde a Rocke so like thy name . Ouid. Epist. 15. Permanet in voto mens mea firma suo .

Dum potes , viue . Ad veterem suum amicum Dn. GEORGIVM SALMON , qui maximo vitae periculo Roma euasit .

woodcut of a man with a net kneeling by the sea reaching for a cuttlefish. In the background are ships, buildings, cattle and sheep

THE Cuttle fishe , that likes the muddie crickes , To which , the sea dothe flowe at euerie tide : For to escape the fishers ginnes , and trickes , Dame nature did this straunge deuise prouide : That when he seeth , his foe to lie in wayte , Hee muddes the streame , and safelie scapes deceyte . Ouid. 3. Art. Amand. Nec quae praeteriit , cursu reuocabitur vnda : Nec quae praeteriit hora redire potest . Vtendum est aetate , cito pede labitur aetas , Nec bona tam sequitur , quàm bona prima fuit . Then man : in whome doth sacred reason reste , All waies , and meanes , shoulde vse to saue his life : Not wilfullie , the same for to detest , Nor rashlie runne , when tyrauntes rage with strife : But constant stande , abyding sweete or sower , Vntill the Lorde appoynte an happie hower . Paradisus poët . de Sepia . Obscuri latices me condunt : cernere tectam Atramenta vetant : abdita , tuta nato .

Stultitia sua seipsum saginari . Ad H. S. communem viduarum procum .

woodcut of a fox leaping to reach grapes on a vine-frame

THE FOXE , that longe for grapes did leape in vayne , With wearie limmes , at lengthe did sad departe : And to him selfe quoth hee , I doe disdayne These grapes I see , bicause their taste is tarte : So thou , that hunt'st for that thou longe hast mist , Still makes thy boast , thou maist if that thou list .

Virescit vulnere virtus .

woodcut of a man treading down docks or docken leaves

THE dockes ( thoughe troden ) growe , as it is dailie seene : So vertue , thoughe it longe bee hid , with woundinge waxeth greene .

Impar coniugium . To Aphilus .

woodcut of a living person being tied to a dead person by two men, while king Mezentius looks on from his throne, with crown and sceptre

Virg. 8. Aeneid . Mortua quinetiam iungebat corpora viuis , Cemponens manibusque manus atque oribus ora . THE tyraunt vile MEZENTIVS , put in vre , Amongst the plagues , wherewith hee murthered men : To binde the quicke , and dead , togeather sure , And then , to throwe them both into a denne . Whereas the quicke , should still the dead imbrace , Vntill with pine , hee turn'd into that case . Those wedding webbes , which some doe weaue with ruthe , As when the one , with straunge disease doth pine : Or when as age , bee coupled vnto youthe , And those that hate , inforced are to ioyne , This representes : and doth those parentes showe , Are tyrauntes meere , who ioyne their children soe . Yet manie are , who not the cause regarde , The birthe , the yeares , nor vertues of the minde : For goulde is first , with greedie men prefer'de , And loue is laste , and likinge set behinde : But parentes harde , that matches make for goodes : Can not be free , from guilte of childrens bloodes . Ouid. Epist. 9. Quàm malè inaequales veniunt ad aratra iuuenci , Tam premitur magno coniuge nupta minor .

Frontis nulla fides . Ad Lectiss . iuuenes Dn. Edm. Freake , & Dn. Anth. Alcock .

woodcut of a man seated drawing the outline of a figure on a tablet or canvas supported by a standing man. In the background another figure is chased away by a dog, with an ox nearby

THE lions roare : the Bores theire tuskes do whet . The Griphins graspe theire tallantes in theire ire : The dogges do barke ; the bulles , with hornes doe thret . The Serpentes hisse , with eyes as redde as fire . But man is made , of suche a seemelie shape , That frende , or foe , is not discern'd by face : Then harde it is the wickeds wiles to scape , Since that the bad , doe maske with honest grace . And Hypocrites , haue Godlie wordes at will . And rauening wolues , in skinnes of lambes doe lurke ; And CAIN doth seeke , his brother for to kill , And sainctes in shewe , with IVDAS hartes doe worke . Nowe , since the good no cognizance doe beare , To teache vs , whome wee chieflie should imbrace : But that the same the wicked sorte doe weare , And shewe them selues , like them in euerie case . De vera Amicitia Pontius Paulinus , Auson . scribit Epist. 2 Hoc nostra ceruice tugum non saeua resoluit A table lo , herein to you I sende , Whereby you might remember still to write , His wordes , and deedes , that beares the face of frende , Before you choose , suche one for your delite . Fabula , non terris absentia longa diremit , Nec perimet ; toto licet abstrahar orbe , vel auo : Nunquam animo diuisus agam ; prius ipsa recedet Corpore vita meo , quam vester pectore vultus . And if at lengthe , yow trye him by his tuche , And finde him hault , whereby you stand in dout , No harte , nor hand , see that you ioyne with suche But at the first , bee bould to rase him out . Yet if by proofe , my wordes , and deedes agree , Then let mee still within your tables bee . Horat. 1. Serm. 3. At pater vt gnati , sic nos debemus amici , Si quod sit vitium non fastidire ; &c.

Animi scrinium seruitus . Ad ornatum virum , D. ELLISEVM GRYPHITH .

woodcut of a bird or nightingale in a cage set on the ground, with ships at sea in the background

THE Prouerbe saithe , the bounde muste still obey , And bondage bringes , the freest man in awe : Whoe serues must please , and heare what other saye , And learne to keepe * * Silentij deus apud Aegyptos . HARPOCRATES his lawe : Then bondage is the Prison of the minde : And makes them mute , where wisedome is by kinde . The Nightingall , that chaunteth all the springe , Whose warblinge notes , throughout the wooddes are harde , Beinge kepte in cage , she ceaseth for to singe , And mournes , bicause her libertie is barde : Oh bondage vile , the worthie mans deface , Bee farre from those , that learning doe imbrace .

In sortis suae contemptores .

woodcut of a flambard or flame-bladed sword suspended from a cloud Cicero Tusc. 5. & Valer. Max. & Sidon . Apollinaris lib. 2. epist. 13.

Horat. Serm. 1. Satyra 1. Qui fit Moecenas , vt nemo , quam sibi sortem Seu ratio dederit , seu fo rs obiecerit , illa Contentus viuat : laudet diuersa sequentes ? O fortunati mercatores , grauis annis Miles ait , &c. HERE DAMOCLES , desirous for to taste , The princelie fare , of DIONYSIVS kinge , In royall seate , was at the table plaste , Where pages braue , all daintie cates did bringe : His bed of goulde , with curious coueringes spred , And cubbourdes ritche , with plate about his bed . Horat. Carm. 3. Ode 1. Districtus ensis cui super impta Ceruice pendet , non Siculae dapes Dulcem elaborabunt saporem : Non auium , citharaeque cantus Somnum reducent , &c. No where hee stay'de , but musique sweete did sounde ; No where hee went , but hee did odors smell ; Nowe in his pompe , when all thinges did abounde , Being ask'd , if that this life did please him well : Hee aunswere made , it was the heauen alone , And that to it , all other liues weare none . Seneca Oed. Act. 3. Qui sceptra duro saeuus imperio reget , Timet timentes : metus in auctorem redit . Then , did the king comaunde a naked sworde , Vnto the roofe , shoulde with a heare bee knit : That right shoulde hange , when hee was plac'd at bourde , Aboue his head , where he did vse to sit : Which when hee sawe , as one distracte with care , Hee had no ioye in mirthe , nor daintie fare . But did beseech , the Tyraunt for to giue , His former state , and take his pompe againe : Claud. 4. honor . Qui terret , plus iste timet : sors ista tyrannis Conuenit , inuideant claris fortésque trucident , Munits gladiis viuant , septique venenis Ancipites habeant artes , trepidiq . minentur . By which , wee learne , that those who meanely liue , Haue ofte more ioye , them those who rule and raigne : But cheifelye , if like him they doe appeare , Who night , and daye , of subiectes stoode in feare . Periander apud Ausonium . Multis terribilis caueto multos . Aelianus de tyrannis lib. 10. cap. 5. & lib. 6. cap. 13. De Var. Hist.

Interdum requiéscendum . Ad Dn. PETRVM COLVIVM Brugensem .

woodcut of two female figures, both with helmets, spears and shield. One sits by a barren tree and field, the other stands by a fruitful tree and field

CONTINVAL toile , and labour , is not best : But sometimes cease , and rest thy wearie bones , The daie to worke , the nighte was made to reste , And studentes must haue pastimes for the nones : Sometime the Lute , the Chesse , or Bowe by fittes , For ouermuch , dothe dull the finest wittes . For lacke of reste , the feilde dothe barren growe , The winter coulde , not all the yeare doth raigne : And dailie bent , doth weake the strongest bowe : Yea our delightes still vs'd , wee doe disdaine . Then rest by fittes , amongste your great affaires , But not too muche , leste sloathe dothe set her snares . Lucanus ad Pisonem . — Nec enim facundia semper Adducta cùm fronte placet : nec semper in armis Bellica turba manet : nec tota classicus horror Nocte dièque gemit : nec semper Cnossius arcu Destinat , exempto sed laxat cornua neruo . Et galea miles caput , & latus ense resoluit .

THE SECOND PARTE OF EMBLEMES , AND OTHER DEVISES , gathered , Englished , and moralized , And diuerse newlie deuised , by Geffrey Whitney .

depiction of the chained bear and ragged staff emblem of the Dudley family, encircled by the order of the garter

HONI SOIT QVI MAL Y PENSE

IN PRAISE , OF THE TWO NOBLE EARLES , WARWICKE , AND LEYCESTER . TWO Beares there are , the greater , and the lesse , Well knowne to those that trauaile farre , and neare : Without whose sighte , the shipman sailes by gesse , If that the Sonne , or Moone , doe not appeare . They both doe showe , to th' Equinoctiall line , And one , vnto th' ANTIPODES doth shine . Pes , vrsae maioris ad Antipodes lucet . These , haue their lighte from PHOEBVS goulden raies , And all the worlde , by them receyueth good : Without whose helpe , no man mighte passe the seas , But euer stande in daunger of the flood ; Oh blessed lightes , the worke of heauenly hande , You , millions saue from ruthe of rocke , and sande . Two noble peeres , who both doe giue the beare , Two famous Earles , whose praises pierce the skye : Who both are plac'd in honours sacred cheare , Whose worthie fame shall liue , and neuer dye : In Englishe courte doe spende their blessed daies : Of publique weale , two greate , and mightie staies . And as those starres by PHOEBVS lighte are seene , So , both these Earles haue honour , mighte , and power : From PHOEBE brighte , our moste renowmed Queene , Whose fame , no time , nor enuie can deuower : And vnder her , they showe to others lighte , And doe reioyce tenne thousand with their sighte . But , since that all that haue bin borne , haue ende , And nothinge can with natures lawes dispence : Vowchsafe oh Lorde , longe time their liues to lende , Before thou call these noble persons hence : Whose fame , while that the Beares in skie shall showe , Within this lande , all future times shall knowe .

In praise of the Righte Honorable my good Lorde , and Maister , the Earle of LEYCESTER . HEE that desires to passe the surging Seas , Bycause they are so wonderfull to see , And without skill , doth venture wheare hee please , While that the waues both caulme , and quiet bee , We are better farre , to keepe him on the lande , Then for to take such enterprise in hande . For , if hee lacke his compasse , and his carde , And arte therfore , to shape his course arighte : Or pylottes good , that daungers may regarde , When surge doth swell , and windes doe showe their mighte , Doth perrill life , throughe wanton wreckles will , And doth to late lamente his lacke of skill . So , hee that shoulde with will , bee stirr'd to wryte , Your noble actes , your giftes and vertues rare : If PALLAS ayde hee lacke , for to indite , Hee should but haste his follie to declare . And wronge your righte , deseruinge VERGILS penne ; And HOMERS skill , if they weare here agayne . Then , best for such to take a longer pause , Then to attempte a thinge so farre vnfitte : For , they may knowe to write of such a cause , Beseemeth best , the fine , and rarest witte . Yet those that woulde , I wishe their learninge sutche , That as they shoulde , they mighte your vertues tutche .

An other of the same . SINCE fame is wighte of winge , and throughe eche clymate flies , And woorthy actes of noble peeres , doth raise vnto the skies . And since shee hathe extoll'd your praises longe agoe , That other countries farre , and neare , your noble name doe knowe . Althoughe I houlde my peace , throughe wante of learned skill , Yet shall your passinge fame bee knowne , and bee renowmed still . And those that haue desire , vppon your praise to looke , May finde it truly pen'd by fame , within her goulden booke . Where , on the formost fronte of honours hautie stage , Shee placeth you , in equall roome , with anie of your age . Wherfore to fame I yeeld , and cease what I begonne : Bicause , it is in vaine , to set a candell in the Sonne .

Respice , & prospice .

woodcut of Janus, with two faces, holding a mirror in his left hand and a sceptre in his right hand

THE former parte , nowe paste , of this my booke , The seconde parte in order doth insue : Which , I beginne with IANVS double looke , That as hee sees , the yeares both oulde , and newe , So , with regarde , I may these partes behoulde , Perusinge ofte , the newe , and eeke the oulde . And if , that faulte within vs doe appeare , Within the yeare , that is alreadie donne , As IANVS biddes vs alter with the yeare , And make amendes , within the yeare begonne , Euen so , my selfe suruayghinge what is past ; With greater heede , may take in hande the laste . Quid per geminum Ianum significatur . Plin. Natur. Hist. lib. 34. cap. 7. This Image had his rites , and temple faire , And call'd the GOD of warre , and peace , bicause In warres , hee warn'de of peace not to dispaire : And warn'de in peace , to practise martiall lawes : And furthermore , his lookes did teache this somme ; To beare in minde , time past , and time to comme .

To the honorable Sir PHILIPPE SIDNEY Knight , Gouuernour of the Garrison , and towne of Vlissinge . SINCE best deserte , for valour of the minde , And prowes great , the Romanes did deserue ; And sithe , the worlde might not their matches finde , In former times , as aucthors yet reserue : A fewe of them I meane for to recite , That valiaunt mindes maye haue therein delighte . And but to tutche the naked names of some , As Romulus , that first the wall did laye : Romulus . And so , from thence to nearer times to come , To Curtius boulde , that did the gulfe assaye : Marcus Curtius . Or Cocles eeke , who did his foes withstande , Horatius Cocles . Till bridge was broke , and armed swamme to lande . Then Posthumus , I might with these repeate , Aulus Posthumus That did repulse the Latines , from the waules . And Manlius , a man of courage greate , Manlius Capitolinus . Who did defende the Capitoll from Gaules : And Fabius name , of whome this dothe remaine , Fabij . Three hundreth sixe , weare in one battaile slaine . With these , by righte comes Coriolanus in , Martius Coriolanus . Whose cruell minde did make his countrie smarte ; Till mothers teares , and wiues , did pittie winne : Fabricius then , whome bribes coulde not peruerte . C. Fabricius . De cuius fide , sic Pyrrhus apud Eutropium De bello Terentino . Ille est Fabricius qui difficilius ab honestate , quàm Sol à cursu suo auerti posset . And Decij eeke ; and Iunij voide of dreede : Decij . Iunij . With Curij ; and Metelli , doe succeede . Curij . Metelli . Dentatus nexte , that sixe score battailes foughte , Sicinius Dentatus Who , Romanes call'de ACHILLES , for his force : Vnto his graue no wounde behinde hee broughte , But fortie fiue before , did carue his corse . Aul. Gell. lib. 2. cap. 11. & Plin. lib. 7. cap. 28. Torquatus eeke , his foe that ouercame , Manlius Torquatus . And tooke his chaine ; whereby he had his name . With Claudius blinde , and Claudius Caudax nam'de , Appius Claudius Caecus . Appius Claudius Caudax . Two brothers boulde , for valour great renoum'de : Attilius Calatinus . And Calatine , that all SICILIA tam'de , And one the Sea , Hamilcar did confounde : Cornel. Nepos . Luctatius eeke , that Carthage fleete subdu'de , Luctatius Catulus . Whereby , for peace they with submission su'de . Fabius Maximus . Marcus Marcellus And Fabius greate , and Marc Marcellus boulde , That at the lengthe did SYRACVSA sacke : Marcus Portius Cato . And eeke the actes of Portius wee behoulde , Whose life thoughe longe , yet Rome to soone did lacke : Cn. Duillius . Liuius Salinator . Duillius yet , and Liuius wee doe knowe , Thoughe they weare turn'd to poulder longe agoe . Claudius Nero. Eut●op . de secundo Bello Punico . What shoulde I speake of Claudius Neros harte , When HANIBAL , did royall Rome dismaye : And HASDRVBAL did hast to take his parte , But Claudius , lo , did meete him by the waye , And reau'd his life , and put his hoste to flighte , And threwe his head to HANIBAL his sighte . Scipio Africanus . Then Scipio greate , that CARTHAGE waules did race . A noble prince , the seconde vnto none : Flaminius then , and Fuluius haue their place ; Quintius Flaminius . Fuluius Nobilior . Aemilius actes , and Gracchus , yet are knowne : Paulus . Aemilius . Sempronius Gracchus . With Sylla fierce , and Caius Marius stoute , Cornelius Sylla . Caius Marius pater . Whose ciuill warres , made Rome tenne yeares in doubte . Appianus De Bello Ciuil . lib. 1. Sertorius , nexte , and eeke Gabinius name , Quintus Sertorius Aulus Gabinius . With Crassus , and Lucullus , highe renoum'de : Licinius Crassus . Lucius Lucullus . And Caesar great , that prince of endelesse fame , Iulius Caesar . Whose actes , all landes , while worlde dothe laste , shall sounde . Augustus great , that happie most did raigne , Octauius Augustus . The scourge to them , that had his vnkle slaine . M. Antonius . Anthonius then , that fortune longe did frende , Yet at the lengthe , the most vnhappie man : Lepidus . And Lepidus , forsaken in the ende , With Brutus boulde , and Cassius , pale and wan : M. Brutus . Cassius . With manie more , whome aucthors doe reporte , Whereof , ensue some tutch'd in larger sorte .

Mutius Scaeuola . Pietas in patriam .

woodcut of a hand holding a short sword upright immediately above a smoking fire

THIS hande , and sworde , within the furious flame , Cornelius Nepos . Doth shewe his harte , that sought PORSENNAS ende : Whose countries good , and eeke perpetuall fame , Before his life did SCAEVOLA commende : No paine , had power his courage highe to quaile , But bouldlie spake , when fire did him assaile . Which sighte , abash'd the lookers on , but moste Amaz'de the kinge ; who pardoned straighte the knight : And ceas'd the siege , and did remooue his hoste , When that hee sawe one man so muche of mighte : Oh noble minde , althoughe thy daies bee paste ; Thy fame doth liue , and eeke , for aye shall laste .

Habet & bellum suas leges .

woodcut of eight boys with whips beating an old man between a camp with tents and a horseman and a walled town

Furius Camillus . CAMILLVS then , that did repulse the Gaules , And vnto Rome her former state did giue : When that her foes made spoile within her waules , Lo here , amongst his actes that still shall liue . I made my choice , of this example rare , That shall for aye his noble minde declare . Verba Camilli apud Plutarchum , Xylandro interprete . Grauis est inquit res bellum , vt quae multis iniustis multisue violentis factis conficiatur . & tamen apud bonos viros , habentur etiam belli quaedam leges , neque tantopere victoria expetenda est , vnt non fugienda sint officia quae per scelus ac malitiam offeruntur , magnum enim imperatorem suae vittutis , non alienae improbitatis fiducia , conuenit bellum gerere . Wherefore , in briefe then this his woorthie parte , What time he did besiege FALERIA stronge : A scoolemaster , that bare a IVDAS harte , Vnto the place where he was fostred longe , Ofte walk'd abrode with schollers that hee toughte , Whiche cloke hee vs'de , so that no harme was thoughte . At lengthe , with sonnes of all the best , and moste , Of noble peares , that kepte the towne by mighte : Hee made his walke into the Romane hoste , And , when hee came before CAMILLVS sighte , Quoth hee , may Lorde , lo these ? thy prisoners bee , Which beinge kepte , FALERIA yeeldes to thee . Whereat , a while this noble captaine stay'd , And pondering well the straungenes of the cause : Vnto his frendes , this in effecte hee say'd . Thoughe warres bee ill , yet good mens warres haue lawes , And it behooues a Generall good to gaine , With valiaunt actes , and not with treacherous traine . With that , hee caus'de this SINON to bee stripte , Virgil. lib. 2. Aeneid . And whippes , and roddes , vnto the schollers gaue : Whome , backe againe , into the toune they whipte , Which facte , once knowne vnto their fathers graue : With ioyfull hartes , they yeelded vp their Toune : An acte moste rare , and glasse of true renoume .

M. Valerius Coruinus . Insperatum auxilium .

woodcut of man's head in a plumed helmet with the visor raised, and a black bird or raven perched on it

IF LIVIES pen haue written but the truthe , Aul. Gell lib. 9 , cap. 11. And diuerse mo , that actes of ould declare . Then knowe , when Gaules did dare the Roman youthe , VALERIVS , lo , a Roman did prepare By dinte of sword , the challenger to trye , Who both in armes incountred by and by . Eutropius rerum Romanarum , lib. 2. And whilst with force , they proou'd their weapons brighte , And made the sparkes to flie out of the steele , A Rauen , straight , vppon VALERIVS lighte , And made his foe a newe incounter feele : Whome hee so sore did damage , and distresse , That at the lengthe , the Roman had successe . For , when his foe his forces at him bente , With winges all spread the rauen dim'd his sighte : At lengthe , his face hee scratch'd , and all to rente , And peck'd his eies , hee coulde not see the lighte , Which shewes , the Lorde in daunger doth preserue , And rauens raise our wordlie wantes to serue .

Regulus Attilius . Hosti etiam seruanda fides .

woodcut of Marcus Atilius Regulus, lying bound next to a nail-spiked barrel and lid, guarded by a soldier with a pike, but receiving the beams of the sun with a human face

THE Consull boulde ATTILIVS , here regarde , That AFRICKE made to tremble at his name ; Who , for his faithe receyued this rewarde , Cornelius Nepos . Two hundreth thousande men , hee ouercame . And three score shippes , and eeke two hundreth townes , Yet flattringe fate , in fine vppon him frownes . For , after by XANTIPPVS ouerthrowne , Eutropius lib. 2. De Bello punico . To CARTHAGE broughte , in dungeon deepe was caste ; Yet , with desire for to redeeme their owne , Their messenger they made him , at the laste : And in exchaunge , hee vnto Rome was sente , For prisoners there , and on his worde he wente . Silius Italicus lib. 6. Belli Punici , copiosissimè pulcherrimis elegantissimisque versibus hanc historiam narrat . Who promis'd this , hee woulde retourne to bandes , If that hee fail'd of that , they did require : But when hee sawe so manie in their handes , Thoughe Romanes glad , did graunt him his desire : Yet coulde hee not theretoo , in harte agree , Bycause for him , so manie shoulde bee free . Thus , countries loue , was dearer then his life , Who backe retourn'de , to keepe his promise true : Where hee did taste longe time of tormentes rife , But yet , his harte no tortures coulde subdue . Aul. Gellius lib. 6. cap. 4. His mangled eies , the Sonne all daye assailes ; And in the ende , was thruste in tonne with nailes .

Marcus Sergius . Fortiter & feliciter .

woodcut of a metal forearm holding a lance from which hang four garlands or wreaths

MARC SERGIVS nowe , I maye recorde by righte , A Romane boulde , whome foes coulde not dismaye : Plin. Natur. hist. lib. 7. cap. 28. Gainste HANNIBAL hee often shewde his mighte , Whose righte hande loste , his lefte hee did assaye Vntill at lengthe an iron hande hee proou'd : And after that CREMONA siege remoou'd . Then , did defende PLACENTIA in distresse , And wanne twelue houldes , by dinte of sworde in France , What triumphes great ? were made for his successe , Vnto what state did fortune him aduance ? What speares ? what crounes ? what garlandes hee possest ; The honours due for them , that did the beste .

Cn. Pompeius Magnus . Celsa potestatis species .

woodcut of a lion standing rampant, holding a sword in its front paws

WHEN POMPEY great , with fortune longe was bleste , And did subdue his foes , by lande , and sea , Primus in Hircanum , Rubrum , & Arabicum mare vsque peruenit . Cornelius Nepos . And conquestes great obtained in the Easte , And PARTHIANS , and ARABIANS , made obaye , And seas , and Iles , did in subiection bringe , Whose name with feare , did throughe IVDAEA ringe . De cuius maximis victoriis & triumpho longè splendidissimo aetatis suae , anno 35. Appianus libro De Bellis Mithridaticis . And had restor'de kinge MASINISSAS righte , And ouercame SERTORIVS with his power : And made the Kinge of PONTVS knowe his mighte . Yet , at the lengthe , hee had his haplesse hower : For ouercome by CAESAR , fled for aide , To AEGYPTE lande ; wherein hee was betrai'd . Within whose ringe , this forme aboue was wroughte , Whereby , his force , and noble minde appeares ; Which , with his head to CAESAR being broughte , For inwarde griefe , hee wash'd the same with teares , And in a fire with odours , and perfumes : This princes head with mourning hee consumes .

Marcus Scaeua . Audaces fortuna iuuat .

woodcut of numerous arrow-shafts embedded in a shield

THIS monumente of manhoode , yet remaines , Suetonius . A witnes true , or MARCVS SCAEVAS harte : Valerius Maximus . Whose valliancie , did purchase him such gaines , That deathe , nor time , can blemishe his deserte . In battaile , boulde : no feare his harte coulde wounde , When sixe-score shaftes within his shielde weare founde , And in that fighte , one of his eies hee loste , His thighe thrust throughe , and wounded sore beside : Such souldiours , had greate CAESAR in his hoste , As by him selfe , and others , is discride . But , those that would more of these Knightes behoulde , Let them peruse the Roman Aucthours oulde .

Inuidia integritatis assecla .

woodcut of a palm tree with snakes or serpents and frogs at its base

Nic. Reusnerus . Haec ramis tanquam digitis , sublime renitens Ponderibus , superum monstrat ad astra vtam . THE gallant Palme with bodie straighte , and tall , That freshelie showes , with braunches sweete of smell : Yet , at the foote the frogges , and septentes crall , With ercksome noise , and eke with poison fell : Who , as it weare , the tree doe still annoye , And do their worste , the same for to destroye . When noble peeres , and men of highe estate , By iuste deserte , doe liue in honor greate : Yet , Enuie still dothe waite on them as mate , And dothe her worste , to vndermine their seate : And MOMVS broode dothe arme , with all their mighte , To wounde their fame , whose life did geue them lighte . Euseb. apud Stob. Iter facientes per solem , necessariò comitatur vmbra : incedentibus verò per gloriam comes est inuidia .

Ex damno alterius , alterius vtilitas .

woodcut of a lion and boar fighting, while above a vulture perches on the branch of a tree

THE Lion fierce , and sauage bore contende , The one , his pawes : his tuskes the other tries : And ere the broile , with bloodie blowes had ende ; A vulture loe , attendes with watchinge eies : And of their spoile , doth hope to praeie his fill , And ioyes , when they eche others blood doe spill . When men of mighte , with deadlie rancor swell , And mortall hate , twixte mightie Monarches raignes ; Some gripes doe watche , that like the matter well , And of their losse , doe raise their priuate gaines : So , SOLIMAN his Empire did increase , When christian kinges exiled loue , and peace . Georgius Sabinus . Sic modò dum faciant discordes proelia reges , Turcius Europa diripit hostis opes . Hic magnus sedet Aeneas secumque volutat Euentus belli varios , &c. Virg. Aeneid . 10. Et pendebat adhuc belli fortuna , diuque Inter vtrumque volat dubiis victoria pennis . Ouid. Metam . 7.

Vigilantia , & custodia . Ad reuerendiss . Dn. D. GVLIELMVM CHATTERTONVM Episcopum Cestrensem .

woodcut of a round church or temple with a lion sitting at the door and a weather-cock on the roof facing right

THE Heraulte , that proclaimes the daie at hande , The Cocke I meane , that wakes vs out of sleepe , On steeple highe , doth like a watchman stande : The gate beneath , a Lion still doth keepe . And why ? theise two , did alder time decree , That at the Churche , theire places still should bee . Aug in Epist. 124 Episcopi munere vt in hac vita nihil difficilius , ita apud Deum nihil beatius . That pastors , shoulde like watchman still be preste , To wake the worlde , that sleepeth in his sinne , And rouse them vp , that longe are rock'd in reste , And shewe the daie of Christe , will straighte beginne : And to foretell , and preache , that light deuine , Euen as the Cocke doth singe , ere daie doth shine . Quid per gallum & leonem significetur , Claud. Minos super Alciarum Emb. 15. luculenter scribit . The Lion shewes , they shoulde of courage bee , And able to defende , their flocke from foes : If rauening wolfes , to lie in waite they see : They shoulde be stronge , and boulde , with them to close : And so be arm'de with learning , and with life , As they might keepe , their charge , from either strife .

Festina lentè . Ad Amplissimos viros Dn. FRANCISCVM WINDHAM , & Dn. EDWARDVM FLOWERDEWE Iudices integerrimos .

woodcut of a crab holding a butterfly by the wings Cicero pro Rabir. Est sapientia iudicis in hoc , vt non solùm quid possit , sed etiam quid debeat ponderet : nec quantum sibi permissum meminerit , sed etiam quatenus commissum sit .

Idem 3. Offic. Nec contra Remp. nec contra iusiurandum amici caussa vir bonus faciet : nec si iudex quidem erit de ipso amico . ponit enim personam amici , cùm induit iudicis : nam si omnia facienda sunt , quae amici velint , non amicitiae tales , sed coniurationes putandae sunt . THIS figure , lo , AVGVSTVS did deuise , A mirror good , for Iudges iuste to see , And alwayes fitte , to bee before their eies , When sentence they , of life , and deathe decree : Then muste they haste , but verie slowe awaie , Like butterflie , whome creepinge crabbe dothe staie . The Prince , or Iudge , maie not with lighte reporte , In doubtfull thinges , giue iudgement touching life : But trie , and learne the truthe in euerie sorte , And mercie ioyne , with iustice bloodie knife : This pleased well AVGVSTVS noble grace , And Iudges all , within this tracke shoulde trace . Claud. Manil. Th. — diis proximus ille est Quem ratio non ira mouet : qui facta rependens Consilio , punire potest mucrone cruento . Senec. O●t . act. 2. Consulere patriae , parcere afflictis , fera Caede abstinere , tempus atque irae dare , Orbi quietem , seculo pacem suo , Haec summa virtus , petitur hac coelum via .

Sine iustitia , confusio . Ad eosdem Iudices .

woodcut of a celestial scene, featuring a crescent moon, clouds, winds, shooting starts, and the Greek word for chaos

ΧΑΟΣ

WHEN Fire , and Aire , and Earthe , and Water , all weare one : Before that worke deuine was wroughte , which nowe wee looke vppon . There was no forme of thinges , but a confused masse : Ouid. in Metam . lib. 1. — quia corpore in vno Frigida pugnabant calidis : humentia , siccis : Mollia , cum duris : sine pondere , habentia pondus . A lumpe , which CHAOS men did call : wherin no order was , The Coulde , and Heate , did striue : the Heauie thinges , and Lighte . The Harde , and Softe . the Wette , and Drye . for none had shape arighte . But when they weare dispos'd , eache one into his roome : Tibul. 1. 3. Non domus vlla fores habuit , non fixus in agris Qui regeret certis finibus arua lapis : Ipsae mella dabant quercus , vltróque ferchant Obuia securis vbera lactis oues : Non acies , non ira fuit , non bella , nec enses , Immiti sauus duxerat arte faber , &c. The Fire , had Heate : the Aire , had Lighte : the Earthe , with fruites did bloome . The Sea , had his increase : which thinges , to passe thus broughte : Behoulde , of this vnperfecte masse , the goodly worlde was wroughte . Then all thinges did abounde , that seru'd the vse of man : The Riuers greate , with wyne , and oyle , and milke , and honie , ranne . The Trees did yeeld their fruite : thoughe planting then vnknowne . And CERES still was in her pompe , thoughe seede weare neuer sowne . The season , Sommer was : the Groues weare alwayes greene , And euery banke , did beare the badge , of fragrant FLORA Queene . This was the goulden worlde , that Poëttes praised moste , No hate , was harbor'd then at home : nor hatch'd , in forren coste . But after , when the earthe , with people did increase : Ambition , straighte began to springe : and pryde , did banishe peace . For , as all tymes doe change : euen so , this age did passe . Ouid. 1. Metam . Iamque nocens ferrum , ferróq . nocentius aurum Prodierat , prodit bellum , quod pugnat vtroq . Sanguineáq . manu crepitantia concutit arma ; Viuitur ex rapto , non hospes ab hospite tutus , Non socer à genero : fratrum quoque gratia raera est , &c. Then did the siluer age insue . and then , the age of brasse . The Iron age was laste , a fearefull cursed tyme : Then , armies came of mischiefes in : and fil'd the worlde with cryme . Then rigor , and reuenge , did springe in euell hower : And men of mighte , did manadge all , and poore opprest with power . And hee , that mightie was , his worde , did stand for lawe : And what the poore did ploughe , and sowe : the ritch away did drawe . None mighte their wiues inioye , their daughters , or their goodes , No , not their liues : such tyraunts broode , did seeke to spill their bloodes . Then vertues weare defac'd , and dim'd with vices vile , Isidor . 2. Ethy . Factae sunt leges , vt earum metu coërceatur audacia , tutaque fit inter improbos innocentia , & in ipsis improbis formidato supplicio refraenetur nocendi facultas . Then wronge , did maske in cloke of righte : then bad , did good exile . Then falshood , shadowed truthe : and hate , laugh'd loue to skorne : Then pitie , and compassion died : and bloodshed fowle was borne . So that no vertues then , their proper shapes did beare : Nor coulde from vices bee decern'd , so straunge they mixed weare . That nowe , into the worlde , an other CHAOS came : But GOD , that of the former heape : the heauen and earthe did frame . Anselmus de Iustitia . Iustitia est animi libertas , tribuens vnicuique suam propriam dignitatem , maiori reuerentiam , pari concordiam , minori disciplinam , Deo obedientiam , sibi sanctimoniam , inimico patientiam , egeno operosam mifericordiam . And all thinges plac'd therein , his glorye to declare : Sente IVSTICE downe vnto the earthe : such loue to man hee bare . Who , so suruay'd the world , with such an heauenly vewe : That quickley vertues shee aduanc'd : and vices did subdue . And , of that worlde did make , a paradice , of blisse : By which wee doo inferre : That where this sacred Goddes is . That land doth florishe still , and gladnes , their doth growe : Bicause that all , to God , and Prince , by her their dewties knowe . Imago Iustitiae videtur apud Plutarch . lib. De Iside & Osiride , & apud Gell. lib. 14. cap. 4. And where her presence wantes , there ruine raignes , and wracke : And kingdomes can not longe indure , that doe this ladie lacke . Then happie England most , where IVSTICE is embrac'd : And eeke so many famous men , within her chaire are plac'd . — sed comprime motus , De officio optimi Iudicis , Claudianus ad Honorium sic , Nec tibi quid liceat , sed quid fecisse licebit , Occurrat , mentemque domet respectus honesti .

Amicitia fucata vitanda .

woodcut of two male figures shaking hands, one wearing a round helmet, the other with the ears and tail of a fox; a third man crouches behind trees in the background

Hor. Arte Poët . Nunquam te fallant animi sub vulpe latentes . OF open foes , wee alwaies maie beware , And arme our selues , theire Malice to withstande : Yea , thoughe they smile , yet haue wee still a care , Wee trust them not , althoughe they giue theire hande : Theire Foxes coate , theire fained harte bewraies , Wee neede not doubt , bicause wee knowe theire waies . But those , of whome wee must in daunger bee , Are deadlie foes , that doe in secret lurke , Whoe lie in waite , when that wee can not see , And vnawares , doe our destruction worke : No foe so fell , ( as BIAS wise declares ) As man to man , when mischeife hee prepares . Bias. Pernicies homini quae maxima ? solus homo alter .

Sobriè potandum .

woodcut of a dog drinking from the River Nile, watched by a crocodile, and near to a naked man lying on his front on the bank with a bowl held to his mouth

De Crocod . Aelian . de Animal . lib. 8. cap. 25. & lib. 9. cap. 3. De praescientia eius , de qua , in prima parte huius libri , fol. 3. idem Ael . lib. 5. cap. 52. & lib. 8. cap. 4. A Thirstie dogge , to NILVS runnes to drinke , A Crocodile , was readie in the flood : Which made the dogge , to lappe harde by the brinke , As one that much in feare of poisoning stood : And sparingly , began to coole his heate , When as hee sawe , this Serpent lye in waite . Contra Ebrietatem . This carefull dogge , condemnes those careles wightes , Althoughe he bee of brutisshe kynde , bycause Those reason lacke , that spend both daies , and nightes , Without regard , in keeping BACCHVS lawes : Paul . Gal. cap. 5 Eph. ca. 5. Pytha. apud Stob. Primum poculum sanitatis est , alterum voluptatis , tertium contumeliae , vltimum insaniae . And when throughe drinke , on feete they can not stande , Yet as they lye , they haue their boales in hande . Nemes . Eclog. 3. contra potores . Cantharon hic retinet : cornu bibit alter adunco : Concauat ille manus , palmasque in pocula vertit : Pronus at ille lacu bibit , & crepitantibus haurit Musta labris , &c.

Insignia poëtarum . Ad Nobiliss . & doctiss . virum Dn. IANVM DOVSAM A NOORTWIICK .

woodcut of a shield hanging from a tree with a swan depicted on it, while two swans swim in the background among rushes

Ouid. Metam . 2. THE Martiall Captaines ofte , do marche into the fielde , With Egles , or with Griphins fierce , or Dragons , in theire shielde . Nic. Reusnerus . Hunc volucrem Phoebo fertur sacrasse verusta : Quod reserat cantus , Delphice magne , tuos . But Phoebus sacred birde , let Poëttes moste commende . Who , as it were by skill deuine , with songe forshowes his ende . And as his tune delightes : for rarenes of the same . Hor. de arte poët . Natura fieret laudabile carmen , an arte , Quaesitum est . ego nec studium sine diuite vena , Nec rude quid prosit video ingenium : alterius sic . Altera poscit opem res , & coniurat amice . So they with sweetenes of theire verse , shoulde winne a lasting name . And as his colour white : Sincerenes doth declare . So Poëttes must bee cleane , and pure , and must of crime beware . For which respectes the Swanne , should in theire Ensigne stande . No forren fowle , and once suppos'de kinge of LIGVRIA Lande . Ouid. 3. Art. amandi . Cura ducum fuerant olim , regumque poëtae , Praemiaque antiqui magna tulere chori . Sanctaque maiestas , & erat venerabile nomen Vatibus , & largae saepè dabantur opes . Ennius emeruit Calabris in montibus ortus , Contiguus poni Scipio magne tibi , Nunc ederae sine honore iacent : operataque doctis Cura vigil Musis , nomen inertis habet . Sed famam vigilare iuuat , quis nosset Homerum Ilias aeternum si latuisset opus .

Cùm laruis non luctandum .

woodcut of a group of hares or rabbits attacking a dead lion lying on its back

WHEN Hectors force , throughe mortall wounde did faile , And life beganne , to dreadefull deathe to yeelde : The Greekes moste gladde , his dyinge corpes assaile , Who late did flee before him in the fielde : Which when he sawe , quothe hee nowe worke your spite , For so , the hares the Lion dead doe byte . Looke here vpon , you that doe wounde the dead , With slaunders vile , and speeches of defame : Or bookes procure , and libelles to be spread , When they bee gone , for to deface theire name : Who while they liu'de , did feare you with theire lookes , And for theire skill , you might not beare their bookes . Nullum cum victis certamen , & aethere cassis . Virg. Aeneid . 11.

Captiuus , ob gulam .

woodcut of a mouse with its head trapped in a closed oyster-shell, which lies on a beach or seashore with ships visible in the background

THE mouse , that longe did feede on daintie crommes , And safelie search'd the cupborde and the shelfe : At lengthe for chaunge , vnto an Oyster commes , Where of his deathe , he guiltie was him selfe : Felo de se . The Oyster gap'd , the Mouse put in his head , Where he was catch'd , and crush'd till he was dead . Isidorus lib. 1. de summo bono . Gulae saturitas nimia aciem mentis obtundit ingeniumue euertere facit . The Gluttons fatte , that daintie fare deuoure , And seeke about , to satisfie theire taste : And what they like , into theire bellies poure , This iustlie blames , for surfettes come in haste : And biddes them feare , their sweete , and dulcet meates , For oftentimes , the same are deadlie baites . Lucanus 4. — O prodiga rerum Luxuries nunquam paruo contenta paratu , Et quaesitorum terra pelagóque ciborum Ambitiosa fames , & lautae gloria mensae .

Constanter .

woodcut of a flooded town, with only the rooftops and the points of spires and towers above water; some ships and boats are afloat and one boat is beached on the land

Cicer. 2. Offic. Praeclara est in omni vita aequabilitas , idemue vultus , eademque frons . THE raging Sea , that roares , with fearefull sounde , And threatneth all the worlde to ouerflowe : The shore sometimes , his billowes doth rebounde , Though ofte it winnes , and giues the earthe a blowe Sometimes , where shippes did saile : it makes a lande . Sometimes againe they saile : where townes did stande . So , if the Lorde did not his rage restraine , And set his boundes , so that it can not passe : The worlde shoulde faile , and man coulde not remaine , But all that is , shoulde soone be turn'd to was : By raging Sea , is ment our ghostlie foe , By earthe , mans soule : he seekes to ouerthrowe . Bern. in Epist. Perseuerantia est finis virtutum , & virtus sine qua nemo videbit deum . And as the surge doth worke doth daie , and nighte , And shakes the shore , and ragged rockes doth rente : So Sathan stirres , with all his maine , and mighte , Continuall siege , our soules to circumuente . Then watche , and praie , for feare wee sleepe in sinne , For cease our crime : and hee can nothing winne .

Dicta septem sapientum . To Sir HVGHE CHOLMELEY Knight .

woodcut depicting the emblems of the seven sages or sophoi of ancient Greece, as defined by Andrea Alciato or Alciati. These are: a scales or balance (for Cleobulus); a mirror or looking glass (for Chilon); a herb (for Periander); a turbaned figure on an ass (for Bias); a flower (for Pittacus); an overturned statue (for Solon); and a bird or foul walking across a net to a crate or cage

CLEOBV

CILON

PERIANDI

BIAS

PITAC

SOLON

THALES

THE sages seuen , whose fame made Grecia glad , For wisedome greate , amongst theire sainges wise : Eache one of them , a goulden sentence had , And Alciat , did the pictures thus deuise , For to obserue the vse of Emblems righte , Which represent the meaning to our sighte . Keepe still the meane , did CLEOBÛLVS teache : For measure , lo , the ballance loyn'd thereto . And Knowe thy selfe , did CHILON alwaies preache : The glasse behoulde , that thou the same maiste doe . Restraine thy wrathe , dothe PERIANDER tell : And shewes an hearbe , that choller dothe expell . Nothinge too mutche , did PITTACVS commende , Thereto * * Semen quod dícitur gith , quod pharmacopolae vocant Nigellam Romanam . a flower , whereof too muche destroyes . And SOLON sai'd , Remember still thy ende , Before the which , none can haue perfect ioyes : A piller form'd , declininge downe he showes , Which telles that deathe , the strongest ouerthrowes . Plutarch . de lib. educand . Cùm reliqua omnia tempore diminuantur , sapientia sola senectute augescit . Of wicked men the number dothe exceede : This BIA'S vs'd : and cause for foule defame , SARDINIA moste is stained , as we reade , On asses backe , behoulde one of the same . And THALES , laste of all the Sages , say'd : Flee sewertiship , for feare thou be betray'd . Bernard . Sapìentiae otia negotia sunt : & quo otiosior est sapientia , eo exercitatior in suo genere . And vnderneathe , a birde vpon the net , That dothe not feare , the craftie foulers call , Hereby wee ofte , doe paie an others debte , And free our frendes , and bringe our selues in thrall : Which sayinges wise , whoe keepe them in their brestes , By proofe shall finde , they harbour happie guestes .

Scripta manent . To Sir ARTHVRE MANWARINGE Knight .

woodcut of a city falling into ruin, with walls collapsing, and books on a table and on the ground

IF mightie TROIE , with gates of steele , and brasse , Bee worne awaie , with tracte of stealinge time : If CARTHAGE , raste : if THEBES be growne with grasse . Propertius . Et Thebae steterant , altaue Troia fuit . If BABEL stoope : that to the cloudes did clime : If ATHENS , and NVMANTIA suffered spoile : Demosth . in Arg. lib. 1. Clarissimae olim vrbes , nunc nihil sunt , Quae maximè nunc superbiunt , eandem aliquando fortunam experientur . If AEGYPT spires , be euened with the soile . Then , what maye laste , which time dothe not impeache , Since that wee see , theise monumentes are gone : Nothinge at all , but time doth ouer reache , It eates the steele , and weares the marble stone : But writinges laste , thoughe yt doe what it can , And are preseru'd , euen since the worlde began . Virg. in Moecenatis obitu . Marmora Maeonij vincunt monumenta libelli : Vuiitur ingenio , cetera mortis erunt . & And so they shall , while that they same dothe laste , Which haue declar'd , and shall to future age : What thinges before three thousande yeares haue paste , What martiall knightes , haue march'd vppon this stage : Whose actes , in bookes if writers did not saue , Their fame had ceaste , and gone with them to graue . Ouid. 1. Amor. 10. Scindētur vestes , gemmae frangentur & aurum . Carmina quam tribuent , fama perennis erit . Of SAMSONS strengthe , of worthie IOSVAS might . Of DAVIDS actes , of ALEXANDERS force . Of CAESAR greate ; and SCIPIO noble knight , Howe shoulde we speake , but bookes thereof discourse : Then fauour them , that learne within their youthe : But Ioue them beste , that learne , and write the truthe .

De morte , & amore : Iocosum . To EDWARD DYER Esquier .

woodcut of Eros or Cupid and Mors or Thanatos shooting arrows from behind clouds in the sky, with an elderly man and woman walking arm-in-arm, and a young man lying dead on the ground

Ioachim . Belleius . Mutarunt arma inter se Mors atque Cupido Hic falcem gestat , gestat at illa facem . Afficit haec animum , corpus sed conficit ille : Sic moritur iuuenis , sic moribundus amat . WHILE furious Mors , from place , to place did flie , And here , and there , her fatall dartes did throwe : At lengthe shee mette , with Cupid passing by , Who likewise had , bene busie with his bowe : Within one Inne , they bothe togeather stay'd , And for one nighte , awaie theire shooting lay'd . The morrowe next , they bothe awaie doe haste , And eache by chaunce , the others quiuer takes : The frozen dartes , on Cupiddes backe weare plac'd , The fierie dartes , the leane virago shakes : Whereby ensued , suche alteration straunge , As all the worlde , did wonder at the chaunge . For gallant youthes , whome Cupid thoughte to wounde , Of loue , and life , did make an ende at once . And aged men , whome deathe woulde bringe to grounde : Beganne againe to loue , with sighes , and grones ; Thus natures lawes , this chaunce infringed soe : That age did loue , and youthe to graue did goe . Till at the laste , as Cupid drewe his bowe , Before he shotte : a younglinge thus did crye , Oh Venus sonne , thy dartes thou doste not knowe , They pierce too deepe : for all thou hittes , doe die : Oh spare our age , who honored thee of oulde , Theise dartes are bone , take thou the dartes of goulde . Which beinge saide , a while did Cupid staye , And sawe , how youthe was almoste cleane extinct : And age did doate , with garlandes freshe , and gaye , And heades all balde , weare newe in wedlocke linckt : Wherefore he shewed , this error vnto Mors , Who miscontent , did chaunge againe perforce . Yet so , as bothe some dartes awaie conuay'd , Which weare not theirs : yet vnto neither knowne , Some bonie dartes , in Cupiddes quiuer stay'd , Some goulden dartes , had Mors amongst her owne . Then , when wee see , vntimelie deathe appeare : Or wanton age : it was this chaunce you heare .

Prudentes vino abstinent .

woodcut of a grape-laden vine wrapped around an olive tree

Max. lib. 6. Mulier quae vini vsum immoderatè appetit , & virtutibus ianuam claudit , & delictis aperit . LOE here the vine dothe claspe , to prudent Pallas tree , The league is nought , for virgines wise , doe Bacchus frendship flee . Alciat . Quid me vexatis rami ? Sum Palladis arbor , Auferte hinc botros , virgo fugit Bromium .

Englished so .

Why vexe yee mee yee boughes ? since I am Pallas tree : Remoue awaie your clusters hence , the virgin wine doth flee .

In colores . To EDWARDE PASTON Esquier .

woodcut of a dyer lowering cloth on the end of a pole into a steaming bath of liquid

Ouid de Trist . Infoelix habitum temporis huius habe Nec te purpureo velent vaccinia succo : Non est conueniens luctibus ille color . Alciat . Nos sperare docet viridis . spes dicitur esse in viridi quoties irrita retro cadit . THE dier , loe , in smoke , and heate doth toile , Mennes fickle mindes to please , with sundrie hues : And though hee learne newe collours still to boile , Yet varijng men , woulde faine some newer choose : And seeke for that , which arte can not deuise , When that the ould , mighte verie well suffise . And some of them , here brieflie to recite , And to declare , with whome they best agree : For mourners , blacke . for the religious , white . Which is a signe , of conscience pure , and free . The greene , agrees with them in hope that liue : And eeke to youthe , this colour wee do giue . The yelowe next , vnto the couetous wighte . And vnto those , whome ielousie doth fret . The man refus'd , in Taunye doth delite . The collour Redde , let martiall captaines get . And little boies , whome shamefastnes did grace , The Romaines deck'd , in Scarlet like their face . The marriners , the Blewe becometh well . Bicause it showes the colour of the sea : And Prophettes , that of thinges deuine foretell , The men content , like Violet arraie . And laste , the poore and meaner sorte prouide , The medley , graye , and russet , neuer dy'de . Loe here , a fewe of colours plaine expreste , And eeke the men , with whome they best agree : Yet euerie one , doth thinke his hewe the beste , And what one likes , an other lothes to see : For Nature thoughe ten thousande colours haue , Yet vnto man , more varrijng mindes she gaue . Nowe straungers , who their countries still commende , And make vs muse , with colours they recite : Maye thinke our lande , small choise of hues doth lende . Bycause so fewe , of manie I doe write . Yet let them knowe , my Aucthor these presentes , Inoughe for those , whome reason still contentes . But saye wee lacke , their herbes , their wormes , their flies , And want the meanes : their gallant hues to frame . Yet Englande , hath her store of orient dies , And eeke therein , a DYER most of fame , Who , alwaies hathe so fine , and freshe , a hewe , That in their landes , the like is not to vewe .

In studiosum captum amore .

woodcut of an old man sitting on a throne, surrounded by Eros or Cupid, Minerva or Pallas Athena, and two young women

A Reuerend sage , of wisedome most profounde , Beganne to doate , and laye awaye his bookes : For CVPID then , his tender harte did wounde , That onlie nowe , he lik'de his ladies lookes ? Oh VENVS staie ? since once the price was thine , Thou ought'st not still , at PALLAS thus repine . Propert. 2. Omnes humanos sanat medicina dolores : Solus amor morbi non amat artificem .

Abstinentia . Ad ampliss . virum Dn. CAROLVM CALTHORPE Regiae Matis procuratorem in Hibernia , Dn. mihi omnibus modis colendissimum .

woodcut of a pitcher, jug, or ewer, and a basin or bowl of water with a towel, sitting on top of a marble tomb

WHO so are plac'd , in sacred Iustice roome , And haue in charge , her statutes to obserue : Augusto super Psal. 37 Apud iustum Iudicem sola conscientia propria timenda est . Let them with care , behoulde this garnish'd toome , That suche a one , at lengthe they maie deserue : Of marble harde , suppose the same to bee , August . De comm. vit. Cler. Non vos iudicetis maleuolos esse , quando alterius crimen iudicatis : magis quippe nocentes estis , si fratres vestros , quos iudicando corrigere potestis , tacendo petire permittatis . An Ewer eeke , vppon one corner standes , At th' other ende , a bason wee maie see : With Towell faire , to wipe theire washed handes : Th' effecte whereof , let Iudges printe in minde , That they maie leaue a lasting name behinde . The marble showes : they must bee firme , and sure , And not be pierc'd , nor mooued from the truthe : The reste declare : they must bee cleane , and pure ; Stobaeus ex Plutarchi Serm. 44. retulit imagines iudicum apud Thebas esse , sine manibus , at summ● in sicis imaginem clausis oculis : Eò quòd iustitia nec muneribus capi , nec hominum vultu flecti debeat . And not inclin'd to rigor , or to ruthe . But , when a cause before them shal bee harde , With conscience cleare , let them the same decide : No Ritche , or Poore , or frend , or foe , regarde . For feare , they doe throughe theire affections slide : But let them washe , theire handes from euerie crime , That GOD maye blesse , and here prolonge theire time . Auson . de viro bono Edyll , 18. Non priùs in dulcem declinat lumina somnum , Omnia quàm longi reputauerit acta diei ; Quae praetergressus ? quid gestum in tempore ? quid non ? Cur isti facto decus abfuit , aut ratio illi ? Quid mihi praeteritum : cur haec sententia sedit , Quam melius mutare fuit ? miseratus egentem , Cur aliquom fracta persensi mente dolorem ? Quid volui , quod nolle bonum foret ? vtile honesto Cur malus antetuli ? num dicto , aut denique vultu Perstrictus quisquam ? cur me natura , magis quàm Disciplina trahit ? sic dicta & facta per omnia Ingrediens , ortóque à vespere cuncta reuoluens , Offensus prauis , dat palmam , & praemia rectis .

Constantia comes victoriae . To MILES CORBET Esquier .

woodcut of a large ship or galleon under full sail being blown by a strong wind over rough water

THE shippe , that longe vppon the sea dothe saile , And here , and there , with varrijng windes is toste : On rockes , and sandes , in daunger ofte to quaile . Yet at the lengthe , obtaines the wished coaste : Which beinge wonne , the trompetts ratlinge blaste , Dothe teare the skie , for ioye of perills paste . Boni gubernatoris est , ventorum se flatibus accommodare : viri autem sapientis , animi affectibus . Arist. apud Stob. Thoughe master reste , thoughe Pilotte take his ease , Yet nighte , and day , the ship her course dothe keepe : So , whilst that man dothe saile theise worldlie seas , His voyage shortes : althoughe he wake , or sleepe . And if he keepe his course directe , he winnes That wished porte , where lastinge ioye beginnes . Demetrius Phaler .

Tardè aggredere , quod aggressurus sis perseueranter prosequere . Nam vt inquit Greg. lib. 1. Mor. Incassum bonum agitur , si ante vitae terminum deseratur : Quia frustra velociter currit , qui prius , quàm ad metas venerit , deficit .

Ex Bello , pax . To HVGHE CHOLMELEY Esquier .

woodcut of a helmet, with visor down, sitting upright on the ground, surrounded by bees

THE helmet stronge , that did the head defende , Beholde , for hyue , the bees in quiet seru'd : And when that warres , with bloodie bloes , had ende . They , hony wroughte , where souldiour was preseru'd : Which doth declare , the blessed fruites of peace , How sweete shee is , when mortall warres doe cease . De falce ex ense , Martialis . Pax me certa ducis placidos curuauit in vsus : Agricolae nunc sum , militis ante fui .

Calumniam contra calumniatorem virtus repellit .

woodcut of an arrow striking a wall, with another lying against the wall

WHO so with force against the marble wall , Or piller stronge , doth shoote , to pierce the same : It not preuailes , for doune the arrowes fall , Or backe rebounde , to him from whence they came : So slaunders foule , and wordes like arrowes keene , Not vertue hurtes , but turnes her foes to teene .

Sic spectanda fides . To GEORGE MANWARINGE Esquier .

woodcut of a hand with a ring emerging from a cloud, resting a French coin (with three fleurs-de-lis on a shield under a crown) on a tile or square

✚ HEN●●VS DEI GRATIA FRĀCOR REX

Claud. 2. Stil . de fide . Haec & amicitias , longo post tempore firmat , Mansuróque adamante ligat , nec mobile mutat Ingenium , paruae strepitu nec vincula noxa Dissolui patitur , necfastidire priorem Allicitur veniento nouo , &c. THE touche doth trye , the fine , and purest goulde : And not the sound , or els the goodly showe . So , if mennes wayes , and vertues , wee behoulde , The worthy men , wee by their workes , shall knowe . But gallant lookes , and outward showes beguile , And ofte are clokes to cogitacions vile .

Illicitum non sperandum .

woodcut of a conversation between the female figures of Nemesis, standing and holding a set of reins, and Hope, sitting on a barrel and holding a bow

Alciatus . Spes , simul & Nemesis , nostris altaribus ad sunt : Scilicet vt speres non nisi quod liceat . HERE NEMESIS , and Hope : our deedes doe rightlie trie . Which warnes vs , not to hope for that , which iustice doth denie .

Feriunt summos fulmina montes . To I. T. Esquier .

woodcut of a large dog pulling a cart while a child threatens it with a stick and two small dogs bark and snap at it; another small dog sits in the lap of a sleeping woman

Gregor. in mor. Cùm quis positus in prosperitate diligitur , incertum est , vtrum prosperitas an persona diligatur . Amissio autem foelicitatis interrogat vim dilectionis : nec prosperitas quidem amicum indicat , nec aduersitas inimicum celat . THE bandogge , fitte to matche the bull , or beare , With burthens greate ; is loden euery daye : Or drawes the carte , and forc'd the yoke to weare : Where littell dogges doe passe their time in playe : And ofte , are bould to barke , and eeke to bite , When as before , they trembled at his sighte . Yet , when in bondes they see his thrauled state , Eache bragginge curre , beginnes to square , and brall : The freër sorte , doe wonder at his fate , And thinke them best , that are of stature small : For they maie sleepe vppon their mistris bedde , And on their lappes , with daynties still bee fedde . Eras . in Epist. Nihil aduersum , nisi quod nobis obstat ad aeternam foelicitatem properantibus : nihil prosperum , nisi quod deo conducit . The loftie pine , with axe is ouerthrowne , And is prepar'd , to serue the shipmans turne : When bushes stande , till stormes bee ouerblowne . And lightninges flashe , the mountaine toppes doth burne . All which doe shewe : that pompe , and worldlie power , Makes monarches , markes : when varrijnge fate doth lower . Ouid. 2. Art. Amandi . Luxuriant animi rebus plerumque secundis , Nec facile est aequa commoda mente pati .

Perfidus familiaris . To G. B. Esquier .

woodcut of Brasidas dressed in armour, pierced by a arrow which has passed through his shield

Lacedaemoniorum dux apud Plutarchum . WHILE throughe his foes , did boulde BRASIDAS thruste , And thought with force , their courage to confounde : Throughe targat faire , wherein he put his truste , His manlie corpes receau'd a mortall wounde . Beinge ask'd the cause , before he yeelded ghoste : Quoth hee , my shielde , wherein I trusted moste . Euen so it happes , wee ofte our bayne doe brue , When ere wee trie , wee trust the gallante showe : When frendes suppoas'd , do prooue them selues vntrue , When SINON false , in DAMONS shape dothe goe : Then gulfes of griefe , doe swallowe vp our mirthe , And thoughtes ofte times , doe shrow'd vs in the earthe . Sape sub agnina latet hirtus pelle Lycaon : Súbque Catone pio , perfidus ille Nero. All is not goulde that glittereth to the eye : Some poison stronge , a sugred taste doth keepe ; The crabbe ofte times , is beautifull to see . The Adder fell , within the flowers doth creepe : The brauest tombe , hath stinking bones within : So fawninge mates , haue alwaies faithlesse bin . Yet , to preuent such harmes before they fall , Thinke howe thy frende , maie liue to bee thy foe : Then , when your loue exceedeth moste of all , Looke that thy tonge , doe not at randonne goe : For feare thy speeche , doe turne vnto thy smarte , If that thy mate , doe beare a IVDAS harte . Plaut. Capt. Fac fidelis sis fideli : caue fluxam fidem geras . But , if thou doe inioye a faithfull frende , See that with care , thou keepe him as thy life : And if perhappes he doe , that maye offende , Yet waye thy frende : and shunne the cause of strife , Remembringe still , there is no greater crosse ; Then of a frende , for , to sustaine the losse . Cato . Damnaris nunquam post longum tempus amicum , Mutauit mores , sed pignora prima memento . Yet , if this knotte of frendship be to knitte , And SCIPIO yet , this LELIVS can not finde ? Content thy selfe , till some occasion fitte , Allot thee one , according to thy minde : Then trie , and truste : so maiste thou liue in rest , But chieflie see , thou truste thy selfe the beste ?

In copia minor error .

woodcut of a fox looking up at an ape in a tree, behind which is a man

THE ape in tree , beganne at foxe beneath to raile : And said , hee was a shamelesse beast to weare so great a taile . Then aunswere made the foxe , I maye thee more deride , Bicause thou haste no taile at all , thy shamelesse partes to hide . Which shewes the bitter fruite , that doth of mocking springe : For scorners ofte , such mares doe meete , that worse then serpentes stinge .

Vindice fato . To G. B. sen. Esquier .

woodcut of a hand with a ring emerging from a cloud, losing hold of a quill pen

Valens Imperator , Arrianae sectae fautor , tandem per Gothos victus , in domuncula qua absconditus erat , combustus anno Domini 380. Sabel . & Sex . Aur. WHEN sentence wronge , of will , and rigor vile , Was fram'd , to please the Emperor VALENS minde : Which shoulde condemne Sainct BASIL to exile : And nothinge lack'd , but that it was not sign'd : Th' Emperor thoughte to take no longer pause , But tooke his penne , for to confirme the cause . But all in vayne , the quill would take no inke , Yet still herein , he lewdlie did persiste : Vntill his hande beganne to shake , and shrinke , Whereby , the penne did fall out of his fiste : Wherefore for feare , he rente the writte in twaine , Then feare the Lorde , and rashe attemptes refraine .

Homo homini lupus .

woodcut of Arion and his lyre being thrown from a small ship by three men, while a dolphin or sea-serpent waits to receive him; in the background Arion rides the dolphin while playing the lyre

Sicut Rex in imagine sua honoratur : sic Deus in homine diligitur , & oditur . Non potest hominem odire , qui deum amat . nec potest deum amare qui hominem odit . Chrys. super Matth 22. NO mortall foe so full of poysoned spite , As man , to man , when mischiefe he pretendes : The monsters huge , as diuers aucthors write , Yea Lions wilde , and fishes weare his frendes : And when their deathe , by frendes suppos'd was sought , They kindnesse shew'd , and them from daunger brought . Mira fabula de Androde & Leone . Aul. Gel. li. 5. ca. 14. Idem de Arione lib. 16. cap. 19. ARION lo , who gained store of goulde , In countries farre : with harpe , and pleasant voice : Did shipping take , and to CORINTHVS woulde , And to his wishe , of pilottes made his choise : Who rob'd the man , and threwe him to the sea , A Dolphin , lo , did beare him safe awaie . Parad. poëticus . Quis nescit vastas olim delphina per vndas , Lesbida cum sacro vate tulisse lyram ?

In curiosos .

woodcut of a man at a doorway pointing at an ape, whose foot is trapped under a pile of wood; a hatchet or axe and a hammer or mallet lie nearby

Horat. Epist. lib. 2. cap. 1. — Quod medicorum est Promittunt medici , tractant fabrilia fabri . LET maidens sowe ; let schollers : plie the schooles . Giue PALINVRE : his compasse , and his carde . Let MARS , haue armes : let VVLCANE , vse his tooles . Giue CORYDON , the ploughe , and harrowe harde . Giue PAN , the pipe : giue bilbowe blade , to swashe . Let Grimme haue coales : and lobbe his whippe to lashe . Let none presume an others arte to vse , But trie the trade , to which he hath bene kept : But those that like a skill vnknowne to choose , Let them behoulde : while that the workeman slept , The toying ape , was tempringe with his blockes , Vntill his foote was crush'd within the stockes . Propert. 2. 1. Nauita de ventis ; de tauris narrat arator ; Enumerat miles vulnera ; pastor oues .

in iuuentam .

woodcut of Dionysus or Bacchus holding grapes and Phoebus Apollo holding a lyre, standing facing each other on a tomb

TWO sonnes of IOVE that best of man deserue , APOLLO great , and BACCHVS , this impartes : With diet good , the one doth healthe preserue , With pleasante wine , the other cheares our hartes . And theise , the worlde immortall Goddes would haue , Bicause longe life , with sweete delighte , they gaue . But if theise are so soueraigne vnto man , That here , with ioye they doe increase his daies , And freshe doe make the carefull colour wanne : And keepe him longe from sicknes , and disease : I graunte , they ought to be renowmed more , Then all the Goddes , the Poëttes did adore . Alciat . ad eosdem sic . Tu vino curas , tu victu dilue morbos , Vt lento accedat curua senecta pede .

Fel in melle .

woodcut of Eros or Cupid surrounded by bees from two hives, watched by Venus or Aphrodite seated on the ground

LO CVPID here , the honie hyes to taste , On whome , the bees did straight extende their power : For whilst at will he did their labours waste , He founde that sweete , was sauced with the sower : And till that time hee thought no little thinges , Weare of suche force : or armed so with stinges . The hyues weare plac'd accordinge to his minde , The weather warme , the honie did abounde . And CVPID iudg'd the bees of harmelesse kinde , But whilste he tri'de his naked corpes they wounde : And then to late his rashe attempte hee ru'de , When after sweete , so tarte a taste insu'de . Paradis . poëticus . Melle gerunt perfusa , gerunt perfusa veneno , Et sua spicula apes , & sua spicula amor . So ofte it happes , when wee our fancies feede , And only ioye in outwarde gallant showes . The inwarde man , if that wee doe not heede , Wee ofte , doe plucke a nettle for a rose : No baite so sweete as beautie , to the eie , Yet ofte , it hathe worse poyson then the bee .

Ferè simile ex Theocito . To LAVRA .

woodcut of Eros or Cupid running to Venus or Aphrodite away from bees flying from the hollow of a tree

WHILST CVPID had desire to taste the honie sweete , And thrust his hand into the tree , a bee with him did meete . The boye no harme did doubt , vntill he felt the stinge : But after to his mother ranne , and ofte his handes did wringe . And cry'd to her for helpe , and toulde what hap befell : Howe that a little beast with pricke , did make his finger swell . Then VENVS smiling say'd , if that a little bee ? Doe hurte so sore : thinke howe thou hurt'st ? that art a childe to see . For where the Bee can pierce no further then the skinne : Thy dartes do giue so great a wounde , they pierce the harte within . Cùm quo conuenit aliud ex Anacreonte . As VENVS sonne within the roses play'd , An angrie bee that crept therein vnseene , The wanton wagge with poysoned stinge assay'd : Whereat , aloude he cri'de , throughe smarte , and teene . And sought about , his mother for to finde : To whome , with griefe he vttered all his minde . And say'd , behoulde , a little creature wilde , Whome husbandmen ( I heare ) doe call a bee , Hath prick'd mee sore alas : whereat shee smil'de , And say'd : my childe , if this be griefe to thee , Remember then , althoughe thou little arte ? What greeuous wounde , thou makest with thy darte .

Amor sui . To D. E.

woodcut of Narcissus knelt over a stream staring at his reflection, while a figure in the distance has its arm raised

Ouid. Metam . lib. 3. NARCISSVS lou'de , and liked so his shape , He died at lengthe with gazinge there vppon : Which shewes selfe loue , from which there fewe can scape , A plague too rife : bewitcheth manie a one . Anulus in pict. poës . Narcissus liquidis formam speculatus in vndis , Contemnent alios , arsit amore sui , &c. The ritche , the pore , the learned , and the sotte , Offende therein : and yet they see it not . Terent. And. 2. & 4. Verum illud verbum est , vulgo quod dici solet Omnes sibi malle melius esse , quàm alteri . This , makes vs iudge too well of our desertes , When others smile , our ignorance to see : And whie ? Bicause selfe loue doth wounde our hartes , And makes vs thinke , our deedes alone to bee . Whiche secrete sore , lies hidden from our eyes , And yet the same , an other plainlie sees . Suum euique pulchrum est . ad huc neminem cognoui poëtam , qui sibi non optimus videretur , sic res habet , me delectant mea , te tua . Cicer. 5. Tuscul . What follie more , what dotage like to this ? And doe we so our owne deuise esteeme ? Or can we see so soone an others misse ? And not our owne ? Oh blindnes most extreme . Affect not then , but trye , and prooue thy deedes , For of selfe loue , reproche , and shame proceedes .

Nusquam tuta fides .

woodcut of an elephant standing beside a tree, behind which stands a man with an axe

Aelian . de Animal . lib. 13. cap. 8. scribit quod Elephanti sunt , altitudinis 9. cubitorum , latitud . 5. & lib. 17. ca. 7. quod viuunt ad aetatem 200. Annorum & nonnulli ad 300. & multa mira de illis , lib. 10. cap. 15. NO state so sure , no seate within this life But that maie fall , thoughe longe the same haue stoode : Here fauninge foes , here fained frendes are rife : With pickthankes , blabbes , and subtill Sinons broode , Who when wee truste , they worke our ouerthrowe , And vndermine the grounde , wheron wee goe . Cato lib. 1. Fistula dulce canit voluerem dum decipit auceps . The Olephant so huge , and stronge to see , No perill fear'd : but thought a sleepe to gaine But foes before had vndermin'de the tree , And downe he falles , and so by them was slaine : First trye , then truste : like goulde , the copper showes : And NERO ofte , in NVMAS clothinge goes . Numa Pompilius Roman . Rex 2. Silius 13. Foedera mortales ne saeuo rumpite ferro , Sed castam seruate fidem : fulgentibus ostro Haec potior regnis , &c.

Quod non capit Christus , rapit fiscus .

woodcut of a king with crown and sceptre squeezing a sponge onto the ground, while in the background three figures hang from a scaffold, and many people stand at the base of a ladder leaning against the scaffold

WHERE couetousnes the scepter doth supporte , There , greedie gripes the Kinge dothe ofte extoll : Bicause , he knowes they , doe but make a sporte , His subiectes poore , to shaue , to pill , and poll ? And when he sees , that they are fatte , and full ? He cuttes them of , that he maye haue theire wolle ? Vnto a sponge , theise are resembled righte : Which drie at firste , when it with water swelles , The hande that late did wette it , being lighte : The same againe , the moisture quite expelles . And to the flood , from whence it latelie came , It runnes againe , with wringinge of the same . Petrus Arbiter . Orbem iam totum victor Romanus habebat , Quà mare , quà terrae , quà sidus currit vtrumque , Nec satiatus erat , grauidis freta pulsa carinis , Iam peragrabantur , si quis sinus abditus vltra , Si qua foret tellus , quae fuluum mitteret aurum , &c.

Paupertatem summis ingeniis obesse ne prouehantur . Ad Doctiss . virum Dn. W. MALIM .

woodcut of a man with his left leg and winged left arm raised toward a godlike figure in the heavens, while his right arm is held down by a large stone tied to its wrist

ONE hande with winges , woulde flie vnto the starres , And raise mee vp to winne immortall fame : But my desire , necessitie still barres , And in the duste doth burie vp my name : That hande woulde flie , th' other still is bounde , With heauie stone , which houldes it to the grounde . My wishe , and will , are still to mounte alofte . My wante , and woe , denie me my desire : I shewe theire state , whose witte , and learninge , ofte Excell , and woulde to highe estate aspire : But pouertie , with heauie clogge of care , Still pulles them downe , when they ascending are . Inuenalis . Haud facilè emergunt , quorum virtutibus obstat Res. angusta domi , &c.

Pro bono , malum .

woodcut of a stag in the woods being shot with an arrow by a hunter with two dogs, while two more archers walk in the background Duodecem haec sequentia , ob elegantiam , & venustarem : è G. Faerni , selectis fabulis sumpta .

THE stagge , that hardly skap'd the hunters in the chase , At lengthe , by shadowe of a tree , founde refuge for a space . And when the eger houndes had lefte their wished praye , Behoulde , with biting of the boughes , him selfe hee did bewraye . Throughe which , the hunter straight did pierce him to the harte : Whereat , ( quoth hee ) this wounde I haue , is iustly my deserte . For where I good did finde , I ought not ill requite : But lo , these boughes that sau'd my life , I did vnkindly bite . Wherefore , althoughe the tree could not reuenge her wronge : Yet nowe by fates , my fall is wrought , who mighte haue liued longe .

In pace de bello .

woodcut of a boar and a fox looking round a tree at each other

THE bore did whette his tuskes , the foxe demaunded why : Since that he had no foes at hande , that should their sharpnes try . To which , he answere made , when foes doe me beset , They all aduantage gladlie take , and giue no leaue to whet . Which teacheth vs , in peace , our force for warres to frame : Whereby , we either shall subdue , or loose the field with fame .

Aliena pericula , cautiones nostrae .

woodcut of a lion sitting beside a large pile of game including a stag, a fox sitting beside a small pile looking up at the lion, and an ass lying behind them dead

THE lyon , asse , and foxe , goe forthe to hunte for pray : Which done : the lyon bad the asse , the spoile in partes to lay . Then he with greate regarde , three partes alike did share : Wherat , the lyon in a rage , the asse in peeces tare . The foxe he charged then , for to performe the same : Who , all the beste , vppon one heape , did for the lyon frame : And littell of the worste , did for him selfe reserue : Then beinge ask'd , what taughte him so vnequally to carue ? This spectacle ( quoth hee ) which I behoulde with care : Which showes , those happie that can bee by others harmes beware .

Indulgentia parentum , filiorum pernicies .

woodcut of a prisoner biting off the nose of an old woman, surrounded by soldiers with pikes and one on horseback; a crucifixion cross lies on the ground nearby

A Theefe , condemn'd to dye , to execution lead : His wofull mother did beholde , for sorowe almoste dead . And whilst she kiss'd her sonne , whome she did tender deare : The towarde childe did kisse with teeth ? and off her nose did teare ? Whereat , the standers by exclaymed at his acte : Then quoth the theefe , my masters marke , I will defend the facte . My mother , in my youthe , did with my faults dispence : And euermore did like me best , when I did most offence . So that , she was the cause that made me doe amisse : For if shee had correction vs'de , I had not come to this . Wherefore , I did reuenge my wronge , in what I mighte : In hope my facte shall mothers warne , that doe behould this sighte . For if the Children steale , and come vnto the rope : It often is the parentes faulte , for giuing them such scope .

Dolor è medicina .

woodcut of a woman sitting on a chair in an empty house, while a man leaves through the doorway carrying objects

A Purblinde dame agreed with one to helpe her sight ; Who , daylie when he home retorn'd , did steale what so he might . At lengthe when all was gone , the pacient gan to see : And then , the false Phisition ask'd the price , they did agree . Whereat quoth she , alas , no remedie I finde : Bycause my sences either faile , or ells my eies bee blinde . For , where my house before was garnish'd euerie nooke : I , nowe can see no goodes at all , though rounde about I looke .

Dura vsu molliora .

woodcut of a fox cowering before a lion

WHEN first the foxe , the lyon did behoulde , Hee quak'd for feare , and almost dead did fall : The second time , he waxed somewhat boulde ; But at the third , hee had no feare at all . Which shewes , that artes at first moste harde to see , With triall oft , both playne , and easie bee .

In eos , qui , proximioribus spretis , remotiora sequuntur .

woodcut of an astronomer falling into a hole while he looks toward the stars; a Ptolemaic sphere lies nearby

TH' ASTRONOMER , by night beheld the starres to shine : And what should chaunce an other yeare , began for to deuine . But while too longe in skyes , the curious foole did dwell , As hee was marchinge through the shade , he slipt into a'well . Then crying out for helpe , had frendes at hand , by chaunce ; And nowe his perill being past ; they thus at him doe glaunce . What foolishe art is this ? ( quoth they ) thou hould'st so deare That doth forshowe the perilles farre : but not the daungers neare . Morus in Epig. Saturnus procul est , iámque olim caecus , vt aiunt , Nec propè discernens à puero lapidem : Luna verecundis formosa incedit ocellis , Nec nisi virgineum virgo videre potest : Iupiter Europam , Martem Venus , & Venerem Mars , Daphnen Sol , Hersen Mercurius recolit : Hinc factum , Astrologe , est , tua cùm capit vxor amantes , Sidera significent vt nihil inde tibi .

Post fata : vxor morosa , etiam discors .

woodcut of four men reasoning with another man beside a strong river

COLASMVS wife , in raging flood was drown'd ? Who longe did seeke her corpes , against the streame : His neigbours thought his sences weare not sound ? And did deride his madnes most extreme : Who call'd aloude , thy wife beneath did fall ? Then dounwarde seeke , or seeke thou not at all . To whome , quoth he , the place belowe I see , Yet in her life , gainst reason she did striue : And contrarie to euerie one , woulde bee ; Wherefore , I knowe this way she needes must driue ? Then leaue , quoth they , and let her still be drown'd , For such a wife is better loste then founde ?

Dum aetatis ver agitur : consule brumae .

woodcut of a grasshopper and a group of ants at the foot of a bare tree

IN winter coulde , when tree , and bushe , was bare , And frost had nip'd the rootes of tender grasse : The antes , with ioye did feede vpon their fare , Which they had stor'de , while sommers season was : To whome , for foode the grashopper did crie , And said she staru'd , if they did helpe denie . Whereat , an ante , with longe experience wise ? And frost , and snowe , had manie winters scene : Inquired , what in sommer was her guise . Quoth she , I songe , and hop't in meadowes greene : Then quoth the ante , content thee with thy chaunce , For to thy songe , nowe art thou light to daunce ?

Bilingues cauendi .

woodcut of a man and a satyr at a dining table

A Satyre , and his hoste , in mid of winters rage , At night , did hye them to the fire , the could for to asswage . The man with could that quak'd , vpon his handes did blowe : Which thinge the Satyre marked well ; and crau'd the cause to knowe . Who answere made , herewith my fingers I doe heate : At lengthe when supper time was come , and bothe sat downe to eate ; He likewise blewe his brothe , he tooke out of the potte : Being likewise asked why : ( quoth hee ) bicause it is to whotte . To which the Satyre spake , and blow'st thou whotte , and coulde ? Hereafter , with such double mouthes , I will no frendship houlde . Which warneth all , to shonne a double tonged mate : And let them neither suppe , nor dine , nor come within thy gate .

Ars deluditur arte .

woodcut of a fox lying in a hollow cave beneath a tree, and a lion standing outside with its tongue extended

THE sickly foxe , within her hole was hid , Where , to the mouthe , the lion straight did hye ; And did demaunde most frendly , how shee did , And saide , his tonge woulde helpe her , by and by ? Bicause there was such vertue hid therein , That all he heal'd , if he did licke their skinne . Then quoth the foxe , my Lorde ? I doe not doubt , But that your tonge is soueraigne , as I heare : But yet , it hath such neighbours round about ? It can not helpe , I iudge , while they be neare . Wherefore , I wishe you woulde them banishe all ? Or ells , I thinke your pacients wil bee small .

In eos qui multa promittunt , & nihil praestant .

woodcut of a mother sitting on a bed scolding a child lying there, while a wolf looks round the outside corner of the house

In malis promissis rescinde fidem , in turpi voto muta decretum , quod incautè vouisti , non facias : impia est promissio , quae scelere ad-impletur Isid. 2. Solilo . THE crying babe , the mother sharply threates , Except he ceas'd , he shoulde to wolfe bee throwne : Which being hard , the wolfe at windowe waites , And made account that child should bee his owne : Till at the lengthe , agayne he hard her say Feare not sweete babe , thou shalt not bee his pray . For , if he come in hope to sucke thy blood , Wee wil him kill , before he shall departe : With that the wolfe retorned to the wood , And did exclayme thus wise with heauie hart : Oh Iupiter ? what people now doe liue , That promise much , and yet will nothing giue .

Pietas filiorum in parentes .

woodcut of Aeneas carrying his father Anchises on his shoulders away from the burning city of Troy

AENEAS beares his father , out of Troye , When that the Greekes , the same did spoile , and sacke : His father might of suche a sonne haue ioye , Who throughe his foes , did beare him on his backe : No fier , nor sworde , his valiaunt harte coulde feare , To flee awaye , without his father deare . Foelix proles , quae efficit vt genuisse iuuet , & generare libeat . Max. lib. 4. Which showes , that sonnes must carefull bee , and kinde , For to releeue their parentes in distresse : And duringe life , that dutie shoulde them binde , To reuerence them , that God their daies maie blesse : And reprehendes tenne thowsande to their shame , Who ofte dispise the stocke whereof they came . Ouid. 4. Fast . Hinc satus Aeneas : pietas spectata per ignes : Sacra patremque humeris : altera sacra , tulit .

Aliquid mali propter vicinum malum . To my Father M. GEFFREY WHITNEY .

woodcut of two pots floating in a river Virgilius . Mantua vae miserae nimium vicina Cremonae .

Et Angel . Politianus in Manto sua . TWO pottes , within a runninge streame weare toste , The one of yearth , the other , was of brasse : The brasen potte , who wish'd the other loste , Did bid it staie , and neare her side to passe . Whereby they might , togeather ioyned sure : Without all doubt , the force of flood indure .

Tu tamen ô , misera nimium vicina Cremonae , Quid fles amissum : quid fles mea Mantua campum

Pascentem niueos herboso flumine cycnos &c.

Et etiam apud Plautum , pauper Euclio recusat affinitatem cum diuite Megadora , facetissime . The earthen potte , then thus did answeare make , This neighborhood doth put me much in feare ? I rather choose , my chaunce farre of to take , Then to thy side , for to be ioyned neare , For if wee hitte , my parte shal be the wurste , And thou shalt scape , when I am all to burste . Ecclesiast. 13. Et ditiori●e ne socius fueris : Quid communicabit cacabus ad ollam ? quando enim se colliserint , confringetur , Diues iniustè egat , & fremet : pauper autem laesus , tacebit . &c. The running streame , this worldlie sea dothe shewe ; The pottes , present the mightie , and the pore : Whoe here , a time are tossed too , and froe , But if the meane , dwell nighe the mighties dore , He maie be hurte , but cannot hurte againe , Then like , to like : or best alone remaine . Ouid. 3. Trist. 4. Viue fine inuidre , mollesue ìnglorius annos Exige , am●●itius & tibi iunge pares .

Post amara dulcia . To M. THOMAS MYNORS .

woodcut of a man reaching toward a thorny rose bush

Claud. in nuptiis honorij . Non quisquam fruitur veris odoribus , Hyblaeos latebris nec spoliat fauos , Si fronti caueat , si timeat rubos . Armat spina rosas , mellategunt apes . SHARPE prickes preserue the Rose , on euerie parte , That who in haste to pull the same intendes , Is like to pricke his fingers , till they smarte ? But being gotte , it makes him straight amendes It is so freshe , and pleasant to the smell , Thoughe he was prick'd , he thinkes he ventur'd well . And he that faine woulde get the gallant rose , And will not reache , for feare his fingers bleede ; A nettle , is more fitter for his nose ? Or hemblocke meete his appetite to feede ? None merites sweete , who tasted not the sower , Dulcia non meruit qui non gustauitamara . Who feares to climbe , deserues no fruicte , nor flower . Which showes , we shoulde not fainte for anie paine , For to atchieue the fruictes of our desire : But still proceede , and hope at lengthe to gaine , The thinges wee wishe , and craue with hartes entire : Which all our toile , and labour , shal requite , For after paine , comes pleasure , and delighte . When winter endes , comes in the pleasant springe . When nighte is done , the gladsome daye appeares . When greifes be gone , then ioye doth make vs singe , When stormes be paste , the varijng weather cleares . So after paines , our pleasures make vs glad , But without sower , the sweete is hardlie had .

Veritas inuicta To my vncle GEFFREY CARTWRIGHTE .

woodcut of a winged, transfigured book being drawn into the cloudy heavens by a hand, away from a horned, devilish figure holding the book down by a chain, with two other demonic figures watching; in the book is written the Latin for "and thy faithfulness reacheth unto the clouds" (Psalm 36.5)

ET VSQVE NUBES VERITAS TVA

THOVGHE Sathan striue , with all his maine , and mighte , To hide the truthe , and dimme the lawe deuine : Yet to his worde , the Lorde doth giue such lighte , That to the East , and West , the same doth shine : And those , that are so happie for to looke , Saluation finde , within that blessed booke .

Si Deus nobiscum , quis contra nos ?

woodcut of a hand emerging from a cloud with a viper or snake hanging off one finger by its mouth, over a smoking fire De Vipera Aelian . lib. 15. ca. 16 & Plin. De nature . hist. lib. 8. ca. 39. & lib. 10. cap. 62.

Act. 28. HIS seruauntes GOD preserues , thoughe they in danger fall : Euen as from vipers deadlie * * Tremellius . bite , he kept th' Appostle Paule .

Cum tempore mutamur . Ad Dn. IOHANNEM CROXTON .

woodcut of an old man supported by two crutches and a baby in a cradle

Ouid. 6. Fast . Tempora labuntur tacitísq . senescimus annis . Et fugiunt fraeno non remorante dies . TIMES change , and wee doe alter in the same , And in one staye , there nothing still maye bee : What Monarches greate , that wanne the chiefest fame , But stealinge time , their birthe , and deathe , did see : Firste NESTOR suck'd , and HOMER first was taughte , Bothe famous once , yet both to dust are broughte . Wee first are younge , and then to age wee yeelde , Then flit awaye , as we had not bene borne : No wight so stronge , but time doth winne the feelde , Yea wonders once , are out of memorie worne : This Aegypte spires , and Babell , sawe in fine , When they did mounte , and when they did decline . Claud. de Senec. Veronensi . Foelix qui propriis aeuum transegit in auris , Ipsa domus puerum quem videt ipsa senem ; Qui baculo nitens , in qua reptauit arena , Vnius numerat saecula longa casae : Illum non vario traxit fortuna tumultu , Nec bibit ignotas mobilis hospes aquas .

Et paulò pòst .

Ingentem meminit paruo qui gramine quercum .

Aequaeuúmque videt consenuisse nemus .

Ouid. 2. Art . Si nihil attuleris , ibis Homere foras . To M. MATTHEW PATTENSON .

woodcut of Homer and the nine Muses outside a closed door with two female figures looking down from upstairs windows

Ouid. 3. Amor. 7. Ingenium quondam futrat preceosius auro . At nunc barbaria est grandis , habere nihil . SOMETIME was witte esteem'de , of greater price then goulde : But wisedome pore , maie nowe goe begge ? and starue without for coulde . Yea , thoughe that Homer come , with all the Muses guarde , Yet if he nothinge bringe ? must faste , and stande within the yarde ?

Ingenium superat vires .

woodcut of a crossbow with a winding mechanism to draw back the string

Ouid. 2. Pont. Adde quod ingenuas didicisse fideliter artes , Emmollit mores , nec finit esse feros . MANS wisedome great , doth farre surpasse his strengthe , For proofe , behoulde , no man could bende the bowe : But yet , his witte deuised at the lengthe , To winde the stringe so farre as it shoulde goe : Then wisedome chiefe , and strengthe , must come behinde , But bothe be good , and giftes from God assignde .

Malè parta malè dilabuntur . In foeneratores .

woodcut of an ape throwing coins from an upstairs window of a house; more treasure on a table can be seen through the doorway

Si necessariis contenti essemus , minimè vsurariorum genus pessimum inueniretur Plutarch . de vsur. vit. AN vserer , whose Idol was his goulde , Within his house , a peeuishe ape retain'd : A seruaunt fitte , for suche a miser oulde , Of whome both mockes , and apishe mowes , he gain'd . Thus , euerie daie he made his master sporte , And to his clogge , was chained in the courte . Auaritia omnia in se vitia habet . Aul. Gell. lib. 11. cap. 2. Et idem lib. 3. cap. 1. At lengthe it hap'd ? while greedie graundsir din'de ? The ape got loose , and founde a windowe ope : Where in he leap'de , and all about did finde , The GOD , wherein the Miser put his hope ? Which soone he broch'd , and forthe with speede did flinge . And did delighte on stones to heare it ringe ? The sighte , righte well the passers by did please , Who did reioyce to finde these goulden crommes : That all their life , their pouertie did ease . Of goodes ill got , loe heere the fruicte that commes . Looke herevppon , you that haue MIDAS minte , And bee posseste with hartes as harde as flinte . Shut windowes close , leste apes doe enter in , And doe disperse your goulde , you doe adore . But woulde you learne to keepe , that you do winne ? Then get it well , and hourde it not in store . If not : no boultes , nor brasen barres will serue , For GOD will waste your stocke , and make your sterue .

Ferè simile praecedenti , ex Alciato .

woodcut of a bird or kite perched on a rock looking at another bird or kite sitting in a tree with vomit or its intestines falling from its beak

THE greedie kyte , so full his gorge had cloy'de , He coulde not brooke his late deuoured praie : Wherefore with griefe , vnto his damme hee cry'de , My bowelles lo , alas doe waste awaie . With that quoth shee , why doste thou make thy mone , This losse thou haste is nothinge of thy owne . Cato De re Rust Peior ciuis existimatur foenerator , quàm fur . De malè quasitù non gaudet tertius haeres . By which is mente , that they who liue by spoile , By rapine , thefte , or gripinge goodes by mighte , If that with losse they suffer anie foile , They loose but that , wherein they had no righte ? Hereof , at firste the prouerbe oulde did growe : That goodes ill got , awaie as ill will goe .

Vsus libri , non lectio prudentes facit . Ad D. A. P.

woodcut of two scholars, one wearing glasses or spectacles, in a study or library full of books on shelves and lecterns

THE volumes great , who so doth still peruse , And dailie turnes , and gazeth on the same , If that the fruicte thereof , he do not vse , He reapes but toile , and neuer gaineth fame : Firste reade , then marke , then practise that is good , For without vse , we drinke but LETHE flood . Of practise longe , experience doth proceede ; And wisedome then , doth euermore ensue : Then printe in minde , what wee in printe do reade , Els loose wee time , and bookes in vaine do vewe : Wee maie not haste , our talent to bestowe , Nor hide it vp , whereby no good shall growe . Lectio multorum voluminum , & omnis generis auctorum , habet aliquid vagum & instabile : certis * * melius fertè , certis , ingenia immorari ingeniis immorari & innutriri oportet , si velis aliquid trahere , quod in animo fideliter sedeat . Senec. 1. Epist. 2.

Studiis inuigilandum . Ad iuuentutem Scholae Aldelemensis in Anglia .

woodcut of a table with lion - or griffin-feet in a bare room with two round windows; against the table is a shield with an emblem of a tied bushel of corn or wheat, and on the table are an hourglass, a lit candle and a book, on which is written the Latin for "God is opposed to evil"

DEVS OP MA

Ouid. 3. Art . Nec qua praeterut cursu , reuocabitur vnda : Nec quae praeteriit hora , redire potest . Vtendum est aetate , cito pede labitur atas , Nec bona tam sequitur quàm bona prima fuit . WHILES prime of youthe , is freshe within his flower , Take houlde of time : for it doth haste awaye . Watche , write , and reade , and spende no idle hower , Inritche your mindes with some thinge , euerie daye : For losse of time , all other losse exceedes , And euermore it late repentaunce breedes . The idle sorte , that ignoraunce doe taste , Are not esteem'd , when they in yeares doe growe : The studious , are with vnderstanding grac'd , And still prefer'd , thoughe first their caulinge lowe . Then haue regarde , to banishe idle fittes , And in your youthe , with skill adorne your wittes . Studia , quae sunt in adolescentia , tanquam in herbis significant , quae virtutis maturitas , & quantae , fruges industriae sint futurae Cicero pro Coelio . Whereby , in time such hap maye you aduaunce , As bothe your Towne , and countrie , you maye frende : For , what I woulde vnto my selfe shoulde chaunce : To you I wishe , wheare I my prime did spende . Wherefore behoulde this candle , booke , and glasse : To vse your time , and knowe how time dothe passe .

Praecocia non diuturna . Doctissimo viro D. STEPHANO LIMBERTO Nordouicensis Scholae Magistro .

woodcut of an old man in robes holding a fruit next to flowers including a thistle, and a naked child in a fruit-laden tree

THE fruicte that soonest ripes , doth soonest fade awaie . And that which slowlie hath his time , will not so soone decaie . Our writing in the duste , can not indure a blaste : But that , which is in marble wroughte , from age , to age , doth laste . Euen so it is of wittes , some quicke , to put in vre : Some dull to learne , but oftentimes the slowe are sounde , and sure . And thoughe the apte , and prompte : soone learne , and soone forget . Yet ofte the dull doe beare in minde , what first therein was set . Hereof the prouerbe comes : Soone ripe , soone rotten turnes : And greenest wood , though kindlinge longe , yet whottest most it burnes . Omnis profectus ex lectione & meditatione procedit . quae enim nescimus , lectione diseimus , quae didicimus , meditatione conseruamus . Isid. lib. 3. De summo bono . Virg. Eclog. 2. O formose puer , nimium ne crede colori . Alba ligustra cadunt , vaccinia nigra leguntur .

In foecunditatem , sibiipsi damnòsam .

woodcut of a nut-laden tree and two men with sticks raised toward it

IF sence I had , my owne estate to knowe ; Before all trees , my selfe hath cause to crie : In euerie hedge , and common waye , I growe , Where , I am made a praye , to passers by : And when , they see my nuttes are ripe , and broune , My bowghes are broke , my leaues are beaten doune . Alciatus Quid sterils posset contingere turpius ? then , Infelix , fructus in mea damna fere . Thus euerie yeare , when I doe yeelde increase , My proper fruicte , my ruine doth procure : If fruictlesse I , then had I growen in peace , Oh barrennes , of all most happie , sure Which wordes with griefe , did AGRIPPINA grone , And mothers more , whose children made them mone . Sueton. in vita Neronis . Locus è nuce Ouidiana . Certè ego si nunquam peperissem , tutior essem : Ista Clytemnestra digna querela fuit .

Otiosi semper egentes .

woodcut of a sunken figure of Idleness sitting ahead of a healthy figure of Labour (with a cornucopia in its right hand and corn or wheat in its left hand and forming a crown in its hair), both riding in a chariot drawn by ants

HERE , Idlenes doth weepe amid her wantes , Neare famished : whome , labour whippes for Ire : Here , labour sittes in chariot drawen with antes : And dothe abounde with all he can desire . The grashopper , the toyling ante derides , In Sommers heate , cause she for coulde prouides . But when the coulde of winter did increase , Out of her hill , the ante did looke for newes : Whereas she harde the grashopper to cease , And all her songes , shee nowe with sighing rues : But all to late , for now for foode she staru'd , Whereas the ante had store , she had preseru'd . All which doe warne , while that our Sommer lastes , Which is our youthe : with freshe , and liuelie strengthe . Wee muste prouide , for winters bitter blastes . Which is our age : that claimes his righte at lengthe . Wherefore in youthe , let vs prouide for age ; For ere wee thinke he stealeth on the stage .

Semper praesto esse infortunia .

woodcut of three female figures in renaissance dress seated round a circular table with three dice

THREE carelesse dames , amongste their wanton toies , Did throwe the dice , who firste of them shoulde die : And shee that loste , did laughe with inwarde ioyes , For that , shee thoughte her terme shoulde longer bee : But loe , a tyle vppon her head did fall , That deathe , with speede , this dame from dice did call . Cuiuis potest accidere , quod cuiquam potest . Senec . de tranquil . animi . Euen so , it falles , while carelesse times wee spende : That euell happes , vnlooked for doe comme . But if wee hope , that GOD some good wil sende , In earnest praier , then must wee not bee domme : For blessinges good , come seild before our praier , But euell thinges doe come before we feare . Ouid. 4. Pont. 3. Ludit in humanis diuina potentia rebus , Et certam praesens vix habet hora fidem .

Vnica semper auis . To my countrimen of the Namptwiche in Chesshire .

woodcut of a phoenix surrounded by flames emerging from a pile of feathers

Paradis . poët . Solus in Eois ales reparabilis oris , Igne suo vitam dum rapit , igne capit . THE Phoenix rare , with fethers freshe of hewe , ARABIAS righte , and sacred to the Sonne : Whome , other birdes with wonder seeme to vewe , Dothe liue vntill a thousande yeares bee ronne : Then makes a pile : which , when with Sonne it burnes , Shee flies therein , and so to ashes turnes . Mart. lib. 5. Epigt . 7. Qualiter Assyrios renouant incendia nidos : Vna decem queties secula vixit auis . Quae quidem auis , iuxta Plinium , Natural . histor. lib. 10. cap. 2. viuit ad sexcentos sexaginta annos . quo loco & alia quaedam prodigiosa commemorantur . quae , quoniam ad Emblematis sententiam nihil attinent , cui libebir , legenda relinquo . & apud Aelian . De Anim. lib. 6. cap. 58. Whereof , behoulde , an other Phoenix rare , With speede dothe rise most beautifull and faire : And thoughe for truthe , this manie doe declare , Yet thereunto , I meane not for to sweare : Althoughe I knowe that Aucthors witnes true , What here I write , bothe of the oulde , and newe . Which when I wayed , the newe , and eke the oulde , I thought vppon your towne destroyed with fire : And did in minde , the newe NAMPWICHE behoulde , A spectacle for anie mans desire : Whose buildinges braue , where cinders weare but late , Did represente ( me thought ) the Phoenix fate . Ouid. Met. lib. 15. Vna est quae reparet séq , ipsa reseminet ales , Assyrij Phoenica vocant , nec fruge , necherbis , Sed Thuris lachrymis & succo viuit amorat , &c. And as the oulde , was manie hundreth yeares , A towne of fame , before it felt that crosse : Euen so ( I hope ) this WICHE , that nowe appeares , A Phoenix age shall laste , and knowe no losse : Which GOD vouchsafe , who make you thankfull , all : That see this rise , and sawe the other fall .

Hor. lib. 1 Ep. 11. Caelum , non animum . To R. P.

woodcut of a leopard wrestling a lion; in the background figures (some in turbans) walk along a river-bank

WHY fleest thou throughe the worlde ? in hope to alter kinde : No forren soile , hath anie force to change the inward minde . Thou doste but alter aire , thou alterest not thy thoughte : No distance farre can wipe awaye , what Nature first hath wroughte . The foole , that farre is sente some wisedome to attaine : Returnes an Ideot , as he wente , and bringes the foole againe . Propertius 3 , 7. Natura sequitur se●●ina quisque sua . Where rancor firste hathe roote , it growes , liue where wee shall : And where as malice is by kinde , no absence helpes at all . The catte , in countries kepte , where are no myse for praye , Yet , being broughte where they doe breede , her selfe shee doth bewraye . The beastes of crewell kinde , where hate , by nature growes , Thoughe parted longe , yet when they meete , become most deadlie foes , Which prooues , no trauaile farre , no coaste , nor countrie straunge : Hath anie force to alter kinde , or Natures worke to chaunge . Propert. 2 , 30. Quo fugis ah demens ? nulla est fuga : tu licet vsque Ad Tanaim fugias , vsque sequetur amor .

Auri sacra fames quid non ?

woodcut of a shipwrecked figure, with a large bundle strapped to his back, swimming near an inhabited coastline

Horat. lib. 1. Epist. 1. Impiger extremos currit mercator ad Indos , Per mare pauperiens fugiens per saxa per ignes . DESIRE to haue , dothe make vs muche indure , In trauaile , toile , and labour voide of reste : The marchant man is caried with this lure , Throughe scorching heate , to regions of the Easte : Oh thirste of goulde , what not ? but thou canst do : And make mens hartes for to consent thereto . The trauailer poore , when shippe doth suffer wracke , Who hopes to swimme vnto the wished lande , Dothe venture life , with fardle on his backe , That if he scape , the same in steede maye stande . Thus , hope of life , and loue vnto his goods , Houldes vp his chinne , with burthen in the floods .

Verbum emissum non est reuocabile .

woodcut of a man with a bag grasping with both hands for a bird which is just out of reach

Praui sicut in sensu leues , ita sunt in locutione praecipites : Quia quod leuis x concipit , leuior protinus lingua prodit . Greg. Homil. 5. WHO lookes , maye leape : and saue his shinnes from knockes . Who tries , maye truste : els flattringe frendes shall finde . He saues the steede , that keepes him vnder lockes . Who speakes with heede , maye bouldlie speake his minde . But hee , whose tonge before his witte , doth runne , Ofte speakes to soone , and greeues when he hathe done . Horat. Epist. 18. Et semel emissum volat irreuocabile verbum . A worde once spoke , it can retourne no more , But flies awaie , and ofte thy bale doth breede : A wise man then , settes hatche before the dore , And while he maye , doth square his speeche with heede . The birde in hande , wee maye at will restraine , But beinge flowen , wee call her backe in vaine . Et si vtile est subitò saepe dicere , tamen illud vtilius , sumpto spacio ad cogitandum paratius , atque accuratius dicere . Cicero 2. De Orator .

In occasionem . To my Kinsman M. GEFFREY WHITNEY .

woodcut of a naked female figure with winged feet, hair long on top and short at the back, a long scarf, and an open razor in her right hand; she is standing on a wheel floating in the sea near two ships

Horat. lib. 1. Ep. 11. ad Bullatium . Tu quamcumque Deus tibi fortunauerit horam , Grata sume mana : nec dulcia differ in annum . WHAT creature thou ? Occasion I doe showe . On whirling wheele declare why doste thou stande ? Bicause , I still am tossed too , and froe . Why doest thou houlde a rasor in thy hande ? That men maie knowe I cut on euerie side , And when I come , I armies can deuide . But wherefore hast thou winges vppon thy feete ? To showe , how lighte I flie with little winde . What meanes longe lockes before ? that suche as meete , Maye houlde at firste , when they occasion finde . Thy head behinde all balde , what telles it more ? That none shoulde houlde , that let me slippe before . Why doest thou stande within an open place ? That I maye warne all people not to staye , But at the firste , occasion to imbrace , And when shee comes , to meete her by the waye . Lysippus so did thinke it best to bee , Who did deuise mine image , as you see .

Potentia amoris .

woodcut of Eros or Cupid sitting on a rock, with a fish in his left hand and a flower in his right, instead of a bow and arrow

Palladius Soranus . Omnia vincit amor , superum rex mugit in aruis , Palluit & Titan , omnia vincit amor . Omnia vincit amor , flexit Proserpina ditem , Martem blanda Venus , omnia vincit amor . Omnit vincit amor , barbam Polyphemus adornat , Pan se vidit aquis , omnia vincit amor . Omnia vincit amor , feruet Neptunus in vndis , Neuit & Alcides , omnia vincit amor . Omnia vincit amor , Salomon , & Scipio victi , Ilion euersum est , omnia vincit amor . Omnia vincit amor caelos , & Tartara , & vrbes , Et memora , & pisces , omnia vincit amor . HERE , naked loue doth sit , with smilinge cheare , No bended bowe , nor quiuer he doth beare : One hande , a fishe : the other houldes a flower : Of Sea , and Lande , to shewe that he hath power .

Pulchritudo vincit . To the fairest .

woodcut of a female figure lying by a stream, being crowned by a cherub; a fish, a hare, a lion, a horse and a bird are also pictured

WHEN creatures firste weare form'd , they had by natures lawes , The bulles , their hornes : the horses , hoofes : the lions , teeth , and pawes . To hares , shee swiftenes gaue : to fishes , finnes assign'de : To birdes , their winges : so no defence was lefte for woman kinde . But , to supplie that wante , shee gaue her suche a face : Which makes the boulde , the fierce , the swifte , to stoope , and pleade for grace .

Qui me alit me extinguit .

woodcut of a burning torch pointing downward, with the motto "that which nourishes me destroys me" written in latin on a banner

QVI ME ALIT ME EXTINGVIT

EVEN as the waxe dothe feede , and quenche the flame , So , loue giues life ; and loue , dispaire doth giue : The godlie loue , doth louers croune with fame : The wicked loue , in shame dothe make them liue . Then leaue to loue , or loue as reason will , For , louers lewde doe vainlie languishe still .

Scribit in marmore laesus .

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TROIA MIHI LICET TAMEN

IN marble harde our harmes wee alwayes graue , Bicause , wee still will beare the same in minde : In duste wee write the benifittes wee haue , Where they are soone defaced with the winde . So , wronges wee houlde , and neuer will forgiue , And soone forget , that still with vs shoulde liue .

Nec sibi , nec alteri . To Aphilus .

woodcut of a dog lying in a manger snarling at an ox nearby

A , SNARLINGE curre , did in the manger lie , Who rather steru'd ? then made the haye , his meate , Yet shew'd his fanges , and offred for to flie Vppon the oxe , who hungred for to eate . And there throughe spite , did keepe the oxe from foode : Vntill for wante , hee faynted as hee stoode . Inuidus alienas iacturas , suos quaestus existimat . Chrys. super Math. Homil. 41. The couetous man enuious , here behoulde , Who hath inowghe , yet vse thereof doth lacke : And doth enuie his needie neighbour , shoulde But get a groate , if he coulde houlde it backe ? Who , thoughe they doe possesse the diuill , and all ? Yet are they like the dogge , in oxes stall ?

Scripta non temerè edenda . Ad doctiss . virum D. ST. BVLLVM .

woodcut of Quintilian seated at a table with pen and ink reaching to restrain a younger man from passing a manuscript to an angelic figure with a trumpet

Quinctilij Vat. censura de scriptis edendis Horat. Art. poët . LO , here QVINCTILIVS sittes , a graue and reuerende fire : And pulles a younglinge by the arme , that did for fame desire . For , hee with pace of snayle , proceeded to his pen ; Lest haste shoulde make him wishe ( too late ) it weare to write againe . And therfore still with care , woulde euerie thinge amende : Yea , ofte eche worde , and line suruaye , before hee made an ende . And , yf he any sawe , whose care to wryte was small : To him , like wordes to these hee vs'd , which hee did meane to all . My sonne , what worke thou writes , correcte , reforme , amende , But if thou like thy first assaye , then not QVINCTILIVS frende ? Quid. 3. Fast . Differ , habent parua commoda magna mora . The fruicte at firste is sower , till time giue pleasante taste : And verie rare is that attempte , that is not harm'd with haste . Perfection comes in time , and forme and fashion giues : And euer rashenes , yeeldes repente , and most dispised liues . Senec. Agam. Proinde quicquid est , da spartum & tempus tibi : Quod ratio nequit , sape sanauit mora . Then , alter ofte , and chaunge , peruse , and reade , and marke : The man that softlie settes his steppes , goes safest in the darke . But if that thirst of fame , doe pricke thee forthe too faste : Thou shalt ( when it is all to late ) repente therefore at laste .

Orphei Musica . Ad eundem .

woodcut of Orpheus with a lyre, seated and surrounded by animals: a unicorn, lions, a goat, an antelope, an ape, a stork, a drinking dog or fox, a stag, and a bird or parrot

LO , ORPHEVS with his harpe , that sauage kinde did tame : The Lions fierce , and Leopardes wilde , and birdes about him came . For , with his musicke sweete , their natures hee subdu'de : But if wee thinke his playe so wroughte , our selues wee doe delude . For why ? besides his skill , hee learned was , and wise : And coulde with sweetenes of his tonge , all sortes of men suffice . And those that weare most rude , and knewe no good at all : And weare of fierce , and cruell mindes , the worlde did brutishe call . Yet with persuasions sounde , hee made their hartes relente , That meeke , and milde they did become , and followed where he wente . Horat Art. poët . Syluestres homines sacer interprésq . deorum , Caedibus & foedo victu deterruit Orpheus ; Dictus ob hoc lenire tigres , rapidosq . leones . Lo these , the Lions fierce , these , Beares , and Tigers weare : The trees , and rockes , that lefte their roomes , his musicke for to heare . But , you are happie most , who in suche place doe staye : You neede not THRACIA seeke , to heare some impe of ORPHEVS playe . Since , that so neare your home , Apollos darlinge dwelles ; E. P. Esquier . Who LINVS , & AMPHION staynes , and ORPHEVS farre excelles . Propert. lib. 2. de Lino . Tum ego sim Inachio notier arte Lino . De Amphione Horat. in Art. poët . Dictus & Amphion Thebanae conditor vrbis Saxa mouere sone testudinis , & prece blanda Ducere quò vellet , &c. For , hartes like marble harde , his harmonie dothe pierce : And makes them yeelding passions feele , that are by nature fierce . But , if his musicke faile : his curtesie is suche , That none so rude , and base of minde , but hee reclaimes them muche . Nowe since you , by deserte , for both , commended are : I choose you , for a Iudge herein , if truthe I doe declare . And if you finde I doe , then ofte therefore reioyce : And thinke , I woulde suche neighbour haue , if I might make my choice .

In statuam Bacchi .

woodcut of Dionysus or Bacchus sitting playing a drum or tabor next to grape-vines and a cup

Ouid. 3. Met. THE timelie birthe that SEMELE did beare , See heere , in time howe monstêrous he grewe : With drinkinge muche , and dailie bellie cheare , His eies weare dimme , and fierie was his hue : His cuppe , still full : his head , with grapes was croun'de ; Thus time he spent with pipe , and tabret sounde . Anac . apud Diog. Vitis tres vuas fert , primam voluptatis , secundam ebrietatis , tertiam moeroris . Chrys. Hom. 46. Ebrietas , tempestas est tam in animo , quàm in corpore . Which carpes all those , that loue to much the canne , And dothe describe theire personage , and theire guise : For like a beaste , this doth transforme a man , And makes him speake that moste in secret lies ; Then , shunne the sorte that bragge of drinking muche , Seeke other frendes , and ioyne not handes with suche . Iohan. Samb . in Epigr. Iunge tibi socios pulchrae virtutis amore , Nam Venere & Baccho iuncta repentè cadunt . Propertius . Vino forma perit , vino corrumpitur aetas , Vino saepè suum nescit amica virum ?

Caecus amor prolis .

woodcut of a large ape sitting, holding a small ape in its arms

In bello ferrum auto praestat ; in vita autem eruditio diuitiis . Socrat. apud Stob. WITH kindenes , lo , the Ape doth kill her whelpe , Throughe clasping harde , and lulling in her armes . Euen so , the babes , whose nature , Arte shoulde helpe : The parents fonde doe hazarde them with harmes , And worke their spoile , and bringe them vnto naughte , When foolishe loue forbiddes them to bee taughte . Nic. Reusnerus . Admirata putat formosum Simia foetum : Nempe solet pulchrum cuique placere suum .

Maturandum .

woodcut of an echeneis, fish, or snake wrapped around a downward-pointing arrow Gellius lib. 10. ca. 11. Maturè , inquit , est quod neque citius est , neque serius , sed medium quiddam , & temperatum est : nam & in frugibus & in pomis , matura dicuntur , quae neq . cruda & immitia , neque caduca & nimium cocta , sed tempore suo temperatè adulta .

Aelian . de Animal . lib. 2. ca. 17. & Plin. lib. 9. cap. 25. & lib. 32. cap. 1. vbi multa mirabilia de Echeneide pisce scribit . & quaedam notatu digna quae sua memoria acciderunt . ABOVTE the arrowe swifte , ECHENEIS slowe doth foulde : Which , biddes vs in our actions haste , no more then reason woulde .

In sinu alere serpentem . Ad Doctiss . V. D. FRANCISCVM RAPHELENGIVM in obsidione Antwerpiana periclitantem .

woodcut of the cloaked figure of Sinon looking down on a renaissance city surrounded by the tents, cannons, and soldiers of a siege force

THOVGHE , cittie stronge the cannons shotte dispise , And deadlie foes , beseege the same in vaine : Yet , in the walles if pining famine rise , Or else some impe of SINON , there remaine . What can preuaile your bulwarkes ? and your towers , When , all your force , your inwarde foe deuoures .

In desciscentes .

woodcut of a female figure raising her arms in annoyance as a goat kicks and breaks a pot, spilling its contents

WHEN that with milke , the goate had fil'd the pot , Shee brake the same , that all about it ranne . Wherat , the maide her pacience quite forgot , And in a rage , the brutishe beaste did banne ? Which toye , thoughe shorte , yet sharply reprehendes Beginnings good , that haue vnhappie endes .

Stultorum quantò status sublimior , tantò manifestior turpitudo .

woodcut of a group of men looking up at an ape climbing a tree, and of an ape on the ground holding a playing card, the ace of clubs

PROMOOTE the foole , his folly doth appeare , And is a shame to them , that make him clime : Whose faultes , before coulde not bee seene so cleare , For lowe estate did shadowe euery crime : But set him vp , his folly soone is harde , Then keepe him doune , let wise men bee prefer'de .

Bis dat qui citò dat .

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DOE not thine almes deferre , when neede doth bid thee haste : For why , one gifte is double thought , that in due time is plaste .

Or so . WHEN to the pore thou giu'st , make speede the same to doe : Bycause one gifte in time bestowed , is worthe some other two .

Spes vana .

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Ouid. Epist. 16. Fallitur augurio spo● bona sape suo . THE eager haulke , with sodaine sighte of lure Doth stoope , in hope to haue her wished praye : So , manie men do stoope to sightes vnsure : And curteous speeche , dothe keepe them at the baye . Let suche beware , lest frendlie lookes be like , The lure , to which the soaring haulke did strike ?

Audi , tace , fuge . To my Nephew RO. BORRON .

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HEARE much ; but little speake ; and flee from that is naught : Which lessons , by these formes in briefe , to euery one are taught .

Importunitas euitanda .

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WHO that with force , his burnish'd blade doth trie On anuill harde , to prooue if it be sure : Doth Hazarde muche , it shoulde in peeces flie , Aduentring that , which else mighte well indure : For , there with strengthe he strikes vppon the stithe , That men maye knowe , his youthfull armes haue pithe . Which warneth those , that louinge frendes inioye , With care , to keepe , and frendlie them to treate , And not to trye them still , with euerie toye , Nor presse them doune , when causes be too greate , Nor in requests importunate to bee : For ouermuche , dothe tier the courser free ?

Strenuorum immortale nomen . To the honorable Gentleman , Sir WILLIAM RVSSELL Knight .

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Alij in Rhetaeo littore : sed aliter Claud. Min. super Alciatum , Emblem . 48. & Emblem . 135. & Plin. Natural . Histor. libro 5. cap. 30. ACHILLES tombe vpon SIGAEA A shore , This representes : where THETIS ofte was seene : And for his losse , did seeme for to deplore , With gallant flower the same was alwaies greene : And at the toppe , a palme did freshelie bloome ; Whose braunches sweete did ouerspread the toombe . Which shewes , thoughe deathe the valiaunt ouerthrowe , Yet after fate , their fame remaines behinde : And triumphes still , and dothe no conquest knowe , But is the badge of euerie noble minde : And when in graue their corpes inclosed lye , Their famous actes doe pierce the azure skye . Sen. Her . Fur. Oet . act. 5. Nunquam Stygias fertur ad vmbras Inclyta virtus : viuite fortes Nec Lethaeos saeua per amnes Vos fata trahent : sed cum summas Exiget auras consumpta dies , Iter ad fuperos gloria pandet .

Vel post mortem formidolosi . To the honorable Sir IOHN NORRIS Knight , Lord president of Munster in Irelande , and Colonell Generall of the Englishe Infanterie , in the lowe countries .

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A Secret cause , that none can comprehende , In natures workes is often to bee seene ; As , deathe can not the ancient discorde ende , That raigneth still , the wolfe , and sheepe betweene : Plin. De Nat. Hist. lib. 17. cap. 4. The like , beside in many thinges are knowne , The cause reueal'd , to none , but GOD alone , For , as the wolfe , the sillye sheepe did feare , And made him still to tremble , at his barke : So beinge dead , which is moste straunge to heare , This feare remaynes , as learned men did marke ; For with their skinnes , if that two drommes bee bounde , That , clad with sheepe , doth iarre : and hathe no sounde . Claud. Min. super Alciatum , Emb. 117. And , if that stringes bee of their intrailes wroughte , And ioyned both , to make a siluer sounde : No cunninge eare can tune them as they oughte , But one is harde , the other still is droun'de : Or discordes foule , the harmonie doe marre ; And nothinge can appease this inward warre . So , ZISCA thoughte when deathe did shorte his daies , As with his voice , hee erste did daunte his foes ; That after deathe hee shoulde newe terror raise , And make them flee , as when they felte his bloes . Aeneas Sisuius 3. Comment. De rebus gestis Alphons . Wherefore , hee charg'd that they his skinne shoulde frame , To fitte a dromme , and marche forth with the same . So , HECTORS sighte greate feare in Greekes did worke , When hee was showed on horsebacke , beeinge dead : HVNIADES , the terrour of the Turke , Coelius Curio . Thoughe layed in graue , yet at his name they fled : And cryinge babes , they ceased with the same , The like in FRANCE , sometime did TALBOTS name . Forres , & magnanimi habendi sunt , non qui faciunt , sed qui propulsant iniuriam Cic. 1. offic.

Victoria cruenta . To Sir WILLIAM STANDLEY Knight .

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THE Olephante with stinge of serpent fell , That still about his legges , with winding cralles : Throughe poison stronge , his bodie so did swell , That doune he sinkes , and on the serpente falles : Which creature huge , did fall vppon him soe , That by his deathe , he also kill'd his foe . Non est tanti gauch ) excelsa tenere , quanti meeroris est , de excelsis corruere : nee tanta gloria sequi potest victoriam , quanta ignominin potest sequi reinam . Awb , Those sharpe conflictes , those broiles and battailes maine , That are atchieude , with spoile on either parte : Where streames of blood the hilles , and valleys staine , And what is wonne , the price is deathe , and smarte : This dothe importe : But those are captaines good , That winne the fielde , with sheddinge leaste of blood .

Pennae gloria perennis . To EDWARDE DIER Esquier .

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The Erle of Surrey , that wrat the booke of Songes and Sonetres . WHEN frowning fatall dame , that stoppes our course in fine , The thred of noble SVRREYS life , made hast for to vntwine . APOLLO chang'd his cheare , and lay'd awaie his lute , And PALLAS , and the Muses sad , did weare a mourninge sute . And then , the goulden pen , in case of sables cladde , Was lock'd in chiste of Ebonie , and to Parnassus had . But , as all times do chaunge , so passions haue their space ; And cloudie skies at lengthe are clear'd , with Phoebus chearefull face . For , when that barren verse made Muses voide of mirthe : Sir Philip Sidney Knighte . Behoulde , LVSINA sweetelie sounge , of SIDNEYS ioyfull birthe . Whome mightie IOVE did blesse , with graces from aboue : On whome , did fortune frendlie smile , and nature most did loue . And then , behoulde , the pen , was by MERCVRIVS sente , Wherewith , hee also gaue to him , the gifte for to inuente . That , when hee first began , his vayne in verse to showe . More sweete then honie , was the stile , that from his penne did flowe . Wherewith , in youthe hee vs'd to bannishe idle fittes ; That nowe , his workes of endlesse fame , delighte the worthie wittes . No haulting verse hee writes , but matcheth former times , No * * Horat. lib. 2. Epist. 1. ad Augustum . Cherillus , he can abide , nor Poëttes patched rimes . What volumes hath hee writte , that rest among his frendes , Which needes no other praise at all , eche worke it selfe comendes . So , that hee famous liues , at home , and farre , and neare ; For those that liue in other landes , of SIDNEYS giftes doe heare . And suche as Muses serue , in darkenes meere doe dwell ; If that they haue not seene his workes , they doe so farre excell . Wherefore , for to extoll his name in what I might , This Embleme lo , I did present , vnto this woorthie Knight . Who , did the same refuse , as not his proper due : And at the first , his sentence was , it did belonge to you . Wherefore , lo , fame with trompe , that mountes vnto the skye : And , farre aboue the highest spire , from pole , to pole dothe flye . Heere houereth at your will , with pen adorn'd with baies : Which for you bothe , shee hath prepar'd , vnto your endlesse praise . The laurell leafe for you , for him , the goulden pen ; The honours that the Muses giue , vnto the rarest men . Wherefore , proceede I praye , vnto your lasting fame ; For writinges last when wee bee gonne , and doe preserue our name . And whilst wee tarrye heere , no treasure can procure , The palme that waites vpon the pen , which euer doth indure . Homerus vixit , post Roman conditam , sed natus ante , Aul. Gell. lib. 17. cap. 21. Two thousand yeares , and more , HOMERVS wrat his booke ; And yet , the same doth still remayne , and keepes his former looke . Sed Plinius secundus , qui ante Gellium , tempore Vespasiani Imperatotis vixit : De Homeri aetate , lib. 7. ca. 16. Natur. Histor. sic scribit : Iam verò antè annos propè mille , vates ille Homerus non cessauit , &c. Et Cornelius Nepos primo Chronicorum antè Romam , Homerum vixisse scribit . Wheare Aegypte spires bee gonne , and ROME doth ruine feele , Yet , both begonne since he was borne , thus time doth turne the wheele . Yea , thoughe some Monarche greate some worke should take in hand , Of marble , or of Adamant , that manie worldes shoulde stande , Yet , should one only man , with labour of the braine , Bequeathe the world a monument , that longer shoulde remaine . And when that marble waules , with force of time should waste ; It should indure from age , to age , and yet no age should taste . Oh happie you therfore , who spend your blessed daies In seruing GOD , your Prince , your lande , vnto your endlesse praise . And daily doe proceede , with trauaile of the minde , To make you famous heere , and eeke , to leaue a fame behinde . De Pyramidum aetate , incertum , Plin. Natural hist. lib. 36. cap. 12. tamen quasdam post Homerum conditas , probabile . De his , Herodotus . Which is the cheefest thinge , the greatest Prince can haue , For , fame doth triumphe ouer deathe , when corpes are clos'd in graue . Euen so , your worthie workes , when you in peace shall sleepe , Shall make reporte of your desertes , and DIERS name shall keepe . Whome , I doe reuerence still , as one of PALLAS peares : And praye the Lorde , with ioyfull dayes for to prolonge your yeares .

Animus , non res . To EDWARD PASTON Esquier .

woodcut of Alexander the Great dressed as a king with crown and sceptre opening the door of large barrel in which sits Diogenes with a book, and next to which Codrus sits using a stool as a table

IN christall towers , and turrets richlie sette With glittering gemmes , that shine against the sonne : In regall roomes of Iasper , and of Iette , Contente of minde , not alwaies likes to wonne : But oftentimes , it pleaseth her to staye In simple cotes , dos'de in with walles of claye . Erasm . Chiliad . 1. Centuria 8. de Diogene , & quid per vitam doliatem : significatur . DIOGENES , within a tonne did dwell , No choice of place , nor store of pelfe he had ; And all his goodes , coulde BIAS beare right well , And CODRVS had small cates , his harte to gladde : Iuuenalis : Tota domus Codrirheda componitur vna . His meate was rootes : his table , was a stoole , Yet these for witte , did set the worlde to scoole ? Horat. lib. 1. epist. 2. Qui cupit , aut metuit , iuuat illum sic domus , aut res ; Vt lippum picta tabulae , fomenta podagram ; Auriculas eithara collecta sorde dolenteis . Who couettes still , or hee that liues in feare , As much delighte is wealthe vnto his minde , As musicke is to him , that can not heare , Or pleasante showes , and pictures , to the blinde : Then sweete content , ofte likes the meane estate , Which is exempte , and free , from feare , and hate . Quis diues ? qui nil cupiat . quis pauper ? auarus . Biantis dictum per Ausonium . What man is ritche ? not he that doth abounde . What man is pore ? not hee that hath no store . But he is ritche , that makes content his grounde . And he is pore , that couettes more and more . Which proues : the man was ritcher in the tonne , Then was the Kinge , that manie landes had wonne . Claud. 1. Ruf. Contentus honesto Fabritius paruo spernebat munera regum : Sudabatue graui consul Serranus aratro : Et casa pugnaces Curios angusta tinebat . If then , content the chiefest riches bee , And greedie gripes , that doe abounde be pore , Since that , inoughe allotted is to thee , Embrace content , then CAESAR hath no more . Giue MIDAS , goulde : and let him pine with shame . Vse you , your goodes , to liue , and die , with fame .

Quae sequimur fugimus . To THOMAS WILBRAHAM Esquier .

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WEE flee , from that wee seeke ; & followe , that wee leaue : And , whilst wee thinke our webbe to skante , & larger still would weaue , Lo , Time dothe cut vs of , amid our carke : and care . Which warneth all , that haue enoughe , and not contented are . For to inioye their goodes , their howses , and their landes : Bicause the Lorde vnto that end , commits them to their handes . Yet , those whose greedie mindes : enoughe , doe thinke too small : Whilst that with care they seeke for more , oft times are reu'd of all , Wherefore all such ( I wishe ) that spare , where is no neede : To vse their goodes whilst that they may , for time apace doth speede . And since , by proofe I knowe , you hourde not vp your store ; Whose gate , is open to your frende : and purce , vnto the pore : And spend vnto your praise , what GOD dothe largely lende : Plautat Rud. Bonus quod benefit , haud perit , I chiefly made my choice of this , which I to you commende . In hope , all those that see your name , aboue the head : Will at your lampe , their owne come light , within your steppes to tread . Whose daily studie is , your countrie to adorne : And for to keepe a worthie house , in place where you weare borne .

Patria cuique chara . To RICHARDE COTTON Esquier .

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THE bees at lengthe retourne into their hiue , When they haue suck'd the sweete of FLORAS bloomes ; And with one minde their worke they doe contriue , And laden come with honie to their roomes : A worke of arte ; and yet no arte of man , Can worke , this worke ; these little creatures can . Aelian . de animal . lib. 1. ca. 59. & 60. Et lib. 5. cap. 11. Et Plin. Natural . hist. lib. 11. cap. 5. & 16. The maister bee , within the midst dothe liue , In fairest roome , and most of stature is ; And euerie one to him dothe reuerence giue , And in the hiue with him doe liue in blisse : Hee hath no stinge , yet none can doe him harme , For with their strengthe , the rest about him swarme . Lo , natures force within these creatures small , Some , all the daye the honie home doe beare . And some , farre off on flowers freshe doe fall , Yet all at nighte vnto their home repaire : And euerie one , her proper hiue doth knowe , Althoughe there stande a thousande on a rowe . Plin. Natural . Hist. li. 11. cap. 5. A Comon-wealthe , by this , is right expreste : Bothe him , that rules , and those , that doe obaye : Or suche , as are the heads aboue the rest , Whome here , the Lorde in highe estate dothe staye : By whose supporte , the meaner sorte doe liue , And vnto them all reuerence dulie giue . Which when I waied : I call'd vnto my minde Your CVMBERMAIRE , that fame so farre commendes : A stately seate , whose like is harde to finde , Where mightie IOVE the horne of plentie lendes : With fishe , and foule , and cattaile sondrie flockes , Where christall springes doe gushe out of the rockes . There , fertile fieldes ; there , meadowes large extende : There , store of grayne : with water , and with wood . And , in this place , your goulden time you spende , Vnto your praise , and to your countries good : This is the hiue ; your tennaunts , are the bees : And in the same , haue places by degrees . And as the bees , that farre and neare doe straye , And yet come home , when honie they haue founde : So , thoughe some men doe linger longe awaye , Yet loue they best their natiue countries grounde . And from the same , the more they absent bee , With more desire , they wishe the same to see . Ouid. 1. Pont. 4. Rursus amor patriae ratione valentior omni , &c. Primus gradus pietatis est iste , vt quos auctores tibi voluit esse deus , honores obsequns , abstineas cōtumelūs , nec vultu laedenda est pietas parentum . Amb. Euen so my selfe ; throughe absence manie a yeare , A straunger meere , where I did spend my prime . Nowe , parentes loue dothe hale mee by the eare , And sayeth , come home , deferre no longer time : Wherefore , when happe , some goulden honie bringes ? I will retorne , and rest my wearie winges . Quid. 1. Pont. 4. Quid melius Roma ? Scythico quid frigore peius ? Huc tamen ex illa barbarus vrbe fugit .

Erasmus Chiliad . 2. Centur. 4. Adag . 25. Aureae compedes . To G. M. Esquier .

woodcut of a man in renaissance dress sitting with his legs in stocks Diogenes dicebat Aristippum ( philosophum aulicum ) aureis teneri compedibus ne posset exire .

Tertullianus lib. De habitu muliebri cap. 4. Apud Barbaros quosdam ( quia vernaculum est aurum ) auro vinctos in ergastulis habent . idem narrat in lib. De cultu feminar . Plutarchus scribit autem in Erotico apud Aethiopas hoc in vsu esse . De quo etiam Aul. Gell. lib. 11. cap. 18. IT better is ( wee say ) a cotage poore to houlde , Then for to lye in prison stronge , with fetters made of goulde . Which shewes , that bondage is the prison of the minde : And libertie the happie life , that is to man assign'de , And thoughe that some preferre their bondage , for their gaines : And richely are adorn'd in silkes , and preste with massie chaines . Yet manie others liue , that are accompted wise : Who libertie doe chiefely choose , thoughe clad in gounes of frise , And waighe not POMPEYS porte , nor yet LVCVLLVS fare : So that they may adorne their mindes , they well contented are . Yea , rather doe accepte his dwelling in the tonne , And for to liue with CODRVS cates : a roote , and barly bonne . Erasmus Chiliad . 1. Centuria 6. Adag. 76 de Codro . Where freedome they inioye , and vncontrolled liue : Then with the chiefest fare of all , attendance for to geue . And , if I should bee ask'd , which life doth please mee best : I like the goulden libertie , let goulden bondage reste .

Auxilio diuino . To RICHARD DRAKE Esquier , in praise of Sir FRANCIS DRAKE Knight .

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THROVGHE scorchinge heate , throughe coulde , in stormes , and tempests force , By ragged rocks , by shelfes , & sandes : this Knighte did keepe his course . By gapinge gulses hee pass'd , by monsters of the flood ; By pirattes , theeues , and cruell foes , that long'd to spill his blood . That wonder greate to scape : but , GOD was on his side , And throughe them all , in spite of all , his shaken shippe did guide . And , to requite his paines : By helpe of power deuine . His happe , at lengthe did aunswere hope , to finde the goulden mine . Let GRAECIA then forbeare , to praise her IASON boulde ? Who throughe the watchfull dragons pass'd , to win the fleece of goulde . Since by MEDEAS helpe , they weare inchaunted all , Ouid. Met. lib. 7. And IASON without perrilles , pass'de : the conqueste therfore small ? But , hee , of whome I write , this noble minded DRAKE , Did bringe away his goulden fleece , when thousand eies did wake . Wherefore , yee woorthie wightes , that seeke for forreine landes : Yf that you can , come alwaise home , by GANGES goulden sandes . And you , that liue at home , and can not brooke the flood , Geue praise to them , that passe the waues , to doe their countrie good . Before which sorte , as chiefe : in tempeste , and in calme , Sir FRANCIS DRAKE , by due deserte , may weare the goulden palme .

Auaritia huius saeculi . To ARTHVRE BOVRCHIER Esquier .

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WITH double dore this Pallace loe , doth ope ; The one , vnto the gallant roomes doth shewe , Whereas the ritche with goulden giftes haue scope ; The other , to an emptie benche doth goe , And there , the pore haue leaue for to resorte , But not presume vnto the other porte . For , alwaies that is shutte vnto the pore , But ope to them , that haue the mines of goulde : Then , thoughe the worlde of Poëttes haue no store , No maruaile tho , sith bountie is so coulde ; Ouid. 2. Art . Carmina laudantur : sed munera magna petuntur , Dummodo sit diues barbarus , ille placet . For , if there did MECOENAS giftes abounde , Newe HORACE soone , & VIRGIL should be founde . Martial . lib. 8. Epig. 55. ad Flaccum . Ingenium sacri miraris abesse Maronis , Nec quenquam tanta bella sonare tuba : Sint Maecenates , non deerunt Flacce , Marones ; Virgiliumque tibi vel tua rura dabunt .

Pulchritudo sine fructu . To ARTHVRE STARKEY Esquier .

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THE Cipresse tree is pleasinge to the sighte , Straighte , tall , and greene , and sweete vnto the smell : Yet , yeeldes no fruicte vnto the trauaylinge wighte , But naughte , and bad , experience dothe vs tell : Where , other trees that make not suche a showe , Yeelde pleasante fruicte , and plentifullie growe . This gallante tree that good , and fruictfull seemes , In couerte sorte , a kinde of men doth checke : Whose curtesie , no man but much esteemes , Who promise muche , and faune about our necke : But if wee trie , their deedes wee barren finde , Or yeelde but fruicte , like to the Cipresse kinde . Alciatus . Pulchra coma est , pulchro digestaeque ordine frondes ; Sed fructus nullos haec coma pulchra gerit .

Tempore cuncta mitiora . IANO DOVSAE , nobiliss . viri , Dn. IANI DOVSAE à Noortwijck , F.

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THE grapes not ripe , the trauailinge man doth waste , And vnder foote doth treade , as sower , and naughte : Which , being ripe , had sweete , and pleasaunte taste Whereby , wee maie this lesson true be taughte . Howe simple men , doe simplie iudge of thinges . And doe not waighe that time perfection bringes . For in this worlde , the thinges most faire , and rare , Are harde at firste , and seeme both harshe , and sower : But yet in time , they sweete and easie are , Then staie for time , which giues both fruite and flower : And vse our time , and let vs still suppose No greater losse , then time that wee doe lose . Ouid. 1. Remed. Nam mora dat vires , teneras mora percoquit vuas , Et validas segetes , quod fuit herba facit .

Imparilitas . To M. WILLIAM HAREBROWNE , at Constantinople .

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THE faulcon mountes alofte vnto the skie , And ouer hilles , and dales , dothe make her flighte ; The duckes , and geese , about the house doe flie , And in eche diche , and muddie lake doe lighte , They seeke their foode in puddles , and in pittes , While that alofte , the princelie faulcon sittes . Suche difference is in men , as maye appeare ; Some , throughe the worlde doe passe by lande , and sea : And by deserte are famous farre , and neare , So , all their life at home , some others staie : And nothinge can to trauaile them prouoke , Beyonde the smell of natiue countries smoke . Alciatus . In sublime volans tenuem secat aëra falco : Sed pascuntur humi graculus , anser , anat .

Horat. lib. 1. Ep. 19. Tunc tua res agitur , paries cùm proximus ardet . To M. THOMAS WHETELEY .

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AWAKE from sleepe secure , when perrill doth appeare : No wisedome then to take our ease , and not the worst to feare . Still ARCHIMEDES wroughte , when foes had wonne the * * Syracusa . towne , And woulde not leaue his worke in hande , till he was beaten downe . Plutarch . in vita Marcelli . Plin. lib. 7. cap. 37. No suretie is within , when roofe alofte doth flame : It is a madnes then to staye , till wee haue donne our game . Vegetius . Nunquam imperatot ita paci credat , vt non se praeparet bello Et Bern. in Nat. Dom. Ser. 6. Ex consideratione remedij , periculi aestimatur quantitas . Yea , those that helpe deferre , when neighbours house doth burne : Are like with griefe , to see their owne , with speede to cinders turne . Then , cut of all delaies when daungers are begonne , For if beginnings wee withstande , the conquest sooner wonne . Ouid. 4. Pont. 11. Temporis officium est solatia dicere certi , Dum dolor in cursu est , dum petit aeger opem .

Ex morbo medicina . To W. RO.

woodcut of Opimius asleep in bed with a doctor or physician standing nearby, a man reaching toward a closed chest or coffer with a bunch of keys, and another man dropping coins on a table beside an open coffer or chest Horat. Serm. lib. 1. Satyra 3. Demosth. apud Volat. Qui animum curat , seipsum curat : qui corpus , non se sed sua curat : qui pecuniam , non se , nec sua curat , sed valdè aliena curat . Plut. de Polit. Maiori odio diuitem populus persequi solet , nihil per benignitatem & gratiam depromentem quàm inopem , qui bona subripiat publica . hoc enim necessitate domina stimulante , illud malignitate , atq . contemptu fieri arbitratur . Gregor. in Homil. Res suas , cum moreretur , diues secum tolleret , si ad petentis vocem , cùm viueret , tulisset : nam terrena omnia , quae seruando amittimus , largiendo seruamus .

WHEN that OPIMIVS ritche , had scraped manie a pounde ; And fil'd his baggs , & cofers full , that wealthe did most abounde . Yet liu'd hee still in awe , as if it weare offence To ope his purce , for any neede ; hee spared so his pence . At lengthe , this greedie carle the Lythergie posseste : That vnneth hee could stere a foote , with sleepe so sore oppreste . And languishinge therein , not like for to escape : His heire , was ioyfull of that sighte , who for his goodes did gape . But , when that nothinge coulde OPIMIVS sleepinge let , The quicke Phisition did commaunde , that tables shoulde bee set About the misers bed , and budgettes forthe to bringe , And poure the goulde vppon the bourde , that hee mighte heare it ringe . And bad the heire to tell , and all the standers bye : With that , hee to the sicke man call'de , what meane you thus to lye ? And will not haue regarde your treasure to preserue : Behoulde your heire , and all the reste , howe largely nowe they carue ? With that , hee started vp ; halfe dead , and halfe a liue ; And staringe on his heapes of goulde , longe time for life did striue . So that , when nothinge coulde his drousie eies awake , Such vertue , had the sighte of goulde , that sleepe did him forsake . Which showés , when dreadfull deathe presentes the lastinge sleepe : They hardly can departe in peace , whose goulde is rooted deepe . Auson . Epig. 55. Effigiem Rex Croese tuam ditissime Regum Vidit apud Manes , Diogenes Cynicus . Constitit vtque procul solito maiore cachinno Concussus , dixit . quid tibi diuitiae Nunc prosunt Regum Rex ô ditissime , cùm sis Sicut ego solus , me quoque pauperior ? Nam quaecunq . habui , mecum fero , cùm nihil ipse Ex tantis tecum Croese feras opibus .

Fraus meretur fraudem .

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Horat. Epist. lib. 1. Epist. 1. THE Lion oulde that coulde not get his praye , By swifte pursute , as he had done of late : Did faigne him sicke , and in his denne did staye , And praede on those , that came to see his state : At lengthe , the foxe his dutie to declare , Came to the dore , to knowe howe he did fare . Who answered , sicke , my oulde beloued frende ? Come in , and see , and feele my pulses beate : To whome , quoth he , I dare not now intende , Bicause , these steppes some secret mischiefe threate : For , all I see haue gone into thy denne , But none I finde , that haue retorn'd againe .

Zelotypia .

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A Sicknes sore , that dothe in secret wounde , And gripes the harte , thoughe outward nothing showe ; The force whereof , the paciente doth confounde , That oftentimes , dispaire therof doth growe : And Ielousie , this sicknes hathe to name , An hellishe paine , that firste from PLVTO came . Which passion straunge , is alwaies beauties foe , And moste of all , the married sorte enuies : Oh happie they , that liue in wedlocke soe , That in their brestes this furie neuer rise : For , when it once doth harbour in the harte , It soiournes still , and doth too late departe . Ouid. Metam . lib. 7. Lo PROCRIS heare , when wounded therwithall , Did breede her bane , who mighte haue bath'de in blisse : This corsie sharpe so fedde vppon her gall , That all to late shee mourn'd , for her amisse : For , whilst shee watch'd her husbandes waies to knowe , Shee vnawares , was praeye vnto his bowe . Similem de vxore Cyanippi , scribit Plutarchus in Moral .

Medici Jcon . Ad ornatiss . viros D. IOANNEM IAMES , & LANCELOTTVM BROWNE Medicos celeberrimos .

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THIS portrature , dothe AESCVLAPIVS tell . The laurell crowne , the fame of phisike showes . The bearde , declares his longe experience well : And grauitie therewith that alwaie goes . The scepter , tells he ruleth like a kinge Amongst the sicke ; commaunding euerie thinge . Ouid. 3. Pont. 4. Ad medicam dubius confugit aeger opem . The knotted staffe , declares the crabbed skill Moste harde t' attaine ; that doth supporte his state : His sittinge , shewes he must be setled still , With constant minde , and rashe proceedinge hate : The Dragon , tells he doth our age renewe , And soone decerne , to giue the sicke his dewe . Hier. in Epist . Corporis debilitas nimia , etiam a nimi vites frangit , mentis quoque ingenium marcescere facit : quicquid cum modo , & temperamento fit , salubre . sit . The cocke , dothe teache his watchinge , and his care , To visite ofte his pacientes , in their paine : The couchinge dogge , dothe laste of all declare , That faithfulnes , and loue , shoulde still remaine : Within their brestes , that Phisike doe professe . Which partes , they all shoulde in their deedes expresse .

Inanis impetus . Clariss . omnique doctrinae & virtutis laude ornatissimo viro D. IVSTO LIPSIO .

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BY shininge lighte , of wannishe CYNTHIAS raies , The dogge behouldes his shaddowe to appeare : Wherefore , in vaine aloude he barkes , and baies , And alwaies thoughte , an other dogge was there : But yet the Moone , who did not heare his queste , Hir woonted course , did keepe vnto the weste . Ouid. 1. Remed . Ingenium liuor magni detrectat Homeri ; Quisquis es , ex illo Zoile nomen habes . This reprehendes , those fooles which baule , and barke , At learned men , that shine aboue the reste : With due regarde , that they their deedes should marke , And reuerence them , that are with wisedome bleste : But if they striue , in vaine their winde they spende , For woorthie men , the Lorde doth still defende . Martial . lib. 5. ad Regulum . Esse quid hoc dicam , viuis quod fama negatur , Et sua quod rarus tempora lector amat ? Hi sunt inuidiae nimirum Regule mores ; Praeferat antiquos semper vt illa nouis .

In diuitem , indoctum .

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ON goulden fleece , did Phryxus passe the waue , And landed safe , within the wished baie : By which is ment , the fooles that riches haue , Supported are , and borne throughe Lande , and Sea : And those enrich'de by wife , or seruauntes goodds , Are borne by them like Phryxus through the floodds .

An other of the like argument . To M. I. E. Plaut. in poen. . Pulcrtun ornatum turpes mores peius coeno collinunt . Lepidi mores turpem ornatum sacile factis comprobant . A Leaden sworde , within a goulden sheathe , Is like a foole of natures finest moulde : To whome , shee did her rarest giftes bequethe . Or like a sheepe , within a fleece of goulde . Or like a clothe , whome colours braue adorne , When as the grounde , is patched , rente , and torne . Bern. in Epist. Decor , qui cum veste induitur , & cum veste deponitur : vestimenti est , non vestiti . For , if the minde the chiefest treasures lacke , Thoughe nature bothe , and fortune , bee our frende ; Thoughe goulde wee weare , and purple on our backe , Yet are wee poore , and none will vs comende But onlie fooles ; and flatterers , for theire gaine : For other men , will ride vs with disdaine .

Interminabilis humanae vitae labor . To M. IOHN GOSTLINGE .

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Ouid. Metam . lib. 4. LOE SISYPHVS , that roles the restlesse stone To toppe of hill , with endlesse toile , and paine : Which beinge there , it tumbleth doune alone , And then , the wretche must force it vp againe : And as it falles , he makes it still ascende ; And yet , no toile can bringe this worke to ende . Plat. de prosper . Hanc rationem deus sequitur in bonis viris , quàm in discipulis suis praeceptores : qui plus laboris ab his exigunt , in quibus certior spes est . This SISYPHVS : presenteth Adams race . The restlesse stone : their trauaile , and their toile : The hill , dothe shewe the daye , and eeke the space , Wherein they still doe labour , worke , and moile . And thoughe till nighte they striue the hill to clime , Yet vp againe , the morning nexte betime . Aul. Gell. lib. 11. ca. 2. Vita humana propriè vti ferrum est : Ferrum si exerceas , conteritur : si non exerceas , tamen rubigo interficit . Item homines exercendo videmus conteri . Si nihil exerceas , inertia atque torpedo plus detrimenti facit , quàm exercitatio .

Qui se exaltat , humiliabitur . Luc. cap. 18.

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THE boylinge brothe , aboue the brinke dothe swell , And comes to naughte , with falling in the fire : So reaching heads that thinke them neuer well , Doe headlonge fall , for pride hathe ofte that hire : And where before their frendes they did dispise , Nowe beinge falne , none helpe them for to rise .

Sol non occidat super iracundiam vestram . Ephes. cap. 4.

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CASTE swordes awaye , take laurell in your handes , Let not the Sonne goe downe vppon your ire . Let hartes relente , and breake oulde rancors bandes , And frendshippes force subdue your rashe desire . Let desperate wightes , and ruffians , thirst for blood ; Winne foes , with loue ; and thinke your conquest good . Roman. 12.

Omnis caro foenum . Esaiae 4 To M. ELCOCKE Preacher .

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Quis est , quamuis sit adolescens qui exploratum habeat se ad vesperum esse victurum ? ALL fleshe , is grasse ; and withereth like the haie : To daie , man laughes , to morrowe , lies in claie . Then , let him marke the frailtie of his kinde , For here his tearme is like a puffe of winde , Like bubbles smalle , that on the waters rise : Or like the flowers , whome FLORA freshlie dies . Sensim sine sensu aetas senescit , nec subitò frangitur , sed diuturnitate extinguitur . Cicer. Philip . 11. Yet , in one daie their glorie all is gone : So , worldlie pompe , which here we gaze vppon . Which warneth all , that here their pageantes plaie , Howe , well to liue : but not how longe to waie . Horat. 1. Epist. 4 Inter spem curamque , timores inter & iras , Omnem crede diem tibi diluxisse supremum . Grata superueniet , quae non sperabitur , hora.

Peruersa iudicia .

woodcut of Midas, with sceptre, crown and ass's ears, lying on the ground close to Pan, playing pipes or bagpipes, and Phoebus Apollo, with a quiver or arrows on his back, playing a lute

Ouid. Metam . lib. 11. PRESVMPTVOVS PAN , did striue APOLLOS skill to passe : But MIDAS gaue the palme to PAN : wherefore the eares of asse APOLLO gaue the Iudge : which doth all Iudges teache ; To iudge with knowledge , and aduise , in matters paste their reache ?

Mulier vmbra viri .

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OVR shadowe flies , if wee the same pursue : But if wee flie , it followeth at the heele . So , he throughe loue that moste dothe serue , and sue , Is furthest off his mistresse harte is steele . But if hee flie , and turne awaie his face ; Shee followeth straight , and grones to him for grace .

In amore tormentum .

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COSI DE BEN AMAR PORTO TORMENTO

EVEN as the gnattes , that flie into the blaze , Doe burne their winges and fall into the fire : So , those too muche on gallant showes that gaze , Are captiues caught , and burne in their desire : And suche as once doe feele this inwarde warre , Thoughe they bee cur'de , yet still appeares the scarre . For wanton LOVE althoughe hee promise ioies , Yet hee that yeeldes in hope to finde it true , His pleasures shal bee mated with annoyes ; And sweetes suppos'de , bee mix'd , with bitter rue : Bicause , his dartes not all alike , doe wounde : For so the frendes of coye ASPASIA founde . They lou'd , shee loth'de : they crau'd , shee still deni'de . They sigh'd , shee songe : they spake , shee stopt her eare . They walk'd , shee satte : they set , awaye shee hi'de . Lo this their bale , which was her blisse , you heare . O loue , a plague , thoughe grac'd with gallant glosse , For in thy seates a snake is in the mosse . Then stoppe your eares , and like VLISSES waulke , The SYREENES tunes , the carelesse often heares : * * De malignitate Crocutae ferae Ael . lib. 7. cap. 22. & Plin. lib. 8. cap. 30. CROCVTA killes when shee doth frendly taulke : The Crocodile , hathe treason in her teares . In gallant fruicte , the core is ofte decay'd ; Yea poison ofte in cuppe of goulde assay'd . Then , in your waies let reason strike the stroke , ASPASIA shonne , althoughe her face doe shine : But , if you like of HYMENAEVS yoke , PENELOPE preferre , thoughe spinninge twine , Yet if you like , how most to liue in rest , HIPPOLYTVS his life , suppose the best .

Vincit qui patitur .

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THE mightie oke , that shrinkes not with a blaste , But stiflie standes , when Boreas moste doth blowe , With rage thereof , is broken downe at laste , When bending reedes , that couche in tempestes lowe With yeelding still , doe safe , and sounde appeare : And looke alofte , when that the cloudes be cleare . Erasm . in Epist . Verè magni animi est , quasdam iniurias negligere , nec ad quorundam conuitia aures , vel linguam habere . When Enuie , Hate , Contempte , and Slaunder , rage : Which are the stormes , and tempestes , of this life ; With patience then , wee must the combat wage , And not with force resist their deadlie strife : But suffer still , and then wee shall in fine , Our foes subdue , when they with shame shall pine .

Aculei irriti .

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WHERE as the good , do liue amongst the bad : And vertue growes , where seede of vices springes . The wicked sorte to wounde the good , are glad : And vices thrust at vertue , all their stinges : The like , where witte , and learning doe remaine , Where follie rules , and ignoraunce doth raigne . Yet as wee see , the lillie freshlie bloomes , Though thornes , and briers , enclose it round aboute : So with the good , thoughe wicked haue their roomes , They are preseru'd , in spite of all their route : And learning liues , and vertue still doth shine , When follie dies , and ignoraunce doth pine .

Neglecta virescunt . To M. RAWLINS Preacher .

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THE Iuie greene that dothe dispised growe , And none doth plante , or trimme the same at all , Althoughe a while it spreades it selfe belowe , In time it mountes , with creepinge vp the wall . So , thoughe the worlde the vertuous men dispise , Yet vp alofte in spite of them they rise .

Impunitas ferociae parens . To M. STEEVENSON Preacher .

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WHEN worthie men , for life , and learninge greate , Who with their lookes , the wicked did appall , If frouninge fates , with persecution threate ; Or take them hence , or shut them vp in thrall : The wicked sorte reioice , and plaie their partes , Thoughe longe before , they clok'd their fained hartes .

Nemo potest duobus dominis seruire . To M. KNEWSTVB Preacher . Luc. 16.

woodcut of a man struggling or bowed beneath the weight of a globe carried on his shoulder toward the sea; behind him two tablets lie on the ground

ASIA

EUROP

AFRICA

HERE , man who first should heauenlie thinges attaine , And then , to world his sences should incline : First , vndergoes the worlde with might , and maine , And then , at foote doth drawe the lawes deuine . Thus GOD hee beares , and Mammon in his minde : But Mammon first , and GOD doth come behinde . Matth. 6. Non potestis deo seruire & Mammonae . Oh worldlinges fonde , that ioyne these two so ill , The league is nought , throwe doune the world which speede : Take vp the lawe , according to his will . First seeke for heauen , and then for wordly neede . Primum quaerite regnum dei , &c. Ibidem . But those that first their wordlie wishe doe serue , Their gaine , is losse , and seeke their soules to sterue .

Sic probantur . To M. ANDREWES Preacher . Matth. 24.

woodcut of three prisoners facing a fire, threatened by two men holding swords and two dogs; above them an arm in the sky holds out a laurel wreath

THROVGHE tormentes straunge , and persecutions dire , The Christians passe , with pacience in their paine : And ende their course , sometime with sworde , and fire , And constant stand , and like to lambes are slaine . Bycause , when all their martirdome is past , They hope to gaine a glorious croune at last .

Noli tuba canere Eleemosynam . Matth. cap. 6.

woodcut of a man blowing a trumpet while putting a coin in the alms-bowl of a beggar lying beneath a tree

WHEN that thou giu'st thy almes vnto the pore , In secret giue , for GOD thy giftes doth see : And openlie , will thee rewarde therfore . But , if with trompe thy almes must publish'd bee , Thou giu'st in vaine : sith thou therby dost showe , Thy chiefe desire is , that the world maie knowe .

Superest quod suprà est .

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יהוה

ASI

EUROPA

AFRICA

Peregrinus Christianus loquitur . ADVE deceiptfull worlde , thy pleasures I detest : Nowe , others with thy showes delude ; my hope in heauen doth rest .

Inlarged as followeth . Iacob . 1. Ecclesiast. 14. Isaiae 40. EVEN as a flower , or like vnto the grasse , Which now dothe stande , and straight with sithe dothe fall ; So is our state : now here , now hence wee passe : For , time attendes with shredding sithe for all . And deathe at lengthe , both oulde , and yonge , doth strike : And into dust dothe turne vs all alike . Yet , if wee marke how swifte our race dothe ronne , And waighe the cause , why wee created bee : Then shall wee know , when that this life is donne , Wee shall bee sure our countrie right to see . 2 Corinth : 5. For , here wee are but straungers , that must flitte : The nearer home , the nearer to the pitte . O happie they , that pondering this arighte , Before that here their pilgrimage bee past , Resigne this worlde : and marche with all their mighte Within that pathe , that leades where ioyes shall last . Via veritas vita . Ioan. 14. Matth. 6. And whilst they maye , there , treasure vp their store , Where , without rust , it lastes for euermore . Apocal. 6. Apocal. 21. This worlde must chaunge : That worlde , shall still indure . Here , pleasures fade : There , shall they endlesse bee . Here , man doth sinne : And there , hee shal bee pure Here , deathe hee tastes : And there , shall neuer die . 1 Corinth . 15. Apocal. 21. 1 Corinth . 2. Here , deathe hee griefe : And there shall ioyes possesse , As none hath seene , nor anie harte can gesse .

Amico ficto nulla fit iniuria .

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SINCE fauninge lookes , and sugred speache preuaile , Take heede betime : and linke thee not with theise . The gallant clokes , doe hollowe hartes conceile , And goodlie showes , are mistes before our eies : But whome thou find'st with guile , disguised so : No wronge thou doest , to vse him as thy foe .

Ferè simile , in Hypocritas . A Face deform'de , a visor faire dothe hide , That none can see his vglie shape within ; To Ipocrites , the same maie bee applide , With outward showes , who all their credit winne : Yet giue no heate , but like a painted fire ; And , all their zeale , is : as the times require .

Sic aetas fugit . To M. IAMES IONSON .

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Two horses free , a thirde doe swiftlie chace , The one , is white , the other , blacke of hewe : None , bridles haue for to restraine their pace , And thus , they bothe , the other still pursue : And , neuer cease continuall course to make , Vntill at lengthe , the first , they ouertake . This for most horse , that ronnes so fast awaye , It is our time ; while heere , our race wee ronne : The blacke , and white , presenteth nighte , and daye : Who after hast , vntill the goale bee wonne ; And leaue vs not , but followe from our birthe , Vntill wee yeelde , and turne againe to earthe . Psalm. 89. Ouid. 1. Amor. 8. Labitur occultè , fallitque volatilis aetas , Et celer admissis labitur annus equis .

Philipp . 4. Soli Deo gloria . To M. HOWLTE Preacher .

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HERE , man with axe doth cut the boughe in twaine , And without him , the axe , coulde nothing doe : Within the toole , there doth no force remaine ; But man it is , that mighte doth put thereto : Like to this axe , is man , in all his deeds ; Who hath no strength , but what from GOD proceedes . Then , let him not make vaunt of his desert , Nor bragge thereof , when hee good deedes hath donne : For , it is GOD that worketh in his harte , And with his grace , to good , doth make him ronne : And of himselfe , hee weake theretoo , doth liue ; And GOD giues power , to whome all glorie giue . Iud. Epist.

Dominus viuit & videt .

woodcut of Adam kneeling behind a tree, naked, hiding from the question "Where are you?" written in Latin in the heavens

VBI ES

Genes. 3. BEHINDE a figtree great , him selfe did ADAM hide : And thought from GOD hee there might lurke , & should not bee espide . Oh foole , no corners seeke , thoughe thou a sinner bee ; For none but GOD can thee forgiue , who all thy waies doth see .

Ex maximo minimum .

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WHERE liuely once , GODS image was expreste , Wherin , sometime was sacred reason plac'de , The head , I meane , that is so ritchly bleste , With sighte , with smell , with hearinge , and with taste . Lo , nowe a skull , both rotten , bare , and drye , A relike meete in charnell house to lye , Nic. Reasnerus . Vt rosa mane viget , sero mox vespere languet : Sic modo qui fuimus , cras leuis vmbra sumus .

CONCLVSIO OPERIS Ad Illustrissimum Heroëm D. Robertum Dudlaeum , Comitem Leicestriae , Baronem de Denbighe , &c. Dominum meum vnicè colendum .

Tempus omnia terminat .

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THE longest daye , in time resignes to nighte . The greatest oke , in time to duste doth turne . The Rauen dies , the Egle failes of flighte . The Phoenix rare , in time her selfe doth burne . The princelie stagge at lengthe his race doth ronne . And all must ende , that euer was begonne . Euen so , I , here doe ende this simple booke , And offer it vnto your Lorshippes sighte : Which , if you shall receiue with pleasinge looke , I shall reioyce , and thinke my labour lighte . And pray the Lorde your honour to preserue , Our noble Queene , and countrie long to serue .

FINIS .