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<P>Here be .vij. Dia|logues.
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<ITEM>The fyr&s;t is of the &s;o~ne and of the Moone.</ITEM>
<ITEM>The &s;e|conde of Saturne, and of the Clowde.</ITEM>
<ITEM>The .iii. of the Sterre named Tran&s;|montana, and o|ther &s;terres.</ITEM>
<ITEM>The .iiij. of the euyn Sterre and the morowe &s;terre.</ITEM>
<ITEM>The .v. of the Raynebowe, and the &s;ygne Cancer.</ITEM>
<ITEM>The .vi. of Heauen, and of Earth.</ITEM>
<ITEM>The .vij of the Eyre, and of the wynde.</ITEM>
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<P>&para;By the&s;e dialogues, a man maye take to hym &s;elfe good Coun&s;ayle.</P>
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<PB REF="2">
<HEAD>&para; Of the So~ne, &amp; the Moone. The fyr&s;te Dialogue.</HEAD>
<P>_AS the Phylo&s;ofers &s;ayth, the Sonne is the iye of y^e worlde / the glad+ne&s;&s;e, and the Iocundyte of the daye / the beautie of Heuen / the mea&s;ure of tyme, the ver+tue and orygynall of all thynges gro|wyng, the lord of all planettes, the le|der and perfectour of al planettes and &s;terres. &para; The Moone al&s;o as &s;ayeth Ambro&s;e exameron, is bewtye of the nyght, mother and myny&s;ter of all hu|mours, mea&s;ure of all tymes, guyder of the &s;ee, chaunger of y^e ayre folower of the So~ne. And for as moche as &s;he is mo&s;te lyke vnto the Sonne, vpon a tyme &s;he began to detract and defame the Sonne, the whiche he perceyuyng &s;pake to the Moone &amp; &s;aid: Why doe&s;t thou backebyte me &amp; bla&s;pheme&s;t me / I haue euer gyuen the lyght and gone
<PB REF="2"> afore the to thy profyte, &amp; thou hate&s;t me and maliciou&s;ly maligne&s;t agayn&s;t me. Go from me &s;ayde the Moone for I loue y^e nat. For thy great bryghtnes cau&s;eth me to be &s;et lytel &s;tore by in the worlde. For &amp; thou were nat, I &s;hulde be in great dygnyte. The So~ne an&s;we+red &amp; &s;ayd. O thou vncurteys creature be thou content with thy degre. For as I &s;hyne in the day tyme and bere than the rule, &s;o thou without impedyment occupye&s;t all the nyght at thyne owne plea&s;ure. Let vs therfore mekely obey vnto our maker, &amp; exalte nat thy &s;elfe by pryde, but &s;uffre me pacyently to do as I am ordeyned, and do y^u thy duety. The Moone con&s;yderynge no rea&s;on in great angre departed and gathered togither all the &s;terres, and began ba|tell, &amp; &s;hot arowes agayn&s;t the So~ne, and entended vtterly with dartes and arowes to &s;myte hym &amp; de&s;troye hym. The So~ne beyng aboue and at a vau~|tage &s;eynge al this cruelnes, drewe out
<PB REF="3"> his &s;worde and &s;mote the Moone a &s;on+der, &amp; threwe downe the &s;terres &amp; &s;ayd, as often as y^u art rownde, I &s;hal depar+te the. For this cau&s;e as fables reporte the Moone conceyueth nat rownde, &amp; &s;terres oftentymes fall downe. And &s;o the Moone was confu&s;ed and &s;ayde.</P>
<Q><L>Les hurt is to y^e fit yuer, to be parted i~ twayne</L>
<L>Than to be all lo&s;t, &amp; brought v~nto vayne.</L></Q>
<P>SO in lykewy&s;e moche people be|yng inflate and blowen vp with pryde &amp; elacio~, wold be lyke vnto the So~ne, and haue domynacion abo|ue all other, and by theyr wylles wolde that none were aboue them, nor lyke vnto them, as the glo&s;e &s;ayth. Pride is a bre~nyng eleuacyon in the mynde, dy&s;+py&s;yng them that be vnder, and wolde be equall with them that be aboue, for why as Cry&s;o&s;tom &s;ayth, de&s;yre of exal+tacion is great &s;ynne, and vtterly to be dy&s;py&s;ed, and &s;uffraunce is wor&s;hipful and co~mendable. It is wrytten &amp; &s;ayd, y^t the prowde people be lyft on heyght,
<PB REF="3"> bycau&s;e theyr fall &s;huld be y^e more gre|uous. For he that falleth but lowe may &s;oone ary&s;e as the Poete &s;ayth. But he that falleth from on hyghe may nat &s;o e&s;ely be re&s;tored to helth. Braunches of a tree growynge alowe, be con&s;erued from te~pe&s;tes, as wryteth Cry&s;o&s;tom. But they y^t be on hygh be oftentymes broken and in great ieoperdye. Wher+fore Quintus Curci&abus; &s;ayth, that a cer|tayne per&s;one &s;aid vnto kynge Alexau~|der, that a tree beyng of great heyght may the &s;ooner be blowen vp by y^e rote. And thoughe a Lyon be myghtye and prowde, yet be &s;mal byrdes fedde with his fle&s;&s;he. &para;A Phylo&s;opher came to the tombe of Alexaunder and &s;ayd / ye|&s;terday to this man &s;uffy&s;ed nat all the worlde. Nowe is he &s;uffy&s;ed w^t the &s;pa+ce of .vij. fote long. And therfore pryde is to be reproued. &amp;c.</P>
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<DIV1 N="2" TYPE="dialogue">
<HEAD>&para;Of Saturne &amp; the Clowde. The &s;econde Dialogue.</HEAD>
<PB REF="4">
<P>_PHylo&s;ophers wryte that there be .vij. planettes / y^t is to &s;ay, Saturne, Iupi+ter, Mars, Sol, Venus, Mercurye, &amp; Luna. But there is great &s;pace by|twene planet &amp; planet. For as Moy&s;es greate&s;t of Phylo&s;ophers reher&s;eth &amp; &s;ayth / al&s;o it is wryten in y^e golden le|gende, y^t euery compas of euery planet hath in thyckenes y^e way of .v.C. yeres y^t is to meane, a&s;moche &s;pace as a man may iourney and walke in .v.C. yeres / &s;o that dayly his iourney extended to .xl. myles / &amp; euery myle to bere i~ length ii.M. pace. Vpon a tyme a great thicke clowde began to exalte her &s;elf &amp; &s;ayd. Myne excellencye is great, for I maye by interpo&s;ycion of my greatnes cau&s;e y^t other planettes may nat &s;hewe them &s;elfe in the world but at my wyll. Se|ynge that I am vnder other planettes and may do &s;o moche, yf I were exal|ted hygher, than myght I do moche
<PB REF="4"> more. And thus this clowde prowdly a&s;cended vpwarde tyl &s;he came to Sa+turne. Saturne &s;eyng this clowde pre+&s;umptuou&s;ly aplying to go aboue hym was &s;ore greued &amp; &s;ayd vnto her, what arte thou that coueyte&s;t with pryde to a&s;cend there as neuer man cam. I &s;hal a&s;cende aboue the &s;aid the clowde, and ouerthrowe the. That heryng Satur|ne and &s;ore moued, ordeyned harneys and wepyn / and &s;topped fa&s;t the waye and threwe downe the clowde, and dy|&s;troyed hym for euer and &s;ayde.</P>
<Q><L>&para;He that coueyteth to be aboue all</L>
<L>No force thoughe he haue a fowle fall.</L></Q>
<P>SO befell it to Nabugodono&s;or / whiche de&s;yred to be aboue all o|ther kynges and prynces, and to be called kyng of all kynges, and Lorde of all lordes. For pryde nat con&s;yderyn+ge that almyghty God h<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="MURP" EXTENT="1 chunk"> dom<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="MURP" EXTENT="1 letter">na|cyon aboue all earthly lord&s;hyp<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="MURP" EXTENT="1 letter"> as it is &s;pecifyed, Danyell .iiij. Whan the herte of Nabugodon<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="KEYERS" EXTENT="1 letter">&s;<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="KEYERS" EXTENT="2 letters"> was lyfte vp
<PB REF="5"> by pryde, wherfore he was depo&s;ed fro~ his dygnyte, wherof it was &s;ayde vnto hym. The dwellyng of y^e &s;halbe amon|ge wylde bea&s;tes, &amp; God &s;hall eiect the and ca&s;t the out from mans company / and thou &s;halte eate hay lyke an Oxe, and .vij. &s;ea&s;ons &s;halbe chaunged ouer the. It is writen in Hy&s;tory &s;cola&s;tical that Nabugodono&s;or was nat chaun+ged in to a bea&s;t vnrea&s;onable by muta+cyon and chaunge of the body / but by mutacyon and elienacion of his wytte and rea&s;on / and al&s;o the eloquencie of his &s;peche was taken from hym / and he feined hym&s;elfe y^t in his forelymbes of his body he was lyke to an Oxe or a bul, &amp; in his hinder parties he thought hym&s;elfe to be lyke a lyon. Daniel al&s;o at the time of his elienacion prayed for hym &s;o hertely, y^t the .vij. &s;ea&s;ons / that is to &s;ay .vij. yeres by his prayers were chaunged into .vij. monethes. In the whiche .vij. monethes the &s;pace of .xl. dayes he had great infirmite &amp; di&s;ea&s;e
<PB REF="5"> Other .xl. dayes within the &s;ayde .vij. monethes he retourned to his mynde / and prayde with great wepyng &s;o lar|gely that his iyen were tourned in to rednes / &amp; lyke vnto rawe fle&s;&s;he. Many one went to haue a &s;yght of hym / after that .vii. monethes were fully complete and fulfyld, he was reuoked and called agayne vnto his fyr&s;te e&s;tate / but he raygned nat immediatly / for there we|re ordeyned .vij. Iudges, and &s;o he con|tynued in ab&s;tynence &amp; penaunce vnto the ende of .vij. yeres neuer eate breade nor fle&s;&s;he / nor dranke wyne in al that longe &s;ea&s;on.</P>
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<DIV1 N="3" TYPE="dialogue">
<HEAD>&para;Of a &s;terre called Tra~&s;mon|tana / and other &s;terres. The thyrde Dialogue.</HEAD>
<P>_A Sterre whiche is cal|led Tra~&s;mo~tana &s;tandeth euer fyxe in y^e nauyll of the heauen / and goth neuer to declyne, nor laboureth nat by compa&s;&s;e
<PB REF="6"> circuler as other &s;terres doth. It is as a map<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="KEYERS" EXTENT="2 letters"> or a path of y^e &s;ee / to the whi|che &s;hypmen gyue great attendaunce. All other &s;terres gathered them togy|ther and came to this &s;terre and &s;ayde. Thou &s;ytte&s;t alwaye &s;tyll and ha&s;t ea&s;e and re&s;t / and we go aboute and labour without re&s;t, &amp; be thy &s;eruau~tes, ary&s;e thou a whyle and let another be &s;oue|raygne &amp; occupye thy rome. To whom this &s;terre Tran&s;montana an&s;wered and &s;ayd / ye knowe nat what ye wolde haue for your de&s;yre is nat leafull nor to you expedyent / for I haue great la|bour and great fatigacion to rule you. And yf I dyd nat wy&s;ely con&s;erue you in your places and mocyons / ye &s;hulde greatly erre for lacke of a good guyder Wherfore I cou~<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="KEYERS" EXTENT="1 letter">eyl you to be content and in peace. But the other &s;terres wol+de nat be plea&s;ed / but rather more wylfuller to haue theyr petycion, &amp; &s;aid al at ones. We pray y^e to &s;uffre vs to cho|&s;e another guyder. Tra~&s;mo~tana then
<PB REF="6"> beholdynge theyr frowarde wylfulnes departed from them / and went &amp; com|playned to his lorde &amp; maker. The &s;ter|res that &s;eyng made great exaltacyon and gladnes / &amp; applyed them to make election of a newe guyder / but therin they coulde nat agre / but fell at vary|aunce and began to fyght eche with o|ther &amp; as &s;hepe lackynge a &s;hepeherde they erred and fell out of good rule. At la&s;t whan they con&s;ydered the felycytie that they were in &s;omtyme by the poly+cye and good guydynge of theyr &s;oue|raygne / and y^e great my&s;erye that was fallen to them for lacke of hym. They fell in repentaunce and came to theyr fyr&s;te guyder / and prayde hym to take them to grace / and to rule them as he had done before, and confirmed hym in his wor&s;hyppe / and &s;ayde all at ones with one voyce.</P>
<Q><L>The guyder y^t guydeth, with vertue &amp; grace</L>
<L>Shulde neuer be chaunged, le&s;t that a wor&s;e haue his place.</L></Q>
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<P>EVen &s;o it is conuenyent for vs to do when we haue a good ruler the which ryghtfully ruleth and guy+deth vs, we be bou~de to loue hym, and to do hym honour and wor&s;hyp / &amp; nat lyghtly to chaunge hym, but chery&s;&s;he hym after our power for the great la|boure that he hath to guyde vs for our wele. The degre of gouernaunce is cal+led great wor&s;hip, but it is great char|ge as Barnarde &s;ayeth / what is wor|&s;hyp or power, but a great burdayne &amp; my&s;erie. Or what is &s;ublymyte or dyg+nyte of the worlde, but a perylous and doubtful tempe&s;t. Who may be in wor+&s;hyp or prelacye without payne or try|bulacyon. Or who is in dygnyte with|out vanite, as Valery telleth. liber .vij. Of a kynge that was of &s;o great wyt, and &s;o great coun&s;ell / that when the Crowne was delyuered to hym he held it long betwene his handes or he &s;et it vpon his heade, and con&s;idering it wel and &s;ayd. O noble and fortunable gar|lande
<PB REF="7">
/ howe full of be&s;ynes and peryll art thou, innumerable to be tolde. For as Augu&s;tyn &s;ayth. There is nothyng more laborious, more harde, nor more peryllous, than is to haue great domy+nacion or &s;ygnyorye, and therfore Va|lerius doth &s;hewe vnto vs in libro .vij. of Corneli &s;cipion / that when Spayne was fallen vnto him / he an&s;wered and &s;aid he wolde nat go thyther / &amp; &s;hewed the cau&s;e why. For he could nat do equi+te &amp; ryghtwy&s;nes, for he thought hym &s;elfe nat connynge ne &s;uffycyent to &s;o great a wor&s;hyp / and &s;o great a peryll togyther.</P>
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<DIV1 N="4" TYPE="dialogue">
<HEAD>&para; Of the euen &s;terre and the morowe &s;terre. The .iiij. Dialogue.</HEAD>
<P>_VE&s;perus is called the nyght &s;terre / and Lucyfer the daye &s;terre / whiche appereth in the morenynge. The&s;e two &s;terres gathered togyther all other &s;ter+res
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/ and went with one a&s;&s;ent to the creatour and maker of all &s;terres / and made vnto hym their &s;upplicacion and &s;ayd. Gracyous lorde thou art a good maker / and we therfore thanke the, for thou ha&s;t ordeyned and be&s;towed vs in the be&s;t wy&s;e. But for this cau&s;e we be troubled that our beawte &amp; bryghtnes is nat alwaye &s;hewed. Therfore Lorde we mekely be&s;eche the to take the lyght from the So~ne / and make hym darke that our bryghtnes in y^e day tyme may appere &amp; be &s;hewed. To whom the lord and maker an&s;wered and &s;aid / your pe+tycyon is nat lawfull, for the So~ne is the garny&s;&s;her of the day, the di&s;trybu|tour of hours, y^e Orygynall of all thyn|ges growing, &amp; without hym nothyn|ge may encrea&s;e. Therfore I wyll nat conde&s;cende to your petycyon, for it is nat exaudible nor worthy to be alowed Wherfore the &s;terres &s;eyng they could nat haue theyr de&s;yre went agayne to|gyther, and fourmed a newe petycyon,
<PB REF="8"> and offred it to theyr maker and &s;ayd. O ble&s;&s;ed Lorde and maker of all crea|tures, we be&s;eche the at lea&s;t to drye vp and put awaye the clowdes out of the ayre, the which let our bryght lyght to be &s;hewed. For oftentymes for theyr let+tynge we maye nat appere / nor be kno|wen as we be. And therfore lowly we praye the, that where as our fyr&s;te a&s;|kynge was denyed vs, of thy goodnes graunt vs this &s;econde petycion &amp; de|&s;yre. The lorde and maker con&s;yderyn+ge theyr &s;ymples, gaue them this an|&s;were with a &s;ad countenaunce &amp; &s;ayd. Holde your peace and de&s;yre nat vnlea+ful thing&abis;, for I wyl nat graunt them, for it is wrytten in the boke of Caton. A&s;ke that is ryghtfull, &amp; that y^t &s;emeth hone&s;t, y^e clowdes be nece&s;&s;ary thoughe ye thynke contrarye. For they w^t theyr rayne moy&s;ten the earthe. Yf no rayne &s;huld fall y^e earth colde nat be fruytfull and w^t this an&s;were he put the &s;terres from theyr de&s;yre, &amp; &s;ayd in this wy&s;e.</P>
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<Q><L>&para; That petycion maye iu&s;tely be denyed</L>
<L>Whiche at no tyme, to rea&s;on is applyed.</L></Q>
<P>BY this example it apereth that he that wyll be harde in his prayers or in his &s;upplycacion / mu&s;t a&s;ke the thynges y^t be ryghtfull, hone&s;t and rea&s;onable to be graunted. Wherfore &s;eynt Au&s;tyn &s;ayeth / when ye a&s;ke the thing&abis; which god laudeth and promy|&s;eth / then is your a&s;kyng &s;ure, for that peticion is &s;oone grau~ted of god. Ther+fore I&s;odore &s;ayth trewe. Many men praying be nat harde in theyr a&s;kynge. For god grau~teth them better &amp; more for theyr welth then they de&s;yre. Senec &s;ayth in the .ij. boke of benefites. That a certayne per&s;one on a tyme a&s;ked .i.<ABBR>d</ABBR> of Alexander, and he gaue him an hole towne. And when the peticioner than|ked Alexander / and &s;ayde he was nat worthye nor able to receyue &s;o great a gyfte. Alexaunder an&s;wered and &s;ayde to hym / I retayne nat in my mynde what beco~meth the to a&s;ke, but what
<PB REF="9"> beco~meth me to gyue. So almyghtye god doth, for oftentymes he graunteth nat our a&s;kyng, bycau&s;e he wyll auau~|ce our peticion with a better, and more profitable rewarde. And therfore &s;ayth I&s;odore. Somtymes God heareth nat many folkes to theyr plea&s;ure, for he wyl gracyou&s;ly here them to theyr mo|re profyte and health.</P>
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<DIV1 N="5" TYPE="dialogue">
<HEAD>&para;Of the Raynbowe / and of a &s;ygne called Cancer. The v. Dialogue.</HEAD>
<P>_OVr Lordes bowe af|ter y^e fyr&s;te flode ap|pered in the clowdes hauing two colours that was waterye &amp; fyery, &s;ignyfying the iudgement co~myng, which bowe appered by the &s;pace of xl. yeres after the buyldynge of the Arke, as it is &s;ayd Hi&s;torie &s;cola&s;ticall. Can|cer is one of the &s;ygnes of heuen, &amp; this
<PB REF="10"> worde Cancer is Equiuocu~, &amp; hath ma|ny &s;ignificacio~s, but natwith&s;tanding here it betokeneth the &s;ygne of heauen And &s;o this &s;ygne Cancer we~t vnto the Raynbowe in a great anger and &s;ayd. Thou art to bolde, for all heuen is lytel ynough for y^e, in &s;o moch y^t thou be&s;ye&s;t y^e to let me of my cour&s;e, &amp; other &s;terres that &s;hulde occupy there. Wherfore I aduy&s;e the to be remoued lightly, or els thou &s;halt be &s;urely coryed of me &amp; my company. The bowe an&s;wered &amp; &s;ayd. Brother thou &s;peke&s;t nat wel, for I am nat aboute to let the of thy waye, for I &s;hewe my &s;elfe but in the day tyme, and thou i~ the nyght ro~ne&s;t where plea&s;eth the. Wherfore me thynketh yf thou en+tende to fyght with me, thou arte euyll aduy&s;ed for this cau&s;e. For thou may&s;t gather great company of &s;terres to hol+de with the. And I haue fre~des ynowe, both clowdes and al&s;o great thonders to fyght agayn&s;t y^e for all thy &s;trength, &amp; &s;o there may growe great my&s;chefe.
<PB REF="10"> But I wyll counceyll the for the be&s;t, that we do go before a ryghtwi&s;e iudge that he may termyne the que&s;tyon by a dyffynytyfe &s;entence, and let the fawte be puny&s;&s;hed there as it is, wherto Ca~|cer agreed. And whe~ they both were be|fore the pre&s;ence of the Iudge, and had &s;hewed there vnto hym theyr matter. The Iudge &s;pake than and &s;ayd thus. Thou wycked Cancer, it is again&s;t the lawe or rea&s;on, yf y^e prehemynence that thou a&s;ke&s;t and de&s;yre&s;t of the bowe. Yf thou haue thy wyll &amp; walkynge in the nyght tyme, and the bowe but onely in the day tyme, howe maye it be credyble that he letteth thy waye. Therfore this is my &s;entence agayn&s;t the. &para; I wyll &amp; charge the that thou neuer appere in the day tyme. And I condempethe in all expences &amp; co&s;tes of the courte, Can|cer hearynge this &s;entence, was greatly a &s;hamed and &s;ayde.</P>
<Q><L>&para;A be&s;y man / that is full of que&s;tyon</L>
<L>Cau&s;eth to hym &s;elf, oft great confu&s;yon.</L></Q>
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<P>_OF dyuers Philo&s;ophers the &s;aying is / that the earth is the mydel parte of y^e worlde. the con&s;eruer of fruytes, the couerynge of hell, the nory&s;|&s;her of all quycke thinges. The mother of all growyng thynges. The con&s;erua+tryce of lyfe / &amp; the &s;walower of all thyn+ges. &para; Vpon a tyme heuen &s;ent downe to y^e earth here many great tempe&s;tes / of rayne, of thonder, and of lyghtnyng, wherby he greued the earth verye &s;ore, when &s;he was angry and greatly dy&s;|ple&s;ed &s;he called the ayre to her &amp; &s;ayd. Brother ayre I pray the medyll nat by|twene heauen and me, for myne entente is vtterly fyxed to ouerthrowe hym, for he hath done great wronge &amp; iniu|ry vnto me, that I hope to be auenged vpon hym with &s;uche wayes as I can fynde. To whom y^e ayre an&s;wered and &s;ayd. Do nat &s;o &s;y&s;ter, but let thy wrath pa&s;&s;e. For thoughe it be &s;o that heauen haue greued the nowe, another tyme ye
<PB REF="11"> &s;hall be frendes &amp; make mery togither. The earth beyng blynde and ouercome with anger wolde nat cea&s;e, but ran &amp; caught harneys, &amp; began to fyght w^t he+uen. That &s;eyng y^e ayre ray&s;ed vp great darkenes, &amp; brought forth great clow|des, &amp; cau&s;ed &s;o great thyckenes, that the earth coulde nat di&s;cerne where he|uen was. And that contynewed &s;o lon|ge, vntyll the wrath and wodnes was clene gone. Than after that y^e ayre &s;ent out wyndes and purged the countrey, and droue away the my&s;tes &amp; darkne&s;|&s;es, and made all clere and &s;ayde.</P>
<Q><L>&para; Of yre and malyce / to do out the flame</L>
<L>we be all bou~de / &amp; nat to nury&s;&s;he y^e &s;ame.</L></Q>
<P>EVery man ought &s;o to do when he &s;eth his frendes and neyghbours wroth togyther. For after the &s;ay+inge of Caton. Yre &amp; wrath letteth the mynde that it may nat di&s;cerne truth. For a man y^t is angry is pa&s;t his myn|de, and therfore he is to be temperatly guyded and refrayned by his frendes,
<PB REF="12"> tyll he be remoued from that wodnes / and tyll wrath in hym be ended. For as Seneca &s;ayth The begynnyng of wy&s;+dom is to moderate yre and wrath / for he that ouerco~meth wrath / doth ouer|come his greate&s;t ennemye, as Valery telleth whan Archita Tarentius was greued with his &s;eruaunt, he &s;aid vnto hym. O thou vnhappy creature nowe wolde I correcte the / yf I were nat at this tyme wroth with the. Wherby it appereth that Yre and malyce is to be voyded out of mynde. For it is &s;ayde in y^e boke of Prouerbes .xxvij. Yre hath no mercye. Therfore a Iudge ought neuer to gyue &s;entence whyle he is an|grye. Wherfore it is red in thy&s;toryes of Romaynes y^t Theodo&s;ius the empe|rour was often tymes prompt and dy&s;|po&s;ed to do cruell execucyon. But there was a wy&s;e man that gaue hym coun|ceyl that whan he felt hym&s;elfe greued and angry / or euer he gaue any &s;enten|ce he &s;hulde &s;aye and reher&s;e &s;oftly with
<PB REF="12"> in hym&s;elfe .xxiij. letters of the .A.b.c. That his mynde myght be refre&s;&s;hed / and &s;o to mu&s;e what was be&s;t to be do+ne / and that he myght the more rypely &s;e and knowe what iudgement ought ryghtwy&s;ly to be gyuen with good di&s;+crecyon and delyberacyon.</P>
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<HEAD>&para;Of the ayre and the wynde. The .vij. Dialogue,</HEAD>
<P>_AS y^e Phylo&s;ophers &s;ayth the ayre is the &s;piracle of all thyng&abis; lyuynge with out whom al thynges is &s;oone choked / and dyeth that is lyuynge. The wynde al&s;o is the dryer of y^e earth / the mouer of waters, and troubler of the ayre. And bycau&s;e he is troubler of the ayre / the ayre cau|&s;ed hym to be cited before y^e hygh iudge and maker of all thynges &amp; &s;ayd. O al|myghty lord and maker of all thynge / Loke vpon me I be&s;eche the / and haue mercye vpon me. Thou ha&s;t ordeyned
<PB REF="13"> me &s;uffycyently / and indewed me with great pryuylege, wherfore I gyue lau|de and thanke vnto the. For thou ha&s;t made me to be lyfe of all thynges. But for this cau&s;e I am greatly troubled &amp; vexed with the wynde / for he euer ma|keth me colde / and cau&s;eth me to be vn+temperate. Therfore I &s;ay vnto hym / yf euer from hen&s;eforth he pre&s;ume for to blowe vpon me / I wyll choke hym and put hym from his lyfe. To whom the maker an&s;wered &amp; &s;ayd Ayre thou &s;peke&s;t nat well / thoughe y^e wynde ma|ke the colde and beat y^e with his bla&s;t / neuertheles he yeldeth the purged and temperate. yf it &s;o were that the wynde blewe nat on the / thou &s;hulde&s;t be &s;icke and corrupte both tedious and hateful to euery man / wherfore thou oughte&s;t to loue hym that con&s;erueth y^e in good e&s;tate / and &s;o the ayre was wel plea&s;ed and &s;ayde.</P>
<Q><L>&para;Correctours y^t correct vs for our own good</L>
<L>we ought to loue &amp; to &s;uffre with glad mood.</L></Q>
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<P>SO euery creature ought to loue them that correct them and &s;he|weth them theyr fautes / and en+tende to reduce them to goodne&s;&s;e and to the waye of truth. For truely y^e &s;ycke man that denyeth to drynke the bytter drynke that his leche gyueth hym wyll nat &s;uffere hym&s;elfe to be cured, and &s;o he &s;hall neuer be delyuered from his fe+blenes. And he y^t hateth his correctour &s;hal nat be well directed. Valery &s;ayth That a man loueth nat his leche / whe~ he wyll nat &s;uffre hym that rebuketh hym for his good. But trewe it is that Cry&s;o&s;tom &s;ayth. He &s;hall haue hatred that repreueth the &s;ynful. And Seneca &s;ayeth. He &s;eketh a blame to hym &s;elfe, that rebuketh the wycked man. Suche be nat wy&s;emen, but rather they be fo+les, as &s;ayth Eccle&s;ia&s;tes. A wy&s;e ma~ lo+ueth to be rebuked / but a fole is wroth yf he be correct. Therfore correct a wy+&s;e man / &amp; he &s;hall loue the. Prouerb .ix It is wrytten in the lyfe of &s;aynt Am|bro&s;e,
<PB REF="14" MS="y"> that when Theodo&s;ius the empe+rour had puny&s;&s;hed dyuers &amp; dwellers of that countrey without delyberacyon and iudgement. Ambro&s;e the archeby&s;+&s;hop of Mylayne expul&s;ed hym out of the Churche / althoughe he was a cry|&s;ten Emperour. And when the Empe|rour knewe it / he &s;ayde vnto Ambro&s;e. Dauid co~mytted both adultery &amp; man&s;laughter. And Ambro&s;e an&s;wered. Yf thou ha&s;t folowed hym in his erroure / folowe al&s;o the penaunce of hym. The Emperour that herynge, was very con+tryte inwardly and dyd great penaun|ce and &s;ayde. I haue founde a man of trouth Ambro&s;e the bi&s;&s;hop. And &s;o the Emperour ordeyned that no man &s;hul+de be iudged to deathe w^tout .xl. dayes of re&s;oyte / that yre myghte be &s;waged and y^e mynde myght be the more clere / that ryghtwy&s;nes myght be &s;ene in gy+uynge of Iudgement.</P>
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<P>&para; Imprynted by me Robert wyer, dwell|ynge in &s;eynt Martyne pary&s;&s;he. Ad imprimendum &s;olum.</P>
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