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624 THREE PROPER AND WITTIE
which they haue of vs as no doubt Homer or
some other in Greeke, and Enmus, or I know
not who else in Latine, did prewdice, and ouer
rule those, that followed them, as well for the
quantities of syllables, as number of feete, and
the like • their onely Examples going for current
payment, and standing in steade of Lawes,
and Rules with the postentie In so much
that it seemed a sufficient warrant (as still it
doth in our Common Grammer schooles) to
make in and v, m Vnus long, because
the one hath and the
other, Vnus homo nobis, and so consequently
in the rest But to let this by disputation
passe, which is already so throughly discoursed
and canuassed of the best Philosophers, and
namely Aristotle, that poynt vs, as it were
with the forefinger, to the very founiawes and
head springes of Artes, and Artificiall preceptes,
in the Analiitques, and Meiaphysikes most
excellently set downe in these foure Golden
Tcrmes, the famoussest Termes to soeake of in
all Logtque and Phihsophie,
« shall I nowe by the way
sende you a lanuarie gift in Apnll and
as it were shewe you a Christmas Gambowlde
after Easter ? Were the manner so very fine,
as the matter is very good, I durst presume of
an other kinde of Plaudite and Gramerae, than
now I will but being as it is, I beseeche you
set parciahtie aside, and tell me your maister
ships fancie
A New yeeres Gift to my old friend Maister
Georg e Bdchaunger In commendation of three mostpreaous
Academes, Virtue, Fame, and Wealth and finally of
the foiuth, A Good Tongue
VErtue sendeth a man to Renowne, Fame
lendeth Aboundaunce,
Fame with Aboundaunce makelh a man ihrise
blessed and happie
So the Rewarde of Famous Verlue makes many
wealthy,
And the Regard of Wealthie Vertue makes many
blessed
0 blessed Vertue, blessed Fame, blessed Aboun
daunce
0 that I had you three, with the losse of thriie
Lomencementes
Nowe farewell Mistresse, ulom lately I loued
aboue all,
These be my three bonny lasses, these be my three
bonny Ladyes,
hot the like Trimtie againe, saue onely the
Trtmtie aboue all
Worship and Honour, first to the one, and then
to the other
4 thousand good leaues be for euer graunted
Agrippa
For squibbwg and declayming against many
fruitlesse
Artes, and Craftes, deuisde by the Diuls and
Sprites, for a torment,
And for a plague to the world as both Pandora,
Prometheus,
And that cursed good bad Tree, can iestifie at
all times [these
Meere Gewegawes and Babies, in comparison of
Toyes to mock Apes, and Woodcockes, in com
panson of these
Iughng castes, and kniclnaches, in comparism
of these
Yet behande there is one thing, worth a prayer at
all tymes,
A good Tongue, in a mans Head, A good Tongue
in a woomans
And ivliat so preaou, matter, and foode for a
good Tongue,
As blessed Vetlue, blessed Fame, blessed Aboundavnee
L'Enuoy
Maruell not, what 1 tneane to send these Verses
at Euensong
On Neweyeeres Euen, and Oldyeeres Eiid, as a
Memento
Trust me, I know not a ritcher lewell, newish or
oldish,
Than blessed Vertue, blessed Fame, blessed
Abundaunce,
0 blessed Vertue, blessed Fame, blessed Aboun
daunce,
0 that you had these three, with the losse of Fortie
Valetes,
He that wisheth, you may hue
to see a hundreth Good Newe
yeares, euery one happier, and
merrier, than other