A hundreth sundrie flowres bounde vp in one small poesie Gathered partely (by translation) in the fyne outlandish gardins of Euripides, Ouid, Petrarke, Ariosto, and others: and partly by inuention, out of our owne fruitefull orchardes in Englande: yelding sundrie svveete sauours of tragical, comical, and morall discourses ...
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Contents
- title page
- The contents of this Booke.
- The Printer to the Reader.
- Faultes escaped. correction.
- SVPPOSES: A Comedie written in the Italian tongue by Ario∣sto, and Englished by George Gas∣coygne of Grayes Inne Esquire, and there presented.
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IOCASTA:
A Tragedie vvritten in
Greke by Euripides, translated
and digested into Acte by George Gas∣coygne,
and Francis Kinvvelmershe
of Grayes Inne,
and there by them presented.
1566.
- The argument of the Tragedie
- dramatis personae
- ¶The order of the dumme shewes and Musickes before euery Acte.
- The first Acte.
- Thorder of the seconde dumbe shevve.
- Actus. 2.
- The order of the thirde dumbe shevve.
- Actus. iij.
- The order of the fourth dumbe shevve.
- Actus. iiij.
- The order of the laste dumbe shevve.
- Actus. v.
- Epilogus.
- colophon
- A discourse of the aduentures passed by Master F. I.
- A translation of Ariosto allegorized.
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poems
- Written vppon a reconciliation be∣twene two freendes
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¶Two gentlemen did roon three courses at the rynge for
one kysse, to be taken of a fayre gentlewoman being then pre∣sent,
with this condicion▪ that the winner shold haue the kisse,
and the loser be bound to write some verses vppon the gayne
or losse therof. Now it fortuned so that the wynner triumphed
saying, he much lamented that in his youth he had not seene
the warres. VVhereuppon the looser compiled these following
in discharge of the condicion aboue rehea
sed. - ¶Not long after the writing hereof: he departed from the company of his sayd friend (whom he entirely loued) into the west of England, and feeling himselfe so consu∣med by womens craft that he doubted of a safe retorne: wrote before his departure as followeth.
- He wrote to the same friend from Excester, this Sonet following.
- ¶He wrote to the same friend from Founteine belle eaü in Fraunce▪ this Sonet in commendation of the said house of Fountaine bel' eaü.
- ¶He wrote vnto a Skotish Dame whom he chose for his Mistresse in the french Court, as followeth.
- ¶VVritten to a gentlewoman who had refused him and chosen a husband (as he thought) much inferior to himself, both in knowledge byrth and parsonage. VVherin he bewrayeth both their names in cloudes, and how she was woon from him with sweete gloues and broken ringes.
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In prayse of a gentlewoman who though she wer
not very fayre, yet was she as hard fauored as might be. - Allegoria.
- ¶He began to write by a gentlewoman who passed by him with hir armes set bragging by hir sides, and left it vnfinished as followeth.
- VVhiles he sat at the dore of his lodging▪ deuysing these verses aboue rehearsed, the same Gentlewoman passed by agayne, and cast a longe looke towards him, wher∣by he left his former inuention and wrote thus.
- An other Sonet written by the same Gentlewoman vppon the same occasion.
- Enough of this Dame. And let vs peruse his other doings which haue come to my hands, in such disordred or∣der, as I can best set them down. I will now then pre∣sent you with a Sonet written in prayse of the brown beautie, which he compyled for the loue of Mistresse E. P. as foloweth.
- Written by a Gentlewoman in court, who (when shee was there placed) seemed to disdain him, con∣trary to a former profession.
- From this I will skip to certaine verses written to a Gentlewomā whom he liked very well, and yit had neuer any oportunity to discouer his affection, being always brydled by ielouse lookes, which attended them both, and therfore gessing by hir looks, that she partly also liked him: he wrot in a booke of hirs as fo∣loweth.
- VVith these verses you shall iudge the quick ca∣pacity of the Lady: for she wrot therunder this short aunswer.
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And for a further profe of this Dames quick vnderstā∣ding,
you shall now vnderstand, that soone after this answer
of hirs, the same Author chaūced to be at a supper in hir cō∣pany,
where were also hir brother, hir husband, and an old
louer of hirs by whom she had bin long suspected. Nowe, al∣though
there wanted no delicate viands to content them, yit
their chief repast was by entreglancing of lookes. For G. G.
being stoong with hot affection, could none otherwise re∣lie
e his passion but by gazing. And the Dame of a curteous enclinatiō deigned (now and then) to requite the same with glancing at him. Hir old louer occupied his eyes with wat∣ching: and hir brother perceyuing all this could not absteyne from winking, wherby he might put his Sister in remēbrāce, least she should too much forget hirself. But most of all hir husband beholding the first, and being euill pleased with the second, scarse contented with the third, and misconstruing the fourth, was constreyned to play the fifth part in froward frowninge. This royall banquet thus passed ouer, G.G. knowing that after supper they should passe the tyme in pro¦pounding of Riddles, and making of purposes: contryued all this conceipt in a Riddle as followeth. The which was no sooner pronounced, but she could perfectly perceyue his in∣tent, and draue out one nayle with another, as also ensew∣eth. - In all this louely company was none that could and would expound the meaning herof. At last the Dame hirself answered on this wise. Sir, quod she, bicause your dark speech is much too curious for this simple cōpanie, I wilbe so bold as to quit one question with an other. And when you haue answered myne, it maye fall out peraduenture, that I shall somewhat the better iudge of yours.
- He held himselfe herwith contented: and afterwardes when they were better acquainted, he chaunced once (groping in hir poc∣ket) to find a letter of hir old louers: and thinking it wer better to wincke than vtterly to put out his eyes, seemed not too vn∣derstand this first offence: but soone after finding a lēman (the which he thought he saw hir old lemman put there) he deuised therof thus, and deliuered it vnto hir in writing.
- The Dame within very short space did aunswere it thus.
- This Sonet of his shall passe (for me) without any preface.
- He wrote (at his friends request) in prayse of a Gent∣lewoman, whose name was Phillip, as followeth.
- Now to begin with another man, take these verses written to be sent with a ryng, wherein were engraued a Patrich in a Merlines foote.
- To a Dame which challenged the aucthor bycause he held his head alwayes downe, and looked not vppon hir in his wonted wise.
- A louing Lady being wounded in the spring time, and now galded eftsones with the remembrance of the spring, doth therfore thus bewayle.
- The careful louer combred with pleasure, thus complayneth.
- ¶The louer being disdaynfully abiected by a dame of high calling, who had chosen (in his place) a playe fel∣lowe of baser condicion: doth therfore determine to step a side, and before his departure giueth hir this farewell in verse.
- An absent Dame thus complayneth.
- ¶This question being propounded by a Dame vnto the writer therof, to wit, why he should write Spreta tamen viuunt▪ he aunswereth thus.
- A straunge passion of another Author.
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The Louer leaning onely to his Ladies promises, and fi
∣ding them to fayle, doth thus lament. - The constancie of a louer hath thus sometymes ben briefly declared.
- Now I must desire you with patience to hearken vnto the works of another writer▪ who though he may not compare with the rest passed, yit such things as he wrote vpon sundrie occa∣sions, I will rehearse, beginning with this prayse of a Countesse.
- The Louer declareth his affection, togither with the cause thereof.
- Another shorter discourse to the same effecte.
- The louer disdaynefully reiected contrary to former pro∣mise, thus complayneth.
- An absent louer (parted from his Lady by Sea) thus complayneth.
- A Lady being both wronged by false suspect, and also wounded by the durance of hir husband, doth thus bewray hir grief.
- Eyther a needelesse or a bootelesse compari∣son betwene two letters.
- An absent louer doth thus encourage his Lady to continew constant.
- A letter deuised for a young louer.
- ¶Three Sonets in sequence, written vppon this oc∣casion. The deuiser hereof amongst other friends had na∣med a gentlewoman his Berzabe: and she was content to call him hir Dauid▪ The man presented his Lady with a Booke of the Golden Asse, written by Lucius Apuleius, and in the beginning of the Booke wrote this sequence. You must conferre it with the Historie of Apuleius, for els it will haue small grace.
- A Ryddle.
- To a gentlewoman who blamed him for writing his friendly aduise in verse vnto another lo∣uer of hirs.
- An vncurteous farewell to an vncon∣stant Dame.
- A louer often warned, and once againe drouen into fantasti∣call flames by the chase of company, doth thus bewayle his misfor tunes.
- The louer encouraged by former examples, determineth to make vertue of necessitie.
- The absent louer (in ciphers) disciphering his name, doth craue some spedie relief as followeth.
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I will now deliuer vnto you so many more of Master Gas∣coignes
Poems as haue come to my hands, who hath ne∣uer
beene dayntie of h
s doings, and therfore I conceale not his name: but his word or posie he hath often changed and therfore I will deliuer his verses with such sundrie po∣sies as I receiued thē. And first I will begin with Gascoigns Anatomie. - Gascoignes araignement.
- Gascoignes prayse of Bridges, novve Ladie Sandes.
- Gascoignes prayse of Zouche late the Lorde Greye of VVilton.
- Gascoignes passion.
- Gascoignes libell of Diuorce.
- Gascoignes praise of his Mystres.
- Gascoignes Lullable.
- Gascoignes Recantation.
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I haue herde master Gascoignes memorie commended by
these verses following, the vvhich were written vppon this occasi∣on.
He had (in middest of his youth) determined to abandone all
vaine delights and to retourne vnto Greyes Inne, there to vnder∣take
againe the study of the common lawes. And being required
by fiue sundrie gentlemen to wrighte in verse somwhat worthy
to be remembred, before he entred into their felowship, he compi∣led
these fiue sundry sor
es of metre vpon fiue sundry theames whiche they deliuered vnto him, and the firste was at request of Francis K welma she who deliuered him this theame Auda∣ces fortuna iunat. And therevpon he wrote thys Sonnet follo∣wing. - The nexte vvas at request of Antonie Kynwelma: she, vvho deliuered him this theame, Satis sufficit, and therevpon he vvrote as follovveth.
- Iohn Vaughan deliuered him this theame. Magnum vectigal parcimonia, vvherevppon he vvrote thus.
- Alexander Neuile deliuered him this theame, Sat cito, si sat bene, vvherevpon he compiled these seuen So∣nets in sequence, therin bevvraying his ovvne Ni∣mis cito: and thervvith his Vix bene, as folovveth.
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Richarde Courtop (the last of the fiue) gaue him this
theame, Durum aneum & miserab
le aeuum, and therevpon he wrote in this wyse. - commentary
- Gascoignes gloze vppon this text, Dominus ijs opus habet.
- Gascoignes good morovv.
- Gascoignes good nyghte.
- commentary
- Gascoignes De profundis.
- Gascoignes councell to Douglasse Diue vvritten vpon this oc∣casion. She had a booke vvherein she had collected sundry good ditties of diuers mens doings, in vvhich booke she vvould needes entreate him to vvrite some verses. And therevppon he vvrote as follovveth.
- Gascoignes councell giuen to master Bartholmew Wi∣thipoll a litle before his latter iourney to Geane. 1572.
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Gascoignes Epitaph vppon capitaine Bourcher late slayne in
the vvarres in Zel
d , the vvhiche hath bene termed the tale of a stone as follovveth. -
Gascoignes deuise of a maske for the right honorable Viscount
Mountacute, written (as I haue heard Master Gascoigne himselfe declare) vpon
this occasion, when the sayde L. had prepa
ed to solemnise two mariages be∣twene his sonne and heire and the daughter of sir William Do mer knighte, and betwene the sonne and heire of sir William Dormer, and the daughter of the saide L. Mountacute: there were eighte gentlemen (all of bloud or a i∣ance to the saide L. Mountacute) which had determined to present a maske at the day appoynted for the sayd mariages, and so farre they had proceeded ther∣in, that they had alredy bought furniture of silks. &c. and had caused their gar∣ments to be cut of the Venetian fashion. Newe then they began to imagin that (without some speciall demonstraciō) it would seeme somewhat obscure to haue Venetians presented rather than other countrey men. Wherevpon hey entreated Master Gascoigne to deui e some verses to be vttered by an Actor wherein mighte be some discourse conuenient to render a good cause of the Ve etians presence. Master Gascoigne calling to minde that there is a noble house of the Mountac tes in Italie, and therewithall that the L. Mountacute here doth quarter the cote of an anciēt english gentlemā called Mounth rme, and ath the inheritance of the sayde house, did therevppon deuise to bring in Boy of the age of twelue or xiiij. yeres, who shoulde fayne that he was a Mounthermer by the fathers side, and a Mou tacute by the mothers side, and that his father being slayne at the last warres against the Tu ke, and he there taken, he was recoue ed by the Venetians to their last victorie, and with them sayling towardes Venice, they were driuen by tempest vppon these coasts, and so came to the mariage vppon report as followeth, and the said Boy pronoun∣ced the deuise in this orte. - After the maske was done, the Actor tooke master. Tho. Bro. by the hand and brought him to the Venetians, vvith these vvords:
- Then the Venetians embraced and receiued the same master Tho. Brovvne, and after they had a vvhile vvhispered vvith him, he tourned to the Bridegroomes and Brides, saying thus.
- Then vvhen they had taken their leaues the Actor did make an ende thus.
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Gascoignes vvodmanship vvritten to the L. Grey of wilton
vppon this occasion, the sayde
. Grey delighting (amongst many other good qualities) in chusing of his winter deare, and killing the same with his bowe, did furnishe master Gascoigne with a crossebowe cū Pertinenci s, and vouchsafed to vse his company in the said excercise, calling him one of his wodmē. N w master Gas∣co gne shooting very often, could neuer hi e any deare, yea and often times he let the heard passe by as though he had not seene them. Whereat when this noble Lord tooke some pastime, and had often put him in remembrance of his good skill in choosing, and redines e in killing of a winter deare, he thought good thus to ex∣cuse it in verse. - Gascoignes gardnings, vvhereof vvere vvritten in one end of a close vvalke vvhich he hath in his Garden, this discourse follovving.
- In that other ende of his sayde close vvalke, vvere vvritten these toyes in ryme.
- In a chayre in the same Garden was writ∣ten this followyng.
- Vpon a stone in the wall of his Garden he had written the yeare wherein he did the coste of these deui∣ses, and therwithall this poesie in Latine.
- Gascoignes voyage into Hollande, An. 1572. written to the ryghte honourable the Lorde Grey of Wilton.
- And nowe to recomfort you and to ende this worke, receyue the delectable historie of sundry aduentures passed by Dan Bartholmew of Bathe, reade it and iudge of it.
- This should haue bin placed in the dolorous discourse, before the Supplication to Care in Folio. 430.
- The reporters conclusion vnfinished.
- colophon