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Author: Munday, Anthony, 1553-1633.
Title: A banquet of daintie conceits Furnished with verie delicate and choyse inuentions, to delight their mindes, who take pleasure in musique, and there-withall to sing sweete ditties, either to the lute, bandora, virginalles, or anie other instrument. Published at the desire of bothe honorable and worshipfull personages, who haue had copies of diuers of the ditties heerein contained. Written by A.M. seruaunt to the Queenes most excellent Maiestie.
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Print source: A banquet of daintie conceits Furnished with verie delicate and choyse inuentions, to delight their mindes, who take pleasure in musique, and there-withall to sing sweete ditties, either to the lute, bandora, virginalles, or anie other instrument. Published at the desire of bothe honorable and worshipfull personages, who haue had copies of diuers of the ditties heerein contained. Written by A.M. seruaunt to the Queenes most excellent Maiestie.
Munday, Anthony, 1553-1633.
At London: Printed by I. C[harlewood] for Edwarde White, and are to be sold at the signe of the Gunne, at the little North doore of Paules, Anno. 1588.
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To the worshipfull and his especiall good freend, Maister Richard Topcliffe, Esquire. A. M. commendeth this small motion of his vnfeigned good will and affection. (∴)
❧To the Gentle and freend∣lie Reader.
❧A Breuiate of the Notes of the Ditties contained in this Booke.
A Dyttie expressing a familiar controuersie between Wit and Will: wherein Wit mildlie rebu∣keth the follies of VVill, and sheweth him (as in a Glasse) the fall of wil∣full heads.
A Dittie declaring the vncertaintie of our earthly honor, the certaine account that we must all make of death: and therefore that we should make our selues ready at all times, because we are ignoraunt of our latter howre.
❧In this Dittie is expressed, the sun∣dry and daily mishaps that chaunce in Loue: deci∣phered by him that felt them, to his paine.
¶A Dittie, which sheweth by exam∣ple of diuers worthy personages past in auncient time, that neither strength, wit, beautie, riches, or any transi∣tory things (wherein worldlings put any confi∣dence) can saue them from the stroke of Death.
❧A Dittie, deliuering a freendlye admonition to VVomen, to haue care of theyr own estates, to shunne such vaine occasions, as oftentimes call theyr good names in question: and after the example of Sara, to order themselues in all their actions. (∵)
❧A Dittie, wherein may be seene by many and sundry examples, that no man ought to giue ouer-much credite to this fraile and transitorie life: but as all other things soone vade and de∣cay, so the life of man hath no grea∣ter assuraunce. (∵)
❧A Dittie, wherein is contained a very proper discourse, of a certaine welthy Mer∣chaunt, who forgetting his profite, gaue his mind to pleasure.
In this Dittie, is set downe the morrall iudgment of the great and learned Philosopher Sendebar, on the storie before passed: which will be found, both worth the reading and regar∣ding
¶A Dittie, wherein is contained di∣uers good and necessary documents, which beeing embraced and followed earnestly, may cause a man to shunne manie euilles and mischaunces, that may otherwise fall vpon him, ere he can beware.
A pleasant Dittie, wherein is descri∣bed, what falsehood oftentimes is found in felowship, verified by a couetous minded man, who labou∣red to deceiue his deere freende, but yet deceiued himselfe in the ende.
❧A Dittie, wherein the breuitie of mans life is described, how soone his pompe vanisheth away, and he brought to his latest home.
A Dittie, discoursing the communi∣cation betweene Christ and the woman of Samaria, that came to drawe water at Iacobs well, accor∣ding as it is sette downe in the 4. chapter of Saint Iohn. (∵)
¶Of the three wise sentences, which three yong men of the Guarde of King Darius presen∣ted to him. The first said: VVine is strongest. The se∣cond said: The King of strongest. The third said: VVo∣men are strongest, but Truth ouercommeth all things.
Wyne is strongest.
The King is strongest.
Women are strongest: but Trueth ouercommeth all things.
A Glasse for all men to behold them∣selues in, especially such proude and prodigall minded men, and such delicate and daintie women who build∣ing on the pride of their beautie, and amiable complex∣ion, thinke scorne to become aged, and that their sweete faces should be wrinckled, or their youthfulnes brought into sub∣iection by age.
A Ditty, wherin is expressed a nota∣ble example of a slothfull man, who wilfully suffered himselfe to be robbed and dyspoyled of his goods by slothfulnes, which otherwise he might very well haue saued.
A Dittie, wherein may be discerned the troublesome daungers, & vneasie passages in this world: exampled by a very proper discourse of a Trauailer in his iourney, howe many and sundry mischaunces happened vnto him.
In this Dittie, is reuealed the morrall iudgment of this notable and excellent History, sette downe by the famous and learned Philosopher Tya∣bonus: wherein may be seene the very full course and wretched race of man in this transitory life.
A Dittie, wherein is liuely and amply descri∣bed, the Mansion or Castel of vaine exercises & delights, which being maintained by Pride, Prodigalitie, Lust, Ambition, Contempt of Vertue, and such other, is the ouerthrow of many that resorte thither, rather then to vertuous studies and exercises.
A Dittie, wherein the Author giueth his farewell to Fancie, hauing learned the aunci∣ent Prouerbe: that it is good to take warning by other mens mis-fortunes.
A pleasant Dittie, of a familiar com∣munication, that passed betweene certaine Ladies, as they walked abroade into the fields for their re∣creation: wherein is prooued, that Beau∣tie is nothing worth, except it be coupled with vertue.
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