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Manuscript description Illustrated version of Navis Stultifera, or The Ship of Fools, in Latin and English, with additions Item 1 (Front matter), front pastedown, fols. i-iir [Front pastedown and fol. i r, marbled endpapers, with Newberry Library bookplate on front pastedown. Fols. i v and ii r blank apart from librarians' annotations on fol. i v.] Item 2 (Front matter), fol. ii v (bibliographer) unknown [Tipped-in scholarly note by a later owner, giving biographical details about Alexander Barclay (following Anthony Wood's Athenae Oxonienses), and describing his translation The Ship of Fools, specifying its derivation from the original German and from French and Latin translations. Inaccurately identifies the English text of this manuscript as Barclays's, ascribing only the new illustrations to "M. G.". Also notes provenance "Ex dono Amici Reverendi admodum T. Conolly Cowan".] Item 3 (Title page), fol. 1r [p. 1] Navis Stultifera qua omnium mortalium narratur stultitia, ad salutem utilis. 1. a Iacobo Locher suaevo facta. 2. translata e latina in anglicanam linguam. 3. Reformata novis Figuris, a M. G. 1696 [Tipped-in title page. Title followed by pen and wash drawing of fools in ships, credited (above drawing) "1508" and (below drawing) "Alexander Barclay transl. 1508". Leaf much repaired.] Item 4 (Verse, Commendatory writing), fol. 1v [p. 2] In Frontispiciem The Ship is larger made, as Fools increase ... The world, into one Fold, we Christian call. 30 lines.[5 numbered stanzas, followed by Newberry Library stamp. Leaf (i.e. verso of title page) much repaired.] Item 5 (Prose, Letter, Commendatory writing), fols. 2r-v [pp. 3-4] Ad Lectorem It was a good design of the ancient satirists, whether Orators or Poets, to ridicule vice, and recommend virtue to the world ... if any Reader by seeing the folly of others in this Book, shall beware of vice, and grow more in Love with virtue, or by seeing his own faults under any of the following descriptions, shall reform, the Improver has his end [Shortened paraphrase of Locher's Prologue; traces the history of moral thinkers and writers through Socrates, Plato, the classical tragedians, comedians, epicists and elegists, Lucilius, Horace, Persius and Juvenal. Followed (p. 4) by coloured drawing of Neptune and three horses.] Item 6 (Verse, Commendatory writing), fol. 3r [p. 5] In Opus modo reformatum Navibus ipse vagis, ventos, aurasque faventes ... Sive procella vorax obruat: inde vale 30 lines.[5 numbered stanzas] Item 7 (Verse, Commendatory writing), fol. 3v [p. 6] Alius in hoc speculum stultorum Ex toto salubris mundo, doctrina fugatur ... Haec multis, prosit Fictio nostra, viris 30 lines.[5 numbered stanzas] Item 8 (Satire), fol. 4r [p. 7] Pen and wash drawing, and miscellaneous Latin and English texts, on the uselessness of books [Numbered 1] Inutilitas Librorum Item 8.1 (Prose, Epigraph) Dabitur Liber nescientibus Litteras Isaiah 29.12Item 8.2 (Prose, Epigraph) Qui parum studet, parum proficit Item 8.3 (Verse, Satire) Inter praecipuos pars est mihi reddita stultos ... Perlego, tum lectos negligo, nec sapio 4 lines.Item 8.4 (Verse, Satire) Of books, this first of Cockscombs, has great store ... Yet he, with brush in hand, will keep them clean 6 lines.Item 8.5 (Prose, Sententia) Si quis percurrere omnes scriptores ... et faciendi libros plures non est finis Item 9 (Satire), fol. 4v [p. 8] Pen and wash drawing, and miscellaneous Latin and English texts, on evil judges [Numbered 2] Iudices mali Item 9.1 (Prose, Epigraph) Vidi sub sole loco iudicii impietatem, et in loco iustitiae iniquitatem Ecclesiastes. 3.16 Item 9.2 (Prose, Epigraph) Dilecti quibus corpus annis infirmum, ingenium sapientia validum Item 9.3 (Verse, Satire) Civilis quicunque gerit consulta senatus ... Ille agit, inque scobrem trudit ubique suem 4 lines.Item 9.4 (Verse, Satire) When Men of Law take bribes, who is secure ... Their Titles and Preferments got by Stealth 6 lines.Item 9.5 (Prose, Sententia) Cum omni solicitudine veritatis indaganda est causa ... Iudices veritatem, et legum et iustitiae vestigia sequi debent Item 10 (Satire), fol. 5r [p. 9] Pen and wash drawing, and miscellaneous Latin and English texts, on avarice [Numbered 3] Avaritia Item 10.1 (Prose, Epigraph) Sed et argentum eorum et aurum non poterit liberare eos in die irae Domini Zephaniah 1.18Item 10.2 (Prose, Epigraph) Melior est Sapientia negotiatione auri et argenti Item 10.3 (Verse, Satire) Pertinet ad proram navis, cui summa voluptas ... Nec fruitur partis stultus ubique suis 4 lines.Item 10.4 (Verse, Satire) The Miser hugs himself, and loves to see ... From his dear Mammon, loved with all his heart 6 lines.Item 10.5 (Prose, Sententia) Mens avara semel vinculis cupidatatis astricta ... Vende animam lucro. Persius Item 11 (Satire), fol. 5v [p. 10] Pen and wash drawing, and miscellaneous Latin and English texts, on the followers of fashion [Numbered 4] De Novis Ritibus Item 11.1 (Prose, Epigraph) Novitatibus indulgendum non est. Vos et enim Iuvenes animos geritis muliebrus. Illaque virgo viri Item 11.2 (Verse, Satire) Quisquis amat ritus proferre et fingere inanes ... Et stultum manibus stultior ipse trahit 4 lines.Item 11.3 (Verse, Satire) The Follower of fashions will pretend ... Why may not England use another Mode. 6 lines.Item 11.4 (Prose, Sententia) Rasit Amon dimidiam partem barbae eorum ... Itaque Virgo Viri Ennius Cicero [In Officiis] Item 12 (Satire), fol. 6r [p. 11] Pen and wash drawing, and miscellaneous Latin and English texts, on inveterate folly [Numbered 5] Inveterata Fatuitas Item 12.1 (Prose, Epigraph) Laudatur Peccator in desideriis suis Proverbs 18 Item 12.2 (Verse, Satire) Ad patulum quamvis languens declino sepulchrum ... Stultitiaeque vias inveteratus amo 4 lines.Item 12.3 (Verse, Satire) Folly with age increases, where a Man ... If he grow wise, tis much against his will. 6 lines.Item 12.4 (Prose, Sententia) Inveterate dierum malorum ... Stultitia est quae me non finit esse senem. Item 13 (Satire), fol. 6v [p. 12] Pen and wash drawing, and miscellaneous Latin and English texts, on the education of children [Numbered 6] Eruditio Puerorum Item 13.1 (Prose, Epigraph) Virtus adeo in teneris consuescere multum est Item 13.2 (Verse, Satire) Indulget quicunque suis ad crimina Natis ... Ascendetque novae splendida transtra ratis 4 lines.Item 13.3 (Verse, Satire) The too indulgent Parent cannot see ... Reproof and counsel, how they ought to live 6 lines.Item 13.4 (Prose, Sententia) Qui parcit virgae odit filium suum ... animum eius ab inferno liberabis Item 14 (Satire), fol. 7r [p. 13] Pen and wash drawing, and miscellaneous Latin and English texts, on procurers of quarrels [Numbered 7] Procuratio Rixarum Item 14.1 (Prose, Epigraph) Pravo corde malum machinatur, et omni tempore iurgia seminat Proverbs 6 Item 14.2 (Verse, Satire) Qui duplici lingua, litesque et iurgia vendit ... In pretium sceleris sentiet exitium 4 lines.Item 14.3 (Verse, Satire) This sort of Fool seems weary of his life ... So others he involves in the same death 6 lines.Item 14.4 (Prose, Sententia) Vir insipiens fovit malum ... et qui foveam fodit incidet in eam Item 15 (Satire), fol. 7v [p. 14] Pen and wash drawing, and miscellaneous Latin and English texts, on scorning advice [Numbered 8] Consilii contemptus Item 15.1 (Prose, Epigraph) Ne sis sapiens apud te ipsum Proverbs 3 Item 15.2 (Prose, Epigraph) Audiens sapiens sapientior erit, et intelligens gubernacula possidebit Proverbs 1 Item 15.3 (Verse, Satire) Est, et non solers, causa qui dicere in omni ... Damnorum Fatuus praemia solus habet 4 lines.Item 15.4 (Verse, Satire) He also well deserves to hand an Oar ... Who never made true happiness, his aim 6 lines.Item 15.5 (Prose, Sententia) Est via quae videtur homini iusta ... Salus ubi multa consilia Item 16 (Satire), fol. 8r [p. 15] Pen and wash drawing, and miscellaneous Latin and English texts, on bad habits [Numbered 9] De corruptis moribus Item 16.1 (Prose, Epigraph) Mens levis est illis, animus quoque dissonus illos vexat, et errores oculis et nubila crassa objicit, et mores vita deturpat inerti Item 16.2 (Verse, Satire) Qui tenet incomptos mores, gestusque pudendos ... Querit, et assiduo pilea stulta trahit. 4 lines.Item 16.3 (Verse, Satire) This Fondling would be thought a Man of Fame ... A Cap, which should be set upon his head. 6 lines.Item 16.4 (Prose, Sententia) Infantium insensatorum more viventes ... Boni autem mores plusquam divitiae operantur. Item 17 (Satire), fol. 8v [p. 16] Pen and wash drawing, and miscellaneous Latin and English texts, on harming one's friends [Numbered 10] Violare Amicos Item 17.1 (Prose, Epigraph) Achilles Hectorem trucidavit gratia Patrocli interempti. Virum fidelem quis inveniet Proverbs 14 Item 17.2 (Verse, Satire) Qui facit iniustitiam ... Hic facit scrobem Tumuli 4 lines.Item 17.3 (Verse, Satire) The sacred knot of friendship who unties ... Death of another, makes a grave for thee 6 lines.Item 17.4 (Prose, Sententia) Ne moliaris amico tuo malum ... Potentes potenter tormenta patientur Item 18 (Satire), fol. 9r [p. 17] Pen and wash drawing, and miscellaneous Latin and English texts, on contempt for the Scriptures D[ominus?]s Kighley [Numbered 11] Scripturae Contemptus [no epigraph] Item 18.1 (Verse, Satire) Si quis credere vult loquacitari ... Ad nostros Fatuos parat rudentes 4 lines.Item 18.2 (Verse, Satire) Whoever holds in contempt, Holy Writ ... From whom the word is kept, will soon decay 6 lines.Item 18.3 (Prose, Sententia) Erit tempus cum sanam doctrinam non sustinebunt ... habent Mosen et Prophetas audiant illos Item 19 (Satire), fol. 9v [p. 18] Pen and wash drawing, and miscellaneous Latin and English texts, on not providing for the future [Numbered 12] Non providere futura Item 19.1 (Prose, Epigraph) Callidus videt malum et abscondit se Item 19.2 (Verse, Satire) Qui non prius scit parare ... Risum movens, erit stultus 4 lines.Item 19.3 (Verse, Satire) He who no prospect has of future things ... To save his soul, from death's eternal snare 6 lines.Item 19.4 (Prose, Sententia) Sapiens timet ... Dum prospexero non confundar in aeternum Item 20 (Satire), fol. 10r [p. 19] Pen and wash drawing, and miscellaneous Latin and English texts, on the dangers of love [Numbered 13] Calamitas Amatorum Item 20.1 (Prose, Epigraph) Ob Venerem Troia crematur, Priamus trucidatur, tota pene Asia conculcatur Item 20.2 (Verse, Satire) Insanos trahimus Fatuous cum fune ligatos ... Percutimus, vulnus nulla medela iuvat 4 lines.Item 20.3 (Verse, Satire) When Venus shines, let young men have a care ... Fixing his thoughts upon eternity 6 lines.Item 20.4 (Prose, Sententia) Ne intenderis fallaciae mulieris ... Littore quot conchae, tot sunt in amore dolores Item 21 (Satire), fol. 10v [p. 20] Pen and wash drawing, and miscellaneous Latin and English texts, on presumption D[ominu?]s Benlowes [Numbered 14] Praesumptio Item 21.1 (Prose, Epigraph) Sodoma non evasit poenam, non Romae superbia, non Pharaonis amentla Item 21.2 (Verse, Satire) Quisquis forte putat sola pietate moveri ... Humana penitus hic ratione caret 4 lines.Item 21.3 (Verse, Satire) Some men do take encouragement to sin ... Of being good, or else in death will end 6 lines.Item 21.4 (Prose, Sententia) Non miseretur eorum qui assidue peccant ... Vis ergo evadere quod incertum est, age penitentiam dum sanus es Item 22 (Satire), fol. 11r [p. 21] Pen and wash drawing, and miscellaneous Latin and English texts, on starting but not finishing [Numbered 15] Incipere et non perficere Item 22.1 (Prose, Epigraph) Satius est rem non incipere quam inceptam relinquere Servius Item 22.2 (Verse, Satire) Qui vult nunc edificare ... Quibus possit hoc parare 4 lines.Item 22.3 (Verse, Satire) The Italians when they mean a man to curse ... And the conclusion is, that labour's lost 6 lines.Item 22.4 (Prose, Sententia) Qui edificat domum suam ... et cenaculum suum in iudicio Item 23 (Satire), fol. 11v [p. 22] Pen and wash drawing, and miscellaneous Latin and English texts, on greed [Numbered 16] De Epulonibus [no epigraph] Item 23.1 (Verse, Satire) Paupertatis onus vix Ganeo praeterit ille ... Rerum, animae interitum, corporis atque facit 4 lines.Item 23.2 (Verse, Satire) No greater Fool is found, among the pack ... And lose those joys, which no man can express 6 lines.Item 23.3 (Prose, Sententia) Cum ad aequales bibitur ... Foecundi calices quem non fecere desertum Item 24 (Satire), fol. 12r [p. 23] Pen and wash drawing, and miscellaneous Latin and English texts, on caring for riches [Numbered 17] Divitiarum Solicitudo Item 24.1 (Epigraph) Qui obdurat aurem suam ad clamorem pauperis ipse clamabit, et non exaudietur Proverbs 21 Item 24.2 (Verse, Satire) Divitias molles clausa qui continet arca ... Hic aliquando petet, cum nihil accipiet 4 lines.Item 24.3 (Verse, Satire) To hoard up gold, and see another want ... So God will bless with life for evermore 6 lines.Item 24.4 (Prose, Sententia) Noli anxius esse in divitiis iniustis ... Dives et Pauper obviaverunt, utriusque operator est Dominus Item 25 (Satire), fol. 12v [p. 24] Pen and wash drawing, and miscellaneous Latin and English texts, on serving two masters D[omi?]na Maria Gale [Numbered 18] Nimia Garrulitas [title incorrect, i.e. does not accurately represent subsequent poems (see p. 25). The correct title is the epigraph, "Servire Duobus"] Item 25.1 (Prose, Epigraph) Servire Duobus Item 25.2 (Verse, Satire) Ille duos lepores Venator captat in uno ... Hic plus quam poterit saepe agitare volet 4 lines.Item 25.3 (Verse, Satire) Who being one, shall undertake to serve ... And let no other object have thy love 6 lines.Item 25.4 (Prose, Sententia) Non potestis Deo servire et Mammoni. ... Cor ingrediens duas vias, non habebit successus. Item 26 (Satire), fol. 13r [p. 25] Pen and wash drawing, and miscellaneous Latin and English texts, on talking too much M.G. jun[ior] [Numbered 19] Nimia Garrulitas Item 26.1 (Prose, Epigraph) Qui custodit os suum et linguam suam, custodit ab angustiis animam suam Proverbs 21 Item 26.2 (Verse, Satire) Qui linguam frenat, rictus compescit et oris ... Quae pullos prodit murmura Pica loquax 4 lines.Item 26.3 (Verse, Satire) Be not too forward, with a prating tongue ... And shows her Nest, by chattering aloud 6 lines.Item 26.4 (Prose, Sententia) Omnis natura bestiarum ... Qui inconsideratus est ad loquendum, sentiet mala. Item 27 (Satire), fol. 13v [p. 26] Pen and wash drawing, and miscellaneous Latin and English texts, on correcting faults in others and ignoring them in oneself Tho[mas] Gale [Numbered 20] none Item 27.1 (Prose, Epigraph) Qui relinquit iter rectum, et ambulat per vias tenebrosas Proverbs 2 Item 27.2 Ne delecteris in semitis impiorum Proverbs 4 Item 27.3 (Verse, Satire) (author) C. G. Mente caret sana, quisquis luteo ambulat abro ... Qui fugit ipse coelum at recti alios doceat. 4 lines.C. G. [poem not in Locher] Item 27.4 (Verse, Satire) Blame not another for simplicity ... Or not to be a counsellor pretend 6 lines.Item 27.5 (Prose, Sententia) Bene docendo, et male vivendo ... Ad decernendum propria sensus habet Item 28 (Satire), fol. 14r [p. 27] Pen and wash drawing, and miscellaneous Latin and English texts, on not returning things found D[ominus?]s Ferrar [Numbered 21] Non reddere inventa [no epigraph] Item 28.1 (Verse, Satire) Inveniens aliquid proprios guod servat in usus ... Hunc Demon Fatuum decipit, atque ligat 4 lines.Item 28.2 (Verse, Satire) Desire of riches makes some men unjust ... Will them torment, when worldly pleasures past 6 lines.Item 28.3 (Prose, Sententia) Si quid invenisti et non reddidisti ... Unus quisque scire debet quod suum non est, ad alium pertinere Item 29 (Satire), fol. 14v [p. 28] Pen and wash drawing, and miscellaneous Latin and English texts, on wise precepts [Numbered 22] Sapientiae Precepta Item 29.1 (Prose, Epigraph) inquire prudentiam et arripe illam, et exaltabit te, corona inclita proteget te Proverbs 4 Item 29.2 (Verse, Satire) Quem sacra delectat Divum sapientia, quique ... In caelo datur et digna corona sibi 4 lines.Item 29.3 (Verse, Satire) To saving doctrines who shall lend his ear ... That nothing can his hope of bliss destroy 6 lines.Item 29.4 (Prose, Sententia) Usquequo parvuli diligitis infantiam ... Discite causas rerum, quid sumus, et unde Item 30 (Satire), fol. 15r [p. 29] Pen and wash drawing, and miscellaneous Latin and English texts, on the vanity of fortune [Numbered 23] Fortunae Vanitas Item 30.1 (Prose, Epigraph) Prosperitas stultorum perdet eos Proverbs 1 Item 30.2 (Verse, Satire) Se fortunatum, foelicem, seque beatum ... Cum minime retur, tectum crepitare domumque 4 lines.Item 30.3 (Verse, Satire) To boast of Fortune's favours is a thing ... Have felt the miseries of cruel Fate 6 lines.Item 30.4 (Prose, Sententia) Successus humanae prosperitatis ... tarditatem supplicii gravitate compensat Item 31 (Satire), fol. 15v [p. 30] Pen and wash drawing, and miscellaneous Latin and English texts, on useless anxiety Mary G[ale?] [Numbered 24] Cura inutilis [no epigraph] Item 31.1 Qui curas hominum cunctorum ferre laborat ... Si premitur mundi mole ruatque gravi 4 lines.Item 31.2 (Verse, Satire) Some men regardless of their own affair ... The world upon their shoulders they will take 6 lines.Item 31.3 (Prose, Sententia) O curas hominum o quantum est ... quae precepit tibi Deus illa cogita Item 32 (Satire), fol. 16r [p. 31] Pen and wash drawing, and miscellaneous Latin and English texts, on people who are ready to borrow but slow to repay [Numbered 25] Mutuum accipere Donec accipiantur osculantur manus Item 32.1 (Verse, Satire) Haud facile emergit qui semper mutua sumit ... Seraque mortiferi damna doloris agit 4 lines.Item 32.2 (Verse, Satire) The Borrower of more then he can pay ... Thou wilt have more respect from other men 6 lines.Item 32.3 (Prose, Sententia) Qui mutuum recipit ... Omnia tempus habent, et suis spaciis transeunt Item 33 (Satire), fol. 16v [p. 32] Pen and wash drawing, and miscellaneous Latin and English texts, on what one should pray for Ma. G [i.e. Mary Gale?] [Numbered 26] Quid orandum Item 33.1 (Prose, Epigraph) Ante orationem prepara animam tuam. Sustorum preces audiet Dominus. Orandum est ut sit mens sana in corpore sano, ut redeat miseris, abeat fortuna superbis Item 33.2 (Verse, Satire) Qui superos passis manibus, votisque precatur ... Materium risus, deinde aliquando dabit 4 lines.Item 33.3 (Verse, Satire) Vain prayers and repetitions without sense ... So he will grant thy mind that dwells above 6 lines.Item 33.4 (Prose, Sententia) Orabat autem scelestus ... Psallam spiritu, psallam et mente Item 34 (Satire), fol. 17r [p. 33] Pen and wash drawing, and miscellaneous Latin and English texts, on useless studies [Numbered 27] Inutile studium Item 34.1 (Prose, Epigraph) Otium sine litteris mors est, et vivi hominis sepultura Item 34.2 (Verse, Satire) Qui studium exercet vanum sterilemque palestram ... Ut videat quid sit perdidicisse nihil 4 lines.Item 34.3 (Verse, Satire) Who speaks against the works of providence ... As can all other creatures put to flight 6 lines.[poem misplaced. Number "28" above text indicates that this poem should have been included under item 35, "Corripere Facta Dei" on fol. 17v [p. 34].] Item 34.4 (Prose, Sententia) Quantum plus laboraverit ... duo monosyllaba versant est et non est Item 35 (Satire), fol. 17v [p. 34] Pen and wash drawing, and miscellaneous Latin and English texts, on criticism of God T. G. [i.e. Thomas Gale?] [Numbered 28] Corripere Facta Dei Item 35.1 (Prose, Epigraph) serutator majestatis opprimetur a gloria Item 35.2 (Satire) Si Deus annueret precibus nostrisque petitis ... Stultitiaque captarent praemia iusta 4 lines.Item 35.3 (Verse, Satire) Tis not for human race, sprung from the dust ... In after times shall sit as Judge on thee 6 lines.[poem misplaced. Number "29" above text indicates that this poem should have been included under item 36, "Iudicare alios" on fol. 18r [p. 35].] Item 35.4 (Prose, Sententia) Nolite loqui iniquitatem adversus Deum Proverbs 9 Item 36 (Satire), fol. 18r [p. 35] Pen and wash drawing, and miscellaneous Latin and English texts, on judging other people [Numbered 29] Iudicare alios Item 36.1 (Prose, Epigraph) Iudicet ille de alterius errore qui non habet in se ipso quod condemnat Item 36.2 (Verse, Satire) Se iustum quicunque putat, vitaque probatum ... Sit licet in casu, cunctos notati ipse cadentes 4 lines.Item 36.3 (Verse, Satire) To know, by art, when every Planet reigns ... Not what may Head, but what may belly fill 6 lines.[poem misplaced. Number "27" above text indicates that this poem should have been included under item 34, "Inutile studium" on fol. 17r [p. 33].] Item 36.4 (Prose, Sententia) Nec qui praeteriit iterum ... Mors est ultimum terribilium Item 37 (Satire), fol. 18v [p. 36] Pen and wash drawing, and miscellaneous Latin and English texts, on clerical pluralism T. G. [i.e. Thomas Gale?] [Numbered 30] Beneficiorum Pluralitas Item 37.1 (Prose, Epigraph) Valde iniustum et iniquum est, ut multi esuriant forte meliores, et unus Ebrius forte ullus in verbo, et pessimus in exemplo abundet Item 37.2 (Verse, Satire) Quisquis cupit possidere plura beneficia ... Mortem saccorum misello multitudo parturit 4 lines.Item 37.3 (Verse, Satire) One body may one office well discharge ... Nor many Benefices to be bought 6 lines.Item 37.4 (Prose, Sententia) Ambitio causa Pluralitatis ... Non habemus hic civitatem permanentem Item 38 (Satire), fol. 19r [p. 37] Pen and wash drawing, and miscellaneous Latin and English texts, on deferring good deeds T. G. [i.e. Thomas Gale?] [Numbered 31] Differens Benefacere Item 38.1 (Prose, Epigraph) Hodie est et cras morietur Item 38.2 (Verse, Satire) Qui cantum corvi cras cras imitatur et usque ... Dicitur illusit spes ea saepe suos 4 lines.Item 38.3 (Verse, Satire) Wilt thou do good? let it be done betime ... Nor offerings after ending of thy days 6 lines.Item 38.4 (Prose, Sententia) Consuetudo est altera natura ... ne differas de die in diem Item 39 (Satire), fol. 19v [p. 38] Pen and wash drawing, and miscellaneous Latin and English texts, on observing women [Numbered 32] Observare Mulieres Item 39.1 (Prose, Epigraph) Lavat laterem qui custodit mulierem Item 39.2 (Verse, Satire) Custodit pulices Fatuus sub sole calenti ... Quae sibi ni custos fuerit, custodia vana est 4 lines.Item 39.3 (Verse, Satire) Who undertakes to watch a woman's ways ... Her chastity that his inclined to swerve 6 lines.Item 39.4 (Prose, Sententia) Adde ceram cohibe ... Custodes cauta est ab illis, incipit uxor Item 40 (Satire), fol. 20r [p. 39] Pen and wash drawing, and miscellaneous Latin and English texts, on the folly of lax authority T. G. [i.e. Thomas Gale?] [Numbered 33] Lenocinii Fatuitas Item 40.1 (Prose, Epigraph) Patronus est turpitudinis qui crimen caelat uxoris Item 40.2 (Verse, Satire) Est Fatuus qui scit vigilanti stertere naso ... Illecebras, ridet subdola catta iocos 4 lines.Item 40.3 (Verse, Satire) What art thou but a Fool? who when thou knows ... With her to sport, that thou may have the gain 6 lines.Item 40.4 (Prose, Sententia) Ab Venus ad nutum trahis omnia ... Corpora tu maculas, animas in tartara mergis Item 41 (Satire), fol. 20v [p. 40] Pen and wash drawing, and miscellaneous Latin and English texts, on corruption in the church Ma. G. [i.e. Mary Gale?] [Numbered 34] Polluere Ecclesias Item 41.1 (Prose, Epigraph) In sacrosanctis Ecclesiis cum pace te quiete vota competit celebrari. Decet Domum Domini sanctitudo. Stultitia gaudiu stultorum. Vir prudens dirigit gressus suos Item 41.2 (Verse, Satire) Est qui contendit se prudentem usque putari ... Sed manet infoelix anser ut ante fuit 4 lines.Item 41.3 (Verse, Satire) A Fool in wisdom can no pleasure take ... He is not only nought, but will not mend 6 lines.Item 41.4 (Prose, Sententia) Perigrinatio non facit Medicum ... et nulla ars dicitur loco Item 42 (Satire), fol. 21r [p. 41] Pen and wash drawing, and miscellaneous Latin and English texts, on anger Ma. G. [i.e. Mary Gale?] [Numbered 35] Irascisine causa Item 42.1 (Prose, Epigraph) Vince iras animumque tuum qui caetera vincis. Impedit ira animum ne possit cernere rerum Item 42.2 (Verse, Satire) Assiduis flagris tardum qui pungit Asellum ... Sincerae mentis est inimica minax 4 lines.Item 42.3 (Verse, Satire) (author) C. G. Let not thine anger overrun its ground ... Assure thy self is not the way to heaven 6 lines.C. G. Item 42.4 (Prose, Sententia) Debet homo lentum ... vehemens equitatare iumentum Item 43 (Satire), fol. 21v [p. 42] Pen and wash drawing, and miscellaneous Latin and English texts, on the mutability of fortune [Numbered 36] Fortunae Mutabilitas Item 43.1 (Prose, Epigraph) Tolluntur in altum ut lapsu graviore ruant. Nemo confidat nimium secundis. Nemo desperat meliora lapsis. Item 43.2 (Verse, Satire) Quem Rota Fortunae cupidae spe continet atque ... Perpetuo nescit sors residere loco 4 lines.Item 43.3 (Verse, Satire) Haste haste Posthaste or else thou losest all ... Which quickly may take wing, and fly away 6 lines.[No sententia in this or subsequent satires] Item 44 (Satire), fol. 22r [p. 43] Pen and wash drawing, and miscellaneous Latin and English texts, on patient impatience T. G. [i.e. Thomas Gale?] [Numbered 37] Patiens Impatiens Item 44.1 (Prose, Epigraph) Si opus medicantis expectas, vulnus detegas. Non est in medico semper relevetur ut eger. Principiis obsta sero medicina paratur. Cum mala per longas convaluere moras Item 44.2 (Verse, Satire) Egrotus si quis morbos in corpore tristes ... Si cadit, ex merito damna doloris habet 4 lines.Item 44.3 (Verse, Satire) (author) C. G. Impatience under thy affliction, is ... Meets with less pity in his misery 6 lines.C. G. Item 45 (Satire), fol. 22v [p. 44] Pen and wash drawing, and miscellaneous Latin and English texts, on the laying of traps in the open T. G. [i.e. Thomas Gale?] [Numbered 38] Aperte insidias ponere Item 45.1 (Prose, Epigraph) Frustra iacitur rete ante oculos pennatorum, quae nimis apparent retia vitat avis Item 45.2 Quisquid forte palam mentis concepta revelat ... Quo facile a laqueo quisque caver queat 4 lines.Item 45.3 (Verse, Satire) (author) C. G. What signifies it for to hunt, and watch ... For Birds will catch without a mighty care 6 lines.C. G. Item 46 (Satire), fol. 23r [p. 45] Pen and wash drawing, and miscellaneous Latin and English texts, on gaining wisdom from the experience of others M. G. [i.e. Mary Gale?] [Numbered 39] Alienis periculis fieri sapientem Item 46.1 (Prose, Epigraph) Casus Dementis correctio sit sapientis. Via impiorum tenebrosa nesciunt ubi corruant Item 46.2 (Verse, Satire) Stultorum lapsum miserum subitamque ruinam ... Et Fatui barbam mulcet ubique manu 4 lines.Item 46.3 (Verse, Satire) (author) C. G. Blessed is he, whom harm of other men ... That in the ship of Fools, they seated be 6 lines.C. G. Item 47 (Satire), fol. 23v [p. 46] Pen and wash drawing, and miscellaneous Latin and English texts, on not taking heed of detractors T. G. [i.e. Thomas Gale?] [Numbered 40] Nil curare detractationes Item 47.1 (Prose, Epigraph) Cum recte vivas non cures verba malorum. Arbitrii nostri non est quod quisque loquatur. Multum farris habet qui cunctis abstruit ora Item 47.2 (Verse, Satire) Non campana sonat quae malleolo atque bacillo est ... Cum surda possis effugere aure sonum 4 lines.Item 47.3 (Verse, Satire) Detractors may with wicked tongues defile ... What others say thy credit to impair 6 lines.Item 48 (Satire), fol. 24r [p. 47] Pen and wash drawing, and miscellaneous Latin and English texts, on fools who avoid the virtuous T. G. [i.e. Thomas Gale?] [Numbered 41] Abstrahere a bono Item 48.1 (Prose, Epigraph) abominantur impii eos qui recta sunt in via. Videbunt finem sapientis, et non intelligent quid cogitaverit de illo Deus Item 48.2 (Verse, Satire) Stulti qui lapides iactant et saxa retorquent ... Nil discunt moris, nil probitatis habent 4 lines.Item 48.3 (Verse, Satire) Of pious men a Fool avoids the sight ... Who with religious Priests would not keep pace 6 lines.Item 49 (Satire), fol. 24v [p. 48] Pen and wash drawing, and miscellaneous Latin and English texts, on preferring transitory things before the eternal Ma. G. [i.e. Mary Gale?] [Numbered 42] Transitoria praeferre aeternis Item 49.1 (Prose, Epigraph) Mendaces filii hominum in stateris ut decipiant ipsi de vanitate in id ipsum Item 49.2 (Satire) Quod male delitias duntaxat temporis huius ... Causa est, me genuit Simia stulta parens 4 lines.Item 49.3 (Verse, Satire) (author) C. G. This world with all its pomp doth pass away ... Leave earth to worldly men, mind heavenly joys. 6 lines.C. G. Item 50 (Satire), fol. 25r [p. 49] Pen and wash drawing, and miscellaneous Latin and English texts, on dishonouring the church Ma. G. [i.e. Mary Gale?] [Numbered 43] Dehonestare Ecclesias [Corrected title. "Spontaneum Periculum" (see msItem 51) cancelled.] Item 50.1 (Prose, Epigraph) In sacrosanctis Ecclesiis cum pace et quiete vota competit celebrari. Decet Domum Domini sanctitudo. Item 50.2 (Verse, Satire) Accipitrem gestans per religiosa Deorum ... Et Cuculum manibus palpat ubique suis 4 lines.Item 50.3 (Verse, Satire) Undecent carriage in the church does suit ... Where God vouchsafes to speak to human race 6 lines.Item 51 (Satire), fol. 25v [p. 50] Pen and wash drawing, and miscellaneous Latin and English texts, on sudden danger T. G. [i.e. Thomas Gale?] [Numbered 44] Spontaneum periculum Item 51.1 (Prose, Epigraph) Qui amat periculum in illo peribit Item 51.2 (Verse, Satire) Qui cadit in flammas, et dira pericula quaerit ... Uritur aut flammis, dignus enim interitu 4 lines.Item 51.3 (Verse, Satire) (author) C. G. Headlong into the danger for to run ... Thou gives thy self a prey to Scylla's Dogs 6 lines.C. G. Item 52 (Satire), fol. 26r [p. 51] Pen and wash drawing, and miscellaneous Latin and English texts, on the way of happiness T. G. [i.e. Thomas Gale?] [Numbered 45] De via felicitatis Item 52.1 (Prose, Epigraph) Vir insipiens non cognoscet, et stultus non intelliget Item 52.2 (Verse, Satire) Multi stultitiae currum, rhedamque bigasque ... Quadriiugas retrahent post sua fata rotas 4 lines.Item 52.3 (Verse, Satire) What joys the blessed in the other world ... That spent their mortal life in wickedness 6 lines.Item 53 (Satire), fol. 26v [p. 52] Pen and wash drawing, and miscellaneous Latin and English texts, on parents who are bad examples Ma. G. [i.e. Mary Gale?] [Numbered 46] Mala exempla Parentum Item 53.1 (Prose, Epigraph) insequitur leviter Filia Matris iter Item 53.2 (Verse, Satire) Cum Pater et Genetrix ollas, pariterque matellas ... Sunt ubi non casti signa et monumenta pudoris 4 lines.Item 53.3 (Satire) (author) C. G. A certain cynic in the way did meet ... The other will with vice himself defile 6 lines.C. G. Item 54 (Satire), fol. 27r [p. 53] Pen and wash drawing, and miscellaneous Latin and English texts, on keeping secrets H. R. [Numbered 47] Secreta tacenda Item 54.1 (Prose, Epigraph) Quae silere me vis primum ipse sileas. Secretum mentis nunquam tu pande maritae Item 54.2 (Verse, Satire) Qui non in tacito poterit secreta tenere ... Tristitiam incurrit saepius inde gravem 4 lines.Item 54.3 (Verse, Satire) (author) C. G. Keep secret what thou wouldst not all should know ... Thy secrets, for what's there is all thy own 6 lines.C. G. Item 55 (Satire), fol. 27v [p. 54] Pen and wash drawing, and miscellaneous Latin and English texts, on pain and pleasure T. G. [i.e. Thomas Gale?] [Numbered 48] Voluptatis incommoda Item 55.1 (Prose, Epigraph) Velut avis festinat ad laqueum et nescit quod de periculo animae illius agitur Item 55.2 (Verse, Satire) Simplicitate rudes ad se lasciva voluptas ... Ast alios volucri fune, fugaque ligat 4 lines.Item 55.3 (Verse, Satire) (author) C. G. Voluptas saith, that her delights are sweet ... Dolor and pale Tristitia may come 6 lines.C. G. Item 56 (Satire), fol. 28r [p. 55] Pen and wash drawing, and miscellaneous Latin and English texts, on marriage for worldly goods Ma. G. [i.e. Mary Gale?] [Numbered 49] Nubere propter opes Item 56.1 (Prose, Epigraph) Intollerabilius nihil est quam femina dives. Si verum inquiras saccus non uxor amatur Item 56.2 (Satire) Divitias propter solas, non prolis amore ... Et pacem perdit commoda connubii 4 lines.Item 56.3 (Satire) He that for riches and the love of gold ... No man will pity when he is to blame 6 lines.Item 57 (Satire), fol. 28v [p. 56] Pen and wash drawing, and miscellaneous Latin and English texts, on envy [Numbered 50] Invidiae proprium Item 57.1 (Prose, Epigraph) Qui sibi invidet nihil est illo nequius, et haec est redditio malitiae illius Item 57.2 (Verse, Satire) Invidiae telum lato torquetur in orbe ... Nec dum Nycardi semen abivit atrox 4 lines.Item 57.3 (Verse, Satire) Prometheus' Vultures gnawing of the heart ... Of all afflictions is the worst disease 6 lines.Item 58 (Satire), fol. 29r [p. 57] Pen and wash drawing, and miscellaneous Latin and English texts, on unwillingness to be corrected Ma. G. [i.e. Mary Gale?] [Numbered 51] Non velle corrigi Item 58.1 (Prose, Epigraph) Non patitur stultus sua verba aut facta reprendi Item 58.2 (Verse, Satire) Tibia cui Fatuo tantum solatia praebet ... Et remos celeri concitet ille many 4 lines.Item 58.3 (Verse, Satire) (author) C. G. No Fool so great as he that doth despise ... Will feel the vengeance of eternal pain 6 lines.C. G. Item 59 (Satire), fol. 29v [p. 58] Pen and wash drawing, and miscellaneous Latin and English texts, on women's anger Ma. G. [i.e. Mary Gale?] [Numbered 53] Ira muliebris Item 59.1 (Prose, Epigraph) Mulierem bonam quis inveniet. melius est habitare in terra deserta quam cum muliere rixosa Item 59.2 (Satire) Sunt plerique mares asinos equitare frequenter ... Femineo hinc generi pareat usque pecus 4 lines.Item 59.3 (Verse, Satire) He need no other torment in this life ... Unless to bid him rather run than stay 6 lines.Item 60 (Satire), fol. 30r [p. 59] Pen and wash drawing, and miscellaneous Latin and English texts, on the power of death [Numbered 53] Potentatus exitus Item 60.1 (Prose, Epigraph) Multi Potentes oppressi sunt valide et gloriosi traditi in manus alterorum Item 60.2 (Verse, Satire) Non fuit in terris unquam tam magna potestas ... Res homimum nulla conditione manet 4 lines.Item 60.3 (Verse, Satire) Take a strict view of all things in their kind ... Nothing exempt from change and destiny 6 lines.Item 61 (Satire), fol. 30v [p. 60] Pen and wash drawing, and miscellaneous Latin and English texts, on predestination Ma. G. [i.e. Mary Gale?] [Numbered 54] Predestinatio Item 61.1 (Prose, Epigraph) Novit Deus qui sunt eius. Elegit nos in ipso. Item 61.2 (Verse, Satire) Qui pretium possit quod non meruisse videtur ... Devolet inque suum rictum satis assa Columba 4 lines.Item 61.3 (Verse, Satire) Who can give reason the he may expect ... In heaven none but the laborious be 6 lines.Item 62 (Satire), fol. 31r [p. 61] Pen and wash drawing, and miscellaneous Latin and English texts, on neglecting one's own affairs T. G. [i.e. Thomas Gale?] [Numbered 55] Negligere propria Item 62.1 (Prose, Epigraph) Qui sibi ipsi prodesse nequit non sapit charitas incipit a seipsa Item 62.2 (Verse, Satire) Qui volet alterius subitas extinguere flammas ... Advocet ut stolidos ad sua vota viros 4 lines.Item 62.3 (Verse, Satire) When a man's own house is in flames tis then ... In times of greatest danger that takes place 6 lines.Item 63 (Satire), fol. 31v [p. 62] Pen and wash drawing, and miscellaneous Latin and English texts, on ingratitude [Numbered 56] De Ingratis Item 63.1 (Prose, Epigraph) Ingratitudo exciccat Fontem bonitatis Item 63.2 (Verse, Satire) Qui sibi vult fieri officium bonitatis amicum ... Officii praestat, nil probitatis habet 4 lines.Item 63.3 (Verse, Satire) Ingratitude is not a vice alone ... Avoid it, as contagious company 6 lines.Item 64 (Satire), fol. 32r [p. 63] Pen and wash drawing, and miscellaneous Latin and English texts, on complacency [Numbered 57] Sui ipsius Complacentia Item 64.1 (Prose, Epigraph) Astutus omnia agit cum consilio. Ne innitaris prudentiae tuae Item 64.2 (Verse, Satire) Pulmentum Fatuis praesens mea decoquit olla ... Inspicit et semper cui sua facta placent 4 lines.Item 64.3 (Satire) In wicked ways some men their time employ ... Though it confusion bring, they'll have their will 6 lines.Item 65 (Satire), fol. 32v [p. 64] Pen and wash drawing, and miscellaneous Latin and English texts, on the folly of dancing W. T. [Numbered 58] Choreae Fatuitas Item 65.1 (Prose, Epigraph) In circuitu impii ambulant Item 65.2 (Verse, Satire) Qui choreis gaudet, aut saltibus immoderatis ... Contrahit inde etiam plurima damna sibi 4 lines.Item 65.3 (Verse, Satire) Leaping for joy was acted without blame ... We find it not commended in the least 6 lines.Item 66 (Satire), fol. 33r [p. 65] Pen and wash drawing, and miscellaneous Latin and English texts, on nocturnal games [Numbered 59] Nocturni Ludi Item 66.1 (Prose, Epigraph) Carmen et exclusus flebile cantat amans Item 66.2 (Verse, Satire) Qui Cithara aut aliis ludis de nocte vagatur ... Hunc Fatuum oblectat, moriatur frigore noctis 4 lines.Item 66.3 (Satire) Nightwatchings to the prejudice of health ... Or recompense that's worthy of their pain 6 lines.Item 67 (Satire), fol. 33v [p. 66] Pen and wash drawing, and miscellaneous Latin and English texts, on beggars W. T. [Numbered 60] Mendicantes improbi Item 67.1 (Prose, Epigraph) Tot mendicorum cernis fraudesque, dolosque, ut merito hos Fatuis grandibus accumulem Item 67.2 (Verse, Satire) En metui ne me stultae defectio sectae ... Inveni paucos (credite) ubique bonos 4 lines.Item 67.3 (Verse, Satire) Unruly vagabonds that live by stealth ... That neither fear, nor shame, with beggary 6 lines.Item 68 (Satire), fol. 34r [p. 67] Pen and wash drawing, and miscellaneous Latin and English texts, on unlearned doctors [Numbered 61] Medicus Indoctus Item 68.1 (Prose, Epigraph) Solis Medicis impune hominem occidisse fas est Item 68.2 (Verse, Satire) Artem qui medicam tremulis molitur in aegris ... Ludius et Fatuus, ridiculusque manet 4 lines.Item 68.3 (Satire) The ignorant Physician oft does kill ... Him from, may sooner send him, to the grave 6 lines.Item 69 (Satire), fol. 34v [p. 68] Pen and wash drawing, and miscellaneous Latin and English texts, on the power of folly [Numbered 62] Potentia Fatuitatis Item 69.1 (Prose, Epigraph) Ubique tenet insipientia sceptra, Illius et sequitur regia turba pedes Item 69.2 (Verse, Satire) Stultitia extendit castra et Tentoria passim ... Et qui divitiis, praesidiisque valent 4 lines.Item 69.3 (Verse, Satire) Prevailing folly ruleth far and near ... Become but slaves to this notorious ill 6 lines.Item 70 (Satire), fol. 35r [p. 69] Pen and wash drawing, and miscellaneous Latin and English texts, on the vanity of astrology [Numbered 63] Astrologia vanitas Item 70.1 (Prose, Epigraph) Futura prescire solius Dei est Item 70.2 (Verse, Satire) Est Fatuus siquidem, vanusque incredulus atque ... Astrologus, fatuus fingit Ephimeridas 4 lines.Item 70.3 (Verse, Satire) Vain are those Arts which to no other end ... But all for Art that teacheth how to live 6 lines.Item 71 (Satire), fol. 35v [p. 70] Pen and wash drawing, and miscellaneous Latin and English texts, on the folly of mathematics [Numbered 64] Mathematicae superstitio Item 71.1 (Prose, Epigraph) Stultus qui mensuram Terrae metitur, nec se, nec sua scire valet Item 71.2 (Verse, Satire) Qui coelum et terram, latum metitur et Orbem ... Nil bonitatis habent haec monumenta quidem 4 lines.Item 71.3 (Verse, Satire) In mathematic studies to delight ... To truth, the satisfaction of the mind 6 lines.Item 72 (Satire), fol. 36r [p 71] Pen and wash drawing, and miscellaneous Latin and English texts, on not wanting to recognise one's own stupidity [Numbered 65] Non velle stultitiam suam recognoscere Item 72.1 (Prose, Epigraph) stultus confusus in pila, non auferetur ab eo, stultitia eius Item 72.2 (Verse, Satire) Marsia cum docto certavit Apoline, victus ... Et Fatuus mansit Marsia ut ante fuit 4 lines.Item 72.3 (Verse, Satire) He that is positive will never be ... Rather than truth shall conquer, he'll be lost 6 lines.Item 73 (Satire), fol. 36v [p. 72] Pen and wash drawing, and miscellaneous Latin and English texts, on brainless games [Numbered 66] Iocum non intelligere Item 73.1 (Prose, Epigraph) Qui ludit Pueris aut Fatuis, illorum tolleret verbera, verba, iocos Item 73.2 (Verse, Satire) Qui vult cum Pueris, et stultis ludere, debet ... Vela trahens malum frangat et inde ratem 4 lines.Item 73.3 (Verse, Satire) In play with children he no sport shall make ... Live with wise men, if wise you would be said 6 lines.Item 74 (Satire), fol. 37r [p. 73] Pen and wash drawing, and miscellaneous Latin and English texts, on suffering injuries meekly [Numbered 67] Multos laedere Item 74.1 (Prose, Epigraph) Quod tibi vis fieri, mihi fac, quod non tibi, noli Item 74.2 (Verse, Satire) Ille quidem celerem contorquet in aethera pilam ... Nec lapsus spectat, consimilesque vices 4 lines.Item 74.3 (Verse, Satire) Like Ishmael who against all lifts his hand ... Churlish, to whose, thou wouldd'st have kind to thee 6 lines.Item 75 (Satire), fol. 37v [p. 74] Pen and wash drawing, and miscellaneous Latin and English texts, on the folly of laziness [Numbered 68] Pigritiae Fatuitas Item 75.1 (Prose, Epigraph) Omnis Piger in egestate est. Vade ad formicam o Piger! et considera vias eius, et disce sapientiam Item 75.2 (Verse, Satire) Quisquis in aestatis fecundo tempore messem ... Ursorum et digitos suggere more suos 4 lines.Item 75.3 (Verse, Satire) A small despised Insect called an Ant ... Exposed in winter unto penury 6 lines.Item 76 (Satire), fol. 38r [p. 75] Pen and wash drawing, and miscellaneous Latin and English texts, on quarrellers [Numbered 69] De Rixosis Item 76.1 (Prose, Epigraph) Non iudices contra Iudicem, quoniam secundum quod iustum est iudicat Item 76.2 (Verse, Satire) Litibus et rixis qui delectatur, et omni ... Iustitiam, et legum contaminare fidem 4 lines.Item 76.3 (Verse, Satire) Those that for trifles do by law contend ... And rob themselves of an eternal rest 6 lines.Item 77 (Satire), fol. 38v [p. 76] Pen and wash drawing, and miscellaneous Latin and English texts, on ill-speech Ma. G. [i.e. Mary Gale?] [Numbered 70] De Turpiloquio Item 77.1 (Prose, Epigraph) Coinquinat mores bonos sermo malus Item 77.2 (Satire) Colloquium pravum et linguae lasciva pudendae ... Gestibus invertunt, ingeniumque pium 4 lines.Item 77.3 (Verse, Satire) Good manners are not safe from being made ... For he's a perfect man that can it guide 6 lines.Item 78 (Satire), fol. 39r [p. 77] Pen and wash drawing, and miscellaneous Latin and English texts, on abuses in the church Ma. G. [i.e. Mary Gale?] [Numbered 71] Status Spiritualis abusus Item 78.1 (Prose, Epigraph) Quid Romae faciam mentire nescio Item 78.2 (Verse, Satire) En statum multi modo spiritalem ... Vivere mundo 4 lines.Item 78.3 (Satire) Perversion of Ecclesiastic rights ... In lamblike innocence and without strife 6 lines.Item 79 (Satire), fol. 39v [p. 78] Pen and wash drawing, and miscellaneous Latin and English texts, on boasting E. D. [Numbered 72] Se Iactare Item 79.1 (Prose, Epigraph) Propria laus sordet, sed nobilis est aliena Item 79.2 (Satire) Mendaces Fatuos, de quorum pectore nugas ... Militiam hic iactat, Doctrinam iuris et alter 4 lines.Item 79.3 (Satire) Great boasting, joined with little skill we see ... Of all men else least subject are to boast 6 lines.Item 80 (Satire), fol. 40r [p. 79] Pen and wash drawing, and miscellaneous Latin and English texts, on games Ma. G. [i.e. Mary Gale?] [Numbered 73] Ludo Intenti Item 80.1 (Prose, Epigraph) Pone merum et talos, pereant qui crastina curant Item 80.2 (Verse, Satire) Multos ludorum Fatuos damnosa voluptas ... Iacturam neque pensiculant 4 lines.Item 80.3 (Verse, Satire) The various Games of chess and cards and Dice ... When Men must give account for what is past 6 lines.Item 81 (Satire), fol. 40v [p. 80] Pen and wash drawing, and miscellaneous Latin and English texts, on the pressures of folly T. G. [i.e. Thomas Gale?] [Numbered 74] Multae Fatuorum pressurae Item 81.1 (Prose, Epigraph) Multimodos Fatuos presens contorquet Asellus Item 81.2 (Verse, Satire) Est (scio) turba meo Fatuorum Picta Libello ... Depressos monstrans stultigerosque viros 4 lines.Item 81.3 (Verse, Satire) The weight of some men's follies press them down ... Whether to griefe or happiness they tend 6 lines.Item 82 (Satire), fol. 41r [p. 81] Pen and wash drawing, and miscellaneous Latin and English texts, on injustice in the law M. G. [i.e. Mary Gale?] [Numbered 75] De scribis et Equitibus Item 82.1 (Prose, Epigraph) Rapinae impiorum detrahent eos, quia noluerunt facere iudiciium Item 82.2 (Verse, Satire) Dum captant Equites hominem scribaeque maligni ... Cogitur ut solvat rusticus ille nimis 4 lines.Item 82.3 (Verse, Satire) Great men heed not the rules of wrong or right ... The strongest to account a Judge will call 6 lines.Item 83 (Satire), fol. 41v [p. 82] Pen and wash drawing, and miscellaneous Latin and English texts, on useless messengers [Numbered 76] Nuncius inutilis Item 83.1 (Prose, Epigraph) Nuncie sis verax, tacitus, celer atque fidelis Item 83.2 (Verse, Satire) Cursor ego velox longis de partibus orbis ... Proeberem chartas, navita siste ratem 4 lines.Item 83.3 (Verse, Satire) A foolish Messenger betrays the trust ... That can't deny himself in time of need 6 lines.Item 84 (Satire), fol. 42r [p. 83] Pen and wash drawing, and miscellaneous Latin and English texts, on cooks and butlers [Numbered 77] Coqui et Cellarii Item 84.1 (Prose, Epigraph) Consumuntur carnes et ossa tabescent Item 84.2 (Verse, Satire) En venit aucta Cohors Promorum, iamque coquorum ... Adiuta his citius carbasa nostra volant 4 lines.Item 84.3 (Satire) Butlers and Cooks are vermin and destroy ... The lesser fry, and prey on all they catch 6 lines.Item 85 (Satire), fol. 42v [p. 84] Pen and wash drawing, and miscellaneous Latin and English texts, on the ambition of a countryman Ma. G. [i.e. Mary Gale?] [Numbered 78] Rusticorum Ambitio Item 85.1 (Prose, Epigraph) Nihil impudentius arrogantia Rusticorum Item 85.2 (Verse, Satire) Villanae siquidem superest dementia sectae ... Pingimus in teneris versibus, atque notis 4 lines.Item 85.3 (Satire) The country man's ambition has no bounds ... He will procure, and use, as ornament. 6 lines.Item 86 (Satire), fol. 43r [p. 85] Pen and wash drawing, and miscellaneous Latin and English texts, on contempt for the poor [Numbered 79] Paupertatis Contemptus Item 86.1 (Prose, Epigraph) Paupertatas non est de genere malorum Item 86.2 (Verse, Satire) Paupertatas fugitur, totoque arcessitur orbe ... Caedit inops cunctis, Nummus in arce decet 4 lines.Item 86.3 (Satire) Despised poverty, with shame and loss ... His portion here, but when he's past the grave 6 lines.Item 87 (Verse, Satire), fol. 43v [p. 86] Pen and wash drawing, and miscellaneous Latin and English texts, on not persevering in doing good [Numbered 80] Non perseverare in bono Item 87.1 (Prose, Epigraph) Multi bene incipiunt qui in malo vitam finiunt Item 87.2 (Verse, Satire) Hoc manibus multi cupidis contingere aratrum ... Assidue cuculum pascunt, nidoque reponunt 4 lines.Item 87.3 (Verse, Satire) A good beginning so far as it goes ... Must persevere, regardless of its pain 6 lines.Item 88 (Verse, Satire), fol. 44r [p. 87] Pen and wash drawing, and miscellaneous Latin and English texts, on neglect of death [Numbered 81] Mortis neglectus Item 88.1 (Prose, Epigraph) Dives et Pauper simul in pulvere dormient, et vermes perient eos Item 88.2 (Verse, Satire) Non Generi, aut opibus, virtuti aut moribus (O Mors) ... Qui tua provideant non bene tela cito 4 lines.Item 88.3 (Verse, Satire) For man whose mortal life consists in breath ... And make provision for a future state 6 lines.Item 89 (Satire), fol. 44v [p. 88] Pen and wash drawing, and miscellaneous Latin and English texts, on scorning God [Numbered 82] Contemnere Deum Item 89.1 (Prose, Epigraph) Non salvabit impietas impium Item 89.2 (Verse, Satire) Quod Deus ad poenas non pronus saevit amaras ... Nec Deus ignoscit sceleri, quin puniat olim 4 lines.Item 89.3 (Verse, Satire) Shall Dust and Ashes to its maker say ... Of whose permission tis thou lives this hour 6 lines.Item 90 (Satire), fol. 45r [p. 89] Pen and wash drawing, and miscellaneous Latin and English texts, against blasphemers [Numbered 83] Contra Blasphematores Item 90.1 (Prose, Epigraph) Non sumes Nomen, Dei tui in vanum Item 90.2 (Verse, Satire) Proh! quicunque maledicis convitiumque ... Atque anima, Iudex qui finit ista luet 4 lines.Item 90.3 (Verse, Satire) The common usage of that dreadful name ... Lest its abuse deject thee into hell 6 lines.Item 91 (Satire), fol. 45v [p. 90] Pen and wash drawing, and miscellaneous Latin and English texts, on the thunder of God Ma. G. [i.e. Mary Gale?] [Numbered 84] Flagella Dei Item 91.1 (Prose, Epigraph) Pro mensura peccati erit et plagarum modus Item 91.2 (Verse, Satire) Miratur Fatuus, putat et portenta subesse ... Rite fit, heu nullus extat in orbe pudor 4 lines.Item 91.3 (Verse, Satire) The Thunder of his Power who doth not fear ... The Lord our Friend, that died for our sake 6 lines.Item 92 (Satire), fol. 46r [p. 91] Pen and wash drawing, and miscellaneous Latin and English texts, on changing the better for the worse [Numbered 85] Fatua Permutatio Item 92.1 (Prose, Epigraph) Via impiorum tenebrosa Item 92.2 (Verse, Satire) Qui pro stultisona non bene Tibia ... Qui pro re fragili perpetuam fugit 4 lines.Item 92.3 (Verse, Satire) To give a better thing for what is worse ... Give most for that, which is the best for thee 6 lines.Item 93 (Satire), fol. 46v [p. 92] Pen and wash drawing, and miscellaneous Latin and English texts, on disobedience to parents [Numbered 86] Debellare Parentes Item 93.1 (Prose, Epigraph) Qui maledicit Patri et Matri extinguetur lumen eius in mediis tenebris Item 93.2 (Verse, Satire) Hos reor insulsor Fatuos pietate Parentes ... Iurgiaque his referunt, tales ratis illa recenset 4 lines.Item 93.3 (Verse, Satire) On such as with their Parents do contend ... For which thou canst no restitution make 6 lines.Item 94 (Satire), fol. 47r [p. 93] Pen and wash drawing, and miscellaneous Latin and English texts, on talking in church [Numbered 87] Garrulitas Chori Item 94.1 (Prose, Epigraph) Secularia negotia in Ecclesia non debent tractari Item 94.2 (Verse, Satire) In Choris sacris Fatuos videmus ... Gesta per orbem 4 lines.Item 94.3 (Verse, Satire) Vain babbling in the church where men should be ... Will hold comparison with future joy 6 lines.Item 95 (Satire), fol. 47v [p. 94] Pen and wash drawing, and miscellaneous Latin and English texts, on pride [Numbered 88] Superbia Item 95.1 (Prose, Epigraph) Propter speciem mulieris multi perierunt Item 95.2 (Verse, Satire) Sordida laus sempter proprio quae prodit ab ore ... Tartara quos rapiunt 4 lines.Item 95.3 (Satire) Pride of all vices is a shameful sin ... Where it inhabits, whether great or small 6 lines.Item 96 (Satire), fol. 48r [p. 95] Pen and wash drawing, and miscellaneous Latin and English texts, on usurers [Numbered 89] Usurarii Item 96.1 (Prose, Epigraph) Si quis Usuram accipit, rapinam facit, vita non vivet Item 96.2 (Verse, Satire) Quos Usura vorax rapit, et malus ardor habendi ... Vendunt rursus emunt rapiunt sed merce dolosa 4 lines.Item 96.3 (Verse, Satire) Who will not lend, without unjust reward ... So shalt thou better treasures have at last 6 lines.Item 97 (Satire), fol. 48v [p. 96] Pen and wash drawing, and miscellaneous Latin and English texts, on wishing for another person's death [Numbered 90] Optare aliorum mortem Item 97.1 (Prose, Epigraph) In morte alterius spem tu tibi ponere noli Item 97.2 (Verse, Satire) Rebus in externis est qui successor haberi ... Ad tumulum deferre putat sepelitur ab illo 4 lines.Item 97.3 (Verse, Satire) Expect not riches by another's death ... Contribute to our future good or ill 6 lines.Item 98 (Satire), fol. 49r [p. 97] Pen and wash drawing, and miscellaneous Latin and English texts, on not observing holy days [Numbered 91] Non observare Festos Item 98.1 (Prose, Epigraph) Septimana Dies sabbati est i.e. Requies Domini Dei tui in eo non facies quicquam operis Item 98.2 (Verse, Satire) Qui diem festum meritis decoris ... Scandere debet 4 lines.Item 98.3 (Verse, Satire) Days of divine appointment to despise ... Continued down to all posterity 6 lines.Item 99 (Satire), fol. 49v [p. 98] Pen and wash drawing, and miscellaneous Latin and English texts, on reluctant giving Ma. G. [i.e. Mary Gale?] [Numbered 92] Tristi vultu donare Item 99.1 (Prose, Epigraph) Sine laetitia faciei quod dederis, perdis rem meritumque rei. Hilarem Datorem diligit Deus. Beatius dare quam accipere Item 99.2 (Verse, Satire) Qui dolet et meret propter, quod vertere nequit ... Poenitet, hic donum perdit, meritumque prophanat 4 lines.Item 99.3 (Verse, Satire) To do a courtesy and then repent ... And if thou merit aught, 'twill be repaid. 6 lines.Item 100 (Satire), fol. 50r [p. 99] Pen and wash drawing, and miscellaneous Latin and English texts, on the vice of laziness [Numbered 93] Ignaviae vitium Item 100.1 (Prose, Epigraph) Vult et non vult piger, anima autem operantium impinguabitur Item 100.2 (Verse, Satire) Desidiae vitium toto dominatur in orbe ... Somnia agunt vetulae sed precium accipiunt 4 lines.Item 100.3 (Verse, Satire) Wouldst thou be cloth's with rags or penury? ... Nor can he this obtain without disease 6 lines.Item 101 (Satire), fol. 50v [p. 100] Pen and wash drawing, and miscellaneous Latin and English texts, on fools who lack faith W. T. [Numbered 94] Infideles Fatui Item 101.1 (Prose, Epigraph) Generatio haec perversa est et Filii infideles, reliquit Deum Factorem suum Item 101.2 (Verse, Satire) Hic posui externos Fatuos, qui nomina gestant ... Sunt tamen ad sortem puppis numeruque vocati 4 lines.Item 101.3 (Verse, Satire) Of Infidels and Heretics great store ... Whom worldly gain persuades to go astray 6 lines.Item 102 (Satire), fol. 51r [p. 101] Pen and wash drawing, and miscellaneous Latin and English texts, on the unity of the Christian commonwealth [Numbered 95] Reipublicae Christianae Interitus Item 102.1 (Prose, Epigraph) Omnibus dies et noctes contingit vivere, ut aliquid utile et placens Deo prebeatur Item 102.2 (Verse, Satire) Vos o Christicolae Proceres, ex corde precamur ... Et mihi stultigeram quam monstro relinquite mitram 4 lines.Item 102.3 (Verse, Satire) The period of the Christian commonwealth ... Yet such as suffered schism to prevail 6 lines.Item 103 (Satire), fol. 51v [p. 102] Pen and wash drawing, and miscellaneous Latin and English texts, on parasites [Numbered 96] De Parasitis Item 103.1 (Prose, Epigraph) Princeps qui libenter audit verba mendacii omnes Ministros habet impios Item 103.2 (Verse, Satire) Subdolum Equum quisquis manibus palpare putabit ... Nobilium mensas, agit et fatuum Parasitum 4 lines.Item 103.3 (Verse, Satire) A Flatterer who suffers in his sight ... Which would his ruin, at the last procure 6 lines.Item 104 (Satire), fol. 52r [p. 103] Pen and wash drawing, and miscellaneous Latin and English texts, on cheating [Numbered 97] De Fraudulentia Item 104.1 (Prose, Epigraph) Videant Alchimistae species rerum non posse transmutari Item 104.2 (Satire) Alchimia docet fallax, corruptio vini et ... Cuncta scatent vitio, tuta nec ulla fides 4 lines.Item 104.3 (Verse, Satire) The various Arts and Methods that men use ... Which has for its reward eternal pain 6 lines.Item 105 (Satire), fol. 52v [p. 104] Pen and wash drawing, and miscellaneous Latin and English texts, on gullibility Ma. G. [i.e. Mary Gale?] [Numbered 98] Facile credere Item 105.1 (Prose, Epigraph) Nullum ante veram iustamque probationem iudicare aut damnare debemus, mala audita nullum moveant, aut passim dicta absque probatione Item 105.2 (Verse, Satire) Hic animum levitatis habet qui credere verbis ... Verba, parant hominum lites plerumque molestas 4 lines.Item 105.3 (Verse, Satire) The credulous are easy to deceive ... Belief of falsehood is a punishment 6 lines.Item 106 (Satire), fol. 53r [p. 105] Pen and wash drawing, and miscellaneous Latin and English texts, on the Antichrist [Numbered 99] De Antichristo [no epigraph] Item 106.1 (Verse, Satire) Christicolas falsos refero, pseudoque Prophetas ... Quam Textus planus edocet, atque sonat [lines 9-12 of Locher's Latin poem] 4 lines.Item 106.2 (Verse, Satire) How many do pretend to show the way ... In which who seek, eternal life shal find 6 lines.Item 107 (Satire), fol. 53v [p. 106] Pen and wash drawing, and miscellaneous Latin and English texts, on improper silence [Numbered 100] Tacere Veritatem Item 107.1 (Prose, Epigraph) Qui per timorem occultat veritatem provocat in se iram Dei Item 107.2 (Verse, Satire) Quisquis amore, metu, pretio atque favore, minisue ... Hic Antichristi cursor, amicus erit 4 lines.Item 107.3 (Verse, Satire) To hold our peace when truth requires our tongues ... And thy reward will be true happiness 6 lines.Item 108 (Satire), fol. 54r [p. 107] Pen and wash drawing, and miscellaneous Latin and English texts, on preventing good deeds [Numbered 101] Retrahere a bono Item 108.1 (Prose, Epigraph) Cavete a Firmento Phariseorum qui veniunt pellibus Ovis Item 108.2 (Verse, Satire) Qui vult esse veritatis ... Sentiet obstacula 4 lines.Item 108.3 (Satire) Some men to sin are not content, unless ... Will thee attend in sin and misery 6 lines.Item 109 (Satire), fol. 54v [p. 108] Pen and wash drawing, and miscellaneous Latin and English texts, on neglect of good works [Numbered 102] Bonorum operum negligentia Item 109.1 (Prose, Epigraph) Virgines Fatuae non sumpserunt oleum et fuere exclusae a gaudio sponsi Item 109.2 (Verse, Satire) Lampades accendunt oleo quicunque flagranti ... Ianua pandetur simul his pulsata repente 4 lines.Item 109.3 (Verse, Satire) A false opinion many men conceive ... If in religious practices we fail 6 lines.Item 110 (Satire), fol. 55r [p. 109] Pen and wash drawing, and miscellaneous Latin and English texts, on the reward of wisdom [Numbered 103] De Praemio Sapientiae Item 110.1 (Prose, Epigraph) Melius est parum cum iustitia, quam multi fructus cum iniquitate Item 110.2 (Verse, Satire) Possumus ad dextram Palmae spectare coronam ... Pergit, et exitii praemia justa capit 4 lines.Item 110.3 (Verse, Satire) The things men shall receive for being good ... For all the troubles, the Almighty sends 6 lines.Item 111 (Satire), fol. 55v [p. 110] Pen and wash drawing, and miscellaneous Latin and English texts, on neglect of the unfortunate [Numbered 104] Neglectus Infortunii Item 111.1 (Prose, Epigraph) Qui amat periculum in illo peribit Iustitia simplicis diriget viam suam Item 111.2 (Verse, Satire) Hic Fatuus certe est qui Fortunam male faustam ... Negligit et numquam quod reparare potest 4 lines.Item 111.3 (Verse, Satire) Who sees another fall into a pit ... Never believe the same is safe for thee 6 lines.Item 112 (Satire), fol. 56r [p. 111] Pen and wash drawing, and miscellaneous Latin and English texts, on slander of good men [Numbered 105] Detractio Bonorum Item 112.1 (Prose, Epigraph) Verbum sapiens quodcunque audierit scius laudabit, et ad se adiiciat. Luxuriosus proiiciat ad dorsum Item 112.2 (Verse, Satire) Detrahit insipiens iustis plerumque maligno ... Hinc putat attactus clamat ab osse canis 4 lines.Item 112.3 (Verse, Satire) The best of men, ill tongues may scandalize ... So deal with all mankind, as with thy Friend 6 lines.Item 113 (Satire), fol. 56v [p. 112] Pen and wash drawing, and miscellaneous Latin and English texts, on revelry at the table [Numbered 106] Facetiae mensae Item 113.1 (Epigraph) Iustus comedit, et replet animam suam, venter autem impiorum insaturabilis Item 113.2 (Verse, Satire) Obscoenos mensae ritus depingere fas est ... Porcorum ritu gens modo vivit ibi 4 lines.Item 113.3 (Verse, Satire) The noise and riot which attends a Feast ... Lest he should lose a greater happiness 6 lines.Item 114 (Satire), fol. 57r [p. 113] Pen and wash drawing, and miscellaneous Latin and English texts, on the pleasures of masquerade [Numbered 107] De gaudio Larvae Item 114.1 (Prose, Epigraph) Stultitia gaudium, Stulto. et vir prudens dirigit gressus suos. Perpetuo risu pulmonem agitare solebat: Democritus, sapiens flevit contrarius alter Item 114.2 (Verse, Satire) Risit Democritus stultos, et inania mundi ... Et quia tot Fatuis terra repleta foret 4 lines.Item 114.3 (Verse, Satire) The pleasure some men take in Masquerade ... To save themselves and other men abuse 6 lines.Item 115 (Satire), fol. 57v [p. 114] Pen and wash drawing, and miscellaneous Latin and English texts, on wisdom [Numbered 108] Sapientia Item 115.1 (Prose, Epigraph) Vox mea ad Filios hominum Intelligite Parvuli astutiam, et insipientes animadvertite. de rebus magnis locutura sum Item 115.2 (Verse, Satire) Vir bonus et sapiens reprehendit turpia facta ... Et vitam quaerit, diligit atque bonam 4 lines.Item 115.3 (Verse, Satire) Within our journey doubtful ways we meet ... The best direction how we ought to live 6 lines.Item 116 (Satire), fol. 58r [p. 115] Pen and wash drawing, and miscellaneous Latin and English texts, on the persecution of good men [Numbered 109] Bonorum Persecutio Item 116.1 (Prose, Epigraph) Patientia pauperum non peribit in finem. considisti saccum mecum, et circumdedisti me laetitia Item 116.2 (Verse, Satire) In pretio non est hodie doctrina bonorum ... Sub pede stultorum philosophia iacet 4 lines.Item 116.3 (Verse, Satire) Good and religious Men the World defend ... The best Preservers of the world from ill 6 lines.Item 117 (Satire), fol. 58v [p. 116] Pen and wash drawing, and miscellaneous Latin and English texts, on virtue and voluptuousness [Numbered 110] Virtus et Voluptas [no epigraph] Item 117.1 (Verse, Satire) Legimus Alciden somno cum forte iaceret ... Scrutans virtutis coepit inire viam [trunchated version of Brant's Locher's argument, first two lines of Latin text missing in manscript] 4 lines.Item 117.2 (Verse, Satire) Virtue and Pleasure do with various art ... Is found till after death, the Soul can please 6 lines.Item 118 (Satire), fol. 59r [p. 117] Pen and wash drawing, and miscellaneous Latin and English texts, on the way of voluptuousness [Numbered 111] Voluptatis via Nec perhibui cor meum quin omni voluptate frueretur Item 118.1 (Verse, Satire) En ego sincere virtuti inimica voluptas ... Semper Achemenios spirant mea tempora flores [first four lines of Locher's "Obiectio voluptatis criminantis virtutem"] 4 lines.Item 118.2 (Verse, Satire) Pleasure exposes all her charms to win ... To be attended with eternal pain 6 lines.Item 119 (Satire), fol. 59v [p. 118] Pen and wash drawing, and miscellaneous Latin and English texts, on the company of fools [Numbered 112] Societas Fatuorum Item 119.1 (Prose, Epigraph) Non minus ardebunt qui cum multis ardent. Sic fuit, est, et erit, similis similem sibi querit Item 119.2 (Verse, Satire) Innumeros classes fatuos sine fine furentes ... Nancisci, huc veniat cum sociisque vehat 4 lines.Item 119.3 (Verse, Satire) No place is free from Fools under the sun ... Without consideration of our ways 6 lines.[The word "sun" in the incipit is represented by a stylised drawing] Item 120 (Satire), fol. 60r [p. 119] Pen and wash drawing, and miscellaneous Latin and English texts, on workers of many trades aboard the ship [Numbered 113] Navis Mechanicorum [no epigraph] Item 120.1 (Verse, Satire) Adsunt mechanici, quorum vela ampla levata ... Stultitia merces diminuuntque sua [lines 5-8 of Locher's Latin poem] 4 lines.Item 120.2 (Verse, Satire) As from all countries so of all trades some ... A sort of riches, cannot long endure 6 lines.Item 121 (Satire), fol. 60v [p. 120] Pen and wash drawing, and miscellaneous Latin and English texts, on the folly of worldly care [Numbered 114] Fatui mundani [no epigraph] Item 121.1 (Verse, Satire) Dum me cura tenet sublimia forte petendi ... Praecipitem effractus retulit ecce solo [lines 1-4 of Robert Gaguin's Latin poem] 4 lines.Item 121.2 (Verse, Satire) How vain is worldly care! to climb on high ... Consist with safety, and produce no ill 6 lines.Item 122 (Satire), fol. 61r [p. 121] Pen and wash drawing, and miscellaneous Latin and English texts, on singularity [Numbered 115] Singularitas Item 122.1 (Prose, Epigraph) Qui rebus mundanis restrictius utitur quam mores eorum cum quibus vivit, aut intemperans, aut superstitiosus est Item 122.2 (Verse, Satire) Vae tibi vae maledicta cohors, quae nomen inane ... Hic mandata Dei servat, et efficiet [lines 103-106 of Locher's Latin poem] 4 lines.Item 122.3 (Verse, Satire) Conceit and wilfulness has been the cause ... Nor will be saved, unless in his own way? 6 lines.Item 123 (Satire), fol. 61v [p. 122] Pen and wash drawing, and miscellaneous Latin and English texts, on the way of virtue [Numbered 116] Via Virtutis Item 123.1 (Prose, Epigraph) Numerum dierum et tempus dedit illi, et potestatem omnium quae sung super terram. Finis Navis stultifera [source untraced] Item 123.1 (Verse, Satire) Sors mea nunc melior, quoniam me vita perennis ... Caeli Porta pater (me duce)aperta viris [source untraced] 4 lines.Item 123.2 (Verse, Satire) Virtue regardless of all worldly joys ... As infinite rewards, when we go hence 6 lines.FINIS Item 124 (Satire), fol. 62r [p. 123] Pen and wash drawing, and English poem, on the folly of a Presbyterian [Numbered 117. No title or quotation] Item 124.1 (Verse, Satire) This Cap Jack Presbyter becomes right well ... Which if pulled down, could never hurt this Land. 6 lines.Item 125 (Drawing), fol. 62v [p. 124] Pen and wash drawing of St Johannes Columbinus [Numbered 118, incomplete. The saint, unlike the subjects of previous drawings and Satire 119, does not wear a fool's cap.] St Johannes Columbinus Item 126 (Satire), fol. 63r [p. 125] Pen and wash drawing, and English poem, on the folly of a Quaker [Numbered 119. No title or quotation] Item 126.1 (Verse, Satire) The sturdy Quaker thinks he's in the right ... Thousands, for want of grace, are thus betrayed 6 lines.Item 127 (Sententia), fol. 63v [p. 126] Pen and wash drawing, and miscellaneous Latin, English and French texts, on falling into vice when attenpting to avoid vice J. Swete [Numbered 120] In vitium saepe ducit Culpae fuga. One extreme often begets another! Item 127.1 Dum vitant Stulti vitia, in contraria currunt Item 127.2 Fools in the moment they one Vice decry ... Swift to its opposite mistaken fly! [2 lines] Item 127.3 Eviter tout exces, n'est pas chose facile ... S'il evite Caribde, il se jette dans Scylle! 4 lines.Item 127.4 Tis difficult all kinds of Vice to shun ... The Vessel steered from Scylla in Charybdis lost 4 lines.Item 128 (Sententia), fol. 64r [p. 127] Pen and wash drawing, and miscellaneous French, English and Latin texts, on the powerlessness of Fortune J. Swete [Numbered 121] La Fortune ne fait point le merite! Fortune cannot give desert! Item 128.1 Naturam expellas furca, tamen usque recurret! Item 128.2 Things against Nature do, tis all in vain! ... She will with double force return again! [2 lines] Item 128.3 Caeca! fove indignos foras! at tua dona ... Simia ne maneat Simia, non facient! 4 lines.Item 128.4 Blind Fortune! raise the worthless as you please ... Yet He will still, through all disguise be known 4 lines.Item 129 (Back matter), fols. 64v-69v, back pastedown [Left and right margins ruled on fols. 64v-67v. Fols. 69-69 endleaves. Fol. 68 r-v blank. Fol. 69r blank apart from librarians' annotations. Fol. 69v-back pastedown, marbled endpapers] |