Greenes neuer too late. Or, A powder of experience: sent to all youthfull gentlemen to roote out the infectious follies, that ouer-reaching conceits foster in the spring time of their youth. Decyphering in a true English historie, those particular vanities, that with their frostie vapours nip the blossoms of euery ripe braine, from atteining to his intended perfection. As pleasant, as profitable, being a right pumice stone, apt to race out idlenesse with delight, and follie with admonition. Rob. Greene in artibus Magister.

To the right Worshipfull, Tho∣mas Burnaby Esquire, Robert Greene wisheth encrease of al hono∣rable vertues.

SVch (right Worshipfull) as coueted to decke the Temple of Delphos, adorned the shrine eyther with greene bayes, or curious instruments, because Apollo did as well patronize Musicke as Poetrie. When the Troyans sought to pacifie the wrath of Pallas: the peoples presents were books and launces, to signifie her deitie, as well defended by letters as armes. And they which desired to be in the fauor of Alexander, brought him either wise Philosophers or hardy Souldiours; for hee sought counsellers like Aristotle, and captaines like Perdy∣cas. Seeing then how giftes are the more gratefullie accepted, by how much the more they fit the hum••r of the party to whome they are presented: desirous a long time to gratifi•• your Worship with some∣thing that might signifie, how in al bounden duetie. I haue for sundry fauors bin affected to your Wor∣ship, and finding my ability to be vnfit to present you with any thing of woorth; at last I resolued so farre to presume as to trouble your Worship wyth

the patronage of this Pamph••••t, knowing you are such a Maecenas of learning ••hat you will as soone vouch with Augustus a f••w verses, giuen by a poor Greeke as of the Arabian Courser, presented by Ty∣tinius. The Booke is little, yet drawen from a large principle, Nunquam 〈◊〉〈◊〉 est ad bonos mores via: wher∣in I haue discouer•••• so artificially the fraudulent ef∣fects of Venus trumperies, and so plainly as in a plat∣forme, laide open the preiudiciall pleasures of loue, that Gentlemen may see, that as the Diamond is beauteous to the sight, and yet deadly poyson to the stomacke, that as the Ba••an leafe containeth both the Antidote, and the Aconiton, so loue (vnlesse on∣ly grounded vpon vertue) breedeth more disparage∣ment to the credit than content to the fancy. If then (right Worshipfull) out of this confused Chaos Gentlemen sh••ll gather any principles, whereby to direct their actions, and that from rash and resolute mainteners of Venus heresies they become reformed champions to defend Vestaes philosophies. Then all the profit and pleasure that shall redound to them by this Pamphlet shall be attribu••ed to your Worship, as to the man, by whose meanes th••s Nunquam sera came to light. Hoping therfore your Worship wil with a fauorable insight enter more into the mind of the giuer than the woorth of the gift, I commit your Wor∣ship vnto the Al∣mightie.

Your Worships humbly to commaund, Rob. Greene.