Seruire. To serue.
Foure things doo make a man to serue.
- 1. Feare.
- 2. Loue of gayne.
- 3. To be marked.
- 4. And ambition.
The Royal Exchange Contayning sundry aphorismes of phylosophie, and golden principles of morrall and naturall quadruplicities. Vnder pleasant and effectuall sentences, dyscouering such strange definitions, deuisions, and distinctions of vertue and vice, as may please the grauest cittizens, or youngest courtiers. Fyrst written in Italian, and dedicated to the Signorie of Venice, nowe translated into English, and offered to the cittie of London. Rob. Greene, in Artibus Magister.
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- The Royal Exchange Contayning sundry aphorismes of phylosophie, and golden principles of morrall and naturall quadruplicities. Vnder pleasant and effectuall sentences, dyscouering such strange definitions, deuisions, and distinctions of vertue and vice, as may please the grauest cittizens, or youngest courtiers. Fyrst written in Italian, and dedicated to the Signorie of Venice, nowe translated into English, and offered to the cittie of London. Rob. Greene, in Artibus Magister.
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Seruile mindes that feare the frowne of their Supe∣riours, are glad to become seruaunts, by such obedi••nce and humilitie séeking to please: and so forceable is the desire of gaine, as it oft times metamorphiseth a frée mind into a slauish condition, and therefore did Per••ennius serue Commodus the Emperour, because hee was ambitious, and aspired to the Empire.
Foure things doo app••r∣taine to a Seruaunt.
- 1. Carefuln••sse in s••ruice.
- 2. Willingn••sse to doo what he is commaunded.
- 3. Affabilitie in sp••ech.
- 4. And myrth ioyned with hys laboure.
Whereupon an olde English disticke.
A seruaunt that is diligent honest and good. Must sing at his worke like a bird in the wood.
Foure things make a man seruile.
- 1. A flattering & pleasant tongue.
- 2. Desire of gayne.
- 3. To receiue presents.
- 4. And little vnderstanding.
Pompey when he was about to be chosen Consull, sent pres••nts to Cato, which hee refusing, willed the Messen∣ger to say ••o Pompey, that he should take againe his gyft, for he would speake in his behalfe as a frée-man•• not as a seruaunt, alluding to the Fren••h prouerbe.
Chi d' al••rui preud, Subiect se reud.
Foure things doo belong to a hand∣m••yde.
- 1. To haue care ouer her mistresse.
- 2. To be no carri••r of newes.
- 3. To be shamefast.
- 4. And to doo her busin••s with dili∣gen••s.
As before in the d••tie of a wif••, so I refer ••••is place ••o the censure of Lodo••••cus Viues, in the instit••ti••n of a Christian Woman.