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—Sacred Beautie is the fruit of sight, That curtesie that speakes before the toong: The feast of soules, the glory of the light, Enuy of age, and euerlasting yoong: Pitties commaunder, Cupids richest throne, Musicke entraunced, neuer duly sung: The summe and court of all proportion. And that I may dull speeches least afford,
All Rhethorickes Flowers, in lesse then in a word. G. Chapman.
— Bewtie borne of heauenly race. Bewtie (daughter of maruaile) ô see how Thou canst disgracing sorrowes sweetly grace, What power thou shew'st in a distressed browe, That mak'st affliction faire giu'st teares their grace. What? can vntressed locks, can torne rent haire? A weeping eye, a wailing face be faire? I see then artlesse feature can content, And that true Bewtie needs no ornament. S. Daniell.
— Bewtie is the bait which with delight Doth man allure for to enlarge his kinde, Bewtie the burning lampe of heauens light, Darting her beames into each feeble minde, Against whose power, nor God nor man can finde Defence, reward, the daunger of the wound: ••ut being hurt, seeke to be medicinde, Of her that first did stirre that mortall wound. Ed. Spencer.
— Bewtie is womans golden crowne, Mans conqueresse and feminine renowne: ••ot ioind with loue, who deare yet euer sold it? ••or bewties cheape, except loues eye behold it. I. Weeuer.
— Bewtie is an adamant to all. ••ewtie, natures Iuie-bush each passenger doth call. W. Warner.
••eldome wants guests where Bewtie bids the feast, ••ens eyes with wonders nere are satisfied,
At fairest signes best welcome is surmised, The shrine of loue doth seldome offring want, Nor with such counsell, clients neuer scant. M. Drayton.
All Orators are dumbe where Bewtie pleadeth. W. Shakespeare.
Bewtie it selfe doth of it selfe perswade The eyes of men, without an Orator? What needeth then Apollogies be made, To set forth that which is so singular? Idem.
Nought vnder heauen so strongly doth allure The sense of man, and all his minde possesse, As Bewties louely bate that doth procure Great warriors oft their rigor to represse, And mightie hands forget their manlinesse. Driuen with the power of an heart-robbing eye, And wrapt in flowers of a golden tresse. That can with melting pleasance mollifie, Their hardned hearts enur'd to bloud and crueltie. Ed. Spencer.
O how can bewtie maister the most strong, And simple truth subdue auenging wrong? Idem.
No armour can be found that can defend, Transpercing raies of christall pointed eyes. S. Daniell.
Hard is that heart which Bewtie makes not soft. Ed. Fairfax. Transl.
— Who so young that loues not? Or who so olde that womens Bewtie moues not? W. Weeuer.
A sparke of Bewtie burns a world of men. Idem.
O what is Bewtie if it be not seene? Or what is't to be seene and not admir'd, And though admir'd, vnlesse in loue desir'd. Neuer were cheekes of Roses locks of Amber, Ordain'd to liue imprisoned in a Chamber. S. Daniell.
Nature created Bewtie for the view, (Like as the fire for heate, the Sun for light) The faire do euer hold this pledge as due, By auntient charter to liue most in sight, As she that is debar'd it, hath not right: In vaine our friends from this do vs dehort, For Bewtie will be where is most resort. Idem.
All excellence of shape is made for sight, To be a beetle else were no defame: Hid Bewties lose their ends, and wrong their right. G. Chapman.
Heauen made bewtie like her selfe to viewe, Not to be lapt vp in a smoakie mewe: A rosie tainted feature is heauens golde, Whil'st all men ioy to touch, all to behold. M. Drayton.
The ripest corne dies if it be not reapt, Bewtie alone is lost too early kept. Ch. Marlowe.
It hath bene through all ages euer seene, That with the praise of armes and chiualrie, The praise of Bewtie still hath ioyned beene, And that for reasons speciall priuitie, For either doth on other much relie, For he me seemes most fittest is to serue, That can her best defend from villanie, And she most fit his seruice doth deserue, That fairest is, and from her faith doth neuer swarue. Ed. Spencer.
— Bewtie is more bright and cleare. The more it is admir'd of many a wight, And noblest she that serued is of noble Knight. Idem.
Rich Bewtie, that each Louer labours for, Tempting as heapes of new coynd glowing Golde, (Rackt of some miserable treasurer,) Drawes his desires, and them in chaines enfold, Vrging him still to tell it and conceale it: But Bewties treasure neuer can be tolde, None can peculiar ioy, yet all must steale it. O Bewtie, this same bloodie siege of thine, Starues me that yeeld, and feeds me till I pine. G. Chapman.
O Bewtie, still thy Empire swims in blood, And in thy peace, warre stores himselfe with foode. Idem.
O Bewtie Syrene faire enchaunting good, Sweete silent Rhethoricke of perswading eyes: Dumbe eloquence, whose power doth moue the blood More then the workes, or wisedome of the wise.
Still harmony whose Diapazon lies Within a brow, the key which passions moue To rauish the sence and play a world in loue. S. Daniell.
Beautie enchasing loue, loue gaining Beautie, To such as conflict Sympathies enfold: To perfect riches doth a sounder dutie Then all endeuours, for by all consent All wealth and wisedome rests in time content. More force and art is beautie ioynd with loue, Then thrones with wisedom, ioyes of them composde, Are armes more proofe gainst any griefe we proue: Then all their vertue scorning miserie, Or iudgements graue in stoicke grauitie. G. Chapman.
Beautie a begger, fieit is too bad When in it selfe sufficiencie is had: It was not made to please the wandring eie, But an attire to adorne sweet modestie. If modestie and women once do seuer, Farwell our fame, farwell our name for euer. M. Drayton.
O Beautie that betraies thy selfe to euery amorous eie, To trap thy proud professors, what is it but wantons trie? ƲƲhere through it sildom haps the faire from mean deceits to flie. W. Warner.
This Beautie faire, is an inchauntment made By natures witchcraft, tempting men to buie With endlesse showes, what endlesly will fade, Yet promise chapmen all eternitie. But like to goods ill got a fault it hath,
Brings men inricht therewith to beggery, Vnles the enricher be as rich in faith Enamourd, (like god selfe-loue) with her owne Seene in an other then tis heauen alone. G. Chapman.
—Beautie is a baine To such as feed their fancy with fond loue, That when sweet youth with lust is ouerthrowne, It rues in age. R. Greene.
Where Venus strikes with Beautie to the quicke, It little vailes safe reason to apply: Fewe are the cares for such as are loue sicke, But loue. Idem.
Truce, warre, and woe, do wait at Beauties gate, Time lost, laments, reports and priuie grudge: And last, fierce loue is but a partiall iudge, Who yeelds for seruice shame, for friendship hate. D. Lodge.
The bees of Hybla haue besides sweet hony smarting stings, And beauty doth not want a bait that to repentance brings. W. Warner.
—Faire colours soonest soyle, Things of best price are subiect most to spoyle. Ch. Middleton.
The fairer cheeke hath oftentimes a soule Leprous as sin it selfe, then hell more foule. Th. Dekkar.
All men do erre, because that men they bee, And men with Beautie blinded, cannot see. G. Peele.
Beautie, heauen and earth this grace doth win, It supples rigor, and it lessons sin. G. Chapman.
Nought is vnder heauens wide hollownes, That moues more deare compassion of mind: Then Beautie to vnworthy wretchednes Through enuies snares, or fortunes freakes vnkind. Ed. Spencer.
—Nothing ill becomes the faire, But crueltie which yeelds vnto no praier. S. Daniell.
Like as the Sun in a Diameter Fires and inflames obiects remoued far, And heateth kindly, shining laterally, So Beautie sweetly quickens when tis nie: But being seperated and remoued, Burnes where it's cherisht, murders where it loued. Ch. Marlowe.
Simples fit Beautie, fie on drugs and art. M. Drayton.
—Faire words and powre-attractiue bewtie, Bring men to want on in subiectiue dutie. I. Weeuer.
—Wayward Beauty doth not fancy moue. A frowne forbids, a smile ingendreth loue. Ed. Fairfax. Transl.
—What els is forme, but fading aire? Yea oft, because assaulted of, it hurteth to be faire. VV. ƲƲarner.
Full soone the fairest face would cease from being such, If not preserued curiously from tendring more then much
That wondrous patterne where soeuer it bee Whether in earth laid vp in secret store, Or els in heauen that no man may it see With sinfull eies, for feare it to deflore: Is perfect Beautie which all men adore. Whose face and feature doth so far excell All mortall sence, that none the same may tell. Ed. Spencer.
O Beautie, how attractiue is thy power? For as the liues heat clings about the hart, So all mens hungry eyes do haunt thy bower: Raigning in Greece, Troy swumme to thee in art. Remoued to Troy, Greece followed thee in feares, Thou drewest ech syrelesse sword, ech childlesse dart And puldst the Towers of Troy about thine eares. G. Chapman.