FREE BOOKS

Author's List




PREV.   NEXT  
|<   13   14   15   16   17   18   19   20   21   22   23   24   25   26   27   28   29   30   31   32   33   34   35   36   >>  
if he had any wytte at all. _HED._ Nor you wyll not denye this, that God is the chiefe and especiall goodnes, then who there is nothyng fayrer, there is nothyng ameabler, ther is nothing more delicious and swetter. _SPVDE._ No man wyll deny thys except he bee very harde hearted and of an vngentler nature then the _Ciclopes_. _HED._ Nowe you haue graunted vnto me, that none lyue in more pleasure, then thei whyche lyue vertuouslye, and agayne, none in more sorowe and calamytie then those that || lyue vngratiously. _Spu._ Then I haue grauted more the I thought I had. _He._ But what thing you haue ones cofessed too bee true (as _Plato_ sayth) you should not deny it afterward. _SPV._ Go furth with your matter. _HEDO_ The litle whelpe that is set store and greate price by, is fed most daintely, lieth soft, plaieth and maketh pastime continually, doo you thinke that it lyueth plesautly? _SPV._ It dooeth truely. _HEDO._ Woulde you wyshe to haue suche a lyfe? _SPV._ God forbyd that, excepte I woulde rather bee a dogge then a man, _HEDO._ Then you confesse that all the chief pleasures arise and spring fro the mynd, as though it were from a welspryng. _SPV._ ||C.iii|| That is euident ynough. _HE._ Forsoth the strength and efficacy of the minde is so great, that often it taketh away the felyng of al externe and outward pain & maketh that pleasaunt, which by it selfe is very peynful. _SPV._ We se that dayly in louers, hauyng great delight to sytte vp long & too daunce attendaunce at their louers doores all the colde wynter nyghtes. _HEDo._ Now weigh this also, if the naturall loue of man, haue suche great vehemency in it, which is a comune thyng vnto vs, both with bulles and dogges, howe much more should all heauenly loue excell in vs, which cometh of ye spirit of Christ, whose stregthe is of suche power, that it ||would make death a thig most terrible, too bee but a pleasure vnto vs. _Spu._ What other men thike inwardly I know not, but certes thei wat many pleasures which cleaue fast vnto true and perfect vertue. _He._ What pleasures? _Spu._ Thei waxe not rich, thei optein no promotio, thei baket not, thei dauce not, thei sing not, thei smell not of swete oyntmetes, thei laugh not, thei play not. _He._ We should haue made no mention in thys place of ryches and prefermente, for they bryng wyth them no pleasaunt lyfe, but rather a sadde and a pesiue. Let vs intreate of other thynges, suche as they chiefely seeke for, whose desy
PREV.   NEXT  
|<   13   14   15   16   17   18   19   20   21   22   23   24   25   26   27   28   29   30   31   32   33   34   35   36   >>  



Top keywords:

pleasures

 

pleasure

 

louers

 

pleasaunt

 
maketh
 

nothyng

 

naturall

 

vehemency

 

comune

 

spirit


Christ

 

stregthe

 

cometh

 
excell
 
dogges
 
heauenly
 

bulles

 

hauyng

 

delight

 

chiefe


peynful

 

nyghtes

 

wynter

 
daunce
 

attendaunce

 

doores

 
terrible
 
mention
 

ryches

 
oyntmetes

prefermente
 

thynges

 
chiefely
 

intreate

 
pesiue
 

inwardly

 

outward

 
certes
 

optein

 

promotio


vertue

 
cleaue
 

perfect

 

felyng

 
swetter
 

matter

 

delicious

 

afterward

 
whelpe
 

daintely