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A trewe Geographicall discription of the newe [Jewry?] and the nation with the rest of the morall vertues Syences

The Tabe informes youe eye with the condicion of that stroyingge thinge, which in some Language is called the Courtyer ffirst a yong inocent Gallant, is by ambicion dranne to affect the Courte, where shee pointes him honour and riches, and shewes them promised one the Courte gate, forward shee leades him one to hope, whoe graci = ouslie receives him, and placing him in the myddest betweene them, they both together present him to the Courte, the Courts entertaynes him, and after observance done, ministers unto him of he dayntiest dillicates, from her owne hand, theis tasted he is commended to servitude and labor, there his first hope forsaketh him, and as he defends, flies further and further till at the last, being vanished out of sight, her feete are scarslie to be discovered in [ye?] Clouds, one the second fall partiallitye and disfaviour in counters him, on the third suspition and greife on the fourth feare and distrust, on the fift contempt and scorne, one the sixt damage and inuirie, on the seaventh need and noe charitye, on [ye?] eight sicknes & noe pithy, one the ninthe, which is the lowest and last, Calamitye and inhumanitye, here in this miserable plicht, dispaye setts upon him, and thrusts him violentlye forthe, out at an obscure posterne in an old ruynne wall upon which is inscribed, beggerye, and old age, whereto late repentanc meetes him with a [crossed out: sword] [Bruche?] and talkes with him, while the [onle?] sitting one the old gate markes his declyning follye.

the Motto

He that knowes not lett him learne to warne others of the like aspiringe The Basilike and the Coulding Scorpio to old Courtyers sworne enemyes to vertue