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

The Tabe informes youe eye with the condicion of that stroyinge thinge, which in some Language is called the Courtyer ffirst a yong inocent Gallant, is by ambicion drawne 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 Courte entertaynes him, and after observance done, ministers unto him of her 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 pitty, one the ninthe, which is the lowest and last, Calamitye and inhumanitye, here in this miserable plight, dispaire 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] cruche and talkes with him, while the owle 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[n] to old Courtyers sworne enemyes to virtue

Machavell with his Motto

Singula vulpine mere modoque latent Singula vulpino tegunne(?) tecla patent

Cirsus with his Motto

Mell in ore verba lactis Fell in corde feaus et factis