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The Pastime of Pleasure

The Pastime of Pleasure

by Stephen Hawes

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Author
Hawes, Stephen, -1523?
Title
The Pastime of Pleasure: An Allegorical Poem
Credits
Produced by Mark C. Orton, Stephen Hutcheson, and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at www.pgdp.net (This book was produced from scanned images of public domain material from the Google Books project.)
Language
English
LoC Class
PR: Language and Literatures: English literature
Subject
English poetry -- Early modern, 1500-1700
Category
Text
Project Gutenberg
eBook-No. 58037
Release Date
October 5, 2018
Copyright
Public domain in the USA.

Contents

  1. 1.THE PASTIME OF PLEASURE:
  2. 2.Council , 1845-6.
  3. 3.PREFACE. — The History of GRAUND AMOURE and LA BEL PUCELL,
  4. 4.CONTENTS. — THE PASTIME OF PLEASURE.
  5. 5.CAP. I. HOWE GRAUNDE AMOURE WALKED IN A MEDOWE, AND MET WYTH FAME ENVYRONED WITH TONGUES OF FYRE.
  6. 6.CAP. II. OF THE SWETE REPORTE OF FAME OF THE FAYRE LADY LA BELL PUCELL IN THE TOURE OF MUSYCKE.
  7. 7.CAP. III. HOWE FAME DEPARTED FROM GRAUNDE AMOURE, AND LEFT WITH HYM GOUVERNAUNCE AND GRACE, AND HOWE HE WENT TO THE TOWER OF DOCTRINE.
  8. 8.CAP. IV. HOWE HE WAS LET IN BY COUNTENAUNCE THE PORTERES, AND OF THE MARVELOUS BUILDYNG OF THE SAME TOWER.
  9. 9.CAP. V. HOW SCIENCE SENT HIM FYRST TO GRAMER, WHERE HE WAS RECEIVED BY DAME CONGRUYTE.
  10. 10.CAP. VI. HOW HE WAS RECEYVED OF LOGYCKE.
  11. 11.CAP. VII. HOW HE WAS RECEYVED OF RETHORYKE, AND WHAT RETHORYKE IS.
  12. 12.CAP. VIII. OF THE FIRST, CALLED INVENCYON, AND A COMMENDACION OF POETS.
  13. 13.CAP. IX. A REPLICATION AGAINST IGNORAUNT PERSONES.
  14. 14.CAP. X. OF DISPOSITION, THE II. PARTE OF RETHORYKE.
  15. 15.CAP. XI. OF ELOCUTION, THE THIRDE PARTE OF RETHORYKE, WITH COLOURYNG OF SENTENCES. — Rychesse. — Scyence. — Pleasure. — Example.
  16. 16.CAP. XII. OF PRONUNCIATION, THE IV. PART OF RETHORIKE.
  17. 17.CAP. XIII. OF MEMORY, THE V. PART OF RETHORYKE.
  18. 18.CAP. XIV. A COMMENDATION OF GOWER, CHAUCER, AND LYDGATE.
  19. 19.CAP. XV. OF ARSMETRIKE.
  20. 20.CAP. XVI. OF MUSIKE: MUNDAIN, HUMAYN, AND INSTRUMENTAL.
  21. 21.CAP. XVII. HOWE GRAUNDE AMOURE WAS ENAMOURED OF LA BELL PUCELL IN THE TOWER OF MUSIKE, AND MET WITH COUNSAYLE IN A TEMPLE
  22. 22.CAP. XVIII. OF THE DOLOROUS AND LOWLY DISPUTACION BETWENE LA BEL PUCELL AND GRAUNDAMOURE. — Amoure. — Pucell. — Amoure. — Pucell. — Amoure. — Pucell. — Amoure. — Pucell. — Amoure. — Pucell. — Amoure. — Pucell. — Amoure. — Pucell. — Amoure. — Pucell. — Amoure. — Pucell. — Amoure. — Pucell. — Amoure. — Pucell. — Amoure. — Pucell. — Amoure. — Pucell. — Amoure.
  23. 23.CAP. XIX. HOW LA BELL PUCELL GRAUNTED GRAUND AMOURE LOVE, AND OF HER DISPITEOUS DEPARTAGE. — Amoure. — Pucell. — Amoure. — Pucell. — Amoure.
  24. 24.CAP. XX. OF THE GREAT SOROWE THAT GRAUNDE AMOUR MADE AFTER THE DEPARTYNGE AND OF THE WORDES OF COUNCEYLE.
  25. 25.CAP. XXI. HOWE GRAUNDE AMOURE WENT TO GEOMETRY, AND WHAT GEOMETRY IS.
  26. 26.CAP. XXII. OF DAME ASTRONOMY.
  27. 27.CAP. XXIII. OF THE DIRECT OPERATION OF NATURE.
  28. 28.CAP. XXIV. OF THE FIVE INTERNALL WITTES.
  29. 29.CAP. XXXV. OF THE HYE INFLUENCES OF THE SUPERNALL BODIES.
  30. 30.CAP. XXVI. HOW GRAUNDE AMOURE CAME TO THE TOURE OF CHYVALRY.
  31. 31.CAP. XXVII. OF THE MARVEYLOUS ARGUMENT BETWENE MARS AND FORTUNE.
  32. 32.CAP. XXVII. HOWE MINERVE LEDDE GRAUNDE AMOURE TO KYNG MELYZYUS, WHICHE MADE HYM KNYGHT
  33. 33.CAP. XXIX. HOWE HE DEPARTED FROM KYNGE MELYZYUS, WITH HIS GRAYHOUNDES AND ATTENDAUNCE, HIS VARLET, AND MET WITH FALSE REPORTE, THAT CHAUNGED HIS NAME TO GODFREY GOBILYVE.
  34. 34.CAP. XXX. THE SUPPLICATION.
  35. 35.CAP. XXXI. THE COPY OF THE LETTER THAT VENUS SENT TO LA BELL PUCELL.
  36. 36.CAP. XXXII. HOW GODFREY GOBELIVE WAS TAKEN OF CORRECTION, AND PUNYSHED.
  37. 37.CAP. XXXIII. HOW GRAUNDE AMOURE DYSCOMFYTED THE GIAUNTE WITH THRE HEDES, AND WAS RECEIVED OF THRE FAYRE LADIES.
  38. 38.CAP. XXXIV. HOW HE MET WITH PERCEVERAUNCE, AND REPOSED HYM IN THE MANOUR PLACE OF DAME COMFORT.
  39. 39.CAP. XXXV. HOWE HE VAINQUYSHED A GYAUNT WITH SEVEN HEADES, AND WAS RECEIVED OF VI. LADYES.
  40. 40.CAP. XXXVI. HOW HE MADE OBLACYON TO THE GODES PALLAS, AND SAYLED OVER THE TEMPESTUOUS FLODE.
  41. 41.CAP. XXXVII. HOWE GRAUNDE AMOURE DISCOMFITED THE WONDERFULL MONSTER OF THE SEVEN METALLES, MADE BY ENCHAUNTMENT.
  42. 42.CAP. XXXVIII. HOW GRAUNDE AMOURE WAS RECEYVED OF LA BELLE PUCELL.
  43. 43.CAP. XXXIX. OF THE GRETE MARIAGE BETWENE GRAUNDE AMOURE AND LA BELLE PUCELL.
  44. 44.CAP. XL. HOW WHAN GRAUNDE AMOURE HAD LIVED LONGE WYTH LA BEL PUCELL, HE WAS ARRESTED BY AEGE, THAT BROUGHT UNTO HIM POLYCY AND AVARYCE.
  45. 45.CAP. XLI. HOWE HE WAS ARESTED BY DEATH.
  46. 46.CAP. XLII. HOWE REMEMBRAUNCE MADE HIS EPYTAPHY ON HIS GRAVE. — Pryde. — Wrath. — Envy. — Slouth. — Covetyse. — Glotony. — Lechery.
  47. 47.CAP. XLIII. HOWE FAME CAME INTO THE TEMPLE WYTH BURNYNG TONGUES AND OTHER PRAYSE. — Hector of Troy. — Josue. — Judas Machabeus. — Davyd. — Alexander. — Julius Sezar. — Arthur. — Charles. — Godfrey of Boleyn.
  48. 48.CAP. XLIV. HOWE TYME CAME INTO THE TEMPLE IN A MARVAYLOUS SEMILITUDE, AND OF HIS REPLYCATION.
  49. 49.CAP. XLV. HOWE ETERNYTE CAME INTO THE TEMPLE, AND OF HER VERTUOUS EXHORTACYON.
  50. 50.THE EXCUSATION OF THE AUCTOUR.
  51. 51.Transcriber’s Notes

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