What meant the Poets to inuectiue verse, To sing Medeas shame, and Scillas pride, Calipsoes charmes, by which so many dide? Onely for this, their vices they rehearse, That curious wits which in this world conuerse, May shun the dangers and enticing shoes, Of such false Syrens, those home-breeding foes, That from their eies their venim do disperse. / So soone kils not the Basiliske with sight, The Vipers tooth is not so venomous, The Adders tung not halfe so dangerous, As they that beare the shadow of delight, Who chaine blinde youths in tramels of their haire, Till wast bring woe, and sorrow hast despaire. With this he laide his head on his hand, and leant his elbow on the ground sighing out sadly, Heu patior telis vulnera facta meis. On the other side of the hedge sate one that heard his sorrow, who getting ouer, came towardes him, and brake off his passion. When he approached, he saluted _Roberto_ in this sort. Gentleman, quoth hee (for so you seeme), I haue by chaunce heard you discourse some part of your greefe; which appeareth to be more then you will discouer, or I can conceipt. But if you vouchsafe such simple comfort as my abilitie will yeeld, assure your selfe that I will endeuour to doe the best, that either may procure your profit, or bring you pleasure: the rather, for that I suppose you are a scholler, and pittie it is men of learning should liue in lacke. _Roberto_ wondring to heare such good words, for that this iron age affoordes few that esteeme of vertue, returned him thankfull gratulations, and (vrged by necessitie) vttered his present griefe, beseeching his aduise how he might be imployed. Why, easily, quoth hee, and greatly to your benefit: for men of my profession get by schollers their whole liuing. What is your profession, sayd _Roberto_? Truely, sir, said he, I am a player. A Player, quoth _Roberto_, I tooke you rather for a gentleman of great liuing, for if by outward habit men shuld be censured, I tell you you would be taken for a substantiall / man. So am I, where I dwell (quoth the player), reputed able at my proper cost to build a Windmill. What though the worlde once went hard with mee, when I was faine to carrie my playing Fardle a footebacke; _Tempora mutantur_, I know you know the meaning of it better then I, but I thus conster it; it is otherwise now; for my very share in playing apparrell will not be solde for two hundred pounds. Truely (said _Roberto_) it is strange, that you should so prosper in that vaine practise, for that it seemes to me your voyce is nothing gracious. Nay then, said the player, I mislike your iudgement: why, I am as famous for Delphrigus, and the king of Fairies, as euer was any of my time. The twelue labors of _Hercules_ haue I terribly thundred on the stage, and placed three scenes of the deuill on the highway to heauen. Haue ye so (said _Roberto_)? then I pray you pardon me. Nay, more (quoth the player), I can