neuer knewe so muche in himselfe before that tyme blamed his wyfe in that shee had neuer admonished hym thereof to whome his wife modestly excusinge herselfe sayde husband be not angrye with mee for I thought that all mennes mouthes had smelled so and therfore I kept silence Armenia also comminge home from a royal feast made by kinge Cyrus when all men for the comlynesse of his person highly praysed Cyrus shee beinge demaunded by her husband what shee thought of the dignity and feature of that king husband quod she I neuer turned myne eyes from you and therefore what an other mannes feature is I am vtterlye ignoraunte In the education or bringinge vp of chyldren there are two thinges especiallye to be considered wherof the one chiefly appertayneth to the mother the other vnto the father himselfe the firste reason concerneth the meanes to lyue the seconde to lyue well the firste because it is and falleth for Home belongeth to the dutie of the mother whiche ought to bee the gouernesse of the housholde matters accordinge to the prescribed ordinaunces enioyned her by her husbande The matrone therefore that is with childe ought to forecast and consider that shee must bring foorth a chylde and greate dyligence must shee take that in no respecte shee hurte the chylde within her bodye before it bee broughte into the worlde and especiallye shee muste cherishe her owne bodye and take her meate wyth modestye feedinge vppon suche kynde of foode as may nourishe and strengthen her younge one and not that whiche maye weaken it and shee shall shunne to muche Slouthe a moderate Walkinge for her is profitable and healthfull and causeth farre more easie deliueraunce in childebyrthe Shee shall also beware of all vehemente laboures especiallye daunsinge whiche thinge by example HYPPOCRATES confirmed For when a certayne woman coulde not auoyde the receyued Seede of man shee desired his deuise to helpe her that the Seede shoulde not prosper whome hee counsayled euerye daye by iumpinge and daunsinge to styrre the Seede and so the seauenth day by meanes of her leapinge and daunsing she brought foorth an vnperfect conception couered ouer wyth a lyttle thinne rymme or skinne suche as wee see is in an egge betweene the shell and the yolke Some women keepe suche Reuell rexe and coyle in daunsinge and leapinge at banquettes and feastes that for verye payne they eyther procure abortion before the tyme or elles bringe the same foorthe verye weake and feeble other to th ende to seeme pretye and slenderer vnto their louers do gyrd themselues so straight that they hurt themselues their bellies also thereby very much some cramme fill their bellies with dayntye fare and wyne euen tyll they surphet agayne and very many women vse to cloye their stomackes wyth sower fruite and vnrype apples I let passe to speake of their lustes and certayne beastly pranckes not by speache to be vttered wherby they do not onelye trauaile before their tyme but also do bring forth into the worlde lothesome monsters After that the lyttle infante shal be borne whiche not longe agone the mother knewe not because it was closed in her wombe let her wyth her Dugges and with that Fountayne nourishe and foster it whiche prouident Nature hath wyth suche plentifulnes prepared in her breast Worst of all in myne opinion do suche women deserue of their children which put their babes out to noursing and at that tyme when they haue most neede of their mothers helpe committinge theym vnto younge huswyues and countrye nourses suche vnto whom in deede some woulde not committe a younge kytlinge if they had anye pleasure in it furthermore they are not whole mothers but rather appeare to be halfe mothers whiche straight waye put out to nursinge theyr owne naturall chylde denye to geeue it sucke whom euen nowe in their owne wombe wyth their owne bloud they nourished do they perswade theimselues that theyr neepples and duggs are by nature geeuen them for an ornamente or beautifiynge of theyr breast and not to the nourishmente of their chyldren ▪ But wee do knowe some women which wyth slybbersauces and medecines do drye vp and stoppe that most sacred Fountayne the nourisher of Mankinde yea not wythout greate daunger of they re owne healthes to the end forsooth they may appeare the more beautifull and in the eyes of theyr Louers more pleasaunte and acceptable Let no good mother suffer her chylde to be infected wyth the contagion of mylcke drawen from another womans breastes and let her in so doinge performe the poynte of a whole and entiere parent deseruinge well of her childe whom shee shall thereby make more readye to requite recōpēce her whē it shal grow to further yeares of discretion if it shall perceyue that it hath not at any tyme bene defrauded of the mothers fosteringe and nourishemente in the firste beginninge of lyfe for the benefite of the mothers breaste was among the Auncientes had in such reuerence and regarde that what soeuer hard or difficulte request the mothers were to craue at the handes of their childrē their fashion was to request the same for by the mylcke whiche they gaue vnto theym in their Infancye and babeshippe For what pleasaunter delights or pleasures can there be then a younge sucklinge chylde whose lispinge speache prety endeuouringes to bring out hys wordes his swete laughter and the pleasaunt mothers speach agayne vsed to her sayd chylde seemes to me farre to surpasse all other counterfeict scoffers or iesters Neyther nede Apes or little dogges to bee soughte for there to sport themselues wythall where little babes do creepe about the house The members and tender partes of younge chyldren are to be fashioned by the Nourses handes and the lytle Infantes bodye to be wrapped and bounde with a swathinge bande from the shoulders euen downe to the ancle but yet somewhat looser about the breaste and bulke for the bredth or largenes of those partes do make very muche to the dignitie and strengthninge of a man and somewhat straighter about the stomacke and about the nether partes of the bellye the better to confirme and strengthē the same and that the Bellye beare not out aboue comlye proportion Aristotle also affirmeth that cryinge is profitablie geeuen by nature vnto chyldren for hee thinketh that it is an indeuour or striuing vsed by the chylde to his encreasinge and that it helpeth much to stretch out the breast and hart stringes wherfore hee prescribeth the Nurse not to force the childe from cryinge Women conceyued with child ought to haue great care of themselues least that they be deliuered before their time or miscary in child bearing which thing that we may haue foreknowledge of Hyppocrates teacheth for eyther he sayth the infant moueth styrreth in the mothers wombe vpon the 70. or ells 90. daye it expresseth y it is eyther the seuenth or nynthe moneth wherein shee shall be delyuered of her
fortified with coÌ„corde of the Citizens Therefore there muste bee great forecaste had that the Citizens may liue with equal Iustyce that some do not alwayes beare rule that other some do not remain alwais as inferiours for al society is vnstable there where all men doe not lyue in indifferencye of Iustice Man forasmuche as he loueth and fauoureth his owne kynne and is congregable or geeuen to companye sociable or geuen to felowship more then other lyuing creatures and seing no society can be firme or stable without iustice appeareth to be thereunto especially born whych he fauoreth and is affected most vnto And the first duty of Iustice is Piety or godly zeale towardes God pertaker of which vertue doubtles ther is no liuynge creature elles seene to be but onely man For maÌ„ onely doth acknowledge God and hym as the aucthour creator of the worlde worckmaister of all thinges doth renerence worship by whom surely he acknowledgeth himself to be made pertaker of reason in whom he seinge that Iustice is all in all it behoueth that he show himself a folower of Iustice if he would haue himselfe to be counted lyke vnto himself It bredeth great disseÌ„tioÌ„ wher amoÌ„gst theÌ„ which are fouÌ„d guilty in cryme alyke som are greuously punished other som escape vntouched altogether it should bee otherwise if thoffences were not a lyke For far more greuously is that gouernour or shypmaister to be punished which ouerwhelmeth the same being laden with golde and siluer theÌ„ hee whiche hathe loste or perished a Shyppe laden withe Sandeâ—or Potcers claye and yet eyther of these hathe neglected hys duty For thyngs of more value semes iustlye to require more diligence For there can bee no better perswasion in ciuil societie then that which toucheth the fredom of the city whereunto the mind of euery Cytizen is to be dyrected whiche surely shal be an easy matter to bee done if in maner all men wil hope and trust wel that somtyme they maye supplye the function of a magistrate for euery man laboureth for renowme which when he shal se hymselfe preuented of and that hee is frustrate of hope he is neuer at quiet in hys mynde and eyther shall he bee the more negligent in a common weale or appeare altogether euill affected towardes the same Hereupon do sedicions growe amongest Cittyzens from hence do also rise factions and Enimities which things surely do weaken the state of a publique weale therfore a magistrate ought to haue a determinate prefixed tyme apointed for the gouernment exercise of his office For to beare aucthoritie continuallye in a free cittie is hatefull it muste also bee wisely forsene that the Cytyzens be found iuste amonge theÌ„ selues directyng all their doinges vnto vertue and y beinge contente withe their owne goodes that they doe not desire other mennes Let there be no place for ydle personsin a common weale for surely by meanes of slowth and sluggishnes they do commit all wickednes wherupon true is that Oracle of Marcus Cato By slouth and doinge nothinge at all Men learne to do euill great and small They doe alwayes enuie at the paynfull trauell of the good cityzens vnto whom when they can not be like they labour with hartburning and hatred how to weaken and disturbe their estate Such therefore as lyue ydlye muste bee excluded from publique offices because neyther can they rule worthely also do withdraw their duty froÌ„ obedience In which matters all ciull societie is conteyned Their opinion is not to bee commended whiche saye that by the faulte or offence of the parents their posteritie shoulde bee for euer excluded oute of the publique weale for in so doinge thei shall dispayre altogether of felicitie when they see that all hope of pardon is debarred and that they cannot redeme themselelues by any vertue or worthynes For it oftentimes chanceth that their mindes are most ready and prone to innouation and desperation sometime is turned into mighty courage for they whiche are in any extremitie do easelye take hold vppon the sentence of the most learned Poet Maro Una salus victis nullam sperare salutem It is onely compted a safety vnto those which bee vanquished or conuinced not to hope for any safetye at all Of al thinges as Cicero writeth wherof there is any commoditie to bee gotten nothinge can bee better or more commodious then husbandry or tillage of grounde Then this nothing is more plentifull nothinge sweeter neyther yet more worthye for the state of a frâ—man in a coÌ„mon weale for onely husbandrye is such as vnto whome gentlemen others ought to set to their hands both for y necessity of sustentacion vnto our lyfe forasmuch as with out the same we cannot lyue and agayn because it yeldes vs a moste honest gayne wythout deceipt or syinge Surely yonge men are made stronge with the exercise of tillage of y grouÌ„d and be far more healthy then such as are trayned vp in Cytyes where as they vsinge sleepe and lustes of the bodye are enfebled and vnhealthie Yt is not therefore to bee meruayled yf the Romaynes brought forth youngmen hardened in the fieldes when they conquered the whoole worlde not by Idlenes and slouth but wyth stength and fortitude But we in thesedayes do shonne the trade of husbandry as a fylthy lucre yea and haue the husbandmen in derision and do dispyse them as slaues or bondmen and suche as are borne to perpetuall drudginge and do esteme Brokers Pedlers Cookes and Coblers more then wee doe of a good husbandman whose industrye we then do saye excedeth the industrye of al other worckemen when the common people ready to sterue for hunger earnestlye craueth their helpe and nourishement and when they beinge hungersterued and pynched wythe Famyne becommeth vnrulye and paste all feare For husbandrye only yeldes vnto vs nourishemente it helpeth and furthereth buildinge and almost findeth sufficiency also of apparell onlye the Husbandman is a breeder of Cattle whiche thing was of such estimation among the auncient people that Cato being demaunded in what thing doyng a man myghte bee quickely made ryche yf sayth hee a manne feede well And beynge agayne demaunded what thynge elles saythe hee yf hee feede well By the whyche aunswere he sheweth vs that euen a meane dylygence of the maister in feedinge his Cattell excede the other profytes For in dede there is no Arte or Scyence nor any industrye of men sooner maketh a man ryche then husbandrye Hesiodus and Homer dyd more allow of the instrumentes and necessaries pertayninge to husbandrye and of husbandmen then of warryors or warlyke affayres for the one promyseth vnto menne lyfe and felycicye the other death and myserye Good housholders oughte to take accompte of theyr Sernauntes and Familyes Idlenes rather then of theyr busines and the moste learned of the aunciente fathers iudged that there was nothinge more odyous and hatefull then slouthe and drowsiues of the mynde wherefore before they
shoulde eate theyr meate they called the yong men and seruaunes to the table and tooke accompt of thē what duety or what busines they had done that daye and before theym onlye they set meate whose dylygence they lyked allowed those they thrust out of the place accustomed to suppe in whyche by theyr slouthe and sluggishnes had done nothing cōmaunded that they should labour hard in som dutiful busines to earn theyr own foode Let those take vpon them thys charge whych especially in a common weale doe beare rule to see that younge men do applye their myndes vnto the studie of good artes or Scyences For in euery free Cytye there ought to bee a speciall care for the mayntenaunce of good artes scyences For Plato sayde Blessed are those common weales which of wyse and learned men are gouerned Or at the least sythens we all cannot proue learned wherein Marchaundiʒe seafaring trade and other Scientes profytable vnto ciuill societye were frequented and vsed Euery man ought to labour asmuch as he may to profyte himselfe his famylye and other Cytyʒens For amongeste those most streite Lawes whyche DRACO made there was especially one that they whyche were condempned for Ydlenesse shoulde bee punished withe deathe DIOD ORVS wrytethe that there was a Lawe amonge the Egiptiaus whereby all men were compelled to declare their names vnto their rulers and to show by what arte or by what manner of gayne they lyued And yf anye man lyed or lyued by vniuste Lucre or gayne the same was adiudged to dye and truelye not withoute a cause for those that bee ydle and slouthful youngmen are the poyson of the cyttye they are apte and proue to luste and pleasure they doe enuye those that bee good they cauet and desire other mennes goodes and finallye they proue sedicious and troubles me insomuche as the greatest troubles ryse vpon them Marcus Cato wrote verye well in his bookes of Manners that mannes lyfe was as Iron whyche if a man do exercyse and putte in vse is in wearinge made bryghte but beinge vnexercysed and not put in vse is withe Ruste consumed and canckered So men with honest exercise are in like case tryed and worne and yf they bee not exercysed slouthe and drowsines doth brynge to theym more detrymente and dammage then dylygence or paynes taking doth good For very well doth Cato touche the same in hys Oration made at Numantia to the Horsemen sayinge You Souldiours consyder in youre myndes yf you shall doe anye thynge well by Laboure or Trauayle the labour and trauail doth quickly departe but the good that you doe in the same laboure and traueil stil doth remayn for euer but if you take any pleasure in doinge euill the pleasure quickly departeth but the euill that you doe remainethe for euer whiche sentences declare that there is nothinge worse then ydlenes neyther anye thinge more prayseworthy then industry and traueil Merchants and handicraftesmen are to be fauored which with their labour and industry get their liuinge and do make the cyties far more abundant in thinges which may profite al men for merchaunts are necessary which do carye awaye from vs such things as we haue superfluous or to much store of by exchaunge and sales of their commodities do bringe vs those thinges whiche shal bee necessarye for vs. The custome of the Belgians and lowe countryemen doth seme ▪ to me verye allowable because they wyll ▪ not suffer Merchauntes to come and traffyque with thē whiche shall brynge vnto theym those thinges that maye cause them to be effeminately mynded For it chaunceth in oure tymes that the prouocations of venery and lustes as entysementes to vayne pleasures on euerye syde are brought vs from the furthest part of the Ocean sea Certaynly such manner of nauigation or trafyque cannot be necessarye and as I iudge muste needes be lesse commendable but onely that whiche makethe exchaunge with superfluous thinges for such kind of commoditie as may bee moste for our proffyte A certeyn Laconian did say as it is reported that there is an end or measure to be prescribed vnto lucre or gayne for in cōsideracion of the diuers chances of fortune least that in a small momente of tyme the merchaunte doe loose and let slyppe that whyche in all hys lyfe tyme he hath gayned and be compelled of necessitye to consume and waste the same in expences whych thinge vndoubtedlye cannot come to passe withoute reproche and dishonestye althoughe the partye be nothynge faultye Therefore to the ende that Merchauntes maye liue without sutch reproche let them prescribe vnto them selues a measure and ende in their couetous attemptes leaste they bee compelled to suffer pouerty in their oulde age with derision also And yet notwithstandinge Socrates iudgeth them that buye of those greate Merchauntes to thintent to sell the same again to be worthy of disprayse except by weaknes of age or by reason of their vnhealthfulnes of bodye they cannot put in practise any other kinde of trade to liue vppon The lawe of Solon is praysed especially wherin hée ordayned that that chylde was not bounden vnto his father in any necessary duety of life of whom he had receaued no Arte Science or Trade to get his liuinge withal Handy craftes men or worckemen which prouide those thinges that are profitable vnto vs and without whome we may lesse commodiously liue are not onely to be borne withall but also are to be taken and reputed amongest the most honest Citizens Smithes Foūders Caruers Engrauers Printers Potters Glasiers Shoomakers Curriours Taylers Weauers Ioyners Masons Clothiers Pargeters roughmasōs Ironmōgers verye many other such like faculties are to be admitted partly becaus they prouid such thīgs as be necessary Partly becaus thei make their citie more noble with diuers ornamēts The Lacedemonians to the ende they might withdraw their Cittezens from all filthy gaine and prouoke them vnto Husbandrye Huntinge and warrefare did caste out of their Citty as well their Golde as their Siluer coumptinge it a pestilence or plague vnto the Cittezens And ordained to be made a certaine coyne of Iron which was more weighty to the ende they might be extruded sequestred frō al company of their neighbours and liue witheout the tradinge to or with any forrayne Countryes They which trade in Merchaundice with modesty and do take no vsury which thinge Marcus Cato declared was the next poinct to a murderer for to one that demaūded of him what it seemed vnto him to be an vserer hee aunswered what is it to kill a man ▪ And they which doe not lye neither deceaue others with periury orlyinge I deeme them worthy to be enryched wyth the benefittes of of a commonwealth Worckemen giuen to fylthye gayne and which are the ministers of pleasures and do prouide for the prouocations of gluttony lechery are not only not to be admitted into a common weale but also to be thrust out of a Citty for wythe their
them be put to learne the practize of some other trades and occupations especiallye such as come uearest in goodnes vnto learning least that they remayne vnprofitable by meanes of Idlenesse and slouthe for true is that sentence of Marcus Cato By slouth and doinge nothing at all Men learne to doe euyll great and small Therfore diligent and paynful cytizens ought to dryue sluggishe and slouthfull people out of their citties euen as the diligent Bees do the Drones or Dorres which wyll not take paynes for the common Honnye and wee muste esteeme as most holye that ordinaunce whiche Solon enacted affirming that That chylde to his father is nothing bounde In any respect of dutie naturall If that for him hee hath not founde Some kinde of trade to lyue withall But if all other disciplines and Arts should be lacking yet oughte they to foresee and regarde that their children be not brought vp without the rule of good manners for it is farre better for men to bee wythoute children and to be for euer barreyne and berefte of all progenye or Issue then when men haue children to bringe them vp euill nurtured or of sewde behauiour Epaminondas the Thebane a worthye man and of greate wysedome neuer maryed anye wyfe whiche thing his friend Pelopidas reprehending because hee left not the Seede or succession of his valiantnesse vnto his children and therfore that in so doinge hee dyd ill prouide for the commoditye or profite of his countrye Epaminondas thereupon smyling aunswered take you heede frende Pelopidas least you doe worse prouide for the publique vtilitie of your countrye which may happen to leaue such a sonne begotten by you whose lyfe perhaps hereafter may be wished of some to bee better by whiche sayinge this most wyse Gentleman sheweth that Parētes ought to feare nothinge more then least they haue suche childrē as may degenerate frō their steps qualities Neocles the Athenian a man noble and excellente had a sonne called Themistocles whome in his youth he disherited because hee was mislyked and thought to lyue verye lewdely wastinge his substance and in euerye poynte disobayinge his fathers commaundemente this seuere and harde dealinge did not discourage the sonue but did rather farre more encourage him to remēber himselfe for hee thinkinge that suche a manifest blemish of misdemeanour coulde not bee extinguished withoute some singuler industrye and prayse from thence foorth wholy vent hym selfe to thexercise of vertue and by al care and study that in him was possible endeuoured to traueyle for the commoditye of his common weale with all dyligence that he could protected and maynteyned the causes of his friends and priuate iudgements and within short space so amended his faultes and reformed the vices of hys youthe that there was no one man in his tyme preferred before him and verye fewe were thoughte to bee founde equalle vnto him therefore the seueritye of a father towardes such a Sonne was not to be found fault wythal who in dede of a most naughtie lewd person reclaimed him to be a man in all kynde of prayse moste cōmendable Polemon the Athenian lyuinge vnchaste in his youthfull yeares was wanton and geeuen to filthy behauiour sometimes also ouerseene with drinke hauing a Garlande as the custome was for the stoutest drincker to haue rushed with his companions into Xenocrates schoole onely to floute and mocke and to playe some pageant of knauery at that tyme as it chaunced Xenocrates was discoursinge amongest his scholers touching modestie temperaunce and chastitye whiche purpose for al this hee chaunged not but playnly conuerted his meaning euen vpō Polemō there present by which oratiō made he so reformed himselfe that without any more ado forsaking there his companions and chaunginge his former old lyfe he yeelded himselfe scholar vnto Xenocrates and within a shorte space excelled all his scholefellowes and besides this so nerelye expressed his scholemaister in all matters that after his deceasse this Polemon beinge then lefte hys successor so learnedly behaued himselfe after thimit a ciō of y other that the Scholemaister was thought one styl and not scant perceyued to be chaunged Younge men also are to be enured wyth bodely exercises both for their better health for as Celsus satih slouth enfebleth the bodye labour strengtheneth it the one causinge vntimelye olde age the other long and lustye youth and also for that they might be made more proiftable members for y cōmō weale in tyme of warres wherin they are more prōpt and actiue if they come thereunto wyth a bodye exercised rather then vy slouth effeminated in which thinge the Lacedaemonians did verye muche excell whose children in runninge leapinge and castinge the dart were daylye exercised and practised from whō Diogenes on a tyme returning and goinge to Athens was asked whither he went and from whence he came I come saith he from men and am now goinge to women THE FIFTH BOOKE EFfectuallye discoursinge vppon the ENDEVOVRS TRADES OFFICES DVEties and seuerall vocations aswell of the ciuill cittizen as of the vplandish countreyman also the discouerye of vices with the daūgers that in euery realme and countrye thereby ensueth RApine promiseth Idlenes and rest but vertue sheweth before her labour and sweat Euill manered persons and suche as in their speache and gesture be grosse and vnnurtured be termed vnciuil because they rather seeme to haue bene brought vp in the coūtrey then in the Cytties From hence is deriued the worde phrase of speache called Ciuilitye or Urbanitye because it doth appertayn both to speach and manners and is so called by the name of the latine worde Vrbs a cyttye because through cyuil companying or meeting together of wyse learned men a certayn knowledge and learning is gotten which dyrecteth and trayneth vp men in gallant curtesie pleasaunt order and comelye grace the contrarye wherof is called Rusticitie If a man would in fewe woordes determine and define what a Ciuil man is hee shall say that he is a good man and one that is profitable to his common weale for firste and speciallye hee oughte to haue before his eyes that sentence of Plato where he sayth Men are of God created not onelye To profite themselues in this lyfe presente But that they shoulde their natiue countrye Studye to profite wyth honest intent Partely agayne that they be styllbent To profite frende children and kinsfolke naturall To this ende to lyue well ought all men mortall And by good righte humane societye is instituted and appointed to lyue together for one to profite another These thinges when wee shall consider vppon wee shall well perceyue that we ought to helpe and prouide for our natiue countrye The little Bees and Antes being creatures not only the least of all others but also dumbe and deafe oughte to be examples vnto vs whiche vndoubtedlye do laboure one for another they swarme together they keepe theim selues together they are preserued altogether wyth like
grounde Iumper Chestnutte Wooddes and vvood ground necessarye Fyrevvvod Mayne tymber trees for buyldinges ships Water Ceremoniall custome of the Egiptians touchinge vvater Countries famous through vvaters Springes of vvonderfull qualities Bathes Hoate vvater What kindes of vvaters bee best Nearenes of the Sea vnto a Cittie coÌ„modious Penurye Fyshinge Fortifications Castles in citties Order of buylding priuate houses Comely buylding in a cittye Libraries The Lybrarye of Ptolomeus had 40000 volumes Churches Cathedrall churches Liberalitie in Captaines and Generalles most coÌ„mendable expedient The first onset in battell most daungerous Waginge battell Assured peace better then coÌ„quest hoped for Aucthors of Warres Warring for enlarging Empyres Prayse of War fare Rome and Athens Peace better then Warre Vayne glorye and ambition Vayne glorye and ambition noted in Alexander Gouernours generalles inâ— Warres Fovver speciall thinges requisite in a chieftayne Souldiers offeÌ„dinge hovv to be punished Hardnesse of fare Offences to be pâ—rdoned and hovv to be punished Combat hovv it is allovvable in a captayne One politike skilful captain more vvorthe then a great sort of commoÌ„ souldiers Hovv to ouercome the enemie A very Lye sôtime auailable Demosthenes vvyse excuse for his runniÌ„g avvaye Iulius Caefar valiaunt and learned Sundrye good poyntes incident and mete to be knovven of a good Captayne Nothing more rare then a perfect Generall Punishmente for the vvatch Scoures of a Cittye Espialles abrode very necessarye Gates must diligently be loked vnto Fugitâ—ues and runneavvayes Cloaked treason vnder flattring vvoides Daungerous to haue manie straungers in a cittye Forein souldiers vntrustie Spede and expedition a nottable furtheraunce to vvaâ— like affayres Secrete hande linge of affayres Tvvo specialle precepts in dyâ—ecting vvaâ—e fare Clemencye in Generalles most commendable Fevv vvel trayned better theÌ„ a greate number of vnskilful peasauntes YongmeÌ„ most aptest to bee taught and trained invvarfare Age of Souldiers Vnfitnesse of Souldiers Stature â–ª â—â—sâ—â— commendable for a Souldier Small stature of Alexanders Souldiers Best bodilye proportion â—eacture for a Souldier The countrye must be resâ—ected vvhere a souldier hathe hene bred and borne City souldiers LacedemoniaÌ„s hovve they lyued Romaynes esteemed vvarfare and husbandry both a lyke Hunting a good exercise Trayninge of Souldiers What age is lavvful for one to be a Generall Octauius Caesar Olde beaten Souldiers are to bee preferred before youngmen Encamping Choyse of ground for pitching of tents encampinge Surueighors of vvorkes Revvarde for vvel doinge punishmeÌ„t for euil doing The Table A. Abstinence froÌ„ ciuile bloudshed Folio 63. Adultry punished 37. Age lavvful for a generall to bee chosen at 87 Age of Souldiers 48. Alexanders frends vvere his treasures 28 Alexander his vvyse example in vvatching 29 Annia a vvidovv her aunsvver as touching mariage the second tyme. 43 Appiê° Claudius his violence 62 Apt names for Citizens 65 Aristotles aduife touching sileÌ„ce to Calisthenes 52 Assured peace better then conquest hoped for 75 Astronomie 13 At vvhat yeares an officer maye be chosen 65 Aucthors of vvarre 76 B. Banquetting 57 Bathes 69 Better to bee vnborne then vntaught 47 Best bodilye proportion and feature for a souldier 85 Blushing in children a signe of good nature 45 Bricke vvalles in Babilon 10 Btibery a filthy thing 26 Bishops named kinges by Romulus 24. C Carelesse princes 1 Care for Scholemaisters 11 Castles in cities 72 Cato his distinctioÌ„s of grouÌ„d 67 Cato one of fevv vvordes 52 Causes necessary for mariage 35 Certen haÌ„dicraftsmeÌ„ necessary 9 Censor vvhat it signisieth 28 Ceremonial custoÌ„es of Egipt 68 Choyse of a vvyfe 38 Chastity in a vvoman 41 Chestnut tree 67 Cherishing of children 45 Children of dul vvytres 46 Children hovv longe they are so reputed 55 Choise of grouÌ„d for building 66 Choise in buying lande eodem Choyse of grounde for pitchinge of Tentes 88 Ciuility vvhat it is 48 Cicero and Salust at dissentioÌ„ 59 Citty Souldiers 85 Clemency commendable 83. Cloaked treasons 82 Combatte 74 CoÌ„fortable to haue children 35 Communalty of Rome 64 Commodities of learning 46 Commodity by concord 49 Comelye building in a city 72 CoÌ„siderations for magistrates 26 Considerations for children 43 Concord in a Realme 44 Concord in musicke 50 Comparison of a commoÌ„ vveale vnto a Ship. 49. Complayntes of Suters 63 Countries famous throughe vvaters 68 Continuall toyling 18 CouÌ„try must be respected vvher souldiers be borne 85 Corporall exercise 17 Corruption of Iudgement 25 Couetous man good to none 40 Couetous man an hoÌ„gry dog 40 Couerousâ—es 58 Costly funeralles 58 Curiosity of a simpering prikmedainty 42 D Daunsinge 43 Daungerous to haue many strauÌ„gers in a citty 8â— Darius dranke muddy vvater 56 Death escâ—eâ—d by thraldom 27 Death to theÌ„ that leaue childreÌ„ behinde them lesse greuous 35 Death of theim that vvante issue brought into obliuion ibideÌ„ Demosthenes 79 Difference of humane society 3 Dyet 14 Dionisius 53 Diogenes 53 DiscoÌ„moditie of stâ—dig vvater 66 Domestical discorde 42 Duties of Iustice 21 E Egiptian lore 11 Eight kindes of punishments vsed by the Romaines 27 Eloquence 15 Enuye 62 Epaminondâ—s 18 Epaminondas neuer maried anye vvife 47 Epicutes 57 Equalitie in a citty causeth concorde 5 Equality in choise of a vvife 38 Espialles very necessary 81 Example of societie in birdes 2â— Exercise of mannes lyfe 8 Example of destenie 13 Example of Milo. 18 Example of Polidamus ibidem Example of temperaunce 21 ExaÌ„ple of the husbands loue 36 Example of the vviues loue 46 Example of cockring childreÌ„ 46 F. Fauour mercy of conquerours 64 Faire and smoth vvordes 63 Fevv vvell trayned Souldiers better then a great number vnskilfull 84 Flattery must be eschevved 53 First reason of Societye instituted 3 First dutie of Iustice 6 First earthly treasures of men 28 First loue is most stedfast 43 First onset in battle dauÌ„gerous 75 Fovver speciall regardes in mans lyfe 20 Four Cardinall vertues 50 Foure thinges belonginge to a Chiefâ—ayne 77 For vvomen to knovve the full time of going vvith childe vvhen to be deliuered 45 Fortifications 7â— Forrein souldiers vntrusty 8â— Fruite eaters â—4 Fyrevvood 68 Fishiug 71 Fugitiues and runnavvayes from the armie gâ— G Gaggling of a goose saued Rome from beinge taken by the enemies 29 Gardens and Orchardes 6â— Gates 81 God the principall aucthor of al good lavves procedinges 23 Good housholders â— Good Artes and Sciences to bee cared for ibid. Good counsellours 23 Good exaÌ„ples by Romaines 26 Good order for corne 30 Good order for the church 31 Good order for high vvayes ibid Good order for Conduites ibid Good parentes bringe vp good children 38 Good mother good nurse 44 Good report for vvell doing 50 Good citizen good husbande â—1 Good vvay to procure a stomake 56 Gouernours in vvarres 77 Grammer 12 Gratitude 52. Gourmaundise 55 H Hard bringing vp of youth 17 Hard thing to chose a vvyfe 38 Hardnesse of fare 78 Hee that obayeth vvell ruleth vvell 21 Honosalit arres 3 Hovv a common vveale prospereth vvithout magistrates 19 Housholders 32 Hovv the maister