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A03850	The nobles or of nobilitye The original nature, dutyes, right, and Christian institucion thereof three bookes. Fyrste eloquentlye writte[n] in Latine by Lawrence Humfrey D. of Diuinity, and presidente of Magdaleine Colledge in Oxforde, late englished. Whereto for the readers commodititye [sic], and matters affinitye, is coupled the small treatyse of Philo a Iewe. By the same author out of the Greeke Latined, nowe also Englished. 1563.; Optimates. English	Humphrey, Laurence, 1525 or 6-1589.; Philo, of Alexandria. De nobilitate. English.	1563 (1563)	STC 13964; ESTC S104304	130,119	392

hauinge thus on all partes raysed greate erpectation all noyse hushd and solempne sylence made sodaynly begyn to bleate with a harshe rustical and rude voice and mow with hys mouth and filthe lye wrye in and out his body Or how hisse we oute a wel apparayled plaier if counterfaiting a kinge on the stage he faile of his iesture speake yawning haue a sower and harshe voyce mysse his action or vse vnseemely iesture for so stately personage Doth not be then muche more abandone him selfe to laughter and contempt who abounding with all the gyftes god and fortune may geue placed by them in chiefe and swarming plentye lyfted to the highest tipe of honor His bodye decked and trimmed at all peyntes beareth about a rude rusticall and rough minde And with filthines of life defameth both him self and his auncestoures Wherefore more heedefull care muste parentes take for theyr childrens mindes then bodyes noblesse These are the parentes partes This the duty of learned teachers To vndertake this Noble and honourable charge of enfourming Nobility when eyther the parentes can not or wyllnot For nothing may they doe eyther for theyr renowme more glorious or for the learners profite more commodious or more appliable to the safetys and dignitie of theyr whole countrey For moste gentlemanlye wittes haue they whych poolished with liberall sciences may with theyr councel grauitie and wysedome singulerlye deserue of mankinde Rude and vnpolyshed become meanes of many dolefull Tragedies For the fruitfuller the soyle is the sooner waxeth it bushye brierd thornye thistied and weedye lyenge a whyle vnhusbanded So happs it in the Nobles pleasanter wittes without learning soone ouergrowen with filthy vyces So as boldened by blunt power blynde ignorance and vnskilful aucthoritye the mightier they be the rather not whereto they oughte but lyst they apply theyr power wherfore as rather we sowe the land that yelds most plenteous encrease to fede the greatest multitude then Antisthenes piddel scarsely suffising him selfe as singulerlye sayde Plutarche so is it no great matter to enstruct some priuate man lurkynge in a corner Coyninge Sillogismes in Soles chempalinge him selfe with Geometrical Cyrcles delued in some poore Coate and of no estimation or possessions But moste gloryous is the employed trauayle in teaching such one by whome not one only but many yea a whole common welth mayest thou profite In earing therefore this moste plentuous and fruitful plot busily toyle parents and maisters Herein sweate they nighte day to til the Nobles with learnyng sowe them with vertue weede them from vyce For of them selues cā they not withoute teacher learne As neyther the fruitfulst grounds yeld graine without tillage And the good yere as they saye not the soile causeth plenty nor the lyeng bounty or nature of the plotte but rather the fauour showers and rayne distilde from the heauens and diligent husbandrye So neyther here auayleth dyscente of stocke but enstruction Nor gentlemāly towardnes but education and the teachers trauayle For proner are they to euyl but they be taught aright Aristo Chius euel hearinge for reasonynge rechleslye with all men and admittinge all indifferently to conference answered godly as a good man wyselye as a louer of wysedome He would enstructe euen beastes yf they vnderstoode the talke that tendeth to vertue If a soueraygne wyse and learned Sage doubted not to professe to teache euen reasonles beastes so they coulde conceaue much more then ought the learned employe theyr councell trauayle and care to shape and forme a man And if a man how much more a Noble man who is on eyther part armed with aucthorytie eyther to ouerthrow or mayntaine a state For why alas choose bothe Fathers and chyldren rather to reste blynde then see Why rather to vse others eyes then theyr owne Where if possyble were they ought haue as percynge sight as Linx as plenteous as Argus Yea euen a hundred eyes to see theyr heauye charge why wil they as beares be led about byothers whōrather it behoued to leade others Why kepe they suche troupes of saylekes nayliks loiterers flatterers retainyng the whyle not so much as one learned man or teacher eyther for them selues their Chyldren or their whole familye but sithe wee haue sufficyently proued it theyr parte to see theyr Chyldren taught retourne we now to the maner of teachinge First therefore be bee taughte the arte of wordes then the practise of deedes that both he know how to frame his talke dyscretely wel and wisely and order and dispose his lyfe and doinges comely and consonant to vertue nature and gods wyll That these meates and bounds determine a Noble mans schoole it is manifest by Homere Sayinge one Phenix was alowed Achilles by his father Peleus to make him an Dratour of wordes and practiser of deedes Of the firste grounds of grammer and pryncyples of speache and talke I wil say nought Thus muche onely at this presente I warne he be with all spede prouided a maister both learned and godly For hardlye is it rased that is grauen in tender yeares As witnesseth Hierom wrytinge of the institution of a Noble gentlewoman to her mother Laeta in this wise A master must she be prouided of reasonable yeares fauteles life and learning Nor will any I thinke refuse to doe for his sister a Noble virgine that Aristotle did for Philyps sonne Whom for want of A. B. C. masters him selfe taught his characters Smal thinges without whom greater maye not stād ought not be neglected The very sound of the letters and first institution of prynciples otherwyse procedeth from a learned and vnlearned teacher Wherefore those onelye A. B. C. Masters must they banishe theyr housen For the same Hierom witnesseth Alexander in his maners and gate coulde not forgoe his master Leonidas faults wherewith though younge hee was infected Now muche more then must the authour of any vnsound doctrine or master of superstition be chased Prouyde therefore this learned and godly teacher A noble mans schoole and maner of studye after the precepts and rules of grammer moste briefely and compendiously abrydged and taught oute of some one not many auctours sith there is great diuersitie and confusion that the best Latine wryters folowe As the familyerst exquisitest and briefest of Ciceros Epistles Dialoges most delight that age And therefore Ciceros Cato or Lelius may they reade Hereto may certayne chose colloquies of Chastalio and Erasmus bee coupled Tymely to sowe the seedes of godlynes and vertue in theyr tender herts And Terence also but wyth ryper yeares and iudgement If any fylthe be entermedled let the trustie diligēce of the teacher remedy it vsinge sounder authours as tryacle to expelle it Nor truly would I yeld Terence this roome but for I saw Cicero somuch esteme him who toke not the leaste parte of eloquence of him As Chrisostom of Aristophanes the excellēce of the Attyke toung A poete neuertheles bothe nippynge in taunts and wanton in talke no lesse hurtfull to honestye But bee the

common wealth he tru lye must nedes be farre better prysed than all the rest In like maner who yeldes a Noble man either learnedder or better causeth not that one or a fewe become more helthefull but that many yea the whole commen wealth is the better and more sound This to do are two fortes of men requisite Th one to poynte and foreshewe the waye thother to folowe it foretold The fyrst ought to brynge diligence the other obedyence they not be aggrieued to teache the other not to disdaine to learne For painful teachers do in one workno vnprofitable seruice both to the prynce his subfectes the Nobles thē selues And the learners this gayne that they vauntage not all onely them selues but learne their deuoyre bothe in humble seruyce towardes theyr Princes and in honourable gouernemente ouer theyr people The fyrste forte therfore Teaching of Nobilitye fyrst to speake of them ought paynefullye to teache the nobles and often and glad ly to haunt theyr housen That learned by them they maye learne in all thinges wel to welde theyr liues and wisely to gouerne common charges that theyr life incurre no infamy but they perfourme theyr duties with the princes fauour and the commen commodity of theyr countrey There are in dede bookes alreadye ersant of the teaching and framing of princes but those preceptes though ofte they may be applyed and are in deede common to all men neuertheles ' syth other is the person of a prince other of a noble man one theyr estate as lordes other as subiectes The selfe same preceptes as to rulers and princes cā not alwayes feetly scrue thē Wherfore peculierly preceptes both ought and may be geuen theyin and that so much the rather as wher ther be but fewe kynges yet great and in maner infinite is the number of Nobles Princes also haue small traffike with the common people but these entermedle with them and vnder the commaundement and name of prynces welde the common welth at their plesure Further where kinges do fewe or no●th●nges them selues but credite to these the rule and as it were the raynes of the realme it happes many times they be not onely Princes lieuetenauntes and Agents but some times euen the lordes kinges of kinges So that as it were with their bytte they manege tourne thē as they please To conclude Nobilitye is also combred with his faultes which it be houeth it to knowe But knowe it shall not but it heare them Heare thē it can not but they be told Told they be not For wher the eares stand open to flattery there wont the gates to be closed to aduisement and truth And therfore commenly they se not their diseases wherewyth they are of custome combred and enwrapped but first they be openly printed So that thē selues may reade and by reading vnderstand them of wrytten bookes which frely roame and wander eche where and abashe not to tell the truthe It is therfore requisite there be some that may enstruct reforme them accordinge to the principles institutions of their aūcestors Now next to speake of learners in vayne teach they Nobilitie ought learne if these eyther heare not or necligently harken Wherfore as it is theyr charge to teach soundly so is it these mens to obey theyr teaching For if they strayghtly requyre and of duty chalenge of theyr seruātes to do theyr commaundements in trifeling toyes I will not say vnlawful sometime in deede impertinēt to any part of bliffull life them selues not to obey those that teache them faithfully such things as tend to the cōmodity profite as wel of the commen as pryuate welth cōcerne the health of their soules is the poynt of arrogant mindes and altogether dissolute Wherin by no meanes this our true and perfecte noble whom in this booke God helpynge we will frame shall once offend But this is chiefely to be sought that he remember what callyng and howe great a charge is cast and layd on him of God For such as are noble are cleare and bryghte on whom all mens eyes and countenaunces gase And therfore so they walke in the eies and sight of al men so are they viewed and pried at by euery one that no fact no dede of theyrs may be darke because of theyr Nobilitye Where others of the commen sorte styll lurke in darkenes nor almost see anye nor are seene of others A mole in the face stares and is apparent to all men In thother partes to haue a marke or mayme not so vnseemely For it is not so fightlye but farther remoued from the eies Faultes therefore in a noble man famous through the cōmendacion of his stock and linage are farre more haynous then in other of the meaner sorte As well because they are more seene and marked of all men as also for that euery man the nobler he is the lesse ought to be blemished with vices and more embelyshed with vertues Dron kennes what fober man denyes to be a grosse and filthy fault enough in all men But a poore knaue or a beggar to se dronke is neyther new nor rare So much the persō altereth the crime Why so For if a noble man sinne he offends hurtfully to the destruction of many and hales with him many mates both of his cryme and payne Small doubt it is but there were yea often amonges the Romaynes many cupshotten yea and sometimes plaine dronken Yet reade we dronkennes was onely vpbrayded to Cato and that for onelye one scape Yet onelye this his facte is bewrayed to posterity cōmunicated with al mē wher euen the double dronkennes of the other sorte is many times healed with silence and buryed with euerlastinge forgetfulnes For some thinges men weene lawfull for the commen sorte whych litle beseeme a Noble It is permitted them sometimes to toye to tryfle to dalye childishelye to obserue wakes and typple when most expedient were a Prince or Noble mā shuld be watchefull and sober The presydent most worthy memory of the Theban Captayne Eoamimendas I can in no wyse ouerpasse worthy of all Nobles that will steare in the common welth and trauayle in publike affayres and seruice to be worne in common talke imitated in theyr liues Who while the Citesens of Thebes gaue theym selues to feasting banketting and excessiue cheare was espyed by certayne his familiers walkinge sole-sadde and mourning to trudge hastelye to arme him thence to hie towards the city walles Which hereto he sayd he did the the rest might safelier be dronkē For otherwise if the captaines yf the princes yf the magistrates in commē bankettes should licenciously partake with the rest that Citye would soone berome as the same Epamirumdas other where sayd a flat and playne yarde and in maner a stage open to the reades and inuasion of all men Others eke are lycensed by commen consente to sleape But we read in Scipio slepe was erst muche noted where otherwise he was both a moste watchefull and

ought all priuat offences bee buryed and commen perill foyne euē the deadliest foes to performe their cōmen duty with commen consent That asmuch as in thē lieth thei nor harine theyr prinate enemye nor ayde theyr foren soe nor suffer the common wealth to be abandoned whiche well may the elustering concord of the Nobles performe wherof is now sufficient sayde They ought also practyfe another vertue towardes others Liberalitie namelye lyberality For nothinge more purchaseth mens fauoure and frendshyppe whose prayse as it ought bee common to all riche so is espectally moste proper to Noble men For euer a Noble courage accompteth hit more happe to helpe then bee holpen and to bee a geuer then taker to vse Aristotles wordes yea rather reckneth hit a shame and staine to his honor to take glorious to geue For bothe they haue to geue and none geue more largelye or readelye So as almoste by no ryffer prooffe may you reade a Noble man then by geninge wyllingly often and bountifully wherefore the Hebrewes cal them prynces which emplyeth lyberall bountiful halfe gods and Noble men euen of theyr-owne accorde and nature free barted whych word Christe in Luke conuerted thus Theyr kynges rule them and suche as haue power ouer them are called beneficiall That is bountiful Whereof both an honorable proofe and worthy witnesse is Alexander the great Whome scarsely suffised the great treasures of Darius to powre out on his frendes With whom he thought his treasure most safelye kept and horded Perillus suynge to him for dower to marye his daughter he wylled to take fiftye Talentes Which when he modestlye refused aūswereng that ten suffised He replyed perhaps for the to take but not for me to gyue This princely stomake ought all Nobility wonder at and according to theyr power smitate For albest in welth they be not Alexanders yet in minde and bounteful beneuolence they maye be All see they maye such is theyr abilitye Men weene also they ought sith it behoueth as they haue freelye receyued muche so to render somewhat to succour the necessities of others Whych also our Paule writyng to Timothe commaunded willing theym not to place theyr confidence in vncertayne riches but in the liuing god And to smitate his heauēly example who ministreth all men aboundauntly and largely to theyr needes that they maye he bountifull riche in good deedes liberal cōmunicaters and emparters of benefiees large and bounteous And hereto knitteth he rewarde namelye that layeng here this sure soundacion they may obtaine euerlasting life Thus must he despise mouie as a heauy and vnprofitable clogge to him mounting to greater and higher hope For howe shall a money slaue rightlye rule others Or howe maye he be termed free who serueth a thing reasonles lifeles They ought therfore neglecte money not as some vnwise Philosophers and frowarde foolishe sages Who eyther cast away their goods as Diogenes his cuppe and maser for he see a boye make the same of the holowe palme of his hand Or drowned them in the sea as Aristippus and Crates Or lefte them behind when they myght haue saued them as Byon Or neglygentlye forsooke them and let theyr groundes lye waste for others beastes to pasture as Anaxagoras Democritus But neither lauishe they out theyr goodes as prodigall nor bestowe thē on vicious persons as manye hippocrites and ambicious But in placing benefites weyghe what is eche mans due So much therefore of Ciceros notes of bountifulnes as shal seem expediente to this place I with fewe wordes and briefely wil mencion out of oure Scriptures as farre forthe as seemeth loyned with a Noble mannes dutye So therfore must liberality be tempered and limyted that chiefely therein two faultes be auoyded that neyther you bestowe on the vnworthye or needelesse nor seeme bountifull for besire of honour and glorye or hope of gayn So ought there be choice and accompt of person the ende respected Of the ende Christ spake in Mathewe in that fyrste and heauenlye sermon he made to his disciples in the mount When he sayeth almes is to be geuen not in mens syght for shewe nor after the trompets blast as Hippoer●tes in the Synagoges and streetes for they would be seene and praysed of men But of the ende and other thynges that mought be heaped hereto I will here saye nothinge It shall suffise to adde so much as shall seeme pertinent to the callinge and function of a Noble man touching those personnes on whom this liberalitye oughte be employed Liberalitye towardes Beggers The first therfore and neediest are beggers Whom in no wyse he ought forget who dependeth as a beggar on the almes of god Of whom so many so great giftes he receyueth daylye These mencioneth Chryst in Luke in the Pharisces banket in thys maner lessoning his feaster When thou makest a dyner or supper call not thereto thy frendes brethren kinsfolke nor thy riche neyghbours least they crosse the with like and so requite the. But when thou bankettest call to thee the poore the lame the halte the blynde And happy art thou then for they can not requite thee Wherein bothe he touched those Pharisaicall feasters and also noteth not a fewe of our dayes Who geue not the needye but suche of whom they hope or awayte hongerlye the doubled worth Nor anye where truer proues that olde sawe Like will to like For to feastes and bankettes not the needy and hongrye as oure sauioure willeth but the Noble the ryche the feasters felowes flye Who are able to recompence theym and render lyke yea with vsurye But best deserued they of the commē wealth who first founded hospitalles and almes housen for poore and wretched lasers Where not lasie loyterers or welthy dissemblers but the weake and nedye mought be harboured For euery where is stoare enought of vagaboundes none more theuishe sluggyshe or dissolute in all lycenciousnes then the wanderynge sculles of roges and roamyng beggers Whyche well by experience espyed that famous and worshipfull gentleman Anthonye Caue of worthy memorye my beneficiall patrone and tutor Who beinge in Buckinghamshire commissioner and Iustice of peace trauayled day and night to banishe this sorte And at length by his witte industry and polecie compassed that prouision was made for the weake wydowes orphanes and aged and the stout and mighty lubbers compelled to laboure So that at laste almoste no where through the whole shyre shoulde you fynd a vagaboūd This was pryuate But that of the city of London publike most cōmendable worthy eternitie and immortalitye founded in the fortunate reigne of king Edwarde the syxt Where in a large roome with wages maisters seruauntes all other necessaries allowed ministred an innumerable multitude of poore is fed the healthie laboure the sicke lame deafe and blinde are cured many children bred some to occupations some to searninge and studies that in after times maye serue eyther the churche or the common wealth Which wyth such like I tell to