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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A01283	The strategemes, sleyghtes, and policies of warre, gathered togyther, by S. Iulius Frontinus, and translated into Englyshe, by Rycharde Morysine; Strategematica. English	Frontinus, Sextus Julius.; Morison, Richard, Sir, d. 1556.	1539 (1539)	STC 11402; ESTC S102662	73,047	226

THE STRATEGEMES SLEYGHtes and policies of warre gathered togyther by S. Iulius Frontinus and translated into Englyshe by Rycharde Morysine ANNO. M. D. XXXIX TO THE MOSTE NOBLE VICTORIOVS AND redoubted prynce HENRY the. VIII by the grace of God kynge of Englande and of Fraunce defendour of the faythe Lorde of Irelande and in erthe Supreme heed immediatly vnder CHRISTE of the churche of Englande Richarde Morysine his most humble and faithfull seruant wyssheth all welthe all honour and triumphaunt victorie ouer all his ennemyes MOSTE HYGE excellente and myghtye Prynce mooste dere and dradde souerayne lorde if the loue whyche your hyghnesse beareth vnto this your noble empyre stylle enforceth your graces harte not onely to bestowe the better parte of all dayes but of all nyghtes alsoo in deuysynge in tyme of peace mooste godly lawes statutes and proclamations for the tranquillitie and quietnesse of your subiectes sowles in tyme of warre plattes blocke howses bulwarkes walles castelles with other munitious ingins and fortresses for the safetie and surenes of their bodies if no so wernesse of peyne canne amoue your gracis thoughtes from contynuall trauayle Can I without my great shame not be styred to worke somewhat for my parte He hath lyttell wylle to trauayle lyttell loue to his countrey that seeth before his eies your hyghnesse thus occupied and yet is nothynge pricked to do that he thinketh may serue his countrey Wyse writers feyne that fond loue hath wynges and seldome abydeth longe in a place beynge hyther and thyther ledde by folye and phansy I can nat but also thynke that discrete loue hath his wynges and flyeth fast where he seeth good may be done Loue hath no leaden heles and as he is quicke so is al labour light where loue hyreth the workeman The fethers of his wynges are so softe that if they lye betwene our shulders and the burdeyn the weight is lytel felt though we beare neuer so heuy Loue easily entertayneth all powers of the harte and withoute force compelleth theym all to doo that that duetie maye by any title chalenge of them Your hyghnes welle declareth that where occasion is Loue can not be ydell Lorde howe may al englyshemen reioyce that your grace neyther spareth to vysite with your owne eyes y e ruinous places of the see quostes by whiche our enemies myght sodeynly inuade vs neyther yet letteth to worke with your own handes continually manegynge tooles continually inuentyng newe sortes of weapons newe kindes of shyppes of gunnes of armure As god helpe me I can not see whyche waye to wysshe greatter pleasure greatter comforte to all englyshe men than that they all myght se howe your grace spendeth all the hole day I haue sene it and nowe nothyng wonder though traytours ennemies to your hyghnes haue bene atte their departure compellyd to say so moche honour by your grace as they haue sayde I see albeit Malyce maketh men in their lyfe tyme to swarue to saye and doo moche otherwyse than Trouthe is that yet the presence of deathe feare of god force of conscience dryueth them to confesse trouthe whan lyes wyll serue no longer whan vyces appere to be as they are Coulde syr Nycolas Carowe haue fallen into treason yf he hadde thought well vpon that in his lyfe tyme whyche he confessed to be trewe at his deathe But I muste by youre gracis fauour leaue of that whyche I am fallen into by the way and intreate of that whiche I purposed to speake of I haue longe sythens bene moche desyrous to dedicate some thynge of myne to youre hyghnesse but fyndynge all my tryfles farre to base to meane to humyle to go abrode vnder the name of soo noble and hygh a prince I haue rather doone that becommed me than folowed that I most desyred but nowe not withstandynge that this my labour is full lyke the reste rude vnperfecte and rather begun than fynyshed yet perceyuynge youre grace euen to thyrste the safetie of your people the defence of this youre moosle noble royalme I coulde not but for a season a courtayne drawen betweene my weake eies and the resplendent beames of your most clere maiestie folow feruent desire and humblye offer vnto your hyghnesse this my rude translation not doubtynge but as noble Xerxes thankfully receyued an handfull of water of a poore manne that so youre princely goodnesse wolle take in good parte this myne what soo euer be borne and brought vp vndoubtedly in good wylles howse It hath ben somtyme moued whether in warre Polycy of mynde or Strength of body shulde do more but longe experience hath put this thyng so out of question that in all battayles the specialle prayse or disprayse remayneth to the Capitayne Yea some men are not affrayde to affirme that it is moche better to haue an armie where the Capitayn is a lyon and all the hoste fearefull dere than to haue a dere the capitayne and al the host lyons Aiax was stronge Ulysses wise Homere gyueth moche more praise to the laste than to the fyrste Aiax was hardye and valyant in fyght but Ulisses knew the time place where hardinesse might preuayle Strength stryketh but Policie prouydeth that the stronge be not ouermatched and that they bestowe strokes in a ryghte place and at tyme conuenient Many mo fieldes haue ben lost for lacke of polycie than for wante of strength many townes wonne by sleightes whyche a longe season easilye were kepte ageynst greattest myght strength and force Wherfore seinge present occasion requireth martiall feates to be knowen and strength of bodye to be armed and anymated with wytte and polycie I entendynge here to serue my countreye founde nothynge so fytte for thaccomplyshement of this my purpose as to set out the Strategemes sleightes craftes vsed by the noblest capytaynes that all antyke hystories treate of By redyng and reasonynge wherof your gracis capitaynes shall not only increase and noryshe their imagination inuention and derteritie in vsynge lyke sleightes but easily escape al trappes gynnes and imbushementes layde for them They shal also hereby perceyue many swete baytes to couer sowre hokes They shall lerne there to escape danger where gret aduātage is offred The noble capitaynes of England haue oft declared that they lytell nede any instructions any bokes to teach them to towse their enemies yet it can hurte no man to see those thynges practysed by auncient capitaynes whiche may gyue good occasiōs both warely to inuente newe polycies and wysely to vse the olde Noble hartes vndoubtedly can not but desyre to here of noble feates and take pleasure in seinge howe wytte with smalle force ofte tymes worketh wonders where excedynge greatte strength can nat auayle If men be not wery to playe a thousande tymes at one game where eyther Fonde pleasure or Uile gayne or whan it is best helthe of body is sought can any gentyll man be lothesome to refreshe his mynde to help his memorie to kendle his courage with honeste delyte of redynge or herynge suche thynges