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A02336	The garden of pleasure contayninge most pleasante tales, worthy deeds and witty sayings of noble princes [et] learned philosophers, moralized. No lesse delectable, than profitable. Done out of Italian into English, by Iames Sanforde, Gent. Wherein are also set forth diuers verses and sentences in Italian, with the Englishe to the same, for the benefit of students in both tongs.; Hore di ricreatione. English	Guicciardini, Lodovico, 1521-1589.; Sandford, James.	1573 (1573)	STC 12464; ESTC S105885	85,567	234

and worthie that vneth a man dareth to loke hir ful in the face That mans ambition cannot abyde any fellovve in rule WHen Alexander the great hadde ouercome Darius in two greate battayles Darius knowing the valiantnesse of his enimie offered him halfe his kingdome and one of his Daughters in mariage with infinite treasure if he woulde make peace with him Whiche offer Parmeno the chiefest man about him vnderstanding sayde If I were Alexander I would do it And I would doe it aunswered Alexander if I were Parmeno So refusing the offer he quickely conquered the countrie and obteyned the whole victory That the presence and svveete speache of the Prince is very profitable in daungerous and troublous times WHen the Emperoure Charles the fifte in the yere of our Lorde a thousand fine hundred and foure was entred into Fraunce through Campania with a huge armie he marched onward apace So lastely hauing taken Soisson he thought good to go toward the royal Cittie of Paris Wherfore the Parisians notwithstanding that they knewe that their King was with no lesse armie at hande did not onelye murmur and repine but the people also made many signes of mutinie and rebellion Wherfore king Frauncis wente forthwith in his owne person to Paris where setting al things in very good order for the suretie and safegard of the people and seeing them for all thus in great feare vsed to them among other these notable words saying I cannot keepe you men of Paris from feare but I will surely kéepe you from hurte assuring you that I had rather to dye valiantly than to liue vilely in forsaking you That it belongeth to euery man but especially to Princes to keepe faith and promise THe same king Fraunces was wont sometimes to say that when faith should fayle in all other mē yet it should remayne amōg Princes bycause their power is such as they cannot be cōstrayned neyther by iudgemēts nor by lawes And the wise king Alphonsus of Aragon sayd that the word of a Prince ought to be so much worth as the oth of priuate men Ariosto meaning no lesse of priuate men than of Princes wrote wisely and generally vpon the kéeping of faith and promise after this sorte Faith vndefiled thou oughtest aie to haue To one alone as to a thousand giuen So in a wood and in a secrete caue Far of from citties tounes and mens fight hidden As at the barre before the iudges g●●ue In courte of record and witnesses written Without oth or other signe more expresse That once is inough which thou didste promesis That vvise men liue in suche vvise that they feare not forged crimes WHen it was told Plato that some spake amisse of him he aunswered I passe not for my liuing is suche that they shall not be beléeued And Aristotle sayde of one that had spoken amisse of him I giue him leaue to correcte me euen in my absence And of late yeares the Emperoure Charles the fifte token it was reported vnto him that some did backbite him said let them talke for mē will accoumpte them fooles That vvomen do rather obey sense than reason WHen the Emperoure Sigismunde was dead a curiouse kinsman of his exhor●ed his wife to remayne a widdowe and followe the turtle shewing hir at large howe that birde when hir make is dead liueth chast euer after But the woman smyling aunswered him Sith that you counsell me to followe an vnreasonable birde why doe not you rather sette before me the doue or the sparrowe which haue a more pleasaunte nature for women That men ought to do good euen to the dead SYmonides the Philosopher sayde that men ought to do good euē to the dead recompting that he going a iorney found a dead man layd out to be deuoured of wilde beasts and birds wherfore taking pittie caused him forthwith to be buried And when he was minded the nexte day to take shipping there appeared to him béeing a sléepe in the night the soule of that dead man whiche warned hym that he shoulde not enter into that appointed shippe saying that the same should perrishe without doubte Wherfore he tolde in the morning this dreame to his fellowes willing them in no wise to enter that shippe and to stay for an other passage but they laughing him to scorne lefte him and embarked themselues in hir So it fell out that not long after suche a greate tempest rose that the shippe was drowned and his companions fainting dyd all perishe That the life of priuate men is more pleasaunt and quiet than that of Princes THe Emperoure Maximiane and Diocletiane béeing wearie of rule the one and the other willingly resigned their Empire this man to Nicomedia and that man to Milanu● notwithstāding Maximiane afterward repenting himselfe and hauing intelligence that Maxentius his sonne was chosen Emperoure came to Rome with desire and hope which at the end was vaine to take eftsoons rule in hand and to this effecte he procured and lay instantly vpon Diocietiane But Diocletiane aunswered him thus oh brother if you sawe the faire coleworts and goodly onions that I haue planted and sowen with my owne hande certes you woulde neuer thinke more vppon rule VVith vvhat gentlenesse and mildnesse valiaunt Princes auoide the misreports of their subiects against them WHen King Antigonus hadde broughte his armie to winter in barraine and deserte places hys souldiers wanted many things necessarie wherfore some presumpteous fellowes not knowing that he was thereby blamed him and spake very ill of him But he hearing them lyke a mylde and gentle prince as he was came out of his tēt sayde Oh if you will speake amisse of the king go further off for if you felt the payne I doo you could not abide it That the remembrance of our short life doth muche abate mans loftinesse of mynde XErxes king of Persia gooing a warfar● agaynst the Gréekes and séeing all Hellesponte full of his shippes and men of warre cryed with a loude voyce I am a happy man A little whyle after chaunging his countenaunce he beganne to wéepe wherefore his vncle Artabanus séeing so great a chaunge asked him the cause To whom Xerxes altogither grieued pitifully answered in this maner I doo lament bicause I call to mynde the great miserie and shortnesse of mans life considering that in lesse than a hundreth yeres wée shall without doubte all bée dead and rotten He that knovveth much speaketh little DEmosthenes séeing in a company a prating fellowe sayd vnto him if thou were wise inough thou wouldest speake lesse and adding moreouer this sentence he that is wise doth little speake and thinketh much That syncere friendship is knovvne in aduersitie VAlerius Maximus sayth that the sincere fayth of a friende is knowne in aduersitie in the whiche all that gentlenesse and curtesye whiche is shewed to a man procéedeth of founde and constant good will The friendlye déedes that are shewed in prosperitie saith he may procede of flatterie at the least they are suspected to

thy vessell brake it and the oyle ran oute so that I haue forgotten thée but doubte not an other time I will restore it thée That in aduersitie true frendes are discerned from fayned CIcero sayde that lyke as the swallowes apppeare in sommer and in winter are not séene so fayned fréendes in tyme of prosperitie shew themselues and in aduersitie absent themselues And Ennius sententiously to the same purpose sayth Amicus certus in re incerta cernitur In doubtfull matters he is tryde A frende that faythfull dothe abyde And Ouide lykewyse herevppon wrote after this sort Tempore felici multi numerantur amici Dum fortuna perit nullus amicus erit When welth abounds then many frendes we nūber may When goodes decay then frendes do flee away And Ariosto notably sayth Alcun non puo saper da chi sia amato Quando felice in su la la ruota siede Pere che ha i veri finti amici allato Che monstran tutis vna mede sima fede Se poi si cangia in tristo il lieto stato Volta la turba adulatrice il piede Et quel che di euor ama riman forte Et ama suo Signor dopo la morte No man can tell who loues him in his mynde When happie he doth sitte vpon the wheele For that he fayned frendes and true doth fynde By him in whome he one selfe faith doth feele If louringly once fortune looke behinde The flattring flocke then turneth backe the heele And he that loues with hart will neuer waue And loues his lorde when he is layde in graue VVhat great faithfulnesse a chaste vvoman beareth to hir husbande ARmenia a noble woman and of excellent beautie comming from a great feast that king Cyrus made was demaunded of hir husbande by the way howe she lyked the beautie of Cyrus which was suche as all men maruelled at she answered chastly after this sort Husbande to tell you the truth as long as I was there I did not once looke vp therfore I can not tell you howe fayre or foule Cyrus or the other be That controuersie in lavve is the losse of of tyme money and frendes TWo kinsmen fell at variance for a matter in which eche of them claymed a propretie after variance they went to law and after law to open contention whiche is proprely to say to open warre Then one of them wyser than the other called his fellow asyde and in effect vsed these wordes vnto him saying Kynsman first this I put thée in mynde of that it is not honest that couetousnes shold separate vs when as Nature hath ioyned vs togither Moreouer you muste vnderstande that al controuersies in law are no lesse doutful than warre Euery man may at his pleasure begin to striue but when he liste he can not ende Our variance is for thrée hundreth crownes if that we go to lawe we shal spend halfe so much more vpon Notaries proctors aduocates Iudges and in making of frendes we must needes attend flatter trauaile to and fro wearie our selues neuer be quiet and fynally when I recouer my sute by iudgement the losse wil be greater than the gayne Is it not better kinsman that we here agrée among our selues and that wée deuide betwéene vs the money that we shold giue to these gréedie persons Graunt me one moytie of your chalenge and I will graunte you the moytie of myne In so dooing we shal obey nature we will be in hazarde and shall auoyde infinite troubles But where as also you wyll not yelde to any thing I yelde to the whole for I had rather that this money should remayn to you than come to these théeues Wherevpon the aduersarie béeing moued as well for the reasons as the curtesie of his kinsman yéelded to him willingly and wysely agréed among themselues Philosophers make but a trifle of Fortune ASclepiades the philosopher fallyng blynde by chaunce was nothyng at all sorie but rather iesting merryly sayde I haue made a good hande for before I went alone and now I goe with companie A mans vertue is esteemed euen of the enimie MEtellus surnamed for his victories Macedonicus when he heard that Scipio Africanus was dead althoughe he were his mortall ennimie he went foorth of his house sore gréeued and miscontent and comming into the market place many tymes hée horribly cryed saying Run my citizens run for the walles of our citie are fallen downe That debtes ordinarily do take a mans sleepe from him WHen a Romaine knighte was deade it was found that he owed more than fiue hundred thousande Ducates the which thing in his lyfe tyme hée had with a merye chéere kept very close Afterward his goods came to be solde and among the rest of his housholde stuffe Cesar Augustus cōmaunded that his bed should be bought for him saying that it would serue to make one sléepe seeing hée that was so farre in debt could sleepe thervpon That vvise men thinke it a folie to endeuor to come to highnesse and honour THe Erle Maria Mathevv Boiardo a verye wyse man reprouing a cosyn of his that inconueniently went out of the Duke of Milans wages to goe serue the kyng of Naples who made him greate profers greater promises sayd vnto him Ye wretched wightes that neuer sleepe in rest Ye that desire to clymbe to high degree That with so many griefes and sorrowes prest Do you turne backe to honours fickle glee Meanes must be sought to haue your sore redrest For that your wi●es from you berefte we see And well you ●oe not knowe what you woulde haue For then you would your selues from follies saue The man that is auaunced to high degree oftentimes forgetteth both his frendes and himselfe ONe Benedetto of the Albizi a familie so called went to reioyce with his friend for the good fortune happened to him whiche frend of his was to the dignitie of a Cardinal promoted But the Cardinall being swolne and puffed vp with pride for that degrée making as though he knew him not he asked him what he was Whervpon Benedetro a noble yong man and a stout being displeased changed foorthwith his purpose for the whiche hée came and sayd And it please you my Lorde I am come for our frendships sake to lament with you your fortune or rather blyndnesse that hath brought you to this degrée for such as you be as soon as you clymbe vp to the like honour as this is you lose so much your sight your hearing and the other senses that you doo not onely forgette youre selues but youre frendes also The follie of a prince the displeasure of a vvoman and the vnfaythfulnesse of a frend vvhat disorder they brede CAndaules king of Lydia had a very faire wyfe for whose beautie he thorough ioye waxed foolish and it was not inough for him to prayse hir to all men and discouer to all men the secrets that he vsed with hir in wedlocke but also woulde haue witnesse therof so he shewed hir on a

to mocke him sayd Ho sirra on horsebacke what is the Canna worth this is a mesure of 4. Flemish elles now the Florentine perceiuing himself to be pricked lifting vp foorthwith his horse tayle readily answered enter in héere into the shop and I will sell thée good cheape These tvvo vvords mine and thine marre the vvorlde POlitiane sayde that God had giuen water to euery thing liuing in the water so all the earth without any diuision to euery earthly thing but that man is the vnhappiest of all other liuing creatures he requireth that he alone mighte beare rule ouer the whole world and herewith are broughte into the worlde two words to wit mine and thine which are the occasion of al mens strife And therefore Pythagoras the Philosopher ordeyned that all things shoulde be cōmon among friends Plato enacted the same betwéene the Citizens of his new publike weale others haue gon about to bring this in among al mē That vile counsels are to be despised of noble and vvorthy men ARistodemus was thoughte to be a cookes sonne notwithstanding came in greate fauour with king Antigon●● and on a time he went about to persuade him to abate his expenses and to vse lesse liberalitie than he ordinarily vsed But the noble king smiling sayde to him worthily O Aristodemus these words of thine smell of the kitchin That the vertue of curtesie is had in price euen of murderers and that it maketh them gentle and pitiful MAster Alexander of Siena a liberall gentleman and a benefactour to al men riding a iorney fell in the hands of murdering theeues the which besetting him would haue slayne him but one of them knowing him cryed out incontinently alas kill him not for he is a rare man he dothe pleasure to all men and hath done me a hundred good turns For the which wordes his fellowes béeing moued with pitie did not onely refrayne to kill him but altogither kepte him company kill he was out of daunger wherfore Ariosto nobly sayde Studifi ogniun giouar altr●● che rade Volte il ben far senza il suo premio sia E s' è pur senza al men non te n' accade Morte nè danno nè ignominia ria Chi nuoce altrui tardi o per tempo cade Il debito à scontar che non s' oblia Dice il prouerbio ch' à trouar si vanno Gli huomini spesso e i monti fermi stanno That is Let one man seeke an other to sustayne For selde a good turne is without his meede And though it be without yet no names stayne Nor hurte nor death may thy destruction breede Late or betime he that dothe other payne Doth pay his debt that in the harte doth heede The prouerbe sayth that men do go their way Oftetimes to finde and the hilles do firmely stay That the ignoraunt sell their labours dearer than the learned THere was not many yere past a citizen in Florence who although he was a Doctour of the lawe yet he had no great learning and consequently little to do Vpon a time when he was entertayned in a matter in lawe asked for his counsayle and paynes xxv Ducats How so sayde his client master Mark of the A sini an excellent good doctour who I haue entertayned in the same matter was contented with sixe Crownes and you will haue aboue fiue and twentie And no maruayle sayde the Doctour that he is contented with so little for he hathe dayly one matter or other in hande but as for me I haue nothing to doe but three or foure times a yere That the ignorant lavvyer is like to necessitie vvhich hath no lavve ONe Laurence Gualterotti béeing asked of one of his friends touching the sufficiencie of the foresayde Florentine Doctour he sayd that he was like to néede howe answered his friende without lawe sayde he allud●ng pleasantly to this prouerbe that Néede hath no Lawe That the honor of euery man dependeth of his ovvne deedes not of others vvordes OEdipus béeing banished out of hys countrey wente to Athens to king Theseus his friende to the ende to saue his lyfe which his ennimies sought for And when he was come in Theseus presence hearing a daughter of his speake knewe hir by the voyce and bicause he was blinde stayed not to salute Theseus any otherwise but rather as a father was mindefull onely to comfort and cherishe his childe And by and by remembring himselfe went about to excuse him selfe to Theseus and to aske him pardō Wherfore the good and wise king brake off his words and sayde to him be of good chéere Oedipus for I honour not my life with the words of other but with my déedes Many excellent meanes to keepe the minde quiet DIogenes admonisheth vs to set foorthe agaynst Fortune the constancie of the minde agaynst the lawes nature agaynst the senses reason saying that by these thrée ways mens tranquilitie quiet is preserued That youth had neede of good bringing vp to the ende to bring foorth good fruite in age CIprian sayth that euen as of a trée that hath not blossomed no fruite can be gathered so of a mans age in whose youth hath bene no good discipline no good fruite can be receyued And he added moreouer that if in youth there be no obedience there will neuer be in age any good discipline A singular meane to constrayne euery man vvhosoeuer he be not to refuse a present WHen Alexander the greate had giuen fiftie talents to the Philosopher Xenocrates the Philosopher refused them saying that he had no néede of them Wherefore Alexander sayd to him and haue you no friend that you stande in néede of Oh all the riches of Darius are not sufficient for me to giue my friends and knowe not you howe to bestow fiftie Talents among yours what Philosophie is this That enuy follovveth glory ARistomenus saythe that euen as a man which goeth in the sunne is of necessitie accompanied with his shadow so he that walketh in the way of glory is likewise followed of others enuy and sayde moreouer that miserie alone did not bréede enuy A parable shevving that malmsey is good at all times of ones meale PIouano Arloto a Florentine was a pleasaunt companion and a wittie fellow who went vpon a time to dinner to Fraunces Dini a worshipfull citizen of Florence and when he was set at the table Fraunces sayde vnto him Piouano I haue malmesey shal we haue it before dinner or after To whome Piouano answered in a parable saying The blessed Marie was a virgine before hir deliuerie in hir deliuerie and after hir deliuerie Wherfore Fraunces vnderstanding him would haue nothing dronke but malmesey all dynner while VVhy the head vvaxeth hoare before the beard PIouano béeing demaunded for what cause the head came hoare before the beard aunswered bycause the heares of the head were twenty yeares elder than the beard He is more miserable that commeth vnder the povver of vvicked people than he that

tend rather to get than to giue And therefore that worthy Cicero sayd that to knowe true friends from fayned he vsed to measure his fortune with theirs That a vvise manne obeyeth necessitie DEmades a wise and sage Senatoure whē the Athe●●ens for the respecte they had to their religion wolde not giue diuine honors to Alexander the greate as he through his vayn glorie procure● sayd take heed my countrimen that whilest you kepe Heauen you lose not the Earth meaning hereby that if they did not by reason of their superstition satisfie the desire of Alexander they shoulde displease hym and being displeased woulde bring the cittie to destruction In what manner profitably and with prayse one may be conuersant among men EPictetijs sayde that in being conuersant with men one ought to obserue this rule if thy fellowe be better learned than thou heare and obey him if he be thy equall agrée to him if he be thy inferioure persuade him modestly That the great ryches of the Parents doth commonly let the children from the greating of vertue SIldome times sayde Plato this rule will faile that when the fathers haue too muche goodes the sons haue no vertue no vertue at al bicause betwene case superfluous ryches vices not vertue are woont to be nourished That the modestie of Princes greatly shyneth abroade in their prosperitie WHen the Emperour Charles the fithe had discomfited and put to flyghte the mightie league of the Alma●●● he dyd also finally discomfite the .xxiiij. day of Aprill in the yeare of our Lord. 1547 neare to the famous ryuer of Albis the valiant Duke Iohn Frederick of Saxonie and toke him prisoner with manie of his confederates which great difficultie when he had ouercome he modestly vsed these words saying I may not say as Iulius Cesar veni ●●●●vi●● but I will saye vene vi●● Dominus De● vicis The number forme and nature of the Graces THe auncient Greekes dyd imagine that there were thrée Graces Aglaia Thalia and Ephrosine and printed them naked to shew that benefites or good turnes oughte to be pure and simple without deceyte or hope of greater profite They counterfeyted them yong bycause the remēbraunce of a benefite ought to be fresh and not too ware olde they seemed to laugh bycause one ought ioyefullye to giue and doe good to his neighboure They were paynted three saying that one reached foorth the other receyued and the thyrde restored Two turned their faces towardes vs and one hir face from vs signifying hereby that for one benefite that is receyued we ought to render two They ioyned them hande in hand shewing that loue ought to be indisseluble and that one good turne should repay an other and so to make perpetuall friendshippe That readinesse of aunsvvering is muche auailable ESope going at the commaundement of his Master to sée if the bath were in a readynesse met with the hed officer of the town to whome asking him whether he went Esope answered I knowe not the Potestate supposing that he was despised of a slaue commaunded that he should be carried to prison Wherfore Esope turned to him and sayd Oh good master Maior beholde how well to the purpose I aunswered you for I go to prison and knewe not that I sholde go thither The Potestate maruelling at so great a readinesse caused him to be released That Venerie hurteth olde men and doth no good to yong men SEneca sayde that a man when he is paste fortie yeares old and is vppon the prick of fiftie must remember that Venus signifieth youth and Saturne olde age Starres after the Astronomers very contrarie one to another Wherefore he saith that Saturnists to witte olde men should shun Venus for that she doth not only hurt them but yong also and let thē thinke for a suretie that she helpeth him more which is to be borne than him that is borne wittily adding herevnto that herbes when they haue cast their séede waxe drie VVhy humane lavves are like to Spydes vvebs THe Philosopher Anacharsis wisely compared mens lawes to Spyders webs saying That euen as they holde faste the lesser flyes and wormes and giue place to the greatest so the lawes do bend the poore and weke but the rich and mightie they let passe Some attribute this conceit to Solon A very good example how to vse victorie in conquered countreyes CRoesus béeing sore wounded in battayle and the prisoner of Cyrus sayd that in time of peace the sonnes burie the fathers and in time of warre that fathers burye the sonnes Afterwarde when he sawe that the souldiours of Cyrus sacked the countrie he asked them what they did to whome Cyrus aunswered they sacke this thy Cittie and these thy riches Consider king added Croesus moreouer that they sacke not mine bycause all is thine Wherfore Cyrus being moued with these words did forthwith forbid the souldiers to sacke That vvomē thorough the sufferaunce of their husbands beare a great stroke in stares THemistocles his sonne argued pleasauntly in this manner saying that whiche I will my mother will that which my mother will Themistocles will that which Themistocles will the Atheniens wil. Ergo that which I will all the people of Athens will That flatterie sometimes costeth the flatterers deare WHē Marcus Antonius Triumuir was entred into Athens all the Cittizens hauing firste prepared excéeding honours for him went afterwarde to meete him So they going about to flatter him sayde vnto him that they had in their Cittie the Goddesse Minerua whiche wanted a husbande and that they desyred to giue hir him to wife who was the God Bacchus Now Marcus Antonius espying so great a flatterie and being therwith displeased that he might giue them that reward which they deserued sayd vnto them I am content and do accepte hir for my wyfe but I will haue a thousand tallentes for hir dowrie as it is most méete for so great a mariage A vvyse and most profitable admonition AVlus Gellius wysely admonished certayne of his friendes in this manner saying Weygh and consider well wyth your selues I beséeche you that if by way of laboure you do any honest thing that laboure departeth from you but the thing well done as long as you liue tarieth with you Contrariwise if by way of pleasure you shall do any dishoneste thing that pleasure vanquisheth away and the filthynesse of the thing alwayes remayneth with you Alamanno to the like purpose speaketh thus Regni i falsi honor le gemme l'oro Cui solo il mondo vagulando crede L'alte fatiche il nostro human lauoro Che son del tempo delorose prede Nascon d'affanni suggonfi in poche hore Solo il ben nostro oprar g●amai non muere that is False honoure golde pearle rule and fertile soyle To which alone the waltring werlde beleeues The trauaile great and eke our humane toyle Which are of time the dolefull prayes of grieues Arise and in a while do fade away But our good Works alone

broken painted the same afterward more easly and readily Thē Maximilian asked of Durer how it cam to passe that his cole brake not Durer smiling aunswered Most mercifull Emperour I wold not that your imperiall maiestie could painte so cunningly as I as who should say I haue exercised my selfe in this thing and this is my vocation your maiestie hath waightier affaires and an other vocation according to the common prouerbe Aliud est sceptrū aliud plectrū that is the scepteris one thing and the harp an other plectrum is properly an instrument wherwith men played on the harpe or dulcimers for hurting of their fingers with the former example this may agrée Leontinus the byshop saide to Constantine the Emperoure desirous to reason many things of Religion 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 that is Emperour thou being ordained for one thing dost an other Of the vvell bringing vp of Children THere is more regard to be had of the wel bringing vp of children than of anye riches They which do otherwise séeme to me very like to them which prouide shooes and passe not for the féete whereas they are inuented for the sauing of them Wherefore that aunciente Crates climbyng vppon the highest part of the citie wisely thought good to exclame Whither whither runne ye my countrey men is it méete that you shoulde thus be chieflye busied in gettyng of riches and not to be carefull and passe vpon them for whom they are gotten Beleue mée the parents cannot leaue their children a better inheritaunce than if they shoulde be well brought vp and trayned in vertue euen frō their youth this patrimonye abideth wyth them for euer neither can it be destroyed by the stormes of fortune As a horse vntamed although good by nature is not apt for those commodities which are required of him so thou canst not get the frute of vertue of a man vnlearned although he be wittie The like said Durer A man vnlearned is as it were a lookyng glasse not polished VVhat labours are greatest and pleasantest AChilles being demaunded of Aiax which were the greatest laboures that he had sustained aunswered them which he toke for his friendes And when he procéeded to aske which were the pleasantest laboures that he had sustained Achilles answered againe the same signifying that he whiche is noble in déede burneth with a certain great desire to helpe his friende Foure things required in feastes BAchilides sayth that there are foure things required in a feast 1. a measurable preparation of meate and drinke 2. pleasant communication 3. true good will of the feasters 4. good wine wherwith olde men are chiefly delighted And an other sayth that one ought not to drinke aboue two draughts at a feast for healthes sake That Christians being taken prisoners by Christians ought to be mercifully intreated THe Emperour Charles the fift when the king of Fraunce was taken and he Lorde ouer him méeting him embraced him frendly saying Mon frer en ' aye peur car tes affaires se portè bien that is Brother myne be of good cheare for all shal be well and he delte brotherly with him VVatchfulnesse and carefull diligence becommeth a Magistrate HOmer in the seconde booke of his Iliades hath two notable verses méete to be remembred not onely of Princes but of all other Magistrates and be these 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 Which verses Frederick Duke of Saxonie thought worthy to be written with his own hand and to haue them in his chamber being by him translated into Latine wyth these woordes Non decet principē virū dormire totā noctem Cui populi gubernacula commissa sunt à cuius cura pendent ingentia rerum momenta that is A Prince for many that prouydes ought not to sleepe all nyght Who charge hath of the people and on whome great cares doe light The originall of the Electourship THe originall of the Electorship of the princes of Germanie tooke beginnyng of the Persians For as to their king were princes ioyned so to the Emperours of Germanie the Electours or Choosers are ioyned which do make vp the head counsell for the Romaine Empire If wée will consider aright to the Persian king were ioyned the Ephori For in their handes laye the chiefest power to choose take and put downe the king So it is the chiefest power and authoritie of the Electours which oftentymes haue remoued out of the Empire beasts and tyrants This state of Electours hathe defended Germanie and hath borne rule and kept quietnes these fiue hundreth yeares The tokens of a vvell framed common vvealth WHen king Ferdinando was at Norinberge he asked of the chiefe Aldermen of the citie howe they gouerned so greate a multitude they answered Most soueraigne King with faire woordes and cruell punishmentes It is a verie wise answere of a wittie mā For so ought Empires to be framed the gouernours to answere all men gently but in punishing to vse seueritie A description of three chiefe vocations in this life IN the Courte Basile this verse is founde written in golden letters Tu supplex ora tu protege tuque labora that is Praye thou vppon thy knees defende thou and laboure thou In this verse thrée chiefe vocations of this life are set forthe The Ecclesiasticall state the politique state and the state of the subiectes The picture of a good magistrate among the auncientes THe Emperours of Germanie among the auncientes were painted after this sorte holding in one hand a booke and in the other a sword Wherby antiquitie signified that Emperours ought to be furnished with the skill of lawes and weapons For the sworde without lawe is tirannie This picture was thus set forthe for the benefite of yong Emperours rulers that they mighte be admonished of the chiefest parts of gouernment The modest aunsvvere of Charles the fifth touching his prayses WHen the Emperour Charles the fifth was very honorably receiued into Paris by the french King and with so great a triumphe as neuer in anye place was made hym afterward one of the kings counsailours pronounced before him a long and very graue oration wherin he made rehersall of many vertues and noble actes of the Emperour to all these things he answered briefly and very modestly that he lyked the oration bycause he had put him in mind what manner of man he ought to be Three things necessarye for euery Magistrate WHen Augustus sente Germanicus into Asia hée wyshed hym thrée things the vertue of Alexander the good will of men that Pompey had thyrdly he added I wish thée my fortune signifying that the exploites and victories won by him were gouerned by God The order of Charles the fifth his counsell THe Emperour Charles the fifth called not aboue foure or fiue to counsell euery of which he commaunded to tell his opinion Afterwarde he considered which were the best opinions and reasoned of euery one of them he did not forthwith conclude but deferred till an other time