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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A09781	Howe one may take profite of his enmyes [sic], translated out of Plutarche; De capienda ex inimicis utilitate. English	Plutarch.; Elyot, Thomas, Sir, 1490?-1546, attributed name.	1531 (1531)	STC 20052; ESTC S110489	12,097	32

¶ Howe one may take profite of his enmyes translated out of Plutarche Howe one may take profette of his enmyes I Perceyue my frende that thou hast chosē a right pleasant kynde of lynynge voyde of busynesses of the comon welthe wherin neuertheles thou doste to the comon welthe moche profette beinge vnto al them that come vnto the and eke to them that kepe the company bothe compenable and pleasant But sins it is so that we may fynde some countrey that wanteth wylde and hurteful beastis as it is sayde by Creta But yet no comon welthe hath bene founde that hath not norisshed within it selfe enuy disdayne and stryfe of whiche moste comonly emnities do growe ye and if there were nothing els frendshyp it selfe turneth vs to enmitie whiche the wyse man Chion perceyuynge asked one that vaunted hym selfe to haue none enmye if he had also no frende Me thynketh than it were mete for a man of auctorite and that medleth in the rule of the comon welth that amōge other busin●● he shulde haue also consideration of his enmyes and to take good hede that this was not spoken for nought of Xenophon It is a substantial wyse mans parte to take profette of his enmyes Therfore I haue gathered to gyther those thinges that came in my minde now of late as I resoned on this matter And I haue written thē vnto the in as fewe wordes takinge hede as nere as I coulde that I touche nothinge of those that I wrote afore in the preceptes of good maner for I se that boke ofte in thy hande ¶ To men of the olde worlde it suffised if they toke no hurte of diuers beastis and in that tyme they fought with hurtfull beastis only for that purpose But they that are of later tyme fyndynge the waye howe to vse wylde beastis are not onely not hurte but also they take profette of them fedynge them with their flesshe clothyng them with theyr flecis makynge of theyr mylke and galles medicines for diseases and armyng them defendynge them with theyr skyns in so moche y t now it is to be doubted that if beastis wanted vnto man mans lyfe shulde be but beastly wylde and nedye So lyke wyse syns it suffiseth vnto other to take no hurte of theyr enmyes and that Xenophon saythe profette maye be taken of enmyes Belefe is not to be taken from suche an auctour but rather the maner and way muste be soughte wherby this profette maye be gotten by them that may not lyue without emnities The husbande man can not take from euery tree the wylde nature nor the hunter can not make euery wylde beaste gentil and tame so that the waye hath bene founde that for other vsis bothe vnfrutefull trees and wylde beastis haue bene profitable The see water is vnmets to drynke and vnpleasant but it noryssheth fysshes it caryeth vs from place to place and it serueth in bryngynge in and beryng out wares But Satyrus the fyrst tyme that he sawe fyer whan he wolde haue taken it kyssed it Ho ꝙ Prometheus thou roughe knaue if thou take not hede it wil make thy syppes smerte for it burneth if it be touched it se●uethe not for that purpose but hit gyuethe lyghte and hete and is the instrument of all craftes if one can vse it It muste be sene therfore if also an enmy that els were hurteful and dangerous may be touched any other waye and gyue some particular vse of hym selfe and do vs very great profette For there are many thinges hatefull and greuous vnto them to whom they hapen out of the whiche neuertheles some vse may be taken For thou seest many vse some disease of the body for occasion of quiete and reste Agayne labours and trauayles that haue comen by chaunce haue made many mans helthe more perfecte by exercise Besydes this there hath ben many to whom outlawrye and losse of money hath bene forderance to study and lernyng as to Diogenes and Crates And Zenon whan he herde that his shyp was drowned Thou doste very well Fortune quod he in dryuynge me to my studyenge mantyll For lyke as some lyue thynges that are good in digestyng and heleful for the body if they ete serpentes and scorpions they degest them yea and there are some that are norisshed with stones and shelles by reason of the force hete of the sprites that turne these thinges in to norysshement where as these that bene tender and sickelye can nat awaye with breadde and wyne So fooles marre and also lose frendshyppes but they that are wyse can profitably vse enmities Fyrste therfore that that in enmytie is moste hurtfull semeth vnto me to do great ꝓfette if one take hede to it What is that sayste thou Truely an enmye alway watchynge markethe what thou doste and in sekynge occasion of sklaunder prieth and peryth alwaye on thy lyuyng percyng with his syght lyke a Lynx not only the tymber the coueryng and the walles of thy house but also thy frende thy seruant and whom so euer kepeth the company that as nere as he may he wyll knowe what thou dost percynge and tryenge all thy secretes Where as our frend is by our delay and negligens ofte tymes are bothe sicke and dye without our knowlege And of our enmyes welnere we marke theyr dremes So that the disseasis the dettes the skoldynges with theyr wyues shall rather be vnknowne of them whose they are than of their enmyes So chiefly dothe he marke fautes and aboue all thynge them he feketh Euen lyke as these Grypes that flye vnto the sauour of stynkyng caryōs and them that are holle and cleane they smelle not So if there be any thyng foule or fautie or af●er apetite in thy lyfe this prouokethe thy enmye the● to he leapethe who so euer hateth that he pulleth and twytcheth Is it not therfore profitable to the to be constrayned to that poynt that alway thou lyue hedefully and warely and that thou nother do nor say any thynge rechelesslye or vnaduisedlye But alwayes as they that are aferde of some disease kepe precise diete for surfetynge so to kepe fauteles and vnblamable maners For suche hede bredethe in vs a purpos and a studye of fautles lyuynge in restraynyng desyres of the mynde and in withdrawyng and reuokynge the thoughte For as these cities that by theyr nere enmys and continuall warre lerne sobernes and diligens and as they kepe theyr lawes better and gouerne better the comon welthe so they whom enmyte hath dryuen to this poynte that in their lyfe they be sobre and heedful to auoyde folye to do all thynge compinablely without negligens of any thynge are brought lyttell and lyttel ere they beware in to a custome of not offendynge and of redressynge theyr maners if reason helpe any thynge For who that haue this alway in remembrans that Priam and his chyldren myght be gladde to haue had suche enmyes wherby they toke hede to them selfes and were renowmed truely it