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A11493	The quintesence of wit being a corrant comfort of conceites, maximies, and poleticke deuises, selected and gathered together by Francisco Sansouino. VVherin is set foorth sundrye excellent and wise sentences, worthie to be regarded and followed. Translated out of the Italian tung, and put into English for the benefit of all those that please to read and vnderstand the works and worth of a worthy writer.; Propositioni overo considerationi in materia di cose di stato. Book 1. English.	Hitchcock, Robert, Captain.; Sansovino, Francesco, 1521-1586.	1590 (1590)	STC 21744; ESTC S121812	137,938	218

looke about him so oftentimes as he knowes it more perillous to stand still then to aduenture MAtter 's of warrefare consist rather in obedience then in will intruding themselues to knowe the circumstances and reasons of the Generall Captains affaires and that army aboue all other is of greatest valour in perilles at the encounter and charge that before the encoūter and stroke of the battaile is more then any other in tranquilitie and quiet ALl they that would determine and resolue themselues vpon any thing of importance ought to consider whither that which they enterprise and take in hand to doo is to fall out profitable to the Common-welth honourable to himselfe and easie to be brought to passe or at leastwise not very difficill IN all enterprises it is necessary to haue an eye be aduertised if any one perswade beside giuing of counsell whether likewise he put himself in peril whē fortun hath brought y e enterprise to an end who it is y e ought to haue the principall degrée and honour IN discordes and tumultes those haue alwaies most force and power that amongst all the rest be most wicked In peace and quietnes those are of most valour that doo shine and are decked with good and commendable disciplines ALl men naturally are good when they reape no profit or take no delight in euill but so greatly dooth varrie the corruption of this world their fragilitie that easilye and very often for their owne profit they encline to euill Therefore the rewarde of vertue and punishment of vice was found out and inuented by wise Lawe-giuers for the foundation of Common-wealth not to destroye men but to the intent they might followe the inclination of nature HE that hath to gouerne Citties peoples and would haue them corrected let him punishe the offenders in them after the rate of thirtéene pence halfepeny and let him in effect chastise all faultes he may very well vse mercy but not in hainous causes for in those it is requisite to giue example to the rest GLorie for that it is the proper and true reward of humaine trauails is that which doth enflame and prick forward woorthye mindes to honourable enterprises neither can we finde out any thing that is of greater effect to cause any man to raise vp his mind to quicken his vnderstanding and to make sharpe his industrie then the desire to obtaine glory and the hope of immortallity SO long as men shall be in the world so long shall there be found vices these neuerthelesse not alwaies nor continually but the good and the euill shall come in their turnes and by the comming of better thinges they shall recompence and redresse themselues amongst themselues EUen as discord in a Cittie doth discouer and giues occasion to those that lye in waite to betray to perform their practises well so vnitie dooth knit together the diuersities of opinions and of many making one body alone doth kéepe gouernments and States vncorrupted NO lesse doth a kingdom take her beginning of a King then a king of a kingdome for the King giues lawes and orders to the kingdome and not the kingdome to the King the pardons the gifts the warres the peace the punishments and the rewardes doo procéede from the King to the kingdome and not in contrary course for onely vnto an emperiall maiestie appertaines to commaund and the Common-wealth to obay AS in a building of importance there is greater perrill when a stone falles foorth of the foundation thē fifty tiles from the roofe so it is a greater faulte once to disobaye iustice then to commit a hundreth errours against the Common-wealth for we haue oftentimes séene that there hath sprung vp scandalles of great importance in a Common-wealth through a very small disobedience IN doubtfull causes we cannot haue recourse to any better thing then to counsell for the piller and remedye of doubt is counsell but in trueth leauing counsel aparte we ought to put ende to the execution thereof and with so much greater speede followe and performe that thing that is assuredly determined by how much more we perceiue it to be frée and secure from all perilles and to serue to the purpose and is apt and good for our intention WE ordaine and commaund that to that man which doth not rule his life aright which doth not gouerne his house well which dooth not administer well his owne affaires and which dooth not vse discipline towardes his famulie liuing in debate with his neighbours shall haue giuen vnto him a gouernour which may haue charge ouer him like a foole and that he be chased from amongst the people like a vagabound for Common-wealthes are neuer disturbed but by those that haue no methode and maner of rule in their life AMongst mortall men there is nothing more common and therewithall more perillous then to giue place to that imagination wherby wee beleeue that the state of one man is better then that of an others and heereby it comes to passe that humain malice dooth so blinde men that they rather seeke to haue that with trauaile which appertaines vnto another then to enioye with rest and quietnes that which is his owne The state of a Prince assuredlye is good if of them it be vsed to a good end and the being of the people is likewise good if they be content with the same So in like sorte that of religious men is best if they reape that profite thereby which they ought To be rich is very good if therein they vse temperaunce in like manner the poore man if he haue patience his es●ate falles out to be good for to merrite doth not consist in suffering many trauailes and discommodities but by hauing in them great patience TO threaten and manace a mightye enemye and to make him mindful that thou aboundantly retaines in memorye the iniuries receiued of him is no other then to inuite and stir him vp to a greater offence for either thou art such a one that thou hast to be ashamed that thou art inflamed to contend with him and cannot suffer it or thou art such a one that he maye in what or whensoeuer be afraide of thy power And if he be wise he will neuer expect that time so all those threatninges shall fall out to be to thy damage IF Subiects did know what it costes the Prince to commaund and rule or if the Prince did knowe how sweet a thing it is to liue in peace the meaner sorte would haue more compassion towardes the greater and the greater would not beare enuye towards the meaner for much lesse be the pleasures that Princes inioye in respect of the displeasures they suffer but as the state of a Prince is greater then all others can performe more then all others is more woorth then all others doth support more then all others and to conclude doth ouerpasse and excell the gouernment of all others So is it most necessarye that the Court the person and

of minde But to those which of their proper nature are very timerous it would fall out to be a great help to them to be full of courage and audacitie for that for the most parte all those whose states depend vpon stéele and weapons by despising perilles couragiously they haue oftentimes become victorious WE maye more easilye breake and kill those that of things already doone haue carried away the victorie if peraduēture they are puffed vp made proud thereby then those that without thinking vpon the same be fallen downe from the same although they procéed with their enemies in time to come more timerously and doubtfully for negligence and basenes doo corrupt also those thinges that are excellently well ordered but trauaile accompanied with care and diligence hath aided greatly vnto manye although Fortune hath béene contrarye vnto them for that those that with slothe and follye take in hand any enterprise are accustomed oftentimes to weaken themselues and to faile in their forces but those that proceed in the same with care and with diligence are accustomed to encreace marueilously TO all those that are borne the selfe-same ende of life dooth not followe neither the very same chaunce and qualitie of death as in many things it comes to passe men are disagréeing amongst themselues for those that are Cowards and not apt for the warre hauing first receiued many iniuries and giuen occasion to cause themselues to be ●●outed of the enemy according to the yéeres that God hath most ordained they finishe and make an end of their destinie the which for al that ought not to chaunce to worthye and valiant men who with vertue and with great glory ought to finde the meanes to end their liues THose that be rashe doo much more easilye obtaine the name of couragious then those that be politicke and prudent for that he that dooth take vpon to performe anye enterprise ouer and beside his duetie through the beneuolence of any one vnto whome peraduenture he seeme to be a valiant wise man obtaines honor but he that prudently and with iudgement doth auoide any perrill neither for all that hath well performed those things according to his desire he shal be without doubt accounted capable through the occurrence of the thing and if it fall out according to his minde and iudgement it will not seeme vnto the ignorant that he hath doone any thing of himselfe HUmaine thinges are sometimes accustomed to deceiue much for that euery man being mortall and it séeming to euery one to be hardly apt for the rash disgraces of fortune it is necessarye as reason will that he cléerly and manifestly sée his grosenes and insolence and neuertheles although he will not yet he must needes be subiect to the necessitie of fortune WE maye easilye fight with those that are halfe dead with hunger and much sooner ouercome the enemye with dearth and famine then with weapons neither can we cast more sharpe dartes neither shoote more swift arrowes against our aduersaries then those of long abstinence and fasting the which being a disease that consumeth force it is not nourished with any other meat then with want of things to eate and the penury of meate doth cast to the ground and ruinate the force of weapons THere is no Captaine so farre out of his right sences or simple Souldiour so rash that being able to fight with securitie aduauntage will rather to his losse and perrill attempt the chaunce of battaile and that maye without blowes or wounds receiue victorie will rather with blood put his health and safetie in doubtfull hazard EUery one knows how slolie and without trauaile they doo handle their weapons whose armes are consumed with fasting and can with great paine rule themselues and he cannot very well perfourme any thing with them in battaile that in other exercises hath consumed his forces and there victory is spéedilye obtained where he that is whole dooth fight with the sicke the strong with the weak and the aflicted with labour with him that hath neuer tasted of any trauaile IT is an extreame follye to abandon with the base minde of a woman and to despise with a childish feare that which is gained with the minde of a man and with the valour of a Souldier and to giue into the hands of the enemye that which he hath as yet not gayned together with riches not hoped for and therefore what hope can be had in them or how maye we beléeue that they are to behaue themselues in armes who making the profession of Souldiours are onely made afraide with thinking vpon warres and with the imagination of battailes therefore is it better to take a glorious death then to desire to liue to lead a shamefull and vile life for in a short space of time life dooth leaue vs but shame dooth neuer leaue vs euen after death but dooth rather make our shame so much the longer and the greater by how much our death hath beene shamefull and infamous WHat signe of victorie can we receiue more certaine then before the battaile to possesse the spoyle and to occupye the enemies lodginges before we come to fight with them and it is much better to ouercome securely by putting the enemy in feare then to put in doubt and hazard his safetie with making proofe experience of armes THere is nothing more swéet to him that is in calamitie then death and that death is most happie which is hoped for and desired for that she dooth not take awaye the delights of time but doth consume the vnplesant taste of bitter and noysome things and as in prosperous things it is good to desire life so in aduersitie it is fit we call after death IT is the parte and duetye of a good Citizen that he doo preserue himselfe for the benefite of the Common-weal and beware that he doo not harme without some fruit and he ought not to leaue off and to slippe any fit saying or act for the commodity of his Countrie yea if moreouer he could no otherwise then with his blood preserue it THose which haue a desire to furnish and to obtaine any thing are accustomed to differ in their words and their déeds forsomuch as they faine all thinges to obtain their intent but after they haue once obtained it they do not in any sorte abstaine from the fulfilling of their desires and besides this those that come after doo alwaies force themselues to ouerpasse their auncestours in audacitie thinking that the like is small for that befoore it hath beene committed they choose that which is vnaccustomed as if it we●e a thing fit and worthy for them because it is behinde the opinion and exspectation of men THose that hunt after and desire the gifts of liberalitie it is necessarye that they prouide and force themselues that they doo not lose the same at the beginning forsomuch as seruitude doth alwaies giue the firste and chéefest molestation It is a iust thing to moue warres

suspected that he goes about by some secret and hid way to reape the same againe POuerty makes some men full of audacitie others by riches couetous store are made ambitious and proud and to others doth chaunce other occasions according as euery man doth possesse either ire or some other vnbridled accident y ● doth moue him the which doo all of thē make vs to put our selues in perill aboue all things hope and loue dooth greatly prick vs forward the one going before and the other following after and the one despising deceites and the other propounding vnto vs the prosperitie of fortune doo bring great damage IT appertains to Princes and Common-weales to take care that their Captaine Generals do nat fall in suspect and if the same doo chaunce they ought by cutting the occasion spéedilye off to prouide and prepare for those damages and for those ruines that therby might hang ouer their State SUspition dooth spring vp sometimes in our mindes either of those thinges that be likely or of any violence that hath falne out or else through a certaine folly and ignorance of men that which doth arise of likely-hoods it is necessarie to examine it well forsomuch as it behoues to haue iustification and he that dooth iustifie himselfe dooth merite no punishment That which dooth arise of any violence that is doon or that is to be doon ought not so stricktly to be examined for that already it is rather an offence then a suspition offences ought to be punished The last which dooth arise of follye and ignorance ought not to be admitted of any person of qualitie but rather reiected and left aparte WRath disdain being nothing else but a passion conceiued in the minde either through anye iniurie receiued or through that which it séemes we shall receiue either offew or of many no person of qualitie ought to giue place vnto the said passion without reasonable occasion and chéefely in those iniuries which it séemes he receiues of many one perticular man being more apt to erre then any vniuersall people PRinces ought to haue care not to prouoke to disdaine their vassailes but aboue all things a multitude or an vniuersall people forsomuch as such a violence is much more headlong is of greater importance and dooth cause more spéedie and perrilous effects for Princes MEn that are strong and of great magnanimitie are not to be afraide of their liues in glorious enterprises but rather ought to account death for most glorious whē either for the benefite of their Cuntry or for their Prince the same should chaunce in some woorthie and hautye enterprise desiring rather to dye gloriouslye then to liue beastly ALthough the actions of men are grounded not onelye vpon honour honesty or iustice but also vpon firme and stable faith wherewithall they are pricked forward to put things in action in such sorte that they may be approued and found good by the consent of all and to the intent when they be doon we growe not to repent vs forsomuch as by repentance what action soeuer although it be well doone is spoyled and defamed FOrtitude is truely the supportation of great thinges wherein there is perrill of death but not in respect of himselfe alone that dooth put himselfe into the same but in respect of the vniuersall and publick benefit either of his country or of his Prince whome he dooth serue TRue fortitude is to moderate feare and audacitie and to be not able to be ouercome with trauailes stout and strong in perrilles seuere against pleasures and to be an enemye to couetousnes is proper to a man that possesseth right fortitude And to be such a one to defend our country and our Prince from barberous inuations and at home the weak and not able with weapons or abroad his companion from théeues or the hye waye from rapines is as I haue saide to accomplishe an ample and full iustice THe fortitude of minde is knowne two waies the one is when being in perrils he dooth no otherwise estéeme and repute of the partes of the body but as superfluous and to be despised the other is when he dooth perseuer to follow those things which are most principall in the enterprise and in them goes forward still pursuing of honour and following that which doth leade to the true and honest way with an vnspotted and excellent intent and minde vntill such time as he hath obtained the effect or the desired end IF Fortitude do principally appertaine vnto man as his proper due and the principall partes dueties of Fortitude is not to be afraid of death neither of gréefe Whosoeuer desires to be a man ought likewise to consider well of the true properties of a man and to haue in memorye that to suffer himselfe to be possessed with feare to be ouercome by his owne will and pleasures or drawne by a couetous desire to gaine money and riches be partes of lightnes and instabilitie contrarye to all fortitude THose thinges which are vniuersallye desired doo sildome come to passe the reason is for that there be fewe that giue beginning or motion to those thinges at the ende whereof there be sundry contrarye to the appetites of many THe arte of clemencye and of pardoning although for the most parte it benefites neuerthelesse sometimes it is hurtfull and damageable but this comes to passe when thou doost pardon a perticular person equall or like vnto thy selfe whereas to pardon or to vse clemencie towards a multitude for the moste parte dooth benefite for that it is almost impossible that a multitude which hath receiued any benefite should all of them be willing to be malignant or ingratefull whereas a perticular person either through his euill nature or through some other vnreasonable desire dooth oftentimes fall into this vice of ingratitude THe true intent of good men and men of iudgement ought neuer to be other then to endeuour themselues to obtaine fame glorye and honour in the sight of men for that all perrilles toyles trauailes discommodities and gréefes which we beare in the exercise or in the managing of great causes is doone with this principall intent to benefite so many as we can or are able and to be hurtfull to none A Wise man ought too consider that he is borne not somuch for himselfe as to benefite others and by how much he findes himself in greater degrée then others or by how much he knowes himselfe to haue more knowledge more vertue or more gifts of God then others by so much he ought to iudge that God hath graunted him the same to the intent he may imparte the same to the benefite of others and in this we ought infinitely to reioyce that he hath opened vnto him so large so plaine and so apparent a way to make him selfe immortall SOddaine determinations when as commoditie is not left to consulte they drawe perrilles oftentimes after them and oftentimes also when a man for feare of a great perrill dooth