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A10148	Of the knovvledge and conducte of warres two bookes, latelye wrytten and sett foorth, profitable for suche as delight in hystoryes, or martyall affayres, and necessarye for this present tyme.	T. P.; Proctor, Thomas, poet, attributed name.	1578 (1578)	STC 20403; ESTC S119050	54,163	112

batterye the towne rendred and yelded vppe vnto him Great Alexander vsed this cūninge to gett a fort of wonderfull strength hee conueyed a fewe actiue men vnarmed vp to a rocke not doubted or loked vnto of the enemye for the steepenesse and difficultie to bee clymmed and when they had possessed the toppe thereof beinge nighe the walles where they might greatlie anoy them within the houlde makinge a great shoute or noyse of triumph on a sodaine and aduauncinge their banners as though there had been a great parte of the armye with them and all sure their owne Alexander also on the other syde then fiercelie skalinge the walles the people within beeynge stryken with great feare and in a maze the Castell was easelie by him surprised taken Thus to conclude of this vertue of Prudence it is the lyne of the Captaine to measure hys owne doynges the touchestone and the syue to trye sift the sleightes of the enemie to discerne the substaūce frō the shadow to shunne hys trappe not to bee abused by anie paynted or coloured crafte And this vertue encludeth in it constancie without which a man is no man for as well without reason as without iudgement or resolution in time to vse the same after cōsultation and good aduisement hadd speadye executyon shoulde followe ¶ Of the loue and diligent regarde of the Captayne vnto his souldiours Cap. 7. THe last parte of the furniture whiche armethe our Captayne complete is a tender affectiō diligēt regarde vnto his souldiers So that a good mynde well and vertuouslie enclined and disposed serueth not without diligence in exercysinge and geuinge forthe the fruites thereof And therefore a Captaine besydes his prouident care and studie of the generall and publicke weale and affaires of his armye ought also to respect the state and necessities of pryuate persones and commen souldiers And therefore if the gouernours of Ciuill estates haue been called fathers as the Senatours of Roome had first that name to remember them of the fatherlie affeccion and care whyche they ought to beare towardes the people muche more ought the generall ouer his martiall commō weale to haue a fatherlie minde and regarde for the souldier leaueth father all his frendes and estate of liuinge at home to followe his captaine in foreine countrey committinge his life and all to the guyde and good fortune of him And if lyke desyers with concorde of studies affeccions and continuance of conuersatiō of life do cause most entier loue and stronge bande league of frendshyp much more ought this socyetie of myndes linked and ioyned in honourable desyres and purpose with the vowed felowshippe of bodies in all perylles yea in life and in death vnyte the hartes of the captaine and souldiers in most deare affection and amitie which the captaine ought to professe towardes his souldiers they eche towardes other If the souldier be sicke or hurte the Captaine must prouide Phisitions of Chirurgien for him if he be troubled in minde he ought to be hys friende to visite him and comfort him to further his desires and endeuours to encourage him if he be a worthy souldier to conferre with him some time familierly of his estate and to further and deuise how to encrease and amende the same as wel in the armie as at home For perchaunce hee hath none other friende to cherishe or to haue regarde vnto him in the armie if he be iniuried he hath not the commen ayde and helpe of lawe for his money as in peace he may Therefore the Captayne must be his staye helpe in all his necessities And least it be obiected that if he had Argos eyes hee cannot see the wantes of all men and leasure will not at all times suffer to discharge the partes aboue requyred to preuent the same I say he must onelye extende his diligence as farre as maye be herein Xenophon wrote vnto king Cyrus that a Gouernour ought to be towardes his people kinde as a father towarde his children To note some examples of thys vertue we reade that the great kinge Mithridates vsed such diligence and had such regarde vnto all his comen souldier that of a great armie he coulde call euery man priuatelye by hys name and hauinge people of more then xx seueral natiōs languages he would talke vnto them all familierly in their proper Coūtrey speache The great king Cyrus before remēbred which foūded the Monarchye of the Persians vsed great affabilitie towardes his souldiers The excellent Captayne Scipio is noted and honoured for this curtesie Alexander the great passinge some daies in the desertes barrē drye places of Arabia where as no water was to be foūde so that both the army himself weare pained with great thirst almost intollerable in this neade a cōmen souldiour had by great trauayll gotten one helmet full of water and brought it vnto the kinge which when he had receaued very thankfullye he powred it out vpon the groūd shewing him selfe willing to be partaker of the comē want necessitie of his armie whereby the rest seeing the abstinence and noble minde of their Gouernour forgott the pinche of theyr thirst prepared them selues to suffer any hardnesse and not to bee weryed but constantlie to continue to ouercomeall labours difficulties The same Alexander no greater in power then in noble vertue of minde an other time passinge a iourney in extreme intollerable frost sharpe weather with rough vncomfortable wayes findinge a souldiour stiffe almost dead with could of the percynge ayer he caused him presentlye to be caryed into his tente theare being sett in his owne chayer he sawe him tenderlye dressed and cherished geuinge vnto him of his owne clothes to keape him warme Caius Iulius hauing Alexāders minde in manye thinges so did he no lesse tender and regarde his souldiers when he went to battaile he woulde saye come fellowe souldiours goe we together and call them sometyme good friendes Charles the fifthe beinge a great Emperour and of notable skill and practise in warres endued also with sundrye noble vertues ridynge thoroughe his Campe to viewe the state of the same a commen souldiour sicke and wantinge necessaryes cryed out and rayled vpon him bitterlye wishinge a vengeance and the diuell on hym for that in his seruice beinge fallen into infirmitye disease now had he neither knowledge nor helpe of him the Emperour mildelye aunswered good woordes my good souldiour and thou shalt not want the helpe that may bee had Now to conclude thys vertue not paynfull to plant in thy maners and exercise in actions and deedes yet it bringeth great and happy fruites for it procureth such loue and honour of the Souldiour to the Captaine that thereby he possesseth the more safetie of person and quiet of minde he purchaseth greater fame at home and abroad his attemptes affaires procede the better to effecte for it maketh the endeuour of the Souldiour wonderfull Loue is the surest armour that