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A12121	A treatise of schemes [and] tropes very profytable for the better vnderstanding of good authors, gathered out of the best grammarians [and] oratours by Rychard Sherry Londoner. Whervnto is added a declamacion, that chyldren euen strapt fro[m] their infancie should be well and gently broughte vp in learnynge. Written fyrst in Latin by the most excellent and famous clearke, Erasmus of Roterodame.	Sherry, Richard, ca. 1506-ca. 1555.; Erasmus, Desiderius, d. 1536. De pueris statim ac liberaliter instituendis. English. aut	1550 (1550)	STC 22428; ESTC S111062	82,560	238

dignitie authoritie and also health●●lnes of body whych menne so desirouslye wyshe to theyr chyldren nothynge doth more get them vnto man thē vertue and learninge They wyshe vnto them a praye but they wyll not geue thē a nette to take it with all That thing which is of al most excellent thou canst not geue thy sonne but thou mayest store hym wyth those good sciences wherby the best thinges be gotten Now is this a great inconuenience but it is yet a greater that they leaue at home their dogge wel taught their horse well broken and taught and theyr son enstructed wyth no learnyng They haue land well tylled and theyr sonne shamefull rude They haue their house goodly trimmed and theyr sonne voyde of all garnyshyng Further they whych after the peoples estimacion seme to be meruelouse wyse do prolong the diligence to garnyshe the mind eyther into an age vnapte to bee taughte or else take no care at all for it and are meruelouse thoughtfull of externall goodes of fortune yea or eue● he be borne whom they haue appoynted to be lorde of thē all For what se we not them to do When their wyfe is greate wyth chylde then call they for a searcher of natiuities the parentes are whether it shall be a man or a woman kynde They searche oute the destenye If the astrologer by the byrth houre haue sayde that the chylde shulde be fortunate in warre wee wyll saye they dedicate this chyld to the kinges courte If he shal promyse ecclesiasticall dygnitie wee wyll saye they hunte for hym by some meanes a Byshoprycke or a fatte Abbotshyp Thys chylde wyl we make a president or a deane Thys semeth not to them to hasty a care when they preuente euen the very byrth and semeth it to hastye that is vsed in fashioning your childrens myndes So quyclye you prouide to haue your sonne a capt●ine or an officer and therewyth wylte thou not prouide that he maie be a profitable captayn or officer of the common wealth Before the tyme come you go aboute this to haue your sonne a byshop or an abbot and wylt thou not fashion hym to this well to beare the office of a byshop or an abbot Thou se●●este hym to a chariot and shewest hym not the manner to guyde it Thou puttest hym to the ster●e and passest not that he shulde learne those thynges that becommeth a shypmaster to know Finally in all thy possessions thou regardest nothing lesse then that that is moste precious for whose sake al other thynges be gotten Thi corne fieldes be goodly thy houses be fayre thy vessel is bright thy garmentes and al thy housholde stuffe thy horses bee wel kept thi seruaūtes wel taught only thy sonnes wyt is foule filthy all sluttishe Thou hast perchaūce bought by the drūme a bond slaue vyle and barbarous if he be rude and ignoraunt y u markest to what vse he is good trimly thou bryngest hym vp to some craft either of the kytchen physicke husbandrye or stewardshyp only thy sōne thou se●●est lyght by as an i●le thynge Thei wyl say He shal haue inough to lyue on but he shall not haue to lyue well on Comonly the rycher that men be the lesse they care for the bryngyng vp of their chyldren What neede is it say they of anye learnyng they shall haue inoughe Yea the more nede haue they of the helpe of phylosophy and learnyng The greater the shyp is the more marchandyse it carieth aboute the more neede it hathe of a connynge shyppe master Howe greatlye do Prynces go about this to leaue vnto their sonnes as large a dominion as they cā and yet do none care lesse that they shuld be brought vp in those good wayes wythoute the whych principalitie can not wel be ordred How muche more dothe he geue that geueth vs to lyue well then to lyue Uerye lytel do chyldren owe vnto theyre fathers of wh●me they be no more but begotten and not also broughte vp to lyue verteouslye The saying of Alexander is muche spoken of excepte I were Alexander I wold wishe to be Diogenes But very worthely doth Plutarch rebuke it because that so much the more he shuld haue wyshed to haue had Diogenes philosophye howe muche the greater hys dominion was But muche more shameful is theyr sluggardy whyche not onely bryng not vp their chyldrē aright but also corrupte them to wyckednesse When Crates the Thebane dyd perceiue thys abhominacion not without a cause he wolde go in to y e hyest place of the citye there crie out as loud as he could caste them in the teeth wyth theyr madnesse in this wyse You wretches what madnesse driueth you Take you suche thought to gette money and possessions take you ●o care for your children for whom you get these thynges As they be scante halfe mothers whych onlye bringe forth and not vp their chyldren so be they scante halfe fathers whith when they prouide necessaries for theyr chyldrens bodies euē somuch that they maye ryot wythall prouide not that their myndes maye be garnyshed wyth honest disciplines Trees per aduēture wyl grow though eyther baren or wyth wild fruite horses are foled though perchaunce they be good for nothyng but menne truste me be not borne but fashioned Menne in olde tyme which by no lawes nor good order ledde theyr lyues in woodes in wāderynge lustes of bodye were rather wylde beastes then men Reason maketh a man that hathe no place where all thynges are gouerned after affeccion If shape and fashion shulde make a man Images also shulde be counted among men Elegantly sayde Aristippus when a certen ryche man a●ed him what profite learnyng shuld brynge to a yong man it be no more but this quod he y t in the playing place one stone sytte not vpon an other Uery properly another Philosopher Diogenes I trowe bearynge in the myd day a candle in his hand walked aboute the market place that was full of men beinge axed what thynge he sought I seeke quod he a man He knewe that there was a greate company but of beastes and not men The same man on a daye when stāding on an hye place he had called a great ●ort together and sayde nothing else but come hither men come hyther men Some halfe angrye cryed agayne we are here men say what thou hast Thē quod he I wold haue men come hyther not you whych are nothyng lesse then men and therwyth draue them away wyth his staffe Surely it is very trewe that a man not instructed wyth Phylosophye nor other good sciences is a creature somewhat worse then brute beastes For beastes folowe onely the affectes of nature a manne except he be fashioned wych learning and preceptes of philosophy is ●awght into affeccions more thē beastlike For there is no beast more wylde or more hurtefull then a manne whom ambicion dryuethe desyre anger enuye ryot and luste Therfore he that prouideth not that his sonne may by and

holye thing out of an holy place is worse then some other kynde of theft No lesse matter of argumentacion ministreth the qualitie of time which signifieth two thynges Fyrst it is taken playnly for the time present past or to come Seconde it signifieth oportunitie to do a thynge and so when a man cometh as we wold haue it we saye he cometh in time And in the seuenth of Ihon when Christ sayth My tyme is not yet come tyme is taken for oportunitie of tyme. And lykewyse in the syxt to the Galat. Therfore whyle we haue tyme. c. The Rethoricianes put chaunce vnder tyme because the ende of a thynge perteyneth to the time that foloweth but of thys wyll we speke in the place called Euent Facultie is a power to do the thynge that is taken in hand and in coniectures two thinges speciallye be considered whether he could or wold Wyll is gathered of hope to performe it and is made more probable whē the nature of the mynde is ioyned to it as it is not like he wyl abide in his glorye because he is enuious and ambicious Also when we counsell one to leaue of vayne mournynge when it is not in his power to get agayne that is gone Instrument semeth to be a part of facultie for instrumentes sometyme are cause of oure hablenes to do a thinge and it is a more mischeuous deede to kyl with venome thē with swearde And to instrumēt so●e is the manour of doyng that almoste it is all one But more properlye perteyne to the manour or fashion those thynges that be eyther excused or made greater by wyl As lesse faute is it to fall into a vice by ignorance or frailtie then of a purpose and full deliberacion The vse of circūstances profiteth to amplifie to extenuate to euidence to confirmacion and probabilitie And hytherto be referred also the common places that indifferentlye apperteyne to all kyndes and partes of causes of the whyche Rodulphe entreateth and Aristotle in hys Topyckes But before we speake of them it is to be noted that thys woorde place is taken foure maner of wayes They are called common places because thei be entreated of of bothe partes althoughe not in all one cause as he that is sore spoken agaynste by witnesses swadeth that we shulde not geue credite to witnesses Contrarye he that is hol●en by them speaketh in defence of wytnesses and so of other that we spake of before when we entreated of vnartificial argumentes Lyke to thys sorte be sentences whyche wee e●aggerate as it were wythoute the cause but so that they serue to the cause whiche wee haue in hande as bee the amplificacions of vertues and the exaggeracions of vices As when wee accuse anye manne that by euyll companions he was broughte to do also the mischeuouse deede A common place shall bee wyth wordes to exaggerate howe much it profiteth to keepe goodnesse to bee in companye wyth good men and contrarye howe greate myschyefe the companye of euyll men dothe cause In the third sence places be called seates of argumentes whyche the Rethoricianes do applie to ech● kyndes of causes As in the kynde suasorie honest profitable pleasaūt easye necessarie c. In demonstratiue kynde kynred contrey goodes of the bodye and of the mynde In the Iudiciall kynde inespecial deniall those that we spake of euen nowe The fourth places be general whych declare what belongeth to euerye thynge and howe oute of eche of them there be taken argumentes partly necessary and partlye probable These be commen to the Oratours with the Logicians albeit Aristotle hathe seperatelye written of them in hys Topickes and in his Rethorickes hathe not touched thē and they profite much both to iudgement and to endightynge but the varietie of authors hath made the handlynge of them sumwhat darke because amonge them selues they can not wel agre neyther of the names neyther of the number neyther of the order An example is a rehearsall of a thynge that is done and an applyynge of it vnto our cause eyther for similitude or dissimilitude profitable to perswade garnyshe and delyght Examples some be taken out of hystories some of tales some of fayned argumētes in comedies and bothe sortes be dilated by parable and comparacion Comparacion sheweth it equall lesse or bygger Parable is a feete similitude whych sheweth y e example that is brought ether like vnlyke or cōtrarye Lyke as Camillus restored the common wealth of the Romaines that was oppressed by the Frenchmen and when it was brought into extreme losse by theyr valiauntnesse expelled the Barbariens So Ualla whan thorowe the ignorāce of y e Barbarians learnyng was destroyed restored it agayn as it wer from death into hys former brightnes Unlike As not lyke thanke is done to Laurence and Camillus because that the one moued by vertue wyth the ieopardie of hys lyfe deliuered his contrey from the vngracious that other styrred vp by desyre of fame or rather wyth an euyll luste to checke manye no● restored agayn the lattēt●ng oppressed but brought it as it were into certen rules Cōtrary Brutus kylled hys chyldren goyng about treason Manlius punished by death the valiauntnes of hys sonne Comparacion sheweth y e thing y t is brought eyther equall lesse or bigger Lesse as our elders haue warred oftentymes because theyr marchaūtes and mariners wer euyl entreated What mynd ought you to be in so many thousande citizens of Rome slaine at one message and one time Equall as in the same Cicero For it happed vnto me to stand for an offyce wyth two gentlemenne that one very naughte that other very gentle yet ouercame I Catiline by dignitie and Galba by fauoure Bygger As for Milo they saye he shulde not lyue that confesseth he hathe kylled a man when M. Horacius was quitte whyche kylled hys owne syster Parable which some call similitude some cōparacion is a comparyng of a thyng y t hath no life or no bodye to our cause and purpose for some thyng that is lyke or vnlyke And as example is taken of y e dede of a man and the person of an hystorye or that is fabulous and fayned so is comparison taken of thinges that be done or that be ioyned to them by nature or by chaunce As Attilius retournyng agayne to hys enemies is an example of kepynge faythe and promise But a shyp in the whych the sayles be ●oysed vp or takē down after the blowyng of the winde is a parable whiche reacheth a wyse man to geue place to tyme and applye hymselfe to the world that is presente And lyke fashion is of dila●yng a parable as we haue shewed in example For sometime it is noted in a word as Doest thou not vnderstand that the sayles muste be turned Sometyme it is more largelye declared as in the oracion for Mu●ena And if vnto menne that sayle out of the hauen c. Analogia Icon called of the latines Imago an Image in Englyshe is

mouinges by whyche thynges the phisicions in many bookes and inespeciall Galene hath taught that the chyldren get good healthe of theyr bodye neyther do they differ thys diligēce vnto the seuenth or tenth yere but euē assone as the chylde commeth oute of the mothers wombe they take greate charge of thys And they do well for the infancie not regarded oftentymes causeth men to haue a syckely and sore disseased olde age if they happen to come to it Yea moreouer or euer the chyld be born yet dothe the mother take greate heede Thei eate not of euery meat when they be greate wyth chylde they take heede that they moue not theyr bodie to hurte them and if there happen any thyng to fall vpon their face by and by they take it away wyth theyr hand and laye it vpon the priuie part of theyr body It hath ben proued by many experimentes that by this remedie the deformitie whych wold haue bene on that part of y e body that is sene hathe lyen hyd in the secrete place No mā calleth this to hasty a care whych is vsed for the worser parte of man Why then is that parte of man wherby we be properly called menne neglected so many yeres Shuld he not do all agaynste gods forbod which wold trim his cap lettyng his head be vnkempt and all scabbed Yet much more vnreasonable is it that we shuld bestow iuste labours vpon the mortall bodye and to haue no regarde of the immortal soule Further if a mā haue at home an horse colte or a whelpe of a good kynd wyl he not straight waye begynne to fashion hym to do sumwhat and wyll do that so muche the more gladlye the readyer the yonge age is to folow the teachers mynde Wee wyl teache a popiniaye while time is to speke as a manne dothe knowynge well that the elder he waxeth the lesse apte he wyll be to be taughte yea the common prouerbe geuyng warnynge of thys thynge That an old popiniaye careth not for the rod. And what a thynge is it to be diligente in a byrde and ●●owe in teachynge thy sonne What do the wytty husbandmen Do they not teach euen straight way the plātes whyle they be yet tender to put awaye theyr wylde nature by graffynge and wyll net tarye tyll they be waxen bygge and myghtye And they do not onlye take heede that the litle tree grow not croked or haue any other faute but if ther be anye they make haste to amend it whyle it wyll yet bowe and folowe the hande of the fashioner And what liuyng thynge or what plante wyll bee as the owener or or housebande manne wolde haue it to serue for excepte oure dylygence helpe nature The sooner it is donne the better wyll it come to passe Indede to manye dumme beastes nature the mother of all thynges hath geuen more helpe to do theyr natural offices but because the prouidēce of God hath of al creatures vnto men onlye geuen the strength of reason she hath left the greatest parte to educacion in so much that one hath written very wel the first poynte the middle and the thirde that is the chyefe of all mans felicitye to be good instruccion ryght bryngynge vp Whych prayse Demosthenes gaue to ryght pronunciacion and that in deede not falsely but ryghte bryngynge vp helpeth muche more to wysedome then pronunciacion to eloquence For diligente and holy bringing vp is the founteyne of al vertue As to folye and myschief the fyrst seconde and thyrde poynte is vndiligente and corrupte educacion Thys is the thynge that is chiefelye lefte vnto vs. That is the cause why vnto other beastes nature hathe geuen swyftnes flyght sharpnes of sight greatnes and strengthe of bodye scales flyshes heares hornes nayles venome wherby they may both defende their healthe and prouide for theyr liuynge and brynge vp their yonge and bryngeth forthe man onlye softe naked and vnfensed but in stede of all thys hath geuen hym a mynde hable to receiue all discipline because in this onlye are all thynges if a man wyll exercise it And euerye liuynge thynge the lesse mete it is to learnynge so muche the more it hathe of natiue prudence Bees learne not to make their celles to gathe● iu●e and to make honye The ●mets are not taughte to gather into their holes in somer wherby they shulde lyue in wynter but all these thynges be done by instruccion of nature But man neyther can eate nor go nor speake except he be taught Then if the tree brynge forthe eyther no fruite or vnsauerye wythout the diligence of graf●ing if the dogge be vnmete to hunte the horse vnapte to iuste the oxe to the plowe except oure diligence bee putte to howe wylde and vnprofitable a creature wolde man become except diligētlye and in dewe tyme he shulde be fashioned by good bryngynge vp I wyll not here rehearse vnto you the example of Lycurgus knowen of euerye man whyche bryngynge oute two whelpes one of a gentle kynde but euyll taughte that ran to the mea●e that other of sluggyshe syres but diligently brought vp that lea●te the meate and leapt vpon the beast Nature is an effectuall thynge but educacion more effectuall ouercommeth it Menne take heede that they maye haue a good dog to hunte to haue a good horse to iournei with and here thei thynke no diligence to be to hastie but to haue a sonne that shulde be both worship and profite to the parentes vpon whome they myghte ●aye a good part of the charges of their houshold whose loue mighte noryshe and beare vp their vnweldy age and y t shuld shew hym self a trustye and healpynge sonne in a lawe a good husbande to his wife a valiaunte and profitable citizen to the common wealthe I saye to haue suche eue eyther they take no care or else they care to late For whō do they plant for whō do they plowe for whō do they buylde for whō do thei hunt for riches both by land by sea not for theyr chyldrē But what profite or worshyp is in these thinges if he y t shal be heire of thē can not vse thē With vnmesurable studye be possessions gotten but of the possessor we take no kepe Who prepareth an harpe for the vnskylfull of musycke Who garnysheth a librarie for hym that can skyl of no bookes And are so great ryches gotten for hym whyche can not tell howe to vse them If thou gettest these thynges to hym that is well broughte vp thou geueste hym instrumentes of vertue but if thou get them for a rude and rusticall wytte what other thynge doest thou then minister a matter of wantonnesse and mischiefe What canne bee thoughte more folyshe then thys kynde of fathers They prouide that the bodie of the sonne maye be wythout faute and shulde bee made apte to do all manner thynges comelye but the mynde by whose moderacion all honeste wyrkes do stand that they care not for It nedeth me not here to rehearse that riches

haue taken hurte monyshe vs thys came euyll to passe hereafter take heede but or euer ye take the matter in hande it cryeth If thou do thys thou shalt get vnto the euyll name and myschiefe Let vs knytte therfore this threfolde corde that both good teachyng leade nature and exercise make perfite good teachyng Moreouer in other beastes we do perceiue that euery one doth sonest learne that that is most properly belonging to hys nature and whych is fyrste to the sauegarde of hys healthe and that standeth in those thynges whith brynge either payne or destrucciō Not onlye liuing thyngs but plantes also haue this sence For we se that trees also in that parte where the sea doth sauour or the northen winde blow to shrynke in their braunches and boughes and where the wether is more gentle there to spreade them farther oute And what is that that properly be longeth vnto man Uerelye to lyue according to reason and for that is called a reasonable creature and diuided frō those that cā not speake And what is most destrucciō to mā Folyshenes He wyll therfore be taught nothyng soner then vertue and abhorre from nothynge sooner then folyshnesse if so be the diligence of the parentes wyll incontinent set a worke the nature whyle it is emty But we here meruelous complantes of the common people howe readye the nature of chyldrē is to fal to vyce how hard it is to drawe them to the loue of honesty They accuse nature wrongfullye The greatest parte of thys euyll is thorowe oure owne faute whyche mar the wittes w t vyces before we teache them vertues And it is no maruell if we haue them not verye apte to learne honestye seyng they are nowe already taughte to myschiefe And who is ignoraunt that the labour to vnteache is both harder and also goth before teachyng Also the common sorte of men do amysse in thys pointe thre maner of wayes eyther because they vtterlye neglecte the bryngynge vp of children or because they begynne to fashion their myndes to knoweledge to late or because they putte them to those men of whome they maye learne that that muste be vnlerned agayne Wee haue shewed those fyrst maner of men vnworthi to be called fathers and that they very litle differ from suche as ser●e theyr infantes out abrode to be destroyed and that they oughte worthely to be punyshed by the lawe which doth prescribe this also diligentlye by what meanes chyldren shuld be brought vp afterwards youth The second sorte be very manye wyth whom nowe I specially entend to st●iue The thyrd doth amysse two wayes partly thorowe ignoraunce partly thorowe retchlesnes And syth it is a rare thynge and a shame to be ignoraunte to whome thou shuldest put oute thy horse or thy grounde to be kepte howe muche more shamefull is it not to knowe whom thou shuldeste put thy chylde in truste wythal beynge the dearest part of thy possessions Ther thou beginnest to lerne that that thou canst not skyll well of thy selfe thou axest counsell of the beste seene here thou thynkeste it maketh no matter to whom thou commit●est thy sonne Thou assignest to thy seruantes eueri man his office that is metest for hym Thou tryest whom thou mayest make ouersear of thy husbandrie whome to appoint to the kitchen and who shulde ouersee thy housholde And if there be any good for nothynge a slug a dulhead a foole a waster to hym we cōmit oure childe to be taught and that thynge whych requireth the cunningest man of all is put to y e worst of our seruauntes What is vntoward if here menne haue not an vntoward mind Ther be some whych for theyr couetous mynd be a feard to hyre a good master and geue more to an horskeper then a teacher of the chyld And yet for al that they spare no costly feastes nyght day thei playe at dice and bestowe m●ch vpon houndes fooles In thys thynge onely they be sparers and nigardes for whose cause spa●inge in other thynges myght be excused I wold ther wer fewer whych bestowe more vpon a rotten whore then vpon bringyng vp of their chylde Nothyng sayth the Satir writer stādeth the father in lesse cost then the sonne Peraduenture it wyll not be much amisse here to speake of y e day dyet which longe ago was muche spokē of in y e name of Crates They report it after thys fashion Alow to thy coke x. poūd to thy phisicion a grote to thy flatterer .v. talēts to thy coūseller smoke to thy harlot a talent to thy philosopher .iii. halfpēs What lacketh to this preposterous count but to put to it y t the teacher haue iii. farthings Howbeit I thinke y t the master is meant vnder y e name of philosopher Whē one that was riche in money but ned● of wit axed Aristippus wharwages he wold axe for teching his son he answered .v. C. grotes You a●e quod he●o great a sūme for w t this much money a man maye bye a seruaunce Then the philosopher very properly againe but now quod he for one thou shalt haue two a sonne mete to do the seruice and a philosopher to teache thy sonne Further if a man shulde bee axed whether he wold haue hys onlye sonne dead to wynne an hundred horses if he had any ●rum●e of wysedome he wold answer I thinke in no wise Whi geuest thou then more for ●hi horse why is he more diligētly takē hede to then thy sonne why geuest thou more for a fole then for the bringyng vp of thy chylde Be frugall and sparynge in other thynges in thys poynt to be thryfty is no sparynge but a madnes There be other agayn that take good heede in chosyng a master but that is at the desyre of their friendes They lette passe a meere and cunninge man to reache chyldren and take one that can no skyll for none other cause but that he is set forwardes at the desyres of their friendes Thou mad man what meanest thou In saylynge thou regardest not the affeccion of thē y t speake good wordes for a man but thou secteste hym to the helme whych can beste skyll to gouerne the shyp in the sonne whē not only he hymself is in ieopardy but the father and mother and all the housholde yea and the common wealth it selfe wylte thou no● vse like iudgement Thy horse is sicke whether wilt thou sende for a ●eche at the good worde of thy friend or for his cūnyng in lechcraft What Is thy sonne of lesse price vnto the then thi horse Yea settest thou lesse by thy selfe then by thy horse This beyng a foule thynge in meane citizens how much more shamefull is it in great menne At one supper a dashynge agaynst the mischeuous rocke of dice and so hauynge shypwrake thei lose two hundred poūd and yet they saye they be a● coste i● vpon theyr son they bestowe aboue xx pounde No man can geue nature eyther to himselfe or to other howbeit