is no doubt but that kynge Cambyses was at the begynnynge in his youth brought vp in moost honest maners And albeit this drōkarde was not ignoraūt of the feate of shotyng yet in the meane season he could not vse the ryght coūsaylles of reason but lacked those vertues whych be wonte to allure men vnto gentle sobriete to the studye of honest renowne Such maner exemples must be propowned vnto yonge men whych for y e most part be geuē to the foule vice of dronkēnes for what ende folowed of these maners a lytell herafter shalbe dedared He murdered also hys owne brother smerdis whō he priuely caused to be put to deth lest he might at any tyme be king Furthermore he toke to wife hys owne suster germayne wheras nature abhorreth from such kynde of copulation Nowe it befell so that when kynge Cambyses sat at a feast wyth hys syster the quene for theyr sporte and pleasure he set a yonge lyon and a very eger dogge togither by the eares so whē the lyon in strength and fyercenes had preuayled an other dogge no les fyerce brastyng his bandes wherwyth he was boūd dyd helpe the dogge hys brother vaynquyshed the lyon The kinge was excedyngly delyted with thys syght for the faythfulnes of y e dogges betwene themselues But by the same facte the quene beynge moued began very largelye to wepe and poure oute teares and to water her tender chekes The kynge toke this her wepynge very heuely and demaunded of her the cause of her sorowe she aunswered in this wyse Certes my dere husbande and brother euen so great a feythfulnes might haue chaunced vnto vs of our brother as we se here betwene these two dogges that be of all one lytter The kyng greuously taking this aunswere cōmaūded she shuld forthwith be taken out of hys syght and put to deathe But such maners coulde not long haue successe For God speaketh in the scripture Blowdy men and wylye shall not fynyshe halfe theyr dayes vpon the erthe Wherfore not long after wyth a greuouse vengeaunce God plaged him For as he was comming out of Egypte in to Persia when he shulde mownt on horsbacke his swerd felle out of the skaberd and sore wounded hym in suche wyse that he dyed of it This exēple testifyeth that god woll not longe suffre tyrantes to reygne For not lōge after y e deathe of Cyrus aboue y e space of one yere lyued Cambyses neither lefte he any heyre of his kyngdome ¶ Of Darius kynge of the Persians After the death of Cambyses the chief lordes assembled togither and began to consulte whome they might beste make theyr hed kynge Seuen were appointed to deliberat vpon thys moste weyghtye matter Fyrst stode vp Otanes coūsayled that no mo kynges shulde be chosen but that by leage and sure cōfederacie made betwene them all the lordes myght rule alyke so shuld libertie be maynteyned and kept one euery syde and euery mā at fredom For before it was wel proued by examples that where one man is Lorde of so many and so great thynges he maye easyly be to proude and hawtye and sone growe out of kynde and degendre vnto tyrannye euen as nowe of late it was seen of Cambyses After hym stode vp Megabysus whyche disalowynge thys counsayle of Otanes affyrmed that suche lybertie was moche more hurtfull and pestiferous to the comon weale then tyrannye shuld be For noble men and cities yf they lacke a lorde and hedde they can not but abuse thys libertye vnto priuate offection and lust But to thentent no suche thynge shulde ensue his counsayle and aduise was not to chose some one Kynge but to appointe certayne noble men wyth whom mighte alwayes remayne the tytle prerogatyue and ryght of the Imperiall power The sentences of these bothe the thyrd lord named Darius disalowed coūsayled to chouse one kynge For albeit in thys kynde of gouernaunce lyke as in al other humane thynges many and greate incōmodities maye chaunce yet no rule no gouernaunce is so stable so sure as is a monarchie that is to saye where one ruleth in whose handes is put the charge of the hole kyngdom Uerily albeit these thre counsayles be all bothe honeste and good yet yf they be compared togyther sure it is that nothynge can be founde eyther fayrer or more profytable then the gouernaunce of one person called a Monarchie for as moche as it moste resembleth the diuine and heuenly kyngdome of God Furthermore it can not be that concorde can longe be kepte amonges free prynces cities or there where to the administration of a moste ample and myghty empyre be a sorte of lordes chosen in lieu of one Kynge and that bycause of the diuersitie of moste graue and wyghtye affayres which euer amonge in so large a dominion shulde chaunce vpon whych y e princes shulde not euer agree within them selfes Besydes all thys there shulde not want also amonges these selfe princes an inordinat studie and desyre of dignitie dominion aboue the reste ouer whom some one wold labour to haue power as ouer hys subiectes or iferiours And these were in effecte the causes whyche Darius brought forthe for the proue of hys purpose vnto whych the other foure prynces subscribed and so at laste it was determyned after the olde vsage to chouse a kynge But least any dissentiō might aryse betwen y e seuē princes they thought it best to committe the lotte of the election vnto God It was a greed vpon that vpon a mornynge very erly the prynces on horsbacke shulde mete togyther at a certaine place that he whose horse first neyghed shuld be forthwith proclaymed king The princes retourned euery one to hys home Darius shewed the counsayle and determination of the princes vnto the Stuard of hys howse who forthwith toke the mater vpon hym to brynge hys lordes purpose to good passe Wherfore the euenynge before the daye appoynted he bryngeth hys lordes horse and a mare vnto the place appoynted and there commytted the horse and mare togyther to thentent that the nexte mornynge the place knowē the horse myghte for desyre of the mare which then shulde be absent neyghe accordynge to hys propertie The mornynge ensuynge accordyng to thappoyntmēt at the howre prescribed y t sayd princes do marche forward on horsbacke vnto the sayd place They were not soner there but loo forthwith Darius horse begynneth to neyghe and that they shulde not doubt but it was the diuine prouidence of God to haue Darius to theyr kynge incontinent in an open and clere wether without any maner tempest it both lyghtened and thondered whyle the horse neyghed By and by the other princes leapynge of from theyr horses exhibited vnto Darius kyngly honours and saluted hym kynge Thus by thys accasyon was Darius auaunced to the kyngdome and empyre of the Perssans whyche he afterwarde wyth hyghe prayse administred Kyng Darius was wont in prayse of hym selfe to saye that by warres aduersities he was made
the wyser and more prudent Certeynlye though this be comoÌ„ly true for experieÌ„ce is mother of prudence yet suche prudence wysedom cost the comon weale moch Warres for defence of y e couÌ„trey be necessary moch to be preferred afore cowardly peax quiete And agayne I graunte suche troubles and stormes do engendre wysdome and experience of thynges But doubtles out of the case of necessitie farre better it were and also moche more godly to fetche wisedom out of wyse mens bookes then to gather wretched prudence wyth experimentes and suche hasardes as putte the hole countrey in daunger The same Darius wheÌ„ he had imposed layd a tribute vpoÌ„ his subiectes he sent sodeynly for hys collectours and asked them whether the trybute whyche he had assesed semed to greuouse and ouerchargeable to the commons When they aunswered that it semed meane and indyfferent he coÌ„maunded they shulde demaunde but the half of y t which was assessed The prudent kyng in dede intended at the begynning to haue had nomore But yf he shuld haue taxed theÌ„ forthwyth at nomore he perceyued they shulde not haue bene so wel wylling to haue payde it as they were now when he assesed them at the double and after released them of the one halfe When thys kynge had cut a very great pome granate one asked hym of what thynge he wolde wyshe to haue so greate a noÌ„bre as there were graynes or kernels he aunswered of zopyres Thys zopyre was the sonne of Megabyses which was one of the sayd seuen princes a very good man a ryght trusty and assured frend to kyng Darius Signifyeng by thys that to a kyng nothynge ought to be dearer nor more preciouse theÌ„ good faithful frendes This zopire dyd cut of hys owne nose eares so not be yng aknowen whom he was fledde away like a fugitiue person vnto the BabiloniaÌ„s which at y t time were at mortal warre w t kyng Darius faynynge that he was most cruelly hand led of Darius The BabiloniaÌ„s beleuyng hym beyng persuaded by his colorable wordes that hys tale was true espyeng him a very wyse hardye maÌ„ made him one of theyr chiefe captaynes He sekyng his occasion delyuered vp y e hole cytie of BabyloÌ„ vnto Darius After which feate Darius was accustomed ofteÌ„times to say y t he had rather haue one zopyre hole souÌ„de theÌ„ to coÌ„quere an huÌ„dred Babylones Babylon at that tyme was a cytie moste floryshyng flowynge full of all richesse yet preferred he one frende afore an hundred Babylones ¶ Of quene Semiramis SEmiramis quene of y e CariaÌ„s which is cronicled to haue buylded Babylon caused to be wrytten vpoÌ„ her toÌ„be this saynge What kynge so euer shall haue nede of money let hym open my graue take so moche as he woll desyre Darius after he had wonne the citie gyuynge credite to the tytle wyth moch ado at last remouyug awaye y e great stone wherwyth the graue was couered money he fouÌ„de none at all but on the other syde of y e stone he founde thys inscripciou Onles thou haddest bene an euell man wyth money vnsatisfyable thou woldest neuer haue moued the graues of the deade ¶ Of kynge Xerxes BEtwene Xerxes y e soÌ„ne of Darius and Arimenes hys elder brother but borne afore Darius was chosen kynge was great stryfe who shulde be kyng So wheÌ„ Xerxes had knowlege that hys brother was coÌ„mynge from the countrey of the Bactrians he sente vnto hym ryche presentes and to them that bare them he gaue in coÌ„maundement that they shuld say in hys name thus vnto hys brother Wyth these rewardes thy brother Xerxes at this time honoreth the but yf he may be onesproclaimed kyng thou shalt be w t hym y e chyfest of all other Arimenes assuaged with thys excedyng humanite left hys coÌ„tention his brother beyng now pro claimed kyng forthwith he saluted honored hym as kyng and moreouer dyd sette the crowne vpon hys hedde Agayne Xerxes y e kynge for hys part gaue hym the nexte place vnto hym Ye shal rede a lyke thynge of Jacob Esau in the boke of Genesis Thys kynge beynge sore agreued w t the BabiloniaÌ„s bycause they traytorously shronke froÌ„ him renouÌ„ced hym for theyr lord after he ones had brought them vnder agayne forbad them to beare any more weapeÌ„s and further coÌ„maunded they shulde synge at the lute shalmes kepe harlottes haunt tauernes alehouses and vse wyde longe garmentes to thintent that beynge molifyed made effeminate wyth pleasures they moughte nomore studye to fal awaye froÌ„ theyr lord By this prudeÌ„t facte of a panim hethen prince we be taughte what is the successe of delicate and voluptuouse lyuynge When he sawe al Hellesponte full of shyppes and all the see coostes and playnes of Abydon fylled wyth men he boasted hymselfe to be blessed and fortunate y t he had so greate power at hys commaundemente and anone he wepte a good pace Artabamus y e kynges vncle woÌ„deryng at so sodayn chaunge asked the cause Then xerxes the kynge thus answereth Oh vncle a right depe thought entreth my mynde how short maÌ„s lyfe is syth of so passynge greate a multitude of men that I nowe see w tin an hundred yeares not one shalbe lefte a lyue Undoubtedly yf maÌ„ wold thus consydre y e shortnes of hys tyme and in what state God hath set hym here in earth he wolde not runne so headlonge to all kyndes of myschyefes Thys Xerxes what tyme he purposed to gyue battell to Grece called to gether all the prynces of Asya thus said vnto them Lest I moughâ— seme to enterpryse this thinge of my owne priuate counsayle I haue gathered you together but I woll ye remeÌ„ber that ye muste obeye me rather then counsayle me Thys oratioÌ„ of Xerxes is not here recounted to thintente it shuld be folowed For without doubt it is tyrannicall and that two maner wayes fyrste bycause he abused the assemblie of hys lordes for a coloure to cast a myste before mens eyes makyng them beleue that al he dyd was done by thaduyse and counsayl of his lordes second that he wolde venture vpon a matter so daungerouse to the hole people beynge inforced rather of hys owne sensual lust then induced by sage and wyse counsayle When thys kinge was vexed and almost put to the worse but of iii. huÌ„â—â— Lacedemonians where as he hymselfe had wyth hym a very great multytuue of souldiours He coÌ„fessed himself deceyued in thys that he toke with hym many meÌ„ but fewe souldiours He perceiued wel that it forceth not so much howe many there be as howe well assayed pyked and tryed men there be When the espyes of the Grekes were taken in hys hoste he wolde do theÌ„ no maner harme at al but moreouer bad them marke and viewe diligeÌ„tly hys hole armye whych thyng when they had done he licenced them to departe wythout hurte of any persone An example of a synguler
confydence and affyaunce in hym selfe and in hys power ¶ Of Kyng Artoxerxes wyth the longe hand ARtoxerxes the son of Xerxes surnamed wyth the longe hand bycause hys one hand was longer then thother was wont to saye that it is more Kynglyke to put to than to take awey Regalius est addere quam adimere Meanyng that it is more worthy for a prynce and ruler of the people to augment the honour and riches of suche as he hath rule ouer rather then to diminyshe the same When Saubarzenes hys chamberlayne begged a thing of hym whiche was skarse lawfull and the kyng parceyued y t he was prouoked vnto it by one that promised him xxx thousande coygnes of that couÌ„trey money for thobteyning of the sute the Kyng coÌ„mauÌ„ded his treasauroure to bring hym thyrtie thousande coynes called Darikes which so sone as they were brought him he gaue theÌ„ al to Satibarzanes sayinge Holde here o Satibarzanes For while I gyue the this I shall not be the porer but I shulde be the worser and the vnrightuouser man yf I shulde haue graunted the thynge that thou demaundedst The most noble and excellent kyng had deuised howe he mighte neyther make sadde hys freende nor deflecte from ryght and equytie ¶ Cyrus the yonger CYrus y e yonger what tyme he shuld pitche hisfeld ayenst hys enemyes hys freende Clearchus couÌ„sailled him to kepehim selfe behynd the Macedonians not to cast himselfe in to the daunger of y e warres What saiest thou clearchus ê™ the kyng Dost thou connsaille me that where as I couette a kyngdom I shulde shewe my self vnworthy for a kyngdome ¶ Of Cresus IN y e time of Cyrus y e greate which was the fyrst kyng monarche of y e Persians of whom we haue hertofore sum what spoken raigned the riche Cresus ouer the Lydians in y e fyrst part of Asia he warred ayenst kynge Cyrus but Cyrus vaynquished him conquered his land toke him prisoner Nowe when Cresus sawe the souldiours of Cyrus spoylyng brennyng and makynge hauocke of all that was in the citye whiche they hadde taken he asked Cyrus what they dyde Cyrus aunswered marye they destroye thy citye and spoyle thy goodes No no ê™ Cresus Nothynge here is nowe myne it is thyne that they destroye These wordes wyttyly spoken moued Cyrus to calle backe hys sowldiours from spoyle But when by the coÌ„maundement of Kynge Cyrus he shulde be burnt euen when he shulde now goo to the fyer he cryed out wyth a very lamentable and weeping voyce O Solon Solon Kynge Cyrus wonderynge what these wordes shuld meane bad one of hys seruauntes aske hym for what cause wyth so greate sorow he cryed thus and named Solon Then Cresus drawyng a great syghe euen from the botome of his hart aunswered in thys wyse Solon sumtyme amonges the Athenians was a very wyse man vnto whom Jones when he was wyth me did shewe and exhibite moche kyndnes and worshyp I shewed hym all my power and treasures which doon I asked hym whether he thought that euer any aduersitie or misfortune cowld happeÌ„ vnto me being furnyshed and fensed wyth such power and riches ayenst al chauÌ„ces of fortune or force of enemyes But to this aunswered Solon rebukyng me for my securitie and careles mind said No man in the worlde o kyng Cresus is so happye and fortunate in thys lief that he can be called throughly in euery parte blessed afore he dye neither is there any maÌ„ I assure the be he neuer so mighty but some aduersitye may come vpoÌ„ hym ouerthrowe hym or he be aware But at that tyme trusting alas reche lesly vpoÌ„ my happy lucke successe of thynges I despised his wordes neyther cowlde I fere thys so excedynge a falle as nowe I fynde Wherfore bycause nowe fyrst I vnderstode the senteÌ„ce of Solon therfore now afore my deathe I named hym And I do wysshe all meÌ„ in prosperitie not to be vnmyndful of misfortunes and calamities that maye chaunce lest they becom ouer hawlty by reason of their present felicitie gready to attempte thynges headyly y t by occasyon maye be their vtter coÌ„fusioÌ„ These thynges wheÌ„ Cyrus y e king herd he was not a litle touched with pytie clemencie towardes Cresus sayed he wolde not herafter shew him selfe to hard vpon Cresus whyche was sometyme a ryght mightie kyng for he remembreth that he hymselfe also is a man and that it mought chaunce hym to haue nede of other mens ayde and mercye After that he commaunded Also Cresus to be brought vnto hym whome he enterteyned lyke a noble prynce and vsed hys aduyse and couÌ„saille in al his affayres procedinges Thys Cresus after he was taken prisoner of Cyrus by this argument preferred peax before warres that in tyme of peax the sonnes be wont to burye the fathers but in warres contrary wyse the fathers burye the sonnes ¶ Of Amyntas and Alexander hys sone WHyle y e Persians were a lofte had the chief empire and y e monarchie of the world they wente about also to subdue all Grece Macedonye But bicause god hath prefixed the certayne limites to euery kyngdome whiche can not be passed ouer therfore y e kynges of y e PersiaÌ„s could neuer subdue vnto theyr dominions neyther the Macedonyans nor the Grekes Neuertheles on a tyme the Persyans sent theyr ambassadours vnto Amyntas then kynge of Macedony and requyred him to yeld him vnto them Kynge Amyntas fearyng the power of the Persians voluntarily in maner submittyng hymself promised to do what so euer they wolde haue him and interteyned the Ambassadours wyth al kynd of humanitie Now when to the ambassadours desyre a solempne feaste was ordeyned they requyred that for the furniture of the feaste certayne noble matrones theyr daughters myght be brought thither Amyntas durste denye them no thing but coÌ„maunded they shulde be brought to the feaste So when the Persians had well fauoredly wasshed theyr throtes wyth wine forgettyng all honeste sobrietie they began to dally w t the Ladyes so vnshamefastsly that Amyntas and the yonger kynge Alexander hys son were not a litle abashed and wery to se theyr shamefull demenours Alexander desyred hys father for the reuerence of his age that he wold depart from the banket and go to hys reste saynge that he wolde kepe thembassadours companye When he hadde thus conuayed awaye hys father he pretended great myrth and suffered the Persians to dallye sporte wyth the ladyes at theyr pleasure At laste he desyred them they wolde ryse for a whyle and lycense the ladyes to departe a lytle for they shulde come in agayne forthwyth much more gorgi ously arayed The lordes of the Persians were very well coÌ„tent herwith In the meane season the yoÌ„ge kynge caused a pyked sorte of yonge men that hadde good faces to be decked lyke ladyes and to retourne to the banket to whom he had gyuen in coÌ„maundement that euerye one shulde haue vnder hys clothes a swearde
Cato also sayde that he forgaue al meÌ„ that offended saue him selfe Nowe that man doth pardon and forgyue himselfe whych repeÌ„teth not him selfe of that he hath mysdone And agayne he taketh punyshmente of him selfe which wyth diligence redresseth the thynge that by negligeÌ„ce was commytted Adhortyng offycers and rulers to punysh offendours malefactours he sayde suche as myghte restrayne wycked doers and wolle not ought to be stoned to death He sayde he hated that souldyour which in walkyng moued his haÌ„des and in fyghtynge hys fete and which louder routed in tente then cryed in felde And that Capitayne or Ruler was starke naught whych could not rule hym selfe He sayde he loued rather those yongmen that blusshed then y t waxed pale bycause blusshynge is token of an honest nature but palenes not so He sayde that euerye man ought most to stande in awe of himselfe bycause no man can at any tyme depart from hymselfe So shulde it come to passe that what so euer we durst not do in presence of other we wolde be abashed to do the same when we be alone When he sawe other Senatours and lordes of Rome set vp gorgiouse ymages in memorie of them selues I hadde leuer sayeth he that men shuld aske and maruayle at me why Cato hathe no ymage set vp for hys memorialle then why he hath one Sygnifyenge that he had rather do worthy actes to thyntent in tyme coÌ„mynge men knowynge that he deserued an ymage to be erected in memorie of hym mought wonder why he hath none set vp in hys commendacion and memorie He admonyshed such as be of great power to vse skantly theyr power that they may vse it euer Meanynge that power by clemeneye and gentylnesse is made longe by roughnes shorte Suche as defrauded vertue of her due honoure he sayde take away vertue from youthe Meanynge by rewards and promocion yonge meÌ„s mindes be kindled vnto vertue which yf ye plucke awaye anon vertue wol ware faynt and quale He sayde a Magistrate or iudge oughte neyther to be prayed for good men nor intreated for euell men By thyshe meant that it is a greate lacke in the iudges yf they muste be prayed to be indyfferente vnto good men sythe they ought of theyr owne mere mocion fauour honest persones Nowe for vnryghteous persones a man to be a suter it is a token perchaunce of humanitie but a iudge to be intreated for suche surely is a part of a shrynker of iustice He sayde that iniurye althoughe it bryngeth no dauÌ„ger to the worker of it yet is it daungerous vniuersaily to all men Meanynge that thexemple of iniurye vnpunyshed threatneth iniurie to euery man For yf it were lawfull to do hurt without punyshement there shulde be no man sure froÌ„ the violence of the wycked and deuelyshe personnes He sayde an angrye bodye dothe nothynge dyffer from a mad maÌ„ but in the tariaunce of tyme. Signifyeng that wrathe is as Horace the poete sayeth a short frensye Suche he sayde as moderately soberly coulde vse the auauncemente of fortune be nothynge at all assaulted wyth the grudge or enuye of the people For he sayde meÌ„ enuye not vs but our godes wherwyth they se vs adourned and flowynge Outwarde goodes be out of maÌ„ but the vyce of vsynge them proudly is wythin maÌ„ Suche as accustome them selues to be ernest in tryfles he sayde shalbe in ernest matiers trifelynge He blamed the cytizens bycause they committed theyr offyces euer to all one personnes For me thynke sayde Cato ye eyther lytle esteme the offycies of your citye or els ye iuge few worthy to haue theÌ„ Wherof the one was to iuge amisse of the publike power the other to haue an euyl opinyon of the citizens He exhorted yong men that those whych were come vp to dignitie and promotion by indifferencie good demenours prowesse vertue shulde not now fowly growe out of kynd degedre vnto worse but if they were come to worshyp by ambition and extorcions they shulde nowe yet frame them selfes to a better kynde of lyfe For so sayd he shuld it come to passe that bothe they shulde increase theyr glorie these abolishe and weare out theyr blottes w t theyr well doynges Thys prudent Senatour Cato the more he studyed and traueled for the weale of the citye of Rome the more the vnthanfull Romanes hated and spyted hym Whyche thynge when he espyed he sayde openlye to the people that of hys ennemyes he was therfore enuyed bycause he continually rysynge euerye nyghte and settyng asyde hys own priuate affaires traueled in the maters of the common weale notyng the ingratitude and vnthankfullnes of the people Assuredlye thys is the nature of that beast af manye heddes I meane of the people for so the Poete Horace calleth them not without cause England hathe at thys daye a Prynce incomparable Henry the eyght she hath vpoÌ„ his maiestye Counsailours attendant not a fewe euen the moste prudent and graue parsonagies that could be pyked out of the realme to gyue holsom counsaile she hathe bysshops she hathe teachers a greate manye both lerned and godly yet her ingrate chyldern haue not refrayned from treasons from sedicions from both preuie and aperte grudges and furies froÌ„ sklaunderouse reapportes from blowyng abrode and brutynge of moste shamefull and detestable lesynges thynges neuer doon spokeÌ„ nor yet ones thought vpon as they were ymagined to haue been O ingrate England O eroked paruerse generacyon But I retourne to my purpose This Cato very wyttyly also said that fooles bryng more vtilitie profette vnto wyse men than wyse men to fooles For the prudent and wyse personnes whyle they sone espye the errours and misedemenors of fooles and eschue the same they become the warer but fooles not so for the thynges that they se wel doon of wisemeÌ„ they haue not the witte to folowe A certayne person whych studyed for nothyng elles but to fare wel coueted moch to be familiare wyth Cato But Cato refused hym vtterlye sayinge he could not lyue wyth hym that sauered better in hys palate theÌ„ in hys hart A louers mynd he sayde lyued in an others bodye agreynge to the eoÌ„moÌ„ prouerbe that sayeth Anima illie potius est vbi amat quaÌ„ vbi animat The soule or mynd of man is rather there where it loueth then where it lyueth Of thre thynges doon in all hys lyef he sayde he repented hym fyrst yf he committed any hys secreates to a woman second yf to onye place he were caryed by water whyther he moughte haue goon by lande The thyrd if any day had eskaped him by negligence without frute Thys Cato for all he was one of the chiefest lordes of Rome yet hys chief delite and pleasure was in husbandrye in so moch that he wrote also bokes of husbandrye For he sayde that of husbande men be engendred most stronge men most hardy souldiours parsonnes least replete wyth gyle malice And when he was demauÌ„ded what gaynes was most certayne best he aunswered to grease or pasture wel what next to pasture metely wel what thyrd to clothe wel what fourth tyllage Why ê™ one that stode by what is it to gayne by vsaunce or lone of money what is it ê™ Cato to kyll a man A certayne person which rose erly in the mormynge and found his hose knawn and eaten of the rattes being troubled with this syght thinkyng it a pronosticatioÌ„ tokeÌ„ of some misfortune He coÌ„meth to Cato to aske his couÌ„saile to know of hym what euyl thys thyng portended and sygnified Cato maketh hym thys aunswere Certes my frend it is no moÌ„struouse syght to se rattes eate meÌ„s hoses but yf thy hose had eaten the rattes that had been a monstrucuse syght ¶ The Table of the fyrst boke of the gardeyn of wisedome Agasicles Fo. ij Ageselaus Fo. iij Agis Fo. iiij Lycurgus Fo. v Socrates Fo. ix Aristippus Fo. xvij Philip kynge of Macedonie Fo. xix Aleaudre the greate Fo. xxij Antigonus Fo. xxiij Augustus Lesar Fo. xxv Phocion Fo. xxviij Demosthenes Fo. xxix Dionysius Fo. xxx Agathocles Fo. xxxij Archclaus Fo. xxxiij Themistocles Fo. xxxiij Aristides Fo. xxxiij Diogenes Fo. xxxviij Aristotle Fo. xli Thales Fo. xlij Solon Fo. xliij Pittacus Fo. xliiij Antistherres Fo. xliiij Anacharsis Fo. xlv Seno Fo. xlvi Cleanthes Fo. xlvij Isocrates Fo. xlvij Philoxenus Fo. xlviij ¶ The Table of the seconde boke Achilles Fo. ij Alphonsus kyng of Aragone Fo. iij Athanasius Fo. vi Sigismuno Temperour Fo. viij Plotinus Fo. x Cyrus the elder Fo. xi Artoxerxes Fo. xiij Orontes Fo. xv Duke Memnon Fo. xv The Egyptians Fo. xvi Cambyses Fo. xvij Darius Kynge of the Persians Fo. xxi Semiramis Fo. xxvi Serxes Fo. xxvi Artoxerxes with the long hand Fo. xxix Cyrus the yonger Fo. xxix Cresus Fo. xxx Amyntas Alexander hys son Fo. xxxij Scilurus Fo. xxxiij Belo Fo. xxxiiij Dieron Fo. xxxv Demetrius the son of Antigonê° Fo. xxxvi Demosthenes Fo. xxxviij Cato Fo. xlij FINIS ¶ Prynted at London by Richard Bankes ¶ Cum priuilegio ad imprimendum solum