the wine and that which is moost subtillest and fynest to the blader and that commeth of the participation that it hath with Nitrum of saltenes And for to vse it to this effecte the colewort must not be to muche sodden ¶ Wherfore did our forefathers make difficultie to vse at their tables diuerse meates and sortes of dishes The diuersitie of meates can not be digested with one proportion of heate And so nature being troubled with indigestion of such diuersitie of meats causeth noysomnes to the stomacke and specially when it is weake ¶ Wherof commeth it that the sea is so profitable and delectable for Lazermen and such as haue the dropsie The sea prouoketh vomit and through vomiting â—â—eame and all other superfluouse humors which cause suche diseases do auoyde And so those that be infected do loue the Sea ¶ Wherefore is the Citie of Auignion rather subiect to the plague then any other place rounde about it The subtill ayer is sone infected and soone purged of the infection contrariewise the grosse ayer is not so lightly infected nor yet so soone purged ¶ Howe may the fyne and subtill ayer be knowen from the grosse and corrupt ayer The tenuitie and subtiltie of the ayer is knowen for that at the rysing of the Sunne it is soudenly heated and waxeth colde at the goyng downe therof The contrarie doth chaunce to the grosse and vitious ayer ¶ Wherof commeth it that the winter in some countries is longer then the Somer and in other cuntries the Somer longer then the winter The cause of the Sunne in the Zodiaque doeth cause mutation of the foure seasons of the yere And where the sunne continueth longest ouer the heddes of those that dwell in that region there is Somer greatest and where it is farre of winter doeth longest continewe ¶ Why is Musike more delectable in the morning then at any other tymes Bicause that all things be then in silence the sences be more lustie and waking and the minde in great moderation and temperaunce ¶ Why be fructes commonly beloued of all men For the naturall swetenes which is in them or els bicause they be of temperature hote and moyst ¶ Wherfore is the sighte aboue all the other senses mooste estemed Bycause by the sight we see the difference of all thinges Or els we may say that it commeth by the impression of Loue which taketh his first force and strength by the sighte ¶ Wherof commeth it that they which haue a feble sight write smaller letters then other Bicause they write their eyes beyng in a maner halfe closed and shut ¶ What is the cause that all ill factes doe discouer themselues by the eyes and the harte Bycause the eye is messanger of the harte It maie also be said that the face being tender and open to all vapors the same maie easelie be iudged and discouered by the alterations that it sheweth principally froÌ„ the hart ¶ Why be they that haue litle heades naturally more cholerike and disdainfull then others Bycause that the heate comming from the harte from whence anger riseth can not well be cooled and the Choser proceding from the blodde moued and boyling about the harte causeth heauines ¶ Wherof commeth it that by and by after we haue made water that parte by the which the Sperme and seede passeth doeth immediately retyre and waxe lesse Bycause the same part beyng emptie and voyde is incontinently fylled with ayer which cooleth the membres that it replenisheth ¶ What is the cause that man of all creatures is the wisest The purenes and subtiltie of his blodde ¶ Wherof commeth it that by thinking vpon straunge and horrible thinges our fleshe doeth quake and tremble Bycause the heate doeth retyre to the inferior and inwarde partes ¶ Howe commeth it that in the harte of a Stagge there is a bone Nature hath there placed it to serue for a staye and foundation of the continuall mouing and motion of his hart both in rest and trauell ¶ What is the cause that the blodde is redde Of the affinitie that it hath with y e Liuer which is the very seate of blod ¶ Howe commeth it that women haue more thicker blodde then men That procedeth of coldenes which is naturall to women and the propertie therof is to thicken ¶ How commeth it that in Horses Mules Asses and crowes men finde no gall All they haue galles but it is not in one proper place but disparsed throughout all the vaynes ¶ Why are they commonly leane which haue great Miltes The Milte doeth drawe vnto it muche matter and substaunce which would els turne to nourishment and fatnes ¶ Howe come heares to be placed vpon the hedde The Braine bringeth them forthe discharging it selfe of grosse vapors which comming forthe by the poores of the fleshe do waxe drie and turne into heares ¶ Why do diuerse fede vpon bones and not vpon heare Bicause of the ouermuch drynes therof ¶ By howe many waies may the braine be purged The watriche humors be purged by the eyes the melancholike by the cares the cholerike by the nose and the flematike by the heare ¶ Wherfore was man created with the face vpright towarde heauen and other beastes cleane contrarie To euery thing ought to be assigned the figure that is moost proper to his mouing as to the skye roundnesse to fyre the figure Piramidale that is to saye vpright and straight To man also bicause of his two fete the figure Diamâ—trale and Piramidale is very conuenient and mete ¶ What is the cause that the harte doeth alwaies sturre and is in continuall motion The ayer and the moost subtill spirites haue chosen the harte for their seate They beyng then so pure and subtill do seake meanes to stretch and enlarge them selues so farre as they may and to fill that which they finde to be voide which causeth the harte to moue and pant It may be said also that the harte being made as it were in a triangle forme although not perfectlie doe open shut in the lesse part and therfore it continually moueth ¶ Wherfore hath nature made the longes of al creatures lyke a sponge To receiue ayer the better for the refreshing and cooling of the harte and to driue away all hurtefull vapors ¶ Wherfore hath nature placed the harte in the middest of the stomacke To geue lyfe equally to all the members euen as the sonne placed in the middle of the heauen doeth equally geue light to all thinges ¶ Wherfore doeth it decline somewhat more to the lefte syde then to the right To temper the coldenes of the milte which is the seate of melancholie and placed on the lefte syde ¶ Howe commeth it that all those creatures which haue litle hartes be more hardie then they which haue greater In litle hartes the heate is better compacte and kepte and so by consequence the more vigorouse and of greater force ¶ Wherof commeth it that some doe dye throughe ioye and some through
moued with affection we endeuour our selfes to shew pleasure vnto them whom we loue in suche sorte that good will is the effect of the affection ¶ Howe shall a man knowe them that are wicked By the example of the good ¶ Howe shall the vertue of man be knowen By aduersitie as golde by the fyer ¶ What was the cause of the renowme of Simâ—n of Athens His being so curtuouse and gentile that he caused those beastes to be buried that made him to winne the prise of the games of Olimpus ¶ What made Pericles infamouse His great ingratitude inhumanitie to suffer Anaxagoras his schole-master to dye for hongre ¶ What moued Phocion to helpe them that were wicked Bicause he knewe the good had no nede of helpe ¶ Why did the Romanes eate and drinke openly before the gates of their Citie To take better occasion to geue meate to them that did want ¶ Wherof commeth the custome that kinges and Princes cause their Trompettes to be sounded when they go to dynner To geue warning to the pore to come take parte of their magnificence liberalitie and in many coÌ„mon welthes the same custome is yet obserued ¶ Why did Alexandre laie his Treasure in the Temple of the Sunne To kepe it saufe for at that tyme holie thinges were had in suche reuerence that all thinges were saufe that were coÌ„mitted and laied in the same For that cause Callisthenes laied in the Temple of Inno his doughters do wries to be kept ¶ What caused the victories and the great sloughter that Leonidas of Sparta and Themistocles made against Xerxes and his people and what was the cause that in the ende Xerxes was slaine by the meanes of Artabanus Bicause he had violated and polluted the holie thinges and spoyled the Temples The like happened to Brennus in the Temple of Apollo and Antiochus bicause he would haue sacked the Temple of Iupiter ¶ What is Religion after the mindes of the Philosophers It is a vertue so coupled with godlines that it can not be losed or seperated ¶ Who were they that the Philosophers called Religiouse and whiche Supersticiouse The Religiouse were they which applied their studie in the seruice of God the Supersticiouse were they that praied incessantly for the health and longe lyfe of their children ¶ Wherof commeth it that a man vnderstandeth one thing and doeth another Bicause of contrarie thinges we be wont to atteine like knowledge â—â— bicause the mind attendeth to many thinges and the sensual appetite but to one But man most coÌ„monly liueth by reason beasts after their appetite ¶ Wherof commeth it that man aboue al creatures is proude Bicause he doth somewhat resemble god and being tamed aboue all other beastes by the knowledge that he hath of many thinges comprehendeth by his wit al sensible thinges and by the spirite al things intelligible ¶ Wherfore is a pluralitie of Princes euil not to be suffred All that which may be done by one is better done then when it is done by many Moreouer yf a kyngdome be tourned into Tirannie the tirannie of one is more sufferable then of many and to be short the reigne of one is the beste ¶ Wherof commeth it that we loue better to be counted an honest man then to be so in dede and haue an euill reporte Man alone is capable of honour and therfore eche man desireth to seme to be good and euery man would auoide the trauell that bringeth man to goodnes albeit without the same vertue can not be in man ¶ From whence came the custome not to name the newe borne before the seuenth daie Bicause they estemed the childe at .vii. daies of age to haue escaped the daunger ¶ Howe chaunceth it that in the beginning of sitting at the table to eate a man careth not how nere together he sitteth and at the ende of the meale he loueth to sitte at ease and at libertie When a man is hungrie he careth not for ordre for in eating we represent a Pyramis which combreth litle rowme ¶ Why did the Aegiptians desirouse to liue chast eate no salte Bicause through the heate therof it prouoketh Lecherie ¶ Why doeth Homere call salte a diuine thing Bicause it geueth taste to all meate and preserueth the same from stinking and hath a force and vertue generatiue ¶ Wherfore be we afaird to passe through a churchyarde Bicause it representeth our ende ¶ Wherfore did the Grekes fayne that there was a god that blamed all thinges To declare that there is nothing perfeçte ¶ Wherfore was Hanibal so hated of the Romanes Bicause he kept no fidelitie and despised al things touching god man ¶ What moued Ptolome king of Aegipte to ordeine the Romane people to be the tutors of his sonne Bicause he knewe the Romanes to be faithfull ¶ Howe was the common welthe of Sparta so longe time mainteined Some imputed the cause to the magestrates which knew well how to commaund some to the people bicause they knewe howe to obey ¶ Who was the cause of the great victorie that the Lacedemonians obteyned against the Iliryans The presence of their king which was but a childe perswaded thervnto by the counsell of their priestes ¶ Why were the Athenians so vnfortunate in warres Bicause they gaue charge and aucthoritie vnto many ¶ Wherfore did the Mossones a people of Asia kepe their seruauntes tied and as it were dayly locked vp To cause them to die for hongre yf they did any thing that was not honest For which cause Alexandre chastised them very rigorousely ¶ Wherfore did the Athenians establishe this lawe that yf a bond man were set at libertie and shewed him selfe vnkinde to his master he should returne againe into bondage To declare howe vnnaturall ingratitude is ¶ What caused the kingdome of Persia so much to florishe Xenophon saieth that it was the great loue that they bare to their king ¶ What thing is hardest for a man to do To be secrete Which Philippides affirmed when he besought Lycimatus his great frende not to reueale his secretes ¶ Why did Plato so muche refuse the liberalitie of Dionisius If Dionisius had bene alwaies nighâ— vnto Plato to geue him somewhat Plato would euer haue refused it ¶ Howe ought a man to vse Hospitalitie Indifferently neither to muche nor to litle Which Homere affirmed when he ordeined that a traueller by the waie yf he would not tarrie he should not be pressed to tarrie but if he would that he should haue good chere made vnto him ¶ What order is to be obserued in helping of men Massurius Sabinus the Lawier resoluing this doubte saith that first we be bound to defende the pupilles that be committed to vs in gouernement charge vntill they be come to age Secondly to defende and helpe our gestes and such as be lodged in our houses Thirdly those whose â—utes and causes we take in hande to mainteine ¶ Who amonges the Auncientes were the most excellent in
the most excellent creature that God created that is to saye of man ¶ Which is most subiect to their appetites either the man or the woman The woman was most purified in her creation and so she subdueth her appetites best ¶ Tel me the properties of the Phenix the Egle the Swan the Faucon the Popingay the Crane the Pelican the Pecocke the Nightingale the Turtle Doue the Pye and the Crowe To be immortall high minded a good singer to haue good winges to be beautifull vigilant amiable gloriouse delectable sadde chaste royall and to prognosticate the time to come ¶ And the Larke the Cocke the Quaile the Swallowe and the Storke what properties haue they To be pleasaunt magnanimouse delectable sadde and mindfull of a good turne ¶ And the Lion the Tigre the Elephaunt the Unicorne the Beare the Hyena the Wolfe the Panther the Rinoceron and the Leobert To be vigilant swifte obedient humble furiouse inhumaine a deuourer to smell well to be fayer and of great courage ¶ The Beuer the Harte the Squerill the fallowe dere the Ape the Foxe the Graye or Brocke the Marteine and the Wolfe engendred of the Harte To be prouiding of longe life nimble fearefull a Counterfecter craftie slepie honorable and spotted ¶ What signifieth the colours of white grene yealow golden pale yealow orenge coloure blew pale and carnation colour Truth hope gladnes diminution of amitie inconstancie heate and râ—â—engement frendship treason and sorowe ¶ The chaungeable color the violet the skye coler and thâ— Tawney Inconstancie gouernement highe estate and lowe ¶ The mount of Venus being eleuated or declined what signifieth the same Loue or hatred ¶ The mount of Saturne a nother token of Palmistrie what signifieth the same Richesse or pouertie ¶ Howe ought euery age of man to be gouerned Sucking babes with milke the Infant with roddes the childe with shame the yong man with good discipline the man with armes the olde man with good counsell and the latter age is decrepit and twise childishe ¶ What be the tytles of the Sunne The sunne is called the father of the daie the gouernour of nature the life of the bodie the eye of the world the harte of nature the kinge of the Starres and the visible sonne of God ¶ Which be the winges of Time The time paste the time present and the time to come ¶ What be the teeth wherby time doth consume all thinges The daie the night lyfe and deathe ¶ What is the cause that in our time men be not so excellent as they haue bene in times paste It is Nature which dailie groweth worse and worse or els it is because vertue is not so muche commended or estemed at this present as in times paste it hath bene Or els it may be saide that it is the custome of each age to make complaint of the present state FINIS Imprinted at London in Paules Churchyarde by Nicholas Inâ—lande The water of the riuer of Lethe being dronken doth cause a man to forget his memorie The doubtes of Câ—nâ—e Fuâ—uio Rargone The 〈…〉 a noble man of Trescia The doubtes of Signor Miâ—â—â—l Carâ—ra The doubtes of Signor Traiano Calzauelo The doubtes of Conte Giouanni Michas The doubts of M. Giouanni Antonio Saluagno The doubts of R. Siluio Luzzago The doubtes of â—â— Francesc◠〈◊〉 The doubts of Conte Curtio Martineago The doubtes of M. Gabriel Giliota The doubts of M. Hercole Bâ—â—nacciolo The doubts of M Girolamo Libanoro The doubts of M. Pietro Spino The doubtes of Georgio Di Poggi Cerastes is a serpent which hath hornes like a Ramme The doubts of Caualiere Alessandro Da Castello The doubts of M. Dioâ—â— gi da Castello The doubts of the reuerende father Bartholâ—meo Stephaniâ— The doubts of Monsignor Labbate Lâ—â—â—dano The doubts of Monsignor â—orquatâ— Bembo The doubts of Doctor Barnardo Schio The doubtes of â— Alexandro Federici The doubtes of S. Francesco Palaricine The doubts of S. Ottauiano Palauiciuo The dâ—ubts of S. Nicâ—lo Madruâ—cio The dubtes of Conte Lodiuico Rangone The doubts of the priÌ„ce of Salernâ— The doubts of Madonna Medea Pauona The doubâ—s of S. Anerigo Sansâ—uerini The dubtâ—s of Girâ—lamâ— Spagna The doubts of Dottore Carrettonâ— The doubâ—s of S. Ferratâ— Martina The doubts of S. â—io de â—liâ—bici The doubâ—s of Conte Sigismondo Diarco The doubts of M. Alâ—ssandro â—ressino The dâ—ubts of Conte Camillo da Castiglione The doubts of S. Giouan Michas The doubts of M. Vincentio Brusantino The doubts of M. Alberto Schiad The doubts of M. Francesco Codazza The doubts of Caualiâ—r Gasuola Euerye IugeruÌ„ or yoke is asmuch grounde as .i. yoke of Oxen wil ploughe in a daye It maye bee tearmed our English acre A pointe in Palmistrie and a parte of manans hande
DELECTABLE demaundes and pleasaunt Questions with their seuerall Aunswers in matters of Loue Naturall causes with Morall and politique deuises Newely translated out of Frenche into Englishe this present yere of our Lorde God 1566. Imprinted at London in Paules Churchyarde by Iohn Cawood for Nicholas Englande Cum priuilegio ad imprimendum solum To the Studiouse and vvell disposed youthe of Englande THE learned Poete Horace myndinge to bestowe the trewe prise of wisedome vpon him that is most worthy saieth that he by good right doeth deserue the same which can best skil how to knitte and ioyne profite and pleasure together For those two thinges be as it were vncoupleable forsamuch as the gods as Hesiodus doth witnes would that profitte were dailie accompanied with sweate and trauell and that commonlie thend of pleasure is sower and bitter He therfore of good righte is to bee tearmed a passinge good workeman which can with such â—astnes of coÌ„sent incorporate vnite them as thone maie stil interchaungeably ensue and rise of thother To which entent notwithstanding their diuersitie of opinions thauncient Philosophers altogether endeuored sieking euery one after his veyne in suche sorte to pollishe and beautifie that most excellent porcion of vs the minde as prepared the better to receaue the print of vertues seale we mought in this race of frailtie climbe to some degree at least of trewe happines and sound felicitie But bicause the name of vertue is of suche maiestie as at the firste vewe it would dashe and dismaie her firste and feble beholders certaine Philosophers castinge asyde their frostie beardes and other such ceremonies of Philosophicall showe with louing care to cherishe and mainteine those soft and gentle minds that could not yet wel broke the pain full bruntes of scollerlike customes haue deuised certein pleasant confections as it were wherwith to sauce and sweten the studie of Philosophie handling eche parte therof so familiarlie that the most wild and haggard heades were oftetimes reclaimed to harken follow their holsome Lessons And so the phrigian fabler Aesope geuing fained speche and conference of talke to creatures vnreasonable vnder cloke and color therof lefte vnto the reasonable most necessary preceptes of all humanitie and morall dewtie â–ª The like hath bene from time done by a number of noble Poetes who in their fabled forgeries yf they be well marked haue vttered all maner of most depe and profound learning I speake not of the Comike writers who pretending but sport by pretie contriuement of partes and persons teache howe to beare our selues towardes all sortes and specially to shonne the cosining trappes of those that are numbred amonges the vilest kynde of people Which selfe same fruite is also to be gathered of these our common plaies and showes which grounded after a sort vpon the rules of Philosophie do whet and sharpen the wittes of the lokers on euen as the Barriers Tilte Torney wrestling leaping or running do by vse streÌ„gthen the â—â—mmes and frame the bodie better and more abâ—e to discharge when neede shall earnestly require their office of armes In respect wherof hauing fallen into my handes of late a certeine Frenche booke the woorke sure of some learned and Skilfull writer driuing principallie to the like good purpose deemed it could not bee but labour worth to spende some vacaunt daies in teaching it to speake our mother english tonge Especiallie for that in full perusing thesame I founde he had so handsomlye by waie of question couched together the moste behoueable pointes of all Philosophie as to the diligent reader mought nedesly bring with it exceding riche encrease bothe of profitte and pleasure The rather truely bicause in order of his treatise not intermedling with the particuler dewtie of any calling or estate he generallie concludeth of matter not impertinent to all degrees So that leauing the rawenes of thinfant and childishe yeres to the care and correction of their nourses and scholemasters beginneth to shape his fyrste preceptes to the best aduauntage of that age which as it is most disposed to the vanities of loue so moste likelie to be abused miscaried by thesame may here in some part lerne to knowe and eschewe the tempting deceiptes of that Boy she godde and his blinde disciples From thence leadeth he vs into the darke storehouse of natures secretes where with open eies perusing the weke condition of the world and worldely thinges yea and of vs our selues for whose sake they were principallie ordeined maie remaine therof both more mindefull and thankefull to our creatour Lastely he bringeth vs to the fountaines of good nurture teaching not onely in priuate cases of our owne liues and houses but in common welthe matters also to geue suche verdict of thinges incident as amonges the wise and sagest gouernors shal make vs estemed not altogether ignoraunt or emptie of good vnderstanding All which thinges although it is not vnknowen maie by the lerned be picked out of the works of thold autentike Clarkes yet for so much as falleth not to al men such opportunitie as wherby to rake vp their so huge infinite volumes it is to be hoped the greatest number those specially whose good spirite moueth rather to geue their leasured howres to some vertuouse exercise then to ydle and for the mooste parte dispraisable games will with suche equitie vse and constre this englishing of these brief collections as of a labour louingly vndertaken bothe for their delectable recreation of minde and profytable helpe of studie wherevnto bee wished vniuersallie moost happie successe tyll for the further benefite of them that fauour the reading of the Scriptures which truthe to saye all men aboue all thinges ought to fauour shall herevnto also be annexed the like Questions of diuinitie ryght pleasaunte familier and moost necessarie QVESTIONS OF LOVE AND THE Ansvvers WHEROF doeth it come that Ruffians Iesters and common Dauncers be lesse subiecte to Loue then other That may come by the continuall familiaritie that suche men haue with women in whom they haue no pleasure for respect of loue or whose familiaritie doeth make Loue lothesome or out of taste ¶ What is the cause that he that loueth feruently is soone angrie Because the sprites and humors of Louers be verie hote and boyle continuallie ¶ How commeth it to passe that an amorouse woman is so curious to be finely appareled and decked She doeth it to increase and set foorth her beautie therby to subdue and drawe those vnto her that be moost beautifull and desirous to Loue. ¶ But why be rough and hearie men more prone and disposed to the amorouse battell of Loue then other Bycause they abound and be more full of humors then other ¶ What hath moued certeine Greke Poetes to saie that Loue is the moost excellent amongest all the heauenly goddes It is perchaunce because there is no Philosopher that doeth teache the maner of mans life â—o well as he or maketh man more practique or quicke sprited ¶ But why
wherwith he was diseased ¶ What difference is there betwene beautie and ill fauourednesse The one geueth and increaseth the other taketh away and diminisheth the maiestie of the person which caused Pericles and Hiponax although they were two worthye personages to be despised bicause they were deformed and ill fauoured ¶ Wherfore did Bupalus and Anterinus most excellente ingrauers hange them selues by the throte Through an extreme disdaine conceued for certaine Sonettes and Iambicall verses written against them by the Poete Hiponax not without desert wherefore Plato admonisheth that in any wise we shoulde not prouoke the displeasure of Poetes and the merye Poete Horace merelye writing of Poetes hath this verse Vatum irritabile genus ¶ What moued Socrates at the age of .lxx. yeres to geue him selfe to Musicke Musicke moueth the vertues of the mind chaseth away euill thoughts and sweteneth the trauell of men ¶ What indured Lycurgus the lawe maker of Lacedemon to establish Musicke specially in the fielde His experience that Musicke made man cherfull and redie to fight lustie to supporte all disaduenture and daunger of the warre ¶ What made Achilles to be so valiaunt The obseruation of the discipline and instruction of Phoenix and Chiron For Philip of Macedon was instructed by Epaminondas Alexander through his master Aristotle Alcibiades by the diligence of Pericles and Arifron tutors left vnto him by his father Clinia although he had greatest ayde and helpe by Socrates ¶ Why were the Scithians and Thratians the most sober people of all Gretia The ignorance of vice prouoked vertue more then all the knowledge of the Grekes ¶ Shamefastnes either in man or womaÌ„ what is it properly The bridle and bitte that restraineth their appetites ¶ Poesie what maner of thing is it It is the daye watche of vertue the morning foode of a redie witte the euening banquet of a well disposed minde and the midnight bel of the studious which was well experienced in the noble captaine Leonidas the Spartan who being Lieutenant generall in the warres against the Messenians neuer ceased to peruse and reade the workes and poesies of Tirteus the Poete ¶ What vices blotted the great liberalitie and pacience in aduersitie of Marcus Antonius Playe Dronkennes Surfecting and to much familiaritie with his householde seruauntes ¶ What made Iulius Caesar the first Emperour of Rome so beloued of his souldiors The not telling and counting of his Souldiors praie causing euery of them to take what he list ¶ What moued the Athenians to cause the dedes and actes of Thesius the first founder of their noble Citie to be recited which were written by Caunidias his Scholemaster hauing dayly before their â—ies the portratures and ymages of Silamon Parasius The writinges of wise men do represent vnto vs the true ymages of them of whom they be written better without all comparison then coulours or painting which haue no felinge The forme and factes of whom cannot be so well expressed ¶ What moued Polignâ—tus to cause at his owne costes and charges the whole warres of Troye to be painted The ardent desire he had to immortalizate his name ¶ Wherefore was Aurelius that excellente Painter in Rome counted to be infamous Bicause he mingled Hores and drabbes among the heauenly Goddesses so farre was he enamored with their Mere trix ¶ Why would not Agesillaus in any wise suffer him selfe to be counterfaited Bicause he wold leaue behind him after his death his dedes factes to serue for his ymage coÌ„nterfaite which in very dede do more diuinely represent y e affections of the mind theÌ„ portratures of corporall Phisnogmies ¶ wherfore was Philip of Macedon estemed a maÌ„ of so litle braine Bicause he spake much and many times to small purpose ¶ Which is the most honest excercise for a Prince Reading after he hath ended his other exercises which made the Poete Homer to bring in the God Iupiter who making a feast caused the victory that folowed in Ethiopia had against the Giantes to be song in verses to Apollo Alcinous also king of the Pheacians vsed the like Quene Dido in the feast that she made to Aeneas caused Iopas vpon his Citron to singe the course of the Starres and the beginning of the world ¶ What was the cause of the greate estimation of Pirrhus King of Epirus The eloquence that he had learned of Cicneas together with the great liberalitie and magnificence that he vsed towardes them that assisted him in his enterprises ¶ Why is it so much requisite to chose a good nurse for y e child Bicause the bodie doth not onely receaue the substance of the milke but the spirites also do fele it ¶ Wherof commeth it that the Romanes did not see their children vntill they were of the age of .vii. yeres Bicause they would not that they should come home to them before they had learned to honor them The French men were more diuerse for they wold not see their childreÌ„ vntil they wer estrong to handle wepons ¶ Why did they forbid their children the company of Ruffians gesters bablers and all such Ribaldes To thintent they should not learne to geue theym selues to dishonest pleasures and to forgette the good nature wherewith they were indued which in the ende would be the destruction both of their body and soule What ought the tales and communications be that are had with children They ought to haue some semblance of truth and aboue all thinges they must not be fearefull vnto them nor supersticious ¶ Why were the pensions receued of princes abolished in many Cities Bicause there is nothing y e doth soner corrupt the person then gifts for they engender gret suspitio in theÌ„ that do receiue them Demosthenes for receuing of bribes of Arpalus king of Persia was chased out of Athenes Why were Coriolanus and Themistocles so much against their owne countrye For the ingratitude of their citizens who denied theÌ„ both their due honours Cesar also because hys country men denied him his well deserued triumphe became enemy to his country ¶ Why was Cato of many men compted a foole Bicause he rather chose voluntary death then to yelde himselfe into the hands of Cesar who sought no other thing of him but frendship and was ment to pardon him al his iniuryes past ¶ Why did Scipio take such hede of going rashlye to the skirmishe and cumbat He knewe well that by his natiuitie he was appointed to be generall of armies and not a simple souldior wherfore he behaued him selfe according to the Maiestie of that office and not like a priuate souldior ¶ Why was Demetrius repreheÌ„ded wheÌ„ he desired to haue the surname of him that had broken the first ranke of his enemies The true title of a prince is rather to be iust then mightie and oughte rather to resemble God by vertue then the Lion by force ¶ Why did Plato refuse to reduce the common welth of the Cirenians into good order and discipline Bicause the abundaunce
Hospitalitie and contrariewise the most nigardes in the same King Massimissa Scipio the great Nicomedes Cecer Anaximenes and Theophrastus vsed great hospitalitie And contrariewise Timon of Athens Flauius of Luques and many other had the same in contempt ¶ What is that which is called Concorde and wherfore was it so called Concord is kinn to amitie And like as amitie ingendreth loue betwene two or many persons euen so concorde kepeth the people tied and vnited in good peace And concorde was so called by reason of the concordance and vnion wherin she knitteth and bindeth the hartes of the people as the Quene and Mystres of all good workes ¶ Wherfore was Domitian the Emperour so hated of the Romane people Bicause for the least fault committed he condempned the doers to cruell deathe ¶ What was the cause of the great victorie that the Grekes had against Xerxes Mardonius and the Persians The vnion of the Grekes like as their disagrement was the cause of their ouerthrowe euen as discorde ouerthrewe Carthage and all the Princes of Heliesponte ¶ Wherfore was it written before the gates of the temple of Apollo at Delphos Knowe thy selfe To induce vs to knowe that sparke of diuinitie which God hath placed in vs wherby we knowe that God hath done all thinges ¶ Wherfore is it saide that there is nothing that may better resemble y e kingdome of heauen then the state of a Monarchie Bicause ther is but one god which alone doth reigne gouerne al things ¶ Of what sorte of men ought a Prince to be chosen in a common welthe He ought to be noble of blood he ought to be vertuouse riche and puissaunt in armes ¶ Do you thinke it to be requisite that a lieuetenaunt generall of an Armie ought to be not onely valiaunt and wise but also happie and fortunate I thinke doubtles that he ought to be fortunate The ill fortune of Pompeius may very well auooche the same ¶ What is the principall duetie of a good Prince To seke meanes that his people be well instructed ¶ What was the cause of the euill endes of Sardamapalus and Nero. The number of Flatterers in their Courtes â—esters Parasites Bawdes Whores Ruffians all sortes of people disposed to vice where the wise and graue were expuised and driuen awaie ¶ What was the cause of the magnanimitie of Pirrhus king of Epirus The good councell and eloquence of Cyneas his Scholemaster who by reason of his eloquente orations forced very many cities rather to render them selues freely then by any force ¶ Why would king Cyrus that Xenephon should be alwaies in his companie To geue him councell in thaffaires of his Realme For Xenephon was not onely wise but also valiaunt and wel instructed in the dedes of warre ¶ Wherfore wold Alexander the gret that Onoficrates should alwaies accompanie him in the warres To inroll and register his actes and dedes ¶ Wherof ought a prince principallye to take hede Not to chaunge his bountie and goodnes for any occasion that can happen ne yet to incline his cares to flatterers ¶ Wherfore did Tigranes the kinge of Helesponte ordeine that they which did talke vnto him shoulde knele vpon their knees with their armes stretched vp To declare that he had al power aucthoritie ouer their bodies liues ¶ What is the chiefest cause of a princes ouerthrowe Flattery more then force of armes ¶ What is he in dede that maye truelye be called happie in this worlde The vertuouse man of meane wealth ¶ Whervnto serue richesse To make the minde quiet and contente withoute whiche contentation there is no happines or felicitie in this world But howe can he be in rest and quiet that hath not wherewith to bye his breade ¶ What caused Alcibiades to be so hardie contrary to the nature of the Athenians His Nourse Amilca which was a Spartan woman ¶ What moued Diogines comming from Sparta and going to Athenes to say that he came from men and was going towards women Thereby he reprehended the delightes of Athenes whiche made them effeminate and womanishe ¶ Which is most requisite either that the Souldiors shoulde defende the wall or the wall the souldiors It is better that the Souldiours should defende the wall ¶ What is the poison of frendship Flattery ¶ What maner of nourses ought they to be which are to be chosen for princes children Fayre well conditioned sage discrete pleasaunt courtuouse amiable chaste healthie and of good complexion eloquent their speache fyne and net that the childe may learne to pronounce well ¶ What is the surest guarde of a prince The good will of his Subiectes For that Prince is vnhappy which for the suertie of his person had nede of sortes and diuersities of guarde and watche ¶ What is Iustice The honor and glorie of them that do the same and a great benefite vnto them vpon whom the same is executed ¶ Whereby shall a man knowe when a Prince beginneth to be a Tiraunt When forciblye he draweth vnto him the seruice of his people ¶ What cauâ—ed Theseus to be so valiaunt The great fame and renoume of Hercules inflamed him to make hys name immortall ¶ Howe may a man be like vnto God In doing good to many indifferently and not to one alone ¶ Why do the Aethiopians which be on this side the riuer Nylus adore and worship two goddes that is to saye one immortal and the other mortall They thinke that the immortall God doeth worke al thinges and the benefites which we receaue ordinarily they beleue to come and procede of the mortall God As the notable Cosmographer Strabo doth declare ¶ What is the greatest shame that we can receaue To be surpassed in honestie curtesie and humanitie by those which be 〈◊〉 inferiours ¶ Howe did Philip kinge of Macedone gaine and winne all Gretia By golde and siluer more then by force of armes for he was wonte to saye that there was no forte or castle were it neuer so inexpugnable but he would take vpon him to subdue it if so be an Asse laden with gold wer able to enter the gates ¶ What kinde of Tragedies ought we not to reade Those which conteine nothing els but thinges that be proude cruell and full of inhumanitie But those we ought specially to reade whiche be honest and full of graue sentences interlaced with pleasaunt talke as the Tragedies of Euripides and Sophocles be ¶ Why ought we indifferently to reade all kinde of Poetes Bicause with a meruailouse swetenes of language they entermedle the Graces with the Muses wherof it came that Aelius Comodus the Emperour was so farre in loue with Martial that he termed him to be hys Uirgil ¶ Are men to be commended for their corporal beautie sake No But for their vertue wisedome counsell and force which declare what maner of mindes they haue within ¶ What difference was there betwene the Grekes and tho Romanes in making of their Images The Grekes made theirs naked the
Romanes clothed or armed according to their estate The wise man in a long gowne the souldior armed as Horatius Cocles in a goodly armure and Accius Nauius that excellent Southsayer in a longe gowne ¶ Of whence sprange the infamie of Perillus he being suche an excellent maker of ymages and pictures Because he applied al his cunning in making of a Bull of brasse therwith to please the cruell minde of Phalaris the Tiraunt wherein were rosted and executed those whom it pleased the Tiraunt that the crye of the executed person within was like to the lowinge of a Bull. But he was well paide for his labor for the Tirant marking that execrable deuise caused the saide Perillus to taste the first fruites of his workmanship ¶ Whervnto serueth Musicke To exercise the minde as the fence playe and dauncinge are proper exercises ¶ What was the cause that Pericles did obteine victorie against Nicias The knowledge in Astrologie For Pericles foreseing an eclips of the Sonne aduertised his people therof But Nicias hauing no knowledge in the saide science was with his Armie verie sore troubled and appalled ¶ What caused Driopas the Athenian to establishe this lawe That whosoeuer had conceaued any euill opinion of God shuld haue his hedde cut of Bicause there is no worse thing then to haue an euill opinion of him which hath made and mainteineth all thinges ¶ What maner of thinge is Religion It is the true knowledge of goddes owne seruice ¶ Wherfore did Alcibiades reiect all kinde of Musike sauing when he was at the Table at his meales Bicause Musike prouoked him to conceiue delight familierlie to talke at the Table ¶ A straunge Question wherof I would fayne be resolued One Stesichorus lying in his cradle a Nightingale lighted on his mouthe and songe vpon the same It was a presage that Stesichorus should proue an excellent singer ¶ What profite bringeth Musike to him that hath delight in the same It sharpeneth the sprite not onely to knowe the harmonie of the voice but also it maketh the person to haue a better iudgement to indite eyther in rime or prose ¶ What is true Philosophie The knowledge of goodnes and howe to liue well ¶ Howe many partes hath Philosophie Three wherof one consisteth in the knowledge of the vniuersall nature of thinges the other in the knowledge of man and the thirde in mutuall talke Which partes be well allowed by the Philosopher Plato ¶ Howe happened it that Numa Pompeius being a man of meane state and conditions arriued to the degree of one of the Romane kinges Religion was the cause in such wise as all that he spake and sayd by reason of his holines was thought to procede from the goddesse Egeria with whom he laie as the Romans helde opinion ¶ Wherfore was Tullus Hostilius another of the Romane kinges soudenlie stroken with a flashe of lightning For that he made not his sacrifices to Iupiter in suche deuocion and ceremonies as did apperteine ¶ For what occasion were Uirgines in olde time more estemed then they be at this present Bicause they were supposed to be indued with the spirite of prophesie which manifestlie did appeare by those maydens called Sibillae ¶ Howe chaunceth it that Virgil hath praised Aeneas â–ª with this Epitheton In signem pietate virum Commending him onely for his pietie towardes the Goddes Bicause Religion and pietie conteine in them all kinde of vertues ¶ What caused the Poetes to vse so many fictions and inuentions To allure men to abandon their barbarouse conditions and brute behauiors and to tourne them selues to vertue and her exercises ¶ What was the cause of the deathe of Ciâ—na Bicause he was cruell towardes his souldiors and constreined them to fight perforce and by compulcion ¶ What is Pacience A voluntarie suffraunce in thinges difficult for loue of honor and profi◠¶ What is constancie It is a vertue which conserueth good counsell and maketh a man perseuer in honorable dedes ¶ What is Opinion It is a staie fixed eyther in dede or worde which maketh vs obstinatelye to followe our fansie althoughe it be without reason onely to be superior in all controuersies ¶ What is Iustice After the minde of the Aunciente Poetes it is a celestiall vertue powred downe from God into our sprites that we might the better honor loue and sanctifie him as aucthor of all thinges and therfore Princes were for good respect called of Homere Iupiters scholers ¶ What is the propertie of Iustice To loue and honor God aboue all thinges and our neighbour as our selfe ¶ Howe many kindes of Iustice be there Foure that is to saie Diuine Naturall Ciuill and Iudiciall ¶ Of what thinges is the world gouerned By rewarde and punishment ¶ What is deuine Iustice It is that which maketh vs to acknowledge god to be our creatour the beginning and ende of all thinges and him of whom all creatures receiue lyfe without participation of mortall thinges ¶ What is naturall Iustice It is all waies one in all men and varieth nothing through the diuersitie of Regions and Nacions being alwaies conuenable to Nature And as diuine Iustice sheweth the dewtie towardes God euen so naturall Iustice is subiect to the satisfaction of nature The disciples of Socrates affirmed that naturall Iustice is a knowledging of good iuste thinges and agreable to naturall reason which thing whosoeuer doeth vse shall become good of him selfe ¶ What is Ciuile Iustice It is apperteining to a Prince or Magestrate whose office is to prouide that the people be wel ruled and gouerned and that no harme be done vnto the place wherof he hath the rule ¶ What is Iudiciall Iustice That consisteth in being reasonable to all men and to discerne the iuâ—â—e 〈◊〉 the vniuste ¶ What is properlie the nature of a wicked man To be harde cruell and vnwilling to receiue good counsell to reioyce at other mens euill to suffer no man paciently to be angrie to here them to be praised suche as not onely haue done them pleasure but also those which be vtterly vnknowen vnto them Suche were Pirron and Eraclitus Philosophers Tymon of Athens Marius Coriolanus Phocion Lucius Crassus which was slaine by the Persians Cato Scipio the great and Caligula ¶ Why were Aâ—hilles and Sylla reprehended for their victories Bicause they were cruell and insolent towardes their Enemies when they had ouercome them The contrary did Cesar Alexandre Hanniball Anâ—onius Aegesilaus all which wer greatly praised for their victories ¶ Before whom is it lawefull for a man to vaunt him selfe of well doyng Before the valiaunt or before them that knowe him not or haue smale knowledge what vertue is ¶ Why was Meteâ—lus despised For being to muche desirouse to haue surpassed Sertorius to whom notwithstanding he was noâ— comparable in valiaunce ¶ Howe ought a man to vse the goodes of Fortune That they may become subiect to man and not man to them folowing the verse of Horace Et mihi res
procedeth of a certaine honâ—stie of minde Many haue termed it to be the misteris of comelines and the mother of honestie ¶ What was the cause of the victorye that the Persians hadde against Astiagâ—s The shame that theyr wiues didde vnto theym when they fledde from the Battell whoe seinge them runne awaye lyke shepe lifting vp their garmentes smockes and all sayde vnto theym whither wyll ye ye cowardes and dasterdlye menne you that dare not stande to the battell Whither will ye flee Is there no waye lefte for you but to perse againe the wombes of your mothers Whiche manlike woordes although proceding from womens mouthes made that dasterdly nation to retourne and gaine the battell ¶ Wherein appered the honestie of Socrates so muche comâ—mended of the Auncientes Manye and sundrye wayes but speciallye in this pointe for when he hearde any one talke dishonestlie he hidde his head with his cloake vntill the other had done his tale ¶ What is Abstinence It is a vertue of the minde bridled by reason drawing vs from disordin ate appetites which we haue after the goodes of this world ¶ What is Continence It is a vertue of the minde which maketh our sensuall appetites subiecte to reason so that by abstinence couetousnes is refrained and through Continence Lecherie is chastised ¶ Who amongs the Auncients was estemed most abstineÌ„t Paulus Aemilius chiefelye in the victorye that he atchieued of the Persians and in the enterprises of Spaine and Macedonia Lucius Acummius at the ouerthrowe of Corinthe ¶ And in CoÌ„tinencie who hath excelled among the Ancients Cipio the great Alexander and Cesar. ¶ What is it that made the Corinthians infamouse Bicause they solde their daughters to enriche them selues ¶ What was the cause of the defamation of Messalina the wife of Claudius Her dishonest Intemperaunce and filthie lust who would not sticke to aduenture cumbat with any aduenturouse knight ¶ Howe did Hieron of Siracusa get so great fame beinge but the bastard sonne of a poore laboring man By great temperaunce honestie and valiaunce whiche did so shine in him that he was made captaine generall of the Syracusanes againste the Carthaginians and in the ende he behaued himselfe so well that he was made kinge ¶ What thinges are very honest Those which without respecte eyther of profite or commoditie doe deserue of them selues to be commended And honestie is no other thinge but a prouocation alwaies to do vertuouse dedes ¶ What was the cause of the glorie of Theseus The affection that he had to folowe the vertues of Hercules whiche caused him continually to be troubled both in bodie and minde ¶ In what vertue did Pomponius Atticus excell In modestie the companion of honestie Such also were Hanibal Publius Surus Anaxilaus Epictetus and king Philip of Macedonia ¶ What is the propertie of Chastitie To rule and gouerne the affections of the minde to chase away all disordinate appetites to conterpeise riot with reason and in all thinges to be constant ¶ What differeÌ„ce is there betwene Chastitie shamefastnes Chastitie is a generall chastisement of our affections be it either lecherie gluttonie or couetousnes But shamefastnes is tried onely in continuing from lechery Those women then that are chaste are suche as haue not committed offence neither in bodie nor thought But the shamefast are those which haue not had to do with any man but w t their owne husbaÌ„ds ¶ How did Euagoras king of Cyeras obteine so great renoume By not deceiuing any man for keping of his promisse gratefying his trends for his valiance for being enemie to vice al euel thoughts ¶ What is moderate sparing properlye It is a vertue nere vnto modestie which is so necessarie vnto man that without it he falleth into many vices It causeth man to spende nothing superfluously and to spare nothing that is necessary to be spent ¶ Howe may we godlely increase our goodes By moderate sparing and by tilling the earth ¶ What is sobrietie It is a vertue that ruleth drinking and eating without which other vertues are obscure ¶ Howe maye that man become sober that is insatiable in drinking and eating By considering the follies which they do that are dronke ¶ Why did the Lacedemonians vse in their feastes alwaies to cause one to be made dronke for example vnto their children To make their children to abhorre that beastlye vice ¶ Howe ought a man to drinke With suche moderation that he may abate his thirst auoiding dronkennes the disease of the head and stomacke which continually doe followe the same ¶ What did obscure the greate vertues of kinge Philip and Alexander the great his sonne Dronkennes the like happened also to Cyrus the lesse to Cato Promachus and to the sonne of Cicero ¶ What signifieth wine so disordinately taken The bloud of the earth conuerted into poison ¶ What made Massinissa of such great estimation Sobrietie and his being content with such victualles as the meaner souldiors vsed to eate And by that sobrietie he behaued him selfe so well that at four score and sixe yeres of age he begat a childe and at foure score and twelue he vanquished the Carthaginians ¶ Why did Solon ordeine that a man should lie with his wife but three times in a moneth only To accustome his people by litle and litle to shamefastnes a thing that aduaunceth not onely women but also men Howe may a man auoide all horrible and fearefull thinges By vertue by which thing onely moste cruell Tirauntes haue bene reformed ¶ Wherefore did Dimocritus put out his eyes To thintent he might not see the prosperitie and insolency of his country men whiche liued without Iustice and all kind of vertue ¶ What priuiledge haue braue and valiaunt men To be none of fortunes subiectes ¶ Is it possible to fynde perfecte valiaunce in one manne alone Homere thinketh not so and holdeth opinion that force and valiaunce in respect of other vertues in the same do many times receiue certaine furiouse assaultes Likewise he supposeth that there be many kindes of valiaunce for he praiseth Achilles for his angre Ulisses for his wisdome ¶ Why is it requisite for a souldior to be Cholerike Bicause Choler sturreth vp the harte and enflameth the sprite That is force sayeth Homere which entreth in at the nose and chafeth the blodde ¶ Amonges morall vertues which is the beste I thinke it to be force whiche by his vertue maketh a man not to feare death in an honorable enterprise and subdueth his harte to Iustice and wisdome ¶ Who was the firste that rewarded valiaunce with preciouse giftes Bachus was the firste that gaue presentes vnto valiaunt souldiors as Crownes Speares Cheines victories pictures and helmetes ¶ Howe did the wise define that vertue Diuerslie The disciples of Socrates saide that it was a vertue which willed man not to feare aduerse fortune to whom agreed Chysippus The Stoiques saide that it was an effection of the passionat mind which made men obedient to the
Persians Missia by the Danes and Samothracians and Fraunce by the Almaiâ—es Slouth and feare of trauell geuing himselfe daie and night to the delightes of Ladies in the Island of Cypres ¶ Whye did the people of Saba the nexte neighbours of the Nabathei geue themselues so much to Idlenes considering the diligence and industrie of the saide Nabathâ—i their nexte neighbours The fertilitie of Saba made them slouthfull and the barrennes of the countrye of the Nabathei made them vigilant and industriouse ¶ Why did Euripides introduce Theseus to consider and talke of all the euils that can happen to man Bicause a stripe foresene doeth hurt a man the lesse ¶ What is mercie properlye It is a certaine heauines arysing of an other mans griefe whiche as some say ought not to moue the mindes of the good but rather they ought to content them selues with their innocencye without takinge paine or care what the wicked do susteine and abide ¶ What is Felicitie It is an aboundaunce of Spirituall corporall and earthlie goodes ¶ Why was Archagathus y e Surgeon made a Citizen of Rome Bicause he was very mercifull and cunning in his cures that the like of whom the Romaines neuer sawe ¶ Whye was Antonius the Emperour surnamed Pius Because he reigned without effusion of bloud and was so mercifull as euer Cesar Alexander or Uespatian was ¶ Why do Souldiors loue hunting Bicause it is like vnto the warres which is the place where euerye man may learne to liue vertuously ¶ Whiche is the godliest exercise that a man can learne Husbandrye in which there is not onelye profite but pleasure ¶ Where is the best walke that can be founde That walking place which is furnished with wise men ¶ Whereof proceded the great estimation of Homere Bicause his workes are so full of learning and verye good to encoragâ— mens heartes to vertue ¶ Whye were the Greke aucthors counted great lyers Bicause they confounded histories with fables suche as Herodotus and Hellanicus be ¶ What is the propertie of Iustice To deceaue no man euen as the propertie of wisedome is not to be deceaued ¶ When is it lawefull to lye For safegarde of the goodes or the life of an other as Chilâ— did when he forsware him selfe to saue the life of a certaine man ¶ What is the propertie of a gloriouse man To beleue rather that which is spoken of him although it be false then that which he perceiueth in dede to be in him selfe For that cause was the â—able of Iuno and Ixion feygned ¶ What is the propertie of a vile and noughtie man To hide the truth for feare which neuer chaunceth to the valiaunt and honest who cannot abide that any man should lye ¶ Why did the Poetes say that veritie was the daughter of memorie and tune Bicause she cannot be longe hidden ¶ From whence came the whâ—le that Ixion doth turne continually as the Poetes doe faigne It is the true token of a common liar who the nerer he thinketh he is to vertue the further he is from it ¶ Why did the Egiptians ordaine that a vacabonde and common Iester should not be taken for a witnesse Bicause suche people are not worthie to be regarded and for a little bribe they are redie to all mischiefe ¶ Wherfore did the Romanes forbid playing for money excepte it were in warrelike exercises as to throwe the barre to daunce to wrastle to vaute to playe at defence and other suche like pastimes Bicause in other pastimes Fortune ruleth and not vertue ¶ Why did â—pelles the Painter set his tables abrode for euery man to viewe That he might vnderstande mens Iudgemente of his faultes As appered by a Cobler who founde faulte in a pantofle or slipper which Appelles had made ¶ What mischiefes do Flatterers bring They corrupt all good maners they tell lies in stede of truth they doe euell in stede of good vice in stede of vertue and are ordayned to destroyâ— the good and those that do righteouslye ¶ Why would not Socrates suffre himselfe to be praised of a yonge man Bicause that praise in presence is a kinde of Flatterie ¶ Whye did the Romaines so much disdaine Prusias kinge of Bitbinia Bicause he was the greatest flatterer that euer was borne In so much that his flatteries were the cause that it was ordeyned at Rome that no kinge shoulde come thither withoute licence of the Senate obteyned before ¶ What is Flatterie properly It is a vice proper and perticuler to vyle mindes to women and cowardes for it procedeth of nothing els but of feare ¶ What is shamefastnes It is a kind of feare to fall into any infamie or to be blamed for anye dede doing or to be worthelye reprehended for some faulte Therefore Cicero did terme it to be the Tamer of euell thoughtes for she withdraweth man and preserueth him from committing any offence ¶ To whom ought a man to be shamefast To children onelye for to a man of age it is vnmete to blush and to say I had not thought to do it ¶ Who is he that worthely may be counted valiaunt He that loueth life and feareth not death ¶ What is death It is an ende from which a man ought not to retire but to go to it ioyfullye and as some saye it is a gest geuen of God to menne by a singuler grace ¶ Whye didde Mallius saye in the oration that he made at Rome against Furius and Aemilius that enuie was bleare eyed and had a verye euell sight Bicause that the enuiouse man considereth those thinges whiche are nexte him and not them a farre of whiche should be more to be enuyed yf enuie were a vertue ¶ Why is Enuie compared vnto fier Bicause it alwaies mounteth for there is no man so mightie that enuie will sticke to assaile and surmounte him also if it be possible ¶ What was the cause of the deathe of Socrates being so innosent a man The enuie of the Athenians a vsuall thing in that citie which caused also the death of Themistocles and Aristides the iuste ¶ Why do the Poetes faigne that Marcias was beaten of Apollo and Thamiras had his eyes put out by the Muses To declare that howe mightie soeuer a man be he hath some bodie that goeth about to make him selfe equall with him which is a passion almost like vnto Enuie but not so muche different from vertue ¶ What was the cause of the soudeine deathe of Diodorus the Sâ—phistre The thought that he toke bicause he could not resolue a question that Stilpho the Philosopher put to him in pastime And excessiue thoughte ought not to fall into the harte of a vertuouse man ¶ What meane the Poetes by faigning an Eagle alwaies to gnawe the harte of Frometheus To declare the continuall studie of Prometheus who was very learned and wise in Astrologie ¶ Wherof commeth it that in the tyme of Ptolome there were found so many Mathematicians in the time of Xerxes so many pleasures and in