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A15036	The honorable reputation of a souldier with a morall report, of the vertues, offices, and (by abuse) the disgrace of his profession. Drawen out of the liues, documents, and disciplines, of the most renowned Romaine, Grecian, and other famous martialistes. By George Whetstone, Gent.	Whetstone, George, 1544?-1587?	1585 (1585)	STC 25339; ESTC S111682	22,474	44

of our modernt Souldiers which haue y e courage but not the gouernment of the auncient greatly slaundreth their profession and displeaseth God When God deliuereth any Cittie or towne into their hands they especially the Spaniard and the Italian take small compassion of the Inhabitantes afflictions but to iniurie them in the hyest extreamitie as the sweetest part of their spoile they most impiously and barbarously abuse honest matrones deflower their daughters Which vnpardonable and vnsufferable offences the vengeance of God still followeth and therfore this Turkish wickednes that stinketh before god maÌ„ is to be banished or rather to be punished in euery Christian Army The Continencie of Alexander Scipio and many other most illustrious Captains at worthy presidents to brydle the intemperate affections of the multitude of Souldiers Alexander vsed the wife daughters and mother of the mightie Darius and other most beautiful Ladies of Persia with so honorable chaste a regarde as he tooke awaye all suspition that should make them feare to be dishonored or deflowred He would ofteÌ„times say that the Ladies of Persia made meÌ„s eyes sore to beholde them but notwithstanding preferring the beautie of his contineÌ„cie before their sweet faces he did neuer suffer himself to be alured yea he so much hated vnchaste affectioÌ„ns as hearing that Damon Timotheus vnder Parmenioes charge had forced two of their fellowe Souldiers wiues He wrote vnto Parmenio if they were found giltie to put them to death as brute beastes destroyers of mankind yea so vnspotted was Alexanders fame in this vertue that Darius his enemie prayed to the gods that if the time were come that the kingdome of Persia must needs haue an ende either by deuine reuenge or by naturall change of earthly thinges Then graunt good Gods quoth hee that none but Alexander may sit in Cyrus Throane to recompence the great honour that in my misery hee shewed to those I loued best in the world Aulus Gellius equalleth the continencie of the most noble Romane Captaine Scipio with the chastitie of ALEXANDER Scipio entring by force of Armes into the new Cittie of Carthage among other captiues hee was presented with a most faire Damosell young and of a most excellent proportion who notwithstanding hee was in the flower of his youth so vanquished his affections as he did no dishonest act with the mayde And afterwards vnderstanding that shee was of a noble house and betroathed to a great Lord of Spaine hee sent to seeke him forth and deliuered the Damosell vnto him in no point dishonored and withall augmented her dower with the monie that was payd for her fathers raunsome An acte of great continencie and honour in a victorious Captaine towarde his captiue This Scippio was the most illustrious captaine that euer Roome fostered Hee for his glorius victories was surnamed African and Carthage hee was called Prince of the Senate which dignitie was giuen vnto none but such as had obtained the Type of all honour he vsed such discipline in his Army as his meanest Souldiers seemed to bee graue Senators and as Plutarke sayth among all his other charges he specially commanded that the wemen which were taken in the warres should bee kept from being defiled Worthy exaÌ„ples for Generals and other Officers of charge in Martiall gouernment to imitate that their wisedomes and examples may bridle the inordinate affections of inferiour Souldiers And as companioÌ„s with this beastly sinne the well gouerned Souldier is forbidden Gluttonnie and drunkenesse as two mortal enimies of his profession For the Souldier must many tymes indure hunger thirste cold trauell and other sharpe miseries which pampered and delicate bodies cannot indure Besides when the body is stuffed with delicates the minde is dull desirous of ease which is the vndoer of a Souldier who ought to haue his handes or his minde alwayes occupyed The one wounding his enimie in the field the other working out pollicies to intrappe him as hee lyeth in campe Alexander the great to keepe his men in breath when there was intermission from warre accustomed himselfe and his people to take great paines in hunting of wilde beasts especially those that were of most fearce natures euery man to show his agillitie strength was inioyned to vaÌ„quish or to bee vanquished by the beast which hee vndertooke In so much as Alexander himself fighting one day very dangerously hand to hand with a Lyon after the victorie hardly obtained an Ambassador of Laâ—idemon tould him that it seemed by the egernesse of their fight that his grace and the Lyon striued which of both them should bee king Yea quoth Alexander and he that wilbe the king of kings must alwayes be thus occupied He was so temperate of his dyet as when the Princes Ada of meere goodwill sent him many dilicate dishes of meate He sent her word he knewe not what to do with them For his gouernor Lyonides appointed him for his dinner to rise before day and to march in the night and for his supper to eat but a little at dinner A spare dyet for a Prince yet necessary for him that wrought for the whole world to haue his bodie hardened and prepared for all dangers Haniball Iugurthe could neuer haue punished the Romanes so oft if that with wonderfull paines they had not placed their aduauntages neither could they haue taken halfe the paines if their bodies had not beene prepared with a temperate and thinne diet The temperaunce of Iulius Caesar in eating and drinking is vpon many occasions commended and it well appeared by the ablenes and exercise of his body hee vndertooke great matter and therfore it behoued him to bestur himselfe And sure dilligence which ouercommeth the mightiest thinges dwelled in hym when his Souldiours were at rest hee deuised his worthiest Stratagemes and yet he so tyred them with such dayly trauels that they cryed out To what ende doth this man hale vs after him vp and downe the world Should not Caesar think when hee seeth our blood and woundes that we are mortall men and feele the miseâ—ie paine that other men do But neuerthelesse Caesar marched and they for shame could not tarry behinde The Souldiers that carrieth subduing minds by regard of these worthy exaÌ„ples will no doubt dyet their bodies for to indure paine as faulkeners do their flying Hawkes and he that wayeth what dangers dishonors ouerthrowes haue followed feastings drunkennesse and Idle dalliaunce will if he regard his honour be more affrayd of a waÌ„ton banquet then a bloody battaile Wine and delicate cheere were the baytes that Cyrus layde to kill Queene Tomyris sonne and a great part of her Army That daye that Alexander first delighted in the drunkennesse and effeminate delicasie of the Parsians he ouerthrew his owne life and glory For in his drunkennesse hee put his best Captaines to death and in reueÌ„ge was poysoned himselfe The Romaines so hated this

against the Malians vntil his Army had broke into the cittie and both rescued him and subdued the Malians The like aduenture of Caesar ruÌ„ning desperatly vppon the fierce Neruij saued the remnant of the Romaines who had that day beene all slaine if Caesar had not incouraged them with this little care of life The Senate so honored Caesar for this victorie because the danger was great as they ordained that the Sacrificators should doe sacrifice vnto the Gods and that there should be solempne procession fifteene dayes together without intermission hauing before neuer made the like ordinaÌ„ce at Rome for any victorie that euer was obtained The dangers of war are oftentimes such as necessity spurreth the valiant Gentleman to runne vpon the like perils and therein is true valiancy seene For many wilbe â—orwarde where the hazard is indiffereÌ„t that haue no legs to follow such exploits And â—or y â— this seruice is many times required of the worthie Souldier without execution whereof he can neuer be famous The Souldier of all men ought to set the feare of God before his eyes to haue a pure conscience to be of good conuersation least in running vpoÌ„ the pikes he falleth into hell fire His state is like vnto a man that is â—icke for death wayteth vpoÌ„ Mars as duly as vpon Surfet And surely he that retourneth safe out of the â—ield escapeth as great a danger as he that is recouered of a mortall infirmitie and as men commonly see nothing but holy good matters among men that are sicke so the conuersation of the auncient Romane Souldiers was purged from dissolute and vngodly behauiour The faith of a Souldier is at this day a coÌ„mon prâ—testatioÌ„ but in those dayes was neuer violated Alexander surnamed Seuerus had so well a gouerned Army as his companies were reputed to be rather Philosophers theÌ„ Souldiers The Souldier was in that gouerment pryuiledged as a sick man The Tâ—staement Millitarie was allowed The Bequeast that Artorius made to his friende Lucius and his heires at the stege of Ierusalem for the inheriting of his lands Titus commanded to be executed as men that ar sicke dispose their goods to their children frendes so the Romanes by a publique law enacted that the sonne of euery Souldier that was slaine how young soeuer hee were should inherite the Paye of his father That this prouision being made for their posteritie their souldiers might be the lesse affraid of death into whose power continuall danger subiected them The case so standing that the Souldiers glory is wrought out of hazard and the benefite of his seruice proceedeth from the perill of his life It is as I haue sayd requisite that his conscience conuersatioÌ„ be alwayes holy and then euery day hee may boldly say as Craâ—inius sayd to Caesar I will before night be praised either aliue or dead For in both estates the vertues and valiant are and shalbe alwayes commended and as it is the principall duety of a Souldier to be hardy and resolute in execution so it a hye vertue in him to be mercifull after victorie obtained For as the Iudge deserueth more commendation that winneth men from stealing then he that pardoneth no offence euen so the Captaine is farre more worthie prayse that with wisedome and linitie bringeth the enimie to a peace-able obedience then hee that hardeneth their hartes with cruelties and oppressions For as the Athenians wrote vnto the Lacedemonians There be the fruits of warre the losse of the vanquished is certaine and the Vanquishor gaineth nothing by his losse Theaft murder c. are foule vices yet is the Iudge honorable that chastiseth theÌ„ he more honorable y â— banisheth theÌ„ euen so war which is coÌ„posed of these many other mischiefs coÌ„meÌ„deth y e worthy Souldier that with his sword dryueth this monster Warre foorth of the Cittie gates and by clemencie out of the Cittizens harts What greater victorie had euer Augustus Caesar then in pardoning of Lutius Cinna This Cinna conspired against Caesar and was found in his Enimies tents whome Caesar not onely pardoned but also highly aduanced notwithstaÌ„ding all this Cinna practised Caesars death for the rootes of Malice ar seldome plucked vp with kindnesse Neuerthelesse the Emperour sent againe for Cinna When Cinna was come hee caused a chaire to be set him which done Th'emperour opened all his benefits towards Cinna and of Cinnaes ingratitude in seeking of his life These circumstaunces abashed Cinna But Caesar ending his expostulation thus comforted Cinna Cinna quoth hee I once gaue thee thy life being my enemie and now I giue it thee being a traitor and a paracide Cinna being vanquished with this clemencie became so faithful and assured a friend to Caesar as Caesar made him his heire See here what loue the obedience that proceedeth of Clemency breadeth when the fearefull obedience that is forced by tyranny awaighteth but a passage for treason Augustus might haue executed Cinna and so haue beene rid of a dangerous enemie But in pardoning of him he purchased a faithfull frend Iulius Caesar had neuer beene so great a Monarke if hee had not gloried in the forgiuing of his enimies Yea hauing ouercome Pompey the great he entertained all Pompeys frends with suche clemencye and curtesie as many of them honored him with faithful seruice When he had ended the Ciuil warres hee shewed such clemency to his enimies that bore armes against him as there was a temple erected in honour of his Clemency In so much as when Cicero sawe that Caesar set vp Pompeys Images he sayd Behold Caesar setteth vp Pompeys Images that his owne may stande the surer And certainly though Caesar set theÌ„ vp of a magnanimous disposition Cicero spake the trueth in derision for Clemency setleth loue and good-wil in subiects which is the best gard safety for princes Alexander the great was highly renowned for the Clemencie that he vsed towardes his enimies Especially when the stout messadge of Iadus the chiefe Sacrificator moued him so purpose the destruction of Ierusalem Neuerthelesse when Iadus putting on his Garments of preesthood and accompanied with the people cloathed all in white humbled himselfe before this great King Alexander gratiously receiued him and entring peaceably into the cittie he not onely gaue rich gifts to the Sacrificatour but shewed great liberalitie towardes all the people The courage of these great Monarkes conquered kingdomes by force and their clemencie millions of people with loue It is a wonder what a tumult the people made in Rome wheÌ„ Caesar was treacherously slaine they so honored him for this vertue none of the Senators durst stirre forth of their dores nor none of the Conspirators abyde the Towne they slewe all Caesars suspected enimies and fyred many of their houses On the contrarie part Tamberlaine and other cruel Tyrants were neither beloued a liue nor moned after death The dissolute and wantoÌ„ behauior

drunken and voluptuous exercise as wheÌ„ Lucius Pius had brought the Sarmates vnto a voluntary obedience by his often banquetting and making of them good cheere and at his retourne to Rome demaÌ„ded to triumphe The Senate not only denyed him this honour but in disdaine of his drunken victorie they put him openly to death and for his further reproche they wrote this Epitaphe vpon his Tombe Heere Lucius Pius Consull lyes Who not with Armes in Fielde But with Wine mirth and Table-cheare Did make the Sarmates yeelde THe Senate not yet content adnulled all that Lucius had done and by their letters remitted the Sarmates into their auncient libertie And certainly this worthie vertue shined in the Romanes they refused to make a benefite of any thing that was dishonorable and for that the president is necessarie for all Souldiers to follow this one other shorte example shall not bee impertinent to the purpose Fabritius being encamped before the Citie of Fidena a Schoolemaister of the Towne in hope of some great preferment stole foorth and presented Fabritius with the children of the most worthy Citizens The CoÌ„sull saw that this was a good meane to become Lord of the Cittie Neuertheles he refused th' aduantage for his hyre he bouÌ„d the Scoolemaister and caused the boies with rods to whippe him into the towne to recompence which honorable fauour the Cittizens willingly payed tribute vnto the Romanes What would y â— heatheÌ„ Romanes who were thus precise in matters of honor iudge of many christiaÌ„s who seldome refuse offred aduauÌ„tages against the enimies yea which is daÌ„nable very ofteÌ„times hire Athiests and such earthly Furies to poison murder and betraye annointed Princes and their soueraignes Their Censure coulde be no other but that they them selues feared God and that such Christians and their instruments followed the Deuill But to continue further with Millitarie documents it is not inough that the Souldier be valiaÌ„t in execution mercifull after victorie chaste of body temperate in eating and drinking and a hater of Plenes But obedience is also specially required of a well gouerned Souldier A mutinous and disobedient person is in a campe like a scabbed and rotten sheepe in a fould an instrument of his owne and a number of his fellowes destructions The Romanes had a speciall regard in the chastising and purging of this faulte as worse then a plague in an Army they without respect of persoÌ„s punished disobedience as appeereth by the seuere lentence that the Consull Titus Manlius gaue vpon his owne only sonne whose disobedience was both honorable and beneâ—itiall to the Romanes but they esteemed not of that benefite which nourrished a mischiefe The Consull commaunded that no man should fight without his direction Genutins Metius one of the enimies pricked forth challenged Manlius sonne Yong Manlius thought it a foule shame and dishonour to refuse Genutius and therefore couragiously set vpoÌ„ the challenger ouercame and slewe him and was of all his fathers Souldiers highly commended But the Consull vnderstanding of this matter called for his Sonne and tould him that he commaunded that no man should fight without his derection and for as much as he had broke the order which is to be kept in war by which thitherto Rome had beene aduanced to great honour and therefore sonne quoth he since the choyse is so hard that I must either forget the common weale or else depriue my selfe of thee in whome I tooke priuatly most delight in I will that the common weale take no hurt and therevpoÌ„ he willed the hangman to take his sonne to execute on him the punishmeÌ„ts due vnto those that by euill example hurt the discipline obedieÌ„ce of souldiers which was to binde him to a stake to whipe him and afterwards to behead him The like sentence Brutus gaue of his Sonnes for that contrary to a generall Commaundement shey wrote but letters to call Tarquinius in againe If there worthie Captaines â—or light Trespasses thus sharply punished their Sonnes what hope of fauour may the priuate Souldier expect that rashly disobediently breaketh the orders of the Leaders euen the fauour that a Rebell deserueth in a peaceable gouernement For as bould and carelesse running vpon death is honorable and meritorious when in Martiall iudgement such resolutenesse in a fewe may be the safetie of a number according to the Italian saying Beato colui chi puo far beato altrui Happy is he that can make another man happy Euen so needelesse and vnprolitable rashnes by wilfull falling vpon the enimies Sword is reduculâ—us daungerous very dishonorable for as there is a saying in Martiall pollicy Hee that flyeth the field may retourne againe and annoy his Aduersarie when he that is vnprofitably and rashly slaine possesseth his enimie with the glory of his death without feare of reuenge As did the vntemperate Capadocians who enuying the victorie of Perdicas inclosed them selues within their Citie with fire consumed the same ioyntly with them selues wiâ—es children goods And by this vnnaturall hardinesse made Perdicas spoyle in trueth to bee small and their owne after fortune to be nothing But in the reprehension of rashnes and disobedience in a Souldier there is no intent any way to fauour cowardlines but rather to reproue the same as a fault as dangerous as indisâ—rete bouldnesse For the Coward doth not only hurt with his own â—eare but by his running awaye a number are discomforted and follow for companie many times to the perill of the whole Army And therefore Astiadges to make his Cowardes hardy thrust them in the face of the enimie and placed approoued Souldiers at their barks with charge to kill them if they turned their heades Titus Liuius Iulius Frontinus writeth that Appius Claudius and Marcus Anthonius punished the Cowardly Romanes which were very few in this manner The squadrons and bandes by whome the enimie had passadge drewe cuts and of whome soeuer the lot fell he presently was put to death Damatria a woman of Lacedemon hearing that her sonne had not fought as became a Lacedemonian presently at his retourne shee slewe him with her owne haÌ„ds as one that was sory she had borne so cowardly a sonne And surely hee that commeth into the fielde and is aâ—earde to fight must the rest of his life looke to liue like an Owle but small circumstances suffice in this point For Englishmen to whom I direct this Treatise as the learned Sir Thomas Smith writeth are a people naturally that feareth not death by coÌ„sequence carelesse of their enimie But on the contrarie part Englishmen are men of much desart and therefore Enuie and Emulation raigneth mightely among them For Enuy alwaies assaileth worthy men and these foule passions haue beene the scourges or more properly the ouerthrowes of the most worthy men and Gouernments The Athenians had no other remedie against this poison bâ—â— to deuise a law called Ostraciâ—me

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