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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 mā 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 oftētimes say that the Ladies of Persia made mēs eyes sore to beholde them but notwithstanding preferring the beautie of his continēcie before their sweet faces he did neuer suffer himself to be alured yea he so much hated vnchaste affectiōns 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 exāples 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 companiōs 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 vāquish 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 La●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 mise●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 exāples 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 wāton 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 reuēge was poysoned himselfe The Romaines so hated this

Wealthes The prudent Romaines founde out the bene●ite that proceeded of the rewarding of Souldiers and therfore they deuised many honours and rewards to recompence their good seruices When any Captaine had any notable victorie hee after thankes giuen to the Gods presently mounted vppon a Theatre and generally praised the whole Army thē calling the Bandes and Squadrons that fought most valiantly he praysed euery Souldier by his proper name calling him Companion and friende of his Countrey and withall gaue to euery one as he deserued as to some Crownes to others gauntlets and to many Harnesse with such deuises as no mā might weare but such as had deserued the like The Consull Papirius with such like ornaments proper to euery mans desarte for one victorie rewarded fourteene Centurions one whole Squadron of Souldiers Scipio did the like in Spaine wherein euery mās merite was written There were many Crownes or Garlandes proper for speciall seruices as whosoeuer deliuered the Cittie of Rome or Campe of the Romanies from any sharpe or dangerous siege he was recōpenced with the Crowne Obsidionale and he and his companie that did this seruice were honored as men that had deliuered the Cittie or Army from death Quintus Fabius for deliuering Roome from the dangerous assault of Haniball had this Crowne AEmilius Scipio was in this manner Crowned in Affrica And for the like seruice Calfurnius the valiant Lutius Cincinius were crowned Then whosoeuer deliuered any Citizen of Rome and slu● one enimie without shrinking from the place of this seruice he was rewarded with the crown Civique This was a recompence of great honour for the meanest Souldier that obtained this Crowne in the open feasts and Theaters was placed next to the Senators who vpon his entraunce rose frō their places to do him honor Many Romaines obtained this Crowne especially the most valiant Cineinius before named wonne it fourteene times These Crownes were of flowers or such like but yet of more reputatiō then the other of gold The Crown Murale was of gold and was giuen vnto him that first scaled the wall Manlius Capitolin Quintus Trebelius and diuers others gained this Crowne The Crownes Castreuse and Nauale were likewise of Golde the one was due vnto him that in fight first entred the barriers of his enimies the other at Sea that first entred the enimies ship And of this Crowne Marcus Varro Marcus Agrippus and many other noble Romaines thought no scorne There were other Crownes and speciall honnours giuen vnto the Romaines which for breuitie sake I omit which is worthie of regarde In distrubutiō of these honnours the noble and the innoble Souldier by birth was regarded alike Besides the Romaines Captaines in honour of their victories had their surnames after the Countries which they conquered the one Metellus for the subduing of Iugurthe of Numidie was called Numidique the other Metellus for subduing y e king of Macedone was surnamed Macedonique Lucius Mummius was named Aca●que for the ●ubduing of Acaye and Corinthe Brutus for y e subiecting of Gaule was named Galloys The two noble Scipioes the one was call'd Afriq●● 〈◊〉 Carthagique for his victories in Affrica at Carthage The other was surnamed Asiatique for the cōquering of Antioche and for being the first that displaied the Romaine Ensignes in Asia many othe● Romaines had such like honorable surnames in triumphe of their victories but these may suffice to showe the honorable reputatiō of a souldier how he was in the auncient florishing commō weales reuerenced of the graue Senators and generally honored of the publique weale where the gouernmēt Is Monarchie the soueraigne sole Commander is girded with a sword and glorieth in the name of a Souldier where it is Oligarchie where a fewe of the best gouerne the chiefest person hath a charge of the Martiall affaires The Romaines whē they changed their gouernment by banishing of their tyrannous kings imployed their chiefe Cōmander the Consul abroad in the warres In the like reputation were the Captains in the famous common weales of Athens Lacidemonia Whē Cyrus deliuered the lewes out of the great captiuitie of Babilon hee sent them home vnder the cōduct of their Captaine Zorobabel and their chiefe sacrificator Iosue by which estates they were gouerned vntill Aristobulus vsurped both the title of king and chiefe sacrificator The base segniorie of y e Mecanicall people called Democratia wherin the baser sort as handy craftsmen gouerne in time of warre are gladly ruled by the worthy Captaine The most magnificent Triumphes first deuised by Dionisius or Dennis surnamed the free Father and imitated by the Carthagenians by the testimonie of Iustin onely were dedicared to the honour of the victorious Captaine But as the Romaines exceeded all nations of the worlde in power so in this glorious pompe they tooke awaye all possibilitie for men to bee more honored the circumstances howe euerie estate of the Common wealth did seruice and reuerence vnto the victorious Captaine howe crowned kings were lead vppe and downe as his Captiues howe that no magnificence that arte or mans wit could deuise was wanting the hundred part of the glorye whereof sufficed to glut the beholder All which particularly to reporte would co●●aine a greater volume then is appointed for my 〈◊〉 purpose In reformed gouermēts where excesse of Apparel was defended as in that of King Ferdinādoes who erected the Knights of the band and in the straight Commandement of King Phillip le Bel and with your fauour in the straight lawes and Proclamations of England Gold siluer and al maner of brauery is dispensed within Martial showes by reason of which apparāce of honor and reputation due and giuen vnto the Souldier a number of yongelings aduance their thoughtes and thirst after the like glory Of which alluremēt grewe the old saying Dulce bellum in expertis But if all his daungers distresses woundes and many times prodigall losse of life bee ballanced with his glory the grauer sorte will iudge his honorable reputatiō to be deserued or at y e least dearily bought how that he is bound to march in the depth of winter and the heate of Sommer to lye vpon the bare ground and which is worst to fetch his meate out of the Canons mouth or to sterue in the besieged towne with many deadly dangers which the toūg of him that hath felt them can deliuer better then my pen that haue but heard them The consideration of all these peri●s iustly moued the graue Senators with these magnificent Triumphes and honorable rewardes to arme their Souldiers with an invincible courage and yet w●th your patiēce they durst not put their honour simply vppon their Souldiers valiācy how resolute soeuer they were in execution the wise Senatours were fearefull to direct And certainly the religious Ceremonies that the Romanes vsed before they attempted any war reproueth the incōsiderate warres of many Christian