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A00941	A panoplie of epistles, or, a looking glasse for the vnlearned Conteyning a perfecte plattforme of inditing letters of all sorts, to persons of al estates and degrees, as well our superiours, as also our equalls and inferiours: vsed of the best and the eloquentest rhetoricians that haue liued in all ages, and haue beene famous in that facultie. Gathered and translated out of Latine into English, by Abraham Flemming.; Panoplie of epistles.	Cicero, Marcus Tullius.; Ascham, Roger, 1515-1568.; Fleming, Abraham, 1552?-1607.	1576 (1576)	STC 11049; ESTC S102286	389,703	458

I wi●…folow or peraduenture preuent your Epistle For I beare rule and gouernement not for my selfe but for my countrie and mine equals And surely he that is placed in authoritie doth euen then rule with moste iustice a●…d equitie when he repineth not that as well the lawes of the lande as also other magistrates in the citie should be his superiours Apollonius to his brother Apollonio ¶ THE ARGVMENT Hee writeth to his brother Apollonius whom being in sorrowe by reason of the late deceasse of his wife he comforteth giuing him counsell not to abiure or forsweare matrimonie by cause hee hath lost so good a partner and yoake fellowe but to marrie againe least by defection of issue their name should weare out of memorie ALthings that be in the worlde are of that nature and disposition that when they are at their ful ripenesse then are they most fit to fall away and pearish such a thing is old age to all men and wom●…n liuing ▪ whiche being not able to continue yealdeth vnto death Wherefore although you haue lost your wife of late yet be not therewithall grieued neyther be you of this opinion that life is a thing muche more excellent then death bicause it is reported to daunt the harts of men with terrour sithence among men indued with courage and valliauntnesse a life in all respectes is farre worsse then death Shew your selfe the cousen germaine of a Philosopher Pythagoras I meane in profession and propertie but be principally the brother of Apollonius and cease not to mainteine your familie by marrying a seconde wife For if in your first wife there had bene any qualitie blame worthy we would mistrust and suspect the seconde marriage and that meritoriously But if she were beautified with the precious diamond of chastitie if she towardes her husbande were most louingly affected and in consideration of such gracious behauiours deserued semblable kindnesse what then can créepe into your cogitations what thought can inuade our myndes that wée shoulde so despaire and be out of hope as not to get the like againe Sithence it is likely that she will do her ende●…our to be better then her predecessour bycause there i●… no occasion offered her ●…f slouthfulnesse in the other whereby she shoulde waxe carelesse negligent idle and yll occupied Let the case and estate of your brethren sinke into your consideration and what their condition is at this day prudently ponder The eldest hath not as yet bene acquainted with the swéete pleasures of wedlocke The youngest i●… in hope to haue children but the same consisteth vpon reasons and circumstaunces There are of vs in number thrée brethren to vs thrée no issue is raysed to this day Ou●… countrie may not be l●…ft frustrate and voyde of hope nor they whiche succéede vs lose that which hath béene long looked after For if we then our father are farre excellent as he also surpassed his syre what impediment is there to the contrarie ●…ut that of your bodies may be bred and borne childrē much better then vs their parents Let suche prouisoe●… 〈◊〉 be vsed that we may haue posteritie by whome th●… memorie 〈◊〉 our names may be mainteined in semblable ma●…er ▪ as they haue bene hitherto by our parents imposition I coulde not for aboundaunce of teares trickling downe my chéekes write any more touching this matter neyther had I any thing at all where abouts to occupie my penne answerable to this that I haue written in force and efficacie Apollonius to Euphrata THE ARGVMENT A commendation of Pythagoras in this Epistle is expressed for he maketh a r●…apitulation first of his knowledge in sundrie sciences liberal●… then of the ornamentes wherwith his minde was inriched lastly of his bodily abilities all whiche iuels they obteined that framed themselues to his profession I●… therefore the scholers proued so excellent what shall we thi●…ke of th●… maister WHo so vseth the companie and conuersation of Pythagoras it is a worldes wonder to consider the commodities and excéeding benefites whiche shall redound to his aduantage I wil giue you a taste of them in a brief summarie He shal attaine the knowledge of making lawes He shall learne to be skilfull in the art Geometrical Arithmeticall Musicall Cheyrurgicall Physical Astrologicall and in all pointes of the science of diuination or Southsaying hée shal be wel experimented Yea besides the within named professions he shal be benefited with thinges of more excellencie as with Maiestie with magnificence with constancie with eloquence with an assured iudgement concerning the Gods immortal and not with an erronious opinion whiche is so farre from beautifying that it blemisheth he shal be furnished with a certaine knowledge of celestial spirits and not carried away with vaine persu●…sion He shal not couet excesse but shal be directed with a minde of it selfe contented with perseuerance with frugalitie or thriftinesse with no superfluitie of things necessarie with quicknesse of the senses with nimblenesse with drawing breath without impediment with a good colour and complexion with soundnesse and safetie with contempt of life though it be pleasant and likewise of death although it be terrible Now to come to you what shall they reape that frequente your fieldes They shal gather such gleaning as agrée with your haruest namely the same vertue wherwith you are iudued shal be to them aduantage Pythagoras to Hiero King of Sicylie ¶ THE ARGVMENT Hiero king of Sicylie sending for Pythagoras is in this Epistle answered with a flatte denyall The reasons that the Philosopher vseth are all borowed from abuses in whiche ●…ee praiseth a competent kinde of liuing suche a one as he himselfe loued and discommendeth a lasciuious life wherwith Hiero was delighted The Epistle is worthie to be cōmitted to memorie and more woorthie to bee p●…t in practise THe life that I lead is not acquainted with care but established vpon tranquillitie as for yours there is no circumstance wherein with mine it is consonant or agréeable A man addicted to temperance and not in subiection to the rage of his perturbations néedeth not the Syracusane dein●…ie iunckets Pythagoras hath al things in sufficiencie wher vpon to liue at all times and in al places competently The seruice that an vnderling or he that is boūd to obey oweth to his Lord and maister is neither greeuous nor tedious specially to them that are already instructed by honest custome and vse to acknowledge submission and to doe reuerence Moreouer a minde satisfied with his appointed lotte is a thing of great account hath passing priuiledges of libertie from imminent aduersities and daungers For that one and onely minde hath neuer an enimie to lay traps and traines as instruments of further mischiefe Wherefore it foloweth of necessary consequent that such a life approcheth moste nigh to the nature of the Gods in semblaunce of properties Furthermore vnblameable affections and a constitution or state of the minde framed to the right rule of

antiquitie or auncientnesse * Whether his r●…susal deserned com men●…tion or reprehension shal rest for mee in controuersie * 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 an 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 due order * An affection not proper to younger vvitts only but oftē times also inci dent to more settled heads * Commendation wonn●… by desarte * A proper pleasant comparison * Or in the glosse of their glorie and the blemish of their beautie that is when they were most famous and when the prosperous vpspring of other writers was an occasion that his wonted worthinesse withe red and wasted * By this Allegorical speach he meaneth nothing else but that Lōg tooke more vpon him thē he was able to performe in imitating Tul lie * Some Gentleman and frend of his * Or hauing ●… gainst mee some conceite of displeasure for my delaying and putting of my let ters c. * Whome in the beginning of his epistle he nameth * An earnest protestati●…n ●…o giue testimonie witnesse of his hartie affectiō and kindoes * Or that if a Christian mās minde may be contentable * Or I found felt my self much grieued with the expectation and hope of your comming * A man of great fame worthinesse tho●…ough the notable learning knowledge wher●…with he was indued * O●… galleries ▪ both interp●…etations are tollerable * Beelike they were not farre distant one frō another * You haue ta ken paines at your studie in times past very diligently but the order of your style and phrase gi ueth euidence of your exceding earnestnesse therein presently employed * In which two fingular 〈◊〉 requisi●… 〈◊〉 a Rhetorician C●…cero excelled 〈◊〉 writers of all ages * In wh●…t respect Longolcommendeth Cicer●… * A rare gift and therefore deseruing peculiar prai●…e * Tullie hee meaneth of whome and touching whō hee hath commendably written * He ●…cheth certaine specialties conteined and mencioned in his friends letter * Or being disposed to his booke the loue of 〈◊〉 * By that clause he mea neth nothing els but that in lea●…ning is no loathing except it be in a loytere●… * A protestati on of heartie goodwill and friendly af●…ection * The situati●…n whereof to gether with the auncient descent of the people there inhabiting ▪ i●… to be read in euerie geog●… pher * Though ●…he seede ostentimes vpon things of gr●…t 〈◊〉 and vncerteintie * A citie in ●…talié now called Padua foū ded by Antenor a Troian Duke whose aūcient tumb or sepulchre is there remai ning to bee seene * Matters of necessitie belike for so it may be con iectured * He meaneth the P●…in whos fauour this Sa doletus was and might therefore doe much in his friendes be●…lfe * with goodly vertues to the increasing of your honour and noblenes * O●… wherein you haue shewed manifest testimonies as●…urances of your valiauntnesse * Bycause in both your excellencie appeareth to the admiration of a great number * The head body of the whole Vniuer sitie * Which is both honest honourable * In this clause the sum of their request is com prised * He meaneth the vniuersitie in the behalfe of the which he wrote this letter * Among the number of whome you are to be reckoned * For learning maketh full satisfaction in time to al her benefactours sauourers and aduauncers * To bring that to pefecti on which you haue attempted begun * For as the bright beams of the sunne driueth away darknesse so doth learning chase away ●…g noraunce * Diuers excel lent epistoliographers haue vsed this ky●…d of beginning and among all other that I haue read and remember Erasmus to sun drie Gentlemen c. * He meaneth for the increse of knowlege it is not other wise to be vnderstoode * An opinion then which a more absurd and repugnāt to reason can not be mainteined * The line next and immediately before going sheweth the sense and mea ning of that allegorie * Or wherein you haue wel and wisely pro ●…ided * The cōme●… tariographer he was called Iulius of the mou●…th Iulie wherin he was made L. Dictatour or bycause in that moneth he was borne as it is reported * A noble Ro mane of whō Atheneus som what largely writeth * The Queenes maiestie that now is God prosper and preserue her high nesse paineful and studious at her booke a notable example not lightly to bee regarded * The praise of the quenes ▪ maiestie still continued for the varietie of her goodly giftes in ●…undrie toungs languages * An effectual persuasion grounded vpon a speciall and singular example * Sithenc●… your progeni●…ours were fauourers and furtherers of learning and lea●…ned men * The commendation of a worthy gentleman * He turneth his talke to the Earle of Leycester ▪ wherein is much matter to be marked ▪ * He meaneth the Queene●… Maiesti●… * For at the same time hee was embassadour into Fraunce as the title of the Epistle importeth * The life of man euen frō his infancie to his decrepite age ful of variablenesse miserie * For there is no striuing against the streame Gods ordinaunce fore appointment none is able to resist * Death the port or hauen of peace and quietnesse * So ●…hall the fort of our friendship familiaritie re main inuincible * He discommendeth thē that cause the pictures of their predecessours and of such as thei loued when they were aliue otherwise to be painted thē they bare semblance or likenesse * The right vsing and well ordring wher of procure great inc●…ease of learning knowledge * Or there is no disagremēt betwene your opinion and mine O●… you thinke one thing and I thinke the ve●…ie same * To beleeue no further thē I see the next and ready way not to bee deceiued * By the ingemination and twice repeating of one thing ●…ee signifieth the pas sion of his ●…inde * By this exclam●…tion hee testifieth how hartily he loued her highnes so ought ●…l subiectes to doe bee their degree neuer so hautie and hono●…rable * There to weare a crown of immortalitie blessednes and euerlasting feliciti●… Amen * Because of yo●…r Maiestie i●… th●…t you are a Queene c. * Because you are fauou rable l●…berall v●…rtuous c. * The experience and triall of her highnes●…e bo●…ie min●…stred vnto his h●…art ●…at bouldnesse and considence * Or o●… bodie and mind ●…or so the wordes may in mine opinion not vnaptly be interpreted * Noblenesse of witt singularitie of ●…udgment cōmended in her 〈◊〉 * A detection of his owne opinion 〈◊〉 vpon the examples before going * Whic●… are so fa●…re from being to bee found in your Grace that the contrarie is of you imbraced and followed * Because you ha●…e not your equal neither yet your superiour * A familiar vsuall conclusion o●… well wishing * Note his necessarie consequēt

alwayes either in griefe or else in feare and at that stay are wee like to continue still till that last lightsome day be come which into the harts of the rascal rablement striketh sadnesse and terrour but contrariwyse filleth the mindes of good men and ●…uch as bee wise in deede with all ioy and pleasauntnesse God of his infinite mercie preserue and kéepe at all assayes my most excellent matchlesse mystresse by whose death chaūce when it shal chaunce the ●…lower of all womankinde shall fade and England shall haue a most dolerous wound yea a wound irrecouerable and smarting with continuall anguish This I leaue to you that bée of younger yeares as for mee I am in great hope that after I haue waded out of the woes of this world ful of wret chednesse I shall méete her in heauen Commend mée to your good wife From Brugesse the 15. of the Calends of Iulie Fare you well M. R. Aschame to the Queenes maiestie his souereigne Ladie Elizabeth by the grace of God c. ¶ TH●… ARGVMENT Writing to the Queenes maiestie hee beginneth very Rhetorically with a comparison of he●… highnesse wherewith hee was discouraged and her goodnesse whereby he was imboldened to write to her maiestie Hee toucheth himselfe vppon consideration of duetie to bee 〈◊〉 to hi●… gra●…ious prince Hee m●…keth mencion of two thi●…ges namely knowledge and dignitie a goodly accouplement which in her maiestie are not wanting hee sheweth that the one should bee ioyned with the other which hee proueth by examples as well Poeticall as Historicall and that doeth hee in breuitie Lastly hee co●…cludeth with a short exhortation and a prayer MOst excellent Ladie Elizabeth I haue laboured long in doubtfulnesse of mind whether I should be more discouraged in consideration of your hignesse or more imbouldened in respect of your goodnesse to present you with an epistle But after I had made vp my full reckoning accompt throughly considered how mindfull it hath pleased you to be of mée in mine absence and what singular gentlenesse and courtesie I haue tasted oftentimes in presence I did rather choose to bée accused of writing out of season then to bée conuinced in any point of vnthanckfull silence and I am better content that my too much duetie should be reprehended then as one that is toungtyed to be reproued sythence I am most assuredly persuaded that my letters are so farre from béeing combersome to your highnesse that they cannot but bée welcome to your goo●…nesse And although I haue in●…nit occasiōs wherein to occupie my penne touching your maiestie yet do I nothing with a more towardnesse and readinesse of heart then in shewing mée selfe glad and ioyfull for your sake in that I sée you daily busied in beauti●…ing and making more glorious those so great incompar●…ble ornaments of Fortune and Nature with such vnbatterable bullworkes and singular safegardes of learning wherby whether your true renowne shal be the more inlarged or the worthines of your capacitie together with your vnknowne diligence by the report of all people more commended it is a matter of doubt and vncertaintie And although thi●… your maiesties purpose and intent in coupling excellent knowledg with passing dig●…ie hath as I am net ignorant Plato the famous Philosopher for an insample and president yet neuerthelesse thus much I doe know and I may bouldly affirme it for a trueth that through your owne noble wit and singular iudgment you prospered excéedingly that by the conference which you had with y most worthie gentlewomā the Ladie Champernowne you were also much furthered and that by the preceptes and instructions of my G. Grindall you reaped no small benefite and aduauntage Wée read recorded both in true histories and also in ●…eigned poesies that before the age in which Plato liued euerie notable and vertuous Prince tooke vnto them one Philosopher or other in wysedome and iudgement famous to whose counsells and aduertisementes they applied themselues thorough the whole course of their life accustomably This to be no vntrueth the fabulous inuentions of Poets testifie saying that Iupiter vsed the aduise of Prometheus and Agamemnon of Nestor By histories also the same is to be verifyed for it is read that Hiero vsed the counsell of Simonides and Pericles of Anaxagoras whereby wée haue to learne this frutefull lesson as well I meane by the excellent déedes of most noble Princes as also by the wyse and graue preceptes of profounde Philosophers that nothing ought to bee of more accompt and estimation then that power and principalitie should be alwayes linked to singular knowledge and great learning And to what end are these words spoken not as though I séemed to withdrawe you from lingering delayes but rather to incourage you in your voluntarie towardnesse readinesse in running the way to learning and to giue you now that you are euen at the end of your worthie race as it were with shouting clapping of handes in token of excéeding ioyfulnesse your deserued praises In which notable course of commendation and renowne there are none with whome you should contend and striue for maysteries victorie and triumph but with your owne peculiar person As therfore most gratious Elizabeth you haue done alreadie so continue perseuere that you may daily outgrow your selfe in dignitie and excellencie and that through the glorie of your lerning and singular knowledge the noblenesse of your byrth may bée the more renouned then which worthie déede nothing can better beséeme your royall estate nothing can bée more wished and desired of such as beare your Grace goodwill nothing can purchase greater praise in the iudgement of this present age neither can any thing be left more of force and effecte to sett the mindes of such as shall liue hereafter by succession of yeares more a museing The Lord Iesus prosper and increase your highnesse from day to day in vertue knowledge noblenesse Amen M. R. Aschame to Syr Th. Smithe c. THE ARGVMENT Hee maketh a commemoration or rehearsall of such notable benefites as Syr T. Sm receiued by and thorough the bountifulnesse and liberalitie of the Vniuersitie of Cambridge hee meaneth not corporall benefites benefites I meane belonging to the body but inward benefits of the minde as learning knowledge c therevpon inferring a persuasible reason ●…o moue him to the perfourmaunce of deserued du●…tie IF you be the man right worshipfull on whome this Uniuersitie of Cambridge hath bestowed all her abilities if it hath practised vppon you all dueties of reuerence and godly affection if it hath furnished you with all kinde of knowledge and learning with all manner Iuells and ornamente●… of her Commonwealth if shée haue sowed in you onely and aboue all other the séedes of her renowne if in you especiallyshée hath fixed the affiaunce of her safetie and good estate Go to then thinke and consider with your selfe what you are bound to pay

throughout England generally conceiue and haue of the issue of your body we beséech your maiestie that it would please you to take cōpassion vppon vs in this our lamētable cas●… most wretched succourlesse by the swéete comfortable triall of your moste gratious liberalitie restore vs againe to our perfect estate and libertie The Lord God almightie most merciful so incline and turne your maies●…ies hart to pittie for the 〈◊〉 a●…d auaile of vs poore prisoners in distresse y wee may with the prophetical prince and princely Prophe●… Dauid first to God omnipotent then to your highnesse sound this sacred sentence Propter vocē gemitū pauperū nunc exurgam di●… dominus at the voice mourning cōplaint of the poore cōsort lesse I wil arise saith the Lorde Wherefore suche hope as we ought to haue in this so happie a day or in you so blessed and gratious a Prince we are bolde to builde vpon promising and persuading our selues in hart that the thing which with such earnes●…nes is desired shal in semblable maner be obteined The Lord God graunt you a long life many children a prosperous Reigne in this Realme of England Power and Dominion ouer the world vniuersall also preserue your highnesse in perpetual happinesse Out of bondes and imprisonment the 18. of Aug. 1554 FINIS ¶ Thus farre out of Maister Gualter Haddon and Maister Roger Aschame with whose Epistles we will end this our Panoplie * The names of those cunning Gardeners which did sett and sowe these flowers are conteined in a Catalogue in the beginning of this booke not vn ceslarie to b●… vnderstoo●… ▪ * Hope maketh men har ●…ie and ventu●…ous * Pleasant obiectes can not but comfo●… and delight the sense●… ▪ * A particular rehearsall of a fewe goodly countries wherein these flowers grewe and prospered * Plinie in pro log lib. 1. Statius lib. 1. Syluar and diuers other * Exhortatorie Accusatorie Interces●…o rie Commendatorie Excu●…atorie Congratulatorie Responsorie Consolatorie Criminatorie Nunciatorie Lamentatorie Mandatorie Laudatorie Conuictorie Obiurgatorie Interrogatori Dehortatorie c. reade Li●… Sophiit●… De epistolarum characteribus * The varietie of methode in this Panoplie of Epistles * Honestie ple santnesse and loue ▪ are the causes of kynd nesse and the special allurements why we couet to be to gether * Of Caesars acquaintance * He meaneth Pompeius * Caesars armie * Yea though the condition we●…e scant honest * Caesar tooke one part Scipio another and ●…uba the king * He supposeth that both their victories will smell of crueltie * When the common wealth was glorious * In that wee are 〈◊〉 to Caesar. * For he is of op●…nion th●…t our my●…des or soules are immortall which he pro●… i●… his booke of old age so intituled * Of the coūtrie Asinia * Whose vnfaithfulnesse we haue in great suspicion * When he was forced to for●…ake his ●…ountrie * For in time of necessitie true frendship is more effectuall * Hee is pleasantly disposed calling him Lawier not as though he were one in deede but as though he gaue him the name for affec tions sake * Alluding to the basenesse of his petigre as though he were maruellous destitute of alliaunce acqu●…intance * Whom neither man womā nor child knewe but his dog alone * An excuse with a testimonie of his beneuolence * He sayd not more diligent but more quicke and speedie to the intēt he might rather excuse thē commend him selfe Epi. ●… Lib. 5. * The second part of the Epistle * The thirde part or portiō * He commen deth and exhorteth together bycause exhortation shuld be rempered with cō mendation Epi. 12. Li. 15. * The fourth part or member * For he wa●… foure and fiftie yeares old when he 〈◊〉 this letter * Three kynd of Epistles or letters * Bycause of the ciuil wars and contentions * Mening the morall vertues wherewith we win credite to our selues and commoditie to the state of our countrie * Ouer the which he had peremptoric gouernment and iudiciall authoritie * By translatition for hazard of life goods aphrase very vsuall * Ciceroes accustomed clause to Curio for whose nature he well knewe ouer him was hee careful lest he should be dānified * The first wordes detect the desire of the Petitioner * Where Curio was in office of the Quaestor * An insinuation or close entrance to his petition * Marke his modestie * Priuie commending of his merites * In requiring is dutie in defireing is desart * Frō hope of making recōpence * Wherevpon Milo spent three whole patrimonies or inheritances * For the friendly vsage which he hath shewed vnto me * From the person of Curio * When you spared no paines in restoring me to my natiue countrie * Honestie learning are linked together to giue vs to note that vnlearned honestie or vn ho nest learning are not much cōmendable * Pleasantly spoken in the praise of Coelius for the no table qualities of his mynde * These wordes import some matter of efficacie * Somewhat a more milde speach then if he had said ac cused you * For in aduer sitie doth vertue and prowesse most flourish * That there may come none to Rome to giue euidence against you * For then al my frendly of fices and duties shal seme the more forceable by reason of my noble name and title imperiall * Cicero his Embaslad our 〈◊〉 Epistola 4●… * That he might do what hee coulde to stay the comming of any to Rome to witnesse against you * He vseth the like wordes to Plancus Epi. 1. Lib. 10. * This he added to the end he might seme not to haue loued him only for commodities sake Dolabella * And one whome hee knew to loue you exceedingly * He made boaste that that accusation was mainteined by Cicero because at the same time he married his daugh ter * It is the point of folly to shew a will to hurte him whom thou canst not for thy hart by any meanes annoy * Very wittily spoken because he regar deth friendship when hee cōmaundeth and hath an cie to the law when hee valueth * From his owne person * From the person of Ap pius * From the signe of an vn thankefull minde * From his constancie * Going toward the prouince * From that whiche is profitable * Specially Pompeius Brutus * From semblance of desires other circumstances * From the opinion of the people * He meaneth the Augurship wherein they were both Ge rents at one time * From the person of Cneius Pompeius * Specially at the warre had against king Mithridates * Because it was suspected that Milo killed Clodius by the counsell of Cicero * Lycaoni●… was a peece of Ciceroes dominion * In the Prouince which thinges dooe pertaine to the purgation of Appius whom Dolabella