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A03850	The nobles or of nobilitye The original nature, dutyes, right, and Christian institucion thereof three bookes. Fyrste eloquentlye writte[n] in Latine by Lawrence Humfrey D. of Diuinity, and presidente of Magdaleine Colledge in Oxforde, late englished. Whereto for the readers commodititye [sic], and matters affinitye, is coupled the small treatyse of Philo a Iewe. By the same author out of the Greeke Latined, nowe also Englished. 1563.; Optimates. English	Humphrey, Laurence, 1525 or 6-1589.; Philo, of Alexandria. De nobilitate. English.	1563 (1563)	STC 13964; ESTC S104304	130,119	392

hauinge thus on all partes raysed greate erpectation all noyse hushd and solempne sylence made sodaynly begyn to bleate with a harshe rustical and rude voice and mow with hys mouth and filthe lye wrye in and out his body Or how hisse we oute a wel apparayled plaier if counterfaiting a kinge on the stage he faile of his iesture speake yawning haue a sower and harshe voyce mysse his action or vse vnseemely iesture for so stately personage Doth not be then muche more abandone him selfe to laughter and contempt who abounding with all the gyftes god and fortune may geue placed by them in chiefe and swarming plentye lyfted to the highest tipe of honor His bodye decked and trimmed at all peyntes beareth about a rude rusticall and rough minde And with filthines of life defameth both him self and his auncestoures Wherefore more heedefull care muste parentes take for theyr childrens mindes then bodyes noblesse These are the parentes partes This the duty of learned teachers To vndertake this Noble and honourable charge of enfourming Nobility when eyther the parentes can not or wyllnot For nothing may they doe eyther for theyr renowme more glorious or for the learners profite more commodious or more appliable to the safetys and dignitie of theyr whole countrey For moste gentlemanlye wittes haue they whych poolished with liberall sciences may with theyr councel grauitie and wysedome singulerlye deserue of mankinde Rude and vnpolyshed become meanes of many dolefull Tragedies For the fruitfuller the soyle is the sooner waxeth it bushye brierd thornye thistied and weedye lyenge a whyle vnhusbanded So happs it in the Nobles pleasanter wittes without learning soone ouergrowen with filthy vyces So as boldened by blunt power blynde ignorance and vnskilful aucthoritye the mightier they be the rather not whereto they oughte but lyst they apply theyr power wherfore as rather we sowe the land that yelds most plenteous encrease to fede the greatest multitude then Antisthenes piddel scarsely suffising him selfe as singulerlye sayde Plutarche so is it no great matter to enstruct some priuate man lurkynge in a corner Coyninge Sillogismes in Soles chempalinge him selfe with Geometrical Cyrcles delued in some poore Coate and of no estimation or possessions But moste gloryous is the employed trauayle in teaching such one by whome not one only but many yea a whole common welth mayest thou profite In earing therefore this moste plentuous and fruitful plot busily toyle parents and maisters Herein sweate they nighte day to til the Nobles with learnyng sowe them with vertue weede them from vyce For of them selues cā they not withoute teacher learne As neyther the fruitfulst grounds yeld graine without tillage And the good yere as they saye not the soile causeth plenty nor the lyeng bounty or nature of the plotte but rather the fauour showers and rayne distilde from the heauens and diligent husbandrye So neyther here auayleth dyscente of stocke but enstruction Nor gentlemāly towardnes but education and the teachers trauayle For proner are they to euyl but they be taught aright Aristo Chius euel hearinge for reasonynge rechleslye with all men and admittinge all indifferently to conference answered godly as a good man wyselye as a louer of wysedome He would enstructe euen beastes yf they vnderstoode the talke that tendeth to vertue If a soueraygne wyse and learned Sage doubted not to professe to teache euen reasonles beastes so they coulde conceaue much more then ought the learned employe theyr councell trauayle and care to shape and forme a man And if a man how much more a Noble man who is on eyther part armed with aucthorytie eyther to ouerthrow or mayntaine a state For why alas choose bothe Fathers and chyldren rather to reste blynde then see Why rather to vse others eyes then theyr owne Where if possyble were they ought haue as percynge sight as Linx as plenteous as Argus Yea euen a hundred eyes to see theyr heauye charge why wil they as beares be led about byothers whōrather it behoued to leade others Why kepe they suche troupes of saylekes nayliks loiterers flatterers retainyng the whyle not so much as one learned man or teacher eyther for them selues their Chyldren or their whole familye but sithe wee haue sufficyently proued it theyr parte to see theyr Chyldren taught retourne we now to the maner of teachinge First therefore be bee taughte the arte of wordes then the practise of deedes that both he know how to frame his talke dyscretely wel and wisely and order and dispose his lyfe and doinges comely and consonant to vertue nature and gods wyll That these meates and bounds determine a Noble mans schoole it is manifest by Homere Sayinge one Phenix was alowed Achilles by his father Peleus to make him an Dratour of wordes and practiser of deedes Of the firste grounds of grammer and pryncyples of speache and talke I wil say nought Thus muche onely at this presente I warne he be with all spede prouided a maister both learned and godly For hardlye is it rased that is grauen in tender yeares As witnesseth Hierom wrytinge of the institution of a Noble gentlewoman to her mother Laeta in this wise A master must she be prouided of reasonable yeares fauteles life and learning Nor will any I thinke refuse to doe for his sister a Noble virgine that Aristotle did for Philyps sonne Whom for want of A. B. C. masters him selfe taught his characters Smal thinges without whom greater maye not stād ought not be neglected The very sound of the letters and first institution of prynciples otherwyse procedeth from a learned and vnlearned teacher Wherefore those onelye A. B. C. Masters must they banishe theyr housen For the same Hierom witnesseth Alexander in his maners and gate coulde not forgoe his master Leonidas faults wherewith though younge hee was infected Now muche more then must the authour of any vnsound doctrine or master of superstition be chased Prouyde therefore this learned and godly teacher A noble mans schoole and maner of studye after the precepts and rules of grammer moste briefely and compendiously abrydged and taught oute of some one not many auctours sith there is great diuersitie and confusion that the best Latine wryters folowe As the familyerst exquisitest and briefest of Ciceros Epistles Dialoges most delight that age And therefore Ciceros Cato or Lelius may they reade Hereto may certayne chose colloquies of Chastalio and Erasmus bee coupled Tymely to sowe the seedes of godlynes and vertue in theyr tender herts And Terence also but wyth ryper yeares and iudgement If any fylthe be entermedled let the trustie diligēce of the teacher remedy it vsinge sounder authours as tryacle to expelle it Nor truly would I yeld Terence this roome but for I saw Cicero somuch esteme him who toke not the leaste parte of eloquence of him As Chrisostom of Aristophanes the excellēce of the Attyke toung A poete neuertheles bothe nippynge in taunts and wanton in talke no lesse hurtfull to honestye But bee the

common wealth he tru lye must nedes be farre better prysed than all the rest In like maner who yeldes a Noble man either learnedder or better causeth not that one or a fewe become more helthefull but that many yea the whole commen wealth is the better and more sound This to do are two fortes of men requisite Th one to poynte and foreshewe the waye thother to folowe it foretold The fyrst ought to brynge diligence the other obedyence they not be aggrieued to teache the other not to disdaine to learne For painful teachers do in one workno vnprofitable seruice both to the prynce his subfectes the Nobles thē selues And the learners this gayne that they vauntage not all onely them selues but learne their deuoyre bothe in humble seruyce towardes theyr Princes and in honourable gouernemente ouer theyr people The fyrste forte therfore Teaching of Nobilitye fyrst to speake of them ought paynefullye to teache the nobles and often and glad ly to haunt theyr housen That learned by them they maye learne in all thinges wel to welde theyr liues and wisely to gouerne common charges that theyr life incurre no infamy but they perfourme theyr duties with the princes fauour and the commen commodity of theyr countrey There are in dede bookes alreadye ersant of the teaching and framing of princes but those preceptes though ofte they may be applyed and are in deede common to all men neuertheles ' syth other is the person of a prince other of a noble man one theyr estate as lordes other as subiectes The selfe same preceptes as to rulers and princes cā not alwayes feetly scrue thē Wherfore peculierly preceptes both ought and may be geuen theyin and that so much the rather as wher ther be but fewe kynges yet great and in maner infinite is the number of Nobles Princes also haue small traffike with the common people but these entermedle with them and vnder the commaundement and name of prynces welde the common welth at their plesure Further where kinges do fewe or no●th●nges them selues but credite to these the rule and as it were the raynes of the realme it happes many times they be not onely Princes lieuetenauntes and Agents but some times euen the lordes kinges of kinges So that as it were with their bytte they manege tourne thē as they please To conclude Nobilitye is also combred with his faultes which it be houeth it to knowe But knowe it shall not but it heare them Heare thē it can not but they be told Told they be not For wher the eares stand open to flattery there wont the gates to be closed to aduisement and truth And therfore commenly they se not their diseases wherewyth they are of custome combred and enwrapped but first they be openly printed So that thē selues may reade and by reading vnderstand them of wrytten bookes which frely roame and wander eche where and abashe not to tell the truthe It is therfore requisite there be some that may enstruct reforme them accordinge to the principles institutions of their aūcestors Now next to speake of learners in vayne teach they Nobilitie ought learne if these eyther heare not or necligently harken Wherfore as it is theyr charge to teach soundly so is it these mens to obey theyr teaching For if they strayghtly requyre and of duty chalenge of theyr seruātes to do theyr commaundements in trifeling toyes I will not say vnlawful sometime in deede impertinēt to any part of bliffull life them selues not to obey those that teache them faithfully such things as tend to the cōmodity profite as wel of the commen as pryuate welth cōcerne the health of their soules is the poynt of arrogant mindes and altogether dissolute Wherin by no meanes this our true and perfecte noble whom in this booke God helpynge we will frame shall once offend But this is chiefely to be sought that he remember what callyng and howe great a charge is cast and layd on him of God For such as are noble are cleare and bryghte on whom all mens eyes and countenaunces gase And therfore so they walke in the eies and sight of al men so are they viewed and pried at by euery one that no fact no dede of theyrs may be darke because of theyr Nobilitye Where others of the commen sorte styll lurke in darkenes nor almost see anye nor are seene of others A mole in the face stares and is apparent to all men In thother partes to haue a marke or mayme not so vnseemely For it is not so fightlye but farther remoued from the eies Faultes therefore in a noble man famous through the cōmendacion of his stock and linage are farre more haynous then in other of the meaner sorte As well because they are more seene and marked of all men as also for that euery man the nobler he is the lesse ought to be blemished with vices and more embelyshed with vertues Dron kennes what fober man denyes to be a grosse and filthy fault enough in all men But a poore knaue or a beggar to se dronke is neyther new nor rare So much the persō altereth the crime Why so For if a noble man sinne he offends hurtfully to the destruction of many and hales with him many mates both of his cryme and payne Small doubt it is but there were yea often amonges the Romaynes many cupshotten yea and sometimes plaine dronken Yet reade we dronkennes was onely vpbrayded to Cato and that for onelye one scape Yet onelye this his facte is bewrayed to posterity cōmunicated with al mē wher euen the double dronkennes of the other sorte is many times healed with silence and buryed with euerlastinge forgetfulnes For some thinges men weene lawfull for the commen sorte whych litle beseeme a Noble It is permitted them sometimes to toye to tryfle to dalye childishelye to obserue wakes and typple when most expedient were a Prince or Noble mā shuld be watchefull and sober The presydent most worthy memory of the Theban Captayne Eoamimendas I can in no wyse ouerpasse worthy of all Nobles that will steare in the common welth and trauayle in publike affayres and seruice to be worne in common talke imitated in theyr liues Who while the Citesens of Thebes gaue theym selues to feasting banketting and excessiue cheare was espyed by certayne his familiers walkinge sole-sadde and mourning to trudge hastelye to arme him thence to hie towards the city walles Which hereto he sayd he did the the rest might safelier be dronkē For otherwise if the captaines yf the princes yf the magistrates in commē bankettes should licenciously partake with the rest that Citye would soone berome as the same Epamirumdas other where sayd a flat and playne yarde and in maner a stage open to the reades and inuasion of all men Others eke are lycensed by commen consente to sleape But we read in Scipio slepe was erst muche noted where otherwise he was both a moste watchefull and

glistereth in the exercise and practyse of vertue These thus determyned syth sufficientlye it appeareth VVhat ma●●● thinge ●●ue No bilitye is what is the true pathe to perfect Nobilitye it remayneth we shewe what maner thynge it is and wyth what ornamentes of vertues it ought b● cladde Infinite were to exprects and orderly to recken the noumber and summe of at her vertues For all suche as seuered are in the rascall rable oughte generallye to foyne and thronge in a Noble man Onelye the generall kyndes it shall suffyce to shewe whereto Nobilitye oughte rayse theyr mindes and eyes and by theym as the rule of lyfe eramyne all theyr deedes and dutyes Whyche albeit for the moste parte they maye be also applyed to others yet as Erasinus in framyng a preacher Cicero an Emperoure and Oratoure recken certayne vertues not alwayes peculyer to theym but commen wyth others so wyll we God belpinge prescribe and assygne● certayne preceptes of orderynge noblye and honourablye the lyfe whyche if not altogether at least chyefely seeme proper to Nobles For of others neither is so great perfection requyred nor can they accomplyshe all for they wante the helpes the others haue and are not asigned to lyke watche and warde Wherefore as they beare other state place offyce in the commen welth so in teachynge and enstructyng them otherwyse oughte we proceede and farre vnlyke order and meane obserue Let vs therefore settle to it But thys notwythstand●nge shall be no newe institucion of Nobilitye inuented or Imagined by me but confyrmed The fyrste Chanell therefore of theyr dutye and fountayne of all wysedome is the feare of the Lorde Namelye the true vnstayned worship of God and sincere relygyon Wherwyth Noble men must euen from theyr cradles be seasoned I meane not that they learne onelye to knowe God For euen the Gentyles knowe hym and Hermes Pythagoras Socrates denyed not there is but one God And Plato confesseth the knoweledge wisedome and power of God moste certayne and the ignoraunce thereof manyfest blyndes and wickednes For the lawe establyshed first in Iewry and spreading frō Syon and Hierusalem to the Chaldees and Egipcians thence ouerspedde Afryke and Asye Whence deriued into Greece oute of Greece it was shypped into Italye Fraunce and other costes of Europe So as there is none whose mynde thys opinion of God hathe not pearced Of the Philosophers some doubted what he was But all affirmed he was Some termed him the being of all beinges and first mouer as Aristotle Others an euerlastinge minde and God as Cicero Nor any time was their any nation so rude or barbarous nor any one so farre strayed from humanitie and godlines in whose minde some forme and Image of this godheade was not grauen Alike superfluous is it to wyl them to feare to beleue god or pray to him For the euel feare the deuels beleue the Paynems praye As teacheth Hesiode When sleape thou list when firste thou wakenest pray The Gods to assiste the euer and that dave Needeles also it is to will them partake in ceremonies and church rytes with others For so much long since Isocrates wrate to Demonicus the infidels obserued who ordaind publike priuate and forreine sacrifices feasts wakes and plaies These toyes familier euen to the commen sorte and moste vnciuile people wholly ignoraunt of gods misteryes what nedeth to teache For Epicures godlesse persons blasphemers forswearers mockers and scorners of Gods Relygion if anye bee in this sorte I determyne no otherwyse then doggs from Sacraments or swyne from pearles to bee chased To whome this oure talke nor sauoureth nor belongeth But farre otherwyse bee oure Noble man instituted and learne hee not only to feare God as iudge but also to loue hym as Father And not onely loue hym but acknowledge Jesus Christ the cause and aucthour of this loue and reconcilemente Whome hee oughte beleue to bee God partaker of one selfe substaunce with the Father become man to haue taken fleshe of a wemlesse Virgine to haue walked in earthe in Seruile forme as man to haue taught proclaimd the new league made Caytifes and sinners iuste and blessed to haue redeemd wyth hys Crosse the forlorne Captyues to haue rysen from the deade ascended with hys fleashe lefte here a Sacrament of hys bloud and bodye And therein commended to vs the holye memorye of hys happye death and ensealed the same wyth a lyuelye and effectuall monumente as hys Sygnet To bee the onely heade of the church not absente but presente not deade but mouinge quycknynge and nouryshynge hys lymmes To bee also the husbande of the Churche whom hee credyteth not as strumpet to anye Vycar but relyeueth from heauen warrynge in earthe ruleth and enstructeth wyth hys spiryte To bee shorte to bee the onelye yea the onely and moste absolute Solycitour This Chryste not quartered but whole who swaloweth and embraceth by faithe is a godly Noble man Whom also hee oughte call on and reuerendlye worshippe and accordynge to knowledge honoure but onelye hym Not transferre hys proper honour to stockes stones or Sainets That hee assure hym selfe this is the true catholike religiō which kindleth not quē cheth our faith in him which aduaun●eth him debaseth vs and ours which referreth all giftes and receiued benefites to his grace abateth the pride of our fleshe the liberty of our wyll the merites of our workes the swellynge of oure nature Acknowledgeth hym onely kinge Prophete Byshop and all in all This must oure Noble man learne this must he redite and folow Who otherwayes hale hym whisper in his eares pernicious heresyes and phantastical opinyons muste bee shound not herd as proud and presumptuous persons selfe louers and estemers of theyr owne workes and worthines Who vaunt them selues Creatours Mediatours Sauiours Christs gods Who better then their lorde are scarse contented with a tryple golden crowne where he bare only one hit of thorne Humble christe requireth humilitie and condemneth arrogance But humblenes nor weneth her selfe worthy nor gloryouslye professeth to iustifie others but shieldeth her selfe with the shade of her lorde hovinge in hym not her selfe of whom as the Cananite woman or hongry whelp she beggeth some crumme of mercye With these instructions ought the minde of our young prynce be seasoned Whiche must bee sought not oute of mens decrees but holye wryte Whiche the Nobles them selues ought with searche and readinge see and not credytinge others eyes them selues knocke aske seeke to enter finde receiue Nor suffer them selues to be scorned of wycked pryestes feeter for a plough tayle then a pulpit The sounde and onely proofe of true relygyon is the conference and examinynge of dyuine Scriptures Wickedly therfore distinguyshed they who so firste fatherd it who termed some spirituall some laye men some temporal some seculer For who wanteth Gods spirite is not Gods The people therfore are spirituall the laye men spirytuall the Nobilytie spirytuall to flie the fruites of the fleshe fornication Idolatry like vices reckened

hitherto spoken Some duties also as erst I sayd they owe others and some respect must be had to the commen societie and generall corporacion of mankinde But albeit no mans safetie or commoditye oughte be neglected but all duties emploied on all men that all maye be wonne to Christe and God yet shall it be our laboure worth to determine what duties with whō chiefely they ought cōmunicate So muche at least as shall seeme in eche respect to this sort of men our purpose necessary Generallye in deede precepts maye be geuen the they do not to other what they nould feele them selues To loue their neighbours as them selues But these are appliable to al partes ef life and to al indifferently And spreade to largely through al degrees duties We wil note a fewe which chiefelye Nobilitye ought practise and vse towardes speciall sortes of men The first therfore they owe to God the next to theyr countrey Piety towarde their coūtrey For this is a reuerence and louing zeale grafted in eche gentle courage to wythe and wyl hit all good blisse and fortune Which is the common parent nurse and preser●er of all men Which pietie worthely honored the Romaines as a goddesse as it which contayneth all charities ●●●●s and frendships The lawe of God commaundeth to reuerence our parentes Whereby we entend not onelye reuerence due to those of whom we are borne but also that we are datters of many dutyes to our countrey which contaynes our parentes kinsfolkes frendes and familiers Wherfore sith it willeth theym to reuerence the firste it is consequente of necessity they honour the last whyche nurseth and cherisheth thē all in her lappe and armes Nor swarueth this affection from the meanyng and maiestye of the Scriptures Syth euen Paule wryteth he is vexed wyth great gryefe and incessant torment yea and wisheth to be accursed for his brethrē kynsemen and countreymen the Iewes to whome he was linkd onely by the bond of the fleshe and zeale of his naturall soyle and countrey But as al men are enforced by natural inclinacion to loue theyr countreye wherein they were borne and bredde so chyefely the Nobles who receiue more ample and large benefites of the fruytefulnes and bountye of the soyle then the commen sorte To whom moreouer they owe that bothe they be and are termed Nobles For in forren realmes that home noblesse is eyther vnknowen or not so hyghly prysed For truly within theyr owne territories and the limites of their countrey is the whole ornament of theyr Nobilitye bounded But these may profyte singulerlye yea farre more then the commen sorte Both quyete peace flourishynge and warlyke in warfare In peace if all theyr polecyes perswade not warre but peace yf they garnishe the same with counsayle wysedome and good ordinaunces yf all theyr laboures and sweates tende to the profyte of theyr countrey if they applye theyr endeuoure experyence and practise to the gouernement of the commen wealth yf they be disposed to ciuile societye and meete to continue amiable companye emonges men yf they can snaffle and brydle the lawelesse people yf they respecte not their owne but the commen commoditye if they quenche the flames of ciuyle warres not with armes but wisedome and counsaile if they reuiue sleapyng lawes if they settle iudgement if thinges decated and much misordred they sowder by lawe if they procure to spreade through all their regions christian religiō yf they referre wholy thē selues al their doings to the glory of god the cōmoditye of their commens the safetie ornament of theyr countrey and increase of theyr prynces honour Of warre what to councel I am not sufficiētly adusted For neuer gladly blowe I the warre blaste For the rage of 〈◊〉 and wrath of battell hurtful to all men vtterly disswadeth me to thinke almost any warre iust emonges christiās They must warre with vices with ambicion with selfe loue and be at defyance wyth pryde Which sorte of warre is both christiā and bloudlesse In this combat ought they fight euen to the knees in bloud For the conqueroures wherein is reserued in heauen an assured incorruptible crowne But mans yea christiās bloud to sheade not euer for iuste and weighty cause and while princes play as they say for balles or howesoeuer they raue to plague the poore cōmēs repugneth with nature reasō humanity wisedome diuine yea ciuile lawes Let such therfore as tender their coūtrey are of authority with princes perswade yea vneuen peace to disswade warre the vtter subuersion of all vertues the seede roote of al vices But it for mans sinnes such times happen that it please god with that plague to reclayme and chasten his whorynge roaming people remember they as whylome Pollux sayde to Commodus the emperour to be warrionrs not warre louers wise not willig captaines For this warlike practise florished alwaies chiefelye emonge those who were beset with enemies But euery coaste is fraught with foes Hereby the Romaines lengthned the boundes and limits of their empyre euen to this our Britaine Hereto were the Lacedemoni●s to prone euen plain warre cockes borne either to bidd or take battell Of them therfore manye abounded with warlyke praise yea guerdons prices and tryumphes were adiudged the valtaunt Hence the oken grasse wal citie and golden crownes Hence the prefermēt to degrees hence the many surnames hence their armes I mages pensions of the commentreasure hence the division of landetas to Cesars old souldiours the field Stellas to Sillas Velaterrane and Auentine and to others other Hence sprong in times past the name of knightes kept yet in England and otherwhere Hence almost al Nobility rose grewe as in touching the original therof we shewed tofore To thys labour namelye the practises of peace warfare I exhorted the nobles somewhat aboue when I touched they ought not saint forslowe their eutye in ydlenesse For worthely is Sardanapalus scorned as a rascal esseminat wo māly king Who chose rather amōgs womē to handle the distaffe spyndle then to weld weapon with men Agaynst whome when his lieuetenants Belochus and Arbaces made insurrection he with his womannishe trayne scarce she wynge his face in syelde filthylye fled And vnderstandynge the losse of the fielde threwe both him selfe and his a mids the tier Bringe therefore Noble men to the common welthe warlyke skill and Courage whyche teasd they may vtter agaynste theyr enemyes the Turkes and other infidels For sith hindes til the grounde Craftsemen cleaue to theyr craftes Preachers warde Churches with the spirituall sworde against the assaults of Sathan the Nobles muste in the shadow of their palaices and in peace practise and ponder these duties ere they leaue theyr walls and take the fielde whole laboure theyr countrey more properly challengeth thinketh both more commodious and necessary for her Nor vnworthely For they releassed of bodely trauayle weare not hand crafts greatlye and sythe they maye well spare them selues this leasure maye labour in these