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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

or to his booke who being one day in a mortall danger at Alexandria to saue himself he leaped into the water and uing a Booke in his hande he had such care thereof as he held that hande vpon his head and wrought for his life with the other Alexander the great was so addicted to Homers ●●iades as he appointed the most magnificēt Iewell boxe of Darius to keepe the same In the tyme vnder the reignes of the famous Monarks Captaines learning and learned men most florished The reason was the Leaders of Armies were great louers of learning Antigonus king of Macedone to bee instructed in knowledge by his Letter thus saluted the Philosopher Zenon The king Antigonus wisheth health to the Philosopher Zenon I know well that I passe thee in riches and fauours of fortune But I must confesse that thou farre passest me in the true felicitie which consisteth in the knowleadge discipline and study of the liberall Sciences and therefore I desire the accord that I may haue thy companie c. Alexander hearing that Aristotle had written certaine bookes of naturall Philosophie wrote vnto Aristotle in this maner Truly Aristotle thou dec●auest my desire in publishing of this speculatiue Philophie which I thought should properly haue honored myselfe For know thou I rather desire to exceede all men in knowledge and learning then in richesse and dominions Caesar wrote his owne Comentaries diuers other bookes Pirrhus the most worthy Captaine king of the Epyro●es that many times punished the Romanes wrote diuers bookes Especially one of the precepts of warre There were diuers worthy bookes found in the Tents of Haniball which he earnestly studied I might adde many other examples of right famous Captaines that were specially wel learned and to say trueth learning is the most pretious Ornament of a Souldier and the necessariest vertue Couradge hath obtained great victories But pollicie hath gottē wonderful almost incredible Prince Edward king Edwarde the thirds sonne by pollicie ioyned with manhood only with 8000. men ouercame king Iohn of France and his Army of threescore thousand men In which ouerthrowe king Iohn was taken prisoner and sent into England who seeing the graue Consellers that were attendant of the king Shooke his head and sayd These fellowes quoth hee were they that brought me into England attributing his ouerthrow to the graue directions of the kings Counsell The victorious king Henry the fift with lesse then fifteene thousand men whereof many were sicke and diseased with a pollicie of Iron piked stakes ouerthrew the whole power and flower of the Nobilitie of Fraunce The wonderfull ouerthrowes that haue beene giuen by politicke stratagemes which were euermore the directions of the learned and well studied Captaines doe in a maner commaunde Martiall Professors to hunt after newe Stratagemes and deuises to annoy the Enimie He that is studious and occupieth his leasurable times in working out of aduauntages is likely to hurt y e enimie more by his deuises in y ● campe then by fighting in the field Cicero was not naturally giuē to follow Armes as appeared by his saying Cedant Arma toge● yea● for that by his pollicy and wisedome hee deliuered Rome from the dangerous conspiracie of Cattiline He by dispensation was recompenced with the Crowne Ciuique The dangerous and mortall engines of warre were the ingenious deuises of y e learned Captains The Po●t Lucretius saith that in the beginning men only reuen●ed their cholor with scratching byting afterwards they fel to throwing of s●ones and to sight with truncheons of woo It was long before the hatred and malice of man founde out this pearceing Iron hid of the intrailes of the earth The AEtolians were the first that brought the Launce into the ●ie●de The Lacedimonians deuised the Sword and the Hachet The AEgiptians the Healmet and the shield Sci●us the sonne of Iupiter deuised Dartes and Arrowes Eusebius writeth that Moyses deuysed many engines of warre The Athenians inuented the Scorpion or Arbaliste but all these were light in respect of Gūpouder other Artillery Which some saye were inuented by an Alman whose name is not knowne and certainely worthyly as one vnworthie of memorie These being the engenious Inuētions of men there are no doubt more ●idden secrets to annoye the enimie which the study of the carefull Martialistes no doubt may worke out And considering that pollicie neuer so much abounded and mischiefe and iniquitie exceedeth the same So that to ouerthrowe confounde the enimie all feare of God and humaine charitie is banished Therefore to incoūter such furies the Souldier that fighteth in a iust quarrell in my opinion in the feare of God and Christian allowance may doe as the wise Phisitians doe expell one poyson with an other and yet with this Iudgement that milder courses be first attempted As before this most Christian and charitable succour which her sacred Maiestie annointed by gods prouidence to be the comfort of all Christian afflictions sendeth to relieue the oppressions of the long aflicted Inhabitants of the Lowe Countries hath beene effectually desired and lightly regaded And therefore you worthy Gentlemen which are armed in Gods and her Maiesties seruice for that your quarrell is grounded vpon compassion Iustice and polliticke iudgement for the safetie of your owne Countrey I hope which thousands desire you shall returne attired with your enimies ouerthrowe Which God graunt to his glory and your euerlasting honour Amen FINIS Reputation of a Soldier Millitarie Iustice. Viriat Arsases Agatocles Ptolomie Isicrates Eumenes Elius Pertinax Dioclesian Valentian Probus Aurelius Marcus Iulius Licinius Bonosus Tarquinius priscus Lamutius Tamberlaine Caius Marius Frauncis Sforce A straight lawe Alexanders Iustice. Iustin. Lib. 3 Tie●s 〈◊〉 lib●o 30 Crownes or garlandes giuē for proper seruices Obsidionale Pli. lib. 16 Aul. Gel. Lib. 5. Civique Murale Castreuse ●auale Honorable names giuen vnto the Romaine Captaines Monarchie Oligarchie Diodi Lib. 6. Pli Llib 2. Iustin. Lib. 1● The honorable reputation of a Souldier dearily bought The religious Ceremonies that the Romains vsed before the attempted warre Spes famae Solet ad virtutem impellere multos The working of fame Iustin. Lib ● Ioseph Bel. Iude. Hawles Cro. Needelesse desperatnesse not allowed Plut. devit Alex. The dangerous aduenture of Alexder The successe of Caesars dangerous aduenture The feare of god most necessarie for Souldiers Testament Millitarie Ioseph de Bel. lude Pet. Mesi. Plut devit Caesar. Clemencie a worthie vertue in a Souldier Clemencie of Augustus A difference betweene Tyrannie and Clemencie Caesars Clemency A Temple erected in honor of Caesars clemencie The clemencie of Alexander the great The death of Caesar reuenged by the common p●●tplc The vice of incontinency Continency a speciall vertue in a Souldier The Continencie of Alexander Darius prayer The Continencie of Scipio Pet. Mes. de Cho. mem lib. 2 Commendation of Scipio De vitae Scip. Temperance in dyet requi●●● in a Souldier Ease the spoile of a Souldier Alexander enemie to Idlenesse He must not bee idle that worketh for a Kingdome Plut. devit Ces. The Romanes punished and hated dishonorable Conquestes damnable pollicie● Obedience especially required of a Souldier ● seuere example The difference betweene rash and necessary bouldnesse An intemperat● parte Cowardlynes reprehended A pollycie to harden a Cowarde A sharpe example De Rep. Ang. Enuie a daungerous passion in a Souldier The Athenians remedie for Enuie An honorable kinde of Enuie 〈◊〉 a fault among the gre●●est A worthy example Disdaine a foule fault 〈◊〉 a Souldier A pro●itable example Originall of disdaine The seru●ce of Caesars ●arber Alexanders Boo●e of dayly rememberaunces A good Souldier ought to be studious in matters of Pollycie Pet. Mes. ●e 〈◊〉 ●end Plo● devit Cae●ar Prince Edwardes vict●rie The Battel of Agincourt is Fraunce Pli● lib. 7. cho 16. Lib. de prep●ratiō Euanget lique

be in all places reproued if he euery way approue not the same And albeit Sir the matter be in some sort perticuler yet as I haue sayde it showeth what hatred the insolencie of the Spaniard eng●ndreth where he ruleth which can establish no gouernment Besides by his lauish words it may be seene what hauock he would make if hee could execute his prowde desires But if the Englishman farre frō succour feareth him not in his owne dores I hope I truely prophesie his discomfiture vppon an euen hande I leaue the rest to the vewe of your best leasure and if according to the greatnes of your honorable desire you may haue libertie to aduenture your person in this honorable seruice I beseech God to blesse all your attempts ioyn●tly with all those that shall vndertake the same Your Worships by bounden dutie George Whetstone TO THE RIGHT Valiant Gentlemen Souldiers that are or shalbe Armed vnder the Ensigne of Sainct GEORGE In recompence of their worthie aduentures Heauen and euerlasting honor GOD with S. George Allon braue Gentlemen Set Speares in rest renew your auncient fame Rush on the Pikes the Cannon do not shen Your Ancestors with passage through the same This Prouerbe raisde among the French their Foes Vous es fi fier que vn Anglois The● art as fierce as is an Englishman The French still say and proofe the same did teach Turne you the french into Castillian it hath a grace in such a loftie speach Your cause is good and Englishmen you are Your foes be men euen as the french men weare The force of death that raiseth many feares In crauin harts which courage doe dispise Long liues the man that dyes in lusty yeares In actions where honour may arise And wherein may you honour more expect Then wronged men to succour and protect The Lyon prayes vpon the stoutest beast yet lickes the sheep the which the wolfe hath woūd So worthy mindes proude lookes that feareth least doth helpe to raise the wounded from the ground Like Lyons then the Armes of England shield Pray on your foes and pittie those that yeld I say no more but God be your good speede And send you hap which I did neuer taste And if this Booke you do witsafe to reade You cannot thinke your labour spent in waste VVhich doth containe the Morall rules of those That followed Mars in thickest preace of foes George Whetstone Of the honorable Reputation of a Souldier with a Morall Report of the Vertues Offices and by abuse the disgrace of his profession AT what time Ambition the Impe of miscreate Enuy vpon desire of Soueraigntie begat Warre Necessitie Inuentresse of all Pollicies Artes and Mecanicall Craftes deuised many Engines for Warre the vse whereof gaue first reputation vnto the Souldier who euer since hath beene honorably esteemed And although for difference of Aucthorities and Offices requi●it in Martiall gouernment There is Generall Lieutenant Coronell Captaine Ensigne Corporall c. Yet the hyest to the lowest only glorieth in the name of a Souldier Alexander Caesar and the greatest Monarques vsually cal'de the meanest Souldiers Companions Fellowes alwayes greeted them by such like familiar salutations Caesar would thus vsually incouradge his Souldiers Companions Frēds saue that by your Election I commaund there is no difference betwene you and me and therefore the meanest that best deserueth may one day steppe into my place A highe incouragement to bee valiant when valour by gouernment is able to raise a man from the Carte to be a Soueraigne Captaine And certainly Millitarie Iustice in Martiall Gouernment is more indifferent then Ciuill Iustice For the one taketh knowledge of euery man that is valiaunt and the other will scarre looke on a number that are vertuous And by this Iustice Millitarie Viriat the renowned Portugall that in many victories sheathed his sword in the Romains Entrailes was in his youth a sheepharde the sonne of a sheepharde Arsases king of the Parthians was a common beggers sonne yet in remembrāce of his great vallour and worthinesse after his decease they called the kings his successors Arsasides Agatocles the mangnanimous king of Cicile was the sonne of a Potter and in remembraunce thereof among other vessels of golde hee was alwayes serued with some of earth Prolomie king of Aegipt of whome the succeeding Kings were called Ptolomie was of base parentage The Athenian Isicrates the most illustrous in the Art Millitarie whome Artaxerses king of Persia oftentimes made Lieutenant of his Army against the AEgiptians was a Coblers sonne Eumenes one of the most valiant of Alexanders Captaines was a poore Carters sonne And albeit among humaine kingdomes none might be compared to the Empire of Rome yet by Martiall Iustice men of most meane rep●●ation became Emperours Elius Pertinax Emperour of Rome was an Artificers sonne The Emperour Dioclesian that illustred Rome with so many triumphant victories was a Scriueners sonne Valentian was a Shoomakers sonne The Emperour Probus was a Gardeners sonne The renowned Emperour Aurelius was of an vnknowne parentage Marcus Iulius Licinius and Bonosus which occupied both the Empire the one came from the Carte and the other from keeping of a schoole Many other were Emperous of Rome whose Auncestors were of no account which for breuitie I omit so that descending to kinges and meaner Princes whome this Iustice aduaunced Tarquinius Priscus king of Rome was a Merchants sonne of CORINTHE and banished his Countrey Servius Tullius the most renowned king of the Romaines who for his worthy victories triumphed thre times was the sonne of a poore seruaunt and therefore was alwayes call'd Servius Lamutius king of the Lombards was the sonne of a meane Harlot The mightie King Tamberlaine was in the beginning a poore sheephard The right noble Romaine Caius Marius who for his invincible courage and vertues was seuen tymes Consull of Roome came of a base parentage The most vertuous and valiant Captaine the father of Frauncis Sforce whose children and issue were of long tyme Dukes of Millan was a poore labourers sonne Many other by Martiall profession in which tyme Iustice was truly administred were in this manner from the lowest degree aduaunced to the hyest honour And that the basenes of parentage might be no blemish to those that deserued wel nor noble blood a preuiledge for those that did amisse the Gretians by a lawe sorbadde him the Tombe of his Ancestors that added not some glory to their Monuments Alexander the Great lying vpon his death-bed being demaunded who should bee his heire magnanimously answered the worthiest so great was the Iustice of his minde as hee preuiledged not his sonne Hercules his brother Arideus nor the Infant in his wife Roxanaes wombe before a straunger of better desart This regard and reward of good deseruinges were the causes of so many Illustruous Captaines in the auncient common