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A19966	The English secretorie VVherin is contayned, a perfect method, for the inditing of all manner of epistles and familiar letters, together with their diuersities, enlarged by examples vnder their seuerall tytles. In which is layd forth a path-waye, so apt, plaine and easie, to any learners capacity, as the like wherof hath not at any time heretofore beene deliuered. Nowe first deuized, and newly published by Angel Daye.	Day, Angel, fl. 1575-1595.	1586 (1586)	STC 6401; ESTC S119008	166,059	274

in the latine toong was so perfect his progression in the greek so excellent his skill and deliuery of forraign languages so wonderfull his princely towardnes in al things so rare and so plentifull as manie times moued al the regarders to admire him but foūd none of al his associats in the same exercises that were euer able to followe him Nowe if 〈◊〉 shall come to his riper years and how therein hee profited in the towardly exercise and vse of armes beseeming a Prince of so hie and expected admiration what could be wished in any one that in him was not fully accomplished So comly and with such vncontrolled dexterity could he sit ride and gouern his horse so couragiously and with such nobility could he welde and vse any weapon either at tilte barriers or turney with such hie and approued direction ordered he al his complementes to eyther of these belonging as did wel manifest the magnanimitie and worthines of his mind and what maner a one he wold afterwards become towardes the bewtifiyng of hys Countrey A more playne and euident demonstration wherof did at any one time in nothing so much apeare as euen then when he was yet in his minoritie For when there was remayning as yet no signe or token at al of manly shew in his f●ce being neuertheles of stature seemly and tall and of goodly constitution in hys body wel beseeming the yeares he then caried also attendant on the mighty king his father in the warres of Fraunce what thinges did hee there performe what weightie enterprises and those beyond all expectation would he vndertake in honour of his royall progenie was it not to to strange that beeing in comparison of yeares as it were a childe deuoyd of so confirmed and auntient graffed experience as beseemed the warres he vndertook notwithstanding at xviii yeares of age with halfe his fathers power by incessaunt intreatie vppon a most couragious desire of an euer thirsting glory committed to his leading with condition and charge eyther there to eternise his death by an euerlasting memory or backe to return agayn with triumphant gained victory to ioyn with the whole and mighty power of Fraunce and al the chiualrie therof wher to his immortal and surpassing hie renowne he attained vppon them by the permission of God a moste memorable tropheye But why dwel I in these slender discourses small God knowes in respect of those mightie conquestes by him afterwardes atchieued in deteining you from the sweete and ardent remembraunce of the rest If he being yet sequestred in yeares from any ripenesse at all when it was then to be supposed hee moste needed gouernment could by suche stately and inuincible valor so moderate his great and weightyest actions as to become at that verye instaunt so redoubted and famous what might wee deeme of hym afterwarde beeing once perfectly established in all kinde of manly directions but that of necessitye hee should by many degrees exceede and goe beyond the formost shewe of all hys excellencyes and the greatest expectation that might bee of all hys progressions and so vndoubtedly he did For beeyng once attayned to mans estate hee grewe immediately to become a Prince sage discreete polliticke and wise in all hys actions of rare and singuler circumspection and prouidence benigne and of all others most fauourable and courteous fortunate and euer inuincible in the warres liberall to hys followers and of a hye replenished bountie to euery one a verye Patron and defender of innocents absolutely fauouring always the right Magnanim●ous as touching his estate the high and weightie enterprises he took in hand exceedingly feared abroad woonderfully beloued at home mixing alwaies thinterchaungeable exercise of armes with continuall studie of learning Of suche exceeding modestie and temperance as is merueilous Insomuch as the king his father being heere in England when in the great fight of Poicters hee hadde discomfited and ouerthrowne in one day three mighty battels of the French and taken in the last of them king Iohn and his sonne prisoners he was not puffed vp at all with the honor of ●o● stately and triumphant victorie neyther grew he insolent vpon the same but entertained the king his son in his own tent so honorably and therwithal with so great nobility and surpassing courtesie as that hee neglected not to serue them himselfe at supper and seemed verely at that season in all thinges to haue bin reputed in hys own intendmenr as if he had neuer bene conquerour The shewe whereof so much encreased his incomparable bountie and so mightely honoured the estate of hys victory as that the king then confessed that to become the prisoner of suche a one it coulde bee no disparagment vnto so mighty a soueraigne as himselfe seeyng that hee was by the force of that onely ouerthrowe made companion of the greatest nobilitie that euer he saw Manie honourable partes could I heere inferre vn-you of him infallible arguments of his incredible modestie for long after this when this mighty Prince had atchieued so many and weighty honours throughout all Fraunce as the regard wherof made his name a terrour and his becke a commaund to compell theyr soueraigntie vnto his fathers obedience he was required by king Dampeter of Castile to help him agaynst Henrie his basterd brother who had then expulsed hym vnlawfully vsurped vpon his kingdom Wherupon hauing by the couragious endeuour of himselfe and hys knights and by their sole and only prowesse brought downe the vsurper and driuen him cleane out of the country albeit his strength was suche and the admirable fauour of the people so great as might easily haue inuited him there to the wearing of a crowne hee neuerthelesse of a high and noble disposition holding it far more honourable to make a king then to be a king so farre forth declared his temperance at that very instant not commonly happening vnto euery one especiallye in causes of a kingdome as that hee vtterly abstayned so much as to beare an appetite or liking thereunto but to hys immortall renowme placed and restored therin againe the true and lawfull inheritour of the same setling him according as was first intended to hys crowne and kingdome Could there my L. in any one haue appeared greater argumentes of magnanimitie Iustice Temperaunce then was remayning in thys Prince Was euer any more replenished with all kynde of excellencies then those wherewith himselfe was posessed And yet if continuall happinesse in all worldly attempts if neuer ceassing and eternised famous victories if the commendation and honour done vnto hym of his mightiest enemies if strength and glorye of hys country and honoured titles of his victorious father if confirmed leagues of diuers mightie Princes Confederates and Alies if feruent and of all others the most principall and ardent loue of his knightes subiectes and followers if all or any of these might

hee grew into such a frensie and consequently into so rank a madnesse that he sate swearing blaspheming crying cursing and banning and that moste execrablie hys lookes were grimme furious and chaunged hys face terrible his sight fiery and pearsing those that saw him feared it and they that heard of it durst not come nigh him In conclusion some that pitied him more then his deseruing grieued to see that they coulde not redresse in him caused a company to watch him others to prouide warme brothes and in conclusion vsed all meanes possible to comfort him But what can man do to preuent the secret determination of tha'lmightie For loe whylest all men lefte hym and eche one stoode in doubt of hym a companie of rattes vpon a soddayne possest his house hys tables his chimneyes hys chambers yea hys verye bedd and hys lodging vpon which about which they wer so bold as in the sight of the beholders they durst appeare and come before them and beeing stroken abode and wer killed and others come in their places what shal I say the sight became so vncouth as al men shūned ech one feared and none durst abide it whereupon the miser being left alone thus pitifully died The stench of his corps admitted neither dailight nor cōpany wherin to be buried Two only that were the cōueiers of him sickned vehemently and one of them died the other is yet scarcely recouered The matter hereof seemed vnto me so strange therwithal so importunate to warne vs of our actions considering how seuerely God punisheth when he is once bent to correction as I could not but deeply consider of weighing with my self that such as was hs life such was his death the one being hated of many the other not to be tollerated of ●anye The circumstance whereof referring herewith to your deepe consideration I do bid you hearily farewell WE haue not in the former Epictle so much endeuored to praise extol the incōparable worthines of a hie mighty Prince as the argument of this letter hath occasioned vs to discommend the person of a moste vile wicked liuer either of which haue bin the more amply set forth to th'end to manifest therby how much and wherin y e excellency or dignity of one thing may be either iustly aduanced or worthely condemned Now touching the deeds and actions of men In what sort they are to be preferred or disabled is also to be collected out of the places before remembred And herein it shalbe necessarie to call in question whereout the partes therof are to be drawne as from the body wherein is included either plentie or want of strength or actiuitie From the minde as whence ensueth Prudēce Iustice Fortitude or Temperance or y e coutrarieties thereof From fortune as where-fro is deriued Honour Worshippe or Wealth Out of all or some part of these doe proceede the weight and matter of any action as if the state thereof consisteth in bodely force I doe vse thereunto valor and strength if it rest in sway or gouernment I conferre therein Wisedome Iustice and Modestie if it be in causes of common weale bountie estate or liberalitie I herein applie Honour Worshippe Habilitie or Riches The action standing in regard of Pietie reputation Honour or fame for the conseruation whereof any one hath delte worthilie or wonderfully hereunto must we induce Fortitude whose propertie is stoutly to beare in whiche is contayned Magnanimitie to couet and aspire vnto thinges excellent and to contemne thinges base and lesse permanent Longanimitie constantlye and resolutelye to indure Patience meekely and willingly to tollerate Then Temperaunce the partes whereof are Modestye Chastitie Continencie Sobrietie and Meekenesse The Confirmation and Confutation occupyed in all which are gathered of Honestum or Inhonestum as I sayde before Vtilitie or Inutilitie Difficulcie or Impossibilitie Examples of these might be sorted diuersly as in the person of Dauid I coulde commend hys combate agaynst Goliath first ab honecto in that he beeing the seruaunt of God fought against a blasphewer also in his Princes quarrell and the defence of hys Countrey ab aequo because it is meete and conuenient that in causes so perilous the strength of eche one be applyed A necessitate insomuch as thereon depended the sauegard of the Prince and people Ab vtilitate for that he killing such an enemie brought to theyr own countrey peace quiet also braue the other part in subiection to his king and people A Difficili because the vndertaking thereof was so muche the more waightie by howe muche himselfe was as it were an infant agaynst a mightye Gyaunt vnarmed against him that was armed vnfurnished against him that had all maner of complementes of warre weake where the other was strong besides that the terrour of his challenge and hugenesse of stature had before daunted the armie and put them all out of conceite insomuche as the doubt was so generall as no man dared to vndertake the quarrell herein onely is praysed of bodily force his Actiuitie and nimblenesse of Vertues his wonderfull Magnanimitie y e by a couragious desire durst vndertake the same his affiance in Iustice and equitie of the cause His Pietie to God his Prince and country His Fidelitie whose lyfe was not spared when eche one drew back to be brought in hazard for all these Now in causes of sway and gouernement a man might be praysed for his great wisedome wherby in handling of some notable actiō in ambassage or consultation he hath onely by graue aduise industry discreet serch perswasiō or circumspection cōpassed waighty matters to the cōmon weale or thence anoyded huge imminent dangers Cicero in the coniuration of Cateline being a mightie ennemy against his owne city of Rome might herein be an excellent pattern who without stirring the people at al without any maner of bodily resistance or force of armes without passing by any priuate or indirect means did by the sole matter of his Wisedome weightines of speech forcible reasons enforcements rebukes and perswasions driue him cleane out of the Citie and being expulced to the common peace tranquilitie and suretie of the same did afterward by like demeanour industry and circumspection so preuent his purposes so circumuent his pollicies so turne him vpside downe as hee dared not he could not he shamed to perpetrate what so often he hadde sworne and so many wayes intended For some one rare singuler point of Iustice men also might be extolled as besides common expectation executing the same A president hereof might be the L. chiefe Iustice of England in the time of king Henry the fourth who was so strictly bent to the obseruation of Iustice as hauing one of the princes seruauntes arraigned before hym at the kyngs bench barre for a fellonie and being one that the young Prince greatly at that time of his youth fauoured The Prince came to the barre and at