it better with wicked whore dome and inceste to prouide for their posteritie than to suffer their stocke to die for euer and wil not you with honest Godly and châ—ist Mariage whiche shalbe without trouble and turne to your greate pleasure haue a regarde to your posteritie most like elles for euer to decaie Therfore let them on Goddes name folow the purpose of chaist Hippolitus let them lyue a syngle life that either can bee maried men and yet can gette no children or els suche whose stocke may be continued by meanes of other their kynsfolke or at the least whose kyndred is suche that it were better for the commune weale they were all deade than that any of that name shoulde be a lyue or elles suche men as the euerliuyng God of his moste especiall goodnes hath chosen out of the whole worlde to execute some heauenly office wherof there is a marueilouse smal nomber But whereas you accordyng to the reporte of a Phisicion that neither is vnlearned nor yet is any lyar are lyke to haue many children hereafter seeyng also you are a man of greate landes and reuenues by your auncesters the house whereof you came beyng bothe right honourable and right auncient so that you coulde not suffer it to perishe without youre great offence and greate harme to the commune weale againe seeyng you are of lustie yeares and very comely for your personage and may haue a maide to your wyfe suche a one as none of your countrie hath knowen any to bee more absolute for all thynges commyng of as noble a house as any of theim a chaiste one a sobre one a Godlie one an excellent fayre one hauyng with her a wonderfull Dowrie seeyng also youre frendes desyre you your kynsfolke weâ—e to wynne you your Cosyns and aliaunce are earnest in hande with you your countrie calles and cries vpon you the asshes of your auncesters from their graues make harty sute vnto you do you yet holde backe do you stil mynde to lyue a syngle lyfe Yf a thyng were asked you that were not halfe honest or the whiche you could not wel compasse yet at the instaunce of your frendes or for the loue of your kynsfolke you woulde be ouercome and yelde to their requestes Then howe muche more reasonable were it that the wepyng teares of your frendes the hartie good wil of your countrie the deare loue of your elders might wynne that thyng at your handes vnto the whiche bothe the lawe of God and man doth exhorte you nature pricketh you forwarde reason leadeth you honestie allureth you so many commodities cal you and last of all necessitie it selfe doeth constraine you But here an ende of al reasonyng For I trust you haue now and a good while ago chaunged your mynde thorowe myne aduise and taken your selfe to better counsell ¶ Of Exhortation THe places of exhortyng and dehortyng are the same whiche wee vse in perswadyng and dissuadyng sauyng that he whiche vseth perswasion seeketh by argumeÌ„tes to compasse his deuise he that laboures to exhorte doeth stirre affections Erasmus sheweth these to be the most especiall places that do perteine vnto exhortation Praise or Commendacion Expectation of al men Hope of victorie Hope of renowme Feare of shame Greatnesse of rewarde Rehersall of examples in all ages and especially of thynges lately doen. PRaisyng is either of the man or of some deede doen. We shall exhorte men to doe the thyng if we showe them that is a worthy attempte a Godly enterprise suche as fewe men hetherto haue aduentured In praisyng a man we shal exhorte hym to go forwarde consideryng it agreeth with his wounted maÌ„hode and that hetherto he hath not slacked to hasarde boldely vpon the best and worthiest deedes requiryng hym to make this ende aunswereable to his mooste worthie begynnynges that he maye ende with honour whiche hath so long continued in suche renowme For it were a foule shame to lose honour through folie whiche hath been gotte through virtue and to appere more slacke in kepyng it than he semed â—arefull at the first to atteine it Againe whose name is renowmed his doynges from time to tyme wil be thought more wonderfull and greater promises wil men make vnto them selues of suche mens aduentures in any commune affaires than of others whose vertues are not yet knowne A notable Master of fence is marueilouse to beholde and men looke earnestly to see hym doe some wonder howe muche more will they looke when they heare tel that a noble Captaine an aduenturouse Prince shal take vpon hym the defence and sauegarde of his countrie against the ragyng attemptes of his enemies Therfore a noble man can not but go forwarde with most earnest wil seyng al men haue suche hope in hym and count hym to bee their onely comforte their fortresse and defeâ—se Aâ—d the rather to encourage suche right worthie we may put them in good hope to compasse their attempte yf wee showe them that God is an assured guide vnto all those that in an honest quarell aduenture them selues and showe their manly stomake Sathan hym selfe the greatest aduersarie that man hath yeldeth lyke a captiue when GOD dothe take our parte muche sooner shal al other be subiecte vnto hym and crye Peccaui for if God be with hym what matereth who be against hym Nowe when victorie is got what honour doeth ensewe here openeth a large fielde to speake of renowme fame and endles honour In all ages the worthiest men haue alwaies aduentured their carcases for the sauegarde of their countrie thynkyng it better to dye with honor than to liue with shame Againe the ruine of our Realme shoulde put vs to more shame than the losse of our bodies should turne vs to smarte For our honestie beyng stained the paine is endles but our bodies beyng gored either the wounde maie sone be healed or elles our paine beyng sone ended the glory endureth for euer Lastely he that helpeth the nedelesse defendeth his poore neighbours in the fauour of his countrie bestoweth his lyfe wil not God besides al these place hym where he shall lyue for euer especially seeyng he hath doen all these enterprises in faith and for Christes sake Nowe in al ages to recken suche as haue bene right souerayne and victoriouse what name gotte the worthie Scipio that withstood the rage of Annibal what Brute hath Cesar for his most worthie coÌ„questes What triuÌ„phe of glory doth sounde in al mennes eares vpon the onely namyng of mightie Alexander and his father Kyng Philippe And now to come home what head caÌ„ expresse the renowmed Henry the fifte Kyng of Englande of that name after the conquest What witte can sette out the wonderful wysedom of Henry the seuenth and his greate foresight to espie mischiefe like to ensewe and his politique deuises to escape daungers to subdewe rebelles and mainteyne peace ¶ Of mouyng pitie and stirryng men to shewe mercie LIkewise we may exhorte
the Sonne who euer kepeth one course in speakyng of incoÌ„staunce to showe the Mooâ—e whiche keepeth no certaine course Againe in younge Storkes wee may take an example of loue towardes their damme for when she is olde and not able for her crooked bil to picke meat the youngones fede her In young Uipers there is a contrary example for as Plinie saieth they eate out their dammes wombe and so come forthe In Hennes there is a care to bryng vp their chickens is Egles the contrarie whiche caste out their egges if thei haue any mo then thre and al because they woulde not be troubled with bryngyng vp of many There is also a notable kynde of amplification when we would extenuate and make lesse great faultes which before we did largely encrease to thende that other faultes might seeme the greatest aboue all other As if one had robbed his maister thrust his felow through the arme accoÌ„paned with harlottes kepte the tauerne till he had been as dronke as a ratte to say after a large inuectiue against al these offences You haue heard a whole court roule of ribauldrie and yet al these are but fle bitynges in respect and comparison of that which I shal now show you Who doth not loke for a maruâ—ilouse great matter a most hainouse offence when those faultes that are thought moste greuouse are counted but fle bitynges in respect and comparison of that whiche he myndeth to reherse In like maner one might exhort y e people to godlinesse and whereas he hath set forthe al the commodities that folowe the same as in showyng a quiet conscience not gilty of any great faulte the libertie of spirite the peace whiche we haue with GOD the felowship with al the electe for the seruant of Sathan to be the sonne of GOD the comforte of the soule the greatenesse wherof no man is able to conceiue to say at lengthe and what can be greater what can be more excellent or more blesseful yet al these are smal matters if thei be coÌ„pared with the blessed enheritaunce of the euerliuing God prepared for al those that liue Godlie here vpon earthe fastenyng there whole trust vpon Christe aboue whiche bothe is able and will saue all those that caâ— vnto him with faith We do encrease our cause by reasonyng the matter and casting our accompt when either by thynges that folow or by thynges that go before or elles by suche thynges as are annexed with the matter wee geue sentence how great the thyng is By thynges goyng before I iudge when I see an â—nuiouse or hasty man fight wiâ—h an other as hastie that there is lyke to be bloudshed As who should saie can enuiouse or hastie men matche together but that they must needes trie the matter with bloudshedyng Assuredly it can not be otherwyse but that bloude must appease their rage Likewyse seeyng two wyse men earnestly talkyng together I cannot otherwyse iudge but that their talke must nedes be wittie and concerne some weightie matter For to what ende shoulde wyse men ioyne or wherefore shoulde they laie their heades together if it were not for some earnest cause whâ—t a shame iâ— it for a strong man of muche health great manhode to be ouercome with a cuppe of drynke FroÌ„ thynges ioyned with the cause thus A woman hauyng her housbande emprisoned and in daunger of death soubdenly steppe before the Kyng and craued his pardon Bold was that womaÌ„ whiche durst aduenture to knele before a Kyng whose housband had so greuously offended Though woâ—en by nature are fearful yet in her appered a manly stomake and a good bolde harte yea euen in greatâ—st daunger By thynges that folowe thus al England lament the death of Duke Henrie and Duke Charles twoo noble brethren of the house of Suffolke Then may we wel iudge that these two ientlemen were wonderfully beloued when they both were so lamented There is a kynde of Amplifiyng when in speakyng of .ii. that fought together wee praise hym muche that had the worse because we would the other to haue more praise CoÌ„sideryng for a man to beate a boye it were no praise but for a talle man to matche with an other that were as talle as hym selfe that were somwhat worthe Therfore I woulde haue the Scottes wel praised whome the Englishmen haue so often vanquished He that praiseth muche â—he stronghold of Boleine must nedes thereby praise kyng Henry the .viij. of England who by martial power wonne it and kepte it al his lyfe tyme. Or thus Suche a one kepes a marueilouse good house for the worst boie in his house drynkes one and thesame drynke with his master and al one bread yea euery one hath his meate in siluer chamber vessels and all are of siluer We iudge by apparel by armour or by harnesse what a man is of stature or biggenes We iudge by occasion the goodnes of men as when they might haue doen harme thei would not when they might haue slaine thei sought rather to saue FroÌ„ the place where one is encrease may be gatherd As thus Beyng euen in the Court he was neuer moued to gaÌ„myng beyng at Rome he hated harlottes where thereis by report so great plentie as there are starres in the elemeÌ„t From the tyme thus he must needes be well learned in the lawes of our Realme that hath been a student this thirtie wynter From the age assuredly he is lyke to be good for beeyng but a childe he was euer most godlie From the state of lyfe no doubt but he is honest for beyng but a seruaunt he lyued so vprightely as none coulde iustly blame his lyfe From the hardenesse of a thyng That whiche is almost onely proper to Aungels must nedes be harde for man therefore chastitie is a rare gifte and harde for man to kepe From the straungenesse of a thyng EloqueÌ„ce must nedes bee a wonderful thyng when so fewe haue attained it Lykewyse notable aduentures doen by a fewe are more praise worthy than suche as haue been done by a great nombe Therfore the battail of Muskelborow against the Scottes where so fewe Englishmen were slaine and so many Scottes dispatched must nedes be more praise worthie than if the nomber of Englishmen had been greater Uehemencie of woordes full often helpe the matter forwarde when more is gatherde by cogitacion than if the thyng had been spoken in plaine woordes When wee heare one say suche a maÌ„ swelled seyng a thyng against his mynd we gather that he was then more than half angrie Againe when wee heare one saie suche a woman spittes fier we gather streight that she is a Deuill The Preacher thunderde in the Pulpite belyke then he was metely hoote But concernyng all suche speaches the knowlege of a Metaphore shall bryng men to muche knowlege whereof I wil speake hereafter emong the figures and therefore I surcease to speake of it in this place We encrease our cause by heapyng of wordes sentences together couchyng
vertue to eschew vice wherein I vnderstande Horace ¶ Circumlocution CIrcumlocution is a large description either to sette forth a thyng more gorgeâ—uslie or els to hyde it if the eares cannot beare the open speakyng or when with fewe wordes we cannot open our meanyng to speake it more largely Of the first thus The valiaunt câ—urage of mightie Scipio subdued the force of Carthage and NumaÌ„tia Henry the fifte the most puissaunt Kyng of Englande with seuen thousand men toke the Frenshe Kyng prisoner with al the flower of nobilitie in Fraunce Of the seconde When Saule was casyng hymselfe vpon the grounde Dauid toke a peece of his garment tooke his weapon that laie by hym â–ª and might haue staine hym Suche a one defiled his bodie with suche an euill woman For the thirde parte the large commentaries written and the Paraphrasis of Erasmus englished are sufficient to showe the vse therof ¶ Vvhat is an Allegorie AN Allegorie is none other thyng but a Metaphore vsed throughout a whole sentence or Oration As in speakyng against a wicked offendour I might say thus Oh Lorde his nature was so euill and his witte so wickedly bente that he ment to bouge the shippe where he hymselfe sailed meanyng that he purposed the destruction of his owne countrie It is euill puttyng strong wine into weake vesselles that is to say it is euill trustyng some womeÌ„ with weightie matters The English Prouerbes gatherde by Ihon Heywood helpe wel in this behaulf the whiche commenly are nothyng elles but Allegories and darcke deuised sentences Now for the other fower figures because I mynde hereafter to speake more largely of them and Quintilian thynketh them more meete to be placed emong the figures of Exornacion I wil not trouble the reader with double inculcation and ewyse tellyng of one tale ¶ Of Schemes called otherwyse sentences of a worde and sentence I Might tary a longe tyme in declaryng the nature of diuerse Schemes whiche are woordes or sentencies altered either by speakyng or writyng contrarie to the vulgare custome of our speache without chaungyng their nature at all but because I knowe the vse of the figures in word is not so great in this our toÌ„gue I wil run them ouer with asmuche haste as I can ¶ The diuision of Schemes STraunge vsyng of any worde or sentence contrarie to our daiely wont is either when we adde or take away a sillable or a word or eucrease a sentence by chaunge of speache coÌ„trarie to the commune maner of speakyng ¶ Figures of a worde THose be called figures of a word when we chaunge a worde and speake it contrarie to our vulgare and daily speache Of the whiche sorte there are sixe in nomâ—er i. Addition at the first ij Abstraction from the first iij. Iuterlaâ—yng in the middest iiij Cuttyng from the middest v. Addyng at the ende vi Cuttyng from the end OF Addition As thus He did all to berattle hym Wherein appereth that a sillable is added to this worde rattle Here is good nale to sel for good ale Of Abstraction from the first thus As I romed al alone I ganne to thynke of matters greate In whiche sentence ganne is vsed for beganne Interlacyng in the middest As. Relligion for religion Cuttyng from the middest Idolatrie for Idololatrie Addyng at the end Hasten your busines for Haste your businesse Cuttyng from the end A faire may for maide Thus these figures are shortely sette out and as for the other Schemes whiche are vtterde in whole sentences and expressed by varitie of sreache I wil set them forth at large emong the coloures ornamentes of Elocution y t folowe ¶ Of coloures and ornamentes to commende and sette forth an Oration NOW when we are able to frame a sentence handsomly together obseruyng number and kepyng coÌ„position suche as shal lyke best the eare do know the vse of Tropes and can applie them to our purpose than thornamentes are necessarie in an OratioÌ„ sentences woulde bee furnished with moste beautifull figures Therfore to thende that they may be knowne suche as most commende and beautifie an Oration I wil set them forthe here in suche wise as I shal best be able folowyng the order whiche Tullie hath vsed in his Booke made of a perfite Oratour ¶ Restyng vpon a poyncte WHEN wee are earnest in a matter and feele the weight of our cause wee rest vpon some reason whiche serueth best for our purpose Wherin this figure appereth most helpeth muche to set forthe our matter For if we stil kepe vs to our strongest holde and make ofterecourse thither though we be dryueÌ„ through by-talke to go from it nowe and than we shall force them at length either so auoide our strong defence or elles to yelde into our handes ¶ An euident or plaine settyng forthe of a thyng as though it were presently doen. THis Figure is called a description or an euident declaratioÌ„ of a thyng as though we sawe it euen now doen. An example If our enemies shall inuade and by treason wynne the victorie we al shal dye euery mothers sonne of vs and our Citie shalbe destroied sticke stoone I see our children made slaues our daughters rauisshed our wifes caried away the father forced to kil his own sonne the mother her daughter the sonne his father the sucking child slaine in the mothers bosome one standyng to the kuees in anothers bloude Churches spoiled houses pluckte doune and al set in fier rounde about vs euery one cursyâ—g the day of their birth children criyng women wailyng and olde men passyng for vâ—ry thought and euery one thynkyng hymselfe most happy that is first ridde out of this worlde suche will the crueltie be of our enemies and with suche horrible hatred wil they seeke to dispatche vs. Thus where I might haue said we shal al be destroied and saie no more I haue by description sette the euill forth at large It muche auaileth to vse this figure in diuerse matters the whiche whosoeuer can do with any excellent gift vndoubtedly he shal muche delite the hearers The circumstaunces wel considered in euery cause geue muche matter for the plaine opening of the thyng Also similitudes examples coÌ„parisons from one thyng to another apte translacions and heaping of allegories and all suche figures as serue for amplifiyng do muche commende the liuely settyng forthe of any matter The miseries of the Courtiers lyfe might well be described by this kind of figure The commoditie of learnyng the pleasure of plowe men and the care that a Kyng hath And not onely are matters set out by description but men are painted out in their colours yea buildynges are set forth Kyngdomes and Realmes are portured places and tymes are described The Englishe man for feedyng and chaung of apparel The Duytche man for drynkyng The Frenche man for pryde and inconstaunce The SpaÌ„yard for nymblenes of bodie and muche disdaine The
in practise he maie doo as hym liketh best And surely I do thynke that nothyng so muche furthereth knowlege as daiely exercise and enuryng our selfes to do that in dede whiche we know in woorde And because examples geue greate lighte after these preceptes are set furthe I will commende two noble gentlemen Henry Duke of Suffolk and his brother lorde Charles Duke with hym ¶ An example of commendyng a noble personage BEtter or more wisely can none do then thei which neuer bestowe praise but vpon those that best deserue praise rather myndyng discretly what thei ought to dooe then vainly deuisyng what thei best can doo sekyng rather to praise menue suche as are founde worthy then curiously findyng meanes to praise matters suche as neuer wer in any For thei which speake otherwise then truthe is mynd not the commendacion of the persoâ—e but the settyng furthe of their awne learnyng As Gorgias in Plato praisyng vnrighteousnes Heliogabalus Oratours commendyng whoredome Phauorinus the Philosophier extollyng the feuer Quartaine thought not to speake as the cause required but would so muche saie as their wit would geue not weighyng the state of the cause but myndyng the want of their brain lookyng how muche could be said not passyng how litle should be saied But I bothe knowyng the might of Gods hand for suche as loue fables and the shame that in yearth redoundeth to euil reâ—orters will not commende that or those whiche neede no good praise but will commende them that no man iustly can dispraise nor yet any one is well able worthely to praise Their towardnes was suche their giftes so great that I know none whiche loue learnyng but hath sorowed the lacke of their beeyng and I knowe that the onely namyng of theim will stirre honest hartes to speake well of them I will speake of twoo brethren that lately departed the one Henry Duke of Suffolke and the other Lorde Charles his brother whom God thinkyng â—â—eter for heauen then to liue here vpon yearth toke from vs in his anger for the betteryng of our doynges and amendement of our euill liuyng These twoo gentlemen were borne in noble England bothe by father and mother of an high parentage The father called Duke Charles by mariage beyng brother to the worthy kyng of famous memorie HeÌ„ry theight was in suche fauour and did suche seruice that all Englaude at this houre doeth finde his lacke and Fraunce yet doth fele that suche a duke there was whom in his life tyme the godly loued the euil feared the wise men honored for his wit and the simple vsed alwaies for their counsaill Their mother of birthe noble and witte great of nature geÌ„tle and mercifull to the poore and to the godly and especially to the learned an earnest good patronesse and moste helpyng Lady aboue all other In their youthe their father died the eldest of theÌ„ beyng not past .ix. yeres of age After whose death their mother knowyng that welth without wit is like a sworde in a naked mannes hand assuredly certain that knowlege would confirme iudgemeÌ„t prouided so for their bringyng vp in al vertue and learnyng that ij like were not to be had within this realme again When thei begaÌ„ bothe to waâ—e somewhat in yeres beyng in their primetide spryng of their age thelder waityng of the kynges maiestie that now is was generally well estemed and sucheh ope was conceiued of his towardnes both for learnyng and al other thinges that fewe wer like vnto hym in al the courte The other kepyng his boke emong the Cambrige men profited as thei all well knowe bothe in vertue and learnyng to their greate admiracion For the Greke the Latine and the Italian I knowe he could dooe more then would be thought true by my report I leaue to speke of his skill in pleasaunt instrumentes neither will I vtter his aptnes in Musike his toward nature to all exercises of the body But his elder brother in this tyme besides his other giftes of the mynde whiche passed all othâ—r and were almoste incredible folowyng his fathers nature was so delited with ridyng and runnyng in armour vpon horsebacke and was so comely for that feacte and could do so well in chargyng his staffe beyng but .xiiij. yeres of age that menne of warre euen at this houre mone muche the want of suche a worthy gentleman Yea the Frenche men that first wondered at his learnyng when he was there emong theim and made a notable Oracion in Latine were muche more astonied wheÌ„ thei saw his comely ridyng and litle thought to finde these twoo ornamentes ioyned bothe in one his yeres especially beyng so tender and his practise of so small tyme. Afterward commyng from the courte as one that was desierous to be emong the learned he laie in Cambrige together with his brother where thei bothe so profited and so gently vsed themselfes that all Cambrâ—ge did reuerence bothe hym and his brother as two iewelles sent froÌ„ God Thelders nature was suche that he thought hymself best when he was emong the wisest and yet contempned none but thankefully vsed all gentle in behauor without childishenes stoute of stomacke without al pride bold with all warenesse and frendly with good aduisemeÌ„t The yonger beeyng not so ripe in yeres was not so graue in looke rather chereful then sad rather quicke then auncient but yet if his brother were sette a side not one that went beyonde hym A childe that by his awne inclinacion so muche yelded to his ruler as fewe by chastement haue doen the like pleasaunt of speeche prompte of witte stiryng by nature hault without hate kynde without crafte liberall of harte gentle in behauiour forward in all thynges gredy of learnyng and lothe to take a foyle in any open assembly Thei bothe in al attemptes sought to haue the victory and in exercise of witte not onely the one with the other did ofte stande in contencion but also thei bothe would matche with the best and thought themselfes moste happie when thei might haue any iust occasion to put their wittes in triall And now when this grene fruicte began to waxe ripe and all menne loâ—ged to haue tast of suche their greate forwardnesse God preuentyng mannes expectacion toke theim bothe aboute one houre and in so shorte tyme that first thei wer knowen to be dedde or any abrode could tell thei were sicke I neede not to reherse what bothe thei spake before their departure coÌ„sideryng I haue seuerally written bothe in Latine and in Englishe of thesame matter neither will I heape here so muche together as I can because I should rather renewe greate sorowe to many then do moste men any great good who loued them so well generally that fewe for a greate space after spake of these twoo gentle menne but thei shewed teares with the onely vtteraunce of their wordes and some through ouer muche sorowyng wer fain to forbeare speakyng God grauÌ„t vs also to liue that
and you shall se fewe take any paines No not in the vineyard of the lorde For although none should folowe any trade of life for the gain sake but eueÌ„ as he seeth it is moste necessary for thaduauncement of Gods glory not passe in what estimacion thinges are had in this worlde yet because we are all so weake of wit in our teÌ„der yeres that we cannot weigh with our selfes what is best our body so neshe that it loketh euer to bee cherished wee take that whiche is moste gainfull for vs and forsake that altogether whiche we oughte moste to folowe So that for lacke of honest meanes and for want of good order the best waie is not vsed neither is Goddes honor in our first yeres remembred I had rather saide one make my child a cobler then a preacher a tankerd bearer then a scholer For what shall my sonne seke for learnyng when he shall neuer gette therby any liuyng Set my sonne to that whereby he maie get somewhat Do ye not se how euery one catcheth pulleth froÌ„ the churche what thei can I feare me one day thei will plucke doune churche and all Call you this the Gospell when men seke onely to prouide for their belies care not a grote though their soules go to helle A patrone of a benefice wil haue a poore yngrame soule to beare the name of a persone for .xx. marke or .x. li and the patrone hymself wil take vp for his snapshare as good as an .c. marke Thus God is robbed learnyng decaied England dishonored and honestie not regarded Thold Romaines not yet knowyng Christ and yet beyng led by a reuereÌ„t feare towardes God made this lawe Sacrum sacroue commendatuÌ„ qui clepserit rapseritue parricida est He that shall closely steale or forcibly take awaie that thyng whiche is holy or geuen to the holy place is a murderer of his couÌ„trey But what haue I said I haue a greater matter in hand then wherof I was a ware my penne hath run ouer farre when my leasure serueth not nor yet my witte is able to talke this case in suche wise as it should bee and as the largenesse therof requireth Therefore to my lawyer again whom I doubte not to perswade but that he shall haue the deuill and all if he learne a pase and dooe as some haue dooen before hym Therefore I will shewe howe largely this profice extendeth that I may haue him the soner to take this matter in hand The lawe therefore not onely bryngeth muche gain with it but also auaunceth men bothe to worshippe renoume and honour All men shall seke his fauour for his learnyng sake the best shall like his coÌ„pany for his callyng and his welth with his skill shalbe suche that none shalbe able to woorke hym any wrong Some consider profite by these circumstaunces folowyng To whom When. Where Wherefore NEither can I vse a better order then these circumstaunces minister vnto me To whom therefore is the Lawe profitable Marie to them that bee best learned that haue redy wittes and will take paines When is the lawe profitable Assuredly both now and euermore but especially in this age where all men go together by the eares for this matter and that matter Suche alteracion hath been heretofore that hereafter nedes muste ensue muche altercacion And where is all this a do Euen in litle Englande or in Westminster hall where neuer yet wanted busines nor yet euer shall Whereâ—â—â—e is the lawe profitable Undoubtedly because no manne could hold his awne if there were not an order to staie vs and a Lawe to restrain vs. And I praie you who getteth the money The lawyers no doubt And were not lande sometymes cheaper bought then got by the triall of a lawe Do not men commonly for trifles fall out Some for loppyng of a tree speÌ„des al that euer thei haue another for a Gose that graseth vpon his ground tries the lawe so hard that he proues him self a Gander Now when men bee so mad is it not easie to gette money emong theim Undoubtedly the lawyer neuer dieth a begger And no maruaill For an C. begges for hym and makes awaie all that thei haue to get that of hym the whiche the oftener he bestoweth the more still he getteth So that he gaineth alwaies aswell by encrease of lernyng as by storyng his purse with money wheras the other get a warme sonne often tymes and a flappe with a foxe 〈◊〉 for al that euer thei haue spent And why woulde they Tushe if it were to do againe thei would do it therfore the lawyre can neuer want a liuyng til the yearth want men and al be voyde ¶ The lawe easie to many and harde to some I Doubt not but my lawyer is perswaded that the law is profitable now must I beare him in haÌ„d that it is an easie matter to become a lawier â–ª the whiche if I shalbe able to proue I doubt not but he will proue a good lawier that right shortly â–ª the law is grouÌ„ded vpon reason And what hardenesse is it for a man by reason to fynde out reason That can not be straung vnto him the grounde wherof is graffed in his brest What though the lawe be in a straunge tongue the wordes may be gotte without any paine when the matter selfe is compast with ease Tushe a litle lawe will make a greate showe and therfore though it be muche to becomme excellent yet it is easie to get a taist And surely for getting of money a litle wil do asmuche good oftentymes as a greate deale There is not a word in the law but it is a grote in y e lawiers purse I haue know â—e diuâ—rse that by familiar talkyng moutyng together haue comme to right good learning without any great booke skil or muche beating of their braine by any close studie or secrete musyng in their chaÌ„ber But where some say the lawe is very harde and discourage young men from the studie therof it is to be vnderstande of suche as wil take no paines at al nor yet mynde the knowlege therof For what is not hard to man when he wanteth wil to do his best As good slepe and saie it is harde as wake and take no paines The lawe Godly Iuste Necessarie Pleasaunt WHat nedeth me to proue the lawe to be Godly iust or necessarie seeyng it is grounded vpon Goddes wil and all lawes are made for the maintenaunce of iustice If we will not beleue that it is necessarie let vs haue rebelles againe to disturbe the Realme Our nature is so fonde that we knowe not the necessitie of a thyng til wee fynde some lacke of the same Bowes are not estemed as they haue bene emong vs Englishmen but if we were ones well beaten by our enemies wee shoulde soone knowe the wante and with feelyng the smarte lament muche our folie Take awaie the lawe and take awaie our lifes for nothyng mainteineth our wealthe