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whom he beste loued his father or his mother who aunswered his mother where at thei meruailyng demaunded againe why for that my father said he with small regarde begatte me of parte a Thracian and soonne of á poore mother but she on the other side hath borne me of part an Athenian the sonne and heire of an excellent capitaine Concerning the beautie of women leauyng to speake of those that counsaile vs to refuse bothe the faire the foule prefarryng onely those whom mediocritie commendeth my aduise is that man chuse euermore the beste that he possible maie finde the fairest I meane and of cleareste complexion so that she bee vertuous as we before haue saied otherwise wishe I that he chuse the hardeste fauoured chaste with all and honeste rather then the faireste of leude and lighte demainure My reason is that wee should alwaies preferre the faireste if for none other yet for generation and cause of the posteritie onely to the intente our children bee suche as we would wishe of moste perfecte I meane and amiable complexion Virgil remembreth that the goddes Iuno desirous to gratifie her beloued Eodus promised to giue hym one of her faireste Nimphes to the ende she should beare hym children in beautie resemblyng her self We reade againe that Archiadamus kyng of the Athenians was condemned in a pecuniall paine for that he had married a wife of small stature his counsaille hardly chargyng hym that he mente to leaue the race roiall of little thinne wretched and impotente bodies as if thei were but halfe men To conclude therfore what so is in any place aboue remembred mine aduise is that it bee taken as counsaile and no commaundemēt which you maie execute at your pleasures without daunger or difficultie as also without all exception of persones For Matrimonie contracted with the harder fauoured is as holie as that other with the moste faireste as good with the poorest as also with the riche with the widdowe also as with the maide or virgin for that euery of them is lawfull verteous and honeste groundyng on loue whiche in greateste differentes and cases of inequalitie woorketh euer more a perfecte conformitie and vnion Of the cordiall and hartie loue that should be in maerriage with diuers examples seruyng to that purpose Chap. 4. THE mutuall loue and affection betwixt man and his wife bothe is and ought to bee for iuste cause commended for that marriage of it self is a thyng so excellent as well for respect of hym whiche firste did institute it God with the place also of that institution Paradis as also that thence procedeth th' onely propagation and continuance of mankinde with remedie sufficient against all sensuall appetites and concupiscencie of the fleshe All other amities incident in mannes life with whom or in what sorte so euer thei happen are loues improper and affections lesse perfect ▪ in respect of this so holy ▪ and diuine This is that same that ioineth bothe bodie and soule together this is that that is confirmed and sealed vnto vs by a sacred miracle neither is there any thing betwixt the married in particularitie proper for that betwixt the honest couple the body and will is one that whiche neuer happeneth in any other kinde of amitie whiche for small cause oftentymes is dissolued and broken and that also whiche worste is the moste assuredste of these affections continueth but for a tyme for gaine or aduauntage for proofe whereof wee rarely haue heard of any that without chaūge haue still helde on and neuer broken vntill death For so daintie and obnoxious to all chaunges is mannes minde that commonly we see newe friendes to remoue and dispossesse for little cause the olde but that loue holdeth still whiche is betwixte man and his wife neither maie it be sundred by any aduerse fortune by infirmitie pouertie mishappe or chaunge of beautie onely death hath power to cutte this knotte in sunder Some tymes it also liueth and continueth after death as we haue seen in certaine widdowes of whiche wee could remember infinite examples emongest whom aboue all others we maie consider of the mutuall loue or affection betwixte our first parentes Eue and Adam vnto whom the fruite of life vnder paine of death was prohibited Adam notwithstādyng to gratifie his wife refused not to hassarde hymself by breache of that commaundemente When Paulina the wife of the sage and learned Seneca of Cordoua vnderstode that cruell Nero had doen to death her husband who by openyng all his vaines in a bathe gaue vp his spirite would not onely dye to accompanie hym by death but also did chuse to ende her smart by the said maner of tormente for more better accomplishemente whereof the did her self to bee prickte as did before her Seneca Whereof Nero with spede aduertised and knowyng that it proceded of assured loue onely caused her with greate diligence to bee saued from the daunger of death for beyng euen then on the poincte of passage he caused her vaines skilfully to be bounde carefully attendyng on her that she to her self did none other kinde of violence by meanes whereof this chaste and verteous matrone paste the reste of her life in greate paine and miserie paie coulerlesse in signe of loiall loue that she beare to her husbande In the life of the Emperours we also reade that Lucius Vitellius brother to the Emperor Vitellius beyng on a nighte in a perillous battaile his wife whiche hight Triata by the greate and inspeakable force of loue onely came thrustyng in emong the souldiars to aide and assiste Vitellius mindyng in that straite to liue or dye with hym where she then so did her painfull indeuour that she vtterly forgatte all feminine debilitie with small accompte of her life or safetie without her husbande Q. Curtius reciteth that the kyng of Aira vanquished by Alexander spoiled and depriued of a greate parte of his realme paciently bare it with a valiaunt and manly courage without any shewe of pain or anguishe but when newes was broughte hym that his wife was dedde in token that he more loued her then he did his kyngdome brake out into teares and wepte verie bitterly Ouide Iuuenal and Marcial with others affirme that the wife of kyng Ad●…etus chose willyngly to dye to saue her sicke and diseased husbande for hauing receiued aunswere from thoracle that the kyng should liue if any of his dearest frendes would vouchsafe to dye for hym Notwithstandyng for the little credite that menne commonly giue to Poetes I had hereof saied no thyng had not saincte Hierome hymself recoumpted it Plinie the younger in a letter of his writeth that a certaine Fisher beyng sicke of an incurable disease or maladie by meanes whereof he daiely indured suche tormentes and paines as was almoste impossible for man to sustaine where at his wife moued with meruailous compassion as she that intierly and hartely loued hym seyng no hope of healthe or recouerie nor any where could finde any kinde of

the force of a Secrete In like manner the Vassaules or Seruauntes of Plancus are in this place for iuste cause to be remembred for that no tormentes sufficed to make them confesse any thinge of theire Maister to the enimies whiche soughte him and woulde haue slayne him where so euer they mighte haue founde him The Page of Cato that famous Oratoure priuie of a faulte committed by his Maister was tormented in Racke to confesse thereof sommethinge and yet for what so euer might be done to him in the world neuer woulde he be broughte to witnesse againste him any thinge Q. Curtius remembreth that the Persians had a Lawe more straightly to pounishe then for any other faulte these that vnaduisedly reuealed any Secret. For confirmation whereof he saithe that the Kinge Darius vanquished by Alexander not knowinge howe to escape hidde him selfe but no paine or pounishment on the one side or hope of rewarde on the other might moue them that knewe where he was any thinge to speake of him And againe he remēbreth that the Persians maintaine for an opinion that no man should in the man lesse close and secrete affye him selfe in cases of charge and importance To be a good Secretorie then is in all thinges necessarye especially in Warre that whiche all aunciente Captaines in the Age paste well obserued Philippe the sonne of Antigonus Successour to Alexander demaunded of his Father in presence of certaine others when at what houre the Campe should marche To whom the Kinge in highe disdeigne answeared Arte thou so deafe that thou fearest thou shalte not heare the Trumpet as wel as others Letting him thence plainly to vnderstande that by that his Demaunde he had committed an erroure whiche merited no answeare in the presence of others There was a Tribune in the Hoast of Cecilius Metellus a Captaine Romaine which asked his Determination vpon certaine pointes in their warres To whome he answeared If I wiste that my Shurte knewe whereon I haue resolued I woulde foorthwith and out of hande burne it Horace in his Lawes of Feastinge commaundeth that eche man kéepe well to him selfe what so euer shall there be saide or spoken By meanes whereof the Athenians had emonge them sutche an vsage that when so euer they mette togeather at any Feaste the moste aunciente should shewe to the others the Gate whereat they entered sayinge aduise yée well that no one woorde hence passe that at this presente shall emonge vs be spoken The firste thinge that Pythagoras learned his Schollers was to holde theire peace and carefully to kéepe silence so that he euer kept them a certaine time without speakinge to the intents they mighte be learned well to kéepe a Secrete and neuer to speake but when time requires Which sufficeth to learne vs that to conceale a Secrete is of all others a moste principall and rare Vertue For proufe hereof when Aristotle was sommetimes demaunded whiche was the moste difficill and hardest thinge in the world he answeared that it was to holde our peace and talke not S. Ambrose also to this purpose in his Offices layeth emonge the principal foundations of Vertue the patience that man shoulde vse in silence The Romaines emonge other the vanities of their Goddes had a Goddesse of Silence whiche had to name Angeronna which they painted euermore in token of silence with finger continually preste on her mouthe Pline also writeth that on the xxii of December they Sacrificed still vnto her Which also witnesse M. Varro Solinus and Macrobius A God of Silence was in manner semblable honoured of the Aegyptians whiche they as the others with finger in mouthe purtrayed In like sorte hath Catullus and Ouid described this Idolle And hence is well knowen howe thei reuerenced a good Secretorie in that they adored these Idolles as Goddes Salomon in his Prouerbes saith That a Kinge should drinke no Wine for other reason none saue that who dronke is can in no wise kéepe or Silence or Counsell and supposeth him further moste vnwoorthye to Raigne that cannot well couer his Secretes of importance And againe he saith That who so discloseth a Secrete committed to him is a plaine and open Traytour and who so well kéepeth it is a loyall and faithfull Friende ¶ Howe commendable a thinge it is to talke or speake fewe Chap. 4. FEwe times to talke and then to be shorte and Sententious is a thinge moste rare and commendable neuer sufficiently praised of the Wise and Learned Salomon saithe That mutche talke is neuer without offence and who so wel brioleth moderateth his tongue is prudent And againe He that maistereth his tongue saueth his soule but who so bableth inconsiderately lyeth open and in daunger to infinite discommodities Here mighte be alleaged the Testimonies of sundrye wise and learned but of somme parte maye suffice that texte of the Gospell That wée shall assuredly yéelde accoumpte of euery idle woorde The Lacedemonians emonge all other Nations pleasured most to be Sententious and briefe in sutch sorte that when any vsed fewe woordes in talke they saide that he discoursed Lacedemonianlike Philippe the Father of Alexander on a time sente to them that he woulde passe ouer some parte of their Country with his Armye and that they spéedely woulde certiāe him in what sorte he shoulde passe either as their friende or as their open enimie To whom they answeared in fewe without any heape of woordes Neither as the one nor as the other Artaxerxes in manner semblable Kinge of Asia sente them woorde that he woulde comme to spoyle and sacke their Countrie To whiche their threates they in none other sorte answeared but come hardly doo what thou wilte Me thinkes they coulde not in longe proses of woordes haue framed him an answeare more fitte then that The Embassadours of the Samyans pronounced on a time weary and longe Orations in their Consistorie in sutche sorte that they mislikinge of theire tedious discourses finally framed them in fewe this answeare Wée haue foregotten the firste parte of that you haue vttered and as concerninge the reste wée doo not vnderstand it Also to other Embassadours of the Abderites as well for that they were too curious in vtteringe theire Embasye as also that they demaunded in greate haste theire dispatche by Agis the Kinge of the Lacedemonians was in this sorte answeared Yée shall saie returned vnto the Abderites from vs that wée haue geuen you so longe audience as it pleased you here to speake On a certaine time one talkinge with Aristotle continued his discourse beyonde measure so longe that in the ende him selfe féelinge his owne errour and faulte concluded abruptly with his excuse sayinge Pleaseth it you to pardon mée that I haue fayled in vsinge so many woordes before so graue a Philosopher To whome Aristotle framed this so courteous an answeare Friende it néeded not that thou shouldest haue craued in this ease any pardon for I neuer thoughte otherwise then to pardon thée vndemaunded Whiche answeare

somewhat before his deathe confessed for that he knew the inhabitantes of Hierusalem woulde reioyce of his chaunge and to the intente it otherwise might succéede to the people then they at that time assuredly supposed he of accursed and detestable pretence to the intent they al in that day should mourne and lamente determined to cause to be donne that horrible murther The tyrannie also of Abimelech Sonne of Gedeon the Greate was no lesse straunge and marueilous for the intente he onely might raigne alone he trayterously slewe thrée scoare of his Brethren whose mercilesse hande none escaped but onely Ionathas which by the onely permission of God fledde to the intent the Traytour might neuer liue without suspition or feare of reuenge And yet here againe is it doubtfull to saye whether the treachery that he vsed towardes the Sichimites were more tollerable then this or not on whom for that they had chaste him out of their Citie into which afterwardes reentering by force in the night reuenged him selfe by the vniuersall slaughter of them all for he committed to the swoorde all them that he there founde Man Wooman yonge and olde and certaine suche as for there safetie ranne into the Churches he foorthwith inuironned with greate heapes of woode whiche as soone as it had taken fire the heate and smooke thereof was sutche so intollerable that the prysoners that thought to haue liued in assured Sanctuarye were scortcht eche one and wasted there miserably to powder this after he had then distroyed the whole Towne with ploughe he turned in despite the soyle coueringe it with Salte in stéede of other grayne A. Regulus by the people of Carthage was in manner semblable intreated who beynge there prysoner vpon his promisse of gainecome was sente vnto the Romaines to conclude a peace or at the least to practise the permutation of Captiues but beinge returned lesse answearing their expectation not by constrainte but for performance of his promisse was shutte vp into a greate pype or tunne thicke sette with sharpe nayles pearsinge on euery side so that he coulde on no side either leane or arrest him selfe in whiche sorte they did him cruelly to die All Tirannes are ordinarily of nature cruell but who so of them is blouddy is more execrable then the others Phalaris Kinge of Sicilia a most wretched tyranne who although he executed sundrie without cause or reason yet in truthe and iustly to consider of him he was in harte and affection then in déede more cruell This manquayler had a Bull of Brasse whiche one Perillus had skilfully wrought him in which when he had inclosed whom he minded to torment hauinge vnder the sayde Bull a greate and hoate fire the poore patient gaue foorth thence his sorowfull Notes as though it had benne the bellowinge of an Oxe whiche he did to this intente onely that by the lamentable shrikes vnder a Bulles voyce vttered he mighte in no wise be moued to pitie or compassion One thinge did he while he liued honestly for the first that euer he tormented in this his Brassy Bull was Perillus him selfe the authour thereof Straunge was the vnnaturall and vnreuerent Crueltie practised by Tullia doughter to Tarquine Kinge of the Romaines which to inioye the Crowne caused her Father before his time to be murthered which him selfe would haue geuen her had shée neuer so litle tarried and that whiche is more agayne in her to be noted her Fathers bodye layde forthe deade on the grounde shée aduaunced her selfe in her coche incontinently paste foorth ouer it at al not appalled although the Horses that drewe her trembled at that sighte and would haue chosen some other waie to haue paste it the Cocheman also that draue them féeling somme pricke of conscience would in like manner haue chosen some other pathe to the intent the Kinge beinge dead might not be so shamefully dismembred brused but so much stil pleased shée in her cruell affection that euen that whiche the insensible beastes of pitie would haue refused in despite shée brake them of that their choyse will forcinge them to passe ouer the martyred body of her Father The Scithians a people in warre very furious and valiante are in sundrie Histories taxed of Crueltie But emonge other sortes this one geueth ful cause of marueile They would kill greate beastes as Oxen or Horses in whose bellies they inclosed sutche as they meante to execute whom they caused in sutch sorte so faste to be bounde that they neuer coulde moue or by any meanes comme thence where continually they gaue them as nature asketh somme thinge to eate to the intents that they lyuinge thus might rotte and corrupte with the stinking carrion of the beaste theire Graue or Sepulchre and to aggrauate the matter that they might be also consumed lyuinge by the wormes that of custome growe still in sutche lothesome as were these and putrified carrions Wée reade agayne of Maximianus Emperour of Rome who also practised so horrible a Cruelty as hardly might enter into the harte of man He bounde men lyuinge to sutche as were deade which he caused to be leaft straitly in this sorte coupled vntill the deade had infected and impoysoned the liuinge The very semblable to this recordeth Virgil of Maxentius Agayne wée finde of the straunge tyrannies practised by Alexander Fereas who buried men quicke linckte face to face and grapled fast as before togeather Others somme he woulde apparell in the skinne of a Woulfe or other Sauage and Wilde beaste whom after he had in beste manner so attyred caused to be carried out into the middle of somme fielde where he bayted them with Mastyues vntill they were miserably dismembred and eaten I knowe not whether any man maie heare to speake of the accursed bouchery practised by Astiages Kinge of the Medes againste Arpalus one of his greatest States and approued friende in necessitie This Astiages by occasion of a Dreame which here to recoumpte shoulde be longe and tedious gaue to Arpalus in secrete commission spéedely to dispatche and murther a yonge Sonne of his who moued with compassion beholdinge the poore infante whiche afterwarde had to name Cyrus the Greate as also that he feared the Moother of the yonge Prince woulde in no wise accomplish that commaundement of Astiages but on the other side dissemblinge it did his carefull paine safely to foster him Longe after the Tyrante aduertised that his childe yet then lyued without semblant of displeasure called vnto him Arpalus whom in consideration of his clemencie vsed towardes the little Cyrus priuily did to be slaine a yonge Sonne of his callinge the daye folowinge the Father to him to dinner whome emonge other meates he fedde with the bodye of his owne childe of whiche Feaste the vnhappy Father had no kinde of misliking as one that knewe nothinge whereof he had eaten Astiages not yet contente with this insupportable Tyranny procéedeth yet further with an vnhearde crueltie for in stéede of the