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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A18317	The counsell of a father to his sonne, in ten seuerall precepts left as a legacy at his death.	Burghley, William Cecil, Baron, 1520-1598.	1611 (1611)	STC 4900.5; ESTC S3152	3,263	1

The Counsell of a Father to his Sonne in ten seuerall Precepts Left as a Legacy at his death The Induction or Preface SONNE The vertuous inclination of thy matchlesse Mother by whose tender and godly care thy Infancy was gouerned together with thy education vnder so godly and zealous a Tutor puts me rather in assurance then hope that thou art not ignorant of that summary bond which is onely able to make thee happy aswell in thy life as death I meane the true knowledge of thy Creator and redeemer without which all things are vaine and miserable So that thy youth being guided by so al-sufficient a teacher I make no doubt but he will furnish thy life both with Diuine and morall documents yet that I may not cast of the care beseeming a parent towards his child or that thou shouldest haue cause to deriue thy whole felicity and welfare rather from others then from whom thou receiuedst thy birth and being I thinke it fit and agreable to the affection I beare to giue thee such aduertisements and rules for the squaring of thylife as are gayned rather by long experience then much reading to the end that thou entring into this exorbitant age maist be the better prepared to shun those cautelous courses whereinto this world and thy lacke of experience may easily draw thee And because I will not confound thy memory I haue reduced them into ten precepts if thou imprint them in thy mind thou shalt reape the benefite and I the contentment And these are they The first Pecept FIrst when it shall please God to bring thee to mans estate vse great prouidence and circumspection in the choice of thy wife for from thence may spring all thy future good or ill And it is an action like to a Stratagem in warre where man can erre but once If thy estate bee good match neere home and at leasure if weak then farre off and quickly enquire diligently of her disposition and how her parents haue bene inclined in their youth Let her not be poore how generous soeuer for a man can buy nothing in the market with gentility Neither choose a base or vncomely creature for that will breed contempt in others and loathing in thee Make not choice of a dwarfe or a foole for from the one thou maist beget a race of Pigmies the other may be thy daily disgrace For it will yrke thée to heare her talke and thou shalt finde to thy great griefe that there is nothing so fulsome as is a shee foole Touching the gouernment of thy house let thy hospytality bee moderate according to the measure of thine owne estate rather plentifull then sparing but not too costly For I neuer heard nor yet knew any man grow poore by keeping an orderly Table But some consume themselues with secret vices and their hospitality must beare the blame Banish swynish drunkards out of thy house which is a vice that impaires health consumes much and makes no shew besides I neuer heard any commendations ascribed to a drunkard more then the well bearing of his drinke which is a commendation fitter for a brewers horse or a dray-man then for either a Gentleman or Seruingman Beware that thou spend not aboue three of the foure parts of thy Reuenewes nor aboue one third part thereof in thy house for the other two parts will but defray thy extraordinaries which will alwaies surmount thy ordinaries by much for otherwise thou shalt liue like a rich beggar in a continuall want and the needy man can neuer liue happily nor contented for then euery least disaster makes him ready to morgage or sell And that Gentleman that then sels an aker of land looseth an ounce of credit for Gentility is nothing but auncient riches so that if the foundations do sinke the buildings must needs consequently faile The second Precept BRing thy children vp in obedience and learning yet without austerity praise them openly reprehend them secretly giue them good countenance and conuenient maintenance according to thy ability for otherwise thy life will seeme their bondage then what portion thou shalt leaue them they may thanke death and not thee for it Marry thy daughters betimes least they marry themselues Suffer not thy sonnes to passe the Alpes for they shall learne nothing but pride blasphemy and Atheisme And if by chance they attaine to any broken languages they will profite them no more then to haue one meate serued in diuers dishes Neither by my aduise shalt thou traine them vp to warres for he that sets vp his rest to liue by that profession can hardly be an honest man or a good Christian for euery warre is of it selfe vniust the good cause may make it iust besides it is a science no longer in request then vse for souldiers in peace are like to chimnies in sommer The third Precept LIue not in the country without corne and cattell about thee for hee that must present his hand to his purse for euery expence of houshold may be likened to him that keepes water in a siue And for thy prouision lay for to buy it at the best hand for there may bee a peny saued betweene buying at thy neede or when the market or the seasons do serue fittest for it Be not willingly attended or serued by kinsmen or friends or men intreated to stay for they will expect much and do little neither by such as are amorous for their heads are commonly intoxicated keepe rather two too few then one too many feede them well and pay them with the most So maist thou demand seruice at their hands and boldly require it The fourth Precept LEt thy kindred and allies be welcome to thy Table grace them with thy countenance and euer further them in all their honest actions for by that meanes thou shalt double the bond of nature so as thou shalt find them so many aduocates to plead an Apology for thee behind thy backe But shake of those glowormes I meane parasites and sycophants who will feed and faune on thee in the sommer of thy prosperity but in any aduerse storme they will shelter thée no more then an Arbour in Winter The fift Precept BE sure thou alwaies keepe some great man to thy friend but trouble him not for trifies complement him often present him with many yet small gifts and of little charge And if thou hast cause to bestow any great gratuity then let it be some such as may bee daily in sight for otherwise thou shalt liue like a hop without a pole liue in obscurity and be made a footeball for euery insulting companion to spurne at The sixt Precept VNdertake no suite against a poore man without receiuing of great wrong for therein making him thy competitor besides that it is held a base conquest to triumph where there is small resistance neither vndertake law against any man before thou be fully resolued that thou hast the right on thy side and then spare not for money nor paines for a cause or two beeing well followed and obtained may after frée thée from suits a great part of thy life The seuenth Precept BEware of suertiship for thy best friend for he y t payeth an other mans debts seekes his owne decay but if thou canst not otherwise choose rather then to lend that money from thy selfe vpon good bonds though thou borrow it So maist thou pleasure thy friend and happely secure thy selfe In borrowing of mony bee euermore pretious of thy word for he that cares to keepe day of payment is Lord commander many times of another mans goods The eighth Precept TOwards thy superiours be humble yet generous with thy equals familiar yet respectiue towards inferiours shew much humility and some familiarity as to bow thy body stretch forth thy hand vncouer thy head and such like popular complements The first prepares a way to aduancement the second makes thée knowne for a man well bred the third gaines a good report which once gained may easily be kept for high humilities take such roote in the mindes of the multitude as they are easilier wonn by vnprofitable curtesies then by churlish benefits yet doe I aduise thee not to affect nor to neglect popularity The ninth Precept TRust no man with thy credit or estate for it is a méere folly for a man to enthrall himselfe to his friend further then if iust cause be offered he should not dare to become otherwise thy enemie The tenth Precept BE not scurrilous in conuersation nor stoicall in thy iests the one makes thee vnwelcome to all companies the other puls on quarrels and makes thee hated of thy best friend Jests when they doe sauour too much of truth leaue a bitternesse in y e minds of those y t are touched And although I haue already pointed al these inclusiue yet I think it necessary to leaue it thee as a caution because I haue seene so many proue to quip and gyrd as they had rather loose their friend then their iests And if by chance their boyling braine yeld a quaint scoffe they will trauell to be deliuered of it as a woman with child those nimble apprehensions are but the froth of wit LONDON Printed for IOSEPTH HVNT and are to be sold at his shop in Bedlem neere Moore-field gate FINIS