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A14255	The sergeant maior A dialogue of the office of a sergeant maior. VVritten in Spanishe by the Maister of the Campe Francisco de Valdes. And translated into Englishe, by Iohn Thorius.; Espejo, y deceplina militar. English	Valdés, Francisco de, militar.; Thorie, John, b. 1568.	1590 (1590)	STC 24570; ESTC S119000	51,930	64

The Sergeant Maior A DIALOGVE of the Office of a Sergeant Maior VVritten in Spanishe by the Maister of the Campe Francisco de Valdes And translated into Englishe by Iohn Thorius LONDON Printed by John Wolfe 1590. To the Right Honourable Knight Sir Iohn Norris Lorde President of Munster c. Iohn Thorius wisheth increase of all Heroicall versues RIght Honourable Plutarch hath writtē a tretise intituled 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 In which he sheweth how men may reap profite by their enemies And forasmuch as thys booke was written to instruct those that are professed enemyes to our estate I thought that we might reap some profite by them if this theyr Sergeant Maior were as well knowen vnto our men as vnto them selues and that notsomuch for any poynts of pollicy which might be in their souldiers more then in ours or for that I think them to haue more knowledge in matters concerninge warfare then our English warriers who are no whit inferiour to any of them as for that theyr orders being knowen vnto vs wee may the better and more easely hurte them and benefit our selues by reason of this aduantage I haue therefore bestowed some pains in vnarming this Spanysh Sergeant and doffing his Castilian and hostile armour and haue clothed him in English apparel to the end that our men may vse him to theyr pleasure and he finding him selfe metamorphosed learne how to serue English men Beseeching and desiring your Honor that as in the fielde you wish to be the first to encounter not with the stoutest Sergeant onely but also with the brauest Duke Prince or King that professeth enmity against yourselfe your Prince or your Countrey So you wil at home vouchsafe to protect this SERGEANT MAIOR who hauing now forsaken his owne Countrey matcheth not in the fielde in Spanishe colours but walketh in London streetes in Englishe attyre And I for my part shall thinke my selfe much bounden vnto your Honor if you shall accept thys my labour as a signe of my good minde Thus I leaue your Honor to your martiall meditations beseeching God that as our enemyes haue felte your valour the lowe Countreys inioyed it and England with an vniuersall voyce generally commended it so it may please his deuine Maiesty to increase it to the glory of his owne Honor to the terror of your enemyes and to the benefite of our Prince and Countrey A Militarie Dialogue of the Office of the Seargeant Maior INTER LOCVTORS Londonno Vargas I Haue had better lucke then my selfe could wish Master Londonno séeing that at this time you cannot iustly bee excused from telling mée that which I haue so often requested you and which besides if I be well remembred you haue promised But your many affaires as I take it haue hetherto hindered that I haue not obtained my desire and your selfe as yet not satisfied my request But now séeing my good fortune was such that we should méete together by our selues onely separated from all other conuersation among the riuers of this most pleasant Rhene I heartely beséeth you that it be not troublesome to you to declare that vnto me which I so gréedily wish to knowe séeing that not onely the lawe of friendshippe doeth binde you thereto but also Christian charitie inioyneth that the talent receiued from heauen shall not be buried but rather multiplied that all such may bee taught and instructed as by reason of their ignorance want the light of knowledge Londonno Certes good Sir I conceiued great pleasure in finding you in so pleasant a place by your selfe accompanied onelie with your manifolde vertues which neuer suffer you to be alone and I take not this your most vertuous curiositie to bee the least of them in that now that your fortune hath brought you to this Militarie profession you be so diligent in learning all such things as a good and valiant souldier ought to know And I woulde to God that I were so sufficient that I might be able to satisfie this your most honest desire But as much as I can and as farre as my small wit can reach vnto I will not refuse to stand you in sted And if vntill this time I haue not yet done in this particular as you so greatly haue requested me persuade your selfe that as you haue verie well sayd my ouer many businesses and certaine perturbations of the minde withall which neuer forsake vs that trauaile as strangers in this waie of humane miserie haue caused the same But now forasmuch as we haue some leasure and the pleasantnes ioyntly with the solitarines of this place and especially your companie which were inough to amend anie vicous man inticeth and allureth vs to all vertuous conuersation Aske what you will for I am readie to obey Vargas I looked for no lesse curteous answere to procéed from your discretion and vertues And I am fully perswaded that if anie one in this our age can fully satisfie my minde concerning this point you are the man for the excellent iudgement continuall reading and great experience of many yeres which I know to be in you doe assure me of it You alreadie knowe that many dayes since I haue greatly desired to heare you discourse of the offices of Captaines Ensignes Seargeants and Corporals what preheminences they haue and what and how manifolde their duetie is vnto which euerie one is bound according to the Office which hee doth heare And I do thinke that you in like manner remember that I haue requested you at sometimes of leasure to talke with me concerning the Office of the Seargeant Maior of which if it would please you now to intreate I should thinke my selfe beholding vnto you and we will leaue the first particulars to some other time seeing that as I haue heard men of greate iudgement and such as could discourse of matters concerning this profession saie they which are perfectly acquainted with this charge and office can easily learne all such things as are required in the foresayd offices and other besides whereof I haue not made mention Insomuch that I cannot inough meruaile what the cause should be why many Captaines generall doe often times make choice of persons that not only want discretion but are also welnigh without wit and experience to beare this office it being of so great moment and which requireth so much abilitie Londonno You haue great reason surely For in such like elections many abuses haue béene and are dayly séene and I meane not here to preiudice any particular man but to tell in truth what what I haue seene I say the number of them is but small which I haue knowne to be fit and sufficeint Sergeants Maior And hence doth it come that many errours haue and daily are committed by those that exercise this office seeing that it hath beene and ordinarily is seene that in time and place of necessity the squadron cannot be fourmed by reason of the fault and inhabilitie of the Sergeants Maior And the same which I speake