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A10362
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Sir Walter Raleighs instructions to his sonne and to posterity; Instructions to his son and to posterity
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Raleigh, Walter, Sir, 1552?-1618.
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Friends and give meanes to thy posteritie to live and defend themselves and thine own fame where it is said in the Proverbs that hee shall bee sore vexed that is surety for a stranger it is further said the poore is hated even of his owne neighbor but y e rich have many Friends Lend not to him that is mightier then thy selfe for if thou lendest him count it but lost bee not suretie above thy power for it thou bee suretie thinke to pay it CHAP. VI. LEt thy servants be such as thou mayest command and entertayne none about the but yeomen to whom thou givest wages for those that will serve thee without thy hire wil cost thee trouble asmuch as they that know their fare If thou trust any Servant with thy purse bee sure thou take his account ere thou sleepe for if thou put it off thou wile then afterwards for tediousnesse neglect it I my selfe have lost thereby more then I am worth And whatsoever hee gaines thereby hee will never thanke thee but laugh thy simplicity to scorne and besides it is the way to make thy Servants theeves which else would be truest CHAP. VII EXceed not in the humour of ragges bravery for these will soone weare out of fashion but that Money in thy purse will ever be in fashion and no Man is esteemed for gay Garments but by Fooles and women CHAP. VIII ON the other side take heed that thou seek not riches basely nor attaine them by evil meanes destroy no Man for his wealth nor take any thing from the poore for the cry and complaint thereof will pierce the Heavens and is most detestable before GOD and most dishonourable before worthy Men To wrest any thing from the needie and labouring Soule will never prosper thee in ought if ought thou offend therein but use thy poore neighbours and tennants well put not them and their Children to a needlesse superfluitie and expences to thy selfe He that hath pitty on another Mans sorrowes shall bee free from it himselfe and hee that delighteth in scorneth the misery of another shall one time or other fall into it himselfe Remember hee that hath mercie on the poore lendeth unto the Lord and the LORD will recompence him what hee hath given I doe not understand such for poore as are vagabonds and beggars but those that labour to live such as are old and cannot travell such poore vagabounds and fatherlesse Children as are ordered to be relieved the poore Tenants that travell to pay their Rents and that fall into poverty by mischance and not by carelesse expence on such have thou coÌ„passion and GOD will blesse thee for ever Make not thy hungry Soule sorrowfull deferre not the guift of the needy for if hee curse thee in the bitternesse of his Soule his prayer shall bee heard of him that made him CHAP. IX TAke especiall care that thou delight not in Wine for there never was any Man that came to honour or preferment that loved it for it transformeth a Man into a Beast because heate poysoneth the breath decayeth naturall heate brings a Mans stomacke into an artificiall heate deformeth the face rotteth the teeth and to conclude maketh a Man contemptible soone old and despised of all wise and worthy Men in thy servants in thy selfe and Companions for it is a bewitching and infectious vice And remember my words that it were better for a man to be subject to any vice then to it for all other vanities and sinnes are recovered but a Drunkard will never shake off the delight of beastlinesse for the longer it possesseth a man the more hee will delight in it and the elder hee groweth the more he shall be subject to it for it dulleth the spirits and destroyeth the Body as Ivy doth the old Tree or as the worme that ingendreth in the cornell of the Nut Take heede therefore that such a curelesse Cankar possesse not thy youth nor such a beastly infection thy old age for thou shalt all thy life time live but the life of a beast and after death thou shalt shortly prove a shamefull infamie to thy posteritie who shall study to forget that such a one was their Father ANACHARSIS saith the first draught serveth for health the second for pleasure third for shame fourth for madnesse but in youth there is not so much as one draught permitted for it putteth fire to fire and wasteth the naturall heate and therefore except thou hasten thine end take this for a generall rule that thou adde not an artificiall heat to thee by Wine or Spice untill thou find that time hath decayed thy naturall heate and assoone as thou beginnest to helpe nature the sooner shee will forsake thee and trust not onely upon Art who hath misfortune faith SALOMON who have sorrow and griefe who have trouble without sighing stripes without cause and faintnesse of eyes even they that sit at Wine and straine themselves to emptie Cuppes PLINY sayth Wine makes the hand quivering the eyes waterie the night unquiet lewd dreames a stinking breath in the morne and all utter forgetfulnesse of things Whosoever loveth Wine shall not bee trusted of any Man for he cannot keepe a secret Wine maketh a man nor onely a beast but a mad-man if thou love it thy own Wife thy Children and thy Friends will despise thee In drinke men care not what they say what offence they give they forget comelinesse commit disorders and to conclude offend all vertuous honest Company and GOD most of all to whom wee daily pray for health and a life free from paine and yet by drunkennesse and gluttony which is the drunkennesse of feeding wee draw on HESIOD saith a swift hasty evill untimely and an infamous old age And AVSTIN describeth Drunkennes in this manner 〈◊〉 est blandus Damon dulce venenum suave peccatum quam qui habet seipsum non habet quam qui facit peccatum non facit sed ipse est peccatum INNOCENTIVO saith Quid turpius ebrioso cui foetor in ore tramor in corpore qui promit stulta promit occalta cui â—â—es alebatar facit transfermutur nultum serrutum ubi â—â—guat ebrietas at quid nos aliud designas malum When DIOGENES saw a House to bee sold whereof the owner was given to drinke I thought at the last quoth DIOGENES hee would spew out a whole house Sciebam inquit quod domum tandem evomeret CHAP. X. NOW for the world I know it too well to perswade you to dive into the practises thereof rather stand upon your owne guard against all that tempt you thereunto or may practise upon you in your Conscience your reputation or your Purse resolve that no Man is wise or safe but he that is honest Serve GOD let him bee the Author of all your Actions commend all your endeavors to him that must eyther wither or prosper them please him with prayer least if hee frown he confound all your fortunes labours like drops of Rayne on the Sandy ground let my experienced advice and fatherly instructions sink deep into your heart So GOD direct you in all his wayes and fill your heart with his grace FINIS