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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A05287	The sixty sixe admonitory chapters of Basilius, King of the Romans, to his sonne Leo, in acrostick manner that is, the first letter of euery chapter, making vp his name and title. Translated out of Greeke by Iames Scudamore.; Basilii Imperatoris Constantinopolitani exhortationum capita sexaginta sex ad Leonum filium, congomento Philosophum. English	Basil I, Emperor of the East, ca. 812-886.; Scudamore, James, 1624-1668.	1638 (1638)	STC 1543; ESTC S118848	21,566	136

healthy in thy soule For thou mayst learne of them what thou oughtst to desire and from what things thou oughtst to abstayne and with what men to be conuersant and whom to auoyd and abhorre and how thou shouldst order thy life that thou mayst not fall into many inconueniences And if thou wilt take this course thou mayst truely attayne to the full perfection of vertue CHAP. VIII Of vertue ALL the desirable things of the world doe not soe much adorne a King as the riches of vertue For beawty and comelinesse is withered either by diseases or by time and wealth doth begett idlenesse and pleasures and strēgth doth adorne the body with victories but doth hinder the faculties and indeauours of the soule But the possession of vertue is more profitable to them that haue it then riches and greatnesse of birth And those things that seeme impossible to others by the helpe of God it makes them to be possible CHAP. IX Of Lust LET not lust and the desire of a faire body ouercome thee because such a thing is to be esteemed but as a little dust Therfore be not proud of bodily nobility nor despise meannesse of birth neither be taken with beauty nor abhorre these that are hard fauoured but consider the beauty of the soule and spiritually loue the soule For that loue is only true and immortall not which as soone as it is obteined doth presently decrease and vanish but which after it is obtained doth dayly increase more and more CHAP. X. Of Goodnesse of manners THOV hast receiued a Kingdome of God keepe it safely as a pretious thing committed to thy charge Doe not seeme an ill keeper of that which is giuen vnto thee neither doe any thing ignoble or vnworthy of it but as thou wert preferred in dignity before other men to raigne so labour to excell all thy subiects in vertue also For vertue is better then all dignity If therfore in respect of dignity thou hast dominion and Soueraignty ouer all other men but in respect of vertue art excelled by any thou art a King in respect of that which is lesse but in very deed thou art not a King in respect of that which is greater but art a subiect to others Be not therfore a King only in name by being excelled by others but be a true King indeed by ouercomming all in respect of vertue CHAP. XI Of Temperance GOD will then giue thee victories and trophyes ouer thy enemies when thou thy selfe shalt set vp trophyes and gaine victories ouer thy passions For ouercomming thy inuisible enemyes that is thy passions thou shalt without doubt ouercome also thy visible ennemyes But he that like a slaue is ouercome and carryed away with pleasures God will not honour him with any noble and braue victory whereas he which by his owne labour shall gaine the victory ouer his passions for a manifest signe of retribution of the good things to come shall receaue from God as a due vnto him victory also ouer his visible enemyes CHAP. XII Of Faithfull freinds DELIGHT more in freinds that striue to expresse their affection towards thee in that they are true freinds then in that they are neare of kinne vnto thee For the freindship which kindred maketh proceeds not from vertue but from nature which may iustly be accounted such loue as commeth not from volontary choice but the freindship of good freinds proceedeth from free election and vertue And the one hath Nature for its lawe and the other God And goodnesse in true freinds is better then consanguinity in any occasion wherin one hath need to vse a freind and that which is voluntary as is freindship is better then that which is necessary as is consanguinity For kinsmen haue oftentimes supplanted kinsmen for small matters But true freinds not weighing the gaine of the whole world haue not preferred euen their very life before the loue of their freinds CHAP. XIII Of Valour and Prudence BOTH honour and approoue bodily strength if it be adorned with Prudence For as much as it is able to profitt being ioyned with wisdome so much without wisdome it vseth to hurt them that haue it For strength ioyned with wisdome makes the character of a man But if foolishnesse accompanieth it it is the character of a wild beast Therfore doe not aprooue those that haue strēgth not guided with discretion but those that doe gouerne it with wisdome For strength without wisdome is to be named audaciousnesse but strength with wisdome is termed valour CHAP. XIV Of Humility VVOVLD'ST thou haue God gracious towards thee be thou also gracious towards thy subiects For although thou art made their Lord yet thou art their fellow seruāt For we haue all of vs one and the same Lord euē the Lord of the whole world and we haue one and the same originall of all our kindred namely earth although we little clotts of earth are puffed vp one against another Therefore thou that art but higher dust remember thy selfe and knowe certainly that howsoeuer thou art lifted vp on high from the earth thou shalt surely againe be brought downe to the earth and then thou wilt neuer be lifted vp against lower dust Remember thine owne offences against God and thou wilt forgett thy neighbours offences against thy selfe CHAP. XV. Of Prudence CONSIDER with thy selfe that Prudence is most pretious to all men and that it is procured to all men by diligence All men doe praise it as a good thing but all men doe not labour to gaine it wherefore thou wilt rarely find one that hath attained it Therefore doe not thou thy selfe onely labour to be indued with wisedome but reuerence and honour also him that hath it be conuersant with him day and night For such a one onely is able to doe thee very much good in respect of thy soule and those things which seeme vnto thee oftentimes impossible to be done at a pinch these things by his means with the helpe of God thou shalt easily bring to passe For either thou must be wise thy selfe or followe wise men in whom God indeed doth take delight to be as vpon his Throne CHAP. XVI Of Trueth and Lying LET the grauity of thy manners be of no lesse credit then thy words that not onely when thou speakest but also when thou holdest thy peace thou mayst haue reuerence But doe not approoue of those that are plausible in speech and that doe not confirme their words by deeds For there are some that can speake fairely but in doing are very cold Therefore neither be thou such a one nor admitt others that are such to be about thee but make much of them and make them neere vnto thee which doe not so much adorne their manners with their words as their words with their manners And be not so shamelesse to talke of those things that thou hast done which thou art ashamed againe to doe neither thinke to doe those things which thou art ashamed to talke of