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A07097	The rule of an honest lyfe, wryten by the holy man Martyne, bysshop of Dumiense, unto ye ryght famouse kyng Myto, kyng of Galitia in spayne. And now (beyng founde in an auncyant copy) is faythfully translated out of the latyn tonge into Englyshe. For theyr sakes that be desyrous to rede englyshe bokes onely for utylyte and encrease of vertue. Here vnto is added a proper booke called: the Encheridyon of a spyrytuall lyfe; Formula vitae honestae	Martin, of Braga, Saint, ca. 515-579 or 80.; Seneca, Lucius Annaeus, ca. 4 B.C.-65 A.D., attributed name.	1538 (1538)	STC 17500; ESTC S103484	13,610	56

lyghtnesse spekynge without lowde voyce goenge without lowde noyse and trampelynge and reste without slouth and slogeshnes And when that other spende the tyme folyshly occupye your selfe about some honest thynge vertuously yf you be contynent shonne flaterers and be as loothe to be praysed of naughtye fylthy persons as you wold to be laudyd for filthy dedes Reioyce be glad so often as you dysplease those that be naught counte the naughty estymacyons of yll persons to be very laude and prayse vnto you It is the most hardest thyng that belongeth vnto contynence to auoyde the pleasable and glosynge speche of flaterers whose cōmunicocyon melteth a mans mynde with a certayne delectation Gette no mans amyte or frendshyppe by flateryng nor suffer no man to get yours by such wayes Be not malaparte boulde nor yet presumptuouse prowde Humilyate your selfe and do not dysdayne but kepe grauyte and sadnes Take monycyons gentely and pacyently reproches yf any man doth chyde you worthely counte that he profyteth you yf he blame you vnworthely you shall know that he entendyd verely to profyte you Feare not sharpe and bytter wordes but beware fayre flateryng speche Fle your owne vyces fautes and be not to curyouse a sercher of other mens nor yet a bytter and greuouse rebuker but without tawnte checke a corrector so that you myxte your monycyons with hillaryte gentelnes and gyue ꝑdon vnto hym that erreth Do not extoll any man to hygh ne dysprayse no man to lowe Be a styll hearer of them that speketh vnto you and a prompt dylygēt teacher of them that wyll heare you Answer gently vnto hym that speketh vnto you vnto hym that cōtempneth departe quyckly and do not go awaye checkynge brawlynge nor yet cursynge yf you be contynent take hede of the mocyons and dysposycyons bothe of your mynde also of your body that they be not vncomly nor out of fassyon do not lytell regarde them bycause they be preuy and secrete for it shall not skyll though no man seeth them it is suffyciēt when you know them your selfe Be mouable and flexible but not lyght waueryng constant sted fast but not selfe wylled nor obstynate Remēber let it not be greuouse vnto you to haue the knowlege of some thynge you shall counte euery man to be equall with you yf you contempne not your inferyores by pryde you shall in lyuyng well be out of the feare of your superyores In requytynge beneuolence be not neglygente nor do not apere to be folyshe dylygent Be gentell vnto euery man a flaterer vnto none famylier vnto a few and iust trewe vnto all Be more cyrcūspect ī your iudgement than in your cōmunicaciō more strayter in your lyuyng then in your outward countenance Be a mercyfull punyssher abhorrer of crudelyte Be nother a spreder of your owne good fame nor yet an haeter of other Gyue no lyght credence vnto rumors cryems suspycyons but rather be moost agaynst such malicyouse persons that crepeth vnder the cloke of symplycyte to hurte other Be slow vnto yre vnto mercy be prompte redye Be stronge and stedfaste in aduersite in prosperyte be cyrcūspecte and ware Be an hyder of your own vertues lyke as other be of theyr vyces Be a dyspiser of vayne glorye and not an egar requyrer of the houour whiche god hath indued yow withall Laugh not to scorne the vnwysnes and ygnoraunce of other Be of fewe wordes but a pacyent hearer of them that speketh Be dyscret and sad but dyspyse not them that be merye Be desyrous of wysdome redy to lerne and those thynges that you know teache with all dylygence gentelnes those that you know not desyer to be taught wtout any shamfastnes or hydynge of your ygnoraunce ¶ Iustice. WHat is the fourth vertue Iustyce but a cōuencyō cōuenaunt of nature inuented to the helpe cōfort of many what is iustyce forsoth not our institucyō nor ordynaūce but a dyuyne lawe bond of mans socyete In this we may not way and ponder what shal be expediēt necessary that is expediēt necessary what someuer iustyce sheweth vnto vs. who soeuer therfor you be that desyreth to folow this iustyce Fyrst drede loue god that you may be loued of god Trewly you shal loue god yf you wyl imytate hym ī this that is to say Be wyllyng to profyte all men to hurte none And then euery mā wyll call you a iust a ryghtwyse man euery man wyll laude you euery man wyll worshyp you and euery man wyll loue you To the entent you maye be iust you shall not onely do no hurt but you shal also wtstand naughty doers For to do no hurt is not iustice but to abstayne from yll is iustyce Therfore begyn at these that you take not awaye other mens goodes endeuer your self to cōme vnto hygher ꝑfection that you may also helpe to restore thynges taken awaye and castygate punyshe holde strayt robbers and spoylers of other Implycate no cōtrouersy of that ambyguite dowtfulnes of spekyng but behold the qualytie menyng of the mynde It shall not skyll whether you affyrme or sweare when so euer you intreate of the truth you shal wel know that you intreate both of fayth religyō For yf in swerynge god sholde not be called to wytnesse yet vnto hym that sweareth not by hym he is wytnesse Do not than ouerslyppe the trueth leste you ouerpasse the boundes law of iustyce And yf you be cōstrayned at any tyme to vse a fayned word vse it not for the clokyng of falshode but for the custodie kepynge of trueth And yf you chaunce to be cōpelled to saue your fydelyte or honeste with a fayned word do not make a lye but rather excuse your selfe bycause where as the mater is honest the ryghtwyse dylcloseth not secretes nor coūcelles but kepeth thynges that sholde be close and speaketh those thynges that may be laufully spoken And thus he is in peace quyet sure tranquylyte whyles other be ouercome with theyr yll doenges he vāquessheth those that be yll yf therfore you endeuer to studye these thynges gladly and wtout drede loking for the ende of your pylgremage you shal merely with a quyet conscyence beholde the calamyte and heuenes of this wretched world quyetly the dysquyetnes trouble sauely the wyckednes daungers of the same These iiii kyndes of vertues with these instytucyons offyces vnto them belongyng wyll make you a perfyt man yf you kepe the mesure straytnes of them with a iuste intent of good lyuynge The moderatiō of the .iiii. vtues ¶ For yf prudence passe her boūdes you shal be craftye and your wytte inuentyon tymorouse and fearefull you shall seme to be a seker of secretes a sercher of all maner of fautes you shal be counted to be a watcher of other men a suspycyouse a busy ꝑson euer fearyng cōtynually

¶ The rule of an honest lyfe wryten by the holy man Martyne bysshop of Dumiense vnto the ryght famouse kyng Myto kyng of Galitia in spayne And now beyng founde in an auncyant copy is faythfully translated out of latyn tonge into Englyshe For theyr sakes that be desyrous to rede englyshe bokes onely for vtylyte and encrease of vertue ¶ Here vnto is added a proper booke called The Encheridyon of a spyrytuall lyfe ¶ The reuerend father Iohn̄ a Tryttenhem abbot of Spanhemense in his boke entyteled Cathologus scryptorum ecclefiasticorū wytnesseth of this holy mā on this wyse MArtyne the bysshop of Dumience somtyme ruler abbot of a monasterye a man excellently lerned bothe in dyuine scrypture and also in the lawe cyuyle came from the Caste partes into Fraunce and conuerted the people of Sweuia a prouince in germayne from the wicked heresye of the Arrians vnto the ryght fayth And he constytute rules of the same trew catholike fayth he reformed chyrches And also he wrote vnto kynge Myto kyng of Galicia this proper volume of the iiii vertues called the .iiii. cardynale vertues The which he wold haue called The rule of an honest lyfe ¶ Martyne the bysshop of Dumience vnto the moste gloryouse peaceable kyng Myto kynge of Gallicia in Spayne sendeth gretynge ▪ I Do very well know most gentell kyng the feruent thyrste of your minde whiche vnsacyably gapeth after the lycure of sapyence and without cease coueteth those thynges that floweth from the ryuers of morall scyence And for this cause you haue monysshed me often tymes by your letters to wryte vnto your magestye by the waye of epystle some consolation or exhortation or els some other thynge what so euer it were I sholde sende it vnto you But all though this laudable desyer of your deuocion requyreth this thynge of me neuertheles I perceyue it wyll be imputed vnto me of some busye persons as a poynt of presumpcion aboue my knowlege yf I sholde trouble your royal dygnite with assydual letters or as I myght saye with vyle letters And therfore lest I shold other abuse the lybertye of your godly motyon in to moche bablynge or els seme to denye your holly desyre in holdynge my peace I haue sent you this lyttell boke faythfully to satysfye your desyrours ears not garnysshed with the shew of sophystrie nor logyke but takē out of the playnest of pure symplycite The which boke I haue not wryten specyally for your instytution in whom is naturally quycknes of wysdom but generally for those that gyueth atendaūce vpon you vnto whom it shal be very ꝓfytable to redde to lerne to print perfectly in theyr memorye The tytle therof is The rule of an honest lyfe which ▪ I wolde shold be so called bycause it doth not intrete of the hygh and perfecte thynges that a fewe contemplatyue heuenly persons doth kepe but rather it doth teache those thynges that may without the knowledge of diuine scryptures by the naturall lawe of mans intellygens ye of the lay people craftes men so that they lyue well honestly be playnly vnderstand kept ¶ The boke AFter the opinions of many wyse men there be defyned iiii kyndes of vertues wherwith a mans mynde ones bewtyfyed maye attayne vnto the honestye of good lyuynge Of these iiii one is called Prudence an other Magnanimyte or fortytude the thyrde Contynence or temperaunce and the fourth Iustyce or ryghtwysnes All the whiche vertues togyther with theyr offyces here vnto them annexed maketh a man honest cyuile and well manered ¶ Prudence Who so euer therfore that coueteth to folowe prudence let hym then order his lyfe iustely accordyng vnto reason ponder way all thynges before and gyue vnto eche thynge the value and dygnite not after the opinions of many men but accordynge vnto theyr qualite and nature For you shall vnderstande that there be some thynges that semeth to be good and be not there be some that apereth not to be good yet they be good What so euer therfore you possesse of transytorye thynges make not to moch vpon them ne do not exteme that thyng to be of great value or pryce whiche is casuall vayne Nor kepe not ī hugger mogar your goodes as though they were other mens but bestowe them for your necessyte as you wolde your owne yf you do enbrace and loue prudence you shall be all wayes one man lyke as the cause of thynges and varyete of tymes dothe requyre so behaue your selfe do not chaunge your selfe in any affayers or busynes but rather apply your selfe lyke your hande which is euer one both whan you sprede it abrode into a palme and also whan you gather it togyther into a fyste It behoueth a prudēt man to take councell with aduisement and not suyftly by lyghte credence to fall vnto falsehode Of dowbtfull thynges gyue no rasshe iudgement but deferre the sentence vntyll you haue forther knowlege Affyrine nothynge styfely bycause all thyng that semeth trewe is not trewe in dede lyke as many tymes that whiche at the fyrste scyte appereth to be vncredyble is not alwayes false for oftentymes the trueth bareth the face of a lye and falshode lorketh vnder the symylytude of trueth And euen as a frende somtymes sheweth a lowerynge countenaunce a flaterer a fayre face so is falshode colored with the lykelyhod of trueth to the entent he maye begyle and deceyue yf you intende to be prudent beholde thynges a farre of and consyder in youre mynde what thynges maye chaunce hereafter Let nothyng be vnto you soden or vnloked for but behold all thyng before hande For a prudent man doth not saye I thoughte these thynges wolde not haue come thus to passe Bycause he dothe not doubte but seeth furely before nor he doth not suspecte and feare but doth cyrcumspectly prouyde and beware yow shall serche out the cause of euery thynge and when you haue founde out the begynnynges you shall caste what wyll come of the endes of the same you shall vnderstande that in certeyne thynges you ought to perseuer and contynewe bycause you haue begonne but some thynges you maye not begyn wherin to perseuer is great hurte daunger A prudent man wyll not deceyue other nor he hym selfe can not be deceyued Let your opynyons he sure iudgementes Do not receyue nor suffer wandrynge cogytacions and thoughtes that be lyke vnto dreames wherwith yf you please your mynde you shall be heuy and pensyfe when you haue ordered all thynges the beste waye you can but let your cogytacyōs be stedfast stable and suer whether it doth delyberate take aduysement whether it doth inquyre serche or whether it doth contemplate and studye let it not swerue from the trueth Suffer not your communycacyon to be ydle nor in vayne but other swade and exhorte or speke of dyuine thynges or comforte other or els cōmaunde and teache Laude and prayse other moderatly blame and rebuke very seldom For to moch praysynge

is as well worthy reprofe as immoderate rebukynge bycause that semeth to procede of flatery this to come of malyce Gyue testymony vnto trueth and not vnto frendshyp Promyse with aduysement perfourme it to the vttermoste yf your wytte and mynd be prudent ordre well thre tymes Dyspose and rule well thynges present prouyde wysely for thynges to come and remembre those that be paste For he that thynketh nothyng of the tyme past destroyeth his lyfe and who that studyeth nothynge for the tyme to come falleth into all thynge vnwaers Put in your mynde the dyspleasures that be to come and also the cōmo dytees to the entent you maye suffer them pacyently these modetaetly Be not contynually tedyously occupyed but somtyme quiet and refresshe your mynde with recreacyon and take hede your recreacyon be full of the studyes of wysedome and good cogytacyons For a prudent man doth not wether nor waste with ydelnesse He hath his mynde somtyme relaxed to recreacyon but neuer clene separate from good occupacyon he quyckeneth thynges that be dull he dyspatcheth spedfully those that be dowtfull he molyfyeth and maketh easye thynges that be harde and paynfull and ouercometh those that be dyffyculte to attayne vnto For he knoweth what he ought to do and whiche waye to go to worke and quyckly and perfytly seeth all thynges at ones Of thynges manyfeste and knowen he iudgeth obscure and hydde of small he deameth the greate of them that be present he decerneth the absente and of the partes he conceyueth all the hole Let not the authoryte of hym that speaketh moue you ne who it is that speaketh do not regarde but marke well what is sayde nor do not studye how you shall pleayse many but whom and what they be take good hede Seke for that that maye be founde studye to lerne that whiche maye be knowen and couet that that may be laufully desyred before them that be good Do not assocyat your selfe with your better in whose company you shall tremble for feare in depertynge from hym you shall haue a fall Then call vnto you holsome councell when the prosperyte of this lyfe fauereth you Then staye and stande faste as you wold in a slyppery place and suffer not your inocyons and passyons to ronne at large but loke about you whether they intende and how farre they may lawfully god ¶ Magnanimite FOrsothe yf Magnanimite whiche is also called fortytude be in your stomacke you shall lyue in great suertye fre without dyspleasure vnfearefull without daunger and mery with a quyet conscyence It is a meruelous good thyng of a mans mynde not to tremble nor feare but to be stedfaste vnto hym selfe and to beholde quyetly the ende of this transytory lyfe yf you be of a valyaū stomack you shall neuer counte dyspleasur or damage to be done vnto you you shall saye of your enemy He hath not hurt me but he dyd intende to hurte me And when you haue hym in your powre and subieccyon you shal counte your selfe suffycyently reuengyd to be able to punysshe hym For you shall well knowe that to forgyue and perdon is the moste excellent and honest kynde of reuengynge Rayle of no man pryuely in corners Uudermynge ne dysceyue no man Go playnly to worke and speke boldly to a mans face For fraude and dysceyte becommeth a cowerde Make no conflycte nor baytell with any man except it be in your owne defence you shal be a bolde and a valiant man yf you nother yeberde rasshely vpon daūgers as one that were foolehardy nor yet feare them lyke a dastard For there is nothyng that maketh a dredfull mynde but the conscyence knowlege of a gyltye lyfe ¶ Contynence YF you loue cōtynence cut away all superfluyte Kepe togyther your desyres in a narow strayt Consyder with your selfe how moch nature doth requyre of dewtye not how moch she coueteth vnlawfully yf you be cōtynent you shall come to this poynt that you shall be content suffycyent with your owne selfe And he that is vnto hym selfe satysfyed suffycyent is borne with ryches abundaunt Put vnto concupycence a brydle Cast away all those thynges that doth flater and please which intyseth and draweth the mynde with preue voluptie delectatiō Eate without crapulosyte and surfet not Quench your thurst quaffe not and beware of dronkenesse Take hede you do not in festes other copanyes reproue dampne such ꝑsons whose maners you do not alowe Ne delyte not to moch in such delicious pleasurs as you haue present nor yet couet those that you haue not Se that your fare be of an easy coste and come not vnto voluptuouse pleasures but vnto meat Let hūger styre vp your appetit not dainty dysshes Refreshe your desyres with a lytle bicause you ought only to care for this thyng that is to labour that they maye sease And thus lyke as you be made after the diuyne godly symylitude so endeuer your selfe as moch as you maye to forsake the fleshe cleue vnto the spyryte yf you studie to haue cōtynence dwell not wantonly in places all of pleasure but in good ayre helthfully nor do not couet to be knowen as a lord by your house but let your house be knowen by the mayster Do not fayne to be that you be not nor yet to appere to be better then you be Take good heed of this thynge that pouertye be not vnto you fowle that is to saye do not dyspyse it as a thynge vyle lowthsome nor frugalyte fylthy nor symplycyte neglecte nor yet playnes paynfull or greuouse And yf your goodes be small neuertheles let them not be nygardely vsed nor do not dysperaetly dysprayse your owne nor with grudge prayse other mens yf you loue contynence fle all fylthy thynges before they come vnto you feare no mā more then you do your own selfe byleue that all thynges be more tolerable then fylthynes Abstayne also from foule fylthy cōmunicacyō for the sufferaūce therof increaseth nouryssheth vnclenlynes vnchaste bowldenes Loue better fruetful cōmunicaciō than those that be eloquent those that be trew rather then such as be flaterynge fayre Myxte somtyme myrth with maters of grauite but yet temperate them set them in theyr place without the detrymēt of chastite sadnes for laughyng is reprochefull yf it be immoderate yf it be wanton chyldyshe or yf it be nyce folyshe Laughynge also yf it be superstycyously prowde yf it be lowde and shryll yf it be dysdaynyng malycyouse yf it be preuy wysperynge or yf it ryse of other mens hurte dyspleasure maketh a man haetful yf therfore the time requireth myrth sporte take hede you vse them also with grauite and wysdome that no man fynde faute with you to be roughe and curyshe nor yet to dyspyce you as though you were worthy to be caste out of cōpany Use no rude carterly fashyon but gentell cyuyle maner Use myrthe without checkynge sporte and pastyme without