vpon the soule of euery one that doth euil Indignation Wrath and Anguish So that it appeareth manifestly hereby how their punishment ought to be cruell not only in Hel but also Heere that impugne your Highnesse procéedings or that practise to performe the wicked déedes of the Fleshe Apostasie Idolatrie Blasphemie Hypocrisie Sacrilege Treason Tyranny Extortion Conspiracie RebellioÌ„ Rape Buggerie Burglarie Murther Thefte Periurie Pride Hautinesse Insolencie Clipping Washing Counterfeyting of Coyne Deceit Cosoning Idlenes Roging Murmuring against Rulers Backbiting Filching Sclandering Brauling Scolding Libelling Bribing Enuying Repining Taunting Scoffing Fighting Mutining Disdaine Disobedience Vnnaturalnesse Ingratitude Incest Fornication Adulterie Gluttonie Drunkennes Dissembling Couetousnes Vsurie Slouth Witchcraft Bauderie Ribauldrie BaÌ„kerupting Vnseruiceablenesse such like afore mentioned amongst the actuall sins whiche are alwayes euil and wicked and according to the more the lesse be to be punished And therefore oure Redeemer testifyeth in that Sermon he made vpon the Mount which for our Soules health Bodily comfort surpasseth al that Sermons made vpoÌ„ the Earth that Not euery one that sayth Lord Lord shal enter into the Kingdome of Heauen but he that doth the will of my Father which is in Heauen And his will is that yée beléeue his word Obey your Prince and doe thereafter that is that we embrace the works of Holinesse afore recited and forsake and renounce the déedes of Wickednesse laste repeated The holy Ghoste so instructeth by all Christians to bée receiued Hence Paule teacheth That not the Hearers of the Lawe but the Doers they are iustified whych liue according to the Spirite not according to the Flesh By Marlorat excellently opened affirming that our Iustification resteth vpoÌ„ Faith without the workes of the depraued Law of Nature Moses Law or any other whatsoeuer withoute a constant Faith in Iesus Christ but not without the déedes and fruites commanded by the Law of the Gospell the Law of the Spirit and Lawe of Grace For as Bullinger â—â—uinely deliuereth the Moral Law is continuall and in some part the Iudiciall but not at all the Ceremoniall of Moses And certaine so farre as the Lawe is the rule how to liue well and happily so far as it is the bridle to stay vs in Gods feare so farre as it is a pricke to wake the dulnesse of our flesh so farre as it is giuen to instruct correct and rebuke vs men so farre I say with him that it remayneth still This Saincte Iames most earnestly affirmeth saying that such as know how to do well and do it not are still bound in their sinne as if he should say the Lawe hath rule still ouer such for they be not as yet regenerate bycause they walke stil according to the fleshe and not according to the Spirite The very same Saincte Peter maketh more playne for the eyghte Soules that were saued by water signifieth Baptisme that saueth vs and not the cutting away the foreskinne Circumsition but the forsaking of euill a good conscience coÌ„senting vnto Gods will a liuely and vndoubted faith budding forth all good blossoms and spirituall fruites for we acknowledge as Bullinger affirmeth according to Sainct Paule that we are created vnto good workes But so that héereby we may not swell with pride in our selues forgetting the merites of Christ wheÌ„ we reade in the holy Scriptures that we are iustified by ours owne workes that oure owne workes are called righteous that vnto our works is giuen a reward of euerlasting life nor yet that we growe to presumptuous secure and licentious when we find that we are iustified only by Faith that we are fréely ransomed by the frée bountie of our redéemer that hée once for all pacified the wrath of his father and broughte vs againe to be his déerely beloued Children But that as we be fréelie redéemed through his only goodnesse without anye merite of ours so we without any compulsion must sanctifie oure soules and bodies walking alwayes in the light of godly conuersatioÌ„ as it is of late very well expressed by Master Rogers but most effectually of all of olde by the holy Apostles themselues By Peter who willeth that we make our election calling this way sure so that we shalâ—â—â—uer fall if in Faith wee minister vertue in vertue knowledge in knowledge temperance in temperance patience in patience godlynesse in godlinesse brotherly kindnesse in brotherly kindnesse loue Howe farre now they be deceiued be they neuer so excellent orators or neuer so cunning Sophisters and how vnméete to bring vp youth and to instruct the state of the world haue they neuer so many tongs or neuer so many Schole poynts in health holynesse obedience vnitie laudable qualities profitable artes what office place or dignity soeuer they haue or be they neuer so frantike feruente as was the murtherer that wounded of late yeares a valiant Captaine thinking therby to haue slaine a most worthie and noble Gentleman nowe of the Quéenes Maiesties most honourable priuie Counsel yea or to liue notwithstanding hir highnesse excéeding mercie and great pietie that coÌ„demne Gods prouidence as well ecclesiastical as teÌ„porall gouernement in our most royall Maiestie primate prerogatiue Palatine power in prelates by the Quéenes highnesse giuen in as large manner as euer they were or the high dignitie of the nobles and estates Lordly rule middle meanes appoynted doctrine vnitie of seruice common prayer Christian discipline right reason ordinarie Lawes dayly decrées holy workes iust déedes healthfull medicine industrie and diligence of vertuous men cleauing to vniuersall destinie without regard of the humane vertues particular sensualitie without consideration of the diuine graces or common libertie without respect of princely power You may sée héerein partly as in a glasse but in the ages following all the graces at large mentioned in the Epistle as well by the holy writte vse of the parts naturall and morall Philosophie as by the experience of all well ordered common weales Counsels Parliaments Conuocations Sinodes Decrées and excommunications of the primitiue Church And how likely it is that they should be eyther very godly naturall wise or rightly learned â—ting all certaynetie of diuine grace power naturall and 〈◊〉 obedience the holie word blessed regimente godly lawes â—thie creations high preferments all aduancementes meâ—â—â—ents worship disgradings and continuall gouernemente 〈◊〉 the beginning teacheth approueth and declareth to theÌ„ 〈◊〉 be not infected with the Heluetian contagion or libertie of longing to ouerthrowe as well Princes and Nobles of the â—astle as of the Spiritualtie that there might be no certainetie of superioritie that al might be at libertie through election of gouernoures to come to dignitie not for desart but for flatterie or feare Which forasmuch as all men by nature do conot libertie and superioritie so muche the more as affirmeth Caesar ought Princes to prouide certayne and spéedie meanes to restreyne them Wherefore I may bycause this Volume
The Arte and Science of preseruing Bodie and Soule in Healthe Wisedome and Catholike Religion Phisically Philosophically and Diuinely deuised By IOHN IONES Phisition Right profitable for all persones but chiefly for Princes Rulers Nobles Byshoppes Preachers Parents and them of the Parliament house PROVERB 4. Hearken vnto my wordes encline your eares vnto my sayings for they are life vnto those that find them and health vnto all their Bodies ¶ Imprinted at London by Henrie Bynneman Anno. 1579. HONI SOIT QVI MAL Y PENCE TO THE MOSTE high excellent and renowmed Princesse Elizabeth by the grace of God Queene of England France and Ireland Defendour of the faith and in earth vnder God of this Churche of Englande and Irelande chiefe Gouernoure FOrasmuche most excellent Princesse and soueraigne Lady as by Diuinitie Phisike and Philosophie it is manifestly proued and of the faithfull Christian and Catholike certainly beleeued and by youre highnes mightily maintained defended and deliuered that no grace goodnesse power vertue life health mainteinaunce strength or blessednesse can be continue or remaine in the heauenly creatures aboue vppon the earth beneath or in those that be below vnder the earth without the especiall grace of God aboue all heauens do vpholde guide and preserue the heauenly bodies humane nature diuine graces and Princely rule The supercelestiall or not to be seene graces in God are very manifestly knowen by his most wonderfull workes which he hath done since the making of the world The said graces are three Power wisedome and Mercie From these three all things spring In these three all things stande By these three all things are ruled Power maketh Wisedome guideth Mercie preserueth Which three as they be in God after a maner that cānot be vttered as saith Hugo so in working they cannot be sundred as affyrmeth Athanasius But that the distinction of the persons may be vnderstood by the difference of workes Power by the mercie doth wisely make Wisedome by the power doth mercifully guide Mercie by the wisedome doth mightely preserue The infinitenesse of creatures doeth declare the power as may be noted both in number and greatnesse The beautie doth shewe the wisedome by sight moouing shape and qualitie to be perceiued And the profitablenesse the mercie as maye bee viewed in that that is delightsome fitte commodious and necessary Also the Celestiall graces or powers in the heauenly mansions be three Motion Light Influence From these three all things compounded of the foure Elementes throughe mutuall interchange do growe In these three do their actions consiste By these three they be all qualited Motion ingendreth Light shapeth and sheweth Influence disposeth or qualiteth And these three as they bee in the heauenly bodies after a maner that dayly may be perceiued as affirme Hermes Thales and Aristotle so in working they may be deuided as sheweth Ptolomeus with the rest of the Astronomers Motion by the influence doth lightly ingender Light by the motion doth comely shape or shewe Influence by the light doeth notably encline or dispose the qualities The course of the Orbe and Planets running ebbing and flowing of waters Bathes Springs and Hauens blowing and whirling of the windes ingendring of Comets blasing Starres and Meteors encrease of mineralles growth of Plants sense in beasts and the reason in mankinde do sufficiently declare the motion Consisting in the bodies not ingendred nor corruptible And in them that be ingendred and that doe corrupte The twinkling of the Starres glittering of the Sunne and shining of the Moone doe shewe the shape in formes produced of substances to be seene The qualities properties temperatures or operations of thinges doe notably signifie the influence naturally abiding in the properties of thinges doing and suffering Likewise the graces faculties or spirites in mankinde bee found out by their properties and deuided by their offices as teache Hyppocrates Plato and Galen And they be three Reason Courage and Loue appetite or desire From these three all the actions proceede By these three all the powers do worke Through these three all the partes do their dueties Reason ruleth Courage defendeth and Loue mainteineth As they are very euidently in mankinde to bee iudged by suche as knowe the vse of the parts and of all others that wisely weygh or consider their operations in their thoughtes and deedes Reason by the loue couragiously ruleth Courage by the reason louingly defendeth Loue by the courage reasonably mainteineth The reasonable or animall spirite proceedeth from the braine as is perceiued by feeling sense and vnderstanding The Irascible or couragious from the hearte and is shewed by magnanimitie glorie and honour The appetitiue naturall or louing from the lyuer as maye be knowen by ingendring longing and feeding The two later respecte earthly things subiect to the world the flesh and the deuil and therefore mortall subiecte to corruption But the former heauenly euerlasting to possesse ioye or paine Fourthly the Theologicall Diuine or Spirituall graces of our moste christian religion are very manifestlye knowen by their effectes and plainely deuided by their operations The saide graces or vertues be three Faith Hope Charitie From these three all holy religion doth spring In these three al pietie standeth By these three all good and acceptable deedes before God are maintained Faith planteth Hope watereth Charitie prospereth increaseth and fostereth And these as they be in the Christian minde as saye the Apostles Peter Paule and Iames after a maner right heauenly So in the Catholike doctrine they are laide down for most holesome and sure foundations as witnesse the holy Doctors Augustine Ciprian and Chrisostome Faith by the Charitie doth trustily water Hope by the faith doth charitably prosper encrease and foster Charitie by the hope doth faithfully plante The protesting of the Catholike beliefe preaching baptisme and receiuing of the blessed Communion doth declare the faith regeneratiō resting in newenesse of life in forsaking the wicked deedes of the worlde the fleshe and the Diuell The imprisonment persecution and death of the Saintes doeth declare the hope to be seene in number of the elect vpon earth and in the obtayning and constant looking for the ioy and life euerlasting in Heauen The aduauncing of the humble and godly assisting of the impotent lame and needy and punishing of the disobedient and wicked declareth the charitie in loue compassiō and help abiding Lastly in kingly gouernment be also three powers graces faculties or vertues that prudently be exercised according to eche regiment moste fitte for euery region as we maye gather by Plato Aristotle Tullie Iustinian Paule Pontanus Patricius Chelidonius Tigurinus Castilio c. Power Wisedome Iustice From these three all kingdoms are founded By these all Empires stande Through these eche ruler raigneth as your Maiestie moste wisely considereth deliuereth and handleth Power ruleth Wisedome guideth Iustice preserueth Whiche three as they be in gouernment after a maner that may very wel be vttered so in offices ministration and execution they are very needefully to
Emperiall Maiestie do accept this new Peere in good parte and do giue it your gracious safe conducte for a guide that it may the willinglier be embraced of all your beloued subiects people of God it shal not only giue me abilitie courage and countenance to performe the rest that I go about but also shal prouoke diuers others to doe many thinges farre exceeding my wit or cunning not to be battered suncke or ouerwhelmed in your diuine name and for the weale publique Which peraduenture may make more healthie more godly and of longer life your people with their posteritie and more acceptable and more beloued eche to other and more seruiceable to your highnesse to their Country vnto their parentes and vnto themselues Long I beseech God the giuer of all rule in al royaltie may your Maiestie liue Many prosperous yeares Iesus Christe the wisedome of the father grant your highnesse ouer vs to raigne in al blessednes Alwaies the mercy loue of God the holy ghost defende guide accoÌ„pany your excelleÌ„t Maiestie in all your affaires The very mainteiner rewarder and aduauncer of euerye grace gift and commendable Vertue The paterne of al Power Wisedome and Iustice And the sampler of al godlinesse mercie and quietnesse Your highnesse most faithfull and obedient subiecte IOHN IONES Faultes escaped in the Printing in the absence of the Author the Copy beyng in many places obscure Page Line Fault Correction Sect. 1. Page 10. 30 bould bloud Sectio 2. Page 1. 17 Bathsayd Bathes Ayde 31 11 noted notes 33 14 defined desired 39 16 enimies himnes 45 12 sunning fining 49 14 beds besides eadem 27 Montuus Montanus 51 22 which with 84 9 Grimbald Grimald 88 33  reade shall be 101 2  reade and lore of grace 105 26  reade knowing as he c. 107 10 feare Pharao ibid. 31  read with a ful wind c. 113 18 déedes endes 115 31 the then 116 12  read vehement opinion 117 3 vanities rashnesse ibid. 5  omit the. The Arte and Science of preseruing Bodie and Soule in all Health Wisdome and Catholique Religion Liber Primus Sectio Prima CHAP. 1. What writers ought to consider and wherfore the Author hath made this worke COnsideringe with my selfe howe necessarie it is after the iudgement of right reason dayly experience and common knowlege of al learned writers for him that wil deliuer anye preceptes or doctrine auailable to this learned expert and cunning age principallye to weighe whether it be possible profitable and plaine whiche he teacheth or no and that otherwise it is but labor lost deluding of the studious and a very deceiuing of the time bycause of impossible things there is no abilitie of vnprofitable no gaine of riddles Sophismes and Oracles but euerie mans construction Therefore least I in these dayes wherin al Artes abound might séeme to take in hande the like to teach impossibilities to allow things vnprofitable and to commende impostures as Cornelius Agrippa hath done verie vainely other obscurelye and some fantasticallye besides other some that séeme to write as they knowe in their proper tong Englishe and yet their termes must be altogither forsooth in Latin and Gréeke or in some other forraine speach as though our laÌ„guage could not comprehend so muche as their freshe wittes can discourse or that truth cannot be deliuered but in vnknowen words and termes far set clean contrarie not onlye to the iudgemente of our Elders but also to the beste of oure dayes as in the skilfull workes of oure countrey menne Chaucer Gowre Surrey Cheeke Chaloner Recorde Phaire Wilson Iewel d ee Digs Fox Holenshead c. is apparante So that as far forth as my learning and leasure will serue mée I do take this way I doe laye the best approued reasons principles grouÌ„ds that I can gather following the example of the Bée out of euery floure aunswerable to al vertues subiect to our common phrase or talke for my rules dayly experience for my proofe and lawful authoritie for my warrant And although the high knowledge of Philosophie of many base wits and vnlearned is rather had in contempt vniustlye than commended as it ought lawfullye I haue notwithstanding chosen some of the wisest sayings of sundrye of the beste sectes as I haue condemned diuerse others of the worst according to the counsel of Saint Augustine that most famous diuine who willeth that whatsoeuer is true and appertinent to our faith that we ought not to feare it but to chalenge it for our owne from them which are no right owners thereof that if ordinarie meanes iuste lawes wise councels and holy decrées nor the heaueÌ„ly doctrine the blessed word may not restraine vs from vice from sinne nor perswade vs to preserue both bodie and Soule wherein all felicitie consisteth as Montuus affirmeth agreable to al diuine instructions that yet at the least the very Infidels and Paganes following only the morall vertues may admonish vs to refraine from disobedient wicked wais to foresee both the one and the other when as we loke into their vertues voyde of spiritual grace he finde them to surmount ours that he borne vnder it that in baptisme haue promised to renouÌ„ce al wickednesse to embrace al our liues long the fruits of the spirit the déeds of grace But bycause the duties appertayning to Soule and Bodie of eache age state and condition shall be prosecuted in this and the ages following I will presentlye according to the reuerende rule of Phisicke shew what kinde of Nurse is beste to prouide for infantes that yonglyngs endued with the humaine graces or spirites the naturall vital and animall actions vertues powers or offices may haue these kept in them healthyly as also be instructed in all the other meÌ„tioned in the Epistle naturally christianly and ciuilly For vnlesse we handle first the natural dyet political discipline méete for infants howe shall we orderly come to the rest of our intent For this is certain that vnlesse there be a like additioÌ„ added to the naturall parts answerable to euery age as GaleÌ„ most excellently argueth in stead of that which wasteth daily froÌ„ theÌ„ as in my discourse of growing liuing things I haue partly shewed a framing of the mind in al godly knowledge holy religioÌ„ by instruction neither can there be a souÌ„d bodie long kept nor at al a vertuous religious soule found except it be by inspiratioÌ„ By reason wherof I do thinke best that the one the other be as soone as may be put in vre The holesome nourishmeÌ„t for the healthy bodie conuenient from the veâ—ys birth the ordinarie instruction for the witting minde from the first perseuerance or vnderstanding And this doubtlesse in all such as are perfitly endewed with the things naturall expressed in the tenth Chapter of this worke shall the better be preserued if the things not natural as ayre meate and drinke sléepe
that the power wisdome and iustice of kings princed and rulers is the gouernement of God they be his presiâ—â—â—ts for by me sayth he Princes rule as in the holy volume most plainely and very often is expressed Whyche I woulde that some pastours preachers and ministers woulde wiselyer weye and warne in their Synodes SermoÌ„s parishes not to suffer others that haue no liceÌ„ce to preach their inuentioÌ„s contrary to the Quéenes procéedings as I wish that they in their houses wold observe that al other by them might take example to kepe Lent and suche fasting dayes as by the lawes of God and men are commaunded of Courtiers and Lawyers better vsed than of some diuines althoughe the Apostles themselues ordayned Lente and Telesphorus Quinquagesima as Polidor writeth wherby the bodie may be brought obedient to the spirit that Name better maintained land encrease more cherished and the more subiectes be bred and nourished with two partes in sixe of household diet saued the bodie healthilier preserued and the more people exercised let some Libertines busie belly bodies neuer so cunningly voyde of feare or duetie colour the coÌ„trary Howbeit nine sorts of people by lawes haue ben always tollerated as the case hath required Sick Soldiers Sailers Infants Nurses womeÌ„ gret longing or lying in Childe bed aged persoÌ„s prisoners wayfaring meÌ„ whoÌ„ of late they named Pilgrims The seconde from inordinate and vnlawfull touching or venerie as from coueting of goods vnlawfullye as sayth Clemens Alexandrinus as in the last Section where all actuall sinnes are expressed shal be shewed The thirde not only from vnsitting toyes but also from al other vnlawfull déedes be it of séeing hearing or smelling so that through this vertue Temperance the actions inwarde outwarde of vs vppon this earth are kepte in their meane as the heauenly Sunne through his mouing light and influence in the middle Sphere giueth his meane temperature yéelding by gods appointment to this lower world with the rest of the celestiall bodies all flourishing comfort growth and encrease Wherevpon the diuine Doctor Saint Hierome saith that be which obserueth Temperaunce liueth like a reasonable treature but he that doth not like a bruite beast And Bullinger sayeth vnlesse we liue and leade a temperate 〈◊〉 life we are vtterly vnworthy to beare the name of Christians of the louing bush and therefore that feareth god obeyeth his Prince lawes or regardeth reason alwayes to be considered as wel as of the woman bycause hir bodie is subiect to the vertuous man as the sacred Scriptures most diuinely doe teach the Homilies instructeth Peter Lawne handleth and as experience amongst all good Christians sheweth not seuering themselues as it is too commonly practised but rather louingly the one to embrace the other except a lawful and manifeste cause according to the Scriptures and not liberty do coÌ„strain it seeing that they be both but one fleshe two immortal soules the creatures that be only endued with reason courage and 〈◊〉 with power Iustice and wisdome that must abide the terrible sentence according to their déedes to whom al creatures as wel heauenly as earthly serue and obeye as long as they vse folowe and practise the workes of the spirit and forsake the wicked workes of the fraile flesh as by Tobias it is euideÌ„tly expressed and of Paul the chosen Apostle in the Acts in his Epistles at large declared which briefly in this last part is vttered Prayer not being the leaste for through it as the Prophetes Apostles and Doctours of the Churche doe affirme namely Saint Augustine S. Ambrose Saint Ierome Saint Chrisostome with all other holye fathers of the primatiue Church as wel as of latter time as by our godly and lerned Homilies and pestils dayly redde therin appeareth fleshly affections are thereby not only quenched but also God euen our god which guideth al things is therwith best pleased after the phrase of men as the Scripture doeth by the figure Anthropopathia with Lodouicus Viues I speak it and therfore it shall dayly and nightly he vsed The kingly Prophet Dauid hath so willed it of diuerse in our â—ong deuoutlye and dutifullye deuised in their bookes of â—â—â—red prayers of all the zealous sort highly to be imbraced the Meditations and selfe talke of Saint Augustine latelye translated And so before meate shall exercise for Hippocrates hath so willed it that labour should goe before meate that the bodie may be made more pure and cleane for the vncleane the more you nourishe them the more you hurt them CHAP. IX In what aire exercise should be of the force thereof whiche is best and how to know it THys bréeding bringing vp and exercise shold be in a good ayre as the child it selfe must be brought vp in when as the ayre can more alter the bodie and spirits than any nourishment or foode as Diodorus Siculus Consiliator Martin Curtez and Peter Martir of Anglera affirmeth séeing that of the matter of it is breathing as Galen proueth which if it shal be euil or infected the liuing creature can not long be sounde as Rhasis Agricola and Benedictus Victorius testifye and as our valiant trauellers finde true in their Nauigations to Perrow China and Cataya Hence may be proued that the aire is not so hurtful as some iudge especiallye for them that be brought vp and accustomed therevnto neyther in Hollande Holdernesse Rumney marsh Brint marsh the Lowes in Lancashire and hundreds in Essex c. for as muche as in all these and many others that I name not as well in forraine soyle as in our own countrey I haue séene as wel sundry olde men as diuerse healthye and lustie persons The wholesomest ayre as all the Philosophers and Phisitions do affirme is that that is of pure substaunce and that when the Sunne ariseth doth soone waxe hot when it setteth doth soone coole as Mont. declareth as is affirmed to be in iâ— Slemarge in Irelande being the very cause of their greate health and length of life as a hundred sixescore seauenscore yeares and vpwards as they there enformed me the seconde yeare of the raigne of Quéene Mary And as that learned maÌ„ Maister Iohn Chaloner hir highnesse secretarie in Ireland â—aÌ„ testifye There be diuerse meanes by whiche the holesomnesse of the aire and place may be knowen as be places frée from staÌ„ding waters and quickly dispatch of the cloudes of the night as Palladius sayeth and that be likewise from the Sea as Plato sheweth bycause that as the Sea of his owne nature is â—â—try and stormie so the inhabiters mindes do alwayes like it 〈◊〉 and flowe Whiche of my selfe to praise or disprayse according to the nature of places to me for the most part vniuersally knowen throughout all this lande I thinke not requisite for sundrye considerations of the wise easily coniectured This onelye I wish
that always after they would remember neuer at any tyme â—â—â—â—ne the deceiptful and damnable doctrine euery where too in common of Machiuels inuention of flattering superiours being strange to equals and stout to inferiours but rather the holy Ghost who willeth that the higher we be aduanced 〈◊〉 to humble ourselues as the Lord Strange whiles he was in Oxford with the commendation of euery man and the Earle of Surrey in his fathers time in Norwich but especiallye at the Quéenes Maiesties progresse of late in Norffolke And that to all men you beare a good conscience but chiefely as sayth Sainct Paule to them that be of the houshold of faith and to them likewise that be of your kinne alie friends familiâ— seruantes and neyghbors and to all other you vse good wordes and countenances wherein that honourable Knight pâ—â—â—ent counseller and princely presidente Sir Henry Sidney surpasseth hauing doubtlesse greate reason and diuine vnderstaÌ„ding in so doing séeing we haue all after a sort but one substance by nature of soule body and but one kind of redemption Neither verily is the bloud made purer in the vaynes by reason of pedigrée dignities reuenews riches or fées nor yet any difference of beginning or ending as Tully testifieth Sir Thomas Eliot and Doctor Cradocke but in respect of our ancestors worthy calling bringing vp guiding except perhaps following the good custome of our elders to be of better inclination to honestie prowes and pietie and the longer it shall continue in a name or lignage the more it is commended hoâ—â—â—ed extolled For who hauing any knowledge in diuinitie Philosophie seruice or chiualrie and being voyde of enuie doth not commend and extoll the fidelitie of all them that constantly continue in their Catholike vnitie perfit loyaltie assisteth the cominaltie doth minister equitie and daunt the enimie as the noble and puissant Talbot is of olde remembred and to this day vsed for the victories he atchieued and for the better quieting of their familie in France as writeth Froisard Contrarily who of indifferente iudgemente dothe not thinke them worthie with Tully to be disgraded of all honor and prayse that forsake the fayth conspire agaynste their Countrey Rebell against the state sow Schismes and defame their gouernoures truely none that knoweth reason experience or the Scriptures A like example we haue of our Coyne be they as little as Pence or as great as Portigues which as long as they be of right mettall iust standerd and due stampe are receyued for good payment but if they shall be counterfeited clipped or washed as they haue bin too late and are ouer often who for the only forme trow ye will allow of them certaynely none of any iudgement And euen so we may say of Gentilitie wanting eyther honestie comendable qualitie or fidelitie declining from theyr progenie wasting their patrimonie vppon wantonnesse and brauerie and not vpon the seruice of Prince and Countrey for euen like as these chiefe vertues prudence magnanimitie iustice godlynesse constancie temperance loyaltie and libertie euer was and is the originall cause of all worship honour and maiestie as writeth Pontanus Patritius Chelidonius Tigurinus and Gueuara so these head vices infidelitie obstinacie rebellion ignorance ingratitude extortion iniurie rashnesse prodigalitie hautinesse euer was and is the cause of all infamie seruilitie disgrace and obloquie with the rest of the sinnes following as Osorius eloquently expresseth and of M. Blandy translated into our tongue answerably Hence Mathew the Euangelist sayth that when salt hath lost his â—â—tinesse what shall be seasoned therewith when the iuste 〈◊〉 become vniuste what right shal we looke for when the godly professors and teachers be become vngodly practisers and doers what shal be expected when the tree that brought forth god fruite hath loste his fruitfulnesse what is it good for but to be casts into the fyre to be shorte where Faith is made a fantasie Wit wilinesse and Cunning craftinesse what shall 〈◊〉 thinke to find but sinne and sickenesse punishement and death damnation and Hel of al Christian children to be considered bicause it is cleane contrary to their professor vnlesse they will be but Catholiques in name and caste-â—waies in deede séeing that amongst the Infidels as Tullâ—e testifieth he was not counted for an honest man that one might not playe withal blindfold at the game Euen and â—dde without deceit either of Gentilitie or Yeomanrie althoughe the Prouerbe goeth Without all barking Oh what woulde the heathen Cicero say now if he liued in these days of the light of the Gospel to them that haue putte on the armour of light that shew and saye in their doings for a prouerbe Conâ—â—ience is hanged that said so then in the time of Infidelitie And truely it seemeth too true the more pitie for diuers and sundry sticke not stil to be benefice sellers aswel of the Cleargie as of the Laitie Leasemangers wood spoilers and Vsurers not onely in the Countries but also in townes and Cities raising of deade treasure and vnlawfull aduauntage growing profite and daylye reuenewes a thing wholly against nature as Tullie testifieth bycause it seuereth the societie of mankinde as also that honorable Councellor Maister Doctor Wilson in hys worke righte godly and cunningly hath deliuered forth of the Scriptures fathers and Philosophers And yet they talke in Pulpits at Tables and in their bargaines aswel by way of comparison for their credence as in their words although he were a bond man borne and a traffiquer boasting himselfe to be as good as he that for his vertue is worshipfully called and vsed protesting earnestly the heauenly doctrine and outwarde shewe of liuing in al their actions and dayly therewith at sermons notwithstanding they be known after they be tried for common Hipocrites like Aristonicus scholers as testifieth Laertius and the Athenians as writeth Tullie who knewe what was honest and taught the same but doe it they woulde not And that made S. Iohn to say in those dayes néere the destruction of the Iewes that al the world was set vpon wickednes as too too many be in these dayes neare the ende séeking thorough fraude one an others spoâ—â—e and not one anothers profite helpe and succour as Latimer in his Sermons often vttered viz. that many set more by siluer than by soules more by golde than by godlinesse more by a peny than by honestie more by their luste than by their lawes more by brauery than the preseruation of body and soule more by priuate profite than by common benefit more by their vaine opinions than the Quéenes procéedings as if the hands had bin ordained to spoile the partes the féete to forsake the members and the head to contemne the body whereas cleane contrary in a sound body or state euery one doth his duty according to that that by the lawe of nature is limited The hands minister to eche member
and the least number of all for all kinde of Scholers our state to them that looke into it as I haue done into euerie Citie Towne Corporation and Borough and the maner of the liues of all oure Countrey people of euery degrée doth so require as Ireland doth the contrarie Scholes and Vniuersities as B. Rich rightely proueth our Statute Lawes commaundeth and for the loue I beare to my Countrey I do 〈◊〉 bicause that by the meane eche state is best mainteined â—f dearth and scarcitie maye be eschewed obedience bée embraced laborious arts and painful trauels practised and also by reason of the greate want there is of painful seruants and willing Hindes notwithstanding that néedeful statutes made for seruantes and that also of taking of Prentises for doubtlesse after they haue gotten some Scholerly knowlege conceite of vnderstanding aboue their felows and custome in ydlenesse the two firste ages they then forthwith condemne for the most in al the ages folowing not only honest homely and home trauels but also if their parents leaue them not liuing aunswerable to their vnderstanding and liking nor by any other wayes be preferred to shifts forsooth sectes and practises by and by they enter or into the professioÌ„ of Diuinitie Phisicke Lawe and Schooling before they bée approued eyther for capacitie maners or experience turning witte into wilinesse learning to lewdnesse truth to deceitfulnesse cunning to craftinesse eloquence to flattery fidelitie to hipocrisie labour to ydlenesse and humilitie to stoutnesse to be shorte as Tullie testifieth that as bountie by bountie is diminished so I affyrme that by learning learning is contemned and disabled And yet hereby I meane not to seclude the apt minde of any of the Yeomanrie that shal haue continual maintenaunce from the dayly study and practise of any of the aforenamed or any other of the liberall scieÌ„ces neither Colledges or worthy graÌ„mer schooles are to be suppressed no more thaÌ„ I do affirm that the dullarde of highe birth is to be preferred or the pelting schooles in euery place to be suffered as in the nexte age shal be at large declared and the ouer number in ech Diocesse idlely trayned accounted with the labours trades and exercises described Which vse of laudable labors and exercises Martial is so antient as Diogenes scholers practised it in Grece in Candy as Erasmus declareth Licurgus appointeth it the Lacedemonians and Alexander Seuerus furthered it amongest the Romaines and charged the sensures ouer youth to be againe carefull as Valerius Cordus testifieth and Conradus Lycosthenes Commaunding youth with due reuerence to attend often in the presence of their vertuous Parentes Tutors and Maisters that thereby they might learne Ciuilitie good Maners Wisedome euery kinde and age by themselues At the Bathes omitted notwithstanding my rules deliuered as of Buckstones chieflye is reported not doubting but it will be ordered according to the Register prescribed considering the noble Earle woulde haue al men well vsed and euery one to be well dealte withal for to his great charges was the house builded and for the common benefite and not for priuate profite nor vaine deuises and so Plato councelled the Athenians in al their dooyngs although they were Infidels that they shoulde learne all offices of life of Christians therfore not to be neglected at all times and in al places CHAP. XXXVII Of Tullies deuision of dueties bothe naturall and morall and howe they ought to be regarded The antiquitie formalitie and decentnesse of apparell in sort handled to the praise and dispraise thereof THe Romane Orator deuideth dueties two wayes the one perfite following nature endued with the morall vertues or Cardinall as the Schoole Doctours Bernarde and Lumbarde do tearme it wyth the auntient holy Fathers Anselme and Augustine and lerned Philosophers as Aristotle Macrobius and Scotus bycause they fortifie and strengthen all manlie motions as for example Prudence righteth vnderstanding Fortitude Courage Temperaunce Luste and Iustice all powers The other not so perfite procéeding of instruction by precepts guiding the trade of life according to euery condition to the semblaunce of wisedome and naturall goodnesse of all wise men as sheweth Gueuara by the authoritie of Salomon to be desired and in their children to be instilled bycause they ought more to reioice and glory in knowledge their children haue than of the abundaunce of goods they leaue them Although now adayes possessions annuities cattelles gold and siluer be chiefly estéemed for who except only the very wise and perfect noble hearing one commended for the gifts of the minde and body that forthwith demaundeth not for the gifts of fortune also as of what liuelihode is he what is he worth noâ— regarding his state profession and vertuous calling or his noblenesse if he be vsed preferring the mould of the earth and dumbe beasts that he bréedeth before mans graces ruler of all corruptible things politicall causes Oh horrible abuses by the very Heathen condemned For as Quintus Curtius writeth the honest ciuil and learned sorte commonly be least wealthy vnlesse it be worthily bestowed vpon them by Princes Péeres Potentates Prolats and parents gifts heritage office will or mariage And no maruell for their mindes are more inclined to vertue wisedome knowledge and honestie than to riches possessions or annuities and certeinly so it becommeth good men for vnlesse babes you haue a delight to séeke after wisedome vertue knowledge and good maners in vaine as saith Simplitius is the studie naturall or diuine either the skill trade of bréeding féeding husbandry or clothing by Tully so highly waised or the waye of winning of riches by any office Arte or misterie or yet the high gift of preaching healing or pleading not treading the steppes of Christianitie of some Ministers Phisitions and Lawiers to be better considered in their preaching and practising not so muche regarding how eloqueÌ„tly delicately cunningly it be handled as howe true profitably iustly it be performed mainteining no action or wager of Lawe for gaine or glory neither assuring the sicke of health when he is paste remedy nor alledging the Scriptures for the furtheraunce of libertie but suche as accorde with the veritie as that famous Clarke and excellent Preacher Maister Doctour Squire of late in his Sermons at Paules Crosse excellently handled and diuinely deliuered Another part of this dutie that may be referred to childreÌ„ consisteth in the comely keping of the body and séemly forme of apparell of Holinshed not a little reproued as it is nowe vsed of the elder sorte by Viues in Prose Lillie in Latine verse for youths cunningly described so that it be regarded remembring alwayes the due reuerence belonging to Parentes Maisters Elders Nobles and Officers as Moses Sirach Plutarch Quintilian Ambrose Osorius and Mokerus willeth which as Tullie sheweth was better obserued of the Lacedemonians than of the Athenians But the chiefest regarde of all muste be to obserue the lawes
graces mans spirits or princely regiments or from the substance and qualities of the elementall bodies not knowing the force of mouing light and influence the benefite of faith hope and charitie the néede of desire courage and reason the goodnesse of power wisedome and iustice nor the alterations wrought by heate colde moysture and drieth limitted them by their Creator to eache thing according to the law of nature as persons verily wholly ignorāt in the profound knowledge of God of nature of regiment and experience of Gods workes in his creatures from time to time approued and of late by blasing Starres signified as wel as of old as berdelike laūcelike swordlike tunlike hornelike torchlike manlike besumlike such other some natural some supernaturall as Abienus Damascenus and Manilius in their dayes deliuered sithence Picus Mirandula and Fredericus Nause but last of al Michael Mestlin Hes Roslin and Kindar to write most godly learnedly whē as al these his most wōderful works do rather set forth declare his most mightie power incōprehēsible wisdom exceding mercy of vs to be cōsidered to his glory to our profit thā by any meanes the cōtrary For as the Kingly Prophet Dauid saith The Heauens declare the glory of God and the Firmament sheweth forth his handie workes The workes of the Lorde are greate saith he and to be sought out of all them that haue pleasure therein Againe he sayeth All his workes prayse him And truth it is whether they be Mathematically measured or Metaphisically pondered let now the Arrian Ochine with his followers neuer so fondly force to the contrarie Moreouer who can but condemne the desperate will and senselesse witte of all Libertines that for as much as they follow libertie and doe condemne Gods preceptes not remembring their newnesse of birth the forsaking of sinne they neyther feare God nor obey man being the very worst of all others putting their blinde beliefe with Diagoras surnamed Godlesse Theodorus and Protagoras in selfe rule fickle fortune and blind chance making no conscience or difference in lawes diuine or politique so they may haue their liking vntill suddaynely be layde in their dishe the high Holand herbe Chokewéede vntil the iust iudgement of God fall vpon them like rather brute beastes senselesse blockes and blind infidels than reasonable creatures godly children or dutifull subiects Equall to these incarnate diuels expressed is the discourses of the Italian Monster Machiuell to the Prince his maister who settes aside as well the graces of the godhead Ecclesiasticall humane and princely as Theologicall so that he may serue his turne be it neuer so farre from the godhead giftes celestiall influence humane knowledge reason courage and loue princely vertues power wisedome and iustice or diuine graces faith hope and charitie not regarding by these his faithlesse and vnciuill doings how that he diuideth not only man from man where his preceptes be embraced but also leaueth no good state peopled for anye godlye one Prince to raigne vpon many vertuous subiects of late excellently confuted in a Latin worke dedicated to the noble and godlye Gentleman Mayster Francis Hastings and Maister Edwarde Bacon No Vice then is there fouler that thether my talke may returne from whence it is strayed than suche intemperance of body and minde declining from the meane especially in all such as are appointed in one knot of Christian societie to loue preserue and instructe others as our Sauiour did his Disciples to loue serue and obey one another regarding so the body that we neglecte not the soule Looke so to the Heauenly and diuine regiment that all earthly and princely state in the Scriptures so highly commended be not ouerthrowne For if you suffer oure Kingly regiment once to quaile farewel and adue to al Vertues Honors and Dignities as write Patricius Chelidonius Tigurinus and Osorius CHAP. XLI The familie of Loue to bee apprehended of the vnitie that ought to be in gouernmēt VVhich way Faith is obtayned How meanes and miracles differ Of the confutation of diuerse heresies What hurte doeth growe of too too costlie apparel Paules opinion concerning the vnrighteous and why it is layd downe THe vpstarte faithlesse familie of Loue therefore are not to be suffred to wander anye longer laide by Dauy George of Delf and hatched by Henry Nicholas of Amsterdam but made fligge by Christopher Vittel of Southwarke Ioiner erroniously dissemblingly and damnably teaching that they in God are Deified and God in them Hominified so that whatsoeuer they doe be it neuer so wicked cannot be euill as if ye reade a worke of late set forth entituled The Displaying of the familie of Loue may at large appeare seuering themselues from the Christian cōgregation and Catholike company of the Primatiue Church visible militant here vpon earth vnder our Quéen next and immediatly vnder God of the Churches of England and Ireland and congregating themselues in one house or other of the Familie which if he be a disciple they call Rabbi accompting all thinges in common otherwise than the lawes of God our Prince doth warrant teaching principles ful of sedition communitie blasphemie as in the bookes of Exhortation a Dialogue betweene the father the son the prophecie of the spirit of Loue Euangelium Regni the glasse of Righteousnesse the holy Lambe c. doth too manifestly appeare exhorting all my countrey Babes of euery congregation to remaine in vnitie of regiment as diuers members of one body séeing that the infallible worde of God affirmeth that euery kingdome diuided in it selfe can not long stande as dayly experience common reason and infinite histories do declare For euen as without vnitie of body and mind there can be no health or perfite strength inwarde as is saide so withoute outward in bodies and states politique of godly reasons rule in all common weales Princes directing Pastors preaching Councellors commaunding Captaines leading Phisitions healing Tutors teaching Trauellers trading Artificers working ploughmen plowing subiects obeying seruants seruing c. with the Lawyers iudging to euerye man according to the worthines of his calling that by right any way to thē belongeth diuine statute ciuil customarie common Martial Marine not euery priuate mans inuention measured by the meterod of affectiō nothing holyly nothing iustly nothing orderly can be ordered in diuine rites or temporall causes on lād or on water in peace or in warre in Court or in country in field or in bowre in tent or in town in Church or in Chappel in College or in Schoole c. nor any fortresse can be fortified armor ordayned army victualled house builded Sea traded lame restored sicke mended infant nourished and instructed or naked clothed Hence if we marke but the vse of our own partes the patterne of all lawes Regimente and Vnitie as M. Rainolds wel noteth in his foundation of Rhetorike and the subiect of Phisick we shal finde that
a stocke of such a good Prince or ruler another in his beautie comely corpse another in hys knowledge of tongues another in Science and eloquence another in riches and goodes another in possessions and patrimonie as the very heires of lust and pride from our first parent whereby none doth delight alwayes in well doing nor in vsing the reasonable minde giuen them of God by the knowledge of themselues and beholding his wonderfull workes to be carefull how to serue obey and loue their Creator Prince and neighbour The Iewes likewise refused it notwithstanding they were heauenly incorporate and rid from the perpetuall bondage of feare vnder the law of Moses giueÌ„ vnto him by God himself and deliuered in stony Tables by reason of the hardnesse of their hartes But bycause they walked after the will of the fleshe and not after the spirite the lawe auailed them not as Paule testifieth to the Romanes for they sought their righteousnesse by the ceremoniall and outwarde workes of the law which were but shadowes and not through inward loue and desire therevnto by faith in the Messias the Sauior to come vnto which all the lawe tended as the diuine writers at large expounde Lastly such Christians as put their Iustification in creatures their owne vertues or in Christs only mercy withoute regarde of his power that doth terrifie aswel as it did create and his wisedome that iudgeth as well as it guideth neglecting the diuine graces Faith Hope and Charitie subuette the lawe of Grace for the lawe of Grace if we shall define it is the league of Gods fauor beneuolent kindnesse towards mankinde as in the sacred word antient Doctors and newe writers is more manifest than the Sunne beames as to your sences I doubt not shal be made euident For if kinde crafte force or abundaunce that we may fetch this foreland againe full winde if Iewish ceremonies circumcision sinne offerings if the worshipping of creatures as Idolaters vse if our own natural workes without Christes grace as the Pelagians held by Saint Augustine confuted If bare beléefe in his mercie the onelye acknowledging that Christe died for mankind without respect of his iustice as the Originists beléeued being no faith indéede but a mere opinion as say Erasmus Caluin Beza Bullinger Musculus Marlorat and Gualter that whiche bringeth forth no fruite no victorie ouer sinne as ouer many in these dayes fantastically fanste as diuerse of the sensuall Iewes in Saint Iames time affirmed that counted theÌ„selues Christians boasting of the Gospell but neglecting the déedes thereof by him confuted And the Anabaptistes in Luthers dayes in Germany at Mounster by Sleidan meÌ„tioned and other into many Christian countries rebelling deceiuing and spoiling al men that they can compasse deuise or get may iustifie before the vpright Iudge being such déedes afore mentioned as the fleshe fulfilleth and not suche as the spirite worketh Howe shall oure depraued nature or corrupte manners bée reformed and made méete afore we go hence for the celestiall Throne in the life to come sit and iudge the twelue Tribes of Israel yéelde a right accompt for our demeanors at the generall iudgement in the time to come or here liue héedefullye temperately and honestly whiles we liue according to holy Diuinitie Kingly policie and naturall societie If once again Cunning or Learning shall excuse Wickednesse riches force flattery and finenesse purchase pardon highe birth and noble place saluation or naked faith without the wedding garmeÌ„t acceptation wherefore then hath Christs suffred his paineful passion not to saue vs howsoeuer we deale séeing Saint Iohn saith that Christ came to saue sinners God forbidde Why then forsoothe to this ende you maye be certaine that we shall embrace Vertue and forsake Vice that wée shall thoroughe faith in his grace striue and fighte againste the lustes of the worlde fleshe and the Deuil as Paule telleth vs he didde with the reste of the holye Fathers and may walke in all holinesse and good behauiours and not to saue sinners bycause wée sin for as Saint Iohn saith No sinner is hearde of God but that thoroughe faith in him wée shoulde forsake sinne and tourne to him throughe earnest repentaunce and then he saueth vs whiche haâ—â— sinnes for then are we not sinners although the 〈◊〉 and pricke thereof doe not wholly leaue vs These many 〈◊〉 sons in Scripture must be distinguished And so finally not they which go forwards obstinately still in wickednesse with the aucthor of sin oure aduersary the Deuil are saued but they that do râ—pent ameÌ„d as by the whole discourse of Scriptures is approued Well then go to Babes and beléeue this for euer that we be redéemed throughe the frée mercie of God by faith only For wheresoeuer faith is saith Caluin Bullinger and Beza there also it sheweth it selfe by good workes bycause the righteous cannot but worke righteousnesse the faithful I say cannot but constantly hope and vnfainedly and charitably loue his Christian brother For he disobeyeth not be enuiesh not he despiseth not he deceiueth not or if he hathe done so he repenteth him intending neuer to do so any more beséeching the Lord to assiste him with his grace And in this sense it is saide that Faith onely iustifieth but in no other as Erasmus folowing the faithful and antieÌ„t fathers at large declareth in his Prologue to the Paraphrase vppon Saint Paules Epistle to the Romanes and not through other creatures our owne natures sinister opinions loose inuentions â–ª precise practises withoute the warrant of the worde of God néedelesse ceremonies traditions oblations althoughe suche rites Sabaothes solemne feastes and holy dayes that serue for the benefite of soule and body for the contemplation and seruice of God and resting of their bodies and quieting of their minde from worldly affaires had from the Apostles Primatiue Churche Catholike Councels and holy statutes be still to be obserued and reuerenced according to eche state condition of things indifferent as by the difference there was betwéene the East and the West Church in Anacetus Policarpus time may appeare as Socrates B. Iewell and Foxe doe witnesse And not in one word for al through bare beléefe by S. Iames disproued of S. Augustine disalowed by Bullinger post a loue termed as some maliciously or ignoraÌ„tly do affirm vs to holde without commending of Christian déedes in the worlde requyred of our Soueraigne commaunded in the Homelies deliuered and by all our godly Preachers preferred straightly charged as ofte as they haue cause to entreate therof with the which no state of our bignesse is able to compare not onely notably well learned in the Vniuersities but also through all the land God be thanked And our former libertie is restored that our first parent Adam loste through lust and disobedience pleasant Paradice by the new Adam is vnshut that was through the olde made fast The way that was barred to all posterities
instructions then for youth and whatsoeuer for the elder sorte be they neuer so simple that aduanceth vertue and suppresseth vice preferreth the fruites of the faithfull spirite condeÌ„neth the works of wicked fleshe planteth truth supplanteth falsâ—â—de condeÌ„neth flattery vttereth the veritie yéeldeth knowlege suppresseth ignorance assisteth the state and procureth quietnesse mainteineth health defendeth froÌ„ sicknes banisheth liberty teacheth the duty for soule body according to the Catholicke vnitie who so condemneth enuieth defameth or misliketh bicause it is in our own tong to the vse of the meane learned aswel as for the best scholers as some do our workes of the Bathes that haue neither wit nor wil to wâ—y the weight of our words written neither for glory nor gaine but for the coÌ„mon weale muche lesse to amend theÌ„ or incourage others There is no hope of religion holinesse wisdom loue learning 〈◊〉 obedience to be found in them CHAP. XLV Why the Author hath touched so many matters in briefe in this firste booke that at large shall be handled in the other fiue Of the vnknitting of Gordius knot That no benefite is equall to health long life and a good name Vpon what foundation the Author buildeth and of his plainenesse and briefnesse And how onely the wise and godly regarde Vertue and Knowledge but the foolishe and wicked neither I Haue bin the longer and the more earnester in this laste parte of this worke bicause I would not onely if I coulde grub vp al wickednesse by the roote leaste I mighte not liue to finishe the other or be discoraged to take paines with out thankes or benefite but also to the vttermoste of my small power presently sowe grasse and strewe the rootes séedes and plants of all vertue true religion due obedience and perfite health in al children Here louing Babes you haue the first wreathe of Gordius knot vnknit which the most valiant Conquerour with al his puissaunce could not vnfolde but was faine to cut it to allude the Oracle as writeth Quintus Curtius bicause his hautie courage and outragious lust would not yéelde to orderly reason whereby no doubt you may obtaine a greater Empire of immortalitie and euerlasting glory in subduing your own vaine affections preseruing youre perfite partes and ordering all your trades in Faith which is the victorie ouer sinne according to the will of God obedience of your owne Prince and profite of your natiue countrie as Tullie in the laste parte of Scipios dreame deliuereth thaÌ„ if ye obtained ten strange traÌ„sitorie conquests of great Alexander Howbeit Scanderbergs prowesse and victories against the common enimy of al Christendome who can passe ouer in silence without coÌ„mendation 〈◊〉 truly what auaileth I pray you only for lust ambition and not for the procéeding of the glorious gospel and fréedome of Christians A manne to winne all the wide worlde and to lose his owne selfe as Alexander did in Babilon before he had raigned full seauen yeares or yet his Tombe of golde and too too magnificeÌ„t buriall at Alexandrîa by Diodorus Siculus so excellently described not regarding the words of Demiphon his Diuiner or Magos nor the Chaldean Prophetes or rather Mathematists and Gymnosophistals as by them is testified in the places before alleaged And what benefite is equall to health of bodie and soule a god and godly name and long life to sounde children well brought vp in al godlinesse and conuenient qualities Thys ye sée is the foundation that the wisest haue laide that I do thinke good to folowe in this fraile age and to build vpon for the preseruation of body and minde in all ages whiche if any other had rather to haue framed in any other sorte euery man in Gods name hath his owne gift according to the measure of graces mentioned giuen vnto them And they may do as they please for my parte I haue as he that liueth vpon his practise by lawfull grace of the Vniuersitie and hathe had no other mainteinance but it for these one and twentie yeres yéelded mine indeuor in a forme neuer before so fashioned as time abilitie would serue me how the healthy body not only of infantes are at large to be preserued and the affections guided but also of all other in a briefe if it be effectually considered in diuers and sundry places of forreine soile as well as in our own for any thing that I can note too too far amisse and that hath more néede of godlinesse ayde furtherance and increase of honestie loue seruice and due obedience throughe â—olesome regiment seuere punishment and spirituall life the deprauing deminishing and abolishing of Vertue thoroughe had custome sinister opinions loose libertie slacke execution euil example or too too precise inuentions For what auaileth the confessing of the Scriptures obedience due to Princes the auctoritie of the high Couet of Parliament the Quéenes highnesse to be supreme gouernor aswel in causes Ecclesiasticall as Temporall the appointing of high dignities degrées offices in both callings if notwithstanding hir procéedings be contemned or not folowed And therfore for the duetie I owe to God your Maiestie I do déeme it more méete to write according to the Lawes of Christianitie of nature and of my Country wel established inaugre the minds God be thanked of al the contrary a plaine doctrine righte trade and orderlye meane through holsome lawes profitable néedful to be kept vsed of al godly subiects and faithful children than at wilde randon by vehement fatall happe or chaungeable chaunce like brainlesse persoÌ„s desperate dolts wether blown Cocks without the scope of gratious reason certainty of gouernmeÌ„t deceÌ„t order to treade dutifully this our present pilgrimage vpon whom the ends of the world are come as Rogers rightly insinuateth in his work of the second comming of Christ let the Ciceronians cleaue neuer so muche with Tullie to Platos reuolution or lewd Libertines to their licentious liking Oh gracelesse Libertines the decay of nations Oh wilfull Follie and Vice the ruine of al estates Oh cursed Hipocrisie popularitis and flatterie the welspring of al schismes heresies and outrages Let also the vnexpert in natures lore the ignorant or carelesse of Gods commandements blessed regiment with the talkers of the Scriptures and not the followers of Athanasius so sharply rebuked neuer so colourably scholerly do impudeÌ„tly vtter the contrary howbeit to say the truth of this age by the iudgement of moste trauellers aswell as by mine owne experience in forraine countries as wel as ouer all our own there is no Realme in al Christendom where godlinesse is more declared youth better instructed the people for honest life more coÌ„meÌ„ded the inhabiters more welthier mainteined or the common quietnes in peace and vnitie better preserued than héere with vs God bée praised the Quéenes highnesse magnified and the sacred Counsell honored and alwayes for his truth sake conserue