and vnstablenes of mens thynges in the worlde vttered these wordes to such as stode about hym O frendes take hede of the brykylnes and slyppery chaūge offortune trust not the flatterye of the worlde name ly of the courte For lyke as the fyngers of auditours when they cast accomptes can lay otherwhyles an in fynite nombre otherwhyles agayn but one euen so the frendes of kinges now can do all and nowe nothynge Here ye shall note that in old tyme they made theyr accomptes w t theyr fyngers as now with counters ¶ Duke Memnon WHat tyme the valyaunt capitayn Memnon held warres agaynst y e great Alexander on the behalfe of Darius kynge of Persia it chaunced that a certayne hyred sowldiour in the armie of Memnon made very moche raylynge vpon kynge Alexander Memnon hearynge hym layde hym on the pate with hys speare and thus rebuketh hym I gyue the wages syr knaue and meate and drynke to fyghte wyth Alexander and not to rayle vpon hym Let Chrysten men at lest waye take example herby to leaue theyr fowle and detestable raylynges farre vnworthye for suche as professe Chrystes doctryne that forbyddeth vs to calle oure brother but fole Some we call Pharisees we beknaue we defye as naughtye papistes w t other lyke opprobriouse wordes vnmete for Chrysten mens eares but as for to fyght agaynste theym and to confounde them wyth pure doctryne and good lyuyng that we woll not Agayne other some we beheretike we call Lutheranes and all that naught is but to shew them charitably where they erre rightly to instructe them we woll not ¶ The Egyptians THe Kynges of Egypte according to the custome of theyr countreye were wont to take an othe of suche as were made iudges that althoughe the kynge hym self wold cōmaunde thē to iudge any thyng that shulde be agaynst right equytie they shulde not iudge it So greatly they thought it expedient for the common wealthe that the people shulde haue iuste iudges But howe can that people haue iuste and incorrupte iuges where as is reported y e prince selleth the offyce and power of iugyng for a great some of money In Englande thanked be God in the iuges of the lawe there is as litle corruption as in any other regyon And yf any default in this behalfe be it is soner in inferiour courtes where the iuges be appointed not by y e Kynges Maiestye but by others amonges whom if any corruption were found I wold wyshe for y e terrible exemple of other they myght be serued as a certayn iuge of whome I shall nowe make relation ¶ Of Cambyses CAmbyses Kynge of Persia was otherwyse a verye wycked and cruell tyraunte Yet there is no prynce of so disperat an hope of so naughtye a lyfe but that at the lest waye otherwhyles doth some ho nest acte For gods propertye is to garnyshe exornate the offyce of the magistrat rulers he causeth that for the cōseruatiō of ciuil gouernaūce in the common weale sometyme excellente and profytable workes be of necessitie done of thē that beare rule But to my purpose Cambyses in al hystories is cōmended for this one facte for whyche no doubte he deserueth prayse In the former parte of Asia he had a deputie named Sisam nes now he was credibly infourmed that thys Sisamnes beynge corrupted wyth brybes rewardes had falsly iudged agaynst the kynges lawes agaynst good ryght cōsciēce The mater beyng examined foūde true sorthwyth he cōmaūded he shulde be put to death and y t the skynne of hys body shuld be plucked of layd ouer the iudgemēt seat where he gaue the false iudgemente in hys rowme he dyd set Dtane the sayde iudges sonne to succede hys father in office whyche was admonished by cōtemplacion of his fathers skinne y t he shuld succede hym also in lyke kynde of punyshmēt yf he folowed his fathers steppes Thys exemple teacheth them y t beare offyce rule to remēber y t god suffereth not iniustice nor iniury vnreuenged But for asmuche as I haue entred to speake of Cambyses which otherwyse as I haue sayd lyued a very tyrānouse wycked lyfe I thynke it here good to report certayne his notoriouse crymes and his ende to thyntent all rulers what so euer they be maye take exemple at hym to feare God to preserue the common weale to execute iustice and iudgemēt to vse theyr subiectes as men and not as beastes This Cambyses beganne to raygne after that Cyrus hys father had made his viage agaynst the Scithians And albeit at the begynnynge he subdued conquered Egypte yet anone he forgatte all goodnes and degendred quyte cleane frō the renowmed excellent vertues of hys father Wherfore when Prexaspes one of hys chosen counsaylours aduertysed hym very freely and sayde vnto hym that the Persians praysed hym very much but thys one thyng dyspleased them that he was so subiecte to the vyce of dronkēnes anone he cōmaunded the chyefe estates lordes of thēpyre to be called together and asked of thē whether in any thyng he were worthy to be reprehēded They espyeng how thankful plausible a thing flattery is aūswered no but y t in vertue prowesse he also excelleth his father Cyrus forasmuche as vnto hys empyre and dominion he had gotten by way of conquest the kyngdome of Egypt But contrary wyse Cresus a worthy lord vnto whose cure and gouernaunce Cyrus had tōmytted hys sonne Cambyses to be instructed and brought vp in honestie and vertue by cause he wolde merylye as muche as myghte be borne abate the kynges pryde aunswered sayd that Cambyses myght not be yet compared to hys father Cyrus forasmuche as there is not yet begotten such a sonne of hym as Cyrus lefte Cambyses Thys thynge then as featly spoken pleased the kynge welynough Thus the coūsayle beyng parted whē none of the lordes had blamed any thynge in him he cōmaūded Prexaspes to be called afore him bad him bryng vnto hym hys yonger son For he wold declare how wel he coulde seme sobre euen when he had most of al dronken for he sayd he wold euē whē he were dronkē with hys bowe shote at Prexaspes sonne yf he myght wyth hys arowe stryke through hys herte thē it myght be iudged that in the myddes of hys cuppes he wāteth not the practyse of coūsaylle iudgement of reason Yf not y t he were worthye to be called a drōkard To be short whē Cāhyses had throughly washed hys braynes wyth wyne he shotte at the chyld as at an appointed marke and strykynge hym through the herte he cōmaūnded it shuld be cut out and so he shewed it to y e father Prexaspes sayenge that the chyldes herte was well hit wherfore he mought esteme full well herby y t he was no drōkard So barbarouse so sauage and so tyrannicall maners doeth dronkennes brynge vpon the myndes of men although they were before ryghtly institute and broughte vp lyke as it
confydence and affyaunce in hym selfe and in hys power ¶ Of Kyng Artoxerxes wyth the longe hand ARtoxerxes the son of Xerxes surnamed wyth the longe hand bycause hys one hand was longer then thother was wont to saye that it is more Kynglyke to put to than to take awey Regalius est addere quam adimere Meanyng that it is more worthy for a prynce and ruler of the people to augment the honour and riches of suche as he hath rule ouer rather then to diminyshe the same When Saubarzenes hys chamberlayne begged a thing of hym whiche was skarse lawfull and the kyng parceyued y t he was prouoked vnto it by one that promised him xxx thousande coygnes of that couÌ„trey money for thobteyning of the sute the Kyng coÌ„mauÌ„ded his treasauroure to bring hym thyrtie thousande coynes called Darikes which so sone as they were brought him he gaue theÌ„ al to Satibarzanes sayinge Holde here o Satibarzanes For while I gyue the this I shall not be the porer but I shulde be the worser and the vnrightuouser man yf I shulde haue graunted the thynge that thou demaundedst The most noble and excellent kyng had deuised howe he mighte neyther make sadde hys freende nor deflecte from ryght and equytie ¶ Cyrus the yonger CYrus y e yonger what tyme he shuld pitche hisfeld ayenst hys enemyes hys freende Clearchus couÌ„sailled him to kepehim selfe behynd the Macedonians not to cast himselfe in to the daunger of y e warres What saiest thou clearchus ê™ the kyng Dost thou connsaille me that where as I couette a kyngdom I shulde shewe my self vnworthy for a kyngdome ¶ Of Cresus IN y e time of Cyrus y e greate which was the fyrst kyng monarche of y e Persians of whom we haue hertofore sum what spoken raigned the riche Cresus ouer the Lydians in y e fyrst part of Asia he warred ayenst kynge Cyrus but Cyrus vaynquished him conquered his land toke him prisoner Nowe when Cresus sawe the souldiours of Cyrus spoylyng brennyng and makynge hauocke of all that was in the citye whiche they hadde taken he asked Cyrus what they dyde Cyrus aunswered marye they destroye thy citye and spoyle thy goodes No no ê™ Cresus Nothynge here is nowe myne it is thyne that they destroye These wordes wyttyly spoken moued Cyrus to calle backe hys sowldiours from spoyle But when by the coÌ„maundement of Kynge Cyrus he shulde be burnt euen when he shulde now goo to the fyer he cryed out wyth a very lamentable and weeping voyce O Solon Solon Kynge Cyrus wonderynge what these wordes shuld meane bad one of hys seruauntes aske hym for what cause wyth so greate sorow he cryed thus and named Solon Then Cresus drawyng a great syghe euen from the botome of his hart aunswered in thys wyse Solon sumtyme amonges the Athenians was a very wyse man vnto whom Jones when he was wyth me did shewe and exhibite moche kyndnes and worshyp I shewed hym all my power and treasures which doon I asked hym whether he thought that euer any aduersitie or misfortune cowld happeÌ„ vnto me being furnyshed and fensed wyth such power and riches ayenst al chauÌ„ces of fortune or force of enemyes But to this aunswered Solon rebukyng me for my securitie and careles mind said No man in the worlde o kyng Cresus is so happye and fortunate in thys lief that he can be called throughly in euery parte blessed afore he dye neither is there any maÌ„ I assure the be he neuer so mighty but some aduersitye may come vpoÌ„ hym ouerthrowe hym or he be aware But at that tyme trusting alas reche lesly vpoÌ„ my happy lucke successe of thynges I despised his wordes neyther cowlde I fere thys so excedynge a falle as nowe I fynde Wherfore bycause nowe fyrst I vnderstode the senteÌ„ce of Solon therfore now afore my deathe I named hym And I do wysshe all meÌ„ in prosperitie not to be vnmyndful of misfortunes and calamities that maye chaunce lest they becom ouer hawlty by reason of their present felicitie gready to attempte thynges headyly y t by occasyon maye be their vtter coÌ„fusioÌ„ These thynges wheÌ„ Cyrus y e king herd he was not a litle touched with pytie clemencie towardes Cresus sayed he wolde not herafter shew him selfe to hard vpon Cresus whyche was sometyme a ryght mightie kyng for he remembreth that he hymselfe also is a man and that it mought chaunce hym to haue nede of other mens ayde and mercye After that he commaunded Also Cresus to be brought vnto hym whome he enterteyned lyke a noble prynce and vsed hys aduyse and couÌ„saille in al his affayres procedinges Thys Cresus after he was taken prisoner of Cyrus by this argument preferred peax before warres that in tyme of peax the sonnes be wont to burye the fathers but in warres contrary wyse the fathers burye the sonnes ¶ Of Amyntas and Alexander hys sone WHyle y e Persians were a lofte had the chief empire and y e monarchie of the world they wente about also to subdue all Grece Macedonye But bicause god hath prefixed the certayne limites to euery kyngdome whiche can not be passed ouer therfore y e kynges of y e PersiaÌ„s could neuer subdue vnto theyr dominions neyther the Macedonyans nor the Grekes Neuertheles on a tyme the Persyans sent theyr ambassadours vnto Amyntas then kynge of Macedony and requyred him to yeld him vnto them Kynge Amyntas fearyng the power of the Persians voluntarily in maner submittyng hymself promised to do what so euer they wolde haue him and interteyned the Ambassadours wyth al kynd of humanitie Now when to the ambassadours desyre a solempne feaste was ordeyned they requyred that for the furniture of the feaste certayne noble matrones theyr daughters myght be brought thither Amyntas durste denye them no thing but coÌ„maunded they shulde be brought to the feaste So when the Persians had well fauoredly wasshed theyr throtes wyth wine forgettyng all honeste sobrietie they began to dally w t the Ladyes so vnshamefastsly that Amyntas and the yonger kynge Alexander hys son were not a litle abashed and wery to se theyr shamefull demenours Alexander desyred hys father for the reuerence of his age that he wold depart from the banket and go to hys reste saynge that he wolde kepe thembassadours companye When he hadde thus conuayed awaye hys father he pretended great myrth and suffered the Persians to dallye sporte wyth the ladyes at theyr pleasure At laste he desyred them they wolde ryse for a whyle and lycense the ladyes to departe a lytle for they shulde come in agayne forthwyth much more gorgi ously arayed The lordes of the Persians were very well coÌ„tent herwith In the meane season the yoÌ„ge kynge caused a pyked sorte of yonge men that hadde good faces to be decked lyke ladyes and to retourne to the banket to whom he had gyuen in coÌ„maundement that euerye one shulde haue vnder hys clothes a swearde
the wyser and more prudent Certeynlye though this be comoÌ„ly true for experieÌ„ce is mother of prudence yet suche prudence wysedom cost the comon weale moch Warres for defence of y e couÌ„trey be necessary moch to be preferred afore cowardly peax quiete And agayne I graunte suche troubles and stormes do engendre wysdome and experience of thynges But doubtles out of the case of necessitie farre better it were and also moche more godly to fetche wisedom out of wyse mens bookes then to gather wretched prudence wyth experimentes and suche hasardes as putte the hole countrey in daunger The same Darius wheÌ„ he had imposed layd a tribute vpoÌ„ his subiectes he sent sodeynly for hys collectours and asked them whether the trybute whyche he had assesed semed to greuouse and ouerchargeable to the commons When they aunswered that it semed meane and indyfferent he coÌ„maunded they shulde demaunde but the half of y t which was assessed The prudent kyng in dede intended at the begynning to haue had nomore But yf he shuld haue taxed theÌ„ forthwyth at nomore he perceyued they shulde not haue bene so wel wylling to haue payde it as they were now when he assesed them at the double and after released them of the one halfe When thys kynge had cut a very great pome granate one asked hym of what thynge he wolde wyshe to haue so greate a noÌ„bre as there were graynes or kernels he aunswered of zopyres Thys zopyre was the sonne of Megabyses which was one of the sayd seuen princes a very good man a ryght trusty and assured frend to kyng Darius Signifyeng by thys that to a kyng nothynge ought to be dearer nor more preciouse theÌ„ good faithful frendes This zopire dyd cut of hys owne nose eares so not be yng aknowen whom he was fledde away like a fugitiue person vnto the BabiloniaÌ„s which at y t time were at mortal warre w t kyng Darius faynynge that he was most cruelly hand led of Darius The BabiloniaÌ„s beleuyng hym beyng persuaded by his colorable wordes that hys tale was true espyeng him a very wyse hardye maÌ„ made him one of theyr chiefe captaynes He sekyng his occasion delyuered vp y e hole cytie of BabyloÌ„ vnto Darius After which feate Darius was accustomed ofteÌ„times to say y t he had rather haue one zopyre hole souÌ„de theÌ„ to coÌ„quere an huÌ„dred Babylones Babylon at that tyme was a cytie moste floryshyng flowynge full of all richesse yet preferred he one frende afore an hundred Babylones ¶ Of quene Semiramis SEmiramis quene of y e CariaÌ„s which is cronicled to haue buylded Babylon caused to be wrytten vpoÌ„ her toÌ„be this saynge What kynge so euer shall haue nede of money let hym open my graue take so moche as he woll desyre Darius after he had wonne the citie gyuynge credite to the tytle wyth moch ado at last remouyug awaye y e great stone wherwyth the graue was couered money he fouÌ„de none at all but on the other syde of y e stone he founde thys inscripciou Onles thou haddest bene an euell man wyth money vnsatisfyable thou woldest neuer haue moued the graues of the deade ¶ Of kynge Xerxes BEtwene Xerxes y e soÌ„ne of Darius and Arimenes hys elder brother but borne afore Darius was chosen kynge was great stryfe who shulde be kyng So wheÌ„ Xerxes had knowlege that hys brother was coÌ„mynge from the countrey of the Bactrians he sente vnto hym ryche presentes and to them that bare them he gaue in coÌ„maundement that they shuld say in hys name thus vnto hys brother Wyth these rewardes thy brother Xerxes at this time honoreth the but yf he may be onesproclaimed kyng thou shalt be w t hym y e chyfest of all other Arimenes assuaged with thys excedyng humanite left hys coÌ„tention his brother beyng now pro claimed kyng forthwith he saluted honored hym as kyng and moreouer dyd sette the crowne vpon hys hedde Agayne Xerxes y e kynge for hys part gaue hym the nexte place vnto hym Ye shal rede a lyke thynge of Jacob Esau in the boke of Genesis Thys kynge beynge sore agreued w t the BabiloniaÌ„s bycause they traytorously shronke froÌ„ him renouÌ„ced hym for theyr lord after he ones had brought them vnder agayne forbad them to beare any more weapeÌ„s and further coÌ„maunded they shulde synge at the lute shalmes kepe harlottes haunt tauernes alehouses and vse wyde longe garmentes to thintent that beynge molifyed made effeminate wyth pleasures they moughte nomore studye to fal awaye froÌ„ theyr lord By this prudeÌ„t facte of a panim hethen prince we be taughte what is the successe of delicate and voluptuouse lyuynge When he sawe al Hellesponte full of shyppes and all the see coostes and playnes of Abydon fylled wyth men he boasted hymselfe to be blessed and fortunate y t he had so greate power at hys commaundemente and anone he wepte a good pace Artabamus y e kynges vncle woÌ„deryng at so sodayn chaunge asked the cause Then xerxes the kynge thus answereth Oh vncle a right depe thought entreth my mynde how short maÌ„s lyfe is syth of so passynge greate a multitude of men that I nowe see w tin an hundred yeares not one shalbe lefte a lyue Undoubtedly yf maÌ„ wold thus consydre y e shortnes of hys tyme and in what state God hath set hym here in earth he wolde not runne so headlonge to all kyndes of myschyefes Thys Xerxes what tyme he purposed to gyue battell to Grece called to gether all the prynces of Asya thus said vnto them Lest I moughâ— seme to enterpryse this thinge of my owne priuate counsayle I haue gathered you together but I woll ye remeÌ„ber that ye muste obeye me rather then counsayle me Thys oratioÌ„ of Xerxes is not here recounted to thintente it shuld be folowed For without doubt it is tyrannicall and that two maner wayes fyrste bycause he abused the assemblie of hys lordes for a coloure to cast a myste before mens eyes makyng them beleue that al he dyd was done by thaduyse and counsayl of his lordes second that he wolde venture vpon a matter so daungerouse to the hole people beynge inforced rather of hys owne sensual lust then induced by sage and wyse counsayle When thys kinge was vexed and almost put to the worse but of iii. huÌ„â—â— Lacedemonians where as he hymselfe had wyth hym a very great multytuue of souldiours He coÌ„fessed himself deceyued in thys that he toke with hym many meÌ„ but fewe souldiours He perceiued wel that it forceth not so much howe many there be as howe well assayed pyked and tryed men there be When the espyes of the Grekes were taken in hys hoste he wolde do theÌ„ no maner harme at al but moreouer bad them marke and viewe diligeÌ„tly hys hole armye whych thyng when they had done he licenced them to departe wythout hurte of any persone An example of a synguler
wherwyth in the myddes of the dalyaunce they shulde kyll the Persians whych thynge was done in dede For of these yonge men the PersiaÌ„s were slayne euery one and by this meanes was theyr knauerye greuously punyshed Chys Alexander is nombred amonge the auncestours of Alexander the great ¶ Of kynge Scilurus SCilurus kyng of the ScythiaÌ„s hauyng foure score sonnes when he laye on hys deadebed called them all afore hym A 〈…〉 ended a bounche of roddes to be brought vnto hym whych forthwyth he delyuered fyrste to one and then to an other to breake When euery one of them refused it bycause it semed impossyble hymselfe toke in hys owne hande rod by rod and so easely brake them al monyshynge hys sonnes wyth these wordes Yf ye shall continue together in loue concorde so shall ye remayne stronge and inuincible but contrarie wyse yf ye dysseuer your selues by debate sedition so shall you be weake and easye to be vaynqueshed Gelo. GElo kynge of Sicile at a certayne banket when accordynge to y e guyse of the countrey the lute was caryed aboute and al the rest dyd synge at the lute in order for that was amonge 〈…〉 es counted a thyng of greate comendacion and honestye wheÌ„ it came to the Kynges course to playe vpon the lute he commaunded hys horse to be brought into the bankettynge house and forthwith he easely and lyghtelye lepte vpon hym Signifyenge by thys hys doynge that chyualrye is muche more princely and mete for a kynge then to synge at the lute albeit in very dede lutynge is an honest pastyme and mete for geÌ„tylmen so that it be moderately vsed and be no impediment to thexercyses of chyualrye Thys kynge on a tyme exacted money of hys comons whom when he perceyued in a hurly turly for the same and ready to make an insurrection he thus sodaynly appeased he sente them worde that he wolde but borowe the money that he requyred of them for he wold restore it them agayne wythin a certayne tyme. ThaÌ„ they wyllyngly gaue theyr money By thys gentle sufferaunce and pollecie he brought about that he wanted not money necessarie to hys warres and neuertheles he had hys comons hartes fast vnto him Whych thinge brought to passe y t he anone had the victorye ouer hys ennemyes where as peraduenture yf in that sodeyne tumulte and rore he had continued to exacted of hys obstinate comons vnexpedyeÌ„tly the thynge y t had bene neuerthelesse leful he myght haue chauÌ„ced soner in y t rage furye of the people to haue bene destroyed of hys owne comoÌ„s then by hys comens to haue vaynquyshed hys ennemyes Suche a thinge it is otherwhyles to gyue place to a multytude by wyse dome to compasse that thinge which by dyrecte meanes coulde not elles be brought aboute Albeit in dede thys kynge when the warres were fynysshed consyderynge the grea 〈…〉 ueryshynge of hys subiectes 〈◊〉 by contynuall warres and gre 〈…〉 e exactioÌ„s they had susteyned he repayed them theyr lone Paule wylleth vs to rendre vnto all men that is due to whome tribute tribute to whom custome custome to whome feare feare to whom honour honoure He byddeth vs be subiecte to oure prynce not onelye for feare of the prynces indignacion but euen for conscience And for thys cause he sayeth we paye trybutes Thys I wryte to thintent we shuld paye our dueties wyllyngly to our prynce and obey hym as gods ministre for so Paule calleth hym to the terrible damnacion of the moost cursed Anabaptystes whych at thys daye go aboute to plucke men frome theyr allegiaunce and due obedience vnto theyr prince ¶ Of Hieron HIeron which succeaded the for sayde Gelon in the kyngdome of Sicile sayd that noman that freelye spake hys mynde vnto hym was eyther importune or greuouse But suche as blabbed out mens secretes those he thoughte hurted them also vnto whome they blabbed them for asmuch as we hate not only theÌ„ that dysclose our couÌ„sayles but also them that haue herde suche thynges as we wolde not haue knowen One vbrayded hym y t hys breath dyd stynke He conuneth home and chydeth hys wyfe bycause she neuer shewed hym that his mouth sauered Uerely ê™ she I thought that al men had sauered in lyke wyse These wordes declared an exceadynge great chastitie of the woman whyche neuer in all her lyfe had approched so nere vnto any man that she 〈…〉 de feale the breath of hys mouthe saue only her husbande Thys kynge also bycause in the quene hys wyfes presence the poete Epicharmus spake certayne rybawdouse wordes set a fyne on the poetes head Yf hethen princes thus punyshe knauery and wanton wordes what ought christians do whych be expressely by Christes mouth threate ned to yelde accomptes for euery ydle worde that procedeth forth of theyr mouthes ¶ Demetrius the sonne of Antigonus KYnge demetrius was of such excedynge clemeÌ„cie that wheÌ„ he had reconquered the Athe nians whych sediciously had shrunke from hym and perceyued they were welnere famyshed for default of corn he callyng them togyther in an open assemble graunted them frely a great quantitie of grayne And when in hys spekyng of these thynges to the people he chaunced to coÌ„mit a barbarysme pronouncyng a certayneword otherwyse then it ought to haue ben pronounced and one of thassemble interrupted hym in hys speakynge and shewed hym howe to pronounce that worde ryghtly Truly ê™ he for thys correction I graunte you other fyftye thousande busihelles I doubt in thys facte whether we maye meruayle at the greath benignitie of thys prynce towardes them which alytle tofore were hys ennemyes or rather at hys excedynge courtesye and ciuylitie whyche not onely toke in good parte that one of hys subiectes corrected hym in hys wordes but also estemed the same worthie of so great a rewarde When this kyng Demetrius had wonne the citie of Megara and hys men of warre had dispoyled made hauocke of all togither accordynge to theyr maner it was shewed hym that an excellent philosopher named Stiibon was amonges them The kynge whyche euer had lernynge in hyghe pryce and admiracion badde that y e philosopher shulde be brought forthe vnto hym He came the kynge him louingly receiued after he had awhile wyth gentle communication interteyned him he asked hym yf hys souldiours had taken anye of hys goodes from hym NomaÌ„ ê™ the philosopher hath takeÌ„ awey our goodes For I could espye nomaÌ„ that dispoyled vs of our lernyng and knowlege Meanynge that only the goodes of the mynd which be the true goodes be not subiect to y e violeÌ„ce of warres ¶ Demosthenes DEmosthenes y e moste famouse and excellent Dratour amonges the AtheniaÌ„s of whoÌ„ in my former boke I haue made mention on a certayne tyme whyle he was makynge an oration in the parlyament house amonges the commons of Athens of moste weyghtye thynges belongyng to the common welth perceyued that the people gaue no eare vnto him but rather murmured ayenst him to make him hold