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A09163	A moral methode of ciuile policie contayninge a learned and fruictful discourse of the institution, state and gouernment of a common weale. Abridged oute of the co[m]mentaries of the reuerende and famous clerke, Franciscus Patricius, Byshop of Caieta in Italye. Done out of Latine into Englishe, by Rycharde Robinson, citizen of London. Seene and allowed. [et]c. Anno Domini 1576.; De institutione reipublicae. English. Abridgments	Patrizi, Francesco, 1413-1494.; Robinson, Richard, citizen of London.	1576 (1576)	STC 19475; ESTC S114210	131,174	198

neuer knewe so muche in himselfe before that tyme blamed his wyfe in that shee had neuer admonished hym thereof to whome his wife modestly excusinge herselfe sayde husband be not angrye with mee for I thought that all mennes mouthes had smelled so and therfore I kept silence Armenia also comminge home from a royal feast made by kinge Cyrus when all men for the comlynesse of his person highly praysed Cyrus shee beinge demaunded by her husband what shee thought of the dignity and feature of that king husband quod she I neuer turned myne eyes from you and therefore what an other mannes feature is I am vtterlye ignoraunte In the education or bringinge vp of chyldren there are two thinges especiallye to be considered wherof the one chiefly appertayneth to the mother the other vnto the father himselfe the firste reason concerneth the meanes to lyue the seconde to lyue well the firste because it is and falleth for Home belongeth to the dutie of the mother whiche ought to bee the gouernesse of the housholde matters accordinge to the prescribed ordinaunces enioyned her by her husbande The matrone therefore that is with childe ought to forecast and consider that shee must bring foorth a chylde and greate dyligence must shee take that in no respecte shee hurte the chylde within her bodye before it bee broughte into the worlde and especiallye shee muste cherishe her owne bodye and take her meate wyth modestye feedinge vppon suche kynde of foode as may nourishe and strengthen her younge one and not that whiche maye weaken it and shee shall shunne to muche Slouthe a moderate Walkinge for her is profitable and healthfull and causeth farre more easie deliueraunce in childebyrthe Shee shall also beware of all vehemente laboures especiallye daunsinge whiche thinge by example HYPPOCRATES confirmed For when a certayne woman coulde not auoyde the receyued Seede of man shee desired his deuise to helpe her that the Seede shoulde not prosper whome hee counsayled euerye daye by iumpinge and daunsinge to styrre the Seede and so the seauenth day by meanes of her leapinge and daunsing she brought foorth an vnperfect conception couered ouer wyth a lyttle thinne rymme or skinne suche as wee see is in an egge betweene the shell and the yolke Some women keepe suche Reuell rexe and coyle in daunsinge and leapinge at banquettes and feastes that for verye payne they eyther procure abortion before the tyme or elles bringe the same foorthe verye weake and feeble other to th ende to seeme pretye and slenderer vnto their louers do gyrd themselues so straight that they hurt themselues their bellies also thereby very much some cramme fill their bellies with dayntye fare and wyne euen tyll they surphet agayne and very many women vse to cloye their stomackes wyth sower fruite and vnrype apples I let passe to speake of their lustes and certayne beastly pranckes not by speache to be vttered wherby they do not onelye trauaile before their tyme but also do bring forth into the worlde lothesome monsters After that the lyttle infante shal be borne whiche not longe agone the mother knewe not because it was closed in her wombe let her wyth her Dugges and with that Fountayne nourishe and foster it whiche prouident Nature hath wyth suche plentifulnes prepared in her breast Worst of all in myne opinion do suche women deserue of their children which put their babes out to noursing and at that tyme when they haue most neede of their mothers helpe committinge theym vnto younge huswyues and countrye nourses suche vnto whom in deede some woulde not committe a younge kytlinge if they had anye pleasure in it furthermore they are not whole mothers but rather appeare to be halfe mothers whiche straight waye put out to nursinge theyr owne naturall chylde denye to geeue it sucke whom euen nowe in their owne wombe wyth their owne bloud they nourished do they perswade theimselues that theyr neepples and duggs are by nature geeuen them for an ornamente or beautifiynge of theyr breast and not to the nourishmente of their chyldren ▪ But wee do knowe some women which wyth slybbersauces and medecines do drye vp and stoppe that most sacred Fountayne the nourisher of Mankinde yea not wythout greate daunger of they re owne healthes to the end forsooth they may appeare the more beautifull and in the eyes of theyr Louers more pleasaunte and acceptable Let no good mother suffer her chylde to be infected wyth the contagion of mylcke drawen from another womans breastes and let her in so doinge performe the poynte of a whole and entiere parent deseruinge well of her childe whom shee shall thereby make more readye to requite recōpēce her whē it shal grow to further yeares of discretion if it shall perceyue that it hath not at any tyme bene defrauded of the mothers fosteringe and nourishemente in the firste beginninge of lyfe for the benefite of the mothers breaste was among the Auncientes had in such reuerence and regarde that what soeuer hard or difficulte request the mothers were to craue at the handes of their childrē their fashion was to request the same for by the mylcke whiche they gaue vnto theym in their Infancye and babeshippe For what pleasaunter delights or pleasures can there be then a younge sucklinge chylde whose lispinge speache prety endeuouringes to bring out hys wordes his swete laughter and the pleasaunt mothers speach agayne vsed to her sayd chylde seemes to me farre to surpasse all other counterfeict scoffers or iesters Neyther nede Apes or little dogges to bee soughte for there to sport themselues wythall where little babes do creepe about the house The members and tender partes of younge chyldren are to be fashioned by the Nourses handes and the lytle Infantes bodye to be wrapped and bounde with a swathinge bande from the shoulders euen downe to the ancle but yet somewhat looser about the breaste and bulke for the bredth or largenes of those partes do make very muche to the dignitie and strengthninge of a man and somewhat straighter about the stomacke and about the nether partes of the bellye the better to confirme and strengthē the same and that the Bellye beare not out aboue comlye proportion Aristotle also affirmeth that cryinge is profitablie geeuen by nature vnto chyldren for hee thinketh that it is an indeuour or striuing vsed by the chylde to his encreasinge and that it helpeth much to stretch out the breast and hart stringes wherfore hee prescribeth the Nurse not to force the childe from cryinge Women conceyued with child ought to haue great care of themselues least that they be deliuered before their time or miscary in child bearing which thing that we may haue foreknowledge of Hyppocrates teacheth for eyther he sayth the infant moueth styrreth in the mothers wombe vpon the 70. or ells 90. daye it expresseth y it is eyther the seuenth or nynthe moneth wherein shee shall be delyuered of her

fiftye Uirgines of Sparta haue eternized theyr names vnto all Posteritye for they beinge by their Parents sent to do sacrifice among the Messenians thinking to be entertayned after the maner of frendly hospitality the Messenians with such impaciencie and concupiscence lusted after them that dispisinge the law of hospitalitye they sought meanes by sollicityng their consentes to carnail knowledge so to deflo wre their virginitye whych filthy motion the virgines denyinge they importunatelye vrginge to dishoneste their bodies yet was there not one founde of all those virgines that woulde consent vnto their willes but chose rather to dye then so to loose their maydēhode whose bloud that Lacedaemoniās through the great helpe of God reuenged afterward by a notable victorye The second ornament of a woman is to haue prety children and of an excellent towardnesse whiche ornamente how much it is to be estemed of Cornelia the wife of Paulus AEmilius hath taught vs for when a certayne womā of Campania cōminge vnto her shewing outin a brauerye her pearles golde and pretious apparell requested the same Cornelia in lyke maner to bring forth and shewe her ornaments and iewels she fooded her out wyth wordes vntil suche tyme as her children returned home from the schole whome shee shewinge vnto the other woman sayde Beholde my delicate store and treasures all myne ornamentes all my Iewelles and all my delights which perswasion is the best that can bee vnto all matrones that in respecte of their children they shoulde despyse al other iewelles and ornaments and repute their chiefe attyre in the hope and towardnes of their Children Besides this let the Wyfe take heede that shee vse no dissymulation nor cloaked Iuggelinge wyth her husbād in any matter for what thing can bee more dishonest in a woman then to shewe her selfe not to be the same whych shee was Pompeia the wyfe of Nero the Emperour was not onlye made a iestynge stocke to the worlde so longe as shee lyued because shee prancked herselfe too muche in curyous trymminge vp herselfe to the best shewe of all beautye but also purchased vnto her name perpetual ignominie For not Poets onely but Historiographers also not a fewe do wryte that shee not in couert maner and claselye but apertly and manefestlye fancied this curiosity they affirme that shee had alwayes in a readynes wher soeuer she went whole heardes of Asses that shee might continually cherishe her delicate face rynse her mouth wyth the mylke of theym daylye thereby to appeare the fayrer and beautifuller for there is no good hope to bee had in that woman whiche seeketh to bee praysed abrode for her beautye It was lawfull for the Spartane virgins to goe with their face bare tyll they were maryed that they mighte thereby the better gette theym husbandes but after they were maryed they courred doth their head and their face as those then that soughte after no Husbandes but onelye cared to retayne such as they enioyed But Gorgias Leontinus opinion is that mennes wyues shoulde bee kepte at home from goinge abroade whyche thinge surely liketh not mee but for theim to goe abrode verye seeldome that truelye doe I greatlye commende For a woman that is a walker and a traueiler from her owne house abrode can seeldome bee chaste let the wyfe shewe her selfe of one mynde and concorde wyth her husbande in all thinges for there can be nothinge more pleasaunte amonge mortall menne then when the man and wyfe doe gouerne their Housholde wyth concorde and mutuall good wyll together and on the other parte nothing worse then mutual discord domestical brabling The Athenians haue taught vs that silence in matters betweene man and wyfe ought to bee vsed for when as Philippe king of Maoedonie warred against the Athenians and that their scoutes had intercepted letters of Olympias sent from her vnto kinge Philippe her husbande they commaunded those letters to bee redeliuered whole vnopened and vntouched because they thoughte it was not lawful no not for the enemie to know and vnderstād the secretes passinge from the wyfe to her husband In wedlocke also let all anger and stomackinge be far absent whiche makes loue manye tymes more slacke and slowe and altogether diminisheth the same disorderinge all domesticall affayres and causing the state of wedlocke to be more vnpleasaunt The most auncient Romaines did adorne that womā with a crowne of chastitye whiche was onely contented wyth one husbande and with continuall wydowhood to professe and shewe forthe the sinceritye of her incorrupte mynde for she seemeth to be of an vnbrideled luste whiche maryeth agayne especially if shee haue children whiche are the pledges of matrimonye and expresse the lyuelye ymage of her late deceassed husbande both in countinaunce and name moreouer shee that maryeth agayne is seene to bee curst and wicked towards her children because they are depriued of their father and forsaken of all men neglectinge theym as it were in the entraunce of their lyfe euen at that age and time when they haue most neede of their parentes helpe which reason vndoubtedlye ought to perswade all wydowes to kepe their chastitye together with their children that they make no further tryall of fortune of whom they being once deceyued may scarcely hope for better lotte or fortune afterwarde Annia a woman of noble race among the Romaynes when her neighbours and friendes p●rswaded her in her wydowhood to mary wyth another husband seeinge shée was yet of alustye age and excellente beautye made aunswere that she would not any wyse so do for sayth she if I finde a good husband as I had before I wyll not bee always in feare least I should forgo him but if I should matche my selfe wyth an euil husband what neede haue I to trye an euill man when I haue once already had experience of a verye good man for she that is disapointed by the destenye of her first husbande seemes to be wyse if shee no more committe her selfe vnto the Fortune of Maryage The daughter of Demotion the Athenian althoughe shee was a virgine yet hearing of the death of Leosthenes her espoused husband who was slayne at the battle of Lēnos killed her selfe affirming that althoughe she neuer had any carnall or matrimonial copulation with her husbande yet if shee shoulde bee compelled to take another man shee should deceyue the second seeinge that in hart shee was maryed to the first notwithstanding those women deale a greate deale better who in the firste flower of their yeares do hap to marye the seconde tyme namely if they be then without children for al lyuing creatures desire to haue and begette Issue and for procreation sake rather then for luste to ioyne together seemeth a thinge much more fitte reasonable Hiero of Syracusa being on a tyme chidden by a certein familier frende of his because his breath did slincke hee for helping thereof had vsed no remedies sayd that hee