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Title:  The politicke and militarie discourses of the Lord de La Nouue VVhereunto are adioyned certaine obseruations of the same author, of things happened during the three late ciuill warres of France. With a true declaration of manie particulars touching the same. All faithfully translated out of the French by E.A.
Author: La Noue, François de, 1531-1591.
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To the King of Nauarre.SIR, it doth many times so fall out, that those things which we imagine to be most hurtfull vnto vs, do redound to our grea∣test benefit. This when Chion (a man in his daies of good estimation among the Greekes) had tried in himselfe, hee did by a Letter of his (yet extant) giue thankes to the contrarie winds, which maugre his head had detained him at Constaninople, from whence hee ment to haue sailed to A∣thens, because the sayde saie procured him the benefite of en∣tering a league of friendship with Xenophon who during his a∣boade, ariued there with his troopes after his returne out of Persia, confessing that he had more profited in the companie of that gallant Captaine, then hee shoulde haue done in the schooles of the most famous Philosophers of all Grecce. After the example therefore of that so notable a personage, my selfe will giue thankes to the miseries of this time, because that for∣cing me to become a Philosopher in a strange land, they haue wrought me this good, to haue passed away eight or nine mo∣neths in the companie of the Lord De la None. For besides that hee is endued with all those good partes which Chion no∣teth in Xenophon, as well in respect of his learning, as also for his knowledge and experience in armes: the examples of his vertues and sweetnesse of his conuersation did so helpe me to disgest both the publike calamities and mine owne perticu∣lar discommodities, that during life I cannot but yeeld praise to God for so great a benefite. Howbeit the thing that made me most desirous of his friendshippe, was a consideration that the farther he was through his afflictions driuen out of France and from your Maiestie, the more did his affection to your seruice & the welfare of the whole Realme seeme to increase: for whether he walkt or slept all his imaginations tended no∣lie to the finding out of such meanes as might best redresse the calamities that oppressed our miserable Countrie, and his ordinarie deuises to the seeking out of anie thing that might aduance the reestablishing of the state in her former 0