The French academie wherin is discoursed the institution of maners, and whatsoeuer els concerneth the good and happie life of all estates and callings, by preceptes of doctrine, and examples of the liues of ancient sages and famous men: by Peter de la Primaudaye Esquire, Lord of the said place, and of Barree, one of the ordinarie gentlemen of the Kings Chamber: dedicated to the most Christian King Henrie the third, and newly translated into English by T.B.

A TABLE OF THE PRIN∣CIPALL MATTERS CON∣TAINED IN THIS ACADEMIE.

A

• ADmonition: sundrie instructions how to admonish wisely. Pag. 153
• Aduersitie: who are soonest thrown downe with aduersitie, 301. the cō∣mon effects thereof, 345. the Romanes were wisest and most constant in aduersitie, 347. examples of constancie in aduersitie. 348
• Adulterie: the miserable effects of adulterie, 240. the punishment of adulterers among the Egyptians, 241. Zaleucus law, and the law of Iulia against it, 240. testimonies of Gods wrath against it. 241
• Age hath no power ouer vertue, 61. the diuisi∣on of the ages of man. 563-564
• Ambition: two kindes of ambition, 224. the cause of ambitious desires, 225. the effects of ambition, 224. & 229. examples of mê void of ambition, 186. ambition breedeth sediti∣on, 225. ambitious men full of selfe-prayse, 226. examples of ambitious men, 227. &c. they cannot be good counsellours to Prin∣ces. 231
• Anger: the crueltie of Theodosius commit∣ted in his anger, 316. Valentinian brake a veine in his anger. 317
• Apparell: against excesse in apparell, 219. examples of sobrietie in apparel. 219
• Archbishop: the free gird of a Pesant giuen to an Archbishop▪ 158. the Archbishop of Magdeburg brake his neck in dancing. 216
• Armes, Armie: the exercise of armes must alwayes continue, 762. the auncient order of the Romane armie. 766
• Arrogancie dwelleth in the ends with solita∣rines. 157
• Aristocratie: the description of an Aristo∣cratie, 579. the estate of Lacedemonia was Aristocraticall. 580
• Artes and Artificers: the necessitie of artes and artificers in a common-wealth, 750. ar∣tificers of one science ought not to dwell all togither. 751
• Authors: how much we owe to good authors. 45
• Authoritie: what authoritie a prince hath o∣uer his subiects. 670

B

• Backbiting: the prudence of Dionysius in punishing two backbiters, 388. when back∣biting hurteth most. 460
• Bankets: the custome of the Egyptians and Lacedemonians at bankets. 203
• Beard: what vse is to bee made of a white beard. 572
• Belly: the belly an vnthankefull and feeding beast, 201. & 202. it hath no eares. 212
• Birth: the follie of birth-gazers. 42
• Biting: what biting of beasts is most dange∣rous. 460
• Body: the wonderfull coniunction of the body and soule of man, 19. the conceptiō, framing and excellencie of the body. 21
• Brother: he that hateth his brother, hateth his parents, 542. the benefite that brethren receiue by hauing common friends, 544. ex∣amples of brotherly loue. 545

C

• Calling: callings were distinct from the be∣ginning, 478. sixe sundry callings necessary

• in euery common-wealth, 744. holinesse is the end of our calling. 795
• Captaine: the losse of a captaine commonly causeth the ruine of an armie, III. how captaines were punished if they offended, 768. a captaine must not offend twise in warre, 773. what captains are woorthiest of their charge, 784. the captains of an ar∣mie must be very secret, 781. two faults to be eschewed of euery captaine, 778. how a captain should exhort his souldiors. 790
• Cheere: good cheere keepeth base mindes in subiection. 206
• Children must loue, feare, & reuerence their father, 533. the dutie of children towardes their parents, 541. examples of the loue of children towards their parents. 541
• Choler: whereof choler is bred, 314. how the Pythagorians resisted choler, 315. magi∣strates ought to punish none in their cho∣ler. 316
• Citie: what Citie seemed, to Clcobulus best guided. 264
• Citizens: who are truly citizens. 606
• Clemencie: examples of great clemencie in princes, 324. &c. it preserueth the thrones of Princes. 411
• Common-wealth: a sure token of a despe∣rate common-wealth, 407. 600. 690. the spring of corruption in Common-wealths, 550. the description of a mixt common-wealth, 583. how a corrupt common-wealth must bee corrected, 699. when common-wealths begin to alter, 717▪ the causes ther∣of. 739
• Commandement: the 5. commaundement onely hath a special promise annexed vnto it, 538. there is a shew of commanding and obeying in all things. 575
• Comparisons: 33. 38. 46. 47. 55. 64. 70. 105. 150. 176. 191. 212. 286. 338. 339. 343. 360. 371. 378. 383. 4••6. 446. 448. 487. 513. 550. 589 641. 687.
• Communitie: Plato established a commu∣nitie of all things in his common-wealth, 490 the confutation therof. 491
• Concupiscence: the fruites of concupis∣cence. 238
• Conscience: the force of conscience in the wicked, 68. examples of tormented consci∣ences. 68
• Constancie: the wonderfull constancie of Socrates. 348
• Correction n••••••ssarie for children, 534. the lawe Falcidia touching the correction of children. 551
• Councell: what a councell is, with the profite of it, 677. of the councell of sundrie coun∣treys. 679. &c
• Counsellors: qualities requisite in counsel∣lors of estate. 687
• Counsell: good counsell for counsellors, 155. and for princes. 157
• Countrey: examples of the loue of heathen men towards their countrey. 60. 98. &c
• Couetousnesse is neuer satisfied, 445. the fruites of couetousnes, 446. examples of co∣ueiousnes, 449. what magistrates are best liked of couetous princes. 456
• Coward: Agamemnon dispensed with a rich coward for going to warre, 284. what vices proceed of cowardlines. 285
• Creation: the end of the creation of al things 92.
• Creatures: all creatures are sociable by na∣ture. 594
• Curiositie: against curiositie in knowledge, 161. two kindes of curiositie, 162. against curious inquirie into other mens imperfe∣ctions, 166. curious persons profite their e∣nimies more than themselues, 167. wittie answeres made to cu••io•••• questions, 169. curiositie in princes affairs, perilous. 168
• Custome: a notable custome of the Lacede∣monians, 150. custome in sinning is dange∣rous. 69

D

• Death: the feare of death doth not astonish the vertuous, 60. what death Cesar thoght best, 262. no man ought to hasten forward his death, 293. what it is to feare death, 294. the comfort of euery true Christian a∣gainst death. 805.
• ...

• ... Definition: the definition of ambition, 224. of anger, 312. of a body, 20. of charitie, 321. of a citie, 595. of a Citizen, 605. of comeli∣nes, 181. of confidence, 300. of duty, 94. of enuie, 458. of fortune, 468. of friendship, 138. of a house, 490. & 492. of iealousie, 505. of iustice, 390. & 391. of intemperan∣cie, 190. of iudgement, 691. of liberalitie, 435. of the law, 596. of malice and craft, 123. of man, 13. of meekenes, 321. of nature, 172. of Oeconomie, 523. of policie, 523. of passion, 30. of Philosophy, 40. & 390. of prudence, 104. of patience, 310. of pleasure, 236. of sedition, 705. of societie, 480. of the soule, 23. of temperance, 181. of vertue, 52. of vice 65. of wedlocke. 480
• Democraty: the description of a Democraty, with the sundry kinds of it. 528
• Desire: the effects of desire. 36
• Diseases: the end, cause, and remedie of bodi∣ly diseases, 29. the cause of the diseases of the soule, 33. the seede of diseases. 211
• Discipline: the ancient warlike discipline of the Romanes, 769. the corruption thereof in these daies. 769
• Discord: all things are preserued by agreeing discords. 19
• Diuision: of Citizens, 606. of a Common-wealth, 579. & 583. of dutie, 94. of a house, 492. of iustice, 393. of the law, 596. of nature 171. of Philosophy, 40. of passions, 31. of speech, 127. of the soule, 23. of sciences. 76
• Dowries: why the dowries of women haue al∣waies had great priuiledges, 486. Lycur∣gus forbad all dowries. 493
• Drinke: the manner of drinking in old time, 203. against excessiue drinking. 204
• Drunkennes: hurtfull effects of drunkennes and gluttony, 213. examples of drunkennes. 214
• Duarchy: what a Duarchy is. 617
• Dutie: wherein the dutie of man consisteth, 12. dutie and profite are distinct thinges, 429. the duty of a wise man, 12. what duty we owe to God, and what to our neighbour, 94. fower riuers issue out of the fountaine of duty. 96

E

• Eclipse: Nicias feared an eclipse of the Moone. 120
• Education helpeth the defect of nature, 175. examples therof, 177. naughtie education corrupteth a good nature, 551. how Plato would haue children brought vp, 552. of the education of daughters. 554
• Emperours: there were 73. Emperours of Rome within 100. yeeres, 223. what this word Emperour importeth. 624
• End: the proper end of all things. 477
• Enimy: how one may reape benefite by his e∣nimies, 112. 383. why men are beholding to their enimies, 379. the common behauiour of men towards their enimies. 380
• Enuy is a note of an ambitious man, 225. the nature of enuie, 457. the fruits of it, 458. it hurteth enuious persons most, 459. a good way to be reuenged on the enuious. 464
• Ephoryes: why the Ephoryes were appointed in Lacedemonia. 581
• Equality: two sorts of equalitie. 737
• Equity is alwaies one and the same to all peo∣ple, 601. the equity of the Morall law ought to be the end and rule of all lawes. 602
• Error: the spring of all error. 119
• Estate: euery Estate and policie consisteth of three parts, 578. the opinion of Politicks touching a mixt Estate, 625. examples of mixt Estates, 626. what it is to hold the E∣states, 685. a rule of Estate, 723. choise cu∣stome of seuen flourishing Estates, 732. meanes to preserue an Estate, 734▪ &c. it is dangerous to an Estate to call in forraine succours. 785
• Euent: wee must not iudge of enterprises by the euent, 305. we must be prepared against all euents, 306. the euent of all things is to be referred to the prouidence of God, 42
• Euill: what we ought to call euill. 63
• Exercise: what bodily exercise is meete for youth. 557
• Expences: a good law e to cut off the occasions of idle expences. 221

F

• Fables: who delight most in reading of fa∣bles. 462
• Family: there must be but one Head in a fa∣mily, 509. the progresse of a family before it come to perfection. 525
• Father: why many fathers set not their chil∣dren to schoole, 72. the storie of a father ap∣pointed to execute his owne child. 535
• Fauour: the punishment of one who solde his maisters fauour. 411
• Feare: two kinds of feare, 278. the feare of neighbour enimies is the safetie of a Com∣mon-wealth, 279. good feare is ioined with the loue of God, 280. examples of wary feare 280. a strange effect of feare in one night, 284. examples of feare which is the defect of fortitude. 281
• Feast: how wise men feasted one another in old time, 202. Socrates feast. 208
• Fidelitie: a description of fidelitie. 414
• Flatterie: the common practise of flatterers, 139. good counsell for Princes against flat∣terers. 462
• Flesh: the works of the flesh. 20
• Foe: he that hath no foe, hath no friend, 145. Looke Enimie.
• Fortitude: the woorkes of fortitude must bee grounded vpon equitie and iustice, 251. it is a good of the soule, not of the body, 266. the parts of fortitude, 267. examples of forti∣tude. 273. &c.
• Fortune: what is to be vnderstoode by this worde fortune, 307. howe wee may vse these words of fortune and chance, 469. the opini∣ons of Philosophers touching fortune, 470. the description of fortune, 470. examples of hir contrary effects. 472
• France: one euident cause of the present ruine of France, 163. the miserable estate of France, 408. one cause thereof, 607. the hap∣pie gouernment of France, 635. two causes of the present diuisions in France. 716
• Friend, and Friendship: the difference be∣tween friendship and loue, 138. what things are requisite in friendship, 139. the chiefe cause and end of all true friendship, 138. friendship must be free, 142. three things necessarie in friendship, 148. examples of true friendship, 145. what manner of man we must chuse for our friend, 140. howe we must prooue a true friend, and shake off a false, 141. how we must beare with the im∣perfections of our friend. 144.

G

• Gaming: the effects of gaming, 374, what mooued the Lydians to inuent games, 374. Alphonsus decree against gaming. 375
• Generall: a good lesson for a Generall, 292, properties requisite in a Generall. 300
• Glorie: how ielousie of glorie is tollerable, with examples thereof, 251. &c. examples of the contempt of glorie. 254
• Gluttonie: the fruits of gluttonie, 213. ex∣amples thereof. 214
• God: all things are present with God, 407. he ordereth casuall things necessarily, 468 he is the Idaea of al good. 42
• Goods: the nature of worldly goods, 37. two sorts of goods, 52. & 526. two waies to get goods. 526
• Grace: effects of Gods grace in the regene∣rate. 18
• Grammar: the commodities of grammar, 556
• Griefe: a meane how to beare griefe patient∣ly. 331

H

• Happines: all men naturally desire happines, 31. who are happie, and who vnhappie. 51. what it is to liue happily, 38. 54. how we must make choice of a happie life, 246. wherein good or ill hap consisteth, 330. no∣table opinions of good and ill hap, 332, wherein true happines consisteth. 334
• Hatred: how far a man may hate the wicked, 387. the difference between hatred and en∣uie, 459. the bounds of a good mans hatred, 463.
• Histories: the praise and profit of histories. 79
• Homage: what homage we ow to God. 93
• Honor: how a man may seeke for honor, 232.

• examples of the contempt of honor, 233. the first step to honor. 247
• Hope: hope must be grounded vpon the grace of God, 300. two kinds of hope, 301. the fruit of hope, 302. hope and feare are the founda∣tion of vertue. 561
• House; a house consisteth of liuing stones, 489 smal iarres must be auoided in a house. 501
• Hunting is an image of war. 554
• Husbands: how they ought to loue their wiues, 501. a husband must neuer beate his wife, 504. he must neither chide nor fawne vpon his wife before others, 507. examples of the loue of husbands towards their wiues. 510.
• Husbandrie: the praise of husbandrie, 528. 752. the antiquitie of husbandrie. 752

I

• Idlenes: it is the mother and nurse of all vice, 369. Pythagoras precept against idlenes, 370. examples against idlenes. 377
• Ignorance: ignorance of our selues the cause of much euill, 12. pernitious effects of igno∣rance, 117. 118. common effects of ignorance 119.
• Impatiencie: who are most giuen to impati∣encie and choler, 312. how it may be cured. 313.
• Impost: a commendable kind of impost. 220
• Impudencie: the description of impudencie. 428.
• Incontinencie: the difference betweene an incontinent and an intemperate man, 190. Socrates disputation against incontinen∣cie. 238
• Infants: how infants are to be brought vp. 552
• Ingratitude: meanes to keepe vs from ingra∣titude, 432. it was the cause of mans fal, 425 great men are soonest touched with ingra∣titude, 428. examples against it. 430
• Innocencie is a tower of brasse against slan∣derers. 466
• Iniurie: how manie waies a man may receiue iniurie. 384
• Iniustice: the fruits of it in the wicked, 403. it is a generall vice, 404. the effects of it, 405. how many kinds there are of iniustice. 404
• Intemperance: the companions of intempe∣rance. 192. what predominant passions are in it, 189. exāples of intemperance. 193 &c.
• Ioie: examples of some that died of ioie. 36
• Iudgement: from whence iudgement procee∣deth, 89. the iudgement of the best, not of the most is to be preferred, 249. iudgements are the sinewes of an estate. 690
• Iudges: how the Egyptians painted iudges, 394. a corrupt manor of making iudges. 701
• Iustice: the fruits of iustice, 390. the ground of all iustice, 391. examples of the loue of iustice, 395. how the abuse of it may be re∣medied, 399. the deniall of iustice is dange∣rous, 408. 658. the springs of all corruptions of iustice, 697. iustice distributed into se∣uen parts. 746

K

• Knowledge: the knowledge of God and of our selues must be linked togither, 12. the end of the knowledge of our selues, 16. the bene∣fits that come by knowledge. 74
• King: wherein the greatnes of a king consi∣sisteth, 57. wherein kings ought to exercise themselues most. 80. the true ornaments of a king, 180. the difference betweene a great and a little king, 398. what power the kings of Lacedaemonia had, ••80. good precepts for kings, 648. a king must be skilfull by reason and not by vse, 648. the first and principall dutie of a king is to haue the law of God be∣fore his eies, 655. he must begin reformation at himselfe and his court. 656. the summe of the dutie of a king. 674
• Kingdome: what causeth kingdoms to flou∣rish, 399, of the originall of kingdoms, 586. their alteration commeth through vice, 67, they florish through vertue, 61. Of the anti∣quitie of a kingdome, 623. the dangerous estate of an electiue kingdom vpō the death of the prince, 633. what kingdoms are elec∣tiue. 634

L

• Law: what ciuill lawes may not be changed,

• ... 597. the end of all lawes, 603. change of lawes in a well setled estate is dangerous, 598. what the law of nature is, 596. the an∣cient law-makers, 599. what maner of lawes are to be established in the Commonwealth, 657.
• Learning: examples of ancient men that gaue themselues to learning, 570. examples of great loue to learning. 81
• Letter: Anacharsis letter to Craesus, 78, Alexanders to Aristotle, 80. Caesars to Rome: Octauianus to his nephew: Pla∣toes to Dionysius: Pompeies to the se∣nate, 132. Pisistratus to his nephew, 146. Traians to Plutarke, 157. & 233. Tra∣ians to the senate, 654. 707. Macrines to the senate of Rome, 747. Aurelius to a tri∣bune. 768
• Liberalitie: a poore man may be liberal, 436. the lawes of liberalitie, 440. examples of li∣beralitie. 441
• Loue: loue is the first foundation of euery ho∣lie marriage. 530
• Life: mans life compared to the Olympian as∣semblies, 38. one cause of the long life of our elders, 198. Senecaes opinion of the short∣nes of our life, 211. our life compared to ta∣ble-play, 335. no man ought to hide his life, 373. the end of our life, 377. three things necessarie for the life of man, 750. wherein a happie life consisteth. 804
• Lying: lying in a prince is most odious. 417

M

• Magistrate: of the name of magistrate, 587. good counsell for magistrates, 588. the dutie of the magistrate consisteth in three things, 590. what maner of then magistrates ought to be, 399. 593. the titles of a good magi∣strate. 610
• Magnanimitie: magnanimitie consisteth in three things, 289. woonderfull magnanimi∣tie, 59. three effects of magnanimitie, 290. examples thereof. 295. 296
• Malice: the malice of Nero and Tyberi∣us. 124
• Man: the prerogatiues of men aboue other creatures, 594. the maner of mans concepti∣on and fashioning, 21. the end of his being, 13. 73. 95. three things necessarie for the perfection of man, 173. common effects of mans fraile nature, 339. the dutie of a man at the perfection of his age. 570
• Marriage: the author, antiquitie, and ends of marriage, 482. reasons against marriage, 482 the defence of marriage, 484. motiues to marriage, 488. fower kinds of marriage, 492. the best time and place to pacifie strife betweene married couples, 515. at what age men and women ought to marrie. 495
• Maske: against masks and mummeries. 214
• Maister: what properties are requisite in a maister. 528. 530
• Mediocritie: mediocritie must be vsed in all actions. 160
• Mecknes: the effects of meeknes, 321. exam∣ples of meeke princes. 323
• Memorie: the praise of memorie, 88. exam∣ples of good memories. 89. reasons why quic∣kest wits haue best memories, and contrari∣wise. 90
• Mercie: who were forbidden to enter into the temple of mercie. 320
• Mind: base minds stand in great fear of death and griefe. 283
• Mirth: how mirth is commendable. 464
• Mocking: how a man may repulse a mocke, 386. examples thereof. 387.
• Monarchy: what a monarchy is, 579. 617. the law of nature leadeth vs to a monarchy, 615 reasons against a monarchie, 617. the com∣modities of a monarchie, 622. monarchies haue continued longest, 625. what agree∣ment the French monarchie hath with eue∣rie good policie. 626. Fiue kinds of monar∣chies, 628. how the first monarchie came vp. 629
• Monie: why monie was first inuented, 527
• Mother: the mother is no lesse to be honored than the father, 540. euerie mother ought to nurse hir owne child. 552
• Murder: a cruel murder of a gentlewoman, & hir houshold. 450
• Musicke: a commendable end of musicke, 553.

• when musicke is most conuenient. 202
• Mysterie: how far we may search into hea∣uenly mysteries. 41

N

• Nature: the diuision of nature, 171. the cor∣ruption therof. 173
• Negligence: two sorts of negligence. 725
• Neighbor: reasons to mooue vs to loue our neighbors. 320
• Nobilitie: what nobilitie is, with the sundrie kinds of it, 747. nobilitie is the ornament of a common-wealth. 740
• Number: the number of seuen accounted a perfect number. 563

O

• Obedience to Gods law is the mother of all vertues. 94
• Offences are neuer without paine. 67
• Office: in what case a good man may sue for an office, 98. 700. the inconuenience that commeth by setting offices to sale. 400
• Old-age: when old-age beginneth, 571. to whom it is not greeuous. 572
• Officers: the statute of S. Lewes concerning the election of officers. 702
• Oligarchie: what an Oligarchie is, and how it changeth into a tyrannie, 581. reasons a∣gainst an Oligarchie. 621
• Oration: Otans oration for a popular regi∣ment, 618. Megabyses oration for an Ari∣stocratie. 619. Darius oration for a monar∣chie, 621. Coruinus oration to his soldiers, 784. the benefit of making orations to soldi∣ers, 775. Cyrus oration to his captaine. 776
• Order: what order is. 740

P

• Painting: the vse of painting. 557
• Parliament: the present estate of the parlia∣ment of France. 695
• Pastors: wherein the office of true pastors con∣sisteth. 745
• Passions: the passions of the soule are head∣strong, 35. the scope of our passions, 32. plea∣sure and griese are the cause of passions, 28. naturall passions not to be condemned. 30
• Patience: the fruits of patience, 310. what the wicked account of patience, 314
• Peace: the discommodities of a long peace, 756. the effects of peace. 758
• People: the diuision of the people into three orders or estates. 606
• Periurie: examples of gods iudgements vpon periured persons. 420. 423
• Perturbations: from whence the perturbati∣ons of the soule proceede, 31. the original, na∣ture and effects of perturbations. 33
• Philosophy: howe we may knowe whether we profit in Philosophy, 47. the fruits that fol∣low the studie of it, 346. examples of loue to Philosophy, 48. what diuine Philosophy is, 40. the chiefe foundation of all Philosophy, 45. the perfection of Philosophy. 48
• Philosopher: necessary points for a Philoso∣pher, 45. what this word Philosopher impor∣teth, 51. what kind of knowledge is chiefly required in a Philosopher, 78. Philosophers ought to be conuersant with Princes. 155
• Plaies: hurtfull effects of plaies. 216
• Pleaders: against prating pleaders. 129
• Pleasure: pleasure is the end of superfluitie, 210. what Philosophers placed their chiefe Good in pleasure, 235. the fruits of pleasure. 236
• Policies: a meane to preserue policies, 401. what policie is, and from whence the word is deriued, 577. no people without some policie. 576
• Pouerty: why poore men are not lesse happye than the rich, 359▪ the fruits of pouertie, 361 pouertie pleadeth for it selfe, 362. what po∣uerty is odious, 366. a good law for the poore 438
• Power: ciuill power ought to maintaine the worship of God, 578. two kindes of publike power. 609
• Praise: a good man may sometime praise him selfe. 250
• Pride: the effects of pride, 250. examples of pride punished. 254
• Prince: the loose life of Princes is dangerous for their Estates, 242. &c. a good considera∣tion

• for Princes, 324. it is dangerous for Princes to aduance wickedmen, 343. the promise of a Prince is tied with a double bond, 417. howe farre Princes are subiect to lawes, 595. wherin their absolute power con∣sisteth, 596. when a Prince may deny the request of his three Estats, 598. obedience is due to vniust Princes, aswell as to iust, 611. a child prince is a token of Gods wrath 620. it is not lawful for any to kil his Prince although he be a tyrant, 639. when a Prince may best be corrected, 643. two properties requisite in him that teacheth a Prince, 644. howe a yoong Prince must be taught, 645. excellent titles of a good Prince, 650. Looke more in chap. 59. & 60.
• Prodigalitie: how prodigalitie and couetous∣nes may be in one subiect. 447
• Profite: profit must not be separated from ho∣nestie. 95
• Promise: whither a forced promise is to bee kept, 414. no promise ought to bee made a∣gainst dutie, 415. we must keepe promise with our enimie, 416. examples of promise∣keeping. 418
• Prosperitie: effects of 100 great prosperitie in common-wealths, 281. more hurtfull than aduersitie, 340. examples of some that were ouerthrowen by prosperitie, 342. of others that were not puft vp with it. 343. &c
• Prudence: the effects of prudence, 104. 106. prudence hath three eies, 105. examples of prudence, 108. &c. a prudent man is not o∣uer-light of belief. 114

Q

• Quarel: the common excuse of quarellers. 385
• Quietnes: how a man may haue continuall quietnesse. 67

R

• Rashnes: the effects of rashnes. 285
• Reason: the errour of the Philosophers tou∣ching the strength of reason, 24. there is a double reason in man. 14
• Recreation: how men ought to recreate thē∣selues. 375
• Religion: religion is the foundation of all e∣states, 576. Socrates called it the greatest vertue, 53. integritie of religion knitteth the harts of subiects to their princes, 653. the fruits of the contempt of religion. 704
• Reprehension: how we must vse reprehensi∣on, 151. examples of free reprehension. 156
• Reuenge: priuate reuenge commeth of frail∣tie, 326. examples of princes void of reuenge 327. Socrates precept against priuate re∣uenge, 381. a comendable kind of reuenge. 382. 383.
• Reward: the difference between a reward and a benefit. 672
• Riches: how riches may be well vsed, 435. the common effects of riches, 350. anotable ex∣ample of the true vse of riches, 439. the na∣ture, qualitie, and fruits of riches, 351. what riches are to be sought for, 358. riches are the sinewes of warre. 749
• Rome: of the ancient estate of Rome. 605

S

• Salick: the Salick lawe excludeth daughters and their sonnes from gouernment. 635
• Schoole-master: what schoole-masters are to be chosen, 554. the properties of a good schoolemaster. 564
• Sciences: what sciences are first to be lear∣ned. 77
• Scoffing: what scoffing is, and how it is to bee auoided. 464
• Secret: of concealing a secret. 134
• Sedition: the original of all sedition, 703. the fruits of sedition, 705. the causes of sediti∣on. 718
• Selling: it is wickednes to conceale the fault of that which a man selleth. 416
• Senate: what a Senate is, and from whence the word came, 572. why the Senate of Lacede∣monia was first instituted, 580. of the Se∣nate of sundry nations. 678
• Seruant: examples of moderate traine of ser∣uing-men, 220. the dutie of seruants com∣prehended in foure points, 547. examples of the loue of seruants towards their maisters. 548
• ...

• ... Seueritie: an example of most cruell seueri∣tie. 412
• Shame: honest shame is alwaies commenda∣ble, 264. howe we must learne to resist all naughty shame, 259. 261. shame is the kee∣per of all vertues, 256. what shame is hurt∣full. 259
• Shamefastnes: the shamefastnes of the Ro∣mans, 263. of the Milesian maidens, 264. it is the best dowrie of a woman. 516
• Signes: Anaxagoras saying against the su∣perstitious feare of celestiall signes. 121
• Silence: Alexander gaue monie to a poet to keepe silence, 131. the praise of silence. 133
• Sinne: the punishment of sinne is equall with it both for age and time, 407. how we must auoid and represse it, 258. some sinnes are punishments of other sinnes, 190. how we may ouercome great sinnes, 47. sinne the first and true cause of all our miserie. 13
• Sobrietie: it preserueth health, 200. exam∣ples of sobrietie. 203. &c.
• Societie: the end of all societie. 480
• Soueraigntie: what soueraigntie is, 586. the marke of a soueraigne. 595
• Souldiers: good counsell for souldiers, 343. souldiers must begin war with praier, and end with praise. 783
• Soule: the soule is not subiect to mans iuris∣diction, 573. the soule is infused not tradu∣ced, 23. the properties of the soule, 25. the soule is truly man, 12. 85. 115. the actions, beautie, and delight of the soule. 26
• Speech: pleasant speeches full of doctrine, 114. how it is framed, 127. Laconical speech, 128. two times of speaking, 130. how great men ought to speake, 131. a good precept for speech, 132. examples of the commendable freedome of speech. 135
• Spirit: the difference betweene the soule and the spirit, 88. the proper worke of mans spi∣rit. 74
• Sports: the sports of prudent men. 113
• Studie: the end of all studies. 556
• Stupiditie: the description of stupiditie. 196
• Subiects: what seruice they owe to their prin∣ces, 608. how far they are bound to obey their prince and his lawes. 610
• Superfluitie: how Heraclitus disswaded su∣perfluitie, 217. good counsell for princes and magistrates concerning superfluous expen∣ces. 222
• Swearing: against swearing. 317

T

• Temperance: no vertue can be without tem∣perance, 180. fower parts of temperance, 182. what passions are ruled by it, 181. ex∣amples thereof. 184
• Temple: the temple of Diana was burnt by Erostratus. 196
• Theft: theft punished diuersly in diuers nati∣ons. 602
• Timocratie: the description of a Timocra∣tie. 581
• Toong: the toong is the best and woorst thing that is, 130. examples of mischiefes caused by the intemperancie of the toong. 134.
• Trafficke: Lycurgus forbad all traffick with strangers. 164
• Treason: treason and crueltie neuer find place in a noble hart, 296. the effects of treason, 418. examples of the ill successe of traitors, 422. a seuere law against treason. 614
• Truth: all men by nature haue some light of truth. 18
• Turke: of the estate of the Turke, 631. he dis∣poseth of all lordships at his pleasure. 632
• Tyrannie: when a kingdome turneth into a tyoannie, 579, tyrants are naturally hated, 610. marks of a tyrannie 631. of the name of a tyrant, 636. the difference betweene a good king and a tyrant, 637. examples of the extraordinarie deaths of tyrants. 639

V

• Vain-glorie: Solon called euery vain-glori∣ous man a foole, 255
• Valure: properties requisite in a valiant man, 267. all hardie men are not valiant, 268. how a man may be valiant, 288. frō whence valure proceedeth. 765
• Vengeance: why God deferreth his venge∣ance vpon the wicked. 69
• ...

• ... Venice: of the state of Venice, 605. the duke∣dome of Venice is electiue. 624
• Vertue: vertue is neither without affections, nor subiect vnto them, 309. the propertie of vertue oppressed, 347. three things concurre in perfect vertue, 175. the neere coniuncti•• of all the vertues, 107. examples of the force of vertue in aduersitie, 58. the excellencie and property of vertue, 55. it is alwaies void of extreame passion. 37
• Vice: when we begin to hate vice, 64. the ef∣fects of vice, 65. how we should fortifi•• our selues against vice, 69. fi•••• vices brought out of Asia by the Romans. 164
• Victorie: how victorie is to be vsed. 791
• Vnhappines: who are vnhappie. 334
• Vnthankfulnes: Draco punished vnthank∣fulnes by death, 429. the fruits of vnthank∣fulnes. 430
• Voice: the diuersitie of mens voices is a great secret of nature. 22
• Vsuric: biting vsuric is detestable gaine. 527

W

• War: a notable example against ciuill war, 101. two kinds of war, 706. whether diuersi∣tie of religion be a cause of ciuill war, 738. the effects of war, 758. wherefore and when we must begin war, 760. three things neces∣sarily required in men of war, 765. war ought to be speedily ended. 776. affaires of war must be debated by manie, but conclu∣ded by few. 781
• Whoordome: the hurtfull effects of whoor∣dome, 237. &c. good counsell against whoor∣dome. 244
• Wicked: why the life of the wicked cannot be happ••••▪ 406. the propertie of the wicked. 67
• Widow: of the marriage of widowes. 496
• Wife: a wife is to be chosen by the cares, not by the fingers, 493. the best way to order an 〈◊〉〈◊〉 wife, 507. how she must deale with hi•• 〈◊〉〈◊〉 husband, 514. a short 〈◊〉〈◊〉 of ••he dutie of a wife, 517. examples of the great loue of wi••••s toward their husbands. 518.
• Wisedome: it is true wisedome to know our selues, 11. the perfection of a wise mans life, 18. a wise man is ashamed to offend before himselfe, 68. the praise of wisedome, 75. 730.
• Wit: quicke wits commonly want memorie, 84
• Wimes: how the Iewes punished false witnes bearing. 602
• Woman: why the woman was created of the rib of man, 485. the naturall gifts of women, 512. curtaine takens of an adulterous hart in a woman, 516. against ignorance in wo∣men. 555
• Worke: wherin she perfection of euery worke consisteth, 266. two things requisite in eue∣rie good worke. 95
• World: the differens opinions of the Stoicks and Epicures concerning the gouernment of the world. 328
• Wrath: Cotys brake his glasses to auoid oc∣casion of wrath. 315
• Writing: pi••hie writings of ancient men. 132

X

• Xenophon: the great prudence of Xeno∣phon in conducting an armie. 81

Y

• Yeer: effects of the climacterical yeer. 63. 563
• Youth: how the Romans taught their youth to for sake the follies of their first age, 567. ex∣amples of v••riuous yoong-m••n, 568. how the Per••ia•• youth was instructed, 263. two things to be respected in the institution of youth, 556. the common diseases of youth, 559. sixe precepts requisite in the in••tructi∣on of youth. 558

Z

• Zaleucus: Zaleucus la••e against adulte∣rie. 240
• Zeale: the zeale of the ancients in the seruice of their Gods. 97

FINIS.