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Letters of the Emperour Traiane.
¶ Letters of the Philosopher Plutarch to the noble and vertuous Emperour Traiane, and from the sayd Empe∣rour to Plutarch: the like also from the said Emperour to the Senate of Rome. In all which be conteined godly rules for gouernement of Princes, obedience of Subiec∣tes, and their dueties to Common wealth.
The. xiij. Nouell.
BIcause these Letters en∣suing (proceding from yt infallible schoole of wise∣dome, and practised by an apt Scholer of the same, by a noble Emperor that was wel trained vp by a famous Philosopher) in myne opinion deserue a place of Recorde among our Englishe 〈◊〉〈◊〉, and for the wholsom eru∣dition, ought to 〈◊〉〈◊〉 in English shape to be described, I haue thought good in this place to introduce the same. And although to some it shal not per 〈◊〉〈◊〉 séeme fit and conuenient to min∣gle holie with prophane (according to the prouerbe) to in∣termedle amongs pleasant histories, ernest epistles, amid amorous Nouels, lerned Letters: yet not to care for re∣port or thought of such findefaults, I iudge them not 〈◊〉〈◊〉, the course of those histories. For amidde the di∣uine works of Philosophers and Oratours, amongs the