The preceptes of warre, setforth [sic] by Iames the erle of Purlilia, and tra[n]slated into englysh by Peter Betham

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The preceptes of warre, setforth [sic] by Iames the erle of Purlilia, and tra[n]slated into englysh by Peter Betham
Author
Porcia, Jacopo di, conte, 15th cent.
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[Imprynted at London :: In the olde Iewery by Edwarde Whytchurche. Cum priuilegio ad imprimendu[m] solu[m] These bookes are to be solde at the weste dore of Pauls, by William Telotson],
1544.
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Military art and science -- Early works to 1800.
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"The preceptes of warre, setforth [sic] by Iames the erle of Purlilia, and tra[n]slated into englysh by Peter Betham." In the digital collection Early English Books Online. https://name.umdl.umich.edu/A09851.0001.001. University of Michigan Library Digital Collections. Accessed May 1, 2024.

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166. ¶ Wagies are not to be craued when the treasures be spent and wasted.

The dutie of a faythfull capitayne is, and also of the souldyours, when they shall perceyue the treasure to be wasted, to surcesse, and not to desyre theyr wages

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For so doing they go about and endeuour them selues to betraye theyr lorde. Wher fore they must leaue for a tyme to call for theyr moneye, yf they couette and hunte to haue the fauour of theyr prince.

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