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How perils are to bee q 1.1 aduentured by a valiant man.
FOr as there are some (as I said before) who pre∣ferre q 1.2 martiall prowesse before Ci∣tie businesses: So you shall find ma∣ny, to whom * 1.3 pe∣rillous and * 1.4 craf∣ty q 1.5 deuices seeme q 1.6 gloriouser & grea ter then quiet q 1.7 cō∣sultations.
1 q 1.8 Indeed wee must neuer q 1.9 so carry ourselues for auoiding danger,
that wee should seeme q 1.10 cowardes and q 1.11 dastards;
2 q 1.12 Yet q we must also take heede of this, that we q 1.13 thrust* 1.14 not our selues in∣to dangers with∣out cause; then which, nothing can be more foolish.
3 Wherefore in q 1.15 attempting dan∣gers, q 1.16 wee are to imitate the course of Physicians, q 1.17 who vse light cures to q 1.18 them who are lightly diseased; but are inforced q 1.19 to mi∣nister dangerous and doubtfull me∣dicines to * 1.20 more grieuous diseases. q 1.21 Therefore in a calme to wish a
sore tempest is the part of a mad man; but to q 1.22 preuent the danger of the tempest, by all ma∣ner of meanes, is the part of a wise man: and so much the rather if you may obtaine more good, q 1.23 when the matter is dispatch∣ed, then hurt while it is in doubt.
4 q 1.24 Moreouer, the managing of * 1.25 things is dange∣rous partly to thē who vndertake, partly to the Com∣mon-weale. And also some q 1.26 are brought into ha∣zard of [their] life, others of [their] * 1.27 glory, and good∣will of [their] Citi∣zens.
We ought therefore to bee more readie, q 1.28 to aduenture our own then common pe∣rils; and to fight more readily q 1.29 for honour and glory, then for other commodities. But there q 1.30 haue beene many found, who q 1.31 haue been ready to spend not one∣ly [their] * 1.32 mony, q 1.33 but euen [their] very life for their Countrey, [& yet] the same q 1.34 vvould not lose, no not the very least iot of their glorie; no though the Com∣mon-weale requi∣red it: 1 As, Cal∣licratides, who when he was Cap∣taine
of the Lace∣demonians in the Peloponesian war, and had done ma∣ny things q 1.35 very notably, ouertur∣ned all q 1.36 in the end, when he q 1.37 fol∣lowed not their ad∣uice, who thought good to * 1.38 remoue the Nauie from Arginuse and not to fight vvith the Athenians. To whom hee an∣swered, q 1.39 that the Lacedemonians, though they should lose that Nauie, might * 1.40 pre∣pare another, q 1.41 [but] that hee could not fly with∣out his q 1.42 disho∣nour. And this was q 1.43 no doubt a
q 1.44 prety blowe to the Lacedemoni∣ans: 2 [but] that [was] a pestilent q 1.45 plague, whereby the q 1.46 power of the Lacedemonians q 1.47 fell flatte to the ground, whenas Cleombrotus fearing enuie, had rashly q 1.48 incountered with Epaminondas. How much better [did] Quintus Fabius Maximus? Of whō Ennius [wrote thus;]
One man hath restored [our] q 1.49 State by q 1.50 delay∣ing:
For, hee q 1.51 pre∣ferred not rumors before our safety:
Therefore q 1.52 euer the longer his re∣nowne
vndertaken of a valiant man.
martiall matters or affaires, to ciuill.
dangerous.
subtile.
counsels.
more bright.
cogitations or counsels.
we must neuer at all.
commit for flight of perill.
cowardous, and timorous.
but.
that also is to be 〈◊〉〈◊〉.
offer not our selues to.
* that.
going vnto or ad∣uenturing.
the custome [or guise] of Physicians is to be imitated.
doe lightly cure.
men being sicke lightly.
to vse pe•…•…ilous & doubtfull cures.
sorer sicknesses.
wherefore to wish an aduerse [or boy∣sterous] tempest in a calme, is of a mad man.
helpe the tempest [or make shift in a tempest] by any meanes.
the matter beeing dispatched, then good the matter being doubtfull.
and the doing of things.
great attempts.
are called into daunger.
reputation and fa∣uour of the peo∣ple.
vnto our owne perils then com∣mon [dangers.]
concerning or about honour.
had.
had.
substance.
but also their life.
would not make the least losse [or hazard] of their glory, not the com∣monweale requi∣ring.
egregiously or very worthily.
at the last.
obeyed not the counsell of them
transport.
the Lacedemoni∣ans, that nauy being lost, to be able to prepare another.
make forth.
himselfe not to be able to flie.
reproach or shame.
indeede.
meane or meetely •…•…ore plague.
blowe.
wealth.
fell downe or were spent.
skirmished or combated.
matter or wealth to vs.
pausing or pro∣longing of time.
put not before mens speeches.
the glorie of the man is famous both after & more.
offending or misdoing.
citie businesses.
neuer so good.
speake it.