Here begynneth the table of the rubryshys of the boke of the fayt of armes and of chyualrye whiche sayd boke is departyd in to foure partyes ...

¶How it is of necessite that to a garnyson of a fortresse be putte gode men and true And herto gyueth an ensample ¶Capitulo / xviij^o· /

FOr al thinges or the moost parte to shewe and deuyse that be nedefull and couenable to the deffense of cytees and fortresses / it is to be knowen that the soue ayne garny¦son that longeth therto is of gode & trusty men and that lo¦ue the place wel / For where as al thinges were acomplyss••hed & wel ordred & that this onely thinge shulde be fawted all shulde be nought there / & to take this for a tro••the / and that a grete euyll may come therby / where thenne folowyng this propos / where as ensampl̄es be comonly more penetra¦tyffe in the eeres of the herers than prouffes that be made by argumentes or reasons / shal bring forth many one for a wittenes of the same And first in rehercyng that whyche the other Auctoures testyfyen and sayen / that is / that the grettest gode that can be / is peas loue and vnyte to be had in a comynalte without diuysyon / and that an ouer harde thinge it were / that suche peple myght be of what someuere puyssaūce or power dyscomfyted and dystroyed / & thys appro¦ueth the ansuere that the wise magicien tinsealx madevnto

Scypyon whan he axed hym how it might be that they of the cyte of Munyence hadde kepte hem self so longe ayenst the puyssaunce of the rommayns / he sayd that it was by the ryght grete concordaunce that was emonge hem / and with peas & vnite is also ryght good to be had in a fortresse or cyte suche prynces or soueraynes that owe grete fauoure & a loue to the place / as the noble Canullus wel shewed that souerayne was of the romayns oste / whan that Breny∣us of swaue had dystroyed the cyte of rome by werre and went awaye wyth proyes and grete rychesses But the said noble men not wythstandynge that the romayns hadde exil¦led hym wrongfully out of theyre cyte / whan he knewe the grete myshappe he was full sory / And gadred soone of folke al that he myght doo for he was of a grete auctoryte / and went ayenst Brenyus that noo kepe toke of hym / and slewe a grete parte of hys peple and hym self putte to flight and a grete hauoyre he dyde conquere there of the whiche he bylded rome ageyne and brought in ayen with hym theym that were banysshed / And for this cause he was called the seconde Romulus / And euyn thus as a ryght grete good Ioye and gode happe is or cometh to a cyte whan she is in peas and vnyte within her self / ryght so / all euyll / desolacy∣on and parell is there in tyme of dyscorde and ofdiscencion the whiche thinge is her totall and veray destructyon / as namely saith the holy scrypture / For by dyscorde and alter∣cacyon cometh and aryseth comynly a grete dyfferent and contencyon amonge the comynaltee of a towne / that is to wite thrughe cause of pryde and of arrogance one ayenst a¦nother by enuye and by coueytyse wherof may noo good co¦me / as it happed in rome of theyre bataylle cyuile that to the rommayns was so gretly preiudycyable that al most they

had vttirly vndoon & dystroyed hem self therby for the grete pryde that was in theyre prynces that is to wite Scilla & Maryus to whome were come to ayde of two parties pom∣pee / Pertorius and Marius that othre hyghe men were of grete proesse and auctorite In whiche werre were slayne in dyuers bataylles or euere hyt ceassed / as Recounteth the his∣torye / xxiiij / of theyre prynces that were hed captaynes / six of theyre souerayns and / xl / highe barons / & of the romayn peple / C / l / thousand without other •• straūgers that were to theyre ayde / So ought wel to be eschewed suche an euyll & acursed contencyon and debate

¶Of the same /

YEt to this propos of puttyng trusty folke in to castel¦les & cytees / and that gode kepe ought to be taken that they be not ouer muche couetous / as by thys manere of wa∣ye many cytees and townes haue ben betrayed solde & rob¦bed / It apyereth by thensample of the cyte of Sinopen that was grete stronge riche and full of peple / whiche Mytryda••••es the kynge had taken to two knyghtes that he reputed good and true to hym / but full euyll they kepte hit •• For them self wyth theyre folke dyspoylled it / and after that they had sette hit a fyre they fledd and went awaye wherof a mer¦ueyllouse aduenture happed For thenne as the duke of the oost of the romayns dide arryue there for to sette his siege bi¦fore the towne / he had grete merueylle what that myght be And whan the cas was tolde hym he made to calle atte the yates / and whan the yate was open he gyuyng to them of the towne gode assewrance / made his owne folke to putte out the fyre / And thus was werred the sayd Sonopen by theym that shulde haue kepte hit sauffe / And socoured and holpen by them that trowed to haue dystroied hit a noone /

¶Item that couetouse folke may be of grete hynderaunce vnto a cyte or castelles / It appyereth by the wordes of Iu∣gurta the kynge of Munydye that a grete enuye and co∣uerd hate bare to the rommayns hydd vndre coloure of fe∣ynted loue / but for to deceyue hem bettre he gaffe grete gyf∣tes vnto the pryncypalles of them / and in this dooynge he sewed sedycyon and dyscorde emonge the cytezeyns / And thus werred them theyre ennemye that they reputed for a frende wythout that they perceyued it nor were aware the∣rof tyl that at hys departyng fro rome where as by fyctyon of grete loue he was come / he coude not kepe hys herte that was swollen wyth enuye / but he muste caste out suche awor¦de / Thys stronge cyte were lyghtly to be taken who that hadde ynoughe for to gyue / ¶Wyth thees thynges is to wyte that many a tyme is happed a grete Inconuenyent in cytees and landes / and namely in an ooste by cause of gre¦te quantyte of strangers / as hyt happed in Rome in the ty∣me of theyre conquestes where they had an vse to take in scruyce wyth them the prysonners that they toke for to doo suche occupacyon and besynes as they wolde sette hem for to doo / ¶Wherof it befell that ones so many they had / that more than tuenty thousand arrose togyder as rebell ayenst the rommayns and bare them muche grete dommayge or euere they coude comme at an ende for to destroye hem / But after thees thynges thus sayd whiche may serue for ensam¦ple we shall retourne to the fyrst propos