The military garden, or instructions for all young souldiers and such who are disposed to learne, and have knowledge of the militarie discipline. ... Observed and set in order according to the best military practice by Iames Achesone gentleman at armes, burges of Edinburgh

THE GENERALL.

THE highest office of all is that of a Generall, who as hee is aboue the rest in authoritie and power, so ought hee not only to know perfectly the dueties of every officer, but also to excell them all in religion, wisedome, experience, policie, gravitie, secrecie, counsell, modestie, temperance, va∣lour, magnanimitie, vigilancie, care constancie, liberalitie, and resolution, with all other good partes incident to a perfect man of warre: and how much all these good parts, and ma∣ny more ought to bee in the personage elected to this high and carefull dignitie, you may easily conceaue and gather, be∣cause hee is set over the rest, to the end that he being their chiftane and head, may not onely know how to governe them both in actions, but also in his vertuous lyfe and car∣riage bee a paterne, light, and lanterne vnto the whole numbers of the companies to imitate, for it is an old pro∣verb,

such master such man, such Generall such officers and followers: for commonly a wise, valiant and vertuous gene∣rall will chuse wise valiant, and vertuous captaines and offi∣cers: good and vertuous captaines will as neere as they can chuse good, honest, sober, and vertuous officers vnder them, intertaine their Souldiers with good and faire speeches, to command with all allurements to bring them to the due forme of martiall discipline.