L. VIVES.
THe (a) rulers] Into how excellent a breuiat hath he drawne the great discourses of a good commonweale, namely that the ruler thereof doe not compell, nor command, but standing * 1.1 〈◊〉〈◊〉 lo•…•…t like centinells, onely giue warnings, and counsells, (thence were Romes old Magistrates called Confulls:) and that the subiects doe not repine nor resist, but obey with alacrity. (b) They were] Some of the Poets and Philosophers drew the people into great errors: and some followed them with the people. (c) There is no] No Philosophy, Rethorike, or other arte: the onely art here is to know and worship God, the other are left to the world, to be admired by w•…•…ldings.