Their ver∣tue and Tempe∣rance ap∣peared in
Friend∣ship and commu∣nion
Betweene man & wife in marriage. Locrine mar∣ried Guendolin: Leyr married his two eldest daughters with two Dukes: Cordeil was married to Aganip Duke of the Gaules for her womanly vertues, and vertuous woman∣hoode.
Talke and con¦ference,
Betweene superiour and inferiour, the ruler and the subiect. Guendolin after her husbandes death liued contentedly and louingly with her kindred and acquaintance in Cornewall till shee dyed. Brute the second carried euer a greene shield with him, to signifie, what a minde he did carry withall, euen a mind and desire, to haue all thinges grow and florish like the fruitfull fieldes vnto a ioyful haruest: whereupon hee was named Greeneshield, a Prince gentle toward all men, and merciful to the needie. Leyl liued peaceably in his young dayes. Hurdibras allayed the factions and quarrels that hee found among his peo∣ple, and of vnquiet men made them very quiet. Leyr liued moderately with his sub∣iectes. Cordeil behaued her selfe so louingly and paciently, that she would not punish the two sonnes of Maglan and Hennine for their fathers: she thought it no reason, to plaister one bodie for an other bodies sores, to beate