Onosandro Platonico, of the generall captaine, and of his office, translated out of Greeke into Italyan, by Fabio Cotta, a Romayne: and out of Italian into Englysh, by Peter Whytehorne.

Of prisoners.

SO longe as the warre cōtinueth, kyl not thy prysoners, and ines∣pecially those, againste whome the war is made at the first, althoughe it happen that the confederates shall haue opiniō to cause them to be put to death. But aboue al things thou ough test not to put them to death, which a∣bout y^e enemyes be of great aucthority & of fame well knowen, & notable, re∣membryng that fortune is vncertaine and doubtfull, and chaunce variable and mutable: the whiche moste of∣tentymes loueth greatlye to beare enuy to the happye successes, and to

minister shame to glory attained. But seeke to exchaunge theym, or by ren∣dring them, to get some Castel, or els to redeme thy frendes taken prisoners whom thou desyrest greatlye to haue againe, but if the ennemyes shall refuse such permutacion, then lykewise with reason thou mayest make reuen∣gement of their iniury.