Of the hardnesse of a Father. The .xliij. Dialogue.
I Suffer an harde father.
The hardnesse of a fa∣ther, is many tymes profitable for the sonne: cocklyng is al∣wayes to be condemned▪ and the tongue is not only to be v∣sed, but also there must be no spare of the rod, as the learned haue geuen counsayle: And by these twaine, is al the direction of young wits ordered, which yf they be vsed in vayne, then to grea∣ter griefes we must geue stronger medicines, as banishment, and imprisonment, yea and moreouer, according to the order of the olde Romanes. extreame punishment, and death, which not only Consuls & Captaines, vnto whom publique aucthoritie gaue iu∣risdiction ouer al men, but also those priuate auntient & seuere fa∣thers, vnto whō only theyr countrey gaue them power ouer their children, haue most extreamely executed, as we reade in histories, among whom the seueritie of Cassius & Fuluius is most special∣ly renowmed. Goe thou thy wayes now, and cal thy father, that is to gentle, an harde father.
I suffer an harde father.
What maner of sonne thinkest thou did he suffer of thee