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WHereas (therefore) this Age aboue all others, is moste readye to of∣fend, and doth daily more and more giue it selfe therevnto: and by reason of the lust of Youth, euen like vnto the yonger Colts, whom Youth doeth much pricke and moue forwardes. Therefore are Young menne to bée timely brideled:
eyther of their Parentes, or else of theyr Maysters: and that none otherwise than are vntamed Horses to be tamed and broken of the Ryder wyth the touche of sharpe Spurres. By foure rules, the Parents or Maisters ought to bring vp their Youth to fruitfulnesse: That is to saye, by Instruction, by Warning, by Promise, & lastly, by Praise and Threat∣nings.