Tom of all trades. Or The plaine path-vvay to preferment Being a discovery of a passage to promotion in all professions, trades, arts, and mysteries. Found out by an old travailer in the sea of experience, amongst the inchanted islands of ill fortune. Now published for common good. By Thomas Povvell.
         Powell, Thomas, 1572?-1635?
      
       
         
           1631
        
      
       Approx. 78 KB of XML-encoded text transcribed from 41 1-bit group-IV TIFF page images.
       
         Text Creation Partnership,
         Ann Arbor, MI ; Oxford (UK) :
         2008-09 (EEBO-TCP Phase 1).
         A68601
         STC 20168
         ESTC S114992
         99850212
         99850212
         15399
         
           
            This keyboarded and encoded edition of the work described above is co-owned by the institutions providing financial support to the Early English Books Online Text Creation Partnership. This Phase I text is available for reuse, according to the terms of
             Creative Commons 0 1.0 Universal
            . The text can be copied, modified, distributed and performed, even for commercial purposes, all without asking permission.
          
        
      
       
         Early English books online.
      
       
         (EEBO-TCP ; phase 1, no. A68601)
         Transcribed from: (Early English Books Online ; image set 15399)
         Images scanned from microfilm: (Early English books, 1475-1640 ; 1426:8)
      
       
         
           
             Tom of all trades. Or The plaine path-vvay to preferment Being a discovery of a passage to promotion in all professions, trades, arts, and mysteries. Found out by an old travailer in the sea of experience, amongst the inchanted islands of ill fortune. Now published for common good. By Thomas Povvell.
             Powell, Thomas, 1572?-1635?
          
           [6], 49, [1] p.
           
             Printed by B. Alsop and T. Fawcet, for Benjamen Fisher, and are to bee sold at his shop at the signe of the Talbot in Aldersgate-street,
             London :
             1631.
          
           
             The first leaf is blank except for signature-mark "A" with ornaments.
             Reproduction of the original in the University of Chicago. Library.
          
        
      
    
     
       
         Created by converting TCP files to TEI P5 using tcp2tei.xsl, TEI @ Oxford.
         Re-processed by University of Nebraska-Lincoln and Northwestern, with changes to facilitate morpho-syntactic tagging. Gap elements of known extent have been transformed into placeholder characters or elements to simplify the filling in of gaps by user contributors.
      
       
         EEBO-TCP is a partnership between the Universities of Michigan and Oxford and the publisher ProQuest to create accurately transcribed and encoded texts based on the image sets published by ProQuest via their Early English Books Online (EEBO) database (http://eebo.chadwyck.com). The general aim of EEBO-TCP is to encode one copy (usually the first edition) of every monographic English-language title published between 1473 and 1700 available in EEBO.
         EEBO-TCP aimed to produce large quantities of textual data within the usual project restraints of time and funding, and therefore chose to create diplomatic transcriptions (as opposed to critical editions) with light-touch, mainly structural encoding based on the Text Encoding Initiative (http://www.tei-c.org).
         The EEBO-TCP project was divided into two phases. The 25,363 texts created during Phase 1 of the project have been released into the public domain as of 1 January 2015. Anyone can now take and use these texts for their own purposes, but we respectfully request that due credit and attribution is given to their original source.
         Users should be aware of the process of creating the TCP texts, and therefore of any assumptions that can be made about the data.
         Text selection was based on the New Cambridge Bibliography of English Literature (NCBEL). If an author (or for an anonymous work, the title) appears in NCBEL, then their works are eligible for inclusion. Selection was intended to range over a wide variety of subject areas, to reflect the true nature of the print record of the period. In general, first editions of a works in English were prioritized, although there are a number of works in other languages, notably Latin and Welsh, included and sometimes a second or later edition of a work was chosen if there was a compelling reason to do so.
         Image sets were sent to external keying companies for transcription and basic encoding. Quality assurance was then carried out by editorial teams in Oxford and Michigan. 5% (or 5 pages, whichever is the greater) of each text was proofread for accuracy and those which did not meet QA standards were returned to the keyers to be redone. After proofreading, the encoding was enhanced and/or corrected and characters marked as illegible were corrected where possible up to a limit of 100 instances per text. Any remaining illegibles were encoded as <gap>s. Understanding these processes should make clear that, while the overall quality of TCP data is very good, some errors will remain and some readable characters will be marked as illegible. Users should bear in mind that in all likelihood such instances will never have been looked at by a TCP editor.
         The texts were encoded and linked to page images in accordance with level 4 of the TEI in Libraries guidelines.
         Copies of the texts have been issued variously as SGML (TCP schema; ASCII text with mnemonic sdata character entities); displayable XML (TCP schema; characters represented either as UTF-8 Unicode or text strings within braces); or lossless XML (TEI P5, characters represented either as UTF-8 Unicode or TEI g elements).
         
          Keying and markup guidelines are available at the
           Text Creation Partnership web site
          .
        
      
       
         
         
      
    
     
       
         eng
      
       
         
           Success -- Early works to 1800.
           Satire, English -- Early works to 1800.
        
      
    
     
        2007-03 TCP
        Assigned for keying and markup
      
        2007-04 Apex CoVantage
        Keyed and coded from ProQuest page images
      
        2007-06 Pip Willcox
        Sampled and proofread
      
        2007-06 Pip Willcox
        Text and markup reviewed and edited
      
        2008-02 pfs
        Batch review (QC) and XML conversion
      
    
  
   
     
       
         
         
         
           TOM
           of
           All
           Trades
           .
           OR
           THE
           PLAINE
           PATH-VVAY
           TO
           PREFERMENT
           .
           BEING
           A
           Discovery
           of
           a
           passage
           to
           Promotion
           in
           all
           Professions
           ,
           Trades
           ,
           Arts
           ,
           and
           Mysteries
           .
           Found
           out
           by
           an
           old
           Travailer
           in
           the
           sea
           of
           Experience
           ,
           amongst
           the
           inchanted
           Islands
           of
           ill
           Fortune
           .
           Now
           published
           for
           Common
           good
           .
           By
           THOMAS
           POVVELL
           .
           
             Summum
             hominis
             bonum
             bonus
             ex
             hac
             vita
             exitus
             .
          
        
         
           LONDON
           .
           Printed
           by
           
             B.
             Alsop
          
           and
           
             T.
             Fawcet
          
           ,
           for
           
             Benjamen
             Fisher
          
           ,
           and
           are
           to
           bee
           sold
           at
           his
           shop
           at
           the
           signe
           of
           the
           Talbot
           in
           Aldersgate-street
           .
           1631.
           
        
      
       
         
         
         
           The
           Epistle
           Dedicatorie
           .
        
         
           
             POore
             TOM
             was
             set
             on
             shore
             in
             Kent
             ,
          
           
             And
             to
             the
             next
             good
             Towne
             hee
             went
             ;
          
           
             At
             whose
             approach
             the
             Bosseldir
          
           
             Kept
             a
             most
             lamentable
             stirre
          
           
             That
             TOM
             would
             offer
             to
             returne
          
           
             Through
             the
             good
             Towne
             of
             Syttingborne
          
           
             Hee
             askt
             him
             ;
             If
             hee
             had
             a
             Passe
             ?
          
           
             And
             told
             him
             what
             the
             Statute
             was
             ;
          
           
             And
             like
             a
             Reverend
             Vestry
             wit
             ,
          
           
             Swore
             ,
             hee
             would
             not
             allow
             of
             it
             .
          
           
             But
             did
             advise
             him
             to
             resort
          
           
             To
             fetch
             his
             Passe
             at
             Tonstall
             Court.
          
           
             Our
             TOM
             of
             all
             Trades
             hereupon
          
           
             Askt
             what
             was
             his
             condition
          
           
             Who
             was
             the
             Owner
             of
             that
             place
          
           
             So
             farre
             in
             all
             the
             Countries
             grace
             ?
          
           
             For
             whom
             (
             as
             hee
             walkt
             on
             the
             way
          
           
             Hee
             heard
             )
             the
             poore
             so
             much
             to
             pray
          
           
             The
             Rich
             to
             praise
             .
             And
             both
             contend
             ,
          
           
             To
             whom
             hee
             was
             the
             greater
             friend
             .
          
           
             Didst
             never
             meete
             his
             name
             there
             spread
             ,
          
           
             Where
             thou
             thy selfe
             didst
             vse
             to
             tread
             ?
          
           
           
             No
             ?
             not
             Sir
             
               EDVVARD
               HALES
            
             ?
             Quoth
             he
             ,
          
           
             What
             TOM
             of
             Odcombe
             may'st
             thou
             be
             ?
          
           
             Hee
             is
             a
             man
             scarce
             spends
             a
             minute
             ,
          
           
             But
             hath
             his
             Countries
             service
             in
             it
             .
          
           
             Spends
             more
             to
             make
             them
             all
             accord
          
           
             Then
             other
             Knights
             doe
             at
             their
             boord
             .
          
           
             Hee
             call'd
             him
             Knight
             and
             Barronet
             .
          
           
             Both
             wise
             and
             Iust
             ;
             And
             what
             more
             yet
             ?
          
           
             He
             swore
             that
             if
             hee
             were
             but
             mist
          
           
             The
             Countrey
             could
             not
             so
             subsist
             .
          
           
             With
             that
             our
             TOM
             repaired
             thither
             ,
          
           
             Conferr'd
             Report
             and
             Proofe
             together
             ;
          
           
             And
             found
             Report
             had
             wrong'd
             him
             much
          
           
             In
             giving
             but
             an
             out-side
             touch
             ,
          
           
             A
             tincture
             of
             a
             Painters
             trade
             ;
          
           
             Where
             all
             was
             substance
             and
             in-layd
             .
          
           
             Then
             TOM
             resolv'd
             to
             walke
             no
             farther
          
           
             To
             finde
             a
             Father
             or
             a
             Mother
             .
          
           
             No
             other
             Patron
             would
             hee
             seeke
             ,
          
           
             But
             tender
             all
             at
             this
             Knights
             feete
             :
          
           
             If
             hee
             accept
             what
             's
             well
             intended
             ,
          
           
             Our
             TOM
             of
             all
             Trades
             travaile's
             ended
             .
          
           
             Signa
             virtutum
             tuarum
             longe
             lateque
             ferens
             .
             
               THO
               :
               PŌVVELL
               .
            
          
        
      
    
     
       
         
         
           TOM
           
             of
             all
             Trades
          
           :
           OR
           THE
           PLAINE
           PATH-WAY
           TO
           PREFERMENT
           .
        
         
           TRINITY
           Terme
           was
           now
           ended
           ;
           For
           by
           description
           of
           the
           time
           it
           could
           bee
           no
           other
           parcell
           of
           the
           yeare
           .
           In
           that
           the
           Scriveners
           at
           Temple-barre
           ,
           had
           no
           imployment
           ,
           but
           writing
           of
           blanke
           Bonds
           ,
           and
           texting
           of
           Bills
           ,
           for
           letting
           of
           Chambers
           in
           Chancery-lane
           .
           The
           Vintners
           of
           Fleetstreet
           discharged
           their
           Iourneymen
           ;
           A
           generall
           humility
           more
           then
           usuall
           possest
           the
           Cookery
           of
           Ram-Alley
           .
           The
           Ostlers
           of
           Holborne
           had
           more
           than
           ordinary
           care
           to
           lay
           up
           theyr
           Ghuests
           bootes
           ,
           rather
           for
           feare
           of
           theyr
           slipping
           out
           of
           Towne
           ,
           than
           for
           any
           good
           observance
           towards
           them
           .
           And
           your
           Countrey
           Attorneys
           would
           no
           longer
           by
           any
           
           meanes
           endure
           the
           vnwholsome
           ayre
           of
           an
           Eight
           penny
           Ordinarie
           .
           Every
           one
           that
           had
           wherewith
           to
           discharge
           his
           Horse
           out
           of
           the
           stable
           ,
           strove
           who
           should
           first
           be
           gone
           .
           And
           amongst
           the
           rest
           ,
           my selfe
           made
           shift
           for
           so
           much
           money
           as
           wherewith
           to
           abate
           the
           fury
           of
           Mistrisse
           Overcount
           mine
           hostesse
           ,
           and
           so
           I
           departed
           likewise
           .
        
         
           At
           the
           top
           of
           Highgate
           hill
           I
           overtooke
           a
           Gentleman
           of
           Northamptonshire
           ,
           riding
           homeward
           ,
           whom
           I
           well
           knew
           ;
           Him
           I
           saluted
           cheerefully
           ,
           and
           he
           received
           me
           lovingly
           .
           But
           in
           travayling
           together
           (
           Me
           thought
           )
           he
           was
           not
           (
           Master
           of
           that
           mirthfull
           disposition
           which
           he
           was
           wont
           to
           carry
           along
           with
           him
           to
           shorten
           the
           way
           betwixt
           his
           house
           and
           London
           ,
           I
           gave
           him
           to
           vnderstand
           ,
           how
           strange
           ,
           and
           notable
           this
           alteration
           appeared
           in
           him
           ;
           And
           withall
           desired
           to
           know
           so
           much
           of
           the
           occasion
           thereof
           as
           might
           be
           impartible
           to
           a
           friend
           of
           so
           small
           growth
           .
           To
           which
           he
           answered
           thus
           ;
           Sir
           ,
           I
           come
           from
           London
           ,
           (
           It
           is
           true
           )
           from
           the
           Terme
           (
           It
           is
           certaine
           true
           )
           from
           London
           and
           Terme
           .
           True
           and
           certaine
           in
           nothing
           but
           expences
           in
           all
           things
           ,
           yet
           I
           would
           have
           you
           know
           ,
           that
           it
           is
           neither
           the
           Thunderclap
           of
           dissolving
           an
           Iniunction
           ,
           nor
           the
           Doomesday
           of
           a
           Decree
           ,
           nor
           Counsaylors
           Fees
           ,
           nor
           Attornies
           Bylls
           in
           a
           language
           able
           to
           fright
           a
           man
           out
           of
           his
           wits
           ,
           can
           proscribe
           me
           my
           wonted
           mirth
           .
           It
           is
           something
           nearer
           and
           dearer
           (
           my
           deare
           friend
           )
           that
           robs
           me
           of
           that
           cheere
           which
           used
           to
           lift
           me
           vp
           into
           the
           very
           Spheare
           ,
           where
           loue
           himselfe
           sits
           to
           bid
           all
           his
           guests
           welcome
           right
           heartily
           :
        
         
           I
           remember
           mee
           of
           Children
           ,
           sixe
           Soones
           ,
           and
           
           three
           daughters
           ,
           of
           whom
           I
           am
           the
           vnhappy
           Father
           .
           In
           that
           ,
           besides
           the
           scars
           which
           my
           vnthriftines
           hath
           dinted
           vpon
           their
           fortunes
           ,
           the
           wounds
           of
           vnequall
           times
           ,
           and
           a
           tempestuous
           age
           approaching
           are
           like
           to
           take
           away
           from
           them
           all
           hope
           of
           outliuing
           the
           low
           water
           ebbe
           of
           the
           evill
           day
           all
           meanes
           of
           thriving
           by
           honest
           paynes
           ,
           study
           or
           industry
           are
           bereft
           them
           .
           The
           common
           vpon
           which
           industry
           should
           depasture
           is
           overlayd
           Numerousnes
           spoiles
           all
           ,
           And
           poverty
           sells
           all
           at
           an
           vnder
           value
           .
        
         
           In
           this
           case
           (
           Sir
           )
           what
           can
           be
           aduisd
           Wherevnto
           I
           thus
           replyed
           .
        
         
           Sir
           ,
           I
           haue
           heedfully
           attēded
           you
           in
           the
           delivery
           of
           your
           perplexed
           thoughts
           ,
           concerning
           the
           care
           which
           you
           have
           of
           your
           children
           ,
           taking
           the
           true
           ,
           and
           even
           levell
           of
           the
           declention
           of
           arts
           ,
           the
           distent
           of
           trades
           ,
           &
           trading
           ,
           the
           poverty
           of
           all
           professions
           ,
           and
           the
           destemper
           ,
           not
           of
           ours
           only
           ,
           but
           of
           all
           Christian
           clymates
           at
           this
           present
           ,
           tending
           rather
           to
           a
           more
           contagion
           in
           the
           generall
           ayre
           ,
           then
           a
           calmer
           temparament
           (
           for
           ought
           that
           yet
           appeareth
           )
           as
           for
           the
           stormynesse
           of
           the
           sea
           of
           state
           forraigne
           or
           domestick
           ,
           let
           vs
           leave
           the
           greater
           ,
           and
           lesser
           vessels
           that
           be
           exposed
           to
           it
           ,
           vnto
           the
           proper
           Pylates
           ,
           Masters
           ,
           and
           Marryners
           ,
           who
           have
           the
           charge
           to
           attend
           the
           line
           ,
           or
           plye
           at
           the
           tackle
           ,
           we
           are
           but
           poore
           passengers
           and
           may
           assure
           our selues
           to
           partake
           in
           their
           boone
           voyage
           ,
           if
           they
           suceed
           well
           ,
           as
           they
           may
           be
           certaine
           to
           suffer
           in
           the
           same
           Shipwracke
           with
           vs
           ,
           if
           wee
           miscarry
           .
           I
           addresse
           me
           to
           give
           you
           the
           best
           advise
           ,
           I
           can
           touching
           the
           preferment
           of
           every
           of
           your
           
           six
           sonnes
           and
           three
           daughters
           ,
           in
           manner
           following
        
         
           It
           is
           true
           in
           most
           Gentlemen
           ,
           and
           very
           likely
           in
           you
           ,
           as
           in
           others
           ,
           living
           onely
           vpon
           the
           revenew
           of
           lands
           .
           That
           the
           height
           of
           their
           Husbandry
           amounts
           to
           no
           more
           than
           to
           cleere
           the
           last
           halfe
           yeeres
           booking
           ,
           and
           borrowing
           at
           the
           rent
           day
           .
           That
           their
           credit
           may
           hold
           vp
           and
           keepe
           reputation
           till
           the
           next
           ensuing
           that
           againe
           .
        
         
           When
           you
           dye
           ,
           the
           eldest
           Sonne
           claimes
           the
           inheritance
           of
           what
           you
           leave
           ,
           thanke
           God
           ,
           and
           nature
           for
           it
           ,
           your selfe
           least
           of
           all
           ,
           and
           your
           fatherly
           providence
           never
           a
           whit
           .
        
         
           If
           you
           take
           some
           course
           in
           your
           life
           time
           to
           make
           the
           rest
           of
           your
           Children
           some
           small
           portions
           or
           estates
           out
           of
           the
           whole
           of
           your
           lands
           .
           It
           is
           tenne
           to
           one
           but
           you
           destroy
           both
           him
           ,
           and
           them
           by
           that
           meanes
           .
        
         
           For
           the
           heire
           commonly
           striving
           to
           vphold
           the
           reputation
           of
           his
           Ancestors
           .
           He
           abates
           nothing
           of
           his
           fathers
           accustomed
           expences
           towards
           the
           raising
           of
           those
           portions
           or
           estates
           so
           deducted
           .
           And
           they
           on
           the
           other
           side
           ,
           presume
           so
           much
           vpon
           the
           hope
           thereof
           ,
           that
           no
           profession
           will
           fit
           them
           .
           To
           bee
           a
           Minister
           (
           with
           them
           )
           is
           to
           be
           but
           a
           Pedant
           .
           A
           Lawyer
           ,
           a
           mercenarie
           fellow
           .
           A
           Shop-keeper
           ,
           a
           man
           most
           subject
           to
           the
           most
           wonderfull
           Cracke
           ,
           and
           a
           creature
           whose
           welfare
           depends
           much
           vpon
           his
           Wives
           well
           bearing
           ,
           and
           faire
           carriage
           .
           What
           is
           then
           to
           be
           done
           .
        
         
           Surely
           ,
           it
           would
           be
           wished
           ,
           seeing
           God
           and
           nature
           hath
           provided
           for
           the
           eldest
           ,
           your
           younger
           sonnes
           ,
           and
           your
           daughters
           ;
           especially
           ,
           being
           worstable
           
           to
           shift
           ,
           should
           bee
           by
           you
           provided
           for
           in
           the
           first
           place
           ,
           while
           your
           Land
           is
           of
           virgin
           reputation
           ,
           while
           it
           is
           chast
           ,
           and
           vndishonested
           by
           committing
           of
           single
           fornication
           with
           Countrie
           Creditors
           ,
           that
           trade
           without
           sheets
           (
           that
           is
           )
           by
           
             Pole
             deed
          
           ,
           only
           for
           saving
           of
           costs
           ;
           or
           at
           least
           ,
           before
           it
           have
           defiled
           the
           bed
           of
           its
           reputation
           by
           prostituting
           to
           the
           adulterous
           imbracings
           of
           a
           Citie
           Scrivener
           :
           But
           especially
           ,
           before
           it
           grow
           so
           impudent
           ,
           as
           to
           lie
           downe
           in
           the
           Market
           place
           ,
           and
           to
           suffer
           everie
           pettie
           Clarke
           to
           bring
           its
           good
           name
           vpon
           Record
           ,
           and
           charge
           it
           that
           it
           was
           taken
           in
           the
           very
           fact
           betweene
           other
           mens
           sheets
           .
           As
           in
           this
           Statute
           ,
           or
           in
           that
           Iudgment
           :
           Take
           heed
           of
           that
           by
           any
           meanes
           .
           And
           bee
           sure
           to
           match
           your
           eldest
           sonne
           ,
           when
           your
           credit
           is
           cryed
           vp
           to
           the
           highest
           ,
           while
           your
           heire
           is
           yet
           in
           your
           power
           to
           dispose
           ,
           and
           will
           bend
           to
           your
           will
           ,
           before
           his
           blood
           begin
           to
           feele
           the
           heate
           of
           any
           affections
           kindling
           about
           him
           ,
           or
           before
           he
           can
           tell
           what
           difference
           is
           betwixt
           a
           blacke
           wrought
           Wastcoate
           ,
           with
           a
           white
           apron
           &
           a
           loose
           bodied
           gowne
           without
           an
           apron
           .
           Put
           him
           of
           in
           his
           best
           clothes
           (
           I
           meane
           )
           in
           the
           assurance
           of
           your
           lands
           ,
           fell
           him
           at
           the
           highest
           rate
           .
           Then
           dicotomize
           the
           whole
           portion
           of
           his
           wife
           into
           severall
           shares
           betwixt
           your
           other
           children
           .
           Not
           share
           and
           share
           like
           ,
           but
           to
           every
           each
           one
           the
           more
           according
           to
           their
           defects
           :
           Let
           impotencie
           ,
           decreptnes
           ,
           ilfavourdnes
           and
           incapacitie
           ,
           rob
           the
           other
           of
           so
           much
           money
           as
           they
           have
           done
           them
           of
           comlinesse
           ,
           activitie
           ,
           beautie
           ,
           and
           wit.
           
        
         
           Put
           them
           not
           into
           any
           course
           of
           living
           according
           to
           any
           prescript
           order
           ,
           or
           method
           of
           your
           
           owne
           election
           .
           But
           according
           to
           their
           inclination
           and
           addition
           ,
           seeing
           that
           every
           one
           by
           instinct
           of
           nature
           ,
           delighteth
           in
           that
           wherein
           he
           is
           like
           to
           bee
           most
           excellent
           .
           And
           delight
           ,
           and
           pride
           in
           any
           thing
           undertaken
           ,
           makes
           all
           obstacles
           in
           the
           way
           of
           attaining
           to
           perfection
           of
           no
           difficulty
           .
        
         
           Now
           in
           the
           next
           place
           take
           heed
           that
           you
           put
           off
           those
           your
           sonnes
           whom
           you
           finde
           fit
           and
           addicted
           to
           be
           bred
           in
           the
           Ministerie
           ,
           or
           made
           up
           to
           the
           law
           ,
           or
           to
           be
           apprentized
           betimes
           ,
           and
           before
           they
           take
           the
           taynt
           of
           too
           much
           liberty
           at
           home
           .
        
         
           And
           when
           they
           be
           put
           forth
           ,
           call
           them
           not
           home
           speedily
           to
           revisit
           their
           fathers
           house
           ,
           no
           not
           so
           much
           as
           Hospitably
           by
           any
           meanes
           .
        
         
           
             In
             the
             first
             place
             take
             your
             direction
             for
             the
             SCHOLLER
             .
          
           
             
               His
               Education
               .
            
             
               His
               Maintenance
               .
            
             
               His
               Advancement
               .
            
          
           
             FOr
             his
             Education
             .
             The
             Free-Schooles
             generally
             afford
             the
             best
             breeding
             in
             good
             letters
             .
          
           
             So
             many
             of
             them
             also
             afford
             some
             reasonable
             meanes
             in
             ayde
             of
             young
             Schollers
             ,
             for
             their
             diet
             ,
             lodging
             ,
             and
             teaching
             ,
             given
             to
             them
             by
             the
             Founders
             or
             Benefactors
             of
             such
             Schooles
             .
          
           
           
             Some
             of
             them
             be
             of
             the
             foundation
             of
             some
             Kings
             and
             Queenes
             of
             this
             Land
             ,
             and
             they
             are
             commonly
             in
             the
             gift
             of
             the
             King
             ,
             or
             his
             Provost
             ,
             or
             Substitute
             in
             that
             behalfe
             .
             Others
             be
             of
             the
             foundation
             of
             some
             Bodies
             or
             Societies
             incorporate
             .
             And
             they
             are
             commonly
             in
             the
             gift
             of
             such
             Masters
             ,
             Wardens
             ,
             Presidents
             ,
             and
             their
             Senior
             fellowes
             ,
             such
             chiefe
             officers
             of
             any
             other
             title
             ,
             or
             such
             Master
             Wardens
             ,
             and
             Assistants
             ,
             or
             such
             Opposers
             ,
             Visitants
             ,
             or
             Committees
             of
             such
             bodies
             respectively
             as
             be
             appointed
             thereunto
             .
             Others
             be
             of
             the
             foundation
             of
             some
             private
             persons
             :
             And
             they
             are
             for
             the
             most
             part
             in
             the
             gift
             of
             the
             Executor
             ,
             Heire
             ,
             or
             Feoffees
             of
             such
             Donor
             ,
             according
             to
             the
             purport
             of
             his
             Will
             ,
             or
             Grant
             ,
             or
             both
             .
          
           
             Of
             every
             of
             which
             severall
             kindes
             respectively
             are
             :
          
           
             
               Eaton
               .
            
             
               Westminster
               .
            
             
               Winchester
               .
            
             
               The
               Merchantaylors
               Schoole
               London
               .
            
             
               The
               Skynners
               at
               Tunbridge
               .
            
             
               Sutton's
               Hospitall
               .
            
             
               St.
               Bartholomews
               .
            
          
           
             And
             very
             many
             other
             the
             like
             .
          
           
             Briefly
             ,
             few
             or
             no
             Counties
             of
             this
             Kingdome
             are
             unfurnisht
             of
             such
             Scholes
             .
             And
             some
             have
             so
             many
             ,
             that
             it
             is
             disputable
             whether
             the
             Vniversities
             with
             the
             Innes
             of
             Court
             ,
             and
             Chancerie
             have
             where
             to
             receive
             them
             or
             no.
             
          
           
             Some
             of
             such
             free-Schooles
             againe
             ,
             have
             Schollerships
             
             appendant
             unto
             them
             ,
             in
             the
             one
             of
             the
             Vniversities
             or
             both
             .
          
           
             To
             which
             upon
             Election
             yearely
             ,
             they
             are
             removeable
             ,
             As.
             
          
           
             
               From
               Eaton
               ,
               to
               Kings
               Colledge
               Cambridge
               .
            
             
               From
               Westminster
               ,
               to
               Trinity
               Colledge
               Cambridge
               ,
               or
               Christchurch
               Oxon
               :
            
             
               From
               Winchester
               ,
               to
               New
               Colledge
               Oxon.
               
            
             
               From
               the
               Merchantaylors
               ,
               to
               St.
               Iohn's
               Oxon.
               
            
             
               And
               the
               like
               ,
               from
               many
               the
               like
               .
            
          
           
             Some
             other
             Free-Schooles
             have
             pensions
             for
             preferment
             of
             their
             Schollers
             ,
             and
             for
             their
             maintenance
             in
             the
             Vniversitie
             .
          
           
             Some
             Companies
             Incorporate
             (
             especially
             of
             London
             ,
             having
             no
             such
             pensions
             in
             certaine
             ,
             doe
             usually
             out
             of
             the
             Stocke
             of
             their
             Hall
             allow
             maintenance
             in
             this
             kinde
             .
          
           
             Besides
             that
             ,
             there
             be
             many
             other
             private
             persons
             (
             upon
             my
             knowledge
             )
             who
             doe
             voluntarily
             allow
             yearely
             exhibition
             of
             this
             nature
             .
          
           
             
               Now
               if
               you
               would
               know
               how
               to
               finde
               what
               is
               given
               to
               any
               such
               Free-Schooles
               ,
               and
               in
               whose
               disposing
               they
               now
               be
               .
            
             
               
                 
                   Search
                   .
                
                 
                   In
                   the
                   Tower
                   of
                   London
                   ,
                   till
                   the
                   end
                   of
                   Rich.
                   the
                   3.
                   
                   For
                   Grants
                   and
                   for
                   License
                   of
                   Mortmaine
                   ,
                   inde
                   .
                
                 
                   And
                   in
                   the
                   Chappell
                   of
                   the
                   Rolles
                   .
                   From
                   thence
                   till
                   the
                   present
                   .
                   And
                   for
                   the
                   like
                   ,
                
                 
                   
                   In
                   the
                   Register
                   of
                   the
                   Prerogative
                   Court
                   ,
                   for
                   such
                   things
                   devised
                   by
                   Will
                   ,
                   by
                   King
                   ,
                   Quéene
                   ,
                   or
                   Subiect
                   .
                   For
                   such
                   Grants
                   given
                   by
                   Will.
                   
                
              
            
             
               And
               sometimes
               you
               shall
               finde
               such
               things
               both
               in
               the
               Tower
               ,
               and
               the
               Prerogative
               ,
               and
               in
               the
               Rolls
               ,
               and
               Prerogative
               respectively
               .
            
             
               For
               the
               time
               since
               our
               reformed
               Church
               of
               England
               began
               here
               .
            
             
               
                 
                   Search
                   .
                
                 
                   Doctor
                   Willets
                   Synopsis
                   .
                   For
                   all
                   from
                   the
                   King
                   ,
                   or
                   from
                   any
                   other
                   .
                
              
               
                 
                   Search
                   .
                
                 
                   In
                   divers
                   of
                   our
                   Chronicles
                   .
                   For
                   the
                   like
                   .
                
              
            
          
        
         
           
             Next
             adde
             certaine
             helpes
             for
             discovery
             and
             attayning
             thereof
             .
          
           
             FIrst
             (
             if
             it
             may
             be
             )
             procure
             a
             sight
             of
             the
             Liedger
             Bookes
             ,
             of
             such
             as
             in
             whom
             the
             disposition
             of
             such
             things
             resteth
             ,
             which
             they
             keepe
             for
             their
             owne
             use
             .
          
           
             Next
             be
             acquainted
             with
             some
             of
             the
             Disposers
             themselves
             .
          
           
             Next
             take
             the
             directions
             of
             the
             Master
             or
             Teacher
             of
             such
             Free-Schooles
             .
          
           
             Especially
             ,
             to
             be
             interessed
             in
             the
             Clarkes
             or
             Registers
             of
             such
             Societies
             as
             have
             the
             disposing
             of
             any
             such
             things
             .
          
           
             Also
             to
             use
             meanes
             by
             Letters
             of
             persons
             powerfull
             ,
             and
             usefull
             to
             such
             disposers
             .
          
           
           
             For
             (
             indeed
             )
             it
             is
             not
             the
             sound
             of
             a
             great
             mans
             name
             to
             a
             Letter
             in
             these
             dayes
             ,
             wherein
             they
             are
             growne
             so
             common
             ,
             and
             familiar
             to
             our
             Societies
             (
             of
             London
             especially
             )
             can
             prevaile
             so
             soone
             as
             the
             Letter
             subscribed
             by
             the
             
               Lord
               Maior
            
             ,
             or
             other
             eminent
             Officer
             of
             the
             Citie
             ,
             to
             whose
             commandement
             they
             be
             immediately
             subjugate
             .
          
           
             Lastly
             ,
             if
             you
             use
             the
             meanes
             least
             seene
             ,
             most
             used
             ,
             and
             best
             allowed
             ,
             together
             with
             these
             :
             For
             discoverie
             and
             attaining
             of
             any
             such
             thing
             ,
             it
             will
             not
             be
             besides
             the
             purpose
             as
             I
             take
             it
             .
          
        
         
           
             Now
             suppose
             your
             sonne
             is
             brought
             to
             the
             Vniversitie
             by
             Election
             or
             as
             Pensioner
             .
          
           
             THe
             first
             thing
             you
             must
             take
             to
             your
             care
             is
             .
             In
             case
             he
             come
             not
             by
             election
             ,
             but
             as
             a
             Pensioner
             ,
             to
             live
             for
             the
             present
             upon
             your
             owne
             charge
             ,
             how
             to
             procure
             him
             a
             Schollership
             in
             the
             Colledge
             where
             you
             bestow
             him
             .
          
           
             Or
             in
             case
             he
             come
             elected
             into
             one
             ,
             how
             to
             procure
             a
             farther
             addition
             of
             maintenance
             to
             him
             .
          
           
             To
             bring
             him
             into
             a
             Schollership
             ,
             place
             him
             with
             a
             Senior
             fellow
             of
             the
             house
             (
             as
             Tutor
             )
             though
             you
             allow
             to
             some
             Iunior
             fellow
             somewhat
             yearely
             for
             reading
             unto
             him
             .
          
           
             This
             Senior
             fellow
             if
             the
             number
             of
             places
             voide
             will
             beare
             it
             may
             nominate
             your
             sonne
             for
             one
             in
             his
             owne
             right
             ,
             if
             it
             will
             not
             beare
             it
             ,
             he
             may
             call
             to
             his
             ayd
             some
             and
             so
             many
             suffrages
             of
             the
             rest
             as
             with
             the
             speaking
             merit
             of
             your
             sonne
             may
             worke
             your
             desire
             .
          
           
           
             Then
             how
             to
             procure
             a
             pension
             for
             addytament
             of
             meanes
             .
          
           
             The
             chiefe
             skill
             is
             to
             finde
             it
             out
             ,
             being
             eyther
             in
             the
             gift
             of
             some
             body
             Incorporate
             .
             Or
             of
             some
             private
             person
             .
             Wherein
             the
             discovery
             is
             to
             bee
             made
             (
             as
             aforesaid
             .
             )
          
           
             If
             you
             sue
             to
             a
             Company
             consisting
             of
             many
             persons
             Tradesmen
             ,
             you
             must
             enquire
             who
             bee
             the
             most
             potent
             Patritians
             ,
             and
             best
             reputed
             Vestrie
             wits
             amongst
             them
             ,
             such
             as
             carry
             their
             gloves
             in
             their
             hands
             ,
             not
             on
             their
             hands
             .
          
           
             Amongst
             an
             Assistance
             of
             many
             ,
             onely
             two
             or
             three
             strike
             the
             stroke
             ,
             and
             hold
             the
             rest
             in
             a
             wonderfull
             admiration
             of
             their
             extraordinary
             endowments
             .
             And
             how
             to
             speake
             sensibly
             to
             these
             two
             or
             three
             is
             no
             Mysterie
             .
             You
             know
             they
             are
             faithfull
             fiduciaries
             in
             the
             election
             .
             And
             therefore
             ,
             you
             must
             not
             presume
             to
             offer
             any
             thing
             by
             any
             meanes
             .
             Onely
             you
             may
             desire
             them
             to
             accept
             this
             poore
             peece
             of
             plate
             ,
             with
             your
             name
             and
             Armes
             upon
             it
             ,
             and
             binde
             you
             unto
             their
             love
             ,
             in
             keeping
             the
             memory
             of
             you
             hereafter
             .
             Doe
             but
             try
             them
             in
             this
             kinde
             ,
             and
             attend
             the
             successe
             .
             I
             tell
             you
             ,
             this
             with
             a
             Bucke
             at
             the
             Renter
             Wardens
             feast
             ,
             may
             come
             somewhat
             neere
             to
             the
             matter
             .
          
           
             But
             for
             the
             pension
             to
             be
             obtained
             of
             a
             private
             person
             ,
             the
             way
             is
             not
             the
             same
             .
             It
             proceedeth
             of
             the
             givers
             meere
             charity
             ,
             and
             must
             be
             taken
             by
             the
             hand
             of
             a
             desertfull
             receiver
             .
             Though
             withall
             it
             may
             sometimes
             fall
             out
             ,
             that
             merit
             is
             made
             by
             mediation
             ,
             especially
             of
             some
             such
             reverend
             Divine
             ,
             as
             he
             doth
             most
             respect
             and
             frequent
             .
             For
             other
             ,
             letters
             
             can
             little
             prevaile
             with
             such
             persons
             .
          
           
             The
             best
             note
             to
             discover
             a
             man
             inclinable
             to
             allow
             such
             a
             pension
             ,
             is
             to
             examine
             how
             wealth
             and
             charitie
             are
             equally
             and
             temporately
             mingled
             in
             him
             .
             And
             be
             sure
             withall
             that
             he
             be
             a
             man
             of
             some
             reasonable
             understanding
             in
             what
             he
             doth
             in
             this
             kinde
             .
             For
             a
             Fooles
             pension
             is
             like
             a
             new
             fashion
             eagerly
             pursued
             at
             the
             beginning
             ,
             but
             as
             scurvily
             left
             off
             in
             the
             proceeding
             .
          
           
             Your
             next
             care
             is
             ,
             in
             his
             due
             time
             to
             put
             on
             a
             fellowship
             ,
             when
             he
             shall
             put
             off
             his
             Schollership
             ,
             seeing
             the
             Schollership
             keepes
             him
             company
             no
             farther
             than
             to
             the
             degree
             of
             Master
             of
             Arts
             ,
             and
             a
             quarter
             of
             a
             yeare
             after
             ,
             in
             those
             Colledges
             ,
             where
             Schollerships
             are
             longest
             lived
             .
             And
             in
             some
             not
             so
             long
             .
          
           
             In
             some
             Colledges
             ,
             The
             Fellowship
             followes
             the
             Schollership
             of
             course
             ,
             and
             as
             the
             one
             leaveth
             him
             ,
             the
             other
             entertaines
             him
             .
             But
             in
             the
             most
             it
             is
             not
             so
             ,
             but
             comes
             by
             Election
             .
             Which
             Election
             passeth
             by
             the
             Master
             and
             Senior
             Fellowes
             ,
             whereof
             every
             one
             doth
             name
             one
             ,
             if
             the
             number
             to
             be
             Elected
             will
             beare
             it
             :
             or
             if
             not
             ,
             then
             they
             passe
             by
             most
             voyces
             .
          
           
             Where
             note
             ,
             that
             the
             Master
             hath
             a
             double
             voyce
             ,
             and
             in
             some
             places
             hee
             hath
             the
             nomination
             of
             one
             ,
             if
             there
             be
             two
             places
             voyd
             ,
             yea
             if
             there
             be
             but
             one
             at
             sometimes
             .
          
           
             In
             Colledges
             the
             letters
             of
             great
             persons
             ,
             especiof
             the
             Lords
             grace
             of
             Canterburie
             ,
             and
             the
             Vniversitie
             Chancellor
             have
             beene
             of
             great
             prevailance
             .
             But
             it
             is
             not
             so
             now
             in
             these
             dayes
             .
          
           
           
             There
             bee
             beneficiall
             gradations
             of
             preferment
             likewise
             ,
             for
             Fellowes
             in
             their
             Colledges
             ;
             as
             
               Lecturer
               ,
               Deane
               ,
               Bowser
               ,
               Vice-master
               ,
            
             and
             Master
             .
             But
             for
             my
             part
             ,
             I
             better
             like
             and
             commend
             those
             who
             when
             they
             find
             themselves
             fit
             to
             put
             forth
             into
             the
             world
             ,
             take
             the
             first
             preferment
             that
             is
             offered
             unto
             them
             ,
             rather
             than
             such
             who
             live
             cloystered
             like
             Votaries
             :
             who
             have
             Sacraments
             to
             fill
             up
             their
             places
             be
             it
             but
             to
             keepe
             out
             others
             ,
             such
             as
             use
             no
             exercise
             ,
             but
             wiping
             the
             dust
             off
             their
             bookes
             ,
             and
             have
             an
             excellent
             activity
             in
             handling
             the
             fox
             tayle
             ,
             such
             as
             hold
             no
             honour
             like
             to
             
               Supplicat
               reverentijs
               vestris
            
             .
             And
             to
             be
             head
             Bowsier
             of
             the
             Colledge
             ,
             as
             good
             as
             to
             be
             Chiefe
             Butler
             of
             England
             .
          
           
             These
             preferments
             of
             the
             Colledge
             all
             but
             that
             of
             the
             Master
             comes
             of
             course
             by
             order
             ,
             and
             antiquity
             .
             Therefore
             no
             meanes
             but
             patient
             abiding
             needs
             for
             the
             acquiring
             of
             them
             in
             their
             due
             time
             .
          
           
             I
             hasten
             to
             send
             your
             sonne
             out
             of
             the
             Cloyster
             into
             the
             Common-wealth
             ,
             and
             to
             shew
             you
             how
             many
             wayes
             of
             Advancement
             are
             open
             unto
             him
             abroad
             ,
             with
             the
             meanes
             to
             discover
             ,
             and
             attaine
             .
          
        
         
           
             And
             first
             for
             the
             Ministrie
             .
          
           
             First
             for
             his
             ease
             let
             him
             looke
             no
             farther
             then
             next
             to
             hand
             ,
             and
             enquire
             what
             benefices
             belong
             
             to
             their
             owne
             Colledge
             ,
             and
             are
             in
             the
             guift
             of
             their
             Master
             and
             Senior
             fellowes
             (
             as
             most
             Colledges
             have
             divers
             such
             )
             and
             amongst
             them
             which
             are
             void
             at
             the
             present
             ,
             or
             whose
             Incumbent
             is
             not
             like
             to
             live
             long
             .
             And
             if
             he
             find
             out
             any
             such
             ;
             than
             if
             he
             know
             not
             after
             so
             long
             cotinuance
             among
             them
             to
             speake
             in
             his
             Seniors
             owne
             Dilect
             ,
             let
             him
             never
             travaile
             beyond
             Trumpington
             for
             me
             .
          
           
             More
             indigitly
             ,
             For
             attaining
             of
             such
             a
             Benefice
             ,
             let
             him
             enquire
             where
             the
             Mattens
             are
             read
             with
             Spectacles
             ,
             or
             where
             the
             good
             old
             man
             is
             lifted
             vp
             into
             the
             pulpit
             ,
             or
             the
             like
             ,
             and
             make
             a
             way
             for
             Succession
             accordingly
             .
          
           
             Where
             note
             ,
             that
             many
             times
             a
             fellow
             of
             the
             house
             may
             hold
             such
             a
             Benefice
             together
             with
             his
             fellowship
             ,
             or
             a
             Pension
             for
             increment
             of
             livelyhood
             .
             And
             such
             tyes
             ,
             as
             these
             are
             commonly
             the
             bond
             of
             matrimony
             whereby
             they
             are
             so
             wedded
             to
             the
             Colledge
             .
          
           
             Next
             ,
             he
             must
             clime
             vp
             to
             the
             maine
             top
             of
             Speculation
             ,
             and
             there
             looke
             about
             him
             to
             discover
             what
             Benefices
             are
             emptie
             abroad
             where
             the
             Incumbent
             lives
             only
             vpon
             the
             Almes
             of
             
               Confectio
               Alchermis
            
             :
             Or
             where
             one
             is
             ready
             to
             take
             his
             rise
             out
             of
             Sierge
             into
             Sattin
             ,
             out
             of
             Parsonage
             and
             a
             Prebendarie
             ,
             into
             a
             Deanarie
             and
             a
             Donative
             ,
             let
             him
             not
             be
             slow
             of
             footmanship
             in
             that
             case
             by
             any
             meanes
             .
          
        
         
           
           
             For
             Benefices
             abroad
             .
          
           
             Benefices
             a
             broad
             are
             in
             the
             gift
             of
          
           
             
               The
               King
               imediately
               ;
            
             
               Or
               the
               Lord
               Keeper
               for
               the
               King.
               
            
             
               Some
               Lord
               Bishop
               ,
            
             
               Some
               Deane
               and
               Chapter
               :
            
             
               Some
               Bodie
               incorporate
               :
            
             
               Some
               Parish
               :
            
             
               Some
               Private
               Patron
               :
            
          
           
             You
             shall
             find
             in
             the
             Tower
             (
             a
             collection
             of
             the
             Patent
             Rolls
             gathered
             ,
             of
             all
             Presentations
             made
             by
             the
             King
             in
             those
             dayes
             to
             any
             Church
             Prebendarie
             or
             Chappell
             .
             In
             right
             of
             the
             Crowne
             or
             otherwayes
             from
             1.
             of
             Edward
             the
             first
             ,
             till
             the
             midst
             of
             Edward
             the
             third
             .
          
           
             The
             King
             himselfe
             only
             and
             immediately
             presenteth
             in
             his
             owne
             right
             ,
             to
             such
             Benefices
             as
             belong
             to
             him
             and
             are
             aboue
             twenty
             pounds
             value
             in
             the
             
               first
               Fruits
            
             Bookes
             .
          
           
             For
             attayning
             of
             any
             which
             ,
             I
             can
             advice
             you
             of
             no
             better
             course
             ,
             than
             to
             learne
             the
             way
             to
             the
             backe
             stayres
             .
          
           
             The
             Lord
             Keeper
             presents
             for
             the
             King
             to
             all
             such
             benefices
             as
             belong
             to
             his
             Majestie
             ,
             and
             are
             under
             twenty
             pounds
             value
             in
             the
             bookes
             .
          
           
             Now
             to
             know
             which
             of
             these
             are
             full
             ,
             and
             who
             are
             Incumbents
             in
             any
             of
             these
             .
          
           
             
               Search
               ,
            
             
               
                 The
                 first
                 Fruits
                 Office.
              
               
            
             
               
                 The
                 Clarke
              
               ,
               who
               hath
               the
               writing
               of
               the
               Presentations
               .
            
             
               
               The
               Lord
               Keepers
               Secretarie
               being
               .
            
          
           
             Where
             note
             that
             the
             King
             hath
             used
             very
             seldome
             to
             grant
             any
             such
             living
             in
             Reversion
             .
          
           
             And
             the
             Lord
             Keeper
             now
             being
             .
             His
             care
             is
             so
             great
             in
             this
             ,
             as
             in
             all
             cases
             of
             common
             good
             to
             provide
             for
             mans
             merit
             ,
             and
             cherish
             industrie
             in
             the
             growing
             plants
             ,
             that
             no
             one
             can
             offer
             unto
             him
             a
             repuest
             of
             this
             kinde
             ,
             without
             trespasse
             to
             his
             good
             disposition
             .
          
           
             In
             the
             next
             place
             concerning
             Benefices
             in
             the
             Presentation
             of
             any
             of
             the
             Lords
             Bishops
             .
          
           
             Note
             that
             most
             Bishopricks
             in
             England
             ,
             have
             presentation
             to
             divers
             Benefices
             belonging
             to
             their
             Seas
             
               
                 For
                 the
                 number
                 and
                 present
                 estate
                 of
                 these
                 .
                 Search
                 .
              
               
                 Their
                 owne
                 Leidgers
                 .
              
               
                 Their
                 Registers
                 .
              
            
             
               
                 Enquire
                 of
              
               
                 Their
                 Auditors
                 .
              
               
                 Their
                 Stewards
                 of
                 their
                 Courts
                 .
              
            
             And
             sometimes
             you
             shall
             light
             upon
             some
             of
             theyr
             bookes
             of
             this
             kind
             ,
             in
             the
             hands
             of
             the
             heyres
             or
             Executors
             of
             such
             as
             have
             borne
             such
             offices
             under
             them
             .
          
           
             He
             that
             is
             Chaplaine
             to
             such
             a
             Lord
             Bishop
             ,
             hath
             for
             the
             most
             part
             the
             best
             meanes
             ,
             accesse
             ,
             and
             opportunity
             ,
             to
             ataine
             to
             such
             a
             Benefice
             .
          
           
             The
             commendations
             of
             such
             a
             great
             personage
             as
             to
             whom
             this
             Patron
             oweth
             greatest
             respect
             ,
             especially
             for
             his
             affairing
             in
             Court
             ,
             may
             doe
             some
             good
             in
             the
             matter
             .
          
           
             The
             like
             wayes
             of
             discovery
             ,
             and
             the
             like
             meanes
             
             of
             attaining
             any
             Benefice
             in
             the
             Presentation
             of
             any
             Deane
             ,
             and
             Chapter
             ,
             are
             to
             be
             used
             with
             them
             respectively
             ,
             as
             with
             the
             Bishops
             .
          
           
             With
             every
             Deane
             and
             Chapter
             ,
             are
             likewise
             divers
             Prebendaries
             to
             be
             obtained
             of
             their
             gift
             after
             the
             same
             manner
             ,
             and
             by
             the
             same
             meanes
             also
             .
          
           
             The
             other
             bodies
             Incorporate
             ,
             besides
             those
             of
             Colledges
             ,
             and
             Deanes
             and
             Chapters
             have
             many
             of
             them
             (
             especially
             of
             London
             ,
             and
             some
             subordinate
             Societies
             thereof
             )
             right
             of
             the
             presentation
             to
             divers
             Benefices
             .
          
           
             Also
             some
             Parishes
             by
             prescription
             doe
             present
             to
             their
             owne
             perochiall
             Benefices
             .
             And
             many
             Patrons
             are
             content
             to
             present
             ,
             according
             to
             the
             approbation
             of
             the
             Parishioners
             upon
             their
             hearing
             ,
             and
             allowing
             ,
             and
             due
             exclamation
             of
             the
             integrity
             of
             the
             life
             of
             such
             suitors
             ,
             and
             no
             otherwise
             ,
             divers
             governors
             ,
             and
             gradations
             of
             the
             lands
             of
             divers
             Hospitals
             ,
             and
             
               Mesons
               de
               dien
            
             have
             like
             right
             of
             presentation
             to
             Benefices
             ,
             as
             have
             other
             bodies
             Incorporate
             .
             And
             the
             meanes
             of
             discovery
             and
             attaining
             are
             likewise
             the
             like
             .
          
           
             In
             Parishes
             ,
             and
             Companies
             of
             Tradesmen
             Incorporate
             ,
             some
             very
             few
             rule
             the
             roast
             .
          
           
             Your
             Alderman
             of
             the
             Ward
             his
             Deputie
             ,
             your
             Common
             Councell-man
             .
             Yea
             sometime
             that
             petty
             Epitomie
             of
             Wardemote
             Enquerst
             ,
             that
             little
             busie
             morsell
             of
             Iustice
             (
             the
             Beadle
             of
             the
             Ward
             )
             will
             make
             a
             strong
             partie
             in
             the
             election
             ,
             if
             he
             be
             put
             to
             it
             .
             The
             Probotory
             Sermon
             ,
             that
             must
             be
             made
             upon
             such
             tryall
             before
             such
             an
             Auditorie
             ,
             would
             be
             according
             to
             the
             capacitie
             in
             generall
             .
             But
             more
             esespecially
             ,
             
             according
             to
             the
             humor
             and
             addiction
             of
             those
             whose
             wits
             the
             rest
             have
             in
             singular
             reverence
             .
             As
             Mr.
             
               Francis
               Fiat
            
             ,
             a
             good
             vnderstanding
             Fishmonger
             (
             I
             assure
             you
             )
             you
             may
             give
             the
             stile
             of
             right
             worshipfull
             to
             them
             ,
             though
             the
             best
             man
             of
             the
             company
             be
             but
             a
             Wine
             Cooper
             ,
             and
             his
             iudgement
             better
             in
             Claret
             ,
             then
             in
             Contioclerum
             a
             great
             deale
             .
          
           
             If
             your
             sonne
             vpon
             his
             tryall
             can
             but
             fit
             their
             pallats
             smoothly
             which
             is
             hard
             to
             doe
             ;
             In
             regard
             that
             they
             are
             so
             hallow
             mouthed
             ,
             let
             him
             be
             sure
             though
             he
             misse
             the
             Benefice
             for
             want
             of
             preperation
             ,
             yet
             tenne
             to
             one
             but
             they
             will
             straine
             themselues
             to
             bring
             him
             in
             as
             a
             Lecturer
             ,
             which
             is
             a
             thing
             they
             reverence
             farre
             beyond
             the
             Parson
             of
             the
             Parish
             by
             many
             degrees
             .
          
           
             Lastly
             ,
             for
             private
             Patrons
             ,
             and
             the
             Benefices
             in
             their
             guifts
             ;
          
           
             
               Search
               ,
            
             
               
                 The
                 Bishops
                 Register
              
               :
               for
               Iustitution
               ,
               and
               Presentation
               .
            
             
               
                 The
                 Archdeacons
                 Register
              
               :
               for
               the
               Induction
               .
            
             
               
                 The
                 Archbishops
                 Register
              
               :
               if
               it
               be
               a
               Peculiar
               .
            
          
           
             It
             was
             my
             chaunce
             lately
             to
             see
             a
             booke
             of
             all
             the
             Benefices
             within
             the
             Diocesse
             of
             Canterbury
             ,
             with
             the
             manner
             of
             their
             tything
             in
             every
             each
             one
             respectiuely
             .
             In
             which
             I
             find
             ,
             that
             there
             are
             ,
             or
             should
             be
             with
             the
             Register
             of
             every
             Lord
             Bishop
             ,
             seaven
             Bookes
             kept
             for
             Entrie
             of
             the
             matters
             ,
             and
             busines
             of
             their
             Diocesse
             ,
             of
             which
             this
             of
             Benefices
             is
             the
             cheife
             .
          
           
           
             The
             like
             I
             saw
             formerly
             of
             the
             Diocesse
             of
             St.
             Davids
             which
             confirmes
             mee
             in
             the
             institution
             ,
             and
             custome
             of
             keeping
             the
             said
             bookes
             also
             in
             other
             Diocesse
             .
          
           
             And
             seeing
             that
             severall
             privare
             Patrons
             are
             of
             severall
             dispositions
             ,
             some
             more
             Lucrative
             and
             Covetous
             :
             Others
             more
             charitable
             ,
             and
             religious
             ,
             I
             can
             give
             you
             no
             other
             rule
             of
             attaining
             the
             Benefice
             than
             this
             ,
             viz.
             
          
           
             That
             your
             sonne
             bring
             with
             him
             abilitie
             of
             learning
             .
             Integritie
             of
             life
             ,
             and
             conformitie
             of
             behaviour
             ,
             according
             to
             the
             order
             of
             the
             Church
             establisht
             amongst
             vs
             and
             these
             shall
             make
             his
             way
             ,
             with
             the
             good
             and
             generous
             Patron
             .
             But
             for
             the
             other
             patron
             it
             makes
             no
             matter
             at
             all
             for
             learning
             and
             a
             very
             little
             for
             manners
             ,
             or
             whether
             he
             be
             a
             man
             conformable
             or
             no.
             Truely
             he
             is
             indifferent
             ,
             for
             his
             part
             very
             indifferent
             .
          
           
             To
             such
             a
             patron
             your
             sonne
             must
             present
             himselfe
             :
             thus
             (
             if
             he
             meane
             to
             be
             presented
             )
             according
             to
             present
             necessitie
             .
             He
             must
             both
             speake
             and
             prove
             himselfe
             a
             man
             indued
             with
             good
             gifts
             .
             For
             he
             shall
             have
             to
             deale
             with
             a
             Patron
             of
             a
             quicke
             Capacitie
             ,
             more
             dexterous
             in
             apprehension
             than
             your
             sonne
             or
             you
             can
             be
             in
             deliverie
             .
          
           
             Be
             this
             Patron
             what
             he
             will
             ,
             your
             comfortis
             ,
             the
             Benefice
             must
             be
             filld
             ,
             and
             that
             within
             a
             limited
             time
             ,
             howsoever
             it
             is
             dangerous
             to
             attend
             the
             ending
             of
             the
             day
             in
             this
             case
             ,
             (
             For
             seldome
             doth
             the
             Clarke
             of
             the
             market
             get
             any
             thing
             by
             their
             standing
             too
             long
             and
             above
             their
             accostomed
             houre
             .
             )
          
           
           
             Lapse
             by
             reason
             of
             Simony
             and
             Lapse
             for
             not
             presenting
             ,
             in
             due
             time
             ;
             Both
             offer
             advancement
             to
             learning
             But
             the
             first
             is
             at
             hand
             to
             discover
             as
             a
             witch
             :
             And
             the
             second
             as
             rare
             to
             find
             out
             as
             a
             faithfull
             fiduciarie
             or
             a
             fast
             Freind
             .
          
           
             The
             degrees
             of
             rising
             in
             the
             Ministrie
             are
             not
             easier
             knowne
             then
             practized
             by
             the
             industrious
             man.
             
          
           
             Breifly
             if
             all
             Church
             livings
             in
             England
             were
             equally
             distributed
             ,
             There
             is
             noe
             one
             of
             the
             Ministry
             if
             he
             want
             not
             learning
             ,
             or
             good
             manners
             needs
             want
             maintenance
             ,
             or
             good
             Livelyhood
             .
          
           
             Here
             I
             could
             wish
             to
             God
             ;
             That
             it
             might
             please
             the
             right
             reuerend
             Fathers
             of
             the
             Church
             the
             Lord
             Bishops
             ;
             That
             they
             would
             once
             in
             every
             of
             their
             times
             cause
             a
             true
             Catalogue
             of
             all
             the
             Benefices
             within
             their
             severall
             Diocesse
             with
             the
             names
             of
             the
             Patrons
             thereof
             according
             to
             the
             last
             presentation
             to
             be
             sent
             into
             the
             office
             of
             the
             
               first
               fruits
            
             for
             the
             better
             information
             of
             all
             such
             as
             deserue
             ,
             and
             would
             gladly
             attaine
             to
             some
             meanes
             of
             maintenance
             ,
             which
             they
             may
             the
             better
             doe
             by
             hauing
             recourse
             thither
             ,
             there
             to
             take
             notice
             of
             all
             things
             of
             this
             nature
             .
             For
             I
             know
             that
             many
             fit
             downe
             in
             their
             wants
             ,
             having
             good
             meanes
             to
             many
             private
             Patrons
             ,
             onely
             for
             lacke
             of
             knowledge
             of
             the
             same
             .
          
           
             Note
             that
             it
             is
             an
             vsuall
             thing
             in
             private
             Parons
             to
             graunt
             reversion
             ,
             and
             Advowson
             of
             such
             livings
             ,
          
           
             My selfe
             intended
             heretofore
             to
             collect
             all
             such
             Benefices
             with
             their
             Patrons
             ,
             into
             a
             certaine
             Callender
             
             for
             such
             direction
             (
             as
             aforesayd
             )
             and
             made
             some
             passage
             into
             it
             .
             But
             the
             farther
             I
             went
             ,
             the
             more
             impossible
             I
             found
             it
             .
             And
             I
             am
             now
             resolved
             that
             without
             the
             Bishops
             assistance
             it
             cannot
             be
             done
             .
          
           
             And
             so
             much
             for
             the
             Ministerie
             .
          
        
         
           
             
               The
               Lawes
               promotions
               follow
            
             .
             By
             Civill
             Law
             ,
             and
             Common
             Law.
             
          
           
             FOr
             breeding
             of
             your
             youth
             in
             the
             Civill
             Law
             ,
             there
             are
             two
             Colledges
             of
             especiall
             note
             in
             our
             Vniversities
             :
             the
             one
             is
             Trinitie-hall
             in
             Cambridge
             ;
             the
             other
             is
             ,
             New-Colledge
             in
             Oxford
             .
          
           
             I
             remember
             me
             not
             of
             any
             Free-Schoole
             in
             England
             ,
             that
             have
             any
             place
             appendant
             in
             Trinitie-hall
             in
             Cambridge
             .
             But
             in
             new
             Colledge
             of
             Oxford
             ,
             the
             Free-Schoole
             of
             Winchester
             ,
             hath
             claime
             both
             of
             Schollerships
             ,
             and
             Fellowships
             (
             the
             whole
             Colledge
             consisting
             of
             none
             other
             ,
             as
             I
             take
             it
             .
          
           
             It
             is
             to
             be
             confest
             ,
             the
             charge
             of
             breeding
             a
             man
             to
             the
             Civill
             Law
             ,
             is
             more
             expensive
             ,
             and
             the
             way
             more
             painefull
             ,
             and
             the
             bookes
             of
             greater
             number
             ,
             and
             price
             than
             the
             Common
             Law
             requireth
             .
             But
             
             after
             that
             the
             Civill
             Lawyer
             is
             once
             grown
             to
             Maturity
             .
             His
             way
             of
             Advancement
             is
             more
             beneficiall
             ,
             more
             certaine
             ,
             and
             more
             easie
             to
             attaine
             ,
             than
             is
             the
             Common
             Lawyers
             ,
             and
             all
             because
             their
             number
             is
             lesse
             ,
             their
             learning
             more
             intricate
             .
             And
             they
             admit
             few
             or
             no
             Sollicitors
             to
             trample
             betweene
             them
             and
             the
             Clyent
             .
             So
             that
             the
             Fee
             comes
             to
             them
             immediately
             ,
             and
             with
             the
             more
             advantage
             .
          
           
             
               The
               Preferments
               at
               which
               they
               may
               arrive
               ,
               are
               these
               :
            
             
               Chancellor
               to
               the
               Byshop
               .
            
             
               Archdeacon
               .
            
             
               Commissarie
               ,
               where
               they
               have
               Commissarie
               Officiall
               .
            
             
               Iudge
               ,
               and
               Surrogate
               .
            
             
               Advocate
               for
               the
               King.
               
            
             
               Mr.
               of
               the
               Chancerie
               .
            
             
               The
               Kings
               Proctor
               .
            
             
               Advocate
               ,
               and
               Proctor
               at
               large
               .
            
          
           
             
               In
               these
               Courts
               ,
               viz.
               
            
             
               The
               High
               Commission
               .
            
             
               The
               Delegates
               .
            
             
               The
               Prerogative
               .
            
             
               The
               Consistorie
               .
            
             
               The
               Arches
               .
            
             
               The
               Bishops
               Courts
               .
            
             
               The
               Archdeacons
               Courts
               .
            
             
               Chancellors
               ,
               Commissaries
               and
               Officials
               Cou.
               
            
             
               The
               Admiraltie
               Courts
               .
            
             
               The
               Court
               of
               the
               Kings
               Requests
               ,
            
          
           
             In
             times
             past
             .
          
           
             The
             countenance
             of
             some
             Byshop
             ,
             especially
             of
             
             the
             Lord
             Archbyshop
             upon
             a
             Civilian
             ,
             will
             much
             advance
             his
             practice
             as
             an
             Advocate
             ,
             and
             give
             him
             promotion
             as
             a
             Iudge
             .
          
           
             There
             are
             under
             the
             greater
             officers
             aforenamed
             ,
             divers
             other
             inferiour
             Officers
             :
             as
             
               
                 Register
                 .
              
               
                 Arctuarie
                 .
              
               
                 Examiner
                 .
              
            
          
           
             The
             number
             of
             the
             Doctors
             (
             though
             I
             finde
             them
             never
             to
             have
             been
             limited
             .
             )
             Yet
             it
             is
             certaine
             that
             the
             time
             was
             within
             memory
             of
             man
             ,
             when
             the
             house
             of
             their
             Commons
             did
             commonly
             give
             them
             all
             sufficient
             lodging
             ,
             and
             dyet
             .
             And
             as
             for
             the
             number
             of
             Proctors
             ,
             they
             were
             of
             late
             times
             limited
             .
             How
             it
             is
             now
             I
             know
             not
             .
          
        
         
           
             For
             the
             Common
             Law.
             
          
           
             FOr
             breeding
             of
             Students
             at
             the
             
               Common
               Law
            
             ,
             take
             directions
             for
             their
             method
             of
             studie
             out
             of
             that
             Tractate
             which
             Mr.
             
               Iustice
               Dodridge
            
             did
             in
             his
             time
             pen
             for
             the
             purpose
             .
             Onely
             (
             for
             my
             part
             )
             I
             doe
             much
             commend
             the
             ancient
             custome
             of
             breeding
             of
             the
             younger
             Students
             .
             First
             ,
             in
             the
             Innes
             of
             Chancery
             ;
             there
             to
             be
             the
             better
             prepared
             for
             the
             Innes
             of
             Court.
             And
             this
             must
             needs
             be
             the
             better
             way
             ,
             seeing
             too
             much
             liberty
             at
             the
             first
             prooves
             very
             fatall
             ,
             to
             many
             of
             the
             younger
             sort
             .
             I
             have
             observed
             ,
             and
             much
             commend
             also
             the
             breeding
             of
             some
             Common
             
             Lawyers
             in
             this
             kinde
             ,
             viz.
             
          
           
             That
             when
             they
             have
             beene
             admitted
             first
             into
             an
             Inne
             of
             the
             Chancerie
             ,
             they
             have
             beene
             withall
             entred
             as
             Clarkes
             in
             the
             office
             of
             some
             Prothonotarie
             of
             the
             Common-Pleas
             to
             adde
             the
             skill
             of
             the
             Practicke
             to
             their
             speculation
             .
             And
             if
             a
             Student
             be
             thus
             bred
             ,
             by
             his
             foundation
             in
             the
             one
             ;
             and
             his
             experience
             in
             the
             other
             ,
             he
             shall
             with
             more
             facilitie
             than
             others
             ,
             who
             step
             into
             the
             Inne
             of
             Court
             at
             first
             ,
             attaine
             to
             an
             abilitie
             of
             practise
             .
          
           
             Besides
             other
             ordinary
             requisite
             parts
             and
             Arts
             in
             a
             Common
             Lawyer
             .
             Skill
             in
             the
             Records
             of
             all
             Courts
             of
             Record
             ,
             and
             in
             other
             antiquities
             of
             President
             .
             With
             some
             Reading
             in
             the
             Civill
             Law
             ,
             also
             will
             much
             inable
             him
             .
          
           
             The
             Common
             Lawyer
             is
             to
             be
             bred
             onely
             upon
             the
             purse
             .
             The
             charge
             most
             at
             the
             first
             .
             For
             after
             he
             hath
             spent
             some
             few
             yeares
             effectually
             .
             He
             may
             attaine
             to
             the
             imployment
             of
             some
             private
             friends
             ,
             for
             advising
             with
             ,
             and
             instructing
             of
             greater
             Counsaile
             ,
             whereby
             he
             shall
             adde
             both
             to
             his
             meanes
             ,
             and
             knowledge
             .
          
           
             It
             is
             true
             ,
             that
             I
             have
             knowne
             some
             Attorneyes
             and
             Sollicitors
             ,
             put
             on
             a
             Counsailors
             gowne
             ,
             without
             treading
             the
             same
             usuall
             path
             to
             the
             barre
             (
             as
             aforesaid
             .
             )
             But
             indeed
             ,
             I
             never
             looke
             upon
             them
             ,
             but
             I
             thinke
             of
             the
             Taylor
             ,
             who
             in
             one
             of
             his
             Customers
             cast
             suites
             had
             thrust
             himselfe
             in
             amongst
             the
             Nobilitie
             at
             a
             Court
             Maske
             ,
             where
             pulling
             out
             his
             Handkercher
             ,
             hee
             let
             fall
             his
             Thimble
             ,
             and
             was
             so
             discovered
             ,
             and
             handled
             ,
             and
             dandled
             from
             hand
             to
             foote
             ,
             till
             the
             Guard
             
             delivered
             him
             at
             the
             great
             Chamber
             doore
             ,
             and
             cryed
             ,
             farewell
             good
             feeble
             .
          
           
             If
             the
             Common
             Lawyer
             be
             sufficiently
             able
             in
             his
             profession
             ,
             he
             shall
             want
             no
             practice
             ,
             if
             no
             practice
             no
             profit
             .
          
           
             The
             time
             was
             that
             the
             younger
             Counsaile
             had
             some
             such
             helpe
             ,
             as
          
           
             
               To
               be
               a
               Favourite
               .
            
             
               A
               Kindred
               .
            
             
               To
               marry
               a
               Neece
               ,
               Cosin
               ,
               or
               a
               Chambermaide
               .
            
          
           
             But
             those
             dayes
             be
             past
             ,
             and
             better
             supply
             their
             roomes
             .
          
           
             As
             fellowes
             of
             Colledges
             in
             the
             Vniversities
             get
             pensions
             ,
             or
             Benefices
             ,
             to
             adde
             to
             their
             livelyhood
             .
             So
             Barresters
             and
             Counsailors
             of
             the
             Innes
             of
             Court
             ,
             advance
             their
             meanes
             by
             keeping
             of
          
           
             
               Courts
               of
               Mannors
               .
            
             
               Leets
               ,
               and
               Barrons
               :
            
             
               Swanimootes
               of
               Forrests
               .
            
             
               Stannaries
               .
            
             
               Cinque
               Ports
               ,
               &c.
               
            
          
           
             
               By
               places
               of
            
             
               Iudges
               of
               Inferiour
               Courts
               .
               As
            
             
               London
               ,
               and
               other
               like
               Corporations
               .
            
             
               The
               Virdge
               .
            
             
               The
               Tower
               of
               London
               .
            
             
               St.
               Katherines
               neare
               the
               Tower.
               
            
             
               Borough
               of
               Southwarke
               .
            
             
               The
               Clinke
               .
            
             
               Wentworth
               and
               like
               Liberties
               .
            
          
           
             
             
               By
               office
               of
            
             
               Recorder
               of
               some
               Corporate
               Towne
               .
            
             
               Feoda
               rie
               of
               some
               Counties
               :
            
             
               The
               Kings
               Councell
               in
               the
               Marches
               of
               Wales
               ,
               or
               at
               Yorke
               ,
               or
               Iudge
               ,
               or
               Counsayle
               of
               some
               Countie
               Pallatine
               :
            
          
           
             The
             greater
             places
             of
             preferment
             for
             Common
             Lawyers
             are
             .
          
           
             
               The
               Iudges
               at
               Westminster
               ,
               and
               elsewhere
               :
            
             
               The
               next
               ,
               are
               all
               the
               severall
               Officers
               of
               the
               Courts
               of
               Westminster
               and
               elsewhere
               :
            
          
           
             All
             which
             you
             shall
             finde
             set
             forth
             breifly
             in
             
               Smiths
               Common-wealth
            
             of
             England
             ,
             and
             part
             in
             mine
             owne
             Search
             of
             Records
             .
             And
             all
             these
             ,
             together
             afford
             sufficent
             maintenance
             for
             thousands
             of
             persons
             who
             may
             bee
             here
             well
             prouided
             for
             .
          
           
             Here
             I
             should
             and
             here
             I
             could
             for
             better
             direction
             of
             yonger
             brothers
             shew
             what
             meniall
             Clarkeships
             of
             large
             exhibition
             ,
             are
             vnder
             the
             great
             Officers
             of
             the
             Land
             ,
             the
             Iudges
             ,
             the
             
               Kings
               Councell
            
             ,
             and
             other
             Officers
             which
             are
             not
             elsewhere
             publisht
             .
             And
             I
             know
             it
             would
             open
             a
             doore
             to
             many
             a
             proper
             mans
             preferment
             ,
             especially
             ;
             vnder
             the
             
               Lord
               Keeper
            
             :
             as
             
               Secretaries
               for
               Chancerie
            
             businesse
             ,
             and
             Spirituall
             promotions
             ,
             the
             Commission
             of
             the
             
               Peace
               ,
               Iniunctions
            
             ,
             the
             Dockquets
             .
             And
             other
             the
             like
             vnder
             the
             
               Lord
               Treasurer
               ,
               as
               Secretaries
            
             for
             the
             businesse
             of
             the
             Realme
             ,
             and
             the
             Custome-house
             besides
             the
             Inlets
             to
             so
             many
             preferments
             about
             the
             Customes
             ,
             and
             Escheators
             :
             places
             ,
             vnder
             the
             
               Lord
               Treasurer
            
             ,
             vnder
             the
             Chauncellor
             of
             the
             
               Exchequer
               Duchie
            
             ,
             and
             Principalitie
             of
             Wales
             ,
             and
             
               Duchie
               of
               
               Cornewall
               ,
               as
               Seale
               keeper
               ,
               Secretary
               ,
               &c.
               
            
          
           
             Vnder
             the
             Master
             of
             the
             Court
             of
             
               Wardes
               ,
               as
               Secretarie
            
             ;
             vnder
             the
             
               Iudges
               ,
               as
               Marshall
               .
               Clarke
               of
               the
               Bailes
               ,
               &c.
               
            
             Vnder
             the
             
               Barrons
               of
               the
               Exchequer
               ,
               as
               Examiner
               ;
               Clarke
               of
               the
               Bailes
            
             and
             other
             Clarkes
             .
          
           
             Vnder
             the
             
               Kings
               Attourney
               Generall
               ,
               as
               Clarke
               of
               the
               Pattens
               ,
               Clarke
               of
               the
               Confessions
               and
               entries
               ,
               Clarke
               of
               the
               References
               ,
            
             Booke
             bearer
             .
             Vnder
             the
             
               Sollicitor
               Generall
               ,
               Clarke
               of
               the
               Patents
               ,
            
             Booke
             bearer
             .
             Besides
             many
             other
             Clarkes
             vnder
             the
             white
             staues
             of
             the
             Court
             ,
             and
             in
             the
             Counting
             house
             ,
             and
             many
             seuerall
             offiices
             .
             All
             which
             with
             hundreds
             more
             that
             I
             could
             name
             ,
             with
             a
             plainer
             and
             more
             large
             deduction
             ,
             were
             it
             not
             for
             feare
             that
             what
             I
             well
             intend
             for
             generall
             good
             would
             be
             taken
             in
             offence
             for
             priuate
             preiudice
             .
             But
             for
             the
             Clarkeships
             of
             the
             Kings
             houshold
             examine
             farther
             the
             Blacke
             booke
             in
             the
             Exchequer
             ,
          
        
         
           
             The
             Phisition
             followes
             .
          
           
             ANd
             heere
             I
             remember
             me
             of
             an
             old
             tale
             following
             ,
             viz.
             
          
           
             At
             the
             beginning
             of
             the
             happy
             raigne
             of
             our
             late
             good
             Queene
             Elizabeth
             ,
             diuers
             Commissioners
             of
             great
             place
             being
             authorized
             to
             enquire
             of
             ,
             and
             to
             displace
             all
             such
             of
             the
             Clergie
             as
             would
             not
             conforme
             to
             the
             reformed
             Church
             ,
             one
             amongst
             others
             was
             Conuented
             before
             them
             ,
             who
             being
             asked
             whehter
             he
             would
             subscribe
             or
             no
             ,
             deniedit
             ,
             and
             so
             consequently
             
             was
             adiudged
             to
             lose
             his
             benefice
             ,
             and
             to
             be
             deprived
             his
             function
             ,
             wherevpon
             in
             his
             impatience
             he
             said
             ;
          
           
             That
             if
             they
             (
             meaning
             the
             Commissioners
             )
             held
             this
             course
             it
             would
             cost
             many
             a
             mans
             life
             .
             For
             which
             the
             Commissioners
             called
             him
             backe
             againe
             ,
             and
             charged
             him
             that
             he
             had
             spoke
             treasonable
             ,
             and
             seditious
             words
             tending
             to
             the
             raysing
             of
             a
             rebellion
             ,
             or
             some
             tumult
             in
             the
             Land
             ,
             for
             which
             he
             should
             receiue
             the
             reward
             of
             a
             Traytor
             .
             And
             being
             asked
             whether
             hee
             spake
             those
             words
             or
             no
             ,
             he
             acknowledged
             it
             ,
             and
             tooke
             vpon
             him
             the
             Iustification
             thereof
             ;
             for
             said
             he
             ,
             yee
             have
             taken
             from
             me
             my
             liuing
             ,
             and
             profession
             of
             the
             Ministrie
             ,
             Schollership
             is
             all
             my
             portion
             ;
             and
             I
             have
             no
             other
             meanes
             now
             left
             for
             my
             maintenance
             but
             to
             turne
             Phisition
             ,
             and
             before
             I
             shal
             be
             absolute
             Master
             of
             that
             Misterie
             (
             God
             he
             knowes
             )
             how
             many
             mens
             lives
             it
             will
             cost
             .
             For
             few
             Phisitions
             vse
             to
             try
             experiments
             vpon
             their
             owne
             bodies
             .
          
           
             With
             vs
             it
             is
             a
             Profession
             can
             maintaine
             but
             a
             few
             .
             And
             diuers
             of
             those
             more
             indebted
             to
             opinion
             ,
             than
             learning
             ,
             and
             (
             for
             the
             most
             part
             )
             better
             qualified
             in
             discoursing
             their
             travailes
             than
             in
             discerning
             their
             patients
             maladies
             .
             For
             it
             is
             growne
             to
             be
             a
             very
             huswiues
             trade
             ,
             where
             fortune
             prevailes
             more
             then
             skill
             .
             Their
             best
             benefactor
             the
             Neapolitan
             Their
             
               grand
               Seignieur
            
             .
             The
             Sorpego
             ,
             their
             Gonfollinere
             .
             The
             Sciaticke
             ,
             Their
             great
             Marshall
             that
             calls
             the
             Muster
             Rolle
             of
             them
             all
             together
             at
             every
             Spring
             and
             fall
             ,
             are
             all
             as
             familier
             to
             her
             as
             the
             Cuckow
             at
             Canck-wood
             in
             May.
             And
             the
             cure
             of
             
             them
             is
             the
             skill
             of
             every
             good
             old
             Ladies
             cast
             Gentlewoman
             ,
             when
             she
             gives
             over
             painting
             ,
             shee
             falls
             to
             plastering
             and
             shall
             have
             ,
             as
             good
             practize
             as
             the
             best
             of
             them
             ,
             for
             those
             kind
             of
             diseases
             .
          
           
             Marry
             for
             Womens
             griefes
             amongst
             Phisitions
             ,
             the
             Masculine
             is
             more
             worthy
             then
             the
             Feminine
             .
          
           
             Secrecie
             is
             the
             cheife
             skill
             ,
             and
             virilitie
             the
             best
             learning
             that
             is
             required
             in
             a
             Womans
             Phisition
             .
             But
             I
             never
             read
             of
             many
             of
             those
             to
             be
             long
             liued
             ,
             or
             honestly
             wiued
             hitherto
             in
             all
             my
             reading
             .
          
           
             Hitherto
             I
             speake
             nothing
             in
             disrepute
             of
             the
             more
             reverend
             ,
             and
             learned
             sort
             of
             Phisitions
             who
             are
             to
             be
             had
             in
             singular
             reverence
             ,
             and
             be
             vsefull
             to
             mankind
             next
             to
             the
             Divine
             .
             Indeed
             ,
             I
             rather
             pitty
             them
             ,
             and
             pittying
             smile
             to
             see
             how
             pretily
             these
             young
             gamesters
             Male
             and
             Female
             lay
             about
             them
             ,
             and
             engrosse
             the
             greater
             part
             of
             Patientrie
             in
             all
             places
             wheresoeuer
             .
          
           
             And
             here
             I
             may
             more
             fitly
             say
             (
             God
             knowes
             )
             how
             many
             mens
             liues
             this
             abused
             opinion
             had
             of
             such
             Gamesters
             costs
             .
             Because
             they
             be
             not
             Masters
             of
             that
             Mysterie
             ,
             and
             that
             science
             which
             requires
             the
             Greeke
             tongue
             ,
             exactly
             ,
             all
             the
             learning
             ,
             and
             skill
             of
             
               Philosophie
               ,
               Historie
            
             of
             all
             sorts
             (
             especially
             naturall
             )
             knowledge
             of
             all
             vegetatives
             and
             Minerals
             ,
             and
             whatsoever
             dwels
             within
             the
             foure
             elements
             .
             Also
             Skill
             in
             
               Astronomy
               ,
               Astrologie
            
             .
             And
             so
             much
             of
             the
             Iudicialls
             
             vpon
             all
             manner
             of
             Calculations
             as
             may
             be
             well
             warranted
             with
             much
             other
             kind
             of
             learning
             ,
             art
             and
             skill
             ,
             whereof
             my
             young
             travailing
             Phisition
             ,
             and
             trading
             wayting
             woman
             never
             heard
             .
          
           
             
               Their
               meanes
               of
               Advancement
               are
               in
               these
               wayes
               .
               viz.
               
            
             
               To
               be
               
                 Phisition
                 of
                 some
                 Colledge
                 in
                 one
                 of
                 the
                 Vniuersities
                 ,
              
               (
               as
               diuers
               Colledges
               have
               such
               places
               )
            
             
               
                 Phisition
                 to
                 the
                 King
                 or
                 Queenes
                 person
                 .
              
            
             
               
                 Phisition
                 to
                 either
                 of
                 their
                 housholds
                 .
              
            
             
               
                 Or
                 to
                 some
                 Hospitall
              
               ,
               (
               as
               most
               have
               such
               .
               )
            
             
               
                 Or
                 to
                 some
                 great
                 persons
              
               ,
               who
               may
               preferre
               them
               hereafter
               ,
               and
               be
               somewhat
               helpefull
               in
               the
               meane
               time
               .
            
             
               
                 To
                 a
                 good
                 old
                 Vsurer
              
               ,
               or
               one
               that
               hath
               got
               his
               great
               estate
               together
               vnconscionably
               :
               For
               they
               feare
               nothing
               but
               death
               ,
               and
               will
               buy
               life
               at
               any
               rate
               :
               There
               is
               no
               coward
               to
               an
               ill
               Conscience
               .
            
          
           
             It
             is
             not
             amisse
             ,
             to
             make
             way
             of
             acquaintance
             with
             Gallants
             given
             to
             deepe
             drinking
             ,
             and
             surfeyting
             :
             For
             they
             are
             patients
             at
             all
             times
             of
             the
             yeare
             .
          
           
             Or
             ,
             a
             Gentlewoman
             that
             would
             faine
             vse
             the
             meanes
             to
             bee
             pregnant
             .
          
           
             Or
             ,
             your
             Lascivious
             Lady
             ,
             and
             your
             man
             in
             the
             Perriwigge
             will
             helpe
             to
             furnish
             with
             a
             foot-cloth
             .
          
           
           
             A
             Citizens
             wife
             of
             a
             weake
             stomacke
             ,
             will
             supply
             the
             fringe
             to
             it
             .
          
           
             And
             if
             all
             faile
             .
             And
             the
             Bathe
             will
             affoord
             no
             roome
             :
             Let
             them
             finde
             out
             some
             strange
             water
             ,
             some
             unheard-of
             Spring
             .
             It
             is
             an
             easie
             matter
             to
             discolour
             or
             alter
             the
             taste
             of
             it
             in
             some
             measure
             ,
             (
             it
             makes
             no
             matter
             how
             little
             .
             )
             Report
             strange
             cures
             that
             it
             hath
             done
             .
             Beget
             a
             Superstitious
             opinion
             in
             it
             .
             Goodfellowship
             shall
             uphold
             it
             .
             And
             the
             neighbouring
             Townes
             shall
             all
             sweare
             for
             it
             .
          
        
         
           
             The
             Apprentice
             followes
             .
          
           
             THe
             first
             question
             is
             ,
             to
             what
             Trade
             you
             will
             put
             your
             Son
             ,
             and
             which
             is
             most
             worthy
             of
             choice
             .
             For
             the
             Merchant
             it
             requireth
             great
             stocke
             ,
             great
             experience
             in
             Forraine
             estates
             .
             And
             great
             hazard
             ,
             and
             adventure
             at
             the
             best
             .
          
           
             And
             this
             is
             not
             all
             .
             For
             it
             depends
             upon
             the
             Peace
             of
             our
             State
             with
             forraine
             Princes
             ,
             especially
             those
             with
             whom
             we
             hold
             mutuall
             traffique
             .
             Or
             ,
             who
             lye
             in
             our
             way
             to
             intercept
             ,
             or
             impediment
             our
             Trade
             abroad
             .
             Besides
             that
             ,
             in
             time
             of
             Warre
             they
             can
             hold
             no
             certainty
             of
             dealing
             ,
             or
             supplying
             their
             Factorie
             in
             parts
             beyond
             the
             Seas
             .
             Shipping
             is
             subject
             ever
             at
             the
             let
             goe
             ,
             to
             bee
             stayed
             .
             Marriners
             to
             be
             prest
             ,
             and
             many
             other
             inconveniences
             attend
             them
             in
             such
             times
             .
             Besides
             the
             burthen
             of
             Custome
             and
             Imposition
             which
             all
             
             States
             impose
             more
             or
             lesse
             .
             So
             that
             unlesse
             wee
             have
             peace
             with
             such
             Neighbours
             ,
             there
             is
             little
             hope
             in
             that
             profession
             in
             the
             ordinarie
             and
             lawfull
             way
             of
             trading
             .
          
           
             Happily
             you
             will
             alledge
             that
             some
             Merchants
             thrive
             well
             enough
             ,
             when
             the
             warres
             most
             rage
             ,
             and
             when
             the
             streame
             of
             State
             is
             most
             troubled
             .
             Some
             then
             hold
             it
             to
             be
             the
             best
             fishing
             ;
             they
             that
             gaine
             then
             (
             Sir
             )
             if
             they
             gaine
             justifiably
             :
             gaine
             not
             as
             Merchants
             ,
             but
             as
             men
             of
             Warre
             ,
             which
             occupation
             a
             man
             may
             learne
             without
             serving
             seaven
             yeares
             Apprentiship
             unto
             it
             .
          
           
             And
             if
             they
             gaine
             justifiably
             as
             Merchants
             ,
             it
             must
             be
             in
             some
             generall
             stocke
             of
             a
             Society
             incorporated
             ,
             who
             have
             purse
             to
             passe
             to
             and
             fro
             with
             sufficient
             power
             ,
             in
             the
             most
             dangerous
             times
             .
             And
             if
             such
             Societies
             are
             tollerable
             at
             any
             time
             ,
             it
             is
             at
             such
             times
             .
             How
             they
             be
             otherwise
             allowable
             .
             I
             leave
             to
             consideration
             .
          
           
             For
             the
             Shopkeeper
             ,
             his
             welfare
             for
             the
             most
             part
             ,
             depends
             upon
             the
             prosperity
             of
             the
             Merchant
             .
             For
             if
             the
             Merchant
             sit
             still
             ,
             the
             most
             of
             them
             may
             shut
             up
             their
             Shop
             windowes
             .
             Little
             Skill
             ,
             Art
             ,
             or
             Mystery
             ,
             shall
             a
             man
             learne
             in
             Shop-keeping
             .
             A
             man
             shall
             never
             in
             forraigne
             parts
             ,
             being
             put
             to
             his
             shifts
             out
             of
             his
             owne
             Meridian
             ,
             live
             by
             the
             skill
             of
             weighing
             and
             measuring
             .
             The
             most
             use
             of
             advantage
             ,
             he
             can
             make
             of
             it
             ,
             is
             to
             benefit
             betweene
             the
             Mart
             and
             the
             Market
             ,
             than
             which
             nothing
             is
             more
             uncertaine
             ,
             seeing
             there
             is
             no
             true
             judiciall
             of
             the
             falling
             ,
             and
             rising
             of
             commodities
             ,
             And
             the
             casualties
             that
             they
             are
             subject
             vnto
             ,
             (
             especially
             )
             
             in
             time
             of
             Warre
             .
          
           
             Take
             this
             for
             a
             generall
             rule
             ,
             that
             those
             Trades
             which
             aske
             most
             with
             an
             Apprentice
             ,
             are
             incertainest
             of
             thriving
             ,
             and
             require
             greatest
             stockes
             of
             setting
             up
             .
             Amongst
             Trades
             ,
             give
             me
             those
             that
             have
             in
             them
             some
             Art
             ,
             Craft
             ,
             or
             Science
             ,
             by
             which
             a
             man
             may
             live
             ,
             and
             be
             a
             welcome
             ghuest
             to
             all
             Countries
             abroad
             ,
             and
             have
             imployment
             in
             the
             most
             stormy
             times
             at
             home
             ,
             when
             Merchants
             and
             Shopkeepers
             are
             out
             of
             use
             :
             (
             as
             .
             )
          
           
             
               An
               Apothecarie
               .
            
             
               A
               Druggist
               .
            
             
               A
               Chirurgion
               .
            
             
               A
               Lapidarie
               .
            
             
               A
               Ieweller
               .
            
             
               A
               Printer
               .
            
             
               An
               Ingraver
               in
               Stones
               and
               Mettall
               .
            
             
               One
               that
               hath
               skill
               in
               seasoning
               of
               Shipwood
               .
            
             
               A
               Carpenter
               of
               all
               sorts
               ,
               especially
               of
               Shipping
               .
            
             
               A
               Smith
               of
               all
               sorts
               ,
               especially
               of
               Clockes
               ,
               Watches
               ,
               Guns
               ,
               &c.
               
            
             
               A
               Planter
               ,
               and
               Gardner
               of
               all
               sorts
               .
            
             
               An
               Enginere
               for
               making
               of
               Patars
               ,
               and
               the
               like
               Engines
               of
               Warre
               .
               And
            
             
               Hot
               Presses
               for
               Cloth
               ,
               &c.
               And
            
             
               Engines
               to
               weigh
               any
               Ship
               ,
               or
               Guns
               that
               are
               drowned
               ,
               &c.
               Skrues
               ,
               &c.
               
            
             
               A
               maker
               of
               all
               sorts
               of
               Instruments
               ,
               for
               Navigation
               ,
               Compasses
               ,
               Globes
               ,
               Astrolabes
               .
            
             
               A
               Drainer
               of
               grounds
               Surmounded
               .
            
             
               A
               Sale-maker
               ,
               and
            
             
               
               A
               maker
               of
               Cordage
               ,
               Tackle
               ,
               &c.
               
            
             
               A
               Lymner
               .
            
             
               A
               Clothier
               ,
               a
               Clothworker
               ,
               and
               a
               Dyer
               .
            
             
               A
               Taylor
               ,
               Shooe-maker
               ,
               Glover
               ,
               Perfumer
               ,
               and
               Trimmer
               of
               Gloves
               .
            
             
               An
               Imbroiderer
               .
            
             
               A
               Feltmaker
               ,
               a
               Glasier
               ,
               and
               one
               that
               can
               paint
               in
               Glasse
               .
            
             
               Briefly
               ,
               any
               Manufacture
               or
               trade
               ,
               wherein
               is
               any
               Science
               ,
               or
               Craft
               .
            
          
           
             Onely
             those
             Trades
             are
             of
             least
             use
             and
             benefit
             ,
             which
             are
             called
             Huswives
             Trades
             (
             as
             
               Brewer
               ,
               Baker
               ,
               Cooke
            
             ,
             and
             the
             like
             .
             )
             Because
             they
             be
             the
             skill
             of
             Women
             as
             well
             as
             of
             men
             ,
             and
             common
             to
             both
             .
          
           
             I
             would
             have
             you
             know
             ,
             that
             the
             Maker
             was
             before
             the
             Retaylor
             ,
             and
             most
             Shopkeepers
             are
             but
             of
             a
             sublimated
             Trade
             and
             retayle
             ,
             but
             as
             Attorneyes
             to
             the
             maker
             .
             But
             if
             the
             Maker
             (
             without
             dispute
             of
             Freedome
             in
             any
             Corporation
             ,
             might
             set
             up
             Shop
             and
             sell
             his
             commoditie
             immediately
             )
             it
             would
             be
             a
             great
             deale
             better
             for
             the
             Common-wealth
             ,
             than
             now
             it
             is
             .
          
           
             Besides
             ,
             it
             is
             no
             matter
             of
             difficultie
             ,
             burthen
             ,
             or
             disgrace
             ,
             for
             a
             Shopkeeper
             ,
             yea
             a
             Merchant
             ,
             or
             a
             Gentleman
             ,
             to
             have
             the
             skill
             of
             some
             one
             of
             these
             Manufactures
             ,
             besides
             his
             Revenew
             ,
             or
             profession
             ,
             to
             accompany
             him
             ,
             what
             fortune
             soever
             may
             carry
             him
             into
             Countries
             unknowne
             .
          
           
             To
             my
             knowledge
             ,
             a
             great
             Earle
             lately
             of
             this
             Land
             ,
             did
             thinke
             it
             no
             scorne
             to
             indeavour
             the
             attaining
             of
             the
             Craft
             ,
             and
             trade
             of
             a
             Farrior
             ,
             wherein
             he
             grew
             excellent
             .
          
           
           
             And
             when
             our
             acquaintance
             tooke
             first
             life
             with
             those
             of
             the
             Low
             Countries
             ,
             upon
             a
             Treatie
             wherein
             our
             Embassador
             strove
             to
             set
             forth
             the
             worthinesse
             of
             our
             King
             and
             Kingdome
             ,
             with
             the
             Native
             commodities
             thereof
             .
             The
             Dutch
             (
             ignorantly
             conceiving
             that
             no
             man
             could
             attaine
             to
             wealth
             ,
             without
             some
             good
             occupation
             ,
             or
             manufacture
             )
             askt
             him
             ,
             what
             handicraft
             our
             King
             was
             brought
             up
             unto
             ,
             or
             what
             trade
             he
             had
             used
             to
             get
             so
             much
             wealth
             withall
             .
          
           
             I
             admit
             the
             Merchant
             Royall
             ,
             that
             comes
             to
             his
             Profession
             by
             travaile
             and
             Factory
             ,
             full
             fraught
             ,
             and
             free
             adventure
             to
             be
             a
             profession
             worthy
             the
             seeking
             .
             But
             not
             the
             hedge-creeper
             ,
             that
             goes
             to
             seeke
             custome
             from
             shop
             to
             shop
             ,
             with
             a
             Cryll
             under
             his
             arme
             ,
             That
             leapes
             from
             his
             Shop-boord
             to
             the
             Exchange
             ,
             and
             after
             he
             is
             fame-falne
             and
             credit
             crackt
             ,
             in
             two
             or
             three
             other
             professions
             ,
             shall
             wrigle
             into
             this
             and
             that
             ,
             when
             he
             comes
             upon
             the
             Exchange
             ,
             in
             stead
             of
             enquiring
             after
             such
             a
             good
             ship
             ,
             spends
             the
             whole
             houre
             in
             disputing
             ,
             whether
             is
             the
             more
             profitable
             house-keeping
             ,
             either
             with
             powder
             Beefe
             &
             brewes
             ,
             or
             with
             fresh
             Beefe
             and
             Porridge
             :
             though
             (
             God
             wot
             )
             the
             blacke
             Pot
             at
             home
             be
             guilty
             of
             neyther
             .
             And
             so
             he
             departs
             when
             the
             Bell
             rings
             ,
             and
             his
             guts
             rumble
             ,
             both
             to
             one
             tune
             ,
             and
             the
             same
             purpose
             .
          
           
             The
             Merchant
             Royall
             might
             grow
             prosperous
             ,
             were
             it
             not
             for
             such
             poore
             patching
             interloping
             Lapwings
             ,
             that
             have
             an
             adventure
             of
             two
             Chaldron
             of
             Coles
             at
             New-castle
             ;
             As
             much
             oyle
             in
             the
             Greeneland
             fishing
             ,
             as
             will
             serve
             two
             Coblers
             for
             
             the
             whole
             yeare
             ensuing
             .
             And
             an
             other
             at
             Rowsie
             ,
             for
             as
             many
             Fox-skins
             ,
             as
             will
             furre
             his
             Long-lane
             gowne
             ,
             when
             he
             is
             called
             to
             the
             Livorie
             .
          
           
             The
             Shopkeeper
             is
             a
             cleanly
             Trade
             ;
             especially
             ,
             your
             Linnen-Draper
             ,
             which
             company
             hath
             the
             greatest
             Commonalty
             ,
             and
             the
             largest
             priviledges
             of
             all
             other
             ;
             and
             yet
             they
             maintaine
             nothing
             by
             Charter
             ,
             for
             (
             indeed
             )
             they
             have
             none
             .
          
           
             But
             a
             manufacture
             for
             my
             money
             ;
             especially
             ,
             if
             he
             sell
             to
             the
             wearer
             immediately
             .
          
           
             Now
             for
             the
             better
             incouragement
             of
             men
             of
             Trade
             .
             Know
             that
             in
             most
             Companies
             of
             Tradesmen
             incorporate
             (
             especially
             in
             London
             )
             there
             is
             provision
             made
             by
             divers
             benefactors
             of
             their
             Societies
             deceased
             ,
             for
             the
             enabling
             and
             setting
             up
             of
             young
             beginners
             ,
             by
             stockes
             of
             money
             remaining
             in
             the
             hands
             of
             some
             few
             of
             the
             chiefe
             of
             their
             Company
             ,
             (
             how
             faithfully
             disposed
             I
             leave
             to
             their
             owne
             consideration
             .
             )
             But
             surely
             the
             poorer
             sort
             complaine
             much
             of
             the
             misimployment
             of
             it
             generally
             .
          
           
             There
             is
             but
             one
             little
             Crevis
             to
             peepe
             in
             at
             their
             dealings
             .
             And
             that
             is
             betweene
             their
             Masters
             conscience
             ,
             &
             the
             Clarks
             connivence
             ,
             which
             is
             so
             narrow
             ,
             that
             you
             may
             sooner
             discern
             the
             South
             Pole
             through
             the
             maine
             Center
             ,
             than
             discover
             their
             mysterie
             .
          
           
             Indeed
             in
             times
             past
             ,
             the
             Clearkship
             of
             the
             Company
             hath
             beene
             bestowed
             upon
             some
             ancient
             decayed
             member
             of
             the
             Company
             ,
             for
             his
             livelyhood
             .
             But
             the
             Attorney
             and
             Scrivener
             ;
             and
             some
             petty
             Clarkes
             of
             the
             Citie
             ,
             by
             the
             Letters
             of
             ,
             &c.
             pre-occupy
             those
             places
             .
          
           
           
             And
             here
             I
             could
             wish
             for
             righting
             of
             the
             dead
             ,
             and
             releeving
             of
             the
             poorer
             members
             of
             such
             Companies
             ,
             who
             are
             kept
             in
             ignorance
             .
             That
             some
             paines
             were
             taken
             in
             the
             Prerogative
             Office
             ,
             for
             the
             collating
             of
             all
             guifts
             of
             this
             nature
             ,
             to
             be
             publisht
             in
             print
             ,
             that
             the
             meanest
             might
             thereby
             be
             able
             to
             call
             their
             Grand
             Masters
             to
             account
             ,
             if
             they
             abuse
             the
             trust
             in
             them
             reposited
             in
             this
             behalfe
             .
             I
             acknowledge
             the
             youth
             of
             mine
             age
             to
             be
             determined
             .
             And
             (
             God
             knowes
             )
             how
             poore
             a
             remaine
             of
             life
             is
             left
             in
             my
             Glasse
             ,
             yet
             if
             it
             may
             please
             those
             in
             whom
             the
             power
             resteth
             ,
             to
             give
             me
             leave
             to
             search
             
               (
               Gratis
            
             )
             for
             all
             Grants
             and
             guifts
             of
             pious
             use
             in
             all
             kindes
             whatsoever
             .
             I
             could
             willingly
             bestow
             that
             little
             of
             my
             Lampe
             ,
             in
             collection
             of
             these
             things
             ,
             and
             publish
             them
             to
             posterity
             .
             Provided
             alwayes
             ,
             that
             I
             and
             mine
             may
             have
             the
             priviledge
             of
             imprinting
             the
             same
             for
             some
             fitting
             number
             of
             yeares
             to
             come
             .
          
        
         
           
             The
             Navigator
             .
          
           
             NExt
             to
             the
             man
             of
             Trade
             ,
             or
             rather
             equally
             with
             him
             ,
             I
             must
             give
             the
             Navigator
             his
             due
             for
             that
             his
             profession
             is
             as
             full
             of
             science
             ,
             as
             usefull
             to
             the
             Common
             wealth
             ,
             and
             as
             profitable
             to
             himselfe
             as
             any
             trade
             whatsoever
             .
             If
             he
             attaine
             the
             skill
             of
             knowing
             ,
             and
             handling
             the
             tackle
             ,
             the
             certaine
             art
             of
             his
             Compasse
             ;
             the
             knowledge
             of
             languages
             ,
             and
             dispositions
             of
             forreigne
             Nations
             where
             
             he
             travailes
             and
             trades
             ,
             he
             may
             rise
             from
             a
             Squabler
             to
             a
             Master
             ,
             from
             a
             Master
             to
             be
             a
             Generall
             honestly
             ,
             and
             with
             good
             reputation
             in
             a
             short
             time
             .
          
           
             
               The
               Nauigator
               his
               way
               of
               Advancement
               ,
               and
               imployment
               is
               ,
               by
            
             
               
                 The
                 Lords
                 of
                 his
                 Maiesties
                 privie
                 Councell
                 ,
              
            
             
               
                 The
                 High
                 Admirall
              
               :
            
             
               
                 Commissioners
                 for
                 the
                 Kings
                 Navy
              
               :
            
             
               
                 Chiefe
                 Officers
                 of
                 the
                 Navyes
                 of
                 Societies
                 incorporate
                 :
              
            
             
               
                 Private
                 Merchants
              
               ,
               and
               the
               like
               .
            
             
               With
               the
               Trinitie
               house
               .
            
          
           
             But
             if
             he
             get
             to
             be
             an
             Owner
             he
             may
             trade
             as
             free
             as
             bird
             in
             ayre
             ,
             as
             a
             man
             of
             warre
             or
             a
             man
             of
             trade
             ,
             and
             Commerce
             .
             If
             he
             take
             heed
             that
             he
             intrench
             not
             vpon
             the
             incorporated
             Companies
             ,
             especially
             the
             minotaur
             .
             He
             cannot
             do
             amisse
             (
             with
             Gods
             assistnace
             .
             )
             He
             may
             liue
             merrily
             ,
             and
             contentedly
             ,
             be
             it
             but
             in
             trading
             as
             a
             meere
             Carryer
             of
             home
             cōmodities
             .
             Imported
             from
             one
             port
             to
             another
             within
             the
             kingdome
             .
          
        
         
           
             The
             Husbandman
             .
          
           
             THe
             Husbandman
             may
             likewise
             for
             the
             happie
             content
             of
             the
             life
             ,
             and
             the
             honest
             gaine
             which
             it
             brings
             with
             it
             ,
             be
             worthy
             to
             inuite
             a
             right
             good
             mans
             sonne
             to
             vndergoe
             the
             profession
             .
          
           
             Your
             sonne
             whom
             you
             intend
             for
             a
             Husbandman
             ,
             
             must
             be
             of
             a
             disposition
             part
             gentile
             ,
             and
             rusticke
             equally
             mixt
             together
             .
             For
             if
             the
             Gentleman
             be
             predominant
             :
             his
             running
             Nagge
             will
             out
             run
             the
             Constable
             .
             His
             extraordinary
             strong
             Beere
             will
             be
             too
             headstrong
             in
             office
             of
             Church-Warden
             .
             And
             his
             well
             mouthed
             dogges
             will
             make
             him
             out-mouth
             all
             the
             Vestrie
             .
             But
             if
             the
             clowne
             be
             predominant
             he
             will
             smell
             all
             browne
             bread
             and
             garlicke
             .
             Besides
             ,
             he
             must
             be
             of
             a
             hardier
             temper
             than
             the
             rest
             of
             his
             brethren
             ,
             because
             the
             vnhealthfullest
             corners
             of
             the
             Kingdome
             are
             the
             most
             profitable
             for
             Fermors
             .
             He
             must
             especially
             aime
             at
             a
             Tenancie
             vnder
             the
             Crowne
             ,
             or
             some
             
               Bishops
               Sea
               ,
               Deane
            
             and
             Chapter
             ;
             some
             Colledge
             ;
             some
             Companie
             ,
             some
             Hospitall
             ,
             or
             some
             other
             bodie
             incorporate
             .
             Wherein
             the
             Auditor
             or
             Receiver
             ,
             must
             be
             his
             best
             Intelligencer
             ,
             and
             Director
             .
             Young
             vnthrifts
             acquaintance
             when
             they
             first
             arriue
             at
             the
             age
             of
             one
             and
             twentie
             .
             And
             good
             old
             conscionable
             Landlords
             that
             hold
             it
             a
             deadly
             sinne
             to
             raise
             the
             rents
             of
             their
             Grandfathers
             ,
             or
             hope
             to
             be
             deliuered
             out
             of
             Purgatorie
             by
             their
             Tenants
             prayers
             will
             doe
             well
          
           
             
               These
               professions
               before
               mentioned
               ,
               be
               (
               as
               it
               were
               )
               the
               orbs
               to
               receiue
               all
               fixed
               starrs
               ,
               and
               such
               dispositions
               as
               may
               be
               put
               into
               any
               certaine
               frame
               .
            
             
               But
               for
               a
               more
               libertine
               disposition
               ,
               Fit
               it
               with
               the
               profession
               of
               a
               Courtier
               .
            
             
               For
               an
               overflowing
               ,
               and
               Ranker
               disposition
               ,
               make
               him
               a
               Souldier
               .
            
             
               But
               beyond
               this
               he
               is
               a
               lost
               man
               ,
               not
               worthy
               a
               fathers
               remembrance
               ,
               or
               prouidence
               .
            
          
        
         
           
           
             The
             Courtiers
             wayes
             of
             advancement
             be
             these
             :
          
           
             BY
             the
             generall
             and
             most
             ancient
             rule
             of
             Court
             ,
             if
             you
             would
             have
             him
             to
             be
             preferred
             unto
             the
             Kings
             service
             in
             the
             end
             .
             And
             in
             the
             meane
             time
             to
             have
             sufficient
             meanes
             of
             maintenance
             .
             Place
             him
             with
             one
             of
             the
             
               White
               Staves
            
             of
             the
             Houshold
             .
          
           
             By
             the
             more
             particular
             rule
             ,
             (
             if
             you
             can
             )
             put
             him
             unto
             the
             Lord
             High
             Steward
             his
             Service
             (
             who
             amongst
             the
             white
             Staves
             )
             hath
             the
             chiefest
             hand
             in
             preferring
             to
             any
             office
             beneath
             stayres
             .
          
           
             If
             the
             High
             Steward
             be
             full
             ,
             seeke
             to
             the
             Lord
             Chamberlaine
             ,
             who
             hath
             the
             chiefe
             power
             to
             preferre
             to
             the
             places
             above
             stayres
             ,
             and
             to
             the
             Wardrobe
             .
          
           
             And
             if
             there
             be
             no
             entrance
             there
             ,
             then
             seek
             to
             the
             Treasurer
             of
             the
             Houshold
             ,
             and
             next
             to
             the
             Controllor
             .
             The
             Master
             of
             the
             Houshold
             .
             The
             Coferer
             ,
             and
             the
             rest
             of
             the
             greene
             Cloth.
             
          
           
             The
             Master
             of
             the
             Horse
             preferres
             to
             the
             Avenanarie
             and
             other
             Clarkeships
             offices
             ,
             and
             places
             about
             the
             Stable
             .
          
           
             The
             principall
             Secretary
             hath
             heretofore
             had
             a
             great
             hand
             in
             preferring
             to
             the
             Clarkeships
             in
             the
             office
             of
             the
             Signet
             ,
             and
             the
             Lord
             privie
             Seale
             into
             the
             privie
             Seale
             office
             .
          
           
             The
             Master
             of
             the
             great
             Wardrobe
             into
             the
             Clarkeships
             ,
             and
             offices
             there
             .
             The
             Master
             of
             the
             Robes
             .
             The
             Master
             of
             the
             Iewell-house
             ,
             the
             Keeper
             of
             the
             privie
             Purse
             .
             The
             Master
             of
             the
             Toyles
             
             and
             Tents
             with
             some
             other
             the
             like
             have
             whilome
             beene
             the
             meanes
             of
             preferring
             divers
             their
             followers
             into
             the
             service
             of
             the
             King
             ,
             in
             divers
             beneficiall
             places
             ,
             and
             Clarkeships
             ,
             in
             their
             severall
             offices
             respectively
             .
          
           
             The
             Lord
             Treasurer
             without
             the
             house
             ,
             preferres
             to
             his
             Majesties
             service
             ,
             in
             most
             places
             in
             or
             about
             the
             Custome-houses
             ,
             in
             all
             the
             parts
             of
             England
             .
          
           
             And
             besides
             these
             ,
             I
             sinde
             no
             meanes
             used
             of
             old
             ,
             for
             preferment
             into
             the
             Kings
             service
             for
             these
             kind
             of
             places
             .
          
           
             The
             yeomen
             of
             the
             Guard
             ,
             were
             wont
             to
             come
             in
             for
             their
             personage
             ,
             and
             activitie
             by
             their
             Captaines
             allowance
             .
          
           
             And
             the
             Bed-chamber
             mens
             servants
             ,
             ever
             were
             in
             way
             to
             be
             preferred
             for
             Pages
             of
             the
             privie
             Chamber
             ,
             or
             Groomes
             ,
             or
             placed
             at
             the
             back
             staires
             ,
             not
             of
             right
             ,
             but
             of
             custome
             .
          
           
             For
             the
             Clarkes
             of
             the
             Houshold
             ,
             they
             were
             wont
             anciently
             to
             rise
             by
             certaine
             degrees
             ,
             according
             to
             the
             prescription
             of
             the
             
               Black
               Booke
            
             ,
             but
             how
             it
             is
             now
             ,
             I
             know
             not
             .
          
           
             For
             your
             better
             satisfaction
             of
             Court
             Offices
             ,
             their
             order
             and
             Fee.
             Search
             ,
             the
             
               Blacke
               Booke
            
             in
             the
             Exchequer
             ,
             and
             in
             the
             Court.
             And
             for
             all
             Offices
             whatsoever
             under
             the
             King
             ,
             throughout
             the
             whole
             Kingdome
             ;
             Either
             in
             
               Castle
               ,
               Parke
               ,
               Chase
               ,
               Court
               ,
            
             or
             house
             of
             the
             Kings
             royalty
             or
             place
             soever
             ,
             with
             the
             then
             Fees
             of
             the
             same
             ,
             I
             referre
             you
             to
             a
             booke
             .
             Whereof
             many
             hundred
             Copies
             are
             extant
             ,
             which
             was
             collected
             by
             the
             Lord
             
               Treasurer
               Burleigh
            
             ,
             and
             
             by
             him
             delivered
             to
             the
             late
             Queene
             Elizabeth
             of
             famous
             memorie
             .
             And
             so
             much
             for
             the
             Courtier
             .
          
        
         
           
             The
             Souldier
             followes
             .
          
           
             ANd
             the
             question
             is
             first
             .
          
           
             Whether
             the
             better
             way
             of
             thriving
             ,
             is
             to
             be
             a
             Sea
             Soldier
             ,
             or
             a
             Land
             Soldier
             .
          
           
             Questionlesse
             the
             better
             way
             of
             thriving
             is
             to
             be
             a
             Sea
             Soldier
             .
             In
             this
             Kingdome
             of
             England
             being
             an
             Island
             ,
             for
             that
             he
             is
             more
             vsefull
             to
             his
             Country
             .
             More
             learning
             is
             required
             to
             be
             a
             Sea
             Soldier
             than
             to
             be
             a
             Land
             Soldier
             .
             A
             Sea
             Soldier
             is
             certaine
             of
             victuals
             ,
             and
             wages
             ;
             where
             the
             Land
             Soldiers
             pay
             will
             hardly
             find
             him
             sustenance
             .
             A
             Sea
             Soldier
             may
             now
             and
             than
             chaunce
             to
             haue
             a
             snapp
             at
             a
             bootie
             or
             a
             price
             which
             may
             in
             an
             instant
             make
             him
             a
             fortune
             for
             ever
             ;
             where
             the
             Land
             Soldier
             may
             in
             an
             age
             come
             to
             the
             ransacking
             of
             a
             poore
             fisher
             Towne
             at
             the
             most
             .
          
           
             More
             valour
             is
             required
             in
             a
             Sea
             Soldier
             than
             in
             a
             Land
             Soldier
             ;
             because
             the
             extremitie
             of
             the
             place
             requires
             it
             .
             The
             Sea
             Captaine
             is
             exposed
             to
             as
             much
             danger
             during
             the
             whole
             fight
             as
             the
             poorest
             man
             in
             the
             Ship
             ;
             where
             the
             land
             Captaine
             vseth
             but
             to
             offer
             his
             men
             to
             the
             face
             of
             the
             enemy
             ,
             and
             than
             retreateth
             .
          
           
             The
             way
             to
             rise
             to
             preferment
             at
             Sea
             ,
             is
             by
             the
             Admiralls
             Countenance
             ,
             and
             the
             
               Vice
               Admiralls
            
             in
             the
             Kings
             seruice
             ,
             or
             in
             other
             service
             by
             the
             favour
             of
             great
             traded
             Merchants
             ,
             and
             especially
             of
             your
             
             bodies
             incorporate
             :
             and
             their
             chiefe
             Officers
             ;
             and
             more
             especially
             their
             President
             ,
             and
             Treasurer
             for
             the
             time
             being
             .
          
           
             His
             breeding
             is
             a
             matter
             of
             more
             moment
             than
             his
             age
             regardeth
             .
          
           
             If
             he
             be
             true
             bred
             ,
             he
             should
             be
             first
             made
             a
             perfect
             Nauigator
             able
             to
             direct
             the
             Sterage
             of
             their
             course
             ,
             able
             to
             know
             the
             tackle
             ,
             and
             appoint
             every
             Sayler
             to
             his
             charge
             .
             He
             should
             know
             what
             number
             of
             Saylors
             ,
             what
             Ordinance
             ,
             and
             what
             munition
             should
             be
             requisite
             for
             a
             Ship
             of
             such
             a
             burden
             .
          
           
             He
             should
             be
             a
             skilfull
             Caneere
             ,
             and
             able
             to
             direct
             the
             Gunner
             ,
             to
             say
             what
             quantity
             of
             powder
             a
             Peece
             of
             such
             bore
             ond
             depth
             requireth
             ,
             and
             of
             what
             weight
             the
             bullet
             should
             be
             where
             such
             a
             quantity
             of
             powder
             is
             vsed
             ,
             whether
             the
             Peece
             be
             sound
             or
             hony-combed
             .
             He
             should
             be
             able
             to
             know
             and
             direct
             what
             quantity
             of
             victuall
             should
             be
             required
             for
             so
             many
             men
             ,
             for
             such
             a
             voyage
             .
             And
             what
             quantity
             of
             powder
             and
             shot
             .
          
           
             Also
             ,
             to
             ouersee
             and
             direct
             the
             Purser
             and
             Steward
             in
             the
             expence
             of
             their
             victuall
             without
             profusenesse
             ,
             or
             too
             much
             percemonie
             .
          
           
             Likewise
             skilfull
             in
             all
             manner
             of
             Fire-workes
             and
             fitting
             Engines
             for
             sea
             fight
             .
          
           
             Briefly
             ,
             he
             should
             be
             so
             compleat
             ,
             as
             that
             none
             should
             be
             able
             to
             teach
             him
             in
             his
             place
             ,
             and
             he
             skilfull
             to
             controle
             every
             other
             in
             their
             places
             .
             He
             should
             be
             courteous
             and
             louing
             to
             his
             men
             .
             Aboue
             all
             things
             he
             should
             be
             zealous
             of
             the
             honour
             of
             God.
             See
             that
             the
             divine
             service
             be
             duely
             read
             on
             board
             Evening
             and
             Morning
             ,
             and
             that
             swearing
             be
             severely
             punished
             .
             A
             Sea
             Captaine
             ,
             is
             not
             a
             place
             for
             a
             young
             
             man
             to
             leape
             into
             instantly
             ,
             and
             imediately
             out
             of
             a
             Ladies
             Vshership
             ;
             a
             Great
             mans
             bed
             chamber
             ,
             or
             a
             Littletons
             discipleship
             .
          
           
             It
             is
             not
             your
             feathered
             Gallant
             of
             the
             Court
             ,
             nor
             your
             Tauerne
             Roarer
             of
             the
             Citie
             ,
             becomes
             this
             place
             I
             assure
             you
             .
          
           
             I
             find
             not
             any
             
               Meson
               de
               dieu
            
             for
             relieving
             of
             mayned
             Marriners
             only
             ,
             but
             that
             erected
             at
             Chattam
             by
             Sir
             
               Iohn
               Hawkins
            
             Knight
             ,
             Treasurer
             of
             the
             Navie
             of
             the
             late
             Q.
             Elizabeth
             ;
             wherein
             it
             was
             provided
             ,
             that
             there
             should
             be
             a
             deduction
             of
             Sixpence
             by
             the
             Moneth
             ,
             out
             of
             every
             man
             and
             boy
             their
             wages
             in
             every
             voyage
             towards
             the
             same
             .
             Which
             I
             could
             wish
             were
             aswell
             imployed
             as
             collected
             .
          
        
         
           
             The
             Land-Souldier
             followes
             .
          
           
             IF
             the
             Land-Souldier
             thinke
             to
             thrive
             and
             rise
             by
             degrees
             of
             service
             ,
             from
             a
             Common
             Souldier
             to
             a
             Captaine
             in
             this
             age
             ,
             (
             alas
             )
             hee
             is
             much
             deceived
             .
          
           
             That
             custome
             is
             obsolete
             ,
             and
             growne
             out
             of
             use
             .
             Doe
             what
             he
             can
             doe
             in
             Land-service
             ,
             hee
             shall
             hardly
             rise
             by
             his
             single
             merit
             .
          
           
             His
             happinesse
             shall
             be
             but
             to
             fill
             his
             hungry
             belly
             ,
             and
             Satiate
             himselfe
             upon
             a
             Pay
             day
             .
          
           
             But
             if
             hee
             be
             of
             Kinne
             ,
             or
             a
             favourite
             to
             some
             great
             Officer
             ,
             hee
             may
             carry
             the
             Colours
             the
             first
             day
             ,
             bee
             a
             Lieutenant
             the
             second
             ,
             and
             a
             Captaine
             before
             he
             knowes
             how
             many
             dayes
             goe
             to
             the
             weeke
             in
             their
             Regiment
             .
          
           
             The
             Land-service
             where
             a
             man
             may
             learne
             most
             experience
             of
             Warre
             discipline
             ,
             is
             in
             the
             Low-Countries
             ,
             
             by
             reason
             of
             the
             long
             exercise
             of
             Warres
             and
             variety
             of
             Stratagems
             there
             .
          
           
             Beyond
             that
             Northward
             ,
             the
             service
             is
             both
             more
             unprofitable
             and
             more
             dangerous
             ,
             and
             lesse
             experience
             is
             to
             be
             there
             learned
             .
          
           
             The
             more
             your
             Sonne
             turnes
             his
             face
             to
             the
             South
             the
             more
             profitable
             the
             Land-service
             is
             .
          
           
             Lastly
             ,
             if
             hee
             have
             no
             friend
             or
             kindred
             to
             raise
             him
             in
             the
             Land-service
             ,
             I
             assure
             you
             that
             there
             is
             no
             Law
             against
             buying
             and
             selling
             of
             Offices
             in
             the
             Low-Countries
             ,
             for
             ought
             that
             I
             have
             read
             .
             Neither
             is
             it
             markable
             amongst
             them
             .
          
           
             After
             the
             Souldier
             returnes
             home
             ,
             it
             makes
             no
             matter
             what
             number
             of
             wounds
             hee
             can
             reckon
             about
             him
             .
          
           
             All
             the
             wayes
             of
             reliefe
             for
             him
             that
             I
             can
             number
             are
             these
             :
          
           
             
               A
               poore
               Knights
               place
               of
               Windsor
               ;
               If
               the
               Herald
               report
               him
               a
               Gentleman
               ,
               And
               the
               Knights
               of
               the
               Honourable
               Order
               of
               the
               Garter
               will
               accept
               him
               .
            
             
               A
               Brother
               of
               Suttons
               Hospitall
               ;
               If
               the
               Feoffees
               have
               not
               Servants
               of
               their
               owne
               to
               preferre
               before
               him
               .
            
             
               A
               Pensioner
               of
               the
               County
               ;
               If
               the
               lustices
               find
               him
               worthy
               .
               And
               that
               hee
               was
               prest
               forth
               of
               the
               same
               County
               .
               Saint
               Thomas
               in
               Southwarke
               ,
               and
               St.
               
                 Bartholmews
                 ,
                 Smithfield
              
               ;
               onely
               till
               their
               wounds
               or
               diseases
               be
               cured
               and
               no
               longer
               .
               And
               that
               if
               the
               Masters
               of
               the
               sayd
               Hospitals
               please
               to
               receive
               them
               .
            
          
           
             For
             the
             Savoy
             where
             Souldiers
             had
             a
             foundation
             ,
             I
             know
             none
             now
             .
          
           
           
             And
             other
             Houses
             appropriated
             for
             reliefe
             of
             Souldiers
             now
             in
             use
             I
             remember
             none
             .
          
           
             For
             the
             chiefe
             are
             long
             since
             demolished
             .
             The
             Templarij
             are
             gone
             .
             The
             Knights
             of
             St.
             Iohn
             of
             Ierusalem
             forgotten
             .
             That
             famous
             House
             upon
             
               Lincolne
               greene
            
             is
             rac'd
             to
             the
             ground
             .
             And
             many
             the
             like
             now
             better
             knowne
             by
             the
             Records
             than
             the
             remaines
             of
             their
             ruines
             with
             their
             Revenue
             ,
             are
             all
             diverted
             from
             the
             uses
             of
             their
             first
             foundation
             to
             private
             and
             peculiar
             Inheritances
             ,
             which
             I
             pity
             more
             than
             the
             dissolution
             of
             all
             the
             Monasteries
             that
             ever
             were
             .
          
           
             Heere
             you
             see
             ,
             is
             preferment
             enough
             for
             your
             sixe
             Sonnes
             though
             you
             bestow
             every
             one
             upon
             a
             severall
             Profession
             .
             Onely
             take
             this
             generall
             Rule
             for
             all
             ,
             viz.
             
          
           
             To
             what
             course
             soever
             your
             sonnes
             shall
             betake
             them
             .
             Bee
             sure
             that
             they
             all
             have
             Crammar
             learning
             at
             the
             least
             .
             So
             shall
             they
             bee
             able
             to
             receive
             and
             reteyne
             the
             impression
             of
             any
             the
             said
             Professions
             .
             And
             otherwise
             ,
             shall
             scarce
             possibly
             become
             Masters
             in
             the
             same
             ,
             or
             any
             one
             of
             them
             .
             Or
             if
             they
             doe
             ,
             It
             will
             bee
             with
             more
             than
             ordinary
             paines
             and
             difficulty
             .
          
        
         
           
             Your
             three
             Daughters
             challenge
             the
             next
             place
             .
          
           
             FOr
             theyr
             Portions
             ,
             I
             shewed
             you
             before
             ;
             how
             and
             when
             to
             raise
             them
             .
             That
             is
             ,
             by
             the
             Marriage
             of
             your
             eldest
             Sonne
             ,
             or
             out
             of
             that
             part
             of
             your
             personall
             estate
             which
             you
             may
             spare
             without
             prejudice
             of
             your selfe
             .
          
           
           
             I
             would
             have
             their
             breeding
             like
             to
             the
             
               Dutch
               Womans
            
             clothing
             ,
             tending
             to
             profit
             onely
             and
             comelinesse
             .
          
           
             Though
             she
             never
             have
             a
             dancing
             Schoole-Master
             ,
             A
             French
             Tutor
             ,
             nor
             a
             Scotch
             Taylor
             ,
             to
             make
             her
             shoulders
             of
             the
             breadth
             of
             Bristow
             Cowsway
             .
             It
             makes
             no
             matter
             .
             For
             working
             in
             curious
             Italiā
             purles
             ,
             or
             French
             borders
             ,
             it
             is
             not
             worth
             the
             while
             .
             Let
             them
             learne
             plaine
             workes
             of
             all
             kind
             ,
             so
             they
             take
             heed
             of
             too
             open
             seaming
             .
             In
             stead
             of
             Song
             and
             Musicke
             ,
             let
             them
             learne
             Cookery
             and
             Laundrie
             .
             And
             in
             stead
             of
             reading
             Sir
             
               Philip
               Sidneys
               Arcadia
            
             ,
             let
             them
             read
             the
             grounds
             of
             good
             huswifery
             .
             I
             like
             not
             a
             female
             Poetresse
             at
             any
             hand
             .
             Let
             greater
             personages
             glory
             their
             skill
             in
             musicke
             ,
             the
             posture
             of
             their
             bodies
             ,
             their
             knowledge
             in
             languages
             ,
             the
             greatnesse
             ,
             and
             freedome
             of
             their
             spirits
             :
             and
             their
             arts
             in
             arreigning
             of
             mens
             affections
             ,
             at
             their
             flattering
             faces
             .
             This
             is
             not
             the
             way
             to
             breed
             a
             private
             Gentlemans
             Daughter
             .
          
           
             If
             the
             mother
             of
             them
             be
             a
             good
             Huswife
             ,
             and
             Religiously
             disposed
             ,
             let
             her
             have
             the
             bringing
             up
             of
             one
             of
             them
             .
             Place
             the
             other
             two
             forth
             betimes
             ,
             and
             before
             they
             can
             judge
             of
             a
             good
             manly
             leg
             .
          
           
             The
             one
             in
             the
             house
             of
             some
             good
             Merchant
             ,
             or
             Citizen
             of
             civill
             and
             Religious
             government
             ,
             The
             other
             in
             the
             house
             of
             some
             Lawyer
             ,
             some
             Iudge
             ,
             or
             well
             reported
             Iustice
             or
             Gentleman
             of
             the
             Country
             ,
             where
             the
             Servingman
             is
             not
             too
             predominant
             .
             In
             any
             of
             these
             she
             may
             learne
             what
             belongs
             to
             her
             improvement
             ,
             for
             Sempstrie
             ,
             for
             Confectionary
             ,
             and
             all
             requisits
             of
             Huswifery
             .
             She
             shall
             be
             sure
             to
             be
             restrained
             of
             all
             ranke
             company
             ,
             and
             unfitting
             libertie
             ;
             which
             
             
             
             
             
             
             
             
             
             
             
             
             
             
             
             
             
             
             
             
             
             
             
             
             
             
             
             
             
             
             
             
             
             
             
             
             
             
             
             
             
             
             
             
             
             
             
             
             
             
             
             
             
             are
             the
             overthrow
             of
             too
             many
             of
             their
             Sexe
             .
          
           
             There
             is
             a
             pretty
             way
             of
             breeding
             young
             Maides
             an
             Exchange
             shop
             ,
             or
             St.
             
               Martins
               le
               grand
            
             .
             But
             many
             of
             them
             get
             such
             a
             foolish
             Crick
             with
             carrying
             the
             Bandbox
             under
             their
             Apron
             to
             Gentlemens
             Chambers
             ,
             that
             in
             the
             end
             it
             is
             hard
             to
             distinguish
             whether
             it
             be
             their
             belly
             or
             their
             bandbox
             makes
             such
             a
             goodly
             show
             .
          
           
             And
             in
             a
             trade
             where
             a
             woman
             is
             sole
             Chapman
             ,
             she
             claimes
             such
             a
             preheminence
             over
             her
             husband
             ,
             that
             she
             will
             not
             be
             held
             to
             give
             him
             an
             account
             of
             her
             dealings
             ,
             eyther
             in
             retaile
             ,
             or
             whole
             saile
             at
             any
             rate
             .
          
           
             The
             Merchants
             Factor
             ,
             and
             Citizens
             servant
             of
             the
             better
             sort
             ,
             cannot
             disparage
             your
             Daughters
             with
             their
             Societie
             .
          
           
             And
             the
             
               Iudges
               ,
               Lawyers
            
             ,
             and
             Iustices
             followers
             ,
             are
             not
             ordinary
             Servingmen
             ,
             but
             men
             of
             good
             breed
             ,
             and
             their
             education
             for
             the
             most
             part
             Clarkely
             ,
             whose
             service
             promiseth
             their
             farther
             and
             future
             advancement
             .
          
           
             Your
             Daughter
             at
             home
             will
             make
             a
             good
             wife
             for
             some
             good
             Yeomans
             eldest
             Sonne
             ,
             whose
             father
             will
             be
             glad
             to
             crowne
             his
             sweating
             frugality
             ,
             with
             alliance
             to
             such
             a
             house
             of
             Gentry
             .
          
           
             The
             youngmans
             fingers
             will
             itch
             to
             be
             handling
             of
             Taffata
             ,
             and
             to
             be
             placed
             at
             the
             Table
             ,
             and
             to
             be
             carved
             unto
             by
             
               Mistris
               Dorothie
            
             ,
             it
             will
             make
             him
             and
             the
             good
             plaine
             old
             Ione
             his
             Mother
             ,
             to
             passe
             over
             all
             respect
             of
             Portion
             or
             Patrimony
             .
          
           
             For
             your
             Daughter
             at
             the
             Merchants
             ,
             and
             her
             sister
             if
             they
             can
             carry
             it
             wittily
             ,
             the
             City
             affords
             them
             varietie
             .
          
           
           
             The
             young
             Factor
             being
             fancy-caught
             in
             his
             days
             of
             Innocency
             ,
             &
             before
             he
             travaile
             so
             farre
             into
             experience
             as
             into
             forreigne
             Countries
             ,
             may
             lay
             such
             a
             foundation
             of
             first
             love
             in
             her
             bosome
             ,
             as
             no
             alteration
             of
             Climate
             can
             alter
             .
          
           
             So
             likewise
             ,
             may
             Thomas
             the
             fore-man
             of
             the
             Shop
             ,
             when
             beard
             comes
             to
             him
             ,
             as
             Apprentiship
             goes
             from
             him
             ,
             be
             intangled
             and
             belymed
             with
             the
             like
             springs
             .
             For
             the
             better
             is
             as
             easily
             surprized
             as
             the
             worse
             .
          
           
             Some
             of
             your
             Clarkly
             men
             complaine
             the
             moysture
             of
             their
             palmes
             .
             Others
             the
             Sorpego
             in
             their
             wrists
             ,
             both
             movin●●●anes
             .
          
           
             With
             a
             little
             patience
             your
             daughter
             may
             light
             upon
             some
             Counsailor
             at
             Law
             ,
             who
             may
             be
             willing
             to
             take
             the
             young
             Wench
             ,
             in
             hope
             of
             favour
             with
             the
             old
             Iudge
             .
             An
             Attorney
             will
             be
             glad
             to
             give
             all
             his
             profits
             of
             a
             
               Michaelmas
               Terme
            
             ,
             Fees
             and
             all
             ,
             but
             to
             wooe
             her
             through
             a
             Crevice
             .
             And
             the
             Parson
             of
             the
             Parish
             being
             her
             Ladies
             Chaplaine
             ,
             will
             forsweare
             eating
             of
             Tithe
             Pig
             ,
             for
             a
             whole
             yeare
             ,
             for
             such
             a
             parcell
             of
             Glebe
             Land
             at
             all
             times
             .
          
           
             
               And
               so
               much
               for
               your
               Sonnes
               and
               Daughters
               .
            
          
           
             I
             now
             espy
             mine
             Host
             of
             the
             Bull
             here
             in
             
               Saint
               Albans
            
             standing
             at
             his
             doore
             upon
             his
             left
             leg
             like
             to
             the
             old
             Drummer
             of
             Parish-garden
             ,
             ready
             to
             entertaine
             us
             .
          
           
             Therefore
             I
             will
             here
             conclude
             with
             that
             of
             the
             Poet.
             
             
               
                 
                   —
                   Navibus
                   atque
                
                 
                   Quadragis
                   petimus
                   benevivere
                   ,
                   quod
                   pet
                   is
                   hic
                   est
                   ,
                
                 
                   Est
                   Anglis
                   ,
                   animus
                   si
                   te
                   ,
                   non
                   deficit
                   equus
                   .
                
              
            
          
        
         
           FINIS
           .
        
      
    
     
       
         
         
           LONDON
           ,
           Printed
           by
           B.
           ALSOP
           and
           T.
           FAVVCET
           for
           
             Ben
             :
             Fisher
          
           ,
           and
           are
           to
           bee
           sold
           at
           his
           Shop
           at
           the
           signe
           of
           the
           Talbot
           in
           Aldersgate-street
           .
           1631.