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Show EN-GLIS L Regale. Dominium Politicum dicitur quafi Regimen plurium Scientia, Jive Confilio minifiratam. The Kyn of Scotts reynith upon his People by this Lawe widelicet, Regimine Politico Regali And as Dio ATGE dome beganne, of and by, the Might of the Prince and the other beganne, by the Defier and Inftitu tion of the People of the fame Prince dorus Syculus faith, in his Boke de prifeis Hiftoriis Of the works of Sir Thomas More it was neceffary to give a larger {pecimen, both becauvfe our language was then in a great degree formed an fettled, and becaufe it appears from Ben Fonfon that his works were confidered as models of pur Saba Th and elegant ftyle becaufe earlielt written The Realme of Egygte is rulid by the fame Lawe and therfor the Kyng therof chaungith not hi Lawes, without the Aflent of his People. And i like forme as he faith is ruled the Kyngdome o 1111 NIGI i Felic Arabia an th Lon of Libie And alfo the more parte of al the Realmys i Afrike. Which manner of Rule and Lordfhip, th fayd Diodorus in that Boke, prayfith gretely, Fo it is not only good for the Prince, that may thereb the more fewerly do Juftice, than by his owne Arbitriment; but it is alfo good for his People tha receyve therby, fuch Juftice as they defyer themfelf No as m feymth, it y fhewy tive reader will, in perufing our old writers, often remark, that the familiar and colloquial part o our language, being diffufed among thofe claffe who had no ambition of refinement, or affeétatio of novelty, has fuffered very little change. Ther is another reafon why the extracts from this autho opinl ynough, why one Kyng rulyth and reynith on hi Peopl Dominio tantum Regali an that other rey nith Dominio Politico & Regali : For that one KyngA merry ieft how a fergeant woul learne to playe the frere, Written by maifter Thomas More i hys youth YSE men alway Affyrme and fay That beft is for a man Diligently For to apply ‘The bufinefs that he can And in no wyle To enterpryfe An other faculte For he that wyll And can no fkyll Is neuer lyke to the He that hath lafte The hofiers crafte And falleth to making fhone The {mythe that fhall To payntyng fall His thrift 1s well nigh done A blacke draper ‘With whyte paper To goe to writyng {cole An olde butler Becum a cutler I wene fhall proue a fole And an olde trot Thatcan I wot Nothyng but kiffe the cup With her phifick ‘Wil kepe on ficke tale, which is placed firft will thow what an atten are more copious : his works are carefully and cor reCtly printed, and may therefore be better trufte than any other edition of the &nglifb books of that or the preceding ages A man of lawe That neuer fawe The wayes to bye and fell Wenyng to ryfe By marchaundife I wifh to fpede hym well A marchaunt eke That wyll goo feke By all the meanes he may To fall in fute Tyll he difpute His money cleane away That thriftly was Or he coulde pas Rapped about the pate Whyle that he woul See how he could A little play the frere Now yf you wyll Knowe how it fyll Take hede and ye fhall here It happed fo Not long ago A thrifty man there dyed An hundred pounde Pletyng the lawe For euery ftrawe Shall proue a thrifty man Of nobles rounde With bate and ftrife His fonne he wolde Or a pedlar I have hard fay Ware a medlar That many a man certefle Hath with good caft Be ryche at laft In theology All that enfue Suche craftes new - They driue fo farre a caft That euermore That had he layd a fide Should haue this golde For to beginne with all But to fuffif His chylde, well thrife That money was to imal Yet or this da But by my life I cannot tell you whan ‘Whan an hatte Wiyll go fmatter In philcfophy They do therfore Befhrewe themfelfe at laft This thing was trye And verefyed Here by a fergeaunt late That hath begonne with leffe But this yonge manne So well beganne His money to imploy That certainly His policy To fee it was a joy Tyll the have foufed hym vp st iVor.T1 o [i Fo |