The Closet of Counsells conteining The aduice of diuers wyse Philosophers, touchinge sundry morall matters, in Poesies, Preceptes, Prouerbes, and Parrables, translated, and collected out of diuers aucthors, into Englishe Verse: by Edmond Eluiden. Wherunto is anexed a pithy and pleasant discription of the abuses: and vanities of the vvorlde |
Of a Souldiers dewtye. |
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Of a Souldiers dewtye.
It dothe behoue a Souldier bestein batayle or in fyghte,
That he do truste more to his wytte
and pollisye then mighte,
For wytte in scyrmyshe proffits fare
and warres doth more preuayle,
Thē strēgth of thousands whch by forse
greate dayngers maye assayle.
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