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 good Captayne. |
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Of a good Captayne.
A lustye captayne which should leadan armye, ought retayne
These fower thynges or els hys force
is frustrate and in vayne:
Fyrst perfecte knowledge of the warrs
then valyantnes of harte:
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to ratyfye his parte:
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