He said to be gouty-handed. He holds it next his creed, that no coward can be an honest man, and dare die in't. He doth not thinke his body yeelds a more spreading shadow after a victory then before; and when he looks upon his enemies dead body, 'tis with a kind of noble heavines, not insultation; he is so honourably mercifull to women in surprizall, that onely that makes him an excellent courtier. knowes, the hazard of battels, not the pompe of ceremonies, are souldiers best theaters, and strives to gaine reputation, not by the multitude, but by the greatnes of his actions. He is the first in giving the charge, and the last in retiring his foot. Equall toyle hee endures with the common souldier: from his example they all take fire, as one torch lights many. He understands in warre, there is no meane to erre twice; the first, and least fault being sufficient to ruine an army: faults therefore he pardons none; they that are presidents of disorder, or mutiny, repaire it by being examples of his justice. Besiege him never so strictly, so long as the ayre not cut from him, his heart faints not. Hee hath learned as well to make use of a victory, as to get it, and in pursuing his enemie like a whirle-wind carries all afore him; being assured, if ever a man will benefit himselfe upon his foe, then is the time, when they have lost force, wisdome, courage, and reputation. The goodnes of his cause is the speciall is motive to his valour; never is he knowne to slight the weak'st enemy that comes arm'd against him in the hand of justice. Hasty and overmuch heat he accounts the step-dame to all great actions, that will not suffer them to thrive: if he cannot overcome his enemy by force, he does it by time. If ever he shake hands with war, he can die more calmly then most courtiers, for his continuall dangers have beene as it were so many meditations of death; he thinkes not out of his owne calling, when he accounts life a continuall warfare, and his prayers then best become him when armed cap à pe. Hee utters them like the great Hebrew generall, on horseback. He casts a smiling contempt upon calumny, it meets him as if glasse should encounter adamant. He thinks warre is never to be given ore, but on one of these three conditions: an assured peace, absolute victory, or an honest death. Lastly, when peace folds him up, his silver head should lean neere the golden scepter, and dye in his princes bosome. A vaine-glorious Coward in Command S one, that hath bought his place, or come to it by some noble-mans letter: he loves a life dead payes, yet wishes they may rather happen in his company by the scurvy, then by a battell. View him at a muster, and he goes with such noise, as if his body were the wheelebarrow that carried his judgement rumbling to drill his souldiers. No man can worse define betweene pride and noble courtesie: he that salutes him not so farre as a pistoll carries levell, gives him the disgust or affront, chuse you whether. Hee traines by the booke, and reckons so many postures of the pike and musket, as if he were counting at noddy. When he comes at first upon a camisado, he lookes like the foure winds in painting, as if hee would blow away the enemy; but at the very first on-set, suffers feare and trembling to dresse themselves in his face apparantly. He scornes any man should take place before him yet at the entring of a breach, he hath been so humble-minded, as to let his lieutenant lead his troopes for him. He is so sure arm'd for taking hurt, that he seldome does any and while he is putting on his armes, he is thinking what summe he can make to satisfie his ransome. He will raile openly against all the great commanders of the adverse party; yet in his owne conscience allowes them for better men: such is the nature of his feare, that contrary to all other filthy qualities it makes him thinke better of another man then himselfe. The first part of him that is set a running, is his eye-sight when that is once struck with terrour, all the costive physicke in the world cannot stay him; if ever he do any thing beyond his owne heart, 'tis for a knighthood, and he is the first kneeles for't without bidding. A Pyrate RULY defined, is a bold traytor; for he fortifies a castle against the king. Give him sea-roome in never so small a vessell, and like a witch in a sieve, you would thinke he were going to make merry with the devill. Of all callings his is the most desperate, for he will not leave off his theeving, though he be in a narrow prison, and looke every day (by tempest or fight) for execution. He is one plague the devill hath added, to make the sea more terrible then a storme ; and his heart is so hardned in that rugged element, that hee cannot repent, though he view his grave (before him) continually open: he hath so little of his owne, that the house he sleeps in is stoln; all the necessities of life he filches, but one: he cannot steale a sound sleep, for his troubled conscience. Hee is very gentle to those under him, yet his rule is the horriblest tyranny in the world, for he gives licence to all rape, murder, and cruelty, in his own example: what he gets, is small use to him, onely lives by it, (somewhat the longer) to do a little more service to his belly; for he throwes away his treasure upon the shore in riot, as if he cast it into the sea. He is a cruell hawke that flies at all but his owne kind: and as a whale never comes a-shore but when shee is wounded; so he very seldome, but for his necessities. Hee is the merchants book, that serves onely to reckon up his losses; a perpetuall plague to noble traffique, the hurican of the sea, and the earth-quake of the exchange. Yet for all this give him but his pardon, and forgive him restitution, he may live to know the inside of a church, and die on this side Wapping. An ordinarie Fencer S a fellow, that beside shaving of cudgels, hath a good insight into the world, for hee hath long beene beaten to it. Flesh and bloud he is, like other men; but surely nature meant him stockfish: his, and a dancing-schoole, are inseparable adjuncts; and are bound, though both stinke of sweat most abominable, neither shall complaine of annoyance: three large bavins set up his trade, with a bench, which (in the vacation of the afternoone) he uses for his day-bed for a firkin to pisse in, he shall be allowed that, by those make Allom: when hee comes on the stage at his prize, he makes a legge seven severall wayes, and |