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fecere disertum? What is filthier than a drunken man, to whom there is stink in the mouth, trembling in the body; who uttereth foolish things, and revealeth secret things; whose mind is alienate, and face transformed? There is no secrecy where drunkenness rules; nay, what other mischief doth it not design? Whom have not plentiful cups made eloquent and talking?

When Diogenes saw a house to be sold, whereof the owner was given to drink, I thought at the last, quoth Diogenes, he would spew out a whole house; sciebam inquit, quod domum tandem evo

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GOD.

Now, for the world, I know it too well to persuade thee to dive into the practices thereof; rather stand upon thine own guard against all that tempt thee thereunto, or may practise upon thee in thy conscience, thy reputation, or thy purse; resolve that no man is wise or safe, but he that is honest.

Serve God, let him be the author of all thy actions, commend all thy endeavours to him that must either wither or prosper them, please him with prayer, lest if he frown he confound all thy fortunes and labours, like the drops of rain on the sandy ground. Let my experienced advice, and fatherly instructions, sink deep into thy heart, So God

direct thee in all his ways, and fill thy heart with his grace!"

Four editions of these Instructions (the earliest 1 believe in 12, 1632) were published before the first collection of Ralegh's Remains in 1651, in which they have since been frequently reprinted; also in Birch's Works of Ralegh, II, 341.

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EPISTLE DEDICATORY, PREFIXED BY JOHN HOOKER (ALIAS VOWELL) TO HIS TRANSLATION AND CONTINUATION OF THE CHRONICLES OF IRELAND.

(Printed in HOLINSHED's Chronicles, Vol. II, folio, 1586.)

To the Right Worthy and Honourable Gentleman, Sir Walter
Ralegh, Knight, Seneschall of the Duchies of Cornwall and
Excester, and Lord-warden of the Stannaries in Devon and
Carnwall, John Hooker wisheth a long, a happy, and a pros-
perous life, with the increase of honour.

'AMONG all the infinite good blessings, righthonourable, which the Lord God hath bestowed upon us, I think none more expedient and necessary than the use and knowledge of histories and chronicles; which are the most assured registers of the innumerable benefits and commodities which have, and daily do grow to, the church of God, and to the eivil government throughout all nations.

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they drew from the examples of their ancestors before them. And, forasmuch as such is the value and virtue of the footsteps of our forefathers, I trust it shall not be offensive unto you, that I do a little digress, and speak somewhat of yourself and of your ancestors, who the more honourable they were in their times, the greater cause have you to look into the same; that what in some of your later forefathers was consopited may not you be consepulted, but roused and raised into its former and pristinate state. And forasmuch as I am somewhat acquainted in their descents, let me make bold with you to lay the same down before you.

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There were sundry of your ancestors by the name of Ralegh, who were of great account and nobility, and allied as well to the Courtneys, earls of Devon, as to other houses of great honour and nobility, and in sundry succeeding descents were honoured with the degree of knighthood. One of them, being your ancestor in the directest line, was named Sir John de Ralegh, who then dwelled in the house of Furdell in Devon, an ancient house of your ancestors, and of their ancient inheritance; and which at these presents is in the possession of your eldest brother. This knight married the daughter and heir to Sir Roger D'amerei, or de Amerei, whom our English chronicles do name Lord de Amerie, who was a nobleman, and of great lineage, and descended of the earls de Amercie in Britain, and allied to the earls of Montfort in the same duchy and province. This man being come over into Eng.. land did serve in the court, and by the good pleasure of God, and the good liking of the king, he married the Lady Elizabeth, the third sister and co-heir to the noble Gilbert earl of Clare and of Glocester, who was slain in the battle of Banokes. borough in Scotland, in the time of King Edward II. This earl died sans issue, he being the son, and the said Lady Elizabeth the daughter, to Gilbert de Clare, earl of Glocester, by his wife the Lady Jane de Acres or Acon, daughter to King Edward I. This Gilbert descended of Robert earl

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