This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1862 Excerpt: ...diet, and consequently of your complexion; remember, Gratiot est veniens in pulchro corpore virtus When you play at weapons, I would have you get thick caps and brasers, and play out your play lustily, for indeed tricks and dalliances are nothing in earnest, for the time of the one and the other greatly diners: and use ...
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This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1862 Excerpt: ...diet, and consequently of your complexion; remember, Gratiot est veniens in pulchro corpore virtus When you play at weapons, I would have you get thick caps and brasers, and play out your play lustily, for indeed tricks and dalliances are nothing in earnest, for the time of the one and the other greatly diners: and use as well the blows as the thrust; iftt. A MODEL FOR WELL-DISPOSED YOUNG GENTLEMEN. 279 it is good in itself, and besides exerciseth your breath and strength, and will make you a strong man at the tourney and barriers. First, in any case, practise the single sword, and then with the dagger; let no day pass without an hour or two such exercise; the rest study, or confer diligently, and so shall you come home to my comfort and credit. Lord! how I have babbled! Once again, farewell, dearest brother. "Your most loving and careful brother, "philip Sidney." It is not strange that Sir Henry Sidney, after complaining to Robert of his faults, should have said, "Perge, perge, my Robin, in the filial fear of God, and in the meanest imagination of yourself, and to the loving direction of your most loving brother. Imitate his virtues, exercises, studies, and actions. He is a rare ornament of this age, the very formular that all welldisposed young gentlemen of our court do form all their manners and life by. In troth, I speak it without flattery of him or of myself, he hath the most rare virtues that ever I found in any man."f Sidney Papers, vol. i. pp. 283--285. t Ibid. vol. i. p. 246. CHAPTER X. COURTLY BONDAGE. 1580--1582. Hubert Languet's last letter to Sidney was dated from Antwerp, on the 28th of October, 1580. "I am glad," he said, "as I have already written, that you have abandoned your retirement and returned ...
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