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And vnto
When that her foes made spoile within her waules,
Lo here, amongst his actes that still shall liue.
I made my choice, of this example rare,
That shall for aye his noble minde declare.
Wherefore, in briefe then this his woorthie parte,
What time he did besiege
A scoolemaster, that bare a
Ofte walk'd abrode with schollers that hee toughte,
Whiche cloke hee vs'de, so that no harme was thoughte.
At lengthe, with sonnes of all the best, and moste,
Of noble peares, that kepte the towne by mighte:
Hee made his walke into the Roman hoste,
And, when hee came before
Quoth hee, my Lorde, lo these? thy prisoners bee,
Which beinge kepte,
Whereat, a while this noble captaine stay'd,
And pondering well the straungenes of the cause:
Vnto his frendes, this in effecte he say'd.
Thoughe warres bee ill, yet good mens warres haue lawes,
And it behooues a Generall good to gaine
With valiaunt actes, and not with treacherous traine.
And whippes, and roddes, vnto the schollers gaue:
Whome, backe againe, into the toune they whipte,
Which facte, once knowne vnto their fathers graue:
With ioyfull hartes, they yeelded vp their Toune:
An acte moste rare, and glasse of true renoume.
interprete.
Grauis est inquit res
bellum, vt quae mul-
tis iniustis multis-
que violentis factis
consiciatur. & ta-
men apud bonos vi-
ros, habentur etiam
belli quaedam leges,
neque tantopere
victoria expetenda
est, vt non fugienda
sint officia quae per
scelus ac malitiam
offerutur, magnum
enim imperatorem
suae virtutis, non alie-
nae improbatis fi-
ducia, conuenit bel-
lum gerere.
Aeneid.