Peacham, Henry: The compleat gentleman : fashioning him absolute in the most necessary and commendable qualities, concerning mind, or body, that may be required in a person of honor. To which is added the gentlemans exercise or, an exquisite practise, as well for drawing all manner of beasts, as for making colours, to be used in painting, limming, &c (London, 1661)

To the Reader.
thing more deplorable, than the breeding in gene-
ral os our Gentlemen,none any more miferable than
one os them, is he sall into mifery in a Jtrange
Country. Which 1 can impute to no other thing,
than the remisnejje os Parents, and negligence os
Majiers in their youth. Wheresore at my coming
over, considering the great sorwardnejse , and
prosicience os children in other Countries, the
backyvardnesfe and rawnesfc os ours j the indusiry
os Majiers there, the ignorance and idlenejfe os
mojl os ours? the exceeding care os Parents in
their childrens Education,the negligence os ours:
,Being taken through change os air with a Quar-
tan ¥ every hat leisure I had mv&rps, as I may
truly fay, by sits 1 employ ed upon this difcourfe
sor the private ufe os a Noble young Gentleman my
sriend, not intending it Jleould ever fee light, as
you may perceive by the plain andssiallow current
os the Difcourfe, fittedto a young and tender ca-
pacity. Hovpjoever I have done it, and is thou
fie alt sind herein any thing that may content, at
the lead,not diftafte thee, I ftoall be glad and en-
couraged to a moref'eriom Piece : is neither, but
out os a malignant humour, difdainwhat 1 have
done,I care not, I have pleafed my fels: andlong
ft nee learned Envy, together with her Sijler Igno-
rancc3 to harbour only in the bafejl andmojl de-
generate breafts.
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