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)

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Of a Gentlemens carriage 1
fair presidents, will be sufficient Motives to stiryou

up.

Seneca de bre-
viute uit<e,cap,
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Husband your time to the bell: for, "Thegreedy desirt
os gayning time^is the only Covetousnesse that may rightly
he accounted honeft : [orypratse worthy.'] And if you fol-
low the advice of Erasmusy and the pra&ice of Vilnius
secundut, Viem in operas partiriy to divide the day into
feveral tasks of study, you shaJl find a great ease and
furtherance hereby : remembring ever to refer your
most serious and important stadies unto the morning.
Which sinijhetb alone (say the learned) three parts os the
work,. Julius Casar having spent the whole day in the
field about his military affairs, divided the night also,
sor three several uses: one partfor his deep; a second,
for the Common-wealth and publick busmesse ; the
third, for his book and studies. So careful arid thrifty
were they then of this precious treasure, which we as
prodigally lavish out, either vainly or vicioussy, by
whole months and years, until we be called to an ac-
count by our great Creditor,who will not abate us the
vain expence of a minute.
But,forasmuch as the knowledge of God, is the true
end of all knowledge,wherein,as in the boundlesse and
immense Ocean, all our ftudies and endeavours ought
to embosom chemselves : remember to lay the foun-
D.Pe^e/.i.Po- dation of your studies. The sear and service os God} by
fiitl. oft frequenting Prayer and Sermons,reading the Scrip-
Ak l anil bon. tures, and other Trattates of Piety and Devotion :
moreoyenivick- which howsoever prophane and irreligious spirits con-
edly and pro- demn and contemn, as *Politian a Canon of Florence,
yhanely the being upon occafion asked if he ever read the Bible
Cd s ofPtndar, over . jes once (quoth hej 1 read it quite thorov>ybut ne-
Psalm/of ner bestowed my time worse in all my lise : Believe you
David. with Chrysostomey That the ignorance os the Scriptures3is
Chrysost.in epist. the beginning and sountain os all evil: That theWord os
adcol s.cap.)j. £jocl js £33 our Saviour calleth it")the key os knowledge
x Tim! which given by inspiration os God,isprositable to teaeb, to
In vita AbhorS convince^ to correct and to injlrxti in rtgbteonsnesse. And
rather