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only upon civil merit and moral virtue, and the arts or t 

 temperature of peace and peaceable government ; but 

 likewise it hath no less power and efficacy in enablement 

 towards martial and military virtue and prowess ; as may 

 ~~be notably represented in the examples of Alexander the 

 Great and U8es~aTTne~dictator, mentioned before, ^Buf 

 now m n t place to be resumed : of whose virtues and 

 acts in war there needs no note or recital, having been 

 the wonders of time in that kind : but of their affections 

 towards learning, and perfections in learning, it is per 

 tinent to say somewhat. 



ii. Alexander was bred and taught under Aristotle 

 the great philosopher, who dedicated divers of his books 

 of philosophy unto him : he was attended with Callis- 

 thenes and divers other learned persons, that followed 

 him in camp, throughout his journeys and conquests. 

 What price and estimation he had learning in doth not 

 ably appear in these three particulars : first, in the envy 

 he used to express that he bare towards Achilles, in this, 

 that he had so good a trumpet of his praises as Homer s 

 verses : secondly, in the judgement or solution he gave 

 touching that precious cabinet of Darius, which was found 

 among his jewels ; whereof question was made what thing 

 was worthy to be put into it ; and he gave his opinion for 

 Homer s works : thirdly, in his letter to Aristotle, after he 

 had set forth his books of nature, wherein he expostul- 

 ateth with him for publishing the secrets or mysteries of 

 philosophy; and gave him to understand that himself 

 esteemed it more to excel other men in learning and 

 knowledge than in power and empire. And what use 

 he had of learning doth appear, or rather shine, in all 

 his speeches and answers, being full of science and use 

 of science, and that in all variety. 



