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suffered them not to sleepe much, to the end they might LlB VI - 

 accustome themselves to labour in their youth, and were 

 not men given to delightes. Besides the ordinary number 

 of these children, there were in the same colledges other 

 children of Lordes and Noblemen, the which were instructed 

 more privately. They brought them their meate aud ordi 

 nary from their houses, and were recommended to antients 

 and old men to have care over them, who continually did 

 advise them to be vertuous and to live chastely ; to bo 

 sober in their diet, to fast, and to march gravely, and with 

 measure. They were accustomed to exercise them to tra- 

 vell, and in laborious exercises; and when they see them 

 instructed in all these things, they did carefully looke into 

 their inclination, if they found any one addicted to the war, 

 being of sufficient y euros, they sought all occasions to make 

 triall of them, sending them to the warre, vnder colour to 

 carry victualls and munition to the souldiers, to the end 

 they might there see what passed, and the labour they 

 Buffered. And that they might abandon all foare, they were 

 laden with heavy burthens, that shewing their courage 

 therein, they might more easily be admitted into the com 

 pany of souldiers. ]&amp;gt;y this meanes it happened that many 

 went laden to the Annie and returned Captaines with markes 

 of honour. Some of them were so desirous to bee noted, 

 as they were eyther taken or slaine; and they held it lesse 

 honourable to remaino a prisoner; and, therefore, they 

 sought rather to be cut in peeces then to fall captives into 

 their enemies hands. See how Noblemens children that 

 were inclined to the warres were imployed. The others 

 that had their inclination to matters of the Temple; and to 

 spcako after our mancr, to be Ecclesiastical men, having 

 attained to sufficient yeares, they were drawne out of the 

 colledge, and placed in the temple in the lodging appointed 

 for religious men, and then they gave them the orders of 

 Ecclesiasticall men. There had they prelates aud masters 



