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exercises or discipline the place yieldeth. For else young 

 men shall go hooded, and look abroad little. 



It is a strange thing, that in sea voyages, where there is 

 nothing to be seen but sky and sea, men should make 

 diaries ; but in land-travel, wherein so much is to be 

 observed, for the most part they omit it ; as if chance were 

 fitter to be registered than observation. Let diaries there- 

 fore be brought in use. 



The things to be seen and observed are, the courts of 

 princes, especially when they give audience to ambassadors ; 

 the courts of justice, while they sit and hear causes ; and so 

 of consistories ecclesiastic ; the churches and monasteries, 

 with the monuments which are therein extant; the walls 

 and fortifications of cities and towns, and so the havens 

 and harbours ; antiquities and ruins ; libraries ; colleges, 

 disputations, and lectures, where any are ; shipping and 

 navies ; houses and gardens of state and pleasure, near 

 great cities ; armories ; arsenals ; magazines ; exchanges ; 

 burses ; warehouses ; exercises of horsemanship, fencing, 

 training of soldiers, and the like ; comedies, such where- 

 unto the better sort of persons do resort ; treasuries of 

 jewels and robes ; cabinets and rarities ; and, to conclude, 

 whatsoever is memorable in the places where they go. 

 After all which the tutors or servants ought to make diligent 

 inquiry. As for triumphs, masks, feasts, weddings, funerals, 

 capital executions, and such shows, men need not be put 

 in mind of them ; and yet are they not to be neglected. 



If you will have a young man to put his travel into a 

 little room, and in a short time to 'gather much, this you 

 must do." First as was said, he must have some entrance 

 into the language before he goeth. Then he must have 

 such a servant or tutor as knoweth the country, as was 

 likewise said. Let him carry with him also some card or 

 book describing the country where he travelleth ; which 

 will be a good key to his inquiry. Let him also keep a 

 diary. Let him not stay long in one city or town ; more 

 or less as the place deserveth, but not long ; nay, when he 

 stayeth in one city or town, let him change his lodging from 

 one end and part of the town to another ; which is a great 



