To the Reader.could in Paper by Demonſkations pert ade, by Experl-ence on Seas they found their Charts and A ee frueand infallible.

Theſe tonffant aſſouerattons from men of that Poskeſlion, euen in their omne Arte, did make me halle disſtruſt my Demonſtrations, and to thinke that Reaſon hadabuſed me, oꝛ that there were ſome ſuch Miſterie in Seaferuice, as no Land mans vealow might attaine vnto.

To reſolue my felfe of this Paradoxe, J fpent a xv.werkes in continual Sea ſeruices vpon the Ocean, whereby prof J found, and thoſe verie Maſters themſeluescould not but confeſle, that Experience did no leſſe plaine-ly dilcouer the Errours of their Rules, than my Demon-{trations, Sithens which time, J haue learned no moeto be abuſed with the Opinions of men, what Office, 02Degree ſoeuer they haue boꝛn, oꝛ what Fame ſoeuer go ofthem, ik Realon be repugnant to their Opinions. Noz

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And Reaſon fecheth me, holo barbarous that tommotopinion is, that an Englith man will be trained in a felWerkes ko be a perfed Souldiour. Foy ik a Halon, aPainter, 02 other Mechanical Artificer be ſtarcely ablein ſeuen peares fo learne the perfection of his Science,hal we thinke the Art of a Souldiour fg bale and abled,that it is to be attained in a felon Nerkes oꝛ Ponethes-But ſuch is the Vanitie of the common ſoꝛt, that if theyhaue caried Armes, and bene in a ſew leruices, they pꝛe-ſently thinke themſelues woꝛthy the name of perfect Sol-diours,

Met Guillaume du Bellay, Seigneur de Langeay,a fasmous General of dur age, hatung fof dolon a great number of parts requiſite in a trained Soldiour, and allo in astrained Band concludeth with this relolution: That luch. Spuldiour oꝛ Band, as is able Encamping, Marching,

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