ad right to serve but a Roman citizen; now because two
legions made but a small army, the Romans added to every one of their
arms an equal number of foot, and a double number of horse levied among
their Latin or Italian associates; so a consular army, with the legions
and auxiliaries, amounted to about 30,000, and whereas they commonly
levied two such armies together, these being joined made about 60,000.

"The steps whereby our militia follows the greatest captain, are the
three essays; the first, elected by a fifth man in the parishes,
and amounting in the whole to 100,000, choose their officers at the
hundreds, where they fall also to their games or exercises, invited by
handsome prizes, such as for themselves and the honor of them will be
coveted, such as will render the hundred a place of sports, and exercise
of arms all the year long, such as in the space of ten years will equip
30,000 men horse and foot, with such arms for their forge, proof, and
beauty, as (notwithstanding the argyraspides, or silver shields of
Alexander's guards) were never worn by so many, such as will present
marks of virtue and direction to your general or strategus in the
distribution of his army, which doubles the value of them to the
proprietors, who are bound to wear them, and eases the commonwealth of
so much charge, so many being armed already.

"But here will be the objection now. How shall such a revenue be
compassed? Fifty pounds a year in every hundred is a great deal, not so
easily raised; men will not part with their money, nor would the sum,
as it is proposed by the order of Pompey, rise in many years. These
are difficulties that fit our genius exactly, and yet L1,000 in each
hundred, once levied, establishes the revenue forever. Now the hundreds
one with another are worth L10,000 a year dry-rent, over and above
personal estates, which bring it to twice the value, so that a twentieth
part of one year's revenue of the hundred does it, if you cannot afford
this while you pay taxes, though from henceforth they will be but small
ones, do it when you pay none, if it be then too much for one year, do
it in two; if it be too much for two years, do it in four. What husbands
have we hitherto been? what is become of greater sums? My lords, if you
should thus cast your bread upon the waters, after many days you shall
find it; stand not huckling when you are offered corn and your money
again in the mouth of the sack.

"But to proceed: the