ay)
his Heroicall Meditations, forecastinges and determinations, no twayne,
(I thinke) beside my selfe, can so perfectly, and truely report. And
therfore, in Conscience, I count it my part, for the honor, preferment,
& procuring of vertue (thus, briefly) to haue put his Name, in the
Register of _Fame Immortall_.

To our purpose. This _Iohn_, by one of his actes (besides many other:
both in England and Fraunce, by me, in him noted.) did disclose his
harty loue to vertuous Sciences: and his noble intent, to excell in
Martiall prowesse: When he, with humble request, and instant
Solliciting: got the best Rules (either in time past by Greke or
Romaine, or in our time vsed: and new Stratagemes therin deuised) for
ordring of all Companies, summes and Numbers of men, (Many, or few) with
one kinde of weapon, or mo, appointed: with Artillery, or without: on
horsebacke, or on fote: to giue, or take onset: to seem many, being few:
to seem few, being many. To marche in battaile or Iornay: with many such
feates, to Foughten field, Skarmoush, or Ambushe appartaining:

[This noble Earle, dyed Anno. 1554. skarse of 24. yeares
of age: hauing no issue by his wife: Daughter to the Duke
of Somerset.]

And of all these, liuely designementes (most curiously) to be in velame
parchement described: with Notes & peculier markes, as the Arte
requireth: and all these Rules, and descriptions Arithmeticall, inclosed
in a riche Case of Gold, he vsed to weare about his necke: as his Iuell
most precious, and Counsaylour most trusty. Thus, _Arithmetike_, of him,
was shryned in gold: Of _Numbers_ frute, he had good hope. Now, Numbers
therfore innumerable, in _Numbers_ prayse, his shryne shall finde.

What nede I, (for farder profe to you) of the Scholemasters of Iustice,
to require testimony: how nedefull, how frutefull, how skillfull a thing
_Arithmetike_ is? I meane, the Lawyers of all sortes. Vndoubtedly, the
Ciuilians, can meruaylously declare: how, neither the Auncient Romaine
lawes, without good knowledge of _Numbers art_, can be perceiued: Nor
(Iustice in infinite Cases) without due proportion, (narrowly
considered,) is hable to be executed. How Iustly, & with great knowledge
of Arte, did _Papinianus_ institute a law of partition, and allowance,
betwene man and wife after a diuorce? But how _Accursius_, _Baldus_,
_Bartolus_, _Iason_, _Alexander_, and finally _Alciatus_, (being
otherwise, notably well learned) do iumble, gesse, a