Some folowe theyr chyldrens wyl and lewde plesour So grauntinge them theyr mynde: that after it doth fal To theyr great shame: they sorowe and dolour As dyd to Priamus a Kynge Imperial Whiche suffred his men: his son chefe of them al By force from Grece to robbe the fayre Helayne. Wherby both Fader and son were after slayne. With noble Hector and many thousandes mo. The Cyte of Troy vnto the ground clene brent. I rede in the Cronycles of the Romayns also Howe Tarquyne the proude had shame and punysshment For rauysshynge chaste Lucres agaynst hyr assent. Wherfore hyrselfe she slewe hyr seynge thus defiled. For the which dede this Tarquyn was exiled, From Rome: wandrynge in the Costes of Italy. Dyd nat the traytour Catelyne also conspyre And many mo sworne to his cruel tyranny Agaynst the Romans to oppresse theyr Impyre, But he and all his were murdred for theyr hyre, And nat vnworthely. Beholde wherto they come Which ar nat enfourmed in youth to ensue wysdom. The son oft foloweth the faders behauour And if the fader be discrete and vertuous. The son shal suche wayes practyse both day and hour. But if that the fader be lewde and vicious By falshode lyuynge: and by wayes cautelous. The son also the same wayes wyl ensue And that moche rather than goodnes or vertue Therfore it nedeth that better prouysion. Were founde for youthe by sad and wyse counsayle Far from theyr faders of this condicion. And other lewde gydes which myght theyr myndes assayle Greuously wyth syn. So were it theyr auayle From theyr faders frawde and falshode to declyne And them submyt to some lawdable mannys doctryne. Peleus, somtyme a noble and worthy kynge Subdued Achylles vnto the doctryne Of phenix whiche was both worthy and cunnynge Wherfore Achyllys right gladly dyd enclyne With his hert and mynde vnto his disciplyne Wherby his name so noble was at the last That all Asy in worthynes he past Ryght so Philippus a kynge worthy of name Ouer all Grece made great iniquicion To fynde one wyse, sad and laudable of fame To Alexander his sonne for to gyue Instruccion Founde was great Aristotyl at the conclusion Disciple of Plato. whiche in euery Science. Infourmed this chylde with parfyte diligence. Whiche Alexander afterward had so great dignyte. What by his strength, his cunnynge, and boldenes. That he was lorde both of Londe and See. And none durst rebel aganst his worthynes. Lo here the lawde, the honour, and nobles. Which dothe procede of vertue and doctryne But few ar the faders that nowe hereto inclyne Fewe ar that forceth nowe adayes to se Theyr chyldren taught: or to do any cost On som sad man, wyse, and of auctorite: Al that is theron bestowed thynke they loste. The folyssh Fader oft tymes maketh great boste. That he his son to habundant riches shal auance But no thynge he speketh of vertuous gouernance.