tuous. Among which a king there was (called in their tongue) Diʃtes, who deſired much to reade hyſories, and to imprint in memorie the goodly and profitable examples to direct him and his withall. O noble time and happie yeares: in his reigne I ſaye liued in this Diʃtes Court this noble Philoſopher Sendebar, ſo excellent in his compariſons and examples, as no man that went before or after him coulde once go euen with him, much leſſe exceede him. This worthy Prince rapt with the excellencie of this rare (yea odde) man, moſt willingly ſpent ſome time in diſcourſing with him: and this wonderfull Philoſopher alſo with deepe and profounde ſentences ſhewed his worthineſſe. But amonge all the beſt thinges hee ſpake, hee alwayes admoniſhed the Prince to haue a good eie to his Court, and a ſounde iudgement to iudge hys people: and chiefly that hee ſhoulde not loue fauour, nor eſteeme for friendes (endeuoring himſelfe all he coulde to knowe them) double tongued men, lyers, tale bearers, and vitious liuers. And to the ende his Maieſtie ſhoulde ſoone feele ſuch mates as it were at hys fingers endes, he made him a longe diſcourſe of their maners and practiſes, with theſe examples which you ſhall heare, woonderfull and learned.
