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A Very Pleasaunt & Fruitful Diologe Called the Epicure

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The text presents a moral and pedagogical dialogue in which an elder counselor urges a young ruler to prioritize learning, virtue, and sacred scripture over riches, fame, and worldly pomp. It contrasts classical examples of rulers and scholars with the enduring value of wisdom, advocates diligent study of the Bible as a guide for governance, condemns superstition and papal abuses, and emphasizes that true authority and public welfare flow from faith-informed education and virtuous conduct. Practical exhortations, scriptural promises, and classical anecdotes are woven into the counsel offered.

God wil take awaye from hym Tantalus stone
and yeoue in his hea-
ryng ioye and cõfort
and his bones hu-
miled throughe
cõtrition, wil
reioyse
that
he
hath his synnes
foryeouen
hym.

FINIS.



Imprinted at London within the
precinct of the late dissolued house
of the gray Friers, by Richarde
Grafton, Printer too the
Princes grace.
the. XXIX.
daie of Iuly, the yere
of our Lorde.
M.D.XLV.