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to young Toby, and Lead them safe abroad, and bring them safe home: Ego sanum ducam & reducam filium tuum. Tob. 5. v. 20. And here I could wish indeed that Parents could be as happy in their choyce, and finde men Angels for Governours to their children, upon condition they should requite them, as young Tobie offered to requite the Archangel his Governour, whom he took to be a man. For the education of Children is a thing of that high concern to the Commonwealth, that in this, Parents should spare no cost whatsoever; but rather imitate the old Lacedemonians, who took more care of their youth, then of any thing els in their Common-wealth. In so much that when Antigonus asked of them fifty young youths for hostages, they answered him, that they had rather give him twice as many made men. Seing then young youths are the future hopes of families, and Commonwealths, their education ought not to be committed but to men of great parts and excellent breeding. For I have allwayes thought, that a young Noblemans train ought to be like his Clothes; His Lacquees and footmen are like his Ga-loshoos,