The Education of Children

A Renaissance‑era guide to early childhood learning, this treatise argues that the first years of a child’s life are the most fertile ground for shaping mind and character. It urges parents and tutors to introduce letters, simple tales, and moral fables while the young mind is still “tender and tractable,” insisting that the habits formed then will echo through a lifetime. The author blends practical advice on memory exercises with a broader philosophical view that disciplined study is the best safeguard against folly and vice.

Presented in the lively, slightly idiosyncratic spelling of its time, the work has been carefully transcribed, with variant readings and typographical quirks clearly marked for modern ears. Though rooted in 16th‑century humanist thought, its core message—that early, gentle instruction lays the foundation for later wisdom—remains resonant. Listeners will hear a voice that balances scholarly rigor with a warm, persuasive call to nurture curiosity from the very start.