| Authorship Notes |
Short list of precepts for travellers, which occurs pp. 345-352 of the London, 1671 edition. Many of these heads are deeply practical: don't take too much luggage; leave a friend at home who is in credit with the merchant who furnishes you with money; remember to pray every day; eat a good breakfast and small lunch but dine freely; avoid getting into duels in Italy; and above all exercise caution and discretion. A number of other elements are, however, also drawn from the Apodemic tradition, for example injunctions to make observations on the state, condition, and governance of the countries you travel in, and learn cosmography before you travel. Meriton ends with a proverb on travel included in Florio's 'Second Frutes'. |
