The Example of Vertu

"The Example of Vertu: The Example of Virtue" by Stephen Hawes

Stephen Hawes was a popular English poet during the Tudor period who is now little known. This book is an epic that describes virtues in verse. Written in an old version of the English dialect, this book reads melodically as nature, wisdom, fortune, hardiness, and more are described as being some of the qualities one should strive for in life.