slaues vsed it short or shauen in signe of seruitude and because they had no meane nor leasure to kembe and keepe it cleanely.  It was besides combersome to them hauing many businesse to attende, in some seruices there might no maner of filth be falling from their heads.  And to all souldiers it is very noysome and a daungerous disauantage in the warres or in any particular combat, which being the most comely profession of euery noble young Gentleman, it ought to perswade them greatly from wearing long haire.  If there be any that seeke by long haire to helpe or to hide an ill featured face, it is in them allowable so to do, because euery man may decently reforme by arte, the faultes and imperfections that nature hath wrought in them.

And all singularities or affected parts of a mans behauiour seeme vndecent, as for one man to march or let in the street more stately, or to looke more solempnely, or to go more gayly & in other coulours or fashioned garments then another of the same degree and estate.

Yet such singularities haue had many time both good liking and good successe, otherwise then many would haue looked for.  As When Dinocrates the famous architect, desirous to be knowen to king Alexander the great, and hauing none acquaintance to bring him to the kings speech he came one day to the Court very strangely apparelled in long skarlet robes, his head compast with a garland of Laurell, and his face all to be slicked with sweet oyle, and stoode in the kings chamber, motioning nothing to any man:  newes of this stranger came to the king, who caused him to be brought to his presence, and asked his name and the cause of his repaire to the Court.  He aunswered, his name was Dinocrates the Architect, who came to present his Maiestie with a platforme of his own deuising, how his Maiestie might buylde a Citie vpon the mountaine Athos in Macedonia, which should beare the figure of a mans body, and tolde him all how.  Forsooth the breast and bulke of his body should rest vpon such a fiat:  that hil should be his head, all set with foregrowen woods like haire:  his right arme should stretch out to such a hollow bottome as might be like his hand:  holding a dish conteyning al the waters that should serue that Citie:  the left arme with his hand should hold a valley of all the orchards and gardens of pleasure pertaining thereunto:  and either legge should lie vpon a ridge of rocke, very gallantly to behold, and so should accomplish the full figure of a man.  The king asked him what commoditie of soyle, or sea, or nauigable riuer lay neere vunto it, to be able to sustaine so great a number of inhabitants.  Truly Sire (quoth Dinocrates) I haue not yet considered thereof:  for in trueth it is the barest part of all the Countrey of Macedonia.  The king smiled at it, and said very honourably, we like your deuice well, and mean to vse your seruice in the building of a Citie, but we wil chuse out a more commodious scituation:  and made him attend in that voyage in which he conquered Asia and Egypt, and there made him chiefe Surueyour of his new Cite of Alexandria.  Thus did Dinocrates singularitie in attire greatly further him to his aduancement.