Baldassare Castiglione. NOWE at the length (gentle reader) through the diligence of Maister Hoby in penninge, and mine in printing, thou hast here set forth unto thee, the booke of the Courtier: which for thy benefite had bene done longe since, but that there were certain places in it whiche of late yeares beeing misliked of some, that had the perusing of it (with what reason In the Book of the Courtier, Baldassare Castiglione aims to instruct young men on how to be an effective presence in the