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nutrieâ—dus_fw-la est_fw-la pudor_fw-la aâ—t_fw-la seneca_n qui_fw-fr 〈…〉_o in_o aâ—imo_fw-it â—â—â—averit_n aliquis_fw-la erit_fw-la bonae_fw-la spei_fw-la locus_fw-la shame_n seneca_n be_v to_o be_v nourish_v say_v seneca_n which_o as_o long_o as_o it_o rest_v in_o the_o mind_n so_o long_o shall_v there_o be_v some_o place_n of_o good_a hope_n and_o saint_n ambrosâ—â—eaâ—heth_v â—eaâ—heth_z verecundlam_n omnibus_fw-la aetatâ—bus_fw-la personis_fw-la temporibus_fw-la &_o locis_fw-la aptam_fw-la esse_fw-la â—â—uenilesque_fw-la animos_fw-la maximè_fw-la decere_fw-la shamefastness_n ambrose_n be_v very_o meet_v for_o all_o age_n person_n time_n and_o place_n but_o yet_o it_o chief_o become_v youngman_n saint_n bernarde_n do_v attribute_v great_a praise_n and_o commendation_n unto_o shamefastness_n say_v what_o be_v more_o to_o be_v belove_v â—aâ—des_fw-la then_o a_o shamefast_a young_a man_n how_o fair_a and_o excellent_a a_o pearl_n in_o the_o face_n of_o a_o young_a man_n be_v shamefastness_n how_o true_o and_o undoubted_o be_v it_o the_o sign_n of_o good_a hope_n it_o be_v the_o messenger_n of_o good_a towardness_n the_o rod_n of_o discipline_n the_o driver_n away_o of_o evil_n the_o defender_n of_o chastity_n the_o special_a glory_n of_o the_o conscience_n the_o preserver_n of_o fame_n the_o comeliness_n of_o life_n the_o seat_n of_o virtue_n the_o first_o fruit_n of_o virtue_n the_o praise_n of_o nature_n and_o the_o â—adge_n and_o cognisaunce_n of_o all_o honesty_n theophilus_n exceed_o happy_a shall_v our_o youth_n be_v if_o here_o they_o will_v consider_v what_o great_a commodity_n their_o shamefastness_n bring_v with_o it_o theodidactus_n altogether_o happy_a 〈◊〉_d for_o shamefastness_n in_o childhood_n be_v not_o only_o too_o be_v commend_v but_o also_o that_o towardness_n which_o fore_n she_o w_v the_o hope_n of_o a_o honest_a life_n to_o come_v and_o of_o the_o attain_v the_o knowledge_n of_o good_a art_n in_o the_o time_n of_o adolescency_n 〈…〉_o 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