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and_o in_o another_o place_n vix_fw-la uno_fw-la mense_fw-la futurum_fw-la in_o usu_fw-la 2._o scarce_o to_o endure_v for_o a_o month_n such_o a_o kind_n of_o work_n be_v caligula_n his_o bridge_n novum_fw-la &_o inauditum_fw-la 19_o spectaculi_fw-la genus_fw-la a_o new_a and_o unheard_a of_o kind_n of_o show_n it_o reach_v from_o putzoll_n to_o bauly_n three_o mile_n and_o a_o quarter_n he_o build_v it_o upon_o ship_n in_o a_o few_o day_n and_o in_o emulation_n of_o xerxes_n over_o this_o he_o march_v with_o the_o senate_n and_o the_o souldierie_a in_o a_o triumphant_a manner_n and_o in_o the_o view_n of_o the_o people_n upon_o this_o he_o feast_v and_o pass_v the_o night_n in_o dalliance_n and_o game_n but_o like_o jonas_n his_o gourd_n it_o be_v sudden_o up_o and_o sudden_o down_o immensum_fw-la opus_fw-la perpendenti_fw-la sed_fw-la cui_fw-la laudem_fw-la vanitas_fw-la detrahit_fw-la nam_fw-la lypsius_n quo_fw-la sine_fw-la structum_fw-la nisi_fw-la ut_fw-la destrueretur_fw-la a_o 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sect_n 1._o how_o effeminate_a they_o be_v in_o regard_n of_o their_o body_n special_o about_o their_o hair_n their_o effeminate_a softness_n and_o niceness_n in_o regard_n of_o their_o body_n seneca_n have_v well_o both_o observe_v and_o censure_v adhuc_fw-la quicquid_fw-la 31._o est_fw-la boni_fw-la moris_fw-la extinguimus_fw-la levitate_fw-la &_o politura_fw-la corporum_fw-la muliebres_fw-la munditias_fw-la antecessimus_fw-la colores_fw-la meretricios_fw-la matronis_fw-la quidem_fw-la non_fw-la induendos_fw-la viri_fw-la sumimus_fw-la tenero_fw-la &_o molli_fw-la ingressâ—…_n suspendimus_fw-la gradum_fw-la non_fw-la ambulamus_fw-la sed_fw-la repimus_fw-la whatsoever_o be_v yet_o leave_v of_o good_a fashion_n we_o extinguish_v it_o by_o the_o deck_v and_o trim_v of_o our_o body_n we_o have_v exceed_v the_o neatness_n of_o woman_n even_o we_o man_n wear_v light_a and_o whorish_a colour_n not_o become_v matron_n we_o fashion_v our_o gate_n to_o a_o wanton_a &_o mince_a pace_n we_o do_v not_o walk_v but_o creep_v and_o of_o the_o same_o he_o grievous_o complain_v in_o the_o proem_n to_o the_o first_o book_n of_o his_o controversy_n capillum_fw-la frangere_fw-la &_o ad_fw-la muliebres_fw-la munditias_fw-la vocem_fw-la extenuare_fw-la mollitie_n corporum_fw-la certare_fw-la cum_fw-la foeminis_fw-la &_o immunditijs_fw-la se_fw-la excolere_fw-la munditijs_fw-la nostrorum_fw-la adolescentium_fw-la specimen_fw-la est_fw-la it_o be_v now_o hold_v the_o accomplish_a gallentry_n of_o our_o youth_n to_o frisle_v their_o hair_n like_o woman_n to_o speak_v with_o a_o affect_a smallness_n of_o voice_n and_o in_o tenderness_n of_o body_n to_o match_v they_o &_o to_o bedeck_v themselves_o with_o most_o undecent_a trim_n but_o their_o extreme_a curiosity_n in_o plait_v and_o fold_v their_o hair_n he_o in_o another_o place_n most_o lively_o describe_v and_o as_o sharp_o but_o just_o reprove_v quomodo_fw-la irascuntur_fw-la si_fw-la tonsor_fw-la paulo_fw-la negligentior_fw-la 1â—…_n fuit_fw-la tanquam_fw-la virum_fw-la tonderet_fw-la quomodo_fw-la excandescunt_fw-la si_fw-la quid_fw-la ex_fw-la juba_fw-la sua_fw-la decisum_fw-la est_fw-la si_fw-mi quid_fw-la extra_fw-la ordinem_fw-la jacuit_fw-la nisi_fw-la omne_fw-la in_o annulos_fw-la suos_fw-la reciderunt_fw-la quis_fw-la est_fw-la istorum_fw-la qui_fw-la non_fw-la malit_fw-la remp._n turbati_fw-la quam_fw-la comam_fw-la qui_fw-la non_fw-la solicitior_fw-la sit_fw-la de_fw-la capitis_fw-la svi_fw-la decore_fw-la quam_fw-la de_fw-la salute_v qui_fw-fr non_fw-la comptior_fw-la esse_fw-la malit_fw-la quam_fw-la honestior_fw-la how_o do_v they_o chafe_v if_o the_o barber_n be_v never_o so_o little_a negligent_a as_o if_o he_o be_v trim_v a_o man_n how_o do_v they_o take_v on_o if_o any_o thing_n belop_v off_o of_o their_o feake_n or_o foretop_n if_o any_o thing_n lie_v out_o of_o order_n if_o every_o thing_n fall_v not_o even_o into_o their_o ring_n or_o curl_n which_o of_o these_o will_v not_o rather_o choose_v that_o the_o state_n whereof_o he_o be_v a_o member_n shall_v be_v in_o combustion_n than_o his_o hair_n shall_v be_v displat_v who_o be_v not_o much_o more_o solicitous_a of_o the_o grace_n of_o his_o head_n then_o of_o his_o health_n who_o make_v not_o more_o account_n to_o be_v fine_a then_o honest_a even_o julius_n caesar_n himself_o be_v 45_o this_o way_n too_o too_o nice_a circa_n corporis_fw-la curam_fw-la morosior_fw-la ut_fw-la non_fw-la solum_fw-la toâ—…deretur_fw-la diligenter_fw-la ac_fw-la raderetur_fw-la sed_fw-la velleretur_fw-la etiam_fw-la ut_fw-la quidem_fw-la exprobraverunt_fw-la he_o be_v too_o studious_a about_o the_o care_n of_o his_o body_n so_o as_o he_o be_v not_o only_o curious_o cut_v but_o shave_v nay_o have_v his_o hair_n pluck_v off_o with_o pincer_n which_o some_o upbraid_v he_o with_o no_o marvel_n then_o if_o nero_n exceed_v this_o way_n circa_n cultum_fw-la habitumque_fw-la adeo_fw-la pudendus_fw-la so_o shameful_a be_v he_o in_o 51_o the_o dress_n 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