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cyclops_n den_n without_o peril_n that_o go_v unto_o lotophagos_n and_o not_o hinder_v same_o that_o drink_v with_o cirse_n and_o not_o infect_v that_o hear_v the_o cirenes_n and_o not_o allure_v in_o fine_a that_o enter_v unto_o hell_n and_o not_o convict_v yea_o twice_o happy_a be_v that_o content_a man_n who_o have_v nothing_o possess_v all_o thing_n and_o have_v all_o thing_n possess_v nothing_o by_o this_o only_a biton_n the_o silly_z argive_n be_v prefer_v before_o cirus_n king_n of_o persia_n by_o solon_n cirus_n by_o this_o aglaus_n the_o poor_a arcadian_a be_v advance_v before_o croesus_n king_n of_o lydia_n by_o apollo_n and_o by_o this_o only_o be_v gangeticus_n wont_a to_o say_v that_o have_v but_o bread_n and_o water_n he_o will_v not_o change_v life_n with_o jupiter_n pyrrhus_n for_o have_v that_o renowned_a pyrrhus_n be_v content_v with_o the_o kingdom_n of_o epire_n he_o have_v never_o be_v slay_v by_o a_o simple_a woman_n at_o argos_n syphax_n have_v syphax_n be_v satisfy_v with_o all_o the_o dominion_n of_o numidia_n he_o have_v never_o die_v a_o captive_a in_o rome_n alexander_n and_o have_v that_o great_a conqueror_n alexander_n be_v suffice_v with_o one_o world_n he_o have_v never_o weep_v when_o he_o hear_v that_o there_o be_v diverse_a world_n such_o greedy_a desire_n of_o wealth_n such_o vain_a ostentation_n of_o life_n that_o all_o athens_n can_v not_o abide_v two_o alcibiades_n all_o sparta_n may_v not_o suffer_v two_o lisander_n nor_o all_o the_o world_n may_v maintain_v two_o alexander_n such_o vain_a glory_n of_o self_n love_n such_o felicity_n in_o the_o world_n yea_o such_o ambition_n of_o honour_n with_o man_n that_o poor_a temison_n a_o gardener_n will_v be_v call_v hercules_n in_o cyprus_n simple_a menecrates_n a_o physician_n will_v be_v call_v jupiter_n in_o greece_n and_o foolish_a hanno_n a_o citizen_n will_v be_v call_v a_o god_n in_o carthage_n so_o that_o some_o put_v their_o chief_a felicity_n with_o chrysippus_n in_o the_o world_n some_o with_o antisthenes_n in_o fame_n after_o death_n many_o with_o themistocles_n in_o descend_v from_o a_o high_a lineage_n a_o number_n with_o simonides_n to_o be_v well_o belove_v of_o the_o people_n diverse_a with_o palemon_n in_o eloquence_n other_o with_o euripedes_n in_o a_o fair_a woman_n and_o other_o with_o sophocles_n in_o get_v of_o child_n seely_n herostratê°_n burn_v the_o temple_n of_o diana_n to_o become_v famous_a pausanias_n slay_v philip_n king_n of_o macedonia_n to_o be_v speak_v of_o desire_v unto_o fame_n make_v juliê°_n caesar_n to_o envy_v the_o martial_a monument_n of_o alexander_n in_o gades_n make_v alexander_n weep_v at_o the_o fame_n of_o achilles_n in_o phrigia_n make_v achilles_n cry_v out_o at_o the_o renoun_n of_o theseê°_n in_o greece_n and_o make_v theseê°_n stark_o mad_a at_o the_o enterprise_n of_o hercules_n in_o all_o place_n wherefore_o that_o learned_a philosopher_n plato_n term_v envy_n serra_fw-la animae_fw-la why_o be_v perdicca_n envy_v for_o his_o noble_a magnanimity_n why_o be_v lysimachê°_n hate_v for_o his_o approve_a experience_n and_o why_o be_v antigonê°_n disdain_v for_o his_o politic_a wisdom_n so_o that_o plini_n say_v most_o true_a that_o there_o be_v no_o light_n without_o shadow_n nor_o no_o virtue_n without_o envy_n which_o if_o your_o worship_n sometime_o bestow_v yourself_o to_o read_v some_o book_n or_o other_o you_o shall_v in_o read_v diverse_a book_n know_v and_o perceive_v the_o cause_n thereof_o for_o as_o the_o bee_n gather_v of_o some_o herb_n gum_n of_o another_o the_o refuse_n of_o wax_n of_o a_o other_o honey_n so_o in_o read_v diverse_a book_n diverse_a profit_n of_o rhetoric_n the_o way_n of_o persuasion_n of_o logic_n the_o sleight_n of_o reason_n of_o history_n the_o order_n of_o country_n of_o philosophy_n the_o secret_n of_o nature_n and_o of_o divinity_n the_o path_n of_o life_n wherefore_o alphonsus_n the_o great_a king_n of_o arragon_n be_v a_o long_a time_n sick_a in_o capua_n geve_v himself_o to_o read_v titus_n livius_n of_o the_o martial_a feat_n of_o roman_n and_o q._n curtiê°_n of_o the_o noble_a act_n of_o alexander_n the_o great_a have_v thereby_o recover_v his_o health_n be_v wont_a to_o say_v that_o he_o never_o hear_v better_a music_n than_o he_o hear_v in_o livy_n nor_o never_o have_v better_a physic_n than_o he_o have_v in_o curtius_n augustê°_n caesar_n therefore_o will_v never_o be_v without_o virgil_n in_o hand_n nor_o alexander_n the_o great_a without_o homer_n under_o his_o pillow_n happy_a be_v pompeius_n when_o he_o have_v cicero_n in_o his_o bosom_n and_o glad_a be_v scipio_n when_o he_o have_v enneus_n in_o his_o sight_n yea_o dionysius_n the_o tiraunt_n will_v honour_v plato_n and_o antigonus_n the_o cruel_a geve_v place_n to_o zeno._n so_o as_o alphonsus_n say_v there_o be_v no_o sweet_a music_n then_o in_o read_v there_o be_v no_o better_a physic_n then_o in_o read_v and_o there_o be_v no_o sound_a counsel_n than_o in_o read_v there_o be_v mirth_n there_o be_v sadness_n there_o be_v wisdom_n and_o knowledge_n there_o be_v persuasion_n and_o there_o be_v warning_n which_o if_o your_o worship_n do_v follow_v but_o appelles_n say_n unto_o his_o scholar_n that_o no_o day_n shall_v pass_v without_o the_o read_n of_o one_o line_n or_o to_o imitate_v hortensius_z â–ª_o sometime_o of_o the_o day_n either_o to_o read_v ask_v or_o to_o learn_v something_o i_o know_v you_o will_v say_v with_o solon_n indies_n senesco_fw-la multa_fw-la discens_fw-la trust_v to_o call_v to_o mind_v that_o short_a and_o sweet_a sentence_n of_o epaminondas_n unto_o his_o friend_n pelopidas_n that_o no_o good_a nature_n ought_v to_o go_v out_o of_o his_o house_n in_o the_o morning_n but_o before_o he_o return_v home_o he_o will_v win_v one_o friend_n or_o other_o forget_v not_o the_o say_n of_o tiberius_n the_o emperor_n who_o think_v that_o day_n ill_o spend_v in_o the_o which_o he_o do_v good_a to_o no_o body_n or_o profit_v not_o man_n thus_o do_v your_o worship_n shall_v increase_v in_o knowledge_n multiply_v your_o friend_n advance_v your_o fame_n and_o enjoy_v felicity_n of_o life_n ¶_o your_o servant_n lodowicke_n lloide_v to_o the_o reader_n unwise_o much_o be_v i_o be_v base_a and_o barren_a if_o i_o think_v to_o escape_v that_o which_o homer_n that_o sweet_a and_o sugar_a maecenas_n of_o greece_n may_v in_o no_o wise_n avoid_v simple_n be_v i_o to_o seek_v to_o avoid_v that_o which_o the_o wise_a and_o the_o learn_a socrates_n and_o architas_n can_v not_o shun_v therefore_o even_o as_o the_o rhodians_n and_o the_o lacedaemonian_n in_o the_o game_n of_o olimpia_n be_v taunt_v of_o diogenes_n the_o one_o for_o their_o bravery_n the_o other_o for_o their_o raggednesse_n so_o these_o cinike_v sort_n find_v fault_n with_o the_o good_a aswell_o as_o the_o bad_a lucullus_z a_o noble_a roman_a demand_v of_o the_o philosopher_n seneca_n what_o best_o he_o may_v do_v to_o please_v nero_n the_o emperor_n and_o not_o to_o offend_v the_o common_a people_n have_v in_o answer_n to_o do_v much_o service_n unto_o prince_n and_o to_o use_v little_a taulke_o and_o to_o show_v humanity_n unto_o the_o commons_n know_v well_o gentle_a reader_n how_o ready_a the_o most_o part_n be_v to_o accuse_v the_o learned_a and_o how_o few_o be_v willing_a to_o excuse_v the_o ignorant_a i_o be_o content_v rather_o to_o be_v reprehend_v for_o my_o good_a will_n in_o pen_v this_o pilgrimage_n of_o prince_n than_o to_o be_v commend_v by_o that_o which_o may_v prove_v my_o idle_a life_n by_o silence_n be_v mindful_a of_o the_o youth_n of_o egypt_n how_o they_o shall_v make_v account_n unto_o their_o magistrate_n of_o pain_n and_o travel_n most_o willing_a to_o accomplish_v something_o that_o may_v discharge_v the_o same_o i_o take_v this_o labour_n in_o hand_n in_o that_o that_o i_o can_v to_o the_o uttermost_a to_o
benefit_v my_o country_n to_o pleasure_v my_o friend_n and_o to_o show_v myself_o more_o willing_a than_o able_a in_o perform_v the_o same_o and_o though_o i_o in_o my_o rashness_n presume_v to_o write_v of_o the_o life_n of_o prince_n yet_o i_o trust_v in_o gather_v the_o fragment_n &_o break_a sentence_n as_o a_o beginning_n unto_o other_o that_o be_v better_o store_v it_o will_v be_v of_o the_o wise_a and_o learned_a consider_v though_o of_o other_o defame_v and_o taunt_v for_o there_o be_v no_o book_n say_v plini_n so_o simple_a but_o it_o profit_v some_o body_n for_o in_o book_n say_v chilo_n the_o philosopher_n be_v the_o fame_n of_o worthy_a man_n eternize_v and_o the_o verity_n of_o thing_n etere_fw-la unknown_n wuritten_v which_o two_o thing_n neither_o time_n can_v consume_v nor_o fortune_n destroy_v and_o for_o this_o cause_n be_v the_o bone_n of_o homer_n seek_v and_o contend_v for_o of_o seven_o city_n in_o greece_n to_o be_v bury_v and_o keep_v as_o a_o monument_n of_o so_o great_a a_o writer_n and_o for_o this_o be_v euripides_n die_v in_o macedonia_n send_v for_o by_o embassador_n of_o athens_n to_o be_v have_v in_o memory_n as_o a_o praise_n unto_o athens_n by_o his_o burial_n for_o the_o greek_n suppose_v the_o great_a honour_n of_o all_o to_o have_v educate_v such_o man_n as_o be_v studious_a and_o careful_a for_o their_o country_n for_o great_a be_v the_o attempt_n of_o any_o simple_a book_n writer_n to_o hazard_v himself_o to_o present_a peril_n to_o encounter_v with_o diverse_a man_n with_o a_o pen_n in_o his_o hand_n then_o that_o that_o valiant_a perithus_n with_o cerberus_n or_o theseus_n with_o minotaurus_n yea_o or_o hercules_n with_o antheús_n jolly_a champion_n with_o sword_n draw_v for_o that_o they_o fight_v with_o one_o a_o piece_n and_o that_o before_o their_o face_n &_o the_o simple_a writer_n with_o thousand_o and_o they_o behind_o his_o back_n slander_v he_o architas_n the_o philosopher_n who_o the_o tarentines_n make_v a_o general_a in_o their_o war_n six_o several_a time_n he_o i_o say_v be_v in_o no_o such_o danger_n in_o his_o war_n as_o he_o be_v resist_v for_o his_o rule_n and_o law_n in_o tarentum_n plato_n be_v not_o in_o such_o peril_n at_o the_o besiege_n of_o tanagra_n and_o corinth_n among_o all_o his_o enemy_n as_o he_o be_v envy_v in_o greece_n by_o zenophon_n and_o aristotle_n his_o own_o scholar_n by_o his_o philosophy_n neither_o be_v socrates_n in_o such_o hazard_n of_o life_n be_v in_o arm_n in_o delphos_n as_o he_o be_v in_o athens_n by_o writing_n of_o book_n put_v to_o death_n by_o the_o greek_n zeno_n the_o poor_a philosopher_n can_v resist_v the_o violence_n of_o the_o great_a king_n antigonus_n &_o demosthenes_n can_v withstand_v the_o force_n of_o philip_n and_o yet_o neither_o of_o they_o can_v avoid_v the_o snare_n of_o those_o that_o defame_v their_o labour_n envy_v their_o diligence_n in_o writing_n and_o make_n of_o book_n simple_n man_n must_v not_o therefore_o be_v discomfit_v to_o write_v because_o the_o wise_a and_o learned_a be_v herein_o evil_o speak_v for_o the_o gimnosophiste_n in_o india_n the_o prophet_n in_o egypt_n the_o sage_n in_o persia_n the_o ephori_fw-la in_o lacedemonia_fw-la the_o chaldean_n in_o babylon_n and_o the_o philosopher_n in_o greece_n be_v now_o more_o famous_a and_o renowned_a be_v dead_a than_o they_o be_v a_o live_v be_v envy_v and_o slander_v their_o write_n and_o book_n more_o read_v now_o than_o allow_v or_o know_v then_o they_o rtravell_v now_o be_v commend_v though_o their_o life_n then_o be_v despise_v and_o therefore_o i_o wish_v all_o learned_a clerk_n be_v as_o willing_a to_o write_v as_o the_o most_o part_n of_o ignorant_a be_v studious_a and_o careful_a to_o find_v fault_n wherefore_o crave_v the_o good_a will_n of_o the_o learned_a reader_n as_o a_o bowlster_n and_o defence_n to_o my_o simple_a travel_n i_o end_v wish_v that_o both_o the_o printer_n fault_n and_o i_o may_v less_o move_v occasion_n of_o offence_n ¶_o christoforus_n carlilus_n in_o flodum_n gestiunt_fw-la musae_fw-la charites_n triumphant_a gestit_fw-la insignis_fw-la lituis_fw-la apollo_n pallas_n ac_fw-la orpheus_n monumenta_fw-la flode_n cernere_fw-la tanta_fw-la ipse_fw-la ne_fw-la ditem_fw-la videar_fw-la bear_v aureis_fw-la nummis_fw-la calabrosue_n pomis_fw-la well_fw-mi redundantem_fw-la bromeum_fw-la racemis_fw-la dicere_fw-la cesso_fw-la est_fw-la opus_fw-la dignum_fw-la solido_fw-la cupresso_fw-la et_fw-la cedro_fw-la suavi_fw-la simul_fw-la atque_fw-la laud_fw-la maxima_fw-la flodi_fw-la celebrate_v famam_fw-la anglica_n pubes_fw-la si_fw-mi legis_fw-la librum_fw-la furiosa_fw-la philtra_fw-la non_fw-la tâ—bi_fw-la possunt_fw-la nâ—camara_fw-la circe_n vasa_n non_fw-fr atrox_n rabbis_n megerae_fw-la ulla_fw-la nocere_fw-la ed._n grant_v in_o lod._n flo._n qvae_fw-la a_o tûere_fw-la difuruis_fw-la immersa_fw-la tenebris_fw-la aeduntur_fw-la patrijs_fw-la condecorata_fw-la sonis_fw-la quae_fw-la prius_fw-la 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d fuerint_fw-la bene_fw-la cognita_fw-la paucis_fw-la nunc_fw-la venient_fw-la cunctis_fw-la percipienda_fw-la viris_fw-la postera_fw-la floyde_n tuam_fw-la nascentia_fw-la secula_fw-la laudem_fw-la cantabunt_fw-la praesens_fw-la nomen_fw-la in_o astra_fw-la feret_fw-la quicquid_fw-la est_fw-la in_o mellis_fw-la quicquid_fw-la liberiste_fw-fr lepôris_fw-la continet_fw-la omne_fw-la tuum_fw-la laus_fw-la tribuenda_fw-la tibi_fw-la livide_v mendaces_fw-la compescito_fw-la zoile_n voces_fw-la tela_fw-la licet_fw-la vibres_fw-la non_fw-la violabis_fw-la opus_fw-la inclita_n mordaci_fw-la non_fw-la laedes_fw-la facta_fw-la libello_fw-la florescit_fw-la floydus_fw-la docta_fw-la perora_fw-la virum_fw-la ¶_o in_o librumde_n principum_fw-la periginatione_fw-la johannis_n coci_n scholae_fw-la paulinae_fw-la magistri_fw-la hendecastichon_n cum_fw-la versu_fw-la quodum_fw-la homerico_n ad_fw-la lectorem_fw-la stato_fw-it domi_fw-la nullis_fw-la terre_fw-fr iactatus_fw-la in_o oris_fw-la quem_fw-la patrium_fw-la subijt_fw-la noscendi_fw-la sola_fw-la libido_fw-la sin_n mores_fw-la hominum_fw-la varios_fw-la tibi_fw-la nosse_fw-la voluptas_fw-la ingenijque_fw-la vagas_fw-la ediscere_fw-la nobilis_fw-la art_n non_fw-la perigrinanti_fw-la deerunt_fw-la monimenta_fw-la laboris_fw-la que_fw-la memtemque_fw-la manumque_fw-la parent_n ad_fw-la talia_fw-la promptas_fw-la quod_fw-la libre_fw-la hic_fw-la regum_fw-la referens_fw-la quae_fw-la facta_fw-la priorum_fw-la tuta_fw-la domi_fw-la cupido_fw-la praestabit_fw-la vota_fw-la manendi_fw-la hinc_fw-la licet_fw-la ingenij_fw-la praesignes_fw-la discere_fw-la cultus_fw-la quos_fw-la aditu_fw-la regum_fw-la provisa_fw-la pericula_fw-la monstrent_fw-la nam_fw-la libre_fw-la hic_fw-la peragrans_fw-la tibi_fw-la quae_fw-la viscenda_fw-la fuissent_fw-la 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d ¶_o in_o laudem_fw-la lodovici_fw-la flodi_fw-la thomas_n dranta_n archdiachonis_fw-la lewicensis_fw-la principibus_fw-la placuisse_fw-la viris_fw-la non_fw-la ultima_fw-la laus_fw-la est_fw-la sic_fw-la ais_fw-la &_o summis_fw-la placuisti_fw-la levis_fw-la horati_fw-la principibus_fw-la placuisse_fw-la viris_fw-la si_fw-la tam_fw-la bona_fw-la laus_fw-la sit_fw-la principibus_fw-la fuisse_fw-la viris_fw-la precepta_fw-la quid_fw-la hoc_fw-la est_fw-la atque_fw-la ipsos_fw-la mutos_fw-la ipsos_fw-la formare_fw-la loquentes_fw-la consilium_fw-la totis_fw-la sanumque_fw-la adscribere_fw-la vitis_fw-la hoc_fw-la tu_fw-la flode_n facis_fw-la quedam_fw-la tua_fw-la dogmata_fw-la vidi_fw-la cetera_fw-la cum_fw-la visis_fw-la si_fw-la quadrant_a congrua_fw-la membra_fw-la â–ª_o quod_fw-la facile_fw-la credo_fw-la quid_fw-la tmultis_fw-la te_fw-la tibi_fw-la tollam_fw-la es_fw-la bone_fw-la ingenioque_fw-la &_o bis_fw-la bone_fw-la argumento_fw-la ¶_o thomas_n churchyard_n gent._n of_o lodo._n fl._n if_o learning_n have_v no_o laud_n man_n like_n will_v decay_v away_o and_o few_o will_v write_v or_o knowledge_n seek_v if_o praise_n be_v pluck_v the_o laborer_n have_v his_o hire_n to_o quite_o his_o careful_a pain_n the_o noble_a mind_n for_o worthy_a work_n a_o crown_n of_o glory_n gain_v the_o horse_n toil_v all_o the_o day_n at_o night_n some_o rest_n to_o find_v the_o hawk_n in_o hope_n of_o wish_v pray_v full_a high_a do_v bear_v the_o wind_n than_o he_o who_o make_v this_o book_n of_o right_n must_v reap_v renown_n sith_o through_o the_o trumpet_n he_o have_v blow_v a_o famous_a fact_n do_v son_n he_o show_v by_o learned_a line_n our_o painful_a pilgrim_n state_n and_o how_o the_o prince_n and_o people_n both_o drive_v out_o their_o dreary_a date_n a_o pilgrimage_n we_o go_v in_o path_n of_o peril_n great_a and_o through_o the_o shade_n of_o surety_n shoe_n we_o pass_v to_o burn_a heat_n that_o all_o consume_v by_o flame_n of_o deep_a desire_n in_o breast_n who_o kindle_a cooale_n like_o aethna_n smoke_v in_o sulphur_n void_a of_o rest_n who_o spark_n do_v flee_v so_o far_o they_o can_v quench_v be_v except_o that_o wisdom_n water_n cast_v when_o fire_n most_o hot_a we_o see_v what_o humour_n lead_v i_o thus_o i_o mean_v to_o praise_v this_o man_n as_o far_o as_o pen_n and_o skill_n may_v stretch_v that_o first_o this_o work_n begin_v and_o though_o the_o swell_a swan_n that_o swimes_o in_o pout_a pride_n by_o scowl_a brow_n tell_v world_n that_o they_o this_o work_n can_v abide_v i_o careless_o stand_v of_o that_o and_o wish_n those_o bird_n so_o well_o in_o great_a glory_n
such_o son_n as_o cicero_n and_o homer_n the_o one_o the_o lamp_n and_o lantern_n of_o rome_n the_o other_o the_o sugar_a and_o sweet_a mecenace_n of_o all_o gréece_n thus_o diligence_n &_o travel_n bring_v they_o to_o fame_n that_o be_v poor_a man_n be_v honour_v of_o scotfree_a man_n be_v base_a man_n be_v exalt_v of_o prince_n o_o happy_a country_n of_o such_o woman_n oh_o happy_a woman_n of_o such_o child_n o_o wise_a happy_a child_n of_o such_o learning_n and_o knowledge_n the_o poor_a smith_n which_o be_v demosthenes_n father_n demosthenes_n and_o the_o silly_a potter_n which_o be_v virgil_n father_n be_v more_o renown_v by_o their_o child_n this_o day_n be_v dead_a then_o know_v by_o their_o own_o wealth_n be_v alive_a thus_o much_o happen_v unto_o the_o silly_a smith_n and_o unto_o the_o poor_a potter_n their_o name_n shall_v never_o die_v while_o either_o demosthenes_n be_v read_v virgil._n or_o virgil_n hear_v what_o may_v be_v speak_v of_o that_o poor_a physician_n 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such_o favour_n with_o king_n antigonus_n by_o diligence_n and_o not_o by_o idleness_n by_o travail_n and_o not_o by_o slothfulness_n by_o learning_n and_o not_o by_o ignorance_n why_o do_v that_o great_a and_o famous_a roman_a scipio_n surname_v affricanus_fw-la esteem_v so_o much_o the_o poor_a poet_n aennaeus_fw-la alive_a â—ennaeus_fw-la that_o be_v dead_a he_o cause_v his_o picture_n to_o be_v set_v before_o his_o eye_n as_o pledge_v of_o his_o great_a love_n and_o earnest_n good_a will_n forsooth_o for_o pain_n and_o travail_v that_o aennaeus_fw-la take_v with_o scipio_n why_o do_v augustus_n caesar_n that_o wise_a and_o godly_a emperor_n make_v so_o much_o of_o maros_n book_n marâ—_n but_o because_o he_o be_v in_o his_o time_n y_fw-fr e_o lamp_n of_o rome_n he_o honour_v no_o less_o his_o book_n after_o he_o be_v dead_a than_o octavian_n embrace_v he_o alive_a the_o great_a king_n artaxerxes_n think_v himself_o half_o dead_a artaxerxes_n without_o the_o company_n of_o hypocrates_n pomponius_n atti._n think_v he_o happy_a when_o either_o cicero_n be_v in_o his_o â—ight_n or_o some_o of_o his_o book_n in_o his_o bosom_n alexander_n never_o go_v to_o bed_v without_o homer_n under_o his_o pillow_n who_o will_v not_o praise_v the_o diligence_n of_o poor_a cleanthes_n the_o philosopher_n cleantheâ—_n who_o will_v not_o commend_v the_o travail_n of_o plautus_n y_fw-fr e_o historiographer_n plautus_n the_o one_o with_o a_o baker_n the_o other_o with_o a_o brewer_n bring_v up_o with_o such_o care_n and_o pain_n in_o the_o day_n time_n that_o they_o may_v study_v in_o the_o night_n time_n such_o be_v their_o poverty_n and_o necessity_n that_o they_o be_v urge_v to_o travail_v in_o the_o night_n time_n such_o be_v their_o desire_n and_o affection_n unto_o learning_n that_o they_o be_v willing_a to_o study_v in_o the_o day_n time_n who_o will_v not_o extol_v euclides_n to_o take_v such_o pain_n euclides_n and_o to_o encur_v such_o danger_n to_o go_v in_o the_o night_n time_n in_o the_o apparel_n of_o a_o woman_n because_o he_o may_v not_o be_v know_v to_o hear_v socrates_n read_v philosophy_n oh_o painful_a man_n oh_o worthy_a member_n of_o their_o country_n that_o so_o seek_v by_o diligence_n that_o so_o travayl_v by_o study_n and_o industrye_n and_o in_o fine_a so_o find_v by_o wit_n and_o reason_n the_o redress_n of_o thing_n to_o disperse_v that_o defuse_a chaos_n which_o time_n then_o say_v cicero_n have_v scant_a open_v the_o door_n thereunto_o then_o after_o private_a pain_n and_o speciail_n study_v of_o sundry_a man_n in_o several_a country_n it_o come_v to_o that_o perfection_n that_o from_o one_o man_n in_o one_o place_n diverse_a grow_v learned_a and_o pollitickâ—_n by_o diligence_n and_o travail_n romulus_n that_o from_o romulus_n the_o first_o builder_n and_o king_n of_o the_o roman_n rome_n in_o short_a time_n have_v wise_a and_o discreet_a council_n to_o govern_v the_o city_n from_o solon_n the_o first_o law_n setter_n after_o dracog_n among_o the_o athenian_n solon_n by_o and_o by_o learned_a and_o eloquent_a oraratour_n flow_v in_o athens_n lycurgus_n from_o lycurgus_n among_o the_o lacedaemonian_n straight_o grow_v modest_a and_o grave_a senator_n call_v ephori_fw-la and_o thus_o from_o one_o in_o the_o beginning_n diverse_a proceed_v forth_o in_o the_o end_n as_o the_o prophet_n among_o the_o egyptian_n the_o gimnosophiste_n among_o the_o indian_n the_o chaldean_n among_o the_o babylonians_n the_o sage_n call_v magi_n among_o the_o persian_n and_o so_o of_o other_o in_o other_o country_n and_o thus_o by_o diligence_n first_o commend_v be_v all_o man_n by_o pilgrimage_n and_o labour_n of_o life_n and_o well_o record_v in_o memory_n for_o the_o pain_n and_o study_n that_o each_o famous_a man_n in_o life_n do_v for_o his_o country_n his_o prince_n and_o his_o friend_n that_o have_v finish_v his_o pilgrimage_n of_o life_n merit_v such_o fame_n as_o shall_v be_v to_o his_o perpetual_a memory_n after_o death_n of_o the_o first_o inventour_n of_o art_n and_o of_o the_o use_n of_o soothsay_v the_o world_n be_v raw_a and_o not_o ripe_a ignorant_a and_o not_o learned_a rude_a and_o barbarous_a without_o all_o civil_a policy_n nature_n of_o itself_o move_v first_o man_n to_o mend_v manner_n instruct_v y_o e_o ignorant_a to_o seek_v and_o search_v thing_n unknowen_a which_o nature_n wrought_v in_o diverse_a man_n in_o sundry_a country_n a_o desire_n to_o knowledge_n whereby_o man_n practise_v therewith_o to_o the_o advauncement_n and_o commendation_n of_o their_o country_n imitate_v as_o cicero_n say_v nature_n as_o a_o good_a guide_n and_o a_o captain_n to_o find_v out_o which_o be_v not_o know_v and_o because_o nature_n be_v always_o desirous_a to_o be_v acquaint_v with_o art_n as_o a_o thing_n to_o exornate_a and_o beautify_v herself_o with_o knowledge_n she_o first_o invent_v letter_n as_o the_o foundation_n and_o the_o ground_n whence_o all_o learning_n do_v proceed_v after_o first_o letter_n be_v invent_v among_o the_o hebrews_n by_o philo_n hercules_n bring_v unto_o gréece_n by_o cadmus_n practise_v first_o in_o egypt_n by_o mennon_n from_o egypt_n unto_o phrygia_n bring_v by_o one_o name_v hercules_n a_o egyptian_a bear_v again_o among_o the_o hetruscans_n letter_n be_v first_o invent_v and_o write_v by_o demaratus_n a_o corinthian_a demaratus_n among_o the_o roman_n as_o both_o plutarch_n and_o solinus_n do_v affirm_v the_o pilagians_n bring_v letter_n â–ª_o and_o first_o find_v the_o use_n thereof_o and_o some_o author_n of_o great_a credit_n affirm_v that_o nicostrata_n the_o mother_n of_o euander_n the_o arcadian_a invent_a letter_n first_o in_o rome_n rhadâ—maâ—thus_n so_o radamanthus_n in_o syria_n and_o so_o other_o in_o diverse_a place_n of_o the_o world_n be_v studious_a and_o careful_a to_o search_v a_o way_n by_o reason_n to_o practice_v the_o â—ame_n by_o wit_n to_o dispearce_v that_o lumpish_a chaos_n which_o yet_o for_o want_n of_o knowledge_n have_v no_o 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one_o in_o reduce_a his_o
that_o archilogus_fw-la have_v for_o that_o he_o write_v in_o his_o book_n archilogus_fw-la that_o it_o be_v sometime_o better_a to_o cast_v the_o buckler_n away_o than_o to_o die_v he_o be_v banish_v the_o confine_n of_o lacedemonia_fw-la at_o what_o time_n the_o city_n of_o sagunto_n be_v destroy_v against_o promise_n of_o the_o people_n of_o carthage_n the_o renown_a roman_n though_o league_n be_v break_v and_o peace_n defy_v roman_n yet_o the_o senator_n do_v send_v ambassador_n eabius_n maximus_n with_o two_o table_n write_v the_o one_o contaynnig_a peace_n the_o other_o war_n which_o be_v send_v to_o carthage_n either_o to_o choose_v peace_n or_o war_n the_o election_n be_v they_o though_o the_o roman_n be_v injury_v and_o though_o they_o can_v best_o defend_v their_o own_o yet_o will_v the_o noble_a roman_n suffer_v often_o offence_n hardie_n then_o be_v the_o roman_n scaevola_n when_o scaevola_n go_v alone_o arm_v unto_o the_o tent_n of_o porsenna_n king_n of_o hetruria_n 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