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knowledge_n of_o a_o thing_n be_v not_o sufficient_a to_o acquire_v it_o wisdom_n second_o means_n the_o desire_n of_o wisdom_n we_o must_v love_v and_o ardent_o desire_v it_o love_n be_v the_o primum_fw-la mobile_a or_o first_o mover_n of_o our_o action_n love_n animate_v the_o enterprise_n and_o make_v they_o succeed_v if_o this_o be_v certain_a in_o all_o other_o thing_n we_o undertake_v it_o be_v yet_o more_o infallible_a in_o virtue_n because_o the_o love_n and_o desire_v of_o virtue_n be_v one_o part_n of_o virtue_n itself_o and_o a_o very_a powerful_a mean_n to_o attain_v to_o it_o it_o be_v the_o mean_v the_o wiseman_n give_v you_o dear_a theotime_n and_o which_o he_o himself_o make_v use_v of_o with_o very_o good_a success_n in_o the_o six_o chapter_n of_o the_o book_n of_o wisdom_n he_o say_v 6._o say_v clara_n est_fw-la sapientia_fw-la &_o quae_fw-la nunquam_fw-la marcescit_fw-la &_o facile_fw-la videtur_fw-la ab_fw-la his_fw-la qui_fw-la diligunt_fw-la eam_fw-la &_o invenitur_fw-la ab_fw-la his_fw-la qui_fw-la quaerunt_fw-la illam_fw-la praeoccupat_fw-la eos_fw-la qui_fw-la se_fw-la concupiscunt_fw-la ut_fw-la illis_fw-la se_fw-la prio_fw-la ostendat_fw-la sap._n 6._o that_o wisdom_n be_v a_o thing_n which_o can_v be_v hide_v nor_o be_v subject_a to_o corruption_n nor_o to_o be_v easy_o lose_v out_o of_o the_o sight_n of_o he_o that_o seek_v she_o for_o she_o be_v quick_o perceive_v by_o those_o who_o love_v she_o she_o prevent_v those_o who_o desire_v she_o and_o go_v before_o to_o manifest_v herself_o to_o they_o but_o harken_v how_o he_o himself_o make_v use_v of_o these_o mean_n in_o his_o youth_n and_o learn_v to_o conform_v yourself_o to_o that_o divine_a original_a he_o say_v in_o the_o seven_o chapter_n that_o have_v consider_v the_o common_a misery_n of_o man_n who_o be_v all_o bear_v in_o weakness_n and_o ignorance_n he_o begin_v to_o sigh_v after_o and_o earnest_o desire_v this_o wisdom_n and_o to_o be_v free_v from_o these_o affliction_n 7._o affliction_n propter_fw-la hoc_fw-la optavi_fw-la &_o datus_fw-la est_fw-la mihi_fw-la sensus_fw-la invocavi_fw-la &_o venit_fw-la in_o i_o spiritus_fw-la sapientiae_fw-la &_o praeposui_fw-la illam_fw-la regnis_fw-la &_o sedibus_fw-la divitias_fw-la nihil_fw-la esse_fw-la duxi_fw-la in_o comparatione_fw-la illius_fw-la nec_fw-la comparavi_fw-la illi_fw-la lapidem_fw-la pretiosum_fw-la quoniam_fw-la omne_fw-la aurum_fw-la in_o comparatione_fw-la illius_fw-la arena_fw-la est_fw-la exigua_fw-la &_o tanquam_fw-la lutum_fw-la aestimabitur_fw-la argentum_fw-la in_o conspecâ—u_fw-la illius_fw-la venerunt_fw-la autem_fw-la mihi_fw-la omne_fw-la bona_fw-la pariter_fw-la cum_fw-la illa_fw-la &_o innumerabilis_fw-la honestas_fw-la sap._n 7._o for_o this_o reason_n say_v he_o i_o wish_v and_o receive_v understanding_n and_o prudence_n i_o demand_v by_o my_o prayer_n the_o spirit_n of_o wisdom_n and_o it_o be_v bestow_v upon_o i_o i_o make_v more_o account_n of_o she_o than_o of_o 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