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A05370 Ravvleigh his ghost. Or a feigned apparition of Syr VValter Rawleigh to a friend of his, for the translating into English, the booke of Leonard Lessius (that most learned man) entituled, De prouidentia numinis, & animi immortalitate: written against atheists, and polititians of these dayes. Translated by A. B.; De providentia numinis, et animi immortalitate. English Lessius, Leonardus, 1554-1623.; Knott, Edward, 1582-1656.; Raleigh, Walter, Sir, 1552?-1618. 1631 (1631) STC 15523; ESTC S102372 201,300 468

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to_o introduce_v a_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d or_o confuse_a company_n of_o god_n and_o many_o first_o beginning_n as_o blind_a gentility_n be_v accustom_v to_o do_v assign_v proper_a and_o peculiar_a god_n to_o every_o particular_a business_n &_o affair_n of_o man_n who_o shall_v be_v the_o author_n directour_n and_o upon_o who_o that_o kind_n of_o particular_a negotiation_n shall_v be_v peculiarly_a incumbent_n so_o they_o make_v venus_n the_o goddess_n of_o love_n and_o lust_n diana_n of_o hunt_v ceres_z of_o fruit_n mercury_n of_o negotiation_n esculapius_n of_o cure_v disease_n mars_n of_o war_n pallas_n of_o wisdom_n apollo_n and_o the_o muse_n of_o poetry_n fortune_n of_o casual_a event_n and_o the_o like_a in_o diverse_a other_o thing_n but_o all_o this_o with_o a_o strange_a blindness_n of_o judgement_n as_o if_o one_o
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yet_o often_o be_v accompany_v with_o danger_n and_o destruction_n wherefore_o it_o may_v be_v just_o conclude_v that_o nothing_o be_v more_o agreeable_a to_o the_o education_n &_o frame_v of_o prince_n than_o the_o read_n of_o sacred_a and_o divine_a history_n especial_o of_o the_o book_n of_o the_o king_n for_o there_o they_o shall_v be_v instruct_v that_o the_o foundation_n &_o groundwork_n of_o a_o kingdom_n and_o of_o true_a policy_n be_v seat_v in_o true_a religion_n and_o justice_n without_o which_o any_o christian_a state_n can_v expect_v any_o firmness_n or_o tranquillity_n this_o very_a point_n be_v most_o profitable_a to_o charles_n the_o five_o unto_o who_o adrianus_n his_o schoolmaster_n do_v read_v the_o book_n of_o the_o king_n from_o whence_o he_o take_v those_o principle_n mystery_n and_o document_n of_o governemet_fw-la which_o make_v he_o not_o only_o virtuous_a but_o also_o a_o most_o great_a potent_a and_o fortunate_a prince_n now_o that_o these_o book_n be_v to_o 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