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man_v to_o king_n alexander_n foe_n xci_o ¶_o the_o first_o culture_n or_o worshippinge_n of_o ydol_n foe_n eodem_fw-la ¶_o the_o second_o that_o fond_a out_o ymage_n foe_fw-mi xcii_o ¶_o the_o three_o image_n foe_n eodem_fw-la ¶_o of_o the_o jew_n synagoge_n the_o which_o fail_v when_o the_o church_n of_o chryste_n begin_v foe_n eodem_fw-la ¶_o of_o the_o chrysten_v feyth_fw-mi foe_fw-mi xciii_o ¶_o how_o thoas_n the_o high_a press_v of_o the_o temple_n of_o mynerue_v be_v corrupt_v with_o gold_n and_o how_o he_o turn_v his_o face_n a_o side_n wyttyng_o while_o antenor_n take_v away_o the_o palladium_n foe_fw-mi eodem_fw-la ¶_o a_o notable_a sayenge_a of_o faint_a gregory_n touchinge_v the_o increase_v of_o the_o christian_a feyth_n for_n xciiii_o ¶_o of_o the_o spice_n of_o avarice_n that_o be_v call_v covetyse_n for_n eodem_fw-la ¶_o a_o great_a and_o notable_a example_n of_o the_o covetous_a emperor_n of_o rome_n calledde_v crassus_n foe_fw-mi eodem_fw-la ¶_o of_o they_o that_o 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great_a kyndenes_n of_o the_o young_a lady_n ariadne_n foe_n cxii_o ¶_o of_o the_o spice_n of_o avarice_n the_o which_o be_v call_v ravyne_fw-mi the_o who_o mother_n be_v call_v extortion_n foe_n cxiii_o ¶_o how_o thereus_n ravisshed_a philomene_n and_o how_o her_o sister_n progne_n and_o she_o do_v revenge_v it_o foe_n eodem_fw-la ¶_o of_o the_o spice_n of_o avarice_n that_o be_v call_v theft_n foe_n cxvi_o ¶_o how_o neptune_n will_v have_v ravisshed_a the_o fair_a virgin_n cornix_n &_o how_o she_o be_v preserve_v from_o he_o by_o pallas_n foe_fw-mi cxvii_o ¶_o how_o jupiter_n transform_v himself_o in_o to_o the_o lyknesse_n of_o a_o maiden_n and_o so_o ravisshed_a calisto_n foe_fw-mi eodem_fw-la ¶_o what_o the_o fair_a young_a man_n phirinus_n do_v to_o the_o end_n that_o he_o will_v keep_v his_o chastyte_a foe_n eodem_fw-la ¶_o a_o commendation_n of_o virginite_a foe_n cxviii_o ¶_o how_o the_o emperor_n valentinian_n reioyse_v more_o that_o he_o have_v subdue_v his_o flesh_n &_o 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king_n menalay_n 〈◊〉_d &_o how_o he_o lead_v she_o away_o with_o 〈◊〉_d foe_n cxxiiii_o ¶_o of_o the_o virtue_n the_o which_o be_v call_v 〈◊〉_d that_o stond_v between_o libeâ—â—â—â—_n and_o prodigalyte_n foe_n cxxvi_o the_o contentis_fw-la of_o the_o syxte_v book_n ¶_o of_o the_o sin_n of_o glotonny_a and_o of_o 〈◊〉_d spyce_n that_o long_o thereto_o dronkeship_n and_o delycacy_n foe_fw-mi cxxvii_o ¶_o of_o jupiters_n two_o ton_n foe_n cxxx_o ¶_o how_o bacchus_n be_v destitute_a of_o drink_n for_o he_o and_o his_o host_n pray_v unto_o jupiter_n and_o how_o he_o be_v satisfy_v to_o his_o mind_n foe_n eodem_fw-la ¶_o how_o trystram_n be_v of_o love_n drink_v on_o bell_n i_o sell_v foe_n eodem_fw-la ¶_o how_o the_o drunken_a centaur_n ravisshed_a the_o fair_a ipotacia_n the_o same_o day_n that_o pirithous_n wed_v her_o foe_n eodem_fw-la ¶_o how_o galba_n and_o vitellus_n two_o gentylman_n of_o spain_n for_o there_o riot_n be_v iuge_v to_o death_n and_o how_o they_o cheese_n to_o dye_v be_v drunken_a foe_n eodem_fw-la ¶_o of_o that_o spyce_n of_o glotonnye_n that_o be_v call_v delycacy_n foe_n eodem_fw-la ¶_o the_o evangelical_a exemple_n of_o dives_fw-la &_o lazar_n ageynste_n the_o delycate_a foe_n cxxxii_o ¶_o the_o delicate_a sight_n in_o love_n foe_fw-mi cxxxii_o ¶_o the_o delyte_n of_o the_o ear_n in_o love_n foe_fw-mi cxxxiii_o ¶_o the_o delycate_a thought_n in_o love_n foe_fw-mi eodem_fw-la ¶_o the_o delicacy_n of_o nero_n foe_n eodem_fw-la ¶_o how_o delicacy_n and_o dronkenesse_n provocke_n carnal_a concupiscence_n foe_n cxxxiiii_o ¶_o the_o name_n of_o book_n and_o author_n that_o write_v as_o welle_v of_o natural_a as_o curse_a magic_a foe_fw-mi eodem_fw-la ¶_o how_o ulysses_n returninge_v home_o from_o the_o syge_a of_o troy_n /_o arrive_v in_o the_o i_o will_v of_o cilli_fw-la where_o dwell_v the_o great_a witch_n circe_n on_o who_o he_o beget_v a_o son_n that_o after_o slay_v he_o foe_n cxxxv_o ¶_o how_o nectanabus_n by_o his_o art_n magic_a deceyve_v olimpias_n king_n philippe_n of_o macedones_fw-la wife_n while_o be_v be_v absent_a and_o on_o her_o goat_n alexander_n the_o great_a conqueror_n and_o how_o he_o be_v afterward_o of_o his_o own_o son_n the_o same_o alexander_n slay_v for_n cxxxvii_o ¶_o how_o zorastes_n the_o first_o fynder_n of_o art_n magyk_fw-mi laugh_v at_o his_o birth_n &_o how_o the_o king_n of_o surrie_n slay_v he_o foe_n cxl_o ☞_o the_o contentis_fw-la of_o the_o vii_o book_n ¶_o of_o the_o doctrine_n of_o aristotel_n which_o he_o teach_v alexander_n and_o how_o philosophy_n be_v divide_v into_o three_o part_n foe_fw-mi eodem_fw-la ¶_o of_o theoryke_n the_o first_o part_n of_o philosohie_a /_o the_o which_o be_v depart_v upon_o three_o that_o be_v to_o say_v theology_n phisyke_n and_o mathematic_a first_o of_o theology_n foe_fw-mi eo_fw-la ¶_o of_o essencia_fw-la which_o be_v thâ—â—_n manner_n wise_a fâ—â—odem_n ¶_o of_o the_o second_o part_n of_o theorike_n call_v physic_n foe_fw-mi eodem_fw-la ¶_o of_o the_o 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this_o book_n upon_o amendment_n to_o stone_v at_o his_o commandment_n with_o who_o my_o herte_n be_v of_o acorde_n i_o send_v unto_o my_o own_o lord_n which_o of_o lancastre_n be_v henry_n name_v the_o high_a god_n have_v he_o proclaim_v full_o of_o knyghthode_n and_o all_o grace_n so_o will_v i_o now_o this_o werke_n embrace_v with_o holle_fw-ge trust_n and_o holle_fw-ge believe_v god_n grant_v i_o must_v it_o well_o acheve_fw-mi â—â—â—â—as_o preteritum_n praesens_fw-la fortuna_fw-la beatum_fw-la 〈◊〉_d et_fw-la antiquas_fw-la vertit_fw-la in_o orbe_fw-la mass_fw-la 〈…〉_o â—â—rerâ—m_o concor_fw-la dilectio_fw-la pacem_fw-la complice_n hominis_fw-la nuncia_fw-la mentis_fw-la erat_fw-la 〈◊〉_d aâ—â—olor_n tunc_fw-la temporis_fw-la aura_fw-fr refulsit_fw-la 〈◊〉_d planç_n cuncque_fw-la fuere_fw-la â—â—ae_fw-la nâ—â—â—que_fw-la latens_fw-la odium_fw-la â—ultum_fw-la depingit_fw-la amoris_fw-la 〈…〉_o sub_fw-la fiâ—ta_fw-la tempus_fw-la ad_fw-la arma_fw-la tegit_fw-la 〈…〉_o â—â—aâ—â—s_v mutabile_fw-la cameliontis_fw-la 〈…〉_o â—â—egnis_fw-la sunt_fw-la nova_fw-la iura_fw-la novis_fw-la 〈…〉_o â—pâ—uerant_fw-la solidissima_fw-la sicque_fw-la per_fw-la orbem_fw-la â—â—â—cantur_fw-la nâ—â—_n eo_fw-la contra_fw-la quietis_fw-la habent_fw-la 〈…〉_o â—eâ—â—coâ—e_o ut_fw-la dicunt_fw-la secundum_fw-la temâ—â—â—â—_n 〈…〉_o â—â—icet_fw-la tempore_fw-la regio_fw-la riâ—â—â—_n 〈…〉_o secundâ—_n anno_fw-la regni_fw-la 〈◊〉_d â—â—â—to_fw-la decimo_fw-la ¶_o if_o i_o shall_v draw_v in_o to_o my_o mind_n 〈◊〉_d â—â—me_n pass_v than_o i_o find_v 〈◊〉_d â—â—â—ide_n stand_v in_o all_o his_o welthe_n 〈…〉_o the_o life_n of_o man_n in_o health_n 〈…〉_o plâ—nte_fw-it though_o be_v rychesse_n 〈◊〉_d the_o fortune_n though_o be_v prowess_n 〈…〉_o knyghthode_n in_o pry_v by_o name_n 〈…〉_o the_o wide_a world_n fame_n 〈…〉_o cronycle_n be_v yet_o withhold_v 〈…〉_o â—â—we_n thâ—_n be_v hold_v 〈…〉_o â—â—â—â—â—â—ge_n oâ—_n regalye_o 〈…〉_o use_v all_o the_o baronye_n 〈◊〉_d â—â—pped_v be_v in_o his_o astate_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d es_fw-ge know_v no_o debate_n 〈◊〉_d people_n stand_v in_o obeisance_n 〈◊〉_d the_o rule_n of_o governaunce_n 〈◊〉_d â—â—â—â—s_n with_o rightwysnesse_n keste_fw-fr 〈◊〉_d â—arite_n though_o stand_v in_o rest_n 〈◊〉_d â—â—â—â—nes_n herte_v the_o courage_n 〈◊〉_d â—â—â—wed_v then_o in_o the_o visage_n 〈◊〉_d â—â—â—de_v be_v like_o to_o the_o conceit_n 〈◊〉_d semblaunt_n of_o deceit_n 〈◊〉_d be_v there_o unenuied_a love_n 〈◊〉_d be_v virtue_n set_v above_o aâ—â—â—â—ce_n be_v put_v under_o foot_n now_o staâ—te_fw-la the_o crope_n under_o the_o rote_n the_o world_n be_v change_v overall_a and_o thereof_o most_o in_o special_a that_o love_n be_v fall_n in_o to_o discord_n and_o that_o i_o take_v in_o to_o record_n of_o every_o land_n for_o his_o party_n the_o come_fw-mi voice_n /_o which_o may_v not_o lie_v nought_o upon_o one_o but_o upon_o all_o be_v that_o man_n now_o clepe_v and_o call_v and_o seyn_v /_o that_o reign_v be_v divide_v in_o stead_n of_o love_n be_v hate_v guide_v the_o 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be_v which_o man_n note_v and_o of_o musyke_a also_o the_o note_n in_o man_n voice_n or_o soft_a or_o sharp_a that_o fond_a juball_n and_o of_o the_o harp_n the_o merry_a swoon_n which_o be_v to_o like_o that_o fond_a paulius_fw-la forth_o with_o physic_n zâ—uzis_n fond_a first_o the_o portraiture_n and_o promotheus_n the_o sculpture_n after_o what_o form_n that_o hem_n think_v the_o resemblance_n anon_o they_o wrought_v aâ—bâ—ll_o in_o iron_n and_o in_o steel_n fond_a first_o the_o forge_n &_o wrought_v it_o well_o and_o jadahel_n as_o say_v the_o book_n first_o make_v net_n and_o fish_n take_v of_o hunt_v eke_o be_v fond_a the_o chase_n which_o now_o be_v know_v in_o many_o place_n a_o tent_n of_o clothe_v with_o cord_n and_o stake_n he_o set_v up_o first_o and_o do_v it_o make_v herconius_n of_o cokerye_o first_o make_v the_o delycacie_n the_o craft_n mynerue_v of_o wool_n fond_a and_o make_a cloth_n she_o own_o honde_n and_o delbora_n make_v it_o of_o line_n the_o woman_n be_v of_o great_a engyne_n but_o thing_n which_o yeve_v mete_v &_o drink_v and_o do_v the_o labour_n for_o to_o swynke_v to_o till_o the_o londe_n and_o set_v the_o vine_n whereof_o the_o corn_n and_o the_o wine_n bâ—n_v sustenance_n to_o mankind_n in_o old_a book_n as_o i_o find_v saturnus_n of_o his_o own_o wit_n have_v find_v first_o and_o more_o yet_o of_o chapmenhode_n he_o fond_a the_o weigh_v and_o eke_o to_o coygne_v the_o money_n of_o sundry_a metal_n as_o it_o be_v he_o be_v the_o first_o man_n of_o this_o but_o how_o that_o metal_n come_v a_o place_n through_o man_n wit_n and_o god_n grace_v the_o rout_n of_o philosopher_n wise_n contreveden_n by_o sundry_a wise_n first_o for_o to_o get_v it_o out_o of_o i_o and_o after_o for_o to_o try_v and_o fine_o and_o also_o with_o great_a dilygence_n they_o fond_a thilk_o experience_n which_o clepe_v be_v alconomy_n whereof_o the_o silver_n multiply_v they_o make_v and_o eke_o the_o gold_n also_o and_o for_o to_o tell_v how_o it_o be_v so_o 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philosopher_n tell_v of_o gold_n and_o silver_n they_o ben_fw-mi hold_v two_o principal_a extremity_n to_o which_o all_o other_o by_o degree_n of_o the_o metal_n ben_fw-mi accordaunt_a and_o so_o through_o kind_n resemblant_n that_o what_o man_n couth_a away_o take_v the_o rust_n of_o which_o they_o wax_v black_a and_o the_o savour_n of_o the_o hardness_n they_o shulden_v take_v the_o likeness_n of_o gold_n or_o silver_n parfect_o but_o for_o to_o worche_n it_o sickerly_a between_o the_o corpse_n and_o the_o spirit_n er_fw-mi that_o the_o metal_n be_v parfyte_n in_o seven_o form_n it_o be_v set_v of_o all_o and_o if_o one_o be_v let_v the_o remenaunt_n may_v not_o avayle_v but_o other_o wise_n it_o may_v nought_o fail_v for_o they_o by_o who_o this_o art_n be_v find_v to_o every_o point_n a_o certain_a bind_v ordeynen_n that_o a_o man_n may_v find_v this_o craft_n be_v wrought_v by_o weigh_n of_o kind_n so_o that_o there_o be_v no_o fallace_n inn_n but_o what_o man_n that_o this_o werke_n begin_v he_o may_v await_v at_o every_o tide_n so_o that_o nothing_o be_v leave_v a_o side_n first_o of_o the_o distillation_n forth_o with_o the_o congellation_n solucyon_n dissension_n and_o keep_v in_o his_o entencyon_n the_o point_n of_o sublymation_n â§_o and_o forth_o with_o calcination_n of_o very_a approbation_n do_v that_o there_o be_v fyxation_n with_o temperate_a hete_n of_o the_o fire_n till_o he_o the_o parfyte_n elyxer_n of_o thilk_o philosopher_n stone_n may_v get_v of_o which_o that_o many_o one_o of_o philosopher_n whilom_o write_v and_o if_o thou_o wolt_fw-ge they_fw-mi name_n wit_v of_o thilk_o stone_n with_o other_o two_o which_o as_o the_o clerk_n maden_v tho_o so_o as_o the_o book_n it_o recorden_n the_o kind_n of_o they_o i_o shall_v recorden_n â§_o nota_fw-la de_fw-fr tribus_fw-la lapidibus_fw-la /_o quod_fw-la philosophi_fw-la composuerunt_fw-la quorum_fw-la primus_fw-la que_fw-la lapis_fw-la vegetabilis_fw-la qui_fw-la sanitatem_fw-la conseruat_fw-la /_o secundus_fw-la dicitur_fw-la lapis_fw-la animalis_fw-la que_fw-la membra_fw-la et_fw-la virtutes_fw-la sensibiles_fw-la fortificat_fw-la tertius_fw-la dicitur_fw-la lapis_fw-la mineral_n /_o que_fw-fr omne_fw-la metalla_fw-la purificat_fw-la /_o et_fw-fr in_o suum_fw-la perfectum_fw-la naturali_fw-la potencia_fw-la deducit_fw-la ¶_o these_o old_a philosopher_n wise_n by_o weigh_n of_o kind_n in_o sundry_a wise_n thy_o stone_n make_v through_o clergy_n the_o first_o i_o shall_v specify_v be_v clepe_v vegetabilis_fw-la of_o which_o the_o proper_a virtue_n be_v to_o man_n heal_n for_o to_o serve_v as_o for_o to_o keep_v and_o to_o preserve_v the_o body_n from_o sickness_n all_o till_o death_n of_o kind_n upon_o he_o fall_v the_o second_o stone_n i_o the_o behote_a be_v lapis_fw-la animalis_fw-la hot_a the_o who_o virtue_n be_v proper_a and_o couth_a for_o ear_n and_o eye_n nose_n and_o mouth_n whereof_o a_o man_n may_v here_o and_o see_v and_o smelle_fw-fr and_o taste_v in_o his_o degree_n and_o for_o to_o feel_v and_o for_o to_o go_v it_o help_v a_o man_n of_o both_o two_o the_o wytte_v fyve_o he_o underfonge_v to_o keep_v as_o it_o to_o he_o belong_v the_o third_o stone_n in_o special_a by_o name_n be_v clepe_v mineral_n which_o the_o metal_n of_o every_o my_o attempreth_n till_o that_o they_o ben_fw-mi fine_o and_o pure_v they_o by_o such_o a_o weigh_n that_o all_o the_o vice_n go_v a_o weigh_v of_o rust_n of_o stynke_n and_o of_o hardness_n and_o when_o they_o be_v of_o such_o clenne_n this_o mineral_n so_o as_o i_o find_v transform_v all_o the_o first_o kind_n and_o make_v they_o able_a to_o conceyve_v through_o his_o virtue_n and_o receyve_v both_o in_o substance_n and_o in_o fygure_n of_o gold_n and_o silver_n the_o nature_n for_o they_o two_o be_v thextremite_n to_o which_o after_o the_o property_n have_v every_o metal_n his_o
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they_o spenden_fw-ge fyve_o i_o not_o how_o such_o a_o craft_n shall_v thryve_v in_o the_o manner_n as_o it_o be_v use_v it_o be_v better_o be_v refuse_v than_o for_o to_o worchen_a upon_o ween_v in_o thing_n which_o stant_fw-la not_o as_o they_z ween_z but_o not_o for_o thy_o who_z that_o it_o know_v the_o science_n of_o himself_o be_v true_a upon_o the_o form_n as_o it_o be_v found_v whereof_o the_o name_n yet_o be_v ground_v of_o they_o that_o first_o it_o find_fw-mi out_o and_o thus_o the_o fame_n go_v all_o about_o to_o such_o as_o soughten_a besyne_n of_o virtue_n and_o of_o worthiness_n of_o who_o if_o i_o the_o name_n call_v hermes_n be_v one_o the_o first_o of_o all_o to_o who_o this_o art_n be_v most_o apply_v geber_n thereof_o be_v magnify_v and_o ortolan_n and_o moryen_n among_o the_o which_o be_v avicen_n which_o fond_a and_o write_v a_o great_a party_n the_o practyke_a of_o alconomy_n who_o book_n pleyn_o as_o they_o stone_v upon_o this_o craft_n few_o understonde_v but_o 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of_o which_o the_o tongue_n romayn_v come_v whereof_o that_o aristarchus_n nam_fw-la forth_o with_o donat_n and_o dyndymus_n the_o first_o reule_fw-fr of_o school_n as_o thus_o how_o that_o latin_a shall_v be_v compow_v and_o in_o what_o wise_n it_o shall_v be_v swoon_v that_o every_o word_n in_o his_o degree_n shall_v stone_v upon_o congruite_n and_o thilk_o time_n at_o rome_n also_o be_v tullius_n cicero_n that_o write_v upon_o rhetoric_n how_o that_o man_n shall_v her_o word_n pike_n after_o the_o form_n of_o cloquence_n which_o be_v man_n seyne_v a_o great_a prudence_n and_o after_o that_o out_o of_o hebrewe_n jerome_n which_o the_o langage_fw-fr know_v the_o bible_n in_o which_o the_o law_n be_v close_v in_o to_o latin_a he_o have_v transpose_v and_o many_o a_o other_o writer_n eke_o out_o of_o caldee_n arabe_fw-la and_o greek_a with_o great_a labour_n the_o book_n wise_a translateden_n and_o otherwise_o the_o latyn_n of_o they_o self_n also_o her_o study_n at_o thilk_o time_n so_o with_o great_a travail_n of_o school_n take_v in_o sundry_a form_n for_o to_o look_v that_o we_o may_v take_v her_o evidence_n upon_o the_o lore_n of_o the_o science_n of_o craft_n both_o and_o of_o clergy_n among_o the_o which_o in_o poesy_n to_o the_o lover_n o_o vyde_v write_v and_o teach_v if_o love_v be_v to_o hot_a in_o what_o manner_n it_o shall_v akele_v ¶_o for_o thy_o my_o son_n if_o that_o thou_o feel_v that_o love_n wring_v the_o to_o sore_o behold_v o_o vyde_n and_o take_v his_o lore_n ¶_o my_o father_n if_o they_o may_v speed_n my_o love_n i_o will_v his_o book_n rede_v and_o if_o they_o techen_fw-ge to_o restrain_v my_o love_n it_o be_v a_o idle_a peyne_n to_o learn_v a_o thing_n which_o may_v not_o be_v for_o lyche_n unto_o the_o green_a three_fw-mi if_o that_o man_n take_v his_o rote_n away_o right_o so_o my_o herte_n shall_v dye_n if_o that_o my_o love_n be_v withdraw_v whereof_o touchende_v unto_o this_o see_v there_o be_v but_o only_o to_o pursue_v my_o love_n and_o idelshyp_n eschew_v ¶_o my_o good_a son_n soothe_v to_o seye_v if_o there_o be_v sike_a any_o weigh_v to_o love_v thou_o have_v say_v the_o best_a for_o who_o that_o will_v have_v all_o his_o rest_n and_o do_v no_o travail_n at_o need_n it_o be_v no_o reason_n that_o he_o speed_n in_o love_n cause_n for_o to_o win_v for_o he_o which_o dare_v nothing_o begin_v i_o not_o what_o thing_n he_o shall_v acheve_fw-mi but_o over_o this_o thou_o shall_v believe_v so_o as_o it_o sit_v the_o well_o to_o know_v that_o there_o be_v other_o vice_n slow_a which_o unto_o love_n do_v great_a let_n if_o thou_o thy_o herte_n upon_o they_o set_v perdit_fw-la homo_fw-la causam_fw-la linquens_fw-la sva_fw-la iura_fw-la sopori_fw-la et_fw-la quasi_fw-la dimidium_fw-la pars_fw-la sva_fw-la mortis_fw-la habet_fw-la est_fw-la in_o amore_fw-la vigil_n venus_n et_fw-la ê™_n habet_fw-la vigilanti_fw-la obsequium_fw-la thalamis_fw-la fert_fw-la vigilata_fw-la suis_fw-la ☞_o hic_fw-la loquor_fw-la de_fw-la 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zorobabel_n vltimus_fw-la asserit_fw-la quod_fw-la mulier_fw-la svi_fw-la amoris_fw-la complacentia_fw-la tam_fw-la regis_fw-la quam_fw-la vini_fw-la potenciam_fw-la excellit_fw-la addidit_fw-la insuper_fw-la finali_fw-la conclusioni_fw-la dicens_fw-la quod_fw-la veritas_fw-la super_fw-la onnia_fw-la vincit_fw-la cunis_n responsio_fw-la caeteris_fw-la landabilior_fw-la acceptabatur_fw-la ☞_o as_o the_o cronycke_n it_o do_v reherce_v a_o soldan_n whilom_o be_v of_o perseus_n which_o dare_v hight_v and_o itapsis_n his_o fader_fw-mi be_v and_o sothe_o it_o be_v of_o his_o lygnage_n as_o by_o discente_fw-la the_o regne_fw-la of_o thilk_o empire_n he_o bend_v and_o as_o he_o be_v himself_o wise_a the_o wise_a man_n be_v hold_v in_o prize_n and_o seek_v they_o out_o on_o every_o side_n that_o toward_o he_o they_o shall_v abide_v among_o the_o which_o three_o there_o be_v that_o must_v seruyce_n unto_o he_o here_o as_o they_o which_o in_o his_o chamber_n lighen_fw-mi and_o all_o his_o counceylle_n herd_n and_o syghen_fw-mi her_o name_n be_v of_o strange_a note_n harpage_n be_v the_o first_o hot_a and_o monachas_n be_v the_o second_o zorobabel_n as_o it_o be_v find_v in_o the_o cronycke_n be_v the_o thrydde_v this_o sultan_n
to_o memoire_fw-fr to_o do_v pyte_n in_o stead_n of_o wretch_n he_o may_v not_o fail_v of_o thilk_o speech_n whereof_o ariste_n the_o world_n fame_n to_o yeve_v a_o prince_n a_o worthy_a name_n ☞_o hic_fw-la ponit_fw-la exemplum_fw-la de_fw-la victoriosi_fw-la principis_fw-la pielate_fw-la erga_fw-la adversarios_fw-la svos_fw-la et_fw-la narrat_fw-la /_o quod_fw-la cum_fw-la pompeius_n romanorum_fw-la imperator_fw-la regem_fw-la armenia_n adversarium_fw-la suum_fw-la in_o bello_fw-la victum_fw-la cepisset_fw-la /_o captumque_fw-la vinculis_fw-la alligatum_fw-la rome_n tenuisset_fw-la tyrannidis_fw-la iracundie_n stimulo_fw-la postponens_fw-la pietatis_fw-la mansuetudinem_fw-la operatus_fw-la est_fw-la dixit_fw-la enim_fw-la quod_fw-la nobilius_fw-la est_fw-la regem_fw-la facere_fw-la quam_fw-la deponere_fw-la super_fw-la quo_fw-la dictum_fw-la regem_fw-la absque_fw-la ulla_fw-la redemptione_n non_fw-la solum_fw-la a_o vinculis_fw-la absoluit_fw-la /_o sed_fw-la ad_fw-la svi_fw-la regni_fw-la culmen_fw-la gratuita_fw-la voluntate_fw-la coronatum_fw-la restituit_fw-la ¶_o i_o rede_v how_o whilom_o that_o pompey_n to_o who_o that_o rome_n must_v obey_v a_o war_n have_v in_o jupartye_n against_o the_o king_n of_o armenye_n which_o of_o long_a time_n have_v he_o greve_v but_o at_o last_o it_o be_v acheve_v that_o he_o this_o king_n discomfyte_n have_v and_o forth_o with_o he_o to_o rome_n lad_n as_o prisoner_n where_o many_o a_o day_n in_o sorry_a plyte_n and_o pour_v he_o lay_v the_o corone_n on_o his_o heed_n depose_v within_o wall_n fast_o enclose_v and_o with_o full_a great_a humylite_n he_o suffer_v his_o adversite_n pompey_n sigh_v his_o patience_n and_o take_v pite_n with_o conscience_n so_o that_o upon_o his_o high_a dey_n to_o before_o all_o rome_n in_o his_o paleys_fw-la as_o he_o that_o will_v upon_o he_o rue_v lete_n yeve_v he_o his_o corone_n new_a and_o his_o estate_n all_o full_a and_o plain_n restore_v of_o his_o reign_n again_o and_o say_v it_o be_v more_o goodly_a thing_n to_o make_v than_o undo_v a_o king_n to_o he_o which_o power_n have_v of_o both_o thus_o they_o that_o weren_a both_o wroth_a accorden_n hem_n to_o final_a pee_z and_o yet_o justice_n nethelee_v be_v keep_v and_o in_o nothing_o offend_v whereof_o pompey_n be_v yet_o commend_v there_o may_v no_o king_n himself_o excuse_v but_o if_o justice_n he_o keep_v and_o use_v which_o for_o to_o eschew_v cruelty_n he_o must_v attempre_fw-it with_o pite_n of_o cruelty_n the_o felonye_n engender_v be_v of_o tyranny_n ayene_n the_o who_o condition_n god_n be_v himself_o the_o champion_n who_o strenthe_n no_o man_n may_v withstonde_v for_o ever_o yet_o it_o have_v so_o stone_v that_o god_n a_o tyrant_n over_o lad_n but_o where_o pite_n the_o reign_n lad_n there_o may_v no_o fortune_n last_v which_o be_v grevous_a but_o at_o last_o the_o god_n himself_o it_o have_v redress_v pyte_n be_v thilk_o virtue_n bless_v which_o never_o let_v his_o master_n fall_n but_o cruelty_n though_o it_o so_o fall_v that_o it_o may_v reign_v for_o a_o throw_v god_n will_v it_o shall_v be_v over_o throw_v whereof_o ensample_n be_v enough_o of_o they_o that_o thilk_o merell_n drowe_n ☞_o hic_fw-la loquor_fw-la contra_fw-la illos_fw-la qui_fw-la tirannica_fw-la potestate_fw-la principatum_fw-la optinentes_fw-la iniqiutatis_fw-la sue_v malicia_fw-la gloriantur_fw-la et_fw-la narrat_fw-la in_o exemplum_fw-la qualiter_fw-la leontius_n tirannus_fw-la pium_fw-la justintanum_n non_fw-la solum_fw-la &_o solio_fw-la imperatorie_fw-la magestatis_fw-la fraudulenter_n expulsit_fw-la sed_fw-la ut_fw-la ipse_fw-la inhabilis_fw-la ad_fw-la regnit_fw-la in_o aspectu_fw-la plebis_fw-la efficiretur_fw-la naso_fw-la et_fw-la labris_fw-la abscisis_fw-la ipsum_fw-la tirannice_n mutilavit_fw-la deus_fw-la tamen_fw-la qui_fw-la super_fw-la omne_fw-la pius_fw-la est_fw-la tiberio_n superueniente_fw-la una_fw-la cum_fw-la adiutorio_fw-la therbellis_fw-la bulgarie_n regis_fw-la justinianum_fw-la interfecto_fw-la le_fw-fr ontio_fw-la ad_fw-la imperium_fw-la restitui_fw-la misericorditer_fw-la ê“curavit_fw-la ¶_o of_o cruelty_n i_o rede_v thus_o when_o the_o tyrant_n leoncyus_n be_v to_o the_o empire_n of_o rome_n arryve_v from_o which_o he_o have_v with_o strength_n prive_v the_o pietous_a justinian_n as_o he_o which_o be_v a_o cruel_a man_n his_o nose_n of_o and_o his_o lip_n both_o he_o cut_v for_o he_o will_v he_o loath_a unto_o the_o people_n and_o make_v unable_a but_o he_o which_o all_o be_v merciable_a the_o high_a god_n ordein_v so_o that_o he_o within_o a_o time_n also_o when_o he_o be_v streng_a in_o his_o ire_n be_v shoven_v out_o of_o his_o empire_n tiberius_n the_o power_n have_v and_o rome_n after_o his_o will_n he_o lad_n and_o for_o leonce_n in_o such_o a_o wise_n ordein_v that_o he_o take_v juise_n of_o nose_n and_o lip_n both_o two_o for_o that_o he_o do_v another_o so_o which_o more_o worthy_a be_v than_o he_o lo_o which_o a_o fall_n have_v cruelty_n and_o pite_n be_v set_v up_o ageyne_n for_o after_o that_o the_o book_n seyne_v therbellis_fw-la king_n of_o bulgarie_n with_o help_n of_o his_o chivalry_n justinyan_n have_v unprison_v and_o to_o thempire_n ageyne_v coron_v â§_o hic_fw-la loquor_fw-la ulterius_fw-la de_fw-la crudelitate_fw-la siculi_n tyranni_fw-la necnon_fw-la et_fw-fr de_fw-fr berillo_n eiusdem_fw-la consiliario_fw-la /_o qui_fw-fr ad_fw-la tormentum_fw-la populi_fw-la quendam_fw-la taurit_fw-la eneum_fw-la tirannica_fw-la coniectura_fw-la fabricari_fw-la constituit_fw-la /_o in_o quo_fw-la tum_fw-la ipse_fw-la prio_fw-la proprio_fw-la crimine_fw-la illud_fw-la exigente_fw-la usque_fw-la ad_fw-la svi_fw-la interitus_fw-la expirationem_fw-la iudicialiter_fw-la for_o quebatur_fw-la ¶_o in_o a_o cronyke_n i_o find_v also_o of_o siculus_n which_o be_v eke_o so_o a_o cruel_a king_n like_o the_o tempest_n the_o who_o no_o pite_n may_v arrest_v he_o be_v the_o first_o as_o book_n seye_v upon_o the_o see_v which_o fond_a galeye_n and_o let_v they_o make_v for_o the_o be_v as_o he_o which_o all_o be_v out_o of_o herre_fw-fr from_fw-mi pite_n and_o misericorde_fw-la for_o thereto_o couthe_n be_v not_o accord_v but_o who_o he_o may_v sleyne_v he_o slough_n and_o thereof_o be_v he_o glad_a enough_o he_o have_v of_o council_n many_o one_o among_o the_o which_o there_o be_v one_o by_o name_n which_o berillus_n hyght_n and_o he_o bethink_v he_o how_o he_o may_v unto_o this_o tyrant_n do_v like_v and_o of_o his_o own_o imagyne_v lete_n forge_v and_o make_v a_o bulle_n of_o bras_fw-fr and_o on_o the_o side_n cast_v there_o be_v a_o door_n where_o a_o man_n may_v in_o when_o he_o his_o pain_n shall_v begin_v through_o fire_n which_o that_o man_n put_v under_o and_o all_o this_o do_v be_v for_o a_o wonder_n that_o when_o a_o man_n for_o pain_n cry_v the_o bulle_n of_o bras_fw-fr which_o gape_v wide_o it_o shall_v seem_v as_o though_o it_o be_v a_o bellow_v in_o a_o man_n ere_n and_o not_o the_o cryenge_a of_o a_o man_n but_o he_o which_o all_o sleyghte_n can_v the_o devyll_n that_o lie_v in_o hell_n fast_o he_o that_o it_o cast_v have_v overcast_v that_o for_o a_o trespass_n which_o he_o deed_n he_o be_v put_v in_o the_o same_o stead_n and_o be_v himself_o the_o first_o of_o all_o which_o be_v in_o to_o that_o peyne_a fall_n that_o he_o for_o other_o man_n ordein_v there_o be_v no_o man_n that_o he_o complein_v of_o tyranny_n and_o cruelty_n by_o this_o ensample_n a_o king_n may_v see_v himself_o and_o eke_o his_o council_n both_o how_o they_o be_v to_o mankind_n loath_a and_o to_o the_o god_n abomynable_a ensample_n that_o be_v concordable_a i_o find_v of_o other_o prince_n mo_z as_o thou_o shall_v here_o of_o time_n ago_o ¶_o nota_fw-la hic_fw-la de_fw-fr diony_n sio_fw-la tyranno_fw-la qui_fw-la mire_n crudium_fw-la tatis_fw-la severitate_fw-la etiam_fw-la hospites_fw-la svos_fw-la ad_fw-la devorandum_fw-la equis_fw-la fuis_fw-la tribuit_fw-la cvi_fw-la hercules_n tandem_fw-la super_fw-la 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day_n full_a a_o space_n i_o grant_v the_o to_z ben_z advysed_a and_o thus_o with_o leave_n and_o time_n assyse_v this_o young_a prince_n forth_o he_o go_v and_o understode_v well_o what_o it_o ment_fw-la within_o his_o herte_n as_o he_o be_v lere_v that_o for_o to_o make_v he_o afere_v the_o king_n his_o time_n have_v so_o delay_v whereof_o he_o dread_a and_o be_v amay_v of_o treason_n that_o he_o dye_n shall_v for_o he_o the_o king_n his_o southe_n tell_v and_o sodeyn_o the_o nyghte_n tie_v that_o more_o will_v he_o nought_o abide_v all_o pryvely_a his_o barge_n he_o hente_v and_o home_n ageyne_v to_o tyre_n he_o go_v and_o in_o his_o own_o wit_n he_o say_v for_o drede_v if_o he_o the_o king_n bewray_v he_o know_v so_o well_o the_o king_n herte_n that_o death_n ne_o shall_v he_o nought_o asterte_a the_o king_n he_o will_v so_o purse_n we_o but_o he_o that_o will_v his_o death_n eschew_v and_o know_v all_o this_o tofore_o the_o honde_n forsake_v he_o think_v his_o own_o land_n that_o 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