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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
with_o infamy_n and_o most_o true_a it_o be_v speak_v unto_o one_o of_o the_o thirty_o tyrant_n which_o be_v in_o banquet_n with_o diverse_a noble_n &_o gentle_n when_o the_o house_n fall_v 2._o and_o slay_v they_o all_o yet_o he_o this_o tyrant_n escape_v brag_v much_o of_o his_o fortune_n that_o he_o so_o save_v himself_o a_o simple_a man_n say_v unto_o he_o never_o boast_v of_o fortune_n at_o any_o time_n for_o that_o she_o spare_v thou_o now_o she_o will_v the_o next_o time_n more_o sharp_o plague_v thou_o which_o so_o come_v to_o pass_v that_o his_o flesh_n be_v make_v a_o food_n unto_o his_o horse_n and_o his_o bloodde_n drink_v appoint_v for_o they_o that_o in_o spare_v his_o death_n then_o when_o the_o house_n fall_v he_o be_v afterward_o requite_v as_o you_o hear_v if_o fortune_n who_o waver_a step_n be_v never_o certain_a be_v as_o little_o trust_v of_o the_o most_o part_n as_o she_o be_v most_o deceitful_a and_o false_a unto_o all_o man_n than_o cicero_n will_v not_o have_v speak_v that_o they_o that_o seek_v fortune_n be_v blind_a than_o fortune_n she_o never_o advance_v any_o to_o dignity_n but_o she_o suppress_v the_o same_o again_o unto_o misery_n tarqvinius_n as_o tarqvinius_n the_o proud_a a_o king_n that_o fortune_n make_v famous_a diverse_a way_n of_o princely_a progeny_n of_o pass_a parsonage_n of_o incredible_a beauty_n and_o of_o all_o noble_a quality_n to_o who_o she_o present_v lucretia_n collatinâ—s_n wife_n as_o the_o only_a snare_n to_o catch_v he_o and_o to_o take_v he_o by_o who_o he_o be_v deprive_v from_o his_o government_n leave_v his_o kingdom_n and_o banish_v out_o of_o rome_n to_o range_v country_n in_o misery_n and_o pain_n after_o long_a felicity_n and_o pleasure_n dionysius_n even_o so_o dionysius_n king_n of_o siracusa_n after_o many_o princely_a pleasure_n renown_a fame_n great_a glory_n yet_o in_o the_o end_n banish_v his_o country_n and_o drive_v to_o keep_v school_n in_o italy_n in_o the_o like_a sort_n she_o deceyve_v that_o noble_a and_o valiant_a scipio_n affricanus_fw-la who_o prowess_n and_o magnanimity_n augment_v much_o the_o fame_n of_o roman_n by_o conquer_a of_o africa_n and_o carthage_n and_o notwithstanding_o drive_v to_o exilement_n and_o misery_n where_o he_o die_v after_o many_o triumph_n and_o victory_n like_o a_o poor_a beggar_n o_o uncertain_a state_n and_o slippery_a wheel_n of_o fortune_n and_o because_o fame_n follow_v fortune_n and_o proceed_v from_o fortune_n as_o the_o smoke_n come_v from_o the_o fire_n for_o as_o fortune_n be_v variable_a so_o be_v fame_n diverse_a if_o we_o seek_v history_n we_o find_v the_o fame_n of_o poor_a man_n for_o their_o poverty_n aswell_o as_o the_o scotfree_a for_o all_o their_o riches_n poor_a codrus_n irus_n and_o ragged_a irus_n be_v as_o famous_a in_o respect_n be_v beggar_n with_o poete_n â–ª_o as_o midas_n or_o croesus_n two_o famous_a and_o wealthy_a king_n of_o india_n be_v mention_v of_o plutarch_n do_v not_o aristophanes_n make_v as_o much_o mention_n of_o cleonimus_n the_o coward_n molon_n as_o homer_n do_v make_v of_o achilles_n the_o stout_a poliphemus_n and_o enceladus_n two_o huge_a monstrous_a giant_n be_v not_o so_o famous_a in_o virgil_n for_o their_o bigness_n as_o conopas_n or_o molon_n two_o little_a dwarf_n of_o two_o foot_n length_n be_v renown_v in_o plini_n for_o their_o smallness_n iwenall_n and_o claudian_n report_v no_o less_o of_o the_o little_a pygmy_n than_o ovid_n or_o maro_n of_o the_o huge_a ciclopes_n if_o fame_n proceed_v of_o poor_a man_n for_o poverty_n of_o dwarf_n for_o their_o smalenesse_n of_o coward_n for_o their_o cowardenesse_n as_o much_o as_o it_o do_v flow_v of_o scotfree_a man_n for_o their_o wealth_n of_o giant_n for_o their_o bigness_n and_o of_o stout_a man_n for_o their_o courage_n what_o be_v it_o but_o a_o pilgrimage_n we_o live_v and_o travail_v here_o for_o fortune_n and_o fame_n run_v together_o as_o diverse_a as_o they_o be_v uncertain_a plini_n that_o famous_a 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