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commit_v both_o those_o temptation_n by_o which_o i_o be_v afterward_o to_o be_v new_o mould_v as_o i_o also_o the_o work_n itself_o unto_o thy_o dispose_n chap._n 12._o he_o be_v force_v to_o his_o book_n which_o god_n turn_v to_o good_a purpose_n 1._o but_o in_o this_o my_o childhood_n wherein_o there_o be_v less_o fear_n of_o i_o than_o in_o my_o youth_n i_o love_v not_o my_o book_n and_o i_o hate_v to_o be_v force_v to_o it_o yet_o be_v i_o hold_v to_o it_o notwithstanding_o wherein_o they_o do_v very_o well_o for_o i_o but_o i_o do_v not_o well_o for_o myself_o for_o i_o will_v never_o have_v take_v my_o learning_n have_v i_o not_o be_v constrain_v to_o it_o for_o no_o man_n do_v well_o against_o his_o will_n though_o that_o which_o he_o do_v be_v good_a nor_o do_v they_o that_o force_v i_o to_o it_o very_o well_o but_o it_o be_v thou_o my_o god_n that_o do_v the_o good_a to_o i_o for_o they_o that_o held-mee_a to_o my_o learning_n do_v not_o understand_v to_o what_o i_o will_v 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hate_v the_o greek_a tongue_n when_o it_o be_v teach_v i_o i_o can_v yet_o understand_v latin_a i_o love_v very_o well_o not_o that_o part_n which_o our_o first_o master_n enter_v we_o in_o but_o that_o which_o the_o grammarian_n teach_v we_o for_o those_o first_o rudiment_n to_o read_v to_o write_v and_o cipher_n i_o account_v no_o less_o painful_a and_o troublesome_a than_o the_o greek_a but_o whence_o shall_v this_o proceed_v but_o from_o the_o sinfulness_n and_o vanity_n of_o this_o life_n for_o i_o be_v but_o flesh_n a_o wind_n that_o 39_o pass_v away_o and_o come_v not_o again_o for_o those_o first_o rudiment_n be_v better_a because_o more_o certain_a see_v by_o they_o that_o skill_n be_v and_o be_v wrought_v in_o i_o that_o i_o be_o able_a to_o read_v what_o i_o find_v write_v and_o of_o myself_o to_o write_v what_o i_o will_v than_o these_o latter_a by_o which_o i_o be_v enforce_v to_o commit_v to_o memory_n the_o wander_n of_o i_o know_v not_o what_o aeneas_n while_o i_o forget_v i_o own_o and_o to_o bewail_v dead_a dido_n because_o she_o kill_v herself_o for_o love_n when_o in_o the_o mean_a time_n wretch_n that_o i_o be_v i_o with_o dry_a eye_n endure_v myself_o then_o die_v towards_o thou_o o_o god_n my_o life_n for_o what_o can_v be_v more_o miserable_a than_o a_o wretch_n that_o pity_v not_o himself_o one_o bemoan_v dido_n death_n cause_v by_o love_v of_o aeneas_n and_o yet_o not_o lament_v his_o own_o death_n cause_v by_o not_o love_v of_o thou_o 2._o o_o god_n thou_o light_v of_o my_o heart_n thou_o bread_n of_o the_o internal_a mouth_n of_o my_o soul_n and_o thou_o firm_a knot_n marry_v my_o soul_n and_o the_o bosom_n of_o my_o thought_n together_o i_o do_v not_o love_v thou_o and_o i_o commit_v fornication_n against_o thou_o while_o in_o the_o mean_a time_n every_o one_o applaud_v i_o with_o well_o do_v well_o do_v but_o the_o love_n of_o this_o world_n be_v fornication_n 4._o against_o god_n which_o so_o applaud_v and_o encourage_v a_o 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read_v true_a it_o be_v that_o there_o be_v curtain_n at_o the_o entrance_n of_o grammer-schoole_n but_o they_o signify_v not_o so_o much_o the_o cloth_n of_o state_n to_o privacy_n as_o serve_v for_o a_o blind_a to_o the_o folly_n commit_v behind_o they_o let_v not_o these_o master_n now_o cry_v out_o upon_o i_o who_o now_o i_o be_o out_o of_o fear_n of_o while_o i_o confess_v to_o thou_o my_o god_n what_o my_o soul_n delight_v in_o and_o rest_v content_v with_o the_o reprehension_n of_o my_o own_o evil_a way_n that_o i_o may_v love_v thy_o good_a one_o let_v not_o those_o buyer_n or_o seller_n of_o grammar_n exclaim_v upon_o i_o for_o that_o if_o i_o ask_v they_o whether_o that_o of_o the_o poet_n be_v true_a that_o aeneae_n ever_o come_v to_o carthage_n the_o unlearned_a will_v answer_v they_o know_v not_o and_o the_o learned_a will_v deny_v it_o to_o be_v true_a 4._o but_o if_o i_o ask_v they_o with_o what_o letter_n aeneas_n name_n be_v write_v every_o one_o that_o have_v but_o 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14._o of_o the_o greek_a and_o latin_a tongue_n 1._o but_o why_o then_o do_v i_o hate_v the_o greek_a grammarian_n that_o chant_v of_o such_o thing_n for_o homer_n himself_o be_v skilful_a in_o contrive_v such_o fiction_n and_o be_v most_o delightful_o wanton_a but_o yet_o very_o harsh_a to_o i_o be_v a_o school_n boy_n i_o believe_v that_o virgil_n be_v no_o less_o to_o grecian_a child_n when_o they_o be_v compel_v to_o learn_v he_o as_o i_o be_v to_o learn_v homer_n for_o to_o say_v troth_n the_o difficulty_n of_o learning_n a_o strange_a language_n do_v sprinkle_v as_o
delight_n to_o jeer_v at_o and_o to_o put_v trick_n upon_o other_o chap._n 4._o how_o tully_n hortensuis_fw-fr provoke_v he_o to_o study_v philosophy_n 1._o among_o these_o mad_a companion_n in_o that_o tender_a age_n of_o i_o learn_v i_o the_o book_n of_o eloquence_n wherein_o my_o ambition_n be_v to_o be_v eminent_a all_o out_o of_o a_o damnable_a and_o vainglorious_a end_n puse_z up_o with_o a_o delight_n of_o humane_a glory_n by_o the_o ordinary_a course_n of_o study_n i_o fall_v upon_o a_o certain_a book_n of_o one_o cicerâ—_n who_o tongue_n almost_o every_o man_n admire_v though_o not_o his_o heart_n this_o book_n of_o he_o contain_v a_o exhortation_n to_o philosophy_n and_o it_o be_v call_v hort_n ensius_a this_o very_a book_n quite_o alter_v my_o affection_n turn_v my_o prayer_n to_o thyself_o o_o lord_n and_o make_v i_o have_v clean_o other_o purpose_n and_o desire_n all_o my_o vain_a hope_n i_o thenceforth_o slight_v and_o with_o a_o incredible_a heat_n of_o spirit_n i_o 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engage_v i_o to_o this_o or_o that_o sect_n but_o leave_v i_o free_a to_o love_v and_o seek_v and_o obtain_v and_o hold_v and_o embrace_v wisdom_n itself_o what_o ever_o it_o be_v perchance_o it_o be_v that_o book_n i_o be_v stir_v up_o and_o enkindle_v and_o inflame_v by_o this_o thing_n only_o in_o such_o a_o heat_n of_o zeal_n take_v i_o off_o that_o the_o name_n of_o christ_n be_v not_o in_o it_o for_o this_o name_n according_a to_o thy_o mercy_n o_o lord_n this_o name_n of_o my_o saviour_n thy_o son_n have_v my_o tender_a heart_n even_o together_o with_o my_o mother_n milk_n devout_o drunken_a in_o and_o chary_o treasure_v up_o so_o that_o what_o book_n soever_o be_v without_o that_o name_n though_o never_o so_o learned_a polite_o and_o true_o pen_v do_v not_o altogether_o take_v my_o approbation_n chap._n 5._o he_o set_v light_o by_o the_o holy_a scripture_n because_o of_o the_o simplicity_n of_o the_o stile_n 1._o i_o resolve_v thereupon_o to_o bend_v my_o study_n towards_o 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