and_o democritus_n be_v of_o opinion_n that_o all_o thing_n be_v make_v by_o necessity_n and_o that_o destiny_n justice_n providence_n and_o the_o creator_n of_o the_o world_n be_v all_o one_o chap._n xxvi_o of_o the_o essence_n of_o necessity_n plato_n refer_v some_o event_n to_o providence_n and_o other_o he_o attribute_v to_o necessity_n empedocles_n say_v that_o the_o essence_n of_o necessity_n be_v a_o cause_n apt_a to_o make_v use_n of_o the_o principle_n and_o element_n democritus_n affirm_v it_o to_o be_v the_o resistance_n the_o corruption_n lation_n motion_n and_o permission_n of_o the_o matter_n plato_n hold_v it_o to_o be_v one_o while_o matter_n itself_o and_o another_o while_o the_o habitude_n of_o that_o which_o be_v agent_n to_o the_o matter_n chap._n xxvii_o of_o destiny_n heraclitus_n affirm_v that_o all_o thing_n be_v do_v by_o fatal_a destiny_n and_o that_o it_o and_o necessity_n be_v both_o one_o plato_n admit_v willing_o this_o destiny_n in_o the_o soul_n life_n and_o action_n of_o man_n but_o he_o infer_v withal_o a_o cause_n proceed_v from_o ourselves_o the_o stoic_n likewise_o according_a with_o the_o opinion_n of_o plato_n do_v hold_v that_o necessity_n be_v a_o cause_n invincible_a most_o violent_a and_o enforce_a all_o thing_n also_o that_o destiny_n be_v a_o connexion_n of_o cause_n interlace_v &_o link_v orderly_o in_o which_o concatenation_n or_o chain_n be_v therein_o comprise_v also_o that_o cause_n which_o proceed_v from_o we_o in_o such_o sort_n as_o some_o event_n be_v destine_v and_o other_o not_o chap._n xxviii_o of_o the_o substance_n of_o 〈◊〉_d heraclitus_n say_v that_o the_o substance_n of_o destiny_n be_v the_o reason_n that_o pierce_v throughout_o the_o substance_n of_o the_o universal_a world_n plato_n affirm_v it_o to_o be_v a_o eternal_a reason_n and_o a_o perpetual_a law_n of_o the_o nature_n of_o the_o whole_a world_n chrysippus_n hold_v it_o to_o be_v a_o certain_a puissance_n spiritual_a which_o by_o order_n govern_v and_o administer_v all_o thing_n and_o again_o in_o his_o book_n of_o definition_n he_o write_v thus_o destiny_n be_v the_o reason_n of_o the_o world_n or_o rather_o the_o law_n of_o all_o thing_n in_o the_o world_n administer_v and_o govern_v by_o providence_n or_o else_o the_o reason_n whereby_o thing_n past_a have_v be_v thing_n present_a be_v and_o future_a thing_n shall_v be_v the_o stoic_n be_v of_o opinion_n that_o it_o be_v the_o chain_n of_o cause_n that_o be_v to_o say_v a_o order_n and_o connexion_n which_o can_v be_v surmount_v and_o transgress_v posidonius_n suppose_v it_o to_o be_v the_o three_o after_o jupiter_n for_o that_o jupiter_n be_v in_o the_o first_o degree_n nature_n in_o the_o second_o and_o fatal_a destiny_n in_o the_o three_o chap._n xxix_o of_o fortune_n plato_n define_v fortune_n to_o be_v in_o thing_n proceed_v from_o man_n counsel_n and_o election_n a_o cause_n by_o accident_n and_o a_o very_a casual_a consequence_n aristotle_n hold_v it_o to_o be_v a_o accidental_a cause_n in_o those_o thing_n which_o from_o some_o deliberate_a purpose_n and_o impulsion_n tend_v to_o a_o certain_a end_n which_o cause_n be_v not_o apparent_a but_o hide_v and_o uncertain_a and_o he_o put_v a_o difference_n between_o fortune_n and_o rash_a adventure_n for_o that_o all_o fortune_n in_o the_o affair_n and_o action_n of_o this_o world_n be_v adventurous_a but_o every_o adventure_n be_v not_o by_o and_o by_o fortune_n for_o that_o it_o consist_v in_o thing_n without_o action_n again_o fortune_n be_v proper_o in_o action_n of_o reasonable_a creature_n but_o adventure_n indifferent_o in_o creature_n as_o well_o unreasonable_a as_o reasonable_a yea_o and_o in_o those_o body_n which_o have_v neither_o life_n nor_o soul_n epicurus_n say_v that_o fortune_n be_v a_o cause_n which_o will_v not_o stand_v and_o accord_n with_o person_n time_n and_o manner_n anaxagoras_n and_o the_o stoic_n affirm_v it_o to_o be_v a_o cause_n unknown_a and_o hide_a to_o humane_a reason_n for_o that_o some_o thing_n come_v by_o necessity_n other_o by_o fatal_a destiny_n some_o by_o deliberate_a counsel_n other_o by_o fortune_n and_o some_o again_o by_o casuality_n or_o adventure_n chap._n xxx_o of_o nature_n 〈◊〉_d hold_v that_o nature_n be_v nothing_o only_o that_o there_o be_v a_o mixture_n and_o divulsion_n or_o separation_n of_o element_n for_o in_o this_o manner_n write_v he_o in_o the_o first_o book_n of_o his_o physics_n this_o one_o thing_n more_o i_o will_v yet_o say_v of_o thing_n that_o be_v humane_a and_o mortal_a mature_a none_o there_o be_v and_o death_n end_n be_v but_o vain_a amixture_n and_o divulsion_n of_o element_n and_o of_o all_o only_o there_o be_v and_o this_o be_v that_o which_o man_n do_v nature_n call_v semblable_o anaxagoras_n say_v that_o nature_n be_v nothing_o else_o but_o a_o concretion_n and_o dissipation_n that_o be_v to_o say_v generation_n and_o corruption_n the_o second_o book_n of_o philosopher_n opinion_n the_o prooeme_n have_v now_o finish_v the_o treatise_n of_o principle_n element_n and_o such_o other_o matter_n link_v and_o concur_v with_o they_o i_o will_v turn_v my_o pen_n unto_o the_o discourse_n as_o touch_v their_o effect_n and_o work_n compose_v of_o they_o begin_v first_o at_o that_o which_o be_v most_o spacious_a and_o capable_a of_o all_o thing_n chap._n i._o of_o the_o world_n pythagoras_n be_v the_o first_o who_o call_v the_o roundle_n that_o contain_v and_o comprehend_v all_o to_o wit_n the_o world_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d for_o the_o orderly_a digestion_n observe_v therein_o thales_n and_o his_o disciple_n hold_v that_o there_o be_v but_o one_o world_n democritus_n epicurus_n and_o their_o scholar_n metrodorus_n affirm_v that_o there_o be_v innumerable_a world_n in_o a_o infinite_a space_n according_a to_o all_o dimension_n and_o circumstance_n empedocles_n say_v that_o the_o course_n and_o race_n of_o the_o sun_n be_v the_o very_a circumscription_n of_o the_o bound_n and_o limit_n of_o the_o world_n and_o that_o it_o be_v the_o very_a confinement_n thereof_o seleucus_z hold_v the_o world_n to_o be_v infinite_a diogenes_n affirm_v the_o universality_n to_o be_v infinite_a but_o the_o world_n finite_a and_o determinate_a the_o stoic_n put_v a_o difference_n between_o universal_a and_o whole_a for_o they_o say_v that_o the_o universal_a together_o with_o voidnesse_n be_v infinite_a and_o that_o the_o whole_a without_o voidnes_n be_v the_o world_n so_o as_o these_o term_n the_o whole_a and_o the_o world_n be_v not_o both_o one_o chap._n ii_o of_o the_o figure_n and_o form_n of_o the_o world_n the_o stoic_n affirm_v the_o world_n to_o be_v round_o some_o say_v it_o be_v point_v or_o piramidall_a other_o that_o it_o be_v fashion_v in_o manner_n of_o a_o egg_n but_o epicurus_n hold_v that_o his_o world_n may_v be_v round_o and_o it_o may_v be_v that_o they_o be_v apt_a beside_o to_o receive_v other_o form_n chap._n iii_o whether_o the_o world_n be_v animate_v or_o endue_v with_o a_o soul_n all_o other_o philosopher_n agree_v that_o the_o world_n be_v animate_v &_o govern_v by_o providence_n but_o democritus_n epicurus_n and_o as_o many_o as_o maintain_v atom_n and_o with_o all_o bring_v in_o vacuity_n that_o it_o be_v neither_o animate_v nor_o govern_v by_o providence_n but_o by_o a_o certain_a nature_n void_a of_o reason_n aristotle_n hold_v that_o it_o be_v not_o animate_v whole_o and_o throughout_o all_o part_n nor_o sensitive_a nor_o reasonable_a nor_o yet_o intellectual_a or_o direct_v by_o providence_n true_a it_o be_v quoth_v he_o that_o celestial_a body_n be_v capable_a of_o all_o these_o quality_n as_o be_v compass_v about_o with_o sphere_n both_o animate_v and_o vital_a whereas_o body_n terrestrial_a and_o approach_v near_o unto_o the_o earth_n be_v endue_v with_o none_o of_o they_o and_o as_o for_o the_o order_n and_o decent_a composition_n therein_o it_o come_v by_o accident_n and_o not_o by_o prepense_a reason_n and_o counsel_n chap._n four_o whether_o the_o world_n be_v incorruptible_a and_o eternal_a pythagoras_n and_o plato_n affirm_v that_o the_o world_n be_v engender_v and_o make_v by_o god_n and_o of_o the_o own_o nature_n be_v corruptible_a shall_v perish_v for_o sensible_a it_o be_v and_o therefore_o corporal_a howbeit_o in_o regard_n of_o the_o divine_a providence_n which_o preserve_v and_o maintain_v it_o perish_v it_o shall_v never_o epicurus_n say_v that_o it_o be_v corruptible_a for_o that_o it_o be_v engender_v like_v as_o a_o live_a creature_n or_o a_o plant_n xenophane_v hold_v the_o world_n to_o be_v eternal_a ingenerable_a uncreated_a and_o incorruptible_a aristotle_n be_v of_o opinion_n that_o the_o part_n of_o the_o world_n under_o the_o moon_n be_v passable_a wherein_o the_o body_n also_o adjacent_a to_o the_o earth_n be_v subject_a to_o corruption_n chap._n v._o whereof_o the_o world_n be_v nourish_v aristotle_n say_v that_o if_o the_o world_n be_v nourish_v it_o be_v
sober_a countenance_n better_a conceive_v and_o retain_v the_o good_a thing_n utter_v and_o withal_o have_v more_o leisure_n to_o mark_v observe_v and_o discern_v that_o which_o be_v either_o unprofitable_a or_o false_a he_o show_v himself_o beside_o to_o be_v a_o lover_n of_o the_o truth_n and_o be_v not_o take_v for_o a_o litigious_a quareller_n a_o rash_a wrangler_n or_o abitterbrawler_n and_o therefore_o some_o there_o be_v who_o not_o unapt_o say_v that_o we_o ought_v no_o less_o but_o rather_o more_o to_o void_a out_o of_o the_o mind_n of_o young_a man_n that_o presumption_n and_o foolish_a opinion_n which_o they_o have_v of_o their_o own_o self_n than_o to_o rid_v and_o exclude_v the_o wind_n and_o air_n out_o of_o leather_n bag_n or_o bladder_n wherewith_o they_o be_v puff_v and_o blow_v up_o if_o we_o mean_v to_o infuse_v and_o put_v any_o good_a thing_n into_o they_o for_o otherwise_o if_o they_o be_v still_o full_a of_o that_o swell_a wind_n of_o arrogancy_n and_o overween_n of_o themselves_o they_o will_v never_o receive_v and_o admit_v any_o goodness_n moreover_o envy_v accompany_v with_o a_o malign_a eye_n and_o ill_a will_n be_v good_a in_o no_o action_n whatsoever_o where_o it_o be_v present_a but_o as_o it_o be_v a_o impediment_n and_o hindrance_n to_o all_o honest_a cause_n so_o it_o be_v the_o worst_a counsellor_n and_o assistant_n that_o he_o can_v have_v who_o will_v be_v a_o auditor_n make_v all_o those_o thing_n that_o be_v profitable_a and_o for_o his_o benefit_n to_o seem_v odious_a unpleasant_a harsh_a to_o the_o ear_n and_o hardly_o admit_v for_o that_o the_o nature_n of_o envious_a person_n be_v to_o take_v more_o pleasure_n in_o any_o thing_n else_o than_o in_o that_o which_o be_v well_o speak_v and_o very_o whosoever_o repine_v and_o be_v vex_v at_o the_o heart_n to_o see_v other_o rich_a beautiful_a or_o in_o authority_n be_v only_o envious_a for_o greeve_v he_o be_v at_o the_o welfare_n of_o other_o but_o he_o that_o take_v discontentment_n in_o hear_v a_o wise_a and_o sententious_a speech_n be_v offend_v with_o the_o good_a of_o his_o own_o self_n for_o like_v as_o the_o light_n be_v a_o benefit_n to_o they_o that_o see_v even_o so_o be_v speech_n unto_o the_o hearer_n if_o they_o will_v embrace_v and_o entertain_v the_o same_o as_o for_o those_o kind_n of_o envy_n which_o arise_v in_o regard_n of_o other_o thing_n there_o be_v some_o naughty_a passion_n and_o vicious_a condition_n of_o the_o mind_n beside_o that_o breed_n and_o engender_v they_o but_o that_o manner_n of_o envy_n which_o be_v conceive_v against_o they_o that_o speak_v excellent_o well_o spring_v from_o a_o certain_a &_o important_a desire_n of_o vain_a glory_n and_o unjust_a ambition_n which_o will_v not_o suffer_v he_o that_o be_v so_o indispose_v to_o give_v ear_n and_o attend_v unto_o the_o word_n speak_v but_o trouble_v disquiet_v and_o distract_v the_o mind_n and_o understanding_n both_o to_o consider_v at_o one_o instant_a his_o 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speaker_n shall_v hasten_v to_o a_o end_n and_o have_v do_v as_o when_o they_o discourse_v and_o speak_v best_a now_o when_o the_o sermon_n be_v end_v and_o the_o auditory_a dissolve_v what_o do_v this_o envious_a spirit_n then_o not_o ruminate_v be_v you_o sure_o nor_o consider_v of_o the_o reason_n and_o matter_n deliver_v but_o he_o stir_v the_o affection_n and_o opinion_n striaghtwaies_o and_o gather_v voice_n as_o it_o be_v in_o a_o scrutiny_n of_o the_o audience_n if_o he_o meet_v with_o any_o that_o give_v out_o good_a word_n to_o the_o praise_n of_o the_o preacher_n they_o he_o avoid_v and_o flee_v from_o as_o if_o he_o be_v in_o a_o furious_a fit_a of_o madness_n happen_v he_o upon_o such_o as_o find_v fault_n and_o be_v ready_a to_o misconstrue_v and_o prevert_v the_o word_n that_o be_v speak_v to_o the_o worst_a sense_n these_o be_v they_o who_o he_o love_v a_o life_n to_o they_o he_o run_v and_o with_o they_o he_o sort_v and_o keep_v company_n but_o say_v that_o he_o find_v none_o of_o that_o disposition_n so_o as_o he_o can_v not_o wrest_v any_o word_n to_o a_o wrong_a construction_n than_o he_o fall_v to_o make_v comparison_n and_o to_o set_v against_o he_o other_o young_a than_o he_o who_o of_o the_o same_o theme_n have_v discourse_v better_a with_o more_o plausible_a utterance_n and_o great_a source_n of_o eloquence_n he_o never_o cease_v nor_o give_v over_o corrupt_v misinterpret_v and_o disgrace_v the_o whole_a speech_n until_o he_o have_v make_v the_o same_o altogether_o unprofitable_a and_o without_o any_o edificat_fw-la at_o all_o to_o his_o own_o self_n it_o behoove_v therefore_o that_o he_o who_o desire_v to_o hear_v take_v truce_n for_o the_o time_n with_o ambition_n to_o the_o end_n that_o he_o may_v give_v ear_n with_o patience_n and_o mildness_n unto_o he_o that_o make_v a_o oration_n or_o sermon_n and_o carry_v himself_o no_o otherwise_o than_o if_o he_o be_v admit_v to_o some_o sacred_a and_o festival_n banquet_n or_o a_o invite_a guest_n to_o the_o first_o frmit_v of_o a_o solemn_a sacrifice_n praise_v his_o eloquence_n when_o he_o have_v speak_v well_o and_o sufficient_o to_o the_o piint_n in_o any_o matter_n accept_v favourable_o and_o in_o best_a part_n his_o good_a will_n to_o deliver_v and_o communicate_v to_o other_o such_o thing_n as_o he_o know_v and_o to_o persuade_v his_o hearer_n with_o those_o reason_n and_o motive_n which_o have_v induce_v and_o persuade_v himself_o neither_o must_v our_o auditor_n make_v this_o reckon_n and_o conclusion_n that_o whatsoever_o have_v be_v singular_o well_o deliver_v by_o the_o speaker_n aught_o to_o be_v ascribe_v to_o chance_n and_o fortune_n as_o if_o he_o hada_o let_v fall_v his_o word_n at_o aventuer_n but_o impute_v the_o same_o to_o his_o diligence_n labour_n and_o art_n yea_o and_o he_o ought_v to_o imitate_v the_o same_o with_o a_o kind_n of_o zeal_n and_o admiration_n but_o whereas_o he_o have_v fault_v and_o do_v amiss_o it_o be_v the_o part_n of_o a_o hearer_n to_o bend_v his_o mind_n and_o consider_v well_o and_o circumspect_o what_o may_v the_o cause_n and_o occision_n be_v of_o such_o error_n for_o like_v as_o accord_v to_o xenophon_n good_a householder_n know_v how_o to_o make_v profit_n and_o use_v aswell_o of_o their_o enemy_n as_o their_o friend_n even_o so_o they_o that_o be_v vigilant_a and_o attentive_a hearer_n take_v good_a not_o only_o by_o they_o that_o speak_v well_o but_o by_o those_o also_o that_o miss_n and_o fail_v of_o their_o purpose_n for_o barren_a trivial_a and_o stale_a invention_n improper_a vain_a and_o unsignificant_a word_n force_v and_o foolish_a figure_n abrupt_a fond_a and_o unseemly_a break_n forth_o with_o joy_n to_o some_o praise_n and_o such_o like_a impertinence_n or_o defect_n which_o often_o time_n besall_n unto_o they_o that_o speak_v in_o public_a place_n be_v soon_o espy_v by_o we_o that_o be_v hearer_n than_o observe_v by_o themselves_o who_o be_v the_o speaker_n and_o therefore_o we_o be_v to_o 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