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the_o body_n so_o shall_v fame_n follow_v good_a deed_n fame_n it_o ought_v not_o to_o be_v hunt_v after_o he_o which_o have_v worthy_o bring_v any_o thing_n to_o pass_v shall_v look_v for_o commendation_n by_o other_o but_o himself_o ought_v not_o to_o seek_v it_o and_o to_o say_v the_o truth_n every_o good_a man_n be_v content_a and_o take_v delight_n in_o his_o own_o conscience_n his_o praise_n by_o other_o if_o he_o do_v hear_v it_o inflame_v he_o not_o if_o he_o hear_v not_o he_o care_v not_o but_o what_o shall_v i_o say_v i_o see_v the_o notable_a man_n defile_v with_o this_o foul_a affection_n and_o of_o all_o sort_n some_o be_v boaster_n of_o poet_n and_o orator_n cicero_n report_v that_o he_o know_v many_o poet_n both_o poet_n and_o orator_n and_o yet_o he_o never_o know_v any_o which_o think_v another_o better_a than_o himself_o zeuxis_n that_o notable_a painter_n when_o he_o have_v finish_v the_o picture_n of_o atalanta_n picture_n be_v strike_v with_o admiration_n of_o his_o own_o work_n break_v into_o these_o word_n &_o write_v the_o same_o under_o the_o table_n i_o warrant_v any_o painter_n will_v soon_o envy_v then_o imitate_v my_o do_n oh_o foolish_a zeuxis_n who_o hear_v these_o thy_o word_n &_o do_v not_o condemn_v thou_o of_o foolishness_n pompeius_n the_o son_n of_o pompey_n the_o great_a have_v on_o the_o sea_n put_v to_o flight_n his_o enemy_n will_v needs_o for_o that_o exploit_n of_o he_o be_v call_v not_o pompeius_n the_o son_n of_o pompey_n but_o the_o son_n of_o neptume_n and_o this_o work_v boast_v it_o make_v we_o not_o only_o to_o forget_v ourselves_o and_o the_o cause_n of_o our_o well_o do_v which_o be_v god_n indeed_o but_o also_o to_o be_v ashamed_a even_o of_o our_o own_o parent_n than_o which_o what_o can_v be_v more_o impiety_n ¶_o of_o prodigality_n chap._n 9_o prodigality_n be_v next_o another_o notable_a part_n of_o pleasure_n the_o stoic_n call_v the_o same_o a_o dissolution_n or_o a_o too_o much_o loase_z of_o virtue_n prodigality_n a_o prodigal_a man_n property_n be_v to_o covet_v other_o man_n good_n and_o not_o to_o care_v for_o his_o own_o to_o spend_v lusty_o and_o to_o fare_v delicious_o so_o he_o have_v he_o care_v not_o how_o he_o get_v it_o and_o so_o he_o spend_v he_o care_v not_o how_o when_o or_o who_o consume_v it_o nothing_o can_v make_v he_o thrifty_a no_o not_o admonition_n of_o friend_n nothing_o can_v make_v he_o keep_v a_o measure_n no_o neither_o fear_n of_o poverty_n nor_o fear_v of_o punishment_n this_o prodigality_n the_o athenian_n say_v be_v a_o token_n of_o he_o which_o desire_v to_o reign_v like_o a_o tyrant_n and_o therefore_o aristophanes_n the_o poet_n in_o the_o presence_n of_o the_o people_n aristophanes_n exclaim_v &_o say_v that_o it_o be_v not_o meet_v a_o lion_n shall_v be_v nourish_v in_o a_o common_a weal_n for_o if_o he_o shall_v man_n must_v serve_v to_o satisfy_v his_o appetite_n the_o poet_n call_v dissolute_a and_o prodigal_a man_n lose_v &_o ungirdle_v which_o be_v take_v from_o venus_n girdle_n venus_n which_o be_v once_o loase_z she_o alure_v unto_o wicked_a concupiscence_n who_o she_o list_v homer_n write_v that_o by_o the_o loasenesse_n of_o this_o girdle_n jupiter_n be_v inflame_v with_o desire_n of_o his_o own_o sister_n juno_n jupiter_n and_o hereof_o it_o come_v that_o all_o such_o as_o do_v unlawful_o desire_v copulation_n with_o any_o join_v to_o they_o by_o alliance_n be_v call_v incest_n as_o it_o be_v lose_v &_o without_o girdle_n for_o cestos_fw-la in_o greek_a be_v a_o girdle_n incest_n and_o jncestus_n without_o a_o girdle_n there_o be_v which_o call_v this_o prodigality_n luxuriousness_n &_o man_n affect_v with_o the_o same_o luxuriousness_n luxuriousness_n even_o as_o we_o call_v bone_n &_o member_n put_v out_o of_o their_o place_n loasen_v so_o be_v they_o call_v luxurious_a in_o which_o there_o be_v no_o place_n either_o for_o reason_n or_o virtue_n and_o therefore_o nothing_o be_v more_o unmeet_a for_o a_o man_n 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