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for_o the_o prudent_a and_o wise_a personne_n while_o they_o soon_o espy_v the_o error_n and_o misedemenor_n of_o fool_n and_o eschew_v the_o same_o they_o become_v the_o warer_n but_o fool_n not_o so_o for_o the_o thing_n that_o they_o see_v well_o do_v of_o wiseman_n they_o have_v not_o the_o wit_n to_o follow_v a_o certain_a person_n which_o study_v for_o nothing_o else_o but_o to_o fare_v well_o covet_v much_o to_o be_v familiar_a with_o cato_n but_o cato_n refuse_v he_o utterlye_o sayinge_v he_o can_v not_o live_v with_o he_o that_o saver_v better_a in_o his_o palate_n they_o in_o his_o hart_n a_o lover_n mind_n he_o say_v live_v in_o a_o other_o body_n agre_v to_o the_o eommon_a proverb_n that_o say_v anima_fw-la illie_n potius_fw-la est_fw-la ubi_fw-la amat_fw-la quam_fw-la ubi_fw-la animat_fw-la the_o soul_n or_o mind_n of_o man_n be_v rather_o there_o where_o it_o love_v than_o where_o it_o lyve_v of_o three_o thing_n do_v in_o all_o his_o lyef_n he_o say_v he_o repent_v he_o first_o if_o he_o commit_v any_o his_o secreate_v to_o a_o woman_n second_o if_o to_o onye_n place_n he_o be_v carry_v by_o water_n whither_o he_o moughte_v have_v goon_o by_o land_n the_o thyrd_o if_o any_o day_n have_v escape_v he_o by_o negligence_n without_o fruit_n this_o cato_n for_o all_o he_o be_v one_o of_o the_o chief_a lord_n of_o rome_n yet_o his_o chief_a delight_n and_o pleasure_n be_v in_o husbandrye_a in_o so_o much_o that_o he_o write_v also_o book_n of_o husbandrye_a for_o he_o say_v that_o of_o husband_n man_n be_v engender_v most_o strong_a man_n most_o hardy_a soldier_n &_o parsonne_n least_o replete_a with_o gyle_v &_o malice_n and_o when_o he_o be_v demand_v what_o gain_n be_v most_o certain_a &_o best_a he_o answer_v to_o grease_v or_o pasture_n well_o what_o next_o to_o pasture_v meet_o well_o what_o thyrd_o to_o clothe_v well_o what_o four_o tyllage_n why_o ê™_n one_o that_o stand_v by_o what_o be_v it_o to_o gain_v by_o usaunce_n or_o lone_n of_o money_n what_o be_v it_o ê™_n cato_n to_o kill_v a_o man_n a_o certain_a person_n which_o rise_v er_o in_o the_o morm_n and_o find_v his_o hose_n knaw_v and_o eat_v of_o the_o rat_n be_v trouble_v with_o this_o sight_n think_n it_o a_o pronostication_n &_o token_n of_o some_o misfortune_n he_o come_v to_o cato_n to_o ask_v his_o counsel_n &_o to_o know_v of_o he_o what_o evil_a this_o thing_n portend_v and_o sygnify_v cato_n make_v he_o this_o answer_n certes_o my_o friend_n it_o be_v no_o monstruouse_a sight_n to_o see_v rat_n eat_v man_n hose_n but_o if_o thy_o hose_n have_v eat_v the_o rat_n that_o have_v be_v a_o monstrucuse_n sight_n ¶_o the_o table_n of_o the_o first_o book_n of_o the_o gardeyn_a of_o wisdom_n agasicles_n fo._n ij_o ageselaus_n fo._n iij_o agis_n fo._n iiij_o lycurgus_n fo._n v_o socrates_n fo._n ix_o aristippus_n fo._n xvij_o philip_n king_n of_o macedon_n fo._n nineteeen_o aleaudre_fw-la the_o great_a fo._n xxij_o antigonus_n fo._n twenty-three_o augustus_n lesar_n fo._n twenty-five_o photion_n fo._n xxviij_o demosthenes_n fo._n xxix_o dionysius_n fo._n thirty_o agathocles_n fo._n xxxij_o archclaus_fw-la fo._n xxxiij_o themistocles_n fo._n xxxiij_o aristides_n fo._n xxxiij_o diogenes_n fo._n xxxviij_o aristotle_n fo._n xli_o thales_n fo._n xlij_o solon_n fo._n xliij_o pittacus_n fo._n xliiij_o antistherres_n fo._n xliiij_o anacharsis_n fo._n xlv_o seno_n fo._n xlvi_o cleanthes_n fo._n xlvij_o isocrates_n fo._n xlvij_o philoxenus_n fo._n xlviij_o ¶_o the_o table_n of_o the_o second_o book_n achilles_n fo._n ij_o alphonsus_n king_n of_o aragone_fw-mi fo._n iij_o athanasius_n fo._n vi_o sigismuno_n temperour_n fo._n viij_o plotinus_n fo._n x_o cyrus_n the_o elder_a fo._n xi_o artoxerxes_n fo._n xiij_o orontes_n fo._n xv_o duke_n memnon_n fo._n xv_o the_o egyptian_n fo._n xuj_o cambyses_n fo._n xvij_o darius_n king_n of_o the_o persian_n fo._n xxi_o semiramis_n fo._n xxvi_o serxes_n fo._n xxvi_o artoxerxes_n with_o the_o long_a hand_n fo._n xxix_o cyrus_n the_o young_a fo._n xxix_o croesus_n fo._n thirty_o amyntas_n &_o alexander_n his_o son_n fo._n xxxij_o scilurus_fw-la fo._n xxxiij_o belo_n fo._n xxxiiij_o dieron_n fo._n xxxv_o demetrius_n the_o son_n of_o antigonê°_n fo._n xxxvi_o demosthenes_n fo._n xxxviij_o cato_n fo._n xlij_o finis_fw-la ¶_o prynt_v at_o london_n by_o richard_n bank_n ¶_o cum_fw-la privilegio_fw-la ad_fw-la imprimendum_fw-la solum_fw-la