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Certaine miscellany vvorks of the Right Honourable Francis Lo. Verulam, Viscount S. Alban. Published by William Rawley ...
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Bacon, Francis, 1561-1626.; Rawley, William, 1588?-1667.
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to_o call_v it_o a_o necessity_n impose_v upon_o the_o lacedaemonian_n of_o a_o war_n which_o be_v the_o word_n of_o a_o mere_a defensive_a add_v that_o the_o other_o cause_n be_v but_o specious_a and_o popular_a verissimam_fw-la quidem_fw-la sed_fw-la minimè_fw-la sermone_fw-la celebratam_fw-la arbitror_fw-la extitisse_fw-la belli_n causam_fw-la athenienses_fw-la magnos_fw-la effectos_fw-la &_o lacedemonijs_fw-la formidoloso_n necessitatem_fw-la illis_fw-la imposuisse_fw-la bellandi_n quae_fw-la autem_fw-la propalam_fw-la ferebantur_fw-la utrinque_fw-la causae_fw-la istae_fw-la fuerunt_fw-la etc._n etc._n the_o true_a cause_n of_o this_o war_n though_o least_o voice_v i_o conceive_v to_o have_v be_v this_o that_o the_o athenian_n be_v grow_v great_a to_o the_o terror_n of_o the_o lacedaemonian_n do_v impose_v upon_o they_o a_o necessity_n of_o a_o war_n but_o the_o cause_n that_o go_v abroad_o in_o speech_n be_v these_o etc._n etc._n sulpitius_n galba_n consul_n when_o he_o persuade_v the_o roman_n to_o a_o preventive_a war_n with_o the_o latter_a philip_n king_n of_o macedon_n in_o regard_n of_o the_o great_a preparation_n which_o philip_n have_v then_o on_o foot_n and_o his_o design_n to_o ruin_v some_o of_o the_o confederate_n of_o the_o roman_n confident_o say_v that_o they_o who_o take_v that_o for_o a_o offensius_a war_n understand_v not_o the_o state_n of_o the_o question_n ignorare_fw-la videmini_fw-la mihi_fw-la quirite_n non_fw-la utrum_fw-la bellum_fw-la a_o pacem_fw-la habeatis_fw-la vos_fw-la consuli_fw-la neque_fw-la enim_fw-la liberum_fw-la id_fw-la vobis_fw-la permittet_fw-la philippus_n qui_fw-la terrâ_fw-la marique_fw-la ingens_fw-la bellum_fw-la molitur_fw-la sed_fw-la utrum_fw-la in_o macedoniam_fw-la legiones_fw-la transportetis_fw-la a_o hostem_fw-la in_o italiam_fw-la recipiatis_fw-la you_o seem_v to_o i_o you_o roman_n not_o to_o understand_v that_o the_o consultation_n before_o you_o be_v not_o whether_o you_o shall_v have_v war_n or_o 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enim_fw-la be_v qui_fw-la ictus_fw-la est_fw-la ictui_fw-la semper_fw-la inhaeret_fw-la quod_fw-la si_fw-la eum_fw-la alibi_fw-la verberes_fw-la illò_fw-la manus_fw-la transfert_fw-la ictum_fw-la autem_fw-la depellere_fw-la aut_fw-la prospicere_fw-la neque_fw-la scit_fw-la neque_fw-la vult_fw-la as_o country_n fellow_n use_v to_o do_v when_o they_o play_v at_o waster_n such_o a_o kind_n of_o war_n do_v you_o athenian_n make_v with_o philip_n for_o with_o they_o he_o that_o get_v a_o blow_n straight_o fall_v to_o ward_v when_o the_o blow_n be_v past_a and_o if_o you_o strike_v he_o in_o another_o place_n thither_o go_v his_o hand_n likewise_o but_o to_o put_v by_o or_o foresee_v a_o blow_n they_o neither_o have_v the_o skill_n northe_a will_n clinias_n the_o candian_a in_o plato_n speak_v desperate_o and_o wild_o as_o if_o there_o be_v no_o such_o thing_n as_o peace_n between_o nation_n but_o that_o every_o nation_n expect_v but_o his_o advantage_n to_o war_n upon_o another_o but_o 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this_o question_n against_o all_o the_o precedent_n of_o time_n for_o certain_o as_o long_o as_o man_n be_v man_n the_o son_n as_o the_o poet_n allude_v of_o prometheus_n and_o not_o of_o epimetheus_n and_o as_o long_o as_o reason_n be_v reason_n a_o just_a fear_n will_v be_v a_o just_a cause_n of_o a_o preventive_a war_n but_o especial_o if_o it_o be_v part_n of_o the_o case_n that_o there_o be_v a_o nation_n that_o be_v manifest_o detect_v to_o aspire_v to_o monarchy_n and_o new_a acquest_n then_o other_o state_n assure_o can_v be_v just_o accuse_v for_o not_o stay_v for_o the_o first_o blow_n or_o for_o not_o accept_v poliphemus_n courtesy_n to_o be_v the_o last_o that_o shall_v be_v eat_v up_o nay_o i_o obsetue_n further_o that_o in_o that_o passage_n of_o plato_n which_o i_o cite_v before_o and_o even_o in_o the_o tenet_n of_o that_o person_n that_o bear_v the_o resolve_v part_n and_o not_o the_o object_v part_n a_o just_a fear_n be_v justify_v for_o a_o cause_n of_o a_o 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