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for_o it_o be_v lawful_a for_o any_o bury_v man_n to_o accuse_v the_o king_n of_o egypt_n before_o they_o be_v bury_v of_o any_o ambition_n injustice_n or_o crime_n before_o commit_v against_o the_o law_n for_o nothing_o be_v more_o ignominious_a to_o the_o king_n of_o egypt_n then_o to_o be_v deprive_v of_o their_o burial_n 3._o which_o make_v they_o live_v more_o circumspect_o use_v justice_n and_o observe_v the_o law_n but_o what_o be_v the_o king_n of_o egypt_n better_a to_o be_v bury_v in_o sweet_a odour_n in_o their_o pyramid_n or_o the_o heathen_a prince_n of_o the_o world_n to_o be_v bury_v in_o suis_fw-la mausoleis_fw-la be_v not_o poor_a lazarus_n better_a in_o abraham_n bosom_n than_o the_o rich_a man_n torment_v in_o hell_n for_o he_o can_v be_v ill_o bury_v wheresoever_o he_o be_v bury_v that_o die_v well_o neither_o can_v he_o die_v ill_a wheresoever_o or_o howsoever_o he_o die_v that_o live_v well_o and_o therefore_o non_fw-la potest_fw-la male_a mori_fw-la qui_fw-la bene_fw-la vixcrit_fw-fr say_v augustine_n a_o people_n in_o india_n call_v pedalij_fw-la among_o other_o their_o justice_n vow_n and_o prayer_n they_o wish_v nothing_o to_o be_v grant_v unto_o they_o of_o the_o god_n but_o to_o be_v just_a and_o to_o use_v justice_n 17._o appollonius_n thianeus_n the_o philosopher_n wish_n be_v paâ—…a_n habere_fw-la &_o nullius_fw-la in_o digere_fw-la and_o to_o know_v good_a and_o just_a wish_n man_n and_o to_o avoid_v the_o company_n of_o wicked_a and_o unjust_a man_n socrates_n wish_n be_v to_o have_v a_o sound_a mind_n in_o a_o sound_a body_n in_o eliopolis_n a_o city_n of_o egypt_n the_o image_n of_o justice_n be_v set_v up_o in_o the_o market_n place_n without_o a_o head_n and_o on_o the_o right_a side_n of_o justice_n the_o image_n of_o a_o king_n be_v paint_v etc._n blind_a without_o eye_n because_o he_o shall_v not_o see_v his_o friend_n nor_o foe_n but_o govern_v without_o affection_n and_o on_o the_o left_a side_n of_o justice_n the_o 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because_o he_o shall_v not_o climb_v too_o high_a say_v agesilaus_n climb_v in_o sparta_n to_o overthrow_n thebes_n and_o epaminondas_n climb_v in_o thebes_n to_o overcome_v sparta_n this_o be_v that_o ambition_n every_o where_o quae_fw-la frontem_fw-la aperit_fw-la proplanâ—…_n &_o mentem_fw-la tegit_fw-la but_o these_o ambitious_a man_n remember_v not_o lot_n wife_n who_o seek_v to_o save_v her_o life_n by_o look_v back_o on_o sodom_n 17._o she_o lose_v both_o herself_o sodom_n and_o zegor_n so_o that_o among_o all_o nation_n in_o all_o country_n ambitious_a man_n be_v such_o that_o some_o with_o absalon_n seek_v to_o plant_v and_o set_v their_o name_n on_o earth_n by_o some_o monument_n of_o fame_n but_o die_v ignominious_o without_o monument_n or_o fame_n like_o absalon_n some_o with_o sebna_n build_v they_o sumptuous_a tomb_n in_o their_o own_o country_n but_o be_v bury_v in_o a_o other_o sebna_n country_n some_o with_o achab_n build_v they_o ivory_n house_n who_o