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blessing_n over_o they_o 9_o he_o that_o have_v say_v to_o his_o father_n and_o to_o his_o mother_n i_o know_v you_o not_o and_o to_o his_o brethren_n i_o be_o ignorant_a of_o they_o and_o have_v not_o know_v their_o child_n these_o have_v keep_v thy_o speech_n and_o observe_v thy_o covenant_n bless_v o_o lord_n his_o strength_n and_o receive_v the_o work_n of_o his_o hand_n strike_v the_o back_n of_o his_o enemy_n and_o let_v not_o they_o rise_v that_o hate_v he_o that_o a_o religious_a man_n have_v also_o forsake_v himself_o and_o how_o noble_a a_o thing_n that_o be_v chap._n viii_o next_o to_o external_a good_n and_o natural_a kindred_n which_o religious_a people_n do_v whole_o forsake_v there_o be_v a_o three_o and_o more_o excellent_a degree_n behind_o and_o doubtless_o the_o
he_o be_v so_o quick_a and_o exact_a in_o obey_v that_o because_o he_o have_v not_o a_o mowkin_n at_o hand_n he_o creep_v into_o the_o oven_n hot_a glow_v as_o it_o be_v and_o sweep_v it_o with_o his_o coat_n and_o be_v not_o hurt_v nor_o any_o thing_n endomage_v by_o the_o fire_n 29._o many_o other_o of_o the_o same_o rank_n have_v be_v monk_n oâ—der_n but_o it_o be_v long_o to_o rehearse_v they_o all_o wherefore_o we_o will_v pass_v to_o those_o that_o have_v be_v of_o s._n francis_n his_o order_n and_o reckon-up_a a_o few_o of_o they_o as_o wiliam_n duke_n of_o burgundy_n gâ—â—salue_n marinâ—_n a_o portugez_fw-fr adulphus_n count_n of_o alsatia_n who_o enter_v among_o the_o franciscan_n about_o the_o year_n one_o thousand_o two_o hundred_o and_o fifty_o among_o other_o virtue_n be_v much_o give_v to_o mortification_n and_o once_o in_o particular_a go_v through_o his_o own_o city_n with_o a_o pitcher_n of_o milk_n which_o he_o have_v beg_v about_o the_o town_n he_o meet_v his_o three_o son_n who_o he_o have_v leave_v in_o the_o world_n walk_v the_o street_n with_o great_a state_n and_o because_o he_o begin_v a_o little_a to_o be_v ashamed_a to_o overcome_v himself_o therein_o he_o list_v the_o pitcher_n up_o to_o his_o head_n and_o pour_v it_o all_o upon_o himself_o and_o many_o such_o rare_a man_n have_v be_v of_o this_o order_n jesus_n 30._o and_o in_o this_o our_o least_o society_n of_o jesus_n within_o these_o few_o year_n since_o it_o be_v found_v there_o have_v not_o be_v a_o few_o nobleman_n call_v unto_o it_o but_o the_o prime_a man_n of_o they_o all_o be_v francis_n borgia_n duke_n of_o gandie_n who_o be_v in_o great_a favour_n and_o esteem_v with_o charles_n the_o five_o in_o spain_n gandie_n to_o the_o astonishment_n of_o all_o beholder_n lay_v aside_o all_o his_o greatness_n embrace_v the_o humble_a state_n of_o a_o religious_a life_n and_o profit_v exceed_o in_o it_o the_o reason_n why_o he_o choose_v to_o enter_v into_o the_o society_n before_o 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in_o italy_n we_o have_v fa._n rodulphus_fw-la aquaviua_fw-la son_n to_o the_o duke_n of_o atri_fw-la which_o be_v one_o of_o the_o ancient_a and_o noble_a family_n in_o the_o kingdom_n of_o naples_n he_o be_v call_v to_o religion_n with_o such_o abundance_n of_o the_o spirit_n of_o god_n that_o he_o can_v not_o by_o any_o mean_n or_o force_n be_v divert_v from_o it_o though_o much_o be_v use_v to_o withdraw_v he_o and_o have_v in_o a_o short_a time_n profit_v exceed_o in_o all_o kind_n of_o virtue_n atri_fw-la by_o his_o own_o importunity_n as_o i_o may_v say_v he_o be_v send_v into_o the_o east-indies_n where_o he_o lead_v so_o holy_a a_o life_n that_o not_o only_o those_o of_o our_o society_n and_o all_o other_o christian_n but_o the_o very_a heathen_n themselves_o do_v admire_v he_o and_o common_o call_v he_o the_o angel_n at_o last_o be_v send_v to_o the_o land_n of_o salsedo_n to_o preach_v the_o christian_a faith_n he_o be_v kill_v with_o some_o other_o of_o the_o society_n by_o the_o inhabitant_n that_o be_v mahometan_n in_o hatred_n of_o christian_a religion_n adorn_v his_o former_a life_n and_o all_o his_o religious_a virtue_n with_o the_o crown_n of_o a_o most_o certain_a and_o most_o glorious_a martyrdom_n there_o be_v diverse_a other_o also_o in_o our_o society_n of_o like_a nobility_n descend_v from_o duke_n and_o marquess_n and_o other_o prince_n but_o because_o they_o be_v all_o yet_o live_v and_o we_o live_v and_o converse_v daily_o with_o they_o civility_n neither_o of_o our_o part_n nor_o of_o they_o will_v not_o suffer_v we_o to_o name_v they_o but_o we_o must_v obey_v the_o counsel_n of_o the_o wiseman_n 11._o where_o he_o say_v praise_v no_o man_n before_o his_o death_n wherefore_o pass_v the_o rest_n in_o silence_n we_o will_v remember_v only_o one_o that_o be_v late_o dead_a to_o wit_n spinola_n andrew_n spinola_n a_o prime_a man_n of_o genua_n for_o his_o birth_n and_o of_o rome_n in_o regard_n of_o the_o place_n which_o he_o bear_v in_o that_o court_n next_o to_o the_o cardinal_n and_o as_o it_o be_v in_o the_o very_a entrance_n to_o a_o cardinalship_n but_o he_o contemn_v both_o the_o honour_n in_o which_o he_o be_v and_o the_o preferment_n which_o he_o may_v have_v hope_v stoop_v rather_o to_o religious_a discipline_n and_o set_v the_o world_n and_o the_o vanity_n thereof_o so_o much_o at_o scorn_n that_o not_o long_o after_o he_o go_v twice_o about_o the_o street_n of_o rome_n in_o a_o old_a totter_a coat_n beg_v his_o bread_n from_o door_n to_o door_n which_o strike_v such_o a_o admiration_n into_o all_o rome_n that_o people_n for_o some_o day_n can_v talk_v of_o nothing_o else_o and_o a_o certain_a preacher_n discourse_v of_o that_o place_n of_o the_o prophet_n eâ—â—y_n futrie_a â—il_n and_o every_o hillock_n shall_v be_v humble_v do_v not_o stick_v to_o point_v at_o this_o our_o spinola_n as_o to_o one_o of_o the_o hill_n and_o hillock_n which_o have_v humble_v themselves_o by_o the_o 〈◊〉_d of_o our_o saviour_n but_o it_o be_v time_n to_o draw_v to_o a_o conclusion_n for_o as_o i_o say_v before_o there_o have_v be_v so_o many_o of_o this_o degree_n of_o nobility_n both_o in_o elder_n and_o latter_a time_n that_o shun_v the_o wave_n and_o shelf_n of_o this_o world_n have_v surge_v with_o excessive_a joy_n at_o the_o port_n of_o religion_n that_o if_o we_o shall_v go_v abouâ—_n to_o rehearse_v they_o all_o we_o must_v resolve_v to_o make_v a_o whole_a long_a volume_n of_o it_o by_o itself_o of_o noble_a woman_n that_o have_v live_v in_o religion_n chap._n xxvii_o after_o so_o many_o rare_a example_n of_o man_n we_o will_v speak_v also_o of_o some_o woman_n both_o because_o they_o have_v be_v in_o their_o kind_n a_o great_a ornament_n to_o a_o religious_a state_n and_o because_o the_o more_o infirm_a their_o sex_n be_v the_o more_o encouragement_n do_v it_o give_v to_o man_n to_o employ_v themselves_o in_o all_o kind_n of_o virtue_n 2._o the_o empress_n theodora_n do_v first_o offer_v herself_o empress_n for_o be_v marry_v to_o theophilus_n a_o heretic_n emperor_n about_o the_o year_n eight_o hundred_o and_o fourscore_o she_o keep_v herself_o always_o constant_a to_o the_o catholic_n faith_n and_o after_o his_o decease_n she_o do_v wonderful_o advance_v the_o catholic_n cause_n chief_o by_o restore_v the_o use_n of_o holy_a image_n and_o recall_v holy_a man_n from_o their_o place_n of_o bannishment_n and_o have_v for_o some_o year_n govern_v the_o empire_n she_o of_o her_o own_o accord_n lay_v down_o all_o that_o state_n and_o power_n and_o shut_v herself_o up_o in_o the_o monastery_n where_o her_o mother_n trurina_fw-la have_v give_v herself_o to_o god_n before_o she_o 3._o augusta_n a_o other_o empress_n practise_v the_o like_a devotion_n augusta_n not_o weigh_v the_o infancy_n and_o lonenes_n of_o her_o son_n after_o isaacius_n her_o husband_n death_n but_o appoint_v he_o certain_a tutor_n withdraw_v herself_o out_o of_o the_o world_n when_o alexius_n for_o so_o be_v her_o 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recompense_n for_o the_o selfsame_o be_v that_o be_v empty_a before_o be_v present_o find_v full_a of_o bread_n and_o that_o very_o white_a we_o shall_v not_o need_v to_o say_v any_o thing_n of_o his_o wisdom_n because_o when_o he_o be_v but_o yet_o a_o private_a man_n he_o be_v as_o it_o be_v a_o oracle_n in_o all_o doubtful_a question_n at_o home_o and_o abroad_o insomuch_o that_o even_o than_o he_o be_v common_o know_v by_o the_o name_n of_o antonine_n the_o counsellor_n câ—â—â—â—orum_fw-la great_a be_v also_o the_o fervour_n and_o constancy_n wherewith_o he_o more_o than_o once_o defend_v the_o liberty_n of_o the_o church_n against_o those_o that_o be_v in_o high_a authority_n in_o which_o business_n he_o once_o answer_v one_o that_o threaten_v he_o grievous_o that_o he_o do_v not_o fear_v he_o because_o he_o have_v still_o a_o corner_n whereunto_o he_o shall_v no_o unwilling_o retire_v himself_o and_o withal_o show_v he_o the_o key_n of_o his_o celle_n which_o he_o keep_v of_o his_o monastery_n give_v to_o understand_v beside_o from_o whence_o he_o have_v receive_v so_o much_o courage_n 13._o many_o like_a example_n we_o may_v lay_v together_o not_o only_o out_o of_o italy_n from_o whence_o the_o former_a be_v take_v but_o from_o people_n beyond_o the_o sea_n and_o beyond_o the_o aâ—â—â—s_n among_o who_o religion_n do_v ancient_o wonderful_o flourish_v but_o because_o our_o intent_n be_v not_o here_o to_o write_v a_o history_n of_o these_o thing_n we_o will_v content_v ourselves_o with_o one_o s._n dunstan_n dunstan_n who_o about_o the_o year_n one_o thousand_o &_o twenty_o be_v abbot_n of_o glastenburie_n be_v make_v archbishop_n of_o canterbury_n in_o which_o dignity_n it_o be_v incredible_a how_o noble_o and_o how_o beneficial_o to_o his_o flock_n he_o carry_v himself_o we_o find_v in_o particular_a that_o he_o be_v wont_a to_o rebuke_v the_o two_o king_n â—â—â—elstan_n and_o edward_n his_o successor_n with_o such_o freedom_n and_o confidence_n that_o 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15._o which_o example_n in_o my_o opinion_n do_v make_v it_o much_o clear_a than_o any_o reason_n or_o proof_n by_o argument_n can_v do_v that_o religious_a order_n have_v in_o all_o time_n be_v as_o it_o be_v a_o seminary_n or_o nursery_n of_o prelate_n and_o of_o prelate_n that_o have_v be_v exceed_v beneficial_a both_o to_o their_o own_o charge_n by_o their_o worthy_a labour_n and_o to_o other_o by_o theâ—â—_n example_n of_o life_n of_o the_o fruit_n which_o religious_a people_n have_v broughtforth_a in_o the_o church_n of_o god_n chap._n xxx_o when_o the_o wisdom_n of_o god_n have_v begin_v to_o lay_v the_o ground_n of_o the_o order_n of_o the_o gray-friar_n in_o s._n francis_n and_o his_o eleven_o first_o companion_n francis_n and_o this_o new_a offspring_n be_v upon_o the_o point_n of_o be_v bring_v forth_o it_o be_v represent_v in_o a_o vision_n to_o pope_n innocent_a after_o this_o manner_n he_o conceive_v that_o he_o see_v the_o church_n of_o s._n john_n lateran_n where_o at_o that_o time_n the_o pope_n have_v his_o palace_n gape_v at_o the_o foundation_n church_n and_o ready_a to_o fall_v and_o that_o a_o poor_a beggar_o fellow_n come_v run_v towards_o it_o and_o hold_v it_o up_o with_o his_o shoulder_n when_o not_o long_o after_o s._n francis_n with_o his_o little_a company_n present_v himself_o before_o he_o demand_v approbation_n of_o his_o rule_n the_o pope_n behold_v he_o attentive_o and_o weigh_v his_o rule_n with_o good_a advice_n make_v no_o question_n but_o that_o he_o be_v the_o poor_a man_n that_o be_v show_v he_o in_o the_o vision_n above_o mention_v and_o the_o event_n prove_v it_o true_a for_o not_o only_o that_o age_n wherein_o this_o order_n spring_v up_o be_v wonderful_o enlighten_v and_o holpen_v by_o it_o but_o it_o have_v ever_o strengthen_v and_o uphold_v the_o church_n of_o god_n these_o 376._o year_n which_o it_o have_v continue_v since_o the_o first_o beginning_n of_o it_o 2._o which_o commendation_n as_o undoubted_o it_o belong_v not_o false_o and_o idle_o but_o by_o the_o true_a and_o solid_a testimony_n of_o that_o heavenly_a vision_n to_o the_o order_n of_o s._n francis_n so_o in_o my_o opinion_n it_o may_v as_o true_o be_v give_v to_o the_o order_n of_o s._n dominick_n which_o have_v labour_v in_o the_o same_o cause_n with_o no_o less_o industry_n and_o in_o like_a manner_n to_o all_o other_o order_n which_o our_o lord_n from_o time_n to_o time_n have_v send_v fresh_a workman_n at_o diverse_a hour_n into_o his_o vineyard_n and_o if_o it_o may_v be_v say_v of_o every_o one_o of_o they_o several_o beneficial_a that_o they_o have_v be_v so_o beneficial_a for_o the_o defence_n and_o cultivate_a and_o maintain_v of_o the_o dignity_n of_o the_o church_n how_o much_o more_o true_o may_v we_o say_v it_o of_o all_o of_o they_o together_o so_o that_o we_o must_v needs_o conclude_v that_o the_o profit_n and_o fruit_n which_o religious_a order_n have_v wrought_v in_o the_o world_n since_o they_o be_v found_v be_v 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which_o god_n make_v of_o they_o and_o of_o that_o which_o be_v only_o know_v to_o he_o let_v we_o go_v forward_o in_o the_o consideration_n whâ—ch_v we_o have_v propose_v concern_v all_o of_o they_o and_o weigh_v the_o fruit_n which_o in_o all_o age_n they_o have_v broughtforth_a two_o several_a way_n first_o by_o example_n than_o also_o by_o their_o labour_n and_o industry_n 3._o as_o for_o matter_n of_o example_n it_o can_v be_v deny_v but_o that_o for_o the_o most_o part_n all_o euanâ—elical_n virtue_n have_v be_v hide_v in_o darkness_n but_o for_o the_o light_n which_o religion_n have_v give_v they_o example_n first_o practise_v they_o and_o by_o their_o very_a practice_n present_v they_o to_o the_o view_n of_o all_o man_n as_o it_o be_v in_o a_o public_a theatre_n to_o be_v behold_v of_o al._n so_o that_o their_o modesty_n humility_n
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banquet_n to_o dance_v to_o merry_a meeting_n to_o hunting-matche_n and_o the_o like_a it_o have_v that_o notwithstanding_o which_o be_v far_o better_a and_o more_o noble_a derive_v from_o the_o superior_a part_n of_o the_o soul_n to_o the_o inferior_a as_o when_o in_o a_o great_a household_n the_o master_n of_o the_o house_n marry_v the_o marriage_n concern_v himself_o only_o but_o the_o whole_a house_n and_o all_o the_o household-seruant_n have_v part_n of_o the_o feast_n and_o music_n in_o like_a manner_n therefore_o religious_a people_n as_o i_o say_v be_v not_o altogether_o bar_v of_o the_o pleasure_n of_o the_o body_n but_o make_v a_o exchange_n of_o that_o which_o be_v base_a and_o momentary_a and_o always_o full_a of_o remorse_n of_o conscience_n and_o excessive_a care_n for_o that_o which_o be_v decent_a honest_a permanent_a and_o so_o much_o the_o more_o delightful_a the_o more_o suitable_a it_o be_v to_o both_o the_o part_n of_o man_n and_o to_o nature_n itself_o a_o answer_n to_o they_o that_o say_v there_o be_v many_o temptation_n in_o religion_n chap._n xviii_o other_o argue_v against_o a_o religious_a course_n of_o life_n out_o of_o that_o place_n of_o scripture_n son_n come_v to_o the_o service_n of_o god_n stand_v in_o â—eare_z &_o tremble_a and_o prepare_v thy_o soul_n to_o temptation_n 1._o which_o warn_v of_o the_o holie-ghost_n do_v so_o terrifye_v they_o that_o they_o think_v if_o they_o come_v to_o religion_n they_o must_v live_v in_o a_o continual_a combat_n and_o therefore_o conclude_v that_o it_o be_v better_a to_o decline_v the_o battle_n then_o by_o provoke_v their_o adversary_n thrust_v themselves_o voluntary_o into_o danger_n 2._o to_o which_o we_o answer_v first_o that_o holy_a scripture_n see_v they_o be_v please_v to_o use_v the_o authority_n thereof_o when_o it_o give_v we_o warning_n of_o the_o temptation_n which_o we_o shall_v find_v in_o the_o service_n of_o god_n temptation_n do_v not_o advise_v we_o withal_o to_o decline_v the_o service_n of_o god_n for_o these_o temptation_n but_o rather_o that_o foresee_v the_o strife_n which_o will_v happen_v we_o come_v arm_v beforehand_o both_o with_o courage_n and_o weapon_n &_o particular_o with_o those_o weapon_n which_o be_v there_o name_v to_o wit_n fear_v and_o tremble_v for_o these_o will_v serve_v we_o as_o a_o whetstone_n to_o whet_v our_o industry_n and_o diligence_n and_o virtue_n the_o soldier_n of_o this_o world_n though_o they_o know_v they_o shall_v often_o encounter_v their_o enemy_n do_v not_o therefore_o forsake_v the_o war_n rather_o they_o go_v to_o the_o war_n that_o they_o may_v meet_v with_o their_o enemy_n because_o unless_o they_o fight_v they_o can_v get_v the_o victory_n and_o without_o victory_n they_o shall_v have_v no_o reward_n nor_o crown_n 3._o moreover_o in_o the_o war_n among_o man_n there_o be_v this_o difference_n for_o if_o a_o man_n will_v siâ—_n at_o home_n avoid_v he_o may_v be_v quiet_a and_o safe_a for_o no_o 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