show_v himself_o a_o wise_a man_n and_o give_v wise_a jephtha_n jephtha_n counsel_n to_o his_o captain_n how_o they_o may_v find_v out_o the_o false_a ephramite_n from_o the_o true_a israelite_n by_o pronounce_v of_o the_o letter_n shibole_v and_o that_o before_o the_o ephramite_n 12._o jud._n 12._o shall_v pass_v over_o jordan_z lest_o they_o shall_v gather_v head_n against_o the_o israelite_n again_o great_a wisdom_n it_o be_v to_o look_v in_o time_n to_o such_o and_o to_o cut_v off_o the_o head_n of_o they_o that_o will_v willing_o have_v many_o head_n like_o hydra_n i_o wish_v there_o be_v no_o head_n of_o hydra_n yet_o lurk_v in_o any_o english_a laerna_n thus_o be_v jephtha_n call_v from_o the_o land_n of_o tob_z and_o gedeon_n from_o the_o barne-threshing_a to_o kill_v and_o destroy_v gedeon_n gedeon_n these_o wicked_a madianites_fw-la and_o false_a ephramite_n which_o be_v scatter_v and_o disperse_v into_o all_o part_n of_o the_o world_n be_v not_o david_n call_v from_o a_o shepherd_n to_o be_v anoint_a shepherd_n david_n a_o shepherd_n king_n in_o israel_n by_o samuel_n while_o yet_o saul_n live_v for_o the_o sin_n of_o saul_n and_o to_o overthrow_v the_o house_n of_o saul_n for_o all_o the_o practice_n and_o policy_n of_o saul_n to_o the_o contrary_a be_v not_o jeroboam_fw-la the_o servant_n of_o solomon_n call_v &_o servant_n jeroboam_fw-la a_o servant_n anoint_a king_n in_o israel_n by_o the_o prophet_n ahias_n in_o the_o time_n of_o solomon_n &_o of_o his_o son_n rehoboam_n and_o to_o take_v ten_o of_o the_o twelve_o tribe_n from_o solomon_n and_o be_v not_o jehu_n from_o a_o soldier_n call_v and_o anoint_a king_n by_o elizeus_fw-la soldier_n jehu_n a_o soldier_n servant_n while_o achab_n yet_o reign_v in_o israel_n to_o destroy_v achab_n and_o all_o his_o posterity_n for_o the_o idolatry_n of_o achab_n the_o just_a judgement_n of_o god_n against_o wicked_a prince_n and_o so_o in_o other_o like_a practiser_n that_o seek_v by_o policy_n to_o overthrow_v kingdom_n saul_n with_o all_o his_o policy_n with_o his_o son_n his_o servant_n and_o his_o daughter_n that_o he_o marry_v to_o david_n only_o to_o deceive_v david_n can_v not_o prevent_v david_n of_o the_o kingdom_n it_o be_v the_o purpose_n of_o god_n solomon_n for_o all_o his_o wisdom_n and_o royalty_n and_o his_o friend_n can_v not_o hinder_v jeroboam_fw-la his_fw-la servant_n from_o the_o kingdom_n it_o be_v so_o determine_v achab_n with_o all_o his_o god_n and_o idol_n can_v not_o prevent_v jehu_n nor_o take_v revenge_n upon_o elizeus_fw-la no_o more_o they_o benhadad_o king_n of_o syria_n can_v feed_v his_o wrath_n upon_o elizeus_fw-la no_o policy_n no_o practice_n no_o counsel_n against_o the_o lord_n elizeus_fw-la look_v in_o the_o face_n of_o hazael_n say_v that_o he_o shall_v be_v king_n after_o benhadad_n in_o syria_n &_o withal_o weep_v know_v how_o he_o will_v strangle_v his_o master_n benhadad_n the_o king_n and_o how_o tyrantlike_o he_o will_v plague_v israel_n during_o the_o time_n of_o his_o cruel_a government_n many_o have_v cause_n to_o weep_v if_o man_n know_v as_o elizeus_fw-la do_v what_o policy_n be_v practise_v in_o many_o man_n heart_n and_o therefore_o have_v old_a osiris_n king_n of_o egypt_n the_o sceptre_n osiris_n his_o sceptre_n likeness_n of_o a_o man_n eye_n in_o the_o upper_a end_n of_o his_o sceptre_n to_o signify_v that_o king_n shall_v be_v circumspect_a and_o wise_a to_o see_v unto_o the_o policy_n and_o practice_n of_o wicked_a man_n for_o against_o such_o wise_a and_o godly_a prince_n no_o policy_n can_v prevail_v no_o more_o than_o a_o little_a cloud_n can_v darken_v the_o brightness_n of_o the_o sun_n and_o as_o the_o sun_n with_o his_o brightness_n lighten_v all_o the_o sky_n so_o do_v a_o virtuous_a prince_n with_o his_o wisdom_n his_o subject_n for_o so_o aristotle_n say_v vnica_fw-la polit._n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 3._o polit._n &_o sola_fw-la virtus_fw-la principis_fw-la prudentia_fw-la the_o only_a virtue_n of_o a_o prince_n be_v to_o become_v wise_a &_o to_o choose_v such_o wise_a counsellor_n as_o moses_n do_v of_o grave_n &_o godly_a wise_a man_n which_o counsel_n be_v call_v synadrion_fw-mi to_o help_v &_o to_o aid_v he_o in_o the_o government_n of_o 600000._o man_n &_o that_o in_o a_o wilderness_n by_o counsel_n commonwealth_n &_o kingdom_n stand_v so_o in_o sallust_n it_o be_v say_v unto_o caesar_n quò_fw-la magis_fw-la imperium_fw-la cò_fw-la maior_fw-la cura_fw-la so_o long_o shall_v kingdom_n prosper_v while_o good_a counsel_n govern_v dum_fw-la apud_fw-la eos_fw-la vera_fw-la consilia_fw-la valuerunt_fw-la for_o say_v plato_n all_o good_a and_o godly_a counsel_n be_v 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d sacred_a according_a to_o that_o which_o christ_n say_v where_o two_o or_o three_o be_v gather_v in_o my_o name_n there_o be_o i_o among_o they_o it_o be_v neither_o say_v scipio_n to_o micipsa_n strong_a army_n treasure_n nor_o golden_a sceptre_n that_o uphold_v kingdom_n but_o truth_n wisdom_n and_o counsel_n so_o aristotle_n 20._o pro._n 20._o say_v unto_o the_o great_a alexander_n that_o counsel_n be_v say_v 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d arist_n rhet._n ad_fw-la alex._n suet._n cap._n 25._o augustus_n say_v most_o divine_a in_o matter_n of_o state_n for_o that_o he_o be_v ever_o careful_a to_o have_v alexander_n govern_v by_o counsel_n know_v well_o the_o greatness_n of_o his_o mind_n &_o the_o conquest_n which_o he_o take_v in_o hand_n many_o perish_v for_o want_v of_o counsel_n and_o many_o more_o for_o not_o accept_v of_o counsel_n wise_a counsel_n and_o the_o reward_n thereof_o be_v more_o give_v in_o sparta_n to_o the_o captain_n that_o subdue_v the_o enemy_n by_o policy_n and_o counsel_n then_o by_o the_o sword_n for_o that_o attempt_n say_v augustus_n be_v not_o to_o be_v enterprise_v where_o more_o fear_n be_v in_o lose_v then_o hope_v in_o get_v the_o victory_n the_o carthaginian_n so_o esteem_v wise_a counsel_n that_o if_o any_o of_o their_o captain_n have_v do_v any_o thing_n but_o by_o wise_a counsel_n though_o they_o have_v obtain_v great_a victory_n the_o law_n in_o carthage_n be_v that_o they_o shall_v die_v great_a captain_n win_v more_o by_o counsel_n then_o by_o the_o sword_n pluraconsilio_fw-la quà m_fw-la vi_fw-la magnos_fw-la deuce_n perfecisse_fw-la wise_a prince_n must_v be_v like_o janus_n look_v backward_o as_o well_o as_o 〈◊〉_d tacit._n 11._o ann._n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d forward_o it_o be_v sertorius_n say_v to_o pompey_n the_o great_a quod_fw-la respicere_fw-la magis_fw-la quà m_fw-la prospicere_fw-la oporteat_fw-la ducem_fw-la that_o a_o wise_a governor_n look_v backward_o as_o well_o as_o forward_o but_o ambition_n say_v seneca_n never_o look_v back_o but_o forward_o serto._n plut._n in_o serto._n how_o he_o may_v enterteyne_a factious_a and_o seditious_a man_n to_o hold_v he_o up_o they_o never_o think_v of_o their_o own_o life_n when_o they_o imagine_v to_o prevent_v other_o of_o their_o life_n sedition_n therefore_o be_v as_o dangerous_a to_o king_n in_o their_o kingdom_n as_o to_o commander_n in_o field_n in_o the_o army_n for_o so_o seneca_n say_v idem_fw-la ius_fw-la habet_fw-la adversus_fw-la imperia_fw-la atque_fw-la adversus_fw-la imperantes_fw-la sectio_fw-la 2._o servius_n galba_n under_o pretence_n 21._o oros_n lib._n 5_o cap._n 21._o of_o do_v of_o some_o great_a good_a unto_o the_o lusitanian_o assemble_v the_o chief_a man_n &_o the_o gallant_a youth_n of_o three_o great_a city_n to_o the_o number_n of_o seven_o thousand_o who_o he_o most_o treacherous_o and_o false_o slay_v which_o move_v great_a sedition_n and_o tumult_n in_o spain_n against_o the_o roman_n hastrubal_n intend_v under_o the_o colour_n of_o hunt_v to_o invade_v numidia_n be_v resist_v by_o the_o numidian_n tell_v they_o he_o come_v but_o to_o hunt_v elephant_n by_o the_o like_a policy_n of_o hunt_v hannibal_n get_v tarentum_n such_o a_o hunter_n be_v nymrod_n that_o hunt_v king_n and_o kingdom_n and_o therefore_o he_o be_v call_v the_o mighty_a 10._o gen._n 10._o hunter_n ninus_n be_v a_o great_a hunter_n of_o kingdom_n &_o country_n so_o may_v it_o be_v say_v of_o cyrus_n and_o of_o alexander_n so_o great_a hunter_n be_v they_o that_o they_o die_v in_o their_o hunt_n out_o of_o their_o kingdom_n hunt_v be_v a_o military_a exercise_n which_o make_v sertorius_n serto._n plut._n in_o serto._n to_o use_v hunt_v and_o to_o travail_v the_o hard_a rock_n of_o africa_n and_o that_o he_o and_o his_o soldier_n thereby_o may_v better_a endure_v labour_n and_o pain_n against_o the_o roman_n he_o acquaint_v they_o so_o much_o with_o hunt_v that_o they_o be_v able_a to_o sustain_v any_o hardness_n the_o cause_n therefore_o why_o brasidas_n compare_v hunt_v to_o war_n be_v for_o that_o the_o like_a stratagem_n be_v often_o invent_v and_o execute_v in_o war_n against_o soldier_n as_o the_o hunter_n do_v against_o diverse_a kind_n of_o beast_n special_o
traitor_n or_o the_o murderer_n hide_v his_o practice_n &_o wicked_a policy_n from_o the_o knowledge_n of_o god_n adam_n can_v not_o hide_v it_o in_o paradise_n nor_o lucifer_n in_o heaven_n nor_o jonas_n in_o the_o bottom_n of_o the_o sea_n where_o shall_v a_o man_n fly_v from_o the_o presence_n of_o god_n that_o be_v of_o a_o guilty_a conscience_n 1._o gen._n 4._o 〈◊〉_d 1._o it_o make_v cain_n to_o say_v omnis_fw-la qui_fw-la invenerit_fw-la i_o occidet_fw-la i_o it_o make_v jonas_n to_o say_v to_o the_o sailor_n to_o tharsis_n tollite_fw-la &_o mittite_fw-la i_o in_fw-la mare_fw-la and_o it_o make_v judas_n to_o say_v tradidi_fw-la sanguinem_fw-la iustum_fw-la and_o to_o hang_v himself_o it_o make_v a_o number_n to_o hang_v to_o drown_v and_o to_o kill_v themselves_o provoke_v thereto_o by_o a_o torment_a conscience_n for_o we_o read_v both_o in_o divine_a and_o profane_a history_n that_o more_o lewd_a and_o wicked_a man_n come_v from_o good_a man_n then_o good_a man_n from_o the_o wicked_a so_o that_o of_o one_o catiline_n be_v a_o wicked_a man_n in_o rome_n become_v so_o many_o wicked_a catelines_n that_o rome_n have_v too_o many_o catelines_n so_o full_a of_o spite_n and_o envy_n unto_o rome_n that_o they_o be_v as_o sallust_n say_v impuri_fw-la animi_fw-la dijs_fw-la hominibusque_fw-la infesti_fw-la and_o so_o likewise_o in_o athens_n of_o one_o hateful_a timon_n surname_v misantropos_n grow_v so_o many_o odious_a tymons_n that_o there_o be_v too_o many_o tymon_n in_o athens_n but_o we_o leave_v these_o catelines_n in_o rome_n &_o these_o tymon_n in_o athens_n and_o we_o wish_v that_o there_o be_v neither_o catelines_n nor_o tymon_n in_o england_n there_o be_v at_o rome_n in_o s._n jeromes_n time_n certain_a rome_n s._n jeromes_n say_v of_o englishman_n in_o rome_n englishmen_n of_o good_a constitution_n and_o fair_a complexion_n who_o when_o s._n jerom_n see_v he_o say_v isti_fw-la angli_fw-la angeli_fw-la dici_fw-la possunt_fw-la how_o strange_a be_v it_o that_o of_o that_o nation_n then_o call_v in_o rome_n angel_n by_o st._n jerome_n there_o shall_v be_v now_o some_o in_o england_n which_o may_v be_v call_v devil_n in_o who_o be_v such_o wicked_a practice_n and_o such_o lewd_a polycy_n as_o neither_o philip_n of_o macedon_n against_o the_o grecian_n nor_o hannibal_n of_o carthage_n against_o the_o roman_n can_v exceed_v they_o with_o their_o military_a stratagem_n which_o be_v lawful_a against_o foreign_a enemy_n the_o cause_n say_v lactantius_n of_o such_o rebellious_a mind_n in_o such_o man_n be_v non_fw-la nosce_fw-la supremum_fw-la numen_fw-la &_o 30._o lact._n lib._n 3_o lust_n li._n 30._o illud_fw-la non_fw-la venerari_fw-la therefore_o the_o chief_a care_n of_o a_o good_a prince_n aught_o to_o be_v first_o vigilant_a about_o god_n service_n so_o can_v aristotle_n the_o heathen_a philosopher_n say_v res_fw-la 11_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d arist_n 5._o polit._n c._n 11_o divinas_fw-la etc._n etc._n for_o as_o cicero_n say_v the_o roman_n ever_o suppose_v the_o serve_v of_o their_o god_n to_o be_v rather_o the_o cause_n of_o their_o victory_n and_o triumph_n over_o africa_n and_o asia_n than_o their_o strength_n and_o courage_n and_o therefore_o maecenas_n write_v to_o augustus_n the_o emperor_n to_o keep_v and_o defend_v the_o roman_a religion_n and_o the_o sacred_a ceremony_n of_o their_o country_n to_o their_o god_n and_o not_o to_o imitate_v the_o egyptian_n qui_fw-la variam_fw-la et_fw-la mixtam_fw-la religionem_fw-la coluerunt_fw-la which_o accept_v of_o all_o kind_n of_o religion_n and_o never_o consent_v in_o one_o for_o say_v cicero_n maiorun_n instituta_fw-la tueri_fw-la etc._n etc._n it_o be_v wisdom_n to_o defend_v the_o law_n and_o decree_n of_o the_o elder_n and_o the_o religion_n of_o their_o country_n which_o to_o neglect_v be_v sacrilege_n the_o egyptian_n though_o most_o superstitious_a and_o idolatrous_a people_n yet_o have_v they_o in_o their_o temple_n in_o greek_a write_v upon_o the_o wall_n deus_fw-la est_fw-la quae_fw-la sunt_fw-la et_fw-la quae_fw-la non_fw-la sunt_fw-la 5._o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d she_o in_o pom._n 5._o not_o much_o disagree_v with_o the_o say_n of_o the_o apostle_n 11._o apostle_n rom._n 11._o that_o god_n be_v he_o by_o who_o all_o thing_n be_v do_v and_o in_o who_o and_o from_o who_o all_o good_a thing_n proceed_v and_o without_o he_o nothing_o it_o be_v not_o the_o ivory_n mace_n of_o the_o roman_n nor_o the_o ebony_n mace_n of_o the_o indian_n nor_o the_o lion_n &_o bear_n of_o the_o babylonian_a neither_o the_o dragon_n and_o serpent_n of_o the_o egyptian_a mace_n that_o hold_v up_o a_o kingdom_n but_o the_o sceptre_n of_o justice_n per_fw-la i_o reges_fw-la regnant_a say_v the_o lord_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d the_o ethiopian_a king_n have_v their_o sceptre_n make_v in_o ancient_a time_n in_o form_n like_o a_o plough_n in_o sign_n of_o husbandry_n which_o ought_v to_o be_v maintain_v by_o the_o king_n unto_o his_o people_n for_o their_o king_n be_v put_v in_o mind_n by_o their_o sceptre_n to_o be_v careful_a of_o their_o subject_n which_o be_v the_o strength_n of_o the_o king_n and_o so_o the_o old_a persian_a king_n have_v their_o mace_n make_v 1._o diodor._fw-la li._n 4._o cap._n 1._o like_o a_o spade_n as_o the_o ethiopian_n the_o plough_n to_o put_v their_o king_n in_o memory_n that_o the_o plough_n &_o the_o spade_n be_v the_o two_o only_a instrument_n most_o necessary_a in_o a_o commonwealth_n to_o enrich_v a_o king_n some_o other_o heathen_a king_n have_v upon_o the_o top_n of_o their_o mace_n the_o figure_n of_o a_o stork_n to_o signify_v piety_n and_o lenity_n in_o a_o prince_n to_o be_v necessary_a and_o upon_o the_o nether_a end_n of_o the_o mace_n the_o likeness_n of_o hippopotamus_n that_o a_o alex._n hippopotamus_n a_o sea-horse_n plut._n in_o alex._n prince_n shall_v avoid_v fierceness_n and_o wrath_n which_o have_v alexander_n look_v unto_o as_o the_o history_n say_v nec_fw-la 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