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they_o patient_o be_v mildness_n and_o goodness_n grant_v unto_o thou_o the_o god_n themselves_o be_v good_a unto_o such_o yea_o and_o in_o some_o thing_n as_o in_o matter_n of_o health_n of_o wealth_n of_o honour_n be_v content_a often_o to_o further_o their_o endeavour_n so_o good_a and_o gracious_a be_v thy_o and_o may_v thou_o not_o be_v so_o too_o or_o tell_v i_o what_o do_v hinder_v thou_o x._o labour_v not_o as_o one_o to_o who_o it_o be_v appoint_v to_o be_v wretched_a nor_o as_o one_o that_o either_o will_v be_v pity_v or_o admire_v but_o let_v this_o be_v thy_o only_a care_n &_o desire_n so_o always_o and_o in_o all_o thing_n to_o prosecute_v or_o to_o forbear_v as_o the_o law_n of_o charity_n or_o mutual_a society_n do_v require_v xi_o this_o day_n i_o do_v come_v out_o of_o all_o my_o trouble_n nay_o i_o have_v cast_v out_o all_o my_o trouble_n it_o shall_v rather_o be_v for_o that_o which_o trouble_v thou_o whatsoever_o it_o be_v be_v not_o without_o any_o where_o that_o thou_o shall_v come_v out_o of_o it_o but_o within_o in_o thy_o own_o opinion_n from_o whence_o it_o must_v be_v cast_v out_o before_o thou_o can_v true_o and_o constant_o be_v at_o ease_n xii_o all_o those_o thing_n for_o matter_n of_o experience_n be_v usual_a and_o ordinary_a for_o their_o continuance_n but_o for_o a_o day_n and_o for_o their_o matter_n most_o base_a and_o filthy_a as_o they_o be_v in_o the_o day_n of_o those_o who_o we_o have_v bury_v so_o be_v they_o now_o also_o and_o no_o otherwise_o xiii_o the_o thing_n themselves_o that_o affect_v we_o they_o stand_v without_o door_n neither_o know_v any_o thing_n themselves_o nor_o able_a to_o utter_v any_o thing_n unto_o other_o concern_v themselves_o what_o then_o be_v it_o that_o pass_v verdict_n on_o they_o the_o understanding_n fourteen_o as_o virtue_n and_o wickedness_n consist_v not_o in_o passion_n but_o in_o action_n so_o neither_o do_v the_o true_a good_a or_o evil_n of_o a_o reasonable_a charitable_a man_n consist_v in_o passion_n but_o in_o operation_n and_o action_n xv._o to_o the_o stone_n that_o be_v cast_v up_o when_o it_o come_v down_o it_o be_v no_o hurt_n unto_o it_o as_o neither_o benefit_n when_o it_o do_v ascend_v xvi_o sift_v their_o mind_n and_o understanding_n and_o behold_v what_o man_n they_o be_v who_o thou_o do_v stand_v in_o fear_n of_o what_o they_o shall_v judge_v of_o thou_o what_o they_o themselves_o judge_v of_o themselves_o xvii_o all_o thing_n that_o be_v in_o the_o world_n be_v always_o in_o the_o estate_n of_o alteration_n thou_o also_o be_v in_o a_o perpetual_a change_n yea_o and_o under_o corruption_n too_o in_o some_o part_n and_o so_o be_v the_o whole_a world_n xviii_o it_o be_v not_o thou_o but_o another_o man_n sin_n why_o shall_v it_o trouble_v thou_o let_v he_o look_v to_o it_o who_o sin_n it_o be_v xix_o of_o a_o operation_n and_o of_o a_o purpose_n there_o be_v a_o end_n or_o of_o a_o action_n and_o of_o a_o purpose_n we_o say_v common_o that_o it_o be_v at_o a_o end_n from_o opinion_n also_o there_o be_v a_o absolute_a cessation_n which_o be_v as_o it_o be_v the_o death_n of_o it_o in_o all_o this_o there_o be_v no_o hurt_n apply_v this_o now_o to_o a_o man_n age_n as_o first_o a_o child_n then_o a_o youth_n than_o a_o young_a man_n than_o a_o old_a man_n every_o change_n from_o one_o age_n to_o another_o be_v a_o kind_n of_o death_n and_o all_o this_o while_n here_o be_v no_o matter_n of_o grief_n yet_o pass_v now_o unto_o that_o life_n first_o that_o which_o thou_o live_v under_o thy_o grandfather_n then_o under_o thy_o mother_n then_o under_o thy_o father_n and_o thus_o when_o through_o the_o whole_a course_n of_o thy_o life_n hitherto_o thou_o have_v find_v and_o observe_v many_o alteration_n many_o change_n many_o kind_n of_o end_n and_o cessation_n put_v this_o question_n to_o thyself_o what_o matter_n of_o grief_n or_o sorrow_n do_v thou_o find_v in_o any_o of_o these_o or_o what_o do_v thou_o suffer_v through_o any_o of_o these_o if_o in_o none_o of_o these_o then_o neither_o in_o the_o end_n and_o consummation_n of_o thy_o whole_a life_n which_o also_o be_v but_o a_o cessation_n and_o change_n xx._n as_o occasion_n shall_v require_v either_o to_o thou_o own_o understanding_n or_o to_o that_o of_o the_o universe_n or_o to_o he_o who_o thou_o have_v now_o to_o do_v with_o let_v thy_o refuge_n be_v with_o all_o speed_n to_o thou_o own_o that_o it_o resolve_v upon_o nothing_o against_o justice_n to_o that_o of_o the_o universe_n that_o thou_o may_v remember_v part_n of_o who_o thou_o be_v of_o he_o that_o thou_o may_v consider_v whether_o in_o the_o estate_n of_o ignorance_n or_o of_o knowledge_n and_o then_o also_o must_v thou_o call_v to_o mind_n that_o he_o be_v thy_o kinsman_n xxi_o as_o thou_o thyself_o who_o ever_o thou_o be_v be_v make_v for_o the_o perfection_n and_o consummation_n be_v a_o member_n of_o it_o of_o a_o common_a society_n so_o must_v every_o action_n of_o thou_o tend_v to_o the_o perfection_n and_o consummation_n of_o a_o life_n that_o be_v true_o sociable_a what_o action_n soever_o of_o thou_o therefore_o that_o either_o immediate_o or_o afar_o off_o have_v not_o reference_n to_o the_o common_a good_a that_o be_v a_o exorbitant_a and_o disoderly_a action_n yea_o it_o be_v seditious_a as_o one_o among_o the_o people_n who_o from_o such_o and_o such_o a_o consent_n and_o unity_n shall_v factious_o divide_v and_o separate_v himself_o xxii_o child_n anger_n mere_a babble_n wretched_a soul_n bear_v up_o dead_a body_n that_o they_o may_v not_o have_v their_o fall_n so_o soon_o even_o as_o it_o be_v in_o that_o common_a dirge_n song_n or_o bear_v up_o dead_a body_n that_o the_o number_n of_o the_o dead_a may_v not_o be_v full_a so_o soon_o xxiii_o go_v to_o the_o quality_n of_o the_o cause_n from_o which_o the_o effect_n do_v proceed_v behold_v it_o by_o itself_o bare_a and_o naked_a separate_v from_o all_o that_o be_v material_a then_o consider_v the_o utmost_a bound_n of_o time_n that_o that_o cause_n thus_o and_o thus_o qualify_v can_v subsist_v and_o abide_v xxiv_o infinite_a be_v the_o trouble_n and_o misery_n that_o thou_o have_v already_o be_v put_v to_o by_o reason_n of_o this_o only_a because_o that_o for_o all_o happiness_n it_o do_v not_o suffice_v thou_o or_o that_o thou_o do_v not_o account_v it_o sufficient_a happiness_n at_o thy_o understanding_n do_v operate_v according_a to_o its_o natural_a constitution_n xxv_o when_o any_o shall_v either_o impeach_v thou_o with_o false_a accusation_n or_o hateful_o reproach_v thou_o or_o shall_v use_v any_o such_o carriage_n towards_o thou_o get_v thou_o present_o to_o their_o mind_n and_o understanding_n and_o look_v in_o they_o and_o
we_o much_o restrain_v antoninus_n his_o word_n of_o such_o and_o such_o impostor_n and_o of_o such_o and_o such_o wonder_n i_o do_v not_o see_v how_o he_o can_v profess_v that_o he_o do_v 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d but_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d well_o he_o may_v that_o be_v first_o with_o best_a discretion_n and_o diligence_n examine_v thing_n before_o he_o do_v believe_v they_o and_o then_o in_o case_n the_o truth_n do_v appear_v yet_o not_o as_o one_o of_o the_o silly_a multitude_n to_o stand_v amaze_v with_o a_o superstitious_a kind_n of_o astonishment_n but_o as_o a_o wise_a man_n to_o consider_v of_o the_o cause_n and_o possibility_n of_o all_o such_o whether_o only_o seem_v because_o secret_a or_o true_o and_o real_o supernatural_a event_n and_o operation_n for_o these_o reason_n i_o conceive_v it_o shall_v have_v be_v either_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d he_o do_v consider_v of_o they_o with_o discretion_n or_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d at_o least_o that_o he_o give_v no_o great_a heed_n unto_o such_o thing_n rather_o than_o so_o absolute_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d that_o he_o do_v not_o believe_v but_o i_o determine_v it_o not_o all_o this_o while_n though_o my_o matter_n do_v in_o a_o manner_n lead_v i_o unto_o it_o have_v i_o forbear_v to_o mention_v that_o great_a wonder_n which_o in_o the_o day_n &_o in_o the_o very_a presence_n of_o this_o antoninus_n happen_v in_o his_o war_n of_o germany_n when_o god_n at_o the_o same_o time_n by_o a_o miraculous_a rain_n from_o heaven_n both_o revive_v the_o roman_n which_o be_v now_o at_o the_o last_o cast_v have_v lose_v already_o many_o of_o their_o number_n which_o perish_v for_o want_v of_o water_n and_o overthrow_v their_o enemy_n in_o the_o height_n of_o their_o great_a hope_n and_o security_n acknowledge_v by_o all_o general_o as_o well_o heathen_n as_o christian_n miraculous_a but_o by_o the_o heathen_n adscribe_v by_o some_o of_o they_o to_o god_n immediate_o by_o other_o to_o art_n magic_a and_o by_o the_o christian_n both_o father_n and_o historian_n to_o the_o name_n of_o christ_n at_o the_o intercession_n of_o some_o christian_a soldier_n of_o the_o army_n before_o i_o will_v ground_v any_o thing_n upon_o this_o story_n i_o must_v first_o profess_v my_o mind_n concern_v some_o circumstance_n of_o it_o wherein_o i_o may_v perchance_o be_v find_v to_o differ_v from_o other_o and_o that_o i_o will_v be_v loath_a to_o do_v but_o upon_o very_o good_a ground_n which_o will_v require_v a_o large_a discourse_n and_o therefore_o it_o be_v that_o i_o have_v decline_v it_o i_o will_v only_o tell_v you_o because_o it_o may_v concern_v antoninus_n that_o you_o know_v it_o what_o some_o learned_a man_n have_v judge_v of_o those_o letter_n which_o in_o these_o day_n go_v under_o antoninus_n his_o name_n as_o write_v by_o he_o to_o the_o senate_n about_o this_o matter_n produce_v by_o baron_n and_o other_o which_o be_v that_o they_o be_v either_o supposititiae_fw-la aut_fw-la saltem_fw-la interpolatae_fw-la capp_n hist_o eccles_n p._n 42._o 3._o not_o to_o keep_v coturnices_fw-la 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d how_o marveilous_o and_o even_o mad_o some_o man_n be_v wont_a to_o affect_v such_o thing_n may_v appear_v by_o the_o composition_n of_o the_o word_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d which_o among_o other_o example_n of_o the_o like_a composition_n as_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d etc._n etc._n be_v set_v down_o by_o athenaeus_n lib._n 11._o 4._o i_o do_v write_v dialogue_n in_o my_o youth_n in_o imitation_n of_o plato_n and_o other_o to_o good_a purpose_n as_o antoninus_n do_v it_o but_o not_o as_o many_o other_o who_o take_v a_o pride_n in_o it_o and_o think_v themselves_o fine_a fellow_n for_o it_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d behold_v how_o brave_o i_o can_v write_v dialogue_n say_v a_o vain_a glorious_a stoic_a arr._n lib._n 2._o cap._n 1._o the_o next_o word_n may_v be_v confer_v with_o those_o of_o capitolinus_n in_o this_o emperor_n life_n duodecimum_n annum_fw-la ingressus_fw-la habitum_fw-la philosophi_fw-la sumpsit_fw-la &_o deinceps_fw-la tolerantiam_fw-la cum_fw-la studeret_fw-la in_o pallio_fw-la &_o humi_fw-la cubaret_fw-la vix_fw-la autem_fw-la matre_fw-la agente_fw-la instrato_fw-la pellibus_fw-la lectulo_fw-la accubaret_fw-la thus_o may_v many_o other_o place_n be_v compare_v with_o the_o like_a either_o of_o capitolinus_n or_o other_o that_o have_v write_v his_o life_n or_o of_o he_o which_o will_v be_v no_o great_a labour_n for_o any_o to_o do_v that_o desire_v to_o understand_v this_o book_n and_o will_v be_v too_o tedious_a for_o i_o to_o undertake_v which_o i_o desire_v the_o reader_n to_o take_v notice_n of_o 5._o that_o i_o do_v never_o affect_v by_o way_n of_o ostentation_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d etc._n etc._n of_o this_o kind_n of_o vanity_n see_v epictetus_n in_o arrianus_n at_o large_a lib._n 6._o cap._n 12._o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 6._o epictetus_n his_o hypomuemata_fw-la collect_v and_o set_v out_o by_o arrianus_n his_o scholar_n and_o so_o call_v and_o entitle_v by_o arrianus_n himself_o in_o his_o preface_n before_o the_o say_a book_n as_o learned_a master_n young_a the_o worthy_a keeper_n of_o the_o king_n library_n and_o my_o kind_a friend_n have_v note_v in_o the_o margin_n of_o that_o antoninus_n which_o he_o do_v lend_v i_o 7._o a_o man_n not_o subject_a to_o be_v vex_a antoninus_n his_o word_n be_v 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d xylander_n translate_v they_o tum_o etiam_fw-la ut_fw-la in_o percipienda_fw-la doctrina_fw-la i_o non_fw-la morosum_fw-la praeberem_fw-la sed_fw-la circumspicerem_fw-la de_fw-la homine_fw-la qui_fw-la palam_fw-la experientiam_fw-la &_o in_o tradendâ—s_a scientiâ—…_n facultatem_fw-la minimum_fw-la suorum_fw-la bonoruâ—_n putaret_fw-la praeterea_fw-la modum_fw-la beneficia_fw-la ut_fw-la iis_fw-la videntur_fw-la ab_fw-la amiciss_fw-la accipiendi_fw-la ne_fw-la vel_fw-la accepta_fw-la ea_fw-la nos_fw-la viliores_fw-la redderent_fw-la vel_fw-la etc._n etc._n the_o reason_n of_o that_o limitation_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d as_o common_o they_o be_v account_v add_v by_o antoninus_n to_o the_o word_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d be_v because_o that_o favour_n and_o courtesy_n may_v be_v think_v a_o thing_n arbitrary_a which_o either_o to_o perform_v or_o to_o omit_v whole_o depend_v of_o our_o own_o good_a will_n and_o discretion_n whereas_o all_o possible_a good_a turn_n and_o good_a office_n of_o what_o kind_n or_o extent_n soever_o that_o one_o man_n can_v perform_v unto_o another_o be_v by_o antoninus_n his_o philosophy_n mere_a duty_n of_o nature_n and_o right_a reason_n which_o all_o man_n as_o man_n be_v Ä™qual_o oblige_v unto_o so_o afterward_o use_v the_o word_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d of_o thing_n external_a and_o worldly_a against_o the_o prÄ™cise_a decree_n of_o the_o stoic_n he_o restrain_v it_o likewise_o with_o a_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d honour_n and_o dignity_n as_o common_o they_o be_v account_v 8._o not_o to_o be_v offend_v with_o idiot_n nor_o unreasonable_o to_o set_v 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d there_o be_v not_o any_o thing_n more_o ordinary_a with_o their_o vain_a glorious_a affect_a stoic_n then_o in_o all_o place_n &_o upon_o all_o occasion_n semper_fw-la crepare_fw-la theoremata_fw-la to_o be_v ever_o talk_v and_o dispute_v about_o their_o theorem_n and_o proper_a tenet_n so_o that_o this_o very_a word_n theoremata_fw-la become_v almost_o infamous_a through_o their_o abusÄ™_n and_o vanity_n to_o repress_v this_o abuse_n the_o learned_a stoic_n who_o be_v yet_o extant_a have_v many_o caveat_n and_o serious_a admonition_n but_o most_o pertinent_a here_o be_v epictetus_n his_o word_n cap._n 68_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d which_o he_o repeat_v in_o the_o very_a next_o chapter_n also_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d and_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d be_v word_n so_o frequent_a and_o ordinary_a in_o the_o writing_n of_o the_o stoic_n appropriate_v by_o they_o to_o they_o that_o they_o call_v idiot_n as_o man_n that_o in_o very_a deed_n see_v nothing_o as_o it_o be_v nor_o know_v the_o true_a nature_n of_o any_o thing_n but_o be_v altogether_o lead_v by_o fancy_n and_o opinion_n that_o i_o shall_v not_o need_v to_o produce_v any_o example_n now_o for_o the_o word_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d that_o i_o offer_v it_o no_o violence_n to_o translate_v it_o as_o i_o do_v may_v appear_v by_o this_o passage_n of_o diog._n laertius_n who_o write_v that_o the_o stoic_n call_v virtue_n some_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d &_o some_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d etc._n etc._n if_o this_o will_v not_o serve_v with_o little_a alteration_n it_o may_v have_v be_v read_v to_o the_o same_o purpose_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d for_o in_o the_o stoic_n language_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d take_v in_o another_o sense_n and_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d be_v all_o one_o thing_n