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to_o live_v in_o peace_n thou_o seek_v to_o procure_v death_n to_o those_o which_o give_v we_o life_n and_o to_o deliver_v from_o death_n those_o which_o take_v our_o life_n to_o rebel_n thou_o give_v rest_n and_o to_o the_o peacemaker_n thou_o give_v annoyance_n to_o those_o which_o take_v from_o we_o our_o own_o thou_o will_v give_v and_o to_o those_o which_o give_v we_o of_o they_o thou_o will_v take_v thou_o condemne_v the_o innocent_n and_o the_o condemn_a thou_o will_v deliver_v a_o defender_n of_o thy_o country_n thou_o will_v not_o be_v but_o a_o tyrant_n of_o thy_o commonwealth_n to_o all_o these_o thing_n adventure_v he_o which_o leave_v weapon_n and_o fall_v to_o merchandise_n with_o myself_o oft_o time_n i_o have_v muse_v what_o occasion_n shall_v move_v thou_o to_o forsake_v chivalry_n wherein_o thou_o have_v such_o honour_n and_o to_o take_v in_o hand_n merchandise_n where_o of_o follow_v such_o in_o famie_n i_o say_v that_o it_o be_v as_o much_o shame_n for_o thou_o to_o 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so_o that_o the_o god_n oftentimes_o permit_v that_o one_o alone_o shall_v scourge_v many_o and_o afterward_o the_o long_a time_n punish_v all_o chap._n xxvii_o the_o emperor_n conclude_v his_o letter_n and_o persuade_v his_o friend_n cincinnatus_n to_o despise_v the_o vanity_n of_o the_o world_n and_o show_v though_o a_o man_n be_v never_o so_o wise_a yet_o he_o shall_v have_v need_n of_o another_o man_n counsel_n if_o i_o know_v thy_o wisdom_n esteem_v the_o world_n and_o the_o vanity_n thereof_o so_o world_n much_o as_o the_o world_n do_v possess_v thou_o and_o thy_o day_n as_o by_o thy_o white_a hair_n most_o manifest_o do_v appear_v i_o need_v not_o to_o take_v the_o pain_n to_o persuade_v thou_o nor_o thou_o shall_v be_v annoy_v in_o hear_v i_o notwithstanding_o thou_o be_v at_o the_o gate_n of_o great_a care_n reason_n will_v that_o some_o shall_v take_v the_o clapper_n to_o knock_v threeat_a with_o some_o good_a counsel_n for_o though_o the_o razor_n be_v sharp_a it_o need_v 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