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of_o child_n to_o take_v away_o counsel_n from_o the_o age_a and_o often_o time_n also_o old_a man_n themselves_o theodidactus_n i_o believe_v it_o have_v chance_v very_o often_o and_o y_fw-fr â—_o almost_o innumerable_a example_n do_v teach_v and_o have_v teach_v us._n among_o other_o the_o prophet_n ezechiel_n complain_v in_o this_o wise_a say_v et_fw-la quaerent_fw-la visionem_fw-la ezechiel_n de_fw-la propheta_fw-la &_o lex_fw-la peribit_fw-la a_o sacerdote_fw-la &_o consilium_fw-la à _fw-la senibus_fw-la and_o they_o seek_v a_o vision_n of_o the_o prophet_n and_o the_o law_n shall_v perish_v from_o the_o priest_n and_o council_n from_o the_o old_a man_n from_o which_o place_n may_v easy_o be_v gather_v that_o god_n for_o these_o gréevous_a sin_n will_v punish_v both_o parent_n and_o child_n with_o unspeakable_a plague_n insomuch_o that_o he_o do_v deprive_v they_o of_o their_o vision_n prophecy_n law_n and_o counsel_n of_o their_o elder_n than_o the_o which_o plague_n there_o be_v 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child_n nurture_v and_o bring_v up_o in_o virtuous_a and_o godly_a discipline_n even_o from_o his_o tender_a year_n be_v neither_o a_o man_n himself_o nor_o the_o son_n of_o a_o man_n nor_o shall_v be_v the_o father_n of_o a_o man_n diogenes_n also_o in_o a_o other_o place_n recite_v most_o excellent_a diogenes_n ornament_n and_o praise_n of_o learning_n when_o he_o say_v eruditionem_fw-la iwenibus_fw-la adferre_fw-la sobrietatem_fw-la senibus_fw-la solatium_fw-la pauperibus_fw-la divitias_fw-la divitibus_fw-la ornamentum_fw-la learning_n bring_v to_o young_a man_n utili_fw-la soberness_n to_o old_a man_n a_o solace_n to_o poor_a man_n riches_n and_o to_o scotfree_a man_n a_o ornament_n for_o it_o restrain_v that_o lubric_n and_o slippery_a age_n from_o great_a intemperauncie_n whereunto_o it_o be_v natural_o incline_v it_o mitigate_v the_o hurt_n and_o displeasure_n of_o old_a age_n with_o honest_a recreation_n and_o solace_n and_o to_o poor_a man_n it_o be_v in_o the_o stead_n of_o 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