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and_o neglect_v take_v up_o his_o body_n and_o put_v it_o in_o a_o common_a bear_n cause_v it_o by_o ordinary_a and_o mercenary_a bearer_n to_o be_v carry_v to_o the_o suburb_n wherein_o she_o live_v and_o inter_v it_o in_o the_o latin_a highway_n author_n sueton._n macrina_n be_v a_o pious_a and_o religious_a woman_n macrina_n the_o disciple_n and_o scholar_n of_o gregory_n neocaesariensis_n she_o be_v nurse_n and_o school_n mistress_n in_o the_o first_o foundation_n of_o christian_a religion_n to_o the_o great_a basilius_n as_o he_o himself_o witness_v in_o a_o epistle_n to_o the_o neocaesarienses_n from_o nurse_n a_o word_n or_o two_o of_o midwife_n phanarite_n phanarite_n be_v one_o the_o mother_n of_o athenean_a socrates_n she_o be_v remember_v to_o be_v the_o first_o that_o dispute_v of_o morality_n that_o which_o we_o call_v ethick_n instruction_n and_o teach_v the_o mystical_a philosophy_n of_o the_o star_n and_o planet_n how_o it_o may_v be_v make_v familiar_a and_o have_v correspondence_n with_o our_o humane_a and_o terrestrial_a action_n the_o son_n imitate_v the_o mother_n and_o prove_v as_o happy_a a_o midwife_n of_o the_o mind_n as_o she_o of_o the_o body_n both_o help_a into_o the_o world_n ripe_a timely_a and_o fruitful_a issue_n volateran_n lib._n 19_o laertius_n in_o eius_fw-la vita_fw-la and_o valerius_n maxim_n lib._n 3._o cap._n 4._o pliny_n lib._n 28._o cap._n 7._o speak_v of_o two_o midwife_n the_o one_o call_v sotyra_n sotyra_n the_o other_o salpe_n who_o opinion_n and_o rule_n he_o observe_v in_o the_o cure_n of_o many_o disease_n of_o salpe_n he_o speak_v more_o large_o salpe_n lib._n 32._o cap._n 6._o lycosthenes_n speak_v of_o one_o philippe_n midwife_n to_o jolanta_n philippe_n who_o endure_v many_o distress_n and_o change_n of_o fortune_n of_o stepmother_n i_o will_v only_o name_v some_o few_o and_o so_o pass_v they_o over_o because_o where_o they_o be_v can_v be_v express_v nothing_o but_o malice_n and_o unnatural_a cruelty_n in_o woman_n the_o history_n must_v of_o force_n appear_v harsh_a and_o unpleasant_a beside_o some_o of_o their_o bloody_a act_n i_o have_v touch_v before_o under_o another_o title_n ino_n be_v sepmother_n to_o phrixus_n and_o helles_n the_o daughter_n of_o athamus_fw-la hyppodamia_n to_o chrysippus_n stratonice_n to_o antiochus_n soter_n julia_n to_o anton._n caracalla_n gedica_fw-la to_o cominius_n juno_n to_o hercules_n opaea_n to_o scylis_n king_n of_o scythia_n eribaea_n to_o mercury_n alphriga_n to_o edward_n the_o second_o of_o that_o name_n before_o the_o conquest_n king_n of_o england_n martina_n to_o constantinus_n heraclius_n who_o she_o slay_v by_o poison_n etc._n etc._n of_o woman_n for_o their_o piety_n and_o devotion_n remember_v in_o the_o sacred_a scripture_n i_o desire_v to_o leave_v nothing_o unspecify_v or_o not_o remember_v in_o this_o work_n that_o may_v not_o make_v the_o excellency_n of_o good_a woman_n oppose_v in_o all_o contradiction_n the_o excess_n of_o the_o bad_a and_o to_o draw_v if_o it_o be_v possible_a the_o worst_a to_o the_o imitation_n of_o the_o best_a hanapus_fw-la c._n 125._o
will_v have_v leave_v their_o place_n and_o habitatious_a desolate_a they_o therefore_o demand_v of_o the_o oracle_n a_o remedy_n for_o so_o great_a a_o mischief_n which_o return_v they_o this_o answer_n that_o the_o plague_n shall_v never_o cease_v till_o the_o young_a man_n menalippus_n and_o the_o fair_a cometho_n be_v slay_v and_o offer_v in_o sacrifice_n to_o dianae_n tryclaria_n and_o the_o reason_n be_v cometho_n because_o he_o have_v strumpet_v she_o in_o her_o temple_n and_o notwithstanding_o their_o death_n unless_o every_o year_n at_o the_o same_o season_n a_o perfect_o feature_v youth_n and_o a_o virgin_n of_o exquisite-beautie_n to_o expiate_v their_o transgression_n be_v likewise_o offer_v upon_o the_o same_o altar_n the_o plague_n shall_v still_o continue_v which_o be_v according_o do_v and_o menalyppus_fw-la and_o the_o fair_a cometho_n be_v the_o first_o dish_n that_o be_v serve_v up_o to_o this_o bloody_a feast_n the_o same_o author_n speak_v of_o the_o daughter_n 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