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their_o direction_n in_o all_o domestical_a affair_n whereby_o we_o may_v gather_v the_o great_a duty_n we_o owe_v unto_o our_o parent_n to_o be_v no_o less_o than_o a_o firm_a bond_n of_o nature_n fix_v in_o the_o mind_n &_o bowel_n of_o every_o one_o plan._n the_o which_o obedience_n cicero_n so_o high_o commend_v that_o he_o say_v the_o obedience_n of_o child_n towards_o their_o parent_n be_v the_o fundation_n of_o all_o virtue_n of_o which_o mind_n torquatus_n son_n be_v who_o think_v nothing_o so_o wicked_a as_o to_o disobey_v the_o will_n of_o his_o parent_n wherefore_o be_v upon_o the_o displeasure_n of_o his_o father_n banish_v he_o kill_v himself_o so_o likewise_o the_o duty_n which_o servant_n do_v owe_v to_o their_o master_n be_v not_o much_o inferior_a to_o this_o who_o they_o be_v to_o serve_v with_o all_o lowliness_n and_o seemly_a demeanour_n sustain_v with_o patience_n all_o correction_n though_o i_o deem_v they_o not_o so_o much_o subject_n as_o the_o servant_n of_o 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infra_fw-la §_o quia_fw-la igitur_fw-la col_fw-fr 6._o vt._n l._n si_fw-la pri_fw-la in_o fi_fw-la cum_fw-la l._n sequent_a ff_n de_fw-fr adop_fw-fr ff_n de_fw-fr jure_fw-la l._n preponebat_fw-la &_o de_fw-la fideius_fw-la l._n mortuo_fw-la ad_fw-la idem_fw-la ex_fw-la de_fw-fr off_z oc_fw-la c._n quoniam_fw-la plerisque_fw-la &_o hoc_fw-la ver_fw-la determinatum_fw-la seven_o q._n i._o cum_fw-la apibuâ—_n bart._n tract_n de_fw-fr regimine_fw-la civitat_fw-la l._n hac_fw-la consultissima_fw-la infi_fw-la et_fw-fr be_v c._n de_fw-fr testi_fw-la l._n jure_fw-la l._n hac_fw-la consultissima_fw-la infi_fw-la et_fw-fr be_v c._n de_fw-fr testi_fw-la l._n jure_fw-la if._n the_o just_a &_o jure_fw-la â—_o 1._o cicero_n aristot_n instit_n li._n 1._o arist_n ethic._n li._n 1._o cap._n 4._o cicero_n plato_n cicero_n aristot_n ethi_fw-la plutarc_n agesilaus_n plutarc_n socrat._n deut._n ca._n 16._o august_n valerius_n li._n 9_o c._n 3._o aristot._n trogus_n pomp._n aristot_n aristot_n politic._n 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