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daughter_n of_o adrastus_n stat._n lib._n 1._o theb._n eupheme_n be_v memorated_a to_o be_v the_o nurse_n to_o
the_o muse_n she_o have_v a_o son_n call_v erotus_n who_o inhabit_v the_o mountain_n parnassus_n and_o be_v whole_o devote_v to_o hunt_v and_o the_o chase_n spaco_n be_v nurse_n to_o cyrus_n who_o because_o that_o word_n in_o the_o median_a language_n signify_v a_o brach_n for_o so_o say_v herodotus_n in_o clio._n archimorus_fw-la the_o son_n lycurgus_n king_n of_o thrace_n who_o nurse_n be_v call_v hypsiphyle_n be_v leave_v by_o she_o in_o the_o field_n be_v feed_v by_o a_o serpent_n testae_fw-la statio_fw-la ericlia_n or_o euriclia_n be_v the_o nurse_n to_o ulysses_n homer_n in_o odyss_n and_o ovid._n in_o epist_n cajeta_fw-mi be_v nurse_n to_o aeneas_n lib._n 7._o aenead_n tu_fw-la quoque_fw-la â—â—toribus_fw-la nostris_fw-la aeneia_n nutrix_fw-la aeternam_fw-la moriens_fw-la famam_fw-la cajeta_fw-la dedisti_fw-la and_o thou_o aeneas_n nurse_n cajeta_n unto_o our_o shore_n haste_n leave_v he_o never_o die_a fame_n because_o there_o of_o thy_o life_n bereave_v alcibiades_z have_v a_o nurse_n who_o name_n be_v amiâ—la_n or_o as_o some_o will_v have_v it_o amida_n his_o schoolmaster_n be_v zopyrus_n so_o say_v plutarch_n in_o lycurg_n &_o alcibiad_n hellanice_n be_v the_o nurse_n to_o alexander_n the_o great_a witness_n qu._n curtius_n acca_n laventia_n be_v nurse_n to_o alexander_n so_o say_v pliny_n lib._n 18._o cap._n 2._o so_o statius_n lib._n 1._o sil._n in_o this_o disticon_n jam_fw-la secura_fw-la parens_fw-la thuscis_fw-la regnabat_fw-la in_o agris_fw-la ilia_n portantem_fw-la lassabat_fw-la romulus_n accam_fw-la our_o parent_n ilia_n now_o secure_a the_o tuscan_a water_n keep_v the_o whilst_o in_o accaes_n weary_a arm_n young_a romulus_n fast_o sleep_v yet_o livy_n and_o almost_o all_o the_o roman_a historiographer_n write_v rhat_o romulus_n and_o remus_n be_v nurse_v by_o lupa_n wife_n to_o the_o shepherd_n faustulus_n she_o be_v so_o call_v because_o she_o prostitute_v herself_o for_o gain_v they_o be_v cast_v out_o by_o the_o king_n amulius_n and_o be_v 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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 volaterran_n lib._n 19_o laertius_n in_o ejus_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 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 lib._n 32._o cap._n 6._o lycosthenes_n speak_v of_o one_o philippe_n midwife_n to_o jolanta_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 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