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offence_n ¶_o christoforus_n carlilus_n in_o flodum_n gestiunt_fw-la musae_fw-la charites_n triumphant_a gestit_fw-la insignis_fw-la lituis_fw-la apollo_n pallas_n ac_fw-la orpheus_n monumenta_fw-la flode_n cernere_fw-la tanta_fw-la ipse_fw-la ne_fw-la ditem_fw-la videar_fw-la bear_v aureis_fw-la nummis_fw-la calabrosue_n pomis_fw-la well_fw-mi redundantem_fw-la bromeum_fw-la racemis_fw-la dicere_fw-la cesso_fw-la est_fw-la opus_fw-la dignum_fw-la solido_fw-la cupresso_fw-la et_fw-la cedro_fw-la suavi_fw-la simul_fw-la atque_fw-la laud_fw-la maxima_fw-la flodi_fw-la celebrate_v famam_fw-la anglica_n pubes_fw-la si_fw-mi legis_fw-la librum_fw-la furiosa_fw-la philtra_fw-la non_fw-la tâ—bi_fw-la possunt_fw-la nâ—camara_fw-la circe_n vasa_n non_fw-fr atrox_n rabbis_n megerae_fw-la ulla_fw-la nocere_fw-la ed._n grant_v in_o lod._n flo._n qvae_fw-la a_o tûere_fw-la difuruis_fw-la immersa_fw-la tenebris_fw-la aeduntur_fw-la patrijs_fw-la condecorata_fw-la sonis_fw-la quae_fw-la prius_fw-la 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d fuerint_fw-la bene_fw-la cognita_fw-la paucis_fw-la nunc_fw-la venient_fw-la cunctis_fw-la percipienda_fw-la viris_fw-la postera_fw-la floyde_n tuam_fw-la nascentia_fw-la secula_fw-la laudem_fw-la cantabunt_fw-la praesens_fw-la nomen_fw-la in_o astra_fw-la feret_fw-la quicquid_fw-la est_fw-la in_o mellis_fw-la quicquid_fw-la liberiste_fw-fr lepôris_fw-la continet_fw-la omne_fw-la tuum_fw-la laus_fw-la tribuenda_fw-la tibi_fw-la livide_v mendaces_fw-la compescito_fw-la zoile_n voces_fw-la tela_fw-la licet_fw-la vibres_fw-la non_fw-la violabis_fw-la opus_fw-la inclita_n mordaci_fw-la non_fw-la laedes_fw-la facta_fw-la libello_fw-la florescit_fw-la floydus_fw-la docta_fw-la perora_fw-la virum_fw-la ¶_o in_o librumde_n principum_fw-la periginatione_fw-la johannis_n coci_n scholae_fw-la paulinae_fw-la magistri_fw-la hendecastichon_n cum_fw-la versu_fw-la quodum_fw-la homerico_n ad_fw-la lectorem_fw-la stato_fw-it domi_fw-la nullis_fw-la terre_fw-fr iactatus_fw-la in_o oris_fw-la quem_fw-la patrium_fw-la subijt_fw-la noscendi_fw-la sola_fw-la libido_fw-la sin_n mores_fw-la hominum_fw-la varios_fw-la tibi_fw-la nosse_fw-la voluptas_fw-la ingenijque_fw-la vagas_fw-la ediscere_fw-la nobilis_fw-la art_n non_fw-la perigrinanti_fw-la deerunt_fw-la monimenta_fw-la laboris_fw-la que_fw-la memtemque_fw-la manumque_fw-la parent_n ad_fw-la talia_fw-la promptas_fw-la quod_fw-la libre_fw-la hic_fw-la regum_fw-la referens_fw-la quae_fw-la facta_fw-la priorum_fw-la tuta_fw-la domi_fw-la cupido_fw-la praestabit_fw-la vota_fw-la manendi_fw-la hinc_fw-la licet_fw-la ingenij_fw-la praesignes_fw-la discere_fw-la cultus_fw-la quos_fw-la aditu_fw-la regum_fw-la provisa_fw-la pericula_fw-la monstrent_fw-la nam_fw-la libre_fw-la hic_fw-la peragrans_fw-la tibi_fw-la quae_fw-la viscenda_fw-la fuissent_fw-la 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d ¶_o in_o laudem_fw-la lodovici_fw-la flodi_fw-la thomas_n dranta_n archdiachonis_fw-la lewicensis_fw-la principibus_fw-la placuisse_fw-la viris_fw-la non_fw-la ultima_fw-la laus_fw-la est_fw-la sic_fw-la ais_fw-la &_o summis_fw-la placuisti_fw-la levis_fw-la horati_fw-la principibus_fw-la placuisse_fw-la viris_fw-la si_fw-la tam_fw-la bona_fw-la laus_fw-la sit_fw-la principibus_fw-la fuisse_fw-la viris_fw-la precepta_fw-la quid_fw-la hoc_fw-la est_fw-la atque_fw-la ipsos_fw-la mutos_fw-la ipsos_fw-la formare_fw-la loquentes_fw-la consilium_fw-la totis_fw-la sanumque_fw-la adscribere_fw-la vitis_fw-la hoc_fw-la tu_fw-la flode_n facis_fw-la quedam_fw-la tua_fw-la dogmata_fw-la vidi_fw-la cetera_fw-la cum_fw-la visis_fw-la si_fw-la quadrant_a congrua_fw-la membra_fw-la â–ª_o quod_fw-la facile_fw-la credo_fw-la quid_fw-la tmultis_fw-la te_fw-la tibi_fw-la tollam_fw-la es_fw-la bone_fw-la ingenioque_fw-la &_o bis_fw-la bone_fw-la argumento_fw-la ¶_o thomas_n churchyard_n gent._n of_o lodo._n fl._n if_o learning_n have_v no_o laud_n man_n like_n will_v decay_v away_o and_o few_o will_v write_v or_o knowledge_n seek_v if_o praise_n be_v pluck_v the_o laborer_n have_v his_o hire_n to_o quite_o his_o careful_a pain_n the_o noble_a mind_n for_o worthy_a work_n a_o crown_n of_o glory_n gain_v the_o horse_n toil_v all_o the_o day_n at_o night_n some_o rest_n to_o find_v the_o hawk_n in_o hope_n of_o wish_v pray_v full_a high_a do_v bear_v the_o wind_n than_o he_o who_o make_v this_o book_n of_o right_n must_v reap_v renown_n sith_o through_o the_o trumpet_n he_o have_v blow_v a_o famous_a fact_n do_v son_n he_o show_v by_o learned_a line_n our_o painful_a pilgrim_n state_n and_o how_o the_o prince_n and_o people_n both_o drive_v out_o their_o dreary_a date_n a_o pilgrimage_n we_o go_v in_o path_n of_o peril_n great_a and_o through_o the_o shade_n of_o surety_n shoe_n we_o pass_v to_o burn_a heat_n that_o all_o consume_v by_o flame_n of_o deep_a desire_n in_o breast_n who_o kindle_a cooale_n like_o aethna_n smoke_v in_o sulphur_n void_a of_o rest_n who_o spark_n do_v flee_v so_o far_o they_o can_v quench_v be_v except_o that_o wisdom_n water_n cast_v when_o fire_n most_o hot_a we_o see_v what_o humour_n lead_v i_o thus_o i_o mean_v to_o praise_v this_o man_n as_o far_o as_o pen_n and_o skill_n may_v stretch_v that_o first_o this_o work_n begin_v and_o though_o the_o swell_a swan_n that_o swimes_o in_o pout_a pride_n by_o scowl_a brow_n tell_v world_n that_o they_o this_o work_n can_v abide_v i_o careless_o stand_v of_o that_o and_o wish_n those_o bird_n so_o well_o in_o great_a glory_n
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fear_v when_o popilius_n be_v send_v ambassador_n to_o antiochus_n the_o great_a king_n of_o syria_n when_o antiochus_n either_o for_o pride_n or_o pomp_n of_o his_o person_n or_o contempt_n of_o popilius_n refuse_v to_o answer_v the_o roman_a ambassador_n be_v then_o present_o enforce_v to_o answer_v the_o state_n of_o rome_n and_o demand_v of_o the_o ambassador_n before_o he_o may_v go_v out_o of_o a_o little_a round_a circle_n which_o popilius_n make_v wih_o his_o ride_a rod_n pomponius_n then_o faithful_a be_v rome_n when_o pomponius_n a_o roman_a knight_n and_o soldier_n under_o lucullus_n general_a in_o the_o field_n against_o mithridates_n king_n of_o pontus_n by_o who_o pomponius_n be_v take_v as_o a_o prisoner_n sore_o wound_v and_o mangle_a the_o king_n demand_v if_o he_o will_v help_v he_o to_o life_n will_v he_o be_v true_a to_o mithridates_n to_o who_o the_o poor_a wound_a roman_a answer_v pomponius_n will_v be_v unto_o mithridates_n as_o mithridates_n will_v be_v unto_o lucullus_n so_o true_a and_o faithful_a be_v roman_n as_o they_o be_v stout_a and_o valiant_a in_o so_o much_o that_o scypio_n be_v threescore_o year_n almost_o and_o be_v seek_v of_o a_o young_a soldier_n to_o buy_v a_o brave_a buckler_n and_o a_o fine_a target_n say_v that_o a_o true_a roman_a must_v not_o trust_v unto_o the_o left_a hand_n where_o the_o buckler_n be_v or_o to_o hide_v himself_o under_o a_o target_n but_o must_v trust_v unto_o his_o right_a hand_n and_o show_v himself_o in_o field_n in_o open_a sight_n this_o magnanimity_n have_v the_o people_n of_o sithia_fw-la stoutness_n at_o what_o time_n darius_n king_n of_o persia_n be_v march_v with_o his_o army_n toward_o scythia_n they_o have_v understanding_n thereof_o like_o people_n of_o great_a magnanimity_n send_v certain_a ambassador_n to_o meet_v darius_n to_o signify_v his_o welcome_n unto_o scythia_n by_o present_n send_v by_o the_o ambassador_n when_o therefore_o the_o ambassador_n meet_v with_o king_n darius_n 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number_n of_o the_o person_n that_o magnanimity_n consi_v but_o in_o the_o valiant_a hart_n and_o noble_a mind_n leonides_n wherefore_o leonides_n king_n of_o sparta_n be_v wont_a to_o say_v unto_o his_o soldier_n that_o he_o have_v rather_o have_v one_o lion_n to_o lead_v a_o whole_a band_n of_o déer_v 7_o than_o to_o have_v a_o whole_a band_n of_o lion_n rule_v and_o lead_v by_o one_o dear_a apply_v his_o meaning_n unto_o king_n zerxes_n who_o have_v ten_o hundred_o thousand_o ship_n on_o sea_n sail_v toward_o gréece_n so_o many_o as_o all_o gréece_n can_v scant_o receyve_v so_o many_o that_o diverse_a river_n and_o flood_n be_v dry_v up_o by_o his_o huge_a army_n a_o proof_n say_v justine_n more_o of_o his_o wealth_n then_o of_o his_o magnanimity_n leonides_n know_v well_o the_o manner_n of_o zerxes_n that_o he_o be_v see_v first_o flee_v and_o last_o in_o field_n who_o glorious_a pomp_n and_o show_v of_o man_n be_v not_o so_o famous_a and_o terrible_a at_o his_o come_n to_o gréece_n as_o his_o departure_n from_o gréece_n be_v shameful_a and_o ignominious_a begin_v to_o persuade_v the_o lacedaemonian_n be_v but_o four_o thousand_o in_o number_n willing_o to_o live_v and_o to_o die_v for_o the_o renown_n of_o sparta_n in_o thermopyla_n exhort_v they_o to_o dine_v as_o merilye_o with_o leonides_n their_o capitayne_n as_o though_o they_o shall_v sup_v with_o pluto_n but_o persuasion_n unto_o these_o that_o be_v persuade_v be_v superfluous_a spur_n unto_o those_o that_o may_v not_o be_v stop_v with_o bridle_n be_v needless_a as_o in_o thermopila_n well_o see_v and_o prove_v to_o the_o noble_a fame_n of_o leonides_n and_o great_a shame_n of_o zerxes_n it_o be_v not_o in_o multitude_n of_o man_n that_o magnanimity_n of_o man_n consist_v but_o in_o wise_a and_o valiant_a heart_n for_o wit_n and_o will_n join_v together_o say_v sallust_n make_v man_n valiant_a wherefore_o agamemnon_n that_o most_o renown_a emperor_n of_o all_o gréece_n appoint_v at_o the_o siege_n of_o troy_n man_n will_v often_o say_v that_o he_o have_v rather_o have_v sometime_o ten_o wise_a naestor_n than_o ten_o strong_a achilles_n ten_o vlisle_n than_o ten_o aiax_n wisdom_n in_o war_n avaylâ—th_v much_o plutarch_n recite_v four_o famous_a and_o renown_a prince_n and_o either_o of_o these_o four_o have_v but_o one_o eye_n to_o the_o advanse_a more_o of_o their_o pass_a port_n philippe_n the_o first_o be_v philippe_n king_n of_o macedonia_n and_o father_n unto_o alexander_n the_o great_a who_o wisdom_n in_o war_n who_o policy_n in_o feat_n who_o liberality_n unto_o his_o soldier_n who_o clemency_n and_o humanity_n to_o his_o enemy_n in_o fine_a who_o success_n in_o his_o affair_n be_v such_o that_o his_o son_n alexander_n after_o doubt_v whether_o the_o valiantness_n of_o his_o father_n will_v leave_v any_o place_n to_o alexander_n unconquered_a the_o second_o be_v antigonus_n king_n in_o the_o same_o self_n place_n antigonus_n succeed_v after_o phillippe_n who_o war_n with_o 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