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benefit_v my_o country_n to_o pleasure_v my_o friend_n and_o to_o show_v myself_o more_o willing_a than_o able_a in_o perform_v the_o same_o and_o though_o i_o in_o my_o rashness_n presume_v to_o write_v of_o the_o life_n of_o prince_n yet_o i_o trust_v in_o gather_v the_o fragment_n &_o break_a sentence_n as_o a_o beginning_n unto_o other_o that_o be_v better_o store_v it_o will_v be_v of_o the_o wise_a and_o learned_a consider_v though_o of_o other_o defame_v and_o taunt_v for_o there_o be_v no_o book_n say_v plini_n so_o simple_a but_o it_o profit_v some_o body_n for_o in_o book_n say_v chilo_n the_o philosopher_n be_v the_o fame_n of_o worthy_a man_n eternize_v and_o the_o verity_n of_o thing_n etere_fw-la unknown_n wuritten_v which_o two_o thing_n neither_o time_n can_v consume_v nor_o fortune_n destroy_v and_o for_o this_o cause_n be_v the_o bone_n of_o homer_n seek_v and_o contend_v for_o of_o seven_o city_n in_o greece_n to_o be_v bury_v and_o keep_v as_o a_o monument_n of_o so_o great_a a_o writer_n and_o for_o this_o be_v euripides_n die_v in_o macedonia_n send_v for_o by_o embassador_n of_o athens_n to_o be_v have_v in_o memory_n as_o a_o praise_n unto_o athens_n by_o his_o burial_n for_o the_o greek_n suppose_v the_o great_a honour_n of_o all_o to_o have_v educate_v such_o man_n as_o be_v studious_a and_o careful_a for_o their_o country_n for_o great_a be_v the_o attempt_n of_o any_o simple_a book_n writer_n to_o hazard_v himself_o to_o present_a peril_n to_o encounter_v with_o diverse_a man_n with_o a_o pen_n in_o his_o hand_n then_o that_o that_o valiant_a perithus_n with_o cerberus_n or_o theseus_n with_o minotaurus_n yea_o or_o hercules_n with_o antheús_n jolly_a champion_n with_o sword_n draw_v for_o that_o they_o fight_v with_o one_o a_o piece_n and_o that_o before_o their_o face_n &_o the_o simple_a writer_n with_o thousand_o and_o they_o behind_o his_o back_n slander_v he_o architas_n the_o philosopher_n who_o the_o tarentines_n make_v a_o general_a in_o their_o war_n six_o several_a time_n he_o i_o say_v be_v in_o no_o such_o danger_n in_o his_o war_n as_o he_o be_v resist_v for_o his_o rule_n and_o law_n in_o tarentum_n plato_n be_v not_o in_o such_o peril_n at_o the_o besiege_n of_o tanagra_n and_o corinth_n among_o all_o his_o enemy_n as_o he_o be_v envy_v in_o greece_n by_o zenophon_n and_o aristotle_n his_o own_o scholar_n by_o his_o philosophy_n neither_o be_v socrates_n in_o such_o hazard_n of_o life_n be_v in_o arm_n in_o delphos_n as_o he_o be_v in_o athens_n by_o writing_n of_o book_n put_v to_o death_n by_o the_o greek_n zeno_n the_o poor_a philosopher_n can_v resist_v the_o violence_n of_o the_o great_a king_n antigonus_n &_o demosthenes_n can_v withstand_v the_o force_n of_o philip_n and_o yet_o neither_o of_o they_o can_v avoid_v the_o snare_n of_o those_o that_o defame_v their_o labour_n envy_v their_o diligence_n in_o writing_n and_o make_n of_o book_n simple_n man_n must_v not_o therefore_o be_v discomfit_v to_o write_v because_o the_o wise_a and_o learned_a be_v herein_o evil_o speak_v for_o the_o gimnosophiste_n in_o india_n the_o prophet_n in_o egypt_n the_o sage_n in_o persia_n the_o ephori_fw-la in_o lacedemonia_fw-la the_o chaldean_n in_o babylon_n and_o the_o philosopher_n in_o greece_n be_v now_o more_o famous_a and_o renowned_a be_v dead_a than_o they_o be_v a_o live_v be_v envy_v and_o slander_v their_o write_n and_o book_n more_o read_v now_o than_o allow_v or_o know_v then_o they_o rtravell_v now_o be_v commend_v though_o their_o life_n then_o be_v despise_v and_o therefore_o i_o wish_v all_o learned_a clerk_n be_v as_o willing_a to_o write_v as_o the_o most_o part_n of_o ignorant_a be_v studious_a and_o careful_a to_o find_v fault_n wherefore_o crave_v the_o good_a will_n of_o the_o learned_a reader_n as_o a_o bowlster_n and_o defence_n to_o my_o simple_a travel_n i_o end_v wish_v that_o both_o the_o printer_n fault_n and_o i_o may_v less_o move_v occasion_n of_o 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
suetonius_n that_o he_o suffer_v in_o free_a city_n &_o town_n philippe_n free_a tongue_n philippe_n king_n of_o macedonia_n when_o certain_a ambassador_n of_o athens_n come_v to_o he_o he_o require_v they_o if_o he_o may_v stand_v in_o any_o steed_n to_o athens_n to_o certify_v he_o of_o the_o same_o to_o who_o demochares_n one_o of_o the_o ambassador_n answer_v that_o the_o great_a pleasure_n that_o he_o can_v do_v to_o athens_n be_v to_o hang_v himself_o the_o king_n most_o patient_a in_o such_o skoffe_n and_o taunt_n say_v the_o reproachful_a slander_v of_o the_o athenian_n do_v make_v king_n phillippe_n better_a able_a to_o revenge_v their_o malice_n by_o war_n then_o to_o move_v he_o to_o answer_v their_o backebiting_n in_o word_n a_o prince_n not_o only_o patient_a in_o hear_v but_o also_o wise_a in_o answer_v as_o sometime_o the_o emperor_n alexander_n severus_n in_o rome_n severus_n when_o it_o be_v signify_v unto_o he_o after_o antonius_n be_v dead_a that_o the_o barbarous_a nation_n be_v ready_a to_o enter_v the_o city_n of_o rome_n and_o that_o he_o be_v much_o rebuke_v of_o the_o people_n and_o blame_v of_o the_o senator_n for_o the_o slender_a care_n he_o have_v unto_o the_o city_n he_o as_o herodianus_n affirm_v answer_v that_o it_o belong_v to_o prince_n to_o revenge_v the_o good_a and_o not_o to_o answer_v the_o evil_a for_o wiseman_n will_v speak_v evil_a of_o no_o man_n in_o the_o beginning_n lest_o they_o shall_v be_v judge_v fool_n in_o the_o end_n where_o into_o all_o thing_n be_v direct_v and_o whereby_o all_o thing_n be_v prove_v anaxagoras_n so_o patient_a be_v anaxagoras_n when_o it_o be_v tell_v he_o that_o his_o son_n be_v dead_a to_o answer_v merry_o i_o know_v my_o son_n be_v mortal_a so_o patient_a be_v king_n antigonus_n antigonus_n be_v certefied_a of_o his_o son_n alcionus_n death_n to_o answer_v i_o look_v no_o other_o than_o for_o his_o death_n pericles_n so_o patient_a be_v pericles_n when_o he_o hear_v that_o both_o his_o son_n dye_v in_o one_o day_n to_o keep_v his_o countenance_n merry_a his_o cheer_n unchaunged_a and_o his_o business_n about_o the_o state_n of_o his_o country_n not_o delay_v but_o harpalê°_n be_v of_o pass_a patience_n harpalâ—s_n be_v bydden_a of_o astyages_n king_n of_o persia_n to_o supper_n where_o he_o have_v two_o son_n of_o his_o ready_a dress_v and_o lie_v in_o a_o silver_n dish_n before_o he_o on_o the_o table_n to_o be_v eat_v of_o their_o own_o father_n the_o king_n nay_o the_o tyrant_n mark_v the_o countenance_n of_o harpalus_n perceive_v he_o not_o to_o be_v move_v much_o at_o the_o matter_n ask_v he_o how_o he_o like_v his_o supper_n he_o without_o alteration_n of_o colour_n change_v of_o countenance_n frame_v himself_o to_o answer_v the_o king_n merry_o commend_v much_o the_o supper_n as_o one_o that_o know_v that_o patience_n be_v the_o only_a remedy_n in_o tyranny_n a_o second_o jobe_n in_o patience_n he_o pass_v jobe_n for_o jobe_n know_v how_o his_o god_n do_v suffer_v satan_n to_o punish_v he_o for_o love_n he_o have_v to_o jobe_n but_o harpalus_n perceyve_v that_o this_o tyrant_n do_v this_o to_o he_o of_o tyranny_n and_o evil_a will_n far_o from_o christianity_n for_o in_o this_o vale_n of_o misery_n we_o count_v he_o wise_a and_o certain_a we_o may_v call_v he_o most_o wise_a that_o can_v in_o prosperity_n be_v gentle_a and_o in_o adversity_n be_v patient_a both_o these_o example_n be_v see_v in_o one_o man_n in_o one_o day_n at_o rome_n paulus_n aemilius_n have_v his_o two_o son_n the_o hope_n of_o rome_n and_o comfort_n of_o the_o father_n the_o one_o dead_a four_o day_n before_o the_o triumph_n of_o macedonia_n the_o other_o three_o day_n after_o y_o e_o triumph_n return_v from_o macedonia_n with_o that_o noble_a victory_n with_o such_o triumph_n unto_o rome_n that_o no_o man_n can_v find_v in_o his_o heart_n to_o tell_v this_o noble_a roman_a of_o the_o heaviness_n in_o rome_n amilius_n and_o of_o the_o death_n of_o his_o child_n a_o 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