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wise_a man_n teach_v we_o be_v think_v to_o be_v the_o profit_n and_o safety_n of_o the_o subject_n chap._n xii_o his_o virtue_n the_o personal_a presence_n and_o feature_n of_o his_o body_n and_o his_o funeral_n his_o son_n valentinian_n a_o child_n four_o year_n old_a be_v admit_v to_o the_o empire_n and_o in_o the_o absence_n of_o gratian_n his_o brother_n who_o afterward_o love_v and_o bring_v he_o up_o style_v augustus_n requisite_a it_o be_v after_o all_o this_o to_o come_v unto_o his_o deed_n which_o to_o man_n of_o a_o right_a judgement_n be_v to_o be_v follow_v and_o approve_v wherewith_o if_o he_o can_v have_v temper_v the_o rest_n of_o his_o do_n he_o have_v live_v like_o unto_o traianus_n and_o marcus_n very_o respective_a he_o be_v in_o spare_v the_o provincial_a tributary_n mitigate_a in_o all_o place_n the_o heavy_a burden_n of_o their_o tribute_n a_o founder_n in_o good_a and_o convenient_a time_n of_o town_n and_o limit_n a_o singular_a censor_n of_o military_a discipline_n err_v only_o in_o this_o point_n that_o whereas_o he_o punish_v the_o light_a escape_n and_o delinquency_n of_o the_o common_a soldier_n he_o suffer_v the_o foul_a fault_n of_o great_a captain_n and_o leader_n to_o grow_v to_o a_o mighty_a head_n divers_a time_n give_v no_o ear_n but_o thick_a of_o hear_v when_o complaint_n be_v make_v against_o they_o whence_o it_o be_v that_o the_o trouble_n in_o britanny_n the_o loss_n in_o africa_n and_o the_o waste_n of_o illyricum_n arise_v his_o body_n he_o keep_v clean_o and_o chaste_a every_o way_n both_o at_o home_n and_o abroad_o distain_v and_o defile_v with_o the_o contagion_n or_o privity_n of_o no_o foul_a and_o filthy_a demeanour_n no_o wantonness_n or_o unclean_a behaviour_n be_v he_o acquaint_v with_o and_o for_o this_o cause_n as_o it_o be_v with_o reins_n and_o bit_n he_o bridle_v the_o loose_a wantonness_n of_o the_o court_n for_o that_o he_o can_v easy_o keep_v himself_o chaste_a nothing_o pass_v he_o by_o grant_n 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