the_o covetous_a man_n be_v call_v nigarde_n and_o the_o prodigal_a spender_n be_v call_v unthrifte_n cato_n 21._o of_o thy_o credence_n hardly_o be_v not_o to_o light_v when_o the_o tongue_n that_o most_o babble_n speak_v lest_o of_o right_n erasmus_n faith_n be_v not_o by_o and_o by_o to_o be_v give_v unto_o those_o man_n that_o bring_v always_o some_o news_n and_o tell_v somewhat_o of_o other_o man_n deed_n they_o be_v scarce_o to_o be_v beleve_v that_o babble_n of_o many_o thing_n for_o because_o that_o vanity_n be_v wont_a to_o be_v couple_v unto_o this_o vice_n cato_n 22._o pardon_v not_o thyself_o when_o by_o drink_v thou_o be_v a_o offender_n for_o the_o fault_n be_v not_o in_o the_o drink_n but_o in_o the_o drinker_n erasmus_n the_o common_a sort_n of_o man_n be_v wont_v after_o this_o sort_n to_o excuse_v their_o fault_n the_o wine_n be_v thoccasion_n or_o cause_n i_o say_v this_o when_o i_o be_v well_o whittle_v but_o do_v thou_o impute_v it_o to_o thy_o own_fw-mi self_n and_o not_o to_o the_o wine_n which_o fault_n be_v by_o thy_o own_fw-mi naughtiness_n and_o not_o of_o it_o cato_n 23._o if_o thou_o have_v any_o secret_a council_n disclose_v it_o to_o thy_o fellow_n that_o can_v keep_v it_o well_o if_o thy_o body_n need_v any_o remedy_n commit_v that_o to_o a_o physician_n that_o be_v trusty_a erasmus_n in_o thing_n secret_a and_o to_o be_v keep_v in_o silence_n beware_v thou_o ask_v not_o every_o man_n counsel_n but_o his_o only_a who_o trustiness_n in_o secret_a matier_n thou_o have_v right_a well_o approve_v lest_o he_o do_v not_o only_o help_v thou_o but_o also_o hinder_v and_o slander_v thou_o nor_o yet_o show_v thou_o the_o infirmity_n of_o thy_o body_n to_o every_o one_o but_o unto_o a_o physician_n of_o a_o assure_a and_o know_v faiethfulnesse_n which_o may_v keep_v thy_o disease_n privy_a and_o heal_v they_o cato_n 24._o at_o the_o good_a chance_n of_o the_o unworthy_a take_v no_o grief_n fortune_n flatter_v evil_a person_n to_o do_v they_o some_o mischief_n erasmus_n let_v not_o the_o prosperity_n of_o other_o greve_v thou_o which_o have_v often_o chance_v to_o the_o unworthy_a for_o fortune_n do_v not_o favour_v they_o but_o lie_v in_o wait_n and_o ticle_v they_o forward_o that_o afterward_o she_o may_v do_v they_o more_o hurt_n and_o displeasure_n cato_n 25._o mark_v afore_o what_o chance_n fall_v that_o must_v be_v suffer_v for_o that_o hurt_v least_o which_o thou_o have_v afore_o consider_v erasmus_n whatsoever_o may_v happen_v unto_o man_n pondre_fw-fr thesame_n with_o thyself_o before_o it_o do_v chance_n that_o it_o may_v not_o be_v sudden_a if_o at_o any_o time_n it_o shall_v happen_v for_o those_o evilles_n do_v less_o trouble_n which_o do_v not_o chance_n to_o a_o man_n unaware_o cato_n 26._o in_o thing_n adversant_a and_o unlucky_a despair_v not_o nor_o be_v in_o heart_n hevie_a but_o have_v a_o good_a hope_n for_o hope_v only_o do_v never_o for_o sake_n a_o man_n until_o he_o die_v erasmus_n when_o fortune_n wax_v cruel_a strengthen_v thyself_o with_o a_o good_a courage_n &_o save_v thyself_o for_o thing_n prosperous_a and_o lucky_a &_o cast_v not_o away_o thy_o hope_n which_o forsake_v not_o a_o man_n even_o di_v for_o as_o long_o as_o there_o be_v life_n within_o the_o body_n there_o be_v hope_n and_o in_o the_o box_n of_o pandora_n only_a hope_n do_v cleave_v in_o the_o brim_n and_o ouide_v say_v i_o do_v see_v a_o man_n live_v by_o hope_n who_o death_n even_o now_o be_v ready_a to_o grope_v cato_n 27._o a_o thing_n that_o thou_o know_v mete_v for_o thy_o purpose_n see_v in_o no_o case_n thou_o do_v it_o lose_v occasion_n in_o the_o forehead_n have_v hear_v and_o the_o polle_n bald_a and_o bare_a erasmus_n as_o often_o as_o fortune_n do_v offer_v the_o any_o commodity_n which_o be_v meet_v for_o the_o straight_o way_n take_v it_o for_o occasion_n have_v a_o hairy_a foreheadde_n so_o that_o in_o that_o part_n she_o may_v be_v hold_v fast_o but_o if_o she_o one_o turn_v she_o back_o behind_o in_o the_o polle_n she_o be_v as_o bare_a as_o a_o â—oote_n that_o a_o man_n may_v have_v no_o hand_n fast_o in_o she_o that_o be_v opportunity_n when_o it_o chance_v it_o may_v be_v hold_v and_o keep_v very_o it_o do_v not_o return_v when_o thou_o will_v if_o thou_o regard_v it_o not_o cato_n 28._o take_v heed_n what_o will_v follow_v she_o after_o and_o what_o hang_v over_o thy_o head_n do_v thou_o afore_o ponder_v follow_v the_o god_n as_o nigh_o as_o thou_o may_v which_o have_v two_o face_n look_v east_n and_o west_n erasmus_n surmise_n and_o gather_v of_o thing_n present_v what_o be_v to_o come_v take_v counsel_n of_o thing_n either_o good_a or_o evil_n past_a and_o goen_n how_o thou_o may_v with_o stand_v those_o that_o be_v to_o come_v after_o thexample_n of_o that_o romishe_n god_n janus_n who_o the_o antique_n do_v feign_v to_o have_v have_v two_o foreheadde_n or_o face_n for_o asmoche_v as_o it_o behove_v a_o wise_a man_n to_o have_v yie_n in_o his_o forehead_n and_o behind_o in_o his_o polle_n thesame_a thing_n true_o do_v follow_v we_o which_o be_v already_o past_a and_o goen_n caio_n 29._o to_o keep_v in_o health_n that_o thou_o may_v be_v the_o more_o able_a sometime_o to_o thyself_o be_v the_o more_o favourable_a to_o a_o man_n pleasure_n few_o thing_n be_v require_v but_o in_o a_o man_n health_n many_o thing_n be_v desire_v erasmus_n diet_v the_o manner_n of_o thy_o live_n rather_o after_o the_o mean_a &_o way_n of_o health_n and_o good_a welfare_n then_o of_o pleasure_n for_o we_o must_v not_o only_o in_o disease_n and_o sickness_n beware_v of_o intemperauncie_n but_o also_o when_o we_o be_v in_o good_a health_n we_o must_v use_v all_o thing_n measurable_o as_o sleep_v drink_n meat_n the_o pleasure_n of_o the_o body_n play_n lest_o we_o fall_v into_o sickness_n although_o some_o thing_n be_v to_o be_v give_v to_o pleasure_n yet_o moche_n more_o be_v to_o be_v give_v to_o health_n which_o once_o lose_v all_o pleasure_n perish_v withal_o cato_n 30._o the_o judgement_n of_o the_o people_n do_v not_o thou_o despise_v only_o lest_o thou_o please_v no_o man_n while_o thou_o will_v reprove_v many_o erasmus_n the_o best_a thing_n do_v never_o please_v the_o common_a sort_n yet_o it_o be_v wisdom_n for_o a_o man_n alone_o not_o to_o strive_v against_o al._n for_o he_o be_v wise_a to_o no_o purpose_n which_o be_v alone_o and_o to_o himself_o wise_a where_o as_o he_o seem_v to_o all_o other_o to_o date_n and_o play_v the_o fool_n cato_n 31._o above_o all_o other_o thing_n see_v to_o thy_o welfare_n the_o chief_a point_n be_v for_o health_n to_o care_n blame_v not_o the_o time_n if_o thou_o disease_a be_v where_o as_o thou_o thyself_o be_v cause_v of_o thy_o infirmity_n erasmus_n before_o all_o thing_n have_v regard_n of_o thy_o health_n lest_o that_o if_o through_o thy_o intemperauncie_n and_o evil_a diet_n thou_o fall_a into_o any_o disease_n afterward_o for_o very_a shame_n do_v put_v the_o blame_n in_o the_o unwholesomenesse_n of_o the_o air_n or_o place_n as_o the_o common_a sort_n of_o people_n be_v wont_a to_o do_v for_o the_o most_o part_n of_o sickness_n do_v chance_n unto_o we_o through_o the_o evil_a diet_a of_o our_o body_n cato_n 32_o of_o dream_n and_o fantasy_n no_o care_n take_v for_o what_o man_n mind_n wish_v while_o he_o do_v wake_v trust_v his_o purpose_n to_o obtain_v see_v the_o same_o by_o dream_n but_o in_o vain_a erasmus_n some_o with_o overmoche_n superstition_n observe_v and_o mark_v their_o dremes_n and_o of_o they_o do_v judge_v of_o thing_n to_o come_v where_o as_o the_o dream_n of_o they_o that_o sleep_v come_v of_o themselves_o when_o they_o be_v wake_v they_o do_v not_o signify_v what_o be_v to_o come_v but_o they_o do_v represont_a unto_o thou_o sleep_v what_o thou_o have_v before_o thought_n ¶_o the_o end_n of_o the_o ii_o book_n ¶_o the_o three_o book_n of_o cato_n cato_n 1._o thou_o reader_n that_o desire_v to_o know_v this_o book_n meaning_n here_o shall_v thou_o have_v lesson_n to_o good_a life_n best_o please_a garnishe_v thy_o mind_n with_o they_o and_o to_o learn_v do_v not_o assuage_v for_o our_o life_n without_o learning_n be_v but_o death_n own_fw-mi image_n they_o shall_v be_v to_o thy_o great_a profit_n but_o if_o thou_o do_v they_o reject_v not_o i_o the_o writer_n but_o thyself_o thou_o shall_v neglect_v erasmus_n this_o be_v in_o the_o stead_n of_o a_o proheme_n or_o preface_n without_o the_o way_n and_o reason_n how_o to_o live_v well_o &_o godly_a our_o life_n be_v no_o life_n but_o the_o image_n and_o picture_n of_o death_n these_o verse_n do_v teach_v the_o very_o profitable_a and_o necessary_a rule_n how_o to_o live_v
same_o to_o other_o teach_v thou_o again_o the_o knowelege_v of_o good_a &_o profitable_a thing_n be_v not_o to_o be_v keep_v in_o huggermug_a but_o be_v to_o be_v deliver_v cato_n 25._o drink_v as_o thou_o may_v if_o thou_o will_v live_v well_o at_o case_n many_o time_n a_o man_n pleasure_n be_v cause_n of_o a_o evil_a disease_n erasmus_n so_o that_o short_a pleasure_n and_o felicity_n of_o this_o boll_n and_o bibbing_a do_v often_o time_n get_v unto_o a_o man_n a_o grevous_a and_o a_o long_a disease_n cato_n 26._o whensoever_o any_o thing_n thou_o do_v open_o either_o praise_n or_o commend_v see_v that_o the_o same_o by_o any_o fault_n of_o lightness_n thou_o do_v not_o reprehend_v erasmus_n thou_o shall_v be_v think_v light_n and_o inconstant_a if_o that_o thou_o have_v praise_v before_o many_o thesame_a that_o afterward_o thou_o do_v reprove_v therefore_o if_o thou_o have_v change_v thy_o mind_n see_v thou_o hold_v thy_o tongue_n cato_n 27._o in_o prosperite_n beware_v of_o thing_n adversaunte_a again_o in_o adversite_a trust_n to_o have_v the_o time_n more_o pleasant_a erasmus_n be_v thou_o not_o without_o all_o fear_n and_o care_v when_o fortune_n be_v good_a and_o lucky_a but_o take_v heed_n of_o a_o storm_n to_o come_v again_o when_o fortune_n be_v cruel_a faint_v not_o but_o be_v of_o good_a heart_n upon_o hope_n of_o a_o better_a chance_n to_o come_v in_o thing_n prosperous_a and_o lucky_a adversity_n be_v to_o be_v fear_v lest_o a_o man_n shall_v be_v careless_a in_o adversite_n thing_n more_o pleasant_a be_v to_o be_v trust_v for_o cato_n 28._o cease_v not_o to_o learn_v for_o by_o diligence_n and_o heed_n wisdom_n do_v augment_v by_o long_a use_n and_o time_n be_v give_v prudence_n excellent_a erasmus_n according_a to_o the_o same_o mind_n of_o solon_n we_o must_v be_v old_a always_o learn_v one_o thing_n or_o other_o for_o singular_a &_o excellent_a wisdom_n do_v chance_n to_o a_o man_n by_o long_a use_n that_o be_v by_o long_a experience_n of_o age_n or_o year_n howbeit_o it_o please_v i_o better_o that_o this_o be_v the_o meaning_n or_o understand_v learn_v always_o for_o by_o study_n wisdom_n increase_v for_o there_o be_v few_o that_o prove_v wise_a by_o experience_n of_o thing_n either_o because_o it_o do_v happen_v few_o to_o live_v long_o or_o else_o for_o that_o that_o very_o few_o extirp_v and_o put_v of_o their_o foolishness_n by_o this_o way_n of_o experience_n the_o most_o sure_a &_o ready_a way_n to_o wisdom_n be_v learning_n and_o knowelege_v cato_n 29._o seldom_o praise_v any_o man_n for_o who_o thou_o do_v oft_o commend_v in_o a_o day_n it_o wilappeare_v how_o well_o he_o be_v thy_o friend_n erasmus_n praise_v not_o thy_o friend_n overmoche_n of_o who_o thou_o have_v make_v no_o proufe_v for_o he_o be_v often_o time_n praise_v of_o the_o in_o one_o day_n or_o other_o he_o shall_v show_v himself_o to_o have_v be_v another_o manner_n of_o fellow_n than_o thou_o have_v praise_v he_o for_o cato_n 30._o shame_v not_o to_o learn_v and_o desire_v to_o be_v teach_v but_o be_v ashamed_a of_o ignorance_n for_o that_o be_v naught_o erasmus_n some_o of_o a_o certain_a foolish_a shame_n have_v rather_o always_o to_o be_v ignorant_a then_o once_o to_o learn_v any_o thing_n whereas_o to_o know_v be_v a_o fair_a thing_n and_o a_o shame_n to_o will_v to_o learn_v nothing_o therefore_o it_o be_v a_o honest_a point_n to_o desire_n knowelege_v cato_n 31._o with_o lechery_n and_o dronkenesse_n strife_n and_o pleasure_n be_v tangle_v what_o coumfort_v the_o mind_n that_o take_v let_v strife_n be_v avoid_v erasmus_n pick_v out_o what_o be_v good_a fly_v whatsoever_o be_v evil_a thereunto_o couple_v drink_n and_o good_a cheer_n make_v a_o man_n merry_a &_o put_v away_o care_n use_v this_o commodity_n but_o again_o drunkenness_n provoke_v to_o brawl_a and_o chide_v that_o beware_v and_o lechery_n delight_v but_o it_o have_v with_o it_o wrangle_a and_o quarel_v love_n therefore_o without_o strife_n &_o debate_n cato_n 32._o beware_v of_o he_o that_o be_v solemn_a and_o sit_v like_o a_o sleper_n for_o where_o the_o flood_n be_v calm_a the_o water_n be_v the_o deper_n erasmus_n eschew_v these_o solemn_a and_o still_a fellow_n for_o they_o seem_v to_o compass_v some_o great_a thing_n like_a as_o the_o flood_n be_v to_o be_v avoid_v in_o that_o part_n where_o it_o be_v most_o calm_a for_o that_o be_v wont_v to_o be_v deep_a so_o cesar_n do_v more_o fear_n brute_n &_o cassy_n be_v pale_a &_o still_a then_o drunken_a anthony_n cato_n 33._o if_o fortune_n happen_v to_o yield_v the_o displeasure_n with_o another_o man_n chance_n do_v thyself_o measure_v erasmus_n as_o often_o as_o thou_o be_v weary_a of_o thy_o state_n and_o condition_n match_n it_o with_o other_o man_n fortune_n and_o thou_o shall_v perceive_v thyself_o never_o a_o deal_n the_o worse_o that_o be_v more_o unhappy_a than_o many_o other_o cato_n 34._o desire_v rather_o by_o the_o shallow_a shore_n to_o row_n then_o to_o hoist_v up_o the_o sail_n into_o the_o deep_a flow_v erasmus_n set_a upon_o and_o go_v about_o sure_a matier_n rather_o than_o great_a for_o it_o be_v more_o safeguard_n and_o surety_n to_o row_v by_o the_o shore_n &_o to_o use_v oar_n then_o with_o broad_a sail_n to_o be_v in_o ieoperdie_o in_o maigne_fw-la sea_n nor_o true_o the_o wind_n of_o good_a chance_n and_o fortune_n do_v favour_v every_o man_n cato_n 35._o against_o a_o good_a and_o just_a man_n be_v thou_o no_o quarell_a for_o of_o all_o soche_n god_n be_v the_o avenger_n erasmus_n strive_v not_o perverslie_o that_o be_v malicious_o and_o frowardlie_a with_o a_o just_a man_n for_o god_n do_v never_o leave_v that_o unavenged_a cato_n 36._o weep_v not_o neither_o wail_v if_o thou_o have_v loss_n but_o rather_o rejoice_v and_o be_v content_a with_o thy_o cross_n erasmus_n if_o riches_n do_v happen_v unto_o the_o be_v glad_a thereof_o if_o they_o be_v take_v from_o the_o be_v not_o thou_o vex_v and_o trouble_v but_o then_o use_v wisdom_n &_o discretion_n true_o they_o have_v not_o so_o moche_v goodness_n that_o they_o need_v great_o to_o be_v sorrow_a if_o they_o be_v lose_v nor_o again_o so_o moche_v evil_a that_o they_o be_v not_o to_o be_v receive_v if_o peradventure_o they_o happen_v to_o the._n cato_n 37._o that_o loss_n which_o happen_v by_o negligence_n be_v to_o the_o loser_n a_o great_a offence_n but_o some_o loss_n happen_v very_o croked_o which_o yet_o with_o thy_o friend_n see_v thou_o bear_v pacientlie_o erasmus_n if_o a_o friend_n be_v displease_v with_o speak_v a_o word_n it_o be_v to_o be_v suffer_v but_o the_o damage_n &_o loss_n of_o thing_n few_o can_v suffer_v pacientlie_o therefore_o in_o soche_n a_o case_n it_o be_v to_o be_v take_v heed_n of_o lest_o we_o hurt_v our_o friend_n cato_n 38_o promise_v not_o thyself_o long_a time_n of_o live_v death_n follow_v at_o the_o heel_n thy_o body_n ever_o shadow_v erasmus_n no_o man_n can_v promise_v himself_o long_a life_n see_v that_o death_n do_v follow_v a_o man_n 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