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heber_n the_o least_o live_v above_o three_o hundred_o year_n this_o i_o think_v for_o better_a credit_n and_o great_a proof_n of_o old_a ago_o to_o draw_v out_o of_o the_o old_a testament_n that_o other_o profane_a authority_n may_v be_v believe_v as_o tithoniâ—s_n who_o the_o poet_n fain_o that_o he_o be_v so_o old_a that_o he_o desire_v to_o become_v a_o grasshopper_n but_o because_o age_n have_v no_o pleasure_n in_o the_o world_n frequent_v no_o banquet_n abhor_v lust_n love_v no_o wantonness_n which_o say_v plato_n be_v the_o only_a bait_n that_o deceive_v young_a man_n so_o much_o the_o happy_a age_n be_v that_o age_n do_v loath_a that_o in_o time_n which_o young_a man_n neither_o with_o knowledge_n with_o wisdom_n nor_o yet_o with_o counsel_n can_v avoid_v what_o harm_n have_v happen_v from_o time_n to_o time_n by_o young_a man_n over_o who_o lust_n so_o rule_v that_o there_o follow_v eversion_n of_o commonwealth_n treason_n to_o prince_n friend_n betray_v country_n overthrow_v 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