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the_o daughter_n of_o germanicus_n and_o if_o it_o be_v say_v that_o this_o proceed_v mere_o from_o the_o spite_n of_o messalina_n why_o then_o do_v she_o not_o cause_v he_o to_o be_v put_v to_o death_n as_o well_o as_o she_o do_v the_o other_o who_o be_v her_o husba_n d_n niece_n but_o it_o be_v most_o certain_a whatever_o his_o life_n be_v he_o have_v paginam_fw-la lâ—scivam_fw-la as_o 〈◊〉_d appear_v by_o what_o he_o have_v write_v the_o speculorum_fw-la usu_fw-la l._n 1._o nat._n qu._n cap._n 16._o which_o admit_v it_o may_v in_o a_o poet_n yet_o how_o it_o shall_v be_v excuse_v in_o a_o philosopher_n i_o know_v not_o in_o his_o exile_n he_o write_v his_o epistle_n the_o consolation_n to_o polybius_n claudius_n creature_n and_o as_o honest_a a_o man_n as_o pallas_n or_o narcissus_n wherein_o he_o extol_v he_o and_o the_o emperor_n to_o the_o sky_n seek_v a_o discharge_n of_o his_o exile_n by_o so_o fordo_v a_o mean_n whereby_o he_o lose_v much_o of_o his_o reputation_n upon_o 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of_o the_o clergy_n this_o raise_v the_o pope_n over_o the_o christian_n and_o mafti_n over_o the_o mahometan_n yet_o in_o both_o of_o these_o so_o prone_a be_v flesh_n and_o blood_n to_o corruption_n that_o many_o time_n the_o great_a doctor_n be_v force_v to_o bid_v man_n do_v as_o they_o teach_v and_o not_o as_o they_o do_v which_o nevertheless_o be_v apt_a to_o discredit_v the_o very_a doctrine_n themselves_o among_o vulgar_a people_n who_o be_v more_o incline_v to_o believe_v what_o they_o see_v than_o what_o they_o hear_v but_o to_o speak_v as_o a_o moral_a man_n their_o pretend_a religion_n and_o philosophy_n consist_v in_o this_o compositum_fw-la ius_n fasque_fw-la animi_fw-la sanctosque_fw-la recessus_fw-la mentis_fw-la &_o incoctum_fw-la generâ—so_fw-la pectus_fw-la honesto_fw-la pers._n chap._n xiii_o the_o narration_n of_o king_n phraotes_n touch_v his_o parent_n and_o himself_o namely_o how_o his_o father_n be_v in_o his_o youth_n cast_v out_o of_o his_o kingdom_n study_a philosophy_n among_o the_o wise_a man_n and_o how_o he_o himself_o be_v instruct_v by_o his_o father_n in_o the_o greek_a tongue_n be_v send_v to_o the_o same_o wise_a man_n to_o be_v teach_v philosophy_n but_o after_o the_o death_n of_o his_o father_n be_v recall_v by_o his_o father_n friend_n to_o the_o kingdom_n as_o for_o myself_o this_o be_v the_o history_n of_o what_o have_v befall_v i_o i_o be_o descend_v of_o a_o grandfather_n who_o be_v a_o king_n and_o of_o the_o same_o name_n with_o i_o but_o my_o father_n be_v a_o private_a man_n for_o be_v leave_v very_o young_a two_o of_o his_o near_a kindred_n be_v according_a to_o the_o law_n of_o india_n make_v his_o guardian_n and_o manage_v the_o government_n for_o he_o very_o tyrannical_o whereupon_o they_o appear_v grievous_a to_o the_o subject_n and_o the_o government_n be_v evil_o speak_v of_o in_o so_o much_o that_o many_o of_o the_o nobility_n conspire_v together_o against_o they_o do_v at_o the_o great_a solemnity_n when_o 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