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filiae_fw-la ejus_fw-la sicut_fw-la 〈◊〉_d tu_fw-la &_o filiae_fw-la tuus_fw-la and_o a_o little_a after_o et_fw-la samaria_n dimidium_fw-la peocatorum_fw-la tuorum_fw-la non_fw-la 〈◊〉_d say_v 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d sceleribus_fw-la tuis_fw-la &_o justificasti_fw-la sorores_fw-la tuas_fw-la in_o omnibus_fw-la 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d quas_fw-la operata_fw-la es_fw-la ergo_fw-la tu_fw-la 〈◊〉_d &_o porta_fw-la confusionem_fw-la tuam_fw-la quae_fw-la vicisti_fw-la sorores_fw-la 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d be_v 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d agens_fw-la ab_fw-la 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d sunt_fw-la a_o te_fw-la and_o he_o that_o will_v see_v a_o passage_n more_o like_a to_o that_o of_o tacitus_n let_v he_o read_v those_o word_n in_o jeremy_n where_o he_o say_v justificavit_fw-la animam_fw-la svam_fw-la aversatrix_fw-la jsrael_n 〈◊〉_d praevaricatricis_fw-la judae_fw-la but_o yet_o this_o way_n of_o acquire_a glory_n attribute_v here_o to_o augustus_n be_v not_o to_o be_v imitate_v not_o only_o of_o christian_n but_o not_o so_o much_o as_o of_o impious_a barbarian_n see_v there_o be_v better_a and_o direct_a way_n i_o mean_v not_o to_o govern_v well_o but_o speak_v only_o of_o a_o successor_n because_o if_o they_o have_v child_n to_o succeed_v they_o in_o the_o kingdom_n there_o will_v glory_n enough_o accrue_v to_o the_o father_n if_o he_o give_v they_o good_a education_n whereby_o they_o may_v come_v to_o prove_v good_a this_o solomon_n affirm_v in_o his_o proverb_n where_o he_o say_v filius_fw-la sapiens_fw-la 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d or_o as_o other_o read_v it_o filius_fw-la sapiens_fw-la gloria_fw-la patris_fw-la that_o be_v a_o wise_a son_n be_v the_o honour_n and_o glory_n of_o his_o father_n and_o keep_v he_o alive_a after_o he_o be_v dead_a and_o therefore_o it_o be_v say_v in_o ecolesiasticus_fw-la mortuus_fw-la est_fw-la pater_fw-la ejus_fw-la &_o 〈◊〉_d non_fw-la est_fw-la mortuus_fw-la 〈◊〉_d enim_fw-la reliquit_fw-la sibi_fw-la post_fw-la se_fw-la and_o therefore_o prince_n need_v not_o desire_v their_o successor_n shall_v be_v worse_o than_o themselves_o see_v they_o may_v hope_v for_o more_o glory_n by_o they_o if_o they_o shall_v be_v better_o and_o therefore_o david_n take_v great_a joy_n to_o hear_v that_o solomon_n be_v like_a to_o be_v great_a than_o himself_o have_v ever_o be_v sed_fw-la &_o solomon_n sedet_fw-la super_fw-la solium_fw-la regni_fw-la &_o jngressi_fw-it servi_fw-la ejus_fw-la benedixerunt_fw-la domino_fw-la nostro_fw-la regi_fw-la david_n dicentes_fw-la amplificet_fw-la deus_fw-la nomen_fw-la 〈◊〉_d super_fw-la 〈◊〉_d &_o magnificet_fw-la thronum_fw-la ejus_fw-la super_fw-la thronum_fw-la tuum_fw-la rather_o indeed_o a_o wicked_a suecessour_n be_v a_o prejudice_n to_o a_o good_a prince_n therefore_o writer_n say_v that_o marcus_n aurelius_n have_v die_v a_o happy_a man_n if_o he_o have_v not_o leave_v commodus_n his_o successor_n for_o this_o cause_n many_o of_o the_o ancient_n as_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d be_v of_o opinion_n that_o child_n live_v may_v make_v their_o dead_a father_n unhappy_a in_o such_o 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principatus_fw-la filios_fw-la suos_fw-la facere_fw-la &_o posteris_fw-la propriam_fw-la relinquere_fw-la dignitatem_fw-la sed_fw-la extraneus_fw-la de_fw-la alia_fw-la tribueligitur_fw-la jesus_n ut_fw-la sciremus_fw-la principatum_fw-la in_o populos_fw-la non_fw-la sanguini_fw-la deferendum_fw-la esse_fw-la sed_fw-la 〈◊〉_d and_o this_o be_v the_o true_a way_n for_o acquire_v of_o glory_n so_o much_o more_o as_o it_o be_v more_o repugnant_a to_o natural_a affection_n and_o if_o