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refuse_v the_o temple_n which_o the_o near_a spain_n will_v have_v build_v in_o honour_n of_o he_o say_v that_o the_o temple_n and_o statue_n which_o he_o most_o esteem_v be_v to_o perpetuate_v his_o memory_n in_o the_o mind_n of_o the_o commonwealth_n 4._o commonwealth_n hac_fw-la mibi_fw-la in_o â—nimis_fw-la vestris_fw-la templa_fw-la bae_fw-la pulcherrimâ—e_fw-la effigy_n &_o maâ—surae_fw-la nâ—m_fw-la que_fw-fr saxon_a 〈◊〉_d si_fw-la â—â—dicium_fw-la posterâ—â—um_fw-la in_o odium_fw-la vertâ—t_fw-la pro_fw-la 〈…〉_o tac._n annal._n l._n 4._o the_o ash_n of_o hero_n be_v preserve_v in_o the_o everlasting_a obelisk_n of_o universal_a applause_n and_o triumph_n even_o after_o have_v be_v spoil_v by_o fire_n as_o it_o happen_v to_o those_o of_o trajan_n the_o dead_a body_n of_o that_o valiant_a prelate_n giles_n d'_fw-fr albornoz_n be_v carry_v '_o from_o room_n to_o toledâ—_n upon_o the_o shoulder_n of_o nation_n as_o well_o friend_n as_o enemy_n and_o a_o guard_n be_v force_v to_o be_v set_v to_o defend_v that_o of_o augustus_n 1._o augustus_n auxilio_fw-la militari_fw-la tâ—â—nduâ—_n 〈◊〉_d sepultrâ—_n ejus_fw-la 〈…〉_o tac._n annal._n l._n 1._o but_o grant_v the_o firmness_n of_o the_o marble_n and_o solidity_n of_o the_o brass_n shall_v equal_v future_a age_n yet_o it_o be_v not_o know_v afterward_o who_o they_o be_v raise_v for_o 5._o for_o the_o memory_n of_o they_o be_v forget_v eccleâ—_n 9_o 5._o as_o it_o be_v at_o this_o day_n with_o the_o pyramid_n of_o egypt_n where_o we_o see_v that_o name_n of_o those_o wear_v out_o who_o lay_v their_o ash_n there_o to_o immortalize_v themselves_o 12._o themselves_o â—â—ter_fw-la omnes_fw-la eos_fw-la nâ—n_fw-la consâ—at_fw-la à _fw-fr quibble_n factae_fw-la sâ—â—t_fw-la justify_v casu_fw-la â—bliteratis_fw-la tâ—â—ta_fw-la vanitâ—tiâ—_n auâ—â—oribâ—s_v pâ—â—n_n 36._o 12._o from_o what_o have_v be_v say_v may_v be_v easy_o gather_v how_o much_o it_o concern_v the_o prince_n in_o the_o declension_n of_o his_o life_n 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whence_o proceed_v many_o thing_n inconsistent_a with_o the_o decorum_n of_o majesty_n and_o from_o they_o contempt_n of_o the_o royal_a person_n prince_n will_v still_o retain_v their_o ancient_a custom_n and_o gravity_n forget_v what_o they_o do_v when_o young_a and_o thus_o they_o render_v themselves_o odious_a in_o the_o beginning_n of_o government_n passion_n for_o glory_n and_o fear_v of_o ruin_n make_v they_o take_v care_n to_o act_n with_o prudence_n and_o caution_n but_o afterward_o ambition_n be_v tire_v and_o the_o prince_n have_v neither_o any_o satisfaction_n in_o good_a nor_o any_o concern_v for_o ill_a success_n 3._o success_n ipsâ—â—_n saâ—e_v selem_v &_o prosperis_fw-la adversisque_fw-la satiatum_fw-la tac._n hist._n l._n 3._o but_o imagine_v vice_n to_o be_v the_o recompense_n of_o his_o glory_n and_o reward_v of_o his_o toil_n shameful_o give_v himself_o up_o to_o it_o whence_o it_o be_v that_o so_o few_o prince_n grow_v better_a by_o rule_v of_o which_o the_o holy_a 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