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
more_o for_o thing_n wounderous_a although_o untrue_a poete_n do_v show_v erasmus_n ¶_o read_v thou_o many_o and_o sundry_a thing_n but_o yet_o with_o a_o judgement_n for_o all_o thing_n be_v not_o true_a the_o which_o thou_o do_v read_v in_o poetry_n cato_n 19_o among_o gest_n at_o the_o table_n be_v thou_o of_o speech_n sober_a lest_o where_o thou_o will_v be_v take_v manerlie_a thou_o be_v call_v a_o chatter_v erasmus_n in_o the_o court_n of_o law_n be_v a_o place_n of_o eloquence_n in_o the_o chambre_n of_o scilemce_n in_o feast_n and_o at_o meat_n it_o be_v comely_a and_o meet_a to_o use_v moderate_a communication_n one_o with_o the_o other_o and_o they_o also_o pleasant_a and_o merry_a some_o man_n while_o they_o go_v about_o to_o be_v seen_v curious_a be_v troublous_a to_o the_o other_o of_o the_o geasâ—es_n with_o their_o babble_n to_o who_o they_o do_v leave_v no_o space_n and_o time_n to_o commune_v cato_n 20._o fear_v not_o the_o word_n of_o thy_o wife_n be_v angry_a for_o while_o she_o weep_v she_o woork_v some_o subtlety_n erasmus_n woman_n have_v their_o tear_n in_o a_o readiness_n with_o they_o they_o overmaster_v their_o husband_n therefore_o he_o geve_v council_n that_o they_o be_v nothing_o move_v with_o soche_n manner_n weep_v &_o wail_v for_o they_o do_v often_o time_n feign_v they_o that_o they_o may_v deceive_v their_o husband_n as_o woman_n dissemble_v then selue_o to_o be_v greve_v with_o jalousie_n that_o they_o may_v cloak_v their_o own_o alnoutrie_n or_o else_o when_o they_o fain_o theim selue_o to_o be_v angry_a with_o he_o who_o they_o entire_o love_v cato_n 21._o use_v thing_n get_v but_o to_o misuse_v they_o be_v thou_o not_o deem_v they_o that_o lack_v seek_v other_o man_n when_o their_o own_o be_v consume_v erasmus_n use_v and_o occupy_v soche_n thing_n as_o thou_o have_v get_v and_o do_v not_o abuse_v they_o lest_o when_o all_o thy_o god_n be_v waste_v and_o spend_v thou_o be_v constrain_v either_o to_o ask_v other_o man_n shameful_o either_o to_o live_v of_o another_o man_n in_o bondage_n or_o else_o to_o steal_v other_o man_n god_n not_o without_o thy_o great_a peril_n and_o danger_n cato_n 22._o fear_v not_o death_n come_v when_o it_o will_n for_o death_n end_v all_o thy_o evil_a erasmus_n death_n and_o it_o be_v but_o for_o this_o thing_n only_o be_v not_o to_o be_v fear_v forasmoche_o as_o she_o be_v the_o end_n of_o evilles_n of_o this_o life_n cato_n 23._o have_v patience_n with_o thy_o wife_n if_o her_o tongue_n walk_v chief_o if_o she_o be_v good_a grudge_v not_o at_o her_o talk_n erasmus_n ¶_o little_o trifle_a fault_n be_v to_o be_v bear_v withal_o in_o our_o friend_n if_o they_o be_v in_o other_o point_v good_a as_o in_o the_o wife_n if_o she_o be_v any_o thing_n talkative_a or_o of_o her_o tongue_n any_o thing_n saucy_a it_o be_v to_o be_v suffer_v if_o she_o be_v in_o other_o condition_n chaste_a and_o profitable_a that_o be_v do_v the_o duty_n of_o a_o good_a housewife_n special_o for_o because_o the_o disease_n of_o the_o tongue_n be_v proper_a and_o natural_a to_o that_o kind_n he_o be_v a_o froward_a person_n that_o can_v keep_v silence_n special_o see_v it_o be_v a_o light_n and_o easy_a thing_n for_o one_o to_o hold_v his_o peace_n for_o by_o this_o mean_v thy_o wife_n shall_v cease_v to_o chat_v and_o prate_v if_o thou_o geve_v she_o never_o a_o word_n to_o answer_v as_o socrates_n be_v wont_v to_o do_v cato_n 24._o toward_o thy_o father_n and_o mother_n let_v not_o thy_o love_n be_v slender_a nor_o offend_v thy_o mother_n if_o to_o thy_o father_n thou_o will_v be_v tender_a erasmus_n mercy_n love_n and_o reverence_n be_v due_a unto_o thy_o parent_n thy_o countreie_n to_o god_n &_o any_o that_o shall_v occupy_v the_o place_n of_o thy_o parent_n there_o be_v some_o that_o love_v their_o parent_n as_o though_o the_o law_n constrain_v they_o thereto_o but_o love_v thou_o they_o dear_o &_o not_o fearful_o that_o be_v constrainedlie_o or_a for_o veraie_a shame_n but_o chearefullie_o and_o with_o good_a heart_n and_o if_o there_o fortune_n any_o strife_n between_o thy_o parent_n be_v thou_o so_o diligent_a to_o please_v the_o one_o that_o thou_o offend_v not_o thothen_fw-ge that_o thy_o gentleness_n may_v remove_v all_o grief_n and_o trouble_n 〈◊〉_d the_o end_n of_o the_o third_o book_n ¶_o the_o four_o book_n of_o cato_n cato_n 1._o thou_o whatsoever_o will_v lead_v a_o life_n upright_o and_o sure_a set_v not_o thy_o mind_n on_o vice_n the_o which_o hurt_v good_a nurture_n and_o these_o lesson_n to_o read_v be_v ever_o diligent_a that_o thou_o may_v be_v a_o master_n and_o come_v to_o gonernement_n erasmus_n this_o be_v the_o proheme_n or_o preface_n to_o the_o four_o book_n if_o thou_o will_v be_v free_a and_o void_a from_o all_o vice_n and_o will_v live_v guilty_a to_o thyself_o of_o no_o fault_n have_v thou_o these_o precept_n always_o ready_a and_o at_o hand_n in_o the_o which_o thou_o shall_v find_v wherein_o thou_o may_v use_v thyself_o for_o a_o master_n and_o teacher_n that_o be_v how_o thou_o thyself_o may_v rule_v and_o moderate_v thyself_o be_v holpen_v with_o these_o precept_n cato_n 2._o despise_v richesse_n if_o thou_o will_v be_v in_o mind_n happy_a for_o they_o that_o make_v moche_n of_o they_o be_v always_o crave_v and_o needy_a erasmus_n he_o bid_v we_o not_o to_o cast_v away_o richesse_n but_o not_o to_o make_v much_o of_o they_o for_o they_o that_o do_v enhance_v they_o that_o be_v high_o eastern_a and_o regard_v they_o while_o they_o dare_v not_o use_v and_o occupy_v those_o god_n that_o they_o have_v and_o do_v always_o heap_v up_o somewhat_o yet_o do_v they_o always_o beg_v that_o be_v they_o be_v pinch_v and_o crave_v cato_n 3._o the_o commodity_n of_o nature_n thou_o never_o fail_v if_o thou_o be_v content_a with_o that_o that_o need_n require_v erasmus_n if_o thou_o do_v measure_v thy_o expense_n accord_v to_o thy_o need_n that_o be_v to_o thy_o necessity_n and_o not_o to_o thy_o ambition_n nor_o yet_o to_o wanton_a pleasure_n the_o commodity_n &_o pleasure_n of_o nature_n shall_v never_o fail_v thou_o which_o nature_n be_v content_a with_o few_o thing_n whereas_o carnal_a lust_n and_o delight_n desire_v out_o of_o measure_n cato_n 4._o where_o thou_o cast_v no_o fear_n neither_o rule_a thy_o matier_n by_o reason_n call_v not_o fortune_n blind_v as_o she_o be_v not_o for_o thy_o undiscretion_n erasmus_n if_o thy_o matier_n come_v evil_a to_o pass_v by_o thy_o own_fw-mi negligence_n do_v not_o put_v the_o blame_n in_o fortune_n that_o thou_o may_v call_v her_o blind_a where_o as_o thou_o thyself_o take_v but_o small_a heed_n cato_n 5._o love_n money_n but_o for_o the_o coin_n do_v thou_o little_o crave_v for_o no_o virtuous_a nor_o honest_a man_n do_v desire_v that_o to_o have_v erasmus_n to_o love_v money_n for_o man_n use_n and_o need_n be_v the_o point_n of_o a_o wiseman_n to_o love_v it_o that_o the_o coin_n thereof_o may_v feed_v and_o delight_v a_o man_n yie_n be_v the_o sign_n of_o a_o covetous_a and_o a_o mad_a man_n all_o man_n will_v have_v money_n evil_a man_n only_o desire_v the_o coin_n thereof_o cato_n 6._o when_o thou_o be_v scotfree_a provide_v for_o thy_o bodily_a wealth_n a_o sick_a man_n be_v scotfree_a have_v money_n but_o lack_v health_n erasmus_n when_o thou_o be_v in_o jeopardy_n of_o the_o health_n of_o thy_o body_n do_v not_o then_o spare_v thy_o richesse_n and_o god_n for_o he_o that_o do_v not_o find_v a_o remedy_n for_o his_o disease_n lest_o he_o shall_v diminish_v his_o money_n soche_v a_o one_o have_v but_o he_o have_v not_o himself_o whereas_o he_o be_v sick_a and_o evil_a at_o ease_n he_o have_v rather_o have_v his_o money_n save_v then_o himself_o &_o to_o have_v the_o use_n and_o occupi_v of_o they_o then_o of_o himself_o cato_n 7._o if_o at_o school_n stripe_n of_o thy_o master_n thou_o do_v suffer_v moche_n more_o thou_o must_v forbear_v thy_o father_n in_o his_o anger_n erasmus_n thou_o be_v beat_v of_o thy_o master_n when_o thou_o do_v go_v to_o school_n moche_n more_o it_o become_v thou_o to_o suffer_v when_o thy_o father_n do_v chide_v the_o with_o word_n thou_o do_v take_v well_o a_o worth_a the_o tyranny_n of_o thy_o teacher_n be_v moche_n more_o cruel_a forbeáre_v the_o rule_n or_o empery_n of_o thy_o father_n who_o although_o he_o be_v angry_a yet_o he_o woo_v refrain_v from_o fight_v cato_n 8._o do_v thing_n that_o profit_n to_o eschew_v remember_v again_o fronthinge_n of_o error_n without_o hope_n of_o gain_n certain_a erasmus_n of_o what_o thing_n thou_o be_v in_o doubt_n do_v they_o not_o do_v those_o thing_n of_o who_o thou_o do_v trust_v for_o a_o gain_n in_o those_o thing_n by_o who_o
after_o deadde_a man_n shoe_n erasmus_n this_o lesson_n be_v good_a for_o heir_n and_o executour_n for_o they_o gape_v after_o other_o man_n death_n for_o many_o time_n it_o come_v to_o pass_v that_o they_o that_o look_v after_o other_o man_n death_n be_v the_o first_o that_o die_v albeit_o that_o they_o be_v far_o young_a and_o strong_a than_o the_o other_o cato_n 20._o if_o thy_o poor_a friend_n geve_v thou_o ought_v be_v it_o never_o so_o small_a receive_v it_o glad_o and_o thank_v he_o there_o withal_o erasmus_n a_o gift_n ought_v not_o to_o be_v esteem_v accord_v to_o the_o value_n only_o but_o accord_v to_o the_o mind_n of_o he_o that_o give_v it_o for_o we_o read_v ofdiverse_a prince_n that_o have_v receive_v sometime_o alittle_o water_n or_o a_o apple_n or_o soche_v a_o small_a trifle_n aswell_o and_o as_o bemng_o as_o though_o it_o have_v be_v a_o great_a treasure_n cato_n 21._o if_o thou_o be_v in_o poverty_n so_o patient_o that_o thou_o take_v it_o and_o think_v how_o into_o the_o world_n thou_o come_v all_o naked_a erasmus_n if_o we_o considre_v how_o nature_n bring_v we_o all_o naked_a into_o the_o world_n we_o may_v thereby_o perceive_v that_o richesse_n be_v not_o our_o own_fw-mi nor_o do_v not_o of_o nature_n belong_v unto_o us._n if_o thou_o shall_v lose_v a_o member_n or_o a_o joincte_n thou_o have_v then_o a_o cause_n to_o be_v sorry_a therefore_o thou_o have_v then_o lose_v somewhat_o of_o thy_o own_fw-mi but_o if_o thou_o lose_v thy_o god_n never_o vex_v thyself_o therefore_o for_o as_o concern_v those_o thing_n that_o a_o man_n may_v say_v be_v his_o own_fw-mi the_o poor_a man_n have_v asmoche_n as_o a_o king_n will_v thou_o know_v true_o what_o thing_n thou_o may_v call_v thy_o own_fw-mi remember_v what_o thou_o have_v when_o thou_o waste_v bear_v and_o that_o be_v thy_o own_fw-mi and_o no_o more_o cato_n 22._o of_o death_n hardly_o be_v not_o to_o moche_v dismay_v for_o sure_o we_o must_v all_o needs_o follow_v the_o trace_n but_o he_o that_o of_o his_o death_n always_o be_v afraid_a lose_v of_o his_o health_n in_o the_o mean_a space_n erasmus_n he_o that_o so_o sore_o fear_v his_o death_n can_v thereby_o never_o the_o soon_o escape_v it_o but_o beside_o that_o he_o lose_v his_o health_n and_o the_o life_n which_o he_o have_v for_o to_o live_v always_o in_o soche_n agony_n it_o be_v as_o good_a to_o have_v no_o life_n at_o all_o cato_n 23._o if_o thou_o have_v do_z good_a unto_o one_o before_o and_o he_o have_v not_o the_o gentleness_n to_o thank_v the_o therefore_o blame_v not_o he_o for_o his_o unfrendlinesse_n but_o for_o soche_v man_n hereafter_o do_v thou_o the_o less_o erasmus_n there_o be_v nothing_o more_o grevous_a than_o amn_v unkind_a friend_n which_o if_o it_o so_o chance_v thou_o yet_o that_o ought_v not_o to_o be_v impute_v to_o god_n as_o though_o it_o be_v his_o fault_n for_o some_o man_n use_v that_o if_o they_o be_v not_o reward_v for_o their_o deed_n accord_v to_o their_o mind_n by_o &_o by_o they_o blame_v god_n as_o though_o he_o be_v unjust_a and_o yet_o the_o fault_n be_v in_o theim self_o that_o take_v no_o heed_n for_o who_o they_o do_v good_a unto_o cato_n 24._o the_o good_a that_o thou_o haste_v spend_v it_o not_o to_o fast_v for_o fear_v lest_o thou_o chance_v to_o lack_v at_o the_o last_o therefore_o to_o thy_o substance_n look_v thou_o take_v good_a heed_n and_o reken_fw-mi evermore_o that_o thou_o shall_v have_v need_n erasmus_n ever_o keep_v somewhat_o in_o store_n for_o fear_v of_o lack_v another_o day_n &_o trust_v not_o to_o moche_v unto_o thyself_o but_o ever_o reken_fw-mi that_fw-mi thou_o may_v well_v enough_o come_v to_o necessity_n in_o thy_o age_n cato_n 25._o if_o thou_o be_v dispose_v for_o to_o geve_v or_o lend_v many_o promise_n thereof_o look_v thou_o do_v not_o make_v for_o where_o thou_o coumpte_v to_o be_v take_v for_o a_o friend_n they_o will_v then_o say_v thou_o can_v nought_o do_v but_o crake_v erasmus_n a_o man_n ought_v never_o to_o promise_v more_o than_o he_o can_v perform_v and_o to_o make_v many_o promise_n of_o that_o which_o he_o will_v not_o perform_v be_v but_o crake_v and_o boast_v and_o no_o good_a manner_n at_o all_o cato_n 26._o he_o that_o with_o his_o flatter_a word_n do_v feign_v for_o to_o be_v thy_o friend_n and_o yet_o he_o be_v not_o so_o with_o the_o same_o sauce_n serve_v he_o so_o again_o for_o with_o craft_n to_o beguile_v craft_n it_o be_v but_o well_o do_v erasmus_n use_v guile_n with_o he_o that_o use_v guile_n to_o the_o for_o it_o be_v better_a to_o entertein_a soche_n a_o feign_a friend_n with_o fair_a word_n then_o utter_o to_o make_v he_o thy_o enemy_n cato_n 27._o trust_v not_o he_o that_o have_v a_o fair_a tongue_n for_o light_o it_o be_v a_o sign_n of_o great_a deceit_n for_o the_o foul_a with_o his_o feign_a song_n deceive_v the_o bird_n and_o bring_v they_o to_o the_o bait_n erasmus_n the_o fair_a speaker_n be_v ever_o to_o be_v suspect_v nor_o yet_o esteem_v man_n accord_v to_o their_o fair_a word_n but_o accord_v to_o their_o true_a deed_n for_o he_o that_o speak_v fair_a go_v about_o to_o deceive_v the._n and_o remember_v that_o by_o soche_n dissimulation_n be_v the_o poor_a bird_n beguile_v and_o so_o likewise_o by_o flattery_n be_v many_o a_o man_n deceive_v cato_n 28._o if_o thou_o have_v many_o child_n upon_o thy_o hand_n and_o lack_v god_n wherewith_o they_o may_v be_v find_v learn_v they_o some_o science_n whereby_o they_o may_v help_v theimselue_n therewith_o another_o day_n erasmus_n science_n serve_v not_o only_o in_o every_o country_n but_o also_o it_o help_v in_o every_o fortune_n therefore_o it_o be_v a_o sure_a conclusion_n that_o wheresoever_o thou_o come_v if_o thou_o have_v science_n thou_o shall_v therewith_o be_v able_a to_o get_v thy_o live_n but_o now_o a_o day_n many_o people_n bring_v up_o their_o child_n like_o lord_n son_n whereby_o they_o be_v bring_v up_o in_o slouthe_n and_o idleness_n ferthermore_o that_o which_o he_o here_o say_v to_o poor_a man_n that_o will_v i_o counsel_n prince_n to_o do_v to_o bring_v up_o their_o child_n in_o some_o craft_n or_o science_n whereby_o they_o shall_v attein_v a_o double_a profit_n for_o first_o when_o youth_n be_v use_v to_o be_v occupy_v it_o have_v the_o less_o leisure_n to_o learn_v vice_n and_o another_o be_v that_o if_o fortune_n shall_v change_v and_o bring_v they_o to_o poverty_n as_o it_o be_v possible_a to_o be_v seen_v â–ª_o yet_o than_o they_o shall_v not_o be_v compel_v to_o beg_v nor_o to_o get_v their_o live_n unhonest_o cato_n 29._o what_o other_o man_n set_v most_o by_o let_v it_o be_v vile_a unto_o thou_o that_o other_o man_n set_v least_o by_o esteem_v it_o best_o of_o all_o so_o to_o thyself_o thou_o shall_v no_o niggard_n be_v nor_o other_o man_n shall_v not_o the_o covetous_a call_n erasmus_n despise_v thou_o that_o other_o man_n delight_v most_o in_o and_o set_v by_o that_o that_o they_o least_o set_v by_o so_o shall_v thou_o not_o be_v a_o nigarde_n to_o thyself_o for_o that_o that_o a_o man_n set_v not_o by_o he_o force_v not_o how_o soon_o he_o spend_v it_o nor_o other_o man_n shall_v not_o think_v the_o to_o be_v covetous_a when_o thou_o do_v not_o covet_v nor_o be_v greedy_a of_o soche_n thing_n that_o they_o will_v so_o fain_o have_v for_o common_o the_o people_n set_v moche_n by_o riches_n and_o care_v little_a for_o virtue_n and_o learning_n for_o every_o thing_n be_v value_v accord_v as_o man_n mind_n listen_v to_o take_v it_o but_o be_v thou_o of_o contrary_a judgement_n to_o the_o common_a sort_n as_o for_o example_n the_o most_o part_n of_o people_n esteem_v phesante_n and_o partriche_fw-it to_o be_v a_o very_a dainty_a dish_n but_o esteem_v thou_o they_o but_o for_o gross_a and_o reken_fw-mi thou_o that_o egg_n milk_n and_o these_o be_v the_o deinty_a meat_n that_o thou_o can_v find_v and_o so_o thou_o shall_v live_v a_o pleasant_a life_n thyself_o sit_v he_o thou_o have_v that_o which_o thou_o deme_v best_o nor_o thou_o shall_v never_o care_v to_o take_v other_o man_n pleasure_n from_o they_o in_o so_o moche_v as_o thou_o accoumpte_v they_o nought_o worth_a cato_n 30._o that_o thing_n which_o in_o another_o thou_o be_v wont_a to_o blame_v be_v well_o ware_n that_o thou_o offend_v not_o in_o the_o same_o for_o it_o be_v very_a shame_n when_o a_o man_n will_v preach_v if_o that_o his_o deed_n against_o his_o word_n do_v teach_v erasmus_n it_o be_v a_o foul_a fault_n for_o a_o man_n to_o blame_v another_o for_o soche_n thing_n as_o he_o himself_o most_o use_v for_o the_o sinfulness_n of_o the_o preacher_n minish_v great_o the_o authority_n of_o his_o word_n cato_n
thou_o may_v be_v deceive_v and_o be_v in_o doubt_n whether_o they_o will_v do_v good_a or_o evil_n with_o they_o do_v thou_o not_o meddle_v cato_n 9_o what_o thou_o may_v geve_v geve_v free_o to_o the_o asker_n for_o what_o thou_o do_v to_o good_a man_n be_v thy_o own_fw-mi lucre_n erasmus_n give_fw-mi willing_o if_o thou_o may_v geve_v any_o thing_n for_o it_o be_v gain_n &_o no_o loss_n what_o thou_o do_v best_a owe_v upon_o good_a man_n and_o he_o in_o bestow_v take_v a_o good_a turn_n which_o geve_v to_o one_o deserve_v it_o for_o it_o come_v again_o with_o a_o overplus_n the_o which_o thou_o bestow_v upon_o good_a man_n cato_n 10._o that_o thou_o do_v suspect_v what_o it_o be_v discuss_v by_o and_o by_o for_o thing_n not_o regard_v be_v wont_a to_o hurt_v chief_o erasmus_n soche_n thing_n as_o have_v any_o suspicion_n of_o evil_a those_o set_v thou_o not_o light_v of_o but_o straight_o way_n examine_v they_o &_o serche_n they_o out_o what_o manner_n thing_n they_o be_v for_o in_o the_o beginning_n thou_o shall_v easy_o find_v remedy_n if_o there_o be_v any_o evil_n but_o a_o thing_n not_o regard_v do_v wax_v more_o and_o more_o and_o do_v afterward_o most_o hurt_v of_o all_o as_o if_o thou_o suspect_v thy_o friend_n to_o be_v of_o a_o strange_a mind_n towards_o thou_o set_v not_o thou_o light_v of_o it_o what_o it_o shall_v mean_v but_o try_v out_o whereof_o this_o thing_n do_v first_o arise_v and_o if_o there_o be_v any_o soche_n thing_n by_o and_o by_o stop_v the_o displeasure_n while_o it_o be_v yet_o in_o grow_v cato_n 11._o when_o damnable_a lust_n thy_o flesh_n do_v occupy_v geve_v not_o thyself_o to_o gluttony_n friend_n to_o the_o belly_n erasmus_n beware_v thou_o double_v not_o thy_o grief_n for_o one_o may_v somewhat_o be_v suffer_v two_o at_o one_o can_v be_v bear_v to_o live_v fleshe_o be_v a_o damnable_a thing_n and_o damnable_a be_v gluttony_n that_o if_o at_o one_o thou_o be_v trouble_v with_o both_o evilles_n it_o remain_v that_o thou_o be_v bring_v straight_a way_n to_o poverty_n he_o call_v gluttony_n the_o study_n and_o affection_n of_o dainty_a meat_n &_o thesame_a he_o call_v the_o friend_n of_o the_o belly_n for_o by_o she_o the_o belly_n be_v fat_v and_o the_o substance_n and_o good_a name_n diminish_v cato_n 12._o when_o natural_o thou_o think_v all_o wild_a beast_n to_o be_v fear_v i_o tell_v thou_o man_n only_o be_v most_o to_o be_v dread_v erasmus_n forasmoche_o as_o thou_o do_v think_v in_o thy_o own_fw-mi mind_n all_o wild_a beast_n to_o be_v fear_v by_o my_o counsel_n thou_o shall_v chief_o fear_v one_o beast_n that_o be_v a_o man_n for_o no_o wild_a beast_n do_v more_o hurt_n and_o displeasure_n than_o one_o man_n another_o cato_n 13._o where_o as_o thou_o haste_v in_o thy_o body_n strength_n mighty_a wax_v wise_a withal_o and_o so_o may_v thou_o be_v count_v manly_a erasmus_n it_o that_o nature_n have_v give_fw-ge the_o strength_n of_o body_n thou_o shall_v not_o be_v a_o strong_a man_n by_o and_o by_o except_o thou_o ioigne_v thereunto_o wit_n &_o discretion_n that_o be_v wise_a doom_n by_o the_o which_o thou_o may_v use_v well_o the_o strength_n of_o thy_o body_n cato_n 14._o ask_v counsel_n of_o thy_o acquaintance_n if_o any_o thing_n thou_o offend_v for_o there_o be_v not_o a_o better_a physician_n than_o a_o trusty_a friend_n erasmus_n thou_o do_v open_a unto_o the_o physician_n the_o disease_n of_o the_o body_n show_v unto_o a_o faiethfull_a friend_n the_o grief_n of_o the_o mind_n that_o man_n that_o be_v the_o physician_n do_v heal_v with_o medicine_n and_o this_o man_n that_o be_v thy_o friend_n with_o word_n or_o else_o if_o any_o sickness_n happen_v rather_o call_v thy_o friend_n then_o a_o physician_n cato_n 15._o where_o thou_o be_v in_o thy_o own_fw-mi conscience_n guilty_a why_o do_v sacrifice_n for_o thou_o die_v it_o be_v foolishness_n by_o another_o slaughter_n health_n and_o forgevenesse_n to_o hope_v after_o erasmus_n the_o people_n of_o old_a time_n do_v believe_v a_o mischevous_a deed_n to_o be_v purge_v with_o kill_v of_o a_o beast_n the_o which_o have_v do_z no_o fault_n and_o a_o innocent_a creature_n be_v ponish_v for_o another_o offence_n when_o he_o rather_o ought_v to_o have_v be_v slay_v which_o do_v offend_v than_o the_o beast_n offer_v up_o in_o sacrifice_n true_o they_o do_v foolish_o hope_v and_o trust_v that_o another_o death_n shall_v be_v their_o health_n whereas_o every_o man_n ought_v to_o ponishe_v his_o own_fw-mi misdeed_n of_o himself_o cato_n 16._o when_o thou_o do_v seek_v unto_o thou_o a_o friend_n to_o be_v trust_v not_o the_o fortune_n of_o the_o person_n but_o the_o good_a life_n be_v to_o be_v desire_v erasmus_n a_o friend_n who_o thou_o will_v take_v unto_o thy_o familiar_a acquaintance_n be_v not_o to_o be_v esteem_v by_o his_o substance_n but_o of_o his_o good_a manner_n thesame_n must_v be_v do_v in_o choose_n wife_n cato_n 17._o if_o thou_o have_v get_v god_n beware_v of_o nigardie_a for_o what_o do_v they_o avail_v thou_o if_o thou_o live_v in_o beggary_n erasmus_n thou_o haste_v get_v thy_o god_n in_o vain_a and_o to_o no_o purpose_n that_o dare_v not_o use_v and_o occupy_v they_o and_o among_o great_a substance_n and_o treasure_n thou_o live_v bare_a and_o needy_a for_o it_o avail_v the_o nothing_o to_o have_v if_o those_o thing_n which_o thou_o have_v do_v profit_v thou_o never_o a_o deal_v the_o more_o than_o those_o which_o thou_o have_v not_o cato_n 18._o if_o unto_o honesty_n thy_o mind_n be_v bend_v and_o set_v eschew_v vain_a pleasure_n lest_o they_o do_v thou_o let_v erasmus_n if_o thou_o be_v willing_a to_o save_v upright_o thy_o honest_a and_o good_a name_n love_v not_o thou_o unhonest_a and_o filthy_a desire_n and_o pleasure_n as_o gluttony_n lechery_n and_o soche_v other_o like_a cato_n 19_o mock_v not_o old_a age_n if_o thou_o be_v wise_a for_o it_o be_v proper_a unto_o age_n to_o be_v a_o child_n twice_o erasmus_n when_o accord_v unto_o thy_o age_n thy_o wit_n and_o policy_n of_o mind_n be_v quick_a and_o pregnant_a scorn_v not_o old_a age_n the_o which_o be_v not_o so_o ripe_a &_o ready_a in_o wit_n and_o understanding_n for_o every_o old_a man_n do_v dote_v and_o return_v to_o his_o childish_a foolishenesse_n therefore_o the_o fault_n of_o old_a age_n be_v to_o be_v bear_v withal_o and_o not_o to_o be_v mock_v and_o scorn_v cato_n 20._o desire_v to_o be_v learn_v whatsoever_o thou_o betide_v for_o cunning_a remain_v when_o richesse_n can_v abide_v erasmus_n some_o chance_n or_o other_o do_v many_o time_n pluck_v away_o richesse_n from_o a_o man_n as_o by_o fire_n theft_n war_n shipwreck_n but_o cunning_n can_v be_v take_v away_o therefore_o that_o be_v the_o sure_a possession_n the_o which_o may_v always_o and_o every_o where_n maintain_v thou_o cato_n 21._o mark_v privy_o all_o thing_n what_o every_o man_n do_v say_v for_o speech_n declare_v man_n manner_n and_o also_o they_o bewray_v erasmus_n nothing_o do_v more_o show_v and_o declare_v the_o life_n and_o disposition_n of_o man_n then_o his_o communication_n that_o be_v the_o sure_a and_o ready_a glass_n of_o the_o mind_n therefore_o if_o thou_o will_v know_v a_o man_n what_o manner_n of_o fellow_n he_o be_v ponder_v with_o thyself_o what_o his_o talk_n be_v the_o speech_n do_v open_v the_o manner_n of_o the_o man_n if_o he_o speak_v hearty_o and_o thesame_n do_v hide_v and_o cover_v they_o if_o either_o he_o hold_v his_o peace_n or_o speak_v faint_o cato_n 22._o exercise_v thy_o study_n although_o thou_o have_v learn_v a_o science_n as_o diligence_n do_v help_v thy_o wit_n so_o do_v the_o hand_n experience_n erasmus_n as_o discipline_n and_o learning_n do_v vanish_v away_o except_o thou_o confirm_v they_o by_o experience_n so_o a_o craft_n must_v be_v establish_v by_o practice_n lest_o it_o be_v forget_v cato_n 23._o regard_v not_o moche_v the_o time_n to_o come_v of_o thy_o destiny_n he_o fear_v not_o death_n which_o do_v his_o life_n defy_v erasmus_n if_o thou_o will_v be_v from_o the_o fear_n of_o death_n learn_v not_o to_o make_v moche_n of_o thy_o life_n and_o as_o aristotle_n do_v clerke_o teach_v the_o fruition_n and_o have_v of_o nothing_o be_v not_o pleasant_a except_o that_o after_o a_o sort_n thou_o have_v despise_v the_o same_o already_o cato_n 24._o be_v diligent_a to_o learn_v of_o they_o that_o have_v learning_n and_o be_v ready_a to_o teach_v they_o that_o lack_v teaching_n for_o like_a as_o learning_n be_v a_o thing_n most_o excellent_a so_o to_o teach_v the_o same_o be_v very_o expedient_a erasmus_n learn_v not_o of_o every_o body_n but_o of_o they_o that_o can_v teach_v thou_o also_o what_o soever_o of_o other_o thou_o do_v learn_v the_o
do_v displeasure_n and_o use_v to_o deal_v true_o hear_v therefore_o a_o wise_a man_n shall_v geve_v place_n unto_o he_o that_o aftrewarde_o he_o may_v profit_v he_o for_o if_o by_o his_o wrestle_v with_o they_o he_o make_v they_o his_o enemy_n she_o shall_v be_v able_a to_o do_v good_a neither_o to_o himself_o nor_o to_o any_o of_o he_o cato_n 41._o correct_v thyself_o when_o thou_o do_v offend_v for_o sharp_a correction_n will_v thy_o life_n amend_v erasmus_n whereas_o thou_o do_v perceive_v thyself_o to_o have_v do_v amiss_o by_o and_o by_o punish_v thyself_o and_o forgeve_v not_o thyself_o chide_v thyself_o and_o join_v thyself_o in_o penance_n to_o do_v some_o labour_n for_o in_o cure_v and_o heal_a wound_n one_o grief_n be_v heal_v by_o another_o grief_n so_o lest_o the_o woounde_n shall_v ache_v thou_o pour_v in_o sharp_a and_o bitter_a thing_n which_o do_v gnaw_v and_o bite_v so_o thy_o reprove_v and_o rebuke_v although_o it_o be_v bitter_a &_o grevous_a yet_o it_o do_v heal_v the_o vice_n of_o the_o mind_n cato_n 42._o thy_o friend_n that_o have_v be_v of_o long_a continuance_n though_o he_o change_v or_o his_o manner_n do_v altre_n cast_v he_o not_o of_o but_o have_v in_o remembrance_n his_o first_o friendship_n and_o not_o that_o chance_v after_o erasmus_n with_o who_o thou_o have_v have_v long_o familiar_a acquaintance_n perchance_o he_o be_v wax_v another_o manner_n of_o fellow_n &_o have_v change_v his_o old_a condicione_n thou_o shall_v attribute_v that_o to_o the_o necessity_n that_o thou_o have_v be_v in_o in_o time_n past_o least_o thou_o rebuke_v he_o although_o he_o be_v not_o worthy_a to_o be_v belove_v cato_n 43._o that_o thou_o may_v be_v the_o better_a belove_a for_o thy_o benefit_n and_o good_a turn_v bestow_v be_v no_o chorle_fw-mi but_o kind_a and_o amiable_a and_o unto_o all_o man_n gentle_a and_o favourable_a erasmus_n that_o thou_o may_v be_v acceptable_a to_o all_o man_n be_v thou_o kind_a and_o thankful_a in_o office_n that_o be_v in_o benefit_n &_o good_a turn_v for_o the_o name_n of_o a_o churl_n be_v hate_v with_o all_o man_n for_o so_o man_n call_v he_o upon_o who_o a_o good_a turn_n bestow_v be_v lose_v sure_o nothing_o be_v so_o evil_o lose_v as_o that_o which_o be_v bestow_v upon_o aâ—_n unkind_a person_n cato_n 44._o beware_v thou_o be_v not_o suspicious_a and_o ever_o mistrust_v lest_o thou_o be_v a_o wretch_n all_o thy_o day_n live_v for_o to_o person_n fearful_a and_o always_o suspect_v death_n of_o all_o thing_n be_v best_o agre_v erasmus_n he_z which_o do_v imagine_v &_o surmise_n some_o peril_n toward_o he_o he_o live_v all_o the_o day_n of_o his_o life_n a_o wretch_n nothing_o therefore_o be_v more_o metre_n for_o he_o than_o death_n for_o asmoche_n as_o he_o can_v not_o live_v a_o merry_a day_n cato_n 45._o where_o thou_o buie_v slave_n to_o thy_o own_o use_n remember_v they_o be_v man_n and_o do_v they_o not_o abuse_v erasmus_n so_o use_v and_o handle_v thy_o servant_n although_o they_o be_v buy_v that_o thou_o have_v in_o mind_n that_o they_o be_v man_n &_o no_o beast_n that_o they_o be_v buy_v it_o be_v through_o chance_n &_o fortune_n that_o they_o be_v man_n in_o this_o point_n they_o be_v thy_o equal_n and_o fellow_n cato_n 46._o forthwith_o take_v the_o first_o occasion_n profr_v lest_o thou_o desire_v again_o that_o thou_o afore_o refuse_v erasmus_n oportunite_v and_o occasion_n who_o before_o cato_n say_v to_o have_v a_o hairy_a before_o head_n be_v straight_o way_n to_o be_v snatch_v up_o lest_o it_o withdraw_v itself_o and_o thou_o do_v aftrewarde_v to_o no_o purpose_n seek_v for_o that_o which_o before_o thou_o do_v not_o regard_n or_o pass_v of_o cato_n 47._o in_o the_o sudden_a death_n of_o sinner_n have_v no_o felicity_n happy_a be_v their_o death_n who_o life_n be_v without_o iniquite_v erasmus_n ¶_o if_o evil_a liver_n and_o vicious_a person_n die_v sudden_o it_o be_v a_o thing_n rather_o to_o be_v lament_v and_o forow_v then_o to_o be_v laugh_v and_o reioise_v at_o we_o ought_v soon_o to_o be_v glad_a &_o merry_a in_o the_o death_n of_o good_a man_n who_o death_n be_v happy_a and_o fortunate_a cato_n 48._o to_o the_o that_o be_v marry_v this_o i_o say_v if_o after_o thou_o fortune_n for_o to_o decay_n bragge_n not_o of_o friend_n great_a nor_o small_a but_o utterlie_o forget_v they_o as_o thou_o have_v none_o at_o al._n erasmus_n if_o thou_o be_v a_o poor_a man_n have_v a_o wife_n of_o who_o man_n speak_v shreude_o suppose_v the_o name_n of_o a_o scotfree_a friend_n to_o be_v avoid_v as_o enemy_n to_o thy_o good_a fame_n and_o honesty_n for_o thou_o shall_v seem_v under_o this_o cloak_n to_o set_v out_o thy_o wife_n to_o play_v the_o harlot_n for_o some_o lucre_n and_o gain_n and_o by_o this_o mean_n do_v scotfree_a man_n allure_v unto_o they_o the_o wife_n of_o poor_a man_n cato_n 49._o if_o thou_o by_o study_n have_v learn_v any_o thing_n learn_v more_o still_o that_o thou_o lack_v not_o understand_v erasmus_n the_o more_o thing_n thou_o have_v learn_v be_v so_o moche_v the_o more_o studious_a to_o learn_v and_o know_v mo_z thing_n lest_o thou_o seem_v unapte_v to_o be_v teach_v any_o thing_n cato_n 50._o maruaill_n not_o that_o in_o few_o word_n my_o verse_n i_o write_v for_o in_o short_a sentence_n my_o purpose_n be_v to_o indite_v erasmus_n a_o sentence_n or_o understanding_n of_o a_o thing_n be_v to_o be_v expoun_v with_o plain_a word_n for_o we_o do_v better_o carry_v away_o in_o our_o remembrance_n those_o thing_n that_o be_v brief_a and_o short_a therefore_o it_o please_v the_o author_n to_o comprehend_v one_o precept_n in_o every_o two_o verse_n in_o plain_a word_n that_o it_o may_v be_v the_o more_o open_a and_o brief_a ¶_o the_o end_n of_o the_o precept_n of_o cato_n ¶_o to_o his_o love_a friend_n robert_n burrant_n william_n wright_n send_v greeting_n when_o i_o have_v read_v the_o prudent_a work_n of_o ancient_a cato_n with_o the_o annotation_n of_o the_o great_a clerk_n erasmus_n upon_o thesame_n my_o love_a burrant_n which_o into_o our_o maternal_a and_o english_a tongue_n by_o you_o translate_v of_o late_a you_o send_v i_o and_o which_o you_o have_v with_o no_o less_o labour_n then_o politic_a profit_n set_v forth_o and_o cause_v to_o be_v diwlgate_v whereby_o many_o take_v not_o only_a pleasure_n in_o the_o read_v thereof_o but_o also_o learning_n wisdom_n and_o ferth_a understanding_n yet_o they_o may_v not_o only_o learn_v how_o to_o teach_v other_o but_o also_o how_o to_o frame_v and_o order_n themselves_o in_o every_o condition_n i_o think_v it_o meet_v or_o rather_o necessary_a to_o move_v you_o to_o set_v your_o ferth_a industry_n and_o diligence_n to_o communicate_v therewithal_o the_o sage_a saynge_n of_o the_o seven_o wiseman_n which_o if_o they_o he_o in_o like_a sort_n set_v forth_o in_o our_o vulgar_a tongue_n they_o shall_v not_o only_o stir_v man_n for_o the_o great_a point_n of_o wisdom_n therein_o contain_v to_o like_a wisdom_n knowelege_v and_o good_a manner_n but_o also_o to_o instruct_v they_o in_o diverse_a feacte_n of_o worldly_a policy_n whereby_o they_o may_v avoid_v daily_o diverse_a and_o sundry_a danger_n as_o these_o wise_a man_n have_v prove_v which_o have_v long_a experience_n of_o the_o same_o in_o consideration_n whereof_o when_o i_o have_v ponder_v this_o with_o the_o commodity_n of_o philosophy_n which_o in_o their_o saying_n be_v full_a plenty_n &_o perceive_v how_o that_o in_o all_o trouble_n it_o be_v a_o present_a remedy_n and_o a_o inward_a lively_a coumfort_n to_o have_v the_o posy_n &_o dicty_n of_o wisdom_n afore_o man_n yie_n as_o that_o excellent_a philosopher_n aristotle_n in_o his_o pollitique_n do_v testify_v sai_v if_o a_o man_n desire_n by_o himself_o to_o be_v coumfort_v let_v he_o seek_v that_o remedy_n from_o none_o other_o where_o then_o of_o philosophy_n and_o how_o that_o these_o precept_n of_o wisdom_n and_o good_a nurture_n as_o faustus_n and_o other_o do_v testify_v be_v bring_v by_o socrates_n first_o unto_o light_n among_o man_n whereby_o man_n be_v bring_v from_o carnal_a and_o sensual_a affection_n to_o a_o human_a &_o honest_a trade_n of_o live_v i_o think_v it_o my_o part_n to_o signify_v unto_o you_o of_o these_o vii_o wiseman_n their_o country_n nature_n and_o behaviour_n to_o the_o intent_n you_o shall_v be_v more_o willing_a to_o ioigne_v they_o with_o your_o former_a book_n which_o thing_n i_o do_v not_o so_o large_o amplify_v and_o set_v forth_o in_o length_n as_o i_o may_v do_v or_o as_o hereafter_o if_o it_o shall_v be_v think_v expedient_a may_v be_v do_v for_o because_o that_o it_o may_v be_v think_v of_o some_o other_o not_o so_o necessary_a or_o else_o to_o tedious_a but_o to_o speak_v of_o our_o vii_o
31._o if_o thou_o require_v aughte_v see_v that_o thy_o demand_n be_v accord_v unto_o right_n &_o to_o good_a honesty_n for_o doubtless_o he_o be_v a_o very_a fool_n in_o deed_n soche_n thing_n to_o demand_v as_o he_o ought_v not_o to_o speed_n erasmus_n every_o man_n be_v not_o to_o be_v require_v but_o he_o that_o in_o manner_n ought_v to_o grant_v thy_o request_n nor_o every_o thing_n be_v to_o be_v crave_v but_o soche_n thing_n as_o a_o man_n may_v ask_v with_o honesty_n cato_n 33._o forsake_v not_o those_o thing_n which_o thou_o know_v of_o old_a for_o thing_n which_o thou_o do_v not_o know_v for_o of_o that_o thou_o know_v thou_o may_v be_v sure_a and_o bold_a but_o of_o soche_n as_o be_v new_a thou_o can_v be_v nothing_o so_o erasmus_n change_n not_o shall_z for_o the_o new_a neither_o thy_o old_a friend_n for_o a_o new_a nor_o thy_o old_a trade_n of_o live_v for_o a_o new_a which_o thou_o know_v not_o for_o that_o which_o thou_o have_v already_o try_v thou_o can_v tell_v how_o to_o use_v they_o but_o as_o for_o the_o new_a thou_o wot_v not_o how_o they_o will_v prove_v for_o often_o it_o happen_v that_o those_o which_o at_o the_o beginning_n seem_v very_o good_a in_o the_o end_n will_v prove_v the_o contrary_n cato_n 33._o see_v how_o frail_a the_o life_n be_v that_o we_o have_v and_o through_o how_o many_o ieopardy_n daily_o we_o run_v every_o day_n that_o thou_o haste_v escape_v well_o and_o save_v account_v it_o firm_a and_o sure_a that_o it_o be_v well_o win_v erasmus_n ¶_o see_v our_o life_n be_v so_o uncerteine_a and_o subject_v to_o so_o many_o danger_n we_o may_v reken_fw-mi every_o day_n well_o win_v that_o we_o have_v free_o escape_v for_o there_o pass_v we_o no_o day_n in_o which_o we_o may_v not_o have_v chance_v to_o die_v nor_o we_o have_v never_o no_o warrant_v of_o our_o life_n therefore_o see_v there_o hang_v so_o many_o ieopardy_n over_o we_o it_o be_v meruaille_n that_o we_o escape_v any_o day_n cato_n 34._o though_o thou_o of_o thy_o power_n may_v have_v althy_a wil._n follow_v it_o not_o always_o but_o sometime_o geve_v place_n for_o if_o thou_o of_o gentleness_n do_v other_o mind_n fulfil_v so_o shall_v thou_o best_o stand_v in_o thy_o friend_n grace_n erasmus_n ¶_o this_o sai_n be_v as_o true_a as_o can_v be_v for_o if_o thou_o sometime_o break_v thy_o own_o will_n and_o follow_v other_o man_n mind_n thou_o shall_v acquire_v great_a benevolence_n but_o some_o be_v so_o stiff_o mind_v that_o they_o will_v contend_v &_o strive_v with_o their_o friend_n and_o that_o for_o a_o matier_n of_o no_o weight_n and_o have_v rather_o be_v at_o utter_a destaunce_n with_o his_o friend_n than_o once_o break_v his_o wilful_a mind_n cato_n 35._o as_o thou_o will_v that_o other_o man_n shall_v geve_v unto_o the._n so_o to_o geve_v to_o other_o thou_o must_v content_v be_v for_o soche_v mutual_a benevolence_n ever_o cause_v man_n in_o friendship_n long_o to_o persevere_v erasmus_n ¶_o frendeshippe_n must_v be_v use_v upon_o both_o side_n for_o as_o the_o common_a proverb_n say_v one_o good_a turn_n ask_v another_o cato_n 36._o beware_v that_o thou_o engendre_fw-fr no_o debate_n nor_o kindle_v no_o malice_n betwixt_o thy_o friend_n and_o the._n for_o wrath_n engender_v strife_n and_o hate_n and_o concord_n ever_o cause_v love_n and_o charite_v erasmus_n ¶_o be_v well_o ware_n thou_o fall_v not_o out_o with_o thy_o friend_n for_o soche_v dissension_n bread_v great_a hatred_n therefore_o to_o thy_o friend_n thou_o ought_v to_o use_v all_o gentleness_n cato_n 37._o ¶_o when_o thy_o servant_n offence_n do_v move_v the_o unto_o ire_n look_v that_o with_o discretion_n thou_o moderate_v the_o fire_n erasmus_n ¶_o beat_v not_o thy_o servant_n in_o thy_o anger_n for_o ire_n can_v do_v nothing_o well_o therefore_o first_o tempre_fw-it thy_o wrath_n as_o a_o philosopher_n say_v once_o to_o his_o servant_n &_o i_o be_v not_o angry_a quoth_v he_o i_o will_v sure_o now_o walk_v thy_o coat_n and_o so_o upon_o a_o time_n plato_n be_v angry_a with_o his_o servant_n and_o he_o take_v up_o a_o staff_n one_o ask_v he_o what_o he_o will_v do_v marry_o quoth_v he_o beat_v this_o intemperate_a person_n mean_v himself_o that_o be_v so_o oversee_v by_o anger_n cato_n 38._o with_o patience_n and_o sufferance_n do_v thou_o thy_o enemy_n win_v and_o conquer_v he_o not_o by_o force_n and_o violence_n for_o emonge_v all_o other_o virtue_n that_o here_o be_v patience_n evermore_o have_v the_o pre-eminence_n erasmus_n ¶_o it_o be_v one_o of_o the_o chief_a verity_n to_o suffer_v thy_o adversary_n when_o thou_o may_v overcome_v he_o for_o emonge_v all_o virtue_n that_o be_v one_o of_o the_o great_a cato_n 39_o if_o thou_o with_o thy_o labour_n have_v get_v aught_o at_o al._n in_o spend_v thereof_o be_v not_o to_o prodigal_a but_o if_o that_o thou_o labour_n to_o a_o evel_a intent_n those_o god_n so_o evil_a get_v must_v needs_o be_v evil_a spend_v erasmus_n ¶_o it_o be_v good_a to_o labour_n and_o get_v to_o have_v wherewith_o no_o live_a honest_o for_o he_o that_o true_o so_o get_v his_o live_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d into_o necesserie_n but_o he_o that_o labour_v for_o the_o intent_n that_o he_o will_v after_o live_v the_o more_o prodigal_o may_v soon_o be_v oppress_v with_o poverty_n cato_n 40._o when_o thou_o be_v wealthy_a make_v good_a cheer_n but_o see_v unto_o thyself_o that_o thou_o be_v most_o never_o erasmus_n ¶_o when_o thou_o be_v scotfree_a spend_v some_o of_o thy_o riches_n upon_o thy_o friend_n but_o yet_o spend_v so_o that_o thou_o lack_v nothing_o thyself_o another_o date_n and_o be_v a_o friend_n to_o thy_o friend_n but_o yet_o see_v that_o thou_o most_o of_o all_o be_v thy_o own_o friend_n ☞_o the_o end_n of_o the_o first_o book_n ¶_o the_o second_o book_n of_o cato_n cato_n 1._o if_o thou_o will_v learn_v how_o to_o till_o the_o ground_n virgil_n will_v the_o teach_v the_o feat_n of_o housbandrie_n the_o property_n of_o herb_n in_o macer_n may_v be_v find_v also_o the_o roman_n war_n lucan_n do_v versify_v and_o in_o declare_v louc_n ouide_v bear_v the_o mastery_n but_o if_o thou_o listen_v to_o learn_v wisdom_n and_o sapience_n how_o to_o govern_v thy_o life_n well_o and_o virtuous_o draw_v never_o then_o and_o harken_v to_o my_o sentence_n erasmus_n ¶_o every_o diverse_a author_n teach_v diverse_a thing_n as_o virgil_n in_o his_o book_n of_o georgikes_fw-gr teach_v the_o feacte_n of_o housbandrie_n macer_n the_o poet_n write_v the_o property_n of_o all_o manner_n of_o herb_n lucan_n write_v of_o the_o evil_a war_n betwixt_o cesar_n and_o pompeie_n ouide_v teach_v of_o all_o matier_n appertein_v unto_o love_n with_o her_o daliaunce_n but_o if_o thou_o listen_v to_o learn_v the_o craft_n or_o science_n how_o to_o live_v well_o and_o virtuous_a then_o read_v this_o little_a book_n which_o teach_v the_o no_o trifle_a matier_n but_o the_o very_a way_n and_o mean_n of_o virtuous_a live_n and_o high_a perfection_n cato_n 2._o do_v good_a to_o stranger_n ever_o by_o my_o advice_n for_o in_o so_o do_v thy_o honesty_n shall_v arise_v for_o why_o it_o be_v a_o far_o better_a thing_n for_o to_o have_v friend_n then_o to_o be_v a_o king_n erasmus_n ¶_o we_o ought_v not_o only_o to_o do_v for_o our_o friend_n but_o also_o sometime_o to_o do_v for_o stranger_n and_o to_o endever_n our_o self_n to_o get_v their_o kenevolence_n for_o it_o be_v better_a to_o get_v the_o many_o friend_n then_o to_o win_v a_o whole_a kingdom_n as_o for_o a_o kingdom_n a_o man_n may_v lose_v but_o a_o friend_n will_v help_v a_o man_n in_o his_o necessite_n and_o sure_o those_o person_n shall_v be_v more_o steadfast_a unto_o the_o that_o thou_o win_v with_o gentleness_n and_o benevolence_n than_o those_o which_o thou_o constreign_a with_o power_n and_o might_n cato_n 3._o let_v god_n alone_o with_o his_o secret_n all_o nor_o of_o the_o heaven_n ensearche_v not_o the_o privity_n for_o sith_o thou_o be_v but_o a_o man_n mortal_a meddle_v with_o soche_n thing_n as_o mortal_a be_v erasmus_n as_o socrates_n write_v that_o which_o be_v above_o we_o belong_v not_o unto_o us._n wherefore_o this_o author_n here_o will_v that_o we_o shall_v leave_v the_o high_a study_n of_o natural_a philosophy_n and_o study_v those_o thing_n which_o belong_v unto_o our_o own_o life_n as_o to_o use_v good_a &_o virtuous_a way_n and_o to_o pourge_v our_o mind_n from_o all_o evil_a affect_n cato_n 4._o the_o fear_n of_o death_n hardelie_a let_v it_o pass_v for_o he_o may_v be_v call_v well_o a_o very_a ass_n that_o of_o his_o death_n be_v afraid_a so_o sore_o that_o he_o can_v take_v no_o joy_n in_o his_o life_n therefore_o erasmus_n thesame_a sentence_n be_v in_o the_o first_o
book_n he_o that_o be_v ever_o in_o sorrow_n for_o think_v of_o his_o death_n do_v foolish_o for_o first_o by_o his_o fear_n he_o can_v amend_v it_o beside_o that_o he_o lose_v all_o the_o pleasure_n of_o his_o life_n in_o the_o mean_a while_n cato_n 5._o as_o long_o as_o thou_o be_v in_o thy_o angry_a mode_n beware_v thou_o strive_v not_o with_o no_o manner_n wight_n for_o in_o case_n thy_o wit_n be_v never_o so_o good_a in_o thy_o wrath_n thou_o shall_v not_o see_v the_o right_n erasmus_n pyrrhus_n wont_a to_o warn_v the_o young_a soldier_n that_o they_o be_v not_o angry_a then_o moche_v more_o ought_v they_o to_o avoid_v anger_n that_o shall_v dispute_v any_o cause_n for_o he_o that_o be_v without_o anger_n shall_v the_o better_a judge_n and_o on_o the_o other_o side_n anger_n blind_v the_o right_a judgement_n of_o the_o mind_n cato_n 6._o lay_v out_o thy_o money_n glad_o in_o the_o time_n of_o need_n for_o sometime_o thou_o must_v spend_v if_o thou_o will_v speed_n erasmus_n ¶_o that_o cost_n which_o must_v needs_o be_v do_v do_v it_o with_o good_a will_n seem_v not_o for_o to_o grudge_v at_o it_o for_o sometime_o a_o man_n must_v needs_o do_v some_o cost_n as_o at_o feast_n buriynge_n or_o wedding_n and_o also_o upon_o thy_o friend_n cato_n 7._o flee_v ever_o from_o thing_n that_o be_v to_o high_a and_o be_v content_a with_o a_o mean_a estate_n for_o sure_a be_v the_o ship_n which_o in_o the_o river_n ligh_v then_o they_o that_o be_v sail_v in_o the_o sea_n so_o great_a erasmus_n ¶_o a_o mean_a fortune_n be_v sure_a than_o be_v a_o high_a estate_n like_v as_o the_o ship_n be_v sure_a that_o be_v in_o the_o small_a river_n than_o they_o that_o be_v toss_v up_o and_o down_o in_o the_o maigne_fw-la sea_n cato_n 8._o beware_v to_o thy_o fellow_n how_o thou_o do_v show_v any_o of_o thy_o act_n that_o may_v put_v the_o to_o shame_n for_o that_o which_o no_o man_n but_o thyself_o do_v know_v in_o disclose_v thereof_o let_v no_o man_n the_o blame_n erasmus_n ¶_o if_o thou_o have_v do_v amiss_o make_v no_o boast_n of_o it_o &_o if_o thou_o do_v any_o thing_n which_o thou_o will_v be_v ashamed_a to_o have_v it_o know_v let_v no_o other_o see_v it_o nor_o know_v thereof_o but_o in_o thy_o do_v any_o soche_n thing_n look_v that_o thou_o be_v prudent_a and_o secret_a therein_o cato_n 9_o in_o thy_o mind_n never_o think_v that_o those_o which_o be_v wicked_a shall_v ever_o escape_v free_a for_o though_o for_o a_o time_n that_o it_o be_v keep_v close_o yet_o at_o the_o last_o it_o shall_v open_o be_v erasmus_n think_v not_o that_o the_o wicked_a shall_v be_v unpunished_a for_o they_o may_v well_o for_o a_o time_n hide_v their_o wickedness_n but_o at_o length_n it_o will_v be_v know_v for_o time_n at_o the_o last_o open_v every_o thing_n cato_n 10._o though_o that_o a_o man_n of_o stature_n be_v but_o small_a yet_o for_o all_o that_o contemn_v he_o not_o at_o all_o for_o though_o a_o man_n nature_n strength_n denighe_o yet_o oft_o do_v she_o help_v he_o with_o wit_n and_o policy_n erasmus_n despise_v not_o thy_o enemy_n though_o he_o be_v but_o small_a of_o stature_n for_o many_o a_o time_n he_o that_o be_v weak_a of_o strengthe_n be_v of_o great_a wit_n and_o sapience_n and_o therefore_o we_o must_v not_o eastern_a a_o man_n according_a to_o the_o robustioune_n of_o his_o body_n but_o according_a to_o the_o clearness_n of_o his_o understanding_n cato_n 11._o strive_v not_o with_o he_o that_o be_v above_o thy_o might_n but_o for_o the_o season_n geve_v he_o the_o mastery_n for_o he_o that_o sometime_o be_v overcome_v infight_n another_o time_n again_o get_v the_o victory_n erasmus_n ¶_o if_o thou_o perceive_v that_o thou_o have_v to_o do_v with_o he_o that_o be_v strong_a they_o thyself_o then_o geve_v he_o over_o a_o while_n &_o suffer_v he_o for_o a_o season_n to_o have_v the_o victory_n for_o another_o time_n may_v come_v when_o thou_o shall_v be_v even_o with_o he_o again_o for_o oft_o it_o chance_v that_o he_o which_o before_o be_v overcome_v may_v have_v aftrewarde_o the_o upper_a hand_n and_o sometime_o the_o weak_a overcome_v the_o strong_a but_o some_o be_v so_o stiff_o heart_v that_o either_o they_o will_v win_v all_o or_o else_o lose_v all_o at_o once_o cato_n 12._o with_o word_n with_o thy_o friend_n strive_v not_o at_o all_o for_o great_a debate_n rise_v of_o word_n that_o be_v small_a erasmus_n he_o teach_v thou_o thesame_a lesson_n before_o when_o he_o warn_v thou_o that_o thou_o shall_v not_o strive_v with_o thy_o friend_n for_o sometime_o for_o a_o few_o word_n they_o that_o be_v friend_n fall_v at_o great_a discord_n cato_n 13._o labour_v not_o to_o know_v thy_o fortune_n or_o destiny_n by_o craft_n or_o else_o by_o some_o necromancy_n for_o look_v what_o thing_n be_v ordain_v thou_o unto_o without_o thy_o counsel_n god_n full_a well_o can_v it_o do_v erasmus_n inquire_v not_o to_o know_v thy_o destiny_n neither_o by_o witchecraft_n nor_o by_o other_o unlawful_a act_n for_o god_n will_v not_o have_v a_o man_n to_o know_v his_o secret_n nor_o yet_o call_v he_o thou_o to_o counsel_n when_o he_o ordein_v any_o thing_n to_o thou_o and_o if_o his_o will_n be_v that_o thou_o shall_v know_v it_o he_o will_v then_o have_v call_v thou_o to_o counsel_n therein_o cato_n 14._o be_v not_o to_o pompious_a in_o thy_o estate_n to_o cause_v other_o to_o have_v envy_n thereat_o for_o though_o envy_n no_o harm_n to_o thou_o can_v do_v yet_o thou_o wart_n as_o good_a to_o have_v their_o love_n as_o no._n erasmus_n go_v not_o to_o proud_o nor_o show_v not_o thyself_o to_o stately_a to_o cause_v other_o to_o have_v envy_n at_o thou_o for_o though_o their_o envy_n can_v hurt_v thou_o yet_o it_o be_v a_o displeasure_n to_o have_v the_o evil_a will_n of_o man_n and_o it_o be_v a_o great_a coumforte_n to_o have_v the_o good_a will_n of_o man_n though_o there_o come_v no_o profit_n thereof_o cato_n 15._o be_v thou_o of_o mind_n both_o constant_a and_o strong_a though_o in_o thy_o cause_n the_o judge_n do_v thou_o wrong_n for_o sure_o thy_o adversary_n shall_v not_o long_o possess_v that_o which_o he_o win_v by_o soche_n unrighteousness_n erasmus_n be_v not_o clean_a discomfort_a if_o thy_o adversary_n overcome_v thou_o in_o the_o law_n by_o unrighteous_a judgement_n for_o sure_o he_o shall_v not_o long_o enjoy_v it_o for_o god_n shall_v reform_v soche_o wicked_a judgement_n cato_n 16._o all_o displeasure_n before_o past_a and_o go_v out_o of_o thy_o mind_n see_v that_o thou_o do_v cast_v for_o it_o be_v the_o condition_n of_o a_o evil_a one_o old_a malice_n to_o remember_v that_o be_v do_v and_o pass_v erasmus_n if_o a_o concord_n and_o a_o love_a end_n be_v one_o make_v thou_o ought_v to_o forget_v all_o the_o old_a debate_n for_o when_o the_o cause_n be_v once_o determine_v then_o ought_v also_o the_o malice_n to_o be_v finish_v for_o he_o that_o do_v otherwise_o be_v always_o call_v a_o man_n of_o a_o doggish_a mind_n cato_n 17._o praise_v not_o thyself_o in_o any_o manner_n wise_a and_o to_o dispraise_v thyself_o be_v as_o foul_a a_o vice_n for_o either_o of_o they_o from_o reason_n be_v far_o wide_a and_o often_o to_o use_v they_o be_v a_o sign_n of_o pride_n erasmus_n neither_o praise_n nor_o dispraise_v thyself_o for_o in_o do_v of_o either_o of_o they_o be_v a_o sign_n of_o he_o that_o covet_v vainglory_n for_o he_o that_o do_v dispraise_v himself_o do_v it_o because_o he_o will_v have_v other_o man_n to_o praise_v he_o cato_n 18._o spend_v measurablie_o thy_o god_n that_o god_n have_v send_v for_o that_o which_o be_v long_o in_o get_v full_a soon_o will_v be_v spend_v erasmus_n when_o thou_o have_v substance_n waste_v it_o not_o so_o soon_o for_o a_o thing_n be_v ever_o soon_o spend_v then_o get_v cato_n 19_o set_a a_o side_n wisdom_n when_o time_n require_v for_o sometime_o to_o play_v the_o fool_n be_v a_o point_n of_o wit_n it_o erasmus_n sometime_o a_o man_n must_v set_v a_o side_n gravity_n as_o in_o sport_n and_o play_n where_o sometime_o a_o man_n must_v geve_v over_o wisdom_n and_o play_v the_o fool_n part_n and_o special_o among_o fool_n a_o man_n must_v play_v the_o fool_n and_o yet_o shall_v not_o be_v afoole_n in_o deed_n for_o it_o be_v a_o high_a point_n of_o wisdom_n for_o a_o man_n to_o apply_v himself_o accord_v to_o the_o time_n cato_n 20._o flee_v coveteousnesse_n and_o also_o from_o prodigality_n for_o neither_o of_o they_o agree_v with_o honesty_n erasmus_n prodigality_n and_o coveteousnesse_n be_v two_o vice_n whereof_o either_o be_v repugnaunt_a unto_o other_o therefore_o he_o that_o will_v have_v a_o good_a name_n must_v eschew_v they_o both_o for_o
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 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one_o endure_v then_o of_o the_o other_o solon_n 1._o then_o i_o count_v our_o life_n bless_v and_o happy_a when_o we_o have_v end_v our_o fate_n and_o destiny_n burrant_n wonderful_a it_o be_v to_o see_v with_o what_o study_n and_o labour_n many_o a_o foolish_a person_n go_v about_o to_o make_v himself_o happy_a in_o this_o transitory_a life_n &_o think_v to_o get_v a_o quiet_a place_n and_o time_n to_o rest_v and_o when_o they_o have_v toil_v and_o labour_v all_o that_o they_o may_v the_o great_a happiness_n that_o may_v possible_o in_o this_o life_n be_v attein_v to_o be_v very_a misery_n &_o the_o quiet_a rest_n most_o troublesome_a pein_n and_o vexation_n in_o comparison_n of_o that_o they_o shall_v have_v after_o their_o death_n if_o they_o die_v well_o and_o like_a christian_n solon_n 2._o marry_o a_o wife_n that_o be_v thy_o equal_a the_o unequal_a do_v at_o variance_n fall_v burrant_n if_o thou_o marie_v a_o wife_n rich_a than_o thyself_o remember_v that_o she_o will_v upbray_v thou_o of_o beggary_n and_o avaunce_v her_o hability_n if_o thou_o marie_v a_o poor_a she_o will_v anon_o be_v cock_v with_o thou_o and_o be_v ready_a to_o be_v master_n over_o thy_o own_fw-mi god_n and_o will_v not_o stick_v to_o say_v that_o although_o she_o have_v no_o substance_n yet_o her_o good_a quality_n deserve_v a_o better_a than_o thou_o be_v but_o one_o point_n for_o thy_o learning_n in_o this_o case_n take_v of_o the_o ploughman_n which_o yoke_v his_o ox_n by_o like_a couple_n lest_o one_o shall_v be_v a_o let_v unto_o the_o other_o by_o inequality_n the_o perfeict_a and_o the_o sure_a love_n and_o friendship_n that_o be_v come_v together_o by_o equal_a match_n solon_n 3._o honour_n ought_v never_o to_o come_v by_o chance_n but_o by_o virtue_n own_fw-mi procuraunce_n burrant_n many_o a_o one_o come_v to_o promotion_n and_o dignity_n even_o by_o very_a chance_n of_o the_o world_n as_o some_o by_o false_a dise_a come_v to_o riches_n some_o by_o flatter_a to_o honour_n and_o dignity_n some_o by_o marriage_n of_o a_o old_a scotfree_a widow_n to_o great_a substance_n but_o how_o many_o come_v to_o any_o good_a estimation_n by_o good_a feacte_n and_o quality_n by_o godly_a live_n &_o wholesome_a doctrine_n for_o the_o true_a honour_n ought_v to_o be_v the_o reward_n of_o virtue_n and_o not_o of_o fortune_n who_o ofttimes_o extoll_v and_o magnify_v the_o most_o lewd_a person_n solon_n 4._o rebuke_v thy_o neighbour_n prive_o and_o thesame_n do_v thou_o praise_v open_o burrant_n may_v not_o we_o christian_n be_v ashamed_a to_o have_v the_o write_n of_o gentile_n &_o heathen_n reprove_a and_o condemn_v the_o spiteful_a slander_n and_o envious_a backbitynge_n of_o one_o neighbour_n of_o another_o and_o how_o seldom_o it_o be_v seen_v one_o to_o say_v well_o by_o another_o or_o one_o to_o praise_v another_o and_o can_v be_v impute_v to_o none_o other_o cause_n than_o the_o lack_n and_o want_n of_o charity_n and_o the_o great_a abundance_n of_o plentifulness_n of_o malice_n and_o envy_n solon_n 5._o it_o be_v a_o godly_a thing_n nobility_n to_o win_v then_o to_o be_v bear_v of_o a_o noble_a kin_n burrant_n the_o unlearned_a people_n when_o they_o see_v a_o man_n of_o base_a birth_n and_o low_a degree_n to_o come_v to_o any_o promotion_n and_o dignity_n their_o sai_n be_v behold_v a_o new_a find_v gentleman_n now_o of_o late_o promote_v &_o exalt_v how_o be_v he_o come_v a_o loft_n and_o have_v in_o great_a estimation_n and_o glad_o entertain_v both_o with_o lord_n and_o lady_n who_o father_n be_v a_o poor_a silly_a soulle_n full_o many_o a_o time_n have_v rid_v into_o the_o field_n in_o a_o dung_n cart_n and_o there_o labour_v full_a sore_n for_o his_o live_n carp_a and_o care_v night_n and_o day_n to_o bring_v he_o up_o but_o if_o they_o have_v any_o upright_o or_o good_a judgement_n they_o will_v rather_o more_o rejoice_n in_o they_o who_o by_o their_o manifold_a and_o singular_a virtue_n and_o honest_a quality_n have_v so_o attain_v and_o come_v to_o soche_v promotion_n and_o high_a authority_n from_o so_o low_a and_o base_a degree_n than_o soche_n who_o nature_n only_o by_o succession_n in_o inheritance_n and_o birtheright_o have_v bring_v forth_o a_o gentleman_n but_o they_o endue_v and_o garnish_v with_o like_a quality_n and_o virtue_n do_v double_a their_o nobility_n for_o than_o they_o be_v not_o only_a gentleman_n bear_v but_o also_o through_o virtuous_a &_o good_a behaviour_n procure_v unto_o a_o high_a estate_n than_o their_o ancestor_n ever_o have_v solon_n 6._o if_o fortune_n have_v this_o or_o that_o so_o decree_v then_o to_o beware_v or_o take_v heed_n what_o shall_v it_o need_v but_o if_o all_o thing_n as_o they_o be_v be_v uncertain_a then_o to_o fear_n and_o dread_v it_o be_v but_o in_o vain_a burrant_n if_o thou_o may_v know_v precise_o and_o certain_o that_o thou_o shall_v be_v hang_v or_o drown_v but_o let_v we_o refer_v that_o to_o the_o secret_n of_o god_n to_o be_v determinable_a with_o he_o only_o it_o be_v but_o folly_n then_o for_o the_o to_o seek_v any_o way_n and_o mean_n to_o save_v thyself_o from_o soche_n danger_n but_o forasmoche_n as_o thou_o be_v uncertain_a what_o thy_o destiny_n shall_v be_v it_o be_v a_o foolish_a thing_n to_o be_v in_o fear_n and_o care_n of_o thy_o end_n and_o so_o by_o this_o a_o christian_n may_v learn_v to_o geve_v himself_o whole_o to_o the_o mercy_n of_o god_n and_o to_o put_v a_o perfeicte_a trust_n and_o hope_n in_o he_o that_o he_o will_v dispose_v the_o end_n to_o his_o soulle_n best_o health_n thales_n 1._o fear_v thyself_o although_o without_o witness_n thou_o be_v so_o bold_a to_o commit_v unclennesse_n burrant_n as_o in_o the_o play_n of_o tiktacke_n if_o the_o table_n man_n stand_v upon_o a_o single_a point_n he_o be_v in_o danger_n of_o lose_v even_o so_o every_o person_n dispose_v and_o be_v not_o a_o fear_v to_o do_v sin_n and_o naughtiness_n while_o he_o be_v alone_o the_o devil_n will_v be_v busy_a to_o tempt_v he_o and_o put_v he_o in_o danger_n of_o lose_v of_o his_o soulle_n where_o as_o in_o double_a of_o his_o point_n that_o be_v in_o take_v some_o honest_a and_o godly_a companion_n with_o he_o he_o shall_v save_v his_o man_n that_o be_v to_o say_v his_o soulle_n from_o deadly_a sin_n into_o the_o which_o he_o have_v be_v ready_a to_o fall_v if_o the_o witness_n have_v not_o be_v with_o he_o thales_n 2._o the_o life_n of_o man_n do_v soon_o perish_v but_o the_o glory_n of_o his_o death_n do_v never_o diminish_v burrant_n some_o compare_n the_o life_n of_o man_n to_o a_o bubble_n some_o to_o the_o lightness_n of_o a_o feather_n some_o other_o
ever_o perish_v publius_n 63._o he_z well_o and_o wise_o lese_v his_o money_n when_o he_o geve_v it_o to_o a_o judge_n be_v guilty_a erasmus_n he_z which_o corrupt_v a_o judge_n with_o money_n where_o as_o he_o be_v guilty_a of_o the_o matier_n he_o lese_v thesame_a but_o yet_o to_o his_o own_fw-mi avauntage_n therefore_o it_o be_v well_o lose_v publius_n 64._o good_a man_n he_o do_v both_o hurt_n and_o greve_v whosoever_o do_v evil_a man_n pardon_v and_o forgeve_v erasmus_n great_a injury_n and_o wrong_n be_v do_z unto_o good_a man_n when_o evil_a man_n be_v of_o their_o fault_n forgeven_v and_o perdon_v for_o we_o shall_v have_v few_o good_a if_o it_o be_v lawful_a thus_o for_o unthrifte_n and_o naughtipacke_n to_o escape_v scotfree_a and_o unpunished_a publius_n 65._o next_o to_o the_o virtue_n of_o justice_n &_o equity_n be_v cruel_a deal_n and_o severity_n erasmus_n for_o severity_n and_o hard_a deal_n be_v somewhat_o sharp_a and_o straight_a than_o justice_n leaning_n to_o inclemencie_n and_o unmercifulnesse_n publius_n 66._o a_o good_a man_n anger_n and_o fury_n a_o man_n may_v soon_o allay_v and_o pacify_v erasmus_n with_o malicious_a and_o envious_a perfone_n wrath_n do_v very_o slow_o wear_v away_o but_o with_o good_a man_n 〈◊〉_d â—s_v soon_o out_o of_o mind_n and_o forget_v publius_n 67._o that_o be_v a_o honest_a and_o good_a shame_n that_o show_v we_o to_o avoid_v blame_n erasmus_n it_o be_v better_a for_o a_o man_n to_o be_v ashamed_a to_o do_v a_o fault_n then_o after_o it_o be_v do_v to_o loath_a thesame_n and_o to_o be_v sorry_a for_o it_o that_o same_o be_v profitable_a by_o the_o which_o we_o be_v restrain_v from_o those_o thing_n which_o we_o have_v dangerous_o do_v publius_n 68_o for_o a_o man_n to_o have_v mercy_n and_o pity_n be_v to_o himself_o a_o good_a help_n and_o remedy_n erasmus_n he_o that_o be_v merciful_a towards_o other_o do_v deserve_v that_o other_o be_v faudurable_a towards_o he_o again_o if_o any_o thing_n shall_v chance_v unto_o he_o other_o wise_a then_o well_o publius_n 69._o soche_n thing_n as_o man_n have_v by_o they_o daily_o be_v little_o esteem_v and_o little_o set_v by_o erasmus_n that_o be_v of_o little_a reputation_n &_o naught_o set_v by_o which_o begin_v to_o be_v common_a nothing_o ought_v to_o be_v more_o precious_a and_o better_o regard_v then_o good_a thing_n and_o that_o true_o be_v esteem_v which_o be_v rare_a &_o scarce_o burrant_n and_o this_o cause_v man_n to_o make_v so_o moche_n of_o good_a wife_n and_o servant_n they_o be_v so_o seldom_o and_o hard_o to_o find_v publius_n 69._o when_o thou_o be_v to_o the_o worthy_a beneficial_a bythy_a goodness_n to_o the_o thou_o bind_v all_o erasmus_n a_o good_a turn_n be_v give_v to_o the_o virtue_n of_o the_o person_n and_o not_o to_o the_o person_n himself_o and_o a_o good_a man_n do_v use_v and_o occupy_v thy_o benefit_n to_o the_o commodity_n of_o all_o other_o publius_n 70._o it_o be_v count_v for_o a_o very_a cruelty_n to_o chide_v a_o man_n in_o adversity_n erasmus_n our_o friend_n fall_v into_o any_o great_a poverty_n or_o have_v any_o mischance_n be_v to_o be_v comfort_v and_o cherish_v &_o not_o to_o be_v chide_v and_o braul_v withal_o publius_n 71._o to_o who_o thou_o have_v ever_o give_v and_o do_v now_o him_z deem_v thou_o command_v he_o to_o take_v from_o thou_o violent_o erasmus_n he_z which_o be_v wont_a to_o take_v reward_n and_o gift_n think_v that_o as_o due_a debt_n unto_o he_o which_o be_v give_v in_o so_o moche_v that_o if_o thou_o deny_v he_o he_o be_v to_o ready_a to_o pluck_v it_o from_o the_o by_o force_n this_o pertain_v propre_o to_o catchepolle_n publius_n 72._o the_o pacientes_fw-la evil_a diet_n and_o intemperauncie_n make_v the_o physician_n to_o handle_v he_o more_o ungentlie_o the_o evil_a rule_n of_o the_o patient_a do_v cause_n that_o the_o physician_n can_v none_o other_o chouse_n but_o to_o go_v unto_o sharp_a remedy_n as_o cut_v sear_v and_o soche_n like_o publius_n 73._o his_o life_n to_o his_o friend_n be_v odious_a who_o of_o his_o death_n be_v desirous_a erasmus_n his_o life_n must_v needs_o be_v hateful_a &_o spite_v who_o death_n his_o own_fw-mi friend_n desire_n and_o wish_v after_o burrant_n as_o many_o a_o unnatural_a son_n will_v the_o speedy_a death_n of_o his_o father_n for_o because_o he_o may_v come_v by_o his_o land_n and_o many_o a_o unlove_a husband_n the_o death_n of_o his_o wife_n which_o be_v old_a &_o crabbed_a that_o he_o may_v have_v a_o young_a in_o her_o place_n publius_n 74._o no_o man_n do_v soon_o come_v again_o into_o favour_n with_o his_o enemy_n that_o wait_v he_o a_o displeasure_n erasmus_n a_o enemy_n be_v not_o by_o and_o by_o to_o be_v trust_v the_o benevolence_n and_o frendeshippe_n of_o man_n be_v soon_o set_v apart_o but_o it_o be_v not_o so_o lightelie_o make_v at_o one_o again_o and_o anger_n of_o all_o other_o thing_n do_v most_o slowelis_fw-la wear_v away_o publius_n 75._o a_o man_n come_v the_o soon_o into_o a_o hazard_n when_o of_o the_o same_o he_o have_v no_o regard_n erasmus_n a_o mischance_n do_v rather_o hurt_n and_o harm_n they_o who_o do_v little_a regard_n it_o than_o those_o who_o take_v heed_n and_o be_v thereof_o ware_a publius_n 76._o of_o her_o husband_n a_o chaste_a wife_n and_o continent_n do_v obtain_v her_o purpose_n be_v obedient_a erasmus_n a_o chaste_a wife_n do_v obtain_v this_o by_o he_o gentleness_n that_o look_v whatsoever_o she_o wonuld_v her_o husband_n to_o do_v he_o do_v it_o burrant_n and_o she_o do_v soon_o obtain_v when_o she_o be_v obedient_a then_o when_o she_o require_v or_o demand_v be_v in_o obediente_a publius_n 78._o the_o proud_a man_n pomp_n and_o glory_n be_v soon_o turn_v into_o shame_n and_o ignomy_n erasmus_n a_o evil_a report_n and_o name_n do_v always_o ensue_v and_o follow_v stateliness_n and_o pride_n and_o he_o that_o insolent_o and_o proudelie_o do_v use_v his_o renown_n and_o praise_n thesame_n do_v stumble_v &_o fall_v into_o shame_n and_o rebuke_v publius_n 79._o thou_o shall_v more_o win_v by_o good_a counsel_v then_o thou_o shall_v by_o brawl_a and_o chide_v erasmus_n anger_n be_v ever_o hasty_a and_o headlong_a wisdom_n and_o good_a advisement_n be_v peaceable_a and_o cold_a by_o she_o thou_o shall_v soon_o work_v thy_o will_n then_o by_o rashness_n and_o furiousness_n publius_n 80._o sufferance_n and_o patience_n be_v to_o every_o grief_n a_o defence_n erasmus_n every_o anguish_n and_o peine_fw-fr be_v ease_v by_o patience_n disease_n have_v some_o one_o remedy_n &_o some_o another_o but_o patience_n be_v the_o common_a easement_n of_o all_o evilles_n publius_n 81._o whereas_o vice_n with_o ungraciousnesse_n avail_v there_o he_o that_o do_v well_o offend_v erasmus_n whereas_o it_o be_v necessary_a for_o man_n to_o play_v the_o knave_n there_o it_o will_v hinder_v they_o to_o show_v themselves_o honest_a man_n and_o where_o unthriftines_n be_v reward_v there_o goodness_n be_v punish_v publius_n 82._o it_o be_v easy_a to_o be_v displease_v for_o goodness_n then_o to_o be_v beat_v for_o foolishness_n erasmus_n better_o it_o be_v for_o a_o man_n to_o be_v displease_v for_o virtue_n and_o honeslie_a then_o to_o do_v any_o foolish_a point_n for_o the_o one_o he_o suffer_v uniustlie_o and_o for_o the_o other_o he_o be_v punish_v woorthelie_o publius_n 83._o a_o merry_a companion_n that_o can_v talk_v and_o clatter_n upon_o the_o high_a way_n be_v in_o stead_n of_o a_o horselitter_n erasmus_n a_o iocant_fw-la and_o a_o merry_a talker_n do_v cause_n that_o a_o man_n do_v not_o feel_v the_o werinesse_n of_o the_o way_n everâ—_n as_o though_o he_o be_v carry_v in_o a_o horseliter_fw-la or_o chariot_n publius_n 84._o the_o welfare_n of_o a_o wicked_a person_n soon_o come_v to_o confusion_n erasmus_n the_o felicity_n and_o prosperous_a estate_n of_o evil_a person_n dure_v no_o long_a time_n publius_n 84._o he_z to_o life_n lay_v a_o fault_n and_o blame_n which_o by_o death_n will_v be_v rid_v of_o the_o same_o erasmus_n he_o seem_v to_o blame_v his_o life_n which_o desire_v to_o die_v burrant_n howbeit_o the_o fault_n be_v not_o to_o be_v lay_v unto_o life_n but_o to_o ourselves_o which_o live_v so_o wretched_o that_o we_o be_v weary_a of_o our_o life_n &_o desire_v rather_o to_o be_v quick_a under_o the_o earth_n then_o to_o live_v in_o soche_n misery_n which_o we_o have_v righteous_o deserve_v for_o our_o iniquity_n and_o sin_n publius_n 86._o he_o that_o above_o the_o law_n have_v might_n will_v borowe_n a_o little_a more_o than_o right_a erasmus_n ¶_o to_o who_o be_v suffer_v more_o than_o right_a and_o law_n he_o take_v more_o upon_o he_o then_o either_o he_o ought_v or_o have_v need_n so_o to_o do_v this_o may_v be_v well_o apply_v to_o
abundant_a erasmus_n wit_n be_v scant_o forasinoche_v as_o they_o see_v not_o how_o to_o remedy_v &_o redress_v their_o misfortune_n and_o wit_n be_v abundante_fw-la for_o they_o now_o understande_v &_o perceive_v what_o they_o shall_v have_v be_v ware_n of_o publius_n 108._o what_o a_o man_n know_v and_o have_v in_o memory_n the_o same_o to_o forget_v be_v sometime_o necessary_a erasmus_n some_o thing_n be_v of_o soche_n sort_n that_o they_o be_v to_o be_v forget_v and_o unlearned_a again_o publius_n 109._o desire_v of_o lucre_n and_o very_a coveteousnesse_n make_v fortune_n a_o heavenly_a goddess_n erasmus_n the_o study_n and_o desire_v of_o worldly_a lutre_n do_v cause_n that_o man_n think_v fortune_n to_o be_v a_o goddess_n in_o deed_n which_o favour_v and_o help_v they_o publius_n 110._o he_o that_o do_v coveteousnesse_n avoid_v and_o fly_v conquer_v a_o whole_a country_n erasmus_n to_o subdue_v coveteousnesse_n or_o anger_n be_v more_o than_o win_v of_o a_o whole_a realine_n and_o kingdom_n publius_n 111._o he_o that_o have_v no_o house_n wherein_o to_o put_v his_o head_n be_v as_o one_o without_o a_o grave_n when_o he_o be_v dead_a erasmus_n that_o be_v to_o say_v a_o banish_a man_n which_o have_v no_o where_o a_o dwell_v place_n be_v like_o one_o that_o be_v dead_a and_o unburied_a and_o lie_v without_o a_o cophine_n or_o grave_n for_o banishement_n be_v a_o civil_a death_n for_o none_o of_o they_o for_o the_o most_o part_n and_o special_o in_o those_o day_n return_v to_o their_o country_n during_o their_o life_n publius_n 112._o even_o they_o that_o do_v wrong_n and_o injury_n do_v hate_v the_o same_o in_o another_o extreme_o erasmus_n no_o not_o so_o moche_v as_o they_o themselves_o that_o do_v injury_n or_o wrong_n to_o other_o mon_fw-fr will_v have_v thesame_a to_o be_v do_z unto_o they_o publius_n 113._o to_o take_v away_o a_o weapon_n it_o be_v meet_a then_o to_o a_o angry_a person_n thesame_a to_o deliver_v erasmus_n a_o occasion_n to_o hurt_v or_o displease_v be_v not_o to_o be_v give_v to_o a_o angry_a person_n but_o it_o be_v rather_o to_o be_v take_v away_o and_o avoid_v publius_n 114._o a_o man_n his_z own_fw-mi country_n to_o deny_v be_v asmoche_n as_o to_o suffer_v banishement_n willing_o erasmus_n he_o that_o hide_v his_o head_n in_o a_o hole_n and_o be_v not_o occupy_v in_o the_o affair_n of_o the_o common_a wealth_n be_v a_o banish_a man_n wilful_o publius_n 115._o even_o one_o very_o small_a hear_v his_o shadow_n with_o he_o do_v bear_v erasmus_n there_o be_v nothing_o so_o small_a and_o little_a which_o serve_v not_o for_o some_o use_n or_o other_o burrant_n as_o the_o very_a little_a heat_n of_o the_o brow_n and_o yeah_a lid_n do_v shadow_n and_o defend_v the_o yie_n from_o dust_n and_o other_o inconvenience_n publius_n 116._o alas_o it_o be_v a_o very_a wretched_a thing_n to_o wax_v elder_a by_o fear_n and_o tremble_a erasmus_n it_o be_v a_o miserable_a case_n to_o be_v sore_o break_v and_o strike_v in_o age_n by_o the_o fear_n of_o mischance_n which_o have_v not_o yet_o happen_v publius_n 117._o he_o be_v rightful_a even_o unto_o his_o enemy_n which_o take_v counsel_n of_o fidelity_n erasmus_n he_o that_o follow_v after_o that_o thing_n which_o faith_n and_o not_o grief_n and_o sorrow_n do_v appoinct_v he_o he_o shall_v be_v uprighte_a and_o indifferente_a even_o unto_o his_o very_a enemy_n publius_n 118._o a_o misfortune_n do_v hurt_v they_o very_o light_o which_o be_v promote_v to_o high_a dignity_n erasmus_n like_o to_o they_o that_o fall_v from_o a_o high_a place_n their_o fall_n be_v more_o dangerous_a &_o the_o soon_o take_v so_o with_o more_o peril_n and_o ieoperdie_o a_o man_n himself_o castet_o down_o from_o a_o high_a fortune_n or_o dignity_n publius_n 119._o he_o that_o have_v lose_v his_o credence_n &_o fidelity_n what_o have_v he_o leave_v to_o save_v his_o honesty_n erasmus_n he_z which_o lese_v his_o money_n have_v somewhat_o yet_o leave_v to_o trust_v to_o but_o he_o which_o have_v break_v his_o promise_n and_o lose_v his_o credence_n have_v no_o yearthly_a thing_n to_o take_v to_o publius_n 120._o when_o fortune_n be_v favourable_a &_o flatter_a then_o will_v she_o be_v poll_a and_o shave_v erasmus_n fortune_n when_o she_o be_v pleasant_a than_o she_o work_v subtlety_n so_o that_o then_o she_o be_v chief_o to_o be_v mistrust_v when_o she_o be_v most_o gay_a and_o flourish_v publius_n 121._o thou_o may_v fortune_n soon_o to_o find_v and_o obtain_v then_o thou_o may_v thesame_a keep_v &_o detain_v erasmus_n it_o be_v a_o very_a difficult_a and_o have_v thing_n to_o retain_v fortune_n lest_o she_o be_v change_v or_o alter_v and_o it_o be_v a_o great_a virtue_n sauf_o to_o keep_v and_o defend_v soche_n thing_n as_o we_o have_v get_v than_o those_o same_o to_o get_v and_o win_v publius_n 122._o a_o fair_a face_n &_o beautiful_a phisnomie_n be_v a_o dumb_v praise_n and_o commendation_n privy_a erasmus_n favour_n be_v show_v unto_o they_o that_o be_v fair_a &_o beautiful_a although_o they_o say_v nothing_o burrant_n and_o for_o this_o gift_n we_o do_v see_v a_o very_a strumpet_n to_o be_v commend_v although_o in_o all_o other_o thing_n she_o ought_v daily_o to_o be_v hate_v publius_n 123._o we_o do_v in_o vain_a ask_v his_o charity_n which_o can_v find_v in_o his_o heart_n to_o have_v mercy_n erasmus_n he_o that_o can_v be_v entreat_v by_o fair_a prayer_n what_o boot_v it_o to_o desire_v his_o help_n burrante_fw-la for_o uncharitable_a person_n be_v like_a unto_o a_o block_n or_o a_o stock_n which_o have_v the_o similitude_n and_o proportion_n of_o a_o man_n yet_o have_v no_o motion_n or_o sensual_a understanding_n in_o they_o publius_n 124._o it_o be_v deceit_n to_o take_v that_o away_o which_o thou_o be_v not_o able_a to_o repay_v erasmus_n it_o be_v very_a guile_n and_o deceit_n to_o take_v a_o benefit_n of_o any_o man_n to_o who_o thou_o be_v not_o able_a to_o restore_v asmoche_n or_o a_o like_a good_a turn_n publius_n 125._o look_v who_o fortune_n do_v favour_n and_o nourish_v thesame_a she_o do_v make_v to_o proud_a and_o foolish_a erasmus_n foolishness_n &_o pride_n be_v the_o wait_v servant_n of_o great_a riches_n and_o substance_n burrant_n for_o the_o great_a possessor_n of_o worldly_a god_n be_v so_o ravish_v with_o the_o abundance_n of_o they_o that_o even_o like_o very_a fool_n and_o idiote_n they_o be_v ready_a to_o hold_v their_o finger_n in_o a_o hole_n if_o their_o riches_n so_o will_v they_o publius_n 126._o he_z the_o fault_n open_o do_v knowledge_n which_o refuse_v to_o abide_v a_o judge_n erasmus_n he_o which_o refuse_v to_o come_v to_o be_v iudege_v do_v show_v that_o he_o mistrust_v himself_o to_o be_v guilty_a burrant_n for_o truth_n yet_o be_v never_o afraid_a to_o show_v her_o face_n &_o to_o abide_v the_o trial_n of_o justice_n publius_n 127._o unthrift_n and_o naughty_a pack_n 〈◊〉_d be_v happy_a be_v to_o a_o good_a man_n great_a calamity_n erasmus_n as_o often_o as_o good_a luck_n and_o fortune_n do_v favour_n and_o help_v lewd_a person_n it_o be_v to_o the_o extreme_a calamity_n and_o high_a displeasure_n of_o good_a man_n publius_n 128._o that_o be_v to_o be_v suffer_v and_o not_o to_o be_v blame_v which_o can_v by_o no_o mean_n be_v avoid_v erasmus_n that_o which_o can_v be_v alter_v or_o change_v be_v prive_o in_o a_o man_n mind_n to_o be_v patient_o suffer_v and_o not_o to_o be_v blame_v publius_n 129._o evil_n which_o be_v yet_o to_o come_v resist_v not_o so_o stiff_o but_o that_o a_o man_n of_o they_o may_v have_v the_o victory_n erasmus_n mischance_n and_o danger_n yet_o to_o come_v do_v not_o so_o importunate_o and_o busy_o set_v upon_o and_o invade_v we_o but_o that_o they_o may_v by_o wisdom_n and_o policy_n be_v overcome_v and_o avoid_v publius_n 130._o very_a patience_n that_o be_v both_o meek_a &_o soft_a into_o a_o fury_n be_v turn_v be_v greve_v oft_o erasmus_n these_o soft_a person_n when_o they_o be_v many_o time_n provoke_v and_o stir_v to_o anger_n at_o length_n be_v move_v in_o deed_n be_v far_o angry_a than_o other_o man_n for_o asmoche_n as_o they_o be_v very_o seldom_o and_o that_o to_o earnest_o vex_v publius_n 131._o thing_n counterfaict_v with_o paintynge_n and_o colour_n do_v soon_o return_v again_o to_o their_o own_fw-mi nature_n erasmus_n counterfaicted_a and_o feign_a thing_n dure_v no_o long_a season_n accord_v to_o the_o sai_n of_o flaccus_n although_o nature_n with_o a_o fork_n thou_o do_v expel_v yet_o will_v she_o return_v to_o her_o place_n where_o she_o do_v dwell_v publius_n 132._o he_o that_o have_v lose_v his_o faith_n &_o fidelity_n have_v nothing_o else_o that_o be_v in_o icopardie_n erasmus_n he_o have_v lose_v all_o that_o he_o have_v which_o have_v lose_v his_o credence_n
and_o to_o redress_v his_o naughty_a law_n &_o tradition_n which_o be_v only_o by_o custom_n confirm_v and_o the_o only_a refuge_n and_o defence_n of_o his_o fautour_n be_v custom_n sai_v so_o have_v our_o father_n use_v so_o they_o beleve_v and_o except_o the_o more_o mercy_n of_o god_n so_o they_o be_v damn_v publius_n 155._o a_o great_a rebuke_n although_o it_o be_v speak_v mere_o yet_o many_o time_n it_o hurt_v grevouslie_o erasmus_n as_o among_o englishemen_n if_o a_o man_n call_v one_o or_o other_o traitor_n but_o in_o sport_n he_o be_v in_o danger_n of_o a_o blow_n or_o some_o worse_a displeasure_n the_o trespass_n be_v so_o heinous_a publius_n 156._o alas_o how_o hard_a be_v the_o custody_n of_o renown_n and_o glory_n erasmus_n a_o honest_a name_n &_o fame_n be_v light_o defile_v and_o contaminate_v and_o it_o be_v a_o more_o hard_a and_o busy_a thing_n to_o defend_v and_o keep_v thesame_a then_o to_o get_v it_o publius_n 157._o a_o man_n be_v beside_o his_o body_n when_o he_o be_v furious_a and_o angry_a erasmus_n he_o be_v beside_o himself_o and_o not_o his_o own_o man_n whosoever_o be_v angry_a and_o through_o vex_v according_a to_o this_o sai_n afore_o he_o speak_v to_o one_o that_o be_v absente_a that_o commune_v with_o a_o angry_a person_n publius_n 158._o alas_o how_o great_o be_v he_o to_o be_v fear_v to_o who_o death_n be_v nothing_o dread_v erasmus_n ¶_o he_o that_o pass_v not_o upon_o death_n soche_v a_o one_o be_v great_o to_o be_v fear_v forasmoche_o as_o he_o be_v lord_n and_o ruler_n of_o another_o man_n life_n which_o do_v little_o set_v by_o his_o own_o burrant_n as_o who_o will_v say_v he_o little_o pass_v to_o kill_v and_o slay_v who_o care_v not_o for_o the_o lose_v of_o his_o own_o life_n publius_n 159._o upon_o a_o wretched_a person_n he_o that_o have_v pity_n of_o himself_o he_o have_v memory_n erasmus_n for_o soche_v a_o one_o do_v understande_v that_o the_o same_o wretchedness_n may_v chance_v unto_o he_o whereupon_o he_o shall_v 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alas_o what_o misery_n be_v it_o of_o who_o thou_o can_v not_o complain_v or_o requite_v erasmus_n it_o be_v a_o hard_a case_n for_o a_o man_n to_o be_v endomage_v or_o displease_v either_o of_o his_o friend_n or_o else_o of_o a_o great_a man_n for_o as_o of_o the_o one_o it_o be_v little_a honesty_n to_o complain_v so_o of_o the_o other_o it_o be_v not_o the_o sure_a and_o so_o he_o shall_v bring_v himself_o into_o a_o shrewd_a picle_n if_o either_o of_o they_o will_v go_v about_o to_o requite_v he_o with_o like_a displeasure_n publius_n 163._o extreme_a need_n and_o wretched_a poverte_a cause_v a_o man_n to_o aventure_n in_o great_a jeopardy_n erasmus_n povertie_n be_v witty_a and_o full_a of_o innention_n and_o a_o finder_n out_o of_o craft_n and_o subtlety_n and_o evil_a and_o naughty_a thing_n do_v many_o time_n stir_v and_o move_v a_o man_n brain_n according_a to_o the_o sai_n of_o naso_n burrant_n as_o in_o some_o idolatry_n in_o some_o theft_n in_o some_o other_o lechery_n 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veneme_n and_o poison_n erasmus_n fair_a speech_n be_v full_a of_o subtlety_n &_o deceit_n and_o a_o sweet_a honey_a poison_n burrant_n who_o taste_n be_v pleasant_a and_o delectable_a and_o yet_o the_o operation_n and_o work_v of_o the_o same_o be_v most_o noisos_fw-la and_o deadly_a publius_n 167._o so_o often_o time_n a_o man_n die_v how_o often_o as_o he_o his_o friend_n lese_v erasmus_n death_n be_v a_o certain_a bunum_a or_o lack_v of_o a_o man_n best_a ivelle_n as_o his_o wife_n and_o child_n his_o father_n and_o mother_n or_o any_o other_o of_o his_o familiar_n or_o who_o he_o dere_o love_v publius_n 168._o a_o man_n always_o bear_v one_o thing_n in_o himself_o privily_o and_o think_v toward_o another_o clean_a contrary_n erasmus_n every_o man_n be_v a_o dissembler_n burrant_n there_o be_v not_o the_o perfeict_a friend_n and_o lover_n but_o he_o will_v dissemble_v and_o gloze_v and_o whereas_o he_o do_v bear_v himself_o out_o wardelie_a to_o be_v a_o friend_n yet_o he_o think_v otherwise_o in_o his_o heart_n publius_n 169._o a_o good_a report_n of_o a_o man_n honesty_n be_v another_o inheritance_n and_o patrimome_n erasmus_n a_o good_a name_n and_o honest_a report_n be_v almost_o asmoche_v worth_a as_o any_o god_n or_o land_n that_o a_o man_n have_v by_o his_o inheritance_n burrant_n yea_o whosoever_o have_v a_o good_a name_n have_v purchase_v to_o himself_o a_o more_o ample_a and_o sure_a state_n of_o inheritance_n than_o can_v by_o any_o gift_n or_o natural_a dissent_n or_o by_o any_o other_o earthelie_o thing_n be_v obtain_v publius_n 170._o a_o man_n perceive_v not_o any_o grief_n or_o peine_fw-fr as_o long_o as_o by_o good_a fortune_n he_o do_v gain_v erasmus_n that_o peine_fw-fr and_o grief_n be_v not_o feel_v nor_o perceive_v wherewith_o any_o commodite_n or_o profeict_n be_v gorten_v burrant_n for_o the_o swetenes_n and_o pleasure_n of_o the_o one_o do_v allay_v the_o bitterness_n and_o peine_fw-fr of_o the_o other_o publius_n 171._o he_z with_o moche_n honesty_n serve_v that_o to_o time_n always_o obei_v erasmus_n ¶_o it_o be_v a_o honesty_n for_o a_o man_n to_o serve_v and_o apply_v himself_o according_a to_o the_o time_n and_o to_o geve_v place_n to_o fortune_n for_o a_o space_n burrant_n for_o she_o be_v not_o so_o continual_o cruel_a but_o that_o she_o will_v change_v herself_o into_o a_o better_a mode_n publius_n 172._o man_n be_v lend_v but_o for_o a_o time_n to_o live_v for_o ever_o this_o life_n god_n do_v not_o he_o geve_v erasmus_n life_n be_v give_v but_o for_o a_o season_n in_o so_o moche_v that_o he_o which_o give_v it_o may_v require_v it_o lawful_o and_o as_o he_o of_o right_n whensoever_o it_o shall_v please_v he_o publius_n 173._o it_o be_v better_a to_o know_v thy_o own_o heir_n then_o for_o thy_o inheritance_n to_o seek_v a_o stranger_n erasmus_n it_o be_v more_o profit_n for_o thou_o to_o have_v child_n of_o thy_o own_fw-mi to_o who_o thou_o may_v leave_v thy_o land_n and_o god_n then_o to_o look_v and_o seek_v for_o stranger_n child_n to_o who_o thou_o may_v leave_v thy_o inheritance_n publius_n 174._o at_o his_o father_n death_n the_o heir_n weep_v be_v but_o a_o very_a counterfeict_n laugh_v erasmus_n the_o weep_v of_o the_o heir_n be_v but_o a_o feign_a and_o a_o dissemble_a laughter_n for_o he_o reioise_v &_o his_o glad_a although_o he_o put_v his_o anger_n in_o the_o yeah_a burrant_n and_o this_o be_v the_o property_n of_o a_o unnatural_a son_n who_o love_v more_o the_o inheritance_n than_o the_o life_n of_o his_o father_n and_o a_o very_a little_a time_n god_n wot_v he_o w_v enjoy_v thesame_a publius_n 175._o a_o woman_n that_o do_v oft_o marry_v have_v for_o the_o most_o part_n a_o infamy_n erasmus_n the_o
common_a people_n do_v think_v and_o judge_v full_a shreude_o of_o that_o woman_n that-dooeth_a marry_v many_o housebande_n burrant_n for_o some_o with_o paul_n will_v think_v her_o incontinent_a and_o other_o will_v judge_v her_o covetous_a or_o else_o very_o foolish_a publius_n 176._o the_o inferior_a and_o subject_a abhor_v in_o whatsoever_o the_o superior_a offend_v erasmus_n whatsoever_o thing_n the_o prince_n and_o governor_n do_v amiss_o thesame_n fall_v to_o the_o mischief_n and_o destruction_n of_o the_o commons_n burrant_n as_o if_o prince_n fall_v at_o contention_n and_o so_o move_v battle_n the_o commons_n bui_v the_o bergain_n and_o smart_v therefore_o in_o the_o mean_a time_n and_o many_o a_o man_n lese_v his_o life_n before_o he_o have_v deserve_v to_o die_v publius_n 177._o to_o avenge_v thy_o enemy_n after_o long_a strife_n be_v the_o beginning_n of_o a_o new_a life_n erasmus_n the_o pleasant_a thing_n in_o the_o world_n be_v to_o be_v avenge_v of_o a_o man_n enemy_n and_o it_o be_v as_o a_o new_a kind_n and_o manner_n of_o live_v first_o he_o do_v defend_v his_o own_fw-mi life_n and_o moreover_o he_o reioise_v of_o his_o querell_n avenge_v publius_n 178_o so_o upright_o always_o let_v be_v thy_o do_v that_o no_o man_n hate_v thou_o for_o thy_o own_fw-mi deserve_n erasmus_n we_o can_v avoid_v but_o we_o must_v be_v hate_v &_o envy_v of_o one_o or_o other_o but_o we_o may_v take_v heed_n and_o beware_v lest_o any_o man_n hate_v we_o worthy_o accord_v to_o our_o desert_n publius_n 179._o who_o thou_o keepe_v in_o whither_o he_o will_v or_o no._n thou_o provoke_v the_o same_o abroad_o to_o go_v erasmus_n he_z which_o be_v not_o willing_a to_o tarry_v the_o more_o thou_o do_v hold_v he_o back_o the_o more_o desirous_a he_o be_v to_o depart_v burrant_n and_o terence_n do_v note_v this_o property_n to_o be_v in_o a_o young_a man_n special_o and_o my_o opinion_n be_v that_o it_o be_v give_v to_o woman_n natural_o their_o will_n and_o thought_n be_v ever_o so_o 〈…〉_o owarde_o and_o contrary_a to_o their_o housebandes_n commandment_n publius_n 180._o thou_o do_v dishonour_v thy_o dignity_n while_o thou_o do_v ask_v of_o the_o unworthy_a erasmus_n it_o be_v a_o villainy_n and_o a_o very_a slavery_n to_o become_v a_o suitor_n to_o a_o unworthy_a person_n therefore_o his_o worship_n be_v disgrace_v burrant_n whosoever_o be_v of_o nobility_n be_v a_o petitioner_n to_o a_o slave_n or_o a_o villain_n publius_n 181._o the_o covetous_a man_n be_v towards_o no_o man_n beneficial_a and_o towards_o himself_o he_o be_v worst_a of_o all_o erasmus_n a_o covetous_a person_n do_v good_a to_o no_o man_n as_o long_o as_o he_o live_v &_o most_o special_o himself_o he_o do_v both_o vex_v and_o trouble_v by_o the_o careful_a keep_n of_o god_n publius_n 182._o he_o geve_v twice_o to_o the_o needy_a which_o geve_v spedelie_o erasmus_n a_o good_a turn_n be_v twice_o welcome_a which_o be_v give_fw-ge by_o and_o by_o and_o out_o of_o hand_n to_o he_o that_o have_v need_n of_o it_o burrant_n for_o it_o serve_v his_o turn_n save_v his_o credence_n and_o keep_v his_o honesty_n publius_n 183._o coveteousnesse_n in_o moche_n plenty_n be_v a_o well_o furnish_v poverty_n erasmus_n to_o covete_fw-la when_o thou_o have_v plenty_n be_v as_o a_o certain_a nedines_n and_o penutie_n noâ—_n free_a and_o simple_a but_o well_o furnish_v and_o store_v and_o as_o who_o will_v say_v a_o scotfree_a poverty_n publius_n 184._o who_o at_o a_o fault_n wink_v to_o do_v another_o he_o provoke_v erasmus_n he_z which_o dissemble_v a_o fault_n do_v provoke_v and_o allure_v to_o do_v another_o offence_n burrant_n as_o the_o master_n to_o suffer_v the_o scholar_n once_o to_o be_v negligent_a he_o will_v be_v the_o more_o bold_a to_o be_v negligent_a another_o time_n no_o forgevenesse_n ought_v to_o be_v in_o sin_n in_o who_o there_o be_v no_o hope_n of_o grace_n or_o amendment_n publius_n 185._o gentle_a blood_n or_o nobility_n can_v take_v no_o reproach_n or_o villainy_n erasmus_n either_o because_o it_o be_v the_o condition_n and_o property_n of_o a_o gentle_a and_o noble_a heart_n to_o set_v naught_o by_o or_o little_a to_o regard_v a_o rebuke_n or_o check_v or_o else_o forasmoche_v as_o a_o haughty_a courage_n can_v abide_v to_o be_v check_v or_o reprove_v publius_n 186._o he_o that_o seldom_o be_v a_o offendor_n deserve_v to_o have_v the_o more_o favour_n erasmus_n as_o the_o more_o frequent_a and_o oft_o a_o fault_n be_v do_z the_o more_o straight_a correction_n ought_v to_o be_v minister_v and_o give_v so_o the_o more_o seldom_o a_o man_n do_v offend_v the_o more_o favour_n shall_v be_v show_v publius_n 187._o one_o person_n churlishenesse_n and_o lewd_a demeanour_n do_v make_v many_o a_o poor_a wretch_n to_o fare_v the_o worse_a erasmus_n the_o unkindenesse_n of_o one_o person_n do_v cause_n that_o they_o that_o be_v love_a and_o kind_a be_v not_o holpen_v although_o they_o have_v never_o so_o great_a need_n publius_n 188._o in_o evil_n to_o trust_v &_o hope_n for_o amendment_n no_o man_n be_v wont_a to_o do_v but_o a_o innocent_a erasmus_n a_o good_a and_o upright_o conscience_n do_v cause_n that_o in_o evil_a thing_n we_o do_v hope_n and_o trust_v that_o god_n will_v be_v our_o help_n and_o succour_v burrant_n and_o a_o naughty_a and_o corrupt_a conscience_n be_v wont_a in_o this_o case_n to_o despair_v for_o that_o he_o have_v no_o remorse_n of_o his_o iniquity_n and_o the_o greatness_n of_o his_o sin_n do_v so_o croak_v his_o uprightness_n that_o it_o cause_v he_o to_o have_v mistrust_n of_o the_o goodness_n of_o god_n publius_n 188._o in_o avenge_a of_o thy_o enemy_n it_o be_v blame_v to_o be_v to_o hasty_a erasmus_n be_v thou_o not_o hasty_a and_o rash_a either_o to_o avenge_v thy_o querell_n either_o else_o in_o geve_v of_o judgement_n burrant_n for_o both_o these_o two_o require_v good_a advisement_n and_o leisure_n for_o the_o one_o be_v not_o so_o light_o correct_v and_o the_o other_o be_v not_o so_o easy_o redress_v publius_n 189._o of_o learning_n and_o wit_n he_o that_o have_v the_o grace_n will_v fear_v his_o enemy_n be_v he_o never_o so_o base_a erasmus_n it_o be_v the_o point_n of_o a_o wiseman_n not_o to_o set_v light_n of_o his_o enemy_n be_v he_o never_o so_o vile_a &_o poor_a for_o he_o may_v by_o some_o occasion_n or_o other_o wait_v he_o a_o displeasure_n burrant_n as_o the_o scarabie_n or_o bitell_a who_o be_v at_o contention_n with_o the_o eagle_n and_o of_o thesame_n for_o his_o litlenesse_n nothing_o dread_v in_o thabsence_n of_o the_o eagle_n he_o creep_v into_o her_o nest_n and_o tumble_v her_o egg_n out_o of_o thesame_n publius_n 190._o to_o a_o miserable_a &_o awretched_a creature_n scoffing_n be_v a_o high_a displeasure_n erasmus_n the_o silly_a and_o miserable_a creature_n be_v offend_v &_o displease_v with_o laugh_v and_o jest_n and_o they_o who_o be_v in_o a_o wretched_a case_n and_o misery_n do_v wrest_v word_n speak_v by_o very_a chance_n and_o unaduised_o to_o the_o suspicion_n of_o some_o hurt_n or_o evil_n mean_v towards_o they_o although_o a_o man_n never_o so_o think_v publius_n 191._o the_o judge_n of_o his_o corrupt_a conscience_n be_v condemn_v when_o the_o guilty_a from_o his_o fault_n be_v pourge_v erasmus_n when_o the_o guilty_a be_v acquit_v than_o the_o judge_n must_v needs_o be_v no_o innocent_a burrant_n for_o it_o be_v a_o shrewd_a token_n that_o the_o judge_n be_v corrupt_v or_o bribe_v when_o he_o that_o have_v deserve_v the_o punishment_n of_o the_o law_n be_v by_o the_o same_o clered_a and_o acquit_v publius_n 192._o to_o forgeve_v it_o be_v good_a humanity_n when_o the_o party_n be_v ashamed_a of_o his_o iniquity_n erasmus_n no_o forgevenesse_n at_o all_o aught_o to_o be_v but_o where_o the_o party_n repent_v himself_o of_o his_o deed_n doen._n burrant_n for_o in_o soche_v a_o case_n thamendement_n of_o his_o life_n shall_v be_v more_o pleasure_n unto_o we_o than_o his_o death_n by_o his_o death_n we_o shall_v win_v nothing_o &_o by_o his_o life_n he_o may_v recompense_v we_o for_o our_o goodness_n show_v in_o soche_n distress_n and_o exigent_n publius_n 193._o in_o thing_n doubtful_a &_o full_a of_o jeopardy_n moche_n avail_v boldness_n &_o audacity_n erasmus_n when_o a_o matier_n be_v in_o a_o hazard_n of_o win_v or_o lose_n audacity_n and_o the_o bear_v of_o a_o good_a face_n thereupon_o help_v great_o burrant_n the_o common_a sai_n be_v spare_v speech_n and_o spare_a speed_n for_o many_o one_o through_o a_o little_a dastardnesse_n of_o heart_n and_o bloush_v lese_v many_o a_o good_a chance_n and_o fortune_n which_o they_o may_v have_v have_v if_o they_o have_v put_v themselves_o forward_o publius_n 194._o a_o sinner_n the_o same_o day_n himself_o condemn_v in_o the_o which_o by_o any_o mean_n he_o
man_n be_v the_o loss_n and_o disprofite_n of_o another_o but_o not_o like_a in_o thing_n of_o the_o mind_n burrant_n if_o the_o buier_n have_v a_o great_a peniewoorth_n in_o his_o merchaundise_n the_o seller_n must_v needs_o sustain_v loss_n and_o so_o likewise_o in_o all_o other_o worldly_a thing_n but_o in_o virtue_n &_o cunning_a it_o be_v not_o so_o for_o in_o they_o that_o which_o one_o win_v neth_n &_o gain_v be_v no_o hindrance_n to_o another_o of_o who_o he_o get_v soche_n virtue_n or_o quality_n publius_n 213._o wantonness_n and_o commendation_n can_v never_o yet_o agree_v as_o on_o erasmus_n intemperauncie_n and_o unchaste_a live_n be_v always_o subject_v to_o a_o evil_a man_n burrant_n for_o whereas_o other_o kind_n of_o vice_n although_o heinous_a yet_o they_o be_v many_o time_n bear_v withal_o but_o riotous_a live_n and_o carnal_a delight_n no_o good_a man_n can_v allow_v or_o commend_v publius_n 214._o the_o guilty_a person_n fear_v the_o danger_n of_o the_o law_n and_o the_o ungiltie_a of_o fortune_n stand_v in_o awe_n erasmus_n the_o innocent_a &_o guiltless_a although_o he_o stand_v in_o no_o droade_a of_o the_o law_n as_o the_o offendor_n or_o guilty_a do_v yet_o he_o fear_v fortune_n which_o many_o time_n do_v oppress_v and_o wrong_v the_o just_a and_o upright_o liver_n burrant_n for_o she_o have_v no_o respect_n of_o person_n but_o aswell_o the_o good_a as_o the_o evil_a she_o do_v honour_n and_o dishonour_n and_o make_v high_a and_o low_a at_o her_o wil._n publius_n 215._o to_o the_o riotous_a man_n many_o thing_n do_v want_n and_o to_o the_o niggarde_n all_o thing_n be_v scant_o erasmus_n the_o prodigal_a and_o wasteful_a spender_n do_v need_v many_o thing_n and_o the_o coveteouse_a person_n do_v lack_v at_o thing_n he_o have_v need_n of_o many_o thing_n which_o spend_v moche_n to_o the_o other_o there_o be_v nothing_o enough_o forasmoche_o as_o he_o be_v insatiable_a &_o never_o satisfy_v publius_n 216._o churl_n and_o unthankeful_a person_n most_o of_o all_o do_v teach_v a_o man_n to_o be_v hard_a and_o unliberal_a erasmus_n unthankeful_a person_n do_v cause_n that_o they_o which_o have_v be_v kind_a and_o beneficial_a do_v now_o withdraw_v their_o liberality_n and_o to_o geve_v more_o seldom_o than_o they_o have_v do_v heretofore_o publius_n 217._o he_z who_o do_v to_o one_o man_n a_o injury_n do_v threaten_v to_o do_v the_o same_o to_o many_o erasmus_n every_o man_n do_v look_v to_o have_v a_o shrewd_a turn_n or_o injury_n at_o his_o hand_n which_o have_v do_v thesame_a to_o one_o already_o burrant_n little_o be_v his_o conscience_n to_o be_v trust_v but_o that_o he_o will_v in_o like_a case_n do_v wrong_a to_o all_o man_n if_o he_o may_v have_v like_o avauntage_n of_o they_o if_o he_o stick_v not_o to_o do_v one_o man_n displeasure_n wrongful_o publius_n 218._o leasure_n in_o all_o thing_n we_o hare_n and_o despise_v but_o yet_o it_o be_v that_o which_o do_v make_v we_o wise_a erasmus_n ¶_o troublous_a and_o grevous_a be_v tarriance_n in_o every_o matier_n yet_o thesame_n do_v make_v we_o wise_a and_o wary_a lest_o we_o do_v any_o thing_n rash_a and_o unaduisedlie_o burrant_n and_o here_o upon_o be_v a_o true_a sai_n among_o the_o common_a people_n hasty_a man_n never_o lack_v wo._n publius_n 219._o that_o be_v a_o evil_a cause_n to_o be_v judge_v for_o the_o which_o mercy_n be_v require_v erasmus_n innocence_n and_o uprightness_n of_o line_n need_v no_o favour_n or_o mercy_n but_o desire_v the_o judge_n to_o be_v indifferent_a and_o righteouse_a but_o whereas_o all_o the_o trust_n and_o hope_n of_o the_o matier_n rest_v in_o the_o mercy_n of_o the_o judge_n the_o cause_n be_v very_o evil_a publius_n 220._o his_o death_n be_v to_o be_v think_v more_o happy_a which_o die_v before_o he_o do_v desire_n to_o die_v erasmus_fw-la he_o die_v then_o happy_o who_o die_v while_o his_o life_n be_v yet_o pleasant_a unto_o he_o and_o do_v not_o as_o yet_o through_o the_o werinesse_n of_o thesame_n wish_v to_o die_v burrant_n like_a sentence_n have_v he_o before_o where_o he_o reken_v no_o death_n so_o happy_a as_o that_o which_o take_v a_o man_n in_o his_o best_a ruff_n and_o when_o he_o most_o desire_v and_o delight_v to_o live_v publius_n 221._o to_o be_v constrain_v to_o hold_v thy_o tongue_n it_o be_v misery_n when_o thou_o will_v utter_v thy_o mind_n willing_o erasmus_n it_o be_v a_o hard_a case_n when_o it_o be_v not_o lawful_a for_o the_o to_o speak_v what_o thou_o will_v for_o there_o thou_o shall_v have_v liberty_n much_o less_o to_o do_v what_o thou_o desire_v if_o it_o be_v not_o lawful_a for_o the_o to_o speak_v thy_o mind_n free_o publius_n 222._o the_o chance_n be_v most_o miserable_a and_o unluckic_a which_o do_v want_v alspite_n and_o envy_n erasmus_n happiness_n do_v stir_v and_o provoke_v hatred_n and_o malice_n therefore_o who_o no_o man_n do_v hate_v must_v needs_o be_v most_o wretched_a of_o all_o other_o publius_n 223._o he_o full_o evil_a may_v i_o call_v who_o for_o his_o own_o profeicte_n be_v beneficial_a erasmus_n he_o that_o do_v a_o good_a turn_n for_o his_o gain_n sake_n he_o do_v evil_a burrant_n as_o many_o a_o man_n will_v be_v count_v great_a and_o special_a good_a friend_n for_o lend_v their_o neighbour_n in_o his_o necessity_n a_o sum_n of_o money_n when_o they_o receive_v it_o with_o a_o overplus_n and_o to_o their_o most_o avauntage_n i_o may_v rather_o call_v they_o usurer_n than_o friend_n for_o if_o they_o shall_v have_v no_o gain_n they_o will_v lend_v no_o money_n nor_o do_v any_o other_o deed_n of_o charity_n and_o after_o this_o sort_n it_o be_v no_o charitable_a deed_n to_o be_v suppose_v publius_n 224._o a_o lewd_a person_n when_o he_o do_v countrefaicte_a goodness_n then_o he_o be_v dispose_v to_o most_o unthriftines_n erasmus_n a_o dissemble_a and_o a_o cloak_v malice_n and_o mischief_n be_v wour_v of_o all_o other_o burrant_n for_o soche_n be_v like_a unto_o serpent_n and_o adder_n that_o sting_n prive_o who_o in_o their_o outward_a behaviour_n be_v as_o meek_a as_o lamb_n and_o in_o their_o harre_n raven_a wolf_n and_o subtle_a fox_n then_o most_o purpose_v michiefe_n and_o naughtiness_n when_o they_o pretend_v most_o holiness_n publius_n 225._o when_o that_o fear_n upon_o man_n do_v come_v then_o shall_v he_o sleep_v but_o very_o seldom_o erasmus_n fear_n do_v drive_v away_o sleep_v or_o else_o a_o man_n ought_v not_o to_o sleep_v when_o he_o be_v in_o danger_n burrant_n like_a rest_n take_v he_o which_o be_v besiege_v with_o his_o enemy_n or_o that_o be_v toss_v in_o the_o middle_n of_o the_o sea_n among_o the_o storm_n and_o tempest_n where_o be_v but_o a_o thin_a board_n between_o he_o and_o his_o death_n publius_n 226._o death_n of_o necessity_n no_o man_n can_v refuse_v but_o to_o die_v when_o thou_o will_v not_o thou_o shall_v not_o choose_v erasmus_n ¶_o sometime_o man_n wish_v to_o die_v when_o they_o can_v die_v and_o they_o will_v never_o so_o feign_v and_o once_o we_o be_v sure_a to_o die_v for_o all_o together_o for_o there_o be_v no_o power_n give_v we_o to_o rise_v from_o death_n to_o life_n at_o our_o pleasure_n this_o be_v speak_v against_o those_o person_n which_o as_o often_o as_o there_o chance_v any_o grief_n or_o displeasure_n in_o their_o life_n by_o and_o by_o they_o wish_v themselves_o rake_v under_o the_o earth_n as_o though_o they_o may_v relieve_v when_o they_o will_v publius_n 227._o that_o be_v evil_a do_v and_o uncertainlie_o whatsoever_o be_v do_v upon_o fortune_n fidelity_n erasmus_n whatsoever_o do_v hang_v of_o fortune_n that_o be_v nothing_o steadfast_a and_o sure_a burrant_n let_v not_o a_o man_n have_v to_o moche_v confidence_n in_o fortune_n for_o she_o will_v sudden_o unwares_o deceive_v he_o it_o be_v no_o wisdom_n to_o set_v all_o upon_o six_o &_o seven_o and_o to_o stand_v at_o hazard_n whether_o to_o win_v or_o lose_v all_o soon_o chance_v seven_o then_o six_o there_o come_v more_o after_o loss_n then_o gain_v wherefore_o let_v thy_o do_n stand_v upon_o the_o will_n of_o god_n and_o good_a counsel_n lest_o otherwise_o thou_o wrap_v thyself_o into_o daungier_n publius_n 228._o who_o to_o the_o dead_a do_v any_o gift_n geve_v geve_v he_o nothing_o be_v himself_o do_v bereuc_a erasmus_n in_o the_o old_a time_n they_o be_v wont_a to_o do_v sacrifice_n to_o the_o deadde_a this_o be_v lose_v and_o do_v perish_v from_o the_o live_n and_o the_o deadde_a do_v receive_v no_o part_n thereof_o burrant_n the_o custom_n among_o the_o panime_n be_v to_o shed_v wine_n upon_o the_o grave_n &_o burial_n of_o their_o friend_n be_v dead_a which_o thing_n the_o very_a heathen_a do_v abhor_v and_o esteem_v for_o a_o superstition_n and_o a_o thing_n that_o profit_v neither_o
reward_n of_o his_o mischief_n yet_o a_o wicked_a person_n delight_v in_o his_o own_fw-mi unthriftinesse_n and_o be_v evil_n unto_o they_o that_o be_v love_a and_o kind_a publius_n 245._o he_o must_v needs_o many_o fear_n towards_o who_o many_o dread_a do_v bear_v erasmus_n who_o many_o do_v fear_n and_o dread_n he_o few_o do_v love_n and_o bear_v favour_n to_o therefore_o he_o again_o of_o necessity_n must_v fear_v they_o of_o who_o he_o be_v dread_v burrant_n for_o the_o heart_n of_o man_n be_v so_o free_a that_o he_o will_v seek_v all_o the_o mean_n possible_a to_o be_v rid_v of_o fear_n and_o bear_v a_o privy_a grudge_n towards_o he_o who_o he_o fear_v and_o serch_v how_o to_o displease_v he_o publius_n 246._o by_o rule_v and_o reign_v wicked_o many_o time_n be_v lose_v a_o great_a empery_n erasmus_n it_o be_v a_o great_a dominion_n and_o a_o mighty_a empire_n to_o rule_v well_o and_o contrart_v wise_a the_o same_o be_v lose_v by_o evil_a governaunce_n or_o else_o this_o there_o be_v no_o kingdom_n so_o mighty_a and_o full_a of_o power_n which_o be_v not_o lose_v if_o thou_o reign_v by_o tyranny_n publius_n 247._o that_o woman_n which_o many_o do_v marry_v the_o same_o again_o please_v not_o many_o erasmus_n they_o have_v a_o evil_a report_n among_o the_o people_n which_o change_v many_o husband_n either_o they_o be_v unhappy_a or_o unconuenient_a or_o inconstant_a or_o very_a shrew_n for_o whatsoever_o she_o be_v that_o marry_v the_o second_o houseband_n sure_o she_o do_v some_o unhappiness_n to_o the_o first_o who_o they_o forsake_v burrant_n and_o this_o also_o may_v be_v well_o apply_v to_o they_o who_o when_o they_o have_v bury_v the_o three_o the_o fowerth_o yea_o the_o five_o housebande_n will_v be_v nothing_o ashamed_a bethei_o never_o so_o old_a trot_v to_o take_v another_o houseband_n either_o for_o incontinency_n or_o else_o for_o avarice_n publius_n 248._o that_o be_v a_o evil_a counsel_n take_v which_o can_v be_v change_v nor_o forsake_v erasmus_n never_o wrap_v thyself_o in_o soche_n a_o band_n that_o thou_o can_v not_o wind_v thyself_o out_o again_o burrant_n like_o unto_o they_o that_o upon_o light_a counsel_n without_o cast_v the_o weightinesse_n of_o the_o matier_n do_v make_v theimselue_n to_o be_v priest_n or_o marry_v a_o wife_n publius_n 249._o it_o be_v best_a for_o the_o unfortunate_a and_o unhappy_a in_o no_o manner_n of_o matier_n themselves_o to_o occupy_v erasmus_n who_o have_v no_o luck_n in_o do_v of_o business_n it_o be_v best_o for_o he_o to_o be_v quiet_a and_o at_o rest_n burrant_n for_o the_o more_o he_o meddle_v the_o more_o mischance_n come_v unto_o he_o and_o into_o the_o ferth_a danger_n he_o run_v wherefore_o to_o have_v a_o do_v in_o no_o matier_n be_v most_o ease_n for_o a_o infortunate_a person_n publius_n 250._o the_o yie_n can_v offend_v in_o nothing_o if_o a_o good_a mind_n have_v they_o in_o ruling_n erasmus_n i_o blame_v our_o yie_n as_o though_o they_o minister_v a_o occasion_n of_o evil_a lust_n &_o desire_n but_o the_o mind_n be_v in_o the_o fault_n which_o bear_v no_o rule_n over_o the_o yie_n publius_n 252._o count_v not_o that_o unto_o thou_o as_o proper_a which_o fortune_n may_v change_v &_o alter_v erasmus_n suppose_v nothing_o to_o be_v true_o thou_o and_o everlasting_a which_o may_v be_v take_v away_o burrant_n and_o so_o we_o can_v take_v no_o yearthly_a thing_n as_o our_o own_fw-mi but_o heavenly_a thing_n we_o may_v trust_v to_o be_v we_o for_o ever_o if_o we_o have_v the_o grace_n of_o god_n once_o to_o obtain_v they_o publius_n 253._o they_o which_o fear_v to_o take_v good_a heed_n do_v not_o so_o soon_o fall_v and_o slide_v erasmus_n that_o be_v to_o say_v he_o be_v not_o so_o quick_o oppress_v with_o a_o misfortune_n which_o w_v take_v heed_n &_o beware_v of_o the_o same_o and_o he_o be_v not_o light_o encumber_v with_o any_o jeopardy_n who_o w_v observe_v and_o mark_v the_o danger_n thereof_o publius_n 253._o thou_o know_v not_o what_o to_o wish_v or_o what_o to_o fly_v the_o course_n of_o time_n do_v so_o alter_v and_o dally_v erasmus_n the_o time_n and_o course_n of_o fortune_n w_v in_o soche_n sort_n dally_v that_o often_o time_n those_o thing_n which_o thou_o think_v best_o thou_o shall_v perceive_v to_o hurt_v chief_o and_o so_o of_o the_o contrary_n publius_n 254._o he_o that_o will_v a_o danger_n fly_v must_v put_v himself_o in_o ieoperdie_o erasmus_n thou_o must_v by_o some_o mean_n or_o other_o adventure_n if_o thou_o covette_n to_o avoid_v danger_n for_o he_o that_o fear_v all_o thing_n shall_v never_o rid_v himself_o out_o of_o all_o jeopardy_n publius_n 255._o there_o be_v no_o fortune_n so_o good_a and_o certain_a of_o the_o which_o thou_o can_v not_o complain_v erasmus_n some_o displeasure_n or_o other_o be_v always_o couple_v to_o happiness_n burrant_n as_o there_o be_v no_o man_n so_o healthful_a but_o he_o have_v a_o disease_n yea_o he_o shall_v not_o perceive_v whether_o there_o be_v any_o pleasure_n without_o he_o have_v feel_v sour_a pein_o or_o mischance_n withal_o as_o philippe_n king_n of_o macedon_n count_v himself_o unfortunate_a because_o he_o feel_v no_o calamity_n among_o all_o his_o lucky_a success_n of_o fortune_n publius_n 256._o we_o man_n do_v no_o where_n die_v better_o then_o where_o to_o live_v we_o have_v most_o desire_n erasmus_n there_o be_v best_o di_v where_o we_o livermoste_a pleasauntlie_o burrant_n for_o there_o shall_v a_o man_n be_v best_a put_v in_o remembrance_n what_o his_o pleasure_n be_v wherein_o he_o delight_v most_o how_o vain_a his_o felicity_n be_v and_o how_o short_o they_o be_v end_v publius_n 257._o cause_n and_o occasion_n to_o denighe_o in_o a_o covetous_a person_n be_v always_o ready_a erasmus_n ¶_o they_o who_o geve_v not_o willing_o do_v always_o find_v some_o occasion_n or_o other_o why_o they_o may_v not_o geve_v burrant_n as_o if_o their_o poor_a neighbour_n come_v and_o ask_v their_o almose_n they_o answer_v we_o be_v charge_v with_o a_o great_a household_n the_o king_n money_n must_v be_v pay_v all_o thing_n be_v dear_a as_o though_o they_o be_v well_o excuse_v before_o god_n in_o that_o they_o have_v not_o releve_v their_o poor_a neighbour_n in_o soche_n need_n and_o scarcity_n publius_n 258._o by_o oucrmoche_n babble_v and_o alteration_n the_o truth_n lese_v his_o solution_n erasmus_n by_o sober_a dispute_v and_o reason_v the_o truth_n be_v bolt_v out_o but_o it_o be_v lose_v by_o immoderate_a feign_v the_o which_o thing_n do_v chance_n to_o some_o sophistical_a and_o brawl_a disputer_n publius_n 259._o he_z always_o his_o damnation_n with_o he_o do_v bear_v who_o be_v in_o continual_a dread_n and_o fear_n erasmus_n he_z who_o knowelege_v himself_o in_o his_o own_o conscience_n to_o be_v a_o offender_n do_v always_o fear_v punishment_n and_o be_v always_o as_o a_o man_n damn_v burrant_n as_o a_o thief_n fear_v the_o galous_a look_v every_o hour_n when_o he_o shall_v go_v to_o hang_v as_o though_o he_o coumpt_v himself_o half_o hang_v already_o publius_n 260._o the_o more_o and_o great_a evil_a always_o be_v the_o long_o and_o late_a day_n erasmus_n our_o life_n and_o age_n wear_v worse_o and_o worse_o that_o be_v to_o say_v the_o manner_n and_o condition_n of_o man_n do_v daielie_o more_o and_o more_o degenerate_a and_o go_v from_o all_o kind_n of_o virtue_n and_o goodness_n publius_n 261._o it_o be_v very_a foolishenesse_n for_o the_o ungiltie_a to_o less_o and_o hurt_v his_o own_o innocence_n erasmus_n it_o be_v foolishness_n after_o soche_v a_o sort_n to_o hate_v sin_n that_o thou_o thyself_o do_v sin_n as_o if_o a_o man_n for_o the_o unchastitie_n of_o his_o wife_n do_v poison_v a_o adulterer_n and_o so_o punish_v adultery_n that_o he_o himself_o may_v be_v make_v a_o poisoner_n publius_n 262._o it_o be_v part_n of_o a_o good_a turn_n fetelie_o to_o denighe_o that_o which_o be_v ask_v earnest_o erasmus_n some_o do_v so_o hardelie_a and_o churlish_a lie_n geve_v that_o they_o less_o the_o thanks_n of_o their_o benefeicte_n some_o do_v denighe_o so_o fetelie_o and_o gentle_o that_o they_o seem_v in_o a_o manner_n to_o have_v give_v publius_n 263._o it_o be_v foolishenesse_n that_o of_o the_o to_o be_v fear_v which_o by_o no_o mean_n can_v be_v avoid_v erasmus_n as_o death_n or_o other_o incommodity_n appoint_v to_o a_o man_n by_o destiny_n burrant_n for_o fear_v in_o soche_n case_n do_v nothing_o but_o double_a the_o sorrow_n or_o grief_n whereas_o a_o good_a heart_n and_o coumforte_n take_v will_v cause_v the_o thing_n that_o seem_v hard_a to_o be_v easy_a publius_n 264._o he_o that_o be_v fearful_a say_v he_o do_v beware_v and_o the_o nigarde_n say_v he_o do_v spare_v erasmus_n every_o man_n flatter_v his_o own_o sin_n and_o offence_n and_o do_v extenuate_v and_o make_v less_o the_o same_o by_o countrefeict_v the_o name_n burrant_n and_o this_o we_o see_v so_o put_v in_o common_a practice_n that_o a_o detestable_a swerer_n &_o blasphemer_n be_v call_v a_o lusty_a blood_n and_o a_o râ—oteouse_a person_n and_o a_o whoremonger_n be_v stain_v a_o good_a fellow_n and_o so_o vice_n be_v maintain_v by_o very_a flattery_n publius_n 265._o in_o suffer_v a_o old_a displeasure_n thou_o do_v a_o new_a provoke_v and_o allure_v erasmus_n if_o thou_o suffer_v a_o sin_n unpunished_a thou_o seem_v to_o allow_v that_o it_o be_v lawful_a for_o he_o to_o offend_v again_o burrant_n evil_n be_v always_o to_o be_v remedy_v in_o the_o beginning_n for_o if_o they_o once_o take_v rote_n it_o be_v hard_o to_o remove_v they_o publius_n 266._o the_o coveteouse_a do_v lack_v aswell_o that_o he_o have_v get_v as_o that_o thing_n which_o he_o have_v not_o erasmus_n the_o niggarde_n do_v no_o more_o use_v his_o own_o god_n than_o a_o stranger_n therefore_o he_o lack_v aswell_o the_o one_o as_o other_o burrant_n for_o although_o he_o have_v plenty_n in_o that_o he_o lay_v it_o up_o in_o hug_a mugger_n and_o dare_v not_o use_v it_o yet_o he_o seem_v very_o poor_a and_o needy_a publius_n 267._o o_o how_o long_o be_v the_o life_n of_o he_o in_o misery_n and_o how_o short_a be_v the_o time_n of_o the_o happy_a erasmus_n ¶_o unhappy_a and_o miserable_a person_n be_v through_o weary_a of_o their_o life_n to_o the_o fortunate_a and_o wealthy_a person_n death_n do_v seem_v to_o come_v before_o her_o day_n for_o because_o he_o feel_v no_o werinesse_n of_o life_n finis_fw-la ê™_n burrant_n londini_fw-la in_o officina_fw-la richardi_fw-la graftoni_fw-la typographi_fw-la regii_fw-la excusum_fw-la anno._n m._n d._n liii_o mensae_fw-la julii_fw-la cum_fw-la privilegio_fw-la ad_fw-la imprimendum_fw-la solum_fw-la