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the_o verb_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d you_o shall_v find_v put_v for_o to_o fret_v be_v discontent_v and_o ill_o apay_v as_o when_o the_o poet_n write_v thus_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d which_o say_v she_o seem_v malcontent_a and_o wound_v so_o away_o she_o go_v and_o yet_o it_o be_v use_v sometime_o for_o to_o joy_n and_o vaunt_v as_o namely_o in_o the_o same_o poet_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d and_o do_v you_o brag_v and_o boast_v so_o much_o in_o deed_n poor_a irus_n that_o you_o beat_v in_o beggar_n weed_n in_o like_a sort_n the_o verb_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d signify_v either_o to_o move_v or_o stir_v with_o great_a violence_n as_o in_o euripides_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d a_o whale_n out_o of_o the_o atlantic_a sea_n we_o may_v descry_v from_o land_n most_o forcible_o to_o swim_v and_o then_o to_o shut_v himself_o on_o land_n or_o to_o sit_v down_o and_o take_v repose_n as_o for_o example_n when_o sophocles_n say_v thus_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d my_o friend_n what_o mean_v you_o in_o this_o wise_a so_o strange_o for_o to_o sit_v with_o branch_n dight_v about_o your_o head_n which_o suppliant_n do_v be_v fit_a moreover_o it_o be_v very_o pretty_a and_o commendable_a when_o a_o man_n meet_v with_o word_n of_o divers_a acception_n to_o make_v use_n thereof_o according_o and_o to_o accommodate_v they_o to_o the_o present_a occasion_n and_o subject_a matter_n like_v as_o the_o grammarian_n teach_v we_o to_o do_v in_o vocables_n that_o admit_v sundry_a sense_n as_o for_o example_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d you_o may_v well_o praise_v a_o little_a bark_n or_o barge_n but_o see_v with_o ware_n a_o mighty_a hulk_n you_o charge_v here_o the_o verb_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d signify_v 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d i._o to_o praise_v and_o yet_o now_o in_o this_o place_n to_o praise_n be_v as_o much_o to_o say_v as_o to_o refuse_v and_o reject_v like_v as_o in_o our_o common_a and_o daily_a speech_n we_o use_v to_o say_v 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d i._n it_o be_v well_o or_o when_o we_o bid_v 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d farewell_o it_o meaning_n by_o these_o term_n that_o we_o like_v not_o of_o a_o thing_n or_o will_v none_o of_o it_o nor_o accept_v there_o of_o and_o hereupon_o it_o be_v that_o some_o say_v proserpina_n be_v call_v 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d which_o be_v as_o much_o to_o say_v as_o a_o goddess_n blame_v and_o to_o be_v find_v fault_n with_o this_o difference_n then_o and_o distinction_n in_o the_o signification_n of_o word_n be_v principal_o to_o be_v observe_v in_o matter_n that_o be_v more_o serious_a and_o of_o great_a consequence_n to_o wit_n in_o the_o name_n of_o god_n to_o begin_v therefore_o with_o they_o let_v we_o advertise_v and_o teach_v young_a man_n that_o poet_n in_o use_v the_o name_n of_o god_n sometime_o mean_v thereby_o their_o very_a nature_n and_o essence_n otherwhiles_o they_o attribute_v the_o homonymie_n of_o the_o same_o name_n to_o the_o power_n &_o virtue_n which_o the_o god_n do_v give_v and_o whereof_o they_o be_v the_o author_n and_o here_o there_o present_v himself_o unto_o i_o the_o poet_n archilochus_n when_o in_o his_o prayer_n he_o say_v thus_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d etc._n etc._n o_o vulcan_n king_n be_v gracious_a unto_o i_o and_o hear_v my_o prayer_n thus_o kneel_v on_o my_o knee_n devout_o grant_v i_o say_v this_o my_o request_n as_o thou_o be_v wont_a to_o who_o thou_o love_v best_a it_o be_v very_o clear_a and_o evident_a that_o he_o do_v invocate_v the_o god_n vulcan_n himself_o and_o call_v he_o by_o his_o proper_a name_n but_o when_o he_o bewail_v
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and_o familiar_a to_o nature_n as_o plato_n say_v who_o forbid_v express_o to_o call_v or_o once_o to_o esteem_v the_o deliverance_n of_o pain_n and_o sorrow_n either_o pleasure_n or_o joy_n but_o to_o take_v they_o as_o it_o be_v for_o the_o rude_a sciographie_n or_o first_o draught_n of_o a_o painter_n or_o a_o mixture_n of_o that_o which_o be_v proper_a and_o strange_a familiar_a and_o unnatural_a like_v as_o of_o black_a and_o white_a but_o some_o there_o be_v who_o mount_v from_o the_o bottom_n to_o the_o mid_n for_o want_v of_o knowledge_n what_o be_v the_o low_a and_o the_o middle_n take_v the_o middle_n for_o the_o top_n and_o the_o high_a pitch_n as_o epicurus_n &_o metrodorus_n have_v do_v who_o define_v the_o essential_a nature_n and_o substance_n of_o the_o sovereign_a good_a to_o be_v the_o deliverance_n and_o riddance_n from_o evil_a content_v themselves_o with_o the_o joy_n of_o slave_n and_o captive_n who_o be_v enlarge_v and_o deliver_v out_o of_o prison_n or_o ease_v of_o their_o iron_n who_o take_v it_o to_o be_v a_o great_a pleasure_n do_v unto_o they_o in_o case_n they_o be_v gentle_o wash_v bathe_v and_o anoint_v after_o their_o whipping-cheere_n and_o when_o their_o flesh_n have_v be_v tear_v with_o scourge_n meanwhile_o they_o have_v no_o taste_n at_o all_o or_o knowledge_n of_o pure_a true_a and_o liberal_a joy_n indeed_o such_o as_o be_v sincere_a clean_a and_o not_o blemish_v with_o any_o scar_n or_o cicatrice_n for_o those_o they_o never_o see_v nor_o come_v where_o they_o grow_v for_o say_v that_o the_o scurf_n scab_n and_o manginesse_n of_o the_o flesh_n say_v that_o the_o bleerednesse_n or_o gummy_a water_v of_o rheumatic_a eye_n be_v troublesome_a infirmity_n and_o such_o as_o nature_n can_v away_o withal_o it_o follow_v not_o hereupon_o that_o the_o scrape_n and_o scratch_v of_o the_o skin_n or_o the_o rub_n and_o cleanse_v of_o the_o eye_n shall_v be_v such_o wonder_a matter_n as_o to_o be_v count_v felicity_n neither_o if_o we_o 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those_o place_n where_o the_o air_n touch_v they_o the_o bone_n of_o water_n and_o earth_n within_o and_o of_o these_o four_o meddle_v and_o contemper_v together_o sweat_n and_o tear_n proceed_v chap._n xxiii_o when_o and_o how_o do_v man_n begin_v to_o come_v to_o his_o perfection_n heraclitus_n and_o the_o stoic_n suppose_v that_o man_n do_v enter_v into_o their_o perfection_n about_o the_o second_o septimane_fw-la of_o their_o age_n at_o what_o time_n as_o their_o natural_a seed_n do_v move_v and_o run_v for_o even_o the_o very_a tree_n begin_v then_o to_o grow_v unto_o their_o perfection_n namely_o when_o as_o they_o begin_v to_o engender_v their_o 〈◊〉_d for_o before_o then_o unperfect_a they_o be_v namely_o so_o long_o as_o they_o be_v unripe_a and_o fruitless_a and_o therefore_o a_o man_n likewise_o about_o that_o time_n be_v perfect_a and_o at_o this_o septenarie_a of_o year_n he_o begin_v to_o conceive_v and_o understand_v what_o be_v good_a and_o evil_a yea_o and_o to_o 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