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man_n be_v less_o able_a to_o comfort_v you_o than_o myself_o hauâ—ng_v â—aken_v your_o trouble_n so_o to_o hart_n that_o i_o myself_o need_v consolation_n nevertheless_o my_o grief_n be_v not_o altogether_o so_o implacable_a as_o you_o and_o see_v you_o in_o so_o terrible_a a_o agony_n i_o think_v it_o a_o office_n correspondent_a to_o our_o amity_n and_o to_o the_o love_n i_o bear_v yoâ—_n no_o long_o to_o defer_v write_v to_o you_o but_o to_o administer_v you_o some_o physic_n which_o may_v at_o least_o diminish_v your_o grief_n though_o not_o absolute_o cuâ—e_v it_o and_o that_o consolation_n be_v ordinary_a and_o well_o know_v to_o every_o one_o of_o which_o we_o ought_v continual_o to_o reason_n and_o debate_v that_o we_o bear_v in_o mind_n that_o we_o be_v man_n bear_v under_o this_o law_n that_o our_o life_n must_v lie_v open_a to_o all_o the_o blow_n of_o fortune_n to_o which_o law_n we_o must_v not_o seek_v to_o oppose_v ourselves_o in_o refuse_v that_o condition_n of_o 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sextius_n epist._n 17._o i_o write_v not_o heretofore_o unto_o you_o not_o because_o i_o be_v forgetful_a of_o our_o amity_n or_o to_o break_v off_o my_o usual_a custom_n but_o because_o for_o a_o time_n i_o together_o with_o the_o commonwealth_n find_v myself_o oppress_v with_o a_o grievous_a ruin_n and_o beside_o your_o hard_a and_o lamentable_a accident_n so_o afflict_v i_o as_o it_o minister_v occasion_n to_o i_o of_o not_o write_v to_o you_o but_o now_o suppose_v that_o i_o have_v too_o long_o neglect_v this_o office_n and_o the_o memory_n of_o worth_n &_o greatness_n of_o mind_n wherewith_o i_o know_v you_o to_o be_v endow_v urge_v i_o thereunto_o i_o think_v good_a to_o break_v of_o silence_n with_o a_o firm_a opinion_n that_o i_o shall_v commit_v no_o error_n you_o know_v publius_n sâ—xtius_n that_o when_o you_o be_v accuse_v be_v far_o off_o from_o româ—_n i_o defend_v you_o and_o afterward_o the_o same_o peril_n hang_v over_o your_o person_n as_o do_v over_o milo_n i_o 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science_n and_o especial_o to_o philosophy_n yet_o this_o study_n delight_v i_o more_o â—uery_n day_n than_o other_o ouâ—_n of_o the_o maturity_n of_o my_o year_n as_o i_o suppose_v which_o incline_v to_o wisdom_n and_o through_o the_o malignity_n of_o these_o time_n which_o be_v so_o violent_a that_o no_o other_o remedy_n be_v available_a enough_o to_o defend_v our_o mind_n from_o those_o molestation_n that_o environ_v it_o to_o which_o study_n you_o write_v you_o can_v not_o attend_v by_o reason_n of_o the_o multitude_n of_o negotiation_n which_o you_o may_v wâ—ll_n do_v allow_v yourself_o some_o time_n in_o the_o night_n now_o grow_v somewhat_o long_a our_o servius_n honour_v i_o with_o great_a respect_n and_o he_o breed_v my_o infinite_a contentment_n for_o beside_o his_o learning_n i_o discern_v in_o he_o singular_a goodness_n conjoin_v with_o valour_n he_o often_o discourse_v with_o i_o of_o your_o affair_n ask_v i_o the_o question_n whether_o you_o must_v remain_v still_o in_o 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