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shall_v at_o once_o be_v the_o most_o strong_a and_o the_o most_o wise_a chap._n xiii_o of_o desire_n of_o life_n romans_z 1._o mu._n aquilius_n consular_a legate_n 2._o cn._n carbo_n thrice_o consul_n 3._o d._n junius_n brutus_n proconsul_n foreigner_n 1._o xerxes_n king_n of_o persia_n 2._o massinissa_n king_n of_o the_o numidian_n 3._o alexander_n king_n of_o the_o pherean_o 4._o dionysius_n the_o tyrant_n now_o because_o we_o have_v touch_v upon_o some_o casual_a some_o courageous_a some_o rash_a termination_n of_o life_n we_o may_v now_o add_v some_o that_o be_v low-spirited_a and_o effeminate_a that_o by_o the_o comparison_n it_o may_v appear_v how_o death_n may_v be_v sometime_o not_o only_o more_o stout_o but_o more_o prudent_o desire_v 1._o mu._n aquilius_n when_o he_o may_v have_v brave_o die_v choose_v rather_o to_o be_v a_o ignominious_a slave_n to_o mithridates_n whether_o shall_v we_o say_v he_o best_o deserve_v the_o pontic_a punisshment_n or_o the_o roman_a empire_n 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nasica_n with_o serapius_n 4._o p._n lentulus_n and_o qu._n metellus_n consul_n with_o spinther_n and_o pamphilus_n the_o player_n 5._o m._n messala_n and_o c._n curio_n with_o menoges_n and_o bubuleius_n scenics_n foreigner_n 1._o antiochus_n king_n of_o syria_n with_o artemon_n 2._o hybras_fw-mi the_o orator_n with_o a_o servant_n of_o the_o cymaeans_n 3._o a_o sicilian_a fisher_n with_o a_o roman_a praetor_n concern_v the_o likeness_n of_o countenance_n and_o proportion_n the_o more_o learned_a dispute_n subtle_o and_o some_o be_v of_o opinion_n that_o it_o answer_v to_o the_o original_n and_o composition_n of_o the_o blood_n nor_o do_v they_o draw_v a_o mean_a argument_n from_o other_o creature_n which_o be_v like_o those_o that_o beget_v they_o other_o deny_v this_o to_o be_v the_o constitution_n of_o nature_n but_o a_o accidental_a chance_n of_o conception_n and_o therefore_o many_o time_n the_o beautiful_a bring_v forth_o deform_v the_o strong_a produce_v weak_a child_n but_o 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