Selected quad for the lemma: death_n

Word A Word B Word C Word D Occurrence Frequency Band MI MI Band Prominent
death_n fear_n fear_v life_n 7,553 5 5.1294 4 false
View all documents for the selected quad

Text snippets containing the quad

ID Title Author Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication) STC Words Pages
A03890 Politicke, moral, and martial discourses. Written in French by M. Iaques Hurault, lord of Vieul and of Marais, and one of the French kings priuie Councell. Dedicated by the author to the French-kings Maiestie: and translated into English by Arthur Golding; Trois livres des offices d'estat. English Hurault, Jacques.; Golding, Arthur, 1536-1606. 1595 (1595) STC 14000; ESTC S106319 407,097 518

There are 12 snippets containing the selected quad. | View original text

mean_a between_o fearfulness_n and_o foo●_n hardiness_n for_o it_o repres●eth_v fear_n and_o moderate_v boldness_n 〈…〉_o true_a it_o be_v that_o it_o be_v hard_a to_o restrain_v fear_n than_o to_o moderate_a boldness_n for_o to_o abide_v danger_n time_n and_o custom_n be_v requisite_a for_o the_o endure_a of_o the_o inconvenience_n but_o when_o a_o thing_n be_v to_o be_v adventure_v upon_o it_o be_v do_v upon_o the_o sudden_a and_o with_o a_o speediness_n the_o which_o be_v easy_a to_o be_v moderate_v than_o fear_n consist_v therefore_o the_o state_n of_o prowess_n consist_v chief_o in_o the_o contempt_n of_o grief_n and_o death_n and_o that_o man_n be_v count_v a_o man_n of_o noble_a courage_n which_o when_o a_o honest_a or_o honourable_a death_n be_v offer_v unto_o he_o be_v nothing_o afraid_a of_o it_o but_o for_o to_o put_v a_o man_n self_n in_o danger_n upon_o a_o brunt_n of_o sorrow_n or_o anger_n can_v as_o say_v aristotle_n be_v count_v valiantness_n fearfulness_n be_v the_o contrary_a to_o valiantness_n and_o a_o corruption_n of_o the_o lawful_a judgement_n fearfulness_n concern_v the_o thing_n that_o be_v to_o be_v fear_v or_o not_o fear_v or_o rather_o a_o ignorance_n of_o that_o which_o be_v to_o be_v fear_v or_o not_o fear_v aristotle_n say_v it_o be_v a_o vice_n of_o the_o courageous_a wherethrough_a a_o man_n tremble_v for_o fear_n of_o danger_n special_o of_o death_n believe_v that_o it_o be_v more_o commendable_a to_o save_v life_n by_o any_o manner_n of_o mean_n than_o to_o die_v honest_o and_o as_o say_v ecclesiasticus_fw-la like_a as_o chaff_n and_o dust_n in_o the_o air_n can_v stand_v against_o the_o force_n of_o wind_n so_o a_o cowardly_a heart_n in_o the_o conceit_n of_o a_o fool_n can_v stand_v against_o the_o violence_n of_o fear_n general_o we_o fear_v all_o that_o be_v evil_a for_o fear_n be_v a_o expectation_n of_o evil_a as_o of_o poverty_n sickness_n and_o such_o other_o thing_n whereof_o we_o be_v afraid_a because_o of_o their_o hurtfulness_n the_o bold_a man_n be_v clean_o contrary_a to_o the_o fearful_a for_o he_o be_v not_o afraid_a neither_o of_o death_n foolhardy_a nor_o any_o other_o thing_n he_o do_v not_o offer_v but_o rather_o cast_v himself_o headlong_o into_o danger_n afore_o danger_n come_v &_o ofttimes_o in_o danger_n he_o be_v lazy_a &_o repent_v he_o that_o he_o have_v cast_v himself_o into_o it_o but_o the_o man_n of_o prowess_n be_v cold_a afore_o he_o undertake_v but_o ready_a and_o sharp_a in_o do_v &_o undertake_v which_o thing_n thucydides_n declare_v sit_o and_o elegant_o in_o say_v thus_o this_o we_o have_v above_o all_o other_o that_o not_o only_o we_o be_v hardy_a but_o also_o we_o deliberate_v of_o the_o thing_n which_o we_o be_v to_o take_v in_o hand_n whereas_o other_o be_v bold_a through_o ignorance_n and_o lazy_a and_o slow_a to_o undertake_v by_o reason_n of_o their_o uncertain_a con●ultations_n but_o those_o man_n be_v above_o all_o other_o most_o excellent_a who_o have_v foreconsider_v both_o the_o good_a and_o the_o evil_a the_o pleasure_n and_o the_o displeasure_n do_v not_o for_o all_o that_o shrink_v away_o from_o danger_n on_o a_o time_n one_o praise_v in_o cato_n presence_n a_o rash-na●die_a man_n for_o a_o valiant_a man_n of_o war_n whereunto_o cato_n answer_v there_o be_v great_a odswhether_o a_o man_n make_v great_a account_n of_o virtue_n or_o none_o account_v at_o all_o of_o his_o life_n esteem_v those_o man_n to_o be_v of_o noble_a courage_n not_o which_o despise_v their_o life_n without_o purpose_n but_o rather_o which_o make_v so_o great_a account_n of_o virtue_n that_o in_o respect_n of_o that_o they_o pass_v not_o for_o life_n at_o what_o time_n epaminondas_n besiege_v sparta_n and_o be_v get_v by_o force_n into_o the_o town_n a_o certain_a lacedaemonian_a name_v isadas_n be_v not_o only_o unsurnish_v of_o armour_n to_o defend_v he_o but_o also_o of_o apparel_n come_v anoint_v all_o over_o his_o body_n with_o oil_n as_o one_o ready_a to_o wrestle_v and_o hold_v in_o the_o one_o hand_n his_o partisane_n and_o in_o his_o other_o a_o sword_n go_v and_o thrust_v himself_o into_o the_o press_n of_o they_o that_o seek_v lay_v about_o he_o and_o beat_v down_o all_o his_o enemy_n that_o he_o find_v afore_o he_o and_o yet_o be_v never_o wound_v himself_o lacedaemonian_n afterward_o the_o ephory_n give_v he_o a_o crown_n in_o honour_n of_o his_o prowess_n but_o they_o amerce_v he_o by_o &_o by_o at_o a_o fine_a of_o a_o hundred_o crown_n for_o be_v so_o rash_a as_o to_o hazard_v himself_o in_o the_o peril_n of_o battle_n without_o armour_n to_o defend_v he_o cicero_n in_o his_o duty_n say_v that_o we_o must_v not_o show_v ourselves_o cowardly_a for_o fear_n of_o danger_n and_o yet_o we_o must_v refrain_v from_o thrust_v ourselves_o into_o danger_n but_o if_o necessity_n require_v we_o must_v not_o make_v account_n of_o death_n and_o therefore_o when_o the_o lacedaemonian_n be_v afraid_a lest_o some_o hurt_n may_v befall_v they_o for_o refuse_v to_o take_v part_n with_o king_n philip_n dannudas_n say_v unto_o they_o you_o half_a man_n what_o harm_n can_v befall_v we_o which_o pass_v not_o for_o death_n according_a to_o some_o man_n there_o be_v seven_o sort_n of_o valiantness_n 〈…〉_o which_o we_o may_v rather_o term_v visor_n of_o valiantness_n for_o they_o have_v a_o resemblance_n of_o prowess_n but_o if_o you_o pluck_v off_o their_o mask_n you_o shall_v find_v they_o a_o other_o thing_n than_o they_o seem_v the_o first_o fort_n be_v term_v civil_a which_o be_v when_o a_o man_n hazard_v himself_o for_o the_o honour_n dishonour_n &_o penalty_n set_v down_o by_o the_o law_n unto_o such_o as_o mis-behave_a themselves_o in_o war_n 〈…〉_o or_o otherwise_o this_o forth_o have_v more_o likelihood_n than_o the_o rest_n because_o the_o fear_n of_o transgress_v the_o law_n be_v a_o certain_a kind_n of_o prowess_n and_o as_o plutarch_n say_v in_o the_o life_n of_o 〈◊〉_d it_o seem_v that_o the_o man_n of_o old_a time_n take_v 〈…〉_o not_o a_o urte_a privation_n of_o 〈…〉_o reproach_n and_o a_o dread_n of_o dishonour_n because_o that_o common_o they_o that_o be_v most_o afraid_a to_o transgress_v law_n be_v safe_a when_o they_o be_v to_o encounter_v with_o the_o enemy_n and_o they_o that_o stand_v not_o in_o fear_n to_o have_v any_o reproach_n be_v not_o careful_a to_o endure_v any_o adversity_n skill_n socrates_n say_v that_o prowess_n be_v a_o skill_n and_o that_o many_o be_v not_o noble-minded_a for_o want_v of_o know_v what_o it_o be_v for_o this_o cause_n law_n be_v very_o needful_a to_o set_v every_o man_n in_o his_o duty_n but_o they_o can_v make_v a_o coward_n hardy_a no_o more_o than_o the_o punish_n of_o lewd_a man_n by_o law_n can_v make_v all_o man_n good_a but_o they_o hold_v all_o man_n to_o their_o duty_n so_o as_o good_a man_n hate_v sin_n for_o virtue_n sake_n and_o evil_a man_n be_v wary_a to_o offend_v for_o fear_n of_o punishment_n but_o no_o whit_n do_v that_o change_n their_o disposition_n unto_o evil_n also_o the_o law_n may_v enforce_v a_o fearful_a man_n to_o a_o adventure_n but_o it_o discharge_v he_o not_o of_o his_o inclination_n and_o as_o there_o be_v some_o body_n strong_a than_o othersome_a so_o also_o be_v some_o mind_v strong_a by_o nature_n to_o endure_v casualty_n than_o othersome_a socrates_n another_o kind_n be_v call_v slavish_a which_o be_v when_o neither_o for_o honour_n nor_o for_o dishonour_n but_o for_o necessity_n sake_n a_o man_n become_v courageous_a for_o necessity_n make_v even_o coward_n courageous_a as_o say_v sallust_n or_o else_o for_o fear_n of_o punishment_n as_o when_o julian_n the_o emperor_n in_o a_o battle_n against_o the_o persian_n slay_v ten_o of_o the_o first_o that_o run_v away_o to_o restrain_v the_o rest_n from_o do_v the_o like_a for_o that_o punishment_n compel_v they_o to_o sight_n whether_o they_o will_v for_o no._n and_o william_n conqueror_n duke_n of_o normandy_n who_o cause_v his_o ship_n to_o be_v set_v on_o fire_n as_o soon_o as_o he_o be_v land_v in_o england_n to_o take_v from_o his_o people_n all_o other_o hope_n of_o safety_n than_o only_o in_o the_o sword_n for_o the_o great_a mean_n of_o safety_n be_v to_o be_v out_o of_o hope_n of_o safety_n not_o the_o three_o sort_n be_v call_v warlike_a which_o be_v when_o we_o see_v man_n of_o war_n that_o be_v expert_a in_o arm_n do_v deed_n that_o seem_v to_o be_v of_o hardiness_n to_o such_o as_o have_v not_o the_o experience_n and_o yet_o they_o fail_v not_o to_o retire_v when_o they_o see_v the_o danger_n and_o that_o also_o can_v be_v call_v valiantness_n no_o more_o than_o mariner_n can_v be_v call_v valiant_a moral_n for_o they_o be_v accustom_v to_o tempest_n do_v less_o fear_v they_o than_o do_v the_o man_n of_o great_a
protector_n and_o above_o all_o other_o fear_v the_o persian_n determine_v with_o himself_o upon_o advice_n to_o commit_v the_o charge_n thereof_o by_o his_o last_o will_n in_o writing_n unto_o indisgertes_n king_n of_o persia_n and_o to_o set_v his_o faith_n as_o a_o shield_n against_o his_o force_n and_o to_o tie_v his_o hand_n with_o the_o holy_a band_n of_o protectorship_n pray_v he_o to_o keep_v and_o preserve_v the_o empire_n for_o his_o son_n indisgertes_n take_v the_o protectorship_n upon_o he_o execute_v it_o so_o faithful_o that_o he_o preserve_v both_o the_o life_n and_o empire_n of_o theodosius_n xij_o don_n philip_n of_o ostrich_n king_n of_o castille_n and_o lord_n of_o the_o low_a country_n consider_v how_o he_o leave_v his_o son_n charles_n not_o above_o eleven_o year_n old_a &_o that_o afore_o he_o shall_v be_v of_o full_a age_n the_o king_n of_o france_n may_v invest_v himself_o in_o the_o low-countries_n to_o prevent_v this_o inconvenience_n do_v by_o his_o testament_n ordain_v king_n lewis_n the_o twelve_o to_o be_v his_o protector_n whereupon_o the_o king_n by_o consent_n of_o the_o country_n appoint_v the_o lord_n of_o chieures_fw-fr to_o be_v governor_n there_o and_o never_o make_v any_o war_n upon_o he_o notwithstanding_o that_o maximilian_n give_v he_o sufficient_a cause_n to_o have_v do_v it_o lycurgus_n be_v counsel_v thereto_o by_o his_o countryman_n and_o also_o by_o his_o sister_n in_o law_n the_o queen_n to_o take_v upon_o he_o the_o kingdom_n of_o lacedaemon_n after_o the_o death_n of_o his_o brother_n will_v not_o hearken_v unto_o it_o but_o keep_v it_o faithful_o for_o his_o nephew_n charilaus_n who_o be_v bear_v after_o his_o father_n decease_n choose_v rather_o to_o be_v a_o faithful_a protector_n than_o a_o unfaithful_a king_n clean_o contrary_a to_o lewis_n sfortia_n who_o of_o a_o guardian_n make_v himself_o duke_n of_o milan_n dispossess_v his_o nephew_n john_n galeas_n and_o his_o posterity_n thereof_o but_o he_o keep_v it_o not_o any_o long_a time_n in_o all_o the_o do_n of_o these_o good_a prince_n there_o be_v neither_o oath_n nor_o promise_n but_o only_o a_o good_a and_o sincere_a will_n to_o keep_v touch_n with_o such_o as_o have_v rely_v upon_o the_o trust_n of_o their_o faithfulness_n for_o whersoever_o there_o have_v pass_v either_o oath_n or_o single_a promise_n good_a man_n have_v never_o doubt_v but_o it_o be_v to_o be_v keep_v as_o the_o forealleage_v example_n may_v witness_v unto_o us._n one_o and_o cicero_n in_o one_o of_o his_o oration_n say_v that_o the_o god_n immortal_a do_v punish_v a_o perjure_a person_n and_o a_o liar_n both_o with_o one_o punishment_n because_o they_o be_v offend_v at_o the_o treachery_n and_o malice_n whereby_o man_n be_v beguile_v rather_o than_o at_o the_o prescript_n form_n of_o word_n and_o covenant_n wherein_o the_o oath_n be_v comprise_v but_o whensoever_o a_o oath_n be_v add_v unto_o it_o they_o hold_v it_o and_o keep_v it_o whatsoever_o it_o cost_v they_o as_o we_o see_v in_o the_o poet_n concern_v the_o vow_n of_o agamemnon_n the_o which_o be_v like_a enough_o to_o have_v be_v counterfeit_v out_o of_o the_o history_n of_o jeptha_n oth●_n in_o the_o twenty-three_o and_o thirty_o of_o deut._n it_o be_v write_v thus_o if_o a_o man_n be_v bind_v by_o oath_n he_o shall_v perform_v whatsoever_o he_o have_v promise_v and_o cicero_n in_o his_o book_n of_o duty_n say_v that_o we_o ought_v in_o any_o wise_a to_o keep_v the_o promise_n wherein_o we_o call_v god_n to_o witness_v and_o as_o sophocles_n say_v he_o that_o that_o swear_v aught_o to_o be_v sore_o afraid_a that_o he_o sin_v not_o against_o god_n the_o egyptian_n do_v punish_v perjure_a person_n with_o death_n because_o they_o sin_v double_a as_o well_o in_o violate_v religion_n towards_o god_n as_o in_o take_v away_o faithfulness_n from_o among_o man_n the_o great_a and_o straight_a bond_n of_o humane_a society_n oath_n after_o the_o battle_n of_o cannae_n scipio_n be_v advertise_v that_o certain_a senator_n hold_v a_o counsel_n in_o secret_a how_o to_o forsake_v the_o city_n of_o rome_n go_v sudden_o in_o among_o they_o with_o his_o naked_a sword_n in_o his_o hand_n and_o make_v they_o to_o swear_v that_o they_o shall_v not_o for_o any_o cause_n forsake_v the_o city_n which_o thing_n they_o dare_v not_o but_o perform_v for_o fear_v of_o their_o oath_n as_o likewise_o do_v a_o certain_a tribune_n who_o for_o fear_n of_o death_n have_v promise_v torquatus_n to_o withdraw_v his_o accusation_n which_o he_o have_v exhibit_v against_o his_o father_n for_o he_o withdraw_v it_o indeed_o for_o his_o oath_n sake_n notwithstanding_o that_o torquatus_n have_v compel_v he_o thereto_o by_o force_n in_o hold_v his_o sword_n point_v to_o his_o throat_n so_o great_a reverence_n do_v the_o man_n of_o old_a time_n yield_v unto_o a_o aoth_n the_o samnite_n have_v war_v long_a time_n with_o the_o roman_n and_o be_v almost_o utter_o destroy_v will_v needs_o for_o their_o last_o refuge_n put_v themselves_o once_o more_o to_o the_o trial_n of_o fortune_n who_o they_o have_v find_v so_o contrary_a unto_o they_o and_o hazard_v all_o in_o one_o battle_n and_o for_o the_o better_a execute_n of_o their_o determination_n they_o swear_v by_o great_a oath_n everichone_v of_o they_o that_o they_o will_v never_o retire_v out_o of_o the_o battle_n but_o follow_v their_o captain_n whether_o soever_o he_o lead_v they_o and_o if_o any_o of_o they_o all_o recoil_v they_o swear_v all_o to_o kill_v he_o this_o oath_n have_v such_o force_n that_o never_o any_o people_n be_v see_v to_o fight_v so_o desperate_o and_o valeant_o as_o they_o fight_v at_o that_o time_n nevertheless_o the_o valiancy_n &_o good_a government_n of_o the_o roman_n be_v of_o more_o force_n than_o their_o stoutness_n proculus_n the_o thing_n that_o make_v the_o people_n of_o rome_n believe_v that_o romulus_n be_v not_o slay_v but_o convey_v up_o into_o heaven_n be_v the_o great_a oath_n that_o proculus_n swear_v unto_o they_o that_o he_o see_v he_o deify_v and_o have_v speak_v with_o he_o for_o the_o people_n be_v of_o opinion_n that_o proculus_n who_o they_o esteem_v to_o be_v a_o good_a man_n and_o a_o friend_n to_o romulus_n will_v not_o have_v take_v such_o a_o oath_n except_o he_o have_v be_v sure_a that_o the_o thing_n be_v as_o he_o affirm_v lycurgus_n to_o the_o intent_n his_o countryman_n shall_v not_o disannul_v the_o law_n which_o he_o have_v new_o establish_v among_o they_o although_o he_o have_v get_v they_o ratify_v by_o the_o oracle_n of_o apollo_n yet_o will_v needs_o take_v a_o oath_n of_o the_o people_n and_o cause_v they_o to_o swear_v that_o they_o shall_v not_o infringe_v they_o until_o his_o return_n to_o the_o end_n that_o the_o reverence_n of_o the_o oath_n which_o they_o have_v take_v may_v restrain_v they_o from_o alter_v any_o thing_n after_o the_o example_n of_o who_o christian_n prince_n ought_v to_o be_v well_o ware_n that_o they_o violat_a not_o their_o faith_n nor_o see_v light_n by_o the_o oath_n which_o they_o take_v for_o performance_n of_o their_o promise_n vow_n whereof_o we_o have_v a_o notable_a example_n in_o the_o fourteen_o chapter_n of_o the_o first_o book_n of_o samuel_n where_o god_n be_v very_o sore_o angry_a for_o that_o jonathas_n the_o son_n of_o king_n saul_n in_o chase_v his_o enemy_n have_v taste_v a_o little_a honey_n which_o be_v in_o respect_n of_o the_o oath_n which_o saul_n have_v make_v that_o neither_o he_o nor_o any_o of_o his_o people_n shall_v eat_v any_o thing_n before_o night_n and_o afore_o he_o have_v be_v full_o revenge_v of_o his_o enemy_n in_o so_o much_o that_o although_o jonathas_n be_v not_o present_a at_o the_o make_n of_o the_o vow_n yet_o have_v saul_n put_v he_o to_o death_n if_o the_o people_n have_v not_o save_v he_o and_o in_o the_o one_o and_o twentieth_o of_o the_o second_o book_n of_o samuel_n because_o saul_n be_v move_v with_o a_o good_a zeal_n have_v slay_v certain_a of_o the_o amorrhits_n contrary_a to_o the_o promise_n make_v unto_o they_o by_o the_o israelit_n of_o old_a time_n that_o they_o will_v not_o hurt_v they_o god_n send_v a_o famine_n among_o the_o israelit_n which_o cease_v not_o until_o they_o have_v deliver_v seven_o of_o saules_n child_n to_o the_o amorrhits_n to_o take_v vengeance_n of_o they_o these_o example_n show_v how_o great_o our_o god_n abhor_v perjury_n to_o the_o intent_n no_o man_n shall_v excuse_v himself_o under_o pretence_n that_o no_o touch_n be_v to_o be_v keep_v with_o he_o that_o break_v his_o promise_n or_o that_o one_o companion_n be_v to_o keep_v touch_n with_o another_o but_o not_o the_o master_n with_o his_o servant_n nor_o the_o christian_n with_o the_o infidel_n for_o a_o oath_n ought_v to_o be_v so_o holy_a and_o so_o have_v in_o reverence_n that_o it_o shall_v not_o
s●lomon_n in_o his_o proverb_n bless_a be_v the_o man_n that_o always_o stand_v in_o fear_n but_o he_o that_o harden_v his_o heart_n shall_v fall_v into_o mischief_n s._n paul_n will_v we_o to_o go_v through_o with_o our_o salvation_n with_o fear_n and_o terror_n and_o he_o will_v not_o have_v we_o to_o be_v too_o skilful_a and_o in_o the_o xj_o of_o esai_n it_o be_v write_v that_o the_o spirit_n of_o the_o fear_n of_o god_n shall_v rest_v upon_o the_o blossom_n of_o the_o root_n of_o jesse_n and_o in_o the_o lxuj_o chapter_n who_o shall_v i_o regard_v say_v the_o lord_n but_o he_o that_o be_v meeld_v and_o gentle_a and_o stand_v in_o fear_n of_o my_o word_n and_o in_o the_o xxuj_o at_o the_o fear_n of_o thou_o we_o have_v conceive_v and_o bring_v forth_o the_o spirit_n of_o salvation_n and_o in_o the_o xxxiij_o psalm_n you_o righteous_a fear_n you_o the_o lord_n and_o in_o the_o xviij_o psalm_n god_n the_o fear_n of_o the_o lord_n endure_v for_o ever_o and_o as_o s._n jerome_n say_v fear_n be_v the_o keeper_n of_o all_o virtue_n and_o the_o true_a way_n be_v to_o fear_v the_o power_n of_o god_n homer_n in_o his_o iliad_n bring_v in_o helen_n use_v these_o term_n to_o king_n priam_n sure_o dear_a lord_n and_o father_n in_o law_n i_o do_v both_o fear_v you_o and_o honour_v you_o because_o we_o ordinary_o reverence_v those_o who_o we_o fear_v and_o therefore_o near_o to_o the_o common_a hall_n of_o the_o ephore_n in_o sparta_n there_o be_v a_o chapel_n dedicate_v to_o fear_n for_o fear_n do_v always_o accompany_v shame_n also_o it_o be_v a_o very_a commendable_a thing_n to_o be_v afraid_a of_o unhonesty_n and_o yet_o not_o to_o be_v afraid_a to_o be_v count_v unhonest_a as_o for_o example_n when_o one_o upon_o a_o time_n upbraid_v xenophanes_n the_o son_n of_o lagus_n that_o he_o be_v fearful_a and_o dare_v not_o play_v at_o dice_n i_o confess_v quoth_v he_o that_o i_o be_o not_o only_o fearful_a but_o also_o exceed_o fearful_a but_o that_o be_v but_o in_o thing_n unhonest_a for_o honourable_a be_v that_o fear_n that_o restrain_v a_o man_n from_o do_v evil_a as_o touch_v meekness_n or_o meeldnesse_n it_o beseem_v a_o prince_n very_o well_o for_o it_o make_v he_o gentle_a courteous_a and_o affable_a and_o it_o be_v one_o of_o the_o three_o virtue_n which_o david_n will_v have_v in_o a_o king_n for_o in_o the_o xliiij_o psalm_n ride_v on_o say_v he_o and_o reign_v because_o of_o thy_o meekness_n justice_n and_o truth_n and_o this_o virtue_n be_v contrary_a to_o choleriknesse_n hastiness_n or_o fumishnesse_n which_o ought_v to_o be_v far_o off_o from_o a_o prince_n as_o the_o which_o do_v too_o much_o blind_v he_o and_o bereave_v he_o of_o reason_n and_o judgement_n sin_n but_o to_o be_v angry_a with_o leaudnesse_n and_o lewd_a person_n be_v very_o well_o do_v provide_v that_o it_o be_v not_o in_o such_o sort_n as_o it_o extend_v to_o sin_n according_a to_o this_o say_n of_o the_o psalmist_n be_v angry_a but_o sin_v not_o in_o your_o heart_n and_o for_o as_o much_o as_o i_o will_v treat_v hereof_o more_o large_o when_o i_o come_v to_o speak_v of_o anger_n or_o wrath_n and_o of_o meeldnesse_n or_o meekness_n i_o will_v content_v myself_o for_o the_o present_a to_o have_v show_v the_o passion_n of_o the_o mind_n as_o it_o be_v at_o a_o glance_n which_o though_o they_o seem_v at_o the_o first_o blush_n to_o encounter_v against_o virtue_n be_v such_o nevertheless_o as_o a_o well-disposed_a mind_n may_v great_o help_v itself_o by_o they_o and_o make_v they_o to_o serve_v to_o very_o good_a end_n and_o so_o alter_v the_o shape_n of_o they_o as_o that_o the_o thing_n which_o seem_v evil_a shall_v fall_v out_o to_o be_v good_a and_o commendable_a chap._n xi_o whether_o virtue_n and_o honesty_n be_v to_o be_v separate_v from_o profit_n in_o matter_n of_o government_n or_o state_n but_o i_o fear_v least_o by_o stand_v too_o long_o upon_o matter_n of_o manner_n i_o foreslow_v the_o matter_n of_o state_n and_o that_o in_o go_v about_o to_o make_v a_o prince_n virtuous_a i_o make_v he_o a_o prince_n misaduised_a for_o oftentimes_o the_o manage_n of_o public_a affair_n be_v such_o that_o he_o must_v rather_o have_v regard_n of_o the_o present_a case_n how_o to_o wind_v himself_o out_o of_o the_o brier_n and_o to_o get_v out_o of_o some_o shrewd_a pinch_n than_o to_o stand_v muse_v upon_o virtue_n because_o that_o they_o which_o do_v so_o busy_a their_o head_n do_v often_o time_n suffer_v their_o state_n to_o be_v lose_v if_o brutus_n that_o conspire_v against_o caesar_n have_v not_o be_v too_o spice-conscienst_a say_v it_o be_v not_o lawful_a to_o kill_v any_o other_o than_o a_o tyrant_n but_o have_v believe_v the_o counsel_n of_o cassius_n he_o have_v not_o leave_v antony_n the_o tyrant_n friend_n behind_o by_o who_o death_n the_o commonweal_n have_v be_v discharge_v of_o all_o danger_n in_o so_o much_o that_o one_o little_a spark_n of_o conscience_n procure_v unto_o brutus_n the_o loss_n both_o of_o his_o own_o life_n and_o of_o the_o liberty_n of_o his_o country_n the_o first_o brutus_n do_v not_o so_o cruelty_n for_o it_o like_v he_o better_a to_o use_v cruelty_n in_o put_v his_o own_o child_n to_o death_n than_o to_o leave_v any_o little_a match_n of_o conspiracy_n against_o the_o state_n and_o this_o barbarous_a cruelty_n and_o unkindness_n of_o he_o save_v the_o commonweal_n when_o cabades_n king_n of_o persia_n be_v cast_v in_o prison_n by_o his_o subject_n that_o have_v rebel_v against_o he_o and_o choose_v one_o blaze_n in_o his_o steed_n this_o blaze_v enter_v into_o counsel_n what_o be_v to_o be_v do_v with_o cabades_n the_o most_o part_n be_v of_o opinion_n that_o he_o shall_v not_o be_v put_v to_o death_n but_o that_o he_o shall_v be_v keep_v in_o prison_n othersome_a give_v counsel_n that_o he_o shall_v be_v dispatch_v among_o who_o gusanascades_n one_o of_o the_o great_a lord_n deliver_v his_o opinion_n show_v they_o a_o little_a penknife_n wherewith_o he_o be_v wont_a to_o pare_v his_o nail_n and_o say_v unto_o they_o you_o see_v this_o little_a cuttle_n this_o same_o may_v now_o without_o any_o pain_n and_o without_o any_o danger_n do_v that_o which_o twenty_o thousand_o man_n can_v do_v hereafter_o and_o even_o so_o it_o come_v to_o pass_v in_o deed_n for_o cabades_n get_v out_o of_o prison_n recover_v his_o kingdom_n and_o put_v out_o blaze_v eye_n with_o scald_a oil_n lay_v he_o in_o prison_n and_o put_v gusanascade_n to_o death_n theodatus_fw-la king_n of_o the_o goth_n be_v loath_a to_o kill_v amalasont_n be_v a_o honourable_a and_o virtuous_a princess_n and_o wife_n of_o theoderik_n and_o mother_n of_o athalarik_n but_o in_o the_o end_n he_o dispatch_v she_o at_o the_o persuasion_n of_o such_o as_o tell_v he_o that_o his_o life_n can_v not_o else_o be_v in_o safety_n time_n theophrast_n report_v of_o aristides_n that_o in_o private_a case_n between_o man_n and_o man_n he_o be_v a_o perfect_a upright_o and_o iust-dealing_a man_n but_o in_o matter_n of_o government_n concern_v the_o commonweal_n he_o do_v many_o thing_n according_a to_o the_o necessity_n of_o the_o time_n the_o athenian_n in_o the_o conference_n which_o they_o have_v with_o the_o melian_o say_v that_o the_o lacedaemonian_n use_v much_o virtue_n among_o themselves_o and_o in_o the_o thing_n that_o concern_v their_o law_n and_o custom_n at_o home_n but_o in_o their_o behaviour_n towards_o stranger_n they_o be_v a_o people_n that_o esteem_v that_o to_o be_v most_o honest_a and_o reasonable_a which_o be_v most_o for_o their_o profit_n euphemeus_fw-la a_o athenian_a say_v to_o the_o camerin_n that_o the_o man_n which_o reign_v by_o tyranny_n and_o a_o city_n that_o have_v a_o empire_n deem_v nothing_o unhonest_a that_o may_v be_v for_o their_o profit_n nor_o account_v any_a thing_n they_o which_o be_v not_o safe_o guard_v and_o in_o all_o case_n they_o esteem_v other_o to_o be_v their_o friend_n or_o foe_n according_a to_o the_o occasion_n of_o time_n and_o deal_n plutarch_n speak_v of_o marius_n say_v he_o make_v reckon_v of_o justice_n when_o it_o be_v for_o his_o own_o behoof_n and_o take_v profit_n both_o for_o justice_n and_o honour_n not_o consider_v that_o truth_n be_v more_o strong_a and_o mighty_a than_o falsehood_n but_o measure_v the_o value_n of_o they_o both_o by_o the_o profit_n that_o may_v rise_v thereof_o and_o say_v that_o when_o a_o lion_n skin_n will_v not_o stead_n a_o man_n turn_n lion_n he_o must_v take_v unto_o it_o the_o skin_n of_o a_o fox_n this_o have_v be_v the_o cause_n that_o the_o best_a advise_v which_o have_v write_v of_o government_n and_o they_o also_o which_o have_v practise_v it_o have_v not_o stand_v so_o much_o upon_o virtue_n as_o upon_o the_o occurrence_n of_o
he_o shall_v send_v they_o home_o to_o rome_n without_o do_v they_o any_o displeasure_n think_v that_o for_o so_o notable_a a_o benefit_n they_o will_v of_o enemy_n become_v thensfoorth_o good_a and_o faithful_a friend_n and_o when_o he_o see_v that_o this_o counsel_n like_v not_o the_o samnite_n he_o counsel_v they_o to_o put_v they_o all_o to_o the_o sword_n without_o spare_v any_o one_o of_o they_o for_o he_o think_v that_o so_o great_a a_o loss_n will_v so_o great_o weaken_v the_o roman_n as_o they_o shall_v not_o be_v able_a to_o recover_v themselves_o a_o long_a time_n after_o this_o opinion_n seem_v also_o over-cruell_a and_o so_o they_o choose_v a_o mean_a way_n which_o be_v to_o save_v the_o roman_n life_n and_o to_o bereave_v they_o of_o their_o armour_n and_o weapon_n and_o of_o their_o stuff_n with_o some_o other_o condition_n which_o afterward_o be_v the_o confusion_n of_o the_o samnite_n likewise_o the_o euthalibians_n commit_v a_o great_a oversight_n in_o that_o they_o dispatch_v not_o the_o persian_n when_o they_o have_v they_o shut_v up_o almost_o after_o the_o aforesaid_a manner_n or_o send_v they_o not_o home_n in_o friendly_a sort_n but_o do_v neither_o of_o both_o for_o they_o send_v they_o away_o without_o hurt_n but_o they_o compel_v perosas_fw-la the_o king_n of_o persia_n to_o adore_v their_o king_n and_o to_o promise_v they_o upon_o his_o oath_n never_o to_o make_v war_n on_o they_o afterward_o nevertheless_o as_o soon_o as_o perosas_fw-la be_v deliver_v of_o the_o danger_n he_o make_v sharp_a war_n upon_o they_o than_o he_o have_v do_v afore_o in_o revenge_n of_o the_o iniutie_n and_o dishonour_n that_o they_o have_v do_v unto_o he_o for_o in_o matter_n of_o state_n a_o prince_n must_v either_o deserve_v well_o of_o his_o enemy_n by_o some_o singular_a courtesy_n or_o make_v clean_a riddance_n of_o they_o if_o it_o lie_v in_o his_o hand_n to_o do_v it_o i_o will_v always_o counsel_v he_o to_o follow_v courtesy_n but_o yet_o he_o may_v have_v to_o do_v with_o such_o kind_n of_o man_n that_o it_o shall_v stand_v he_o on_o hand_n to_o use_v rigour_n rather_o than_o gentleness_n as_o be_v to_o be_v see_v in_o the_o deed_n of_o queen_n thomiris_n where_o albeit_o that_o the_o revenge_n of_o her_o son_n death_n provoke_v she_o to_o kill_v cirus_n yet_o be_v it_o moreover_o expedient_a also_o for_o her_o state_n to_o do_v it_o in_o such_o sort_n as_o she_o do_v conquest_n for_o a_o prince_n that_o come_v out_o of_o a_o far_a country_n to_o conquer_v a_o realm_n whereunto_o he_o can_v pretend_v any_o right_n will_v not_o light_o be_v pay_v with_o such_o clemency_n for_o his_o intent_n be_v to_o possess_v himself_o of_o it_o by_o some_o mean_n or_o other_o and_o oftentimes_o for_o the_o bring_v thereof_o to_o pass_v to_o make_v utter_a slaughter_n and_o destruction_n of_o the_o inhabitant_n thereof_o as_o the_o child_n of_o israel_n do_v when_o they_o come_v into_o the_o land_n of_o promise_n well_o might_n charles_n martell_n have_v do_v all_o the_o courtesy_n that_o can_v be_v unto_o the_o sarsines_n but_o yet_o will_v not_o that_o have_v make_v they_o forbear_v to_o invade_v the_o realm_n of_o france_n and_o therefore_o the_o best_a way_n be_v to_o fight_v it_o out_o with_o they_o and_o to_o overthrow_v they_o utter_o if_o aetius_n be_v aid_v by_o the_o frenchman_n have_v not_o fight_v with_o attila_n to_o the_o utterance_n in_o france_n it_o have_v be_v unpossible_a for_o he_o to_o have_v get_v he_o thence_o by_o fair_a mean_n and_o yet_o because_o he_o make_v not_o clean_a riddance_n of_o he_o a_o man_n may_v see_v what_o mischief_n come_v of_o it_o it_o be_v note_v as_o a_o fault_n in_o constantine_n that_o when_o he_o have_v vanquish_v the_o vandal_n swevians_n and_o alane_n he_o pursue_v not_o his_o victory_n in_o put_v they_o all_o to_o the_o sword_n but_o give_v they_o respite_n to_o resemble_v themselves_o again_o whereby_o they_o become_v as_o strong_a as_o he_o darius_n offer_v alexander_n his_o daughter_n a_o very_a beautiful_a lady_n with_o six_o million_o of_o money_n and_o the_o one_o half_a of_o asia_n but_o alexander_n will_v not_o admit_v that_o honourable_a offer_n because_o his_o covetousness_n be_v unmeasurable_a by_o reason_n whereof_o have_v good_a fortune_n go_v on_o darius_n side_n he_o have_v play_v a_o unwise_a part_n if_o he_o have_v not_o slay_v alexander_n and_o all_o his_o army_n without_o mercy_n manfred_n king_n of_o naples_n be_v willing_a to_o have_v make_v peace_n with_o charles_n duke_n of_o anjou_n but_o charles_n will_v never_o hearken_v unto_o it_o because_o he_o ground_v his_o right_n upon_o the_o sword_n and_o be_v bend_v to_o be_v king_n of_o naples_n whatsoever_o it_o do_v cost_v he_o use_v courtesy_n and_o clemency_n be_v to_o be_v use_v among_o neighbour_n that_o strive_v but_o for_o their_o bound_n for_o hatred_n or_o for_o honour_n for_o they_o that_o be_v so_o vanquish_v be_v always_o mindful_a of_o the_o courtesy_n that_o have_v be_v do_v unto_o they_o and_o of_o the_o mean_n to_o requite_v it_o whereof_o in_o the_o four_o book_n of_o king_n the_o sixth_o chapter_n we_o have_v a_o notable_a example_n '_o in_o the_o king_n of_o israel_n who_o by_o the_o advice_n of_o the_o prophet_n elizeus_fw-la in_o steed_n of_o put_v the_o assyrian_n his_o enemy_n to_o death_n which_o be_v come_v to_o seek_v he_o cause_v they_o to_o be_v entertain_v with_o all_o kind_n of_o good_a cheer_n and_o send_v they_o home_o without_o do_v they_o any_o harm_n by_o mean_n whereof_o whereas_o they_o have_v be_v his_o swear_a enemy_n he_o make_v they_o his_o good_a friend_n so_o also_o do_v ptolemy_n who_o have_v overcome_v demetrius_n and_o put_v his_o host_n to_o flight_n at_o the_o city_n gaza_n restore_v he_o his_o treasure_n and_o all_o his_o stuff_n with_o eight_o thousand_o prisoner_n say_v that_o he_o strive_v not_o with_o he_o for_o honour_n and_o empire_n and_o demetrius_n receive_v those_o thing_n at_o his_o hand_n pray_v god_n he_o may_v not_o continue_v long_o his_o debtor_n for_o that_o courtesy_n and_o even_o so_o it_o come_v to_o pass_v for_o anon_o after_o demetrius_n overcome_v ptolemy_n and_o have_v take_v his_o treasure_n &_o also_o seven_o thousand_o prisoner_n send_v all_o home_n again_o to_o he_o and_o moreover_o give_v present_n to_o every_o of_o the_o prisoner_n who_o he_o send_v back_o the_o case_n stand_v otherwise_o with_o he_o that_o come_v a_o far_o off_o to_o make_v conquest_n of_o a_o country_n for_o his_o intent_n be_v to_o dispossess_v they_o against_o who_o he_o make_v war_n and_o to_o make_v clean_a riddance_n of_o they_o as_o we_o have_v see_v in_o the_o saxon_n englishman_n burgonion_o frenchman_n turk_n goth_n and_o lumbards_n who_o have_v continue_v owner_n of_o the_o land_n which_o they_o invade_v and_o if_o they_o have_v not_o have_v the_o upper_a hand_n of_o fortune_n doubtless_o not_o so_o much_o as_o one_o have_v be_v fuffer_v to_o escape_v pope_n that_o be_v the_o cause_n why_o the_o pope_n after_o that_o charles_n of_o anjou_n have_v get_v the_o upper_a hand_n of_o conradine_n and_o the_o swevians_n counsel_v he_o to_o cut_v off_o conradines_n head_n send_v he_o word_n in_o a_o word_n or_o twain_o of_o latin_n that_o the_o life_n of_o conradine_n be_v the_o death_n of_o charles_n and_o the_o death_n of_o conradine_n be_v charles_n his_o life_n but_o save_v the_o reverence_n of_o the_o pope_n and_o of_o duke_n charles_n albeit_o this_o way_n seem_v most_o profitable_a yet_o ought_v it_o not_o to_o have_v be_v follow_v because_o it_o be_v scarce_o honourable_a see_v that_o conradine_n have_v escape_v the_o fury_n of_o the_o battle_n and_o his_o quarrel_n be_v just_a in_o recovery_n of_o his_o kingdom_n which_o his_o base_a brother_n manfred_n have_v first_o usurp_v from_o he_o and_o charles_n have_v win_v away_o from_o manfred_n disallow_v such_o manslaughter_n do_v upon_o quiet_a determination_n and_o out_o of_o the_o heat_n of_o conflict_n in_o battle_n be_v disallow_v both_o of_o god_n and_o man_n in_o confirmation_n whereof_o i_o must_v needs_o allege_v a_o certain_a text_n out_o of_o the_o three_o chapter_n of_o the_o second_o book_n of_o samuel_n there_o be_v in_o jury_n two_o brave_a captain_n name_v abner_n and_o amasa_n which_o have_v bear_v arm_n for_o king_n saul_n against_o david_n and_o david_n after_o saul_n death_n have_v pardon_v they_o but_o joab_n david_n constable_n be_v overzealous_a of_o his_o master_n honour_n forbear_v not_o for_o all_o that_o to_o kill_v they_o both_o which_o do_v of_o his_o david_n so_o great_o mislike_v that_o he_o protest_v before_o god_n and_o the_o people_n that_o he_o be_v guiltless_a of_o their_o blood_n and_o to_o show_v that_o he_o be_v so_o unfeigned_o although_o he_o punish_v it_o not_o
kind_n of_o life_n and_o by_o that_o mean_n desire_v new_a law_n and_o set_v their_o mind_n upon_o all_o manner_n of_o innovation_n sauly_a king_n of_o scythia_n do_v put_v anacharsis_n to_o death_n for_o offer_v sacrifice_n to_o berecinthia_n the_o mother_n of_o the_o god_n after_o the_o manner_n of_o the_o greek_n also_o scylus_n king_n of_o scythia_n because_o he_o wear_v apparel_n after_o the_o greek_a fashion_n &_o sacrifice_v secret_o after_o the_o manner_n of_o greece_n as_o soon_o as_o he_o be_v discover_v be_v depose_v for_o so_o do_v and_o in_o the_o end_n be_v take_v in_o battle_n have_v his_o head_n strike_v off_o and_o his_o brother_n octumusades_n be_v set_v up_o in_o his_o place_n so_o great_o hate_v they_o strange_a fashion_n and_o fear_v in_o any_o case_n to_o alter_v their_o old_a custom_n now_o if_o plato_n be_v afraid_a of_o alteration_n in_o so_o small_a thing_n what_o shall_v we_o say_v to_o such_o prince_n as_o daily_o do_v abrogat_fw-la law_n for_o their_o friend_n and_o servant_n sake_n &_o for_o their_o own_o peculiar_a profit_n or_o pleasure_n make_v no_o reckon_n of_o the_o uphold_v and_o maintain_v of_o they_o agesilaus_n be_v otherwise_o a_o good_a prince_n and_o a_o severe_a observer_n of_o the_o law_n of_o his_o country_n be_v worthy_o blame_v for_o favour_v his_o friend_n in_o case_n of_o justice_n for_o he_o say_v that_o the_o observe_n of_o the_o rigour_n of_o justice_n in_o matter_n where_o friend_n be_v to_o be_v touch_v be_v but_o a_o cloak_n wherewith_o to_o cover_v such_o as_o lift_v not_o to_o do_v their_o friend_n good_a wrong_n and_o in_o very_a deed_n he_o acquit_v phebidas_n who_o have_v take_v the_o suburb_n of_o thebes_n and_o sphodrias_n who_o go_v about_o to_o have_v take_v the_o haven_n of_o pyrey_n by_o stealth_n at_o such_o time_n as_o they_o be_v at_o peace_n with_o the_o athenian_n by_o which_o unjust_a deal_n of_o his_o the_o state_n of_o the_o lacedaemonian_n be_v overthrow_v so_o be_v the_o city_n of_o rome_n also_o sack_v by_o the_o gaul_n for_o that_o the_o roman_n do_v they_o not_o justice_n nor_o make_v they_o reasonable_a amends_n for_o the_o wrong_n that_o have_v be_v do_v to_o they_o by_o quintus_fw-la fabius_n ambustus_n pompey_n be_v mislike_v of_o many_o good_a man_n and_o ill_o speak_v of_o on_o their_o behalf_n because_o he_o himself_o have_v by_o decree_n forbid_v the_o open_a commend_v of_o such_o as_o be_v accuse_v by_o order_n of_o law_n so_o long_o as_o their_o case_n depend_v in_o trial_n enter_v one_o day_n into_o the_o court_n &_o commend_v plancus_n that_o have_v be_v accuse_v insomuch_o that_o cato_n be_v one_o of_o the_o judge_n stop_v his_o ear_n with_o both_o his_o hand_n say_v it_o be_v not_o lawful_a for_o he_o to_o hear_v a_o accuse_a person_n commend_v see_v it_o be_v forbid_v by_o the_o law_n how_o much_o more_o wise_o deal_v the_o king_n of_o locres_n who_o have_v make_v a_o law_n that_o adulterer_n shall_v have_v their_o eye_n put_v out_o and_o find_v his_o own_o son_n to_o have_v transgress_v the_o law_n will_v not_o suffer_v he_o to_o be_v dispense_v with_o but_o in_o the_o end_n when_o he_o be_v urge_v by_o his_o people_n to_o pardon_v the_o offence_n which_o thing_n of_o himself_o he_o will_v not_o grant_v yet_o somewhat_o to_o satisfy_v their_o request_n and_o withal_o to_o keep_v the_o law_n also_o he_o cause_v one_o of_o his_o own_o eye_n and_o another_o of_o his_o son_n eye_n to_o be_v put_v out_o plutarch_n say_v in_o the_o life_n of_o aristides_n that_o whensoever_o the_o case_n concern_v justice_n friendship_n can_v bear_v no_o sway_n with_o aristides_n no_o not_o even_o for_o his_o friend_n nor_o enmity_n provoke_v he_o against_o his_o enemy_n for_o law_n ought_v to_o be_v minister_v upright_o and_o never_o to_o be_v break_v unless_o necessity_n which_o be_v without_o law_n enforce_v thereto_o and_o yet_o even_o then_o also_o it_o ought_v to_o be_v do_v so_o discreet_o as_o it_o may_v not_o seem_v to_o be_v touch_v according_o as_o the_o lacedaemonian_n do_v who_o when_o they_o have_v lose_v a_o great_a battle_n break_v the_o law_n of_o lycurgus_n in_o not_o punish_v they_o with_o a_o kind_n of_o infamy_n worse_o than_o death_n that_o have_v flee_v from_o the_o field_n because_o that_o if_o they_o shall_v so_o have_v punish_v they_o they_o shall_v have_v have_v but_o few_o leave_v to_o defend_v their_o country_n and_o yet_o notwithstanding_o to_o the_o end_n they_o may_v not_o seem_v to_o despise_v their_o law_n what_o need_v soever_o constrain_v they_o agesilaus_n not_o intend_v to_o do_v it_o direct_o make_v proclamation_n that_o the_o law_n of_o lycurgus_n shall_v take_v no_o place_n until_o the_o next_o morrow_n and_o in_o the_o mean_a while_n that_o present_a day_n he_o enrol_v the_o fugitive_n again_o to_o the_o defence_n of_o their_o country_n but_o in_o rome_n where_o there_o be_v no_o scarcity_n of_o man_n they_o make_v so_o small_a account_n of_o they_o that_o even_o after_o the_o battle_n of_o cannae_n they_o will_v not_o ransom_n 8000_o man_n who_o hannibal_n have_v put_v to_o their_o ransom_n the_o foresay_a lacedaemonian_n be_v request_v by_o cirus_n king_n of_o persia_n and_o other_o their_o confederate_n to_o send_v they_o lisander_n to_o be_v admiral_n of_o their_o fleet_n if_o they_o intend_v the_o well_o proceed_v of_o their_o affair_n because_o they_o shall_v do_v all_o thing_n with_o the_o better_a courage_n under_o his_o governance_n refuse_v to_o give_v lisander_n the_o title_n of_o admiral_n &_o give_v it_o unto_o another_o make_v he_o chief_a overseer_n of_o the_o sea-matter_n take_v from_o he_o but_o only_o the_o name_n and_o give_v he_o in_o effect_n the_o whole_a authority_n in_o all_o thing_n artaxerxes_n surname_v the_o long-hand_n king_n of_o persia_n be_v a_o meeld_n and_o gracious_a prince_n although_o he_o think_v the_o law_n of_o his_o predecessor_n to_o be_v overrigorous_a that_o punish_v such_o with_o whip_v and_o with_o death_n as_o have_v lose_v a_o battle_n whether_o it_o be_v through_o their_o own_o default_n or_o no_o yet_o nevertheless_o will_v not_o break_v it_o direct_o but_o ordain_v that_o the_o offender_n shall_v be_v strip_v and_o that_o his_o clothes_n shall_v be_v scourge_v with_o rod_n in_o steed_n of_o his_o back_n and_o that_o his_o hat_n shall_v be_v strike_v off_o in_o steed_n of_o the_o strike_n off_o his_o head_n the_o theban_n be_v yet_o more_o rigorous_a howbeit_o that_o in_o the_o end_n they_o dispense_v with_o the_o law_n for_o when_o epaminondas_n have_v fortunate_o begin_v war_n against_o the_o lacedaemonian_n and_o see_v that_o he_o can_v not_o otherwise_o bring_v they_o to_o end_n because_o that_o by_o the_o law_n he_o be_v to_o give_v over_o his_o charge_n by_o reason_n that_o the_o time_n of_o his_o commission_n be_v expire_v he_o so_o deal_v with_o his_o fellow-commissioner_n that_o contrary_a to_o the_o law_n he_o make_v they_o presume_v to_o continue_v in_o office_n yet_o four_o month_n long_o within_o which_o time_n the_o lacedaemonian_n be_v utter_o vanquish_v and_o overthrow_v and_o when_o epaminondas_n be_v areign_v for_o transgress_v the_o law_n &_o for_o make_v his_o fellow-commissioner_n to_o transgress_v it_o likewise_o he_o confess_v himself_o to_o have_v deserve_v death_n for_o disobaieng_v the_o law_n pray_v the_o theban_n that_o in_o recompense_n of_o all_o the_o service_n that_o he_o have_v do_v to_o they_o they_o will_v after_o his_o death_n let_v write_v upon_o his_o tomb_n that_o epaminondas_n have_v be_v put_v to_o death_n for_o compel_v the_o theban_n to_o vanquish_v the_o lacedaemonian_n who_o afore_o that_o day_n they_o never_o dare_v look_n upon_o in_o the_o face_n by_o which_o mean_n he_o not_o only_o procure_v the_o save_n of_o his_o life_n but_o also_o the_o accept_n in_o good_a worth_n of_o all_o the_o thing_n that_o he_o have_v do_v marius_n use_v the_o like_o presume_v beyond_o the_o law_n in_o in_o his_o iornie_n against_o the_o cimbrian_o where_o he_o make_v a_o thousand_o stranger_n freedenison_n of_o rome_n for_o their_o valiant_a behaviour_n in_o that_o battle_n and_o when_o he_o be_v accuse_v thereof_o to_o the_o senate_n he_o make_v answer_v that_o by_o reason_n of_o the_o great_a noise_n of_o the_o battle_n he_o can_v not_o hear_v what_o the_o law_n command_v or_o prohibit_v wherein_o marius_n can_v not_o be_v deem_v to_o have_v do_v well_o for_o although_o it_o be_v a_o point_n of_o justice_n to_o reward_v good_a and_o valeant_fw-la man_n yet_o ought_v it_o not_o to_o have_v be_v do_v with_o the_o overthrow_n of_o law_n as_o it_o be_v then_o do_v by_o he_o not_o of_o any_o necessity_n but_o rather_o to_o have_v the_o man_n of_o war_n at_o his_o devotion_n than_o for_o any_o good_a to_o the_o
say_a battle_n of_o cannae_n how_o happen_v it_o that_o you_o come_v not_o to_o the_o roman_n still_o think_v you_o that_o we_o be_v so_o lewd_a and_o so_o unthankful_a that_o we_o will_v not_o reward_v the_o virtue_n of_o our_o good_a friend_n according_a to_o their_o worthiness_n which_o be_v honour_v even_o of_o our_o enemy_n and_o after_o he_o have_v embrace_v he_o in_o his_o arm_n he_o present_v he_o with_o a_o goodly_a horse_n of_o service_n for_o the_o war_n and_o give_v he_o five_o hundred_o drachma_n whereupon_o from_o that_o day_n forth_o he_o never_o forsake_v marcellus_n but_o become_v very_o loyal_a and_o a_o most_o earnest_a discoverer_n of_o such_o as_o take_v part_n against_o the_o roman_n fredrick_n the_o emperor_n and_o king_n of_o naples_n mind_v to_o punish_v the_o rebel_n of_o samimato_n make_v countenance_n as_o though_o he_o have_v not_o espy_v their_o conspiracy_n term_v they_o everywhere_o good_a and_o loyal_a subject_n to_o the_o end_n that_o despair_n shall_v not_o cause_v they_o to_o enter_v into_o arm_n against_o he_o open_o as_o the_o lord_n of_o naples_n that_o follow_v the_o part_n of_o conradine_n have_v do_v against_o charles_n duke_n of_o anjou_n for_o when_o they_o see_v that_o conradine_n be_v overcome_v and_o that_o there_o be_v no_o hope_n for_o they_o to_o obtain_v pardon_n at_o the_o hand_n of_o charles_n of_o anjou_n they_o fall_v to_o rebel_a and_o fortify_v themselves_o in_o diverse_a place_n likewise_o when_o people_n be_v to_o far_o enrage_a it_o be_v no_o time_n to_o punish_v but_o rather_o to_o reconcile_v and_o appease_v when_o the_o parisian_n rebel_v for_o the_o aid_n to_o put_v they_o in_o fear_n man_n begin_v to_o throw_v some_o of_o the_o rebel_n into_o the_o water_n but_o in_o steed_n of_o dismaieng_v they_o they_o burst_v out_o into_o great_a fury_n than_o afore_o in_o so_o much_o that_o the_o executioner_n be_v fain_o to_o give_v over_o their_o punishment_n for_o fear_n of_o increase_v the_o commotion_n in_o steed_n of_o appease_v it_o agesilaus_n have_v discover_v a_o very_a dangerous_a conspiracy_n do_v put_v some_o of_o the_o traitor_n to_o death_n secret_o without_o arraignment_n or_o indictment_n contrary_a to_o the_o law_n of_o lacedaemon_n for_o unto_o people_n that_o be_v set_v upon_o mischief_n dangerous_a not_o only_o overrigorous_a justice_n but_o also_o bite_a word_n be_v dangerfull_a consider_v that_o in_o time_n of_o trouble_n and_o in_o time_n of_o commotion_n one_o word_n or_o one_o letter_n may_v do_v more_o harm_n than_o a_o notable_a iniutie_n shall_v do_v another_o time_n and_o even_o so_o besell_v it_o to_o macrinus_n for_o a_o letter_n which_o he_o write_v unto_o mesa_n wherein_o he_o tell_v he_o that_o he_o have_v buy_v the_o emperorship_n of_o a_o sort_n of_o covetous_a soldier_n that_o have_v no_o consideration_n of_o desert_n but_o only_o who_o will_v most_o give_v with_o which_o word_n the_o man_n of_o war_n be_v chafe_v do_v all_o swear_v that_o it_o shall_v cost_v macrinus_n his_o head_n in_o recompense_n of_o the_o wrong_n that_o he_o have_v do_v they_o and_o so_o it_o come_v to_o pass_v indeed_o we_o have_v speak_v sufficient_o of_o the_o discretion_n meeldnesse_n and_o uprightness_n which_o a_o prince_n ought_v to_o have_v in_o case_n of_o justice_n for_o the_o well_o and_o worthy_a execute_n thereof_o but_o for_o as_o much_o as_o it_o be_v unpossible_a for_o a_o prince_n to_o attend_v at_o all_o time_n to_o the_o do_v of_o justice_n he_o must_v needs_o do_v justice_n by_o deputy_n and_o set_v man_n of_o good_a and_o honest_a reputation_n in_o his_o place_n to_o do_v right_a between_o party_n and_o party_n when_o controversy_n rise_v betwixt_o they_o as_o moses_n do_v by_o the_o counsel_n of_o his_o father_n in_o law_n jethro_n in_o the_o choose_n of_o who_o judge_n a_o prince_n may_v as_o far_o overshoot_v himself_o as_o if_o he_o judge_v all_o cause_n without_o any_o foreconsideration_n for_o he_o that_o make_v not_o choice_n of_o good_a judge_n do_v great_a wrong_n to_o the_o commonweal_n no_o importunat_a suit_n no_o earnest_a intreatance_n no_o gift_n that_o can_v be_v give_v no_o favour_n no_o familiarity_n can_v ever_o cause_n alexander_n scuerus_fw-la to_o bestow_v any_o office_n of_o justice_n upon_o any_o man_n who_o he_o deem_v not_o fit_a ●or_a it_o and_o virtuous_a in_o the_o administration_n of_o it_o such_o therefore_o shall_v be_v choose_v as_o be_v of_o skill_n and_o of_o good_a life_n and_o they_o ought_v to_o have_v good_a wage_n and_o not_o to_o take_v any_o other_o thing_n than_o their_o ordinary_a stipend_n allow_v they_o by_o the_o prince_n trajan_n use_v that_o kind_n of_o deal_v of_o who_o it_o be_v write_v that_o he_o can_v not_o abide_v that_o judge_n shall_v take_v any_o thing_n for_o their_o hire_n but_o that_o they_o shall_v be_v recompense_v at_o his_o hand_n according_a to_o their_o service_n and_o good_a deal_n adrian_z likewise_o inquire_v of_o the_o life_n &_o conversation_n of_o the_o senator_n and_o when_o he_o have_v in_o truth_n find_v any_o that_o be_v virtuous_a &_o poor_a he_o increase_v his_o entertainment_n and_o give_v he_o reward_n of_o his_o own_o private_a good_n contrariwise_o when_o he_o find_v any_o to_o be_v give_v to_o vice_n he_o never_o leave_v until_o he_o have_v drive_v he_o out_o of_o the_o senate_n now_o then_o the_o prince_n that_o will_v have_v good_a judge_n deserve_n yea_o and_o good_a officer_n of_o all_o sort_n must_v either_o honour_v they_o and_o reward_v they_o or_o else_o punish_v they_o according_a to_o their_o desert_n as_o touch_v the_o honour_n of_o they_o augustus_n have_v show_v we_o a_o example_n thereof_o who_o at_o his_o enter_v into_o the_o senate-house_n salute_v all_o the_o senator_n and_o at_o his_o go_v out_o will_v not_o suffer_v any_o of_o they_o to_o rise_v up_o to_o he_o alexander_n severus_n do_v great_o honour_v the_o precedent_n of_o the_o province_n cause_v they_o to_o sit_v with_o he_o in_o his_o chariot_n that_o man_n may_v see_v the_o honour_n that_o he_o yield_v to_o the_o minister_n of_o justice_n and_o that_o he_o may_v the_o more_o convenient_o talk_v with_o they_o concern_v the_o rule_n and_o government_n whereof_o they_o have_v the_o charge_n he_o neither_o make_v nor_o punish_v any_o senator_n without_o the_o advice_n of_o the_o whole_a senate_n and_o upon_o a_o time_n when_o he_o see_v a_o freeman_n of_o his_o walk_n between_o two_o senator_n he_o send_v one_o to_o buffet_v he_o say_v it_o be_v unseemly_a that_o he_o shall_v presume_v to_o meddle_v among_o senator_n which_o may_v well_o have_v be_v their_o servant_n likewise_o the_o emperor_n claudius_n never_o deal_v in_o any_o affair_n of_o importance_n but_o in_o the_o senate_n even_o tiberius_n himself_o have_v great_a regard_n of_o they_o and_o salute_v they_o whensoever_o he_o pass_v by_o they_o officer_n and_o as_o touch_v the_o reward_v of_o they_o the_o foresay_a alexander_n may_v serve_v for_o a_o example_n to_o good_a prince_n for_o he_o do_v great_a good_a to_o judge_n and_o reward_v they_o bountiful_o and_o be_v ask_v on_o a_o time_n why_o he_o do_v so_o as_o a_o prince_n quoth_v he_o neither_o aught_o nor_o in_o reason_n can_v be_v true_o call_v a_o prince_n except_o he_o minister_v justice_n so_o be_v you_o sure_o that_o when_o i_o find_v a_o officer_n which_o do_v his_o duty_n in_o that_o behalf_n i_o can_v pay_v or_o recompense_v he_o sufficient_o that_o be_v the_o cause_n why_o i_o do_v they_o so_o many_o courtesy_n &_o beside_o that_o in_o make_v they_o rich_a judge_n i_o bereave_v they_o of_o all_o cause_n to_o impoverish_v other_o man_n but_o like_a as_o a_o good_a judge_n can_v be_v too_o much_o recompense_v so_o a_o evil_a judge_n can_v be_v too_o much_o punish_v we_o have_v a_o notable_a example_n know_v to_o all_o man_n concern_v the_o punishment_n of_o the_o judge_n who_o cambyses_n make_v to_o be_v slay_v quick_a and_o with_o his_o skin_n curry_v cause_v the_o seat_n of_o judgement_n to_o be_v cover_v and_o make_v the_o same_o judge_n son_n to_o sit_v as_o judge_v on_o it_o that_o in_o minister_a justice_n he_o shall_v bethink_v he_o of_o his_o father_n punishment_n albeit_o that_o antonine_n be_v very_o pitiful_a yet_o be_v he_o very_o rigorous_a to_o judge_n that_o do_v not_o their_o duty_n insomuch_o that_o whereas_o in_o other_o case_n he_o pardon_v even_o the_o greevous_a offence_n in_o this_o case_n he_o punish_v even_o the_o light_a there_o be_v also_o another_o thing_n in_o he_o right_o worthy_a of_o commendation_n in_o the_o execution_n of_o justice_n namely_o that_o to_o avoid_v confusion_n he_o cause_v all_o such_o to_o be_v dispatch_v out_o of_o hand_n as_o have_v any_o suit_n in_o the_o court_n and_o when_o any_o office_n be_v void_a he_o will_v
so_o also_o do_v marcellus_n cause_n barley_n to_o be_v deliver_v in_o steed_n of_o wheat_n to_o the_o band_n that_o first_o turn_v their_o back_n unto_o hannibal_n antony_n tithe_v the_o legion_n that_o have_v forsake_v their_o trench_n at_o a_o sally_n that_o be_v make_v upon_o they_o by_o the_o persian_n out_o of_o phraata_n and_o unto_o those_o also_o which_o remain_v of_o that_o tithing_n be_v barley_n give_v in_o steed_n of_o wheat_n for_o their_o food_n to_o live_v by_o licinius_n the_o consul_n be_v send_v against_o spaerta●us_o chief_a leader_n of_o the_o bondman_n that_o have_v rebel_v tythe_v to_o the_o number_n of_o a_o 4000_o man_n and_o yet_o fail_v not_o for_o all_o that_o to_o obtain_v the_o victory_n at_o such_o time_n as_o timoleon_n be_v mind_v to_o give_v battle_n to_o the_o carthaginian_n who_o be_v ten_o to_o one_o there_o be_v a_o thousand_o of_o his_o man_n that_o recoil_v back_o and_o will_v not_o fight_v whereof_o timoleon_n be_v well_o pay_v that_o they_o have_v bewray_v themselves_o in_o good_a time_n because_o that_o else_o they_o have_v do_v he_o more_o harm_n than_o good_a but_o when_o he_o have_v once_o win_v the_o field_n and_o be_v return_v unto_o syracuse_n he_o banish_v they_o everichone_v out_o of_o sicily_n with_o express_a commandment_n that_o they_o shall_v get_v they_o out_o of_o the_o city_n before_o the_o sun_n go_v down_o lucullus_n lay_v a_o reproachful_a infamy_n upon_o such_o as_o have_v flee_v in_o a_o certain_a skirmish_n against_o mithridates_n cause_v they_o to_o dig_v a_o pit_n of_o twelve_o foot_n all_o unapparelled_a in_o their_o shirt_n the_o rest_n of_o their_o company_n stand_v by_o to_o see_v they_o do_v it_o trajan_n will_v not_o suffer_v any_o soldier_n to_o be_v put_v to_o death_n for_o any_o fault_n commit_v in_o war_n except_o it_o be_v for_o blaspheme_a god_n for_o treason_n for_o fly_v in_o battle_n for_o ravish_v of_o woman_n or_o for_o sleep_v in_o the_o watch_n and_o in_o those_o case_n he_o pardon_v not_o any_o man_n whatsoever_o he_o be_v albeit_o that_o pyrrhus_n be_v a_o stranger_n yet_o cause_v he_o the_o law_n of_o arm_n to_o be_v observe_v straight_o among_o the_o tarentines_n and_o he_o punish_v those_o that_o fail_v marius_n be_v a_o sore_a man_n in_o that_o behalf_n but_o when_o he_o have_v once_o enure_v his_o soldier_n to_o abstain_v from_o offend_v wholesome_a and_o from_o disobey_v than_o they_o find_v that_o his_o sternness_n in_o command_v and_o his_o sharpness_n in_o punish_v such_o as_o forget_v their_o duty_n be_v not_o only_o reasonable_a but_o also_o just_a and_o wholesome_a the_o law_n of_o the_o swisser_n be_v such_o that_o such_o as_o slay_v and_o recoil_v in_o battle_n for_o fear_n and_o cowardliness_n shall_v be_v cut_v in_o piece_n by_o their_o fellow_n in_o the_o sight_n of_o the_o whole_a army_n to_o the_o end_n that_o the_o great_a fear_n shall_v over-wey_a the_o lesser_a and_o that_o for_o dread_a of_o the_o violent_a death_n they_o shall_v choose_v the_o death_n that_o be_v honourable_a this_o cause_v the_o emperor_n julian_n in_o a_o certain_a battle_n to_o slay_v ten_o of_o the_o first_o that_o flee_v away_o thereby_o to_o compel_v the_o rest_n to_o turn_v again_o upon_o the_o enemy_n captain_n franget_fw-la be_v degrade_v from_o the_o order_n of_o knighthood_n &_o proclaim_v unnoble_a both_o he_o and_o all_o his_o posterity_n for_o yield_a fontrabie_n to_o the_o spaniard_n notwithstanding_o that_o he_o excuse_v himself_o by_o a_o secret_a compact_n that_o don_n peter_n the_o son_n of_o the_o marshal_n of_o navarre_n have_v make_v with_o the_o spaniard_n because_o it_o be_v think_v that_o although_o it_o be_v so_o yet_o he_o ought_v not_o to_o have_v be_v negligent_a in_o forseeing_a such_o conspiracy_n auidius_fw-la cassius_n deal_v more_o cruel_o than_o any_o other_o cassius_n in_o execute_v the_o law_n of_o arm_n for_o he_o make_v all_o such_o to_o be_v crucify_v as_o have_v take_v any_o thing_n from_o honest_a man_n in_o the_o self_n same_o place_n where_o the_o crime_n be_v commit_v also_o he_o cause_v the_o arm_n &_o leg_n to_o be_v cut_v off_o of_o all_o such_o as_o depart_v from_o the_o camp_n without_o passport_n and_o he_o put_v they_o not_o to_o death_n say_v that_o there_o be_v more_o example_n to_o be_v see_v in_o a_o miserable_a catif_a alive_a than_o dead_a it_o happen_v upon_o a_o time_n that_o a_o very_a few_o of_o his_o man_n of_o war_n have_v discover_v that_o the_o sarmatian_n keep_v not_o good_a ward_n slay_v of_o they_o to_o the_o number_n of_o a_o three_o thousand_o and_o when_o his_o captain_n sue_v for_o reward_n of_o their_o good_a exploit_n he_o make_v they_o to_o be_v all_o crucify_a say_v it_o may_v have_v happen_v that_o there_o have_v be_v some_o ambush_n of_o enemy_n &_o by_o that_o mean_v the_o honour_n of_o the_o roman_a empire_n may_v have_v be_v lose_v in_o do_v whereof_o he_o follow_v the_o example_n of_o torquatus_n the_o history_n of_o who_o be_v know_v well_o enough_o nevertheless_o in_o the_o one_o there_o be_v a_o breach_n of_o the_o prohibition_n but_o in_o this_o there_o be_v no_o such_o thing_n at_o all_o this_o cruelty_n be_v far_o differ_v from_o the_o meeldnes_n of_o scipio_n who_o say_v that_o a_o good_a general_n of_o a_o field_n aught_o to_o deal_v like_o the_o good_a surgeon_n which_o never_o use_v lance_a but_o when_o all_o other_o remedy_n fail_v and_o as_o plutarch_n say_v in_o the_o comparison_n between_o agis_n &_o gracchus_n it_o be_v not_o the_o property_n either_o of_o good_a surgeon_n or_o of_o good_a governor_n of_o a_o state_n to_o set_v his_o hand_n to_o sword_n or_o launcer_n but_o only_o in_o extreme_a necessity_n when_o there_o be_v no_o other_o remedy_n good_a but_o to_o make_v a_o man_n of_o war_n obedient_a &_o refrain_v from_o do_v wrong_a to_o any_o body_n he_o must_v be_v well_o pay_v and_o as_o alexander_n severus_n say_v he_o must_v be_v well_o apparel_v well_o shod_a well_o arm_v well_o feed_v &_o have_v some_o money_n in_o his_o purse_n for_o poverty_n make_v man_n heartless_a the_o same_o thing_n be_v some_o cause_n that_o the_o soldier_n of_o macrinus_n rebel_v against_o he_o for_o when_o they_o see_v themselves_o so_o ill_o pay_v they_o fall_v to_o mutiny_v whereat_o mesa_n take_v occasion_n to_o lay_v hold_n of_o the_o opportunity_n that_o be_v offer_v fall_v in_o hand_n with_o the_o man_n of_o war_n and_o by_o offer_v they_o to_o pay_v they_o of_o his_o own_o treasure_n he_o make_v they_o so_o affection_a towards_o he_o that_o for_o his_o sake_n they_o set_v up_o his_o little_a son_n heliogabalus_n iphicrates_n a_o athenian_a captain_n be_v content_a that_o his_o soldier_n shall_v be_v covetous_a amorous_a and_o voluptuous_a to_o the_o intent_n that_o they_o may_v hazard_v themselves_o the_o more_o bold_o and_o adventurous_o to_o all_o peril_n to_o have_v wherewith_o to_o furnish_v their_o desire_n and_o julius_n caesar_n will_v have_v his_o soldier_n fair_a and_o rich_o arm_v to_o the_o end_n they_o shall_v fight_v valeant_o for_o fear_v to_o loose_v they_o final_o to_o teach_v whatsoever_o belong_v to_o a_o soldier_n to_o have_v the_o epistle_n suffice_v which_o dioclesian_n write_v thus_o to_o a_o certain_a governor_n of_o a_o province_n if_o you_o will_v be_v a_o tribune_n say_v he_o or_o rather_o if_o you_o intend_v to_o live_v bring_v to_o pass_v that_o your_o soldier_n meddle_v not_o with_o other_o man_n good_n that_o they_o take_v neither_o pullerie_n nor_o sheep_n that_o they_o trample_v not_o down_o other_o man_n corn_n that_o they_o take_v not_o any_o man_n oil_n salt_n or_o wood_n unpaid_a for_o that_o they_o find_v themselves_o of_o the_o booty_n of_o their_o enemy_n and_o not_o with_o the_o tear_n of_o your_o subject_n that_o every_o of_o they_o have_v his_o armour_n neat_a and_o clean_a that_o they_o be_v well_o shod_a and_o that_o they_o be_v well_o clad_v war_n there_o be_v yet_o one_o rule_n more_o to_o be_v keep_v in_o the_o law_n of_o arm_n which_o be_v to_o keep_v equality_n among_o man_n of_o war_n the_o which_o rule_n adrian_n the_o emperor_n observe_v very_o well_o and_o fit_o for_o when_o he_o will_v have_v any_o labour_n do_v in_o his_o camp_n all_o be_v put_v to_o the_o labour_n when_o any_o watch_n be_v all_o watch_v and_o he_o will_v not_o suffer_v any_o man_n to_o be_v exempt_v insomuch_o that_o he_o himself_o will_v be_v the_o foremost_a among_o they_o peace_n also_o there_o be_v consideration_n to_o be_v have_v in_o warfare_n how_o to_o make_v difference_n betweeen_n a_o camp_n and_o a_o garrison_n for_o in_o a_o camp_n it_o be_v not_o amiss_o to_o take_v some_o respite_n that_o man_n may_v make_v merry_a so_o the_o time_n of_o feast_v be_v not_o overlong_o
see_v that_o as_o charity_n extend_v further_a than_o gentleness_n so_o envy_n extend_v further_a than_o hatred_n which_o seem_v contrary_a to_o love_n and_o charity_n envy_n for_o envy_v as_o plutarch_n teach_v we_o in_o his_o book_n of_o envy_n and_o hatred_n never_o depart_v from_o those_o who_o it_o have_v once_o catch_v hold_n of_o neither_o in_o prosperity_n nor_o in_o adversity_n whereas_o hatred_n vanish_v away_o in_o the_o extremity_n of_o either_o fortune_n furthermore_o when_o a_o man_n be_v persuade_v that_o he_o have_v receive_v no_o wrong_n or_o take_v a_o opinion_n that_o those_o who_o he_o hate_v as_o wicked_a person_n be_v become_v honest_a man_n or_o if_o they_o have_v do_v he_o some_o such_o pleasure_n as_o be_v a_o cause_n to_o dissolve_v the_o former_a injury_n the_o hatred_n cease_v but_o as_o for_o the_o envious_a person_n although_o no_o man_n do_v he_o harm_n yet_o cease_v he_o not_o to_o be_v spiteful_a and_o if_o he_o see_v a_o honest_a man_n or_o a_o man_n of_o good_a quality_n or_o if_o he_o receive_v a_o good_a turn_n it_o do_v but_o provoke_v he_o the_o more_o to_o envy_v so_o as_o he_o be_v exasperate_v by_o the_o thing_n whereby_o hatred_n be_v assuage_v undeterminable_a envy_n be_v undeterminable_a and_o resemble_v disease_a eye_n which_o be_v offend_v at_o all_o brightness_n and_o light_n but_o hatred_n be_v determinable_a and_o be_v always_o found_v and_o settle_v upon_o certain_a ground_n in_o respect_n of_o itself_o by_o envy_n come_v death_n into_o the_o world_n for_o through_o satan_n envy_n be_v we_o deceive_v through_o that_o deceit_n become_v we_o disobedient_a and_o through_o that_o disobedience_n come_v death_n upon_o us._n it_o be_v a_o very_a perilous_a vice_n which_o seize_v not_o only_o upon_o man_n state_n and_o live_n but_o also_o upon_o their_o life_n as_o we_o read_v of_o abel_n who_o be_v murder_v through_o the_o envy_n of_o cain_n and_o of_o joseph_n who_o be_v sell_v through_o the_o envy_n of_o his_o brother_n saint_n john_n chrisostome_n in_o his_o 44_o homily_n say_v that_o this_o vice_n in_o respect_n of_o other_o vice_n be_v unexcusable_a unexcusable_a for_o the_o lechor_n excuse_v himself_o by_o lust_n the_o thief_n by_o poverty_n and_o the_o man-slear_a by_o choler_n but_o the_o envious_a man_n can_v find_v no_o excuse_n at_o all_o god_n command_v we_o to_o love_v our_o enemy_n and_o the_o envious_a man_n hate_v even_o his_o friend_n and_o in_o his_o five_o and_o fortith_a homily_n and_o likewise_o upon_o the_o one_o and_o twentieth_o of_o genesis_n he_o say_v that_o as_o the_o worm_n mar_v the_o timber_n wherein_o it_o breed_v afore_o it_o go_v out_o even_o so_o do_v envy_n mar_v the_o man_n antisthenes_n say_v that_o as_o rust_n eat_v iron_n so_o the_o envious_a be_v consume_v by_o the_o fret_a of_o their_o own_o envy_n for_o the_o envious_a say_v horace_n pine_v away_o at_o the_o prosperity_n of_o another_o and_o alexander_n say_v unto_o meleager_n that_o the_o envious_a man_n carry_v his_o own_o torment_n with_o he_o solomon_n in_o the_o fourteen_o of_o the_o proverb_n say_v that_o as_o a_o sound_a heart_n be_v the_o life_n of_o the_o body_n so_o envy_n be_v a_o consumer_n of_o the_o bone_n plutarch_n liken_v envy_n to_o smoke_n for_o afore_o the_o flame_n break_v out_o it_o mount_v up_o great_a but_o as_o soon_o as_o the_o flame_n show_v itself_o the_o smoke_n vanish_v by_o little_a and_o little_a and_o in_o the_o end_n be_v no_o more_o see_v plato_n in_o his_o book_n of_o law_n say_v that_o the_o envious_a man_n imagine_v to_o vaunt_v himself_o the_o more_o by_o find_v fault_n with_o other_o can_v never_o attain_v to_o true_a virtue_n and_o be_v a_o hinderer_n of_o those_o who_o he_o spite_v by_o the_o wrongful_a slander_n which_o he_o report_v of_o they_o plutarch_n in_o the_o life_n of_o lisander_n say_v that_o in_o the_o pursuit_n of_o virtue_n the_o envious_a and_o ambitious_a man_n do_v hold_v those_o for_o their_o adversary_n who_o they_o may_v and_o ought_v rather_o to_o serve_v and_o help_v in_o the_o do_n of_o great_a and_o goodly_a thing_n for_o through_o their_o iealousnesse_n of_o glory_n they_o common_o envy_v their_o like_a whereupon_o come_v this_o say_n of_o marshal_n that_o there_o no_o account_n be_v make_v of_o they_o that_o be_v alive_a it_o be_v envy_n that_o cause_v we_o to_o esteem_v more_o of_o man_n of_o old_a time_n than_o of_o man_n now_o live_v and_o as_o ovid_n say_v we_o take_v no_o pleasure_n in_o read_v man_n book_n until_o the_o author_n of_o they_o be_v dead_a because_o envy_n have_v accustom_v we_o to_o wound_v the_o live_n with_o venomous_a tooth_n for_o envy_n feed_v upon_o we_o so_o long_o as_o we_o be_v alive_a but_o be_v we_o once_o dead_a she_o cease_v and_o then_o be_v praise_v give_v according_a to_o desert_n some_o man_n will_v say_v that_o this_o discourse_n may_v well_o be_v direct_v to_o common_a person_n envy_n but_o prince_n be_v out_o of_o envy_n reach_n for_o if_o a_o prince_n be_v envy_v it_o can_v hurt_v he_o and_o therewithal_o he_o be_v too_o great_a to_o bear_v envy_n to_o his_o subject_n the_o envy_n that_o saul_n have_v unto_o david_n for_o fight_v with_o goliath_n show_v sufficient_o that_o king_n be_v not_o exempt_v from_o envy_n for_o albeit_o that_o he_o receive_v right_o great_a good_a by_o that_o deed_n of_o david_n yet_o notwithstanding_o for_o as_o much_o as_o he_o be_v blind_v and_o as_o it_o be_v drunken_a with_o envy_n he_o hold_v he_o be_v his_o benefactor_n as_o his_o enemy_n abimelech_n be_v a_o king_n and_o a_o great_a lord_n and_o yet_o when_o he_o see_v isaak_n a_o stranger_n prosper_v and_o grow_v rich_a in_o his_o realm_n he_o drive_v he_o out_o when_o laban_n see_v jacob_n his_o son_n in_o law_n grow_v rich_a than_o himself_o he_o can_v not_o afterward_o give_v he_o a_o good_a look_n wherefore_o it_o be_v not_o to_o be_v doubt_v but_o that_o a_o prince_n may_v be_v envious_a &_o also_o be_v envy_v &_o thereby_o receive_v harm_n for_o man_n whatsoever_o he_o be_v the_o more_o good_n &_o power_n he_o have_v the_o more_o envy_n bear_v he_o on_o his_o back_n denni_n the_o tyrant_n keep_v himself_o not_o only_o from_o his_o enemy_n but_o also_o from_o his_o friend_n yea_o even_o from_o the_o wise_a of_o they_o say_v that_o there_o be_v none_o of_o they_o which_o have_v not_o rather_o reign_v than_o serve_v have_v d●on_n &_o julius_n caesar_n do_v as_o he_o do_v it_o have_v be_v the_o better_a for_o they_o but_o they_o say_v they_o have_v lever_n die_v than_o to_o distrust_v their_o friend_n and_o you_o must_v not_o think_v that_o a_o prince_n can_v be_v privilege_v from_o be_v envious_a as_o who_o will_v say_v there_o be_v no_o person_n who_o he_o can_v or_o ought_v to_o envy_n for_o envy_n be_v a_o disease_n of_o the_o mind_n as_o well_o as_o jealousy_n be_v the_o jealous_a person_n forgo_v not_o his_o jealousy_n by_o have_v a_o discreet_a wife_n that_o give_v he_o no_o occasion_n to_o misdout_fw-mi she_o for_o he_o be_v jealous_a of_o all_o that_o he_o see_v even_o so_o the_o envious_a man_n must_v needs_o feed_v his_o own_o fancy_n though_o there_o be_v no_o apparent_a matter_n wherewith_o othanes_n say_v that_o king_n do_v envy_v good_a man_n yea_o &_o hate_v they_o deadly_a &_o that_o virtue_n be_v common_o hate_v of_o king_n his_o so_o say_v be_v to_o serve_v his_o turn_n in_o plead_v against_o regality_n as_o i_o have_v say_v in_o the_o 1_o book_n for_o a_o good_a king_n love_v virtue_n &_o virtuous_a folk_n but_o a_o evil_a king_n do_v both_o hate_n &_o envy_v they_o serve_v and_o as_o manlius_n say_v in_o titus_n livius_fw-la envy_n serve_v but_o to_o speak_v evil_a of_o virtue_n to_o deface_v the_o honour_n thereof_o and_o to_o bereave_v it_o of_o reward_n plutarch_n say_v in_o the_o life_n of_o cato_n that_o all_o the_o great_a man_n be_v enemy_n to_o cato_n because_o they_o see_v he_o to_o be_v upright_o in_o justice_n &_o they_o be_v ashamed_a of_o their_o own_o unjustice_n this_o be_v but_o a_o envy_n that_o they_o bear_v unto_o cato_n caligula_n &_o therefore_o they_o be_v enemy_n unto_o he_o caligula_n be_v desirous_a of_o his_o own_o ease_n &_o yet_o be_v he_o envious_a towards_o those_o that_o be_v at_o ease_n as_o well_o as_o he_o in_o the_o voyage_n that_o he_o make_v into_o germany_n so_o hasty_o that_o the_o ensign_n be_v fold_v up_o &_o carry_v upon_o sumpter-horse_n that_o the_o band_n may_v march_v with_o the_o more_o speed_n albeit_o that_o himself_o go_v in_o a_o goodly_a couch_n and_o make_v plain_a path_n all_o the_o way_n that_o he_o go_v yet_o notwithstanding_o he_o wrat_fw-mi unto_o rome_n that_o see_v he_o be_v in_o such_o danger_n
and_o outmoving_n inspire_v into_o it_o of_o god_n pirr●us_n and_o certain_a furor_n that_o carry_v a_o man_n out_o of_o himself_o this_o virtue_n be_v more_o general_o follow_v of_o prince_n than_o any_o of_o the_o other_o as_o we_o have_v see_v in_o alexander_n pyrrhus_n hannibal_n pompey_n julius_n caesar_n themist●cles_n alcibiades_n and_o many_o other_o who_o be_v not_o so_o curious_a of_o other_o virtue_n as_o painful_a to_o excel_v in_o prowess_n and_o greatness_n of_o mind_n prowess_n cicero_n in_o his_o tusculane_n question_n say_v that_o valeantnesse_n or_o prowess_n be_v a_o skill_n to_o endure_v or_o a_o affection_n of_o the_o mind_n fit_o dispose_v to_o sustain_v adversity_n or_o else_o a_o certain_a stable_n or_o steadfast_a purpose_n to_o undertake_v or_o repulse_v the_o thing_n that_o seem_v to_o be_v dreadful_a plato_n in_o the_o four_o book_n of_o his_o commonweal_n bring_v in_o socrates_n say_v thus_o i_o say_v that_o prowess_n be_v a_o certain_a fasthold_v glaucus_n what_o manner_n of_o fasthold_v socrates_n of_o the_o opinion_n which_o a_o man_n have_v conceive_v by_o trainement_n and_o education_n whereby_o he_o judge_v of_o thing_n terrible_a glaucus_n and_o after_o what_o sort_n shall_v we_o call_v a_o man_n valeant_fw-la socrates_n when_o the_o force_n of_o his_o choler_n or_o anger_n be_v so_o rule_v that_o he_o continue_v resolute_a in_o his_o opinion_n between_o pleasure_n and_o grief_n not_o deem_v otherwise_o of_o that_o which_o we_o call_v terrible_a or_o not_o terrible_a prowess_n than_o reason_n will_v he_o aristotle_n say_v it_o be_v the_o duty_n of_o prowess_n to_o be_v utterlie_o undismay_v with_o the_o fear_n of_o de●th_n to_o be_v constant_a in_o suffer_v adversity_n to_o be_v void_a of_o dread_n of_o danger_n to_o choose_v 〈◊〉_d for_o to_o die_v with_o honour_n than_o to_o live_v with_o dishonour_n or_o to_o be_v conquer_v in_o battle_n at_o a_o word_n it_o be_v the_o duty_n of_o prowess_n to_o be_v unafraid_a of_o any_o danger_n which_o reason_n show_v that_o we_o ought_v not_o to_o fear_v cicero_n in_o his_o duty_n set_v down_o three_o sort_n of_o prowess_n prowess_n the_o first_o consist_v in_o not_o fear_v any_o thing_n the_o second_o in_o not_o make_v account_n of_o worldly_a thing_n and_o the_o three_o in_o believe_v that_o there_o be_v not_o any_o adversity_n which_o a_o man_n be_v not_o able_a to_o endure_v the_o same_o author_n in_o his_o first_o book_n of_o the_o end_n of_o good_a and_o bad_a say_v that_o the_o strong-hearted_n and_o high-minded_a man_n be_v free_a from_o all_o care_n and_o grief_n consider_v that_o he_o despise_v death_n and_o be_v so_o full_o resolve_v concern_v sorrow_n that_o he_o always_o bear_v a_o mind_n that_o the_o great_a misery_n be_v end_v by_o death_n the_o small_a have_v ever_o some_o release_n and_o the_o mean_a sort_n we_o overmaster_n either_o endure_v they_o if_o they_o be_v tolerable_a or_o patient_o pass_v out_o of_o this_o life_n as_o from_o a_o stage_n if_o they_o be_v untollerable_a which_o pass_v out_o of_o this_o life_n we_o must_v so_o understand_v as_o it_o must_v be_v without_o haste_v our_o own_o end_n for_o as_o plato_n say_v we_o must_v not_o depart_v hence_o without_o the_o commandment_n of_o our_o captein_a general_n that_o have_v set_v we_o in_o ward_n mischief_n and_o to_o kill_v a_o man_n self_n to_o avoid_v poverty_n love_n or_o trouble_v be_v not_o the_o property_n of_o a_o noble_a and_o stout_a courage_n but_o of_o a_o base_a fearful_a and_o cowardly_a heart_n floral_n the_o lacedaemonian_n be_v above_o all_o thing_n train_v up_o to_o valiantness_n and_o have_v but_o three_o principal_a precept_n the_o first_o to_o obey_v magistrate_n the_o second_o to_o endure_v travail_n &_o the_o three_o to_o get_v the_o upper_a hand_n in_o battle_n prowess_n or_o else_o to_o die_v upon_o prowess_n do_v depend_v travel_n resolution_n strength_n boldness_n magnanimity_n confidence_n and_o sufferance_n not_o without_o cause_n do_v we_o put_v travel_n into_o prowess_n travel_n for_o as_o diogenes_n say_v no_o travel_n be_v praise-worthie_a which_o tend_v not_o to_o magnanimity_n and_o such_o travel_n be_v to_o be_v understand_v as_o well_o of_o mind_n as_o of_o body_n for_o in_o strength_n say_v socrates_n and_o in_o prowess_n there_o go_v a_o move_a both_o of_o body_n and_o mind_n and_o common_o all_o good_a captain_n have_v put_v themselves_o to_o travel_v as_o much_o as_o be_v possible_a both_o with_o body_n and_o mind_n as_o we_o read_v of_o alexander_n who_o of_o a_o great_a courage_n row_v over_o water_n scale_a town_n and_o put_v himself_o foremost_a in_o peril_n and_o painstaking_a pyrrhus_n hannibal_n sertorius_n and_o julius_n caesar_n do_v the_o like_a and_o so_o do_v many_o emperor_n also_o who_o stick_v not_o to_o march_v five_o or_o six_o league_n on_o foot_n with_o their_o army_n put_v themselves_o into_o the_o water_n up_o to_o the_o knee_n to_o pass_v a_o large_a marish_a of_o a_o two_o or_o three_o league_n over_o eat_v of_o the_o same_o bread_n that_o their_o soldier_n do_v endure_v hunger_n and_o thirst_n and_o sleep_v upon_o the_o hard_a ground_n as_o i_o have_v say_v heretofore_o next_o i_o say_v resolution_n that_o resolution_n be_v requisite_a in_o a_o man_n of_o prowess_n and_o valour_n for_o the_o very_a substance_n of_o prowess_n be_v to_o be_v resolut_a for_o resolutenes_n keep_v a_o man_n from_o waver_a so_o as_o have_v determinate_o set_v honour_n and_o virtue_n before_o he_o as_o his_o mark_n to_o shoot_v at_o he_o fear_v not_o any_o impediment_n that_o may_v cross_v he_o leonidas_n choose_v rather_o to_o die_v with_o three_o hundred_o man_n who_o he_o have_v all_o resolute_a to_o die_v with_o he_o than_o to_o abandon_v the_o place_n which_o he_o have_v take_v to_o keep_v notwithstanding_o that_o he_o be_v sure_a he_o shall_v be_v overlay_v with_o force_n and_o when_o one_o say_v unto_o he_o the_o sun_n be_v hide_v with_o the_o shot_n of_o the_o persian_n so_o much_o the_o better_a for_o we_o quoth_v he_o for_o then_o shall_v we_o fight_v with_o they_o in_o the_o shadow_n one_o ask_v of_o agis_n how_o many_o lacedaemonian_n he_o have_v to_o the_o war_n enough_o quoth_v he_o to_o chase_v away_o the_o wicked_a also_o he_o say_v of_o they_o that_o they_o demand_v not_o how_o many_o their_o enemy_n be_v but_o where_o they_o be_v sceva_n a_o jew_n have_v long_a time_n defend_v every_o man_n at_o the_o last_o after_o much_o slaughter_n by_o he_o make_v abide_v still_o have_v his_o eye_n stop_v his_o head_n his_o arm_n and_o his_o thigh_n break_v and_o his_o shield_n strike_v through_o in_o sixscore_o place_n i_o see_v no_o resolutenes_n comparable_a to_o the_o maccabee_n who_o to_o maintain_v their_o law_n offer_v themselves_o to_o all_o peril_n and_o in_o the_o end_n rebel_a against_o antiochus_n do_v with_o three_o thousand_o man_n discomfit_v forty_o thousand_o likewise_o eleasar_n think_v to_o kill_v the_o king_n who_o he_o take_v to_o have_v be_v he_o that_o be_v mount_v upon_o the_o great_a elephant_n open_v the_o th●ong_a and_o do_v so_o much_o that_o he_o kill_v the_o elephant_n and_o die_v himself_o under_o he_o and_o judas_n machabeus_n choose_v rather_o to_o die_v than_o to_o flee_v in_o battle_n though_o he_o have_v but_o few_o man_n in_o comparison_n of_o his_o enemy_n likewise_o jonathas_n the_o three_o brother_n renew_v his_o army_n be_v break_v and_o carry_v away_o the_o victory_n the_o christian_a martyr_n be_v resolute_a to_o die_v rather_o than_o to_o do_v sacrifice_n to_o idol_n and_o with_o that_o resolution_n they_o endure_v death_n and_o all_o manner_n of_o torment_n with_o wonderful_a constancy_n strength_n strength_n also_o be_v needful_a to_o prowess_n so_o as_o it_o behove_v good_a courage_n to_o be_v accompany_v with_o strength_n that_o it_o may_v put_v in_o execution_n that_o valeancie_n and_o nobleness_n of_o heart_n antisthenes_n say_v that_o a_o man_n ought_v to_o will_v all_o the_o good_a in_o the_o world_n to_o his_o enemy_n save_v only_a prowess_n because_o all_o his_o good_n shall_v come_v one_o day_n to_o he_o that_o be_v valeant_fw-la and_o whensoever_o he_o see_v a_o brave_a dame_n and_o well_o apparel_v he_o be_v wont_a to_o go_v to_o her_o husband_n and_o to_o pray_v he_o to_o show_v he_o his_o horse_n and_o armour_n and_o if_o he_o find_v they_o good_a and_o well_o provide_v he_o say_v no_o more_o to_o the_o woman_n but_o if_o he_o be_v not_o well_o horse_v and_o well_o arm_v he_o will_v desire_v he_o to_o take_v from_o her_o all_o her_o goodly_a jewel_n for_o fear_v lest_o they_o become_v a_o prey_n unto_o some_o other_o for_o want_v of_o a_o man_n of_o descend_v they_o boldness_n likewise_o boldness_n be_v necessary_a to_o prowess_n and_o do_v in_o some_o sort_n resemble_v it_o nevertheless_o as_o say_v
magnanimity_n in_o the_o world_n and_o sure_o no_o man_n be_v ignorant_a but_o that_o a_o man_n of_o magnanimity_n may_v die_v at_o the_o sea_n without_o fear_n not_o after_o the_o manner_n of_o marinet_n the_o four_o be_v call_v furious_a when_o a_o man_n fight_v upon_o hatred_n choler_n or_o passion_n in_o so_o do_v he_o seem_v courageous_a because_o as_o aristotle_n say_v choler_n be_v a_o great_a spur_n to_o prick_v one_o forth_o to_o danger_n yet_o notwithstanding_o he_o be_v not_o so_o for_o as_o soon_o as_o his_o rage_n be_v over_o he_o begin_v to_o wexlasie_a and_o be_v willing_a to_o be_v go_v at_o the_o least_o intreatance_n that_o can_v be_v hardy_a now_o then_o it_o be_v no_o valiancy_n to_o put_v a_o man_n self_n into_o danger_n when_o he_o be_v spur_v with_o sorrow_n or_o anger_n likewise_o the_o foolhardy_a seem_v of_o great_a courage_n though_o he_o be_v not_o so_o because_o he_o put_v himself_o forth_o to_o danger_n without_o cause_n but_o man_n ought_v in_o all_o thing_n to_o deal_v by_o reason_n for_o that_o which_o do_v with_o reason_n be_v welbeseeming_a and_o commend_v of_o all_o man_n and_o that_o which_o be_v do_v otherwise_o be_v blame_v such_o as_o discern_v not_o good_a from_o evil_n think_v a_o man_n to_o be_v of_o great_a courage_n because_o he_o seem_v so_o whereas_o indeed_o it_o be_v either_o rashness_n folly_n or_o rage_n that_o make_v he_o to_o seem_v so_o as_o we_o read_v of_o coriolan_n who_o when_o he_o be_v condemn_v of_o the_o people_n show_v not_o any_o grief_n and_o that_o as_o say_v plutarch_n be_v not_o through_o any_o drift_n or_o persuasion_n of_o reason_n or_o through_o any_o calmness_n of_o disposition_n that_o make_v he_o to_o bear_v his_o misfortune_n patient_o and_o meeldly_a but_o through_o a_o vehement_a despite_n and_o desire_n or_o revenge_n which_o carry_v he_o so_o forcible_o away_o that_o he_o seem_v not_o tofeele_n his_o own_o misery_n mind_n the_o which_o the_o common_a people_n suppose_v not_o to_o be_v sorrow_n though_o it_o be_v so_o in_o deed_n for_o when_o such_o grief_n be_v set_v on_o fire_n then_o turn_v it_o into_o despite_n and_o then_o forgo_v it_o the_o baseness_n laziness_n and_o faintness_n which_o be_v natural_a unto_o it_o and_o therefore_o as_o he_o that_o have_v a_o fever_n seem_v full_a of_o heat_n so_o he_o that_o be_v choleric_a seem_v as_o though_o a_o man_n mind_n be_v puff_v out_o and_o make_v great_a and_o large_a by_o his_o be_v in_o such_o disposition_n the_o five_o kind_n be_v call_v customary_a which_o be_v when_o a_o man_n have_v always_o be_v wont_v to_o overcome_v and_o never_o be_v foil_v such_o customablenesse_n make_v he_o to_o go_v the_o more_o bold_o to_o the_o encounter_n but_o if_o he_o find_v resistance_n then_o will_v he_o fly_v as_o well_o as_o other_o man_n for_o want_v of_o resolute_a purpose_n in_o valiantness_n the_o sixth_o sort_n be_v call_v beastly_a which_o be_v when_o a_o man_n go_v like_o a_o beast_n to_o find_v his_o enemy_n not_o think_v he_o to_o be_v courageous_a and_o that_o he_o will_v make_v resistance_n against_o he_o whereby_o it_o may_v befall_v he_o as_o i_o have_v say_v of_o the_o other_o the_o seven_o sort_n be_v call_v virtuous_a which_o be_v the_o true_a and_o only_o kind_a of_o prowess_n as_o when_o a_o man_n war_v or_o put_v himself_o in_o danger_n not_o by_o constraint_n nor_o upon_o choler_n experience_n or_o ignorance_n but_o because_o it_o be_v expedient_a and_o behooveful_a in_o reason_n to_o be_v do_v as_o for_o example_n a_o prince_n must_v not_o make_v war_n unless_o it_o be_v just_a and_o for_o the_o benefit_n of_o his_o realm_n or_o for_o the_o tuition_n and_o defence_n thereof_o and_o of_o his_o subject_n and_o not_o upon_o ignorance_n or_o for_o ambition_n or_o desire_v of_o revenge_n chap._n viii_o of_o magnanimity_n magnanimity_n approach_v unto_o prowess_n and_o valiantness_n but_o yet_o it_o have_v some_o thing_n great_a and_o like_v as_o magnificence_n be_v nothing_o else_o than_o liberality_n be_v notwithstanding_o count_v a_o great_a thing_n even_o so_o be_v it_o with_o magnanimity_n which_o ought_v to_o be_v proper_a &_o peculiar_a to_o prince_n who_o set_v their_o mind_n thing_n or_o at_o least_o wise_a aught_o to_o set_v their_o mind_n on_o none_o but_o great_a matter_n for_o as_o demosthenes_n say_v it_o be_v a_o hard_a matter_n for_o they_o that_o set_v their_o mind_n upon_o base_a thing_n to_o have_v a_o high_a and_o bold_a spirit_n or_o for_o they_o that_o have_v the_o manage_n of_o great_a affair_n to_o mind_v the_o small_a thing_n for_o such_o as_o the_o state_n of_o a_o man_n be_v such_o be_v his_o mind_n alexander_n by_o reason_n of_o his_o valiant_a and_o hardy_a courage_n think_v nothing_o to_o be_v impregnable_a nor_o any_o thing_n too_o strong_a for_o a_o firm_a and_o resolute_a mind_n wherefore_o be_v about_o to_o assail_v a_o place_n that_o be_v impregnable_a he_o demand_v what_o courage_n the_o captain_n be_v of_o that_o be_v within_o it_o and_o when_o he_o understand_v that_o he_o be_v the_o very_a coward_n of_o the_o world_n that_o be_v well_o for_o we_o quoth_v he_o for_o that_o place_n be_v always_o to_o be_v win_v which_o be_v hold_v by_o a_o fainthearted_a coward_n and_o in_o very_a deed_n he_o win_v the_o place_n by_o put_v the_o keeper_n thereof_o in_o fear_n now_o then_o magnanimity_n magnanimity_n be_v a_o certain_a excellency_n of_o courage_n which_o aim_v at_o honour_n direct_v all_o his_o do_n thereunto_o and_o special_o unto_o virtue_n as_o the_o thing_n that_o be_v esteem_v the_o efficient_a cause_n of_o honour_n in_o respect_n whereof_o it_o do_v all_o thing_n that_o be_v virtuous_a and_o honourable_a with_o a_o brave_a and_o excellent_a courage_n and_o differ_v from_o valiantness_n of_o prowess_n magnanimity_n in_o that_o prowess_n respect_v chief_o the_o peril_n of_o war_n and_o magnanimity_n respect_v honour_n insomuch_o that_o magnanimity_n be_v a_o ornament_n unto_o all_o virtue_n because_o the_o deed_n of_o virtue_n be_v worthy_a of_o honour_n the_o which_o be_v put_v in_o exceution_n by_o magnanimity_n as_o for_o example_n when_o it_o be_v say_v that_o it_o belong_v not_o to_o a_o man_n of_o magnanimity_n to_o do_v wrong_a this_o be_v a_o virtuous_a and_o just_a deed_n which_o bring_v honour_n to_o the_o man_n of_o magnanimity_n and_o therefore_o we_o say_v that_o magnanimity_n be_v a_o ornament_n to_o all_o virtue_n because_o it_o make_v they_o the_o great_a in_o that_o the_o honour_n whereon_o the_o nobleminded_a man_n set_v his_o eye_n surmount_v all_o thing_n but_o yet_o in_o this_o do_v magnanimity_n and_o prowess_n agree_v that_o both_o of_o they_o be_v void_a of_o fear_n &_o despise_v death_n grief_n peril_n and_o danger_n not_o suffer_v themselves_o to_o be_v over-weighed_n by_o prosperity_n or_o adversity_n cicero_n in_o the_o five_o of_o his_o tusculane_n question_n say_v that_o if_o a_o man_n bend_v himself_o to_o despise_v the_o thing_n that_o be_v common_o have_v in_o estimation_n as_o strength_n beauty_n health_n riches_n and_o honour_n &_o regard_v not_o their_o contrary_n he_o may_v go_v with_o his_o head_n upright_o &_o make_v his_o boast_n that_o neither_o the_o forwardness_n of_o fortune_n nor_o the_o opinion_n of_o the_o common_a people_n nor_o sorrow_n nor_o poverty_n shall_v be_v able_a to_o put_v he_o in_o fear_n but_o all_o thing_n be_v in_o his_o hand_n and_o nothing_o be_v out_o of_o his_o power_n and_o in_o his_o first_o book_n of_o duty_n we_o deem_v it_o say_v he_o the_o part_n of_o a_o noble_a courage_n and_o a_o constant_a mind_n to_o be_v so_o firm_a and_o stable_a through_o the_o work_n of_o reason_n as_o to_o make_v no_o reckon_n of_o the_o thing_n which_o other_o man_n esteem_v to_o be_v goodly_a and_o excellent_a and_o to_o bear_v the_o thing_n in_o such_o sort_n which_o seem_v hard_a and_o bitter_a as_o he_o swerve_v not_o from_o the_o state_n of_o nature_n adversity_n and_o from_o the_o dignity_n which_o a_o wise_a man_n ought_v to_o have_v and_o that_o it_o be_v the_o point_n of_o a_o nobleminded_a &_o constant_a man_n not_o to_o be_v dismay_v with_o adversity_n nor_o to_o shrink_v a_o whit_n from_o the_o place_n where_o he_o stand_v nor_o to_o step_v aside_o from_o reason_n for_o it_o be_v a_o token_n of_o lightness_n not_o to_o be_v able_a to_o bear_v adversity_n as_o well_o as_o prosperity_n on_o the_o contrary_a part_n it_o be_v a_o goodly_a thing_n to_o keep_v one_o selfsame_a manner_n of_o deal_n in_o all_o a_o man_n life_n yea_o and_o even_o one_o selfsame_a countenance_n the_o magnanimity_n and_o constancy_n of_o aristides_n be_v so_o great_a that_o for_o all_o the_o honour_n that_o be_v do_v unto_o he_o he_o be_v never_o high-minded_a nor_o for_o any_o
thing_n by_o keep_v itself_o occupy_v with_o diverse_a war_n we_o see_v ordinary_o that_o such_o as_o have_v give_v over_o themselves_o in_o idleness_n have_v have_v ill_a success_n in_o their_o affair_n of_o which_o sort_n be_v galba_n who_o say_v that_o no_o man_n be_v to_o yield_v account_n of_o his_o idleness_n contrary_a to_o the_o christian_n doctrine_n which_o teach_v we_o that_o we_o must_v yield_v account_n of_o all_o our_o idle_a word_n and_o that_o we_o must_v put_v forth_o our_o talon_n to_o profit_n under_o pain_n of_o punishment_n &_o also_o contrary_a to_o the_o law_n of_o draco_n which_o punish_v idle_a folk_n with_o death_n evil_a for_o as_o the_o man_n of_o old_a time_n say_v in_o do_v nothing_o man_n learn_v to_o do_v evil_a and_o as_o ecclesiasticus_fw-la say_v idleness_n teach_v many_o evil_a thing_n and_o therefore_o amasis_n king_n of_o egypt_n command_v all_o man_n to_o give_v a_o reckon_n daily_o of_o their_o day_n labour_n and_o solon_n ordain_v that_o the_o high_a court_n of_o ariopaguse_n shall_v have_v authority_n and_o charge_n to_o inquire_v whereof_o every_o man_n live_v and_o to_o punish_v those_o who_o they_o find_v idle_a and_o un-occupied_n idle_a and_o cambyses_n forbid_v cyrus_n above_o all_o thing_n to_o suffer_v his_o army_n to_o be_v idle_a upon_o a_o time_n one_o ask_v d●onisius_n whether_o he_o be_v at_o leisure_n and_o have_v nothing_o to_o do_v god_n forbid_v quoth_v he_o that_o ever_o that_o shall_v befall_v i_o think_v it_o to_o be_v a_o foul_a and_o shameful_a thing_n to_o be_v unoccupy_v and_o scipio_n say_v he_o be_v never_o less_o alone_o than_o when_o he_o be_v alone_o because_o that_o when_o he_o be_v alone_o he_o busy_v himself_o as_o well_o as_o when_o he_o be_v in_o the_o senate_n among_o the_o great_a affair_n wherewith_o alexander_n be_v occupy_v he_o will_v now_o and_o then_o take_v some_o recreation_n but_o during_o those_o weighty_a affair_n there_o be_v neither_o feast_n nor_o banquet_n nor_o play_v nor_o marriage_n nor_o any_o other_o pastime_n that_o he_o will_v stay_v upon_o ca●sar_n julius_n caesar_n obtain_v many_o victory_n by_o his_o diligence_n in_o such_o wise_a that_o he_o amaze_v the_o carnut_n that_o have_v revolt_v from_o he_o for_o he_o pass_v the_o mountain_n with_o such_o speed_n that_o he_o be_v in_o their_o country_n with_o his_o army_n in_o short_a time_n than_o a_o messenger_n can_v have_v be_v and_o begin_v to_o waste_v the_o country_n out_o of_o hand_n afore_o they_o have_v any_o tiding_n of_o his_o come_n wherewith_o and_o with_o some_o loss_n that_o they_o have_v receive_v in_o a_o battle_n his_o enemy_n be_v so_o dismay_v that_o in_o the_o end_n they_o submit_v themselves_o to_o his_o will_n and_o as_o he_o be_v diligent_a in_o war_n so_o be_v he_o not_o idle_a in_o the_o city_n but_o be_v occupy_v in_o pleasure_v his_o friend_n in_o do_v justice_n to_o every_o man_n and_o in_o order_v the_o affair_n of_o the_o stare_n with_o great_a speed_n and_o skill_n in_o so_o much_o that_o he_o do_v bring_v the_o year_n into_o that_o order_n which_o we_o have_v at_o this_o day_n and_o be_v about_o to_o have_v set_v the_o civil_a law_n in_o order_n of_o art_n albeit_o that_o the_o lord_n of_o chaulmont_n have_v but_o few_o man_n yet_o if_o he_o have_v go_v speedy_o to_o the_o besiege_n of_o bolonia_n according_a to_o his_o former_a deliberation_n he_o have_v bring_v the_o pope_n to_o such_o a_o pinch_n that_o he_o have_v drive_v he_o to_o make_v peace_n because_o there_o be_v but_o few_o people_n within_o the_o town_n business_n but_o by_o his_o overslow_v set_v forth_o to_o the_o siege_n he_o lose_v the_o opportunity_n for_o in_o the_o mean_a time_n there_o come_v in_o sufficient_a force_n to_o encounter_v he_o contrariwise_o mounseur_fw-fr de_fw-fr foix_n by_o his_o hardiness_n and_o diligence_n do_v within_o fifteen_o day_n compel_v the_o army_n of_o the_o churchman_n and_o of_o the_o spaniard_n to_o dislodge_v from_o before_o bolona_n discomfit_v john_n paul_n baillon_n with_o part_n of_o the_o venetian_a company_n in_o campaine_n and_o recover_v bresse_n by_o force_n of_o arm_n where_o eight_o thousand_o man_n be_v put_v to_o the_o sword_n and_o the_o rest_n be_v make_v prisoner_n hannibal_n be_v not_o only_o diligent_a but_o also_o a_o despiser_n of_o all_o pleasure_n trajan_n and_o adrian_n be_v so_o diligent_a and_o skilful_a in_o war_n matter_n that_o they_o know_v the_o account_n of_o their_o legion_n and_o call_v the_o most_o part_n of_o their_o man_n of_o war_n by_o their_o name_n the_o which_o they_o do_v so_o precise_o least_o vagabund_a stranger_n shall_v intermeddle_v themselves_o with_o they_o that_o be_v roman_n bear_v and_o they_o permit_v not_o any_o man_n which_o can_v not_o good_a skill_n to_o handle_v his_o weapon_n and_o to_o fight_v epaminondas_n never_o give_v himself_o any_o respite_n from_o deal_v in_o matter_n of_o the_o state_n say_v that_o he_o watch_v for_o his_o countryman_n sake_n to_o the_o intent_n that_o they_o may_v make_v good_a cheer_n at_o their_o ease_n while_o he_o travel_v for_o they_o homer_n say_v that_o it_o become_v not_o a_o man_n of_o government_n and_o such_o a_o one_o as_o be_v to_o command_v many_o to_o sleep_v the_o whole_a night_n sleep_v for_o too_o much_o sleep_v be_v a_o spice_n of_o idleness_n according_a to_o this_o say_n of_o solomon_n in_o his_o proverbe_n slothfulness_n cause_v sleep_v to_o come_v whereof_o plato_n speak_v after_o this_o manner_n overmuch_o sleep_n be_v not_o good_a neither_o for_o the_o body_n nor_o for_o the_o mind_n nor_o for_o the_o do_v of_o any_o business_n and_o that_o he_o that_o be_v a_o sleep_n be_v as_o a_o dead_a man_n wherefore_o whosoever_o will_v be_v wise_a and_o well_o advise_v must_v wake_v as_o much_o as_o he_o can_v and_o take_v no_o more_o sleep_n than_o be_v requisite_a for_o his_o health_n for_o overmuch_o sleep_v feed_v vice_n as_o cato_n say_v in_o his_o pair_n of_o verse_n solomon_n in_o the_o twentieth_o of_o his_o proverb_n say_v delight_v not_o in_o sleep_n lest_o thou_o become_v poor_a but_o open_v thy_o eye_n that_o thou_o may_v have_v foyzon_n of_o food_n and_o in_o the_o 23._o chap._n he_o say_v that_o overmuch_o sleep_a make_v a_o man_n to_o go_v in_o ragged_a clothes_n for_o these_o consideration_n the_o king_n of_o persia_n cause_v a_o groom_n of_o his_o chamber_n to_o waken_v he_o every_o day_n and_o to_o bid_v he_o arise_v and_o intend_v to_o the_o affair_n of_o his_o realm_n as_o i_o have_v say_v heretofore_o therefore_o the_o prince_n that_o be_v well_o advise_v will_v not_o give_v himself_o to_o overmuch_o sleep_v nor_o shut_v up_o himself_o in_o a_o corner_n to_o do_v nothing_o like_v to_o domitian_n who_o take_v pleasure_n in_o prick_a fly_n to_o death_n nor_o cast_v off_o all_o affair_n to_o thrust_v out_o the_o time_n by_o the_o shoulder_n for_o they_o that_o will_v disburden_v themselves_o of_o their_o affair_n have_v common_o more_o to_o do_v than_o they_o will_v have_v and_o as_o the_o greek_n say_v in_o their_o common_a proverb_n troublefull_a adoxia_n that_o be_v to_o say_v the_o life_n that_o be_v without_o honour_n or_o rather_o the_o life_n that_o be_v elendge_v and_o solitary_a be_v all_o one_o with_o the_o painful_a life_n because_o that_o they_o which_o think_v to_o live_v without_o pain_n alone_o by_o themselves_o be_v more_o trouble_v to_o defend_v themselves_o from_o the_o wicked_a which_o be_v not_o afraid_a of_o they_o and_o therefore_o do_v vex_v they_o than_o those_o which_o follow_v some_o trade_n do_v travail_n for_o the_o common_a weal_n and_o as_o say_v thucydides_n the_o rest_n that_o a_o man_n take_v through_o negligence_n be_v more_o hurtful_a to_o a_o man_n than_o laboursome_a toil_n that_o be_v the_o cause_n why_o darius_n will_v needs_o plunge_v the_o babylonian_n into_o all_o manner_n of_o idleness_n that_o they_o may_v not_o have_v the_o heart_n to_o rebel_v afterward_o cimon_n the_o same_o policy_n use_v cimon_n to_o diminish_v the_o force_n and_o power_n of_o his_o ally_n by_o grant_v they_o whatsoever_o they_o require_v after_o that_o the_o persian_n be_v drive_v out_o of_o greece_n the_o ally_n of_o the_o athenian_n cease_v not_o to_o contribut_n both_o man_n and_o money_n towards_o the_o make_n of_o new_a war_n and_o the_o maintenance_n of_o a_o army_n on_o the_o sea_n whereof_o in_o the_o end_n they_o wax_v weary_a &_o consider_v with_o themselves_o that_o the_o persian_n trouble_v they_o not_o will_v not_o furnish_v they_o any_o long_o with_o man_n and_o ship_n well_o be_v they_o content_v to_o pay_v money_n for_o their_o fine_n but_o the_o athenian_a captain_n enforce_v they_o thereunto_o and_o condemn_v they_o at_o great_a fine_n if_o they_o fail_v the_o which_o deal_v make_v the_o
according_a to_o the_o law_n tamerlane_n hang_v a_o soldier_n of_o he_o for_o steal_v a_o cheese_n this_o rigour_n be_v be_v very_o needful_a for_o else_o he_o shall_v have_v have_v no_o victual_n in_o his_o camp_n which_o be_v always_o follow_v with_o infinite_a viteller_n and_o by_o be_v so_o rough_a towards_o his_o soldier_n he_o get_v the_o good_a will_n of_o whole_a country_n in_o execute_v justice_n upon_o his_o man_n of_o war_n according_a to_o the_o law_n he_o be_v gentle_a to_o such_o as_o submit_v themselves_o unto_o he_o but_o sharp_a and_o cruel_a to_o such_o as_o resist_v he_o which_o be_v the_o way_n to_o win_v much_o people_n and_o no_o man_n withstand_v he_o wherefore_o i_o conclude_v that_o whether_o it_o be_v the_o prince_n himself_o or_o whether_o it_o be_v his_o lieutenant_n he_o must_v not_o be_v so_o gentle_a to_o his_o soldier_n as_o to_o bear_v with_o all_o their_o fault_n nor_o so_o courteous_a to_o the_o plain_a countryman_n but_o that_o he_o must_v show_v they_o all_o some_o example_n of_o his_o severity_n that_o they_o may_v stand_v in_o awe_n of_o he_o but_o he_o must_v reserve_v his_o austerity_n for_o the_o wicked_a and_o stubborn_a sort_n and_o he_o must_v use_v gentleness_n meeldnes_n and_o lovingnes_n towards_o his_o good_a soldier_n and_o such_o as_o hold_v out_o their_o hand_n to_o yield_v themselves_o unto_o he_o who_o he_o ought_v to_o entreat_v well_o not_o for_o a_o day_n or_o twain_o a_o some_o do_v but_o for_o ever_o to_o the_o end_n that_o the_o people_n which_o be_v his_o neighbour_n may_v be_v allure_v to_o do_v the_o like_a when_o they_o find_v that_o this_o his_o good_a deal_n proceed_v not_o of_o dissimulation_n but_o of_o the_o very_a love_n meeldnes_n and_o good_a nature_n of_o the_o prince_n chap._n v._o whether_o it_o be_v better_a to_o have_v a_o good_a army_n and_o a_o evil_a chieftain_n or_o a_o good_a chieftain_n and_o a_o evil_a army_n the_o prince_n that_o have_v to_o deal_v with_o arm_n aught_o to_o be_v provide_v of_o two_o thing_n namely_o of_o valeant_fw-la and_o well_o experience_a captain_n and_o of_o good_a and_o well_o train_v soldier_n for_o little_a boot_v it_o to_o have_v a_o good_a chieftain_n that_o have_v not_o good_a man_n of_o war_n or_o good_a man_n of_o war_n that_o have_v not_o a_o good_a captain_n to_o lead_v they_o but_o the_o question_n be_v in_o case_n that_o both_o meet_v not_o together_o whether_o it_o be_v better_a to_o have_v a_o evil_a army_n and_o a_o good_a captain_n or_o a_o good_a army_n and_o a_o bad_a captain_n this_o question_n seem_v to_o be_v doubtless_o notwithstanding_o forasmuch_o as_o machiavelli_n put_v it_o in_o balance_n although_o he_o resolve_v it_o after_o the_o common_a manner_n yet_o be_o i_o to_o say_v a_o word_n or_o twain_o of_o it_o by_o the_o way_n to_o confirm_v it_o the_o better_a in_o this_o discourse_n upon_o the_o history_n of_o titus_n livius_n he_o say_v the_o valeantnes_n of_o the_o soldier_n have_v wrought_v wonder_n and_o that_o they_o have_v do_v better_o after_o the_o death_n of_o their_o captain_n than_o afore_o as_o it_o befall_v in_o the_o army_n which_o the_o roman_n have_v in_o spain_n under_o the_o conduct_n of_o the_o scipio_n the_o which_o have_v lose_v those_o two_o general_n do_v nevertheless_o overcome_v their_o enemy_n moreover_o he_o allege_v lucullus_n who_o be_v untrained_a to_o the_o war_n himself_o be_v make_v a_o good_a captain_n by_o the_o good_a peticaptain_n of_o the_o band_n that_o be_v in_o his_o army_n but_o his_o reason_n be_v not_o sufficient_a to_o encounter_v the_o opinion_n of_o those_o that_o uphold_v that_o a_o army_n of_o stag_n have_v a_o lion_n to_o their_o leader_n be_v much_o better_a than_o a_o army_n of_o lion_n that_o have_v a_o stag_n to_o their_o captain_n and_o in_o very_a deed_n captain_n if_o ever_o battle_n be_v win_v the_o win_v thereof_o be_v to_o be_v attribute_v to_o the_o captain_n it_o be_v well_o know_v that_o so_o long_o as_o the_o volses_n have_v coriolane_n to_o their_o captain_n they_o have_v always_o the_o upper_a hand_n against_o the_o roman_n but_o as_o soon_o as_o he_o be_v dead_a they_o go_v by_o the_o worse_o when_o the_o roman_n have_v cowardly_a captain_n they_o be_v continual_o beat_v by_o the_o numantine_n but_o when_o scipio_n be_v once_o choose_v general_n they_o do_v so_o well_o overset_v their_o enemy_n that_o in_o the_o end_n they_o raze_v numance_n itself_o and_o as_o i_o have_v say_v in_o this_o discourse_n when_o one_o upbraid_v the_o numantine_n that_o they_o suffer_v themselves_o to_o be_v beat_v by_o those_o who_o they_o have_v so_o often_o beat_v afore_o they_o answer_v that_o in_o very_a deed_n they_o be_v the_o same_o sheep_n who_o they_o have_v encounter_v afore_o host_n but_o they_o have_v another_o shepherd_n this_o show_v sufficient_o how_o great_o some_o one_o man_n may_v avail_v in_o a_o army_n antiochus_n not_o regard_v the_o multitude_n of_o his_o enemy_n ask_v a_o captain_n how_o many_o man_n he_o think_v his_o presence_n to_o be_v worth_a make_o account_n that_o he_o himself_o alone_a shall_v supply_v the_o number_n which_o the_o captain_n desire_v eumenes_n have_v not_o a_o host_n so_o well_o train_v as_o his_o enemy_n and_o yet_o he_o guide_v it_o in_o such_o sort_n as_o he_o can_v never_o be_v overcome_v when_o antigonus_n suppose_v this_o eumenes_n to_o have_v be_v extreme_o sick_a be_v purpose_v not_o to_o have_v lose_v the_o fair_a occasion_n of_o discomfit_v his_o army_n as_o soon_o as_o he_o see_v the_o good_a governance_n thereof_o judge_v incontinent_o that_o it_o be_v a_o good_a chieftain_n that_o have_v the_o order_n thereof_o and_o when_o he_o perceive_v the_o horslitter_n of_o eumene●_n a_o far_a off_o by_z and_o by_o he_o cause_v the_o retreit_n to_o be_v sound_v fear_v more_o that_o which_o be_v within_o the_o litter_n than_o he_o fear_v five_o and_o twenty_o or_o thirty_o thousand_o man_n the_o bondman_n of_o the_o roman_n have_v not_o beat_v they_o so_o oft_o unless_o it_o have_v be_v by_o the_o good_a guidance_n of_o spartacus_n sertorius_n have_v the_o whole_a force_n of_o rome_n against_o he_o and_o yet_o can_v never_o be_v overcome_v epaminondas_n and_o pelopidas_n do_v by_o their_o good_a government_n train_n people_n that_o have_v no_o skill_n of_o war_n and_o vanquish_v the_o great_a warrior_n of_o all_o greece_n for_o it_o be_v a_o hard_a matter_n that_o any_o army_n be_v it_o never_o so_o well_o practise_v in_o war_n shall_v be_v able_a to_o maintain_v itself_o against_o a_o politic_a and_o valeant_fw-la enemy_n chieftain_n i_o say_v not_o but_o that_o they_o may_v fight_v valeant_o but_o the_o skilfulnes_n of_o the_o captain_n of_o their_o enemy_n may_v be_v such_o as_o to_o disorder_v they_o by_o use_v some_o cunning_a device_n the_o disappoint_a and_o prevent_v whereof_o belong_v to_o the_o captain_n and_o not_o to_o the_o soldier_n as_o for_o that_o which_o be_v allege_v of_o the_o scipio_n it_o will_v not_o serve_v for_o inasmuch_o as_o the_o battle_n be_v well_o order_v afore_o the_o roman_n may_v well_o obtain_v the_o victory_n though_o both_o the_o consul_n be_v there_o slay_v likewise_o notwithstanding_o the_o death_n of_o the_o duke_n of_o bourbon_n yet_o be_v rome_n take_v by_o his_o army_n because_o the_o soldier_n that_o have_v adventure_v upon_o the_o assault_n know_v not_o of_o the_o death_n of_o their_o captain_n and_o the_o theban_n fail_v not_o to_o get_v the_o victory_n though_o e●aminondas_n be_v wound_v to_o death_n again_o the_o emperor_n army_n which_o be_v send_v against_o the_o marquess_n of_o brandenbrough_n get_v the_o victory_n notwithstanding_o that_o duke_n moris_n the_o general_a of_o the_o field_n lose_v his_o life_n there_o and_o as_o touch_v that_o which_o be_v say_v of_o lucullus_n who_o have_v little_a experience_n of_o war_n that_o be_v very_o true_a nevertheless_o he_o behave_v himself_o so_o discret_o in_o the_o war_n wherein_o he_o be_v employ_v that_o he_o be_v nothing_o behold_v to_o pompey_n which_o bereave_v he_o of_o the_o honour_n of_o conquer_a the_o whole_a east_n and_o to_o show_v that_o he_o be_v not_o lead_v by_o the_o advice_n of_o his_o army_n but_o by_o his_o own_o skill_n be_v at_o the_o siege_n of_o tigranocerta_n &_o be_v counsel_v by_o some_o to_o raise_v his_o siege_n and_o to_o go_v meet_v his_o enemy_n who_o be_v come_v towards_o he_o with_o great_a force_n and_o not_o to_o stay_v about_o the_o city_n he_o believe_v his_o own_o wit_n and_o undertake_v a_o ieoperdous_a adventure_n for_o with_o the_o one_o half_a of_o his_o army_n he_o go_v to_o encounter_v his_o enemy_n who_o he_o overcome_v and_o leave_v the_o other_o half_n afore_o the_o city_n the_o which_o he_o take_v at_o his_o return_n also_o