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same_o to_o other_o teach_v thou_o again_o the_o knowelege_v of_o good_a &_o profitable_a thing_n be_v not_o to_o be_v keep_v in_o huggermug_a but_o be_v to_o be_v deliver_v cato_n 25._o drink_v as_o thou_o may_v if_o thou_o will_v live_v well_o at_o case_n many_o time_n a_o man_n pleasure_n be_v cause_n of_o a_o evil_a disease_n erasmus_n so_o that_o short_a pleasure_n and_o felicity_n of_o this_o boll_n and_o bibbing_a do_v often_o time_n get_v unto_o a_o man_n a_o grevous_a and_o a_o long_a disease_n cato_n 26._o whensoever_o any_o thing_n thou_o do_v open_o either_o praise_n or_o commend_v see_v that_o the_o same_o by_o any_o fault_n of_o lightness_n thou_o do_v not_o reprehend_v erasmus_n thou_o shall_v be_v think_v light_n and_o inconstant_a if_o that_o thou_o have_v praise_v before_o many_o thesame_a that_o afterward_o thou_o do_v reprove_v therefore_o if_o thou_o have_v change_v thy_o mind_n see_v thou_o hold_v thy_o tongue_n cato_n 27._o in_o prosperite_n beware_v of_o thing_n 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or_o year_n howbeit_o it_o please_v i_o better_o that_o this_o be_v the_o meaning_n or_o understand_v learn_v always_o for_o by_o study_n wisdom_n increase_v for_o there_o be_v few_o that_o prove_v wise_a by_o experience_n of_o thing_n either_o because_o it_o do_v happen_v few_o to_o live_v long_o or_o else_o for_o that_o that_o very_o few_o extirp_v and_o put_v of_o their_o foolishness_n by_o this_o way_n of_o experience_n the_o most_o sure_a &_o ready_a way_n to_o wisdom_n be_v learning_n and_o knowelege_v cato_n 29._o seldom_o praise_v any_o man_n for_o who_o thou_o do_v oft_o commend_v in_o a_o day_n it_o wilappeare_v how_o well_o he_o be_v thy_o friend_n erasmus_n praise_v not_o thy_o friend_n overmoche_n of_o who_o thou_o have_v make_v no_o proufe_v for_o he_o be_v often_o time_n praise_v of_o the_o in_o one_o day_n or_o other_o he_o shall_v show_v himself_o to_o have_v be_v another_o manner_n of_o fellow_n than_o thou_o have_v praise_v he_o for_o cato_n 30._o shame_v not_o to_o learn_v and_o desire_v to_o be_v teach_v but_o be_v ashamed_a of_o ignorance_n for_o that_o be_v naught_o erasmus_n some_o of_o a_o certain_a foolish_a shame_n have_v rather_o always_o to_o be_v ignorant_a then_o once_o to_o learn_v any_o thing_n whereas_o to_o know_v be_v a_o fair_a thing_n and_o a_o shame_n to_o will_v to_o learn_v nothing_o therefore_o it_o be_v a_o honest_a point_n to_o desire_n knowelege_v cato_n 31._o with_o lechery_n and_o dronkenesse_n strife_n and_o pleasure_n be_v tangle_v what_o coumfort_v the_o mind_n that_o take_v let_v strife_n be_v avoid_v erasmus_n pick_v out_o what_o be_v good_a fly_v whatsoever_o be_v evil_a thereunto_o couple_v drink_n and_o good_a cheer_n make_v a_o man_n merry_a &_o put_v away_o care_n use_v this_o commodity_n but_o again_o drunkenness_n provoke_v to_o brawl_a and_o chide_v that_o beware_v and_o lechery_n delight_v but_o it_o have_v with_o it_o wrangle_a and_o quarel_v love_n therefore_o without_o strife_n &_o debate_n cato_n 32._o 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into_o the_o deep_a flow_v erasmus_n set_a upon_o and_o go_v about_o sure_a matier_n rather_o than_o great_a for_o it_o be_v more_o safeguard_n and_o surety_n to_o row_v by_o the_o shore_n &_o to_o use_v oar_n then_o with_o broad_a sail_n to_o be_v in_o ieoperdie_o in_o maigne_fw-la sea_n nor_o true_o the_o wind_n of_o good_a chance_n and_o fortune_n do_v favour_v every_o man_n cato_n 35._o against_o a_o good_a and_o just_a man_n be_v thou_o no_o quarell_a for_o of_o all_o soche_n god_n be_v the_o avenger_n erasmus_n strive_v not_o perverslie_o that_o be_v malicious_o and_o frowardlie_a with_o a_o just_a man_n for_o god_n do_v never_o leave_v that_o unavenged_a cato_n 36._o weep_v not_o neither_o wail_v if_o thou_o have_v loss_n but_o rather_o rejoice_v and_o be_v content_a with_o thy_o cross_n erasmus_n if_o riches_n do_v happen_v unto_o the_o be_v glad_a thereof_o if_o they_o be_v take_v from_o the_o be_v not_o thou_o vex_v and_o trouble_v but_o then_o use_v wisdom_n &_o discretion_n 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merchaunte_n who_o god_n have_v endue_v with_o a_o special_a gift_n and_o qualite_n above_o many_o other_o how_o they_o abuse_v thesame_a grace_n in_o disdain_v their_o even_a christian_n &_o fellow_n in_o the_o say_v and_o vocation_n of_o jesus_n christ_n which_o make_v all_o of_o vile_a clay_n &_o dust_n &_o to_o thesame_n have_v promise_v we_o that_o we_o shall_v return_v and_o then_o let_v they_o see_v how_o moche_n they_o pass_v by_o their_o proud_a look_n the_o poor_a wretch_n that_o go_v by_o the_o high_a way_n side_n when_o thy_o neighbour_n be_v fall_v into_o misery_n rejoice_v not_o nor_o have_v therein_o felicity_n ¶_o to_o mock_v and_o scorn_n at_o naughty_a pack_n and_o vicious_a liver_n to_o cause_v they_o to_o be_v ashamed_a of_o their_o leudnes_n &_o abominable_a life_n be_v to_o be_v commend_v but_o sure_o to_o see_v thy_o neighbour_n or_o fellow_n in_o danger_n of_o sickness_n povercie_n or_o other_o mischance_n of_o this_o world_n thou_o have_v more_o cause_n to_o 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bear_v favour_n and_o frendelie_o affection_n there_o stick_v not_o to_o extend_v thy_o liberality_n and_o charite_n lest_o peradventure_o otherwise_o thou_o may_v be_v constreign_v thus_o to_o say_v when_o i_o lend_v i_o be_v a_o friend_n and_o when_o i_o ask_v i_o be_v unkind_a so_o of_o my_o friend_n i_o make_v my_o to_z therefore_o i_o will_v no_o more_o do_v so_o when_o thy_o clientes_fw-la matier_n be_v in_o trial_n of_o judgement_n then_o stand_v fast_a at_o the_o bar_n &_o ever_o present_a ¶_o i_o will_v to_o christ_n passion_n every_o atturneie_n outter_v harrester_n councellous_a sergeaunt_n &_o judge_v of_o the_o law_n will_v print_v in_o their_o upright_a conscience_n this_o precepte_v into_o who_o hand_n be_v commit_v the_o right_a suit_n and_o splee_v of_o many_o 〈◊〉_d poor_a man_n the_o which_o they_o sometime_o willing_o when_o they_o be_v of_o the_o contrary_a part_n well_o bribe_v and_o sometime_o neglectlie_o when_o of_o their_o clientes_fw-la they_o be_v not_o large_o and_o plentifullie_o reward_v let_v the_o matier_n grow_v 〈…〉_o to_o a_o nonesute_n or_o drive_v he_o to_o sue_v 〈◊〉_d commission_n into_o the_o country_n where_o 〈…〉_o by_o friendship_n and_o mastershippe_n the_o poor_a man_n between_o ii_o stool_n lie_v flat_a upon_o the_o ground_n and_o thus_o the_o poor_a man_n be_v utter_o enbar_v of_o his_o right_n either_o by_o the_o negligence_n of_o the_o attorney_n in_o call_v slack_o upon_o the_o counsellor_n or_o else_o by_o the_o counsellor_n and_o sergeante_n absent_v theimselue_n from_o the_o court_n bar_n or_o else_o the_o judge_n themselves_o in_o defer_v judgement_n or_o at_o least_o way_n by_o the_o corrupt_a favour_n of_o the_o country_n feast_v and_o banquete_v seldom_o do_v thou_o use_v and_o they_o to_o haunt_v often_o utter_o refuse_v whether_o of_o these_o two_o thou_o customablie_o do_v use_v thou_o shall_v be_v sure_a to_o have_v a_o ready_a displeasure_n and_o hurt_n follow_v as_o if_o thou_o be_v a_o common_a 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whereas_o they_o be_v in_o very_a deed_n dead_a image_n and_o the_o lively_a picture_n of_o death_n and_o their_o sai_n be_v we_o think_v no_o man_n hurt_v as_o long_o as_o we_o sleep_v sound_o although_o when_o they_o be_v wake_v they_o can_v speak_v as_o evil_a and_o as_o shreude_o as_o the_o wourst_fw-mi whatsoever_o thou_o haste_v swear_v with_o thy_o will_n keep_v thy_o oath_n and_o thy_o promise_n fulfil_v behold_v christian_n the_o precept_n of_o a_o heathen_a against_o our_o customable_a and_o damnable_a oath_n and_o blasphemy_n that_o we_o use_v we_o may_v be_v ashamed_a that_o very_o infideles_fw-la shall_v pass_v we_o in_o godly_a conversation_n of_o live_v see_v unto_o they_o be_v give_v no_o rule_n or_o commandment_n but_o soche_n as_o reason_n and_o nature_n do_v instruct_v they_o in_o but_o how_o oft_o have_v we_o of_o god_n himself_o commandment_n not_o to_o swear_v either_o in_o vain_a or_o to_o the_o mischevous_a and_o naughty_a purpose_n of_o any_o thing_n yea_o when_o we_o do_v or_o be_v cause_v of_o right_a to_o swear_v how_o little_a truth_n and_o credence_n be_v there_o find_v in_o our_o oath_n dere_o none_o but_o perjury_n abundant_o and_o in_o our_o promise_n be_v they_o by_o never_n so_o great_a a_o oath_n make_v we_o be_v crafty_a &_o slow_a performer_n and_o subtle_a dealer_n with_o our_o neighbour_n drink_v wine_n with_o temperatnesse_n and_o in_o thy_o drink_n use_v no_o excess_n it_o be_v not_o unknowen_a how_o many_o incommodity_n have_v and_o do_v daily_o ensue_v and_o follow_v the_o great_a excessive_a bibbing_n and_o boll_a of_o wine_n some_o of_o these_o swilbolle_n have_v their_o yie_n blear_v &_o wink_n some_o have_v rot_v tethe_v and_o breathe_v stink_n some_o their_o face_n empeary_v with_o ruby_n &_o saphire_n of_o the_o tavern_n some_o blobcheke_n and_o puff_a face_n some_o gore_n belly_n &_o slag_v stomach_n there_o be_v other_o that_o have_v gout_n dropsy_n their_o liver_n consume_v yea_o their_o brain_n and_o wit_n confound_v and_o dull_v and_o will_v you_o have_v few_o word_n they_o shorten_v their_o life_n mar_v their_o youth_n hasten_v and_o bring_v quick_o old_a age_n and_o many_o time_n sudden_a death_n and_o as_o for_o youth_n to_o drink_v wine_n be_v none_o other_o then_o where_o there_o be_v a_o good_a fire_n and_o heat_n sufficient_a to_o cast_v in_o oil_n to_o make_v the_o flame_n big_a if_o thou_o will_v needs_o fight_v fight_v for_o thy_o country_n and_o try_v thy_o manhood_n against_o thy_o enemy_n there_o be_v many_o bragger_n and_n craker_n that_o will_v for_o every_o small_a trifle_n lay_v their_o hand_n upon_o their_o dagger_n and_o be_v ready_a to_o kill_v god_n have_v in_o 〈…〉_o upon_o his_o soulle_n while_o they_o be_v among_o their_o own_fw-mi
the_o covetous_a man_n be_v call_v nigarde_n and_o the_o prodigal_a spender_n be_v call_v unthrifte_n cato_n 21._o of_o thy_o credence_n hardly_o be_v not_o to_o light_v when_o the_o tongue_n that_o most_o babble_n speak_v lest_o of_o right_n erasmus_n faith_n be_v not_o by_o and_o by_o to_o be_v give_v unto_o those_o man_n that_o bring_v always_o some_o news_n and_o tell_v somewhat_o of_o other_o man_n deed_n they_o be_v scarce_o to_o be_v beleve_v that_o babble_n of_o many_o thing_n for_o because_o that_o vanity_n be_v wont_a to_o be_v couple_v unto_o this_o vice_n cato_n 22._o pardon_v not_o thyself_o when_o by_o drink_v thou_o be_v a_o offender_n for_o the_o fault_n be_v not_o in_o the_o drink_n but_o in_o the_o drinker_n erasmus_n the_o common_a sort_n of_o man_n be_v wont_v after_o this_o sort_n to_o excuse_v their_o fault_n the_o wine_n be_v thoccasion_n or_o cause_n i_o say_v this_o when_o i_o be_v well_o whittle_v but_o do_v thou_o impute_v it_o to_o thy_o own_fw-mi self_n and_o not_o to_o the_o wine_n which_o fault_n be_v by_o thy_o own_fw-mi naughtiness_n and_o not_o of_o it_o cato_n 23._o if_o thou_o have_v any_o secret_a council_n disclose_v it_o to_o thy_o fellow_n that_o can_v keep_v it_o well_o if_o thy_o body_n need_v any_o remedy_n commit_v that_o to_o a_o physician_n that_o be_v trusty_a erasmus_n in_o thing_n secret_a and_o to_o be_v keep_v in_o silence_n beware_v thou_o ask_v not_o every_o man_n counsel_n but_o his_o only_a who_o trustiness_n in_o secret_a matier_n thou_o have_v right_a well_o approve_v lest_o he_o do_v not_o only_o help_v thou_o but_o also_o hinder_v and_o slander_v thou_o nor_o yet_o show_v thou_o the_o infirmity_n of_o thy_o body_n to_o every_o one_o but_o unto_o a_o physician_n of_o a_o assure_a and_o know_v faiethfulnesse_n which_o may_v keep_v thy_o disease_n privy_a and_o heal_v they_o cato_n 24._o at_o the_o good_a chance_n of_o the_o unworthy_a take_v no_o grief_n fortune_n flatter_v evil_a person_n to_o do_v they_o some_o mischief_n erasmus_n let_v not_o the_o prosperity_n of_o other_o greve_v thou_o which_o have_v often_o chance_v to_o the_o unworthy_a for_o fortune_n do_v not_o favour_v they_o but_o lie_v in_o wait_n and_o ticle_v they_o forward_o that_o afterward_o she_o may_v do_v they_o more_o hurt_n and_o displeasure_n cato_n 25._o mark_v afore_o what_o chance_n fall_v that_o must_v be_v suffer_v for_o that_o hurt_v least_o which_o thou_o have_v afore_o consider_v erasmus_n whatsoever_o may_v happen_v unto_o man_n pondre_fw-fr thesame_n with_o thyself_o before_o it_o do_v chance_n that_o it_o may_v not_o be_v sudden_a if_o at_o any_o time_n it_o shall_v happen_v for_o those_o evilles_n do_v less_o trouble_n which_o do_v not_o chance_n to_o a_o man_n unaware_o cato_n 26._o in_o thing_n adversant_a and_o unlucky_a despair_v not_o nor_o be_v in_o heart_n hevie_a but_o have_v a_o good_a hope_n for_o hope_v only_o do_v never_o for_o sake_n a_o man_n until_o he_o die_v erasmus_n when_o fortune_n wax_v cruel_a strengthen_v thyself_o with_o a_o good_a courage_n &_o save_v thyself_o for_o thing_n prosperous_a and_o lucky_a &_o cast_v not_o away_o thy_o hope_n which_o forsake_v not_o a_o man_n even_o di_v for_o as_o long_o as_o there_o be_v life_n within_o the_o body_n there_o be_v hope_n and_o in_o the_o box_n of_o pandora_n only_a hope_n do_v cleave_v in_o the_o brim_n and_o ouide_v say_v i_o do_v see_v a_o man_n live_v by_o hope_n who_o death_n even_o now_o be_v ready_a to_o grope_v cato_n 27._o a_o thing_n that_o thou_o know_v mete_v for_o thy_o purpose_n see_v in_o no_o case_n thou_o do_v it_o lose_v occasion_n in_o the_o forehead_n have_v hear_v and_o the_o polle_n bald_a and_o bare_a erasmus_n as_o often_o as_o fortune_n do_v offer_v the_o any_o commodity_n which_o be_v meet_v for_o the_o straight_o way_n take_v it_o for_o occasion_n have_v a_o hairy_a foreheadde_n so_o that_o in_o that_o part_n she_o may_v be_v hold_v fast_o but_o if_o she_o one_o turn_v she_o back_o behind_o in_o the_o polle_n she_o be_v as_o bare_a as_o a_o â—oote_n that_o a_o man_n may_v have_v no_o hand_n fast_o in_o she_o that_o be_v opportunity_n when_o it_o chance_v it_o may_v be_v hold_v and_o keep_v very_o it_o do_v not_o return_v when_o thou_o will_v if_o thou_o regard_v it_o not_o cato_n 28._o take_v heed_n what_o will_v follow_v she_o after_o and_o what_o hang_v over_o thy_o head_n do_v thou_o afore_o ponder_v follow_v the_o god_n as_o nigh_o as_o thou_o may_v which_o have_v two_o face_n look_v east_n and_o west_n erasmus_n surmise_n and_o gather_v of_o thing_n present_v what_o be_v to_o come_v take_v counsel_n of_o thing_n either_o good_a or_o evil_n past_a and_o goen_n how_o thou_o may_v with_o stand_v those_o that_o be_v to_o come_v after_o thexample_n of_o that_o romishe_n god_n janus_n who_o the_o antique_n do_v feign_v to_o have_v have_v two_o foreheadde_n or_o face_n for_o asmoche_v as_o it_o behove_v a_o wise_a man_n to_o have_v yie_n in_o his_o forehead_n and_o 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cato_n 30._o the_o judgement_n of_o the_o people_n do_v not_o thou_o despise_v only_o lest_o thou_o please_v no_o man_n while_o thou_o will_v reprove_v many_o erasmus_n the_o best_a thing_n do_v never_o please_v the_o common_a sort_n yet_o it_o be_v wisdom_n for_o a_o man_n alone_o not_o to_o strive_v against_o al._n for_o he_o be_v wise_a to_o no_o purpose_n which_o be_v alone_o and_o to_o himself_o wise_a where_o as_o he_o seem_v to_o all_o other_o to_o date_n and_o play_v the_o fool_n cato_n 31._o above_o all_o other_o thing_n see_v to_o thy_o welfare_n the_o chief_a point_n be_v for_o health_n to_o care_n blame_v not_o the_o time_n if_o thou_o disease_a be_v where_o as_o thou_o thyself_o be_v cause_v of_o thy_o infirmity_n erasmus_n before_o all_o thing_n have_v regard_n of_o thy_o health_n lest_o that_o if_o through_o thy_o intemperauncie_n and_o evil_a diet_n thou_o fall_a into_o any_o disease_n afterward_o for_o very_a shame_n do_v put_v the_o blame_n in_o the_o 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because_o the_o disease_n of_o the_o tongue_n be_v proper_a and_o natural_a to_o that_o kind_n he_o be_v a_o froward_a person_n that_o can_v keep_v silence_n special_o see_v it_o be_v a_o light_n and_o easy_a thing_n for_o one_o to_o hold_v his_o peace_n for_o by_o this_o mean_v thy_o wife_n shall_v cease_v to_o chat_v and_o prate_v if_o thou_o geve_v she_o never_o a_o word_n to_o answer_v as_o socrates_n be_v wont_v to_o do_v cato_n 24._o toward_o thy_o father_n and_o mother_n let_v not_o thy_o love_n be_v slender_a nor_o offend_v thy_o mother_n if_o to_o thy_o father_n thou_o will_v be_v tender_a erasmus_n mercy_n love_n and_o reverence_n be_v due_a unto_o thy_o parent_n thy_o countreie_n to_o god_n &_o any_o that_o shall_v occupy_v the_o place_n of_o thy_o parent_n there_o be_v some_o that_o love_v their_o parent_n as_o though_o the_o law_n constrain_v they_o thereto_o but_o love_v thou_o they_o dear_o &_o not_o fearful_o that_o be_v constrainedlie_o or_a for_o veraie_a shame_n 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