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friendship_n and_o faith_n polimnestor_n likewise_o though_o king_n priamus_n repose_v such_o great_a trust_n and_o confidence_n in_o he_o that_o he_o commit_v his_o own_o son_n polidorus_fw-la to_o his_o custody_n yet_o he_o false_o slay_v he_o and_o murder_v he_o though_o beside_o friendship_n he_o be_v his_o near_a kinsman_n how_o well_o say_v socrates_n do_v faithful_a friend_n far_o excel_v all_o gold_n for_o in_o danger_n faith_n be_v try_v and_o in_o necessity_n friend_n be_v know_v such_o be_v the_o secret_a force_n of_o truth_n and_o love_n and_o such_o be_v the_o hide_a subtlety_n of_o falsehood_n as_o may_v be_v prove_v in_o a_o history_n of_o sextus_n pompeius_n son_n and_o heir_n unto_o pompey_n the_o great_a the_o faith_n and_o justice_n of_o pompey_n at_o what_o time_n he_o have_v appoint_v a_o banquet_n for_o augustus_n caesar_n and_z marcus_z antonius_n upon_o the_o sea_n be_v well_o try_v for_o be_v move_v by_o divers_a at_o that_o time_n to_o revenge_v his_o father_n 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unto_o daniel_n in_o the_o den_n to_o sidrach_n in_o the_o fire_n to_o ionas_n in_o the_o water_n be_v nothing_o else_o but_o example_n for_o our_o learning_n to_o be_v gentle_a one_o unto_o another_o even_o as_o jesus_n christ_n be_v unto_o we_o all_o thus_o we_o conclude_v as_o cicero_n say_v of_o caesar_n that_o caesar_n extol_v pompey_n be_v dead_a and_o set_v up_o his_o picture_n do_v extol_v his_o own_o name_n so_o that_o the_o clemency_n that_o man_n do_v show_v unto_o other_o do_v advance_v their_o own_o glory_n chap._n xvi_o of_o sober_a and_o temperate_a king_n and_o prince_n and_o where_o temperance_n and_o sobriety_n be_v most_o use_v so_o much_o be_v this_o noble_a virtue_n of_o temperance_n esteem_v with_o ancient_a people_n that_o they_o think_v the_o great_a pleasure_n and_o the_o happy_a life_n be_v to_o abstain_v from_o desire_a meat_n and_o drink_n so_o much_o be_v this_o sobriety_n of_o life_n commend_v of_o learned_a philosopher_n that_o anacharsis_n the_o 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