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benefit_v my_o country_n to_o pleasure_v my_o friend_n and_o to_o show_v myself_o more_o willing_a than_o able_a in_o perform_v the_o same_o and_o though_o i_o in_o my_o rashness_n presume_v to_o write_v of_o the_o life_n of_o prince_n yet_o i_o trust_v in_o gather_v the_o fragment_n &_o break_a sentence_n as_o a_o beginning_n unto_o other_o that_o be_v better_o store_v it_o will_v be_v of_o the_o wise_a and_o learned_a consider_v though_o of_o other_o defame_v and_o taunt_v for_o there_o be_v no_o book_n say_v plini_n so_o simple_a but_o it_o profit_v some_o body_n for_o in_o book_n say_v chilo_n the_o philosopher_n be_v the_o fame_n of_o worthy_a man_n eternize_v and_o the_o verity_n of_o thing_n etere_fw-la unknown_n wuritten_v which_o two_o thing_n neither_o time_n can_v consume_v nor_o fortune_n destroy_v and_o for_o this_o cause_n be_v the_o bone_n of_o homer_n seek_v and_o contend_v for_o of_o seven_o city_n in_o greece_n to_o be_v bury_v and_o keep_v as_o a_o monument_n of_o so_o great_a a_o writer_n and_o for_o this_o be_v euripides_n die_v in_o macedonia_n send_v for_o by_o embassador_n of_o athens_n to_o be_v have_v in_o memory_n as_o a_o praise_n unto_o athens_n by_o his_o burial_n for_o the_o greek_n suppose_v the_o great_a honour_n of_o all_o to_o have_v educate_v such_o man_n as_o be_v studious_a and_o careful_a for_o their_o country_n for_o great_a be_v the_o attempt_n of_o any_o simple_a book_n writer_n to_o hazard_v himself_o to_o present_a peril_n to_o encounter_v with_o diverse_a man_n with_o a_o pen_n in_o his_o hand_n then_o that_o that_o valiant_a perithus_n with_o cerberus_n or_o theseus_n with_o minotaurus_n yea_o or_o hercules_n with_o antheús_n jolly_a champion_n with_o sword_n draw_v for_o that_o they_o fight_v with_o one_o a_o piece_n and_o that_o before_o their_o face_n &_o the_o simple_a writer_n with_o thousand_o and_o they_o behind_o his_o back_n slander_v he_o architas_n the_o philosopher_n who_o the_o tarentines_n make_v a_o general_a in_o their_o war_n six_o several_a time_n he_o i_o say_v be_v in_o no_o such_o danger_n in_o his_o war_n as_o he_o be_v resist_v for_o his_o rule_n and_o law_n in_o tarentum_n plato_n be_v not_o in_o such_o peril_n at_o the_o besiege_n of_o tanagra_n and_o corinth_n among_o all_o his_o enemy_n as_o he_o be_v envy_v in_o greece_n by_o zenophon_n and_o aristotle_n his_o own_o scholar_n by_o his_o philosophy_n neither_o be_v socrates_n in_o such_o hazard_n of_o life_n be_v in_o arm_n in_o delphos_n as_o he_o be_v in_o athens_n by_o writing_n of_o book_n put_v to_o death_n by_o the_o greek_n zeno_n the_o poor_a philosopher_n can_v resist_v the_o violence_n of_o the_o great_a king_n antigonus_n &_o demosthenes_n can_v withstand_v the_o force_n of_o philip_n and_o yet_o neither_o of_o they_o can_v avoid_v the_o snare_n of_o those_o that_o defame_v their_o labour_n envy_v their_o diligence_n in_o writing_n and_o make_n of_o book_n simple_n man_n must_v not_o therefore_o be_v discomfit_v to_o write_v because_o the_o wise_a and_o learned_a be_v herein_o evil_o speak_v for_o the_o gimnosophiste_n in_o india_n the_o prophet_n in_o egypt_n the_o sage_n in_o persia_n the_o ephori_fw-la in_o lacedemonia_fw-la the_o chaldean_n in_o babylon_n and_o the_o philosopher_n in_o greece_n be_v now_o more_o famous_a and_o renowned_a be_v dead_a than_o they_o be_v a_o live_v be_v envy_v and_o slander_v their_o write_n and_o book_n more_o read_v now_o than_o allow_v or_o know_v then_o they_o rtravell_v now_o be_v commend_v though_o their_o life_n then_o be_v despise_v and_o therefore_o i_o wish_v all_o learned_a clerk_n be_v as_o willing_a to_o write_v as_o the_o most_o part_n of_o ignorant_a be_v studious_a and_o careful_a to_o find_v fault_n wherefore_o crave_v the_o good_a will_n of_o the_o learned_a reader_n as_o a_o bowlster_n and_o defence_n to_o my_o simple_a travel_n i_o end_v wish_v that_o both_o the_o printer_n fault_n and_o i_o may_v less_o move_v occasion_n of_o offence_n ¶_o christoforus_n carlilus_n in_o flodum_n gestiunt_fw-la musae_fw-la charites_n triumphant_a gestit_fw-la insignis_fw-la lituis_fw-la apollo_n pallas_n ac_fw-la orpheus_n monumenta_fw-la flode_n cernere_fw-la tanta_fw-la ipse_fw-la ne_fw-la ditem_fw-la videar_fw-la bear_v aureis_fw-la nummis_fw-la calabrosue_n pomis_fw-la well_fw-mi redundantem_fw-la bromeum_fw-la racemis_fw-la dicere_fw-la cesso_fw-la est_fw-la opus_fw-la dignum_fw-la solido_fw-la cupresso_fw-la et_fw-la cedro_fw-la suavi_fw-la simul_fw-la atque_fw-la laud_fw-la maxima_fw-la flodi_fw-la celebrate_v famam_fw-la anglica_n pubes_fw-la si_fw-mi legis_fw-la librum_fw-la furiosa_fw-la philtra_fw-la non_fw-la tâ—bi_fw-la possunt_fw-la nâ—camara_fw-la circe_n vasa_n non_fw-fr atrox_n rabbis_n megerae_fw-la ulla_fw-la nocere_fw-la ed._n grant_v in_o lod._n flo._n qvae_fw-la a_o tûere_fw-la difuruis_fw-la immersa_fw-la tenebris_fw-la aeduntur_fw-la patrijs_fw-la condecorata_fw-la sonis_fw-la quae_fw-la prius_fw-la 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d fuerint_fw-la bene_fw-la cognita_fw-la paucis_fw-la nunc_fw-la venient_fw-la cunctis_fw-la percipienda_fw-la viris_fw-la postera_fw-la floyde_n tuam_fw-la nascentia_fw-la secula_fw-la laudem_fw-la cantabunt_fw-la praesens_fw-la nomen_fw-la in_o astra_fw-la feret_fw-la quicquid_fw-la est_fw-la in_o mellis_fw-la quicquid_fw-la liberiste_fw-fr lepôris_fw-la continet_fw-la omne_fw-la tuum_fw-la laus_fw-la tribuenda_fw-la tibi_fw-la livide_v mendaces_fw-la compescito_fw-la zoile_n voces_fw-la tela_fw-la licet_fw-la vibres_fw-la non_fw-la violabis_fw-la opus_fw-la inclita_n mordaci_fw-la non_fw-la laedes_fw-la facta_fw-la libello_fw-la florescit_fw-la floydus_fw-la docta_fw-la perora_fw-la virum_fw-la ¶_o in_o librumde_n principum_fw-la periginatione_fw-la johannis_n coci_n scholae_fw-la paulinae_fw-la magistri_fw-la hendecastichon_n cum_fw-la versu_fw-la quodum_fw-la homerico_n ad_fw-la lectorem_fw-la stato_fw-it domi_fw-la nullis_fw-la terre_fw-fr iactatus_fw-la in_o oris_fw-la quem_fw-la patrium_fw-la subijt_fw-la noscendi_fw-la sola_fw-la libido_fw-la sin_n mores_fw-la hominum_fw-la varios_fw-la tibi_fw-la nosse_fw-la voluptas_fw-la ingenijque_fw-la vagas_fw-la ediscere_fw-la nobilis_fw-la art_n non_fw-la perigrinanti_fw-la deerunt_fw-la monimenta_fw-la laboris_fw-la que_fw-la memtemque_fw-la manumque_fw-la parent_n ad_fw-la talia_fw-la promptas_fw-la quod_fw-la libre_fw-la hic_fw-la regum_fw-la referens_fw-la quae_fw-la facta_fw-la priorum_fw-la tuta_fw-la domi_fw-la cupido_fw-la praestabit_fw-la vota_fw-la manendi_fw-la hinc_fw-la licet_fw-la ingenij_fw-la praesignes_fw-la discere_fw-la cultus_fw-la quos_fw-la aditu_fw-la regum_fw-la provisa_fw-la pericula_fw-la monstrent_fw-la nam_fw-la libre_fw-la hic_fw-la peragrans_fw-la tibi_fw-la quae_fw-la viscenda_fw-la fuissent_fw-la 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d ¶_o in_o laudem_fw-la lodovici_fw-la flodi_fw-la thomas_n dranta_n archdiachonis_fw-la lewicensis_fw-la principibus_fw-la placuisse_fw-la viris_fw-la non_fw-la ultima_fw-la laus_fw-la est_fw-la sic_fw-la ais_fw-la &_o summis_fw-la placuisti_fw-la levis_fw-la horati_fw-la principibus_fw-la placuisse_fw-la viris_fw-la si_fw-la tam_fw-la bona_fw-la laus_fw-la sit_fw-la principibus_fw-la fuisse_fw-la viris_fw-la precepta_fw-la quid_fw-la hoc_fw-la est_fw-la atque_fw-la ipsos_fw-la mutos_fw-la ipsos_fw-la formare_fw-la loquentes_fw-la consilium_fw-la totis_fw-la sanumque_fw-la adscribere_fw-la vitis_fw-la hoc_fw-la tu_fw-la flode_n facis_fw-la quedam_fw-la tua_fw-la dogmata_fw-la vidi_fw-la cetera_fw-la cum_fw-la visis_fw-la si_fw-la quadrant_a congrua_fw-la membra_fw-la â–ª_o quod_fw-la facile_fw-la credo_fw-la quid_fw-la tmultis_fw-la te_fw-la tibi_fw-la tollam_fw-la es_fw-la bone_fw-la ingenioque_fw-la &_o bis_fw-la bone_fw-la argumento_fw-la ¶_o thomas_n churchyard_n gent._n of_o lodo._n fl._n if_o learning_n have_v no_o laud_n man_n like_n will_v decay_v away_o and_o few_o will_v write_v or_o knowledge_n seek_v if_o praise_n be_v pluck_v the_o laborer_n have_v his_o hire_n to_o quite_o his_o careful_a pain_n the_o noble_a mind_n for_o worthy_a work_n a_o crown_n of_o glory_n gain_v the_o horse_n toil_v all_o the_o day_n at_o night_n some_o rest_n to_o find_v the_o hawk_n in_o hope_n of_o wish_v pray_v full_a high_a do_v bear_v the_o wind_n than_o he_o who_o make_v this_o book_n of_o right_n must_v reap_v renown_n sith_o through_o the_o trumpet_n he_o have_v blow_v a_o famous_a fact_n do_v son_n he_o show_v by_o learned_a line_n our_o painful_a pilgrim_n state_n and_o how_o the_o prince_n and_o people_n both_o drive_v out_o their_o dreary_a date_n a_o pilgrimage_n we_o go_v in_o path_n of_o peril_n great_a and_o through_o the_o shade_n of_o surety_n shoe_n we_o pass_v to_o burn_a heat_n that_o all_o consume_v by_o flame_n of_o deep_a desire_n in_o breast_n who_o kindle_a cooale_n like_o aethna_n smoke_v in_o sulphur_n void_a of_o rest_n who_o spark_n do_v flee_v so_o far_o they_o can_v quench_v be_v except_o that_o wisdom_n water_n cast_v when_o fire_n most_o hot_a we_o see_v what_o humour_n lead_v i_o thus_o i_o mean_v to_o praise_v this_o man_n as_o far_o as_o pen_n and_o skill_n may_v stretch_v that_o first_o this_o work_n begin_v and_o though_o the_o swell_a swan_n that_o swimes_o in_o pout_a pride_n by_o scowl_a brow_n tell_v world_n that_o they_o this_o work_n can_v abide_v i_o careless_o stand_v of_o that_o and_o wish_n those_o bird_n so_o well_o in_o great_a glory_n
also_o a_o water_n call_v albula_n albula_n that_o heal_v green_a wound_n cydnus_n in_o sicilia_n the_o river_n call_v cydnus_n be_v a_o present_a remedy_n unto_o any_o swell_n of_o the_o leg_n not_o far_o from_o neapolis_n there_o be_v a_o well_o who_o water_n heal_v any_o sickness_n of_o the_o eye_n the_o lake_n amphion_n take_v all_o scourge_n and_o sore_n from_o the_o body_n of_o any_o man_n what_o shall_v i_o declare_v the_o nature_n of_o the_o four_o famous_a flood_n that_o issue_n out_o of_o paradise_n the_o one_o name_v euphrates_n euphrates_n who_o the_o babylonian_n and_o mesopotamian_n have_v just_a occasion_n to_o commend_v the_o second_o be_v call_v ganges_n which_o the_o indian_n have_v great_a cause_n to_o praise_v nilus_n the_o third_o call_v nilus_n which_o the_o country_n of_o egypt_n can_v best_o speak_v of_o and_o the_o four_o be_v call_v tigris_n tigris_n which_o the_o assyrian_n have_v most_o commodity_n by_o here_o may_v i_o be_v long_o occupy_v if_o i_o shall_v orderly_o but_o touch_v the_o nature_n of_o all_o water_n the_o alteration_n of_o the_o sea_n and_o the_o wonder_n that_o thereof_o appear_v as_o ebb_v and_o flow_v as_o saltenesse_n &_o sweetness_n and_o all_o thing_n incident_a by_o nature_n unto_o the_o sea_n which_o be_v it_o not_o that_o man_n see_v it_o daily_o practise_v the_o same_o hourelye_o and_o mark_v thing_n therein_o continual_o more_o wonder_n will_v appear_v by_o the_o sea_n then_o scant_a reason_n may_v be_v allege_v for_o save_v that_o god_n as_o the_o prophet_n say_v be_v wonder_a in_o all_o his_o work_n the_o five_o golden_a river_n which_o learned_a and_o ancient_a writer_n affirm_v that_o the_o sand_n thereof_o be_v all_o glister_a gem_n of_o gold_n pactolus_n as_o tagus_n in_o ispaigne_n hermus_n in_o lydia_n pactolus_n in_o asia_n idaspes_n in_o india_n arimaspus_n and_o arimaspus_n in_o scythia_n these_o i_o say_v be_v no_o less_o famous_a through_o their_o golden_a sand_n which_o their_o welter_a wave_n bring_v unto_o land_n in_o these_o foresay_a country_n than_o permessus_n in_o boetia_n where_o the_o muse_n long_o be_v honour_v or_o simois_n in_o phrygia_n where_o venus_n be_v conceyve_v by_o anchises_n to_o coequat_fw-la the_o number_n of_o these_o five_o last_o and_o pleasant_a river_n styx_n there_o be_v five_o as_o ugly_a and_o painful_a as_o styx_n in_o arcadia_n who_o property_n be_v to_o kill_v any_o that_o will_v touch_v it_o and_o therefore_o find_v of_o the_o poet_n to_o be_v consecrate_v unto_o pluto_n for_o there_o be_v nothing_o so_o hard_a but_o this_o water_n will_v consume_v so_o cold_a be_v the_o water_n thereof_o again_o the_o river_n of_o phlegeton_n be_v contrary_a unto_o this_o phlegeton_n for_o the_o one_o be_v not_o so_o cold_a but_o the_o other_o be_v as_o whâ—t_v and_o therefore_o call_v phlegeton_n which_o be_v in_o english_a fiery_a or_o smoky_a for_o the_o poet_n fain_o likewise_o that_o it_o burn_v out_o in_o flash_a flame_n of_o fire_n acheron_n lethes_n and_o acheron_n two_o river_n the_o one_o in_o africa_n the_o other_o in_o epire_n the_o one_o call_v the_o river_n of_o forgetfulness_n the_o other_o the_o river_n of_o sadness_n the_o five_o call_v cocytus_n cocytus_n a_o place_n where_o mourning_n never_o cease_v these_o five_o river_n for_o their_o horror_n and_o terror_n that_o proceed_v from_o they_o for_o the_o strange_a and_o wondrous_a effect_n thereof_o be_v call_v infernal_a lake_n consecrate_v and_o attribute_v unto_o king_n pluto_n which_o virgil_n at_o large_a describe_v diverse_a well_n for_o the_o strangeness_n of_o the_o water_n and_o for_o the_o pleasantness_n thereof_o be_v sacrifice_v unto_o the_o god_n as_o cissusa_n a_o well_o where_o the_o nurse_n of_o bacchus_n use_v to_o wash_v he_o and_o therefore_o consecrate_v unto_o bacchus_n so_o melas_n unto_o pallas_n aganippe_n unto_o the_o muse_n &_o so_o forth_o not_o molest_v the_o reader_n further_o with_o nature_n of_o water_n but_o brief_o i_o mean_v to_o 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thing_n general_a and_o of_o fame_n fol._n 17._o pa._n 2._o of_o sumptuous_a and_o wonderful_a buildynge_n fol._n 20._o pa._n 1._o of_o paint_v fol._n 23._o pag._n 1._o of_o eloquence_n folly_n 25._o pagi_fw-la 1._o of_o those_o that_o have_v their_o picture_n and_o image_n for_o a_o show_n of_o their_o deserve_a fame_n erect_v folly_n ▪_o 28._o pag._n 1._o of_o those_o that_o defend_v diverse_a from_o death_n from_o serpent_n dragon_n and_o of_o cunning_a archer_n fol._n 30._o pa._n 2._o of_o diligence_n and_o labour_n fol._n 32._o pag._n 2._o of_o the_o first_o inventour_n of_o art_n and_o of_o the_o use_n of_o sothsai_v fol._n 35._o pag._n 1._o of_o patient_n fol._n 39_o pag._n 2._o of_o humanity_n and_o clemency_n of_o prince_n fol._n 41._o pag._n 2._o of_o sober_a and_o temperate_a prince_n and_o where_o temperance_n and_o sobriety_n be_v most_o use_v folly_n 49._o pag._n 2._o of_o taciturnity_n and_o silence_n and_o of_o the_o virtue_n and_o commendation_n thereof_o fol._n 57_o pag._n 1._o of_o liberality_n and_o liberal_a prince_n fol._n 62._o pag._n 2._o of_o age_n and_o the_o praise_n thereof_o fol._n 68_o pag._n 1._o of_o the_o manner_n of_o sundry_a people_n and_o of_o their_o strange_a life_n fol._n 74._o pag._n 1._o of_o the_o strange_a nature_n of_o water_n earth_o and_o fire_n folio_n 80._o page_n 1._o of_o the_o world_n and_o of_o the_o foul_a of_o man_n with_o diverse_a and_o sundry_a opinion_n of_o philosopher_n about_o the_o same_o fol._n 82._o pag._n 2._o of_o worship_a of_o god_n and_o religion_n of_o gentile_n folio_n 85._o pag._n 1._o of_o the_o first_o beginning_n of_o shave_v and_o the_o use_n thereof_o with_o much_o make_v of_o hair_n of_o the_o head_n fol._n 92._o p._n 2_o of_o diverse_a kind_n and_o sondery_a fashion_n of_o burial_n amongst_o the_o gentile_n fol._n 95._o pag._n 1._o of_o spirit_n and_o vision_n fol._n 97._o pag._n 2._o of_o dream_n and_o warnynge_n fol._n 102._o pag._n 2._o of_o the_o beginning_n of_o marriage_n and_o of_o the_o soundrie_a use_n of_o the_o same_o fol._n 107._o pag._n 2._o of_o likeness_n and_o similitude_n fol._n 110._o pag._n 1._o of_o music_n and_o mirth_n folly_n 112._o pag._n 2._o a_o comparison_n between_o the_o love_n of_o man_n and_o beast_n fol._n 118._o pag._n 1._o certain_a ethicall_a arithmology_n draw_v out_o of_o divine_a and_o profane_a auctour_n fol._n 122._o pag._n 2._o example_n of_o justice._n fol._n 125._o example_n of_o usury_n eodem_fw-la example_n of_o honour_n fol._n 26._o pag._n 1._o example_n of_o envy_n fol._n 127._o pag._n 1._o example_n of_o coveitousnes_n fol._n 127._o pag_n 2._o example_n of_o hear_n fol._n 129._o example_n of_o discord_n eodem_fw-la example_n of_o friendship_n eodem_fw-la example_n of_o flattery_n fol._n 130._o example_n of_o glotonie_n eodem_fw-la example_n of_o rape_n and_o spoil_n fol._n 13._o pag._n 1._o example_n of_o mercy_n eodem_fw-la example_n of_o love_n eodem_fw-la example_n of_o death_n fol._n 131._o the_o death_n of_o certain_a noble_a prince_n in_o english_a verse_n fol._n 133._o pag._n 1_o of_o memory_n and_o obliviousnes_n fol._n 137._o pag._n 1._o of_o the_o pilgrimage_n of_o prince_n and_o misery_n of_o mortality_n fol._n 140._o pag._n 1._o of_o dissimulation_n and_o craft_n of_o subtlety_n and_o deceit_n fol._n 146_o ▪_o pag._n 2._o of_o famine_n 150._o pag._n 1._o of_o wariness_n fol._n 253._o pag._n of_o revengement_n fol._n 155_o ▪_o pag._n 1._o of_o theft_n and_o sacrilege_n fol._n 158._o pag._n 2._o of_o lust_n fol._n 161_o pag._n 1._o of_o jelowsie_n fol._n 165._o pag._n 2._o of_o idleness_n fol._n 167._o pag._n 2._o of_o wrath_n and_o anger_n fol._n 166._o pag._n 2._o of_o perjury_n and_o faith_n and_o where_o either_o of_o these_o be_v honour_v and_o esteem_v fol._n 169._o pag._n 1._o of_o envy_n and_o malice_n and_o so_o of_o tyranny_n fol._n 177._o pag._n 2._o of_o flattery_n fol._n 183._o pag._n 1._o of_o pride_n fol._n 185._o pag._n 1._o of_o covetuousnes_n fol._n 190._o pag._n 1._o of_o prodigality_n and_o drunkenness_n fol._n 198._o pag._n 1._o of_o magic_a and_o witchery_n fol._n 200_o ▪_o pag._n 1._o a_o comparison_n between_o wealth_n and_o poverty_n f._n 203._o p._n 2._o of_o death_n fol._n 210._o pag._n 1._o of_o the_o pilgrimage_n of_o queen_n in_o verse_n fol._n 215._o pa._n 1._o finis_fw-la