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A29880 Religio medici Browne, Thomas, Sir, 1605-1682.; Keck, Thomas. Annotations upon Religio medici.; Digby, Kenelm, Sir, 1603-1665. Observations upon Religio medici. 1682 (1682) Wing B5178; ESTC R12664 133,517 400

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a_o possibility_n of_o generation_n and_o therefore_o that_o opinion_n that_o antichrist_n shall_v be_v bear_v of_o the_o tribe_n of_o *_o dan_n by_o conjunction_n with_o the_o devil_n be_v ridiculous_a and_o a_o conceit_n fit_a for_o a_o rabbin_z than_o a_o christian_n i_o hold_v that_o the_o devil_n do_v real_o possess_v some_o man_n the_o spirit_n of_o melancholy_a other_o the_o spirit_n of_o delusion_n other_o that_o as_o the_o devil_n be_v conceal_v and_o deny_v by_o some_o so_o god_n and_o good_a angel_n be_v pretend_v by_o other_o whereof_o the_o late_a defection_n of_o the_o maid_n of_o germany_n have_v leave_v a_o pregnant_a example_n sect._n 31_o again_o i_o believe_v that_o all_o that_o use_v sorcery_n incantation_n and_o spell_n be_v not_o witch_n or_o as_o we_o term_v they_o magician_n i_o conceive_v there_o be_v a_o traditional_a magic_n not_o learn_v immediate_o from_o the_o devil_n but_o at_o second_o hand_n from_o his_o scholar_n who_o have_v once_o the_o secret_a betray_v be_v able_a and_o do_v emperical_o practice_v without_o his_o advice_n they_o proceed_v upon_o the_o principle_n of_o nature_n where_o active_n apt_o conjoin_v to_o dispose_v passives_n will_v under_o any_o master_n produce_v their_o effect_n thus_o i_o think_v at_o first_o a_o part_n of_o philosophy_n be_v witchcraft_n which_o be_v afterward_o derive_v to_o one_o another_o prove_v but_o philosophy_n and_o be_v indeed_o no_o more_o but_o the_o honest_a effect_n of_o nature_n what_o invent_v by_o we_o be_v philosophy_n learn_v from_o he_o be_v magic_a we_o do_v sure_o owe_v the_o discovery_n of_o many_o secret_n to_o the_o discovery_n of_o good_a and_o bad_a angel_n i_o can_v never_o pass_v that_o sentence_n of_o paracelsus_n without_o a_o asterisk_n or_o annotation_n nativity_n ascendens_fw-la constellatum_fw-la multa_fw-la revelat_fw-la quaerentibus_fw-la magnalia_fw-la naturae_fw-la i._n e._n opera_fw-la dei_fw-la i_o do_v think_v that_o many_o mystery_n ascribe_v to_o our_o own_o invention_n have_v be_v the_o courteous_a revelation_n of_o spirit_n for_o those_o noble_a essence_n in_o heaven_n bear_v a_o friendly_a regard_n unto_o their_o fellow_n nature_n on_o earth_n and_o therefore_o believe_v that_o those_o many_o prodigy_n and_o ominous_a prognostic_n which_o forerun_v the_o ruin_n of_o state_n prince_n and_o private_a person_n be_v the_o charitable_a premonition_n of_o good_a angel_n which_o more_o careless_a inquiry_n term_v but_o the_o effect_n of_o chance_n and_o nature_n sect._n 32_o now_o beside_o these_o particular_a and_o divide_a spirit_n there_o may_v be_v for_o aught_o i_o know_v a_o universal_a and_o common_a spirit_n to_o the_o whole_a world_n it_o be_v the_o opinion_n of_o plato_n and_o it_o be_v yet_o of_o the_o hermetical_a philosopher_n if_o there_o be_v a_o common_a nature_n that_o unite_v and_o tie_v the_o scatter_a and_o divide_v individual_n into_o one_o species_n why_o may_v there_o not_o be_v one_o that_o unite_v they_o all_o however_o i_o be_o sure_a there_o be_v a_o common_a spirit_n that_o play_v within_o we_o yet_o make_v no_o part_n in_o we_o and_o that_o be_v the_o spirit_n of_o god_n the_o fire_n and_o fcintillation_n of_o that_o noble_a and_o mighty_a essence_n which_o be_v the_o life_n and_o radical_a heat_n of_o spirit_n and_o those_o essence_n that_o know_v not_o the_o virtue_n of_o the_o sun_n a_o fire_n quite_o contrary_a to_o the_o fire_n of_o hell_n this_o be_v that_o gentle_a heat_n that_o brood_a on_o the_o water_n and_o in_o six_o day_n hatch_v the_o world_n this_o be_v that_o irradiation_n that_o dispel_v the_o mist_n of_o hell_n the_o cloud_n of_o horror_n fear_n sorrow_n despair_n and_o preserve_v the_o region_n of_o the_o mind_n in_o serenity_n whatsoever_o feel_v not_o the_o warm_a gale_n and_o gentle_a ventilation_n of_o this_o spirit_n though_o i_o feel_v his_o pulse_n i_o dare_v not_o say_v he_o live_v for_o true_o without_o this_o to_o i_o there_o be_v no_o heat_n under_o the_o tropic_a nor_o any_o light_n though_o i_o dwell_v in_o the_o body_n of_o the_o sun_n as_o when_o the_o labour_a sun_n have_v wrought_v his_o tract_n up_o to_o the_o top_n of_o lofty_a cancer_n back_o the_o icy_a ocean_n crack_v the_o freeze_a pole_n thaw_v with_o the_o heat_n of_o the_o celestial_a coal_n so_o when_o thy_o absent_a beam_n begin_v to_o impart_v again_o a_o solstice_n on_o my_o freeze_a heart_n my_o winter_n over_o my_o droop_a spirit_n sing_v and_o every_o part_n revive_v into_o a_o spring_n but_o if_o thy_o quicken_a beam_n a_o while_n decline_v and_o with_o their_o light_n bless_v not_o this_o orb_n of_o i_o a_o chilly_a frost_n surprise_v every_o member_n and_o in_o the_o midst_n of_o june_n i_o feel_v december_n o_o how_o this_o earthly_a temper_n do_v debase_v the_o noble_a soul_n in_o this_o her_o humble_a place_n who_o wingy_a nature_n ever_o do_v aspire_v to_o reach_v that_o place_n whence_o first_o it_o take_v its_o fire_n these_o flame_n i_o feel_v which_o in_o my_o heart_n do_v dwell_v be_v not_o thy_o beam_n but_o take_v their_o fire_n from_o hell_n o_o quench_v they_o all_o and_o let_v thy_o light_n divine_a be_v as_o the_o sun_n to_o this_o poor_a orb_n of_o i_o and_o to_o thy_o sacred_a spirit_n convert_v those_o fire_n who_o earthly_a fume_n choke_v my_o devout_a aspire_v sect._n 33_o therefore_o for_o spirit_n i_o be_o so_o far_o from_o deny_v their_o existence_n that_o i_o can_v easy_o believe_v that_o not_o only_o whole_a country_n but_o particular_a person_n have_v their_o tutelary_a and_o guardian_n angel_n *_o it_o be_v not_o a_o new_a opinion_n of_o the_o church_n of_o rome_n but_o a_o old_a one_o of_o pythagoras_n and_o plato_n there_o be_v no_o heresy_n in_o it_o and_o if_o not_o manifest_o define_v in_o scripture_n yet_o be_v a_o opinion_n of_o a_o good_a and_o wholesome_a use_n in_o the_o course_n and_o action_n of_o a_o man_n life_n and_o will_v serve_v as_o a_o hypothesis_n to_o salve_v many_o doubt_n whereof_o common_a philosophy_n afford_v no_o solution_n now_o if_o you_o demand_v my_o opinion_n and_o metaphysic_n of_o their_o nature_n i_o confess_v they_o very_o shallow_a most_o of_o they_o in_o a_o negative_a way_n like_o that_o of_o god_n or_o in_o a_o comparative_a between_o ourselves_o and_o fellow-creature_n for_o there_o be_v in_o this_o universe_n a_o stair_n or_o manifest_a scale_n of_o creature_n rise_v not_o disorderly_a or_o in_o confusion_n but_o with_o a_o comely_a method_n and_o proportion_n between_o creature_n of_o mere_a existence_n and_o thing_n of_o life_n there_o be_v a_o large_a disproportion_n of_o nature_n between_o plant_n and_o animal_n of_o creature_n of_o sense_n a_o wide_a difference_n between_o they_o and_o man_n a_o far_o great_a and_o if_o the_o proportion_n hold_v one_o between_o man_n a_o angel_n there_o shall_v be_v yet_o a_o great_a we_o do_v not_o comprehend_v their_o nature_n who_o retain_v the_o first_o definition_n of_o porphyry_n and_o distinguish_v they_o from_o ourselves_o by_o immortality_n for_o before_o his_o fall_n it_o be_v think_v man_n also_o be_v immortal_a yet_o must_v we_o needs_o affirm_v that_o he_o have_v a_o different_a essence_n from_o the_o angel_n have_v therefore_o no_o certain_a knowledge_n of_o their_o nature_n it_o be_v no_o bad_a method_n of_o the_o school_n whatsoever_o perfection_n we_o find_v obscure_o in_o ourselves_o in_o a_o more_o complete_a and_o absolute_a way_n to_o ascribe_v unto_o they_o i_o believe_v they_o have_v a_o extemporary_a knowledge_n and_o upon_o the_o first_o motion_n of_o their_o reason_n do_v what_o we_o can_v without_o study_v or_o deliberation_n that_o they_o know_v thing_n by_o their_o form_n and_o define_v by_o specifical_a difference_n what_o we_o describe_v by_o accident_n and_o property_n and_o therefore_o probability_n to_o we_o may_v be_v demonstration_n unto_o they_o that_o they_o have_v knowledge_n not_o only_o of_o the_o specifical_a but_o numerical_a form_n of_o individual_n and_o understand_v by_o what_o reserve_a difference_n each_o single_a hypostasis_fw-la beside_o the_o relation_n to_o its_o species_n become_v its_o numerical_a self_n that_o as_o the_o soul_n have_v a_o power_n to_o move_v the_o body_n it_o inform_v so_o there_o be_v a_o faculty_n to_o move_v any_o though_o inform_v none_o we_o upon_o restraint_n of_o time_n place_n and_o distance_n but_o that_o invisible_a hand_n that_o convey_v habakkuk_n to_o the_o lion_n den_n or_o philip_n to_o azotus_n infringe_v this_o rule_n and_o have_v a_o secret_a conveyance_n wherewith_o mortality_n be_v not_o acquaint_v if_o they_o have_v that_o intuitive_a knowledge_n whereby_o as_o in_o reflection_n they_o behold_v the_o thought_n of_o one_o another_o i_o can_v peremptory_o deny_v but_o they_o know_v a_o great_a part_n of_o we_o they_o that_o to_o refute_v the_o invocation_n of_o saint_n have_v deny_v that_o they_o have_v any_o knowledge_n of_o
thing_n be_v complete_v in_o it_o its_o age_n be_v accomplish_v and_o the_o last_o and_o general_a fever_n may_v as_o natural_o destroy_v it_o before_o six_o thousand_o as_o i_o before_o forty_o there_o be_v therefore_o some_o other_o hand_n that_o twine_v the_o thread_n of_o life_n than_o that_o of_o nature_n we_o be_v not_o only_o ignorant_a in_o antipathy_n and_o occult_a quality_n our_o end_n be_v as_o obscure_v as_o our_o beginning_n the_o line_n of_o our_o day_n be_v draw_v by_o night_n and_o the_o various_a effect_n therein_o by_o a_o pencil_n that_o be_v invisible_a wherein_o though_o we_o confess_v our_o ignorance_n i_o be_o sure_a we_o do_v not_o err_v if_o we_o say_v it_o be_v the_o hand_n of_o god_n sect._n 44_o i_o be_o much_o take_v with_o two_o verse_n of_o lucan_n since_o i_o have_v be_v able_a not_o only_o as_o we_o do_v at_o school_n to_o construe_v but_o understand_v victurosque_fw-la dei_fw-la celant_fw-la ut_fw-la vivere_fw-la durent_fw-la fellix_fw-la esse_fw-la mori_fw-la we_o be_v all_o delude_v vain_o search_v way_n to_o make_v we_o happy_a by_o the_o length_n of_o day_n for_o cunning_o to_o make_v protract_v his_o breath_n the_o god_n conceal_v the_o happiness_n of_o death_n there_o be_v many_o excellent_a strain_n in_o that_o poet_n wherewith_o his_o stoical_a genius_n have_v liberal_o supply_v he_o and_o true_o there_o be_v singular_a piece_n in_o the_o philosophy_n of_o zeno_n and_o doctrine_n of_o the_o stoic_n which_o i_o perceive_v deliver_v in_o a_o pulpit_n pass_v for_o current_a divinity_n yet_o herein_o be_v they_o in_o extreme_n that_o can_v allow_v a_o man_n to_o be_v his_o own_o assassin_n and_o so_o highly*_n extol_v the_o end_n and_o suicide_n of_o cato_n this_o be_v indeed_o not_o to_o fear_v death_n but_o yet_o to_o be_v afraid_a of_o life_n it_o be_v a_o brave_a act_n of_o valour_n to_o contemn_v death_n but_o where_o life_n be_v more_o terrible_a than_o deathd_v it_o be_v then_o the_o true_a valour_n to_o dare_v to_o live_v and_o herein_o religion_n have_v teach_v we_o a_o noble_a example_n for_o all_o the_o valiant_a act_n of_o curtius_n scevola_n or_o codrus_n do_v not_o parallel_v or_o match_v that_o one_o of_o job_n and_o sure_o there_o be_v no_o torture_n to_o the_o rack_n of_o a_o disease_n nor_o any_o poniard_n in_o death_n itself_o like_o those_o in_o the_o way_n or_o prologue_n to_o it_o *_o emori_fw-la nolo_fw-la sed_fw-la i_o esse_fw-la mortuum_fw-la nihil_fw-la curo_fw-la i_o will_v not_o die_v but_o care_v not_o to_o be_v dead_a be_v i_o of_o caesar_n religion_n i_o shall_v be_v of_o his_o desire_n and_o wish_v rather_o to_o go_v off_o at_o one_o blow_n then_o to_o be_v saw_v in_o piece_n by_o the_o grate_a torture_n of_o a_o disease_n man_n that_o look_v no_o far_o than_o their_o outside_n think_v health_n a_o appurtenance_n unto_o life_n and_o quarrel_n with_o their_o constitution_n for_o be_v sick_a but_o i_o that_o have_v examine_v the_o part_n of_o man_n and_o know_v upon_o what_o tender_a filament_n that_o fabric_n hang_v do_v wonder_n that_o we_o be_v not_o always_o so_o and_o consider_v the_o thousand_o door_n that_o lead_v to_o death_n do_v thank_v my_o god_n that_o we_o can_v die_v but_o once_o it_o be_v not_o only_o the_o mischief_n of_o disease_n and_o villainy_n of_o poison_n that_o make_v a_o end_n of_o we_o we_o vain_o accuse_v the_o fury_n of_o gun_n and_o the_o new_a invention_n of_o death_n it_o be_v in_o the_o power_n of_o every_o hand_n to_o destroy_v we_o and_o we_o be_v behold_v unto_o every_o one_o we_o meet_v he_o do_v not_o kill_v we_o there_o be_v therefore_o but_o one_o comfort_n leave_v that_o though_o it_o be_v in_o the_o power_n of_o the_o weak_a arm_n to_o take_v away_o life_n it_o be_v not_o in_o the_o strong_a to_o deprive_v we_o of_o death_n god_n will_v not_o exempt_v himself_o from_o that_o the_o misery_n of_o immortality_n in_o the_o flesh_n he_o undertake_v not_o that_o be_v immortal_a certain_o there_o be_v no_o happiness_n within_o this_o circle_n of_o flesh_n nor_o be_v it_o in_o the_o optic_n of_o these_o eye_n to_o behold_v felicity_n the_o first_o day_n of_o our_o jubilee_n be_v death_n the_o devil_n have_v therefore_o fail_v of_o his_o desire_n we_o be_v happy_a with_o death_n than_o we_o shall_v have_v be_v without_o it_o there_o be_v no_o misery_n but_o in_o himself_o where_o there_o be_v no_o end_n of_o misery_n and_o so_o indeed_o in_o his_o own_o sense_n the_o stoic_a be_v in_o the_o right_n he_o forget_v that_o he_o can_v die_v who_o complain_v of_o misery_n we_o be_v in_o the_o power_n of_o no_o calamity_n while_o death_n be_v in_o our_o own_o sect._n 45_o now_o beside_o the_o literal_a and_o positive_a kind_n of_o death_n there_o be_v other_o whereof_o divine_n make_v mention_n and_o those_o i_o think_v not_o mere_o metaphorical_a as_o mortification_n die_v unto_o sin_n and_o the_o world_n therefore_o i_o say_v every_o man_n have_v a_o double_a horoscope_n one_o of_o his_o humanity_n his_o birth_n another_o of_o his_o christianity_n his_o baptism_n and_o from_o this_o do_v i_o compute_v or_o calculate_v my_o nativity_n not_o reckon_v those_o horae_n combustae_fw-la and_o odd_a day_n or_o esteem_v myself_o any_o thing_n before_o i_o be_v my_o saviour_n and_o enrol_v in_o the_o register_n of_o christ_n whosoever_o enjoy_v not_o this_o life_n i_o count_v he_o but_o a_o apparition_n though_o he_o wear_v about_o he_o the_o sensible_a affection_n of_o flesh_n in_o these_o moral_a acception_n the_o way_n to_o be_v immortal_a be_v to_o die_v daily_o nor_o can_v i_o think_v i_o have_v the_o true_a theory_n of_o death_n when_o i_o contemplate_v a_o skull_n or_o behold_v a_o skeleton_n with_o those_o vulgar_a imagination_n it_o cast_v upon_o we_o i_o have_v therefore_o enlarge_v that_o common_a memento_n mori_fw-la into_o a_o more_o christian_a memorandum_n memento_n quatuor_fw-la novissima_fw-la those_o four_o inevitable_a point_n of_o we_o all_o death_n judgement_n heaven_n and_o 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in_o one_o nature_n one_o soul_n in_o two_o body_n for_o though_o indeed_o they_o be_v real_o divide_v yet_o be_v they_o so_o unite_v as_o they_o seem_v but_o one_o and_o make_v rather_o a_o duality_n than_o two_o distinct_a soul_n sect._n 6_o there_o be_v wonder_n in_o true_a affection_n it_o be_v a_o body_n of_o enigma_n be_v mystery_n and_o riddle_n wherein_o two_o so_o become_v one_o as_o they_o both_o become_v two_o i_o love_v my_o friend_n before_o myself_o and_o yet_o methinks_v i_o do_v not_o love_v he_o enough_o some_o few_o month_n hence_o my_o multiply_a affection_n will_v make_v i_o believe_v i_o have_v not_o love_v he_o at_o all_o when_o i_o be_o from_o he_o i_o be_o dead_a till_o i_o be_v with_o he_o when_o i_o be_o with_o he_o i_o be_o not_o satisfy_v but_o
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life_n st._n aug._n be_v of_o this_o opinion_n disputabam_fw-la epicurum_n accepturum_fw-la fuisse_fw-la palmam_fw-la in_o animo_fw-la meo_fw-la nisi_fw-la ego_fw-la credidissem_fw-la post_fw-la mortem_fw-la restare_fw-la animae_fw-la vitam_fw-la etc._n etc._n aug._n l._n 6._o conf_n cap._n 16._o sect._n 48_o pag._n 104_o god_n by_o a_o powerful_a voice_n shall_v command_v they_o back_o into_o their_o proper_a shape_n so_o minutius_n caeterum_fw-la quis_fw-la tam_fw-la stultus_fw-la est_fw-la aut_fw-la brutus'_n ut_fw-la audeat_fw-la repugnare_fw-la hominem_fw-la à_fw-la deo_fw-la ut_fw-la primum_fw-la potuit_fw-la fingi_fw-la ita_fw-la posse_fw-la denuo_fw-la reformari_fw-la nihil_fw-la esse_fw-la post_fw-la obitum_fw-la &_o ante_fw-la ortum_fw-la nihil_fw-la fuisse_fw-la sicut_fw-la de_fw-la nihilo_fw-la nasci_fw-la licuit_fw-la ita_fw-la de_fw-la nihilo_fw-la licere_fw-la reparari_fw-la porro_fw-la difficilius_fw-la est_fw-la id_fw-la quod_fw-la sit_fw-la incipere_fw-la quod_fw-la quam_fw-la id_fw-la quod_fw-la fuerit_fw-la iterare_fw-la tu_fw-la perire_fw-la deo_fw-la credis_fw-la si_fw-la quid_fw-la nostris_fw-la oculis_fw-la hebetibus_fw-la subtrahitur_fw-la corpus_fw-la omne_fw-la sive_fw-la arescit_fw-la in_o pulverem_fw-la sive_fw-la in_o humorem_fw-la solvitur_fw-la vel_fw-la in_o cinerem_fw-la comprimitur_fw-la vel_fw-la in_o nidorem_fw-la tenuatur_fw-la subducitur_fw-la nobis_fw-la sed_fw-la deo_fw-la elementorum_fw-la in_o custodi_fw-la inseruntur_fw-la in_fw-la octau._n vide_fw-la grot._fw-la de_fw-la veritate_fw-la relig_n christian_n ubi_fw-la lib._n 2._o solvit_fw-la objectionem_fw-la quod_fw-la dissoluta_fw-la corpora_fw-la restitui_fw-la nequeunt_fw-la sect._n 50_o pag._n 109_o or_o conceive_v a_o flame_n that_o can_v either_o prey_n upon_o or_o purify_v the_o substance_n of_o a_o soul_n upon_o this_o ground_n psellus_n lib._n 1._o de_fw-la energia_fw-la daemonum_n c._n 7._o hold_n that_o angel_n have_v body_n though_o he_o grant_v they_o to_o be_v as_o pure_a or_o more_o pure_a than_o air_n be_v otherwise_o he_o can_v not_o apprehend_v how_o they_o shall_v be_v torment_v in_o hell_n and_o it_o may_v be_v upon_o this_o ground_n it_o be_v that_o the_o author_n fall_v into_o the_o error_n of_o the_o arabian_n mention_v by_o he_o sect._n 7._o sect._n 51_o pag._n 112_o there_o be_v as_o many_o hell_n as_o anax_n agoras_n conceit_a world_n i_o assure_v myself_o that_o this_o be_v false_a print_v and_o that_o instead_o of_o anaxagoras_n it_o shall_v be_v anaxarchus_n for_o anaxagoras_n be_v reckon_v among_o those_o philosopher_n that_o maintain_v a_o unity_n of_o the_o world_n but_o anaxarchus_n according_a to_o the_o opinion_n of_o epicurus_n hold_v there_o be_v infinite_a world_n this_o be_v he_o that_o cause_v alexander_n to_o weep_v by_o tell_v he_o there_o be_v infinite_a world_n whereby_o alexander_n it_o seem_v be_v bring_v out_o of_o opinion_n of_o his_o geography_n who_o before_o that_o time_n think_v there_o remain_v nothing_o or_o not_o much_o beyond_o his_o conquest_n sect._n 54_o pag._n 11_o it_o be_v hard_o to_o place_v those_o soul_n in_o hell_n lactantius_n be_v alike_o charitable_o dispose_v towards_o those_o non_fw-la sum_fw-la equidem_fw-la tam_fw-la iniquus_fw-la ut_fw-la eos_fw-la putem_fw-la divinare_fw-la debuisse_fw-la ut_fw-la veritatem_fw-la per_fw-la seipsos_fw-la invenirent_fw-la quod_fw-la fieri_fw-la ego_fw-la non_fw-la posse_fw-la confiteor_fw-la sed_fw-la hoc_fw-la ab_fw-la eye_n exigo_fw-la quod_fw-la ratione_fw-la ipsa_fw-la praestare_fw-la potuerunt_fw-la lactant._n the_o orig_n error_n c._n 3._o which_o be_v the_o very_a same_o with_o sir_n digbie_n expression_n in_o his_o observation_n on_o this_o place_n i_o make_v no_o doubt_n at_o all_o say_v he_o but_o if_o any_o follow_v in_o the_o whole_a tenor_n of_o their_o life_n the_o dictament_n of_o right_a reason_n but_o that_o their_o journey_n be_v secure_a to_o heaven_n sect._n 55_o pag._n 118_o aristotle_n transgress_v the_o rule_n of_o his_o own_o ethic_n and_o so_o they_o do_v all_o as_o lactantius_n have_v observe_v at_o large_a aristotle_n be_v say_v to_o have_v be_v guilty_a of_o great_a vanity_n in_o his_o clothes_n of_o incontinency_n of_o unfaithfulness_n to_o his_o master_n alexander_n etc._n etc._n but_o it_o be_v to_o wonder_v in_o he_o if_o our_o great_a seneca_n be_v also_o guilty_a who_o true_o notwithstanding_o st._n jerome_n will_v have_v he_o insert_v into_o the_o catalogue_n of_o saint_n yet_o i_o think_v he_o as_o little_o deserve_v it_o as_o many_o of_o the_o heathen_n who_o do_v not_o say_v so_o well_o as_o he_o do_v for_o i_o do_v not_o think_v any_o of_o they_o live_v worse_o to_o trace_v he_o a_o little_a in_o the_o time_n of_o the_o emperor_n claudius_n we_o find_v he_o be_v banish_v for_o suspicion_n of_o incontinency_n with_o julia_n the_o daughter_n of_o germanicus_n if_o it_o be_v say_v that_o this_o proceed_v mere_o from_o the_o spite_n of_o messalina_n and_o that_o lipsius_n do_v not_o compliment_n with_o he_o in_o that_o kind_a apostrophe_n non_fw-la expetit_fw-la in_o te_fw-la haec_fw-la culpa_fw-la o_fw-la romani_fw-la nominis_fw-la &_o sapientiae_fw-la magnae_fw-la sol._n not._n in_o tacit._n why_o then_o do_v she_o not_o cause_v he_o to_o be_v put_v to_o death_n as_o well_o as_o she_o do_v the_o other_o who_o be_v her_o husband_n niece_n this_o for_o certain_a whatever_o his_o life_n be_v he_o have_v paginam_fw-la lascivam_fw-la as_o may_v appear_v by_o what_o he_o have_v write_v de_fw-fr speculorum_fw-la usu_fw-la l._n 1._o nat._n qu._n cap._n 16._o which_o admit_v it_o may_v in_o a_o poet_n yet_o how_o it_o shall_v be_v excuse_v in_o a_o philosopher_n i_o know_v not_o to_o look_v upon_o he_o in_o his_o exile_n we_o find_v that_o then_o he_o write_v his_o epistle_n de_fw-fr consolat_a to_o polybius_n claudius_n his_o creature_n as_o honest_a a_o man_n as_o pallas_n or_o narcissus_n and_o therein_o he_o extol_v he_o and_o the_o emperor_n to_o the_o sky_n in_o which_o he_o do_v gross_o prevaricate_v and_o lose_v much_o of_o his_o reputation_n by_o seek_v a_o discharge_n of_o his_o exile_n by_o so_o sordid_a a_o mean_n upon_o claudius_n his_o marriage_n with_o agrippina_n he_o be_v recall_v from_o banishment_n by_o her_o mean_n and_o make_v praetor_n then_o he_o forget_v the_o emperor_n have_v no_o need_n of_o he_o labour_v all_o he_o can_v to_o depress_v he_o and_o the_o hopeful_a britannicus_n and_o procure_v his_o pupil_n nero_n