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A18805 The booke of freendeship of Marcus Tullie Cicero; Laelius de amicitia. English Cicero, Marcus Tullius.; Harington, John, d. 1582. 1550 (1550) STC 5276; ESTC S111226 36,865 162

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when_o we_o be_v out_o of_o the_o sight_n of_o man_n the_o remembrance_n and_o onthynk_n of_o the_o which_o thyngꝭ_n if_o with_o he_o they_o have_v die_v i_o can_v by_o no_o mean_n have_v bear_v the_o lack_n of_o so_o friendly_a and_o love_a a_o man_n but_o those_o neither_o be_v dead_a yet_o but_o rather_o nourish_v and_o increase_v by_o the_o onthynk_n and_o remembrance_n of_o they_o and_o although_o i_o shall_v whole_o be_v bereave_v of_o they_o yet_o my_o age_n self_n will_v bring_v my_o great_a comfort_n for_o i_o can_v not_o very_o long_o continue_v in_o this_o state_n and_o all_o short_a grief_n be_v sufferable_a although_o they_o be_v great_a these_o thing_n be_v they_o which_o i_o have_v to_o speak_v of_o friendship_n and_o i_o do_v exhort_v you_o that_o you_o so_o esteame_n virtue_n with_o out_o which_o friendship_n can_v not_o be_v possible_a as_o save_v it_o you_o think_v nothing_o better_a than_o freendeship_n finis_fw-la the_o table_n a_o aduersitee_n tri_v friend_n 36_o affricanus_fw-la &_o laeliꝰ_n have_v no_o need_n one_o of_o a_o other_o foe_fw-mi 22._o amitee_n what_o it_o be_v foe_fw-mi 14._o amitee_n of_o orestes_n and_o pylade_n fol._n 17._o ambition_n of_o t._n graccus_fw-la 29._o hannibal_n foe_fw-mi 21._o archita_n foe_fw-mi 56._o authoritee_n fol._n 3.42_o b_o ¶_o base_a outspring_n of_o friendship_n fol._n 21._o becillinus_fw-la foe_fw-mi 26._o beastliness_n foe_fw-mi 34._o beast_n foe_o ●1_n bound_n of_o love_n in_o friendship_n foe_fw-mi 26.38_o c_o ¶_o cato_n the_o elder_a folio_fw-la 2._o cato_n reckon_v w●se_o fol._n 6._o cato_n for_o his_o deed_n commend_v eodem_fw-la calabria_n fol._n 9_o caius_n fabritius_n 20._o capitol_n foe_fw-mi 26._o caius_n lucinius_fw-la foe_fw-mi 27._o cassius_n law●_n foe_fw-mi 29._o care_v good●_n but_o rare_a foe_fw-mi ●1_n cause_o principal_a of_o friendship_n fol._n 34._o caius_n papyrius_n foe_fw-mi 59_o chief_a point_n in_o frendsh●p_n 46._o chide_v in_o friendship_n foe_fw-mi 57_o constant_n man_n fol._n 6._o couple_n of_o friend_n foe_fw-mi 11._o commoditee_n of_o friendship_n 15._o continuance_n of_o friendship_n 24._o covetousness_n in_o friendship_n 25._o commotion_n of_o coriolanus_n 26._o coriolanus_n fol._n ●●_o companion_n of_o youth_n foe_fw-mi 48._o common_a people_n friendship_n folio_fw-la 49._o comparison_n between_o beast_n and_o man_n foe_fw-mi 52._o conclusion_n of_o the_o matter_n 63._o custom_n foe_fw-mi 45._o d_o ¶_o dishonesty_n fol._n 50_o dissimulation_n in_o freendeship_n fol._n 58._o do_v well_o we_o must_v always_o 33_o e_o ¶_o elder_a in_o honour_n prefer_v fol._n 46._o empedocles_n foe_fw-mi 17._o end_v of_o friendship_n fol._n 58._o excellency_n of_o friendship_n 16._o f_o ¶_o familiar_a foe_fw-mi 57_o feign_a friendship_n fol._n 62._o feithfull_a friend_n foe_fw-mi 43._o few_o friend_n fol._n 31._o first_o law_n in_o friendship_n foe_fw-mi 28._o first_o rule_n of_o friendship_n foe_fw-mi 31._o flattery_n very_o hurtful_a foe_fw-mi 59_o flattery_n fol._n 57.62_o flatterer_n herken_v flatterer_n foe_fw-mi 61._o foul_a excuse_n fol._n 28._o fortune_n fol._n 37._o fool_n fortunate_a fol._n 37._o friendship_n between_o c●_n laelius_n and_o scipio_n fol._n 3._o friendship_n .10_o prefer_v above_o all_o thing_n and_o only_o between_o good_a man_n .12_o without_o virtue_n .14_o as_o necessary_a as_o the_o element_n foe_fw-mi 16._o fruit_n of_o amitee_n fol._n 22._o friendship_n beginning_n of_o nature_n fol._n 23._o freendeship_n take_v out_o of_o the_o world_n fol._n 32._o friend_n the_o best_a richesse_n 37._o friendship_n hardly_o find_v among_o great_a man_n foe_fw-mi 43._o friendship_n in_o age_n and_o wit_n fol._n 48._o friend_n ought_v to_o ponder_v request_n foe_fw-mi 49._o friend_n must_v be_v a_o good_a man_n fol._n 52._o friendship_n a_o aid_n to_o virtue_n fol._n 53._o friendship_n creep_v through_o all_o kind_n of_o life_n fol._n 55._o g_o ¶_o gabinius_n law_n foe_fw-mi 29._o gefte_n of_o fortune_n fol._n 38._o gnato_n the_o parasite_n foe_fw-mi 59_o good_a man_n foe_fw-mi 13.44_o h_n ¶_o hatred_n and_o strife_n foe_fw-mi 17._o happy_a life_n foe_fw-mi 53._o honest_a request_n foe_fw-mi 27._o honour_n foe_fw-mi 42._o how_o to_o choose_v a_o friend_n foe_fw-mi 43._o how_o much_o be_v to_o be_v do_z for_o friend_n foe_fw-mi 48_o honest_a bashefulnesse_n in_o friendship_n foe_fw-mi 53._o i_o ¶_o image_n and_o memory_n of_o scipio_n foe_fw-mi 65._o immortalitee_n of_o the_o soul_n 8._o inordinate_a love_n in_o friendship_n fol._n 65._o l_o ¶_o laelius_n father_n in_o law_n to_o scaevola_n the_o augur_n and_o to_o fannius_n folio_fw-la 1._o like_a will_v to_o like_a foe_fw-mi 25_o love._n fol._n 19_o love_n confirm_v by_o benefit_n fol._n 21._o love_n and_o fear_n foe_fw-mi 36._o lucius_n acilius_n foe_fw-mi 4._o lyve_v with_o like_a foe_fw-mi 64._o m_o ¶_o man_n soul_n foe_fw-mi 9_o m._n pacwius_n tragedy_n f._n 17._o m._n curius_n foe_fw-mi 20.28_o motions_n in_o friendship_n fol._n 31._o money_n fol._n 42._o mutual_a behaviour_n of_o friend_n fol._n 47._o n_n ¶_o nature_n in_o friendship_n foe_fw-mi 20_o nature_n fol._n 35.56_o o_o ¶_o offence_n in_o our_o friend_n behalf_n foe_fw-mi 27._o old_a age_n foe_fw-mi 8._o opinion_n of_o friendship_n disalow_v fol._n 38._o order_n of_o freenship_n fol._n 13._o p_o ¶_o paulus_n aemilius_n foe_fw-mi 27._o pestilence_n great_a in_o friendship_n fol._n 58._o philus_n manlius_n foe_fw-mi 9_o pithy_a oration_n of_o scipio_n 60._o pleasant_a talk_n foe_fw-mi 44._o pleasure_n fol._n 14._o power_n of_o honestee_n foe_fw-mi 21._o pomponius_n atticus_n fol._n 2._o prevent_v of_o honest_a request_n fol._n 31._o propretee_n of_o a_o well_o stay_a mind_n ●o_o 33._o profit_n foe_fw-mi 35.36_o proverb_n fol._n 45.54_o profit_n of_o friendship_n foe_fw-mi 54._o promotions_n foe_fw-mi 54._o propretee_n of_o true_a friendship_n fol._n ●8_o p._n sulpitius_n tribune_n fol._n 2._o punishment_n as_o due_a to_o the_o partner_n as_o to_o the_o ryngleader_n 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