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deceive_v simple_a danae_n so_o a_o parasite_n have_v more_o crancke_n in_o his_o budget_n to_o deceive_v then_o one_o he_o have_v one_o for_o the_o scholar_n another_o for_o the_o courtier_n one_o for_o the_o merchant_n another_o for_o the_o yeoman_n one_o for_o this_o good_a fellow_n another_z for_o that_o if_o he_o chance_v to_o meet_v with_o a_o scholar_n in_o the_o university_n trouble_v with_o a_o heavy_a purse_n present_o he_o call_v to_o mind_v the_o say_n of_o s._n paul_n that_o will_n we_o to_o bear_v one_o another_o burden_n and_o therefore_o without_o delay_n while_o the_o spirit_n knock_v he_o will_v open_v lest_o be_v find_v not_o so_o much_o grace_n at_o another_o time_n and_o therefore_o because_o bird_n of_o a_o feather_n will_v fly_v together_o and_o the_o scholar_n will_v trust_v or_o
mind_n according_a unto_o his_o mind_n wherein_o consist_v the_o perfection_n of_o friendship_n which_o if_o thou_o can_v not_o then_o look_v for_o nothing_o in_o contrary_n but_o always_o repugnancy_n and_o in_o diverse_a condition_n nothing_o but_o variancie_n the_o tiger_n blood_n will_v not_o be_v mingle_v with_o the_o wolf_n zethis_n and_o amphion_n will_v not_o agree_v as_o long_o as_o the_o delight_n of_o the_o one_o be_v a_o despite_n to_o the_o other_o venus_n also_o and_o vesta_n have_v always_o be_v at_o strife_n and_o never_o be_v good_a fellowship_n long_o see_v ere_o yet_o between_o a_o virtuous_a husband_n and_o a_o vicious_a wife_n but_o the_o devil_n for_o their_o likeness_n do_v easy_o agree_v and_o good_a man_n with_o good_a man_n do_v live_v together_o in_o unity_n therefore_o to_o discern_v the_o inward_a quality_n it_o be_v necessary_a that_o thou_o put_v off_o thy_o mole_n eye_n and_o take_v unto_o thou_o the_o eye_n of_o the_o sharp_a sight_a linx_n else_o thou_o shall_v never_o descry_v with_o palamed_a ulysses_n mad_a counterfeit_n nor_o discern_v achilles_n from_o a_o chambermaid_n if_o he_o be_v once_o deck_v with_o a_o spindle_n and_o a_o distaff_n nor_o judge_v of_o androgeni_n those_o flatter_a copesinate_n i_o mean_v that_o can_v counterfeit_v the_o shape_n of_o either_o kind_n who_o when_o they_o be_v indeed_o thy_o enemy_n be_v in_o countenance_n friend_n when_o they_o be_v in_o name_n mother_n be_v in_o deed_n murderer_n by_o birth_n brother_n but_o in_o life_n lother_n and_o hater_n one_o of_o another_o medea_n be_v in_o name_n a_o mother_n unto_o her_o three_o child_n and_o oftentimes_o pray_v unto_o the_o god_n for_o the_o prosperous_a and_o long_a life_n of_o they_o all_o yea_o many_o time_n she_o torment_v herself_o and_o tear_v her_o hair_n for_o very_a grief_n when_o she_o perceive_v they_o a_o little_a sick_a but_o do_v these_o thing_n make_v that_o she_o murder_v they_o not_o with_o her_o own_o hand_n but_o thou_o will_v say_v she_o do_v it_o in_o her_o anger_n which_o do_v deprive_v we_o of_o the_o use_n of_o reason_n that_o we_o do_v we_o know_v not_o what_o therefore_o will_v thou_o think_v that_o he_o that_o be_v now_o thy_o friend_n may_v not_o hereafter_o be_v as_o much_o thy_o foe_n see_v there_o be_v no_o man_n but_o may_v be_v angry_a if_o he_o have_v any_o life_n in_o he_o as_o plutharch_n say_v iram_fw-la non_fw-la habet_fw-la qui_fw-la mentem_fw-la non_fw-la habet_fw-la therefore_o if_o mother_n become_v murderer_n and_o butcher_n of_o their_o own_o child_n when_o they_o be_v angry_a think_v not_o but_o the_o hot_a love_n may_v be_v soon_o cold_a and_o he_o that_o be_v now_o ready_a to_o go_v with_o thou_o through_o all_o danger_n as_o achates_n go_v with_o aeneas_n and_o pirithous_n with_o theseus_n yet_o if_o they_o see_v any_o preferment_n to_o be_v get_v a_o other_o way_n they_o will_v leave_v thou_o in_o all_o thy_o sorrow_n as_o aeneas_n do_v dido_n although_o he_o promise_v never_o to_o forsake_v she_o when_o his_o ship_n be_v unrig_v and_o his_o man_n without_o victual_n but_o some_o man_n will_v say_v this_o man_n be_v a_o stranger_n unto_o she_o and_o therefore_o she_o be_v serve_v well_o enough_o to_o believe_v on_o who_o she_o never_o see_v before_o but_o i_o will_v believe_v none_o but_o i_o own_o acquaintance_n and_o those_o that_o i_o know_v but_o have_v every_o hurt_n be_v offer_v by_o stranger_n have_v none_o but_o stranger_n spoil_v thou_o of_o thy_o good_n have_v none_o but_o stranger_n murder_v and_o slay_v one_o another_o have_v not_o kinsman_n and_o brother_n father_n and_o child_n murder_v and_o spoil_v one_o another_o be_v not_o atreus_n brother_n unto_o thyestes_n and_o uncle_n unto_o the_o child_n who_o he_o slay_v and_o cause_v the_o father_n to_o feed_v on_o be_v not_o herraclus_n the_o emperor_n son_n unto_o phocas_n who_o he_o cause_v to_o be_v slay_v be_v not_o geta_n the_o emperor_n brother_n unto_o bassianus_n who_o he_o slay_v in_o the_o temple_n in_o his_o mother_n arm_n but_o if_o consanguinity_n can_v have_v prevail_v these_o shall_v have_v love_v more_o than_o any_o else_o and_o if_o consanguinity_n can_v have_v prevail_v artaxerxes_n shall_v not_o have_v be_v slay_v with_o the_o whole_a consent_n of_o his_o 115._o child_n nor_o phrahartes_n will_v have_v slay_v his_o father_n and_o his_o 30._o brethren_n nor_o remu_n shall_v have_v be_v slay_v by_o romulus_n for_o so_o small_a a_o occasion_n as_o leap_v over_o a_o wall_n nor_o clytaemnestra_n will_v have_v murder_v her_o husband_n for_o the_o love_n of_o a_o stranger_n but_o let_v we_o pass_v over_o these_o example_n for_o it_o be_v impossible_a to_o reckon_v up_o all_o which_o history_n have_v notify_v but_o much_o more_o impossible_a to_o recapitulate_v how_o many_o unknowen_a atrei_n and_o bassiani_n and_o unnatural_a phrahartes_n how_o many_o aeropes_a clytemnestraes_n and_o falshearted_a sthuebaeas_n have_v &_o do_v daily_o lurk_v in_o the_o world_n when_o as_o every_o town_n and_o village_n be_v stuff_v almost_o as_o full_a with_o they_o as_o the_o trojan_a horse_n be_v with_o butcher_a grecian_n the_o world_n be_v far_o change_v from_o that_o it_o have_v be_v if_o it_o be_v true_a plutarch_n report_v when_o man_n will_v offer_v violence_n to_o none_o but_o hurtful_a beast_n yea_o &_o think_v it_o a_o heinous_a offence_n to_o lay_v hand_n on_o any_o other_o but_o in_o awhile_o after_o they_o begin_v say_v he_o to_o kill_v the_o innocent_a bird_n and_o silly_a fish_n of_o which_o when_o they_o have_v feel_v the_o sweetness_n they_o spare_v not_o the_o ox_n which_o labour_v for_o they_o nor_o the_o simple_a sheep_n which_o give_v they_o clothing_n so_o that_o in_o the_o end_n they_o begin_v to_o lay_v hand_n on_o mankind_n also_o beginning_n with_o the_o worst_a as_o we_o read_v the_o first_o that_o ever_o be_v slay_v in_o athens_n be_v one_o epitedeus_n a_o most_o wicked_a sycophant_n such_o also_o be_v the_o second_o and_o three_o but_o when_o their_o hand_n be_v somewhat_o enure_v therewith_o they_o slay_v the_o virtuous_a niceratus_n the_o noble_a emperor_n theramenes_n and_o the_o most_o learned_a philosopher_n polimarchus_fw-la &_o in_o end_n the_o son_n spare_v not_o the_o father_n nor_o the_o father_n the_o son_n the_o brother_n the_o sister_n nor_o y_o e_o daughter_n the_o mother_n so_o that_o use_n have_v make_v they_o so_o cunning_a that_o man_n now_o adays_o make_v it_o a_o occupation_n and_o will_v glory_v in_o the_o deed_n with_o the_o barbarous_a scythian_n who_o be_v wont_a as_o bohemus_n report_v to_o make_v they_o handkerchef_n of_o the_o skin_n which_o they_o flay_v from_o the_o head_n of_o man_n and_o of_o the_o skull_n to_o make_v measure_n or_o goblet_n to_o drink_v in_o and_o when_o any_o guest_n come_v they_o use_v to_o set_v before_o he_o as_o many_o skull_n full_a of_o wine_n as_o they_o have_v and_o declare_v it_o for_o a_o great_a brag_n of_o their_o valiantness_n that_o so_o many_o they_o have_v slay_v wherefore_o see_v consanguinity_n be_v make_v such_o a_o trifle_n how_o foolish_a or_o rather_o stark_o mad_a may_v we_o think_v those_o man_n be_v that_o suppose_v by_o the_o meeting_n ni_fw-fr the_o market_n place_n or_o the_o commune_n together_o over_o a_o pot_n in_o a_o alehouse_n a_o perpetual_a friendship_n to_o be_v join_v from_o that_o day_n forward_o between_o they_o they_o think_v that_o vestis_fw-la virum_fw-la facit_fw-la that_o a_o suit_n of_o silk_n make_v a_o right_n worshipful_a gentleman_n and_o a_o mercurian-glosing_a tongue_n a_o faithful_a and_o unfeigned_a friend_n but_o they_o remember_v not_o that_o simia_fw-la est_fw-la simia_fw-la etiamsi_fw-la aurea_fw-la gestat_fw-la insignia_fw-la that_o a_o ape_n be_v a_o ape_n although_o he_o wear_v a_o chain_n of_o gold_n about_o his_o neck_n and_o a_o knave_n be_v a_o knave_n although_o his_o tongue_n distil_v nothing_o but_o nectar_n they_o hold_v it_o for_o a_o general_a rule_n that_o sermo_n est_fw-la animi_fw-la index_n that_o a_o filthy_a fountain_n can_v send_v forth_o no_o pleasant_a water_n and_o a_o envious_a heart_n no_o friendly_a word_n and_o therefore_o that_o the_o dog_n never_o bit_v but_o only_o when_o he_o bark_v nor_o the_o serpent_n never_o sting_v but_o only_o when_o she_o hiss_v nor_o that_o any_o man_n be_v their_o enemy_n but_o he_o that_o reprove_v or_o chide_v they_o for_o their_o fault_n which_o indeed_o be_v the_o property_n of_o a_o unfeigned_a friend_n namely_o to_o do_v that_o that_o be_v behoveful_a to_o order_v his_o word_n like_o a_o skilful_a physician_n do_v his_o medicine_n as_o he_o see_v occasion_n who_o sometime_o will_v cut_v and_o launch_v the_o flesh_n and_o when_o need_n so_o require_v will_v anoint_v it_o with_o soft_a &_o pleasant_a oil_n but_o both_o way_n tend_v to_o one_o end_n viz._n