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observe_v towards_o god_n and_o man_n of_o force_n chap._n 37._o 1_o they_o be_v not_o call_v nor_o true_o account_v valiant_a and_o courageous_a person_n who_o do_v and_o offer_v injury_n but_o they_o which_o do_v repel_v and_o keep_v injury_n and_o violence_n from_o they_o and_o in_o truth_n he_o only_o be_v of_o a_o valiant_a and_o constant_a courage_n who_o be_v not_o trouble_v with_o adversity_n 2_o he_o ought_v to_o be_v esteem_v the_o most_o stout_a and_o valiant_a who_o drive_v away_o from_o he_o covetous_a person_n as_o his_o enemy_n 3_o he_o be_v say_v and_o hold_v to_o be_v a_o valiant_a man_n who_o endure_v and_o fear_v the_o thing_n that_o ought_v to_o be_v fear_v &_o endure_v upon_o all_o occasion_n both_o whence_o how_o and_o when_o it_o be_v needful_a and_o he_o likewise_o that_o be_v confident_a in_o himself_o and_o in_o his_o own_o courage_n 4_o fortitude_n or_o valiantness_n be_v the_o science_n and_o knowledge_n of_o thing_n which_o be_v to_o be_v hold_v and_o not_o to_o be_v fear_v aswell_o in_o danger_n of_o war_n as_o of_o all_o other_o thing_n 5_o if_o force_n and_o valour_n do_v hazard_v itself_o into_o peril_n and_o danger_n not_o constrain_v by_o necessity_n or_o upon_o any_o occasion_n not_o honest_a it_o be_v no_o long_o to_o be_v repute_v for_o valour_n but_o rashness_n and_o temeritie_n 6_o scipio_n the_o african_a see_v a_o soldier_n of_o he_o to_o show_v his_o buckler_n with_o brag_n and_o ostentation_n say_v unto_o he_o my_o friend_n true_a it_o be_v thou_o have_v a_o fair_a buckler_n but_o it_o be_v a_o more_o seemly_a and_o decent_a thing_n for_o a_o roman_a to_o have_v his_o hope_n depend_v rather_o upon_o his_o right_n then_o his_o left_a hand_n 7_o caius_z popilius_z be_v send_v by_o the_o senate_n of_o rome_n as_o ambassador_n to_o antiochus_n king_n of_o syria_n to_o show_v unto_o he_o that_o their_o pleasure_n be_v he_o shall_v desist_v from_o molest_v the_o child_n and_o orphan_n of_o the_o late_a decease_a ptolemy_n king_n 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the_o friend_n of_o the_o roman_n 8_o agesilaus_n the_o lacedaemonian_a be_v demand_v which_o of_o the_o two_o be_v the_o better_a virtue_n either_o fortitude_n or_o justice_n answer_v that_o valour_n without_o justice_n be_v of_o no_o fruit_n nor_o profit_v 9_o pausanias_n a_o captain_n of_o the_o lacedaemonian_n hear_v pedaretus_n say_v oh_o what_o a_o multitude_n of_o enemy_n do_v come_v against_o we_o answer_v so_o many_o the_o more_o shall_v we_o have_v the_o kill_n of_o 10_o agesilaus_n be_v demand_v by_o one_o why_o the_o city_n of_o sparta_n be_v not_o environ_v with_o wall_n he_o show_v unto_o he_o the_o citizen_n arm_v &_o say_v behold_v these_o be_v the_o wall_n of_o the_o lacedaemonian_n 11_o argeleonida_n the_o mother_n of_o brasidas_n a_o renown_a captain_n of_o the_o lacedaemonian_n be_v give_v to_o understand_v by_o the_o ambassador_n of_o greece_n that_o her_o son_n be_v slay_v in_o battle_n demand_v of_o they_o if_o he_o die_v valiant_o the_o ambassador_n answer_v 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themselves_o to_o the_o good_a like_n &_o contentation_n of_o their_o king_n they_o shall_v find_v that_o his_o force_n be_v great_a than_o they_o dercilida_n answer_v certain_o if_o your_o king_n be_v a_o god_n yet_o we_o fear_v he_o not_o because_o we_o never_o do_v he_o any_o injury_n but_o if_o he_o be_v a_o man_n assure_o he_o be_v no_o better_a than_o we_o be_v of_o justice_n and_o judgement_n chap._n 38._o 1_o if_o thou_o will_v judge_v upright_o thou_o ought_v to_o have_v a_o regard_n nor_o respect_n to_o nothing_o but_o to_o justice_n only_o 2_o in_o india_n he_o which_o be_v most_o learned_a be_v make_v the_o minister_n of_o their_o sacrifice_n and_o he_o demand_v no_o other_o thing_n of_o the_o god_n but_o justice_n 3_o as_o the_o touchstone_n by_o the_o touch_n approve_v the_o gold_n not_o the_o gold_n the_o stone_n so_o the_o just_a and_o upright_o man_n which_o sit_v in_o judgement_n be_v not_o corrupt_v with_o gold_n 4_o he_o be_v not_o only_o just_a which_o do_v no_o injury_n nor_o wrong_n but_o he_o also_o who_o have_v power_n to_o do_v wrong_n do_v shun_v and_o avoid_v the_o occasion_n thereof_o to_o the_o intent_n he_o may_v not_o do_v any_o again_o he_o be_v not_o just_a which_o receive_v small_a gift_n but_o he_o be_v just_a who_o have_v power_n to_o take_v great_a bribe_n do_v abstain_v from_o do_v it_o beside_o he_o be_v not_o just_a that_o observe_v all_o thing_n but_o he_o be_v just_a who_o with_o a_o uncorrupt_a and_o free_a nature_n will_v rather_o be_v then_o seem_v and_o appear_v to_o be_v just_a 5_o those_o man_n be_v chief_o and_o in_o the_o first_o rank_n to_o be_v praise_v who_o prefer_v not_o any_o matter_n of_o profit_n before_o honesty_n and_o justice_n 6_o science_n and_o knowledge_n separate_v from_o justice_n and_o other_o virtue_n ought_v not_o to_o be_v term_v wisdom_n but_o craft_n and_o cunning_a 7_o god_n in_o no_o place_n nor_o in_o any_o manner_n be_v to_o be_v hold_v unjust_a but_o most_o perfect_o and_o absolute_o just_a &_o there_o be_v nothing_o that_o more_o or_o better_a resemble_v he_o than_o that_o man_n who_o among_o we_o be_v most_o just_a 8_o the_o man_n that_o be_v just_a though_o he_o be_v a_o stranger_n be_v not_o only_o to_o be_v prefer_v before_o a_o free_a bear_v citizen_n but_o before_o those_o also_o that_o be_v of_o a_o man_n own_o kindred_n 9_o there_o be_v nothing_o whereof_o can_v come_v profit_n or_o commodity_n by_o force_n if_o justice_n be_v absent_a but_o if_o all_o be_v just_a we_o shall_v have_v no_o need_n offorce_v 10_o they_o only_o be_v to_o be_v hold_v &_o receive_v as_o friend_n unto_o god_n to_o who_o justice_n be_v welcome_a as_o a_o friend_n 11_o there_o be_v certain_a which_o say_v unto_o antigonus_n king_n of_o macedon_n that_o all_o thing_n be_v honest_a and_o just_a unto_o a_o king_n to_o who_o he_o answer_v it_o be_v true_a indeed_o but_o that_o be_v to_o such_o king_n as_o be_v barbarous_a but_o unto_o we_o those_o thing_n only_o be_v honest_a which_o 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