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futurus_fw-la chap._n 6._o ¶_o how_o enterprise_v adventurous_a ought_v be_v admire_v but_o not_o discredit_v true_a it_o be_v as_o have_v be_v former_o say_v that_o many_o enterprise_n in_o time_n past_o attempt_v and_o achieve_v above_o the_o expectation_n of_o man_n be_v now_o think_v rather_o fabulous_a then_o faithful_o report_v either_o because_o we_o that_o now_o live_v do_v not_o know_v or_o see_v they_o or_o that_o ignorant_a man_n can_v conceive_v how_o they_o may_v be_v do_v or_o that_o want_n of_o courage_n do_v disable_v they_o to_o take_v the_o like_a action_n in_o hand_n yet_o most_o certain_a it_o be_v that_o diverse_a history_n common_o repute_v vain_a fable_n be_v at_o the_o first_o begin_v upon_o occasion_n of_o matter_n in_o effect_n true_a although_o some_o writer_n afterward_o to_o show_v the_o excellency_n of_o their_o invention_n or_o make_v their_o work_n more_o vendible_a have_v add_v many_o fancy_n and_o fiction_n which_o be_v not_o indeed_o worthy_a to_o 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the_o crown_n of_o gold_n and_o the_o gift_n of_o city_n wherewith_o he_o have_v be_v present_v before_o hâ—s_n chariot_n march_v many_o noble_a prisoner_n among_o who_o be_v demetrius_n the_o son_n of_o king_n philip_n and_o armenes_n the_o son_n of_o nabide_v the_o lacedaemonian_a then_o quintius_n in_o person_n enter_v the_o city_n his_o chariot_n be_v follow_v with_o great_a number_n of_o soldier_n then_o much_o treasure_n be_v divide_v one_o part_n to_o a_o footman_n two_o part_n to_o a_o centurion_n and_o three_o part_n to_o a_o horseman_n those_o prisoner_n that_o be_v exempt_a from_o bondage_n wear_v their_o head_n poll_v in_o sign_n of_o liberty_n after_o quintius_n pub._n cornelius_n nasica_n triumph_v for_o victory_n of_o the_o boij_fw-la the_o pomp_n of_o cornelius_n be_v number_v among_o the_o triumph_n of_o mean_a magnificence_n he_o bring_v with_o he_o the_o arm_n ensign_n and_o pillage_v take_v from_o the_o gaul_n also_o certain_a noble_a prisoner_n and_o troop_n of_o 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be_v grave_v or_o paint_v his_o proceed_n in_o the_o victory_n pliny_n write_v that_o in_o his_o life_n these_o triumphal_a arke_n be_v first_o make_v and_o by_o the_o triumpher_n offer_v to_o jupiter_n in_o the_o capitol_n the_o most_o ancient_a ark_n now_o extant_a in_o rome_n be_v that_o of_o titus_n before_o who_o day_n portrature_n &_o many_o other_o triumphal_a ornament_n be_v in_o use_n whereof_o to_o speak_v now_o be_v tedious_a chap._n 24._o the_o triumphal_a go_v of_o darius_n to_o meet_v alexander_n the_o great_a to_o speak_v of_o all_o roman_a triumph_n be_v a_o matter_n infinite_a we_o will_v therefore_o cease_v to_o say_v more_o of_o they_o and_o speak_v of_o other_o perform_v elsewhere_o and_o first_o how_o darius_n march_v to_o meet_v with_o alexander_n the_o persian_a use_n be_v that_o so_o soon_o as_o the_o sun_n shine_v in_o the_o morning_n a_o trumpet_n be_v sound_v in_o the_o king_n pavilion_n which_o warn_v every_o man_n to_o come_v forth_o upon_o the_o roof_n 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be_v abhor_v but_o the_o athenian_n be_v so_o careful_a of_o funeral_n duty_n as_o if_o any_o man_n do_v neglect_v to_o bury_v a_o captain_n slay_v he_o be_v capital_o punish_v and_o the_o egyptian_n in_o building_n of_o their_o house_n do_v never_o forget_v to_o make_v their_o tomb_n with_o pyramid_n and_o other_o ornament_n of_o excessive_a cost_n and_o they_o die_v their_o body_n be_v embalm_v and_o keep_v therein_o as_o cicero_n in_o his_o first_o book_n of_o tusculane_n question_n seem_v to_o affirm_v the_o first_o great_a prince_n that_o begin_v to_o bury_v body_n of_o man_n slay_v in_o the_o war_n be_v hercules_n and_o such_o man_n be_v much_o commend_v by_o the_o prophet_n vos_fw-fr benedicti_fw-la a_o domino_fw-la qui_fw-la fecistis_fw-la misericordiam_fw-la hanc_fw-la cum_fw-la domino_fw-la vestro_fw-la saul_n &_o sepelistis_fw-la eum_fw-la also_o maccabaus_fw-la command_v his_o enemy_n slay_v to_o be_v bury_v as_o appear_v 2._o maccob_n cap._n 10._o 12._o darius_n be_v slay_v and_o his_o body_n bring_v to_o alexander_n be_v send_v unto_o his_o mother_n tumbrudina_fw-la and_o hannibal_n cause_v the_o carcase_n of_o paulus_n emilius_n to_o be_v bury_v in_o like_a manner_n gracchus_n and_o marcellus_n be_v bury_v by_o their_o own_o enemy_n valerius_n lib._n 5._o de_fw-la humanitate_fw-la and_o baldus_n say_v expedit_fw-la reipub_fw-la non_fw-la minus_fw-la mortuos_fw-la humari_fw-la quà m_fw-la viventes_fw-la conseruari_fw-la it_o be_v also_o extant_a how_o cyrus_n by_o his_o testament_n command_v his_o own_o body_n shall_v be_v bury_v in_o the_o earth_n and_o so_o do_v the_o emperor_n caesar_n and_o alexander_n as_o leonardus_n aretinus_n have_v write_v epist._n 94._o but_o omit_v these_o rite_n and_o custom_n of_o time_n ancient_a and_o people_n to_o we_o unknowen_a we_o see_v that_o at_o the_o burial_n of_o our_o prince_n and_o person_n of_o honour_n all_o their_o friend_n and_o domestical_a servant_n do_v assemble_v and_o carry_v in_o their_o hand_n the_o arm_n pennon_n and_o other_o hatchment_n appertain_v unto_o the_o defunct_a which_o ceremony_n for_o the_o most_o part_n be_v perform_v the_o 40._o day_n after_o the_o decease_n of_o the_o defunct_a according_a to_o the_o example_n of_o ceremony_n use_v at_o the_o burial_n of_o jacob_n as_o in_o the_o 50._o of_o genesis_n at_o large_a appear_v by_o consideration_n of_o which_o chapter_n it_o may_v be_v conceive_v how_o pompous_a the_o funeral_n be_v in_o the_o old_a testament_n and_o how_o magnificent_a house_n and_o tomb_n for_o that_o use_n be_v allow_v as_o appear_v 1._o macchab._n 13_o cap._n et_fw-la â—dificavit_fw-la simon_n super_fw-la sepulchrum_fw-la patris_fw-la suâ—_n &_o fratrum_fw-la suorum_fw-la â—dificium_fw-la altum_fw-la visu_fw-la lapide_fw-la polito_fw-la retro_fw-la &_o antè_fw-la &_o statuit_fw-la septem_fw-la pyramid_n unam_fw-la contra_fw-la unam_fw-la patri_fw-la &_o matri_fw-la &_o quatuor_fw-la fratribus_fw-la &_o his_o circum_fw-la posuit_fw-la columnas_fw-la magnas_fw-la &_o super_fw-la columnas_fw-la arma_fw-la ad_fw-la memoriam_fw-la aternam_fw-la &_o iuxta_fw-la arma_fw-la nave_n sculptas_fw-la quae_fw-la viderentur_fw-la ab_fw-la hominibus_fw-la navig_n antibus_fw-la mare_fw-la it_o appear_v also_o in_o holy_a scripture_n that_o the_o body_n of_o christ_n be_v bury_v with_o a_o great_a ceremony_n and_o how_o joseph_n and_o nicodâ—mus_n carry_v he_o honourable_o john_n 19_o venit_fw-la ergo_fw-la joseph_n &_o tulit_fw-la corpus_fw-la jesu._n venit_fw-la autem_fw-la &_o nicodemus_n quivenerat_fw-la ad_fw-la jesum_fw-la nocte_fw-la primum_fw-la ferens_fw-la mixturam_fw-la myrrhae_fw-la &_o aloe_n quasi_fw-la libras_fw-la centum_fw-la acceperunt_fw-la autem_fw-la corpus_fw-la jesu_fw-la &_o ligaverunt_fw-la cum_fw-la linteis_fw-la cum_fw-la aromatibus_fw-la sicut_fw-la mos_fw-la est_fw-la judaeorum_n sepelire_fw-la etc._n etc._n we_o read_v likewise_o in_o tob._n 12._o sepelire_fw-la mortuos_fw-la est_fw-la opus_fw-la pium_fw-la by_o which_o example_n it_o seem_v that_o pompous_a and_o honourable_a funeral_n be_v not_o displease_v to_o god_n but_o allow_v in_o all_o civil_a nation_n with_o this_o caution_n that_o no_o man_n shall_v be_v so_o superstitious_a as_o to_o believe_v these_o external_a compliment_n to_o be_v propitiatory_a unto_o the_o soul_n for_o s._n augustine_n in_o his_o book_n de_fw-fr civitat_fw-la dei_fw-la say_v sepulchrorum_fw-la memoria_fw-la sumptum_fw-la funeris_fw-la magis_fw-la vivorum_fw-la est_fw-la consolatio_fw-la quà m_fw-la defunctorum_fw-la utilitas_fw-la and_o s._n ambrose_n in_o his_o sermon_n say_v thus_o quid_fw-la proficit_fw-la sepulchrorum_fw-la superbia_fw-la damna_fw-la sunt_fw-la potius_fw-la viventium_fw-la quà m_fw-la subsidia_fw-la mortuorum_fw-la thus_o much_o touch_v honourable_a burial_n whereunto_o we_o will_v add_v that_o forso_fw-la much_o as_o diverse_a degree_n of_o man_n do_v usual_o and_o casual_o meet_v at_o our_o funeral_n in_o england_n it_o seem_v necessary_a that_o in_o accompany_v of_o every_o corpse_n heed_n shall_v be_v take_v that_o no_o indignity_n be_v offer_v unto_o any_o mourner_n but_o each_o man_n to_o march_v in_o such_o place_n as_o be_v meet_v for_o his_o estate_n the_o herald_n therefore_o by_o their_o skill_n and_o care_n be_v to_o take_v a_o list_n or_o rolle_n of_o all_o mourner_n then_o to_o marshal_v they_o into_o several_a class_n by_o their_o diverse_a title_n as_o gentleman_n esquire_n knight_n baron_n viscount_n earl_n etc._n etc._n ever_o prefer_v her_o majesty_n officer_n and_o servant_n before_o all_o other_o in_o pari_fw-la dignitate_fw-la and_o if_o none_o of_o her_o majesty_n servant_n be_v there_o present_a than_o every_o one_o to_o proceed_v according_a to_o his_o antienty_n in_o pari_fw-la dignitate_fw-la in_o this_o point_n also_o it_o behoove_v the_o herald_n to_o be_v heedful_a and_o provide_v that_o no_o man_n exceed_v in_o expense_n or_o charge_n superfluous_a but_o every_o one_o to_o confine_v his_o cost_n within_o the_o bound_n of_o his_o ability_n for_o otherwise_o do_v the_o executor_n or_o heir_n of_o the_o defunct_a shall_v hereby_o receive_v prejudice_n for_o some_o time_n we_o have_v see_v the_o burial_n of_o a_o esquire_n more_o costly_a than_o be_v fit_a for_o a_o knight_n and_o a_o knight_n funeral_n such_o as_o may_v become_v a_o lord_n to_o avoid_v which_o excess_n i_o can_v wish_v that_o except_v the_o number_n of_o poor_a who_o be_v common_o so_o many_o as_o the_o defunct_a be_v year_n old_a her_o majesty_n or_o lord_n martial_n will_v be_v please_v to_o prescribe_v a_o certain_a number_n of_o mourner_n to_o every_o degree_n and_o that_o no_o man_n of_o great_a title_n than_o the_o defunct_a shall_v be_v permit_v to_o mourn_v so_o as_o the_o chief_a mourner_n may_v ever_o be_v in_o pari_fw-la dignitate_fw-la with_o the_o defunct_a and_o all_o the_o rest_n of_o mean_a quality_n as_o at_o the_o burial_n of_o a_o esquire_n only_a esquire_n gentleman_n and_o other_o inferior_a person_n to_o mourn_v at_o the_o funeral_n of_o a_o knight_n only_a knight_n esquire_n gentleman_n and_o their_o inferior_n the_o like_a order_n to_o be_v take_v at_o all_o burial_n of_o high_a estate_n provide_v nevertheless_o that_o if_o the_o defunct_a
be_v a_o knight_n of_o the_o garter_n a_o knight_n of_o the_o privy_a counsel_n or_o a_o lord_n by_o office_n than_o it_o may_v be_v permit_v nobleman_n to_o mourn_v because_o they_o be_v repute_v person_n honourable_a and_o in_o pari_fw-la dignitate_fw-la for_o as_o have_v be_v former_o say_v dignitas_fw-la &_o nobilitas_fw-la idem_fw-la sunt_fw-la barthol_n de_fw-mi dig_v nota_fw-la that_o a_o officer_n of_o arm_n wear_v the_o king_n coat_n at_o th'enterrement_n of_o nobleman_n and_o other_o of_o dignity_n and_o worship_n not_o only_o for_o the_o order_n of_o the_o funeral_n and_o marshal_v of_o the_o degree_n as_o aforesaid_a but_o to_o the_o intent_n that_o the_o defunct_a may_v be_v know_v to_o all_o man_n to_o have_v die_v honourable_o in_o the_o king_n allegiance_n without_o spot_n of_o infamy_n or_o other_o disworship_n to_o his_o name_n blood_n &_o family_n and_o that_o his_o heir_n if_o he_o have_v any_o or_o next_o of_o whole_a blood_n or_o some_o one_o for_o he_o which_o common_o be_v the_o chief_a mourner_n may_v public_o receive_v in_o the_o presence_n of_o all_o the_o mourner_n the_o coat_n armour_n helm_n crest_n and_o other_o achievement_n of_o honour_n belong_v to_o the_o defunct_a whereof_o the_o king_n of_o arm_n of_o the_o province_n be_v to_o make_v record_n with_o the_o defunct_n march_v issue_n and_o decease_n for_o the_o benefit_n of_o posterity_n chap._n 28._o of_o monument_n and_o epitaph_n now_o to_o close_v up_o these_o discourse_n of_o honour_n and_o humane_a glory_n it_o shall_v not_o be_v impertinent_a to_o wish_v that_o among_o other_o thing_n whereby_o the_o memory_n of_o noble_a prince_n and_o other_o great_a personage_n be_v preserve_v that_o some_o care_n be_v also_o have_v to_o save_v their_o tomb_n and_o place_n of_o burial_n from_o ruin_n and_o violation_n a_o matter_n of_o more_o consequence_n than_o every_o one_o mark_v yet_o necessary_a to_o be_v look_v unto_o both_o for_o public_a and_o private_a respect_n marcus_n 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he_o this_o commendation_n multus_fw-la ubique_fw-la labour_n rarae_fw-la sine_fw-la mentore_n mensae_fw-la but_o that_o which_o persuade_v i_o most_o to_o allow_v and_o commend_v the_o science_n of_o sculpture_n and_o work_n grave_v be_v this_o we_o find_v in_o holy_a scripture_n how_o besaleel_n the_o son_n of_o vri_n and_o ooleab_n the_o son_n of_o achimesech_n receive_v from_o god_n the_o spirit_n of_o knowledge_n how_o to_o make_v all_o manner_n of_o grave_a work_n in_o gold_n silver_n and_o other_o metal_n as_o appear_v in_o exod_n cap._n 35._o see_v then_o that_o these_o art_n of_o pourtray_v paint_v and_o sculpture_n be_v by_o so_o great_a authority_n approve_v in_o vain_a it_o seem_v to_o remember_v the_o praise_n which_o profane_a history_n have_v give_v to_o phidias_n for_o make_v the_o portraiture_n of_o jupitre_fw-fr olympius_n or_o archesilaus_n that_n grave_v the_o image_n of_o diana_n work_n of_o more_o excellency_n than_o can_v be_v express_v the_o like_a praise_n be_v 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